Yes I am still alive! Welcome back everybody, to the wonderful land of Fairy Tail! Since I don't want to go insane with plot time, I'm skipping Lucy's introduction and Moon Drip, going straight to the Heartfelia arc! Now, lets start!

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-Jude's POV-

"Where is that damned girl?!" I know Lucy tends to wander a bit, and she does love to flee, but what is the meaning of this? She should be back by now! I growled, despite myself. "Come to think of it, she has been using that magic a lot lately. She has also been obsessed with that... what was it called, Fairy Tail? She hasn't been sneaking off there, has she?!" I slammed my fist against my desk, nearly hitting some checks I had to fill out. "I will bring her back, if it is the last thing I do!" Suddenly, a feminine voice broke through my thoughts, and soared through the room was a black, horrible shadow. "HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!!" The shadow whisked across the room, putting out lamps and scattering everything in it's wake. When the madness died out, remaining was a solitary female. Her already tan skin seemed grazed with ash, and her hair, resting in pigtails, resembled that of a deep sky, black yet blue. "Sorry if I came off as rude. You had me hooked on the words 'Fairy Tail' and I couldn't stand to just listen in any longer!" Her voice echoed a few times over, each one in a different pitch. "What is the meaning of this? Who are you?" I asked. She smirked, as if seeing my kind before. "That's not important. But anyways, I have a bit of a deal for you." Apparently I seemed curious, because she paced back in forth in front of my desk, with her odd shadowy structures billowing behind you. "You are interested in retrieving your daughter from a guild, correct? Well, there is someone I am interested in as well. I know some very powerful people. We have a large amount of magic at our disposal, but in order to harness it, it takes quite a bit of money. But, you are powerful in the other sense! So if you give us the funds needed, not only can we complete that task..." She grabbed paperwork that was obviously unneeded, and with a simple blow, burned it into flames of blue and black. ".... but annihilate anyone who tries to get in our way." This girl could work not one, but two magics, and on top of that, seems horribly sinister. I remembered how I had to see my daughter again. "Deal." Her face filled with a sickening grin, as she said the word "Perfect." It took a second, but I knew she was not referring to Lucy when said "I am going to crush you, fairy."

-Sky's POV-

I don't know how they convinced me to do it. I joined Fairy Tail. I guess, deep down somewhere, part of me knew that I needed some way to survive in human society, and hey. I still have my trusty sword. Right now, I am in my room watching videos, slowly thinking about my life choices. Things have been getting pretty interesting since I joined. This girl named Lucy joined the guild upon invite by Natsu. Esmeralda and I were asked to handle something about Zeref's Demon, Lullaby, which was actually kind of lame. And finally, thanks to Natsu's dumbness, we actually found out about another demon, Deliora, which was about to be freed from an Ice Shell via Moon Drip. I was finally able to get some down time and relaxation. Or so I thought. As I finally felt my worries sink away, a buzz from my phone snapped me back into reality. Goddamit Esmeralda. I looked at the text she sent me.

Esmeralda: SKY!

Esmeralda: COME TO THE GUILD! NOW!

Esmeralda: IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT!

Really? Rolling my eyes, I responded.

Sky: which one of your oh-so-precious ships is going to crash and burn because I am not there? -_-

Esmeralda: UUUUUGH! This is actually important! Just come here, like, right now!

Okay, so it was important. I forced myself off of my bed and made my way to the guild, but was highly surprised with what I saw. Oh. My. God. Jutting out from the guild were these pillars made out of perfect iron. Nothing within the guild can survive that. I looked for Esmeralda. Known for her black ponytail and emerald studded skirt, she shouldn't be that hard to miss. As if on cue, she ran over to me in complete panic. "Sky! Thank goodness I found you. And, yeah. Does THIS..." she gestured to the havoc and mayhem in front of us. "Look like a ship to you?" I rolled my eyes sarcastically. Esmeralda and Mira were like fortune tellers. If they saw a ship, they stuck to it. No mercy. "I'm sorry I thought it was just like every other time. Anyways, what the hell happened?" "We were all just hanging out, doing whatever, when suddenly, we were attacked in broad daylight!" Oh yeah. Like Natsu, Esmeralda was trained by a dragon. Since not many people thought that real life dragons existed, it gave her a love for storytelling. "Yeah yeah, get back to the point." The glimmer in Esmeralda's eyes died, and she frowned at me. "Party pooper. Anywho, it was all Phantom Lord's fault! That damned dark guild thinks they have the right to just attack us out of the blue like that?" I was slowly collecting data in my mind. "Okay... where's Miranda?" Esmeralda and Miranda have been inseparable from the moment I met them. It was rare for the black cat not to be by her side. "She couldn't find Happy, and you know how those two are." The other inseparable pair. I checked with Esmeralda to make sure I was correct. "So, a Dark Guild attacked us, did this, and we don't know why?" Esmeralda nodded. "And the worst part: Makarov isn't even DOING anything about it! Other than getting drunk, that is." She continued to rant. I rolled my eyes. 'Of course...' I decided that we should gather all of the members for a plan of strategy, yet I couldn't shake the feeling that someone was watching. Someone was mocking our pain and our confusion. Someone was mocking me.

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AAAAAAAAND DONE! Sorry it took so long, I guess my internet was complete garbage today, but writing somehow worked! But it feels great to be back in the game. For the 500 and something readers of my Pokemon story, Beauty in All Forms, I will be continuing that too! Eventually. *coughing in background* Anywhoooooo, I shall see you whenever the next chappy comes out! Byeeeeeeee~