Lucy awoke in her bedroom with less than an hour to spare before she had to meet Erza for her afternoon training. The blonde didn't care though, because she had a huge grin plastered on her face from her night and morning with Jellal. However, Lucy knew that she would have to be fast at getting ready and attempted to run to the bathroom to take a quick shower…again.
"Ow, ow, ow!" Lucy exclaimed as jumped off the bed. Her thighs were burning from soreness and she couldn't help but giggle at how awkward she looked as she tried to walk to her bathroom.
As Lucy waited for her shower water to heat up, she couldn't help but bite the side of her lip as she remembered the morning's events in Edolas. Once again Jellal had flustered her beyond belief and followed through on his promise that he would keep her there as long as possible—and to make her not be able to walk right.
Then without even realizing it Lucy's hand went up to the beautiful necklace around her neck. She fingered the piece of jewelry and couldn't help it when a large grin spread across her face. She let out a slight squeal of excitement and sighed, "I'm going to marry that man."
However, reality soon hit the blonde Fairy Tail Mage as she gently sat her necklace down on the counter. Lucy knew that she loved Jellal and wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, but how exactly was that going to work? Was she only going to ever be able to see him when she went to sleep? What about her Celestial Spirits? What about her team?
Lucy let out a labored sigh as she stepped under the warm shower waters. She had no idea at what she should do. She didn't want to leave the necklace at home, but she knew that Erza was way too observant to not notice the large, beautiful piece of jewelry. Nothing ever seemed to get past Erza. Lucy's face turned into a frown, because she knew she would also have to tell her celestial friends today too. What would they think? Would Loke and Virgo be mad at her?
No matter how many questions were currently running through the blonde's head, she knew that she didn't have enough time to stand around when she was supposed to meet Erza at the guild so soon. Lucy quickly turned off the shower and dried off. After she changed into some athletic clothes and tied her hair up into a messy bun, she looked at the beautiful necklace that Jellal had given her. Her heart began to ache because she missed him already and she decided that she didn't want to keep it a secret from her best friend—she would just deal with the consequences of her guild and friends later. Besides, Erza had already given her consent on the relationship and Lucy determined that she had nothing to fear from the scarlet haired Requip Mage.
After Lucy grabbed some trail mix, she quickly tried to make her way to the guild; however, her attempt at being quick was once again hindered by the burning feeling in her thighs.
"Good grief this is going to be difficult," Lucy muttered to herself and then cringed because she knew that Erza was not going to go easy on her…even if she was sore from the best night of her life.
Once Lucy made it to the guild, she quickly tried to regain some composure before she entered through the doors. She knew she would have to be careful because Mira and Cana would immediately know if something was up with her if it regarded the opposite sex and Lucy wanted to tell Erza first before anyone else found out. She sent up a silent prayer of thankfulness, because she knew that Natsu was still missing from the fishing trip that Erza had sent him on with Lisanna. Now she just needed to make her way past the Take Over and Card Mage so that she could tell her best friend that she was engaged to a king. Lucy zipped up her jacket to hide the necklace that Jellal had given her and slowly opened the guild doors.
After she greeted everyone with her warm smile, Lucy attempted to head towards the training room; however, she was stopped dead in her tracks when she heard the smooth voice of Gray ask her, "So Lucy how is training going with Erza? It looks like you are a little sore."
"Huh! W-what!?" Lucy stammered out as she jumped in the air slightly because she thought that she had already been caught.
"I heard that you and Erza were training yesterday. I have to say you are one of the bravest people I know if you are willing to accept training from Erza," Gray responded with a puzzled by his friend's actions, "Besides I noticed that you were walking a little funny and assumed that Erza gave you quite the thrashing. She doesn't go easy on anyone when in it comes to training; that woman is too serious sometimes."
Lucy mentally sighed in relief. She hadn't been found out by Gray and she overreacted because she was so worried about telling everyone—well telling her team really. "Oh…um…yeah!" Lucy stuttered out as she laughed nervously, "Erza really showed me a thing or two yesterday. She is pretty serious, but it was also really fun training with her."
