Now that the beginning of the story is done I can write more, the first three chapters were more of an intro to the story so the chapters will be longer now… Enjoy!
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Lucy got home and walked into her apartment, the door shut behind her with a click.
Sighing she leans against the door and slowly sinks to the floor.
She sits on the cold ground with her head on her knees, "Guys… I miss you, so much it hurts. I want to talk to you and yell at Loke for being a flirt."
She stands and walks to her bed. Lucy sits down and looks out the window, "Lyra, your songs were the best, so comforting and warm. And Plue… you weird dog, I loved you, all of you. I still do."
A tear fell down her cheek, "What am I going to do since Cancer can't help me with my hair? I have horrible bed head…"
"There is so much I wanted to share with all of you… I wanted… so much I can't have anymore."
She laid on her bed and stared at the ceiling, her arm covered her eyes as tears fell, "I wanted to share this life with you guys, I'm afraid I'll forget. Why?"
She pulled a blanket over her and drifted to sleep.
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Lucy awoke to the sun shining through the window, she sat up and looked outside to see people walking down the street, the guys in their boat like usual and no clouds in the sky.
She got up and took a shower. When she was done she smelled like vanilla and rose from her shampoo. Looking in the mirror she sighed.
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"Cancer, I might miss you the most, my hair is awful." She gave up and threw it in a ponytail, her bangs left to frame her face. Her hair started to dry in a natural wave as she went to get dressed.
She put on some gray shorts and a white tank top. Over it she threw on a black sweater that hung off one of her shoulders. She looked into the mirror one more time and headed out the door.
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"God, I'm thirsty." She walked to a little café not far from her house and went inside, she looked around and decided to sit next to the window.
A waitress came over, "Anything to drink?"
"Yes please, just some iced tea." Lucy smiled faintly. The waitress smiled back, "Alright, just one moment."
Lucy laid her head on her hands and looked out the window when she heard a voice, "Hey fairy."
She looked to see Sting and Rogue now sitting at her table. She grimaced, "Not now."
Sting and Rogue sat for a moment wondering if they should say anything else when Rogue spoke, "We know what happened, Yukino is having a rough time too."
Lucy stared at the two, they looked uncomfortable and didn't meet her eyes.
She forgot she wasn't they only celestial mage that cared for her spirits, "I'm sorry, I really am…" her voice drifted off…
Sting looked at Lucy, she looked tired and withdrawn, not like herself.
He gave rogue a glance and could tell her was thinking the same thing, "Lucy… it'll be okay…"
He thought for a moment, "Don't worry about Yukino, the guilds helping her. Since the games our guilds not the same anymore. We look out for each other now and we kind of have Fairy Tail to somewhat thank for that, but don't tell anyone I said that, as the new master I have a reputation…"
Sting stopped to stare at Lucy. "You're the master now?" she had wide eyes.
Rogue nodded, "Yeah, I help out with the paperwork though. Stings helpless with it."
Sting blushed, "I am not! I just-"
They stopped to hear giggling. It was Lucy.
She looked at them, "Sorry, it's just a little funny."
Rogue shook his head, "Don't worry, I'm just glad to hear you laugh." He blushed slightly.
Sting nodded, "It would be weird if you didn't… laugh anymore."
She stared at them.
Rogue handed her a tissue and she was confused.
Sting spoke, "Don't cry."
Only when he spoke did she realize she was crying, she wiped the tear that she let slip down her face.
She nodded, "Sorry, it's just sometimes I…"
Rogue shook his head, "We understand."
Sting and Rogue stood up, "We have to get back." Rogue said.
Sting nodded and put a hand on her shoulder, "Yep, important things to do." Sting smiled.
They started to walk away but turned to the blonde watching them, "You can come visit sometimes you know…" Sting blushed slightly, "You know, for Yukino…" he scratched his head nervously.
Rogue nodded. The two left and headed back to their guild.
Lucy sat in thought after a few minutes, I hope it works out. Lucy thought.
She got up out, paid for her tea and left for her guild.
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Lucy ended up at the guild in no time, she walked in through the doors and saw the guild like it always is. People welcomed her like usual.
