A/N: A major rewrite in the story, added tons of details
PROPHECY:
Into the future, doom shall befall
It is up to the chosen 5 to help the wizard of light to stop it
The stars of 88 must combine
Revelation of the stars and knight shall collide
A new relationship must not occur for it will usher forth of doom for all
When myth becomes truth, a naked star shall sacrifice the one its love the most
Once friends, now enemies, the wizard of light and darkness shall meet
Please enjoy?
Lucy stood her ground, scanning for the source of the voice that claimed to know the prophecy. Erza and the boys was confused and conflicted as the voice revealed the admissions of the contradictory of what it had revealed. The term 'Princess', as they had revealed, were lost on the mages, unsure and filled with uncertainty by who they were addressing to. Lucy, however, knew it all too well on what the voice was talking about, and she was not happy with it.
"Show yourself!" Erza shouted as she looked around, trying to pinpoint the source.
"It's weird. The smell is everywhere. I can't pinpoint it." Natsu frowned, looking around, sniffing all the while.
"Then I can ice the whole place." Gray smirked, already getting into his fighting stance.
Lucy remained silent.
There was a moment of ominous laughter from the mysterious voice. "Only the Princess is capable of making me show myself. Can you do it, Princess?"
"Who is this Princess!?" Natsu roared, becoming impatient with every second.
"Princess. Use your full power and try and stop me." The voice demanded, ignoring Natsu's rage.
Lucy focused for a minute, trying to find any irregularities in the magic levels that surrounded her. The concentration of the magic remained the same, proving it difficult for Lucy to locate an exact direction for them to go. Not another second, she sensed a change in the magic levels, and turned her head toward the direction of the change in.
Lucy clenched her teeth as she realized the significant of the change in magic. She concluded that the voice wanted her to use her full power, in which she couldn't really risk. And Lucy didn't want to use her full power, for it would increase the risk of endangerment of her mission and her own safety.
"We'll spilt into two teams and spread out. We will try and find this mysterious person. The more ground we cover, the faster we get this done." Erza spoke up with a demanding, authoritive tone, turning to each mage for affirmations.
Natsu, Happy, and Gray all nodded feverishly, not kin on disobeying Erza's orders, for fear of a possible punishments, severe punishments. Lucy remained silent, not paying heed to what was being said as she continued to stare off into the direction that had alerted her.
"Lucy and I will form a team and head to one direction. The rest of you will go to a different direction. And if I hear anything about one of you messing up, or not doing your job, I punish you."
Natsu and Gray nodded feverishly, already running off in a random direction, Happy not being too far behind. With a soft sigh, with hopes that they wouldn't mess up, Erza turned back to face a mute blonde that seemed alert, yet staring off into the distance.
"Lucy?" Erza called out softly.
Lucy responded by looking over her shoulder to catch a glimpse of red. "Yes?"
"Did you hear what I just said?" Erza frowned a little.
"Hmm? No. What did you say?" Lucy said, almost a little too innocently.
Erza sighed. "We are slitting up. You and I will be covering one direction. The others are working together in a different direction."
Then Lucy turned fully to face Erza with a questioningly look. "Is that wise? This is Natsu and Gray we are talking about."
Erza groaned. "Yes I am aware of that. But I had taken a drastic measure to make sure that it doesn't happen. Plus, I needed to talk to you about something, so this was necessary."
"Is it important?"
"Yes." Erza nodded with a stern look.
Lucy glared at Erza with a blank look, searching for a hidden motives or resolve, before turning away with a sigh, back to the direction that she was focused on. "We can talk if we go in this direction."
Erza followed her gaze with a questioning look, wondering what's so special about this direction in particular. "Why this way?"
"Magic levels are different." Lucy responded in a 'duh' tone, like it was the most obvious thing ever, and begun walking forward, letting Erza catch up with her.
"You've been acting weird ever since this mission started." Erza voiced with concern and observation in which she wanted answer for.
Lucy remained silent for a moment, contemplating on what and how she should respond to Erza. After a minute of silence between the two mages as they walked, Lucy let out a deep sigh.
"Can you keep a secret?"
Erza nodded. "Of course."
"When the man from the council had paid the guild a visit in order to give a letter to Gamma Ibis, it was for me." Lucy explained, not taking her eyes away from the road, alert as she continued to walk forward.
Erza continued to remain silent, letting it sink in.
