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The cold stone bit into her raw back as she hugged her knees closer to her chest. Lucy let out a long sigh as her brown eyes stared off into the darkness beyond the metal bars of her cage. Lucy didn't know how long she had sat there waiting for Hadrian to show his grim face. All she knew was that she was beginning to become anxious and nerves with every passing moment. Lucy closed her eyes trying to keep her mind at peace and keep the worrying thoughts at bay, but the longer she sat there the more her panic and fear crept towards her. She let her head roll to the side to look at Yukino. The hope that Lucy had seen in her eyes when she had arrived had faded into the background and the despair slowly returned. Lucy didn't want to admit it but that despair was slowly beginning to close in on her.

"Yukino. I never asked, what keys did you have?" Lucy asked the question that had been rolling around in her mind for a while now.

Yukino smiled at the question and at the mention of her spirits. "I have two gold keys, three silver…. and I have one of the unknown keys. My silver keys are the compass Pyxis, Cygnus the swan, and the chisel Caelum. I have Pisces the paired fish, and Libra of the Heavenly Scales. My unknown key is known as Ophiuchus the Snake charmer," she said smiling as she talked about her spirits.

Lucy could tell that she cared deeply for her spirits, much like herself who saw them as friends instead of tools. However that joy became sour in her mouth as she noticed that Hadrian now was close to collecting all 12 of the zodiac keys. She didn't know what was possible with all 12 of the keys but knew that nothing good would come of it if their were in the hands of someone evil.

"You care deeply for your spirits," Lucy stated and Yukino replied with a genuine smile.

"What about you?" Yukino asked sitting up to join Lucy.

"I have the other ten Golden keys and five Silver keys. I have the Southern Cross Crux, the Pendulum Clock Horologium, the Lyre Lyra, Canis Minor Nikoras, and I also have the Compass, Pyxis. What worries me is that Hadrian now has all 12 keys within his reach," Lucy sat her eyes moving back to the steal bars as fear clutched her heart.

"Within his reach?" Yukino questioned catching Lucy's little slip.

"I was able to protect one memory from his magic. I can't tell you what it is just in case he is listening but it does help our situation only a little," Lucy said smiling at Yukino.

That smile soon faded when the deep and manic laugh reached their ears. Both snapped their heads to the little corridor in time to see their captor stride into view. His hood was back letting them see the pale eyes and intense scar that decorated his face. His face was contorted into a smirk as his crazed laugher echoed throughout the cell. Lucy couldn't hold back the shiver that racked her body at the feel of the shadows encasing her wrists once more.

"It's time Star Gazer," he said as the cell door swung open and she was pulled violently forward.

"LUCY!" Yukino yelled as Lucy slammed against the cold stone floor.

Lucy could here Yukino standing and panic erupted in her heart. Lucy brought her head up just in time to see Hadrian lift his hand but Lucy was quicker. She pushed herself up in a move Erza had taught her and pushed his arm high in the air making him miss Yukino by inches. She took a step back putting herself between Yukino and the man in front of her bringing her hands up in surrender.

"Don't hurt her. I will go with you peacefully just leave her be," Lucy said her voice wavering in the slightest.

He growled and brought his hands down tugging at the shadows that encased her wrists like a leash. Letting out a deep sigh she glanced back at Yukino who had tears running down her face.

"I'll be okay Yukino. Don't loose hope," Lucy said before she was pushed past the cell loosing sight of her friend. She hoped that she would be okay. However she had spoken to soon.

Hadrian chuckled beside her before slamming her into a wall and raising his hand. Shadows encased her body and she was unable to move. The scream that filled the corridor pierced her heart and sent a chill of horror down her spine. Lucy thrashed against the bonds that encased her scream frantic to try and save her friend Yukino from the punishment that he was forcing on her.

"STOP IT!" Lucy yelled tears flowing down her face as the screams of Yukino echoed throughout the hall. It felt like an eternity of screaming and fighting for Lucy. Who knew what Yukino was going through. It was like de-ja-vu for Lucy. Her nightmare from so long ago playing in her head like a skipped tape. She hadn't been able to protect anyone then and she couldn't protect Yukino now. She cried out in frustration and put all her might against the bonds that encased her but they never budged.

