Chapter 38:

Dark Magic and a New Realm

Natsu POV:

"What did you do to Lucy," I growled at Acnologia who stared at Lucy with eyes that spoke so many emotions at the same time.

"I don't who you are talking about, but this girl's name is Mavis," Acnologia said, "By the way, I think my name is either Zeref or Acnologia, but this girl called me Acnologia. So I guess, I'm Acnologia. Although, I really do want that Orochi Root but I don't at the same time… Can you please help me?"

"Don't trust him, Natsu," Laxus whispered and I pulled back.

"Well, it was worth a shot," Acnologia said and there seem to be a change, "So much for stopping me, huh, Acnologia. I'll take it from here. The name's Zeref and I'm your worst nightmare. Now, I suggest that you lead me to the Orochi Root before I use my magic to kill all you."

(Author's note: I went back and looked at my Zeref story, I realized that Acnologia was good version and Zeref was the bad version. I screwed up royally last chapter, so while I wrote this chapter, I went back and fixed it. I'm so sorry for the confusion! Please hit me as my penance! *bows like Erza does in the anime.*)

"A personality change," Gildarts said and Zeref laughed.

"I wasn't successful last time because of little Mavis and that girl looks so much like her," Zeref responded as he rubbed his fingers against Lucy's cheeks, "Now that she is out of the picture for the moment, I, Zeref, have full control and I want you to take me to the Orochi Root or I will kill you all."

"Neither are going to happen buddy," I said and I cracked my knuckles, "So bring on any magic you want, I'll send it back at you 10 fold."

"I like to see you try," Zeref said with an evil laugh, "Death Wave!" After that, a wave of jet black fog appeared and it engulfed me and everyone.

When the fog is gone, I turn to see everyone was passed out on the ground both enemy and ally. "What did you do," I asked and Zeref looked at me with a puzzled look.

"They should be dead yet they are just unconscious and you, Natsu, are still standing even though you took the death wave on," Zeref said as he examined me, "The only thing different with you is your scarf is now black instead of white." I looked down and my eyes went wide and I thought, 'My scarf changed colors!'

"What did you do to my scarf," I yelled, "First you cross the line by kissing Lucy and now you've changed the color of my scarf! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY!"

"Oh, I see now," Zeref said as I charged at him, "Your scarf absorbed most of the magic from my attack. Saving you and everyone else from death, how troublesome. You need to use pure healing magic to get it back to it's original form. I've heard stories of these objects, but I've never seen how it works until now."

"I don't give a damn," I yelled and I wrapped my hand around in fire and charged at Zeref, "FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!" I jumped in the air and as I landed I hit Zeref on his face.

Lucy POV:

I groaned as I open my eyes and when I opened my eyes, the first thing I notice is that I was not on the battlefield, but I was on a soft fluffy white ground and the sky white with golden sparkles. "Hello Lucy, dear," I heard a familiar voice say and I turned to see my mother, Luke, and a blond woman that I have never met before.

"Mom," I said as my mom smiled and nodded.

"Hello, Lucy, it's been a while," my mom replied and I raced over and I embraced her.

"I've missed you so much, mom," I responded as I cried into her chest.

"Lucy, how is Nathan handling my death," Luke asked and I looked at him with sad eyes.

"He is doing everything he can to stay strong, but he is having a hard time," I responded.

"I see," Luke mumbled and he looked down at the ground.

"So Lucy, do you know where you," the unfamiliar blond women asked and I looked around and looked at the women.

"It's heaven, right," I replied and the blond laughed.

"Actually, no," the blond said with a smile, "I made this place so I could talk to you and these instead that they come with me."

"So why do you need to talk to me," I asked and the blond became serious.

"I'm Mavis Vermilion-Dreyar, and you will need my help to defeat Zeref," Mavis said and my eyes went wide.

"You're my great-grandma," I responded and Mavis giggled and nodded.

