AN: here is yet another chapter. I hope you are all still enjoying my story. I feel maybe I am making it too sad? Any ways here it is ...

Previously

She finally finds the seal and her heart pounds in her chest. There were only a few runes in the seals circle left glowing. It would not last much longer. She calms her mind and taking the picture of the completed seal she starts painstakingly redoing all the missing runes…

Chapter 10

Zeref

He does not see the gate or the seal like he did last time. He is standing on the edge of a large circle of calm blackness. Behind him is a wall of howling winds. That wall encircles the calm area. As he stands there looking around he hears the malicious voice ripping out of the winds.

The seal is almost dust worm… there is a building ache in his head as Acnologia speaks to him. I have changed my mind, when this seal is destroyed I will not devour her. Do you want to see what will happen to the seal creator? Zeref shakes his head and the dragon laughs so loud Zeref has to put his hands over his ears. I will show you soon but first, I need to remind you of something… The pain rips through Zeref's body making him fall to his knees.

The dragon's laughter whips around the area of calm. Zeref is now lying on his side curled in a fetal position when he feels pressure on his temples. It takes longer but the pain starts to fade. The dragon growls angrily, then his voice booms, Fine… Ok Worm as my fun has been taken away from me I will now show you what is going to happen to that bitch!

Out of the tempest walks Lucy, she seems to be looking for someone. Zeref's heart leaps and he stands up to go to her, when she seems to see what she was looking for. She walks to the center of the calm heading to the far side when out of the other side walks Zeref. No! That's not me Lucy!But she does not hear him. She rushes towards the false Zeref but just before she gets to him, the False Zeref blasts her with a destructive spell. Her body is torn apart, her screams and the false Zeref's laughter ring around calm area.

Soon they both fade from sight. Zeref's chest is in so much pain that he can't breathe. He is on his knees, his head resting on the ground sobs racking his body, when he hears a voice. "Zeref, where are you Zeref…" as he looks up he sees Lucy walk through the tempest yet again.

No! Not again!

"Over here Lucy…" he hears his voice from the other side of the calm. His head snaps around and he sees the false Zeref standing there, his arms held out as if waiting for her embrace.

NO! Zeref stands and runs toward the center of the calm trying to get in between Lucy and the false Zeref. He just makes it when the false Zeref casts another destructive spell. The spell passes through Zeref and rips into Lucy behind him. She screams and turns to ash.

NO, NO, NO! The two images fade once again. Very shortly after they vanished yet another Lucy comes from the tempest. She runs towards him in the center. And his heart jumps for joy, but is crushed as she passes through him, and before he can turn around he hears her scream and his laughter. Now he is curled up on his side holding his head crying, he has crawled back to the edge of the tempest.

He needed to be as far from her death screams as he could get. Even with his hands over his ears he hears another Lucy walk through the tempest. This one is calling for him. This one seams even more painful as she is calling him by her pet name for him. None of the others had done that. "Tenshi? Kurai Tenshi?" he hears her sweet voice call.

He scrunches into a ball even more. No, NO! He screams in his head.

Soon he hears, "Over here Lucy…" from the false Zeref. Zeref's back was to the calm so he did not have to watch her die any more. So he did not see what happened…

Lucy

Having finished rebuilding the seal Lucy went hunting through his mind. Unlike last time her calls where not calming the swirling chaos. So she started searching though his mind. He had to be here somewhere. Back in a dark part of his mind she found a wall of howling winds. The winds screamed and laughed. They oozed the feeling of instability, of insanity.

She reached her hand out to the wall her heart pounding in fear. As her hand got close to the wall she tried to touch it. Her fingers extend, she held her breath, ready to snatch her hand back if she felt pain. She pushed her hand forward a little more; her eyes close, but felt nothing. She opens her eyes and looks in wonder. The winds have separated and are flowing over her hand. Letting out a ragged breath she steps forward her hand still outstretched. Her hand disappears into the wall of wind. Stilling her mind she steps into the wall.

The howling madness screams around her but leaves her untouched. She takes another step then another. Soon she steps into a calm area. She looks around for a moment then calls out "Tenshi? Kurai Tenshi."

She hears "Over here Lucy" from across the calm area. She smiles and starts to walk over to where his voice came from but stops suddenly. She can see him standing near the edge of the wall of wind his hands outstretched to her, but something is wrong with the way he looks. There is something wrong with the way he is standing. He also just feels wrong to her she can't explain it.

Then she hears movement in another part of the calm. She turns her eyes over to the sounds and she sees a dark lump on the ground. She closes her eyes slightly to try and focus better. The lump trembles and she hears a soft sob come from it. She takes a step toward the lump.

When she hears Zeref call to her again "Lucy come to me, I am over here." She swears the sobbing lump flinches at the sound of Zeref's voice. She looks back over at Zeref.

