Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love
Episode 004: Daybreak of Destruction! Part One
This chapter will cover
Episode 003: Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion
Disclaimer addition for this chapter: The flashback to two years ago in this chapter when Lucy and Lisanna are explaining why they are wearing the vest and muffler respectively is owned by my Beta Reader OathkeeperRoxasXNamine09 and not me.
Recap...
Previously on Starry Heavens: Strengthening Bonds of Friendship, Magic& Love...
Lucy and Lisanna began their quest to find Natsu and Igneel, unfortunately trouble followed them as they ran into a fake Salamander. Lucy and Lisanna were pissed off that the fake was staining Natsu's name so they confronted them with their new friend Aspen. A young female wizard that was looking for a guild to join. She wanted Fairy Tail though Aspen was kind of skeptical at first because she wasn't sure if Fairy Tail would take her because according to her, her magic is weak. Lucy shot that thought down. Aspen is a Weather Manipulation Wizard. Not only that, Lucy and Lisanna showed their new friend their second magic. Star Make for Lucy and Elemental Empowerment for Lisanna. Also Lucy picked up a couple of new Silver Keys, one being the Silver Eagle Aquila, which she already made a contract with, and the other one was the Canis Minor Nikola, which she has yet to make one with. Also in the end after defeating the Fake Salamander who was known as Bora the Prominence, Aspen was properly inducted into the guild. After they returned to the guild, Lucy and Lisanna left Aspen there after she was inducted officially. They went to retrieve their friend Macao Conbolt and succeeded. Now it's time for the first mission of Lucy, Lisanna, Aspen, and Happy together! Now another matter is at hand, what is the name of their team going to be? Also a year ago Lucy and Lisanna brought two Dragon Slayers into the fold by the names of Chisame Corona the Poison Dragon Slayer, and Shigeru Sandarov the Earth Dragon Slayer. Oh yeah, can't forget about Chisame's flying feline partner Roxie, as well as Shigeru's flying feline partner Terra. What is in store for everyone in Fairy Tail now? Find out as this story continues.
At the Guild Hall...
It is a day like any other at the Fairy Tail Guild Hall. Constant Bickering between Guildmates, along with the random fights. Also, you can't forget about Cana Alberona drinking anytime all day and night, I mean what's with the Fairy Tail Card Magic user who has been a member the longest of all of the wizards in her generation? Is she even old enough to drink? Lucy and Lisanna are sitting at the bar chatting with Mirajane about recent happenings and their recent quests to stop Bora the Slave Trader and retrieve Macao from Mt. Hakobe all with the purpose of keeping their promise to Natsu to look for him, Igneel and constantly protect Fairy Tail from naysayers. Yes, Natsu has sure had a variety of influences on these two best friends even two years after his apparent death. Lucy and Lisanna are continuing to get stronger with the promise they made to Natsu in there hearts.
Lucy and Lisanna were at the bar with Happy when Aspen joined them and ordered s a milk shake. The guild is very lively with fights and bickering as usual.
"I was wondering if I could join your team Lucy?" Aspen asked the two best friends and the blue cat. "You know, I could be very helpful in helping you two and Happy in finding Natsu and Igneel. Also who knows, maybe we will pick up a few new members along the way."
Lucy and Lisanna nod in agreement and then ask a question. "So what should we call our team?"
"Truth be told, I don't have a single idea in my head at all." Aspen stated.
Romeo interrupts the groups thoughts as he walks up to Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy. "Thank you Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy for bringing back my dad! I know Natsu would've done the same thing."
Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy nodded as they brushed tears from their eyes thinking about Natsu.
Lucy and Lisanna went to Master Makarov's office and asked if they could get out of their rent at Fairy Hills which costs 100,000 Jewels per month. Makarov wondered why and they said that they needed a place for both of them. Makarov gave them 72 hours to get their things out of there and find a place to live.
The two best friends nodded and left Makarov's office after paying last months rent to him. Just as Lucy and Lisanna left, Aspen came in and asked if she could have one of the rooms. Makarov understood but told her that she had 72 hours to pay the first months rent. Aspen nodded and left the office and went to the bar with Mirajane. Mira looked to Aspen and looked at her.
"You know Aspen, you can look for a job on the request board if you want. One that you could take with Lucy and Lisanna."
"Thank you Mira I think I will do that." Aspen stated as she went to the request board right after Lucy, Lisanna, left the guild with Happy to go apartment hunting.
Outside the guild hall on the road to find an apartment...
"Well Li we better get apartment hunting, Happy let's get going. We need to find a place to live." Lucy stated to everyone.
"Aye Sir!" Happy chimed.
"It's about time we did get out of that place and look for a bigger place for the two of us to share." Lisanna happily agreed with her best friend.
"But where are we going to find a place?" Happy asked while hovering between the two.
"Well if we work together it shouldn't be too hard." Lucy stated to the blue cat. "If we can find a place where each of us can pay for half of the monthly rent, we should be just fine."
"Aye Sir!" Happy exclaimed with his normal cheerful attitude he always seems to have.
The group of two girls and one cat searched all over Magnolia until they finally came to what seemed to be the perfect place. They went into the main lobby and talked to the Land Lady. She said she has an apartment for 75,000 Jewels a month all across the board. The two girls agreed that they would each pay a half the rent and if someone else should move in with them, that third person would pay a third of the rent and so would Lucy and Lisanna. 37,500 Jewel from each of them per month.
"Well we better settle in. Come on Li," Lucy stated then continued, "We can then go back to the guild and look for a mission to take."
"Sure thing Lu." Lisanna said to her best friend as the two best friends unknowingly linked hands with each other.
With that the two girls and one cat enter their apartment and are amazed by how big it is. There is a kitchen with a stove, oven, wood burning stove, the living room is fully furnished and so are the bedrooms. The bathroom had a bath and a shower stall. There is also a Lacrima powered television set and radio. The best thing about the living room is the two sofas that fold out into beds. Lisanna and Lucy had a Flashback of Natsu dressing like a girl and sneaking into their room at Fairy Hills. They both wipe tears from their eyes and laugh at the antics of their dear friend. "I really hope we find Natsu soon Lu. Fairy Tail just really hasn't been the same without him."
"I know how you feel Li. We will find him and Igneel as well. A promise is a promise! We have to be strong for him, he would do the same thing for either of us." Lucy stated. "You know, if we ever find another roommate, she could have the extra room, right now let's just store our Suitcases and stuff in there."
Lisanna nodded as her and Lucy finished unpacking and head back to the guild hall.
Back at the Guild Hall...
Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy head to the board to search for a mission, they then notice Aspen sitting at the bar. They figured it would be best if they told a little bit of Natsu's story to their newest Teammate.
The two girls sit down on either side of Aspen with Happy on the counter of the bar.
"Aspen, would you like to know why we always wear these clashing accessories with our outfits?" Lucy asked her new friend. "We can't tell you a whole bunch because we can't remember it all at the moment, but we will tell you most of it."
"Are you game Aspen?" Lisanna inquired. "It will give you a bit more understanding about us. Big Sister Mira did tell you why we wear these accessories didn't she?"
"She just told me that they came from a dear friend of yours." Aspen spoke up toward the girls. "I am assuming that the friend you are talking about is Natsu. I would love to hear more about his story."
The girls nodded as Lucy introduced the story as the air around the group gets a bit wavy.
"Well, okay." Lucy stated as she sat down along with Lisanna and told them about him.
"Two years ago." Lisanna stated as flashback waves started over taking the scene. "Right before we lost him."
Flashback Normal POV... X782 two years ago...(Lucy: Age 15, Lisanna: Age 14, Natsu: Age 15, Happy: Age 4, Elfman: Age 16, Mirajane: Age 17)
Lucy and Lisanna were in their hut trying to figure out what mission to go on with Natsu to help them prepare for this years S-Class Exam.
"What are we going to do Lu?" Lisanna inquired to her best friend. "It's so boring around here. We are never going to get S-Class just sitting around."
"I know that Li." Lucy responded to her best friend. "I need to figure out what happened to all of the spirits that Mama let go before she gave me the four spirits I have now. Did you know that she at one time had all 12 Zodiac Keys. If I remember right, she also had most of the 88 Silver Keys as well as a special one that I am not sure existed called Ophiuchus. The Snake Charmer or Serpent Bearer. The thirteenth one. She also had a special key that she never showed me. First before I start researching what happened to the rest of my dear Zodiac Spirits, we have to think of something to do."
All of a sudden they heard crying and a blue cat flying into the chest of Lucy then into the chest of Lisanna. It was Happy and he was crying.
"Happy sweetie what's wrong?" Lucy asked as her and her best friend comforted the little blue bundle of joy. "Did Natsu do something to you?"
"Natsu is being mean to me! He took all the fish we caught and cooked them up and ate them himself." Happy said as his tears continued to fall.
Lisanna gasped, how could Natsu do that to their son. "Stupid Natsu! He will pay!"
Lisanna rushed out of their hut while Lucy continued to hug the flying cat. "Don't worry Happy, we will make sure Natsu pays for hurting you."
"Please don't hurt Natsu! I don't want to be responsible for breaking the three of you up!" Happy exclaimed sadly.
Lucy winks at the blue cat. "Don't worry about that Happy, Lisanna will just knock some sense into that idiot. I would love to see a fight between the two of them!"
"Aye! I would too!" Happy exclaimed happily as he landed on Lucy's head. "Let's go check on them."
Lucy nodded and headed off into the direction she saw Lisanna go.
"Natsu! Are you and Happy fighting again?" Lisanna asked the Dragon Slayer. "Why are you always making Happy sad?"
"Happy doesn't need to be a drama queen all the time. I just wanted to cook the fish up so him and I would have a nice meal." Natsu defended.
"Did it ever occur to you to ask before you cooked something? You know Happy likes his fish raw! Or cooked Slowly not your normal destroy everything fire!"
Lisanna changed her two hands into Tigress Claws and slapped Natsu across the face leaving a mark where the claws slashed into his flesh. Natsu howled in pain and glared at Lisanna. "Why did you do that Lisanna? I didn't do anything wrong!"
"You hurt Happy's feelings. He came to Lu and I crying. You really need to start taking better care of our son!"
After Lisanna slapped Natsu across the face, she changed her Tigress claws back into her normal hands.
Natsu nodded and cowered in fear at the Takeover Sibling. "S-sorry Lisanna. Will you take me to Happy so I can apologize to him?"
"No need to do that Natsu." Lucy said as she came up to the two with Happy sleeping on her head. "Happy fell asleep on my way over here. I'm glad you two didn't get into a fight. Natsu you really need to be more careful when cooking fish. You need to ask Happy before you burn it to a crisp."
"I understand Lucy." Natsu said as he gently picked up the cat off of Lucy's head and hugged him close.
Back in Present Time...
"That still doesn't explain why you two wear the clashing accessories you wear. It also doesn't really make Natsu look decent in my eyes." Aspen stated as she interrupted the flashback. "I need to know why they are so important to you."
Lisanna then spoke up followed by Lucy. "It's because, these items are the last things he gave us before we lost him."
"That's why they mean so much to us. Let's get back to the story. This is where it makes sense why we are so determined to find Natsu and Igneel."
Back to Flashback... Still Year X782...
Natsu had gotten into a fight with Happy again for eating his fish. The two had their arms (or in Happy's case, paws) folded with angry scowls on their faces as two female voices spoke up toward the feuding boys. Natsu looked to see Lisanna and Lucy walk up to them.
"Are you two fighting again?" Lisanna asked her hands behind her back. She wore a short, dark red dress with a white collar and bow. Up on her arms above her elbows, she wore gold rings with a pale pink fabric flowing down from them. On her feet she wore tall, black socks along with brown shoes. Her hair was down to the base of her neck and her bangs free from her face.
"You two really need to stop fighting so much." Lucy said berating the Dragon Slayer with a waggling finger in a motherly way, "You never know how valuable someone actually is to you until you lose them."
Lucy wore an outfit similar to Lisanna's. She wore a short golden yellow dress with white stars embroidered on it. She also had a white collar and a white bow as well. While their clothes were almost similar, Lucy's clothes were different from Lisanna's. On her feet was a pair of golden high-heeled knee-high boots with a black buckle on either side of the boots. On her wrists were white bracelets with fabric of a white color flowing backwards towards her elbows. Around her waist was her normal belt with her leather whip with a heart-shaped end attached to her left hip and her brown pouch with her Celestial Gate Keys attached to her right hip. Her hair was kept free-flowing and was mid-length to her neck.
Natsu wore a black opened vest with a golden trimming that revealed his muscular appearance and cream colored pants and black sandals. Around his neck was a white scarf with a pattern that resembled dragon scales. The scarf has been with Natsu since his foster Father Igneel left him and has been with him ever since.
"Natsu, let the words that we told you flow through your head." Lisanna added to her childhood friend. "We are here to help you. Take our advice and make up with Happy before it's too late."
Natsu looked to the two girls and unfolded his arms. They had a point though, there wasn't any way around it. Happy was his friend, staying mad at him wouldn't help them or him. He digested all the words from his two best friends and got an idea, looking to Happy with a light smile. "Hey Happy, I'm sorry for making you mad. How about all of us go fishing later on tomorrow and I will let you decide how you want the fish cooked."
