Hi everyone! Haven't uploaded a story for ages so hopefully this'll be worth it. I do not own anything to do with Fairy Tail except my OC's...which is fairly obvious, wish I did though. Enjoy!
It was a day like any other in the Fairy Tail guild; drinking, laughing, random brawls and Natsu and Gray throwing insults at each other for seemingly no reason. Sat at the bar chatting to Mira, Lucy couldn't help but yawn, "bit tired are we?" Mira asked with a chuckle.
"Yeah" Lucy replied, "we only got back from our job last night…..after I got captured YET AGAIN. Given how tired I was I should've slept like a log, but my instincts were telling me something was up and it kept me up all night worrying about it."
Mira giggled yet again "I'm sure it's nothing bad Lucy, maybe Natsu's going to propose."
Lucy's cheeks turned blood red "M-M-Mira!" she stuttered "stop talking nonsense! I doubt he'd ever…..see me like that." Mira could hear a hint of doubt and depression in Lucy's voice, it was at that moment she knew Lucy loved Natsu but had resigned herself to never being with him.
Before Mira could say a word an almighty shout from Master Makarov rang out across the entire guild hall, "TEAM NATSU IN MY OFFICE NOW! MOVE YOUR BACKSIDES BRATS!" Without another word the 5 mages and 2 exceeds rushed upstairs into the master's office in fear of punishment should they dally. Once inside they stood before the Master's table fully expecting to be shouted at for damages caused, even though on their last mission there had barely been any…much. "My children I have new for you that is both wonderful….yet sad."
"What is it Master? What has happened?" inquired Erza both excitedly and worriedly.
The elderly Master looked over all of the mages before him and gathered his courage for the task ahead. "My children I have received a rather…..interesting request for one of you specifically, that would be ranked at very high S-Class level if not low SS-Class."
"That would put it at Decade Quest level!" exclaimed Gray
"It shall be challenging, but I shall endeavour to do my best! I shall not dishonour Fairy Tail with defeat!" announced Erza with pride and determination strong in her voice.
"I have no doubt whatsoever that you would my dear, but I'm afraid the request is not meant for you" the proud Master replied.
"Then who Gramps? Is it me? Oh please let it be me!" asked a rather hopeful Natsu as he practically jumped on the spot.
"….Lucy" he simply replied getting gasps of shock in reply from everyone in the room, "it appeared on my desk with a note for me in a flash of light late last night, the note was from one of the most powerful beings in all of Earthland….the Celestial Spirit King himself."
"WHAT!" screamed Lucy making everyone jump a clear foot in the air, "I'm not even S-Class! Hell I'm the one that always ends up needing saving! How could Stash-Face think I could complete an SS-Class request!?"
The Master put his hands together and leaned back in his chair having fully expected a response like that, "In truth my child I'm not certain. The note did not include any details about what the assignment entailed, only that it was specifically for Lucy and for Lucy ALONE and would take close to 3 years to complete. However it also said that by the time of completion your power level will rival Gildarts or even myself. The choice, my dear, is yours and yours alone, though if I may say I truly believe you can accomplish whatever this entails" the Master finished with a proud smile.
"I'll do it" Lucy replied without hesitation, shocking everyone in the room except for the diminutive Master. "I'm always the one in the way, getting caught, getting beaten up or being saved. If this will make me as powerful as the King says, then I'll finally be able to stand beside everyone as an equal! And finally be able to protect my Fairy Tail Family."
The team were about to speak but the Master beat them too it, "wonderful my dear truly, now everyone but Lucy please get out so Lucy can have some privacy…NOW!" Reluctantly they all complied leaving Lucy alone with the proud elderly Master, who picked up a folded piece of paper from his desk and handed it to Lucy. "This came with the note, apparently it contains the details of the assignment. The note said the Spirit King magically sealed it so that only you could open it and only if you were alone or with only your spirits with you. I shall put a sound proofing spell around this office so that you may use it in peace, take all the time you wish child." Getting a quick thankyou from Lucy he got up from his chair, left the office, closed the door and cast the sound proofing spell.
Lucy steeled herself and opened the folded paper, the instant she did the clock on the wall stopped and a booming voice filled the room "Old Friend." Lucy turned and came face to face….well face to stomach with the Spirit King himself, though much smaller than last time of course being only big enough to fill the room, and a young woman only a little taller Lucy herself. She had shining silver hair that reached down to the bottom of her back, sapphire blue eyes, a slender build and was wearing a flowing dark blue dress that trailed on the floor majestically, had diamonds woven in that made it sparkle like the night sky and came up to cover about half way up her fairly substantial chest. "I am glad you have agreed to my request Old Friend, allow me to introduce you to my daughter, Andromeda."
"A pleasure to meet the fabled 'Princess'" Andromeda said with a beautiful smile and a voice that Lucy could only describe as angelic, "it almost made me feel like we're sisters, you really are quite famous in the spirit world."
