Kyto's Special Writing Place:I don't really have much to say this chapter, other than I Hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima.
~Chapter 7~
Gray P.O.V.
I stalked after Lucy when she exited the building since she had forgotten her key ring. No, I do not really know why I'm following her, I just have this strong urge to do so. I could have just gave it to Cana and she would have did the job while I sit at the guild and relax, but here I am walking after her. I don't usually do something like that, it's the reason I'm wondering about the situation right now.
Oh! I know! It's because she might be in danger at the moment. She needs her keys badly, and without them she can't really fight. With that in my thoughts, I quickened my pace.
Yeah, that's totally it. I'm much faster than Cana when it comes to walking, and well, I was just simply worried that she would end up in trouble, because she's Nakama. Also, I'm way stronger than her anyway, if Lucy was in trouble I would be able to save her...
I continued my walk towards the blondes' home on Strawberry street with my hands in my pant pockets. The air felt good on my upper body since I wasn't wearing a shirt, which made me wonder, where the hell is it?!
Ugh, this isn't important right now, what matters is that Lucy is in danger!
After a few minutes of walking, I could finally make out the blonde's figure from where I'm standing - A smile made it's way on Gray's face unconsciously - and she was... kneeling? I quickened my pace towards her, fearing that something might be wrong with her. She seemed close yet so far. When I was several meters away I spotted a lady walking up to her. The black clothes that stuck to her skin highlighted her hourglass figure, and those red hair locks and green eyes that shimmered in the moon light seemed really familiar.
Gray's eyes widened. Lucy right now was on the floor seemingly unconscious, she had a wound on her right arm and blood seemed to be gushing out of it. I started running towards her, unintentionally grabbing the attention of the red headed female in the process. She, in less than a brief second summoned a dagger in her hand and flicked it towards me. It was the fastest and most accurate hit I had ever seen in my life.
I managed a jump to the side that made it just barely not touch me and landed on my 2 feet, stumbling slightly as I tried to re-catch my balance.
''You! Who are you!'' I yelled at her, trying to get answers. The only answer I got was a small chuckle before she disappeared into a flash of white light and appeared behind me. I turned around, however not fast enough, earning me a kick in the stomach from her. The kick was strong I felt as if an explosive bomb had just been donated in my torso. I flew unwillingly towards the ground, bouncing once as I hit the surface. The tiny rocks scratching my bareback in a hard manner, scraping some of the skin off in the process.
I looked up at the lady who threw another knife towards me at incredible speed again. I didn't even realize until I was hit. Massive pain engulfed my torso and I felt dizzy right away.. I shut my eyes tightly trying to muster as much strength as I could to stand up, but all my efforts went to waste, as I couldn't move an inch. I opened my eyes one last time and saw the woman walking away with Lucy hanging from her shoulder.
The last thing I saw was the guild mark that was tattooed on her lower back before my eyes felt as heavy as 2 bricks and I fell into unconsciousness.
Normal P.O.V.
Gray woke up feeling tired and groggy as if he had only rested an hour after 3 days of being awake. He put his hand on his eyes, slowly rubbing them to get the sleepiness out. He slid his hand down his face and looked at his surroundings. Cyan walls, light blue carpets, white bed sheets, blue curtains. There was only place like that. It was the guild infirmary.
He felt pounding in his head so messaged his temples slowly trying to ease the pain that was throbbing in his head. He couldn't remember what had happened the night before or whichever night that caused him to end up in this place feeling like this. He knew he wasn't drunk. For one, he was still 13, and 2, they would NEVER allow him to do something like that and he would NEVER even drink, even if he was offered to do so.
He flung the cyan comforter off himself and swung his body across the bed. He jumped off and landed on both his feet, feeling a slight stinging sensation from the impact. Walking towards the guild infirmary door, he was about to open it when it flung itself open, revealing the guild master with Erza standing next to him, arms crossed across her chest.
''Master...?'' Gray asked. He didn't even know what he was about to ask.
