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"Oh please Spirit King, please let her get through this!" the boy cried in the dark cave. It had been nearly a month since he followed the blonde to this strange world. A month he spent here caring for her wounds. She hadn't woken up much, usually only enough to eat a small piece of bread and drink some water. He knew his presence alone was draining her, but what could he do? They weren't in the right world. He had no other way of protecting her here. And there wasn't anyone here that could help. She was a stranger in this land.

"Loki, are you still there?" the blonde asked.

"Yeah Lucy, I am here. Are you hungry?"

"A little."

Loki grabbed the bread he got from the town a few miles away. He broke a piece off and put it in her mouth as she chewed. She had a hard time swallowing so he grabbed the water and gave her a drink. Once she cleared her mouth she gathered the strength to talk.

"Loki, is there anyway you can get word back to the guild?"

"Technically I could, but then I would have to leave you in this world and make it back to Earthland. But I don't want to leave you alone."

"Listen, I will be okay. Please tell them that I am okay and will be home soon. I know Natsu is worried sick."

"You aren't okay Lucy! Your wounds aren't healing. How the hell am I supposed to leave you in this state with no one to watch you?"

"Loki, please. I need to know if everyone is okay too. I am worried they are trying to find me. There is no way they can locate me here. Please, for me?"

Loki tried hard to weigh the options. He couldn't leave her, but if he left then her magic energy could replenish and maybe she would have the strength to walk at least. But what if something happened to her while he was gone? Sure he could find her in an instant, but it could be too late! He didn't know what to do.

"If I leave, you gotta promise me you won't get hurt anymore. I will tell the guild what happened and I can stay in the spirit world for a while to allow your magic to replenish. Okay?"

"That sounds great Loki. Thank you."

With that Loki disappeared through the gate.


Magnolia, home of the wizarding guild Fairy Tail. Loki truly missed his home away from home and would forever count himself as a member here. He stared down the street towards his guild, noting how the streets had rearranged themselves. He concluded that Gildarts must be home. Probably coming to see his daughter. He seemed to show up more now for her. Loke started the long walk to his family.

He placed his hand on the door and slowly opened it. He could feel the tension in the air before he saw any of their faces. Everyone seemed to be there, the s-class wizards Loxas and Gildarts, and wait, was that Mystogan? O no, that must be Jellal. But what would he be doing here? As far as he knew Jellal only barely knew Lucy. Cana was sitting with her father, a solemn look on her face. Even Gajeel seemed upset with Levy in his arms. They all looked up at Loki as he strode in the door. The only person to speak was Master.

"Loki, please tell me you have some good news for us?" he pleaded.

"Uh, well, I do. Sort of. Why is everyone so down?"

"Because Lucy has been missing for a month, and so have Natsu, Ersa, and Grey. Please tell me you know where they are."

"Dammit, I was afraid of that. Listen, Master, do you want to talk in private?"

"No Loki. Everyone here is worried about them. Please tell us what you know."

"I only know about Lucy. She is alive, but only barely. A celestial spirit threw her into another world."

Every gasped. Levy's head darted behind her hands to hind her tears. Gajeel drew his arms around her tighter as she sobbed.

"I have been watching her, but at a cost. I can't go to this other world on my own power so I have to be there on hers. It has caused her healing to slow. She asked me to come here and tell you that she is alright, even though she is far from that. She also wanted to know how her friends were doing."

"We are all very sad that she is missing," Mackarav started, "but Natsu only lasted two days before he went out to search for her. Erza went with him and they have yet to return. Three days later Grey left. None of them have returned or even called. Is it possible that they too have gone to this other world."

"If they are there I haven't seen them. I guess it could have happened. Once the spirit opened the door I immediately attacked him, but not before he shoved Lucy through. I was able to beat him into retreat and he left without closing the door. If they found it they could have stepped through."

"Well hell!" Jellal shouted, "If they damn door is open then we need to go and get them."

"I already checked. The gate is gone now. He must have re-energized and came back for the key."

"Dammit." Gajeel claimed with his fist to the bar table. Levy was still shaking in his other arm as she tried to calm him down. Mirajane was the next to ask a question.

"Loki, are you going to be able to bring her, and possibly the others, back here?"

