Hi everyone... First of I would really like to thank everyone who has favored and are following my story. It really means a lot to me. I know my story isn't very popular and most certainly it isn't very fast paced like other stories, but I believe this story has to stay true to it's own self. My story is slow right now because there are so many elements I want to weave together before I pick up the pace.

Over the past few chapters I've been concerned that I'm boring everyone and I think I very well may be as I put poor NatsuDragonRoar to sleep. I'm sorry for that! BTW thank you NatsuDragonRoar for your review, you left me a wake up call (pardon the pun) and have me thinking... my story is at least good enough to be a substitute for sleeping pills. LOL

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Chapter 12

At Fairy Tail (The Next Morning)

Makarov's POV

I was sitting on the bar explaining to Mira what needed to be done for the day and telling her about our upcoming trip to Sabertooth. Wendy and Carla were sitting with Levy and Gajeel, laughing about something which seemed to put everyone at their table at ease. 'It's nice to see some smiles around here for a change,' I thought as I kept staring at the door as I waited for Happy, the last of our group to arrive. A few moments later the doors flew open and in walked Team Natsu.

They were all smiles and appeared to be very upbeat. Natsu and Gray were fighting like old times, Erza was punishing them and Happy was smiling as he sat on Lisanna's head. When Happy saw Carla, he flew over to her with a big grin and a fish in his hands... they were the old Team Natsu I knew, minus one curvy blonde headed mage.

"Gramps..." Natsu said as he attempted to run over to me but was stopped by Erza.

"NO! Don't speak! You and Gray go over there and sit down and let us handle this," Erza said as she gave them a deadly stare and motioned for them to sit down and be quite. Which they reluctantly did. "That's better... Lis-chan go ahead."

The little take over mage walked up to me and asked me if she and I could talk in private and I motioned for her to follow me up to my office. Once inside my office Lisanna closed the door and smiled at me.

"So child, what is it that you need to see me for?" I said as I hopped up on to my desk and motioned for her to come closer.

"Master... on our way home last night we met Lucy's Father, he..." Lisanna said as I jumped down and held her hand.

"Are you alright, he never hurt any of you, did he?" I said as I interrupted her.

"No! No! We're all fine! Well he was mad at first and I though he was gonna kill us, which had me scared for a little while, but he never did anything to us. He actually forgave us!" Lisanna said as she lowered her head and started to cry, I pulled her head down to my shoulder and rubbed her head. "H-He said, He f-forgave us!" she said as she wept.

"Child that's good news, why are you crying?" I said as I handed her a handkerchief and watched her dry her eyes.

"Because, it's the first time in months that I've seen everyone smile... and I feel good when Natsu smiles. I feel there's hope that maybe Lucy too will forgive us," she said as she smiled. This child reminds me so much of Lucy, they both have the same wonderful and friendly personalities. 'They could have been good friends, such a shame,' I thought.

"I'm glad of that child but I need to get going. What is it that you need?" I said as sat back on my desk.

"Master, after we left Lucy's Father last night, we spent most of the night talking. They told me so many stories about Lucy. I could see by the way they were talking about her that she meant a lot to them and I feel bad that I never took the opportunity to get to know her. So I was wondering if I could come along as well. I have something I want to say to Lucy and I also have something that I want to show her. Please master!" Lisanna clasped her hands together as if to beg.

"Well! If it was anyone else from Team Natsu, I would say no. Perhaps having you there might be a good idea. You and Lucy have similar personalities, so maybe you might be able to reach out to her," I said as I jumped off the desk and started walking towards the door. "Don't just stand there child... let's go!" I said as she rushed over and threw her arms around me.

"Thank you Master. I won't let you down," Lisanna said as she left my office with a big grin. 'I hope so,' I thought as I closed the door behind me and walked out on to the second floor balcony.

"Wendy, Carla, Happy, Levy and Lisanna... Let's go," I said as I started to walk towards the doors and noticed Erza hand Lisanna a bag. 'I think they pulled a fast one on me,' I laughed to myself. 'Oh well, she's to cute to say no to,' I thought.

At Sabertooths Training Area (Four Hours Later)

Makarov's POV (Cont.)

