Lucy wakes at sunrise, immediately taking note of her keys by her side. She counts each one with their names and hugs them close before bringing out a pack of skin safe wipes. She uses them to clean off her body before re-dressing herself into the clothes she had on.
She summons Cancer, who fixes her hair with a burgundy bow while they laugh about how badly Everlue had been beaten. She thanks him with a hug before exiting the tent.
The sun was still rising to its place in the sky.
"Open, gate of the telescope; I call upon thee, come forth to my side, Telescopium." Ellie appears in Lucy's hands with sun shaped lenses. "Open, gate of the large dog, I call upon thee, come forth to my side, Canis Major." Beau immediately bombards her with nuzzles.
"Ellie, let's find some food." Lucy put the spirit to her eyes and began following the path.
Soon they come upon a river, and Lucy instructs Beau to hunt. Beau ends up scaring ducks away, and Ellie leads Lucy to some eggs.
When they returned to the camp, they have seven fishes and four eggs. Lucy sends the spirits back home, with some kisses and praises.
It isn't until the sun has finally met its place in the sky and Natsu and Happy come out.
They question the food, and Lucy chuckles before explaining. She plates the food, an equal amount of eggs, and one fish for her, three for Natsu and three for Happy.
Natsu kept sneaking one of his fish in discrete amounts onto Lucy's plate while she was distracted by Happy.
Once done eating, they pack up and begin the way home by following Happy's nose.
"Are you sure, Happy? Can't the smell here be messing with your nose?" Lucy asks, staring at the swamp they have to cross. "Have some faith, Lushie! I'm a cat, we have a great sense of smell!" Happy replies, and Lucy looks back to the murky swamp water. "That's dogs, silly." She debates calling out Horologium, she knew he'd always carry her.
Natsu sighs and gets down on one knee in front of her. "Get on, woman. I know this swamp, no deeper than my thighs; You'll stay out of it." Lucy tries to argue, making him pick her up bridal style and start walking across the swamp.
"Nastu!" She yells with a red face, and Happy giggled at the sight. "You wouldn't get on my back, had to move you somehow." Lucy huffed and crossed her arms across her chest. "Could've at least given me a warning, silly." She sighed and stayed silent throughout the rest of the swamp.
After what felt like forever, they finally exit the swamp and Natsu puts Lucy down. They continued walking, with Happy dragging them into conversation. It becomes all laughs and play soon, with Lucy and Natsu chasing after each other. Happy ends up crashing into the two and knocking them down. They continue to laugh for a few more seconds until a nearby bush rustles. Nastu and Lucy immediately stop laughing, a sudden caution in the air. Lucy brings her hand down to her pouch as Natsu jumps at the bush. "Natsu, it's probably just an animal, leave the poor thing alone!"
A few more rustles, and Natsu comes out restraining the stripper from the guild. "See, an animal." She immediately looks away from the cloth less man. "What are you doing here?" Happy asks, taking his place in Lucy's arms. "I was on my way back from a job; taking the shortcut through these woods." Happy looked at Lucy with a pointed glare, yet she still looked away. "Why didn't you smell him, then?"
"There are some things you don't wanna smell."
Gray made an exclamation at that statement, which Natsu growled at.
"Dress yourself, you pervert!" She yells, and Gray's expression becomes confused and weary at the sight of her holding Happy.
"You heard the woman, get your damn clothes on."
Once Gray was dressed, Lucy finally looked in the direction. She kept her eyes away from Gray, should he strip again. "Piece of advice, newbie, leave Dragneel alone and hurry back to the guild. Word has it, Erza's due back any time now." Lucy's gasps and claps her hands together.
"Titania Erza? Oohhh, I can't wait to meet her!" She exclaimed, making Gray look at her as if she was crazy. "She's never had a picture in sorcerer weekly, though. I have no clue what she's like." Lucy mutters, and gets two counts of, "Scary." and one count of "Respectable."
"She's a wild animal, capable of knocking down at least three mountains with a single kick." Lucy shivered at the thought. "You don't need to exaggerate, Gray, it really only like, two." Happy corrected and Lucy sighed. "Even if she's only able to kick down a single mountain, that's scary." Lucy admits, hugging Happy tighter to her.
"Like I said, you should hurry back-!" Gray is cut off by a sudden dirt storm that leaves Nastu and Gray coughing. Natsu immediately takes note, "Happy, Lucy!" Both of them were gone.
