Lucy Heartfilia was once close to Natsu Dragneel. But once an old friend returns from the "dead", she was treated as if she never existed. Like an outcast. Like a stranger. One day, her thin strings that attached her heart to her friends snap. Lucy leaves them all behind for possibly a better future. Never wanting to look back, she goes on a life long journey to learn about her past. On the way, she meets some other mages who wanted to join her on her path. Soon enough, she created her own guild and finally, disappearing from her former friends' radar. Meanwhile, dark auras could be spotted across Fiore. A battle brewing, Fairy Tail finds out about a mysterious new guild that saved them from the brink of death. Teaming up with the insanely powerful guild, the members of the new guild struggle to cover the secret as the others become oddly suspicious of their leader. Lucy was once close to Natsu Dragneel, but will this bring them even closer?