...Hey, you guys.

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...Despite it being over two years, since I last updated this story, you guys are still reading it and is, so far, one of the top stories I've written.

As such, with everything going on at home and word going on that Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest will probably be aired late 2023-early 2024, I'm trying to get myself back onto Fairy Tail.

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...Sorry, for keeping you all waited.

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...And now, let us began, where we've last left off, on Fairy Tail.

*For those who've noticed, the dates have changed a bit; I found somebody on Reddit, who goes by OharaLibrarianArtur, who calculated which day of the year each arc in the series takes place (Up to the GMG Arc). It looks like I was close for some of the timeline, but this helped me give out an idea on what took place in the timeline.

If anybody thinks this is false and/or have an idea on the other timelines after the GMG Arc, do let me know. It'll help me out a lot.


The Next Day, Wednesday: July Sixteenth; Hargeon...
"Man, I can't believe it's been yesterday since we were last here!" Natsu sighed out, smiling big. "I swear, Luce, this place hasn't changed in the last few days, since we both first met here and you joining Fairy Tail! We should come down here more often!"

Beside him, wrapped in his left-arm, Lucy glared up at him, tired and exhausted.

"It's been about two weeks since we were here, Natsu." She muttered, still pissed off that he basically kidnapped her but is mostly grumpy from lack of sleep, hunger and using her magic to keep Plue in their world.

Not in the least discouraged by her grumpy mood, Natsu flashed her his dragon-like smile.

"Yesterday, two weeks, even a year, it doesn't matter, Luce!" He replied. "It can even be a century ago, and I'll still see it as if it were yesterday! It's still going to be the best day that ever happened to me and Happy!"

"Aye!" Happy agreed, beaming down at the groggy blonde.

She could only glare at them. She may had stopped fighting, due to physical and mental exhaustion, but she still isn't happy that they dragged her into their little scheme, without. She, honestly, never thought that the two would go so far as to force her to go with him. But then, Natsu may be a dense idiot, he isn't that stupid to leave her behind and let her go to the Guild and inform Makarov what they did.

'Plue, wherever you are, I hope you got the others to find us and are leading them to Hargeon to stop Natsu.' -A deep sigh left her, followed by a yawn.- "Well, if you guys are done wasting time, it's best to start looking for a boat to take us to Galuna Island."

When he heard her say boat, Natsu was on the offense.

"Are you crazy?!" He cried, panicking and already feeling sick to his stomach. "Let's forget about the boat! Why not swim for it?! We can even use your Fish Spirit to get us there!"

Lucy glared up at him.

"First off, my mother isn't a fish." She growled out. "And two, we have no idea where the island is. So, swimming is out of the question. And three, it's your fault to decide to kidnap me and didn't bother to grab for any of my things to bring with. Otherwise, I probably would've given you the motion sickness pill."

Thinking back when she gave him the pill, Natsu did felt a bit at ease that he won't be force to fall asleep... But, because they did help him not get sick during the ride in the Magical Vehicles and their makeshift ride when stopping the Eisenwald Guild from killing the Guild Masters, did the Dragon Slayer realized his carelessness on wanting to go on the S-Rank Mission would mean for him.

Happy, riding on the right-side of the rolled up sleeping-bag, seeing the look on Natsu's face full of regret on wanting to go on the mission, chuckled at his friend/father-figure.

"She got you, there, Natsu." He stated, though mostly glad to not having to meet the angry Water-Bearer, after their first meeting two weeks, ago. "Which means, fishing!"

Not even the thought of catching food would help lift the nineteen year-old's mood, as he now slumps and grumbles after his mate, who seemed a bit more awake and began to head for the harbor.

Because of it being mid-week, only a few boats still remain at the port. Though, to their surprise, all of the fishermen refused to take them.

"Galuna Island? No way! Not even for a million Jewels!"

"Around here, it's considered bad luck to even mention that name."

"Sorry, kids, but I don't think anybody here will be willing to take you."

"That island's cursed. So, unless you got a death wish, I'd stay far away."

"Don't know why you'd wanna go there, but no sailor worth his salt's gonna take you to Guluna. Not even pirates will go near that place."

