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Chapter Seven: Imprisoned
Brown eyes slowly opened as Lucy regain consciousness. The blonde woman groaned as she slowly returned to her senses.
"W-What happened?" Lucy questioned with a quiet voice as she was still waking up from whatever knocked her out. She remembered Spideron taking her and Brandish before everything went black.
However her eyes widened immediately as she found herself in a rather large circular chamber room of sorts. The blonde woman herself found herself bound to a pillar that near to the edges of the room as she was a bit far from the ground.
"W-Where am I?" Lucy questioned as she tried to get her hands and feets from the fel bonds that prevent her from going anywhere. She could even feel the demonic energy radiating from the room and the air. Did that spider-like demon guy take them to their base or something?
"Lucy! You're awake!" The blonde turned to see Cana also in a similar position on one of the other pillars in the massive room.
"Cana!" Lucy exclaimed in worry, afraid that the demons also managed to kidnap the card mage, "What happened?"
"I don't' know," Cana replied as she noticed the other pillars were in the room, "But we're not the only ones here."
Lucy looked confused, but then she looked around the large chamber once again only for her eyes to widen as she noticed a few others attached to some of the other pillars. The blonde Celestial mage noticed Kinana, Juvia, Brandish, Mira, Lisanna, Yukino, and even the Fiore princess Hisui along with Cosmos and Kamika were all bounded to their own pillars in the room. However, only Brandish was awake as she struggled to get out of the fel bonds. The green haired Spriggan didn't seem to notice Lucy and Cana were awake.
"Brandish!" Lucy called out to the struggling Spriggan, which seemed to get her attention as she noticed the blonde and brown haired women awake.
"You're awake." She replied, though she continued to struggle to get out of the bonds that trapped her against the pillar she's hanging from.
"That isn't doing any good." Cana pointed out, knowing that they were unable to break out from being stuck to these pillars.
"Where are we? Why can't I use my magic?" Brandish questioned as she looked at the other two across the large room. It was bad enough that spider-like demon guy took her to who knows where, but not being able to get out of here was even worse.
"The demon magic bonds must be preventing us from using out magic." Lucy guessed, not seeing how it could be anything else.
Brandish was about to reply, but a groan was heard. They all turned their heads to see Mira beginning to wake up.
"Ugh… what happened?" Mira began to speak as she opened her eyes slowly.
"Mira!' Both Lucy and Cana exclaimed which got the white haired woman to notice the other two as well as the still unconscious women.
"Guys! Where are we?" Mira questioned as she looked to see the still knocked out Lisanna attached to the pillar next to hers.
"I don't know," Cana replied to the Demon Take Over mage, "If I have to guess I say we're in their headquarters or something." The card mage answered the white haired woman.
Another groan was heard by the four awaken women, as they looked to see Juvia beginning to awaken as well. The blue haired woman regained consciousness as she opened her eyes. However her eyes then widened as she found herself bounded to a pillar in the large room, not noticing the others.
"Huh? Where is Juvia?" The water mage questioned as she noticed the fel bonds on he hands and feet.
"Juvia!" The three Fairy Tail mages called out to her. Brandish simply remained silent as she looked at the blue haired rain woman. Juvia heard her name being called as she looked to see some of her fellow guild mates also trapped on the other pillars in the room.
"Love rival! Where are we?" Juvia asked the blonde, who couldn't help but sweat drop from the rain woman's words despite their current predicament.
"I don't know. I think we're in the demons base." Lucy answered the blue haired woman.
"Where's Gray-Sama?" Juvia asked in worry, hoping that the Ice Devil Slayer was alright. She remembered a dragon-like demon emerging from the underground before she was knocked out by said demon.
"Ugh…," They all turned to see Lisanna beginning to awaken as well. The younger Strauss siblings opened her eyes as she woke up, "What happened?" The Animal Take Over mage questioned, but then she noticed her older sister as well as the others in the room in the same situation as hers, "Mira! What happened?" Lisanna questioned in worry.
"I don't know Lisanna. We were taken by them and brought here." The older white haired woman replied to her little sister.
Before Lisanna could reply to her older sister, another groan was heard. They all looked to see Cosmos, one of the Garou Knights beginning to awaken as well.
"Ow… my head," She spoke as she regained consciousness, "What happened?" The pink haired woman wondered. The last thing she remembered was these demons laying siege upon Crocus, but then something knocked her out. However the Plant mage then noticed Hisui as well as Kamika next to her bound to the other pillars, though they were still unconscious. Cosmos eyes widen at seeing them in this situation as well, "Princess! Kamika!" She exclaimed in worry.
The other women were about to speak up thus getting the pink haired woman to noticed them, but Cosmo's exclamation seemed to stir Kamika from her unconsciousness.
