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-Oby Abel-

Chapter three: Healing

Blood. Blood everywhere. Her hands, her body just everywhere. She was shaking as she saw the limp body of Astra River lying on the ground. Her right hand held the bloodied dagger, her whole body shook violently. The smell of the blood was making her sick. Her Fairy Tail insignia had disappeared because of the blood. Suddenly the dead body stood up and stared at her with a blank expression. It frightened her.

"You killed me. You are a murderer. Die!" The body of Astra leaped forward and began strangling the blonde who cried as she thrashed on the ground. She suddenly stopped her struggle. She was afraid but didn't fight for her survival. She had deserved it. She was a killer. A monster.

The blonde felt the dizziness from the lack of air, and slowly, ever so slowly she was beginning to lose consciousness.

"…Princess…" a voice called for her but she ignored it as the air was leaving her body.

"Princess…wa..p…" The voice called again and this time she registered who was calling for her. Loke, her most loyal spirit. Her survival instinct kicked in and she panicked trying to get the bloodied hands of Astra away from her throat.

"No! Please no!" She choked out as the grip got tighter and she was lifted up. She was going to die without saying her farewells. Without confessing to Natsu, without ever seeing her friends at the guild. She closed her eyes as she thought of friends at the guild. Their bright smiling faces she would never see again. It hurt so bad.

Suddenly the grip around her throat vanished making her fall down. She opened her eyes abruptly looking around. It was pitch black. Nothing could be seen not even her own body. It frightened her more and then her body began falling. She felt like she was falling into nothingness and tried to grasp anything, something but there was nothing. Nothing but darkness.

"Nooooooo!" She yelled as she sat up sweat covered. Her breath ragged, heart beating rapidly trying to jump out of her rib cage. She was back inside her apartment, she noticed immediately. Her hands twisted around the fabric of her bed sheets.

"Y-you okay?" a concerned Loke asked making the blonde look side ways finally noticing her friend who not just looked concerned but sad too.

She took a few breaths holding her hand over her heart in calming manner. She tried to shake the nightmare off but it was too livid and frightening. It was like every other nightmare she had since that day. With one shape intake of air she nodded to her friend. "I- I'm better now. Just another nightmare."

The Lion spirit nodded sadly and handed her a bottle of water which she gladly accepted. She was happy she had friends like her spirits. They looked out for her when she was in her worst state.

"Thanks Loke, for everything." She said with a small smile after taking a few gulps of her water, it soothed her dried up mouth. The lion spirit smiled and patted her shoulder.

"You are more than welcomed. Take a bath, I'll be in the living room." he said and stood up walking a way.

A bath sounded perfect for the shaky blonde. Just what she needed after a nightmare.

After a long warm bath she got dressed and walked out from her bedroom to the living room. She was surprised to see Virgo and Aries standing in front of her dinner table setting all kinds of food up. Loke must've called them, she reckoned and greeted the two spirits.

"Morning guys."

"Good morning Hime. We made you breakfast." Virgo greeted back.

"Good morning to you to Lucy-san. Sumimasen." the timid Aries greeted with a smile.

Lucy smiled as she sat down and thanked them both for the rich breakfast they had prepared. She was still shaken up from her nightmare but with her spirits next to her she felt much better. They were the greatest.

"So are we leaving today?" Loke asked. They had just finished eating breakfast and now sitting on the couch drinking coffee. The blonde looked up from her mug to him as she shrugged. "Today, tomorrow I don't really care. Just that we leave soon."

"Then I'll go to the guild and talk with Master. Should I ask him for anything else than a boat?" Lucy shrugged her shoulders. What was important for her was leaving Magnolia to gather her thoughts. "Okay, I'm leaving." Instead of just walking to the guild he shimmered away making the blonde her roll eyes. Her friend was lazy.

"Hime, I've packed your clothes and food. Do you need anything else?" The Maiden asked as she entered the living room with suitcases and bags full of clothes.

"Thank you Virgo, I don't think I need anything else." Lucy said with a kind smile. The spirit nodded and disappeared with the clothes to the Celestial World. Lucy only needed to pack her toiletries.

