Lucy had been watching Wendy kick ass against the Warqueen Carina when she felt an urging tug on her magic. It wasn't one of her spirits and everyone, except Laxus, had been rescued so if she had to guess it must have been Sydelle or one of her underlings. Lucy knew that it was a trap, knew she shouldn't leave the safety of the group but she needed to face her . . . Aunt. She had a plan, a high stakes one, but it was already a matter of life and death so might as well make the gamble.
While everyone was enthralled in Wendy's battle she managed to sneak out through the wall by using her newfound gate magic. The first thing she did was put an extra barrier around her mind, normally Kaleb would be able to break through but she was hoping he wasn't quite up to the task. With four dragon slayers and Vander around she knew they'd be hot on her heels, eventually. Plus Cristoff was getting amped up on moon juice so really her plan boiled down to the possibility she'd have fifteen minutes. The hunting dogs appeared beside her, ready to guide her to where Laxus was being held. She'd kept the, out after Kaleb had been found and sent them in search of her mate.
"Princess, we have found the blonde dragon with a strange woman," the shorter of the spirit dogs stated. "Her magic feels funny, similar to yours yet tainted and hidden? Not sure if it makes sense but it's how we feel, so please be careful."
"I will be as careful as I can be," Lucy kissed the two dogs on their foreheads before following them a short way to where the moody blonde man was at. She quietly pushed open the door and slunk in behind some greenery, trying to stay hidden. When she came to an oval part of the room her hands were on her mouth to hold in the gasp that was wanting to escape. Laxus was naked, chained to a table with a woman stroking his erect cock. He was thrashing trying to move away from her, growling and cursing the woman. Lucy took a deep breath and Horologium started a countdown to when the hypothetical arrival of everyone else would be.
"Alright Gemini, you know the drill. Copy me as I am now, including scent and magical power while Scutum shields my magical energy and his."
"Piri, piri!" The spirits turned into the exact replica of their keyholder. "I will make sure I get her talking and clock man wanted me to tell you that Thane grabbed Presca and you have roughly five minutes before they arrive." Lucy frowned at that, forgetting about the energy tracking mage that was Vander' partner. Oh well, guess they'd just hear all the shitty stuff about her past then. Not much sense in trying to keep it hidden anyways since Kaleb would drag it out of her anyways if she survived.
Lucy brushed Scutum's key, letting him know that she needed to go undetected magically as well as be unseen by everyone around her. She felt him respond in kind and hoped that this would work since they'd never tried anything like it before. Gemini Lucy was going to get herself "caught" so that the real Lucy could study her opponent better, get a real understanding this Queen Sydelle. Gemini was slinking around the shrubbery before they were tossed out into the open by one of the guards walking around.
Your friends have encountered some Joyan warriors on their way to you, Princess. There's only a dozen of them so I doubt they will be more than a couple minutes in dispatching them. Lucy thank Horologium as she slowly made her way around the back of the room to get a better view of what was about to happen. Hopefully, nothing happened to Gemini, she really didn't want to blow her cover but definitely would if it meant keeping her spirit safe.
"You will wait until the High Warqueen arrives. She wishes to meet you before she hands you your punishment." Lucy looked curiously at the woman talking to Gemini, the one who had been with Laxus. Lucy had to stomp down her rage over that, cool the burning sensation in her veins. Her counterpart stood in front of the warrior, a glare in her eyes, as she patiently waited for the woman to arrive. They've hit another wall of warriors before the doors to this room, the number has tripled, estimating another seven minutes until entering.
"If it isn't Miss Lucy Heartfilia here in my humble home, here to rescue her beloved dragon mate. Well, almost mate. Forgive my rudeness though, I am High Warqueen Sydelle and I have been waiting for your arrival. Your friends are making quick work of my foot soldiers, inside and outside the compound, I am impressed."
"You should hand over Laxus before you meet the same end."
"Foolish girl, you'll never be able to battle one as great as I. I've spent years climbing my way to the top, fighting to secure my position of power and no weak, celestial mage will be able to take it from me." The woman circled Gemini Lucy as if waiting for something to happen. Sydelle clapped her hands three times, the sound echoing around the room before the walls became transparent. Both Lucy's looked around to see her family and friends fighting warriors, they weren't being pushed back but they weren't gaining either. "They will watch as I claim your mate as my own, watch you fall to pieces as I break you, laughing while I take your life for my own."
