agustdsbbg: hello my fairies, how are y'all doing? I got a new cover! It truly reflects Hikari's personality, past, and story.
Hikari: That it does. and the pic above lowkey does too
Erza: Fairy Tail doesn't belong to agustdsbbg.
Lucy: neither do the pics in the chapter, she found them on google but they belong to their respective owners/creators
Lapis (exceed not SU character although I do love her): the next few chapters will act as filler before the main chapters, but you'll need to read them to understand Ari chan and her powers
Gray: author chan will work to make them interesting tho
Naruto (out of nowhere): NO MORE FILLERS!
Natsu: ITS A NINJA!
agustdsbbg: WRONG FANDOM NARUTO! although I might start a kakashi x oc ff
Naruto: eh, what about kakashi sensei?
agustdsbbg: NOTHING! erm back to the story *blushes*
Happy: aye!
Tomorrow finally came for Fairy Tail's strongest team to set out on their mission. After making sure everything was packed, the gang headed to the bar to get breakfast. Once they entered, Gray and Natsu had a fight, of course.
"He still gets into pointless fights, ne-chan?" Hikari asked, a plate of ice cream cake in her hands.
"Yup, it's still going on," Erza responded, digging into her strawberry cake.
Wendy and Lucy looked at the Scarlet sisters with curiosity written over their faces. "Still?"
"Yeah, when I first joined the guild, Natsu and I would fight constantly to see who was the better dragon slayer. I, of course, would win all of them, and every time, I would be the one to heal him. Natsu, being Natsu, would keep fighting me again after each defeat. It was interesting to see him get a little stronger each time. The fights lasted a minute or two more than the previous. Even though I would win every time, it was fun watching Natsu make strategies against me!" Hikari explained with an eye-closed smile.
Gray momentarily stopped fighting with the pyromancer and looked over at the hydromancer with a blush spreading across his face. She seemed so happy, so serene, in that moment, and Gray was absolutely speechless. Natsu looked over at Gray with confusion, then he looked over where his opponent was staring at. The dragon slayer suddenly pushed the ice mage harshly against the wall and leaned down to his ear.
"You better not hurt her!" Natsu whispered with a slight edge to his voice.
Gray gulped and looked at the pyro with a questioning gaze.
"Nani?"
The two stared at each other intensely for a minute or two before they were broken out of their trance.
"Gray, Natsu, it's time to go now!" Wendy exclaimed.
The two rivals broke contact and caught up with the rest of Team Natsu and headed out of the guild. They didn't realize a certain someone following them, hiding behind various buildings and what not.
~ mini time skip brought to you by Naruto eating ramen ~
"WHY ARE WE HERE?!" Hikari exclaimed as the gang arrived at the train station.
"This is how we always go on missions," Lucy replied.
The dragon slayers had a look of horror on their faces as they backed away slowly.
"It's fine, Happy can fly me there!"
"Carla can take me there, right Carla?"
"I can fly there myself. It's fine. Hey, I can bring those two along with me!"
All three of the dragon slayers tried reasoning to no avail. They started huddling together like a family: Natsu and Hikari on the sides with Wendy in the middle (agustdsbbg: I feel like if this was in the anime/manga, people would be like "I SHIP IT" lol maybe it's just a me thing). Getting annoyed with dragon slayers - and the fact they were huddled together like a family - Gray and Lucy pulled Hikari and Natsu from each other and dragged them towards the station. Erza picked up Wendy and followed them.
Immediately after boarding the train, the three dragon slayers' faces turned green and clutched their stomachs.
"The train didn't even start moving yet!" Gray exclaimed.
"Yeah, but it will!" the three of them complained.
The gang found a place to sit and started filling it in. Gray took the window seat on one side, Hikari sat next to him, and Erza sat on the outside seat next to her sister. On the other side, Wendy took the window seat, Lucy sat next to her with Natsu on laying in her lap. Lucy knocked him out so he wouldn't feel the motion sickness during the ride. Carla sat in Wendy's lap while Happy was on top of Natsu's head. Lapis curled up into a ball and rested comfortably in Hikari's lap.
"WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?!" Hikari shrieked when she realized that Gray was sitting next to her, half naked.
"Get used to it," Lucy muttered. Hikari just anime facepalmed.
"I think it would help if you tried to get some sleep," Erza suggested to the two dragon slayers who weren't knocked out.
Hikari and Wendy nodded and started drifting off to sleep.
She looks cute, Gray thought as he looked at Hikari's sleeping form. The ice mage started to get tired and decided to take a little nap before arriving at there destination.
