The White Witch of Fairy Tail
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Ch1:
Portal of the Red Stone
Prolog: Long ago in an alternate time in a different world, a brutal World War was taking place. This was a battle between the army of the country, Germania and a smaller Alpine country known...as Eylstadt. In the darkest hour, the small country of Eylstadt was losing the war. People were slaughtered left to right, and their beloved Archduke has passed on by sickness.
As darkness continued to reign over the kind people of Eylstadt, hope seemed far from reach for them…or so they thought. With the help of the Archduke's daughter and future Archduchess of Eylstadt, Ortfine Fredericka von Eylstadt, better known as Finé, a legend from ancient past came in the form of one red headed girl, who'd protect those she cared for very much.
That girl is know as Izetta, and she….was a powerful witch. Using her magic powers for a greater good, Izetta became the mighty savior of Eylstadt. Like long ago as the previous legend that protected the country, she has earned the nickname, The White Witch of Eylstadt. With the help of her long time friend Finé and the people of the country, victory was in reach.
With Izetta's magic flowing through her body and the magic flowing throughout land, she became the hope the people of the country need. However, like the war….the magic wouldn't last forever.
In the final battle with the Germanian Empire, Izetta was face to face with the newly resurrected legend, Sophie. A clone of the first white witch created by Germanian scientist to help overthrow the country of Eylstadt. In an act of desperation and bravery, Izetta used all her magic from a blood red stone to drain all the magic throughout the land, including her own.
This would eventually inflict damage throughout her body. The sustained damaged she had taken caused her legs to become broken, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. Though she couldn't walk with her own legs anymore and can't use magic, she still had the one person she cares and truly loves in the world. To Izetta, Finé meant everything to her, even if she meant losing her magic.
(Beginning of the story)
We begin our tale in a part of the woods in Eylstadt. There in a small cottage, our main heroine Izetta looks out the window in her chair, waiting for Finé to arrive. Upon waiting, the former witch was admiring the beauty of the woods. Things looked quite peaceful at the moment, as the light from the golden warm sun refracts light onto the green trees and the sound of birds singing their magnificent melodies. No longer fearing war glooming over her shoulder, as it's been half a year since that occurred.
"Everything alright, Lady Izetta?" The redhead turns her attention to the voice calling her, for she wasn't alone. In fact, she was in the presence of her good friend and young maid Lotte, who was helping the former witch get by from day to day, since she's been paralyzed.
She smiles back at the young maid and decides to give her an answer. "Yes, everything is fine. I was just intrigued by the sight of the forest." She wasn't wrong. The sight was beautiful. "I mean, there are no guns firing, no soldiers fighting, and everything is just peaceful when the war had ended."
The younger girl smiles back at the older girls enthusiasm. "Well it has been half a year since then. I wouldn't be at all surprised if it stays like this for a while." Lotte looks out the window with the former witch. Both girls could go on and on about the current beauty of the world, however there was too many for them to count.
"Archduchess Finé, would think you're a beautiful sight." The redheaded girl then turned red herself, after that comment from the young maid girl. As a response back, Lotte giggled a little after teasing the former witch.
"Please, don't laugh. You know how I feel about Finé like that." Izetta blushes at the young maid's teasing. For she has told Lotte and a couple others, specifically the girls she had friended back in the city of Eylstadt, how she truly felt about Finé.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't help myself there." Lotte giggled for a couple of seconds, then stopped and turn to Izetta with a smile of confidence. "Besides, I'm sure the Archduchess would feel the same way." She puts both hands on the former witch's right hand, as mode of confidence.
This would lead to Izetta smiling back at the young maid. "Thank you, Lotte." Izetta thanks her small friend for the confidence builder. "You're welcome." Lotte replies back as she still smiles.
As the little touching moment the two girls had occurred, the sound of footsteps and knocking came from the outside of the cottage door. After the knocking had stopped, a voice of a girl went through the door.
"Izetta, Lotte, are you in there?" Immediately recognizing the voice, both girls smiles with a bit of excitement, as Lotte goes to the door to open it. Upon opening the door, the two girls were in the presences of the blonde archduchess of Eylstadt and good friend Finé.
"Good to see you again, Archduchess." The maid slightly bows for her archduchess in respect. "Very good to see you again too, Lotte." She replies back with a smile at the younger girl.
"Finé." Izetta smiles warmly back at her close friend. "Izetta." Finé smiles warmly back at her one true closes friend and gives her a nice small hug. The hug she gave the redhead wasn't too much, since it was obvious that she didn't want to hurt the girl, now that she's in a wheelchair.
"How have you been holding up today?" Having no problems answering the blonde's questions, she decides to speak. "Pretty well for someone who can't walk anymore. How about you?"
"I'm doing well myself. In fact, there's something I would like to discuss with you, Izetta." This made the redhead a bit quite curious after hearing Finé say that. "I'll get some tea ready for us right away." The young maid suggest as she gets started on making tea.
