Lucy's POV

I sighed, my hand stroking the box still as I began to explain in more detail.

'You might not know, but I want to be a novelist, and have been writing in between my jobs. Well, being partnered with a fire mage, my manuscripts quite often disappear into a cloud of smoke and ash. I got over that quite quickly, and now have several spare copies hidden in various places, all spelled with a resistance to fire magic. I'd also had this box specially spelled by a very powerful elemental resistance mage, so fire wouldn't even be able to come within a metre of this box. It would be repelled.'

'I'm assuming that your stories weren't kept in that box then?' Freed asked curiously. I shook my head, fingering the blackened wooden carvings of the wood.

'No. Something way more valuable to me. Anyway, I figured it would be safe to just leave it on my desk, as I put something in it every day; because the box was spelled against Natsu, I thought it would be fine. Somehow though, I'd forgotten about Gray, and didn't realise that the spell had a weakness to an element opposite of what it was spelled against.' I heard Evergreen take in a sharp breath and nodded sadly.

'Yup. Last night those two idiots arrived here while I was in the shower, and inevitably got into a fight. Erza wasn't here, and Happy pretty much encouraged it. I heard them shouting out their spells and quickly got out the shower, ready to Lucy Kick their asses outta here, but as I opened the door, I saw a blast of Grays ice hit the box, then he dodged one of Natsu's fire blasts, which then hit the box. It went up in flames immediately, along with my desk. I just stood there in shock, before I screamed at them to leave.' I pulled a little key out of my pouch, and unlocked the box, turning it to show them the interior. All that was left was a large pile of ashes.

'So what was in there?' Laxus asked, his sound pod now hanging around his neck. I shut the lid and clenched my fists, looking down at the box again as tears dripped from my face.

'After my Mother died when I was little, my Dad pretty much ignored me, forgot my existence unless it was for his own benefit. You know, parties, public appearances, whenever he needed to show that the great Heartfilia family was as strong as ever, despite their loss.' I scoffed, angrily wiping my tears away.

'I would have gone made from the loneliness. But every day, I'd write a letter to my Mum, and I kept them all in here. Ever since I was 10, I'd write to her about how I felt, what I did, about how Dad was doing. Now it's all gone. Everything.'

Bickslow's POV

I stared at Cosplayer, astonished and a bit nervous as her tears started to flow freely down her face, and she started to break down into sobs, clutching the little burnt box. Myself, Laxus and Freed exchanged looks of panic. We don't know how to deal with a crying chick! Evergreen glared at us from behind her glasses and got up to hug Cosplayer, before dragging her off to her bathroom.

We sat silently, listening as her sobs grew louder.

'Don't think Cosplayer's gonna forgive those two anytime soon guys.' I muttered, staring at the box Ever had forced Lucy to let go of. Freed nodded and Laxus grunted his agreement, pulling his sound pod back over his ears to drown out her cries.

I grimaced as I heard Ever's voice trying to calm the blonde down, sipping the cup of tea she'd given me.

'So. What do we do?' I asked, glancing between Laxus and Freed. Freed frowned, thinking and Laxus just shrugged.

'Cosplayer ain't gonna want to go on a job with those two for a while. We leave her here alone we'll have Mira on our asses for not doing something. Dunno about you, but I don't wanna have to deal with Satan Soul like those two idiots probably are right now.' "Satan Soul! Satan Soul!" My babies chuckled nervously, hovering over my shoulder. Laxus scoffed, but I saw his face go slightly paler at the mention of Mira, and Freed coughed lightly, his eyes wide at the thought.

'So what? You wanna have her as part of Raijinshuu then?' Laxus said gruffly. I grinned, sticking my tongue out and winking from behind my mask. Freed frowned and nodded slowly.

'It could work. From what I could gather from reading a few of her books about celestial magic, holding open one gate of the zodiac is equivalent to the magic expenditure Laxus uses when performing his high ability dragon slayer magic. Considering I've heard that she can hold open three or four gates at any given time for more than a couple of minutes, we're talking about her magical ability being on par with Fairy Law. That is my prediction, from the little amount of information I have on celestial magic.'

Laxus's POV

I stared at Freed in shock before grinning at Bickslow.

'No wonder she whooped your ass Bix!' I said, ignoring the glare I got off of him and his babies. Freed nodded his agreement before continuing on.

