Crystal: Well guys, sorry for the long wait, but here's the next chapter. I been trying to update all of my stories as the days go by and I'm being sort of successful, but anyways, enjoy
Into the past
"Sir, please, can you tell me what's going on here?" Lucy finally spoke as the old man still held her by the wrist as they ran through the forest and brush of trees. "You mustn't ponder on this now! We're almost to the village and I might not even be able to explain the situation myself", Makarov muttered being cautious to make sure the demon wasn't on their tracks. The blonde shut her mouth looking forward wearily. She was totally going to get grounded once her dad found out she'd missed school. A scary thought passed her mind suddenly. What if she didn't find a way back home? She shook her head willing herself to remain hopeful.
Her senseless thinking came to a stop when they arrived at a village with wooden houses and lively people running around with harvest baskets. They dispersed upon their presence giving her strange glances of shock as some of them had tears pouring down their eyes. "Mavis!" they yelled as they ran to surround them. Makarov shook his head in sadness making them pause in their tracks. "No, unfortunately, she is not the first master of our guild. But she might be her reincarnation. She has been attacked recently by a demon seeking Fairy Heart, and finding no way to save herself, she released the demon king to aide her", Makarov spoke seriously as fear could be felt throughout the crowd.
"Master, what will we do then?" a young woman asked as she held her child close to her. "From now our priority is to set up a scripture of protection to keep the demon king out of the village and protect the young priestess here", the old man continued as they all nodded in determination. Lucy felt so left out and had even more questions as she was pulled again inside a great building with the huge letters FAIRYTAIL plastered in red paint across the front. They both entered, greeted by a group of young people seemingly around Lucy's age. "Gramps, glad you're back. Who's the girl?" A black haired teen with dark blue eyes asked.
"How rude of you, Gray! Introduce yourself first!" Makarov glared as the teen scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Sorry. I'm Gray Fullbuster", he presented himself as the blonde nodded slowly. A beautiful red head next to him gave her a gentle smile before speaking. "I'm Erza Scarlet, a pleasure", she nodded to her as Lucy returned a shy smile. She hadn't a lot of experience talking to guys and this one was very attractive and the girl was just as stunning. She was extremely shy and seeing the expectant glances of the people from the room made her realize in embarrassment that she hadn't introduced herself.
"Sorry! Uh, my name is Lucy Heartfilia. Nice to meet all of you, and all I really want to know is where exactly am I?" She said in a ramble of words not really being able to effectively convey her desperate plea. "Heartfilia? As in the royal family Heartfilias?" Gray questioned in shock. Lucy looked at him bewildered not getting all this about her being someone from royalty. "Now's not the time. Poor thing is terrified and master, it'd be wise to answer her questions as well as ours. Freed, was just taken out by the villagers to place a protective scripture around the village", Erza said seriously as Makarov nodded for them to sit. "Well it seems that this child here possesses the same magical and purifying abilities as our first master. And if my intuition is correct, she must be her reincarnation", Makarov explained as both Gray and Erza looked towards the blonde in shock.
"Look, I have no idea what's going on. I'm not from here wherever this may be. I am no priestess or reincarnation of a priestess. I'm just a regular girl that ended up here after touching these", Lucy pointed out as she pulled the ring of golden keys that she had been clutching in her hand the entire time of the ordeal. Their eyes widened immensely at the keys. "Child! Where did you get those?!" Makarov asked. "The keys belonged to my mother. I happened to be looking through her room and once I touched these I ended up here", she blinked confused to their shock. "These keys actually belonged to our first master and contain the celestial spirits, holy protectors of the universe. They guard their master with their lives as well as rid the world of demons", Erza hummed as she tentatively grasped the keys in her hands.
Lucy looked at the keys skeptically. To her they just seemed like any other keys, but now as she looked at them more carefully she saw they had a different structure and even the symbols of the zodiac signs on them. The red head gave them back to her as the blonde examined each more carefully. "Anyways, where did you come from? A neighboring village perhaps. Your clothing is different", Makarov got her out of her daze. The blonde blinked in confusion before remembering that in fact she didn't belong there. "Like I said, I don't even think I'm even supposed to be here. I don't think I'm from this place at all. This might sound crazy, but I think I might be from the future", Lucy explained. Gray snickered taking her for a completely insane girl. "So clever", he chuckled making the blonde look down.
