A/N: Another chapter! After this chapter, I'll be going into the arcs. I'll be skipping the Eisenwald arc...cuz it's not that important. :3 Happy is introduced. And Lisanna...well you have to read.

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It was another beautiful day, and Lucy was still struggling to go outside...mostly because of her injured leg, but also because Lucy was afraid that her Father might send someone else to go after her, after the incident of the hooded figures couple days ago. Luckily, Erza was there to be by Lucy's side and helped her to the guild, and protect her from anyone that may want to hurt her.

Walking through the large set of doors, Levy was the first to notice and greet Lucy.

"Lucy!" Levy cried.

"Levy." Lucy smiled...

Levy wanted to hug Lucy...but Lucy was too injured...a broken leg and arm... "How you feeling?" Levy asked, remembering the night where Lucy was having a terror.

"Feeling much better...though my arm and leg does hurt." Lucy said.

"Lucy!" Lisanna cried, running towards Lucy. "You're alive!" Lisanna cried, being sarcastic.

"Hey Lisanna!" Lucy replied.

"Levy told me that you had an nightmare last night..." Lisanna said.

"Nightmare? Don't know what you are talking about..." Lucy tilted her head...wondering what they are talking about.

"It doesn't concern you." Erza cut in, looking at Levy and Lisanna. "We should sit you down so you can rest." Erza said, looking at Lucy.

"O-Ok..." Lucy wondered what Levy and Lisanna was talking about...was it connected when Lucy had woken up with Erza pinning her down like her life depended on it...? Lucy was about to ask Erza about it when she heard a voice.

"Natsu!" A voice called out. It sounded desperate...or...something like that.

Curious, Lucy looked around to find the source of the voice...but...who did the voice belonged to? "Erza...who was that?" Lucy asked, looking at Erza.

"Hmm? Oh...you haven't met him yet? I'm surprised." Erza smirked.

"What do you mean?" Lucy was confused now.

Natsu appeared, grinning, with a blue cat on his head. Lucy looked at the blue cat...thinking how can there be a blue cat...there was just no way...unless they dyed him...yes...that was possible..

Then the scariest thing happen...the cat on Natsu's head...talked, "Aye!" Lucy yelped and stumbled awkwardly behind Erza, trembling. "Erza! Why is that cat talking!?" Lucy asked, while peeking at the talking blue cat.

Erza chuckled a bit at Lucy's reaction.

"Oi! Happy! Where have you been?" Natsu asked, clearly talking to the blue cat.

"I got lost...I was looking for fish..." The blue cat...Happy replied.

"Huh? If you wanted some fish, I could've of gotten you some." Natsu said.

Lucy stood, hid behind Erza, and watched the exchange of the flame boy and a talking blue cat... "A talking blue cat...Erza...am I still dreaming?"

Erza chuckled. "No. Want to meet him?"

"...He won't bite...will he?" Lucy asked...

"I'm sure he won't"

"Huh? So there is a chance that he might?" Lucy sweatdropped. "Can I go home now?"

"You just got here! The least you can do is meet Happy." Erza said, not in the mood to go back.

"..." Lucy puffed her cheeks

Erza smiled at her attitude and thought how cute she was... "Happy! Come here and meet someone!" Erza yelled.

Happy's ears twitched when he heard his name being called. He looked around and saw Erza waving at him to come to her. Reluctantly, Happy sprouted some wings and flew towards Erza and Lucy.

When Lucy saw the blue cat sprouted wings, she shrieked and tried to crawl away...but Erza had other plans. "Lucy, Happy is friendly and...really weak." Erza muttered to Lucy. "So you would have no problem beating him up if something happens."

Lucy stopped moving and looked at Erza...then at the approaching blue cat...or Happy as they called him.

"Aye! I'm Happy!" Happy cheerily said, looking at Lucy.

Lucy trembled as she stared at the blue talking cat, then at Erza. "Erza...I think someone drugged me."

"Drugged you say!? Who dares to hurt Lucy!?" Erza snapped, ready to kill someone who drugged Lucy.

Lucy realized she made a mistake, and tried to calm Erza down. "Erza...it...was a metaphor...nobody really drugged me..." Lucy trailed off...as Erza was already gone. She started flipping all the tables and screaming at people. Mira, who came from nowhere heat-butted Erza, and the two started battling it out...Lucy was left...shocked...she didn't expect Erza to take it so seriously.

"That's Erza for you." Happy said, seeing the reaction on Lucy's face.

Lucy looked back at the talking blue cat. "How come this is the first I seen you?" Lucy asked, not remembering a talking blue cat when she first came here.

"I got lost. I was looking for fish." Happy said so simply. Lucy chuckled a bit, and looked back at the full-blown brawl...that Lucy had somehow started.

"So you're Lucy?" Happy asked.

"Yes, and you're Happy, a talking blue cat." Lucy shot back, still shocked from seeing Happy...and Erza's temper.

"Aye!" Happy cheered.

Lucy let a small smile...seeing how cute Happy is...

"Lucy, you look weird with that smile on your face." Happy snickered.

No...Lucy begged to differ. Lucy punched the cat, remembering that Erza said that she could hit the cat if she wanted to.

