Hello again! It's been so long since I've posted a story. I've had so much going on from school, family, and writers block. This idea took me forever to come up with. I hope you guys enjoy this story! I own nothing but the story. All credit for the characters goes to the creator of Fairy Tail. In the beginning, Lucy is 9, Natsu, Gray, and Erza 11.

A young woman ran through the forest with her child in hand. Sweat poured down her face in fright as she was being chased by creatures. The child worried about their safety. The mother looked down at her and smiled. "Everything's going to be alright. We'll make it through this." The child nervously nodded. As long as we get to the shrine…

The mother tightened her grip as she spun around and held out her hand. A flash of light extended from her palm, killing the creature in front of her. She turned back around and continued running.

They came upon an old shrine that seemed to be untouched in years. The mother set down her child as she pushed the doors open, revealing a table with a symbol etched into the floor below. The lady gently lay her child on the table along with a set of golden keys.

The entire shrine shook, signaling she needed to be fast. "I'm sorry my child." Tears flowed down her cheeks as the child looked at her with worry. The doors were smashed open as the shrine collapsed around them. "This is the only way to keep you safe. I promise we'll meet again."

The woman held out her hands as she spoke an ancient spell. "Let the power of the stars guide this child to a time when it is safe. Ryo. Pyo. To. Sha. Kai. Jin. Retsu. Zai. Zen!" A golden light shone around the child as she held out her hand, crying out for her mother. The young girl cried as she slowly disappeared from the shrine.

"I wish you the best, Lucy…" The woman stumbled forward as one of the creatures attacked her. "I love you…" She closed her eyes as her vision went black.

Hundreds of years later

It was another peaceful day inside the guild Fairy Tail, until…

BOOM!

A fight soon erupted in the guild, involving almost every member. As the brawl ensued, a certain red-haired mage was sitting at the bar, casually eating her favorite treat. All of a sudden, a chair went hurtling towards the mage, nearly hitting her. She was unfazed until she realized that her strawberry cake had disappeared and landed on the floor.

"You guys…" The entire guild stopped in the tracks, as sweat poured down their faces, knowing what was to come. "ARE IN FOR A WORLD OF PAIN!" Erza soon joined in, heading straight for some familiar salmon and raven-haired boys. They ran outside the guild in fright, yelling their apologies, but nothing stopped her.

Erza had chased them to the edge of Magnolia, into a forest, when she finally caught them. "Alright, you better be prepared…" A dark aura surrounded her as Natsu and Gray feared for their lives.

As Natsu turned to block her attack as best he could, he noticed something in the distance. "Hey…" Both mages turned towards him. "Do you see that?" Erza and Gray looked in his direction and found the same thing he saw. Blonde hair, lying in the grass.

Erza stopped her aura, causing Natsu and Gray to sigh in relief. They all walked towards the sight, what they saw, made them stop in their tracks. A young girl was lying unconscious on the ground. In her hand, were golden keys. The group looked at each other when they heard a small voice.

"Mom…" They looked at the girl as the saw a small tear fall from her eyes. The mages wondered what they should do with her when Natsu gently picked her up and began carrying her on his back.

"What are you doing Flame Brain?"

"We can't just leave her out here in the forest all alone! Who knows what could happen. Plus it looks like she's been through a lot." At that moment Gray and Erza noticed blood trickling down her leg and arm. They decided it would be best if they brought her back to the guild to be looked at.

At the Guild

Everyone was busy fixing the mess that Natsu and Gray started when the guilty mages burst into the guildhall seeking help. "What did Erza do to you now?" Makarov sighed. He opened his eyes and saw that Natsu was carrying a small child on his back. "Wha- What did you do!"

"It wasn't me!" Natsu exclaimed. Erza walked forward preparing to explain what happened.

"As I was chasing these fools we ended up in the forest on the outskirts of Magnolia. We found this girl lying unconscious on the ground, hurt, so we decided to take her back with us to get medical attention." she explained.

"Mira, take the girl up to the infirmary and get her wounds checked out."

"Right." As the take-over mage grabbed the girl from Natsu, Makarov noticed familiar golden keys in her hand. It can't be... that power was lost long ago…

"What should we do now?" Natsu questioned.

"All we can do is wait for her to wake up. I'll be my office if anyone needs me." As he spoke, he walked upstairs, into his office, and closed the doors. "I know I've seen those keys before, but where?"

"Makarov." The guild master looked up to see a young blonde-haired girl, standing in front of his desk.

"First Master. What brings you here?"

"It's about that girl Natsu found, about her keys."

"So you figured it out as well."

"Those mages died out a long time ago, in a war against them. No one should have survived."

"Well, it appears one has."

"We need to make sure that she is one of them."

"Right. When she wakes, we'll ask."