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Author Note: Hey everyone! I'm so excited to release Chapter 4 and for you guys to read it! This chapter was really fun to write and I hope you guys have fun reading it. See you at the end :P
Sorry for any mistakes, I'll try to fix them

Sacrifice

"Hey Blondie, what's wrong? Come on talk to me!" Laxus yelled at the unconscious Lucy in her arms. "Wake up!" Laxus demanded, hoping that the yelling would shock her back into consciousness. Suddenly, there was a flash of golden light and Loke appeared with a concerned expression on his face.

"Laxus! What happened?!" Loke asked as he gestured for the dragon slayer to give him Lucy.

Laxus shook his head frantically as he gently handed Lucy over to the spirit. "I-I don't know, one second she was fine and then the next she was screaming in pain and passed out." Laxus explained and Loke laid Lucy on the ground, using a towel to cover her body and his coat to pillow her head.

Laxus went to other side of the hot springs to retrieve his towel which he wrapped around his waist and quickly came back to Lucy's side. "Lucy." Loke called the celestial spirit mage's name repeatedly while checking her pulse, breathing, and heart beat. "She's not breathing and I don't hear her heart beat..."Loke said in shock and started to frantically preform CPR on his master but it wasn't working, Lucy still remained lifeless. "Lucy please, come back dammit!" Loke cried as tears threatened to fall from his eyes. Laxus hung his head and all of a sudden let out a guttural roar and punched the ground, cracking the concrete.

"Wow I forgot how painful this process is." A feminine voice chirped behind the men, Laxus whipped around quickly while Loke didn't seem to notice and kept trying to resuscitate Lucy. Laxus recognized the woman as the hot springs owner but now she looked different, her hair had grown, her clothes had changed, she wasn't wearing glasses, she had wings, and there was a supernatural glow surrounding her.

"What the hell? Did you do this?" Laxus growled angrily.

The woman shrugged and smirked at Laxus "So what if I did?" She asked innocently and Laxus stood up with a dark look on his face.

"What the hell did you do you bitch?!" Laxus started to charge towards her and her smirk disappeared in an instant. An arrow made of pure light formed above the woman's shoulder and shot towards the dragon slayer, stopping centimeters from his head.

"It's disrespectful to call your elder that name." The woman lectured and wiggled her index finger at him like a mother reprimanding her child. Laxus slowly backed up and the light arrow dissipated back into light particles. The woman strutted past Laxus and when he tried to reach out for her, another chain of light appeared and pulled down Laxus' towel. "0 to 3, muscle head, I'm winning." she gloated and knelt down next to Loke's side.

The spirit finally noticed the white haired woman and opened his mouth to say something but she shushed him. "Don't worry this is what Lucy wanted." She whispered and laid a hand on Lucy's forehead. Her hand emitted a single pulse of white magic that expanded and covered Lucy's body. The celestial spirit mage's eye suddenly opened but they head rolled back in her head so they were completely white. Lucy gasped and started to breath heavily, her head darting side to side but she obviously wasn't seeing her surroundings.

Loke gulped when Lucy woke up and called for her but it seemed like she couldn't hear him, he turned to the angel-like woman. "Please tell me what's happening to her? How is this what she wanted?" He asked desperately as the woman rose from her position.

"When I saved Lucy from Barbatos, I saw something special in her. Her one true desire was to be strong enough to protect her friends from this new threat, to not feel helpless anymore. I'm giving her the chance to realize her dream." The woman explained while she looked down at Lucy who had quieted and was breathing normally now. "But before I can help her, I need to test her and see what she's capable of."

"This is a test?" Loke asked incredulously, not taking his eyes of Lucy for a second.

"'Yes and if she passes, she wakes up and she gets what she wants."

"And if she fails?" Laxus asked harshly from behind the woman.

Her wings suddenly extended and she flew above Laxus, Loke, and Lucy with a bright smile on her face. Before she flew off she waved and said "Just hope she passes so you don't have to find out."

Lucy

Lucy gasped as she opened her eyes, taking quick breaths as she sat up. "What..." Lucy's head darted side to side as she took in her surroundings. The blonde found herself on a very familiar street in Magnolia. 'The last thing I remember was going to the hot springs with Laxus and it was night..." Lucy said aloud "How am I in Magnolia?" She asked but there was no one to answer her. The street was eerily calm and Lucy couldn't hear or see anyone else. She was wearing a different outfit then the one she remembered wearing, now she had a white blouse, black jeans that hugged her legs and butt, and heeled boots. Her whip was attached to her waist but not her keys which was unusual.

