I'm a little late on the update. I'm sorry! I was having a bit of a writer's block and ended up taking a step back. But I'm back with this chapter. Still no Happy, but he'll come soon. I also might upload another Fairy Tail fanfic, but I haven't decided yet.

Enjoy!


They'd been on the train for nearly four hours. Natsu had fallen asleep within the first hour of the trip. Which somewhat disappointed Lucy because she enjoyed talking to the boy. His pink head was resting on Lucy's shoulder. It was warm where his head rested and in a weird way was comforting. She could feel him breathe in and out slowly with soft snores. Lucy didn't mind it all that much. Although, if he started drooling Lucy wouldn't let it last any longer. As much as she enjoyed Natsu's company, she naturally didn't appreciate being slobbered on

Lucy considered falling asleep herself, but she didn't want to miss anything about this moment. This was the first time she'd really ever left Heartfilia estate. From the little window on the train, she could see all the things that she hadn't been able to see. She'd been staring out the window for so long, yet she wasn't bored in the least.

For the first time, she saw how big the world really was. Yet, it didn't make her feel small at all. While she herself was small in retrospect, it seemed to her like being out in the world made her bigger in a way. There were so many opportunities, so many adventures, and so much experience that was to be gained in the magnificently large world. She figured, while physically she was small, the world only gave her room for her mind and heart to grow bigger and bigger. She felt so strangely free. She'd never felt that way before.

She couldn't help but think that this was what her mother had wanted for her. That her mother was watching her from the stars and smiling. She was proud of her. Not ashamed or angry like she had thought. She could almost see her mother sitting on a similar train gazing out the window feeling the way Lucy felt right then.

Through her many stories, her mother was trying to share that feeling with her. She was planting a seed in Lucy. One that would bloom into this beautiful feeling. It was grander than any flower that Lucy would ever see. That feeling of freedom and exhilaration. That feeling that you're going somewhere, that you mean something, and that you've got a family that will be by your side through all of it. It was a feeling Lucy hoped would never be taken from her.

She had lost so much. She surely would continue losing some things, but she knew in her heart that she could pull through. Fairy Tail gave her the hope that she could. Thinking about the memories of her family at Heartfilia estate would always be hard and it would always hurt her, but she'd use them to pull through. The fact that she was still here in the moment and able to make more memories gave her immense ambition.

She knew that everyone at the estate would've wanted this for her. They didn't die for her so she could wallow in the loss. To do that would only dishonor them and throw away the sacrifice they made for her. She needed to live for them. She needed to take advantage of the life they'd given her. She would carry them in her heart through all of it so that they might live on with her.

Lucy was smiling. Fairy Tail had saved her. They really had. Cause she would surely be lost if she was alone.

A few hours had passed. They went by quickly. The whole time Lucy was staring starry-eyed out the window taking in every little thing she could. Every blade of grass. Every big fluffy cloud. Every leaf on every tree. Every wildflower. Every line of every building. Every creature that could be seen. Her eyes were glittering like the night sky and wide with child-like wonder. While the train was moving fast, it seemed to be moving in slow motion for Lucy.

Natsu was awake now. He looked over Lucy's shoulder and out the window. He squinted at the world passing by trying to figure out what Lucy was found so interesting. The only thing he saw was a grassy field. Something he'd seen numerous times. Natsu couldn't find any significance in it. He wondered why Lucy had.

"Whatcha looking at, Luce," Natsu asked. Lucy jumped up in surprise at the sudden comment. His voice cut through her wonderous gaze like a sharp knife. She turned to Natsu with a smile, still partially stuck in her daze.

"Whatever I can see outside this window, really," Lucy said simply. Natsu raised a playful eyebrow and snickered at the hopelessly dreamy statement.

"You mean the barren field?" Natsu teased. Lucy didn't seem to let it bother her and nodded slowly.

"Yup,"

"Well, what's so great about an empty field," Natsu stated. He crossed his arms over his chest. He was slightly agitated. It felt like he was being ignored. He didn't understand why Lucy had more interest in a field than in Natsu's company. As dumb as it was, Natsu was jealous of a geographical feature.

