Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
Note: This story is non-canon. It takes place after the Grand Magic Games arc.
Green Beauty of The Forest & Blue Feelings of Rejection
Minerva Orland seemed quite calm as she walked through the Tokiwa Forest with a relaxed facial expression, and the Eastern-looking woman who had beautiful tan skin felt like she could go back to Sabertooth with a sense of accomplishment. Minerva felt pleased about how she completed the job of delivering a rare butterfly to a bug collector in Baekdan Town with her partner, Yukino Aguria, at her side. Minerva's long glossy black hair reached all the way down to her lower back while two bangs framed her face, and Minerva also had parts of her hair styled into bun-shaped loops that were at both sides of her head. She wore a blue dress that had a slit exposing her left thigh, and Minerva wore some dark blue heeled boots to match.
Yukino walked right behind Minerva, and she had short light blue hair while some fringes framed her face. Yukino wore a blue rose ornament on the left side of her head, and her attire consisted of a light teal tank top with straps that were in the regular shade of teal. Yukino's miniskirt was in a darker shade of teal, and she wore some red flat shoes that had straps on top of them. Three of golden Zodiac Gate Keys were in the left pocket of Yukino's miniskirt, and she summoned earlier to help Minerva complete their task. Libra's Gravity Magic made gravity itself be pushed down on thea area of a forest where a violet butterfly resided, and Minerva's Territory Magic allowed her to simply teleport the butterfly into her hands.
Yukino had some concern in her hazel eyes from how the client wanted to brag about having a poisonous butterfly, but Minerva seemed happy that they received seventy-thousand jewels for handling that job. The two women were on their way back to Sekichiku Town for the purpose of taking the train back to the large town of Saffron, since that was where the mages from Sabertooth mainly resided, and Minerva looked up at the sky for a moment to see that the sun was setting. The dense forest was bathed in the sky's orange glow while Minerva went through the forest with Yukino, and she passed by some large trees that were surrounded by seven bushes with fruit on them.
Minerva began to hear her stomach slightly growl, which caused Yukino to softly smile at her, and the powerful woman from Sabertooth turned around to give Yukino a stern look. Minerva's lovely green eyes caught sight of the pink berries on the bushes, recalling those peach-shaped fruits to be the sweet Tiántáo berries, and she walked over to the nearest bush. As Minerva was about to pick some berries, however, she looked surprised at the weird sight of a cocoon that appeared to be made from brown plant roots. Minerva peered into the cocoon, and she saw something resembling a girl's foot. Minerva decided to strike the cocoon with a rainbow-colored energy wave from her left hand while the attack would have the properties of being heavy like titanium, and her attack harshly hit the cocoon to break apart the plant roots. Upon seeing that a bruised girl was inside, Minerva stepped back slightly while Yukino seemed stunned.
"Minerva-sama, is that a human girl or a female insect that underwent transformation?" Yukino asked in a curious tone, looking quite shocked to see what was in this particular cocoon.
Minerva simply replied nicely while looking at the bruised female, walking towards her to be much closer, "This cocoon was just plant roots wrapped together to possibly not give the girl much air to breathe, but she doesn't appear to be dead. Her wounds are pretty bloody, and there are some cuts and bruises on different parts of her body."
Lucy said softly while opening her eyes, before suddenly being just as startled as Yukino from the combination of seeing Minerva and hearing her own voice sound somewhat older and sultry, "Those powerful winds, the constricting roots, and the painful fall really hurt my entire body, but now I'm in heaven. Wait, no! Minerva entered the afterlife, too! Whoa, I can't be talking! This isn't my voice! No, that evil girl must've also replaced my voice with hers to now fully have my appearance!"
The fact that Lucy was freaking out instead of calmly waking up caused Minerva to raise her left eyebrow, seeming pretty puzzled about the crazy talk that was coming from this girl's lips, and Minerva couldn't even believe what Lucy was saying right now. Transformation Magic was definitely a common type of magic, but a type of magic that involved the use of plants and stealing someone's appearance seemed to involve spells from an advanced level of Plant Magic. Minerva considered that to just be a theory, however, and she wouldn't even try to believe it could be valid.
Yukino softly smiled as she walked towards Lucy, who appeared to feel panicked from seeing Minerva inches away from her, and the stellar mage from Sabertooth merely lifted up her tank top for Lucy's eyes to notice the blue guild mark that was located on the left side of her waist. Lucy exhaled a soft breath while her eyes noticed the insignia of Sabertooth, and the fact that Lucy saw a snake slither towards a tree behind Yukino caused her to realize that this place was definitely not heaven. Lucy was not dead, but she didn't feel happy at all.
