Hi everyone~

This is my second fanfic so enjoy~

Note: This is a Sting x Lucy and my first time doing this pairing so please don't be so mean when reviewing ^

And, I do not own Fairy Tail or the books I mentioned in this story ( the books exist in real life)

Anyways, let's get to it! (~._.)~

Lucy's POV:

"The results are in, and the winner of the this year's Grand Magic Games is...Sabertooth!"

Those words kept on repeating in my mind as I sipped some of my strawberry-orange smoothie. I lay my head on my hand as I tapped my finger on the bar. As much as I was disappointed of not getting first place, we managed to get second and third place, not to mention we were a few points away from Sabertooth. Yet, I couldn't stop feeling like this was all my fault. If only I won my battle against Flare, or maybe tried harder to fight back against Minerva, then at least I could have help tied up the scores or maybe even helping Fairy Tail get first place.

The rest of the guild members unlike me were celebrating. They were partying, drinking booze, more relaxed and happier than ever. Everyone else except Natsu. Or at least to me. Natsu has been avoiding me ever since Sabertooth won first place. He would talk less to me, even ignore me. It was much more worse when I heard him talking to Lisanna privately about replacing me on the team with her. I have to admit, I do have a slight crush on him, but why was he doing this to me? Did I do something wrong? Was he just upset about Sabertooth winning? Even Happy told me that he felt Natsu was acting weird. Natsu even went to the extent of not letting me go on quest with him. When I usually asked him, Natsu would just say that Lisanna was already helping or Erza was accompanying him but I knew he was just lying.

When I asked Erza or Gray about Natsu acting weird, all they said was that he was probably just still upset over the Grand Magic Games results. But if he was really upset over that, then why was acting normal to the rest but not me. I approached him countless of times, but everytime Natsu would just tell me he was busy. Like hell he was. I lay my head on the counter and stared at Natsu. He was talking loud as normal as ever with the guys while challenging others to a fight. And there was Lisanna standing beside him while actually hugging each other. Not to mention that they had been playing their lovey-dovey games like forever. Nobody noticed that I liked Natsu except for the rest of the girls plus Gray and Gajeel.

Maybe I should tell him how I really feel, but what if he was already dating Lisanna? It would start a fight and I don't wanna quarell with Lisanna. She's like one of the nicest people I have ever met. Then there was my chance. Natsu was walking towards the counter on the other side. I should talk to him and ask him what was wrong. I approached Natsu and tapped his shoulder,

"Hi Natsu!"

"Oh, hey Lucy," Natsu responded to me like as if he didn't wanted to see me.

"Um, I wanted to talk to you about something, privately,"

"Sure, whatever," I lead Natsu to the entrance of the guild where the noise was not heard much.

"So, what's the problem?"

"It's just that you have been avoiding me recently. And I don't even know why so I wanted to ask you what's wrong. Did I do something bad to you? Did I hurt you? Please tell me so I could settle this problem-"

"You didn't do anything. I just don't wanna have you on my team anymore," My heart broke a little as I heard Natsu's words. What does he mean he doesn't want me in his team anymore?

"What do you mean? I don't understand,"

"You just don't get it do you?! You are the reason we didn't win first place in the Grand Magic Games! You are so weak! Basically, if you had won against Flare or Minerva, we could have gotten first place! But no, you chose to not fight back! You could have at least made a difference in the scores to help us win but you didn't and that is all your fault!" Natsu shouted so loud that everyone stopped what they were doing.

"NATSU! You know Lucy tried her best in the battles!" Erza shouted and was showing her serious face.

"Well if she really tried her best then why are we in second place?!" Natsu shouted back as I stood still, speechless at what was happening.

"Now that you said it, if Lucy won her battles, we could have actually gotten first place," I turned to Max who now was agreeing with Natsu. No...not Max too...

"Yeah, Natsu's right Erza. If you calculate the scores if Lucy won, we would have won," Warren stood up and looked at me slightly angered eyes. Warren too...?

