Celestial Melody

Chapter 9 – Help

As Lucy walked back quickly to her apartment, all her thoughts were filled with Fairy Tail, about how much she missed them and how much she had missed out throughout the past 2 years. However, there was one feeling that remained unchanged. It was her love for Natsu. No, it wasn't just a friendship kind of love or a sibling kind but it was love, something Lucy had never truly experienced till two years ago. Lucy could still remember how she would blush inwardly at the slightest contact she and Natsu made, how she would always want to get into his line of vision rather than him fighting with Gray. Shaking her head, Lucy sighed and quickened her pace, arriving at her apartment. The girl changed quickly, into her new outfit which she loved: A dark blue tank top, with a pink and white striped cardigan. She buckled on her weapons belt in a swift motion around her short light blue skirt. Finally, Lucy put on her new leather boots and started walking out, feeling very much like her usual self.

Lucy turned into a short alley, where she would have to pass to make her way to Fairy Tail, and started walking. The alley felt darker than usual and the shadows seemed to creep toward her. Lucy suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and her hairs stood up straight. However, she had trained herself to put on a cold and strong façade so she asked loudly, her monotonous voice resonating through the alley, "Who is it?" Soft footsteps came from behind her and Lucy whirled around, her right hand moving to where her whip was. A cloaked figure stepped closer to Lucy but the girl refused to back down and stood where she was, waiting. The figure slowly removed his hood, taking Lucy's breath away immediately. The guy standing in front of her was gorgeous, his dark brown hair reaching his sunset-dawn coloured eyes in uneven bangs and his face features perfect. His mouth was set in a grim line and she was sure that if he smiled, he would be known as a Greek God. Behind the cloak, Lucy couldn't make out his figure but she knew. She knew that he had a hell of a figure and it would charm anyone walking down the streets, male or female.

"Lucy Heartfillia," his mouth moved slightly, and Lucy's guard went up. Her dreamy state totally dissipated and she met his gaze equally. "What do you want?" Lucy asked, her voice hardening significantly. "Excuse me for the sudden appearance, but I am Adrian," Adrian said, his voice much gentler now. "So…?" Lucy prompted. "I work for Princess Hikaru as an undercover and I need your help," he said urgently, face suddenly contorting into a panic one. Adrian stepped closer, squeezing his eyes shut. "I need your help to eliminate the princess, to destroy all the lacrimas she had spent half her life building. My power alone isn't enough but your power, milady, is immense," Adrian continued on, eyes pleading. Lucy had trouble digesting all the information but she vaguely knew what he wanted. "What makes you think I would believe you?" Lucy challenged, putting both her hands on her hips. "After this… I swear upon the heavens I'll tell you," Adrian whispered hoarsely and put both his hands out, interlocking them together.

"Shadow Dimension: Code twenty!" he shouted and Lucy couldn't make sense out of it. The shadows gathered behind and in front of her, making their move to squeeze her to death, like a python. "Adrian!" Lucy yelled, her eyes shaking. Grabbing her whip, she did a hard flick and the shadows in front disappeared. Turning back quickly, Lucy flicked her whip at the ones behind as well and they vanished. "Adrian, what in the wor—" Lucy started saying as she turned back toward him. However, behind him was Princess Hikaru, dressed in different clothing. She was clad in clothing meant for running, meant for battle. Lucy met Adrian's eyes and Adrian seemed to be telling her a message: Run

"So I see you have made your move already, my lord," Hikaru said, her finger trailing upon Adrian's neck. "Yes I have, milady. I must not let the key escape," Adrian said, his voice changing from how he was speaking to Lucy. "Excellent job, now just leave this to me," Hikaru said quietly, into Adrian's ear and pushed him back as gently as she could. Lucy knew what Hikaru was about to do and she got ready her keys, prepared to summon her celestial spirits. "Just now was just warm up, in real battle, you cannot win me," Hikaru said, her eyes drifting toward Lucy's pouch. Lucy's confidence didn't falter, and she took out a key, her foundational one. "Gate of the heavenly scales; I open thee. Libra!" she summoned the gravity powered spirit. "Please return my gravity level to normal if this lady changes it," she said, her voice warm. Libra nodded, and stood by the side. "Gate of the golden bull; I open thee. Taurus!" one of her stronger spirits appeared. "Taurus, annihilate her," Lucy ordered and Taurus gripped his axe tight. "Anything for you, Lucy," Taurus grinned and dashed toward Hikaru, his large axe almost descending upon her when she disappeared.

"Moo?" Taurus sounded confused. Suddenly, Lucy felt a wind blow against her neck and she felt Hikaru's presence. "Too slow, celestial spirit mage," Hikaru whispered as she placed a knife onto Lucy's neck, at the vital area. Using her other hand, Hikaru gathered up magic power, prepared to kill the girl and use her blood as an opening to all the power she could get. "I won't let you," Lucy hissed. The knife went in further and a trickle of blood could be seen on Lucy's pale white neck. "Oh really? What are you going to do then, Miss Heartfillia?" Hikaru mocked Lucy, her voice filled with sarcasm.

"Something," Lucy answered, her hand slowly moving to her belt. "Hey, no one said you could move," Hikaru swatted Lucy's hand away with her own glowing hand and Lucy gritted her teeth in anger. She couldn't do anything, despite all the training she went through. Just as Lucy thought that she would die, a loud voice came from behind them.

"Ain't nobody's gonna lay their knives on Lucy, because if they do, they're as good as dead."

/ To be continued /

A/N – Hey guys^^ I've decided to make this note a little longer because there are some clarifications I need to make. I know, this is an international webpage so there will definitely be users who are more inclined in the English language. I am not one of them because of the poor English I use in my stories. I even use abbreviations when I am not supposed to in an essay/story like this. It is not strongly encouraged by experts but I just [can't] help myself. I am not awesome in finding my own spelling; punctuation and grammatical error so I need all of you to help me! If you find any errors that you feel that it is a need to point out, please review and I'll try to change it or I will try to change the habit of doing that. Now on to the proper story note, I have to say that this, again, wasn't one of my best. I am really sleepy right now so this story is a quick one, so you lovely followers wouldn't need to wait so long. Please follow, favourite and review my story! Love ya'll!

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