"Aye Sir!" Happy exclaimed happily to his Dragon Slayer partner. "What do you say girls?"
Lucy and Lisanna giggled and smiled replying to Happy, "Sure, we don't mind."
The two girls took their spot with Happy and Natsu, sitting on the cool grass while looking at the setting sun that was presented to them. Lisanna rested her head against the tree trunk looking at Lucy who was on her right.
"Lu, could I ask you a question?" Lisanna asked of her best friend.
"Sure Li, what is it?" Lucy asked to the white-haired take over wizard. "You can ask me anything."
"Okay here goes, can you please teach me how to walk in high-heeled shoes?" Lisanna asked clapping her hands together. "I really want to learn how to walk in them. You seem to be a natural walking in them. How do you do that?" she added to the Celestial/Star make Wizard.
"It comes from being raised in a wealthy family." Lucy answered smiling at her, placing her hands to her lap. "Even before I ran away from home, Mama had to teach me to walk in high heels. She told me it's essential for when I marry someone and we go out on dates and stuff. Though, I really hate the stupid arranged marriage thing." Her smiling face turned to disgust, remembering the conversations of an arranged marriage to another big family like Lucy's. She wondered how that family was, even if she hated the idea. If she ever had to meet the boy she had to marry, she wondered what kind of person he was, was he nice or a mean man? She had to shutter at marrying him or almost marrying him(but two small little kids with blonde hair like her were in her head as well).
"Even though I ran away from home, I am still under contract to be married off. Daddy just never tried to understand me after Mama died." She sighed now hugging her legs and frowned. "That's what led me to run away from home. Now watch me walk in them. You have to be able to keep your balance and walk heal-toe, heal-toe one leg at a time." She explained and got up and walked back and forth for Lisanna to see and observed how to walk properly. As she was watching Lucy walk in her high-heeled boots she immediately felt herself blushing and covered her face.
"Is that all there is to it Lu?" Lisanna asked while at the same time trying to hide her crimson blushing face as she watched Lucy.
"Yes, now do as I did." She explained, helping the red in the face younger Strauss up onto her feet and practice. Lisanna's face still was red as Lucy held her hand, but the Wizard released it and sat back with Natsu and Happy who watched as well. Lisanna took a deep breath and walked like Lucy. Despite the fact that she wasn't wearing high-heels, Lisanna was still told to walk carefully as if she was wearing some.
As Lisanna finished walking back and forth for Lucy, Happy, and Natsu to watch; Mirajane and Elfman approached the group of four. The years were great for the pair, the two looking much more grown up now than in their younger days. While Mirajane still wore her bad girl gothic clothes, her figure had changed drastically. Her chest had grown much bigger in the years and her white hair was in a ponytail behind her head. Her stomach and naval were both still visible and she was much taller now. Elfman had grown up as drastically as Mira, now looking much manlier than the timid boy he was. He was much taller than Mirajane now, only about a foot taller than her, his clothes changed from very polite to more tough looking, now wearing dark blue clothes and brown boots. He had grown much more muscular than how skinny he was before. The three and Happy look to see the siblings and wonder what they wanted.
The Flashback had been interrupted by Aspen again as Lisanna and Lucy rolled their eyes. Now they won't be able tell the whole thing to Aspen, at least not yet.
Aspen sighed and rolled her eyes, "that still doesn't explain how you got your scarf and vest Lisanna and Lucy or even why you're wearing them.
"Aspen, if you keep interrupting our story, we will never get the full story in," Lisanna sighed to their new friend, then continued, "now this is the second time you've interrupted us. We are going to have to cut out a bunch now."
"Aye Sir," Happy said to the Weather Manipulation Wizard, then continued, "they're trying to tell you why those accessories mean so much to them. We have to get to the board to find a mission."
"Lu-Chan, I think it's time we get to the end of our story," Lisanna said to her friend, "it seems Aspen may be getting just a little bit impatient."
"Sorry Lisanna, Happy, Lucy," Aspen sighed, "I'm just anxious to find out how you got those accessories and why you wear them."
Lucy and Lisanna nodded in understanding as Lucy sped up the story a bit.
"Now we have to fast forward through our story," Lucy sighed in a bit of frustration, then continued, "we need to fast forward, we'll tell you the full story sometime. We just have to deal with the ending and aftermath now. Let's get to the ending of the mission."
With that Lucy and Lisanna continued, cutting out a lot of details, but having to do so for constraints of time.
Lucy, Lisanna, and Natsu finished evacuating the town and headed back to check on Elfman and Mirajane.
Lucy, Lisanna and Natsu heard the screams of a girl. Making sure that everyone was safe and sound, they hurried quickly to the source of the screaming. When they got to the place where they heard the girl's scream come from, they gasped in shock. The three saw the very monster they were sent to destroy threatening Mirajane, now slowly coming towards her.
Mirajane held her left arm like it was broken, her body covered in scratches and her white hair all mangled. She was terrified, screaming out to the beast, "Elfman, pull yourself together! It's me, Mira! Listen to me!"
"Mira-nee/Mira/Mira-san!" came Lisanna's, Natsu's, and Lucy's voice and Lisanna first came down in an appearance of a green and pink bird with a dark green plume on her head, green and pink wings, and a yellow beak. She came down in a ball of gold light, reverting back to her normal self, looking serious with her shoulder facing the older Strauss. Natsu landed to the ground with Happy carrying him, the Dragon Slayer looking serious as Lisanna. Lucy glided down with a pair of golden wings on her back that dissolved into wisps of golden light, standing firmly with Natsu and Lisanna. "We came once we heard you scream, let us help you!" Lisanna said first to her older sister.
"Mira-san, what happened, we only just evacuated the town, so we'll back you up!" Lucy said in worry of the older mage.
"Mira what's wrong?" Natsu asked in worry towards the white haired mage. "Where's Elfman, wasn't he with you?!"
Mira just shivers and pointed toward the monster that is currently stomping towards the four of them. Happy looked terrified as Mira was feeling and hid underneath Lucy's upper-back length golden blond hair.
"That monster is Elfman?" Natsu asked almost in fear looking at it, his words almost shaking. "W-What happened to him, that can't be our Elfman?"
Lucy looked terrified at the large beast and gripped Natsu's shoulder for support. "You're kidding Mira, that's really Elfman?"
"We know he shares the same magic as you, but there's no way that can be him!" Happy asked frightened sticking his head out from underneath Lucy's hair.
The monster in front of the three girls and the pink-haired Dragon Slayer can be only described as Massive, the chest and stomach of the monster was green and muscular. Red fur surrounds the chest and stomach. The monster's face looks soul less lacking irises and pupils. On the monster's head was a pair of massive horns, even the shadow it created, they finally were able to make out several key things of it, confirming what Mira pointed to them was true, seeing what is or was of Elfman. The fur around the monster's face was also green. Elfman's white hair was on the monster only instead of spiky and pointed upward, it was more wooly and free-flowing. Protruding from the monster's shoulders was a pair of huge spikes that seemed to be colored a gold color just like the horns on the monster's head. The monster's face was outlined with a white beard as well. Adorning the beast's legs is Elfman's pants only they were torn and pulled to the limit thanks to his now massive legs. On his hands and feet were sharp claws capable of doing serious damage any opponent this monster comes up against. His head is completed with pointy elf-like ears instead of the normal human ears. Lucy and Natsu were extremely terrified, this monster was really Elfman?
"How did this happen, Mira?" Lucy asked worriedly as she stood with her two best friends. "Did Elfman try to take over the Beast?"
Mirajane just nodded sadly, speaking firmly but was scared. "H-he was try-trying to protect me so he stepped in between the monster and me. He then touched the monster and took it over. It was then that he lost control and started attacking me madly. It's as if he lost control of himself."
"Happy, get Mirajane out of here, we will try to calm Elfman down." Lucy said to the blue flying cat.
"But Lucy, what about you, Natsu, and Lisanna?" Happy asked his blonde haired mother. "I have to protect you three as well. I can't just leave you!"
"Don't worry pal, all three of us will come back to you safe and sound I promise you!" Natsu said with his big grin. "Just get Mira to safety and fast."
"Aye sir!" Happy said but the two look to see Lisanna wasn't standing with them but gasped when they saw her. She walked closer to the Beast controlled Elfman, smiling at him.
"Lisanna, get away from him, you can't take Elfman on your own!" Mira screamed with Natsu and Lucy screaming to her to come back.
"Elf-niichan, Big Brother El…? It's me Lisanna, your little sister." Lisanna said as she stepped forward looking up at the growling beast. "Mira-nee, Natsu-san, and Lu-chan are all here, we're all worried for you, right?"
The golden blond Celestial/Star Make Wizard nodded fearfully in agreement with Natsu and Happy. They wished she stepped away, who knows how long the beast has taken over and Elfman is gone forever.
"Don't worry Elf-niichan, we still love you. Let's get back to Fairy Tail together and talk about what has happened." She added still smiling holding out her arms in a hug.
Then it happened in a flash, not even Lucy herself could believe it what had happened next. The Beast's left arm came rising over the girl and came swinging down at her right. Lucy screamed out, but it felt like the words wouldn't come as she could hear the distorted voice of Natsu screaming, "Lisanna get out of the way!"
Natsu ran to push Lisanna away from the beast but it clawed both of them, slashing Natsu's right arm and Lisanna's right torso, sending the two flying like a couple of ragdolls. Was it the complete shock or was her hearing failing as it was a another screaming voice that rang through her eyes,
"Natsu, Lisanna!"
The two mages were sent flying over a mountain and out of sight, another distorted voice screaming in Lucy's ears, "Natsu!"
As the two voices rang out through the area, Elfman's beastly ears could hear two screams coming from in front of him. His ears wide in shock as the beast appearance slowly vanished, leaving a half-naked Elfman in torn pants. He looked to Mira, Lucy, and Happy, but there was no sign of Lisanna or Natsu anyway. He walked closer, looking scared that they were alone and the beast could hurt them (Not realizing his left arm was stained with Natsu and Lisanna's fresh blood).
"Mira-nee, Lucy, Happy, are you alright?" Elfman asked, seeing the scared looks on their faces, "Where Natsu and Lisanna are they…?" but he look to his left arm and gasped, seeing the blood covered his tanned arm. He could smell it from the blood, the fresh smell of fire and cotton, only two mages he knows has that smell. He felt sick, like he was ready to throw up, horrified of the blood. "Did I do this?" he asked himself kneeling down in horror looking to the two mages and Happy, "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen. I just wanted to keep Mira safe. All I remember was facing the beast, the rest… It's all a blur; I don't remember what happened next!"
Tears flowed from his eye, a scar now visible now from Lucy's (horrified) point of view, did the beast claw his face? Lucy walked up to Elfman and placed a hand to his shoulder, getting the middle brother to look at her and looked to Mira and Happy.
"Mira-san, you and Happy tend to Elfman; I'm going to find Natsu and Lisanna." She said to them before looking to the direction they may have flown. She held out her hand but felt the fatigue of using her magic, wincing while keeping one eye opened with a grunt.
'Damn, I've been overdoing it with my spirits and Star Make so much that I'm going to pass out. I only have enough magical strength to use one more spell, I best make it count.' She thought to herself before looking more worried, 'Natsu… Lisanna, please be safe…' Without saying a word so her friends wouldn't see her fatigue, her Star Make Magic was activated to create golden functional wings on her back so she too could fly after Natsu and Lisanna.
The blond Celestial/Star Make Wizard took off to the sky as Mira and Happy looked on. "Be careful Lucy!" Mirajane exclaimed as she walked over to tend to her little brother. Elfman continued to cry as Mira placed a hand to his shoulder like Lucy did, smiling lightly at him, "Don't worry, Lucy won't let anything happen to them, she loves them both too much to let them die. Don't cry Elfman, please."
"Lucy, bring them back!" Happy screamed also with a pleading tone to his voice.
As Lucy was flying in the air she noticed two specks on the ground just below her, one pink and the other white. Her vision wasn't too bad despite flying over a mountain, but she could tell it was Lisanna and Natsu. She then looked up above her and noticed a gold yet white light in the sky. She had to hurry up and land, both could be bleeding badly. She landed a short distance from the Dragon Slayer and younger Strauss sibling, deactivated her magic and collapsed to the ground on her knees. She could feel the draw back of her magic now, she better make sure both of them are alright before she passes out. She began to limp her way over to Lisanna first. She saw the younger Strauss' dress was ripped from the right side, revealing her side clawed by Elfman's claw. She could hear her breathing softly, meaning she was alive. She was glad she was okay, looming over her and looking at her face with a gentle smile and a light blush.
'Thank goodness, you're okay..." She thought before looking to Natsu's direction, 'Natsu...' She took one last look at Lisanna, taking her right hand that had her guild crest and brushed her hair. She turned from Lisanna and crawled her way over to Natsu, repeating under her breath, "Please, don't be dead. Please, don't be dead."
