Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
The Winds of Change
After she had seen Natsu and Lisanna kiss right before her eyes on what was supposed to be a pretty great morning, Lucy had spent the entire night packing her suitcase for the journey that she was about to embark on. She was planning to leave Magnolia to reach Rustboro, a port town where the guild of Sabertooth had resided, and Lucy knew very well that those people were the rivals of her former friends from the Fairy Tail guild. If she would be accepted in Sabertooth, then there would be nothing for her to really worry about.
It would truly be the perfect way to get payback on the people who had the nerve to keep Natsu's affair with Lisanna from reaching the ears of Lucy, and she would definitely not be sad to be leaving them behind. She was still mad at herself for putting so much trust into a guy who she had really liked, only for him to throw it all away because he thought that Lisanna was so much better, and Lucy never wanted to go through that kind of pain ever again. She could even bet that those two were sleeping together right now, happily cuddling together while sharing sweet kisses.
Lucy let out a sad sigh while she stared up at the ceiling, laying in her bed while she wore her cute pink pajamas. She definitely was angry with Natsu, but she was also having doubts about herself as well. If he had also liked Lisanna for being strong, then had Natsu always thought that Lucy was weak? A frown appeared on her face while she also had to wonder if that's what her former friends in the guild had thought as well. Lucy knew very well that she used ten of the Golden Zodiac Gate Keys to be able to get some assistance on jobs, but that did not make her completely weak.
She could only open up two gates at one time, draining most of her magical power and physical strength in the process, and the negative thoughts in her mind were preventing Lucy from going to sleep easily. The blonde mage did not exactly know that anger came with depression sometimes, and she turned on her side to stare out the window at the night sky while wondering about what she could do to improve herself. She did not want to become stronger to impress Natsu, but Lucy wanted to get better to show herself that she could change.
Narrowing her cocoa brown eyes, she kept remembering all of the times that Natsu always had to go somewhere. He was always leaving her in the mornings, or saying that he was going to be busy for a few hours, but he had always been sneaking around behind Lucy's back to be with Lisanna. He had wanted to break up with Lucy, but it wouldn't exactly be a good move for him to say that he was leaving Lucy to be with Lisanna. The celestial wizard felt really idiotic for always believing every single lie that the fire dragon slayer had sent her way, and she knew that the trust between them had now been broken.
As Lucy hated Natsu for deceiving her, she also had to keep thinking about her plan. If she had left without saying a word, that would surely make people get suspicious about her absence in the guild. However, she could always leave a note to someone that she had trusted. The only members who had not been in the guild earlier were Wendy and Carla, most likely having been out on a job at the time, and they also weren't really bent on remembering secrets about a person's love life. Wendy and Carla did not really care for love that much, but they had also stayed neutral to not get on the bad sides of Natsu or Lucy.
While it was good to know that Lucy could still consider those two as her possible friends in Fairy Tail, she also had to wonder if anybody would ever like her later on in the future. Lucy knew that there were decent guys and girls out there, but who was the one for her? She knew that there were many different personalities, since there were many people in Fiore, but what guy or girl would be attracted to her? Also, would the person be faithful enough to not cheat like Natsu? Lucy had to think about so many different factors that could affect a relationship, and she groaned in frustration while trying her best to fall asleep.
Her depression had eventually lost out to Lucy's feelings of stress and fatigue, causing the blonde girl to pass out while she laid in her comfy bed, and she began sleeping soundly after a few minutes. While Lucy looked depressed as she slept, she did not even hear the sounds of glass breaking in the distance while her former guild seemed to be having a party for Natsu and Lisanna getting their 100th job done. The music had not been loud enough to be blaring in Lucy's ears, but she had been able to hear it before she lost consciousness. The guild had been rowdy, but not to the point where glass had ever been broken.
Resting comfortably in her bed, the brown-eyed girl could not even hear the wind faintly blowing outside of her apartment. This wasn't a normal nightly breeze that would pass through Magnolia, especially if the winds gathered up in a spiraling tower for a few moments. They weren't powerful enough to blow the glass out of Lucy's home or tear the roof off of her apartment, so that was a good thing. These winds seemed to be made by magic, and the person who was making them had stepped out of the windy tower before quietly snapping the fingers on her left hand to dispel it. She walked a few steps forward to look inside the bedroom window, a smirk appearing on her face.
This woman had long wavy green hair that fell to her hips, green eyes, and she wore a purple midriff top with a long black skirt to match. Her flat shoes were violet, and this woman also seemed to have a cute purple bow in her hair. She had a scheming look on her face while she put her left hand near her left ear, and she maintained her smirk while the wind kept on blowing. It almost seemed like she was able to speak to the wind, understanding what was being said to her, and let's just say that this woman had also known Lucy from a past incident.
