The Lion's Sin of Pride:
Chapter Two (A Fairy's Tale Pt 2)
November 28th, X784
Magnolia Town, Fiore
"Open Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius!"
As Lucy called out the spell, she dipped the tip of the key into the water in the bath. Sending the necessary amount of magic into the key, she felt the pathway to her oldest spirit's gate and opened it.
As she did this, a glow began when her key touched the water and a golden magic circle appeared around it. From the circle a funnel of water rose, rotating at great speed, before it exploded outward, soaking everything in the bathroom.
"WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT SUMMONING ME IN YOUR DIRTY BATHWATER, YOU LITTLE BRAT!" the spirit of the Water Bearer screeched.
Lucy brushed away her blonde hair from her face, and looked at the spirit she summoned. Aquarius, her first spirit, and one of those that she inherited from her mother. The mermaid spirit floated there in her bathroom, enraged at her master. Her blue hair – that matched her tail – seemed to gain a life of its own as it billowed out, a turquoise aura surrounding her in her anger.
"WELL?" Aquarius screamed again, when Lucy didn't answer.
"I'm sorry," the mage whispered, and this stopped Aquarius in her tirade, "I just needed to talk to you."
Aquarius stared at her young master, intently. While she may not particularly like her, preferring her former master Layla, Aquarius did watch Lucy grow up. She knew when her master was troubled, and at the moment she was troubled.
Rolling her eyes, the mermaid floated down closer to the blonde, "What happened? Scorpio said that there was some trouble on your last job."
"It was a routine job. A dark guild was terrorizing Shirotsume town and we took the mission to take them down. All of Team Natsu," her brown eyes, glistened over with unshed tears, "It was easy."
"Who do we need to see again?" Natsu asked, after he was left on the train. Again. Erza knocked out several employees at the train station in her anger before they were able to get him back. Then, she promptly asked to be punished.
"The new mayor, Zekua Melon," Lucy answered with a smile, "He was elected after Everlue was arrested. He's the one who posted the job to Fairy Tail. I guess he was happy with the last job we completed," she finished with a smirk. Her fingers clasping Virgo's key, which responded with a glow.
"Watermelon who?" Natsu asked, a clueless expression on his face.
"The guy who hired us to take that book from Duke Everlue. Remember Natsu?" Happy asked the pink haired mage.
"Oh yeah! The guy with the weird mustache!"
"Aye, sir!"
"Anyway we're to meet him at Everlue's old mansion. It's the new residence for the mayor."
"Cool, let's go!" Natsu shouted, and off they went to the mansion.
"We got to the mansion and found out from the mayor, exactly what Manticore Sting has done to the town," Lucy paused her story, as she looked away from her spirit, "He said that ever since Everlue was arrested, Manticore has been targeting Shirotsume, exclusively. Apparently, they had a deal with him to leave his lands alone in reward for his silence on what they were doing."
Lucy hung her head down, as she thought about what had happened in Shirotsume town. Those poor girls…
"What do they do?"
"Mira said that they abducted young people who had the potential to use magic and brainwashed them into joining. Only, it wasn't all of them, it was just the boys that joined up."
"What happened to all they girls they took?" the spirit asked, though she had an inkling. You don't be an immortal spirit and not see some of the worst in humanity.
The team made it to the stronghold that Kaby Melon told them about. The small fort wasn't half the size of the Fairy Tail Guild Hall, though seemed readily defensible.
"Alright, everyone be on guard," Erza said, her eyes locked on the building, as they hid down behind a small wall, "The mayor said that some kids had been taken by the guild a couple of days ago."
"So we make sure that they get out safely," Gray said.
"Okay, great," Natsu started, before he shouted, "Let's go!"
The fire dragon slayer jumped over the wall and ran towards the entrance to the building, Happy following swiftly behind him.
"Natsu, wait!" Lucy hissed at her partner and, when he didn't stop, whispered, "Idiot."
