Meanwhile at the guild

It was already mid-afternoon and Natsu paused mid fighting, looking around in slight panic. 'Where is lucy?' It's not like her to be so late. He caught the incoming punch midway and stepped out of the bawl and walked to the bar catching Grey's attention. " Hey Mira! have you seen Luce by any chance?" still looking around in case he found her sitting in the corner with Levy, or on the second floor with Evergreen. Her scent was in the Guildhall but it was lingering, not new.

Grey stood next to Natsu, the same fact being brought to his attention. By this time the bawl was over, the two main characters being missing. "I am afraid I have not seen her today, Natsu. Maybe she is sick and resting. Why don't you go and check her apartment." Natsu frowned but called out for Happy but was stopped when Masters office door opened and Laxus came out, sparks flying around his body. He was pissed, no doubt.

Master climbed on the railing and cleared his throat, catching the attention of everyone. Erza joined her teammates and looked at the master waiting to hear what he had to say.

"Listen up brats!" His voice was calm but sadness seeped through it. " While you all have done a wonderful job at the grand magic games, some of us disagree with our own capabilities. One of them being Lucy." He paused and looked at team Natsu. He cleared his throat and raised a letter in his hand.

"Lucy has decided that she needed more training in order to deem fit as a fairy tail member and has left for some time. I want you three to respect her decision and no one, i mean No One will go looking for her. When she feels is the right time to come back, she will." That was all it took to make everyone quit talking. The Guildhall was silent, the only voice was Masters office door being closed. What shocked everyone was how hard Natsu was breathing, it almost looked pained. Erza put a hand on his shoulder making him snap his attention to her. It broke her heart when he just stepped back and walked out of the guild hall.

Only a few people know about what happened during the dragon war with future Rogue. Wendy and Lily understood why he behaved the way he did.

Natsu found the weight settle deep in his heart, ' was it his fault that Lucy left? Did he fail to protect her? He vowed he would always protect her, she was his friends and he loved her as one.'

But the actual person who found this difficult was Laxus. To him, Lucy meant everything, his crush, his eye candy, his mate. He adored her. How could he not? as for the matter how could anybody not adore her. She was not the light of Fairytail for nothing, she kept him sane, kept his demons at bay. Lucy thought she was weak but to him, she was the strongest person out there.

He already missed her. And it did not help when his dragon growled at being away from his mate. He just prays to Mavis she will be safe.

Lucy was shocked was an understatement.

She was a Caster who yield the power of ancient magic! She looked at the brunette in front of her, her mouth hung open and tried forming words but her brain was in shock. The Mage shifted in her seat and opened her hand when a book appeared out of nowhere. She handed it to Lucy and smiled at her.

"Here you go. This is the ancient book of knowledge, it has all the forms of magic that existed in ancient time. You will find some very interesting things in here. element keys, weapon keys, celestial spells, and the history about your form of magic." Lucy could feel the magic that came from this book as she was basically drooling at the sight of this thing.

"Can- Can i read this now?" She clutched the book close to her body and looked at her new mentor with big brown eyes, shining with excitement. Aliyaa chuckled and nodded her head smiling as Lucy got her gale fore glasses out and started reading.

She looked at Loki and saw him frowning at her. Her eyes changed colour to white for a split second and she could hear all his thoughts, happiness for his master yet caution so she does not get hurt. This was Lucy after all.

The next hour lucy soaked in all the information, her mind was fascinated by the type of magic there existed in the past. She could not believe there were other keys out there than the celestial spirits. She could not wait to find them.

" Ali-chan, you don't mind me calling you that, do you?" she handed her the book back and looked at the MAge in front. " I don't mind it at all, Lucy." Aliyaa replied smiling at the new name.

"I- I would love if you taught me how to improve myself, but i don't want to burden you." She poked her fingers together, the act was like she was a kid asking for candy.

Aliyaa couldn't help but laugh and smiled at her.

"I offered to help you, didn't i? Don't worry sweetheart when we are finished you are going to be the strongest mage in Fiore, that is a promise."

The next chapters would be her training.

hope you liked this chapter.