Two hours easily passed and everything was all set. Lucy had paid her rent for four months with the jewels from the Oakfield mission that Natsu had brought. She didn't want to use them but she just couldn't throw the money away so she decided to use them after all. And now she was I'm Hargeon Port with her friends. They came to see her off after Loke announced they were leaving today.

"Are you sure this is for the best, Lu-chan?" Levy questioned as she hugged her best friend tightly. The bluenette didn't want Lucy to leave especially after learning everything that had happened. She wanted to be with her friends and comfort her not send her off to be alone.

Pulling away from the hug Lucy smiled at Levy with a kind genuine smile. "I am sure Levy-chan. I need this. Give me a few months and then you can come visit me. You all can." The blonde said shifting her eyes from the hazel eyed of her best friend to all of her other friends that had come to see her off. "I just need alone time to gather some thoughts."

"If anything happens on the island just contact us immediately. Remember to use the lacrima communicator, Lucy." Erza stepped forward with a stern look. She too was worried a lot for the blonde after learning what had happened on her mission. It had hurt most of them finding out the truth.

Smiling Lucy nodded and gentle walked up to hug the mighty Titania. "I will Erza. I promise. But don't worry too much because I have my spirits with me. Come visit me in a month." Erza returned the hug only to cause the blonde to turn blue from the lack of air. The scarlet haired woman just didn't known her own strength. Lucy was pulled away from the hug of death by Cana.

"You almost killed her." the brunette snorted before hugging the blonde from behind.

"I'll miss these two." She sighed groping the blonde's mounds making her blush shades of red.

"Cana!" She cried but was ignored.

"I'll come visit you in exactly 30 days so you better prepare for a party with lots of booze." Lucy rolled her eyes as she tried to squirm away. Her friend was so perverted but she will miss her nonetheless. She would miss them all.

"As much as I would love to watch you two feeling each other up, I think we all want to say our goodbyes and see you laters." Gray said with a sly smirk approaching the two girls.

"WE ARE NOT FEELING EACH OTHER UP, YOU PERVERT!" The blonde yelled embarrassed and finally got free from Cana's hold so she could kick the raven haired pervert. "Lucy-kick!" Gray went flying a few miles away, crashing into a building making the blonde smirk. He deserved it.

"Gray-sama!" the cries of Juvia was heard next running towards her beloved Gray-sama.

"Lucy, I've packed you some lunch, so eat it all up when you arrive." Mira said cheerful making the blonde turn around with a smile.

"Thanks a bunch, Mira." Mirajane put the bag down to hug the blonde. "If you need anything don't be too shy to ask, ne?"

"Of course. Take care and don't let the boys wreck the guild too much. I would like to return to a fully intact guild." She giggled.

"Don't worry, Erza will definitely keep them in line. Just hurry up and come back. We'll miss you a lot." The barmaid said teary eyes making the blonde feel bad.

"I'll miss you too, so don't cry. I'll come back as an improved Lucy. I'll call the guild as much as possible." She assured hugging her friend tighter.

"Good, and hurry up and make up with Natsu, he is depressed and sad about how he handle the news." The barmaid said pulling away and looked at the sulking Dragon Slayer who was comforting his feline best friend. Lucy looked behind her and frowned.

Sighing, she turned back to look at her friend. "I will try. Take care." She hugged her friend one last time before walked up to the sulking and sad duo.

They looked at her, Happy flying into her embrace. "Don't leave us again Lushi!" he sobbed making the blonde look down at him patting his back. A sad smile plastered on her beautiful face.

"I have to do this for myself, Happy. Don't worry, I won't be gone for long. Three months tops and plus I'll be on Tenrou Island. Nothing bad will happen." She said with a soothing voice.

The blue fur ball pulled away to look at her with his big glistening eyes with a sniffle. "But it's not as safe as Fairy Tail is. Staying with your nakama would be better. What if they comes back?" he referred to Zeref and Acnologia. Thinking about it made the blonde shiver. It was a possibility but being on Tenrou Island meant that she couldn't die no matter what happened, so she had pushed the cons away and focused on the pros.

"I can't die on Tenrou Island so don't worry. And First will also be there if anything should happen and my spirits too. There is nothing to worry about buddy. Come visit me in a month's time, okay?" She assured him with a smile scratching him behind his ears making him purr.

