CHAPTER 1

The Day there were 10

Fear.

That's the only emotion I can remember from my childhood.

A loud, horrid scream shook the hallways of Magnolia Elementary, located within the worst areas of the city. Teachers simply sat in their rooms, not having the time to deal with delinquent children and their fights as other students ignored the noise, accustom to such chilling cries for help.

Three girls stood over the small, bleeding Lucy Heartfilia, scratching and pummeling the weak child's pale skin in the corner of the corridor. The blonde sobbed, gasping for air through her screams as she struggled to escape. Minerva kicked her in the head, slamming Lucy's body against the wall. The trio laughed wickedly at the ugly bruises covering Lucy's face and the blood smearing her once beautiful skin.

"S…" She coughed, wiping her mouth with her small hands, "S-Stop."

"Oh c'mon!" Angel cackled nearing the timid victim's face with a twisted smile, "We're just practicing! Y'know, the big kids in high school are a lot stronger. They even use weapons."

Lisanna snickered cruelly, folding her arms, "Yeah. We're almost in Middle School! We need to practice our skills on something."

Minerva shoved her forehead into Lucy's forehead as the nearly-unconscious 8-year old panted, tears pouring down her scratched up cheeks. "You should be thanking me. At least we can make a little cry-baby like you useful!" She sighed, removing her foot from her forehead, letting Lucy's head droop down. "What do the Fairies see in you?" A slight agitation erupted in the 3rd grader's eyes at the sentence, "Crybabies don't deserve friends. You can't even fight! What good are you to anyone here?"

Lucy swallowed, attempting to wobble to a stand before feeling her legs give out and fall back into a curled up position.

Pain. That was a feeling I felt everyday. And hate. So much fucking hate.

"No matter what we do, you don't even fight back!" Angel hissed, grabbing a fist full of Lucy's gorgeous, blonde hair. "God, it's so annoying! Even dogs fight back if you kick them around! You're more pathetic than a pet!"

"You should do your friends a favor and just disappear." Lisanna growled, bending down to glare into Lucy's eye level, "You're just causing Natsu and my sister problems. Everyone here hates you. Do you get what a damper on their reputation you'll put on them once we get older? The Fairies are strong and cool! And they're gonna be super good when we're older! You'll drag them down!" She hissed darkly, "How dare you think you are their friend! All you do is cry!"

"Damn crybaby!" Minerva kicked the held-in place head once more, "If you promise not to bother them, we won't touch you. "

"B.." Lucy desperately struggled out a weak voice, barely able to keep her eyes open, "… They're… my friends."

"Shut up!" Minerva shouted loudly, "Only super strong people can be their friend! Not stupid girls like you! Not freaking crybabies! Are you kidding me!? You're just a punching bag! They're just too damn blind to see that yet." The raven haired girl hissed lowly, "And it's our job to clean up the trash before you start stinking them up."

In this shit town, gangs infested the streets, so much so that gangs basically ran the cities. It infested the schools too. To the point where the main goal wasn't a wealthy job or to have a career, it was to be in a top tier gang. Or if you were really good, you could find yourself in a internationally-feared mafia.

Elementary School was where it started. We'd see the awesome High Schoolers beating up some kid on the side of the street on our way home. Or they'd be smoking and chilling next to their motorcycles. And we would aspire to be like them. There weren't jocks or any cheerleaders. Only the gang kids were the cool ones.

School worked like natural selection.

Elementary School was the place where students first took notice to the Alphas in our class. The natural-born leaders and gangsters. They usually were given a name and pretty much stuck with it till graduation. These kids were pretty much set for their whole life. From first grade to senior year, the kids treat them like kings and when they graduate, they have gangs lining up for them to join.

The Fall breeze blew through the tall cherry blossom trees hovering over the green hill where ten 3rd graders sat during their awaited Lunch. In this circle of children, existed a world unreachable to outsiders. A friendship unattainable to those who stood outside of this group of young individuals.