This was very surprising to the seventeen year-old.

"Are you for real? Even pirates won't go there?" She asked, curious about the island.

Hearing nobody is willing to take them to the island, Natsu beamed.

"Sounds like we're going to be swimming, after all!"

"Sure does!" Happy replied, just as happy as Natsu.

Before Lucy could say anything to their comment, footsteps caught her attention... And, to her delight and biggest relief, it was Gray.

She flashed the Dragon Slayer her own happy.

"Nope, still not swimming. In fact, we're not going to Galuna Island, after all, Natsu." She stated.

The older-teen gave her a confused look.

"Why you say that?" He asked, not being aware of his surroundings.

Then, a hand laid itself on Natsu's right-shoulder.

"Found you." Gray greeted, smirking down at a startled Natsu and Happy, who both screamed at the cold presence he gave off.

Lucy beamed up at the Ice Mage.

"Thank goodness you're here, Gray." She sighed in relief.

Natsu, however, wasn't so happy to see him.

"What are you doing here?!" He asked, not knowing why he would be here when he made certain nobody would know what he and Happy are doing.

Gray's happiness turned into irritation.

"Laxus admitted to have seen Happy snatch up one of the S-Rank request off the board and after learning what you've been scheming, Gramps told me to drag your sorry asses back."

Natsu's eyes grew, can't believe they've been caught.

"Why?! We're not in danger, yet!" He exclaimed.

The eighteen year-old Ice-Make Mage folded his arms over his chest.

"Perhaps, but you did dragged Lucy into this, against her will. Which, by the way -He turned to Lucy, giving her a grateful smile.- one of Lucy's Celestial Spirits came to the guild, frantic as to what happened to her, and lead me here."

As if to prove his story to be true, Plue came up from behind Gray's legs and ran up to Lucy, who beamed down at the Nikora and dropped down to embrace him.

"Great job, Plue! I knew you could do it! Thanks, a lot!" She thanked, nuzzling her head against the Celestial Spirit.

Gray smiled down at the two reuniting, before turning back to a stunned Natsu.

"If you come back, now, Natsu, you might avoid being kicked out of the guild." He told the Dragon Slayer.

As Plue vanished to return to the Celestial World, Lucy immediately jumped to her feet.

"'Seriously, Natsu, we should reconsider and head back! All of this can't be worth getting kicked out of the Guild." She backed Gray up, knowing one getting kicked out of a guild for breaking the rules could have some consequences if he tries to join another guild. 'Love & Lucky may not be similar to most guilds, but even they have certain rules that Guild Members must follow. Though, most are based on violating contracts, theft or even not having the proper training in certain degrees on business that can results in expulsion.'

Not fazed by the thought of getting kicked out, Natsu regained his composure and stood his ground.

"No way in Hell, Ice Princess." He stated. "I'm going on this S-Class Quest!"

Gray showed little sign of being surprised by his rival's response.

"Man, you're even more stupider than I thought you were, Flame Breath. You're way out of your league. Just come back home." He argued, before bringing out the big guns. "When Erza hears about this, she's going to be so angry. She'll probably skin you alive, once she hears you've dragged Lucy into this."

Just the thought of seeing how angry the Scarlet Witch of Fairy Tail will be made all of them quiver in fear.

Knowing his best chance is to play innocence, Happy flew over to Gray, hiding behind his shoulders.

"Please, save me, Gray!" He cried, blinking cutely at him. "I tried to tell Natsu that it was a bad idea! I tried to talk him out of it! But, he forced me into this and insisted that I help him kidnap Lushi! You gotta believe me!"

Lucy gave the cat a blank stare.

"That little traitor," she muttered. "Can't even own up to his own mistakes, and leave Natsu to take the full blame."

Then, to her shock, she sees Natsu getting all serious. No longer scared from the thought of Erza.

"I've gotta prove my strength to Erza! So, like it or not, Frost Face, I'm going!"

Losing his patience with his guild-mate, Gray came over until they were both pressing foreheads against each other. A vein can be scene to be poking out from the side of his head, as the two glared each other to death.

