Sorry for the late update gain. I ended up losing my flash drive in my room. Well on my bed is more like it. I finally found it though and I'm making this chapter extra long for you guys. So I hope you enjoy it! Don't forget to review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters. (I wish I owned Loke and Hibiki though. :3 3)


Lucy's POV:

I wake up to the smell of bacon, eggs, and, pancakes wafting in through the door. Then I look around to see what time it is. The clock on the nightstand says it's 7:48. OK it's still early then. I frown at this point wondering who could be cooking in my house. I swear to God if it's Natsu and he actually knows how to cook I'll be surprised. Please don't let it be Natsu. I don't really mind if anybody else cooks though, but Natsu is always destroying things and I don't want my house to be his next victim. Anyways, I jump out of bed to take a shower, only to notice Azure is not on the bed anymore. She's probably out eating or something. I shrug and walk into the bathroom after grabbing a cute pink mini dress and white sandles. Normally I don't wear dresses, but we are going to Akane resort after all. 15 minutes later I come out feeling refreshed, clean, and dressed. Before I go to the kitchen I throw on my Wizard Saints coat and pack a suitcase filled with shorts, tank tops, t-shirts, bras and panties, and a 3 pairs of bikinis. One is aqua blue with a white flower on the right shoulder and the other is gold with little beads here and there. The last bathing suit is nice and simple with a black background and green polka-dots everywhere. In a smaller separate bag I put makeup, hair products, a brush, a toothbrush and toothpaste, a razor, deodorant, and some perfume. I throw in a pair of flip-flops to the suitcase and I'm ready to go. Smiling in satisfaction, I look at the clock and realize the packing only took 10 minutes. I also decide to keep my hair and eyes one color from now on. Back in the dragon world Asterodea taught me how to control my hair and eyes without using any magic power. So I decide to change my hair to a caramel color and my eyes to a bright blue. After looking in the mirror, I smile, and then head to the kitchen where I still smell the bacon, eggs, and pancakes cooking. When I get there I see Erza and Wendy next to each other with aprons on at the stove. Gray, Natsu, Happy, Charles, and Azure are at the table talking. Natsu and Gray are bickering over who's better than who (as usual) and Azure, Charles, and Happy are talking about going fishing with Lilly at the resort. I know Charles doesn't like raw fish, but maybe she'll cook one and at least eat it. I walk over to Erza and Wendy and jump up on the counter to watch them. Wendy looks at me considering I'm right next to her. She smiles and hugs me, putting the plate of bacon down.

"Morning Lani! What did you do to your hair and eyes? It looks great on you! Oh yeah, I hope you don't mind us coming here and cooking for you," Erza says looking at me out of the corner of her eye.

"She's right I love the new look. We also, decided to congratulate you on becoming the next master of Fairy Tail. We hope that you won't change the guild at all," Wendy also says after hugging me and going back to the bacon and eggs.

"Well I got tired of my hair and eyes changing color all the time so I decided to use a spell that Asterodea taught me. [A/N I just got tired of writing down all of the colors and meanings. XD] I'm glad you like it! Plus, that's so nice of you guys for cooking breakfast, thanks. I really appreciate it. Plus it looks good!" I say looking at the food. Just then my stomach grumbled and Erza laughed while I held my hands over it. At that point Natsu and Gray also noticed me while Azure came over to jump into my arms. I hugged her and then put her on my head where she normally sits.

"Morning Lani!" she greets me.

"Good morning to you too Azure," I reply back to her smiling.

"Hey Lani what's up?" asked Gray.

"Not much. I'm excited for our trip to Akane today though. What about you?" I ask Gray back.

"Not much. I'm also excited for the trip and I'm glad you won the tickets for the trip. Thanks," he said nodding to me.

"Yo Lani! Come take a seat!" Natsu pointed to the head of the table, but I went for the comfy couch and and coffee table instead. He frowned and shrugged.

"Breakfast is ready!" Wendy called out to us. When Natsu and Gray went to stand up, Erza spoke up pointing her spatula over her shoulder at them without turning around.

"Natsu, Gray. Sit down. Lani, Wendy, and I are getting our plates first because you'll eat everything before we can get to it." The boys sat down and and crossed their arms pouting. I smiled and stood up sticking my tongue out at them. Walking up to the pancakes I noticed the two girls cooked enough to feed an army.

"Erza, Wendy? You do realize this is enough to feed an army right? Maybe even the whole guild."