Lucy glanced down at the back of her right hand to see that her pink guild mark from Fairy Tail was shockingly now gone, since the thief known as Haruka Verdona was sadistic enough to steal several aspects of Lucy's appearance, and she looked down at her breasts for a moment to see that they were now slightly smaller while a dark green field of hair was around her sacred area. Lucy felt comfortable enough to just look at Yukino while she chose to rub her right nipple in a soft manner with her right hand. Yukino's cheeks softly blushed in a light shade of pink, but Minerva continued to be puzzled.
Minerva allowed her eyes to look down at Lucy's new dark green field of hair, which made Lucy try to sweep it off with her left hand while she perceived it to just be dark grass, and Minerva watched Lucy become quite anxious. Lucy mouthed some words about how that hair didn't belong to her at all, and her hands went behind her back for a moment. They slid down to her rump, which Lucy felt to be somewhat bigger than normal while her skin felt more soft with a delicate amount of smoothness, and Lucy got on her hands and knees. She wiggled her butt at a tree, but Lucy gasped in shock as those bigger buns didn't feel like hers. She let her hands come back around to feel her breasts and her stomach while Minerva took out something from the left pocket of her dress, and faintly smelling the scent of green apple pie as she groped her breasts for a moment made Lucy see that her situation with Minerva here wasn't exactly a pleasant dream or an indication that she died.
"Listen, you weird stranger. What's your name, and are you affiliated with a guild? Also, how on Earthland did you know my name?" Minerva said with a calm facial expression, before asking Lucy that simple question with a slight bit of sternness in her voice.
That prompted the startled female to reply with a timid facial expression, speaking with fear as she looked into the beautiful green eyes of the woman who showed her no mercy in the past, "Minerva, my name is... Lucy Heartfilia. I'm from Fairy Tail, and I remember how you tortured me in the Naval Battle. Please don't kill me, Minerva.. I'm begging you."
Lucy added with fear in her voice while staying on her hands and knees, bowing as she started to look horrified with disbelief in her eyes at the reflection in the blue Communications Lacrima Crystal that Minerva held in front of her, "No... No! She stole everything, and left me to look like I'd be her younger sister or something!"
Tears began to well up in Lucy's eyes from seeing her reflection, and the females from Sabertooth were quite shocked that the girl they just found was Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail. Lucy's hair was now dark green while it was also kept down and loose with more length, reaching down to almost be at the middle of her back, and Lucy's eyes were now mint green. She attempted to focus her magical power to see if that was taken from her, and Minerva watched Lucy's mint green eyes change to the shade of Kelly green as she placed her right hand on the grass. Lucy winced in pain and couldn't use any magic, however, and some of the bruises on her body became a sickly hue of purple while she still needed time to fully recover.
Yukino ran to Lucy's side with a concerned facial expression while Lucy cried from how she'd probably be stuck with her current appearance, and tears ran down on her face. As Lucy's eyes shifted to being mint green again, Minerva narrowed her own eyes and gently touched the blue orb to turn it on. Minerva had been glad that Sting convinced her to stay around for the banquet day of the Grand Magic Games, as opposed to leaving Sabertooth with her disappointed father, and she only decided to get one person's contact information. As Yukino was getting the clothes that were on the grass and had been left for Lucy by her evil opponent, Minerva would simply report this matter to her greatest rival.
Meanwhile, at the Fairy Tail guild...
Erza and the other members of Team Natsu sat around one of the brown round tables in the guildhall while the scarlet-haired woman now wore her Heart Kreuz Armor, and Erza looked down at the table with a frustrated look on her face. Erza felt really upset that the group of Fairy Tail mages got trounced by a powerful thief who had some potent magic, and she had just finished informing the guild master about Team Natsu's failure. Even though Makarov Dreyar gave the team some kind words about how today's failure could lead to tomorrow's success and some redemption, Erza wasn't very happy about the loss.
She didn't want to admit that a dark mage outclassed her in a fight where it was practically four mages versus a single mage, but Erza began to have frustration in her brown eyes from recalling how she was struck by Haruka's spells while her own slashing attacks were dodged so easily. The fact that Erza couldn't even land a hit on her enemy made her wonder if the team needed to come up with a strategy for battles, since that would be a good way to prevent Erza from getting knocked out or have Natsu be dizzy to where he felt incredibly sick, and Erza didn't get to see how Lucy fared against the thief.