"Let's go Lucy!" Gray said standing up, as he and Erza rushed forward as well.
Lucy sighed, as she watched the more experienced mages run towards the guild, and looked down at Wendy and Carla, "You both ready?"
Wendy nodded, a determined look on her face, as Carla simply said, "Yes."
The last three of Team Natsu ran forward, and when Wendy inched ahead, Lucy eyed Carla flying beside her.
"Carla," the white cate looked at the blonde, "If it gets too dangerous in here, I want you to get Wendy out. Okay?"
The exceed stared at the blonde mage. Though the team was named after Natsu, and the most experienced mage was Erza, Carla always knew Lucy was special. Not only was she the only member to think before she acted, she was the strategist and had such a kind heart. From day one she took Wendy and herself under her wing and made sure they were comfortable in their new home, especially after what happened to Cait Shelter.
"Why would you say that? What do you know?"
"They others might not realise, or they just aren't thinking about it, but this guild beat Mira," Lucy paused, as they were about to reach the door, "Cana told me that Mira, back before Lisanna went missing, was more powerful than Erza. And Elfman was a lot more powerful too. It's been a couple of years since then, and Manticore have only had the chance to get stronger."
"You think that they could be that powerful?" Carla squeaked out.
"I don't know, but we would be stupid to underestimate them."
The celestial mage took a breath before she stepped into the building. The first thing she noticed was the dust floating around the hall. The second, was the lack of fighting. Natsu and Gray weren't throwing around elemental attacks trying to one-up each other, and Erza wasn't taking hordes of people on at once. Nor was Wendy using her supports spells on their teammates.
"Carla, find Wendy now!" Lucy ordered, "I don't like this."
"Alright!" she replied as she flew off.
"Ice-Make: Lance!"
As ice lances flew towards the cat, Lucy picked a golden key quickly.
"Open Gate of the Archer, Sagittarius! Stop those lances!"
"Yes, Miss Lucy!" The archer in his horse costume saluted, after being summoned, before notching his arrows. He released them and they each reached their mark.
"Lucy?!" Carla called, shocked by the surprise attack.
"Carla, go!" Lucy shouted, as she readied her fleuve d'étoiles. Sagittarius stood at her back, his bow and arrow at the ready, as they both looked for the attacker.
"Are you sure?"
"I mean it Carla!"
"Okay, I'll get some help!" the white cat said, as she flew away down a corridor.
"Miss Lucy, this magic," the archer spirit began to speak before Lucy took over.
"I know. Its Gray's magic" the blonde Fairy Tail mage stated.
"Brava, Lucy," a female voice interrupted. As both mage and spirit turned to a staircase, they saw a tall, blonde woman walk down the stairs. Her tight, white dress hugged every part of herself, and her long blonde hair went down the full length of her back, "Such quick thinking, summoning Sagittarius to block those lances. I knew you could do it."
"Who the hell are you?" Lucy shouted at the mysterious woman.
"My name is Sophia," she said, smirking, "I have some business here."
"What kind of business?" Lucy asked, suspicious of this unknown woman.
"It doesn't matter, you won't be speaking of this meeting with anyone."
"What did she want?" Aquarius asked, seeing how deeply affected her master was.
"Me."
"Why?"
"So, you have business with Charon?" Lucy tried to stall, as she attempted to put a plan together, "Why would you have business with a dark guild? Is he your boss or something?"
"Charon may be the Guild Master of Manticore Sting. But I take orders from no one."
As she finished that sentence, it was as if a deluge of magic power flowed from her body and permeated the air around her. Lucy swayed under the pressure of it, before steeling herself.
This will not be easy, she thought eyeing Sophia, She's as powerful as Jura.
"No. It won't," Sophia smiled.
Uh, did she just hear that? Lucy asked herself.
"Yes. I did," she grinned, "Invasion. It's a form of telepathy, that I crafted myself. All in the name of my beloved Emperor."
"Emperor? Like 'Ice Emperor'? Because, I hate to break it to you, lady, but he's been defeated."
