AN: I just want to thank everyone who has stuck with my fic! Looking at the viewer's graph I saw that a ton of people have read the first chapter but after that it dwindles down. So those who have continued to read it thank you. I'm sorry if it's kind of slow, but things are going to speed up in the next couple of chapters. =]

A huge thanks to Dragon'sHost for proofing this chapter for me!

Here is the chapter, hope you enjoy!

Lucy POV

The next morning I was woken up by loud snoring. Expecting my team, I sat up ready to push Natsu out of the bed, but when I felt nothing in the spot next to me I opened my eyes and realized I wasn't in my apartment. Sighing I put my head in the hands thinking how sad it was that I couldn't think of anything but my family. It's only been a day, at least to me, since I've seen them and I already miss them. I can't imagine what it's like for them to go weeks without seeing me, or even knowing if I am alive. They must be freaking out, but I couldn't involve them yet. I knew too little about everything. I'll have to send Virgo with a message from me, to let them know I'm alive and well.

I found the source of the racket that had woken me and saw that Crux was sleeping. When I moved to wake him up one eye opened to glance at me.

"Good morning Lucy-sama."

"Ohayo Grandpa, did you find any of the information I had requested?"

"Yes, I finished sometime last night but didn't want to wake you.

"The majority of Neville's disciples were murdered by Oracion Seis, but a few did survive. Those who survived were put into the hundred year coma, but were woken up when you destroyed the castle. Unfortunately it looks likes when Oracion Seis broke their bio-links all of their powers were taken from them and absorbed into the clock, to fuel it.

"Given that you were a part of the clock for some time Lucy-san, you also absorbed the former mages' magic as well, that is why you were able to summon all of your spirits yesterday without taxing your magical reserves too much. Unwittingly you have accessed your second origin, meaning you can now summon your spirits without using as much magic. And as you demonstrated yesterday you can also summon two zodiac spirits at once with ease, although I wouldn't recommend trying to summon three spirits, Zodiac or silver, at once, only a very few Celestial Mages have been able to successfully do it in the past.

"As for any other Celestial Mages dying the same way your mother did, none have. Your mom is the only case I been able to find. I'm sorry Lucy"

"Thank you Grandpa." I said as I sent him back home while flopping back down in bed, staring at the ceiling.

Those poor mages; first they are attacked and put into a coma, and then they wake up to realize that they are without magic, never able to summon their spirits again. I couldn't imagine what they were going through, didn't want to imagine it either. The thought of never seeing my spirits again had me close to tears; I'd be lost without them, all of them. I felt guilty, maybe if I hadn't absorbed their magic we could have figured out a way to return it to them. Closing my eyes I was already exhausted, even though I had just woken up. It's just one revelation after another.

I was almost asleep when I heard and felt my stomach grumble. Thinking about it I haven't eaten since I woke up. I was so busy explaining everything to Loke, then summoning every that I was too busy to think about eating. As the grumbling got louder I got out of bed to head down to their bar when I got a glimpse of myself; cringing, because I couldn't meet everyone in my bunny pajamas (a gag gift from Levy). Thinking of everything I would need before I summoned Virgo, I was shocked when she appeared in front of me with bags of my clothes in her arms.

"Punishment?" she asked with a hopeful look.

"No, no punishment. Virgo how did you know I needed clothes? I hadn't summoned you yet to ask for them." I said confused tilting my head to the right. Is this a perk of my second origin?

"Yes Princess, it is. Because you have access to your second origin you can now summon us by thinking our names, or by rubbing our key. Although the farther away you are from our keys the more magic it will take to summon us." She explained.

I could still hear Virgo talking as my mind wandered off, thinking of all the possibilities. I wouldn't be defenseless and helpless if my keys got stolen from me! I could summon them without alerting the enemy of my intentions. This is awesome, I can also – did she say bath?

"Um, Virgo can you repeat that last part please?" I said hopefully.

"Of course, I said I have taken the liberty of preparing a bubble bath for you and putting your toiletries away in the bathroom. I have also brought you some clothes from your apartment; they are in the closet to the left."

Before she had finished speaking I squealed "Bubble bath!" and ran to the bathroom, nearly tripping on the bed's sheet that my foot got caught on. "Thanks Virgo! I'll call you when I'm done!" I shouted as I slammed the door, stripping as I made my way to the tub; sighing when I entered the steaming water. When I was in completely, I sunk down and held my head under the bubbles, letting my troubles drift away momentarily. I stayed under for as long as my lungs would allow me, gasping when I emerged from the bubbles. Taking another deep breath after I had wiped the water off of my face, I looked around the bathroom and saw that Virgo had left some towels on top of the toilet seat. She thinks of everything. Looking at the hair products and soap she brought me and noticed that they were my favorites. Thank you Virgo! I thought, and was startled when I heard her respond. "You're welcome Hime."

