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"Sorry that we had a rough meet." The young man said, rubbing his head. "My name is Gray Fullbuster." Gray said, extending a hand to (Y/N). "(Y/N) Conbolt." (Y/N) smiled then shook hands with Gray.

After introducing herself, (Y/N) sighed and rested her chin onto her palm, thinking how she was going to see her father once again.

'I need to make a coverup for what I have done. If they're taking about my dad, then I'm pretty sure he's going to ask loads of questions..." (Y/N) frowned and leaned against the carriage door.

Natsu turned to look over at (Y/N) and felt concerned for the girl. "(Y/N), What's with the face?" Natsu tilted his head. "I just wish I could change the past..." (Y/N) cried as she placed her hands over her face.

"Change the past? But it's what makes you, well, you." Natsu said, sitting up in his seat. "Yeah, There's no need to change the past. Because of the past we are who we are now. Every second, every action from then is linked to us here and now." Gray added, patting (Y/N)'s head and ruffling her hair.

(Y/N) looked at them both and smiled. "Thanks for cheering me up, guys." They nodded and went back to find something to do.

(Y/N) moved the curtains of the carriage and looked out of the window. The moonlight shined onto (Y/N)'s eyes causing her to squint a little. She yawned and realized how late it was.

"Natsu, how long is this going to take?" (Y/N) asked Natsu, turning to him. "Oh, trust me, a very long time." Natsu said, as he plopped in his seat.

"Okay..." (Y/N) then got comfy and started to rest, but jumped and look at Natsu who gave her a weird look. "Wait, aren't you a dragon slayer?!" (Y/N) asked. "Yeah, So?" Natsu nodded. "Aren't you supposed to have motion sickness? We're on a transportation vehicle after all..." (Y/N) said, concerned.

Natsu laughed and held onto his stomach. "You noticed too, huh? I had my friend, Wendy, to give me this special antidote to take my motion sickness away before this ride. I was prepared." Natsu said, resting his shoulders. "Oh ok. I was just wondering..." (Y/N) said then turning back to his spot, then closing her eyes.

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Sting gave everyone a toothy smile as they clapped at Yukino and him getting engaged. He looked around the crowd, seeing who was clapping for him.

Yukino looked at Sting and smiled. She hugged his arm, receiving 'aww~' from the crowd. Sting looked down at her and smiled.

They walked down the steps together and people got it of their way so they could socialize with one another.

Kagura ran up to Yukino and asked her all sorts of things. "Congratulations!!" Sting turned to talk to his cat, Lector. "Hey Lector!" He waved. "Hey Sting-Kun. How're you doing?" Lector asked, knowing his friend Sting. Sting sighed and looked back at Yukino who was having a good time. He kneeled to Lector's height.

"I don't want to do this, but for the sake of the kingdom, I'm doing it." Sting whispered to Lector. Lector sighed and whispered back, "Sting-Kun, you need to speak up for yourself if you don't like it. Saying yes won't help anything." Sting nodded and stood back up and looked around.

"Have you seen Natsu-San?" Sting asked Lector. "I saw him going outside with Erza and Gray, I think..." lector replied. "How about (Y/N)?" Sting looked down to Lector. "I think she went outside too." Lector said. "Alright. Thanks, Lector!" Sting ran off from Lector, going outside.

Lector looked down and wondered, 'What's going to happen now that Sting is engaged?' Lector shook the thought off and went to go look for his friends; Happy, Carla, and Frosch.

Sting ran outside to see even more people outside. As they saw him, they clapped and cheered for him saying, "Congratulations." Sting just walked past them and said a, "Thank you," in a monotone voice. Sting served for his friend, but couldn't find her. "She'll come out sooner or later." He said, walking back to the castle, not knowing that he was wrong.

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Natsu, Erza, Gray, Happy, and (Y/N) had finally arrived at Alvarez Empire without any delay. It was a 1 and a half hour drive. Instead of waiting, (Y/N) had already fallen asleep to pass time.

"(Y/N)... (Y/N)..." Erza said, shaking the sleeping girl. (Y/N) snored and turned the other way. Erza sighed and continued to try to wake (Y/N) up. "Erza, let me handle this." Natsu said, slightly pushing Erza. Natsu inhaled and exhaled. "(Y/N) WAKE UP THEY'RE COMING!!! THEY'RE COMING!!" Natsu yelled at (Y/N)'s face, shaking her violently.

