Lucy woke up again to a grey ceiling. She notice the redhead by her side again. She looked like she had not been eating nor sleeping.

"Hey." The redhead smiled, seeing that Lucy was awake again.

"...Hi?" Lucy hesitated. Should she trust her?

"Do you know...who I am?" The redhead timidly asked.

Lucy shook her head. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be. It's fine. My name is Erza Scarlet. I'm your...friend." Erza was debating whether she should tell Lucy that they are dating, when they really are not. She was afraid that if Lucy regained her memories, she would be mad at her for lying about their relationship.

"My name is-"

"Lucy Heartfilia." Erza finished. "I know who you are."

Lucy wondered exactly what their relationship was. "Um...where's my father?"

Erza gulped, not knowing what her reaction would be. "Your father died couple months ago."

Lucy hoped that she had heard her wrong. "What?"

"He died from sickness...while we were...sealed for years." Erza realized how hard it was to tell her, but it must be said.

Lucy stayed quiet. For her, her mother had died weeks ago...and now, this woman was telling her that her father had dies months ago.

"How old am I?" Lucy muttered, not really expecting a reply.

"17." Erza answered.

Lucy does not remember this. She does not remember growing up to be 17...she does not remember her 16th, or 15th. She doesn't even know this Erza person.

Lucy doesn't want to know anymore. It was too scary for her, not knowing what she had done before...she had lost...her memories. She refused it, she refused that she had amnesia.

"Here, take this. It should help you to regain your memories." Erza extended a cup of tea, exclusively made by Porlyusica.

Lucy looks at the tea, then back at Erza. "Memories?"

"You lost your memories. If you want to remember them, this should...hopefully help you regain some of it."

Lucy hesitated. What if it was poisoned? Should she trust her?

Seeing that Lucy was not going to take the cup, she placed it on the table next to the bed. "Lucy. Even if you don't remember, you're still my friend. I want to say that I'm sorry...for not being able to protect you when you were in danger."

Lucy absolutely had no idea what Erza was talking about. "Um...I really don't remember...but...I'm still alive, so that has to count."

Erza smiled softly. "I guess so. So...I will be leaving, but I'll be back tomorrow morning. So...can you at least drink this tea?"

Lucy glanced at the tea Erza had set down then back at Erza. "...Maybe."

Erza smiled. She wanted to kiss Lucy and keep her in her arms...but it will have to wait. "Sweet dreams."

Lucy watched as Erza left the room with a sad look, making her wonder...what kind of relationship they had.

She looks at the cup of tea again with disgust. If anything, Lucy could've been in a coma and Erza was lying to her. She reached out to take the cup of tea and looked what was inside of it.

It was green in color, the smell was sweet, like vanilla. Lucy was hesitant if she should drink it or not. She placed it back on the table and opted to look at the ceiling in peace.

My memories...my father...will it be pleasant when I do remember them? Lucy debated between the choice of knowing who she is and starting from scratch.

"I'm scared..." Lucy confessed softly. She felt scared...about the truth...about who she really was...or how she had been living.

Lucy slowly sat up due to the pain on her back. It doesn't hurt as much than when she had woken up, so it was bearable to live with for now.

She glanced at the cup of tea on the table. It wouldn't hurt to drink it...wouldn't it? My memories...I'm sure there's some good ones...I hope.

Even without asking, Lucy could tell how desperate Erza was, the things that she had went through, Lucy could tell just by looking at her eyes. It made Lucy more hesitant to remember the things she lost or went through.

With her curiosity winning, Lucy takes the cup and takes a sip. To Lucy's surprise, it was delicious. The flavor of herb and vanilla. Lucy drinks the tea in one go, not realizing how hungry she was, making her hungrier.

After couple of minutes, Lucy was left wondering. Wasn't this supposed to help me get my memories back? I'm not feeling anything...

Taking a deep breath, Lucy looks out the window near the bed and watched as the stars glistered in the sky. It was a beautiful night. Lucy laid back down, slowly falling asleep while watching as the stars in the sky as it glows so beautifully.

...

The next day, Lucy was tensed. She was unsure. She was skeptical. She was scared. The doctors said that she could leave, but she wanted to stay. The bed made Lucy feel safe...like a barrier that protects Lucy from the people that she doesn't trust.

She had some second thoughts about Erza. She seemed trustworthy, but she seemed scary and...intimidating. Like when she had knocked that pink-haired boy that barged in earlier. But Lucy could also see how vulnerable she was...how gentle she could be. For some reason, her smile reminded Lucy of something, but couldn't really pinpoint it at the time.

"Ready?" Erza walked into the room with a smile.

Without looking up, she asked Erza, "Is my father really dead?"

"...Yes." Erza hesitantly replied.

Lucy looked at Erza in the eyes. "Can you take me to his grave?"

Erza was...surprised. "Your...father's grave? I must apologize, but I do not know where. Natsu may know."

