So, this is the last chapter of the first arc of this story. The next chapter will be the start of the second arc. It will take place during the GMGs, Fairy Tail will have some new allies in the next arc as well. Also, no pairs have been decided for this story. Please comment on any pairs you would think interesting. I will also try to put some notes in the story here and there. Please enjoy and remember I don't own Fairy Tail, it belongs to Hiro Mashima. Jess and the other OC's do belong to me.
[Jess's POV]
Here we are near the dark guild. It was dark outside so I couldn't see a thing. I can feel the two magical presences of my allies. Nothing else can be felt. I thought I could hear some steps somewhere.
But I just brushed it off. Animals like the forests behind us. It is most likely the critters of night out roaming in the forest. I can hear the sounds of battle in the castle like structure called the guild hall.
The sounds are quiet now. Most likely one is done and one is still going on. Before I know it, there is the sound of footsteps behind me. I try to turn around and feel an amount of pressure on the back of my head. I then feel myself slip into unconsciousness.
[Gray's POV]
Laxus took out one of the twins out. That twin used lightning magic so it was easy for him. The twin I faced used ice magic. I took him out with ease as well. It is almost like Jess knew what magic they used.
After our battle, we found Natsu and Gajeel had defeated their opponent. They started towards where the other two were, but we stopped them and convinced them to meet up with the girls like they were supposed to.
When we arrived at the spot where the girls were supposed to be they weren't there. We waited for a while. We got worried and decided. After a while we found Wendy knocked out by herself. Natsu immediately ran to the girl and started shaking her.
"Wendy what happened?" The girl just kinda looked at him as if remembering what had happened. "We were just standing here when some guy came out of the woods and attacked us. He went after Jess then Lucy. He hit me and I don't know what happened next." Natsu pondered that for a while before I spoke up. "Do you think he was a part of the dark guild?" She nods. That is all it takes for us to charge into the guild head on.
[Jess's POV]
I woke up with a headache. I was confused for a second before what happen came to me. I sat in a cell with Lucy. We are chained to the wall with anti-magic cuffs. Not good ones at that. They took Lucy's keys and whip. "When did you wake up?" I asked Lucy. "Not long before you." I looked at her. She has a couple of bruises on her face. I want to know who that was so I can kill him.
"So, Lucy do you know who that was?" She shakes her head "Well I am sure we will find out soon." Not long after I said that I heard footsteps. Must be the mind reader. The guy who attacked us is most likely the master of the guild. Not one hundred percent certain at this point so I will keep it to myself.
The man walked up to our cell's bars. "I know what you are thinking what is this oh so hot man doing in front of your pretty little selves." I can't help, but laugh at his greeting towards us. "Shut it young lady. I am known as Mr. Cordel and I demand respect." I paused and contemplated if I would take this risk. I decided to do so. "Mr. Cordel, might I say that you are an unintelligent excuse for a second in command. I think your talents are the lowest of the low. You should be at the bottom of the ranks." I look up to see his expression to see he is not there. "Where did he go?" "He left about halfway through you insulting him." Maybe it worked too well.
Mr. Cordel has yet to come back to visit us and all is quiet. I can't help but think about how the plan is going so far. Now, everything has gone to plan except for me being stuck in this cell with Lucy. I didn't want Lucy to be in here with me. I bet the Master wanted to make sure he got someone the guild cared enough for. Though I don't think that is a problem now.
Some of the members of Fairy Tail like me at the moment. I can't say I don't like some of them. Lucy is awesome, she told me some stories about her adventures. I can say that most of the people she fought wouldn't have been forgiven that easily by me. As it turns out Gajeel was one that fought with Lucy at one point. Well Lucy said it was more of a one-sided beat down than a fight. I am still not sure how she forgave Gajeel after what he did to her. Then Laxus and his goons during Fantasia attacked the city as a whole not just one or a couple of people from Fairy Tail. That's her decision not mine, I mean what can I do about it in all reality.
Gray is interesting as well. He is an Ice make user, the same as mine. He uses a wide variety of spells unlike me. I could use the same spells, I however like to stick to the special spells I learned from my mother. I learned the basics from a lady up north, at least I think it was north. I was confused about directions back then. I can't quite remember her name. I think it started with a U. I think she was teaching one other student at the time. I can't quite remember his name either.
Before I can go too far into detail about the members I like the man from earlier appears. "I have been told to take the lovely ladies to the master." He said rather smug. I acted, I pulled down on the chains which I had frozen earlier. Breaking them in the process, called on my scythe, cut a hole in the wall, cut the chains holding Lucy, picked her up, and threw her out the hole. I did this all before Mr. Cordel or Reid as his name is could even open the gate to our cell. I watched as she plummeted off the cliff and out of sight.
"What the fuck was that Jess?!" Reid questioned. I smirked before answering. "Just making sure the plan works out." He paused to take in my answer. "I hope you know what you are doing." To that I just widened my smirk. I know exactly what I am doing.
[Gray's POV]
Now, the only thing on Natsu's mind is finding Lucy. He found her scent and confirm that she was in the dark guilds castle. I thought that was obvious, but this is Natsu we are talking about here. He is dense as can be sometimes. Although he did surprise me when he didn't just charge in there immediately after he found out Lucy was captured. It shows that Natsu never stops surprising us with what he does. Though most of the time it isn't a good surprise.
