Traitor
I ran and ran with my heart hammering wildly against my chest. My lungs burning and parched. My feet screaming in pain telling me to stop but my brain won't just allow it.
I mustn't stop now. I'll lose my life if I do! I just can't allow it. Come on Lucy! Push!
I raced through the forest and saw a white light at the end.
"That must be the end of this forest!" I exclaimed raggedly.
I willed my legs to run faster and my adrenaline pumps harder. I finally reached the clearing and cursed the luck of my life.
So much for lucky Lucy huh?
I thought sarcastically as all hope that built up inside me that I could somehow escape the death and hell pursuing me all crushed down when there was nothing I could see. The only thing there was a deep cliff with raging waters rushing below.
I turned around when the leave's rustles grew louder, heavy footsteps became clearer and ragged breaths was heard. I waited horrified for my pursuers and backed a few steps.
Natsu was right. Happy was right. Erza was right. Gray was right. Mira was right. Master was most definitely right. I shouldn't have done this.
I thought regrettably as I reached the cliff's end. I looked down to the waters then to the forest's exit.
There's no escaping now.
I thought and tears sprung up, swelling in my eyes. So many people warned me not to do this. They told me it was too dangerous and they feared what would happen. I got too cocky that I was finally able to access my third origin and got ahead of myself. I got too confident that I finally had all 12 zodiac celestial keys, the 13th forbidden key and became the Celestial King's contractor. It was really a bad idea after all.
Is this the end of my life segment? Have I reached the end of the line? Am I finally meeting you, Mama? Papa?
I thought and looked up to the dark night sky littered with glittering gems referred as stars. I wanted my life to end while watching the stars shine upon me and looks like I'm finally having it.
The rustles soon stopped and the heavy footsteps ceased. The ragged breaths were still there though so I knew they were there. I positioned myself into a fighting stance and hovered my open palms over the keys dangling on my side pocket.
No matter what..
"I'm not giving up! That's what it means to be Fairy Tail!" I exclaimed and bet everything on the line.
A golden magic circle appeared beneath me and surges of magical power coursed through me, building up for when I use it. A dark silhouette stepped out of one of the forest's trees and walked closer.
"Man, what a feisty fairy you are. I always believed fairies grants everyone a wish, so would you hear out mine, Fairy-san?" a disgusting maniacal tone of a voice said and he smirked evilly at me.
He had a dog-like or wolf-like face. His arms were molten lavas and he uses explosion magic. I remember encountering him with Natsu and Wendy before when we were guarding that old man from the Old Council Members.
"Like a fairy would be happy and willing to grant you one." I spat at him, venom coating my words.
"Then I'll tell you." He continued as he ignored my comment. "Can you please grant me your death and power?" He asked, evil clear in his eyes.
I shivered under his gaze and I tried to back a step again. The ground I tried to step crumbled immediately and I let out a gasp before I went back to my original spot.
"It's futile to try and escape, you know? After all, no one's gonna save you. There's no salamander who'll come to your rescue now. No Ice-make mage to come and chill us to death. No Titania to come chopping the heads who dared to hurt their princess. No master to squash our heads flat. No Demon to rip our throats. No script mage and no Sky-dragon slayer." he said as he takes steps closer to me.
Every word he said was true. They would not come and help me- no, they cannot- because I betrayed them all. I crushed their trust by running away without saying goodbye again. I stabbed their hearts with my own two hands. Tears ran down my cheeks as it all dawned on me all at once.
No one's gonna help me now. No one's saving me.
"Almighty ruler of the stars. Hear thy contractor's call and listen. I wish to make another request from you! The last request I might do! Celestial King! Grace me thy appearance!" I chanted and used every ounce of magic power I could squeeze out to let the Celestial King hear my plea and materialize before me.
Not long after my chant. Static electricity course through my body and I screamed in agony. Calling him was suicidal after all, but if it means I'd rid Fairy Tail two of its arch-enemies then, I'd gladly risk it all. This is my only way of amendment for what I've done.
"Old friend. You do remember that what you're doing is very risky, right? It can cost you your life." He said slowly with his deep bass and echoing voice.
"Old Man Mustache! This might be my last request so do it with a bang alright? If you can please.. *gasp*" I cut short as I felt my magic power draining so fast. I fell to my knees as I struggled to keep myself up.
