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"So...Your name real is Lucy H. Death, and you're a celestial dragon, an elemental dragon slayer, a Grim Reaper, a Death Scythe, as well as a teacher at the DWMA, and a member of the Spartoi?" Mira asked. Lucy nodded. "And this is your brother Kid, his weapon partners Liz and Patty, as well as Maka and her weapon Soul, Black*Star and his weapon Tsubaki, and fellow teachers Professor Stein and Spirit, the latter also being a Death Scythe?" Mira asked, resulting in a nod from the mentioned people. "And your main reason for being here is to defeat the dark wizard, who we now know is the Kishin Asura, and stop the madness. And per Master's orders, we're going to help." Another nod. "And we're doing this how?" Cana asked. Lucy made her way to the front of the group. "Well, if my theory is correct, with Zeref's help." She said, causing an uproar. "Zeref?! How in the name of Mavis are you going to do that?!" Gray exclaimed. "Simple, I offer to kill him, and he'll help." Lucy said. "Offer to kill him? It sounds more like a threat." Laxus said. "It's not a threat if he wants to die." Lucy shrugged. "While that sounds like an...interesting plan, Zeref's curse prevents his death, it's impossible to kill him." Master Makarov said. "Well, the only way to find out for sure is by asking Mavis." Lucy said. The fairies' faces turned grim. "We haven't seen the First since you left Bunny." Gajeel said.
"And now that she's returned, so have I." A voice said.
Lucy's POV
Mavis was perched above us in the rafters, kicking her legs with a giddy smile on her face. "Welcome back, Lucy. It's no fun without you here!" She pouted. "Alright, that's nice and all, but what exactly happened when I was gone that made Mavis disappear?" I asked. Mavis blinked. "You mean you don't know?" She asked. I shook my head. "How should I put this...The Lumen Histoire has a certain set of...requirements, for who can and cannot see my spirit. The majority of the rules were only known by the myself and Master Hades, otherwise known as Precht Gaebolg. Understand that these rules were not created by either of us, but by the Lumen Histoire itself." Mavis said as a list of rules appeared in the air in front of us.
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Only members of Fairy Tail shall see this spirit
It's presence will only be revealed once the following requirements are met:
1. A spirit mage that is loved by all their spirits joins the guild
2. The mage loves their spirits equally and unconditionally
3. The mage is of potential or official S class or higher ranking
4. The mage has cast at least one of the three great fairy spells
5. The mage has earned the title 'Light of Fairy Tail'
6. The mage has proven loyalty to Fairy Tail
Rules for choosing a Light of Fairy Tail
1. The mage has gained the respect of Fairy Tail's guild master and all current members
2. The mage has forgiven and befriended enemies of the past that have joined the guild
3. The mage considers all members of the guild their family, regardless of who they are or where they came from
Despite these rules, if the mage were to leave the guild for any reason, the spirit has been bonded to the mage for life, and will only appear when the mage is within range of it's vessel.
On an off note, the mage this spirit has been bonded to will be able to identify the spirit's relatives, based off of spiritual relationships; regardless of any man-made laws.
Lucy looked thoughtful for a minute, and seemed to light up. "Oh, so Laxus?" She said. Everyone's jaws dropped at her response. "How'd you come up with that?!" Gray asked. Lucy gave him a pointed look. "Well, Laxus has used Fairy Law, and everyone in the guild does love him, and technically lightning magic of any form only works with the help of it's respective spirits, who by the way, seem to love him no matter what, and he's an S-class mage. Who else could it be?" She asked. "You know what, I don't care what anyone says, when it comes to how people feel about you, and how you feel about people, you're dense. Like, denser than Natsu dense. There's no way Laxus would ever be the Light of Fairy Tail, no offense by the way. Sorry, but its true." Gray said. "None taken, in fact I agree with you. Lucy, you're the Light of Fairy Tail, and there's no one more qualified than you." Laxus said with a slight grin on his face. "That can't be right. First off, I tried to kill you, twice now. Second, I've never cast Fairy Glitter, Fairy Law, or Fairy Sphere. So, that rules me out no matter what you say. Also, who said I love you guys unconditionally?" Lucy asked. "You can't lie to us Lucy, no matter what happened, you still love us, as we do you. That is why you're the Light of Fairy Tail. And besides, even though I promised not to say anything, you're the one who cast Fairy Sphere. We never told you because at the time you already had enough problems, and knowing you you would have blamed yourself for all of the things that went wrong throughout those seven years we were gone. Besides, the risks of word getting out of your achievement would have caused more problems, and you would have been the target of many dark guilds, including Raven Tail. Not telling you was wrong, and we should have told you the minute we found out. You may hit me." Erza said. Lucy didn't respond for a moment, and her face was blank. But then she gave a sad smile. "Fairy Sphere? You'd think I'd remember something like that...oh well, what's done is done. Besides, I think not saying anything was a good call, I don't know about you, but if Ivan had found out and taken me, we would have more problems than just that. Who knows what the man would do with my blood." Lucy sighed. "Putting that aside, since you're here Mavis, what can you tell us about Ankhseram's curse?" I asked.
