Hello everyone! I hope you liked last chapter and now here is the overall backstory that happened to Lucy. This is where I (obviously) reveal who the master of Skull's Fire is. Even though all of you probably already had a basic idea of who it might be. I also included how Lucy met her guild members so that's pretty much it. Fair warning: there are a lot of time skips here^^"

In the gardens that belonged to the Heartfilia estate, a 6 year old Lucy was running around without a care. She laughed as she jumped over stumps and stones, hid behind trees and ran through the terrain. She turned to look back and made a fun face while laughing at the person that was chasing her. It was a boy with light brown hair, that spiked every which way, and eyes that were red auburn. It was Lucy's brother... Ren.

Ren was 10 years old at the time, 4 years older than Lucy and by then he had already gained his light magic. The young boy wasn't really Lucy's brother, having to be adopted by Layla before Lucy was born, but Lucy still thought of him a part of her family and admired Ren greatly. The 2 children were playing in the gardens like they always did after their homeschooled lessons and were playing tag. Ren being the one chasing Lucy and the latter trying to hide from the former.

"You can't run from me forever Lucy!" Ren said.

"Just try and catch me, Big Brother!" Lucy said as she hid behind another tree.

"Just watch me!" He said determined, looking around.

The young blonde giggled quietly, waiting and listening for Ren. But after awhile, Lucy couldn't hear his footsteps anymore and took a peak from her hiding spot. However, Ren was nowhere to be found. The brunette on the other hand had climbed the tree Lucy was hiding behind while she was giggling. He was looking down at her and laughing to himself at Lucy's silly antics and jumped down right behind her. Lifting her up and swinging her around.

"Found ya, Lu!" He cheered laughing.

Lucy laughed as she kicked her feet in the air, but not so much to the point she kicked Ren. "Big Brother! That's cheating! You climbed the tree!" She whined as she realized where he'd been.

'We were so happy then...but it all changed after he turned 15.'

"Big brother?" Lucy called down the halls of her mansion.

The blonde Heartfilia heir was no 11 years old, her mother passed and her father turned cold. After Layla passed away, Lucy only had Ren to comfort her. Though she was still shaken and sensitive to her mother's death, Lucy sought to find comfort in spending time with her brother. However, after Layla's death, Ren found more interest in expanding his magic. Soon finding comfort stuck in the library to read books on all types of magic. The 15 year old thought if he was stronger, he wouldn't lose anyone close to him again.

Lucy opened the door to the library. Normally, Ren wouldn't allow anyone in the room if he was present. But he made an exception for Lucy, of course having a soft spot for her and her alone. When the teen heard the door open, he looked up from the book he was reading and stood from the chair which he sat. He smiled at her, something he rarely did around the staff, and patted Lucy's head gently. The young girl smiling back.

"Is there something wrong, Lucy?" He asked, crouching to meet her eye level.

Lucy shook her head and went to grab one of her favorite book in the library. It was book about celestial spirit magic. Ever since Layla entrusted her keys to her, Lucy wanted to learn more about the origins of celestial magic and how to get stronger if possible. She loved her spirits as friends and would often play with them if Ren was busy. Once she got her book, the young girl went to sit on the chair beside her brother.

"I just wanted to read with you, Big brother!" Lucy replied as she opened the book.

"You're really getting good at celestial magic, I'm actually learning a new magic that can make my light magic even stronger."

"Really? What kind of magic?"

Ren smiled and let out his hand in front of him for Lucy to see. Then, a light energy appeared. But soon, it began to mix with black and red streaks. Lucy herself thinking that the colors were pretty and amazing. "It's called blood shadow magic." Ren said.

"Whoa..." Lucy said, feeling it's strong energy.

"And from what I learned, your celestial magic combined with this will be invincible."

"Invincible?" Lucy asked, not noticing the shift of tone her brother took.