The girl who was presumed to be Lucy sat across from Erza while she had a slight frown on her face to blend in with the mood of the group, and Haruka Verdona got to see Erza look up at her for a moment. The strict woman gave Haruka a soft smile, feeling glad that Lucy Heartfilia appeared to be safe without even having a scratch on her body, and she hoped that Lucy wasn't too shaken up from that battle. Haruka had placed the grey ring and the golden keys on the table while pretending to feel like she needed to be stronger, and the female antagonist clenched her left fist tightly for a few seconds.
As she proceeded to put the ring and the ten keys in the left pocket of her white skirt, Haruka got to hear the Communications Lacrima Crystal in the right pocket of Erza's blue skirt start to ring loudly. The woman who was nicknamed Titania looked curious while the orb appeared to be flashing light blue in her pocket, and Erza wondered who could be calling her in the evening. She took out the blue orb for the purpose of putting it down on the table, and Erza lightly tapped it with the thumb of her left hand. As a certain woman's face appeared in the orb, Erza looked quite surprised about this call and thought that Minerva asked for her contact information during the banquet as a joke.
"Hello, Erza? This is Minerva from Sabertooth, and I'm just calling you to report that Lucy Heartfilia was found safe here in the Tokiwa Forest." Minerva asked calmly, before explaining the situation with a stoic facial expression.
Erza asked with the feeling of confusion in her voice, before she responded with a puzzled look on her face, "Minerva, what are you talking about? Lucy's here with the team, and she didn't summon Gemini to appear in two places at once."
Minerva explained while rolling her eyes in a displeased manner, before handing her blue orb to a green-haired girl, "Apparently, her name and body were stolen. However, she'll give you more precise details."
The real Lucy exclaimed with urgency in her new voice, concern in her mint green eyes as her left hand briefly stroked her own hair, "Erza, it's me! I'm the real Lucy, and Gray also has to see how that impostor can't be trusted! I'm not surprised if she's already fooled Natsu, but you've got to believe me! I'm Lucy Heartfilia!"
Erza focused on the green-haired woman who appeared in her blue orb, completely ignoring how Haruka widened her cocoa brown eyes in pure shock for a moment, but she started to recall how Gray knelt by her left side and rubbed her head three times to help her regain consciousness about thirty minutes after the thief appeared to have fled. Erza slowly got up to look around, and she saw that Lucy was mysteriously gone. As Erza turned around to see the tornado of winds around Natsu start to disappear, Gray had gotten her attention by seeing Lucy happily tell her teammates that she was back. He was glad to notice that the girl who he thought to actually be Lucy came back from the area leading into the woods, and Gray had merely given her a soft smile at the time to silently inform her that she had the right idea to reasonably try to chase that criminal.
Erza could only close her eyes for about five seconds, before shaking her head in a manner that showed disbelief, and the fact that female who sat across from her quickly drank some caramel coffee that she ordered made Erza feel like her friend was really the one satisfying her thirst instead of being out in a forest. Erza got to see the green-eyed girl claiming to be Lucy start blushing from seeing her face, which caused Erza to have a feeling of awkwardness in her eyes, and the real Lucy was completely bare as she held Minerva's orb against her chest. Erza watched the woman try to remain calm, but she let out a soft sigh while Haruka kept up her act as the true Lucy by looking very concerned about the situation.
Erza watched the actual Lucy wipe away some tears that had been welling up in her eyes, and that prompted Erza to kindly ask her if she ever dreamed of getting on her knees while Erza would wear a pink kimono with her beautiful hair down. Lucy nodded in approval to that idea while her heart palpitated with some warm feelings for Erza, and Lucy closed her eyes for a second as she impulsively let her lips move towards the orb in a sweet manner. Lucy chose to succumb to the feelings that she secretly had for Erza, even though those feelings were small, and she liked the fantasy of Erza taking off her kimono in a grassy meadow before their first kiss.
However, the sound of Erza scoffing rudely made the real Lucy quickly open her eyes. She got to see Erza frown in disgust, which surprised Lucy because of how she thought Erza would understand that one of her friends could slightly have some feelings for her that needed to be expressed in a situation where Lucy felt quite emotional about the fact that she was no longer in her own body. Lucy got to see Erza pick up the orb to show her that Natsu was still feeling too sick to even partake in this discussion about whether Minerva really found Lucy, and Haruka faintly smirked as Erza passed the orb to her. Erza believed that her friend simply sat across from her, especially since Lucy never had a habit of speaking in another female's voice.
