Author's Corner :
SSD: *peeks around corner* *scoots out* Umm…Hi- *ducks flames and rotten tomatoes* SORRY! SORRY! I've been exceptionally busy with work, and trying to focus on building and fleshing out my own characters. Hopefully within the next few years I can actually have my own series of novels out for you all to write fanfiction about. Plus….I've become totally enamored with Fairy Tail, especially at seeing how many of the characters resonate with my own creations before I even watched this.
Lucy: Will you hurry up and get on with it!
SSD: *bows excessively* Yes, yes, sorry! Anyway, I got this idea after reading the scene with Aquarius and Lucy and thought, "Hey…I'm on a LaLu streak…this opens up so many gates…and is it really that out there?" So…hope you all enjoy this. Lucy, please do the honors?
Lucy: Silverserpentdragon does not own Fairy Tail, any characters that do not belong to Hiro Mashima more than likely belong to her and we ask that you do not borrow them.
WARNING: Will have OOC moments, Strong!Non-crybaby!Lucy (Lucy: Hey!), LaLu and other pairings to be decided later.
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Prologue: The Wish That Changed Everything
The sky burned orange, curling wisps of black smoke still spiraling up from the wreckage of the Final Battle. Almost half of Magnolia had been destroyed, but Lucy thanked the stars that her apartment appeared relatively unharmed outside of some minor structural damage.
Lucy sighed heavily as she finally trudged her way into her apartment, Plue trailing along wobbly in front of her. She slipped away from the aftermath at the first chance she had. The fight had been quite draining on her and left her feeling empty.
"I'm home…"
She looked around at the, for once, empty room and placed her keys on the nightstand after entering her bedroom.
The blonde mage flopped face forward on the mattress, head turning to stare blankly at the sunset sky. Her hand came to her throat, grasping the broken key of Aquarius. Guilt and sorrow swelled within her at the thought of her oldest spirit. She grasped the key tightly, wincing slightly as she felt the met cut into her palm. So much had happened in what felt like too short of a time.
Tartaros was gone. Natsu had overcome END and Zeref had finally met the peace of death that he wanted with Lucy, Gray, Erza, Laxus and everyone backing Natsu up. But…it had cost so much, the Dragon Slayers had to lose their dragon parents a second time in order to stand a chance at defeating Acnologia. That alone had been a miracle and was proof of the bonds Fairy Tail shared as it had been the entire guild's might and faith that brought him down.
Lucy looked down at the broken gold key as she felt a brief sting of pain again. She loosened her grip some and closed her eyes again.
"Aquarius…." She winced as she felt a slight throb from the tattoo that now marked across her collarbones…Aquarius' mark…even outside of her Star Dress, it remained.
Lucy sat up and held Plue tighter to her as the dog spirit watched her in concern.
"Pun-puun?"
Lucy stroked his head with her other hand. "I miss her…I miss her berating and teasing and tormenting…I even miss her getting mad at me for interrupting one of her and Scorpio's dates by summoning her. It's not just her Plue…I miss Dad too. I watch Cana and Gildarts interacting and…I can't help it." Her knees curled upward.
Plue patted her cheek. "Pu puu, pu-puun."
Lucy gave him a watery smile. "I know I have everyone else at Fairy Tail, and you all as well, but…" She sighed and looked out the window as the pang in her heart grew at not having the rest of her family with her. Her chocolate orbs locked in on an uncommon sight as a pale light streak crossed the dying rays of sunlight. "Is that...what could it hurt?" Lucy gave a depreciative, wistful smile as a flood of desire filled her upon the sight of the falling star. "I wish…"
Plue trembled a bit more, looking around in confusion as he felt his master's magic rise up unconsciously, the girl oblivious to the reaction. "Puun?"
Lucy kept her gaze on the solitary trail as golden energy washed around her, similar to when she cast Urano Metria. "I wish…we had a second chance, to get things right, to reconnect and fix everything. Dad…Aquarius…Everyone…" She closed her eyes and grasped Aquarius' key harder, the jagged edge cutting her. "Ow!" Lucy yelped and waved the injured hand. She blinked as Plue vanished with a pop. "P-Plue? Where-" And the world fell away from her.
It was a soft groan that she first heard. Lucy winced and clutched her head as a throbbing pain shot through her.
"Oh, ow...what gives? Eh?" She blinked, noticing her voice sounded…higher. "Why do I…EHHHH?!" She shrieked after looking down, noting she wasn't in her usual attire for one. And for two…she was definitely not in her body! Well, her back wasn't hurting so much with the weight of her breasts. Come to think of it...there wasn't anything there?! And did her hand look so small?! Where was her guild mark!?
"I SHRUNK?! Okay…keep it together, Lucy, there has to be a good reason for this…a LOGICAL reason…I am not a kid…no way…" Her hand flew to her hip, where her keys normally resided and she paled, sweating. "I left them on the table…"
Lucy blinked as she heard a flurry of footsteps, soft ones and heavy falling ones, and the door flew open to reveal the last two people she ever thought to see again.
"Lucy?!"
"Lucy! Are you alright?"
Layla and Jude Heartfilia rushed towards their child and sat on either side of her.
Lucy trembled at seeing them, tears coming unbidden to her. "M-Mama….? P-Papa?"
The two enveloped her in a caring and soothing hug.
"We're here, sweetie, it was just a bad dream, no need to worry." Layla hummed a soft tune, one Lucy had forgotten she even knew and it made the tears flow freely as the girl burrowed into Layla's hold.
Lucy gripped onto her mother's-her deceased mother's!- nightgown as she started crying in earnest, desperately hoping that this wasn't some sort of cruel or fanciful dream. She hiccupped, Jude stroking her hair to calm her, the caring man she remembered before her mother's death…he was back…she was a child…did the wish really send her back?!
The full shock hit her then, and she wavered as it all overwhelmed her.
[I'm…I'm in the past…Mama and Papa…the wish...the star...how could it have worked?!]
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Author's Postscript :
SSD: Not much, but still. It is a prologue and…Lucy…are you crying?
Lucy: *sniffle* You…you brought my parents back….*sniffle*
SSD: *sweatdrop* Yeah…kinda meant to. I've been going over several ideas, rolling on them to see what makes it and…well, you'll find out in later chapters.
Lucy: *glomps SSD* Thank you!
SSD: Yeah, next chapter you'll get to find out more about what impacts you'll make. Some things will stay the same, just so you know. But others, you'll get a say in how to change. And…maybe a few added surprises echoing back from your future self.
Lucy: *blinks in confusion* Eh?
SSD: See you next time! I'll get to work on the next chapter now, I'm all fired up!
Natsu: *breaks down wall* That's my line!
Edit: changed a few things up as I was rereading. To all my loyal followers, there should be a new chapter coming out either today (the 21st) or tomorrow. Stay tuned and let me know what you think!
Edit of the Edit: Added a bit more scenery, brought a couple things that were addressed to me a while back in reviews...gonna keep reworking on the next few chapters, probably up to chaper 15 or so. Stay tuned!