Hey everbody

I got the next chapter

I seriously hope you're loving the story so far

Be warned, several plot twists lie beyond the epicness of Star Legion and the adventures of Team Apex

So let's begin


Lucy POV

"AH!" I screamed as me, Eclair, and Momon ran through Boundary Forest while everyone else dealed with the giant monsters.

"You've definitely helped," Eclair commented and I glared.

Suddenly, the lagoon in front of us exploded as a giant monster came out of it.

"AH!" I screamed yet again, "Open, Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius!"

Seconds later, I was getting told by my celestial spirit about summoning her in such dirty water again.

"Come on," Lily said and we followed her towards where Eclair was navigating.

Soon we walked past a red barrier, like Revan's energy shield, but more transparent and we were able to walk through.

"A barrier," Erza said, "Made to keep monsters away, but it seems ancient."

"Must be," Naomi said, "The energy feels old, as in centuries old."

"Come on, we need to keep moving," Eclair stated and moved on.

We quickly got back on track and suddenly, we heard the sound of stone scraping against stone. We followed it and soon arrived at an old ruin that looked like it was once a house. We saw a stone plate move near the destroyed fire place and we walked towards the house.

"This place is like an old temple," Lily commented, poking some vases.

"This is the home of Kalard," Eclair explained, "I remember his name, he suppose to be a great wizard."

"This doesn't look like a wizard's home though," Gray said.

"This does," Erza stated, looking down a secret passage that was the source of the sound earlier.

There was a secret basement with a table in the center, tons of herbs and magical ingredients spread out across the tables, most of it spoiled and rotten.

"This is definitely the home of a wizard."

We spread out, looking at all of the things that covered the tables. I looked over at Eclair who reached up to a painting of a little girl and her parents, the faces of the adults faded out of the painting.

"That's me," she gasped, "A picture of when I was a small child."

We stared at the painting as she reached up to touch it, but as she did, a Lacrima crystal underneath her lit up.

"Get back," Gray ordered, getting ready for an attack.

"Calm down," Naomi stated, "It's just a Messenger Lacrima."

The message began to play as we watched intently. It was an old man, his face full of weariness and sadness.

"Eclair," he said, "If you are watching this, then it means I have passed." "If it is not you, then it means you have come searching for Eclair, but you may not find her." "Please, if you are not her, then find her and send her this message," he pleaded, "My sweet darling Eclair, I am truly sorry that I may not be there, but I have grown ill and I am barely able to send this message, only able to grasp the final vestiges of life within me to continue this action."

"I am sorry for placing the burden of the Phoenix stone in your hands, I am sorry you must carry it's curse." "I have doomed you to a fate worse than death, but if you find this message, then know that I have attempted to create a dispell magic to stop the Phoenix stone's curse." "If you can never see this message, then I am sorry Eclair, my sweet daughter."

"Father," Eclair gasped and reached out, but failed in sadness as the Lacrima crystal cracked and exploded into shards of light blue crystals.


Several Hours Later

I listened as Team Natsu and my team discussed with Naomi and Lily about Kalard.

"We searched through everyone of those papers, books, and scrolls down there, but we couldn't find anything on the dispell magic he made."

"Well that complicates things," Levy said.

"Indeed," Naomi replied, "We need to find this dispell magic."

"I agree," Wendy stated and they all started putting ideas together.

I sighed and walked away to find Eclair dancing in a clearing nearby, beams of moonlight the peaked through the foliage above illuminating her as she held the small stone amulet in her hand as she danced. She fell to her knees after a while, crying. A yellow blur flew by as Momon hugged Eclair, both of them crying.

I walked out and over to her. She heard me and looked up at me, tears creeping down her cheeks.

"I know how it feels, to lose a father. My father died not to long ago and I couldn't be there by his side."

Tears started to roll down my cheeks as I compared us, talking about my dad for the first time in forever.

"Your dad wanted you to have friends and now you've found one in me."

She looked at me, quizzically with tears still rolling down her face.

"I want to be your friend Eclair," I cried out and hugged her, both of of crying into each other.


Revan POV

"A magic council meeting? NOW!"

Me and Makarov were seated in my throne room, me sitting in my throne with my desk up and a letter on it.

"The magic council wants all the guild masters there," Makarov stated, reading the letter.

"We are on the brink of war and they want me to abandon my home!?"

"Then stay," he said, "I will explain the current situation to them at the meeting."

"I'm sure they would not accept such an excuse."

"They've had to deal with my guild for a long time, I'm sure they could handle one abscence by you."

"Thank you old ma- Makarov," I stuttered, almost calling him by the nickname I had given you so long ago.

"Old Makarov?"

"I'm sorry," I said, "An old habit."

"What kind of habit calls me old?"

"I use to call my old man, Old Man," I lied, "Guess it caught on to all old people."

He sighed and left, leaving me in my studies, remembering the past.