"Master ordered me to bring you home, Ash Brain! I'll drag you back to Fairy Tail, if I have to!" He threatened, summoning ice into his right-hand. "Don't make me hurt you, Pyro!"

Natsu, not in the least threatened, summoned fire into his left-hand.

"I'd like to see you try, Popsicle!"

While Lucy is now getting use to the two picking up a fight with each other, she doesn't find them wanting to fight where fishermen dock their boats at as a suitable, acceptable spot to unleash their full powers.

She went to pull out her whip, coating it with her Celestial Magic.

Only, instead of her stopping the fighting, it was the fisherman with a blue-bandana over his head that interrupted their squall.

"Excuse me, but are you wizards?"

All three teens and Happy, who stood off at the sideline, turned to the adult on the boat.

"Have you come to lift the curse off the island?" He asked, sounding a bit hopeful.

Natsu beamed up at the fisherman, halting his Dragon Slayer Magic.

"Yeah!"

Lucy, while wanting to help the desperate man, turned to Natsu and glared at him.

"No, we aren't, Natsu!" She yelled.

Gray joined in, grinding his teeth together.

"Lucy's right, Hot Head! It's not gonna happen!" He hissed, but had also ceased his Ice Magic.

Regardless what each of their answer was, the fisherman didn't seem to care much except for Natsu's reply and having to see the three of them using their magic before him.

...Then, his face became serious and jerked a finger backwards.

"Get in." He ordered.

Lucy was very much taken back by his sudden change of heart.

"What?"

From the way he stares at them, she can see the desperation and urgency to have them get on his boat and head to Guluna Island with him, even if they alll choose to refuse.

'As soon as he saw us use magic, that we're wizards, he's willing to take us to the island. And from the way he asked us if we came to break the curse, is he hinting that the curse to the island could, actually, be a result of wizards?'

Before she could respond or even repeat that they can't, Natsu charged for Gray and delivered a strong kick to the side of his head, knocking him unconscious.

The seventeen year-old was shocked he would pull a cheap stunt like that, as he places a now unconscious Gray on his shoulder.

"There we go." He sighed, making sure to have a good hold on his guild-mate, before turning to the adult. "We're ready when you are, Sir."

Lucy slammed a firm foot on the ground.

"Are you serious?! First, you and Happy kidnap me. And now, you're taking Gray, too?!" She argued, bringing her whip up and snapping it in front of her. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't knock you unconscious and drag you back to Fairy Tail, let alone summon my spirits to teach you a painful lesson why you shouldn't kidnap people?"

Natsu smirked up at the blonde, finding her angry face very much cute and proving her strength is a force to be reckoned with.

"Because, Luce, you know that this will prove to the guild on how strong we've gotten! Even Erza will have to accept that we're just as strong as she is." He answered, as he came on to the boat and went to lay Gray in the boat, setting his bag down to pull out some rope and tie up the older-teen. "Besides, I know that you'd want to help those living on the island, since they clearly need our help."

The seventeen year-old grunted at his words. She wasn't in agreement with him on wanting to prove how strong she was, knowing she has a long way to go and needs to focus on strengthening her connection and bond with her Celestial Spirits.

...But, she can't hide the fact that she wants to help the poor citizens of Guluna Island, just as much as Natsu does. And seeing a glint of relief and gratitude from the fisherman, as Natsu went to take a seat on the boat, made the girl slowly change her mind on wanting to maim the pink-haired boy for kidnapping her.

Happy then walked passed her, giving her a cheeky smile.

"Yeah, Lushi. This is, also, why we chose this job, specifically. We need your brain smarts to help us break this curse, and help the residence on the island." He revealed, before chuckling darkly towards Natsu, who began to start get sea sick. "That, and Natsu wanted you to come along, cause he lliiikessss you-"

"To not have to face Erza, when the guild choose to send her to get us!" Natsu butted in, growling at the blue-cat, before turning his head over the boat when he felt a wave of nausea kicking in.

Happy let out a disappointed sigh, before pawing at Lucy's pink-skirt*.

"Come on, Lushi. There's no more time to waste, spacing out."