Lisanna slowly opened her eyes to see the odd colors in the sky, and realizing she wasn't facing her brother anymore. She rose off her back but cringed in pain when she looked to her side to see it clawed and bleeding. She realized it now, remembering it vividly. She was speaking to Elfman, trying to talk him back to normal. Then there was flash and it was just a blur. She tried to get up, but her legs gave way and she collapsed to her knees in pain. She looked around for Mira, Happy, Lucy, and Natsu, wondering if they were alright. She turned to her left to see Lucy kneeling with Natsu sprawled on his back. She crawled up to them as she could hear Lucy speaking to Natsu. She slowly but surely limped over to the two
"Don't fall asleep on me Natsu, you might have a concussion." she said with a motherly caring tone at him. "We have to keep you awake at all costs."
Natsu didn't say a word to Lucy or Lisanna when she finally turned up. He only looked at them with his dark black eyes. He knew it was the end, he couldn't deny it, but only smiled at them (not realizing his guild crest and Lisanna's were slowly vanishing).
"You two don't need me with you anymore; you'll get much stronger without me screwing you up. You two have gotten so much stronger since I first met the two of you. I am impressed." he said with a weakly smile as he removed the vest from his body put it around Lucy's shoulders. "Here Lu you can have my vest to always remember me by."
"What are you talking about Natsu?" Lucy pleaded with a feverish smile as she felt the vest around her shoulders. "You are coming home to Fairy Tail with us! Don't talk like that. We have to get ready for the S-Class Exam coming up. We promised we would all three make S-Class together!"
"I don't know how much longer I can keep conscious," Natsu added weakly as he looked towards Lisanna. "Lisanna, I want you to have this." He then proceeds to take off his muffler and wrap it around Lisanna's neck, surprising the younger Strauss in response. Natsu would never give his muffler to anyone unless, he was really…?
"Natsu, I can't take this, it's your favorite scarf. Igneel gave it to you!" Lisanna screamed in amazement. "You never take it off!"
Natsu coughed up a little bit of blood and looked up at the gold light in the sky. "I am taking it off to give it to you." he smiled while struggling to breathe. "Good –bye, Lucy, Lisanna… I'll see you again… I'm glad I got to know you… and…" he chuckled lightly, "of course, Fairy Tail and everyone in it too. You and Lisanna are my best friends; in fact we are all three best friends forever." He placed a hand to Lucy's cheeks, the young Celestial/Star Make Wizard trying not to cry, "Never forget, that's the truth. Promise you will find me if I ever disappear from this place. Also promise me you will find Igneel. Can you do that for me?"
Lucy and Lisanna looked at Natsu with tear-soaked vision and nodded as Natsu's hand slipped from Lucy's cheek and fell to the ground. "No!" Lisanna cried out, grabbing Natsu's hand and holding it in both her hands, her sad and hurtful blue eyes looking into Natsu's black ones. "Natsu, I… I…" she said, trying to find the right words to say, as both their guild crests began to vanish completely. Natsu only smiled peacefully at her.
"Natsu, your guild mark…" Lisanna and Lucy gasped in unison as they saw some strange light erasing it (and Lisanna's as well). "It's disappearing. You can't be dying, we have to get you to the hospital and heal you."
"Elf-niichan will never forgive himself if something happened to you." Lisanna pleaded trying to keep Natsu conscious.
"What about Happy, he needs you!" Lucy pleaded again with the fading Dragon Slayer. "We all three need you. Please don't leave us."
"Don't forget to keep your promise and find Igneel for me. Also, if I were to disappear from this world, I want the both of you to find me. Wasn't that your words, Lisanna?" he added once more making Lisanna gasp, "We are teammates forever…" Natsu finished as he lost consciousness. Once Natsu lost consciousness his body started raising up into the air his guild mark almost gone.
"Natsu, no! Please, don't leave us!" Lucy and Lisanna cried out, trying to keep Natsu from leaving this world, leaving his two closest friends. Natsu was then sucked up vest-less and muffler-less up into the sky and into strange light until he disappeared from the arms of Lucy and Lisanna, his guild mark completely erased. The golden light also sucked up Lisanna's guild mark leaving her hurt and trying to stay awake. Tears flooded her eyes as flashes of her memories of Natsu came through her mind, seeing the smiling and goofy Natsu that she knew for a long time.
"Natsu…" she cried tearfully and fell to the rocky ground, losing consciousness.
"Li!" Lucy cried out and grabbed Lisanna and shaking her feverishly, trying to wake her up." Please, don't leave me too! Come on, wake up! Please!" she clutched the vest, Lisanna, and muffler in her arms, hugging Lisanna close to her chest, screaming to the heavens, "Someone, anyone, help us! Mommy, anyone, please help!"
Lucy held on to Lisanna for dear life as she let the younger Strauss Sibling feel loose in her arms. Lucy then picked Lisanna up bridal style and rushed back to Mira, Happy, and Elfman as fast as she could despite her weakened state while carrying Lisanna's seemingly lifeless body. Of course before she picked Lisanna up she checked for a pulse and found out she has one, so that is a major relief. She didn't know how she would go on if Lisanna was taken as well.
..Little did she know that it would be a good two weeks until Lisanna woke up from her traumatizing coma…
Lucy rushed back to the site where they left Mira and Happy to tend to Elfman as fast as she could with Lisanna in her arms. She had tears streaming down her face as she was crying. Her body was giving way, but she couldn't give up. She had to at least bring Lisanna back to her family before she was out of commission. She couldn't help but blame herself for Lisanna's condition if she would've been stronger she could've kept Natsu alive and Lisanna not to be hurt, or could she? She couldn't even protect her own friends from Elfman's controlled state, how can she be ready for the future ahead? What was it really real for her to even become an S-Class Wizard, was it all a game to her and she never realizes the consequences?
As she could see Mira, Happy, and Elfman only many meters from her, Lucy tripped on a rock and fell to the ground, dropping Lisanna and watched her roll feet from her. She took her left hand to reach out to her, watching her vision slowly fading.
"Li...sa… nna..." she said hoarsely as she too fell unconscious,
Mira, Elfman, and Happy look to see Lisanna and Lucy sprawled on the ground and ran to help them, calling their names. Mira rushed to Lisanna's side and Elfman and Happy to Lucy's. They set the two girls straight on the ground as Mira picked up Lisanna and held her in her arms.
"What happened?" Mirajane asked as she saw her little sister unconscious. Just like Lucy, her unconscious sister also had a tear-streaked face. "Where is Natsu?"
"Where is he, Lucy, come on be a man and tell me!" the middle brother yelled to the sleeping Lucy, "I have to apologize for attacking him and Lisanna." Elfman exclaimed as he tried to get up again only to flinch in pain.
"Stop trying to exert your body Elfman, they're fine, but where is Natsu? Where is he?" Mira asked looking to the two. Then Mira looking to Lisanna, finally realizing something was in her arms, Natsu's white muffler. On Lucy's shoulders was Natsu's vest, trying her best to understand the situation. Then, Mira heard her little sister mutter in her sleep, the three words she, Elfman, and Happy didn't want to hear or even believe…
"Natsu is dead…"
The three were horrified, they couldn't believe it? Was this true, or was this a little prank from the girls and Natsu. But there was no "Got you!" coming, and there wasn't the goofy Dragon Slayer popping up. This was true, Natsu was gone, and Lisanna's mutters were true. Mirajane began to cry, feeling ashamed of her own self for letting this to happen. She was supposed to be an S-Class wizard, one of the elite like Erza, Laxus, Gildarts, and Ur, but she couldn't protect her sister, brother, or their friends. She was a failure, she couldn't protect them…
"It's my fault, I killed Natsu… I killed him…" Elfman said through tears in his eyes. He slammed his knuckles to the ground crying even more for his recklessness and horrible control of his magic that created this mess.
"Natsu…" Happy said, crying too(1)(2).
End Flashback, back to present time X784...
"And it was that mission, that gave us our determination to find Natsu and Igneel. Before he disappeared, he gave Li his muffler, and me his vest. That's why we wear them all the time, whether they match our outfit or not. We even wear them in bed. It makes us feel like Natsu is still here with us." Lucy said as she happily remembers all the good times that the three of them had together with Happy. Tears form in her eyes and start flowing down her face. "Natsu would've really loved to meet you Aspen. You sure are keeping the Fairy Tail Tradition of destruction alive."
"We have to keep searching for Natsu!" Lisanna says as tears start to roll down her face as she grabbed on to Lucy for dear life. "We can't give up! He is our best friend, and even if it takes the rest of our lives, we are going to find him and Igneel!"
"Natsu sounds a lot cooler than I originally thought of him," Aspen said to her teammates with a smile. "Also Lucy, that was very kind of you to risk your life to save Lisanna's. Do you love her or something? Or do you and Lisanna love this Natsu person?"
The way that Aspen said the word love, she rolled the O much like Happy does.
"I-It's n-not that way at all!" The two girls exclaimed with fright in denial, "W-We a-are just b-best friends that's all."
The two girls unknowingly put their arms around each other and blushed.
"Why are you blushing and putting your arms around each other?" Aspen asked with a giggle.
"Lucy and Lisanna love each other!" Happy chimed in with his teasing smile.
"That's getting really annoying Happy!" Lucy and Lisanna exclaimed together as they looked at each other, blushed, and separated.
The two girls then embraced as they continued to cry on each others shoulders. Aspen saw how distressed her teammates were and embraced them in a hug as well. Happy joined in the hug as well. Aspen then went to get settled into her new living quarters leaving Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy alone.
Now that Lucy and Lisanna finished their abbreviated story for Aspen, it was time to head to the board to find a job.
"Li we need to go on a mission." Lucy then suggested to her best friend. "Happy is already at the mission board thanks to his max speed."
"I understand Lu. We need to take a mission to get our mind off of what happened to Natsu."
Lisanna and Lucy run toward the guild hall. Eventually they catch up to Happy who hasn't yet made it to the guild.
"Happy! Stop leaving us behind!" Lucy said wishing she had her old friend Aries that her mother let go so she could put Happy to sleep so her and Lisanna didn't have to catch up to him.
'Mama, why did you have to release Aries and Leo. I just have a bad feeling that something bad has happened to those two. Something seems familiar about Loke though.' Lucy thought to herself.
"Sorry you two, I just wanted to get away from our memories of Natsu really quick. I don't like seeing you two sad."
"Happy, we can't run away from our memories. Think about how Natsu would feel if we forgot about him and didn't keep our promise to look for him! We have to find Natsu no matter how long it takes."
"Lu is right Happy, we have to keep looking for him and Igneel! We can't stop looking we have to keep on doing our best to find our lost comrade. I just know that Natsu is alive somewhere! We can't give up! That's it! I've figured out what our Team Name can be, we should be called Team Ambition! Our Ambition is to find Natsu and Igneel!"
"That's a great idea Li! Team Ambition it is then! I just hope that Gray and Erza like it. I am not afraid of Gray, but Erza scares me to death! I don't want to make her mad!"
Happy and Lisanna shiver along with Lucy thinking of what would happen to them if they made Erza mad. The group then made their way to the doors of the guild hall.
Lucy, Lisanna and Happy entered the Guild Hall and noticed that the whole guild was fighting again and just rolled their eyes as they sat at the bar and started to talk to Mirajane.
"Mira," Lucy said to the pink dress clad wizard, "could Li and I get our usual Milk Shakes please?"
"Sure thing Lucy coming right up," Mirajane said as she smiled, grabbed their Milk Shakes, gave Happy his customary raw fish, then gave Lucy and Lisanna their Milk Shakes. "so how is the apartment hunting going?"
"We found one," Lisanna said to her older sister, "we just need to move our stuff into it, you should come and visit us sometime."
"I certainly will," Mirajane said with a wink and a smile, "though, don't be surprised if Gray or some of our other Guild Mates sneak in uninvited."
"Oh don't worry Mira," Lucy said with a wink, then continued, we will be ready for them."
"That's good," Mirajane said with her normal smile and went back to her Guild duties.(3)
All of a sudden, Aspen came in and looked at Lucy and Lisanna. She had already moved her personal belongings into her room at Fairy Hills. She then spoke up asking the two best friends and blue cat a couple of questions.
"Hey guys, so have you thought of a team name yet? It better be a good one!" Aspen asked then ordered.
"We've decided on Team Ambition for our Team Name," Lucy stated as she revealed the team name to the Weather Wizard. "So what do you think of our Team name?"
"Truth be told Lucy, I would rather have one of your names be the Team Name." Aspen suggested honestly.
"What do you think Li? Do you want to use your name or my name for the team name?"
"I think we should use your name Lu. I mean we may both be the leaders, but you have proven yourself time and time again that you are built for leadership. I want it to be called Team Lucy."
"Thank you Li!" Lucy exclaimed, while hugging her best friend.
Happy brought a job notice to the group and gives it to them. The flier said they were looking for a blond maid, and a white haired maid and that they had to be beautiful. Lucy and Lisanna got an idea and left quickly, just as quickly returned in their maid outfits, however before Lucy and Lisanna made their way out, Lisanna decided to not wear the maid outfit after all. Lucy just looked at the girl who she has become best friends with sadly. She then shrugged her shoulders and went into the main hall. She really couldn't figure out what made Lisanna change her mind. She figured she would get it out of her later. Lisanna quietly followed the Celestial/Star Make Wizard into the main lobby with her head down knowing that she disappointed her best friend. She was hoping Lucy would understand that she didn't like to dress the way her best friend usually dressed. Lisanna's hopes would be dashed just as quickly as they were built up.
