24This story is Pre-Tenrou. Minor AU, as in some people or arcs might be different. Characters can be a bit OOC, to extremely OOC, or no OOC. But everyone changes, those who don't are left behind. Change is a part of life. The sooner you realize it the better you are in success. Some OC's will be added. Versions of events will be changed in some instances. There will be violence, possible gore, possible maiming's, and even people may die. After all, death is apart of life. Who and what happenings is still a work in progress, this is my first fan faction. I am thankful for any reviews, followings, or favorites, but to honest I don't care about them. I am writing this for me. Haters out there can keep on hating, if you can do better than do it.
I don't own Fairy Tale.
Lucy POV
[Lucy's Apartment lying in bed, just waking up]
It had been 3 months after Lisanna has returned from Edolas. 3 months of people who I thought were my family have not spoken to me once. Not even a hello or good night. Don't get me wrong, there are people I talk too in 'this guild', but there were the people I used to be friends with, that were completely avoiding me. Did I have a sign own my back that says 'Leper'? My own team treats me like I do not exist. They just hang out with 'her', listening to her tell stories about Edolas.
Most of the stories are about my counterpart Lucy Ashley, and they are not good stories, they are just embarrassing and make me look like a total bitch or total bully. I doubt half of them are even true, they don't even seem like my counterpart actions, I would know I meet her. And things she said my counterpart, just don't make sense. Stories that seem to make it look like my counterpart was abusive bully to her while she was there. I will admit I don't like Lisanna, all I hear coming from her mouth are "Lucy this and Lucy did that…". Seriously is that all she thinks about, is me? I catch her staring at me with hateful glares. At first I thought I was imagining things, she was supposed to be so nice, but I guess 3 years of being in Edolas changes you. She is not as nice as everyone thinks, she has not even said a single thing to me, ever, not even a Hello. I tried to talk to her once, and she just walked past me with an 'I hate you' face. If I did not think she hated me, I would think she was a lesbian the way she talks about me constantly. The whole guild seems to eat it up like candy, and smoother her with sympathy and attention. I have never bad mouthed someone on purpose in this guild before, but Lisanna is an 'attention whore'.
I still have people in the guild that are friendly, they are my new friends, and everyone else just feels like long last distant cousins to me. I admit they are technically 'guild family', but they are the kind of family that you never talk to, you just know that they exist in the world, the kind of family you go to their funeral, but don't know anything about them personally. That is not how Fairy Tail is supposed to be, were they just lying to me this all time. Was I a replacement for their dead lost member? I am beginning to think I was.
I spend most of my time with the ThunderGod tribe, Wendy, Carla, Gajeel, Pantherlily, Levy, Juvia, and my spirits. I, Wendy, Gajeel, Levy, Juvia, Pantherlily, and Carla formed a team. We called ourselves 'The forgotten'. All of us started to feel this way after no one has talked to any of us in 3 months, excluding Mira. I am not sure if you can even count Mira, because is it 'talking' to just order food and drinks, and said 'talking' ends. To be honest no one even notices us, I don't think they even know we are all on the same team. Despite we all seat together, go on missions, and come back from missions walking in together. We formed an official team 1 month after everyone ignored us. I told master I quit Team Natsu, and don't tell them until they notice or I get kicked out 'officially'. I knew it was coming, I just wanted to know when so I could enact 'our plan'. We had a code name for it 'Alpha Protocol'. And the consequences of it will be interesting to say the least. Truth be told, I am getting tired of waiting. I am really don't like coming to this guild anymore. The only reason I do is to be with 'my family', everyone else are just faces in a sea of people.
Everyone just piles around Lisanna like she is dying. We formed our team 1 month after her return. Unlike Team Natsu, we were not selfish enough to name our team after her own name. We all thought it would be arrogant, ignorant, petty, and selfish to do say. And seriously it should be called Team Erza, instead she formed the team and is the strongest member of it anyways.
I am waiting for the day, when Team Natsu officially kicks me out of the team I bet they will say something like me being a replacement, being weaker then Lisanna, me complaining about damages, and probably some lie about her being on the original team before they died.