"No need to get all angry at Natsu when he's telling the truth," Wakaba agreed too...

"Hey, Lucy did all she could during the Grand Magic Games! It's not her fault!" Levy stood up for me as I tried to curve a smile for her helping me but I couldn't.

"Juvia agress with Levy-chan," My eyes widened as Juvia stood up and fought back with the guys. That was when the whole guild turned into a battlefield.

"Natsu is right about Lucy being weak, get over it!"

"Lucy's not at fault!"

"Lucy lost horribly during games which obviously led us to second place!"

"So?! I lost during the Grand Magic Games too! So you guys have no right to say Lucy's at fault!" I looked down and felt hot tears pricked my eyes. I was right. I was the one that caused our guild to get second place. It's all my fault.

"See Lucy? Ever since you came into this guild, you had never improved! I always had to save you during quests and you never fought your own battles! You only used your celestial spirits! Why don't you do us a favor for once, and get out of here!"

"N-Natsu, I-I,"

"GET OUT!" I hesitated and walked out of the guild, last seeing Erza with a gloomy face. Once I was out of sight from Fairy Tail, I ran back towards my home and cried along the way. I opened and slammed my house door then sunk to the floor. How could Natsu say that to me? That wasn't like Natsu at all. Natsu knows I gave my all during the Grand Magic Games. Hell, he was the one comforted me when I cried after my lost to Flare. Was that all fake? DId Natsu felt like this the whole time I was with him? But what bothered me the most, was that my very guild members, my friends even agreed to what Natsu said.

Was I really weak to them? I continued sobbing as I tried to wipe away my tears. Why? My tears flowed like a waterfall and I felt someone tapped my shoulder. I looked up to see Loke and Virgo standing in front of me with worried looks.

"Lucy...," I quickly rubbed away my tears and tried to sound like I'm perfectly fine.

"W-what's wrong?" I forced a smile and stood up slowly.

"Virgo and I know what happened Lucy. You can't lie to us,"

"Hime, would you like to punish me to release your pain?" I looked at Virgo and Loke who were trying their best to cheer me up.

"No need Virgo. I don't wanna use you for my despair after all, I use you guys to fight my battles and cause you all alot of pain,"

"No you don't. That's your power. Even Natsu can't deny that," My heart ached when Loke mentioned HIS name.

"Perhaps you would like to go through the trial, hime," Virgo told me as Loke gave her a shocked look.

"Virgo, we don't even know that Lucy is the right one,"

"What right one?" I looked up and gave them a questioning face while sniffling quietly.

"I am confident that Lucy is definitely the right one Loke-san. Hime, tomorrow Loke-san and I would wake you up for your trial. In the meantime, it's punishment time yes?" I looked at Loke and back at Virgo then back to Loke and back to Virgo.

"Umm, okay...But what is this trial?" Loke tried to answer but Virgo quickly covered his mouth.

"It's nothing important right Loke-san?" I looked at Loke who was clearly uncomfortable.

"R-right. N-nothing important," I could tell that Loke was really nervous about something so I decided not to question him further.

"Well, it's time for us to return to the celestial world, hime. Are you sure you do not want to punish me hime?"

"No no, I don't want to,"

"Yes, hime. Oh and hime, today is the day you visit your uncle. You told me to inform you hime," I nodded my head and Virgo and Loke left. What the heck were they talking about? A trial? Perhaps a trial for my keys? But none of my spirits told me anything about a trial. Loke even looked really intimidated when Virgo was speaking. Was to see if I deserve to be a celestial spirit mage? If it is and I failed the trial, would that mean I lose my keys? After what I went through in Fairy Tail, I don't want to lose my spirits. Basically, they were the only ones I have right now.

And what did Virgo said again? Visit my uncle? Right! How could I have forgotten?! Every month I would visit my uncle who actually inherited my family's riches. It turns out before my father died, he managed to gain back all of our family's properties. I was supposed to inherit it but I wanted to stay a mage, so my uncle took them instead. Plus I was so busy with the Grand Magic Games that I even forgotten to visit my mom and dad. I pulled out my drawer and took a piece of paper. My uncle found that paper in my mom's antique drawer. It was a list of things that she and my dad liked, mostly books that they wanted.

