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Goodbye
A week later
Lucy's chocolate orbs blinked open as sunlight filtered into her apartment and illuminated the room. The blonde grinned and laid in her bed for another minute, enjoying the warmth and post-sleep haze she was in. For those blissful minutes, Lucy was ignorant of her current situation but soon it came crashing down on her like a ton of bricks. She got out of bed and started to prepare for the day.
As she put her hair into low pig tails she steeled herself for the new day 'Today is the day, the start of my new journey.' Lucy thought and with a few purposeful strides she was out of her apartment and walking towards Fairy Tail.
For the past week, she had avoided the guild like the plague and mostly stayed inside her apartment, working on her book. Her spirits kept her company and supported her which she would always be grateful of but it was time that she got off her butt and did something. 'I made a promise, and celestial spirit mage never breaks a promise.'
When she got to the guild, most of the members were already there, Lucy had hoped she could come in early and talk to Makarov and leave but she had slept in a little too late. The blonde took a deep breath and pushed open the door, the guild was in its usual state of rowdiness and there seemed to be a fight going between the left and right side of the room.
Lucy narrowly dodged a chair being thrown in her direction and she quickly dived onto the right side of the guild. The blonde crawled over to an upturned table and hid behind it. She wasn't surprised to find her best friend, Levy, sitting there also, reading a book.
"Hey Levy." Lucy greeted and Levy looked up from her book, her hazel eyes glowing with joy.
"Oh my God! Lucy! I've missed you this week!" She exclaimed and hugged the blonde with all the strength her tiny body could muster.
Lucy smiled into her friend's shoulder "I've missed you too...it's just been a hard week."
Levy separated and started to rant "Oh I know! I heard of the mission you guys were on, if Mira and Master knew it was one of Zeref's demons terrorizing the villagers it definitely would've been an S-class mission, and poor Lisanna, she could've died if it weren't for Wendy..." Levy paused when she saw Lucy's expression dim significantly at the mention of the take over mage "B-but she's totally fine now! She just left on a mission with Team Natsu..." Levy's eyes widened when she realized her mistake and was about to backtrack again but Lucy stopped her.
"That's good, I'm glad they have each other." Lucy started to get up but Levy grabbed her hand before she could leave.
"Lucy, I know what you're thinking and you're wrong. They aren't mad at you and they're just giving you some space, please don't do anything impulsive right now."
Lucy nodded and promised Levy that she wouldn't do anything rash. The blonde weaved her way through guild members, tables, and chairs and finally got to the bar where Mira was cheerfully cleaning some beer mugs. "Good morning Mira, where is Master?" Lucy asked and Mira pointed upstairs where his office was.
Lucy thanked Mira and before leaving she added "I'm sorry about Lisanna, Mira."
Mira's eyes softened and she took Lucy's hand in hers "Lucy, it's fine, I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at Barbatos and he's already dead thanks to you." Mira smiled gently at the blonde and Lucy let out a little grin.
The blonde went up the stairs and knocked on Makarov's office door. She heard a loud sigh and then his gruff voice saying "Come in."
Lucy entered the warm office, Makarov was sitting at his desk that had piles and piles of papers stacked on it, the majority of them were most likely complaint forms about the destructive members of Fairy Tail. Lucy sat down on a comfortable plush chair across from Makarov who looked absolutely exhausted and was clutching a communication lacrima.
The old man set down the lacrima "Lucy, its good to see you, what do you need my child?" He asked and when he saw Lucy's serious expression he got worried "Is everything okay?"
Lucy bit her lip and took a few seconds to prepare "Yes Master something is wrong, something powerful and evil is rising, don't you feel it?" Lucy asked and Makarov nodded grimly "A week ago when I fought Barbatos, I was utterly useless...because of me all those villagers and all of Team Natsu almost died. If it weren't for that stranger..."
"Listen Lucy, that was one of Zeref's demons! Even Erza would have trouble taking one of them on."
"But Master, that's the thing! That monster, Barbatos, wasn't even at full strength yet, eventually Fairy Tail is going to have to face these demons at full power and we won't be able to take them on."
