Hello people! This chapter is pretty long so I hope it was worth the wait!

I still do not own FT! Cuz if I did Natsu and Lucy, Levy and Gajeel, Gray and Juvia and Erza and Jellal would be together/married by now.

Let the magic begin~

Lucy's POV

My breath was hitched and I clutched my shirt so hard that I would be surprised if I didn't tear it. I was walking by pile after pile together with Sting and Rouge. We were looking for survivors. Every now and then either Sting or Rouge would make a comment like "This pile is a couple of months old." Or "That pile is newer than this one." Sometimes I was happy that I didn't have the nose of a dragon slayer. I felt nauseous when I looked at all corpses. The spirit didn't seem to spare any life that it had collected. They got to a fairly new pile. The somewhat sweet, rotten smell overwhelmed me. I covered my nose and mouth to get at least a bit of protection. I stared at the pile. The bodies where impaled in a similar way that I had been. I shivered at the thought that I might have been in this pile if Loki hadn't defeated the spirit. I noticed that it wasn't very many bodies in the pile. I remembered the list.

Emanuel Osburger (Mayor) 67 years old

Juliette Gran 35 years old

Kaspur Mends 23 years old

Alma McPhee 79 years old

Hannes Burg 49 years old

Liam Jonn 6 years old

Right. There was a kid on the list. I suddenly felt the nauseous feeling again. I quickly kneeled and stared at the pile. The pile existed of 9 bodies. I couldn't find any kid.

"This is not only the people from the city." Sting suddenly blurted out. I gave him a questioning look. "I-I

"Sting… can you smell Gabriel's scent on any of them?" I asked. He shook his head. I felt a sting of hope. "Are you able to find the scent of a child?" I asked. This time he nodded. My heart sank.

"But it's not from the pile…" He started but got interrupted when a big branch where smashed down on his head. I jumped backwards as Sting faceplanted in front of me. I heard a yelp and looked at the culprit. It was a small boy with strawberry blonde hair and big brown eyes. He had noticed me and Rouge and stared straight at me. "Lady Layla?" He said with a smooth and little voice. I almost didn't hear him but I did. I flinched when he called me by my mother's name. He dropped the branch and ran up to me. "Lady Layla! You have to hurry! Jii-san* is hurt!" The boy grabbed my hand. He had an unexpectedly strong grip, and yanked me forward. I almost fell but the boy didn't let me as he just continued to tug me forward. The little boy took me to a very small cave. I had to crawl after the boy. Which wasn't easy as he still held on to my hand. After about 15 feet into the cave's small passage it suddenly widened into a big room-like opening. Even if we were in the middle of a big hill it wasn't dark inside the room. I looked around and realized that the room was filled with candles. I didn't have much time to look at the environment since the boy tugged me to a corner. In the corner, on a blanket, was a man. He seemed to be around 60 but he looked very fragile. I soon saw why. He had a big gash in his abdomen, very similar to my own. He seemed asleep but the sweat trailing down his forehead and his scrunched eyebrows told me otherwise. "Jii-san! I found Lady Layla!" The boy told the old man. The old man cracked open his eyes and directed his gaze to me. His eyes widened and my eyes widened. I was far too familiar with those eyes.

"L-Layla?"

1 week ago Natsu's POV

The train ride home was as gloomy as usual. I felt nauseous as always but I didn't throw up. Happy sat in my lap and looked like he was about to cry. Erza and Gray sat in front of me and both looked furious. Next to me sat Lisanna. She was neither furious nor sad. She was downright mad. She tapped her foot at the floor continuously and had her arms crossed. I knew that all of these feelings were directed to me. But I didn't care anymore. I stared out the window and watched how the scenery changed every second. Everything was quiet until Lisanna finally snapped.

"Natsu… When will this stop?" She asked. I remained silent. I heard her sigh. "Natsu this has been going on for too long! I know that you are worried about her but this is too much!" I closed my eyes. She was right. I may be overreacting. I turned my head to Lisanna.

"You are right. I'm sorry-"I started. "Do not say that to me! Say that to Lucy!" Lisanna interrupted me. I gave her half a smile. "Promise me that you say that to her as soon as we get back. Okay?"

"Okay."

Lucy's POV

I stared at the old man in front of me. He looked so familiar, but I couldn't remember why. The old man slowly tried to get up in a sitting pose. He almost fell right back and before I could react the boy was beside him, holding him gently around the shoulders, supporting him. The old man's eyes never left mine.

"I-is that really you Layla? I-I thought y-you died 14 years ago…" I lowered my gaze to the floor.

"I'm sorry to say this mister… but Layla Heartfilia is dead. She died as you said, 14 years ago. I'm not her." I told him.

He didn't stop staring and I started to feel a bit uncomfortable. "But then… who are you? You look exactly as her." I lifted my head and met his stare.

"I am her daughter. Lucy Heartfilia." His eyes widened even more. To my surprise he started to cry.

"Are you okay?" I asked worriedly. He didn't stop crying. I scurried forward to him and dropped to my knees. I didn't even have the time to ask if he was hurt before I was embraced by to strong, warm arms. I didn't know what to do. But the man whispered.

"Long time no see my dear child."

Author's POV

Rouge was sitting at a rock, staring at Stings body. Sting was still out cold on the ground. Rouge had been sitting like that for maybe 10 minutes. Lucy had ran off with that kid but it didn't really worry Rouge since the kid had the smell of the town on him. Rouge picked up the small piece of paper that Gabriel had given him. He stared blankly at the paper.

