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Hey, Readers!!!!! So my goal for this story is to make it nice, long, dramatic, and romantic as possible! Lol I hope so!!! Also, you guys remember that contest I did a couple chapters ago? Well, Celine_Fullbuster was our winner, and her character will be introduced!!!! Congrats, Celine! Anyhoo, here's Chapter 8, Enjoy!!!

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I woke up the next morning to the sound of Happy's yelling. "NATSU!"

I sat up quickly, thinking that something is wrong. "What is it, Happy!" I cried.

"Idiot, it's already ten o'clock!" Happy yelled, slapping a cod on my face. "You're the Master of Fairy Tail! You shouldn't be sleeping in!"

I groaned and headed back into my bed. "Let me sleep!"

"God, a twenty-five year old man shouldn't be sleeping in this late!" Happy yelled. He ripped the blankets from my bed, bringing in the cold feeling all over my half naked body. I shivered, finally surrendering. "Fine, fine. I'll get up." I grumbled.

"Ha ha!" Happy laughed, "Besides, don't you want to see Lisanna?"

"We broke up last night, remember?" I muttered.

"Oh yeah." Happy muttered. "Why did you guys brake up?"

Why did we break up? I don't really know. We've been dating for five wondeful years. We've traveled together, we had anniversaries; the normal couple stuff. But there was one thing I was just not comfortable of doing.

Making love to her.

I don't know why, but I just couldn't imagine us being that...intimate. So before I could truly hurt her, I decided to break things off with her. I had to admit, it did hurt me inside, but I knew it would be for the best. I slowly got up and changed into my normal Master clothes: my black shorts and long sleeved golden shirt. I wrapped my black robe around my back. "Aren't you going to eat?" Happy asked.

"Nah. I have too much stuff to do to it." I smiled.

"At least shave." Happy groaned, referring to my five o'clock shadow.

I shook my head. "Let's just head out into the guide."

"Fine." Happy muttered. I smiled at my best friend with delight. He's changed during these past five years. He started to look more like a normal cat, minus the backpack and wings. He was also Carla's mate, after asking almost a hundred times. Together, we left our wooden house and off to Fairy Tail.

"Natsu-Sama!" Wendy cried, running towards us as we enter Fairy Tail, her giant breasts bouncing up and down. I could feel my cheeks slightly burning up. Wendy, who was now eighteen years-old, was matured a lot in the past five years. And I mean a lot. Her breast size has quadroopled the size as they were when she was twelve, her hair was still blue, but she had yellow streaks in her hair. She was probably now 5'8, only four inches under me. "I told you, just because I'm Master, doesn't me you have to add the 'sama' in my name."

"Oh....Alright." Wendy said passively. Another thing I loved about Wendy: her attitued never changed. She's still the same passive-aggressive girl I met six years ago. "Anyways...Lisanna-San wants to see you in your quarters."

My heart sank a little. "Oh...thanks for the information." I walked up the stairs, my hands shaking to see Lisanna. I just broke up with her last night. I hope she isn't pissed or anything, I prayed in my head. I arrive at my office and open the brown wooden doors.

I open the doors to see Lisanna sitting on my desk, her legs crossed, revealing her legs from her really short dress. Her hair was all over the place, and her breasts were almost revealing. I sighed with annoyance. "What do you want, Lisanna?"

"How about we have a little fun on the desk." She purred, her cat ears magically popping out of her head, as did a tail.

"Lisanna, didn't we break up yesterday?" I asked.

"You broke up with me. I, on the other hand, still think of us as a couple." She winks. I groan and ignore her, getting papers off the desk. "Natsu, come on! It's just a little fooling around? Do you really not want to have sex with me?"

I looked at her as if she was crazy. Did she think of sex only as a game? I have ben taught that sex is between two people of eternal love. I just really didn't think that way about Lisanna. "Lisanna, can I please just get some work done." I ordered with pure annoyance.

I could hear her gruff with annoyance. "Fine, but I'm not done with you!" She leaves the office, slamming the door, shaking all of the portraits. I sighed and look down at a picture of Markov, the Master before me. He died a year ago, which was heavy on everyone. I remember how many tears I shed when he passed away from a mere heart attack. "Things sure has change since you left us, Gramps." I sighed. I gently touched his picture, and then started doing the paper work; mostly complaints and debt to others. Suddenly, I heard a knock on the door. I looked up to see that it was Levy. Levy was now my scribe, so she was in charge of all the information outside the guide. But just because she was my scribe, that didn't mean we had the greatest relationship. "What do you need, Levy?" I asked.

For once, she had the biggest grin on her face. "Some people will be coming this afternoon."

"People? Who are you talking about?" I asked with curiosity.

"Well, let's just say that things will start becoming interesting." She winked, sticking her tongue out. She left the room, leaving me hanging me with information. She's acting strange today, I thought.

I continued to do paper for the rest of the day, hearing the sound of the rest of the Fairy Tail mages party. As the sun began to set, I got a knock on my door. It was Levy again, but this time she was in tears. "Levy, what's wrong?"

She couldn't stop laughing or smiliing. "I think...I'll just show you."

