LUCY P.O.V

Italic= thoughts

I look around my apartment as I packed my final bags so that me and wendy can set out on our training trip. I have the bare Essentials wendy and i have decided to try and live off the land while training. Wendy wants to travel by foot and off any paths because gajeel said it will gives us tougher training. Although i would rather stay in hotels this is wendy's trip and i will support however she wants to lead it.

I put the last of my supplies in my backpack, which was a gift from my celestial friends to show they support wendy and i getting stronger. They got one for wendy to. I dropped it off this morning when i went out to buy camping supplies and get medical supplies. Crap it's almost 10:30 i'm supposed to meet wendy at the outskirts of town soon. I attach my sleeping bag to my bag, put it on and rush out the door. I don't worry about my landlady as mira came over this morning after i got back from wendy's.

Flashback

I walk up the steps to my apartment to see the eldest strauss knocking on my door.

" morning mira" i say as i approach her.

She jumps and looks slightly startled. " i'm sorry mira i didn't mean to startle you"

" oh i'm fine lucy i thought i might have missed you, i realized i didn't ask what time you were leaving yesterday at ur send off party" she said moving to the side of my door as i approached.

" oh we are meeting up at 11 to start our trip. I was just out buying last minute supplies and dropping a backpack off at wendy's dorm room. My spirits got us matching backpacks for the trip" i say unlocking my door.

I invite mira in and put my shopping bags on the table.

" i brought you a map of fiore to take with you and some some homemade snacks lisanna and i made last night for your trip" mira says handing me a tin and map.

" thank mira and tell lis thanks for me too i'm going to miss you guys so much" i say as i hug mira.

" do you and wendy have everything you need" mira ask lovingly.

" i think so i just have to talk to my landlord about rent while i'm gone"

" oh sweetie don't worry about that master and i will take care of that for you while you're gone"

" oh i can't let you do that mira."

" it's the least we can do after how the guild has been acting towards you two."

" oh, thank you mira" i say while i hug her.

End flashback

I'm snapped out of my flashback by wendy's arrival.

" hello lucy, i'm so excited to begin our adventure" wendy squeals.

" me too wendy i'v got our bag of missions right here how about you pick the first mission?"

" really ok" wendy says.

she reaches into our missions bag and pulls out a parchment.

" our first mission is to travel to hamanomachi a town and help find the thief who stole their sacred tree tenshi no ki." i read the job flyer.

" ok lucy what's the best to way to get to hamanomachi?" wendy ask.

I take a map out of my pack. " it looks like hamanomachi is a town nested in a valley in the mountains not far from oak town. I looks like a 3 week journey or so with training." i reply thoughtfully.

" we should get going" i say as i start walking.

" how are we going to train while on this journey?" wendy ask while walking next to me.

" we can get up first thing in the morning and run the first four hours of our days trip and i'm not sure yet what besides the jobs we can do to train our magic." i respond.

" i have an idea on how you two pretty ladies can train your magic" leo say as he pops out of nowhere.

" really loke?" i ask.

" sure lucy all of your spirits are willing to help you two train. You and wendy can battle daily and i can even teach you two hand to hand combat if you want." loke says.

" i don't know loke i don't want to hurt any of lucy's spirits." wendy says.

" don't worry wendy you won't hurt us and we all want to help you girls get stronger." loke says with a smile.

" i think loke's idea is worth the try. While battling we could both expand our magic at the same time." i say excitedly.

" i guess and with leo teaching us hand to hand combat we could be strong like the others and i could participate on missions better." wendy says excitedly.

" then it's settled" i say

" good then we can start your training tomorrow ladies. Have a beautiful day and i'll see you tomorrow ladies" loke says flirtingly.

" hey lucy have you wondered what triggered team natsu and the others to start ignoring us?" wendy ask after leo vanishes.

" i have but i don't think the others are ignoring us on purpose. I ran into cana on a job not too long ago and she asked why team natsu wouldn't let anyone near us. Also when team natsu is on a mission the other guild members interact with us, So i think it's just team natsu but i don't understand why they are isolating us." i tell wendy.

" oh" wendy says sadly.

" you know what wendy let's not think about that. Let's focus on the adventure we are going to have." i say smiling trying to cheer wendy up.

Wendy smiles at me " yea ok lucy. Let's focus on getting stronger."

Timeskip to night

" it's dark out wendy we should look for a clearing along this path to set up camp for the night" i say as the first stars show up in the sky.

" ok lucy i'll collect wood for a fire"

" i'll set up the pot to cook soup for dinner".

After dinner wendy went to bed and i sat and looked at the stars pondering what i did to cause my team to try to isolate me. I can't think of anything i've done to deserve to be treated like this by them. How could they just start treating a friend like this? I especially don't understand how natsu of all people could suddenly start acting like this. I need to stop thinking about this i told wendy we would put them out of our minds. I should go to bed we begin training tomorrow. I crawl into my tent and sleep for the night. The next morning i woke at the crack of dawn.

" good morning princess. I have prepared a hot bath for you and princess wendy as well" virgo says as i sit up and yawn.

" whoa virgo when the heck did you get here and what you do you mean a hot bath we're in the middle of the forest there's no hot water." i shout shocked.

" i have brought hot baths " virgo says as she opens my tent.

In the center of our camp sits too two bathtubs with steam rising from the water and privacy curtains so that we could bath privately. I'm so lucky to have a friend like virgo.

" thank you virgo. I appreciate the bath." i say as i disrobe.

" if that's all i will be back when you are done" virgo said before disappearing back to the spirit world.

After our baths wendy and i packed up camp and began our four hour run. After Horologium told me that four hours was up. Wendy and sat down on the side of the path we are following to catch our breath. We set up a fire to heat up some lunch.

" so ladies you ready to train some more." loke said appearing.

" after we eat lunch" wendy and i say together.

" sure thing ladies i thought i would teach you hand to hand combat first. Then maybe you two can spar."

" sounds good" i say.

" i can't wait to learn how to fight" wendy says excitedly.

We finished eating and started learning from loke. Who would have guessed he was a serious hard ass when he teaches hand to hand. Then wendy and i spared which is actual kinda fun. Wendy was sparring against gemini who took the form of wendy herself. I think we can get stronger if we can beat ourselves because in order to beat ourselves we have to know our weaknesses and be able to think ahead of ourselves. On top of that because gemini can read our thoughts we have to act just as quick as we think. After we were done sparing wendy and i walked the last four hours of the day and that was our routine for the two and a half weeks it took to get to hamanomachi.