Natsu, Erza and Gray glanced at each other in confusion, Sting and Rogue sharing the same look between the two.
"It shouldn't be, there should be 10 golden keys and a few silver ones in there. They're your spirits Lucy!" Sting commented, walking towards the bed.
Lucy frowned and flipped the pouch over, looking up at the group with a pointed look. "I know I don't remember anything but I do know what empty looks like, and this is it." She replied with a slow eye roll.
"Look you guys, I am all for going on an adventure to get my memories and magic that you said I had, back, but please don't play around with me about it."
"Lucy we swear! You had keys in there! Loke, your most powerful spirit, came out and told us where you were a few days before we saved you from Asher!" Natsu insisted coming over to inspect the pouch himself. Lucy shook her head slowly and sighed, looking down at her now empty hands. She wasn't sure what to believe.
"If you'll excuse me, I'll be back in a few minutes." Erza said with a small bow as she exited the room. Lucy watched her leave, feeling her shoulders relax and she hadn't realized they had been tense.
'Boy that Erza girl sure is scary,' she thought to herself, shaking her head.
Happy had been sitting at the foot of the bed and now walked over to her, sitting in her lap and giving her a soft hug. Lucy smiled and hugged the cat back, enjoying the warmth his fur brought. Something about the hug seemed oddly familiar to her and she clung to the cat a bit harder.
"Mmf, Wushy, can't bweave," Happy mumbled against her chest and she let go, mumbling an apology. She was pretty sure she heard one of the boys comment something that sounded a lot like, "lucky cat," but when she turned her head none of them seemed to be paying attention.
Lucy put a hand to her mouth, and let out a loud laugh, making the boys look up quickly at her like she was crazy. She couldn't stop laughing though, and soon enough they they were all laughing, mostly out of relief that Lucy was going to be alright. Lucy wiped away several tears that were straying down her cheeks from laughing so hard when Erza walked back in.
A girl about the same age as Lucy came in behind her. She was wearing an orange dress and her curly blue hair was pulled back with an orange headband. Something about those colors sparked a thought in Lucy's mind and she narrowed her eyes at the girl.
"My novel...?" Lucy breathed out. The blue-haired girl whipped her head out of the book it had been stuffed in.
She glanced at Erza, her eyes wide, "I thought you said Lucy doesn't remember anything?"
Erza shook her head, "she doesn't," she confirmed.
"Then how does she remember her novel that she let me read right before she left?" The blue-haired girl questioned before walking up to Lucy who sat in bed staring at her in confusion.
"Lu-Chan, I'm Levy, do you remember a novel that you let me borrow before you guys went on your mission?" Levy asked, tipping her head as if she were a puppy. Lucy shook her head, warning frowns around the room.
"Sorry, no I don't remember you, but seeing your hair reminded me that I was writing a novel. Is it any good?" Lucy asked the blue-haired girl, who nodded quickly.
Lucy sagged in relief and smiled, "guess I'll have to read it myself when you're done with it." She said to Levy, already realizing that they were going to be really good friends.
"So why did you bring Levy, Erza?" Natsu asked, crossing arms with mild irritation that Lucy remembered something about Levy and not him.
Levy turned and gave a smile to the group holding up the book she had brought with her. "This is a book in Celestial Magic, hopefully it will give us some idea of why Lucy's keys disappeared."
The group nodded slowly in understanding and Levy put on her magical reading glasses, opening the book and reading through it quickly. The group stayed silent, most of them ended up sitting on the bed next to Lucy's or in the floor as they waited.
Lucy snapped her fingers after they had sat in silence for several minutes. "I've got it! While were waiting for Levy, no rush though, why don't we play the question game? I can ask all of you questions and hopefully get more knowledge on myself and you guys."
The group, aside from Levy who sat hunched in a corner reading swiftly, all nodded. Erza smiled at Lucy from her spot on the bed next to hers. "That's an excellent idea, Lucy." Erza nodded in approval, crossing her arms against her armored chest. Lucy let out the breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding and smiled.
"Ok so what's the first question?" Natsu asked excitedly, looking up at her from his spot next to her bed on the floor. Everyone else looked on and waited for the blondes first question.
"Hmm, what was my favorite color?"
"Pink, like my hair!"
"Yellow, like my hair!"