Haruka explained to Erza with discomfort in her voice while feigning concern about the situation, starting to have anxiety enter her eyes, "It's really odd that this stranger would claim that I'm not myself, and she's just telling crazy lies. After all, I feel perfectly fine. I even sound normal, too. Also, Erza, you're so powerful and I wouldn't be attracted to you so easily like that."
That caused Erza to respond with a kind smile on her face, viewing the fake Lucy as mature, "You're not crying or acting childishly dramatic about this matter, Lucy. All those jobs that we did together and being in the Grand Magic Games really shows that you're not immature to go along with those stupid rumors of us being a couple, unlike this person who Minerva thinks is you."
Minerva exclaimed fiercely while snatching her blue orb back with her left hand, before glaring at Haruka and Erza, "If you idiots refuse to listen to me, then I'll just have to take her to Sabertooth and wait for you to come crying later for your little Lucy!"
As Minerva pressed her right hand down on the blue orb to end the call, Erza watched her orb cease with shining while the girl posing as Lucy chose to start drinking a large cup of caramel espresso that she ordered from the guild's bar. As Haruka picked up the large white cup and softly drank a small sip from it, she faintly smiled in a very relieved manner from how the members of Team Natsu chose to believe her instead of thinking that the real Lucy's story had even an ounce of truth to it. Haruka felt very delighted to masquerade as Lucy for as long as possible, and she would enjoy every minute of it.
Haruka took a larger sip from the cup of caramel coffee while liking how it was quite hot, and she placed the cup down for a moment. The sadistic female made sure to find out several things about Lucy's lifestyle, and she was glad to be very forgiving when Gray disappointingly told her when they first sat down that she couldn't pay her apartment's monthly rent of seventy-thousand jewels. Haruka simply thought of telling Erza to walk home with her while she thought up a plan in her mind of how to earn that money, and Haruka's lips formed the faintest of devious smirks as she let her eyes briefly glance at the request board. Haruka needed money, as well as a place to stay, and she looked down at the caramel brown coffee while hoping that the great Lucy Heartfilia wouldn't mind having an exciting night.
15 minutes later, in the forest...
As Lucy wiped away the last tears that remained while her body stopped trembling from her own feelings of sadness, she got to see Yukino calmly hand her the clothes that were dry and clean. Lucy decided to put on the green booty shorts, before putting on the orange vest top that showed the undersides of her breasts, andshe calmly put on the dark green flat shoes. Lucy kindly bowed her head to Yukino while being very grateful that she was here to help her, but Lucy's small smile of gratitude started to become a frown that showed disappointment.
She looked down at her body while thinking about how it was very unfortunate that a thief stole her identity, especially since Erza didn't even believe that she was telling the truth, and Lucy just imagined that dark mage who wielded powerful Wind Magic to be smirking in a rude manner at how she was now free to steal Lucy's life. Even her precious Celestial Spirits were now in the hands of a thief, which made Lucy feel depressed about how she was truly left with no magic to wield, and asking Yukino for one of her keys wouldn't feel right.
The spirits that Yukino had by her side were bound to a contract that she formed with them, just like how Lucy had to form bonds with ten of the Celestial Spirits, and Lucy didn't want to interfere with the bonds Yukino made with her spirits. The orange rays of the sunset started to shine down on the group while the sunset looked quite beautiful in the evening sky, and Minerva glanced up at the sky to see that there would still be a good amount of light around them while the girls had to make their way to the train station.
Lucy couldn't just be left in the forest to get devoured by a giant snake or sleep near poisonous butterflies, since Yukino would gladly follow Minerva's words about how Lucy needed to be taken to the Sabertooth guild, but Minerva started walking in the direction that would lead the group to Sekichiku Town while looking back for a moment to give Lucy a fierce glare that showed her annoyance about the situation. Minerva didn't exactly care for the girl who she deemed to be a useless piece of trash during the Grand Magic Games, and she narrowed her green eyes at Lucy because Minerva viewed her as a weak girl who got in a bad situation because of how she was pathetic garbage.
Minerva told Lucy with rudeness in her voice while taking some steps back towards her, "Listen, fairy. You'll hopefully be gone from our guild quickly, since I don't take kindly to slackers who won't even try to learn new magic for certain missions."
That prompted Lucy to calmly reply while getting down on her hands and knees, bowing as she had no place to go, "I understand, Minerva-sama. I'll go with you to Sabertooth and follow your orders to prove that I can work hard, so you won't regret doing this."
Minerva replied in a soft whisper to Lucy, after walking up to her and kneeling down to gently place her left hand under Lucy's chin for them to lock eyes, "I better not regret it, Lucy Heartfilia. We may not be in the Naval Battle, but Sabertooth's heated pool may help me torture you if you're ever disobedient."
