Chapter one

It was supposed to be a simple mission. Get the sacred gem from the rock it was embedded on and get 100,000 jewels. No biggie. But what lacy didn't know was that there was a dark guild after it.

"That must be the cave the gem is in" Lucy checked the map and looked at the cave. "Let's get this over with" she stepped into the ominous looking cave. Straight ahead was the boulder, a ray of sunlight shone from a hole in the cave above it and illuminated a sapphire stuck directly in the middle. She tentatively stepped forward. The place was probably booby trapped to maximum extent. She took another step, and another, ten agonizingly fear filled steps later she was directly in front of the boulder. "This is too easy" she mumbled, she looked at the sapphire; it gave off a strong magic aura and glowed with power. "Oh what the hell" she grabbed the sapphire and pulled it out of its resting place. She closed her eyes and mentally calculated which spirit she could summon to stop the trap she had most certainly sprung. Nothing happened. She cautiously opened one eye…then another. The cave remained the same as before. "Huh" she said turning to leave before something did happen. She stopped. The cave exit was blocked by what seemed to be an entire guild of scraggly and uncivilized looking ruffians; A dark guild. She grabbed a key "OPEN GATE OF TH-" Wham! A blast of darkness from one of the mages and she fell to the floor, the gem rolling out of her hands; the last thing she remembered before passing out was the men converging around her.