Lucy knew she can make her escape; Natsu is too busy dealing with his inability to handle any form of moving vehicle and while Happy can use Aera to try and bring her back, it wouldn't last long for him to stay in the air from using it earlier and isn't much for combat like Natsu.

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...But, instead of following the rules... She went in the boat.


Later that Day: Nighttime...

They've been riding through the ocean for hours. Their only food source during the whole ride, are the few fishes Happy was able to catch, but the only one who seemed to be able to eat his catch was Happy, himself.

Natsu is still hung over to the side of the boat, dealing with his motion sickness for hours. Lucy can't cook the fish with anything, since her captors didn't even bother to bring any of her things when they dragged her along on their crazy scheme. And while Gray woke up a few hours ago and Lucy untied him, even he can't eat raw food.

And the fisherman... The entire ride, he stood at the stern of the boat, keeping a hand over the Lacrima to have the boat set sail towards their destination. Completely frozen, like a statue.

Lucy looked around the fog, feeling very uncomfortable of its dark presence.

"This fog feels off," she whispered.

"Yeah. Even the chill it gives off feels a bit much for me." Gray admitted, rubbing his arms from how unnerve he is. He then glared at the adult. "What the hell, man? Why did you have us get on?!"

The adult turned to the three teens, removing his hand away from the Lacrima, no longer needing to instruct it where to go.

"My name is Bobo," he introduced. "And if you must know, I used to be a citizen of Laguna Island. -A dark, stoic look remained on his face, as he looked away... Perhaps, in shame.- However, I had to flee... I couldn't take it, anymore."

The way he told them that he couldn't take it, sounded like whatever that's on Galuna Island, drove Bobo to the point he could no longer stand by and do nothing, and left him to leave his home.

Lucy may not know much on Galuna Island; mainly, because there was no book on historical islands bringing up Galuna Island to exist. But, is certain if they can figure out what caused the island to become cursed, whether it be from magic that went wrong from the citizens doing spells, a cursed, foreign item that came to the island and changed it, or even, despite not believing it to being the case, ghosts/spirits, the island and its inhabitants can be saved.

'Just because it may sound easy to do, doesn't mean we should neglect the fact that this is an S-Rank Mission. Which means, one wrong move, and we're all history.' She reminded herself, clenching to her holster that holds her keys.

"I should warn you: Tragedy has befallen any who dare set foot on the island." Bobo warned, as the fog began to clear. "There's no avoiding it, unless you wizards are able to lift the curse."

...Then, from underneath his light-green cape, an arm came into view... But, instead of a normal, human-arm they expected to see... A hand of something non-human came to view.

...An arm and hand, of a demon. It was black and thin, like a burnt up body. But, the appearance of skin looks to be scaly and stone-like, close to lava when hardened. From the elbow to his shoulder, the skin was maroon-red, almost like muscle. Though, something tells Lucy that it wasn't the muscle of his arm.

"This vile, demon's curse...!" Bobo hissed out, looking just as unease by his arm like Lucy, Gray and Happy. Natsu, still going through his motion sickness, couldn't even lift his hand and take notice of arm's appearance.

"Holy Mavis. Your arm! The hell happened to it?" Gray asked.

The seventeen year-old girl swallowed passed a lump.

"That's... The curse?" She asked, never seeing anything like it.

Bobo only stared down at the young ones... Almost like he didn't know how to answer their question.

Instead, he looked towards the horizon.

"We're almost there," he informed them.

With the fog finally gone, the two teens and blue-cat looked to where the fisherman was looking at and, out far of the rocking waves, they see an island.

"That's Galuna Island."

As they draw near the island, Lucy noticed something off about it.

At the very top of the mountain, a bright, glowing light stood.

"What's that glowing light at the top?" She asked, pointing a finger towards the top of the mountain.

It was then that she heard something faint, that sounded like voices.

"Zairon. Sen. Eo Luna. Cuu-na.*"

'Is that... Chanting?'

She turned to ask Bobo what the chanting was... When, to her shock, the adult was gone.

Immediately, she got to her feet.

"He's gone!" She cried, looking around the boat in hope to find any changes in the water in case the adult had fallen in.

