Chapter 6: Phantom Lord

The last two weeks had been very difficult for Lucy. Avoiding Laxus was a lot harder for her to do when they lived together, and even his team had tried to talk to her on his behalf. The funniest instance though was when Mira tried to defend Laxus trying to convince Lucy that he had kissed her because he had feelings for her. She was fairly certain she would have noticed something odd if Laxus had suddenly developed a crush on her.

Instead of listening to others Lucy found herself constantly in the Forest on the opposite side from Porlyusica. Now that she had Loke's key again she was able to better train her devil slayer abilities, Loke using Regulus Impact to give her more energy when she started to get low. It was the best part about being a celestial devil slayer her spirits were a big help in making sure that she had extra magic. She sort of felt bad for the slayers who weren't able to eat their own magic since she could eat her spirits magic. Not that she could do that in normal circumstances though, her devil slaying abilities was a last resort method type of thing however because she was certain one of her parents might find her because of them.

During that time Loke had also explained how all of her spirits remembered everything that had happened in the previous time line. Unfortunately for Karen though the Celestial King had forbidden the spirits from interfering, saying if her magic wasn't strong enough they couldn't do anything about it. The King had also declared that Loke was too stay a member of Fairy Tail once again until he had a chance to renew his contract with Lucy. Her other spirits were patiently waiting for her once again, and Yukino's spirits were happy that she was leaving them for Yukino in the future.

At the moment Lucy was headed back to the guild after a particularly trying work out with Loke and Cancer. The two of them had been a little shocked when Lucy had asked the both of them to attack her as a team so that she could train. Their status as Celestial Spirits made most of her attacks almost like a small pinch, so she was able to fight them without worrying that she would hurt them. Plus the Celestial King had granted her spirits a special armor that they could use when she decided to train that helped dull the effects of her stronger moves. He really seemed to like her despite the fact that she had completely messed around with time.

When she arrived at the guild Lucy found herself gasping in shock. Iron bars were sticking out of the guild obviously Gajeel's work, but she didn't understand why Phantom Lord would still attack. Knowing that she would find answers in the guild hall Lucy made her way through the metal bars heading to the basement. Here she had been worrying that she might not get Gajeel and Juvia to join Fairy Tail, but it seems that everything is still on track. It took most of her will power to not seem overly happy so as to not confuse their guild mates.

Gajeel and her had been like siblings in the end and she had really missed that sort of relationship with him. Plus she couldn't wait to see him and Levy back together because she knew they were soul mates. It was a win win situation Levy would find the perfect man for her even if they have a rocky start, and Lucy would be able to have her pseudo brother back even if things would be different then what she remembered. Sure it would take a while for her and Gajeel to get that sort of bond back, but she was certain that she would be able to do it.

As the basement finally came into view Lucy could see just how angry and upset everyone was. Master was pretending it wasn't bothering him even though it clearly did because no one had been hurt. After all a building could be easily repaired and he was probably thinking how lucky they were that it had been attacked at night.

This time the war with Phantom Lord would be different and Lucy wondered what the catalyst had been this time. When she had woken up she had noticed the date, but had thought nothing would happen considering that this time her father wouldn't be hiring the other guild to get her back. Her parents still thought she was dead and with her mother still alive her father hadn't turned into the bitter man that she remembered. Fate must have wanted to make sure that the couples who were destined to meet tomorrow still got together, so she had made another reason to instigate the war.

With this everything would go the way it should to make sure Gajeel and Juvia joined the guild. Poor Levy though she wished she could stop Team Shadow Gear from being attacked, but she knew that it was that attack that convinced Master to go after Phantom Lord. If Master didn't have a reason to attack then Juvia would never fight Gray and he would let her see the sky for the first time since she was born. Not to mention it was their attack that made the council decide to not punish Fairy Tail for being involved in a guild war.

Someone walking up beside her jolted Lucy back to her current surroundings, and out of her memories of what the war would do. Looking up she was shocked to see Laxus beside her considering that he had seemed to leave her alone when they were in the guild. When she looked closer Lucy was a little surprised to see a blush and sheepish look on his face, but at the same time he looked determined. It really was an odd combination of emotions to see on Laxus's face, and she didn't find herself missing the old Laxus who had always hid behind a mask. She liked being able to tell how Laxus felt and having him actually act like he was a human.