"My, my. What a beautiful blonde young girl, yet she seems so saddened by something. She reminds me of myself from when I had no power at all, and I would spend my days crying or eating chocolates. However, the scent of strawberries and vanilla with the personality of seeming so innocent... This maiden is quite perfect for the lady's plan, especially since she's been wanting a fairy in our guild for a while now. It won't damage our reputation, after we make her become one of us." The woman thought to herself while grinning in a plotting manner, before vanishing in the wind.
Seven hours later...
Lucy woke up to the sound of her alarm clock ringing loudly, shaking while it was next to a stack of papers that the blonde girl had been writing for a new novel, and she shut off the alarm clock with her left hand. She sat up in the bed while letting out a loud yawn, and the sunlight shined down on Lucy's face. Daylight had now made her apartment look brighter, and Lucy stretched her body out while feeling her muscles click and pop. She raised her arms high above her head, and Lucy had hoped that today would be a better day than yesterday.
She had dreamed about nothing, really, since she had been so exhausted from the stress that her dense ex-boyfriend had caused her. Lucy even felt like it would be a good idea to go the guild, mainly for the purpose of telling him that she was going to be out of his life for a long time, but even seeing him with Lisanna would just make Lucy feel upset. Just because Lisanna was stronger and faster than Lucy was, that still did not give Natsu the right to cheat on her. Even if Lisanna was kinder, making him feel so happy in every moment that they were together, that did not mean Lucy couldn't have done the same.
She heard her stomach growl louder than normal, most likely because she did not have dinner last night, and Lucy made up for that mistake by quickly going to the kitchen for breakfast to be made. She took four waffles out of the freezer, putting them in the white toaster that was plugged in on the kitchen counter, and Lucy pulled the lever down to let her waffles go down into the toaster to be cooked to perfection. They were blueberry waffles as well, so they would certainly be tasting delicious after they were done.
While the waffles were getting heated up, Lucy smiled a bit as she remembered that a message had to be left to Wendy and Carla. They were still her friends, after all, and Lucy wanted them to know that she was still their friend as well. She had a calm look in her cocoa brown eyes while she went back to her desk to get a pen, and Lucy also got a blank piece of paper to write on. She knew that the next boat to the town of Rustboro was leaving in 45 minutes, so Lucy wrote the letter fast while she also knew that she had to be neat with her penmanship.
Her suitcase had been packed with most of the clothes from her closet, and it was also filled with some food that she could eat on the boat. She had to leave everything else behind, however, but that did not matter to Lucy. She was going to hopefully have a new start in the guild of Sabertooth, wanting to be in a place where people would not hide important info that she needed to know, and the blonde mage began to feel confidence build up inside of her while she knew that it would be a good move to join the rivals of her new foes.
Lucy also wrote a letter to her landlady, letting her know that she would no longer be paying her monthly rent of 70,000 jewels, and that meant that she would not have to worry about paying rent every month. She was planning to also check out other guilds, just in case things would not work out in the Sabertooth guild, and it would be like a vacation for her to be exploring other lands while being free from a cheating guy like Natsu. Lucy cheered happily to herself, knowing that this plan would probably go really well, but it was about to come to a halt with a few knocks on her apartment door. Who could be wanting to visit her so early in the morning?
She would be a bit pleased if Natsu and Happy had the manners to knock, instead of breaking in like how they had always done, but she would still not be glad to see her pink-haired ex. If he wanted anything, even for her to give him blood while he was dying, she would still refuse to help him at all. Besides, if there was something he needed, couldn't he simply ask his more important girlfriend Lisanna to help him? Even though she hadn't officially broken up with Natsu, Lucy quickly got a frying pan from the kitchen and she was ready to completely beat the crap out of him.
"Natsu, I heard all about how much you love Lisanna! I was listening in on your conversation yesterday, you jerk, and I don't ever want to see you ever again! You cheated on me, and you're a-" Lucy shouted with a stern facial expression, tension in her brown eyes, before noticing that she was talking to the wrong person.
The woman with wavy green hair had appeared in front of her apartment, retrieving a green book that was solidified by the winds before Lucy had opened the door, and the mysterious lady had held it in her hands while smiling a bit to not arouse any suspicion from Lucy. There was also a pink envelope placed on the book, too. Lucy could read upside-down letters pretty easily, and that envelope had been addressed to her as well. What was going on? Had Natsu ordered something from a catalog and put the delivery and payment to go to Lucy's address while writing down the wrong name of the intended recipient?
"Hello there, young lady. I am Heidi Harmonia, a traveling merchant who sells many items that people would really desire. You seem to be a fairly cute and innocent girl, probably the nicest person from the nearby guild of Fairy Tail, and I am requesting your help. By the way, you should take this envelope. It's an invitation from my lady, and she's been wanting another member to join our guild." The mysterious woman told Lucy while she calmly smiled and handed the pink envelope to the blonde female, keeping her act going.