Lucy stood up and started to walk towards Fairy Tail 'Someone there can tell me what's happening.' Every detail was perfect and Lucy almost believed that her leaving Fairy Tail was just a dream and really she had just fainted in the street. As she neared the entrance to the guild hall though, she grew even more suspicious because the guild was totally silent. Fairy Tail was never quiet, there was always the chatter of all the guild mates or a fight was taking place or a party was being thrown. 'It must be empty.' Lucy inferred.

The blonde hesitantly opened the door and found that all the Fairy Tail members were there, they were just completely silent, staring off at nothing until Lucy came in. Almost simultaneously they all turned to her and Lucy grew very uncomfortable under their collective gaze. She awkwardly smiled and waved at everyone "Hey guys, why is everyone so quiet? Cat got your tongues?" Lucy joked in an attempt to lighten the mood but no one laughed.

Lisanna sat up from a table behind Lucy and walked past the blonde, making sure to bump her shoulder against Lucy's. "Look everyone the blonde bitch is back." Lisanna sneered and everyone laughed at Lisanna's insult. Lucy gaped at Lisanna as the take over mage walked over to where Natsu was sitting and sat down in his lap. "I don't know how you were able to stand being around her for so long." Lisanna said as she stroked Natsu's chest.

Natsu shrugged and wrapped his arms around Lisanna. "I don't know how I did either. She could never compare to you, babe." Natsu laughed and Lisanna joined him before she leaned in and kissed Natsu passionately.

Gray who was sitting next to Natsu smirked at Lucy and stood up to stand beside Juvia. "Yeah Natsu, the only thing she's good for is her big boobs, I can't believe I used to have a thing for her." Gray jeered.

Erza swallowed a bite of strawberry cheesecake at the bar before speaking up too. "She can't even fight if it weren't for us she would've died."

"We should've let her." Gajeel said.

"G-guys...what are you talking about?" Lucy stumbled over her words as her eyes became wet with tears. "Please stop." Lucy cried, every time someone spoke it was like they stabbing a knife into her heart and twisting it.

"Oh is the little baby gonna cry?" Mira teased in her demon form.

"We should just put her out of her misery." Lucy gasped when she heard the voice that said that, the blonde turned her head to find her best friend, Levy looking at her with complete disdain.

"Not you too Levy." Lucy whimpered as the tears finally started to stream down her dace and stain her cheeks.

Suddenly, a small fireball was shot at Lucy and the blonde quickly jumped out of the way. Of course, the attack came from Natsu who looked disappointed his fireball hadn't hit his mark. "Wow can you guys believe it? She actually did something." Lisanna cackled and Lucy narrowed her eyes at the white haired mage.

"Let's see if she can dodge this one." Natsu's hand became engulfed in brilliant red flames, the flames all came together and formed a giant flaming orb. The pink haired dragon slayer threw the ball at Lucy but before it got near her, Laxus suddenly appeared, stepped in front of Lucy, and cancelled out Natsu's attack with his own lightning blast. Lucy let out a breath of relief when she saw Laxus, almost starting to sob from joy.

"L-Laxus thank you." Lucy stuttered because she was still shaken from her friends' betrayal.

"What the hell Laxus!" Natsu roared and lightly nudged Lisanna off his lap so he could stand up.

Laxus smirked at Natsu's pissed off face "Sorry Natsu but I haven't had a taste of Blondie yet." He turned around and Lucy's happiness turned into disgust as the other blonde stalked towards her while licking his lips "Once I'm done with her, you can do whatever you want."

Lucy shook her head and turned to leave but before she could get out the doors, Lisanna jumped in front of Lucy in her tigress form. She lunged at the blonde with her claws extended but Lucy was able to turn to the right at the last moment and dodge the worst of Lisanna's attack. However, Lisanna's claws did manage to scratch Lucy's side. Lucy hissed at the stinging wound and quickly pushed open the guild door to leave. Just as she left, she heard a strangely familiar voice speak. "Find her and kill her." The voice ordered and the Fairy Tail members roared their compliance.

Lucy quickly ran away fro the guild and took a sharp right into an alleyway as her friends started to pour out of the guild with one mission in mind, to kill her.