"What happened to the guild?" she asked knowing it would seem suspicious if she didn't at least act like she was concerned.

"Phantom Lord, Jiji's ordered that no one is allowed to retaliate though so as you can see some of the rowdier members have been contained," he replied looking ecstatic that she was actually talking to him.

He was right Natsu and Gray looked furious and like they would run out at any moment if they were allowed. Erza was with them though and obviously the requip mage was keeping them in line. After all retaliating could end up getting Fairy Tail disbanded if they started a guild war over a destroyed building.

"Hmm hopefully Erza can keep those two in line," Lucy replied with a slight smile. Even though the five of them worked together on a few jobs they weren't an official team considering that most of them still did solo work. They just knew if the others needed help that they would all band together and take jobs together once again. Quite different from the last time when they had all just accepted the making of the team to be official without ever actually discussing it.

"Yeah Titania should be able to handle it just fine. Until we know what Phantom Lord is after though Jiji ordered that no mage is allowed to be alone, so when you want to leave for the night tell me so I can walk with you," Laxus told her rubbing the back of his neck like he was afraid that she would refuse. Not that she could blame him for being nervous when this was the first civil conversation they had had since the incident.

"Alright," she agreed with him shortly before walking away.

Despite the fact that she could be civil at the moment she was still way to mad at him to actually spend the day with him. That was one of the major things that had changed about her this time around how much more difficult she found it to forgive someone for something so small. Before she would have just accepted that he was sorry and forgiven him like nothing had happened, but Laxus was a lot different than Natsu even if he was just as socially awkward in some areas. Not to mention that he was an adult who should know better.

Lucy knew that she was just trying to find reasons to stay mad at him though. Afraid that if she forgave him to quickly that she might actually do what everyone thing had already happened. She was afraid that she would fall in love with her best friend and afraid that he would one day leave her. No it was just better for her to leave them as friends and never allow her brain to shift into the forbidden zone. One kiss that he instigated wouldn't make them a couple, she just had to make sure that he knew never to do it again. Maybe it would be best for all of them if Lucy went on a few dates to show everyone that they were wrong about her and Laxus.

Lucy basically just spent the day talking with her many friends of Fairy Tail, although some of that time was spent turning bright red with all of the suggestions Cana was giving her. Apparently Cana was a hard shipper of Lalu and she was trying to convince Lucy to give Laxus a chance. Telling her that Laxus had obviously kissed her because he liked her hence his cryptic statement saying he knew she had grown up. Lucy just laughed at Cana after that one, but then Cana called her out saying that she couldn't deny that Laxus was hot, and then started to talk about how she thought the older mage would use his lightning to bring her extra pleasure. It was that point that had Lucy leave Cana with her face cherry red as she abandoned Cana to go sit with the Raijinshuu.

Oddly enough the Raijinshuu were the only ones who had never bothered her about her feelings for Laxus. Instead they treated her like a little sister and they were smart enough to not bring up what had happened two weeks ago. She wished that last time they could have had the close relationship they did now. She and Freed bonded over books and tended to hold massive debates that gave the others headaches. Ever gave her advice on boys although she never put a name behind who she thought would be a good match for Lucy. And Bickslow was one of the only people who truly understood how she felt about her spirits since he felt the same about his babies.

The three of them meant a lot to her and she to them which is why they always stayed right on the sidelines whenever she and Laxus fought. Not wanting to take sides since they loved both of them. She and Laxus both knew this so they sort of worked around each other so they could both spend time with the team. Although Laxus sometimes stole them when the argument got really bad so that they could go on a mission giving her space for a while, actually it surprised her that Laxus hadn't done it this time. This was the first fight they had gotten in that Laxus actually tried to push her to forgive him earlier then she usually would.

"Ever can you go get Laxus-san for me?" she asked a little nervously using his full name so that the team knew she hadn't quite forgiven him yet.

"Ready to go home then?" she asked kindly probably having been informed by Laxus that until they knew what was going on she wasn't allowed to go home alone. Thinking about it Lucy found it a little weird that no one had been panicking this morning when they couldn't find her after what had happened. Especially considering that she had left this morning before both Laxus and Master had even woken up.

"Yeah, but I don't want to go up there and cause Cana-chan and Mira-chan to start squealing again. Those two can't seem to get it through their heads that I don't like Laxus," her reply was followed by a pout at the laughing expression on the groups faces.