The natural-born gangsters of my year were known as the Fairies.

I was fortunate enough to befriend them all before Elementary School. We all pretty much lived in the same area.

But once school came along, it was clear… they were very different from me.

Cana leaned back, sipping her fifth juice box until it was completely empty. Slowly, her gaze wandered to Gray who sat beside her, munching on a brownie Juvia made for him. Chuckling, the brunette slammed her empty drink into the raven-haired boys head, ripping the treat out from his mouth.

"What the hell?!" The small, prepubescent voice of Gray screamed angrily at the bratty girl who sat laughing, finishing his brownie.

Cana stood up proudly, raising her chin as though she were some Queen, "Don't speak to me like that, stuuupid! I am three months older than you!"

Watching the scene, Erza stood up with a scolding frown, "Don't be mean Cana." She shook her head with a sophisticated glow surrounding her, "Mama says violence is never the answer!"

The brunette rolled her eyes mouthing Erza's voice with a mocking expression. Viewing the crimson-haired peacemaker, Mira grew a deep mischievous grin eyeing the cake Erza was holding. Without even a thought of hesitation, the silver-haired devil slammed her palm into Erza's plate, causing the cake to go flying into Jellal's face. "Oh no." The blue-haired male spoke, tasting the frosting.

The red head blinked for a few moments, feeling her hands become suddenly light. She squeezed the air, realizing her precious dessert was no longer there and slowly looked up with a mortified expression as her sweet was melted onto Jellal's face. "You..." An enraged glow flared in her eyes, "MURDERER!" She screamed, tackling Mira as everything she spouted about "violence" went down the drain.

Natsu bursted out in laughter as the two girls rolled around the grass, biting and scratching. Laxus rolled his eyes, prying Mira out from underneath Erza as Jellal did the same to the crimson haired beast. The onyx-eyed boy leaned over Jellal's shoulder, swiping a finger-full of frosting and popping it into his mouth. His eyes glowed, "That's good!" Natsu chuckled.

We'd been together since Preschool, completely inseparable. Each of us knew each other like the backs of our own hands. There was nobody in this universe that understood each other better.

Trying to block out the obnoxious activity, Levy focused on her small book - originally meant for a high schooler's reading level. A line of frustration formed on her forehead as she focused on one of the sentences but, before she could finish it, the novel was suddenly ripped out from underneath her. Her eyes snapped up in irritation, seeing Gajeel holding the item up in the air, staring at it as though it were some disgusting foreign item.

"Give it back!" She hissed, reaching up to grab it though, the length of his arm was much higher than she could stretch.

"You're never gonna have pretty girls fallin over ya if you keep teasing them." Gray spoke with a grin.

"Take it from me!" Natsu stood proudly, "Dad says imma be the best ladies man when I'm older!"

"Won't that make Lucy cry?" Laxus lifted a brow with a chuckle.

Natsu stood in place and instantly blushed, scratching his cheek, "No way… Lucy's just-"

"Just what?" He heard a sweet voice chime from behind.

All eyes narrowed onto the source and found a beautiful young blonde smiling behind Natsu. The pink haired boy instantly shook away his flustered appearance and buffed up his stance in an attempt to amp up his cool-ness. "We were just fighting."

Lucy pouted at the sentence, "Fighting isn't good." She pulled out a container which they all widened their eyes lustfully at, "Mom says kids who get in fights don't deserve cookies."

"Don't listen to that idiot." Erza creeped up to the sweets like a predator, "We weren't fighting!"

"Yeah! If anything it was friendly biting!" Mira added with a determined nod.

Quickly all the cookies disappeared from the box and Lucy looked down to see her share seemed to be stolen as well. She let out a sigh, not really bothered by it, and started putting her container back into her bag.

Natsu waved a cookie in front of her face and Lucy widened her eyes, looking up to his childish smile. "Saved ya one."

