Meanwhile at Fairy Tail, the next day had already arrived and it was already the afternoon. After Team Natsu had found out of Lucy's moving from her Landlady, they had ran to the guild to tell the rest of the guild. But when they got there, everyone had already retired for the night and the doors were locked. So Erza advised Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lisanna to go home and tell the others in the morning.
The other 4 reluctantly agreed and went their separate ways for the night. Gray, Natsu and Happy went to their homes but as Lisanna and Erza headed to Fairy Hills, the takeover mage couldn't help but wonder if that's why Mira was down earlier that morning. She knew that her older sister was close to Lucy and the others, being one out of 3 to even notice the small group of unnoticed mages. Lisanna knew, at that moment, that that was the reason for Mira's sadness.
So when Erza had forcefully woken Natsu and Happy up, the 2 having to sleep late due to thinking about the reasons why Lucy had moved without telling them, the team immediately ran to guild to tell the sad news of their departed celestial mage. When they entered the guild, Natsu had kicked the doors open. Everyone was being rowdy as always and the minute he found Makarov drinking away, the fire dragon slayer exploded.
"Gramps! You wouldn't guess what we found out yesterday!" Natsu shouted, gaining everybody in the guild's attention. "Luce moved out of her apartment and Magnolia 2 night ago!"
At the mention of the blonde girl, Makarov's drunk look disappeared and was replaced with an unreadable expression. He had told Mira and the others of Lucy's call with him the other night and told them that she was doing better than she had been at the guild, making them happy and relieved that Lucy was getting better. However, the good mood was ruined now that Natsu and the others found out of Lucy's moving. Mira dropping a glass at the mention of Lucy's name.
Makarov stayed silent, the entire guild feeling a tension rising. The old master went to look at Gajeel and the others in the corner of his eye and just as he thought, Gajeel and Juvia was getting ready to let out all their anger. He could even see Wendy and Carla shake and he could already sense the hell that shall ensue if the matter on Lucy is pressed on. Which it's guaranteed to do so.
"What!?" Levy exclaimed, getting up immediately. "No way! Lu couldn't have moved away! She didn't even finish her book yet! She told me that I'd be the first to read it!"
One.
"Why would Lucy leave without saying a word?" Bisca asked, crossing her arms. "She loves Fairy Tail too much to do that!"
Two.
"Did something happen for her to leave?" Cana added. "Family business maybe?"
Three.
The guild suddenly got noisy, guesses of why Lucy would leave being thrown at every direction. Team Natsu still in front of Makarov for any sort of reaction from him. But all they got was a disappointed look on his face. Mira was shaking furiously and Lisanna went to check if she was okay. But the eldest Strauss was unresponsive. Makarov still looked toward the group of unnoticed mages and he could tell, that he could not protect the others from this anger.
"Master. We saw Lucy's apartment empty. All her belongings, gone." Erza said over the noisy guild hall.
"Her Landlady said that she requested to move without advanced notice and left in a hurry." Gray added. "Did she talk to you the night before or something?"
Makarov shook his head and turned away. "I told you that if you found out the truth, I can no longer protect you from the wrath you shall face." He mumbled, which the others didn't hear. "I am disappointed in you all."
"Do you know anything, Master?" Happy asked. "Lucy's fine, right?"
Four.
"Hey Mira, you okay?" Natsu asked, reaching for the takeover mage while standing beside Lisanna.
Five.
Mira cracked and she immediately slapped Natsu with so much force. Her eyes were bloodshot and her expression was just terrifying. Even to Erza. Makarov looked away and Lisanna's mouth was agape. The sound of the slap resonating through the guild hall and silencing everyone in it. The fire dragon slayer being pushed back all the way to a bunch of tables and landed on the ground with pain.
"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!" Mira yelled in anger. "DO NOT EVEN GO ANYWHERE NEAR ME IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU!"
The guild members were shaking as Mira's aura grew that even Lisanna had to back away from her sister. That's when someone had slammed a table so hard that it broke. The guild members then turned to see Gajeel and Juvia standing up, the 2 ex-Phantom Lord mages being the ones to break the table. Their eyes were shadowed as Wendy, Carla and Lily acted as if it was nothing. All their auras increasing as did the tension.
