A vision entered the guilds eyes, causing the all to fall unconscious and collapse to the floor. A woman, who looked like an adult Lucy, was with a well dressed man, whose face showed no emotion were in a room, a very elegantly decorated room. Layla and Jude Heartfilia, Lucy's voice entered their minds. The two adult's, Layla and Jude, were arguing, the vision zoomed in on the two, their voices more clear now.
"Layla, I know of your affair, and if you bear children for him I will not raise them, nor will you." The man's voice was firm, despite the fact that he was speaking of killing the child(ren).
"Jude! I know that you're rich, but that doesn't mean that you can act like a monster! And don't think that I don't know that you've been running around, picking up as many chicks as you can!" The man seemed taken aback by this for a second, but he quickly reclaimed his emotionless, cold, stern exterior. The scene slowly faded, bringing forth a different one, The woman, Layla, was still there, but the man was gone. On either side of the woman were Lucy's spirits, she was facing a giant with a humongous mustache. The Celestial Spirit King, Lucy's voice rang through their heads.
"Layla, he's the reason for your illness, leave her with me, he's unfit to raise her. That monster will only grow to see her as a way to raise his fortune!"
"I know, but she won't reach her full potential unless she summons you herself, therefore I'll be in-trusting our twelve friends to a few of my most trusted assistants. At least until the inevitable happens and they find each other."
"Then I'll-" The Celestial Spirit King was cut off by Layla.
"I will see you soon, I will be one with the stars in a few months' time." The image faded once more. Layla was on a four-poster bed, decorated with the finest of everything. Beside the bed, on a stool, was master Makarov. Layla, very weakly, handed him a piece of paper that had been folded in half.
"Dad, I finished it. This prophecy shall insure that she comes to you." Makarov opened his mouth to speak, only for Layla to, once again, cut someone off.
"I've spoken to the dragons, they have stacked the cards in our favor, she will meet him, and then the prophecy will be completed."
"Good, I will put it in the Book of Fairy Tail Prophecies. She shall awaken, and when that time comes, I WILL protect her."
"I'm glad, Dad. Now go! Before he sees you." She seethed the word 'he', and the image stopped, leaving them to drift in the darkness. They opened up their eyes and got up from where they'd collapsed.
"Does this mean that you'll have to leave, Lucy?" Asked Natsu, the guild noticed how serious he is, due to the lack of the nickname for his wife.
"Only for a year Natsu, or four days in the spirit world, for now I'll have Loke bring you letters from me, and I'll leave you with one thing." Natsu looked confused.
"Once I leave there'll be a diamond key on the floor, it's sign is a red star, the key itself will look like a dragon made of diamond with a flame-red star in it's mouth. That key will allow us to communicate through the dimensional barrier." Natsu seemed to understand, and looked overjoyed at the concept of talking to his wife during the year that she's in the spirit world. Lucy gave him one last kiss, and with a swipe of her hand opened a portal, once she stepped through the portal closed and a clear, diamond key fell to the floor. Once Lucy left the room seemed to dull, to loose a bit of it's brightness.
"I guess she really was light." Spoke Gray, noting the shift in the room. The guild left Natsu on the floor, holding the key as if it was his only hope at living, to clean from the wedding, and prepare for the dull, light-less year ahead.