I'm sorry that it took so long for this chapter to come out. I've been kind of lazy(which is why this chapter is so short) and school has taken a lot of time with exams and all. At first I intended this chapter to be totally different, with this upcoming mission but I decided to make that into an own chapter. This and the next chapter might seem a bit boring, but I hope you will still like them :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Lucy stepped into the guild - well, into what was left of it. It was a mess: crushed dining tables and chairs, splinters of wood and broken glasses, their shattered pieces all around the floor. Her friends were still a bit surprised by her sudden appearance, and even more how much she had changed. She was different, not only much stronger, but she didn't seem the same as she was when she left the guild. To everybody even the air around Lucy felt determined.

Lucy laughed. "Jeez, I'm sorry everybody. I caused quite a mess," she said. Mira couldn't take it anymore. She slipped between everybody else and run to Lucy. Mirajane hugged Lucy, tears streaming down her face.

"Lucy! I've missed you so much! Everyone has. We were all so sad and down after you suddenly left us!" she sobbed at Lucy's shoulder. At first Lucy was a bit confused by Mira's reaction, but then she smiled and hugged her back.

"I've missed you all too. I'm sorry that I left like that but back then I felt it was the right thing to do." Soon all her friends were around her, welcoming her back. Then she felt that familiar magical power nearby. Her smile widened even more.

"What are smiling at Lucy?" Macao asked.

"Can't you guys feel that all so familiar magical power?" Lucy asked. "Master is here."

Soon Master stepped inside. He was winded, indicating that he had hurried to the guild after seeing at what had happened to the city.

"What's going on? Is everybody okay?" he asked.

"I'll explain, Master," the blonde stellar mage said. Makarov looked at her, his eyes enlarging as he did so.

"Lu- Lucy?" he stuttered out.

"Yes, I'm back. Have a seat," she answered, patting the bar desk that had been spared.

After explaining what had happened Lucy got up from her seat.

"Yosha, now that's over I'll go pick the mission,"Lucy said."Master, where are the S-class missions?" Makarov pointed towards the second floor.

"Thank you."

"Wait Lucy! Are you really planning to leave?" Natsu asked her.

"Yes. After all I have to pay for the damage I caused to our guild," she said back to him.

"But you just got back here!" Gray said, loudly.

"I'm sorry to leave again this soon but I feel so bad about destroying our guild hall that I have to get the money for repairing this. And at the same time I can gather it for Magnolia," Lucy said sadly. Then she disappeared and was on the second floor. This surprised Makarov.

"Lucy!" he yelled, "How did you learn that magic? How well can you use it?

"You mean my teleportation magic?" she asked. He nodded, with a frown.

"I learned it from a book that I found while I was training, and I can use it quite well. I can teleport even to those whose magical power I can sense. This surprised Makarov a lot.

"She is very advanced in using that. I just hope she hasn't found out about IT, or even more that she doesn't possess it…" Makarov thought.

Lucy was looking at the S-Class missions. Luckily the second floor had been spared from the Alpine Lizard. She was looking for a reward of at least 1,000,000 jewels. Then it caught her eye, a mission with a reward of 1,500,000 jewels. She picked it up and quickly read it through. The task was to help the local people rid of a curse. The sheet said: Ten Year Mission. She took it and went back downstairs. She smiled at the sight in front of her. They all were there: Natsu, Gray, Happy and Erza. Behind them she saw unfamiliar faces.

'I see. New members' she thought.

"We're coming with you," Natsu declared.

"I'm fine with that, but wasn't there an important event for Fairy Tail coming up?" she asked. Of course she knew that it was the S-Class Promotion Trial but she couldn't say that aloud. It wouldn't have nice consequences. Natsu looked confused, but Gray caught her meaning.

"You mean the S-Class Promotion Trial. This is a good chance to shine for that and this will be good for training," Gray said with a smirk.

"Okay, if you have made up your minds then it is settled. You're coming with me, but I'm warning you. This won't be easy. This mission is a Ten Year Mission." Lucy laughed at their expressions, even if it was brief. They were afraid. Then Natsu smiled widely.

"Now I'm all fired up! This will be fun!" he cried.

"Now, before we leave, could you introduce me to these new members of our team?" Lucy asked kindly and smiled at the blue-haired small girl and a white cat behind Erza.

Erza smiled. "Lucy, meet Wendy and Charle. Wendy is our sky dragon slayer and Charle is a cat with the same powers as Happy," she said.

"Wow! You are a dragon slayer like Natsu and Gajeel! Pleased to meet you," Lucy said to Wendy, and smiled.

"Pl- pleased to meet you too," Wendy answered, clearly slightly scared. Lucy didn't miss this.

"Don't worry. Even if I seem a bit scary, I'm not that scary when you get to know me," she reassured Wendy.

"Yes you're," Gray and Natsu muttered quietly.

"What?" Lucy asked, glaring at them murderously.

"Nothing." Lucy greeted Charle too and they stepped outside. They waved their goodbyes to their friends and walked to the gate leading outside the city.

"Where are we going?" Natsu asked, excited about this mission. Lucy looked at the sheet.

"The town of Mathetor," she answered. Lucy took a map out and started to look for this town. She found it near the city where Blue Pegasus was. The sun was setting.

"We're going to rest there and continue to Mathetor tomorrow," Lucy said.

"Huh? How are we going to get there before nightfall?" Natsu asked.

"Like this," Lucy said, grabbing Natsu's hand. "Everyone put your hands on Natsu." When everyone touched Natsu, it was time to teleport.

"Here we go," Lucy said and created the magic circle and then they vanished.

I'll try to get the next chapter out next week.