It's been a long week with work but I finally got the next chapter done. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer... I do not own Fairy Tail.

Chapter 4

Three Months Later...

AN's POV (At Sabertooth)

"I just got a message from Father... he will be here shortly and he is bringing a guest. He says that, no one is to leave," Minerva said as she struts over to the front door. "I don't know what this is all about but he wanted me to warn everyone to treat his guest with the utmost respect and to not antagonize her... Is that understood?"

"I don't show respect to anyone, who has yet to earn it," Orga said as he lifted his drink and stared at Minerva.

"What's this all about," roared Sting, who was busy talking to Rogue and their Exceeds. "We don't take orders from you."

"Master has been gone for three months without any explanation and now he sends us orders to wait here and show his guest respect... not happening," Orga said as he grinned.

"Do as you please, but it's your heads that will roll if you piss him of," Minerva said as she looked around the guild.

At that moment the guild doors swung open and Master Jiemma walked in. He looked around the guild and shot a glare at Orga and spoke, "is there a problem here Orga. If there is I will gladly find a quick solution." Master stared to glow as energy started to flow around him and without warning a massive energy blast struck Orga sending him crashing into the far wall.

"Are there any more problems I should know about," said the large white haired man, as he looked around the guild and saw everyone shake their heads, no. "Good!"

"Now! I would like you to meet, Lucy... She will be staying here with us for a while. Respect her as you would me or suffer the consequences," Master said as he stepped aside to reveal a female behind him.

Lucy walked passed Master Jiemma and stopped at the edge of the stairs. She had on black leather pants with long black spiked boots. Covering the rest of her body was a long flowing black cloak with a hood that fell over her face and covered her eyes. Peaking out from the edge of her cloak was a hint of black hair, which seemed to glow as the light struck it. In her right hand, she held a long smooth, metallic staff, that glistened as she moved it. At the top of the staff was a black cross with a glowing pink crystal embedded at its center.

"Hmmm! not very impressive, I cou..." Minerva began to say as she suddenly was sent flying into some chairs across the room.

"AHHHHHH! I'M SORRY, I' soooo Sooorry! I'm having a hard time controlling my magic or this thing, whatever it is," Lucy said as she dropped her staff and cloak while running over to Minerva, to help her to her her feet. " Please forgive me, my mind just wont work right lately."

"See, this is why I said to show her some respect," Master said as he laughed out loud. "Anyone else want a taste of that."

"No," everyone answered.

"Now then, let me introduce you to my best friends daughter, this is Lucy le Fay. Some of you may know her as Lucy Hearfilia, formally Fairy Tail's Celestial wizard. There was an incident three months ago at Fairy Tail and I was summonsed by Lucy's father. He asked that I keep her safe and train her. That's where I've been these past few months," Master said with a sigh. "I guess you can see how well my training went."

"Yeah! it went real well I see," Minerva said as she moaned in pain. "Get your hands off me, fairy."

"Sorry... I-I wass j-just tr-ing to h-help," Lucy said as she started to cry. "Lately, I can't do anything right... I should leave before I hurt someone else."

"Ah! fine! stay here, just don't touch me," Minerva said as she brushed herself off. "So Master, what's the story with her?"

"I don't have all the details, we'll have to wait for her memory to return for that," Master sighed.

"What do you mean, she has memory problems," asked Yukino.

"Just as I said... she has a problem with her memory. When I was bought to Fairy Tail three months ago, Lucy was lying on the floor dying. Her parents and another mage were working feverishly to save her, but it wasn't working. So her parents gave her some of their life force to save her and it worked, but her memory has been messed up ever since. I think it may be because of the trauma or the transfer of life energy from her parents. Perhaps it's something else, I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see. In the mean time we will train her and help her to get her memories back. I expect everyone to help," Master said as he looked around the room.

"I don't get it, why was she hurt in the first place. I thought the fairys were big on Nakama. They spout it everywhere they go. Why would Lucy be there hurt and dying? and who are her parents, anyway? I thought that they were just some upper class snobs or something!" asked Rufus as everyone in the guild looked to Master for answers.

"Among all mages, Lucy's parents are unique. They're from another world and are supposed to be very powerful mages there. Her father, Emrys, once told me that Lucy's mother was once a Goddess of something or another... I forget what it was. Actually, I believe they're both immortal or at the very least they're very, very old. The one thing that I do remember about them, is that they both dislike humans and have little regard for them. So I think they probably showed up looking for Lucy and a fight broke out and Lucy probably got caught in the crossfire. That's my guess from the look of the guild when I showed up there," Master said as he took a deep breath.

