Another chapter for today, hope you enjoy.

I do not own Fairy Tail, or Zombie Loan... x)

Everything was like midnight; pitch black. No sound echoed through the never ending room and the only light there was shone down on a blonde girl. Lucy did not know where she was, nor does she know what to do.'Is this a dream?' she thought as she looked around.

Suddenly the scenery changed into a waste land with lifeless trees, misty grounds and a murky lake. No form of life seemed to be around, making Lucy's heart dwell in loneliness. She wanted to know where she was and why she was here, even if it was a dream, it had to mean something. Then out of the blue, a voice was heard in the distance, scaring the girl, although she did not know who it was or what it had said.

"Lucy," it called out again. It was a deep voice that sounded rough as if the person hadn't drink water for a very long time. Lucy looked up to the direction of the voice to see a black raven landing on a black tree branch that was above her head. "Lucy," it croaked out her name once more, "you are what I am; dark as the shadows of night and a beautiful sign. See far beyond others' eyes, see what lies deep within lies. Tell when the time shall come, when colours fade and silence will forever become the world," the way the raven spoke confused Lucy. 'What did he mean that he and I are the same?'

"What do you mean?" She asked as she got up from the ground and looked at him with questioning eyes.

"Truth shall reveal once the time is right," he said back as he spread his large wings, getting ready for flight.

"Wait, don't go! Where am I? And please, do tell!" She pleaded as she tried to reach out for the raven who soared in the sky; getting smaller and smaller as he got further away. Tears started to roll down her cheeks knowing that she was once again alone. All of a sudden, a sharp pain numbed her body and she screamed out in agony.

Her eyes slowly opened to only close them again from the blinding light. They opened once more and she scanned the room that she was in. It was white with a gray-blue wall where a large desk stood with papers stacked neatly and there was a wooden triangle plate with a golden layer which had the letters 'F.T.Z.L.' engraved. She gently got up from the couch that she lay on and walked step by step, even if her body told her to not walk due to the pain, towards the name tag wondering what it stand for and picked it up.

"I see that you are finally awake," a male's voice spoke up, making Lucy jump with fright. She turned to her left to see a buff man with spiky blonde hair, a scar shaped as a lightning bolt on the right side of the face and covered one of his golden eyes, sitting in a chair. He wore a purple dress shirt with a long black coat with fur trimmings and a black pants along with black loafers.

"Uh, yeah," she replied nervously, Lucy had no clue who the blonde was and wasn't sure if she should feel safe around him.

"Zeref brought you here," the man said sensing her unease and hoped that it would earn her trust, "and by the way, I am Laxus Dreyar. The second owner of this... wonderful company."

"You must be related to Makarov Dreyar then, right?" Lucy gasped, surprised that the tall man, who looked a bit handsome, was related to the short old perv.

"Yeah, I am his grandson," Laxus replied, not very pleased with it, but he was glad that he will take over this company.

"So," she began whilst looking around the room, "what does this company do?"

"You will find that out as soon as the two boys arrive," the blonde man said smirking while leaning back into his chair and resting his arms on the arm rests. Lucy just watched him close his eyes, still having that smirk on his face (much to her annoyance) a frown is placed upon her face. "How long are you going to stare at me? It's kind of hard to ignore you since you don't have a shirt on," he said as he reopened his eyes which had a mechevious glint.

It took a while for his words to process in the blonde girl's mind and when she finally understood what he meant, she screamed and covered her breast, which luckily still had a bra on. Lucy's face was painted red from embarrassment and anger that he did not mention it or that she hadn't realised it earlier.

Lucy saw that there was thick, blood stained bandages wrapped around her stomach and sadness filled her eyes. She sat down and took the blankets from the couch and wrapped it around her fragile body. Memories washed back to shore in her mind and guilty started to spread in her soul of how much trouble she had caused for Jellal and Zeref.

"Don't worry about them, they are fine. Plus it was their own choice, well mostly Zeref's, to save you," Laxus ensured her as if he read her mind, "and no, I did not read your mind. You just whispered it aloud to yourself, so here's a tip: don't talk to yourself aloud, it's creepy and weird." An angry check mark appeared on her head at the advice he gave her. Lucy wasn't sure if he was being nice in some way or just plain rude. "Hey, what's your name, I didn't quite catch it."

"My name is Lucy Heartfillia," she said her last name more quiet, hoping that he might not have heard it.

"Ah, so she must be the Heartfillia girl my grandpa must be talking about," he mumured to himself.

"Look who's talking to themselves now," Lucy pointed out as she crossed her arms over her chest and looked the other way. Laxus' eyebrows furrowed at her comment and got up to walk over to her.

"What did you say?" He asked as he leaned in closely to her face. Lucy shivered at the sound of his voice and as she felt his breath on her left ear.

"That you talked to yourself," she said bravely as she looked at his golden eyes with determination. His eyebrows furrowed more (if that's even possible) and he then tossed her onto her back, pinning her arms above her.

"So, Raven, you decided to talk back to someone who is a much higher ranking and stronger than you," Laxus said with a threatening, yet a teasing, voice. My eyes widen, remembering the dream with the raven.

"What do you mean by raven?" Lucy asked, desperate for the answer. She had to know what they meant by raven, why they call her that. Laxus was surprised that she didn't know what she was. He let go of her wrist so she can sit up once again and he slowly sat down next to her.

"You really don't know what you are?" He asked and the blonde girl shook her head and the man let out a sigh, "well, I will tell you then."

I MIGHT update my story New Beginning later today or get the chapter half done, hopefully and update tomorrow.

Thank you, 'til next time :)