Serena: The new chapter! Again… sorry it took so long! I finally feel my muses coming back to me!
Diana: Then let's begin the party! Yeay!
Natsu: Party! Yes! Let's burn everything!
Serena: That's what a party means to you!?
Natsu: Well, no. It means to beat Gray's ass too!
Gray: You're dreaming! I'm the one to beat you all the time!
Erza: Just shut up so I can do the disclaimer!
Diana: I thought Lucy was supposed to do it today.
Erza: Well, I'll do it! Have a problem!?
Diana: No Ma'am!
Lucy: I'll let Erza do it! I'll do it next time!
Erza: Good. Now Serena doesn't own us! Enjoy the chapter!
It was already night. Lucy still didn't wake up, but Zeref didn't let her side either. He kept saying it was his fault for this. And so… her choose to remain by the blonde's side all this time. "I'm sorry, Lucy… I'm really sorry." He said an kissed her forehead.
Lucy's POV
'I feel so hot… am I dreaming?' I thought. I was in a gray space. There was nothing there. Just me… And what was with the black dress I was wearing? It's cute but… should I care about fashion right now!?
I looked around. I walked a lot. But there was nothing. And after a little time of more walking I found a big mirror. It looked polished but still… there was no image reflected in it. Just when I touched it… the reflection came. But… it wasn't my reflection.
"Who are you?" I asked. She was looking like me… but it wasn't my reflection. She was moving different. And her dress wasn't black like mine. It was white. Pure white.
"I am you… and you are me. But… we're separated now." The other Lucy said.
"What so you mean?" I asked confused. Could there be two Lucy's? From the same time?
"That day… you choose to get away from me… from the good. We became two different beings. But you were the one outside. I remained blocked in this mirror." She said saddened.
"How can that be? If you're the good then… I'm the evil?" I said.
"That's right." She said and touched the mirror.
"Why didn't you contact me earlier then?" I asked and touched it too. Our hands were touching, but were not. The glass was still between them.
"I couldn't. You were too strong. But now… it's different. You're ill. You… fell in love." The other Lucy said with an awkward smile.
"What!? That can't be!" I said and turned around.
"But you did. You fell in love… with Zeref." She said and I blushed.
"What is it… I'm feeling so hot… It's like I'm burning…" I murmured.
"That's your love. Because you don't accept it yet. But after this… you'll be better." She said and I turned back to her.
"What do you mean…?" I murmured.
"If you accept your love for him, good things are bound to happen. He's there right now… watching over us. Over our ill body." She said and the image from the mirror changed and showed Zeref.
"Zeref…" I murmured and touched the mirror.
"See? You have feelings for him. Just say so." The other's voice echoed.
"What can I say…? He's immortal… I can die at any time. How can I say that I love him? It's just too painful!" I said holding a hand over my heart. The image turned back and the white Lucy appeared giggling.
"That's what love is! A mysterious feeling which bring both pain and joy. We just can't evade it. Instead… we should accept it. And what if he's immortal? Did that ever stopped us? Look around you. Our family changed. But that still doesn't stop us. We should just embrace it all. And watch over them." She said with a smile on her face.
"You're right… I guess… It's so strange. To talk with me… I feel like talking to Mira for a reason." I said and both of us giggled.
"So you're gonna say it?" she asked.
"Yes… I accept… that I love Zeref." I said and somehow my heart felt relieved. She smiled and started to fade away. "Where are you going…?" I asked her.
"You have no use of me anymore. I, which represents the good, can't stay within you any longer." She said saddened.
"I'm sorry. You suffered a lot because of me." I told her.
"It's alright… we both suffered in our own way. It's just that… I can't keep going on your path." She said.
"What is wrong with taking what you wish? What is wrong with taking revenge on something did to you…?" I asked.
"The wrong is that you don't think of others. You became selfish… and that's not good. I'm sorry…" she said. I then put a hand on the mirror and realization hit me.
"You… you don't love Zeref, right…?" I asked and she just looked in another part.
"That's… right…" she murmured.
"Then… who? Who is that you love?" I asked. But then my eyes widened. "It can't be!" I shouted in frustration but she just nodded her head slowly.
"That's right… the one I love… is Natsu." She said without looking in my eyes.
"Why…? Why do you still love him after everything…?" I asked her.
