The doors of the elevator opened revealing a whole bunch of friendly gang members who were happy to see their friends. "Where is Makarov?!" Erza spoke causing everyone to stiffen and point the stairs to a large room that was Makarov's office. Everyone started whispering when they saw Natsu carrying beautiful blonde girl. They dared not joke, not with how everyone in their group looked. "Natsu?" a small voice broke through the whispers, Natsu turned towards the voice to see Mira, Lisanna and Wendy at the bar serving the members "It is you Natsu!" Wendy spoke as she jumped over the bar hugging her older 'brother' "Lisanna, can you help Wendy take the girl to the infirmary." She nodded as she took the girl from his arms and took her to the infirmary with Wendy.
Erza grabbed Natsu's arm pulling him up the stairs into Makarov's office slamming the door behind her friends once they were all present. "What is this about?" Makarov sat in his leather chair "How? How could you not tell us Lucy Heartfilia lived? Or that she was with us? How could you not tell us that Lucy Ashley was our Lucy Heartfilia!?" Erza screamed as she slammed her hands onto the table, tears erupting from her eyes. Erza fell into a puddle on the floor as she cried her eyes out with Levy and Juvia hugging her from either side crying with her. "I did not expect you to ever meet again… Not until she was 18… I did not expect her to ever go to Fiore middle school or academy." "That doesn't explain anything old man!" Gray shouted "Where is she currently?" Makarov looked at Natsu with a concerning look. "She is downstairs in the infirmary… Idiot over work herself… she's resting in the infirmary." Natsu nodded his head over his shoulder.
"Why did you bring her back here?" "I found two Sabertooth members at Fiore Academy, after meeting with the others in private, Gajeel had gotten Happy and Lily to monitor them." Almost as if on queue the door swung open revealing two men, one had very dark tanned skin with white hair and a scar over his eye and the other with Blue hair and pale skin, they were covered in blood. "Oh my god Lily, Happy!" Levy looked up to her friends and inspecting them both, neither of them had serious wounds just a few cuts, the blood that covered their skin and clothes belonged to the dead now. "What happened to you two?" Makarov looked at the two men "We were spotted by someone, after inspecting the corpses we suspect Grimoire Heat, Oracion Seis, and Raven Tail are working together with Sabertooth." Natsu wanted to grab Lily's shirt and make him speak, but Gajeel knowing what he was thinking placed his hand on his shoulder.
"We've found out that they have learnt that Lucy is alive, and living under an alias. One of the reasons we discovered that they are after her is for her money that is frozen in her parent's accounts until she is of age, and or married. Another reason is something that is in the Will? Or a promise that was broken from her parents? But also because Lucy was given something by her mother that is the key to getting new unknown drugs and weapons that not even the government knows about." They all turned their head and watched as Makarov shook his head from side to side "Lucy is no longer in possession of the necklace her mother gave her." Stepping down from his chair the short man climbed onto a table that had a painting resting over it. Removing the painting it revealed a computer the required not only the chipped tattoo, but also his thumb print and eye pattern. Once the safe was opened Makarov reached inside pulling out a small black velvet box. "When I found Lucy unconscious in her family house under the floor boards, I knew exactly what the necklace was that she held in her hand."
Opening the box in front of everyone they all stared at the round pendant that had had three circles. On the outer circle it was divided into twelve little sections that had all the zodiacs animal and humanoid signs. The next circle was again divided into twelve sections this time it had all the Zodiac symbols, and on the inner circle it was a flaming sun. "Her mother had told me a year before that she had some connections, and that she had been buying new unheard dangerous drugs and weapons, their schematics and recipes, before Jude had them killed. She was hiding the recipes and schematics with a group known as 'Hell's Stars' Thirteen of the most dangerous mafia members to ever live. They all have a key, but Layla had the master key that could over write and open the safe, without this key their keys were also. They thought it best seeming they all knew she would never use what was locked away."
