I paced back and forth, my hands bound behind my back. I was in a cell under the guild hall. My keys had been ripped from me along with all of my weapons. I should have stayed with Fairy Tail… I thought bitterly. I heard the door open and I stopped my pacing, placing my feet firmly apart in a power stance, lifting my head in defiance.

I saw blond hair and a flash of a white Saber mark and my glare hardened.

"Lucille-" Sting started, closing the door but I cut him off.

"Lucifer. It's Lucifer." I spat at him and he flinched at my tone before looking at me with an angry expression.

"Is it true?" He asked, clenching his fists and I raised a brow. He took in a deep breath, I knew he was struggling to stay calm. "Is it true you're the missing Princess?" He asked and I sucked in a deep breath.

"Jude Heartfilia is my father." I answered and a look of rage and hurt filled him, lunging forward and grabbing my arms tightly. I tried to move to defend myself but my hands were still bound. He took my arms with bruising force, shaking me hard and pulling me close to his face.

"You lied to me! How could you! You know what the royals did to me!" He screamed. I sucked in a breath, not answering him. He let out a growl, pushing me against one of the walls, slamming me against it. My head bounced off and I let out a low yelp, grunting and giving him a glare as he held me up.

"Well?! Answer me bitch!" He screamed and I looked into his eyes, slowly grinning at him.

"Salamander is scarier than you." I said in a low voice and his eyes widened, letting go of me and stepping away as if I had slapped him. My feet hit the floor and I barely caught myself from falling.

"My my…" I jumped at the voice, looking up to see Jiemma standing against the door with Lector, Froche and Rogue. I swallowed hard, standing back up straight and looking at him defiantly.

"He may be scarier than Sting...but he is still our enemy." Jiemma said and I narrowed my eyes.

"No. He's your enemy." I growled and Jiemma raised a brow.

"I've come to make you a deal. I will forgive this little incident and restore your title...on one condition." He said and despite my fury hope soared in my chest. If I became Captain again then I could go warn-

"You must kill Salamander and Makarov. You said they trusted you. It should be easy." He said and I nearly choked on my own spit, looking down.

"I…"

"Lucifer please! Just do it!" Lector suddenly cried out. My bangs fell in front of my face and I squeezed my eyes shut. Three months ago this would have been the easiest thing to decide. Could I kill them? After everything...would I be able to do it?

'You know I've always missed you' I flinched at the memory of when Salamander and I were talking about Lisanna and Yukino.

"I…" I felt my chest contract at the thought, swallowing hard and looking up at him. I wanted my title.

"No." I said clearly and the four boys around Jiemma let their shoulders sag.

"I won't kill them. I won't kill any member of Fairy Tail!" I yelled and Jiemma sighed.

"Looks like you need to be reminded of who your master is. You've strayed away and I've spent far too much money and time on you. Rogue, give her a level three punishment." Jiemma said and I sucked in a breath as Sting and Rogue both let out sounds of unagreement but they were silenced by a powerful wave of energy coming from Jiemma. I tensed my muscles as Rogue slowly turned to me, an emotionless face with only a slight flicker of regret in his eyes before it was gone. There were six levels of punishment, ranging from a simple things like exhausting exercise and endurance to full on torture. From one to six, one being the easiest to get through.