Gray just chuckled at Lucy's response, then before he could comment on Lucy's statement that training with Erza wasfuntheir conversation was interrupted by a pissed off Water Mage. "Is Love Rival trying to get Gray-sama's attention by walking funny? Does Love Rival want Gray-sama to carry her?!" Juvia asked in anger.
Gray just sighed in annoyance and Lucy sweat dropped as Juvia fumed at the two mages. "No Juvia, I am fine. I was just talking to Gray…my teammate," Lucy said with her hands up in defense.
"Juvia thinks that Love Rival is trying to steal Gray-sama's affections of love by limping oddly," Juvia replied defiantly.
"Lucy's my teammate Juvia, I can talk to her if I want," Gray responded with a sigh at the Water Mage's actions before he went to the bar to order some food from Mira.
Then before Juvia could protest again, Gray waived to Lucy and said, "Have fun training with Erza today Lucy."
"Gray-sama! Don't be mad at Juvia!" Juvia wailed as she tried to follow Gray to the bar, but the Ice-Make Mage was already conversing with a smiling Mira.
Lucy just let out a labored sigh as she watched Juvia try to interrupt Gray and Mira's conversation. Honestly there was no point in trying to help or have a normal conversation with that guild member, because Juvia would always just see whatever she wanted to with that imagination of hers.
Finally Lucy started to make her way towards the training room again and right before she entered, she heard the familiar voice of her friend behind her. "Lucy! Sorry I am almost late! I-I, u-um, w-well y-you s-see," Erza tried to stammer out.
Lucy turned to look at the scarlet haired mage whose face was just as red as her hair. A large grin spread across Lucy's face as she replied, "It is no problem Erza. Actually I am just getting here too."
Erza's nerves calmed slightly when she saw her smiling friend and she couldn't help but let out a faint smile too.
The two mages entered the training room and then Lucy noticed something on Erza's neck, but before she got the chance to ask what it was she was interrupted by a deep booming voice that was laughing at them. "Well, well, well…I never would have expected you two out of all people in the guild to be sex addicts," a very smug Laxus Dreyar said as he approached the two girls from behind.
"KYYYYAAAAAA!" Lucy screamed as she threw her hands up by her face before she slumped down to the floor in defeat.
"S-sex a-addicts," Erza stammered out and then haphazardly requiped a sword into her hands.
Laxus just laughed harder at the two girl's responses before he replied, "You can't lie to me today Blondie. Mystogan's scent is all over you even more. Plus I saw how you were limping into here. He must have done a good job by the looks of it. Who knew that the innocent, little Celestial Mage was such a horny girl?" Then Laxus turned to Erza and added, not even afraid by the fact that the other S-Class Mage was pointing a sword directly at him, "As for you, I can see the giant hickey on your neck and Jellal's scent is all over you. Don't worry your two's secret is safe with me."
"YOU BASTARD!" Erza yelled as she threw her sword towards Laxus in a failed attempt.
However, Laxus just flashed away with his lightning as his booming laughter echoed throughout the training room. Lucy remained slumped in defeat on the floor as Erza stood next to her and panted heavily because of her nerves and anger. Lucy knew that Laxus was the only person brave enough to goad Erza that way, because he wasn't afraid of getting the crap beaten out of him.
After several minutes, Erza finally calmed down then turned to Lucy and asked quietly, "Is it true?"
Lucy's face turned bright red and she just nodded her head at Erza's question. Then she asked shyly towards her friend who was pulling her sword out of the wall, "W-what about you?"
Erza stiffened at the question, but her face gave away her emotions. "J-Jellal a-and I-I w-we…" Erza tried to say.
However, Lucy took mercy on her friend because she knew that Erza had difficulties opening up to anyone, especially if it involved relationships. "Erza I have to tell you something," Lucy said quickly, "last night Mystogan and I…we made love for the first time and there is something else you should know."
