Wow, 3 weeks. School is such a bother these days. I need to make sure I save time to write once a week. ^^

And I have to give a shout to jfkkennedy. I had some writer's block, and thanks to her/him, I have a nice twist for this story. But... Sadly it won't happen in this chapter. In the next one you shall see!

I do not own Fairy Tail.

PREVIOUSLY

So that's what love feels like...

Morning - At the guild

The silver-haired Lisanna sat cross-legged on the velvet booth. Her eyes shone in pure poison when she saw Natsu upset about Lucy. She didn't know the dumb blonde was so powerful, she would of whimpered in fear if she did that to her. But she didn't care... Natsu was only hers.

Her ears unable to contain the non-sense, she scoots off the booth, and lays her arms around his neck, purring seductively in his ear. ''Hey Natsu, don't 'ya think we should go on a job? Lucy's recovered already, you shouldn't worry so much.'' She convincingly tried to push Natsu. The salmon-haired male felt disappointed, and slightly worried. Why was Lucy always running from him now? He recoiled in utter disgust from Lisanna's attitude. Why was she not worried about her Nakama?

His head throbbed in pain from the thought. Lisanna clucked her tongue and marched away from him. Her eyes glassed over in emotion. Why did Lucy have to be so... So... So Lucy!

At Lucy's place

The blonde rolled over in warmth, light shining through the blinds. Her eyes stung from the light.

She groaned as she squirmed in her bed, an unknown warmth suddenly wrapped around her. The blonde moaned from the nice feeling of warmth. She giggled in the warmth's chest, but then blinked. Warmth wasn't supposed to have a chest.

Suddenly her face went two shades of red and she jumped out of the bed in a yelp. The blonde bit her lip. Oh crap, she remembered.

''Ngh, Lucy why'd you have to move?'' Zeref whined slightly as his raven bangs loosely hung over his forehead. His eyes were half-lidded and you could tell. His hair was messy, but it also looked sexy.

Lucy blushed and placed her hands on her soft face. Why did Zeref suddenly look so.. cute?

She never thought of him as attractive in any way, but just as her comforting Dark Star. Was this a new feeling?

Zeref yawned and stretched his arms, hopping over to Lucy with a light smile.

''Good morning, Lucy.'' His syllable's rolled. The blonde embarrassingly shoved his face away with red painted on her cheeks.

The innocent Zeref batted his lashes, feeling slightly curious why Lucy was so moody in the morning.

''Y-Yeah good morning Zeref! Ha-Ha... I'm going to take a shower!'' She stammered slightly, scurrying over to her bathroom's door. Zeref fluttered his eyes, and slightly blushed himself.

Were they just in a bed together?

Later

Zeref and Lucy sat at the table.

The blonde was focused on Zeref's eyes as she was contemplating a strategy. ''Zeref, you can't go outside without killing someone, right?'' She questioned with serious eyes, her blonde hair adorning her face, almost to make her look cute.

Zeref blinked a bit, but then gave in. ''Yes, my death waves have been haunting me... Since forever I guess. Also the fact that I would be immediately hunted down by bad guilds, or being used.'' He sighed with the upmost demonic glint in his eyes.

''Those sinful people...Always using me for my power...It's horrible. I've seen everything, war, death, and sinful actions. Thats why I believe...'' He paused for a moment when he felt Lucy's concerning stare plunge him. He broke in a sweat. ''Nevermind... I shouldn't need to tell you this.''

The blonde almost watched in horror. Zeref had a lot of burdens. It was true, he was the major topic of anything magic related. It made Lucy have shivers go down her spine.

The black mage glanced up at Lucy, who had a broken look on her face. It was painful to see her with that type of look because it worried him to the bone.

''Zeref... I'm sorry.'' She almost felt a tear come out. Her hands clutched his sleeve as her bangs covered her eyes.

''Why did you have to live like that? Didn't anyone care about your feelings?'' She choked out.

Zeref felt his heart sting. It felt horrible, he made her cry...But why would anyone care about him. He had blood in his skin. He is the cause for most deaths. Why would she cry about him?

Zeref walked over to her and wrapped protective arms around her.

''Don't... Cry like that...'' He murmured in her neck as Lucy's tears dried, and her heart beats steadied in a peaceful manner. She loved this feeling, the warmth, the scent, it was Zeref. She didn't know why he was the most evil wizard in the world.

She tightened her grasp around him, and sighed in his shoulder.

This was her dark star.

Later

It was the afternoon, and Lucy stood in the woody forest with Zeref. Trails of withered, dead, dried-up leaves echoed behind Zeref, only making him sigh. Lucy noticed this but gave an up-lifting grin. The birds chirped only making Zeref sigh in the cool wind.

''We're going to learn how to conceal your powers, Zeref.'' She said with a determined tone. Zeref slightly widened his eyes at Lucy's seriousness. He chuckled slightly at her attitude and obeyed.

The blonde smiled lightly, then clasped her hands together.

''Star of the east, summon your life!'' Her chant echoed in the forest. Then appeared a bright, green, sparkly light, wrapped around her legs. The blonde slightly blinked at the floral growth in her legs, and took an exasperated breath. Her amber hair whipped in the wind scar from her power. A.N: Ha, you get that reference?

Zeref watched in pure awe. She looked like mother earth right now.

Lucy stretched her fingers out to Zeref, eventually locking it with him. The wind scar was powerful, but Zeref's immortal body could handle the immense energy.

''Ok Zeref, try to hold onto the life on my hands without killing them.'' She murmured as she concentrated deeply into her energy. She bit her lip from the immense energy seeping just into her finger-tips, it felt awfully strong and rich through her veins. She didn't know exactly what she was doing, but in the back of her head it would all help Zeref.

Zeref nodded, but his dark energy attempted to leak out of him. He shook in fear as his blood ran cold and his heart thumped wildly. It was happening again. Plants never triggered his death wave, by why was he releasing it so easily?

He grasped his forehead and unlocked with Lucy's fingers. The blonde widened her eyes in shock. ''ZEREF!'' But then came a dark light then blinded their sight.

The black-mage felt pain come up his muscles, clamping in his stomach and his mind infiltrated.

No..

NO!

LUCY WILL DIE FROM THIS!