Celestial Melody
Chapter 14 – Powers
"NO I will never allow her to be part of this plan. Besides, she cannot talk anymore, what makes you so damn sure she'll be able to pull that off?" Natsu shouted, a little too loudly and Lucy couldn't help but flinch. She could not hide the fact that she had been listening in to their conversation. Fortunately, the two of the other mages did not see her flinch and continued debating over whether they should allow Lucy into whatever plan. "Seriously, Natsu, think logically. She doesn't need her voice to pull it off because we only need her powers. If her powers are activated, then we can save the world…" Cana said, after taking a gulp of her booze. She was getting fed-up but the insistent Natsu, but she knew that no one other than Lucy would help them.
"She… Convince her then. If you can convince her, then I think the rest of the Guild would agree to it to," Natsu relented, and went out, closing the door with a soft click. He did not understand why they could not use his strong powers for the plan, and needed to use Lucy's new found powers. "Damn it…" he whispered, and punched the wall beside him, making a deep indent on it. However, let's take a step back, and visit Cana and Lucy. "Lucy… are you awake?" Cana touched Lucy's shoulder gently, feeling the shivers coming from Lucy. Lucy pretended to move a little, before opening one eye and tried to smile. She forgot that her voice was gone, and tried to speak but obviously nothing came out of her throat. Lucy felt a tear drop falling, slowly, from the corner of her left eye. She reached for a paper and ignored the tear; writing down: So.. I heard you and Natsu were talking really loudly but I could not catch what was going on. Fill me in?
Cana took the paper from her friend, and her face fell significantly after she read it. "Okay… We were talking about you," she sighed, and raked a hand through her hair. She did not know how to start the conversation without hurting Lucy's feelings, or at least would probably hurt it. "The two years you were gone, something actually happened. There is this evil source, even more menacing than any we have ever encountered. We are not sure what it is but we know its aim. It wants to accumulate enough magical power to take over the world. Mages from the entire world have tried to locate this source but to no avail. Therefore, two major guilds were selected by the magic council to give it the magic power it wants. Fairy Tail and Sabertooth was chosen. Sabertooth is working hard, but Fairy Tail isn't. We are forming up a plan, to give it a deadly magic power, a deadly magic lacrima such that when it gets hold of it, it will explode. It will die and never to be seen from the Earth again. There is one problem. The only type of magic that can do that is Lost Magic and no one in Fairy Tail has that magic, or even close to it…" Cana said slowly, watching Lucy's expression closely. When she came to the end, Lucy had more or less knew what they wanted with her. But why? "Lucy… the thing is… ever since you came back, we knew that your Magic that you had acquired is the closest thing to Lost Magic. You see, even Dragon Slaying magic is not Lost magic because, well, it is Dragon Slaying magic. But the fact that you can summon all your spirits, you have an unknown magic sealed inside you from birth. It's something like second origin but much stronger. You could have died with that sword so close to your vital organs but the thing is, the magic that you have sealed inside protected you. You not being able to speak is also because of the strong magic you have," Cana continued, refusing to meet the blonde's face.
Lucy wanted to know more and leaned forward, really interested. Cana did not notice but went on nonetheless, "In every body, there's a defence and an offence magic locked inside. If you're in immense danger, the adrenaline will activate the defence magic and it will protect every part of your vital organs. For you, the defence power you have is too strong and when it went to protect your organs, it accidentally hit you vocal cords and temporarily damaged it. No, I'm not a healer but Levy had taught be all these. She acquired it from books and tried to explain it to me in the simplest way. Anyway, to continue, your vocal cords are self-repairing right now, as we speak also because of the defence magic in you. Every average mage has a 40 percent of magic in their body, maximum 80, for the case of the dragon slayers. For you, your body is mostly made of magic. I can even say that you are magic itself. You have 95% of magic in you and the other 5% is your basic human needs. Thus separated into 70% of water etc but that is not important. The thing is you are almost magic… and we need your magic. We need that immense of magic in you to carry out the plan we have been sorting out since a month after your departure. Do you understand what I'm saying, Lucy?" It was a very long speech, but Lucy understood and she bit her bottom lip nervously. She did not know that she had so much power in her, and she did not know that it played a very important part in their current state. She took the paper and wrote: I need to know more about this power, will you tell me more? Cana looked at it and nodded, willing to do anything as long as their plans worked.
"We call it the Madness. Reason for it? You can probably tell through the name we have given it. Madness has been causing Chaos all over the world, and is absorbing a lot of power but it is not enough. Its magic storage is up to only 30%, and the other 70% would come from us two guilds. Fairy Tail will be contributing more, naturally, which means the magic power we need is immense. Yes, your power will be needed but the other three dragon slayers; Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel will also be involved because their powers will serve as a foundation for your powers to layer on. Now, when you have 95% of magic in your body, once we drain it, you will be left with 40% of it, which is what your power is at 2 years ago. Because of this, your defence and offence magic will go down as well but it is essential for this plan to work. So what do you say, Lucy? Are you willing to lend us your power?" Cana explained then asked, her eyes full of hope. By that time, she was already sitting on the bed where Lucy was at. Lucy gripped the sheets tightly, asking herself if she wanted her magic to be back down to 40%, at the level where she thought she was so darn weak. Lucy sighed, putting her head down and contemplated. 10 seconds passed, and Lucy looked up slowly, to meet Cana's eyes steadily.
She felt her voice generating in her throat and she opened her mouth.
"Yes."
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To Be Continued
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A/N – I'm really sorry for not updating sooner but here's all the chunk of content that will explain many things. Yes I made up like most of it, but that's why stories are called stories eh? :D Thanks for stickin' around! This story will be ending soon… maybe like next chapter or something.. So yeah! Cya folks ^^
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters because Hiro Mashima, the wonderful and awesome creator do. THANKSS
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