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How long had it been? Will he find me then?! Should I keep going? I don't want to go back! I can't! I must keep running! Lucy constantly looked back as she ran through the heavy rain as it pelted against her raw skin, red from exposure of her father's cruelty.

She ran as fast as she could through the forest that she found herself in, dodging roots, trees, but failed to dodge a little girl in armor, causing the two to tumble down a hill.

Tumbling to a stop, Lucy regained her bearings. She soon sees that she was on top of a dazed redhead girl looking back at her confusedly. Lucy instantly stood up, wincing from the pain caused by the fall earlier.

Lucy observed that the redhead was young, had a long skirt, her red hair in a braid, and armor over her clothes.

"Are you okay?" The redhead girl in armor asked.

Lucy hesitantly nodded.

"May I ask what happened?"

Lucy didn't answer immediately. She focused on her stance as he rose to her fill height. Can she fight? Think she would let me come with her?

A hand was waving in front of Lucy, trying to get her attention. "Hello? Did you hit your head?"

Lucy snapped out of her reverie and got on her knees and bowed down. "Take me with you!"

"Huh?" The girl was unsure of what was happening.

"Take me with you!" Lucy repeated, still on her knees, bowing down.

"Why?" The girl was still confused.

"Please just take me with you!" Lucy trembled, fearing that the girl in armor would leave her.

The girl standing noticed this and decided to confront her. "If you tell me what's wrong, then I'll take you back with me."

Lucy snapped her head up, "Really?" She shouted in a loud voice, now standing. Lucy didn't expect this girl to agree. The past travelers ignored her...and Lucy did not know why.

The girl in armor was concerned, but did not show it. "You have to tell me first."

Lucy sighed, hiding behind her hair. "People wants me dead." Lucy didn't want to say anything else...or say who wanted her dead.

The girl in armor sighed, thinking how vague her reply was. But she did promised.

"My name is Erza. I just finished a job. So I was on my way back to my guild. You can come back with me as well." Erza smiled, extending her hand towards the blonde.

Lucy looked back at Erza, looking for nay truth or lies in her eyes. Lucy felt like she could trust her. "I'm Lucy. Thank you." She grabbed Erza's hand and shook it.

Though Erza said that she was going to take her back to this guild, Lucy was still afraid. Can she trust Erza?

"Lucy? Are you ready?" Erza asked, noticing that Lucy was still shaking. "Lucy? Do you want to talk about it?"

Lucy looked back at Erza and nervously smiled. "I'm fine. Lead the way."

"Very well." Erza turned and started walking, allowing Lucy to follow her.

Couple hours later, they arrived at a town. Erza said that the town was called Magnolia, to which made Lucy more tensed. Magnolia was a town that Lucy often visited. There might be a chance that the people might find her here.

Erza stopped and turned to Lucy, noticing how tensed she was. "Lucy, are you sure you're okay?"

"I-I'm fine...so...are we passing through this town...or something?" Lucy hoped that they were just passing through.

"Our destination is here. Fairy Tail is around the corner." Erza answered.

Lucy's blood froze. She couldn't do this anymore. She couldn't do this anymore. She doesn't want to risk her chance of being spotted by the people that may be looking for her.

"Lucy!" Erza had her hands on Lucy's shoulder, seeing how much the blonde was shaking. The latter took a big step backward in fear when she felt contact on her shoulder.

Erza was concerned now. She sensed that Lucy may had faced something tragic in her past, possibly similar to her own. She decided to gamble and asked Lucy something, Lucy...are you from the Tower of Heaven?"

Lucy stopped trembling and looked at the redhead in confusion. "Tower of Heaven? What's that?"

Erza sighed. No. If that's not it, then what happened to her? "Nothing. Are you coming?" Erza turned and continued to walk back to the guild.

Lucy hesitated for a moment before deciding to follow the redhead to the guild she spoke of. Lucy could faintly remember the name 'Fairy Tail'. But from where?

They stood at a large set of wooden doors, and Lucy began to tremble again. She was nervous. The giant doors reminded her of something she didn't want to remember. Erza took notice of Lucy's trembling and placed her hand on the blonde's shoulder to try and calm her. But it made it worst, causing the blonde to jump away.

"Lucy, there is no reason to be afraid. Everyone in the guild treats one another as family." Erza said, trying to soothe the trembling blonde.

Lucy didn't say anything, but she managed to stop her trembling, which Erza saw as a chance to open the doors and walk in. Lucy stayed back, wondering if she should walk in as well, or just watched from the outside.

Not another second, a chair whistled extremely close to Lucy's head by mere inches. Lucy was this close to running away. But she was stopped by Erza's voice.

"Stop this nonsense!" Erza yelled with booming authority.

Almost immediately, the members that were fighting or screaming had ceased their activity and cowered from an angry looking redhead,

"Oh shit."