Lucy POV

The Next Day

"So it'll take us a couple days to get back to Destin," Naomi said, looking at a map, "Between the supply stops and the Train Rides, it'll be a while."

"Or," Gray said, "We could go to Magnolia."

"What?" We all asked.

"He's right," Erza agreed, "It'll take us the rest of today and by noon tomorrow to reach Fairy Tail, we can rest there and catch a train to Destin."

"Sounds good," Lily said.

"But," my team and I stuttered.

"I know what they did," Naomi whispered, "But we need answers, besides it'll take to long to go through the five cities in our way, but it'll take lesser time to go through Magnolia, then to Destin."

"Fine," I huffed in anger.


Two Days Later

"LUCY!" Everyone screamed as they saw us enter the guild.

"Hi everybody," I nervously greeted as they rushed forward to hug us.

"Look who's back," Macao joked with a large smile and Wakaba grinned with his signature smoke pipe still inbetween his teeth.

"Good to see you again," Mirajane said as Elfman smiled at us.

"LUCY!" I heard as Lisanna crushed me in a bear hug, "I'm sorry they kicked you off of the team."

"It's fine Lisanna, besides, I've got a new team."

I gestured at Gajeel, Levy, Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily who either smiled or nodded.

"Hey," Cana shouted, "Where's Jet and Droy?"

We looked at her quizzically before tensing up, remembering the two mages we left int the Elystrium jail.


3rd Person POV

Elystrium

"Please, let us out," Jet moaned for the hundreth time.

"Like I said before boys, you get out once you serve your time or you get bailed out."

"Then let us call someone to bail you out."

"You already used your call to get those Fairy Tail wizards."

"Please?" Droy asked.

"No," the guard stated and the two wizards slumped into their cell in defeat.


Lucy POV

"How could I have forgotten them," Erza said, obviously taking it as her own fault, "Someone strike me down now."

Suddenly, Lily's hand slapped her across the face, leaving a red mark as bright as Natsu's fire.

"LILY!" Naomi shouted.

"What? She wanted it."

"Thank you," Erza said, caressing the red mark, "Now, let's go get those two."

"Hold on," Naomi said, "We still have to figure out how to find the dispell magic."

"What dispell magic?" the rest of the guild asked.

We explained everything that had happened and they took it all in, letting it process in their minds.

"So this wizard, Kalard, your dad was trying to find a way to stop that stone around your neck?" Macao asked and Eclair nodded.

"What if breaking it breaks the curse?" Happy asked and Natsu grinned.

"Great plan!"

He grabbed the phoenix stone from Eclair's necklace and threw it up into the air, smashing his flaming fists into it. One minute later he was on the floor with his legs crossed and the phoenix stone in his palm.

"Natsu! You idiot!" Macao shouted.

"Did you really believe it would be that easy," Naomi told him, "If it were that easy, Kalard would have done it already."

Everyone began top berate him over his actions, but as they did, I watched Eclair put the phoenix stone back on her necklace. That's when I noticed that the image of a bird on it was cut in half.

"Wait," I said, stopping everyone in their tracks, "The stone looks like its cracked, like it was broken in half, is it possible that there's another side of it?"

"Yes," Eclair said, putting her finger to forehead in thought, "I remember, there were two pieces of the stone. I have this one and the other was stolen by... Veronica."

"I know that place," Happy inputted, "It's a small country north of Fior- BOOM!"

He was cut off as the guild walls exploded, the sounds of cannons firing echoing throughout Magnolia. We screamed and shouted while covering ourselves as the roof and walls collapsed. We waited to get crushed, but it never came. Instead we looked up to see Naomi holding up an energy shield to hold back the rubble.

She gritted her teeth as she pushed up, moving the rocks on top of us. Releasing the shield, she got in a fighting position as she faced three people in the destroyed entrance to the guild hall. There was a thin man in the middle, on his right was a woman, and on his left was a buff man.

"Who in the hell are you!?" Natsu shouted.

"We are known as Carbuncle," the middle guy said, looking up to show light blue hair like the color of ice blue water.

He swung his hand and the rubble floated up as if he controlled it. Suddenly, it shot forward and shot at Natsu like a machine gun. He shouted in pain as the rocks battered his body like an avalanche going straight.

"Iron Dragon-"

"Wind Dragon-"

"God Dragon-"

The rest of the dragon slayers shouted in preparation for a super attack.

"ROAR!"

They fired, a dragon roar of iron, a roar of wind, and a roar of blue flames shot at the Carbuncle team.

However, the buff man pulled up a gun and fire off several shots, blasting back the combined dragon roars.

"Impossible," they gasped.

"Magic bullets," Juvia stated and shot a gush of water at him, but he just shot it away too.

"HEY!" Elfman and Mirajane shouted as they rushed forward, changing into their takeover forms.

