I feel like it's been forever since I've last posted, but I have a very important reason for that. Last week, someone in my family died so that's my reason. Sorry for the wait. Here is the new chapter.
lucy woke up, but she only saw darkness. It was overwhelming. She knew her eyes were open, but nothing could be seen. She tried to move, but found she couldn't. Her arms and legs were shackled to a wall. She could only move around her head, and that was useless since she couldn't see anything.
"Are you awake?" a chilling voice said right next to her ear. Lucy couldn't figure out who's voice it was. It didn't seem very familiar. If it was someone she knew, then she couldn't recall their voice. A cold hand caressed her face gently. A shiver ran down her spine. Whoever this person was, they were trying to make her scared. Although she was ashamed to admit it, even to herself, it was working.
"Do you know why you're here?" The voice asked. Lucy shook her head, she was having dinner with Sting and Rogue. She couldn't think of any reason this person would have to kidnap her. "Fine. I suppose you don't know who I am either." Lucy shook her head again. She felt as though she was supposed to know this person, but she didn't. "My name is Zeref Dragneel. Natsu Dragneels older brother." Lucy was in shock. Natsu never told her he had an older brother. "Natsu doesn't know we are related either. I haven't told him yet." Zeref walked over to Lucy and took off her blindfold.
Lucy stared at her captor. She supposed he was cute. He didn't look like the villain type though. He looked more like a boy that lost his way since he didn't have anyone to guide him. "I have two reasons for taking you. One, you possess a magic you're unaware of and I want it. Two, Natsu decided to work under me if I let him have you as his girlfriend. Of course, that's not going to happen. Taking the magic out of yours body will essentially kill you, but I'm sure he won't be able to tell the difference between the living and the dead."
Lucy stared at him in horror. He was going to kill her just to get magic. Magic wasn't powerful. It only depended on the person using it. Celestial magic wasn't that powerful by itself either. Although it was rare, there was no reason to kill someone using it. But Zeref did say unknown. Maybe she didn't know what magic it was. That was another possibility. However, what magic was so great that Zeref couldn't get it himself.
Someone else started talking. "Hey Luce!" Lucy saw a grin in the dark. "Long time no see." The voice turned menacing at the end. "I hope you've missed me. I've missed you a lot." Natsu came out of the darkness and waved. Lucy started shaking violantly. This was not right. Natsu was supposed to be on the good side. The deal he made with Zeref was beyond stupid. Natsu had to have heard everything Zeref just said. There was no way he didn't.
"Natsu." Lucy put her head down. She couldn't bring herself to look at him when he was like that. "Don't you know Zeref is going to kill me when he takes my magic. I thought you were my savior." Lucy started to cry. Her heart was in turmoil. She hated Natsu yet at the same time, she wanted to stay with him.
"I already know all that Lucy." Natsu grinned. "It's a great thing. If you're dead, then we'll be forever happy together. You'll never leave me. And I was your savior, until the day you betrayed me and went to the dragonslayers in Sabertooth. We can go back to the way we used to be, you just have to accept this." (Natsu has gone officially yandere mode) Lucy stared in shock. Natsu was acting so different from normal. She wondered what happened to make him act like that.
"So you don't care about me anymore Natsu!? I thought we always looked out for each other no matter what! What happened to the Natsu I know!?" Lucy struggled against her bonds and tried to get closer to Natsu.
Natsu grabbed Lucy's arm and twisted it until he heard a satisfying snap. Her arm bone broke. She winced, but refused to cry out. "The Natsu you knew disappeared the day you ran to Sting and Rogue. You abandoned me. You left me all alone, just like Igneel did. Zeref promised me once he got your magic, you would never leave me again. You would never leave me. That's why i'm doing this Lucy. It's you're own fault!" Natsu laughed maniacally. He finally had what he wanted.
"Natsu." Zeref said touching the younger boy's shoulder gently. It's time to take her magic." Natsu grinned. This was finally it. Lucy was unshackled and she fell to the floor. She didn't even bother looking up at Natsu, or Zeref. She didn't want to see the evil that her friend had become. It was to terrible.
Natsu dragged her by her hair out the door. She didn't even bother resisting. It was all pointless. Nothing mattered anymore. She was laid onto a metal table and shackled down. A needle was stabbed into her arm. She didn't even feel the pain. Her heart was connected to a wire that was ready to take her magic away, yet she showed no emotion. The machine that would kill her started up, and she didn't care. She didn't suffer at all as the machine drained away her life. She would be dead in a few hours, but she didn't think about anything.
A wall fell to the ground and two people were standing their, only their silhouettes were visible among the smoke. She slightly tilted her head toward them acknowledging their presence. She said nothing. When the smoke cleared, Sting and Rogue stood there. They looked ready to fight. Rogue cracked his knuckles and used the shadows to get closer to her. While he started to unshackle her, Sting fought against Natsu. No one noticed Zeref in the corner.
"Why do you always have to take everything from me Sting!" Natsu yelled as his flaming fist hit Sting's face. "First you take my fame, then my guild's pride. Now you're stealing Lucy!" I'm going to kill you!" Sting nimbly dodged a kick from Natsu and counterattacked with a punch to the gut. The attack hit and Natsu doubled over in pain.
