Chasing through time
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(all characters, locations and ideas belong to author of Fairy Tail (Hiro Mashima) if there are any similarities or occurrences that is personal to you the scenarios in this story are entirely fictional and are not in any way a copy of what you experienced! )
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Chapter 1 - ghost?
'Lucy! look after Wendy for me!' Carla called out to Lucy as she was strolling past.
'Wha... What?' Lucy span in a daze as she saw Carla zoom past her with great haste, stalling mid air Carla gave a simple explanation.
'I have a bad feeling that something is going to happen which will turn time greatly. Please look after Wendy while I go and check the situation.'
'OK leave it to me! ' Lucy called back.
She sat down beside a sleeping Wendy, the traces of a magic circle still ebbing on the ground. It would seem that Wendy had tried to summon a spirit again. It was something that both Wendy and Carla had been keeping a secret between themselves.
'Well I don't have my diary with me for nothing!'
Out of her bag came her tattered diary and a pen. Flicking to her most recent entry she continued to account what she had experienced that day.
Dear Diary,
Today nothing much happened at all! Natsu and Happy were relaxing at their cabin, it seems that they are still rather tiered from the battle with the seven dragons. Erza has gone off somewhere and Cana is drinking away in the guild. Fortunately more job offers are starting to come in as our guild has moved back into our old spot after winning at Fiore. Finally it seems that Gray and Juvia seems to have progressed in their relationship too! it's so sweet!
I just stayed in the guild all day, but today I felt something weird. There was a weird tingly feeling in my heart and i felt really warm and safe. However that feeling only lasted a minute because Mirajane came over to me and started to tell me as to how Hibiki from Blue Pegasus seems to have a crush on me!
See you later!
Lucy xxx
As she closed the diary she laid down on the grass beside Wendy and closed her eyes as the sun streamed gently through the leaves of the trees, scattering a few loose petals.
As a gentle wave of petals swept towards Lucy her diary started to flick open at a rapid rate, the pages nearly tearing out of the spine as the pages are flicked on and on. Then suddenly all movement stops ans everything falls still. To hear a gentle ring of bells.
This wakes Wendy as she stretches her little arms and yawns. Looking to her right she sees Lucy asleep beside her, the diary wide open. Smiling Lucy creates a gentle breeze to close the diary, but the diary did not shift an inch. So Wendy tried again. Still no movement.
' I mastered this breeze though! it was the most simple of wind movement spells that was in the book that Grandine gave me!'
So she tried again and again still the diary did not even lift a millimeter as if it was bolted firmly to the ground. So she crawled over, curious.
Reading the diary entry as it sat there she let out a gasp.
' No... it can't be ... It wasn't supposed to work like this! what have I done? I... I need help!'
She turned to Lucy, shaking her shoulder vigorously, yet Lucy remained in a deep sleep. She tried to remove the keys from Lucy's waist pouch but still, Lucy did not stir.
'No... This can't be.. I can't be too late!' Wendy whispered quietly to herself.
'What are you late for? I have good hearing too you know?' Natsu showed up at the garden arch with Happy at his side.
Turing around tears spilled down Wendy's cheeks, alarming Natsu.
He ran towards her and stopped a meter away as he saw Lucy lying still, her eyes closed. He fell to his knees before yelling.
'WHO DID THIS TO MY NAKAMA? TELL ME WENDY WHO?'
'Natsu! what is this noise? you're always so noisy. Were you serious about having our shouting competition...'
Gray's words stopped as she observed the scene of a crying Wendy, Natsu on his knees and Lucy lying still on the ground. Gray stopped walking as he also fell to his knees and began to feel tears rise to his eyes.
' Gray! are you okay? who attacked the guild? show yourself! whoever attempts to attack my Gray will not escape freely!'
Juvia showed up panting with an orb of water in her hand, ready to attack an intruder. She now calmed down, her orb shattered and flowed to the ground as she fell to her knees beside Gray.
'What is this? a crying party? who's died huh?' Laxus turns up with master Makarov following.
Wendy sobbed even louder as she heard his words, almost building a small tornado as she wailed in misery.
'It's all my fault... It's all my fault that Lucy... that she...' Wendy broke off, overcome by her sobs.
'Don't, it's not your fault Wendy...' Natsu spoke up in a quivering voice.
'what's this? The great Natsu and Gray crying?' Laxus taunted.