Paradise

Loke stayed at Lucy's side while Laxus went to get dressed. A gate opened in front of him and Virgo appeared from it, dressed in her usual maid outfit but for once her face wasn't expressionless. She quickly fell to the floor on the other side of Lucy. "Princess..." The maid muttered and brushed stray blonde hairs out of Lucy's face.

"She's breathing and all her vitals are normal but she won't wake up." Loke informed and Virgo nodded, holding Lucy's other hand. Unexpectedly, tears started to fall from Lucy's pupil-less eyes and her face twisted into a grimace.

Virgo gasped and looked up at Loke who looked just as shocked as the Maiden. "This must have something to do with the test." Loke tried to sound assuring but it was obvious how scared he was for Lucy.

Laxus came back, now dressed in something other than a towel and frowned when he saw Lucy's tears. "What the hell happened?!" He asked in a demanding tone and Loke glared at him.

"How would we know! We know as much as you do, now shut the hell up." Loke snapped. Usually, Laxus wouldn't let anyone talk to him like that but he begrudgingly let it slide this time.

A few minutes of silence passed before Laxus suddenly smelled something worrying. "Blood." He muttered and got onto his knees next to Lucy. He deeply inhaled through his nose again and his suspicions were confirmed. "She's bleeding!" Laxus exclaimed and slightly lifted up the towel covering Lucy's front. On Lucy's side, a huge gash had appeared and was bleeding steadily, above the gash, three long scratches had formed. Virgo quickly went into nurse mode and ripped off a long strip of her skirt to wrap around Lucy's wound.

"What's happening to her in there?" Loke asked and was surprised when he got an answer from the person who was putting Lucy through all of this.

The mystery woman was standing behind them for who knows how long, holding a rolled up piece of paper. "Things just got interesting." She said.

Lucy

Lucy was holding her bleeding side as she ran through the streets of Magnolia. She had gotten the wound from one of Erza's swords that floated around her in her Heaven's Wheel form. The red haired warrior had sent her swords throughout the city looking for the blonde and one had found unfortunately found her, she was able whip it out of the air with her Fleuve d'étoiles and it stopped moving. Now she was carrying said sword, walking cautiously down the street and ready to strike with the broadsword at any moment.

She glanced down and noticed that she was leaving a trail of blood behind her. The wound on her side had soaked through her shirt and started to drop blood on the pavement. Lucy grimaced and realized that she was close to her apartment. She knew it would be risky to go there but she needed to wrap the wound and stop the bleeding immediately. She cautiously checked the street leading to her former home and when she confirmed that no one was on the street, she quickly sprinted across the street and sighed in relief when she safely entered the apartment building.

As the blonde walked up the stairs she had a horrible thought 'All my stuff is probably gone.' She realized and as she neared her door, she prayed that everything was still there. Lucy tried turning the door knob and groaned when she realized that it was locked. She didn't have a hairpin in her hair so she only had one option, to try and kick in the door.

Lucy took a deep breath 'I can do this, I can do this!' Lucy psyched herself up and raised her right leg. "Lucy kick!" Lucy exclaimed and kicked the door below the handle. The door shook but still held so Lucy tried again and again, getting more desperate each time until finally the lock broke from the frame and the door rocketed open. Lucy silently cheered for herself as she rushed into the apartment. Surprisingly, the apartment wasn't bare and all of Lucy's stuff was still in it.

The blonde grabbed her first aid kit from the kitchen and made her way to her bathroom but as she passed the window she heard a loud noise and felt a huge amount of magic that disappeared just as quick as it came. Lucy ran to the window and opened the curtains and her mouth fell open when she saw what had happened. A whole city block had been destroyed by someone's magic. Lucy looked and saw Mira walking through the rubble with a satisfied smirk on her face. She was followed by her brother, Elfman, and her sister, Lisanna. Lucy quickly closed the curtains and dropped to the floor, holding her mouth shut so she didn't make any noise as the three mages passed by the apartment.

She waited a few minutes after they were gone and crawled to her bathroom, shutting the door behind her. She laid the blood stained sword next to her and took deep breaths, trying to calm herself down. 'I have no allies and I'm being chased by murderous versions of my friends in some horrible dream or alternate reality. They're getting desperate and if they might destroy the whole city looking for me, I can't escape the city without someone seeing me.' Lucy thoughtfully analyzed her bleak situation. 'The only I can do is directly confront them...' Lucy shook her head at the suicidal idea and suddenly she saw the glint of something gold up on the sink counter. She quickly rose from her position and found her keys sitting on the counter.