Erza stopped dead in her tracks and went over and took a seat next to her friend on the floor in the training room. The S-Class Mage quickly regained composure and waited for her friend to continue.
Lucy could tell that Erza was waiting for her so she slowly unzipped her training jacket and the large diamond around her neck sparkled when it hit the light. Lucy watched as Erza's brown eyes widened and then her friend leaned in closer to the piece of jewelry to examine it properly.
The scarlet haired mage pointed her finger at Lucy and asked in a shocked voice, "L-Lucy, that n-necklace…M-Mystogan…Y-you?"
The blonde just assumed that Erza was trying to ask her if Jellal had given her this necklace. Lucy just nodded her head and replied honestly and nervously, "This morning before I returned back to our world, Mystogan asked me to marry him."
Lucy just waited for her friend to say something. She didn't know how Erza was going to react to the news and she watched her best friend nervously as her heart pounded in her chest.
Finally after several minutes Erza said, "Marriage…"
Lucy tucked her knees up under her chin, because she couldn't tell by the tone in Erza's voice if she was happy, sad, shocked, mad, or all of the above.
Then before Lucy could respond, Erza asked, "What did you say?"
"Yes," Lucy whispered out nervously.
Once again there were several moments of silence and Lucy felt like it was the longest few minutes of her life. However, the silence was finally broken when Erza asked, "Does he make you happy?"
Lucy looked up at her friend who had a kind smile on her face. The blonde nodded her head and replied, "Erza, I have never been happier in my entire life. Jellal, or u-um…Mystogan, makes me feel incredible. I love being with him, not just physically, but all the time. He is brave, smart, funny, and oddly playful. I have never felt this way about anyone before and I know that I will never feel this way about anyone besides him."
Erza listened to her friend intently, because she was not one to judge about love…after all, she was in love with a wanted man. The scarlet haired mage took a deep breath and looked at her worried best friend. She could tell that Lucy was nervous about opening up, but Erza was glad she did anyways. "What will you do now?" Erza asked kindly.
Lucy rested her head on her knees and replied honestly, "I-I don't know Erza. Just admitting the truth to you was as far as I got in my mind. I wanted you to know first." Then before Lucy knew it, her head was being thrust against the hard armor of Erza's breast plate.
After Lucy's head stopped ringing she looked up and saw Erza with a large smile across her face. Lucy's nerves calmed slightly because she knew that when Erza did that awkward embrace that it was a sign that she really cared about you, but something about the scarlet haired woman's smile made her feel a hundred times better.
"Lucy, if you are happy with Mystogan then I am happy for you. The only thing that concerns me is that I cannot question him myself and his intentions for you," the S-Class Mage said in all seriousness.
Lucy just sweat dropped at Erza's honesty. Of course, Erza would want to question any man that got involved with her and Lucy couldn't help but feel slightly privileged that Erza cared so much for her. No matter what other people said about Erza, like how she could be bossy or scary, Lucy knew that Erza's heart was made of pure gold and the Requip Mage would do anything for the sake of her friend's happiness.
"Thanks Erza. I honestly didn't know how you would take it, let alone everyone else. I was afraid that you would be disappointed in me or that everyone would yell at me that Mystogan and I were moving too fast," Lucy replied.
Erza just nodded her head and then looked like she was contemplating something important before she said, "I won't question you on whether or not you have thought this through, because I know you are very smart and you don't just rush into things the way the rest of us do. You wouldn't have said yes unless you were absolutely sure on how you feel about Mystogan. Also, you could never disappoint me Lucy. You are like my sister. I will always love you no matter what path you chose."
Lucy smiled slightly at Erza's faith in her before the scarlet haired mage continued, "In regards to everyone else, I am sure that they will come around; however, I think it would be best for us to wait until Master returns tomorrow before we tell Natsu or Gray. Then you can tell them all at once. I think Gray would be slightly upset at first, but then he would want to see you happy above all. However, we can almost certainly expect an uproar from Natsu and I don't think you want the entire guild to find out because Natsu screamed it out in front of everyone."
