Authors Note: Okay. So you all hate me. I get it. Lots of people hate me. But you like my stories right! You're reading one right now! So please, just please, don't bitch on me about not updating. I'm really getting into Fairy Tail again, and I'm all hyped up because it's summer and there are no evil teachers out to land me in detention... and... um... cookie? 0u0
Summary: It's been 4 years since Lucy's death. The guild has returned to their rowdy ways, but what happens if a small 6 year old girl, that looks and acts like Lucy comes to join! Wait. Her name is Lucy? Sequel to 'What She Was'
Rated: K+
Genre: Humor, Family, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort
"LUCY!" Lisanna did a little more than just glomping poor, unsuspecting Lucy, she made them tumble down on the floor. Well, it was Lisanna... just in a white puppy form. The two girls really got along when Lucy was still... you know... teenaged, and she was devastated when she died... but not as much as her team. Nope, her team was sent into an angry depression that lasted for years. "Are you hurt? Do I have to kill one of the boys?"
"Why us?" Natsu exclaimed, horrified and not at all doubting the fact that Lisanna can murder him if she wanted. "Why not Erza?"
"Because I know Erza is responsible." Lisanna stated, turning back into herself. Hugging Lucy to her chest and marching off to the bar, a chuckling Erza following.
"What is it with midget Lucy that makes girls so effing protective?" Natsu asked, "I mean SERIOUSLY!"
"What would you do if anything else happened to Lucy?" Happy said, flying around Natsu's head. Natsu blinked, "I'd kill whoever hurt her."
"Exactly, aye!"
"G-gajeel-san was that really necessary?" Wendy asked nervously, as her and the Metal Dragon-Slayer entered the guild later that day. "Sure! That kid was pathetic!"
"But we were just talking!" Wendy exclaimed, twirling a bit of her around. "Talking? That kid wasn't talking. That little brat was trying to flirt with you." Wendy blinked. "E-eh? What does flirting mean?" Gajeel bit his tongue. "Nothing. But that was still necessary." With that, he marched off to find Levy.
Wendy sighed, before she felt little hands tug on the side of her dress. "Eh?" She craned her neck to see Lucy staring up at her with wide chocolate brown eyes. "What was necessary?" She asked.
"It was neccecary to punch that kid in the face." Answered synchronized voices from behind the two girls. They turned to see that grinning pair of twins Lucy had seen days ago at the mission board. "That was hilarious by the way." Wendy gasped, "H-Hikaru-san! Daichi-san! That was mean! It wasn't funny!"
The twins shrugged, grinning down at Lucy and ruffling her hair. "Hi Lucy-chan!" They said in unison, "She's Hikaru," One said, "And he's Daichi," The other one said. "We're twins." They said in unison. Lucy raised an eyebrow. "That confuses people," Wendy piped. "No." Lucy shrugged. "I got it. She's Hikaru-chan," The one on the right, "And he's Daichi-kun." The one on the left.
"See Wendy?" The twins chirped, "We like her! She's smart, like when we were 5 year old." Then they stalked away and jumped on an unsuspecting Gajeel, tugging on his hair making him run after them as they ran around the guild wreaking havoc.
"HIKARU! DAICHI! QUIT RUNNING AROUND LIKE MANIAC'S! GAJEEL! DO NOT THROW FORKS AT THEM!" Erza boomed, waving a fist at the said Guild members. Lucy pursed her lips and turned away from the entertaining sight. She poked the sleeping Natsu next to her. He snorted, but didn't wake.
He looked around and saw Gray and Mirajane conversing by the bar, Lisanna and Levy were squealing over something in a magazine, and the remaining guild members weren't paying attention.
"I'm bored." She decided, jumping down from her stool and making her way to the guild exit. "I'll go explore."
Oh Lucy.