"Why? Why go through all this trouble just to get back at White Sea or me?" Gemini Lucy asked with a trembling lip, pretending to be scared and weak. Lucy watched as Vander tried to enter the room only to be repelled by an invisible wall. They had finished with the warriors and were all standing before the barrier that had been erected.
"They can see and hear everything that transpires here. The look on their faces when I kill you will be most rewarding." Sydelle walked up to Laxus, hand running over his chest and abs. "Such an attractive man you've caught the eye of, he will bring powerful daughters into this world."
"I can't hear them," Gemini Lucy stated as they looked at everyone yelling at her, pleading looks in their eyes.
"We can't have them yelling any hopeful words at you, trying to make you think you have a chance of winning. Once my magic is fully restored they won't be able to stop me anyways and I will take them all as my prizes. Kaleb will be my personal slave while the other men will be given to the new Warqueens or they'll enter the breeding program for the other Joyan warriors."
"And Laxus? What are your plans with him?"
"Oh, he'll be given to my nieces who are just entering their prime childbearing years. He'll be rotated between the six of them for as long as they would like to keep him around."
"You do realize that dragon slayers have a high rate of male children, right?"
"Yes, that is why I plan on changing our ranks. Right now we buy, mainly Boscan, men from the slave markets but if we are able to raise strong men within our ranks, who are born and raised in this culture, then there won't be the uprisings we have now." Sydelle smiled at the blonde woman who looked appalled by the idea.
"So why target Kaleb? Why kill me?"
"Kaleb was to be mine from the beginning," Sydelle's eye's darkened as she glowered at Gemini Lucy. "You, my dear girl, are going to give me my magic back. You see after I killed Layla Heartfilia the Spirit King stripped me of my own celestial magic so by draining you of your magic I will attain my status again. I will reign supreme over all celestial magic!"
"Dark celestial magic!"
"Not dark, child, black! Dark guilds and mages have the ability to change back to the light, why I will never know. Black celestial magic is so much more than anyone knows and while my dear sister chose the light I mastered the black. Spells, specific keys, ancient relics, I have been around it all, controlling it as long as I had my magic. The Spirit King will fear me when I take your keys and any other mage who has keys I will be truly unstoppable!" Both Lucy's were wide-eyed as the looked upon the crazy Warqueen while her friends banged their hands on the invisible shield around the room.
Sydelle picked Gemini Lucy up by the throat before tossing her a ways away. She pulled two small swords from their sheaths on her legs, running the broad side over Laxus' chest, laughing at his roar of rage. He was still deliciously hard and she couldn't wait to stake her claim over the dragon slayer. She looked up to find her niece gone. There was no way the brat could have gotten out of the dome, she had specifically set it up so that their bloodline couldn't exit.
"Sydelle!" Lucy yelled as she walked into the open, "I challenge you for the title High Warqueen!"
"Don't be absurd you stupid girl," a random warrior yelled at Lucy. "Only blood relations or Warqueen Royalty can initiate a challenge!" She was about to continue her rant when Sydelle held up her hand to silence the woman.
"Unfortunately this weakling is a blood relation, she is my niece, the last of two noble families."
Arman's head was spinning as he listened in to what Kaleb was sharing with those that were close to Lucy on the airship. Sydelle was Lucy's aunt, a celestial mage, and the woman behind Layla's death. Arman and Ganier had been close friends with Layla, both women being celestial mages, he was devastated by the loss of Layla. She had been a constant in his life when Ganier had died in the fire, helping him with soothing words and a bright smile. Jude had come to see him once, told him that Lucy would not be practicing magic for as long as he was alive and that his guardianship of Lucy was terminated. It had been a rough day but Arman had respected Jude's decision, even if he felt it was the wrong one.
Now, Lucy had issued a challenge to the Warqueen, one that might very well be the death of her. Sydelle had years of combat experience on Lucy and just as much magical technique even if she wasn't currently practicing. He tried to understand what she was thinking, why she thought this was the best way to go ahead with this plan.
"Kaleb, can you read Lucy's thoughts?" Kaleb shook his head no.
"I can't read anyone's thoughts inside that protective barrier." Arman looked around at the crew, knew they were gaining ground in the compound.