Ren nodded and Lucy began to rapidly flip through the pages of her book. Trying to find any sort of information and proof of her brother's claim. Once she got close to the back of the book, before she knew it she could see a series of pictures and info on the subject her brother talked about. However, Lucy looked closer into the book and though the magical energy is not as invincible Ren made it sound like, the book also said it's a very dangerous thing to control by just one person.

The young 11 year old swung her legs back and forth, humming a happy tune as she read. The more she read, the more dangerous she thought the entire subject sounded. But, not wanting to hurt the teen's feelings, Lucy kept everything she read a secret and read it over and over. Trying to get a better understanding as to why Ren would want power like that when his light magic was the strongest she'd seen so far.

"Big Brother wouldn't become bad... he wouldn't..."

Finally, as the days turned into months and the months into years, Lucy and Ren's relationship became just as distant as she and Jude. The blonde girl was finally turning 16 years old and she hoped to rekindle her relationship with Ren, but Lucy didn't keep her hopes up. Nowadays, Ren had locked himself in his room and in the library. Just as how Jude would lock himself in his own study. Both men not wanting to interact with Lucy after she was done her lessons for the day.

Lucy had also been meaning to tell Ren about her plan of running away from the Heartfilia estate. Though she didn't want to be separated by the happy memories she had of the estate, she knew being confined in the mansion would drive her insane from all the business talks and the cold shadow that was upon them. Lucy had fully packed her things and was now on her way to the library where Ren was already locked in.

"Brother?" She still called quietly.

But instead of a reply, she realized that Ren hadn't heard her call. When Lucy was about to call him again, she was put to a stop immediately. Hearing her brother's eerie laugh. "I can feel her power grow stronger." He said as Lucy could hear him pace around the room. An eager kid walking around excitedly, only this one was now a full grown 20 year old.

"Power?" Lucy thought, pressing her ear against the door.

"Her tutors are teaching her well, however, it's taking too long." Ren added.

"You must be patient, the girl will soon achieve it in due time." An unrecognizable voice replied.

"Who is that?" Lucy wondered.

"She better. Without Lucy's celestial magic combined with my blood shadow magic, I will not be able to get rid of any foe that dare stands against my way."

Lucy mentally gasped, having to suddenly learn of her once kind and caring older brother's dark side. He sounded so evil to her. So... foreign. It was as if Lucy was listening to another person talk. If the blonde didn't know any better, she would have thought that it wasn't Ren inside, rather she would've thought that it was someone else entirely. But Lucy knew his voice well and there was no way she would have mistaken his voice for anyone.

"What?" Lucy thought, not liking her older brother's intentions.

"You are aware that if you take all her energy for yourself, the child will most possibly die right?" The voice stated in a-matter-of fact manner.

The 16 year old blonde gasped softly, she couldn't believe what she heard from the unknown voice that spoke to Ren. She was scared to think that the older brother she love,d and the one that was always by her side since childhood, would even think of draining her magic from her and most probably make her die. She just couldn't see it as something Ren would have the slightest thought about. She begged in her mind that Ren change his mind after hearing that.

But all she heard in return of her silent pleas was a sigh from Ren's mouth. "If it comes to that... I might have no choice unless she grows stronger."

Lucy's eyes went wide, she just stayed in that position for a few moments. Not even the unfamiliar voice in the room with Ren said anything after. After a few more seconds just sitting there, quieter than a mouse, Lucy ran back to her room. Not eve the sounds of her footsteps being heard. She just couldn't believe anything anymore. She felt betrayed by the last person she considered her blood. She was already neglected by her father, now it's her brother.

"I need to get away from this place... I just keep getting hurt..." Lucy thought as she grabbed her roller bag, whip and keys. Then she headed for the back entrance. That way, no one would notice she left until she was long gone.

Lucy ran as fast she could. Occasionally turning around to look at the estate that began lost in the distance. It was all she ever knew and as she ran, the blonde mage thought of the happy times. Every good thing that happened at that estate ended when her mother died. Lucy could feel tears well up in her eyes, however, she blinked them back. Swallowing her pain and burying it deep in her heart.

"No more crying Lucy..." She thought to herself. "It's time for a new start."