The woman jumped forward and thrusted her palm out. Suddenly, they glowed gold before they returned to their normal, human forms.

"Take care of Eclair," Erza ordered and flew forward, changing into her Heaven's Wheel armor.

She pressed out her palm again and Erza's armor disappeared resulting in her landing on her knees.

"Ha!" she laughed as Erza glared at her, "Even the mighty Titania knows when to bow before the great and powerful Coordinator!"

"What about me!?"

She turned around in time to raise a collapsable sword to block an attack from Naomi who held a sword made of pure energy.

"Energy Matter: Blade."

Another sword formed in her other hand and she got in a fighting position, dual wielding two luminous blue swords made of energy.

"Oh and who might you be?" she asked.

"I am Naomi Sharps, a Star Legion wizard."

"Star Legion, I've heard of you, kicked out that dark guild that was staying in your home."

"Yeah, we don't like trespassers and you're trespassing on Fairy Tail property!"

Naomi charged and engaged her, swinging her swords with precision and strategical strikes, but the woman matched them with the same skill.

I looked over to see Gajeel, Wendy, Lily, and Juvia fighting the guy with the cannons while Gray and the rest of Fairy Tail along with Naomi and Levy were engaged with the guy who beat up Natsu.

"Who are these guys?" I murmured, "Are they after Eclair?"

"They probably are."

I looked over at Eclair who had been listening to me.

"Oh, so you think they want the Phoenix stone?"

"Most likely," she said as she peered over our makeshift wall of rubble.

Suddenly, I saw the shadows begin to stretch and grow longer.

"Eclair, get back."

A figure came out of the shadows, a man in a pitch black cloak wearing a white mask with red markings.

"You are the one we seek," he stated, "Daughter of fire."

Eclair tensed up and I pushed her back, but he disappeared into the shadows. They stretched under us and he reappeared behind our backs. I quickly turned us around and backed us up again.

"It is no use," he stated as the shadows began to cover the area around us, "I am the shadows and the shadows consume all."

"But they can be pushed back," I retorted and pulled out one of my keys, "Open, Gate of the Lion, Loke!"

"Hey Princess," he said as he appeared, "I'll take care of this."

He pulled back his fist as he charged the guy, his fist beginning to glow gold.

"Regulus Gattling Impact!"

He blew away the shadow mage and the shadows were completely driven away, but suddenly a shadow shot forward on the ground and hit his leg.

"What the?"

Loke shook his leg to get it off like it was a bug, but it crawled up onto his back and the man came out of it.

"That was an unwise choice," he stated and a blade shot out of Loke's chest.

We stifled a scream as my celestial spirit fell to his knees in pain and horror.

"I'm sorry Lucy," he said and disappeared back to the celestial spirit world.

The man looked at us and disappeared into the shadow before shooting blasts of shadow at me and Momon. I flew across the ground and looked up in time to see the man kidnapped Eclair and leave with his team.

"No," I weakly said before darkness overtook me.


3rd Person POV

"Oh goody," Cream, Duke of Veronica said as Dyst, leader of Carbuncle handed him the second half of the Phoenix stone, "This is wonderful!"

"It was fun taking down their guild hall more though," Cannon said, wielding his large cannon in the air, causing the guards to stare nervously with weapons ready to be used.

"Now, as your reward."

"No," Dyst stated, "I have a feeling that Fairy Tail and Star Legion will come for the girl, it would be wise we stay."

"Then by all means, do so and I will offer 50,000,000 more Jewels."

"Yes sir," they said and left.


Lucy POV

"So do you know who Veronica is?" I asked Revan through the communicator Lacrima.

"Yes," he said, "A small country just above Fiore, it holds a lot of power as it has endured through many centuries, always able to defend itself against invaders, my grandfather attempted to invade once, but that was before my father and mother brought his reign to an end."

"So what can you tell us?" Levy asked.

"Currently, they are ruled by an arrogant fool named Cream, the Duke of Veronica," he explained, "From what you told me of the people who attacked Fairy Tail, I cross-referenced them with a magic guild in Veronica, Carbuncle named after a mythological beast."

"So do you know who they are?" Gajeel asked.

"Yes, Dyst, the light blue haired one practices telekinetic magic, Coordinator, the woman practices requipping and dispelling magic, Cannon, the cannon wielding one utilizes guns magic, and finally Chase, the cloaked and masked wizard who uses shadow magic to complete his assassination jobs."

"How do we stop them?" Lily asked.

"Really," Revan said, "They attacked Fairy Tail, reduced the guild hall to rubble, and you're asking me how to beat them?"

"Well, I-" she stuttered and he laughed.

"No one attacks Fairy Tail and gets away with it," he stated, "Take them down with all your might, then stop Cream from uniting the Phoenix stones and bringing forth the end of days."

"Wait," I asked before he shut off the Lacrima, "Do you know what the Phoenix stones do?"

