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Lucy brought her hands to her chest and turned to Erza who was looking worriedly at her. They just looked at each other; scared about what the outcomes could be for Lucy's future. "Could you bring my duffel bag upstairs?" Lucy asked, as she bit her lip and glanced up at the stairs.

The manservant shook his head and bowed low to Lucy. "Don't let Lady Erza do that Ms. Lucy. I'll take it for you."

Lucy gulped and smiled weakly although her heart was thrumming inside her chest rapidly. She put one foot on the stairs while trembling so hard that she almost tripped up the stairs. The lights suddenly felt too hot and bright on her as the golden stairs followed her as she cascaded upwards. The air felt too hot and thick while she could only gasp for air. Her shaking hands pulled down her frilly black skirt. As she finally got to the stop the stairs she looked down at Erza and Erza nodded encouragingly.

As Lucy walked down the hallway she got closer to her father's gigantic doors faster than she hoped she would. Taking a deep breath and biting on her lips, she opened the door and stepped inside of the office.

Her father was turned away from her, and she could only see the back of his tall, leather chair. Brilliant light shone inside the room and Lucy kept her gaze on the ground.

"Lucy," he said coldly. Then he turned towards her so she could see his features. His face was impassive and squeaky clean with a freshen look. "The thing is," he said licking his lips. "I don't want to talk to you about the phone call."

Lucy instantly relaxed but her eyes widened in surprise. No way…couldn't he have said that. She could only stare at him with anticipation read in her eyes.

He entwined his fingers and leaned forward on the desk; looking at her with a blank stare. "I want to give you the keys your mom instructed me to do a long time ago."

Then he got an envelope in his coat pocket and threw it at her. She caught it eagerly, and ran her hands over the manila envelope. Cold, lightweight keys were outlined and felt as she pressed on the envelope. Then she glanced up at him with a smile that was watery and heartfelt. Tears filled her eyes and ran down her cheeks; this time, they were full of happiness not pain.

"You may leave now," he said, turning his back to her as he looked to stare out the window again. She didn't see it, but he actually had a light in his eyes.

As she left the room she opened the manila envelope, and turned it upside down so she could feel the keys on her hands. There were size keys there; three pure gold keys, and three pure silver keys with a lot of designs and individuality to them.

"What the…" she said, as she walked towards her room with a wondrous expression. "They're so beautiful," she said, caressing the keys with her fingers and feeling her mom's touches where she touched.

When she opened the door to her room she felt her body getting tackled; the feeling was like falling to your death in a slow, scary motion.

"Eh?" she exclaimed.

Lucy looked over to her left and saw Erza grinning at her; then when Erza opened her eyes they both smiled and started laughing, putting their arms around each other in a sisterly hug.

Erza asked next to her in a hushed voice, "Are you OK? I was sure that-"

"No," Lucy said, shaking her head. Then she got up and held out her hand for Erza that caught it with pleasure. The pure joy and happiness on Lucy's face hadn't been seen in a while and it allured her. "He didn't do anything to me. But he…no mama gave me these keys."

Erza's eyes softened and she smiled gently. "That's great Lucy. Do you know what the keys signify though?"

"No idea," Lucy answered softly as she looked down at them carefully. Getting an idea, she took the keys and attached the keys to the belt loop of her skirt. For some reason, carrying the keys around her everywhere would be like a guardian angel watching over her which was her mom. But then, she felt an odd need to talk to someone.

"Loke," she said, and an idea sprouted in her head. She remembered him saying something about keys and a girl Aries…something like that. Then she ran downstairs and got the phone so she could type up his number quickly. Once they made plans, she hadn't realized that tears had been trailing down her face the whole time.

"Hey Lucy," Loke said as she smiled at her on the steps to the city building.

The sun was shining down on them, and the long dignified steps reminded her of the ones in her house. Behind them was the building which was made up of marble and stone. Loke hated these emotions when he was round Lucy though. The last time he had felt something so powerful was with Karen and Aries…but that was so long ago that it was stunning and surprising all at once.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" he asked while fixing his glasses smoothly. He smiled his signature smile at her and hoped that his golden locks were in place.

Lucy twiddled her thumbs and looked up to meet his gaze warmly. "I got these keys from my mom and I felt the weirdest thing. Um, I wanted to talk to you about them because I remember you talking about some kind of keys before.

