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It's your boy back at it again with another chapter for A Light in the Dark!

In the last chapter, Lucy slips into unconsciousness and sees Loke with Zeref! Why the hell is that situation in existence!? Also, our six magical heroes have just encountered Oracion Seis, and now are in harms way! What will happen? Can they beat them? That AND MORE in THIS chapter!

DISCLAIMER! I might have overdone introducing some stuff sooooo pls forgive me but the confusion is supposed to resemble that of the characters.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL OR ANY REAL WORLD REFERENCES IN THIS STORY!

Key for story(More will be added IF needed):

BOLD - anger, attacks, surprise

Italic - thoughts, dreams, other end(s) of a phone call, singing and song titles


Dodging a large ball of magic seemed like a good idea, at least at the moment. But as Natsu and the others jumped out of the way, he instantly realized their mistake.

There were still masses of people swarming to get away from the extra-large pothole that had been created, and that green orb was going to hit some very unfortunate citizens if nothing was done. Natsu weighed his options quickly, but was beaten to the punch when a roar of thunder crashed through the city.

In a literal flash, Natsu watched his buff blond friend intercepted the orb single handedly, batting it up into the air with his fist. It exploded after a short ascent. All the while, his face holding a firm and intense stare, directed at the man with the staff.

"Impressive." remarked the man, eyebrows rising in surprise. "If I may be straight forward, I thought any one of you would be killed instantly with that.

Upon hearing that Laxus grunted. "Thanks. I think I'll take that as a compliment." He said through gritted teeth.

"Just who are you guys?" growled Natsu, who'd grown annoyed.

"Didn't I just say our name?"

"Well…" Natsu muttered, scratching the back of his head. "I wasn't paying attention."

"Jesus, Natsu," grumbled the noirette to his right. "He said their group name was Oracion Seis, whatever the hell that means."

"Does it really matter?" yelled Erza, glaring at them.

Natsu and Gray both shivered and shook their heads furiously. "No ma'am!"

"Now, with that settled," said Jellal, who stood beside the scarlet haired girl, "If I'm not mistaken, you said we're going to be 'freed' by you?"

"Yes, you did hear me correctly, young man." he said. "Freed from the reality that says you're free to do what you wish, when it simply is not possible."

"Huh?" Natsu grunted. He wasn't sure what this guy was on about.

"What he said." Gray said in agreement.

"It's simple really." Answered the man. But before he could continue, Natsu had had enough. He jumped at them, reaching them with ease. He smirked to himself.

Looks like I got 'em-

It only felt like a split second from when he was about to land a hit, but he then felt a heavy hit to his head, sending him flying into the side of the crater. He rubbed his head as he tried to stand, wide eyed at what just happened. The one with the goggles had moved. Now staring down at him, smirking.

"Too slow." he chuckled, cracking his knuckles.

How? Thought the pinkette, I didn't even see him move!

Meanwhile, the others seemed to be having problems of their own. He watched as the crater's edge closest to Laxus and Gray began to collapse. It moved in almost a liquid fashion down the slope towards the center of the pit. Thankfully the two jumped backwards before they could be dragged in.

That was until they were caught from behind.

The liquid ground pulled them into the pit as they squirmed and tried to free themselves.

"Shit!" yelled Gray, "What the hell is this stuff!?"

"It's my magic, oh yeah!" said the large man with orange hair with a smile. "It's called: Liquid Ground. Quite useful, don't you think? "

"Not on us!" growled Laxus. He attempted to shock the liquefied ground, creating a cloud of dirt.

"Boy, did you not pay attention in class?" laughed the lady in the bunch. She smirked evilly, looking down upon them. "Lighting will not-"

Suddenly, the ground around Laxus stopped moving, turning into a glass-like substance. He smirked as her face shifted to one of surprise.

"Looks like you're the one who didn't pay attention, lady." He easily broke the glass and disappeared in a flash. Gray, however, was still stuck in his section of liquid ground.

"Hey! What about me!?" he yelled in annoyance.

Laxus appeared behind them, but was batted away by none other than the man in the goggles. This left the six friends shocked.