"I think that's enough fun we have business to attend too," he said after several minutes of the agonizing screams that were like music to his psychotic ears.

The screams finally seized and Lucy was released from her bonds only to be pushed violently forward. She fought the entire way calling out to Yukino but she never got a reply, which only made her fight harder. Yukino was a strong girl she could get through whatever Hadrian put her through. However the fear still plagued Lucy's heart as she began to assume the worst. Lucy saw blank faces look up at her as she passed. When the fourth face looked up at her she stopped fighting as hard and took in her surroundings. They were passing the other cells and she was looking in at the other prisoners. There was one last cell that she was to walk by and she looked in and her blood turned cold.

Sitting in the corner of the cell was a young boy of maybe 6 years of age. His little arms circled around his small legs. Lucy could see the cuts and bruises that decorated his tender skin. His bright blue eyes looked up as they passed and she saw the hopelessness that echoed in his tear brimmed eyes. Lucy's own eyes blurred as new tears began to spring forward. She offered him a small smile since it was the only thing she could give him hoping to banish some of that hopelessness from his innocent eyes. She never got to see if he would return her gesture as Hadrian pushed her down the dark corridor.

Lucy's mind was riddled with horror and fear as she stumbled down the dark corridors. She kicked and screamed the entire way, making it very difficult for them to navigate the dark tunnels. They took many twists and turns and went up hills and down hills. Lucy tried to track their progress as she fought against the shadow bonds. By the time they had come into a larger room Lucy had no idea how she would ever find her way back. There had been so many turns that she had lost count. Escape seemed even less possible now that she knew that a maze awaited her in the dark corridors. However what lay in front of her stole her complete attention.

The room was larger than she had first observed. The rock walls stretched high above her and she could see the twinkling of the stars high above her. A large ominous black orb hung in the middle of the room. Metal wiring clung to the walls and wrapped around the black object to keep it in place. Lucy noted that it looked like a large tear as the black orb sat at the bottom and the metal casing stretched high above to the little clearing. It was the strangest thing Lucy had ever laid eyes on. It was also the most threatening object as she felt the dark magic pulse from the black rock that lay at the bottom of the tear.

Lucy attempted to shrink away but Hadrian wasn't having any of that. He took her blonde hair in his hand and dragged her towards a set of stairs she hadn't seen before. Lucy screamed as pain erupted in her scalp. As they ascended the stairs she started to fight back again but the shadows that he controlled kept her mostly restrained. To Lucy's joy she had managed to get one good bite into his hand and another good kick to the shin. He howled in pain and smacked her hard across the check and threw her hard on the little landing they had climbed too. Lucy saw that they now resided right above the ominous black rock. He clasped an iron shackle around her wrists before she could even register what had happened. Tugging on a chain her arms were brought above her head and lifted her up so she was balancing on the balls of her feet.

"What do you plan to achieve?" she spat at him as her anger began to boil over.

He took her chin in his hand and leaned in close. His pale eyes boring into her own. She could see the excitement dance in his eyes as he gazed at her with a lustful look. She suppressed a shiver and met his pale eyes with a deathly glare as his other hand brushed through her hair. His smirk only grew as she continued to glare. Lucy was unable to suppress the next shiver of disgust that flew up her spine as he leaned in even closer almost touching her lips. The disgust that filled her made her want to vomit and crawl into a corner never to return to the light of day.

"My plan is to rule this world," he stated simply. "And you are the key to my success," he said his nasty breath wafting over her.

"I will take great pleasure in watching you wither in pain. It is to bad that the stone of eternal night shall put you into a state of unconsciousness. I rather liked your lively spirit. However I guess that won't be for a few days," he said with a smirk as he played with her hair. Lucy was using all of her self control not to head butt the guy since she needed answers.

"What will happen to me?" she asked her voice sounding small to her own ears.

