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Lucy's POV

The next day, I met Juvia outside of her house once again. This time, however, a certain Iron Dragon Slayer was waiting with her. He looked at me and nodded.

"Sup Bunny Girl?"

I raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. For years I had told him not to call me that, but it only seemed to provoke him more. I had even changed my normal hair style to a braid, but he still refused to drop it. Eventually, I had just let it go.

"Lucy, are you feeling better today?" Juvia asked me.

"Yes, Juvia." I knit my eyebrows together at her use of the word 'you'.

Gajeel looked at me. "Can we talk for a minute?" I asked him.

Following him around to the side of his house, he gave me a worried look. "Alright, Ashley. What the hell is wrong with Juvia?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, she has been talking in the first person all morning!" Gajeel exclaimed.

My mouth dropped open in shock. "Juvia? Talking in the first person? Something must have happened."

He gave me a look. "So…you don't know?"

I shook my head but looked at him determinedly. "Not yet, but I will soon. Just leave it to me."

This was a lot harder than I thought. When I tried to talk to Juvia about her sudden change in perspective (literally), she just shrugged me off and said "I don't know what you're talking about" or "I'm just talking normally, that's all". This girl was starting to scare me.

I had my own problems though. When we arrived at the prison they called a school, the first thing I was a crowd of people. But the crowd was not what froze me in my tracks. It was the familiar faces inside.

Not half the guild, just the ones most likely to find me.

A pyromaniac, a stripper, a bookworm, and a cake-o-holic with a certain interest in swords just happened to be waiting at the front gates. For what, I wasn't sure. I slightly quickened my pace and dragged Juvia inside before anyone could see me.

I turned to her. "Code red! Code fucking red!"

"I know." Juvia said dreamily, hearts in her eyes. "Gray-sama is much cuter in person! It is love at first sight!"

I looked at her like she had grown two heads. I had always known that she had a little crush on my former friend, but love at first sight? Wasn't that a little over board?

I waved a hand in front of her face, but Juvia didn't blink. She just stood there staring off into space. She was probably dreaming about what their kids would look like. "And…I've lost her."

"Jeez. What's wrong with the narrator?" A voice came from behind me.

I turned to see Jellal standing behind me. Silent as a mouse, like usual. "She fell in love with Gray Fullbuster."

He looked at me like I was the insane one. "Gray Fullbuster? And Juvia?" He thought for a moment. "You know what, Ash? I can see it."

I should explain the Ashley thing. When I moved to Hargeon, I started going by the name Lucy Ashley. Very few people knew my first name, and even those who did called me Ashley anyways. Juvia was the only person who called me Lucy.

"That's not all. She has been talking in the first person all morning. Gajeel saw it firsthand." His eyes widened at that, and he went over to stand in front of her.

Tapping on her head, Jellal asked in a particularly loud voice. "Juvia? You in there, narrator?"

She shook her head and glared at him. "Of course I am here, Jellal. Where else would I be?"

He laughed. Something that Jellal only did around me and Juvia. "Just making sure. Hey, why don't you two girls come to karaoke with me tonight? We could invite Gajeel and make it a party!" Juvia had already gone back to la la land, so I was on my own.

I blinked and stumbled for an excuse. "O-Oh um no actually I have to study tonight and then I have some chores to do and Dad might be coming to visit this weekend so I have to prepare and I don't really sing anyway so you three can go on a-" He cut me off.

"No, Ashley. You are coming. It's your birthday tomorrow and we are going to celebrate."

I sighed. Did he have to bring up my birthday? I was trying so hard to forget it. "Fine. As long as it is just us four."

He laughed nervously and ran a hand through his hair. "Well…I may have invited a few other people."

My eyes narrowed. "And who exactly did you invite, may I ask?"

"It's a surprise." And with that, he turned and disappeared down the hallway.

Natsu's POV

The gang and I walked through the front doors of the school. I took a few steps only to ram into something. Or, might I say, someone.

I looked up to see and tall, brown eyed boy about my age with hair that was a few shades darker than Levy's. He had a red tattoo above and below his right eye. He looked at me, expressionless.

"Sorry." I said.

"It's not problem. Are you new here?" He asked.