"Nothing in particular really, if I'm honest, Natsu," Lucy admitted. "But it's something I've never seen before, so it's something worth seeing." Lucy faced the window again, turning her back on the pink-haired dummy. Natsu huffed out a mocking breath.

"You've never seen an empty field?" Natsu retorted. Lucy rolled her eyes at him. Natsu saw it on the reflection of the window and clenched his jaw in an offended manner.

"Not this specific one, no," Lucy stated. "But you know, it really isn't empty," Lucy said. She looked from the window to Natsu. "There's the grass, the soil, the wildflowers, the mice, the insects, the sky, the clouds—" Lucy listed the things she could see from the window but Natsu interrupted her. He frowned looking behind her.

"Aw, Luce, we passed it. Now there's just corn," Natsu said. His face grew a small smirk as he looked back to her. "Have you seen corn before?" Lucy's face looked annoyed but she gave him a smile not a second later.

"No, I haven't actually," Lucy informed a matter-of-factly. She swung her head the other direction. Natsu laughed at the dramatic action.

"You've got to be kidding, Luce." Natsu smiled in amusement. He was enjoying teasing her. "You definitely didn't get out much." The was a light silence between them. The voices of the other guild members that weren't sleeping could be heard but were blocked out between Natsu and Lucy.

"Hey, Natsu?" Lucy asked her face still facing the window. Natsu looked at her more sincerely now noticing the serious tone of her voice. His back was slouched in the uncomfortable seat waiting for what she would say.

"Yeah?" He wondered what she could've wanted to ask him. Her voice sounded slightly unsure. "What's up?" Lucy stayed quiet for a moment like she was deciding whether or not to ask the question. Natsu tapped his foot nervously at her hesitation.

Finally, she spoke, "Why'd you give your father's key to me? It must be important to you." She asked with her head tilted down slightly. She glanced over at him nervously. Natsu found Lucy's timidness endearing and also very funny, but he stifled a snicker. Natsu was surprised she'd even need to ask and so out of the blue too. It must've been on her mind. He wondered why she was so cautious about asking. Surely she knew she could ask him anything.

"Of course it was important to me. But that just makes me giving it to you more meaningful." Natsu said. All his tenseness from before melting away from him. He leaned back and smiled fondly looking up at nothing in particular. "Besides, my father told me to give it to a loyal Key Keeper. I think he would've approved it being given to you." Natsu's eyes bounced from the train roof to Lucy. She was fiddling with her hands and looking down at them as if she never had them before.

"You could've let me leave Fairy Tail and gave it to the next Key Keeper you found," Natsu shook his head adamantly before she even finished her sentence. He found the statement ridiculous, but he realized it was really a concern for Lucy. He wished she knew that she was, forever and always, and part of Fairy Tail. He wished she knew that they really would do anything for her. And he wished she knew how grateful they were.

"No, I truly don't think we could've found another Key Keeper quite like you, Luce," Natsu said. He tried to give as much meaning as he could into the words so that Lucy might know that they were true. Lucy gave a small smile that Natsu just barely caught.

"I'm glad you made me stay, you know." Lucy turned her head to gaze at the corn. She looked calmly content.

"Me too," Natsu said. There was silence for a moment until Natsu gleamed brightly. "Did you know you practically saved Fairy Tail?" Lucy shook her head doubtfully with a breathy laugh.

"How is that exactly?"

"That day when I met you again in town was the last try at finding a Key Keeper. If I didn't find someone, Fairy Tail was going to disband. Before it was even an official guild may I add." Natsu said. The words were heavy with shame at himself and the guild for even considering giving up.

"Really?" Natsu nodded.

"So fate practically pushed you to Fairy Tail," Natsu said. "That never could've happened if it wasn't fate that brought you to us."

"Fate? You think so?" Lucy asked doubtfully. Natsu grinned his signature toothy grin.