Aspen noticed something odd about Lucy's attire. She then immediately asked a question.
"Um Lucy why are you dressed as a maid?" Aspen asked curiously. "And you are still wearing that vest with it. Also, you look ridiculous in that maids outfit. It would look better if you take that vest off."
"It's for the job that we are taking, they are looking for a blond maid and a white haired maid." Lucy stated. "And since I am beautiful, I would be the perfect candidate. Li you should also get into your maid outfit. Two beautiful maids are better than one! Also you know as well as I do, that I never take this vest off!"
The last part of the Lucy's statement was said with a glare of annoyance and anger directed toward Aspen.
"Um Lu, I don't want to dress as a maid!" Lisanna exclaimed. "I am really not comfortable dressing that way."
"Li, come on you can pull it off, or are you too scared to show off your natural beauty?" Lucy teased playfully. "I dare you to apply for it."
"No Lu, I don't dress like that you know that!" Lisanna exclaimed angrily. "Now why don't you just leave me alone! I do not want to dress like that!"
"What's a matter Li are you too chicken to dress like me?" Lucy asked as she clucked as she danced around flapping her arms up and down. "I double doggy dare you to apply for it."
Lisanna then realized that there was no way that she was going to get out of this so she folded but swore that the Celestial/Star Make Wizard would pay one way or another. She quickly went into the back room and changed into the exact same type of maid outfit that Lucy wore.
"Hey Mira check out the twins over there." Gray observed with a laugh. "It's as if they like each other or something."
"What's wrong with that? They look cute dressed the same. They certainly have become a lot closer than sisters over the past six years, though I am not really one to favor Same-Sex couples, but if it's love, what does it really matter? Lucy and Lisanna make such a lovely couple!" Mirajane said with her smile that has now become famous over the last two years. A far cry from how she used to be. "Maybe I should try and set them up with my match-making skills!"
Gray glanced at the two and got nose bleed and stripped off his shirt to wipe is nose with it. After Mira's remark, it started to bleed again. Gray quickly wiped his nose again.
Mira giggles at Gray's expression, "Those two look so cute together. Especially with Happy hovering over them."
There is yet another nose bleed from Gray. That pervert.
After wiping his nose, Gray spoke up, "I really don't think it would work between Lisanna and Lucy. I mean weren't they raised together as sisters? Wouldn't that be incest?"
"Not if they're not related by blood, Lucy still goes by her real last name which I promised not to tell anyone what it is," Mira explained to the Ice Make Wizard. "Also, she wasn't officially adopted into our family. She was made an Honorary Takeover Sibling. Which means those two aren't even related by adoption. They just are really close to each other. They have become even closer to each other since we lost Natsu. I think I see something developing between the two."
Mirajane then wiped tears from her eyes and runs to her little brother for comfort. Elfman gladly comforts his big sister.
Gray then nods in understanding as he heads to the bar to get something to drink.
After making sure their outfits were okay for this job, they put on their normal clothes. Lucy is wearing a Pink Tank Top with black frills on the top as well as black straps. Around her waist was a black skirt with a silver belt that was holding her keys and whip. On her feet was a pair of high-heeled pink sandals with Ballet-Like straps that go up to right above the ankle. Her hair is in the standard right side ponytail with a pink ribbon in her hair.
Lisanna was wearing an outfit similar to Lucy's only she was wearing a blouse and skirt combination that was pink. On her feet were knee-high pink flat soled boots. Her collapsible Bo Staff was placed securely on her back. Her hair was styled in a low ponytail on the back of her head. Her bangs were styled similar to Lucy's bangs, draping down on either side of her face with a small section in the middle of her forehead.
Lucy had Natsu's vest over her tank top, while Lisanna had Natsu's Muffler around her neck.
As Team Lucy was heading out for their mission, Aspen shows up and wants to go with them as well. "You are not leaving without me no way no how, I am part of this team as well."
"Maybe you should practice your magic," Lisanna suggested. "Lu and I need to perfect our skills together if we want to be S-Class Wizards. This is a mission that Lu and I need to go on by ourselves with Happy."
"You understand don't you Aspen?" Lucy asked of their weather wizard friend. "We need this mission to train our skills. Maybe you could go see if Gray can help you perfect your cold weather magic."
Aspen nods as she returns back to the guild. "I guess you're right Lucy; Right now at my stage in my magical development, I could use all the help I can get."
Lucy and Lisanna nod as they part ways with Aspen, as said Weather Manipulation Wizard went to find Gray.
A blue wavy-haired girl wearing an orange headband, a blue vest over an orange tank top, and a pair of white rolled-cuff knee-length jean shorts came up to the two girls and their cat. She had a slender build with Hazel eyes. Though she was seventeen, she didn't have much of a bust to speak of but it was there. This young lady was below average height for her age. Her name was Levy McGarden, leader of Team Shadow Gear.
"Hey Lu, Li do you mind if I come along?" Levy asked. "I really want to take a look at what the big deal about this book that is needed destroyed is."
"Are you sure you want to do that Lev?" Lucy asked of her blue-haired friend that she has known for seven years. "What about Jet and Droy, aren't they part of your team too so why aren't you bringing them along?"
"Yeah, it's not like you to leave your team behind like that." Lisanna stated, then continued, "Besides I don't think the reward money is enough to be split three ways."
"All those two ever want to do is get with me," Levy stated truthfully, then continued "I mean I've already turned them down several times, they just don't seem to be the right guys for me. I wish they would take a hint. I love them like goofy older brothers and that's it. Besides that, I really want to be on a team with just girls. It's a lot more fun that way."
Happy sighed in sadness, "You don't want me around Levy? Don't you love me?"
Lucy and Lisanna saw the sadness on Happy's face and looked toward the Script Wizard. It wasn't really a mean glare, but it was an annoyed glare. Levy immediately put her hands up in defense and started moving them back and forth rapidly. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad Happy, of course I love you. You made the guild a happier place. I would be honored to have you on the mission with us three girls."
Levy then pulled the flying feline into a hug and held him close to her heart, then continued to talk, "Besides that, I can't exactly be mean to you, not only because of my nature, but because of well your mothers who would kill me if I hurt you. Sorry about that Happy."
Levy then proceeded to kiss Happy on the forehead causing the flying feline to blush. "Thank you Levy," Happy said as he happily returned the embrace that the blue-haired script wizard was giving him.
Right as they got within viewing distance of their clients mansion, Lisanna, and Lucy ducked into the woods on the side of the road and changed into their maid outfits. Lisanna and Lucy had their hair down.
The two best friends, and their traveling companion Levy, then made their way into the mansion and asked about the details of the job. Their client is an older gentleman with a mustache and a three piece suit named Kaby. Kaby's wife is dressed in a modest housewife's dress as she lets her husband speak up. However, the three girls and one cat find it odd that there aren't any servants waiting on them. Maybe it really isn't his house after all.
Inside Kaby's Place in Shirotsume...
The inside of the mansion's sitting room is very spacious and inviting. In an L-Shaped pattern sits a giant cloth sofa with more than enough sitting room for all three girls and their feline companion. There is a wooden table in between Kaby and the three girls and their feline friend. The shape of the table is the standard-size coffee table with an arrangement of flowers in a vase in its center. Kaby is sitting on a much shorter couch, one that appears to only be made for two people. The couch that Kaby is sitting on is cloth like the L-shaped one. The two couches and the table are sitting on a square pink area rug. The surrounding floor is what appears to be wood.
"Hi, my name is Kaby Melon, it's a pleasure to meet you all. I am the one that posted the job." The older gentleman said.
"Your name sounds Tasty!" Happy exclaimed as he drooled.
Lucy and Lisanna glare at the Blue cat angrily. "Hey you don't be rude!"
"Don't worry about it girls, I get that a lot." Kaby said to the two best friends. "Duke Everlue has a book in his possession called Daybreak, I would like you to burn it for me."
A Reddish-Orange circle materializes at the end of one of Lisanna's hands as flames ignited at her fingertips. "I'll do my best to do it without causing damage to the mansion."
"I think it's best we try to limit the damage on this mission." Levy stated to her two friends as she giggled sheepishly. "Even Jet, Droy, and myself tend to destroy a lot of things."
Lucy nodded in understanding as she realized that when Natsu used to be with them, they caused a lot of damage. Heck she even remembered the damage that her and her team caused in Hargeon. Especially the port itself and that huge yacht that Bora was holding those girls captive on.
Kaby then spoke up. "Actually, I've raised the reward to 2,000,000."
The three girls and one cat gasp as something white comes out of the top of their heads.
"I thought you were aware about the reward money going up." Kaby responded to the looks on the two best friends' faces.
"2,000,000 Jewel split four ways?" Happy asked in shock with Jewel signs in his eyes. "That's 500,000 Jewels for each of us! Wow imagine all the fish I can buy with that kind of money!"
"Wow what a haul!" Lucy and Lisanna chimed together, the two then realized what Happy said and giggled along with their short blue-haired friend with Hazel eyes in disbelief. "Happy? Is that all you ever think about is fish?"
Levy gets this dreamy look in her eyes as she fantasizes about all the things she can buy with 500,000 Jewels. She can also see that Lucy and Lisanna are going through everything they could buy with 500,000 Jewel, but all three of them realize that their job comes first and they have to destroy the book to get their reward so the three girls and one flying feline calmed down.
"Um Sir," Lucy chimed in curiously with a questioning look on her face. "I was wondering why you would raise the price to 2,000,000 Jewel all of a sudden?"
"That's more like a monster fighting type of job. Please elaborate. It's kind of odd for a client to up the price so quickly," Lisanna stated after her best friend.
"Yeah," Levy piped up with a curious expression on her face like the others, Happy included, then continues. "I mean it's very unusual for a client to change the price so drastically for no reason at all."
"I raised it because it means that much to me," Kaby stated sincerely, then continued, "I simply just can't allow the Day Break Book to exist. That book must be destroyed no matter what the cost."
The three best friends nod, wave and head out just as they got outside of Kaby's place, Lucy stops her group for a split second. This caught the Takeover/Empowerment wizard and blue cat off guard, Lisanna was caught off guard the most. "Um Lu why are we stopping? We have a job to do."
Levy was just as curious as the white-haired wizard and the blue flying cat, "We have to get this job done, so why are you stalling?"
Back in the elaborate mansion...
Kaby is deep in thought as he touches his fingertips and tips of his thumbs together in an evil like manner(Think of Mr. C. Montgomery Burns on the Simpsons).
"Day Break, it must be burned, I simply cannot allow it to exist any longer." Kaby said to himself.
Outside the mansion, Lucy stops for some reason. With Lucy stopped, Levy, Lisanna, and Happy also stop their trek as not to knock Lucy over.
As Lisanna, Happy and Levy are wondering what Lucy is doing, they see her pull out two silver gate keys. One had the symbol of a man's face with a triangular nose on it, while the other one is engraved with a rainbow-colored flame as well as a rainbow of gold, green, and red. These are the keys of the Canis Minor Nikola and the Mystical Bird Phoenix.
"Hold on a minute Li, I need to make a contract with my other two Silver Keys." Lucy stated as she pulled out her Canis Minor Key as well as her Phoenix Key. "I call upon thee in the world of the Celestial Spirits! I Beckon you to my side at once! Pass through the gate! Open Gate of Canis Minor! Come Nikola!"
The key spins in the air as Lucy grabs it with her right hand and slashes it. A doorbell chime sounds as several golden lines coerce together at one center point. as a circle with a smile forms in mid-air once the light show dies down a small bipedal creature with what looks to be a carrot for a nose and tiny pieces of something black form the eyes. The spirit is reminiscent of a small snowman.
Lucy then proceeded to make a contract with the spirit and then decides to call it Plue. She realizes it's not a very powerful spirit and decides to keep it as a pet. She then swings the key through the air after making the contract with Plue and sends him back to the Spirit world.
Lucy then does the same thing with her other key. "I call upon thee in the world of the Celestial Spirits! I Beckon you to my side at once! Pass through the gate! Open Gate of the Mystical Bird! Phoenix!"
As Lucy said this, a giant red circle materialized at the end of the Silver Key as a doorbell chime sounded. Out of the magic circle an outline of a giant bird appeared. The outline slowly began to turn into a solid form as first Red and Green Wings begin to form as a body formed in between the two wings. The center part of the body formed a birds head with a crown of feathers pointing upwards on the top. The crown is gold and so is the beak that forms red eyes then materialize above the part of the beak that attaches to the head. The wings have red feathers on top, with green feathers on the bottom. Most of the underside of the bird is a Silver color with black Talons. The tail feathers consist of all seven colors of the rainbow. A Green colored section of feathers materializes just below the neck. When the mystical bird finishes materializing it let's out a large caw and then begins to speak up in a breathy tone that sounds like a teenage girl, but the Phoenix is millions of years old as it hovers in all it's glory in front of Lucy at a huge 12' 06" tall It weighs nearly 440 lbs. Phoenix then speaks up. "Who dares summon me from my resting place in the Celestial Spirit World?" The Mystical Bird asked as she looks around. "Who has become my Wizard. It's been seven years since I have had a wizard. Please state who you are."
