Hello! And I'm sorry it's been so long since I updated! And to be honest I don't really have an excuse. My mind just kinda went blank. . . . . but I was able to pull this thing together! Yay! And I guess I'll just move on to the next thing now. I would like to dedicate this chapter to AsmartOne! She is a new follower! And I know, I'm sorry it's been like a week. I'm sorry. But anyway, love you AsmartOne! Love you guys! Sorry it's been so long. Enjoy the chapter!

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POV: Lucy

Me and Natsu were approaching the backside of the house when I heard a loud 'thud' from behind me. I turned to see Natsu had tripped.

"God I don't know why I'm doing this!" Natsu groaned as he got up off the ground.

"Oh quit complaining." I said as I moved aside a bush and it opened to a small clearing next to my house and I looked up.

"But seriously, why did we have to do this in the dark?" Natsu asked, and I looked at him.

"It's not dark out yet." I said in an annoyed tone, and I looked around at the sky and saw that the sun has already set and the moon had replaced it. "Oh."

"Oh?" Natsu asked sounding a bit worried. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I guess I'm just a bit distracted is all." I said shaking my head.

"So how do you expect to get to the attic?" He asked me.

"By flying." I said, and looked at him and he looked shocked that I was willing to fly up there.

"B-but how are you going to get into the attic?" He asked still in a bit of shock.

"There's a door on the roof to get into the attic." I said. "Then we can get in, find the dress, and get out. Easy peasy." I said shrugging.

"You really want that dress don't you?" He asked as he walked over and picked me up.

"I would rather it be in my hands instead of my father's." I answered and Natsu spread his wings out and hurled himself off the ground and into the air. And it was a quick second later that we were on the roof, and Natsu set me on my feet. "I wasn't ready!" I yelled as I hit him.

"You didn't say if you weren't." He said shrugging.

"Jerk." I said. He laughed a little at me.

"So where's the door?" He asked.

"It's this way." I said and started walking towards the other side of the house.

"So what does the dress look like exactly?" Natsu asked as we carefully made our way across the slanted roof.

"You'll know it when you see it." I answered. "And be careful sometimes the shingles can come loo-!" I started to say but stopped as a shingle slid out of place under my foot and I started making my way towards the edge of the roof.

"Lucy!" Natsu yelled out as he tried to stop me, but wasn't able to get a hold of me, and I slid off the edge but was able to grab ahold of the gutter, catching my fall.

"Natsu?" I called out as I looked down.

"Hold on, I'm coming!" He yelled back and I heard him shuffling towards me. "Don't worry, I got ya." He said as he grabbed a hold of my wrist and pulled me up, back on the roof. Once I was back on the roof we were both on our backs, and I was panting out of fear.

"That could have gone better." I said.

"Yeah." Natsu said. "And what was that you were talking about, being careful?" I swung my hand to the side and smacked him in the face.

"Shut up." I said and got up, and started walking towards the door. "Now come on, who knows if anyone heard that."

"Do you think anyone heard us?" Natsu asked, as we approached the door and I kneeled down next to it.

"I don't know, and to be honest, I'd rather not find out." I said, and I pulled on the handle. But it wouldn't budge. "Damn, it's locked." I said.

"Don't worry I got it." Natsu said, and then kneeled down next to me and placed his hand next to the handle. And then the metal around his hand turned red and sunk down. After there was a hole in the door Natsu reached in and unlocked the door, making it so it could open.

"You couldn't just melt the hinges?" I asked.

"It's open, isn't it?" He asked, and I rolled my eyes. "Ladies first." Natsu said and I climbed down the ladder and into the attic, I reached around until I was able to find the light switch and it lit up the whole room.

"Holy crap." Natsu said. We both looked around the room at all the old stuff that was up here. Pictures, old clothes, and boxes. . . . lots of boxes. "Are we going to have to go through all of this?"

"No, we just have to find the section that belongs to my mother." I said as I started looking around at the different things that were written in the boxes. Documents. Toys. Family pictures. I paused for a few moments and stared at the box, wanting to open it and go back to days, where I didn't have to worry about anything. But I didn't open it, I walked away and continued to look. After a while I finally found it. "Natsu." I said getting his attention. "Over here."

"All of this is your mother's?" Natsu asked after he walked over to me, and we looked at the small amount of boxes in the corner.

"I guess so. But . . . ." I started to say.

"What?" Natsu asked.

"I know my mother had a lot more than just this." I said and started opening the boxes.

"So you think some of her stuff is around the house?" Natsu asked and opened a box as well.

"I don't know, I hope not." I answered and continued searching. After a while of looking, and going through every box that belonged to my mother. We found nothing.

"Damn it." I said. And sat down in one of the old chairs. And Natsu sat next to me.

"Hey, it's okay." He said, smiling at me. "I know you'll find something." I returned the smile. Then all of a sudden the door to get into the attic, from inside the house, swung open, and me and Natsu both stood from fright. And we both froze, as the footsteps came up the steps and a makes shadow cast across the wall, from the light downstairs. And then the person came into the attic.

"Spetto?" I questioned and the brunette turned to the sound of her name.

"Oh, Lucy!" She cheered quite loudly. "I knew I heard something up here!"

"Ssshh!" I shushed her, not knowing where my father was.

"Right, sorry." She said and walked over to me and hugged me. I hugged her back. "Where have you been? Why did you leave? And who is this?" She looked around me at Natsu.

"Spetto this is Natsu, Natsu this is Spetto." I said introducing them to each other. "Spetto I've been living with Natsu for the past couple of weeks."

"You've been living with a boy?" Spetto asked, sounding a little excited.

"Not like that!" I said. "It was to get away from dad."

"Oh, does that mean . . . . he. . . . ?" Spetto started to ask but never fully finished her sentence.

"Yes, he knows." I answered.

"Oh." She sighed and looked a little sad, in fact, we all did. "So, if you left to get away from your father. . . . why are you back?"

"I'm trying to find something." I said.

"And what would that be?" She asked me.

"The dress mom wore on my sixth birthday." I answered as I hoped she would know where it was.

"Hmmm." Spetto hummed as she thought back to that day. "Oh! That dress!"

"Yes, that one." I said as I felt my hopes get higher and higher.

"Well I'm sorry dear, but your father got rid of most of your mother's things." She said frowning and my hopes dropped to the ground.

"Oh, I see." I said.

"But." Spetto said as she started to think again.

"But?" I asked.

"That dress was the only piece of clothing he kept of your mother's." Spetto said smiling and I smiled back as sighed out in happiness. I looked at Natsu and he was smiling as well.

"Where is it?" I asked her.

"That's the only thing." Spetto paused a moment, as she lost her smile. "It's in your father's bedroom."