Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail nor any of its characters, they belong to their respective owners. I only take credits for the assembly of this story.

Summary: After a month since returning from Edolas, Lucy feels that she wasn't of much use, and when their friends needed her the most she wasn't really able to help them, thus, she decided that she will leave Fairy Tail for a year to train herself and become more powerful, but what happens when she meets with the last dragon on Eartland?

Chapter 2 – Finding a Dragon.

After a few days of aimlessly travel around Fiore, Lucy found herself in the port town of Hargeon, a town that is surrounded by water. It was already night, and she was tired so she decided to search for an inn to stop and sleep. As she walked through the town, she was marveled by how lively it seemed, even when it was late, there was light everywhere, and it was illuminated really nice. Some building had blue neon signs, while others had green and pink, and some even seemed to create a rainbow of colors with the lights, it was definitely a sight to see. She didn't had much of chance to explore the town last time because she got kidnapped, Thanks to Natsu she wasn't a slave who knows where.

'I'm glad they were able to repair everything, one would think that after all that destruction that Natsu caused they would go on bankrupt.' She thought. As she walked around town, she started to remember how she met Natsu, and how she almost fell for that Bora guy charm, How she invited her to lunch, and started to talk to him about Magic and stuff as if he didn't know a think about it. Now that she thought about it, she felt kinda dumb, after all, Natsu did know about magic, heck, he was one of the strongest one from the guild.

But her happiest memory of that place, if not her life, was when Natsu invited her to Fairy Tail, it really wasn't a conventional invitation, but it still was a dear memory for her.

Flashback

Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand and started to run away from the army that was following them, Happy attached to Natsu's shoulder. "Run Lucy! Run!", she started to run behind him, "Why am I running away with you!" she said.

Natsu turned around at that smiling dumbly, "Because you said you wanted to join Fairy Tail Right?", he let go of her hand and kept running, Lucy looked at him with a smile on her face "Yes I did!" she said and kept running behind him.

End Flashback

'It's been a few weeks, but I miss them all' she thought to herself before she reached her destination, she was in front of a huge building, it looked a lot like Fairy Tail's Building, it was tall and had 3 towers, 2 on each corner and the last one right in the top of the entrance.

A huge sign right on top of the door read "The Dragon's Inn". There were 2 dragons placed on each side of the sing, and they seemed to be breathing fire over the "Dragon's" part of the text.

She entered the inn and was rather surprised when she found it full of people, it resembled Fairy Tail more that she thought, but she dismissed it. She headed towards the counter were sat a lady with black hair that reached her shoulders, blue eyes and a black long-sleeved shirt with black pants.

"Good evening, what can I do for you?", she said when she noticed Lucy heading towards her.

"Good evening, I was wondering if you had any rooms left", Lucy said, looking curiously around, "By the way, I came here around a year ago and this inn wasn't here, how long has this been open?".

"A yes, we have, 500 Jewels the night… Yea, about that time some Fairy Tail mages were here doing I don't know what and destroyed half of the city, and since it needed the money, they allowed the owner of the inn to build this place, and he, in honor to Fairy Tail, made the building front just like theirs" the lady answered Lucy with a smile.

Lucy sweat dropped at that, and placed her left hand over her right hand to cover the mark of Fairy Tail, the last thing she needed was a Mage hating person to see it and accuse her of something. "I'll rent it" Lucy said, grabbing her wallet from her backpack and handing over the money, still careful not to show the Fairy Tail mark.

"Alright, it's the 3 room to the right, upstairs, do you want someone to get your luggage up?" the lady asked, "No Thanks, I can do it", Lucy said with a smile. Once she was up at her room, she locked the door behind her, threw her backpack on the bed and headed towards the bath to take a shower.

Once she finished, she simply dropped in bed, and was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

The next morning, Lucy woke up early and decided to go look for Magic stores, although last time she was here there was only one, she was sure that after the destruction she and Natsu caused there was bound to be at least another store. She headed down towards the restaurant of the inn for some breakfast. 'Mmmm, now that I think about it, I don't have any food left, I should buy some too, just in case I get stuck somewhere' Lucy thought.