"Yes!" Lucy exclaimed without thinking about it and quickly grabbed the key chain. "Virgo can dig a tunnel to get out of Magnolia." Lucy thought aloud and held out the golden key.

"Open gate of the Maiden, Virgo." Lucy chanted and furrowed her eyebrows when nothing happened. She chanted again and was met with the same result, no golden light, no gate appearing, and no pink haired spirit. Lucy decided to try to summon Loke next. Frankly, she was surprised he hadn't summoned himself already as he usually did when she was in trouble.

"Open gate of the Lion, Leo." Lucy felt her heart sink more and more every second that passed without Loke appearing by her side. She tried again and again but Loke didn't appear, she dropped his key on the floor in shock and tried the next key, Taurus. The humanoid cow didn't appear and Lucy's panic grew. The blonde cycled though every one of her key, even Plue, and no one appeared.

"No, no, no, no! Dammit" Lucy yelled and in a fit of rage, punched the mirror in front of her. She gasped in shock at her action and cradled her now bleeding hand with her other. In the fractured mirror, Lucy saw the broken version of herself, her shirt soaked with her own blood, her blonde hair was disheveled, her hand bleeding from the glass cutting her, and her cheeks stained with tears. She was all alone, her Fairy Tail friends had betrayed her and her spirits wouldn't answer her call. Lucy sunk down onto her knees and started to sob hysterically. 'Why is this happening?' Lucy asked herself as she tried to make sense of everything.

Eventually the sobbing stopped and as she sat on the floor, something at the back of her mind began to nag at her. "That voice who ordered the attack..." It was just on the tip of her tongue and all of a sudden, everything came together. "It was Barbatos!" Lucy's eyes widened as she realized that everyone in the guild must be under his control. However, the same feeling of helplessness that she felt when she last fought the demon filled her and she shook her head."I couldn't do anything then and nothing will be different now."

"Come on Luce, get up!" Lucy's head snapped up when she heard Natsu's voice but unlike the scornful Natsu she was running away from, this Natsu spoke with a voice full of energy and enthusiasm, like the real Natsu.

"Hurry up Lucy! We're waiting." Happy's chipper voice called out to her too and she smiled as more voices began to fill her head.

"We're here for you, Lucy, always." Gray promised.

"Let's show them the power of Fairy Tail!" Erza roared.

"Stand up Blondie, I know you're stronger than this." Laxus teased.

"You're the strongest person I know, Princess." Loke said genuinely.

"Remember who you're fighting for." A voice Lucy hadn't heard before spoke but somehow Lucy knew it was the woman who had saved her from Barbatos and the one at the hot springs.

Lucy grabbed onto the edge of the counter and pulled herself up and was once again met with the broken image of her but this time she smiled at herself and closed her eyes, breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth. Slowly, she opened her eyes and was filled with a calming energy.

Lucy retrieved her first aid kit and got to work, stripping out of her clothes so she could get at her wounds better. First, she washed her bleeding hand and applied antibiotic cream on it before wrapping it in bandages wrapped it in bandages. Then, she applied the same cream to the scratch marks inflicted by Lisanna. Finally, she had to deal with the sword wound which needed a few stitches. Lucy cleaned the wound as best she could and took out the needle and thread. The blonde had done this a few times, in emergencies on mission but never on herself. She put a towel between her teeth to bite down on as she pierced her skin with the needle and began to close it up. Finally, after a few painful minutes, she finished and cut the thread, wincing as she got off the floor and exited the bathroom.

She opened her dresser and grabbed a dark blue skirt, a brown leather belt, a white crop top with gold lining, dark blue stockings, and leather boots, She dressed and attached her whip to her side and also her keys even though they weren't working. 'I won't leave them behind.' Lucy reasoned with herself as she tied her hair back into two low pigtails so it wouldn't get into her face. Before she left, she reached into her dresser again and pulled out something she had never worn before, a scabbard that Erza had given to her a few months ago as a gift. Lucy attached it to her belt, went into the bathroom to retrieve the broadsword, and sheathed it in the scabbard.