Both Sting and Natsu shouted out at the same time, causing everyone in the room to look between them. They stood up quickly, matching glares etched on both of their faces.
"No way! Lucy's favorite color is yellow!"
"Nope! It's definitely pink, just look at her hand!"
Everyone glanced over at Lucy who looked down at the strange marking that was on her hand, it was indeed pink, the same color of Natsu's hair. Natsu looked smug as he crossed his arms with a smirk towards Sting, who pouted and turned away.
"I like both of your hair colors." Lucy put in and moved on to the next question.
"You guys said that I had 10 golden keys? But what does that mean? What kind of magic did I have?"
Rogue spoke up this time since no one from Fairy Tail knew just what kind of keys she had. "You had 10 golden keys that you got doing various jobs and collecting, some were given to you from birth as well. The golden ones represent the Zodiacs of the Celestial Spirit World, they are the most powerful keys. You had, Taurus the bull, Aquarius a very scary mermaid, Aries the ram, Leo the lion, Sagittarius the archer, Scorpio the scorpion, Cancer the crab, Gemini the twins, Capricorn the goat, and Virgo the maid. Your friend from Sabertooth, Yukino, has the other two. But you also had a few of the silver keys that weren't as strong but were useful, I'll tell you about them later."
"You made contracts with them and then would summon them to help you in fights or anything like that. They are pretty cool. You love them and treat them like actual people rather than tools like some did before you." Sting added, getting a nostalgic look on his face.
Lucy took in the information with widened eyes before thanking Rogue and Sting. "That sounds like I just let my friends fight my battles for me." She said regretfully. Rogue and Sting glanced at each other, remembering that was what she had said during their last mission together as well.
"No way!" Came another voice and the Sabertooth members and Lucy glanced at Natsu who had spoken.
"That may have been the case back then but here in Magnolia you're known as one of the most powerful wizards in Fiore!"
Sting and Rogue glanced at each other doubtfully and Lucy had the same look on her face as she waited for Natsu to continue. Natsu clenched his fist as he told her about the battle with the Night God and how they had met in the forest that first day.
"You have super powerful magic! You can make this awesome golden light come out of your fists and you get all these shiny markings on your body when you use a lot of your powers! You don't even have to summon your spirits you just think about which one you want! You always had this magical barrier up so no one else could sense your powers, which I have no idea why, but still it was so cool!" Natsu spoke rapidly, jumping up into her bed with a clenched flaming fist. Lucy stared up at him in surprise at his words. "Luce, you're seriously one of the most powerful wizards in Fiore." He said looking down at her intensely.
Sting and Rogue had been listening to Natsu in fascination and they glanced at Gray who had been silent. "Is that true?" Sting asked quietly to Gray. Gray merely nodded and smirked proudly at his guild mate.
"Yep, Lucy totally saved our asses when we all got hurt by the Night God monster. She brought out this bull and scorpion dude and they all kicked the monsters butt, it was pretty sick." Gray smirked, remembering the day with fondness.
Erza coughed, "Gray, your clothes," she mumbled and sighed.
Gray glanced down to see he was only in his boxers and cried out, "damn it! Not again!" Lucy's eyes grew in size and she turned her head away, looking at the other wall. "Sorry Lucy, it happens, I can't control it." Gray said apologetically as he rubbed the back of his head and grinned. Lucy nodded and was about to ask another question when they were interrupted by Levy's squeal.
"What is it Levy?" Erza asked, hurrying over to the bluenette who seemed to be looking down at the book in a daze. When she finally looked up she caught Lucy's eye and held it, a tear was forming at the corner of her eye, making Lucy frown nervously.
"Lu-Chan... I'm so sorry." Levy whispered and Lucy was surprised that she could hear it as clearly as if she had spoken right next to her.
"What's wrong?" Natsu asked, having heard Levy as well.
"Lu-Chan's keys are in different places, most likely near their magical element, but they no longer belong to Lucy, because Lucy is no longer a wizard. The contract was broken the minute Lucy lost the last of her magic. If someone else is to find Lucy's keys, they would then belong to that person."
"Wait, what does that mean?" Natsu asked still confused, while everyone else, aside from Lucy looked at Levy in horror.
"It means, that Lucy has to find those keys before anyone else does. And they're scattered across the entire kingdom of Fiore."
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And scene! I actually really like this chapter, sorry it took a while to update! Hope you guys enjoy!