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"I-I love you, too…" She said as her body went limp, closed her eyes and breathed her last, all the while smiling at the thought of seeing her friends one last time.

"Wendy! Wendy!" Laxus, still cradling the unmoving body of Lucy, frantically shouted. Wendy, the Sky Dragon Slayer, in her shock cannot answer but merely rushed to the side of the panic-stricken blonde man.

"W-Wendy, please! Please heal her!" Natsu begged, crying everything he had. Seeing the crazed look on the people around the battered body of Lucy, the blue-haired girl sobbed but still continued her duty. She needs to do this now. She put both of her hands on top of the blonde girl and concentrated. Even though mute, her mind was screaming 'Please, Lucy-san!' When it seemingly failed, she poured more magic but even it was futile. She stopped and put her hands on her lap.

"Wendy, why are you stopping now?!" Gray can't help himself but to shout at the girl. He didn't mean to sound so angry but it just came from his mouth. The girl broke down in tears and just shook her head as if to say no.

"Please, Wendy, do it one more time. Please! Please! Please…" With every pleading, Erza's voice trailed off, seemingly giving all the last of her hope.

"I-I-I can-n-n't…I'm s-so s-sorry…" It was one of her few words before the waterworks started again. She pounded the floor with her fists. "I-I'm sorry, Lucy-chan…I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Laxus-san..." She said, barely audible.

A shadow appeared in the opened doors. All guild members, except the mourning group in the center looked. There stood the person they were all trying to reach, a girl with long wavy blonde hair that reaches down her feet wearing a pink robe. No, it's not just a single person. Together with her, their current Guild Master whose face contorted from a smile to agony as he saw what was laid in the center of destruction. Laxus, looked up, mute, bruised and sobbing.

"Gramps…" It has been such a long time since he saw him like that. Like a child lost and all alone. It surprised the old man that made him paralyze in place. The blonde man looked at the person beside his grandfather and all he could see was red. "You…how dare you!" He shouted, seething in anger.

Mavis was taken aback. All guild members rushed to her in defense. She was the founder of Fairy Tail, after all but she can't defend herself in this situation right now because she knew that as much as Mnemosyne, she has a fault too.

"I'm sorry…" The First, still frozen in her child-like state, started to tear up. How can this be happening? She was the Fairy Tactician; she won every battle, every war she commandeered.

"Sorry?! Is that all?! Will that 'sorry' be enough to bring back Lucy?!" Laxus shouted but when the girl didn't respond but merely lowered her head, he bellowed. "ANSWER ME!"

"Laxus, calm down. I brought her here so that she can explain everything." Makarov intervened, trying to calm down his grandson. When Laxus was finally silenced, he gestured for her to start her explanation.

"Lucy went missing three months ago as we all know. From what I have heard from the conversation of Laxus and Lucy's Spirit, Loke, she was supposed to be kidnapped to be used by Mnemosyne in his plans."

"Wait, who's Mnemosyne?" Erza, finally turned her attention from Lucy's body to the First's explanation. She was still puzzled by Laxus' reaction to the first Guild Master's arrival.

"He's from the dark guild, Erebos. I found out that his plan involves using a Celestial Spirit Mages power and keys to unseal a forbidden Magic. A Magic that will let him absorb the entire continent's Magic Power to usurp the position held by Acnologia and Zeref as the strongest being in the history of Earthland. He plans to enslave not just the people who don't know how to use magic, not just the mages but also the Dark Mage and the Dragon King himself." All of the guild was stunned by this revelation. All except the crying blonde man burying his face in the dead body of his love. When they didn't manage a reply, not even a squeak, she continued.

"The reason why probably no one can pinpoint or smell Lucy in her location was because she sealed any traces of her existence to prevent anyone, especially Mnemosyne for finding her. Seeing as she went into a trance and had amnesia, it must be unconsciously."

"Wait, amnesia? Trance? Where the hell did those things came from?" Gray managed to ask in his shock. Mavis looked at him in a sad way and explained.

"Mnemosyne's power involves the ability to seal memories and powers. That's why he needed keys because his power can only seal and not unseal." Now this one was what made them understand the whole situation. Natsu's, Lucy's and Laxus' sudden loss of power in their battle minutes ago.

"But that doesn't explain why she had a trance!" Happy persisted.

"The three months she's gone was because her soul slipped into the Celestial Realm and the moment she woke up, the seal she has been unconsciously unlocked that's why you smelled her, right, Natsu? You and your teammates went to the Island. That's why I sensed that there were other people there."

"Wait, you sensed us and you didn't even spoke or even told us?!" Gray became angrier that moment. His idea was really a brilliant plan, after all. It was just this old hag that made it harder for them.

"Please, you must understand…Lucy's power is going haywire at that time. S-She has absorbed too much Spirit Energy from the Celestial Spirit World. If I didn't order her to train for a month, she will be dead by now. Too much energy will make her body deteriorate. She already has two containers of Eternano. An addition of another without the body's proper stamina will slowly kill her." One month. Is that all? Why didn't Lucy or Laxus contact them? Suddenly, everything clicked into place. The reason she didn't spoke to them when they were on that island. The reason they were too late despite her being there the same night. She's hiding her. She's preventing them from meeting each other.