"How is that even possible?" murmured Jellal.

"Lets see him beat this then!" growled Gray as a chill swept over the area, and the ground seemed to harden. He smirked and broke out of his prison. He charged them with an attack, firing what appeared to be a beam of ice directly at the group.

In a flash of light, the woman pulled out what appeared to be a small key and another woman appeared before them. A pink cloud was now frozen in between the utterly confused Gray and the Oracion Seis.

The newcomer looked rather scared and slightly shaking. Her pink hair, ram horns, and woolly outfit confusing everyone around them.

"Is that cosplay?" Asked Natsu.

"No, she's a Celestial Spirit!" the white donned woman shot back. "That's some of my magic: Celestial Spirit Magic. It allows me to call on certain spirits from the heavens." she said proudly.

"I'm s-sorry." said the celestial spirit, cowering as if she were scared. "M-my name is Aries."

"Like the constellation?" murmured Jellal, frowning. This earned a nod from the spirit.

"Now, why don't we continue with this fight?" said the red haired man. He was wearing a black t-shirt and red pants. He also donned a white trench coat with a black brace over his left bicep, a red jewel in its center glimmering in the sunlight. He grinned as if he were a lion, about to pounce on his prey. He leapt into the air, headed straight for Erza and Jellal. The former pushed the latter out of the way and glowed. Her armor changed into a rather strange looking one.

A pair of leopard ears and an armored leopard printed breastplate, which was rather revealing. Around her neck sat a furry collar. A matching vambrace appeared on her left forearm, as well as a shoulder pad bearing the same pattern on that shoulder. A long dark sleeve covered both arms, lying beneath the vambrace, from her wrists to her biceps. The same could be said for her legs, with the left side bearing more armor. In her hands, she wielded two short swords with hilts resembling a rose's thorns.

She slashed at her attacker, who somehow was already out of the way of her attack. Her eyes widened as he closed the distance in a flash. She only had time to cross her swords and block his incoming attack. He struck at her defense with his bare hands and pushed her back a distance. She was about to attack him, but was hit from the side. Natsu's eyes widened to see a large purple serpent hiss at the scarlet haired warrior and slither towards her. Jellal attempted to intercept the beast, only to be stopped by the man in the goggles.

"You're slow as well." he smirked. Jellal just grunted as a glowing yellow aura surrounded him. "Meteor!" he yelled as he launched himself at the man. His opponent smirked and disappeared, only to show up behind him. But before he could do anything, Jellal smirked and shot off towards the red haired man and the snake.

You're mine! He thought as he sped towards them. His plan went down the drain as soon as he saw his target turn and smirk, having already stepped aside and avoiding Jellal's attack. As he passed him, he heard him speak.

"I heard your plan loud and clear."

Jellal sped up and floated in the air, staring at the man in shock. "H-How did you know it was a feint!?"

"Didn't you hear me?" he said, "I heard exactly what you were going to do."

"But I-"

Before he could finish, he was blasted with a turquoise ray of energy. The rest watched as he was sent crashing into a building. Natsu followed the attack back to the woman, who had another key in her hand. She was smirking with a small robot floating in front of her beside Aries. It seemed to have a small cannon stick out from it.

"Thank you, Caelum," she said, "Now, go finish him off please."

It beeped and began to float over towards where Jellal had crashed.

"Oh no you don't!" growled Erza going to help their friend. However, the man with the red hair grabbed her and the snake lunged to bite. She broke from the man's grasp, but unfortunately, wasn't able to completely avoid the fangs of the purple beast.

"AAHHH!" she screamed in pain as the fang sunk into her left bicep.

At that point, Natsu didn't care what happened to him. He lunged for the beast and pried its fang from her arm. A bloody hole was left, but thankfully it hadn't gone all the way through.

"You scaly fucker!" he growled and attempted to punch the beast, but it and it's master were moved well away from them, back with the rest of their crew. He cursed under his breath as Gray and Laxus joined him. Gajeel, somehow, had disappeared from sight, but Natsu could still sense him. Suddenly, said noirette jumped off the building closest to the crater's edge, and with let out his war cry.

