Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or any of the characters from other series I use later on.

Warning: This will have mentions of child neglect, and some slash later on, though not involving Fairy Tail characters. Well, not that I have planned at any rate.

Enjoy!

"A Celestial Spirit mage…" Zeref mused blankly, staring at the beautiful blonde girl in contemplation, before shaking his head decisively. "Your kind always seems to mess up even the best of plans. Be gone!"

With that, a dark purple magic circle appeared, and Lucy was pulled into it forcefully. She scrambled to try and grab something, such as the hands of her friends screaming in shock and fear, but the force was too powerful, and she was sucked in.

"What did you do with her?!" Erza demanded, seething in fury as she glared at the darkest mage in history.

"She is alive." He answered dismissively. "I sent her back to your…guild. Now—"

Suddenly, the members of Fairy Tail heard a deafening roar in the distance.

"Is that…" Wendy gasped, her hand going up to cover her mouth.

"I can't be." Gajeel muttered, just as shocked.

"The roar of a dragon!" Natsu said, eyes wide as he caught sight of a huge figure approaching.

"It would seem you have something else to worry about." Zeref finished, walking away.

"They're gone!" Macao cried out, two days later. "The entire island! It just disappeared!"

It was silent for a moment as the guild processed that information. When Lucy had appeared, thrown through a portal, she had ignored her own injuries and fatigue in lieu of telling the others what was going on, in the hopes of sending help.

Unfortunately, they were too late.

"They're alive." A voice said.

Everyone stared up at the door to the infirmary, where Lucy was barely standing, using the door frame to help support her.

"Lucy-chan, you should still be resting!" Kinana cried, running over to help the girl.

"I'm fine, Kinana." Lucy said with a smile, though her eyes were sad. She glanced towards the others. "We can't lose hope. They're alive. They have to be."

Her voice was so certain that some of the other members calmed down, though they were all weary. Maybe Lucy was right.

"Then what do we do until we can find them?" Wakaba asked.

"Well, Macao was left in charge while the S-Class promotions were going on." Lucy said. "So we have a guild master."

"Great." Macao said with a disgruntled sigh. He had seen how much paper Master Makarov had to do, and was most definitely not looking forward to it.

"But…we're down 20 members." Laki said with a grimace. "Including every single one of our S-Class mages."

"So we recruit." Lucy said firmly, her eyes daring for anybody to argue with her. "And maybe later on we can set up our own S-Class trials."

"Where should we start?" Nab asked, deep voice determined.

At the question, Lucy sighed.

"We'll need to speak with all of our contacts, see if they or anyone they know are interested." She muttered. "And…"

"What?" Droy asked, eyes wet from hearing about Levy's fate. Even if Lucy was so hopeful that they were alright, he was still anxious.

"It might be time for me to reconcile with my father." Lucy said with a sigh. "He doesn't own the Konzern anymore, but still."

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