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Chapter 2

BETRAYAL OF A STAR

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"Gate of the giant crab I open thee: Cancer!" Lucy and her team had been captured while on a mission and were tied in an individual cell.

"Ms. Lucy, how do you like your hair done? Ebi." Cancer asked. Lucy usually summoned him to cut her hair but not this time obviously.

"Cancer, please cut this rope tied to me!" Lucy orders. "At your service, ebi!" and with a snap she's free. "Thanks Cancer." Lucy smiled. Slowly, she opened the door of her cell which, fortunately, is not locked. She has to find her team mates, especially Gray.

"Lucy!" came a familiar voice and she turned to face the running armored mage. "Lucy, I'm glad that you're okay but we have to find Gray, Natsu, and Happy. I heard they needed male sacrifices so we have to hurry!" (Though Happy is a cat, they still have to find him don't they?)

Lucy gasped. Just the thought of seeing Gray dead brought tears to her eyes, what more to see him actually dead?

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"Loke, are you sure of this? You know when she drinks it, there's no turning back…" Aries said in a concerned voice.

"It took me a year to decide, Aries." A more determined Loke answered, holding a small vial in his hand.

"But are you ready for the consequences?" The ram continued. "The moment you use that, you won't be able to fight anymore. You'll be trapped here in the Spirit World forever. Besides, Lucy might not be able to forgive you."

"I have prepared for that," The lion answered with a grin and he holds out a golden bracelet. "This bracelet erases all the memories of the wearer. And besides, I really wanted to settle down with her as my wife, so not being able to be called to the human world is more like a blessing to me."

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Lucy and Erza had been running for quite a long time already but they just kept on going back to where they started. "What the heck, are we in a maze or something?" The blond cried.

"Well then," Erza snapped, "Reequip!"

"What are you planning Erza?"

"If we're just going on circle, then it's best to go straight!" And with that, the scarlet-haired Erza launch forward to the wall where she's met with another wall but it doesn't matter, the armored mage just keep on crashing forward until she made a tunnel out. It was already night outside, and the moon was on its fullest.

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"Gray!" Lucy cried, her hands flew to her mouth. Not far from them is the dark-haired mage with his hands tied and hanging above a boiling ocean of magma surrounded by a group of people wearing a black cloth. Gray had fainted due to the extreme heat, being an ice mage that he is.

"Where is Natsu?" Happy cried.

"Happy!" Lucy and Erza shouted in unison. "Where've you been?" Erza asked.

"I was trapped in that small room," Happy pointed, "and was able to go out when you crashed through the wall."

"Let's go, Lucy!" Erza ordered and they rush to the group of 'witches'. "I'll save Gray and you and Happy try to distract those witches."

"Got it!" The celestial mage answered. "Aye!" Approved the flying cat.

But before Erza could even go near the group, a strong gust of wind throws them back.

"What? A tornado is actually protecting them?" Lucy cried. Just then, a group of flying monsters goes out of the tornado and started attacking them. "What kind of magic is this?"

"Lucy, we have to find a way to save Gray!" Erza yelled.

"I know!" Then an idea dawned into the celestial mage. "Gate of the virgin I open thee: Virgo!"

"I'm glad to be of service, princess." Virgo appeared.

"Virgo, make a tunnel that would go inside that tornado!" The blond ordered.

"As you wish, princess." And Virgo disappeared into the ground leaving a hole just enough for Lucy to follow. "We are here, princess."

"Gray!" Lucy gasped. The people in black didn't seem to notice them. "Thank you, Virgo."

"Anytime, princess." And Virgo disappeared. "Who spirit should I call?" Lucy thought. Cancer could help her cut the rope but Gray might fall right into the magma 'coz that giant crab (but he's in human form) could be clumsy sometimes and she won't risk it. Sagittarius can't help either. If only there's water she would surely call Aquarius.

She was clumsily picking through her keys when suddenly there was a snap and just a few seconds from now, Gray will be roasted. In a panic, Lucy called one of her spirits, "Gate of the Lion I open thee: Leo!"

"You called, love?" Loke asked while adjusting his blue eyeglasses to place, with his arm on Lucy's shoulders.

"Loke I need you to save Gray!" came a scared voice of Lucy. The lion frowned but didn't move. Just then, the rope holding Gray totally snapped out and the ice mage falls to the boiling magma.

"You were saying?" Loke asked the almost stone Lucy.