Hey guys, guess whose back? Sorry for being inactive for so long. I tried to write some ideas for my other story, but I could only get one out, which I posted yesterday (nothing good coming to mind), SO I thought I'd update it here. I can guarantee at least this and one more chapter by the end of the weak. Anyway, here's the start of season 2. In a sense, I'm going to call this the rise of the dark guild's saga seeing as dark guilds have a significant role here

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'Since the harvest festival ended things in Magnolia has started to calm down' Lucy said to herself as she walked through town 'after the thunder legion came back I never expected things to go back to normal as they did, but I guess I was proven wrong' Lucy entered the guild and saw Natsu and Gajeel sitting in a corner talking 'somethings that been worrying me though is ever since Natsu's fight with Laxus somethings been different he seems distracted about something' Lucy wondered 'I tried asking him but he told me not to worry, which only makes me worry even more 'she saw him talking to Makarov before he left town and asked him about Laxus being a Dragonslayer to which he learned that Laxus wasn't a real Dragonslayer when he was young his father put an artificial lacrimal cause he was a sickly a pale boy, Lucy sighed as she looked away from her friend she wished she could help him, but knew he needed time, he'd come to them eventually, she looked over to see the thunder legion talking with people she was glad they were back freed even cut his hair as a way of showing he was sorry she looked over in a corner 'Erza been spending a lot time by herself she though' 'I wonder what's troubling her.

Erza sighed as she stared at her drink, thinking about her conversation with Mavis.

"what can you tell me about Mystogen," she asked the girl.

"Not much, I'm afraid," Mavis admitted. "I know little more about him than you do, my dear," Mavis said, now facing her "to think he would bear a resemblance to someone from your past, it's unnerving," she said.

letting out another sigh; Erza looked away, "could you still be out there, Jellal."

Day of the fated encounter

Lucy sat down; part of her wondered why she came here; true to her word, Mira had forbidden Natsu from taking jobs, sighing in a sense that also halted team Fairy tails job making progress Luck for them, Erza won the pageant, so they had rent money Lucy was pulled out of her thought when Cana slid next to her "I need a man" she moaned sitting next to Lucy.

"what," Lucy said, "where'd that come from."

"well," Cana started. "I'm getting the urge," Cana admitted, which made Lucy Blush a deep shade of red which made Cana smile "why the blush, Lucy" she teased, "you've had boyfriends before, right."

now sweating, Lucy looked away from the girl "yeah, sure," Lucy lied, trying to find a way out of the conversation. "I think I've had three," she said, which made Cana smile

"I know your lying," she said with a faithful grin

letting out a defeated sigh. "I know," Lucy said. "I mean, I've had crushes," Lucy admitted, "but in the end, maybe it wasn't meant to be"

In the next three seconds, Lucy immediately regretted saying that as Cana turned around and blurted out, "Hey guys, you won't believe this magnolia second cutest girl never had a boyfriend" despite her pleas, Cana kept going until she turned to face her "don't worry" Cana said in a severe tone "according to cards you are destined to have a fated encounter today."

"wait, really," Lucy asked as Mira approached the girls.

"Hey guys, did hear someone from sorcerer weekly is coming by so-" Mira could not finish as Lucy jumped out of her seat.

"wait, maybe, it's finally my time," she said, which caused Mira to backpedal "yes," Lucy laughed maniacally behind her Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Gajeel sighed.

"think she's finally lost it," Natsu said

"Aye," Happy agreed

"come on, man, be nice," Gray said "clearly, she's still upset she didn't win the pageant," Gray told him, making Gajeel nod. "It must be a hard time for her" she looked back as Lucy finished rubbing her hands. Together with before sprinting off to do who knows what

"Welp, on that note, I'm off," Natsu said

"to where," Gray asked, "don't you want to meet the guy from sorcerer weekly

"you do that all you want," Gajeel said, " they've never been interested in solo wizards, so why would they be now."

"I agree with Gajeel," Erza said "besides, there are more important things we could be doing," Erza said as she followed Natsu, asking if he could spare a few minutes. Natsu nodded as they left Gray behind 'what's going on between those two,' he muttered to himself as he left the scene. 'I guess I'll see what sorcerer weekly is all about

back in the group's apartment, Lucy and Cancer were attempting to do her hair "how's that babe" Cancer stood proud over his work but faltered when Lucy didn't jump for joy like she always did "not to your liking, babe," Cancer asked.

