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Natsu was walking down from the guild when he heard the voice.

"Natsu!"

The fire dragon slayer froze in his tracks, looking around the bright and colorful town of Magnolia. The townspeople were in the marketplace down below and the guild doors were closed. Who had called his name? Natsu shrugged his shoulders and continued to walk down the path, feeling the light breeze on his face. Happy had stayed at home because he was sick and Natsu had stopped by to get medicine from the guild's medical supply.

Natsu was in a much better mood than usual. He smiled as he entered the marketplace, the people of the city milling about, buying things and talking to each other. The marketplace was filled with goods from around the world and Natsu was walking past a statue that was dedicated to Fairy Tail when he heard the voice again.

"Natsu!"

He stopped to look around. Someone was calling his name again! Natsu looked around the marketplace, trying to see whoever was trying to call him. Nobody looked like they were looking for him.

"Hmm, that's strange. Who keeps calling me?" Natsu wondered as he continued into the marketplace.

It was not long until he realized who was calling him. The voice was the one he cherished the most. It was soft and flowed like water. Lucy.

"Lucy!" Natsu called out as he ran throughout the marketplace upon realizing that Lucy was the one calling him.

Natsu's heart raced as he ran past shops and people buying things. Lucy was still alive! She was not dead!

"Natsu!"

Natsu saw a blonde girl waving to him at the end of the marketplace. Natsu grinned from ear to ear as he ran towards the blonde girl. Her face was hidden because of the bright sunlight from the sun, but Natsu knew it was her! He jumped forward, arms spread wide.

"Lucy!"

Natsu opened his eyes. The dragon slayer was lying in his bed, the early sunlight coming in through the window. The sheets and pillows were a mess. They were thrown everywhere and Happy had disappeared from the bed. Natsu sighed as he sat up. It was just a dream. He had been having these dreams for a while now. Natsu stood up from the bed and yawned as he stretched. He quickly put on his vest and scarf as he thought about his dream. Still, despite being disappointed about the dream, he was in a much better mood than usual. His eyes soon drifted over to the pocket watch that was lying on his nightstand. Natsu walked over to the wooden night stand and picked up the watch. He looked at it and wondered if the hand had moved a little bit over the night. He shook his head and put the pocket watch down. He was going to go for a quick walk in the woods. He was about to turn when he heard a voice from behind.

"I see that you have found my pocket watch."

Natsu spun around at the sound of the voice, ready to fight against a possible attacker. In the soft sunlight of the early morning, he saw the form of a young boy standing in the doorway of his room. He was dressed in casual black clothing, but his eyes were strange. One was blue, and the other was red. He had blonde hair and he waved his hand as he stepped closer to Natsu.

"Did you sleep well?" the boy asked as Natsu realized that the boy was the one who had been calling him in his dream.

Natsu growled as he took a step towards the boy. He was the one who had been calling him! But how? How had he made his voice just like Lucy's?

"You are not Lucy…" Natsu said angrily.

The boy let out a short laugh. He looked Natsu in the eye and smiled.

"You're right. I am not Lucy, but…I know how much you cared about her," The boy said as Natsu felt a stab of sadness in his heart.

The boy seemed equally as pained as Natsu as he continued on.

"You would do anything to bring her back, right?" the boy asked as Natsu nodded his head. The boy smiled softly, "Then I can help you. You've been alone for too long, Natsu. Lucy still lives, but you must do anything necessary to bring her back! Are you willing to do what it takes to bring Lucy back?"

Natsu was in no condition to make such a big decision. The boy was obviously some sort of illusion, ghost evil spirit, or something else entirely. Natsu had gone through too much sadness to turn away. Natsu nodded his head slowly, thinking that the price of bringing Lucy back would not be heavy. The boy smiled happily as he nodded his head.

"Excellent! My name is Vincent. I can help you bring Lucy back, but first, you must punish those that have taken her away from you…" the boy said as Natsu struggled to understand.

Natsu remembered the day that the guild discovered that Lucy was murdered. They searched for the culprits, but they were never found. The keys were gone, and the entire house was trashed, all of the valuables were also stolen. Natsu looked at the boy, finding some sort of terrible comfort in his presence.

"I must punish the ones who murdered her?" Natsu asked the boy as he shook his head.

"You must punish those who kept her from you. They are the reason she was murdered! They stalled you. They tricked you! They wanted Lucy to be killed all along! The true criminal is Fairy Tail!" Vincent raved as Natsu struggled to fight against Vincent's words.

Natsu was not very smart, but he knew that Fairy Tail had been with him every step of the way. They had gone down to Lucy's house after Natsu found her dead and they also helped search for clues. There was no way they could have murdered her! She was their nakama! Natsu struggled to fight against Vincent's darkness, but the young boy was too strong, smiling sadly as he came closer to Natsu.