"Because… I can't help it. We are two halves. You moved forward… while I remained behind. I will always be a part of Fairy Tail. While you'll be a part of Devil Tail. Just our existence is contradictory… That's why I can't stay any longer by your side. I'm sorry… for everything…" she said and I saw her hand. While my mark was covered in scars, hers was the same pink, the same shine… She was cherishing that sign while I wasn't.
"Let us join again." I told her and she looked surprised. "I could be selfish. And I won't be able to love Natsu. But I know… one day… I'll create an utopia for my family. I'm not doing this for myself. But for them. The only thing for myself is that I'll make Natsu, your Natsu… pay."
"Then why do you want to be the queen?" she asked.
"Why? Why not…? If I do this, I'll do this perfect. I'll take control over Fairy Tail. And I'll turn the world in my dance floor." I said and I entered with my hand in the mirror. She looked shocked as I caught her and dragged her on my side. I hugged her and whispered something in her ear. Her tears fell down and she hugged me back.
"Thank you… for not letting me die…" she said and I opened my eyes finally.
Normal POV
As Lucy woke up she found Zeref asleep. He must been tired after watching over her for so long. She smiled and stood up. Feeling better she made a few steps until her stomach growled. She covered Zeref with the blanket and made her way to the kitchen. Juvia, Lyon and Mira were still awake.
"Lucy!" Juvia said and hugged the blonde while crying.
"Feeling better?" Mira asked.
"Yup! I'm not burning anymore so I'm fine." She said.
"That's good. You had us worried." Lyon said.
"Hehe… sorry about that." Lucy said giggling.
"It's ok. Now you're better. Where is Zeref?" Mira asked.
"Sleeping." Lucy said and sat down at the table.
"I guess so. He stayed all the day watching over you." Mira said mocking her.
"Eh… I know." Lucy said not blushing anymore. Mira looked surprised and began to wonder what happened. After some more time they all went to sleep.
Morning
In the morning Lucy woke up the first. She had Virgo make her breakfast and after that she went to change her clothes. She was going to search for a certain key around Fiore.
"Hmm…" Zeref murmured and opened his eyes. He looked on the bed but he didn't saw Lucy.
"You're awake?" the blonde's voice asked and he looked to see her fixing her ribbon at the dresser.
"Lucy!" He said surprised. How much did he sleep?
"That's me!" the blonde said smiling at him.
"Are you going somewhere?" Zeref asked.
"Yup. I'm going to search for a key. I should be back by the evening." She said and put her shoes on.
"But… are you better now?" he asked worried.
"Never better!" she said.
"Lucy… I'm… I'm sorry…" he said.
"For what?" she asked not knowing what he was talking about.
"For letting the window open…" he said waiting for her to shout or hit him.
"It's alright. I was the clumsy one there." She said giggling. He was surprised to see her acting like that.
"Hey, Lucy… are you… alright? You don't have a fever anymore, do you?" he asked suspicious and put a hand over her forehead.
"I told you that I'm alright." She said not even bothering to push his hand away. That made Zeref more suspicious.
"Do you mind if I come with you?" he asked.
"Not really. But be ready in ten minutes. I'm not going to wait more." She said and left the room leaving Zeref to prepare himself. In exactly ten minutes he was outside as she called for Auriga.
"Sup, Luce!" he greeted her as always.
"Hey, Auriga! Care to take us around today?" Lucy asked.
"Anything you want, Hime. Or should I say Queen?" Auriga asked with a smirk as he opened the door. Lucy and Zeref smiled and entered in the car.
"So? What is that key you're looking for, Luce?" Zeref asked.
"The Sculptor." Lucy said as she looked on the window.
"The Sculptor? Just that?" Zeref asked confused.
"Well, if I get another one it's fine too. You can't have too many units ever." Lucy said smiling.
"Seriously, is something wrong with you?" Zeref asked as he approached the blonde.
"Nope. Why?" Lucy asked as always.
"You act… strange…" he said still suspicious.
"Well, I was in bed last day. What do you expect?" Lucy said pouting.
"Yeah, perhaps you're right. But if you feel sick or anything tell me, ok?" he said concerned for her health.
"Hai, hai! I will!" she said like a little child. Zeref laughed and began to tickle her.
