Chapter 6

A/N: I am indeed not dead sorry for the wait it was kinda an awkward place to pick back up and I didn't want to just rattle off things that happened I just kinda couldn't get into the flow recently so I just kinda bounced from story to story but I got it done and I think it turned out pretty well. Anyways let me know what ya think and ask any questions you have, cheers and enjoy!

The doors to the Fairy Tail guildhall are thrown open causing all mages to look towards the loud sound and the brawling and drinking stop all members giving the door undivided attention. Five silhouettes belonging to seven individuals and one cat, walk through the door leaving more than a few mages baffled.

"Loke, you and Natsu take those two to the infirmary I trust you remember where it is?" Makarov states as the group advance Natsu and Loke making their way towards the back of the guild to drop off their passengers.

"LOKE!?" The guild shouts in eagerness and surprise, many members rising from their seats ready to welcome their friend home.

"SIT DOWN BRATS!" Makarov booms making sure his children don't harm the injured ones further. "I know you are excited to welcome Loke home but that can wait until the injured are dealt with." At the mention of injured the guild sobers up even Cana brushes off her buzz to pay attention. "Good, Jet run to the east forest and retrieve Porlyusica before you argue it is an emergency and tell her as much." With a quick word of affirmation the orange haired speed mage sprints out of the guild leaving dust in his wake. Makarov turns his gaze from the door onto the two S-class mages by his side. "Erza please go to the infirmary and make sure Natsu injuries are bandaged and ensure that any of them don't further aggravate their injuries." The old man request in a manner as if asking her to babysit the teenagers earning a quick nod as she makes her way to the infirmary. "I need a drink," Makarov mumbles under his breath.

"Coming right up, master!" The girl behind the counter her short white hair swaying as she quickly turns to grab a mug as the pair approach the bar. Lisanna's blue eyes shining as she placed the two mugs down in front of where the Guildmaster and her sister sat.

"Soo~" Lisanna cheerily drags out switching her gaze back and forth between the two. "What happened Erza comes back from a mission and begins literally dragging Natsu and Gray on some unofficial mission even asking you to go Mira and the guys come back looking like hell and a newcomer that looks just as banged up not to mention Loke coming back this has got to be a great story so spill!" The youngest Strauss sibling rambles bouncing on her feet behind the bar waiting for her answer as the duo casually sip their drinks quite used to her buoyancy.

Mirajane slamming her empty mug on the counter gives a sly grin to her sister just as excited to brag as she is to hear her tale most of the guild quieting down all eager to hear the tale. "Nothing too out of the ordinary when the tin-can was on her way home she heard a dark guild talking about unsealing something called Lullaby and instead of stopping 'em brushed it off realizing she needed back up to take on low-level thugs she came home to get pinky and his stripping boyfriend," Mira has to suppress her chuckle at the faint growl that was quickly followed by a yelp and a crash from upstairs towards the infirmary. "Naturally if left alone those three would level a town so I decided to tag along, while we were on the way we figured out it was Eisenwald we were going up against the same guild that had involvement in the mission Loke went on before he disappeared. Anyway, they took over a train station in Oshibana that's where we met Loke and Lucy the blonde he was carrying, she's his wizard he was dying she saved him er something I didn't ask," Most of the guild sported exasperated looks at her casual mention of a dying friend. "After we joined up with those two we took down most of Eisenwald until the head honcho mad a run for it with the demon flute we were after and trapped us in the station, blondie got us out and pinky and his cat went after him, we showed up after the two exchanged ass kickings and then the demon broke free of the flute when the Erigor dude tried to use it, now here is where it gets good," Mira said while leaning in the rest of the guild followed suit even Master Makarov was caught up in the tale. "The demon had skin that looked like it was made of wood but it was tougher than wood and had three creepy purple and black eyes. The glorified flute could brush off Natsu's flames, easily break Gray's Ice even took hits from blondie and Loke with not much care, hell the bastard took attacks from Erza and me when we went together then batted us away like flies. That's when Lucy set up this awesome combo attack even dumb and dumber caught on to, she lured it in and Gray launched it into the air with ice, Natsu let out a roar of flame throwing the demon to me where I used my magic to throw the demon into the air where Erza was waiting to smash the thing back down into the dirt with her purgatory armor." All of Fairy Tail was on the edge of their seats chomping at the bit to hear more of the She-Devils story." And when we thought the demon was down in the dust cloud, it grabbed Erza by the throat and threw her into me, Grey came after it with swords of Ice and the demon shattered them grabbing his head and slammed it into the ground burying him knocking him out cold, frosty still hasn't woken up yet," Mira says far more solemn then her casual reference to Loke's predicament. "Then came Natsu slamming a giant fireball into its face the demon not giving a fuck brushed it off and was about to hit Natsu with a magic-imbued attack, and considering it had yet to use its magic in the fight this was big, but Lucy dove in tackling Natsu pushing him out the way but the attack caught her leg and the force sent them flying a huge distance away throwing them off the tracks and far from us as the demon went after them," Mira holds up a finger to the guild who followed it with devotion. "But get this, I think she planned that because as the demon approached and got far enough from the rest of us seven golden magic circles appeared in the sky it looked like the spell Siegrain uses, Grand Chariot I think Lucy called it." This had the entire guildhall staring wide-eyed even Makarov sure he'd seen Lucy push Natsu out of the way and the spell but he didn't know it was one of the magical prodigy and fellow Wizard Saint Siegrain. "Let me tell ya that spell pissed the demon right off because It screamed bloody murder the shockwave clearing the dust cloud and jeez its body looked like hell, charred wood-like flesh stuff oozing black blood in buckets the demon then looked at Natsu and Lucy and sent a giant wave of magic devouring the entire area around them before Erza or I could get there, then the old man showed up to save the day blocking the spell sent towards those two and put the demon in its place with Fairy Law! So yeah it was a pretty fucking amazing mission, Erza didn't do much but made a wonderful chauffeur for the rest of us." Mira finished her story smugly crossing her arms and leaning back on her stool sipping her new mug her sister had placed in front of her.

