A/N Why hello my lovely readers! I just finished reading Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream! I am now in the poetic mood for my lovely story that I shall here forth write with my trusty computer for your enjoyment!

Gajeel: What is this? You sound like an idiot, Baka…

Natsu: *grumble*

Kotone: I'm actually kind of looking forward to this chapter...

Miu: It's a good feeling when my exquisite OCs actually want me to continue on my journey of creativity!

Kotone: Shut up and write woman.

Miu: NOOOOOO! STUPID COMPUTER! I STAYED UP TO WRITE THIS DOCUMENT AND IT TOOK ABOUT THREE SECONDS FOR YOU TO DIE ON ME! !...Please excuse my lack of updating in over a month…

Gajeel: That's it; I'm getting a cone of shame for you! *puts it on Miu*

Miu: T.T ..I deserve this… Also, It kind of concerns me how my story gets a lot of hits but I have such a tiny amount of reviews. It makes me feel like everyone's reading it just to laugh at how bad it is…(shrinks into a tiny corner, eyes watering)…This is probably the result of me telling everyone I won't require a certain amount of reviews before I update. Now I understand what other authors on this site mean when they say reviews make their day. If you don't get any, you feel like you're writing crud and don't have the motivation to keep writing.

Gajeel: STOP COMPLAINING! HOW DARE YOU COMPLAIN WHEN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN UPDATED IN OVER A MONTH!

Miu: I'm so sorry! I deserve this cone of shame!

Wendy: I thought you said that you'd keep writing because you wanted to tell your story.

Miu: I do and I am. It's just I don't feel a need to write. Do you know what I'm saying?

Wendy: No…

Miu: Oh well, I promise I'll keep writing till Kotone's story is told. I apologize for this long A/N

Over in Lucy's apartment, she was sleeping peacefully in her bed. Her eyes opened as she woke up to the clear morning sky and she yawned her appreciation for a good night's sleep. Lisanna was alive and everyone in the guild was super happy to see her again. Then the Master met his good friend that he hasn't seen in a while.

This went through her head as she smiled and sat up. She stretched and looked around her room, "NATSU!"

Natsu, also asleep in Lucy's bed, only pulled the blankets over his head grumbling at being woken.

Happy, next to him, started mumbling about fish and Lucy smiled at the Exceed. Almost every thought that pops into his head, whether awake or asleep, is fish.

Lucy's smile disappeared as she glanced at her couch. There he was, Gray, just as she expected. His blankets were thrown onto the ground, which was to be expected of the ice mage.

Lucy got up and stretched, knowing Erza was probably in the kitchen, making breakfast.

It was times like these that reminded Lucy how much Fairy Tail is like a family. Everyone knows no boundaries of personally space, just like any other brother or sister. But, she loves them so much that she doesn't really care anymore.

Lucy got up and went to her tidy desk. She went through her normal routine of pulling out a sheet of paper and getting a pen ready.

Dear Mom,

Believe it or not, I was teleported to a world where magic is used in objects. There were no dragon slayers or ice mages there. The only mages there were the people who created a guild and used magical weapons to earn a living. I guess in a way, it wasn't so different from our way of living on Earthland. I use keys with my magic, but I do summon other magical beings so I could understand why everyone in Edolas was shocked by my magic.

It's weird Mom, it was only last night on Earthland when I was teleported, but I was in Edolas for a few days…

DOES THAT MEAN MY LIFE-SPAN ON EARTH HAS BEEN SHORTENED BECAUSE I LIVED ON EDOLAS FOR A LITTLE WHILE?

Oh well, if I had the chance to change anything about my journey, I wouldn't change a thing. I got to meet Edo-Lucy and she's pretty cool.

Oh yeah, that's right, forgot to tell you that in Edolas, there were mirror images of everyone in Fairytail. There was even another Fairytail guild over in Edolas. Also, even if they looked like us and had the same name as us, they were completely different people.

That reminds me...We brought two people back with us that didn't go to Edolas with us. Lisanna, that girl I told you about before, she was in Edolas this whole time! I'm happy Mirajane and Elfman get to see their little sister again.

The other girl is someone I've never met or heard of before. She knows the master though, so she can't be someone bad. Just upon seeing her, Master broke down in tears. So I think this girl is Master's Lisanna. Also, it seems Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel got to know her pretty well while in Edolas. It has me wondering if she's a dragon slayer as wel-

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

Lucy jumped at the pounding on her door. She grabbed her heart that was pounding in her chest and the closest thing to her, which so happened to be the chair she was sitting in.

Lucy slowly got up and raised the chair over her head, not aware that Grey had woke up and opened the door while she was preparing her battle weapon.

Grey was startled by the sight of a disheveled Mirajane, panting, in the doorway.

Chair still above her head, Lucy looked over Grey's shoulder. "Mirajane? What are you doing here so early? Why aren't you wearing a jacket, it's freezing outside!" Lucy exclaimed.

Erza walked in from the kitchen, carrying a tea. She took in Mirajane's current condition and handed her the tea. "You should come in, it's warmer than out there."

Mirajane nodded her thanks as she stepped inside and accepted the offered tea.

Once inside, she scanned the room and spotted Natsu in Lucy's bed. Immediately she started scrambling over there, handing the tea back and tripping over her feet in the process. Desperately crawling to the bed, Mirajane shook Natsu with all the strength she could muster.

Natsu grunted at being awaken the second time that morning. Not accepting this, Mirajane put her freezing hands on either side of Natsu's face, which had him bolting upright.

"What is that?" he yelled, rubbing his now cold face.

