4 years later

No one's P.O.V.

As Gray was walking towards the guild, as usual, Lucy jumped on his back making him flinch.

"ACK!"

"Heheeh! Got you again Gray! Carry me!" Lucy giggled as she was still hanging from Gray's back.

"But we're already at the guild! Get off!" Gray demanded, but Lucy shook her head.

"Nah, I'm lazy." Lucy puffed.

"Uggghhh. Fine.." Gray finally agreed to carry Lucy, and opened the guild doors. "Ohayo min'na."

"Ohayo!" The guild members shouted to the two teenagers.

"Okay Luce, you can get off of me now." Gray tried to jump to get Lucy off of his back.

"Awie! Okay.." the blond mage pouted slightly and got off of his back and walked towards Erza and Mirajane.

"Hey Erza~Chan, and Mira~Chan. What are you two up too?" Lucy looked at the two mid-teenagers. Erza, who was eating her daily strawberry cake, sat up.

"Doing nothing fun, as usual." Erza swallowed her piece of cake and pointed to Mira.

"I had nothing better to do, since Elfman, and Lisanna left me alone with her." Mira then pointed towards Erza who just glared at her.

"You want to fight?!"

"OH HECK YEAH, RED HEAD!"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?" Erza stood up which made Lucy back away from them. She knew what was about to happen, and she didn't want to interfere.

"YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID, SCARLET!" yelled Mirajane who now had a fire aura around her, while getting ready to punch a certain Titania. Erza and Mira then put their heads together, and they both gave each other death glares.

"Man, they act like Natsu and Gray!" Lucy shuddered. Speaking of Natsu and Gray, Lucy looked over to the teenage boys who were fighting, just like Erza and Mirajane. Like always. The guild doors once again, flung open, and popped out was Lisanna and Elfman.

"Lisanna!" shouted Natsu who walked towards her. "How was it?"

"It was great! Elfman did great hits at those swamp monsters! But now, Mira, Elfman and I have to go on another mission." Lisanna replied, and looked over to Mira, who suddenly stopped fighting with Erza and walked over to them.

"Yup! Are you ready?" asked Mira, as she grabbed onto her bag of clothes. Lisanna and Elfman nodded.

"Ne, Lisanna, what about the mission we were going together?" asked the salmon haired boy, who had a blue kitten on his head named Happy.

"Sorry Natsu, I'll come back soon though! Then we'll go on a mission together with Happy. Cya!" Lisanna waved goodbye at Natsu and ran over to Lucy to give her a huge hug. "Bye Lucy~Chan, I'll be back!"

"Bye Lisanna. Be safe!" Lucy returned the hug and let go of the white haired teen who's hair was still short. Lisanna soon waved goodbye, and walked out of the guild doors with her siblings. Natsu, was just smiling like an idiot. He and Lisanna were best friends. Just like Lucy and Lisanna.

"Hey Lucy," appeared Gray, behind the blond teen mage. "How about we go on a mission? It'll be our first." Lucy looked at Gray who was already holding a piece of paper from the mission board. It looked brand new.

"Sure! I hope it's an easy one.. I heard that the easy missions are becoming hard. Just the fact that dark guilds are appearing out of nowhere and attack anywhere they please." It is true. The easy missions were getting harder just from the dark guild's sudden appearance.

"Yeah, hope so too. I heard that Gildarts ran into one yesterday." Gray thought. "He said that the poor guy was easy to beat. He literally just punched him against the tree." Gray shivered.

"That's old Gildarts for you. I don't know why, but Cana is always looking at Gildarts. I've always thought that she would have a love interest in him, but then again, he's like what? 37? And Cana is 13." Lucy stated. Gray just nodded.

"I've noticed that too. She has been staring at him lately. One time, Gildarts was with a woman and Cana looked like she was on a murder spree or something." Gray stared at Gildarts who was drinking with other guild mates. "It's weird, honestly."

Lucy drank her strawberry milkshake as listening on about Gildarts. "Anyway, the mission starts tomorrow night. Dunno why, don't ask. So, get as much sleep as you can, and pack. It's either a two day mission."

Lucy just nodded. 'Big facts.' "Alright.. Popsicle." Lucy whispered the last word, popping the 'p' at the end of 'Pop'. Gray glared at her.

"I heard that!"

"Heard what?" asked Lucy with a golden right halo on top of her head. Gray rolled his eyes at her as he ticked. Heartfilia smiled and giggled at her friend.

"See you later Luce, me and flamebrain got some unfinished business to continue on." Gray winked at Lucy as she shook her head, sighing.

"OI, PYRO!"

"WHAD'DA WANT ICE BLOCK?!"

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?!" there began the continuous fighting, versus fire and ice.

'Same old Gray.' Lucy thought. But smiled at herself at the same time.

"Are you two fighting?.." said Erza with a deep voice after her last word. Gray and Natsu quickly put one arms around each other and popped their lips.

"No Erza! Gray and I are best buds, right Gray?" Natsu danced with Gray on one of his arms. Erza glared at Gray making him sweat more.

"A-Aye! We're best friends forever!" agreed Gray. Erza then smiled kindly to the boys, and walked away to eat her strawberry cake.

'And same old Erza.' Lucy thought again, but laughed at the three at the same time. "Boys and their ways.." The blond mage stretched out her arms and yawned. It was the afternoon, and yet nothing was new. All Lucy had to get ready for, was her first mission. Might as well practice her Ice Make Magic outside. Lucy got up, and walked outside to the training area. She breathed in slowly as she closed her eyes. A breeze of cold air fluttered threw her golden locks. Once Lucy was ready to open her eyes, she would chant, "ICE MAKE: ICE CANNON!" Ice formed around Lucy's waist and hands but nothing was summoned. Lucy ended up kneeling on the floor, panting.

"D-Dang.. I was so- close…" she whispered. "I need to know how to do that spell. It looks really cool!" The brunette got up from her feet and began pushing herself towards bigger Ice Make Spells that takes a lot of energy, and practice. Heartfilia kept on practicing, and practicing throughout the whole entire day. What she didn't know, was a certain Salamander was watching over her.

"Oi, flame idiot. What are you trying to do with Lucy, huh?" asked Gray, knocking Natsu's head with his fist.

"I was only watching her practice!" Natsu shouted, loud enough to be heard from Lucy. He kept his mouth shut looking back at the blond girl. She was still locked on her training, not hearing a thing.

"Yeah right! Stop making those goo-goo eyes of yours!"

"What do you mean GOO-GOO eyes, Ice princess!?"

"YA FIRE BREATH!"

"DROOPY EYES!"

All the yelling and commotion grabbed Lucy's attention and stopped practicing, she looked over to Natsu and Gray who were still fighting. Lucy rolled her eyes once again. 'This will never get old, will it?'

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Made in: 12/9/2019

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Note: You remember a certain scene about Natsu and Lisanna? And Lisanna had to go on a mission with her siblings? Well- Spoiler alert..

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Nah, I'm not gonna tell you! Better keep reading till next chapter!

Disclaimer: Haha, it's not my birthday..