{LEVY'S POV}
Lu-chan's alive. With that thought ringing in my ears, I walk out of the master's office with a giant goofy grin on my face. Gajeel walks up to me.

"What's up Shrimp? Why are you so happy?" I roll my eyes at his nickname for me. Can't he ever just call me by my real name?

"I'm not telling. And my name is Levy." I pout.

"Come on Shortie, you can trust me. Besides, you know you like my nicknames." Gajeel jokes, and I can't help but laugh.

"I do not!" I refute. Nashi also comes out of the office, and she quickly runs up to Emma. They start talking animatedly to one another. My daughter and Lu-chan's. Gajeel follows my gaze.

"Nashi smells familiar." He says suddenly. I stiffen.

"What do you mean?" I pry cautiously, not wanting him to find out Nashi's secret until she's ready to tell everyone about her and Lu-chan.

"I don't know. It's kinda vague, but I get this feeling that she smells like someone I know. Salamander has noticed it too." I'm freaking out on the inside. Nashi probably smells like Lucy! Thank goodness dragon slayers are all dense.

"We have to find her mother. We have to." I stand my tippy toes and stare at Gajeel seriously. He nods. No one knows that it's actually Lucy who's missing. I hope Nashi tells everyone soon.

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Natsu staring at Nashi too. He looks confused, and somewhat disgruntled by her. Well, it's to be expected.

Then there's a crash, followed by an explosion near the guild doors. Three unfamiliar people walk in. In the lead is a man with red hair and similar eyes. To his right is a guy with green eyes in a black shirt with a skull on it, and to his left is a woman in a black dress, bright purple leggings, and to die for black boots. Wait, these people...

"You're the people who attacked Mommy!" Nashi screams, and her entire body catches fire. These people hurt Lu-chan! Anger flares through my body, and Gajeel has to hold me back.

"We've come for Miss Nashi." The leader says calmly. Natsu steps forward, his eyes holding fury.

"You're the bastards who killed Lucy." He growls. I bite my lip, and the people look shocked. Then the leader begins to laugh.

"Maybe we are, maybe we aren't. Now if you know what's good for you, you'll hand over Miss Nashi." His calm expression hardens in an instant.

"As if!" Emma is the first to speak up. I feel a swell of pride for my daughter.

"Sylvia would never betray Nashi-san like that!" Sylvia adds. They stand defensively with Nashi, who's still completely surrounded by her flames. The brunette man laughs hysterically, like that's the most funny thing he's seen all day.

"Hey Jared, let me handle the snot nosed twerps." He asks the leader for approval. Jared nods.

"You always take the easy jobs, Matthias." The woman complains.

"It'll be a piece of cake either way, right Regina?" Jared glares at her. Regina averts her eyes.

"I'll make you pay! You'll wish you'd never laid a hand on Lucy!" Natsu charges at the leader, but Regina blocks his path and raises her arms as a purple magic circle with the phases of the moon appears in front of her.

"Midday moon: eclipse!" She yells as a beam of red gold light shoots from the magic circle and pushes Natsu back. He lands on his feet relatively unscathed.

"I'll have to deal with you first then. Get ready because I'm fired up now! I'm gonna get revenge for Lucy!" Natsu roars.

"Black luna: midnight!" Regina shouts, and Natsu is prevented from getting close to her by smaller rays of black light shooting from her magic circle.

"I leave him to you, Regina!" Jared calls, now locked in combat with both Erza and Gray. He uses sand to fend off their relentless attacks.

"Help!" My attention is immediately drawn to the sound of my daughter's voice. A vine sprouting from the ground is hanging her upside down by one of her legs, while Nashi tries to burn the vines, to no avail, and Sylvia uses her snow make magic to attack Matthias directly.

"Snow make: white out!" Sylvia cries, and Matthias is surrounded by a miniature blizzard. It doesn't seem to hurt him, only cause an annoyance.

"Ice iris: absorb!" He chants, sounding bored, and blue flowers sprout from the vines so the snow gets absorbed into them like when Natsu eats a lot of fire. Then the flowers point towards Sylvia and spit her snow right back at her, tossing her into a wall. Nashi managed to get Emma free, and they get caught up in the blast when they try to catch her.

"They need help!" I start running in their direction. Gajeel follows close on my heels. Soon he overtakes me, and leaps into battle as I go to the girls.

"Iron dragon's sword!" Gajeel's arm turns into a large jagged steel blade. It starts spinning rapidly, tearing up everything it touches, including any spells Matthias tries to hit him with.

"Mom!" Emma cries. I see that her leg has terrible bruises on it from the strength of the vines that crushed it. I look around for Wendy and, after spotting her finishing healing some wounded guild members, wave her frantically over. As soon as she sees the girls, she starts healing them, starting with Emma's leg. I sigh in relief.

"Shrimp, watch out!" Gajeel's warning comes just in time, and I manage to create a wall of iron. It protects us from Matthias's attack, and Gajeel is able to eat and refuel his power.

Jared, Regina, and Matthias are forced back by the sheer number of wizards. Once their backs are against the wall, Jared yells, "Retreat!"

Once they leave, the entire guild cheers and celebrates a job well done. Except for the master, who cries over the amount of Magnolia that was destroyed in the fight. I laugh and smile in relief.

Lu-chan, I really want you to come home soon, so we can all be happy together, like old times.
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