"She's back!"

"She will kill us!"

"RUN!"

A small pink boy yelled as he attempted to run away, but was soon punched by Erza, causing him to fall unconscious.

Erza glared at her surroundings, looking at the mess the members had cause. "What did I say about fighting?!" Erza yelled, with a tick on her forehead.

Lucy peeked her head through the door and watched as the members cowered from the redhead, which made Lucy a bit glad that she had not made Erza mad at her yet.

Then someone noticed Lucy's presence and decided to speak up. "Who's that blonde at the door?" The members turned their heads and say a blonde at the door way.

"She's cute."

"How did she get here?"

"Where's her parents?"

Lucy begun to tremble when she heard the word 'parents'. She decided to turn and leave, but she was stopped when something grabbed her hand tightly, but not too tight. Lucy instantly remembered her past as she felt contact before she had decided to run away. All the tortures and the cruelties.

"Lucy." A soft voice echoed, causing Lucy to calm down, if only a little.

Lucy turned and sees Erza looking at her, looking very concerned. Erza wondered why she was...afraid. She knew that she was traumatized. And she wanted to help Lucy.

"We are going to talk to Master, and see if he can do something about your...situation. You can even join the guild as well."

Lucy paused or a second. "But...they were trying to kill me."

Erza blinked. "Who?"

"Those people! They almost hit me with chair!"

"If it makes you feel better, I can beat the crap out of the person responsible for that."

"But what if that won't solve anything!?"

Erza sighed. "They'll think twice before starting a fight if I'm here."

Lucy relaxed a bit when she said that.

"Are you ready?" Erza asked, seeing that Lucy was no longer trembling and was relaxed, even a little.

Lucy hesitantly nodded.

Erza gestured Lucy to follow her into the guild. Heads turned upon seeing an unfamiliar blonde. They watched as Erza and the unknown blonde walked to the Master's office.

Erza knocked on the door that Lucy figured was the Master of Fairy Tail. When there was an affirmation, Erza open the door and closed it when the girls were inside.

Erza turned toward a desk, where a man was sitting on the table. "Master, this is Lucy." Then Erza turned to Lucy, "Lucy, this is Master Makarov of Fairy Tail."

Lucy soon observed the man to be a tiny old man. A tiny old man is the master of this guild?

"Hello, young one." Makarov smiled. When he took another look at the new girl, his eyes widen when he noticed who was standing before him.

"Erza, can you leave and give us some privacy. I want to talk to Lucy alone." Makarov said, looking at Erza.

Erza nodded. "Very well." She turned to Lucy with a smile. "You'll be fine. Master is a nice person." Erza added, sensing some anxiety from the blonde.

Lucy hesitantly nodded and watched Erza leave the room, leaving her with the old man.

Lucy didn't say anything. She doesn't know why Makarov wanted to talk to her alone…unless he knew who she was…that would be bad.

Then Makarov spoke, breaking the silence. "Lucy…are you Layla's daughter?" Makarov asked.

Lucy paled and found it hard to breath. "How did you know that?"

Makarov smiled. "Your mother was once a Fairy Tail mage. I recognized you because you looked so much like you mother."

Lucy started to hyperventilate and fell to her knees and hid behind her hands. "Please don't take me back!"

Makarov raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Please…I don't want to go back…" Lucy continued, tears begun to stream down her cheeks, extremely afraid if she were to go back.

"Lucy. What happened?" Makarov sternly said, causing Lucy to look up at the old man.

Lucy looked away as she answered, as quietly as she could. "My mother died. My father was no longer sane. And he wants me dead."

Though the answer was quieter than a whisper, Makarov heard it loud and clear. Hearing that a former member of his guild had passed away, not even knowing it, it brought guilt to Makarov.

"I'm sorry to hear about your mother. She was a wonderful person. Lucy, we have a saying here at Fairy Tail, once you become a member, you'll be our family, and we care for our family. We'll never abandon a family member."

Lucy remained silent, tears still falling, and afraid for what's to come.

Then Makarov remembered something. He jumped off the desk and walked to a cabinet file. "I have something for you, Lucy. Your mother told me to hold on to it until the time was right. I had been wondering what she meant, but I now know." Makarov takes out a small box out of the cabinet file and walked over and handed it to Lucy.

Lucy hesitated before taking the box from Makarov. "What is this?"

Makarov smiled. "Open and you'll find out."

Lucy took a deep breath and opened the box. Inside the box, she found a set of keys, both golden and silver keys. She picked it up and scanned each of them. There was 12 of them. 8 golden keys and 4 silver keys.

"What are they?" Lucy asked, thinking how pretty they were.

"I do not know much about them, but I do know that they are Celestial keys to summon celestial spirits. You can ask Levy. She is intelligent and may know more than me."

Lucy looked up, "Levy?"

"She's a nice girl. I'm sure you'll get along with her."