He looked at me, tensing up before nodding, his shadowed face showing signs of regret.

"Yes, it is an old legend that, if proves to be true could spell the end of the world."

"What is it?" Erza asked.

"It was said that when the two stones were ever united, then it would release the mystical Phoenix who would shroud the world in a blanket of fire, burning the surface to but ash and melting the ground into glass."

"Where did the legend start?" Juvia asked, "It must have a source."

"It does," he replied, "4 centuries ago, the Fire Village was able to seal the Phoenix away into the two stones that are now held by the Duke of Veronica."

"So any ideas on how to seal it again?"

"No," he said, "The techniques used to seal away the Phoenix were lost along with the Fire Village when it was attacked and burned to the ground years ago by Cream's ancestors who stole one half of the Phoenix stone while the other was taken by the survivors and I believe was passed down to Eclair through the ages."

"So how do we go save her?" I demanded to know, staring at him with bloodshot eyes.

"Break into Veronica, that'll be simple enough, but you'll probably need to fight Carbuncles and then you'll have to get past the royal guard."

"We can do it," we all stated and he smiled, but it dropped as there was a muffled sound like a rumble from where he was at.

"What was that?" he murmured loud enough for us to hear, "I'll be going now, good luck my children."

"Thanks," we all said as the message cut.

"Come on," I said, "We're coming Eclair."


Several Days Later

"ECLAIR!"

I screamed her name as we neared her, me and Momon as we ran to my friend who was tied to a golden furnace. The fire rising and burning her. Momon flew faster and went through the flames, untying her.

"MOMON!" I shouted, but he looked at me and smiled as he burned into ashes, "How could this have happened?"

I remembered how we had gotten into the city, Natsu and Lily who blew open the gate and then how we fought Carbuncle, well everyone else did. I could hear each one of the Carbuncle members fall.

***Flashback***

3rd Person POV

Several Moments Earlier

As Lucy ran through the streets of Veronica with Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily following they met the royal guard.

"Uh oh," Pantherlily said as he transformed into his regular form as a giant humanoid panthor, "I guess we couldn't fool them into thinking we were just a couple of girls and their cats."

"We don't have time for this," Lucy said.

"We'll handle this, you keep going."

She nodded and ran off, leaving the wind dragon slayer and two exceeds to deal with the Veronica royal guard.

Elsewhere, Gray, Juvia, and Lily were fighting Cannon. As Lily flew around with her wings made of ancient dragon fire, she dived at him using her God Dragon Claws to slash at him. Finally she got the signal as a spike of ice shot from the canal and she retreated as Juvia rose from the water, making it rise into a large arc.

Gray stood on top of the water and he froze it, creating a giant ice slide which he began to slide down.

"No one gets away with wrecking the Fairy Tail guild!" he shouted as a war cry.

He put his hands together and summoned one of his most powerful spells.

"Cold Excalibur!"

A frozen sword of pure ice formed in his hands and he moved forward as Cannon desperately attempted to shoot at him. In seconds, Gray was in front of him and he swung, sending Cannon into his own personal ice cube.

Meanwhile, underneath Veronica Gajeel and Levy made their way through the sewers.

"Come on," Levy said, looking over a map she had "found", "This way."

They soon came to a giant intersection, dozens of tunnels leading in all directions.

"Wait a second," she said and looked for the right path.

Suddenly, Gajeel pushed her to the ground as he opened his mouth and caught three metal throwing knives with his teeth. He bit down and ate the metal, using it to fuel him.

"Come out here!" he shouted, "Face me like a man!"

"Why would one fight like a man when they could fight like a creature from the shadows," Chase's voice echoed through the sewer.

"GAJEEL!" Levy screamed as a shadow crawled onto him without him knowing it, "LOOK OUT!"

Suddenly, dozens of metal blades shot out of his body and he tensed up, frozen in pain.

"You are a foolish one," Chase said as he appeared out of the shadow oh his back.

"Dam- Ach!"

Gajeel was interrupted as blades shot out of his mouth and cut him off, causing Levy to stifle a scream. Chase came off of Gajeel, but looked back in time to see him bite down and eat the metal blades.

"Seriously, get me some better iron," he mocked, "They don't call me black steel Gajeel for nothing, even my guts are stronger than me."

Chase fled up to the walls and made multiple shadow copies move along the ceiling.

"I don't which one is the real you, so I'll just take down each and everyone of you!"

He shot out two Iron swords from his arms, twirling around and making his iron swords cut a circle into the ceiling. Levy watched as he cut down each one, but not a single one was harmed, that's when she saw the shadow directly above him.

"Gajeel!" she shouted and used her solid script magic, writing fire in the air and sending it into the Carbuncles wizard.

It struck and sent him falling to the ground in front of Gajeel who looked at it and smiled at her causing the teenager to blush.

