DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail, this anime series was written by Hiro Mashima. However, I do own this Plot and OCs; Ever and Luna.

Prologue: Lost Keys

Two Years Ago

~Ever's P.O.V~

It was death incarnate; the cemetery. It was a curse on my life, a darkness that I could never quite shake off. The roll of fog caused everything to appear to shimmer with an unearthly glow, the row upon rows; of once white tombstones were now a mottled grey. We were making our way through the oldest part of the cemetery, moving closer to the newer shinier tombstones. The older section smelt of death and decay, the long forgotten tombstones becoming ensnared in the arms of the earth and slowly sinking into the fertile ground.

I shivered at some of the ghoulish looking angels that were dotted around the cemetery, they were meant to be beautiful depictions of the angels, but to me they looked like the very creatures of Hell standing stationary at the Gates that would one day claim us all; Hell. I trailed slowly behind my aunt and sister, my sisters short dark hair glittered in the dull light. Her scarlet coloured dress burned against her pale skin, twirling around her knees like fire dancing upon the sea.

My aunt was sombre, her dark hair tied up in a dignified chignon nought. Her sever black suit painted her as a strict woman, which was contrary to the truth, but them what did one wear to a cemetery? My own black dress was tight against my breasts and trailed down to my ankles, in soft chiffon, it swirled around my ankles showing off my black heals. A feeling of depression settled in my heart, I could feel the darkness beginning to set in once again.

We had entered through the small gate into the newer part of the cemetery, the tombstones still stood in perfect condition, not overrun by weeds and shrub like the other side. Fresh flowers decorated some tombs from mourners that had lost their own loved ones, but my eyes rested on only one of them, at the end of the row, the last one to be erected.

It was carved out of beautiful white marble; the ground was freshly dug up, the earth turned up to show the bare earth beneath the grass. The lawn around it was manicured and perfect; the freshly dug earth looked like a sore that was still weeping. I swallowed, my throat becoming constricted, pain racing through my heart, wrenching it asunder. I watched as my sister reached the grave first, she sank to her knees, dirtying herself in the freshly turned mud.

I watched as she reached a pale trembling hand and gently caressed the tombstone, her black fingers nails' trailing along the inscription, her voice was shaking as she spoke, "Mother."

I read the inscription along the tombstone, the fresh black ink shimmering in the damp morning light:

Evelyn Night

The evening is nothing without the light of the moon.

Her year of birth and death were written beneath it; she had died seven days ago. My sister gently placed a single rose onto the gravestone, the crimson petals stark against the white marble. I watched as my sister turned to me, reaching for me with tears blurring her ice blue eyes. I trembled in fear and terror, I didn't know what to do, I was emotionless, numb yet terrified at the same time.

"Ever?" My aunt said I turned to her; her dark blue eyes glittered with unshed tears.

I began to back away, my arms outstretched, warding them off, I began to kick my shoes off, the dark black heals lay fallen like dead things on the ground.

"Sister?" my sister's voice was filled with pain and confusion.

I whirled around my skirt fanning out around me and I began to run blindly. Run from the pain, the terror, my own eyes filled with tears, and as the crystal like drops fell from my eyes, I screamed into the eerily quiet air. My feet slapped against the dirt barely making a noise, I was running blind, weaving through the fallen tombstones, crumbling to nothing as they were forgotten.

But I would never be able to forget, I would always remember the day I abandoned my sister when she needed me the most… I was darkness incarnate.

Present: Fiore- Fairy Tail Guild

~Lucy's P.O.V~

I was at my home, the guild called Fairy Tail. The rowdy people surrounding us kept my whimpers in the shadows, except to those who surrounded me, nobody knew of the misfortune that had befallen me. Usually I had amazing times in the guild with my friends but not on this day- on this particular day I lost everything. Loke was standing before me formally as a member of the Spirit World; his mass of orange hair as unruly as ever, and his usual sparkling eyes were dulled.

He was not here as a member of Fairy Tail or a friend, he was doing the bidding of his King, or so I believed. I stared at him, my large chocolate eyes beginning to brim with tears as I was still trying to comprehend what he was telling me… that I had to give up my Gate Keys.

"Loke, do I really have to give up all my Celestial Keys?" I tried pleading with him, worry made my voice shake.

"Yes," his voice was solemn yet calm, "Now you posses you're True Power, you can't use the Keys- the gates are locked to you forever."

Tears tracked down my checks carving a substantial path in my anguish. I was too lose all my friends; to some stranger I had no doubt.

Natsu placed a warm comforting hand on my arm, Erza slid her plate of strawberry cake in front of me, Gray was sitting in his underwear but he still managed to look concerned and equally contrite and Wendy was sitting quietly at the end of the table with Happy and Charle.

I gently took all of my Keys out of their pouch, cradling them slightly in my hand and then I gently placed them on the table, I couldn't feel anything from them- no warmth, no magic. I cried as I slid them in front of Loke, the Keys jingling together, the noise that had found its way into my heart.

"I ask one last thing of you as my spirit, Loke," I said, my voice no longer wavering because I had a purpose.

"Yes Lucy?" Loke asked seriously, but with a small gentle smile.

"Make sure they go to someone kind and pure hearted," a small watery smile graced my lips, "Please?"

Loke nodded and picked up the Keys of his brethren and disappeared in a shower of sparks. I buried my head in Natsu's shoulder and he held me as I cried. Hands brushed over my back and arms, in a show of comradeship- to acknowledge that I wasn't entirely alone, even Happy settled on my lap lightly patting my stomach in rhythmic pats.

An image of a girl drifted across my closed eyelids; she reached out a slender hand, her fingers were loose yet as if she were trying to catch something. Her face was tilted up as if she were searching for something, or trying to see something in the distance. She was beautiful, exotic almost. Her dark chestnut hair moved around her slender waist, almost swaying in an invisible breeze. She lowered her head and her dark royal purple eyes almost seemed to bore into my own, seeing straight into my soul.

At the same time I could see her own heart just as clearly, and it was so sad, darkness clung to her, and sorrow wrapped an iron grip around her heart. My tears were no longer completely my own, they were for her al well, the girl with the sad expressive eyes. Her lips parted in a sigh, moving to trace words but there was a buzzing in my ears and I couldn't quite comprehend what she was saying.

I lifted my head from Natsu's warm shoulder and scrubbed the heal of my hand across my eyes, wiping away the tears, a small smile curved at the corner of my lips. I understood what the girl with the purple eyes was trying to say…

"Thank you."

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