Sting POV

Rouge and I were walking back to the house in silence as the sun set. "Hey Rouge, do you think Luce is still training?" I asked, wondering where my sister was. It was getting late and she never arrived at the guild.

Rouge pointed to the house where several lights were on. "It seems like she decided to come home instead. She's probably tired, so don't do anything stupid." He said as I opened the door and yelled that we were home. Walking into the house, I looked around but didn't find my little sister.

Listening closely, I didn't hear anybody in the house and could only faintly smell her scent. "Lucy!" I yelled, running up the steps and barging into her room, Rouge on my heels. My eyes widened as I saw her room a mess and half of her clothes gone with the window left open.

"No." I whispered as I felt tears threatening to fall at the loss of yet another family member. She's only been with us for a few days but it still feels as bad as when my dragon was killed. "What the hell!" I screamed, putting a hole in the wall. "She fucking promised! I fucking believed her! Why the hell would she leave without even saying goodbye?"

I could feel the anger and sorrow coming from Rouge and we both knew what to do. In a split second we both took off to the streets, trying to find Lucy's scent and find out why she would leave us without a reason.

Rouge and I finally picked up on her scent and started toward the train station as we saw the train pull away. "No!" I yelled, trying to catch up to the train. Rouge grabbed my arm to stop me as I finally let a tear fall. I quickly wiped it away and looked longingly at the train disappearing into the distance. "God dammit Rouge. Didn't she promise that she didn't care about who she used to be?"

Rouge just sighed and said in an emotionless voice. "We don't know Sting. She could have a good reason for leaving us like that. We don't know that she isn't coming back." I could tell that Rouge was taking it hard too. Both of our dragons were killed in front of us, and besides our exceeds Lucy was the first person we bothered to be close with. To think that she left us like we were nothing is excruciating.

Rouge POV

Sting and I headed back home after the train faded into the distance. As we walked, I thought about Lucy. Sting found her only three days ago but she's already such a big part of our team and life.

We reached the house and were greeted by two relieved exceeds. "Where did you two run off to?" Lector questioned as Sting just turned his head to the side.

"Lucy left, Lector, we don't know if she'll come back because she didn't even bother to tell us." Sting grumbled to his exceed before trying to pass by but getting blocked by Frosh.

"Lucy said goodbye. Frosh has the letter right here." My exceed spoke, holding out a quickly written letter. Sting grabbed it and we both read the scribbled handwriting.

'Dear Sting and Rouge, I know this is short notice but I have some business to attend to. I'm sorry for not telling you in person but the train is leaving soon. Don't worry about me, I'll be back in a few days. Big brother, please don't do something stupid like think I'm leaving forever. I'll explain everything when I get back. With love, Lucy.'

We both sighed in relief and sunk onto the couch, suddenly exhausted from the stress. Our exceeds came over to sit in our laps as Lector looked at Sting strangely. "Ne Sting, why are your eyes red?"

I just chuckled slightly as Sting mumbled something about not knowing what Lector was talking about. I smiled slightly as the mood lightened. It was suprising just how much happier that celestial mage made us.

She really was an interesting person. With blonde hair that fell to her shoulders and beautiful almond eyes. Not to mention her well-defined body and equally defined personality. My eyes widened and I quickly backtracked. I only meant that in a teammate way.

I gave a quick glance to Sting who was lost in his own thought before trailing back to mine. There is no way that I liked my partner's sister. I tried not to shudder at what would happen if Sting ever found out that I liked her. Not that I actually liked her, she was a good teammate and that was it.

Time skip- two days later

Sting POV

As Rouge and I made our way down the street to the guild, we heard the rumors. A mage that people were calling 'Fallen Star' apparently took down an entire dark guild by themselves. Nobody knows for sure who Fallen Star is because of a black cloak that they wear with a golden star on the back which hides their appearance from view. It was said that Fallen Star is a girl because of their smaller physique, but not verified.

That was all we heard about on the way to the guild and inside the guild until Master Jiemma called us all to attention. "I have just gotten word that the celestial spirit mage, Yukino Aguria, has died on her last mission. She failed to take out a weak dark guild and the Fallen Star had to clean up the mess that she made. Let this be a lesson to you that true Sabers do not fail, and that she deserved what she got because of her own weakness."

I scowled at the cruelness of our guild master. I didn't know Yukino that well but I remember seeing her around the guild a bit. I know that Lucy also met her and was extremely excited about finally meeting another celestial spirit mage. Poor Lucy, she's going to be really hurt once she hears about this.

Speaking of Lucy, she should be home today. It's been boring at home without her.

Lucy POV

I woke up around noon and groaned. Did I really take on an entire guild by myself? My muscles and depleted magic confirmed that fact. I sighed and tried to get off of the bed but failed. Knowing that I didn't have enough magic to summon a spirit for help, I simply yelled Loke's name and watched as he appeared with a smirk.

"Did you call me princess?" My loyal lion asked, bowing and trying not to laugh at my lethargy.