Complete bullshit, Lisanna has not practiced magic in 3 years, and ever since she has gotten back, she has not left the guild once to go train or do a mission. All she does is tell stories, and most of them are about my counterpart. And seriously animal Take Over, that has to be lamest take over magic out there. I admit I don't know much about her magic, because she never uses it, or even goes on missions. I asked Crux about it before and he said it is the least powerful of the 4 known take over magic's (animal, beast, demon, and angel). The whole argument about 'the original Team Natsu' is such a pile of bullshit. There was no original team, heck the original Team Natsu, was created by my spirit Plue. And it was only me, Natsu, and Happy. The whole idea of bringing in Gray, and Erza, only happened after the Lullaby Incident. And even that, nothing was discussed about them joining Team Natsu, we all just sort of went on missions together after that, and everyone just assumed we were a team. I did at the very least, boy was I mistaken.
They wonder why I complain about my rent, well wouldn't you if you went on missions that actually cost you money because you did not get any reward at all. With the cost of food, train, hotels, and damages, what is the point of going on the mission? I am all for helping out people who need it, but most of the time Erza, Gray, and especially Natsu, seem to purposely cause more damage than needed. Are they trying to show off that Fairy Tail are Team Natsu is that strong? Are they that self-absorbed that they have to show off to everyone they meet the 'the power of Fairy Tail'.
For example the last mission we want on 3 and half months ago, nothing too hard, decent pay, an A class mission to take out 20 bandits robbing the town and causing trouble. I thought of a good plan to lure them away from the city, so we did not cause any damage to the already poor town. I am not saying it was a genius plan, but a good idea, I was shot down by everyone on the team immediately, and without a reason why it was a bad plan. They just wanted to wait until they see the mages and attack with no plan, just overpower them in a huge fight. I know we would win the fight, but the point is there are other ways to do things besides then brute force. Having been shoot down, we just waited until we saw the mages, and approached them, one thing lead to another, a huge magic fight occurred. We won, but those 3 on our team literally wiped out the whole town, I am surprised no one died. It's not that the mages were that strong, they were tough, but some of our team decided to use stronger attacks then probably needed on people.
While we were leaving the town I overheard an elderly couple saying all their life savings where burnt in a fire. It really made me think of the expression 'With great power comes great responsibility'. Our team was not very responsible by this logic. I am beginning to see why the magic council sees Fairy Tail has such a big problem.
Yet Gray, Natsu, and Erza keep walking with their heads out high, backs straightened, and a strait in the step like they just saved the world. They must think they did something great. In all honesty our Team did more damage to the city, then the bandits ever did steal. Now the town lost everything literally, how can they work there jobs without a town anymore. Since I came from a business background I understand the concept of business. With no more businesses left, because they are all destroyed, and they must be rebuilt before any of them can or will make any money. Of course assuming they want to stay in a poor, empty, desolate, and completely destroyed town. There is something I like to call secondary damages. If said baker in the town averages 20,000 Jewels a day, and it takes 3 weeks to rebuild his baker, then he was out 420,000 Jewels. Yet all Team Natsu pays for is the cost to rebuild, is that fair? Not by my standards and knowledge in the business world. Not to mention to the fees the Magic Council makes Fairy Tail pay for destroying a city. It's seriously not fair, I hate to admit it, but I think our team should be paying that fee. I am glad, Master does it for Fairy Tail, because if we had to then we would be broke and in debt from all the fees I can imagine Team Natsu has built up.
I can't forget about all the times my 'ex-team' broke into my apartment, destroyed things in petty pointless fights of who's tougher between Natsu and Gray. All the food they take from my kitchen. All the fire damage, water damage, damaged walls, and the list goes on and on. Who pays for all that? Me of course, who pays the landlady when a wall is destroyed, me. Who pays for new tables and chairs when they break mine, me. Who pays for my personal items that are burnt or shredded by swords, me. At least Gray's ice melts, but that leads water damage to the floor, something else to worry about. And then there is the mess they leave beyond, sword polish stains, sweaty smells throughout the room, water puddles, dirty dishes, dirty kitchens, dirty laundry, foot marks from chimney soot, and basically anything and everything. I swear if Virgo could not open her gate to help me, I literally would not have time to even go to the guild to hang out with my 'former friends'. I am glad she does this for me, without even asking me, but I always thank her every time I catch the trace in her magic signature hit me.