"I believe you", Erza nodded in understanding. Lucy's eyes brightened in hope as Makarov gave a nod of agreement as well. "That's right. Mavis died only but a few years ago. There was no way a reincarnation could have been born so quickly. The keys disappeared without a trace and haven't been seen until today. The demon king was released without any knowledge of the power you possess. Anything is possible", the old man explained as he paced around the room. "So you're telling me that she really is from the future?!" Gray yelled shocked. "Yes, this place seems to fit the description of a time 300 years from mine", Lucy hummed taking in the surroundings of the wooden building.
"Woah, 300 years from now that's what girls will wear?" Gray said confused. Lucy blushed furiously flailing her arms around. "No! This is a school uniform for high school students", the blonde mumbled pulling at her skirt. "Forget about the clothing. We have more important matters to discuss. If she is our reincarnated first master, seeing by the circumstances that she doesn't know how to use her powers, we should protect her at all cost here in the village. Is that correct, master?" Erza elaborated in thought as Makarov nodded in approval. "But my priority is to get back home!" Lucy squealed. "Child, in order for you to go home, you must be alive. You must remain here for the time being because the demons will have felt your presence and the fact that you have Fairy Heart", Makarov explained to the blonde.
Lucy looked down discouraged. She was still not very keen on the idea that she was this reincarnated priestess from 300 years ago. What if they were wrong? But most importantly what if she never found a way to go back. "We'll help you discover how to use your powers. Our best bet is for Levy to help us with this", Erza explained as if feeling her worries. Lucy smiled and nodded as she was helped by the red head to stand. She was led up a staircase and was left speechless at seeing a huge library stretched before her. "Wow! This is amazing!" Lucy squeaked. "It is. Here we have every book you can think of", Erza chuckled at her enthusiasm as they walked towards a blue haired girl sitting at a small wooden table as she read a book intently.
She looked up with confused brown eyes as she lifted her glasses from her face. "Levy, this is Lucy Heartfilia and we need your help. She might be the reincarnated first master and she needs all the help she can get to get the golden keys to work", Erza explained as the blue haired girl's eyes widened and glowed in anticipation. "Of course! Leave her to me. By the way I'm Levy Mcgarden!" Levy chirped excitedly as she pulled Lucy forward to sit next to her. Erza simply smiled before retreating back down the staircase. Lucy couldn't help, but smile at the contagious excitement of the girl as she moved back and forth between the shelves and pulled books. She returned next to the blonde's side seeing her sad smile. "Don't worry, Lucy-chan. I'm sure I'll be able to help you no doubt", Levy assured her as she sat and handed a leather bound brown book to the blonde.
Lucy took it carefully as she read the name. "Celestial Spirit World", she muttered as she opened the book and began to read its contents. She was so engrossed in the information at her disposal that she forgot that was supposed to be trying to figure out how to use the gold keys. She read about how there were many spirits that belonged to specific keys. There were twelve so called guardians of the universe who were the highest authority of the celestial spirit world. They had been almost gods to the Earth, but had lost themselves to the darkness of humans and went on a rampage. The celestial spirit king sealed them in the twelve gold keys to suppress this darkness and placed them to come under the service of a pure being that would master control over them and protect the universe from harm.
To summon the spirits from their keys you had to recite a spell for each key. Lucy noticed there were drawings of the keys in the next paged with their respective summoning spell. "Leo", she muttered as she looked through the keys to pull out the key that matched the drawing. Levy looked at her curiously from the table as the blonde stood and stretched out the key. She reached for the book from the table and hesitantly read out the words. "Oh, heavenly servants of the stars. I call upon thee as your divine master. Open gate of the lion, Leo!" she yelled as a golden light engulfed the room. Lucy dropped the book she held as she shielded her eyes from the light. Levy was too shocked to move from her spot, but still covered her eyes and once the glow diminished, silence filled the room.
A high pitched squeak came from the blonde making Levy stand up. Before Lucy stood a handsome teen looking around eighteen years old. His orange hair was in spikes and he had light green irises and a dazzling smile. He wore a suit, red tie, and a white undershirt with a pair of shades resting on his nose. He smirked looking at the blonde with great interest. He got on one knee and took a hold of her hand. "Ah, my lady, such an honor to make your acquaintance. How may I, your humble servant, be of service?" He chuckled kissing the back of her hand. Lucy blushed furiously as she retracted her hand.