At the same time, high above Veronica, Erza and Naomi faced off against Coordinator.

"Requip!" Erza shouted for what seemed to be the hundreth time, even though she didn't have that amount armor.

"Uh uh uh," Coordinator mocked and dispelled her requip yet again.

"HEY!" Naomi shouted and slashed at her with her energy blade, but she blocked it with her own sword.

She dueled her and kicked the Star Legion wizard in the stomach sending her into the roof of a building. Erza flew at her in a new set of armor, but she dispelled it, thought momentum did not send her to the ground, but into the Carbuncles wizard. She tackled her into the roof and Naomi, sending the trio into a theater, interrupting a play.

"Oh, what impecable timing," Coordinator laughed and changed into armor that resembled the Phoenix priest outfit in a more armored knight way.

"Thou art thou mine and mine alone, the all mighty phoenix," she recited from memory, "So where for this hesitation? Yes?"

"I'll play," Erza mocked and looked at the girl who played in a wedding dress, she took the wedding dress and requipped into it, "Oh mighty knight, lend me your power!"

Naomi stood up, holding her side, but also smirking. She threw her energy sword to Erza who caught it, holding it with her bouquet of flowers.

"Really?" Coordinator laughed and attempted to use her dispell magic, but it failed, "What?"

"Never underestimate the determination of a bride to be!" she shouted and charged.

She scowled and charged at Titania, both of them slashing, but only Coordinator fell to her knees.

"How?"

"You tried to dispell my armor and weapon, this is clothes and this is not my sword."

She gritted her teeth and before fainting mocked the Fairy Queen.

"It's sad really, you must be really desperate to get married."

Erza immediately turned as red as her hair as she blushed while the audience, plus Naomi clapped and laughed.

Also happening in the skies was the battle between Dyst and Natsu along with Happy and Momon, or rather it happened. Now sitting in a prison cart after being beaten by Dyst yet again, Natsu woke up.

"Happy?"

"Natsu?"

"Come on buddy, wake up Momon and let's go."

They flew out of the cart's roof and towards the royal palace.

However, they all failed in sadness as Dyst threw Cream into a tower, hanging from a spike that had hooked onto his cloak while Dyst united the stones and the guards lit Eclair's furnace.

***Flashback End***

Lucy POV

"NO!"

I screamed as Momon vanished into the fire. Suddenly, the ground shook as Dyst united the Phoenix stones. I could feel the magic energy it sent out, goosebumps appearing all over me as I felt the overwhelming shockwave of magic energy.

"ECLAIR!" I shouted as I ran to my friend who had fell from the furnace, "Eclair, wake up."

"Lucy?" she murmured and looked at me, "Where's Momon."

"Eclair, he's..."

She looked at me with wide eyes, then looked away gritting her teeth in pain, sorrow, and regret.

"The Phoenix stones," she said and looked up at Dyst who was laughing like a maniac, "We have to stop it, if we don't it will kill everyone and everything."

"I got this," Natsu said and lit his fists aflame.

"No Natsu," I said, "I'm going to finish this."

"What!? Are you insane, you're going to fight someone that strong?"

"Yeah," I said, "I'm not weak anymore. Happy?"

"Aye sir," he said and grabbed me, flying me up.

"HEY!" Natsu yelled at his partner who I heard snicker behind me.

As we flew up, the palace exploded as something large appeared in the smoke and dust.

"What the..." I murmured as we flew over a large stone beast, not a flaming bird.

"Is that the Phoenix?" Happy asked.

"It probably is, so let's stop Dyst," I said as I spotted the fool on top of the Phoenix, desperately trying to blow it open to get its blood.

"HEY!"

"What," he growled as he saw me.

"Lucy Kick!" I shouted as I did my signature move.

He was caught off guard with my sudden appearance that I actually hit him, nearly sending him over the edge.

"You dare attack me!?" he roared in anger.

"Yeah," I said and before he shot a wave of telekinetic energy, Happy flew me into one of the recesses on the Phoenix, hiding in it like it was a trench.

I looked around and saw several orbs of magical energy around the Phoenix like Laxus' Thunder Palace. Suddenly, they shot out and exploded around the city, destroying everything around it.

"NO!" I shouted, "Happy, we need to stop this."

"Then let's do it Luce," he said and flew us up to fight Dyst.


3rd Person POV

People ran through the destroyed streets as the Phoenix burned everything to the ground.

"Remain calm, please evacuate calmly and safely," a guard shouted to no avail.

"Hey you! Aren't you a wizard, do something!?" he shouted at a wizard.

"We'll handle this," several people said and everyone stared at them.

"Who are you?"

"We're Star Legion," some said and the rest finished, "And we're Fairy Tail."


Lucy POV

Happy flew me up and over Dyst as he tried to kill the Phoenix for its blood, but nothing was happening.

"NOW!" I ordered and he dropped me.

