Just Misunderstood

Chapter 2

Okay, so it's been awhile. I'm so sorry about that. But here is the next chapter.


Lucy yelled out as her back collided with the wall that stood tall behind the training grounds. It didn't take her long to pull herself up again and she cringed as she felt her ribs shift unnaturally under her skin.

"Lucy!" Loke shouted as he ran over to her side. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hit you so hard."

Lucy shook her head and held her side. "There's no point in training if you're just going to hold back."

"Again!" The King bellowed. Lucy nodded, stood up and jogged back to the center of the training ground. The King had Lucy doing hand to hand combat first. It had just been a little over an hour since she had gotten there and she knew that it had already been more or less several days in the human world. But even in this hour Lucy could feel her magic growing. It was almost feeding off of the air, changing.

Loke stood and went on the defense as Lucy threw multiple attacks at him. He was actually surprised on how hard it was. She was fast, but there wasn't a whole lot of power in her attacks. He flinched when her fist collided with an awkward place on his wrist and Lucy saw it. She shocked herself when she reacted and used his moment of weakness to her advantage. She swiped her leg under him and he cried out as he fell to the ground. Lucy jumped on top of him and pinned his hands to his side.

"Ha! I did it!" She said, her smile lighting up her face. Loke was honestly amazed. She had fast reflexes and her mind moved a lot quicker than most people's.

"Good job, Princess." He decided to resist the urge to comment on their position and he let her pull him up off the ground. "You did well. But tell me one thing. When did you get so fast?"

Lucy shrugged. "I'm not sure. I don't even think I'm all that fast. I just, sometimes see what you're about to do. Maybe all the dance classes I had to take when I was younger. I had to learn to read my partner, especially since I'm a girl. The man leads so I was taught to anticipate his movements and follow them. I hated it at the time but I guess it really helped my out now." She grinned.

Loke nodded and looked up at the King, he was still in his Draco form. "My King, I think she ready to learn some actual magic now!" He shouted up so the gigantic creature could hear him. The King was laying down, his body taking up more than half of the training ground, he watched the two fight. He made a rumbling sound in his throat that resonated through his stomach and into the ground below. It seemed like the entire world shook to Lucy, she stumbled and lost her balance.

When she opened her shut eyes the King was on his feet, his face only a couple feet away from Lucy's. She couldn't help but stare into the enormous eyes that almost seemed bigger than her head.

"Yes, indeed. We do not have a lot of time. Human girl. Dragon Slaying magic is an ancient art, like you know. This form of Magic was born over four hundred years ago during the Dragon Civil War. The Dragons split into two factions: those who supported peaceful coexistence with humans, and those who did not. However, the war ripped apart the lands and was locked in a constant stalemate. To end the stalemate, the Dragons that supported coexistence played a dangerous card: they taught their special Magic to the humans they sought to coexist with. Although the war shifted in their favor, the Dragons miscalculated; some of the humans that were taught this special Magic began to slay not only enemy Dragons, but allied ones as well. There are…different affects. But I'm not going to explain those, it happens very rarely and I do not believe it will ever apply to you. No point worrying you over something that maybe never occur." He finished.

Lucy put her hands on her hips and looked up irritated at the dragon before her. "You can't just leave me hanging like that."

The King chuckled. "It has only ever happened once, when a slayer used his magic to much. He killed to many. I do not believe that you will ever turn out like him."

Loke nodded, and clapped his hands together. "Alright then, let's get this started. What spell are we learning fir-"

"Leo, my friend. Go inside."

Loke jumped, his hands dramatically flailing at his sides. "But why!?"

"The Human girl needs to concentrate. You are… not really the best company when concentration is a factor."

Loke's head hung low but he couldn't really disagree. He walked slowly towards the castle and Lucy stifled giggles as he left. But then she thought, wait. The King said I wouldn't turn out like him, the man that killed many. But how could she… she wasn't a dragon slayer. She stayed calm, not wanting to freak out in case he meant something else. "Are you going to teach me dragon slaying magic?" She asked.

