Heeeeey~ Here's chapter 3! I hope you guys enjoyed the other chapters. My goal is to go through all the Arcs. At least 40 something chapters. Maybe 50. Wish me luck!... Is it really bad? I'm trying people.


"..up.."

'what?'

"Shie..ake...up"

'Who's that? why does it feel like someone is calling me?'

"Lu...wa...up!"

'I don't want to wake up...I'm still sleepy'

"Lush...wake..up!"

I felt someone slapping my face softly, 'Who the fuck is talking to me? And who's hitting me? Can't they see that i'm trying to sleep?'

"GOD DAMMIT WOMAN! WAKE THE FUCK UP NOW!" ( that was natsu, not happy just so you know.)

I jumped up and screamed out of fear and surprise, smacking into something before falling onto the floor with a thud. I groaned in pain.

I heard someone whine in front of me and a low growl somewhere to my right side. I groaned as I saw light behind my eyelids and pried them open. I blinked a few times dazed. My eyes started to adjust to the bright light and the first thing I saw was my ceiling. I looked down a bit and saw happy holding his head. Natsu was at my bedroom door smirking slightly before going back in.

I scowled, "What the hell happy! Why did natsu scream and why did you hit me?" Happy rubbed his head shyly, "Sorry Lushie...I wanted to tell you that we're going back to the guild today to find a mission...Well I have to, natsu went back to sleep...and you hit me." I sat up slowly and rubbed the bump that formed on my head.

"Sorry happy, and what do you mean natsu went back to sleep?!" I got up and went into my room. Happy was trying to tell me something but I was too angry to care. I saw a lump under the blankets and I frowned. I stalked over to the bed and cracked my knuckles. Who does he think he is?

I stood next to him and crossed my arms, "Get out of my bed Natsu! You can't sleep there forever!" The only response I got was silence. A tick mark appeared on my head and I gripped the blanket tightly, yanking it off of him. At first, nothing happened. I thought he was still sleep so I reached out for his shoulder. A warning sign went off in my head and I froze. 'W-what?'

Natsu suddenly had a dark aura around him. I heard something coming from his chest. 'Oh shit..I think I pissed him off..' He looked over his shoulder slowly and gave me a sinister stare, his pupils slitting like a snakes. I squeaked.

"S-sorry for disturbing you!" I threw the blankets back over him and ran out of my room, tripping everywhere in my panic. I slammed the door quickly panting and looked over at happy who gave me a pitied look. "If you listened to me earlier, you would have known that natsu isn't exactly a morning person."

I rolled my eyes and straightened up, "Gee, no wonder cat! You could have stopped me before I went in and faced the demon!" I glared at him slightly. Happy looked down sorrowfully, "I'm sorry lushie..Please don't be mad at me!"

I huffed a bit. I looked over happy and frowned, 'Maybe I shouldn't have yelled at him. I think natsu doesn't give him enough love either.'

I smiled softly, "I can go with you to the guild if you'd like?" Happy perked up, "You mean I don't have to go alone?" I nodded. "I want to join the guild! I was so happy when you guys came, that means that I can join fairy tail! It's was my dream to join ever since I was a little girl!" I squealed and grinned brightly at happy who returned the smile. "Aye! Come on, You'll love Fairy tail lushie!" I nodded and quickly got ready.


I sported a blue and white top with a heart in the middle that showed off my stomach and a blue skirt that only reached my thighs. To go with it, I had on my brown knee high boots with my belt that held my keys and whip. I put on a pair of red heart earrings and pulled my hair into a side ponytail, tying it with a red ribbon.

I brushed my teeth and put on a bit of make up before heading to my front door with happy. "Let's get going!" Happy nodded and flew out as I opened the door. I was so excited! I took a step out of my door, though before I could take another step, A rough voice rung out.

"Where do you think you're going blondie?" I was startled and spun around. "Huh? What do you mean "where am I going"? I'm going to the guild with happy to join and help him pick out a mission!" I frowned as he crossed his arms and glowered at me.

I rolled my eyes. "You got something to say Pinkie?"

Natsu growled but didn't say anything.

He walk towards the door and stepped out. I glared at his back, "You don't have to come you know!" He paused before looking over his shoulder and scowled.

"Get going blondie. Stop talking to me." My eyes narrowed. "You can't tell me what to do Dragneel. I can do whatever I want!" Natsu stiffened and stared at me bewildered as I stomped away from him and after happy who was waiting.


Natsu didn't move at all as lucy walked away.

Natsu frowned quietly and pouted.

'I didn't mean to make her mad..I mean..How dare she tell me that?' I shook my head. This is stupid.

I frowned, 'I can't help but worry about her now..I shouldn't be near her anymore...But...It's nice to finally have someone to talk to..She even protected my scarf! She accepted me. She's not scared of me..well kind of.' I heard happy call out to me. 'Maybe I won't have to keep using this facade of mine anymore if i'm around her and happy..right? Maybe I can stop hiding myself? Well...I even have a reputation... What should I do?'

I frowned slightly, 'When did I separate myself from everyone? Why am I putting up a wall? Why am I pushing everyone away from me?'

I heard lucy call out to me with happy.

I looked up and saw lucy a little bit ahead of me pouting while crossing her arms staring at me and happy floating next to her. I couldn't help but smile. Yes, I smiled. It was a very small one though, but it's still a smile.

It's been too long since I smiled. I used too, a lot actually. I used to smile when I was with Acnologia. Crazy as it may sound, I loved being with him. Everyday was exciting. I kinda miss him..Well, Minus the beatings but I really enjoyed being with him. When he left though...well that's a different story.

I wiped the smile off of my face and forced myself to growl and pretend to be pissed as I walked over to them. "Get moving blondie. Happy. We don't have all day." Lucy scoffed and walked away from me as happy smiled quietly. He floated next to me, watching lucy stomp away and giggled.

"Think things will work out with her?"

I looked at happy and grinned lightly, "I have a feeling that we're going to be together for a very long time."

Happy nodded and crossed his arms. "She's fun." I looked ahead. "She's something, that's for sure."

Happy looked at me and frowned, "I want to see you act the way you used too. I miss the old natsu." I sighed and nodded.

"I do too little buddy...But I have a reputation to keep. hopefully she can help me act normal again."

"Aye... She's a really nice person."

"Indeed" Happy smiled at me.

"Well let's go natsu!" I chuckled quietly, "Yea, let's hurry up and catch up to blondie." Happy giggled and flew ahead.

When happy reached lucy, he pulled out a fish and they both started to talk about random things. I quickened my pace till I was walked along side them with a straight face, In my head I smiled and laughed along with them.

'this is going to be interesting after all. I hope we can be good friends Lucy.'


I walked on the edge of the canal while Happy told me a story about a mission he took with a girl named lisanna.

Natsu silently walked next to us. I didn't see the little glances he sent my way since I was laughing with happy. "That sounds exciting happy! I hope I can have an adventure like that." I giggled quietly and looked up at the morning sky. 'An adventure. All three of us doing missions.'

It was a very nice day out. There were a few breezes here and there but other than that, it was fairly warm. There were some Children out playing and people out walking about and laughing.

Some of them were looking over at us with very surprised looks. A few of them whispered to each other as they glanced over at us with wonder. I tilted my head slightly in wonderment, 'Why are they looking at us like that?' I blinked and looked at natsu who had a hood on.

'when did he put the hood on?' I reached over and slowly pulled it down. I felt natsu stiffen slightly. He looked at me and gave me a half-hearted glare, as if he was annoyed.

Although, it looks to me like he was more surprised than annoyed.

It finally dawned on me that it's not everyday you see someone walking with natsu, who prefers to not be around people. I sweat-dropped slightly.

"Hey natsu?" I saw him flinch slightly.

'Did he just flinch?'

He growled, "What do you want?" I pouted.

"Why do you always wear a cloak?" He turned to look at me. I felt slightly uncomfortable because he had an unreadable expression on his face. I squirmed a bit, "W-what? Why are you looking at me like that?" He blinked before looking away. "Nun of ya business blondie." I sent him daggers.

He looked at me darkly before speeding up. "H-hey! W-wait up!" I ran after him. Happy flew next to him giving him a knowing smirk. I was confused when natsu batted happy away and gave him a fierce growl, which caused happy to snicker. I tilted my head slightly. 'What did I get myself into exactly?'