The Celestial Mage nodded her head in agreement before she replied, "You are probably right. I just hate keeping it from Gray or Natsu. I feel like I am betraying them in some way."
"Mmm…that is understandable. I think they might be hurt at first, well Natsu mostly, but they will eventually understand. Thank you for telling me though. I know that this was probably difficult on you," Erza replied in a soft tone.
Lucy let out a sigh of relief before she said, "Yeah I didn't really have a lot of time to prepare how I was going to tell you, because I just got back from Edolas not long ago and then Laxus ruined it."
Erza clinched her fists at the memory of Laxus teasing them and then asked slightly shocked, "Wait, you just got back from Edolas?"
The blonde nodded her head and said, "Yeah, I am starting to stay there longer now. Mystogan has a theory that it has something to do with my magic as a Celestial Mage. He thinks the stronger I get here, then the more time I will be able to spend there."
Lucy looked over at Erza who seemed to be listening intently before she continued, "He and Edo-Lucy are looking into it more, but apparently there is a legend of someone who could travel between worlds before Edolas had magic."
Lucy continued to explain everything that she and Jellal had found out on her last trip to Edolas. Erza analyzed everything that her friend had said and then finally responded with, "So if Mystogan's assessment is accurate, then you can continue to go to Edolas and come back here as much as you want?"
"That's right," Lucy replied as she tried to stretch out her sore legs.
Erza nodded her head as though she were in deep thought. Then the scarlet haired mage finally said, "Well that is good, because although I am extremely happy that you found the love of your life—I would not be willing to part with you so easily."
Lucy just smiled at her friend's honest and then Erza added, "However, one thing does concern me greatly."
"Oh? What's that?" Lucy asked as her eyes widened.
"If you marry Mystogan…how will I be able to be your Maid of Honor?" Erza asked with her brows furrowed in seriousness.
Lucy blinked a few times and then busted out laughing. Leave it to Erza to secretly worry about the grisliest thing imaginable. Lucy had to wipe a few tears from her eyes before she said, "We will come up with something Erza. Do you honestly think Mira won't make a big deal out of everything? I am sure that she will have some huge party here or some mock wedding just so she can see it happen too."
Erza nodded her head as though she were already planning out different wedding scenarios in her head. Then suddenly Erza asked seriously, "What will we do for a dress?!"
Lucy thought it was too soon to already start planning the actual event, but she replied happily, "Well luckily whatever I wear here seems to always show up in Edolas, so you can totally help me find the right dress!"
"This is very good news," Erza said as she nodded her head in agreement before she asked, "Do you think other things besides your clothes can go to Edolas? Like If you are holding something?"
Lucy took a deep breath and admitted, "I honestly don't know Erza, but I have a few theories. My whip and keys don't go through, but I think that is because of the magic. I haven't really tried other things though, but I believe as long as it is an inanimate object then it would be fine. Why do you ask?"
"Well if other objects can go with you then I want you to take some letters with you," Erza said with a self-assured nod.
"Letters?" Lucy asked uncertainly.
"If I cannot be your maid of honor then the duty must fall to Erza Knightwalker. She is the only other person suited to carry the honor," Erza said sternly as though she were bequeathing a set of profound duties on her Edolas counterpart.
Lucy just laughed at Erza's actions before she replied, "Well I am not sure how she would take that. We have had a few conversations when I have gone over, but I honestly do not know how she feels about me personally. She approves of my relationship with Jellal, but whether or not Erza Knightwalker would see me as friend or not…I just don't know."
"I am sure she will come around. Erza Knightwalker and I are very similar. I am sure she will come to love you as much as I do," Erza said certainly.
A grin spread across Lucy's face at her friend's assessment but then she said jokingly, "Yeah but there is onehugeway that you two are different."
Erza looked slightly shocked and asked, "How?"