After a long walk through the tall trees we finally reached a clearing... a large empty grassy field laid before us. "Hmm! That's odd, young Master Eucliffe said that we would find Lucy here... but I don't see anyone here," I said as I looked around. The empty field confused me.

"Well Master Makarov, this is Sabertooth's training grounds. Of course a Fairy wouldn't see anything," laughed the small Celestial mage Yukino. "It's protected with a magic barrier, to keep prying eyes away."

"Is that so, very clever child! But how do we cross the barrier?" I said as she smiled back at me and moved ahead of us.

"You can't, but I can," she said with a wink and a smile. "Everyone link hands... Master take my hand and everyone, don't let go."

Yukino led the way as we all followed her lead. As I walked through the barrier I felt a sudden chill and I could sense my power drain for a moment. 'That's one powerful shield,' I thought to myself as I stopped on the other side. As I looked around I could see a campsite at the top of the clearing, but there was no one there. The next thing I knew I was knocked to the ground. 'What the hell was that,' I thought as I got up and brushed myself off.

Again I looked around and this time I saw two tall curvy females standing in the middle of the field. They appeared to be enjoying themselves as they laughed. The blonde girl noticed us and motioned for us to come over.

Minerva's POV

It's been a couple of hours now since Mom and Dad left, we cried for a long time until we finally decided it's time to move on and start training. Mom and Dad said they'd see us again so we'll be fine and besides we get to see our sister later. I know Lucy is really looking forward to having a little sister.

Mom and Dad had taught us alot earlier this morning and we were practicing moving freely through space. It took Lucy a few tries to get the hang of it... but for me it came naturally. After all, It's more or less an extension of my own powers. As I shifted through space to the edge of the field, I bumped into something which startled me. So I returned to the center of the field and pulled Lucy to me and noticed we had company.

"Lucy! I hit a Fairy... I thought it was a mosquito," I laughed as Lucy looked around and her gaze stopped at our visitors. She waved for them to come over.

"Sister, that wasn't funny," she said as she smirked and slowly began to laugh.

"See! Your laughing... it was funny, wasn't it," I said as I stuck my tongue out at her.

"Ah! Yukino is with them... Sister... she's here... she's here. What do we say?" Lucy said with excitement.

"Calm down, we need to deal with the Fairys first. Okay?" I said as she reluctantly nodded.

"If we must... Fine," she said as the Fairys walked up to us and stopped a few feet in front of us.

Lucy's POV

'Just great, this isn't what I wanted to have to deal with today!' I thought as I looked at my former friends and guild mates... Master Makarov, Happy and Levy standing in front of me, with Yukino at their side.

"Lushie," yelled the blue flying cat Happy as he flew into my arms. As I looked down at him all my apprehension about meeting Fairy Tail just floated away.

"Happy! Happy I missed you as I hugged him tightly.

"I missed you two Lushie!" he said as he buried his head into my chest.

"Cut that out Happy... geez!" I said as I laughed at him.

"Aye! Sir!" he said with a big grin.

"So Master what brings you here," I said as the little blue haired Sky Dragon Wendy and her white Exceed Carla stepped out from behind Master Makarov with Lisanna behind them.

"Wendy!" I yelled as I ran over to her and hugged her. "I'm so happy to see you! How are you?"

"Lucy-san... I missed you so much," she said as she started to cry.

"I missed you too," I whispered in her ear. "I'm glad you and Carla came."

"Thank you Lucy-san... we really wanted to see you. We were really happy when Master asked us to come along.

"I'm glad!" I said as I looked to Minerva. "Sister, I want you to meet some people."

"This is Wendy Marvell. She was like my little sister when I was in Fairy Tail and this is her friend Carla," I said with a proud smile.

"Sister?" Wendy said as she looked up at me while still in my embrace.

"Yes Wendy, this is my older sister Layla, sorry I mean Minerva," I said as sister gave me a death stare and I smiled.

"Really! She's your real sister!" she said as she smiled and looked at me as I nodded yes.

Wendy left my embrace and turned to Sister and looked up at her and smiled... "Hi! I'm Wendy and this is Carla, it's so nice to meet you."