"…"

"Now, would you like to join this guild?"

Lucy took a moment before answering. She remembers it now, her mother would sometimes speak of a guild that she was once a member. She told Lucy stories of how it was filled with wonderful people, and that she never regretted becoming a mage of Fairy Tail.

"Can I?"

"Of course! We just need to give you a stamp, an emblem of Fairy Tail."

"…Stamp? Will it hurt?"

Makarov chuckled. "No. It won't hurt. Now, what color and where do you want it?" Makarov asked as he brought out a stamper.

Lucy looked down on herself, debating on where… "Here." Lucy decided to have it at the back of her right hand. "Pink."

Makarov easily complied and stamped the mark on her hand. He grinned with elated happiness. "Welcome to Fairy Tail."

Lucy smiled, ever so slightly. She had this uncertainty and doubt if this really was the right decision. She held the key close to her, "Do I get to keep these keys?"

"They are yours. Take care of them." Makarov smiled.

Lucy smiled as she wiped her dried tears and stood back up. "Thanks."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Makarov asked, wanting to help Lucy, clearly knowing that she had gone through some tough situations.

"…I really don't want to talk about it right now." Lucy grumbled, looking at the ground.

Makarov nodded with understanding. "I understand. These people at Fairy Tail are more than willing to listen to you and help you with anything."

Lucy smiled. Having another family, it made her happy. She always believed that she would never know the understanding of a family…maybe this time, she could finally understand it and be part of one.

"Um…can you not talk about this…to anyone?" Lucy asked.

Makarov nodded. "Of course."

"Thanks."

Makarov grinned and started for the door. "Now let's party!"

Lucy blinked. "Party?"

She slowly followed Makarov out of the room and found Erza locked in a heated, tensed fight with another girl who had white hair and wore skimpy outfit. She noted that the other members were avoiding them and kept their distance.

Makarov stood on a table and cleared his throat. "Listen up, you brats!"

The guild immediately ceased their activity and quieted down, even Erza and the girl she was fighting with stopped and listened to Makarov.

"We have a newest addition to our family. Please welcome our newest member! Lucy!" Makarov yelled, already having a mug of booze in his hand.

The guild cheered and started to party, grabbing booze and yelling cries of welcomes. Lucy was unsure if she should go out there or not. She really wasn't a social person…thanks to a certain man.

While Lucy stood behind a door, she was suddenly approached by Erza. "Lucy? Are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah…I-I'm fine." Lucy stammered.

Erza than took notice of the keys that Lucy was holding. "What are those?"

Lucy squeezed the keys as she answered. "These used to belong to my mother."

"I see. Anyway, everybody wants to see you. Will you come out?" Erza asked.

Lucy gulped, eyeing some…crazy, loud members that was already making a scene. "Can I…skip this party?"

Erza shook her head. "At least say help. They are your new family."

Lucy grumbled under her breath. "They won't hit me with a chair…will they?"

Erza chuckled. "I'll make sure of that. Now let's go."

Reluctantly, Lucy followed Erza into the open, where the others were excited to meet the new member, wanting to welcome her.

Then a pink-haired boy, which Lucy noted that Erza had knocked out, came running to her with a big grin.

"Hi! Why are you hiding!? Come out!"

The boy would've say more, but he was soon interrupted by a mean punch to his face by Erza.

"Ow! Why did you do that, Erza!?" The pink-haired boy exclaimed while rubbing his face where Erza had punched him.

"One, I wanted to. Two, you deserved it. And three, you are scaring Lucy." Erza said, numbering each one with her fingers.

Lucy had hid behind Erza when the pink-haired boy came running to her. And Erza didn't like this. "Now say you are sorry!" Erza ordered, glaring at the pink-haired boy.

The boy grumbled before apologizing. He then grinned at Lucy. "I'm Natsu. Nice to meet you, Lucy."

Lucy stared at the boy. "Nice…to meet you, too."

Then Lucy sees another boy walking towards them…also observing that the boy was partially naked.

Lucy panicked and turned to run…but instead ran into a wall, which Lucy had not yet registered.

Erza turned to Lucy with concern. "Lucy! Are you okay?"

"No!" Lucy complained while rubbing her nose. She pointed at the naked boy. "Why is he naked!?"

Erza turned and sighed. "Gray. How many times do I have to tell you to keep you damn clothes on!?" Erza shouted, crackling her knuckles.

The boy, Gray, looked down and jumped with shock. "My clothes!"

"Pervert." Natsu mumbled with distaste.

"What was that?" Gray bumped face-palmed Natsu with more distaste.

"I said that you're a stripping pervert!" Natsu yelled, glaring at the naked boy.

"That coming from someone who wears a scarf every day!"

"Droopy eyes!"

"Slanty eyes!"

"ENOUGH!" Erza yelled, kicking them both in the guts, sending them across the guild with a violent crash.