I swung my whip and he looked up in time to dodge the attack. He sent a telekinetic attack to push me over the side, but I used it to purposely propel me over the side and get into another trench. Happy came around and grabbed me, helping me run up the side of the Phoenix for another attack. I flew at him and attacked him again with another Lucy Kick.

He sidestepped and attempted to blow me away again, but I used the attack to slip into another trench.

"There has to be a way to beat him," I said through gritted teeth, "Wait."

I pulled out my celestial key and summoned one of my most powerful spirits.

"How dare you!" Aquarius screeched yet again as I summoned her from my drinking canteen.

"Aquarius, shut up!"

She stared at me in shock because this was the first time I had ever talked to her like that.

"You dare talk to me that way!?"

"Aquarius, please listen," I pleaded, "If we don't stop that guy over there and this thing we're on, then we'll all die."

She stared at me and then around us, staring at the destruction and chaos everywhere.

"I have a plan," she said and told me what to do.


3rd Person POV

"Oh mighty Phoenix! Let your blood spring forth and grant me life eternal so that I become ruler for all time!" Dyst shouted as he sent another shockwave of telekinetic energy.

"Not going to happen!" Aquarius, the water bearer shouted from a recess in the Phoenix and swung her jug, sending a torrent of water at him.

"It's hopeless!" Dyst spat as he blocked the torrent with a telekinetic shield.

Suddenly, a hand came out of the geyser of water and Lucy Heartfilia sprung forth, grabbing his wrist.

"Got you!"

"You dare touch me wench!"

He shot her with a barrage of telekinetic strikes, but she held onto him, using the strength of her friendship with everyone she knew to keep her going. He swung her over and added even more momentum by using his telekinetic magic.

"I won't ever understand anyone like you, people who just want to spread fear!" she shouted as he continued to use his telekinesis to push her away.

Below on the ground, the combined force of Fairy Tail and Star Legion fought the Phoenix. Three Dragon roars striking it, iron, wind, and god dragon slayers working together. A geyser of water struck the Phoenix in the face as a rocket made of ice was shot from a ice wizard. Energy seekers shot out from an energy wizard and Titania shot dozens of magical swords at a time at it.

Beyond them, Natsu rushed towards the others, Eclair in his arms, unconscious. Yet her mind was still active.

"Lucy," she heard in her mind as she fought Dyst, "It's me Eclair."

"Eclair?" Lucy thought.

"Yes, I remember now."

"Remember what?"

"Everything."

"Meaning?"

"Meaning I remember what happened to fire village, my home that was burned down 400 years ago by Cream's ancestors who built Veronica over the ruins."

"You mean you're-"

"I drank the Phoenix blood once, I'm immortal."

"So you've lived all this time," Lucy thought as she continued to hold onto Dyst.

"Yes, an effect of the Phoenix blood must be amnesia seeing that I lost my memory for some time."

"So do you know how to stop it?"

"No, I'm sorry Lucy."

"Don't be," I said as Dyst finally pushed me away, "I'll find a way to stop it."

"You were a fool to have faced me wench," Dyst mocked, but I glared at him, hard.

"You don't have what it takes to be a ruler!"

"All you need to rule is power and I will possess absolute power once I drink the Phoenix's blood! When I have eternal life, I will be an immortal god among men and rule over the entire world!"

"It'll only be wasted on you because you don't know the first thing about life!"

"I know how to end it!" he shouted and pushed her back.

As he was about to push her over the edge with a final attack, a blue cat flew down and struck him in the face.

"Argh," he said as he held his face.

Suddenly a whip struck him in the face and he stumbled back in surprise.

"You hurt my friends," Lucy said.

"And what will you do about it?"

"I'm going to make sure you never hurt anyone ever again!"

She lunged forward and kicked him in the stomach before grabbing his wrist again. Dyst growled and sent another barrage of kinetic energy at her, but she held fast. Suddenly, the Phoenix shook under the combined attack of the Thunder Tribe. Lucy stared in awe as Bickslow shot a green laser at the Phoenix, stalling it as Evergreen shot Fairy Machine gun, Leprechaun at it, and finally Freed slashed its foot with his rune sword.

Together, they flew up to show Laxus on a roof, sparks crackling all over the lightning dragon slayer.

"Lucy!" he shouted and she stared at him intently, "You're wasting time, even if you were kicked out of Fairy Tail, you still got the power to stop him, now kick that guy's a$$!"

With that he shot an arc of lightning from himself that struck the Phoenix and stopped it in its path.


Lucy POV

I'm not sure if Laxus saw me, but I nodded and stared back at Dyst.

"I still don't have the Phoenix blood!"

"You don't have any respect for human life, actually you don't respect any lives, but your own!"

"But I will live for all eternity!"

"So there's no way in hell that I'm going to let someone like you live forever!"