Mirajane, almost finished catching her breath, said, "Kotone…Master said she fled in the night…he wants you…Wendy, and Gajeel to form a team and stop her. According to Master, she joined the guild last night but she wouldn't leave immediately, without taking a mission request, unless it was something important."

Natsu's face was rapidly changing. When Mirajane mentioned Kotone leaving, his face went pale. Then when she said she joined the guild, a slight smile played at the corners of his lips, but then vanished almost immediately and his face turned ghost white. By the end of Mirajane's speech, his face had gone an one-eighty and became bright red with anger. Natsu stood up as his mind comprehended all the information and made sense of it. His face calmed and became one of grim determination.

Mirajane, who finally caught her breath said, "Natsu, please make sure Kotone comes back safely. Don't let Master suffer like Elfman and me. It's a pain no one should experience."

Happy hopped onto Natsu's shoulder yelling AYE!

"Tell Wendy and Gajeel to catch up, I'm going on ahead. Also, tell them that I think that this is…the choice. Yeah, tell them I think she made her choice," Natsu said, opening the window and hopping out.

Erza leaned out the window, "I'm coming as well, wait a moment." She glanced at Grey and Lucy, saying, "According to what Natsu told me, he's not going to be able to handle Kotone by himself. Are you guys coming?"

"When did he tell you this?" Lucy shrieked.

Erza replied, "During the party last night." She hoped out the window.

Grey sighed, "This is gonna be such a pain." He picked up Lucy and hoped out the window before she could protest.

"Whhhyyyy?" Lucy screamed as they dropped to the ground.

Meanwhile, somewhere outside Magnolia, Kotone was walking at a steady pace, almost at her destination.

Periodically she would stop, turn around and run. Run as fast as she could. But then, she would stop, turn around, and reluctantly walk back in the original direction she was going.

Kotone was hardly gaining any ground with her mind in combat with herself. She wanted to save everyone, but she didn't want to have to hurt Makarov in the process. She wanted to accept who she was, but she wanted to reject it passionately. She wanted to end her constant fear, but she didn't want to face it anytime soon. But she had to do it and she knew this. She would eventually get there, but not without prolonging it as much as she can.

Then she froze, praying her sensitive ears deceived her…but they weren't.

"….Natsu slow down!..."

Kotone felt the icy dagger of fear penetrate her heart and seep into her bones, filling her bloodstream. Panic…guilt…madness…these emotions fed the dagger of fear, consuming her in adrenalin. She knew full well that if the dragon slayers got her, she would be persuaded into leading them to their destruction.

No, no, no, NO! Why am I so slow in this form? How is he so fast? Kotone thought as she sprinted down the path. Dang it! He's almost here! Ugf!

Kotone was eating dirt as something tackled her from behind. She rolled onto her back so she could cough up the dirt and gravel that filled her lungs. She didn't have much time before she felt a weight on her stomach and was yanked up by the collar of her shirt.

"Why?" Natsu yelled into her face. "You could live a happy life in Fairytail! Why do you choose to die?"

Kotone listened and didn't hear any sound for miles. She could handle one of the three, but not all at once. She sighed in relief and looked up into Natsu's ferocious eyes with guilt, sadness, and all the pain reflected from all her years, so much pain.

She lifted her hand and brushed the dirt out of Natsu's hair, catching him off guard. "You're so young and full of possibilities. Who am I to take that away from you?" Kotone smiled weakly and more than a little sadly. "I'm tired. That dream you had of me. You only saw about a hundred years. I've lived hundreds youngling. The pain of losing loved ones, having them be repulsed by you, I've experienced it numerous times. I'm a fool who kept hoping I would get a different outcome after every time I made friends. All of them ended up with being repulsed by my dragon form. Natsu, do you remember that time when Igneel disappeared?"

Natsu's face lost its anger during the conversation and now it was serious, "How could I forget?"

Kotone chuckled without humor, "Silly me, your right. I'm sorry. But, what if he didn't disappear? What would you have done when he suddenly turned around and threw rocks at you? What if he called you vile names and hit you, telling you that he never wanted to see you again?" A tear formed in the corner of Kotone's eye. Her face became twisted in anger as she yelled, "THAT HAPPENED TO ME COUNTLESS TIMES! I've NEVER received any kind of love in my life! Makarov is the only exception! He still wanted to travel with me after he saw my true form! I know that Makarov loves me. I'm his Onee-chan, but I've never been comforted by anyone but myself. Even my Edolas copy knew I wanted someone, anyone to just come up and hug me. A hug, such a simple thing I have never received…Why I'm telling you this I don't know. You three dragon slayers know more about me than anyone else in my lifetime.

"I'm at the point where I hurt so much inside that I want to die. The only thing that's holding me back is Makarov. That boy is the only family I have, so I will die so he can live."

Kotone was met with a blinding, direct hit to her face. "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!" Natsu yelled.

People are coming…

"Suicide is not an option! It's never an option! Suicide is mass murder!"

Kotone glanced at him curiously. "What?" she managed to say with her swollen cheek.

"Suicide is mass murder. It kills everyone. We'll die on the inside if you die. That mark on your neck makes you nakama! Fairytail will suffer now if you die."

Kotone glanced at the new audience they had. Lucy, Grey, and Erza were watching, wide eyed at Natsu's statement.

Kotone didn't bother looking up at Natsu again, but addressed him and everyone else with her statement, "You can't stop me."

A/N Again I am so sorry for the late update! *cone of shame*

On another note, I will be accepting three OCs if anyone wants to contribute to the story. This is the format I would like you to either review or PM me:

Name:

Magic:

Hair:

Eyes:

Clothes:

Age:

Other (optional):