20 minutes later~

I choked slightly when I saw the size of the guild. It was so big and had a very friendly atmosphere. How did natsu end up in a place like this? I heard lots of yelling and crashing noises.

I started to bounce on my toes as I looked around me, taking in everything. 'I'm standing in front of Fairy tail..I'm actually at Fairy tail!'

My eyes sparkled as i clasped my hands together in front of my chest and looked at natsu and happy excitedly. Natsu gave me a strange look while happy flew ahead. "Come on Lucy!" I nodded quickly and stepped forward. I followed happy inside and gasped in surprise.

Many mages inside were in the middle of having a full out brawl. Lots of tables, mugs, food and people were flying about.

I walked over to the side to avoid mugs and such that was flying towards the door. Natsu silently slipped away when I had entered. I swore that I saw a flash of pink upstairs but I paid no mind to it as I squeaked and ducked when a body flew above me and crashed into the wall. The person who crashed into the wall behind me had raven hair. He didn't have on a shirt. He also had a cross necklace. 'where's his shirt?' He rubbed his head while groaning and jumped up angrily, which scared the heck out of me. "I'm going to get you for that you son of a bitch!"

I heard someone shout out a smart response before they went back into the fight. The raven hair boy cracked his knuckles and started walking back to the fight when he stopped. Seems like he just realized I was there because he stared at me before holding up a hand as a sign of greeting, "Yo. I've never seen you here before, are you new?"

I slowly nodded. He grinned slightly and held out a hand. I hesitated. I still can't get over the fact that he doesn't even have a shirt on! I snapped out of it and took his hand. I felt a shock run up my arm as soon as I made contact with his hand. I felt goosebumps start to form along my arm. 'He's so frickin cold!' I shook his hand and gently, but quickly, pulled my hand away.

"I'm Gray Fullbuster. But you can call me gray."

I nodded, "I'm Lucy heartfilia, It's nice to meet you Gray!" I was about to ask him something about the guild but stopped. I felt my neck and face slowly grow warm. Gray was taking off his pants and under- Oh..My..Mavis...he's not wearing any clothes!

'HE"S NAKED?!' I screamed.

I covered my eyes, turning around quickly. I heard the confusion in his voice, "Oi! What's wrong!?"

My face grew hotter, keeping my hands over my eyes and back towards him, "OH MY MAVIS! WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?! MY EYES!"

"What do you mean where are my clothes? There ri- GAH! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!?"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HOW?! HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW FULLBUSTER?!"

"I'M SORRY! IT'S A HABIT!"

"DON'T COME ANY CLOSER YOU PERVERT!"

"I'M NOT A PERVERT!"

"YES YOU ARE! WHO THE HELL STRIPS?!"

" I D-...I can't help it..It stuck with me when I was a kid... Besides, you barely have anything on anyway..." That comment irked me greatly so I did what I thought was right. I slapped him in the face and started to choke him.

*SMACK* "ACK! OW! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!? STOP CHOKING ME YOU CRAZY WOMAN!"

"I DID IT BECAUSE YOU WERE BEING A SMARTASS! HURRY UP AND PUT SOME DAMN CLOTHES ON YOU STUPID EXHIBITIONIST! GO AWAY!"

"I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!"

"THEN START SEARCHING YOU FROSTY PERVERTED POLE STRIPPER!"

"I'M NOT A GOD DAMN POLE STRIPPER!"

" say's the one who takes his clothes off in front of the women and children, I bet your secretly a pedophile and rapist *snickers*"

" I'M NOT A PEDOPHILE! OR A RAPIST!"

" Whatever you say," I shrugged my shoulders, " But you are aware that your butt naked right? It's not right for a women to get use to seeing your small shit."

Gray's eye started to twitch and he blushed a dark red.

"This is why you'll never get a girlfriend." I felt kinda bad because I felt like I hurt his pride as a guy.

Gray crossed his arms, "Sure I never had a girlfriend, But the ladies love me. I'm not interested in finding a girlfriend right now. Though, I can bet you that all the guys you ever dated ran off because your rude and not that sexy."
I made a fist and socked him in the nose, "PUT SOME DAMN CLOTHES ON YOU ICY BASTARD! DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT TO ME AGAIN!"

"FINE!"

He started searching and I quickly ran away from him. A few of the mages that were watching us laughed at the scene we caused. Some of them were teasing and making fun of gray while some looked at me in amusement. I smiled shyly and waved as I made my way to the bar. A woman with long snow white hair watched me come over. Her bright ocean blue eyes had a hint of amazement and humor. I blushed and almost squealed as I sat in a chair in front of her quietly.

'Oh my god oh my god! It's the model Mirajane! She's so pretty!'

"Hello! My name is Mirajane, which you already know telling by your expression. You can call me Mira for short." She gave me a soft smile. "I'm Lucy heartfilia, It's nice to meet you too mira-san!"

She chuckled, "are you here to join our guild by any chance lucy?" I nodded excitedly, "Yep! It's been my dream to join Fairy tail!" She giggled. "Alright lucy, just tell me where you want your guild mark and what color you want it." I stared at her surprised and started to think hard.

An image of a pink-haired boy popped into my head and I smiled, "Can I have it on the back of my right hand in pink please?" She nodded and took out a small magic stamper. I held out my right hand, placing my palm on the counter. Mira stamped my hand and it made a loud "POP" noise when she pulled away. I squealed and admired the tattoo on my right hand.

Happy flew over and gasped, "You finally got your guild mark lucy?" I looked over at him and nodded happily, "Yea! I can't believe it..I'm really apart of fairy tail now!" Happy landed in front of me and looked at my mark brightly. I giggled before lifting my hand and petted him. He purred slightly before grinning at me. "Natsu is waiting for us in front of the guild outside." I gave him a confused look, I was about to speak when I heard someone gasp.

I looked over at mira who stared at the both of us in surprise and semi-excitement.

"That's right..You came in with natsu didn't you? How did you meet him? How did he treat you? Was he being rude to you? Do I have to teach him a lesson?" I looked at her surprised before giggling when I saw the gleam in her eyes.

"He's fine, yes he's been rude but he's alright. He actually saved me." She looked at me bewildered. "Saved you? I don't remembering him ever saving anyone besides happy."

I smiled, "well... He did lost his scarf.."

"HE WHAT?!"

Most of the guild members looked over at the two of us questionably. I squeaked in embarrassment, waving my arms and chuckled nervously, "N-nothing to see here folks. Go back to what you were doing and ignore us hehehe..." They looked at each other before shrugging. Mira turned me around and gripped my shoulders tightly, "What did you just say?" I sighed, " I said that he had lost his scarf. He saved me because I protected his scarf." Mira unhanded me and stared. I shifted nervously.

"Lucy."

"Y-yes?"

Mira intensely at me.

"How are you not dead?" I blinked.

"Excuse me?"

Mira repeated what she said slowly, "How are you not dead?"

I gave her a confused look, "Why would I be dead?"

She sighed and leaned against the bar. "Natsu will murder anyone who touches his scarf. He sent gray, the one who strips, to the hospital a few times because of that scarf. I'm amazed at the fact that your not dead and that he's allowing you to be by his side." I gaped at her. "W-well...I mean, At one point I thought he was going to kill me. But I'm actually glad that he didn't. I feel like he's struggling with something when I first saw him.."

Mira gave me a small smile and suddenly squealed. "Oh my! I just thought of something wonderful!" She clasped her hands together, her blue eyes shining. I gulped. "W-what is it?" I have a bad feeling about what she was going to say next. "You both look so cute together! I ship you both! hmmm...Oh! Nalu!"

'I so called it.' I sweat-dropped.

"N-Nalu? what does that mean mira?" She smirked slyly at me, "It's both of your names together! NA for Natsu and LU for lucy~" I blushed and waved my arms around, "Wrong! Don't say that mira-san! I uh..That's right! I don't stand a chance! He's sooooo out of my league ya know? Hahaha..." I waved a hand in front of my face laughing nervously. I felt a small pang in my heart. My eyes widened, 'what? why did my heart hurt when I said that?' Mira squealed, "I can see it now! Lots of pink and blonde headed children running around!"

'She's crazy!'