That was before the fateful encounter reignited this panful past.

Lucy was hanging out inside the Fairy Tail guild hall. It's almost been a year since Fairy Tail's core members disappeared on Tenrou Island when Acnologia attacked. Lucy looked to the calendar on the wall. In just 2 days, it will have been a year since her best friends, team and guild mates have been missing. No trace of them whenever and wherever they searched. But no matter, she still held hope that they would miraculously appear.

They always managed to pull through somehow and some way. Those were Lucy's thoughts. However, she knew her nakama thought otherwise. They were slowly losing hope, even though they didn't look like it. It was most obvious in Macao's eyes. But she knew Romeo would continue to protest and believe they were alive, just like she did. She just hoped to find Tenrou Island soon enough.

As she sat in silence, Lucy suddenly was met with a familiar feeling in her heart. She bowed her head, She knew what she was feeling. It was the same feeling she had when she ran away from her estate. The doubting feeling she had when before she heard Ren's cruel answer. During the year the core members were gone, Lucy had got in touch with Jude and was surprised to hear that Ren left the estate during the first few months she had been gone.

That alone made Lucy suspicious. She wondered of Ren's whereabouts and realized this was the first time she ever thought of her older brother during her time in Fairy Tail. She shook her head, she knew Ren the most even if she hadn't seen him in over a year and a half. She knew Ren was the type of person to wait for the right moment and the one to hide until he knew he had the advantage.

"There's no way he'd barge in here looking for me." She mumbled to herself.

"Lucy?" Romeo's voice cut in.

Lucy changed her expression quickly before Romeo could see her worries and smiled. "Oh Romeo? Is there something you need?" She asked.

"Are you going on a job today?" He simply asked.

"Probably." She replied. "Rent isn't due just yet, but it wouldn't hurt to have extra cash."

"I'd come too if Dad wasn't away."

"Don't worry Romeo." Lucy reassured, standing up. "When I come back, how about we get a boat and look for any clues for Tenrou."

Romeo smiled and nodded at the blonde, taking a boat and looking for clues out in the ocean was something the 2 did often nowadays. Since everyone was losing hope and the guild was becoming smaller by the day, Romeo and Lucy would often team up during to do missions and search for any clues about Tenrou Island and their missing nakama. Though they were successful on their missions, they were not when searching for clues.

"Promise?" The fire mage asked, sticking his pinky out.

Lucy giggled and looped her finger around his. "You know I never break my promises."

After that, Romeo went to the bar to ask Kinana for something to eat. Whereas Lucy went to the request board. She found a simple job of clearing some bandits at a town called Asakura. The price was decent to let her have a bunch of jewels left over after paying her rent and she took it. She grabbed her whip, celestial keys and placed a bag over her shoulder, then made her way to the train station so she could hurry back.

Once on the train, Lucy opened her back and took out a book. It was the same book that she read as a child. The book about celestial magic and the same book that revealed to her the dangers of combining both her magic with Ren's blood shadow magic. She opened to a page that was bookmarked and bit her lip, knowing full well what the page contained. The information on the magic energy that Ren wanted.

After a few hours, Lucy soon finished her mission in Asakura. The bandits were no match for her and Taurus, making it very easy to complete. The blonde mage stretched after tying the last bandit with a very hard knot and ridding any of them with any hidden weapons. Which were obviously hidden in their boots, sleeves and shirt collars. The celestial spirit also knocking the bandits out cold.

Afterwards, Lucy and Taurus handed the unconscious bandits to authorities. The bandits soon awakening after they were thrown in the carriage cell. Threatening Lucy, but the blonde girl didn't think twice of it and ignored their cries. Once she was done with that, she and Taurus went to the client's home to collect her award. Lucky for Lucy, she still had plenty of time to head back to Magnolia and search the sea with Romeo.

"Thanks for the assistance, Taurus." Lucy said gratefully as she reached her limit after having Taurus out for so long.

"You're welcome Miss. Lucy." Taurus said before fading back into the spirit world. "Anything to protect that sweet body."

