AN: I will be replying back to your reviews soon (by next chapter). School has started back so I will be back to doing weekend updates. It is actually really hard for me to write while I am in school. Was a bit rushed with my last chapters since I tried to do a whole bunch over spring break. The thing is that you guys... my reviewers and friends online are my only support to write. Nobody in real life could give a damn about my stories. Most of my friends are not into anime or if they are, they do not read fanfictions. My family thinks its just a "phase" that takes me away from my studies. I actually grew up a life very similar to Lucy's with overbearing parents that drained the life out of me. I became Valedictorian in hs not because I was the smartest in school but because I was forced to study all the time. That was a very hard time because of my adhd and dyslexia. So my parents got me on medication. Not because I acted up or was a "bad child" but because I was not perfect. That maybe why I have such a hatred of forcing myself to edit each chapter. Should really get a beta reader. Then I never had a boyfriend until I got away from my parents in college. My boyfriend forced me to stop manga/anime for a long time. He hated my stories. I gave up writing for a long time because nobody would read them, and it also was really hard to find time to write. Right now I don't have a job but school is really hard and I hope to keep this story going. It's encouraging to be able to get a chapter out and find that people want to read it. I actually have a lot planned for this story. Hope to do it justice in the future because I will take a somewhat darker tone with part 3. We are getting close to the end of Act 2. think there is 10 more chapters in this part. My original story outline had 80 chapters with 4 parts. That has changed some. Each part was based on a different season. So like part 1 was winter just like now we are in spring. The last two parts were summer and autumn. The four acts also represented the four types of fairies in my story. Act 1 talked about Mavis and the auroras of the north. Part 2 mentioned Evergreen and the pixies. Two other fairies were mentioned (Sprggins and Tenrou). There are also four main elements that each fairy represents. The auroras were flame that actually Zeref fed to Natsu if anyone remembers that from chapter 2. Evergreen and the pixies have earth elements. Thinking that Tenrou will be air based (for reasons), which leaves the Spriggins as water based.

I want to include some Zerlu stuff within the next few chapters. Lucy will still get her training.

AN2: Wow that sounds really depressing, but that has been on my mind for awhile now.

To make this Author's note a bit happier...

Yes I did look up the definition of "suck" on google for that short story. So where did the inspiration for my short story Nude come from? I was sitting in class. Bored out of my mind when I had this thought... "What if a naked person walked in? How would people react?"

Then I thought, "What if it was Natsu walked in..."

My answer was "Only if Lucy sat here would there be a reaction...hmmm this sounds like a fanfiction."

So I wrote the story in class when I should have been paying attention.

Peace to everyone! Love you guys!

Chapter 33: The Dragon of the Apocalypse

Andromeda was afraid to leave the sanctity of the village.

Was she really protecting them?

Really she could have stayed and fought but her energy would have been used up at a faster pace.

So was she really just saving herself?

Tears welled up in her eyes. The fear of death haunted her. The former celestial being was scared to use too much of her magic. Her life force was tied to it. The more she used, the less time she would have on Earthland.

What happened to spirits that died?

In the spirit world, they were immortal. They never gave a thought to time or life.

Now she wondered. Did they simply cease to exist if they died on Earth? Were they reborn? Did they travel to some higher plane?

When Draco had died, his body did not reappear in the spirit world like a spirit uncondemned by the Celestial King? So where had his spirit gone? She always had a silent wish he had been reborn. Maybe one day they would meet again. She missed his friendship and laughter.

Thwack!

A sharp pain radiated from her left cheek into her eye as a branch caught her face, slicing into the skin. A slip of blood trailed down her chin.

She was going to have to concentrate more on where she was running.

Howls in the distance made her heart pound more.

The celestial maiden pushed her scarf into her robes, not wanting to accidentally tear it if it was caught. The white scales warmed under her touch. In fact, when she felt threatened the scarf always warmed up as if shielding her. She liked to think that her friend was still trying to protect her in death.

The pounding of feet was getting closer to her.

