Lucy was in the middle of telling Orihime the story of her wedding. Where we last left off, Levy just finished telling the hidden message from the letter Lucy left. She didn't want to go through with this, but she was trying to keep herself from getting hurt. That's when the members of Fairy Tail planned for Natsu to tell Lucy he loves her. A few days have passed since that happened. At the moment, Lucy was standing in front of the church where her wedding is taking place and it was outside Magnolia.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Darrien asked Lucy.

"Sure." Lucy said, but she didn't seem happy. With Darrien's money, he had everything ready. All he needed was for Lucy to say yes and she has.

"You better get ready. The wedding is happening in mere hours." Darrien said and Lucy walked inside. Darrien was walking behind her, but he stopped to speak with security he set up. "Make sure no one that bares the mark of Fairy Tail gets in." Darrien's feelings for Lucy were true, but he wasn't going to let her be part of Fairy Tail after the wedding for he was obsessed with her.

"I Object"

…..

Natsu

Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Happy arrived a couple hours later. They had trouble finding where the ceremony was going to be held, but they were able to. However, there wasn't much time because the ceremony was about to begin in mere minutes.

"You sure this is the place?" Natsu said.

"Certain of it." Erza said and was starting to get all teary eye. "I'm so happy for Lucy to have such a beautiful wedding."

"Erza, snap out of it. Lucy doesn't want to go through with this, but once Natsu admits he loves her, this will be their wedding." Gray said.

"What are we waiting for? Let's get going." Natsu said. They were about to get in there, but security kept them from going any further by standing between them and the door. "Hey, move out of the way!"

"We have orders not to let anyone with the Fairy Tail mark get inside." One guard said.

"Leave at once." The other said.

"No way!" Natsu said.

"We're friends with the bride. I think we're allowed to go in." Gray said.

"No one with the Fairy Tail mark is allowed in." One guard said.

"That's strange. Why aren't we allowed inside?" Erza said.

"I say we force our way in." Natsu said as he had a fist on fire.

"Natsu, there's no need to use force." Erza said as she held him back and got them to back away. "Happy, see if you can find Lucy. Get her to come outside so we can talk to her."

"Aye." Happy said as he sprouted his wings and flew around the building as he tried to find the room Lucy would be in. "Let's see. Which room would have the lucky bride?"

"Perfect." Happy stopped when he heard Darrien. He looked inside and saw Darrien was getting fixed up for the ceremony to start. "I finally got the woman I love and soon, she'll forget all about that guild. I'll make sure she forgets about it and has nothing to do with it again."

"What?" Happy whispered and flew back to the others. "Guys, we got a problem."

"What's the matter?" Natsu said.

"I think I saw who Lucy is about to marry. He's planning to make sure Lucy will have nothing to do with Fairy Tail again." Happy said.

"Say what?" Gray said.

"He can't do that. That does it. I'm getting in there." Natsu said as he charged right for the entrance, but the guards whistled for reinforcements.

"Push through. No one takes away a member of Fairy Tail." Erza said as the three of them began to fight.

…..

Inside

Lucy was placed in a beautiful dress and was entering the main hall of the church and it was a full house. The thing was Lucy wasn't happy like every bride would be. She knew no one here and none of her friends and family were here. The music started playing and Lucy began to walk down the hall. In mere minutes, she'll be out of their reach. She reached the end of the path and stood next to Darrien.

"Dearly we beloved, we are gathered here today to join these two in holy matrimony." The priest said and time was just about out.

…

Outside

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu pounded against some of the guards while Gray used his ice and Erza used her weapons.

"Natsu, just go inside. We can handle these. Go get your woman." Gray said.

"Are you sure?" Natsu asked.

"These guys are nothing. We'll be right behind you." Erza said. Natsu pushed back through some of the guards and Happy was flying in right behind him. Natsu was running right for the main hall, but Happy got in his way.

"Natsu, wait just a minute." Happy said.

"Why?" Natsu said.

"You need to do this right." Happy said. "You see, the priest will say if anyone objects and that is when you make your move. You tell Lucy you love her and you sweep her off her feet."

"What are you talking about?" Natsu said.

"It's romantic. Girls love romance. If you want to be with Lucy, you've got to show some romance." Happy said.

"Fine. When does this guy say that line?" Natsu said.

"We need to check it out first." Happy said. Both of them sneaked their heads at the entrance and were listening for the line.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife." The priest said.

"Oh man, we already missed it. It's too late." Happy said.

"Screw this." Natsu said and ran in just before the two kissed. "I object!"

"Natsu?" Lucy questioned and everyone was wondering who he was and why he was here. "Natsu, what are you doing here?"

"I came to get you. What are you doing marrying this moron?" Natsu said.

"That's really none of your business." Darrien said.

"Lucy!" Lucy looked to the entrance and saw Erza and Gray run inside with Happy flying in.

