A/N: School was hectic and I kinda wrote this chapter in a rush, I hope it wasn't too bad. I will update this chapter again as soon as possible to introduce the OCs and probably rewrite the chapter cause its bothering me that I wrote it in such a rush and its also shorter compared to previous chapters.

Lucy was shoving her favourite clothes and all her important belongings-a photo of her mother, the vintage chest box containing the letters addressed to her mother, and her novel, into her luggage. She checked if she missed anything else, and took out the envelop she kept in her desk drawer. Taking a deep breath, she ripped the envelop open.

"Go to Meteor Island"

A badly drawn map was beneath the atrocious handwriting.

Is this a joke?!This looks like its written by a five year-old! Lucy thought as she stared blankly at the piece of paper in her hands. She contemplated about where else she could go right now. Lucy remembered her last encounter with the man who gave her the letter. Yes, I want to be as strong as him. Lucy decided, she had nothing to lose, she shall take the chance.

Lucy left three months of payment from all her remaining savings and a letter informing the landlady about her abrupt departure on her old desk. She lugged her luggage out of the door, after making sure she brought along the 300000jewels she got from the last mission, Lucy set off to the train station and boarded a train to Hargeon.

Timeskip

Arriving at Hargeon port, it was already night. Lucy was starting to feel the effects of the previous night's mission creeping back to her as the adrenaline of emotions she experienced a few hours ago wore off. Her knees wobbled, threatening to give out with every step she took. Her eyelids drooped lethargically as she breathed in the salty sea breeze whipping her hair back.

Lucy went towards the boat rental booth." I would like to rent a boat." she requested with a lackluster tone.

"You are planning to set sail at this time of the night, young lady? You look really tired, maybe you should take a rest and set off tomorrow morning instead?" the man tending the rental booth in his late forties advised, concerned.

Lucy sighed, "Thanks for your concern, but I have decided to set sail tonight, its urgent. I will be fine." she assured him determinedly.

Looking slightly unconvinced, "I guess it can't be helped if its urgent, still, you should at least hire a rower." the man continued.

Lucy was already especially irritable at the moment, with her patience wearing dangerously thin,she was tempted to snap at the man. However, she reminded herself that he was just being kind,it was never in her character to be rude to someone who was being nice. Lucy toyed with the idea of hiring a rower,but decided that she will not spend more money than necessary, not knowing what lies ahead in her journey, it is always good to have spare cash lying around, just in case.

"There will be no need for a rower, I can row a boat on my own just fine. Besides, my destination isn't even on official maps, I doubt anyone will know the route there. Really, thank you, I am in quite a hurry now so please give me a boat, preferably one that has a cheaper rental fee." Lucy rejected the man's offer, and firmly pushed on about renting a boat.

"Well, if you insist, I am in no position to stop you. I do have a blue wooden row boat docked, its pretty old and its poor paint job is chipping, but otherwise it is sturdy and working well. Rental fee will be 10000jewels only, or if you are interested, you can have it for 25000jewels."

Lucy replied instantly. "I will buy that boat."

Lucy gingerly stepped on her new boat, relieving herself of her heavy load, she started rowing the boat. The waters was relatively calm that night, so it was easy for Lucy to navigate the boat with the little experience she had with boats and ships in past missions she took. Lucy headed towards the direction of her destination with the help of a compass.

Timeskip-2 hours later

Dense fog hung lowly above the sea, Lucy's boat treaded slowly through the still waters, her arm muscles cramped with overexertion as she gripped the oars, resolutely rowing forward, she had to keep herself from nodding off every few minutes. Lucy was really starting to regret not hiring a rower, she had underestimated the energy needed to row a boat. Worse still, Lucy had no idea how much longer she needed to row until she reached Meteor Island.

Deciding to take a breather, she placed the oar aside, and settled down on the wooden thwart. Lucy took out the letter from her pocket and analysed it once more. According to what she could make out from the awfully drawn map, Meteor Island is supposed to be located near the Country of Minstral,in the southeast of Fiore, it is further than Tenroujima and Galuna Island. Lucy has already passed both islands a while ago, she predicted that she will be there by an hour or so if she continued at the rate she was rowing.

Picking up the oar again, Lucy started rowing once more, ages seemed to pass as Lucy pressed on in a consistent speed. Suddenly, the boat rocked violently, Lucy yelped in surprise as she fell back, grabbing onto the boat. She looked forward, and panicked when she realised that she hasn't noticed that the boat was heading straight into a cyclone. The whirlpool created by the cyclone was pulling the small row boat in. Lucy grabbed the oar, rotating it violently, trying to change the ship's course, to no avail, the ship was being carried directly towards the eye of the cyclone. Lucy had a fleeting thought of summoning Aquarius, but quickly decided against it, she would probably make the situation worse than it already was. Resigned to the fact that there was no way to get out of the cyclone, Lucy focused to staying on board, and keeping the boat upright, praying that she would somehow survive the cyclone. The boat continued to be pulled into the whirlpool, at an alarmingly rapid rate, rocking vigorously out of control. Lucy barely caught her luggage from sliding off the boat, she clutched on tightly to the middle thwart of the boat as it tilted upwards from the turbulent current. The boat was sucked into the eye of the cyclone.

Back at Magnolia

There was a tense atmosphere in the guild as compared to the usual cheery one. After what happened earlier in the day, everyone was in a grim mood. Mirajane and Elfman were staying in the infirmary with Lisanna, Natsu was no where to be seen, Gray wasn't even stripping, Erza was spending time with Kumori, who refused to utter a single word. Wendy, Juvia, Gajeel and Levy were sitting at a table in silence.

