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*Hibiki's p.o.v*

"Why couldn't we have gone with them?" Eve cried, for the 100th time, from his currently restrained position on the bridge of the Christina. We were returning home, to Blue Pegasus, after informing the remnants of Fairy Tail that their holy island was in fact; still around after all these long years.

"Because," I snapped, giving my friend a hard glare. "The fact that the island is still intact doesn't mean anything. Eve it's been seven years, they are all dead...do you really want to see something like that?" My voice softened towards the last question, because I knew that I most certainly wasn't a brave enough man to walk onto that island and see the skeletons of my dear Lucy and our friends. I watched the shock dissipate from Eve's face, I hadn't meant to snap like that but he had been getting on my nervous with his incessant whining about not being able to go along to tenrou.

"I know that is the most probable scenario, I'm not stupid." Eve murmured his eyes now downcast towards the floor, his bangs covering his face so that no-one could see his expression. Eve had always been childlike in features and personality but right now, like this if you didn't know him, he honestly looked and seemed to be a young child...no older than maybe 13.

"How old..hahah..do you think...hahah..Eve is Lucy?"

"Ano...13 if I had to guess."

The sound of her words from our conversation so many years ago in my mind and the memory of Lucy, Eve and Myself on that train laughing and joking over Lucy misjudging Eve's age, hit hard as I thought the very same words that she had spoken so long ago. I felt the back of my throat start to burn, as tears started to build up on me. How I wish those days had never ended, how I wish she was still alive with us.

"Eve," Ren started to say, concern evident in his voice. I was glad Ren had stepped in here, so I could make it look as if I'd just needed to concentrate on steering, instead of letting people know a wave of painful nostalgia had hit me, knocking the will to speak right out of me.

"It's just that I...I wa-was hoping, that maybe if the island managed to disappear and reappear, then Lucy," He looked up at this bit, directing his gaze in my direction with tears glistening in his eyes. "She could still be alive!" His tears were now freely flowing down his boyish face, though his eyes did not break from my own. I couldn't respond to his plight, because the lump in my throat had decided to grow with a vengeance. I knew where he was coming from, I really did as I had thought the same thing after I had seen the results of my data research, and I'd also been hoping the same thing secretly all this time too, that by some powerfully unknown magic she'd still be alive and return to me.

Then reality had kicked in, there is no magic in this whole damn magical world that could keep my Lucy alive for seven years without food or water. I also knew that if she had been alive all this time; she would have found a way to get in contact with me! I'd woken up from my long cold depression, Lucy was gone and not coming back. I had and still have moved on from that dream; I have some resemblance of a life back, a weird sort of relationship with someone who has been with me every step of the way through losing Lucy to returning to my old self (she's also really understanding over the fact that I still miss my old girlfriend), work and friends. I'm finally happy again, so I can not allow myself to believe Eve's hypothesis for even a second or all that hard work will go down the drain! Eve needs to see this too or how else is he ever going to move on from the loose of his big sister figure.

"Listen to me, Eve." I started to speak renewed determination clear in my voice, as I walked away from my position at the helm after setting the autopilot on and over to the man, placing my hand on his shoulder in a show of comfort. "As much as we miss her, Lucy isn't coming back alive. You were there you saw that dragon and the power it held."

"But...this is Fairy Tail we're talking about, they have 3 dragon slayers." He was starting to get desperate now, we could all hear that. I gripped his shoulder tightly now to try and make him see just what he was saying. This words ripping through me like a knife, as I'd thought the same thing many years ago.

"Not even a dragon slayer could have handled that monster," Ichiya spoke regretfully, his gaze looking off into the distance from where he stood next to me. Bet he's envisioning Erza right about now, he always did have a crush on her. Eve's tears started to fall harder at Sensei's words.

"Remember what you said to me when I wanted to give up the search?" I prompted, maybe this approach would work better. He shook his head at me to show he didn't remember. Just great, guess I'll just have to tell him some inspirational words of my own then!

"All we can do now is say goodbye, through burying them, so that we can all finally be at peace." I patted Eve's head here, before I decide to move onto the harsher, reality check. "But you really need to understand that there is no miracle magic this time. I'm sorry to have to say it so bluntly Eve because I know Lucy meant a lot to you too, but it's the way of a wizard. We never know when a friend will or won't return to us, it's why we always have to treasure the time we spend with one another and the memories we make in the process."

"Extraordinarily put Hibiki-kun," Senpai complimented me, from where he was now sat by the window. When did he move? Never mind, I thought as I heard the operating system ding in warning that we were arriving at our destination. I gave the still silent Eve another ruffle of the hair, before standing up and returning to the steering wheel so I could park this baby.

I was the first one off the Christina seeing as I had to go and report straight to Master, before I could go and run some errands in town that needed doing. Then I'd be free to take a job with my team...hopefully that should distract Eve while Fairy Tail go, inspect their holy island and return. I was'nt convinced it would help keep his mind off of things but at least it would be a start.