"U-Uh, Leo, was it? I u-uh was j-just seeing if I-I could really u-use the keys", she stuttered and he gave her another seductive grin as he went to grab her around the waist.
"Rest assure, Lucy, you have done a splendid job. Call me Loke by the way. I will protect you with my life. I, Leo, the pillar of the Zodiac guardians pledge my life to you, mistress", he assured her, but she felt so flustered and cursed her inexperience with the opposite sex that she had no idea how to respond. "T-Thank you. Really, but I-" she began to say before an explosion was heard from down stair. Levy's eyes narrowed.
"Lucy, please stay here", the blue haired mage motioned as she ran down. Lucy was confused, but if Levy's expression meant anything, whatever was going on downstairs was bad. Screams were echoing to her ears and upon instinct she ran down making sure she had the keys and book with her.
She ran outside finding that no one remained down stairs. As she opened the door, her eyes widened in horror. Everyone was thrown about either unconscious or half dead. Blood was spilled throughout the village and screams of terror could be heard. The blonde ran down the village, trying to find any familiar faces until she saw Gray, Erza, and Levy on the floor with cuts on their skin and dirt plastered to their battered bodies. Lucy ran in worry to lean down to prop up Levy. The blue haired mage looked up at her weakly. "You have to…run away, L-Lucy…They're a-after you. END…is here", she muttered. The blonde's eyes widened in realization.
So all of what was going on, was her fault? All those people that were extremely hurt were simply protecting her from the demon. She couldn't help, but cry that they knew nothing of her and yet they tried to protect her even at the cost of their lives. Anger seemed to boil from inside her. "No. I won't run away", she whispered as she stood up. "Lucy, no", Gray managed to say as he stretched out a hand weakly towards her, but she only smiled as she continued to walk down the village. She saw him there. That demon from before grasping at Makarov's neck.
"Hey! You let him go this instant! I'm who you want so you can let him go now", Lucy called out to him as END redirected his attention towards her. "Ah, so the princess finally makes an appearance", he chuckles amused at her feigned defiance. He throws Makarov to the side as he coughs, a hand massaging his neck. "Child, don't give yourself up", the old man called out to her.
"I'm not here to give up, Mister Makarov. I'm here to fight him", she said making both the demon king and master look at her in disbelief. Only END began to laugh hysterically and pointed at her in mock disbelief. "You? Fight me? You couldn't even get rid of that low class demon without my assistance. What makes you think you can defeat the king of demons?" he questioned her a smirk at his lips. Lucy felt her confidence diminish and bit her lip rethinking her plan. It sounded much easier in her head. She would defeat him using the keys, but really he was too strong. "Now give me Fairy Heart and I'll consider letting you live", END smiled as he stretched out his hand. "Consider?!" she yelled outraged.
"Look buddy, I already told you. I don't have that Fairy Heart thing you want. I don't even know what-" she began to explain, but he was at her side in a flash claws slashing forward. She squeaked ducking on instinct and she noticed some pieces of her hair had been chopped off. "What's the big idea?!" she yelled as she stumbled slightly. "You talk too much, and honestly I don't believe the fact that you don't have Fairy Heart", End narrowed his eyes. "I told you already. I don't have it!" she yelled as his claws reached for her again. She yelled as he was almost close to cutting her skin only managing to rip her shirt. She began running away looking through the pages of her book her panic beginning to increase.
He was on her tail, and he managed to stop her right in her tracks as he was suddenly right in front of her. "Where do you think you're going?" he smiled in victory as she began to step back. She tripped over a rock falling on her bottom. The book and ring of keys fell right next to her and before she could reach them, he snatched the ring of keys from her grasp. "Now you're not so powerful without these", he snickered as he threw them behind him. He hummed not seeing any compartment on her. He was probably looking for any location she could be hiding this so called Fairy Heart.