"Well aren't you the most adorable little thing," Sister said as she turned to me and smiled. "Can I keep her?" she said as she knelled down and wrapped her arms around Wendy.

"Sure... why not," I said with a laugh. "Wendy, Minerva may seem scarey on the outside but she's a big softy on the inside," I said with a wink, as Sister gave me a look that made me step back and laugh.

"Hi Lu-chan," said the blue haired script mage Levy.

"Hi Levy," I said as I turned to Sister and said, "Sister, this is Levy McGarden, my old friend."

"Hmm! Not much of a friend from what you said," smirked Sister as Levy hung her head and started to cry. "I'm just kiddin Levy-chan... Lucy help me out here?"

"Sorry Sister, I have my hands full... Happy would you mind," I said as he sprouted wings and flew over to Carla. I then pulled Levy into a tight hug. "Levy-chan, don't cry... I'm fine... No! I'm better than fine. I finally found my family... I'm home!" I said as I started to cry with Levy.

"Really!" she said as she looked up at me with tears streaming down her face.

"Yes! I really am," I said as I whispered into her ear. "Levy-chan I found my real sister... can you believe that? I though I was all alone in the world... I'm not... and I'm so happy now... so don't worry about me Okay!"

"Okay! But I've missed you so much," she said.

"I know! We'll catch up later," I said as I released her from my hug. "Don't mind Minerva, she's a little awkward around people," I smirked.

"Little Sister! I'll kill you later," Sister laughed and whacked my arm.

"We'll see about that," I smiled and stuck out my tongue.

"Sister this is Lisanna Strauss. She's Mira's sister... remember I told you about her," I said.

"Right... the little sister to the big scarey one. I think she'll find out someday that I'm a whole lot scarier," Sister smirked. "It's nice to meet you Lisanna... If you say anything that upsets Lucy... I'll rip you apart... understood!" Sister said as she still held Wendy in her arms and stared down at Lisanna, who was now hiding behind Master Makarov... Lisanna nodded.

"Sister, this is Master Makarov, my former master," I said as Sister looked at him and hissed. "Hey stop that," I said.

"Fine! But I don't like him or the way he's looking at me," sister said.

"Fine! just be nice." I said as I turned to Master and said, "sorry about that, she means no harm. Sister is just over protective."

"That's understandable child. I would act the same way were I in her shoes," Master said with a slight bow.

"Again! What brings you here Master?" I said.

"Lucy, I wanted to know how you've been and there were a few things I wanted to discuss with you if I may," Master said as he motioned for us to be alone.

"Sister! Could you take everyone up to our camp and get them something to drink," I said as Sister agreed.

"Please come with me," Sister said as everyone followed her except Lisanna and Master Makarov. I waited for them to get to the campsite before I turned my attention back to Master.

"So Master, how is everyone?" I said as Lisanna stood by master.

"To be honest child up until today, everyone was in bad spirits. But today Team Nat... sorry I probably shouldn't mention them," Master said as he lowered his eyes.

"That's fine Master. Mom and Dad explained everything that happened last night. I know it was an accident. But it still doesn't excuse what he did. He, no they always act with thinking. I always had to apologize for their behavior... every job was the same way. They destroyed everything and then laughed about it after. I'll never forget what they did to me and someday I will make them pay for it," I said as I felt my blood began to boil.

"I'm sorry Lucy... I really am. We never meant to hurt you," Lisanna said with a sad look on her face.

"CALM DOWN LUCY!" shouted Sister. 'How did she know I was pissed, oh well... she's right though,' I thought.

"She's right, I'm sorry about that. But Lisanna I don't blame you for anything. Even though we never spoke I believe that you are a nice person. I hope you can help Team Natsu grow up and become more responsible," I said as I placed a hand on her shoulder.

"So Lucy, I gather from what you said... you won't be returning to Fairy Tail," Master said.

"Master! My home is here with Sabertooth and besides I found my sister... so I will never leave her. If that's the reason you've come here then I'm sorry, but you've wasted your time," I said.

"My child, you can't blame an old man for trying... but that wasn't the real reason I came here," Master said as he sighed and looked around nervously. "The reason I'm here today is to see how you are doing. I never got a chance to speak with you before Master Jiemma carried you off... So how are you?"