"I'm not taking anything from you!" Sting yelled back as he dodged another one of Natsu's attacks. "You pushed it all away! You betrayed Lucy and she went looking for a new home. She came to us because you abandoned her when she needed you. When we found her she was broken into tiny fragments. We glued her back together and gave her a home that wouldn't abandon her!" Natsu growled in rage. All of Sting's words were lies. He stole Lucy! He was manipulating her into staying with him.
Rogue had by then unhooked her from the machine and was leading her out of the fray. He didn't notice that in the shadows lurked a deeper threat. Rogue was about to carry her through the hole in the wall and lead her to safety when a black shadow jumped out in front of him. Rogue stared at Zeref, the mastermind behind the whole plan.
"Rogue Cheney, a shadow dragon slayer. I doubt you'll be much of a challenge. After all, I rule the shadows. I am second to none, except maybe Lucy Heartfillia. Put her down now, and you'll leave here alive. I can't say the same about you're friend though. He already started a fight.
"Zeref." Rogue glared at the innocent looking man who kidnapped his mate. "I would never give up Lucy, even if it meant saving my own life. I'm sad to say you don't have anyone like that." Zeref's eyes brightened red for a moment.
"I would suggest you don't talk to me like that boy. I used to have a lover to. She died in my arms, just as Lucy will die in yours. Unlike me however, you will not live to speak of her death." In a rage, Zeref attacked Rogue with the shadows. He aimed for Lucy. That was the main threat, if she woke, all would be lost. Rogue dodged all of his attacks swiftly. He wanted to go into the shadows, but he knew that wouldn't work. Zeref worked in the shadows as well. For now, those were his domain. Rogue ducked behind a pile of rubble and gently put Lucy down. He whispered a short sentence into her ear and made his way to defeat Zeref once and for all.
Sting and Natsu were still going at it. Both were severely injured. Sting had blood running from his forehead down, his hand was twisted at an awkward angle, and he was limping badly. Natsu had a large bruise on his face, blood masking his entire arm, and if you looked at his left leg you could see bone. It was hard to tell who was winning. They took a second to catch their breath and started attacking each other. Sting aimed for Natsu's left leg and hit it with magic. Natsu fell to the ground in pain and Sting walked up to him.
"This is the end Natsu. I won't let you leave here alive." Sting put magic in the palm of his hand and struck Natsu in the neck with it. Natsu crumpled to the ground, his head detached from his body. "You used to be my idol, but not anymore.
Rogue and Zeref were still fighting. From the looks of it, Zeref was obviously winning. Rogue had a huge gash on his forehead, his arm was bleeding heavily, and he was barely standing up. Zeref however, wasn't even fazed.
"You have no hope of winning Rogue. You could never hope to beat me, not even you're future self would be able to beat me." Sting ran over to his best friend.
"We're going to win! For Lucy's sake!" Sting gathered his magic in his hand. Rogue copied him and did the same. They did their unison rage and sent it flying at Zeref. Black and white swirls hit the dark mage at full force, yet he simply stood there and took it. Smoke filled the air and Zeref was covered. Sting and Rogue both waited for the smoke to clear to see what damage their attack did or didn't do. They hoped it ended the dark mage so they could go home and finally rest.
Lucy woke up to see destruction around her. She remembered seeing Sting and Rogue arrive, but not much after that. She felt so weak. Like all of her magic was gone. Zeref had almost succeeded in killing her, and she hadn't done anything to stop it. Lucy also remembered who she was. In her past life, she was someone else, someone with very powerful magic. Today, that magic was called the one magic.
Lucy stood up and stared at the battle going on. The smoke had just cleared and Zeref stood there unharmed. Sting and Rogue looked exhausted and looked like all their magic was gone. They were covered in blood and bruises. There was no way they would last much longer. Also, there was a decapitated Natsu on the ground. Lucy chose to ignore it. She could deal with the sadness later when she had the time.
She walked toward the group and started chanting a spell. When she got to the last word of it, she stood in front of Zeref. "I remember who I used to be Zeref, and I want you to know, I'm sorry I died in the past. It was selfish of me." Lucy muttered the last word of the spell, and Zeref's scream was the last cry of the battle. He was finally gone, for good. There was no coming back.
Lucy ran toward Sting and Rogue and caught them in her arms just as they were falling. Lucy said another spell and all their wound's disappeared. They were asleep in her arms. She summoned a portal to their home. That was where she wanted to be. That was now her home to. She walked through the portal with them, and returned home. Lucy softly laid their bodies onto the floor. Then she sat next to them, and simply waited for them to wake up. After all, she wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
That is the end of the story! I am so glad this story is done. It's been forever since I finished a story. Please tell me your opinions on whether or not I should make a short sequel to this. I have two other fairy tail stories and probably more coming. If you want then you can leave a request for anything. If it's an anime or book/anything else, as long as it's not rated M then i'll try to complete you're request as soon as possible. Thanks for reading the story and I hoped you enjoyed it. PEACE!
