Erza's POV

I sighed and turned to glare at Natsu and Gray as they began to argue between themselves yet again. They immediately shut up, but glared at each other when they thought I wasn't watching.

'I miss Lushy.' Happy said suddenly, and we were silent as we all thought about Lucy.

I hadn't realised it, but she managed to diffuse any argument between Natsu and Gray before I even noticed, and I only found out now because they couldn't go five minutes without starting something.

'We all do Happy. But Lucy is upset at the moment, and needs us to leave her alone.' I said, hiding my sadness as much as I could, but I wasn't fooling anyone.

Both Natsu and Gray looked incredibly depressed. They knew it was their fault Lucy wasn't with us, and every time someone mentioned her name, or a girl with golden blonde hair walked past, they seemed to lose all energy and motivation. It was only because of my punches that they stopped before becoming molten puddles on the floor.

'We didn't mean to do it.' Gray whispered, staring at his hands before burying his face in them. Natsu just looked at the floor, his face devoid of all emotion, yet I could see the turmoil behind his eyes.

'Lucy knows it was an accident. She'll forgive you, but you need to understand you really have upset her. Natsu, don't interrupt me. You both need to be more careful using your magic. You're overly destructive, which is sometimes a good thing if we need to destroy something, but you both go over the top. How many buildings did you destroy last job? It wasn't even a fighting job, and you only went along to be Lucy's back up, but you ended up having the entire reward spent on repairs to the towns buildings and Lucy had to go on a solo job to pay her rent. Think before you use your magic, ok? Just stop, and think, do I need to do this? What should I avoid? If you start thinking like that, Lucy might forgive you sooner, because she'll see that you've learnt to be more careful.' They perked up a bit at the end of my speech, and exchanged glances before nodding at each other.

'Though I hate the idea of working with you Natsu, I'll do it if it means we get Lucy back.' Gray said, staring at Natsu with such intensity that I didn't know he had in him. Natsu scoffed, staring straight back at him.

'You think I want to work with you? I'll do anything to make Lucy forgive me, and then we can go on a job together.'

'Aye!' Happy shouted, punching his fist into the air before slyly moving his narrowed gaze towards me.

'Erza has to be careful of buildings too than?' I felt my face flush red before I composed myself and nodded.

'Of course. Although, if I see a cake shop has been harmed, I cannot promise I will hold back retribution.' Gray and Natsu exchanged glances before chuckling and running away from my punches.

Lucy, please be alright.

Makarov's POV

I sighed, filling out another form that requested damage repairs from Team Natsu two months ago. I hoped they learnt something from this separation from Lucy, first and foremost how to control their destructiveness.

I groaned as I looked up at the looming tower of paperwork. If Laxus were here, he'd have half of it done by now. He might hate paperwork, but he was damn good at getting through it all.

I smiled at the thought of my grandson with Lucy. I knew she'd be good for him, and might push him into accepting Fairy Tail even more than he's learnt how to since the Grand Magic Games.

I could tell he had a new found respect towards Lucy from my conversation with him when he was eating at her house with the Raijinshuu, and wondered what else she could teach him.

The Thunder God Tribe were notorious for their separation from the rest of the guild, and I hoped Lucy would help break down those walls they had placed up to protect themselves from harm.

I heard a ruckus downstairs, and eagerly leapt from my desk, desperate to escape the paperwork for a few minutes at least.

I snuck downstairs to see Gajeel fighting with Elfman, and laughed as more and more guild members got dragged into the brawl, tables and chairs flying everywhere, yet a certain blue haired solid script mage was protected from flying objects by the only present male dragon slayer.

'Master! Have you finished your paperwork already? I could have sworn I sent up the next batch from last month only five minutes ago.' I slowly turned to see Mira sweetly smiling down at me.

'Ah, Mira. Yes, I was just about to- oh, have you noticed how Gajeel seems to be hanging around Levy particularly today?' I watched has her eyes homed in on the two mages, analysing how Gajeel protected her from the flying debris, and I smirked as she grinned before moving away.

I chuckled, taking a gulp of the beer in my hand. I'd managed to distract her for at least 10 minutes. I could already here her muttering to herself about their babies.

'Master! Paperwork!' She called out, before walking over to the bookworm. I scowled and drank the last of my beer, before heading upstairs.

Lucy's POV

It was late at night, and everyone was asleep in their tents. It was my turn on look out, so i decided it was the perfect time to call out Loke for that talk.

He appeared before I called to him, and I smiled sadly at him.

'How is he?' I whispered, not wishing for our conversation to be heard by the others.

'Not as good as we'd like him to be, but we've managed to stabilise his condition.' Loke sighed, running his hand through his hair. He had bags under his eyes, and I could tell he was exhausted.

'This is bad. I'll try and think of a solution.' Loke looked at me sadly.

'I'm sorry Lucy, everyone else is busy trying to help, I know you'll need us, you're on a job, so I'll try and get some of the others to-' I interrupted him, and smiled.

'No. I know they are needed in the celestial world more than here right now. I have a strong team with me, so I should be alright. Besides, I have my whip, and if it gets too much for me, I'll call on Virgo. You look exhausted Loke. Go get some rest.' He smiled at me and shook his head, taking my hands and kneeling before me.

'I promised I'd protect you. I promised him I'd protect you. I will not go back on that promise, especially with how he is right now. I shall fight beside you when the time comes.' I smiled and thanked him, pulling him upright and hugging him.

'I'll find a way to help, I swear Loke. Now go back and rest. If you're going to help, you need to be at full strength. Say hello to my old friend, would ya?' I winked and smiled sadly at him. He laughed quietly and ruffled my hair, before disappearing.

I sat down and stared up at the sky, identifying the constellations, easily spotting the twelve zodiacs, and some of the silver keys constellations.

That's when I spotted one I hadn't thought about as of yet, and gasped.

'That's it!' I whispered, staring up at the constellation of a silver key I hadn't yet found; that of the Phoenix.