New Destiny

Chapter One: Forgotten

Lucy was walking to the guild, a pep in her step. It was her birthday and she had a wide smile on her face as she passed people on the way. Her keys jingled at her side and she wore a special outfit today. It didn't show as much skin as her other ones but she still loved how it looked. Her blue top had a white collar at the top with a orange bow and she wore a white mini skirt. As always, she wore her long brown boots that went passed her knees.

A bright light appeared and Loke popped up right beside her. He brought up two fingers and pushed his sunglasses back, smirking at her. He brushed off his dark suit and fixed his red tie. His orange hair was pointing in all directions, and seemed to make ears, looking like a lion mane.

"I hear it's someone's birthday, you think she would want a birthday kiss?" He asked slyly.

Lucy laughed, balancing herself on the edge of the river. "No, I don't think so Loke."

"Well you look very cheerful, you excited for today? Maybe Fairy Tail has a surprise birthday party waiting for you. And maybe someone will confess their love for you." Loke draped his arm over her shoulder and winked, grinning widely.

"H-hey!" She started losing her balance and panic quickly replaced her smile.

With a splash, she fell in. Emerging from the river, she had a scowl on her face as she spit out water. She glared daggers at Loke, who seemed to still be looking forward and hadn't noticed her fall. If looks could kill, he would be ten feet under.

"Eh?" Loke turned around to see Lucy trying to pull herself up.

"Loke!" She screeched, failing to pull herself up and falling again.

"C-coming Princess." He laughed as he knelt down and lent a hand. "You got yourself in a quite a pickle I see. Not very graceful."

"You were the one who made me lose my balance!" Lucy argued, her face red from embarrassment. She grabbed his hand and let him pull her up. "It's all your fault that I'm all wet!"

Loke smirked at her slyly. "Trust me, I can m-"

"Shut it Loke! That's not what I meant!" Lucy hurriedly cut him off, knowing where that sentence was going. Her face was redder than Erza's hair.

Loke chuckled before taking off his jacket and putting it around Lucy. "Until those dry, I think that'll do."

"I have a white skirt. This will not do." She pointed out, tying the jacket around her waist before whining, "I really liked this outfit too!"

"You'll be fine, and don't worry. If anyone tries to say anything, I'll beat 'em to a pulp." Loke put his arms out and started punching the air.

"So what were you talking about with the guild and someone confessing their love?" Lucy questioned, curious.

Loke growled at a man who was walking by that seemed to be staring at Lucy before answering. "Oh, just wait. It's a surprise."

"It wouldn't be a surprise party anymore, now would it? And who would be confessing their love, huh?" Lucy shook her head, a smile dancing along her lips. "You have made it very clear that I'm the love of your life."

"Oh yes Princess, I am waiting for the day where you realize your undying love for me!" He tried to hug her but she pushed him away, laughing.

"That day probably won't come, Loke." She shook her head, making water fly out of her long blonde hair that was in a ponytail.

Loke rolled his eyes. "But, you never know who else wants to confess. You are a very attractive and powerful mage. Only time will tell, now won't it?" He smiled proudly at his master.. "Oh and look, we're already here. . . Wait, what?" His smile faded and he looked at the guild, confused.

Lucy didn't seem to notice Loke's attitude drop as she kept her smile and pushed the guild doors open. But her smile slowly faded as no one greeted her. They didn't even look her way. Loke was by her side, he had mixed emotions written all over his face. He took off his sunglasses, almost like he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

The guild was rowdy as usual. Gray was in his boxers while fighting with Natsu. Cana was drinking, yelling at Gray to put on his clothes. Elfman was chanting something about being manly. Erza was eating strawberry cake, trying to ignore the fighting. Levy was reading her book while Gajeel stood by her table along with Pantherlily, protecting her from any chairs or magic that flung their way. Wendy and Carla were at the bar, talking to Mira. Everything was normal.

Furrowing her eyebrows, she walked over to Mira, water dripping on the floor as she walked. She sat down next to them and put on a smile.

"Hey Mira, can I have a strawberry milkshake please?" Lucy asked sweetly, squeezing the water out of her hair.

Mira didn't pay attention, neither did Wendy or Carla. They seemed busy in their conversation.

"Mira?" Lucy called again.

"Oh," Mira said surprised. "Do you want to join the guild? Also, I don't want to be rude, but how did you know my name? And why are you all wet? Don't tell me Juvia got to you." She smiled sweetly.

Lucy looked at Wendy, expecting her to laugh at Mira and say something.

"Now, don't be rude Child." Carla shook her head at Wendy. "Introduce yourself."

"Hi, I'm Wendy, and this is my partner Carla." Wendy said nervously.

"What do you mean guys?" Lucy nervously laughed, unconsciously gripping the end of her skirt tightly.

"You don't remember her?" Loke asked seriously, raising an eyebrow.

"Should I?" Mira asked with her sweet smile.

"Carla?" Wendy looked over at her.

"Child, it's rude not to remember somebody when she clearly knows you." Carla scolded, standing up from Wendy's lap, straightening out her little pink dress. "But no, I don't recall ever seeing you."

"Lucy? Lucy Heartfilia?" Lucy told them, desperately hoping that they would say yes.

They all shook their head, frowning.

"Hey Gray, come over here!" Loke called the ice mage who was still currently fighting with Natsu.

