Lucy's POV

I glanced out the window in Kid's living room. Snow was falling gently in the breeze. I sighed. It's been three months since I was brought here, and I couldn't be happier. Or, at least that's what I've been telling myself. Something feels missing, but yet I can't put my finger on it. "Something wrong?" Soul asked, handing me a drink. "No, nothing's wrong. Just thinking." I replied, giving him a small smile. "About what?" Tsubaki asked. "Everything, I guess. It's been such a long time since I've met people that care. Or a real family." I mumbled the last part. Everyone came to Kid's Christmas party. I decided to wear a red strapless dress with a black belt. My hair was down, stopping at my knees. A red bow sat on the right side of my head, and I wore black heeled boots.

Later, Normal POV

After everyone opened their presents, most went home. Only Soul, Maka, Tsubaki, Black*Star, Spirit, Professor Stein, Marie and Lucy stayed. However there was one problem. "What's wrong with Lucy?" Patty asked. "Natsu...you're so mean!" Lucy pouted, a heavy blush on her face. "I think...she's drunk!" Marie exclaimed. "How? There isn't any alcohol in the drinks." Liz pointed out. Loke appeared in a golden flash. "I might have an idea. What did she drink?" He asked. Lucy tackled him, and started crying. "Loke, why'd Natsu do that? He's so mean!" She pouted, clinging to his back. "She had jasmine tea. Why?" Tsubaki asked, recalling Soul handing it to her. "Hmm. Jasmine tea to a Celestial mage has the same effects as an alcoholic beverage. But what worries me is how she's acting." Loke said, patting Lucy's head in an effort to calm her down. "What do you mean 'how she's acting'?" Stein asked. "The last time Lucy was drunk, she was...flirty. Only towards one person though." Loke said. By then Lucy was curled up in a ball on the couch, mumbling things. "Hey Natsu, if I came back...would you be my friend again? We could go on jobs again, or go fishing with Happy." Loke picked her up. "I should take her home, it's getting late." He made his way to the door. "I'll help. Wouldn't want anything to happen." Kid said, opening the door for Loke.

Loke tucked Lucy into her bed. "Natsu was more than a friend to her, wasn't he?" Kid asked, glancing towards the window. "They were best friends. They were a team." Loke replied. "You know what I mean, Loke." Kid said. Loke let out a sigh, and motioned for Kid to follow him. Loke made his way to the upper loft of the attic, running his finger over the spines of the books until he found the one he was looking for. He flipped through the pages, stopping when he found what he was looking for.

Kid's POV

Loke handed the book to me. There was a picture of Lucy with a pink haired boy and a blue cat. They had their arms over each others shoulders, heads leaning on the other. The cat sat atop their heads, and they all had wide grins on their faces. "You're right about one thing. Even if Lucy didn't realize it, Natsu was more than her best friend." I turned the page to another picture. Lucy was sitting in a train with Natsu's head lying on her lap, and they both were sleeping. Another picture showed them curled up together sleeping on a bed, with the cat sleeping above their heads. "But with time, the bond that they shared cracked, and eventually, shattered. The team Lucy was on stopped taking her on jobs, and the almost the entire guild stopped talking to her." Loke showed me another album. Lucy was standing in front of a massive building, the sign above her read 'FAIRY TAIL'. She was surrounded with people, every single person grinning from ear to ear. The next picture showed her again with Natsu, the blue cat, a red headed woman wearing armor and a raven haired boy who seemed to have lost his shirt. Below it read 'me and Team Natsu'. In all these pictures she seemed happy. A paper fell out of the back, landing on the floor. Picking it up I turned it over, revealing a letter.

"Dear Fairy Tail,

I heard that I attacked you, even if I don't remember doing it.

I already know there's no point in apologizing, after all if you were

going to forgive me you wouldn't have kicked me out of the guild.

Did you know that if someone's guildmark is removed forcefully without

their consent a wound is left behind? Either way it doesn't matter, because

what's done is done, and we all know what happens when you try to

change the past. I'm starting to wonder why I broke Aquarius's key to free

you all, it doesn't seem like it was appreciated.

Putting all of that aside, I just wanted to say goodbye

I hope me not being there makes you happy. Who wants the burden of

having to save the weakling? I'm sure it's lifted a huge burden off your

shoulders.

Lucy Heartfilia, ex-Fairy."

My hands were trembling. Is that really how she saw herself? Is that really how they treated her? Lucy once mentioned Aquarius. She was our mother's spirit, and Lucy's first spirit. Why would they do that to her? There were to many unanswered questions swimming around my mind. "I bet you want to know why I attacked them, don't you?" Lucy was standing behind me, a sad smile on her face. She took a deep breath. "You don't have to-" "But I want to. Besides, you were going to ask eventually, so why not tell my little bro a story?" She let out a small laugh, motioning for me to sit with her on the floor. "But I thought you couldn't remember." I said. "Not the attack itself, but what happened before I remembered after awhile." She glanced away for a moment, sighed, and looked at the shelf in front of her.

"It was another day for me. I was looking for a quest on the second floor, where S-class mages find their jobs. Before I knew it, Happy, the blue cat in the photos, had flown me down to my old team. He wanted me to go with them on their next job. We both already knew the answer, but he kept trying anyways. In an effort to get him to stop I promised to take him on a 'super special S-class job', just the two of us. But Natsu got mad, and said there was no way I could go, because he thought I was a weakling mage, and so did everyone else. At that point, I had already lost my temper, so I yelled back. I told him that if he really was my 'best friend' or 'team mate' he would have known about my rank. But a replacement is a replacement, and you can never change that, so I left." She sighed again. "And after that, a shadow appeared, claiming that she could punish them. At first I tried to fight it, but at some point, I lost it. The darkness took over. And when I woke up...I was in that lab." Lucy smiled. "But then, after months of them taking my blood, Maka and Soul broke me out. And now I'm here, daughter of Lord Death, big sis, weapon of the Spartoi unit, and dragon slayer in training."

Lucy got up and patted my shoulder. "You should get back home, its late." She said as she walked away.

Lucy's POV

"You know," Kid started as he got up. "You're not weak, and you're no one's replacement. You're Lucy, and nothing will ever change that. In fact, I don't blame you for attacking them! The unsymmetrical bastards can go to Hell." I let out a laugh. "Thanks Kid, that means a lot. See you later!"