Three years have passed since Natsu's death, a few things have changed, but Fairy Tail was never the same without the fire mage. Erza was always away on jobs to pay Lucy's rent as she lost the will to go on jobs, Happy stayed with Wendy and Carla since 'Living in a house without Natsu didn't feel right', Romeo became distant since he lost his "Big Brother", (It's the issue Romeo had during the 7 year gap). Mirajane, Levy, and Loke (as well as the rest of her spirits) tried their best to bring happiness back into Lucy's life, but without Natsu, to her happiness didn't exist anymore. As for Gray, rumor has it that he know spends his days at Mt. Hakabe, not that anyone cared about him after what he did, but Juvia checked it out and confirmed the rumor to be true. Finally, Lucy spends her days in her apartment or at the Sola tree (Episode 50) where Natsu confessed his love to her and where the two mages had their first kiss. She would always carry an album of her and Natsu, flipping through the pages filled with pictures of the couple, remembering her times with him. She also wore Natsu's scarf around her neck (Mirajane had the holes repaired and blood stains removed), never taking it off or washing it, trying to take in what was left of Natsu's scent. At night Lucy would always cry herself to sleep before drifting off into a world dreams, dreams about her beloved dragon slayer.

-Love & Lucky guild cemetery-

It was six in the morning, the sun started rising, pouring light into the cemetery, revealing all the gravestones that were once covered in darkness. As soon as the light hit the dragon statue gravestone, a man wearing a beat up white coat was revealed to be standing in front of Natsu's grave. The mysterious man chanted some ancient spell and as he did so the Dragon's Eye started illuminating. The bright light kept getting brighter until the whole cemetery was covered in the light. It lasted for minutes until it dimmed and from that light appeared a familiar silhouette…

-Lucy's apartment-

"Princess, it's time to wake up." Virgo said as she shook Lucy to wake her up.

"Mmn..." was all that came out of the celestial mage.

"Lucy-sama, its that time again." Capricorn whispered into her ear trying to see if that will wake her up. And to no avail it worked. She sat up and looked at the calender. But as she did soon she started crying. Today was the anniversary of Natsu's death.

"Capricorn-sama. Isn't there anything we could do for her? I can't stand to see her like this anymore." Virgo asked Capricorn.

"The only thing we can do for her now is comfort Lucy-sama in her time of need." Capricorn answered.

"Come now. Let's get you ready Lucy-sama." Capricorn said as he put a hand on her shoulder. After calming down she nodded and followed Virgo into the bathroom.

-5 minutes later-

Lucy came out of the restroom, sporting a black dress with a white jacket on, she was wearing black heels, stockings, and had her keys the jacket pocket rather than around her waist held by a belt. Her hair was done in pigtails but wore a hat along with Natsu's scarf around her neck.

"Princess it's time to go."

"Okay. But first, do you think we can stop by the Guild?"

"As you wish Lucy-sama." Capricorn said as he opened the door and watched Lucy walk out with eyes covered by the hat. The two spirits walked with their friend until they reached the Guild.

-Fairy Tail Guild-

Capricorn opened up the guild doors for Lucy and as it opened everyone turned there attention to the celestial mage. Everyone greeted her as it was rare for her to visit the guild.

"It's been a while Lucy..." Levy said. Lucy tried to smile at her friend but couldn't.

"Yes it has. Sorry..." Lucy said while her head was down.

"You don't have to apologize. All of us understand. We know it's hard-" Levy was cut off when Lucy started running away while crying.

"LUCY!" Levy yelled while trying to go after her only to be stopped by Mira and Erza.

"Just leave her be. She needs to be alone right now."said Erza.

"Mmm."

Lucy kept running and running, until she reached Natsu's house and went inside, leaving the door open, little did she know someone was watching her.

"Lucy..." The man whispered.

She looked around and saw all the mementos he kept from all the missions, all the job requests that were on the wall, and all the pictures that showed the couple on dates. Out of all of them, Lucy picked up the one with the two of standing in front of the Sola Tree. Lucy began to remember when this picture was taken.

-Flashback-

"Lucy, there's something that I need to tell you." Natsu said.

"What is it?" Lucy asked.

"Lucy, you need to know, I love you. From the first day we met, I had a very warm feeling in my heart. Since then that warm feeling started growing as I started spending time with you. And all through the good times, the bad times, and all the fights that we fought together, I've realized that your very precious to me. Next to you I'm always happy. Whenever I'm with you I always cherish every moment, but when I'm not with you my heart tells that I wanna always be next to you. I can never stand seeing you with other men and it makes me sad that I have to see you happy with some random guy that I don't know. But I understand if you don't feel the same way and that you only think of me as a friend, but that doesn't change the fact that I love you with all my heart." Natsu said while holding Lucy's hands in his. She couldn't believe what she heard. The man she loved so much actually confessed to her. HER! She was scared that he was in love with Lissana but boy was she wrong. He wasn't perfect though, he had an annoying habit of getting motion sickness, he always breaks into her house and reads her novels without asking, and he always got carried away. But seeing past all that, she knew she loved him back.

"Me too...I love you too Natsu." She said with tears in her eyes. She never felt so happy in her life until Natsu leaned to kiss her soft lips, making her even happier. She loved Natsu for a while now and finally he confessed his love to her. After a while they broke for air and hugged each other, enjoying the feeling that melted their hearts. And that feeling was love.

-End of Flashback-

Lucy remembered that wonderful memory, which made her cry even louder.

"Natsu...I'm so sorry...I wish you were here..." Lucy said through her sobbing. The man's eyes widened in shock.

"If only I can see you one more time, so that I can tell you have much I love you. I remember you, I remember that your the one who I truly love. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry I made you go through so much pain! I'm so sorry that I started to love someone else! And I'm sorry I forgot you!" Lucy apologized but knew that he wasn't there to listen. No one was around to listen. Until someone came from behind Lucy and held her in a tight embrace. Lucy tried escaping until she recognized the familiar warmth emanating from this person.

"There's no reason to apologize Lucy, and it's because I love you and I always will, no matter what." Lucy gasped as she knew all too well the voice she heard. She couldn't believe her ears. She breaks the hug and frantically turns around and sees...

Cliffhanger! I have a huge math exam this week so I'll update as soon as possible.