After a final punch, Gray walked over. "Hey Loke, where've you been?" Noticing Lucy he asked, "Oh, are you a new guild member or one of Loke's girls? And why are you all wet? Did Juvia do this? I swear that girl thinks everyone is a love-rival." He muttered the last few sentences.

Ignoring Gray's comment about Lucy being one of his girls, Loke was shocked. How could no one remember Lucy? She was the light that brightened the guild. She would always cheer them up even when times were rough.

"Gray, you too?" Lucy was so confused, her mood had dropped greatly and her smile on her face almost seemed like it was never going to come back.

"Hey, get back here Ice Princess!" Natsu yelled and punched Gray, making him go flying into the job board.

"Oh dear, now we have to fix the board." Mira giggled. "Quite the first impression, don't you think?"

"What the hell you overgrown lizard?!" Gray jumped up and bumped heads with Natsu.

"What'd you say, popsicle?!" Fire swirled in Natsu's eyes.

"Stripper!"

"Dragon breath!"

"That's enough!" Erza came out of nowhere, smashing their heads together. "Now, Mira, who is this?" She gestured to Lucy, who seemed to be unaffected by all the fighting.

Natsu bounced up. "Do we have a new guild mate, what's your name? I'm Natsu Dragneel." he grinned, putting his arm around Lucy.

"Natsu . ." She mumbled, tears forming in her eyes. "Y-you don't remember me? C'mon, not you! Please Natsu!"

Natsu's eyes widened and he stepped back, not knowing what to do. "Uhhhh."

"Look what you did Natsu!" Happy flew on top of his head. "You made the new girl upset."

"Nice going fire breather!" Gray was also up, glaring daggers at Natsu.

"Happy? You don't remember me either?" Lucy didn't know how much more she could handle.

"Were you the girl who gave me fish yesterday?" Happy asked excitedly, his heart beated faster just by the mention of fish. "If you were, can you give me more?"

Lucy didn't have any words. Her family acted like they had never met her. The tears built up and she hid them by covering her eyes with her bangs.

"You're all joking right?" Loke asked before shouting, "Who remembers Lucy?"

There were few mumbles, but no one said yes. They all just looked at Lucy and Loke in confusion before someone decided to speak up, which then triggered more and more people to talk.

"Hey Loke, long time no see!"

"Is that one of your new girls?"

"Come on Loke, when are you just going to settle on one?"

"Damn, she's hot!"

A few wolf whistled, which made Loke grit his teeth and clench his fists.

Lucy held back her tears that were fighting to break free. "Um, Loke, I'm going back to my apartment."

"Wait, Lucy!" Loke called, but it was too late, she was already running out of the guild.

Loke looked around at his guild, something was wrong, he could feel it. How could they have just forgotten about Lucy? Especially Team Natsu. Something was not right. Yesterday, everything was fine, they were planning a surprise birthday party for her. And everyone was so excited too, especially Natsu.

What could have happened? He marched up to the Master's room and knocked.

"Come in, Loke," Master said, somehow knowing it was the celestial spirit.

Loke opened the door and walked in. "Do you remember Lucy?"

"Loke, how are you? I'm surprised you've stayed alive so long without visiting the celestial spirit world. But what about this so called Lucy?" Master asked.

Loke's eyes widened. Even the guild master didn't remember her.

"I see," he muttered. "Master, I need your help. Lucy is my master, she holds my key. She joined Fairy Tail a while back and saved me from disappearing. Now I'm allowed to go back to the spirit world freely. Today is her birthday, and everyone seems to have forgotten her, even though we were all planning a surprise for her yesterday. There has to be some type of curse, it just doesn't add up."

Makarov looked at Loke with deep thought. "I only know of one person that can take away memories. . . But he wouldn't have done it, there is no reason to. Loke, I have a feeling that this is way bigger than what we think. Not only for Lucy, but for the whole guild."

"What should we do?" Loke asked, pushing his glasses further up.

"You shall watch over her, protect her, do not let her get away from the guild. That will make them forget her more. I will watch over the guild and try to figure this out. But first, go and see if her guild mark is still there. Report to me after, this may mean she's in bigger trouble than we thought." Makarov told him.

"Yes Master." Loke nodded and walked out.

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Lucy walked slowly to her apartment, sniffling, her once bright eyes were full of tears. On her birthday, somehow everyone forgets her. She didn't understand, what happened to everyone? How did they forget only her? It all felt fishy to her.

Suddenly, she felt a very strong magic. She looked around, no one was near her. Except for someone in a hooded cloak, not allowing Lucy to see their face. The hooded figure swayed from side to side as the person walked. Somehow, the presence of the figure felt familiar to her, as if she had met him or her before.

"Lucy. . . I'm sorry. . ." The cloaked figure muttered before collapsing in front of her.

Lucy was shocked at what he had said, she rushed over to him and opened Virgo's gate. "Open the gate of the maiden. . . Virgo!"

"Hello Princess, is everything alright?" She asked. "Punishment?"

"Help me carry this person to my apartment, please." Lucy ordered.

"Whatever you say, Princess." Virgo easily picked up the figure and walked towards the apartment that wasn't too far away.

They hurriedly reached her apartment and set down the figure on the bed. Lucy gently took off the navy blue cloak and realized the person also had a black mask on.

"It seems to be a male," stated Virgo, "his magic power is familiar, just much stronger. Be careful Princess."

"I will," Lucy said softly, taking off the mask, ready to find out who he was.

But no one could ever be ready to find out who was behind that mask.

A/N:

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