"It's hard to believe that Lu-chan would do something like that to Lisanna." Levy broke the silence, snapping everyone out of their own thoughts.

"I don't know who to believe in, I have been team mates with Lucy for a long time before Lisanna came back, but I treated Lisanna's wounds just now...they were awful..."Wendy said sadly in a small voice.

Juvia nodded gravely. "Juvia believes in love rival, but Juvia thinks that we can't possibly suspect Lisanna of lying after seeing all her injuries."

"I think bunny girl was framed." Gajeel cut in bluntly.

"Gajeel! You did NOT just imply that Lisanna framed Lucy. "Levy hissed at Gajeel in a hushed voice, worrying about what others around would think hearing what Gajeel just said.

"Why the hell not? It is very possible. I never knew Lisanna before, so I don't know much about how she was like. Besides, she lived in Edolas for two years, anything could have happened, people change. This is going to sound cheesy but knowing Lucy for so long, she was the one of the kindest person I have ever met, she never holds grudges against old rivals and was one of the first person to accept me into the guild even though I tortured her while I was in Phantom Lord." Gajeel countered.

Levy looked down on the table top quietly, processing what Gajeel just said. She realised that Gajeel was right, Lucy was the kindest person ever, and also her best friend, Levy felt a stab of guilt for doubting her without a second thought. "Maybe we should have given this matter a thorough investigation, like master had said."

(Natsu POV)

I walked through the woods on my own. I knew Happy was looking all over for me but I really needed some alone time. My mind was racing with so many thoughts at once that I couldn't think straight. I felt like my heart was about to get ripped out thinking of how Lucy looked at me when Mira attacked her, how she left the guild. I wanted so badly to trust her, and be by her side, but I couldn't doubt Lisanna's words either, not after seeing her all scratched up and bloody from the mission. I missed Lucy so much...even before all this happened, Lucy had already been avoiding me for a few weeks, I had been so worried that I did something wrong. I tried spending more time with her, but Lisanna was always dragging me along to do missions or just to go out. I did not know what possessed me then to make Lucy leave the team, but I regretted it the very next day when I realised Lucy took a mission on her own, and how hurtful I had been.

Meteor Island

The boat crashed into a sandy shore. Lucy clambered out of the boat, surprised that it was still intact. She looked around, to find that she was on an island, surrounding it was a calm vast ocean, with no cyclone in sight. Lucy concluded that it was a portal to a parallel dimension in the form of a magical cyclone, as she collapsed on the sand, exhausted beyond humanly possible. Abruptly, Lucy was caught unaware by a chuckle above her, looking up she saw the cloaked man who gave her the letter.

He was laughing his head off, "You look like crap right now!" in a normal voice, completely unlike how he sounded from Lucy's previous encounters with him.

"Wait a minute...your voice sounds familiar!" Lucy narrowed her eyes suspiciously at the man before her.

The man finally took his hood off.

"Lucas?!You were the mysterious man?!"Lucy exclaimed, unable to contain her shock upon the reveal of the ridiculous truth that the cloaked man was her brother all along. Lucy hasn't seen him for over two years, and missed Lucas dearly. She threw herself on Lucas, happy to finally see him again.

Lucas guffawed, "Yeah! I can't believe I managed to fool you with that voice, your confused expressions were priceless!" tears were nearly running down from his eyes.

"YOU IDIOT!" Lucas got a rising bump on his head from a very furious Lucy.

It was already dawn. Lucas told Lucy to sleep before they talked, seeing that Lucy looked completely dishevelled. Rolling out her sleeping bag in a cave in the forest, Lucy finally got her first shut eye in two days.

Timeskip-Morning

Lucy squinted at the bright rays of sunlight warming her face. Yawning, Lucy stretched lazily as she got out of her sleeping bag. Delicious smell of cooked meat attacked her nostrils as she inhaled the forest air. Lucy's stomach growled loudly, she was suddenly reminded of the fact that sleep wasn't the only thing she missed for the past two days. Lucy gravitated uncontrollably towards the source of the enticing fragrance. Reaching a clearing in the forest, Lucy saw Lucas and an aged woman sitting together, around a campfire roasting a hare.

Lucy approached the duo which seemed to be in a deep conversation. Both of them looked up at Lucy. "Morning Lucas! and erm...-"

"She's our grandmother." Lucas stated simply.

Lucy's jaw dropped. "She's what?!"

"You heard me, she's our mother's mother." Lucas grinned stupidly at her.

"I never even knew our grandmother was still alive! How had I never met her before?!"Lucy's mind was reeling.

"Allow me to explain, "the woman who looked to be in her seventies started, "you can call me Helva, I had been held captive somewhere in the years when both of you were growing up, I shall not tell you about that too much in detail right now, but I managed to leave three years ago, to be out in the world again. I met Lucas not long after I left my prison, and he has trained under me ever since." she briefly glossed over her history.

"You mean Lucas became that strong after training under you for three years?" Lucy was impressed.

Helva nodded confidently. "Yes, and you can do it too, in fact you have a higher potential than anyone else has to train under me. I told Lucas to bring you here to unlock your potential."

"What do you mean by a higher potential? What is so different about me?" Lucy asked, intrigued by Helva's words.

"You will eventually know after we begin training. We shall start training tomorrow after everyone is completely well rested." Helva announced.