''Gray. What happened last night?'' The master asked right away. He didn't have time for introductions. It seemed serious.
''I-I don't remember...'' Gray stammered. He started messaging his temples as another wave of aching pain began throbbing in his head.
''You were passed out on the ground and there were blood marks around you.'' Erza said. ''Also you had a wound through your torso.'' Erza continued, then pointed at the ice-mage's torso. He looked down and his eyes widened. His entire torso was wrapped in a bandage sideways, as if he was cut in half and stitched back together. Then it all came back to him.
Red Head.
Lucy.
Blood.
Knife.
Smirk.
He clutched his head again and fell on his knees, the throbbing in his head getting stronger, then one thing repeated in his mind. Lucy.
''Master!'' Gray exclaimed right away. ''I remember! It's Lucy!'' He stated. Master and Erza's eyes widened.
''What happened to her!?'' Erza asked right away. She took a step forward and grit her teeth.
''I-I... I don't know...'' Gray stammered and looked at the ground. Erza quickly grabbed his shoulders and started shaking him.
''What do you mean you don't know?'' She asked worry and anger clear in her tone. The thought of her over reacting was no where seen in her head. Lucy was one of the only people she had ever been open to. She started getting attached to her, she didn't want to lose her like she lost them.
''I... I mean I remember a few things... But they're blurry.'' He started. ''I... I remember a red headed lady... She carried Lucy on her shoulder... I tried to stop her... and everything from there on is blurred out.''
''Master?! Do you know anything?'' Erza asked, letting go of Gray and facing her master. The old mage nodded his head slowly with a slight confused look in his eyes, as if unsure.
''I think...'' He started. ''Do you remember anything else about the lady? Did she have a guild mark? Any other features about her?'' The master asked rubbing his chin hoping it's not who he was thinking of, and that they didn't kidnap his new 'child' for that reason. After all it was time... and it would make a LOT of sense.
''Red hair... Green eyes... Her guild mark was on her back... Lower left to be exact.'' Gray finished. He seemed to have trouble memorizing details about the lady. He only saw her for less than 30 seconds. He surprised he even knew this much.
The old man widened his eyes immediately. He cursed under his breathe and immediately ran out of the infirmary towards his office as fast as he could leaving a dumbfounded Gray and Erza. They looked at each other, sharing confused glances, then stalked after him.
Makarov unlocked his office door and jumped onto his black leather seat in front of a small, round communication lacrima. He added some magical power into it and waited impatiently, tapping his right foot on the chair as he waited for a face to appear.
After a few seconds it did.
''What do you want, geezer?'' The person asked somewhat rudely. It was a male, lightning scar through right eye, sea blue eyes and he had messy blonde hair.
''Laxus! Come back right now! This is an emergency!'' The master exclaimed right away. His face displayed plenty of horror and seriousness. As if a child had just seen his parent's getting murdered and was getting help as fast as he could.
''What's wrong?'' The blonde mage asked. If he was worried, he clearly didn't show it.
''I'll tell you when you arrive! This could cause chaos! I need you and your thunder god tribe in the guild A.S.A.P.!'' The guild master ordered. Laxus was planning on playing with him longer but he decided against it. The way his grand father looked right now didn't support his idea.
''Okay, but it's gonna take a few hours for us to come. So whatever it is, you better have a second plan if its that urgent.'' Laxus warned and then cut off the communication. Master Makarov groaned in frustration and looked at the 2 figures standing in front of his door way.
''Gray! Erza! Grab Wakaba and Macao! And tell Cana to come here immediately!'' He ordered. Both kids nodded their heads and quickly ran around the guild looking for these certain people.
While Makarov waited, he took out a piece of paper from his desk and started planning everything. He started jotting down some notes on papers.
31st of October... Halloween... Celestial Mage... Hell... Demons... ughrweughwreugfdfffqef
Frustrated, he broke his pencil in half with his hand from clutching it too hard.
