Silence had fallen upon the Fairy Tailers after they decided to get some sleep since it would be the least boring way to wait for night to fall, and they were bound to be up for a while so they definitely needed the rest.
Every member but one in their small group slept peacefully. Although she agreed getting some rest was the best course of action, Seraphina sat off to the side of the sleeping mages with her head resting on her knees. Her eyes carried a faraway look while staring at a random spot in the room surrounding her.
The silence in the room had been comforting at first, as it was nice to have a few moments of tranquility, something that had become very scarce in her life. However, it being dragged out for hours was bothering Seraphina. Prolonged silence would make her reflect on things, make her remember stuff that she hoped to forget, neither of which she was fond of doing.
She frowned, it seemed everything could hold a negative implication in her life. Even that stupid song made her remember something horrible.
A teasing voice then rang out in her head. It's because you're such a terrible person…
Seraphina heaved a heavy sigh and leaned forward a with a bitter smile gracing her lips. She's long accepted this fact, but still flinches whenever it crosses her mind.
She looks up and sighs. "No doubt there…"
She ruminated in the silence faintly noticing how the room represented her emotions. Dark and sullen, but hidden by the many twists and turns of the cave, while hers were hidden by her cheery facade.
Huh, Lucy mentioned she liked writing, right? Maybe she would like that.
As she mockingly applauded herself for how poetic that revelation was, a small tremor ran through the ground.
It was almost unnoticeable at first, making Seraphina frown and wonder if she really should have gotten some rest, before the ground shook even harder. Strong enough that rubble and stalactites fell from the ceiling in response to the massive vibrations.
"Huh, what the heck?" Seraphina murmured staring up at the ceiling the others all woke with a jolt and looked as confused as her.
"Woah, it's the pretty purple light!" She realized before frowning. "But it is the moon, and why is it shining on the demon dude? That's probably not good…"
"What's going on?" Happy asked, a very obvious hint of fear in his voice. "I'm getting scared Gray…"
The ice mage didn't reply, his attention focused on the ice encasing Deliora. His eyes traveled upward to the purple beam of light honing in on it. Dread settled in his stomach and he roughly swallowed.
"Let's go!" He finally said, his voice strained. "We have to find out where the lights coming from!"
"Aye!"
All five of them quickly left the cave, with Gray leading the pack. They went up the set of stairs that the weird quartet from before had used. Seraphina had watched them to find out where they had come from as well make sure that they didn't come back where the demon was. She considered following them, but Gray said to wait it out.
Plus, her just abandoning them like that would be a meanie move on her part.
They made it up to the temple where they had fallen from above and Seraphina wrinkled her nose at all the moon decor still up, however, that was the least of their worries. Shining up from the ceiling and through the floor was the same purple beam of light shining on the demon.
"No fair~" Seraphina whined. "My light can't go through the ground like that!"
"That's what you're worrying about?" Lucy demanded.
"Why is someone casting a spell inside this old temple?" Gray asked.
"Especially one with the moon," Seraphina pouted, "I don't like how much the moon is involved, moon island, moon temple, and weird but pretty purple moonlight… this is so weird, why does Aru get to be so important?!"
"Just when I thought you were on to something…" Lucy murmured with a shake of her head, she then gripped her fist determinedly. "Well, we aren't gonna get anything just standing around here!"
"You're right," Natsu agreed, "the lights coming from up top, lets go!"
They continued their trek up the steps getting to the top of the temple in no time. There they found a somewhat large group of people all gathered in a circle and chanting, in an ancient language most likely as none of them could understand what they were saying. Their chants were most likely what was bringing the purple moonlight from the moon all the way down to the demon below.
"The moon…" Gray muttered.
"It looks like those robed freaks are chanting something to collect the moonlight," Natsu commented.
"Yeah," Lucy agreed. "To shine it on Deliora… but what for?"
"Probably some evilllll plan," Seraphina whispered. "They're gonna try and take over the world because they're bad people… but we're here to save the day~!"
"Aye!"
"It's a spell called Moon Drip,"
Seraphina blinked and turned at the familiar voice, and she was surprised to see the Little Bo Peep spirit from before. She frowned, wasn't she supposed to go back to the Celestial world?
"What are you still doing here?!" Lucy demanded and Seraphina nodded, glad she wasn't the only confused one.
