I'm finally back from both writers block and high school orientation! That's right! Not only am I full of perfectly new ideas - and some I might wing it cuz... I'm stuck - but I'm officially in high school! I've haven't been sleeping late for almost a week, can you believe that!? But, now I can finally relax and give you - I hope - the final chapter. I've been discussing things with a fellow reader and I'm going to start a new story hopefully after this chapter called A Fresh Start, Death Is Only the Beginning or something else. So check my stories for it after a little while. Anyway, get reading!
Lucy braced herself for impact, shutting her eyes tightly. Waiting for the dark mage's spell to make in contact with her may potentially kill her in the process. But it never came. It was just silent. Too quiet for her liking.
Lucy opened her eyes to see a sight that made her gasp in shock.
There... hanging in the air... were her friends and the guild members.
They all struggled and appeared to be choking from their necks, having trouble breathing outside of the dome. Zeref had his arm in the air, pointed toward them while Destra recovered and got up from the wall.
"Well... looks like you are all gonna crumble away into ash." Destra said as she looked up at Allan, giggling deviously.
"C-Coward!" Allan shouted, trying to gasp for air.
"You... won't... g-get... away with this!" Natsu gasped as well.
"Let them go!" Lucy shouted.
Lucy watched, scared for her guild's and friends' safety. Not knowing what to do in a situation where Zeref could instantly threaten to kill them in sight. She had to think of something, something fast. But Lucy didn't have a single idea on what to do. There had to be something that could save them.
Zeref smirked at the blonde. Destra was laughing, pointing and insulting the mages hanging by their necks from Zeref's spell. They all felt powerless. Not being able to even break free. The spell holding them all up, tightened each minute and it became more a struggle to breath. No one could do anything.
Lucy instantly ran to the wall of the dome and started hitting it with all her might. Trying to get to break the wall down. But it wouldn't budge no matter how much she tried. If only Lucy hadn't dropped her scythe before the wall was brought up. Then it might break down.
"Just hold on!" Lucy shouted.
Her guild and friends (when I say friends I mean like Allan, Yui, Neku etc... the 5 of them) nodded, still being able to breath slightly but were running out of time.
"Stop this Zeref! I surrender! You win!" Lucy shouted toward the dark mage.
Zeref looked at the blonde as her expression turned from determination turned into fear and desperation. He smirked and Destra continued to mock them. If Allan hadn't been struggling to breath, he would've probably made Destra shut up in a second with all the anger in his system.
"You call yourselves the greatest guild? You're nothing more than a bunch of weaklings!"
The fairies growled, still attempting to free themselves. But to no avail. They could only watch as Lucy attempted to break the wall, not trying to blast it with magic while Zeref looked amused by the act.
Lucy was now panting at this point. Try as she might, the wall was just not breaking. She was exhausted and her wounds weren't helping either. Lucy felt even more helpless than ever. Not even able to save the people she had considered as friends even before all this happened. Lucy felt like a failure. Tears drenched her face along with her sweat and Lucy couldn't even bear to stand.
"In the end, I really am I failure. I really am weak. I can't even save the ones I wanted to protect." Lucy thought as she suddenly froze. "All that training, all that time, I really just ought to die.
Time seemed to freeze for the blonde and she just stood there, feeling helpless. Lucy couldn't do anything. There was nothing she could do. She wasn't strong enough. She was weak. She had no power. She couldn't complete her mission and now Lucy was going to break all over again.
"No!" Lucy suddenly shouted.
Her aura grew and everyone could feel her magic power resonate through the wall. Her right eye glowing white while the left glowed black. She stood up proud and her wounds started to heal, except for her right hand. Lucy's right hand was then engulfed in white light while the other was engulfed with a black aura. Her hair floated softly above her ears and suddenly, the guild members and her friends were released of their struggle.
They fell to the ground, not being able to stand because of the aura and the fact that they were tired and wanted to catch their breath.
Lucy then shot huge beams of light and dark at the dome and it instantly shattered. The mages looked in awe, not having the words to say what was going on. Lucy then faced toward Allan, Zeref and Destra regrouping about to attack. Allan's eyes then started to glow as well. Him standing up slowly and the magic aura grew larger. His eyes glowed a soft pale blue color, the same color as his aura around him, as it mixed with Lucy's.