''Master... you called?'' An extremely nervous Cana asked as she walked in through the door. She was scared. Who wouldn't be? You were called out to go to the guild master's office immediately out of nowhere, and if that wasn't bad enough, then the fact that he has a scary aura around him made things even worse.
''Yes!'' He exclaimed. ''Come here!''
The brunette walked nervously towards the guild master who had a stack of papers in front of him. He pulled out a map of the world from under his desk and laid it flat on the table.
''Cana, Can you please locate Lucy?'' The master asked politely, though you can feel impatience in his voice.
''What? Why? What happened to her?'' Cana asked, worried about her guild mate. She doesn't talk to Lucy a lot, but they went on a few missions together in the past few months, and they've been good friends.
''I'll explain when everyone gets here. Now please get to work.'' He jumped off his chair and Cana hopped on. She took out a few cards and placed them on the map then she began meditating.
''Master, do you have anything that belongs to her? like a piece of her hair or something?'' Cana asked with her eyes shut.
''No.'' He replied.
''Damn!'' The brunette cursed. ''It would be way easier if I had something like that... but I can still do it. Give me time.'' Cana ordered and stayed silent.
Master started looking through drawers for anything that will come in handy.
''Master! They're not in the guild!'' Erza came in through the door slightly panting from running around.
''What? Where are they?'' He bellowed, his voice shaking the room.
''Th-they're out on jobs.'' Erza explained, her usual unshakable posture was long forgotten as she felt the guild master's frustration seep through her skin . The master groaned then starting biting his thumb nail trying to come up with a better plan.
'Should I send these guys on this mission? It's too dangerous for them though. Even if Erza and Mirajane are both S-class leveled, they're both still not as experienced as many other mages and not to mention the ones they'll be dealing with are way stronger than a normal mage would be... Should I take the risk...? Laxus will end up following anyway, though he might be late... And I could probably call the magic council and notify them in case the mission fails...'
The master sighed in frustration as his hands dug into his hair, clutching his skull.
''Master...'' Makarov let go of his skull and sighed. 'That plan has to do. It's my only choice. Its a huge risk, but... I guess we'll see where my luck is today.'
''Erza! Quickly get Gray, Natsu, Lisanna, Levy, Elfman, and most importantly, make sure Mirajane comes!'' He ordered. Erza nodded her head and left the office once again, her scarlet hair swaying behind her in her pony tail.
''Master! I found her!'' Cana beamed and opened her eyes. Makarov quickly ran up to her and extended his size so he can see over the table onto the map. ''She's here!'' Cana pointed at a mountainous area on the map.
''Well at least we have something...'' He said and rubbed his chin. Several seconds later of impatient pacing and frustrating groans, Erza came.
''Master! I got them! Levy and Lisanna and Elfman are out on missions though.'' The scarlet knight said. The master gritted his teeth in frustration again.
I can't believe I'm about to send 4 young teenagers on this mission...
''Look! The situation right now is incredibly dangerous!'' The master warned. He earned a nod from the kids in front of him ''Hell's gate can open up if you fail to do this mission.''
''It's that bad?'' Erza asked.
''No! I mean it literally! The gates of hell will be opened up.''
''What? How can such thing even happen?'' Mirajane asked with a surprised tone. ''I know demons, and such thing has never happened before.''
''Well that's because it needs special preparations for it!''
''What kind of preparations? And do they have anything to do with why Lucy is missing?''
''I'll explain.'' The master began. He took in a deep breath and continued. ''To open the gates of hell you need to sacrifice a Celestial Mage.''
Everyone's eyes widened at the thought of their blonde friend being sacrificed over something this cruel and terrifying.
''Master! We need to save Lucy!'' Natsu bellowed, his body leaning forward while his hands are extended to the side of his body.
''Let me continue!'' The master glared at the pinkette making him get back to his standing position. ''Since I'm 100% sure they have Lucy. On the 31st of October, The night of Halloween, a necromancer must perform a ceremony.''