"Hey guys," I called from the back door to the guild. "Grab us a Job request, while I fill Master in okay."

"Sure," Ren replied as he floated down off the Christina, along with Eve and Ichiya-Dono.

"Great, remember pick one with a big reward seeing as you have a wedding to pay for!" I teased as I re entered the guild. Ren and Sherry had started out the same way as Lucy and Me...all thanks to the oracion seis incident, but the only difference between us was that they would be getting married soon after 7 years of being happily together.

I was jealous of them to be frank, they had what I had wanted for Lucy and myself marriage and the start of a family life...but I'm sure I'll get married one day and if I ever become a dad maybe I can name my daughter after Lucy, as a show of respect to an amazing wizard.

"Ah Hibiki, you're back early." Master Bob called out to me, from his usual spot behind the bar.

"How so?" I questioned, walking over so I could have a more civilized conversation with him.

"I thought maybe you'd take them to Tenroujima in Christina, to save everybody at Fairy tail some time," Master explained handing me my usual drink, which I gladly accepted even if I hadn't actually ordered it.

"Um, no we didn't offer," I mumbled taking a sip of my drink, hoping Master would drop the subject before Eve came into earshot. I did not need him hearing that Master had suggested we go to the island too.

"Nevermind, it would probably have been too painful for you and Eve anyway." Master sighed, titling his head to the side. I nodded my head in agreeance. What I don't add was that for me it would have been torturous to see the place where Lucy had told me those bittersweet last words of hers. Those words that I never got the chance to respond too.

*Lucy's p.o.v*

"Please don't go, don't leave me, you promised to stay with me forever!" I screamed, as I watched Hibiki walk off into the distance with a mysterious blonde on his arm. "I love you." I sobbed, crumpling to the floor as everything around me faded to a cold, bone chilling darkness. What was happening? Why doesn't he respond to me, or at least give me an explanation, he promised we'd be together forever, that he'd never be with anyone other than me for the rest of his life. So why was he walking away from me with that other woman? Who is she anyway?

"Wake up, Lucy."

Who is that? It doesn't sound like a scary voice..Mum is that you? No it can't be but it sounds familiar...wonder who it could be.

"Lucy!"

"Hmm," I groaned opening my eyes a little...Urg why was the sun always so bright! Wait sunshine? I sat bolt upright looking around me, it had just been a bad dream, nothing more than a nightmare. Hold on a second why was I waking up on the floor in the middle of the forest?

"LUCY!" Came two crying voices followed by me being returned to my previous position of lying on the ground, due to being glomped by... wait who are these people anyway?...Is that Max and Warren? Okay I was royally confused now! Also why do they look older than the last time I saw them...it had only been a week since we left the guild, right?

"W-what's going on guys?" I asked in surprise, as the two continued to sob into my chest.

"You're alive, you're alive," Warren chanted, as if he'd believed me to be dead for a long...

-memory returning-

"RAAAAAAA" Came an ear splitting rawr from over head causing me to raise my hands over my ears to try and block that unholy noise out.

"What the hell was that?" Hibiki asked, his face rather pale as he uncovered his own ears, whoops guess all of Blue pegasus heard that too then.

"I...I don't know," I stammered, putting my lacrima down to eye level again, as I started heading towards the guild camp along with Gildarts, Cana, Natsu and Happy and the rest of our little group.

"Lucy that didn't sound good," Hibiki and Eve said at the same time...I know that guys. I broke out into the campsite and looked up to see a large black and blue scaled dragon thing hovering over our heads, we were in big trouble.

"The black dragon of the apocalypse; Acnologia," Masters words rang through my head; isn't that the dragon that destroyed an entire nation by itself?

"You have to get out of there now!" Hibiki screamed at me concern etched across his face. I'm sorry Hibiki I may never see you again I'm so sorry I thought feeling tears well up in my eyes as I took a long look at his face it might well be the last thing I ever see.

"RUN GET TO THE SHIP!" Gildarts screamed jolting me out of my staring, it was now or never.

"I Love you, Hibiki." I smiled at the man on the other end of the connection letting tears fall down my face as I felt a huge shock wave blast me backwards and knock my lacrima out of my hands.

After that, I remember we all fought with everything we had to survive, before holding hands and saying we would return to fairy tail before getting blown away.

-end-

"What the hell is going on guys?" I asked, my panic levels raising as my memory returned to me.

"We thought we'd lost you seven years ago, oh thank god we were wrong!" Max explained, still sobbing. But now at least they had removed themselves from me and were now pinning Wendy to the ground in their embrace instead.

"Seven years? Lost us?" I froze, as everything started to click into place...this did not look promising. In fact this looked downright horrifying.