"Silence!" A voice boomed.

Lucy jumped at the sound of the deep voice.

"Stop this nonsense!"

The brawl stopped immediately, and everybody looked at the looming figure that seemed to be towering everybody.

"Gramps! Fight me!" Natsu yelled, lashing at the giant.

Almost immediately, Natsu was crushed under the giant's foot.

Lucy crawled backwards...away from the site...until she found herself to be hiding under a table. She continued to watch the giant and the little people who stopped fighting.

After everything settled down, Erza calmed down and looked around to find Lucy...but she was nowhere to be found.

"Where's Lucy?" Erza asked no one in particular.

Mira walked up to Erza and smirked. "Try one of the tables...it looks like you scared her."

Erza glared at Mira murderously before looking for Lucy. It took Erza five minutes to find her under a table in a corner.

"Lucy...are you okay?" Erza bent down, extending a hand for Lucy.

Lucy did not respond. She merely stared at the hand extended to her.

Erza sighed and sat down in front of Lucy. "Is everything's okay?"

"Yes...it was a little surprising to see the cat..."

"..."

"I didn't expect you to flip like that when I joked about being drugged..."

"Of course I would take it seriously!" Erza raised her voice a little to gain Lucy's attention

Lucy looked at Erza, "Does that include beating other people up?"

Erza paused. "Eh? Oh...well...maybe?" She scratched her head.

Lucy snickered... "I'm fine Erza. I was just taken aback from everything that had happened in less than 10 minutes.

Erza smiled. "Then, want to come out of there?" Erza asked again, extending a hand to her.

Lucy looked at the hand for a moment before extending her good arm and grasping Erza's hand. Erza gently helped Lucy back up.

"How does it feel? Being back in the world of the living?" Erza jokingly asked.

Lucy looked at Erza, not impressed by her joke. "I feel dead." Lucy said sarcastically.

Erza chuckled. "Then some cake should fix that up." Erza said before helping Lucy to the bar and ordered some cake.

After their cakes arrived, Erza went straight to her cake, leaving Lucy to her thoughts.

'Is Erza even eating her cake?' Lucy wondered as she watched Erza swallowed an entire slice in one bite.

"More cake please!" Erza beamed, hungry for more cake.

Lucy watched as Erza gobbled some more in one slice. Erza kept this up for the nth time until Erza was notified that she had already eaten the last slice that was available. Erza's cheeks puffed in disappointment.

Lucy watched in amusement as Erza was brooding. "Erza, you can have my slice...if you want..." Lucy was too busy watching Erza eat...it was funny in a sense...or something like that...

Almost immediately, Erza's eyes gleamed as Lucy passed the slice of cake to Erza...who swallowed it whole.

"Erza...I have to ask...are you even eating them?" Lucy asked.

Erza looked at Lucy in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Nothing." Lucy said...realizing that Erza is weird in many ways...but Lucy wouldn't have it any other way.

"Lucy! Let's go on a job!" Natsu yelled, running to Lucy.

Natsu was then slapped in the face by Erza. "You fool! Lucy can't do any job because of her injuries!"

"Stop deciding for Lucy! Lucy has to make her own decisions, not you!" Natsu roared, glaring at Erza...biggest mistake ever.

"Oh? So you want to challenge me then?" Erza cracked her knuckles, with an evil gleam in her eyes.

"A fight? I'm all fire up...come!" Natsu taunted.

Erza did not bother holding back. She used all her strength and directed it to her fist as it collided against Natsu's stomach, causing him to be sent flying across the guild with a loud crash. Natsu did not last 2 seconds with Erza.

Lucy sweatdropped at this. She wondered if she should push her luck and make Erza angry with her...no...she rather not face her wrath...

Erza then turned around and gave Lucy a smile...like nothing had happened...Lucy gave her a nervous smile...yeah...Lucy rather not make her mad...yeah...Erza is scary when she has to be...

...

For two years, Lucy's life had been peaceful. Slowly...very slowly in some people' opinions, Lucy opened up little by little. She befriended Lisanna and Levy, along with Natsu, Gray, Cana, Mira, Elfman, almost everyone in the guild.

Though Lucy would still have some insecurities and...prefer to be alone...and would have to argue with Erza to leave her alone, or give her some cake...yes...that's what it takes for Lucy to be alone...Erza can be very stubborn sometimes.

Though, much to Lucy's confusion, Erza had not left Lucy's side, or more like that she refused to leave her side. Erza would not tell Lucy the reason why she would not leave her side.

Lucy was growing annoyed because everywhere Lucy goes, Erza is there...even in the bathroom!

"Erza! Please stop following me!" Lucy said, once they got back to their place.

"What do you mean? I live here too..." Erza responded...gesturing to her surroundings, like it was the most obvious thing ever.

"Everywhere I go, everywhere...you follow me...please stop that." Lucy said.

"Is that so? I apologize, but I'm afraid that I cannot do what you ask." Erza simply replied.

"..." Lucy puffed her cheeks in annoyance.

"I don't want to make the same mistake from before." Erza explained, knowing what Lucy meant.

