General POV
The members of Angels and Demons lazed around, not a care in the world. This, of course, wouldn't last.
"Guys! Everyone! Emergency!" Tsuki gasped as she flew into the area, the exhausted exceed panting from over-exertion.
"What is it Tsuki?" Rose asked kindly.
"Ac-Ac-Acnologia is attacking Fairy Tail! The ones chosen to be S-Class mages are doing their test on Tenroujima, and Acnologia's headed there right now! We've got to hurry or they'll all be killed!"
"Why? We don't owe them anything, and they haven't exactly been nice to us." Luciana's uncharacteristically cold voice interrupted the shocked silence. Everyone turned to stare at her in shock.
"Please, Luciana! You're the only one who stands a chance, and a decent one at that, at defeating Acnologia. If you don't help they'll die!" Victoria said heatedly.
"So?" Luciana shrugged.
"When we started this guild, we started it on the philosophy to protect the people who can't protect themselves. We have to help them." Adrian stared at her intently. "Please." He added.
She stared at him out of the corner of her eye, before wiping a hand down her face and sighing heavily. "Fine. Fine. Are you happy now?" she snapped. Her friends just nodded.
Tenroujima
General POV
A loud noise had every Fairy Tail member standing up, gazing intently up at the heavy cloud cover.
"What was that?" Gray asked no one in particular.
"Maybe it was some one's stomach? If so, they can have my fish." Happy inputted.
"That was…" Wendy began.
"But it couldn't be…" Gajeel continued.
"It was a dragon." Natsu finished. "That was a dragon's roar." As he said this, a huge black shape loomed in the sky. It began to dive towards them, black and blue scales glinting as it dove.
"A dragon?!" Fairy Tail gasped in fear at the humongous monster. It landed roughly on the ground and roared, sending everyone flying backwards.
"What the hell?" Natsu asked.
"The forest… is just gone!" Erza exclaimed. A flapping sound caught their attention, and Fairy Tail turned to face the perpetrator.
"It's Luciana! With the rest of Angels and Demons!" one person exclaimed.
"Do you think they're here to help us?" another asked.
"God, I hope so. If they're here to help that thing, we're screwed." Someone muttered. Other's voiced their agreement.
The newcomers landed on the ground between them and the dragon. Luciana turned to face her guild and Fairy Tail. "Leave this to me. Don't get involved." She ordered.
"But…" Adrian began, but she held up one hand, silencing her friend's protests.
"You said it yourself, I am the only person who stands a chance in this fight. If you die, who will lead everyone? I may not live, and if I don't, you're to be Guild Master. Do you understand?" she stared at him seriously.
"But…" he tried again. Her face softened, and she gazed at him with her usual, warm eyes for a moment.
"Adrian. Please do this for me. I beg of you." Was all she said. He nodded reluctantly. "Thank you."
She turned to the huge dragon, and approached it with no sign of fear. "Acnologia!" she yelled. The dragon turned to face her, and for a second its eyes went from black to their usual red before reverting to the empty, soulless black. "Why are you doing this?" she called, closer now. "Answer me!"
The huge dragon sent a black orb of power at her, and she deflected it with one hand, not faltering in her trek. "Acnologia, I know you're in there somewhere. Please, come back to me." She stood directly in front of it, but instead of attacking, as the dragon prepared to, she walked straight over, threw her arms around its neck and hugged it.
Everyone held their breath, some confused and others just worried. The dragon, however, froze, as its eyes flickered from black to red until they settled on red. "Luciana…" he breathed. She smiled in relief.
"I missed you." She hugged him tighter.
"Luciana… forgive me… I let you down." He said sadly. She shook her head vehemently.
"There is nothing to forgive." She stroked his scales gently.
"I don't have much time. Zeref's hold weakened me. I'm sorry."
"What? No! You can't… you have to hold on… please!" she begged. He shook his head softly.
"I am so proud of you. You have become so strong, and so good. Please, promise me you'll never change." He breathed. She began to cry as his power flowed into her.
"I promise, just live! Please! You can't leave me." She cried harder as he fell to the floor. She crouched over his head, her tears falling on his scales. A black light enveloped him, and a human boy around Luciana's age appeared in her arms. He had black hair, white skin and red eyes.
"Luciana… I can't…" he gasped. She took a deep breath and leaned close to him.
"Forgive me for this… please understand…" she breathed, before leaning down and pressing her lips to his gently. A white light blinded their onlookers as Acnologia was absorbed by Luciana, his body disappearing as his consciousness flowed into her.
'Luciana? What… happened?' a groggy, yet familiar voice echoed around her head, and she smiled widely.
"Acnologia! It worked!" she cried happily in her mind.
'What worked? Where am I?'
"You're inside me. I absorbed your consciousness so you wouldn't die!"
'You did what?! Are you insane? If it hadn't had worked, we both would have died!' he yelled.
"Ow! Quiet down! I'm right here! And, anyway, it did work, and you aren't dead! This is a good thing!"
'Luciana… you shouldn't risk your life for someone like me.'
"I didn't. I risked my life for you, specifically." She replied smoothly as she began to walk towards the confused onlookers.
"Luciana… you're left eye… it's black." Adrian breathed in shock.
"Oh, yeah, that's a side effect." She touched the spot just underneath her now black eye. It was a beautiful black that shimmered with its own kind of light.
'Luciana… look out!' Acnologia threw her body to the side just in time to avoid the black orb that had been flying towards her.
"How troublesome… I will just have to kill you both." An emotionless voice interrupted her thanks and she turned on the source, enraged.
"Zeref!"