"Well first she is married," Lucy said and she watched Erza's reaction out of the corner of her eye before she added, "to Edo-Gajeel."
"GAJEEL!?" Erza yelled as she once again requiped her sword.
"Hai, hai," Lucy said with a bright smile because she loved teasing Erza when she got all flustered.
"How? Why?" Erza asked to herself as though she were coming up with scenarios of how Edo-Gajeel must have blackmailed Erza Knightwalker into such an agreement.
"Hmmmm…I am not really sure, but I imagine that it would be an interesting story. But enough about Erza Knightwalker," Lucy said as she interrupted Erza's thoughts, "What about that large hickey on your neck?"
Erza's face turned bright red and Lucy watched as Erza visibly shook in front of her because the scarlet haired mage was getting so flustered with her thoughts.
"J-Jellal c-came o-over," Erza said quietly as she looked down at the ground in embarrassment.
Lucy just smiled, because she knew that Jellal and Erza had been together last night because that is why Erza had left her house. "Soooo…how was it?" Lucy asked excitedly.
"I-it?" Erza asked in an attempt to act like she didn't know what Lucy was talking about.
"SEX ERZA!" Lucy cried out in an attempt to fluster Erza more. The blonde knew that not many things flustered the strong woman in front of her, but relationships were definitely on the list.
"G-good," Erza whispered shyly. However the scarlet haired mage regained her composure and tried to turn the tables back around on Lucy and said, "Well at least I can walk right. It looks like you are struggling to do that Lucy."
"KYYAAAA!" Lucy cried as she hid her face because of her blush again. She was shocked by Erza's sudden friendly retaliation and was caught off guard. Then she peeked at Erza through her fingers and asked in amazement, "What? I have never used some of the muscles that I used last night. You aren't sore at all?!"
Erza put her finger under her chin and replied naïvely, "No, I am not sore. Jellal said he was this morning though. He also had difficulty walking. Perhaps we should do stretches or something before we make love again."
Lucy was now rolling around on the floor in laughter; because it was apparent Erza had no clue at what she had just admitted. Erza might be one of the fiercest warriors she knew, but because of how Erza acted when relationships were brought up she assumed that the scarlet haired woman would be nervous in the bedroom too. However, that was clearly not the case at all. Lucy remembered hearing from Cana once how it was the flustered/shy people that you had to watch out for, because they were the real tigers in the bedroom.
Erza looked slightly embarrassed and confused by Lucy's actions, but then the S-Class Mage quickly cleared her throat and said, "Well we will discuss this more later, because I want to hear how good my lover's Edo counterpart is in bed as well. Come on, let's start with some laps."
Lucy's laughter quickly halted and watched as Erza requiped into her running outfit. The blonde slowly got up off of the floor and knew that no matter how much she begged, there was no way Erza was going to go easy on her—no matter how sore she was.
The rest of the day went by fairly fast. Erza and Lucy had trained relentlessly and now Lucy was even sorer than she had been earlier in the day. They ended up eating a late lunch at the guild with Gray, but when Gajeel walked up beside them to order something at the bar Erza actually punched him in the gut and yelled, "HOW DARE YOU!"
Lucy just laughed at Erza's reaction because she knew that her friend was probably still thinking about their counterparts. However, the rest of the guild watched everything in shock when the Iron Dragon Slayer slumped down to the floor next to the S-Class Mage. Rumors began to circulate around the guild as to what Gajeel had done to piss of Erza so much.
Then later in the day when the girls parted for the evening, Erza promised that she would swing by Lucy's apartment in the morning because they would run their laps throughout Magnolia instead of the training room.
After Lucy had finished showering again, she began to prepare her dinner. She suddenly found out how ravenous she was when she opened her fridge and surveyed the contents.
As Lucy pulled out ingredients to make some shrimp fried rice, a sudden glow filled her room. Lucy's eyes widened and before she could apologize for not telling Loke sooner about Jellal, the Lion Spirit said, "So Princess, how have your trips to Edolas been?"