It wasn't that she didn't know how to survive without food, heck, after teaming with Natsu so much, survival stuff came to her naturally already, but that didn't mean she liked it that much either. Once she finished she headed towards the market district of town.

It was a lively place, just like she remembered from last time she was there, many people were yelling advertisements for their shops, others were yelling for their individual products, but what called Lucy's attention was the big "We're selling all out, 90% discount on every magical item you find!", It was the same shop from where she got Nikora's key. She entered the shop and was surprised due to the decrepit state it was in, it was almost empty, and there were spider webs everywhere.

She headed towards the counter where stood a young boy with blue black hair and blue eyes, "Hi, what happened here?" Lucy asked the boy, Said person turned around noticing the presence of Lucy and smiled warmly, "We're selling out, there is no one to take care of the shop anymore, and since mages don't come here all that much anymore, I've decided to start something else", "What happened to the old man who used to attend here?", Lucy asked, allowing her curiosity to come forth.

The boys expression darkened a little but still kept eye contact with Lucy, "He was my father, he died a bit after restoring the town from a weird illness, he loved this place, I remember before he died he told me that his last costumer was a blonde lady that bought a key", the boy said, smiling happily again, Lucy blushed a little at the comment, 'Was I really his last costumer?' she thought and said "I'm Sorry to hear that".

"Thanks, so, What can I do for you today?" the boy asked Lucy, "Mmm, I was wondering if you had any Celestial Keys left". "Sure, I have just the last one" the boy smiled and turned around. He started to open a few drawers and then a few boxes, he then went to the back of the shop and Lucy could hear the noises from boxes moving.

After a few minutes he returned with a little box on his hand, "Here you have, it's the last actual magical item I've got, 'Caelum', It's an offensive spirit, 2.000 Jewels" he said, while handing the little box to Lucy for her to see it. She opened to check the item and decided to buy it, she had been on the receiving end of a similar spirit and it wasn't all that pretty.

After she left the store, Lucy decided that it was time for her to get some groceries so she could survive without the need to go hunting around for animals. She reached a market where she was able to get canned food, Apples, water, pears, oranges and some bread. She then went to the inn so she could place all that she bought in her backpack and have something for lunch as well.

She sat at the restaurant and asked for some meat with boiled vegetables and while she waited, she heard some people talking around here, but there was something that called her curiosity, so she turned her ear towards the people who were talking to hear better.

"Did you hear? Apparently some fishermen tried to go to the Aqua island, but something weird happened, and their boat just blew up, and they lost their memories of the accident", one guy said, he had a grave voice.

"Really? I didn't hear, but I was told that supposedly there lives a really powerful but dark mage, if you get near that island, the mage will try and kill you" a feminine voice said.

This scared Lucy to know end, causing the hair on her neck to stand up and for her to get goose bumps, and just then, the waitress came in with her meal in hand, surprising her and making her yelp. The waiter looked at her as if she was a weird person, "Sorry, just wasn't expecting for you to return so quickly", she said with a smile. The waiter dismissed the act, but the yelp caused many people to look towards her. Lucy, embarrassed simply hid her face behind her hair and ate in silence, but thinking, 'I wonder what that is? Perhaps I should go check it out; It sure as hell sounds like a nice way to learn a thing or two'.

Once she finished her lunch, Lucy returned to her room to look for one of the work contracts she grabbed before leaving the guild, there was one that consisted on looking for a cat in Hargeon, so she decided to make her way towards the contractors house to see if she could gather any clues to where the cat could be. She arrived to a pretty normal 2 story house, it was blue, and apparently there were to rooms upstairs and the living room and kitchen were downstairs. She neared the door and knocked 2 times, at first nothing, so she knocked again, but this time she heard something moving and someone saying, "Coming!".

The Door opened and there was a little girl there, she was sitting on a wooden wheel chair, she had white hair that reached her shoulders and silver eyes. She looked at Lucy and smiled warmly, "Hi, What can I do for you?".

