Normal POV
The next morning everyone gathered outside in one of the gardens, all wide-eyed at the site in front of them, with the exception of Happy and the dragon slayers, who were either snickering or giving knowing looks. Natsu, first off, was shirtless, and had scratches and bruises all over his body. Second was Lucy, who was wearing Natsu's missing coat. The black dress from the previous night was nowhere in sight, so what happened to it was beyond them; though the guesses as to why were different depending on the person you asked. However Natsu's coat wasn't hiding very much, and as a result some of Lucy's chest was exposed. Lucy was lying mostly on top of Natsu, who had his arms wrapped around her protectively. Third was Igneel, who's tail surrounded the two. All three were sleeping peacefully considering the situation.
"I can't wait to tell Mira!" Lisanna giggled, taking pictures with a lacrama that had appeared from seemingly nowhere. Happy was about to fly over when he was grabbed by Levy. "What are you doing? You're gonna ruin the moment!" She hissed. "I don't see why you're getting excited, this is a normal thing." Happy said with a shrug. "YOU MEAN THEY'VE DONE THIS BEFORE?!" Everyone exclaimed. "Well yeah, Natsu and I would always sneak into Lucy's apartment at night. At some point I guess it became routine. Don't you remember how Natsu used to complain about getting thrown out the window?" He asked.
Before anyone could answer they heard a loud yawn. Lucy sat up and stretched, the unsettling sound of several limbs popping back into place catching the ears of everyone present. "That's better. Probably should have taken care of that last night!" Lucy said, seeming satisfied with herself. "Um...Lucy, what was that?" Gray asked. "Hm? Oh, that! I just realigned a few joints, nothing serious." Lucy said with a shrug, causing the people present to sweat-drop. "Lucy, what happened last night?!" Erza asked in a demanding tone. "Training." Was all she said before grinning evilly. Electricity sparked around her hands as she pocked Natsu's nose, shocking him and causing him to jump up, hands ablaze. "That's payback for dislocating my shoulder." Lucy said proudly. "You dislocated both my shoulders, broke my left leg, and sewed me to eight trees, I think we're even!" Natsu said, offering a hand down to the grinning girl. "I healed you though, and you sewed me to eighteen trees, by the way." Lucy pouted. "You two alright in the head? You can't sew a person to a tree." Laxus said, Gajeel nodding in agreement. "Sure you can! Allow us to demonstrate." Natsu said, an evil grin making it's way onto his and Lucy's faces.
Before anyone could ask what they meant, the two were in front of Laxus and Gajeel, hands glowing in a faint blue hue, and hit them in the abdomens. The unsuspecting dragon slayers went flying into nearby trees. Natsu and Lucy nodded at each other, and glowing blue strings came out of their victim's bodies and sewed them to the trees. "Told you so!" Lucy said in a sing-song voice. "H-how did you do that?" Yukino asked. "Using our soul wavelengths. By pushing it into their bodies, we could use it to sew them to the tree, or any other object they were touching. I could have sewn Laxus to the ground, but I think Natsu agrees when I say that wouldn't have been any fun." Lucy said, waving a hand and releasing Laxus from his binds, Natsu following suit.
"A-anyways, you two trained so extremely that you actually managed to dislocate/break each others bones? And how did it not hurt spending the night like that, Lu?!" Levy exclaimed. Lucy scratched her cheek with a slight blush on her face. "Well...if you wanna be technical we might have done more than dislocate and break a few limbs, I think I might have actually paralyzed Natsu once or twice...but I healed him, and he doesn't seem to think much of it either way." Lucy said sheepishly. "You paralyzed Natsu?!" The group exclaimed. "Don't worry, he's fine!" Lucy reassured, waving her hands around. "But Lu, what about you?" Levy asked again. "Well, I may or may not have lost the ability to feel most pain...probably because of that witch from a few months ago...or maybe it was the accident back at the lab..." Lucy mumbled to herself, though everyone heard her. Natsu was immediately in front of her, pulling back her bangs to reveal the disturbing scar on her face. Everyone's eyes widened at the sight of the scar. "L-Lucy, that wound..." Wendy trailed off, the words dying in her mouth. "Yup, it was fatal. But, thanks to Professor Stein, I'm fine! And before you even say it, this wasn't you're faults, and I forgave you already." Lucy said with a sad smile. At that moment, every mage of Fairy Tail, even Laxus and Gajeel, surrounded Lucy in a group hug. "You're way to forgiving for a Grim Reaper!" Lisanna cried. "Well it helps that she's related to fairies and angels! The little pests forgive just about anybody!" Igneel said.
