Poisoned
Chapter 1
Hey, Clary here. I have decided to start a new story based on some weird ideas I've had lately. Okay, basically, this is going to be an AU of Lucy's life, every thing is more or less going to be the same, except Lucy is going to be a lot more badass. Who doesn't love a badass Lucy? Anyway, hope you guys like it!
*There will be some changes with Lucy's magical abilities since I think she is much more capable than Hiro Mashima portrays her as.*
Celestial Mages were of abundance in the old world, seeing how Celestial magic was one of the first known magic in history. Despite the large number of Celestial Mages, only a handful were capable of wielding a gold key, and even lesser had the ability of completing the Seven Spells of Mildean, the founder of Mildean Academy – a prestigious magic school that trained mages, especially Celestial Mages the arts of caster and holder magic - and the Celestial Mage of his time. He was capable of summoning five of the twelve zodiacs simultaneously, a feat that few in history could boast of.
But Mildean strived for more. A Celestial Mage's greatest strength and weakness lie in his keys. Being holder type mages, the moment a Celestial Mage's keys are taken - despite his vast magic container - without a medium to release that magic for attacks and defenses, one would be powerless. So he learnt and mastered holder type magic and expanded his magical energy so tremendously that he became the first holder type mage to be capable of performing caster type magic.
Not the type to hoard all his power to himself, Mildean used his magic and immense knowledge to create spells that could be used by Celestial Mages who wielded enough magical power to cast them.
The Seven Spells of Mildean were created with the bases of the most powerful elements on Earth – water, air, fire, earth, lightning, light and darkness. The Ultimate Magic of the Stars – also known as Urano Metria – was also created by Mildean shortly before his death.
But Mildean's dreams to train Celestial Mages who could be capable of using his Seven Spell was all but a dream. When the Mildean Academy suffered the biggest mass killing of Celestial Mages in history, more than a hundred skilled Celestial Mages were killed, including Mildean.
His works were hidden away by his widow for years. Until their daughter came of age. Anna Heartfilia, she was called. And she soon surpassed her father – Mildean Heartfilia – in skill and talent. Sensing the need for Celestial Mages to be capable of protecting themselves even without their keys or their magic, Anna introduced the Celestial Guardians to Celestial Mages all across the world. She became one of the first known mages to sign a contract with the Celestial Spirit King, to allow fallen Celestial Spirits to be reborn as Celestial Guardians.
(The contents of their contract are unknown until now. But it is said that the Heartfilia family will bear the burden of her contract till death.)
Her strategy skills and vast magic capacity were recognized by the Magic Council. The councilors suspected Anna of possessing Mildean's books which taught Celestial Mages the true arts of Celestial Magic and also the Seven Spells of Mildean. They ordered her to give up her father's possessions with the exchange of a title of Wizard Saint, but Anna refused each time.
Anna Heartfilia disappeared after her mother's death. No sign of her was seen any more. But random bursts of magical energy would be felt by mages throughout the continent from time to time. Investigations were led, but no trace of Anna was ever found.
It was said the Anna Heartfilia aided in the first Eclipse Gate Project; in fact, she was the one who created it in the first place. Some say she was involved with the dragons; some claim that she was meeting with Zeref, the black wizard himself. But her motives for building the Eclipse Gate were unknown. She was found five years after the Eclipse Gate incident at a wooden hut near the borders of Alvarez. The Rune Knights found a newborn babe in her arms, peacefully sleeping in her dead mothers arms.
The babe grew up to be as skillful as her mother and her grandfather. Celestial Magic was soon believed to run strong in the Heartfilia bloodline, even stronger than in the Aguria family.
The Heartfilia bloodline ended with Lyanna Heartfilia, the great-grand-daughter of Anna Heartfilia. Her cause of death is unknown. Thereafter, the books of Mildean and the twelve golden celestial keys were scattered throughout the world, never to be found.
Currently, the golden keys have slowly been recovered by Celestial Mages around the world. However, without descendants of the Heartfilia bloodline, it is believed that no Celestial Mage will ever be capable of wielding all twelve keys at once, nor will they be able to cast the Seven Spells of Mildean again.
Sad to say, Celestial Magic has become a Lost Magic. The Age of the Celestial Mages has ended and Celestial Mages are going extinct.
'Harder! Put your strength into it, Miss Lucy!' Capricorn urged the young mage.
Flurries of kicks and punches were exchanged between the twelve-year-old female and her mother's spirit in the courtyard. From afar, Layla Heartfilia watched silently, smiling as she saw her daughter land quite a number of punches on Capricorn. She was improving tremendously.
