Snij: So in this chapter I made a little time skip, just so that the story doesn't get boring. Lucy will meet one of her companions in this chapter. I hope you like it and please review.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters.

Chapter 6

Lucy walked along the dirt road, she and Plue have been talking along the way (at least Lucy did Plue would just say pun or something like that), it would have been very pleasant if the blond didn't feel like her arms were coming off. Capricorn had given Lucy some wrists and ankle weights a week ago, to improve her physical strength. He had explained to her that the weights were a product made in the celestial realm and they would become heavier or lighter if he or Lucy wished for it. Capricorn would ad weight every now and then, Lucy would complain a bit about her arms hurting but she knew that if she wanted to grow stronger she would have to get used to this kind of training.

It had already been two months since Lucy left Fairy Tail and she missed them already, she Natsu's and Gray's bickering, she missed Happy's failed attempts to court Charle, Erza's outbursts and all her family in Fairy Tail. She hoped they wouldn't forget about her, she wanted to become strong to protect her loved ones, her friends, her family and when she finds one, her lover.

In those two months Lucy had become much stronger, she would train every day with her celestial spirits, to enlarge her magical reserves, to learn spells and to strengthen her body.

While travelling Lucy would continue to write her book, she would get a lot of inspiration in the cities she passed by, they were all very different from Magnolia, and it intrigued her. She would go sightseeing and find about the town's history, the variety of tales the people of every town would tell her was enormous. She would wright down every thing she heard, she decided that when she finished her training she would wright a book about her adventures, of course she would spice it up a little and would put another name as the main character.

Lost in her thoughts, Lucy didn't even noticed the small group of young men walking in her direction. The men only took notice of her when she was just a few meters away from them, the men stared at her for a few minutes trying to remember where they saw her. When one of them recognized her, he called her just to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

-Lucy-san, is that you?

Lucy looked up, and then she finally saw them. It was impossible not to know who they were, they were once in an alliance together and they appeared in almost every magazine possible at least once. The trio from Blue Pegasus that would put even a grown up woman shrieking, with just their looks (i'm exaggerating a bit hehehe :p).

The blonde girl panicked, she was skewed they were going to tell her guild her location. 'Wait Lucy don't jump to conclusions maybe they'll understand' Lucy thought. After thinking about her other possible options and consequences, she decided, this was the best course of action, 'let's just hope for the best'.

The sight Lucy saw when she got out of her thoughts annoyed her to the fullest, there they were three young men fawning over her while she thought about things that could change her future. It was just infuriating. Lucy was getting angrier by the second so without thinking she punched each one of them straight in the head. Hard, you see Lucy got very strong with Capricorn's training so her punches hurt like hell.

To say the three boys were surprised was an understatement, the were shocked that a girl would hit them in this situation. No one from the female sex had ever hit or hurt them while they were trying to conquer their hearts. The normal reaction was to blush or start falling in love with them, or in extreme cases fainting. But this beautiful girl with mid-back blonde hair and fierce brown eyes, had just punched them and she seemed angry with them. The three gorgeous boys had now lumps in their heads and were sitting on the dirt road with a girl glaring at them. It wasn't a very common thing to see.

They were pulled out of their trance when they heard a beautiful clear voice talking to them.

-Hey are you listening to me? I asked you what are you three doing here?

The three stood up, dusted their clothes that got dirty when they fell down and then one of them started talking, Lucy remembered him very well he was the one that helped her fight against Angel, Hibiki Lates, a slim young man with spiky brownish blonde hair and dark brown eyes, very handsome in Lucy's opinion.

-Lucy-san what are you doing here?

'He didn't answer my question! Didn't he hear me?' Lucy's glare intensified, they weren't listening to her! She was losing her patience.

-I asked first!

-Ah! Yes, I'm terribly sorry for my rudeness. My team and I came here to do a mission, escorting a lady. We were heading back to the guild. Now, Lucy-san what are you doing here?- he said making emphasis in the 'you'.

Lucy sighted, now was the time she feared. It was the time to tell them to truth. She just hoped they will respect her wish and won't interfere, so Lucy began to tell them her story. She told them about her leaving Fairy Tail to train, about the time she saw Hibiki some months ago and about her training with her spirits. Ren, Eve and Hibiki just listened to her not interrupting her even once, when the blond girl had finished she knew it was time to ask the question that would decide her fate.

When she finally asked the feared question the just nodded agreeing, 'that was it? Wow I thought it would take much more to make them agree.' thought Lucy. The tree young men knew how to treat a lady and respect her wishes.