"You have to admit Lu-chan that you don't exactly do anything to stop their ideas. Maybe if they actually saw you trying to date they would stop thinking that you are secretly pining after someone, not to mention how amusing your reactions are when they tease you about Laxus," Bickslow said wiggling his tongue in a teasing manner.

Pouting at Bickslow she stuck her tongue out at him frowning even more when he just laughed at her. It's not his fault that he had a perfectly valid point that would get the gossip queens off of her back. Yet did he and everyone else in the guild not seem to understand that all of the guys who were worth dating had been scared off by Laxus. Any of the other ones who were brave enough to risk his wrath were just perverts who wanted to say that they got into her pants. Plus no one in the guild interested her, so she didn't really know who she could go on a date with without them all knowing that it was just a farce to get Mira and Cana off her back.

"Bixy you're so mean," was her reply. "Besides Laxus scares off all the guys before they even look at me in that way not to mention the guys in the guild are too immature for my tastes."

"Maybe you should just give in and go out with Laxus then. He's nothing like the rest of the guys in the guild or is Freed's type more to your taste?" Bickslow asked wiggling his eyebrows with a smirk on his face.

Hitting him Lucy knew he was just teasing, but she really didn't like people putting her and Laxus in that sort of category. "Moe Bixy you know Freed's like a brother to me that's just gross, no offence Freed."

"None taken Lu-chan I feel the same way about you," was his quick reply to show her that she hadn't hurt his feelings. "You know though Lu-chan maybe if you told people you saw Laxus as a brother it would get them off your back," he added as an afterthought with a thoughtful look on his face.

That was sort of the problem though. Unlike the team she didn't see Laxus in a family sort of way, he was her best friend and that's how she had always classified him. His grandfather was the master of the guild and the man who took her in, but they weren't her family. Once when she was younger she had asked Master if it bothered him that she didn't see them as her family in that sort of way, but the Master had just smiled at her and told her being family through the guild was fine as well. Saying it didn't matter if she saw Laxus as a brother, a guild mate, or as his best friend because they were bound together as Nakama no matter what. That had actually been around the time of her first mission that had turned out to be a fake.

Hitting her head on the table she turned to Freed and Bix with wide eyes absently noting that Ever had left. "That's the problem I can't say that because I don't see him like a brother, and no," she started before Bix could say something, "I don't see him in a romantic way either. Laxus has always been my best friend and that's how we always will be."

"If that's what you think Lu-chan," Bix said although he looked like he didn't quite believe her.

"Let's go home Lulu," Laxus's voice from behind her had Lucy jumping up and turning to look at him in shock. How long had he been there? His eyes didn't seem to tell her anything about what he had heard, so she just decided to leave it. It's not like he had heard her say she liked him or anything like that, so why did it matter if he heard her?

"Yeah ok," she responded her voice quiet as she thought of how awkward she felt around him right now before squashing it back down. Feeling awkward was something she couldn't allow because it might end up making things way too complicated.

A part of her knew what she was seeing was a dream or a nightmare rather and not a memory, but Lucy couldn't stop the shivers she felt running up her spine. Her dream had her in a cavern Lucy had never seen before and she was facing Acnologia who had blood dripping down from his face. Looking around Lucy screamed when she realized that the blood was from Laxus whose mangled and broken body was laying on the floor. Acnologia seemed to look straight at her before he opened his mouth wide and finished the job Laxus disappearing in his large mouth.

"No Laxus," she screamed wanting to save him, but she was stuck. No matter how much she struggled she couldn't get closer to Acnologia she couldn't stop him from eating Laxus.

Tears started running down her face as the thought of never seeing Laxus again registered in her mind. Her best friend had just been killed by Acnologia and she hadn't been able to do anything about it. She was supposed to change things by coming back, but instead she had just ended up getting Laxus killed. It was all her fault, all her fault that he was dead.

Lucy was brought back to the real world by someone shaking her shoulder. Her first thought was that her nightmare must have woken someone up. So she looked up expecting to see a comforting look on Laxus's face since this wasn't the first time he had to calm her after a nightmare. The grim look on his face and the sun shining in through the window told her that her nightmare wasn't why he was here. Without thinking Lucy flung herself into Laxus's arms sobbing into his shoulder that nightmare had just seemed so real, and she didn't ever want to think about losing Laxus.