The blonde smiled softly and took it into her own hands. "Thank you."

The pinkette stared at her a little longer, "Did someone bully you again?"

Lucy's skin ran cold at the question, all gazes instantly locking onto her at the question. She pulled down her long sleeves, in fear the bruises on her arms may show. "No… why would you ask?"

"You've got some blood left on your lips." Natsu bent down and poked her cheek, causing the small girl to hiss. "And ya got a massive bruise."

Lucy looked down, smiling despite the sheer worry in her eyes. "I fell again." She laughed sheepishly, scratching the back of her head. "It's okay. I cried a little but I'm okay."

Their gazes lingered for a moment longer before sighing and returning to their devouring of the cookies. Natsu sat back onto his bum, "If you they hurt you, we'll go in and beat em up!" He giggled, trying to show off as much muscle as a 3rd grader could have. "When I'm older, I'll be strong enough to beat anyone up! I'll be the strongest guy in the whole school!"

"You'll have to go through me first." Gray spoke.

"No!" Juvia latched onto his arm, "When Gray's older, Gray can only be Juvia's husband! Nothing more!"

Gray hissed at her attachment but before he could respond, Cana's voice took over. "Well, when I grow up, imma have all the good juice! I'll be strong and claim all the vending machines in the school."

"Oh yeah?" Gajeel chuckled, folding his arms, "I'm going to have a bunch o' piercings. Only the coolest guys have em'."

Levy rolled her eyes, finally snatching her books, "Well while you muscle heads are bruising your knuckles, I'm going to be Student Body President. And I'll have the real control."

"As long as you give me access to all the cake, Miss Pres, I'll vote." Erza chuckled.

"Oh! Oh! I call having the biggest boobs!" Mira shouted.

Laxus rolled his eyes at her, "I don't need any plans. We're the Fairies. The end result is we're going to run the school anyway."

"What about you, Luce?" Natsu tilted his head at the giggling blonde, "What goal do you have when we're big kids?"

Lucy blinked at him, taken off guard by the question. She thought for a moment and then just smiled softly, "I want to be your guy's friend."

Back then there were 11 of us.

The group stared at Lucy and then they all started laughing. "Of course you'd say something so cheesy!" Cana snickered.

Lucy pouted at their mad amount of giggles, "What!"

"Nothing." Natsu wiped a tear from under his eye, "We just all have the same goal." He smiled, "We wanna be your friend too."

But by the beginning of summer, there were 10.

Laxus let out a sigh, "Tomorrow's the last day of school."

Everyone let out relieved breaths at the statement. Slowly their eyes all went up to the sky, "Will you make us cookies again tomorrow, Luce?" Natsu asked, tilting his head to face the cute girl.

Her face seemed to brighten and she nodded, "Yeah!"

That night, I remember my parents were arguing over something. They'd been upset for the last several months. I was peeping and dad caught me. But instead of reprimanding me, he told me the situation.

And it was the worst possible one.

. . .

The lunch bell rang and the Fairies flew out of their seats. They started rushing out of the room as Lucy was preoccupied putting her stuff away. Natsu stopped halfway and noticed his missing blonde best friend. He quickly jogged over to her desk, "C'mon! This is our last lunch as 3rd graders!"

Lucy's face seemed to drain in color at his sentence and she looked down, "I'll be there in a sec."

Natsu leaned in closer, only an inch from her face, "What's wrong?"

The blonde instantly beamed with a smile, "Nothing! I have to get the cookies out. I'll meet you like I did yesterday!"

The amount of glares on Lucy was enormous. To them it was like Natsu was this glowing God, giving all of his attention to this invisible brat. The pink haired boy turned around and waved at the girl, "Okay! See you out there!"

Lucy let out a sigh and looked down to the cookies in her lap. She bit her lip and felt two tears slip out from her eyes. "I don't wanna leave…"

"Oh hey look." Minerva pointed at the quietly crying blonde, "The Crybaby is at it again!"