Makarov sighed and rubbed his eyes "What are you saying my child."
"I need to go; I need to get stronger so I can fight alongside my friends. So I'm leaving Team Natsu." Lucy concluded and Makarov eye's widened and he made a sputtering sound.
"What?! No, Team Natsu will be devastated without you."
Lucy let out a slightly bitter laugh "They'll be fine without me and they have Lisanna anyways, I don't need to be her placeholder anymore." Lucy was surprised she actually said that, she usually kept those thoughts to herself.
"Is that what you really think Lucy? You're anything but a placeholder to them, you're their dear friend."
"Master you weren't there, I can't meet any of their eyes without feeling so much guilt and shame. They were so mad at me and they were totally right."
Makarov nodded slowly and decided to let Lucy win the argument for now "Fine you can leave but once Natsu and the others find out they'll make you join again; I promise you that." He tried to be reassuring and frowned when Lucy smiled sadly.
"I won't be here for them to..." Lucy practically whispered and Makarov narrowed his eyes
"Lucy-" Makarov started to warn her but she cut him off.
"I'm leaving Fairy Tail too." Lucy proclaimed and Makarov gasped in shock, staring at her for a full minute, paralyzed. Lucy remained strong under Makarov's gaze and stared back at him with a new fire burning in her eyes. "I need to start this new journey as a fresh slate. This decision is one of the hardest I've ever made but I know it's the right one. You've been like a father to me Makarov, and I'll be eternally grateful that you took me in and gave me the family I always wanted but it is time for me to end that chapter of my life and start a new one."
Tears pooled in Makarov's eyes and he opened his mouth to argue but couldn't find the words so instead he accepted Lucy's request "You must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others as long as you live and you must never use former contacts met through Fairy Tail for personal gain..." Makarov paused as the Fairy Tail mark on Lucy's hand began to glow a warm pink color "And finally, even though our paths might diverge, you must continue to live your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life insignificant, and you must never forget about your family here at Fairy Tail for as long as you live."
Lucy had tears running down her face and didn't trust her voice not to break if she spoke so she just nodded. Her beloved pink mark that marked her allegiance to Fairy Tail, her home for more than a year, disappeared with a bright pink flash and just like that Lucy of Fairy Tail was gone.
Makarov and Lucy didn't exchange anymore words, they just hugged for what seemed like an eternity but was only a few seconds. They separated and Lucy looked into Makarov's eyes one last time before turning and leaving him in his office.
The blonde quickly made her way down the stairs and out of the guild, avoiding everyone as much as she could. When she was out of the building she looked back one more time and tried to memorize every stone, every crack, every detail in the building 'Goodbye for now.'
Lucy got to her apartment and summoned Virgo, asking the spirit to take all her stuff and store it in the Celestial Spirit Realm. While Virgo was doing that, Lucy sat down at her desk and wrote out a few letters, when she had finished she put them all in envelopes and set them on the kitchen counter. The pink haired maid finished quickly and stood by Lucy's side as she looked at her now bare apartment other than the letters and her book on the counter.
"It's strange, my whole life that I made here in Magnolia is gone in only a few minutes." Lucy thought aloud and Virgo grabbed her hand.
"We'll be back Princess and when we do, it'll be like you left. Magnolia will always be home." Virgo promised.
"I hope you're right." Lucy hummed and let her spirit return to the Celestial Spirit Realm. The blonde sighed and tried to push away all the memories of her time in this apartment with her friends that threatened to flood her mind. 'Virgo is right, this isn't goodbye, it's see you later.' Lucy steeled herself and left her apartment, striding towards the train station. When she got there, she read the train schedule and realized she didn't really have an idea where she should go. 'Great start to my new journey...' Lucy thought and almost laughed at how unprepared she was.
Suddenly, Loke appeared next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, he had helped her make her decision to leave Fairy Tail and knew how hard it was for her "So Princess, where do you want to go first?"He asked as they looked over the schedule together.
Lucy raised her eyebrow "Do you have any suggestions?"
Loke smirked "Maybe one." He walked up to the ticket station "Two tickets for Gardenia City." Loke paid for the tickets and luckily their train was boarding, about to leave to Gardenia City.