"I'm fine as you can see but you could have contacted me instead of coming all the way here," I said.

"I tried many times over the past few months. Every time I called, no one had any idea what I was talking about. It wasn't until I met with the Magic Council that I found out you were finally here," Master said in a low tone.

"Magic Council... Why were you there?" I said as I realized I may know the answer. "It was because of me wasn't it?"

"Yes... well... no... it wasn't because of you it was because of us that we were there. We made a lot bad judgement calls that night and a precious child was hurt. That was our fault and that is why we were there. The Council suspended us for three months and two days ago wanted to dissolve Fairy Tail. Lucy... This is embarrassing to admit but I'm here for selfish reasons..." Master said as I interrupted him.

"Master you are a lot of things but never selfish. You care for, protect and love all of your children. Selfishness has nothing to do with this conversation. Please tell me what you need, perhaps it's something I can help you with," I said as I looked at him with a reassuring smile.

"Thank you my child," Master said with a smile. "Lucy in 4 days the Magic Council is going to appear before you. They will want to know if you have your memory back and if you have forgiven us. If you answer yes to this they will reinstate Fairy Tail. So child I hate to ask but can you answer those questions for me?" Master said as I warmly smiled at him.

"Well! I got all of my memories back two nights ago thanks to Minerva and yes I forgive Fairy Tail... but I have no intention of forgiving Team Natsu... Sorry Lisanna... I can't just yet," I sighed and looked down.

"I understand my child... thank you for being honest with me. I won't bother you any more about that," Master said as he started to walk towards the camp. "If you'll excuse me Lucy, I'd like to speak with your sister."

"Sure Master... be careful around her... she can be very temperamental. She's just like Mom," I laughed as I turned and started to follow him as I felt a hand grab my shoulder.

"Lucy-san may I have a moment please," Lisanna said as I stopped and turned to face her.

"I guess, I can spare a moment," I said as I sighed. "What is it Lisanna?"

"Lucy-san we are very sorry for what happened to you. We never meant to hurt you that night, we..." Lisanna said as I interrupted her because I felt my blood boil again.

"You think I'm acting like this because of that accident... Really! I know that was an accident, albeit a stupid one. I can forgive you and Team Natsu for that what I can't forgive you all for was how you treated me before that," I said as I was almost yelling at her.

"I don't quite understand what you mean!" Lisanna said as she stepped back a little.

"You really don't get it do you. When you came back, I thought I would get a new sister, but instead I was left to feel like an outsider. For weeks and weeks I was all but ignored. Only a few people would talk to me and then about a week before I left no one would talk to me. I was totally ignored... they even talked behind my back and made rude comments. The day I left the guild I gave myself a makeover so I'd feel better about myself and it was the most humiliating experience I've ever had. Nobody recognized me and I was treated as a stranger. I was even bad mouthed and called horrible things... it's an experience I would never want to go through again. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONELY I FELT!" I shouted at her. "DO YOU!" I fought back the urge to cry, but it was getting to hard.

"Oh you poor princess! What! Do you want me to feel sorry for you or something. You were ignored for a few weeks... TRY BEING ALONE IN A STRANGE WORLD FOR YEARS AND SEE HOW IT FEELS!" Lisanna yelled back.

"I WAS FOR MANY YEARS THAT'S WHY IT HURT SO MUCH WHEN MY NEW FAMILY..." I paused and shook my head. "They started to ignore me... that's why it hurt so much... y-you h-h-ave n-no id-ea how I f-felt!" I said as I broke down and started to cry my eyes out. "I spent all my life alone and then my parents died and I was alone even more... at least you had your family for a while and even when you were on Edolas, you were still surrounded by your family and friends. So NO you don't know how I feel."

When I lifted my head up I saw Minerva with a hand wrapped around Lisanna's neck, holding her up in the air as her legs dangled. She had a look in her eyes that I had never seen before. 'I truly believe she wants to kill Lisanna,' I thought for a moment as the reality of the situation set in.

"SISTER! STOP... PLEASE STOP! M-I-N-E-R-V-A! S-T-O-P!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

Thank you for taking your time to read this. I will have another chapter ready to post tomorrow night.