The blonde was about to head back to the train station when she was stopped by someone clapping from behind her. "Well, I have to say... not really what I was expecting." A male voice said.

Lucy stopped and turned to meet with a man that seemed older than her. He wore a cloak that covered his body, but his face wasn't covered. Letting Lucy seeing his long white hair, red piercing eyes and white fox ears. The mage knew he wasn't there to begin with and wondered what he was talking about. From the small gap on his cloak, Lucy could see 2 hilts near his waist.

"Who are you?" Lucy asked right away.

"My name is Sanzaru, Lucy Heartfilia." He replied bowing slightly. "I'm here to bring you back to your dear brother."

"What? Bring me to Ren!?" Lucy thought. "Why now?"

"Now come with me and we can meet Master right away."

As Sanzaru stretched his arm to grab hold of Lucy, she backed up and had a cautious face. The man immediately thought that she was just being cautious of him since he just came out of nowhere. However, it was quite the opposite. Lucy did not want to be anywhere near the person she once called Big Brother and she certainly didn't feel any stronger than she was just yet. Luckily, she used the obvious impression she had on Sanzaru to her advantage.

"There's no way I'm going with someone who claims they know my brother. I haven't seen him in almost 3 years."

Sanzaru sighed and massaged his temples. "Listen, I don't want to do this by force. Master told me to get you no matter what, but he preferred you to not be hurt."

"And why should I believe you?"

"Listen here Heartfilia, I did not travel this far to go back empty handed. You brother wants nothing more than to see the girl he thought of as his precious little sister. So just come with me and I'll take you to Master."

Lucy glanced at the watch on her wrist. another hour passed, if this keeps up she wouldn't make it back to the guild in time like she promised Romeo. She narrowed her eyes and placed her hand on her celestial keys. "No way."

Sanzaru sighed. "I was afraid it might come to this."

Next thing Lucy knew, the man before her threw off his cloak. Revealing the 2 swords attached to his waist and drew the one to his right. Before she could even take one oh her celestial keys, Sanzaru stretched his now visible black angel wings and made a large gust of wind blow Lucy back and hit a tree. She placed a hand on her back in pain and saw her celestial keys had fallen.

"He's too close..." She thought. "He'll probably blow me away again."

Sanzaru then walked up to the golden keys and picked them up. Throwing them in the air, smirking. "Hm... I wonder what would happen to these if I break them?" He asked aloud.

Lucy gasped as she narrowed her eyes and gnashed her teeth. "You wouldn't dare."

"I would, unless you come with me quietly." He threatened.

"You better let them go. If you dare even put a finger on my precious keys, you'll regret it." Lucy threatened back.

Sanzaru smirked as he just opened Lucy's pouch and took out Aquarius' key, dangling the key from his finger tips. Lucy had an angered look on her face and clenched her fists tightly. A golden aura slowly forming around her body. Sanzaru was slightly surprised by the sudden aura, but kept his smug look in place. Suddenly, he held both ends of Aquarius' key, ready to snap it in half.

"Make me." He simply said.

"I said...Let. Them. Go! I will not let your filthy hands touch my friends!" Lucy shouted raising her right arm, as if by instinct, and a blast of celestial energy shot out of her hand.

Before Sanzaru could even move, he was blasted away by Lucy's attack and dropped her celestial keys too. Lucy's eyes widened at what she just did, but she didn't waste time and ran to her celestial keys immediately. Lucy stood in a defensive stance as Sanzaru recovered from the attack. Lucy then took ahold of Virgo's key and got ready to summon her if Sanzaru dares to attack.

But instead, she was met with Sanzaru's menacing laughter. "Finally, you've awakened your own magic." Without another word, Sanzaru spread his wings and began to fly away. "He will find you Heartfilia! Just watch, and he will defeat anyone in his way!"

Lucy gnashed her teeth, realizing that doing whatever she just did was what Sanzaru was really after. She took Virgo's key, summoning the maid celestial spirit. "Virgo!"

