The four mages watched as Jackson disappeared from sight as he stumbled up the stairs. They were baffled at the outcome. Natsu rubbed his hair in confusion.

"Ugh! What's going?! That old man said these people were evil, but they not!" Natsu yelled.

"I know, but instead of trying to figure that out, we need to find out how to get Levy back!" Ezra said as she followed Jackson up the stairs.

"Ezra! Wait for us!" Happy yelled, flying behind her. The other three followed suit. It felt like forever running up those stairs. Lucy stopped to catch her breath; she glanced up to see the others already going up the next bend. She then looked back down, they were several stories high.

"H-how tall is this tower? It feels like it's bigger on the inside!" she huffed; she took a few more steps before running up the stairs. Lucy was still behind her group when she noticed that they too started to slow down.

Natsu collapsed on the stairs, sweat covering his body, "I feel so drained! I need fire!"

"How the hell is that kid able to run up these stairs?" Gajeel huffed.

Ezra leaned against the wall, feeling the same effects as her comrades, "It's because he's used to this tower,"

Gajeel and Natsu gave her a questioning glance.

"I noticed when we first entered this tower, the pressure inside is much denser then it is outside. The higher we go, the heavier it gets,"

"Wait, but shouldn't the pressure get lighter as we go up?" Lucy asked.

"Well, usually yes, but this tower is something else," Ezra slowly got up and raked her hand through her long hair, "come on everyone, let's get a move on,"

Natsu groaned in response, but he got up and started to drag his feet up. Happy flew over Natsu's head and as his aero magic ended, he landed on his head, he sighed with contempt. Gajeel trudged his way forward and Lucy was thinking whether or not to summon Horologium.


It seemed like hours have gone by before they started their trek up the stairs. Everyone was getting worn out (except for Happy) and Natsu was going to crazy by this long, boring walk up the stairs. Ezra sighed; she could've easily changed into one of her many armors that can relieve the pressure on herself, but she wanted to save her magical power for any future battles.

Gajeel was getting frustrated and just wanted to smash the walls, he's mind also wandered around on how Levy is doing, being stuck in the mind of the Goddess. Lucy regretted not summoning Horologium, but she wanted to walk all the way. She glanced up that they were almost there and that Jackson was just around the bend.

Shouldn't he already be at the top by now?

"Everyone, look! Jackson is just ahead of us!" she exclaimed, causing four heads to swivel up to see Jackson, who had heard Lucy and charged up the stairs.

The four mages also continued to run up the stairs, gaining on Jackson. Waiting for them at the top landing, was a large, double-sided, gray doors. Jackson slowed down as he reached the top and struggled with the door as he tried to get it open. The group finally made it as he opened the door and all of them crashed through, landing on the floor upon each other.

Happy landed on top of Lucy, "Aye!" he said.

"Get off me," Gajeel grumbled, pushing Natsu, Lucy and Happy off. Ezra kneeled up; she landed on Jackson, who groaned. Everyone lifted their heads at a slight chuckle; the mages got a full view of the room.

The walls were brown and plain, a large floating orb was right in the middle of the room, there were chairs and couches scattered across the room, and there was a large hole in the wall where Seshat sat, with one leg out.

"How amusing," she murmured. Lucy stared at the Goddess, the thought of her taken over Levy's body still haven't sunken in yet.

"Seshat! I have urgent news!" Jackson yelped as he quickly crawled away from the mages and got to his feet.

"What is it, Jackson?" Seshat asked, moving herself in an upright sitting position, her back facing the outside.

"Quatz is alive!" he shouted, worry could be clearly heard in his voice.

"Hn," was her reply.

"Of course that old man is alive; we saved him and his companion," Natsu boasted.

"Even though he is the only were able to save after that bomb happened…" Lucy said sullenly.

"Bomb?" Seshat gave all of her attention to Lucy, "What bomb?"

"Eh, you didn't cast the bomb?" Lucy was surprised.

Seshat waved her hand, "Of course not, what need do I have for a bomb? The most magic I have used since being summoned, is the ROCK and to help build this tower, that is all,"

"Then who…"

"I did," all eyes were on Jackson, "I borrowed some power from Seshat, and I had to show the true power of a Goddess to the idiot people back in town!"

Happy gasped, "Many people died at your hands!"

"Hah!"

Seshat narrowed her eyes, "How many?"

"Huh?" Jackson said.

"How many perished?"

"Uhm, One thousand and twenty…." Lucy replied to her question. Seshat closed her eyes and waved her left hand in the airs. CHAINS appeared and surrounded Jackson.

"S-Seshat! W-What are you doing?!" Jackson yelped as the CHAINS tightened around him.

"What power commanded you to destroy many life stories in my name?" her eyes were glowing a light yellow. Even with a calm face on, anyone could tell she was angry, "I am not a God of Destruction, War, or anything else. I am She who creates Words, Stories," the room started to darken, "Though I may not cause destruction, I am still capable of it," the room went back to normal and Seshat eye's went back to their honey color

Jackson fell to his knees in fright; he had almost brought down a Goddess's wrath on him. He fell forward, his head hitting the floor, "Please forgive me!"

"No, forgiveness cannot be given to you for what you have done," Seshat turned her attention to the mages. Lucy was hugging Happy a bit too tight and the other three stood in their place with surprise written all over their faces, "Forgive me, for I'll be right back," and Seshat disappeared with the last word uttered.


'Enjoying the story?'

Levy turned to see Seshat stand behind her. She glanced up and down the Goddess's body, noticing that she had gotten more vibrant than the last time she saw her. She turned back to the eyes, but she can see only herself, repeating endlessly.

I wish I can tell them I'm alright….But Seshat…What did Jackson mean Quatz is alive?

Seshat smiled a grim smile, 'The necromancer is coming, and we are appearing at the climax'


SakuraIchigoDark: I'm glad you like her! I started to really like her too :P I even tried drawing what she might look like (well, to me anyways)

And I'm starting to think Jackson might be a bit bipolar…