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Lucy struggles to reach her key pouch with the ropes tied around her upper arms and wrists. Her whip was taken away, and since celestial magic was so rare they didn't know what her keys were. "We're finally gonna get some real protein!" One of the identical men says. "No berries for us tonight." The other identical man says.
"Meat!" The giant chicken looking guy yells.
"Our future holds a feast." The black-haired man says.
"You are not going to eat Happy!" Lucy bends herself and reaches her pouch, internally thanking Capricorn for the flexibility training even though it sucked at the time.
"Wow." "Look at him shaking." The identical men say.
"Relax, you're gonna be in our bellies soon enough so there's no need to be scared." A grayish-blue skinned man says while Lucy shuffles through the keys, pushing aside her support and defense keys.
"I'm not shaking like this because I'm scared, I gotta use the bathroom really bad. I can't hold it much longer and I bet you it's gonna make me taste weird." Finally, she finds her zodiac and combat keys.
"Who cares? Now, cook him." The grayish-blue skinned man commanded.
"No, you won't." Lucy pulls out a golden key.
"Open, gate of the sea goat; I call upon thee, come forth to my side, Capricorn." The goat spirit appeared in silver light and immediately knocked the identical men. He goes after the chicken and black-haired man next, effectively taking them down as well.
The grayish-blue man uses his sand magic to create balls of sand that shoot at Capricorn, making it difficult to get close. Finally, Capricorn manages to make it pass and knock him out as well.
"Thank you, Capri." Lucy sighs, and Capricorn bows. "Always an honor and pleasure to serve you, my lady." Capricorn unties Lucy, using the rope to bind the group of men to a tree.
Lucy quickly moves to Happy to untie him, engulfing him into a tight hug. "Thanks, mama." Happy says, making Lucy freeze. "I, uh, I mean… I'm sorry, it's just, you do everything people say a mama is supposed to do. You comfort me, feed me, look out for me and protect me." Lucy gapes and brings Happy into a tighter hug.
"I would love to be your mama, Happy. I just don't know how your dad would feel." Lucy mutters the last part. "If Happy feels like you deserve the title and you agree to it." Natsu appears behind her, and Lucy jumps in surprise. "Good." She says as she kisses Happy's head. Natsu huffs and throws his arm around her shoulders. "Now, stop getting dragged off." He growled and Lucy chuckled while she brought her hand up to brush their fingertips against each other.
"Yeah, of course, Natsu."
"Lulla… lullaby." The grayish-blue man said, and Lucy walked over to him. Natsu follows close behind, tightening his grip as they get closer to the group of people who took her and Happy beforehand. "Lullaby is…" Lucy hums encouragingly, but a shadow comes out of nowhere and pulls the tree they were tied to down into the ground.
"What the…" Lucy backed away in fear and Natsu turned her around into his chest. "Open, gate of the maiden; I call upon thee, come forth to my side, Virgo!" The spirit appears in a bow. "What is it I can do for you, Lucy?" "There's people trapped under there, get them out." Virgo nods and brings the group out, albeit one by one. Each of them was still breathing thankfully and she thanked Virgo before sending her back and summoning Beau. Nastu loaded each man onto Beau's back and Lucy whistled for Beau to follow them.
The two began to walk back, bumping into Gray. He claimed Natsu had run off and he had been searching, which Natsu agreed with. Lucy had to explain Beau to Gray after he had screamed and jumped back at the sight of the spirit.
Gray's gaze kept switching between Natsu's arms over her shoulders and Happy in her arms. Gray was silent the entire walk back, always sneaking glances at the trio. Happy had fallen asleep somewhere along the way, though it wasn't worried since Lucy was already holding him.
Once they get into Magnolia around noon, Lucy goes straight to her home. Natsu follows along, and sits on her bed as she gets things out for a shower. "Feel free to get something to eat if you want, I'm going to take a while."
"Anyway, can I give Happy a rinse? He still smells like that sewer water." Natsu asks, and Lucy goes into the shower to grab a bottle of scentless shampoo and sunflower conditioner. "Sunflowers are supposed to help with sewer grease, wash him out in the sink, towels are in the closet by my door." Natsu nods and picks Happy up to bathe.
Lucy goes into the bathroom and undresses while she fills the tub full of hot water. She slowly lowers herself into the water and sighs in bliss at the feeling. She sits in comfort until she feels her skin start to prune. She lets the water drain and turns on the shower.
