Chapter 14
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"Oh my gosh! This is so good," Erza exclaimed as she shoved spoonfuls of mango gelato into her mouth. Lucy laughed sheepishly, that's Erza for you. The four of them were seated at the star mango gelato stand that Lucy had pointed out. The man who owned the stand was very nice and very welcoming. Although, he did say that he hoped that they wouldn't cause another scene.
"To have a mango stand in this area, you've got some comercial spirit," Gray stated.
"Why thank you young man," The owner replied as he handed Natsu his second bowl of mango gelato. They were paying for this by the way, Lucy made sure they had enough money to fulfil Natsu and Erza's sweet tooths.
"Nothing is more important to me than this business," He continued. "Fights happen around here all the time, but for me it's all about expansion! I want to save enough money to bring this over to Isghar."
"Great plan," Erza said.
"Oh are you all from Isghar?" He asked.
"We are," Natsu answered in between bites. He was enjoying this snack, but he was also keeping an eye on Lucy at the same time. He couldn't help but still be a little worried about her since she had collapsed earlier. To be honest, he had been a little worried about her since the beginning of their journey when she was having all of those bad dreams. He knew they were bad dreams even if she didn't wake up because she would always toss and turn with a pained expression on her face. Natsu couldn't help but wonder if this was all connected….
"Well I'm sure you'll see me over there very-." All of a sudden, the gelato shop blew to pieces and they were thrown out of their seats.
"Well done! Well done!"
"Who did that?" Erza shouted. "How could you?" Lucy went over and tried to help the owner up. Unfortunately, all the man could do was just sit on the ground clutching the remnants of his beloved stand.
"Hello there!" A man wearing a purple blazer and trousers was standing before them with a grin.
"The name's Marin Hallow," He announced. "And I am apart of the Brandish Force, which is apart of the Alvarez Empire army force." Gray turned around and tossed Lucy their bag of money.
"Take the money sir," He insisted. "It may not be a lot, but it's something that could help you get back on your feet."
"Don't worry," Erza exclaimed. "I will avenge your star mangoes!" Lucy helped the mango owner up and handed him the money.
"Run far away from here," She urged.
"Thank you," The owner said before rushing away.
"Well done! Well done! You'll get a well done from me anytime," Marin yelled with that same annoying grin.
"Enough," Erza shouted. "I'll show you the wrath of the desserts! Requi-" Erza paused suddenly and the magic around her died down instantly.
"Erza come on! What are you doing?" Natsu asked.
"I….I can't use my magic," Erza answered with a confused look on her face. "I don't know what's happening."
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Let me fill you all in," Marin said. "You can't use your magic because of my magic! I own space!"
"Space? What the hell do you mean by space?" Gray asked.
"Oh okay, I guess you all need a little bit more insight," Marin replied. "The knight" is a kind of magic that enables me to instantly equip anything I want. Which is why you can't use any of your spacial magic against me. Is it clear now?"
I won't be able to use any of the star dresses, but maybe I can still call one of my spirits. Lucy thought. She pulled out one of her keys.
"Open! Gate of the archer, Sagittarius," She shouted. The zodiac glowed and then the glow was out in an instant.
"Guess not," Marin said. "Celestial spirit magic is special magic too! Sorry to break it to you!"
"Shoot," Lucy exclaimed.
"Oh, I forgot to mention something," Marin said. "Since you two broke free of my laws of space….." Suddenly, Lucy felt a weird sensation up her legs and went she looked down she saw that she was actually disappearing.
"What the heck," She shouted.
"Lucy! Erza!"
Everything went dark and Lucy found that she was sitting down on a hard surface. She looked around and saw that they were a completely empty room. It would have been relatively tame, had it not been for the creepy voice loops. There were unintelligible whispers echoing throughout the room.
Why do I feel like I'm being watched? Lucy thought. She glanced over at Erza, who looked just as creeped out as felt.
How are we going to get out of there?
Then, Lucy began to feel the weird sensation up her legs again.
Oh no, where are we going now? Everything went dark in a second and then Lucy felt the warmth of the sand under her. She opened her eyes and saw that they were back.
"Oh thank goodness," Lucy said.
"What was that creepy room?" Erza asked. It took Lucy a second to get used to her surroundings and that's when she noticed that there was another person there.
"Who is that?" Lucy asked. This woman, with green hair was giving off such an immense power that Lucy felt herself scoot back instinctively. She walked away from them and that Marin guy chased after her.
"Wait Lady Brandish, our job is to capture the spy and their acquaintances that have gone to look for him," He stated. "And if we go back Master Wahl will-"
"Marin." Brandish stopped walking and turned around.
"Isghar wouldn't dare come at Alvarez even if we did let them go anyway," Brandish said nonchalantly. That's one thing that Lucy noticed about this wizard she was definitely more on the relaxed side…...at least right now.
"Yes that's true, but wouldn't it be terrible if we told them that we couldn't find any?" Marin asked. "We'd be complete failures."
Brandish rolled her eyes, "Such things don't concern me." She turned around and started to walk away again with Marin following behind. Lucy stood up and saw Natsu walk forward.
"Natsu!"
"Hey wait up," He called. Brandish paused and turned around once again.
"Look what you've done to one of ours," Natsu stated. "There's no way I'm letting that slide." Brandish and Natsu locked eyes, neither one of them looked like they were willing to back down.
Then she turned to Marin, lifted her hand, and suddenly he disappeared. That shocked each of the Fairy Tail members.
"Now we're one person down too," Brandish said. "That makes us even and I'm going to leave. Troublesome matters aren't my favorite." Lucy looked over and saw Natsu getting angry.
"You took out one of your-"
"Like I said, it was getting troublesome," Brandish interjected. "Now, I want to go, so I'll let them know that I took out the spy. I'm willing to just let this matter go, but if you do troublesome things then who knows what will happen. Don't come any closer. This is a warning."
Instantly, the ground disappeared and the three of them were in the water. They were not just wading in the water, there were rough waves crashing against them. There was screaming and Lucy turned around to see that the other people on the island had gotten caught in the water as well. People who had nothing to do with their situation.
Brandish was standing comfortably on a small piece of land.
"There are 12 other wizards in the powerhouse called Alvarez, so do not fight a battle that you cannot win," Brandish advised them. Though, what she said next shocked Lucy even more.
"Oh and by the way Fairy Tail, Makarov is alive," She added both disappearing.
"There's 12 more wizards just as powerful as her," Lucy said. "What are we going to do?"
"I just can't believe they found out about us," Gray commented.
"Now I've seen this, I know that we need to save master more than ever," Erza commented.
"We're coming gramps," Natsu said.