"OK," Loke nodded, although his heart was starting to race with fear and nervousness. He didn't know if he could handle seeing these keys again…but with Lucy, it may not be that bad.

Lucy detached hr keys from her belt loop and raised them up so he could see. Loke started to get cold sweat and he thought those keys… "Do you have any idea what those mean?" he said a little harsher than expected.

"No," she said, while biting her lip. "Do you?"

Loke stood up suddenly, almost losing balance on the stairs. Lucy began to stand up and he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. He was starting to really look pale and he gulped way too loud.

He looked at a nonexistent watch on his hand and said, "Uhh, look at the time! I gotta go. See ya later Lucy!"

He quickly winked at her then ran away with abnormal speed, making her skirt fly up while guys passing "oohed" and "ahhed". Her cheeks heated and puffed out while she lowered her skirt and crossed her arms over his chest. She mumbled, "I knew he was weird…"

Then she shook her head and decided to just walk around town; she wasn't in a rush and had scheduled the chauffeur to come back a few hours later then normally expected. It was peaceful for a Saturday and surprisingly non-busy. There were only a few people and cars along the streets and sidewalks. As she got to the bottom of the stairs she heard a voice call out,

"Lucy!"

But she continued walking, thinking that it was Loke coming back to apologize. Her hands shook angrily and she kept her chin up high. But when she felt an ice cold hand touch her arm she froze and looked up; it was Gray. He was wearing his famous, mid-thigh white and black rimmed jacket which brought out his eyes and lean, muscular figure. He also wore elastic black pants and a gray shirt underneath. His black hair looked shinier today and his eyes studied her. Lucy hated to admit it but man, this guy was pretty hot.

"Hi Gray," she said, smiling at him while her cheeks turned pink with happiness. She's never really talked to him one-on-one, but maybe…today was the day. "What's up?"

Gray shrugged and put his hands in the pocket of his jacket; leaning back and admiring the sky. "Just walking around," he answered while running a hand through his long, spiky ebony locks.

"Want to hang out?" she asked. "I mean…if you don't want to then…"

"It'd be cool," Gray replied, turning to smile at her while his cheeks warmed with happiness as well. They continued to smile at each other in a friendly matter; maybe today was the day after all.

Bixlow couldn't believe it. He couldn't even put it through his thick skull that what just happened, happened to his fellow nakama. He needed to tell someone; or more specifically, Laxus and Freed since they were his closest friends. Putting his hood on his head and sunglasses he headed towards Laxus' place. When he got to it he knocked on the door he saw the door open while a handsome blonde peeked his head out with narrowed eyes.

"Oh it's you," Laxus said with an exaggerated eye roll. "What is it?" He quickly ushered him inside and Bixlow sat on the couch with a frown.

Bixlow said, "Gray and Lucy…they're in the hospital."

"What?" Laxus said, as he imagined Lucy's perfect body damaged for forever. It was just too wrong. "What happened?"

Fifteen minutes before accident…

"Gray, you pick the best ice cream," Lucy gushed. "This ice cream is so good compared to chef."

Gray's eyebrows shot up as he asked, "Your chef makes ice cream?"

"Yeah, weird huh?" Lucy asked as she slicked her strawberry cone.

Gray nodded. "That's ridiculous. You know, that ice cream place could be our little place…just to meet up and stuff."

Lucy looked over at him and saw him looking nonchalantly in front of him at the sidewalk. His hair blew in the breeze but he was smiling, which made her want to smile too. It seemed that they could be good friends as well. "Sure!" she said, with a happy grin.

Gray looked over at her, amused. "You sure are something else Lucy."

"Got them," Leon said in his car, while he brought his phone to his ear and smiled sinisterly.

He already spotted Gray but decided to do something to this Lucy too. For some reason Sherry and Ultear hated her. He watched in his car, which was parked at the side of a store, as the two laughed and ate ice cream together; pointing to the sky. He didn't know how much time he watched them, but it was getting on his nerves for watching them this long.

"Now," Ultear commanded.

Turning the key into the ignition, he pulled out of his parking place and began to follow them with a steady, slow rate. In a few minutes he could see their faces clearly again and they were helping a kid pick up his chocolate bar with kind looks on their faces.

