Hey everyone! I hope everyone is safe and doing well. I'm excited about the next couple of chapters and I hope ya'll enjoy it.

WARNING: This chapter has a lemon and I apologize in advance but I suck at writing them and I'm trying to get out of y comfort zone.

Natsu came to a stop when he saw Lucy jump in the arms of the vampire named Erik; the one she wrote about constantly in her journals. "Who's that guy?" Gray asked.

"It's the one she wrote about, Erik." Natsu felt something stir in his chest, jealousy. He couldn't be jealous, right? He knew he liked Lucy but he didn't know her for very long. Besides she'd never like him in that way, he was young and inexperienced while she had centuries of experience.

Lucy pulled away from Erik frowning. Her heels made a clopping sound as they hit the pavement and the slap on Erik's face seemed to echo.

"You Asshole! I thought you were dead!" Anger flowed through her yet it didn't even phase Erik.

Erik to Natsu's annoyance seemed to enjoy the slap that could have broken a skull in two, only smiled at her. "Technically I am dead just not turned to ash."

Lucy slapped him again, "you had me worried. Is he here?" Her voice dipped low in fear. She didn't want to start running again. If she did, she'd end it right then and there.

"No, he's in Alcatraz seeing the elders. So Lucy are these your new living friends? Blood donors?" He sounded excited at the last part.

Lucy pressed her hand on his chest, "they are my friends and they and everyone else in the guild are off-limits."

Erik raised a brow, "are you still into the whole animal blood thing? Honestly don't know how you do it. Animal blood doesn't satisfy the thirst and doesn't give us the strength like humans."

"I have survived well enough on my own." Lucy crossed her arms clearly annoyed at the comments of her eating habits. "Besides, I can still kick your ass."

"Wanna try?" Erik leaned over her smiling playfully.

She leaned into him, "we have a lot to catch up on do we?" Lucy brushed a hand on a new scar adorning his face his eye closed. "What happened?"

"Sometimes there are injuries that even vampiric healing can't fix." Guilt made her shoulders feel heavy. It was her fault for leaving him defenseless. Yes, he was strong and his magic was powerful but compared to her magic, the well kept going down into an abyss of magic power.

Lucy looked to her friends, "go back to the guild it will be safer for you. We will be alright on our own."

"Are you sure, Luce?" Natsu was worried about leaving her alone with Erik. Something about him made him uneasy. Erik was a wildcard and it seemed like he didn't have the same rulebook that Lucy followed.

Lucy gave Natsu a wink, "I'm lucky Lucy I am sure we will be fine."

Erik grabbed her waist pulling her close, "I remember calling you that."

Natsu wanted to complain but Erza grabbed his arm dragging him down the street, "she's right Natsu. Let's let them have their moment."

Gray frowned once more at Erik before following Erza and Natsu. Once they were a safe distance Gray finally spoke, "I don't trust him. Why come all this way with hunters trailing you?"

"I agree we need to be on our guard he seems dangerous. Especially from what Lucy wrote about their time together. He still played a part in killing hundreds of innocent people." Erza said. She would protect the guild no matter what and a vampire who doesn't control his thirst or temptations made her uneasy. Erza could tell Natsu felt the same, his face revealing his emotion had always been one of his downfalls when he needed to keep a poker face.

"I'll burn him to ash if he hurts Lucy or anyone else in the guild." Natsu cracked his knuckles fire dancing in his eyes.

Lucy pulled Erik into her apartment rather forcibly. If he weren't a vampire he would have fallen flat on his face. Erik grabbed her face once the door slammed shut and pressed his lips against hers. Lucy growled as her back pressed into the door, "you break anything I'll kill you."

Erik smiled against her lips, "looking forward to it. I missed you."

Lucy gripped his shoulders, "I missed you too. These clothes need to come off." Erik didn't hesitate with removing his shirt and hers. Her soft creamy skin seemed to glow as her power swirled. Erik remembered the first time they were together, her power so strong she couldn't contain it when her emotions got the best of her.

"Just for my safety, these are staying right here ." Erik unhooked her keys and set them down on the table by the door.

"Are you saying you don't trust me?" Lucy pulled him close to her by his belt. A threat loomed behind her tone.

"From the last time we were together you blasted me with Leo's light during an orgasm."

Lucy blushed though it wasn't as noticeable as a vampire, "I apologized for that."

Erik raised a brow, "you killed me and it took me a week to heal."

"That's what the apology was for. Enough talking." Lucy unhooked her black laced bra and Erik's grip on her hips tightened. Lucy laughed when Erik scooped her into his arms and tossed her onto the bed. The bed frame groaned from her impact.