The 2 glowing mages' eyes narrowed and the 4 started to attack once more. In a final clash.
Allan and Destra arms collided, trying to push one another to get the first hit. Destra gritted her teeth, trying to hold her ground, as Allan looked like he wasn't even trying. His arm was now encased with water as Destra was about to falter. Thankfully, Allan had won and he immediately started slashing with all his might at Destra. The woman screamed in pain. Allan, not giving her time to even recover. He just continued to hit her with a series of punches, kicks and spells of water blasts.
Lucy and Zeref on the other hand, the 2 were like blurs. Appearing for a second before disappearing to another spot on the field. Clashing at each other as their magic enhanced their strength. The 2 were equally matched. Lucy had gotten her scythe along the way again and instantly did transformation after transformation. Trying to get as many hits at Zeref. Though, the dark mage did just as much as well.
The magic surrounding Magnolia grew immensely and no one could even move from where they lay. It wasn't harmful, just you can't even move from your place nor get up from the ground. The aura spread and it affected a lot of people. Making even some of the trains and carriages stop in their tracks.
No one could escape the effects of the growing power from the battle in Magnolia town.
The Fairy Tail mages looked helplessly at the battle before them. Mouths hanging open at the devastating power of the blonde and bluenette battling the woman and dark mage.
"What's happened to them!?' Erza asked.
"They've finally snapped." Yui and Kira said as the 2 girls managed to kneel.
"What?" Gray asked. "How are you 2 able to get up?"
"We've been exposed to their growing power for sometime now. Not as powerful as this, but just as strong." Neku said as he kneeled.
"That just means that their feelings are finally taking over." Haru said as he got up as well.
"Their feelings?" Wendy asked.
"It's what Lucy's been hiding from you. When Lucy and Allan were children, they had strong magic locked within them. A magic that will only be unlocked at a certain time and it is a mysterious kind of magic. It is unknown to most in Fiore and with that magic, a responsibility was placed on the 2 of them as well." Kira explained.
"Their power is mostly and sometimes based on emotions. It grows as their feelings grow stronger. If they snap - which they did - and are full of rage, anger, any negative emotion, they will enter that state." Yui added.
"When we met Lucy 3 years ago, Allan had already awakened his power, but he rarely uses it. He actually fears it after he first tried to complete his mission. But now that he's in this state he's using it without hesitation. But Lucy had yet to awaken then. Until almost a month ago. Thanks to that train incident." Haru said.
"What was their mission?" Lisanna asked.
The 4 were silent for a moment, until Neku spoke up. "Your looking at it right now." He answered.
"Allan fights Destra. Lucy fights Zeref."
The Fairy Tail mages' mouths dropped open as their eyes widened in shock. They couldn't believe what they just heard. But now they got the truth, they were kind of afraid of what was to become of the battle in the end. It didn't seem to end at all and the aura just kept on growing. Soon enough, it will spread to Crocus to all of Fiore or even farther, beyond Earthland even.
So they just turned back to the fight and just silently watched. Mentally cheering for Lucy and Allan to kick Zeref and Destra's ass. But at the same time, hoping that the 2 will snap out of their trances. The fairies were scared at what the 2 will become if they continue to fight they were.
Allan continued to kick and punch Destra over and over with his water attacks with out stopping. He was too focused on beating her up and he seemed to lose all control of his sanity and his consciousness. Destra on the other hand, didn't get a break from the blue-headed boy. He never even gave her a break. Though, she would've never wanted Allan to stop for a second if she knew what was coming next.
Slowly, Allan stopped using his water magic. His magic that he had never used in 3 years starting to resurface. His hands, soon void of water, had been engulfed with a new magic. Allan then jumped back. Causing Destra to fall and her trying to get up. She stumbled and nearly fell, but managed to keep her balance as she panted, exhausted.
On Allan's right hand a deathly pale blue aura engulfed it while on his left, a dark navy-blue aura engulfed his hand. It sparked around him with energy and Allan widened his stance, preparing to stand his ground during the attack. He stretched his arms forward making his palms facing toward Destra. Then, his spell shot out, doubling in size and power. It circled around each other in a spiral and the only thing that could be heard of Destra was a blood curdling scream as the attack didn't stop for a second.
