A/N Action starts now! Yipee! This will be a fast paced chapter. You're welcome :P. I don't own Fairy Tail. I'm skipping over their school days because do you really want to know? If you do then I might add a flashback next chapter.
It's been three days since Natsu saw Lucy. Or Gray. Or Jellal now that he thought about it. But mostly Lucy. The other five transfer students were still here but those three had been gone. He tried to ask them, but the only answer he got was silence. Unless he was talking to Mira, then he got giggles. It didn't make sense. Why would they come to school for a week only to leave?
"Natsu!" Erza yelled. He jumped and looked at the scarlet haired lady that was pointing at the board. Natsu sighed as he started to "write" notes. A pair of eyes looked at him worriedly. Despite them breaking up, Lisanna still cared about her childhood friend. She seemed to be the only one who noticed Natsu's change in mood. He hardly fought anymore and after he said anything would turn to his left, for that was where Lucy used to sit. Lisanna spared him one more glance before turning to the teacher. A chime spread out through the speakers over-head and everyone paused.
"Sting please come to the front office." The secretary spoke and said angel stood up. The other angels looked at him worriedly but he merely smirked. Did they think he would get hurt? Sting already knew what was going on. Lucy said that she was going to take one of them out of school and the other four were going to leave the same day. A "drunk driving accident" or something. They would all disappear off the face of the Earth and go up to heaven so they could prepare for war. The walk to the office was quicker than Sting expected and he bit back a laugh at Lucy's appearance. She had transformed into a thirty year old woman. Lucy glared at him slightly and talked through clenched teeth.
"Come on son we have to go home." Lucy called out to Sting and the two exited the building. Once outside she turned back into herself.
"Battle armor already?" Sting asked as he glanced at what she was wearing. Sure enough she was dressed head to toe in a black skin-suit with a pinkish colored scarf pulled up to the bottom of her eyes (A/N Kind of like the scarf Elesis in the Elsword ads sometimes wears).
"Yeah. You should wear it too." Lucy replied, her voice not sounding muffled. Angel fabric is that magical.
"I can't. Still a human remember?" Sting shot back and smirked. He got her now!
"Do you ever listen to anyone besides yourself? Just break your angel wing earring." Lucy sighed as they stopped in a local park. He glared at her before doing as told. Sure enough he felt the comfortable feel of his wings on his back again.
"How did the secretary see you if you were an angel?" Sting asked curiously as he also changed into battle armor. His was a pair of baggy pants and a white skin tight shirt. A lot simpler than Lucy's.
"You think I can't do an enchantment twice? Please it's not my main magic but have some faith in me." Lucy retorted as she started to fly. He followed and they quickly reached the Fairy Tail clan hall.
"So I see you brought another one of my brats back." Makarov hmped at Lucy.
"Gray must've failed." Lucy whispered quietly before talking in a louder voice. "I get it you're mad but we did it for a reason." Lucy tried to defend them.
"When will the others be back?" Makarov ignored Lucy's claims of innocence as he questioned her again.
"Tonight. It will look like they were in a car crash because the person behind the wheel was driving while intoxicated. They'll be ready for the war tomorrow." Lucy promised.
"Good. Now go to the clan meeting, it should have just started." Makarov ordered. The two nodded and walked out.
"I've never seen him so mad." Sting exclaimed.
"You should've seen him earlier. It took hours for him to even look at us. I went to go get you and Gray was supposed to calm him down but that failed. I hope Jellal had better luck talking to the Angel Council." Lucy sighed and walked into the temple holding the meeting. None of the clan masters were there, for the meeting was only open to clan members. A chorus of greetings started until everyone sat down in their places.
"Official war will commence tomorrow. No matter how evil Zeref is, he respects that. We are fighting for the safety of Earthland and all whom we must protect. At the crack of dawn we will all head to the battleground. Purgatory." Jura, one of the top ten angels, announced to the group. Everyone nodded and stood to leave.
"One last thing." Jura called over his shoulder. "There will be no magic restrictions tomorrow." The room was silent for a second until everyone started to shout.
"Zero restrictions? Even in our bloodiest battles we had something tying us down!" Sting shouted in shock.
"This is no ordinary war. Now summon me when the others return. I have some business to take care of." Lucy responded sadly and walked out of the room. Sting watched her go and flew away in the opposite direction. She walked down the crowded streets as it started to sprinkle. War was in hours but everyone still seemed to be carrying on like usual. Sickening. Lucy picked up the pace until she was flat out sprinting.
"Watch where you're going!" A man yelled as she bumped into him. Ignoring the various complaints, she marched on until a lake appeared. The rain had picked up to a heavy downpour by the time she stood next to the lake. Something in Lucy snapped and she collapsed on the muddy ground.
"I know you're here. I'm sorry I couldn't save you," Lucy laughed even as the tears streamed down her face, "It's been centuries but I still can't let go. You'd probably call me weak like you used to. I tried everything I could to not be weak for you. I unlocked my second origin, learned new magic, and even guarded my soulmate. Just like you did. Of course it still wouldn't be enough. You and mom always pushed me to be better… Aquarius." Lucy smiled softly at the ground where a small silver plaque was.
"I missed you. I miss my mentor." Lucy cried once more. "It shouldn't have been you it should've been me!" Lucy wailed as she slammed a closed fist into the mud. The rain didn't cease but that didn't surprise Lucy. She stayed in the rain until a small tug at her mind brought her back to reality.
"They must be back. I have to go Aquarius." Lucy apologized and pulled up her scarf once more. Quickly cleaning off her skin-suit, she hopped on top of the nearest building and began to sprint to the clan hall. Once there she saw all her friends chatting in anticipation.
"Hey Lucy!" Mira smiled and the others nodded at well. Gray looked at her with worry, for he knew where she went before every battle. She smiled slightly at him and braced herself in time for the hug that came from Romeo.
"Miss. Lucy." Romeo hugged her and let go with an apology. Lucy merely ruffled his hair. Looking outside she saw the rain receded and the moon was high in the sky.
"Let's all sleep. War is soon." Lucy suggested to the small group with one more look in the direction of the lake. Everyone else agreed, so they headed to their different living quarters.
"I won't let anyone get hurt." Lucy whispered to herself as she went to her own room.
A/N Do you like this writing style better? We saw a bit more into Lucy's back story and yes Aquarius will be her mentor. How she died since she's an angel? Well we find out soon….