Lucy watched Erza, Natsu, Gray, Wendy, Carla, and Happy walk along the path to Warrod's house. She rolled her eyes as Natsu and Gray argued. Then, she jumped on to the trail they were on. "Lucy?" Wendy gasped. Erza looked at her. "What are you doing here, Lucy?" She asked. Lucy shrugged. "Following you. Got tired of walking in the trees and bushes. Figured it wouldn't hurt to walk on the trail." "Lucy?" Natsu asked, looking at her. "What do you want, Salamander?" Lucy put her hands on her hips. "Hey, what's up?" Gray greeted. "Yeah, yeah. I'm here. Shall we continue?" Lucy walked down the trail.
"Look!" Wendy called. She pointed to a house. Warrod's house. Lucy thought. She stood by the door as everyone went in. "I'll stay out here." She said. She watched them go inside, then went around the house. She watched them walk out, talking to Warrod about the frozen village. Flare's home, the Village of the Sun. Lucy thought. After a while, they all lined up. Lucy watched them turn right, except for Happy, who turned left. Then, they fell down. Lucy chuckled. I guess it is pretty funny when it's not you in the joke.
Lucy watched the tree grow under them. It sent them into the sky. "Uh oh. I'm gonna miss my ride." She mumbled pulling out her whip. She wrapped it around a branch, then swung into the tree. She waved at Warrod as she swung. "Wait, wasn't Lucy gonna come?" Natsu asked. "Yeah, I'm right here." Lucy said, climbing to the others. Everyone looked at the building around them. Did I even do anything here? Lucy wondered. Maybe it would've been better if I didn't come. She sighed.
"Hey!" Natsu said, looking at Lucy. Lucy looked at him. "What?" "You diched the party!" Natsu said, pointing at her. Lucy nodded. "I stayed a little longer. I snuck off a soon as you weren't looking." She admitted. Then she pointed to Natsu. "I told you before, you're too attached to me. I don't want your help." "You also said that you're too attached to us, so what're you doing here?" He asked. Lucy smiled. "I'm not here for you, or Warrod. I'm here for my friend." Before Natsu could say anything they stopped.
"You'll find out who later." Lucy said, getting off. The others followed her into the frozen village. Lucy giggled at everyone's shocked faces. "So it's a village of giants. So what?" Lucy said. "Let's go." She watched Natsu try to melt the ice with his fire. Lucy watched everyone talk. Lucy closed her eyes. I can't believe Silver learned ice devil slaying magic just for Gray. She smiled. "Huh? Someone beat us here?" Someone said. "Bummer." "They're heavy on girls and cats, huh?" "Duun! Duun!" "Who is there?" Erza asked, turning around. Everyone turned, too.
Lucy remembered. That's right. Flare, Wendy, and I beat them. She watched them yell about being against them. What were their names? I think the snipper's name was Drake? The bigger guy was Lala? Rala? Rala, that's it. That sword guy's name was... Hiroshi. She thought, then followed everyone after the moon drip they had. After a while, Rala and Hiroshi stopped, while Drake ran further. Rala attacked Natsu, then stopped Natsu's attack. Gray attacked, but was stopped by Hiroshi. His attack passed Lucy and Wendy, then Wendy tackled Lucy.
"Watch out!" She yelled. Lucy pulled out her key. "Sagittarius!" She called. Sagittarius and Drake started firing at each other. Lucy watched everyone fight, remembering all the fights they had together for a moment. When she opened her eyes again, Gray already had the moon drip. Drake tried to shoot him, but Sagittarius stopped him. Hiroshi attacked him, so he threw it to Natsu. Rala attacked him and threw it to Lucy. Hiroshi shot at her. "Wendy!" She called, then threw it at her. Wendy threw it to Carla, then she threw it to Happy, who didn't catch it. Lucy watched everyone freak out.
"I'm sorry!" Happy said, tears drimming his eyes. "Relax, it wouldn't have worked anyway. Look." Lucy said, pointing to the small spot of ground where the ice melted. Natsu stared at the spot, then put his ear to it. Lucy looked at Happy. He felt so bad for not catching the bottle. She remembered. Natsu stood up, trying to remember the voice he heard, while Happy tried to hear it. Lucy watched Natsu run off, everyone following him. After a while, Gray ran ahead and Happy and Carla flew to find him and Natsu. Wendy fell, so Lucy stopped.
She and Wendy looked at Hiroshi and Rala, who were trying to pass as Happy and Carla. "Your keys are, like, heavily rare, right?" Hiroshi asked. "We'll take them now with a duun!" Rala exclaimed. "No." Lucy said, simply. She let Wendy do the talking. Hiroshi attacked a giant, and Wendy got mad, attacking him. They were shot at by Drake when Wendy fell. Drake shot at her, but Flare stopped it with her hair. "Um... Thank you so much!" Wendy said. "But... what are you doing here?" "I followed Blondie." Flare said. "Or more precisely, I'm always following her." "Ha, ha." Lucy said, sarcasticly.
Lucy put a hand on Flare's shoulder and smiled at her. "Welcome back." She said. Flare smiled, then looked down. "I had nowhere else to go." She said, then glared at Hiroshi and Rala. Lucy smiled as Flare yelled, then attacked them. "Cancer!" Lucy called right before Hiroshi cut Flare's hair. Cancer fixed her hair, then she attacked Hiroshi. Wendy attacked Rala, and Lucy secretly summoned Loke, sending him after the snipper. Soon, Sagittarius was shot at, but Lucy sent him away before he was hurt. Hiroshi cut Flare down and Wendy was grabbed.