"Why Gardenia City?" Lucy asked while they boarded their train and sat down in a booth together.
"I have an old friend that lives there and I wanted to visit her." Loke explained and Lucy's eyebrow raised when she heard the old friend was a girl.
"Does this old friend happen to be an old girlfriend too?" Lucy scoffed and began to think letting Loke choose where they go was a mistake.
"No..." Loke started and Lucy continued to stare at him, straight faced. "No! I swear, she's just a friend, a celestial spirit actually."
Lucy's eyes brightened at the mention of a celestial spirit "Oh you should've led with that, who is she?"
"Vulpecula the Fox, she's a silver key but she's a master of charm and manipulation magic, we usually see each other in the Celestial Spirit Realm and hang out but lately she hasn't come back from the Celestial Spirit Realm and I think it's because her master is keeping her in the human world..." Loke's hand tightened into a fist and Lucy suddenly understood the situation "If she's in trouble I want to help."
Lucy put her hand over Loke's "Don't worry, we'll find out if she is okay."Loke nodded and relaxed slightly. 'He isn't just the leader of the zodiacs; he cares about all the celestial spirits.' Lucy thought and squeezed her spirit's hand.
After a two-hour train ride, the blondes arrived at Gardenia, a large sunny port city that hosted many merchants and vendors trying to sell their stuff to travelers and tourists. "Come on let's go, Vul's master owns a magic shop in the middle of town." Loke explained and led Lucy through the confusing streets, packed full of people, vendors, and entertainers.
The two blondes stopped in front of a big magic shop, they entered and Lucy's was surprised at how many different types of magic products were packed onto the shelves and in glass showcases. "Wow, this is amazing!" Lucy exclaimed and touched a strange miniature golden lion figurine that came to life when she made contact. "Woah Loke, are you seeing this?!" Lucy asked and petted the lion's mane with her finger, making it rub up against her.
For once, Loke wasn't listening to her and went up to the counter where a young bright orange haired woman was working. Her fiery hair was tied into a long ponytail that reached the middle of her back and on either side of her head, she had fluffy fox ears, also a bushy fox tail with one stripe grew from the area above her butt. Her face was dusted with freckles, her skin was tanned, and her eyes were hidden behind a stylish pair of mirrored sunglasses. She was wearing a beige colored wrap dress with a leather belt cinching the waist and heels. When she saw Loke, her eyes brightened significantly and literally jumped over the counter and then into Loke's arms.
"Loke! Oh my God, why are you here?" She asked as they separated.
"I just wanted to visit my favorite girl." Loke smirked and did his famous wink that he boasted could make any girl's heart melt.
Vulpecula rolled her eyes and flicked Loke's forehead "God, you're a fox." Vul shook her head but was obviously amused by Loke's antics. The fox's eyes lit up even more when she saw Lucy standing a few feet behind Loke. "You must be Lucy! Loke has told me so much about you, you're absolutely gorgeous!" Vul ran up to Lucy and hugged as if they were old friends.
Before Lucy could say anything else, a short man in a black suit with salt and pepper hair entered the room from a door behind the counter. "Vulpecula! What are you doing?! Get back to work!" He demanded harshly and the orange haired woman visibly shrunk and looked Loke in the eyes once more before turning around to face the man.
"I'm sorry, master." Vulpecula bowed and went back behind the counter where he was waiting for her. He looked her up and down and abruptly slapped her across the face, hard. The small fox spirit fell to the floor but maintained eye contact with her master.
"You aren't here to make friends, your sole purpose is to serve me and if you fail to do that, you know what happens." He whispered threateningly and Vul nodded obediently.
Loke and Lucy were both enraged at the way Vul was treated by her master. Lucy stepped forwards, intending to go to the older man and tell him to get his hands off her but Loke grabbed her hand before she stepped any further. Lucy whipped her head around and glared at Loke but the lion spirit just shook his head and pulled her away out of the store.
"What the hell!" Lucy yelled and yanked her arm out of Loke's grasp.
