This one is just a blip, but it didn't fit well with either chapter before or after it.
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Lucy prepared to hang her tapestry just like she always did, but she paused as she was pulling it out of the box to check her work.
There had been so much more history for her to make than for her ancestor. So many centuries to write over that she had worried she would not be able to finish; but she had. It had taken almost five years to collect all the soul data, and then close to seven months to sew in the patch, but she had done it. Levy had interrupted her clean up that morning, but after doing some light chores around her home, she'd been able to relax enough to take her first nap since she'd started sewing.
She'd had a rather strange dream while she slept, but she couldn't quite remember it. It had given her good feelings, so she'd decided not to dwell on it, since she had better things to do with her time.
Like completing her resurrection spell.
When the sun finally met the horizon, she carefully rolled out her tapestry. She covered the human world in a black blanket full of tiny pinpricks of light that shown with the fire of their existence, their personalities, their stories. The addition of Natsu was so well hidden, even she wouldn't have noticed if she hadn't been the one to do it.
He was nestled in the same spot as her ancestor's, right between Gemini and Leo. The lion seemed more active than usual, restless as he performed his duties with the rest of the Zodiac. The others seemed anxious as well, all of them twitching in the sky as the moon slowly moved between the horizons. Lucy willed them all to be patient. She was also ready for the evening to be over, but she remained calm as she sat and watched everything from her perch in her old temple.
She had been patient this long. She could wait a few more hours.