Natsu gets to his feet and starts chasing after his dragon father, I just sigh and stand back to my feet and make my way around the place. After a while of walking I run into Erza, Minerva, Pantherlily, Happy and the demon I versed being held in Minerva's hand. I growl at the demon and they give me a questioning look, I look back up at them and answer their questioning gazes "I versed this demon with Wendy and defeated him, him and his buddies are getting annoying, I've taken out two others and Wendy has taken down another one as well" I look back at the mutated demon in her hands again and growl "So where are you guys going anyway?" I ask Happy and he answers "We trying to find the control room" "What for?" I ask and this time Pantherlily answers "We want to get there so we can shut down Face" I just smile at him and say "No need, the dragon slayer's dragons have destroyed them already" I laugh at their shocked faces and say "Yeah, that's what my reaction was as well, so you don't need that demon do you?" Minerva looks down at the demon and grins and hands him over to me and I smirk at his terrified face and start to mock him "Mmm, what shall I do to you? I could squish you with my bare hands until you pop" I give him a small squeeze and he lets out a small squeak then I continue taunting "Or I could stomp on you? Nahh, I know I'll let Minerva handle you?" I grin as he pales and hand him over to the grinning Minerva, who takes him and walks away to do her job. We wait for a couple minutes before she walks back out with a missing demon "Did you do it?" I ask her with my brow raised and she nods and then speaks to me "Look I'm sorry for all I've done to you and the others over the time" she looks down apologetically and I just give her a smile and then walk over to her and give her a hug. She looks up at me shocked and starts to sob a little but I just giggle at her antics and give her another smile and she smiles back, unfortunetly this doesn't last long as we see Igneel fall to the ground with half his body missing and with one of Achnologia's arms in his mouth, I look up further and see Achnologia roar and he destroys Igneel's body, in the distance I see a figure running towards them and I soon figure out that it's Natsu running to his dead father. I turn back to the others and gesture for them to follow me and I start leading them to Porlyusica. After I've done that, I find Wendy and Carla and put them on my back and start to walk to her dragon mother Grandine. After a couple minutes of walking I make it there and put the girls down and they run to Grandine's side and start to sob and hug her, I look around and see all the dragon slayers are enjoying their reunions, all except the pink-haired dragon slayer, I walk away to a secluded area and let my tears fall as I think of my sacrifice, my friend, my second mother... Aquarius. I let all my anger and sadness out, I feel my tears running down my face like waterfalls and my screams are echoing, not caring if anyone hears them anymore, I fall to my knees ignoring the pain that runs through my body at the impact. I then hear many footsteps and I stop the tears and put my back to whoever found me, I then feel a hand on my shoulder but I don't look at who it is, then I feel strong arms circle my waist and hug me, I still don't know who it is though and I don't care so I let the tears fall again and clutch onto the person for dear life as I let all the sadness go. After a while I stop and look up to the person who is holding me and me being shocked is an understatement, it's the one person who has been there for me over these 6 months and my all-time crush Laxus Dreyer. I turn as red as Erza's hair, if that's even possible and look away, I'm embarrassed, I clung to Laxus for dear life and I cried all over him, I try to get up but he doesn't allow it and pulls me back down and nestles his face in the crook of my neck and hugs me tighter, I have shock written all over my face, I look behind him and see Evergreen, Bickslow, Freed, Wendy and the exceeds all standing there looking at me with a mix of worry and confusion, I look away and just rest my head on Laxus's shoulder and I feel my eyelids getting heavy but I fight to keep them open but it doesn't work and I find myself giving into the darkness but not without shedding a few more tears.
A wake up and find myself on a bed on the ground in the rubble of what used to be Fairy Tail's guild hall, I slowly sit up, wincing at the small bits of pain that shoots through my body, I stand up and look around, as I do, I'm horrified at the sight, nearly all of Magnolia has been demolished and there are a few dead bodies, and a lot of injured citizens, I can't help the shock that I feel at seeing this, I look around the rubble of the guild hall and see many members resting on the ground just like I was. I start to walk around to find Laxus and apologize for falling asleep on him, I notice that lot of the members only have minor injuries and have already starting building the guild hall back up to its glory, I can't help but smile and continue my search for the lightning dragon slayer, after a couple minutes of searching I find him resting on the ground, the only difference being that he is awake, I slowly make my way over to him and sit beside him, he looks over and smiles, I smile back and then he asks "How are you doing?" I look into his eyes and see worry and I answer "I've been better, sorry for crying and falling asleep on you, I used a lot of magic fighting off some of the demons" I look away embarrassed, but I look up as he laughs and says "No worries Blondie, but do you want to talk about why you were crying and screaming like that?" I look down and fight back the tears and answer him "No" I go to stand up and walk away but he grabs my hand and says "Stay here, your still injured" I see him looking down at my leg and then back up to my shoulder, but I just shrug "It doesn't hurt anymore" I then get up and make my way to see if my apartment is still standing, but I seriously doubt it, and after a couple minutes I was right, my apartment is in rubble and I can't help but shed a few tears as I now realise that all those letters to my mother since I was a child has been destroyed, I walk over to the rubble and start to move rocks and broken furniture to see if anything survived and I'm shocked to see that the box that holds my mother's letters is there, a few scratches, but other than that it's ok, I keep digging through the rubble but find nothing else, then I sit in the middle of the rubble and grab what's left of Aquarius's key and I find a piece of string and tie it to her key and tie it around my neck, as I look down to the key, I see that Aquarius's tattoo is still running along my collarbone and I can't stop the tears that start flowing from my eyes 'I lost both my mother's and it's my fault' then I remembered what I was going to talk to master about, 'I have to get stronger' I wipe my tears and stand up and tuck the key in what's left of my shirt so that it is hidden from view and as fast as I can make my way back to the guild hall and look for master.