"You have a tone of Jewels so why are you living like this when you should be living like a queen?" Erik pressed his lips on her throat and trailed down to her chest.

"I like living like this. It's so different from the places I lived in. It's simple."

She moaned as his tongue circled her nipple. Her hands snake through his hair as he went lower. God, she didn't realize how much she missed him. He was the only thing that kept her going when she was with the coven.

Her pants were long forgotten by the bed and Lucy writhed beneath Erik as he found her bundle of nerves. His finger sliding in her wet folds as his tongue swirled around her clit. She felt like she was going to explode in glimmering stars, her hips greedily chasing after his fingers when he withdrew.

"Erik!" She snarled as she tried to pull his hand back down.

"Impatient are we?" He circled her mound watching her squirm.

"Please!" She mewed. Erik complied and slid three digits stretching her. Before she even blinked Erik had her pushed against the wall pants left on the side of the bed. She knew he liked it rough and she did too but every once in a while she wanted to be showered with affection with gentle movements. Lucy let out a moan as Erik pushed into her wet core not hesitating before ramming back into her. Erik nipped her neck causing her to growl. Her fingers dug into his shoulders, clinging on for dear life as he quickened his pace. Her power surged within her Erik stalled sensing her power around him. "Lucy I swear to god if you blast me again I'll blast you back."

"Sorry, it's just getting stronger as the years go by. I'm having trouble controlling it. Please don't stop." Lucy rested her head on the way as she clung to Erik as if he was the only thing keeping her alive. Her body shook with pleasure.

He growled, "I won't." Lucy felt the coil in her stomach, she was so close and Erik was picking up the pace, desperately getting closer to his climax.

"Fuck!" She cried out in ecstasy her thighs quivering. Erik roared her name has he came. He stilled placing his nose in the crook of Lucy's neck, breathing in her scent. Thinking back to their time together the other members of their coven couldn't stand being within ten miles of the two. Never sleeping nor getting tired they were addicted to each other touch making them feel more alive than before when they were human. Lucy rubbed her thumb over his scar, "who did this to you?"

He leaned his cheek into her hand, their bodies still connected as he held her up against the wall, "Midnight did it when he found out I helped you leave. He made me use my magic to make it scar along with vervain."

Her eyes softened, "I shouldn't have left you."

"You had to, he was going to kill you or only use you for your power. Lucy, you are the strongest celestial mage on the planet you come from a long line of celestial mages which was why he wanted you."

Lucy unhooked her legs from his waist and lowered herself down. She grabbed his shirt which was long enough to reach her thighs. "Erik there is something I need to tell you. I'm not sure if Midnight was the one who turned me."

"What do you mean?"

Lucy huffed her thought running wild as she pours herself a drink. "Something Ikaruga said. I wrote about Zeref a lot even though I don't know him. What if he is the one who turned me?"

Erik laughed, "so let me get this straight. You think Zeref, one of the most powerful vampires in the world is the one who turned you, why?"

Lucy crosses her arms, "well I don't know. I haven't figured that part out yet." She sat on her bed watching Erik pull his pants back on.

"Hey, I'm sorry. So, tell me, what you have been up to these past few years." Lucy told him everything she's been doing, how she's been training her ass off and now she can summon her spirits without even touching her keys. How she decided to join the guild called Fairy Tail.

"These damn hunters. Why can't they just leave us alone?"

Lucy pulled him down with her, their legs tangling, "I don't know. At least they keep us entertained."

"Only you would say that. Say is there a club around here? We could have a little fun like we used to."

Lucy rolled her eyes, "I don't do that kind of stuff anymore."

"Right, I forgot you do that. What's the point when it doesn't give you the perks of human blood?" Lucy hated herself for being tempted to go back to doing the very thing that made her hate her very existence. She knew many covens despised those who only survived off of animal blood and limiting themselves to hunting maybe every other week. The older vampires are the ones who get bored easily and become ruthless to help with their boredom.

"I changed, I don't want to hurt people. Creatures or not I refuse to be the monster they say we are anymore."

Erik brushed her hair out of her face, "you can't deny who you are. You should have them groveling at your feet by just your beauty alone."

She smiled at him and pulled him closer to her. Her head rested on his chest, "I'm just so tired of running." Erik ran his hand through her hair coaxing her to relax, "I know." That was all he had to say before he felt her body relax and fell asleep. She must have been mentally exhausted for her to sleep. He too felt that exhaustion and closed his eyes as he held her close. Both ignoring the dark events that always seemed to follow them when they were together. Whether it be from betrayal or the body count that Erik seems to leave behind.