"Old friend!" The Celestial King called worriedly. I raised my hand up, stopping him, as I coughed lots and lots of blood.
"I'm fine. Hear me out Celestial King. Please.. erase these three members of Tartarus. That way.. Fairy Tail.. will only worry about.. 7 more.. demons." I said haltingly as blood splashed out of my mouth the more I talked.
"Old friend.." He said hesitatingly.
"I'm counting on you." I said weakly and flashed him an encouragingly smile and gave him a thumbs up.
He nodded his head in acquiesce as he realized I would not last any longer.
"Your wish.. will be my command, Old Friend." He said and casted magic circles on my two pursuers; Tempesta and Jackal.
"Ye who don't belong here on this realm. Return to your own at once. Vanish!" he chanted and the circles beneath them glowed beautifully as it sucked them down.
I watched them struggle with all their might which was all in vain. That way they would have something to think in the afterlife, that angering Lucy Heartfilia was a really, really bad move.
When all was done and all, the Celestial King quickly bode me farewell and dissolved in tiny specks of light. The moment he vanished, I fell to the ground and gasped for air. It was getting harder and harder to breathe and I knew I wasn't gonna last longer. It was only a matter of time now.
Moments of how I lived my life flashed before my closed eyes. From when I ran around Mom and Dad, to when Dad started to get cold, to when I celebrated all of my birthdays alone, to when I ran away from home, to when I became a part of Fairy Tail and faced dangers alongside them, and to when I betrayed and left them. A stray tear slid down across my face and I soon felt every strength I possessed leave my body.
"Guess Lucy Heartfilia's history ends here huh? I'm sorry guys, but looks like I can't see your new owner. I won't be able to tell them to take good care of you all. I won't be able to tell them how much you all mean to me." I monologue in a quivering voice and clutched my keys tightly in my hand.
A bright light enveloped me and there, basked in golden bright glow, all of my celestial spirits surrounded me with mournful, sad and torn faces. Loke, my lion celestial spirit reached for my hands and held them tight.
"Lucy.. You must live.. You cannot die, Lucy! Please! I'm begging you.. Don't leave us.. Don't leave me please.." He said, tears threatening to spill from his eyes.
"Hime-sama.. Who will punish me if you leave? Please live for us.. Don't leave us please!" Virgo, my maiden spirit, pleaded.
"Lucy-sama.. Layla-sama, entrusted you to me.. I'm so sorry I couldn't be of use to you." Capricorn apologizes with his head bent low.
"Lucy-sama.. Please.. keep your eyes open.. Don't succumb to an endless sleep! Please, for us, your spirits!" Pisces, my twin fishes in their human form of a mother and child, begs me.
"I'm sorry, Lucy-sama.. If I had been more powerful, I could've protected you." Aries, my ram spirit, tells me as she bowed beside Capricorn.
"Lucy-chan.. Please live moo-re longer for us.. Let us see moo-re of your smile.. Please let us be with you moo-re." Taurus, my bull spirit murmurs beside my head.
"Biri Biri! Lucy-sama.. Please don't leave Gemi and Mini.." Gemini, my twin spirits, whined as the floated above where I can see them.
"Moshi! Moshi! Lucy-sama.. I agree with them.. Don't leave us." Sagitarrius, my archer spirit says while saluting to me with teary eyes.
"I.. I hate your guts.." Aquarius, my mermaid spirit, whispers. I craned my head to the side to see her crying face. She sniffled before she continued. "I really hate you for always dropping our keys.. So.. I'm not gonna miss you the least bit.. I won't beg you to not leave us either." she says and turns away and hugs Scorpio as sobs racks her half-human, half-fish body.
Scorpio rubs her back, soothing her down before he turns to me with forlorn expression.
"I really liked having you as a master Lucy.. I couldn't ask for anything more if I know Aquarius' and my keys are in your hands.. so please don't leave us." He said.
"Lucy-sama.. If you leave us, whose hair will I arrange now, ebi? I don't want to fix someone else's hair other than you, Lucy-sama, ebi." Cancer said and knelt close to me.
