Author's POV

"Another smoothie Lucy?" Mira asked nicely,

"Can I have a strawberry shortcake instead?" Lucy asked politely,

"Coming right up." Mira said leaving,

When Mira came back she handed Lucy her shortcake and went to deal with another guild member.

Lucy was eating her shortcake with Happy beside her eating a fish.

It was a normal day in the guild, well, as normal as it can get. Elfman and Gray fighting, which leads to others joining, Cana drinking on a table, Visitar dancing around and Wakaba and Makao talking.

Gray had stopped fighting with Elfman and walked over to Lucy, sitting on the bar stool on her left.

"So, how long have you known Chaos and Happy?" Gray asked her,

"Hm? Um... Including today it would be the seventh day I've known the two." Lucy said after swallowing a piece of her cake,

"But you came to the guild six days ago." He said obviously confused,

"Oh, 'cause I met Na-kun and Happy in Hargeon. And when I asked them where they were going they said Fairy Tail. I asked them to bring me with them and they said yes! But the sun was already setting so we had to camp out and in the morning we left and...here we are now!" She said with a happy smile,

"Chaos brought you to the guild!?" Gray shouted in disbelief, earning the attention of everyone in the guild,

"What's going on?" Someone asked,

"Chaos brought Lucy to the guild!" Someone answered,

"What!? Really!?" They asked in disbelief,

"He even gave her a piggyback ride, twice." Happy added,

Lucy blushed at this. "I don't see how that is irrelevant cat." She said glaring at Happy,

"Really!?" Mira asked, now back by Lucy to see what the commotion was about,

"Yeh, he gave me a piggyback ride." Lucy said with a blush avoiding eye contact,

"You looooove~ him." Happy teased,

"I-I do not! I just want to be his friend." She said blush still evident on her face and still avoiding any eye contact,

"It isn't nice to talk about someone who isn't present, you know." Natsu said surprising everyone.

He was sitting on the bar stool on the right side of Lucy. Everyone quickly backed up from around the bar.

"H-how long have you been there?" Mira asked,

"Since the 'I gave her a piggyback ride.'." He said in his normal neutral expression.

All of a sudden someone came running into the guild.

"Erza's back!" They shouted. The whole guild began cleaning whatever mess they had made when they were fighting or in general.

The guild doors then open revealing a female with scarlet hair. She wore custom-made armor by Heart Kreuz smiths, a blue skirt, black boots, and diamond shaped silver earrings. She came into the guild with a giant decorated horn.

When she reached the middle of the guild she put down the horn.

"Is the Master anywhere around?" Erza asked,

"Welcome back!! The Master is at the League Meeting." Mira said with her usual kind smile,

"Is that so...?" She mumbled to herself,

"E-Erza-san what's that enormous thing you brought?" Someone asked,

"It's a horn of the monster I vanquished. The locals decorated it and gave it to me. I thought it was rather pretty, so I brought it back as a present." Erza said with a smile,

"By the way... I hear that you people have been causing nothing but trouble. Master may overlook it but I won't!!!" She said,

"Cana, you're drinking? In those clothes?" She asked,

"Urk.." Cana flinched,

"Visitar if you're going to dance, do it outside!" Erza said and he froze,

"Wakaba you're dropping the ashes on the table." She said to him,

"Nab.. Don't just stand in front of the request board all the time!! Pick a job!!!" She shouted,

Sigh "For pities sake! Do I have you do everything? Well, for today, I'll let you be without saying anything." She said to which Lucy sweat drops,

"She's saying a hell of alot for nothing." Lucy thought,

"Now back to business at hand. While I was out on a job I heard some disturbing rumors. I was going to ask the Master's opinion on it but seeing as he is absent I must take this into my own hands." She said,

"I will need Chaos and Gray's help with this." She said,

"What's this about?" Cana mumbled. The whole guild was wondering what was so bad that Erza had to ask for help.

"Erza... Chaos... Gray... " Mira mumbled, "This might just be the strongest team Fairy Tail has ever seen."

"No." Natsu growled causing everyone, including Erza, to flinch,

"Lucy will be going." Mira said hiding her nervous,

"I'd love to come!" Lucy said excited,

The guild loves Lucy's optimism. She is always careful with her words and sees everything in a nice way, including Chaos. She always has a cheerful smile which could light the whole guild up. This guild is family and to know they have someone as kind and optimistic as she is in their family makes them happy.

"I'll only go because she needs protection." Natsu said with his normal neutral expression,

"I don't need protection. I can take care of myself." She said sticking her tongue out at him,

Two things were going through the guilds mind at that moment. First one being "How is she not afraid of Chaos?" and the other being "She is to carefree and childish.".

Natsu then lit his finger on fire. "Stick your tongue out again, and I'll burn it." He said glaring at her,

"You wouldn't." She said glaring back,

"I would." He said.

The next day (at the train station)

Lucy looked around holding one suitcase. She didn't see anyone so she was wondering where they were.

"Hey Lucy! Over here!" Gray called,

She looked over to see him sitting on a bench, with no clothes.