"Only two of the city's people survived." He muttered to himself. He heard muffled groan coming from Sting. "About time you wake up you lightbulb." He called over to the groaning blonde.

"Shaddup would ya'?! Fucking emo." Sting groaned. He sat up and rubbed his sore head. "What the fuck happened? First second I can smell a child's presence next second I black out!" Rouge just smirked.

"That kid you smelled *cough* pervert *cough* knocked you out with a tree branch." Sting stared dumbfounded at Rouge.

"You mean that a brat knocked ME out?" Sting gasped out.

"Yup. And then the kid took off with Lucy."

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"WHAT?! Rouge what the fuck have you been doing while I was out? Why weren't you looking for her?"

Sting yelled at Rouge. Rouge covered his ears and took a step back to get out of the spit zone.

"Well, it was a kid. He couldn't be much older than five so what's the problem?" Rouge wondered with an annoyed expression.

"B-b-b-b-but…"

"No. Stop. It is a kid he wouldn't be able to hurt Lucy. Plus, he smelled a lot like the city."

"Who is the pervert now?!"

The both dragon slayers were soon engaged in a fight… not noticing the sweat-dropping people.

One week earlier in Fairy Tail.

Natsu kicked the door open and ducked when a chair came flying at him. It crashed behind him. He stood up and yelled. "WE'RE HOME! AND WHO THE HELL THREW THAT?!" Gajeel stood up.

"I DID, SO WHAT FIREBREATH?!" He yelled at Natsu. In the matter of seconds half of the guild where engaged in a brawl. Lisanna tucked and evaded flying furniture and people as she made her way to the bar. She sat down at a barstool and put her arms at the counter. Her sister was soon in front of her with a big cup of Darjeeling tea. Lisanna smiled at her and gratefully accepted her tea.

"How did the mission go?" Mirajane asked. Lisanna sighed.

"We did well. Only that Gray accidently froze Happy. Later Natsu 'accidently' set fire to Gray's underwear which in the end leaded to half of the town destroyed… You know… I feel that Lucy would have been able to stop the whole thing if she had been there. I'm so mad at Natsu for being such a dicky*!" Lisanna complained. Mirajane smiled sadly.

"I wish Natsu would tell Lucy why he left without her. She has been very hurt the last month." She said. Lisanna scoffed.

"As if he has the balls to do that. I've known him for a very long time and he is not really the kind of person to express soft feelings." Lisanna said and glared at the pink-haired boy that where biting Elfman's shoulder. "Where is Lucy anyway?" Mirajane smiled.

"She left for a mission 2 days ago." She said. Lisanna's eyes widened.

"SHE DID WHAT?!" She yelled. For a moment the whole guild stopped and stared. It didn't last long and soon they continued brawling. Lisanna blushed at the sudden attention. She continued in a lower voice. "Why did she take a mission? Did she take it alone? What mission was it?" She asked, stumbling over the questions.

"Her rent's due date where coming up. Yes, she took it alone. It was some spirit that had disturbed a village. (AU note: Mirajane doesn't know that it is a city and a dangerous monster since the request didn't say that.)" Mirajane answered the questions. "She should be home in a couple of days."

"I hope that she doesn't take too long. Natsu will go berserk if he finds out!"

"Find out what?" A familiar voice was heard from behind.

'Well, Fuck.'

Lucy's POV

I stared at the man. "Do I know you?" I asked. He looked me and smiled sadly.

"Apparently not my dear child. You were so young last time we met so I am not surprised that you don't remember me." The old man answered. "My name is Emanuel. I am the mayor. I suppose that you know who I am. This is Liam." He gestured to the boy. "He is one of the people that awful monster abducted. It's probably still out there… how did you get here unharmed?" 'Apparently he hasn't been outside for some time.' I thought.

"Actually, sir, I defeated the spirit about one week ago." I said. The mayors and Liam's eyes widened.

"How come that you did that?" He half yelled.

"Well your grandson sent my guild a request, I'm a mage, and asked for me to defeat the spirit and find the missing people." I told them both.

"B-but that monster is really strong!" Liam stuttered. I gave him a small smile.

"I know. I didn't slip away without injuries." I said sadly. I've been in a coma for a week."

"But you still survived! I am amazed. You must be pretty strong to survive that monster. I would not have survived if Liam hadn't taken me here." The mayor said.

"I see that you too didn't get away without wounds, sir." The mayor chuckled lightly.

"I guess you are right. And please don't call me sir. It is weird to have your own granddaughter call you sir."

Huh?

Well there you go!

I really hope that you liked it! I'll take a little break form ILYF since I got a request from ObeliskX to write another Nalu fanfic with genderbend theme. I'll still continue on ILYF but not until I've posted chapter 1 of the new Fanfic. Right now the title of that is 'Still no title'(If you have any suggestions please tell me!)

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Guest 1: Well as you see he appears in this chapter! :)

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*Dicky: Me and my friends have noted that calling someone a 'pussy' for being scared, weak or whatever is kinda wrong… the woman's genital is very much more physically stronger than a males! 1st of all. We are able to push out a fucking baby! 2nd We are able to train our genital to lift things! And last but not least 3rd women in general are effing badass. So we decided to never call someone a pussy but to call them a dicky!