I do not own fairy tail nor do I claim too I just do these things for fun so here we set during after the one year time skip from the recent manga chapters and is AU.
Lucy the Everqueen
Chapter 1: It Begins
Dark times recently have befell the kingdom of Fiore, a large concentration of dark magic has struck the town of Magnolia, the object that fell from the sky did something to everyone in town turned them colder and cruel. Lucy had heard that it has spread and the magic council is really scared. She even heard that wizards in Fairy Tail have succumbed and are now labelled as a dark guild. That is why currently Lucy was standing in the visitors room of the magic councils head quarters. Lucy was pacing around the room for what felt like hours the darkness took her boyfriend from her and her best friend and the rage she was feeling for the creature that she now knew as E.N.D who knew no bounds in the things he would commit for fun.
Feeling like the years were passing Lucy by, the door finally opened up and a man walked in to the room attended by two humanoid frog attendants. Lucy recognises the man at once as he smiles and gives her a small bow.
"Warrod it's you!"
"Of course it is me young Lucy. I am a member of the council you know I am here to give you a job, I want you to save your guild mates the council has investigated the matter thoroughly and we know that a Zeref cult had spent the last few decades putting this plan into motion to draw the dark magic from the darkest places of the world and use it at the last second. However it failed and the magic smashed into the home town of your guild mates changing their personalities. We want you with help to return them to normal."
"How can we return them to normal and who will help me restore fairy tail? There aren't many wizards that can match fairy tail. I mean who will fight Gildarts, Laxus and the master?"
"I do not think they were turned when the incident took place, However I have ancient texts that predate Zeref and dragons and when magic first came to our world it had made beings that crafted the world into what it is.
"I never heard of wizards that were brought to life by the one magic is this one of those bad jokes of yours Warrod sir?"
"No but I can't blame you for thinking that," smiles Warrod while looking a tad bashful. "The truth is next to nothing is known about them however some of their own kind rebelled and the magic affecting your friends was one of the dark arts used to take this advanced race of beings form this world. However the same texts speak of ancient towers as big as the tower of heaven built deep underground I discover one of these way stone towers but only the children of the Everqueen can enter the towers it is said the last of the uncorrupted ones sealed themselves in them."
"Just exactly who are the children of this Everqueen?"
Before Warrod could answer however Loke opened his own magical gate and stood beside Lucy with a smile, Lucy jumps back as Loke tries to put his arm around Warrod smiles as he pulls always from Lucy being rebuked once again much to his disappointment.
"I know who the children of the Everqueen are and I know what is needed to get into the tower."
Warrod looks surprised and takes a step forward Lucy smiles to herself as its clearly making Loke uncomfortable. Lucy sits back and watches as Warrod places both his hands on Loke's shoulders and has a pleading look in his eyes.
"Tell us it may be the only way to save your guild mates."
"That is why I am here so you can both settle down, the children of the Everqueen are essentially celestial spirits and the various spirits that dwell in the various spirit realms, also the magical creatures you find through out earthland are her children. To gain access to the tower you need a wizard who has access to magic that can call on these spirits or magical creatures, only Celestial spirit wizards are around now. So basically Warrod and Lucy. Lucy or another celestial spirit mage is the one you need to make the tower open, or a wizard who was able to become friends with a magical creature."
"Hold on a minute. So I can get into the towers as I am cause I am a celestial spirit wizard and we should be able to reverse this dark magic?"
"Yes Lucy the magic effecting our friends is known as the void magic makes them more open to acts of cruelty and darkness and can awaken hidden forms of people which explains Natsu's transformation into E.N.D. So if we wish to save them we should set off now. The Everqueen herself is the first of the ancient race moulded into being by the one magic which was given to us by something called the Creator, she is the one that moulded the world and put the majority of the magical life forms and forms of magic in the world at the request of the Creator and was given the one magic to do so after the one magic created her."
Lucy looks to Warrod and he nods his head signally for them to follow him. Smiling Lucy follows Warrod out into the corridor and they hurry dodging the many council attendants on their business, Warrod quickly shoos them out of his way until the three of them are standing in a small garden area. They watch as Warrod uses his magic and a large bush springs from the soft earth.
"Let us get going everyone climb on."
Warrod is the first climb onto the bush with Lucy following shortly after, Loke declines explaining he will go back to the spirit realm and find out as much as he can from the spirit king and will report back when they arrive there. With a nod to Lucy and Warrod, Loke vanishes as Warrod nods and the bush shoots into the air on a giant root. Lucy smiles it was the second time she had travelled like this the first was with her friends as they were travelling to save the village in which another wizard called Flare was born in it was known as the Sun village.
Lucy thought more of her pervious adventures with her friends and she felt like sobbing. Worried her guild mates new dark personas will have killed people or caused enough damage to Fiore that the council will have no choice but to lock them away or execute them. She hoped she could save them in time.
With a spoken command their method of transport was slows itself down as it descends towards a large crack in the ground stopping just short Lucy recognised this place it was the mountain range than mount Hakobe is part of. Warrod extends his hand and Lucy takes it as she climbs down form the large transport tree which recoils back into the ground and vanishes. Warrod points to the clearly worn path that leads into the ground and she nods and the two wizards proceed down.
While their travels carry them deeper into the earth Lucy spotted the plants that lit their way were attached to the walls of the rock and stone the walls themselves were grey and with white blemishes that ruined the shine of the stone. It was smooth as well as Lucy ran her fingers along it. Lucy glances towards Warrod as they continue down the path stifling a small yawn, Lucy was wondering how far down they currently travelled its felt like a fair amount of time passed they emerged in a large chamber.
"Its beautiful isn't it Lucy?" Whispered Warrod.
"It is indeed why are you whispering?"
To answer Lucy's question she heard a low groan as a bunch of creatures shuffled through the dark but naturally beautiful cavern. She turns to Warrod and he raises a finger to his lips wishing for quiet and Lucy huddles in behind him. They remained silent until the groaning had stopped and Warrod then urged her forward. Lucy clung to his coat.
"What are them things Warrod?"
"Magical creatures once in the service of the Everqueen some of the first humans I suspect, while humanity wasn't created by her she took some into her service, they linger near the tower due to the magic that the tower gives off to most wizards even we can't sense the magic but they can, I have watched them they circle the tower moving through the vast chambers around the tower but they never actually approach it just follow me and we will be fine."
They begin to cross the vast cavern with slow but sure progress, even now Lucy could see a golden light coming from another cavern with each step Lucy comes ever closer in her mission to restore her friends.
Well that's it for chapter 1 please R&R and would like ideas on possible pairings for Lucy for later in the story so suggestions are welcome. Hope to see ya back for chapter 2.