"My name is Lucy Heartfilia, daughter of Layla Heartfilia. I am the one who summoned you, and I wish to make a contract with you if that's okay." Lucy said confidently as she looks at the majestic mythical bird in front of her. She then remembers that Phoenix was one of her mama's favorite Silver Key Celestial Spirits. She then breaks down into tears as she sees the majestic bird in front of her. She is reminded so much of her mom by looking into the eyes of the giant spirit.
"Wait a minute?" Phoenix asked as she looked at Lucy for what seemed like hours, when it was only about five minutes or so. "Hey you are the daughter of my former Wizard. You look so much like her. I can see you also have Aquila as well as three of the twelve Zodiac spirits. There is no need to worry about making a contract with me, because I was charged with protecting you for all eternity. I humbly accept the role as your spirit. You are now my Wizard Miss Lucy!"
"Phoenix, I would like you to meet my best friends Lisanna Strauss and Levy McGarden, as well as our friend Happy. We have a mission to find a lost friend of ours. His name is..." Lucy was immediately cut off by the giant majestic spirit.
"His name is Natsu Dragneel. He is a first Generation Fire Dragon Slayer raised by Igneel the fire dragon." Phoenix spoke up matter-of-factly. "He asked you to keep looking for him should he ever disappear. Natsu also wishes for you to find Igneel. Before he disappeared, he gave each of you something very dear to him. Lisanna he gave you his muffler made of Dragon Scales, and Lucy he gave you his vest. I would be honored to serve both you and Miss Strauss Miss Heartfilia. As for you Miss McGarden, any friend of Miss Lucy is a friend of mine. It is very nice to meet you Miss McGarden."
"Come on Phoenix, it's nice to meet you as well." Levy giggled as she continues. "You don't have to be so formal with me, just call me Levy. I want to be friends with you."
"As you wish Levy." Phoenix said to the script wizard.
"Will you please stop being so formal Phoenix, Li and I wish for you to become our friends just like Lev does and we will become yours. So will Happy." Lucy said to the mystical bird spirit.
"Aye Sir! We want to be your friends, and not your bosses. Will you please accept these terms?" Happy asked hopefully as he gazed in awe at the majestic flying creature born of flames in front of him
"I will do as you four wish and be your friend and let you be mine. Thank you for waking me up Lucy, I will do my best to make you proud." Phoenix said with a smile, or what can only be interpreted as a smile when facing a Phoenix.
"I know you will Phoenix," Lucy said with her famous smile, then continued, "Welcome to the Team Phoenix, and may the stars be with you. You can return to the Celestial Spirit World now."
"Thank you Lucy." Phoenix says as Lucy swipes her key with her right hand sending the Mystical Bird Spirit back to the Celestial Spirit World. Lucy then places her newest Silver Key back on her belt ready to continue their mission.
Team Lucy then continued its mission.
Back at the Fairy Tail Guild, Two Wizards sit at the bar in front of Mira with bored expressions on their faces.
One of the guys is a slim young man of average height with orange hair, kept jutting backwards at the sides of his head. He has a sharp face, a prominent, flat and defined nose pointing downwards, and distinctive teeth, with a protruding, sharp, triangular-shaped upper molar complemented by a chipped portion on the lower row, something which allows him to close his teeth completely despite such peculiar irregularity. He is wearing an open, light-brown coat with yellowish fur trimmings on its edges and sleeves, which reaches down below his elbows. Below it is a high-collared purple shirt, with its collar mostly left open, which is sometimes seen left hanging over the checkered belt below it, with a rectangular buckle, and others tucked inside the baggy dark pants covering his legs, in turn tucked inside dark boots. This guy is Jet and he is eighteen years old. He is one of the members of Levy's team called Team Shadow Gear.
The other guy that was on the opposite side of Levy is a tall, slim young man with black hair kept in an unusual, distinctive hairstyle, with a tuft of hair on top of his head jutting upwards and then curving frontwards, being reminiscent of a plant's stem. His hair extends in a rounded form on his forehead, and is cut on both sides of his head in a spiraling motif. He has dark eyes and thin dark eyebrows pointing downwards at their outer edges; his rectangular-shaped face sports sharp features, with prominent cheekbones. He is wearing a simple white shirt, green checkered pants, and dark shoes with lighter soles. He also sports a pair of distinctive belts crossing his chest, each passing over one of his shoulders. These belts are reminiscent of bandoliers, sporting rectangular cases on them, which contain special "Live-Coal" used for his Plant Magic. This is another member of Team Shadow Gear, his name is Droy and he is eighteen years old.
"Where is Levy, she should've been back by now." Jet said in distress as he orders a glass of beer. "Why is she not back yet?"
"I am wondering the same thing." Droy said to the barmaid. "I mean, it's not like her to just run off without taking us with her. Why would she leave Team Shadow Gear?"
The two men have distressed looks on their faces. It seems they lost their love. This made them mad thinking that some guy ran off with their Levy. What a couple of lost puppies.
Mirajane saw the looks of distress on Jet and Droy's faces as they drank their beer. She then looks at them with a wink and her ever present smile wearing her maroon dress that goes down to her ankles. She then waves her right pointer finger back and forth. "Hey you two, don't worry, I think she just wanted to spend time with some girls. She left here a little bit ago looking for Lucy and Lisanna. I think those two and Happy took the book destroying mission and she wanted to go along so she could read the book if she had time."
"That's the mission the three of us were going to take, I guess Lucy and Lisanna got to it first, but why did they leave without their Teammate Aspen the new girl who is a Weather Manipulation Wizard?" Jet asked curiously as he looks toward the white-haired bar maid.
"Aspen was here earlier," Mirajane said to the two displaced members of Team Shadow Gear, "However Lucy and Lisanna talked her into going to see Gray to see if he could help her with her cold weather magic. Besides I heard that the 200,000 Jewel Price was raised quite a bit so maybe it's better that Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy took it. Also don't worry about Levy, those three are best friends and have been for quite sometime in case you couldn't tell. Well anyway, I can't recall what the prize was raised to."
"It's probably best that Those two took it because the price went up to 2,000,000 Jewel. Also, Mira is right, Levy is in good hands with Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy." Makarov stated matter-of-factly. "So things are probably going to get out of hand. It's best to have Lucy, Lisanna, and their team handle it. Especially since Levy has been looking for a way to improve her magic for a long time to make her stronger, so she found the perfect job to improve her magic abilities."
Gray and Aspen are sitting at the bar drinking some ice water as Gray speaks up. "It sounds to me like, that job just got a bit more interesting. By the way, what's your name?"
"Did you forget already Gray?" Aspen asked, while rolling her eyes, as Gray nodded she spoke up again. "My name is Aspen, Lucy and Lisanna thought it would be better if I trained with you to perfect my Cold Weather Magic, or at least make it stronger. I know it will take a while for me to perfect it though."
"Hey, don't sell yourself short Aspen," Gray said as he looked toward the Weather Wizard, "you adapted really quickly to the Fairy Tail way of doing things. I heard how well you battled Bora that Slave Trader in Hargeon. I could help you make it better, but I am far from perfect with my Ice Make Magic myself."
"Nice to meet you again Gray," Aspen said as she looked toward the Ice Make Wizard. "Thank you for those kind words, I appreciate them so shall we get going with my training?"
"Sure thing Aspen," Gray said as him and Aspen left the bar, Gray as usual is in nothing but his underwear again, "Shall we get going?"
"Um Gray," Mira states as she looks at the Ice Make Wizard. "Nice Skivvies."
Gray hears this and looks down at his state of dress, or rather undress. He then gasps. "Why does this keep on happening to me?"
Aspen giggles at the antics of the Ice Make Wizard.
Jet and Droy take a minute or two to digest the words that the diminutive third master of Fairy Tail said to them. They then realize that they don't need to go on a job right away, they just got back from a successful job with Levy yesterday. So they decided to join in the Guild wide fighting festivities while they waited for their crush to return.
Welcome to Duke Everlue's Mansion...
The Everlue Mansion is a large and compact building constructed under a specific and deliberate symmetry: it seems to consist of a central section, containing at least three floors, topped by a pitched tiled roof, with three protruding structures, possessing similar roofs, sprouting from both its sides on the top balcony, surrounded by railings, which is formed on top of the two identical wings flanking the main structure. The two sections of such large balcony are connected by a linking bridge sitting on the back of the main section's roof, and each sports a pair of towers with pointed tiled roofs, placed in correspondence to its outer edges, for a total of four towers. The building's walls are all crowded with elongated windows, which are rectangular on the wings and on the towers, but sport arched tops in the central part; the wings also sport smaller, square windows on the ground floor's walls. The entrance is located on the facade, in the central part, under eight windows split over two floors, which are topped by the pyramid-shaped section created by the pitched roof, intricately decorated. The whole building is surrounded by a square fence, composed of cement topped by metal railing, and is given access to by an imposing, square gate located on the front, connected to the fence at its sides by stone hinges topped by ornamental spheres, which is intricately decorated, sporting reinforced bolted sections which, when the gate is closed, form an "X", and a curious pattern reminiscent of snakeskin The fence encloses a small lawn, and outside it is surrounded by a square stone road, connected on the front to the large pathway leading to the main entrance, and with its edges adorned by tidy round bushes.
Happy and Levy stayed behind as Lisanna and Lucy approach the gate. In front of the two is a huge mansion. Lisanna is surprised at the size of the mansion and smiles in awe as she is standing next to her best friend. Lucy and Lisanna asked Levy if she wanted to join in the dress up as a maid, but she declined since the flier was only asking for two maids.
Lucy just smiles nervously. This mansion reminded her way too much of the home she ran away from seven years ago. She just sighs and looks through the gate. She then speaks up."Hello is anybody there? We are here about the maid positions." Lucy remarked as she strikes a pose along with Lisanna.
Just then the ground under the girls shakes as a very Gorilla-like lady appears out of the ground behind them. She is wearing a maids outfit, that is obviously too tight on her she has pupil less eyes and has a very stern demeanor to her. This is the lead maid at Everlue's mansion. Her name is Virgo.
Virgo then speaks up in a deep intimidating voice. "So you two are maids? So I take it you're here because you saw the ad that the master placed in the paper?"
When Virgo spoke up, Lucy spaced out again as more memories from her past crept into her mind. Why was this spirit so familiar?
Why in the world does Virgo seem so familiar to me. It's like I know her from my past. Have I met her before?
Flashback May 7th, X775 two years and two months before the death of Layla Heartfilia and two years and two months before the disappearance of all the dragons... Lucy: Age 7(Lucy's POV)
I was looking for something to do. I was heading toward my Mama's room to see if I could play with one of her spirits in addition to my own. I really love all the spirits I have come into contact with. I was just exploring when I heard Mama say something to a few of her spirits that crushed my heart. I really didn't want this to happen, but I guess she had a good reason to do what she was about to do. Mama hadn't been in the best of health the last few years. Something was keeping her from doing the normal stuff she always loved to do. She never gardens anymore, she never plays with me anymore, she just goes to bed it seems earlier every night. Last night, I found it kind of odd that she went to bed at 7:00PM when she usually stays up until midnight or later and plays with me. I do hope she is going to be okay. I guess I better see what she is about to do.
"Open Gates of the Maiden, Scorpion, Lion, Ram, Archer, Paired Fish, Twins, Heavenly Scales and Serpent Bearer! Virgo, Scorpio, Leo, Aries, Sagittarius, Pisces, Libra, and Ophiuchus!"
I then couldn't help but think why she didn't send Taurus out. I then realized she may be planning something special for him.
I know she had given me Cancer and Aquarius, she also gave Zoldeo Capricorn right after she talked to him. I know Mom will probably do something with Taurus, but I am not sure what. I hope she gives him to me. I love that bull/cow thing.
I looked through the crack of the door and noticed that Mama had let out all but four of her Zodiac Spirits. There was a shapely lady with pink hair, blue eyes, a maid's outfit, and shackles on her wrists. She was petite like a teenage girl. The next one was a relatively tall, lean-built, dark-skinned man with short hair that is red on one side and white on the other. His tail is a large gun that is shaped like a scorpion's tail. He wears no shirt, but has a flower shaped collar that is red and trimmed with gold around his neck. He has a red sheet-like material around his waist that is kept up by his large belt that has the Scorpio symbol on it. He wears black shorts, and has bandage-like material wrapped around his arms and legs.
I also couldn't help but notice two miniature Spirits that wear sashes across their torsos. The two little spirits combined and transformed into an exact copy of my Mama.
I also noticed some other spirits one of them included a man in a designer suit with his hair in the form of a lion's mane. There was also a timid female with horns at the top of her head much like a ram. She has white and fluffy clothes, like a sheep. I also noticed a couple of the other ones as well. There was a young woman in an exotic dancer's outfit who hides her face behind a veil and is equipped with a set of balancing scales on her right hand. I also noticed a pair of enormous fish, one black and one white. Who all of a sudden changed their forms into that of a beautiful woman with black hair and fair skin and her son, a young man with dark skin and wild-looking white hair who wields a trident. I also spotted a man wearing a horse costume that always saluted and always keeps saying "Hello, Hello." Finally the last one was an enormous serpent with a metal-lined jaw that seemed to be surrounding all the spirits with his extremely long body.
I then listened to what my Mama said to the many spirits that she summoned. I wonder what she was up to.