"Punishment time, Princess?" The maid asked.

Lucy shook her head as she stared at her right hand that had produced that unknown golden light. "No Virgo. I'm going to need a cloak... and a magic restrainers. I can't have Ren looking for my magic energy."

"Very well, Princess." Virgo said as she disappeared and reappeared again, handing Lucy the items. "May I ask why you need these?"

As Lucy placed the cloak over her shoulders and the magic restraints on her wrists, making it seem she had little to no magic, she looked to Virgo and sighed. "I need to hide from my brother who wants to take my magic from me and Fairy Tail isn't the best place to hide. They already have enough going on with the others missing."

"So what do you intend to do?"

"I'm going to have to get them off my track and travel in hiding." Lucy said, placing the hood over her face. "I need to make sure they can't find my magic and then after I'll train in the celestial world."

"You are aware that one day in the celestial world is 3 months on Earthland, correct?" Virgo asked.

Lucy nodded, having to read about it earlier on the train. "Before I do go to the celestial world... I have a plan. My brother may be older than me... but he was always naïve and oblivious to recognizing people without getting a clear look at their face." She said. "I need to create my own organization."

"Are you sure about these rumors, Lucy?" Loke asked crossing his legs, sitting on one side of a booth in a train.

"How many times must I say that we never know unless we try." Lucy replied.

It had been little over a week since Lucy disappeared and she knew Fairy Tail was still looking for her. One of the members would always be somewhere she was. But the last time she saw one of her friends was back at Hargeon. Lucy had been wearing her cloak and hid her face, but it hurt when she saw Romeo with Kinana looking around the area. Seeing Romeo's serious face, she could only assume that they were looking for her.

The blonde had to swallow her emotions, not wanting to have to ask her questions about what she was doing or where she had been. Involving them with Ren while they're losing hope about the rest of their nakama would only put more stress on them and she was not about to let her nakama get hurt. Especially if her brother's numbers are still unknown to her. So she went out searching for strong people or people with remarkable power to help her.

Right now, Lucy was heading to a town far from any town she had been called Izumi. Lucy had heard that there was someone with very a unusual type of magic and that they had scared off a lot of people due to their magic. The blonde girl saw this as her chance. To give someone a place to belong and to recruit someone to help her in her certainly long mission. She summoned Loke to keep her company and gather a plan just in case.

After awhile, Lucy sent Loke back to the spirit world then got off the train at her destination. She began to ask people around the area about the mage she was looking for, but everyone she asked told her the same thing. They didn't want to associate themselves with someone they think is dangerous and Lucy just groaned. She was not having much luck and decided to search the area on her own.

"This town is so large though." Lucy thought as she wandered. "Plus this forest near the town it might probably take a day or 2 at least to find this guy."

"Dammit!" Someone shouted loudly.

Lucy became startled, not expecting that someone else was in this forest with her. "Who?"

The fairy began to head toward where she heard the shout and to her surprise she saw a boy that looked only of 11 years old. He had messy dark blue hair, green eyes and fair tanned skin, also wearing just worn out clothes too. However, his distinguishing feature was the fact he had blue wings, tail and smaller versions of his wings above his ears. He was attacking a large tree with water like attacks. But attacks that are far more advanced than Juvia's.

The celestial mage was still taking note of the boy, but was surprised when he stopped attacking the tree and looking around. He seemed as though he was sniffing the area and that was when it hit Lucy. The boy was a dragon slayer just like Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel. Plus by the looks of his attacks he, obviously, was a Water Dragon Slayer and Lucy couldn't help but look in awe as she hadn't seen another slayer in so long.

The boy must've found her scent because the next thing Lucy knew, the boy turned around and flew to the tree with a defensive look on his face. Lucy's eyes widened in joy as she came out of her hiding place to look at the boy more closely. The slayer thought this to be very weird and softened his look just a bit and tilted his head, confused by the celestial mage's behavior.

"W-Who are you?" He asked, stuttering.