-So Lucy-neechan,who are you travelling with?-asked the youngest of the three men, Eve. 'Neechan?' thought Lucy, she couldn't remember anyone ever calling her that. It kind of felt nice.

-Actually, I'm travelling alone, but my spirits make me company sometimes, so that I won't get lonely.

-But Lucy-san a young woman like yourself travelling alone is very dangerous. What if you get attacked or worse!- Hibiki was showing many emotions, his face was soft but filled with worry, if one knew the man well and looked closely they could even see love and admiration. That feeling growing inside the man distressed Ren an Eve, ever since Carren Lilica they hadn't let any woman near Hibiki's heart for they worried that they would break it. It wasn't like they didn't like Lucy they thought she was a very good girl and very pure hearted but they feared that if she died that Hibiki would go into depression again.

-Don't worry! Besides I want to get stronger so the more dangerous the better.- Lucy was thankful that they worried about her but if this continued they would start trying to get her to go back to the guild, because it wasn't safe to be on her own, or worse, they would start saying they wanted to travel with her to protect her. 'I better stop thinking about it, before the gods start thinking that doing that would be funny' thought Lucy. She really didn't need three boys travelling with her, they would be a nuisance!

-But Lucy-san, if your sleeping or distracted how are you going to defend yourself if someone attacks? You need someone to watch your back, during that time.

Lucy's POV:

'I can't believe that what he said actually made some sense but I don't want to travel with anyone. I want to show everyone I'm getting stronger and they won't believe me if I have always someone to protect me!'

-I said I'm okay by myself, now excuse me, I'm going to train.- with that said I got out of there as fast as I could. I didn't want them to follow me or they may not let me train, because they'll think the training's to dangerous! Capricorn's training's a little... extreme.

I fast walked(ran) through the forest until I saw a clearing. I summoned Capricorn and started training.

The sky was starting to become dark when I started preparing my tent and dinner. I had bought my tent a few villages back because I was sick of sleeping without a ceiling. After eating I went inside my tent to sleep with Plue. He's really warm.

-Look! We hit jackpot! This one's a beauty!- said a manly voice I didn't recognise.

-You're right. This one is the best up until now!- 'Okay, now I'm officially freaking out. I can't move my hands! I can't see either and I have a cloth in my mouth, I'm freaking tied up! Okay Lucy take deep breaths and calm down. Was I sleeping that deeply? Man I must have been tired.

But the problem now is how to get away, I can't feel my keys, they must have taken them.'

-We're gonna have a blast with this one!- said a third man. 'What are they going to do ? I'm scarred this has never happened to me before, what if they molest me or hit me? Someone, please save me'. At this time I was already seeding tears predicting the worse.

-GET AWAY FROM HER YOU SICKOS!

'Thank god! Someone found me', I could hear the thugs trying to defend themselves and failing miserably, after a while they decided that fleeing was their best choice of actions.

Soon after I felt my hands being release and the cloths in my mouth and eyes being untied.

The first thing I saw was a worried Hibiki, that was too close for my comfort, it seemed he was debating if he should hug me or not, so I stood up, showing that I didn't need to be hugged. I was trying to be strong, so that he wouldn't worry but my mask fell right after I stood up. I started crying and sobbing, that had been a really traumatic experience for me, I didn't know what would happen if Hibiki hadn't down up and I didn't want to thing about it.

Hibik seeing the state I was embraced me and hold me tight. I cried all the tears and when I was finished I looked up with a little smile and said:

-Thank you Hibiki.

'His face got a little red, I wonder why?' (side note: what was going in on Hibiki's head 'So cute!' blush :p)

-Lucy are you alright? Did they do anything to you?

-I'm alright Hibiki, those thugs didn't do anything. Thank you again for saving me, if it weren't for you I would certainly be traumatized for life- ' if Hibiki hadn't come I wouldn't know what to do, I was tied up, what could I have done? My keys weren't attached to my hip. Wait my keys were are they?' I began to panick.

Normal POV:

Lucy looked frantically for her keys, they weren't in their usual place, they weren't on the floor by her, she was desperate.

-Hum... Lucy what are you looking for?

-My keys! They disappeared!- said Lucy as she lifted a small rock.

Hibiki joined the search for her keys, after cheeking everywhere two times, Lucy gave up, 'The thugs must have take them'.

It was already dark, so they prepared to sleep, because of the earlier episode they were going to take shifts to stay on guard, in case the thugs came back. Hibiki offered to take the first shift.

In the tent before going to sleep, Lucy decided something: she had a new mission, find her keys. She would go to the end of the world just for the, her celestial spirits, her friends and the most important of all her family.

Snij: This was the biggest chapter i've ever written! Hope you liked it and don't forget to review.