No, that is definitely not my Zeref. She starts walking over to the trembling lump. As she gets closer to it; she notices it is definitely a person curled up in a ball its back to the center of the calm. Her heart aches at the waves of terror and sorrow radiating from the person. She takes a few more steps. All the sudden the wrong Zeref screams and rushes towards her.

She spins around and braces herself for impact. As he rushes towards her he throws a spell at her. It passes through her making her stomach twist in pain but otherwise leaves her unharmed. Soon Zeref is arm's length away from her, his face twisted in malice and madness. She holds up her arms to try to keep him away from her. As her hands touch him he disintegrates into swirling dust. The dust gets sucked into the tempest behind her. She looks in shock then lets out a ragged breath. She stands there for a few moments, then taking another deep breath she turns and heads toward the cowering person.

Now she is very sure who it is. She slowly approaches the trembling man. She kneels down next to his back. Slowly and gently she lays her hand on his trembling shoulder. He flinches violently. She starts stroking the shoulder softly. His body stiffens. She scoots closer to his head pressing the side of her right leg to his back. His body stills. She slowly reaches down and starts running her fingers through his hair. Shh Tenshi. I am here. Oh my sweet Tenshi I am here, you are ok now.

He slowly turns his head over his shoulder. He looks into her eyes and tears leak from her eyes at the pain she sees there. He also does not seem to recognize her. She runs her fingers over his forehead. He closes his eyes at her touch. Come on Tenshi, look at me. I am fine. You did not hurt me.

His eyes remain closed and he starts to shake. I killed you over and over. The voice in her head was so soft she almost did not hear it. Her heart broke at those words.

Tenshi. Open your eyes you will see I am unharmed. Not only would you never hurt me in reality, that fake you disintegrated as soon as it touched me. Now open your damn eyes and look at me! She shouted in his mind. Even with her harsh words she is petting his forehead gently and running her fingers through his hair. He leans against her leg, and she moves so he rolls on his back.

With one hand she continues to pet his hair. The other hand starts rubbing soft circles on his chest. She watches his face. His eyes scrunch tighter, and then slowly open. She smiles a huge warm smile at him. His eyes were filled with pain still but at least this time he was looking at her. She leaned down and kissed him softly. He wraps his arms around her and crushes her to him. He starts to devour her mouth. Tears continue to run down his face. She moans loudly at his hunger, but pulls away from him eliciting a whimper. Tenshi we are still in your mind, we need to leave. I need you in reality. As she slowly stands up he grabs her hand in desperation. She sighs softly. Stand up my love, my Tenshi. We need to leave here. Still holding her hand like a lost child, he stands up and follows her toward the wall of wind. Once out of the madness she turns to him and says softly. Tenshi I am your Tennyo. You can't hurt me. Not now, not ever. Now stop this. You are Zeref, the most powerful mage in the world. Now start acting like it! She runs a finger along his cheek then pulls her hand back and slaps him hard across his face. Instantly he disappears.

Zeref

His eyes fly open, his cheek still stinging from the blow. He sits up and looks over to the side of the bed where he senses life forms. He sees Natsu with worry clear in his face. Natsu is holding a limp Lucy, she was barely standing. "I am fine, Tenshi. I just need some sleep…" Lucy whispers then becomes completely slack in Natsu arms. Natsu bends down scoops her up and lays her down on the bed next to Zeref. Zeref instantly lays back and wraps his arms around her snugging her up against him. You are Zeref, the most powerful mage in the world. Now start acting like it. Her last comment replays in his head. He chuckles softly then kisses her head.

Natsu and Wendy walk up to the bed where he can look at them. "So now we know when you will have your episodes." Natsu says firmly. "Your scent changes, and now that Wendy and I have smelt it we will recognize it. Maybe we can catch it before it gets that far."

"Yes, I noticed the change in your smell hours before we approached you about it." Wendy says with a small frown on her face.

"It's Ok Wendy; you did not know what it meant. None of us did." Zeref said softly running a hand over Lucy's head. "And Like Natsu says now we know. That's a good thing." He smiles at her. Damn maybe they were right. Maybe it is better we stay here. He groans softly. Is Lucy always going to be right? At hearing his groan, Wendy rushes over and places her hand on his head. He chuckles. "Wendy I am fine. I just realized something that's all." She looks at him in curiosity. "It just seems that ever since I met Lucy, I have always been wrong. She has won every battle we have had…" Natsu started busting up laughing.

"Just now realized it?" laughing hard now, he slaps Zeref on the shoulder. He was about to say something else when the door banged open making them all jump. They all looked at the door as a small blue haired girl rushes in the room with a big hulking dragon following her.

"We got it! We found a new seal!" she exclaims happily…