Tartaros.
What an absolutely dreadful experience. Of course, I might have handled it better had I told someone about what had happened that day. I might have, if there was someone left to tell. But there wasn't. The guild disbanded the day after, and in the week following, everyone left Magnolia. Well, everyone except myself that is.
Who am I? My name is Lucy Heartfilia. Although I've come to the conclusion that my existence is no longer important, that is to say if it was before, which I've come to doubt. My friends, my celestial spirits, seem to insist that I am important, but I find that hard to believe. After all, not a single person came to say goodbye when they left. The only thing I got was a note from Natsu. Well, to be fair, I suppose that's something, at least.
I glanced down at the handle of Aquarius's broken key, rubbing my thumb over the familiar symbol of the water bearer. Sighing I attached the broken key to the chain Virgo had given me, and fastened the clasp to secure it around my neck. Standing up from my spot on my bed I went around my room once again, double-checking that I had everything I would be taking packed up in the two giant chests sitting in the middle of my apartment. I somehow managed to pack all of my books, my letters to Mom and Dad, and all of my photo albums and anything else important in one, and all of my clothes, shoes, and accessories of any sort in the other. Sitting atop these was a small pack, one I would frequently use during missions, packed with a few day's worth of necessities.
As for my apartment, empty picture frames lined the walls, and my desk was cleared of all things that were personal, leaving behind only a neatly stacked pile of blank paper, an ink well, and a single quill pen. The bed beside the window was neatly made with clean sheets, and all the floors were clean. The bathroom and kitchen barren of everything except for what was originally found there, and all the windows in the small apartment were cleaned, as well as the curtains hanging from them.
Suddenly I heard a knock on the door, and I allowed myself a moment of hope. Had someone come back for me? But then I remembered, no one in the guild, not even sweet little Wendy and overly formal Carla, knocked before they came in. So, with a sigh, I opened the door, and forced a smile onto my face. A woman, about my height, stood on the other side of the door, with a rather unimpressed look on her face. She had mint green hair cut in a bob, with unusual cross-shaped objects peaking out like horns from her head. She wore and outfit similar to a bikini with chains for straps, high-heeled sandals and an long coat with flower-prints and fur trimming. "May I help you?" I asked, forcing myself to sound cheerful. The woman remained indifferent to my facade. "My name is Brandish μ, and I have come to kill you, Lucy Heartfilia." The woman, Brandish, said. I blinked, than sighed. "Well, you aren't the first, Miss μ. Why don't you come in so we can talk about your reasons?" I asked, stepping aside so she could come in.
She took a moment to look around, then sat herself down on the couch. "Are you going on a trip?" Brandish asked as I moved to sit on the smaller couch. "I suppose so. As for where, I'm not sure. Now then, why exactly have you come to kill me? I didn't think I was important enough for someone to hire an assassin." I said.
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"What makes you think I've been hired?" Brandish asked. "For one, I'd remember meeting someone as...diverse as you. Two, you don't strike me as a Celestial Spirit mage, so you aren't here for my keys, unless your employer wants my keys for whatever reason they would want them this time. And three, Fairy Tail has, or had, a rather extensive list of dark guilds and mages that find it less than favorable. So it is a possibility that you were sent to...remove one of it's weaker members, or maybe one from one of it's formerly most powerful teams, and decided that I would work for the job." Lucy said. "Of course you could have also been hired to eliminate me simply because I'm Jude Heartfilia's daughter. Although that one doesn't make much sense due to the fact that my fathers dead." She finished.
Brandish blinked. "While I admit that those are all logical reasons, I'm not here on behalf of anyone other than myself. Your mother killed mine, and since she's already dead, you'll be taking Layla's place!" Brandish exclaimed, launching herself over the table at Lucy, wrapping her hands around Lucy's neck. "W-while...I don't believe...that my m-mother...would do something...l-like that...if this will...g-give you...p-peace...than go ahead...and do it...I don't...h-have...anything...t-to...live...for...a-anymore..." Lucy gasped out, not even bothering to struggle.
Brandish's eyes widened as she let go of Lucy's neck. Lucy slumped on the couch below her, gasping for air. "Why'd...why'd you stop? This is what...you wanted, isn't it?" Lucy croaked out. "I'm okay with it, really I am! Just let me go see Mama!" Lucy cried out desperately.
"Old Friend, is this really what Aquarius's separation has done to you? Or perhaps this is the result of broken bonds? Why do you belittle yourself in such ways?!" A booming voice echoed throughout the room. Or, at least it was a room. Now, it was the night sky, with only the two couches and the small table. "W-what are you?!" Brandish exclaimed, backing away from the giant man. "I am the Celestial Spirit King. Tell me, human girl, are you so lost in grief over the loss of you mother that you would kill an infant?!" The King growled. "Infant? She is a grown woman! How was I going to kill a child?" Brandish asked. However the Spirit King paid her no attention. "And you, Old Friend! Would you really let your unborn child die? I thought you valued the lives of your fellow humans, even more so your family!"
"U-unborn child? What are you talking about?!" Lucy exclaimed. "Do you mean to tell me, Old Friend, that you do not know?" The King asked, shock evident in his voice. "Stash-face, what are you talking about?" Lucy asked quietly.
"Jeez, have you really not figured out yet brat? You're pregnant!" Another voice growled out. Lucy and Brandish's head turned to the new voice. "Aquarius?!" They exclaimed. "Yeah, it's me, what are you blind?" The mermaid grumbled. Lucy fell to her knees in tears. "I'm sorry, Aquarius, I'm so sorry I-!" Her cries were cut off as arms wrapped around her. "Listen here, brat, the only reason I haven't hit you with a tsunami yet is because Draco and the King would kill me before I could say 'Scorpio'. That, and I don't drown babies." The mermaid spirit let go of the blonde mage with a slight smile on her face. "And as for you..." Aquarius said turning to Brandish. "What the hell do think you're doing?!" She roared at the green haired girl. "Layla did not kill Grammi! Get that through your head you brat!"
"W-what?" Brandish asked. "Grammi was not killed by Layla, but by Zoldeo. And it wouldn't matter whether or not Layla killed her anyways. Lucy's not really her daughter."
Hello everyone! Now this is the first time I've written a fanfiction of this...genre, so I hope you all like it! Feel free to comment, and see you next chapter!