"Mira! We have to go! Natsu is waiting for us!" Holy mavis, I forgot happy was there! I looked at him, and now I wish I didn't because he had the same glint in his eyes like mira. 'Oh no..' Mira gasped and gave me an apologetic smile, "Oh dear, please forgive me. You should go now lucy!" She smirked. "Ahem, If you'll excuse me.." I stood up quickly and grabbed happy by the tail before bolting off with a red face. "Bye Mira!"

I heard Mira shout out a goodbye and a good luck. I shook my head and ran out of the guild. I wasn't paying attention and slammed into something hard. "Oof!" I landed on my butt hard. I heard someone let out a surprised grunt. I looked and saw natsu who was staring at me with wide eyes before they narrowed. I gulped. "Why is your face red blondie?" I squeaked and jumped up, "M-my face isn't red! Your just seeing things!" I went around him and scampered away quickly.

I kept my head down as my face burned. 'God dammit mira! Nalu? Are you serious?! Where did that come from anyway?'

"Luuucy! Wait for us!" I paused and turned to see happy pouting and natsu scowling. "S-sorry guys.." I smiled lightly. "So what's this mission that we have to do?" Happy grinned, "We have to go find a book in a mansion! We have see the client soon." I nodded. "Let me take a look at the request will quick happy."

Happy handed me the paper snickering quietly. I gave him a look before taking a glance at it. Right then and there, I almost ripped it in half. I shivered as I read it out loud, "Everlue? You mean to tell me that we have to steal from a frickin perverted old man? It says that they accepts blonde maids... What kind of crap are you trying to pull here?!" Happy bursted into a fit of laughter and natsu rolled his eyes.

"It can't be that bad blondie. All we have to do is go find a golden book called Daybreak and burn it." I glanced at natsu before sighing, my shoulders slumping. If anything, I kinda don't want to do this mission. But this would be my first mission with natsu and happy. I sucked it up and pouted. "Well? What are we waiting for?" Happy grinned. Natsu smirked slightly. "Let's get a move on blondie, we need to start walking." I looked at him dumbfounded. "Walk? D-did you just say WALK?!" I squeaked.

Natsu and happy gave me a strange look.

"Yes, I did in fact say walk. You didn't hear me wrong blondie. We're going to walk over to Shirotsume Town." My mouth dropped.

I shook my head and furiously pointed at them while waving my arm around, "NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT! I refuse to walk all the way to Shirosume town! That's like...That's almost a day away by foot!" I crossed my arms and scowled, "We're taking the train." Natsu paled just a bit before speaking quickly, "I said we're walking blondie. We aren't taking the train. We would be wasting money." I glared, "We are taking the damn train whether you like it or not. Stop being a baby and start moving!"

Natsu growled, "No. I don't have to listen to you, you're going to need exercise anyway. Happy and I won't be able to carry the extra weight." A tick mark appeared and a dark aura surrounded me, "...Did you just imply that I was fat dragneel?" I heard natsu and happy gulp. Natsu started to sweat bullets while keeping a straight face and hissed, "Pretty sure I did just imply that Heartfilia." That did it for me. I grabbed my whip tightly and cracked it against the ground. "You're going to get it now damn it!"


Happy squeaked and flew away, "You're on your on natsu! See ya later!"

'Happy you traitor! Come back! Don't leave me here alone you damn cat!'

I chuckled darkly, "Now lucy, do you really think you can hit me? I could kill you ya know? And that whip of yours doesn't scare me either."

'I am scared shitless right now! What am I suppose to do?! I can't kill her! Should I run? Should I fight? Maybe I-'

Lucy cracked her whip again and growled. "Don't underestimate me pinkie. I'm going to drag your sorry ass to the train. Or, you can make it easier on yourself and Start. Walking!"

I paled a bit and glared dangerously at her, 'I can't go on the train! How can I get out of this without hurting her?!'

"I said that I don't want to. You can take the train, but i'm walking blondie. See you later."

'Yes! Smart thinking me! I'm going to actually live!'

I walked passed her and smirked in victory. I was glad that she didn't bother to stop me as I walked away and my smile grew. I might actually live! Then I can find that damn cat and make him pay. My smile quickly disappeared when I felt something wrap around me. I had tripped when the whip, which was now blue and yellow and looked like it had stars in them, slowly wrapped around my legs and body like a snake. I stiffened up, my eyes widened in shock and horror.

'NOOOO!' TT^TT

Lucy snickered. "Be a good little dragon or i'll beat you into a pulp. We are going on the train." Lucy started to drag me behind her towards the train station. I saw happy in a tree nearby giving me a pitied look.

I cried silently, 'Save me happy! She's taking me to hell! HELP ME!'

Lucy smiled in triumph.


I dragged natsu behind me snickering in my head. He was struggling and was trying to break free. " It's useless natsu~ Unless you use your magic to break free, but you wouldnt get rid of my only defense would you?" " Let me go you crazy witch! I'm going to kill you!" I giggled, " almost there natsu, I see it right in front of us~" Natsu paused before he started to pull away and kick his legs.

It was getting harder for me to keep him still so I summoned Taurus. "Mooooo! Lucy, you look beautiful like always!" I rolled my eyes, "Can you keep him here Taurus? I need to get train tickets." Taurus nodded with hearts springing into his eyes, "Moooo! As you wish Lucy!" I handed him the whip and skipped away humming happily.

Natsu heard lucy leave and started to squirm and growled, "Cow! Untie me right now or i'll destroy you!" Taurus ignored him and swooned over lucy.

"God dammit cow!"

Happy flew over and stood next to him laughing, "Poor natsu!" natsu growled, "Happy! Help me you damn cat! I'll give you a fish if you untie me so I can get away!" Happy perked up and drooled, "Fish?!" Happy started to think it over before smirking, "Sorry natsu, not this time. It's been awhile since you've had motion sickness."

Natsu's jaw dropped and watched him fly away.

"HAPPY! YOU GOD DAMN TRAITOR!"


Happy started cackling and flew over to lucy who came back.

"I got the tickets! Let's get moving. You can go back now Taurus, thank you." I took the whip as taurus started to disappear. "Moo!" Natsu was sending daggers at me and happy. I smiled at him innocently. "Lets get going natsu." I walked over to the train and threw him in first before boarding with happy.

As soon as he hit the ground, he turned a sick green color. He glared and growled at me and happy pathetically. I stared at him worriedly, "Hey...are you alright?" Happy giggled, "Natsu has motion sickness lucy. He didn't want to get on because he gets sick when he's on transportation."

I gasped, "You have motion sickness?!" Natsu gurgled.

I immediately felt guilty and helped him up. "Here." I pulled him to a seat and laid him down. I sat next to him with a frown while happy sat across from us eating a fish he got out of no where. Natsu tried to sit up but groaned and fell back down huffing. I felt my guilt increase as I watched him quietly. "Hey-" I stopped talking and froze as I felt something warm and wet run down my legs.

The smell was so disgusting and that meant one thing.

I slowly looked down and saw that my skirt, legs, and boots was covered in puke.

'Oh..Oh no He didnt...'

I turned my attention to natsu who smirked weakly in triumph.

'He in fact did just puke on me.'

I shook and glared menacingly, "Y-you are so disgusting! You ruined my new boots and my skirt! You even got it on my god damn legs! You owe me you bastard! It cost me a lot for the boots and these were my favorite pair! My skirt too!" I stood up quickly and gagged as I rushed to the bathroom to clean myself up and get natsu a barf bag.


'Sucker. That's what you get for humiliating me and bringing me on a train!' I snickered in my head but stopped and covered my mouth tightly. I shut my eyes and groaned in agony.

'Please get me off this blasted train...I think i'm dying!'

I looked over at happy who was staring at me in disgust and pity, "Sorry natsu. I forgot just how bad your motion sickness was. But hey, you deserve it."

I glared at happy who held his paw near his mouth and snickered. "Y-you damn cat." I yelled weakly and huffed when the train lurched a bit.

Lucy came back clean and sat next to me. "Here you damn dragon." She handed me a bag. I stared at it before holding my mouth again. "Lucy~ Help me please! I'll stop being such an ass! Please!" I saw lucy pause and think a bit, "You'll stop being an ass? Will you listen to what I have to say?" I nodded quickly but regretted it when the world started to spin.