"I know so, Luce," Natsu beamed. The doubt Lucy felt immediately went away.

...

The train finally arrived in Crocus after several long hours on the train. The sun was setting and the city lights were blazing in the streets. Lucy walked off the train following the other members. The station was incredibly crowded, unlike the last city. It seemed like everyone was coming and going in Crocus. The large group didn't even seem out of place. Lucy noted several groups of people of all sizes, some even larger than theirs. A lot of them she suspected were guilds or soon to be ones. She tried to push down the paranoia that was beginning to rise in her chest and forced her mind to focus on something else instead.

Her whole was body stiff and tired like it hadn't been used in weeks. She didn't like the feeling and it was good to finally be moving. She wouldn't might next time they had to travel if they walked the extent of the journey. Lucy figured she'd see even more than on the train. Plus, after many years after sitting around in the Heartfilia estate, she wasn't too fond of it.

The group gathered together in the train station all with drained looks. They all stretched for a good minute, and some alarming cracking sounds were produced but felt extremely relieving. Everyone seemed to be in the same mood as Lucy. Gajeel and Natsu were just thankful to be off the thing as the medicine from Wendy had become less effective as time went on.

"Alright. We'll find a hotel for the night since it's getting late and we're all exhausted from the long trip. We can sleep in tomorrow and go to the Guild Registry center in the afternoon. We'll spend the next two days in Crocus then leave the third morning. Tomorrow is strictly business day. The next day we can do as we please and get ready for the trip." Laxus informed. His voice was still as powerful and awake as ever, but his appearance said otherwise. Everyone nodded in agreement.

Without much more discussion, the group walked together down the emptying streets. Lucy was too tired at that moment to really take in the town, but she noted how different it looked from any of the few others she'd seen. It felt different too. It was refreshing to breathe the new atmosphere.

They checked into a hotel not more than a few blocks away from the train station. Laxus got two rooms; one for the guys and one for the girls. The hotel was definitely not the nicest, but Lucy was surprised they could even afford any kind of hotel in the first place let alone two rooms. The hotel was small but gave off a homely presence. It wasn't extravagant at all, but it had a strange charm.

The floors were wooden and creaked slightly as you walked across them. The entrance was across of the wooden front desk that was decorated with newly wilting flowers. Behind the front desk was a chubby old woman with stark white hair pulled up into a bun. Besides the old woman, Lucy didn't see any other workers. The place mustn't get a lot of business.

To the left, there was a small brick fireplace and three sofas arranged into a partial rectangle. At the corners of each couch were small wooden tables with a stack of books and magazines. The walls were covered halfway with wood paneling and then floral wallpaper the rest of the way. Paintings of various sizes and of multiple landscapes were scattered in random locations.

To the right, there was a room with a small buffet that was now empty against its back wall. The rest of the room was filled tables of varying styles and colors and mix-matched chairs that gave the space a whimsical child-like charm. The area was dim now and no sat in it, but Lucy could imagine people of all types sitting at the tables sipping coffee or tea and eating steaming pancake dripping with syrup. The scene was quite comical in her head.

The whole place smelt of faint cedar, the lingering scent of breakfast food, and a strong floral perfume. The inside was incredibly warm. It reminded Lucy of the way Natsu's skin felt. The thought made Lucy blush. She didn't even notice when the old lady handed the group a room key and they began to walk away. After a light tap from Wendy, Lucy stumbled after the group.

The girls parted with the guys a little way down the long hallway as they arrived at their room. Erza unlocked the door and they walked inside. The room had two queen-sized beds and a pullout couch. There was just enough room for the six of them. The walls were painted a pale baby blue that was becoming discolored with age. The beds were covered with a floral comforter and sat atop weak looking wooden frames. The nightstands were decorated; one with flowers, one with a simple lamp, and the last with a stack of books not even Levy has heard of before. Other than that there wasn't much to the room. It didn't even have a window, which disappointed Lucy.