With that I felt my celestial keys glow, power emmiting from them in shockwaves that seemed to deter Dyst. I looked back to see faint forms of all my celestial spirits staring at me, nodding. I looked at myself and saw myself glowing.

"They're lending me their magic energy," I realized.

I shouted in exhiliration as I pushed him back and off the Phoenix, the sudden burst of magic energy blowing him away.


3rd Person POV

"She did it," Gray gasped.

"She's really become stronger," Erza said as they watched.

"This ain't over though," Gajeel said.

"Yeah, Dyst is down, but the Phoenix is still on its campaign of carnage," Naomi stated.

"What do we do?" Wendy asked, but tensed up as a finger poked her cheek.

"We'll have to work together like we always do," Cana said as Wendy asked her where she came from, "You look like you need some helping hands."

"Yeah, we kinda do," Gray said.

"Yeah," Elfman stated, "A real man isn't afraid to get his hands dirty."

"We decided to screw the plan, why rebuild the guild hall when we could blow things up," Macao said.

"That's one ugly sucker," Wakaba commented, "You'll need a lot of help for that."

"Alright," Mirajane said, changing into her takeover form, "Let's do this."


Lucy POV

"Lucy," I heard Eclair's voice again and looked down to see her being carried by Natsu through the ruined streets of Veronica, "Your friends are here, they're fighting it together."

"That's because we build lasting friendships and no matter what, we don't leave anyone behind," I thought back.

Suddenly, the Phoenix shifted as Fairy Tail attacked. Alzack and Bisca opened fire with their weapons and Mirajane and Elfman attacked it straight on.

"Like A Man. Like A Man. Like A Man. Like A Man. Like A Man," Elfman shouted as he ran up the Phoenix's wing and struck it in the face with his beast arm.

Mirajane roared as she shot a ball of pure energy that exploded and sent it stumbling back. Suddenly, Lily flew over and shot it with a God Dragon Roar, sending it flailing to one side to be hit with a Wind Dragon Roar and when it came back an Iron Dragon Roar shot it from underneath its chin. A tidal wave of water sent it back as a strike of lightning shocked it into submission.

A hammer made of ice struck it over the head and a giant cloud of gas was blown by Wakaba, then lit by Macao, creating an explosion on it. Two twin lasers shot from Naomi who cut it across the chest, sending it tumbling back more. Finally, a giant Fire Dragon Roar shot it directly in the face, sending it backwards as Natsu grinned with an unconscious Eclair standing behind him as he stood up protectively in front of her.

Suddenly, I felt weaker as a giant ball of magic energy formed over the Phoenix.

"What's happening?" I asked.

"Its gathering magic energy from everybody around it," Eclair explained in my mind, "Soon it will destroy the world with it so that it may be reborn from the ashes."

"No," I said, "I won't let it do that!"

I flew up to its face with Happy, but as we did, it twirled around and struck us.

"LUCY!" Happy screamed as I caught onto the Phoenix and he flew away without me.

"How do I stop this?" I thought as I stood on top of its head.

All of the sudden, it shifted and looked up, shooting the magic orb into the sky.

"Lucy," I heard Eclair say, "If that hits the ground, everything will die and be turned to ash."

I thought and looked down at the Phoenix's eye.

"One last chance," I thought and summoned a Celestial spirit.

"Open, Gate of the Maiden, Virgo!"

The pink haired celestial spirit appeared in her signature maid apron and proceeded to bow.

"Punishment princess?"

"No," I said, "Can you crack this things eye?"

"Yes Princess," she said and grabbed me before jumping off.

She swung her chain and caught onto the head of the Phoenix before drilling into its eye. It screeched in pain as its eye cracked and broke until we broke through and found ourselves within the Phoenix, the Phoenix stone up against a wall in front of us.

"There it is," I said and thought of a plan.

"Virgo, grab one end of the stone and I'll grab the other."

"Yes Princess," she replied as she followed my orders.

She grabbed it and I grabbed the other end.

"Now, leave, go back to the celestial spirit world and take that half of the Phoenix stone, hide it so no one can ever get it again."

"As you command," she said and turned a glowing gold before vanishing along with one half of the stone.

I held the other half in my hands when suddenly the Phoenix started to shake. Stone fell from above as it collapsed and I ran out, jumping out of its cracked eye. As I fell, I felt two small hands grab me and looked up to see Happy.

"You did it Lucy," he said and I looked up to see the magic orb dissapate above the Phoenix who had turned a dull stone gray and began to crumble into rubble.

"Come on," I said, "Take me to Eclair."

We flew down to meet everyone else who were cheering.

"Lucy," Wendy gasped and hugged me, "You actually beat it."

"I did, didn't I," I said, dazed as if this were all a dream.

"Lucy," I heard a familiar voice murmur and looked over to see Eclair, lying against a stone as if it were a chair, a blanket wrapped around her, "You did it."