"Fuck you!" he growled as his steel scale covered arm shifted into a long sword, and he spiraled down towards the group. Natsu smirked. He just had to go for the long shot, didn't he?

Unfortunately, Gajeel's efforts were shot down, literally. In another turquoise blast, he was sent flying into the pavement below.

"Well, that was fun." yawed the red haired man. The man on the carpet just snored as the bells on his hair jingled in the wind.

"You've fought valiantly, but for naught." said the man with the staff with a wide grin on his face.

"You work for Zeref, don't you!?" yelled Natsu as he charged them head on.

"Pft! Don't make me laugh!" he scoffed. "We work for ourselves! That fool doesn't have anything on us to make us work for him! While he desires us to slave for his purposes, we desire our freedom! And no one shall stand in our way!" He swatted Natsu away with his staff.

"What the hell do you mean by 'freedom'?" Gray chimed in.

The man smirked. "We seek an ancient magic that you children couldn't begin to comprehend! Farewell, and pray we never cross paths again!" He raised his staff, releasing a blinding light. When it died down, they had disappeared.

"HUUUH!?" gasped Natsu, "Where'd they go!?"

"Probably some teleportation magic of some kind." said a familiar voice. Jellal had come down, although he was limping. Gajeel came over and cracked his back. They all looked the worse for wear. Scratches, bruises, and blood seemed to dance across their body like paint on a canvas, forming a greausem seen. Out of the six, Erza seemed to be faring the worst. She sat up against a parked, and now half demolished, car, the skin of her bicep turning a sickly green color. She was gripping it tightly, pain shown upon her face.

"Damn it!" cursed Jellal. He obviously was blaming himself for it. Laxus picked her up gently as the sounds of sirens grew near.

"I hate to cut this pity party," he grunted, "But we got company." he said. Natsu hated to not pursue the strange group, but even he knew it would be a waste.

The group ran into a nearby alley as the sirens got louder, and made their way back to the bar where the rest of their friends had been waiting. They'd gone in the back way, as to not arouse suspicion, and to put their normal clothes back on. Upon entering the main room, they saw their friends gathered around a still unconscious Lucy. They quickly made their way in, although, there wasn't much room to gather round. Natsu gently held the blonde's head and turned to Levy.

"What the hell happened to her!?" he asked.

"I don't know!" She replied, worry spread all over her face. "She just… collapsed."

"Easy, Shrimp." said Gajeel, putting a hand on her shoulder. "She'll be fine."

I hope so. Thought the pinkette, as he turned back to the blonde. Lucy, please wake up!


It was unbelievable. She just didn't understand what she was seeing or why. Is this where Loke had been? It didn't make sense! Why would he be with Zeref after what the others went through? From seeing through his eyes, he moved to sit in front of the man she loathed. Two other men were visible in the room, one on each side of the madman. To Zeref's right stood a man with light blue hair, glasses, and a multi-blue coat. On his left, an elederly man with a purple coat with long gray hair, and a matching beard. Each looked quite intimidating. She was scared, and yet she did not feel fear at the same time. Loke seemed to not fear these people, or at least as much as she did.

"So, what did you wish to speak with me about?" asked the noirette, curious to Loke's intent.

"It's quite simple, though I have more than one thing I wish to talk about." Loke responded.

"Yes, yes, I figured as much." Zeref sighed. "But what interests me is why you would mingle with the humans you call 'friends'."

Lucy could feel Loke tense up. He was obviously distressed. Though she could feel his emotions, she couldn't tell what he was thinking.

"W-What are you talking about?"

"No need to play dumb. I know who you truly are." smirked Zeref. He seemed like a child, prodding his best friend on who their crush was. "Leo."

This had the blonde, utterly confused. What did he just call him? She thought.

"How-"

"I could tell the moment I met you." the man replied. "Besides. You can't hide your magic power from everyone, including me and Acnologia."

Loke sighed. "Seems like I need to be more careful around people I know next to nothing about." he said. "So, you figured me out. What are you going to do? Blab to just any old Joe on the street?"

