Searching for Answers of the Clock
"Hmm, I wonder if those have received the clock piece from that Lucy girl yet?" A man asked.
He's a tall and muscular man that sports white hair in a similar style to Laxus', with most of it slicked back and having numerous spiky strands pointing backwards, and some strands over his forehead. He has two tufts of hair on both side of his chin which point downwards and black ring around his eyes.
He is also sitting on top of an enormous, purple octopus with several light-blue spikes protruding from its head, as well as two large horns extending from its forehead. Despite being an octopus, its tentacles appear clawed at the ends, similar to a crayfish's. A series of teal spots mark its forehead. Its eyes are perfectly rounded with teal scelera and bright yellow pupils, and just between its eyes is the emblem of the Zentopia Church.
"What do you think, Kanaloa?" The man asked the giant odd-looking octopus as it responded by shrugging.
"Hmm, what's that sound?" The man noticed a small sound coming from a distance and listening to the sound carefully that seems to be getting louder meaning it's getting closer to him.
As the sound got closer, he can tell more clearly that it sounds is a screaming person though is more than one person making out it to be three person screaming at the same time, then he look up to the direction of where the screaming is coming from and became shock when he spotted those three people.
"What? Coco? Mary? And Sugarboy?" The man shocked.
He also saw how fast they are coming at him almost like a meteor that they're about to crash probably to the ground.
"Kanaloa!" The man commanded the octopus as he quickly move to the spot and the three landed safely on the head bouncing on it a little.
"Whoa! I thought we were gonna die." Coco exclaimed.
"Are you three uninjured?" The man asked.
"Ah, Sir Byro Cracy, thank you for the save, baby!" Sugarboy thanked.
"Damn, those punks in Fairy Tail are gonna pay for this." Mary growled.
"What, does that mean you failed your mission?" Byro asked slightly angry causing the three to flinch.
"Well, we kinda… did." Coco said nervous.
"You fool! How can you call yourself the Legion Platoon if you can't even handle a simple guild to get a clock piece!" Byro angered.
"Woo-up there, big boss man, we were totally gonna whack those little fairies in the dust if that little spicy girl didn't get in the way!" Sugarboy quickly explained, sweating a little.
"Umm, explain." Byro wanted to know exactly what happened.
"Okay, so we went to the guild to find Lucy Heartfilia and take the clock piece from her, but she wasn't at the guild when we got there and this weird chick came up upset Coco because she petted her like a dog and we ended up fighting them." Mary started explaining the beginning.
"And when I punched her, it felt like hitting a metal wall! It hurt really badly, and this girl named Ikaros that she's some sort of cyborg called an "Angeloid" or something, and she had these beautiful wings that makes her look like a real Angel!" Coco explained on her part.
"An Angeloid? I never heard such thing and I doubt the Archbishop would know anything about it either." Byro said.
"Yeah, well, here's the freaky part: not only is this Ikaros girl strong, but she is also completely unaffected of my Command Magic too!" Mary added.
"I didn't think there would be anyone who can resist your magic power, this "Ikaros" you speak of is truly going to be a problem." Byro stated.
"That bitch REALLY pisses me off! If I ever see her again, I'm gonna tear her into pieces!" Mary promised in anger.
"Then we'll meet up with Dan and Samuel and see if we can prepared ourselves when we meet with Fairy Tail again because I believe now that they know we're fight the clock piece they'll want to seek knowledge of the clock itself." Byro stated as the battle between Fairy Tail and the Legion Platoon has only just begun.
(With Fairy Tail)
"A series of attacks on churches just before the Zentopia Founding Festival. A mysterious clock hand inscribed with an ominous phrase. Which is also sought by the Legion Platoon claiming to try to stop a Holy War." Makarov listed the event that's been happening through these past days.
"Well, I'll tell you this much, those guys made a big mistaken when they choose to fight Fairy Tail. This is thing is just getting started, that's for sure." Natsu stated as Happy nodded.
"I'm just glad they didn't take the clock hand thanks to Ikaros." Michelle smiled at the Angel girl.
"You're welcome as you everyone here are master's friends, it's only fair that I help you out." Ikaros said.
"Was anybody able to follow 'em where Ikaros threw them and figure out where they are?" Gray asked.
"Which by the way was a pretty cool throw you did!" Happy complimented.
"Master said to threw them far away, so I threw them with all the strength I have." Ikaros explained.
"I bet they might by near the ocean by right now." Wakaba joked a little.
"Well, according to Warren, every single search team couldn't find them. But I agree with Natsu. It's not over, not by far." Erza said.