"The council wanted me to complete a mission. Destroy or arrest a group of rouge mages. Even the most experienced mages failed at this job. So they turned to me, asking for help."
"Gamma Ibis? Is that you?"
Lucy nodded with an slight annoyed look on her face. "I really don't know why they called me that."
"I heard the rumors...but I never knew what Gamma Ibis looked like, even under the hood. Speaking of the cloak, where is it?"
Lucy giggled a little. "I understand it now, and I was wondering why you didn't know what I looked like. As for my cloak, I put it away for the time being."
Erza smiled at the giggle that escaped Lucy's mouth. "So you work for the council? Is it fun?"
"Hmm...Not really. They try to have me fight more missions, even when I said no. They can be so persistent!" Lucy growled angrily.
Erza chuckled. "So is that why you joined Fairy Tail? To run away?"
"I don't run away." Lucy stared Erza in the eyes with a serious depth that she was not joking. "And I'll never will."
Erza smiled. "I see. How do you like Fairy Tail so far?"
Before Lucy could answer her question, the same ominous voice that sent chills down Lucy's spine interrupted them with a deep laugh. "As expected for the Princess to follow this path."
"Show yourself!" Erza demanded as she summoned a sword in her hand.
"Only the Princess can make me." The voice repeated with a deep tone.
Lucy looks around once more before narrowing her eyes as a realization hit her. Her magic senses are not working, as they cannot pinpoint the exact location of their enemy, and the only other way to locate them was by removing her ring. This mysterious person seemed to know about Lucy's potential and her abilities, so she needed to be cautious.
"Erza. Stand back." Lucy ordered as she took on a blank look with determination. Erza complied as she took couple of steps backward, questioning what Lucy was planning.
Lucy grabbed the ring that rested on her index finger and slid it out and placed it into her void for the time being. Now, she let her magic grow and grow until she can accommodate for the lack magic that she had before.
Erza stood as she slowly felt the power of the blonde before her, and it was steadily growing stronger. At one point in her realization, Erza could almost say that she was terrified in what Lucy was capable of and what her intentions were, but she was also fascinated by how Lucy controls her magic with ease and carefully, as if the magic she was dealing with was a fragile entity that she was accompanied by.
With her full powers on her sleeves, Lucy then focused again and attempted on locating the mysterious voice that reclaimed in the revelation of her prophecy. She turned her head to the direction in which she sensed them. The mysterious person resided behind a tree, and another figure stood next to him.
Now knowing the location of the mysterious person, Lucy quickly called upon the power of Antlia and Taurus. Feeling the power of speed and strength within her body, she suddenly lurched forward toward the direction of the men. Now within an appropriate distance, and before the men could react, Lucy raised her fist and swung it toward them, attempting to smash them to bits.
No such luck as the men was quick in their reactions and dodged Lucy's attack. Lucy tried again, swinging her fist with such intensity, hoping that she could at least land a hit on one of the two men.
She punched, kicked, ran, jumped, side-stepped. Lucy did and tried everything with the powers of her celestial spirits to try and take down the men in front of her. Lucy observed that one of the men, the one with the markings as a lot more quicker and difficult. But the other man was slower and a little less difficult to try and land an attack on.
"Lucy!" A feminine shout called out from the distance.
Lucy jumped away at a proper distance for safety as she turned to see Erza running toward her with haste. That was when an idea popped into Lucy's mind as she watched Erza run toward her. Lucy debated that Erza could go after the man, while Lucy goes after the man with the weird markings. Lucy has weird suspicions about the man, so she wanted to confront him herself.
"Erza! I need you to take this man out!" Lucy pointed to said person. "I'll take care of the other man with the markings."
Erza easily complied and requipped into a different armor.
Trusting that Erza can do her part, Lucy then turned to face the man of her worries, the man with the markings that troubled her. Now having enough time to observe the man before her, she noted how the man seemed to be a trance. and how she felt like she should know who this man was.
"Who are you?" Lucy called out to the man.
"Who I am does not matter. Because we...I will kill you." The man replied with a flat tone.
"I will not repeat again. Who are you?" Lucy demanded, getting in her fighting stance.
The man was silent for a moment before slightly smirking. "Your prophecy...I will destroy it."
"How do you know about the prophecy!?" Lucy shouted.
The man evilly grinned. "Easy. They told me."
"Mind telling me who's 'they'?"
