DISCLAIMER : I don't own Fairy Tail
Lucy's POV
After my conversation with Zeref, which went rather well, I was back at the camp with everyone else. Apparently while I was conversing with him, the others were fighting against the members of Grimoire Heart, except for Ultear whom I had the privilege of fighting. Luckily for us, we won but our fighters all suffered from great wounds so they were all laying in the infirmary under Mira's care.
The others that weren't in an infirmary bed were all either too busy, with cleaning up the mess that was made by the battle or were too occupied helping Mira & co to even notice me. When they finally noticed and took a good glimpse of me, they were all rather surprised to see how I managed to win against one of the seven kin and come back without any injuries and kept questioning me about how I managed to do so but I just answered them vaguely cause even I wasn't sure as to how I did it.
After I managed to somehow answer all their questions, Master woke up from his unconscious state, which immediately caught our attention. He got up, much to Mira's protest, and told us he had an announcement to make. He got up on a chair with our help, due to him still being worn out and weak, and gave his big speech about how unfortunately the attack of Grimoire Heart convinced him to end the exams due to all the wounded wizards and that he wanted to simply choose the new S-class wizards by the current S-class wizards' votes.
Cana was a bit disappointed about the news but didn't really complain albeit it being quite obvious she'd want to, the others seemed quite enthusiastic about it using the argument of "No more rivalry between us now!" and I was rather disappointed although it wasn't because I wanted competition or anything but because I was curious as to how high I ranked in terms of magic capabilities in Fairy Tail.
After the announcement, master went back to the infirmary to rest and told us we'd be leaving in two days' time since packing everything was gonna take more time due to most people being injured and unable to help us. Natsu tried to protest by saying things like "I can still help!" or "Naahh, this is nothing, see?" but we managed to convince him not to help us by using an excuse like "Rest Natsu-san then you'll be of way more help on the ship!". After that no one else said anything so Mira, Lisana, Wendy and I went to our beds to sleep.
When I arrived in my bed, I couldn't stop thinking about what that Ultear woman said about Zeref being in his sleeping period. 'I'll just ask the others tomorrow' I thought and let out a big yawn, got up to put on my pyjamas and headed back to my bed where I instantly fell asleep.
I was in my rather pleasant dream again where the fields contained enough flowers to provide the magnolia harvest festival for centuries. I went into search mode to find Zeref so I could continue talking to him and ask him about what Ultear meant, since I was way too curious to wait until tomorrow to ask the others.
When I finally found him, he was sitting next to a nearby river playing with the water and was still reading that same damn book. I felt particularly energetic today so I tried using my magic to sneak up on him and scare him but when I was about to jump on him, he wasn't there anymore. 'Dammit' I thought and started looking around for him.
"BOO!" I hear someone exclaim
"WAAAHH!" I scream in shock seeing Zeref appear out of nowhere behind me
"Hahahaha" Zeref laughs as if he was having the time of his life
"Hey! I was supposed to be the one to scare you, not the one being scared!"
"Then practice and then one day you might have a chance of scaring me!" He said with a teasing voice
Not wanting to talk about magic, since i've had my fair share of it today, I tried changing subjects.
"So…" I trailed off "You're Zeref, huh"
"Seems like I am" He responds
"Why didn't you tell me?!" I asked a bit irritated
"Cause' ya didn't ask!" He says with a sense of superiority
"Yes I did!" I said and noticed his newfound sense slowing diminishing
"No you didn't!" He answered in a stubborn voice
"Yes I did!"
"No you didn't!"
"Even if I didn't ask, that couldn't be the only reason why you wouldn't tell me" I said with a sense of pride as if I won the argument
"Well…" He admits
"What is it?!" I curiously asked
"It's nothing really…" He said trying to wave it off
"Come on! you can tell me!" I say in my most trustworthy voice
"It's cause I-I-I" He was blushing and clearly struggling to give me an answer
"I didn't want you to leave me like everyone else..." He said in a whisper while he was sweating as if his life depended on it
"Why would I leave? You are after all my best friend!" I said with a cheerful voice
"Really?" He said in disbelief
"Really" I said as I pulled him into a hug
At first he didn't really know what to do, since I guess this was probably his first hug ever, but he soon got the hang of it and when I pulled away from the hug I realized his face was as red as a tomato and that he was smiling. We then talked for several hours until I woke up by a screeching sound that was made by something that wasn't very far from the island.
'LUCY! LISTEN!' Lilith almost screamed
'Yeah?' I say, still a bit confused as to what's happening
'It's time' Lilith said, a bit relieved now that I was here
'Time for what?!' I asked suspiciously
'Time to use that'
'NO! NONONONONONO, NO!' I protested
'But you must, otherwise all your friends will die!'
'But they might also die if I don't cast the spell right, and it'd be a VERY painful death'
'But they'd still have a chance of surviving, unlike the next attack that will definitely kill them' Lilith answered in a serious tone
'Then I guess i'll have to try…' I said in a defeated voice since, as much as I hated it, she was right
I woke everyone up and told them to head for the centre of the island where they'd be safe. They didn't argue with me once they realized the amount of danger they were in, which made things a whole lot easier. There were lots of injured people which meant it would take a lot more time to bring them there so I helped the others carry them there until they could do it themselves. When everyone was there I told them not to worry as I was gonna save them all and that I wasn't gonna fail, which reassured and calmed them down a lot.