"You ask why Lucy moved from Magnolia?" Juvia asked, the guild surprised that she didn't call the celestial girl 'Love Rival'.
"You wonder why she left without telling you?" Gajeel added, his voice sending shivers down many guild members.
"Gajeel...? Juvia...?" Levy asked, the solid script mage finally noticing their presence. "When were you-"
The bluenette was unable to finish her sentence, however, as Juvia had made a large wave wash all the guild members besides Makarov, Mira and Lisanna to one side of the guild hall. The unnoticed mages standing from their seat in the corner and going to the bar where Mira stood in anger. Wendy, Carla and Lily standing beside Makarov and Lisanna. The rest of the guild coughing up water that they swallowed.
"Juvia wha-"
"AFTER 5 LONG MONTHS, YOU JUST NOW SEE US!?" Gajeel yelled in frustration as he interrupted Gray, the guild's eyes widening at the statement.
"You say Lucy's fine!?" Wendy asked. "You say she loves Fairy Tail so much that she wouldn't leave!?"
"You ask for a reason as to why she left!?" Juvia added. "It's you! You're the reason!"
"You all! You all pushed Lucy away! Pushed her so far that she felt alone!" Mira added, then pointing at the 3 mages and 2 exceeds. "They all felt alone! All because you wouldn't give them the time of day! Because you refused to see them!"
The guild was shocked with every word that the 4 mages spat from their mouths. The words sinking in and with every word that was understood, their hearts cracked. They all hadn't realized that so much time passed and it was only now that they realized that they had blocked off the 4 mages and exceeds after Lisanna's return. Their knees got weak and they suddenly couldn't find anything to say.
At that moment, Team Natsu and Lisanna realized what Makarov had meant the previous night about being unable to protect them from the wrath that came their way. The mages all turned to the old man in question and at that moment, in his eyes, they saw the truth. Makarov, too, had known of their suffering and he was too disappointed in the guild to even try and calm the 4 mages' anger.
Happy then realized that even Wendy and Carla were in the group. It finally sank in that the blue exceed had been ignoring the 2 newest members of the group before the Edolas adventure and he immediately fell to his knees. The reason why they didn't reply when he said sorry, it was because they were so used to not replying to anyone besides the people in their little circle. The one that Lucy had also been apart of before her departure.
"You have no idea how much we suffered!" Lily spoke up. "How many days we counted in thinking of the day you would come to talk to us again!"
"She waited for you! She loved all of you so much that Lucy endured the wait!" Carla shouted. "But she couldn't handle it anymore! She suffered so much because she realized that she was forgotten!"
"No..." Levy said, her eyes showing just how desperate she was to find out that everything was fake. "We didn't forget! We couldn't have forgotten Lucy! There's no way we could have forgotten you all! We're nakama!"
"If we were truly nakama, did you just not remember that it was Wendy's birthday a month ago!?" Juvia retorted, guild members who thought they were close with the young dragon slayer gasping. "Did you just decide that her birthday was not important and not say at least 'Happy Birthday'!?"
"Did you all just decide to ignore the fact that Lucy came back to the guild covered in injuries and blood one day, because she decided to take a mission to tame a large monster that was 3 times larger than Elfmen!?" Mira asked. "No you couldn't have, right? Because you don't remember! Because you forgot all of them!"
The guild members could not even think on where to begin. They began to look back on the past 5 months and what they remembered was just cruel. During the first few weeks of Lisanna's return did Lucy and the others try to talk with them. Try to talk with Lisanna and introduce themselves to the youngest Strauss as new additions to Fairy Tail. But they realized that they wouldn't even let them speak and continued to talk as if their existence wasn't there.
That day when Lucy came back all bloody and injured was the 2 month of Lisanna's return and it was raining that night. Team Natsu had also entered from the rain to celebrate Lisanna's second month back on Earthland and would have crushed Lucy if it weren't for Lily and Carla flying her to the infirmary just in time. The memory and realization of their actions weighing heavy on their hearts. It was plain torture.
"Because you pushed her so far, Lucy went into a minor depression. She went to the guild looking so tired and sad that it hurt to see her like that. But even in that state, Lucy still believed you would remember us in due time." Wendy said, no longer shouting. "She was the reason why we continued to wait for you to remember."