"no, it's not that," Lucy admitted "it's just" she didn't know what to say as she let her hair down; she turned back to see Cancer about to walk out the door "guess I need to find my mojo again," he said "stop being so dramatic" Lucy shouted she stopped to think "I know," she said "I'll run to the store and grab some books on hair, be right back" Lucy shouted leaving behind a confused Cancer.

Lucy looked through the store, picking up the books she needed. She stopped when one caught her attention; a book called the day of the fated encounter. Lucy sighed at the irony 'so as soon as I reach for this book, his hand will reach for it, this will too" Lucy laughed as she reached for the book, but another had had also reached for it, almost covering hers; Lucy jumped back in shock as she looked at the boy he was a slim young man of average height with black hair and black eyes. He wears dark red glasses, a collared long-sleeved shirt under a greyish blue sweater vest, a pair of pants, and slippers for footwear. letting out a caught "sorry about that," Lucy said, "you can have it."

"No, no," he said, "here you go," he handed the book to Lucy, who read the title, a fateful encounter. This was enough to get Lucy to shove the book back at him, "no, you can have it," and run out of the store. Much to his confusion, when Lucy was far away, she let out a breath of air "man, that was something," she said to herself. "I can't let myself get distracted," she said,

"wait," she heard the voice call. She turned back to see that the same guy was chasing her after. "I'm sorry," he said as he came to a stop, "but do you live around here," he asked.

"umm yeah."

"good," he said. "I'm a writer that travels around," he told her, "would you mind showing me around town."

"oh, so you're a writer," Lucy said "well, a nice change of pace I could help inspire someone," Lucy said, remembering what Natsu told her.

"oh, so you're a writer too," he asked.

"well, a wannabe writer anyway," Lucy admitted

"that's alright," he said, "so what do say."

Lucy was about to say yes when something clicked in her head "I'd love to, but I'm swamped right now. Sorry" Lucy said before running off ' I can't believe it," Lucy said to herself, 'that guy was my fated encounter'; as she left, the boy let out a sigh as she ran, she bumped into a girl exchanging a quick sorry before leaving the girl looked at Lucy's disappearing form. Moving her blue hair to the side as she watched the girl go. She then turned and walked in the opposite direction.

Later, Lucy returned to the pub to see Natsu and Erza standing at the front, smiling, "oh, hey Lucy," they greeted, "we're about to head out."

" where," Lucy asked. She then noticed Erza wasn't in her armor.

"Natsu lost a fight and a bet we made, and he agreed to help me buy new armor and cheesecake."

"Really," Lucy said, "ya'll had a fight. Did you go out of town cause I didn't hear any explosions" she knew it was true if they started a fight, even if it weren't serious, there'd be some destruction."

"that's cause she cheated," Natsu mumbled.

"how"

Natsu buried half his face in his scarf as Erza smiled. "I started tickling him," Erza bragged, " I never said how we could win."

Lucy laughed as her two friends walked out of the pub. Lucy looked in before realizing her mistake 'damn it, I came here,' Lucy said before she could turn around; she was greeted by someone at the door which let out a loud shout.

"COOL," the man shouted. He was a relatively short young man with blond hair stuck up in the middle. He wears a pink t-shirt, blue jeans, brown shoes, and black sunglasses. He carries a white suitcase with him and a black camera. "so glad to be back."

as he rushed past Lucy and started interviewing people, "oh, Jason here," Mira said, walking up to Lucy, "and he's just as excitable."

"so, he's the guy from sorcerer weekly," Lucy said "he ran right past me," Lucy said; she then spent the next several minutes trying to get the man's attention but failing each time.

Mira laughed, "no good luck, Lucy," Mira teased as she gave up.

"laugh all you want, Mira," Lucy said

"it's probably for the best," Mira told her.

"why," Lucy asked as she saw Jason start interviewing team shadow gear.

"in our line of work," Mira said, "it's best if we keep out of the eyes of the public," Mira told her. Lucy looked at Jason again, remembering how people had to give Natsu and Mira the titles of salamander and she-devil and Mystogen his name not because it was cool but cause they didn't know who they were

"I guess," Lucy said

"look at it like this," Mira said, "we're not official in the eyes of the magic council," Mira told her, "and the less publicly means the less chance of them eyeing Magnolia."

Finally, turning around, Lucy looked at Mira with a tinge of pain in her eyes "maybe," Lucy said, 'I never thought of it like that' Lucy said ' so that's why Natsu left and with Erza too, maybe I could"

Later, Lucy walked along the border until she found who she was looking for "hey," Lucy said, "if you still want, I can give you a tour as a fellow writer."