Roughly half an hour later, Natsu bolted upwards suddenly nearly falling off his chair. "Whattawho?" He looked around wildly, then he frowned. The guild had calmed down in his slumber, Gray and Erza were talking to Lisanna and Mirajane, so Natsu can't start a fight with him unless he wanted to risk the Erza wrath. He couldn't fight Gajeel either, because Levy was currently talking to him. The twins had slumped together at a bench, fast asleep, so there goes causing trouble around the guild with them.
That only left one sort of entertainment.
"Luuuuuccccyyy!" He jumped up, fully intent to find his midgetized best friend. "LUUUUUUCCCCCYYYYY! WHERE ARE YOU!" He paraded around the guild yelling over and over again, when a chair hit him square in the face. It slid down almost comically, and once it hit the floor, fire swarmed his fists as he spun around. "WHAT THE HELL? WHO DID THAT?"
"What are you yelling about pile'o'ashes?" Gray asked casually, taking a chug of his ice water. "Where's Lucy?" Natsu yelled, flipping him off as he did.
"What do you mean 'where's Lucy'? I thought she was with you."
The whole Guild Hall went deathly still.
Lucy looked up at the building in wonderment. It looked so simple... yet something attracted her towards it... a sudden feeling of nostalgia. She tilted her head, looking at the windows one by one, before her chocolate brown orbs landed itself on a particular window. It was slightly opened from the bottom, and Lucy could see a plant at the side.
She pursed her lips, eyes trailing down towards the front door.
Lucy skipped towards it, skidding to a stop at front. She blinked, tapping the door slightly, and it opened slowly. Lucy raised an eyebrow, wondering if anyone was home. Her first instinct was to go back to the guild, Natsu was probably awake by now, but curiosity began to bubble up inside her.
She stepped in, locating a staircase fairly close by. She shuffled up them, looking with bright curious orbs at each and every thing she passed.
Eventually, another feeling came across her. It was when she passed a certain apartment.
And of course, as an overly-excited, overly-curious, toddler of Fairy Tail, she was obligated to enter.
"Woah..." Lucy muttered under her breath, the room was so dusty. There was a desk, a bed, a table, 2 doors that let presumably to the bathroom and the kitchen. Then there were the rows of books on the bookshelves, and then there was the stack of papers on the desk.
Lucy bit her lip and continued inside, running her hand over some dust-caked objects and shaking off the dust after. There was a closet near the bathroom, and Lucy opened that first. "Cute..." She muttered, eyeing the outfits inside, a sleeveless blue and white designed shirt, blue mini skirt, and a certain pair of boots caught her attention the most. Blue and white were her favorite colors, she had no idea why, the colors just interested her, like the Zodiac's and magic did.
She abandoned the closet after a few moments, wandering towards the desk. She eyed the papers as she stood on her tippy-toes to look at them. She blew the dust away from it, chocking when it came back towards her. She rubbed her eyes, trying to itch off the dust, when her eyes caught something on the desk.
It was a picture, it was Erza-onee-sama, Gray-onii-san, Natsu-onii-san, and... Lucy narrowed her eyes, her brain racked information, who was that girl again? Before she could figure it out, she heard a loud bang. "I SMELL HER IN HERE!" Natsu yelled, kicking open the door. "LUCY!"
Lucy didn't know why, but suddenly, she felt like throwing something at the Dragonslayer and yelling at him for scaring her like that.
Natsu caught sight of her at the desk, his face broke out into a grin, but then an even stronger, familiar scent hit his nose. Strawberries and vanilla... Natsu finally noticed the room he had just entered. The opened closet, revealing the oh-so familiar clothes, the pink-blanketed bed that he loved to sleep on, the table and the kitchen, the bathroom, the desk, the novel... the pictures.
"NATSU! GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"
He felt a chill run up his spine, and the sudden feeling of wetness streaming down his eyes. Before he knew it, he was running again, far away this time. he felt himself push past Erza and Gray, ignoring Happy when he called after him. Natsu felt clouds of emotions bubble up in his chest, sadness, confusion, depression... anger.
Happy, to sad, JUST LIKE THAT! And it's not even close to the end of story yet! This is an important part of it though, it's a hint that Lucy is starting to remember.