Loke sighed and ran his hand through his mane of dirty blonde hair "Listen Lucy, there is nothing I want to do more than go in there and beat that piece of shit into a bloody pulp but even if I did, he would just take it out on Vul. You and I both know more than anyone that a contract between a celestial spirit and their master is final. E-even if we kil- got rid of him, Vul would be banished from the Celestial Spirit Realm like me." Loke concluded and started to play with his ring which was a nervous habit he had.
Lucy wanted to scream or yell, she felt so useless. "Fine you're right but maybe we can talk to the Spirit King, he listened to me last time." Lucy suggested and actually began to think it was a good idea.
Loke shook his head "No that's a bad idea." Loke rejected and Lucy frowned.
"Why? He's the king, he can't let an innocent spirit suffer like this."
"Lucy his job is to preserve the laws of celestial spirits, what he did for me was a huge transgression." Loke tried to explain but his words fell upon deaf ears.
"Then what would you suggest?" Lucy demanded and folded her arms across her chest.
"I don't know Lucy!" Loke said and sighed. Lucy gave Loke puppy dog eyes and looked at him deep in the eyes, "Don't give me that look... your puppy dog eyes won't work on me anymore... fine! I'll go but it's useless I'm telling you." Loke rolled his eyes and disappeared in a flash of gold.
'Haha works every time.' Lucy thought triumphantly and a started to walk away from the store, promising she would come back for Vulpecula one way or another. The blonde decided to go get something to eat, she hadn't had anything to eat since the morning and it was already in the middle of the afternoon. She pulled out her purse to see how much money she had when suddenly someone ran past her and snatched her purse from her hands.
Lucy shrieked after the thief and ran after them "Dammit!" Lucy yelled and cursed as she ran after them through the crowded streets. A large man stepped out into the street in front of Lucy and she didn't react fast enough and collided into him. The celestial spirit mage fell down and yelped when her butt made contact with the hard road.
"What the hell! Watch where you're going dumbass." A harsh and deep voice raged at her and Lucy grimaced, instantly annoyed at the stranger's attitude.
"Maybe you shouldn't stand in the middle of the street, asshole!" Lucy retaliated and scrambled back onto her feet. She glared up at the man and gasped when she saw who it was.
"Laxus?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Who are you? Laxus asked and raised his eyebrow. His nonchalant attitude pissed Lucy off even more and suddenly she remembered that she was letting the thief get away.
Lucy groaned and pushed passed Laxus "Whatever, I have more important things to do." Lucy said and began to think of a way, if there was any, to find her purse again.
"Wait Blondie, I was just kidding. You're Natsu's girlfriend, where is that pink bastard?" Laxus smirked and chuckled slightly, grabbing Lucy's left hand to stop her from leaving.
Lucy slightly flinched at mention of Natsu and wrenched her hand out of the lightning dragon slayer's grasp. "I need to go." Lucy reiterated.
"Wait!" Laxus looked wide eyed at Lucy's hand and she raised her eyebrows, about to ask why he was freaking out but suddenly remembered that her hand didn't have her Fairy Tail mark on it anymore.
"What happened? Did Natsu dump you for someone else?" Laxus teased and didn't realize how much his words hurt her. "I thought he was more loyal than that." He snickered.
Lucy felt something snap inside of her and all the anger and emotions she had pent up for the past week and a half came out in full force "You know what Laxus, screw you! You need to learn how to shut your damn mouth, I don't need you being an asshole in my life right now or ever! I mean of all the people I could bump into, it had to be you!" Lucy stepped closer to Laxus and put her hands on her hips. It didn't seem possible but she raised her voice even more. "You don't know anything about why I left Fairy Tail and all you need to know is that I left because I wanted to, unlike you. You would think you would change after you were banished but no, you're exactly the same, an asshole who thinks he's better than everyone else! Go fu-." Lucy wasn't able to finish as suddenly she was enveloped in a golden bubble and suddenly disappeared.
Laxus shook his head to bring himself out of his daze, not knowing whether to be pissed off or laugh. Not many people would talk to him like that, hell, most people were scared to even look at him. 'Blondie has some fire in her, Natsu's an even bigger dumbass for giving that up.' He thought and noticed that a few people were looking at him with wide eyes because of Lucy's display of anger. "What the hell are you guys looking at?!" Laxus roared and everyone quickly averted their eyes and moved out of the way of the blonde.
