When the Moon Tried to Touch the Sun

Summary: During the S-Class Exams, Lucy falls into a pit of darkness. She wakes up and finds herself healed (Zeref's doing). She then gets back up on her feet to analyze her surroundings. That was when she stumbled upon Zeref who was crying.

The second test in the S-Class Exams was to find the founder of Fairy Tail, Mavis Vermillion's Grave. Master Makarov would be waiting for whoever who would reach the grave first. Natsu and Happy were the first to take off. After them, Gajeel and Levy scurried away to find the grave. Loke and Gray had suddenly disappeared, making Lucy suspicious. 'Those idiots, where did they go?' She thought, turning her head right to left as she looked for an orange head and a shirtless raven head. Cana who noticed her sudden discomfort, decided to ask her if something was bothering her. "Yeah, where did Gray and Loke go? They were just here…" Cana agreed, something was up. Not far from them, Loke and Gray were chuckling softly.

"They don't suspect a thing…" Gray smirked; his eyes showing a slight glint of mischief.

"What was the plan again?"

"Lucy has a great brain! The plan is to wait for Lucy to figure out where the grave is, and then we follow them to the grave. When we're close enough, we fight them and make sure they're defeated. And finally, we reach the grave and win! I become an S-class mage and you can get married to Lucy!"

"I will finally be Loke Heartfilia…. Ah…" Loke's eyes shaped into hearts as he clasped his hands together, imagining what their children would look like.

Back with Cana and Lucy,

Just like Gray predicted, Cana sat Lucy down to let her think. Cana suggested a few words and thumb twisters that could have been clues. Yet, nothing worked. So, Cana and Lucy decided to move on first. Maybe find more peaceful surroundings so Lucy could calm her mind. Gray and Loke were following them, but they kept a distance just in case Cana could sense them.

"Do you like any guys in the guild?" Cana asked sighing slightly. She was pretty bored with the silence Lucy had been giving her. Lucy shrugged. "Sure, I guess. There's Natsu, Gray, Jet, Droy and Gajeel" Lucy replied casually.

Cana sighed. "No, what I meant was that—" "Oh…" Lucy's face was now as red as Erza's hair. Why was it that every time –with Cana- this topic would ALWAYS brought up? Cana smirked.

"Aye! It's Natsu isn't it?"

Behind their backs, Loke and Gray were watching Lucy's expressions; waiting for her reactions after each name Cana would say.

Unfortunately, (fortunate for Loke) Lucy just sighed and kept a neutral expression. "Why does everyone think I like him? He's like a brother to me, that's all." Loke was relieved. He knew he couldn't beat Natsu even if his life depended on it.

"Hmm… Alright. How about Gray?"

Lucy's feet halted at the name. Why was it that his name had this kind of effect on her? Her jaw tightened in irritation. She was angry at herself. 'Get a grip!' Cana's feet stopped as well when she realized the blonde mage was no longer following her. She was a few meters ahead, quite far from her. Gray and Loke watched in curiosity. Why did she stop? Why was she frozen?

Lucy then realized, it wasn't Gray's name that froze her. Lucy's eyes moved around, realizing that she was stepping on a curse seal. Her lip trembled in fear. 'Freed couldn't have written them, then who?'

"What's wrong, Lucy?" Cana asked, shouting a bit. Lucy gasped when she recognized the seal. This seal was to make enemies step on a platform that was thought to be the ground, when actually there was nothing there. 'No ground, meaning I must be stepping on air. What's here? A pond? A lake? Oh please, Kami please be a lake'.

"Listen to me, Cana" Lucy tried to sound brave, but her voice failed her. She was trembling. If she were to take her foot off, she was going to fall. Cana was about to run towards her when Lucy halted her with a hand. "Don't move" Damn it. She was already crying.

"Lucy, don't cry. Tell me, what's wrong" Cana was now concerned. Cana took another step forward, about to step on the seal. 'If she steps on the seal, she'll get stuck too. She might not be able to continue the exams. What do I do?'

Lucy did the only thing possible.

She took her foot off the ground, causing it to disappear and Lucy to fall. Into a pit of darkness. Cana watched in fear as her dear friend fell.

"Lucy!" Cana screamed, about to jump in when she felt her being held back. It was Gray. "What do you think you're doing?! We need to save her!" Cana could feel tears appearing at the corner of her eye. Gray gave her a frown. His head turned back to the pit and realized that Lucy was gone. She had fallen, and only Kami knew how deep that pit was.

Loke's heart broke. 'I failed, again.' Another master was gone, and he was the one to be blamed. Why wasn't he fast enough? He was Leo for Kami's sake; one of the most powerful Zodiac spirits out of the twelve.

The three mages stood there, frozen as they cried. They were there, yet they didn't do anything. Loke looked down into the pit. He could tell, it was real deep. No one could survive a fall like this.

What were they going to do?

'Are we really going to go back to guild without Lucy, but with the fact that she's dead? And we did nothing about it?'. Gray thought.

Little did they know, Lucy was still alive, but her death was near. Her body was covered in bruises and blood. She was lying lifelessly on the ground. She couldn't feel any life there. Not even flowers or plants. Everything was dead. Soon, she would be too. Lucy closed her eyes, letting the pain seep in and her soul seep out.

He wouldn't allow it.

For in just a few seconds, she would be patched up and back on her feet. Why? And how?

'Don't die, please don't die'