To her cry and when they turned to see their guide is, indeed, gone, Gray got to his feet, too.

"How?! He didn't even make a noise!" He asked, getting a bit more on edge.

"Did he disappeared, into thin air?" Happy asked, being optimistic as usual.

It was then that the water seem to change beneath them. From rocking and calm, to running and flowing, fast.

Lucy stared down at the water.

"The water's picking up?" She said, getting nervous when she hears the sound of rumbling building up. 'Rumbling? That means...!'

'Uh, Lucy...?!"

To Gray's voice and his rapid tapping on her shoulders, she looked over to see what it was that gots him frantic.

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...Seeing a massive wave, coming out of nowhere and pulling their boat into its current.

Immediately, Happy began to panic.

"Aaaah! Big water!" He cried, waving his arms.

Seeing the massive wave coming, Lucy's first instinct is to grab for Aquarius' Key from her Key Pouch. But, remembering Natsu is unable to do much when riding any form of non-living transportation and dealing with severe motion sickness, her priority shifted to helping her teammate.

As such, she immediately went to Natsu and Happy, kneeling to his left and placing both hands over his arms, readying herself to shield him and keep him in place.

Gray came to her left and haunched over the both of them, both hands grasping tightly to the boat.

"Everyone, don't panic and hang on!" He yelled, as they were pulled further into the wave's current.

Happy, of course, panicked, and went to run around the small-boat.

Until, scooting closer to Natsu and slipping underneath Gray's right-arm, Lucy grabbed for the blue-cat and pulled him in-between the two of them. Almost like to parents, shielding their child.

"Happy, hang on and hold your breath!" She cried, leaning against Natsu's left-shoulder to press him as close to the boat as possible.

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...Then, to her shock, she felt his arm coil around her waist and pulled her against his body. Her left-hand went from the boat to her Key Pouch, clenching to it as the wave began to coil around them to bring them into the water.

'Mom...! Big Brother... Somebody... Help us...!'

As the water pulls them in, resulting them to be drawn into a whirlpool, the last thing she saw before the darkness took over, was a glowing light coming from her Key Pouch.


When Lucy slowly opened her eyes, a glowing ray of the sun brought blinded her vision for a moment.

"Hmm..." She groaned, as she blinked her eyes to clear her visions.

This time, her vision shows palm trees holding coconuts, blue sky and some clouds in the air.

"...Where...?" She whispered, struggling to remember what happened.

"Easy, my Foal. You're safe."

Her eyes grew to the voice to her right, and when she had the strength to lift her head up and turn to her right, she found it was Pegasus who spoke to her.

She then found herself leaning against his shoulder and side as he laid on the ground, using himself as a pillow for her to rest on and part of his Cerulean-Sash around her shoulder and head, with his left-wing coiled around her body.

"Pegasus?" She said, lifting herself off of him but kept her right-hand on his shoulder and being mindful of the wing still wrapped around her. "What are you doing here? -She held her head up with her left-hand, feeling a bit dizzy from moving around too quickly after just waking up.- What happened?"

The Winged Horse leaned his head forward to help keep her head leveled, as he slowly had his body stand up and aiding her to her feet, using his wing to pull her against his body.

"The raging waves pulled you and your companions deep into the dark trench of the ocean, nearly drowning the four of you in the process." He informed, as he pulled his head away. "When you had your hand on your Key Pouch and called out for help, I immediately used my powers to save the four of you and get you to the island. -The horse shook his head, letting out a gentle nicker, as he turned to his right and looked over to where the three boys remained scattered on the shore.- So fall, you're the first to wake up."

The seventeen year-old closed her eyes to recall what happened, and while she remembers a glowing light from her pouch, she faintly recalled hearing the sound of a horse calling out to her before she knows nothing more.

While she's grateful that her Celestial Spirit had saved her and her friends, something was very puzzling to her.

"You came to save us?" She asked, as she slowly removed herself from the Winged-Horse. "I, honestly, assumed that Mom would come and save us."

Pegasus turned to the girl and snorted. It wasn't an aggressive snort, nor was it to confirm that he expected her to believe Aquarius would be the one to save her and her friends.