(Y/N) opened her eyes and screamed. She looked around in panic only to see Natsu and Erza. His yelling gave her a memory from the past. A bad memory. "Oh it's just you guys..." (Y/N) said, holding onto her heart. She frowned and looked down. "What triggered you, (Y/N)?" Natsu asked.

"The past." (Y/N) said before getting out of the carriage. Erza and Natsu looked at each other worriedly before getting off of the carriage.

Gray had already gotten off of the carriage, getting a room ready for their guest. (Y/N) stretched then yawning, looking up at the sky. It had at least been 3 in the morning so (Y/N) assumed everyone was asleep by now.

"Beautiful night, huh?" Erza walked up to (Y/N). "Yes, it is." Erza looked up at the sky. Deep into thought, (Y/N)'s eyes widen and gasped. "What is it, (Y/N)?" Erza asked in concern. "I forgot about Sting." (Y/N) groaned. "Haha. Don't worry about that!" Natsu laughed. "I left a note."

Suddenly, Gray came up to them. "Everything is all set." Gray said to (Y/N). "Follow me, (Y/N)." Gray said then turning. "Good Night, Natsu. Erza." (Y/N) bowed then following after Gray.

The castle of Alvarez Empire was extremely large castle with at least seven towers. (Y/N) looked at the castle in astonishment. She noticed that outside was surrounded by large walls. As they walked inside of the castle, paintings of historic people were hanged and underneath is was a vase of flowers. The texture of the walls was white with gold tracings and the floor had solid white bedrock. "Rumors had it, Zeref used to rule here." Gray said, slightly turning to (Y/N). "Woah." (Y/N) gasped. 'Master Zeref... I'm pretty sure Tartaros knows about this...' (Y/N) had thought, rubbing her chin.

The urge of falling asleep had disappeared from (Y/N) as she looked around her surroundings. "Many people live here..." Gray said, turning right into a hallway. "Are there maids and butlers?" (Y/N) asked. "Yes, in fact, I'm Natsu's personal assistant." Gray said then laughed. "Even though we're enemies."

They then started to walk up a flock of stairs. After that they walked through a corridor and reached a large entrance door. Gray pulled out a key from his pocket and opened the closed door in front of them. "This is the door to the first tower." Gray said, opening the door. "Well, another door."

They walked another flock of stairs and now, (Y/N) was starting to get tired. Gray strode through more corridors than she was able to count, up several flights of stairs and finally to a short, dead end hallway with a large window showing the outside world, and with a ceiling that towered ten stories above. (Y/N) bubbled with happiness as Gray opened a door for (Y/N) to walk in.

(Y/N) expected more flock of stairs, but luckily, was welcomed by a large room. A fire was started in a fireplace in one corner, warming up the room, and a bed in another corner. There was also a large window with a view of the empire down below. "Wow!" (Y/N) beamed. "This is awesome, Gray! Thanks!" (Y/N) smiled at Gray, her palms touching the large window. Gray smiled back. "Glad you like it." He stood and walked over to her.

"There's a wardrobe of clothes for you in the closet over there," Gray pointed to a walk-in closet by the bed. "And if you need anything, just go across the hall and there's my room. Good night, (Y/N)." Gray explained to (Y/N) then going out of (Y/N)'s room. "Good night, Gray!" (Y/N) said, loud enough for Gray to hear. He waved a hand to her before closing the door.

Hearing Gray's door close, (Y/N) ran to her door and closed it. She then closed the curtains of the room and slide the mirror of the closet to the left, opening it. There were loads of clothes for her hanged. She chose leggings and a large sweater and placed it onto the bed. She noticed a bathroom at the other corner of the room. She closed the closet and went into the bathroom, taking a shower. She dried off quickly and put on her bed clothing and climbed into the bed. She wiggled into her clovers and turned. "I hope everything turns out well..." (Y/N) muttered before going into slumber.

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Opening her eyes, (Y/N) coughed rapidly and had the urge to throw up. She calmed herself down and took control of her coughing. She patted her back to stop the coughing. She wiped her face and rubbed her eyes.

She sat up and noticed her surroundings was not a cosy, warm room, but a long, cold corridor. (Y/N) looked down to see what she was wearing and it was her usual maids outfit.

