CHAPTER 10

"Could it be?!" Erza muttered in amazement. "The legendary celestial spirit Shivana," Lucy said barely above a whisper. Thin lines of lighting flashed in front of the crystal ball. In the center stood the golden gate key. All Lucy saw was a dark net thrown towards her, from the corner of her eyes. Fear struck her as she attempted to run. The net was shattered to pieces by flames that stood between her and the net. She realized that Natsu was in front of her. A demonic laugh could be heard from the sky. Mira was floating in the air,. Mira had hideous fangs, veins on her face as her eyes bulged out like a scary looking doll. Lucy gasped covering her mouth.'Oh my God!' Lucy thought frightened. "What the hell?!" Gray raved at Mira's appearance. Erza reequipped into the black wing armour. "Brace yourselves this is going to get ugly." Erza said positioning herself to fight'

Gray turned to Erza. "Erza this is going to be tricky. Even though I want to fight this demon, I know Mira's still in there somewhere." "Don't hold back," Erza said deadpanned."What where up against isn't Mira but a vicious demon. And the only way to save Mira is to beat it." Suddenly the demon lifted its left hand, which was facing Erza and Gray. The next thing they knew they were trapped in a black cocoon."Fire dragon iron fist!" Natsu screamed driving his fist to Mira's face. Just then the demon slashed Natsu's right hand, with her long black nails. He stumbled forward holding his right hand."Natsu!" Lucy said rushing to Natsu's side. He winced in pain. "I can't feel my right hand." "That's right I paralyzed it. In the next five minutes the nerves will be completely dead." The demon smirked. Natsu was staring at the ground. "Lucy get out of here now!" Natsu commanded.

"But I can't!...i" She started to say. "Do as you were told" Natsu said darkly. The demon plodded towards looked at Erza and Gray. She noticed Erza had reequipped into another amour. She was holding the spear of Harga. Just then she had a flash back of Galuna island.

FLASHBACK:

"Natsu I want you to use your flames to push me into the air up to the moon with all your might" Erza said in her beast amour

END OF FLASHBACK

"Natsu I need you to use your flames and shoot me to the crystal ball" Lucy mumbled. "Are you crazy!?" he shouted at her."Please Natsu!. You have to trust me" she said quietly. He glanced at her for a long time. The demon was getting closer with pure evil gleaming in its eyes. Without warning he shot the flames under her feet, causing her to fly at top speed. "Sword of light!" Lucy screamed as she now directly above the ball in mid drived the sword into the crystal ball.. There was a small crack. The glass shattered. Without hesitation she grabbed the gate key. She felt herself falling now as gravity sucked her to the ground. Feeling helpless, she widened her arms and legs and closed her eyes. "Open! Gate of the zodiac Shivana!" Lucy screamed pointing the gate key open.

The demon launched at Lucy. Suddenly a bright light appeared slamming Lucy to the ground, as a Jaguar appeared. It had fierce golden eyes, with jet black fur. Lucy landed on its back.. "The arrow of destiny" she screamed. Lucy couldn't comprehend what was going on. It seemed she knew who to summoned. An arrow and a bow appeared in Lucy's hands. She aimed it at Mira. The arrow struck Mira. The demon screamed as it was sucked out of Mira into the arrow. The arrow then shattered into a million pieces. The cocoon that held Gray and Erza was released. They stared at Lucy dumbfounded. Mira lay on the ground unconscious. Shivana walked up to Lucy. It smiled with wise golden eyes disappearing into the spirit world.

Sunlight peeked into the dark forest. The team plodded out of the forest they were beat. "Is Mira going to be ok?" Lucy asked Natsu worriedly who was carrying her. He nodded and gave her a weak smile. 'You did well Lucy" Natsu complimented her. "So what we saw was Shivana the legendary gate key?" Gray enquired. "Uh huh" was all Lucy could say. Her mind wheeled with questions. She was happy to get the old Mira and the only celestial wizard with the gate key, Happy landed on her head silently tired of flying.

THE END