"Dear me, of course not!" said Zeref, shaking his head. "That wouldn't be any fun, now would it? Besides, I wouldn't want to reveal the King of the Zodiac to complete strangers. Especially in your current state."

Loke seemed uneasy, giving her a bad feeling. But calling him by the name Leo? Referring to him as the King of the Zodiac? This was too confusing for her at the moment. She still hadn't wrapped her mind around Loke meeting with Zeref. Especially by his own volition.

"I assume it has to do with those, 'friends', you have." he said. "Now, go on. I shouldn't waste any more of your time, or mine for that matter. I am a busy man after all."

Rude! She thought angrily. The blonde already wanted to strangle him, but this was taking it to a new level for her.

"I want you to leave Lucy out of whatever you have planned." Loke finally said. And he did so with conviction. He stared at the man dead in the eyes.

The man in black frowned. "Whatever do you m-Oh! You mean the blonde girl!" he said, realizing. "May I ask why? Well, I do have a couple ideas as to your reason for wanting me to leave her alone…"

"Just leave her out of it."

"Infatuation perhaps?" he said, making Lucy feel uncomfortable.

"Are you listening?"

"No. Perha-"

"Shut up!" growled the orange headed boy, now standing up. The room seemed to shake, and the two others in the room seemed ready to kill him.

"I was joking." sighted Zeref unphased. He waved the other two off as he motioned for Loke to sit back down. "I already know the exact reason. You're concerned about her natural magic power, aren't you?"

Loke moved so fast, he had a fist right in front of Zeref's face, and it was glowing. The man in blue had a blade of what seemed like ice in his hand aimed at Loke's throat. The other revealed a dark wooden staff with a large, purple gemstone at its top, and was pressing it against Loke's chest. Lucy didn't know what was happening now.

"How did you know that?" growled Loke. She could feel the ferocity in his voice and knew he wasn't going to take any answer Zeref gave lightly.

"Relax, Leo. August, and Invel, you too." warned the man. His obsidian eyes pierced through each of those he'd named. As they settled back to where they were, Zeref began to speak again.

"As for how I knew, Acnologia identified it, before he defected that is." he sighed. "But the way he described it was…. Lets just say, unusual."

"How so?" Loke grumbled.

"He said it felt as though a powerful source of magic, which I assume to be her natural magic, was sealed, or hidden. Although he got a faint feeling from it, he said it felt powerful." he said.

Loke looked downwards. "It can't be." he mused to himself. The blonde could feel him trembling slightly.

"I believe she may be the one in The Prophecy." Loke's head shot up to look at Zeref who had a serious expression on his face.

"The Prophecy?" Loke gasped. "How did you-"

"I have my ways." Zeref said. "Now onto another thing. About Natsu." She could feel Loke shivering as her vision of the event began to fade.

No! Not now! She cried in vain as she felt herself waking. What about Natsu!?

It all faded to darkness.


When she woke, it took a couple seconds for her vision to adjust.

Is that… pink hair? She thought as her vision cleared. Eventually, that pink hair had a matching face. And a relieved one at that. She tried to sit up, until she was pulled into a tight group hug by Natsu, Levy, Erza, and a few others.

"Thank goodness you're alright, Lu!" cried the short bluenette. Lucy smiled and hugged her friend.

"Don't worry, Lev." she replied. "I'm fine, see?"

"Are you sure?" asked a concerned looking Natsu. She nodded and smiled

"Yeah, he was worried beyond belief, Bunny Girl." chirped Gajeel. He was smirking. "He looked like he was about to cry."

"I-I was not!" stammered Natsu in protest. "I was just worried!"

"Hence why I said you looked like you were gonna cry, Pinky!"

"Shut up, Metal Head!"

"He's right, Flame Brain." teased Gray.

"Fuck you, Pervy Popsicle!"

"Who you callin' a Pervy Popsicle?"

"Your clothes, Gray." sighed Cana.

"Fuck!"

"Boys!" Erza warned.

The three boys all saluted in fear. "Yes Ma'am!"

Lucy sighed with a smile. It was good to see them acting normal. Wait…

"Oh my gosh, Erza! You're arm!" She'd just noticed the green blotch on the scarlet haired girls arm.