"Thane, you will take Kaleb down to the others. Working with your family you might be able to find a weakness in the barrier and bring it down before it's too late." Kaleb moved Wendy into Arman's arms, sleeping peacefully after her own battle with Warqueen Carina. Kaleb was hesitant to leave her alone, was ever so slowly coming to terms with the whole idea of being her mate.
"Kaleb," his family looked at him with worry in their eyes. "What do we do?"
"We assess the situation and find a way to bring down this damn barrier. We need to get Laxus sorted out before his dragon tears him apart from the inside. He's not doing well under the concoction of drugs that he's been placed on."
"Juvia could cover the dome in water, that way we know how large the barrier is." Kaleb nodded to the woman who started to push her water around the dome, leaving an opening for everyone to see what was going on.
"Zen, fly above and see if you can see any weak points in the structure. Freed go with him." The two mages took off. "Emzadi and Cobra, I want you to work on weakening the foundation, maybe we can tunnel in from the ground. The rest of you I want your surround the shield and attack it, see if we can cause any ripples for Zen and Freed to exploit, but don't use too much of your magic. Remember, Lucy and Laxus are still in there." The mages set to do their guild master's bidding, firing attacks of all kinds at the shield.
Lucy looked around as White Sea tried to help her and Laxus, tried to stop her from doing what needed to be done. She eyed Sydelle, who was still holding her two short swords waiting to see who'd make the first move. Lucy had studied all she could, knew she'd have to rely heavily on her spirits to help her out and hopefully, she'd pull this off the way she wanted too. It might be foolish, slightly insane, but if it could save everyone she cared about then it was worth the risk. She wasn't sure how much Sydelle knew about her, wasn't sure if she was aware of what keys she held, spells she could use, or star dress forms. Lucy hoped that she only knew about what was televised at the Grand Magic Games a few years ago, plus no-one really knew about her star dress abilities besides the guild. She didn't exactly parade around in those forms.
"Challenge accepted! I will make your defeat quick so that I am able to acquire your magic in a timely fashion." Sydelle charged Lucy head-on, slashing a sword across the front of her body which Lucy narrowly had time to move out of the way. Lucy called Leo out, she was going to have to use her best close range fighters for this battle. Leo kept Sydelle occupied enough for Lucy to get a message to Virgo about tunnelling a pathway under the floor to her guildmates. She cried out as Loke was flung into her, sending the duo flying while Sydelle chuckled.
"At least try to impress me. I'm not even breaking a sweat." Lucy kept Loke out and adorned her Taurus star dress, using her spirits brute strength to fight against her aunt. Sydelle looked at Lucy in awe, never had any celestial mage been able to use the magic that she was displaying. The spirits had to trust in their keyholder one hundred percent in order to lend them their magic and not abuse it. Not to mention it took a lot of magic in order to keep the star dress going plus having spirits draw from the celestial mage's magic reserves. Her niece wasn't as weak as she had originally thought.
Lucy attacked first this time, throwing rapid punches as Sydelle who was easily blocking them but she couldn't escape a Lucy Kick to the ribs that had her careening into a stone pillar. Lucy could feel the magic of the barrier wavering, knew it was only a matter of time before White Sea mages were flooding the room. Sydelle grabbed Lucy's waist, tackling her to the ground before bringing a sword down. Lucy blocked it with the sudden summoning of her axe before pushing Sydelle off of her. Lucy was bleeding from the small nick on her chest from not pulling her weapon up soon enough. Princess, the tunnel had been established as you wished and the lunar dragon slayer is making his way to Laxus with Miss Juvia to heal Laxus. I've collapsed as they entered so no one else could follow but they are very close to breaking the barrier and eroding the fountain on their own. Lucy swung her axe around her head before bringing it down on Sydelle who blocked it with her two swords crossed in front of her.
Sydelle was starting to panic, never had she encountered a warrior who could best her especially when using her own type of magic against her. She pushed Lucy away from her, desperate to end this and claim her victory. She couldn't bring other warriors into the battle, they would think she was weak and would demand her to step down. However, she needed to win. Needed her magic recovered. Lucy summoned Gemini back then and had them transform to go up against their opponent.
"How? How did your spirit copy me!"