She walked over your him and sweat dropped.

"Gray...Your clothes." She said,

"Agh...Again!?" He screamed in shock,

"Lushy!!" Happy shouted in happiness,

Lucy opened her arts just in time to catch the feline.

"Hi Happy!" Lucy said smiling at him,

"You seem really close to Happy even though you only knew him for, now, eight days." Gray said to her,

"I don't know either. My ma- I mean, my past friends tell me I naturally get close to people." She said,

"Oh! So that's why the whole guild seems so lively now!" Gray said,

"What do you mean?" She asked,

"Fairy Tail treats each other like family. You're like a person in that family we needed. You're kind, optimistic, loving, pretty. Kinda like Mira, except you aren't a she-devil." Gray said,

Lucy blushed at the compliment. "Is that really how everyone sees me?" She asked blush still present,

"Aye!" Happy exclaimed,

"But Gray you should have seen Lushy on our first job. Everlue had some ugly maids and when he called Lushy ugly, she totally dragged Everlue's maids through the dirt." Happy said explaining what happened on the job,

"I was already in a mood! He just added oil to the flame." Lucy defended,

"Why were you angry?" Gray asked,

"Because some people can't give a girl a simple compliment." She said getting irritated,

"She wanted Natsu and I to compliment on her maid costume." Happy sweat dropped,

Lucy took out her phone and showed Gray the picture of her in the costume.

"How do I look Gray?" She asked showing him the picture,

"You look great, Lucy." Gray said smiling at her,

"Thanks, Gray." She said making the emphasis on Gray's name,

"Is everyone ready?" Erza asked showing up with a big bag of luggage three times her size,

"Oh! You actually came Chaos?" Erza exclaimed clearly surprised,

Erza then saw blonde hair and turned to see the other female who came with them.

"You must be a new member. My name is Erza Scarlet." Erza said walking to Lucy and putting her hand out to shake Lucy's,

"Hi Erza-san. My name is Lucy." Lucy said with a bright smile shaking her hand.

Erza used her other hand and covered her eyes, with how bright a smile Lucy gave her.

"All aboard!!" The conductor called, and people, including the mages, filed into the train.

•~•~•~•

"Who would have thought Chaos had motion sickness?" Gray said looking at the poor state Natsu was in,

"Yes. It is indeed a surprise." Erza said,

Lucy was sitting on the left side of Natsu with Happy on her lap, Natsu was on her right looking out the window, Gray was seated across from Natsu, with Erza across from Lucy.

"Aye. I didn't know either." Happy said,

"Happy can you sit by Erza?" Lucy asked,

"Aye." Happy said and flew over by Erza sitting on her lap,

Lucy tugged on Natsu's arm and because he didn't have the strength to shrug her off he let her do whatever she wanted. She brought him down so he was resting his head on her lap.

She removed his hood and began to gently comb her fingers through his hair.

"Is that better?" She asked, he nodded his head a bit and she began to hum a song as she continued to comb her fingers through his hair, massaging his scalp a bit,

"You must be the girl everyone was talking about in the guild." Erza said,

"So it was Chaos who brought you to the guild. Do you know of his power?" Erza asked,

"Power? Oh! You mean how he was trained by two dragons. One the Fire Dragon King and the other the Dragon of Destruction. That he's a Dragon Slayer, knowing both fire and chaos magic?" She asked tilting her head a bit,

"Yeh, that." Gray said with a sweat drop,

"Then yes, I know of his power." She said, "Why do you ask?"

"Are you not afraid?" Erza asked,

"No. He won't hurt me." Lucy answered,

"How are you so sure he won't hurt you?" Gray asked,

"I don't believe Natsu would hurt her. I've been with Natsu all my life and he's never hurt me so I don't believe he'll hurt her." Happy said,

Lucy then felt Natsu moving her hand along her head. While she was talking she must have stopped. She answered his silent request and continued combing her fingers through his hair and rubbing his scalp.

"Lucy, Happy tells me you have episodes or panic attacks?" Erza asked,

Lucy froze, "Ah! I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable!" Erza said waving her arms around,

"No it's ok." She said a small smile gracing her lips,

"I-I — my mother died when I was younger. She left me her celestial spirit keys. My father and I didn't take her death very well. And because I look like my mother my father would abuse me. I think he hated me. When he went to far I ran away. But even though I ran away it feels like he's searching for me. So I guess it leads to my panic attacks/episodes and nightmares." She said raising her back a bit,

"I apologize Lucy. I should not have said anything." Erza said bowing her head apologeticly,

"No, no. It's ok. You don't know how long I wanted to get that off my chest." Lucy said with a small smile.

Natsu had a feeling there's apart of that story she wasn't telling. Of course he didn't say anything. He didn't understand why but he took a liking to her. She wasn't afraid of him even though she knows who he is and what he can do and she has an addcticting scent. The most weird thing is that he feels an obligation to protect her. It's the same feeling he felt when Happy hatched just, different somehow.

