AN: Hi guys, I'm back once more with a new chapter. I was totally swamped this week with tests from crazy ass teachers. None the less, I got this chapter written for you guys. If you didn't know already they are trying to bring SOPA back and we can only hope that our petition to stop it goes through or we are all screwed. Anyway here is my response to my awesome reviewers and I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, followed and favourited this story. You guys are brilliant.

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Anyway here is the new chapter and before I forget I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters only my OCs. (I keep forgetting to put this up. Mam always said I would forget he head if it wasn't attached to my body.)

Chapter 9

Shock registered on everyone's faces, the FairyTtail group because they had seen Laxus over the years with no hint that he had a girlfriend while the others couldn't believe that he had appeared, as they all knew the couple was very secretive with their private life. Bacchus was of course sweating bullets, thinking of that time when he hit on Lucy and he hoped to any God that was listening that Laxus didn't get back at him, already knowing how overprotective he was over Lucy . Lucy quickly jumped up from her spot and ran towards Laxus. As soon as she reached him, she leaped into his awaiting arms, savouring the fact that her pillar, her rock, her love was really there in her time of need. Breathing in Laxus's unique smell of a fresh lightning storm and musk, Lucy slowly lifted her head to meet the blue eyes of her beloved. Laxus set her back on the ground, all the while keeping her in his grasp.

Curiously, Lucy looked up at her boyfriend before asking the most immediate question, " Um, Laxus why are you here. As far as I knew, you were on a yearlong mission?".

Chuckling at the adorable confused look on Lucy's face, Laxus replied, " What, you didn't think I was going to be with you when fought that guild and of course, you were unconsciously rubbing the necklace I gave you. It has a lacrima that tells me when you are hurt and how you are feeling. I thought you knew this."

"Oh, I...um forgot about that little detail. Whoops." said Lucy while rubbing the back of her head. While this was all occurring, the couple was oblivious to the chaos that was occurring behind them. They couldn't believe their eyes when the cold hearted Golden Rose was laughing and just generally being happy with the self proclaimed strongest mage of Fairy Tail. As for Lucy's friends and the S-class mages excluding Erza were happy to see the couple together once again, knowing that they deserved the small sliver of peace that they got with just generally being in one another's presence. Rogue, however, decided to break up the ever loving couple and bring them back to the matter at hand. Both blondes blushed but Lucy grabbed Laxus's hand anyway and dragged him to where she was previously sitting. Laxus sat down and then pulled Lucy down to sit in his lap, with his arms wrapped around her waist and head leaning on her left shoulder.

Lucy sighed contently, before resuming her tale. " Anyway, Laxus was in the area at that time doing a mission and saw a disturbance so he went to the scene. He picked up my scent and followed it until he found me on the ground. He patched up my wounds and protected me from the monsters as i had no magic at the time to summon my spirits. Laxus, however, knew me from the guild and in the days that followed as I tried to recover from the seal placed on me and the stolen energy, we got to know each other."

Here Laxus cut in, "I saw the fire and determination in Lucy's eyes and decided that I would train her. It was actually easier than I thought it would be." By now, Laxus was chuckling once more.

Lucy pouted, " Everyone seems to forget the fact that I was raised into a wealthy family and as such was trained in dance and business and other things that I will not get into at the moment."

"Back to the story, once Laxus offered to train me, I accepted to do so and over the next year I became so much stronger and discovered my current source of magic. I still struggled with my demons and failed kidnapping attempts made by Tartarous. I found my swords, Hikaru and Noir, that were bequeathed to me by my deceased parents. The catch however was that I was only to obtain them when both had passed away as the swords were my parent's personal swords. Anyway, I soon became S-class after I battled Gildarts and won."

"WHAT!" was yelled from Natsu, Gray and Erza, as to their knowledge Gildarts was undefeated. Laxus, however, had leaned back in the seat and looked at his girl with a look of deep pride as he couldn't believe that this beautiful, powerful, kind women wanted him, but who was he to object. Everyone else had looks of awe on their faces because it was a closely guarded secret as to how Lucy became an S-class mage.