'She'll be quite the Celestial Mage. You've done well, Layla.' A soft, feminine voice was heard. Layla smiled at her guardian, Lupus – the Wolf of the Eternal Heavens, and replied, 'She'll be a much better Celestial Mage than I was, Lu. She's already capable of summoning two spirits and sometimes even three spirits with magic left to spare. And Capricorn claims that she's mastering hand-to-hand combat skillfully.' The pride in Layla's voice was unmistakable.
Lupus morphed from her wolf form into a human and sat next to her master. Brushing her dark blue hair away from her eyes, she rested her hand on Layla's. 'It'll be her choosing soon. She won't be alone anymore, Layla.' Layla's smile faltered and she whispered, 'She will need a good and loyal companion, Lu. Especially after I –' She cut herself off, not wanting to finish her sentence.
'Capri! You cheated!' an outraged voice caught the two women's attention.
Lucy Heartfilia clutched at her side, wincing in pain. Her teacher looked at her and shook his head in denial. 'No, I did not, Miss Lucy.'
The young Celestial Mage stomped her foot childishly and argued, 'Yes you did! You said left, but you kicked right!'
The celestial spirit smirked smugly, 'You were not seeing, Princess.'
'Yes I was! I watched you!'
Capricorn shook his head once again, tsking in disapproval. 'You were watching, not seeing. Seeing is not watching, my dear child. One can forfeit his life if he does not see.'
Lucy stood up straight, ignoring the pain in her side and spoke determinedly, 'Again. We'll do it again.'
Lupus's eyes widened and turned to her master worriedly. 'Layla, she should not. She's still young and her wound – '
A hand stopped the guardian from speaking any further.
'She is strong, Lupus; stronger than I was at her age.' Layla's usually soft tone hardened. 'It is time for her choosing. We cannot prolong it any more. I sense my contract with the Celestial Spirit King is coming to an end.'
Lupus hesitated but nodded.
The guardian called out to Lucy, halting her and her celestial spirit's training. One look at the guardian's expression was all it took for the observant child to know. Lucy beamed at Lupus in glee. 'Is it time, Lu? Is it? Can we start now?'
Lupus sighed. Despite being Layla's child, she has none of Layla's composure or grace…though her determination and stubbornness was definitely a trait in the Heartfilia family.
'Remember Lucy, this isn't a game. Celestial Mages in the past have died summoning their guardians because –'
'Because they were overconfident of their magic capacities and summoned a guardian that was not compatible with their magical level,' finished the elated blonde somewhat exasperatedly. 'I know, Lupus! You've repeated this a hundred times!'
Chuckling, the guardian replied, 'Well, then. You may begin.'
Lucy's expression turned somber. She stepped further away from Lupus and the goat spirit, and took in a deep breath. She closed her eyes and slowly pumped her magic outwards, allowing the tendrils of Celestial Magic escape her body.
Enchantments spilled out of the young mage's lips fluently. Ancient glyphs soon appeared in a circle surrounding the girl. It took little time for her magic to power the spell, causing the glyphs to grow brighter and sharper than before.
Layla continued to observe the scene, overcome with worry and fear. Her own master, despite not being a Heartfilia, was strong and nearly as capable as Layla was, but he had still perished after he tried to summon a guardian whose caliber was too high for his magic to cope with. She knew that her daughter was a powerful Celestial Mage, and if she continued her progress, Layla had no doubt Lucy would be the most powerful Celestial Mage in history, even more so than Mildean or Anna.
She prayed that her little girl would choose a strong, faithful guardian. Celestial Mages can only choose one guardian for the rest of their lives. Their bonds can never be severed; else the contract binding the guardian and the master will reap them both of their magic.
Layla had proposed some guardians that would have been fairly compatible with Lucy's character. The Ethereal Falcon would be a good choice; he was rumored to be one of the most favorable guardians in the celestial realm or maybe Leia, the Lioness of the Celestial Planes, she was loyal as well as powerful. As long as her daughter didn't choose that horrid fox guardian or the king of cobr –
The older mage's train of thoughts was interrupted as Lucy's chant came to an end. She watched as her daughter raised her arms and created a door to the celestial realm. Oh, please tell me she chose a guardian as good as Lupus, please oh please. Heavens know she'll need her guardian when I'm gone. Layla leaned forward eagerly to see who her little girl chose. Shading her eyes with her palm when the door started to shine even brighter than before, Layla prayed to whatever god was listening that Lucy would choose the right guardi -
'Wait a second, is that a snake?!'
Forget about her health condition, Layla Heartfilia was sure her heart had failed her there and then.
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