I heard lucy hum while she thought before she nodded. "Alright, I'll help you natsu."

'Yay!'

I looked up at her when I heard a ding dong sound. 'What?' I saw the cow from earlier. "L-lucy?"

'Why is that stupid perverted cow out?'

"Hey Taurus? Can you knock him out for me please?"

'WHAT?!'

"W-wait! D-don't knock me out-!" It was too late for me to even get those words out as my world turned black.


I winked when I watched natsu black out. "Thanks Taurus." "Moo! Anything for you and your sexy body!" Taurus went back to the spirit world.

I sighed, there was finally some peace and quiet. Besides natsu's occasional groaning every now and then when the train bumps or lurches.

'one more hour before we reach our destination huh?'

I decided to use that time to read a chapter of one of my romance novels that I brought with me just in case I needed something to do.

1 hour later~

I had to drag natsu out of the train once we reached the stop. He was really heavy. Must be because of all that muscle.

I dropped him on the ground and was about to kick him when he sprung up. I screamed in surprise as I watched him mutter to himself. I sweat dropped as he marched away angrily and went after him with happy behind me.

Natsu was growling nonstop ever since we left the train station.

'He's really mad. Maybe I should apologize..'

I frowned, "Hey natsu?" His growls grew louder. "I want to apologize for forcing you to ride the train... Though, it wouldn't have happened if you had told me in the first place." I mumbled the last part to myself quietly. I flinched when he responded. "I didn't want to tell you that I had motion sickness."

I stared, 'How did he hear me?'

Natsu chuckled lightly. I blushed at his laugh. "If your wondering, My senses are better then humans. Its part of being a dragon slayer sweetheart." I kicked him hard and huffed, "Don't you ever, call me sweetheart. Got that?" I scowled. He rolled his eyes. "Yea yea, whatever you say blondie." I grit my teeth. "Lets just hurry up and get to the requesters house already and finish this damn mission." "Aye!"

We arrived at the requester's house 25 minutes later. I knocked on the door and a man, around the age of 30? came out with a woman. I smiled, "Hi! We're here to do the request you sent." The man looked behind me slightly, "Fairy tail mages right?" I nodded. "Please, come in. Come in, I'll fill you in on what you have to do."

He had a grim expression on his face as we made our way inside. We all sat on a sofa while the man and woman sat in front of us on the opposite side. The house itself was really nice. It was a big house. Though, for some reason it seems like this couple doesn't really belong here..

"My name is Kaby Melon." I smiled, "I'm lucy. The cat here is happy and this is natsu." He looked a bit surprise when he saw natsu but shook his head and nodded. "As you already know, I need you to find the book Daybreak and destroy it." I frowned. Why did he want to get rid of the book so badly? I voiced out my confusion, "What's so bad about this book?" Kaby clasped his hands together tightly.

"It's a disgrace to my family. My father had wrote that book 3 years ago. That was the last one he had made before he passed away. I want you to destroy it. It should never have been made. I want you to get rid of it at all cost."

I frowned quietly. Natsu stared at kaby blankly, "So..You want us to destroy a book your father made? That's rather simple for 3,000 jewels don't you think?" Kaby looked us a bit confused. " 3,000? I had changed the amount by a million." It was quiet. My eyes popped out and happy and I's mouth's dropped. " 3 MILLION?!" Kaby nodded, "You didn't know?" Happy and I shook our heads.

Natsu growled, "What's your reason for raising the reward? Is it really that serious for a book? A dumb book your father made. What's the point in destroying it if you don't have the damn thing in your possession? Why don't you go get the book yourself and destroy it instead of getting someone to do it for you." Natsu abruptly stood up and walked out of the house. Kaby and his wife gaped at the empty spot in front of the door before frowning deeply, having troubled expressions plastered on their faces. I shook my head and sighed. "I'm going to go find him..." I looked over at happy who had an unreadable expression occupying his face. I nodded slightly and frowned, "Alright happy. I'll take care of things here. Make sure he's alright for me too." Happy's tail twitched before he flew up and out of the door quickly.

I waited a bit before looking back at the troubled couple.

"I'll go do the job. But I want to know something Mr. Melon. Why did you raise the reward money for a book? Have you read it?" Kaby stiffened slightly and his grim expression deepened, "I don't want to read anything my father wrote. I have hated him for years because he had left our family alone to for 3 whole years. He never contacted us. He just up and disappeared. We had to suffer while he was writing that book of his. He payed more attention to his writing then his own family." I flinched slightly.

That reminds me of my own father. He never did care about me after mama passed away. He only focused on his work and only his work. He never bothered to talk to me at all. I bit my lip at the memories of those cold and heartless days I had lived back in the mansion.

I made a fist and stood up. I stared at Kaby determinedly, "I'll go get this book. But..Only if you destroy it by your own hands." Kaby nodded, "Thank you lucy." I nodded, "Where does this Everlue guy live anyway?"


I couldn't be there anymore. It was pointless to be there. I'll be damned if I have to help him with his personal problems. If he wanted the book to be destroyed so bad, he should have gone and did it himself.

I walked silently through town lost in thought. Why did I even agree to do this mission?

'Because lucy was going to do it with happy. You're just worried.'

I paused. Was it really because of that blonde? Impossible. She's just a weak dumb blondie who'll get herself killed.

'Weak you say? If I remember correctly, she single handedly took you out and dragged your heavy stubborn ass to the train. *snicker* That must have hurt your pride because you were beaten by the weak little blonde.'

I scowled.

'Shut up brain. I simply allowed her to drag me to that monstrosity.'

'*scoffs* Whatever you say.'

I shook my head and walked over to a tree and jumped up. I laid back and closed my eyes.

'I don't need to worry about the blonde anymore.'


It took me almost a flipping hour to find everlue's goddamn mansion. The directions they gave me sucked! And the townspeople were absolutely no help either!

I crossed my arms and scowled as I looked up at a large golden gate. "I need a way to sneak in without being caught. I refuse to pretend to be a perverted old man's servant." I looked around quietly.

It took me a minute to spot a large tree nearby.

'wait a sec...I can climb up the tree and sneak inside! Genius lucy, Genius! I'll be even more lucky if there was an open window.'

I grinned and quickly ran over to the tree. I glanced around before tying my hair up into a ponytail and climbed the tree carefully.

I almost fell a few times but I made it to the top. I found an open window nearby one of the branches to my left. I grinned. 'What luck! there's actually an open window here!' I carefully made my way over to a branch near the window. It looked very frail and it seemed that if i stepped on it, it would snap into two.

I gulped quietly and grabbed my whip.

There was a pole somewhere inside towards the right. If I could just latch on to it, I can swing over and climb the rest of the way up! I just have to aim annnnd...Got it! I was able to lock my whip in place around the pole. I tugged it a bit to test it out. It felt like it wasn't going to budge so I took the chance to swing over to the wall and climb my way up into the window. I huffed tiredly and unwrapped my whip, placing it back on my hip. The room I was in looked like a storage room of some kind. There's lots of junk that looks pretty much useless.

'hm...I'll just look around and see if I can use anything.'

I shuffled along the shelves quietly. Peeking into old boxes and bags, chests and drawers. I found a few things that deemed itself useful and a few that had absolutely scared the hell out of me. I had found a skull mask, some fake bugs, rope, and...Somehow I found a smoke bomb.

I placed the stuff I found in a bag and walked towards the door. I don't want to linger around here much longer. It was creepy. As I reached for the door, something gold flashed in my peripheral view. I paused slightly. Gold? I turned and froze as I gaped at the thing that flashed.

'W-what? Why is this here? Holy mavis, I can't believe it!' The thing was in fact a golden key. Not just any gold key, It was one of the zodiac keys. They're very hard to find. I walked over and stared at it suspiciously. 'This is Virgo's key...What's it doing in a storage room?'

I put my hand under my chin as I thought of some possibilities. I shook my head and snatched it from the shelves before bolting into the hallway and away as fast and silently as I could. I needed to look for a library. I mean come on, that's usually the first place to look for a book right? I opened door after door, only to come up with nothing. The rooms were creepy in a way...especially the bathroom. The hell is with rich people these days? All they do is waste money.

'Like your one to talk.' Oh shut up, I do it for a good cause!