The celestial spirit mage looked a herself in the mirror above her desk, no longer was she soaked in blood, with tear stained cheeks and no hope. The person who stared back at her was strong, confident, and fearless.

"I'm coming for you Barbatos, my friends aren't your toys."

Paradise

Laxus stood up, ready to attack the woman and she clicked her tongue in disapproval. "Do you really want to go again or do you want me to help your girlfriend?" She asked and when Laxus stopped glaring at her as if he was going to murder her, she walked up to Lucy's body and laid her hand over the blood soaked piece of cloth on her wound. Her hand started to glow and after a minute or two, she withdrew her hand and removed the bandage, revealing Lucy's healed side. "Now moving on to these nasty scratches." She announced and began to heal the three scratches.

"Wake her up." Loke demanded in a harsh whisper.

"What was that? Speak up sweetie, I'm an old woman." The angel woman giggled at her own joke.

"I said wake her up!" Loke roared and continued. "Look, I don't know who or what you are but because of you Lucy is getting hurt. Whatever this test, I want you to stop it."

The woman turned to the spirit "I can't stop it now, Lucy either passes or fails, no way to get out of it." She explained and stopped healing the scratch marks now that they were gone "She's probably fine. The worst should be over." She tried to assure the two spirits and the dragon slayer.

Suddenly Lucy screamed and her right hand started to bleed profusely. Tears rushed down the blonde's eyes and the woman sighed "Well that was horrible timing." She said and went to work on the hand.

"Will she snap out of it if we kill you?" Laxus growled and the woman laughed.

"That's a pretty big if. You would need a big miracle to even touch me." She boasted as she continued to heal Lucy's wounds.

"I've fought people and monsters much bigger than you." Laxus threatened.

"And I've killed bugs more menacing than you." She countered and glared at the dragon slayer.

Virgo stood up and bowed at the woman. "Can you please tell us who you are, Miss?" Virgo asked politely.

The woman smiled at the spirit "Finally, someone who knows their manners! I'm an angel, you can call me Celestia."

Lucy

Lucy used the small alleyways as she backtracked towards Fairy Tail. Her pursuers were getting more violent, starting to destroy the whole town. After Lucy left her apartment, the whole building exploded in flames and Lucy knew it had to be Natsu. She also witnessed Wendy take down a few houses with her Sky Dragon's Roar. She avoided everyone as best she could, hoping that once she made it into Fairy Tail it would just be her and Barbatos.

'Step 1: Find Barbatos, Step 2: Kill Barbatos, Step 3:...to be decided.' Lucy shook her head at her horrible plan and before she could think of another one, she heard something behind her. She quickly unsheathed her sword and held it out awkwardly, wishing she had taken those sword fighting lessons with Erza.

"Lushy! I'm so glad I found you first, I don't know what happened to everyone. Are you okay?" Happy flew up to Lucy with tears in his eyes.

A part of Lucy wanted to believe this was the real Happy and hug the little blue exceed but the other, rational part of her forced her to back away. "I know you aren't Happy." She said calmly and her suspicions were confirmed when the exceed grinned maliciously and produced a small knife from his backpack. Lucy didn't have the heart to attack Happy and jumped backwards but Happy was still able to leave a shallow wound on Lucy's stomach. Lucy winced and began to run the other way, making the newly sutured sword wound flare up in pain.

Happy didn't follow the blonde, instead he flew into the air and loudly announced "Hey everyone! I found her! Lucy is over here!"

Lucy cursed and ran faster away from Happy despite the pain. As she exited the alleyway and ran down the street to Fairy Tail, multiple members of Fairy Tail started to emerge from side streets, alleyways, from the roofs, and buildings.

"Solid script: Tremor!" Lucy heard Levy cast a spell behind her and the shaking word "Tremor" flew by Lucy and dropped into the pavement a few feet from Fairy Tail's entrance. Suddenly, the ground began to shake and Lucy lost her balance and fell down, wincing in pain as she landed on her knees and broke the skin open. Her sword fell from her hand and skittered a few feet away.

Lucy gaped as the ground in front of her opened up and formed a giant crevice separating her and Fairy Tail. She quickly got back on her feet and turned to face her friends. It seemed like every member of Fairy Tail was standing there, forming an impenetrable wall. All of Team Natsu, Levy, Gajeel, Laxus, Juvia, and Makarov stood in the front.

"Game over, Lucy." Erza said, now dressed in her Purgatory armor.

