Lucy POV:

I woke the next morning to hear laughter coming from the main room in the house, climbing from my bed I change into a simple skirt and spaghetti strap top. Then I tie my hair into a thick braid down my back, once that was done I opened the door to see Loke and Kiko laughing together.

"Morning you two." I say rubbing my eyes.

"Morning mommy!" Kiko says running over to me. "Can you do my hair? Uncle Loke is really bad at it." She says holding out two dark blue hair ribbons.

"I'm not that bad!" Love cries pouting.

I laugh at them and then sit Kiko on the chair by the dining table, I pick up her hair brush and then tie her hair into two high pigtails. I then add the hair bows in and twirl the ends of her hair to make them slightly curly, Kiko then jumps from the chair and runs to the mirror on the wall.

"Thank's mommy!" She yells smiling.

"No worries, now Loke what do you want for breakfast?" I ask him. "Me and Kiko usually go eat at the guild but I can cook you something here if you'd like."

"The guild?" He asks with a confused look.

I smile and then change my clothes, since we're heading to the guild I change into my uniform. Once that's done Kiko takes my hand and we begin the short walk to the guild hall, Loke walks next to me and his eyes widen as he looks at the guild hall.

"It's..." He says looking at me.

"Yep, welcome to Fairy Tail the Aincrad Version." I say pushing open the doors.

We walk inside and already the guild is full of people, Kiko runs over to Silica and Pina comes flying over to me and he begins to sniff me. I pull some red berries from my pocket and toss them into the air for him, Pina then eats them and fly's back over to Silica. I say hello to members as I approach the bar where Penelope has a plate of waffles ready for me.

"Thank's Penelope, can you make a plate of these for my friend Loke?" I ask pointing to him.

"Sure, oh and master?" Penelope says gesturing for me to come closer to her, I move my head closer and she whispers into my ear. "He's so cute!" She then walks off into the kitchen at the back.

Loke comes to sit next to me as he admires the guild, his eyes flying from the request board, to the second floor and even to the small fight that's broken out between some of the members. I laugh and then rise to my feet, walking over to them I grab the two members and smash their heads together.

"What did I say about fighting in the guild hall?" I ask sweetly.

"Sorry master...." They both reply rubbing the red marks on their foreheads.

I walk back over to Loke and he's totally shocked.

"You've changed so much Lucy, that was more like Erza." He says taking a bite of his waffles. "Food here tastes strange."

"It's because we don't have the same ingredients as in the real world, we have to find ways to recreate food. And try not to talk like you don't know about everything in this world, it might cause too many questions." I warn him taking a bite of my own food.

"Sure, by the way the barmaid is cute." He says smiling.

"Master!" Silica yells running over to me with Kiko and Pina running behind her. "Can we take a quest?"

"A quest? Well I don't know. Some of them can be really tough, why don't you have a look and see if you can find an easy one. If not I'll come with you on one, I don't want the two littlest members of the guild getting hurt." I say smiling at them.

The girls run off and Loke places a hand on my shoulder.

"You've become an amazing person Lucy, I can see that they all love you here." Love says smiling fondly.

"Yeah, I wanted to give the players of Aincrad a place where they could be happy. And have a chance to feel normal, through the years this place has become a home for many people. So much so that we've built apartment blocks so the members can stay close to the guild, some of them have bought homes of their own but the majority live together." I say smiling. "It's weird, I feel the same for these people as I do for the others in Magnolia but I feel different about them at the same time. Does that make sense?"

"Yeah, I understand where you're coming from." Loke says smiling.

"I'm glad you're here with me Loke, I've missed you all so much." I say as Silica and Kiko come running over.

"How about this one Master? It's called the Little Lost Jenny, it's on floor five." Silica says.

"Sounds ok, find this girl's lost pet. Ok I'm good with this one, but since its on floor five I do want someone to go with you ok? How about Penelope?" I suggest.

"Ok!" The girls cheer and run into the kitchen to speak with the girl in question.

I stand up and smile at Loke, taking his arm I begin to walk out of the guild.

"Where are we going Lucy?" He asks me confused.

"If you're going to be here then you need to blend in, walking around in a suit and using magic? Doesn't work here, so you'll need to learn how to use a sword and also you'll need to wear armor. But we can find something that is more your taste, and I know just the shop." I say and we walk to Agil's shop.