"We let Lucy go in hopes that she would get better." Gajeel added. "She loved this guild so much, so we let her go."
"Please! Let us go to Lucy!" Happy pleaded.
"We need to make it up to her!" Gray said. "We need to apologize!"
It was then that Makarov slammed his, now empty, mug of alcohol on the bar counter. It rang through the guild and everyone was silenced. His eyes were dark as Mira's expression when the situation unfolded and the guild was terrified. The guild master had kept quiet the entire time because he knew just how much anger Gajeel, Lily, Juvia, Mira, Wendy and Carla had bottled up. But now, he was not going to stand by anymore.
"No!" He said. "No one is to look for Lucy and that is final!"
"But Master, we've left Luce alone for 5 months!" Natsu protested. "We get that we did! But even so, we're still nakama so we need to find her and bring her back home!"
"You have no right to go! This is one act I will not forgive! This guild is supposed to act as one big family! Where everybody interacts with each other! But now, it's broken!" Makarov scolded. "Lucy is finally truly happy and I am not going to take that away from her!"
Makarov began to go up the stairs to his office, gesturing for Gajeel and the others to follow as well. They all had death glares on their faces and walked up the stairs in silence. The rest of the guild feeling nervous, but couldn't break eye contact. It was as silent as the guild would ever get as Mira was the last to walk up the stairs to Makarov's office. However, she stopped to turn to the guild members one last time.
"You've all ignored Lucy and the others for 5 months. It's no surprise that they would not react when you address any of them from here on out." She said coldly. "You all can ignore them a little longer, right?"
Once that was said, Mira disappeared into Makarov's office with the others and left the guild speechless. Once they heard the door fully close, the members let out a breath they all didn't realize they were holding. One by one did the guild members get up, still slightly drenched from Juvia's wave attack and fixed the guild hall. Straightening tables and setting chairs to stand up properly.
"I've never seen Master so scary..." Levy said. "Mira hasn't been like that in so long either..."
"I never realized that we forgo- left out members of the guild for 5 months like that." Erza added in disbelief, not wanting to say the word 'forget'. "I never thought that I and the rest of us would be capable of that."
"Gramps is clearly hiding Luce somewhere!" Natsu said angrily, punching the wooden floor beneath his feet. "We need to go find her but he won't let us!"
"Whoa! Did I come at a bad time?" A very familiar voice asked.
Team Natsu immediately recognized the voice and turned to look at the front of the guild. The remaining guild members who also recognized the voice following in suite. Their eyes were shocked as one of Lucy's celestial spirits were in the guild hall but with no Lucy to be there either. But Gray looked to the lion spirit's hands to see the 2 letters Lucy had given prior to arriving. The ice mage raised an eyebrow as Loke saluted to his guild mates.
"Yo." He simply greeted in a monotoned voice.
Erza was the first one to go up to Loke, her eyes showing surprise with a mix of worry as she looked to see if Lucy was behind the celestial spirit. But, the blonde mage was nowhere in sight. "Loke! What are you doing here without Lucy!?" She asked.
"You could say I'm a messenger." Loke said shrugging, poison in his voice while addressing the scarlet haired mage. "And the reason I'm here without Lucy is none of your concern."
He then pushed past Erza and was about to head up to Makarov's office when Natsu got in his way. The lion spirit turned to see Natsu to his right, the dragon slayer's eyes narrowed and his hand gripping Loke's shoulder tightly. "That's not how you greet a fellow guild mate, Loke." He said seriously. "Where's Luce, we need to talk to her."
Loke just sighed and swatted Natsu's hand away from his shoulder and walked a few steps away. "After 5 months, Natsu, I don't think I can call a lot of you 'fellow guild mates'." He said as he began to walk again. "Lucy made it clear to me that it was too late for anything to change... and that she is done with all of you."
With that being said, Loke went up to Makarov's office without another word and without looking back. The rest of the guild feeling a heavy weight push them down to the ground. The thoughts of Lucy resenting them, the people she continued to praise and admire ever since she entered the guild hall and as a little girl, it broke them. That simple thought was crushing them and the only way to get rid of the weight... was to see Lucy.