Lyra paid no mind to Lucy's outburst, just leaning closer to the broken wall they were hiding behind. "Ahhhh, that's what they're trying to do…"
Seraphina turned to her curiously, as did everyone else.
Silence.
Lucy sighed. "Well, fill us in, tease."
"They're using the moon drip spell to melt the ice around that demon underground," she elaborated. "So they can resurrect it."
"Ahh, so what they're chanting is the spell?" Seraphina asked and Lyra nodded.
"Yup! It's in an old language, but time is different for us Celestial spirits, so it's not too long for us!"
"Good to know!" Seraphina replied before quietly backing away. The others whisper-yelled in argument about the spell, but she had her eyes fixed on the group of people performing the spell.
Well, if they're not chanting, that means no dangerous demon can wake up.
She slipped away quickly and discreetly, the others were too busy in their own conversation to even notice her disappearance. Lucy rolled her eyes at Natsu's brash nature before elbowing him so that he wouldn't try anything.
"Hold it," she demanded, "someone's coming this way."
And she was right as a tall guy in armor and the four weirdos from before came into view. The latter didn't seem very happy, especially the girl with the reflective hair. She practically radiated unhappiness, making her stick out even without the strange holographic clothes.
Now that Seraphina got a good look at her, she found this girl even more odd. She wore a white, long sleeved crop top that flared near the wrists and had a high collar. The garment looked solid, like armor, but it was one piece and shifted through a rainbow of colors every time she moved. Underneath she wore a short white dress with a utility belt hung on her hips, and top tights that seemed to be made of the same reflective material.
"I can't believe you stupid idiots woke me up for nothing!" She seethed before turning to Toby with a murderous expression written clearly across her face. "I should rip those good for nothing ears out!"
Toby whimpered and hid behind Yuka who just continued forward, not comforting him whatsoever. "Calm down Kaya, we'd rather check and ensure there were no intruders then we don't and there are some."
"Still, your lazy asses couldn't get up and do it without me?" She jeered. "Cause if you can't that's some bullshit, go cry for your mommies if you want someone holding your hand 24/7, I'm not doing that for you."
"Well, she's intense…" Lucy muttered as she watched Toby start to cry comedically while Kaya threatened to beat his ass if he didn't shut up.
"I want to fight her!" Natsu declared a fist already lit with fire, Lucy sighed expecting this from him.
"Cool it, you idiot," Gray demanded, he then frowned… it was too quiet and they were missing one usually teasing and excited voice. "Where the hell is Seraphina?"
"She was just here a second ago!" Lucy whisper-shouted as she whipped her head around looking for the lavendette, could she have just disappeared?
"That idiot," Gray muttered as he looked around as well. There was no way she went far, but why'd she leave in the first place?
"Her scent isn't gone," Natsu added as he sniffed the air.
"Ooo, it's the weird love lady from before," Happy cut in causing their attention to focus back on the task on hand, they could worry about her later.
"I'm afraid we have some bad news, Cold Emperor," Sherry began sullenly, "we thought we had some intruders during the day, but it seems they got away somehow. I cannot speak of love in this situation."
The man turned to her, mildly interested. "Intruders?"
Gray tensed and his eyes widened.
He was sure he recognized the voice under the mask… but there was no way it was him…
"Has Deliora been awakened yet?"
Sherry turned to him and nodded reassuringly. "It should be later tonight or tomorrow."
"WHICH ONE, GIRL?" Toby demanded before he was socked in the face.
"IF SHE GIVES TWO OPTIONS SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THEM!" Kaya shouted with a clenched fist before sighing. "Why are you such a fucking idiot?"
"I'm not…" Toby whimpered weakly. Kaya looked him dead in the eye with the same murderous expression from before.
"What was that?"
"I'M SORRYYYY!"
"The time has almost come," the Cold Emperor voiced, completely unfazed by his underlings outbursts, "if you see those intruders again, kill them. I don't want anyone interfering with my plans."
Well, this Cold Emperor guy certainly took 'cold' to a whole new level. Anyone who could order a death that easily… well that didn't sit nicely with Seraphina.
Ha, you should have no problem with it, a sharp voice rang out through her head.
She told it to shut up.
"They must have been the villagers," Sherry said coming to a false realization, "they're the only other people on the island."
"So now those loser wanna mess with us?" Kaya asked cracking her knuckles.
