"I'm never going to ride the train again. " Natsu grumbled as he held back his nausea.
"You say that every time." Happy perched on Natsu's shoulder.
"Wendyyyyyyyy," The dragon slayer begged, "Can you do that spell on me again?"
"Sorry…" Wendy replied, "But you have built immunity to it so it won't help."
"Argh. Luce, can I lay on your lap?"
"Why?" Lucy asked surprised by the request.
"Please." Natsu covered his mouth as another wave of nausea hit him.
"Fine…"
Natsu thumped onto Lucy's lap and finally relaxed, sighing deeply. Levy smirked, "If I didn't know better, I would have thought you two were a couple."
Lucy blushed furiously, "No we're not! Same could be said for you and Gajeel."
"I second that." Erza commented.
Levy's face turned red.
"Are you alright Gray?" Wendy whispered to the Ice Devil Slayer.
"Huh?" Gray shook his head, "Oh, I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Well, finding information on Zeref could reveal more about E.N.D."
"You still want to kill it?"
"Yes."
"Luce?" Natsu mumbled.
"Mhm."
"How long till we get there?"
"It's our next stop, which is… now"
The train left the lush green country side and entered the City of Celtish, where the Magic Council's Archives resided.
"We're here!" Levy announced springing from her seat.
"Finally!" Natsu bolted from Lucy's lap as if nothing happened, "Time to leave this hell hole!"
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"Here we are!" Levy smiled brightly, "The home of the largest collection of documented knowledge in all of Fiore, right here in Celtish!"
Lucy's eyes widened in awe, "It's amazing Levy!"
The Archives were held in a large mansion about the size of a medieval castle. The building was a vermilion color with the roofs in a cold sea green. Black windows divided by sandy outlines. Beside the building was a calm lake with Water Lilies at a full bloom filling the air with their sweet scent, and the Cat Tails swayed as the cooling wind whistled.
Natsu wrinkled his nose, "It's boring."
"How could you say that!" Levy and Lucy shouted simultaneously.
"Yeah Pyro, or are you so stupid you can't even see the obvious beauty before your own eyes?"
"What did you call me?"
"It appears you are too much of a moron to even hear properly." Gray smirked.
"YOU ASKED FOR IT!"
Natsu and Gray lunged at each other and rolled down the stone path towards the mansion.
"I have a funny feeling we will be paying for the repairs." Lucy sweat dropped.
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"I will send these bills to your master for destroying half the mansion." Wizard Saint Wolfheim, the third strongest of the Wizard Saints scolded.
"We're sorry sir, but we must enter the archives. If you insist, I will keep Gray and Natsu from entering." Erza pleaded.
Wolfheim scowled,
"Let them in, I'll watch over them."
Everyone's head turned to find Warrod, the fourth strongest of the Wizard Saints, walking towards them.
"I don't see a good reason for letting in destructive trouble makers into our beloved Archives, Warrod!" Wolfheim growled.
"Don't be such a worry-worry"
"Grrrrrr…Fine…" Wolfheim turned on his heels and walked away leaving Team Natsu with Warrod.
"The Archives are this way…" Warrod pointed at a door that said exit.
"Are you positive?" Carla asked skeptically.
"Just kidding." The wizard gave a them a toothy grin, "It's this way."
Warrod lead Team Natsu through a well lit corridor, the creme walls were covered in paintings of portraits, landscapes, and still-lives.
"These paintings made by very famous artists." Warred explained, "Like this one."
They stopped in front of a scene painting.
"This is called Peaches and it is by Jose Daisky."
"I don't believe it!" Erza gaped.
"It's beautiful." Lucy and Levy stared at the painting intently.
Natsu twitched, "My pyro abilities are acting up." he muttered.
"DON'T YOU DARE!" Lucy head tackled Natsu into the ground. They skidded across the wooden floors.
"OUCH! OOF!" *Cat Wilhelm scream*
"Where did the cat come from?" Gray pondered.