"She did tried to come to your rescue, my Foal. However, I was the one who prevented her from being summoned." He admitted, removing his wing from the now surprised girl.

"You stopped my mother from being summoned?" She asked, a bit taken back. "No offense, Pegasus, but... Why?"

A gentle breeze blew against them, waving through their hair, mane, tail, feathers and clothing.

"I trust that you know of my origin, Lucy. Of who my parents are? More specifically, my sire." He answered with a question, standing tall and proud. "While your mother can be as stubborn and dangerous as the raging waves, I can sense through my key that the waves were cursed, being controlled by magic and, as the son to the God of the Sea, I have power over the ocean, controlled by magic or not. And while I don't doubt the Water Bearer's strength, I knew she wouldn't be able to contain the raging currents and carry the four of you, at the same time. No doubt, she'd probably save you and try to demand the water to carry your friends to the shore as close as it could, before she'd end up tiring herself to calm the raging sea and may result your friends possibly drowning. As such, I intervened to aid you four."

Lucy knew who his father was. The strongest Celestial Spirit of Water... And, possibly, one of the few to no longer or to never have a key, thus to never be summoned to the Mortal Realm. With the exception in stories, and legends.

Poseidon, God of the Sea, Earthquakes and... Of course, Horses.

She remember asking Aquarius, once, when she was nine, if he was real and if he even had a key.

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...And her response, was to summon all of the water from the family's pool and flood the whole garden and driveway with water for nearly a whole day.

She didn't need to say much, and never dare to ask about her mom about Poseidon, again.

She did, however, read her master's book on some records of Celestial Spirits that had been recorded and that Pegasus is one of Poseidon's twelve children. She, also, read that Pegasus had a twin brother, named Chrysaor, but not much is mentioned about him. Some, even, had different definition on Chrysaor either being human, a giant, or even envisaged as a winged-boar.

She didn't know which one to believe, but considering they were both born from the blood of their mother, Medusa, who was described to being a human that was turned into a Gorgon with venomous snakes replaced with hair, a deadly ability to turn people into stone who would dare meet her gaze and the lower-half body of a snake, any of those facts about Pegasus' brother could be possible.

Pegasus looked down at his foal, seeing her lost in thought and, a moment ago, shivered in fear. It didn't take him long to guess what had her scared, when her clothes are now dried.

"I assumed you'd asked of her about my father, if his existence or at the very least, his key, was real or not?" He asked, cocking his head to the side.

Lucy gave him a nervous laugh.

"Yeah... I did... She answered, by flooding the garden and driveway with the pool water for an entire day." She answered, which earned her a nicker of a whinny from the Winged-Horse.

"I can't say that I blame her," he sighed out. "After what my father did to her, in an act of getting back at her father for choosing Athena's side, her angry outburst is understandable."

The seventeen year-old was a bit stunned to what Pegasus just said. Then, her shock switched to anger.

"Did what to her?" She growled, grabbing for her Key Pouch. "What did Poseidon do to my mother?"

The horse, while admired by her protectiveness over her adoptive-mother and having no doubt his father wouldn't be able to take on his adoptive-foal, shook his head.

"Forgive me, my Foal. But, this is not my story to tell. At least, not now, with Aquarius and I not on good terms." He replied, as he looked over towards the horizon. "But, do know this: I bear no malice towards the Water Bearer, nor do I intend to continue a feud that our fathers caused to do harm to themselves. It has nothing to do with us, and shouldn't have to do anything with us, at all. And what my father did to her, I take no pleasure of him preventing her from using her true element, trap to using her Sub-Element, and wish for us to not repeat the action of our fathers. And even if she doesn't accept my offer to become allies, let alone friends, I'll continue to do whatever I can within my powers to build that bridge of trust with her."

Lucy may not know what it was that Poseidon did to Aquarius, but hearing the sincerity and vow from Pegasus, made her feel hopeful that one day her mother will accept the Winged-Horse attempt to rectify the wrong doing his father had inflicted onto her to get back at her father and accept his attempt to be friends.

'He mentioned Mom only able to use her Sub-Element, and not her element. Does that mean Water isn't her true Element?' She pondered, as she placed an arm over her eyes when the sun rose a bit higher.