Lucy was a little shocked from the wheelchair thing but was able to smile as well, "Hi, I'm a mage from Fairy Tail, I've come for the job of finding your cat, if it is still available of course." Lucy said, the girl seemed to brighten up a little at the mention of her cat, and turning around with a move of her hand, she signaled Lucy to come in and take a seat.

Once Lucy sat down, the girl looked at her in the eyes, "Yes, it is, nobody has been able to find him no matter who it is, they are starting to say that he's dead, but no one confirms it either!" her eyes started to get wet from tears, and she broke her gaze from Lucy's eyes and stared down to hide her tears. Lucy placed a hand on her shoulder trying to sooth her, "Don't worry; I'll do my best to find him…" She said with a smile, "now what I need is a picture or something so I can know how he looks like" she finished. The girl nodded, cleaning the tears that left her eye and turning around towards a table, she opened a drawer and produced a picture from it, she looked at it longingly before turning towards Lucy and handing the picture to her.

The picture was of 2 people and one cat, the taller one was a boy with white hair as well and purplish eyes, the other one was the girl, but she was standing near the boys shoulder and the cat was sleeping over a table in front of the boy and the girl. The cat was white with black streaks running from the back part of his neck towards the end of its tail, and his paws had black stains too.

"The Boy is my older brother, he left a few years ago to get some money, he wanted to get me operated so I could walk again, but he hasn't returned yet, however, he promised he would return, so I'll wait for him as long as I have to" she said, tears started to come down in her face again, Lucy hugged the little girl in an attempt to console her, the girl tense up but after a bit she relaxed in the hug and hugged Lucy back.

After a little while the girl was able to pull herself together, "I'm sorry, I don't know what came into me, My name is Aria" she said. "Don't worry about it, are you feeling better now? I'm Lucy" she said, extending her hand for Aria to shock it. They talked a little longer, Aria gave Lucy some tea, and she drank it happily. After a little while, Lucy decided it was time to leave, she stood up and grabbed the picture, "Mind if I keep this?" she asked Aria, motioning to the picture in her hand.

Aria nodded and opened the door for Lucy, she stepped out and turned around, "Before I go, what is the name of the cat?" she said looking into the picture, "It's Roda" Aria said with a smile. Lucy returned the smile, "Right, It's a pretty name!...", she bent over so her head was at the same level as Aria's, "Look, I don't know how much time it will take me to find your cat, but I promise you, no matter how long, I will bring you the news you sick, I promise you alright? So don't lose hope, nor with me nor with your brother!". Aria nodded as tears started to form under her eyes again, and before Lucy could notice it, the girl had thrown herself into her chest, hugging her again. Lucy returned the hug and patted the girls back.

Now that she had a picture of the cat she could start searching for it, but before that, she headed towards the port, where she planned to rent a boat for that "Aqua Island", she reached a little shack that said, "WE RENT BOATS AND CREW FOR IT TOO!", she sweat dropped at the name but shrugged and entered the little shack.

It was small, to the left were a few tables with people that seemed like fishermen sitting there, when they saw Lucy go in the stopped talking and kept staring at her, at the back was some sort of bar with the barmen cleaning a glass of water, and to the right was some sort of counter with a cashing machine with a bald guy sitting there with a bored expression. She neared the counter and started at the man, "I want a boat and a crew for Aqua Island" she stated as if it were a normal petition, the guys who were looking at her started to look somewhere else and to murmur between them. The bald guy eyes almost bulged out of their sockets at that name, but he regained his composure, "I can sell you the boat, but I won't give you crew for it, nobody wants to die, are you sure you wanna go there?" he said, with special remark on the 'sell' part.

Lucy looked into the eyes of the bald guy, "I'm sure I wanna go, but what do you mean 'nobody wants to die'", Lucy asked him, "You must be new then…" the guy said smiling, and causing the fishermen who were talking to laugh out loud, Lucy and the bald guy ignored them, but he continued, "I meant what I said, since around 5 years ago, every boat that nears that island has been destroyed, and the crew in those boats either is dead or simply can't remember anything of what happened there. Some people say is haunted by a demon, and some other say a giant creature is the guilty one and some others go to the extent of saying it's a dark wizard. The truth is, nobody really knows, but they don't want to find out either." The man said, with a creepy tone.