Erza and Mira shared one of the queen beds and Levy and Cana shared the other. Wendy had insisted on sleeping with Lucy. Lucy hadn't mind and gladly agreed. The two of them shared the pullout couch. Which, though it was rather springy, wasn't too terribly uncomfortable. The six of them wasted no time and went immediately to bed after changing into their pajamas. Everyone was exhausted and eager for the next day to come.

...

Lucy woke up in the late morning. The clock said it was eleven o'clock. She noticed she'd been sleeping later than she usually did lately. She wasn't sure why. Maybe it was because her days had become so much more eventful than they ever had been. The others were already up, but it didn't look like they'd been awake for very long.

Levy was reading a book with her small body still bundled under the covers. Her blue hair was in tangles but somewhat managed by her orange headband. Wendy was in the bathroom mixing different things together. She sat crossed-legged on the sink still in her pajamas, though her hair was brushed and pulled back into a ponytail. Cana was taking a bubble bath not seeming to care that Wendy was in there and leaving the door open. Mira and Erza were sitting and a small table in front of the hotel window talking amongst each other with a cup of something steaming in their hands' which was either coffee or tea. Lucy yawned and sat up. The others noticed her waking and good mornings spilled across the room.

"Morning,"

"They're serving breakfast in the lobby still if you want to go down and get some," Mira informed. Lucy nodded longingly. She was actually pretty hungry. The guild didn't have an official dinner or lunch yesterday; only snacks throughout the journey.

"I think I'll head down there then,"

"I'll come with you." Levy offered. She set her book down and got out of bed.

"So will I," Wendy said hopping off the counter after shaking some sort of liquid off her hands. She swiped a brush off the counter, clenched it in her fist, and handed it to Lucy. "You should use this," Wendy said gravely. Lucy's hair was in all directions and looked strikingly similar to a squirrel's nest. Lucy ran the brush several times through her knotted hair until she could easily slide it through her golden locks. She handed the brush to Levy who took it gratefully. Levy quickly brushed out her hair, which was an easier feat since she had a shorter hairstyle.

The three of them gathered by the door ready to go. As they walked out the door Erza called to them, "Check on the guys while you're out there. If they're not up, wake them." Erza tossed a key for the boys' room to them. Lucy caught it with a nod and closed the door behind her.

The three of them walked down the hall to the guys' room. Lucy unlocked the door and opened it. The three of them let themselves inside. The room was an exact replica of the girl's room only the guys managed to get it messier. They found Laxus sitting at the same table Mira and Erza were sitting at looking intently at a map. Gajeel and Elfman were arm wrestling on the bed stand. Gray was leaning over a sleeping Natsu attempting to draw on his face with the hotel pen. None of them seemed to notice that the three of them had entered.

"Ahem," Levy said. Laxus glanced up and over his map, Gajeel and Elfman turned their heads in the girls' direction, and Gray stopped trying to draw on Natsu's face.

"Hey,"

"Whassup?" Gajeel said with a slight strain in his voice from the continuous arm wrestling.

"Erza said to make sure you're awake,"

"Most of us are," Gray looked towards Natsu.

"I'm not surprised." Lucy sighed. Gray leaned down and slapped Natsu's face a couple times. Natsu groaned and opened his eyes.

"Morning." Natsu yawned. The girls shook their heads.

"Well, we're heading down to breakfast. Anyone want to come with?" Gray, Natsu, and Gajeel ended up tagging along with them. The six of them ate breakfast together and chatted amongst themselves. Lucy tried desperately to keep Natsu from eating the whole buffet. Luckily, they were one of the last ones to eat, so there wasn't much left for Natsu to get his hands on.

They ate quickly and hurried back to their rooms to get ready.

After about two hours, everyone was ready gathered in the lobby ready to go. Most everyone was eager to finally get registered as a real guild. Lucy's worries, however, we racing in her mind on again. The last thing she wanted was to lie on official documents. Even giving her real name was a risk. Surely, the people working at the Headquarters would know who she was and it would only take one of them to leak the information of where she'd be going and who with. Even without giving her name, there was a high chance of her being recognized.