"Oh…err….Thanks I guess" Lucy replied awkwardly, "and it's nice to meet you too. But if you don't mind me asking, what's this mission all about?"
The Spirit King grinned his toothy grin, "less a mission, more of a…..request. To answer I must tell you a tale, you are aware of the 'Black Wizard' Zeref?" Lucy nodded, "Nigh 2 centuries ago the 'Black Wizard', in another futile attempt to destroy himself once and for all, discovered a way to summon my son, Andromeda's brother, Bode. Through a combination of the Ankersom Black Magic he was cursed with and blood from the 'Dragon of Destruction' Acnologia, Zeref managed to curse and mutate Bode into an incredibly powerful Shade. However Bode's body quickly began to degrade and reject the Celestial magic he was still linked to, so Zeref was forced to do the unthinkable and sever Bode's link to the Spirit World entirely…..by transforming him into a demon." Lucy gasped before the King continued, "Zeref's self-destructive plan however failed as Bode, who's mind had now been entirely corrupted by darkness, made plan of his own. He overwrote the servitude commands that Zeref wrote in his Demonic DNA and cast Zeref aside, spending the next 50 years gathering the power he needed to break into the world of Shades, once he had he concurred it and became the Demon King of all Shades. I was able to repair and strengthen the barrier between the Shade world and Earthland, however Bode has spen the last 150 years gathering power and preparing his army of shades to concur Earthland and then the Spirit World. We have spent all that time searching every text, tome and piece of information in the Spirit World for a way to reverse what has been done but….."
Andromeda took over for her father who was struggling to finish, "but we found no way to save him, Zeref entirely destroyed the light within him leaving nothing but darkness and hate. With the power he now wields he is too dangerous, less than a decade remains before he gathers enough power to break through the barrier into Earthland and we must ready a defence."
The King took over once again after composing himself, "to do this we need a champion of both worlds, someone to face the coming storm and we could think of no one better than you Old Friend. So I personally appealed to another Old Friend, one of the last remaining Dragon in Earthland, a Dragon Queen no less who has agreed to train you in her magic."
"Wait?! You mean….!?" Started Lucy in shock.
"Yes" the King confirmed, "You will become a Dragon Slayer, but that is not all. Andromeda will accompany you also and train you alongside her to become the Celestial God Slayer."
"Dam straight" answered Andromeda with a smile, "but there's something else that might interest you." Lucy gave a look of confusion, "the Dragon Queen who will train you is mated with the Iron Dragon King Metalicana."
"Gajeel's father?" I didn't know he was a Dragon King" Lucy said to herself more than anyone else.
"Soooooo…" Andromeda started with a smile, "interested?"
Lucy thought for a moment before confidently answering "Oh yeah! Provided I can explain it to Gajeel and my team."
"Of course" the King agreed, "though me must begin at once so I can only summon 1 before we must go, but you may leave letters for the others if that is agreeable?"
"Yeah that'll be fine" Lucy conceded "I think Gajeel would be the best to talk to in person."
The King nodded and waved his huge hand, in a flash of light appeared Gajeel looking entirely confused, "eh?! What the!? What the hell just happened?! Bunny Girl?" he asked quickly. Lucy giggled and told Gajeel everything finishing with who was going to train her, "so Morgana is gonna train ya huh?"
"Yeah if that's her name" Lucy replied, "what element does she use anyway?"
"Shadow Bunny Girl" Gajeel replied, "she's the Queen of the Shadow Dragons but that aside, you do know what this means right?"
Lucy looked confused "errrrrr no what?"
Gajeel smirked "in Dragon terms this will make us brother and sister."
"Really?" she replied with a smile that surprised Gajeel, "I've never had a brother before….I guess I can live with that. But I think it would be best to keep the guild in the dark about what I'm going to become, just tell them I'm training or something. Apart from Team Natsu that is, I'll tell them myself in these notes." She quickly wrote out a note for each member of her team and one for the Master and handed them to Gajeel, "could you give these to them for me?"
"Sure Bunny Girl" he answered taking the motes from her, the moment he did a flash of light filled the room, when it died down Gajeel was alone in the office. Quickly he left the office, much to the Master's surprise and gave the notes to who they were addressed to.
Each mage read their note in silence, they all said roughly the same things; she had accepted the request, they were training her as a Dragon Slayer, she would miss them dearly and would be back as soon as she could. There was only one that had an addition and that was Natsu's, at the end of his note she had written; "look Natsu, I don't know if it's right of me to tell you this, especially when I won't see you for nearly 3 years, but I just can't stop myself. The truth is Natsu…I love you. I have done for quite a while but I was afraid to tell you in case you didn't feel the same. I truly hope you do Natsu but if you don't I understand. I'll always be thinking about you Natsu. Love always Lucy." After reading that the Dragon Slayer's heart plummeted, in truth he loved her too but hadn't known how to bring the topic up and now he wouldn't see her for nearly 3 years. He got up from his seat and silently walked out of the guild doors to contemplate what had happened.