Daughter of the Soul King and Queen
Lucy Heartfilia, the Soul Princess, was drifting in utter invisibility towards the island of Tenroujima. It's been seven years and five months since she last visited here, although 'visit' was not the appropriate term now. She wanted to see Mavis, the First Guild Master of Fairy Tail. It was five months, after the Grand Magic Games, she last seen her.
'I hope she is alright.' She thought as she continues drifting towards the island. Even though she kept saying that in her head for about eight times already, she was afraid that Mavis will be broken-hearted to see her guild in shambles. As a member of the guild, she was half-berating herself for being 'dead' in such a long time and seeing Wendy relieving that faithful day, perhaps it's time to reveal herself to her guild mates, person by person if possible.
'I don't what will be their reaction when they see me again.' She came closer and closer to Tenroujima when she spotted two persons near the beach. She concentrated her eyes on them and was surprised to see two of her spirits starring at the night sky. This made her nostalgic, but it was bitter-sweet than the 'bad' look.
'Ah Aquarius and Scorpio, still together I see.' As a watcher, she was aware of her keys being brought here, but she doesn't know it was all of her keys or a respective bunch. She continued drifting towards the central tree after seeing two of her Zodiac Spirits. As she moved on, she could see Virgo, Taurus, Aries….the names go on until she reached her destination, the resting place of Mavis Vermillion. As she looked more closely, she was surprised to see Mavis…..with Loke. Their expressions were unreadable because they faced the gravestone where the First Guild Master's remains where.
Taking in a big quantity of air, materializing in the very entrance of the final resting place of Mavis. With her eyes now opened after the materialization, she greeted them with a smile.
"Hello again."
-Before, Present and After the Materialization-
Mavis, the first guild master of Fairy Tail, was standing in front of her own grave, fully facing the stone with the Celestial Spirit, Loke, doing the same. It happened so fast for them. For Loke, Lucy being dead without being to protect her was like the hardest blow to his pride, and he is still sulking, with the other spirits, to this day.
For Mavis, seeing all the encompassing aura of hurt and sorrow was something that she couldn't bear to witness. Her once joyful guild was turned to an insanity house, instantly deducing that there was nothing she could do to turn the tables around. The two was just sitting there with an accompanying sour look on their faces. Fate is sometimes cruel, but not this type cruel. Can something fix their hearts and minds before they could go to the abyss of insanity.
"Hello again." An anonymous voice called from behind. Both of them turned and was shocked who was standing in the entrance to Mavis' resting place. It was a woman, no doubt about it, with beautiful blonde hair, being moderately tall and having a black and white tiara sitting on top of her head. However, taking another good look of the woman she's definitely anything from normal. Her clothing and what appeared to be a sash was in a black and white coloration, with two swords strapped in the sash. However, the most disturbing of all about this woman were her eyes.
The eyes of this particular woman had two different distinct coloration. Her left eye has a normal setting, with the most beautiful hazel nut eyes they have seen. But her right eye gave them a chill right down their spine. The eye has a glowing yellow eye with a pitch black sclera. Mavis gave the woman a surprised look, because the woman reminded her of someone the guild knew…
Loke, on the other hand, was glaring daggers at the woman, simply because she had appeared out of nowhere unannounced. While glaring heavily on her, he asked in a serious voice:
"Who are you?" The woman gave no reply, but instead she is beginning to walk towards the duo. This prompted Loke to have a defensive stance, as he deduced that this woman has a very chilling intent on them with Mavis is still staring at the woman.
"I will repeat again, who are you?" Loke repeated his question as his hands shown brightly with Regulus. Lucy stopped walking, face-to-face with her comrades that deemed her as an enemy.
"Who or what am I is not important. I just merely want to talk to her." She vaguely said, pointing her index finger at Mavis. Loke, not buying the Princess' friendly intentions, just growled with Regulus shining brighter. The mysterious didn't flinched, nor did she backed away. Instead, she is still standing in her current position, eyes observing them.
"Stand down Loke. I don't find any hostile intent in her words." Mavis suddenly spoke as Lucy gave an inward sigh while Loke gave her a surprised look.
"You're not buying her words, are you?" Loke asked, hoping that it was just a sick joke. A very sick joke. However, his hopes were shattered when Mavis confirmed that she will talk with the girl. He turned his head on the woman, wanting to find any Possession Magic being used. However, he sees none. He starts walking out of the resting place, but not before warning the woman.
"If I see that you're going to kill Mavis, I will kill you."
"Do not worry. I have no ill intent to do such thing." The woman replied, prompting the Lion to walk out. Mavis was staring at the woman, who was staring back at her. Silence have reigned over the two, no one spoke of a word until Mavis broke it.
"What do you want to talk about?"
"I just want to talk about your guild." Lucy asked, her reward having a pained expression on Mavis' face.
"My guild is in shambles. After the death of a guild member, Lucy Heartfilia, the entire guild went into shambles. It's members have been torn apart when Wendy broke the news about her. Sorrow, pain and sadness have been planted permanently on their hearts. They tried to make it go away by searching her, but they didn't even manage to find the Celestial Mage. Broken, the entire guild is less energetic than it was. They are still number 1 though, but sorrow had already encompassed the guild. I wish this will all go away. I wanted my guild to go back what it was before Lucy's death. Can you help me find the cure?" Mavis explained with a beg. Lucy was a little bit taken back of what had happened. Sure she knows that sorrow had already enveloped the guild but not to this extent. Walking closer to Mavis, she could see that the first guild master was beginning to cry.
Holding her chin to have eye level, Lucy said to Mavis:
"They say that the cure is right in front of you. I'm sure you will find it soon." Mavis was released, but was shocked soon afterwards as the woman was disintegrating bit by bit as a bunch of glowing yellowish papers. As soon as the woman disappeared later, Mavis looked up, seeing the stars glowing more brightly.
"Did she hurt you?" She lowered her head to see Loke in the entrance of her resting place. She could also see a scowl plastered on his face, expecting the news to be correct.
"No, she did not. She is a woman of her words." Mavis replied, shaking her head. Loke's expression softened.
"Can you leave me? I have to think about something." Mavis then asked, with Loke's face plastered in an expression of slight shock. However, he quickly obliged, because he didn't want to disturb Mavis' thoughts. He quickly moved out, having Mavis look at the stars again, still shining more brightly.
'Is the woman that we confronted was…..Lucy? That woman is different, but her entire being screams of Lucy. Did I just met the Dead Mage?' Mavis thought as she gazes on the stars.
Explanation:
Okay so the explanation of this fic is badly needed. The fic started actually started in my head, when reading Opening Dangerous Gates and further enhanced in my mind. However, I didn't write this pronto because my mind processed the decision whether or not I will Fanfiction to publish it there. After days, weeks and months of thinking, I finally decided to join. Here it is, the Daughter of the Soul King and Queen.
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Chapter 3-Rescue Mission