"Alright explain to me why you want to spend the weekend in Edolas with your uncle?" Erza asked her daughter when she requested staying over there.

"I'm doing a history project on something and the library doesn't really have the information I need. Since Uncle Mystogan is a historian I thought maybe he could help me." Wendy said.

"I don't know if I should let you go this weekend. Don't get me wrong I love your uncle and your grandfather and it makes me happy when you go to visit them but it may snow this weekend. It might even lead to a storm and I'm worried you might end up stuck in Edolas for sometime."

"I think it's a great idea." Jellal said.

"But Jellal consider the weather."

"So she's there for a few days longer. It's not like she'll be staying with strangers and she won't miss school because if there is snow bad enough to storm they'll cancel school."

"I suppose you have a point but I'm not quite sure if-"

"And we'll have the house all to ourselves for the first time since we moved here." Jellal whispered excitedly which made her blush a little.

"As tempting as that is." She said trying not to smile. "What if there's ice on the roads?"

"Then they won't use the car. Honey they'll be in safe hands. Aside from us no one is more equipped to look after Wendy except my brother and my father...Okay my brother, my father not so much but he doesn't make the decisions anymore."

"Alright." She said complying.

"Thanks Mom." Wendy said.

"I'll go call Mystogan and ask if he would mind having you stay over."

"Mind? Honey he'll jump at the opportunity." Jellal said. "You know how much he adores her."

Indeed, Mystogan was very fond of his niece and agreed to let her stay for the weekend right away. On Friday, after school Wendy packed up her bags and got ready for her uncle to pick her up. Among the things she packed aside from extra clothes and toiletries, were a few items that Natsu and Juvia recovered from their former bodies. They weren't much. Just Natsu's razor and flask and Juvia's ring. She also packed the stone Gray gave her in case of an emergency.

"Now you're sure you don't want us to come with you?" Gray asked the girl.

"Yes I'm sure. Don't worry, nothing will happen." She said.

"But you have the stone with you just in case right?"

"Right."

"Do you still have my ring?" Juvia asked.

"Uh-huh and I promise I won't lose it. I'll just take it to a jeweler and bring it back home."

"You'll bring back my razor and flask too right?" Natsu said.

"Of course."

"What do you need the razor back for? You can't grow facial hair anymore." Gray said.

"I'm sure I had many fond memories with that razor."

"What fond memories could you possibly have while shaving?"

"I don't know but I take what I can get."

"Wendy Mystogan is here!" Erza called.

"Okay!" She called back. "I have to go now but remember while I'm gone don't do anything to harass or bother my parents and please don't let anything from beyond the grave attack them."

"We won't." Gray said.

"And Wendy." Juvia added. "When you come home there's something we all would like to talk to you about. It's very important."

"Sure thing but again I have to go. Bye guys! See you Sunday."

She left her room and went outside to her uncle's car. Once the vehicle had driven away the three ghouls turned their attention to Lucy who was still in a motionless state. It was beginning to worry them. What if she never came to? What did that mean exactly? It couldn't mean that she had died because she was already dead but the position she was in was dangerously similar to what was described as death. However their fears were put to rest when it had become dark and Lucy finally stirred.

"Lucy are you okay?" Juvia asked gently.

"What happened to me?" The blonde asked.

"You don't remember?" Natsu asked.

"No. Last thing I remember was dancing at the club and-"

She immediately stopped talking when she realized that she almost revealed her secret job to her male friends. But Juvia put a gentle hand over her own before telling her:

"They know Lucy. They know that you're a dancer at the Radiant Cemetery."

"They do? Did you tell them?!"

"No. We saw you." Gray said. "We saw you perform. When she became aware of our presence you got embarrassed and went backstage. We followed you, the stage manager hit you, and you flashed back."

"I did?"

"Yep."

"Oh...How did I react? Did I just go blank like Natsu did?"

"No." Natsu answered. "Your reaction was a bit more extreme than mine."

"How extreme? What did I do?"

"You..." Natsu was a little hesitant to tell her because he knew how much it would upset her if she knew what she had done. But then again she had a right to know. "You attacked us in a fit of blind rage."

"What?"

"You took a weapon made by Zeref and you tried to stab us all with it while screaming I hate you."

Utter horror crossed her features at hearing this.

"My God...Did I stab anyone?"

"You stabbed the stage manager but not good enough. He's still exists."

"What about any of you?"

"Well you beat the crap out of me but no stabbing."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. At least I don't think I did."

"I managed to calm you down and after that you went out for a day and a half."

"Lucy do you remember what you saw during that flashback?" Juvia said.

"I don't know. Maybe."

Lucy thought back for a moment. At first it made her head hurt in terrible way but after she got passed that she started to see bits and pieces of what she saw the other night. It was at the exact moment the stage manager struck her and uttered the words: Worthless Little Tramp. Next thing she knew she was another person in another time, in another place, and she wasn't alone.

"There was a man with me." Lucy said. "A terrible man. Just awful."

"What did he look like?" Gray asked. "Was he young or old?"

"I couldn't tell. It was all so foggy. But he was very angry with me. He was shouting, calling me horrible names, and beating me. He just kept hitting, slapping, and beating me over and over again. He wouldn't stop. I just wanted him to stop."

Lucy was getting teary eyed again.

"Everything went dark after that."

"Oh Lucy that sounded terrible." Juvia said. "Are you going to be okay?"

"I'll be fine." She said wiping her tears away. "I'm really sorry that I went berserk. I'll try not to let it happen again."

"Lucy we're not mad at you for what happened." Natsu said. "We know it's not your fault."

"I know and I appreciate that but if you all don't mind I'd like some time alone." She said standing up. "Just to think some things over."

Without another word she went into her own room and closed the door quietly.

"So she was abused in life." Natsu said once she was gone. "Question is by who?"

"Well it's either a male relative or a significant other." Gray said.

"How do you know it's not a woman?"

"She just said that a man was with her during that entire flashback you idiot."

"Oh yeah."

"This is just terrible." Juvia said. "Why is it that we can't have our memories when we die but we can have these traumatic flashbacks? It gives us unimaginable fear, anger, and sadness but we have no idea what the reasons are for those feelings. That's not just unfair. That's cruel."

"I know." Natsu said. "And I frankly I'm getting damn sick of it."

He pulled some chalk from his pocket and drew a door on the wall.

"What are you doing?" Gray asked.

"I know my brother can't give me answers right now but I'm sure our co worker can. I'm gonna talk to Cana and by God she's gonna give me something."

"Hold it. We told Wendy we would stay here and make sure nothing supernatural happens."

"Nothing is going to happen and if something does I'm sure you two can handle it."

"But-"

However he had already gone through the wall door and crossed over to the other side.