I arrive back at the hall and see that many more people have woken up and are starting to go and help citizens rebuild their homes, I walk around while trying to look for master and I find him of course drinking at the bar and staring at the girls 'Just what I thought, typical master perving on the ladies and drinking' I walk over to him and ask "Master can we please go and talk in private and please call the Thunder Legion, Wendy, Lisanna and the exceeds with us?" He gives me a questioned look, but soon nods and calls them over and we find a secluded area and master puts up a sound proof barrier, then he looks at me and says "Now Lucy, what is it that you wanted to talk about?" I look around the area and see everyone staring at me, "I want to leave so that I can train so that nothing like this happens ever again and so that I can protect my family" I give him a determined look, he opens his mouth to say something but closes it and sighs and then says "Alright my dear, as much as it pains me to see you leave for a while, I will grant your wish, but you must promise to come back once you are done" he sheds a few tears along with the others and I nod and give them all a hug and then I turn to Laxus and gesture him to follow, to which he complies to and we leave the others giving each other questioning glances, we find an empty clearance and I stop and turn to face him 'You can do this' I think to myself, I take a deep breath and start talking to him "Laxus, I really don't want to leave you guys behind, but you understand that I have to do this, but the reason I bought you here was to tell you that for a while now I have loved you" at this point I found the ground more interesting and had a bright blush on my face but I continued "I was going to tell you sooner but then this thing with Tartarus happened an-" I'm suddenly cut off as I feel something on my lips, and I soon come to realise that Laxus Dreyer...THE Laxus Dreyer is kissing me, it takes a few seconds for me to get over my shock and start to kiss back, he wraps his arms around my waist while my hands starts playing with his hair, we soon break the kiss, much to my disappointment and we stare at each other trying to catch our breathes then he says "I feel the same Lucy" 'He said my name, not Blondie' I think with shock, he continues "I don't want to sound like a dick but I'm glad they kicked you out, otherwise we would never be where we are now" He smiles at me and I look into his eyes and see admiration and love, so I smile and nod in agreement and give him a quick peck on the lips and let go, then I grab his hand and start walking back to the rubble of what we call the guild hall.
We walk back hand in hand and then when we arrive back I let go and grab a golden key "Open gate of the maiden, Virgo" She pops up in front of me "Punishment princess?" I just sweatdrop and answer "No Virgo, I was wondering if you could grab some clothes for everyone, the only clothes any of us have are shredded to pieces" "Yes princess" She bows before leaving, and soon returns with a bunch of clothes, she hands me mine and Laxus's and then she goes and gives out the rest and soon returns to my side "Anything else princess?" I think for a moment and then answer "Uh, yes, can you please cook everyone a meal?" She nods and gets straight to work, while everyone goes and changes into the clothes that Virgo handed them. After a couple hours Virgo finishes and I send her back and we all serve ourselves 'Man Virgo is a great cook' I think as I eat the yummy pasta, I sit beside Laxus and I feel his eyes on me, I turn to face him and raise my brow in question, then he says "When do you plan on leaving?" I think about it for a moment then reply "I'll probably leave tomorrow morning, I want to leave as soon as I can so that I can be back as soon as I can" I look up to him with sad eyes, but I know he understands, he puts down his bowl and wraps his arms around me, I sink into the embrace and smile. He then let's go and we go and lay down together and fall asleep. I wake up early then next morning and notice the empty space beside me and sigh, I get up and call Virgo for some clothes and go and get changed, when I exit I see the people I told about my leave standing there with the Fairy Tail symbol, I cover my mouth with my hands and shed a few tears, I run up to them and give them all a big hug and say my goodbyes, I walk to the door hand in hand with Laxus and then they let go and I give him one last kiss and say goodbye, as I'm walking I give them the Fairy Tail sign, I stick up my pointer and my thumb and hold my arm in the air as I walk to the train station and make my way to Tenrou Island, thinking 'I will be back soon my Fairy Tail family, see you soon'.