Chapter 1
Clutching the items in her hand, the young girl looked at the destruction, contemplating what to do for the next chapter of her life. Her home was gone, her family was gone. Though it's been years since this disaster happened, she felt incredible desolation wash over her senses just reminiscing about it. Her blonde hair was waving in the wind, moving at the same time with the whispering trees, as she continued to look at her former home.
Over those years, she learnt how to cast more varieties of her unique magic, so she practised day-in and day-out, as if the war was going to occur at any moment. She finally mastered her strongest spell; 'Gottfried' after a lot of training, to the point where she couldn't walk for at least a week. Even if it was Lucy's strongest spell, she could use it many times in a week, and her magic levels won't drop very much.
That didn't stop her, though.
Still training to this day, she's gained a little muscle along with larger magic reserves. The training she worked on the most was maintaining her human form. Lucy can't really keep her human form for long. Lucy can be able to maintain the human form for about 8 hours or so.
Despite all the wind, she wasn't feeling cold, she felt warm. Clad in only a white summer dress that easily swishing from the slightest movement from the wind with a brown belt carrying the keys, and nothing on her feet. She would look like an actual angel, if it weren't for the grass stains that covered parts of the dress.
Looking down, a clouded look came over her eyes as she remembered the bright golden light that almost enveloped her entire forest, and His request.
xXx
An explosion accompanied with a bright light emerged right before eyes. A loud dinging noise was all she could here. Her eyes widened in fear, before bringing herself in, hiding her face from whatever was going to attack. Though she felt an inhuman amount of power, she yet to move.
'Oh Mavis! It's happening again, isn't it?!' Was all she could think about in that moment, before a deep, rumbling, yet kind voice spoke to her. It felt like everything froze, even the air, as it did.
"Do not be afraid, little one."
She looked up to see a large being hovering in the air. He had dark red eyes, two large horns on the side of his head, and hair coming out of his nose...?
She was more intrigued than scared now.
"May I ask of your name?" He asked, the echoed voice spreading across the clearing.
The fairy responded timidly. "Lucy Yōsei... and what of you..?"
"I go by the Celestial Spirit King, little Fairy." She thinks it may be smiling at her, but wasn't so sure.
Trying to be confident, like her late mother was, she asked the King,
"What business do you have with me?" But, he merely laughed.
"I have a request for you, if you do not mind, Lucy." She nodded her head hesitantly, as an 'okay' sign to continue, "Take these keys. I will not speak of what they are, and I won't explain what they do. That is what the holders job is to do. And said holder, which I single-handedly have picked, will be you, Lucy."
Brown eyes widened.
"What? Why me, King? Are there not more worthy holders out there?" She asked in disbelief, eyes wide, but he only laughed again.
"I can sense potential in you, and I can tell that you have dealt with sadness at some point in your life. Once you have found the use of them, you will find happiness, new friends, and a new adventure. This is what I can sense in your future."
The young girl thought this over, and made up her mind. "As you wish, Sir." She inclined her head politely.
'I've nothing to lose, anyways...' Was the thought going through her head as she thought it over.
Closing his eyes, he held out his hand, and summoned three golden keys.
"The Lion: Leo, The Water Bearer: Aquarius, The Golden Bull: Taurus,"
Five silver keys.
"The Southern Cross: Crux, The Pendulum Clock: Horologium, The Lyre: Lyra, The Compass: Pyxis, The Chisel: Caelum,"
And lastly, a single bronze key.
"The Shield: Scutum..." he was murmuring things that the overwhelmed Fairy had no idea what he was saying.
"U-Um..." She tried getting his attention, but he then snapped eyes open.
The keys, covered in a faint light, floated down in front of Lucy, and gently laid themselves on the fading green grass. "Before I go," he started, catching Lucy's eyes, "Here." He pointed a single finger and shot a small golden beam at her heart, and her temples.
Lucy wasn't expecting that to happen at all, though she did expect it to hurt, but she only felt a slight tingle before the feeling left. Widening her eyes for the nth time, she felt an extraordinary magic flow through her - new spells, and new incantations materialised themselves in her head, and she was left speechless as the King said his final words before he disappeared in a flash.
"Good luck Lucy Yōsei, and may the stars guide you."
xXx
It's been about three weeks since her encounter with the King, and she finally found out what the keys do, but she won't summon the spirits yet. She found out that the King implanted Celestial Magic, along with a few other spells in her head. She understood the basics, but not the advanced type of Celestial Magic yet.