"Don't laugh at me Loke, I'm hurting. Do you have anything to make me feel better?" I asked as Loke held up a cup of tea-like substance that I greedily swallowed. I felt my wounds fade and my magic increase slightly. "You're a lifesaver!" I smiled and hopped off the bed, walking to the bathroom. "You can also leave now, I'll summon you later for training."

I felt Loke go back to the spirit realm as I closed the door and took a quick shower. After showering, I took a look at the amount of bruises, scars, cuts and scrapes that I acquired over the past couple of days and sighed. "Man, I need a break."

I put on my usual outfit and clipped my keys on my belt, momentarily captivated by all thirteen keys together. I sighed as I noticed that the keys were getting extremely crowded and it was getting harder to get them off. Making a mental note to ask Loke about that, I shrugged on my cloak and set out for the train station.

As soon as I left the building, everybody stopped and stared. I heard the whispers about 'Fallen Star' and realized that they really were talking about me. I smiled as I walked, knowing that they couldn't see under the hood, and made my way to the train station as people thanked me for saving their town.

I felt filled with more motivation as I decided to not take the train, instead opting for the forest. I called upon Loke and challenged him to a race. I was smirking at him as he just stared at me. He sighed and pushed me in the direction of the train station. "As much as I would love to race you, you did a lot yesterday and I think you need a rest. Besides, I think it's time that you learn to re-equip your keys.

I pouted and let him lead me to the train station. After we boarded the train, I looked at Loke and grinned. "So how do I re-equip keys?"

"It's quite simple. What you're going to do is basically put your keys in a pocket of space and use your magic to summon the key you desire. It's extremely similar to.." Loke trailed off and the blood drained from his face.

"It's similar to what Loke?" I questioned my spirit, wondering what he was scared of.

"Nothing, princess. It's just similar to somebody's magic that I used to know. It was a while ago though." He sighed as I just nodded. We moved on and I managed to get my keys into the pocket of space where I can draw them from. Loke made me practice pulling them out one by one and by pairs until I didn't even have to think about what key I wanted, it just appeared in my hand.

By the time I got it perfected, we arrived at the train station and the moon was high in the sky. I sent Loke back and took my time reaching the house, finding the constellations of the keys I had and absent-mindedly equipping and unequipping them as I found them.

As I reached the house, a grin spread across my face and I ran the rest of the way and slammed the door open. "I'm home!" I yelled, putting my hood down and immediately being tackled by my older brother. I laughed and hugged him back. We both got off of the floor and I waved at Rouge who was watching the fiasco from the doorway.

Rouge smiled back and I felt my heart skip a beat. I don't like him, do I? Nope, there's no way that would happen. He's my brother's best friend, and my teammate. That's right, I only like him in a teammate way.

I excused myself to my room and unpacked, yawning as my muscles groaned from the stress that they've gone through these past couple of days. Man am I glad I took the train instead of racing. I heard the door open and turned around to face Rouge. I tried to keep the random blush from my face as he walked in and gently closed the door behind him.

I held my breath as he walked toward me, putting his arms around me and pulling me to him. I slowly put my arms around him and returned the hug, burying my face into the crook of his neck to hide the obvious blush on my face. He buried his head into my hair and I could feel his breath on my neck.

He moved his head up a bit and breathed into my ear, "I'm glad your home." We stayed that way for a few moments before jumping apart at the sound of footsteps on the stairs. "I'm so sorry about that." Rouge whispered in my ear before running out of my room and into his.

I stared at the doorway with a blank expression before walking to my bed and falling onto it and trying to think of why he would do that. He must mean that I'm a good teammate. It can't be something more, right? Deciding to stop over thinking it, I took out a piece of paper and decided to write to Yukino.

Dear Yukino, I hope that you're doing well in heaven right now. You are in the same place as my Mama right now. If you see her, tell her that I said hi! You'd know her if you saw her, she looks just like me! You'd like her though, she was a celestial spirit mage too. Please don't worry about your spirits. I will take the best care of them. They really loved you though. I wish I could talk to you more, but I will write to you. Also, don't worry about that guild, I took care of them. Your friend, Lucy.

I smiled and closed the paper, putting it in an envelope and sealing it before putting it in a drawer and drifting into a deep sleep.

Hi guys! I need to get to sleep so I'm going to make this quick. Thank you all for everything, I love you all.

1fairytaillover- Gosh I wish I added more chase scene in, that would have been hilarious. :D

- I would say the best thing to do is talk it out with her. Tell her how you feel and how much he and her mean to you. Explain that you would really like for her to support you. Also explain to him that he just got out of a relationship with your best friend so you don't really feel comfortable jumping into a relationship with him without her approval. I wish you the best of luck.

puppyX3- Thank you!

Novi Eucliffe- Well she has been training even before she met Sting, also adrenalin can do crazy things. Thank you very much! :)

Yuri Heart Cheney- I know . But she will not be forgotten!

Mirajane S and Erza S- Thank you, I was worried it'd be a bit awkward.

Toaster4565 and Psyka- Thank you guys! You are freaking awesome!