"Oh, Virgo I thought you had gone back. I'll be done in a moment." I said disappointed that I had to rush my bath.

"No need Hime, I'll be leaving shortly. I was just laying out your clothes on the bed for you. When you come out you will see some finger-less gloves with your clothes. Capricorn says to start wearing them because you will start training later today."

"Wonderful, why couldn't we start training tomorrow?" I muttered under my breath. "Thank you Virgo, for everything you brought, and please let Capricorn know that I will be ready for him."

"Will do Princess." She said as I heard the telltale sign of her returning to the spirit world.

Relaxing once again I leisurely washed my hair with my shampoo, scrubbing all of the dirt out of it. As I was scrubbing I found fragments of the Infinity Clock in my hair reminding me that I needed to ask Crux about the barrier I was in. Putting the fragments aside I continued with my hair and began conditioning it. It was a new mixture of mine that was supposed to increase the rate of growth, and make my hair silky smooth while repairing spit ends. I started making them to get a more reliable income, tired of always worrying about earning enough with my team. How they could always destroy the town we were in I would never know.

When we returned from Terou Island I was glad that the shops were willing to sell my products. It allowed me to not worry about my rent for the next few months since I had given my land lady permission to withdraw 70,000 jewels a month in case I ever went missing again.

No one in the guild knew about my hobby yet. It's not like I was keeping it a secret from them intentionally, I just haven't had the chance. We've been so busy with disappearing for seven years, me being kidnapped and now with me missing. It was never the right time to tell them. Even with all that has happened I knew that my team would be hurt that I didn't tell them earlier.

I stayed submerged in the water for another half-hour, enjoying the quiet. When I couldn't ignore my stomach's noises anymore I pulled the stopper and got out of the bath, wrapping the towel around myself as I went to inspect the clothes Virgo had laid out for me. They were my regular clothes except my skirt had been replaced by shorts. Shrugging I put everything on, including the matching blue gloves. Although they looked like your everyday cotton material I could tell by the feel of them that they were made out of a Celestial material, making them extremely comfortable and durable. Seeing a piece of paper where the gloves had been I saw a note from Capricorn.

Lucy-sama,

Wear these gloves at all times, we don't know who these people are and should remain cautious until we learn more. Also I will be sending opponents to you sporadically as a training exercise. Remember to be aware of your surroundings at all times and to use all of your senses, not just sight. Come back to this room by 4 pm to begin training your magic. I am looking forward to working on your diet and exercise program, you'd benefit from a little weight loss.

Capricorn

There is nothing wrong with my weight! I thought completely insulted by Capricorn's note.

Heading out the door I saw that barely anyone was in the guild. Running my fingers over Horologrium's key I learned that it was only 7 am. No wonder no one is here. Hearing the loudest grumble from my stomach ever, I headed to the bar and the lone figure. "Good morning!" I said cheerfully.

"What will you have Chere?" the man said as he turned around, checking me out when he did.

Giggling, I slid onto a bar-stool and leaned my arms on the counter as I spoke. "Can I have a stack of strawberry pancakes and a strawberry smoothie please?" He doesn't see a problem with my weight. I thought mentally sticking my tongue out at Capricorn.

Taking him all in, I declared him my eye candy for the day. He was about Laxus' height but not as buff. I could tell that he was in great shape; his midnight blue collared shirt was tight enough to show off his drool worthy abs and muscular arms. He had a handsome face, with the brightest blue eyes I had ever seen, and his five o'clock shadow made him even sexier.

"Anything for you Chere" he said with a wink. Sighing as he turned around and reached out through the ordering window. Watching as his shirt rode up and revealed his back muscles. When he started turning back to me I quickly averted my eyes so I wouldn't be caught staring at him. "My name is Julien. I joined the guild about a week ago, how about you? I haven't seen you in here before, have you been on a mission?" He said holding out his hand.

"Nice to meet you Julien, I'm Lucy" I said as I shook his hand. When he held onto my hand longer than necessary I looked down at the counter, feeling myself blush.

"Order up!" Startled, I yanked my hand away from his.

Laughing, he brought me my food. "Thanks Julien" I said as I grabbed my stuff to look for a more comfortable seat. When I sat down I made sure I had a perfect view of my candy then dug into the delicious looking and smelling pancakes.

Rogue POV

Frosch was chasing a butterfly as we walked to the guild, seeing how happy she was I smiled, glad that I have had her with me all these years. Seeing that we were at the guild doors I called for Frosch, motioning her to hop into my arms. It took several times of me calling for her to take her attention away from her new friend. When I finally had her attention she had a big smile on her face and jumped into my arms.

With her in my arms I opened the door, surprisingly seeing Lucy at one of our tables. What was more surprising was Julien leaning on her table, flirting with her. Growling I walked towards them yanking Julien away from the table as I told him to get back to work.