The guild walked out of the hotel and Lucy followed farther behind them, her head to the ground. She squeezed her hands anxiously. Natsu slipped back to her side. He always seemed to do that. Whenever Lucy was alone or separated from the rest of the guild, Natsu always joined her. Natsu looked down at the ground with Lucy.

"Oi, Luce, can we talk," Natsu asked. Lucy made sure to look up slightly and stopped squeezing her hands.

"What's up?"

"Well, remember when Erza said you had to list what keys you had on the registration forms?" Natsu asked. Lucy's head shot up. Her heart raced. Did Natsu know about the other keys? Did he find out who she was? Or maybe he knew all along?

Lucy gulped. "Y-yeah" She stuttered.

"Well, I was hoping you would leave out the key I gave you. I don't really want the others knowing about it yet. I thought maybe we could keep it to ourselves for awhile. I also wanted to ask you if you'd help find out more about it. I don't know if you know this, but at the Registry center, they have a large book with all the keys that are in existence. New pages appear whenever a key is created and pages disappear when a key's room is completed." Natsu asked. Lucy was instantly relieved.

"Can you do that?"

"Yeah. It's really not all that strict. Guilds find new keys and change members and guild names all the time. The forms are quite easy to modify. People lie on their forms all the time. They just ask for that so they can keep track of which keys are found and in someone's possession. It also allows official proof that your guild owns the key so that way it's illegal to take them. Without that type of documentation keys are technically free game and if they get stolen there's not much the government can do." Natsu said. It was like he knew all the right things to say to wash all her troubles away. Lucy smiled gratefully. She wanted to hug the guy, but she stopped herself.

"Then of course. I'll keep it between us until you what to tell the others. And I'll certainly come help you find more about it."

"Perfect. We can come back to the Guild Center tomorrow by ourselves. It shouldn't be too hard to slip away from the others." Natsu smiled. Natsu jogged ahead to the group. Lucy hurried ahead to join them.

The Guild Information and Registry Center wasn't very far from the hotel. The guild stood in front of the many concrete steps that lead to its entrance. It was a large marble building. The middle part of the building was a large rectangle with a maroon triangle roof. Smaller rectangles came off both sides of the middle one with a dome-shaped top. The building had many windows that you couldn't see through. The steps led to an open-roofed section that was held by large marble pillars. A pair of large wood maroon-painted double doors stood tall under the marble canopy. Groups of two to twenty people walked in and out of the building.

Lucy marveled at the building from where she stood in the back of the group. Even Laxus stopped for a moment and just took it all in before beginning to lead the group up the main steps. The guild walked up them together. It was a very surreal moment for all of them. It was hard to ignore the feeling of excitement fluttering in their hearts.

The couple minutes it took them to get to those daunting doors felt like a century. Laxus and Elfman pushed open the doors and the group shuffled inside. The floor was a slick marble covered by a rug the same burnt maroon color as the doors. To the right, there was a large lounge area with several various sized groups of people sitting and standing talking amongst each other. The back wall had an elevator that people came in and out of.

To the left, there were several metal chairs and longs tables that people sat and scribbled away at piles of papers. People would get up and get plastic cups of water from a dispenser only to sit down and continue filling away at the forms.

In front of them, there was a large kidney-shaped wooden desk with three women behind it. They answered calls on the phone and wrote things down on papers. Far behind them, there was a long counter separated into several small even cubicles similar to a ticket booth. People waited in lines in front of them separated by red velvet ropes.

Laxus approached the desk and the woman standing in the middle. The woman had long dirty blond hair that flowed in gentle waves down her back. She wore a tight green dress with a long brown jacket over it. A pair of rectangle glasses sat on her nose. She seemed to sport a scowl. She looked up at them and surprised Lucy with a smile.

"Well if it isn't Laxus and his little fairies." She beamed. It was almost too happy. Lucy couldn't tell if it was genuine or not.

"Long time no see Evergreen," Laxus said. "How is Freed and Bickslow?"