"You defeated Invel?" the taller blonde looked confused, before realisation took over, "Oh! Now I understand. Another ice mage, Lyon Vastia. A member of the light guild Lamia Scale. Your friends are impressive though Lucy. Standing up to Deliora? Even weakened, it's not a simple task."
It's like when Gemini was working for Angel, she knows everything about us, Lucy thought.
"Yes, I do. But don't worry dear, I just wanted to get your attention," the powerful mage stated.
"My at-attention?" Lucy stuttered, wondering why this mysterious mage wanted to know about her.
"Of course, we are related after all, and we need to speak," the telepath said smiling, before turning her head, "Gray, darling. Go help your friends take down Manticore Sting. They've outlived their usefulness."
"Yes, mistress." The Ice-Make mage said, before jumping down from his perch and running in the direction Carla flew off to.
"And darling," Gray paused at this, "Forget this encounter. You were simply running after a mage and he got away."
With that Gray left them, and Lucy turned back to the mage that had closed the difference between them. Up-close Lucy could see some similarities between them, but that could be true about any blonde. She also noticed that Sophia was older than she first appeared, while at first she looked to be in her mid-twenties, she appears to actually be in her thirties.
"You're my niece, dear. You most likely don't remember me, when I last saw you, you were only a baby."
"You're my aunt?"
"Your father's sister, yes."
"My dad?" Lucy was shocked, she didn't remember any mages from her father's side. Then again, he never really spoke about his family.
Sophia's eyes softened as she heard these thoughts, "Jude and our father had quite a falling out. He rejected his own magic and father saw that as rejecting our family. It's why he took Layla's name when they got married."
"My dad has magic?" Lucy was floored by this. Her father who seemed to despise all mages, was one himself.
"He probably hasn't used it in years. My father always asked for the best, and Jude never picked up his magic as naturally as I did. I think he resented me for it, and that's why we've barely spoken since he met Layla. The last time I saw him was at Layla's funeral, where he made me leave before I could speak to you."
"Why now?" Lucy demanded, "Why do you need to speak to me now?"
"Because I wanted to help you," Sophia said, all haughtiness gone, "While Jude forbade me from seeing you, I have kept tabs on you. Especially when you left the konzern to become a mage. Already, despite how short a time you've spent there, you're one of the best known of the Fairy Tail mages."
"Thanks, I guess."
"But, you have neglected your training. You have an astonishing amount of magical power, but almost no stamina. You need to realise this before entering a guild battle. Tsk tsk, my dear, I expect better from a Gaebolg mage."
"Gaebolg mage?" Lucy asked, confused.
"My name is Sophia Gaebolg, and your father's real name is Jude Gaebolg." Her aunt explained, "But you best go on and join your friends. Charon is no mere mage and they might need your help. We'll see each other again."
"But, wait! I have so many questions."
"LUCY!" Happy's shrill cry echoed through the room. And when Lucy was distracted, Sophia used her magic to disappear.
"Sophia?" Lucy asked, noticing her aunt was missing, but before she could look for her, a blue blur flew right into her chest, "Happy. What's wrong?"
"Erza sent me to get you, she was worried when Carla said you were attacked by a mage."
Does Erza really think I can't take on a single mage? Lucy thought to herself, had she not proven that she is capable of more than just being the team's cheerleader.
"I'm fine, let's go Happy." She smiled down at the blue exceed.
"Okay, Lucy!" Happy exclaimed, "Can I get a fish when we're done?"
"Sure, but first we need to finish these guys off."
"Aye!"
You will be ready Lucy, Sophia thought, staring at her niece rushing off to save her friends, I'll make sure of it.
With that last thought, she turned away and left.
"Sophia. I've heard of her," the blue haired spirit started, "Layla told me of her. Your father's younger sister. She only met her once or twice, but I'm not sure she knew that your father's side were mages."
"So my dad never did anything magical?"