I looked past the titles of books that were crossed out and saw the next book. The title of the book was Flowers In The Attic. Sounds like a nice book. Maybe I should buy one for myself. I took my brown sling bag and stood in front of the mirror. Hmm... Maybe I should change my look. I don't wanna run into Na-. I'm not even going to say his name. My hair did grew longer. It was around my elbows but slightly longer than that. I know!

"Open Gate of the Giant Crab, Cancer!"

"Nice to see you again ebi,"

"Hi Cancer, I was thinking if you could change my hairstyle so I would not be recognized,"

"Hai, ebi," I sat on chair in front of the mirror and Cancer starting working. After awhile, my hair was now more edgy. My once plain jane hairstyle was transformed into an awesome long layered hair with choppy bangs which brings out the ruggedness in my look.

"Nice, ebi," I thanked Cancer as he went back into the Celestial world. I also decided to also change how I dress just to be sure. I wore a simple white crop top that only covered half of my stomach with a leather vest with a hood at the back. I also wore a slim fit jeans with black high heel buckle boots. My belt was decorated with a few diamonds and I hooked my keys and whip on it. I went to the bathroom and put on not too little-not too much eyeliner and mascara on my eyes. Some people might think I'm going really emo but I just don't wanna be recognized. I looked at the guild's insignia on my right hand. That was when I had a painful idea. I took the knife from my kitchen and slowly with great pain, carved a big cross on my right hand.

I also had forgotten that my landlady had actually upgraded my apartment. My apartment is now bigger and I now have a small little kitchen beside the door. I still didn't had a washing machine, so I wash my own clothes and hang them at the front balcony that my landlady had also placed. So basically, in the center of my kitchen, there is a clear glass door that leads me to the balcony. I quickly bandaged my right hand so it won't continue bleeding. I took out a black sling bag and walked out of my house. I moved my hair to the front on my shoulders and put on my hood. I progressed silently towards the center of Magnolia where it was surrounded by numerous stores with people crowding everywhere.

I went into the bookstore and was greeted by the owner of the bookstore,

"Ah, welcome to the bookstore. Hmm...You look awfully familiar,"

"It's me, Lucy,"

"Oh yes you are, what book are you looking for today?"

"A book called Flowers In The Attic,"

"Oh, I do have that book right at the back. It is a really popular book, in fact, I have the whole series! Petals In The Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds Of Yesterday and Garden Of Shadows,"

"Oh okay, thanks for the info," I walked to the back of the store and found the book. I also found the other books that bookstore owner mentioned. Looks like a good series. I shall buy all of them for mama and papa and two of each book for myself to read. I brought the books to the counter and paid only for one whole series of books even though I bought two since the bookstore owner was nice enough to give me the second one free. I hugged the bag of books on my chest and was thinking of buying a new whip. My old whip is pretty torn plus there was a weapon shop nearby. There was enough time so I should. I walked out the store and was pushed down by someone. I dropped my bag of books and quickly picked them up. I was about to pick up the last one when someone picked it up and held it out of my reach,

"Well, aren't you going to say something to me?" I stood up and faced the second last person I wanted to meet. Great, Sting Eucliffe.

"And why should I, Sting? You were the one who pushed me down," I crossed my arms and glared at him.

"Wait a second, how do you even know me?"

"Probably because you are great Sting-san!" A red cat shouted as Sting rubbed his head.

"You're such a smart cat Lector! Since you know me, mysterious blondie, you do know I could just kill you right now?"

"Look, I'm not in the mood right now, so could you just give me back my book and we can just pretend that this never happened?" I fidgeted as I was getting really impatient.

"Sounds like someone is afraid to face me," Sting whispered in my ear as he grabbed my chin up.