"Oh, they were doing well last time I saw them. Freed misses you of course. He always asks if you've ever gotten registered and if you had a girlfriend." Evergreen laughed.

"Well, that's what brings me here today," Laxus said.

"To get a girlfriend?" Evergreen snickered.

"Very funny but no."

"I thought both were highly improbable. I truly never thought I'd see the day. I was always hoping you'd come back to the group with us, the OG of Fairy Tail." Evergreen said. "Anyway, which one of these little fairies is your Key Keeper. I know it's not Scarlet or the Strausses. So one of these little guys?" The rest of the guild parted for Lucy to step forward. Lucy did nervously.

"I'm the Key Keeper." She managed. She raised her arm up slightly as she said it. Evergreen stared at her for a long moment with a look that could just about turn someone to stone. Lucy was sure Evergreen recognized who she was.

"Do you know who this is?" Evergreen stated with wide eyes that darted across the members who looked back confused. Lucy froze in place. Natsu jumped in immediately.

"Of course! It's Luce." Natsu shouted gleefully. "Only the best Key Keeper out there for the best guild out there." Evergreen raised an eyebrow. No one noticed the deadly look Natsu gave Evergreen who seemed to get the message.

"Yeah, okay," Evergreen said slowly. "But you're not a guild yet. Go on ahead and get your forms. And since Laxus is a friend, I'll sign you up for a free consultation with our best Key Expert at five o'clock. So hurry and finish those forms. Come to me once you turn them in and I'll send you to her." Laxus thanked Evergreen. She nodded in return and made eye contact with Lucy one last time. Amusement gleamed in the woman's eyes. Lucy didn't let anything on her face show and turned her head away. The guild followed Laxus to the booths.

"Alright, wait here, and I'll get the forms. We can work together to fill them out quickly."

They waited about ten minutes for Laxus to go through the line. He came out of it with a large stack of papers.

"Geez, how much paperwork does there need to be," Wendy said.

"A lot of it is just asking for signatures and agreeing to certain conditions and such," Laxus said. "Making your guild name and members official and documented, information needed to create a bank account, things like that."

"There's a lot of extra words," Gray added. They followed Laxus to a table and filled out the papers. Lucy signed her name as Lucille Heart instead of Lucy Heartfilia and hoped her guildmates wouldn't pay too much attention and think her name was really Lucille. She signed the papers several times with this name. She put down that she had six silver keys were included the five she had originally and the one that Natsu and Gray found the day they met Lucy.

It took about three hours to go through the papers. It was around four forty in the afternoon. Laxus turned the papers in and then met back with Evergreen at the front desk. She sent them to the second floor in room 100. The guild went up in the elevators (five of them in one six in the other). They found room 100 and walked inside without knocking.

The room was mainly lit by a large window with many flowers lined on its sill. In the center of the room sat a large wooden desk covered in papers, pens, books, and others knickknacks. Something caught Lucy's eye. In a glass case on the desk was a gold key with rose gold designs coming off the bottom. The rose gold wrapped around the base of the key to the bottom. The door opened behind them. The group turned around to see a short young looking girl with wavy blond hair. She wore a frilly pale pink dress with blue ribbons hanging from it.

"Oh dear, you got here before me." She smiled. She walked past them and hopped into the swirling chair behind her desk. "I'm Mavis Vermillion. Please introduce yourselves." The members let out a plethora of greetings, each one mixed with the own personal flair.

"I'm Laxus, Miss Vermillion."

"The name's Elfman, M'lady."

"I'm Mira, nice to meet you, Mavis."

"Erza, mam."

"Gajeel."

"It's a pleasure to meet you miss Mavis, I'm Levy."

"I am Gray.

"I'm Natsu. Nice to meet cha'"

"Hello, Mavis, I'm Wendy."

"My name's Lucy."

Mavis smiled and nodded. "What nice names you guys have. What's your guild name?"

"It's Fairy Tail," Laxus said. Mavis grinned and squealed happily.

