Lucy thought it didn't matter that Natsu had once loved Lisanna. The silver haired Animal Take Over Mage wasn't the one who went out on mission with Natsu. She wasn't the one who he snuck into bed with a night. She wasn't the one Natsu clung too.

But something within her always stirred with unease as she watched them interact with one another.

So Lucy had hoped.

And Lucy had prayed.

She had prayed to her mother and to the stars that her magic derived from. To her friends and the king.

"I know it's a selfish thing to ask for but... Please let me be the one Natsu loves. Let me be the one for him and not Lisanna. Please, Mama. Please, Stars, I beg you."

Lucy has thought that with Lisanna's absence from Natsu's life, although tragic, she could become the one who held his heart, his love.

But she was wrong.

She had hoped, but that hope came crashing down like a fallen star.

Because she wasn't the one Natsu loved.

She wasn't the one destined to be his Mate.

Natsu Dragneel, Fairy Tail's beloved Fire Dragon Slayer, loved Lisanna Strauss.

Not Lucy Heartfilia.

Lisanna.

That was plain enough to see as they announced their new status as a couple.