Among The Stars: Chapter One: The Light
Leonis: We return to Fiore for another tale...
Natsu: Will I be in this one?!
Leonis: Most likely not, but you're welcome to do the disclaimer
Natsu: O-Okay...Leonis Serviert doesn't own Fairy Tail or Crime Sorciere.
Stars. For millenniums they've been important to us, from lighting the days with the sun's warmth to illuminating the dark heavens of the night, they've always been there. Celestial Spirit Mages gain their powers through summoning embodiments of constellations; miraculous images made of stars. These mages, while quite uncommon, can be easily found in Sabertooth and Fairy Tail—the mages Yukino Aguria and Lucy Heartfilia of said guilds respectively. But there is another magic of the stars, an ancient magic lost to the annals of time. It is known as Stellar Magic, a Lost Magic of great power and strength, embodying the power of the stars rather than summoning beings from them. There is only one mage in the past thousand years known to be able to wield such tremendous magical power, and his name, is Dax Sterling.
We meet a young Dax, aged only a few months old, being carried by his parents—a man with brown hair and brown eyes and a woman with beautiful golden locks and dark blue eyes speckled with white, resembling the starry night sky itself. The young Dax has already began to grow tufts of golden brown hair like his father's, inheriting his mother's night sky-coloured eyes. The child is bundled in a cloth to keep him warm, the two parents walking towards a large building.
Knocking on the door, Dax's parents are answered by a man wearing a lab coat with slicked back silver hair and a long goatee, beneath said coat lay a black t-shirt, gray trousers and black shoes.
"Ah, hello Mr and Mrs. Sterling, and I see you've brought the boy" The man nods.
"Yes Dr. Zaltus. He is ready for whatever you have planned"
Mrs. Sterling nods, agreeing with her husband's statement.
"Ah good, now hand the boy over and you shall receive your compensation" Dr. Zaltus grins.
Dax's parents hand the infant over to the silver-haired scientist, who then produces a large bag of cash.
"There you go, 25,000 jewels" The scientist grins.
"Thank you doctor. Goodbye" The parents say as they walk away, Dr. Zaltus closing the door behind him, Dax asleep in his arms.
"Now little one, me and you are going to have some fun discovering your magical potential" Zaltus grins.
Timeskip - 2 years
We now arrive upon a slightly older Dax, no older than two and he has began walking and talking simple sentences, due to a kindhearted scientist named Felicia coming and treating him like her own. His red-headed mother figure enters the room with a smile—obviously a fake one due to what is about to occur.
"Feli!" Dax giggles, toddling over to the woman and hugging her leg.
"Hello Dax, are you ready to go?" She asks.
"Yes. Where are we going?" The golden brown-haired boy asks curiously.
"To a special place. It's a surprise" The red-headed woman chuckles as she and Dax walk hand-in-hand down the hallway and into a large room with computers and all sorts of devices huddled around a chamber which is opened, restraints visible.
"Ooh! I love surprises!" He chirps as they enter.
Felicia crouches down to his level "Now Dax. Be a good boy and get in that metal chamber with all of the arms" She says whilst pointing at the machine.
Dax has been experimented on since the moment he arrived at the facility that fateful night, when his parents, his own flesh and blood, sold him off for cold, hard cash. The boy has no idea as Felicia, out of the kindness of her heart, has used her Memory Magic to edit his mind. Thus, he doesn't remember any of it after the experiments are over.
"Okay" The golden brown-haired boy smiles as he steps into the chamber, the glass plate sliding over it and sealing him in, the restraints gripping his arms "Ow, that hurts..." He grumbles, Felicia, Zaltus and a few other scientists preparing the devices.
"Power amplifier to 200% output" One says.
"Increasing Magic flow by 100%" Another monotonously announces.
"Activating power insertion units" A third says as six needle-like objects come from the back of the chamber, stabbing into Dax's back.
"Ow!" Dax cries, eyes watering slightly.
"We're ready to go sir" Felicia announces with a heavy heart.
"Commence Magic Amplification Experiment No. 1000" Zaltus says whilst pulling a large switch.
Dax is enveloped by golden light, screaming in pain as the power surges into his tiny frame, causing him intense pain. Felicia looks away slightly, seeing a boy she cares for like a son in so much pain.
"Increasing magic output by 100%" The second scientist to speak says as he pushes another switch forward.
"AHHH!" Dax screams, his body breaking out in convulsions.
"Increasing power amplification to 400%" The first to speak says as they push a group of buttons, the golden energy intensifying in power.
Blood begins to flow from Dax's mouth, making Felicia vomit into a nearby bucket. Her entire being sickened by the sight. The experiment does not cease even as Dax vomits a bit more blood and convulses even more. No matter how much she wants to, Felicia cannot stop this as Dr. Zaltus would kill her, then who would care for Dax? She needs to live for the poor boys' sake.
After five hours of intense agony, the chamber opens and Dax is released from the restraints, dropping to the floor unconscious. His body is still slightly twitching from all the convulsions and soaked in blood from his scarlet-stained vomit. Felicia rushes over the boy, forcing herself not to wretch as she runs through the hall and into Dax's bathroom. She begins to wash him of all the blood staining his body, then drying him off and laying him in his bed.
"I'm so sorry Dax..." Felicia whispers as she turns off the light and leaves the room.
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Astronomer's Link