"Poor, Natsu. They lied to you didn't they? You must have forgotten what really happened on that day. Here, let me show you…the truth."

Flashback, Lucy's death day

"Natsu!"

The shriek seemed to tear through the city as Natsu suddenly stood up from where he was sitting in the guild's lunchroom. Lucy. Natsu could have sworn he heard her scream and he took off running to the confusion of his guild mates. Natsu was running as fast as he could and he was halfway through the guild when suddenly Gray jumped in front of him, knocking the two to the ground. Gray was half naked as usual.

"Hey, you flaming idiot! I'm tired of your fighting attitude so let's settle this once and for all!" Gray shouted as hundreds of lances made of ice shot towards Natsu.

Nasu growled as he melted them all with his roar. He didn't have time for this crap!

"Gray, I seriously don't have time for this! Lucy is in trouble!" Natsu shouted as he dodged Gray's Ice Hammer.

Gray just smirked, as scorching heat blasted past him. The ice mage created a bazooka made of ice and aimed it straight at Natsu. Gray smirked as the bazooka locked on to the pink haired fire mage.

"You're just saying that to get out of the fight! This is the end, Natsu!" Gray shouted as the bazooka fired and the missile made of ice hit Natsu and smashed his across the floor.

Natsu let out a roar of impatience as he threw the hunk of ice off of him and took off running towards the door. The fight must have lasted only five minutes, but five minutes was much too long! Lucy was in danger! On the way out, he encountered other distractions from Levy, Mirajane, and Cana. Natsu felt dread as he finally burst out from the guild, running towards Lucy's house in the downtown area.

…

He had been too late. Lucy's body lay on the floor, a bloody knife lying on the floor. The door was smashed in, the tables overturned, the books burned, the valuables stolen, and Lucy dead. Natsu fell to his knees, the red puddle of blood staining his white pants red. Tears fell from the dragon slayer's eyes as he roared in anger. If he had been faster, he could have saved her!

"Lucy!"

End flashback

Natsu slowly nodded. He understood now. Fairy Tail distracted him. They wanted her to die. Vincent slowly smiled as he saw the darkness wrap around Natsu, forming a swirling barrier of black around the dragon slayer. Natsu was such a weak fool. Vincent walked over to the night stand and picked up the pocket watch and handed it to Natsu. The corrupted mage took it in his hand and put it in his pocket.

"I want you to keep the pocket watch. Think of it as a…gift," Vincent said, half smiling as Natsu nodded his head, "Now go! Punish those who took Lucy from you!" Vincent shouted as Natsu let out a blast of fire so large that it destroyed the entire front of the house as the fire dragon slayer took of running towards Fairy Tail, false memories planted in his head.

Fairy Tail

The guild was alive with conversation as usual. It was in the middle of the morning and many people had come for breakfast. Gray and Elfman were talking and Gildartz was looking over the guild, sipping his coffee. The guild was so peaceful, but that peace would soon be shattered. Gray had just finished his breakfast and was going to do grab some water from the bar, when suddenly the wooden doors to the guild slammed open with such force that they shattered into splinters. Gray was startled by the sudden slamming noise and looked over to see Natsu coming into the guild. He seemed a bit different than the last time he saw him. A layer of darkness swirled around him as he entered and Cana made a casual joke as he walked in.

"You pushed the doors a bit too hard, Natsu." Cana said casually.

The reaction was instantaneous. Natsu immediately smashed the beer barrel she was drinking from and quickly blasted her through the guild using his flames. The guild erupted into panic as soon as this happened and Gray stooped what he was doing to fight Natsu.

"Ice Make: Lance!" Gray shouted as Nab and Elfman joined in the fight against Natsu.

The sharp lances made of sparkling ice smashed into Natsu's layer of darkness, and simply melted away. Elfman's punches did nothing against Natsu's attacks and Nab and Elfman were soon blown away. Gray had already created the hammer made of ice when he froze as he saw Natsu coming towards him.

"N-nothing can even touch him! Natsu! Wake up! It's me, Gray!" he shouted as Natsu slowly grinned.

"I know, Gray. I have already woken up from your lies. This is my vengeance! I will destroy this entire guild of liars and killers! Fire Dragon Slayer's Electric Fire!" Natsu shouted as Gildartz and Mirajane jumped towards him, ready to subdue him.

But they were too late. The electricity flowed through the air, charring every piece of flesh and wood into black crisps. The flames washed over anything else that the electricity had not touched. The explosion was massive, being seen from the marketplace as people screamed and ran away. But among the crowd of people in the marketplace, a single boy smiled darkly at the rising plume. He held a pocket watch, identical to the one Natsu had found only a day before.

"Well done, Natsu."

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This was a long chapter to write for me because I kept getting distracted. I hope that it was good! Please review the chapter and I hope this chapter lived up to your expectations! FF