Getting comfortable on the small couch while taking a few sips some tea that Lotte had prepared, Finé and Izetta were ready to get started with their discussion. "Thank you, Lotte." The blonde archduchess thanked the maid for the tea with a smile.
"Yes, thank you." The redheaded former witch did the same with a reply. "You're very welcome, my ladies." The young maid slightly bows in a polite manner.
After thanking Lotte and having some tea, Finé turns to Izetta with a bit of a serious, yet uncertain expression. The expression she gave her made the former witch feel a bit concern for her close friend.
With having the blonde girl clear her thoughts, she finally decides to speak. "Izetta, as you already know, it's been half a year since the war had ended and...well...you have lost your magic as a result." The blonde tries to clear her throat to further the explanation.
"So with that being said, we recently got word from our scientist, that they manage to gather some fragments from the stone from your fight with Sophie." After hearing the archduchess say that, it made Izetta a bit more curious.
However from the expression Finé continued to show, Izetta knew that it wasn't easy for the blonde to say to her. For the blonde female had known, that the former witch's magic was a bit of a sensitive topic for Izetta.
"They want me to come see what they have researched on the stone, tomorrow." The archduchess clears her throat one more time, for there was one thing she needed ask. "Saying that, I would like to ask...Izetta, would you please accompany me?" Again, for Finé, it wasn't an easy thing for her to say, let alone ask.
"I know it would probably bring up some bad times from before, but since the stone had to do with what you had to go through, I figure you would want to see for yourself." Finé explains further while her head was slightly down.
"It's your decision...of course. I wouldn't want to force you into anything that you probably don't want part of anymore." Feeling two hands on her left hand, Finé turns to Izetta's direction, as the redhead was giving her a slight smile.
"It's alright, Finé...I know what had happened before had consequences, but that was the past and besides, I was the one who thought of using up all my magic. You don't need to feel responsible, for my decision." She wasn't wrong, Izetta was the one who came up with that idea.
"There's no need to worry about that, because I would do almost anything for you...and yes I would be honored to accompany you." With Izetta's words touching her, the archduchess slightly smiles back with a bit of confidence in heart.
In fact, scene was so touching, it made Lotte cry with a bit of joy. "Thank you so much Izetta." Finé thanks Izetta, as she gives her childhood friend another gentle hug. "You're welcome, Finé." Izetta replies, knowing how things have turned out to be.
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After a brief meeting with specific people the next day, we find our two protagonist in the Eylstadt Research Center, where they have been invited to see how the Eylstadt scientist have researched about the red stone. So far, both ladies were a little curious what the scientist have discovered.
While they were there, they were accompanied by not only Lotte, who was helping Izetta move around, but also their two friends, Leader of the Eylstadt Royal Guard, Bianca and Finé's personal tutor, Elvira.
"Thanks for coming along you two." The Archduchess thanked the two other female companions. "Of course. I couldn't just leave you four without someone protecting you." The Royal Guard leader replied back with confident smirk.
"I agree with Bianca." Elvira adds on with the same expression. "And besides, I'm your personal tutor after all. There has to be someone other than Bianca to look after you." The older woman gives them a wink.
After a couple of minutes of prepping, the leading male scientist walks up to the group of ladies to show them what he and his research team had came across. "Good to see that you've made it, your Highness." The lead scientist tilts forward in respect.
"Likewise." The archduchess replies back with a confident smile. "We are very interested in what you and your team have researched."
"Well, I hope you find our research most intriguing." The Leading scientist smiles back at the blonde archduchess, as he along with the girls move to where the research is taking place.
Upon entering the designated room, the girls were in awe a bit by what they were seeing. For what they were seeing, was a red stone, similar to what Sophie and Izetta had used in the final battle in a jar filled with water. Izetta was especially shocked to see this, since she knows what the stone in capable of.
"Is that what I think it is?" Finé looks in awe at the stone. "Yes, it's the same kind of stone from the fragments we've gathered." The lead scientist confirms that what they were seeing is the real stone.
"I can't believe it, another stone, but how?" The thought still goes through Izetta's mind, exactly wondering how could there be another stone.
The Leading scientist clears his throat, as he tries to explain. "As you can see, the stone is a exact replica of the stones both Izetta and Sophie had both used before."
"A replica?" Lotte was slightly confused by what the leading male scientist had just said.
"That's right." A female scientist speaks out. "The stone you are seeing is a replica from the fragments that we have gathered."
"That's what you did with the fragments?" Izetta says sounding a bit shocked, confused, and curious.
"Not necessarily, the fragments sort of did that on their own." She reveals to the five surprised ladies.
"What do you mean by that?" Elvira decides to ask, as she and the others were even more confused by what the female scientist had meant.