Lifting the necklace out of the box showing the back of it how it had a small chip in the bottom of it to where it would connect with the safe's computer to unlock it. "Before I left with Lucy still unconscious, I saw a snowman like doll resting on Layla's bed. It had no blood on it or anything so I decided to take it with us, hoping to convince Lucy to give me the necklace in exchange for it. But I didn't have to retort to that she had gotten a hit to the head and she doesn't remember her mother giving her the necklace at all." Placing the necklace back in the box and into the, Makarov placed it back into the safe before closing it.
"No one knew that she had survived except for myself and a select few. Lucy lived with Natsu and myself for two weeks as I pulled some strings to get her new documents to give her a new life. I had explained to her that she mustn't tell anyone about who she really is, she understood. We had to fake her death for Natsu's sake, it was her idea… she didn't want Natsu to get hurt because of her." Natsu stiffened at this information. 'She just wanted to protect me? I could've protected her!' he thought as he clenched is fists. Makarov walked to a large shelf filled with files and pulled out a large file labelled 'Heartfilia' "I was contacted a few days after her parent's death by one of the Hell stars and they gave me their Will. I read it over a few times making sure read it correctly…" they all stood there in front of Makarov's desk as he pulled out the Heartfilia's Will passing it to Natsu.
"When Lucy was five her father, Jude, started looking for suitors for her, seeming she was the next in line to become the leader of their Mafia group. He had gotten in contact with multiple rivalling gangs, who's next in line would have her as their betrothed. The reason for this was because her father wanted to make more alliances to gain more ground… He got greedy." "Where is this going?" Erza spoke, she had finally calmed herself enough to speak. "Layla didn't approve of having their daughter marrying a rival gang, especially Sabertooth. Layla often came here with Lucy and she would play with all of you." They all seemed to smile at the memory of placing with Lucy, her constant smiling, her worrying face when they scraped their knees.
'I remember how possessive and protective I was over her' Natsu snickered to himself 'I remember how I hated it when she would go run off with Gray or Gajeel playing with them… I remember once I dragged her behind an old oak tree in the garden and told that I loved her and that she was going to become my wife, and that she had to put up with me! I remember that look she gave me after I kissed her forehead! I thought she was going to cry! But then… she said she loved me too… and that she couldn't wait…'
Makarov faced Natsu "Read the third page Natsu." Turning the pages Natsu's eyes started to read aloud to everyone in the room "To my daughter Lucy Heartfilia, Heiress to the Heartfilia Mafia. Before you were born you were cursed to live in the life of the Mafia, because of that your life will always be threatened and because you are female you are cursed to marry someone from another gang who is to become gangs leader. This is to make an alliance or to make one stronger. After watching you grow up with the children of Fairy Tail, and seeing you smile every day I have decided that you will be married into Fairy Tail, which we have already spoken about." Natsu stopped reading.
"Keep reading" Makarov said but Natsu shook his head, he knew what this meant and some of the others knew aswell. Levy took the Will out of his hand "After much talking and finally convincing your father, Jude Heartfilia, and also talking with Makarov and Igneel, we have all decided that you will wed Natsu Dragneel the next head of the Fairy Tail Mafia." Gasps and wide eyes filled the office, Natsu stormed out slamming the door. Looking back down at the page Levy continued reading "If we have died and you still live, you are still to wed Natsu Dragneel, He will protect you, it is evident that the love you both have even at your young age will soar as high as the stars as time moves forward. The money in our account will be frozen until such time that you two are married. 80% of the money is to go into Fairy Tail, the remaining 20% is for you both." Levy looked up at Makarov before looking behind her, everyone wanted to read this for themselves.
Natsu stormed out of the office, 'She knew! She fucken knew!' a scowl was across his face, sure he was happy that his childhood sweetheart was going to be his wife, but he was pissed that she knew they were to become husband and wife and she didn't say anything. They both knew about each other's past and how they basically grew up together, was that not enough reason to tell him? Rushing down the stairs Natsu glared over at the bar and saw Mira and Lisanna. 'Wendy must still be in the infirmary.' Walking towards the infirmary, he opened the doors, and saw Wendy talking with Lucy. "Lucy Heartfilia… We need to talk right now." Wendy flinched at his words, they weren't harsh or scary, it's just the way that he had said it. "Wendy keep your mouth shut about her, Makarov is going to announce her return understood?" She nodded as she left the room.