'Now where did that Blondie go?' Laxus mused.
Celestial Spirit Realm
"ck yourself." Lucy finished and realized that she wasn't in Gardenia anymore. Instead she found herself on a small island lost in space, literally. It was if Lucy floated into space on a chunk of Earth and someone wasn't dying. Beside her Loke stood with his arms crossed around his chest and a questioning look on his face. The Celestial Spirit King loomed in front of them, floating next to the stars and planets.
"Welcome to the Celestial Spirit Realm Lucy." Loke swept his hand across the seemingly endless space.
"Hello old friend." The Celestial Spirit King rumbled.
"...Hey." Lucy waved to the giant celestial spirit.
"Loke has informed me about Vulpecula's situation and I wanted to hear your opinion on it."
Lucy took a deep breath to steady herself "King, I know this is a huge favor I'm asking but please hear me out. As you know, I wholeheartedly believe that celestial spirits are people too, they laugh, they sing, they cry, they fight, and they deserve to be treated as humans. People like Vulpecula's master and Loke's old one, Karen, don't share my opinion and treat their spirits like objects and abuse them, and spirits accept the punishment because they're so loyal and feel the need to be subservient to us but they shouldn't be treated like that just because they got unlucky and a horrible person found their keys. If the spirits won't fight for themselves, then I'll fight on their behalf! Please King, I'm begging you, give me a way to free Vulpecula and any other spirits held by sadistic masters." Lucy looked up at the celestial spirit, her chocolate brown eyes lit with passion.
Loke looked over at Lucy in awe and felt more proud than ever to be her spirit and get to fight at her side.
The Celestial Spirit King surprisingly began to laugh and smiled down at Lucy "Wow, you really know how to deliver a rousing speech. I would love to help you but I'm in a difficult situation, Vulpecula's master is alive and I can't break their contract, as much as I want to."
"Is there really nothing we can do?" Lucy asked, once again she felt powerless.
The King thought for a few seconds before sighing and shaking his head. "Nothing I can think of. Sorry old friend, the only thing I can think of is if you can get Vulpecula's master to break their contract."
Lucy began to think it was futile and Vul would have to stay with her master but then she thought of something and smiled deviously "Fine, I'll get him to break their contract, by any means necessary..." Lucy said.
Loke cocked his head to the side 'That doesn't look good, she's plotting something.' He thought and they both disappeared and went back to Earthland.
Gardenia
The two blondes appeared in the street that Lucy vanished on, except now it was mostly empty and Laxus wasn't standing in front of her. Lucy swore that it was still afternoon when she left and now it was dark outside.
"We were only there for like 5 minutes right?" Lucy inquired.
"Time works differently in the Celestial Spirit Realm. You could spend a day in there and lose 3 months in the human realm." Loke explained.
Lucy nodded and turned around, starting to walk back towards the magic shop. "So what's your plan, Princess?" Loke asked as they walked together.
Lucy just smirked and "Oh you'll see." She snickered.
"Hey! Blondie, you're back!" Someone called after them, their voice was extremely slurred and Lucy groaned when she recognized the voice. Loke and Lucy turned around and were met with a very, very drunk Laxus. His face was twisted in a goofy smile and his whole face was flushed. "And it's Loke, I've missed you so much!" Laxus exclaimed and hugged the lion spirit. Loke's eyes widened and he silently mouthed for Lucy to help him.
Lucy had to hold in her laughter, suddenly wishing she had a camera. 'This is prime blackmail material.' Lucy thought and chuckled making Laxus remember she was there.
Laxus broke the hug but kept one arm around Loke's shoulders. "Is he your new boyfriend, you should've told me you liked blondes." Laxus teased and tried to wink but it ended up looking like a mini face seizure.
Lucy rolled her eyes and tried not to laugh and encourage the dragon slayer "You can stop that, you're gonna hurt yourself, Laxus." Lucy jeered.