"Yes, I defeated Gildarts and it was my toughest battle to date at that time. But nothing I could have done prepared me for what occurred next. Tartarous discovered my greatest secret and decided to up their attempts to kill me. It had been difficult but I had been able to weather the storm. Until they sent their strongest mage after me. Kaoru and Lara had been a cake walk compared to my next battle. I had taken an S-class mission to eradicate a rising dark guild but as I finished my mission, I was once again ambushed. It was a battle for my life, literally. Lucian is a death dragon slayer and the apprentice to Acnologia. I was forced to remove my limiters and activate my strongest form of attack. We fought for hours, neither getting the other hand as our attacks cancelled one another out. It came to the sixth hour before I got the upper hand and barely defeated Lucian. Seeing his defeat he sank into the ground but not before uttering words that would haunt me for forever.

"You may have won this battle, 'Lucky' Lucy but everything that you love will soon be torn from you and all you will be able to do is stand on the sidelines and watch."

Here, Lucy stopped to take a breather and settle her turbulent thoughts. Laxus, sensing his girlfriend's distress, picked her up bridal style and walked away, giving no hint as to where they were going. Sherry, of course sighed at the love radiating from the two as the others began to digest what Lucy had told them so far. This was all new to Rogue, Sting and Yukino as they were only told the watered down versions of what had occurred. Haru, of course knew all of this and more because Lucy had kept in constant contact with him after they re-united three years ago but was troubled with the final statement of Lucian. He had of course fought the mage once and just barely escaped with his life. The one question everyone was asking themselves was how exactly has Lucy survived all these years with such powerful mages after her blood.

With Laxus and Lucy

Finally away from prying eyes and ears, Laxus sat down in the shade of a sakura tree with Lucy securely in his lap. Lucy had since curled up into his broad chest with her head resting against his shoulder. She had finally let down all her barriers. Content with this position leaned against the tree with his chin resting on top of Lucy's head.

A couple of minutes passed, before Laxus questioned Lucy on how she was feeling.

"I'm tired Laxus, both figuratively and literally. I don't know how much more I can take. I know I wouldn't have survived this long without your support and I am so very grateful for this. I just wish it were under different circumstances."

Laxus took all this in, before turning Lucy around so she was straddling him." Now you listen here, Blondie. You would have made it this far with or without me. Never doubt your strength. It's your compassion and determination that makes you powerful, not your magical ability, although it does help. What I am trying to say is, I love you, Lucy Heartfillia, never ever doubt that and that I will be with you every step of the way."

By the end of his little speech, Laxus was staring straight into Lucy's chocolate brown orbs which were now glistening with unshed tears. A small sob was heard, before Lucy threw herself into Laxus's arms and said in a tearful voice, "I love you too, Laxus."

This is how they were later found by Haru, hugging one another and whispering sweet nothings into the others ear.

(AN: I wanted to end it here but sadly my need to get Lucy's history over with is bigger.)

The group mages once again took their place around the table as Lucy began to finish her story. " As I recovered from my extensive injuries, I pondered Lucian's words. I already had so much taken from me and I didn't want to think to what lengths they would go to, to remove me from their plans. Anyway, when I returned to the guild, the master and I began making plans to finally exterminate Tartarous. With help from the magic council and of course your own guild masters, we were able to come up with the plan we currently have. Before I go over this plan, is there any questions?"

Everyone looked at each other before Erza spoke up, "Sorry but what was this new power you received?" Lucy, at this, sighed deeply before replying with, "It would be better if I just showed you".

Standing up, Lucy began to remove her jacket and tank top. As she pulled it up, the boys all began to blush and look away while Laxus shamelessly looked at his girlfriend in just a bikini top. Turning around, Lucy showed everyone her back on which was an extremely detailed dragon tattoo that looked as if it was in flight. It stretched the length of her back and was silver in colour. It was extremely beautiful but not everyone understood the significance of it.

"The reason I have draconic looking full-body armour is because I am the final dragon rider and my dragon partner, Nova, resides in this tattoo."

So there you go. Don't forget to review. Sorry about spelling.

PS: Does anyone know how to spell Tartarous properly.