FINALLY! It took for-freaking-EVER to reconstruct this chapter, but here it is! I really liked the first version better, but I could not figure out how I wrote it.

This chapter takes place on the same day as the last one, and starts at about noon.

I do not own Fairy Tail.

"Blah-de-blah" – speaking

'Blah-de-blah' – thinking

"Well, Lucy, I think I'll head back to the Celestial World."

"Really? But we're almost to the guild hall!"

Virgo smiles. "I know." 'That's why I'm going.' "I was just thinking that I should get back to the Celestial World before I start getting side effects."

"Oh, ok. You HAVE spent, what, almost thirty hours straight here? Be sure to rest up, because you're sleeping with me tonight! …I'm sorry, that came out wrong."

Virgo's thought in response to that is, 'Huh?'

A response she apparently wore on her face, as Lucy asks, "Wait, you didn't forget our discussion this morning already, did you?"

Virgo thinks back, 'Let's see… I woke up… shooed Natsu away… prepared eggs… Lucy woke up… OH!' Virgo blushes, "I'm sorry, I had forgotten."

"Well, consider yourself reminded! Who came up with that saying, anyway? Oh well, who cares? See you later!"

Virgo gets that smile that people use when they know that they're supposed to smile, but have no idea what they're smiling at. 'That train of thought was so random, I could almost believe that it was Natsu thinking it.' She frowns as he comes to mind. 'What's his deal anyway? It's obvious that Lucy only sees him as a friend! What is he, brain dead? He needs to just... back the hell away from my Lucy!'

Virgo gasps. 'When… when did I get possessive? When did I start seeing her as MY Lucy, instead of just Lucy? And why am I mad at Natsu for getting Lucy to look at him? It's almost like I'm-'

Lucy breaks into Virgo's train of thought, "Physical plane to Virgo, come in, Virgo."

Virgo jumps and rapidly backs up when she tunes back into reality to see Lucy's face, inches from hers.

Virgo stutters, "Wh-what was that?"

Lucy answers, "I was getting your attention, of course! I've never had to work that hard to get it before!" then, thoughtfully, almost to herself, comments, "I've actually had to work harder to lose it, actually," then throws her arm around Virgo's shoulder and loudly says, "But I have your attention now, right?"

Virgo notices that Lucy is starting to pronounce her words… oddly… but she's more worried about the fact that Lucy is starting to act oddly.

"Um… Lucy? Are you feeling all right?"

Lucy, still speaking loudly, responds, "Yeah, I feel fine, like I'm nice and fluffy…"

"Fluffy? Come on, let's get to the guild hall. Don't want to keep everybody waiting, right?"

"Aw, those people are no fun, with all their fancy rules…"

Rules? Okay, something was definitely wrong. If anything, the Fairy Tail guild made a point to break any and all rules they encountered.

"I really think that we should get to the guild hall."

"An' I said I didn't wanna go!"

Lucy is starting to definitely slur her words, her complexion is changing, and she's starting to lean somewhat heavily on Virgo.

Virgo asks her, "Can I borrow your cell phone for a moment?"

"Sure!"

Lucy hands Virgo her cell phone, and Virgo calls the guild hall's number. Mirajane picks up, "Hello, Fairy Tail guild hall, Mirajane speaking."

Virgo says, "Mira? I think something's wrong with Lucy."

Mira responds, "And what makes you say that?"

Lucy, at more or less the same time, also asks, "An' what makes you say that?"

Virgo tells Mira, "She's acting… weird, I can't think of how else to describe it."

Lucy leans over and shouts into the phone, "I'm not acting weird; Virgo here is being an annoying little prick an' keeps telling me to go to the guild hall!"

Virgo shouts back, "Going to the guild hall was your idea!" almost missing Mirajane's response, "Where are you? I'll have someone pick you up."

Virgo answers, "We're about three blocks down Main Street."

At this point, Lucy starts trying to run away, but Virgo lifts her into the air before she's even taken two steps.

Lucy begins screaming, "NO! I DON' WANNA GO! PUT ME DOWN! PUT ME DOWN!"

Less than a minute later, Elfman arrives and holds out a lollipop.

"I DON' WANNA ooh, a lollipop!"

Lucy takes the lollipop and starts happily sucking on it, while Elfman and Virgo guide her towards the guild hall. Less than halfway there, Lucy passes out and Elfman picks her up to carry her the rest of the way.