"Now everyone, I don't have much time left the doctor says I have a maximum of two months to live." Layla stated as she coughed up some blood while she was talking. The blood spattered on the floor as she continued to talk to her group of spirits. "I am releasing all of you from your contracts effective immediately. I have one last request as your Master. Please do me this one last favor even though I won't be here much longer. I will be watching over everyone from above."
The spirits then listened intently to what Mama was about to say. "I wish for all of you to protect Lucy and become her spirit partners should you ever encounter her. Even if you have another master before her, I want you all to eventually end up with her. However if she declines to take one or more of you from your current master because of how nice he or she treats you, you must respect her wishes. This is my last wish for you. If any of you are fortunate to eventually become the spirits of my daughter, I want you to protect her for all eternity. She is my only child, and I want her to have at least most of you. Please do me this favor and protect her for all eternity. It would mean the world to me if you did." Layla then finished her speech and then almost passed out, but not before saying to her spirits. "Go be free, and if you ever encounter Lucy again and become her spirits, protect her with your lives. She loves all spirits and really loves living things."
The spirits nodded, returned to the spirit world, and their keys disappeared from Layla's belt as they were scattered throughout Fiore and even across several oceans.
I then couldn't help but cry as I rushed back to my room. I ended up crying myself asleep. Two years and two months later, my mama, Layla Heartfilia passed away after a lengthy illness at the young age of twenty-nine.
End Flashback.
Back to Present time X784...
Lisanna couldn't help but notice that Lucy was unsually quiet after they had answered that they were here for the maid positions. Lucy then came out of her trance as tears started flowing freely from her eyes Her eyes were filled with tears as her mascara was running. Ignoring Virgo and the rest of the shaking ground for the moment, the girl and the cat cuddled up close to Lucy and hugged her as they both took turns wiping Lucy's tears. Levy then came out from her hiding spot behind the tree and hugged Lucy as well.
"Lu what's wrong? This is the first time you cried in a long time that didn't have anything to do with our missing best friend," Lisanna said as she hugged Lucy close to her and patted her back. She then unconsciously kissed her forehead.
"Mama Lucy what's wrong?" Happy asked. "Did you eat a bad fish?"
Lisanna glared menacingly at Happy and slapped him across his face. "Can't you see she is distressed? Now stop teasing her!"
Happy nodded and cuddled up close to Lucy's face. All the kindness from her friends snapped her out of her crying as she decided to speak up as she fixed her make up ignoring the look on Virgo's face that nearly mirrored Lucy's own. It seems like Virgo is starting to remember her past. She is almost tempted to demand that she be released from Everlue's contract, but then realizes she probably will be when the time is right as she returns to the scowling face she had earlier.
"Lu are you sure you're alright?" Levy asked curiously as she couldn't help but feel the pain that the golden blond-haired Star Make/Celestial Spirit Wizard was going through. She knew that Lucy lost her mother at the young age of ten which eventually led her to run away to Fairy Tail and join the family. "Are you going to be alright?
"Thank you all three of you." Lucy said as she smiled once again. "I was just having a flashback to my past that's all. I think something about Virgo brought back some old memories. Do I still have streaks of Mascara running down my face?"
The other girls and the flying cat inspected her closely and shook her head no.
So that's where I know Virgo from, she was one of the spirits that Mama let go. I really liked Virgo, well maybe she can be my spirit again sometime. Let's just hope that when and if she becomes my spirit and friend, that she will return to her beautiful appearance that I remember her the most as. I think I will just keep that little secret to myself for now.
What is Lu hiding? Does Virgo have something to do with her past? I am going to have to ask her later.
After Lucy's little episode, Happy and Levy return to their spot behind the tree. Lucy then stood ready for whatever job that Everlue would have her do when she did become one of his maids. She really hoped that Lisanna would join her in being a maid if she did end up getting the job.
All of a sudden the ground beneath the girls feet shook again as a short, plump, ugly man with skinny arms and legs pops out of the ground next to Virgo. He sports a curled mustache which directly protrudes from his nostrils, and a bushel of wavy hair atop his round head. He wears a formal black suit, with his jacket fastened with a large gold button and adorned with a decorative red flower. Beneath his jacket is a white collared shirt and a blue necktie. This is Duke Everlue.
"Boyoyoyoyo! Did somebody say Master?" Everlue inquired as he busted out of the ground and regained his footing. "Why in the world would somebody need me Virgo?"
The two girls gasp in shock as they see Everlue appear from the ground. Together they state the obvious. "Master? More like Monster!"
Levy and Happy are caught off guard as well. They really don't see what the big deal was with coming out from under the ground, wouldn't the gate have been easier?
"Go ahead and take a look." Lucy winked and posed. "I hope you like..."
"What you see." Lisanna finished.
"Hmm let me look at these two." Everlue said as he looks the three girls over. He then turned his nose up at them. "Pass! To be a maid here, you have to be beautiful. You two are just too ugly."
As Duke Everlue said that the two girls felt as if they were stabbed in the back once a piece with something sharp. Then four maids burst out of the ground and start flirting with Everlue."
"You heard the man go away ugly!" Virgo said as the two girls felt as if they were stabbed once again.
"Sorry but a man of my standing has certain standards to uphold!" Everlue said as four very ugly maids popped out of the ground. "That's why I only hire the Fairest of the fair!"
One maid speaks up. "You're the best master!"
"I've never met such a kind-hearted man!" Maid number two said.
The third maid spoke up coldly to the girls as she clung onto Everlue. "We think you're the sweetest guy alive!"
"So why don't you two just run along home ugly!" The fourth and final maid said condescendingly to the two.
The two girls then felt as if they were stabbed three more times by the words that those maids all said.
The two girls then huffed and went back behind the tree with Happy and Levy.
Behind the tree...
"So much for being beautiful maids," Levy said as she frowned toward the direction of Everlue and his maids. "That guy really needs to look up the word beauty if you ask me. I mean those maids really are ugly. There really was no cause for him to call you two ugly."
"You two just couldn't pull it off could you?" Happy asked as he looked toward the two sobbing girls. "This mission isn't off to a very good start."
"We tried but that pervert..." Lisanna started as she wiped her tears
"...wouldn't know beauty if it bit him in the behind!" Lucy continued also wiping her tears.
"So plan B Lucy-Mama and Lisanna-Mama?"
Lisanna shook her head, "No not plan B, Plan T!"
"What's plan T?" Levy asked, she really did have an idea of what they were talking about but wasn't really sure. If Plan T for Lucy, Lisanna, and Happy meant the same thing as it meant for her and her team, it had to mean take the mansion by storm.
"As Natsu once said." Lucy stated with a grin that was almost exactly like Natsu's. "We take the Mansion by Storm! However if we go with Natsu's plan, the infiltration won't work. Star Make!"
"Lucy is right. Natsu always had a tendency to go head first into missions usually getting us into trouble in the process." Lisanna stated to the other two. "So taking the mansion by storm isn't the best option."
As Lucy said the words Star Make, a golden yellow circle appears at the ends of her hands as she puts her hands on her shoulders exactly like she did in the fight against Bora. From her shoulders she moved her hands to the side and back as the two golden circles at the end of her hands combined to materialize in the center of her shoulder blades. "Starlight Wings!"
Lucy then realized that Levy had no way to get up there did she? Anyway Lucy turns to Happy. "Hey Happy?" Lucy asked toward her son.
"What do you need Lucy-Mama?" Happy asked curiously.
"Lisanna and I need you to carry Levy up to the roof balcony, you think you could do that sweetie?" Lucy asked of the blue-furred flying cat.
"Aye Lucy Mama!" Happy exclaimed as he flew over to Levy and wrapped his tail around Levy's waist and grabbed her arms carefully. He then spread his white Angel Wings out and took to the sky followed shortly by Lucy carrying Lisanna.
Once Lucy shouted wings she grabbed Lisanna's hand. "Lu?" Lisanna asked with a blush. "What are you doing? I can fly myself you know."
"I know you can Li, but you might need that power of yours for later so I will fly with you this time." Lucy said as she too blushes and takes off to the sky upward toward a balcony. Happy then follows after his two 'mothers.'
A couple minutes later Happy carrying Levy and Lucy carrying Lisanna landed on the balcony.
Meanwhile in a secret room looking through a Surveillance Lacrima...
Everlue is in a secret room with two shadowy figures as he is looking through a surveillance Lacrima along with the mysterious shadows.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, so it seems we have another group of wizards at our door," Everlue said with a chuckle as he looks at the marks on the girls. Lisanna's is barely visible underneath her skirt, but it's visible enough, while Lucy's pink mark is on her right hand. "and these are from Fairy Tail."
Right outside having just landed on the balcony...
Lucy lowers Lisanna gently to the ground before she lands herself. Once she lands she dissipates her wings and stands next to Lisanna. Lisanna and Lucy can't help but feel some sort of strange warmth from holding each others hands. Lisanna looks toward Lucy with a blush and a smile. "Th-thank you Lu-Chan. I sure hope you didn't use too much of your magic getting us up here."
Lucy blushes as well as she shakes her head no. "You're welcome Li-Chan, and it will take a lot more than one measly flight carrying someone to drain my magical energy. Remember I have been practicing both types of my magic since I was five."
Lisanna nods in understanding as Happy arrived shortly after his two mothers.
Lisanna goes up to the glass balcony door as a reddish Orange Circle appears at the end of her hand. She is grateful that Lucy taught her how to empower her hands with any type of element she wanted without having to switch to her Tigress form. The reddish-orange glow covers her hand as she puts it to the glass and melts a hole in it allowing them easy access to the room they were entering. "Thanks Lu for helping my Empowerment magic become a lot better over the past six years. It's still far from perfect though, just like your Star Make Magic."
"Hey no problem Li. It's my pleasure," Lucy said to her best friend. "I would do anything for you."
Lisanna nodded as her and Lucy looked at each other and blushed.
Happy behind them noticed the looks his mothers were giving each other and chimed in teasingly. "You liiiiiiiiike each other!"
After his revelation, Happy gently lowered Levy down. "Oopsie daisy." Happy said as he gently lowered Levy to the ground.
"Thanks Happy." Levy said happily as she hugged the little blue cat.
"Aye!" Happy exclaimed in his normal happy tone as he returned the embrace.
The girls heard this and immediately lost their blush and quietly berated them. "Shut up,cat!" Once the two girls said that they looked menacingly at the flying cat.
The group then made their way inside. They saw all sorts of boxes with odds and ends in it.
Happy finds a mask and put it over his face "Boo!"
Once Happy did that, the two girls giggled and chimed together in unison."Hey! Good one Happy Sweetie!"
Levy wasn't too keen on that little display though as she collapsed to the floor clenching her chest having been scared by the blue cat within inches of her life.
Lucy and Lisanna looked toward the blue cat and said something to Happy. "You can take that mask off now."
Happy does so and smiles. Levy is relieved and she looks toward the blue flying cat. "You certainly can pull that look off Happy!"
"Aye Sir!" Happy said to Levy. "Sorry I scared you Levy."
"No worries Happy!" Levy said as she looks toward the other two girls. "So what do we do now?"
"We look for the book that Kaby wants destroyed." Lisanna said to the blue-haired girl. "We have to search every inch of this store room before we continue on."
"I understand." Levy chimed in.
The group than headed out of the storage room and looked at the expansive interior.
The interior of the mansion is a large and seemingly unadorned hall, possessing a ceiling made of square tiles and a floor adorned by large, short steps, seems to be a throne room of sort, sporting two large sliding curtains, similar to those found in theaters, which hide an armchair with its back topped by a large, stylized heart, where the Duke seems to seat at times. What looks like a storage room, which is the room that the three girls and flying cat just exited, is present right below the main structure's roof, possessing a coffered ceiling, and packed full of crates, barrels and sacks, with two shelves sitting against two opposite walls. A small, cartoonish skull is one of the objects stored here, which is what Happy was wearing earlier after he found it, as well as a Surveillance Lacrima crystal adorned by what looks like a small wolf's pelt. The main hall sports a mezzanine onto which give several doors, sporting railings on its edges and supporting square pillars which intersect them and reach up to the ceiling. The walls, on the lower part, sport intricate decorations, and the floor, partially covered by a large, furry carpet, consists of massive square tiles.
"It looks like we are going to have to search this entire place guys." Lucy stated to the group.
Lucy and Lisanna continue to sneak along the wall with Levy and Happy. The two best friends link hands and immediately feel a spark, but don't say anything about it.
"We really need to continue being stealthy like ninjas!" Lucy and Lisanna exclaimed quietly as they each made a hand sign like a ninja.
"Like a real ninja?" Happy asked with a bit of drool running from his lips as he clasped his hands together in a prayer position with his two index fingers pointing upward. The rest of his fingers are interlaced like a real ninja would do. "Natsu would really love this mission! He always used to love ninjas."
All of a sudden the mansion shakes and the four ugly maids pop out of the floor each holding a metal BO staff and chime together. "Intruder Alert Virgo!"
The gorilla maid burst through the floor and cackled. "Let's get them girls!"
Happy takes out his mask and puts it on. "Boo!" Happy exclaimed as the four ugly maids turned tail and ran. Virgo was the only one left as she jumped up in the air and started to fall.
