Fragile Crystal Life
Chapter 1: The Hidden Secret
Lucy sat there on the bar and took a sip of her pink lemonade, not bothered to listen to Gray's and Natsu's childish argument about choosing which job request seemed more affordable for their long awaiting journey. They were using Erza's absence as an excuse for arguing in the guild since she was out with Master Makarov for a council meeting. So far, Lisanna and Mirajane were busy humming their favourite song behind the bar table, and Levy was preoccupied with a new book about runes to even bother talking to her fellow friends in the guild.
Lisanna noticed Lucy sitting by herself and walked over with Mirajane following with a smile. "Why so glum Lucy?" Lisanna asked as she leaned onto the bar table in front of the blonde who gave out a long huff. Mirajane nodded, "Do you need something to refresh yourself? I can refill your glass if you would like." The blonde looked up and forced a smile, tiredness taking over her. "Yes please Mira, and Lisanna, for some reason, I've been feeling sleepier than ever. When I go to sleep, I have this weird dream of seeing myself sleeping in a crystal. I don't know what the dream was, but that has been the same dream ever since my eighteenth birthday," she replied before smiling at Mirajane who placed down her glass.
The short white-haired mage frowned. "So you've been getting these dreams since your birthday - A reoccurrence dream? It's rare for someone to get those dreams nowadays," she stated. Mirajane blinked her eyes for a few times. Was it her, or did she just see Lucy blur out faintly before returning back to normal? Lucy looked at Mirajane in confusion. "Are you alright Mira? You seemed to have just surprised yourself just then," Lucy asked. The said mage shook her head.
"I just saw you fade away before returning back to normal. That must be me," Mirajane replied blankly before shaking her head to get rid of her thoughts. "Laxus!" a voice called out, making the three turn their attention to the owner of the voice which was Master Makarov's. Laxus, who was around five seat away from Lucy, stood up and turned his head to see his grandfather signalling him to come. With a sigh, the boy followed the man up the stairs and into the office where the door was slammed shut.
Levy stood up and skipped over to Lucy, where else Natsu and Gray were being lectured by Erza for arguing while she was gone with the master. "Ohaiyo Lu-chan, Mira, Lisanna!" she waved, taking a seat next to Lucy who tiredly smiled at her. The petite blue-haired mage frowned and leaned onto the table. "What's wrong Lu-chan?" she questioned. The blonde just gave out a sigh before feeling empty for a moment, looking up to meet eyes with the shocked girls around her.
"What's wrong you guys? You seemed to have seen something surprising," Lucy inquired before Lisanna touched her forehead. "For a second there, I could've sworn to see you become semi-transparent before returning back to normal," she answered with shock still lingering through her words. Lucy tilted her head in confusion. "That's impossible Lisanna. You must be imagining things," she then reasoned, thinking that it was just an illusion. Levy shook her head, "No way, I saw it happen too. Lu-chan, are you sick or something?"
Erza came walking by, "What's wrong you guys? You seemed to have seen a ghost or something." They all turned to the scarlet. "We just saw through Lucy," Mirajane replied, forcing a smile to hide her surprisement. The scarlet cocked her head. "As in, a precognition? Or see through her thoughts?" she asked. The three shook her head. "As in - We saw through her."
The blonde forced herself to give herself a chuckle. "Stop playing around guys. There's no way of that happening. I'm a human, a mage remember?"
"What is it gramps?" Laxus asked, now walking down a stone staircase which was lit up with torch lights. "I have something very important to show to you which holds our guild together. There's also something very important that hides the true identity of one of our members. I only revealed one of them to Guildarts, who happened to run away," Makarov answered in a stern tone before stopping at a platform which was surrounded by large large banners hanging on the wall with pillars (or columns) supporting the place. It looked mysterious, like it was hiding something very valuable.
Laxus gave out a gruff, placing his headphones to rest on his neck. "Very important; showing it to me. What's this about gramps?" Laxus asked as he examined the place which had a twin door in front of them. "I'm going to show you this because I want you to become Fairy Tail's guild master next year. We're going to have a visitor arriving very soon, and I'll need you to look after her once this is done, but I'll tell you more about her later," Makarov answered before casting a spell which opened the door to reveal a very bright room which made Laxus widen his eyes.
In front of him was a very pure-white glow which almost blinded him from its brightness. There was a large glowing ball in the centre - Nothing else was seen in the room other than that itself. "This is Fairy Tail's deepest secret. It holds our guild together and no one in the guild other than you, myself and Guildarts, know about this. As what our first guild master has said, Mavis, this is our light," Makarov said before slapping his hands where another door opened up beside them, right next to the room their seeing.
The old man closed the door, hiding the bright light away, and locking it up like before, he then turned to the other stoned door with gold symbols drawn all around. "And this is, the true identity of one of our members," he finished, opening the door where in front them stood a large yellow crystal with a girl in a summer gown was seen inside. Laxus widened his eyes to see the familiar girl inside the crystal. Her eyes shut closed with hand clasped together where she was bent back like a dancer. (Imagine her position as 'V' but opposite direction where her bending isn't as sharp as the letter - Like someone falling, back bent with hands clasped together as if praying).
"Why is she in a crystal when she's outside having fun right now?" Laxus then asked. Makarov gave out a long sigh. "Her mother wanted to protect her from the clutches of evil. She holds a very rare type of magic in her body. She's a Celestial Dragon Slayer with Celestial God Slaying elements in her body. She's been with us ever since she was born. She was placed inside this crystal which allows her to be in a temporary state of brain dead. We don't know when she's going to wake up, but there's a very high chance of her returning back into this body very soon," he stated.
But little did they know, a certain female covered her mouth in shock. Quietly as ever, she peered over the corner to see the body resembling as hers remain still in the crystal. Forcing herself to stay, she continued on listening to their conversation. For some reason, the girl didn't know how she got here, but there had to be a reason.
"Can't you just break her out of it?" the Lightning Dragon Slayer asked. The old man shook his head. "There's a Time spell on it. If that spell is interrupted, then it'll blow up the entire the guild and the people inside. It's very dangerous, and she can possibly destroy the place if something happens to her. Right now, she's just her living spirit. For now, keep an eye out for signals. Don't let anything bad happen to her," Makarov instructed.
A teen, at age seventeen, adjusted her bag with her Fexceed nibbling on its strawberry. "Are we almost there yet Sakura?" the Fexceed asked as it dug a small hole in the dirt, placing in the stems of the eaten strawberries into it where it then covered it back up with dirt. The girl with long crimson hair gave out a sigh and looked down to her demonic-looking cat. "Let's just fly there to make our travel quicker. Master should be expecting us to return from our travel very soon. Come on Florai, we need to get there quickly," the girl, Sakura, instructed before closing her map where she placed it into her bag.
"You can't be serious? We've been flying for the past days, and this was the only walking break I could get," the Fexceed complained. "I'll carry you when you get tired. Activate: Wings of the Dragon's. We can't let him wait forever. Let's go," Sakura said before flying up into the sky with the Fexceed following.
The drama is already beginning, and it's only the first chapter too! So who is this girl in the crystal. Can you make a guess to who it is?
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