"Okay, I'll bring lots of fish with me and give you one." that made her giggle and thank him. She then looked up to the Dragon Slayer who looked at her with eyes full of sadness. It hurt her to see him sad but she was sad too.

"I forgive you, Natsu, but I'm still sad." She said dropping her smile. She was indeed sad about how he reacted and almost shouted at her. It broke her heart and she needed to stay away from him for a while. She had to forgive herself before she could ever fully be happy again. And she truly did forgive him, but it still hurt so badly.

He opened his mouth to speak but closed it again, not knowing what to say exactly. He knew he had hurt her and he blamed himself for being too rash and he wanted to apologize but how? Saying it won't be enough, right?

She was his hesitation to speak and gently smiled at him as she put her hand on her shoulder. "It's okay, Natsu, it really is." She told him. Her smile may be gentle but it didn't reach her eyes , he noticed. Her eyes were full of sadness and it broke his heart.

Without thinking he pulled her into a hug, crushing the Exceed in the process.

"I…" he said hugging her tighter. "I will wait for you and then I'll apologize. I know I hurt you a lot but it wasn't my intention. Seeing you hurt was never my intention. So don't forgive me yet because I don't deserve it."

"Nats-"

"No Lucy. Don't. I don't forgive myself so you shouldn't either." he felt like crying for the first time since losing Igneel. Lucy was his best friend and partner and the only person that was special to him. She was his Lucy and he had hurt her so forgiveness was not an option for him. Not yet.

"But I truly do forgive you. Your my best friend, how can I not forgive you? You were worried about me, and yes, you could've perhaps handled it better but it's you, Natsu. You act before thinking that's just how you are. It's your nature."

"But I hurt you! I made you cry more!" he pulled away from her and looked at her with bewilderment. The blue Exceed inhaled sharply before flying away from the blonde's embrace but they both ignored him and stared at each other.

"Don't hate yourself. Just don't. It's not worth it."

"Then don't hate yourself, too! It's not your fault what happened to the dragon!" her eyes widened at his exclamations.

"That's…" She didn't know what to say. She immediately looked away from him and locked her eyes on the ground. He did have a point but…

"True. It's not your fault. The bastard did that to her and you saved her and perhaps the world too. So if I shouldn't hate myself for hurting you then you shouldn't hate yourself for what happened on the mission." He said reasonable. He was absolutely right but the blonde didn't want to admit it. She couldn't.

"Then hate yourself! I can't forgive myself, ever!" She yelled angrily and hurt. Tears falling down. She ran away from him and quickly boarded the ship. She wasn't ready to forgive herself. She had killed another living being. She had! And that's the worst sin ever, in her opinion.

"LUCY!" She ignored Natsu's yells. She just wanted to leave and be alone. She had so much to atone for and she was a coward. A coward that pitied herself too much. So petty. She sat down, her face buried in her knees and cried. Such a coward.

Natsu was dumbfounded. He stared at the sailing ship though his face was turning greener by the second. "S-she just left." he said repeatingly. "She just left?!" his eyes widened when realization finally sank in. "SHE FUCKING LEFT!"

"Did you first realize that now, Ash Brain?" Gray said annoyed. She hadn't said goodbye to them all because of Natsu and that annoyed the Ice Make mage.

"HAPPY!" Natsu called for his best friend looking left and right for him as he ignored Gray. "WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW HER!"

"No you are not." Erza said with her harsh and commanding voice. "You will not follow her, are we clear?" She seethed with the deadliest glare that sent everyone shivers down their spines. She was terrifying but Natsu didn't care. He had to speak to Lucy.

"No." he said glaring back at her and making everyone in earshot gasp. He actually refused Erza's threat and that surprised the mighty Titania as well but she quickly composed herself, scowling at him.

"Then I'll make you." She said with a summoned sword in her hand.

"Then I'll fight you." he glared, getting into fighting position.

Before both could charge at one another, Master Makarov grabbed both of his brats by the neck. He had turned into his giant form. "No one will fight or go after her, is that clear?" he bellowed glaring at the two mages his was holding. Both nodded before they were set on thr ground.