"But Mira," Came the high pitched voice that just flew out of the infirmary." you forgot the part where Erza knocked you out because you were annoying and the fact that Lucy was a member of Eisenwald and that the rest of the team tried to kill her cuz they thought Lucy told them Loke was dead and that you were soo~ worried when Lucy and Natsu got covered in the demons magic." Happy snickered at the bristling She-Devil. "Oh Lisanna can I have a fish!" the blue cat asked while sitting on the other side of Makarov away from the S-class mage that would surely skin him, While the rest of the guild burst into laughter.

The doors burst open before Mira could reach out and snap the cat's neck. "Put me down you disgusting human I don't care if it's an emergency that old coot has no right to have me dragged into this filth-infested place!" The elderly woman shouts as Jet places her down and dashes towards his team to avoid the brunt of the cranky old healer's wrath.

Makarov hops off his bar stool and makes his way towards the raving pink haired woman. "Ah, Porlyusica I'm glad you could make it." The Guildmaster says offering the woman a kind smile but being wise enough to keep out of her reach.

Porlyusica huffs and glares at the old man. "Why am I here Makarov?" she says more clam but still upset about having to be where she is.

"A few of my children are in need of your aid, I'm afraid a hospital will not be enough for one, in particular, the other two would be fine without your aid but I would appreciate if you still checked them over," Makarov says grimly trying to not agitate the healer further.

Porlyusica huffs and walks past Makarov into the guild having treated enough of Fairy Tail in her time to know exactly where the infirmary is with the guild master quickly following and the rest of the guild remaining silent. Upon entering the infirmary they are met with the site of a pink-haired Dragonslayer cowering on a bed body covered aggressively in bandages while a red-haired S-class mage glares at him, the unconscious ice mage with a wrap around his forehead and the passed out blonde her body unusually pale her pant leg soaked in dried blood. Porlyusica immediately heads towards the blonde knowing she's the worst off and begins doing basic look over before looking at her leg.

"What trouble did you lot get this girl into, Scarlet speak," Porlyusica orders not moving her eyes from the blonde she's examining.

"We took down a dark guild she was apart of with her assistance and fought a demon by the name of Lullaby, Lucy pushed Natsu out of the way of an attack that caught her leg," Erza says gesturing to the wound even though the healer wasn't looking at her. "Then Lucy cast a rather powerful spell that I believe she is not entirely familiar with but the spell uses the same base magic to her own Celestial magic, Heavenly Body magic if I heard right it was Grand Chariot." Faint surprise showed on the healers face at the mention of the spell then the next thing Porlyusica did was strike the blonde rather hard across the face. Everyone paled as the sound echoed around the room and the blonde mage sturred rather quickly and rose her hand to her cheek.

"What the hell was that for!?" Lucy groggily shouted holding her cheek and trying to figure out who to glare at as her eyes settled on an unfamiliar pinkette. "The hell are you and why'd ya slap me?" The stellar mage questioned voice slurred too tired to stay angry.

