Hey peeps! I like this story, do you? Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I am a little busy with school. But when I post chapters, I will try to make them at least 2,000 words long. Just so you know, Lucy is 11 and Natsu is 13. R&R please! I am making this one chapter where Natsu and Lucy are not together so I can put in important stuff they do on their own. Like Lucy getting Taurus and other spirits (making own arcs only a few from anime/manga and they will be different.) and Natsu joining Fairy Tail. Thanks to Rose Tiger for reviewing. :) :)

Saddest thing ever: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Lucy was smiling, which was a rare sight. It had been a month since she had last seen Natsu and she knew he couldn't be alive. He was fire, they were water, it was simple, really. Water quenched fire. But she could pretend he's alive. She could always pretend he just went on a different mission. She would meet him again someday.

Until then, she had her own mission. Find all 12 golden zodiac keys. And she would find them. She was determined. She heard from a friend in Shirotsume Town that there was a cow pasture nearby that you could find Taurus at.

The cow pasture was very green and grassy and, well, full of cows. But there was a farmer there. He obviously wouldn't just give anybody anything. He looked very protective and possessive. Lucy decided to try anyways.

"Hello sir, do you happen to know where I could find the spirit Taurus?" Lucy asked politely.

"Just because I do, don't mean I sharing info. But I could if I had what I wanted."

"Well, what do you want?"

"I want the cowardly beasts who keeps dragging of my cattle! I want them gone!" He growled.

"Um, okay... where do these creatures live?"

"Somewhere in that forest." He said, gesturing to the trees behind the pasture.

"Thank you... Be right back?"

"You better." He scoffed.

And with that, Lucy ran into the clump of trees nearby. It wasn't long before she neared a clearing and smelled beef cooking. She hid in the bushes and saw very gross things. A cow was sawed in half, and half was spotted over a fire with a cauldron of water nearby. The creatures who took it looked like humanoid bats, with black skin peeled tightly over their thin bones. They had completely red eyes and large sharp teeth. There were even small wings tucked in by their shoulders.

But the scariest thing was their height and weapon choice. They were at least ten feet tall and wore an assortment of whips and knives, while some whips lay forgotten on the ground. The whips on the ground were regular whips, but the ones they were wearing had some magic power to them. Some were whips made of fire, others of lightning, even one of water!

"Hey Zorka, I smell something fleshy. Something delicious." A boy bat-thingy said.

"Yum, yum, yum! I smell it to! Better then this cow!" Another boy grinned.

"Shut up! Whatever it is, you could've just scared it away! Did you think I, the almighty Zorka, had a worse nose than you two idiots?!" A girl bat-thingy shouted.

"No no! Sorry ma'am! We just thought..."

"You idiots don't know how to think! You were to busy sucking up to me to get me the thing lurking in the bushes that I want!"

"Yes ma'am! Sorry ma'am!" They shouted, rushing over to Lucy's hiding spot.

Lucy jumped up and shouted, "Open gate of the giant crab! Cancer!" And the spirit showed up in front and raked his scissors down their wings, leaving them writhing in agony, then he disappeared. Lucy rushed forward and shoved a different golden key in the cauldron. "Open gate of the water bearer! Aquarius!" And the mermaid showed up, scowling as usual.

"Next time you summon me in hot, unclean water, your dead, understand?"

Lucy shuddered. "Yes ma'am!" And Aquarius got to work. She swung her vase a round her head, a trail of water following it and she rammed it into Zorka, then disappeared, scowling.

When the water cleared, the leader bat-thingy was still there. "You really are puny. Need to hide behind something to fight." She growled, then grabbed Lucy's foot, tripping and dragging Lucy to her own feet. "Let's see you hurt me now." She grinned smugly.

Lucy panicked. She couldn't do anything, she was out of magic power and her strongest spirit couldn't bring this thing to it's knees. She grabbed the nearest thing, which was a whip, and smacked it across Zorka's face. The bat-thingy cried out in agony and shock, and stumbled back, releasing Lucy.

Lucy scrambled up and smiled at the whip. It was a normal one with a heart at the end and a strong grip. Then she whipped Zorka again and again until she was on her knees.

"Please, I'm to pretty to die!" She shouted. "Let me live and I will do anything!"

"Leave and never come back. Spread the word to stay away from this farm too!" Lucy growled.

"Yes I will. Thank you, you are most merciful." Zorka said, then grabbed the other bat-thingys and flew off painfully. Lucy smiled and started heading back to the farm. When it came into view, the farmer seemed happy.

"I heard the cries. Thank you, my farm is safe now! Oh yeah, here is Taurus's key. And Virgo's to as a bonus." He grinned, holding two keys in the palm of his hand.

"Thank you!" Lucy said, taking the two keys. "I think I will make contracts with them as soon as I get home."

"Please, come back if you need anything and I will help you." The farmer smiled.

"I will!" Lucy grinned, heading back to Shirotsume town.

Normal POV (where Natsu is: Magnolia)

Natsu was beginning to like Magnolia. It was a nice place,and helped him forget the pain of losing Lucy a month ago.

Right now, he was going to his favorite cafe... Doughnuts R Us. He was strolling down the street, when he heard screams. Natsu started running and followed them to a building on fire. There was a silver haired girl in front of it being blocked out by someone.

"My sister's in there!" She shouted. "Lisanna!"

Natsu rushed up, forcing the arms out of the way and ran up to the building. Then, he started having his 'snack', the fire. Within seconds, the building was just a building. The silver haired girl ran inside and returned seconds later, a younger version of herself in her arms.

She walked up to Natsu. "Thank you, you saved my sister. You seem very powerful, would you like to join Fairy Tail? I'm Mira and this is Lisanna. We'd love to have you there."

"Why not?" Natsu asked. Maybe Lucy is alive, and becoming famous will lure her to me. See ya soon, Luce. I will never stop loving you.