"Ugh… what's with the shouting?" The black haired Garou Knight questioned with a quiet tone as she opened her eyes. However, she then noticed herself, as well as Comos and the still knocked out princess, bound to pillars in a rather large chamber room of sorts, "What happened? Where are we?"
"That's what we're trying to figure out." Brandish spoke up, getting the two Garou Knight women to notice the others in the large room. Both Cosmos and Kamika recognized Lucy and Mira.
"I know you two. You both faced us back in Crocus a year back!" Cosmos replied to the blonde and white haired woman. Both said women were surprised to see them remembering their confrontation.
"I'm surprise you recognized us." Lucy responded back to the two females of the Garou Knights.
"I think we can remember the people who beat us." Kamika spoke back to the blonde woman's words.
"Uh Lucy, Mira, you know these two?" Cana asked her two guild mates, who turned their heads back to the card mage.
"Yeah," Mirajane answered the brown haired woman, "They work for the Fiore Kingdom. We fought them back during the events of the Grand Magic Games." The white haired woman explained to the card mage.
Another groan was heard by the women who were awake. They noticed Kinana beginning to wake up from her knocked out state. The purple hair woman opened her eyes only to widen them as she found herself in the same state as the others, who she also noticed.
"W-What happened? Where are we?" Kinana questioned as she struggled to get out of the fel bonds that were on her feet and hands, attaching her to the pillar.
"We were captured, that's what happened." Kamika answered the purple haired woman. Her words got Kinana to be worried, afraid that the demons may do something to them.
"My head…," Another voice spoke up, as the others turned to see Yukino beginning to stir, "What happened?" The light blue haired woman asked as she opened her eyes.
However the Celestial mage of Sabertooth then noticed herself being bound to a pillar in the large chamber room. Yukino also noticed the others bounded to other pillars in the room.
"Everyone! Where are we?" Yukino questioned in worry, as she tried to get out of the fel bonds trapping her onto the pillar she was hang on.
"Don't bother struggling. It won't do any good," Juvia told the Celestial mage of Sabertooth, "As for the question, we've been taken back to the demons base. At least that's what Juvia thinks." The blue haired woman answered.
"This place reeks of demonic energy." Brandish pointed out, seeing that the very air even radiated fel magic, "How can those demons stand this?"
"Maybe because they're demons?" Lucy pointed out, though she and the others couldn't help but agree with the green haired Spriggan. Demonic energy lingered through the entire room; they couldn't help but feel it all around them.
Another groan was heard by them, as they all turned their heads to see Princess Hisui herself beginning to awaken from whatever knocked her out in the first place.
"Princess!" Both Cosmos and Kamika exclaimed in worry, hoping that the green haired woman was alright.
"Ugh… what happened?" Hisui spoke up, opening her eyes as she tried to get the headache she was feeling to go away. Her eyes widened as she noticed the other women in the room stuck on the other pillars in the chamber-like room, "What the-? What's going on?"
Lucy was about to speak up, but then they all noticed a large door opening back at the floor below. As the door opened, a certain pink haired demon walked through accompanied by a few Fel Etherious guards.
"Well, well, well… it seems like you've all awoken." E.N.D spoke as he grinned.
For Lucy, Brandish, Mira, Yukino, and Lisanna, they could only glare at the demon below them. For Cana, Kinana, Juvia, Hisui, Cosmos, and Kamika, they could only widen their eyes in surprised and horror as they saw the demonized "Natsu".
"N-Natsu?" Cana spoke with disbelief. E.N.D gained a tick mark on his forehead as he gritted his teeth in annoyance from the card mage's words.
E.N.D then flew up to where Cana was bound to one of the pillars. The sudden appearance of the demon surprised the brown haired woman.
"Get this through your skull girl. I am E.N.D. Not Natsu. He's no longer in control, nor will he ever be ever again." E.N.D responded to the card mage.
The pink haired demon then flew back to the center of the room as he looked at all the imprisoned females.
"So… how do you like your new home? Granted for you it's not much, but for now this is where you all will remain until I state otherwise." E.N.D stated.
"What are you talking about? Where are we?!" Hisui demanded an answer from the demon before them. E.N.D merely laughed at the green haired princess.
"You're at Etheria, the city of the Fel Etherious. More specifically, the palace of yours truly." The Fel Demon informed the bounded women.
"Where's Gray-Sama?!" Juvia shouted in anger at the demon, hoping that they didn't bring any harm to her "Gray-Sama". E.N.D turned to look at the angered water mage.
"Don't get yourself worked up so much. The Ice mage along with your other friends are indeed still alive. Though it won't be long until they come to rescue you since that's the kind of people they are," E.N.D answered the blue haired woman as well as the other females. The demon then turned his attention back to the other women, "Of course, that's not why I brought you all here."
His words confused the eleven women.
"What are you talking about?" Mira questioned the pink haired demon, wondering what he would need of them.