It took me awhile to look through the rooms since I almost ran into some maids that looked like animals. You would think that they were once part of the zoo. Anyway, I came across two large double red and gold doors. 'Could this possibly be it?' I stood hesitantly in front of the door before opening it. I gasped and stared in awe at the library.

And let me tell you, It. was. HUGE!

There were so many books! The shelves even reached the ceiling! I almost squealed like a little girl when I saw books upon books stacked against one another. I ran over to a few shelves and started to take some.

'He has all of these books, I'm sure he won't realize anything out of the ordinary.'

I beamed brightly as I crammed as many books into my backpack as I can. I hummed happily as I skipped around. I looked around and saw a golden book shoved in between two thick and heavy looking books. I got curious and walked over. I traced the spine of it before pulling it out. I stared at the title blankly. 'I...I found the book?'

Daybreak was written in a light blue color across the top. I don't know if my imagination was playing tricks on me, but I swore I felt some kind of magic energy coming from it. I stiffened when I saw the author. "Zekua Kelon? Are you for real?! I thought I read all of his books!" I winced when I realized I shouted and cursed. I grumbled, "Must be an unpublished one...but why would everlue have the book in the first place? Actually, HOW he got the book is what I should be asking.." I looked the book over a bit before opening it. I was curious as to what this book was really about so I took out some glasses that allows me to read at light speed. I hummed quietly as I read it over.

I stopped reading as my eyes grew in surprise.

'What is this? This isn't a normal book. Sure it's really bad but it kinda doesn't make any sense..'

I read more and gasped. I slammed the book shut and glared at the floor. 'this is terrible.' I heard a noise coming from behind the door. I panicked and quickly grabbed my stuff before bolting to the other side of the room and behind a book shelf. I heard the door creak open and the sound of footsteps echoed around the room. I held my breath as I heard the sound come closer to where I was. 'shit. I need to leave right now!' I quietly stood up and walked backwards towards a door I saw when I came to hide.

The echoing sound of footsteps stopped.

I paused.

I saw a shadow on left and ducked as something flew above my head. I squeaked when I heard the sound of glass breaking. I turned and saw a now broken vase and window.I looked back in the direction the vase came from and saw a short plump man with a weird looking mustache.

He was smirking at me. He let out this weird laugh, "Boyoyo? What do we have here? A little ugly girl with my treasures?" I grit my teeth in rage. "I'm not ugly you perverted old geezer!" I hissed at him. "Whatever you say ugly. But I want my stuff back little girl. Especially that book daybreak."He disappeared into the ground and popped up right behind me.

My eyes widened, 'how did he-?'

"I've been watching you. You are rather stupid for coming by yourself no? It seems that I'll have to teach you a lesson on stealing from others!" He suddenly dived into the ground.

'What the actual Fu-'

I screamed as I launched myself away from his form that launched from the ground. He was laughing and it seems like he drilled his way into the ceiling. " Earth magic?" I jumped back as he appeared from the floor. I used my whip to force the doors open and ran out. I heard Everlue's laughter echoing around the place.

"Where's the exit?!" I bounded a corner but stopped when I came face to face with two men and Everlue with sly grin. "Vanish brothers! I want you to get rid of this pest here for me. Return my stuff when you are finished." "Yes sir." The men gave me a creepy smile and advanced towards me. One of them was holding a giant cooking pan?

'Shit shit shit!' I stepped back and readied my whip. The tall one stopped. The short one with the pan dashed towards me. I yelped as I rolled out of the way and ran. It was getting harder to run because I was out of breath.

'I need to keep going.' I rounded a few corners before coming to a dead end.

"What kind of place is this?!" I stomped my foot in frustration before running into a room. There was a rather large window. A desk was in the center of the room. Red carpet covered the floor and white walls. It looked like a study. The colors surly didn't match at all I guess. I snapped out of it when I heard the door slam open.

I stepped back as I watched the vanish brothers enter the room.

"Let's get started shall we?"

"Let's have some fun little girl."

I gulped. I tensed up as I gripped my whip, smacking the ground. I waited a bit before forcing the whip to snag one of the brothers legs and pull. He let out a startled yelp as he crashed into the way. The sort one growled and charged at me. I started to dodge his attacks as quickly as I could. He landed a few hits which i'm pretty sure would bruise later on.

'If it keeps going on like this, I won't be able to make it out!' I round-house kicked him away from and dropped the backpack i was carrying. I was pretty good at fighting kinda. I took karate when I was a child with mama and my spirits so I should be able to defend myself and attack for a bit.

The one I threw at the wall got up and appeared in front of me. I gasped and blocked as he threw a punch. I had to be on defense has he threw one attack after another. I can't use any of my spirits because I would get tired quickly. I can't put them in danger. I was thrown back towards the wall. I groaned in agony as pain bloomed around my body. I forced myself to get up and roll out of the way as they both used magic to attack the space I was in.

'I'm getting tired..I need to escape.' I used my whip to hit them a few times before diving for the bag I dropped and rummaged through it.

'Where is it, where is it?'

It took me a second to find what I was looking for, 'Yes! I found it!' The smoke bomb I found a while ago was in my hands. I grinned in triumph before taking the pin out and throwing it at the ground. A bunch of smoke started to fill the room and they let out surprised curses.

I used the chance to hit them both in the face, stunning them for a bit before opening the large window. I took out the rope I found and tied it to the desk leg quickly. I could hear the brothers grow angry. I grabbed my bag and threw it out the window before I climbed down.

'Thank heavens that I found the rope and smoke bomb. That helped me out a lot.' I started to run away from the mansion quickly with a frown. 'Now here comes the hard part. I have a feeling that they're going to come find me. I'll find him later, first is the book and kaby.'


I was on my knees when I arrived at Kaby's house. Sweat was running down my face and my hair was plastered to my forehead. I took a deep breath and straightened up slighty before walking in.

I walked over to kaby who looked at me in surprise and I handed him the book. "There. I got your book." Kaby stared at it with a frown and gripped it tightly. Kaby's wife grabbed a match and handed it to him. Kaby lit the match just as happy and natsu walked in.

Natsu looked annoyed at first but once he saw me he froze and stiffened.

Happy gasped and flew over towards me. "Lushie! Are you alright? We were looking for you!" Natsu looked at me silently, his eyes looking me up and down. I thought I saw worry and anger flash in his eyes before it disappeared.

I rolled my eyes at them, "Does it look like i'm alright happy? I had my ass handed to me at the mansion. I'm in pain and pretty sure i'm going to have some nasty bruises later on... Thank you for caring though." I smiled as I rubbed his head lightly.

Happy held my hand frowning, "Lushie...Why did you go alone? We were looking for you. Natsu and I ran into some people who said they were looking for you." I stiffened. "What did they look like?" Happy looked at me, "There were three of them. One of them looked like that everlue guy we were supposed to steal from. HE was short and plump with a weird mustache. Then there was one guy holding a pan."

I tensed up. "Yea, he's everlue. the other two are named the vanish brothers." Natsu's eyes widened slightly before he growled, "They're from the dark guild Southern Wolves. Everlue had hired them to keep out intruders it seems."

I looked at natsu surprised.

Natsu glared at me, "Now that I think about it, Kaby has his book back.." Natsu started to walk towards me slowly. Happy flew up and watched, "S-so?" Natsu came closer. I instinctively started to walk backwards every time he came closer.

"You mean to tell me...That you went into everlue's mansion by yourself? Without coming to get either of us? You think it's okay to just go put yourself in danger? If those brothers were actually serious-" My back hit the wall as natsu slammed his hand beside my head, "You could've been killed you dumb girl!" I stared at him surprised. His onyx eyes pierced my own. I could see many emotions swimming in them that I couldn't figure out, Though, I could only point out a few. Like worry, anger, hurt and relief. We kept our gaze on each other before he backed off and narrowed his eyes at kaby.

"I could kill you right here and now. You allowed blondie to go onto dangerous grounds. I should make you pay you son of a bitch." He snarled.

His fist caught fire. Happy looked at him in alarm. "Natsu!" His hand was still covered in black and blue as he tensed up and growled darkly. I saw kaby and his wife flinch and back away. I gulped and walked over slowly to not set him off. I stood by him and placed a hand on his shoulders. I felt him flinch slightly. I frowned, "It's alright natsu..I'm alright. You don't need to hurt them okay? It's not their fault. I decided to go do it myself. But..You can help me get rid of the vanish brothers and everlue later after this..I mean...They are the one's who caused this." Natsu didn't move for a bit. I felt him relax slightly and got rid of his flame before he shrugged my hand off and walked out the door. I was about to go after him but happy stopped me.