"Well we do have Natsu and Gray here. Plus, I've never seen you eat so I didn't know how much to cook," Erza replied. Wendy nodded in agreement and I shrugged putting 4 pancakes, 2 scoops of scrambled eggs with cheese, and 6 slices of bacon. After that, I grabbed a glass to make a mint flavored shake with shredded chocolate, whipped cream, and 2 cherries on top. I blended everything together put on the toppings and sat down at the couch with Erza and Wendy. Erza of course had strawberry cake with some breakfast and milk and Wendy had 2 pancakes, 1 scoop of eggs, and 3 pieces of bacon with water. The boys had grabbed the rest of the food and were already digging in at the dining room table. I inwardly smiled and sighed. If only they knew that I was Lucy. Happy knows, but nobody else does. Maybe I'll tell them at Akane. I'm thinking of taking up the position of Master of Fairy Tail when we come back so that would be a good time to tell my closest friends. I'll tell the rest of the guild when we get back from the trip. I dug into my food and finished in record time. When I was done I put my plate in the sink and then I sat back down on the couch to finish my shake. Nest thing I know a flying pancake knocked Erza's cake out of her hand and onto her armor. My eyes opened wide and my mouth dropped open. I turned my head to look at Gray who's hand was raised. I'm guessing he was the culprit because both he and Natsu had a look of panic on their faces. Erza looked down and growled while Wendy and I jumped behind the couch with the three exceeds. Natsu and Gray dashed to the window and jumped out followed by a growling and very pissed off Erza. Wendy and I looked at each other and smiled then started laughing hysterically gripping our sides. When we finally calmed down I grabbed my bags from the bedroom and headed for the door with Azure sitting on the top of the largest suitcase. Wendy, Charles, and Happy walked out of the door ahead of me while I locked up the apartment behind me. WE walked to the train station in silence and when we got there we saw the whole guild, a smug looking Erza, and both Natsu and Gray with bruised faces. Everybody was laughing at them and slapping Erza on the back saying good job basically. Wendy and I approached the group with the exceeds flying above us. Only Azure was on my head. When we got there Master looked at us and clapped his hands.

"OK! Now that everybody is here lets get a move on. Hop to it. Quick, quick, everybody on the train before it leaves," he ushered us. Master, Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna sat in the first compartment on the left. Wakaba, Romeo, Cana, and Macao at in the compartment across from them. The two sections behind them sat the Raijinshu Tribe and Reedus, Alzack, Bisca, and their daughter Azuka. Behind them sat Gajeel, Juvia, Lilly, Levy, Jet, and Droy. As far as I could see were in front of our seat and across from us. I couldn't see behind us though so I don't know who was back there from the guild. Across from us sat Max, Nab, Vijeeter, Warren, and Laki. Gray, Natsu, Wendy, Erza, Happy, Charles, Azure and I sat in the same compartment after putting our luggage up on the rack above our heads. Thank god Erza didn't bring as much stuff as she usually does, Wendy probably told her not to. Right now I'm just glad that nobody, but the Master, Happy, and Azure know who I am. Wendy sat with Gray and Erza while I was stuck with Natsu. Charles sat on Wendy's lap Happy sat in the window, and Azure sat on my head. Natsu kept groaning about he hated transportation and he would never use it again. It takes an hour to get to the resort by train and about thirty minutes into the ride Erza got so sick of his moaning and groaning, that she punched him in the gut effectively knocking him out. I guess Wendy forgot to cast Troia on him. [I hope that's the name of the right spell. :\] Natsu just collapsed on my lap and I glared at Erza rolling my eyes. Thirty minutes later we arrived at Akane and I dragged Natsu off my lap throwing him on the floor of the train. Erza grabbed my luggage for me and I picked Natsu up throwing him over my shoulder to carry him off the train because he was still unconscious. Gray refused to carry him and Wendy was to small. Erza had my luggage so she couldn't carry him and the exceeds had left the train as soon as it stopped, I wouldn't make Azure carry him though considering she's still on my head asleep. So, I was left to carry Natsu out. We got off the train and I threw Natsu on the ground again, this time waking him up. He immediately stood up and stretched showing no signs of his sickness from the train. Some of the guild members looked at me in sympathy because they've traveled with Natsu before and know about his sickness. I nodded my head acknowledging them and grabbed my luggage from Erza. Then I walked over to the Master who was also wearing his Wizard Saints coat and he gave me the key to my room. Some people had already gone up to the hotel to check in and soon so did I. I looked at the key and saw that it had the number 512 on it. That was one of the suites on the top floor! I smiled and thanked Master Makarov before using Teleportation magic to get there quicker. When I unlocked the door Azure got off my suitcase and flew to the bedroom not occupied to fall asleep. I also saw Levy sitting on the couch reading a book. I snuck up behind her and she never noticed me once. I smiled.

