Chapter 1: Darkness Awakens the Light

Zeref: "Light can only be understood with the wisdom of darkness." – Ka Chinery

Zeref

As she lay there so still in the darkness I begin to wonder if my magic was too much for her. If it drained her, the way my powers had vanquished those before her. But as I listen closely I can just make out her faint heartbeat. This girl will live. Live to die another day.

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"Your Majesty", Invel greeted, announcing himself as he entered the palace study.

I do not turn to face him; instead I maintain my attention the garden below. The sunshine warms the flowers below, giving them strength with its light.

"She is awake Your Majesty," Invel states. At this comment I turn to face him. He face void of emotion as I've grown to expect.

I nod in acknowledgement, "Yes, very well. Take me to her then".

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As I enter the room I see her sitting upright on the bed, staring out the large glass doors leading to the balcony. If she knows we've come she makes no indication of it. Again she seems unmoving, like a statue. Or more so, like a figurine made of glass.

"How are you?" I ask her. At this she finally turns to me, her brown eyes calm and gentle. She stares back at me with a slight smile on her face.

"I am well Your Majesty, thank you for your kind concern," she answers politely.

Despite knowing that she cannot truly know me, I ask the question anyway, "May I ask if you remember who I am?"

She closes her eyes for a moment in thought, but then slowly shakes her head. Her eyes return to me.

"I only know that servants told me the Emperor himself has been waiting for me to awaken," she returned, "and I am certain that must be you"

I chuckle slightly at the comment. "And why do you say that?"

"I'm not sure. Perhaps because you have the aura of a ruler," she stated, "and I sense an overwhelming amount of power".

Even with holes in her memory she does not miss it. Then again the ability to sense magic must be in her blood, as it had been in her ancestors before her.

She had asked for this. She was willing to give up her memories, her past for the chance at true power and the ability to decide her own future. Such a take required great strength; it required great will. Yet, here before me sat a girl who knew nothing of what she'd sacrificed. Would she have the strength and resolve of the girl he'd seen before? Or was her will not enough to transcend the loss of her memories?

I sat down on the edge of the bed beside the girl. She did not make any attempt to move. And when I reached out for her she made no attempt to pull away. So I placed my hand gently on her face, and she closed her eyes as if again she was thinking, taking everything in.

I cannot help but to soften ever so slightly at her innocence, her lack of doubt, "Do you know why you're here?"

Her eyes opened again but this time they were sharper, more focused. I slowly let my hand down. She looked me straight in the eyes and said it, "I am here to get stronger. To obtain the power I need to protect my future".

I stared back at her in mild surprise. So it seems even without any memory of the why she came to want power. Her conviction did not change, how interesting.

A smile came across my face. I lifted her hands and brought them to my lips.

"And you shall have it. I will help you obtain the power you so desperately seek and you shall help me reshape the world," I vowed. She looked triumphantly back at me. What an interesting girl indeed.

"Oh and you may call me Zeref, my dear Lucy"

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Well this first chapter is a bit short, but I'm really just testing the waters right now. I've been meaning to write a Fairy Tail fanfiction for a long time now so hopefully you all enjoy it. To be clear I am actually a Nalu fan but I find the idea of Zeref x Lucy interesting enough to entertain. More chapters to come I'm sure, please comment and let me know what you think.