All eyes instantly went to Lucy and the blonde instantly stiffened, wiping her tears away quickly. Lisanna leaned over her desk with a malicious smile that held only the worst of intent. "I see you're still messing with Natsu." She tapped the wood with a chilling amount of taunt in her voice, "You know, I thought we told you over and over again to stop meddling with all of them!"

"Not just us though." Angel walked over, wrapping her arm around Lucy's shoulders, "This whole class wants you to disappear."

Lucy hiccupped as little sobs escaped her trembling lips. She grabbed onto her skirt, trembling in fear. "… I… I'm going to." She spoke, looking up to Minerva with a stern expression despite the leakage from her eyes. "I'm leaving tomorrow. A-And I'll never have to see you stupid bullies again!"

Minerva lifted her brow, "Stupid! Guys she just said we're stupid!"

Angel slammed her palm into Lucy's cheek, the impact echoing throughout the classroom. "Don't talk down to us! You're the loser stupid!"

The blonde held onto her stinging skin and felt her body become far too overwhelmed, unleashing an enormous amount of tears. "I'm sorry…" She cried, trembling viciously, "Please… stop."

The sobbing minor continuously rubbed her eyes, desperately trying to rid of her pathetic tears. Angel stood beside her, pulling at the poor girl's golden pigtail with a harsh force, "You have gross hair. It looks like mustard!" She grimaced at the touch, "Only crybabies have ugly, yellow hair!"

That caused the lot of immature brats to burst out in an even greater amount of giggles as the wailing reaction from Lucy only got more entertaining. "Stupid ugly crybaby!" Lisanna pulled at the other pigtail, tugging the blonde's head back and forth with a painful amount of strength. "Why do they all like you? Especially Natsu! You hogger!"

"Yeah!" The girls in the pack started to scream back as Lucy hiccupped from her uncontrollable blubbering. "Hogger!"

"Crybaby!" Another screamed out.

Minerva grinned at the cruel comments being shouted, feeling the power she had over this crying girl. "Ugly crybabies don't deserve to be their friend!" The raven haired girl leaned in closer, overwhelming the brown-eyed victim. "You hog all of them! Nobody likes a stupid hog!"

Lisanna ground her teeth together, "Natsu doesn't like ugly girls like you! So stop keeping him all to yourself!" Lucy let out a yelp as the aggressive brat yanked at her hair.

"Please..." Lucy gasped for air as her eyes were nearly swollen from her cries, "..Stop."

Midnight leaned back from his chair and grinned at the pleasing bawling of the blonde. "I don't see what they see in you. Dumb girl." Every word he spat... any of them spat, was like a thousand more knives to her already open wounds. "Nobody wants to deal with a weak crybaby. You're just annoying."

Surrounding his words was the chanting mob, screaming out the words, "Lucy the Crybaby! Lucy the Crybaby!" Which had served as her nickname since Kindergarten.

A nefarious smile molded onto Minerva's lips as she reached into her backpack, pulling out a gleaming pair of pink scissors. "Don't worry!" She laughed, "Once we get rid of your nasty mustard hair, you will be pretty like us! But, I don't know how Natsu feels about baldies!"

Lisanna laughed, "Will you find out for us? It's the least you can do for stealing him from the rest of us pretty girls."

Lucy eyes shot open, flinging tears forward at the sight of the weapon, "Stop!" She cried, trying to stand up. Midnight and Cobra immediately reacted, holding her arms down as Minerva slammed her palm into her mouth, silencing the blonde. Hot liquid poured from Lucy's eyes, sliding over the black haired girl's fingers. Her screams were muffled as she tried to escape from their grips. But...

She was just too weak.

Minerva leaned forward with pure enjoyment circling her evil eyes as Lisanna and Angel held out the pigtails. The armed child went towards the silver-haired brat's piece of hair she was holding, hovering the scissors over the golden locks. Lucy shook her head desperately, large tears constantly pouring from her tightly shut eyes.