"BOO!" I said in her ear. Levy screamed and threw her book up in the air, jumping off the couch at the same moment. She turned around holding her hand to her chest breathing rapidly.

"LANI! What was that for!? You nearly scared me half to death!" she said to me while I was snickering. Then I picked up her book, quickly looked at the title, and handed it back to her.

"I see you're reading up on Dragon Slayer Magic. Only you would do so after somebody new came to the guild and later on will become the Master. Also, the reason I scared you was because you looked so peaceful and I couldn't resist," I said shrugging. She finally calmed down and spoke again.

"Wait what do you mean by only I would do that? Anyways, I'm guessing that the reason I'm in this suite with you is because it was the only one left open. Am I right? I was just a leftover? I love this room though so I must say thank you for earning those passes from that mission you did for the owner." I rushed over to sit next to Levy as she sat down and then I grabbed her hands.

"Levy never call yourself a leftover or weak at all in any terms whatsoever. You are not any of those and the reason why you're in this room is because I wanted you to be," I explained.

"Why would you want me here though?" she asked looking at me curiously.

"I have something to tell you. That's why."

"Well what do you need to tell me?"

"Earlier when I said only you would read up like that, is because only you would do that. I know you Levy, like the back of my hand. That is because I'm Lucy. Your best friend." Levy's mouth fell open and her eyes went wide. Then she jumped on me and hugged my tightly.

"LUCY! You're back! I missed you so so so much! Wait, if you really are Lucy then tell me something only she would know," she said narrowing her eyes.

"Your room is turned into a library. Back when Laxus was trying to take over the guild you spent hours working on trying to find a way out of Freed's runes. That same day was the Miss Fairy Tail pageant and while you were working hard I was trapped in stone because of Evergreen. Then I was let out all of a sudden." Levy looked at me in surprise because only our guild members knew of that day and she smiled.

"You're really back huh?" I nodded confirming what she said.

"Yep. I'm here to stay." She then jumped on me and tackled me to the ground with a hug.

"I can't believe it I finally have my best friend back!" I laughed and Levy rolled off me to sit on the couch, so I could get up. "So when are you planning on telling the others your true identity?"

"Well I was think of telling Team Natsu sometime tomorrow. I was going to tell the rest of the guild when we got back from Akane, but if I tell the team first then I won't be able to tell the others. You are officially the third person to know that I'm Lucy. The second if you don't count Happy. Master was the first to know when I joined the guild again." Levy nodded in understanding and picked up her book again. I shook my head at her and smiled, all the while standing up from the couch to grab my suitcase and makeup bag.

"I'm going to go unpack my stuff. I'll be right back, if you get hungry then there should be some already stocked food in the cupboard and fridge." She just tilted her head slightly to show that she heard me. It was already late so I quickly unpacked and changed into some sweatpants, fuzzy socks, and a cozy sweater. For some reason it was really cold in my room. Before I went back out to the living room and kitchen I walked over to the thermostat and turned the heat up so it was toasty warm in here. When I was done with that I walked out of the room and down the hall to the fridge to grab a turkey sandwich, Thanksgiving style. (A/N: If you've ever been to Walt's Roast Beef you'll know what I'm talking about. They're the best!) I ate the sandwich quickly and said good night to Levy who responded with a grunt. Then I shuffled my down the hall, walked into my room, and collapsed on top of my bed without getting under the covers. I made sure I didn't fall on Azure and wake her up. That night my dreams were filled with what it would have been like if I stayed at the guild instead of leaving. Who knows maybe it would have been nice?

-Timeskip: Next Morning-

I wake up to Levy jumping up and down on my bed. I don't see Azure anywhere so I'm guessing she's out in the living room eating.

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! Come on Lu-chan, we don't want to be late getting to the beach!" At this point I just sit up in bed tackle Levy and walk off to the bathroom. Before I go in there though I look behind me at Levy sitting on the bed smiling at me. I shake my head and she tosses me a dark blue sundress and a pair of black flip-flops. She also throws me my aqua blue bathing suit with the white flower. I catch each thing and smile at her.

"Thanks Levy. You're the best."

"No problem Lu-chan. I was also wondering if you were going to keep your limiters on while we are at the beach."

"Yeah I think I am going to. I don't want anybody to worry or get scared." Levy nods her head in understanding and then walks out of the room so I can change. When I'm done I straighten my hair and walk out into the living room to look for Azure. Levy is once again sitting on the couch reading a book while she waited for me.

