*Disclaimer: All main characters belong to Hiro Mashima.
Fairy Tail in a fairly odd world
"It is frightfully difficult to know much about the fairies, and almost the only thing for certain is that there are fairies wherever there are children."
Chapter 11; Of Fire and Ice
Lucy felt a strong pulse of anger radiate off Natsu and was followed by the sound of crunching ice. Lucy gasped in astonishment. Breaking an ice demons ice was like lifting a brick that weighed 100 tons. And Natsu had done it. The ice demon didn't seem surprised however, he probably had sensed Natsu was a dragon, which categorized under being a demon himself. Natsu lifted his fist, and summoned his fire around it. "Me? Natsu Dragneel -son of the great fire dragon Igneel- an insect?"
Woah woah woah.
What.
I-Igneel?
Suddenly time seemed to slow down. Quiet literately too. It wasn't just like Lucy was spiraling into a world of confusion which made her oblivious to world life events. It was that and the fact that Lucy was very aware by the fact that everyone was moving in slow motion.
So the following thoughts surfaced Lucy's mind.
-Natsu was apparently Igneel's son. But she shouldn't be one-hundred percent sure yet, she needs to ask Natsu about it later.
-Their enemies were currently, the Vanish Brothers, yet now Natsu seemed to be focused on this ice demon.
-And once again, time.
Lucy watched as she saw the Vanish Brothers realized the two demons in front of them had completely forgotten about their existence. Their facial expressions changing into angry frowns, eyebrows deepening and eyes searing.
Natsu's flames flickered slowly around his hand, slowly creeping up his arm. His battle stance widening, ready to attack.
The ice demon simply raised his hands into an attack gesture. Lucy had seen drawings of demons doing this in books before, but once again this is the first time she had seen something in real life. It took thirty seconds total as the man raised his arms.
And Lucy just stood there watching the events take place in this world where time was different.
How was this happening? What did this mean? What should she do?
And suddenly the answer was clear. Lucy could have sworn it wasn't her voice but another's that spoke the answer. But Lucy's body was already in motion as she knocked out both Vanish Brothers with a club one of the guards had been carrying, and found some rope near the campsite to tie the ice demon up. Because somehow Lucy knew they weren't suppose to fight.
Yes, that voice that had spoken to her…
"Don't let them fight. In time, they will be your most precious nakama."
Her nakama… Fire and Ice…
Then time was returned.
At first, everyone stilled.
Confusion, disappointment, then anger rippled through Natsu's features while the ice demon struggled against the ropes.
Lucy knew the ropes wouldn't last long against a demon so before anyone said anything Lucy shouted; "STOP!"
And surprisingly they listened. Lucy knelt in front of the demon as he looked at her bitterly confused.
"What's your name?" She spoke.
"None of your business, once I get out of these ropes you're going strait back to your clan and I'll get my money-"
"Wo wo wo, Luce, what's he talking about?" Natsu interrupted.
Lucy, held up her hands, a motion signaling to stop. And that's when Natsu realized the aurora of dignity and determination surrounding Lucy. The Ice bastard seemed to have noticed it too, because his defying ugly aroma calmed down.
"Natsu, you and I will talk later, about several things. Now-" She turned back towards the other demon -"I want to make a deal with you."
Silence swept over the valley in anticipation of what the Heartfilian heir was about to say.
"You… Have someone you love, frozen in un-melting ice, correct?"
The ice demon's face paled, his hands slightly shaken. "What the hell kinda witch are you- demon loving, ugly ass-"
"Aye, shut up snow cone!" Natsu yelled.
"Both of you, shut up." Lucy growled, a menacing air clinging around her. "I don't know how I know, but I must have been given this knowledge for a reason, because I can help you."
"… Gray. My name is Gray, now how can you help, and what do I have to do?"
"All you have to do is come with us. We're trying to find-"
"WO WO WO LUCE YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS THERE IS NO WAY IM TRAVELING WITH THIS-"
Lucy snapped her head back towards Natsu, her eyes gleaming with warning. "Natsu, we'll talk later."
"Anyways-" she continued, "We're trying to find, these um, well, we're trying to find the fairies, and I know they will help you if you help us."
Gray looked at her like she was insane. "The fairies are dead, every last one of them, along with the centaurs, and the stupid dragons-"
Natsu didn't hold back this time. He grabbed hold of Gray's collar, his eyes burning with hatred, his words venom as he spoke;
"I'm warning you. Piss me off one more time and I'm going to make sure you never come out of hell again."
Lucy coughed and the attention went back to her, Natsu backing off immediately. "They aren't dead. They sealed them selves off in a hidden area and they need our help to find them. If we find them, there is no doubt they will help your loved one. But before they disappeared, they left a prophecy and I believe they have selected people they need us to find in order to help them. And you're one of them."
"What's the prophecy?"
"I'll show you later, however right now you need to decide if you'll take the deal or not."
"Deal."
"Alright, let's go back to our camp and I'll explain on the way."
"How far away is your camp from here?" Gray asked as Lucy politely untied him, Natsu grumbling behind her.
"Ah, not too far. Why?"
"This valley is dangerous, we have to be careful-"
"Oh those Vanish Brother guys? I took care of them, we're fine." Lucy smiled.
"Hm, I wonder…"
The three walked back to the willow trees, Lucy explaining everything to Gray, while repeatedly telling Natsu to be patient, and although it was aggravating Lucy loved it. She felt apart of something. And she was incredibly excited for what was to come.
Hours later, Lucy was awoken by the sound of Natsu's familiar soft voice. Yeah, Lucy could see the similarity between Igneel and him.
"Your turn." As soon as the words left his mouth Natsu slumped down on his sleeping bag, light snoring following soon after.
Lucy scoffed at how simple he was. A few hours ago Lucy had conversed with Natsu and Gray as they sat around their fire. Natsu explained how he was in fact Igneel's son, and Lucy in turn had explained how she escaped from her clan and why. Natsu says Igneel had disappeared when the fairies did which would make sense from the vision she had seen in the book, however it just didn't make sense, how had Igneel helped her then? How had he been in her room? How had she summoned him? It didn't make sense. So she told Natsu about how she summoned Igneel, about how he had helped her, how much she loved him, how he was like the father she never had. It was so nice to tell someone about Igneel, and have them understand.
But back to the present. Lucy had to focus on keeping watch, if she got distracted again, she could put all of their lives at risk. Natsu had complained that we didn't need to keep watch with Gray and Natsu being demons they had sensitive hearing. However Gray insisted that near the valley they needed to keep watch. So, here Lucy was leaning against the willow tree listening to the faint sounds of nature and Natsu's snoring. Gray slept peacefully to her relief… But maybe too peacefully. More then once, Lucy checked to see if he was still breathing. She sighed, her nerves were on edge and she had no idea why.
Lucy kept listening, checking to see if Gray was still breathing, twiddling her thumbs to keep herself awake.
So it completely caught her off guard when the ground beneath her started shaking.
"Natsu! Gray!" The two boys woke up just as the ground beneath Lucy disappeared and she fell down down down into the arms of a young woman with short pink hair wearing a maid uniform.
"Lucy!" Natsu yelled.
The woman held a knife to Lucy's throat as Natsu and Gray jumped down after her.
"You will come with me quietly or the girl dies."
Yay! I'm done with chapter 11! Okay so I don't really have a lot to say other than thank all of you guys, the more support I get the easier it is to write new chapters. So yeah lol love y'all