"Sting!" A black-haired man shouted for Sting as he walked towards us. Rogue Cheney.

"Why are you picking fights with-" Rogue turned to face me and I could immediately tell that he recognized me. Dammit.

"Lucy?" I pushed Sting's hand away from my face as I stood with anger.

"So wait, you mean this punk girl, is the weak girly girl that Minerva beaten up during the Grand Magic Games?" Sting laughed at me as I was already clenching my fists.

"She is," Rogue calmly answered as he stared at Sting with a little hint of disgust.

"Damn, did you go all emo because Sabertooth beat your guild Fairy Tail? Such a sad person you are," Now that was the last straw. I snatched my book from him and grabbed his shirt tightly while pulling him close to my face which caused him to stop laughing. Rogue tried to stop me but I pulled his arm and twisted it.

"Listen here, Sting Eucliffe. Like I said before, I am in no mood to deal with your crap right now. So how about you continue doing your stuff and just leave me alone you bastard," I released Sting and Rogue who were frozen in shock.

"And don't call Fairy Tail my guild ever again. I am not interested to have business with them anymore," I took my bag of books and pushed through Sting without looking back. I proceeded to the weapon shop and slammed the door,

"Hey! Be careful with the door there!" I saw a middle-aged man came out of the doo behind the counter.

"Sorry, something happened just now,"

"Yeah, I saw you and the two guys fighting just now. Boyfriend problems with the blonde one?"

"W-what, he is n-not my b-boyfriend," I stuttered and blushed when I heard the word boyfriend.

"Well I must be mistaken then. What are you looking for lady?"

"I'm looking for a powerful whip,"

"I got one right here," The man took out a box and opened it, revealing a long pink whip. The whip looked mechanic and high-tech.

"But there is a problem with this whip. Lots of people had actually bought this before but returned it back because they couldn't get the whip working. It is a mechanic one, so it means you can't use it if it is not activated. It is one of the most strongest whips ever. To activate it, you just have to use it wisely, then it will extend and glow. It was said, when you use this to attack, it's like lightning strucking you. Once you activate it, you can use anytime," I listened closely to the man's words and stared at the whip. Use it wisely... It is powerful. Might as well take it.

"I'll take it,"

"Oh thank you, lady! Here you go," The man passed me the whip and it was stiff like a sword. No biggie. I placed my old whip in my black sling bag and hook my new whip instead. I paid the man and left the weapon shop. Great, just enough time to catch the train back to my home. I quickly went to the train station and bought a ticket.

Sting's POV:

"Tch, who does she think she is?" I walked beside Rogue towards the train station to go on our next quest.

"And why do we have to take a train?"

"Would you stop talking for once? You're the one who started the fight with her in the first place and the only way to get to our destination is by a train," I stared at Rogue who was as silent as ever.

"Who's side are you on?"

"Clearly not yours," I kept quiet as soon as Rogue replied back. That girl...Thinking that she is all big and powerful. I should have killed her just now, it would make my life easier at least. But what did she say just now about Fairy Tail? Was she kicked out?

"Hey Sting?"

"What is it Rogue?"

"Why did Lucy said that she did not want business with Fairy Tail anymore?"

"Tch, probably because she got kicked out for being so weak and losing in the Grand Magic Games. Lucy should have known that was coming, it was her own fault for losing to Flare and Minerva,"

"You mean like when Master Jiemma kicked out Yukino?" I immediately directed my attention towards Rogue. He was still walking silently like before but why did he bring up Yukino? Sure Yukino was our friend and all, but she shouldn't have participated in the Grand Magic Games in the first place. I guess that's what you get for having weak magic. I mean come on, celestial spirit magic? All they do is summon spirits to fight their battles and not do a single shit.

"Rogue, you already know Yukino deserved it too," Rogue opened his eyes and glared at me. Oh shit. Did I hit a nerve? I thought Rogue was about to hit me or something until he only replied back.

