Hi guys!

Apologies for the first chapter. After running through it after submission, I've realized many errors and I do apologize for that.

To make things more accurate:

There are five brothers - excluding Natsu. So altogether, there are 6 - unlike the wording in the Prologue chapter This is a modern AU. All characters are the same age as in the third season in Fairy Tail. Other characters will be introduced later. For now, please bear with me as I try to make the storyline flow to suit the pace of the situations. So far, I feel like I've sped things up in the first chapter. So, you will notice in the next few chapters of the story slowing down a bit.

Thank you to the person that noted my story was a bit rushed. I have pulled all brakes to slow the story down a notch.

Other than that, please feel free to PM some questions or review so I can identify these obstacles and fix them.

Thank you for your patience.

Lucy swallowed the fear that stayed in her throat, preventing her from making a single noise. The grip on her wrist remained deathly still. It seemed that whatever was going on, Wendy and Natsu knew the attackers that destroyed the cafe and had followed them to the back.

"Zeref." Natsu muttered with disgust.

The named figure took a step forward and smiled with full evil malice, Lucy noted.

His black hair was flat against his face. He wore foreign clothes, somewhat like robes that was not of this world and a black substance hovered over him like a shield. In his right hand, a black orb pulsed with life.

"Natsu - how do you-"

"It's so nice to see you again, little brother." The named figure called 'Zeref' spoke. Behind him, two more figures emerged from the rubble. One with spiky blonde hair with electric blue eyes, a scar was on his right eyebrow. He dressed similarly with the one named Zeref, Except only a robe covered his lower part of his body - similar to an Egyptian-wear. He had a white marking on his left shoulder and his upper body glistened with sweat. A white substance followed him and in his hand, was a white orb. He took a step forward.

"That's the eldest," Natsu whispered, "That is Zeref." He eyed the black-haired man.

"I'm surprised he's still alive." The blonde beside Zeref spoke,

"Sting, you bastard." Lucy glanced at Natsu before turning her attention to the blonde. Sting? What kind of name was that?

"Sting Eucliffe. The fourth eldest." As if reading her mind, Natsu replied.

A blonde eyebrow raised, "Fourth eldest? What the heck are you talking about?" A laugh came from the other side. Two men walked over to the one named Sting and Zeref.

"Natsu? He's like an insect. It will take more than a merely firework to kill him." The figure took a step towards Lucy, quickly a gust of strong wind interfered in his path.

"I don't think so." Wendy called out, and Lucy watched in silence as the little girl drifted towards them in air. Her now-pink hair floated around her while the air brought her next to the blonde girl.

"Now, I'd expect for him to at least introduce us." A man spoke. He wore the same robe around his waist like Sting. A large purple snake encircled his feet up to his red hair, he had shut one eye and smirked at the current state.

"She doesn't need to know, Cobra." Natsu snarled, putting an arm in front of Lucy protectively.

"If she knows what's good for her, then she must." Another blonde stepped from the one with the snake. Dressed similarly to the others. Instead, lightning flashed dangerously around him, like an active barrier ready to strike.

"Zeref, you've got the entire thing wrong! You've got the wrong-!" Wendy yelled. Sudden black bullet-like projects shot at the pink-haired girl, shutting her mouth,

"Be quiet, child." The black haired man next to Zeref spoke with his arms out to show that he had expelled the black projections.

"Rogue..." Zeref spoke, without even looking at anyone particularly, "Step down." Lucy watched as the man complied obediently. At this, the black projections that shut Wendy's mouth disappeared into the shadows.

"And hello to you too, Lucy." Zeref smiled innocently but the blonde girl knew better..

"Who are you and what do you want?" Lucy yelled, but the smile on Zeref's face never left. In fact, it widened too much for her liking. Zeref nodded towards the pink-haired boy that stood before her protectively,

"Why don't you ask my little brother?"

A moment of dreaded silence lingered at the end of the sentence. Lucy threw glances between the five newcomers and to her companion. She reached forward and gripped onto his shoulder, noting that it was very stiff.

"What's going on, Natsu? What the hell is everyone talking about?" But silence responded to her yells. The only one smiling was the one named Zeref.

"I don't know what the hell is going on, but I've had enough." The blonde girl pulled her phone out and her fingers flew to tap numbers that she memorized by heart. Suddenly, her device disappeared instantly.