As soon as Gray and Lucy crossed the sidewalk Leon thanked the Lord that they were the only people crossing and the city was a dead town. No one was here. Only the family of the little boy that dropped his chocolate bar. Leon took a deep breathy, knowing he would regret this for the rest of his life. Then he pressed his foot on the accelerator and raced towards them. The family's eyes widened and they began to scream but…it was too late. Time seemed to freeze when this happened. Gray and Lucy exchange glances then look over at the darkly tinted car coming towards them. Gray grabbing Lucy in his arms and warning her with his eyes. Leon slamming on the breaks. The impact as it hit the two teens trying to run away. Their unconscious figures on the ground as they lied on the ground with Gray still holding on to her. The people taking out their phones and calling the emergency number. Leon speeding off into the distance with guilt racing through him. It was done.

Lucy and Gray were in deep pain; although, it wasn't as bad as it seemed. Lucy's leg was really swollen while it crammed as it began to internally bleed. Gray's hip was screaming and all he could do was grin and hold on to Lucy tighter. They were both bruised in miscellaneous places. Gray had a cut, above his eyebrow and cuts on his arms where the car hit him. The tires left Lucy's legs really red and messed up while long, domineering cats covered them Once they heard sirens they felt their bodies being pulled from one another's; and the full pain came now. A soothing voice said,

"It's OK; you're going to be all right."

They could do nothing but stare. Then, in a few seconds, it became darkness,.

"What?" Natsu yelled, as he grabbed his jacket and looked over at Bixlow and Laxus; anger prominent on his features. "That bastard! Whoever did that will…"

"Cool down," Laxus said with an eye roll. "We need to wait for the others before we can go visit them. And, you really need to shut up. You're voice gets so annoying when something like this happens."

Natsu narrowed his eyes and his eyes flashed. "Whatever. C'mon Happy, let's go."

Bixlow reminded, "No pets allowed at this hospital. Or at least, for a first visit."

Natsu cursed under his breath. Just then Erza barged in; her eyes widened and her face a dangerous contour. Gerard came next after her with an impassive expression. When almost everyone was there Master came in looking angry in stature.

"Let's go," he said. Everyone walked out of the house and followed the small man towards the hospital.

"It's my entire fault," Erza said with a shake of her head. "If I was with them then…"

"No," Gerard said, while he took her trembling hand in his. "It was no one's fault."

Right now a doctor was in front of Lucy and Gray. As they lye in the hospital beds, wires and breathers hooked onto them bruises and cuts were still on them evidently. Their eyes looked tired and scarred; that whole event something they would never forget.

"OK," the doctor said, pursing her kips. "Gray, your hip is severely bruised but that is the only problem spot I see. Nothing heinous. You Lucy have some internal bleeding throughout your body and badly bruised legs; but that's about it. Be happy that young man helped sustain your life' otherwise these results I'd be telling you now wouldn't exist."

Lucy nodded and smiled over at Gray, who was in the hospital bed next to hers. He caught her eyes and smiled back at her.

The doctor turned back to them, and gave Lucy a pain-killer as well as Gray. "Any parents or guardians to call?"

Gray said quietly, "May parents are dead."

Lucy's eyes angered and she said softly, "I don't think my dad would care much."

The doctor analyzed them carefully and nodded. "I'm Ms. Porlyusica by the way, so you may call me by that. Remember to eat your applesauce."

As she exited the bland room, they realized that was the first time they had seen a doctor with purple hair.

Then Gray looked over at Lucy and asked, "You ok?"

Lucy nodded. "Yeah. I'm more worried about you though. But, I bet that applesauce is full of sleeping pills mashed up."

Gray could only painfully laugh.

Then the door opened and Lluvia rushed into the room, walked over to Gray's bedside, kneeled and took his hand in hers. "Gray, are you OK?"

Was it just Lucy, or did she hear a distinct emotion in the blue-haired girls voice.

"What happened?" Lluvia asked, as her gaze flickered over to Lucy's.

"A car slammed into us," he answered. "But I couldn't catch the driver."

"Lluvia wonders who did that." Lluvia said as she let go of Grays' hand. "Lluvia hope you do better gray; you too…Lucy."

As she walked out of the room hurriedly Lucy remarked, "She's nice for a Phantom girl."

Gray laughed, and stared at the door; where Lluvia had left. 'Yeah…she is," he agreed.

A/N; Sorry, another long chap; but the plot thickens eh? Lucy and Gray hurt...how wiill Master react? Plz review and say your views on this! By thw way, i want to thank all the people review this. I luv u all! Sorry for not updating in a while!

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