Instantly, Minerva slammed her fingers down, cutting the pigtail off completely. The heavy amount of strands slowly fell to the ground with the kids behind her glowing with a demonic aura, laughing their horrible guts out.

'I hate you! I HATE YOU!' These were the only words that circled Lucy's mind as they violated her, removing parts of her body - even if it was only just hair.

Before Minerva was able to move her way to the next bundle of hair, she was stalled by the loud opening of the classroom door. Though, that wasn't the thing that completely caught her attention, it was the dead silence that followed. The five children physically harassing the blonde were the last to look up, viewing a familiar pink haired boy.

Lucy was breathing heavily, choking on her sobs as she was still hearing all the taunting even though it was silent. Natsu looked around the room with an intimidatingly dark glow in his eyes, "Where the hell is she?" He spit through his teeth in a low tone.

Slowly, the flock of students split apart to reveal Lucy and her five persecutors. A look of pure rage washed over the terrifying boy as he gazed at the amount of tears still coming from his blonde friend. Then his eyes focused completely on the scene, first aiming towards those holding her arms down, then the girls standing above her, then to Minerva who seemed to be holding a pair of scissors, then... to Lucy's hair, where a pigtail used to stand but now was spread across the floor.

His pupils went small at the unbelievable sight and he balled his fists with a great amount of madness, "I'll kill you!" Natsu screamed, running forward.

The pink haired boy's fist instantly smashed into Midnight's face, throwing the kid out of his seat. The three girls screamed at the scene, instantly removing themselves as Cobra went in for a hit seeing his companion get injured. Quickly, Natsu grabbed onto the impeding fist, throwing a harsh blow to the boy's eye.

As the maroon haired male held onto his eye with a sharp cry, the nine remaining group members ran into the room, pausing as they tried to read the situation. They gazed at Natsu who seemed to be throwing punches left and right. Without even a moment of hesitation, Gray, Laxus, Jellal, and Gray joined the fuming pink-haired beast in a fit of pure anger.

Levy covered her mouth, completely mortified as she focused on Lucy's missing hair. Erza and Mira instantly walked forward, glowing with a demonic essence. The students backed up, sensing the murderous intent of the two girls as they approached the trio of guilty females.

"Who did that to her?" An unreadable frown was placed on Erza's face as she spoke, sending an unbelievable amount of unease down everyone's spines.

Mira looked to her younger sibling, Lisanna, with a gaze of a viscous beast, "Was it you, damn brat?"

Lisanna's eyes watered, threatening with tears as she was overcome with intimidation, "I-I..." She choked on her words, gazing at her terrifying older sister, "... I-I didn't cut it!"

Erza studied Angel who looked as thought she was about to pass out and then turned her gaze to Minerva who stood proudly with a hateful glare. "The crybaby deserved it." She hissed, waving the scissors around as though they were a prize. "Everything about her pisses us off! She cries over everything! If she falls, fails a test, gets insulted, or just taunted a little! And you're telling me you want to stick up for such a stupid, weak thing!?"

Erza slapped Minerva almost instantly, causing the whole place to silence at the loud smack. "So you cut her hair off?" The red head tightened her expression into a look of hostility, "You're the weak one. Fighting with an entire classroom full of kids against one girl."

The raven haired girl bitterly retorted, "She has you, right? Why does she get to be a Fairy? A stupid girl like her!?" Minerva growled with pure jealously, "All she does is cry and cry and cry and yet somehow she gets everything we want! Whether its her long hair, her pretty dresses, her stupid pretty face, Natsu, or you guys! The spoiled brat gets anything!"

Mira directly shot her hand out, wrapping around Minerva's wrist, squeezing it so hard that the raven-haired child was forced to drop the scissors. "You think doing this will make us like you?"

Erza's gaze held no sympathy, "So because of your jealousy, you cut off her hair?"