"I guess you're right,"

"I'm always right,"

"Oh really? Like that time in the restaurant and you-,"

"Shut up!"

Lucy's POV:

I boarded the train and chose a spot. The train was a little crowded today. Every seat was taken except the ones in front of me and beside me. I sighed and looked out the window. Here I am thinking today was going to be a great day not until that idiot Sting came along. I mean, what's his problem? Calling people weak like that just because Sabertooth won first place in the Grand Magic Games...Ugh! No. I must not think about it. What Natsu had already hurt me enough and I don't need some blonde bastard with his partner and exceeds to make it more worse. The train conductor shouted for the last call and I saw two people board the train while panting. They must have ran for the train. Wait a minute. Two people and two cats...Great! Sting and Rogue are here again! Can this day get any worse?!

"You!" I turned my head to Sting who was now standing beside me.

"What?"

"I don't know who you think you are but let me tell you this. The next time you dare to fight back at me I'll make sure you'll be dead the next second," I stared at him and slapped his face as hard as I can.

"Ow! What did you do that for?!" Sting shouted and rubbed his painful cheek.

"I didn't do it, you made my hand angry so it attacked you," I replied back as Sting was gave me a dumbfounded look.

"Sting, all the other seats are occupied," Rogue pulled Sting's arm as I smiled mischievously since the seats in front and beside me are the only ones unoccupied.

"Um, can we seat here?" Rogue asked me while the exceeds gave me a please mouth sign.

"Sure you can. I'm not some heartless bastard like the blondie beside you am I?"

"Hey! You're blonde too!" Sting was clearly pissed off as I just remained calm.

"Just take your seats,"

"Thank you. Sting, you sit beside Lucy," Rogue released Sting and stood in front of me.

"What?! Why me?!" I swear if Sting won't stop shouting, I'm gonna go deaf.

"Because I'm already occupying the the seat in front of her," Rogue sat down as I laughed at Sting.

"Fine," And so after the poor Sting was defeated in battle of the seats, he sat beside the beautiful blonde girl who was laughing. Our whole journey was filled with awkward silence not until I noticed Sting and Rogue going sick. I smiled to myself as Sting was trying his best not to vomit,

"Looks like the Great Sting Eucliffe has motion sickness too huh?" I laughed at how silly Sting looked as he tried not to tumble.

"No I don't-," Sting covered his mouth and his face became even more sicker. I looked at Rogue who was shockingly sitting still at his seat. He must have coped a little with the motion sickness. The exceeds on the other hand looked worried as they both stood in front of Sting.

"Sting-san, are you okay?" The green cat in the frog costume asked warily.

"Of course he is, you are really stupid Frosch," Lector replied but I'm sure he was not convinced himself.

"Frosch thinks so too~" Aww. Frosch is so adorable! Lector is too if you cut away the arrogance which he obviously got from Sting. I continued giggling as I watched Sting suffer. It is surprisingly satisfying.

"What do you think- you are- laughing at?" Sting glared at me while I gave a smirk. I hit him in his head and lay him on my lap.

"W-what a-are you doing?!" Sting attempted to get away from me but since he has motion sickness, his strength was pretty low so I managed to stop him by tighten my grip on his shoulders.

"Just relax, you will feel much better after this," I chuckled as I saw a light pint of pink spread on Sting's cheeks.

"Do you want some help too Rogue?" Rogue silently shook his head and I shrugged.

"Where are you guys stopping off at?"

"Heartfilia manor," My eyes widened in shock.

"Why do you ask?"

"That's my family manor," I replied and I thought for a second that Rogue showed a small sign of empathy in his eyes. Rogue is sure a mysterious one.

"Um, Lucy-san?" I looked beside Rogue and saw the cute little green cat Frosch and the red cat Lector staring at me with shocked faces. I turned to Rogue who was also shocked for some reason.