As she was Trying to stand up, (Y/N) saw a blood-red stained all over her dress and slipped on blood-red liquid and saw that there was broken wine glasses all over the floor along with the liquid. She had thought that everything was a dream and that she passed out on the floor.

(Y/N) furrowed her eyebrows and noticed that the lights of the corridor were dim. She attempted to stand up again and hissed in pain as she found a large glass shard on her thigh. She pulled it out carefully and threw it onto the floor.

Little amount of blood leaked out of the wound and patched it up by ripping off a portion of her dress. "I need to clean this up..." She said, carefully walking over the liquid and glass shards.

(Y/N) made it out of the mess, carefully and was headed down the corridors. She was confused that there were no doors or any contact to the outside doors. She continued to walk down the corridor and saw that there were no paintings or vases or any decoration. Her eyes then trailed to an corner. There was a white pillar on the right side of the room and with the dim lights, there was a dark pillar within the dark pillar. She heard a croak moan from that corner and imagined a creature laying there. She stood in terror, looking at the corner, still hearing the terrible noise.

(Y/N) sighed and walked even faster than before, but the corridor seemed endless for her. She then noticed a door to the left and ran towards it. She turned the knob and it only turned half way, meaning that it was locked. She tried to open it with magic and even tried to destroy it, but the door seemed immortal.

While trying to open the door, (Y/N) heard echoes of footsteps. She turned around in relief and saw a man walking ahead of her, slowly. She saw his back and saw his appearance. He wore a blue long sleeve shirt with jeans and black shoes. He also had blue spiky hair.

"Hello! Sir?" (Y/N) yelled towards the man, but he didn't stop. He still continued to walk. (Y/N) then started to jog towards him and it scared her. The corridor extended even more and the man was now out of reach. "Sir!!! Turn around!!! Please!!!" (Y/N) yelled. The man stopped and turned to (Y/N). (Y/N) tried to jog up to him, but he was still out of reach.

Once seeing his face, she stopped and looked at him in shock. It was her father. "Dad?!" (Y/N) cried, now tearing up. Her 'dad' said nothing and turned away from her and continued walking.

"No!! Wait!! Dad!!" (Y/N) then started to run. While running, (Y/N) noticed her dad had the same young looks and haven't changed at all.

'It's been years since I've seen him, shouldn't he have age?' (Y/N) thought. She continued to run after him and thought it was never going to end.

While running, (Y/N) tripped and fell onto the floor. Her 'dad' stopped walking and did nothing. Thinking he was going to help her, (Y/N) waited for him, but instead her just stood there.

Getting up for herself, (Y/N) looked at her hands and gasped. They were small as when she was a child once. She looked at her feet and saw how tiny she was. She got up onto her feet and saw that her 'dad' was now taller than normal. "Papa?" (Y/N) asked in a squeaky voice, walking a little closer to her 'dad'.

(Y/N) managed to reach him and tugged on his shirt. As she tugged, something fell out from his shirt. (Y/N) turned to see what it was and picked it up. She bend down to pick it up and noticed it was a silver necklace. She opened it and there was picture of all the Tartaros members in one shot including her. (Y/N) widened her eyes and fell back, dropping the necklace in the process.

While she was distracted, her 'dad' then Started to walk again. (Y/N) realized what was going on and started running it her dad. "Papa!" (Y/N) cried out to her 'dad', extending an arm to him, throwing herself, attempting to reach him.

That's when the floor began to break. Cracks appears from the floor and a large black hole appeared on the floor. Black ropes than started to wrap around (Y/N), tying her down. Her face leaked blood upon impact of the floor. (Y/N) looked up to her 'Dad' and started to cry. She noticed her appearance was now back to her original body.

Her dad didn't even seemed to care about her and continued walking. A purple rope tied around (Y/N)'s waist, a blue one tied against her left arm, a black and white one tied against her ankle, a yellow one tied against her chest, a green one tied against her left leg, a light purple one tied against her right arm, a dark blue one tied against her right leg, another black rope tied against her, and then a platinum blonde rope sprang from the darkness and tried against (Y/N)'s neck, choking her. The ropes pulled her into the dark hole and (Y/N) took a last glance at her 'dad'. He had stopped walking and his hands was covering his face. Suddenly, a white cloak appeared on him and his hair seemed to be even paler.