"Flying Virgo Attack!" The Gorilla Maid said as she fell from the sky toward Lisanna.
Lisanna glared at the flying maid as she transformed into her Tigress form. In her Tigress form, she powers up with Fire as her Bikini becomes striped Reddish-Orange and Black. It also becomes a one piece swim suit. There are also Reddish Orange Streaks in her hair.
Lucy sees the state of dress that Lisanna is in and blushes as she unknowingly stares at her best friend in a trance-like state. Happy notices this and taps Lucy on the shoulder. "Lucy-Mama are you okay? You look like you are staring."
"Sorry to say it Lu, but Happy is right." Levy said with a mischievous look on her face as she giggles.
Lucy hears this and suddenly comes out of her trance."You too Lev? What is it with you two and your interest in Lisanna and me?" Lucy asked with an annoyed look on her face as she put her hands on her hips and turned to face the blue cat with a scary look on her face. "What do you mean by that Cat?!"
Happy just backs off with a sad look on his face as well as Levy also backing up with a sad look on her face. Lucy sees this and rushes over to comfort her son and her other best friend. She picks him up and hugs him close. She then sets him down gently and goes over to Levy and hugs her as well. "I'm sorry Happy, Levy, I have had these weird trance like states occurring from time-to-time ever since we lost Natsu. It's as if my mind has been trying to tell me something. I didn't mean to scare you two like that."
Lucy then hugs Happy close and strokes the top of his head. Happy smiles in content as he unknowingly purrs. Lucy then sets the flying cat on her shoulder and tells him to pay attention to Lisanna's fight. She then embraces Levy in another hug with an apologetic look on her face. Levy sees this and shrugs it off.
"Hey no worries Lu," Levy said with a smile. "I didn't mean to tease you and I'm sure Happy didn't mean to tease you either."
"That's okay Lev." Lucy said as she watched Lisanna's fight with intense interest.
A reddish orange magic circle materializes underneath Lisanna as her Tigress Claws glow that same color. She then uses her Tigress agility to jump straight toward Virgo. She then begins to spin in a Drill-like motion as flames engulf her entire body. She then shouts out an attack while she is spinning. Fire Tigress Drill Slash Attack!" Lisanna then continues to drill toward Virgo and hits her dead center in the chest. This sends the gorilla maid flying into the statue of Everlue breaking a piece off of it and knocking her out. Once Virgo is defeated, Lisanna deactivates her Tigress form as well as her fire empowerment magic. Lisanna, Lucy, Levy, and Happy make their way through the house looking for the book that Kaby wanted destroyed. They search several rooms. There is even a bathroom with a solid gold toilet engraved with Everlue's face. Talk about Nightmare Fuel! The group then comes to a set of double doors that had a sign above it labeled Library. Lucy, Lisanna, Levy, and Happy enter the library and are struck in awe at the sheer amount of books.
Once the group enters the Library, they can't help but stare at sheer immense walls filled with several book cases filled with books. The library also has a few ladders strewn throughout the room.
The room they are in is the Duke's library, with all of its walls, segmented into long vertical sections, adorned by bookshelves packed full of books, some of which sports ladders to reach their upper shelves. A large desk, complete with a chair and some pens, is present, along with a light, semicircular sofa, which in its hollow part houses a round table, and has two round lamps nearby, on one side. Two more, large lamps sporting small spheres secured to them by ropes hang from special hollow parts in the ceiling, which is covered in square tiles. Near to the door granting access to the room is a closet, flanked by another, smaller desk paired with a chair.
"How are we going to find one little book in this giant place Li?" Lucy asked her best friend.
"I have to agree with Lucy, it seems this place is way too big to find a tiny little book in," Levy said as she looked at the large expanse of books throughout the room.
"This should be no problem for us, I mean we have had to reorganize the Fairy Tail Archives before," Lisanna answered.
Lucy and Levy nod as they and Lisanna go about looking for the book.
With that the three girls and one cat went about looking for the book. Lisanna was the one to find it. "I found it! Now let's destroy it. Animal Takeover! Tigress Soul! Elemental Empowerment Fire Tigress!" Once Lisanna said that her two piece bikini turned from blue and black to reddish-orange and black and once again became a one-piece swimsuit. She was about ready to destroy the book when Lucy and Levy saw who it was by. "Kemu Zaleon? That's my favorite author! We can't destroy the book yet."
"Lu it's our job we have to destroy it!" Lisanna exclaimed as her Tigress claws caught on fire. "We made a promise to Kaby!"
"Come on please Li! I have read all of his books, at least I thought I did, this has got to be an unpublished copy! He is such a totally amazing author! You've read his work before and you liked it so can we just keep the book and read it. I promise I will keep it a secret. I just can't let go of this book yet!" Lucy pleaded in her fan girl mode.
"I have to agree with Lu! I love this author as well! We can't destroy this book yet, please Lisanna?" Levy pleaded to the white-haired wizard. "I mean we didn't get a set time limit to destroy it so why should we even destroy it at all? I mean we should keep it and read it on the way back to Fairy Tail!"
"I'm not a liar, you know that Lucy and Levy," Lisanna said with an evil glare in her eyes as she approached Lucy and Levy as her hand caught on fire. Lucy's eyes gained tears. Levy also let tears escape
"Lisanna! We can destroy it after I read it! I so totally need to read it and so does Levy!" Lucy pleaded with her best friend. "We can destroy it after Levy and I read it.
"We have to destroy it, it's for two million jewel!" Happy exclaimed with a menacing look and Jewel symbols in his eyes. "That money is enough to pay off your rent for a couple of years!"
"Yeah Lucy, we can even give some of that money to Aspen so she could pay her first months rent in Fairy Hills!" Lisanna said with a menacing glare still in her eyes as she approaches her two best friends with an evil grin and mischievous look on her face.
Once again Lisanna is approaching the book with a menacing look in her eyes and a flaming hand. She was still in Tigress form so she still has the tigress ears, claws, fangs, and tail her hair was down to waist-length in this form.
Lucy and Levy backed away as their eyes went totally white without the pupils and irises. "This book is a great work of literature!" Lucy and Levy exclaimed as the two girls look toward their best friend. "Stay away from it Pyro!"
"Come on Lucy you want to pay our rent don't you? What about the mission?" Lisanna asked as she continued to approach the golden blond and blue-haired girls menacingly.
Lucy and Levy kept on backing away when her, Levy, Lisanna, and Happy hear a voice from under the ground.
"Well well what do we have here?" The voice said as Everlue popped out and said his trademark phrase. "So you thieves are planning to pilfer Day Break from me are you? Boyoyo!"
"See what happens when you mess around Slow Pokes! This is all your fault!" Lisanna said to her best friends as she points one of her claws at Everlue.
"Sorry about that Lisanna," Lucy and Levy apologized sheepishly.
Happy sweat drops at Everlue appearing through the floor and speaks up. "Don't you think it would've been way easier to come in through the door?"
"I knew all you low-life wizard types were coming around here to take something of mine. I never would've guessed it was that stupid book, Everlue said angrily.
"Stupid?" Lisanna asked as Lucy kept the book close to her chest with her arms wrapped around it as she thinks to herself.
'This book must be really important if our client is willing to pay so much for us to destroy it. So I don't understand why would Everlue say that about it?' Lucy and Levy then smile as they look toward their best friend and the flying cat. "This works out great so I guess if it's so stupid I guess it's okay if we keep it?"
Steam comes out of Everlue's ears as he shouts toward Lucy, Levy and Lisanna, "It's mine so you can't have it! Get your Grubby hands off!"
"Greedy Gut," Lucy, Levy, and Lisanna chime together in sync as Lucy continues to hold it close. Once the three best friends say that they have a pout on their faces.
Everlue then picks his nose as he addressed the three girls. "Shut your traps ugly."
Lisanna, Levy, and Lucy whine as they face plant. Lisanna, Levy and Lucy then get up as Lisanna gives a frown to her best friends and starts to speak up as she holds out one of her Tigress claws which lights on fire. "Would you hand over that book and let me get this over with?"
"No way, we're not giving it to you!" Lucy and Levy chimed together as they defy their best friend. Lisanna then glares annoyingly at Lucy and Levy.
"LUCY, LEVY! THIS IS OUR JOB!" Lisanna exclaimed angrily as she frowns at the two girls.
Lucy and Levy then go down to their knees in front of the Library Desk and Lucy opens the book up and sets it between her and Levy. "Well at least let us read it first!"
"READ IT NOW?" Everlue, Lisanna, and Happy asked questioningly.
Everlue then speaks up,"well I've had just about enough! How dare you put your filthy hands on my possessions! Come forth vanish brothers!"
Once Everlue said that two of the bookshelves open out. The bookshelves that just opened seemed to hiding a passageway to another room, and can be slid open anytime, revealing two sheets on its opened left and right edges, sporting kanji which read, respectively, "Hidden door" and "Opened".
Two thugs, a tall one and a short one walk out of the room that was hidden by the two open bookshelves.
The shorter one speaks up toward Everlue. "You called upon us sir?"
The taller one then spoke up right after the shorter one. "Can you believe these little punks are from the Fairy Tail Guild? Talk about a bunch of runts!"
The two guys stepped out as the bookshelves closed behind them. They then took a stance one was older and one was younger. However, contrary to what people may think, the older one is the shorter one while the younger one is the taller one.
The older one is the smaller of the duo, despite still remaining as a massive and mildly tall man; his head is mostly shaved, with noticeably long, dark hair being present only on the back of it, where it is tied into a braid reaching down below the man's back, with a light ribbon circling the end, taking the form of a tuft; an hairstyle which is highly reminiscent of a Chinese queue He possesses slanted dark eyes, sharp facial features, with prominent cheekbones, a dark-colored upper lip, with his mouth usually retaining a slight grimace, giving him a perennially serious look, and four distinctive tattoos of kanji adorning his face: his right cheek bears the character for "Right", his left one the character for "Left", the character for "Up" is placed in the center of his forehead, and the one for "Down" on his chin, right below his lower lip. He also has noticeably pointed ears. His attire, much like his hairstyle, is Chinese in appearance, consisting of a light tunic with a high collar, possessing dark stripes on the loose cuffs and flanking the fastener crossing the chest vertically, a pair of mildly loose dark pants, getting tighter in correspondence to his ankles, and traditional, dark Chinese shoes paired with light socks. Hanging on his left bicep, held there by a dark band passing above his right shoulder, is a square dark cloth bearing a light Southern Wolves' mark. In addition, the man carries around an oversized frying pan, possessing a noticeably long handle, on his back, held there by a rope passing over his right shoulder.
The younger mercenary, paradoxically, is also the larger one, being notably tall and massive, standing at almost twice the height of his brother, and possessing long limbs, especially if compared with his massive torso. He has long, dark and curly hair, which is arranged in a distinctive hairstyle, with four large, straight tufts jutting upwards on top of his head, getting smaller near their outer edges. His face is squared, with a very prominent, mildly rounded and hooked nose, and his dark eyes are topped by a light bandana covered in spiraling dark motifs, obscuring his forehead and keeping his hair back. His right forearm is covered by similar, sharp and dark tattoos, reaching down to his hand. His outfit, unlike that of his brother, is Western in look, consisting of a dark sweatshirt, with slightly puffy sleeves reaching below his elbows, adorned by light, wavy markings on the shoulder and the sleeve areas and bearing three light, diagonal stripes on each side of the torso, simple light pants and light trainers. He also bears a square cloth similar to that of his brother, hanging above his right bicep, which is light in color, is secured by a light band passing above his left shoulder, and bears the dark symbol of his guild.
Lucy and Lisanna gasped as they saw the symbols on their shoulders. Levy also gasps at the sight of the two symbols on their shoulders.
Happy then chimes in his two cents as always. "That sign means their from the Southern Wolves. It's a Mercenary Guild."
Lisanna speaks up with a chuckle as she cracks the knuckles on her claws. "So you got bodyguards do you? You really have no idea who you are dealing with do you?"
As Lucy and Levy are reading the book they both chime in at the same time. "Oh wow."
"Boyoyoyo, the Southern Wolves are always hungry for fresh game. Say your prayers thieves." Everlue said with a hint of superiority on his face.
Lucy then gets up and speaks toward her best friend. "Hey try to hold them off for a while. I'm not sure but I think this book holds some kind of secret."
"We will let you know what we find Lisanna." Levy said as she followed Lucy out one of the nearby doors.
Lucy and Levy then make their way toward the door as Lisanna turns her head. "Right."
Duke Everlue then thinks to himself. 'A secret, it must've slipped by me somehow. It could be a treasure map or something.'
Once he stops thinking he begins to use his diver magic and addresses the Vanish Brothers. "I'm going after the bookworm girls, make sure Tiger Girl doesn't leave here in one piece!"
"Yes Sir!" The Vanish Brothers chimed together.
Everlue then digs out of the library as Lisanna turns to Happy. "Happy, I need you to go on and help Lucy and Levy."
"Are you sure you don't need me here Lisanna-Mama?" Happy asked of the White-Haired Take Over/Elemental Empowerment Wizard.
"No, thanks, but I'll be just fine." Lisanna said as she stretches out her arms and looks to Happy as he flies off after the other two.