"Stay awake girl," Was the healer's immediate remark. "The magic of the creature that hit your leg has an underlying property on how it affects the body similar to how fire burns or ice freezes, you're lucky I got here in time or you would have never woken up I have a feeling the only reason you woke up now is the fact that your magic is in direct opposition to the darkness of the spell you were hit with." The healer calmly relays and Lucy just nods in affirmation still not fully awake while the rest of the room sputters in shock. "The wound on your leg is nasty and you're lucky it's still attached if the blow made direct contact it would have taken your leg clean off, you won't be walking for a while and even after that not without crutches but if you allow it to heal you will be able to walk again. I don't know why I'm even bothering to save you since you have a death wish girl, do you fully comprehend what could have happened to your body should that spell have backfired even with its success your body will suffer residual harm." Lucy just nods at the older woman as she continues her inspection. "You Dragonslayer!" Porlyusica shouts earning a squeak from the other pinkette. "See to it that she doesn't attempt to walk at all for the rest of the month nor on her own for at least another thirty days I'll come back and check her progress to see if she's fit to walk after that, understood?" Natsu nods quickly at the healer fearing her wrath she instilled into all of Fairy Tail in their youth. "You will be taking care of her from this point on, now out all of you I have to inspect the wound and you're stinking up the place!" At her shout, Makarov quickly exits and erza drags a sputtering Dragonslayer by his scarf out of the infirmary. When they all exit the infirmary Porlyusica turns back to the pale blonde and caters to the wound "Do you understand what that spells feedback will do to your body?" The healer questions tone still sour.

"Yes, it took a heavy toll on my magic container and using magic will be more difficult and cause slight pain the only reason it won't do more harm is thanks to its similarity to my primary magic along with the fact that the spell was cast from magic circles and if the spell were to have backfired I would be dead more than likely with the wound and blood loss on top of the damage the spell would have done." Porlyusica seemed satisfied with the blonde's answer and continued her work on the gaping leg wound.

"You'll fit in well around here you're just like the rest of Makarov's brats; reckless, hard-headed, and stupidly selfless," Porlyusica states offhandedly not hearing a reply the woman looks up to find the blonde raising a brow, the pink-haired healer scoffs. "You're not entirely stupid girl, don't pretend like you are you know that Dragonslayer would be dead if that spell were to hit him head-on this hole in your leg would be much larger and in his chest, idiot owes you his life and doesn't even know it and I doubt you'll tell him," Porlyusica finishes her statement as she ties off the bandages for the stitches pulling a wince from the Celestial mage then swiftly puts away her surgical tools then turns to examine the unconscious exhibitionist.

"If you don't mind me asking how are you associated with Fairy Tail, no offense but you don't seem like the rowdy bar brawling type," Lucy asks the healer as the woman looks at the young man's vitals. After not receiving an answer Lucy just carries on. "Will I have to worry about permanent damage to my leg under stress with the injury?" She asks making small talk while the woman works.

Porlyusica lets out an irritated sigh before answering. "Don't go jumping from any castle towers but with time the muscles will reform but there will be a scar and the nerves won't regrow if you count that but otherwise if you allow it the limb will be fine." Porlyusica finishes in a dismissive manner as the woman wraps bandages around the ice mages head then abruptly standing and going to the door of the infirmary throwing it open to reveal the short old guild master the healer expected and glares at him with piercing red eyes. "The boy has harsh head trauma but I'm certain this isn't his first encounter with it he will be fine with rest, the girl will walk again just not anytime soon and the Dragonslayer is just as stupid as always some brain damage might do him some good," Porlyusica snarks harshly stepping around and going past the old man.

"You mentioned something about that spell damaging Lucy's ability to do magic, to what extent?" Makarov calls turning to face the elderly woman who remained with her back facing the old man.

"The girl will be fine, unlike most of the brats you pick up she seems to be aware of the stupid risks she takes. The cost of using that strong of a spell when you aren't familiar with it can be costly lucky for the girl she did it correctly or she wouldn't even be here, her magic will recover likely before her leg does if that's all I'll be going Makarov." The healer grouches finally looking over her shoulder at the old man.

The Wizard Saint just flashes a large grin at the woman's poor attitude. "Yes thank you for your help Porlyusica I am truly grateful." Makarov nods his head in thanks to the healers departing form.

Porlyusica just scoffs at the old man's thanks. "See to it that I won't have to come around here again Makarov." The pink haired woman calls as she exits the guild slamming the doors behind her.

Once the doors shut behind the grouchy elder Natsu is on his feet and heading towards the infirmary in an instant the two female S-class mages hot on his heels with a blue cat floating above them, the group passes the master and heads into the infirmary to find a half-awake blonde on a less than white bed and a still unconscious ice mage as they file in.

"How are you feeling Lucy?" Erza asks breaking the silence in the room.

"Like death on a cracker, I need a nap!" The celestial mage grouches huffing then crossing her arms in a pout pulling chuckles from them all. "Stupid demon magic," She grumbles amongst their slight laughter. The laughter slowly dies out as the Fairy Tail mages turn their attention to their still unmoving comrade.

"What'd the scary healer lady say about Gray?" The small blue feline asks as he plops down on to Lucy's bed leaning against the blondes good leg looking up at her with watery eyes. Lucy rubs the magical cats head affectionately registering she skipped over her shock that such a creature existed and lets out a hum while framing her chin with her thumb and index finger as if thinking.