The man smiled, walking toward Lucy slowly with each intimidating step. "They are someone you know...fairly well."
Lucy let out a disapproval grunt as she jumped forward toward the smirking man and alighted her fist with the power of the celestial magic that reside inside of her, a magic that is similar to Natsu's magic, but magic that revolves around the power of celestial magic.
She brought her fist toward the man, hoping for at least some kind of contact that would inflict some kind of damage. But as luck would have it, the man dodged it by catching her fist and immediately brought a strong kick to Lucy's stomach harshly, causing her to skid across the ground with a violent crash.
"I know you can do better than that, Princess." The man smirked cockily, purposely taunting the blonde.
Lucy heaved as she struggled to get back on her feet and narrowed her eyes at the man. "Who are you?"
The man was silent for a few moment before speaking. "You may had forgotten me, Princess. But I know everything about you. I know where your true strength lies. I know your weakness. And I know your secret. Your secret potential, and that hidden power that you had yet to discover. I will be taking it from you."
Lucy frowned with uncertainty and slight fear were building up inside. "Bluffing will not work."
The man cocked his head to the side in a mocking manner. "Bluffing?" The man laughed and straightened himself. "I do no such thing. Your strength is your friendship with your spirits. Your weakness is your anger. And your secret power...hmm...I will not tell you, or it will cause you to unlock it earlier than planned."
Lucy clenched her teeth, as she was confused and afraid. This man knows too much. Why is that? The only people that knows her and her full extent of her powers are the celestial spirits, and the King. And possibly Mavis, who had yet to reveal what she really knew. Lucy narrowed her eyes and eyed the man before her, racking her brain for anything that may make sense or not.
Lucy's eyes widened as an realization hit her. She was far too focused to really realize it. But just in case, Lucy activated her mystic senses and glanced at the man before her. How had Lucy not realized this? How had she not sensed them before? It wasn't leaking, but it was suspended. The markings on the man was conformed with celestial magic, and it was being harshly contained. Probably one of the reasons why she couldn't sense the celestial magic.
"You have celestial magic. Care to explain that? And what is those markings on you? Those are no ordinary markings." Lucy scrunched her eyebrows with a stern look as she glared at the man before her.
"I will not repeat myself, Princess. But I will tell you this: Celestial magic is the beginning of everything, the beginning of magic itself. It created Zeref and his demons. It created this beautiful...yet dangerous world. I am merely returning the magic to its origin... and I will destroy everything...destroy you and the celestial spirits alike. I will destroy your friends, everything you love. And I'll make sure that you will the last one standing. I want you to despair before dying." The man smirked widely as he continued to rant.
Lucy eyes widened at the revelation of the history that was revealed to be hidden and a secret to all. There were only so few that knew this, and this made Lucy questioned on the loyalty of the man, or perhaps a different entity that he should belong to.
"How long had you been here?" Lucy asked with a dark glare, hoping that her conviction was wrong.
The man then frowned slightly as he tilted his head to the side. "What are you talking about?"
"Are you a celestial spirit?" Lucy reworded her phrase impatiently, already wanting to know the truth.
The man stared at the blonde girl for a moment before smirking, a sign that Lucy's conviction had take a turn for the worst, because it was real. "Well done, Princess. Tell me, how did you know?"
Lucy gritted her teeth, hated the fact that she was always right in situations like these. "For once, you knew too much about me and celestial magic. That was one suspicion because there isn't a lot of information of them. Then there's you hatred. I had faced a lot of fallen with the same hatred as yours. But you are different, as you seemed a little be logical and sane, but you seemed to be guided in the wrong direction."
The spirit was amused. "Then, as the Princess we all know and adore, do you know who I am?"
Lucy took a moment, staring at the man before her, studying her eyes for any emotion that may be present, only to find none. Lucy knew who this spirit was, faintly sensing the celestial magic as she focused hard enough after finding out that her conviction was real. There was no way that this spirit would be misguided...or want to destroy the world.
"Lupus. The great Wolf." Lucy spoke with a frown, and with sadness present in her eyes. "Why would a spirit like you be strayed off of the path as a celestial spirit?"
Lupus stared at Lucy for a moment. "I believe we should fight now. Talking your way out of this fight will heed you no good."
Lucy frowned at this, sensing that Lupus didn't want to talk anymore, but she won't have it. Not now. "Lupus. Stop. Return to the Realm. The prophecy needs you. I need you!" Lucy yelled.