Tears streamed down (Y/N)'s face as she was pulled down into the hole. As she was falling, She looked at her hands and noticed how now it were claws instead of flesh. Her vision began to fade and that's when everything blacks out.

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"Miss!! Miss!! Miss! Wake up!!" (Y/N)'a eyes widen as she gasped for air. She looked at directly into chocolate brown eyes and sighed in relief now knowing that it was just a nightmare.

"Are you ok, (Y/N)?" The young woman asked. She had medium-length blonde hair, chocolate brown hair, and wore a blue shirt with a blue heart on it along with a blue vest with gold tracings. Her skirt was dark blue and had wore leggings under it and brown boots. "O-Oh yes... just a dream..." (Y/N) stuttered.

"It didn't seem like just a dream." The girl frowned. "You were screaming." (Y/N) looked at her in surprise. "I was?!" (Y/N) said. The girl nodded and handed her a glass of water. (Y/N) gladly took it and drank it all. "What time is it...?" (Y/N) asked the blonde girl next to her. "It's a quarter before noon..."

"Ugh... I slept in..." (Y/N) groaned as she played back into the sheets. "It's okay! You're going to meet your father today!" The girl said with a closed smile. "Oh! I almost forgot to introduce myself!" The girl said, now standing up. "My name is Lucy Hearfillia!" Lucy introduced herself to (Y/N). "My name is-" (Y/N) sat up. "-(Y/N)! I know." Lucy said over excitedly. "Now come one!" Lucy grabbed (Y/N) by the hand and pushed her into the bathroom. "We have no time to lose! You got a big day ahead of you!"

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His dark blue eyes stared at the ceiling, thinking about his maiden. His thoughts were confusing since his maiden was gone and nowhere to be found. He only found one thing; a note.

Hey Sting!

I Know (Y/N) is like your personal assistant or whatever, but I'm going to take her to my kingdom for a while...

Thanks!

NATSU

'Why on earth would Natsu take (Y/N)...?' Sting had thought now turning to the window. The sun sone onto his spiky, blonde hair, making it look shinier. "Sting-Kun, What's on your mind?" Lector asked Sting. "(Y/N)..." Sting replied, still looking at the window. "Don't worry, Sting! She'll be fine!" Lector said, shooing Sting.

Lector sighed and jumped onto the bed where Sting lay on. "If it really concerns you, let's go to Alvarez and see (Y/N)." With that said, Sting sat up and looked at Lector, "Hey that isn't a bad idea," Lector looked at him and laughed. "I knew you would said that."

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Holding the carriage door open, Yukino walked inside with a smile on her face. Shortly after two exceeds jumped in and took their seats by Yukino. Sting was secretly sulking inside because he forgotten about his marriage, forgotten that Rogue was staying, and he had motion sickness.

Rogue walked up to Sting, putting a hand on his shoulder. "I'm going with ya'll. We're going to die together." Rogue said then entering the carriage. Sting grumbled and went inside of the carriage, closing the door.

Yukino knocked on the door and that's when the carriage took off. Right at that moment, Rogue and Sting's stomach sank. They layer together holding onto their stomach and mouths, trying not to puke. "You guys look funny!!" Lector laughed. The green exceed dressed in a pink frog costume laughed as well. "Frosch thinks so too!"

After an hour and a half, they had arrived Alvarez and was now headed towards the castle. "Get me off this damn carriage!" Sting whispered as his face was ghostly pale. Rogue said nothing and just moaned. Yukino chuckled at them and reassured them, "Don't worry! We're almost there!" The two boys moaned at her then had the urge to puke again. They both felt nauseous and felt dizzy.

The carriage slowed down and came to a halt. "Who are you and what is your business here." The guards lifted the window curtains. They looked at the two boys who were slowly recovering from their sickness. "We're here to see Natsu Dragneel in a surprise visit. These two are Princes from one of the elemental seven." Yukino said to the guards, pointing to Sting and Rogue. They nodded and shouted at the gates person to open the gates. The carriage then started to move again and they were now in the kingdom. They went towards the castle and it was the same thing again.

The carriage stopped and pulled up by the stairways of the castle. Yukino, Lector, and Frosch jumped out of the carriage while Sting and Rogue crawled slowly out of it and rolled on the floor. Their energy came back and now they're running around and hugging the floor. "Oh floor... Sweet floor. Do you know how much I love you?" Rogue paced himself around the floor and crossed his arms, "I've always hated that damn carriage."