"Let me roast the bitch, Master." Natsu volunteered to be Lucy's executioner and the blonde felt her heart begin to sink.

Lucy shook her head to dispel any negative thoughts 'This isn't the real Natsu, it's Barbatos.' She thought as Natsu's hand lit on fire.

"Do you have any last words?" Makarov asked coldly.

"That bitch doesn't deserve last words." Lisanna spat.

"Come on Lisanna, maybe they'll be funny." Gray smirked and everyone turned back to Lucy.

Lucy took a few deep breaths before yelling "Barbatos where are you! Come out and face me instead of using my friends like puppets!" Lucy continued to call out the demon, hoping he would appear soon or this would all be for nothing.

The Fairy Tail members looked confused at Lucy's outburst and Levy frowned "She must be going crazy." She pitied her former friend. "Put her out of her misery." Levy turned to Natsu and he nodded.

"With pleasure." He said with a sick smile on his face.

Lucy wasn't paying attention to them anymore though, she felt a presence behind her and she turned around to find the white haired, red eyed demon standing next to the chasm, with a satisfied smirk on his face. At his side he held a twisted solid black sword that seemed to suck the light out of it's surroundings.

"You figured it out." He announced and splayed his arms to the side. "Yet you're still going to die because you're weak and I'll control your friends for eternity." He snapped his fingers and suddenly Levy dropped to the ground, screaming and holding her head. No one helped her or even looked her way.

Something inside of Lucy snapped and she roared as she began to run towards Barbatos, dipping down to grab her sword as she sprinted at the demon. She felt an intense heat follow her and grunted when she felt fire spread across her back but she kept running. As she neared the demon, she jumped into the air and held her sword out to impale the demon. She felt two ice lances pierce her body, one through her chest and the other through her right calf but it didn't matter anymore, as long as she took down Barbatos with her. She screamed something intelligible as Barbatos held up his sword and Lucy felt it enter her body, tearing though skin, muscle, and bone but the blonde had also impaled the demon, right where his heart should be. The forward momentum caused Lucy to fully impale herself on Barbatos' sword and to push them both off the edge of the chasm. Lucy coughed up blood and smiled at the demon's surprised face as he realized that he was going to die with her

He screamed something at her but she didn't hear him, all she heard was her own heartbeat, steadily getting slower and slower. Lucy let go of her sword and Barbatos did the same, the two separated and fell down the seemingly endless dark chasm. Lucy looked up towards the light coming from the sun above and grinned brightly, blood staining her teeth. 'I saved everyone.'

Paradise

"An angel? They don't exist." Laxus said in a disbelieving voice.

Celestia rolled her eyes "So dragons, demons, and all sorts of magical creatures can exist but not angels?" She asked condescendingly.

"Then why have I never seen an angel other than you before?" Laxus asked.

"Because I'm the only angel left and I only come out in times of crisis." Celestia said and something about her tone said that didn't want to answer anymore questions.

"So you want Lucy to become an angel too?" Loke asked.

Celestia nodded "Yes, she's the perfect candidate. She has a pure heart, a strong will, and amazing potential." Celestia smiled down at Lucy as she finished working on Lucy's hand. "She'll survive this, she has to."

Loke felt pride for his master fill him and he grinned "Yeah she will." He agreed and Virgo nodded next to him.

A few minutes passed before things started to go downhill, fast. First, Lucy screamed and grunted in pain, burn wounds appearing on her back. Then, two holes appeared as if she had been shot by invisible large bullets through her chest and calf. And finally, a huge laceration appeared a few inches below her heart. The blonde coughed up blood and strangely began to smile. Loke, Virgo, and Laxus were shocked at the sudden injuries and couldn't seem to move, even if they could, they wouldn't know what to do.

"Dammit, why is she being so reckless?!" Celestia cursed and quickly began to heal the laceration first since that was the most serious wound.

"Lucy!" Loke exclaimed, wishing more than ever that he could be by Lucy's side. 'She must be so scared.' Loke thought and felt tears start to fall from his eyes. He turned to Virgo and she was in the same situation, hoping she could help Lucy and crying from the frustrating feeling of being helpless.

Laxus closed his eyes and grit his teeth. 'Come on Blondie, you have to pull through this.' He though as he clenched his sparking fist and tried to control himself.

