A/N: I'M BACK!

And I want to thank my homie Slothy (Morrigandalf)  for helping with giving me a boost for writing this chapter, no matter how much of a lazy ass she is lol

Please enjoy? 😢

Natsu stood, slightly shocked to see that he enemies that he was beating had stood rigid. Frozen in place without a sound or movement.

"I knew you would make it this far." A mysterious voice made it way to the ears of the dragonslayer.

Natsu turned to see Zeref walking toward him with a small smile.

"Zeref." Natsu scowled.

"This guild is composed of the demons I had created. But of course, I didn't create the guild itself." Zeref explained.

"I don't know what you're talking about and I could care less." Natsu grabbed the handle of the sword that was strapped to his waist and gave the black wizard an ugly glare.

"You... " Zeref began.

Natsu interrupted him and swung his toward the wizard, but the sword was cut clean in half, not even leaving a scratch on the wizard himself.

"You just might pull it off. But it's not time yet." Zeref finished his sentence.

"What? I don't care about all that. You're here, so I'll take you out before you run off again." Natsu threw the broken sword to the side and raise his fists.

"Life or death. The choice is yours when the time comes." Zeref gave the dragon slayer a small look of pity.

Natsu could only glare at him, not understanding a single thing.

"Well then, I'll take my leave. I have other needs that needs to be dealt with." Zeref then began to glow.

"Wait! I still don't understand what you're babbling about!" Natsu yelled.

"All in due's time, Natsu. We will meet again." Zeref then disappeared from sight.

As soon as the black wizard disappeared from sight, time was running again. Natsu's enemies fell to the ground, previously beaten by the dragon slayer.

"What the hell was that all about?" Natsu frowned, bummed out that he couldn't take out the wizard. 

...

"L-Lucy... is that really you?"

A young girl stood still as she looked down at her friend that she had lost. A small smile painted itself on Lucy's face, "Are you okay?"

Erza didn't respond at first. She focused on the beauty of Lucy's light. She had missed looking at the pair chocolate pools that showed her beauty. But this time, it seemed dull, but it still had some sort of light to it.

Then her brain started working, and realized that Lucy had asked her a question. "Y-Yes... My injuries -"

Erza paused, realizing that her injuries had been fully healed. And she knew it was Lucy's doing. She tuned back to the blonde, "How are you here?"

"Save that for later. We have more pressing matters to deal with. Get dress." Lucy ordered.

Erza silently gulped at how different Lucy is, and equipped into her set of armor. "Right... So what happened to that demon?"

"That was torturing you? I killed her." Lucy deadpanned before turning toward the hole that she had made and walked toward it. "Let's go. Our enemies still stand. We need to stop them before they unleash their master plan."

"Face right?" Erza questioned as she followed her object of affection.

Lucy scanned the hallway before turning to Erza. "Yes, and we do not have much time. I want you to go with the others and help your friends with the enemy."

Erza stared at Lucy... maybe a little longer than necessary. "And you?"

"I have my own mission. Now go to your friends." Lucy then turned and walked in one direction of the hallway.

"They are your friend too!" Erza called out.

Lucy didn't respond and disappeared from sight, leaving Erza alone with her thoughts.

Erza stood quietly, wondering what had happened. Is Lucy really alive? Why did she seem so distant?

...

Erza had lost track of how long she had stood still in the hallway, recalling the reunion of Lucy. She didn't even notice the presence of two people approaching her until they called out her name.

Upon hearing her name, Erza turned her head to see Natsu and Lisanna. "Natsu! Lisanna!"

"You okay? You were spacing out there." Lisanna voiced her opinion.

"I... I think Lucy was here." Erza muttered.

"Lucy?" Lisanna repeated. "She was here?"

Natsu didn't say anything, but he did grinned.

"She seemed different too..."

"Who cares! She's alive! And I bet she is kicking butt while we were gone!" Natsu grinned.

"I guess you make a point." Erza slightly smiled at the dragon slayer.

"Alright, we need to find Mira and Elfman. They were caught too." Lisanna spoke up.

Erza turned to Lisanna. "Then let's split up. We'll cover more grounds this way."

"Can't wait to kick some butt. I'm all fired up!" Natsu yelled before running off to a random direction where a fight would be ensured.

The two girls remaining nodded at each other before running in a different direction to find their friends and stop their enemies before unleashing FACE.

...

Countless explosion riddled the battlefield as countless enemies had fallen. Screams of the deafeated soon became the lullaby as Jellal and the other members of Crime Sorciere battled to keep their enemies at bay.

"How long do you think we have to keep this up?" Meredy mumbled as she took down on of her enemies.

"Lucy said that we will know. I'm not sure what that means. But we have to keep them away from the castle." Jellal said.

Ul snickered. "Lucy does hate interruptions. She did beat the crap out of us when we did."

Jellal looked across that battlefield to see his members fighting with ease, knocking the enemies down. "For now, we need to do our job. Let's hope that Sting and Rouge and the others are doing as they are told."

...

"According to this monitor, we only have 41 minutes before FACE is unleashed." Wendy stated as she stared at the monitor in fear.

