Here is the end of the Galuna Island Arc!
Willow's POV
Our kiss was interrupted when a very loud roar split the night air.
"Holy crap that hurts my ears!" I exclaimed covering my ears.
The roar made the ground shake beneath us and right now I wished I didn't have sensitive hearing.
"I recognize that sound from anywhere" Gray added.
"So it would seem Deliora is revived then" I replied to my mate with a grave tone. "And no way in hell your using the Iced Shell again!"
"I'm not I promised you I wouldn't do that again" Gray answered looking to me. "I can't"
He then kissed my forehead and took my hand into his.
"Let's go find a different way to defeat Deliora" he suggested.
I smirked before the two of us took off running heading in the direction below the temple where Deliora was. When we arrived Natsu was fighting against that masked wizard from before and my eyes went bug eyed seeing Deliora in the flesh for the first time. It was f**king huge and scary!
Deliora then roared out again just as green magical light surrounded it. I covered my ears and Natsu did the same while Gray only watched as the demon who had taken so much from him shrieked. The ice that had once surrounded it was gone and only water filled the underground room. Gray bent down and scooped up the water that used to be Ur's ice. He let it flow out of his hands.
"Thank you" he said remembering the sacrifice his master had made for him and Lyon.
"Hey what are you two doing down here?" Natsu asked hopping onto a rock.
"Natsu" Gray greeted.
"There's only thing we can do now we gotta take that thing down"
"Agreed" I answered.
"Neither one of you is strong enough but I will defeat it" had Lyon said weakly as he crawled to get closer to Deliora.
"Lyon" Gray said eying the weakened ice wizard.
"You can barely stand Lyon it's a fool's errand" I growled. "If you try and attack it will kill you"
"I don't care I'm going to surpass Ur finally" he then laughed.
"You can't fight! You can't even get up off the floor!" Natsu yelled at the stubborn Lyon.
Deliora roared out again and I had enough of its shrieks.
"SHUT THE HELL UP YOU UGLY SON OF A BITCH!" I snapped at it.
Lyon looked to Deliora with that same confidence he always had.
"I've waited for so long for this moment" Lyon then started to get up. "She was strong but she wasn't strong enough to take on this demon"
He then stood up to his feet but he struggled.
"I will be able to do what Ur couldn't finally my dream will be fulfilled!"
Gray used his hand to punch Lyon in the back and the white haired ice wizard fell to the floor.
"You've caused enough trouble" Gray muttered before looking to Deliora.
"Alright we wasted enough time!" Natsu yelled leaping into the air and he landed in front of Deliora. He slammed his fist into his hand and his right fist became engulfed with flames. "I'll take it out!"
"Natsu!" I yelled. "Are you out of your f**king mind?!"
"I may but if this thing doesn't get killed our mission was all for nothing!" Natsu shouted back to me just as Deliora roared out again. The demon then threw its huge fist forward heading straight for Natsu. Gray yelled out Natsu's name at the same time Deliora and Natsu's fists collided. Flames surrounded Natsu while green light mixed with yellow surrounded Deliora. Suddenly Deliora's arm cracked with a yellow light and the crack traveled up the demon's body. Deliora's body then started to shatter.
"Holy crap Deliora was already dead!" I exclaimed.
"What" No way?!" Lyon protested as Deliora's body finally shattered into many pieces and the room shook making the water move around.
"It was already dead" Lyon muttered before closing his eyes in defeat. "For ten years Ur had gradually depleted the demon's life force what we just saw was nothing than its last dying breath, my dream is dead, there is no hope now, I will never surpass Ur"
"Man your teacher was awesome!" Natsu told Gray.
Gray placed a hand to his face and started to cry. I went over to my mate and wrapped my arms around his body from behind. Gray didn't do anything and that was alright with me.
"You saved my life again, thank you Ur" Gray muttered.
"You guys did it!" Lucy shouted. I turned to see the blonde coming in with Happy and Erza behind her. Happy flew over to Natsu glad to see his best friend was alright. Natsu then saw Erza standing behind him and he yelled trying to make a break for it but Erza grabbed onto his scarf which got me to burst out in laughter. Afterwards Gray and I went over to Lyon and the two of us helped him to his feet. One arm was around my shoulder and Gray had had the other around his. With us supporting Lyon my beloved and I walked out of the temple with the others following behind.
"Oh yeah! That's right! We won!" Natsu shouted.
"Aye sir!" Happy agreed.
"You know I was kind of worried at first but it all worked out thanks to your amazing teacher" Lucy told Gray as I placed Lyon against a rock so he could rest.
