Hey guys. I am so, so, so sorry for not updating! School got in the way, and I ended up forgetting about this story. I'll try to get back in the swing of writing. Once again, I am so sorry.
Knocks were heard from the door, disturbing the calm silence inside the room. The noise woke Lucy up, who got out of bed and stretched.
The thumps were still heard, so the blonde inside the room announced that she was awake. A deeper voice said, "Good. Get yourself ready, and I'll come to fetch you for breakfast. By the way, it's me, Igneel, not the Metal Face from yesterday." Lucy giggled when he used that nickname for Metalicana.
"Alright. I'll be done soon. Thanks!" Her cheerful voice brought a smile to the dragon's face. He walked off, and the mage inside the room went to the bathroom to shower. In only fifteen minutes, Lucy came out of the bathroom wearing a white tank top and gray shorts. Her hair was in a ponytail and some white shoes were on her feet.
Deciding to catch up on The Shattered Sword, the mage went to the bookshelf and pulled out the same book she read yesterday. Sitting on the chaise lounge, she opened the covers to where she left off and started reading. Time flew by, and Lucy was already halfway through the book.
A voice cut through the quiet air. "Lucy, time to go," Igneel informed through the door.
"Okay," Lucy responded. She marked her page and stood from her seat. She reached the door and opened it, greeting the red-haired man in front of her. "Let's go," she voiced. Together, they strolled to the dining hall.
When they arrived, there wasn't many dragons. Lucy went to her seat and greeted Skiadrum, who was alone. Apparently, Weisslogia hasn't come yet.
"Rather early, aren't you," the Shadow Dragon stated.
"Early?" Lucy adorned a look of surprise on her face. She originally thought that she would be late.
"Yeah, like fifteen minutes early, Lu," Pearl, the Water Dragon, said brightly as she sat down in her seat across from the blonde. "Didn't you know? Igneel is one of the rulers, so he naturally has to be here early."
"No, I didn't. I honestly thought I was late. Guess not." Lucy laughed a little at the end. She chatted lightly with Pearl and Skiadrum for about five minutes when Grace, the Glass Dragon, and Weisslogia arrived. The Shadow Dragon next to Lucy noticed them first.
"Good morning, you two," he greeted them.
"Morning Skiadrum, Lucy, and Pearl," Grace greeted back.
"Hey," Weisslogia mumbled tiredly. He sat down in his seat, next to Lucy. Grace sat next to Pearl, who smiled at her and said hello.
They chatted together, mostly Lucy talking about her past adventures.
"No way! I can't believe that," Pearl gasped in astonishment.
"I know! She even wanted to cut off her arm! Luckily, we had Wendy, who is a Sky Dragon Slayer. We saved her from the Oracion Seis, and she healed Erza in time. Then we all defeated the dark guild before Nirvana's effects grew," Lucy told the few dragons listening.
"You guys are pretty strong," Navoliz, the Ice Dragon, remarked. Others agreed.
"Well, we're Fairy Tail!" Lucy's statement brought chuckles around the table. A little while later, breakfast came. It was pancakes like yesterday, but this time there was french toast too. In only ten minutes, she finished her food. She sipped her glass filled with her strawberry smoothie.
"Hey, no wonder you smell like strawberries," a voice announced.
"Huh?" The Celestial mage looked over to where the comment came from. She was met with yellow eyes. "What do you mean, Igneel?"
"Well, everyone has their own scent. For example, Pearl smells like plants and coral, and Metal Face over there smells like rust," Igneel told her. "And you smell like strawberries and vanilla."
"Who do you think you're calling 'Metal Face,' Flame Brain?" Metalicana questioned angrily.
"You, obviously. Now you're deaf too," the Fire Dragon insulted. Snarky remarks were heard for the next few moments until they were both silenced by Grandeeney.
"Shut up, both of you," she commanded. Wisely, they both stopped. Lucy smiled sadly, memories of Natsu and Gajeel's silly fights resurfacing. She was devastated still, but she hid it well. Being raised as a Heartfilia, she knew how to hide her emotions with a calm mask.
She started a conversation with Pearl and Grace, Navoliz and Skiadrum joining after they finished. Soon, breakfast was over, and she walked over to Igneel. After greeting him, they walked out to the training field.
"Alright, you know what to do," he said. Lucy nodded and called out Capricorn.
"Good morning, Lady Lucy," Capricorn addressed.
"Hey Capricorn. I'm meditating again," Lucy told him. He nodded and proceeded to tell her to do everything she did yesterday. She sat down, mimicking the spirit.
She tapped into her magic, slowly letting it out while focusing on her breath. She continued to let her magic seep out of her in a controlled amount. A bead of sweat rolled down her head.
Lucy felt like collapsing right there, but held on. After what seemed like ten minutes, she heard Capricorn tell her it was over. She let go and fell back, breathing heavily from the practice. She didn't see it, but she felt the flurry of sparkles and light, signalling that Capricorn left.
Using her strength, she sat up and grabbed the water bottle that Igneel offered her. After gulping down the chilled liquid, she asked, "Has it been an hour?"