"41 minutes!? in just 41 minutes, all magic on the entire continent-" 

"What are we going to do!? We've gotta let everyone know!" Happy interrupted Carla as he yelled, running in circles.

"Calm down Happy." Carla crossed her arms as she gave the blue cat a disapprovingly look.

"Can't we just smash all of this here!?" Happy yelled.

"The activation and shutdown are both controlled on site." Wendy mumbled, trying to find a way to stop FACE from being released.

"You don't have time to tell everyone!" Carla argued with the blue cat.

Not another second, all three could sense a new presence entering the room, and the feeling was not warming. It was cold and scary, sending shivers down their backs. Turning their head towards the new face, they were terrified.

"A-A skeleton? I-It's gotta be a mask..." Wendy stuttered as she looked at the skeleton looking demon.

"The despairing prayers of young maidens are the resounding chimes of hell's bells. Your dwindling magic will breathe anew, restoring life into the Earth. You maiden fairies who have fallen into hades shall become corpses and drift away in purgatory." The skeleton man said with confidence and with tone of death.

Wendy stood her ground and tried to think of what to do next. She stood between a demon that smelt of death, and between a ticking time bomb for all mages across the land. She needed to do something, and fast.

"Ice Make: Lance!"

Spears of ice came crashing down on the demon, deforming it in the process, and Gray ran toward Wendy and the cats. "I heard about the situation. FACE is unleashing pretty soon. We need to stop it."

"How did you know that?" Carla asked, suspicious of how he knew the information. She knew that nobody could've predicted how soon FACE would be unleashed.

"I heard a voice in my head. And it was telling me that FACE was being unleashed dangerously close. And that I could come to this location and help whoever is here. Guess I'm helping you three.

"Was it the fish goddess!?" Happy hoped it to be. "I knew she was listening to my prayers!"

"Huh? You mean... you talking in your sleep?" Carla sighed before turning to Wendy. "We need to act fast."

Wendy nodded at her furry friend and turned to Gray. "Can you take care of this guy? We need to find the location of FACE so I can destroy it."

Gray nodded before turning to the demon, who is now materialized. "It's you and me demon freak."

The demon acted as if nothing had happened and stared at Gray as if he was more interesting than the girl and the cats. ".... you are Silver's..."

...

It didn't take Wendy long to find the location of FACE, so Carla immediately carried her toward the location, Happy following their trail from behind.

"Faster, Carla!" Wendy yelled, hoping to get their in time.

"I know! But how will you take FACE down?" Carla questioned.

Wendy frowned as the wind rushed passed her. "I don't know. But I won't give up. Lucy or Natsu wouldn't give up in this kind of situation. So I won't give up!"

Carla smirked as she continued her fast flight toward the location of FACE. "Well said."

"Wait for me~" Happy cried as she tried following the girls.

In a split second, the course of what Wendy was flying was interrupted by another demon. "I won't let you get away!" It screamed.

"Carla, try and go in another direction!" Wendy yelled in desperation.

Carla responded by switching directions and flew as fast as she could while carrying Wendy's weight.

"MMMpphh!? (Don't leave without me!" Happy muffled as he was buried under the rubble that the demon had created.

"DON'T MESS WITH HAPPY!" A loud roar erupted as flames engulfed the demon.

"Nmph! (Natsu!)" Happy exclaimed, happy to see his dragon slayer friend.

Natsu glared at the demon and lit his hands on fire. "We got to stop meeting like this eyeball freak!" 

...

Distant rumblings and screaminsg was all she could hear as she walked forward toward her destination. Her mission that she must stop the master of this guild to prevent the distaster of magic deviancy.

And her senses were all on heighted alert, to ensure that everything was going according to plan.

"Sting and Rouge..." Lucy muttered, sensing that they are in combat with one of the demons, and succeeding in dominating it.

"Jellal and the others..." Sensing that are dealing with the members from the other dark guilds with ease.

"Wendy...?" Lucy sensed a powerful figure near her position, figuring it to be a powerful demon.

"Natsu... " She was sensing that the dragon slayer was having trouble with dealing the demon that he was in combat with.

"Gray and Juvia... " Lucy frowned at the struggles that they are facing.

"Erza..." Lucy paused in her tracks, sensing how she had not changed. It made her happy to see that she had not changed. Still beautiful as ever, and powerful in both intimatacy and strength. She can take care of herself, but she doesn't want to risk it again.

Lucy mentally summoned four spirits that she could send toward the four groups that she wants to protect. Gemini, Leo, Taurus,  and Virgo.

"You all know what to do?" Lucy asked her spirits with her superior tone.

"Yes Princess."

"Let's mooooooove!"

"Yes!"

"Yes Milady."

Lucy nodded in approval, "Then do what you must."

And just like that, the four spirits split off and went into different directions to aid the four groups that Lucy thought needed help.

Now... Lucy needed to face the guild leader of this guild, and bring him down once and for all.

A/N: Whoo! Finding a perfect reunion for Lucy and Erza was harder than I thought!

Anyway, please comment and review on your thoughts for this shitty chapter. I don't bite~

Toodles!~~