"Hey Levy have you seen Azure?" I ask her. She looks up from her book.

"Nope. Last I saw her she came out here for an apple," she replies shaking her head

"OK thanks." I look around for Azure and when I go into the kitchen to make some toast I see a little dragon sleeping on the floor by the fridge. It's about as long as one of my legs. The dragon had blue scales and bits of black here and there. It was so cute! It also looked familiar, then right before my eyes it opened it's eyes and smiled at me. I jumped back a little bit and the dragon stood up. It was about as tall as my knee.

"Lani! Look! Look! I have a new form! It's so pretty huh?" Wait a second that sounded like Azure!

"Azure is that you!?" I asked. She nodded and changed back into an exceed. Then she flew up onto my head and hugged me.

"OK well now that I found you we can go to the beach. How does that sound?" I asked her. Azure gasped and giggled.

"Ooooooohhhhhhh the beach! Yay! Yay! Let's go now come on Lani! Let's go!" she said jumping up and down on me. I laughed and walked over to Levy to let her know that we were leaving now. Levy nodded and waved goodbye saying that she would catch up later. As I walked out the door I bumped into somebody.

"Oh hey Lani! I was just coming to ask if you would like to take a walk with me." It was Lisanna and she was smiling.

"Sure. I don't mind, I was just about to head out anyways," I replied back to her.

"OK cool let's go now. When I was out earlier I found this really cool cliff where you could see a great view of the beach," she replied clapping her hands. At this point Azure decided to just fly ahead to the beach to meet up with Charles, Happy, and Lilly to go fishing.

"Lead the way then," I said gesturing with my hand. As Lisanna led the way I couldn't help, but think something was wrong. She was acting a little bit too cheery today. She also seemed a little giddy with excitement like something good was about to happen for her. Whatever it was I ignored it and shrugged it off. When we got to the cliff I saw that Lisanna was right, but below us was a ravine sort of with another cliff across the way. I could also see a raging river further down. I was stupid enough to walk up close to the edge to see the beach better though.

"This is really cool Lisanna. I didn't even know this was here!" I said to her turning around. She was looking at me though in a strange way. Almost like she was going to regret doing something.

"I know your secret Lani. So I'm sorry for what I'm about to do. Now that I know, I have to do this. I have no choice. I'm really really sorry. I can't let you tell everyone else," she said coming towards me. I looked at her in a funny way.

"What do you mean by that Lisanna?" I asked her. She just shook her head and dashed up to me. Next thing I know I'm falling over the edge of the cliff screaming. Apparently somebody heard me because the last thing I see before everything becomes blurry is Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Wendy leaning over the cliff with pure looks of horror on their faces. Then I hit the water below and everything becomes black.

Natsu's POV:

I was taking a walk with Gray, Erza, and Wendy to find the place where we trained for the first time we were going to be in the GMG, while Happy and Charles were fishing with Lilly and Azure. Just as we rounded a corner I heard a scream come from an area a little deeper in the trees. The four of us looked at each other and rushed through the trees to get to where we heard the scream come from. When we got there 3 seconds later we saw Lisanna standing on a cliff looking down with a sort of evil grin on her face. The team and I rushed over to the edge of the cliff and also looked down to see Lani falling and screaming. So she was the one who we heard! Looks of horror were on our faces as she fell down to hit the water below. There was know way she could have survived that. A pang of hurt flashed through my chest and I felt broken for a second, like I just lost something precious to me. I also thought I smelled Luce again. When she hit the water Erza, Gray, and I stood up angry while Wendy sat there crying. The three of us whipped around to look at the horrified Lisanna. Erza rushed up to her and grabbed her by the collar of her dress and lifted her up in the air.

"What the hell did you do to Lani!?" she growled. Lisanna was terrified of Erza right now and all she could do was cry. Erza threw her to the dirt on the side of the cliff and scoffed. Gray looked at her disgusted.

"And you call yourself nakama. I thought you were one of us and we could trust you." I on the other hand was beyond pissed.

"HOW COULD YOU!? SHE HAD JUST JOINED THE GUILD NOT LONG AGO AND YOU SHOVE HER OFF A CLIFF! NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SHE WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED WIZARD SAINT AND THE STRONGEST IN OUR GUILD!" I grabbed her and dragged her by the hair back to the hotel. Then I dragged her some more up to the very top floor where Master and Mira were. When I got there I kicked open the door and threw Lisanna on the floor in front of where Master and Mira were standing. All Lisanna could do was cry and grab her head while she was on the floor. Mira rushed over to Lisanna to comfort her and I shook my head at her.