"Yup," the Fire Dragon cheerfully replied. He lend Lucy his hand, the latter accepting gratefully, setting the bottle down. She stood up and looked to him, awaiting his next training method.
"So," he began, "Today is upper body strength." He led her to the forest a little while away, and asked her to grab on to a branch and pull herself up. "For the next half-hour, you will do pull-ups," he commanded.
"Alright, seems simple enough," Lucy muttered to herself. She proceeded to pull her whole body up, struggling the first few times. Eventually, she managed to do it for the next thirty minutes.
"Nice job," Igneel complimented when time was up. "Now, I want you to do thirty push-ups and thirty sit-ups. Go!" Lucy did as she was told, panting in exhaustion when she neared the end of the push-ups.
Finishing her set, she flipped over and started doing her sit-ups as Igneel held her feet down.
"Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty," the blonde counted. Shakily standing up, she heard Igneel mention that it's been twenty-five minutes. For the next hour and five minutes, the Fire Dragon helped Lucy train with strength.
When everything was done, Lucy felt like falling over. She drank the rest of the water from the bottle she got earlier. Together, Igneel and Lucy walked to lunch.
They walked in, a few minutes early. Lucy sat in her spot and nodded to her friends. Lunch arrived and she ate, listening to the discussion between Skiadrum, Weisslogia, Pearl, Grace, and Navoliz. She added into the conversation avery now and then, her mind mostly occupied on how the rest of the day would go.
Lunch was over, and Lucy headed over to Corvus.
"Hey," he greeted, a smirk etched on his face. "Didn't know some push-ups would make you so tired."
'How does he know? Wait, he just insulted my honor! I can't let him slide with that,' Lucy thought.
"Just so you know, I had to meditate before that, which made me pretty tired already. And besides, how do you know? If you spied on me, it just proves you're creepy," she retorted indignantly, her eyes closed and her head held up high.
"I didn't spy on you. Actually, Igneel decided to tell everyone around him about how you trained, and how you were affected by it," he smugly said, the smirk never leaving. Lucy chose not to reply, walking ahead of Corvus. After a few minutes, the pair reached the field.
"So, we're going to start off by re-quipping again. But now, you'll re-quip your keys," Corvus informed her. Lucy nodded in affirmation and selected a key; Virgo's. "No, not a Zodiac. Gold Keys carry more power, so we'll try first with a silver."
"Oh, okay then," Lucy muttered. She pulled out Plue's key and focused power into her arm. Then, she imagined a gateway and let go, sending her key to the other dimension. She looked down at her hand and saw the key gone.
"How did you do it so fast? It should have taken a few more tries," the Raven spirit asked in shock.
"Well, I practiced a bit this morning. I ex-quipped a few books and brought them back," Lucy mumbled sheepishly, thinking Corvus would scold her. She got a completely different reaction.
"That's a smart idea! Good job," he praised. "Now, re-quip it, then send it back and do your next silver key." Lucy re-quipped Plue's key back into her hand, then sent it back. She pulled out Lyra's key and did the same thing. After a minute, she finished with all silver keys.
"I did all my silver keys. Now I do the Zodiac's, right?" The blonde's brown orbs looked at Corvus, waiting for what he would say.
"Yeah. It should be easy," he nodded. Lucy pulled out Virgo's key, and ex-quipped it, making it disappear from her hand. She brought it back, finding it a little bit more tiring, but not by too much, and sent it back. She grabbed Loke's, and did the same. She finished nine, leaving her with Aquarius's key.
Being careful to not drop the key, she ex-quipped it, the key no longer in her hand.
"Nice. Now, time for weaponry," Corvus said giddily. He made two black cases appear, one smaller than the other. He set them both on the ground, motioning to Lucy to come closer.
He opened the first case, the smaller one of the two. Inside was a rondel dagger, the handle a midnight blue with dark purple clouds, representing a galaxy, with small diamonds as stars, dotting the handle everywhere. The blade itself was made of stainless steel, so shiny that Lucy could see her reflection. The edge was so sharp that just touching the blade could pierce the skin. It was about ten inches long, and the blade was an inch and a half thick.
"This beauty is the Myr 'DeSyeige. It deals element-based attacks. If you're going against a fire mage, channel magic into the blade, and water attacks will come out. If it's a mage who uses light magic, shadows will appear. It basically uses the opposite element of your opponent. And, only you can use this. If someone else uses it, the blade won't be solid, so no harm will come if someone uses it. The Myr 'DeSyeige will always come back to your dimensional storage if you ever lose it, and the blade will never get dulled, so there is no need to sharpen it. The same abilities apply to the next weapon."
At that, Corvus opened the second case, revealing a katana. Similar to Myr 'DeSyeige, the weapon had a handle with a galaxy on it, the diamonds as stars. The sword was four and a half feet long, with the blade only two inches wide. It was just as sharp as her dagger, and just as shiny.
"This is the Epé d'Abàttáge. Both this and Myr 'DeSyeige come from the Celestial Realm. Only Celestial mages can use them and other weapons from the realm, but they need permission from the Celestial Spirit King himself," Corvus told her.