"I guess it doesn't hurt to tell you my plans considering your already chained up. Nobody will be here to save you. My plan Star Gazer is to unleash the power that Zeref hid in the stone below you. Zeref created the stone to be able to consume the Celestial world whipping away the stars from the sky and then consuming the pure magic that resides there. However it has it's down falls. While it may have unlimited power it acts like a parasite living off another in order to survive. That is why I have collected you and your little Celestial friends. You are his food source and his access point to the Celestial Realm. A door you could say. Whoever unleashes the power held within the stone of eternal night shall be granted ultimate power as well, which is why I have started this plan with such enthusiasm. With that power I can bend anyone to my will, access any memory I wish to see, and torment any who stand in my path. While the stone dominates the sky I shall rule the ground, everything forever cast into the shadows," he said as he burst out into hysterical laughter throwing his head back and laughing up at the night sky.

Lucy felt sick to her stomach. She had never anticipated that the man that had tormented her life could hatch such an evil plan or even that such destruction was even possible. He was going to destroy two worlds just so he could have the ultimate power he craved. All of her friends whether human or spirit were in danger. She had to warn someone about the threats that were creeping upon the world, but how? She was tied to the very machine that was going to cast everything in darkness. To make matters worse they were going to use her to do it. It was going to be her that acted as the door to the Celestial Realm. Her that was going to let the darkness spread across the two worlds. She had to stop it, but how?

Lucy was frozen in fear as her mind rolled in the horror of the situation. She was pulled out of her thoughts when she felt the brush of cold lips against her own. Lucy reacted instantly biting down hard on the lip till she drew blood than she slammed her head against his.

"Stay away form me!" she yelled as he stumbled back clutching his lip and forehead. She heard his deep chuckle before he looked back up at her a thin trail of blood dripping down his chin. He looked crazed with his excited glint in his eye and the evil smirk that pulled at his scar.

"As feisty as ever I see," he said with a laugh before he descended the steps.

"I won't let you win!" She screamed after him. "I'll never let you or that stupid rock get away with this!" She was fuming now, clawing desperately at any idea that may help save the two worlds.

She could see him now as she looked down his hand placed on the black inky surface of the rock. She could feel the pulse of black magic swell around her. Lucy desperately called on her own magic. Letting it thrive in her chest like she had practiced so many times. She didn't have her keys but she had to try something. She called out to the one spirit she knew c

ould help her. Leo she called out with her magic. Trying to get him to feel her magic or hear the words they carried. Loki if you hear this warn the Celestial King. They are going to unleash a dark magic into your world with me as the gate. I will try to stop it, but I can't promise what will happen. Please here these words Loki. She chanted continuously.

Lucy knew that this attempt was slim but it was her only option. Her magic was tied with her keys and maybe just maybe they could hear her message. It was her third chant when something cold touched her toes. Lucy's eyes snapped open and she looked down only to see that black ink was slowly seeping out of the black rock and encasing her. She only had a few moments to ponder the oddity of it before the pain began. The pain hit her like a sledgehammer and she screamed at the top of her lungs. She threw her head back and tried to fend off the increasing pain. Her eyes were trained on the distant stars above her as tears of pain fell form her chocolate eyes. As the inky surface crawled up her skin coating every part of her with it's dark magic.

As the black ink spread over her face she felt the pulse of her own magic acting on its own. NO! She screamed as a magic circle appeared above and below her opening a gate to the celestial world. She fought through the pain and tried to force close the gate above her but to no avail. The inky substance began to invade her vision. The last image she had before her vision left her was a single star high above her flickering out. Leaving a dark and empty hole where it used to be.

All across Fiore citizens ran outside in horror as the stars began to fade from the sky. Like a dark blanket slowly washing over the night sky. Everyone knew that the vanishing stars were a bad omen. Something was coming and it only struck fear in the citizen's hearts. In a certain guild on the edges of Magnolia all of the young wizards rushed outside. Many could feel the foreboding feeling deep in their guts as they watched the stars fade from the sky. Nobody understood what was happening but all of them knew that this was only the beginning.

However a certain group of exceeds and a young blonde wizard with wings in her hair looked on with concerned and determined eyes. They stood away from the group of Fairy Tail wizards looking up at the sky with a knowing look. They were running out of time and they needed to act fast to complete the mission that lay ahead of them and to save their beloved friend from the clutches of the darkness.

Till next time...