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"Here we are," Warrod opened a door.
Levy and Lucy rushed in.
"OH MY GOLLY!" they shrieked.
Bookshelves at least 20 feet high filled the large room which seemed endless.
"IT'S HEAVEN!" Levy cried out as tears of joy poured from her eyes.
"Yup, the rumors don't disappoint." said Gray.
"Wow, check this out Carla!"
"It is a sight to behold." Carla replied.
"Do you want a fish Carla?" Happy asked.
"No Happy, we are in a library, no food here!"
"Okay…"
"Now, now, we are here on a job, look for any document that mentions Zeref in any way." Erza took charge.
"Come on Luce, let's get us some books!" Natsu seized Lucy's hand and rushed to the East Wing.
"Since Lucy and Natsu took the East wing, Wendy and I will go to the North Wing." Levy thought out loud.
"Okay, come on Carla."
"If the North and East wings are taken... Gray and Happy, go to the South wing and I will go to the West!"
"AYE!" Gray and Happy saluted to Titania and ran off to look to find files on Zeref.
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"Anything yet?" Wendy asked Levy, who was hidden by a large stack of papers and folders.
"No luck, all I'm getting are just legends about him, nothing useful."
Undiscovered, a figure watched them. Thanks to Natsu and Gray, sneaking into the Archives was a piece of cake. This gave her a perfect opportunity to make her move. She needed to tread carefully if she didn't want to be spotted by her prey.
"Carla, come on, we need to look some more, perhaps in the files over 400 years old."
Sarre found telepathy a very useful magic, especially if you can anonymously give people ideas.
"Hmmm, no this isn't useful. It's like he doesn't have a past…"
Smirking, Sarre placed her fingers to her forehead.
Levy's eyes widened, "Something tells me to search on that book shelf."
The Script mage walked towards Sarre in a zombie – like matter. As she attempted to grab a file, Sarre dropped a book onto the poor girl's head, giggling as Levy collapsed.
"Owww," Levy rubbed her head, "What happened?"
She spotted a book on Fairy Tales on her lap.
"What? Why?" As Levy lifted the book, a sheet of yellowed paper slipped from its pages. Curiously, Levy lifted the sheet and strolled back to the desk.
"This is written in Sinian…" Levy started deciphering the sheet.
"We didn't find anything Levy, sorry." Carla and Wendy returned empty handed, faces solemn.
Suddenly Levy leapt from her seat.
"YESSSS! I FOUND IT! THIS IS WHAT WE NEED!"
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Sarre smiled as she left the Archives.
"It is almost time Natsu," she whispered under her breath, "Almost time to catch my prey." Pulling up her navy hood, she allowed the shadows to swallow her being. Someone was here, not that she was surprised. Walking into a meadow, she noticed a tall dark figure watching the mansion. His jet black hair and robe swayed in the breeze. Turning, The Black Wizard Zeref noticed here as well, his face remained emotionless as the setting sun illuminated his pale complexion. Sarre pulled down her cloak and climbed up to the black wizard's side.
"I warned you…" he trailed off.
"You said you'll kill me if I put one finger on you brother, I didn't. So there is no reason for you to be hostile."
Nodding his head, the Zeref looked over at Sarre.
"You curled your hair?" he asked surprised.
"I can't believe you just noticed." Sarre replied in a sarcastic tone.
Bewildered, Zeref picked up a lock of Sarre's dark azure hair.
Sarre muttered "It's a spell."
"I didn't know you were into this kind of thing." whispered Zeref fixated on the soft curl.
"Shut up…" Sarre pulled up her hood in embarrassment.
"How is…"
"As loud and destructive as ever." she replied, cutting the mage off.
Nodding, Zeref strolled away.
"My worming still stands." He said.
"I figured, good bye Z."
"Good bye…Lady Sarre." he nodded lightly.
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!"
The Black Wizard chuckled before disappearing into a thin air.
Sorry for the late update, from now on, things will be a lot smoother.