"Oh, what a lovely surprise." A female voice was heard from behind. They all turned to the voice and found on of the guards walking up to them. "Hey Erza!" Sting waved. She waved back and approached them. "Didn't know you guys were coming." Erza smirked at them. "W-Well...Uh...Surprise Visit?" Sting said along with a nervous laugh. "Heh. It's all right." Sting sighed in relief. "Sorry for just showing up just randomly, Erza." Yukon bowed. "I could tell that you're worried about (Y/N). She's alright and in just a few hours, she'll be reunited with her father."

The group all looked at her wide-eyed. "FATHER?!" They all said. "Frosch is confused..." Ezra turned and gestured them to follow her. "Yes, her father, Macao Conbolt." They walked to a big walkway of steps and started to walk up the stairs. "They haven't met in years..." Ezra smiled to herself. A strange excitement filled Sting as he heard Erza. "Wow that's really cool!" Yukino beamed with happiness. "I wonder how interesting it would be to see the looks on their face." Rogue commented.

They reached the top of the steps where they met guards standing there. They then moved and opened the doors for them. Yukino and the exceeds were astonished by how the castle halls looked. They were beautiful and shiny. "Wow!"

"I like the paintings. They're quite amusing and fascinating." Rogue commented, his eyes tracing over the paintings as they passed by. They passed by a tall man with slicked back, spiky, black hair, a black tank top, gray pants, and boots. "That one almost looks like Gajeel." Rogue pointed out. "Gee gee." Gajeel chuckled. Rogue stopped walking and turned to Gajeel and tackled him. "I haven't seen you in a long time!!" Rogue exclaimed, his hands in fists. "I saw you just yesterday." Gajeel said, smirking. Rogue paused and recited his memory. "Oh yeah..."

"Oi! Sting!" Sting turned to the voice and found Natsu running towards him and tackling him to the ground. Yukino gasped and was about to run to him, but was stopped by Erza. She placed a hand on Yukino's shoulder and said to her, "That's there way of saying Hello." Yukino sighed and turned to Erza. "Okay, if you say so."

Sting jumped out from his place and pushed Sting with great amount of strength. Natsu got launched back and held himself from falling. They then ran towards each other with their fist engulfed in their magic element; Light and Fire. They both jumped and fist bumped. The result of that caused a bright light colored mixture of Orange and Red blinded the people around them and the room immediately began extremely hot.

At this point, Erza didn't expect that ending. She looked at them both angry-eyed and stomped up to them. "DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!!! YOU COULD'VE DESTROYED IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS, PAINTINGS, AND POSSIBLY, THE WHOLE CASTLE!!" Ezra barked. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Natsu and Sting apologized to Erza and bowed to her. Ezra grumbled and crossed her arms, an angry look still plastered on her face. "Well, just don't do that inside the castle. Okay?" Ezra looked at them in the eye. They both nodded furiously. While this was happening, Gajeel and Rogue were laughing at their carelessness.

"I didn't know you guys were coming!" Natsu gave them a smile. "Me either." Gajeel added. Natsu and Gajeel both turned to Erza. Erza rose her hands up and shook herded. "Hey don't look at me. I didn't know hat they were coming as well." Lector and Frosch walked up to Natsu. "We were worried about (Y/N)." Lector said. "Frosch was worried about (Y/N) too!" Frosch smiled. "It was Sting who was more worried and depressed, but whatever." Lector mumbled to Rogue. Sting heard Lector and glared at him. Yukino saw this and was confused by his emotion.

"Oh! (Y/N)!" Natsu said. "I forgot about her..." Natsu laughed nervously. Erza grunted and looked at Natsu. "Knowing you, I told Lucy to wake her up. I haven't heard from her since earlier." Gavel looked at Erza and asked, "So she's Macao's daughter?" Erza nodded. "That's a surprise. Didn't think he had a daughter. How old is she?" Gajeel asked. "Eighteen." Sting said quickly. Gajeel narrowed his eyes at Sting. "And how would you know?" Sting sighed and said, "Because she's my personal assistant." Gajeel looked up and nodded.

"So what's planned?" Yukino asked. "Okay, so..."

