Hello everyone! This is my second time writing a fanfiction about Fairy Tail. If you don't mind I would really appreciate it if you could check out my other story, 'Endless'. Please don't forget to review or follow! Thank you.

"See you tomorrow, Lucy!" Levy yelled, her hands waving in the air. Lucy could only merely lift her hand in reply and smile weakly at her. Levy looked worriedly at her, with great difficulty she turned to go back to her house.

The incident with Tartaros was over leaving some of the Fairy Tail guild's members scarred emotionally. Unfortunately Lucy couldn't escape from being scarred. "Aquarius…" she whispered, Lucy felt Aquarius's broken key.

Too many sacrifices were made; too many losses were to be handled. Lucy felt for something in her jacket and took out a letter.

"Stupid Natsu!" grumbled Lucy. She clutched the piece of letter in her trembling hands.

'I'm going off on a journey to train with Happy. I'll be back after a year. Tell everyone at the guild for me won't you?

See you after one year!

Natsu & Happy' it read.

Lucy walked to the bridge which was right across her house. She grabbed the rails of the bridge and sighed.

Lucy closed her eyes and let go of the emotions which she had kept hidden so carefully deep inside her heart. "Why?"

"Why did you leave me?" whispered Lucy. Her bangs covered her expression as tears came streaming down her face.

Lucy wiped her tears off with the end of her sleeve, "Come back soon…" She said to no one in particular as she turned around to go back to her house.

"What are you saying master?" Lucy's eyes widened, she was unable to apprehend what was happening. The other guild members also had the same reaction.

Master Makarov merely shrugged and repeated what he had said, "I think it's time for Fairy Tail to disband."

Lucy couldn't believe what she was hearing; she felt her knees buckle under her weight. Gray stood beside her and supported her.

"Why, Master? Master?!" The members bellowed. Some even shed tears for their guild which would be disbanded quite soon.

Makarov looked down and frowned, "Why can't you listen to me brats! When I say that the guild is disbanded it is DISBANDED!"

The guild members quietened at this, Erza approached Master Makarov and bowed to him.

"Thank you for being a wonderful Master to me. I will never forget Fairy Tail." Erza said, her eyes cast down to the ground.

Master nodded and said nothing. As Erza turned to leave, Gray reached out a hand to stop her.

"What are you doing? Don't you love Fairy Tail?" Gray asked. Erza didn't look at him, instead she said, "I love Fairy Tail. But if Master says that Fairy Tail is no more… then I shall leave."

Gray snapped and pushed Erza, "What is wrong with you?!"

"Shut up!" Erza trembled; she moved her bangs so she could cover her tears. "You're not the only one who's devastated, Gray. Even I…" She stopped speaking and shook off Gray. Erza turned and walked away from her guild.

Lucy could only stare at Erza's retreating figure. She glanced at her right hand where her guild mark was located.

Was this really happening?

Soon enough, even Mira and the rest of the Strauss family stood up and bid goodbye to their Master. As the sun started to go down, the rest of the members followed suit.

When Lucy closed her eyes and opened them again, only Juvia and Gray were remaining. Gray scratched his head and growled in frustration.

He put a hand on Lucy's shoulder and looked away, "Lucy… I think this is the end of the road."

Lucy nodded slowly and locked eyes with Gray, "I understand. Goodbye, Gray," she forced herself to utter the last words.

He looked as if he wanted to say something but he hesitated and left Lucy. Juvia looked up and saw Gray going away, "Please wait, Gray-sama. Juvia's coming with you!"

It was only when the master stood in front of her that Lucy realized the truth. Fairy Tail was gone. She had no place to return to or call family again.

"Lucy, I'm sorry for everything… but please understand me." Makarov whispered. Lucy gazed at the Master and was surprised to see him crying.

Lucy said nothing and got up slowly. It hurt her heart to see her Master crying.

She moved closer to the master and bowed down to him, "Thank you for everything", whispered Lucy.

"What am I supposed to do now?" She wondered out aloud to herself. Lucy had a lot of things to consider about now that Fairy Tail was disbanded.

Lucy had to look for a job, perhaps a new guild but just thinking about it made Lucy feel nauseous. A new job maybe, but definitely not a new guild…

Lucy crumpled and lay down on her floor, unmoving. She was already missing Natsu and Happy. Why didn't they take her with them?

Lucy rolled over and looked around her room. She could spot her letters peeking out of their box. Lucy took them out and emptied the box of the contents.

Lucy didn't know exactly what she was doing but she picked a letter randomly and ripped it apart. She kept ripping the letters until a photograph fell out of the poor letter.

Lucy grabbed the photograph and peered at it. Natsu was gazing at her with those cheerful eyes he owned. He had a huge smile on her face and seemed to be looking at her.

But his eyes looked empty, Lucy felt herself fill with dread. She was hit with the harsh reality, what was she supposed to do now?

She threw the photograph away; Lucy clutched her head and screamed. She continued to scream until her voice began to sound hoarse. She stopped screaming when she spotted Aquarius's key glinting under the fading sunlight.

Lucy gasped and sobbed, "I'm sorry…" She wiped her tears and picked the photograph. Lucy smiled wearily and brought the photograph closer to her.

"I'll be waiting for you."