Lucy stood outside of her childhood home; a somber look plastered her face and the bouquet of roses in her arms felt ten times heavier. Behind her, Natsu waited patiently for Lucy to grieve. Natsu has felt the pain of losing a parent and he knew the only thing he could do to help Lucy was to be with her right now.
She could not cry. It's not that she did not want to, and you better believe she did, but crying would not change things. Lucy had to live with the memories now and the memories would pull her through this, not the tears.
Lucy approached the gravestones. They had been covered with moss from a severe lack of care in these past couple of months, especially her mother's.
"Lucy," Natsu said, finally speaking up. "Do you want to walk around the estate one more time?" Lucy looked up at the house in front of her. Truth be told, she thought she would never see it again. After the ordeal with Phantom Lord, Lucy was ready to leave this chapter of her life behind her.
However, this was a symbol of her father's success and her father was gone now. The least that Lucy could do for both of her parents was to take a trip down memory lane.
The first place they visited was the Heartfilia's library. Over ten thousand books sat on the shelves and there were six floors overall in that one room. Lucy was only interested in one spot though, she referred to it as her mother's section because that's were all of her books were.
Her mother's collection was filled with books with brown spines and golden ink. These were her books over celestial spirits; they made up the majority of her collection. However, there was one book that stood out to Lucy and Natsu. It was a large book with a blue spine and metallic silver ink. It was apparently a gift from a Heartfilia business associate's wife to her mother.
Natsu asked, "What's up with the strange book? It's kinda creepy looking." Before Lucy could even protest, Natsu took the book off the shelf and opened it.
A red magic circle appeared before Lucy and Natsu's head. Lucy yelled, "Natsu, what the heck did you do!?" A bolt of black lightning struck down from the magic circles. Lucy and Natsu were gone and the only thing left in their place was the giant blue book.