"Oh yeah, let's hunt those guys down and teach them a lesson! Who's with me?" Natsu asked exciting. Lucy smiles from Natsu's determination and obviously Ikaros is also in.
"First, we need to make sense of what we're facing. The Legion Platoon attacked us to steal the clock hand, and before Ikaros defeated them, they mentioned a holy war." Erza pointed out as they have to figure out this big puzzle.
"It seems the clock itself plays an important role in all this." Ikaros guessed.
"Perhaps, but what is that strange inscription referring?" Erza asked.
(Elsewhere, Dreamscape)
An short old man is seen running through a dark path with lighted purple flame candles as if he is trying to get away from something horrible, then he turns around suddenly everything around him is blue sky with clouds and the clock hand with the cloth standing in front of the old man.
"(Time ticks forward on toward inevitable chaos.)" The old man thought as the scenery suddenly changed into dark purple and a giant eye opens under the old man.
(With Wendy, Carla, and Patherlilly)
Carla gasped upon seeing a strange vision and became very worried.
"Is something wrong?" Wendy asked.
"Oh no, it's nothing." Carla said, not wanting to worry Wendy on something that is hopefully her imagination, but deep down she knew it's not like that.
(Back with the Guild)
"Have you made any finding of your research, Lady Lucy?" Ikaros asked.
"The clock is real. It exists somewhere out there, but I just can't imagine what its significance could be." Lucy said.
"Do you think the 'chaos' the inscription talks about and this 'holy war' are one and the same?" Cana asked guessing.
"In other words, Master Natsu, if 'chaos' were to win this war then that means people would be very bad people and do whatever they want including killing lives." Ikaros explained to Natsu who didn't get it.
"Seriously, now that's mess up!" Natsu commented.
"Rules were created in order to protect people's freedom and safety. Without them, there'd be strife and lawlessness." Makarov explained.
"Do you think the Legion Platoon are trying to stop those from changing the rules?" Macao asked curious.
"I don't know, those guys seem more trouble to me." Wakaba pointed out.
"And trying steal from another like Lucy's clock hand wouldn't be anything Holy." Gildart added who just arrived not too long ago and was caught on to what's going on.
"I had a thought. If they wanted the hand maybe they're looking for the other parts of the clock as well." Michelle theorized.
"That would be logically, then we may be able to find out if there are others after the clock pieces as well." Ikaros added.
"I sat we just go find those guys and then ask them ourselves." Gray suggested.
"Ya know? I'd like to try to make them talk." Gray smirked placing an elbow on Natsu's shoulder.
"Sounds like fun to me, count me in!" Natsu said and they fist bump.
"(Friends bonds are strong even though some have disagreement toward each other, it feels familiar.)" Ikaros thought.
(The Next Day)
"Whoa. This place looks kinda familiar." Natsu said as he and the team are standing in front of a large mansion.
"It's where Lucy grew up." Erza reminded.
"You used to live here, Lady Lucy?" Ikaros asked curious.
"Yeah, this used to be my home until I decided to move out to join Fairy Tail." Lucy explained a little, she didn't want to go into the full detail of her life here yet. She also has the clock hand with her just in case.
"It looks like someone has been keeping this place clean." Happy pointed out.
"I suppose they'd want to keep it clean and well maintained until a buyer can be found." Carla stated while being held in Wendy's arms.
"Apparently, that hasn't been easy. People have checked it out, but nobody's made an offer to buy it." Lucy explained.
"Because nobody can afford it." Gray added.
Soon, they enter the mansion, after getting over the fact that Michelle claimed that Lucy used to make her clothes out of paper and flowers which made Natsu and Gray imagine them in bikinis made of paper and flowers though got kicked hard by the blushing Lucy.
"Okay. Where do you think we should get started?" Wendy asked.
"Yes, and what type of clues should we be looking for?" Carla added the question.
"The first order of business is splitting into teams two. Each team will take a different area and scour every room from top to bottom. We're looking for old clocks. Anything related to clocks. If something reminds you of the inscription, take note of it. Any literature written in ancient Potamelian. Anything out of the ordinary, clues may present themselves in any form, so keep an open mind." Erza explained the goal of the search mission through the mansion.
"Excuse, Erza, I appear to be the only one who doesn't have a partner to make the teams of two." Ikaros pointed out.
"In that case, why don't you go with Lucy and Michelle." Erza suggested.
"If Master is okay with this?" Ikaros said looking to Natsu.
"Sure, I don't mind." Natsu said.
"Then I will go with Lady Lucy." Ikaros nodded.
Everyone spilt up searching through different parts of the Heartfilia mansion though they haven't found anything yet, nothing related about the mysterious clock they're looking for.