The royal family was having quality family time. There was a huge plate of strawberry and ice cream cake, four comfy chairs, and a fire roaring in the beautifully decorated fireplace. The two girls finished the plate of cake and were listening to their mother tell a fairy tale of dragons and knights. They had stars in their eyes and leaned forward ever so slightly. The king watched his family with love and softness in his eyes, grateful for the family he has. It was snowing outside, and it was getting heavier by the minute. Suddenly, a bone-chilling atmosphere seeped into the castle halls, and the roaring fire was blown out. Shouts and screams can be heard outside of the room.
"Sire! The castle is attacked by the Glacier Village!" a guard panted as he rushed in.
The king's expression became stern and in battle mode.
"Irene, get the kids to safety, now! I'll join ASAP!" the king instructed to his wife. The two girls were staring at their parents with wide eyes, not knowing what's happening and wanting to help their distraught father. (agustdsbbg: ok so Irene is gonna be hella OOC and won't have the same powers as she actually does for the purpose of this story, dw it'll still be dark magic)
"Hai," Irene replied.
Before the girls could flee, the doors burst open. At least a dozen people were in the doorway with murderous intent in their eyes. The king requiped his armour and got ready for battle.
"Charge!" the frontman of the group yelled with anger.
The king was able to kill most of the enemy. However, some of them were mages. Ice mages to be exact. They were attacking the king on all sides, but for a while, it seemed like the king was invincible.
That is until he spotted the ice pillar from the ground at the last second.
One of the ice mages was able to discreetly form the ice pillar while the others were distracting the king. He plunged it into the king's diaphragm, and crimson blood spurted out of the wound. The king knew there was no way he would live on, live to see the day his youngest daughter became queen, live to see his eldest daughter valiantly protect the kingdom, live to see his children get married and have kids. His head turned to his family so they would be the last thing he would ever see.
"Gomenesai. Sayonara. Dai suki da yo," he said, tears filling eyes.
He fell with a thud, yet he had a soft smile on his face.
"Chichiue!" the two young girls shouted in grief. Their mother had tears cascading down her face. Her hands were shaking violently as she urged her children to the safe room.
Once they got there, Irene took out a violin case and two safes. After making sure everything was in place, she shrunk the violin case with her magic and handed it to her eldest daughter in the form of a necklace.
"Erza, make sure to give this to Hikari the next time you see her after this. Remember to always stick together, no matter what happens," Irene calmly told her.
"O-ok," Erza hesitantly whispered. She fastened the necklace around her neck and held Hikari's hand which was trembling.
Irene then turned to the two safes. She took off her crown, which was made of pure silver and had an obsidian stone in the middle that glowed, and placed it in one of the safes. The queen quickly punched in the password and hid it with her magic. She then took out her husband's most valuable and reliable sword, and she put it in the other safe and repeated the same process.
"When you two come back here, make sure to find the safes. You two will know the passwords since it is about you two," Irene explained. Then, she pulled her daughters in for one final hug and kiss on the forehead. "My children, I love you."
Irene sensed the enemy getting closer. She pushed her kids behind her in a protective stance. The queen too could fight for her kingdom. The doors were swung wide open with about twenty more people on the other side. Each one had hatred in their eyes directed towards the queen and the youngest daughter.
"Kill the queen and the youngest!" the leader yelled, and the group charged.
"Night Shade!" the queen cast. The room darkened suddenly. Streaks of dark energy zipped towards the enemy, slicing at least half of them in half. Irene took a step forward, allowing her children to flee if need be.
However, there was one ice mage who didn't get sliced. He decided he would be able to kill the queen and her youngest offspring, the one who inherited some of the queen's ability, once and for all.
"Ice Sword Dance!" he called out.
A hail of ice swords came crashing down around the rest of the royal family. The queen deflected most of them from piercing her children, however, in the process, one of the swords pierced her. Irene knew there wasn't much time left for her, but she mustered the last of her strength to protect her beloved children.
"Unholy Death: Seven Fold!"
Irene focused all of her magic and strength to the one casting the sword spell. The swords turned the colour of ink and circled around the ice mage. Suddenly, a dark purple sphere surrounded him, and the swords pierced him as the sphere concaved into him. He experienced unbearable pain, seven times worse than the pain inflicted on Irene. He died a painful death.
Irene couldn't hold on much longer. She turned her head towards her daughters and smiled one last, tearful smile.
"Kaa-sama!" Erza and Hikari shrieked. But there wasn't any time to grieve over their parents' deaths. More people started entering the safe house with the intention of a family annihilation.
Each sister took a sword that hung on the wall and stood back to back, ready to fight for their lives. One of the intruders sprinted towards Hikari.
"SHINE (agustdsbbg: Japanese word for die, not the English word "shine", pronounced "shineh")!" he yelled.
In her scared state, Hikari instinctively thrust the sword into the person's heart, turning the blade ruby red. Erza and Hikari fought all of the intruders to the best of their abilities, but at some point, the two got separated.