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After a long relaxing bath, (Y/N) dried up and was helped by Lucy dry out her hair. "Here." Lucy gave (Y/N) a dress for her to change in. "I think these'll look great on you!" Lucy said with a smile. (Y/N) nodded and changed into it. It was just a simple summer dress with flats. Lucy looked at (Y/N) and smiled. "Good. All we need to do is your hair." Lucy said, reaching into her little bag of keys. She reached into them and took out a golden key which had a symbol of '69'. "Open gate of the Crab! Cancer!" Lucy swiped down into the air and a tall man suddenly appeared.

The man dressed in a way of a hairdresser, His hair is black and braided in red cornrows that end in a shape that resembles crab's pincers. He had thick lips and He wore a blue striped shirt and dark trousers with two aquamarine stripes each side, also wearing boots in his feet. In his pants there's a ring chain in the right pocket and a hairdresser tools' bag in the left side of his belt. He wears a golden necklace and had two scissors in each hand. The color of his eyes is unknown because the man wore sunglasses with green lens. He also had six crab legs that appear from his back.

"What kind of hairstyle would you like today? -Ebi!" The man said. "Hey Cancer!" Lucy greeted with a wave. He waved back as well. "Can you do her hair in a way that'll match with her dress? Make her look beautiful." Lucy asked her Celestial Spirit. "Of course! -Ebi!" And with that, Cancer started to do (Y/N)'s hair. Lucy then went to grab her makeup back that was placed on (Y/N)'s bed. She entered the bathroom and saw that (Y/N)'s hair was perfectly done. "Wow! You did great job, Cancer!" Lucy said, smiling. "You can go now. Thanks for everything." Lucy said, thanking her spirit. "You're welcome. -Ebi." Cancer faded out and his gate closed.

"Alright, (Y/N), I'm just going to apply a little bit of makeup." Lucy said, grabbing a brush and started to do (Y/N)'s make up. "And.... Done!" (Y/N) looked at herself in the mirror and gasped. She looked like the day before, but even better. "Thank you, Lucy." (Y/N) smiled. Lucy smiled and nodded at her.

"We should go downstairs and grab a bite." Lucy said. (Y/N) nodded and followed after Lucy. "I didn't know that you were a celestial spirit user." (Y/N) told Lucy. "Oh yeah. I have most of the keys." Lucy replied. "And Yukino have some keys." (Y/N) looked at her and smiled. "That's really interesting and cool..." (Y/N) smiled to herself, knowing that she'll be needing this information in the future. "So what kind of magic do you use?" Lucy asked. "Memory and Shadow magic." (Y/N) replied, leaving out her other magic. "That's cool." Lucy said.

As they were walking, Lucy pulled out a gold necklace from her pocket. "(Y/N), I think this belongs to you." She said giving the necklace to (Y/N). (Y/N) got it and gasped. It was the necklace she had lost. "W-Where'd you find this?" (Y/N) asked, opening it to see the family picture of hers. "It was by a destroyed building. I don't know how it go there." Lucy said. (Y/N) remembered what she was talking about and sighed. "I've must've dropped it when the bad incident happened..." Lucy looked at her confused. "Incident? What do you mean?"

(Y/N) realized what she had said and looked away. "Don't you think thats its weird how the building just exploded?" (Y/N) asked. "They said it was gas tanks that exploded." Lucy furrowed her eyebrows. "How can there be gas tanks on top of the building?" Lucy looked down and thought to herself. "You're right... It is weird." (Y/N) said nothing and put on her necklace. She then pulled out a necklace and to her surprise, pulled out two necklaces. One was gold and One was silver. (Y/N) widened her eyes as she opened the necklace. It was the same as the nightmare and The same picture was in it. (Y/N) looked at it with shaky hands and tears started to appear in (Y/N)'s eyes as she remembered the horrifying nightmare.

She ripped out the necklace, leaving a red mark around her neck, and began to destroy it. She melted it with her magic in her palms. Lucy noticed something was wrong when they were starting to walk down the stairs. "(Y/N)... Is something wrong?" Lucy asked. (Y/N) looked up to Lucy and shook her head. The tears in her eyes were gone as if nothing happened. Lucy looked at her one last time then turned to see to where they were headed. As they passed an open window, (Y/N) threw the remains of the necklace.