"Lucy," Natsu spoke. He had to tell her. She needs to know these things as soon as possible to know who to trust or not. "It's no use. We have to figure a way out of this place. Away from them."

"I don't understand. We need to call the police! Someone, to do something. Don't you have a phone-?"" The pinkette shook his head in response, cutting the blonde in mid-sentence,

"It's not going to work. These guys, they are not - well, they are not from this world." Lucy felt her knees buckle. A hand was placed on her shoulder, looking up, it was Wendy who had a small smile before looking up with a determined look plastered on her face. "We'll protect you, Lucy." Wendy spoke, without batting an eyelash.

"Those five guys... They are my brothers." Her heart seemed to stop beating in her heart. "Zeref, Laxus, Cobra, Sting and Rogue." Natsu said,

The air suddenly chilled with suspense and fear. Nevertheless, Lucy watched as Zeref smiled down.

"I think that's enough chit chat. I'm getting real bored." Sting claimed, looking down at the three individuals in front of them.

"I'm telling you Zeref, Lucy is not her." Without a second lost, Lucy was pushed against the wall with a white light. Natsu turned around to reach forward for the blonde, only for his and Wendy's positions to remain at the same spot.

"Know your place, Natsu." Sting spoke, tightening his grip on the projection that held them.

"Don't you dare lay a finger on her-!" White projection snapped at Natsu's mouth before snapping Wendy's mouth shut as well and slamming both of them back against the wall.

Zeref smiled before look at the lightning man who seemed completely uninterested in the entire ordeal - but Zeref knew that Laxus was itching for a fight, as lightning danced protectively around their host. His eyes drifted over to the red-haired man with the purple reptile encircling his feet until it rested on his left shoulder - Cobra seemed focused on something. Zeref rested his eyes on Sting, who stood almost proudly beside his side, of course, with Rogue waiting for orders from the eldest.

It almost felt like a lifetime until someone made a move. Zeref strode forward. The orb in his hand had disappeared as soon as he took a step. The pounding of her heart resonated in Lucy's ears until she could hear nothing but the vivid rush of blood in her ears.

The black-haired male was only a foot away until he stopped abruptly. Without turning to look at the others, his black eyes roamed to look at Cobra, who still trained his eyes in front.

"You hear that, don't you?" There was a moment of pause before the snake uncurled itself around its host, stopping only momentarily to hiss at nothing.

"Of course. I hear everything. The thoughts. The plan. Everything."

Zeref eyed the blonde. "I think I've waited long enough." Reaching forward to clasp a hand to her, the blonde shut her drenching eyes close. Another explosion resonated around her but she refused to open her eyes with fear of seeing something unknown. The smoke from the explosion drifted into Lucy's nostrils, forcing the blonde to cough pathetically and open her eyes.

A woman.

A woman with blood red hair was in front of her.

Dressed in traditional light purple robe as well from seemingly the medieval ages, the blonde realized that she held a long spear-like weapon. The bottom of the spear was coated in blood whilst the tip was slant upwards, barely a few centimeters away from Zeref's neck.

"Stand back." Her words rolled like thunderclouds, demanding authority in the air. The black-haired chuckled in response.

Lucy couldn't help it. The scene before overwhelmed her over the edge. She only expected a nice lunch with a long lost school colleague, share good old memories from the past and then go back to her miserable life. Not this. Definitely not this.

Silence passed until Zeref smirked at the new-comer,

"It's nice to see you too, Titania."

And that's the end of the second chapter.

Honestly, its Thursday where I am, because our time is one day behind than most countries.

I really want to slow everything down, but inwardly afraid that it might make the entire plot boring.

Once again, for those who are confused:

There are 5 brothers that came in search of Lucy:

Zeref (eldest)
Laxus (second)
cobra (third)
sting (fourth)
rogue (fifth)

Natsu is the sixth brother.

By the way, the attire that Erza wears is the Robe of Yumen. (If my memory serves me correctly) and the attire that the brothers are wearing (Excluding Natsu and Zeref) is like an Egyptian Warrior. Shirtless and all :)

Other than the rant, I should be releasing another chapter during the weekend. If not, at the beginning of the week.

Thank you for being patient with my story.

B7K