''A necromancer? does such magic even exist? Shouldn't the user be put in jail?'' Erza asked.
''Well the user is the leader of the dark guild...'' The master mumbled loud enough for the kids to hear.
''Dark guild? which one?'' Gray asked.
''Vindictive Eye...''
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''Never heard of it.'' Natsu admitted, making everyone fall backwards.
''How the hell haven't you heard of it Ash Brain?'' Gray's eyes twitched, he turned around to the fire mage standing next to him.
''What do you mean?''
''It's a major dark guild that is even considered to being equal in power to one of the 3 major dark guilds in the Baram Alliance, which is an alliance formed by dark guilds.'' Erza explained.
''Point being, Vindictive Eye is a big deal. A huge one!'' Gray gestured with his hands.
''Yes. Kouen is one of their guild members. She's the red head that kidnapped Lucy last night. They only have 3 guild members, including their master.''
''I'M ALL FIRED UP! JUST LET ME AT EM AND ILL KILL THEM ALL!''
''Quiet! This isn't something to be taken so lightly, Natsu.'' Erza scolded.
''Yes. Let's get back to topic! we're losing precious time! The guild leader has been planning this day for the past few years, and now he has finally got everything ready. The gates of hell will end up opening tonight if you do not stop the ceremony. And the longer the gates are open, the more demons will escape, and the more energy Lucy will lose. Basically, she is being drained of her power to open the gates. If she loses too much... Then... she'll end up disappearing...''
The kids' eyes widened for the umpteenth time that day.
The master hurried to his desk and picked up the lacrima and threw it at Erza who easily caught it. ''So you must hurry. Take this communication lacrima with you and inform me of any given situation you end up facing.'' Erza nodded her head and put the lacrima in her armour/weapon dimension.
''Yes sir!'' The 4 kids saluted their master as if they were in an army.
''Cana, inform them where Lucy is.'' The guild master ordered.
''She hasn't moved in a while. She's in a city called ShiroAku (I suck at making town names).''
''Damn! they're there already!?'' Master cursed. ''You guys have to hurry up. They're already in the ceremony area, you only have a few hours before the ritual will happen, and that is just enough for you to get there.''
The 4 kids nodded and headed out the gate towards the train station.
'Good luck brats, you're gonna need it...'
Lucy lifted her heavy eyelids upwards, welcoming the sun light that she thought she would miss. She didn't know where she was, but where ever it was, she was moving. She moved her head to the side as lazily as possible and saw red. Fine red hair locks that flew with the wind.
From her current position she could tell that she was being carried on someone's shoulder, but she didn't know who. The red hair didn't help, neither did the fact that she couldn't see the person.
Then it came to her, last night's events.
She was preparing for a costume party,
She fell on Gray and Natsu,
She decorated the guild with Gray,
Then she left the guild and was heading home and everything after that seemed blurry.
The blonde rubbed her temples with her 2 free hands, trying to remember what had happened but to no avail, she gave up.
Suddenly she felt the person carrying her stop and the sound of metal scraping against itself screeched through her ears. She wondered what was happening and her thought was answered when the person threw her off their shoulder onto the ground of what seemed to be a prison cell.
Lucy fell on her back, bouncing slightly on it as she hit the surface with a loud thud. Massive pain ached through her pelvis causing her to shut her eyes and cry out in pain. Once she felt the pains start to reduce, she opened her eyes and saw the red hair, green eyes and scar looking at her with a smirk.
''Oh I see you're awake...'' The lady laughed. ''Well have fun while you can. We have a long day prepared for you. Bye~'' She waved by wiggling her fingers and walked out, sealing the gate behind her.
Lucy looked around the cell she was in. It had a tiny window at the top of it that had 3 iron pipes going through it. It barely provided enough sun light, illuminating the room.
The blonde looked around and her eyes widened. Gasping, she felt tears form in her eyes and her lips start to quiver.
In the shakiest way possible the blonde muttered:
''Ma...Ma...''
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