She opened the door much more widely, and the first person I see was a familiar old woman with silver hair. It wasn't until I saw the sun mark on her right eye that I figured out who it was. "Solar?" I asked, standing up.

"My, men sure do age a lot after only five years." She smiled.

"If your here...then..." I whispered.

"That's right." She smiled. I hear footsteps, and the first thing I see is a young girl, no older than eighteen. She was a little petite, but had long flowing blue hair with  purple streaks. Her skin was fair, as were her big purple eyes, one of which was covered by a yellow cresent. She wore a purple dress that had moon symbols all over, a long with a purple veil. A gigantic bow and a stash of golden arrows laid on her back. "Hello, Master Natsu." She spoke. She kneeled to the ground and did a little bow, then got back up, moving to the side. I soon heard another set of footsteps.

I soon saw a girl that I thought of a distant memory.

She had long, gold-like hair. Her eyes were dark brown, one of them covered by a gold star. She wore a long silky dress that was as blue as the sky, stars appearing as the pattern. A blue veil covered her face, and a long golden scepter was traced on her back. When the woman looked at me, she gave me a gentle smile. "Hello, Master Natsu."

"....Lucy?" I asked, couldn't believeing it myself. She did the same bow as the other girl, and stood up. "Yup. The one and only."

"Isn't it great! Lu-Chan is back!" Levy cried, hugging her best friend. I was overjoyed that Lucy returned, but then that joy turned into sorrow. I didn't really give her the best impression when she left. I actually said that our friendship was over, which is wasn't actually true. There wasn't a single day where I hadn't wish Lucy was here. I hid my sorrow with a smile and asked, "What brings you three in Fiore?"

"Lucy's training is complete, so she has decided to return to Fairy Tail." Solar informed me. "And Artemis would like to join the guild."

Artemis walked up infront of me and bowed. "Please let me join your guild."

"Of course! There's always more room for another member in Fairy Tail." I smiled. Artemis looked up and smiled. She looked at Lucy, who smiled back. "There's also another thing we ask for." Solar told me, her voice suddenly beginning to shake. I looked over at Lucy and Artemis, who also looked troubled. "Last week, we recieved a note from Earthland..."

"And why is that news?" I asked.

"Because only WE can transport items from different worlds." Solar told me. My eyes widened with shock. "So what was contained in this message?"  Solar looked at Artemis who handed her a piece of folded paper. When Solar handed it to me, I was surprised. Papyrus. You only see these in the east. I carefully unfolded the piece of paper and read the note. It read:

You've obtained something that we want despreatley. Hand us the bearer of the stars by the night where all stars fall peacefully. If you do not, we awill you use force. Warnings will be presented to you as the day draws near. And don't try to run. We SEE everything.
- M

I stared at the note with confusion. Bearer of the stars? What does that... As the wheels in my brain slowly began to turn, I realized who it was.

"So whoever these people are, their after Lucy." I stated, the hairs on my back standing up.Solar  nodded. "But what do they mean, 'when the stars fall peacefully'?" I asked.

"They speak of the Aurora's Tears event." Lucy spoke.

"The what?" I asked, not familiar with this event.

"It's the night where a bunch of rainbow stars fall from the sky and touch the Earth." Lucy tells me. She soon looked away and whispered, "It is also the my birthday and the anniversary of the separation of my sister."

"What do you think they want with Lucy?" I asked, my voice getting deeper.

"Unlike Artemis and I, Lucy happens to be more...connected with the Spirit World. That can be used in both good and malicious ways." Solar explained.

"So what does all this have to do with me or Fairy Tail?" I asked, kind of wanting to get to the point.

"Because you're the only one who can save Lucy!" Artemis suddenly exclaims. "Lucy has told us about the many times you've saved her! You're Lucy's prince!"

"Artemis!" Lucy hissed, her cheeks turning a darker shade of pink. I could suddenly feel my cheeks burning as well. Wait, am I blushing? Why on earth am I blushing, I cried in my head. "What do you want me to do exactly?" I asked.

"We just think it's best that Lucy stays close to you;maybe even refuge in your home." Solar pleaded. I sighed. Should I bring Lucy refuge by letting her live with me?

What the hell was I saying? This was my best friend I was talking about! And she was in trouble. The best I could probably do after what I did to her five years ago was this. "When is this Aurora's Tears thingy?"

"In two weeks; on Lucy's twenty-fourth birthday." Solar informed me. "Artemis will be with Lucy too, just in case."

"And what about you?" I asked in concern.

"I'm going to look out for more information on this threat towards us. The more we know, the more we can keep Lucy safe."

"Alright." I nodded. Solar took a small bow and began to leave the room, as did Artemis. But just as Lucy was in the middle of her bow, I suddenly stopped her by saying, "Wait!"

Lucy, who took a startling halt, looked up at me. I suddenly began to stare into her dark brown eyes.

When did they ever sparkle?

"Natsu?" Lucy asked, snapping me out of my trance.

"Huh?" I asked.

"You told me to wait. Why?" She asked.

"Oh..Can you close the door first?" I asked. She nodded, and closed the door behind her.

It was just Lucy and me.

The two of us.

Alone.