Lucy dodged a shot by her feet, falling to the ground, stuck at gunpoint. Lucy listened to their speech about being better, but Lucy just laughed. "You'll have to train until your next life time to win against us." She smirked. Then, summoned Virgo. Wendy broke Rala's fist, Flare's hair wrapped Hiroshi and Loke reached Drake. Loke punched him, then Lucy and Virgo kicked him. The three were sent flying. Lucy, Wendy, and Flare sat down and listened to Flare's story. "I think the flame could melt the ice, we just need to find a way to melt the fire." Lucy said.
Flare led them to the eternal flame. Lucy closed her eyes, thinking of everything she did with her friends and how she changed them. My favorite thing we did was probably when we just hung out, freaking out about my rent or people barging into my apartment. Lucy smiled at the memories. Lucy felt her cloak get roomier as they ran, then she tripped over it. She stood up and looked at herself. "I'm a kid again!" Lucy yelled. Flare and Wendy looked at themselves. "Blondie, you're cute." Flare said. "So are you." Lucy smiled. "We need to keep going." Wendy said.
They met Natsu at the flame. "Salamander!" Lucy yelled. Natsu turned to them. Natsu said he was made little as well as us. I wish I could have seen him small. I bet he was cute. "It's Pink-hair..." Flare said. "You idiot! You left everyone behind!" Lucy hissed. "It's you!" Natsu yelled, pointing at Flare. She hid behind Lucy. "Relax." Lucy crossed her arms. "This is her home. She's not an enemy." "Then you're a giant?" Natsu asked. "No." Flare said. "She's human, but she was raised by giants." Wendy said.
Lucy smiled at Natsu's response. He was always so understanding and caring, to enemies and comrades a like. She thought. Flare told them about the eternal flame, but Lucy wasn't paying attention. She turned and watched for Gray, Happy, and Carla. They'll be running from that one-eyed bird monster. She remembered. "Everybody, run!" Gray yelled. The others turned and looked at them. Lucy closed her eyes, remembering things as they happened. Natsu and Gray will switch, Natsu fighting the bird and Gray freeing the flame. He'll free it and Natsu will relight it. Wendy will bring Atlas Flame back for a while.
Lucy slowly walked backwards while everyone was destracted. She ran back to the village. While everyone is celebrating, Flare will hide. I still need to pull her out. She reached the village and saw Erza and Manerva fighting. Lucy froze. Did they do that last time? Did they fight? She started panicking. Did I change something? She calmed down as she felt the flame's warmth and the giants unfroze. They looked at Erza and Manerva, then Manerva ran away. Lucy watched everyone come into the village, Flare hiding. Everyone started celebrating.
Lucy watched everyone celebrating, sitting with Flare. "How long are you going to hide?" Lucy asked. "I left." Flare said. Lucy smiled at her. "If they love you, they'll forgive you." She said. "I'll sit with you here for a while, but eventually... you'll have to face them." Flare nodded. "Thanks, Blondie." She said. Lucy smiled again. "Lucy. Call me Lucy." She said. Flare nodded. "Thanks... Lucy." Lucy and Flare sat in silence, just relaxing. After a while, Lucy knew it was time to pull Flare out. Lucy sighed and stood up. "Come on. You need to face them." She said.
Flare slightly shruggled against Lucy's pull, but didn't try very hard. "Come on, Flare." She said, loud enough for the giants to hear. "Did you say Flare?" A giant asked, standing up. Lucy giggled as Natsu and Happy fell. She pulled Flare out so the giants could see her. Lucy stepped away as they talked to her. This was my favorite part of this job. Flare smiled so brightly. Lucy thought. "Welcome back, our dear daughter." The giants smiled. Tears filled Flare's eyes. "I'm... I'm home." Flare cried, smiling brightly. Everyone else smiled with her. Lucy and the others left.
Lucy stuck around when Natsu and the others reached Warrod's house. She followed Wendy and Erza to the bath. She kept her towel around her, knowing the guys were in there. She closed her eyes, listening to the girls talk, then the boys join in. Wendy squealed and Lucy got up, covering Wendy. "This is so embarrassing!" She said. "Really, guys. Don't look at us." Lucy said. "What? I've already seen you naked." Natsu said. Lucy calmed herself down. In a moment, Natsu'll attack Erza, getting beat ten times worst. "You shouldn't have looked then either."
Warrod got in and Lucy sighed. "You shouldn't get in with a little girl here." She said. Warrod laughed. "And who are you?" He asked. Lucy looked down. "I... uh, I'm-" "She joined our guild for a while." Erza said. "Yeah, but before that she was helping us." Natsu said. "She was helping us on this job." Wendy smiled. "So, Warrod." Lucy grinned. "When do you plan to tell them? After all, they don't know. Show 'em your arm." Everyone looked at Lucy confused, then at Warrod. He grinned, lifting his arm above the water. "I retired from Fairy Tail." He said.
Lucy smiled, looking at the stars. He'll tell them about Mavis, and when she made Fairy Tail. Then, he'll tell them about Tartaros, and how they're 'demon worshipers'. Funny how we learned a little about them, then wound up fighting them. Lucy was brought back to reality when she saw Natsu punching Erza. She tried to contain her laughter. "Hey... Natsu..." Gray trailed off. "Huh?" Natsu asked, then he noticed Erza. "Ho?" Lucy broke when she saw his face. Erza got up and beat him. I miss these days. Lucy thought, closing her eyes. I wish I could go back to them.
Sorry I'm so slow for posting new chapters. So, I was thinking of doing a happier story, maybe about a ship? But I don't know who for. Maybe you could help me and give me two people you ship from Fairy Tail. Anyways, hope you enjoyed. Please Review!