"You're so funny Blondie and call me...Sparky, yeah, Sparky is cool." Laxus took his arm off of the spirit and got uncomfortably close to Lucy's face. Lucy leaned away from him and grimaced at the strong scent of alcohol. A lock of Laxus' hair dropped down between his eyes and he went cross eyed to look at it. He gasped loudly and slapped his hands over his mouth "Blondie guess what... I'm blonde too!" He marveled as if it were a huge revelation and started to giggle.
Loke and Lucy looked at each other, shocked, as Laxus giggled uncontrollably and fell to the ground.
Lucy rolled her eyes 'Who would've thought, Laxus is a crazy drunk.' Lucy thought and started to walk away. Loke stared at the hysterical lightning dragon slayer and cautiously walked passed him to follow Lucy.
"Wait, where are you guys goin'?" Laxus slurred and struggled to get back onto his feet.
"None of your business, Sparky" Lucy retorted and Laxus followed both of them down the street to the magic shop.
"Let's go to a bar you guys! I want to get wasted tonight!" Laxus hollered and Lucy slapped a hand over his mouth.
"No more drinks for you, now shut the hell up." Lucy told him and entered the store. It looked like the shop was closing for the day, Vulpecula was sweeping up between two shelves and her master was behind the counter, counting money.
Lucy quickly strode up to the counter before he noticed, grabbed his crimson tie and yanked down, making the man's head collide with the table.
"Lucy!" Loke yelled, shocked at the blonde's violence.
"Go Blondie!" Laxus cheered from behind Loke before going back to playing with a ring that changed your appearance.
"Loke whats happening?" Vul asked in worried voice and ran over to stand by Loke's side with her broom in her hand.
Lucy let go of the tie and let the man raise his head and glare at her. "I'll give you ten seconds to leave, little girl." He threatened and waited to Lucy to move but she didn't budge "It'd be a huge mistake to mistake to test me." He said and narrowed his eyes. Suddenly he vanished from behind the counter and appeared behind Lucy. She wasn't fast enough and by the time she managed to turn around, he had produced a knife and was making a stabbing motion at her.
Before the knife made any contact with Lucy though, a tiny lightning bolt shot into the man's arm and he dropped the knife and grabbed his shocked arm with his other hand. Lucy stared shocked at Laxus who was eating a magic pill that turned your tongue different colors and held a finger gun up to the man. "Hey, don't hurt Blondie or I'll make you go boom, grandpa." Laxus pretended to shoot his finger gun and another tiny lightning bolt came out of his finger and shot the floor under the man. He yelped and scrambled backwards until he was behind Vulpecula.
"What the hell?! Who are you people?" The man's tone was still authoritative even though he was hiding behind Vulpecula.
"We're just some concerned citizens who don't like the way you treat your spirits. "Lucy reached down and picked up the knife up off the floor. "I'll give you ten seconds to free their spirits of their contracts, old man." Lucy taunted and when the man just glared at her, she continued with a smirk. "It'd be a huge mistake to test me."
"V-Vulpecula get rid of them for me!" Her master demanded and pushed her towards the blondes.
The fox tightened her hands on her broom and took a deep breath, "N-no master..." She said.
"What did you just say to me?!"
"I said no! They're my friends and I won't hurt them!" Vulpecula cried.
"You worthless bitch!" The man spat and reached into his pocket, producing a silver key with fox ears made into the head. Vulpecula quickly looked at Loke with scared eyes.
"Be caref-" She was cut off as she dissipated into golden particles.
Her master pulled out another silver key, this one looked like a scythe and had the crow symbol on it. "Open Gate of the crow, Corvus!" A black gate appeared next to him and when it opened up, a man stepped out. Corvus was slim man with short jet black hair, bottomless coal colored eyes, and pearly white teeth. He was wearing a ragged black toga with gold lining that stopped a few inches above his knees, a laurel wreath made of dead leaves, rings with all kinds of stones decorated his fingers and he wore no shoes.
"Corvus, kill them immediately!" The man pointed at Lucy, Loke, and Laxus.
"I thought I told you last time never to order me around, James." Corvus said in an eerily calm voice and turned his head slightly to make eye contact with his master.