Natsu looked over to Lucy who was still shedding an endless amount of tears. He released the shirt of some boy he was hitting and quickly made his way over to the blonde. "Hey... it's okay." He spoke softly as Erza and Mira seemed to be now screaming at the three girls. "Luce..." The boy's soft voice reached her ears.

Slowly, her eyes opened, viewing a blurry image of her familiar best friend squatting before her. "Natsu..." She whimpered, her lips quivering as she desperately tried to stop her crying - though her effort was for naught.

He pulled onto Lucy's hand, forcing the blonde to her feet. The boys whom were fighting looked to the pink and blonde duo, seeing them walk out the door. "Mira." Laxus called, watching as the enraged silver-haired female turned around. He tilted his head, signaling for them to back out.

One by one, the "Fairies" stepped back from their opponents, giving them all a final glare before exiting the premises. Lisanna fell to her knees with relief as the others stood silent, others tending to their wounds. Children were viscous.

Lucy was led up the hill to their designated hang out spot, underneath the beautiful, pink cherry blossom trees. She continued to snivel along the way, feeling Natsu pulling her forward with his fast footsteps. "Damn it!" His young voice shouted, twirling the small blonde in front of him. Handling her was like handling a small, new born baby, you always had to be calm and kind, speaking with nurturing words.

The blonde winced, slamming her eyes shut as her pink haired friend harshly kicked the tree with an agitated yell. "I-I'm..." She hiccuped, covering her eyes with her arm as she spoke, two rivers of tears smoothing over her red cheeks. "... Sorry."

"You-" He paused himself, realizing his tone was only making the sensitive child bawl more. "It's okay..." He sighed, turning around to face her with a frown, "... It's fine."

Lucy's eyes gradually opened, completely glazed over as she gazed at Natsu who seemed to be trying to keep his cool. How could she blame him? She was weak and completely useless. People pitied her but, she couldn't criticize them for it as she pitied herself too. Having to come save the same person just because they are too scared and too powerless would begin to annoy anyone. "I wanted... I wanted to fight back." She gasped through her falling tears, "They are so scary!"

The pink haired boy lightly gripped onto her shoulder with a strong gaze, "It's fine Luce." He smiled a bit, his childish grin coming into play as he tried to calm her down. "I'm used to it by now."

Even though his words were meant to soothe her, that last sentence sent an endless amount of self-hatred through her frail veins. It was silent as Lucy's remaining sobbing gasps started cease, "... Natsu..." She looked to her hands, "... D-Do you hate me now?"

She was begging for attention, for reassurance and she was all too aware of it. The pink-haired snapped his gaze at her, shaking his head, "Why do you think that?"

"My hair..." The feeble girl bit her lip as a small whimper left her body, "... L-Lisanna says you don't like ugly girls. And baldies."

Natsu looked to the missing section of hair and slightly dug his nails into her skin as he fought the urge to go back and rip all of their stupid heads off. "I could never hate Lucy." He spoke, looking to the ground as the words were nearly too embarrassing to say.

"W-What?" She wiped a tear.

The boy looked up with puffed out cheeks and a - almost hilarious - look of determination, "I would like Lucy even if you lost all of your hair!"

"Young love." A taunting voice spoke, distracting the young duo from their rather intimate - as intimate as two third graders could get - conversation. Cana stood behind them, chuckling along with the others.

The two felt their faces heat up as they looked to the Fairies standing behind them, chuckling. Natsu stood up and awkwardly scratched the back of his head with mumble. "I'm just mad that they ruined the cookies… Thaz all…"

Lucy looked down to her fists and started clenching and unclenching them. "Guys! I have my goal now." She stood up, quite determined, "I'll be stronger! When we are big kids, I'll be the strongest!"

They stared at the small and frail girl who was puffing her chest like some tough dude. Then they started snickering, "I look forward to that," Laxus rubbed the top of her head, "You and Natsu, you'll run the school."