"Lucy needs time, and that is what we will give her. Until she calls us with the lacrima no one, and I mean no one will follow her to Tenrou Island. Got it?" he stared at Natsu, warning him with grave consequences if he tried to follow her and that made the Slayer gulp as he nodded.

"Good, now back to the guild!"

…

Lucy had fallen asleep after crying for hours and now she had woken up but she quickly noticed it wasn't the ship. No she was surrounded by trees everywhere, shading her from the still evident sun.

"You're up, good." A familiar voice said making her look to her left. Mavis was crouching in front of a campfire staring at the small flames mesmerized. How did she know Lucy was awake when she was looking at the fire so passionately?

"Uhm…" Lucy slowly sat up, turning her whole body towards the tiny ghost. "Did you bring me here?" She asked.

The ghost turned to look at her with a smile that reached her eyes. "Your kind spirits helped. They've also set a campfire if you were to freeze. It can get really chilly here at night. "

The blonde smiled back and nodded. It wasn't night but it was a bit chilly but that was perhaps because she was still tired. She moved closer to the fire to stay warm.

"So Third told me about you coming. How are you feeling?" Mavis asked with curiosity. She loved conversing with the Fairies and she loved to have company even more. Staying on the island all alone was very lonely that's why she visited the guild quite a few times over the years.

"Did… did he tell you the reason why?" She asked nervous, playing with a stick next to her not daring to look at the ghost. She was afraid to get judged by her too.

"He did,"Mavis said still smiling. "and your shouldn't worry. You did the right thing." Lucy looked at the ghost, bewildered.

"How can ending another person's life be the right thing?!" She asked incredulously. Why were people telling her it was okay when it wasn't! She killed another person!

"But Astra asked for it herself, didn't she?" Mavis was unaffected by the other blonde's tone and kept her smile on her lips.

"She didn't ask to be killed!" Lucy shouted as tears were slowly forming in the corner of her eyes.

"No, she did not but she accepted her fate." Mavis said and looked at the young mage sternly. "And so should you too."

"I can't!" Lucy cried. "No matter what you or the others says, I can't! I have her blood on my hands!" The tears sprung alive again. She was so guilt ridden.

Mavis softened her stare and moved closer to the crying blonde. "It's okay child. It's okay. It will take time to get over it but you will do so eventually. Fairy Tail will always stay with you." Lucy hugged her as she cried on the ghost's shoulder.

Mavis soothed Lucy with reassuring words. She was thinking back on the time when she had experienced the same thing. How she had been the reason for Makarov being motherless. It truly was the worst feeling but it would ease with time. If her friends could forgive her then she would listen to them. She hoped Lucy would do the same. Because she knew she hadn't asked for anything of it, she was just at the wrong place the wrong time.

After crying for hours Lucy pulled away and thanked Mavis for her kindness and for comforting her. The kind ghost smiled and brought the blonde with her to a river. They both went in to take a nice relaxing bath. Mavis did her best to cheer Lucy up and try to forget about her misery. She even went as far as made a list on things they had to do while Lucy was staying, a list that would distract Lucy.

…

"Has she called?" Natsu asked as soon as he entered the guild. Mira smiled sadly and shook her head. "She hasn't, sorry."

It had been two weeks since the blonde left and Natsu was going insane. He wanted to leave immediately and seek out the blonde but Master Makarov was watching him like a hawk. He even made Erza, Gray and the Thunder God Tribe watch over him and not the forget his treacherous feline friend, Happy.

"Morning everyone." A chirpy voice broke him from his moping and made him turn around to watch who the chirpy voice belonged to His eyes widened seeing the blonde. "FIRST!"

"How's Lucy? Is she okay? Did something happen?" he grabbed her shaking her for answers.

"She is fine, she is training with her spirits." Mavis smiled not bothered by the violent shaking. He let go off her gaping at her.

"Training?"

"Yes," She giggled amused by his silly expression. "training. She says her hellos."

"Did she say when she will be back?" Levy asked the ghost with a hopeful expression. She missed her best friend a lot.

The ghost moved over to the bar and sat on the counter, shaking her head. "No though she said she'll call soon. She is a lot better."

