Crimzon: . . . yes I got another idea for a fanfic and yes, I am stuck on the few I'm close to finishing. Rlly, its so bad that I spent five hours trying to type a chapter and I only got 1,000 words . . . that's rlly bad. Um, I kinda got this idea from the NaLu oneshot I did and exapanded the idea. If you want, you can read it . . . you don't rlly hafta to understand this story. In the oneshot, I killed off Lucy and brought her back. I've not yet decided on whether or not I'll kill her off and leave it like that or bring her back. Anyways, read, review and we shall see. I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL, ONLY OCS!

~The Price to Remember~

~General POV~

What if you forgot something, something important? What would you give in order to retrieve what you have lost? Would you give up your current memories? No, the real question here is . . . do you even want to remember?

Lucy bolted up in her bed. Her breath came in short gasps and she was covered in a cold sweat. Every night for the past week now had been the same thing. A soft and soothing voice would call out to her and ask the same questions. When it would get to the last one, she'd feel goosebumps on her skin and a shiver down her spine. Something was wrong, but she didn't know what. As it gets to the last question, she wakes up. She wasn't sure what to call what was happening. A recurring nightmare maybe? She wasn't sure. There was only one thing that she can think of at this point . . . if she truly forgot something, what was it that made it important?

Lucy let out a shaky sigh and slouched forward, hugging her knees. She wasn't sure about anything at the moment except for one thing. She's afraid to remember what she forgot.

"What's happening to me?" she whispered. Unable to keep back her tears, she cried silently to herself, wishing for an answere to her torment.

~Somewhere outside Magnolia~

Three figures stood just outside the city on a cliff. They watched the city with a look of curiosity and pitty.

"If you continue to do this to her, she just might break," said one. The tallest of the three, wearing a dark hooded cape that covered the upper part of his face.

"Why should I? This is much too fun!" argued the smallest. The smile on her face could only come from a sadist. Standing up from her crouched possision, she looked over to the third figure who merely stood there with arms crossed, not bothering with anything else except staring off into space. "You understand your mission?" her playful tone turned into a sour one. The figure's response was a silent nod. "Good, now go! Go and make Lucy Heartfillia suffer for what she's done!" Another nod and the figure started the short walk into town.

"Remember to bring her back alive!" shouted the tallest. Once the third figure was gone, the shortest pouted as she sank to the floor in another crouch.

"I still don't understand why we need her alive."

"It's not our business to question Master. The fact of the matter is that he wants her brought to him alive and it's not our place to question why." He let out another sigh and walked over to grab the shortest by the hood of her coat and began to pull her along into the forest. "Let's head back and report to Master that it's begun." He stated. Before they disappeared into the forest completely, they felt a weird static in the air that made their skin crawl.

"That person is here as well. We should go take care of…" started the young girl when she was interrupted.

"No, we did what we came here to do. Now we wait and observe." Seconds past and all traces of them ever being there was gone.

Crimzon: . . . it's short for a reason. I'll add the next chapter tomorrow . . . maybe. Please review and let me know what you think so far (even though it's the first and very short chapter).