Lupus smiled with a small taint of sorrow. "I had always wanted to meet you, Princess. But it is too late. The prophecy had already begun. And I can no longer go back."
"Lupus. I am here now. We finally met. Now go back!"
Lupus smirked. "You sure have a way with words. But they will not work on me."
"Lupus. Stop this. Return back to your world!" Lucy persisted with each second passed.
"Haven't you wondered why you hadn't sensed me?"
Lucy paused, the revelation of why still clouded her mind, not entirely realizing what the cause was. "There's no way you're banned from the realm." Lucy knew this as a fact. Lupus was a strong and loyal spirit with a strong value and beliefs of the world.
Lupus smirked. "That's the problem, my little Princess. I am not banned. The problem lies...elsewhere."
"What?"
Lupus frowned a little. "I had said too much, it seems." He muttered to himself before staring at the girl in front of him.
"If I kill you now, the prophecy will disappear. And doom will be our delicious dessert." Lupus smirked, alighting his fists in a bright light of pure energy,
Lucy clenched her fists as she stared down at the spirit. "Lupus. This isn't funny. Snap out of it!"
Lupus ignored her with a slight smirk and jumped forward, bringing his fist down on the girl with much force as he could muster.
Lucy used her quick reflexes and dodged the impending punch by using the power of Antlia that still resided in her. Jumping backwards, Lucy created more distance between her and the spirit. She needed more time to think on why and how. Why this spirit followed the path of a spirt, and how the spirit remained in the celestial realm with consequences. Lucy could sense the spirit, yet she couldn't. She didn't even know that a spirit was near until she bored her eyes into the soul of the man..
This was the first time she came across this phenomenon, or can it even be called a phenomenon? Or perhaps Lucy was not thinking enough..
Lupus continued to stare at Lucy, while Lucy stared at Lupus any sense of answers or hints on how and why the spirit was not following the rules of the celestial realm. No, the spirit was and has been following the rules, but something else played into the factor of Lupus staying in the human world.
Those markings on his body, the way that it looks while it traps celestial magic, and the way it felt so ominous as Lucy neared the spirit. Then a realization of all of her unspoken convictions came to view, and made Lucy question on how it had happened.
How had Lupus become the cursed fallen?
And whilst it explained why Lucy had not sensed the spirit before coming face to face with him, it also reveled in the truth that celestial spirits are capable of being cursed.
Amidst Lucy's own lamentations, Lupus decided to make the first move and jumped forward the blonde, swiping an alighted fist toward the blonde. Lucy registered just in time to sense an incoming attack, and dodged the swipe of a merciless spirit by mere inches.
As soon as she jumped backward to avoid the attack of the spirit, Lucy got into her fighting stance and made sure that the power of Taurus was still present. Still feeling the power coursing through her body, Lucy clenched her fist tightly as she gathered the strength of the cow and brought it to the ground as harshly as she could, creating a shockwave toward the smirking spirit.
Lupus remained still as the shockwave was nearing her position. At the last minute, he deflected it effortless with her hand, as it was the most weak attack thrown at him. "Is that all you got?" He taunted.
Lucy retained her distance for a moment. She observed how sane this spirit was, of all of the spirits that she had faced, Lupus was the most saner. She guessed that the curse was to blame. If that was the case, Lucy needed to find a way to release the spirit and send him back to where he belongs.
Not wanting to waste anymore time, Lucy called upon the power of Corvus, immediately feeling the power of the shadows leaking into her very being. Using the spirit's power, she allowed herself to sink into the ground as a shadow and moved into the shadows that surrounded Lupus and her.
Lupus now stood rigid as he started to scan around for a moment, not even fazed that Lucy as suddenly sunk to the ground as a shadow. If anything, he was being laid back for the time being.
Lucy carefully maneuvered herself to stand behind Lupus, and took a moment to study the behavior of the spirit. Lupus remained unmoving as she looked in front of him with a blank look, not daring to speak a single word.
With the power of Taurus in her being, Lucy raised her shadowy fist and brought it down upon the unsuspecting spirit as hard as she could.
Shockingly to Lucy, the shadowy fist was effective enough to harshly send Lupus across with the clearing with a violent crash upon his clash with bystanders of trees and bushes. Lucy wasted no moment and approached the spirit and brought her fist, alighted with celestial power, and hit him hard in the stomach, sending her across the spirit again. Lucy honestly hated this type of fight against a spirit, and despised the thought of having to fight one herself.