"No way," Lucy exclaimed. "The king gave me permission? I never knew this was possible!"
"What do you mean? You never knew?" His eyes were wide in confusion.
"No. When Virgo gave me my Fleuve d'étoiles, she never said anything about permission." Corvus nodded silently.
"Anyway, let's teach you how to use both of these," he stated, changing the subject. Making a replica of the sword and dagger appear in his hand, he jutted his chin to Lucy. "So, are you going to pick up your weapons?"
"These are mine?" Her question made the spirit in front of her to smirk.
"Of course. Did you think they were mine?" he asked. "Now, time to start!" From there, the blonde picked up her weapons and wielded it, ready for Corvus's instructions. As she expected, practice was hard. He taught her how to use her sword and dagger, spending the next few hours teaching her everything, leaving only some five minute breaks here and there.
When dinnertime was near, Lucy was left on the floor panting in exhaustion. She learned many thing from the practice session, and barely heard Corvus inform her that she was doing rather well for a beginner.
"Alright, dinner's in ten minutes. Let's get going," he commanded, sort of.
"What! No way! I'm a mess," the blonde, in a state of tiredness, complained. Still, she sat up, her hunger overruling her thoughts of her self-image. Getting to her feet, she redid her hair and smoothed her wrinkled clothes, which were slightly damp from sweat. She ex-quipped her sword and dagger, making her way to Corvus.
In no time, they reached the majestic castle, which still astounded Lucy. Walking in, the Celestial mage greeted her friends and sat down. A plate filled with similar food from last night showed up, steam rising from the meat.
While eating, she chatted with Grace and Pearl, telling them about that day's events.
"No way! The Myr 'DeSyeige and Ebé d'Abàttáge are legendary weapons! Only the strongest of people actually saw them, let alone actually hold them. And both of them have never been used at the same time! There was only four other people in the history of Celestial Mages who had them, so the fact that you have both and your special whip is amazing," Pearl gaped in pure astoundment.
Grace added by asking, "Can you bring them out? Pretty please?"
Lucy giggled at their childish actions, and re-quipped into the sword and dagger. To her dismay, the action emitted a bright glow, catching the attention of many dragons nearby. She felt eyes on her when the weapons were out in view, but didn't expect the gasps, and especially didn't expect to hear a chair crashing down to the floor.
"Sorry," she muttered shyly.
"No need to apologize, dear," Grandeeney comforted. "Oh, my. I never thought I'd see these two blades so soon." Her comment only confirmed the suspicions of many dragons in the room.
"We shalt talk of this after the sun hast risen, everyone. 'Tis a good omen, naught of thou worries. Hush and let thee dear maiden ease her troubles," the calming voice of Octavias interrupted. Octavias was the soothsayer, or messenger, of the Dragons. He has existed for many centuries, more than a thousand years. He was incredibly wise, too.
He had white hair and a beard. He wasn't very tall and didn't look intimidating, but he held a great deal of power behind his meek body. He was usually seen wearing a white toga and small cape.
The dragons all resumed to their food, not letting the new information escape their minds so easily. Some dragons even planned to research about this later in the night.
Soon, Igneel announced that dinner was over and the dragons and Lucy left, heading to their rooms. When the blonde arrived, she immediately stripped down and took a hot shower. After drying herself off, she put on a baby pink tank top and black booty shorts.
After wearing the fuzzy slippers, she walked to her bed when she realized that she hadn't written to her mother in a while.
"Wow, I can't believe I didn't remember that!" I'm so dumb," Lucy said to herself. She walked over to where the desk was and sat down, pulling out a paper and pencil from the drawer.
Dear Mama,
I have so much to tell you! Remember when I told you that the S-Class exams were near? Well, during the trials, Grimoire Heart, a dark guild apart of the Baram Alliance, attacked! Luckily, we beat the Seven Kin of Purgatory and even defeated Master Hades, who actually was the second master of Fairy Tail. But, just few hours after our victory, Acnologia, the Black Dragon of Apocalypse, decided to target us. He used his roar on us, and we all would have died, but First Master Mavis saved us by using Fairy Sphere as a shield, but for some reason, I wasn't fully affected by the spell. I won't be asleep for the next seven years, but I won't age either. And, the dragons that raised Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy, along with Weisslogia and Skiadrum, brought me to the Dragon Realm! For the next seven years, I'm going to be trained so I can be stronger and help my team some more! Anyway, I have to go to bed. I'll talk to again soon, Mama.
Love, Lucy
After folding the paper and sealing it, she put it on her desk and went to her bed. She lied down and pulled the covers over her, falling asleep in only a matter of seconds.
Alright, here is the chapter all finished! So, for Lucy's magic, she'll be learning about the Star Dresses and how to use them. I have only seen all of the anime and I'm just starting to read the manga, so some features of the Star Dresses might be different, because I don't know everything about them. I'll also be adding a few tweaks here and there to make the magic suit the story. Also, if I get any major things wrong, please do let me know so I could change it to make it more accurate. Thank you for reading so far!