Lucy felt shiver go down her spine, but suppressed them, "Very well, how much for the boat then?" she said, every men in the shack looked at her with and incredulous expression plastered on their faces, "Didn't you heard girl? You. Are. Going. To. Die", the man said with an evil tone, Lucy shrugged and said with an equally evil tone, if not worse. "I. Am. Not. Going. To. Die, Now Tell me, how much and when will it be ready to sail?" Lucy said, some of the guys in the shack shivered at her cold tone, but all the bald man did was shake his head, "Your Funeral, if they find your body of course. 550.000 Jewels, ready to sail for tomorrow morning", Lucy grabbed the money from her wallet and gave it to the man, "Here you have, I'll be here first thing in the morning, I hope it is ready by then and with that she left.

A few hours later.

Lucy was in her room inside the inn, Sure she was scared like hell, but something was telling her that she should do it, besides, something was fishy about the whole thing, 'If the guy doing all that wanted them he clearly could kill them easily, however, if he was erasing their memories it meant something else, first he needed to be close, and second, he didn't wanted them to find him, that was clear, but why not kill them all if he was already a murderer' she thought, she trembled at that, but still, dismissed it.

She grabbed her things and prepared them for tomorrow, once she was happy that everything seemed to be in order, she took a relaxing shower, slipped into her pajamas and went to sleep.

The next morning.

Lucy woke up early in the morning, and left the inn in a rush. She headed towards the port where she found that the boat was ready and all of the people who were inside the past evening were there. 'Why are they here?' she thought, but ignored it.

"Good morning Miss" the bald guy said once she reached them, everybody else stood behind him and they all nodded, "Good morning" Lucy said with her usual smile, "Why are you all here?" she asked. "We thought you might want to customize the boat a little and learn how to use it, seeing that it is yours now I thought it was the least thing I could do before you…." He trailed off at that, "Anyway, first thing first, we thought you might want to name it, so, what would it be?" the bald men asked.

Lucy was rather astonished at that, "You… Don't have to do it", she said still surprised at the offer, "Perhaps not, but we want to, you are not only the first lady who wants to rent a boat for herself, but also the first person to dare and go all by herself towards that island, so as a celebration for us, and a gift for being the first costumer in both categories, we decided we will do it, so, give a name", the guy said smiling proudly at her.

Lucy was rather happy at that, but was still nervous at the whole traveling fact, none the less she answered, "I wouldn't say traveling alone per se but…. Anyways, Mmmmmm, For the name… Mmmm, Yea, I think Fairy Tail would do" she said smiling at the once she finished talking. 4 guys from the back yelled, "Aye Ma'am!" and with 3 liters of red paint each pair, they started to pain the boat both in the front and the back.

The bald men explained Lucy how the boat worked, and how she should move the sails around and why as well as showed her in a map were should she go and left it to her, after a little bit of time, the paint also dried up, leaving a perfectly white boat with the 'Fairy Tail' name on each side of it. "Well miss, you are all set, happy traveling, and be careful… Oh, Before you go, mind if I ask you your name?", the bald man said, "Thanks for everything, I'm Lucy, also, you might wanna step back a little", She said smiling, the bald men nodded, "Alright miss Lucy, if you survive that trip, and ever make it back here, be free to leave the boat here and I'll make sure it stays as good as new, My name is Jiggy". They all stepped back as Lucy said.

She grabbed a key from her key ring and chanted, "Open!... Gate of the Lion… Loke!". Everybody gasped as a cloud of smoke covered Lucy but after it cleared, it revealed Lucy and another guy already on the boat. The guy had spiky brown hair, he was wearing glasses with a slight tint of blue, and a black suit with a blue shirt and a yellow tie with black stripes.

"Loke, can you help to drive this?", Lucy asked Loke who nodded in response and started to pull the sails side while Lucy helped him with the other side, once they finished and the boat started to move Lucy waved to the bald men who waved back, "Good luck, be careful" he said.

After a bit of traveling, they were headed in the right direction and so far it was a peaceful travel, Loke asked Lucy, "Oi, Lucy, I've been wondering, Why do you want to become stronger? As far as I'm concerned, you are pretty powerful right now, and you have the love from all of you spirits, which is really hard to accomplish".