When Lucy asked Heidi about the help that she needed, the woman with wavy green hair demonstrated her problem by trying to open the green spell book in her hands. It wasn't budging one bit, not even opening at all, and Heidi gave up after her fifth attempt. She also told Lucy that the mighty Erza Scarlet couldn't even help her open it, making the blonde mage wonder who would make a book like that. She gazed down at the book, wondering why it would be sealed shut like that, and there were no screws inserted into it. The book seemed just fine, so why wouldn't it open?
Lucy told her in a concerned tone, having worry in her brown eyes as she saw Heidi's hands looking sore, "That really is a problem for you, but I still don't understand why the book won't open. I mean, you should just get some grease and-"
"The green book of spells has a magic seal on it that will only be broken for a mage whose magic speaks of its owner having a heart that shows kindness and beauty like a red ruby, and the mage must also have a pure soul that is like a sea uncontaminated by malice. Think of it like needing a red ruby and a blue sapphire, but your mind must also be green and bright like an emerald. If someone like me tries to open the book, it won't work. You should see if you can open this book, young lady. If you are able to do so, you may have whatever is inside. It would probably be of no use to someone like me." Heidi interrupted and explained while still remaining calm, seeing the pureness in Lucy's eyes.
It wouldn't hurt to give it a try to help out a person who nicely made this request, so Lucy gently took the book from Heidi's hands and looked at its melon green color for a moment. The book looked beautiful to Lucy, seeing it as some great reading material she could have in the guild while she would be enjoying her new life, and and the blonde girl smiled a bit while placing her left hand on the green book's front cover.
Much to her surprise, and to Heidi's delight, green beams of light shined brightly from the book when Lucy had been able to open it. She gasped in awe at the weird writing on the first page, seeing it to be in a possibly olden language because of the characters looking like nothing she had ever seen. The first two lines of words on the first page were in a melon green color while the rest of the page and the pages following it were also in black text. Lucy found herself able to understand the words in green, but not the words in black, despite never having seen either language before.
Lucy read from the green book in a happy manner, excitement in her cocoa brown eyes, "First spell of Wind Magic, I call upon thee! Bullet Tornado!"
In an instant, a small green tornado formed in the palm of Lucy's right hand. It was swirling around in a clockwise manner, before flying straight up off of her hand to hit one of the birds that flew over Magnolia in a flock of seven. She thought that spell was a bit cute, and Lucy did it five more times as a little bit of a warm-up exercise for any future jobs that required target practice. The tornadoes hit the birds from below, but nothing seemed to really happen. Even so, Lucy's aim had gotten a bit better than how it was yesterday.
Heidi looked a bit happy from this result, and she could see that Lucy was now excited about the new power that she was now wielding. Heidi had not told Lucy about which guild had she was now invited to, but she smirked a bit from the winds making an image of the Sabertooth insignia for her eyes to quickly see before the winds broke apart quickly. The other spells would probably be better than the first one, and Lucy couldn't wait to try them out. She smiled happily at Heidi, thanking her for showing up at her doorstep with this life-changing book, and Lucy ran inside quickly to zip up her black suitcase. The ship to Rustboro was leaving in 20 minutes, and Lucy hurriedly ran down to the harbor.
Unknown to Lucy, however, her five Bullet Tornadoes from earlier weren't just like little breaths of wind striking the birds from below. They made five miniature green blasts of energy transpire, destroying the birds while sending them flying high into the air, and the sound of the blasts had gotten the attention of many people. Erza and Gray had even come running from a nearby street because of the noise, but all that they managed to see was white feathers falling down to the ground slowly. Heidi had used the spell's delayed effect to sneak inside Lucy's apartment, closing the door behind her without a sound, and she smirked deviously while continuing to scheme.
"That went well, and I'm quite glad to have finally found the girl who can make our guild get the redemption that we deserve. After all, that guild of friendship power-ups was totally godmodding in last year's Grand Magic Games. I certainly hope that Lucy will make our guild be victorious, and she'll be doing a lot more along the way. The Victory Road is the road where the lady will want to be going on, but her goal and my plan shall eventually intersect." Heidi thought to herself, giggling a bit before she heard the sounds of waffles popping up out of the white toaster to signal that they were finally ready to show off how they could be just as sweet as revenge.
All right, I'll expand this from a one-shot like how you guys wanted. Anyway, did you like this chapter? Sorry if it's short, and Heidi is my newest OC. I also know that the concept of Lucy having a spell book might be cliched, but there will be some spells where you might not even think they could be possible. Anime physics, I guess. By the way, I'm also a bit cheered up by the fact that the Hoenn remakes will be officially out in November! Also, since this story is a romance, feel free to suggest any ideas for future chapters or fan-made omakes!