Lucy looked at Minerva's eyes that showed high amounts of authority, and she stared into those eyes while softly biting her lower lip. Lucy nodded in approval of Minerva's words while keeping her focus on the beautiful eyes of the woman who displayed amazing physical strength towards her in the tournament, and Lucy felt her cheeks softly blush pink as she was so close to Minerva. Lucy's blush was too faint for Minerva to notice it, and the bowing woman recalled how she got to see Minerva's beauty while enduring her energy waves in the Grand Magic Games.
Yukino watched Lucy stay on her hands and knees while slightly wiggling her rump, and Minerva got to hear Lucy softly whisper her name. She watched Lucy start to go into her thoughts, which were about how Minerva seemed so beautiful in her two-piece blue swimsuit that showed off the amazing curves of her breasts and her booty, and Lucy thought about how she would rather be loyal to Minerva instead of just waiting around without any magic at her disposal. Lucy wondered if she would get to at least have a massage session with Minerva, as she remembered how Minerva raised her upward with just her right leg while Lucy felt her smooth skin.
Lucy didn't feel immensely attracted to Minerva, but the fact that she was close to her and not showing any sadistic behavior made Lucy feel calmer than when she initially saw Minerva today. Lucy took in more of the nice sight of Minerva's lips forming overconfident smile while simply nodding in response to Minerva's desire of how she would make Lucy work quite hard to make her not want to stay around, and Lucy remembered how she rested in the arms of Minerva for only a moment during the torture. That was before she lost consciousness, and Lucy felt like she could now rest in a guild instead of resting in the dense forest after today's painful ordeal.
Minerva proceeded to stand up straight while taking her hand away from Lucy's chin, and she soon stretched out her left arm for Lucy to simply accept her little invitation to be a member of Sabertooth. Lucy looked at Minerva's hand while the pink blush in her cheeks started to fade away, and she looked up at Minerva to see her start smiling in a relaxed manner while the orange sunset made her glossy black hair look quite beautiful at the same moment when a gentle breeze blew through the forest. Lucy placed her right hand in the palm of Minerva's left hand, before standing up, and giving her a soft smile to show Minerva that she could start to trust her. Minerva gently pulled her hand away, and she turned around for the purpose of finally walking to the town of Sekichiku.
"Yukino and Lucy, let's go. This little incident cost us some time, but we can reach the train station before nightfall." Minerva calmly told them, before walking to the route that would take them to the sweet-smelling town of Sekichiku.
Lucy asked Minerva with a curious facial expression while walking behind her, hearing her stomach make a sound to signify another issue, "Minerva, can we get something to eat from Sekichiku Town?"
Minerva quickly turned around to reply with a look of impatience appearing on her face, "We can't just stop again after rescuing you, Lucy. Maybe you should've eaten something in Tokiwa Town before you got-"
Yukino and Lucy got to comically hear Minerva's stomach growl louder than Lucy's stomach did, which made both of the girls softly giggle, and Minerva's cheeks blushed hot pink while she started to look embarrassed about that. Minerva wasted no time with turning around and walking, as she wouldn't try to argue with Lucy about stopping to satisfy hunger when Minerva herself was wanting to eat some food, and Minerva was glad that Sekichiku Town had some restaurants that would be open in the evenings. She led her new team of mages out of the forest, and Minerva smiled a bit at how the simple task of delivering a butterfly led to her finding an interesting surprise in a cocoon.
As Lucy walked a few steps behind Minerva and ignored Yukino hurrying to walk beside her, she found herself blushing at the fact that she obeyed Minerva's orders earlier while also addressing her with an honorific. Lucy didn't normally speak with honorifics, except if she had to speak to any royal clients who needed outlaws eliminated or needed themselves to be escorted, but Minerva seemed to be an elegant woman who also had immense strength that could be respected. Lucy liked the idea of formally addressing Minerva, if that could keep her on the good side of the stern woman, and Lucy smiled happily at the fact that Minerva showed a glimmer of niceness by choosing to rescue her instead of leaving her there to die.
How was Chapter 2? Did you like it? Lucy has been found by Minerva, and she'll be taken to Sabertooth! Lucy still has to get her original appearance back, but Erza doesn't believe her! That's definitely not good, especially since Haruka Verdona could commit crimes in Lucy's name. Anyway, what will happen when Lucy gets to the Sabertooth guild? Will she get a new guild mark, and where shall it be placed? Who enjoys some fun at the beach, and which flyer was mysteriously stamped? Standby for the update!