"No Mira don't even touch her. She's a traitor to our guild," I told her.

"What do you mean by that Natsu?" Master asked me.

"I watched her throw Lani off a cliff, but Wendy, Erza, Gray, and I were to late to stop her. She threw our best member off a cliff. She needs to be dealt with," I responded pointing to Lisanna. Mira gasped and backed away from her with tears in her eyes and a hand covering her mouth. Master nodded his head.

"Alright then. Lisanna, I had high hopes for you considering you were Mira and Elfman's younger sister. But you had to ruin it. As a punishment for throwing Lani off a cliff you will be sent to the Magic Council to be dealt with. In addition you are never to return to Fairy Tail again. You are hereby removed from the guild," he finished removing her mark. After that Lisanna started to cry even harder. All I could do was walk out of the room and rush into mine to cool off some. I feel like I just lost something precious to me. It's the same feeling as when Luce left. I collapsed face first onto the bed and stayed like that thinking for a while.

Lucy's POV:

It's dark and I can't see or feel anything. I wonder where I am. Although it feels like I'm floating. Wait there's a light over there! I wonder if I can move closer towards it to see where it leads. As I walk into the light everything around me flashes white and I stumble for a second. Next thing I know I'm in what looks like a blue forest. When I look down at myself I notice I'm wearing new clothes. They look like they've come from the Spirit World, but I can tell they're not. I have on white elbow length gloves with blue trim at the end, on my neck is a blue and silver choker, my head has a headband with what looks like ears on it. They aren't ears though I can tell that much. It's like mini wings almost, yet not quite. In the front of my hair I have two little strands clasped in two silver hair pieces. I'm holding a little lantern in my left hand and in my right hand, nothing. On my legs I have light blue leggings that go halfway up my thigh and flats to match. The dress is the most breathtaking part of it all though. It's strapless and reaches the top of the leggings in the front, but in the back it goes almost all the way to the floor. The dress is also a light blue with a white frilly slip underneath. The edges of the dress is trimmed in silver, with a little silver belt around the waist. The outfit itself is cute. All of a sudden I hear a voice.

"Goodness child! You look just like your mother wearing that! You're both so beautiful!" The voice squealed in joy and I turned frantically around in circles looking for the source.

"Who are you? Do you know where I am? Can you tell me what happened to me?" I asked the kind and gentle voice.

"Ahhh. All good questions. They will be answered too. First of all I am your guardian dragon, Clarimonde. You may call me Ari though. Secondly, you are in the Void. As others like to call it. The Void is in-between the real world and Heaven or Hell. Lastly, you were almost killed. That is why you are in the Void," Ari answered me. Then she appeared. Ari has a very long body that is white and looks furry. On her head she has two blacks horns that aren't too big. She has kind light green eyes, her tail has what looks like black spikes webbed with blue. Underneath her furry "scales" if you would like to call it that, she has black skin. Ari reminds me of an ice or water dragon almost.

"Can you get me out of here?" I asked her. She nods her head.

"I can, there might be a slight consequence though. You also won't be able to see me again unless something like this happens. It was nice meeting you though Lucy. Or should I say Lani," she says smiling. I'm about to thank her when next thing I know I'm dumped on the cliff where I was originally pushed off by Lisanna. I'm still wearing the same clothes only they're not wet. When I feel something twitch underneath me, I thought it would be Azure or an exceed or something, but boy was I wrong. It was a cat tail that matched my hair! I jumped up from my seated position and reached my arm behind me. The tail was swaying back and forth! At first I thought it was a prank, but when I tugged on it to make sure, I realized it wasn't. Maybe this was the consequence Ari was talking about. Then I reached up to my head and felt something else there too. Great! Just what I need! Now I have cat ears the same color as my tail too! My ears twitched when I heard a rustle in the bush next to me. I guess that means I have even better hearing now. Anyways, I get up and begin to make my way back to the resort hotel. When I get back there will be hell to pay. Meaning to first person to laugh or stare or even do anything towards me, will be crushed until they wished they were dead.


So Chapter 9 is now done! Let me know what you guys think by reviewing. How about some thoughts about who Lucy should beat first. :) I'm evil. Hehehehehe. Also, if you ever want Lucy/Lani to take on a mission, give me the job, place, and etc. it will be appreciated. Anyways... I love you guys! 3 :3 -Gummybears are chasing me

P.S. Here are two links for what Lucy's outfit looks like in the Void and what Ari looks like. (Just remove the spaces and copy and paste.)

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