"Hikari, we have to flee!" Erza shouted over the commotion.
"I won't go without you, ne-chan!" Hikari yelled back.
But Erza knew there was no other choice. She pushed her sister out one way, and she went another so the enemy would follow her since her hair was easier to see.
Hikari fell into the snow. She looked back at her home, once a beautiful castle, now a bunch of rubble. The Scarlet kingdom was no more. She started to cry softly, then she started bawling.
"Chichiue, Kaa-sama, Ne-chan!"
She cried out the names of the three people she loved unconditionally. Hikari knew she wouldn't be able to see two out of three for good, and now, she doesn't know where her beloved older sister is.
The sword she was holding fell softly onto the pristine, pure, ivory snow, and the blood from it seeped in, turning it into a bloody crimson.
Gray woke up with a slight jolt. He looked around and noticed Erza was sleeping. He realized his head was on top of something and looked down to see Hikari's head on his shoulder. A blush crept onto his face. He turned his head towards Lucy who was smiling a knowing smile, with Natsu in her lap and Wendy's head on one shoulder.
"Dragon Slayers, am I right?" she asked with a slight smile on her face while running her hands through the salmonette's hair.
Gray turned his head towards Hikari, noticing the sword on her back is the same as the one in his dream.
"Yeah."
~ meanwhile ~
"How dare she do that!? Who does she think she is!?"
~ back to the gang ~
They finally got off at the station much to the delight of the dragon slayers. Team Natsu started walking around aimlessly before realizing they didn't even know what the quest was.
"Oi Hikari, what's the mission?" Natsu asked.
"It's actually sent from the town next to it for some reason. Basically, there's a monster/beast roaming around a town and terrorizing the people. In fact, the quest said many people died because of this, but the monster's extremely powerful. Many tried to defeat it, but they died in the process. So we have to defeat it since the town is on the brink of complete annihilation," Hikari explained (agustdsbbg: LMAO THAT WAS THE WORST EXPLANATION BUT LIKE NEEDED)
"Where's the town?" Wendy asked.
"We have to for about a few days since the trains don't go there," Hikari sheepishly replied, making everyone groan. The gang started trudging in the direction Hikari pointed to as Hikari and Erza strayed a little bit behind them.
"Ne-chan, why'd you team up with him?" Hikari sneered.
Erza knew who she was referring to and sighed. She knew the topic would come up sooner or later. The Requip mage just hoped it would have been later.
"Hikari, what happened was a long time ago, and Gray's definitely not like those ice mages. He cares for his nakama, and though we've had fights before, they've been all trivial just like with Natsu. He's a part of Fairy Tail. You know everyone is literally family in the guild better than anyone. Hikari, you have to let the past go," Erza explained, hoping to get through to her stubborn sister.
Hikari just huffed and crossed her arms. She continued walking with an annoyed expression, although she knew her sister was right. That was twelve years ago. There was nothing they could've done to make it any different.
Unbeknowest to the Scarlet sisters, Gray had overheard their entire conversation. So those dreams are her... past? He didn't want to tell anyone about them just yet, for fear it wasn't true. But he had to make sure. He was about to speak when Lucy's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Hey Natsu, why does Hikari hate ice mages so much?" the celestial wizard asked innocently.
The fire dragon slayer's eyes darkened, and his bangs covered his eyes.
"That's not my place to tell," he replied without his usual cheeriness.
Gray put two and two together and realized that his dreams were, in fact, Hikari's past. For the time being, he decided not to tell anyone.
~ time skip brought to you by Shikatema (OTPPPPPP) ~
It started to finally get dark, and the full moon looked like a shiny crystal. Team Natsu was about half a quarter of the way from their destination.
"Hikari, how much longer?" Natsu whined.
"Natsu, we only walked a quarter of the way!" Hikari exclaimed.
Natsu just groaned and lowkey fell on Lucy, who was blushing madly.
Hikari just smiled and continued moving forward with Erza next to her, and Gray trailing after her. Suddenly, they were stopped in the middle of their tracks by a malicious sounding voice.
"So this is the legendary Moon Goddess," it mused.
Team Natsu tried looking for the source before realizing the person was perched on a nearby tree branch. The figure jumped down and landed soundly on her two feet.
"Who are you?" Erza demanded, stepping in front Hikari protectively.
"The name's May Kokosar, and I'm here to be the very first to annihilate the Moon Goddess," the figure, May, explained. Her aquamarine eyes held malice and murderous intent. "Let me show you what I can do."
agustdsbbg: imagine Esdeath as May for now and that the ice surrounding her is all crystals, btw does anyone watch akame ga kill? just wondering
Suddenly, crystal arrows appeared and glinted in the moonlight. They targeted Erza, but Hikari deflected all of them with her sword.