"So what are we babysitters now... why isn't she with her parents," Minerva said in a sarcastic tone.

"Her parents asked me to take her with me because they would have to leave for a few years to recoup their strength and powers," Master said as his smile soon turned to laughter. "Hahaha... they did say they would return and destroy all the fairys. So it wasn't a wasted trip."

"I guess she stays then," Minerva sighed.

"Glad you said that Minerva, because she will be living with you from here on out," Master laughed as he started to walk to his office. "By the way, Sting, Rufus, Minerva, Orga and Rogue... she's your responsibility now. Train her and above all else... FIX HER MEMORY! You have 30 days to complete this task or heads will roll."

"Oh! one final thing, Everything that we have discussed here stays here. Do not speak of it in public or to anyone who is not a member of Sabertooth... Is that understood?" Master growled as he went into his office.

"Yes Master," they all said in unison as Master slammed his office door.

"Someday I'm gonna make her pay for knocking me into those tables," laughed Minerva as she reached down and picked up Lucy's cloak. As she bent over and picked up Lucy's staff she let out a blood curdling scream that could be heard all across town.

A loud uncontrolled laugh could be heard coming from Master's office as he opened the door and stepped out for a moment. Everyone looked around in confusion as Minerva was crying and screaching in pain and Master was laughing his ass off.

"HAHAHA! I was waiting for someone to do that," laughed the Master. "I learned the hard way... do not touch her staff. Only Lucy and Lucy alone can hold that staff, to all others it is dangerous, painful and I believe if you hold it long enough it will suck the life force from you. During our training we learned that the staff has no power in itself, but acts as a conduit or a medium if you will for her powers. Why it hurts others and not her is anyone's guess, but as both her parents had staffs, I believe it has something to do with her unique powers."

"Unique Powers," Yukino asked. "What do you mean by that."

"Yes, what does that mean," asked Sting as he tried to calm and comfort Minerva, who was now slowly getting back to her feet. Her hair was all frizzy and her clothes were in tatters. It looked like she had gone a few rounds with a lightning mage.

"Well! when most mages on this world use magic, it is formed internally and is then released by calling out a specific attack... thereby releasing that attack. Lucy and her parents on the other hand, pull magic from their surrounding, internalize it and release it through three points on their body. Magic is released through their hands, mouths or eyes. Their staff seems to be the focal point of most of their magic that they release and as they pull magic from their surroundings, they never seem to run low on magic like we do. As Lucy is of this world, she can also create and store magic internally. So she is very unique and one final thing and this is a big one, she is very resilient and heals fast," said Master as he looked at Minerva with a smirk and walked back into his office while laughing. "Oh! She takes after her Mother, perhaps we should call her the Black Witch."

"Black Witch... not exactly what I want to call her, although it rhymes with witch," said Minerva as she for the second time today got up and brushed herself off. "This day just keeps getting better and better," she sighed. "By the way, where is the little witch."

As everyone one in the guild looked at each other and then around the guild, no one could find her. Then Frosch spotted a black haired girl hiding in the corner of the guild underneath a table. She was sitting with her knees pulled up to her chin and she was crying her heart out.

"Fro sees the fairy... don't cry fairy, cause Fro will be your friend," said Frosch, the little green exceed with the pink frog costume on.

"Come out of there now," yelled Rufus as he walked over and moved the table, exposing a bewildered Lucy.

"No! leave me alone, I don't want to hurt anyone else... Please leave me alone," said a sobbing Lucy.

"And I have to let her stay with me, why me?... get up now, we're going home," Minerva said as she stood over a crying Lucy. "Knock off the dammed crying. That's all you've done since you came here."

"No... go away or you'll get hurt," said Lucy as she slowly backed further into the corner.

"Fine! then I'll drag you out," said Minerva as she reached down to grab Lucy.

"NNNNOOOOOO!" Lucy screamed as a wall of pink energy surrounded her from the floor to the ceiling and slowly started to spread out around her, pushing everyone, including the tables and chairs back. "Don't come near me, I don't want to hurt you again."

"HAHAHA! HURT ME, are you serious. You'll have to do a lot better than what you've done here today, to hurt me. Now get up or I'll have you dragged out. "NOW GET UP!" Yelled Minerva.

"Noooo" cried Lucy as she pulled her knees closer into her chest.

"Fine, have it your way... Rogue, go in there and bring her out," Minerva said with an evil laugh.