"The only magical thing he ever did was make her laugh," she smiled wistfully, remembering a time when Layla was a young mage with a new love.
As they reached the inner chamber where the rest of the guild was, Lucy picked another key and prepared to fight.
"Requip!" Lucy heard and looked over to the other side of the room, to see Erza glow white and stand there in her cheetah-themed Flight Armour.
Erza then, at lightning speed, attacked the mages that surrounded her with her dual blades, "Sonic Claw!"
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu slammed his flaming fist into the face of one of the men, while kicking another away.
"Ice-Make: Hammer!" Gray conjured a giant mallet made of ice above his group of mages and dropped it on them.
"Sky Dragon's ROAR!" Wendy opened her mouth and roared out a cyclone of compressed air at the three mages in front of her.
While two of the mages blocked the attack with shield spells, the mage in the middle took the full brunt of the attack and flew backwards towards the wall, falling unconscious.
The other two mages, powered up spells to attack the Sky Maiden, but before they could unleash them Carla took action to protect Wendy.
"Max Speed!" The white exceed summoned her remaining magic to fly at lightning speeds to lift Wendy away from the incoming spells.
"Thanks Carla!" Wendy said, tilting her head to see her partner, before turning to the mages, "Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!"
Her twin tornados struck the mages and threw them at the wall.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here boys?" A voice behind Lucy said, as a man came from a shadow on the floor.
"A little fairy, I think. Oh and look, she don't have any wings either." Another man said, as he looked to the other man on his right.
"I think that we can have some fun with her boys. What you think honey?" the third asked.
"I think," Lucy started, as she sent magic into the key in her hand, "I'm gonna call a friend here; Open Gate of the Scorpion, Scorpio!"
A golden magic seal appeared behind her, as the echoing sound of a doorbell reverberated around the room. From the circle, a tall form appeared behind her. Clad in his red and white scorpion armour, the dark-skinned spirit had his arms crossed as he smirked down at his mage.
"We are!" the red and white haired spirit exclaimed, "Hey Lucy! What's up?"
"Hi Scorpio!" Lucy smiled up at her spirit, "These boys here wanted to have some fun with me," the blonde put her index finger to her lips, as she looked at the mages from half-lidded eyes.
"Is that so?" Scorpio asked, as he glared at the Manticore members.
"Why don't you show them how we have fun in Fairy Tail."
"Sand Buster!"
A beam of sand was fired from the end of his cannon-like tail, and hit the three dark mages at once. As the dark mages were thrown off their feet, Lucy activated her fleuve d'étoiles. The whip of water, segmented by celestial energy, extended from a spark at the handle. She then whipped all three across the chest, sending them flying into the opposite wall, cratering it.
"Thanks Scorpio!" the blonde said, looking up at her spirit.
"No problem Lucy!" the red and white haired spirit replied, grinning, "How about we help the others now?"
Instead of answering, Lucy cracked her whip at a mage who was about to attack Gray, snaring his ankle and throwing him to the ceiling. She smirked at her spirit and then jumped into the fray.
"Lucy Kick!"
Her leg snapped out and struck another mage in the back, smashing him into the ground. Scorpio grinned, watching his master at work, noting how much more confident she was in her ability from when he first met her.
Seeing a tall, powerfully built man stalk up behind her, Scorpio crouched down with his palms, flat on the ground; "Sand Wall!"
A wall of sand circled his little, blonde master from the energy bolt the enemy mage launched. The young woman turned around, surprised to see the descending wall of sand. Then she saw him.
Tall, and powerfully built, he cut an imposing figure on the battlefield. His unruly, purple hair and strange, yellow eyes gave him an almost manic appearance.
Judging from his power level, this was Charon. The Manticore Sting Guild Master.
Readying her whip, Lucy also laid her hand on her key ring. He was not to be underestimated.
"So little girl," he began, his voice rumbling from his chest as he spoke down to her, "Who are you meant to be?"
