2nd arena, morning
Lucy blinked, her back hurt from hitting the ground. She moved her hands and felt sand in between her fingers. A canon going off caused her to sit up and look her around. She was sitting on a beach. Out in front of her was an ocean, to her right was a forest, and farther down the beach to the left were some cliffs. She stood up and stretched, then turned around.
She stared in surprise. In front of her stood a massive building. There were two sets of windows, which meant that it was a two story building. She heard people talking and quickly took off running for the trees. She reached the trees just as the people came around the side of building. Their voices stopped and Lucy hoped that they hadn't seen her.
"Anything the matter?" A boy asked. Lucy peeked through between the leaves and saw the blue haired boy and the purple haired girl from the group they'd been about to fight on the other beach. The purpled haired girl was looking around, and Lucy knew that she must've heard her dive into the bushes.
"Sorry, I thought I heard something." The purple haired girl said.
"No big deal." The blue haired boy said. When they turned to leave Lucy stared at the huge bruise that covered the left half of the boy's face. That must be where Natsu punched him. She thought to herself.
"How about we check the inside of the building now?" The blue haired boy asked.
"No, I saw two people from the beach go in there earlier." The purple haired girl said. "Let's check the forest and see if we can find Angel or Otonashi in there." She continued. The blue haired boy nodded and they started to approach the woods. Lucy fingered her keys, she could use them, but she wanted to save them for the end, where she was sure she would need them most. Instead she quickly snuck around the edge of the building and ran right into the girl with white hair from the beach. How in the world had they ended up in such close proximity to each other?
The girl stared at her and then quickly stood up and ran around her. Lucy didn't wait another second. She had to find a door to this building.
"You'll regret that!" A voice she instantly recognized as Natsu's said. Running as hard as she could she finally reached the front of the building. She saw the door close, but didn't bother to stop and think who it might've been. She ran up the steps and burst through the door not bothering to stop and think what might be on the other side.
Sharp ice suddenly appeared in front of her and she was going too fast to stop herself.
"Lucy!" She heard Natsu yell as he came running toward her but he wouldn't make it in time. Just before the ice could pierce her skin she felt herself get knocked to the side. She rolled several times and when she opened her eyes she saw Otonashi staring at her. He quickly stood back up. She saw the fear fade from Natsu's eyes and now anger replaced it. Lucy watched wide eyed as he turned to face the lady with blue hair. Suddenly he burst into flames.
Lucy couldn't help but stare. How could he have unlocked his magic without the syringe? Relief coursed through her body. When she turned to thank Otonashi for saving her he was already gone. She fingered her keys and she knew that it was now or never. Grabbing a key she yelled "Open Gate of the maiden, Virgo!" A pink haired maid appeared out of nowhere and said "What are your wishes, princess?" Lucy smiled. Her and Natsu could take this blue haired freak any day.