Lucy looked towards him and smiled, "Perhaps, but I'm not strong enough. Don't get me wrong, I'm not in a power trip to dominate the world or something", she said chuckling, "And I know, that there will be always someone stronger than me, however, I don't need to be stronger than everybody else, all I want is to be able to protect all my friends, as well as my spirits" she finished.

Loke was surprised by her answer, and then chuckled a little and smiled towards Lucy, "Thanks, Lucy, All of you spirits thank you for that, you, unlike our other owners, care about us" Loke said with a soft voice, Lucy blushed a little but shook her head, "No need to, Spirits aren't tools, they are people, and they are part of my family, just like the guild" she said as she turned to look at the sky.

It was then that she noticed that the sky had darkened, she turned around and noticed an island in the horizon, "Loke, is that Aqua Island?" she asked, Loke nodded and started to move the sails in the right direction, however, when they were around 3 nautical miles away from the island, a storm broke out, so hard that it started to flood the boat. Lucy started to drop the water grab the water into a bucket and threw it outside the boat, however, it wasn't fast enough and the boat was starting to sink at a rapid rate.

'What to do!, What to do!, What to do!' she thought frantically until an idea came to her, "Loke! Grab onto something quickly!" she yelled towards him, causing him to turn with a questioning look on his face, but did as she told her.

Lucy grabbed a key from her Key ring and yelled, "Open!... Gate of the Water Bearer!... Aquarius!" with that, a Mermaid appeared, she had a long blue tail, and her hair was blue as well, she wore a revealing bikini top and had a blue urn in her hands. "Aquarius, get us to that island! Before we sink!" Lucy yelled while she pointed towards Aqua Island.

"You Idiot! Do you want my hair to look like an afro or something! Tch!, Summoning me under the rain!" she yelled back, but did as told, she placed the urn over her head and with a motion of her tail water started to spurt out from the urn, causing a gigantic wave that moved the boat towards the island. They landed safely in the beach, the boat was fine,

only a few scrapes and lost the white pain in some placed, but in operational conditions.

Lucy however, fell unconscious due to hitting herself with a coconut that surrounded the beach; this caused both Aquarius and Loki to disappear. A creature was moving behind the threes, and from the look of it, it was a HUGE creature seeing as a big chunk of three were moving at the same time.

Lucy woke up with an unfamiliar feeling; she was leaning over something that moved rhythmically, Up and Down, Up and Down, she also found it was warm. She also felt something on her lap, which also moved rhythmically, Up and Down, but it was different from the thing she was leaning on.

She opened her eyes and noticed and unfamiliar ceiling, it was grey, and it seemed rocky, she then turned around to see what was she leaning on, but once she saw it she froze. After a few minutes the inevitable occurred, Lucy screamed like never in her life. This caused the think in her lap to move and jump running away from its place to who knows where, and the gigantic thing that she had was leaning stood up really fast, thinking it might be a threat, but this prove to be a big mistake, due to the size of the creature and the high of the cave, once the creature stood it crashed against the ceiling causing a loud 'TUD' and the cavern to move in a tremor.

Lucy, scared like hell, stood up and started running towards the light, thinking it might be the exit. She was right, however, the entrance seemed to be blocked by some threes placed on the floor and she failed to notice them, thus, tripping with them and falling face first into the ground, "Ouch!", she said as she turned around to try and stand up but then, she froze.

The huge creature inside the cave had its head out from where she came, and coming out, removing the logs with its pawns as if they were simple branches. Lucy managed to crawl away from the creature, allowing it some space to stand. Once the creature was out it was around 10 meters tall and 8 meters long, it was a blue creature and was looking directly into Lucy's eyes. The eyes of the creature were light blue and they seemed to be looking right into her soul.

Lucy was frozen, and all she could say was, "Dra… Dra… Dr… Dragon!"

I hope you guys liked it, I know I did, and tried to add a bit of humour to the thing, however I'm not sure if I succeeded, please tell me how I did. Review!.