"I'm the mage that's gonna take you down," Lucy said, determination filling her. She was gonna save those kids.
He then began to laugh, the booming sound echoing across the room, drawing the attention of the remaining mages. Wendy and Carla, still in the air, looked over at the pair, as the mage they were facing, the only female mage in the godforsaken guild, also stared. Erza and Gray stood back-to-back, a ring of fallen mages surrounding them, as their two final opponents faced them both. And Natsu stood facing his opponent, Happy flying above him in support.
These were the final mages, the S-Class mages. And their Guild Master. Why the hell am I facing Charon? Shouldn't this be Erza's job? Lucy thought.
"Scorpio, return to the Celestial Spirit World," the celestial mage ordered, and the scorpion spirit left in a shimmer of gold. Picking another key, she channelled her magic into it, "I have another spirit in mind for you. Open Gate of the Lion, Leo!"
As she slashed her key to her right, a gold magic circle manifests beside the teeth. From that circle, clad in his usual suit, stood the leader of the Zodiac. His wild orange hair moved from an unseen wind, his hazel eyes locked on Charon.
He was ready for battle. A master combat spirit, he was an incredible warri-
"Hello, Lucy!" He greeted, flashing a blinding smile at her, "How is my beautiful master today?"
Lucy sighed, of course her warrior spirit wouldn't be serious. Loke knelt down beside her, and took hold of her free hand.
"Oh, I'm good Loke. Enjoying the day, fighting mages. The usual," she said answered, narrowing her eyes at him, "Speaking of, you mind helping out?"
"Of course Lucy!" the lion spirit exclaimed, jumping up to his feet, causing an image of 'I love Lucy' to appear overhead, "I'd do anything for you!"
"A celestial mage huh?" Charon noted, "You the bitch that took Angel down?"
"Maybe I am. Why? Were you friends or something?"
"Friends?" he laughed again, "I hated the bitch! She and the rest of Brain's little kids thought they were hotter shit than they were."
"But they were leaders in the Baram Alliance. Right? That made them your allies."
"Manticore's interest are aligned with Grimoire Heart, not the Oración Seis," he began, "The Alliance is between the Seis, Grimoire Heart and Tartoros. Not every dark guild."
"Why the kids?" Lucy asked, hoping to stall for longer, "Why do you take them?"
The dark mage simply answered; "Power."
"What? What do you mean by power?"
"We drain them of their magic potential," he shrugged, "Potentia. It's a spell from the Book of Zeref. It takes the potential power of a mage and drains them of it."
"Bu-but, they would suffer from magic deficiency disease!" she shouted, her anger feeding her connection to Loke, "How DARE YOU!"
She cracked her fleuve d'étoiles at Charon, her emotions sharpening the end. As it struck him, he stood there shocked at how fast she attacked. Feeling a sharp sting, he looked down at his chest and saw a long line of blood dripping down it.
Enraged now, he looked up at her and roared, "YOU LITTLE BITCH! I'LL END YOU!"
Looking around at his fallen mages, he stretched his arms out and a dark magic circle appears, "Marionette Magic: Catatonic Dance"
The unconscious mages all begin to stand with jerky movements. They all then turn towards Lucy, their vacant faces sending shivers down her body.
Caught off-guard, she lowered her whip, and then the bodies jumped.
"Lucy!" Loke yelled.
"I'd never heard of magic like that. I heard he had doll magic, but to be able to control bodies like that? Sherry couldn't do that!"
"You live in a time of 'civilized' magic. Back in the early days before Magic Councils and organized guilds, magic was wild, and there was a broader range of what was capable with it," Aquarius told her, "Magic like Charon's wasn't unheard of, though it is strange to find it now."
"So it's ancient magic? Like Dragon Slayer Magic?" Lucy tried to understand.
"In a manner of speaking, yes. If you want to know more ask Crux, he can probably answer your questions."
"Okay, sure," the blonde murmured, "Sounds like a plan."
"So what happened next?"