"If I remember right she said;" Lucy clears her throat adjusting her voice to mimic the grouchy healers. "The boy has harsh head trauma but I'm certain this isn't his first encounter with it he will be fine with rest, the girl will walk again just not anytime soon and the Dragonslayer is just as stupid as always some brain damage might do him some good." Lucy relays breaking into a fit of laughter along with the others at the Dragonslayers offended squawk even Erza let out a chuckle. "Anyway, I think the gist of it was he'll wake up and be fine." The blonde relays casually and the room relaxes as a loud growl reverberates through the room. The two S-class mages snap their gazes towards the Dragonslayer who raises an eyebrow at the duo.

"What? Wasn't me." Natsu shrugs and looks towards the last conscious members in the room, a slightly blushing blonde and a cackling feline earning soft smiles from the group.

"I'll go have my sister fix you something to eat alright blondie?" Mira questions making her way towards the door.

"I think I'll join you I am rather famished as well," Erza declares as she follows the She-Devil. "Will you be joining us Natsu?" Titania calls over her shoulder.

"Nah I'll stay and keep Luce company have Lisanna make me some grub too tho!" Natsu says as the pair leave the room. Immediately Natsu goes into an exaggerated story about saving a guildmate from Mt. Hakobe with happy highlighting his shortcomings which eventually turns into the duo bickering at one another as the blonde snaps her head back and forth to follow the conversation as if she were watching a game of tennis.

The door to the infirmary opens catching Lucy's attention while the pinkette and cat continue their argument, standing in the doorway was the spitting image of Mirajane if she was an angel with short white hair and bright blue eyes wearing a pink dress and carrying a tray of food as she gazes fondly at the bickering pair.

"No Happy, That Vulcan was nothing I didn't even break a sweat I'm tellin ya," Natsu states with pride in his voice.

"Oh yeah? Is that why you were crying when it knocked you off the mountain and begging for the big dragon in the sky to save you?" Happy states with a teasing smugness as he sees his surrogate father begin blubbering trying to form a defense. Luckily he's saved from further damage to his pride when light bubbly laughter makes the duo snap their gazes to the door.

"Food!/Fish!" Comes the boisterous call as the duo make a dash for the tray in the girl's hands.

The white-haired girl's laughter stops abruptly and gives the duo a dirty look. "And what am I chopped liver?" She asks with agitation clear in her voice. Both boys scrunch their noses and give a simultaneous 'ew Lisanna that's gross.' and make to take their portion of the food.

Lisanna looks to the bedridden blonde and gives a bright smile as she makes her way towards the bedside table. "I'm Lisanna, it's nice to meet you and I brought food." Her smile grew with her second statement as she made to set the tray on the table but stumbles and quickly catches herself and saves the tray.

"Hey Lisanna," The blonde says with light laughter. "I'm Lucy and here I thought I was the one with the screwed up leg." Lucy finishes her joke and laughs lightly not hearing anyone else she glances around the room to see the three others staring at her wide-eyed. "What? My joke wasn't that bad."

Natsu and Happy quickly abandon their food claiming they're 'not hungry' and quickly leave the room with gloomy expressions.

"Did I do something wrong?" Lucy turns her gaze to Lisanna to find the young woman giving her a sad smile.

"No, it's alright you didn't know… er I don't have full control of my legs it was an incident a few years ago it happened on a mission with my siblings. The three of us took a job once Mira got S-class to slay a creature the locals called 'The Beast' our brother Elfman tried to take over The Beast and well... The funny thing about Takeover magic is it works both ways, he lost control to the beast and it wasn't pretty Mira and I probably wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Mystogan stepping in when he did, but we didn't walk away unscathed. I got hurt pretty bad and damaged my spine it's impressive I can still walk at all its thanks to Porlyusica that I can. Ever since then I haven't' been able to go on missions at all and work at the bar, everyone tries to treat me the same but they all still walk around me like I'm made of glass they all feel bad for me," Lisanna finishes her story with tears welling in her eyes before realizing where she is. "Oh! I'm so sorry I didn't mean to give you my whole sob story I'm not upset that you made the joke or anything either, it's actually kinda nice to have someone treat me like normal for a change." Lisanna is cut off from saying more by an arm bringing her into a side hug.

"I can't say I know what you've been through but I get what you mean something happens and then your whole life changes and people treat you differently, I can promise you I will never look at you like your broken because I know someone doing that to me would just piss me off," Lucy pulls away slightly and offers the girl smirk, Lisanna returns it with a watery smile. "Alright let's end this pity party because I'm starving!" Lucy shouts leaning over Lisanna to grab the tray full of food making Lisanna laugh as the two joke and tease one another while they bask in their newly formed friendship.