"Hey, hey what's wrong Lulu?" the question was asked with concern as he rubbed her back. She knew he had come in here for another reason, but she just needed to reassure herself that he was alive right now.

Shaking her head she refused to answer him not wanting to tell him that she had just seen him be eaten by Acnologia. It would make him wonder how she even knew what Acnologia looked like let alone who he was, that is if Laxus even knew about Acnologia at the moment. Plus it would make him believe those rumors that she felt something for him if she told him she was upset about seeing him die in her dream.

"Lulu come on you can tell me," he tried coaxing her pulling her away from him just enough so that he could look her in the eyes.

"Just a nightmare I'm fine now," pulling away from him completely until she was out of his arms and sitting back on her bed. The look Laxus gave her said he didn't believe her, but he allowed it to slide.

"Alright well we have to head to the guild, something happened last night and Jiji called a guild meeting," the way he avoided her eyes told her it was big.

Most likely Gajeel had done what he had last time meaning that the guild had found Team Shadow Gear bolted to a tree with the Phantom Lord mark drawn on Levy's body. Lucy would have to do her best to act anger and concerned when she was told about it. Until then she just kicked Laxus out of her room so she could get ready for the day summoning Cancer and Virgo to help her. She didn't actually need their help, but she liked spending the extra amount of time with the two chatty spirits all the time. Especially now that she knew they remembered everything since it made things a lot less awkward.

Only five minutes later Lucy was ready to go forgoing a shower knowing that this was serious even if everything turns out right in the end. Laxus was standing outside her bedroom door waiting for her and offered her a hand which she took seeing the fear in his eyes. Instead of walking to the guild Lucy found themselves teleporting over almost like Laxus was afraid of being gone for too long.

Looking around when they landed Lucy found herself having to fight back a smirk seeing Natsu trapped in Freed's ruins. It seems that this time Macao didn't get asked to pretend to be Natsu which she didn't really mind. Besides Natsu would have his chance to fight soon enough. The grim looks on everyone's faces would have convinced Lucy that someone was seriously injured or dead if she hadn't known what was going on, and would have terrified her if she didn't know that Levy and them would be fine.

Instead of listening to Master though Lucy found herself being escorted to the makeshift infirmary by Laxus. Making her wonder why she was being brought to see Team Shadow Gear instead of being involved in the planning of the attack like everyone else. When they arrived Lucy was shocked to realize that the injuries they seemed to sustain were miniscule, and that this time Levy didn't have an absolutely terrified look on her face. What had changed? Droy and Jet didn't even seem like they were truly angry even though they definitely looked concerned.

"I'll be outside if you guys need anything. My team and I will be protecting the guild from Phantom Trash well Jiji and the rest go to deal with the problem," he told them gruffly before spinning on his heal and leaving.

"Levy-chan are you alright?" Lucy asked showing concern as she tried to figure out what was wrong with this picture.

Levy smiled brightly at her looking nothing like she had after the first attack. "We're perfectly fine Lu-chan, actually I feel a little bad about how everyone's reacting over this," she said looking a little sheepish and guilty.

"Don't be Levy-chan the scary looking man told us it would save someone's life," Jet interrupted getting up and standing beside them.

Ok this has officially gotten weird. What the heck was going on? The attack had still happened, but they were acting weird and why would her having been attacked make Levy guilty. None of this is making any sense to Lucy, so she raised a brow waiting for them to explain. Especially why Gajeel would tell them that him attacking them would save someone's life, what the heck was that about?

Levy seemed to notice her confused look because she began to explain, "the boys were walking me home last night after I had gotten groceries when a man approached us. He had iron studs all over with black hair and red eyes and the Phantom Lord mark was shinning in the dark. I was terrified Lu-chan I thought he was here to hurt us. Instead he had told us he needed our help telling us that he needed to make Fairy Tail want to attack his guild.

"He introduced himself as Gajeel Redfox and then went on to explain that his guild had kidnapped a little boy for ransom after they had accepted a request to look into you Lu-chan. Although he didn't know it was you they were looking into he just said that his guild had been hired to find the Celestial Spirit mage with the key of the Water Bearer Aquarius, and that his guild had kidnapped the son of the people who hired them. He then explained that he didn't want to be part of a guild who kidnapped a child, but that he didn't know how to save the child, so he needed Fairy Tail's help.