"So, (Y/N),

"Papa!" The little girl cried out. Her father turned to her and saw her crying state. "What's wrong?" He kneeled down to her. "I can't find Tiny!" She cried, now being hugged by her father. "It's going to be alright, (Y/N)... We'll find her." (Y/N) looked at him, teary eyed. "Promise?" He nodded and smiled at her. She rubbed her eyes and looked up at her father. He bend down to carry her and off they went.

"Wood! Wood! Wood!" (Y/N) chanted as she ran down the hill with her father walking down after. (Y/N) had a basket full of wood and was now running to her mother who stood by a tree. "Wood! Wood! Wood!" Her mother laughed at (Y/N). (Y/N) ran up to her mother and looked at her. "Wood." Her mother ran a hand through (Y/N)'s hair and smiled. "I was wondering where you two went." Her mother asked her father as he walked up to her. "We just went to get wood for fire. It's getting cold you know." He said, stretching.

"Happy Holidays!" (Y/N) yelled, lifting a present to her mother. "What's this?" Her mother asked, getting the box from (Y/N) then shaking the box. "It's a box." (Y/N) told her mom. Her mother looked at the box and saw how it was poorly wrapped and had loads of wrapping paper and tape. Her mother smiled to herself, knowing that (Y/N) tried to wrap a present. "Open it!" (Y/N) said, jumping onto the couch and sitting next to her. Her mother ripped the paper and saw a red and white box. "The whole thing starts with a box." (Y/N) said to her mother. Her mother smiled at (Y/N) and opened the top from the box. "Oh! It's a dress!" Her mother said, excitedly. "Thank you (Y/N)." Her mother gave her a warm smile.

(Y/N) looked from behind her fathers back as she saw a boy that looked a little older than her. "(Y/N), don't be shy. Say hi." Macao pushed (Y/N) from his back and (Y/N) stood there, blushing. "H-Hi." The boy smiled and said, "She's shy... Isn't she?" The man looked up at Macao and Macao nodded. "Heh. Come on now. Don't be shy. What's your name?" The man asked. "M-My name is (Y/N)..." (Y/N) said shaking. "The names Wakaba. Nice to meet ya, kiddo." Wakaba said, shaking hands with (Y/N).

(Y/N)'s flashback of memories was stopped due to a loud explosion coming from downstairs. As she heard that, her heart sank. 'I swear if it's Jackal...' (Y/N) looked at Lucy who was already running down stairs, getting a key.

(Y/N) followed Lucy down the stairs and was blinded by a bright light

(Y/N) followed after Lucy and was prepare to attack, getting a spare knife from her pocket.

Instead, they were welcomed by a blinding light and extreme heat. (Y/N) growled and grabbed Lucy's wrist, dragging her.

"(Y/N)-(Y/N)!! What are you doing?!" Lucy gasped due to extreme heat. (Y/N) let go out of Lucy and kicked the two who started the explosion.

"YOU GUYS ARE RECKLESS!!" (Y/N) yelled. She looked at the two and noticed that her Prince in shiny blue armor was there. "Sting?!" (Y/N) cried. She immediately picked up the prince and healed him. "I'm sorry!!"

"It's okay..." Sting said smiling. "I was just worried for you." (Y/N) was shocked for him to say that. "Wha-"

"What's going on here?" A voice boomed from across the hall. (Y/N) turned to see an man no older than forty. (Y/N) narrowed her eyes as he looked extremely familiar.

His dark eyes trailed over (Y/N) and asked, "You! Who are you? State your full name and business." (Y/N) stood up from her spot and bowed.

"My name is (Y/N) Conbolt, sir. And I'm here on a personal purpose." (Y/N) said, causing the man look at her wide-eyed and in shock. The man stood there and was lost in thought with a shock look on his face. (Y/N) turned to Sting in confusion and he grinned at her causing her to be even more confused. She looked around and noticed everyone smiling at her and the man.

"Erza." (Y/N) turned to the scarlet haired girl. "Who is that guy and what's going on?" Erza smiled at her and looked at the man. "Why don't you ask him yourself."