Closing her eyes and breathing in and out, and looking up, Lucy glared at nothing in particular with a determination she didn't know she had in her eyes. She didn't know when she cared for the King's request or the keys in her hand.
But she did.
She will fulfil His request, find out what these keys do, as well as start a new journey, and join a guild which she wishes to do at some point in her life.
Glowing white wings protruded from her back. They were almost the size of her body, but just a few inches shorter. They were permanently glowing like a white light, which could easily light up a whole cavern.
Slowly they flapped, blowing the leaves around her, as it picked up speed. Using that momentum, Lucy flew away from her island to start her new life.
"Goodbye, everyone." Was what she had said to the trees, hoping it had reached the ears of her deceased family.
xXx
Lucy made it to a random destination, but wasn't exactly sure of where to go next. Her wings had vanished ages ago, and she was now walking in the town next to Balsam Village. As she was walking, she could hear murmurs of the townspeople. Curious, Lucy heightened her hearing to hear what they were saying, but found out that the said murmurs were directed at her. Things like;
"What's a muddled lookin' lass doing in a place like this?"
"She looks exhausted, is she alright?"
"Hah? How should I know?"
The now frowning Lucy continued her walk, and went towards the forest, which looked dark, and very foggy compared to the village itself. Before she could step foot in there, a middle-aged looking man ran up to her.
"Don't go in there, young lady!"
Lucy glanced at him and asked in her soft, yet curious voice, almost like a whisper, "Why not?"
The guys face turned red. "T-There's a monster in there! We sent a request to a guild, and the wizard that took the job hasn't come back yet!"
She didn't care.
Lucy smiled.
"I see. Thank you."
And she continued walking into the forest, ignoring the shouts of the man behind her. After what felt like hours of walking, she heard a loud roar. It was loud enough to make Lucy wince and cover her ears.
Hiding behind a tree, and gripping it like it's her lifeline, Lucy watched as a huge beast stomped it's feet, creating craters in the grass. She widened her eyes in fear.
Not beast. Monster.
The monster caught sight of Lucy, and let out what she assumed a victory roar. Bringing its claw up, intent of slashing the Fairy below, Lucy shut her eyes tightly, waiting for the blow.
But it never came.
Then, she heard the sound of steel clashing with ivory resounded through her ears. Fluttering her eyes open to see what it was, Lucy caught sight of something amazing.
Scarlet hair flowing in the wind, and clad in exorbitant looking silver armour. Travelling her eyes over the figure in front of her, Lucy didn't realise they were talking to her.
"Are you alright?"
Hearing the stoic voice, she looked up into a pair of dark brown eyes, which held concern for the little blonde in front of her.
"Y-yes..." Was all Lucy could mutter, while the figure nodded.
Lucy glanced behind the redhead, and widened her eyes in horror. The monster was raising a claw above the woman that saved Lucy. Before Lucy could comprehend what was going on, two words came out of her mouth.
She couldn't stop herself.
"Watch out!" Shoving the redhead, who sucked in a surprised breath, Lucy took the blow from the monster. The monster imbedded its claw into Lucy's abdomen. It ripped its claw out, and left Lucy bleeding profusely. And staining Lucy's white dress with blood. Not giving Lucy any time to recover, the monster opened it's mouth, revealing glistening jaws.
A toxic looking green substance starting building up in his mouth. The bigger it got, the more power that radiated from it. Once the monster was done building the attack, it shot out, faster than lightning. Lucy thrust her hands forward and shouted with as much power as she can.
"Clipeum!"
Large golden fairy wings formed in front of them, acting like a shield, protecting them from the attack. Once it died down, the girls were left unscathed, except for Lucy and her wound.
Blood was still pouring out of Lucy's stomach, while she made a strangled gurgling noise. She glared at the monster, who stared back at her, blankly. It bend over slightly, covering Lucy from any light in that area, and raised its claw again.
Lucy decided to push herself and cast another spell.
Taking a deep breath, Lucy put her hands together like a prayer then curled her fingers, and chanted. Lucy's body was glowing a light hue of green, though the aura surrounding her was suffocating.
Her voice echoed, like she was descending from the heavens.
"I ask that the heavens make the stars descend to earth.
Illuminate... by all means... this land... this world... this land!
By your hand, let everything be illuminated.
Twinkling, shooting, falling... Let the stars descend before me!
Gottfried!"
The magic energy that was surrounding Lucy surged upwards. A huge gap in the trees appeared, and stars slowly filled up the heavens as Lucy yelled out the spell's name, the aura became a beam, along with the stars shining bright, and swirled around the beast. The aura around the beast exploded, obliterating the monster, and most of the forest around her. Leaving a single horn in its wake.