"We agreed and he had staged it to look like we had a battle before hanging us on a tree and painting the Phantom Lord mark on us. Being hung like that strained my muscles and the boys too, but he had explained how he was afraid that the council would react too late and the boy would be hidden. He told us before he left that he knew a celestial mage once who would have hated him for doing something like that, and that he was doing his best to be a good mage for her."

Levy's story surprised her. Could Gajeel somehow have followed her back without her realizing? If he had it would have been hard for him to find her considering how much she had changed from the journey. Plus who was the little boy that Phantom Lord had kidnapped? Gajeel was too nice for him to be the same Gajeel from before he had joined Fairy Tail, did she dare hope that her older brother figure actually remembered her.

"Lu-chan do you know him?" Levy asked her making Lucy realize that her face was probably showing off a range of emotions right now.

"Yeah I do, but I haven't seen him for eleven years. Do Laxus and the others know that Phantom Lord was hired to find me?" she asked as an afterthought. Wondering if Mirajane would once again pretend to be her, and cause Elfman to finally be able to achieve a full takeover.

"That's great Lu-chan you're getting your memories back," Levy told her the other girl's eyes sparkling. For a moment Lucy was confused until she remembered that most people believed that she didn't have any memories from before the time that Laxus had brought her to Fairy Tail. Although Levy didn't bother answering her question about Laxus.

Sometimes she wondered if her lack of memories and looks combined is what made the guild not realize she had appeared on the same day Lucy Heartfilia disappeared. Others she was fairly certain that her guild wouldn't have even paid attention to the sort of thing. From what Lucy knew Master never actually looked in to the children's pasts, so he probably hadn't even bothered trying to find her family when she said she couldn't remember anyone. Since her mother hadn't been associated with a mage's guild it made it less likely for people to become suspicious of Fairy Tail gaining another orphan when the Heartfilia heir supposedly died.

A commotion from outside brought Lucy's attention to outside the window, where she watched with baited breath as Erza stopped the Jupiter Cannon. Obviously they had already went to Phantom Lord's base camp, and even though she hadn't heard anyone panicking she bet that Master had already been taken to Porlyusica's meaning the Myst-nii was probably at the headquarters gathering Master's magic power. She was shocked though to see Mira standing in front looking like her once again so someone had to have found out that they were after Celestial Wizards. Lucy winced as she watched Mira get grabbed, but knew that Elfman would deal with it. Somehow Lucy had to get to the top where Gajeel had taken her the first time and see what she could do to help.

Right now really would have been a good time for Lucy to have a spirit that could fly or transport her instantly, but unfortunately she still hadn't found one like that. Instead she found herself struggling out of the basement window and sending a cheery wave to Levy and her team. She knew she didn't have much time before Laxus checked on her or noticed that her scent was no longer in the room, if it had been the real infirmary she would have had more time. With that in mind she found herself shimmering out quickly before she summoned Virgo her maid spirit already carrying a cloak so that Lucy could keep her identity hidden.

Luckily for Lucy everyone's attention was stuck on the ongoing battle with Mirajane and Elfman so no one noticed the cloaked figure sneaking around them. Nor did they notice as said cloaked figure used a whip to start pulling herself up further and further each time. Happy would be really useful at this moment, but she was certain that the blue cat would just end up alerting others to what she was doing, so she ignored the strain in her arms as she fought her way up towards the top.

What felt like hours, but was probably only minutes later Lucy was basically at the top when someone leaned down and pulled her up. Her first instinct was to fight back when said person wrapped their arms around her in a hug, but a familiar laugh stopped her and she looked at the person holding her. Gajeel was standing in front of her looking like he was about to cry as well as he pushed her away so that he could look over the changes to her.

"Woah Bunny Girl no wonder it was hard for me to find you," he said letting out a low whistle that made her want to punch him. The nickname and his statement made it very clear to her that he remembered their old life, but why was he the only one who remembered?

"Gajeel you have a lot of explaining to do," she told him with a glare at the smirk on his face.

"Yeah I know Bunny Girl you have quite a bit of explaining to do as well, but right now I need your help to rescue the little man well Fairy Tail stop's Jose from firing the Jupiter Cannon again." It was odd hearing Gajeel be so serious without his customary gihii, but she did have to admit they were in a serious situation.