"Haha! Stop-! No more! No…! Haha!" she murmured while laughing. But Zeref didn't stop. He liked to see her like this. Like a little child. He felt grateful that she was there. With him…
"Nope!" he said and continued to tickle her.
"Fine! Haha! Take this!" she said and began to tickle him too. After a few minutes of playing like children, they sat down exhausted.
"How are we going to walk like that…?" Zeref asked with a smile on his face.
"I don't know… but we'll have to. See? A town. Auriga! Stop here." Lucy ordered and Auriga stopped the car.
"I'll come back when you call me then! Have a nice time together!" Auriga said before disappearing. Again, Zeref saw something strange in Lucy's behavior as she didn't complain or anything. Just a small blush appeared on her face.
"So?" Zeref asked.
"So what? Let's find a magic shop!" she said smiling and dragged him after her. The town was big enough and the population with magic was about 30%. So there were a few magic stores around.
"Aren't they a cute couple?" someone said as they saw the two.
"Yeah! I mean… he's so hot!" a girl said.
"But she's very pretty too. Look at her hair, what beautiful color!" another girl said as the two passed by.
"Zery! Come here! I have a good feeling about this shop!" Lucy said.
"What's with that name…?" Zeref sweat dropped as he approached her.
"Would you like me to call you by your name and then everybody to run? No… I don't think so. Come on, Zery! Let's enter." She said annoying him and dragged him in the shop. It was a nice decorated shop with a lot of magical weapons and items exposed.
"Welcome!" an old guy said as he saw the two clients.
"Um… hi. I've been wondering if you happen to have some key of the gates." Lucy asked.
"You want celestial keys? Well… I think I remember having a few in the back. Let me get them, ok? Look around the store until then." He said and left to search for the keys. Lucy and Zeref did as he said and looked around.
"Zery, what do you think? Does it suits me?" Lucy said with a black chocker and a small light blue gem resembling a tear tied on it around her neck.
"Kind of. But I think red suits you better." He said.
"Yeah, I thought so too. I was thinking to give it to Wendy. I wonder what it's doing." Lucy said and looked at it.
"It can store the memories of one within. So that they wouldn't be lost." The old man said as he came back with a box in his hands.
"That's cute! I'm taking this too! Now… let's see the keys. Oh, please let it be there too!" Lucy said hoping. The old man opened the box but when he did so a light blue stone shining fell on the ground. Zeref looked confused at it and picked it up but in the moment he touched it, a strange energy he recognized went all over his body.
"What a lucky day. We're taking this too." He said. The old man looked puzzled.
"I'm sorry… but that is not for sale, sir. It's… dangerous…" he said and tried to take the stone back but failed.
"Then I shall take it and leave you relieved. It must be very unpleasant to have something like that under your roof. Much more that you have a child around here." He said and pointed to the door inside only to see a little girl around seven. She was looking very shy towards Lucy.
"Amelia! Go back!" the old man shouted at her. She didn't move from there.
"But… she's the queen…" she said and pointed towards Lucy. "And he's the king…" she said now looking towards Zeref. "The ones from my dreams…" she murmured and realization hit the old man.
"You are Lord Zeref!" he said and bowed towards the black haired man. "I am so sorry, my lord. I didn't realize until my grandchild brought this up." He added. Zeref and Lucy were looking towards the little girl now.
"Come here." Lucy said and Amelia approached shyly the blonde. "How did you know who we are?" Lucy asked as she took the girl within her arms.
"I saw you two in my dreams. Standing in the time castle…" she said and Zeref's eyes widened. "You are the ones who'll make this world the paradise… for us…" she said and Lucy could see behind her green eyes the sorrow of her heart.
"You can take anything you want, my Lord, my Lady. Everything here, you can have it. As a gift from me and my granddaughter." The old man and showed the box with the celestial keys. In the box were five keys. Lucy's eyes sparkled as she saw them. All were silver but among them was the key she was searching for.
"Sculptor, Pictor, Ara, Vela and Carina! How lucky!" Lucy said excited and took them within her hands.
"Then we'll take them, the chocker and this stone." Zeref said with the stone still in his grasp.
"Yes, my Lord. You can have them for free. I couldn't possibly ask something from you." The old man said.
