Sorry it took so long to write chapter 7, but I hope you'll enjoy this chapter. Please review.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

Natsu emerged from cloud of dust he had created when he kicked the door in…

Shadows were covering his face so nobody could see his expression. The air felt heavy with tension, and everyone was silent. No sounds were there for anyone to hear. Every member of the guild were waiting for Natsu to speak. Few drops of liquid fell on the floor… Gasps were heard all over the guild room…

"She's fine! Doctors said that she is okay for now!" Natsu shouted. His face was covered in layers of sweat and dust and he had a huge grin on his face. Cheers broke around the guild.

"Wait. So you weren't crying, Natsu?" Erza asked. Natsu looked at her with a ridiculous expression.

"Of course I wasn't. Those were just drops of sweat and why would I be crying when Lucy is fine?" When Erza was about to answer, Master jumped down from the bar desk. Everyone's eyes were following Master as he walked to Natsu.

"Natsu what exactly do you mean by saying that Lucy is okay? After Erza's description of what kind of wounds she suffered there is no way she just is okay. What did the doctors tell you?" Master asked. Now everyone looked at Natsu for an answer. He looked a bit uncomfortable.

"Well… Give me a moment to recall what they told me," he said.

"If I remember correctly, they said this: She is okay for now. We've managed to stable her condition and she is under our supervision, but in order to ensure that her wounds heal as well as possible we put her in drug induced coma for two to three weeks. Until then she won't be woken, if she'd be waken too early and she'd start moving her wounds would open again. In that case she might really die," Natsu recited. Erza couldn't believe her ears. It was amazing for Natsu to remember something so long.

When Erza got over the shock she asked a question from Natsu "So we can't see her for the next two-three weeks?"

"No, they didn't say that. They said that we can visit her one at a time, if we don't try to wake her or anything like that," Natsu answered, "Starting tomorrow." Erza saw Master head back to the bar desk. When he reached it, he climbed on it to get the attention of everyone. When all the chattering didn't quiet down in a moment he whistled hard. Now all the heads were facing him.

"As you all have heard, Lucy is fine and we can see her one at a time. Everyone can see her, but I will go see her first and then her teammates and after them the rest from the guild," Master said with an evil spark in his eyes. This evil spark didn't escape Erza's gaze.

"No, Master, you can't go see Lucy alone, so you won't be the first to see her. As for the rest I don't care who goes after who, but I think we should let the ones who are closest to Lucy see her first," Erza said. Everybody agreed, except Master who was sulking behind the bar desk.

Every member of the guild were allowed to Lucy. Natsu first and after him in went Erza, Gray, Mirajane and Levy.

Erza didn't like what she saw in Lucy's room. Lucy laying in bed, supported by all kinds of medical machines.

It was two and a half week until the doctors decided to stop the drug induced coma. The next day Lucy woke up…

She opened her eyes, but had to close due the light. Blinking, she managed to open them fully. She saw Erza sitting in the chair, reading a book.

"Where am I?" Lucy asked. Her throat was raw and she wasn't able to speak very much yet.

"Oh, Lucy! You are awake. You are in Magnolia Hospital. You've undergone a surgery, and after that you were in a drug induced coma, until a day ago," Erza explained. Lucy thought about all that had happened. She played all her memories in her head, trying to organize them. Her last memory was that she was laying on the ground and then it was all black.

"Did you bring me here" she asked. Erza nodded."Thanks."

"Would you like something to eat?" Erza asked. Lucy shook her head.

"I'd like to sleep a little more," Lucy said.

"Of course, see you tomorrow," Erza answered.

"So it's night," Lucy said, more to herself. Erza smiled and left room, turning off the lights.

Lucy tried to turn to her side, but then noticed that she had been tied so she couldn't do that.

'Nice thinking doctors. If I had done that I might have opened my wounds'. So she put her head comfortably and drifted to sleep.

Over the next two days she met her fellow guild members, talking with them. Soon she got tired to tell everyone that she was fine, so when Levy left Lucy told her to tell the next one not to ask if she was fine. After a week the doctors said that she could walk. She walked around the hospital, her strength returning to her.

"Erza, could you bring me some of my clothes?" Lucy asked when almost a week had passed from the day the doctors said that she could walk around the hospital.

"Sure," she said, "But why do you need clothes? You get clothes from here."

"I'd like to walk in the city. I don't like staying inside all the time and these clothes aren't the best possible choice for that," Lucy said. The clothes were made from thin cloth. Erza laughed.

"You're right about that. I'll bring you some clothes later this evening."

"Thanks"

The nurse was leaving Lucy's room and she was pretending to be sleeping. When Lucy was sure the nurse was gone she grabbed her keys from the desk beside her. The keys she had gotten few days earlier on a "walk" around the city. Every night she had seen nightmares about Ultear and her promise to attack her precious guild.

"I open the Gate of the Lion!" she whispered. Loki appeared in cloud of smoke. Few days earlier she had told Loki about her plans. At first he had rejected her plan, but then after she told him that she had to do this he agreed.

"Are you ready?" he asked. Lucy nodded once and started to take her hospital pajamas off.

"No peeking. Turn around," Lucy said sternly. Loki chuckled as he turned around.

When Lucy got her traveling clothes on they descended on the ground and they started sneaking towards Lucy's house in the dark, but warm, spring night.

Lucy opened the door to her apartment and they went to do their tasks. Loki went to get her bags and stuffed Lucy's clothes in it and few books Lucy had wanted with them. Lucy went to her desk and a paper. The paper was meant for her guild members.

On the paper for her fellow guild members she wrote:

'I'm sorry to leave without telling to you. I've my reasons, ones that I can't tell to anyone, but I will return after eighteen months. So Natsu don't try to come after me, because I can't come before that time. I will train with Loki and my other spirits and I will return stronger than ever. Wait for my arrival after eighteen months.

Yours sincerely Lucy

After writing that letter of goodbye for her friends she left Magnolia on 1st of May . She would train hard, she had to become stronger so she could protect them.

'Believe in me, Natsu, Erza, Gray and everybody else. When I'll come back I'll be strong enough to protect you from Grimoire Heart.'

The next chapter will be about Lucy's return and I bet you all want to see what she has gained from her training. I will do my absolute best to get it written this weekend.