This story is a sequel to my previous story, Fairy Tail: A Place to Call Home. If you have not read it, some things may be mentioned that could be confusing as I may not go into detail and discuss it. If you came here after reading that story, thank you for sticking with this! (: I hope you enjoy. And I will most likely be slow with updating the story. And due to the limited amount of time I can spend on it, the chapters may be kind of short.
The heavy door above them closed as they, having the pattern of the demon memorized, heard Abaddon leave. It had only been months, under half a year, but for the girls it felt like a lifetime. They had given up hope of rescue long ago.
"Davina?" The blond Mage softly called out to her friend.
Davina opened her golden eyes to find Lucy in the darkness. "Hm?"
"What happens when we die?"
The Red Nymph furrowed her eyebrows. "You mean where do we go?"
Lucy hesitantly nodded.
"We remain on Earthland. Like those spirits that... Well, I forget her name, but the one girl in Fairy Tail collects the spirits of Magnolia." Davina explained. "We remain where we are, just unseen."
Lucy frowned. "Will we ever be free?"
The question was left up in the air as neither of them wanted to answer, although both of them thought of the same reply.
"I wonder if there are more Infernal Spirit mages." Lucy muttered.
"They're very rare." Davina answered. "You have to be a Celestial one first before you can even attempt to open the Infernal World. Over four hundred years ago, there were a lot of Infernal Spirit mages, but after a while only one was left alive, only to eventually be killed by a dragon."
Lucy thought for a moment. "Abaddon doesn't have a master anymore, what if I could attempt to close his gate?"
Davina shook her head. "The Zodiac keys are the strongest Celestial Spirits, likewise Abaddon is part of the strongest group of the Infernal World. Attempting that on someone you don't have under a contract in that world may kill you."
Lucy tugged on her chains. "I have to do some-"
"Princess."
Silence fell upon the two girls as they looked towards the door. A girl stood there with short purple hair, wearing a maids outfit and having chains on both wrists.
"Virgo? How..." Lucy trailed off in shock.
"It took a while." Virgo said. "But we were able to track you down. Leo is upstairs with Aries."
Virgo approached Lucy to remove her chains.
"Be careful not to touch the Magic Sealing Stones around our wrists." Davina warned the spirit.
Upon touching the chains, Virgo was easily able to remove them, then she removed the ones from Davina's wrists.
"We won't have long to get out of here." Lucy said.
"Don't worry, Princess. You can punish me later if you want." Virgo took the two girls upstairs, where Aries and Loke both turned to face them. Loke immediately stepped forward and pulled Lucy into a hug.
"We thought you were dead." He told her.
Aries trembled a bit as she held up the keys. "We found these." She softly said.
Loke stepped back and looked towards Davina, confusion spreading through his face. "Hera?"
She froze. In her past life she had looked more like Iris, but her golden eyes and birthmark remained the same. It was a wonder that the Lion had picked them out so easily after all the years that had passed. "My names Davina, and you should hurry with getting us out."
Virgo wrapped her hand around Davina's bicep, and Loke remained holding onto Lucy. They nodded to each other, and suddenly the room that had been apart of their prison faded away into light.
The stop they made in the Celestial World was very quick, Loke had told them that they had no time to stay as their escorts back to the guild could not be kept waiting for what could turn out to be months on Earthland.
So, in a few minutes they were taken out of the Celestial Spirit World and back onto Earthland.
"We've been out of our world too long searching for you, so while I am okay, Virgo can't taken Davina very far, so we've dropped you off in the nearest town." Loke explained to the girls. "Your escorts will be here shortly, wait by the fountain." After an encouraging smile, the three Spirits disappeared back into their home as the two girls headed to the fountain in the middle of the town.
Lucy leaned against it as she stared down at the ground. "I can't decide whether to smile or cry." She said.
Davina smiled very slightly. "At this point, both is fine."
They were left waiting for about an hour before a familiar voice shouted out to them. "It's about time we got you out of there!"
Lucy's head shot up as a huge smile erupted. "Gildarts!" She immediately took off running towards him, throwing herself into a hug.
Two more men stood on either side of him. Davina recognized them with ease, smiling as she stared at the blond. While he wasn't the blond she was hoping to see, she decided that he would do for now. "Sting, and Rogue."
"It's been a while, Davina." Sting said to her. "Heard you've been through hell too."
Davina approached the group. "I've been through there plenty of times. I'm just ready to go home."
Gildarts placed a hand on her shoulder. "You're the new member, huh? We'll be home in a few days."