Found

I feel like an idiot. I only just understood the fairy tail symbol

(Laxus' POV)

We waited for the dust to clear. And when it did we gasped in shock. There were the three mages; they were about to teleport away judging by how they were all going to grab one of the mages. But Freed quickly put a rune barrier around them. But that was not what shocked us. Behind them, hanging up by chains, was Lucy.

I let my team worry about the mages; since they were in one of Freed's runes it should be ok. I heard Bickslow and Evergreen attacking them and Freed was strengthening the barrier. I went to Lucy. How on earth was she alive? We saw a body and saw the deep gashes all over her body. But the worst one was three parallel slashes across her face, luckily her eyes weren't hit.

Then I noticed something. There were magic circles surrounding her head.

"Freed, knock them all unconscious, then their magic will become ineffective" I told him.

Freed, Bickslow and Evergreen all knocked one of them out. I'm not sure which one put up the spell but at least the magic circles are gone. Freed continued to strengthen the runes while Bickslow and Evergreen stood guard. Who knows if there are any more of these guys? I see how team Natsu lost to these guys. If we didn't have Freed with us we probably would have lost also. I went to Lucy and unchained her. The shackles were still on her wrists but at least she wasn't hanging from the wall anymore.

"Freed, come here and quickly unlock these chains" I told him. He did as I said. Lucy was still unconscious. I decided that I should call gramps. I got out my communications lacrima and waited for him.

"Laxus my boy, did anything pop up or was it another wild goose chase" he asked me. He looked hopeful.

"Sort of, though it's a bit weird" I told him. How do I tell him this? Do I ease into it or just say it?

"What is it Laxus" his face was now serious. I sighed and showed him Lucy.

When I looked back at him he was shocked and his eyes had tears in them. He snapped out of it and looked at me.

"Laxus don't bring her back to the guild until I tell you. I have something to do" and with that the screen went blank. What does he have to do? And where will we take her? I sighed and called the magic council.

(Makarov's POV)

Lucy is alive? How is this possible? I saw her body and it wasn't an illusion. I headed straight to the cemetery. I met with the grounds keeper.

"Dig up the body of Lucy Heartfillia now" I ordered. To say he looked shocked was the understatement of the century. He was utterly flabbergasted. But he did as I said none the less. He probably did it because of the look in my face.

After waiting for about two long nerve-wrecking hours the grave was finally dug up. The body should be in the same condition it was in months ago because a spell was put on the body. I walked slowly up to the coffin. I looked inside and gasped. There was nothing but dust. Some of it was red, which was probably used for the injuries on her body. I thanked the grounds keeper and went to the guild. I called Levy up to my office.

"Yes master?" she asked.

"Levy, I know that you have been researching the magic that team Natsu encountered. I want you to research types of clone magic, specifically clones made out of dust" I asked her. She nodded and looked determined to do her best as usual. I smiled at her as she left my paper filled office.

Laxus POV

We watched as the magic council; took the mages away. Lucy was still unconscious. I held her as we walked to the train station.

"Where are we going to go if we can't go back to the guild?" Evergreen asked. Freed looked deep in thought.

"Why don't we keep her at your house Laxus?" he asked. I didn't see any problem in it so I just grunted in agreement. We walked and soon arrived at the train station.

"Evergreen, call gramps and tell him that we're going to keep her at my place. Also ask him if he can send Wendy over" I told her. She nodded and did as I said.

We sat down in a private compartment and I put Lucy's head on my lap. Bickslow got out the first aid kit and bandaged her wrists which looked really bad. They were purple and bruised. I didn't know what other injuries she had but judging by how she tensed whenever I put my hand on her back there were probably some injuries there.

"Laxus, Master says that it is fine for her to stay there. I had to tell him the extent of her injuries in order for him to allow Wendy to come over but more importantly. There's no body in the grave. It's just dust" Evergreen told me. I see, so that's where he went in such a hurry.

We arrived at Magnolia and we decided that we would go to my house through the forest so we could avoid running into anyone. My house was on the outskirts of Magnolia so no one would come and visit and that's the way I preferred it.

I put Lucy in the spare room and went down to the living room. I heard a knock at the door. There was Gramps and Wendy. I remember that when I asked him why he didn't give Lucy's keys to another celestial mage he told me that when he thought about it Virgo and Loke came to take them away. So I was shocked to see them. I looked behind and saw Loke and Virgo there. They were probably worried sick.

I lead them to my spare room. Wendy looked really confused; I guess that Gramps didn't tell her what this was about. When I opened the door I heard Wendy gasp, I looked at her to see that her eyes were wide and there were tears in them.

"Lucy-san…" I heard her whisper. Before we could offer any explanation she ran over to Lucy and started to heal her. She turned to us.

"I need Evergreens help to take her clothes off to check her other wounds so you guys have to leave. I'm sorry master but I have to ask you to leave also" she turned and bowed to gramps. We left the room so that she could heal Lucy.

Am I the only one who thinks that Kage looks like Shikamaru?

Anyway, what do you think?