"While we were continuing our research, something strange occurred." The male scientist tries to explains what the female scientist had meant, as he holds the jar containing the stone. "As we were examining the fragments in the jar, they started glow and slowly rebuild itself."
"So...What you are saying is, that the fragments repaired themselves?" Bianca says, as she and the others were surprised hearing that. "How is that even possible?"
"We wish we knew ourselves." The female scientist slightly answer Bianca's question. "As we all know, the stone can absorb magic in the surrounding area. However, Izetta was able to be rid of the all the magic in this world of ours. Which brings us to wonder how it was able to reform itself without magic?" The male scientist knew she wasn't wrong, for he didn't even know how it was possible.
As a matter of fact, this was even more surprising for the former witch herself. For she did basically got rid of all the magic half a year ago. "Excuse me. If it's alright with you, can I examine the stone closely?" Izetta decides to ask.
"Sure thing." Seeing and feeling no harm in that, he hands the jar with the stone in it to the former witch so she may examine it.
"Be Careful, Izetta." Finé tells her friend in a concerning tone. "I will." the redhead replies back to Finé that it was going to be ok.
Upon examining the jar with the stone in it, the memories of what she had done with the same stone go through a bit of her head. For she knew the stone can be dangerous if fallen into the wrong hands. However, she decided to get those thoughts out of her mind and just focusing on examining the stone.
So far, the stone looked pretty average, as it was indeed an exact replica. However, as she was still examining, she noticed something about the stone. Something that she hadn't seen before. In fact it wasn't there when she or Sophie even used the stones.
"What's that suppose to be?" The others decided to look at the stone themselves to see what she had meant. What got her and the other's attention was the sight of some small, clear, hexagon shaped crystal in the center of the stone.
After looking at it, the group of five ladies had a lot more questions that not only needed answers, but also an explanations. "What is that crystal in the center?" Finé questions out loud.
"That's what we like to know." The male scientist reveals, as he didn't even know what that crystal was himself. "It appeared there when the stone was reforming itself and the strangest thing is, we weren't able to identify the type of crystal it is."
"You mean it show up out of nowhere?" Finé looks back at both the scientist after hearing what the male one said.
As a response, they both nodded yes in agreement, for they themselves were just as confused as them. As a result, this was making things oddly strange for everyone as it started to turn into some kind of mystery.
Even Izetta still had some questions in her mind that needed answering. "Where could this crystal have come from?" The thought still goes through the former witches mind, as she continues to examine the stone.
Then in a sudden instant, a light starts to refract from the unknown crystal in the center of the stone. After words, the stone began to glow itself, causing the others to look in shock at the bright light. As the stone and mysterious crystal continued to both glow, the jar shattered in Izetta's hands, causing her to scream for a short second.
What happened next was really freaky for the group and scientist, as the stone was now floating in the air. However, if that wasn't strange enough, the stone started to change into something possibly worse.
Right before their very eyes with the looks of disbeliefs and slight horror, the stone turned into some kind of red portal. If that didn't make matters even more complicated, the portal was beginning to sucking up almost everything in the room, causing the others to slightly panic.
"Everybody, get down!" Bianca yells, as she grabs both Finé and Izetta downward to the floor, so they wouldn't get sucked in. Listening to the soldier, Elvira grabs Lotte while holding onto a nearby metal railing, so she doesn't get pulled in too. As for the man and women scientist, they were holding tightly on to similar railing.
At that pointing moment, things were looking bad for those who were in the area, as everyone was now holding on for dear life, as the portal sucks up almost everything nearby.
Things seemed alright for a moment, as they all continue to hold on tightly so they don't get sucked in. However,...that wasn't for our heroine. As the force from the portal continues to suck up, Izetta was starting to come loose from Bianca's grip. Once that happened, she was being sucked in while screaming. Luckily for her, Finé manage to catch and grab her tightly by the hand.
"Izetta, Hold on!" The archduchess yells out as she holds onto her friend's hand. She then tries to pull the redhead back to her, but she wasn't strong enough, as the force from the portal was too strong for her. At that moment, she starts to lose grip of the former witch's hand, as it was slipping away from her.
"I can't hold for much longer!" Izetta yells, as she starts to slip away from Finé's hand. "Keep holding on, Izetta!" The young blonde cries in desperation.
Finé kept on trying to hold on tightly to Izetta, but that went up in flames as the redhead slipped through her fingers. Everything seemed slow for a short moment, as both girls look in horror, knowing...that it was too late.
As a final reaction, Izetta screamed as she got sucked into the portal. After she got sucked in, the portal itself had disappeared in an instant. Leaving the others filled with shock, horror, and disbelief at what they had just seen with their own eyes.
"Izetta...no….Izetta...NOOOO!" Finé cries out in dismay, as she was the most divested to see her true friend, Izetta gone before her very eyes.
To Be Continued.
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