Lucy's eyes shined and she smiled gorgeously, "Yeah!"

"That's what I call a power couple." Cana laughed as they all started heading up the hill.

Natsu and Lucy were behind them, "So," the pink haired boy smiled at her, "You think you can make us some more cookies tomorrow?"

Lucy looked down and smiled softly, "Maybe."

"Really!" Natsu laughed childishly, "You make the best cookies Luce! You're like the best cook ever!"

Lucy giggled and tilted her head, "You think?" She skipped up the hill as wind blew her long golden hair back, "Hey, if I left randomly, would you miss my cooking the most."

Natsu's eyes glowed at her appearance, the sakura trees behind her as the wind intertwined with her gorgeous golden hair. "Of course not." He smiled, walking all the way up to her. He tilted his head as his feet stopped in front of hers, "I'll miss you Luce." He stuck out his tongue and walked up the hill, "You're the prettiest girl I've ever met."

Lucy's face beamed with red at the sentence, "P-Pretty." She blinked, "Natsu! What is that supposed to mean!?"

Natsu laughed and ran forward, "I'll tell you later!"

"When!" Lucy pouted.

Natsu turned around and smiled, his entire body radiating brilliantly with the sunshine behind him. Lucy felt her face flush even more at his appearance as he extended his hand. "When you reach your goal," he smiled as Lucy reached for his fingers, "I'll tell you then."

Lucy's eyes glossed over with amazement at this boy's radiance. He was magnificent. She smiled and nodded, "Okay."

The duo giggled and Natsu pulled her hand forward, pulling her into the group that was filled with laughter.

That was the last time we saw each other…

…

Natsu ran down the streets with the Fairies following behind him, "C'mon! If we don't hurry, Lucy might make other plans!" The summer sun beamed on their skins as they sprinted, "We don't want her to miss the first day of summer!"

The pink haired boy turned the corner where he expected to find Lucy's house but instead was stunned to see a mover's truck. The other Fairies caught up and stalled behind him. All of their eyes shaded over with bewilderment.

Natsu slowly sneaked forward to scope out the area. His eyes focused onto a large sign that had the red letters "SOLD" pasted over it. Slowly, everyone followed as was stunned by the sign. The pink haired boy ran to one of the movers, "Why are you moving new furniture in?"

"Get out of here brat." The man grumpily mumbled.

Natsu growled, "Where's Lucy?"

Another man carrying in a chair chimed in, "If you're talking about the people who originally owned this house, kid, they left yesterday." He grunted and lifted chair to get a better grip, "Somethin about bankruptcy. Yeah, they had to move to a real bad neighborhood. Like even worst than this one." He chuckled, "Is that even possible?"

Natsu shook his head, "Lucy's gone?"

The man walked forward, "Guess so little man."

The fairies stood stunned, everyone just blankly staring at the house. At the house they'd spent 8 of their years with Lucy in. One that now belonged to someone else.

I really did just… disappear.

Natsu shook his head slowly, "Lucy… why didn't you tell us?" He whispered.

We never saw each other again.

Until nearly a decade later.

A/N: Finally. I know, fucking finally Lovex1 posted the first chapter.

Anyway, so originally, I intended to make this a soft and fluffy story but, I rethought it and I love this plot line too much not to add some angst. Sorry bout it. Not really. Anyway, it was just going to be a stupid heart-warming romance but, I've decided to make it a stupid heart-wrenching romance. :)

I have three chapters done. This will be updated similarly to A Vampire's Mate. Once a month. I'll upload MPHBB 7 soon. I'm sort of unhappy with it so it'll take a bit but the draft is finished :)

ANYWAY! I hope you enjoyed it. I know this chapter is a little lame but, we needa know the backstory guys. And most of you have seen the preview so, you know what comes next anyway.

Please Review. I love you guys! See you later mi amigos.

~Lovex1