Natsu stared into the darkness of the cell, then turned to look at Gray who was still sleeping. He sniffed the air and stood up.
" Gray?"
"Hmm?"
" Erza's coming,"
" Really?" Gray yawned and sat up, " Its about time,"
Natsu frowned
" Natsu! Gray!"
" Hey Erza! did you come to set us free yet? I'm sick of being stuck with flame brain here."
" Yes, and Natsu. You need to save Lucy."
" What! Why? Did Something Happen? Tell me! If Hades so much as touch a hair on her head I will burn him to ashes!"
Natsu grabbed the bars of the cell and melted it just enough to pull them making a large gap, big enough for him to get out.
" I'm going to find her. Were is she?"
" I don't know I sent her out of the castle, but Hades knights are everywhere."
" In that case I'll just follow her sent."
Natsu rushed out the door to find Lucy.
" Gray, go get Loke, tell him to meet up with Natsu, wherever that may be, then meet back with me outside, we need to get rid of the knights before they can go and aid Hades in whatever he's doing."
" Right!"
Gray left and hurried to find Loke.
Gray ran outside after searching the rooms in the castle, hopefully Loke was still around and not in town. Loke was standing by the outside fountain, Gray ran up to him.
" Loke."
" Gray? Whats up... wait, whats wrong?"
" Lucy, Natsu went to find her, Erza thinks that Hades went after her."
" What? I thought he's going after Natsu!"
" That's what we all thought, maybe he still is... but he has Lucy! Erza wants you to find Natsu and help him out."
" What about you?"
" I'm helping Erza, there's still knights around, we're going to get rid of them, well at least stop them from getting to Hades."
" But wouldn't following them lead you to Hades?"
Gray thought about it, it was possible that the knights could lead them to Hades, but there was also that chance they could lead them to a closed area and ambush them. Besides Erza told him to do this so he will.
Gray shook his head, " No, Erza's orders, we're going to listen to her, lets just hope Lucy's okay."
" Don't worry, I'll save her, no one shall hurt my princess while I'm still alive!" Loke ran off to find Natsu.
" Damn you Hades..." Gray muttered.
Erza stood in front of a group of knights blocking their path, the knights had their weapons out ready to fight, but the problem was, they were to scared. They knew who Erza was, their commander, but they have to disobey her, but she was strong, they were no match against her, yet they stood their ground.
" Erza, please step aside."
" You will not pass. What do you want with Lucy anyway?"
The knight shook his head, " I can't say, its the kings orders."
" Tell me." Erza commanded, " I already know most of his plans anyway, that idiot doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut."
" H-how dare you speak of the king in such a way!"
" King? Hades is no king, he killed your true king, he's a murderer, all he wants is power."
" That's not true, King Hades, cares for his people."
Erza laughed, " You really believe that don't you, Hades cares about no one but himself. Deal with it."
The knight charged at Erza, she punched him in the stomach and brought the hilt of her sword down on his head.
" I will say this one more time! Tell me what Hades wants with Lucy!"
They knights charged at Erza all at once.
" Fine then... You asked for it! Requip: Heavens Wheel Armor!" Erza changed her armor into a Plated armor that covered her chest, with a large metal flower over it, a large billowing skirt that has metal plating in the upper area. Her stomach and neck are uncovered, and large metal wings as well as a wing-like headband. She raised her swords in the air, " Circle sword... Dance, My Blades!" Swords appeared around her, it started spinning rapidly then it went flying at the knights in front of her. They screamed as the blades cut into their armor shredding skin and cloth.
" Who's next?"
Hades brought Lucy outside and threw her down on the pavement. Lucy stood up slowly, getting ready for anything he may throw her way, she glanced behind her, she was on the roof, one of the large cylinder buildings, In the center was a large altar painted gold, a silver statue, parts chipped off, but otherwise intact. It was a Dragon, and Lucy could guess what Hades was up to, almost. Lucy stared at Hades.