'Also, the versatility of her magic could make performing unison raids with her really simple. Currently, she has ten of the golden keys, so ten of the most powerful spirits in the celestial world, along with some pretty strong silver keys. All of which have different abilities and affinities to various types of magic. Not only that, but she can cast, Urano Metria, a legendary celestial spell that very few people even know of its existence, let alone have the magical ability to pull it off. Make no mistake, Lucy Heartfilia is a powerful mage.' I frowned, considering what he'd said.

'Oi, Freed. What's this Urano Metria's magical level at in comparison to mine?' Freed frowned for a moment, and I could see the cogs turning in his mind as he worked out the figures in his head.

'Well, so far she's had to use Gemini in order to cast it, meaning it's magical level is equivalent to casting Fairy Law twice, at the same time.' Bickslow whistled in astonishment before grinning.

'Well it seems we've got another member of the Thunder God Tribe guys.' He cackled, his abnormally large tongue flopping out of his mouth. "Another member! Another member!"

I smiled slowly and nodded, thinking of the potential blondie had hidden inside that curvy body of hers.

'Do you think she's aware of her capabilities Freed?' I asked, and grinned as he shook his head. I couldn't wait for blondie to realise her strength, then I might have a good fight on my hands if everything Freed said turned out to be true. Maybe the weakest member of Fairy Tail wasn't so weak after all.

Evergreen's POV

I hugged Lucy as her tears fell from her face, and her sobs wracked through her body. Guys were useless as soon as a girl started crying, so I knew I was alone with this one.

I stroked her hair, shushing her as she fell apart.

I could tell that what those two brats had done had really hurt her, and I could understand the pain of losing something as valuable as those letters. It was clear Lucy adored her deceased Mother, and clear that by destroying one of the tenuous links she had to her Mother, those boys had jeopardised their entire friendship with Lucy.

What she did to them wasn't enough. I thought, before smiling evilly when I remembered that Mira and the rest of the guild would know it was their fault that Lucy was so angry.

'I'm sorry Evergreen.' She mumbled against my chest, hiccupping as her sobs slowly began to trail off.

'It's alright Lucy. Please, call me Ever.' She pulled back and smiled up at me, wiping her eyes and taking deep calming breaths.

'No, I'm sorry. I just... the anger's finally worn off and now I'm just...' She trailed off, looking down at the floor and I saw more tears well up in her eyes. I quickly grabbed her face and pulled her head around so she stared at me.

'No. Don't cry any more tears because of what those two bastards did to you. They don't deserve it.' She sighed and blinked away the tears, before smiling softly at me again, her deep brown eyes still watery and red.

'Looking back I know it was an accident-'

'No Lucy!' I interrupted, angry for her now. 'Those two know they shouldn't be fighting in someone's home, and they know not to use magic in fights away from the guild. They deserve your anger, and they deserve their punishment. Don't you start forgiving them now, because that won't bring back your letters and it won't teach them a lesson!' She smiled gently and shrugged.

'Being angry at them won't bring them back either.' Huffed in annoyance, folding my arms across my chest and giving her a haughty look.

'They need to learn that they won't be forgiven every time they destroy something! How many times have you come running into the guild needing to take a solo mission cause those two idiots destroyed everything, using up the reward on repairs, and you nearly being evicted due to late rent? How many times have you had to pay for new furniture because of flame brain burning something? Also, I'm betting that damned dragon slayer comes here every time he feels hungry, and you end up paying out a load of money on groceries because he has a stomach like a pit!' I knew I'd hit the nail on the head with every single question, as her face had become harder and harsher with every word, realising how much she lets her team members get away with.

'They need to know that this time, they've hurt you really bad. If they want you back, they need to grovel at your feet and beg for forgiveness, because it's not coming easily this time around!' I smiled gently and grabbed her hands, looking into her chocolate brown eyes that had dried from her tears.

'Lucy, everyone knows you're a lovely person. You've forgiven me and the Raijinshuu for everything we've done wrong, and you always acknowledge us when you walk in the guild. You have no idea how much we're grateful to you for your complete forgiveness after all of our sins, but right now, you can't be that forgiving. Losing something that precious to you hurts too much.' She nodded and squeezed my hands.

'I know Ever. I guess it's just become habit to forgive those two bakas every time they ruin stuff. Thank you, for understanding.' She smiled, but this time the smile reached her eyes, and I saw first-hand why some people call her the light of Fairy Tail.