"I can see why Acnologia thought you were me," Mavis said, "You have blond hair and your noise and smile look like me, but my eyes are green while yours are brown."

"Yeah, but your hair is wavy, I don't get how he could think I'm you," I replied and Mavis gave me a sad smile.

"For Acnologia, it's like he just woke up from a coma," Mavis said, "He was looking for a connection to what he remembers and you had some similarities in common with me so he thought you were me."

"Make sense," I responded with a nodded.

"Lucy, when you wake up," Mavis said, "I'm going to be controlling, your body."

"Wait, why," I asked and Mavis smiled.

"Listen closely," Mavis said, "Natsu can't defeat Zeref but she can get him close to death and when you awake is when it will prefect for me to finish Zeref so Acnologia can crossover to the afterlife."

"So you're going to take over my body so you can defeat Zeref to free Acnologia," I asked and Mavis nodded.

"Yes, I'm going to perform fairy magic," Mavis said and my eyes went wide.

"Fairy Magic," I replied.

"Yes, the spell I will preform is Fairy Law," Mavis said, "But for now, Lucy, enjoy the time you have here with your family and friends. Oh yeah, there was someone else who wanted to meet you." Then Mavis waved her hand, and boy with blond short hair and black eyes appeared in front of me.

"Who are you," I asked and the boy chuckled and cracked a wide smile as he ran up to me and hugged me.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to seem rude, but it's funny that you didn't realize who I was," the boy said, "I'm sorry about that but mom tells me so much about you that sometimes I forget that we haven't met. I'm Riku Heartfilia, it's nice to finally meet you sister." Riku held out his hand for me to shake and that's what I did.

Dear Readers,

Chapter 38 is complete! And I like to apologize again for Zeref and Acnologia mix up, I forgot and I thought I had it the other way around, I'm so sorry but when I went back and read it and I realized my mistake, I went back and chapter 37. I'm so sorry for any confusion I may have caused. Now that's done on to the next order of business. I have an announcement to make, it looks like there are only three more chapters left, yes that includes the epilogue. *Fans begin to cry and I pass around a tissue box* Don't cry to much, we all knew that the story had to come to an end at some point. Then the story will be cleaned up of any grammar errors and spelling miskates which will be done by Digi-fanCatt. Anyways, it's time for Reviewer Replies:
~BeastlyTick59- nice song reference, I love All I Do is Win. Great, now, I want listen to that song. I'll do that later. Anyways, yes, last chapter was amazing, I think it might be my favorite of all the chapter I've written so far for this story. Any who, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as the last one.
~nalujerza- Cliffhangers are one of my favorite things to do when I'm writing but when I'm reading someone else work I hate them, funny how that works. I explained the Lucy and Acnologia/Zeref thing in a PM and I also addressed it here in the story cause you were not alone on that. Oh, and did this chapter answer your question on Lucy at least a little, I hope so. Anyways, I hope you liked reading this chapter.
~Rose Tiger- I also explain the Lucy and Acnologia/Zerefthing to you in a PM as well but since you weren't the only one who was asking about it, did explain in the story during this chapter. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter.
~Digi-fanCatt- Its actually poor Acnologia, I made a mistake last chapter and I'm surprised that no one saw but then again I could have rolled with the mistake and worked it out in the story a different way but I didn't want to so I went back and fixed it. My onpinion on Zeref/Acnologia as I have written it out in my story, he(or should I saw they) need metal help which is why he(or they) are the bad guy. I think I might have confused myself. Although in the anime, Zeref's 1st run in with Natsu made think, "How is he suppose to be a dark wizard when he is crying his eyes out! Ha, what a joke." But after that when I see who Zeref really is, I think, "Zeref is a total bad ass!" Anyways, I hope that you liked reading this chapter!
So those were all those were all the reviewers who wrote a review between this update and the previous update. I love getting reviews so please leave a little review telling me what you think of the story so far or the chapter. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!
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