A/N: Happy new year! I love fireworks! Do you? I wish we could have fireworks more often than once a year. They're just so beautiful.

Sorry about that. I think I have started to fangirl about fireworks of all things. I can't get over them. I need a second new year.

I guess there's something I should explain after last chapter. Lauxus can see Lucy, but he didn't have time to do anything about it that could reveal her during the battle against Hades, and I imagine Freed hurried to tell him before they got an episode.

And then the Lucy survived but is invisible to everyone except Zeref thing. Mavis says she created the Fairy Sphere using their bond of friendship, family and love. But right there, there wasn't much to use fore Lucy. No offense, but the Thunder Legion (including Lauxus) is kinda indifferent to her, positive, but not by much. Most of the others have the block on their mind. And while Natsu has great positive feelings, he has the block to, diminishing his ability to give Mavis material for the sphere. Besides, his feelings alone is at that moment drowned by Simra's distrust and hate towards Lucy. And Lucy wasn't a part of Tenrou Island itself, nor did she live there like the animals, leaving her unprotected. But she was at the island, and if you got through the block everyone else cared about her. And that's why she was split, kinda like Mavis. Mavis's body is safely stored in the Fairy Heart, while her soul wanders Earthland, visible exclusively to the Fairy Tail members. That's what happened to Lucy. The difference is that she wasn't visible to the Fairy Tail members either, making her invisible to everyone.

Concerning Zeref, the chapter was told from Lucy's POV only. That can create misunderstandings. Zeref didn't see her. He sensed her presence, like he did with Mavis after the GMG. And after 400 years, one would be very good at guessing stuff like how to fool Lucy Heartfilia into becoming his weapon. *Spoiler to anime only people and everyone not on volume 52 of the manga* And he is the Spriggan. Erza said a lot about how much magic power Alvarez had? I imagine if Zeref wanted it, there was a magic for it. *Spoiler alert ended*So finding something to make it easier to earn Lucy's complete trust shouldn't be to difficult.

Sorry for long authors note, but I wanted to make it clear at once. Here's the actual chapter, hope you all enjoy. From this point, we will be following Natsu for a while.

Chapter 8

Jet was running. He couldn't run fast enough. The island. After seven long years, it was back. The island. And that meant… LEVY! (And Natsu, master, etc. But most important, LEVY!)

He came to a stop in a clearing, seeing a familiar white, scaled scarf. Pink hair.

Natsu. It was Natsu.

He, and the others who had caught up to him, tackle-hugged Natsu, talking about how he hadn't changed one bit. They immediately started digging for the others, a few still checking to make sure it really was their Salamander, when he froze, hints of rage and worry in his eyes.

"Where is she?" he growled, giving the members surrounding him a dark glare. He paused. She? How did he know that it was a she?

He didn't know. The only thing he knew was that the Scent was gone.

"Who?" Simra asked, covering her worry with a smile and a cheerful tone. The only person he could be requesting was someone he shouldn't be able to see, hear or feel the touch of. Had her block failed?

Natsu's dark onyx eyes drilled holes into her.

'He knows. How in Earthland is that possible?' she thought, taking a step backwards and crashing with Lisanna. Her resolve hardened. She would never let Natsu hurt her Lisanna. If he knew, if he remembered, she would just make him forget it again.

Everyone was staring at Natsu as he started running in a seemingly random direction, half of the group following him while the other half stayed to catch Mavis's speech about the Fairy Sphere.

When Natsu arrived at the beach, seeing footprints that boosted his resolve, a tiny boat was disappearing into the horizon, using a special lacrima to move faster.

"Stop! Come back!" he yelled after it, to no avail. The boat carrying a crying blonde didn't stop.

When Natsu tried swimming after it, he was held back by Erza.

"You fool!" she hissed.

"What is going on here Natsu Dragneel?" Mirajane asked in her best 'don't tell mommy and you'll pay, or tell mommy and you'll pay a teensy bit less' voice (that's no a thing, but still). Natsu scanned the assembled group, eyes once more landing on Lisanna's number one fan, Simra. His gut was telling all kinds of weird things. Why shouldn't he trust her?

He stayed silent, shaking his head.

