DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail nor any of the characters within it.
My legs were trembling. Sobs escaping my lips as I etched backwards from his glowing blue eyes. I looked around to see my guild mate's unconscious on the ground. Why were they doing this to us? Why were they making Elfman hurt us? Thud. My back reached the end of the guild walls. There was no else to run. A tear rolled down my cheek. My hands locked to my side unable to find my keys.
"L-Lucy, I'm s-s-s-sorry" stuttered Elfman forcefully. "I-I-I-I'm not…" he trailed as his arm raised up above his head slowly "…in c-c-c-control"
Everything slowed down. I knew his fist was going to knock me on the head and render me like the rest of the guild. Helpless. HOW DARE THEY? HOW DARE THEY HURT MY FRIENDS? I WILL STOP THEM. And then for the first time I felt true anger. True hate. My body surged with energy as I screamed 'no more'. Then everything went dark.
Lucy's eyes changed to a golden yellow as a set of armour adorned with the symbol of the celestial kingdom appeared around her body. A shield and sword were equipped in her left and right hands. Clang. Elfman's fist hit the shield. His face puzzled yet relieved.
"How?" asked Elfman, in a darker deeper tone of voice that was not his own.
"You shall not hurt my friends" she spoke balancing herself "for I am Layla, guardian of the two worlds"
Layla ran quick and sharp into Elfman with her shield, bashing him across the room to the other side of the guild. He stumbled as he shrugged off the rubble from his shoulder, before charging at her with an iron fist. Layla changed her sword in a golden flash to one of flames.
Elfman screamed as his fist made impact with the sword. He changed it quickly to ice, but not quick enough as Layla had used the columns of the guild to strike him on his head with her feet. Boom, he fell to the ground. The blue light that glowed from his eyes was no more.
"Lucy" Loki spoke alarmingly looking around the guild halls after hearing the sound of a fight.
"I am not Lucy, I am Layla"
"Shit. This wasn't meant to happen yet, the preparations aren't in place" muttered Loki spiralling out of control with his words.
"Lucy, are you in there?"
"She is asleep, though her intentions are clear. Rescue Natsu and the others"
Happy trembled to his feet, Layla swooping quickly to cradle him into her arms. "Lucy, I'm scared"
Layla created a golden glowing fish "Eat this, it will restore your magic container"
"Aye" softly spoke Happy weakly.
It didn't take her long to get to work. She restored each guild member in turn, analytically looking for the quickest way for them to regain their magic containers.
"You shouldn't push yourself to hard. You'll run out of magic yourself if you replenish everyone" warned Loki but Layla scowled at him. This was new to her and she knew the risks, but she was going to need everyone's help in the guild if she was going to help Natsu and the others. Even Elfman's.
"Lucy, I'm not sure that's a good idea" warned Cana as she necked back a shot "he could end up wiping us out again if you restore him"
"I'm not Lucy and I need everyone if we're going to save the others"
"If you're not Lucy, who the hell are you?" Cana asked accusingly as she drew some cards from her pocket. "How do we know you aren't going to hurt us like Elfman?"
Loki steps in-between them "There is no time, you have to trust her"
"One toe out line and we'll take her down"
Loki nodded at her response. Cana places her cards back into her pocket, warily leaving them to poke out encase she needs them quickly.
"So what is the plan Lu-Layla?" asked Happy as he perched onto her shoulders.
She smiled softly at him "Simple. Everyone gather round, I know how we can save the others"
Makarov and Loki exchange a quiet word in his office whilst the others forge a plan.
"A half ling?" he reiterates to Loki. "What exactly does that mean for Lucy?"
"She's in another form and she sleeps inside Layla. Lucy's mother, Layla is the daughter of the Celestial spirit King though in our world she is called Athena. It's why we've only known for a few days about Lucy. Layla, I mean Athena's identity was untraceable when she left the spirit world to be married to Jude. Though she would often visit holy places to spirits to replenish her magic energy, she knew she would eventually die from living too long in this world"
"I see" Makarov mused "How will Lucy return back?"
Loki sighed heavily "That we do not know"
Meanwhile back on Tartaros. Sayla rushed to her master to warn him of the guardian and the force she is bringing their way.