Lucy

As Lucy fell through the pitch black crevice, she saw her life flash by her. Every significant moment, from her mother's funeral to her father forgetting her birthday to Natsu taking her hand and leading her to Fairy Tail. She thought of everyone from Fairy Tail, all of her dear spirit, her mother and her father, and she realized that she wasn't done yet.

'I can't leave them, I don't want to, I have to live!' Lucy thought and a warm golden aura surrounded Lucy. The sword in her gut disintegrated into a black powder and she felt all her wounds begin to close and heal. The light around Lucy began to grow more until the whole chasm was lit up with her heavenly aura. Lucy closed her eyes and a white light enveloped her. The light burst and Lucy emerged with two beautiful white feather wings. She opened her eyes to reveal that instead of chocolate brown they had tuned into the color liquid gold. Lucy looked down at her hands in wonder, she felt a strange yet familiar power fill her and without thinking of it she began to fly out of the chasm towards the light.

"I'm coming back everyone!" Lucy exclaimed as she entered the light and let it engulf her.

Paradise

Suddenly while Celestia was healing Lucy in tense silence, the blonde's wounds started to close on their own. The angel withdrew her hands and gasped in delight when the symbol of golden wings appeared above Lucy's body and became imprinted on her right upper bicep.

"She did it." Celestia announced as Lucy's pupil-less eyes closed.

Loke and Virgo smiled at each other and sighed in relief. "Of course she did, I didn't doubt her for a second." Loke laughed.

Laxus didn't say anything, he just smirked and nodded his head at Loke's statement.

Lucy's eyes fluttered open, back to their normal color, and she sat up quickly. She was met with the sigh of Virgo and Loke on their knees and holding her hand, both with huge smiles on their faces and tear stained cheek, the woman she saw before she passed out smiling proudly down at her, and Laxus standing a few feet back with his signature smirk on his face.

Lucy smiled at the sight of her friends. "Hey guys, I'm back." She said and was instantly hugged by her two spirits. "I won't leave you guys again, I swear." Lucy promised and looked at Laxus who smirked at her. She stuck out her tongue at him jokingly and separated from her spirits.

"Congratulations Lucy, you passed." Celestia stood up and Lucy looked at the angel with a confused look on her face. "Oh yeah you don't know me yet, I'm Celestia, think of me as your fairy godmother." She said and Lucy raised her eyebrow.

"Were you the one who made me go through all of that?" Lucy asked even though she already knew the answer.

"It was just a test to see what kind of person you are and can I say you did amazing! You passed with flying colors" Celestia grinned from ear to ear and handed Lucy the rolled up piece of paper in her hands. "This is a map to where you'll find me." Celestia sprouted her wings again and flew into the air. "Please hurry, I get very impatient and you won't like me if I'm impatient."Celestia warned and flew off.

Lucy wrapped the towel around her body and stood up, watching the angel fly away from them. "We have to go." Lucy proclaimed and clutched the map firmly in her hand as if it would disappear if she didn't.

Laxus shook his head and walked towards Lucy. "You can't be serious Blondie, you almost died from that crazy bitch's test! You can't actually think following her is a good idea?" Laxus asked incredulously.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with Laxus, Lucy." Loke concurred.

"Me too, Princess." Virgo said, not willing to see her master go through something like that again.

Lucy looked back at her spirits and Laxus with a smile on her face and glowing eyes "You guys, I've never felt more alive."


Post Author Note: Hello again readers! I hope you liked the chapter, it was really interesting to write such a dark twisted Fairy Tail world but also kinda fun. I had to change a few things but I'm super happy with the end result. Now that Lucy's been torn down completely, she can start to be built up again better than ever.

I'm also really happy that I was able to reveal the strange woman in the chapter as Celestia, the angel! She is one of my favorite characters cause I she can be as crazy I want her to because that's her character. Can't wait to write with her more and hope you guys like her.

Thank you to everyone who reviewed, followed, and favorited this story when I released Chapter 3, it was awesome to see all the support.

Side note to all of you shippers out there, I don't know who Lucy is going to end up with in this story yet, It's obviously between Laxus and Natsu. Hopefully I can choose soon but to be honest, no matter which guy I pick, this story isn't going to be focused on their romance, it's a story about Lucy's journey to become a better version of herself not to find Prince Charming.

Please leave a review with your feedback, things you hate, things you like, etc... they all help me and encourage me to write more.

Have an amazing day!