"Oh, wow, What a lovely name!" Mavis said gleefully. "I think I've heard it before once upon a time."

"My Grandfather ran a guild by the same name," Laxus said. Mavis nodded.

"I see." Mavis smiled but didn't seem to explain herself. Instead, she looked directly at Lucy and cocked her head. "You look very familiar. You look just like a woman named Layla." Lucy slouched and gave a weak smile.

"What a strange coincidence." Lucy laughed nervously. She didn't know how this woman knew her mother, but she was too afraid to find out. She couldn't risk her identity getting out to the others.

"Hmm. The thing is I'm not so sure it is." Mavis said suspiciously with a smile in her voice. Natsu seemed to move closer to Lucy in a protective manner. "Well, in any case, I have a feeling you, Miss Lucy, are the key keeper of this here lovely guild called Fairy Tail." Lucy nodded. Mavis motioned for her to move forward. "Show me what you have." The girl's eyes were eager and she seemed to sway back in forth in her chair.

"Yes, mam." Lucy went to her belt and pulled out the six silver keys she kept separate from the others. The others watched closely. Mavis took each one and observed them closely.

"These are some promising keys you have here," Mavis said. Her statements always seemed to be said like she knew something no one else did. It made Lucy uneasy. "They belong to Argentum Tower in East Forest near Magnolia town."

"How do you know?" Gajeel asked with a doubting tone. Levy hit him in the arm.

"Simply because it's my job to know," Mavis replied. She grinned an innocent juvenile grin.

"Sorry, Miss Vermillion, please excuse the three dimwits if they act dumb." Laxus apologized. The rest of them looked at him.

"Hey, we were being good," Natsu stated. Gray nodded defensively. Erza shot them a glare.

"Please go on, Mavis," Mira said. "We're sorry to interrupt you." Mavis gave a patient smile. She placed the keys in a row. She pointed to one with a green cross on it.

"This one is called Crux, the Southern Cross," Mavis said. She pointed to the next, one with a clock symbol on it. "This one is Horologium, the Pendulum Clock." The next one had a symbol that resembled a harp. "This is Lyra, the Lyre." The keys next in line was a key with the shape of wings at the bottom and one with a moon and star symbol. "Deneb, the Swan and Caverna, the Cave Serpent." Mavis tapped the last one which had a blue symbol that resembled a head. "And Finally Nikora, the Canis Minor."

"Wow, it's really amazing how you can tell the names by just looking at the key," Wendy said impressed.

"I have a good memory is all," Mavis said. "Anything else you need?" The guild members shook their heads.

"Thank you very much, Mavis." The guild members nodded and gave their own versions of praise before leaving. The guild members all left ahead of Lucy while she gathered her keys. Lucy was about to walk out the door to join the rest when Mavis's voice stopped her.

"They're a good family Lucy Heartfilia," Mavis said. Lucy looked back expecting a devious or evil look but only found a sympathetic smile. Her chin was rested on her folded palms. Her large eyes seemed to sparkle with nostalgia. "Don't lose them." Lucy eased and managed a timid smile.

"I don't plan on it, Miss Mavis," Lucy said softly.

"Stop by sometime before you leave if you'd like, Lucy." Mavis offered.

"I think I just might," Lucy said. Natsu popped his head into the doorway startling Lucy. Natsu gave a look of concern and suspicion.

"You coming, Luce?" Natsu asked looking to Lucy. Lucy nodded slowly.

"Yeah, Natsu." Lucy smiled. Natsu waited for Lucy to walk out before him. Natsu turned to Mavis who was still smiling.

"You know who she is?" Mavis asked with fake curiosity. It was clear she already knew the answer. Natsu turned away.

"I don't know what you're talking about." He said as he walked out of the door. Mavis gave a knowing smile as he left.


Well, you got some Evergreen and Mavis, you didn't ask for it, but you got it. (Any character you want to see? Just ask and I'll see what I can do!)

Thank you for taking your time to read. You're a lovely person, who deserves a lovely day!