She then looked over and saw Natsu, Gray and Happy, scattered all over the shore, with damaged parts of their ships washed up near the beach.

"What a mess," she groaned, beginning to walk towards them.

Pegasus followed behind her, in case she starts to collapse.

'Even with her training and building her connection with water from the Water Bearer's training, she still has her limits. And, from how much salt water she inhaled, despite my ability to pull most of the salt water out, it'll effect her health and ability to keep us within the Mortal Realm.' He thought, as he watches the girl pull the blue-cat from having his head buried in sand. 'It'll probably be best if I return back to the Celestial Realm.'

He went up to the girl and gently nudged her back with his face.

"I must apologize, my Foal, but given that I've stayed by your side for hours and you must aid your companions, it would be best that I head back to the Celestial World." He suggested, as his body begins to glow.

Lucy gave him an understanding smile, standing up to face the Winged-Horse, with Happy held in her arms, and laid a hand against his face.

"Okay. You can go back to the Celestial World. And thank you, Pegasus, for rescuing us." She thanked, running her finger against his white-coat.

Pegasus whinnied, but didn't pull away from the girl's touch.

"There's no need for thanks, my Foal. Whenever you shall need me, you have but to summon me." He replied, before vanishing in a golden-light, leaving the girl with her three unconscious friends to tend to.

The seventeen year-old let out a tiring sigh.

'He wasn't kidding, when he said that he stayed in our world for hours; I feel as if I'd stayed awake all night, from how much of my Celestial Magic he used to remain here. He could've went back to the Celestial World, after making sure we were all alive.' She thought, gently patting Happy on the back when the cat curled against her chest and purred. 'But, I guess I can't blame him for staying all night until I woke up, which is fortunate that he can be summoned on Wednesday and Thursday.'

She looked to where Gray and Natsu laid sprawled on the sand, both with their face down but not showing to be too badly hurt. A few bruises, no doubt, and may be just as dizzy as she was if they'd ingested salt water like she did. Still, it won't hurt to check over them, just in case.

Fortunately, Natsu's pack washed up with them and seems to be in one piece, meaning the first aid kit is still intact for her to use.

Lucy let out a reassuring sigh of relief.

'Well, better make sure these two didn't sustain any certain injury.' She thought, as she reached for her key pouch and pulled out a Silver Key. It belonging to Horologium. 'But, first, I need Grandpa to bring me a change of clothes, first.'


After changing into an orange tank-top with yellow-straps for the ends, a dark-blue jean-skirt that reaches her knees, black-shorts for underneath her skirt, a brown-belt to help keep her skirt in place and Key Pouch connected to her, some dry undergarments that are waterproof if they end up in the waters, again, and dark-red sandals that have similar materials and designs of Magical Sandals to aid her to run in the sand at ease, but not having Athletic Magic since they've been banned in Fiore in the past, Lucy had checked up on all three boys and went to get some coconuts from the palm tree for all four of them, which will help remove extra sodium from their body when they'll have to go to the bathroom.

Unfortunately, because she doesn't know much of the island's resources and what sort of vegetation they have that's edible or poisonous, with the exception of the coconuts, Lucy couldn't forage proper food for them.

As soon as the three boys finally woke up, as she expected, they were a bit lethargic and puked up whatever sea water was left in their bellies before Lucy gave them each a coconut to drink out of and, while not really satisfied, eat the inside of the fruit.

After feeling a bit better and coherent enough to learn one of Lucy's Celestial Spirits saved them, Natsu was the first to get all excited that they've made it to the Cursed Island.

"This is great, you guys! We've made it!" He cheered, heading for his pack to strap it back on to his back, keeping still to allow Lucy to place the first aid kit back in their place. "It's all thanks to that horse of yours, Luce!"

"Actually, it's more of pure luck that he was able to pass through, without me calling for his name, specifically." She admitted, clasping the medical equipment back to Natsu's pack.

"Honestly, I'm not sure if I would call it as lucky." Gray replied, still not thrilled that he's been dragged against his will to this place and nearly drowning in the process.