The Celestial Mage watched as Loke eyed her intently and then another flash of light filled the room and Virgo appeared before them. The Maid Spirit looked at Lucy with an amused look and said, "Hime-sama requires punishment."
"Lucy, I didn't know that you were into SM," Loke said with a shocked look on his face.
Lucy's mouth was agape because she had no idea how this short conversation had already unraveled so quickly or how Loke had jumped straight into a conclusion like that.
"Wait what?!" Lucy cried, then before either spirits could explain themselves Lucy held up her hands and said apologetically, "Never mind it doesn't matter; however, I think I owe you two an apology…"
For the next hour, Lucy explained to both Loke and Virgo what had happened to her during her last few visits to Edolas. She told them about how Jellal was now healed, their first date, what Edo-Lucy had found out, about her engagement, and even her conversation and training with Erza earlier today. The Celestial Spirits listened to their Master intently and both couldn't help but notice how happy Lucy looked every time she talked about the former Fairy Tail S-Class Mage.
Once Lucy had finished explaining herself, Loke said, "Well, I think Erza is right and you should wait until Master Makarov gets back before you tell anyone else. Fairy Tail isn't known for listening calmly when something is suddenly told to them."
Lucy just nodded her head at the Lion Spirit's statement before he added, "Also, I will inform Crux when I go back about what Edo-Lucy found out. I have never heard of anything like this, but that doesn't mean that other Celestial Spirits don't know about the legend. Perhaps Crux hasn't found anything out yet because it appears to have happened a very long time ago and he just hasn't gotten that far yet in his research or because it was a heavily guarded secret."
"Thank you Loke," Lucy said as she took a bite of the dinner that Virgo ended up preparing for her.
"Does Hime-sama love Mystogan?" Virgo asked as she interjected herself into the conversation.
Loke and Virgo watched their Master as Lucy replied, "More than anything."
The two spirits looked at each other with a faint smile and then pushed his glasses up on his nose before he said, "Well at least Mystogan is a good guy; however, I think you and I would still make the most epic love story of all time."
Lucy just rolled her eyes as she sat her dinner plate aside, but then Loke said in all sincerity, "With that being said, I really am happy for you Lucy. I just wanted to let you know that in whatever way you need me; I will be there for you. And if Mystogan is the man that makes you happy then I am glad. I hope this works out for the best, because like what you said about Erza—I would not part with you so easily if you suddenly vanished forever into Edolas. You are too important to me."
Virgo nodded her head in agreement, but a smile was still on the Maid Spirit's face. Lucy looked at her two friends and said, "I would not be able to part with you guys easily either. You are my family and I can't give you up. You guys are a part of me just as much as I am of you. I would never just run off without fully thinking through everything. You guys are still stuck with me."
Loke just laughed at Lucy's statement and said with a chuckle, "Well I think even Aquarius would agree that we want to be stuck with you."
"Good luck getting her to admit that," Lucy said under her breath.
Over the next hour, Lucy, Loke, and Virgo continued to talk and discussed how best to break the news to Master Makarov and the rest of the guild. Then the spirits promised Lucy that they would try to find out more in the Celestial Realm before they disappeared from her apartment.
Lucy couldn't help but feel relieved by the fact that the people closest to her seemed to fully support her and Jellal's relationship. She was sure that since she was a member of Fairy Tail that everything would have been more dramatic than it needed to be, but at least for now she had the support of those dear to her. She was no longer afraid of what the guild would say or do as long as her spirits and Erza had her back and she was certain that Gray and Natsu would support her as well.
When Lucy opened her eyes she was once again in Jellal's chambers. She looked around and saw hundreds of fireworks in the air again because of the Dragneel Festival that the people of Edolas were celebrating.
She smiled at the fireworks and then looked around for her fiancé. Tonight, Lucy wore a short and sexy black negligée with lacy black thigh highs to match. All day she had secretly contemplated on what she would wear to tempt Jellal with tonight and couldn't wait to see his reaction to the ensemble that she chose. Normally she would never be so dare, but since they had made love ten times already Lucy decided that subtlety was not an option tonight.