(Y/N) turned to the man and took a good look of him. The man sports sharp facial features, among which include excess wrinkles, a receding hairline, and an extremely prominent mustache. His outfit consisted of a knee-length white jacket, often kept open, with a wide, dark purple collar and matching edges, with the sleeves kept rolled up. The sleeves of the simple, dark shirt he wears underneath this jacket are visible sprouting from the latter's own sleeves, and reach down below his elbows. He dons brown, pinstriped pants held up by a lighter-colored belt bearing a snake-like pattern, with a simple, square-shaped buckle, partially obscured by his shirt, and a very distinctive pair of shoes, adorned with a leopard pattern. Around his neck he wore a large, serpentine necklace, which is held up by a chain.

"Since curiosity is taking over me, who are you?" (Y/N) asked, walking a little closer to the man. The man said nothing and ran to (Y/N). He embraced the confused girl and started to cry. "I-I can't believe you're here. I t-thought I'd never see you again." The man cried, hugging (Y/N) tight.

(Y/N) looked at the timing of his coat and gasped. It was the man who appeared in her dream and at that point she was taken aback and her mind clicked. "You look just like her..." He cried. "...Maria..." With that, (Y/N)'s mind clicked. "D-Dad?" Macao nodded and cried.

(Y/N)'s eyesight was blinded with tears as she hugged her dad. "Where have you've been all this time?" Macao asked. "Looking for you..." Macao released his daughter from the hug. "Dad..." (Y/N) looked down at the boy in alarm and furrowed her eyebrows. 'That's right... I forgot... Dad met someone else...'

The boy looked at you and gasped. "You're the girl from the alley!" He shouted. With that being said, all eyes were on you. "Alley? What happened?" Sting said,looking at (Y/N) then at the boy. "I saved her from this man that was pestering her, but, in the end, she ended up saving me." The boy said, feeling proud of himself.

Natsu eyes soften and smiled. "Thanks Romeo for saving her." While Natsu was thanking the boy, the blonde headed male was fuming in anger. "What?!" Sting walked up to (Y/N) with closed fists. "You didn't tell me about it?! Did you atlas report about it?!" Sting rose his voice at (Y/N). (Y/N) frowned and shook her head. "No." Sting clenched his teeth and sighed. "He could've been a mass murderer or something!" Yukino placed a hand on Sting's chest and gave him a reassuring smile.

"Sting, calm down. The important thing is that (Y/N) is here safe and sound." Yukino said. Sting gave a closed sighed and looked at Yukino. "Y-Yeah. Sorry. Thanks Yuki." Yukino nodded and blushed at Sting.

"Romeo... I want you to meet (Y/N)... Your half sister." Macao said, placing a hand on Romeo's shoulder. He gasped and looked at (Y/N). "You're my sister?! Wow! That's so cool!! I always wanted a sister!" Romeo said. (Y/N) smiled as well and hugged him. "And I always wanted a brother."

Macao sighed to himself and smiled. He reunited with his daughter once again, his son didn't overreact, and all his worries had washed away. What could be worse for him?

Releasing Romeo from the hug, (Y/N) looked up at her father and placed her hand on his cheek. "(Y/N) I-" *SMACK* His sentence was stopped when (Y/N) slapped him. Everyone gasped and confusion was written all over their faces. "(Y/N)?!" Romeo exclaimed, pulling her arm. (Y/N) lightly pushed Romeo away.

(Y/N) crossed her arms and looked at her father angrily. "Don't think that I forgot about 7 years ago." (Y/N) huffed with anger. Macao touched his stinging cheek and rubbed it. "I was afraid that you might've say that..."Macao said. "You left Mom and I all alone and help-less... If it wasn't for the guild that we were in, then I wouldn't be here..." (Y/N) looked down as she said that.

"Listen...(Y/N)...I'm so sorry for what I have done...I was a careless, arrogant bastard...but I've changed..." As he was saying that, everyone cleared out so they can talk alone. Romeo wanted to stay, but was carried away by Natsu.

(Y/N) who had her hands on her hips sighed and looked at her father. "I know dad... and I can't stay mad at you forever..." (Y/N) said, causing Macao to  smile and carry (Y/N).

"W-What are you doing?!" (Y/N) stuttered as he father managed to carry her up. "I may be old, but I still got my muscles!" Macao laughed as he ran down the hall with (Y/N) on his back.

Watching from afar, a woman with long, wavy brown hair and brown eyes smiled to herself and said, "My niece finally came back," She brushed a hand through her hand and silently followed the father and daughter.

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