"My name is Lucy." She replied. "Why don't you come down?"

The boy leaned back and raised an eyebrow. "Why are you being so nice?"

"What do you mean?"

"Did the others tell you to get rid of me? Newsflash, the answer's no." He added.

Lucy crossed her arms and gave an unamused look. "I didn't come here to get rid of you." She replied. "I came here to ask for your help."

"Why would someone like you need my help?"

"You could say I'm looking for people of unusual skill." Lucy explained. "You're the first ever dragon slayer I met that has wings like that."

The boy was taken aback by Lucy's statement. "You know about dragon slaying magic?"

"Of course. I knew 3 dragon slayers once." Lucy said, raising her hand out. "I can help you train. I'm trying to create a guild so I can protect my nakama. You can be a part of that. But only if you take my hand."

"Are you telling the truth?" He asked.

Lucy nodded and he flew down slowly, folding in his wings and swishing his tail. He felt a sense of trust towards Lucy and her aura didn't seem bad. "Good. Now we better try and help you control these. After all, this can be your secret weapon... uhm..."

"Ryu." He replied, looking away pouting. "My name is Ryu."

Lucy smiled as she ruffled his hair. "Well then, nice to meet you Ryu." She said. "You are now a proud member of Mystical Fantasies."

Ryu blinked at her greeting, but nevertheless, smiled and nodded. "Yeah!"

After bringing Ryu into her care, Lucy went to the spirit world to help train both herself and Ryu with her spirits' help. While Ryu was left to train with Crux who provided the necessary teachings of dragon slaying, Capricorn to help with his hand-to-hand combat and upbringing and finally Aquarius to help with control of water, Lucy had asked Loke and Virgo if she could learn magic to get stronger too. Which led her to the Celestial Spirit King to enhance her new found magic.

Loke and Sagittarius were to teach her how to use her new magic to her advantage, whether it be close combat or ranged attacks. The Celestial Spirit King on the other hand, helped Lucy learn to control her new found powers. Lucy had already explained to the king that the magic she unlocked was that of the same description that Ren wanted to combine his with and she was surprised that the king did not know of such magic knowledge.

Thus having Lucy and himself to come to the conclusion that she had to find a suitable name for the magic she suddenly unlocked or created out of the protection of her spirits. Keeping that in mind, Lucy decided to call it Star magic. She spent the remainder of her time learning how to actually get the stardust, as she called it, to work through her body and how to control it. By the end of the day, she was able to control it in a basic manner.

Ryu on the other hand, had learned to control the strength of his attacks and thanks to the help of Crux and Virgo, Ryu was able to learn how to conceal his wings, tail and the smaller wings above his ears. After being satisfied, Lucy grinned and ruffled the boy's hair and nodded to her spirits. They nodded back at her, knowing that whatever Lucy does next was something she thought long and hard about.

"Well, let's go find ourselves some more friends to come with us!"

After going back to Earthland, Ryu was surprised to hear that 3 months had passed since they've been in the spirit world for a day and Lucy thought that his expression was just hilarious. After words, she gave Ryu his own cloak and they began to go into town to find some more suitable clothes for him. Of course, during their shopping spree, Lucy told Ryu of her situation and that if he were to ever meet any Fairy Tail members he had to pretend he never heard of her.

Ryu obviously understood the situation more easily than Lucy had thought and sighed gratefully. Once they were done, Lucy and Ryu headed off into another neighboring town where Lucy had wanted to go next after finding Ryu. There was a story she heard people saying that there was a necromancer and a witch travelling from town to town and Lucy immediately became interested in the 2 rumored people.

Both celestial mage and dragon slayer then learned that it was just 2 women of the same age of 14, Misaki the necromancer and Corona the knight witch. The 2 were confused just as much as Ryu when Lucy just approached them without a second thought and was even more surprised that she had offered them a spot in her soon to be made guild. However, like Ryu they sensed a trusting aura in Lucy and agreed. Not used to having people reach their hand to them.

