i would like to clarify that i don't own fairy tail, if you don't already know that. :). i changed the avatar arc and the alvarez arc a little.

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natsu's POV

sigh. Assembling the guild was easy enough, all I had to do was light the kings palace on fire with the words 'fairy tail'. Everyone was laughing at me for pulling such a stunt and all I could do was give them half smiles. It was great, I guess. Everyone came back...everyone but Lucy. I would look at the door every time someone opened and closed it. Not just me though. i could tell gray, erza, wendy, happy, charle, levy and surprisingly laxus( but i doubt he was waiting for lucy) were doing the same thing.

Nightfall came and still no sign of lucy. What if something bad happened to her? Not that i doubt her strength but i can't help but worry. lucy is, after all, a magnet for trouble.

My line of thought was interrupted when i felt a hand pull on my shirt. Looking down i saw asuka with a worried expression.

"What's wrong, little one?" i asked while leaning down and picking her up.

"Nothing, natsu-nii" she answered while looking at me with sad eyes.

"Come on. You know you can ask or tell me anything, right?"

"i was just wondering where lucy-nee is. I wanted to show her the new toy I got and i missed her". She said with teary eyes. Everyone seemed to freeze a little before they went on their business, but I knew they were still listening in on my conversation with asuka.

"yeah, flame brain where is lucy?" he asked while walking towards me with his girlfriend, juvia. gray, you bastard. i couldn't really say it aloud because of two things. One asuka was there and two juvia was there, that crazy woman would drown me. I narrowed my eyes at him but remained silent. I looked down at asuka to find her staring at me. Oh, right. I haven't answered her question, yet.

"Sorry, Asuka, i don't really know where lucy is."

"Okay" she looked down for a second then suddenly i saw her smile again

"Maybe she's just far away and will be here tomorrow?" she said with such hopes that i couldn't disagree with her

"yeah" i said while laughing.

"Asuka! It's time to go honey." her father shouted from the guilds entrance. i brought her back down to the ground and ruffled her hair before she took off running towards her dad.

I saw gray give me his WTF look. 'Sigh'

"What, gray?" with annoyance laced in my voice.

"You don't know where lucy is? We thought she was with you this past year!?" he said with a little hint of panic. It was my turn to give him my WTF look.

"With me?! I thought she was with you guys! i thought she was in the guild? Heck, i didn't even know the guild disbanded!" my heart skipped a beat when i realized that no one really knew where my lucy was. i knew she was gone, but i didn't know that no one had her exact location. i thought she kept in touch with some of the guild members.

"has anyone seen or heard from lucy in this past year?!" i asked loud enough for the whole guild to hear. When i didn't hear a reply i looked at levy. Surely they would have been in touch. They're best friends for kami's sake.

"I'm sorry Natsu but we haven't really been in touch this past year" levy said but i could tell she was hiding something, i could hear it in her voice. And the way she hid herself behind gajeel. But i decided to let it go. Surely if she knew where lucy was she would tell, right?

"FUCK!" i shouted. Where could she be? Damn it. i shouldn't have left her alone.

"Calm down, natsu. she's gone, not dead." erza said with a calm expression but her eyes gave it away. she was worried for lucy as well. like i said lucy, while kind, had a reputation for being a magnet for trouble.

"well how do you know she's fine!? huh? you said it yourself, you haven't been in touch with her!" under normal circumstances i would have thought twice about shouting at erza, but i couldn't really bring myself to care right now. With my declaration the whole guild fell silent. I was starting to panic. Fuck! I should have brought her with me. i am so stupid! In my peripheral view i saw levy and gajeel arguing in whispers. i strained my dragon senses to hear what they were saying. Didn't matter though i heard the one word that grabbed my attention. 'lucy'

standing up i went to their table.

"WHERE'S LUCY!?" i asked/shouted while slamming my hands on their table. i saw levy flinch while gajeel stood in front of her arms crossed-guarding her. i huffed.

"just tell me where lucy is! i know you know. i heard you two talking about her!" If i wasn't pissed before i am now. A low dangerous growl escaped my throat and my hands lit on fire.

"we don't know where bunny girl is, so why don't you fuck off. You're scaring levy!" Gajeel said with a growl of his own.

"fuck that! just tell me where she is!" i said while advancing. By now my whole body was covered in fire. the chairs and tables near us started to melt because of me.

Gajeel growled once more-louder this time and made his way towards me. Before he could take a step though levy's hand shot out to hold gajeel's hand- holding him in place. i saw Gajeel look at her and she just shook her head.

"it's fine gajeel. You're right, they have a right to find out" she said with a shake of her head.

"Find out what?!"

"well you know that we were a part of the magic council in the past year, yeah? And you know about the latest dark guild, Avatar?" i nodded my head. Where was this conversation going? i could care less where they spent the last year.

"yeah, i heard. What does this have to do with lucy?" Levy looked uncomfortable. I was starting to get impatient.

"Look. Just tell m-" Laxus cut me off before i could finish my sentence.

"no! lucy would never do that!" he suddenly shouted. i was confused. lucy. avatar. magic council. lucy. avatar. magic council. lucy. avatar. magic council. then it hit me. i stared at levy and gajeel with wide eyes while shouting inside my head 'no. no. no. no.' finally gajeel gave a tired sigh' and said out loud what was on my mind.

"Bunny girl joined avatar."

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comments? questions?...violent reactions?

yes i hear the crickets. HAHAHA. thanks for reading guys. please rate and review!

oh and don't worry the next chap is going to be laxus' POV