"It's alright lucy. He went to go finish them off for you. He was worried when you left the house and went to the mansion by yourself." I looked at him a bit shocked and guilty.

Happy smiled fondly at the door, with a far away look in his eyes. "It may not seem like it now, but he really does care for you lucy. Just give him some time to open up. It'll mean a lot to him." I gazed at happy. 'When did he sound so mature?'

I smiled quietly and looked at the door, "Alright happy. I'll wait for him to open up to me." Happy nodded.

I turned my attention back to a hesitant kaby and slightly frightened wife. I gave them an apologetic smile. "Sorry about that just now." They nodded slowly before they looked at the book. Kaby swallowed a bit before getting another match and striking it, he brought it closer to the corner of the cover before I stopped him.

"Wait a minute."

Kaby looked at me, "What?"

I grinned when I felt a slight breeze, "Just hold on a bit." Suddenly the book started to glow brightly. Kaby and his wife along with happy gasped as the book started to float. Kaby stepped away from it as It opened up and letters started to fly around the room. We looked in awe as the words, which looked like stars, disappeared back into the book and the light died down. Kaby picked up the book and gasped when He saw the title. The title read "Dear Kaby".

I smiled. Kaby and his wife looked at me surprised and confused. "Your father was a mage it seems. That book tells you what had happened to him those three years he was away. He was forced to write that book by everlue. He wished he was here for you now. That entire book is a letter to you kaby. HE hopes you can forgive him...Forgive your dad." Kaby had tears in his eyes as he hugged the book. He stood up and walked over to me. I squeaked when he pulled me into a hug.

I blushed slightly out of embarrassment. "Thank you Ms. Lucy... Thank you so much." I smiled as I hugged him back. We pulled away when natsu walked in dragging some bodies behind him. He growled when He saw how close kaby and I was, So he walked in between us and threw bodies in front of him. I gasped when I saw everlue and the vanish brothers knocked out, bloody and bruised.

Natsu snarled, "Keep your hands to yourself. Go call the council or something and get rid of these guys." Kaby nodded and offered a smile, which natsu brushed away with a blank face. "Let's get going guys." Happy nodded. "Aye sir!" Natsu turned and walked over to the door and stopped. He looked at the couple with a small smirk, "Oh, and go back home. You don't belong here anyway."

With that he walked out with happy. I looked at them and smiled. 'I knew it.'

I waved, "Bye bye guys." They said goodbye as I walked out. Natsu and happy was standing around. When I came out, they looked at me. Happy flew over and sat on my head while natsu started walking. I ran over to him and settled by his side, matching his pace. Happy started to eat a fish he got from no where, his tail swishing happily. I beamed at natsu who looked at me.

"Hey natsu?" He didn't say anything, but kept looking at me. I giggled slightly, "Thanks."

He paused, 'Thanks? For what?' Natsu blinked before walking next to me. I didn't notice that he moved closer to me just a bit. He didn't say anything at all as he looked at the sky. "Don't worry about it luce." My heart skipped and I stared at him in surprise, my face turned pink. "L-luce?"

It seems that natsu didn't realize what he said at first. When he thought about it, his eyes widened and he gulped. He started to walk faster. "Did you just call me luce natsu?" Natsu growled in annoyance, "You must be hearing things blondie. I didn't say anything to you." I looked at him for a bit before bursting into a fit of giggles. I saw natsu's ears turn red. I laughed, "Whatever you say natsu." I heard natsu mumble to himself. I giggled lightly and saw a bit of his face red. I smiled. 'This is so much fun.'


'Luce? Luce?! Are you stupid natsu? Why did you say that out loud?!'

I felt my face grow hotter with every second that passed by. I can't believe I thought it out loud! I can be so stupid sometimes. I buried my face into my scarf as I walked slightly ahead of lucy who was laughing still. Her laugh sounded like music to my sensitive ears. I was worried when she had went by herself to Everlue's mansion. She could have gotten hurt or something worse could have happened!

I frowned as I thought about what could have happened if she didn't make it out. There were many possibilities as to what could have happened.. I sighed silently as I gazed at her and happy out of the corner of my eye. They were talking about something, I guess the guild. I smiled lightly as I lagged behind just a bit. 'At least she's not in serious danger.' I frowned as I gazed at some of the bruises that started to form. 'those are going to hurt like a bitch tomorrow.' Lucy looked over her shoulder and at me, "Why are you walking so slow? You aren't tired are you? We still have to catch a train home." I froze and stiffened. Lucy saw my reaction and groaned. "Oh come on! Unless you have a better idea on how to get home quicker?" I gulped before gritting my teeth. "Lets go on the damn train.."

Lucy jumped up happily, "Yes! Let's hurry up and get home!." Lucy grabbed my wrist before pulling me all the way to the train station. When we got there I stopped her, "Let's go get some food before we leave blondie. I'm hungry right now." Lucy was about to say something when her stomach growled loudly. She blushed and held her stomach before looking at me. She pouted, "Okay natsu.." I had to stop myself from laughing and blushing at her cute reaction.

"Let's hurry up." Lucy frowned, "How about you and happy go get the food while I go get the train tickets?" I paused a bit before sighing, happy coming to my side. "Fine." Happy and I quickly made our way over to one of the many shops in town and bought some snacks and drinks for the train ride.

We returned after about 5 minutes and saw lucy looking around. Happy flew over to her and she smiled. I walked over with some bags in my hand and gave them to her. Happy picked me up and tossed into the train. 'God damn cat! WHY?!' I felt myself become sick and I covered my mouth and held my stomach.

Lucy came in after me and set the bags down near some empty seats. She came back and dragged me over. She laid me down on the seat before sitting next to my head. I groaned in agony as the train started to move. Lucy gazed at me sadly before lifting my head.

I looked up at her, "W-what are you d-doing blondie?" She frowned and set my head on her lap. I felt my face flush just a bit and my wave of sickness disappeared slightly. I sighed happily and unconsciously nuzzled lucy who squeaked. I froze and blushed just a bit when I felt her fingers shift through my hair. It felt nice and I drifted into a nice dream where lucy, happy and I where fighting side by side with each other, me not being a total ass to her.


4 hours later~

I stretched as natsu and happy ate some of the food they brought from the town over. We finally returned home and was currently heading back towards the guild to report back to mira. Happy said that the master of Fairy tail should be back by now and that I should meet him as soon as possible. It took us a while because My feet was starting to hurt and my body was in pain every time I moved. Natsu had an unreadable expression on his face while happy flew next to him quietly. I could sense a lot of tension coming off of them.

I was confused as to way they seemed on guard, but I figured they were just trying to scare something off.

The tension really only grew as we were walking closer to where the guild was and it was pissing me off, "Hey!" Natsu and happy jumped up out of fear. Natsu growled at me while happy whined. "What's the big idea? why are you guys so tense?" Happy pouted. natsu sighed and looked around. "Natsu doesn't want to see the master." I looked at happy before looking at natsu who glared at happy, shutting him up. I frowned, "Why don't you want to see the master natsu?"

Natsu looked at me, "I don't like the master. He's trying to get me to partner up with someone again. I don't feel like dealing with the old man today. I already feel like shit because of the train."

I tilted my head, "Again? and not my fault you have motion sickness." Happy flew in front of me grinning, "Aye! Master wants natsu to interact with everyone and get along but he always refuses." I nodded, "I'm not that surprised that he wants to be solo." I giggled lightly when I saw natsu huff out of the corner of my eye. Happy saw too and his grin widened, "Besides, aren't we already a team natsu?" I gasped at him before looking at natsu who had a surprised expression.

"Are we really natsu? Are we really a team?" Natsu looked at me quietly before looking away. He stayed quiet for a bit before he sighed. He crossed his arms, "I guess so blondie. I'll be partners with you. Besides, who can save your sorry ass all the time?"

I kicked him, "I can handle myself thank you very much! I'm not a little girl." I huffed and looked away, crossing my arms. Natsu chuckled. "Alright then." Happy laughed.