"Lucy!" Loke yelled, as he generated golden light into his fist, "Regulus Gatling Impact!"
Rapidly he punched every mage that moved against her, knocking them down again. Seeing them about to get up again, the other Fairy Tail mages tried to reach Lucy, but were intercepted by their own opponents.
Loke stood in front of his master and, sensing her waning magic levels, prepared to end this battle with the puppet mages. Placing his left hand in the crook of his bent, right arm, he began to glow with a blinding, golden light.
As this light began to hurt the eyes of those in the room, he roared, "Lion Brilliance!"
His incantation complete, Loke unleashed his spell which struck all of the Manticore mages in the room. This caused all of those targeted to be flung into the walls and rendered unconscious.
"That was awesome Loke!" Natsu shouted over, as he looked at all of the mages that were taken down by the spell.
Happy flew over to the spirit with a dreamy look on his face, and landed on his shoulder, drooling, "You were so cool! I really want to be a big cat like you someday!"
"Loke isn't actually a cat, you tomcat," Carla tsked, landing with Wendy.
Gray and Erza walked over to the group then, after making sure their mages were also out. Lucy, then looked around, after noticing that Charon was missing from the room.
"Where's Charon?" she asked.
Her question had the others looking around as well, before they heard a scream from the other doorway in the room.
They all began to rush towards the door, when Lucy began to sway. She steadied herself by placing her hand on the wall.
Loke then began to fade away, as Lucy's magic was finally depleted, her connection to his celestial gate severed.
"Lucy! Are you okay?" Wendy asked, running over to help the celestial mage.
"I'm fine, just out of magic. Loke took a lot out of me," she said, feeling disappointed in herself.
Just three summons and I'm out?, she thought to herself, the others can go for hours and not get tired, but I barely fight and can't even stand?
"Are you sure Lucy?" Gray asked coming up to her as well.
"Really, I'm fine," the blonde tried to assure her team, "We need to help those kids."
"It was awful," Lucy said, coming back from the memory, "Those poor kids…"
"What did he do?"
The team made it down the stairs to the basement, where the screams could still be heard. They all ran inside, Lucy leaning heavily on Gray, her strength still not back yet.
Getting through the door, Team Natsu saw Charon standing in the middle of the room on top of a black magic circle. Around him, strapped to beds were five children. Tendrils of energy were being leaving them, and flowing into the circle.
"Welcome Fairy Tail, and witness the magic of the Book of Zeref: Potentia Adulescentia!"
The energy coming from the children, turned an even brighter shade of red, as more magical energy was drained from them. Their faces scrunched up as they felt the pain from their magical containers were drained.
Charon then began to change as well. His already huge body began to grow even further, and became a dark red colour. His purple hair darkened and grew into a wild mane, while his purple eyes turned red with slits for pupils. His hands moulded into talon and his mouth suddenly had too many teeth.
He isn't human, Lucy realized with a feeling of dread.
"He's a demon!" Erza shouted stepping in front of the group, trying to offer some protection from him.
"Very good, Titania," the demon rumbled, his voice distorted as if two were speaking at once, "I'm one of the demons of Zeref."
"So 'Potentia' isn't just a spell from the Books of Zeref. It's you," Lucy guessed.
"Yes. But I have what I wanted now, I have no more business with you and your people," he said, about to leave through the back entrance.
"You can't think we're just gonna let you leave," Gray said, moving away from Lucy, and taking his caster stance.
The demon beast laughed, his maw opening wide showing off his fangs, before grinning at the mages, "Let me? Who are you to let me do anything?"
"We're Fairy Tail!" Natsu answered, his fists igniting, "And we're gonna stop you for good!"
"Aye, sir!"
"That's right Natsu," Erza smiled at him, before looking over to Charon, "We've dealt with demons before."
"Yeah, Lullaby and Deliora," Gray added, remembering those battles, "If we can take them on, we can take you down!"