"What's going on guys?" Lucy said.

"Lucy, you can't go through with this." Gray said.

"We know you'll be unhappy. Levy was able to read your hidden message and told us what's really going on with you." Erza said. "Natsu, there's something you like to tell her."

"I don't think there is. Guards!" Darrien called out.

"I don't think so buddy." Natsu said as he stepped forward to him. "We heard what you were planning on doing with Lucy. You were going to do whatever it takes to make sure Lucy never comes back to Fairy Tail."

"What? That's ridiculous." Lucy said.

"I heard him say it with my own ears." Happy said.

"Don't even bother trying to deny it." Gray said. Darrien saw he had no way of hiding it.

"Fine, I admit it. Someone like Lucy Heartfilia doesn't belong in a guild like yours." Darrien said. "She deserves to be with me, a man who can give her everything she could ever want."

"Yeah?" Natsu said as he grabbed Darrien by the collar and lifted him off his feet. "Well here's what you deserve for trying to take her away from us." Natsu lit his fist on fire and pounded it against Darrien and sent him crashing into the wall and scared everyone.

"Overkill, but what else would I expect." Lucy said.

"Natsu, I believe you have something to say now." Erza said. Natsu turned around to look at Lucy and his heart was going a mile a minute.

"Lucy…" Natsu started as he walk over to her and grabbed her hands. "…I love you. I want to be the one you marry." That's all Lucy needed to hear. All the confusion and worry she felt earlier disappeared in an instant just by hearing those words.

"I love you too." Lucy said. The two of them leaned in and kissed. It actually got Erza, Gray, and Happy to awe. When Erza saw no one else did, she held out a sword to them the crowd.

"Why aren't you people awing?" Erza said and scared a whole lot of them.

"Just let it go, Erza." Gray said for this was a happy moment for Natsu and Lucy. All the confusion and heartache those two went through seemed to have completely vanished.

…..

Magnolia

Months after that day, Natsu and Lucy had their wedding. It was held at Kardia Cathedral with everyone from the guild there. The wedding that Lucy wanted was here. White petals flowed down as the bells rang with the two of them running out of the church hand in hand and every cheered for them. Both of them headed for a horse carriage.

"Natsu, aren't you going to get sick?" Lucy said.

"Nope. They put in a little stabilizing lacrima so it should be smooth riding for me." Natsu said as the two of them were about to get in.

"Wait, I need to toss the bouquet. Get ready girls!" Lucy said as all of them gathered together. Lucy turned her back to them and she tossed the flowers. All the girls were going crazy for it, but Levy was the one to catch it. A good sign for her and Gajeel. Natsu and Lucy got inside and rode off to their new life.

…

"That was the greatest moment of my life. It might not be like most love stories….."

"…but it's mine and…." Lucy was doing some writing, but Natsu was right over her shoulder and doing some reading. Lucy stopped and slammed her hands over it.

"No reading." Lucy said.

"Why not? We've been married for a few good years and I'm still not allowed to read what you write?" Natsu said and got Lucy to laugh. They were followed by other laughter as they saw a young Nagato, a toddler Lilly, and a baby Igneel that Nagato was trying to get to walk. "What are you three doing?" He said as he went over to play with them.

'That's right. Natsu and I are happily married with three beautiful children. The way we got here might not have been how I imagined, but I wouldn't have traded it away for anything.'

…

Present

"That's pretty much the story." Lucy said as she finished up telling Orihime.

"Wow. So that explains why Darrien was after you when Grimmjow attacked the guild." Orihime said.

"Yeah." Lucy said. "Darrien tried to move on, but he obviously didn't. His obsession was all kinds of messed up. I actually did get a letter from him a little while ago."

"What did it say?" Orihime asked.

"He explained his reasons and all he's asking is forgiveness." Lucy said. "I guess I can't really be mad at him. Darrien was in love and sometimes love makes you do some crazy stuff, but I'm happy with my life that's with Natsu. The family I have now is the best thing that's ever happened to me."

"That's quite the story. Thank you for telling it to me." Orihime said.

"It was no problem." Lucy said as she got back up. "We've been here for a while and hardly got any work done. Maybe we should try tomorrow."

"Alright." Orihime said. She looked down at the picture one last time before putting it away with the hope that one day it will be her in that dress with the right guy. Of course, the right guy might be closer than she might think.

…

Orihime: Ichigo, is there really no challenge Fairy Tail can't handle?

Ichigo: No challenge or enemy can bring us down.

Orihime: Then, what is this story I'm hearing that Fairy Tail was nearly brought to its knees by one person.

Ichigo: What? There's no way that could even be possible.

Ichigo: Next Time: Fairy Tail's Hardest Challenge

Orihime: I believe in this guild with all my heart, but it's hard to believe that Fairy Tail was nearly brought down.