"Thank you!" Lucy said jumping from happiness. "Ne, what's your name?" she then asked.
"Daichi, my Lady." He said.
"I'm Lucy! Nice to meet you! We won't forget that, Daichi-san, Amelia-chan! See you later!" she said and she and Zeref exited the store.
"You did good." Zeref praised her.
"I just repaid them. By the way, what's with that stone? You looked very pleased by it." Lucy asked.
"Oh, this? Just a gift for Mira. And one of the seven Infernos." He said smirking and Lucy smirked then too.
"And one more thing." She said and Zeref looked at her. "I want ice cream."
Few hours later…
After they came back home, Lucy handed the girls their gifts. Wendy was so happy when she saw the chocker and she said she will never leave it. Lucy was very pleased to hear that the little girl liked the gift. And Mira too. As soon as she put her hands on the stone she felt the energy of that stone reacting with her owns. Zeref said it will take a while until the stone will enter in her body and be able to use it. But she didn't mind. Instead she made of it a nice necklace and wore it under her new red dress.
"I'm tired!" Lucy said and landed on the table outside.
"I made some tea. Try it." Mira said and poured her in the cup. Lucy took it and after she blew a little she tried it. Her eyes sparkled as soon as the aroma filled her mouth.
"This is delicious!" She squealed and Mira giggled.
"Glad you like it!" she said and sat down.
"Where are Lyon and Wendy?" Juvia asked.
"Zeref took them in the forest to train a little. He said Mira shouldn't do any magic for a while." Levy explained.
"And Happy and Charla?" Lucy asked.
"Well… Charla went with Wendy and Happy just followed her. But I guess Zeref will make them train too in the end." Levy added.
"Happy is so in love with Charla! By the way, how was your trip with Zeref?" Mira asked with a malicious smile.
"To your displease, nothing happened." Lucy said and drank from her tea. Mira pouted like a little child while the rest giggled. The night came and the ones went to train came back too. After a delicious dinner, they all went in their rooms.
"I still don't know why you wanted the Sculptor so much." Zeref said.
"Sculptor is the most talented one at building. That's why I wanted him so much. I told you that I will build more rooms! Hehe!" Lucy said smiling and sat on the bed ready to go to sleep.
"You're still at that…?" Zeref said and sat near her. "What am I going to do if you do so? I'll have to change rooms and I won't be able to sleep with you anymore." He said like a little child.
"I didn't say that." Lucy said smiling and that surprised Zeref. He was ready to bet that she would be angry now. But it wasn't like that. She was perfectly calm.
"Luce… tell me honestly. What happened with you?" he asked. Lucy's eyes softened and she smiled.
"Let's say that I talked a little with myself. And I came to realize some things." She said without looking in his eyes.
"Like what?" he asked and put a hand on her cheek raising her face to look at him. He could see her blushing and looking straight in his eyes.
"Like… I… I…" she murmured.
"Luce…" he said and bended towards her until their lips met. But Lucy didn't struggle or anything. She just closed her eyes and let herself float.
"Like the fact that I love you…" she whispered making a break from their kiss.
"Me too, Lucy, me too…" Zeref said and kissed her once more. Little did they know that this kiss was just the beginning. Because as the first snow was approaching, the time of war was too… In less than an year, they were going to gain a lot of things, to realize them, and to lose them… But right now… That kiss was the most important… because it was their evil oath of destruction… the destruction which was bound to come…
Serena: I hope you liked the Zercy! Because now, it's official!
Zeref: Yes! After this so long!
Lucy: Can you not make so much noise please?
Zeref: Hai, hai!
Diana: Hey! What are you doing here anyway! This is the ending corner! You guys shouldn't be here!
Zeref: Why not? After all I am the great and mighty Lord Zeref!
Diana: Let's not forget modest…
Zeref: Did you say something?
Diana: What if I did?
Zeref: I'll show you a WHAT IF!
Serena: Stop! (hit them both) What do you think you're making of my ending! There are people looking, you know!
Lucy: That's right! As a writer I can feel Rena's pain! You should be ashamed of yourself.
Serena: Yes, that's right. Now, Lucy. Take your boyfriend from here.
Lucy: Oh! Look! The time for ending is over! Don't forget to review, minna!
Serena: What!? No! Wait! No yet! Wa-! -