Plus, Misaki and Corona saw this as a way to improve themselves and agreed to Lucy's proposal. Once that was out of the way, and Lucy informed Misaki and Corona of her plans and reasons of her creating the guild, they began to build the guild hall with the help of Virgo and Taurus. Luckily, Misaki and Corona knew the perfect spot to hide the guild hall from any outsiders beside the council and Lucy couldn't be anymore grateful.

Finally their guild was built. However, Lucy knew that she wanted more people before she got the paper work to make the guild official. So she and the others began to take jobs from merchant guilds to gain some extra jewels and search for any rumors or meet people that have great potential in their source of magic. That's when they met the remaining 6 of their guild members on separate occasions.

Ryu was the one to find Sora, Yoru and Zero. Sora was 11 at the time like Ryu, Yoru was 10 and Zero was 12. All because he was picking fights with them to keep on texting the skills he learnt with Capricorn, Crux and Aquarius. Much to Lucy's pleasure and displeasure. She felt like she created another Natsu, however, Ryu doesn't typically go and pick fights with every enemy on the street and doesn't have a one track mind like Natsu. Thankfully, the 3 agreed to joining.

Ryu immediately became friends with Yoru the minute the 3 boys agreed to join, only because not only were the 2 alike in so many different ways, but because Ryu and the others found out that Yoru was also half wolf and sported wolf ears and a tail in his human form. That's when Ryu revealed his own secret trump card about his wings and tail. Making Lucy happy that she chose good people to join her guild.

"Lucy..." Misaki said, walking alongside the blonde. "What do you plan to do after we deal with your brother? Are you going to return to Fairy Tail?"

Lucy smiled softly at Misaki and ruffled the 14 year old's hair. "Well of course, they're my nakama and I belong with Fairy Tail. But after I disband the guild, I want all of you to join too. Since we are nakama now too."

By the time 3 more months passed of the group taking on merchant guild jobs for more jewels, Lucy was finally satisfied with her number of guild members. There were 9 members, plus herself which made 10 in total, and the remaining 3 were Aria the wind spirit, Solori who was a light angel and Takeshi a fire demon. The ones who made the guild name 'Mystical Fantasies' much more sense.

Aria was found through an abnormal storm rising near the harbor of Hargeon. She was losing control of her powers since she was only 10 and she had no other superior spirits to guide her and properly teach her to control her element. However, with the help of her own spirits, Lucy and the others were able to calm Aria down and she agreed to join the guild to learn to control her powers better. Thankfully, no one knew it was Aria who caused the storm.

Solori and Takeshi on the other hand, was a different story. The large group of 8 with the addition of Aria were going to have a picnic in a nearby forest when they could hear attacks colliding and felt powerful magic auras in the area. When they went to check on it, Solori was attacking Takeshi from the sky while Takeshi would attack from below. Lucy was immediately impressed and nodded towards Misaki, the rest knowing what was going to happen next.

The necromancer then revealed her scythe from within her cloak and a magic circle appeared under her feet. Without a second longer, her ghosts came from the ground and took Solori and Takeshi by the arms and legs. Binding them so they wouldn't move. That's when Lucy learned that 12 years old and Takeshi was 13 years old. Making Lucy even more impressed with the amount of magic power they had even as children.

After that event, Lucy brought Solori and Takeshi back to the guild with her and the others. Which brought them to this very moment, the day after the mystics became an official guild. "WHAT!?" Everyone shouted at what Lucy just said. The blonde guild master smiled sheepishly as she laughed.

"This is not a laughing manner!" Misaki said.

"Yeah! You expect us to run the guild for 4 years!?" Solori repeated for Lucy.

"On our own!?" Yoru added.

"Will all of you just listen and calm down!" Lucy shouted seriously annoyed with their protests. "First of all, the reason I'm leaving is to get my brother off my trail. I need to control my aura without having to use magic restraints or limiters."

"But where will you go?" Corona asked. "Surely the minute you take off those limiters to try and control it, your brother will sense the source since it's still strong."