She rubs through her hair with a blueberry shampoo and cleans her body with a green tea scented soap. She lathers her hair with a blueberry conditioner and lets the water run down on her until enough time passes to rinse it out. She steps out of the shower and wraps the towel around her.
She did look out to check first, and didn't see Natsu in her room. She walks out of the bathroom and locks her door. She dries off her hair as best as possible and picks out a new outfit.
A pair of burgundy leggings with a flowy skirt and a soft peach shoulder less top with flowy sleeves.
She unlocks her door, still trying to dry her hair. She sets her towel to dry and goes to look for Natsu and Happy. She finds them in the kitchen, Happy wrapped in a towel on the counter and Natsu still looking through the cupboard. She immediately notices a distinct difference; he was no longer wearing the cloak.
Lucy took in the lean yet muscular form, and the full glory of his long pink hair and onyx eyes. He wore a black coat with golden-orange detailing that had only one sleeve so the dark red guild mark on his right shoulder could be seen. His black pants stopped at his knees, showing off his sculpted calves.
"I should have some pizza." She offers as she goes to the fridge, getting out two pizzas, a meat lovers' and a plain cheese. She sets the pizzas in her oven with a timer set and goes over to Happy to help dry him off. "So, about Erza, what is she really like to you?" Lucy asks and Natsu hums. "As I said, she's a respectable mage and warrior. I've known her ever since I first joined the guild. She got there about a year before me, and was one of my models on how to fit in." Lucy hums at that, getting up and walking over to him.
"What do you mean that she was your model?" Natsu sighs and she brushes their fingertips together.
"I was raised by a dragon, Lucy. My entire life, all I ever knew was how to survive in the wild. Then, I was alone and had no clue where that dragon went. I wandered the forest for days before gramps found me.
I didn't know how to live in society, so I watched the guild members." Natsu admitted, wringing his hands together and Lucy put her hand on his shoulder.
"Natsu, it's okay to have models." She says softly and Natsu huffs.
"I saw how they brawled, so I tried to join in. I thought I could become a part of the family. But as I said, I only knew how to survive.
I was so used to fighting dragons and wild beasts that I didn't know how to fight another human. I went too far, and the guild never trusted me. I ruined my chance at family with them." Lucy gapes, pulling Natsu into a hug.
"It wasn't your fault, Natsu. None of it was your fault, you didn't know. You were a child who made a mistake, but none of it was your fault." She says into his ear, rocking them side to side.
"Then who's fault is it?" He asks, bringing his arms around her as well.
"The dragon, for not teaching you how to better control your strength and then leaving you, the guild for not making an effort to teach you anything about civilization and then not trying to talk to you for your side of the story. The people, for believing and spreading rumors that hurt you. It is not your fault, Nastu." He nods and Happy comes between them in the hug, making them both laugh.
They stay cuddling like that until the timer beeps and Lucy gets up to retrieve the pizzas. She grabs a can of sardines, which she had bought specifically for Happy. She places the meat lovers in front of Natsu, it was bought for him anyways and placed the sardines on half the cheese pizza for Happy.
The trio eat their pizza, Nastu finishing the entire pizza, Happy and Lucy both eating three slices.
"We should get back to the guild, Erza likes to meet new members as soon as she comes in." Natsu says, and Lucy nods. She puts on her boots as he puts on his cloak.
The walk to the guild is the same as last time, all the whispers being said in not so hushed voices. "I'll be back later, rather not be in the guild today." Lucy nods with understanding. "I'll stay with mama." Natsu nods and locks eyes with Lucy. "Keep my son safe. "He's my son too, I'll get us another job." Natsu seems surprised at first but chuckles and nods.
They watch him walk away, and Lucy prepares herself for a barrage of questions once she enters inside.
She opens the door and walks in, not expecting it to be silent once she enters. The eyes are all on her, yet nobody makes a sound. She realizes how Nastu felt before he got used to it, that he never should have had to get used to it. She walks up to the request board, searching for another job.
"Don't tell me you're sticking around with Dragneel, newbie. Plenty of other teams will take you on, including me." Gray said, and Lucy huffs.
"Why don't you join the team of love with me Lucy. Later tonight, just the two of us." The spiky haired man comes up to her and leans against her shoulder, enacting that Deja-vu feeling.
Happy took offense to the close contact and scratched at his arms on his mama.
He pulled his hand away and eyes Happy wearily.
"You're just so stunningly gorgeous I have to keep my shades on when I look at you, or else I'll be blinded by your dazzling beauty." Lucy gives her best uninterested face, taking notice of a hum from her pouch. She reaches down and takes check of which keys they're coming from.