"We totally finished the S-Class all by ourselves!" Natsu yelled again hopping up and down.
"Not yet we haven't" I told the Celestial Wizard and Dragon Slayer.
Erza also sent Gray, Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and I a death glare.
"Oh no don't tell me we're still going to be punished!" Lucy shouted.
"What the hell are you giving me a glare for?!" I protested at Erza.
Erza normally didn't get scared by me but when I yelled at her but her face paled slightly.
"And to remind you buddy a certain fire dragons slayer knocked me and my mate out cold" I told her pointing to Natsu.
"HEY NOT FAIR WILLOW!" Natsu roared.
"Mate?" Lucy questioned.
"Wait? Are you two?" Erza inquired.
Gray chose that moment to wrap a strong muscular arm around my waist.
"You heard her Willow and I are bound for life" he answered.
"I knew it!" Happy yelled. "I knew you loved her!"
"Shut up Happy!" Gray and I snapped at the flying cat with annoyance.
"Well I must congratulate you two" Erza said. "But we can celebrate later we still have the villagers to worry about"
"I thought the curse would be lifted with Deliora dead" Lucy said turning to Erza.
"Wrong" Erza replied to her. "This curse you keep talking about never had anything to do with the demon the villagers have been effected by the intense magical energy released from the Moon Drip spell in other words Deliora isn't going to change their current situation whatsoever"
Erza then looked to the purple moon in deep thought.
"Well we better go and change them back!" Natsu shouted high fiving Happy.
"Aye sir!"
"Yeah but we don't know how" Gray said. He then turned to Lyon. "Lyon do you know?"
"To be quite honest I don't have a clue" Lyon replied.
"You don't know?"
"What?!"
"But they told us the curse started about the same time you guys got here" Lucy told Lyon.
"When we arrived three years ago we were aware there was a village somewhere on this island but we had absolutely no reason to communicate with the villagers, so we left them alone and they never came to the temple to see what we were up to"
"In three years you never once met?" Erza asked.
"I don't understand the light from the Moon Drip is so bright you can see it from practically anywhere on the island it's kinda weird that they saw it every night and never went to investigate" Lucy added.
"The villagers weren't affected by the Moon Drip it doesn't affect the human body" Lyon told us.
"Yeah right! Your just saying that you and your lackeys will be let off the hook!" Natsu snapped.
"Just think about I've been exposed to it as long as they have and my appearance hasn't changed one bit, I wouldn't trust them those are villagers are hiding something but I'm sure you guild wizards can handle it"
"Don't think your we're done with you buddy"Natsu snapped at Lyon. "You destroyed the village"
"That's quite enough Natsu" Erza said placing a hand onto Natsu's face to shut him up.
She then turned around and I followed after her. I don't know how we would lift this curse but I'm pretty sure Erza had an idea. As we walked side by side I told her.
"I think those villagers actually might be demons" I told her.
"I was thinking the same thing" Erza agreed. "It would explain why they were only affected by the Moon Drip spell and not Lyon and his friends"
She then went on to tell me that Lyon's friends joined him because their loves ones had been killed by Deliora and by killing the demon they would get their vengeance. Gray remained behind to talk to Lyon alone before he followed after us. When we arrived at the village camp it was deserted and Gray went inside the tent to get some bandages and medical supplies. While he was in there one of the villagers found us and took us back to the original spot where the village used to be. What once was destroyed was back as though it had never been destroyed in the first place.
"Okay I don't know this happened but I'm glad the original village is back" I told my mate.
"Yeah so am I" Gray agreed.
"WHEN ARE YOU WIZARDS GOING TO DESTROY THE MOON FOR US? WELL?!" the chief roared and this made Natsu and I jump.
"Destroying the moon is an easy task" Erza stated coming over to where the chief and Lucy stood.
"SAY WHAT?!" Natsu and I exclaimed.
"Did she really just say that with a straight face?" Gray added.
Erza then corralled the chief and the rest of the villagers for a meeting to get more information. It turned out that everyone started taking demonic forms three years ago when the moon turned people, but during the day it was fine. Erza then walked away.
"We've learned that the Moon Drip ceremony has been performed every night on this island for the past three years and each night it produced a beam of light so brilliant you couldn't possibly have missed it"
Erza then screamed and she fell into the trap hole Lucy had made earlier. Natsu and Gray got scared and Erza climbed out of the hole continuing talking with the villagers. Moka explained that many times he and some of the villagers tried to approach the temple but never made it and they had no memory of getting back to the village. Erza then walked and her regular armor took the form of a new one.