When Loke entered the office, Mira and the others' eyes widened at his presence. But they soon relaxed when they saw that he was unaccompanied, realizing that he must have come here alone on Lucy's words. "Loke!?" Mira exclaimed.
"What are you doing here!?" Wendy asked.
"As you can tell, Lucy sent me." Loke stated, handing the letters to Mira. "She wanted me to deliver these to you. One is for you lot and the other for the guild."
"Do you know what they're about?" Gajeel asked, crossing his arms.
The celestial spirit just shook his head, shrugging. "I didn't read them, so I could only assume. But I'm pretty sure there's good news for you guys."
With that said, Mira opened the letter that was addressed to them. It started off with Lucy how they were doing and if they were talking care of themselves. Then it went into detail about her heritage as she told Makarov and the fact that she was allowed to let the group visit her at any time, which made them excited of visiting Lucy's new home. She also told them to contact her on a communication lacrima so she could tell the rest.
"Lucy must be super happy if her letter sounds like that." Carla said, a smile on her face.
"To think that her old man isn't really her old man, now that's just surprising." Gajeel added.
"You're right, especially since her father paid for us to bring her back as well." Juvia recalled.
"Let's call Lucy now, so we can visit her as soon as possible." Lily suggested to which the rest of the group agreed. They all surrounded the communication lacrima and waited for Lucy to answer.
The blonde was just finishing up her cake slice as she, Haruhi and Tohru were talking after Kyo went to cool off and Yuki was back to helping the other female students again. But to say she was surprised to see her communication glow from under the coffee table in front of the couch they sat in, she got really excited to answer the call. Both Haruhi and Tohru noticed it and looked to see Lucy get all excited.
"What is that, Lucy?" Tohru asked, pointing at the lacrima orb.
"It's a communication lacrima. It's how we communicate with people back at Fiore, kind of like the telephones and laptops over here in Japan." Lucy explained. "We have smaller lacrimas but I never got around to get one."
"Well it must be Fairy Tail calling then, huh?" Haruhi asked. "Go answer it in the next room over. That's where the host club holds meetings so no one will be in there."
"Thanks Haruhi!" Lucy said bowing, grabbing the bag that held the lacrima and ran to the room before locking it.
"Say Tamaki?" One of the girls, that the older blonde was tending to, asked.
"What is it, Princess?" Tamaki asked.
"Who was that blonde girl that ran to your back room? And the one talking with Haruhi?" She asked. "They don't look like their guests today but they have been here since the club opened."
"Oh, you mean Lucy and Tohru." The host replied with a smile, making the girl tilt her head. "Lucy is in the same class as Haruhi and the twins and Tohru is going to transfer in tomorrow in the same class as well. Lucy is my dear little sister and Tohru is Haruhi's cousin!"
"Sister!?" The other girls around Tamaki asked shocked. "Cousin!?"
"That's right. My sister and I have been separated since birth, however, we have now been reunited at last!" Tamaki announced, making sure not to mention that Lucy is the esteemed daughter of the wealthy Heartfilia family as it would cause chaos and the girls applauded at Tamaki's exaggeration.
But then, the girls that were with Yuki earlier noticed that the Sohma went to talk with Haruhi and Tohru and noticing that he was causally laughing with her. "What is Tohru to Yuki? How come they're so close?" Some 'Yuki fangirls' asked. "She's just a commoner like Haruhi, right?"
"They're just friends, I'm sure my darling flower." Tamaki answered, chuckling a little.
Meanwhile, Lucy had sat at the long table that the hosts would use for meeting and placed the communication lacrima in front of her. Once it was set, she answered the call and smiled happily to see her nakama on the other side.
"Guys! It's so good to see you even after a day!" Lucy greeted while waving.
"Lucy!" They greeted in return.
The blonde could see Loke behind them, standing next to Gajeel and she nodded. "Looks like Loke was able to deliver the letters to you all without much trouble."
"There were a few bumps but it was a simple task." Loke replied. "I'm gonna head back to celestial world now, bye guys. See ya, Lucy."