Many sighed relieved by the news of her being better. It was the only thing they wished for, to see Lucy smile and be her cheerful self.

"That's good to hear. Really good." Levy smiled whole heartedly. It made her happy that her Lu-chan was getting better.

"We are so good friends!" Mavis chirped cheerfully. "It's like we've known each other for a long time. We are best friends!"

Almost everyone stopped whatever they were doing. Cana choked on her barrel, Macao coughed as he too had choked on his drink and Wakaba dropped his pipe coughed because of a wrong intake on his pipe. They all stared at the First Master will bulging eyes.

"WHAT?!" Natsu and Levy yelled in unison both in disbelief of what they just heard.

Mavis looked at them for a long second before looking at the quiet guild that stared at her weirdly. "What?"

"Best friends? How so?" Mirajane asked from behind making the petite ghost look at her. Mavis smiled brightly at her question.

"We just clicked right away! I think I know everything about her as she knows everything about me. She is so easy to talk to. Lucy Heartfilia is my new best friend."

Makarov's eyes widened even further, dropping his mug with his ale. "D-did you tell her about that?" he stammered uncharacteristically, gaining the Guilds attention.

"What's that, Master?" Mirajane questioned suddenly becoming really curious as were the rest of the members.

Mavis smiled at him and to his horror nodded. "Of course I did! Best friends shares everything and she took the news very good actually, making me extremely happy."

"WHAT?!" Makarov exclaimed. "Only guild masters are allowed to know that!"

"So? Lucy won't tell anyone plus I liked that I could confide in her about that and she was really sweet and understanding. She is the bestest friend ever!" Mavis gushed happily.

"WHAT IS THAT?" The guild yelled in unison getting impatient and their curiosity was eating them up.

"Nothing!" Master shouted. "First, let's talk in my office." Makarov was really unhappy with this newfound information of Lucy knowing. He had vowed his whole life to protect the secret from everything and everyone. Heck it even drove a wedge between his power crazed son and him.

"I don't want to." The ghost whined as frowned and pouted childishly.

Makarov sighed rubbing his temples. Mavis was seriously making his head ache badly and he couldn't even yell or get mad at him. She was like a deity – the goddess of Fairy Tail.

"Besides," She began, hoping down from the counter top and gained Makarov's attention. "I need your Slayers help. Actually I need those two from Sabertooth as well." She looked between the four slayers who all looked at her confused.

"What for?" Makarov too was confused but he had a feeling it was for Lucy's training.

"For help of course!" She exclaimed loudly followed by a grand smile adorning her childlike face. "I've made schedule for her with the help of her Capricorn and all the Slayers has to come help her."

"How are we going to help, bunny girl?" Gajeel asked gruffly crossing his eyed. He had heard Levy mention about Lucy becoming a Dragon Slayer of some sort but he hadn't been too keen on the idea after hearing she had to kill the Dragon. It was a crime in his eyes and heart. An unspeakable crime.

"As you all know Lucy has been bestowed the powers of a Dragon Slayer but not from just any Dragon. Draco, the first dragon ever existing and the maker of all of your magic."

All slayers eyes widened in surprise. They had not known that Lucy had inherited the power of the parent of all Dragons. This would only mean she had grown stronger than ever.

"That makes Lu-chan to be some kind of dual Dragon Slayer.." Levy muttered breaking the silence. She looked up to see many look at her with clearly surprised faces. She hadn't meant to say that out loud. "Oops."

"That is kind of true, child," Everyone's attention turned back to the First master. "She has power, immense power but it is not dual it's Celestial and Elemental."

"What does that mean?" Natsu questioned. He was getting more confused every second the ghost spoke.

"That means that Lucy has the power as you do. She has Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Metal, Life, Death any kind of Magic that exist. She has The One Magic." As she uttered her last sentence they all gasped.

"T-the O-One Magic?!" Master stuttered completely shocked by the news. One of his brats had The One Magic but that's outrageous. It couldn't be.

"Yes. The One Magic. And I was right all along. It's love." Mavis' smile grew brighter and bigger and she glanced at the Fire Dragon Slayer before to the tiny current guild master who looked shocked yet confused.