"Together we've taken down the Oración Seis and even saved an entire world!" Wendy exclaimed next, Carla floating beside her.
"That's right."
"So come on then, bring it!" Natsu launched himself at the demon, "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Charon caught Natsu's fist in his hand, stopping him cold. He then grinned, slamming his hand to the ground, "Marionette Magic: Iron Sentinel."
From the ground, statues made from metal emerged from the ground, grabbing each of the mages in both their arms.
"Hey let them go!" Natsu screamed, trying to shake the demon's hold on him.
The other mages struggled in the statues' hold, though they could barely move an inch.
"Requip!" Erza shouted, trying to change into one of her magic armours, but when no change happened she looked confused, "What?"
"Don't bother fairy. My iron sentinels block your magic from flowing with an area of effect spell, summoning magic doesn't work," Charon explained, before slamming his fist into Natsu's face, rendering him unconscious. He then threw the limp dragon slayer at a wall, "Now, I have bigger fish to fry. Don't try to follow me, or I'll end you all."
He then left, running like a beast through the back entrance, collapsing it by hitting the top of it with his massive talon.
"And that was that. Eventually the statues disappeared and we got the children to safety," Lucy finished the story, "They'll never be able to practice magic again though. The healer said that their magic containers were too badly damaged."
"Okay," the mermaid spirit started, "You've had worse missions than that one. What was so bad that you're like this?"
"It just highlighted the fact that I'm nowhere near as strong as the others. I've always been proud of my magic," Lucy said, looking her spirit in the eyes, "Celestial Spirit Magic is an amazingly beautiful magic, I love it. Its mom's magic."
The blonde mage then stood up, water from the bath dripping down her body. Stepping out, she walked over to where Virgo left her a towel.
"But holder magic, even Celestial Spirit Magic, is just not as powerful as caster magic," she continued, pulling her hair into a bun, "There's no excuse for why I'm not more help in a fight. I have nine zodiac spirits. Out of twelve! And even though you and Loke are my strongest spirits, I know that you've never been able to really go all out, because your spells draw on my magic."
Wrapping her towel around herself, she turned to face Aquarius again, "I'm just too weak…"
The blue haired spirit stared at her master for a beat, then her face screwed up in her trademark rage. She may not like her, but in the name of the King, she would make sure she lived up to the Heartfilia name!
"Enough!" she screamed, startling the blonde mage, "If you're looking for sympathy, you summoned the wrong spirit."
When it looked like Lucy was going to say something, Aquarius floated right up into her face, and threatened, "If you so much as open your mouth before I finish, I'll drown you every day of your very. Short. Life," the last three words punctuated with a finger poke to the chest.
With that threat hanging in the air, Lucy gulped down her own retort, knowing that her mermaid spirit was serious.
"I've had a lot of masters of the years. They all came with different power levels, different skills. Few have ever been able to summon me and keep me out for as long as you. Your mother couldn't when she was your age," she paused, seeing Lucy look startled, "Yeah, your mother was one of the most powerful celestial mages in history, and you've already exceeded her accomplishments at your age. The only mage that ever had the power to let me go all out was Anna Heartfilia.
"The point is, you're young. You have time to grow into your power. And stop comparing yourself to that dragon boy. He was handed his power, he didn't earn it. The same can be said about the other dragon slayers."
Aquarius straightened up, and looked at Lucy, who was staring at the floor. She had a lot to think about.
"Maybe you should actually do some training, if you really feel you need it. Take a break from Fairy Tail, and learn more about your magic. Celestial Spirit Magic is more than just summoning spirits," the mermaid then sneered at her master, "And don't bother summoning me for a while, I'm spending a couple of weeks with my boyfriend."
As she began to shimmer away in a mix of turquoise and gold, Lucy heard her spirit say something else.
"And don't you even dare summon Scorpio!"
AN:
So thanks guys for the great response to the first chapter!
I really hope you all like this one. It was a pain to get the flashback scene the way I wanted it, so I hope you enjoy!
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