After I made sure everyone was at the safe zone, I went back to the beach to defend the island and my Nakama with my ultimate spell. Zeref warned me that it took him about two centuries for him to master it and that if there'd be a mistake it could be deadly, but that didn't matter right now; I just wanted my Nakama to be safe.
When I arrived at the beach, I realized that the owner of that loud screech from before was the king of the dragons, Acnologia. At this point, the almighty dragon wasn't too far from the island so I decided to land the first attack on him to let it know that I was it's opponent. After being hit, It started scanning me just like I was scanning him. After that we got into fighting positions and I felt a burst of energy coming straight out of me, which made me cast my spell.
"NOX" I yell and cast the almighty spell. The spell was quite demanding but I somehow managed to deal with it otherwise everyone would be dead by now, excluding me and Zeref. After a while I noticed I didn't have enough power to fully cast it. Not wanting the spell to fail, I had to use Lilith's magic supply. In a matter of seconds, my blonde hair became white and I had horns, along with a tail and wings. I could feel all the power residing in me and being released into the now fully cast spell.
The light-blue sky was instantly replaced by an infinite dark sky, the sun was replaced by the moon and the clouds by stars. The Dragon king didn't have much time to enjoy the beautiful night sky as instantly all the stars came falling down from the sky and merged together into one massive star. The dark sky was brightened up by the star and became brighter than day. It's target was obviously the dragon but it was shifting a little to the left so I had to use even more of my magic.
'This won't be enough' Lilith said with a hint of worry
'You'll need another spell that could increase your magic capabilities' She added
'Is there such a spell?' I asked
'Yes, but only I can cast it due to the circumstances' She stated
'Then please do!' I semi-begged
'Are you sure?' She asked a bit worried
'Yes, please!' I exclaim
'Eimin' I heard Lilith say after a minute or two of what might've been her deciding wether or not to cast it. I instantly felt stronger as if all my limits and restrictions had been put to sleep. I concentrated all my newfound magic with the little amount of energy I still had left from before and charged it straight towards the giant star. When my magic and the star collided, the star took it's designed path again and hit Acnologia straight in the head, thus creating a huge crater that was about the size of a country.
"I did it!" I scream out loud with a sigh of relief
I tried contacting Lilith, to tell her the good news and to thank her for casting the spell, but she didn't seem to be answering so I thought she might be sleeping. I was about to go back to my Nakama but realized I might have to fight some Grimoire Heart members on my way and since I didn't want to bother her by having to battle again, I set out to find Zeref.
'Last time I saw him was in my dreams so…The training grounds!' I remembered. 'Meh, It's worth the shot' I thought as I was making my way there.
After a few minutes of walking I arrived at the memorable spot and found the dark wizard sitting on the rock where he healed my leg, which was broken at the time by the serpents' attack. Oddly enough, he wasn't reading his book again 'Seems like he finally finished it'.
After those multiple observations, I sat next to him and was expecting him to be happy but instead when he saw me he almost fell backwards. When he got back on the rock again, he was looking at me in an odd way. At first I was a bit shocked by his reaction but thought nothing of it so I told him about my battle with Acnologia but somehow he already knew everything about it, even the things only Lilith and I would know!
"How do you know?" I asked suspiciously
"I have a rather good ability of knowing things" He said with pride
"Do you now?"
"mmhhhmm" He nodded
"Then what did I do a minute ago?" I asked
"You realized I finished writing my book" He answered
"And what else did I realize?"
"That i'm sitting on the rock where I healed your leg" He said with a teasing smile
"Fine! You win!" I admit in defeat
"Told ya~"
It was only then I realized that my body still hasn't gone back to normal; My hair was still white, I still had horns, a tail, wings and not to mention my skin was replaced by onyx coloured scales, 'I guess that's why he was so shocked' I realized.
"Zeref?" I hesitantly asked
"Yeess?~"
"Why isn't my body back in it's original form?"
"Well, it's kinda a long story" He said with a sigh " But i'll shorten it up"
"When you cast your ultimate spell, due to you not having enough magic to cast it, the spell had a side effect that caused the other spell that bonded you and Lilith together to last forever." He explained
"So basically, i'm like this forever?!" I say in disbelief
"Pretty much, yeah"
Then I remembered that Lilith wouldn't answer me.
"Also, I can't seem to contact Lilith anymore, do you know what could've happened to her?" I asked
"She cast a spell called Eimin during the battle, right?" He inquired
"Yeah..." I answer with a hint of suspicion
"That spell takes away someone's magical limits in exchange for their own life. It's a forbidden spell so only a select few even know about it." He said a bit saddened
"What do you mean?" I ask, almost not wanting to hear his response
He looks around as if he were trying to find a way to explain this but after a while he looks at me and tells me the sad news.
"It means Lilith's dead"
A/N Sorry this took so long :/ I was just REALLY busy these past few weeks and didn't have the time to write this ;-; HOWEVER this week is finals which means that starting next week, the chapters will be posted regularly again :D