However, the person that suddenly stepped through Jellal's bedroom chambers was not the person that she expected to see. Erza Knightwalker quickly entered the room and then her eyes widened at Lucy's apparel.
"I like your style Lucy," Knightwalker said with a sly grin which made Lucy eep as she tried to cover herself with Jellal's blankets.
Then before Lucy could ask at why Edo-Erza was here the Captain said, "Jellal asked me to come get you, because right now he is meeting with some Lords because of the festival and he didn't want to keep you waiting. He should be in his private study soon after he speaks with them though if you would like to follow me there; however, it might be best for you to put a coat on first."
"Oh ok," Lucy replied slightly embarrassed because Edo-Erza still had an amused look on her face. Lucy quickly went over to Jellal's wardrobe and found a dress coat so that she could cover herself up with. But when her back was toward the Captain of Edolas, she heard the woman let out an amused chuckle. Lucy's face turned bright red, because she realized that she had just unknowingly gave the scarlet haired woman a nice shot of her butt cheeks. Lucy eeped and quickly put the coat on to cover her assets.
"It is quite all right Lucy," Knightwalker said with a smirk, "I have been married for a few years so it isn't anything I don't already know or haven't seen."
Lucy still looked embarrassed as she finished buttoning up one of Jellal's dress coats around her. "Yeah, but I have never done this before," Lucy admitted to the woman across the room.
The Captain looked at Lucy seriously and asked, "Was Jellal your first lover?"
Lucy actually thought that it was kind of funny how Erza Knightwalker didn't call Jellal by a title; instead the Captain just chose his name like a friend would. However, Lucy nodded her head and Knightwalker let a small smile appear on her face. Lucy couldn't believe the resemblance that the Captain had to her best friend. They were two different people with the same face, but when Erza Knightwalker smiled like that—the only difference between the two women now was the seven years age difference.
Erza Knightwalker looked over at Lucy and said honestly, "Either way, it is evident that Jellal is in love with you. I have never seen him like this before. He cares for you deeply. I think you will make a fine Queen."
The Fairy Tail Mage stood dumbstruck in front of the Edolas Captain. She knew that seven years was no small amount of time, but the woman before her seemed so different than the woman who had once threatened her life.
Then before Lucy could respond, Knightwalker said quickly, "Let's go."
Lucy was taken aback by the sudden order and quickly followed the scarlet haired woman out of Jellal's chambers.
The two women walked in silence next to each other as they passed down the beautiful corridors of Edolas's palace. The two had just rounded a corner when a small boy with pink hair and big brown eyes looked up at them.
Lucy gasped at the small boy in front of them, because he looked oddly familiar. Then the boy looked up at her with a happy face and yelled, "MAMA!" before he flung his tiny arms around Lucy's legs.
However, before Lucy or Erza Knightwalker could pry the small boy from Lucy a glass object went flying towards their heads and busted against the wall behind them.
The small boy screamed and tried to hide behind Lucy as Erza Knightwalker pulled out her sword and yelled, "LUCY RUN!"
Just when Lucy scooped up the small boy in her arms, several hooded figures surrounded them; however, Lucy's mind became hazy and her vision blurry because the glass object began to leak out an odd smelling gas that was making her cough.
She watched helplessly as the small boy went limp in her arms and Erza Knightwalker lunged herself at the nearest figure. Lucy felt like she needed to protect the small boy, but her limbs became week as she fell to her knees.
Lucy watched helplessly as the Captain of Edolas was kicked to the ground, because she too appeared to be suffering from the effects of the gas that clouded the hallway.
The Fairy Tail Mage's head began to droop down as her body collapsed completely onto the floor and Edo-Erza's body fell next to her own. Lucy watched with half lidded eyes as a figure walked towards her and said with a deep, menacing voice, "Take them to Siegrain."