One thought came to the seventeen year-old. What happened to Bobo?

"I can't help but worried: Before that wave came and after he told us about the curse, Bobo vanished." She reminded, as she rubbed her arms from the chill of him vanishing, without any of them knowing. "I hope he's okay."

Natsu, didn't seem to share her worry. Instead, he continues to celebrate that they've survived and made it to the island, barely in one piece.

"Forget about that, for now, and let's go exploring!" The nineteen year-old stated, as Happy joined in a cheered "Aye!"

Irritation build up in the girl, as she stomped over to the two boys and grabbed them both by the ears.

"Oh, no!" She yelled, glaring at the two of them. "You both dragged me along, against my refusal to go, risking all three of us to get expelled from Fairy Tail, knocked out Gray to prevent him from taking us back to the Guild, nearly had us all drown, and now, want us to go explore on an island, that you've never been to and is cursed?!"

The two winced at the now angry blonde, as she scolded them.

"You both started this, and now are going to do what you brought us here to do!" She yelled, pulling out the flyer from the backpack to look down at the flyer to see what the full detail on what the request is about.

While Natsu and Happy both rubbed at their injured ear, the pink-haired boy can't help but marvel at her determination and headstrong stubbornness to keep them in place.

That tells him that his mate will stand up to him when he does something dumb that even he needs to be aware that isn't acceptable, challenge him to be the dominant spouse to snap him to become the proper mate in her eyes and, when he may end up going to soft on their future children, like with Happy, she'll make certain to keep everything in line within their flock.

Which is why, despite wanting to explore, he gave in to her demand and forced himself to behave.

After reading what information is written, Lucy figured out what they need to do.

"According to this, there's only one village that lives on this entire island, and the village chief is the one to have sent in the request." She informed, folding the paper up and putting it in her pocket. "Which means, we need to go to the village and talk to the chief."

Before they could go, Gray stopped them with his voice.

"Not so fast," he told them.

Natsu, thinking he was going to try and make them go back to the guild, again, growled at the Ice Mage.

"Give it up, Droopy Eyes. There's no way for us to get back to the Guild, since our boat has been destroyed." He pointed out, clenching his fists to prepare himself to fight the eighteen year-old.

"I know that, Numbskull." The younger-boy admitted, letting out a sigh.

He, almost, looks to be defeated. Seeming to accept that he has no choice, but to stop trying.

...Then, his face showed just as much determination as Natsu.

"...I'm coming, too."

His declaration was very much surprising to Natsu, Lucy and Happy.

'He's going to join us on completing the mission, even if it may involve him to get expelled, too?' She thought, not wanting Ice-Make Mage to get in trouble on their occurred.

A smirk appeared on the raven-haired teen.

"There's no why that I'm going to let you become S-Class before I do, Flame Breath." He stated to Natsu. "And, honestly, if you get kicked out, the Guild would get boring after a few days of peace and quiet. -He then turned to a still concern Lucy, who gave her a reassuring smile.- And though Gramps will still get upset, if we pull this off, he won't be angry with us for long, Lucy. And believe me, there are more stupider stunts other members of the guild had pulled off that should've gotten them kicked out. So, don't worry too much about it."

Hearing he wasn't going to stop them and that Makarov won't be too angry with them when they complete the quest, it gave Natsu, Happy and Lucy a reason to smile and more determine than ever to complete the S-Rank Mission.

Gray beamed at them.

"Let's do this."

"Yeah!"

"Aye!"

TBC


Sorry to have it end so soon. But, given on what takes place after the second half of the show and with the best mystery on what happened between Poseidon and Aquarius' father (You'll have to figure that part out, yourself. Or, wait until future chapters of it to be revealed. And no, for those who are going to assume/guess, it's not Ganymede.).

And, yes, I'm going to keep on continuing the story. Just... Please, be patient with me.

*: Remember, he dragged her out of her home, wearing what she wearing that night. And, to cover more ground, walked the whole night to Hargeon, without stopping.

*:...Yeah. I'm positive, I messed up the typing of the chant/ritual. Anybody knows what the ritual words are? If so, please let me know so I can fix it.

R&R