"And you doubted me."

"I never said I did," she replied with a weak smile.

"YOU!"

We all turned to see Dyst stumble towards us, his clothes ripped and torn, his face bruised and covered in ash and soot.

"You cheated me out of eternal life, you will die!"

He sent a shockwave of telekinetic energy, shooting us backwards.

"I will kill you wench," he said and grabbed me by the neck.

"Let her go," I heard and Lily's flaming fist punched him in the face, "You attack a Star Legion wizard, you're asking for a war."

With that, my team, Naomi, Lily, and Fairy Tail got ready to fight Dyst.


3rd Person POV

Eclair watched them fight, together as a force of good. Friends to the end, nothing less, but maybe more. She crawled away and looked over the rubble to see Dyst barely able to block Natsu's Fire Dragon Iron Fist. She continued to crawl towards a small puddle of water, but not ordinary water. It was tinted red, like a glowing, translucent potion.

She dipped her hand in it and drank, remembering what it once was, remembering what it could do. Her wounds healed, but she also felt it leave, her immortality. One would gain immortality from drinking from the Phoenix's blood which was only gained when it was sealed away for its tears for being sealed away was its blood.

However, if one who already possesses its immortal blood within them drinks from it again, the eternal life they were granted is taken from them. She felt it leave and for the first time, she felt at peace. Then, she felt it, a surge of magical energy in her. She pulled up her hand, looking at it as it lit aflame.


Lucy POV

I dodged another attack from Dyst who was attacking nonstop. We jumped away from every blast of telekinetic energy, but we were losing. We couldn't touch him because everytime we got close, he just pulled up a telekinetic barrier of rubble. I couldn't anymore celestial spirits because I was out of magic energy from the attack and now half of us were down for the count.

Alzack and Bisca lay nearby, unconscious while Wakaba and Macao were being tended to by Naomi and Mirajane. Elfman was barely standing and Team Natsu were failing along with my team in their endeavor to take down Dyst.

Suddenly, Dyst sent out a shockwave of telekinetic magic, blowing us back into piles of rubble. He pulled me up with his telekinesis and pulled me into his grip, wrapping his hand around my neck.

"I will crush you until you are just a bloody pulp," he threatened and I prepared for the end, but a blast of fire sent him away.

I looked over, expecting Natsu, but it wasn't him. There, standing in a flame was Eclair, fire licking her skin as she calmly strode over to us.

"How is this possible!?" Dyst shouted in anger and shot a blast of telekinesis, but she shot an inferno that countered it.

They were at a stand still, Eclair blowing a blaze of flames and Dyst sending a wave of telekinetic power. That was until Eclair yelled and sent a renewed wave of magical energy, blasting away Dyst's defense away.

"Phoenix Dance," she shouted as she began to dance the ceremonial dance I saw her do outside of Kalard's house before. Every sweep of her feet, every swing of her arms sent a wave of fire that shot at Dyst who could not block it. He was sent flying into a building and broke through the wall before landing on the ground, unconscious.

Immediately, Naomi ran over, taking out some magic cancelling rope.

"That'll hold him," she said, "So, mind explaining how you can use magic?"

We all stared at Eclair who just looked at her own hands in confusion.

"I think it's another effect of drinking the Phoenix blood again."

"Again? You drank the blood again?"

"Yes," she said, "The Phoenix blood is the tears it sheds when it is sealed away, I found the tears nearby and drank it for if one who has already drunken its blood and drinks it again will have their immortality taken from them, I'm finally able to live a full life."

"That's wonderful Eclair," I said and hugged her.

She hugged back, but our embrace was cut short as Gajeel coughed.

"So, what kind of magic was that?"

"I believe the correct term is Phoenix Slayer Magic," she said and everyone gasped.

"The first Phoenix Slayer," Naomi gasped, "The power to slay a Phoenix, no, the Phoenix is within you."

"I'm guessing Master will want to hear about this," Erza said.

"So will our Master," Lily said, "Let's go back to Star Legion, Destin is closer to here than Magnolia is."

"Yes," Erza agreed, "But first, Carbuncle is in need to be brought to justice."


Several Days Later

"Finally," I said as we made it to Destin.

We were currently walking through the fields outside of Destin, Fairy Tail following us since they wanted to see the mountain fortress we called a guild hall.

"So your guy's guild hall use to be a castle built into a giant mountain," Cana asked and Lily nodded as we walked, "Nice."

"Hey Naomi," I shouted at the energy wizard who stood at the top of a hill that overlooked Destin from where we were at, "Naomi?"

We walked over to her, staring at the Star Legion mage who stared in shock as if she'd seen a ghost.

"Naom-"

We stopped as we saw what she saw.

Destin, was destroyed. The town burning as a dark guild marched through it. Then we saw the Star Legion guild hall, it was under siege, by Darkseid.


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