Quick reaction time, I'll have to double my defences then, May thought.
Hikari shot forward with her sword ready to attack. As she was about to behead May, a wall of crystal appeared before her, parrying her attack and knocking her into the cliffside.
"Her defences are strong!" Erza commented.
"Doesn't matter," Natsu started, "I'll burn it down. Roar of the Fire Dragon!"
Nothing. The crystalline wall was unaffected. An astonished expression donned on Natsu's face.
"Ice Make Lance!" Gray tried, but the same result occurred.
Lucy summoned Taurus whose axe didn't even make a scratch. Even Wendy's wing attack didn't work. Erza requipped into her armour and sent a hail of swords towards May, but they barely made a scratch.
"I have Crystal Magic, and I can use it for both offense and defense," May chuckled darkly.
"Tch, I'll break through it soon enough," Hikari declared, recovering after being thrown into a cliffside. "Ocean Burst!"
A sphere of water formed in between Hikari's hands (agustdsbbg: sort of like Rasengan in Naruto), and she launched it towards May with as much power as she could. The wall cracked, but it wasn't enough. May attacked by launching crystal kunai knives at the Moon Goddess. Hikari countered by casting Roar of the Water Dragon spell around herself in a sphere - she was in midair via wings - and created a defense system of water. (agustdsbbg: sort of like the Pokemon move aqua ring) The water repelled the kunai knives and flung them aside. A few of them almost grazed Gray.
"Hey, watch where you're aiming!" he yelled while launching another attack.
"Yeah, next time I'll make sure to hit you on the dot!" the dragon slayer shouted in response.
~ time skip brought to you by Death the Kid looking at symmetry ~
It had been about an hour so, and Team Natsu was getting tired of being on the offensive. Nothing they did was working. May's wall of crystal stayed intact. She countered a couple of times, but her energy was mostly focused on the crystal barrier, which surrounded her. Hikari suddenly had a bright idea. But it would cause me to drain magic if I did them in succession. She chose to do them anyways. She first flung Gray aside by controlling his blood.
"What the-" he started to protest but was cut off by Erza, who took Wendy to where he was while Natsu picked up Lucy and did the same. Both of them knew what was about to happen and didn't want to be in the siren's way. Lapis flew Carla and Happy to them as well.
"She's gonna throw a sword, a sword which never misses its target. However, if you're in the way, you'll be punctured by it since it won't swerve around you. It only goes on a straight path, and goes through whatever's in its way," she explained, feeling nervous since her Imoto would be tiring herself out.
In Hikari's left hand, magic started to swirl around it, and the hilt of a crystal sword appeared, the same one Gray saw a couple of days ago. This time, it grew into a full-length crystal sword with a crescent moon pattern. She flung it towards May, who was standing in her bubble of crystal with a smirk, believing her defence to be impeccable.
"Crystal Lunar Death Strike!" Hikari cast as the sword made it midway between them. A sphere of silver-white light emitted from the tip of the sword. Streaks of light swirled from the sphere and surrounded the entire sword. It started spinning clockwise and headed straight for the wall of crystal.
Once the sword hit the wall, it finally broke through, shocking the crystal mage. There was nothing to stop the sword from plunging into May's heart. There was a burst of silver-white light coming from all angles of her body since the powerful silver-white sphere was the first thing to go through her. Hikari sprinted over and cast her spell, Crystal Lunar Shield, which created a shield of lunar crystals to protect the team from the flying debris. Once the light faded, she dropped the shield, noticing May not moving.
"I-I wasn't able to complete my m-mission," May gasped.
"Who did you work for?" Erza asked harshly, exhausted and worried for her younger sister.
"Vyshe-sama, K-Kai, Vyshe-sama," and with that, the crystal mage was no more than a mere corpse.
The Scarlet sisters face darkened and their bangs covered their face as a shadow cast on their faces.
"It's a shame, we could've been friends," Hikari commented. She then suddenly fell forward, a side effect of using too much magic. Luckily, Gray was there to catch her yet again.
"We should rest somewhere, we still have three-quarters of the way to go. It seems like there'll be more people wanting to attack us, so we're going to need all of our strength," Wendy advised. Everyone agreed, and they decided to hit a hotel, Gray carrying Hikari on his back as she fell soundly asleep.
agustdsbbg: I'm sry, that one is like over 3000 words and the ending was sort of rushed. GOMEN! I won't be able to update for about a week b/c midterms are a bitch n I have to study to pass my shitty classes. kms
Team Natsu: awwwwwwwwwww
agustdsbbg: dw I'll start writing probs next week. don't b ghost readers, pls comment and vote. y'all can gimme constructive criticism too, i'll take it into account but for now bye loves n stay safe