"Uh, hello Rogue. Is everything alright?" Lucy asked as she hugged Frosch.

Still glaring at Julien's back I answered her. "There is something wrong with him. I told Minerva it was a mistake letting him join." I turned back to her and sat down across from her, seeing her confused look. "Sorry, I really don't like him; bad vibes"

"Ah okay. Would you like some of my pancakes? They are amazing, but not as good as Mi- not as good as my friend's." Raising my brow at her stumble I declined her offer, and went to order Frosch's fish smoothie and my French toast, glaring at Julien as I did.

Spending time with her was surprisingly easy and enjoyable. We talked for hours, learning about each other's families, hobbies and magic. She was incredibly intelligent, and well read. Most of our time was spent discussing books we had read and the stupid things our partners do, although she never mentioned them by name; not wanting to ruin our conversation I left it for another day.

As the hours passed and members came and went I could tell they were all shocked about me socializing, and laughing. They had never seen me show so much emotion or talk so much in the time that I had been a part of the guild. Truth be told, I was shocked too but it felt as if I had known her forever instead of a couple of days.

Unfortunately our time together was cut short when she touched one of her keys and excused herself for the rest of the day, saying something about her torture beginning in a minute. I watched her walk up the stairs, debating if I should try to listen in on her 'torture' but didn't want to risk another 'Lucy kick' to the face.

My view of her was blocked when Sting rushed to me demanding we go on the quest he showed me a few days ago. "It's been several days now Rogue, close to a week. You see she is awake and well; now will you go on this damned mission with me? It might be a lead on more –"

"No. I can't leave her alone." I answered.

"She won't be alone!" he said throwing his hands in the air. "She'll have most of the guild with her, and she seemed to get along with Julien so she won't be lonely." Seeing him smirk I knew what he was thinking.

"I said no Sting. If anything Julien's attention on her is cause to worry. Out of the week he has been here he has made no conscious effort to talk to anyone and keeps to himself. He's up to something. Why can't you take Rufus or Orga with you?"

When I looked at him I saw that I had unintentionally hurt his feelings but he tried to hide it. "Whatever, Rogue." He said as he stomped off.

-Two weeks later-

Sting POV

Ever since Lucy woke up Rogue hasn't left her side. Whenever she is in the guild hall there he is sitting next to her. At first it was only Rogue and Frosch sitting with her, then Rufus and surprisingly now Lector. It was all that goddamn laughing that was happening over there that attracted them and seeing Rogue actually socializing. It was sickening really, what was so special about her anyways?

When I listened in on their conversations I learned everything I could about our unwanted guest; everything from her favorite color to her magic to her family issues, but the one thing they never spoke of was her guild. Minerva and I thought that, that was odd, considering how much she loved her spirits and talked about her family. I've been trying to catch a glimpse of her guild mark; you'd think with all of her revealing clothes she wore it would be easy but I still haven't seen one. I was sure that it was on her hand somewhere but she kept those stupid gloves on all of the time. She said she kept them on all the time because her spirits would spontaneously appear to 'attack' her, which was something I enjoyed immensely; it was funny watching her get her ass handed to her by her spirits. You would think she would spend more time training and less time talking, in order to beat her spirits. But she reassured me that she trains for at least 10 hours a day, half of the time was up in the infirmary alone with her spirits doing God knows what. She said she was training her magic but every time I passed her door I didn't hear a thing from her besides her even breathing; as if she was sleeping. As for the other 5 hours of her training I had no idea when she did that or even if she did. She has never stepped foot inside the training yard, at least from what I had seen in the past fortnight.

In all this time I still haven't been able to go on that mission with Rogue. At this point I was ready to invite her along on the mission. Every moment we waited we risked someone else accepting the mission. If she would just leave the guild everything would go back to normal, she had her own guild somewhere waiting for her return. If I knew who they were I'd gladly give them our location if that meant Rogue would return to normal.

Walking towards them I had every intention of being nice to her but when I got to their table I couldn't hold in my irritation anymore.

Rogue POV

Frosch, Lector, Rufus and I were all talking to Lucy when Sting suddenly came to our table and started yelling at Lucy saying she didn't belong here because if she wasn't strong enough to beat her Spirits in their random brawls then she couldn't handle real enemies on a mission. He went on to ask about her supposed guild and why she hadn't returned to them, implying that she was unwanted there as she was here. When he finally shut up she silently left the room, ignoring him; muttering about stupid chauvinistic pigs.

"Why do you do you always drive her away?" I asked him as I watched her slam her door.

"Because she is leading you on; you may have learned some things about her but have you learned what guild she is from? Why hasn't she told us! She could be from some dark guild out to sabotage us."