"The balance that kept us strong up until now was you Lucy-sama.. If you leave us.. We'll all crumble down.. so please.. I'm begging you too, Don't leave us please." Libra bawled and held my wounded arm carefully.
I smiled at the warmness their words gave me. It made me happy to know that my spirits thought of me so much. They were as important to me as I was important to them. I felt so loved at that moment that it overwhelmed me.
"First, guys, I'm not leaving you. I will always remain in your memories, right?" I said and smiled when they nodded their head softly. "Right? So then, don't be sad. You know? I feel guilty thinking how I'll be leaving you all. I'm afraid you all will end up in a cruel master. I don't want that.." I said and choked my sobs. I can't let them see me cry or else it'd tear them up more.
"I wish.. I wish I could spend time with you all more.. I wish we could be together more.. I.. I don't want to leave you all." I confessed and wasn't able to hold myself anymore and tears spilled like falls.
They didn't hold their tears back anymore too and they held my hands, arms and legs tightly. They were murmuring things like they loved me so much, that I was the best master they ever had, that everything will be fine and that they would never ever leave me alone.
My breath hitched when just doing what used to be such a simple task became very difficult and hurting.
"I.. It hurts.. Ca-Capricorn, Aquarius.. Pisces, Aries.. Gemini, Can-Cancer.. Loke, Taurus.. Libra, Sagittarius, Virgo, Scorpio.. where are you guys?" I asked as my vision darkened and I couldn't see anything but pure black. I was scared. I had a good idea of what was happening already. My vision had been affected after my lungs. Next would clearly be my heart.
"No!" A loud voice suddenly filled the empty silence that hang around us. I recognized it as Loke's. I craned my head from the direction I heard his loud sorrowful voice and where I last saw him before my impending death seized my vision.
"I will not allow you to die Lucy. Not you, Not now, Not ever! Even if I need to give you all the magic power that I have." I heard him exclaim and felt a surge of power seeping through my arm.
"We all will not allow it." Aquarius exclaims next and they all imparted some of their magic power to me. A tear escaped from my eyes again as I got overwhelmed with their thoughtfulness.
"Thanks guys.. but.. it's too late now.. please don't waste your powers on me.. please.." I told them weakly and smiled.
"No.. Lucy no.. Please.. live for us.. live for yourself.. live for Fairy Tail.. I don't know how I'll be if you die.." Loke said, his tears drenching my already tear-stained cheeks.
"Loke.. Please.. extend my apologies to all of Fairy Tail.. Tell them.. I really had fun with them and that I love them so much.. they were my second family.. and.. please.. give this to Natsu." I told him and passed him a little box. I felt his cold trembling hands grasp mine and took the thing.
"Please tell him.. to open it when he returns home.." I told him and clutched his coat.
"Be sure to.. tell the.. Idiot, Okay?" I said and smiled.
I heard him laugh meekly at my remark and my smile widened.
"I'll be sure to knock it into that Idiot's brain." he said.
My strength had left my body already and my hand fell down beside me with a soft thud. This alerted them all as they soon yelled my name over and over again till I couldn't hear them anymore.
Ah! I must be dead already. So this is what it's like to die huh? You feel like you're sleeping but the thing is, it's an eternal one.
*Lucy*
I heard a sweet voice that I would never ever forget no matter how many decades pass and longed to hear for so long.
*Lucy Dear?*
It calls my name again.
"Is that you Mama? Have you come to take me?" I asked, expecting her answer.
*Oh no, sweetest. I'm not here because of that. Actually it's something else.*
She says with gleefulness in her voice.
"Eh?" I voiced my confusion.
*You see, everything's not over yet, so you're still not allowed over here.* she answers vaguely.
"What do you mean, Mama? Why won't I be able to see you again?"
*Oh sweetie, I wish I could tell you why but I am not allowed to do so. What I can tell you though is, it's not over yet.*
"What isn't over?"
*As I said, everything is.* she simply answered and left a long blank on my head.
Okay! Here goes.. I'm trying to write a NaLu fanfiction, so if you all would just take your time and read it. The characters might be a bit too OOC so please forgive me in advance. So, I'll be needing your views and opinions here and would really appreciate it if you impart it to me. Thanks a lot ahead guys. I'll be expecting you okay?
xoxo,
Halloween Godspell