A series of growls echoed somewhere to her side.

They were angry. Angry she had discovered their den of lycanthropes and amaroks. Angry that she had managed to kill a few in her retreating battle. And thus the creatures were systematically hunting her down...

This was their territory.

Normally, amaroks were not pack creatures unless bred in captivity or under the spell of alpha mage. Apparently, the lycanthrope were a coven of wizards that practice skin walking. They stole the flesh of beasts and mages in order to take over their magic by combining the tissue with their own, making them part human and part monster.

Disgusting really.

Since using take over would have give the filthy humans the same results without the bloodshed.

This was one reason why she was starting to hate humans.

They enjoyed suffering.

Had her sacrifice been in vain?

Was her immortality worth trying to save them?

She bit her lip as a man sprung up in her path.

"Binding seal!" the man froze at her words. Of course, if they tired to kill her, then she would kill them without hesitation.

Even a dog fought back.

"Now die!" Andromeda spat as she jumped over the man's now convulsing body.

Two more appeared in his place. One managed to sink their teeth into her elbow. Clutching her arm, she kicked at him while casting her binding. "Fight him!" She yelled.

The one whose mouth was drenched in her blood launched himself at his partner and began to attack him furiously. The surprise caught the other monster off guard. He went down fairly easily. Andromeda did not stop to pay attention to who was winning once she was loose from the guy's mouth.

Every spirit controlled an element, a different aspect of magic. Leo controlled light. Horologium was time and space. Her father controlled the one magic - All forms of magic, which was why he was the leader. Draco had dragon magic. Crux was the magic of knowledge and script. Her power was the magic of bind souls and make them do what she wanted.

The bushes rattled. A long dark figure sprung out at her, tackling her to the ground. A female lycanthrope whispering, "We just want you skin, darling." The words sent chills down the former celestial spirit's spine.

"How about you eat my fist instead, ugly." Andromeda slammed her fist into the other person's nose while simultaneously rolling out from under her. The girl howled before Andromeda upper cut her chin, knocking her out cold, but probably not killing her.

Before she had the chance to stand up, a voice that was dangerously close to her ear said, "Oh but it would give us such pleasure to be joined with you and your magic." The blonde was yanked around as a new man grabbed her arm. She went to kick but he caught her leg and through her straight down into the ground. The force dazed her sum so she was momentarily left defenseless. Snarling, he started to follow her down. He was practically in her face. His mouth opened as if to bite her neck.

Suddenly his body was thrown sideways.

Andromeda saw a shadow blur in front of her. A man stood before her, blocking the monster's path to her. Her protector was different from the others. He had long blue hair tied at his neck. His skin was dark and bare. Two blue wings the color of the sky rose from his back. Traces of faded tattoos appeared up and down his body. Some were the same color as his wings. Other lines were black. Andromeda gasped slightly as that was the sign of a tribe of humans devoted to the practices of Draco. A dragon mage.

More creatures appeared, a mixture of wolves and humans. They dived at the man said, "Secret art! Exploding flames blade!" Fire erupted from his body and the wolves were thrown back. Their snarls became whines as their leader in his wolf form emerged.

She finally got to see the dragon mage's face when he turned slightly to watch the humans and wolves that were circling him. Handsome but rather fierce, his red snake eyes glow gleamed with the excitement of battle as his fangs elongated in a hiss.

One of the lycanthropes spoke up, "Who are you, lizard?"

"Can you not recognize death when it has come calling for you?" retorted the man coldly.

The he grinned, "I'm the dragon slayer that's going to kick all your hairy asses into next week. It's been so long since I have had a worthy opponent. Maybe your group will last long enough to keep me from being bored until I find my next fight? No? Oh well."

Before the group could even get in attack formation, the strange dragon man, "Fire Dragon's...Roar!"

The brilliant light that came out of his mouth blinded Andromeda. She threw her arms up to shield her face just as she heard screams pierce the forest air.

Before the girl lost consciousness, she vaguely was aware of someone saying, "My name is Achnologia. Remember it, if you survive."