"Why yes! I am a dragon! What else would I teach you?" He answered excitedly.

Lucy's head spun. She had thought that he was just explaining the magic, not teaching it to her. How does one even begin to learn magic? She was born with hers. She didn't know one thing about studying magic.

The king saw her inner turmoil and added, "I promise you, Human Girl. It is not entirely difficult to learn this magic. It might be for you since you have only ever been a holder-type mage. But you will learn, instead of focusing your magic in an object, you focus it in the air." He stopped and thought for a moment, "You treat the space around you as the object."

Lucy nodded and closed her eyes, she focused on her magic container. She willed it to open. She pictured the air around her as a bubble. She pushed her magic out of her until she filled the bubble completely. She opened her eyes and gasped to see golden swirls of magic swimming around her. Blue and purple streaks mixed in as she focused more. She concentrated and willed the different colors to move and swirl around each other. It drained her magic, but it wasn't as much as calling out a spirit. Lucy laughed as the swirls spun around and grouped together, forming different shapes. She made a mermaid, then a lion, she picture dolphins and the blues and purples blended to make the animal. They dove into the gold and lept out again. Swimming through the air. She closed her eyes and pushed her magic out farther, trying to fill in more space.

The King watched, and was amazed. She had gotten it so fast. His eyes widened as she controlled it well enough to form shapes. He had never seen something like that before. It had taken him years to learn to fully control his magic like that. Lucy looked up at the King and grinned widely. She willed her magic to reach him, the swirls floated through the air. The King let his magic surround him, Lucy's light swirls mixed with his. She took deep breaths as she began to reign it back in. Letting it slip back inside.

Then, she realized that was something she should never do again. The magic inside of her began to boil, and a scream ripped from her throat as it burned inside of her. She recalled what Natsu had said about eating his own fire, how it was something he would never do. She held her ribs as the magic caused them to hurt more. Every inch of her body burned and she collapsed onto the ground, sobs racked her body. Her breathing came in short pants, every time her lungs filled it caused her throat to burn. The King didn't have time to stop her as he felt the sudden change in the magic, he had realized too late that she was absorbing it back in. He couldn't do anything as she lay on the ground, her body shuddering unnaturally. He leaned over her, resting his head next to her. Just his head was easily eight times her size and he moved carefully to avoid hurting her further.

It was a while before she raised her head, tears still racing down her face. Every once in awhile her body would shudder beyond her control. She turned to face the dragon and before he could apologize for not warning her she said, "Sorry, my bad. Shall we continue?"

The Spirit King was astonished, she was a truly amazing human girl. He agreed and they continued.

He taught more about the flow of magic and how she could summon it in a denser way so it would cause damage. "Celestial energy is not like fire, it does not burn regardless. Fire dragon slaying magic is the easiest to learn and control. You do not have to control the density or power of it. Fire is fire, it burns. Celestial energy is more like, shadow dragon slaying magic. I do not think you have encountered that mage yet. But shadows in general do not hurt people, but when it gathers and has the intent to kill it can do damage. Your magic can do the same, it can hurt if you want it to. When you were controlling your magic a little while ago you merged different parts of your magic together to create that one swimming creature. It is like that. You need to combine the different types of your magic together so it can actually do damage in a fight." He explained.

Lucy nodded, "Okay, so like I did with the dolphin." She held out her hand and focused her magic to her palm, she imagined a fire. A deep purple fire that burned and destroyed. Dark purple and blue manifested in her palm, it didn't look like fire. It swirled and rolled, it wasn't like before, she felt power in it. She looked at the king and he nodded towards the wall she had crashed into earlier. But before she could launch it in that direction, he spoke.

"Wait. There might be a way for you to control your magic further." He started. "Since, your magic originates from an object from another world, you might be able to banish things to different places. It could be possible for you to lets see… tranport things. You proved that you can control your magic even after you have released it." For once The King did not know how to explain this to her. He looked at her listening face. "Try this, send your magic at the wall, I am actually not sure how this will work since you are already in the spirit world, but imagine your magic consuming the wall, and sending it to another place, through the spirit world."

