(Authors Note: Sorry it took me so long to update guys. My laptop went screwy and I had to get a new one. But here is the new chapter. P.S. The Tower of Heaven Ark never happened, and this whole story takes place after Lucy makes Loke her spirit. Enjoy. R&R)

Chapter 4: Home

-That night at the guild-

-Natsu's POV-

I walk in the guild hoping that Lucy might be back. The job she took wouldn't have lasted longer than a day. I look around…no Lucy. I feel this deep pain in my stomach and start to panic.

"Oi, Mira! Where is Luce?"

"Oh I don't know Natsu. She should have been home hours ago."

Mira and me both look around the guild one more time just to make sure that she wasn't here. I had already been to her apartment and she wasn't there either. Just then Erza walks through the doors of the guild. I ran up to her.

"Erza! Luce isn't back yet I'm starting to worry."

Erza just look at me like a lost puppy looking for it's mother. She suggested me and her go look for Lucy just in case something happened.

"Mira, where was Lucy's job at."

"Shirotsume. Please be carefull."

We then left the guild in search of our friend. With my sense of smell this shouldn't be too hard. I knew what Lucy smelled like…lavender and vanilla. I just hope she's okay.

-TIME SKIP…NEXT MORNING-

"Natsu wake up. We're here."

I look around at my surroundings then look at Erza. We both grabbed our bags and left the train in search for Lucy. As we were walking down the streets of Shirotsume I stopped. I had a feeling of familiarity. I took in a deep breath through my nose. I smelled Lucy! Along with some other scent that I kinda recognized.

"Erza! I smell Lucy. She's this way."

"Lets go!"

Me and Erza took off. She following my lead. After about five minutes of running we stopped in front of this old unused building. Erza must have sensed something because out of the middle of nowhere she pulled me to the side of the building. Just then we glanced around the corner and I couldn't believe what we were seeing. Laxus, Evergreen, Freed, and Bixlow walking out of the building laughing their heads off. After we seen them go a little distance away I look at Erza. She just nodded at me signaling that it was time to make our move.

-Lucy's POV-

I woke up and looked around the room I was in. 'How did I get here?' Everything that had happened the night before suddenly came back to me. I looked down and seen the dried blood on the sheets. Then I started to cry and scream.

"LUCY!"

I looked up and then the door burst open. I seen Natsu and Erza. Natsu ran over to me and pulled me into a tight embrace.

"Lucy are you okay? What happened to you and why was Laxus here?"

"Yes I'm find just a little startled is all. And Laxus? I didn't see him."

I hated to lie to them but if what Laxus said was really true then telling them the truth might only bring more pain to Fairy Tail. I couldn't risk that. Erza walked over to the bed seeing all the blood.

"Lucy are you sure you're okay. There is blood on these sheets."

"It was there when I got here."

Yet another lie. Natsu carried me out of the building. I wasn't about to tell them what happened. Maybe I thought I could talk some sense into Laxus. Hell I don't know. I just knew that in the end something bad was gonna happen to everybody and Laxus was the perpetrator. I was frightened for them. After we got out of the building I tugged on Natsu's shoulder.

"I can walk Natsu. Plus were not that far from the train station."
He let me down and we continued our journey back home. Thinking to myself I could just see the look on Laxus' face when he gets back and I'm not there. I laughed just thinking about it. 'Don't worry Laxus. The day you take over the guild is the day we all die.'

-Time Skip…2 hours later-

-Laxus POV-

I had sent the others out to destroy a dark guild while I went to a bar to have a couple of beers. Might wanna go check on the celestial brat. Luckily the bar wasn't that far from the building I had taken her to. I walked down the street and I overheard some people talking about a disturbance in one of the old buildings on the next street. I started to get anxious hoping that this wasn't the same building. When I had arrived I noticed the door was busted wide open. 'Damn' I quickly ran up the stairs to the room the girl was in. It was completely empty. Rage and anger filled within me. I knew that it must have been that runt Natsu or one of her other sorry friends. I then relaxed as I knew she was completely helpless now. I reached inside the pocket on my jacket and pulled out a set of keys. Her spirits. It was almost time. The Battle of Fairy Tail will start soon. They don't know what's coming. 'Old man. I will surpass you now.'