She sat at the bar as Mira walked up, "Hi Lucy." Her warm smile made her feel at home.
Lucy spoke, "It seems rather normal now, it's a little weird."
Mira giggled, "Everyone thought it would be easier for you if we kept things normal." Mira noticed how the blonde looked, tired and withdrawn.
Lucy nodded, "Yeah, it is." Then she thought, 'Right?'
Mira walked away as Master sat next to Lucy, "My child, how are you?"
She shook her head, "I'm not sure."
Master grimaced as he saw how she looked but handed her the book, "You forgot this in the infirmary yesterday. I thought you might want to read it and I asked someone to help you out later. Virgo informed me you might need training when she spoke to me."
She took it, "Thank you, I think I'm going to go read it outside. Might I ask where Team Natsu is?"
Master nodded, "On a mission, they should be back later." Lucy nodded and before she left she turned to him, "Who did you ask?"
He smiled, "You'll see later, go read." She nodded and walked outside to the training area.
She stopped as she walked out the back door, she sighed as she looked at the spot she last saw them. She went over to a tree and sat against it and opened the book.
It was blank, "Okay, now what?"
Slowly the words started to appear, the book sensing the scroll.
Lucy looked at the school and it glowed. Picking it up she opened it and it was blank.
After a burst of light and a slightly stinging wrist appeared a small tattoo on it.
A small oddly shaped star laid where the stinging was, an old looking symbol.
Back to the book Lucy carefully read the first page, it explained how this magic is similar to how spirits use their magic.
She read a couple pages about the history behind it, basically what master told her. The she stumbled upon a spell.
They spell was an attack spell, it gathered her magic into her fists and boosted her strength as well as damaged the target she hit by transferring some of the magic into the target. It reminded her of Loke but it was different, she smiled.
Then she read below and it said, "The user of this spell must have inner strength as well as outer." She grimaced and knew she wasn't very strong and when she tried to use the spell it didn't work.
She sigh and slumped against the tree, "Guess I should work out."
She was flipping through and reading all she could when she heard them.
"Luce!" she looked to see Natsu, Happy, Gray and Erza walking to her. She stood and Erza hugged her, "How are you?"
"Okay… how was the mission." She said to get them to stop asking how she was, seems like that's all anyone did now.
They all smiled and Gray tossed her a small bag, inside was jewels, she looked at them confused, "Why did you hand me money?"
They all smiled as Gray explained, "It's for your rent."
Natsu spoke next, "Because right now it might be hard to go on missions Luce." Happy nodded, "Besides, you need to buy me fish too."
Erza nodded. Lucy looked at them and she felt her tears falling, she pulled them all into a hug, "You guys…"
Erza laughed as she let go, "You're our teammate, our nakama. How can we not help you? That should cover two months while you train."
Gray gave Lucy a tight hug, it surprised her. He felt cold but it was comforting and after a moment he let go and waved at Lucy, "I'm heading inside, it's hot out here." He walked back into the guild, leaving a small trail off clothing behind him.
Natsu hugged Lucy and she froze, he was so warm compared to Gray. He let go and smiled at her, "I'll be here Luce, come hang out with us in the guild when you're done." He waved and walked into the guild with Happy.
Lucy looked to Erza and blushed, "Erza?"
She looked to the blonde, "Yeah?"
"Do you think you could train me, I want to be able to fight and get stronger so I can use my spells from the book."
Erza smiled and hugged Lucy, "I would love to, and you're my little sister. I'll make you strong but I won't go easy on you." Erza warned.
They let go of each other as they heard a cough, leaning against the guild door was Laxus, "If you're going to help train her then so am I. Gramps asked me to see if I could help you with it after he gave you the book. Erza will help with fighting and I can help with speed and senses. It will be a pain but…" The smirk he had said he was amused by the idea of training her.
Lucy sweat dropped and thought, Erza was one thing, but now Laxus?
Two S-Class mages…
They're going to kill me…
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I hope you guys liked it… I won't tell you who Lucy ends up with because I'm not sure myself, honestly it could be anyone but I wonder what you guys think… I love most pairings.
Okay! Review! Love you guys and see you later!
-Alice.