It has been a year after the Tenrou Island incident and everyone is doing fine. Every one is happy and celebrating as usual. Everyone except our favorite celestial Mage she is still feeling sad about losing her battles in the GMG a few months back. She feels as though she could have done better and blames herself for the events that transpired there. She decides to leave in order to train and grow more powerful. About a week into her training she comes across a dragon in the middle of a remote forest that few ever travel. The dragon takes Lucy under it's wing and trains Lucy in the secret at of Celestial Dragon Slaying Magic. Years later she returns to fairy tail but will the Guild recognize her after so long. Read to find out. (Also Currently experiencing writers block)

In a world where magic exists and pirates roams the seas, lies a tale of a princess and a pirate. Even years after his wife's tragic death, King Jude Heartfilia continues to drown his sorrows in alcohol and leave his kingdom in shambles. During one night of drunken gambling, the King sells his daughter Lucy, whom he hasn't been able to look at since his wife's death, to the infamous pirate captain named Natsu Dragneel as a payment to his large sum of gambling debts. Will Lucy adjust to the pirate life? Will she resent her father for his drunken mistake? Or will she find happiness, friendship, and maybe even love within the Fairy Tail crew? Join Lucy, Natsu, and the rest of the Fairy Tail crew in Payment to a Pirate, a story of friendship, love, betrayal, sadness, and maybe even a little bit of romance. (Wow, I suck at descriptions. I honestly had a better one, but it was mysteriously deleted.)