Before she could ask him who he was talking about though Gajeel turned her around in the room and she felt shocked. There standing at the other end of the room looking afraid of what was going on was a little boy. The shocking thing about him was that if he had been a girl he would have been an exact clone of herself when she had been that age and still looked like Lucy Heartfilia. Nowhere had she heard that her parents had another child, but it was obvious that this child was related to her.

The little boy was clutching a very familiar doll to him and Lucy felt like she was going to cry. Never did she even think that this time around she would get a chance for a real sibling. She wondered if the little boy knew that he had an older sister who had disappeared, or if he thought that her doll was the closest thing to a sister. Gonzales as she had been known when she was a child looked well taken care of, and she hoped that this time around the doll who had been affected by her magic wasn't lonely.

Gajeel started to speak to the little boy answering the burning question of what his name was. "Lucas this is my little sister Luciana she's going to help me get you out of here and back home with your family ok?"

"Yes Gajeel-nii," the little boy no Lucas said his voice trembling as he tried to act brave.

Lucy wondered if Lucas had been named after her or if they would have named him Lucas even if she had been with them. It was uncanny though how much Lucas looked like her old self and Lucy could see him being a heartbreaker when he was older. Although it was shocking how gentle Gajeel sounded with him, and how trusting Lucas seemed to be of him despite the fact that Gajeel was a member of the guild who had kidnapped him.

Well at least Gajeel had given her a longer name and called her his sister. Hopefully that would deter her parents enough if she actually ended up running into them. Truly she wished that she wouldn't have to see them, but she had a feeling that she would be with Gajeel when he gave Lucas back to her family.

"So Gaj do you have any ideas of how we are going to do this?" Lucy asked the dragon slayer as she tried to figure out a way to safely get Lucas away from here. They had no Exceeds to rely on at the moment, and there was no way that Lucy was going to carry her little brother down the way she had come up. It had almost been too dangerous for her to handle.

"Keh can't we just use your water magic to soften the fall?" he asked her looking confused.

Lucy just looked at him with wide eyes. How the hell had she forgotten that she still carried Aquarius's blessing? She hadn't even tried to see if she could still use the water magic after he found herself in Fairy Tail. Using that could have made it almost impossible for people to think she was Lucy Heartfilia and they would have just assumed that her parents had both magics since she already knew magic before she had joined Fairy Tail.

Looking down towards the water bellow them Lucy found herself holding a hand out as she tried to guide the water. Instead of being difficult like she had expected the water almost leapt up towards her as she called it. Maybe a part of Aquarius's blessing had been having an instant knowledge of how to use the new magic, it would explain why it had been so easy for her to use it against Jackal after Aquarius's sacrifice.

Well she was standing there Lucy heard an explosion and almost ended up diving face first into the water. It was only the tiny hands of Lucas and Gajeel's larger ones that stopped her from leaving them behind. Obviously the fights between the mages were getting more serious and Lucy didn't think it would be safe for Lucas to stay here much longer.

"We'll have to jump. Lucas-kun hold onto Gajeel really tightly ok?" she told him.

Feeling another tremor Lucy waited until Gajeel was holding the little boy on his back before she made her own move. Grasping onto Gajeel's hands she let the three of them drop her other hand stretched out in front of them and commanding the water below to rise up like a cyclone. The water was surrounding them as they fell and was acting like a hand to gradually slow down their fall.

Lucy could hear the screams from the people bellow and was horrified when the structure behind them began to collapse, and knocked her away from the other two. Even as she found herself free falling without support Lucy didn't allow the hand to let go of Gajeel and Lucas she wasn't going to allow anything bad to happen to her brothers. As she fell Lucy began to feel a rise of power and an instinct that told her to dive down which she followed crashing into the water as she did, but it didn't hurt.

When she found herself submerged Lucy found herself going by instinct to try and kick her legs and almost screamed when she felt a different movement instead. Moments later Lucy found herself hitting the surface as she moved the tail, yes tail, that she had somehow gained in the fall. Even her outfit had changed making her look like a mermaid just like Aquarius, although her hair appeared to be the same color. Looking around Lucy sighed in relief when she saw a sick looking Gajeel bobbing on a metal surfboard with Lucas. Swimming over to them she found herself moving them to shore, Gajeel not even noticing her new appendage do to his sickness, although Lucas was looking at her in awe.