Breathing heavily, Lucy looked down at her wound. She frowned. The wound made the spell take a toll on her, but she was still fine. Resting a hand on the large wound, the Fairy knew she can't die so she ignored it and looked the other person in the scene, who was staring at her with a mix of surprise and amazement.
"A-are you alright...?" Lucy coughed some blood out on the ground when she finished voicing her concern.
"Wh-?" Was all the redhead managed to say, before she snapped out of her reverie and quickly stood up, "Are you alright?" She demanded this time, scanning her eyes over the beaten blonde who saved her.
Lucy smiled big, and beautifully, while the swordswoman just stared at her, and almost cracked at the smile.
"I'm okay! I've been through worse!" While that was supposed to comfort the redhead, it made her feel guilty for some reason.
'She's been through worse...' She kept her lips tight, trying not to frown, but failing.
Not knowing what else to say, she bowed. "My apologies, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Erza Scarlet, pleasure to meet you...?" Erza indirectly asked for the blonde's name.
Still smiling, she responded, "Lucy, Lucy Yōsei."
Erza's eyes widened a fraction, and faltered for a moment.
'Yōsei...that means Fairy...'
Erza smiled at Lucy, "Pleasure to meet you, Lucy." She cleared her throat, before continuing awkwardly, "I also apologise for not helping, and thank you for saving me.."
Lucy giggled, "You as well, Miss Scarlet, and it was no problem! You did help first, though." Erza choked on absolutely nothing, and stammered out.
"E-Erza's fine! No need for formalities!"
Lucy tilted her head. Isn't it being rude to not call people like that? She thought, "O-Oh I see..." She smiled again, "Well, it was nice meeting you, Miss Erza!" The Fairy giggled again while Erza looked everywhere but Lucy, with light red cheeks.
Erza took deep breaths and finally went back to her usual stoic posture. "Yes. Likewise, Lucy. But I have to start travelling back to my town now. It'll probably take about two weeks..." Erza sighed, before smiling apologetically at Lucy, and walked over to the horn, picking it up easily.
Lucy froze.
'Woah, she's so strong...' She watched as Erza vanished into the forest, carrying the monster's horn in one hand. She sighed.
Lucy sat down and leant on a tree. She was exhausted and needed to patch up this wound on her torso. As if responding to her wishes, one of the golding keys on her belt glowed of a few seconds, and bandages appeared in front of her, sitting on top of what looks like neatly piled clothes and a pair of brown boots. She heard a faint male voice before it faded in the wind.
"These are for you, Princess."
She was utterly confused, yet grateful. Seeing a pond nearby, she quickly discarded her clothes and cleaned the blood around her wound. Once that was done, she grabbed the bandages and wrapped them around her torso a few times, adding a bit of pressure to the layering. Grabbing the first item of clothing, which was a white button up blouse, with blue outlining. After she put that on, with much struggle, due to her (un)lucky breast size, she put on the same shade blue skirt as the blouse, and brown boots.
She walked over to the discarded bloody dress, and undid the belt which held the keys and re-attached it to her new outfit. She didn't really know what to do with the dress, so she left it there. Lucy decided to turn and head to the exit of the forest. When she did, she saw the villagers cheering, and celebrating. They were shouting merrily, finally happy that the monster is dead. The same man from earlier ran up to Lucy again and thanked her, over and over again.
"W-What for?" She asked, confused on why they were thanking.
"The wizard we requested told us you took a large part in defeating the monster!" This time, a random old lady cheered after she shouted this.
The man held out a sack, and it jingled at the movement. "She wanted you to have half the reward, so we told her okay! It's a thanks for helping us!"
Lucy smiled as Erza's face appeared in her head. She grabbed the two million jewel. "I see... it was not problem, really!" She then frowned. "I've been meaning to ask - what guild is that wizard from?" Lucy has been curious about what guild Erza was apart of, so maybe one day Lucy could join too, seeing as she wants to join a guild.
While she was expecting an answer, she wasn't expecting it to be this.
"The guild she's in? Fairytail, of course!"
Lucy widened her eyes as she stood rigid, face as white as a sheet.
'Fairytail...'
"I-I see. Thank you, I'll be on my way now..." She breathed out. Lucy abruptly turned on her feet, and speed-walked away. Unknown to her, a huge smile spread across her face.
'Fairytail... I want to join Fairytail.'