Lupus struggled to get back to his feet and stared at Lucy as if nothing had happened.
Lucy sighed as Lupus remained still and unmoving, which freaked the blonde out. "I don't want to hurt you. Just tell me why are you doing this? I can help you, and I'll find a way to help you."
Lupus was silent for a moment before slightly smirking. "I had already told you. I want the world to be destroyed."
"That's too broad. There's has to be a specific reason."
Lupus frowned deeper before smirking evilly. "If you really want to help me, then you can die for me."
Lucy inwardly sighed with frustration. "Lupus. As one of the Transcendents, please return to the Realm."
Lupus smirked as he was shocked by the revelation that Lucy had shared. "I'm surprised that you know your stuff.
"Don't underestimate me, Lupus. I had never given up on you or the others, because I believed in you. And I still do. And I will not give up." Lucy gave the spirit a hard, cold glare.
Lupus only smirked as a response before lurching forward attempting to attack Lucy again with alighted celestial power wrapped around his fists. His onslaught of attacks was relentless and dangerous as he never let up, not even breaking a sweat.
Lucy had used Antlia's and Taurus's powers as she constantly dodged and blocked the relentless punch that the spirit had thrown at her.
With each attempted strike, with each attempted punch, and with each attempted kick, Lucy was growing weary and Lupus knew it.
Lupus then made one last punch, aimed toward Lucy's stomach. Weary and unable to block the attack, the impact sent the blonde across the clearing meters away with a violent roll. Lucy heaved slightly as she got on her knees and tried to push her self back to her feet.
"Done already?" Lupus smirked, approaching and towering over the heaving blonde. "Then stay down." Lupus said before placing his feet and planted it harshly on Lucy's back, forcibly crashing her back to the ground.
Now Lupus towered over Lucy, his feet planted securely on the blonde's back as she laid on the ground, almost kissing it.
"Lupus. This is enough." Lucy growled though the pain that was growing on her back.
"You're right. It's time to finish this. I'll let you live. But I will not let you use your magic again." Lupus smirked before removing his feet and immediately kicking the blonde in the side, sending her violently across the clearing, reveling in the cries of the blonde.
Lucy gritted her teeth to numb the pain in her side as she moved to get back on her feet with struggle. She moved her eyes and glared at the smirking spirit as a single tear streamed down her cheek. She didn't want to do this. Too much risk and danger.
"Crying because you lost?" Lupus taunted, spotting a glint of a tear streaming down the cheek of the blonde.
"No...You left me with no other choice Lupus." Lucy muttered as she straightened herself.
Lupus smirked. "You have more tricks under your sleeves? Let us see it."
Lucy glazed at the spirit, not entirely keen on using this technique that she had yet to use. She didn't want to, because it takes too much magical power and exhausted her physical means of continuing her fight against her opponent.
Lucy closed her eyes as she surrounded herself with celestial magic, condensing them toward her heart and expanding them across her body. She then used celestial fusion for all of the golden zodiacs she had. She was only missing one. The more zodiacs, the powerful the attack it, and it takes tons of magical powers to perform the magic.
After fusing with golden zodiacs that Lucy had, she slowly opened her eyes, instead of being chocolate brown, they were bright golden with hints of shimmer in them.
Lucy raised her hand toward a tensed spirit. She alighted her fist in a shimmer of bright gold and shot them toward the spirit. The magic was fast enough to hit the spirit before he could properly dodge.
Lupus was sent backwards meters away. As Lupus was struggling to get back up, Lucy was already in front of her. Lucy raised her fist and punched Lupus in the stomach and held him there. Lucy then sent a wave of magic into Lupus, attempting to release him from whatever had chained him to this world.
Another moment later, Lupus faltered and fell limp to the ground with a loud thump. His body was already shining, a sign that he was returning to the Realm.
"T-Thank...y-you." Lupus muttered before he disappeared back to his world.
Lucy fell to her knees and collapsed next to the ground with loud thud. Already driving into an unconsciousness state, she observed a familiar strange markings on the key that laid besides her.
The last thing she remembered was the screams of a familiar voice ringing in her ears.
A/N: If this was confusing, then let me know.
As for the Transcendents, it will all be explained in the next chapter.
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