Welcome to my first fanfic! Hope you enjoy. I live in Australia, so my schedule and holidays are different from any other readers out there. I plan on this having two arcs. I haven't made out the actual plot there, but I'll get there!
I'll be updating every few days, most likely will take me a week to upload!
FULL SUMMARY:
"The Heartfilias, though wealthy in terms of money, are known to have summoned the weakest spirits for generations. It's the second day of school at Fairy Hills Magic School, where mages who turn 18 summon a familiar.. On this day, Lucy Heartfilia summoned not a celestial spirit, but a demon.."
400 years ago, the evil mage, Zeref, had created a demon. He made it in the hopes of ending his long, cursed life. To make sure that he could create it without alerting any others, he kept it in the same dimension as where the celestial spirits slept. After many years, his work was finally completed. Unfortunately, when he tried to summon it, the demon was too powerful for his depleted magic power to deal with. Instead of dying as a result of magic deprivation, he fell into a deep slumber because of his curse.
A couple years ago, Fairy Tail Middle School took a trip to Mountain Hakobe, where a 13 boy who looked similar to the ancient demon died in an avalanche while he was out searching for a lost item.
No one really knows if the rumors of END are true.
It's the second of February, the second day at the Fairy Hills Magic School. It was the day where 18 year old students summoned a being who would accompany them for the rest of their lives.
For some people, it was the happiest day of their lives.
For others.. it was a quite disappointing day.
But for one.. the child of the Heartfilia family would picked on on this day, as the family would always summon useless spirit after the other.
During this, instructors would hand out a summoning key, a blank key which opened the gate to the celestial world. The spirit would answer to the calling and come out of its gate. It would make a contract with its summoner, hand them their key and return to its own dimension.
Everyone always hoped to get a spirit of the golden gates, but were always given a silver key, the most common one being a Southern Cross, Horologium, a Lyre, and a Polaris. The more rarer silver keys were the Chisel, the Swan, or a Canis Minor.
Even though it was fairly uncommon, the Canis Minor was the most useless spirit out there, and all the previous Heartfilias (besides one) had summoned one on their 18th birthday.
The chances of summoning a spirit of the golden gates were extremely low, and the only mages who had been able to have summoned such spirits were Everlue, who summoned Virgo (but was arrested many years later, thus the contract was broken) and the greatest celestial mage, Anna Heartfilia.
There are facts that told of celestial mages who loved and cared for their spirits were rewarded more keys in the future. Anna Heartfilia was so extraordinary that she had managed to own all 12 zodiac gates. Many others had started to care for their spirits after hearing this, but unfortunately only summoned more silver keys. 'The more, the more powerful,' they would shrug.
The Heartfilias after Anna had only summon Canis Minors, and pessimism from generations to generations spread, and the less encouraged the recent generations were.
However, today Lucy was going to change the name of the Heartfilia clan! She was aspiring to be just like her great ancestor, and have many spirit friends.
After all, she loved spirits in a way no one else did.
The bell rang, signalling time for their daily roll call. Making her way to where her roll class was, she received many rude comments, as expected.
"Look, it's the Heartfilia."
"How unfortunate."
"How lame and weak! I'm betting another Canis Minor is coming out of her key."
She wouldn't care whatever spirit came out of her key. Lucy would make sure they would be best friends and bond with each other. That's how she saw spirits.
Tug.
Tug.
"Virgo, did you feel that again?"
"Yes, brother."
"It's not only us who have felt it. Look at him."
"Is he awakening, brother?"
"It seems like it, but we need to tread carefully. Tell the others to not interfere with what's going on with him, and I'll observe his behavior."
"Understood."
Lucy!" The blonde's friend, Yukino Agria, greeted her.
She's the only one who had wanted to befriend her, since she noticed how lonely she had been because of her name, Heartfilia. Nobody would bully her because of how rich her family was, but Yukino had definitely heard how people badmouthed her behind her back.
"Ah! Yukino!" Lucy jumped to the white-haired girl, "I'm so glad to see you! Seriously, do people think I'm deaf or something?" She grimaced.
Yukino laughed. "I'm glad to see you too," she smiled, but then her lips melted into a frown, "the whispering has gotten worse. People are already making online posts looking forward to seeing you summon a 'failure'". Anyone could hear the distaste of the word failure as it rolled off of her tongue. The shy girl rarely showed any signs of disliking something.
Yukino was just like Lucy. She loved spirits, no matter how weak or strong they were.
Some others did love spirits, but they didn't treat them as they wanted to. Some spirits would get pampered and prettied against their will, and some others only liked having them their for their cuteness or coolness.
"Still!" Lucy exclaimed, clearly enthusiastic, "I'm looking forward to meeting a spirit! Ain't nothing's gonna pull me down." The blonde spoke, excited.
Yukino opened her mouth to reply, but Principal Mirajane had transformed into one of her demon forms, "IT'S TIME FOR THE SUMMONING CEREMONY!"
People could also have their own kind of magic since everyone was born with an amount of magic in their bodies. As they grew and trained, the amount of magical power would increase. There are simple types of magic like the elemental magics, the spatial magics, celestial and dimensional, or molding magic, which was quite difficult to master. There were more types of other magic too.
Celestial mages had the opportunity to have other kinds of magic, but chose to rely on their spirits as their main force. Barely anyone does that though.
Some people wanted to be the most powerful mage in the world.
Lucy scoffed at that; she preferred adventure and enjoyment.
"Line up in alphabetical order, Miss Heartfilia in the back though," Mira ordered, and everyone obeyed.
Yukino and Lucy waved before parting ways, and Lucy was stuck in the sea of gossip once more.
After a few names, Yukino was called out.
