Lucy POV

I sighed at the paperwork on my desk. I haven't had this much since Laki decided to fight the magic council on Max's arrest for defying Magic Law. I laid my head on the desk and closed my eyes, hoping to catch a few minutes of rest. I'll talk to Natsu and Gray about this later.

"Master, wake up. The Rune Knights are here. They want to talk to you. Master, come on. Wake up!" a soft voice said to me.

"LUSHY! Wake up!"

The loud voice startled me and I lashed out at the source of it. "Shooting Star!" My victim was Natsu, who was now unconscious and burned. "Sorry. Natsu-san." I mumbled.

"San?"

I looked to my left and say Wendy who was tending to Natsu's burns. I sighed. "Sorry. Force of habit since I became Master."

"Luce. What do the Knights want with you?" Natsu asked, regaining consciousness.

"It's nothing to worry about. I'll be fine. I just have to hurry."

"Lucy-san, is everything okay? Laxus-san left the guild fuming this morning." Wendy asked quietly.

I nodded. "Everything will be alright. I just have a job to do. Where is Makarov?"

"Downstairs." Natsu answered quietly.

I bid them farewell and went down to see Fairy Tail's old master. "Makarov." I asked for his attention.

He sat on the counter of the bar, a mug of beer in hand and looked up at me with a smile. "Ah, Lucy, or Master Lucy I should say. What is it you need?" He asked in that wise way only he could pull off.

"I'm giving the Master title back to its rightful owner. I only held this title temporarily. I knew you'd be back. And since it's the master's job to pick a new master, I only held the title to hold the guild together for your return."

He nodded solemnly. "I thought so. However, I'm happy you did. You did a fine job for someone with no training. I even considered retiring before we left for Tenroujima. Erza, Laxus, Gildarts, and you were all contenders for the position. I'm glad you stayed behind, Lucy."

"Consider me just another S-Class, Master." I requested which he answered with a nod and a pat to my head. I smiled at him and looked at the guild doors where I found a squad of Rune Knights and Captain Lahar.

"Miss Lucy," He smiled, holding out his hand to shake mine.

I shook his hand firmly. "Captain Lahar, it's nice to see you. Are you here to collect the drafted wizards?"

"Yes," He said formally. He opened a piece of paper. "Lucy Heartfilia, Romeo Conbolt, Natsu Dragneel, Erza Scarlet, Juvia Lockser, Gray Fullbuster, Laxus Dreyar, Gildarts Clive, Gajeel Redfox, Freed Justine, Evergreen, Bixlow, and Wendy Marvell." All of us crowded around him, me in the center. Lahar looked at me sadly. "If you would all follow me." He led the way out of the guild hall and towards the airship parked on the beach behind the guild hall.

"Laxus isn't here. He's at Sabertooth visiting our sons." I stated before he questioned why twelve out of thirteen of us are here.

Lahar nodded. "I just heard. They picked him up along with Rogue Cheney, Sting Eucliffe, Rufus Lohr, and Orga Nanagear."

I stifled a shriek and stated in a calm voice. "Sting wasn't drafted. Neither was Laxus."

"Sting enlisted, Laxus was drafted this morning."

Feeling the rage course through my veins I opened my palm and shot a clear white beam at an innocent large rock. "They're idiots!" I yelled. "They don't even know what they're doing!" I shot another beam at the smoldering pile that was a rock a few moments ago.

"Lucy…" Natsu hugged me tightly soon joined by Juvia, Gray, Erza, and Wendy.

"Lucy-san it'll be alright. Laxus can take care of himself." Evergreen scowled at me. "If you loved him like you claim, then you shouldn't worry."

I broke out of the smothering group hug and stormed over to her. "You tell me. If Elfman disappeared for seven years, wouldn't you worry as well? If he came back after being trapped in a sphere where is magic was exactly the same as seven years ago, would you not worry? Lucky you. You were in there with him. I wasn't. Seven years didn't just blink by for me, Evergreen. I suggest you back the fuck off."

"Lucy!" Erza, Gray, and Natsu shouted at me. "Since when did you cuss!?"

"A lot has changed while you were gone. A lot."

"Wait!" Three voices chimed. We turned around to see three flying cats charged at their Dragon Slayer partners, clinging onto them. "We're coming with you!"

"Alright! All of Team Natsu is her and present." Natsu shouted.

"I suggest we get moving." Freed said exasperated while following Lahar. He grabbed my wrist and dragged me aboard the airship, closely followed by the others.

I didn't question Freed's movements. He was close to Laxus he was probably just trying to protect Evergreen from getting her ass handed to her. I sat between Bixlow and Freed with Evergreen glaring at me from the window seat. Erza was talking to Natsu and Gray about behavior and what she'd do if they didn't behave. Wendy was talking to Carla and Romeo while Gajeel and Lily were trying to not start a fight with the Rune Knights aboard.

"Don't mind Ever, she's just upset that we have lost seven years. She'll be fine soon." Freed leaned over and whispered in my ear. "We're all a little shaken up over what happened with Acnologia…"

"That's right, Cosplay Queen! You're probably suffered the most out of all of us. At least our sweethearts and lovers were there with us. You should have been there, too." Bixlow said comfortingly.

"Yep! Yep!" His 'Babies' chanted.

"Yeah… I don't think so. I don't care who suffered the most. I just care about who should survive as we go through hell."

"What's that's supposed to mean?" Freed asked me.

"Haven't you figured it out? We're going to war to defend Fiore's borders against Zeref. They're drafting wizards and sometimes, whole guilds. It was only a matter of time before they came to collect me. Regardless, of whether I opened that damned letter or not." I covered my face with my hands.

"Well you are a Wizard Saint, Miss Lucy. You took Jellal's place at his request. He is very fond of you, treats you like a little sister." Lahar smiled at me.

I blushed. "I didn't want them to know." I pulled my hands away from my face to see everyone staring at me. "Like I said. A lot has changed. Erza, you'll be able to see Jellal really soon, okay? After you were sealed on Tenrou Island, Zeref began to run amuck through Fiore destroying all that moved."

"I see you've been getting information from Hibiki." Lahar said with an amused smile.

I shrugged. "This is Zeref we're talking about."

"Miss Lucy, Miss Wendy, Please come with me." We turned to see a man I had seen a handful of times. Doranbolt. We stood and followed him. "We need wizards who are pure of heart to seal Zeref away. Two of those wizards, are you, Miss Lucy and Miss Wendy."

So Hello!

It's been awhile since I posted a new chapter on this story. Sorry 'bout that! I had just finished Finals! Whoo! So basically I'm going to be able to post more often again!

I have a new story called "Take me Home" it's a Gajeel x Lucy, so if you like that paring there it is. If you don't, oh well.

I am currently working on a Rogue x Lucy series, as per request by quite a few people who know me outside of FanFiction as well as some on the inside. That will hopefully be up by Friday (January 17, 2014), but no guarantees.

Love,

-SFL