Hello Everyone!
Sorry this took so long. I just have a lot to do and plus the holidays are coming up and so are my Mid terms. Though I should have some free time coming up so hopefully I can get more stories and chapters out here soon. Especially this one and Fairy Tail: What Brings Us Together. Anyway enough of me and on with the story. I hope you all enjoy it.
~wolvesfinalden
Fairy Tail: By Your Side
Chapter 12: His Promise
Lucy was now walking through what she was told was Edolas. She was in a desperate search to find anyone that was here. So far she couldn't find a sign of Erza, Gray, Happy, not even Duke or Natsu. This scared her, was she all alone here with no way home? Luckily she was still able to have her magic as a means of a way to protect herself. She looked up to the sky remembering what had happened.
Flashback
When Lucy woke up she saw what was left of her home. No one else was there and when she realized that, she quickly stood up. She began calling out for her team and most importantly Duke. He was nowhere to be seen. After what seemed like hours of calling, she saw someone walking towards her in the distance. When he came in sight she realized it was Mistogen.
"Hello Lucy." He said.
"Hello, where is everyone else?" Lucy asked wanting answers.
"I'm afraid I don't know. However I'm assuming they got sucked into the Anima. Through there it will enter into Edolas, which is where I believe they are. However before you go there you must take this." He said as he held out a small round pill.
Lucy looked hesitant for a moment but decided that he had no reason to harm her. So she took the pill willingly then turned to him after she had swallowed it whole.
"What will this do?" she asked him.
"This will allow you to keep your magic. Edolas does not have magic there, if you didn't take the pill, you would be stuck there with absolutely no magic to defend yourself."
"Great now how to I get there?" Lucy said.
"That is the tricky part."
Flashback end
After that Mistogen knocked her out and here she was. Stuck in Edolas with no way to track her friends. She walked around trying not to attract any attention to herself and luckily she found a small town. There is where she decided to stay for a while, or at least until she could find some kind of lead.
Natsu and the others listened to Edolas Lucy's story. Turns out that this Fairy Tail was fighting for their right to keep their guild. During their fight they lost their master and not only that they tried to take the Edolas Natsu as well, as a way to show them that they were defenseless against the kingdom. When they tried Edolas Lucy went to take his place. Their Natsu begged her not to and when they went to touch Lucy, her Duke attacked. He took down five of the guards and was about to take down their leader. Edolas Lucy tried to call him back to her but in the end they were able to catch Duke off guard and knock him out. Lucy begged them to take her instead but they only shrugged her off and took Duke away from the guild. After that the guild wasn't the same.
They wanted to disband the guild for good so no one else would be taken away. However it was Lucy that decided against it. She didn't want Duke's sacrifice to be in vein nor their master's. So the guild remained up and running, with features so the guild go mobile.
Natsu took in all the information and had an angry look to his face. He knew how much his Lucy treasured Duke, it had to be the same for the Edolas Lucy as well, along with the guild itself.
"This is why we stay on the run. Why we won't disband and why we won't give up. How can we? Not when we've lost them to that cause. It just wouldn't right so that's why we stay on the run, why we want to keep what we have." Edolas Lucy ended.
"I would do the same. We still have our Duke but for them to take your Duke away and the master as well. This isn't right." Natsu said.
Wendy, Carla, and Happy all agreed as well. Happy was saddened at the news that their Duke was taken away. He looked over to Natsu who still held his angry gaze. He watched as Natsu looked over their entire guild.
"Our friends were taken away as well. I don't know where they are but I will find them. No matter what it takes." Natsu said. "We aren't from Edolas, we are from Earthland, and there we have a Fairy Tail guild as well. Though the difference is that we all hold magic power and guilds are meant to be there and are untouched."
"Must be nice to be wanted and not on the run. Even more so to have magic power of your own." Lucy commented.
"Do you know where they could have taken your Duke?" Natsu asked her.
"The only place I could think of is the Palace. They probably have him locked up, afraid that he will go on a rampage in order to get back home."
"Then I'll make you a promise." Natsu said to her.
Edolas Lucy looked up rather shocked.
"If you can show us where this kingdom is and where I can find the palace. I promise to get your Duke back and make sure he makes it back home." Natsu said to her.
"If it were that easy don't you think I would have done that by know?" Lucy said with anger.
Natsu however didn't back down from his offer. He knew if he looked for his family he would more than likely find Edolas Duke along the road and there was no way in hell he would leave him behind.