"Natsu come with me" Erza told the fire dragon slayer. "I'll need your help to destroy the moon!"
Erza conjured a spear and set it down to the ground my jaw dropped because I couldn't believe she and Natsu were really going through with this as everyone watched Natsu and Erza climb up the watch tower. My best friend activated her magic ready to use it and Natsu flew his flaming fist forward and the spear lit up before soaring into the sky. The top of the watch tower was completely destroyed and everyone held their breath as Erza's spear got closer to the moon. It then hit the moon itself but it really wasn't. I now understood why the moon looked purple. Whatever covered the moon crackled and the real color of the moon now hovered in the sky.
"The Moon Drip spell created a noxious membrane to cover the island, it also released energy in the form of gas which crystallized and formed in an invisible shield over the island which is why the moon looked purple"
"That makes sense let's see if they go back to their human forms" Gray said as the villagers started to glow gold. The glowing stopped a second later and the villagers were still in their demonic forms.
"What's wrong? They're not transforming" Gray stated.
"Oh no" Happy added.
"That's because these are their true forms" Erza explained coming over to us. "The Moon Drip never had any effect on their appearance however it seemed to have altered their memories"
"So you mean?" Lucy asked.
"Yep their demons!" I answered. "They look pretty cool too!"
"They thought they were humans who have been turned into demons but it's the other way around" Erza continued. Lucy, Happy, Natsu, and Gray yelled while I only smirked.
"The villagers posses the ability to take on human forms your false memories lead you to believe that your temporary states were your actual forms in reality you were demons who had fallen victim to the Moon Drip Spell"
"Hold on how come Lyon and the others weren't affected?" Lucy asked Erza and I.
"It was because they were human, demons are the ones susceptible to the memory loss"
"I knew what was going on the minute the villagers told me they were unable to go the temple, the moonlight collected there was sacred and creatures of darkness couldn't go near it"
"Your quite the detective" a voice said and we all turned to see Bobo the boatman from before standing in front of us in his demon form. "I knew I could count on you and your riends, thanks wizards, I owe you one!"
Gray and Lucy yelled shocked to see Bobo was alive.
Moka couldn't believe his eyes that his son was alive and well.
"But I thought you were!" a villager protested.
"Getting stabbed in the chest hurt pretty bad, but gotta do more than that to kill a demon!" Bobo said with a laugh.
"How did you disappear from the boat?" I asked him. Bobo smiled before two wings sprouted from his back and he took flight.
"I really hope you kids can forgive me for not telling the truth sooner! I was the only one who didn't have my memory loss! I had to leave because everyone went nuts! I knew I was a demon, but suddenly everyone else thought they were cursed humans!"
"Bobo" Moka said before his own wings sprouted onto his back and he took flight. He then wrapped his arms around his son's neck and the two embraced. The other villagers took flight as one and it looked our mission to Galuna Island was at a close. There was a feast to celebrate everyone's memories being returned and everyone had a good time. Gray and I ended up drinking enough to get buzzed and not long after the party was settling down we went to bed. During the party some of the female demons flirted with Gray and I didn't mind that. I actually thought it had been pretty sweet. Even Lucy got hit on by some male demons which freaked her out.
Lyon's friends also came by to thank us for defeating Deliora and I hoped they would find a guild to join after they left the island. When morning came Gray decided it was smart to try and wake me up but that earned him a hit to the head. Never wake up a female wolf shifter when she slept. Before we knew it was time for us to leave the island and Erza downright refused to accept the reward money or she tried to. Let's just say I pulled her away and gave her a stern talking to that people needed money to pay rent and bills. In the end Erza gave in and we returned back to Moka and the other villagers accepting the reward.
"WE'RE RICH!" Natsu shouted.
"Calm down" I snapped turning to hothead. "We'll also take the gate key you offered"
"THE GATE KEY?!" the boys protested while Lucy got all excited.
"Come to Mama!"
Erza also managed to get us a ride home which was on a pirate ship. Natsu got all sick looking and I smirked.
Natsu: You sure can make scary female characters bloodyrose!
Happy: AYE!
Me: *smirks* I'm sure none of them are worse than Erza.
Erza: Actually I believe your OC Samara is scarier than me.
Me: Your probably right.
Sam: Hello!
Natsu&Happy: UH OH!
Sam: Hey don't get all freaked out on me because I have the same temperment as Erza you two.
Erza: Sam you get worse than I do when your mad.
Lucy: True I heard she slapped some guy who insulted her mate.
Sam: YOUR DAMN RIGHT I DID!
Lucy: See what I mean?!