"Well then, eradicate the village," the Cold Emperor ordered.
All four of them readily agreed which really turned Seraphina's stomach. How could anyone agree to murder innocent people… not even that, but willingly…
"It's a shame there has to be bloodshed," the Cold Emperor said and from under his mask Seraphina was willing to bet he was smirking, not so apologetic, huh?
She took this as a chance to come out of her hiding spot, a bush near the people in robes chanting.
"Wellllll, you don't really sound like you think it's a shame," Seraphina interjected, "but who knows?" she then walked to where all the masked people were. "Woah! Your light is so pretty, but wanna see a better one?"
She smirked before panning her arms out, flashes of light bursting out from her fingertips. "Flash Mob: Piercing Rays!"
The spell cut through the circle causing a small moment of panic and disorder as all the people stumbled around confused. Seraphina took a step back and stared the Cold Emperor and his flunkies straight in the eyes with a wide smile.
"See don't tell anyone, but I don't really like demons… they're kinda scary you know? So I don't really want to see the one downstairs come to life," she began as she walked closer and closer, "alsooo, killing people isn't cool buddy! What did those villagers ever do to you?"
"One light wizard is the intruder?" Kaya asked before scoffing. "Well then, can I take out the trash, Cold Emperor?"
"But how will you take out yourself?" Seraphina pondered with a smile that was anything but innocent. "Can you teach me how?"
Kaya's hazel eyes narrowed dangerously. "I'm going to make you regret those words," she then smirked, "and asking me to teach you… isn't that implying you're a loser yourself?"
"Haha, I guess so, huh?" she replied. "But come on! Let's see what you got!"
"I can't let her have all the fun!" Natsu shouted before jumping out from behind the wall, Lucy sighed, having fun was what he was worrying about?
"It's not just her," Natsu began as he shot out a ball of fire which burst up in the air, making his whole introduction much more dramatic. "We're the intruders you're after!"
Kaya grit her teeth and stepped back a little bit, not expecting the sudden arrival of more wizards. She wasn't very deterred though, there were only four of them, they could take them out easy.
"I know that mark!" Sherry gasped, "they're from Fairy Tail!"
"Interesting," Yuka muttered. "The villagers must've gone to the magical guilds for help."
"And they go to Fairy Tail?" Kaya rolled her eyes, "the only help they'll get is having their village destroyed."
"No, we're very good at beating bad people like you!" Seraphina replied before grinning, "we're actually fairy good, hehe."
Seraphina seemed proud with her pun, but everyone else hung their heads, either in annoyance or embarrassment. Kaya gripped her hands into fists and sighed.
"I'm going to kill this girl…"
She stepped forward ready to do just that but the Cold Emperor waved his hand dismissively. "Don't worry about them, go eradicate the village."
All four of his underlings nodded immediately, and Seraphina frowned. Again, how could they agree so willingly? These people's lives, and they were willing to take them just like that… it was sickening.
The Cold Emperor regarded them with what Seraphina imagined to be a blank stare. "Anyone who stands in my way either deliberately or not is my enemy."
"SAY WHAT?"
Seraphina pursed her lips. "That's a bit much… don't 'cha think?"
Gray didn't reply, but his livid expression said enough. He rushed forward, even overtaking Natsu who had started running before him.
"Why you-!" He began as he slammed his hands into the ground. "Stop this crazy ceremony, right now!"
From where his hands hit the ground ice spikes began forming, rushing forward to where the Cold Emperor and his flunkies were standing. The latter jumped back avoiding the attack entirely, the former did just the same, but he also took to counter it. He pulled out a single hand and Seraphina could see the cold mist emanating off of it which confused her, was he using the same magic as Gray? And if so why was he only using one hand while Gray always used two?
She got the answer to her first question soon enough as the Cold Emperor used the same attack as Gray. The two met in the middle before crashing into each other, causing small specks of ice to shower over the wizards.
"Lyon," Gray growled with intense animosity and the others could determine two things, one that he knew him, and that he didn't like him.
"How could you?" He demanded, pain laced in his voice, "do you know what you're doing?"
Lyon merely smirked, not taking Gray's anger towards him seriously at all. "Oh, Gray, it's been quite a while, hasn't it?"
Gray wasn't having any it, his body trembling in anger and betrayal. "Why would you try to revive Deliora?!"