"Whoa. You sure talk big for such a little girl." The taller brother stated.
"Perhaps we should put her into her place." The shorter brother remarked. "So you must be a Take Over/fire wizard."
"How did you know that?" Lisanna asked with a shocked expression on her face, not really expecting these Mercenaries to know much about wizards.
"We saw the fire surround you when you were fighting Virgo." The taller one remarked. "We also saw you transform into your Tigress form as well."
"So it's obvious your an ability type Fire/Take Over wizard."
An ability wizard is a type of wizard that uses magic that flows through his or her body. That's what Lisanna is. She is also an Elemental Empowerment Ability-Type Wizard. Wizards like Lucy who use items they collect is a holder type wizard. However, Lucy isn't only a holder type wizard. She is also a molding type ability wizard. She uses the power of the stars to create solid objects from wings, like Lucy created to get her and Lisanna to the balcony, to a katana and more.
"Well you're partly right." Lisanna remarked with a smirk as her claws lit up with fire. "So I guess you know what happens when you play with fire. you get burned!"
A reddish orange magic circle materializes beneath Lisanna as her cheeks puff up.
"Fire Tigress Roar!" Lisanna said as she releases a stream of fire in the shape of a Cyclone. The breath attack heads straight for the Vanish Brothers. Her claws then glow the same Reddish Orange Color as she swipes her claws toward the Vanish Brothers. "Fire Tigress Flaming Claw Slash!" Lisanna's claws glow a bright reddish orange as she thrusts her claws toward the two vanish brothers.
"Sorry to break it to you girly, but fighting fire wizards is something we do well!" The shorter one states as he absorbs the fire attack from Lisanna and whacks her with the frying pan. Lisanna manages to barely dodge the attack as she barely gets bruised. The shorter brother then points his index finger straight up into the air in a victory pose. "Very well."
Lisanna gasped as she doesn't see the taller brother coming with a kick to her mid-section that sends her flying through the doors of the library breaking them off of the hinges. She then lands on the golden statue of Everlue as her outfit goes back to her normal color as she reverts back to her normal Tigress form. Her appearance then returns to normal as she takes another fighting stance.
"Ha! If that is your best! You're dead wrong. You barely hit me." Lisanna spoke up from her spot on the statue.
"Whoa this kid really thinks she can beat us?" The taller brother asked angrily.
The shorter brother then spoke up. "Do you happen to know what a wizards greatest weakness is?"
Lisanna then smirks as she speaks up. "Well if it has anything to do with getting sick because of movement, then it won't effect me. Remember I can change forms really easily. So I really don't see what a wizard's greatest weakness is besides running out of magic power."
"Is she making fun of us? We won't take that!" The taller one said
"Their weakness is, their bodies," The shorter one said as he jumps off the balcony and slams his frying pan down toward the take over/empowerment wizard who manages to dodge the attack easily. Because Lisanna dodged the attack from the frying pan, the shorter brother missed completely and struck the end of the Everlue Statue's tongue breaking it off. "Since a wizard has to focus so intensely on holding their mental abilities..."
"...they neglect to train their bodies!" The taller one said as he slams a fist toward the wall behind Lisanna aiming to knock her out. The take over/empowerment mage easily dodges yet again. "Which leaves them physically weak!"
"On the other hand," the shorter brother explains to the Take over/Empowerment Wizard and lands easily, "we focus on our physical abilities."
"So we have more power and speed than you." The taller brother finished for his brother as he lands right beside him.
Lisanna yawns taunts, and stretches. "Oh, I am so totally scared! Now stop your blabbing, and let's dance!"
The taller, younger brother then speaks up with a question as he looks to his shorter, older brother. "Hey Bro Combo Attack?"
The older, shorter brother pulls his pan over his head and places it just a bit off the ground. "Sounds good!"
The taller one jumps up into the air and lands on the cooking surface of the frying pan.
Once the younger brother lands on the pan, the two brothers chime together with confidence, "Heaven and Earth Annihilation!"
"Bring it on!" Lisanna says as she winks and a purple circle appears in front of her face. "Animal Takeover! Bird!"
Once Lisanna says that, her whole body transforms into a giant multi-colored bird as the taller brother jumps off of the cooking surface and up into the air.
Meanwhile, with Lucy and Levy, the two girls are continuing to read the book together in one of the most peculiar places there is.
Under the Everlue Mansion sits a sewage system, possessing floor, ceiling and walls composed of square metal plates, secured by small bolts, with several tubes and round channels adorning the latter two. Gratings are also present on the walls and ceiling. Moss hangs down from the round holes in the walls, and, while some channels are full of water, others are empty, being covered in dirt and rocks. A large gate is also visible, dividing the sewers into different areas.
Lucy and Levy are sitting up against the wall with a strange set of glasses on their faces. These are the Wind Reading Glasses. They allow the wizard wearing them to read books at mind boggling speeds. Lucy and Levy then gasp at the same time as they find what they were looking for. "That's amazing! I knew this book held some sort of secret!"
"It's interesting to say the least." Levy said to her friend. "We better keep this book safe and sound. Something tells me that once Kaby sees this book he won't want to destroy it so I have a feeling we may not be getting the reward money that was promised."
"I have to agree with you there Lev," Lucy stated from beside her blue-haired friend. "something didn't seem right in the first place, we better just take the book back unharmed so Kaby can read it."
Levy nods as she continues to read the book with the golden blond-haired girl.
All of a sudden out of the wall of the sewer right behind Lucy and Levy, something comes out and grabs their arms. It's Everlue having used his Diver Magic to find them. "Well then please share! Secrets don't make friends you know."
Lucy and Levy gasp together at the pain that is being caused by the grip that Everlue has on them Lucy is the first to speak up with a groan. "No way, a man like you doesn't deserve to know what it is, you're an enemy of literature!"
"Lu is right you perv, why would you want to keep this book if you think it's trash?" Levy asked curiously through the pain that Everlue was causing the small blue-haired girl.
In the mansion, the battle between the Vanish Brothers and the Takeover/Elemental Empowerment Wizard is continuing on its destructive path.
Both brothers are standing next to each other. The taller, younger brother jumps into the center of the shorter, older brother's giant frying pan ready to strike. As Lisanna is flying up, the shorter brother takes advantage of the girls distraction and strikes from the ground. "Look towards heaven! And I strike from Earth!"
The strike hits Lisanna on her bird talon causing her to lose concentration and revert to her normal form. She then lands on her feet thanks to her quick thinking and changing into her Tigress form. She tries to catch her breath as she looks toward the ground. "Look towards Earth," the taller brother states, "and we strike down from heaven!"
Lisanna loses her concentration again as she is hit on the head. This causes her to return to her normal form knocking her to the ground lifeless or so the brothers will think. The impact of the taller brother sends tons of shrapnel from the floor all over the place kicking up a cloud of dust. They then take their victory pose. One of their hands up against their chests with all their fingers pointing to the sky. "You have witnessed the true power of the Vanish Brothers, the Heaven and Earth Annihilation Technique." The shorter brother stated with his right hand to his chest and all his fingers pointing to the sky.
"It's a force that very few are able to survive." The taller brother stated as he had the same pose as his brother only his left hand was up against his chest with all of his fingers pointing to the sky.
As the dust cleared it revealed the Takeover/Empowerment Wizard down for the count. As the Vanish Brothers prepared to leave to report their mission a success to their employer there was a menacing giggle from the ground as the white-haired girl pushed herself up. Her eyes were still downcast as she showed a smirk on her face. "Ha Ha Ha." Lisanna giggled menacingly. "You are very impressive I will give you that, but you have just made a huge mistake. The biggest mistake anyone ever makes, is usually the last one they make when they encounter us."
"What mistake was that girly?" The shorter brother inquired while still in his victory pose.
"We didn't make any mistakes in taking you down! You just don't know when to quit do you?" The taller brother exclaimed then asked still in his victory pose just like his shorter, older brother.
"You have made an enemy of the strongest guild in all of Fiore." Lisanna chuckled more. "You two have made an enemy of Fairy Tail! I will show you what it means when..."
The brothers were getting quite nervous when they see a blue magic circle appear underneath the Takeover/Empowerment Wizard's feet. As the blue circle continued to move up the petite white-haired girl's body, it vanished leaving her clad in her Tigress Soul Takeover form.
"...you pay for crossing paths with Fairy Tail! I will not lose!" The white-haired wizard exclaimed as yet another magic circle appeared beneath her feet in the shape of a Tigress head. "Elemental Takeover Form Empowerment! Fire!"
Reddish-Orange Streaks appeared in her hair as her cheeks puffed up. She also put her hands to her face, and just like she did earlier in the battle, she shouted out her attack. "Fire Tigress..."
"What is that girl doing bro?" The taller one asked.
"I have no idea, but I have a feeling it's something that won't do her any good." The shorter one responded.
"...Roar!" The Takeover/Empowerment Wizard exclaimed as she let loose her roar which consisted of several flames and embers in the form of swirling Vortex heading straight for the Vanish Brothers.
"Fire Magic?" The taller one asked. "We got it!"
"Flame Cooking! You see my frying pan absorbs your attack and sends it right back at you with double the strength!" The shorter one exclaimed as he sent the flame right back at her. "Goodbye kid!"
"It looks like she's a flame-cooked Fairy now." the taller one stated as he saw the flames return straight toward the girl. The strength of the flames doubled as it looked like the Vanish Brothers have finally won. The attack was so powerful, that it destroyed a good chunk of the area around the ground floor.
All of a sudden the fire began to vanish as if it was being sucked into somewhere. Once the fire cleared the two brothers saw that the girl had pulled out her retractable BO Staff and extended it as she sucked in the flames and her hair turned completely Reddish Orange. Flames came from her Tigress Claws which set the BO Staff on Fire as she spun it around.
"You see, fire doesn't work on me when I am in my Fire Tigress form. Especially when I eat the fire. I sent the fire through my claws and into my Retractable and Expandable BO Staff. Now I will show you what happens when you make an enemy of Fairy Tail! Fire... Tigress... Spinning..." Lisanna chanted as she spun around like a ballerina on her tip toes while at the same time spinning her BO Staff in front of her, behind her, above her and below her as she jumped up into the air and activate her eagle wings that appeared on her back instead of her arms because her arms were occupied at the moment, "...Staff Tigress Claw Slash!"
The Takeover/Elemental Empowerment Wizard spun through the air doing several front flips in a row. Once her series of movements was complete she hurled herself and her BO toward the vanish brothers blowing up much of the inside of the mansion in the process. She then threw the BO into the air after collapsing it and caught it on her back with skill. Before it could fall off she clipped it into her holster on her back. She then spun her body in a way reminiscent of a propeller with her claws on her hands and feet extended out. She then turned herself upright and pointed the claws of her hands and feet straight at the vanish brothers and slashed two "X"-Shaped Slashes across their chests and legs causing them to lose balance and fall to their backs and hit their heads. All of a sudden a cloud of smoke engulfed the area as the sheer force of the attack blew up the walls with ease causing a cloud of smoke to rise up. This cloud of smoke was easily seen from the top of the hill by onlookers as the mansion walls blew up along with the Vanish Brothers who were easily knocked unconscious by the impact.
Lisanna then deactivated her Fire Magic and her Tigress Soul and landed gracefully on her feet as she looked around at the damaged walls, balcony railings, statue, and floors and gasps. "Uh-Oh, did I overdo it again?"
What is in store next for Lisanna, Lucy and Happy? Only time will tell! Be on the lookout!
To Be Continued...
Next Time: With Happy safe along with the Daybreak book; Lucy, Levy and Lisanna face off against Duke Everlue and Virgo. What will happen? Only time will tell.
Next Time on Starry Heavens: Bonds of Friendship, Magic & Love - Episode 005: Daybreak of Destruction! Part Two
Author's Note:
(1) I will go over this in more detail in a later chapter. I cut out the part of the story that dealt with the battle to keep it somewhat of a mystery.
(2) Added a bit more detail to Lucy and Lisanna's story to Aspen as to why they were wearing Natsu's Vest and Muffler respectively.
(3) In the original version of this, I had Mirajane and Erza fight each other. However, I realized that it wouldn't work that way. For one reason, Mirajane has been out of fighting for the past two years so she wouldn't be doing that. Secondly, Erza didn't make her debut until after the group got back from the Daybreak Mission. So I ultimately decided to rewrite that scene to only include Mirajane talking to Lucy, Lisanna and Happy instead of having Erza involved.
Lisanna's Elemental Empowerment magic: Lisanna's Elemental Empowerment magic uses a Collapsible Bo Staff that she keeps on her back that she can expand and retract. Whichever element, Fire, Water, Ice, Wind, Earth, or Lightning she chooses at the time is reflected on her Bo staff. Fire is reddish orange, Water is blue, Snow/Ice is bluish white, Wind is silver, Earth is green or brown, and Lightning is electric yellow. Oh yeah, Lisanna can also power up her takeover forms with her elemental empowerment magic as well.
Lucy's Star Make Magic: Her magic circle is golden yellow. Lucy's Star Make Magic is just like Gray's Ice Make Magic. It's molding magic. She can create different items, solid and mobile with the power of the Stars.
The next chapter will cover one episode:
Episode 004: Dear Kaby