"Alright Loke, thanks for today." She said as the lion spirit faded away. She turned her focus back to the group in the sphere and leaned back on her chair. "So you read your letter, I presume?"
"We did and we're excited to see you Lucy!" Juvia replied.
"So where exactly are you staying Lucy and why couldn't you tell us before?" Wendy asked.
"Well as you read from my letter, Jude isn't my real birth father. My real father, Yuzuru, lives here in a country called Japan. It's people don't have magic here and I had to get confirmation from Father to allow you to stay here." Lucy explained.
"I never expected that you would have another father and an older brother, Lucy." Lily noted. "It was quite the surprise to say the least."
"Well it was out of the blue, Lily." Lucy chuckled. "However, I can't take all of you if you want to stay for the night."
"There is no way me and Lily are going to that prim and proper school, Bunny Girl." Gajeel said to which Lily nodded. "It's not fit for us, so take the girls. 4 is enough right?"
"4 is perfect." Lucy agreed, clapping her hands together. "So when do you 4 want to go? Since you can come anytime, I mean."
"We're going to pack after this call ends Lucy." Mira said, laughing at Lucy's question.
"How did I know that was going to be your answer, Mira?" Lucy asked, rhetorically. "Alright then, I'll send someone to fetch you at Crocus' borders. Capricorn will be there to guide you once you get off the train so be sure to be at Crocus around 10 o'clock later tonight."
"Alright then!" Carla said.
"Lucy I have a question for you." Makarov spoke up. "What should I do with the letter for the guild?"
"You can read it to them before you leave for the train station. Knowing Natsu, he would try and follow you to see if you can find me. So I charmed the letter so that once it's read, no one other than you guys in the room can leave leave the guild hall until you leave Crocus." Lucy explained.
"Well then, we should get going." Mira said, as she and the others began to wave. "Bye Lucy!"
"Bye!" The blonde said as the the connection died.
Lucy unlocked the room, the lacrima back in the bag and smiled excitedly for the arrival of the girls later that night. She placed the communication lacrima under the table again where Tohru greeted her, Haruhi having to attend to the guests again and stretched her arms. Yuki and Kyo were standing beside Lucy and watched as Tamaki and the other hosts entertained the girls.
"Doesn't Tamaki act like Shigure and Ayame?" Tohru asked out of nowhere.
"Oh please don't mention those 2 here." Kyo replied, massaging his temples. "Just thinking about the 2 of them together hurts my head."
"In my opinion he's much more better than Ayame." Yuki said, taking a sip of tea.
Lucy just laughed at Kyo and Yuki's statements. "Who's Shigure and Ayame?"
"People you don't need to get involved with for your safety." The 2 Sohma's said in unison.
"Oh okay." Lucy said, shrugging. Her stomach growled and the blonde decided to get more cake, but as luck would have it she trips on the straps of the bag that held the lacrima. Falling straight for Yuki and Kyo.
"Oh no!" Tohru thought, standing in front of the 3 individuals. However, to the surprise to Tohru, Yuki and Kyo, the 2 Sohma's didn't transform into their animal states. Instead they just end up in a pile on the ground. Lucy apologizing sheepishly while scratching the back of her head. "Thanks for breaking my fall guys." Lucy said getting up.
Kyo and Yuki were too astonished to even respond. Though, Lucy and Tohru helped them up. The 2 Sohma's stared at the blonde girl with slight wide eyes as she walked towards Honey to ask for cake. Tohru snapped her fingers in front of the 2 cousins and once they came back to reality, they were confused as they have ever been. Something like that, had never happened to them and it was enough to make them suspicious.
"You guys should've transformed." Tohru stated.
"Then, why didn't we?" Yuki asked. "I'm pretty sure those cursed of the Zodiac are all born, so she can't be one of us."
"Besides the girl is that Prince's sister and there's no one in the main house who knows them as family." Kyo added. "There's something up with her."
Tohru just sat back down and thought it over. She knew that what Yuki and Kyo said was correct, but then she thought of the possibility that it's because of Lucy's ability to have magic. It would make sense that it could happen, but at the same time she couldn't be too sure. So she would have to ask Lucy about it with Yuki and Kyo when the blonde decides to tell the others that she has magic in her blood.