Lucy cocked her head but she kind of understood. "It would work differently since I'm in the spirit world already, but you're saying, basically it's like sending a spirit back, and summoning them again. So, since I'm already here, I could send it to the human world then summon it back here." She said, she couldn't necessarily explain it but she understood.

The King nodded. Lucy looked at the ball of purple in her hand and she imagined a black hole, that would suck in the wall that stood alone. She threw it and it crashed into the center of it. Then, it collapsed into itself. The wall sucking into the spot the the orb had hit. Lucy focused on another spot away from that, and she willed a gate to open. In a flash of gold that usually signaled a spirit the wall reappeared in a pile of rubble.

Lucy wiped the sweat from her forehead and turned to the King. "Amazing. I was not sure it would work. With practice you could do that to people, without injuring them."

Lucy laughed and clapped. She was excited. With this, she would become so much stronger. Her breath was finally beginning to even out, and she realized how hard that had been. "That took quite a bit of magic," She mentioned.

"Ah, yes. The cost of doing that spell is the equivalent of summoning two spirits at once and leaving them open for several human hours."

Lucy's eyes widened and she shook her head, "No way. I can barely leave two gates open for an hour before getting totally wiped out, and even after it takes days for my magic to fully heal."

"The air here is different, we have a heavier atmosphere. Your magic thrives here. If you train hard enough your magical capacity should increase exponentially. Even when you leave, it will stay like it was here."

Lucy looked starry-eyed at the King, "Really!? Oh my gosh! Yay!" She bounced, not even trying to contain her excitement. The King smiled warmly at the human girl.

"Now I think it's time to teach you actual dragon slaying magic!" His voice rang out.

It was then that Lucy's bubbly mood turned into a serious one. "If I'm going to be a dragon slayer. I can consume my own element for more power, so what will I eat?" She asked.

The King pondered this for a moment. "I am a Celestial Dragon myself, I live in a world made up of celestial energy, I can simple inhale and gain strength. But I do not believe that there is any source of celestial energy in the human world. You could consume celestial spirit energy, the leftover magic that sits in the air after a Celestial wizard summons a spirit. You wouldn't be able to do that with your own." He was truly stumped, celestial magic by itself is rare enough, but mixing that with a lost and ancient magic… it had never been done before.

"But if I was in the spirit world it could work, right?" She asked.

"That is it! Loke!" He summoned. In a dramatic flash of gold, the lion appeared and bowed low to his princess and king.

"You called?" He looked up with his smug smile.

"I need a piece of jewelry, something that will not come off. Something from our world." He was chasing an idea, "Wait, get several. For her guild."

Loke left without a question, but Lucy looked at the dragon and asked what he was doing.

"Once you master this new spell you can use it to your entire team's advantage. You could teleport them around, use this in battle, you could even teleport them around in battle. If everyone on your team has a piece of the Celestial World always on them, you never have to worry about them not being able to breath while you are using your magic on them." He explained.

Lucy nodded, "That is a really good plan. If I could learn to control this well enough not to hurt them."

"I believe you will do well, you have only been here a couple hours and you are already stronger than when you came. Just imagine how you are going to be in three days," He said softly.

It was then Loke came running towards them, a small box in his hands. "Alright, I didn't want to pick, I know how Lucy and her team are about little things like this." Lucy kneeled down as he put the box on the ground. She cracked open the lid and gasped. Purple, gold, silver, beautiful jewels and metals were scattered throughout the chest. A small necklace caught her eye and she gently picked it up. It was a simple golden chain with a small dark purple stone. She examined the jewel closer and saw a swirling storm inside. Purple and blue rolling and fighting within the jewel.

"I can't accept any of these," She said, this was to great a gift. She couldn't take any of them.

"Human girl, you have give many of spirits an amazing home. A place to call theirs. You are kind, intelligent, strong and certainly a pillar of light to all of the spirits. I accepted your request of training here, now let me do my job. This is apart of it."