"Good question. I guess I can tell you all," E.N.D then flew to where the white haired woman was, "You know about emotions right? Some of you mortals wondered if a certain emotion was considered to be the one magic that the people on this world believed in. While it's not true, this certain emotion, or more specifically known as a feeling, does have its uses. And that's why you all are here or at least the main reason."
His words got the women to be confused. What feeling was he talking about? Seeing their confusion, E.N.D decided to be clear about what he meant.
"I'm talking about love mortals." E.N.D told them. This got them to be surprised.
"Love?" Kamika questioned.
"Yes, love. More specifically," E.N.D then turned to look at them once again, "The love that some of you feel for my other half Natsu."
That got many of them to be shocked by his words.
"W-What are you tracking about?!" Lucy questioned, thought there was a small blush on her face. Why would E.N.D think that she-they, she meant they, feel that way for Natsu?
"Juvia only loves Gray-Sama!" Juvia shouted.
"I barely even know him!" Brandish also shouted at the pink haired demon.
E.N.D then flew to where Juvia was at as he leaned in to look at her, getting Juvia to glare at the demon, though she also felt worry at the demon being this close to her face.
"Some of you feel that way for him. I can easily tell. I was quite observant while I was trapped inside of him. But you see, this works both ways." E.N.D explained, confusion them once again.
"What do you mean?" Juvia questioned, hoping that the demon would back away from her. Unfortunately E.N.D didn't move at all.
"While I don't know if all of you feel love to my other half, Natsu however is quiet… smitten with all of you." E.N.D revealed as he back away from the blue haired woman and headed back to the center of the room.
His revelation shocked them though. Natsu... loves them? All of them in that way? Honestly, they all couldn't help but have a small blush from that revelation.
"Natsu… loves us?" Kinana spoke with a quiet tone. The pink haired dragon slayer, who always seemed so dense, loves them in that way?
"Correct. The reason I tell you all this is because we have learned how to harness that feeling into a power source," E.N.D told them, "Granted I could've just grab any mortals that feel love to use, but I feel like this would be more amusing to use the women my other half loves. As long as you all have love for him, or him having love for you, I can use you all as conduits for anything the Fel Etherious needs. Either it be gateways to other worlds or to power new weapons."
E.N.D then flew to where Lucy was, using one of his hands to cup her face, forcing the blonde to look directly at the pink haired demon. The demon then smirked.
"Of course, that doesn't mean that would be the only use. Who knows, maybe one day I can turn you all to be just like the Fel Etherious. Not only that, I'm sure one day we can have a different kind of… fun." E.N.D then had a rather lustful look and grin on his face. His words and look merely send a shiver of worry and fear down all of the women's spines.
"My Lord," E.N.D removed his hands from Lucy's face as he looked down to see Spideron standing at the entrance of the large chamber-like room, "The preparations have been made. We're ready to attack the Celestial World by your command." He informed the pink haired demon.
E.N.D then went back to the ground where his friend was.
"So I guess you got the portal to work?" E.N.D asked him to make sure.
"That's right Lord E.N.D. With the golden keys we got from the two Celestial mages, the portal is ready to be opened. We merely wait for you to give the order." Spideron told the pink haired demon.
His words got the bounded women to widen their eyes from what they heard. Lucy and Yukino were more surprised and worried though, since they were Celesial mages.
"What are you planning?!" Cosmos shouted at the two demons below.
E.N.D and Spideron turned too looked at the trapped women once again, as they both merely smirked.
"Like the mortals of your world, the Celestial World will soon cease to exist," E.N.D then turned back to Spideron," So who's leading the assault?" He asked the Fel Etherious in front of him.
"Wrath will lead the attack my Lord." Spideron informed the Fel Demon. E.N.D proceeded to think for a moment, before he smiled.
"Take me to the gate. I will aid with the attack on those Celestial spirits." E.N.D told Spideron, who looked surprised by his master/friend's words.
"Really? I mean of course my Lord. I'll take you to the gate." The dark green haired Fel Etherious replied to the E.N.D, who merely smiled as they made their way out of the chamber.
"You can't do this!" Yukino shouted at them, getting them to stop their movements and making them look back at the light blue haired woman of Sabertooth, "There's no way you can wipe out the Celestial World!"
Both E.N.D and Spideron merely laughed at her words.
"We have our methods. I'll see sure to check on you all again later." The pink haired demon told the eleven bounded women on the pillars in the large circular-like room.
The women could only glare at the pink haired demon and the dark green haired Fel Etherious as the both of them made their way out of the chamber. The guards with them followed them out of the room as well. The door then closed, leaving the women alone in the large chamber room, bounded to the pillars, unable to get out.
All right, there's that chapter. Now you all know where the women they captured are at now. Hopefully I explained E.N.D's motives with love well, since I suck at explaining things. Also sorry if it just doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