My zodiacs?
The man follows her hand and jumps away when he realizes what they land on. "You're not a celestial wizard, are you?!" Lucy made a confused noise and Happy nods.
"Yep, she's got goats, crabs, cows, telescopes, plushies, telescopes and stuff!" The man screams as Lucy scolds, "They are not 'stuff', Happy."
"Cursed fate, why must you toy with me so?!" I'm sorry but we can never be together, my dear!" The man runs out of the guild.
"Loke has a bad history with celestial wizards. Rumor has it he dated one and it didn't end up pretty well." Mirajane informed Lucy who nodded. "I wouldn't be surprised with how cheesy and lame his lines are." Lucy mutters, and Happy chuckles.
Lucy goes back to the board and looks over it again for enough money to split between them three. "Find a magic bracelet for 250,000 jewels, break a spell on a cursed can for 170,000 jewels, hunt a volcano demon gor 200,000… all good pay, I could easily complete the first one, but Natsu would most likely prefer the last."
Lucy looks between the two and grabs the magic bracelet.
"It'll be quick and easy money, then we can come back and get a monster fighting job." Lucy reasoned and turned to hand it in to Mirajane when Loke threw open the door yelling, "Bad news! It's Erza, she's on her way here!"
Everyone begins to freak out, and Lucy can't help but get freaked out. "Wow, just mention Erza and the whole place freaks out." She mutters, and Mirajane giggles. "Well, she is the strongest female wizard we've got in Fairytail and more than a bit intimidating." Mirajane says and Lucy nods as loud footsteps echo from outside. The guild breaks out in whispers, and Lucy feels her heart quicken with each one.
The doors open as a figure walks in carrying a giant horn.
"I have returned, where is Master Makarov?" Erza asked, yet Lucy was entranced by her beauty. "Welcome back, Erza. The Master is at a conference right now." Mirajane informs her and she nods. While the guild members question Erza on the horn and get scolded, Lucy turns to give the quest to Mirajane. Just as the quest was about to be qualified, Erza yelled out for the attention of Gray and Dragneel.
Happy and Lucy turn to listen in, learning about the department from the train the next morning. Mirajane gaped and looked down to the quest. "Lucy, I know you're Dragneel's partner, please get him to go. If Erza is asking for help, it has to be serious. I'll keep the job for you once you get back." Mirajane asks, and Lucy sighs before nodding.
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Lucy walks to her house, coming into Natsu on her couch watching a broadcast lacrima without his cloak. She sits next to him and sets Happy down between them. "Erza came back today." Natsu hummed. "She wants your help." Natsu jumped and looked at her in shock. "She didn't say what, only when." Natsu huffed and nodded.
"If she's asking for help, it's important enough to help her." Natsu said and Lucy nodded. "When are we leaving?" He asked, and it was Lucy's turn to be shocked.
"You and Happy are my partners, I'm not going without you." Natsu threw his arm around Lucy and pulled her close.
Lucy leaned herself against him, bringing Happy up more between the two and watching the lacrima until they all fell asleep.
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Lucy woke at sunrise again and took a quick shower with her green tea soap. She dressed herself in royal blue leggings with a flowy skirt and a cream off the shoulder top that fades from orange at the top. Her is done up normally with a cream bow.
"Wake up, Natsu, take a shower." Natsu groans as he gets up. "I don't have any clothes." He argues and Lucy groans. "I'll wash and dry them." He reluctantly agrees and gives her his clothes from a crack in the door. "Use any scent you like." She hands him his towel and goes out to her kitchen sink.
Shen cleans it out from Happy's bath yesterday and pours a little bit of laundry soup with warm water and lets the clothes sit while she gets out the ingredients for breakfast.
Eggs, six everything bagels, bacon, ham, a salmon filet and some grape juice. She goes back to the clothes and washes them out, wringing the excess water and moving them into her dryer.
She goes back to the food and prepares the eggs by whisking them until fully yellow and buttering a pan to pour them into. She lets it cook before flipping them over and letting that side cook. She takes it off and slices it into six near even pieces.
She puts the bacon on the pan and lets it cook, dividing it into five piles.
She cleans the pan before putting on the fish, letting it cook fully before cutting it up and mixing it with some lemon butter she quickly mixes up.
She moves to the dryer to collect the clothes that were fully dry. She goes up the bathroom and listens through the door. The shower has turned off, so she knocks on the door. "I got your clothes." She says, and he cracks the door to get them.