Lucy stared at the enormous dragon before her and she fought the urge to cry. "Thank you. Thank you so much," She decided to pick out the ones for her team. She got a flashy diamond necklace for Erza, hoping the requip mage could spell it or something so it would stay on her even while she changed armors. She got Gray a small blue diamond earring that she knew he would put in the unnoticed pierce in his right ear. Lucy had trouble with Natsu's, no matter what, she was sure it would get burned or shaken off in battle. That's when she saw, in a small box within the chest, a beaded necklace. She found a note with it and it read, 'Durable. Magic-proof."

Lucy scoffed, that was too perfect. She even liked the little beads on it. There were seven, each had a different symbol. A flame, a screw, a lightning bolt, wind, some type of purple drop of liquid, Lucy assumed it was poison, then one was plain white and the other plain black. She didn't know what they meant, but it was pretty and Natsu would wear it. She quickly shuffled through and got some other things for any other people that would fight with them at any occasion. After she gathered six she closed the box and sent all of it away with Loke. "Thank you again, they really are beautiful," She said to the king.

"I am glad they will get some use. They have been collecting dust from centuries," He said with a toothy grin.

~JM~

Several hours later, Lucy sucked in a quick breath as she focused her magic into her hand and it shaped into a perfect sphere in her palm. She threw it at Loke and pictured a gate on the other side of the field. Loke wasn't fast enough to dodge it and it slammed into his chest. She cringed as his body was sucked into the orb and after a few seconds came crashing through the gate on the other side of the training ground. The gate opened towards the ground and he landed face first into the ground. "Loke! I'm sorry, I forgot about the orientation of it." She apologized as she ran over to his side.

"Well, that was better than when you blew me to bits in the gate," He said, a smile on his face.

Lucy blushed. "I'm sorry! I can't control it yet!" She exclaimed. She pulled him to his feet and they laughed when Lucy started pulling pieces of grass and stuff out of his hair. "Now that you were actually in one piece, did you see the human world?" She asked.

"It all goes too fast. But I think that's where this grass came from. After all, we don't have this type here," He pulled another piece off of his orange mane and showed it to her. She nodded.

"You are doing much better. Congratulations. Now before we call it a day, I will teach you a common spell among dragon slayers." He waited for her to nod before continuing, "The Dragon Slayer's fist, or talon."

Lucy nodded again. She had seen Natsu and Gajeel use that attack. "Okay, where do I start?"

"Begin how you would with the other attack" Lucy summoned the dense purple power and it engulfed her entire hand. "Now… punch Leo" Lucy grinned and turned towards the Lion spirit. She ran at him and pulled her arm back, she keep the magical flow to her hand constant and Loke caught her fist with his hand. She rolled her eyes and increased the magic to her hand. Causing the thick purple and blue magic to grow and burn Loke's hand.

He pulled back as he cried out and Lucy focused her magic to her foot, she swung it up and kicked him in the chest. He was sent flying way farther than she anticipated and she screamed as she cut the flow of magic. "Oh my gosh! Loke! I'm so sorry!"

"Good, the magic will increase your personal strength as well," Draco added.

"Princess, geez." He rubbed his chest and looked up at her with a smirk, "You can kick me anytime." He winked and licked his lips.

Lucy rolled her eyes and helped him up again. "Horny cat," She mumbled.

"Only for you, My Lady."

"Now! You have been here for nine human hours. We have done nothing but train! Get changed, join us for dinner!" The King bellowed.

Lucy jumped happily and looked down at her tattered and dirty clothes. Then looked at Loke, "How will I shower if I have to keep the clothes on to survive here?" Loke reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny bracelet. She only nodded and slipped it onto her wrist. He grabbed her hand and transported them to her room.

