Italics indicate thinking
Bold is for attacks.
Kanji's POV
"You said it was the Legion?" Wakaba asked.
"Why would a church attack a guild?" Macao added.
"I don't know." Gildarts told him "But they said something about a holy war."
"Doesn't matter!" Natsu yelled "They stole from Lucy so we're gonna get back what belongs to her."
"I wish I could have done something." Michelle added.
"No…" Lucy said still upset "There's nothing you could have done, it's because I was too weak."
What the hell is she thinking like that for?
"Well let's hunt them down and teach'em a lesson." Natsu said.
"We need a place to start." I said.
"I see if I can get a fortune to give us an idea." Cana said breaking out her cards.
LATER
We arrived at Lucy's old mansion the following morning.
"It's awfully clean for an abandoned house." Happy said.
"They probably want it to be clean to appeal to buyers." Carla told him.
"That has been a struggle." Lucy said "No one wants it."
"Probably because they can't afford it." Gray joked.
"Such memories." Michelle added "It always looked like a palace out of a story book."
"You've been here before?" Lucy questioned.
"We used to play together all the time." Michelle cried "Don't you remember all the clothes you made me."
"You can make clothes?" Wendy asked.
"She used to make the prettiest outfits out of paper and flowers."
"How do you make clothes out of paper and flowers?" Natsu asked.
"I imagine it's something kinda like…" Gray, Natsu and I zoned out imagining.
"DON'T BE CREEPY!" Lucy yelled
I could feel Erza staring through my soul.
"Yes dear?" I asked though chattering teeth.
"Oh it's nothing." She said with a disturbed smile "I was just thinking…the couch needs new cushions."
I gulped "You don't say…"
We headed into the mansion and spilt up to look for clues.
"What exactly are we looking for?" Scruff asked.
"Anything out of place." I told him "Anything clock related."
"What's this." He said handing me a book with Lucy's name on it.
I opened the book and scanned it "It's a book about Lucy…stuff about her growing up. Look here's a picture of her as a kid."
"She looks kinda similar." He said "Well except for the chest."
"Keep your mouth shut cat. Erza already has me on the couch tonight don't make my punishment last any longer."
"Sorry Sir."
I put the book back "This is personal stuff we should leave that alone."
Scruff stopped and sniffed the air.
"Something wrong?" I asked.
"It's nothing. I thought I smelled another Exceed, probably just Happy or Carla. The dust in this place is messing with my nose."
"Let's keep looking."
Erza came by and told us to come to the library and help them with an anagram.
"You guys playing a game?" Natsu asked.
"Shut up I'm concentrating." I told him.
"Achoo!"
Natsu blew all our work across the room.
"Look!"
"It spells MYTH."
"What do we get with the other letters?"
We discovered the other two words were DUO and GREAT. Lucy said this referred to two books she had read as a child.
"Here. Key to the Starry Heavens."
"Isn't that a picture book?" I asked.
"It's a work of art!"
"Well let's start here." I suggested.
"I don't know if it has anything to do with the clock hand but maybe my Dad left us a hint or a clue."
"Would you been so kind as to hand over that book."
The door into the library blew off and a man in full armor and a cat came in.
"I knew I smelled something." Scruff said "I never saw you in Extalia, who are you."
"My name is Samuel."
"Give back what you stole."
"No."
Apparently, us coming here and finding the clue for them was all part of this cats plan.
"Can I freeze him?" Gray asked.
"Lightning Dragon Roar!"
Erza, Natsu, Gray and I launched attacks the cat but they were blocked by a shield.
No shield can block all that magic.
The shield absorbed it and blew the magic back.
"Someone came out and reflected the attack!" Gray said.
"I'm the spearhead of the Legion, Dan Straight. My shield is called Ricochet It can take any attack and reflect it back."
"We'll have to be careful." Gray said "we don't want to turn Lucy old house into a pile of rubble."
Natsu attacked the man and his fire was reflected back and nearly charred us all.
"Idiot be careful!"
"We want the blonde girl with the book." The cat explained.
"I'll lead him outside." Lucy said.
Dan threw his spear in front of Lucy "This feeling…It's like Cupid's arrow has pierced my heart!"
"Uhh…"
"And what do they call this vision of beauty?"
"Um…Lucy."
"Such perfection has a name!" then he started coming up with a bunch of nicknames for the poor girl.
Okay this is getting creepy.
"Lucy!" I jumped up and threw a halberd at the guy "get out of here; don't let them get the book."
"The rest of you cover her." Erza said "We will deal with the problem here."
The others ran off and the cat told Dan to handle us. When Erza swung and hit the shield even her physical attack got reflected. When she blocked the Dan's lance her swords shrunk.
"Demolition Fist!"
I punched at the man but my own attack was sent back at me. The lance touched the ground and a pillar erupted and slammed Erza and me into the wall.
