Chapter 1
The air was somber, a man with pink hair nelt on the ground over a broken body. blond hair matted with blood.
"Luce please no Lucy..."
No one said anything all traumatized by the loss of the star that had brought so much light to their desolate world. Gajeel, Natsu's cousin, stood off slightly arm draped over his mate who also cried at the loss of her best friend.
A few feet behind Natsu was his other cousin Wendy silently crying as well. She was not old enough to find her mate but she had seen others who had lost their mates. It was not a pretty sight. Plus she had looked to lucy like a sister. The blond welcoming her as such. Always listing to her troubles and offering advice were she could and giving hugs like they were going out of style.
Off to the right was Natsu's older brother Laxus. He held his mate to him tightly as Mirajane cried the loss of Lucy. she had thought of Lucy as a second little sister. watching with mirth as her and Lissana played and teased each other like only sisters could.
It had been a brutal war. Fighting off the Zeriff acult who belived that the dragon tribe should bow before a long dead mad man. Armed with dark magic and twisted creatures they called beasts of god they attacked and attacked hard. many were lost. including Natsu's and laxus dad igneel, and both of Gajeel's and Wendys parents. In the end Lucy had called upon the power of the heavens and used the power of the celestial king himself to cleanse the creatures of the dark magic that twistes them and rendered the dark magic useless. But at the price of the magic backlashing and killing her on the spot.
Natsu had tried in vein to get to her in time and protect her. He was just a split second to late. Now the only sound that could be heard was crying, as the dragon tribe lost a dearly loved member.
"Hehe" the sudden giggle ripped through the choked sobs from behind Laxus and Mira. They all whirld around and stared in shock at what they saw.
There was a figure obviously female by the figure barely showing in the obviously to big rags she wore. they couldn't see her eyes as the rag that served as a hoodie had the hood up conseling the top half of her face. a small nose down to a oval jaw that looked just a little to gaunt led to a slightly to skinny neck framed by a collar bone that poked out just a tad to much.
The most notable thing were the shackles on both wrists and ankles each with a link hanging from them. that and the fact that she was giggling like someone told a joke at a slightly inappropriate time.
Natsu was the first to snap out of it and all but growled " What are laughing about? Do you think this is something to laugh at?!"
"No I just think your hair is funny." was the nonchalant reply in a voice that sounded like a mix of a childs voice and an adults.
Natsu was about to jump up and roast her alive, but before he could move the intruder raised her hands in surrender and quickly stated " You should listen to what I have to say before you try to kill me it's about your dead blond."
Everyone stilled focused on the mystery girl. Tense would have been an understatement, all ready to spring forward and rip her to shreds if she said one bad thing about her.
"Then talk, but if you mock her it be the last thing you do." ground out a distraught Natsu. Laxus glanced back at his younger brother while quickly and discreetly manoeuvring himself infront of his own mate Mira.
"Of course, first i would like to say that I am an... envoy of the celestial king the same king Miss Lucy called to end this war of yours." the girl said.
Laxus couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the pause and word choice. and envoy looking like that? He kept this to himself merely sharing a look with Mira who was also skeptical about her words.
"Secondly I was present when she made her deal with the king and as she cast the spell that ended up killing her the king was able to look into her heart."
"Why would he need to look into her heart?" Natsu interupted angrily. pissed that some man was looking at his mates soul like they had a right to.
"Because he wanted to see her true intentions for doing what he knew would kill her." the envoy said seemingly unfazed by his interruption.
"And what he saw was a soul so pure and full of love for you that he couldn't let her end like this."
That made everyone everyone perk up. Were they going to bring her back?Seeming to know what they were thinking the envoy elaborated. the ensuing words brought a mix of sadness and hope.
"The king can not bring her back from the dead as you would wish." she quickly stated."But he can speed the time it takes for her to be reborn."
The dragon tribe was in shock. Reborn? how long would it take. would she remember? So many questions that the envoy could feel wanting to be asked. She had no qualms about answering those unspoken questions.
" Heres how this will work." she stated " In five years one person that the king has so graciously allowed me to choose will revert to a seven year old."
The tribe listened intently not wanting to miss a thing. Although they did note the sarcasm at the king letting her be the one to do this choosing.
"when that happens they will leave you guys and find lucy who will have been born again as she was last. she will be born exactly the same but her memories will not begin to return till her eighteenth birthday." The envoy states jovially which had everyone shocked. How could she enjoy something like this. before anyone could say anything she plowed on, either missing their anger or choosing to ignore it.
"thats where the newly turned seven year old comes in!" she states happily " they will find the infant lucy and raise her till the day before her eighteenth birthday and then bring her back where you will be able to remake your ties with her and begin anew."
At this point Natsu speaks up hating at how long he would have to wait till he had his mate back " what would stop the preson you choose frome just bringing her straight back?" at this everyone looked at the envoy courisoly.
The envoy thought about this. " Hmm, your right we didn't think about that. Hmm" after a moment she raised her pointer finger in the air and exlaimed
" Ah ha i know the person i choose will also forget about you guys and you'll just have to look for them both!"
Everyone looked at her in horror but before natsu could open his mouth to try and undo the damage he'd wrought the envoy spoke up once again.
"Don't worry scince the perosn being charged with Lucy's care wont remember as well when the time comes i'll come back and help you find them." You couldn't see her eyes but you could hear the satisfaction of having fiqured this out. everyone's stomachs turned at the idea of having to lose two of their beloveds for so long. And they wouldn't even know they were being missed.
"Now who should i choose, hmm" that statement was what brought them back to reality. Natsu was about to offer himself when everyone noticed tbe envoy swing around and look at Laxus. a decidedly sadistic smile litt up the bottom half of her face. and she slowly raised a hand to point at him. "You. You shall be the one charged with Lucy's care untill the rest come to reclaim you."
As she said it power flowed through her and the air around Laxus was suddenly charged giving him only a split second to push mira away from him lest she be dragged into the spell. a sudden snap and a flash of green light and the Envoy was gone. Natsu cryed out as he relized Lucy's body was also gone.
Mira ran to her mate and hugged him sobbing. Laxus held her close and looked over at his younger brother sullenly.
Finally speaking he called out to Natsu "Brother she probably took the body to either creamate it or to make sure she is reborn properly" he nodded numbly before looking up ar his older brother saddly. "I'm sorry i dragged you into this."
Laxus smirked sadly at him "its fine I'm counting on you guys to find me in 23 years." he said looking at his mate fondly. They all nodded a silent promise that they would bring him and Lucy home when the time was right.
time skip- 5 years
Mira was waahing her hands after using the lady's room. she was in a hurry to get back to Laxus. it had been five years since that envoy had come and she knew her time left with him was limited. these days it was almost impossible to find them apart. one only had to look in a shadowed corner or allyway and they would see them leaning against each other just silently enjoying each others company knowing that eighteen years apart are just round the corner.
as she was drying her hands the room started shaking and a quiet voice one she knew was not for her just barely made its way to her supernatural hearing. " you shall be the one charged with Lucy's care..." she didn't need to hear the rest as those words were burned into her brain. she droped the hand towel and ran out ti her room only to be met with a pile of male clothes and no Laxus in sight.
She fell to her knee's sad beyond belife that she had missed his departure. after getting her self under control she got up and went to tell the others that it had happend. Eighteen years to go.