She chanted the words of the Celestial Summoning as usual, but something was different this time.
A golden light shone.
There would always be a bright white, possibly silver, light, but even the students in the back could feel the wave of magic pulsating from the rip in the dimension. Two fish slithered out of the hole and greeted the mage silently.
The silence was so thick that you could cut it with a kitchen knife.
"A-a golden spirit?!" someone whispered out, surprised.
"Those are really powerful..!"
Everyone broke out into whispers as Mirajane noted something down. Lucy gaped in shock at how the fish grinned at Yukino, who smiled so widely, the blonde could imagine the pain in her cheeks at how big it was.
After exchanging words, they handed the white-haired girl their key, and then disappeared in another gold light.
Silence enveloped the line of 18 year olds once more, before Lucy broke the quietness with slow clapping.
Yukino turned around to see who started it, and smiled.
Another after another joined in, and soon it was like a parade of claps. Yukino bowed politely, shaking at her excitement, and then bounced into the field, where the other summoners congratulated her.
It seemed like hours, but after everyone had summoned their spirits, they all watched with bated breath from the field to see what spirit the Heartfilia would summon.
Of course, they were there to be witnesses and have more bad words for the Heartfilia name.
"Heartfilia, Lucy," the principal nodded, signalling for Lucy to start.
The blonde took a deep breath before enchanting the Celestial Summoning.
"O great stars of the Heavens, open thy gates to I, the caster of magic and power. Shine your power onto this key, and summon yourself from the stars. I summon you, great spirit!"
A bright light shone, and in a flash, a Canis Minor appeared.
Everyone laughed, not expecting anything else from the Heartfilia child.
"Oh, you're so cute!" Lucy picked up the spirit who quivered as he stood, "I'm naming you Plue! Is that okay?" Through its shivering it nodded, and the blonde smiled warmly.
What the students did not expect was the great rumbling. The fountain in front of Lucy stopped running, which had never happened before. Then, the water started spilling again.
Lucy fell to the ground in shock.
Except, it was upside down.
Eyes bugged out at this, and Lucy clutched at Plue.
A bright light shone.
It was so bright, they had to shut their eyes, they couldn't determine whether it was golden or white.
When it was subsided, everyone blinked at the sight before them.
A mermaid, stunningly beautiful.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?" Everyone bellowed. Even the principal was surprised, and furiously scribbled more notes onto his book.
Moments passed before the mermaid, who had looked down at the blonde, observing her, spoke.
"You're not Anna," her voice was gentle at first, but then it was sharp later, "who are you?"
Lucy squeaked, alarmed. "I-I'm Lucy Heartfilia," she managed to stutter in shock, "descendant of Anna Heartfilia."
The woman leaned in closer to have a better look.
"Yeah, she wasn't as ugly as you."
Everyone collapsed at that.
"Whatever," she continued, "I'm the Water Bearer, Aquarius. One of the Twelve Zodiacs. Unlike the others, I'm laying down the rules."
Lucy nodded fervently.
"You can't call me out on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Those days I'm out with my boyfriend," She put emphasis on the term boyfriend, "you can't summon me for stupid reasons. I don't act as a fountain, a toy, or a tool. Got that?"
"Y-yes!"
"Good." The mermaid stood up again, put a hand on her hip and looked down at the girl. "Don't forget, I have a date withon Wednesday and Saturday. With my Boyfriend."
The word boyfriend seemed like it wanted to engrave itself into Lucy's memory as it kept repeating over and over as she disappeared in golden sparkles.
"H-how unfortunate, Aquarius answered a summoning.."
"Must've been a frightening experience for the young mage, brother."
"HUH!? I can hear you two, you know!"
Lucy blinked.
And then blinked again.
The rest of her year group did the same.
What. Just. Happened.
"A Heartfilia summoned a golden key Celestial Spirit!?" everyone screamed out in shock while Lucy was still struggling to find her words. She was still holding onto Plue with dear life, but not tight enough to harm him.
Lucy, feeling a foreign weight in her pocket, reached in and pulled out the object inside.
It was the key of Aquarius, golden and shining in the sunlight.
No one could even comprehend the shock they were going through.
"Well then?" Mirajane croaked out. "Now that that's settl-"
He was cut off by a great flash, and the sky turned into a fiery orange. It wasn't even noon yet.
Another light started flashing in front of Lucy. It had the appearance of a fireball.
Everyone felt it at once. The insane magic power that echoed out of the rage of the fireball as it grew bigger. Waves of it continued out, and the heat crawled up their backs, and the students had started to sweat and some had already pulled off their robes.
Red light flashes repeatedly, and it was too bright to see what the fireball was forming itself into. Plue had disappeared into the celestial realm in fear, leaving Lucy nothing to hold onto as she tried to watch what was happening.
The magic power was overwhelming, and it felt like something was grabbing their insides as they felt it roll off of the figure.
One final flash of light, and it was the brightest.
One more heat wave, and then the sky turned back to normal.
Dazed, Lucy blinked.
And blinked again.
A man stood in front of her, muscular and lean. Tattoos swirled swirled up and down his arms, and his sides. Horns protruded from his pink, spiky hair, which stood up at every point. Scales were on his cheeks, and his hands were of a dragon's. He was completely naked except for his baggy white pants which which each end was tied up the bottom of his knees. He wore sandals. Wings came out from his back.
He opened his eyes, which were golden with orange flecks.
The powerful winds stopped, and silence had returned. The man stared at Lucy, who gaped back.
He suddenly bowed.
"I have come to answer your call."
"..Brother! What happened?"
"He opened his eyes! He left the celestial realm through a gate that opened for him..!"
"What?"
"He's no spirit... He's the demon."
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-aLighthouse