Forgotten Memories

Chapter 1 – Amnesia

WARNING: This was not beta read and I only proofread this so forgive me for the mistakes!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy tail, Hiro Mashima does.

She was worried, staring at Natsu in the screen, he looked so beaten up. He was being attacked painfully by Rogue who just kept attacking him. Rogue was... scary. He looked like a demon, with his bangs covering his other eye and his blood red eyes showing through his locks. He was a dragon slayer who killed his own dragon.

He was horrible, frightening.

Natsu was hit by the Shadow Dragon Slayer's magic and was on the ground. "Natsu…" she muttered. He looked so weak, but she knew he was strong.

But Rogue definitely wasn't weak.

And that fact frightened her.

"—cy! Lucy, wake up! Lucy!" someone yelled, shaking the blonde girl in an attempt to wake her up. She flinched and her eyes fluttered open. She saw Lyon Vastia shaking her. He looked different than the last time she saw him, he looked much more masculine… so different.

"Lucy? Lucy! Thank goodness you're awake! You kept yelling 'Watch out for Rogue, Natsu!' and I wondered what was happening," Lyon said and sighed in relief. Lucy blinked and immediately stood up, looking around. Where was she?

"You're in Lamia Scale," another voice said. She looked to the other side to see Jura smiling at her. "You're finally awake."

"W-Why am I in Lamia Scale?" Lucy mumbled, her head throbbing. She touched her temples and groaned, trying her best not to vomit. A familiar blue haired girl stood beside Lyon and Lucy's eyes widened. "J-Juvia?"

Juvia, smiled and nodded politely, but she looked surprised at Lucy's reaction. "Yes, it's me," she said. Lucy's eyes widened. Juvia wasn't speaking in third person anymore!

"What in the world happened to me?" she thought and mentally cried in frustration.

"You're here because Lyon found you unconscious in the woods," the water mage explained as she brushed Lucy's hair behind her ear. She flinched; she was used to Juvia glaring at her. What happened?

"W-Why was I in the woods? I was in the infirmary right? I was watching Natsu and Gajeel fight against Rogue and Sting. Right?" Lucy asked, one question after another. Juvia and Lyon's eyes widened, and Jura looked just as surprised as them. They looked at each other and Lucy's heart was beating fast.

"But Lucy… the Grand Magic Games is already done…" Juvia trailed off, not knowing what to say.

The blonde froze, disbelief masking her face. "What? What happened?"

"Fairy Tail won second place, but that's not the point! Lucy, how old are you?" Lyon asked sternly and Lucy flinched. "24 years old, but there was the seven year gap and I still looked like a 17 year old," she said and Jura choked on his water.

"Lucy, you already aged, you're already 29 years old," Lyon said and she swallowed thickly. She was what?

"W-What? F-Five years passed already?" Lucy asked quietly.

"Well… yes."

Head in her hands, she tried to comprehend the situation. All of this was confusing. She was only 24 for heaven's sake! She was watching Rogue beat the hell out of Natsu! She watched as she feared the Shadow mage. Then she's told that five years has passed? She was beyond confused.

"Let's take her to Fairy Tail and ask Wendy to check up on her. For all we know, she might have..." Juvia trailed off, unable to finish her sentence. "You can't have it Lucy. Many people will miss you. Not just Fairy Tail..." the bluenette thought painfully.

"She has what?!" Natsu bellowed and Lucy winced, covering her ears. Wendy glared at him and he apologized instantly. Lucy was astonished, since when did Wendy glare at Natsu?

"Yes, Lucy-san has amnesia," Wendy confirmed and smiled sadly at the celestial mage.

"Amnesia… I have amnesia!" Lucy whispered to herself in disbelief, clutching her head as she looked down at the white blanket over her folded legs. She had amnesia. She was 29 years old, and Fairy Tail won. What happened to Sabertooth?

"Oi Lucy! Don't tell me you don't remember your hu—" Natsu was hit by Erza who glared at him.

"Don't say it!" she hissed and Natsu cowered in fear. Lucy blinked. What was he about to say?

"This is not good," Mira said and bit her nail.

Lucy pressed her lips together in a firm white line. "Why? I just have amnesia! You can just tell me everything that happened after Natsu's fight with…" she paused, unable to say his name. Saying his name made her feel disgusted and scared.

"It's not that easy Lucy," Gray replied as he sat on the edge of the bed.

"Why?" she asked, biting her lip to prevent herself from crying. She was in someone else's body, the other her—the Lucy that she didn't know. "How was Natsu's fight? Who won?" she inquired, her body trembling in fear.

The fire mage quirked a confused brow. "I won. But you got really sad for Ro—" he started but then Gray covered his mouth.

"Shut up!"

"W-What? But how come Fairy Tail got second place?" she mumbled and Mira started sweating. Everyone except Lucy eyed each other and gulped.

"W-Well… we'll tell you that next time. Right now we have to get you back to Sabertooth," Erza said and was about to leave when Lucy grabbed her arm. "What? No! Don't take me there! Why there? Isn't that guild our rival?" she frantically shouted.

Erza's eyes widened and the room fell in silence. Natsu and Gray swallowed heavily. "But Lucy… that's your guild..." the ice mage explained, and she held her breath. What? Sabertooth was her guild?

"W-What? B-But isn't Fairy Tail my guild?" she rasped weakly, trying to smile but she choked as tears gathered in her eyes.

Natsu frowned and the redhead smiled sadly, "U-Umm… 5 years ago, after the Grand Magic Games, you just suddenly disappeared and left a note. Then you told us that you joined Sabertooth. You visited Fairy Tail often but... that's about it."

"I… left Fairy Tail?" Lucy breathed, astonished. She fell backwards on the bed, her head hitting the pillow with a soft thud. Wendy, Erza and Mira nodded. Juvia in the meanwhile, just looked away painfully. Lucy had become her friend right after the Grand Magic Games, but when she left, it was a hard blow on the bluenette.

Lucy inhaled sharply and felt the world spin. Everything was too much to take in; she didn't know what to do. "We really have to take her to Sabertooth, or else he'll have our heads. You know how protective he can be," Mira said, muttering the last part.

"But if we tell them that she still hasn't finished her mission, they'll get suspicious," Erza said and the sky dragon slayer sighed.

"We can't just tell him that Lucy-san doesn't remember him, I mean, her life with him," Wendy whispered to the redhead and she nodded.

"We'll just have to take her there then. We'll have to bring escorts. Team Natsu will accompany Lucy to Sabertooth, and we will be staying for a couple weeks probably," Erza said. Then someone suddenly entered the room.

"I can come right?"

Lucy's eyes widened. "Jellal?"

"Yo Luce," Jellal greeted, grinning casually. "I hear you have amnesia," he remarked while he sat on a chair next to her bed.

She gave him a soft nod. "It's there alright. I don't even remember you being a member of Fairy Tail… legally."

"Ah, well, I can come right?" Jellal asked and turned to look at Erza who twitched.

"Fine," she muttered, massaging her temples.

Lucy smiled wearily but she was scared. "I am in Sabertooth?" she whispered in the quietest voice, that even Natsu and Wendy barely heard it.

"Well, we'll leave in an hour. Go and start packing," Erza demanded and everyone but Lucy grinned.

"Aye sir!"

A/N [04/27/17]: Hello to everyone who has just started reading or has read this before. This is an edited version of the first chapter, since I wanted it to mach the quality of my writing in the later part of this story. There weren't any major changes, just removed any redundant words and fixed some grammar issues. I apologize though if you still spot any mistakes. Leave me a review, ne?

"Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives." — Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

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