"Gemini copied you when you lifted them up by the throat earlier. Without your own magic, and with mine being the strongest its ever been, it wasn't hard to trick you into thinking that was the real me earlier. Gemini knows everything about you, maybe even more than you know about yourself. How you and my mother were inseparable growing up but when you were ten, and my mother eight, you were taken to Pergrande where you were to be a slave. You lasted all of three months before your predecessor found you, bought you and trained you to become a black celestial mage. The two of you did an ancient blood oath, making you a blood relation so you could inherit the crown since your new mother was unable to bear children. Your final test was to kill my mother, as a show of loyalty to the High Warqueen at the time, couldn't risk you switching sides one day."
"You don't know what it's like to be captured and caged, never knowing if someone was looking for you or not. High Warqueen Gena raised me to be a warrior, to keep on fighting no matter the odds against you. I dominated all my classes and didn't hesitate to devise a way to end my sister's life, a woman who married rich after our parents left her everything. My only regret was not killing you when you were younger." The two women charged at each other, exchanging blow after blow, Sydelle doing well against two opponents. Lucy was bleeding in several spots on her arms and legs but Sydelle wasn't fairing much better either. Joyan warriors were gathered outside the barrier, as it creaked and groaned, cheering for their Warqueen. Lucy could feel her magic beginning to dip, she'd used a lot of it today so she sent Gemini back to conserve some the rest of it.
"You've got this Lucy!" She blocked another blow but felt a smile tug on her lips. Laxus was alright! She wanted nothing more than to look at him but that'd mean turning away from Sydelle. Lucy, you know what you have to do. This isn't something you can back down from now, especially with her warriors watching everything. Kaleb spoke to her as he was helping the first three waves of mages who had entered the building, directing them as needed. Lucy's stomach churned at what he was saying, it was the truth though, and after everything she had done to them, it was within her ability as a White Sea mage to finish it all. Still, the idea of actually ending someone's life with her own hands made her nervous. Lucy changed into her Cancer star dress, pulling out two scissored blades from their resting place on her back. She met Sydelle's wide eyes with her confident ones, exchanging a few more blows before Lucy caught Sydelle's side, her wound bled freely. Sydelle dropped to one knee, her weapons clanked to the floor as she held her side.
"How could one as weak as you, defeat me?"
"Because I'm not weak." Tears filled Lucy's eyes, wishing it didn't have to come to this as she plunged the blade into Sydelle's chest, whispering a final farewell to the woman. She watched as the barrier finally fell, the warrior fell to their knees in a bow to their new High Warqueen. Lucy blinked several times as they stood chanting her name, she wasn't expecting that outcome. One Joyan walked over to her, a small smile on her face, as she presented Lucy with an intricate rose gold crown and placed it on her head. Cheers rang out amongst the crowd.
"Please bring me all the Warqueen's," Lucy ordered as kindly as she could.
"I am the only one left alive, High Warqueen Lucy. My name is Warqueen Angeline Custos." Lucy walked over to the woman and extended her hand in which Angeline grasped her forearm in greeting.
"We have much to talk about but first I need you to have this place cleared up, the dead burned and the injured looked after." Lucy was extremely tired, felt what little strength she had left slowly starting to leave as her adrenaline dropped. Kaleb, I think now would be a really good time to bring your Dad into work on some new peace treaties. The mindbender mage smiled, nodding towards Lucy. I think you have a dragon that needs to be tamed first. We can handle everything here until you're finished. Lucy heard Kaleb laugh in her head as she mentally rolled her eyes, but he wasn't wrong. Even she could feel the turmoil Laxus was in over all of this. "Tell me where my room is, please." Angeline gave her the directions as Laxus scooped Lucy off, leaving everyone to their own devices.
Lucy wanted to look around the room but Laxus had other ideas as he set her on the table, lips attacking her neck. "We need to talk Laxus." Her mind yelled at her to stop this but her body, her body told her she needed this connection they had been skirting around for so long.
"We have all the time in the world to talk. I need you, my dragon needs you. We've been hard for so long and want you even more than I had before. Those other vile women touching me weren't you. You're all I've ever wanted, needed." Laxus said between kisses as he stripped Lucy of her clothes, his own clothes still missing from when he was naked and strapped down. He was going on instinct with Lucy, driven to claim the woman as his own. Laxus' hands found Lucy's breasts while his fingers coaxed her nipples to hard little nubs as they ached with every pinch, her clit began to throb as she thrust her hips forward with the arousal that was building.
