"You can't be serious about this, Laxus," Mira said, her tone very obviously disapproving as the Lightning Mage entered the basement. The fair haired woman stood in front of him with her arms crossed and a stern look on her face.
Laxus chuckled, "Oh I'm very serious. She agreed to the terms, and here I am. Now sit your ass down and shut up."
Mira began bristling with rage before a small hand touched her shoulder. The Take Over Mage looked down at the blonde who was in question who merely shook her head.
"Mira, its okay, really. I told you all that my magic is binding. Did you not see the glow when I agreed?" Lucy asked, looking around at her guildmates. They all nodded. Lucy sighed, "When I agreed, my magic became locked to my promise. There is no going back for me on this."
Laxus began laughing, the booming sound coming out in droves. This was beyond too good for him. He literally owned her and her magic due to laws that came with her particular type of magic. Things really couldn't get better than this.
"Freed, how true is that information?" Someone asked from the back of the room.
The green haired mage in question thought for a moment before responding, "From what I have read on her magic, any contract she makes, whether it be verbal or written, are bound by Celestial Law and can only be removed by the Spirit King himself. The only other ways of coming back from the contract are death or the other party breaking the contract. Otherwise, the Celestial Spirit Mage's magic will become locked, effectively making them unable to ever use magic again."
At his revelation, the whole guild became an uproar and Laxus only laughed harder, tears welling up in his stormy eyes. Their Light had just literally made a deal with the devil that they could do nothing about.
Laxus calmed himself, taking deep breaths, "Well that's great. Now I'm gonna go get rid of this problem and then we can really get started with our new relationship, Blondie. Go home and pack, you're moving in with me when the Thunder Legion and I get done."
At this, Natsu, who had been quiet about this whole situation, growled. "Don't you fucking touch her, Laxus!" He screamed as he ran at the larger man, only to be stopped as Lucy stepped between them. "Luce-"
"Natsu, stop. You can't do anything about it and I'm tired of arguing about this. Just… come help me pack while they take care of Phantom Lord, okay? Please," She pleaded with tears in her raw red eyes.
Natsu sighed and struggled to control his anger and, looking at the rest of their team who nodded, grumbled, "Okay. I'm still not okay with this situation."
Lucy walked around Laxus and his team, leading her own team out of the guild and towards her apartment, not allowing her tears to flow until she was behind the door. She collapsed onto the floor as her friends surrounded her, sobbing uncontrollably.
Gray picked her up, walking to the sofa and held her as he sat, letting her mourn the loss of her freedom. The three mages hearts breaking at the sight of their friend looking so broken. When Lucy's sobs died down and she relaxed with a shudder, Gray finally spoke.
"We will do everything in our power to make sure you are not alone in this, Lucy. Remember you still have friends to help you through this, okay?" He asked while holding her face delicately and wiping tears away from her puffy cheeks.
Lucy nodded, "I know. He's just a jerk! I can't believe he's doing this. I'm just scared that he's going to try something…"
At this, Erza chimed in, "If we ever find out he has dishonored you in such a way, he will pay the price of such a disgusting act. The whole guild will not allow such atrocities to take place, Lucy, and you should know this."
Again, Lucy nodded. She stood, looking around, "Thanks, guys. Guess we should get to packing for my move…"