"Frosch thinks that Sting-san fell asleep," I looked on my lap and it turns out Frosch was right. Sting was sleeping...on my lap...I facepalmed in my mind and thought to myself. Why did I even decided to help him? I sighed and just stared out the window. Well, the journey couldn't take long. We were about to reach our station. I stayed in that position for twenty minutes until we finally reached our destination. Fortunately, Sting woke up and Rogue and the exceeds gave him smirks as I mentally banged my head against a imaginary wall. I walked slowly towards my family's manor as the Sabertooth mages followed behind me silently. Well this was awkward. We continued staying that way until I decided to break the ice,

"So, what quest do you guys have that has to do with my family?"

"We don't know. All they said was to see a person named Jurou. You know that guy?" Sting questioned me as he surprisingly picked up the pace to walk beside me.

"He's my uncle,"

"Then what are you doing here for Lucy-san?" Frosch walked to me and as if on cue, Lector and Rogue walked faster too.

"To visit my uncle and my parents,"

"Your parents?" Sting asked as his face was hit by a sight of sadness.

"Yeah, and their right here," I jogged faster to the front and stopped right in front of their tombstones. I knelt down and quickly prayed to them. Once I was done, I turned around to find Rogue and Sting with a pitiful face.

"Lucy, your parents," Sting stood silently as Rogue fidgeted.

"They are dead. My mother passed away when I was a kid and my dad passed away a month before I came back from Tenroujima. Um, let's proceed to the house shall we?" I quickly lead the way towards the house as I did not wanted to recall any of those memories.

Our journey then continued in silence again and that was when Sting whispered to me,

"Sorry for your loss," My jaw dropped slightly at what I heard. So Sting does have a heart after all.

"Aww...Thanks Stingy-bee~" I pinched his cheek and Sting quickly looked the other way while blushing.

"D-Don't c-call me that!"

"And why shouldn't I?"

"It's embarassing!"

"Well you weren't embarassed when you were sleeping on my lap in the train!" I retaliated and I swear I could have seen Sting's face turn bright red.

"I-I d-didn't sleep on your l-lap!"

"Oh really? Why don't you ask Rogue then?" I smirked and crossed my arms as Sting turned to Rogue.

"You were sleeping on her lap Sting, and if I remembered correctly, you enjoyed it," Rogue gave Sting a sly smile and Sting's face grew even more redder.

"W-whatever!" Sting stomped off in anger as he kicked open the door. My uncle saw us and greeted us with great gratitude.

"Lucy! How I missed you!" I ran towards my uncle and hugged him tightly.

"How's everything with Fairy Tail?" My heart bumped when he mentioned Fairy Tail.

"Um, uncle Judou, this is how everything's like," I took off my bandage and showed my scarred hand. Sting and Rogue took notice and silently discussed something behind my back.

"Oh I see. Then, who are these fine gentlemen?" My uncle approached Sting and Rogue and I followed him.

"This Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney. They are dragon slayers from Sabertooth and they are here for a quest,"

"Oh right, the quest. The reason I sent out that quest is because there is something in the Heartfilia property. One day, one of the workers went out to pick some fruits and vegetables. Then a few minutes later, she came back here, running and screaming that there was a giant beast and it tried to attack her. So, your mission is to slay that beast and on the way, pick some fruits and vegetables for the chefs to cook as proof that you slayed the beast. Lucy, would you accompany them so they won't get lost?"

"Erh, I might-"

"Splendid! You all would start right away! Here's the basket for the fruits and vegetables and the beast is at the fruit yard. Lucy would show the way so follow closely," My uncle pushed all of us out the door and slammed it shut.

"Sometimes, I wonder if my uncle really cares about my opinion or not," I sighed and faced Sting and Rogue.

"Right, I'll show you guys the way so let's go,"

"Mhm" Rogue nodded his head.

"Yeah, let's go already," Sting walked off as I lead the way to the fruit yard. You know what, after my experience with Natsu, this doesn't feel so bad after all.

Ola!

So yeah, this is the first chapter.

The second one would come out and I'll try to release it as soon as I can.

I'll see you on the next one!

Byesh! (~._.)~