Walking inside I see Agil serving a customer, smiling at him I take a seat on the stool and wait my turn. Once he's finished serving his customer I walk forward, he gives me a high five and then leans on the counter.

"Hey there Master, how's the guild been these days. Sorry I haven't drooped in to say hi." He says smiling.

"No worries Agil, now my friend here needs a whole set of armor and a good sword." I say smiling. "He's one of the spirits I was telling you about, allow me to introduce Leo the Lion also knows as Loke."

Agil offers Loke a hand and they both shake, Agil then assesses him to see his physique and also his style.

"Well he looks smart, so how about something like this?" He says showing Loke a photo of a black and gold suit of armor.

Loke looks at it and smiles, it reminds me of what he wore when all of the spirits changed. It's similar but not identical, he changes into the armor after I show him how to activate the menu and then we begin to think about swords. He looks at the different swords that Agil has available and then decides on a simple silver blade with red handle, on top of the handle is a lion's head which completes his new look.

"Thank's Agil, how much for the whole thing?" I ask looking at my money.

"This stuff isn't cheep master, but because I like you how about 50000 Col?" He asks.

"That's fair." I say giving him the money.

After buying the supplies for Loke I get a message from Asuna, she tells me that Kirito was almost killed by a member of Laughing coffin but they are both ok. I breath a sigh of relief and then smile at Loke, he looks good in this armor and it compliments him well. After buying everything we say goodbye to Agil and then head back to the guild hall, the days seem to fade so quickly here. We head back to the guild hall and spend the rest of the afternoon talking with the guild members and having a good time, Kiko, Silica, Penelope and Pina came back during the afternoon and told me their quest was a success and they each got a good share of the reward along with an item. It was a small paw shaped pendant which hangs on a silver chain.

"Well done girls, I see those classes I gave you helped." I say noticing their levels have raised.

"They did all the work Master Lucy." Penelope says smiling at me. "I was just there for support."

"No you weren't Penelope!" Silica praises. "You were amazing with your blade!"

As I listen to the girls praise Penelope while she blushes I get a message from Asuna, opening it up I smile brightly.

"Please excuse me, I need to answer this in private." I say and run quickly up to my office.

I open the message again and read it:

Hey Lucy, you'll never guess what we're going to do! Meet us on floor one at 10 o'clock tomorrow, and wear something pretty. I need my maid of honour to look cute, and dress Kiko in something pretty too. I need a flower girl!

Love Asuna X

After reading the message from Asuna I smile, I always knew that her and Kirito would end up together at some point. Marriage in this game isn't as uncommon as you might think, a couple of the guild members are married. They do it by going to the town of beginnings and sining their names together, this then joins their inventory and they are then registered as a married couple. It's nothing fancy but after I replied to Asuna she messaged me saying they were going to have a party afterwards so Kiko and I will need to look our best when we go, I've been to about six in the past two years being here in SAO. And each one has been meaningful, I've even been preposed to a couple of times. But I've always told them no, most do it because they want items that you have, or even because they want to share in your status. But the people I've seen married have done it because of the deep feelings and bonds they have formed while being in SAO, and that's what I admire about Asuna and Kirito. I've watched them from day one and I can see how much they care for each other, and I can only hope that someone will be like that for me. There is one I would like to share those bonds with, but he's not here with me. And he's too dense to realise it, with Loke being here I think more and more about him. I wonder if he misses me, or if he sits next to my body in the real world wondering what I'm doing or if I'll ever wake up.

"Natsu...what are you doing right now?"

Natsu POV:
I look at the doctor shocked.

"We don't know how to get people out of the game, we only came here to find out ways to help our people." Wendy says holding Carla tight in her arms.

"Very well, I just wanted to know because I thought maybe since your last letter you had found some way to get a person out of the game." The doctor says sighing. "Now Miss Marvell would you like to come and examine some of the patients?"

"Yes please. And we bought some charms to give the patients who are with our friend Lucy, we have something called a dream Lacrima and we've used it to see what people are doing inside the game." Wendy explains pulling out the Lacrima Orb.

The doctor then leads us to a patients room, the monitor on the wall is beeping steadily. The patient looks to be a girl about sixteen years old, she has blonde hair which is being covered by the nerve gear on her head.

"Right Miss Marvell, and you show me how this Lacrima works?" The doctor asks, and then Wendy gets to work.