**** A/N: Sorry this took so long and it is so short. I promise to do better next time. It's just life happened. Also, thank you to Mariah Carmichael 3 for her review. She was right I did over use Lucy's name. Also, I did a few other things that I caught, I swear I write notes and have something looking like a plan… So I reuploaded chapter 3. And yes you did get two notification for this chapter. I uploaded the wrong one chapter. Sorry about that.

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Adrenaline kicked in making Lucy run straight for the fog to get to her child. As she passed through the fog Lucy screamed for Loke. Hoping, or in this case praying, that he heard her. She'd left her keys by her bedside, not thinking that something could actually be in her house. Nashi did the same as her mother, as the room filled with a warm golden glow. This made the fog turn around and lunge for the celestial spirit as soon as he appeared.

The fog knocked Loke off balance as it tackled him. A deep growl barely auditable to the ears emanated from the thing. As a large claw came down and raked itself across Loke's chest, Lucy grabbed up her child and wrapped her arms around her. She watched helplessly as Loke tried to fight it but any punches or kicks went right through it. The thing could touch him but not the other way.

Somehow, he wiggled his way out of the fog's grasps and made his way to Nashi and Lucy. Nashi reached out with tears in her eyes to Loke's chest.

"Loke's hurt." Was all she could say. Tears streaming down her face and shaking.

"I'm okay baby girl. I won't let this thing hurt you." He gave his award-winning smile to the child before turning to the fog. It was just standing there staring at them, if that was possible.

Deep rumbles came from the thing, some were heard while others were felt deep in their bones. The beast stood there unmoving. Watching them, anytime one would move a limb the beast's 'head' would follow. The fog around what looked like the main body danced to an unknown wind. The wings of the thing went through solid objects and from the look of it any of the fog that did not make up the main body of the beast did the same thing.

Loke leaned in to Lucy's ear, "Make a break towards the guild while I keep this guy…" was all he could say before the thing once more charged for Loke again. The blow knock Lucy to the ground. She landed on her side to protect Nashi. "Run! I will see you there!"

Nodding in understanding, Lucy got up with Nashi safely tucked into her arms and made a dash for the door. She wanted to get her keys, but she could not risk the fog coming after her. Swinging the door wide, she was greeted with another fog. This one she could tell who it was. Holding Nashi tight as the fog made a turn towards her. It was as muddled as the fog on the inside, but she could still tell who it was. Zeref.

The fog Zeref turned from her back out to look out over the town. On shaky legs Lucy took a step out the door. He did not seem to want to fight. Nearing the banister that over looked the town, in the light of the full moon, she saw more of the fog beasts. They were of varying sizes. Some were human sizes and some were smaller. They all had one thing in common; the humans that were awake could not touch them but the fog beast could touch, and destroy, anything that they laid their hands on.

Lucy started to run towards the stairs. Before she turned to walk down the stairs she turned to look back at the fog Zeref as he looked out on the chaos that was going on down below. Could she be mistaken? There was no time to ask. After she turned back, Lucy ran as fast as she could. If they did not come after her she was fine, she could run right through them. Keeping Nashi's head tucked into her, Lucy did not stop until she saw the bright lights of the guild. It was like seeing a light house on stormy seas. It was home. They were safe now.

Some of the guild members had already gotten there. There was a line of wizards standing on the outside. As soon as she cleared the door Lucy put Nashi down, only to have the child cling to her side. Erza was standing with some of the newer members as she gave her orders.

"Bring women and children here." With that the newer members ran out the door.

"Mommy, we forgot kitty and daddy." Lucy got on her knees and placed her hands on her child. Her eyes red from the crying, "We have to go back. Loke too, he was hurt." Nashi's began to cry again. "What if Loke dies! I don't want Loke to die, mommy!" Her tears began to stream down her face again.

Loke knelt beside the child, "I'm fine."

His voice made them jump. Just before Nashi jumped into his arms Loke handed Lucy her keys. He pulled the child close to him and kissed the top of her head. She was too busy to find where the fog beast had hurt him. This made the celestial lion laugh.

The guild as a buzz, how could they take on something they could not touch. Worried looks passed between members. Some of the younger ones were crying in the corner. The older members, some of which that were there during the battle with Zeref, kept to their self. No one had a plan. These weren't things that they could go up and bash like on all of their missions. As more people gathered, members and normal towns people alike, there was still no plan. Aside from the bring people here plan. Even Erza looked uneasy.

The children and nonmagical people were placed deep within the guild. Nashi and the other guild children begged to stay with their parents. After explaining many, many times that they would be safer with the other children. It finally took one of the younger newer members to watch over the them that the guild children finally calmed down.

The rest of the night was spent watching the door until morning when one of the people from outside informed them to come out and look. The members filed out to look on the town. Larger building were not touched while street vendor stalls were in pieces. The sun's rays danced in the windows of the buildings and the stain glass windows of the church made puddles of rainbows on the ground. Some of the town's folk that stayed in their homes also began to come out slowly. What was destroyed was no worse than a bad storm.

The fog beasts were gone with not even a foot print proving that they were there. Their handiwork was the only thing that proved that they were even there. If someone was a hard-enough sleeper, then it could have been written off as a bad wind storm and nothing more.

It was the thought of those fog beast everyone had in the back of their minds. Were they going to come back? What were they? Who sent them? These was the question no one could answer.

Erza gave the order to go make sure everyone in the town was safe and those things were gone. With a nod the guild went their separate ways throughout the maze of roads and pathways in the city. As Lucy followed out her orders, she replayed the night before over again. While Lucy hand seen the fog Zeref, it did not mean that he was the one behind it. He was not a beast like the others that she had seen. He did not attack her. He barely paid her attention, only turning to face her a moment. All he did was watch the terror that went on below him. If that was him, could that mean Natsu was back as well? Lucy had to squish that thought before she hurt herself.

Natsu was dead. Zeref and his books of demons were dead. That was the truth.