Ever since that incident with the man who had attacked Brandish, Lucy had noticed some strange changes about her body. For example, some times when was alone her skin would become very warm and give off a golden light and another time light would just burst from her finger tips. The more these occurrences happened, the more Brandish pressured her into telling Mirajane what was happening. Lucy put it off for as long as she could but at long last she gave in and decided to tell Mirajane.

"Come on, you said that you would tell her today?" Brandish said pushing Lucy toward the kitchen where Mirajane was cooking.

"I know, I know. Cut it out."

"Cut what out?" Mirajane asked.

At once Brandish left the kitchen, leaving her foster mother and foster sister alone in akward silence. Finally Lucy decided to just get it over with.

"Mirajane I... There's something I need to tell you?"

"What is it dear?"

"Remember how when I was twelve and Brandish was eleven and you had that talk with us about our bodies changing?"

"Yes."

"Well...My body is changing."

"Huh...A little late aren't you?"

"No Mirajane that's not the kind of change I'm talking about."

"Then what kind of change are you talking about? Are you getting sick?"

"Not exactly. The thing is the other day, when Brandish and I came home late...That was because we were attacked by a bandit."

"Attacked by a bandit?! Why didn't you tell me?!"

"We weren't hurt but when I tried to stop him something happened to me."

"I don't understand. What happened?"

Not sure how to put it into words, Lucy held up her hand and in a few minutes it started to glow bright gold while being at a very warm temperature. Mirajane looked at her glowing hand in shock.

"So it's happening again." She sighed after making sure that what she saw was real.

"You mean this has happened before?"

"It happened only once and it was on the day I met you."

"You know you never really did tell me how I came into your life or who my parents were. You told both of us who Brandish's parents were. You said she was the daughter of your neighbor who was a widow and you took her in after the widow died of an illness. How come you never told me about my parents?"

"That's because I don't know anything about your parents. I don't know who they were or what kind of people they were."

"Then how did you end up with me?"

"It was twenty years ago, I had just learned that I would never have children and my fiance at the time-"

"You were engaged?"

"Yes. He proposed to me in front of a beautiful lake side and he always wanted a family. So when he found out that I was barren, he left me."

"Oh Mirajane, I'm so sorry."

"I was so miserable because not only had I lost the man I loved but I would never be able to have a child. I cried for days and nights, wondering why I couldn't have a family? And scared to death that I would spend my life alone but then one day everything changed."

"What happened?"

"I was out collecting firewood when a saw a bright, golden light in the distance. At first I thought that it was coming from a campfire someone had built and I was desperate for a friend so I went toward the light. But it didn't lead me to a campfire, it led me to an abandoned house where I heard someone crying inside. I went in and followed the crying and that's where I found a tiny but precious child all aglow in bright gold while crying so hard."

"Me?"

"Yes. You looked so sad and frightened but when you saw me you smiled and the light went away. I took you home that night, gave you something to eat, and let you sleep in my bed. The next morning I asked around but no one claimed to have lost a child."

"So no one came? No one ever looked for me?"

"Not that I knew of. Funny thing was I had always assumed that you were a gift to me from God. That since I could never have children of my own, the good lord decided to send one down from heaven for me to love and care for. Oh Lucy I did try to find out about your parents but everybody I talked to didn't know anything."

"That didn't even know who used to live in that house?"

"No sweetie. I mean I heard a few rumors that an old witch or troll used to live there but that's all I heard."

"And you're sure that my body was glowing when you found me?"

"Yes. I don't know why but it was and it never did it again until now."

"Do you think that this glowing thing might have something to do with my parents?"

"Maybe."

"Do you think that the village might know anything about my parents?"

"I asked them years ago, they knew nothing but who knows...Maybe somebody's learned something over the years."

"Maybe tomorrow I could go into town and ask."

"You can try dear but don't get your hopes up. I've been trying to figure out where you came from for years."

"Mirajane do you think that where I came from and who my parents are might have something to do with why these strange things keep happening to me."

"Maybe." Mirajane gently took Lucy by the hand. "Lucy I'm really sorry that I didn't tell you sooner but I wasn't sure what to tell you."

"It's okay."

As the days went on Lucy continued to change and after this went on for a week she decided that if she wanted answers for what was happening to her than she needed to go out and find them for herself. One day she told Mirajane and Brandish that she had decided to go out into the world and find out what it was that was happening to her.

At first Mirajane objected, believing that she wasn't ready but she soon came to the realization that Lucy was not a child anymore but a young woman. A young woman who needed to live her life.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Mirajane asked Lucy the morning she was to leave. "If you're not happy here-"

"It's not that Mirajane is just that...I need to know who I am and I'll never find that out as long as I stay here."

"I know." She sighed. "I just hate seeing you go."

"This isn't goodbye forever. I'll be back I promise."

With that said, Lucy shared one last embrace with Mirajane and Brandish, bid them farewell, and set off on her journey to find out where she came from and who she was.