1 year later Natsu returns

Lucy woke up the next morning, and she was back to normal at last. She had finally figured out all the stages, but now she just needed to find out how to break the spell entirely. But then, that's when she got really busy with work. In fact, she got so busy that it wouldn't stop coming; it wouldn't give her a break at all. It was just one crisis after another, with fairy tales gone wrong. All those extra crises were just getting bigger and bigger. With no one to stop them, it was just getting worse and worse.

"Oh great, just my luck," Lucy thought. Then Natsu came back at just the right time to shake up the whole world. "How good his timing is, perfect for once," Lucy thought. "I just wish he would stop melting my clothes off!"

"Hi, Lucy, naked again, I see," said Natsu.

"And whose fault do you think that is?" yelled Lucy. "And in case you haven't noticed, I'm not the only one that's naked because of you!"

"Wait, really?" said Natsu, looking around. "Hey, you're right! I wonder how that happened?"

Lucy shook her head. "I just told you! You melted everyone's clothes off!"

"I have a hard time keeping my own clothes on because of the spell—not that I'm going to tell him that," Lucy thought. But as soon as she checked her closet to put something else on, there was nothing in there—nothing, not even a shred of clothes.

"No, no, no! This cannot be happening!" said Lucy. "Oh no, it has been a full year this time. Uh-oh, the next stage has begun," Lucy thought.

Of course, she tried to buy clothes, but it didn't work out. The next day, Lucy forgot she was completely naked and started talking to Natsu as if she were dressed; she was talking to him completely nude. Lucy sure has become even bolder lately, Natsu thought. "Is it just me, or does Lucy like being fully nude now?" said Natsu. Normally, Lucy could hear him, but since he wasn't talking directly to her, she couldn't hear him because of the spell. He had to tell her directly that she was naked for her to figure it out. In other words, she was just imagining herself wearing clothes—wishful thinking—but she had lost the ability to even notice she was naked anymore, or she couldn't even remember either, so now she was stuck that way. "Yeah, Natsu, I even checked her closet just now; there were straight-up clothes in there, not even a sock," said Happy. "I guess she's a full-blown nudist now," said Natsu. Of course, she explained everything about her friends and everything, and of course, there was the end of running away together, but she ran off completely nude without even realizing it. Of course, her eyes turned red for a second because it meant the spell was at the next level. And of course, since Natsu and Happy were used to her doing things in the nude, they didn't even care or think of the consequences.