Natsu turned over wrapping his arms around her waist and pushing his face into her stomach. A small giggle escaped Lucy's lips as she continued to comb through Natsu's hair while humming a sweet tune.

"Oh! Erza-san why is it that you need help? You didn't say." Lucy said,

"Erza is fine, Lucy." Erza said, "on my way back from my last job I stopped at a pub. There were some people there who caught my attention."

Flashback

"Hey dude, you're drinking to much!" Someone with a mummy hat said,

"Nobody could take this aggravation and not get mad at it!! We finally get our hands on Lullaby just to find it has a fucking seal!! What is that thing?! Nothing we did broke it!!!" His friend shouted angrily,

"Idiot! Pipe down!" The guys with the mummy hat shouted,

"Yeh, you're to loud." The fat one said,

"That magic seal can't be broken by simply numbers alone." Someone said, "I'll take it from here. You all can head bake to the guild."

"And tell Erigor, I will return with Lullaby in 3 days." He said,

"You're serious!? You've figured out a way to break the seal?" The fat one questioned,

"Wow!! That's Kage-chan for you!!" The one with the mummy hat said,

Flashback end

"Lullaby?" Gray asked confusion written all over his face,

Lucy was deep in thought. She's heard of it before. "It could be some type of sleep magic." Lucy mumbled still deep in thought,

"I don't know. But when I heard that it was sealed, I figured it must have been some strong magic." Erza said,

"It isn't anything really. Sure, some guys are trying to some magic we don't know about but that doesn't make from a mission." Gray said,

"True. At first, I didn't give it much thought, either." Erza started, "That is until I heard the name Erigor. He's the ace of the Eisenwald wizard guild, Erigor also known as the Grim Reaper."

"Isn't Eisenwald a dark guild?" Lucy asked,

"Precisely."

The rest of the way was pretty good. Lucy and Natsu fell asleep, Happy fell asleep in Erza's lap and Gray and Erza were talking more about Lullaby.

After the train ride

"So why are we in this town Erza?" Happy asked,

"To investigate." Erza said,

"Oh no. You've gotta be kidding me." Gray said looking around,

"What's the matter, Gray?" Erza asked,

"We left Lucy and Chaos on the train!!" Gray exclaimed,

"Ehhh!!!" Happy shouted,

"What!?" Erza exclaimed,

"We were so caught up in discussion that we forgot to wake them up!!! I take full responsibility!!! One of you must hit me!!" Erza said,

Happy and Gray just sweat dropped.

"We must follow that train." Erza commanded

With Natsu and Lucy

"Fairy Tail, huh?" Kage said,

"Hm?" Lucy mumbled as she rubbed her eyes, letting out a small yawn, she then look to who just spoke,

"Oh, I'm sorry. Did I wake you?" Kage asked,

"No...Who are you?" Lucy asked tilting her head a bit.

All of a sudden the train jolted and the bag that the person had dropped to the floor revealing a flute with a scull and three eyes.

"No!! I-It couldn't be..." Lucy thought,

She started sweating immensely. "So you saw that." Kage said, voice now low and menacing,

His voice woke up Natsu as he slowly sat up. The motion sickness still there but not that bad.

Lucy immediately grabbed her keys ready to call out a spirit when,

Kick

Kage kicked her to the other side of the train. Her head hit the the wall of the train cart hard, making her bleed.

"We can't have you doing that now can we, Fairy fly?" Kage said with a evil laugh,

A growl escaped Natsu's lips. It wasn't just any normal growl, it was a warning growl.

Kage, still not realizing that he just made an enemy with Chaos, made his way over to Lucy and kicked her hard in the gut, causing Lucy to cough up blood with how hard he kicked her.

Natsu, using the advantage that his stomach settled at least a little bit, punched Kage hard in the jaw and away from Lucy.

Natsu took up Lucy bridal style and jumped out the window of the train, leaving a hurt Kage in the train. Just before they jumped out Kage shouted: "You'll regret messing with the Eisenwald Guild!!".

He landed on his feet when a Magic Four-Wheeler Car came up to them, with Erza driving.

Gray, Erza and Happy came out the car and towards Lucy and Natsu.

Natsu set Lucy on her feet as she held her pounding head.

After bandaging up Lucy she told them what happened.

"The guy on the train had Lullaby!?" Erza shouted,

"Yes. And I know the magic it holds." Lucy said her face serious,

"Lullaby is "death magic". Anyone who hears the sound of the flute falls under death curse... The Mass-Murder Curse Magic, Lullaby." She said,

"Mass-Murder Magic!? If that gets into Erigor's hands-!! Who are they planning to use it on!?" Erza mumbled aloud,

Gray went atop, the magic car, Erza went in the drivers seat. Natsu, who refused to go in another form of transportation, grabbed Lucy, arms around her waist, and used his fire under his shoes like rocket boots, with Happy flying by his side.

"Meet you there." Natsu said before flying off at full speed, not even Happy was able to keep up with him, he wanted to kill or maybe brake all the bones of the guy who had hurt Lucy.