"And you told them to avoid us and never contact us?" Erza figured correctly.

"Please, I only did that to protect the guild. I covered her tracks for a month so that…so that…" She trailed off, lost in her guilt and realizing that she slipped another information that might make them angrier.

"You what?! Just what did you do?! Did you know, Oh, Almighty Founder that you took her away from us?! Her own teammates and family!" The Ice-Make Mage was also seething in anger.

"Please, you have to believe me; I did that for the family. I did it for everyone here. Her powers might cause unprecedented consequences. I have to take precautions." She pleaded, crying that everything is all her fault.

"And because of that, she died." Natsu spoke silently. "Does her life matter to you?!" Hearing this, Mavis winced and took a step back, putting her hands in her face to cry her eyes out.

"I-I'm sorry…I'm s-sorry…"

"You call yourself a Master? You're just a child!" Natsu growled.

"Natsu, enough of that!" Makarov chastised him. Mavis was still crying.

"Natsu's right, Gramps." Laxus, briefly recovering from his agony, slowly looked at him, pain evident in his blood-shot eyes. He then turned his head to Mavis. "You call yourself Fairy Tactician? Well, guess what, you succeeded in killing her!" He laughed like a madman.

Darkness was all she could see or she couldn't see at all. What time was it? What day was it? Where is she? She couldn't tell but there's only something certain in this seemingly endless void, she was afraid, alone and sad.

"Hello?"

Nothing.

"Anyone here?"

Nothing.

"Please, anybody?!" She started to cry.

Nothing.

"Lucy…" Someone spoke. A woman she knows she's familiar with.

"Who's there?"

"We're here, Lucy." She turned her head back and was surprised by what she saw.

"Mama! Papa!" She ran towards them. Jude and Layla gestured for her to hug them, in which she did. Finally, they were reunited once again. "I missed you so much." Tears of joys started to form from her eyes that she can't help it but broke down at their mere contact. This was real now. It's not just a dream.

"Lucy, Lucy, Lucy…" Layla tried to get her attention, using her hands to pat her daughter's cheeks. It was damp. "…you have to return now."

"B-But w-why? W-We j-just met and…and…" Lucy started crying again.

"Lucy!" Jude said sternly which made the young girl stood straight. "Stop crying. You are a member of the Heartfilia Konzern and you should be a dignified and a matured young lady. Don't give me that after you firmly stated your resolve." He paused to look at her. The crying has halted and she has now seen reason at her father's sudden seriousness. His face relaxed and a smile formed on his lips. "Lucy, remember your other family who recognized you just as Lucy. Isn't that the sole reason you stood out against me?" He chuckled.

"Fairy Tail." She nodded. She remembered now.

"Lucy, it's not yet our time to be together but one day, it will be. And one more thing…" Layla paused and looked at her with a stern motherly smile that seems to be more of a warning glare than a warm gesture. "That boy. What was his name again? Ah, Laxus! Dear, won't you introduce her to us." Lucy gulped. Uh, oh.

"Y-Yes, Mama." She sweat-dropped. It has been a long time since she saw her mother but she sure knows that when she made a face like that, Layla Heartfilia is very serious.

"Sweetie, all you have to do is wake up and you'll be fine." Now that's a real smile from her mother.

"Lucy," Jude called. She turned her attention at him. "Happy Birthday." He smiled as she heard sobs around her.

There were four people and a cat around her, all of which have their heads lowered and silently sobbing. There was a man crying and hugging her. He has large muscles, a strong manly scent, probably from his perfume. He has blonde hair in which she gently ran her fingers though. Laxus almost jumped at the sudden contact. He raised his head from her chest and saw her, eyes weak yet undeniably alive.

"Laxus." The girl smiled.

A/N: And here's another chapter for everyone. I know, I know, I'm a despicable and horrible person for writing that chapter but I'm a die hard LaLu fan. I shall not let myself to end this with a death. Hahaha. Did I managed to convince you that it was the end? C'mon, guys tell me, okay? I really want to know your reactions. Is it heart-breaking or what? Please, I reply, okay. I just really need it. :)

Miss Jester61: My friend, I shall break the laws of physics just to let this two love birds be together. Hurray for Lucy's birthday! Hahaha :)

R3iga1004: Thank you for the unwavering faith for our LaLu. And just to clarify, you are DEFINITELY RIGHT! LALU WILL PREVAIL! :)

Lightningeye: Is it really that heart-breaking? Oh, please, tell me yes. I really want to know if I succeeded in making a sad chapter. I've been experimenting and researching about how to make a sad piece for months.

mromero18: I will most definitely won't leave you hanging like that. I hope you find this chapter comforting.

Paname: She won't die because she has yet to take her solemn vow. :)

XxShyxX: I won't kill her. That's for sure :)

Immortal Horse: Thank you for those important pointers but someone said that I should not stress over my writing skills. If it's clichéd, so be it. My type of villains are mysterious and 'the unknown'. I will not change that just to deviate from the cliché. But don't get me wrong, if I were to write another fanfic, I'll experiment on it. Thanks :)