Magnolia...
Three months after Yuki left Fairy Tail. A very beautiful women walks to the master and asks to join the guild. I sense something weird about her every time I see her. I probably shouldn't say anything for fear of Juvia jumping to weird conclusion. Gray was just thinking when the girl walked up to him and asked about the job board. "I think that you should start with things that you can handle." said Gray. "Sorry I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Mercedes. What is yours?" "Oh my name is Gray. Welcome to Fairy Tail. Hope you have fun." He smiled at Mercedes. Gray looked up to see Natsu and Happy coming in from another job. "Hey Natsu come meet the new member Mercedes." Natsu walked up to them and said, "Hey! Gray your clothes are off again! Oh hey names Natsu and this here is Happy." As Gray was putting on his clothes and as Natsu introduce himself Suki walked in covered in bruises and cuts. "Hey pops! That was one hella of a job you gave me. I verily made it out alive." "If you couldn't handle the mountain monkeys than your worst than your mother. She could at least fight back maybe you need a weapon like her." Natsu said thoughtfully. Suki walked to Natsu and said, "I do not I will be strong like you pops so just you wait." Mercedes looks at Suki and says, "Hello I am the new member of Fairy Tail, names Mercedes." Suki looks at her and says, "Oh hey names Suki." Gray stood wearing something and said to Mercedes, "Hey I could go on a job with you if you want." Mercedes smiles and said, "That would be cool." Natsu stops from wrestling with Suki and said, "I want to go. Let's go Happy." "Aye Sir." Just then Erza came in with little Genji and said, "Going on a job I'll join."
The next day part of Team Natsu and Mercedes were going on a job. As they were about to leave Wendy and Romeo walked in. Romeo was holding hands with Wendy. "Hey guys going on a job?" "Yeah wanna come?" said Natsu. She looks at Romeo and said "Bye Romeo. I have to go on a mission." "OH my Sky. No way. You must be Wendy, The Maiden of The Sky. I am your biggest fan." Everyone looks at Mercedes shocked to hear that she knew who Wendy was. "I saw you in the magazine from Weekly Sorcerer. It said that you and Romeo started to date. I am so happy for you." Gray said, "Wow you said that word for word." She smiles at them and explains, "I have photographic memory. Anything I read I can tell you word for word." She smiles and they smile back and Natsu says, "That's a cool power to have." That was when she started to like the mission she was in. She loved to give mercy but letting down the prey hard makes the whole job worth it. Wendy smiled as well and said, "Okay I am ready."
Everyone got on the train and like usual Natsu got motion sickness. It had been a while since he last when on a far away mission. Since he had to take care of the twins he couldn't go that far. Now that they are all grown he felt like he could leave Suki by himself. He was still worried about Yuki but somehow felt that she was safe even though she was far away from him. He fell unconscious.
When Natsu woke up he was in the air. He saw below to find that Gray was defeated and Erza knocked to the ground by the light that came close by him. He didn't know what was going on. Then he looked to the side and saw that Mercedes was attacking them. He struggle but found it useless because the bonds were sealing his magic. He also didn't have strength because of the motion sickness that was caused by the flying. As he watches he sees the strongest female wizard in Fairy Tail fall. Erza's horrified face was the last thing he saw when Mercedes put him in the airship. Natsu kept struggling against his binds and yelling, "Let me out of here, I want to fight you. Let me go you bastard. What did you do to my friends?" Mercedes looks at Natsu with a smirk on her face and says, "Are you sure that you want to leave?" "Of course. I want to fight too." "But if I let you out you won't get to see Lucy. Don't you want to see her?"
Flowers Palace...
N-Lucy was waiting for Mercedes to return. She was late like usual. "Damn was it right to send her?" Just then the airship that Mercedes traveled on came to view. It stopped right above her to transport her to the ship. As N-Lucy walked into the captain's room she looked around to find Natsu to the side of the room and Mercedes in the chair in front of her. Some of the clones captured her and N-Lucy stayed still. Mercedes walked up to her and said, "Do you wish to know what happened to those friends of yours?" N-Lucy smirked and said, "Friends? What friends?" Mercedes grabbed her face and whispered, "I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to Lucy." N-Lucy jerked back and said, "How did you know? How did you know I am connected to Lucy herself?" Mercedes walked towards Natsu and said, "You see you promised me something you couldn't give me. That was fun. Can you believe that Erza was so easily defeated. Her magic ran out the moment she brought out her Nakagami Armor." N-Lucy started to cry. "How could you? How could you do this to Natsu and Erza. She was finally happy with her life. She was finally living with him. How could you?" Natsu was shocked to hear Lucy's voice. The other Lucy had a harsher voice while this one had the voice of Lucy. "I knew it you were the one who wanted me to bring Natsu here weren't you?" In a firm voice she said, "She will not say anything." N-Lucy looked at Natsu and said to Mercedes, "I wanted to know how powerful he had an affect on her. Can he hear our conversation?" Mercedes nodded and said, "You didn't answer my question Lucy. Were you the one who told me to bring Natsu here?" N-Lucy looks at Natsu once more and says, "I..Yes I needed him to know how I felt before it was too late." The clones that were holding her had let go. She dropped to the ground and started to hold her chest with her other hand she covered her mouth. She didn't want to let Natsu know that she was already dying and that she wasn't a clone at all. She swallowed the blood and stood up. "Mercedes let me take him to the dungeon. They will be coming for him soon. I know how to get Suki here as well. He was the only one that could make him come." She nodded towards Natsu. Mercedes walked up to her and said, "Your dying already so why are you still here?" N-Lucy glared at her and said, "You should feel it as well. She is dying with me and you and the rest of the clones. So don't ask why I am here. I am trying to save her for all of us." Mercedes smirked and laughed while saying, "You really think that your children and that man will wake her." Natsu was shocked to hear that N-Lucy had children. Natsu thought, Who are the children they speak of. Shit I still can't move. Natsu struggles trying to get out of the binds.