Her eyes opened slowly. The room was slowly coming into focus. It looked like some kind of infirmary. She tried to sit up but couldn't muster any strength. Her eyes fell on her left arm which had an IV drip connected. A girl's face came into view with a worried expression that slowly turned to mock amusement.
"Welcome back to the world of the living, princess." Her tone was playful but Mavis could still hear a slight sense of concern under her humor. She tried to remember what had put her in this state but it was all a blur. All she knew was the back of her neck along with every other part of her body was killing her. She tried to move again and winced at the sudden pain. Lisse frowned standing up from her chair perched off the sighed of her bed and stood above her.
"Here, let me help." Mavis jumped at her touch and the girl smiled. "I'm not gonna hurt you silly." She placed her hand against Mavis' forehead and closed her eyes. Mavis felt the familiar sense of electricity followed by warmth throughout her body. She closed her eyes as it overwhelmed her senses and relaxed her body. The warmth and static slowly pulled away and the girl backed off. "There, do you feel better?" Mavis tested her body and was surprised at the out come.
"Well, my neck feels better but…" She tried once again to sit up but she was exhausted.
"What?" "That is not possible." "You should be completely healed."
"What she is feeling is beyond your abilities of healing, Lisse." A low, powerful voice called as he entered Mavis' room. The man connected to that voice was the one she met on her first day in the castle, Akame Aiden. He leaned over her bed getting uncomfortably close to her face and stared deep into her eyes. Mavis felt a heat rise against her cheeks and quickly looked away.
"What are you doing?" Akame stood up straight and cleared his throat.
"As I suspected, you have Magical Exhaustion." "The effect is probably due to using such overwhelming magical energy without having a conscious mind." Mavis shook her head as her memories slowly returned. Her lips parted in a small gasp as she recalled what she had done.
"Lumen Histoire?" Akame nodded. "That's not possible, that power was exhausted seven years ago against Ankhsalam."
"That is also what we thought but our Master had a theory that you might still possess it dormant inside your spirit." "It seems he was correct." Mavis shook her head.
"What does Grey want with Lumen Histoire?" Akame and Lisse shared a look with each other. It seemed they were contemplating whether to reveal some secret. Lisse sighed.
"Grey is not our true Master." "For now, we have to follow suit and pretend that he is but our true Master is actually the one who needs you."
"What does he want with me?"
"He wishes to use your power to overthrow Grey as the Master of Devils Gate." "You see, about a year ago we were a simple independent guild just doing our best at our jobs to support each other." "One day Grey came to our guild and proclaimed that he would be our new master and we would help him accomplish his goal to destroy END." "Naturally, we defended ourselves but Grey was just too powerful exactly what you would expect from a former Fairy Tail wizard." "In the end he defeated all of us including the master." Lisse eyed Akame. "Akame was the only one who put up a challenge for him but even he was taken down." "We submitted and pledged our loyalty reluctantly but secretly we were putting together a plan to take him down." "Akame is the one who gave Grey the idea of kidnapping you for his plan when truthfully we wanted to ask for your help." Mavis closed her eyes leaned her head back. This was all a lot to take in.
"Why not just ask me then?" "Why act like you were some sadistic, evil girl?" Lisse grinned.
"Oh, that wasn't really an act." "You were so cute I couldn't help myself." Mavis groaned. "But really, we had to know if you really had the power to help us and the only way to do that was to push you to the breaking point." Mavis considered everything Lisse and Akame had said. It all seemed to come together but there was still one problem.
"I don't even know how to tap into that power." "I wasn't even conscious when I did it before." "How am I supposed to help you?" Lisse and Akame both looked at each other and grinned. Lisse grabbed her hand and squeezed.
"So you're saying if we can help you learn to tap into that power consciously then you will help us?" Mavis looked from the girl to Akame then to her hands. Her eyes fell on a shining gold ring with an intricate Fairy Tail insignia inscribed in the metal. She pulled it off reading the inscription engraved on the inner ring. For the light that binds my darkness, walk with me through eternity. She felt her resolve returning as she read those words. She would do whatever it took to return to her love. She nodded her head.
"Where do we start?"
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