I looked forward and saw the guild up ahead. "Hey guys! I see it!" Natsu looked up and stopped walking. I looked back at him as happy floated beside his head. "What's the matter guys?" I tilted my head as natsu turned around and went a different way. Happy flew over to me. "Natsu's going home." I blinked. "He's what? He can't go home! We need to report to mira-san!" Natsu raised a hand and waved it slightly, "You can go report back to the she-demon. I'm not going into the guild." I pouted. I was about to start walking when an Idea popped into my head, I don't know if it'll work but I can try.

"Hey natsu? I hope you don't mind me going on a solo mission when I report back to mira! I promise to bring happy with me!" I smiled when I saw him freeze and giggled before I walked towards the guild doors. Happy laughed and flew to who knows where. Gray came over and tried to talk to me but I had punched him in the face when he started to strip. I ran over to the bar and sat down, Mira came over with a smile, "Welcome back lucy! how did the mission go with natsu and happy?" A half naked Gray and a woman holding a large barrel popped up out of no where, scaring me half to death. The woman with the barrel gave me a crooked smile, "*hic* You did a mission with *hic* natsu blondie?" Gray stared at me, "I don't believe that you went with that flaming demon on a mission. It's not possible." Mira giggled, "Oh but she did! I can go get happy."

I held up my hand first, " I did in fact go with natsu and happy on a mission. It was interesting. Although I ended up doing the whole thing because they ditched me."

"No one told you to go to that mansion alone dumbass. You could have waited for us to come back or go look for one of us. You ended up getting your ass beat by a two dark guild members in the process. Your lucky you made it out." Mira frowned while the rest of us jumped in surprise.

The woman started laughing as she set the barrel down and patted a seat next to her, "Heey pinkie~ Haven't seen ya around *hic* Come drink with me for old times sake's! Hahaha!"

"Shut up cana. I'll never drink with you, and I plan to not do it in the future either. Go back to drowning yourself with your beer."

Cana pouted, "Your no fun. Your always so mean hahaha! *hic*"

Gray and I sweat dropped. I whispered to gray, "Is she always like this?"

Gray sighed and nodded, "Yup. Cana is the heaviest drinker in fairy tail." I gaped at him surprised before nodding and standing up. I cleared my throat and faced him, "Luuuuucy Kick!" I sent him crashing into another member and they started to fight.

Mira chuckled, "Poor lucy. Go easy on him please, he can't help it. He blames his teacher for that habit haha." I smiled.

Natsu rolled his eyes as happy came over with a fish, "Hey lucy! Can we go to your house again?"

I looked at him strangely, "My house? Why?" Happy smiled, "I like your place better then mines. It feels like home for some reason."

I stared at him, "Did you forget that this is really my first day here?" Mira, natsu and happy stared at me blankly. I shifted nervously, "W-what?" Happy and natsu looked at each other while mira gasped in surprise, "Oh my! I completely forgot that you were still new to the guild." Happy nodded, "I forgot too. It really doesn't even feel like your new here." Mira smiled, "I agree. It feels we known you for ages." I giggled, "That's so weird. I had also forgotten that today was really my first day. And I met you guys a few hours ago. Well, happy and natsu yesterday. But it feels like we're the best of friends right natsu?" Natsu perked up slightly before bringing back his neutral expression, "Yea.. It does feel like that I guess."

I smiled, "So what were you guys talking about? You wanted to my house happy?" The little furball nodded and smiled. I looked at natsu, "Do you want to come with us too?" I swore to mavis that just for a second natsu looked a bit flustered and extremely happy when I asked him. He grumbled, "If happy is going I may as well. I'm a bit bored and tired anyway." Happy and beamed at him while mira got that weird look in her eyes again. "Say natsu...Master wants to see you in his office with lucy. I told him earlier that you two went on a mission today," Mira started to clean an abandoned mug on the counter, "Master won't take no for an answer. He also wants to meet sweet lucy here. He's in his office right now doing some paperwork."

I frowned when I saw natsu tense up slightly and tsk. "Let's go and see him natsu. It'll be quick, hopefully." Natsu glared at the ground before heading for the stairs. I got up and followed him quickly. When we got up the stairs, natsu went to a door on the right and didn't bother to knock before opening it. We both walked in and was met with a short old man who was sitting at his desk filling out a lot of paper work.

Natsu cleared his throat and growled quietly, "We're here old man, what do you want this time?" The master stopped what he was doing and frowned at natsu before looking at me a bit surprised. He gave me a small smile and I returned one. He looked back at natsu.

"Boy, you know why I have called you here." Natsu scowled, "No. I'm not going to partner up with anyone for the last god damn time. I told you that I don't need a partner!" I pouted and gazed at the ground dejectedly. I saw natsu glance at me and start to panic a bit, "No- wa- I mean... Grrrrrr!" I stifled a snicker before sniffling to add some effect to my little act. Natsu growled, "God damn it woman! You know I'm partners with you and happy so don't start crying!"

I bursted into a fit of giggles as master looked at us bewildered. Natsu seemed to realize what he had said and that I was acting. He growled and looked at master who was giving him a "What were you saying about not having a partner?" Look.

Master gave him a giant grin while natsu rolled his eyes and crossed his arms tightly. I think he was sulking just a little bit. I giggled and placed a hand on his shoulder. Master jumped down and I was able to see just how tiny he really was!

He walked over with his hands behind his back and smiled at me thankfully, "What's your name child?" I smiled, "My name is Lucy heartfilia sir." Master seemed a bit surprised. I'm guessing because of my last name. I mean, I once was rich, but I left that all behind to start a new life as lucy. Just plain old lucy. "I hear you just joined the guild?" I nodded and showed him the mark I got a few hours ago. He hummed before walking over to the door, "Follow me. And before I forget, I am Master Makarov. Everyone here calls me gramps. Welcome to the family Lucy." I smiled brightly.

Master went out and to a rail. He jumped up on it and yelled at the guild members below. "LISTEN UP YOU BRATS!" The entire guild became silent and focused on the tiny old man. "Today we have a new member joining us today! A few of you might've met her already. I want you all to give a warm welcome to our new member Lucy!" Natsu grabbed my arm gently and pulled me over to the rail. I saw everyone look straight at me and I felt a bit nervous. Suddenly, Happy, mirajane, gray and cana screamed.

"WELCOME TO FAIRY TAIL LUCY!" Everyone grinned and all together said the same thing. "LET'S PARTY FOR OUR NEW MEMBER! AND TO NATSU FINALLY GETTING A PARTNER!" Cana raised a mug and people started to roar in agreement and came over to greet me. Mira made her was through and pulled me towards the center of the crowd. I couldn't stop smiling as everyone introduced themselves.

I met a short blue headed girl named levy who loved to read just like me! We both engaged ourselves in talking about a new book before I was pulled away to meet some more. I met two boys named jet and droy who were partners with levy. Their team was team shadow gear and those two was totally in love with levy. I felt a bit bad for her when they both started to argue about who got to do what for levy. I met two old guys named Macao and Wakaba. I learned that Macao has a kid named Romeo who I smiled at me. Another person named kinana greeted me quickly because people started to order drinks and food. I also met a girl named Lisanna and a man named Elfman. They were Mirajane's younger brother and sister. I was able to meet everyone before Mira pulled me to the sidelines.

I sighed in relief, " Thanks Mira. I didn't think I could last another second in that crowd." She giggled, " No problem lucy! I'm glad that we got another member to our big family. Everyone here will help you no matter what." I grinned and hugged her. She hugged me back and pulled away in time to avoid someone flying in between us. Mira and I went back to the bar. Levy came over and we started to talk about random things, from books to missions to spells to foreign languages. I was awed when she told me how she came here. It was a bit sad. I told her about my self like she did and before I knew it, We became the best of friends.

6 hours later ( I want to wrap this up.)

It was already night time. I was surprised because time flew by so fast. Many mages were sprawled on the ground or on tables knocked out from the alcohol they consumed. A few of them were still up chatting quietly while some helped bring most of them home. Levy retired a few hours ago because she had things to do. I was sitting at the end of the bar enjoying the silence when happy flew over quietly and sat in my lap. I looked down at him and saw just how tired he was.