Lyon ignored his question once more, still bearing the same uncaring smirk. "To think you were one of the wizards called to this island to help those poor villagers," he began in a tone that was very obviously mocking. "Did you come knowing you would find me? Or is this just mere coincidence? Not that it makes any difference to me." He scoffed.
Gray glared at him while Lyon's associates seemed largely unbothered.
"Well, you seem to know pretty boy," Kaya commented and Yuka nodded in agreement.
"An acquaintance of yours, Cold Emperor?"
"Do as you were ordered," Lyon replied smoothly, "I can handle the intruders on my own."
"Yes sir!" All of them replied, well expect Kaya. The bluenette rolled her eyes and flicked her hand in a mocking salute.
"Ah ah ah," Seraphina tutted. "You're not getting away!"
She rushed forward quickly, aided by the speed of her Flash magic. Natsu ran forward as well, but since he wasn't as fast he got caught by Lyon's spell, which immediately began freezing him.
"That doesn't look good," Seraphina murmured before shrugging it off easily, he'd be able to melt that ice.
Lyon's underlings were all about to board Angelica, Kaya being the last one to get on. Yuka then frowned and stared at something in the short distance, something that seemed to be getting closer at an alarmingly fast rate.
"What is that?" he questioned.
Kaya turned, wondering what he was referring to before she rolled her eyes.
"He'll take care of it huh?" she mocked with a shake of her head. A tall mirror appeared in front of her, "guess he let one slip away."
"I suppose you'll be taking care of her?"
"Of course," she snorted. "Your lazy asses can't do anything without supervision, plus she's annoying as fuck."
She then thrust her hand forward which sent her mirror flying forward as well, heading straight towards Seraphina. Kaya waved her hand up, signalling for them to get a move on. Sherry nodded and coaxed Angelica to begin flying. The rat complied immediately and began spinning its tail, which brought her up into the sky.
Seeing that they were starting to get away Seraphina used another boost of magic to try to get there in time, but she noticed something was wrong. Why was she running towards herself?
She frowned, and the image mirrored her action, she gasped in realization. Mirrors! One of Lyon's subordinates used that kind of magic, and it was heading straight for her. What was it going to do though? Show her in great detail where all her split ends were?
She got her answer almost immediately, and not in the form of a verbal explanation. The mirror crashed into her and when she thought it would break into a million pieces and she'd be covered in a million cuts, there was nothing.
She blinked and realized that she was still in the same spot… wait no. She was looking in the opposite direction than she was facing before. She frowned and attempted to look down at her hands but saw she couldn't move at all. At this her heart rate increased rapidly as she tried again and again to move, but no dice.
"Sorry, hun, can't really move in that," Kaya said snarkily as she came into her line of sight, "if you get trapped in my mirrors, well good luck getting out."
The bluenette shot a glance over her shoulder and Seraphina followed her gaze wondering what she was looking at. She saw Gray, Lyon, and Natsu, but the latter was trapped, much like her, but instead of a mirror in a ball of ice. She then raised her eyebrows when Gray kicked him over the mountain, though she didn't know why she was surprised. That amount of damage would probably equate to that of a single day's fighting for them.
Kaya then turned back towards her and snapped her fingers, and the world surrounding Seraphina turned black for a split second before her sight was restored.
With her limited field of vision Seraphina could barely make out the temples bottom next to her. That meant she must've been moved from their original spot at the top. She frowned wondering if she could talk about through the mirror, but soon felt as if it disappeared.
Her feeling wasn't just a feeling, and it turned out the mirror around her disappeared, causing her to topple onto the ground.
"Owie…" she murmured rubbing her forehead, a single moment passed before she stood up abruptly. "Yoo-hoo~, mirror girl?"
"Names Kaya," she replied simply. "And I don't know if you're blind, but I'm right behind you."
Seraphina frowned as she was unable to smell her. She turned around to see the bluenette step out of a mirror as it disappeared behind her.
"Wowza, that's cool, how do you not get stuck in your own mirrors though?"
Kaya frowned at her, raising an eyebrow with an expression of pure annoyance. "I don't know if you're acting like an idiot on purpose… but it's not cute. How the hell would I get trapped in my own mirrors? It's my magic."
"Well in all the movie lacrima's I've seen all the people who use mirrors for stuff end up getting stuck in them!" Seraphina argued. "So I think it's not that dumb of a question."