When they get to the guild hall, Elfman sets her on one of the benches while Mirajane and Levy run over to check on her. Cana calls out from her position on the other side of the room, "I heard the call. My conclusion: she's drunk."

Virgo, who has started wringing her hands with worry, says, "But I know she hasn't had any alcohol since six this morning!"

Cana, picking up her barrel, walks over, saying, "Well, if I've judged her level of drunkenness properly, she should wake up and hurl into the first thing she sees in 3… 2… 1…"

Lucy jerks upright and turns, heaving into the barrel that Cana had conveniently placed right next to her, prompting Virgo to run over and hold her hair back.

Cana grins at being proven right, then says, "Anyway, while I don't have an answer for how she could have gotten drunk without drinking any alcohol, I would certainly like an answer to the question: How do you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that Lucy hasn't had any alcohol to drink since six?"

Virgo cries out, "Because I was with her!"

"And what were you doing with Lucy at six AM?

Virgo, realizing that she was very close to starting up the rumor mill, tries to change the subject: "Shouldn't we be worried about her?"

As she's saying this, Lucy finishes heaving and passes out again. Virgo gently lays her back down.

Cana grins and says, "Don't worry. She'll wake up in a little while feeling like she lost a head butting contest with a train, but that'll be it. So, are you going to answer my question?"

The whole room is silent, waiting for Virgo's response. You can practically see the words "This ought to be good" hanging in the air… oh, wait, they actually were hanging in the air. Reedus must have done a spell. A quick glare from Erza convinces him to dispel it.

Much to Virgo's relief, and Cana's surprise, Lucy chooses that moment to wake up. "Ugh, I feel like I lost a head butting contest with a train…"

Cana grins, but it's forced. 'Something's not right. She should have needed at least 53 minutes and 17 seconds to wake up from that.'

Virgo, however, is simply relieved. "Lucy! Thank goodness! Are you okay?"

Lucy responds, "Aside from this headache? I'm fine. You don't have to be so worried… Virgo."

The hesitation is so slight that nobody notices it.

Nobody but Virgo, that is.

She glares, demanding "Who are you and what have you done with Lucy?"

Lucy looks up, "Huh? What are you talking about?"

Virgo's fist slams into Lucy's face, slamming her through the table and into the floor. "I said, who are you and what have you done with Lucy?"

Lucy leaps to her feet, "And I said, what are you talking about? I'm right here!"

"Natsu's ridiculously hard to injure, but even he would have a cracked skull from that impact."

Everybody realizes that, true to Virgo's words, Lucy is completely unharmed from the blow.

Lucy looks surprised for a moment, then gets an evil grin. "Well that was fast. Tell me, how did you figure it out?"

Virgo tells her, "Answer MY question first."

"Well, for my name, you can just call me Lucy for now. As for what I did with her? I just suppressed her personality. Your turn."

"Lucy would never forget her friends' names, even for a split second."

'Lucy' blinks in surprise, then grins again. "So you noticed that, huh? and here I thought I managed to hide it."

"So how do we get her back?"

"And why would I tell you that?"

Everybody had been stunned by the sudden turn of events, but Natsu snapped out of it at this point and wrapped his fist in flames, shouting "Because if you don't, we'll BEAT it out of you!"

Erza puts a hand in front of him, stopping him. "If you do that, you'll be hurting Lucy, too. Warren, do you think you can use your telepathy to drive it out?"

Warren steps forward, "I can try."

'Lucy' smirks, then, when Warren gains a look of concentration, takes one herself. After a few moments, both of them collapse, with Warren catching himself while Virgo catches Lucy.

Warren, staggering back to his feet, sighs, "That was exhausting. I'm going to go home and crash. See ya later." and exits the guild hall.

A minute later, Lucy comes to, putting a hand to her temple and commenting, "Ugh, I feel like I lost a head butting contest with a train..."

Virgo sighs and tells her, "Come on, let's get you home. You need some rest."

Lucy responds, "Yeah, a nap sounds really good right now."

Virgo lifts Lucy to her feet, and they walk towards the doors. As they're passing through, Virgo comments, "Remind me to thank Warren for driving that thing out of you."

Lucy looks slightly confused. "He drove it out of me? It seemed to me like it wanted to leave."

Virgo has just enough time to look surprised before a crate lands on Lucy.