"What do you want, my mate?" he asked as she licked her lips and motioned downward with her eyes.
"Taste me," Lucy breathily answered. He smiled and licked his lips, leaning forward as he pulled her panties to the side. Her clit was so engorged it peeked out above the folds of her pussy and he exhaled, his hot breath skimming over it and she gasped at how good it felt. Suddenly his warm breath was replaced by a wet tongue as swirled it in little circles down one side of Lucy's pussy and then up the other, never quite dipping it inside. It was just hard enough that the pressure of every swirl made its way right to her clit. Lucy wanted to feel Laxus' cock inside her. Fuck, she needed to have his cock deep within her seeping pussy.
Lucy looked down, pleading with her eyes for him to make her come, but he just smiled and kept eye contact with me before he plunged his tongue inside of her. Lucy was riding on the edge of her first oral orgasm from her mate, sparking a deep desire to ride his large cock until he was calling her name. Her legs tingled and twitched as he took her closer to the edge, then backed away teasing her to where she whimpered in desperation.
"Yes," Lucy gasped looking at the ceiling, "Please, please let me come."
"Ah, but we cannot have that yet," he answered, stopping the wonderful tonguing he had been giving her only to be replaced by one of Laxus' long fingers. He slid it inside her wet core as she clenched her pussy around it, making him smirk. He curled it upward and found her g-spot causing Lucy to gasp and throw her head back moaning in delight. Laxus lowered his head to her pulsing clit and blew on the sensitive nub. First, it was one finger massaging that spot, then two as Lucy floated away on a pleasured high as Laxus' fingers coaxed more from her body. Lucy's body quivered as she arched her back to feel the palm of Laxus' hand push against her clit.
Lucy pinched her own nipples as Laxus continued his torture below. Not giving her any notice he pulled her clit inside his mouth and suckled on it. She lost control as Lucy felt wave after wave of pure bliss pulse up her legs and throughout her body. She thrusted her hips against Laxus who was still eagerly sucking on her clit. Her legs were splayed wide, her body humming with the anticipation of Laxus' cock pushing into her sweet folds. Lucy looked down, their eyes met.
"What would you like me to do next, beautiful mate of mine?" he asked is a husky tone. Lucy was still coming down from her orgasm but knew exactly what she wanted.
"Fuck me," she begged as Laxus put his hands on either side of Lucy's hips to bring her closer to the edge of the table before he slowly slid his pulsing cock between the wet folds.
"Oh god," Lucy moaned, closing her ' smile was decadent, his eyes filled with lust, and the soft skin of Laxus' hard cock against her sex was having its intended effect. Laxus' moans grew to match hers as he began to glide in and out, her pussy pulled him further inside. He threw his head back at the sensation, inch by glorious inch he pushed his cock inside of her and each time she squeezed her pussy around him. Laxus pulled one of Lucy's long legs over his shoulder as he began to plunge harder and faster into her.
"Oh yesss…" she hissed. Laxus' thumb found her clit, circling it as he fucked her. Lucy's fingers rolled her nipples as she felt herself climbing another mountain of pleasure, hoping that this time Laxus would join her. Lucy looked up at him as they watched each other's pleasure grow. Laxus' cock was even harder now and she was drenched with arousal, the look in Laxus' eyes was almost feral but Lucy must have had a similar look in her eyes for he began to quicken his pace.
"Fuck me . . . make me come . . . Please Laxus!" Lucy was pinned beneath Laxus' powerful thrusts, full with his magnificent cock, his fingers strumming her clit. An animal groan came from deep inside him and I felt Laxus' cock begin to spasm, hand gripping my hips then as he pummeled in her so hard that it pushed her over the edge. Lucy screamed with bliss as her world went white with pleasure. They both gasped, moaned, and writhed against each other, begging each other to keep fucking, to keep coming, to keep that amazing feeling alive for as long as they could. Each mutual thrust gave way to another wave of orgasms that gradually ebbed as they slowed and stopped. Laxus picked Lucy up in his arms and carried his exhausted mate to their bed. He'd need to replace the table since it was stained with the juices of their sexual activities, but it was a very small price to pay for being able to remember having sex with his mate this time around. He threw the sheets over to him as Lucy snuggled into his side, kissing the top of her head he fell into a peaceful sleep. They'd worry about everything else tomorrow.