"We'll stop as soon as you agree. But you will kill at least Salamander whether you want to or not." Jiemma said as Rogue approached me and I knew I was in for a long night.

~~~ ? ? ~~~~

"Natsu calm down." Erza said but I brushed her words off, letting out another growl.

"Pull!" I yelled and Romeo scrambled to grab the lever, pulling it down hard and launching a piece of scrap wood from one of the countless tables that had been broken during a brawl. I let my fist ignite and I pushed my arm forward. My fire left my hand, making impact with the wood. It exploded and I took in a breath, continuing my pacing like before.

"Natsu, the Master will give us an answer soon when everyone gets back. You need to calm down." Erza said firmly and I turned on her, baring my teeth.

"No! I shouldn't have let her go! I should have tried harder- I should have gotten her to stay. I should have told her!" I yelled, my body catching fire. I wasn't angry at Erza. I was mad at myself and Sabertooth.

"Natsu!" My head snapped to the side at Mira's call, it sounding painfully like Lisanna's.

"Master wants everyone inside." She called and I let my flames snuff out, walking towards her. She disappeared into the guild hall followed by me, Erza and Romeo. I made my way through the crowd of us, crossing my arms and looking at the master who stood on the counter.

"My children...I'm sure you've all heard by now that the King has declared war against any wizards guild standing." He said gravely and I shifted, already knowing that.

"Do not worry though. I've called upon our past allies of other guilds and we'll have their answers by tomorrow. I'm tired of living under the radar, we used to be the greatest guild in the country. And I've decided we will be again. It's time to fight back!" Gramps said strongly. "We are Fairy Tail! I know it looks like a long battle but we have never faced a foe we couldn't defeat! It's time we throw this tyrant out!" He yelled and my family all lifted their voices in agreement, hands going up in the Fairy Tail hand symbol as they called out their support and agreement. The energy and excitement running through the crowd hit me and I felt my body heat up in reaction to it, hairs on the back of my neck standing up. I was just as excited and proud as everyone else. But I was focused on; in my opinion, the more important matter.

"Alright alright alright! Settle down!" Gramps called, looking at me and nodding. I shuffled as it got quiet.

"This brings us to another matter, a more urgent matter that requires an emergency response." He said and the guild started to murmur and shift. Gramps cleared his throat and it got quiet again.

"Our recent enemy made friend has returned to Sabertooth, but we have reason to believe she walked into a trap and is now in terrible danger-" Anything he was going to say after that was lost even to me as cries of outrage and worry lifted up along with other emotions.

"Lu-chan!" Levy cried, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I knew Sabertooth couldn't be trusted!" "We gotta go help her!" "What do you think they're doing to her?" "What do you think happened to Jellal?" "Do we really need to save her?" "Let's just focus on the king." "She wouldn't help us." "It's not our problem!" "She's our friend!" I sucked in a deep breath.

"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP!?" I yelled suddenly, a pissed off tone accenting my angry face. It fell silent again, everyone staring at me in surprise as I clenched my fist, jumping onto a table.

"Lucifer is our friend! We fought her in the past but how many other people have we faced in the past and now call our friends?!" I yelled, my face turning red in fury.

"Fairy Tail has never left anyone behind. You all loved her when she was here, everyone on the ship liked her and got along with her. She fought by us when a King's ship attacked us. Even saved a few of you and now you want to just leave her?! I've heard all of you talk about her as if she was a Fairy Tail member and frankly I consider her part of us. I'm going after her damn it, who's with me?" I asked, taking a deep breath.

"We'll send a group of five for a rescue. Who will go?" Gramps asked and I looked around.

"Aye!" Happy shouted suddenly and I gave him a nod.

"I'm in!" Gray called, moving forward with Happy, Gray climbing onto the bench of the table I stood on, Happy floating by my shoulder.

"Lucifer is my friend." Erza called, moving forward and climbing onto the other bench. I took in a breath before suddenly Cana shoved forward, taking a swig of her whiskey.

"I'm not gonna let a pair of tits like hers go to waste. And she's a good friend." Cana added after a second, standing in front of the table. I sucked in a deep breath, slight relief running through me. I looked up, seeing Gramps smiling softly at me, a glimmer in his eyes before he hid it and took on a serious look again, nodding.

"Pack, I want you brats gone in the next hour. Go get Lucifer and bring her back where she belongs." Gramps said and I gave him a wide grin, hearing encouragement from the crowd, all previous disagreement gone. I leapt down from the table, running toward the guild doors, hearing Erza, Gray, Happy and Cana falling behind me and running as well, each getting out and sprinting our own ways to go to our own places and grab bags. I'm coming for you Luce.

"Don't worry, they'll be some bad parts with you in there too." She said and I gave her a grin.

"I'll be the hero right?" I asked and she laughed." Mavis I loved how she laughed.

"The day you're my hero is the day I call your name for help." She told me and I pouted.

"I could be your hero." I persisted and she stuck her tongue out.

"I don't need one." She said and I shrugged.

"Everyone needs a hero."

I'll be your hero Luce…

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I opened my eyes, watching feet approach me in the cell. I looked up, seeing Jiemma. I closed my eyes, not wanting to look at him, exhausted from the punishment I had been given. I knew blood was dribbled down the corners of my mouth and neck. I had a painful bruise on my jaw, my entire torso was black and blue, bite marks that were starting to scab over up and down my body. I had been tied up again by the wrists, both of them bleeding from the metal cuff put on during the punishment. I knew they were raw and irritated without even looking at them. My body throbbed and I flinched when I felt Jiemma's boot on my side, pushing hard and rolling me over.

"Are you done with your little good natured thoughts? Are you ready to be my captain again?" He asked, putting pressure on my chest and limiting my breathing. I opened my eyes, both blood shot.

I saw Jiemma looking at me, no smirk or anything. It was the same face he had looked at me with when I was first brought on the ship. I realized I had never fooled him. He had known who I was since the beginning. I had thought his face was the definition of redemption, acceptance, a second chance. I had thought they gave me a family, trust and happiness. Now I knew why he hated Fairy Tail so much. For they were everything I had been fooled into thinking Sabertooth was. THEY were what I wanted. What I needed. They were family, trust, happiness, fun, a second chance. They had opened their arms to me and like an idiot I had walked away.

I was faintly aware others were in the room. I wasn't sure who but I didn't care. Everything was clear to me. I gave Jiemma a bloody grin, laughing to myself.

"Makarov is stronger than you. Fairy Tail...they'll kick your asses so hard you won't be seen until the day of your death...and Salamander will be the one to put you all in your graves." I said lowly, my throat hurting and my body screaming as I forced myself up, making Jiemma's boot come off of me. I felt wounds open, blood from my wrist splattering as I ripped the rope I had been rubbing against a stone. Before he could move I had his dagger in my hand, on my feet and against the wall of the cell. I nearly fell from how unsteady I was, my vision going black for a moment. He went to block a hit but I wasn't aiming for him, I recognized Sting moving forward but it was too late. I brought the dagger to my chest, pressing down hard and slashing. Pain shot through me as I made a deep cut through my Saber tooth mark, not breaking my glare with Jiemma and giving a pained but victorious grin, bringing the dagger up again, both dragon slayers that had been in the cell had frozen in shock. I made another cut, making an X. The Saber mark flickered, starting to fade as blood ran down my chest and soaked my ripped up top. I looked at Sting.

"You've just been promoted." I said, he stared at me in horror. The next thing I knew a huge amount of magic hit me, forcing me against the wall I dropped the dagger, letting out a scream.

"Maybe I was not clear. You will kill Salamander. Whether you want to or not. You've already rejected him." Jiemma snarled, infuriated with my actions, moving toward me menacingly. I spat at him, it landing in his eye.

"Never." He retracted, letting out an angry wail, wiping his eye and the pain I felt increased and I tilted my head up, letting out an agonized scream. He looked at me, his face contorted.

"You will. Natsu Dragneel is your mate." He said and my eyes widened, Sting let out a scream of defiance and the pain increased. The last thing I saw was Jiemma's enraged eyes and then everything went black.


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