I am not completely sure what happened. One moment we were following Natsu in silence. Then a large sound makes its way through the castle. It sounds like a part of a wall was destroyed. Which we of Team Natsu are quite used to that sound. We destroy things all the time walls included.
Natsu takes off after that. I struggle to keep up with him. That is how fast he is going. Since I am struggling to keep up it must mean that Natsu thinks something bad is going to or is happening now.
When Natsu reaches the end of the hallway he comes to a dead stop. When I catch up to him I can hear him growl low and deadly. When I look around the room I can see why. Sitting on a throne is a man whose smile is a nightmare to children. He seems to be of average height with a good bit of muscle on his arms. From what I can see he has a few scars here and there from battles most likely.
That however is not the part that angered Natsu. There standing next to this man on the throne is Jess. This whole time she has been a part of this guild. The whole damn time she was with us was just too lure us into this trap. Not only that, but we fell for it.
Now all of us are here. Nobody is happy about Jess right now. A certain amount of anger is found on the faces of all the guild members. Even Laxus looks somewhat more pissed than normal. All Fairy Tail members here glares at her. "Where is Luce!?" Natsu broke the silence demanding to see her. "Don't worry about it. Master all, but the one with pink hair. The black cat is the only one you need to worry about in terms of the cats." Jess said in a voice void of emotion.
Not long after I can feel my magic get drained to the point where any more is drained and I will die. I fall no longer able to stand. Somehow, I manage to stay conscious. It takes a lot of effort to look at the others. All of them except for Natsu and the exceeds except for Lily seem to be in the same situation as me.
"Alright it is time to fight Natsu. This will be our final match; the winner will have the pride of the gods on their side." Jess challenged him to a fight. Here I am praying for Natsu of all people to win this fight. I want to be the one out there fight that traitor. "I'm all fired up!" His signature phrase is said
This fight starts out about like any other fight Natsu takes place in. He charges his opponent. "Fire dragon's iron fist!" He yells as he charges at her. She jumps out of the way, summons her scythe and readies for another attack. "Fire dragon's roar!" She swings her scythe cutting the roar in half. Causing some of the dark guild members to dodge. "Be careful Jess." One of them says. "Shut up Reid." She retorts back at the man named Reid. Natsu runs towards her while she is slightly distracted. "Fire dragon's Iron fist!" He yelled out. Jess reacted quickly pulling her scythe up in time to the blow. A loud crack is heard throughout the quiet room as her scythe shatters. She is thrown across the room into the wall behind the throne of the master.
She smirks as she gets out of the wall she was wedged in. For such a skinny and weak looking girl, she sure can take a hit. After getting out she summons another scythe. This one is different, while the other one looked deadly, this one made the first one look like a child's toy. I cringe at the evil smirk that reminds me of things that I don't what to remember.
Jess walks slowly over towards the throne. Natsu charges at her, she swings her scythe. The only thing is the scythe didn't hit Natsu it wasn't even aimed at him. The intimidating weapon sliced clean through the arm of the dark guild master. The master screams in pain and surprise as his arm hits the ground. Natsu at this point is confused beyond all belief. As well as the rest of us Fairy Tail mages. The two dark guild members look like they have no intention of stopping Jess from doing anything further. "Thanks mages of Fairy Tail, I want to thank you for the help. I was able to find out how to beat him because of you guys." She said. With that she picks up something from out of the guild masters hand. She puts it on the master's chest and brings the scythe down on it.
As soon as the weapon hit the device it exploded in a ball of fire and smoke. The shockwave knocked us over. I hit the ground and felt my magic return almost as soon as I hit the ground. After a short few seconds I got up and looked around. None of the dark guild members remain. "Is anyone hurt?" The small dragon slayer Wendy asked. All of us shake our heads. "All right let's go look for Lucy!" Natsu is very excited to look for her. I am starting to think he has deep feelings for her. I have known for a while that he does have feelings. As I do have those same feelings for the missing water mage Juvia.
That thought brings me to the dark conclusion that Juvia might not have ever been here like Jess suggested.
3-year time skip [Lucy's POV]
It has been three years since Jess has disappeared. The games the year she died Fairy Tail didn't participate. The second year we did participate, but got second to Sabertooth. The third year is pending results.
Also in the last three years two people surrounded in mystery showed up. One of them has been going around challenging strong mages from well-known guilds. It has been that this person has been winning these matches easily. Even going as far as beating Jura with a single spell. So far, this person has not visited Fairy Tail.
The second person has been going around taking out all the dark guilds they could find. They have taken out more than two hundred dark guilds in those three years. Nobody's quite sure what type of magic they use. We don't even know if this person uses magic in the first place.
Now, I was visiting a grave that we made for Jess in the forest near her house. The games are coming up in a little more than a month. This year we plan on winning.
"So, who's grave is that?" Someone asked out. I turn around to find the source of the voice. I look at the same level I am at and not seeing anything I look up. Sure enough, standing there is a girl wearing a cloak covering her entire body. "Just a friend who died a while ago." I said looking at the ground. Wishing that I could have done something. "Name." The girl demands "Her name was Jess." The girl turns around and walks away. "Have fun staring at an empty grave." I manage to hear before she was out of sight.
One question remained as she left. How did she know the grave was empty? Is it possible that this cloaked girl is Jess?