She goes back down to the kitchen to make the sandwiches. Eggs, bacon and ham on four, and two with salmon.
"Happy, wake up." She picks up the blue cat and moves him to the kitchen table where he immediately digs into the fish sandwiches. Natsu comes down soon enough and grabs a bagel. Lucy finally sits down from packing her to-go bag and picks a bagel. The three eat in relative silence as they were all still sleepy.
Natsu ended up eating two and a half, having to force Lucy to take the other half. They leave the house and make their way to the train station. Thankfully, it's early enough that they don't have to listen to the whispers.
Once they get there, the crowds part for Nastu. They make it to the platform Erza said to be at and look around. Lucy decides to sit down and wait for Erza to show up. "So you did come, huh?" Gray scoffed, and Lucy scoffed right back. Natsu simply growled and sat next to Lucy.
It was a few minutes until Erza got there, enough for Happy to fall asleep again. "Who are you?" She asks, pointing to Lucy, who smiles sheepishly. "I'm Lucy, nice to meet you." She smiles and Erza squints her eyes. Erza steps closer to her and Lucy shrinks, enticing a growl from Natsu. "I'm not here if she's not." Erza gapes in shock. "It's the merrier."
They board their train and Lucy immediately brings Natsu down to rest on her lap. "Who would've thought Dragneel would be bested by motion sickness." Gray laughed, and Lucy sent a glare that ran a shiver up his spine.
"Erza, I think it's about time you started filling us in. I mean, what kind of mission are we going on here?" Gray says, and Erza nods. "Of course; I have reason to belithe dark guild Eisenwald is planning something big. I'm not sure what exactly but it has to do with a magic item called lullaby." Erza explains, and Lucy gasps.
"Lullaby? The same thing he said when… I came across some stray wizards the other day with Nastu and Happy, and they said something about a lullaby." Lucy admits, and Erza hummed. "I see, so you've run into the Eisenwald guild before?" Erza asked, and Lucy shook her head.
"I'm not sure if they were Eisenwald or not, but they did mention a lullaby." Lucy clarifies.
"It sounds like they were members who dropped out of the guild and went into hiding. Perhaps they wanted no part of whatever it is that's coming." Erza theorized.
"So this thing is so bad it even scares dark wizards?" Gray questione and Erza shook her head.
"I am only hypothesizing, but whoever you saw dragging off the kidnappers that day must have been from Eisenwald. It's obvious that they didn't want their plans getting out." Erza says, and Lucy hummed.
"I was heading home after completing a job just the other day and I stopped by a pub in Onibas that I knew was a gathering spot for wizards. There was a group of men making a ruckus and talking about how they found the lullaby, but not being able to get it because of a seal. One told the others to report back to Erigor that he'd have it in three days. Erigor, the ace of Eisenwald; He only accepts assassination requests, which is why he's earned the name 'Erigor the Reaper.'" Erza says, and Lucy pulls Happy closer to her.
"He kills for money?"
"When the council outlawed assassination requests, Eisenwald decided that money was more important than the council's rules. As a result, they were kicked out of their wizard league six years ago. But, that did the stop them, they disobeyed orders and remained active to this day." Erza grits her teeth. "How could I have been so careless, if only I had recognized Erigor's name that day I could have pulverized them. I could have forced them to reveal their scheme to me." Lucy flinches, and Natsu growls at Erza.
"So if I got this, Eisenwald's planning to do something with this lullaby and you wanna stop them because after what you overheard you're sure it's gonna be something bad?" Gray summarizes, and Erza nods. "That's correct, and I'm not foolish enough to believe I can take on an entire magical guild all by myself. That's why I asked you and Dragneel, and now Lucy, for help. We're storming the Eisenwald guild." Erza says, and Gray smirks. "Sounds like fun to me."
"I didn't remember at first, but all the talk about the lullaby made me remember reading about it from my magic studies when I was younger. Lullaby, the cursed song; It's death magic." Lucy says and Gray and Erza both gape. "Cursed song, like an incantation?" Gray questioned.
"I only ever read about them in books, but there are some deadly spells out there that are forbidden to be used by wizards." "That's right, there are cursed black magic spells that will kill the person they are used on." Erza adds on, and Lucy sighs heavily. "If I remember correctly, the lullaby is even worse. It was once only a tool for casting simple, limited death curses. Then, the black wizard Zeref got a hold of it and amplified its power into a demon flute. Once could only kill one person at a time and could now kill hundreds, even thousands at once." Lucy says, and Erza gapes. "So that's what they're trying to do." She mutters and sighs.