Lucy wondered exactly how strong Erza was, if she could take out two boys at one time…then she wondered what she was capable of.

Erza turned to Lucy with a smile. "Let's go Lucy. The others will still want to meet you."

Lucy timidly followed Erza further into the room, where most members were.

They were intercepted by a girl, which Lucy observed to be the girl that Erza was fighting with earlier.

The girl smirked, staring at Erza, then at Lucy, then back at Erza. "Well, what do we have here…A knight and a princess."

"It's not like that, Mirajane." Erza coldly responded, glaring at the girl.

"Did you two fall in love?" Mirajane taunted.

"Say that one more time, you bitch!" Erza shouted with ticks on her head.

"Last time I checked, a knight is never supposed to fall in love with a princess." Mirajane smirked.

That was the last straw for Erza. She head-butted Mirajane. "I doubt you even know what love is!"

Lucy stood there, slowly taking a step backwards, wondering what she should do next. She was then approached by a girl with short white hair.

"Hi Lucy! Welcome to Fairy Tail!" The white short haired girl with a smile.

Lucy smiled, taking another step backwards. "Thanks."

"I'm Lisanna. That person that's fighting Erza is my big sister." Lisanna said as she pointed to the girl that was glaring murderously at Erza.

"I-I see." Lucy wondered if Lisanna was just as bad as Mirajane…Lisanna seems nice so far.

"Lucy! Come on! Let's meet the rest of the guild!" Lisanna smiled, attempting to wrap her arm around Lucy's. But Lucy jumped away in a panic.

"Lucy? Don't you want to meet them?"

Before Lucy could say anything else, another girl with blue hair approached them with a smile. "Hi Lucy! Nice to meet you. I'm Levy. Hope we can be friends."

Levy? Is this is Levy Makarov was talking about? "Same here." Lucy mumbled.

Yet, another girl approached them. "I can tell you your fortune if you want."

"Tell me my fortune, Cana!" Lisanna cheerfully asked.

"I just did yours!" Cana retorted.

Lisanna pouted and Levy laughed. Lucy couldn't help but smile at this.

Did Lucy make the right choice of joining this guild? There's a higher chance of Lucy being spotted and being forced back to that place that Lucy learned to fear. Lucy does not want to go back…not now or never. She looks at her key that had once belonged to her mother. With this…maybe I can become strong actually fight against my father…and prevent him from taking me back.

It was now night time, and the ground was littered with sleeping bodies that had drunk too much and fell asleep on the spot. Lucy was wide awake and alert, unsure of where she should go and sleep. She didn't want to sleep in a room where she did not know these people.

"Lucy."

Lucy turned to see Erza, who looked tired.

"Do you have a place to stay?" Erza asked.

Lucy shook her head. "No."

"I see. I can let you crash at my place until you get your own." Erza offered,

"What about your parents?"

"I live alone. I don't have any parents."

"Oh…I'm sorry." Lucy felt guilty for asking that. She didn't know Erza had lost her parents.

"It's fine. I don't even remember them. Anyway, let's go." Erza turned and walked out of the guild.

Lucy followed her with her keys. The walk was silent while they walked to Erza's place. Couple minutes later, the two girls arrived at an apartment complex. 'Fairy Hills' was written on the entrance billboard. Erza led Lucy inside and brought her to where her room was located.

Erza stopped at a door, and Lucy assumed it to be her room.

Erza opened the door and stepped aside to let Lucy in first. "Come on it." Erza smiled.

"Thanks." Lucy said as she walked in.

After Erza closed the door behind her, she turned back to Lucy. "Do you want to take a shower?"

"Can I?" Lucy asked.

"I can get you a change of clothes as well." Erza said as she walked to her dressing, fishing for some clothes that would fit Lucy.

"Thank you for this." Lucy was really thankful for Erza helping her.

"No need to be formal with me." Erza smiled, fishing one last piece of clothing. She then turned back to Lucy, handing her a pile of old clothes. "Here you go."

Lucy accepted and walked toward the bathroom, to which Erza had pointed out, and closed the door and locking it. Lucy took a deep breath. Can she really stay here? Could she afford to stay here?

Lucy lazily slipped out of her clothes and turned the shower on. It had been days since Lucy had taken a proper shower since she had ran away from the mansion.

After taking the tower, which felt really good, she really needed to thank Erza for this. She slipped on the clothes Erza had provided. Afterward, she exited the bathroom and found Erza already sleeping in her bed.

Lucy looked around in the dark room and a thought suddenly dawned on her: Where can I sleep? She looked around and found no place that was comfortable enough to sleep. Lucy really didn't mind it. Ever since running away, Lucy never been able to get a full night sleep…or eat.

Lucy opted to sit in the in the kitchen and rested her elbows on the table, her face in her hands. What can I do? I need to become stronger.

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