"Natsu? Who's that?" Lucy asked.

Erza had almost forgotten that she forbidden the boys to enter or allowed them to see Lucy. "The boy that barged into your room earlier."

"...The one with pink hair?"

"Yes."

"Think he would take me there?" Lucy asked.

Erza would love to take Lucy anywhere, even to a cemetery. But she did not trust Natsu because of his habit of burning things to a crisp.

"I'll have him tell me where it is." Erza answered.

"...Would it be easier to have him take us?"

"...Well, Natsu is...an idiot and doesn't think of the consequence and may burn your parent's grave."

Lucy was left wondering...exactly who was Natsu. "Alright."

Erza sighed with relief. She wanted to be alone with Lucy, even if she doesn't know who she was.

"Alright, I would say that we should go back to the guild, but you don't know anyone, so...I'll have you wait at my place."

"Your place? Don't I have my own?"

"Yes, but...Natsu and Gray breaks into your house all the time." Erza said, not wanting to say that she does it as well.

"..." Lucy was skeptical. Friends that crashes your house...friends that do not think much of the consequences.

"Let's go." Erza spoke, snapping Lucy out of her reverie.

Lucy shook her head as she stood up and followed Erza out of the room.

The walk to Erza's place was quiet and tensed. Erza was tensed, having Lucy walk with her. Lucy was unsure, wondering if Erza means well, if she should trust the redhead.

Erza made sure to walk on the paths where no one could see them, so they won't overwhelm Lucy. She wouldn't want Lucy to run away...

5 minutes later, they arrived at Erza's place. Erza made sure that Lucy was comfortable, so she can feel at home and not too tensed.

"Okay, Lucy. Feel free to eat anything, since you're probably hungry. I won't be gone too long." Erza watched as Lucy was looking around with curiosity.

Lucy turned back to Erza. "Why can't I go with you?"

"The guild is as wild as...Natsu. They won't leave you alone until they feel like it."

"I-Is that so?" Lucy narrowed her eyes.

"Yes. Now, I'll won't be too long. Give me at least 10 minutes." Erza said with haste before disappearing behind the door.

...

Meanwhile, Natsu was glaring at Gray, throwing insults his way. Gray was bashing his head against Natsu's, throwing nastier insult his way.

Then the guild doors opened rather violently, and Erza stood there with narrowed eyes as she was looking for someone.

The guild was quiet, eerily quiet as Erza scanned the room until she landed on Natsu with his arms around Gray, sweating bullets.

Erza walked toward Natsu and grabbed his scarf and dragged him out of the guild, closing the door behind her without another glance.

Once at a safe distance, Erza lets go of Natsu and glared at his as he stood back up with annoyance in his eyes.

"What was that for?!" Natsu whined.

"You are going to tell me where Lucy's parent grave is." Erza demanded.

"Eh?" Natsu cocked his head.

Erza grabbed his scarf and brought him dangerously close. "If you value your life, you will tell me where their grave is."

Natsu sweated bullets as he told Erza where the grave were.

Once finding out of where the graves were, she pushed Natsu away. "Now, be a good little dragon and stay in the guild. Or I will gut you alive."

"Aye!" Natsu cried as he ran back to his guild.

Barging back into the guild, Natsu was no longer in any mood to fight or the like. He just wanted to sit and value his life.

Gray approached him, still in a fighting mood. "Oi, flame breath! What did Erza want with you?"

"Stuff about Lucy." Natsu muttered.

"Lucy? Is she okay?" Gray asked, now curious.

"How am I supposed to know? Erza wanted to know where Lucy's parent's graves were."

Gray glared at the dragon slayer, thinking about Lucy, the day that finally found her. Erza was acting quite...weird. "You think Erza's been acting weird lately?" Gray asked.

Natsu turned to Gray. "Erza had been acting weird since Lucy left."

"I know that. But when we finally found Lucy, Erza had been acting...weirder."

Natsu glared at Gray with confusion. "What are we talking about again?'

Gray facepalmed. "Never mind."

...

Lucy was at least hoping that it was all a prank. That her father was at least still alive. But Erza was telling the truth. Her father had died.

Lucy glared at the grave of her mother and father, tears slowly falling out.

"This...doesn't seems real. Like a dream...one moment, my father was alive...now, in a blink of an eye, he's dead. This...I-I...I don't know what to think...or say." Lucy murmured.

Erza stayed back, letting Lucy cry...letting the fact that her father is dead, that she had indeed lost her memories.

"Lucy. If you want to know more about yourself, there's letters that you had written...letters about your experiences. It may help you...understand." Though Erza had read one or two of her letters, she knows how private they are.

Lucy turned to Erza with dried up tears on her cheek. "Letters?"

"They're in your apartment. I can take you there, and..." Erza was nervous. She knows that Lucy will be asking her how she knows this, considering how private they are.