James' visibly shivered and bowed his head "I'm sorry Corvus, please get rid of these annoyances."
Corvus smiled slightly, showing his teeth and looked at the trio. "You know James; I saw what you did to Vul. I thought I distinctly remember telling you never to lay your filthy hands on her again."
"N-no that was an a-accident-"
"You slapped her and continued to punish her later by accident?" Corvus asked, cocking his head to the side.
"She wasn't listening to me! I'm your spirit's master and you must obey me!" James roared grabbed Corvus's arms. "Do what I saw or you'll regret it!"
Corvus looked down at James' hand clutching his arm and a dark aura started to grow around the crow. "You really shouldn't have done that." Corvus said quietly and James quickly backed away from Corvus as the spirit sprouted pitch black feathery wings from his back. Corvus held his hand out in front of him and a scythe materialized in his hand. The crow spun it around a few times and then took a menacing step towards his master.
James fell on his butt and quickly grabbed Corvus' key and sent him back to the Celestial Spirit Realm. "Goddammit they're all useless!"
Lucy took a few steps towards James until she was standing over him, his knife still in her hand. "I'm gonna ask again, release all your spirits from their contracts."
James didn't answer for a few seconds, probably thinking of an escape plan but then Laxus and Loke stepped up next to Lucy. "I would listen to her if I were you." Loke opined and smiled brightly.
James sighed loudly and stood up. "Fine, I don't need them anyways." James only had three keys, the fox, the crow, and another one that Lucy didn't recognize. The unknown silver key resembled a sword more than a key. He laid them all out on the floor and held his hand out over them. "Spirit of the fox, spirit of the crow, and spirit of the hero, I hereby release thee from your contracts." The keys glowed a soft golden light and started to float in a gold bubble before they disappeared.
Lucy dropped the knife and grinned from ear to ear "Thanks for your compliance." She chirped and walked past him, leaving the magic shop with Laxus and Loke following her.
"That was a reckless plan Lucy!" Loke chided once they were out of the shop.
"It worked didn't it." She shrugged and laughed at Loke's serious expression. "I was done with feeling powerless." Lucy admitted.
"That was awesome Blondie, you're not a total pussy like I thought you were." Laxus chuckled and leaned on Lucy for support.
"...Thanks." Lucy rolled her eyes and began to wonder how she should handle Laxus "Laxus where are you staying?" Lucy asked and thankfully got an answer from the lightning dragon slayer. With Loke's help, Lucy was able to lead Laxus back to the inn where he was staying and get him into his room. Lucy sent Loke back, saying that she could handle Laxus now.
As soon as he got into his room, he stripped off his big fur coat, his shirt, his shoes, and his jeans before collapsing into bed. "You can sleep on the couch Blondie." Laxus gestured lazily to the big couch against wall.
Lucy's face flushed with red at the sight of the half-naked dragon slayer, suddenly noticing how muscular Laxus was. "I-I don't think that's a g-good idea." Lucy stammered and turned to leave the room.
"Oh come one, I don't bite." Laxus whined and giggled as he continued "Most of the time..." He added and his giggle evolved into full laughing.
"You're not funny!" Lucy shouted, her face getting even hotter if that were possible. She was about to say something else but was interrupted by Laxus' loud snoring. Lucy sighed and slapped a palm over her face 'I'm gonna regret this...' She thought as she removed her sandals and hair ties before laying down on the surprisingly comfortable couch. She pulled a blanket over herself and snuggled deeper into the couch to get comfortable.
'My first day away from Fairy Tail wasn't so bad after all.' Lucy thought with content smile on her face before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
Post Author Note: Wow that was a long chapter! I never intended for it to be so long, sorry if you didn't like it, it was kinda filler-ish. I just got into the zone and didn't notice until I had finished haha
I also didn't plan for Laxus to be in this chapter but randomly I decided to put him in and I'm glad I did because who doesn't love a drunk Laxus? I don't know if I'll use his character more, maybe if you guys like him enough I'll find a place for him ;)
Anyways next chapter will get more into the story so don't worry.
Have an amazing day!