" What do you want?" Lucy asked.
" You of course,"
Lucy rolled her eyes, " That's obvious, I mean, what do you want, whats the point in all this? All you want is to be king. You killed my father for it, and now you want more power?"
" Pretty much, your father was a weak king, he cared to much for his people, wasting his power on the weak when he could be using it for himself. He could have been a powerful king, like I will be."
" Don't talk about my father like that! He wasn't weak! He was kind, he loved his people, and he did use the power for himself, all he wanted was to protect the town!" Lucy yelled.
" True... but being kind is weak, and being weak gives you no power. Being strong gives you power! And I am strong, I don't care about the petty villagers, to get power I became king of Magnolia. But that isn't enough power, no, I need to be stronger, no one will defy me!"
Long white chains from his hands, with grappling hooks at each end grabbed onto Lucy's arms holding her up in the air.
" W-what are you doing?"
" It seems you have magic power too. Good." Hades began to chant.
The air around them started to swirl, until it became windy, tornado like. Lucy began to whimper , and her whimper turned into a scream as magic began to be ripped out from her. The altar glowed.
" Finally it is ready."
Lucy gasped, " What did you do?"
" I gave your magic to the altar, its now powered and ready for the sacrifice."
" Sacrifice?"
" Enough questions!" Hades held up his hand, a ball of light appeared on his finger, " Bullet magic." The light hit Lucy, she cried out.
" Lucy?"
Lucy looked up for the person who called out to her.
" N-Natsu?"
Natsu stood behind Hades, " Bastard what are you doing to Lucy?" Natsu asked, his hands lighting up with flames.
" Boy, your no match for me, no matter how strong your magic may be." Hades kicked Natsu. Natsu fell onto the altar and looked up, Hades walked towards him, then he disappeared.
" Wha-" Natsu stopped, he felt something cold, and sharp pierce him. His hands felt something hot and sticky. Blood. " Dammit..." Natsu muttered, the world before him started spinning, as he collapsed onto the ground.
Lucy wasn't aware of herself screaming, everything seemed to go slow, she watched as her friend's limp body fall to the ground, and Hades pulling out the sword.
" Natsu?" Lucy whispered. " Natsu get up!" He didn't move. Lucy glared at Hades.
Hades laughed, " Now its complete."
Lucy frowned, " No... Th- I thought you had to drink... royal dragon blood."
" Dragon bloods poisonous to humans. You see, I used your magic to activate the altar, and this boy's-," Hades kicked Natsu, " -Blood spilled on it, its doesn't give me the power, but something just as good. You'll see, soon, but not now."
Lucy heard the beating of wings, " Ah, they are coming." Hades said happily. Dragon's appeared through the clouds and hovered above the altar and Hades.
" This boy is-" Hades began his speech to the dragons, but Lucy wasn't listening, she started tugging at the chains until it snapped and she fell to the ground. Hades was paying attention to her. She ran up to Natsu and pulled him towards her.
" Natsu..." This was the first time she realized how hot his skin was, like fire. That was normal right? For a fire dragon slayer. She noticed something shining on his back, it was glowing red. She glanced at Hades, the same was for him.
" Lucy!"
Lucy turned around, " Loke?"
" Lucy!" Loke ran up to Lucy and looked down at Natsu, " I guess I came a bit late, lets go, and hurry, we need to get him to Porlyusica."
Lucy ran off with Loke, both helping each other carry Natsu, she heard the roars of the dragons and assumed he was almost finished with his ritual. She heard Hades Laugh. The sounds of the dragon roaring and screeching reminded her about that night with her mother. Before she knew it she started crying.
" Whats wrong?" Loke asked.
" I-Its happening. Again..." Lucy sobbed.
How was my chapter? Sorry for any grammar mistakes, I'm really bad with writing things even if English is the only thing I know- besides some Japanese -_-.
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