Lucy's group went up to the attic hoping to find something as there are a lot of furniture as Lucy stated that some of them might be priceless and other just worth almost nothing, then they found an old painting of Lucy as a little girl with her mom and dad though there are some ripped holes.
"When was this taken?" Michelle asked.
"I remember posing for this, it wasn't long before Mom passed away." Lucy remembered that time.
"I had a heck of a time sitting still for this painting, all I wanted to do was play. It was really hard on me when I lost her." Lucy explained.
"You must've been very sad after losing your mother." Ikaros said.
"Yeah, I took it out on everyone, and I think I was a little terror. I probably just made the whole thing harder for them." Lucy recalled.
"It's okay." Michelle comforted her.
"Someday, I'm gonna get enough money to buy this place! I'll put everything back how it used to be!" Lucy determined shocking Michelle as tears began to come out.
"I'm sure your father would be very happy." Michelle smiled.
"Did you also had a doll in this painting?" Ikaros asked as she holds up the part of the ripped where little Lucy is holding a doll in her arms.
"Oh, I think Mom got that for me on my birthday, but I stopped playing with it after Mom died." Lucy said sad, Michelle became sad too.
"Anyway, Michelle just gave me another idea!" Lucy changed the subject.
(Study Room)
"Wow, this is amazing!" Michelle amazed upon seeing hundreds of books in the room.
"Thi8s was Dad's library, he's actually the reason that I grew up to be such a bookworm myself." Lucy explained.
"You became a worm that eats books?" Ikaros confused.
"No, no, it's just a figure of speech meaning I really love books!" Lucy corrected the Angeloid girl.
Looking through the bookshelves though Lucy figured it's gonna take forever until Michelle brought a book called "To My Daughter" which seems kinda special for some reason, but all the pages are blank wondering if there's a spell casted on it to hide the words. Lucy also brought out her celestial spirit, Grandpa Crux is search for something about the book even though it looks like he's sleeping.
Then the bubble from his nose pop waking him up and screaming like a crazy person which traumatized Michelle though Lucy and Ikaros were unfazed.
"Any luck?" Lucy asked.
"What we have here is nothing more than a stack of incredibly old paper. There are no spells, invisible inks, or watermarks to be found inside. And it would appear to be the case that your late father himself bound the book by hand." Grandpa Crux reported.
"I see, is there anything else worth mentioning?" Luck asked.
"I do have a suggestion for you: it might serve you well to consider approaching this book as a riddle of some sort. Think of the tittle "To My Daughter", perhaps it could be an anagram?" Crux said.
"So, we just have to rearrange the letters." Michelle said.
Natsu and Happy came into the study room finding everyone sitting while looking at letters on each piece of paper wondering if they're playing a game.
"We are rearranging the letters from a title on a book to see if they mean something else." Ikaros explained.
"Oh, sounds little better than searching through the whole building, maybe I can try." Natsu said, but he suddenly sneeze causing a strong wind to blow the letters away.
"You just ruined our train of thought!" Carla snapped.
"And we were working hard on it too." Wendy winced.
"Sorry, my bad." Natsu apologized just before avoiding Erza's sword who is more angry about this. Carla notice four letters were put together.
"The letters before you are spelled "myth"." Crux said as the others see it thinking it could be something important. Other some other letters with myth and they got "Duo. Great. Myth." which gave Lucy an idea.
"There's a pair of books known as "the two great myths"! Both were written by Will Neville, one is called "Life of the Clockwork and it also just so happens to be where the strange inscription from!" Lucy informed.
"You have that book in your apartment!" Michelle recalled. Talk about a coincidence.
"Yep, and the other book should be right here!" Lucy said as she went to get the book.
"Tadah! "Key of the Starry Heavens"!"
"Isn't that just a picture?" Natsu asked.
"It could be something very important." Ikaros said.
"I don't know if it has anything to do with the clock hand or not, but maybe my Dad left some kind of message for me to find inside this book." Lucy said.
"In that case, Happy, may I borrow that book you have for a moment?" Ikaros asked the blue cat holding a book about the turtle racing a rabbit.
"Sure." Happy handed the book to Ikaros.
Ikaros look at the book for a second and suddenly threw the book toward the door with incredible force and speed that broke through the door making a hole.
"Ow! What the fuck?!" A guy's voice cursed shocking the group.
"I sensed two presents entering the mansion and are here for the same thing we want." Ikaros said serious as everyone brace themselves for a fight.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Team Natsu with Ikaros and Michelle have found an important clue about the mysterious clock that seems to be so important for some reason as they are one step closer to the truth. However, it would appear that they are not the only one who are interested in the children book and they will have to protect from the "guest" in the mansion.
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