Fortunately for Erza, Lucy doesn't suspect a thing about Erza or the others sniffing in her room without permission. "Can you take me there?"

Erza only nodded, not wanting her voice to betray her.

Lucy stood and started walking, gesturing Erza to lead the way. "If we go this way, people will recognize you." Erza pointed out as they continued walking.

"I don't care. We can just ignore them." Lucy mumbled.

Erza inwardly smiled.

Another 10 minutes of walking, Lucy and Erza found themselves in front of a house.

"This is where you live." Erza gestured to the house in front of her.

Lucy looks at the house, noting how small is was compared to the mansion she once lived in, Maybe the letters will have some answers about her...lost past.

Lucy went to open the door, but it was locked. "Where's the key?" Lucy turned to Erza.

Erza gestured Lucy to step away and proceeded to open the door by pick-locking the door and opened the door, letting Lucy in first.

Lucy stared at the red head with a deadpanned look. "You break into my house as well?"

"Ah...well...sometimes..." Erza sweated.

Lucy sighed. Maybe I'll find something in those letters about people who breaks into my house. Lucy proceeded to enter her...house and started to scan the rooms.

Seems...homey and nice. Now...where is those letters? Lucy looked around, but was lost. "Where do I put them?" Lucy asked, turning to Erza.

Erza made a nervous smile. "In...your desk's drawer." She pointed to the neatly made desk sacked with papers and books.

Lucy walked to the desk and opens the drawer and sees a box. She take it into her hand and opens it, and sees countless letters neatly placed into the box.

She walks to the bed and sit, taking out the first letter, and sees that there is a date on it. X782. She takes out another letter and sees another date, X790.

Lucy decided to read the earliest date and go from there.

Erza leaned against a wall, watching Lucy takes out a letter and started reading it. Erza noted how pretty Lucy was, even though she was lost and confused, she was beautiful. Erza was happy to see Lucy again, glad to see that she was safe...well...alive in any case.

...

Lucy had just finished reading her last letter, the last letter before Lucy had taken off when her team had forced her out.

The letters...had revealed a lot of secrets and thoughts about what Lucy's past self had experienced.

Lucy running away from child-abusing father, meeting Natsu and joining Fairy Tail, her dream. Meeting Erza Scarlet, Mirajane, the poster girl, the master of Fairy Tail, and many others members.

Going on many missions and having fun with her team and wanting to become stronger.

Then there was a 7 year gap, when supposedly Lucy and her friends had been sealed for 7 years on a island...where her father had died during that time. Lucy was distraught, seeing the emotion that she had read, the emotion that she had wrote.

Moreover, it seemed that Lucy had a crush as well. The letter was not...specific on who it was. All she knew that it was a girl...a girl with a strong sense of justice, a girl that cares for her friends, a powerful mage that will fight to her death to protect her friends.

And there was one sentence that made her think twice. 'She is my knight in shining armor.' Armor? Lucy up and stares at Erza, who is still wearing armor. Does my...past self has a crush on this girl? Or is it just a metaphor...?

Lucy looks her pile of letters that she had just read. A lot of things had happened since she had ran away, and since she joined Fairy Tail.

She looks back at the redhead and noticed a symbol on her arm. "Is that symbol for Fairy Tail?" Lucy said, gesturing to Erza's emblem on her arm.

Erza turned to Lucy with a nod. "Yes."

"Then, where's mine?" Lucy had checked, not finding it anywhere.

"Ah...well...you had it removed before you left." Erza said.

"..." Lucy looked down. "What happened...after I left?"

"...I'm not sure. After you left, we found out that someone...tried to make you leave...Me and the other boys had been looking for you for three months. Then when we found you, you had swords sticking out of you. You...almost died...but we managed to save you just in time."

"I...don't know what to say." Lucy murmured.

Erza wanted to say something else, but doesn't know what to say. Sighing inwardly, she walks to Lucy and sat next to her, wrapping her arms around Lucy and held her gingerly. "You're safe now."

Lucy was tensed at the contact, unsure if she should melt into the embrace of the redhead.

Erza reluctantly lets go. "Do you feel like meeting the guild? Or do you want to stay here?"

"...I don't know." Lucy admits. "Based on the letters, they're family and are wonderful people. But...I'm scared."

"Scared?" Erza raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know none of these people...even you. Yet they know me." Lucy glare at the redhead.

Erza smiled. "They may know you. But they will also respect you if you don't remember anything. If anything, they will try their hardest to make sure that you're happy."

Lucy remembered reading something that cheesy in one of her letters. The Lucy that had wrote those letters had trusted these people. Then why shouldn't she. Lucy decided to risk it and try...meet these people of Fairy Tail.

"Alright...let's go." Lucy smiled.

Erza, more or less, blushed when she saw the smile of the blonde. "Yes. I'll lead the way."