Everyone went quiet at the fire dragon's words. "Lucy's a real fairy?" Asuka asked innocently. Lucy nodded as she bent down on one knee. "Uh huh, wanna see?" She asked. Asuka nodded excitedly as Lucy stood up. In a puff of smoke Lucy shrunk in size, and two beautiful wings appeared on her back, but instead of her feathery ones they were made from pure golden light. Lucy's hair reached her feet, and much like her angel form pink highlights littered the blonde curls. A rose sat in her bangs, and a creamy pink strapless dress covered her small form. The skirt was short and frilly, reaching her mid-thigh. Silver bracers lined her arms, detailed in ancient designs that even Levy couldn't decipher. Lucy was barefoot, only a simple ankle bracelet decorated her right leg.
Lucy landed in Asuka's hands as the little girl watched in amazement. "And to answer Fairy Tail's oldest question, no, fairies don't have tails." Lucy said with a smile, glancing at the awestruck guild master. Lucy flew towards Natsu and sat on his head. "Luce, what are you doing?" Natsu asked, struggling to look up at the fairy. "Can't I sit on my meister's head? Besides, it's comfy up here." Lucy replied, crawling over to the edge of his wild locks and looking down at him. As they continued to talk, the others stared at the pair silently. Eventually the two took notice and looked at the others. "Is something wrong?" Lucy asked, tilting her head slightly. "Lu, you do know Natsu's not a meister, right? And besides, I thought meisters had to be students of the DWMA." Levy stated. Lucy blinked, and then started laughing.
After Lucy calmed down, she sat up straight atop Natsu's head. "I suppose that is true, Natsu isn't a student at the DWMA, not yet anyways. But due to my...connections...I can have him, and anyone else who's interested registered students. I don't have very many students in my class anyways, so it's not like space is an issue." She said. "You're a teacher?" Wendy asked. "Yup! I teach combat, anti-magic strategies, and on occasion fill in as a substitute teacher." Lucy answered with a nod. "Don't you have to study and take exams for that kind of stuff?" Sting asked. "I did. After about two weeks in a library with a pair of Gale Force Glasses and two exams later I was a certified teacher." Lucy replied. "Two?" Master asked. "My first day at the academy was the day of the Super Written Exam, a test to rank the students based on intellect. The second was the Teacher's Qualification Exams." Lucy explained. "And what did you score?" Levy asked. "100% on both. I tied with Maka during last year's exam." Lucy said with a shrug. "You graduated in a day?" Erza asked. "Yes and no. I officially graduated as a student last year, but I became a Death Scythe a few months ago." Lucy said.
"And came back from the witch fight half dead! Scared the hell out of us. Still say you should have used magic!" Igneel snorted. "We've been over this, Igneel. I wasn't allowed to use magic on missions until after I became a Death Scythe. It was going fine until she called for backup. Five witches is a little extreme." Lucy said with a pout. "I thought you said one was extreme!" Gray exclaimed. "Well yeah, for most teams. Unlike the Spartoi and I, they haven't fought kishins and demons before." Lucy pointed out. No one could deny that, so no one said anything.
The silence was broken when Lucy jumped down from Natsu's head and landed in the folds of his scarf. "Well I don't know about you guys but I'd like to get a change of clothes, so let's head inside!' She cheered after making herself comfortable. "Why don't you change back?" Natsu asked as he made his way to the door. "The transformation lasts for about an hour without me feeding it magic, and that requires I don't fly. Until then is it alright if I just chill here?" Lucy asked from her spot in Natsu's scarf. "I don't mind, just behave. Besides, little Lucy is kinda cute." Natsu mumbled the last part, but the dragon slayers picked it up. "Aye, sir!" Lucy replied.