"Where is it, you little bitch?" he growled in frustration raising his clawed hand ready to attack her before a sudden glow came from her. He retracted slightly as they both looked down to the ripped part of her shirt near her hip were a pink colored jewel glowed brightly. "Ah, so the jewel was dormant inside of you which is why you didn't know where it was", END said in a matter-of-fact tone. His expression arose a twisted grin as he kept nearing her. She looked carefully for an escape and found none that is until she spotted the scarf still around his neck. "Sit!" she yelled as he suddenly looked at her curiously before his face slammed onto the floor.
She grabbed the brown book and searched its pages, but before she could run, he grabbed onto her ankle pulling her down once more.
"Let go!" she hissed as he continued to pull her back towards him. By now her uniform was completely torn and dirty as much as her face. She then glanced at the book to see a spell that didn't require the use of her keys. Simply by touching it she suddenly fell into a trance, her eyes dulling. Her bright glow sent the demon retracting in pain as she stood up. Makarov had managed to come into the scene with a weak Erza and Gray limping as they stared wide eyed at her.
She had completely dropped the book out of her hands as she stood her ground and air seemed to swirl around her, hair flailing wildly, as she closed her eyes. "Sound out the heavens, open the heavens…stars across the universe, show yourselves to me with all your brilliance!" She began to recite in an almost angelical voice. Makarov stared at her in pure shock. "Master, what is going on?" Erza questioned looking at Makarov for answers. "If I am correct, she's about to master a technique not even our first master could pull off", he muttered in awe as Erza looked back at Lucy in curiosity.
"Tetra Biblios, I am the ruler of the stars. My aspect is perfection. Open thy savage gate!" The blonde continued to recite, her eyes remaining shut as a glow began to engulf her body. END seemed confused, and decided he would not let her finish her incantation. He'd never heard of it before, but whatever it was, it would not be good for him, and he was sure of it. He ran forward as his hands lighted up with dark magic.
"Oh no! He's summoning his curse magic. If that hits her, she'll die!" Gray yelled as he was tempted to run out and save her some time. "Stop, this is no longer in our hands, but in the hands of the new priestess. Now there is no doubt she is the chosen one. Do you see it? Fairy Heart is glowing at her hip", Makarov motioned as the two mages saw the stone glowing more brightly as it floated out of her body just in front of her.
"88 stars of the heavens… Shine on!" Lucy continued just as END lunged forward to attack her. Her eyes suddenly opened in a flash as her eyes glowed a bright gold. "Urano Metria!" she yelled as bright light descended from the heavens and towards her and shot out towards END. Makarov, Erza, and Gray were pushed back by the force of her magic and covered their eyes from the blinding light. All they could hear was the roar of anger and pain coming from END. "NO!" he had yelled as the attack hit him repeatedly and he fell defeated at the blonde's feet still engulfed in a light. The jewel simply floated into the sky and before everyone's eyes broke into 9 shards that flew away in different directions.
Erza and Gray ran to Lucy as her eyes returned to normal. She looked at them with a face of relief before she fell forward, Gray managing to catch her before she hit the floor. He carried her bridal style smiling down at her. "You're pretty badass", Gray laughed as Lucy chuckled lightly. "She sure is", Erza agreed with a grin. Lucy looked up seeing the master walking towards them with a calmer expression.
"It's not over yet, children. We must get the shards back for Fairy Heart. After all, it is our responsibility to guard it and even a small shard will grant an extremely dangerous surge of magic to any demon", Makarov explained as they nodded. "Look!" the blonde suddenly caught their attention as she pointed a few feet away from her. They all gasped at the slumped figure in front of them. Lucy got Gray to let her down as she cautiously went over to the unconscious END. Or rather it wasn't END anymore. At her feet had to surely be human, right? It was the same person she fought, but the horns were gone along with the claws, and black markings decorating his skin.
"Ah, I see. So Urano Metria managed to seal away his demonic nature", Makarov hummed in thought. "We should kill him while we have the chance", Gray decided as he neared him.
"Stop!" a voice interrupted them. They turned to find a blonde before them, emerald eyes staring at them intently. "F-First master Mavis!" they all called out in unison in exception of Lucy. "Don't kill him. I will explain everything. Get him tended to", she motioned as they nodded completely confused and yearning for answers.
Crystal: Alright that's a wrap! Make sure to review on how you think the story is so far, and a lot of explaining will come up next chapter with the appearance of Mavis. Review!