"What magic is this. AHH!" One of Erza's swords grew giant and nearly impaled the two of us.
That scream was so girly…It was cute.
"That was kinda cute." Dan told her "but you're a speck compared to the beauty of my Lu-Lu."
"You stay away from her creep!" I yelled.
"This has been fun." Dan said poking the bookshelf "Until we meet again."
"Hey wait!"
The books got gigantic and we fell through the floor.
"You jerk!"
By the time we dug ourselves out of the pile and got back outside that cat already had the book.
"Rah!"
Our attacks hit the shield and got bounced back again.
"You can have the book back I memorized the pages."
They left the book and ran off, but they left Natsu really tiny.
"At least they left the book." Wendy said.
"Let's go home and get some more eyes on it." I suggested.
LATER
When we got back to the guild Lucy explained what really went on with that book. That story was a metaphor for the pieces to the clock.
"It says the first key takes a journey."
"That doesn't make any sense." Natsu said.
"No it does, it's the hand Michelle brought with her." I said "We've been drawn in because of that hand."
Lucy explained that in the story the main character goes on a quest to find the other five keys, but when she does the result is nothing but ruin.
"The places in this book are real." Lucy said "I wonder if my dad hid the other pieces in these places. If we go to these places we should find the other pieces."
Lucy was all willing to go off on her own if we wouldn't help her.
"I'm not a fan; this mission has too many unknowns." Gramps said "Who knows what will happen if the pieces are brought together. But we must try and keep the chaos at bay."
"Leave the teams to me and Erza." I told him.
LATER
"Leave the teams to me' she says. 'This is your punishment for thinking like that' she says."
"A real man wouldn't complain, he'd take his punishment like a man!" Elfman yelled.
"Can it." I told him.
"This is certainly a unique team." Lisanna added.
"We'll have so much fun." Mira smiled.
This is a test isn't it Erza. Ha! Can't fool me. I'll keep my eyes on the prize…not on Mira. But will she keep her eyes off me? Wait is this a test at all?!
"Soup's done."
"Nothing like a meal outdoors." Mira said
"Can we at least not eat on the side of a cliff?!" I screamed snapping out of my thoughts.
"This wasn't the best choice." Lisanna added.
"We're gonna die." I told her "We survive a dragon attack only to die eating dinner."
Scruff's POV
"I'm pretty sure we're going the wrong way." Levy said.
"Droy's too heavy I can't pull him all day!" I yelled "Sir Lily can we turn back?"
"Droy is holding us back so we need a strong teammate to compensate." He explained.
"And that is?"
"A man with an iron will." He said.
"Oh…great…" Levy sighed.
We got to the top of the mountain and found Gajeel sitting under a waterfall in a lightning storm
"What's he doing?" Jet asked.
"Taking a bath?" Droy and I guessed.
"He's training." Lily explained.
"Get lost! I'm busy."
A bolt came out of the sky and shocked Gajeel.
"What kind of training is that?"
"I'm getting used to getting struck by lighting and hit by a waterfall at the same time."
"That will never be practical." I deadpanned.
Lily then proceeded to join Gajeel in his training.
"I think we're gonna be here a while." Levy told us.
Carole's POV
"Next time Erza assigns the teams leave me out of it." Gray whined.
"Miss Juvia." I called "Please don't fall behind."
"Juvia…"
"Lyon?!" "Sensei?!"
"A woman like you shouldn't be on such a journey by herself. And my student all by her lonesome." He said
"We're not alone." I corrected
"So you're following us?" Gray asked.
"Yeah let's go with that." He said.
"Seriously why are you here?" I asked.
Lyon joined us as we trekked through the forest.
"You're so Lucky Miss Juvia, to have two handsome men vying for your affection. You could use one to make the other jealous." I told her.
"Ohh! Good idea." She smiled
"Okay why are you here?" Gray asked.
"Fact is you're rusty. Carole may by a strong mage but she's not that strong, you'll need my help." He said.
"I ain't rusty."
"As expected from a child." Lyon sighed.
"This 'child' can kick your ass."
"Maybe some other time finding the clock piece is the more important."
"You know about that?" I said.
"Who hasn't." he said
"Next time I pick my own team." Gray grumbled.
This mission will be my chance to show Gray how much I learned while he was gone.
We eventually came up to the ruins Lucy said would have the clock piece but none of us knew how to get inside.
Kage's POV
"Why can't we walk like the other teams?"
"Quit complaining Natsu." I told him "This is the only way to get to our piece."
"This is so lame." Romeo commented.
"Our whole team is lame." Happy said "Natsu tiny, Romeo's a kid, and Michelle can't use magic. I guess it's up to me to put up a fight."
"Did you forget about us?!" Lucy and I yelled.
Some weird archeologists came up and told us not to look for the clock, Lucy told them no but before they left they were kind enough to restore Natsu to his original size. When we docked, we had to journey through a desert only to find a really weird lock.
AN
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