"Sorry, something just broke inside my head, and…" Erza obviously didn't buy his excuse, but let it slip. It was time to see what had become of their precious guild in their seven year absence.

Natsu was so confused. Everything was just wrong. Kinana had matured and started looking like a girl, Macao and Wakaba seemed to have realized that they were old, Laki had changed her clothing- and hairstyle, Romeo had grown a bit (he now looked like he was at Wendy's age) and Alsack and Bisca was married with a kid! The guild hall had been turned into a farm, and Natsu had to one of the worst things ever. Chores. What had become of the guild while they were gone! He didn't understand it, but that was fine. He was… home?

He looked at the guild doors. He felt so alone. Sure, he could fight with Gray, go fishing with Happy and Gildarts was present for once. And yet, he missed her. He didn't know who she was. What she looked like. How her voice sounded. But he knew her scent, and he was pretty confident she was a girl. He wanted the Scent back. He knew she was alive, her scent was too fresh for her to have died that time. But why had she left?

Before the sphere, he was sure she had been there. She had hugged him. She would have followed him. But when it lifted, she had left. Why?

And who in Earthland was she? He had tried to ask some vague questions, but the others reactions to his outburst on Tenrou Island should have made it clear they wouldn't know her.

Natsu was not acting like himself. He refused to go on missions, he didn't enter brawls nor argue as much with Gray as before. And if that wasn't bad enough, he was a jerk when it came to Simra. The girl hit a nerve of his just by breathing. Natsu blamed her for the Scent leaving, and while he thought it was unfair, he just couldn't help it. It most certainly didn't help when he overheard her suggesting to the Master that he should be taken to the mad-man doctor (her words, not his), claiming he was in desperate need for help. He had snapped at her, and attempted to hit her with his 'fire dragons iron fist'.

Natsu felt like a jerk.

Asuka, Alsack and Bisca's daughter, was arguing with Bisca about something again.

"Momma, it's true! See, she is right there! Next to Natsu! She has blonde hair, brown eyes and is smiling!" Asuka said.

"Asuka, this was fun when you were younger, but there is no one there. I don't want to hear another word about your imaginary friend. And that's final!" Bisca yelled at her daughter. As long as she could remember, Asuka had claimed another person was on some of the pictures from around the Eisenwald incident to the day the Tenrou team had left. A girl, with blond hair, brown eyes, a huge smile. The girl was pretty. Bisca had started worrying a while ago that she should have told her daughter off at once. Now, she refused to stop. She had learned to read so that she would be able to read the name of the person she saw. But Bisca could only see smeared ink where her daughter saw a name.

"What's her name?" Natsu asked, staring at a small girl. Memories of a moment, a moment where the Scent had been visible clear in his mind. It fit with Asuka's description.

"Lucy. Lucy Heartfilia."

A/N: Of course Asuka remembers Lucy. Even is she has never met Lucy. She wasn't born yet, and therefore she never got a block on her mind. So, what do you guys think? Please leave a review, it's just as wonderful as fireworks when I get to read them.

On that note, I want to give special thanks to…

(I don't think it'll be that easy, Zeref has a good hold of Natsu's dear Lucy.)

serioushugsies (Both of you, thanks for reviewing, again! Virtual cookies for both of you!)

YAmomoto (Your question was answered in the first A/N)

Ham/guest (Your question was also answered in the first A/N)

Thanks to the wonderful AlphaDemon for Beta Reading this chapter as well, I really recommend you try her stories. They're great!

IMPORTANT! *clears throat* I am going to give Lucy one, maybe two, more kinds of magic. Zeref was teaching her some new stuff, right? It's not supposed to be something to powerful, something she could learn in a few years time. Problem is, I have no idea what do give her. Please give me suggestions, I think I'll need it before I can do the next chapter, as it will feature Lucy.

Update: I probably won't be updating more chapter for Our Memories this weekend, because of two reasons. 1. I'm visiting my grandparents, and won't have access to a PC I can update from, and I hate typing long texts on my Ipad/phone. The second is that I need to think more about Lucy's magic, and how I can use it later. More suggestions would really be great. I got a lot of good ones, but I love having a huge number to choose from, as I'm going to use one or two of the suggestions.

Wow, I talk a lot.

Enjoy you day/night/life my lovely readers.

Si-chan