"Fro doesn't think so." She said raising her hand, when she saw Sting glaring at her she cowered and ran to my arms for safety. Growling when I saw how scared she was I returned his glare, continuing it when he had stopped. I could see that he realized what he had done and was apologetic, but now was not the time.

"Yeah! She is much too nice to be a part of a dark guild" Lector said defending his new friend. "Although you are very wise to be wary of her." He quickly added, not used to disagreeing with his idol and best friend.

"She's brainwashed you all! Can't you see it; she is doing something to get you to be so nice to her!"

"Sting, that's called being nice. Something we, in Sabertooth, are not accustomed to; always thinking the worst of people, staying isolated from the rest of the guilds. There is no brainwashing happening." Rufus said.

"Whatever, I still say she is up to something with those spirits of hers. Always closed off in her room for most of the day." he said walking back to the bar.

As I was calming Fro down, reassuring her Sting would never hurt her, the guild quieted when we heard the giant lacrima screen ringing; Minerva answered with her usual gruff greeting. "What is it?"

When I saw Yukino's face appear I was glad that Sting had drove Lucy out of the room.

"I'm just checking in as instructed 'Master'" she said in a condescending voice. "I'll be returning to the guild in about a week. Now if you'll excuse me I have a job to do." Signing off before anyone could respond.

Everyone went back to their own business relieved to be spared from her presence for several more weeks. I watched Minerva run her hands through her hair, pulling at the ends. Yukino was the only one that could speak to her like that. Since she felt slightly responsible for what had happened to her.

-Flash back-

When Yukino had first joined our guild she was nice, bubbly, and friendly to everyone. She was our first Celestial Mage, possessing two of the Zodiacs and the one unknown golden key.

Back then Minerva's father was our guild master; he was ten times worse than Minerva.

During Yukino's first Grand Magic Games she was doing well until one day where she was too concerned with her spirit's health to truly focus on her tasks. The simple acts of losing one fight and event in the Grand Magic Games had master punishing Yukino severely.

The same day of her losses she was dragged in front of the entire guild, bound, blindfolded and gagged. She was then chained to the banister, where she received 25 poison laced lashes all over her body. 20 for each point she didn't win us and 5 more for the amount of points we were behind the first place team at the time, Mermaid Heel. The punishment wouldn't have been that bad if she hadn't been stripped beforehand and if there hadn't been any poison on the whip. The poison not only made the lashes more painful but also prevented the wounds from ever healing completely.

From that day on Master Jiemma ordered 'training sessions' two days a week, until he deemed her strength acceptable. She pushed herself and her spirits to the limit; hardening herself as she went. Ignoring her spirits needs focused on one thing and one thing only, winning. The stronger she got the more distant she became towards the guild and her spirits and the less she acted like herself. Concerned for their guild mate the two Dragon Slayers popped in on a 'training session' only to discover Master Jiemma sexually assaulting her. Throwing him off of her we beat him into unconsciousness, disgusted that he could have done this to one of his own. When we brought the matter and her father to her, Minerva immediately called for Jiemma's expulsion from Sabertooth and the guild unanimously agreed.

After he was forced out several more girls came forward saying that he had done it to them too, but not for nearly as long. Upon hearing this Minerva called the Magic Council warning them of the monster she called her father, but when they went to his house he was nowhere to be seen and all of his accounts had been emptied.

-Flash back end-

Since then Minerva has given Yukino the title of S-Class -seeing how strong she had become- and lets her basically run free, as long as she doesn't do anything to harm Sabertooth's reputation.

It's been years since Yukino's abuse ended. Yet she still treats her spirits like shit, resenting them for not stopping the abuse sooner. Every time she summoned them we could see that they were subdued, angry at her but not willing to stand against her because of their guilt. They were all miserable; there has to be some way for them to all be happy again.

No matter what we do we haven't been able to get our old Yukino back. She snaps at anyone who tries to talk to her and wails on them if they get to close. I knew that it was a lost cause, because our sweet, happy-go-lucky Yukino died all those years ago.

AN: Thank you everyone for reading my fic! I loved every review I received!

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TChacha: Not that much time has passed, 4ish hours. Lucy fell asleep too because of her emotional exhaustion, learning that her mom wasn't sick, someone or something possibly killed her etc. Plus summoning all of her spirits in one day, let alone a couple of hours.

He didn't have time to move out of the way, I don't know if you have ever been hit by a ball flying your way, but I have. I saw it coming and heard the 'watch outs' but it was already too late. Plus Rogue deserved it for eavesdropping. You know how much Lucy likes her privacy. ;)

I haven't seen Naruto.

Polaris Viewer, Lol.

I'll keep supplying you the drug until it's finished. ; )

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Dragon'sHost: *nods head solemnly* Poor Rogue, but he deserved it. I love Aquarius and believe that she cares deep down.

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