"Um...Lucy? Who are you talking to?" Maka asked. I blinked, then sighed. "Sorry, I forgot. You need to be a member of Fairy Tail to see her, so...you wanna join Fairy Tail?" I asked.
Twenty minutes and one stamp later, they were officially members of the Guild, and I was reinstated. Liz's guild mark was on her left hand, Patty's was on her right, and Kid's was on the center of his chest, all three were black. Tsubaki's was on her right shoulder in the same blue as Black*Star's hair, and Black*Star's was on his left shoulder, in black. Soul's was on his right pectoral over his scar in dark green, and Maka's was in the same place in dark red. Professor Stein's was on his right shoulder in gold, oddly, and Spirit's was on his upper back in the same red as his hair.
"The First Master is cool. Must be fun being a ghost." Soul said. "Actually, she's not a ghost, she's a projection. The First specializes in illusion magic." Gray explained. "About that, if you don't mind me asking, what would happen if we freed your body from the Lumen Histoire?" I asked, pulling an over-excited Patty away from Mavis. "Well, I'd probably be seen and touched like a normal human being, if that makes any sense." She said. "While that's great and all, but how would you go about getting her out without hurting her?" Gajeel asked. "You wouldn't. You could however, use the least painful method, which would be destroying my projection." Mavis said. "Well than what are we waiting for? Let's get started!" Natsu exclaimed. "It's not that simple. For this to work you would need to use Fairy Glitter, and only Cana can. However, it would be easier if someone were to transfer their magic to her so the spell would be stronger..." Mavis trailed off, resulting in everyone turning to me. "Lu...could you help? After all, you are part fairy..." Levy trailed off, an innocently fake smile on her face.
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Lucy sat with her arms crossed and a pout on her face atop Natsu's hand, the latter of whom was trying his best not to laugh at how cute she looked and hug her half to death. While he was successful at not doing it, he wasn't doing a good job at hiding the fact that he wanted to. Mira was silently squealing off to the side, along with Lisanna, Maka, Liz and Levy, who were all snickering with sly looks on their faces. "W-why are you looking at me like that?" Lucy asked, a bright blush covering her cheeks. "N-no reason!" Natsu exclaimed, quickly putting her on Cana's head and rushing off to do something else. "Okay, I've seen Natsu do weird things, but that takes the cake." Laxus said. He was seated off in the far corner of Fairy Tail's cavern-like basement, along Kid, Soul, Sting, Rouge and just about every man in the guild except for Natsu and Makarov. "I have a theory, but I"m not entirely sure." Rouge said. "What would that be?" Kid asked. "Natsu is in love with Lucy." Rouge stated. "We already knew that." They all said in unison. "Salamander's been acting that way towards Bunny-Girl ever since I first met those two." Gajeel said. "That long? Lucy told me she met you during the battle between Fairy Tail and your old guild Phantom Lord, ten years ago." Kid said. "Yeah but I don't think he realized it until we fought that dark mage on Tenrou Island." Happy said, a paw under his chin in thought. "If memory serves, Natsu was buried under a bunch of boulders, and told Lucy to run. She refused, and grinning like a crazy person even though the guy was literally trying to crush her head! 'It's more fun when we're together!' Was what she said, and then we beat the guy." Happy said while making dramatic hand gestures. "After that he'd always have this weird look on his face whenever he saw Lucy." They all turned to glance at Lucy, who was surrounded by the females of the guild, all of which were cooing at how cute she was. Her face was redder than Erza's hair, from anger or embarrassment they weren't sure, because she was currently trying to maim Laki. "Now if she would just realize that for herself..." Gray trailed off.
"She has." Loke said, appearing next to Kid and sitting down. "If she has, then why hasn't she acted on it?" Laxus asked. "She's afraid." Loke sighed. "Afraid? Afraid of what?" Bickslow asked. "Afraid of being left behind again, afraid of change, afraid of herself, afraid of the demon inside, afraid that she'll mess it up, or that he won't want her anymore. And then there's the simple fact that like any other dragoness, or any female really, she wants him to come to her." Loke said, a small smile on his face. "Anyways, there's no point in dwelling on what hasn't happened yet. Looks like they're about to start, let's go cheer them on, ya?" Loke said, dusting off his jacket. Then with a dark look he turned back to the others. "Oh, and if you repeat that to anyone, Lucy especially, not even the Spirit King will be able to stop me from ending you." He said, then walked towards Lucy as if it never happened. "Right...like he said, show's about to start. Besides, it's been awhile since I've seen Cosplayer go all out!" Bickslow said, his tongue rolling out in the usual Bickslow way.
Sorry for the wait everyone! Life's been crazy and it was hard to find time to write. (Or what to finish off this chapter with)
Till next time,
~Dragon Sensei