' We're not crying!' they yelled simultaneously
' Men like you have no heart. Laxus. Look clearly.' Juvia was also crying as she recalled the joint fight that she and Lucy shared with their battles together, when Lucy was kind to her and when she still considered Lucy a love rival.
Meanwhile Master Makarov hopped around, trying to view the situation as his view was blocked by Laxus and he did not wish to expend his power at this time. When he finally saw Lucy he Stumbled slightly.
'Wendy,what happened?'
'Well, I tried to summon, to summon, a spirit ... this ... this then lead to a strong spirit coming through then I fell back... Then when I woke up... Lucy was...'
'WHERE IS THIS SPIRIT? NOTHING WILL BE SPARED IF IT HURTS MY NAKAMA!' Natsu yelled with flames coating his clenched fists.
'Calm yourself Natsu.' Master stated while extending his fist to hold Natsu down onto the ground.
' It would seem that there is a 98% chance that Lucy is merely drained of energy and is not dead.'
'FIRST MASTER!'
'What are you doing here first?'
'Um... I got bored again and it seemed that there was a 100% probability that there was something interesting happening at my guild so I came along.'
'First Master...'
'Just get Lucy to a bed first and let me look after her you stupid stinking humans.'
'Grandine! you're here!'
Grandine simply nodded and turned.
'I'll be waiting in the guild to treat Lucy.'
Carla now joined the party as she bounded in.
'Did I make it?'
Wendy nodded happily as she confirmed that Lucy was okay. Carla wiped away the last tears from Wendy's eyes.
As this was unfolding Natsu, Gray, Juvia, Laxus and Master Makarov were turning heads both directions clearly puzzled while first master simply nodded and smiled.
'Not bad entertainment... not bad at all. keep this up Fairy Tail!' She chanted as she helped to levitate Lucy to the infirmary.
'Wendy please explain everything inside the guild.'
Inside the guild everyone heard of what had happened from the start. Titters of taunts and laughter came about as they heard that Natsu and Gray cried.
'SILENCE GUILD! AND LISTEN TO WENDY'
Heads turned to face Wendy as she began to explain the situation.
'Well, I was practicing my spirit summoning in the garden last week the I heard a single voice calling out to me saying ' Please help me! please I need to find my sister. It's really important!' then the spirit faded as I ran out of energy. So I told Carla, she told me that at the same moment she had a vision of a girl dressed in a kimono calling for help lost in a large crowd, showing a picture of Lucy.
So we talked about what we should do. Then today I decided to try and call out the spirit again, but when I felt a spirit a strong sense of loneliness and pain came over me. I don't really remember what happened next but I woke up and found Lucy next to me. I thought that she was simply sleeping so I went to try and close her diary, but I couldn't so I read it . It was an entry from a two years back. I then realized that I had called out the spirit of the girl looking for Lucy but it had happened before it should have because the last time took much longer to summon the spirit.'
First master nodded.
'I believe that what happened was that the spirit that you summoned was the trigger for the start. The spirit must have seen a way to gain help, so gained more power by doing a good deed to take a physical form. This is because in the spirit world, if you help others go to heaven then you will have a chance to gain a physical body once more. However this means that the spirit will take on all the pains that the other spirits held. This is why not many attempt to gain a physical body. Because they could either fall to hell or repel the pain and their power, making them disappear forever. Then when you tried to summon her again, the spirit fell through in human form again but was sent somewhere else.'
Everyone stared at the first master with shock.
'So that means that the girl will show up any moment now?' Laxus broke the silence.
'Yes! there is a 86% chance that she will appear any moment now.'
Just as First master finished talking there was a knock on the guild door. Mirajane tentatively opened the door to reveal...
Erza.
Everyone let out their breaths.
'What happened here? it looks like you all just attended a funeral'
This started a chorus of awkward coughs and twitches.
Mirajane pulled Erza to a side and explained the whole story.
'Oh I see. I saw a girl a little while back she seemed to be wearing a kimono I couldn't really see.'
A ring of bells echoed across the hall.
Breaths were once again held.
The door creaked open slowly.
There stood a girl in a crimson kimono with her midnight black hair cascading down her back. Her eyes, golden orbs. In her hand she held a picture, clutched tightly.
'I made it! I really made it! Thank you little girl!'
She ran towards Wendy but was promptly stopped by Natsu and Gray.
'I'm sorry, how rude of me. My name is Asuka Heartfilia. I'm Lucy's sister. It's nice to meet you!'