"O-Oh, this?" she stammered. "I-It's nothi-"

"Like hell it is!" yelled Jellal, surprising everyone. "You've been poisoned! It needs to be treated, and quickly!"

As if any further confirmation was needed, Erza collapsed. Luckily, Jellal was there to catch her. She was breathing heavily.

"C-Cloth…" she groaned.

"What?" asked Jellal.

"G-Give me a cloth."

Mira handed her a towel from behind the bar. Erza took it and quickly wrapped it around her arm, just above the affected area, to slow down the spread of the poison.

"I'll be fine. Things can't get any worse, right?" she said, trying to lighten the mood.

Lucy suddenly felt a shiver down her spine, recalling the events she witnessed.

"Lucy?" Natsu asked worried, "Are you alright?"

"Well…." she started.

"Go on, Lucy." Erza insisted. "What's wrong?"

"I know where Loke's been."

Surprised crossed the faces of all her friends. "Really? That's great!" said Gray, a smile quickly coming to his lips. "Where is he?"

"You're not going to like where he's been." she said, worried about telling them.

"It couldn't possibly be that bad, Luce." Natsu said, putting a hand on her shoulder. She looked at him, worry showing in her eyes.

"It is." she replied. "He was with Zeref."

"..."

"..."

"...WHAAAAAAT!?"

"I knew you all would react that way." she said sadly.

"Why the hell was Playboy with that douche!?" growled Natsu.

"From what I could tell…"

"You saw them?" gasped Levy.

"That can't be right." Cana said. "Doesn't make any sense.

"Maybe he struck a deal with Zeref?" said Juvia wondered aloud.

"Yeah. He knows what happened to you all." Elfman said, gesturing to the six. "And besides. Siding with the enemy and turning on your friends isn't manly at all. There's no way he'd do that."

"I agree with Elfman." said Gray. "There's no way Loke would do that!"

"I-I know." Lucy said.

"So then what was he doing?" Natsu asked. He seemed to suspect something was off.

"Well, it's kind of hard to describe..."

"First, we should have Makarov and Igneel check you and Erza out." said Natsu. The group looked at him as if he grew two more heads.

"Why me?" the blonde asked surprised.

"I dunno." he said. "I just have a bad feeling about this. Besides, they know more than we do about this magic we and those guys have.

"And you should take us to them as well," said a man's voice. They all whipped around to see two groups of people standing at the entrance to the bar. A short man with orange hair, and a strange looking face, followed by three younger men was on one side. They looked as if they were some random fashion folk out on a stroll. The other group consisted of a tall, bald man, a younger woman with pink hair, and a younger man with white hair, matching coat, and a stare that led directly to Grey.

Said noirette stared right back at the newcomer.

"Look what the cat dragged in." Grey sighed.

"Hello, Grey." the man said.

"Grey, who's that?" asked Juvia for all who were wondering in the room.

"That's my brother. Lyon Vastia." he said. "He's my Foster brother, and blames me for our mother's death."

"Am I wrong?" glared Lyon.

Grey didn't answer. He just kept his gaze fixed on his so called brother. All of them were shocked, but that piece of news had Lucy and Natsu doing a double take.

"...HUUH!?"


Again, sorry if I overdid it! I wrote this chapter in the spur of the moment(on multiple occasions XP ) so please don't be mad at meee!

Just to recap, we've just seen some of Oracoin Seis's power, and they trashed team Natsu, BADLY. Erza has been poisoned, and Lucy just revealed that Loke had been talking to Zeref. How will the react in full to the whole story? And it seems some newcomers are here, but will they help, or hinder our heroes in this crisis? All will be thoroughly explained, especially the characters and plot details(if you need any confirmation, pm me and I will explain(only up until I feel that it wont spoil certain things yet to come). Also, there is still more of her vision of Loke and Zeref, so look forward to that! :D

Now, can anyone guess what Oracion Seis is looking for? Hmmmm... I know what it is, and all who DO know, don't spoil! ;P

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New character's ages in this chapter:

- Oracion Seis(More Later)

- Lyon Vastia: 21

- Unknown visitors(More Later)

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