"Hmm? That was 2 years ago." Lucy said, knowing what Erza meant. Those Hooded figures are a thing of the past. Though Lucy would sometimes have nightmares...but...Lucy thinks that she is stronger enough to face them.

"Perhaps, but you'll never know...that they would come-" Erza paused...thinking about her own past...her temporary freedom...she looked at Lucy...thinking how painfully similar her situation was...her freedom was not yet...complete because her Father might take her back...

Lucy stared at Erza when she stopped talking. "Oi! Erza! Cat got your tongue?"

Erza chuckled. She cleared her throat and led Lucy to their bedroom. "I got to come clean...there is another reason for why I try to stick with you 24/7."

Lucy and Ezra both sat down...when Erza looked so distant.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked, noticing the sudden change in Erza's personality.

"Your situation is so painfully similar to mine..." Erza intoned.

"Hmm? How so?" Lucy asked, wondering exactly how similar their past is.

"...We are not yet free..." Erza droned expressionlessly.

Lucy was taken aback. She was not expecting this side of Erza. "Is this poetic...or..." Lucy uttered.

"Your Father may or may not try to bring you back...my life..." Erza trailed off...still trying to find the words to tell Lucy.

Lucy narrowed her eyes and stared at the redhead... "Your life?"

"I told you before...but not in full detail...I think I trust you enough...to tell you everything..." Erza whispered...low enough for only Lucy to hear.

Lucy wondered...what Erza was talking about. "The Tower of Heaven?"

Erza looked at Lucy. "I know that you can keep a secret...can you?"

"Of course." Lucy gulped...wondering what Erza would reveal.

After 30 minutes of Erza explaining her past to Lucy...she was hugging her knees, refusing to cry. Lucy glazed at the redhead...Erza was afraid...that they may come back after her...but she doesn't know when...that's...

Lucy understood well...their freedom is limited...until...something happens...

Lucy sadly smiled and moved to comfort the redhead. What Lucy wasn't expecting was Erza flipping Lucy over, where Erza was now straddling Lucy.

"Eh?" Lucy was shocked at the sudden change of events.

Erza smirked down on Lucy, both of her hands on either side of Lucy's head. Erza could no longer deny it...over the past two years...Erza may have developed some feeling for the blonde below her...she is still unsure if she had completely fallen for the girl...or if she should suppress it...or tell her...

"Erza?" Lucy tried to get the attention of Erza...she had been staring at Lucy for like 5 minutes since she flipped her over...but she was not budging...or blinking...which creeped Lucy out a little.

Erza was thinking about Lucy...how pretty she was...and strong...she wanted to protect her.

Another 5 minutes passed and Erza was still staring at Lucy. Lucy took a deep breath and prayed for her own life when she slapped Erza in the face.

Erza felt something hit her cheek. She blinked and held her cheek confusingly, did something bite her? "Lucy...what's wrong?"

Lucy stared at her, speechless. She sighed in frustration, still speechless about Erza's weird behavior. "Nothing. Can you get off of me please?"

Erza blinked confusingly, before realizing their position. Blood rushed to her cheeks as she got off of Lucy.

Lucy sat up and glazed at Erza. "So, we are in this together it seems?" Lucy whispered, smiling at Erza.

Erza smiled when their eyes met. "Yes...we're not alone..." Erza intertwined her hands with Lucy's...not wanting to leave her just yet. "I love you." Erza muttered...low enough to where Lucy heard it...making her question it.

...

Couple weeks later, Lucy and Erza was side-by-side when the news hit them. Lisanna had died on an S-Class mission.

Days later after her death, they held her funeral. Lucy had never seen the despair in Mira's eyes...or the regret in Elfman's eyes. Losing a beloved in front of you...almost as painful as being tortured, Lucy thought....

Lucy walked up to Mira who has an arm in a cast. "I'm sorry..." Lucy wanted to say more...but...she was just as speechless as Mira.

Mira smiled. She did not say anything. She just simply smiled.

Erza approached Mira. "You have my condolences." Erza murmured...in a neutral tone.

"...Thanks...guys..." Mira murmured.

The next couple days was quiet, Natsu was being uncharacteristically quiet...not being in any mood to fight. The most shocking was seeing Mira changing her wardrobe completely. She wears a dress and lets her hair down now. She also announced that she retires being an S-Class mage and would settle to just being a barmaid.

Erza also took this as a cue and decided to change her look as well. She changed her armor to a different type...that covered more area...now wears a blue skirt, a sleeveless white blouse, and her hair no longer in a braid. If anything, Lucy thought she looked cuter.

Erza and Mira, once bitter rivals, now neutral friends that supports one another. Lucy smiled at the sight...but Gray and Natsu...she wondered if they would make up and be friends like Erza and Mira...

Erza thought about the whole situation...people dying like this...how life can be short...she wanted to tell Lucy her feelings...but she wonders if it's too...Erza does not know anymore.

Should Erza confess...before her time is up? Should she confess before something should happen?

A/N: *sniff* So sad. But, if you had read the manga or anime, then don't fret. Lisanna will come back! :3

The next chapter will be the start of the cursed island arc.

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