The group falls silent after that, until the food cart comes around and they order food. Happy had finally woken up, so Lucy ordered an orange dream parfait and Happy a tuna fish sandwich.
Gray got a sandwich and Erza got a slice of strawberry cake.
"If you do that mind, what kind of magic do you practice, Erza?" Lucy asks, and Erza hums. "That's a good question." Erza praises. "Erza's magic is really pretty, she makes her enemies bleed a lot." Lucy sighs and pats Happy's head. "That's enough blood for you." She says and he nods before going back to his sandwich. "Personally, I think Gray's magic is much more beautiful than mine." Erza admits and Gray tilts his head.
"Oh, like this?" He places his hands out in front of him and cold suddenly envelops them. When he opens his hand, an ice sculpture of the Fairytail symbol sits on his palm. Lucy gasps at the sight, smiling at the beauty. "I use ice magic." Lucy nods.
"Yes, and to answer your question, Lucy, I use requip magic." Erza supplies and Lucy nods.
"Oh, I use celestial magic." She brings up her pouch, and opens it to show her keys. Erza's eyes widen at the sight. "That's a lot of keys for a new wizard." She questions and Lucy smiles. "Yeah, some of them I inherited from my mom. I decided to be a wizard young and her side of the family was so supportive of me that they would put their money together to buy me a gate key every birthday." Lucy says, and Erza smiles at that.
The silence begins again until the train docks. Gray and Efza get out, but Lucy is stuck waking up Natsu. By the time he awakens, the path is blocked by other people. Then, the train starts up again. Nastu is knocked back out, and Lucy groans. "Great shining sun, we'll have to board the train back now." She mutters and looks out the window.
"Well, lookee here, some Fairytail wizards. How's the guild treating you these days? Didn't know they had such cuties there." A black haired man wearing white comes up to their seat and Natsu growls. Lucy frowns and pulls the two closer into her lap. "Don't act all high and might just cause you're in a legal guild, fairy."
Suspicious he mentions the legality of our guild.
He goes to kick Natsu, and Lucy wraps his ankle in her whip. Nastu begins to sit up, a growl still emanating from his chest.
"That's a dirty move." She says and sends him onto his ass. "At least I don't blindly follow the magic council. Know what you look like to us? Harmless little flies." The man laughs and Lucy flicks her whip at him, catching him in the chest. Shadows fly up and wrap around her wrist.
"That magic…" Natsu growls and stands up. "Of course you'd play dirty, Eisenwald." Natsu gets sent back by shadows jumping at him.
Lucy reaches to her key pouch with her free hand, yet it gets caught by shadows as well. She looks over to see Happy caught by shadows as well.
Suddenly, the train stops and Natsu stands back up. The sudden jerk makes the man drop something. A wooden flute with a skull head, which Lucy recognizes as the lullaby. "Natsu, that flute is the lullaby, grab it!" Lucy shouts and Nastu nods, making a leap for it. He burns away the shadows that come near him, but the man still grabs the lullaby first. A psa comes over the intercom about starting the train again soon and Natsu growls. He goes over to Lucy and searches through her keys before handing her Balnc's. "Get free." She nods before summoning the spirit, the shadows melting off in the presence of the white suit of armor.
She grabs their stuff and readies to get off while Natsu and the man argue about taking the fight outside. Lucy looks out and sees Erza driving a magic mobile. The train starts up again, and she looks between Natsu and the flute in the man's hand. She grabs Natsu and throws him out onto a vehicle, making a chance at the flute with her whip but missing as she jumps out herself. They land on the roof, Lucy sends Blanc back home as Erza stops the mobile.
"Are you three alright?" She asks, and Natsu grows. "We're fine, Erza, but we let the lullaby get away. We tried grabbing it, but we were too late." Lucy admits and Erza sighs as she nods. "It's fine, Lucy, at least now we know what he looks like and where he's heading. We wouldn't know that without you." Lucy nods and helps Natsu off the roof. She is caught in his arms as she gets off and he sets her down gently.
"I apologize for leaving you three there, but we must hurry now. If we allow them to use the lullaby it would be unforgivable." They all got into the magic mobile and Erza started driving at top speed. "Slow down, Erza, you're using up too much of your power driving this thing!" Gray yelled.
"We're running out of time, if Erigor gets his hand on the death magic… Trust me, lives will be lost."