"I have been thinking about that. I have to find the spirit responsible for this and get the key from him. Then I have to open the door on the other side. The only problem is when they step through it is anyone's guess where they will end up. But I can't search if I am keeping an eye on Lucy."

"Why don't you send another spirit?" Cana asked.

"Because of all of them I am the only one who can stay any amount of time in the other world without killing her."

The sighs and groans increased at the news.

"What about having the other zodiacs search for the spirit?" Mirajane cut in.

"I don't know who it was. He kept himself covered." Loki answered with a grunt. Then an idea came to him. "Listen, if I send Aries here can you guys work with her to see if you can find this guy? She fought with Lucy against the spirit and knows what he looks like."

"Of course! It's better than sitting on our asses doing nothing." Mackarov answered.

"Good. I'll send her here. Please keep up hope. And get to doing something. Lucy would hate to know everyone is crying over her." Loki interjected with a smile.

"Please Loki, try to find the others too." Mirajane pleaded.

"I will."


Lucy woke up from her deep slumber on the floor of a cave. From the distance to the opening she realized it was nighttime, but she couldn't tell what side midnight. She wasn't sure how long Loki had been gone and prayed that he was alright. She also added Natsu's name to the list. She knew he was going crazy not knowing where she was for so long. Her prayers were interrupted by the sound of a quick pacing coming from the entrance to the cave.

"Is someone there?" a voice called. Lucy wasn't sure if she should answer. Hell, she couldn't figure out how this person even knew she was in here.

"Who's there? You better stay away." She called out.

"Are you hurt?" A girl's voice, Lucy concluded. Hopefully the girl was more like Levy and less Erza.

"How did you know that?" Lucy asked as the girl came closer.

"I could sense it. I was walking by on my way to see a friend when I sensed a strange presence coming from here. Your qi is all messed up."

"What is qi?"

"It's hard to explain, but basically its like your life force."

"Oh, you mean my magic?"

"I guess you could call it that. Here, let me heal you."

"No!" Lucy said with a jump. "Don't touch me."

"Why not?"

"Listen, I am not from here, and I don't know what you are doing. I don't even know you."

"My name is May Chang. There, now you know me. Can I heal you now? I won't be able to do much, but I can at least close your flesh wounds."

"Are you serious? How can you do that?"

"I am an alkehestress. It's what I do."

Lucy debated whether or not to let the strange girl touch her. She was dark haired with braids all over, and had a pink robe on. She stood not too much shorter than Lucy herself. The look on her face suggested she had no malice in her.

"Fine, but one wrong move and you are dead."

"I'll keep that in mind."

The girl knelt next to Lucy and began drawing something in the ground. Glancing down Lucy saw that it was a five point star in a circle. She gestured for Lucy to put her arm in the circle and then touched the edges of the drawing. Blue light flashed and Lucy stared in awe as her cuts started to vanish. She couldn't even feel the pain. She finished with her arm and was about to move to her leg when a familiar male voice screamed.

"What are you doing to her! Get away!"

"I'm just healing her, don't worry."

"Loki, it's ok. Look." She said and lifted her arm. Loki took in the sight of her unblemished arm and dropped to his knees.

"What did you do?"

"Like I said, I healed her. But I can only do the physical wounds. Her spirit needs rest too. I am heading to an inn and I will be more than happy to have her with me. She can rest there."

"I don't know, I have no idea who you are."

"Like I told her, my name is May. And you never did tell me your name miss."

"Uh, I am Lucy Heartfilia. And this is Loki. And I would love to sleep in a bed."

"I don't blame you. Come on Mister Loki, help me get her to the village down the road."

Loki grabbed Lucy and carried her wedding style. She laid her head on his shoulder and fell back into sleep as they walked down the road.

"Tell me May, why are you helping us?"

May stared up at the stars, a smile spreading across her face. "The first time I came to this country I ended up passing out on the side of the road. A man stopped and helped me, not knowing who I was or where I came from. Once I told him who I was he didn't believe me, but he helped me nonetheless. I guess I am returning the favor. I can't just leave a girl wounded on the ground. Plus, he wouldn't be very happy with me if I did."

"Who is he?"

"No one you know. Come on, let's get her into a warm bed."

The trio walked towards the town, hope filling Loki for the first time since he came to this strange world.