"Whatever," Kaya scoffed before a grin spread across her face. She raised her arms and a mirror materialized in behind her before breaking into a bunch of mini ones, each reflecting her image from a different angle, creating a weird kaleidoscopic effect.
"The Cold Emperor will take care of pretty boy quickly, I'll be sure to extend the same courtesy towards you."
With that she thrust her hands forward, her mirrors mimicking the path of her movement and heading straight towards Seraphina. The lavendette grinned and acted quickly in response, weaving around each piece with relative ease.
"Ohh, you think Gray is pretty?" She asked teasingly. "I'll be sure to tell him when he beats the 'Cold Emperors' butt!"
Kaya smirked. "Yeah, good luck with that, and don't forget- you gotta beat me too."
"That shouldn't be a problem either," Seraphina replied. "Trust me."
Those words in mind she was soon surrounded in purple light, using her magic to increase her speed. She rushed forward, heading right for Kaya whose eyes widened in surprise. How was she able to move that fast? Was it a part of her magic?
She had no time to ponder on it as she raised her arms quickly to block Seraphina's curled fist. The lavendette jumped back a bit with the impact but rushed forward once again, leg raised in a roundhouse kick. Kaya took the hit but struck back quickly with a punch to the jaw, she narrowed her eyes before opening her palm.
"Mirror Magic: Kaleidoscope!"
Seraphina looked down and jumped back immediately, narrowing avoiding touching a mirror that had formed at her feet. It seemed to be a good thing that she did since it popped up, walls made out of mirrors forming and enclosing what would have been her inside. She sighed in relief before frowning preparing to counter with an attack of her own.
"Hmm, seems like you're not an everyday light mage," Kaya commented rubbing her forearm which she had used to block Seraphina's kick. "Your magic makes you faster as well, but definitely not as fast as wizards whose magic uses speed exclusively."
"Yup!" Seraphina agreed. "But I don't need to be lightning fast to beat you! I'm from Fairy Tail, and we never, ever lose to bad meanies. And since I'm me I won't let you kill the villagers who did nothing wrong."
"Well, isn't your moral compass strong?" Kaya asked mockingly. "They're the ones who went to the magic council? And for what? We left them be, and we left them alone too."
Her eyes then narrowed dangerously. "Besides, you and those villagers can never understand the reason we are doing this, so you should just get out of out way."
Kaya's hands were clenched at her sides, and she regarded Seraphina with the same deadly tone that was in her voice. The lavendette wasn't fazed, her usual grin on wide display as she stayed prepared for any sudden attack.
"Sorry, think I'll stay," she replied. "And maybe if you told them they would help you out, and you'd make new friends!"
Kaya stared at her with a blank expression. "You're annoying as hell, holy shit."
Seraphina stuck her tongue out playfully. "Hehe, I get that a lot."
"Yeah," Kaya said raising her hands slowly. "I can fucking see that, but don't worry I'll be shutting you up soon enough."
"Good luck~" Seraphina giggled as she took a step forward. They both regarded each other for a few seconds before they ran forward.
"Flash Beam-"
"Mirror Magic-"
Boom!
A somewhat large crash interrupted them and both their magic spells faded away. Both Seraphina and Kaya glanced around in confusion wondering what had interrupted them.
Kaya found it first, a smirk spreading on her lips. So she was right, he took care of pretty boy no problem, and pretty fast too considering she hadn't shut up the annoying lavendette.
"So, you were saying you'd beat me right?"
Seraphina frowned and turned to Kaya, what brought that question on, plus didn't she just answer it?
She simply shook her head, bad people monologued forever, always wanting to seem in control or whatever.
"Ha, of course!"
"Well, not sure I believe that anymore," she laughed, "especially since your first statement turned out to be completely wrong."
Her brows creased in extreme confusion, first statement? What did she mean?
Seraphina slowly followed her gaze before reaching what the bluenettes eyes had fallen upon, and what she saw caused hers to widen in shock.
Laying in a pile of rock behind them was a figure all too familiar to her, pale skin, deep blue hair, and that build… there was no way but at the same time was the only possible answer.
"Gray?!"
haha, its been forever
hi
i have a valid reason for my delay, i mean kinda.
i've been revamping and rewriting some stuff, just to make everything flow better, and i think (know) my writing is NOT perfect, so i want to fix everything, and yeah... idk
sorry :/