Happy was pranked people all day today and teasing everyone. It was fun to watch him. I started to pet his back while happy curled up and purred. I giggled quietly and stood up, holding a now sleeping happy close. I saw natsu sitting at the bar spacing out. I smiled and walked over to him slowly. Mira saw me and smirked. I nodded and we both slowly walked behind him. His eyes were closed, so we both took the chance to attack his sides. Natsu gave out a startled yelp before he started to laugh like crazy. We both couldn't help but laugh along with him as we pulled away.

We gave natsu a minute to catch his breath before he glared at us and growled, though it was half-hearted and I could see a small smile make its way on his face. Mira giggled, "It's nice to see you laugh again natsu, It's been too long." I saw natsu frown and nod before he looked at me. I tilted my head slightly, natsu smiled just a bit before patting my head. I looked up at him childishly and he chuckled lightly before pulling away, "Let's get going Luce. It's already late. Mira, Just leave the rest of these losers here and go home." Mira nodded and smiled softly, "Alright natsu, lucy. Goodnight, I'll see you both tomorrow." I nodded as I told her goodnight and left with natsu right behind me.

We walked quietly and enjoyed the silence of night. I looked up and saw many stars littering the night sky like tiny diamonds. I looked at natsu and realized that he still had on his cloak, I frowned.

"Hey natsu? I just realized that you never took off your cloak..Why do you always wear it?" Natsu looked at me, "I don't always wear this. To be honest, I hate this cloak. I dont want to wear it, but it helps keep my image up." I blinked, "Image?" I gasped slightly, "Now that I think about it, Mira said that she missed your laugh and I heard happy saw something about missing your old self." Natsu kept his gaze in front of him and sighed quietly.

"That's right..I...I wasn't always this cold ya know? I used to be a real goofball." He smiled softly as he looked up at the sky, "I used to smile and laugh and joke with everyone. People weren't afraid of me and I was everyone's idol. I wasn't such an ass either. But...That all disappeared when something happening some years back. We, as in happy, lisanna and I, We went on a mission. That particular mission we took almost killed her and happy. Lisanna and happy said that they didn't blame me for it." He shook his head, "I still regret it, So I decided to not get close to anyone. Those people were after me for some reason. I...I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me.."

I listened quietly and felt guilty for asking that question. "It's alright natsu.." I rubbed his back lightly, " If was them, I wouldn't have blamed you either.. You did protect them in the end right? So it's all good. You don't need to beat yourself up over it. You should be glad that they're alive and living happily with everyone." Natsu looked at me with a sad expression. I frowned and walked in front of him. He paused and looked at me, "What?" I didn't like that sad look on his face at all.

I wrapped my arms around him and gave him a light hug. I felt natsu stiffen a bit but he slowly relaxed into my embrace. I felt his arms wrap around me slowly and I smiled quietly. It was strange how he suddenly opened up to me tonight, though I have a feeling that he'll go back to acting like a cold heart bastard. We pulled away and I reached up to ruffle his hair a bit. He gave me a grateful grin and removed my hand, " Let's go luce." I gasped, "So you really did call me luce!" I saw him blush a bit before growled and walked away.

"H-hey! Wait for me natsu!" I chased after him and smiled up at the stars. They twinkled brightly in the sky.

It took us almost 15 minutes to get to my apartment. I entered through the door with natsu and saw happy already there eating a fish. I smiled when I saw happy look at me and grin. He flew over and sat on my head as I shut and locked the door. I walked over to my bed and set happy down while natsu walked over to the couch to sit. "I'll be right back guys, I need to shower..Don't you dare peek or destroy my house or I'll skin you both alive." I gave them a warning glare before I grabbed something and walked into the bathroom.


It was quiet except for the sound of water running in the bathroom and lucy humming to herself. I can't believe I opened up to her, a girl I only knew for literally 2 days. I looked over to happy who was curled up on the bed sleeping soundly. I smiled quietly and relaxed into lucy's pink couch and looked around her room. It was a really neat room, A bit small but there's enough room for two people to live here.

Her walls were white and she had a red, maroon carpet. Her bed had a pink floral blanket on top with pink pillows. A desk was in front of a window. A bookcase was sported against the wall next to the kitchen. I sighed and took a whiff of the scent of vanilla and strawberries with a hint of lavender dancing in the air. The scent also had a forest like smell too. I heard the shower turn off and some rustling before the door opened.

She had on some black shorts and a red t-shirt that said, "Good morning, I see the assassins have failed." In black letters. I almost grinned when I saw that but cleared my throat as I watched her head into the kitchen. I waited and started to smell fresh baked chocolate chip cookies. I felt my mouth water and I stood up dazed as I followed the smell.

Lucy was sitting in a chair with a large pile of cookies in front of her with two glasses of milk. She was reading a book while she nibbled on one. She heard me walk in so she paused and looked up at me, giving me a small smile and gestured to the cookies, "Do you want some natsu? I made these a few days ago because I was bored and I need someone to help me eat all of this...Though I would appreciate it if you could leave some for tomorrow because I'm going to be hungry."

I nodded and walked over to sit next to her, reaching out to grab one of the many cookies out of the pile.

I saw Lucy grin slyly and quickly swiped the one I was grabbing away from me and bit into it. I blinked in shock before growling and tried to reach for another one but she did the same thing again. She did this a few more times before I started to get angry. I growled darkly and glared at her. She laughed at me and waved me off, "I was just playing with you natsu, I'm done playing now." Lucy giggled as she took a few out of the pile for herself and continued to read the book.

I frowned quietly and pouted as I grabbed one and bit into it. My eyes widened in surprise when I tasted the soft chewiness of the cookie and rich flavor of chocolate run across my taste buds. I glanced at lucy and saw that she was giving me an amused look before putting her book down and turned towards me. she rested her head on her crossed hands, " Like my special chewy chocolate chip cookies?" I nodded and took another one, almost groaning from the mouth-watering tasty goodness. " I never had cookies this good before, I can't help myself." I drooled a bit as I ate more and more.

she giggled and smiled, "I used to make these with my mother when I was a child. She allowed me to go with her to the kitchen and we would make all kinds of desserts. It was so fun to be able to bake." She had a sad, far away look in her eyes for a bit before they went back to being bright and happy.

I gave her a small grin and took half of the cookies. I stood up and stuffed them in my mouth slowly, savoring the sweet taste before going back to her bedroom. Lucy cleaned up a bit before following me and sat at her desk. I flopped on her bed quietly and closed my eyes, feeling the sleepiness hit me hard. I could hear lucy sigh quietly and move somewhere, I'm guessing to the living room. I didn't know why but I quickly got up and grabbed her wrist lightly. She turned around and gave me a surprised, yet confused expression.

I looked down quietly, "You can sleep in the bed too ya know...It's not right for you to sleep on the couch...I mean..I um...You see-" Lucy giggled quietly, "You just need the company?" I swallowed and looked away. "I guess I'll take your silence as a yes?" I still didn't say anything and I felt her mover towards the bed. I stood there for a bit before willing my feet to follow her. Lucy climbed into bed and I saw happy wake up slightly, only to crawl on top of lucy and fall back to sleep purring.

I took a deep breath to calm my nerves and slowly took off my cloak. I felt a bit exposed, but I shook it off and climbed in after her. It was quiet. I felt myself drift to sleep when I felt something shake against the bed. I was slightly confused so I forced an eye open and found lucy shivering a little. ' Is she cold?' I wouldn't know is she was cold or anything because I wasn't affect by the temperature, but I can't let her feel cold. I frowned and cautiously grabbed my cloak off the floor and put it on top of her. I then scooted closer and placed an arm over her waist carefully. I felt her stiffen a bit before relaxing and moved closer to me. I heard her sigh happily before a soft snore escaped her.

I smiled, "Goodnight Luce, Happy.." I looked out the window and saw the crescent moon high in the sky. I felt my eyes grow heavy and the next thing i know, I fell into a rather deep sleep, dreaming about lucy as a princess stuck in a tower and me as a giant dragon protecting her from the knights that sought out to free and marry her.

Helllloooo everyone! Yes yes, I also realized that this one is really long. I didn't really know what I was doing when I was writing this. I guess it's alright, I don't know. This took me almost 3 weeks to complete. I might change it or something. I know the title sucks too, I couldn't think of anything... I apologize if this didn't make any sense. I'm trying guys! I really am...( TT^TT)