"L-love?"

"Yes love. And of course the power of every single magic that exists. It's hard to explain and it's really not my place to mention this," She took a quick glance at Natsu again before averted her attention to every guild member who gaped, "but I can tell you that love is indeed The One Magic. Love can be shown in any way. Love for life itself, for friends, for ones mate and for just everything."

"So this means that she can beat Zeref for good?" Gray asked after shaking off the shock of the news off of him.

"That would be a possibility." Mavis nodded looking at him. "But she needs training. She needs to learn to access her new power and that's why I need the Slayers to have a talk with me."

"How will you gather all the slayers when it's not all of them that see you?" Makarov questioned. He found everything ridiculous and quite frankly too shocking to be true. Of course Lucy was strong but to be strong enough to beat Zeref and also have The One True Magic sounded too good to be true.

Mavis grinned happily. "I've wrote or I made Lucy write two letters. One for the two Slayers at Sabertooth and one for Jellal and Erik in Crime Sorcière."

At the mention of Jellal's name Erza's interest peeked. "Jellal? Why did you ask for him too?" She asked with much eagerness.

"Because of his Magic. Celestial and Heavenly Magic are almost one in the same with the only difference being that Lucy is a Holder type and he is a Caster type but all that had changed now. Why do you ask?"

Erza's cheeks immediately turned red and she found the floor to be very, very interesting. "N-nothing r-really." She almost squeaked when she heard herself stutter.

"You could join them, I can squeeze you into the schedule." Mavis spoke with mischief laced in her chirpy voice.

Erza looked up to face her but regretted it when she saw the glint of teasing in the tiny body of the First master's eyes.. She knew that glint very well because she had seen it in Mirajane's eyes when she was going about her plans of matching a couple in the guild.

"N-no you don't have to." She really wanted to since it had been real long since she had seen Jellal and she missed him a lot.

"But I insist. Perhaps you could teach Lucy requip magic so she can store and summon her keys and whip any time. It will be good. Both Celestial Magic and Requip magic are Spatial Magic, and you are a pro." Mavis mused with the glint still in her eyes.

"Okay." The requip mage inwardly groaned because she fell for the matchmaking scheme of her First guild master. But she had a point. It will be only to Lucy's advantage to learn a little requip magic to store her items.

"When do we start? I'll be the first one to go." Natsu announced with a happy grin. He was all fired up to meet Lucy and train with her. He had really missed her and they did leave off on the wrong foot so they still had some talking to do.

"Actually you will be one of the last ones." His grin faltered turning in to a displeasing scowl.

"What? Why?" Why was he the last one when he should obviously be the first one.

"Because it's only deemed fit for you to be the last one. Plus I have mission for you." Natsu was not happy at all and wanted to yell and shout and disagree but she was the First master so he couldn't do anything.

"What mission? And at least tell me the reason for being last." He had crossed his arms and actually pouted. He was so happy seconds ago but then sad and annoyed. Everyone else got to see her before him.

He began growling thinking about Lucy being alone with all those men and not to mention Dragon Slayers. It didn't sit right with him.

"That I'll tell after telling and giving out my schedule out to the others. Here." She began handing out pieces of paper out, not only to the Slayers but also Gray, Juvia, Levy and Mira. Natsu found this to be really odd but did not question the tactician.

"Now follow me." They both walked out of the guild with her still holding on to one piece of paper. They stopped few blocks away from the guild and of course from eyesight. It would be weird to see Natsu conversing alone if not it would make him look like lunatic who spoke to himself and definitely start rumors since everyone in Magnolia knew of him.

"So this mission, what is it? Why do I have to do it?" He was curious yet a little uneasy. He couldn't read or smell any of the ghost's emotions so it just made him more uneasy.

She shoved him the paper and let him read it. First was her training regime. Names of who was training her and for how long. He looked at her frowning after looking how long the wait was going to be. "Seven months?!"

"Yes, seven months. She has to train with them all for a months time. But it can all change if she progresses faster. But for now seven months till it's your turn." Mavis said still all smiles.

"I can first see her in seven months? Are you crazy!" His nostrils flared from his anger. He could not wait seven months before seeing her that was too much!