I was about to answer, but was cut off by Erza. "J-Jellal?" I looked around to see her eyes wide, her face slowly turning a shade of red that could rival her hair.

I turned back to the boy. A shocked face replaced his expressionless one. Then, it broke out into a grin. "Well if it isn't the great Erza Scarlet!"

She jumped into his arms, hugging him tightly and he returned the gesture. "I didn't know that you lived in Hargeon." She said happily.

"Well I had to live somewhere." He answered sarcastically.

She giggled and punched his arm playfully. I wasn't even sure that this was still Erza. I cleared my throat.

They both turned to face me. Gray and Levy stood by my sides, equally shocked. "Guys, this is Jellal Fernandes. Jellal this is Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, and Levy McGarden. Jellal is an old friend of mine."

While I stood there dumbfounded, Gray took the chance to speak up. "Old friend?"

"Yeah, we were childhood friends once before I moved to Hargeon." Jellal spoke politely. He turned back to the Scarlette (A/N: Hahaha…no? Ok). "What are you doing here? Last I checked, you were somewhere in Magnolia."

"We came here to find an old friend. Don't you watch the news?" Erza responded.

He shook his head. "I don't really pay attention to that kind of stuff."

She rolled her eyes. "Have you heard of Lucy Heartfilia? She worked for Fairy Tail inc. before one day abruptly leaving and disappearing off the face of Earthland."

"Of course I know about her. That is common knowledge."

Levy piped up. "Well, we decided that seven years is far too long for her to be away from us. We're going to find her and bring her back to Magnolia!"

Jellal blinked. "So…you decided to start here?"

Erza nodded. "Yeah, Natsu originally met her here in Hargeon. We think that it is a pretty good place to start."

He ruffled her hair playfully. "Well, you might as well enjoy yourselves while you are here. Welcome to Hargeon Academy!" He winked at us. "A friend of mine is turning seventeen tomorrow, and I was thinking of taking everyone out to Karaoke tonight. Wanna come?"

Erza instantly smiled. Weird. Was something wrong with her today? "Yes, we would love to." She turned and gave us a death glare. Nope. Nothing wrong with her. "Right, guys?"

"A-Aye!" I stuttered.

"Yep!" Gray said a bit too fast.

"Sounds like fun." Levy did not seem fazed.

"Great! See you all there." With that, the blunette marched down the hall. I noticed that he quickly turned back into the expressionless statue that I had seen not ten minutes ago.

What an odd place this was.

~Flashback~

The guild was as lively as ever. Throwing tables, laughing, drinking. Everyone was having a good time. I waited anxiously for my best friend to arrive, hoping that she would have another song done so I could practice it with her.

When the ten-year old blond pushed through the doors, everything stopped. All eyes were on her and for once, Fairy Tail was silent. Lucy's eyes were red and puffy, with no trace of her usual smile. There were bags under her eyes and I knew that I would not be getting that new song any time soon.

Without even a glance at me, she walked up to the Master, who was sitting on the bar.

"M-Master M-Makarov?" Lucy seemed to be trying desperately not to let her voice crack.

"Yes child?" Gramps asked worriedly.

"I…" She took a deep breath and stood up tall. "I am leaving Fairy Tail."

Everyone gasped. Happy flew to her, attempting to hug her while wailing, but she shoved him off roughly. I ran up behind her.

"Luce, why are you leaving?"

Lucy turned to me. When she looked at me I saw the pain behind her sweet brown eyes. Who caused her this much sorrow? I would kill them!

Then, the pain disappeared, replaced by…nothing. Her face became blank as an empty canvas. "That is none of your business, Dragneel."

"No! You aren't leaving!" I grabbed her hand. "I won't let you!"

She glared at me and pulled her hand away. Turning back to the Master, she spoke harshly. "Do not let them look for me. Ever." And with that, she stalked out of the guild.

"Lucy!" I screamed, running after her. The Master jumped down and stood in my way.

"Do not go after her Natsu. Lucy left for a reason." The old man did not seem surprised that Lucy had left, though the sadness was evident on his face.

The guild was still and silent, except for the soft crying that could be heard by most. The only loud noise left in the hall was my broken wailing.

"LUCY!"

~End of Flashback~

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