Not once in my time in the history of being in Fairy Tail, have they offered to pay for the costs of things they destroy or take from me. I am a generous person, but that only can go so far, when your missions costs you more money then you get in reward, assuming you even get a reward. I realize I can eat at the guild for free, but I since running away from the Heartfilia Estate, I like to be self-sufficient and independent. It gives me a sense of pride, and I love to cook, especially baking. I rarely get to cook for myself anymore when I was with my 'ex-team', simple reason I had no supplies, they would get raided before I even get a chance to use them myself. I don't even want to discuss my lack or privacy and how disrespectful it is sneak into some ones bed while they are sleeping. As well as extremely creepy. I would guess he liked me, but this is Natsu we are talking about, rocks are not even as dense as that boys head. What are you a scared child afraid of bad a thunderstorm, Natsu? Well I got the child part right, mentally and intelligence level wise, at least. I fear for his children's intelligence level in the future, if he ever figures that part of live out. Seriously get your own fucking bed, it just straight up weird for friends are age to sleep together with the opposite sex. I don't care how 'comfortable' my bed is.
'Okay Lucy calm down you're not the only one suffering' I take a deep breath and think about my team and how they have been unaffected in the past couple of months.
Juvia no longer stalks or talks about Gray. Not that he notices it anymore or at all. Carla no longer has any intentions or feelings towards Happy. If you ask me I think Carla and Pantherlily have been crushing on each other, but are too afraid to admit it. When we go on missions Lily always watches over and protects Carla. I often catch him giving her bows for her tail. Wendy no longer idealizes Natsu.
It's pretty easy to stop liking someone when they don't acknowledge your existence. Levy is the most distraught out of all of us. She has been with the guild since she was 7, and it seems to me, they are just avoiding her, consciously or not it is still happening. I know it hurts her the most. Good thing Gajeel is always by her side to keep her company. I know there is something between them, they just don't want to admit it yet, but I'm working on a plan for those two.
Don't get me wrong I am hurt, but she has it much worse, they were literally her family and helped raise her. I admit I am new to the guild under a year or so, but all this 'Nakama' talk really sucked me into the concept of a new family. What I went through with my father is identical to what they are putting Levy through. Acting like they love you, changing, and then ignoring your existence. I guess it was all talk. It makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it.
I get it one of their 'Nakama' has returned from the dead, but does that mean for no one, but the Thunder God Tribe, and my team to go on missions. I guess everyone else in the guild can afford to do that. Honestly how entertaining is it to listen to stories for 3 months straight. If it was not for free food and drinks in this guild, I bet none of them would be doing this. I am beginning to think out of the 90 or so people in Fairy Tail, most of them are just here for the food and drink. Some of the people I do not even know by name, never seen them go to the job board, and never seen them use magic before. If not for the guild mark I would not even think they are mages. I suppose most of them are not very strong magically, which is not an issue for me, but they literally do nothing but get drunk, get in fights, eat, and pass out from drinking. At least they could do something, try and get stronger, take lower level missions, train to get stronger, read a book, I don't know do something else then get drunk and talk about who knows whatever they talk about. This is a mage guild not an entertainment guild.
Even a family there can be freeloaders. I am not saying kick them out of the guild, but something needs to change around here, I do not foresee this guild lasting much longer. The constant issues with the Magic Council, constant fees from the Magic Council, and members who only come to the guild to get free food and drinks only. They can at least do work around the guild or something, I don't know, I don't get it, how can Master treat them all as 'family', I bet he does not even know half of these members names in the guild and their magic. I bet if something happened to Fairy Tail and its reputation of being # 1 Guild in Fiore and the strongest guild, most of these freeloaders would just up and leave the guild, without even any sense of loyalty or second thought about it. It's easy to be on top and everyone wants to say they are in the # 1 Guild in Fiore, but different helping them get there.
Well for now, I keep training, and see what happens. But, I have already set my plans into action, and what happens now fate and destiny will dictate.
'Sigh' Time to get up and get ready to go see 'my family'. I take a shower, brush my teeth, get dressed in my 'new attire', put on my anti-theft necklace with my keys attached on it, and cook breakfast with a smile on face. I am smiling, because I actually have food in my kitchen. I eat my breakfast, put the dishes in the sink, and I am ready to go meet my team. I wonder what today will have instore for me.