"Yes my Lady," Rogue said as he turned into a shadow and passed under her shield. "Now drop the shield or whatever that is and get up or well force you to." She reluctantly dropped her energy barrier.

"Why are you all being so nice to me? I've caused nothing but trouble since I came here. I don't even know who I am or why I'm here and yet you still try to help me... WHY?" said Lucy as she looked up from her sitting position with tears in her eyes.

"Because, unlike you fairies, we follow orders and from what I've seen so far, you don't look very scary to me," said Sting as he walked over to her, bent down and picked her up in his arms. "Now just stay there quietly and don't cause anymore trouble."

"What are you doing, put me down. Do I look like a damsel in distress or some lost princess?" Lucy said as she struggled in Stings arms, but he just kept holding her tighter. The more she struggled, the tighter he held her.

"It's no use struggling, I won't put you down untill we get to Minerva's place," Sting said as he looked into her tear filled dark brown eyes.

"Fine!" Lucy said as she crossed her arms and gave up struggling.

"I've got your cloak, but I'm not touching that staff again... You'll have to carry that yourself," Minerva said as she headed towards the door.

"Okay," Lucy said as she held out her hand... "Come to me my friend." and the staff rose into the air and floated into Lucy's hand. "Reduce, my friend." and the staff shrunk down to a fifth of it's size as Lucy pulled it in close to her chest.

"Do you have any bags?" Orga asked as they all headed for the guild doors.

"Yes, but everything I need is in my staff," Lucy said as she smiled and looked at her staff with great affection.

"I thought Master said your staff has no power," Rufus asked, as he closed the guild doors behind them.

"Well, he's correct. My staff has no power but it is made from a combination of a special sword that my Mother gave me, a family heirloom Capricorn bought back to me and the keys of my spirit friends. All of those things combine to make this staff my dear friend, that's probably why my staff won't allow anyone but me to touch it" Lucy said with a smile as she looked up at Sting. Their eyes met for a awkward moment and they both quickly looked away.

"Ah! that makes sense. Tell that stupid staff if it zaps me again, I will melt it down for scrap," Minerva laughed a light happy laugh. "Anyway let's go home... it's been a long day and I'm beat."

"So you do remember some things," Sting asked as Looked down at Lucy.

"Yes! some memories have returned thanks to Master Jiemma's training," Lucy said as she looked up at him and smiled.

"Good, that means that we can probably help you," Rufus said as he touched the brim of his hat. "I'll use my Memory-Make magic, I'm sure there's some way to make it work to help you."

"Let's call it a day," Rogue said as he looked over at Lucy who had just fallen asleep. "Wow! she's out cold. Must be some comfortable in your arms, Sting," he laughed.

"Shup up Rogue!" laughed Sting, as they all stopped in front of Minerva's place.

"I wonder if Father trained her or should I say tortured her like he did me. Oh well I guess we'll find out tomorrow morning when we train... let's go home!" Minerva said as she stood in front of Sting and took Lucy from him. "See you all tomorrow at the training grounds... nine sharp. Don't be late."

"See you tomorrow," they all said as they went their separate ways.

As Minerva got to her place and opened her door, she looked down at Lucy and said... "Don't worry Lucy, I know what it's like to be alone and afraid. From now on you are like my little sister, I will always be here to protect you. Just don't tell anyone, it'll ruin my reputation."

"Thank you Onee-chan, I feel better already," Lucy said as she smiled.

"DAM IT! I thought you were asleep," Minerva said as she turned red with embarrassment. "Onee-chan... I kind of like it though, but don't say anything to anyone or I'll deny everything."

"Okay," laughed Lucy.

As Minerva put Lucy down and they walked into her place, she turned to Lucy and said, "this is now your place as well as mine. Please be happy here. Now let's get something to eat and get to know one another better."

"Thank You, Onee-chan, I'd like that," Lucy said with a big smile, one that she hasn't had in a very long time. "Virgo, my bags please."

"It's gonna be a long night..." they said in unison while laughing.

Well that took a while to write but it was a lot of fun. Out of all the other chapters this one I enjoyed writing the most and I think the next one will be fun as well. I'd like for Minerva and Lucy to be close and I hope they do... they both seem awfully lonely lately. I think they need each other.

I put my other story on hold until the end of the Summer, so I can focus on this story and do some things around the house. If any of you have read my other story, I hope you understand and forgive me.

If anyone has any thoughts, comment or suggestions... I'm always open to them. I'd love to know what you think of my story so please review it.

See you very soon, with a new chapter.