"Fine but I will go with you." Lucy finally said.
Edolas Natsu looked at her in fear. He then walked over and tried to talk her out of it.
"Lucy you know how dangerous it is. You've tried before and I even went with you." Edolas Natsu said.
"I know that but I have to try again. Duke wouldn't give up on me and I shouldn't give up on him. None of us should."
Edolas Natsu looked at her with sad eyes for a moment. Then in a second they turned to determination.
"Fine but I'm driving you there and going with you."
"Are you sure about that? I know how you are without your car."
"Yes I'm sure. I'll be even more afraid if I don't know where you are."
Edolas Lucy then sighed and nodded.
Natsu smiled at the two. He hoped he would find his Lucy soon and fast. He was worried about her and not to mention their Duke. Though he was sure that they would find him along the way and that was enough to go on.
"Alright then let's get moving." Natsu said walking towards the door.
The others then soon followed out but before Edolas Lucy left she turned to the rest of the guild.
"Be safe and remember what you are to do if anything bad happens. I'm counting on all of you." She said.
They all nodded to her and wished her luck. Some even yelling to hurry up and bring Duke back. Finally they all left out the door.
Duke walked through Edolas for an hour or so now. He was trying to pick up the scents of anyone from the guild. More specifically he was looking for Lucy. He growled when he remembered what had happened before he came here.
Flashback
Duke and Mistogen walked toward where Lucy would be. Though before they got there, the man stopped in his tracks and looked up to the sky. He quickly turned to Duke.
"Duke you must go to Edolas now!" he shouted.
Duke was shocked but then growled and barked in protest. He wasn't going anywhere without Lucy.
"I know you want to find Lucy but Natsu and the others will need you. I didn't realize they had gone there already without taking those magic pills." Mistogen explained.
The wolf then stopped growling and looked up to the sky. He quickly looked back to the man but found that he had already left. Duke growled then looked for a way to get through the Anima to Edolas. He couldn't find anything that could launch him far enough to get up there. The wolf began to become frustrated and started sprinting toward Mistogen's scent.
As the wolf sprinted he began to feel magic swirl around him. So he ran even faster than he ever though he could. Duke wasn't paying attention to what was happening until he finally felt a small amount of weight on his back. He quickly stopped in his tracks and turned around. When he did his golden eyes widened at what he found. There protruding from his back was huge wings. They were as white as snow and looked to be shimmering with specks of gold.
The white wolf then looked up to the sky once again. Not sure how he could even fly but he let his instincts do the work for him. He quickly launched himself off the ground and took flight. His wings did the work for him. He looked in awe at the wings he never knew he had. Then turned his look towards his destination. He flew up through the Anima and arrived quickly into the place called Edolas. As the wolf flew small memories came to him that he knew were not his own. Before thinking too much about it the wolf flew down to the land. Once he landed he began his search for the two dragon slayers and their cats.
Flashback End.
As the wolf searched for them he began to pick up a familiar scent. When he sniffed some more he found that it smelled of ashes mixed with the scent of a spring breeze. Duke then realized who's scents they were and quickly raced towards it. When he got there he found not only Natsu, Wendy, Carla and Happy but another Natsu and what looked like Lucy. Duke got excited when he saw her but then stopped when the girls scent hit his nose. He knew then this wasn't his Lucy. The scent was the same but it came across a bit harsher than his Lucy.
Still the wolf got closer and noticed they were headed for a town up ahead. The group stopped and looked to be talking. Duke took this chance to present himself. He stood up on the hill and held up his head, letting out a loud howl echoing through the breeze.
Natsu turned and smiled at what he saw. There standing on the hill was without a doubt their Duke. The wolf then raced down the hill and ran towards Natsu. The fire mage waved for him as he got closer. Natsu then held out his hands and received a tackle, causing him to be knocked to the gorund. Duke licked his face and wagged his tail.
"Hey Duke great to see you too buddy!" Natsu laughed as he tried to push him off.
Edolas Lucy looked in envy at the wolf. She knew this wasn't her Duke but the wolf looked almost identical to hers though there was one key difference as she looked at the wolf's gold eyes. She then looked up to the sky and whispered.
"We're coming Duke. Just hang tight. We'll be together again soon."
There we have it. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you so much for reading guys. I will try to have more up here soon. So until then and if I don't see you all before then MERRY CHRISTMAS!
~wolvesfinalden