"that'll be great," he said. "I'm still not a writer, but I'm getting there," Lucy agreed as the two started laughing. Soon Lucy should the man around town telling about the various places, even running across Erza and Natsu, who were in the middle of eating cheesecake as they ended in the south gate magnolia ark they sat under a tree "this place is amazing," he said

"I know," Lucy said, "which I'm glad to call it home.

"Hey," the man asked, "what you say we grab dinner later," he asked, "then you can tell me all about your novel."

"Sure," Lucy said

later Lucy found herself back at the pub. She saw Natsu talking to Mira. She nodded her head while whispering something about if anything happens, he will never hear the end of it from her, to which the boy nodded, "Hey Natsu, hey Mira," Lucy said. Happy appeared from behind Natsu, smiling

"Oh, hey Lucy," Mira said; Natsu turned to her and smiled " good, you are here; we can head out; Erza wanted to go somewhere, and we need to be there before morning, so we're taking the last train," Natsu said "and no it's not a job or a mission" Mira smiled she was faithful to her word about not letting Natsu take jobs so Lucy could only sigh at the barmaid.

"right now," Lucy said as she turned to look at the clock, "but I," Lucy deflated. "I'm not going to be able to make it," Lucy said

"why," Natsu asked

"I have a date," Lucy admitted

"Oh," Mira said

"I see," Natsu said as Happy deflated "well, good luck with that," Natsu said as he walked away.

"Yeah, thanks," Lucy said. A part of her felt terrible; her friends were going somewhere without her; it just didn't feel right

at the train station; Erza, who was showing off her new heart Kruz armor, looked over to Natsu before sitting down. "I guess Lucy isn't coming."

"Aye," Happy said, looking out the window, "she has a date."

"really," Erza asked.

"Well, I guess that's just us this time," Gray said "we need to be happy for her"

meanwhile, Lucy was walking through town; she stopped and looked at some clocks, her mind flashing to the writer she met and her friends who had been by her side, for she looked at the date and smiled "it's been a whole year" Lucy said knowing what she had to do she ran off

as the train started to get ready to leave, the group sat down. "I guess she isn't coming," Natsu said,

"talking about me," a voice called the group turned to see Lucy standing in front of them, smiling, "reporting for duty."

"Lucy," Happy explained, jumping into her arms, "what about your date."

"well," Lucy said, "he was cute, but he wasn't the one," Lucy told them' I know it was you guys, the people I've grown to call family' Lucy said to herself, "so tell me where we're going"

"to one of Fiore's most popular festivals," Erza said," it's a fantastic event that I've always wanted to go to. It's holding in oshibana this year, and I'd figure we could use the break

meanwhile, the writer looked up as Cana walked up to him, a sly smile on her face "waiting for someone," she asked in an innocent tone 'Lucy couldn't handle this guy, she's too naive he needs someone with experience as soon as she looked at him, he was blushing

"your totally my type," he screamed

as the train moved, the girl Lucy bumped into before came in the car fairy tail was in holding multiple bags. The group was preoccupied dealing with Natsu

"We should just knock him out," Erza said

"last time we did that, we left him on the train," Lucy reminded her

"that's probably going to happen either way," Happy admitted

As the girl brushed past Lucy, causing her to look up, she saw the girl 'hey, she's that girl from earlier,' Lucy said as she walked off. Lucy went back to focusing on Natsu, not knowing the girl had looked back on mentioning Natsu's name. Looking around but not seeing anything, she kept walking. "Natsu," she whispered under her breath as she left the train car to find her seat.

'the cards have spoken" Cana's voice hung through the air 'your destined to have a faithful encounter today.'

Well, I hope you enjoyed this; not my finest work. Still, I think it's a great way to start the series again. I'm going off the manga saying it's been a whole year in the series for those wondering. The fateful encounter is meant to be Natsu, while at the same time, the entire group has a fated encounter with Wendy, a small detail I decided to add anyway. See you guys tomorrow.

Natsu: is Juvia acting strange to you

Mira: Juvia strange or more so

Happy: it's not just her. A lot of people are acting weird

Natsu: I know. Hope there, alright

next time: special request: watch out for the guy you like?

Natsu: and Lucy been acting even stranger.

Happy: your just mad cause she's avoiding you

Natsu: I didn't do anything this time