"That's true, however, I'm not going to be on Earthland in those 4 years." Lucy said, earning confused looks from everyone except Ryu. "I'm going to be training with the Celestial Spirit King. As you all know, I have a close bond with the celestial world and there 1 day is 3 months on Earthland."

"So you'll be there for around 2 weeks if not more." Sora concluded, crossing his arms.

Lucy nodded and looked to her guild members. "I want you all to train while I'm gone, stick to the routines I set for all of you. When I come back, all of you will be older. So I expect that you all become the strongest you can, alright?"

"You can count on us, Master!" Zero declared.

"Don't worry about us too much." Takeshi added.

"Please don't overwork yourself either." Aria said.

"Say hi to the others for me, will ya?" Ryu asked.

"After that, I went to the spirit world and trained to perfect my magic." Lucy finished as she looked to Rogue.

The shadow dragon slayer's eyes were wide and his expression told just how amazed her was at the story he just heard. As Lucy said, she made many sacrifices. However, those sacrifices were far different than what he had imagined. Everything Lucy did, was too make sure that Fairy Tail did not get more things to worry about in the past 6 years. She loved her nakama so much that she would just disappear for their sake. It was something Rogue found admirable.

"Unbelievable..." Rogue said.

Lucy laughed and stretched her arms. "Yeah, it does sound unbelievable right?" She asked. "But I came back earlier than expected and I was surprised to see my members all grown up and stronger than before. That's when we found out about Skull's Fire."

"Excuse me?" Rogue asked confused.

"After I returned, we immediately went down to business and thought of a plan to trick my naïve brother." Lucy explained. "So I used myself as bait and lured my brother to the open and gained his trust as if I knew nothing of his plans."

"The communication lacrima..." Rogue suddenly remembered.

Lucy nodded and continued. "He gave me that lacrima after I told him that I was sorry for running away from him years ago. At that point, my guild acted as though they were on a job and the information of his plans was leaked through a traitor and they took me away. After that, I have been working as a double agent."

That's when Rogue realized the real truth of the story. "So, the master of Skull's Fire is-"

"That's right..." Lucy said, cutting him off before he could say anything else. "The skulls' master... is my older brother, Ren. The one I thought had the most kindest heart I have ever known."

"All of that... just for the sake of Fairy Tail? To keep them safe from your brother's harm?"

Lucy tilted her head and nodded. "Well of course, they're my nakama. How could I not do anything for them?"

Rogue just stayed silent. Processing everything he just learnt about Lucy. He found himself envying the way she didn't hesitate sacrificing her life with Fairy Tail just to protect because they were already suffering from the loss of their core members at the time. If it were any other guild, the dragon slayer did not know if someone would do the exact same thing just for their guild.

The blonde guild master then looked at the clock near the café around the corner and saw how late it gotten, she brought her hood more forward so that it would cover the rest of her face from the crowd and waved to Rogue. "We should both head back to our inn's now. It's getting late." Lucy said.

"I look forward to the games tomorrow."

Yes! After so long of writing and stopping and then writing again, I finally finished this chatper! I made it nice and long for all of you so I hope you liked how it went. I know I went kinda lazy on how Lucy met the others except for Ryu so forgive me if that was not to your liking.

Moving on, so how did you like that backstory? I planned a lot for this backstory and had to re-read all of the small details I myself had hidden within the chapters. I nearly wrote how Lucy gained Star magic wrong as opposed to the 1st chapter so thankfully I fixed it.

Anyway, yes Lucy's big (adoptive) brother, Ren, is Skull's Fire's master. I've had that in my head for a long while since chapter 3 and I made it my priority to hurry up and reveal him. More things are going to start happening thanks to this chapter so I hope you all look forward to that.

Finally, what do you all think will happen now once Team Natsu tell the rest of Fairy Tail of the conversation between Lucy and Dreymeil. What do you think will happen to Rogue now that all this information was revealed to him? Or maybe I should be asking... What do you think will happen when Ren finds out about Lucy? Follow, Favorite and Review!

Ja ne~