"Of course not. You'll get to see her when your mission is done. I just put you last because I felt I should." Mavis mused with mischief evident in her eyes and voice which just didn't sit well with the Slayer either. He definitely felt like she was up to something.

"So this mission?" he had finished reading the paper but nothing mentioned about his sudden mission.

"It's like a favor not a mission really but it will definitely make Lucy happy and perhaps jump into your arms." She giggled just imagining how happy her new best friend would become when he arrives with her surprise.

"What kind of favor?" His patience was wearing thin. Couldn't she just give him the mission already so he could finish and go to her side? He inwardly groaned as his frustration grew.

"Keys. I need you to find her some keys and then repair one if possible."

His brow furrow. Keys? What kind of keys and repair, whose key needed repairing? He almost growled as she didn't elaborate fast enough.

Mavis felt like pinching the young Slayer's cheek because of his expressions were cute and funny which made her giggle. He was really impatient. And she was almost tempted to do it if he hadn't growled at her.

"Not funny. Tell."

"You are so impatient you know? Nevermind. Here I'm actually doing you a favor and you act like a kid." her smile falter as she sighed.

Natsu sighed too and apologized. "Sorry, didn't mean to be disrespectful but I really want to talk to Luce. We parted ways on not so good terms and it has been eating me up with worry." He was a bit sad thinking back of their parting. Her wounds were still fresh at the time while he rushed her to forgive herself.

"I know and that's why I'm giving you this mission. It will mend your bonds perhaps even strengthen it even further. I know you fancy her. She is your mate after all, is she not?"

Her statement came crashing down like a ton of bricks. Lucy his mate? Was she? He couldn't tell. There had been small signs but nothing alarming. Yet after she had gone on her mission alone hurt him in more ways than he could explain. The pull towards her were strong.

She is. Lucy is my mate! His thoughts wandered to every thing they had been through and the sign was clear as ever. Lucy Heartfilia was Natsu Dragneel's mate.

"She is." Mavis smiled watching realization sink in on his face. It only made her happier since she knew how the blonde felt towards him. It was perfect. Pink haired brown eyed babies, she swooned mentally. She was indeed turning into another Mirajane Strauss perhaps it has been all the looming around the guild she had done in secret. Watching the Demon Takeover mage plot against her newest target. Yes that must have been it.

"But how?" he was still confused and he hadn't know much about mating. Igneel had tried to tell him but he was Natsu, he only tuned in when you mentioned food or fights. So he had no clues and he knew for sure neither did the other Slayers.

"Fate actually. I know it sounds cheesy but it was – no that sounds wrong – it is written in the stars." She told with a genuine happy smile. But frowned when she was him looking at the sky.

Natsu tried to see were it said they were mate but all he could see was the bright blue sky. Perhaps he had to wait 'til night time and then look for the signs.

"Are you an idiot?" Mavis deadpanned. She had never met someone as stupid as him that would actually look up in the sky and search for what she just said. Truly an idiot.

"What?" he said offended.

"It was an idiom. I-D-I-O-M. I didn't mean it literally. Ah, never mind." She felt sorry for Lucy. Her mate was truly stupid while she was the smart one. She prayed that he would learn by having a mate that was a lot smarter and that he would learn of her. She really did pray.

"But yes, you both of you are eavh other's mates so that's why I believe that it should be you to satisfy and make her happy. And of course so you can make amends. Are you up for it?"

"Sure, but how do you fix a key and whose key?" he was slightly confused but more than that he was curious. He had a feeling it was about a gate key since that made the most sense but other than that he was clueless.

"Oh yes you can and you will. It will take time but you will make her the happiest girl ever." Mavis couldn't stop getting all giggly thinking about how shocked the blonde will be seeing the 'present' Natsu will have with her.

"Okay but you didn't answer whose key?"

"Aquarius, of course." Natsu gulped thinking about the mermaid. But then he realized. Lucy had never told her that the key was gone or broken or whatever. She kept it in dark.

They had some talking to do alright. He grinned his famous infectious grin. "I'm all fired up!" he would do it and succeed. And then he would have the blonde answer his question.

He couldn't wait to get started.