Lucy was about to yell at the Lion for not giving her a warning about the teleportation, but then stopped when she saw the room before her. It was a circular room, half of it was glass and it jetted out of the castle. The glass windows looking out over the edge of the certain floating rock they were on. A king-sized bed caught her attention, giant pillars on each corner of it held lilac drapes, a solid black piano sat in one corner of the room and in the center was a pair of couches and a small coffee table. The room was easily bigger than her entire apartment building and Lucy already knew she was going to love spending time in here.

Loke cleared his throat and said that dinner was at eight, and told her to wear something fancy. He gave his princess a bow then shimmered out of the room. Lucy eyed the clock and mentally thanked the king that he had set up a human time clock for her. But she did see that she had only a little less than an hour to get ready.

She spotted two tall glass doors on the other side of the room and checked each one, she saw the closet first which was bigger than her entire apartment. The closet basically having it's own closets. The little different rooms in the closet was filled with various different clothes, one was formal, another was casual, and the last two were athletic and sleep. At the very end it opened up to another round room. She saw a bathtub and almost cried when she saw that the other door did lead to the bathroom.

"The closet and bathroom are so big that they need to different exits," She whispered to herself.

She looked at the cabinet and saw hundreds of different kind of soap. Different bath-bombs and scented beads. Lucy resisted the urge to explore more when she remembered the time. She peeled the sweat and mud covered sweats off of her and turned on the multi-head shower. She quickly washed out her hair and she gasped as the various different gashes on her skin began to close when they came in contact with the water.

"Oh, the spirit world is so fucking cool." She whispered.

She scrubbed the mud off of her and stepped out of the shower. She wrapped her hair in a towel and wrapped another one around herself. She happily skipped to the formal closet and gasped when she saw the hundreds of dresses. It would take her years to pick one. Then she turned to see one hung up separate, a small note stuck on it. "Wear me~"

Lucy giggled and looked at the gorgeous dress. It was long and a mixture of beautiful colors. The skirt itself was an aqua color that matched the darker blue of the torso piece perfectly. Golden scales linen the sweetheart neckline and matched the gold sash that went with it. An almost translucent blue cloak connected to a separate collar and fell over the shoulders, only to fall neatly behind it. A pair of gloves laid next to it, they had plates of metal wear they would hold onto her arms and the cloth faded into a light blue.

Lucy was automatically in love with it. It reminded her of the Spirit King in his Draco form. She quickly found matching shoes and slipped the dress on. She walked back to the bedroom and found her keys sitting on the coffee table. She lightly touched Cancer's key and her simmered next to her. It didn't take long for him to put her hair up and curl it, leaving her bangs to fall freely over her forehead. She looked at the clock when he had finally finished and saw she was right on time. She pushed open the golden doors to her room and Loke and Virgo stood, both of they dress to the nines. Loke, basically in his normal suit but now it had golden accents on it. Virgo had a full length jet black dress on and it looked beautiful on her.

"Lucy, my Lady, you look amazing," Loke said, Virgo nodded in agreement. Together they took hands and shimmered to the dining area. Lucy would never get tired of looking at the Celestial Sky.

They were outside stood before a great dinner table, hundreds of different kinds of food littered the table. All the spirits were around, all dressed in high-class formal attire. Lucy grinned at the King who was already seated at the end of the table. He had reverted back to his human-ish form and was actual the size of a normal human. Well, kind of. He was still really tall, Lucy could tell.

"Ah, Lucy. The dress I picked out is perfect. Please join us." His strong voice said. She walked and took the seat next to him. All of her spirits and even others she had never seen before joined them as well. They all graciously chose seats and settled down enough for their king to speak. "This is a celebration for the first ever Celestial Dragon Slayer!"


Okay, I wrote this entire thing in one sitting. My eyes hurt, but I'm so happy that I got this out.

The dress that Lucy is wearing for the dinner is actually based off of an image by the artist Rboz. I would put a link but links don't work well anyway. So type in: rboz september 15. (USE GOOGLE)

It's one of the first photos, last time I checked it was the third one. I hope I described it well enough for you to be able to tell which one it is.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING. PLEASE REVIEW AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK!