As you can see, I have changed my name. If you haven't noticed, then well, I'm telling you now. Sounds special rite? Based on Fairy Tail Houou no Miko if you see the word "Phoenix" XD. Ok I received about 20 reviews about continuing my story. So apparently ALL of them said to continue… This is good and bad for me, good because you guys can enjoy it. Bad thing is that I have to keep typing my ass off! Just kidding :P I like to make these chapters and I'm very glad that you liked them :) THANK YOU! Now continuing the story ;)

Doraguniru: What a sad ending! But it makes me have an idea ;) just kidding, maybe a different story (Just a thought) I hope you'll like this chapter tho!

LiGhT aNd dArQ: Thanks for reading my story and I'm glad you're enjoying it :D This is a new chapter and I'm guessing I'm gonna call it PART 2 of "An arrow through the heart"!

NatsuXLucy4ever2000: I can't say no to someone who would die of sadness from not writing this story! O_O

Neko-Sky Maiden Wendy: I WILL!

Maxine Dragneel: This is kind of weird but I also was playing that song when I was writing the last chapter O_o. I have that song in my playlist and I guess I needed some sad inspiration (Laughs). Btw that song totally matched the ending credits at the end of the movie ;)

Jennifer: (Blushes) you don't have to praise me O/O I will do it…

YuendmiiXD: You're right like what everyone else said in the reviews! Natsu can't die!

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CupcakeGirl633: I think you're the only one who realized the bold print symbolized everyone's point of view XD good job, I will bow down to you XD (Btw I'm shy to mention this but I watched degrassi (SORRY!) and they showed different views of people reacting to someone's suicide. I decided that it would be good in this story so I'm glad that you picked up on this :D) Every Nalu shipper wants them to be together at the end so of course my story will be like that!

Demonic Angel-Angelic Demon: I literally felt a chill on my back. Consider me warned :) I have it for you now :D

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Jizang: Everyone's wishes and yours came true, I will continue ;) ya welcome

Ariri Nichkhun Dragneel: Please don't cry! (I'm very over dramatic btw so don't mind me) I promise to continue so keep reading! :)

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Takamiya Sakura: I realized you wrote this twice but still I'm HAPPY! THANK YOU VERY MUCH

GoldenRoseTanya: I will, I will! Don't worry XD (chuckles)

LuckyLifeSmile: All your questions will be solved soon my dear one XP Man I sound like a genie :D

Cat Goliath: Everyone kept saying that to me as well so you're not the only one XD, This is going to be Part 2 so be ready to read some intense writing! They're bold to show different points of views for the chapter before.

(A/N Sorry for not updating so long!) I intended this to be an epilogue so I combined that with a new chapter to form PART 2! So please lay back, eat a few things, and I suggest you to continue reading…ENJOY, MY OTAKUs!

PART 2

Chapter 20: New story unfolds

It was summer. The season with the same name as the man who died 8 months ago. The sakura trees have come in bloom in the spring but especially today, it was more gorgeous. To Lucy Heartfilia, the daughter of the king and queen of Fiore, the pink tint in the blossoms reminded her of a childhood friend with the exact same hair color. The rainbow sakura, a colorful blossom tree that the kingdom of Fiore was very fond of, stood proudly in the center of the city Magnolia.

King Jude Heartfilia came back to rule, surprising a couple of people since they thought their precious king were dead. They were even more shocked by the fact that Queen Layla Heartfilia was also alive since it was 10 years after she had died. Eventually, 8 months to be precise, they went back to their normal businesses like they encountered weird things every day.

Fairy Tail wasn't wanted criminals anymore since they helped others and saved the kingdom. Everyone ignored the fact that they stole riches from nobles and treated them like equals. Don't worry, the little town that Fairy Tail desperately tried to save for 10 years is fine. It turns out that King Jude wasn't the one who didn't help the town but it was Jose, Jude's ex-head in charge. Jose tried to get the King's mind out of the towns so he could do whatever he wants to do whatever he wants without the King noticing. To sum up, King Heartfilia wasn't lying to little Lucy back then about the towns, it was just Jose that had made the towns distorted. After Jose died, his followers left somewhere or started anew so it was peaceful. Fairy Tail didn't need to help the village anymore (But they visit every so often!) so the guild and its members has been relocated to the city of Magnolia, right beside the valuable rainbow sakura.

Speaking about the village, everyone who had died had been revived. Reunited families joined together in harmony and King Jude immediately came to their aid. You know, the old lady Miss. Misaki? Well, she was actually Lucy's grandmother from her mother's side. That is why she reminded so much of the queen, and how the king is so connected to that specific town. (A/N Remember the flashback when lil' Natsu and Lucy with the Queen? She said to get ready and meet grandma but they didn't since the queen died). Lucy didn't know the actual name of the town until her parents told her. That town is named Love and Lucky…

Lucy folded her clothes neatly on her bed. She decided to stay in Fairy Tail despite her actual home in the new rebuilt castle, which by the way is so much better than the other one since the scent of dried blood is there left by the creepy man Jose himself. But still, Fairy Tail is a second home to her and partly because here makes her feel more connected to the fire dragon slayer.

The dragons are back in the dragon's den since they can't be seen or they'll be hunted down. But they sometimes do unexpected visits to their foster children and demolish half of the guild in less than a minute. Yep, that's how destructive they are. Lucy bets that they don't know the difference of being calm or violent except for Grandine, of course. She's the only sane dragon there is!

The dragon slayers are another story. Sting and Rouge were the last ones to know about Natsu's death. First there were disbelief, shock, sadness, anger and then back to sadness. Sting had locked himself in the guild's closet for 3 days from the thought of the pink haired man's passing. Lector, a small brown haired boy who is starting to grow taller than most of the small children, tried to get him out from the compacted room. The only one who succeeded from getting the blonde out was Rouge, who also cared for the pink haired man. Rouge, Sting and their foster children are now part of the guild because Sabertooth was disbanded; they said they wanted to be in the guild where their deceased role model lived in. Also, they lived in Fairy Tail 10 years ago with Natsu so they already got used to the craziness in the guild. Well, not that crazy…

Wendy and Gajeel are the same as before, maybe because from the talk with Igneel 8 months ago. But from time to time, Wendy will touch her tiny heart and look at the sky almost in a prayer. Lucy knew what she was doing but she kept quiet. Gajeel was no different, unlike Wendy; he goes to Levy-chan, talks with the blunette and then walks away ignoring the weird looks coming to his way. These small actions repeated for 8 months and it still continued.

Happy's birthday had passed during those long months. But he didn't seem at all happy. Mirajane's sister, Lissana went to calm him down when he started to sob as the candles of his cake was lit. I guess the red and orange flames had made Happy break. Lucy heard that the short white haired girl was Natsu's childhood friend that died before she and Natsu met. She thought Lissana would be the age of a small girl since that was the time when she died but she looked like a normal 17 year old. Probably the deceased can age in death like the living? Lucy isn't sure. By the way, the blonde's not jealous of Lissana because of the way the white haired girl talks about Natsu; it seemed sisterly to Lucy rather than lovingly. Lissana is very kind, polite, and one of the calmest people Lucy knows in Fairy Tail that won't cause a ruckus. They became great friends.

Moving on, she hasn't seen her keys for weeks and she's afraid that a specific water bearer key will kill her because of that mistake. When she received her keys, she one by one summoned them but also careful with preserving her magic. Already all of them loved her (well maybe not Aquarius but the mermaid might care for the blonde), so they forgave her. To her surprise, Loke a lion celestial spirit knew the friends she had made. He was a member of the guild before Lucy received his key and he was considered missing. Everyone was surprised and happy that their nakama returned along with the rest. But one awkward moment was when Loke asked where Natsu was. Everyone quieted down and didn't spoke. Back then, Loke looked confused until Lucy filled him in and he would later look ashamed. But Lucy knew it wasn't his fault since he didn't know.

Lucy looked around in her quiet room. Lucy's head searched back and forth until she found what she was looking for which was her keys. She didn't want to risk losing them again. Correction: She didn't want to lose someone precious to her again… Even though Igneel said that Natsu will forever be everyone's hearts, her heart still hurt. It's like someone injected her painful medicine into her heart or someone stabbing her multiple times in the chest. Everyone heard of the word soul mate? Well, what if you found your soul mate but then that person dies. There will be only one soul mate for one individual person, so does that mean that you won't found someone like that ever again?

Lucy tucked her keys safely in a pouch that is connected to her belt. She strapped it gently but tightly so it wouldn't fall off. The blonde stared at her nightstand that held the starry night mask that she wore whenever Fairy Tail went to the village. She wouldn't need it anymore but it was sentimental to her. Lucy wore a blue and white collared heart cruxed shirt, a blue skirt, black leather boots and a blue ribbon to tie her blonde hair on one side of her head. She held her right hand to look at the pink stamp and smiled at it as if to remember a memory from it. After that she walked outside and shut her door.

Erza stood by the guild's door, with Jellal, Wendy, the children, and Gajeel. They were waiting for some others to join them to start their mission. Extra information: instead of the guild stealing from the rich, they decided to do regular quests to earn money legally.

Gray stood by the bar as he talked with his mentor. Again, he was being taught by his teacher, Ur. Lyon, a man that was also taught by Ur back then and is from a different guild, Lamia Scale, would come over for lessons as well. In 8 months, Gray learned powerful ice-make magic and could summon many attacks in a short period of time. Though, his face didn't seem like he enjoyed using these attacks since there was no one he could use it against.

Erza's scarlet red hair waved in the wind that came in from the doors. A hand went to brush the stranding locks aside causing Erza to turn red like the color of her hair. The blue haired man smiled teasingly and planted a kiss on her forehead.

"Ewwww…" Happy trailed off with sarcastic disgust. Happy was getting taller like Lector but he's just 7. He smiles less than before, it was rare for him to grin but he still can make mocking remarks every so often. Erza blushed and pushed Jellal's face away when he went down to kiss her on lips. Jellal and Erza became a couple 6 months ago. Everyone could tell they liked each other and so finally, Jellal confessed to her and BAM! The new Fairy Tail couple was born! Well after Alzack and Bisca of course.

Gray finished his goodbyes with his teacher while she tousled his dark hair as if he was a little boy. Gray made a childish grimace but smiled a while after. He ran to Erza and the rest who are waiting patiently for him except for Gajeel since he's very impatient. He looks around, looking for someone in particular.

"Lucy's not here yet?" He murmurs, almost in a whisper. Erza nodded grimly. This was the first mission that Lucy came with them since the accident. Lucy usually stayed behind the bar with Mirajane and Lissana. She helped around the guild but she never went on a mission for 8 months.

"Are you sure Lucy-san is ready?" Wendy said as she brought her voice in a whisper. Jellal nodded his blue head. His brown eyes narrowed in concentration.

"I think this is good for Lucy, not to seem harsh but she needs to move on. I know these months were hurtful to her from the information you guys told me. Lucy needs to be herself again" He said making a few heads nod.

"Still, if she sees anything that reminds her of…" Erza stopped. "She can be hurt more than ever…" Wendy's small head lowered as she clenched her small fists together. Carla put her small pale hand onto the dark haired girl, to comfort her. No doubt they were all thinking about the pink-haired man with a grin that can make everyone smile as well.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine"

Everyone's heads whipped back in surprise. They turn to the blonde who seemed to hear everything. Lucy had a small smile on her lips as she stared at them. Erza looked away ashamed as Jellal placed his hand on her armored shoulder. Gray felt bad as well and no intention at all, he stripped his jacket and tossed it to the ground.

"I don't want to cause trouble for you guys but I am fine," Lucy said, insistently. "Sorry if I made it not seem that way" Erza shook her head, disagreeing with the blonde's statement.

"You're no trouble at all Lucy." Erza says. "We're nakama. We just wanted to know if you're sure that you want to go on this mission…"

"I'm sure" Lucy said directing her voice to everyone. Everyone nodded slowly and wearily. They start to head out the door but gave the blonde a worried look once more. Gajeel was asleep during the whole conversation but with one loud kick from Gray, he snarled awake. Lucy can feel other guild members' eyes on her in worry as she headed out to the open world again.

OTHER PLACE (DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED YET!)…THE DARK PLACE?... (I'LL THINK ABOUT IT…-_-)

A man set his glass down on a wooden table in a darkened room like he wants it to be. As the glass was on the table, another man who stood beside him grabbed a bottle and poured in the glass, a red dark wine. The old man gruffly picked up the glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Don't drink too much master, you'll be wasted" The wine bearer warned but the master ignored him.

"I see the kingdom is back as it used to be…" The old man said as the other man nodded. "That means, Zeref is once again asleep" He said and drained another cup.

"Master, why are you so interested in Zeref?" The man said with curiosity and with easily heard innocence. The old man chuckled lightly and set his glass down again. The servant made no motion in filling the glass again.

"You have been here with us for most of your life and now this question comes up?" The old man asked but the other man didn't say anything. He was waiting for his answer. "Let's just say, he will rule the world one day. You might think that I'm crazy but I believe that man is the most powerful mage ever born" The older man said as he laid his head down on his chair, while stroking his beard.

"I don't believe in mages being the most powerful, sir" the young man said as he set the bottle of wine down. The old man's eyebrows rose in a question.

"So who do you think is the strongest?"

"I believe…" The man started. "…That dragons are the strongest beings ever created" The older man place his old hand to the side of his face and smiled that looked almost like a smirk, he was amused. "Especially dragon slayers" The man said and he smiled widely so it stretched on his face. The young man's voice had the hint of craziness.

"Do you know what's even better, master?" The man said as he pulled a chair over to face the old man. He placed his arm on top of the headboard of the chair and the other arm placed on his face. He still had the smile on his face with a dream-like expression.

"Their blood looks way more beautiful than mages" He finished with a innocent look on his face. He stretched his arms out and stared at his hands as if he can see the blood on his hands right at that moment.

The old man smiled and chuckled as if he found this child's ranting amusing.

"Aren't you busy today, young one?" He asked the man, changing the subject. The other man's devilish grin lit maliciously. He opened his eyes that glowed luminous, even in the dark room.

"Yes, master Hades"

BACK WITH THE OTHERS…

Lucy placed herself on a nearby log in exhaustion. Gray fell to the ground with a thump. Wendy groaned, even Gajeel was tired! Jellal breathed heavy and the small children laid on the ground beside the stripper.

The only one who was fine was the armored woman Titania. She stared confusedly at everyone and crossed her arms that said a silent "Pathetic". Lucy felt sweat coming down her forehead and her back hurt from walking too much.

"What are we looking for any way?" Gray said in between breaths. Erza took out the request paper and inspected it. Her brows furrowed while she read the parchment.

"Please help look for an herb flower. They are mostly found in plains and can cure few severe conditions. They are very rare so there might be a few left. A/N they can't be found in mountai-" Erza stop abruptly. Everyone felt a vein pop on their foreheads except for Jellal and Wendy. Their anger exploded like an erupting volcano.

"WE'RE IN THE MOUNTAINS!" They shouted that sounded like a whine. Lucy sighed loudly and slumped backward. Gajeel snorted and sat crisscrossed on the ground, he placed his hand on his face and grimaced. Erza looked at the paper as if she didn't make this mistake; she stared hard at the sentence with "Mountains" and wished hard that it would disappear. But unfortunately it didn't. Jellal chuckled lightly and patted Erza's shoulder.

"I guess we can take a break now" Pantherlily said (What a weird name to call a child!). Erza recovered her shock and her face lit up in a smile. Everyone stared at her with confusion. Even Jellal looked surprised.

"We can have a picnic! This is my first time so this has to go perfectly!" Erza said with enthusiasm. Wendy smiled cheerfully at Carla who gave a small smile. Gajeel tsked and closed his eyes as if he was sleeping. Lucy sighed for the millionth time that day but her mouth curved into a smile. This is how it felt to be with friends again. She had missing out on this for a long time; she wanted this happy moment to last…Lucy got up from her log and went to help Erza set up. Also, making new memories.

SOMEWHERE AGAIN…(SORRY)

"Ouch…" He said as he grabbed his bruising head. He wondered how did this happen. All of sudden he was in the sky and he skyrocketed down to the Earth. How was he in the sky in the first place?! No person in the right mind can fly!

He felt the lump that started to appear on the tip of his head. Well at least he was safe on the ground. He felt his head spun but the headache wasn't as bad as he thought. Maybe the fall to his head didn't make him have a concussion or probably worst, like death from blow to the head. He shook his head which he realized which was a bad idea since it only made his head hurt even more.

He sighed as he scratched his neck. He rose to his feet, wobbling at first.

"Where am I?" he said and he froze like he hadn't heard his voice for a long time. He examined his surroundings and became confused for no particular reason. Was he waiting for someone? No,

Someone was waiting for him.

His hand slowly reached upward to touch the white scaled scarf that was wrapped around his neck. He spoke the words that appeared in his mind:

"My name is Natsu Dragneel" He spoke softly. "And my princess is waiting for me"

THE EVIL DARK PLACE (STILL DOESN'T WORK FOR YA? ALRIGHT…I'LL KEEP TRYING)

"Master, any new missions?" the man said as he followed Hades. The master applied his cape and his helmet. He readjusted his eye patch that covered his left eye.

"What? You finished the one before?" Hades said gruffly. The young man nodded quietly.

"Not as fun as I thought it would be" The man murmured, again he looked at his hands again. "It was nothing like I expected it would be" He said with disappointment in his voice.

Hades sighed as he brushed off his clothing and smoothed out the wrinkles. He stopped in his tracks and turned to hand out a red parchment.

"Since you completed the basic assassination missions faster than I thought you would, I will give you an S-class mission" Hades handed the mission while younger man smiled widely at the parchment.

"Who is the person I need to kill?" He said as he opened the scroll and looked at picture. A girl with long blonde hair and big brown eyes smiled in the photograph. She had a warm smile that immediately made the young man frown in dislike.

"Lucy Heartfilia" Hades said. "The person who ruined Zeref's arrival"

End of Part 2 chapter 1 (In other words chapter 20)

So I bet most of you guys knew it was her. I know I know and I also know that many people had put that in their fan fictions as well but the next chapter may surprise you. Don't worry I won't copy people's works into mine. This story will have some similar plots but with major changes. Hope you guys will look forward to the next chapter. Thank you! Review, Favorite and Follow!

Coming up next Chapter 21: Shocking Fact

Who was the other man?

How is Hades still alive?

Is Lucy going to use her keys this time?

WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING THEIR PICNIC?!

Quote question! Who said this?

"I am a loyal Celestial Spirit to my owner. I work in whatever appearance you'd like me to"

Hint: it's a celestial spirit hence what the person said :) Pretty easy enough