It had been two weeks since Lucy had last seen Sting. They'd gone their separate ways back to their respective guilds so that they may have time to sort out their personal lives (not to mention, their guilds both had a lot to fix after the games). So it had been decided that they needed time so that their lives could be in order and they'd come to a conclusion about who went to which guild.

Currently, Lucy was humming peacefully in the new guildhall while reading a magazine. That was until Natsu burst into the guildhall with the slamming of the doors.

"Lucy!" He called.

Lucy stood up. "Yeah? What's up?"

Natsu dug around in his pocket for a few moments. "I got this for you."

Lucy took the envelope from his extended hand with curiosity. The letter had a bit of a weight to it, leaving her to wonder what exactly was enclosed in it.

"Thanks, Natsu," she said, sitting back down at the table. Levy, who had been curious, came over and sat beside Lucy.

"Who's it from?" She asked.

"I don't know," Lucy replied, opening the letter. Reaching inside, Lucy discovered there was another letter enclosed and a necklace. She took the necklace out, and upon closer inspection, she discovered it was the same necklace with the star pendant.

"Sting gave that to you, didn't he?" Levy observed. Before, she'd believed Lucy's lie that she'd bought the necklace for herself, and she didn't blame Lucy for lying considering all that had happened.

Lucy nodded, then opened the letter, curious to read its contents.

The letter was addressed to her, and it came from Sabertooth. Immediately, she knew what it was concerning.

Dear Lucy,

With Minerva and Jiemma gone, Sabertooth has been flourishing. Lector is fine and I'm okay tooーI've even been offered a position as guild leader. Not that I want to accept it, what with everything that's happened. I don't think I can forget some of the stuff that's happened with this guild, but I'm sure someone else will step up. That's why I'm going to ask this: should I move to Magnolia with you? We no longer have to hide anything, so I think that it would be a great idea.

Write me back about what you think,

Sting

And that was how the letter ended. Lucy felt overwhelmed at the proposition, excited even! They had a rough start, but everything turned out to be okay for them in the end.

"What did it say?" Levy asked, clearly excited after seeing Lucy's expression.

"He wants to know if he can come live here!" Lucy said, happy tears starting to gather in her eyes.

"Oh Lu-chan, that's great!" Levy threw her arms out, ready to hug Lucy.

Lucy accepted the hug happily, finally glad that all the turmoil in her life was over.

"Now I have to write back to him," Lucy told Levy, then fastened the necklace around her neck. She'd forgotten how much she liked to wear it when it had been lostーthat, and she had much more important things to worry about.

"I'm going to go home and write back, okay Levy?"

"Sure thing Lucy!"

Lucy had a blank piece of paper sitting in front of her. She loved to write, she even thought she was decent at it. However, she was lost for the words to write back to Sting. Composing a letter that would determine their future was slightly daunting. So she dipped her pen in ink and began to writeーmaybe writing out a sentence would force more ideas to come to her. That was what she did when she didn't know what to write in her book.

So it started off:

Dear Sting,

Lucy immediately scrapped it. Addressing Sting as 'dear' felt weird. Instead, she wrote:

Sting,

Yeah, that was better.

I got your letter just today and I can't tell you how excited I got while reading it. I think that you coming here is a great idea, but I don't want you to feel too distant from Rogue. Again, that's your choice.

Earlier, I couldn't help but wonder about the way we met each other. I was lonely, sitting on a park bench and thinking about my father who I found out was dead when I came back from Tenrou Island. At first, you helped fill up this lonely space in me because I think you also had a space like me, and wouldn't admit it. I had asked you about Sabertooth, and you were adamant that it was a good guild. It's clear now, how terrible things were under Jiemma's lead now that I see how happy and care-free you've been. I think it's good that you'll be getting away from Sabertooth for a bit, but don't be too hasty to leave. I think that lots of your guildmates have the potential to make Sabertooth better than it ever was.

And as for you? We've been through a lot, you may have even been through more than me during the games, yet we kept supporting each other and I want to say thank you for that. There was a point when I seriously thought that we would both meet our end in Crocusーthat even did happen, in a way. But life is easier now.

My friends forgave me a long time ago, even if I think that Gray, Natsu, and Erza worry about me sometimes, they stick by me and have my side. I even think that they like you because of everything you've stood up forーone day, Gray described to me in detail what happened after Minerva had seriously injured me. He only spoke about you in a praising tone, so I think that's good.

I'm sorry, this is turning into a really long letter, but I like to write. So overall, yes, I think that you should come move in with me.

P.S. I hope Lector is doing okay!

P.P.S. Where did you find the necklace?

Lucy

Lucy shook her hand because it was cramped from writing so much and sealed up the letter. She was proud of what she wrote and was more than excited for the future to come.

If she could endure the Grand Magic Games, and if there was good that came from all the suffering, then she had hope for the future. It seemed like it would be a very bright one.

AN: I'm finished! I'm so happy, and thank you guys a thousand times for all the reviews, favourites and follows! They mean the world to me and I'm incredibly happy that so many people have taken an interest in this story.

I also felt that it was only appropriate to have a happy ending after all the angst I've put everyone through lol. Sometimes it's nice to just end something happy and resolute. I don't think that there are enough happy endings in life, so I thought that I'd at least write one.

To answer Lucy's question in the letter, since I forgot to include this part (because I'm an idiot and will write it in later), Natsu got the necklace back from the future Rogue and gave it to Lucy.

Again, thanks to all who have read this story! It's been a fun time, and who knows, I might write another Fairy Tail story sometime because this fandom is awesome!