It was faster swimming with the use of a tail then her legs and Lucy found themselves on shore in front of the awestruck Fairy Tail members faster then she would have thought possible. She didn't even really have a chance to respond before she was pulled out of the water, her tail fading as soon as she left it, and into the warm arms and hard chest of a very familiar person. If she hadn't been so concerned about Lucas and Gajeel she was certain that Laxus would have filled her senses in that moment with the look he was giving her.

"You idiot Lulu, do you know how terrified I was when I watched you jump out of a window with two unknown people?!" Laxus mumbled into her hair making it so no one else except maybe Gajeel could hear him.

"We really didn't have a choice we had to make sure Lucas was alright," was her quick reply as she pulled herself out of his arms to turn to her little brother. Kneeling beside him Lucy let out a sigh of relief as she found no scratches on him it seemed Gajeel had kept his unspoken promise to protect him when they fell.

Lucy could feel the concerned presence of her Nakama behind her even as she watched the Phantom Lord guild completely crash into the ocean. It seemed that they had gotten Lucas out just in time because if they had been in there when it fell she wasn't sure if they could have gotten out completely unscathed. Gajeel was still pathetically bobbing in the water the motion making his face turn even greener.

"Luciana-nee is Gajeel-nii going to be alright?" Lucas asked his eyes on Gajeel looking like he was about to cry. Obviously he believed that Gajeel had been hurt protecting him and didn't realize that he was just motion sick.

"He'll be fine sweet pea," she said hugging him tightly. Ignoring the awkward looks she could feel on her back, after all they had all heard him call her Luciana. "Laxus can you get him off the water he's a dragon slayer."

Looking at the other man with distrust Laxus did as she said, although he didn't seem happy about it. Then again she couldn't blame him she wouldn't be happy if someone she cared about jumped hand in hand out a window with someone else, and then used a magic power she wasn't even aware the person had. Although that last part wasn't her fault she had completely forgotten about it, and it seemed Aquarius had as well.

Even after he was on land and no longer moving Gajeel still stayed a pathetic green color. Really it was hilarious to watch at times, but completely inconvenient at others. Who was the one who cursed all dragon slayers with motion sickness anyway? Really people raised by dragons shouldn't get sick from constant motion considering they had probably gone flying a lot. But she guessed it would just remain one of the world's strange mysteries.

"Oh seriously Gaj you're acting as pathetic as Natsu-san," she told him rolling her eyes knowing that it would make Gajeel jump up, and she wasn't disappointed when he responded just like she expected.

"Don't compare me to Salamander I'm not as big of a wuss as he is," he growled at her before turning with soft eyes to Lucas. "You alright little man?"

"Yeah that was so cool Gajeel-nii, Luciana-nee I want to be a mage too!" he exclaimed a look of pure wonder in his eyes.

"Don't worry kid you will be," Gajeel told him ruffling his hair affectionately. "I suggest you try finding Celestial Keys like this one," he added passing over a key to Canis Minor another version of Lucy's own Plue.

Looking at Gajeel Lucy was shocked that he had that on hand. He would know that she would already have Plue, so it seemed the only reason he had gotten the key was for Lucas. Who was now looking at him with pure admiration as he grabbed the silver key looking it over and tracing it with awe.

"For me, really?"

"Yeah, Luciana can tell you how to call it, should be fine for a start and a good companion so you don't get lonely," Gajeel replied gruffly.

"Here watch me Lucas-kun. Open gate of the Canis Minor, Nikola!" she called summoning Plue to her who appeared in his usually fashion shivering and looking around with strange looks.

Lucas quickly followed her advice and Lucy smiled as a green version of Plue appeared in front of the little boy. It was a little shocking to her that her mother hadn't even tried training Lucas in celestial magic. Her training had begun when she was four and by Lucas's size she figured he was a couple years older than that. Maybe her mother hadn't thought that Lucas possessed his own magic, but something seemed off about everything. Well she'd get her answers after they contacted her parents, although they probably won't arrive until tomorrow considering the time for now.

"Thank you Lucy-nee," Lucas told her brightly her breath hitching as she heard her true name for the first time in eleven years. If it wasn't for Gajeel's comforting hand on her shoulder as her little brother unknowingly called her the way he should have for years, she was certain that she would have fallen to the ground with tears. Instead she just gave the blonde haired little boy a bright smile if not a little watery as she wished that she could actually tell him that she was his real big sister.