Hello everybody! I'm back after a pretty long rest. I didn't forget or anything. Totally. But in any case, I'm extremely happy to bring you my first chapter in this new fanfiction. Just to let you all know, I've written quite a few of the chapters a while before I post them so that if for some reason I can't write one, I still have one to post for you guys. I don't want to say too much about the actual plot, so here you go! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.
P.S: This is Lucy's POV.
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The room was dark. Only the light from the moon illuminated the woman kneeling on the ground, before a shadowy figure. She was clearly not fully human. She had long barbed talons and feathers flowing from her head. Her hawk-like eyes would have been filled with smug arrogance, at any other time, before any other person.
"How much longer will I have to wait for you pathetic excuses for demons?" spat the black-haired man, shrouded in shadows. Globules of spit flew from his mouth as he spoke, landing on the floor in front of the kneeling woman.
"There were a few, setbacks in our plans. Only a few more weeks now, my Lord," replied the masked lady on the floor, the quiver in her voice evident.
"A few more weeks," repeated the man, "Incompetent fools. You know I'll have to punish you for this, don't you Kyôka,"
"Master, please -" cried the woman, raising her head up in distress. Her features were hidden by a cruel mask, but the anguish in her voice was all too obvious.
"How dare you not kneel in my presence!" thundered the man, rising from his seat, his face still hidden, "I'm going to have to punish you even more for that," He walked slowly towards her. The last thing she saw before she passed out from the intense pain, was the man's face glinting in the light, his features contorted into a sadistic grin.
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"Help! Please, no!" I yelled, thrashing around in my bed, still half-asleep. One of my flailing arms caught my bedside lamp mid-swing, knocking it to the floor. The loud crash of the glass bulb breaking was more than enough to wake me. I opened my eyes, before realising what had happened.
"Stupid nightmares," I mumbled, forcing myself out of bed to get a dustpan to sweep up the broken glass. Once the floor next to my bed was free of glass, I glanced over at my clock and decided that there was no point going back to sleep as I'd have to get up in a few minutes for work anyway. Sighing, I walked through the apartment to my kitchen, where I made myself a breakfast of cereal. The cereal tasted like cardboard, but in financially tough times like these, it was all I could afford. Finishing up, I put the bowl near the sink and changed into my work clothes. Nothing too formal, the business I worked for didn't really care what the employees did, as long as the work got done. Before I left, I drained a cup of coffee, rousing me out of my morning dreariness.
As I walked to my train station, I realised just how weird my dream had been.
"I've been watching too many movies recently," I thought, dismissing the thought from my head.
Grabbing a newspaper for the journey, I boarded the train and searched for a seat. There was a surprisingly large amount of people there for an early Friday morning. I contemplated my options. The only free seats were next to a black haired man wearing a leather jacket with metal studs or next to a pink-haired guy stroking a cat. I approached the black-haired man, but the look in his eyes when he noticed me, was a clear indicator that he didn't want to be disturbed. I took my seat next to the man with his cat.
"Crime Rate of Magnolia Rises to All-Time High!" screamed the headlines, "Suburbs of Magnolia Bombed!"
I had hoped to find some positive news in the paper, but it seemed that everything was still going downhill. As I flicked through the paper, more and more stories of bombings, killings and assassinations littered the pages. The thought of all this terror was just too sickening; I put the paper away and looked around the carriage. Opposite me was a smiling white-haired girl, wearing a red dress. The horror must have shown on my face because she smiled sympathetically at me. The crowd today was a weird lot, with a lady dressed in a bullet-proof vest, a bodybuilder who had definitely taken too many steroids and a little blue-haired girl. Thankfully, I didn't have time to think about it too much, as the train ground to a halt at the terminating station: Magnolia City.
The whole carriage emptied itself, with me in the middle of the mix. I walked hurriedly so as not to be tripped over by the people walking quickly behind me, scanning my pass at the automatic doors, and exiting into the main street.
Light flooded onto me, brightly illuminating the area compared to the dimly lit interior of the station. Once my eyes adjusted to the change of light, I blinked rapidly, looking around at the skyscrapers around me. All the big companies had their offices here in the centre of Magnolia, as well as all the high-profile shops. I couldn't understand how Magnolia could look so bright and cheerful when the world as we knew it was going to pieces. Suddenly, I was snapped out of my pondering. The bustle around me had stopped. The crowds were no longer pushing and shoving their way past me. A hush had fallen over them, and they were all looking up. I craned my neck upwards, slightly worried by this uncharacteristic behaviour. Then I realised why.
A large oval shaped object was falling from the sky. It was blocking out the sun, casting its massive shadow over us. We were frozen by shock, and time seemed to slow but as it grew closer and closer, the crowd began to run. I ran with them, the terror setting in, that this could be my last moment on earth; it was going to crush us. There was no time to comprehend the situation. I glanced up, checking where exactly the large object was going to land and sprinted away from the station. The panic had set in for the others, and I could see them running with me. Shouts and screams now filled the air and a faint noise could be heard from the falling object speeding through the air.
Suddenly, as I glanced behind me again, I tripped over a small rock lying on the floor and fell on my back. I would have scrambled to get up, but I noticed the shape of the rapidly approaching object. It was a large face, carved out of stone, of gigantic proportions. It must have taken a while to create such a masterpiece, so why drop it out of the sky?. I lay there, wonderstruck by this piece of art, almost forgetting that it was almost going to crush me. People ran past me, only trying to save themselves. The pink haired man I had seen in the train ran past me but stopped abruptly.
"Come on! What're you doing!" shouted the pink-haired man, having caught sight of me "Get up and run!"
He grabbed my hand and pulled me up, pushing me away from the face. I grabbed the key I had tripped over and regained my balance. Before I had time to thank him, a humanoid figure whizzed past me, in mid-air, heading straight for the face. I cried out in shock, as the figure smashed into the statue, breaking it into tiny stone shards. They spread apart and fell towards the ground, harmlessly. The crowds slowed again and started to return, investigating the change of circumstances. I started to cheer, and I could feel my heart rate slowing, but a bright purple light broke free from the shards as they smashed into the ground. The light whirled upwards forming a swirling tornado as high as the skyscrapers. It writhed around itself, generating enormous winds around us, before fading. The light had been cloaking a monstrous beast, clad in yellow garments. It had a feminine form, with clear wings erupting from its back. Its eyes shone like the sun, its mouth opened in an agitated howl of rage, and as its gaze swivelled onto me, I saw its tail coming towards me a full speed. It was just too much; reminding myself to never watch any more movies, I passed out from the shock.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! It's only the first of many to come! I'm not sure if I managed to reveal enough, while still keeping it kind of mysterious, so please leave a review and tell me how I did. Another chapter should be on its way soon, as I have pre-written a bunch so I can keep a steady upload flow. Please review, favourite and follow! Thanks for reading!