Back with Lucy and Zeref, the 2 continued to collide with one another in blurs. Zeref knew that he could've easily won the battle by releasing a Death Wave, thus killing Lucy, but he couldn't because he was present and Zeref didn't want to kill him. So, the dark mage decided that he would just clash with Lucy until she gave out. Since she wouldn't be the one to kill him.
Lucy, on the other hand, seemed to have lost all sanity in her entire body and mind. She was just fighting Zeref with instinct and just attacked the dark mage head on. Not even bothered by the wounds or attacks she got in return. She continued to try to hit Zeref in any opening she could sense and go for it. Transforming her weapon after each clash. Lucy didn't intend to lose, nor did she seem to back down any sooner nor later. Lucy just cared about beating Zeref and that was it.
Though in Lucy's and Allan's mind, they were blank. Lost as their consciousness roamed the empty space before them. Lost as they had no idea what they were doing in the outside.
"What's happening?" Lucy wondered.
"What's going on?" Allan wondered.
That's when the 2 realized what they were doing and seeing what their friends and the fairies look at them with worried looks. Allan felt extremely scared. He could tell that he was using his power that he had unlocked. But he couldn't control his body no matter what he did. Nor what he told his brain to do.
"What am I doing?"
"Is that... really me?"
The sounds of the outside were blocked from their heads and the 2 felt themselves fade away.
"I need to stop myself." Allan thought determined.
"But how do I do that?" Lucy wondered focused.
"Maybe if I..."
The 2 consciousness' focused their energy and magic as a calming aura surrounded their bodies. They focused on what was happening on the outside. Trying to wake up from their rampage before they hurt one of their own. They closed their eyes and soon the whole space around them started to glow.
As the Fairy Tail mages and the other 4 watched Lucy and Allan go on their 'non-merciful' rampage, they were suddenly shocked as Lucy and Allan's eyes stopped glowing, revealing their wide eyes.
Allan dropped his hands, making the spiral attack stop and Destra fell to the ground. Fainting as she was defeated. Lucy stopped and she dodged Zeref last second before she and he could clash.
Both the blonde and bluenette panted and stared at what they have just done. Allan looking down on his hand, not believing he was using the power he didn't want to use and Lucy looking at all the damage that was caused during their battle.
"Did... Did we do this?" Lucy asked softly.
Silence was only answered as the guild, Neku, Haru, Kira and Yui were at a loss of words. Not wanting to speak at the moment.
"Did... Did I just use my power?" Allan asked shaking.
Soon, after a couple of minutes, clapping could be heard. Everyone turned to see Zeref dusting himself off and grabbed the fainted Destra. "Congratulations. You've finally completed both of your missions. We'll not bother you any further."
And as quickly as that, Zeref and Destra vanished in a flash.
Lucy and Allan then slid to the ground. Not believing that they had caused all the damage before them when they were in their trance. The 2 were horrified at what they had become when they snapped. Allan, he knew, he was terrified enough. But Lucy. She was mortified. She was frozen. Not knowing that her power, that she, could have the potential to do something like that.
And Lucy didn't like it.
Tears started falling from her eyes as Lisanna, Wendy and Carl hugged their beloved celestial mage. Lucy then turned around, crying into their shirts. Soon - after Allan regained his composure, understanding Lucy's fear - he along with Neku, Haru, Kira and Yui hugged Lucy as well. followed by the rest of the guild.
Lucy continued to cry and she hugged her guild like her life depended on it.
After all that, Lucy's right hand was healed. Her 'x' shaped cut, now just a scar to remain.
She along with Allan, Neku, Haru, Kira and Yui then joined Fairy Tail in the end. Though it took awhile to convince Neku, Yui, Haru and Kira at first, it ended on a good note.
Lucy never really rejoined Team Natsu in the end, rather she stayed with the other 5 and went on a few missions with Lisanna, Wendy and Carla too. She got her apartment back, helped the others grab their own homes and all was happy.
But, Lucy played around with Team Natsu a bit the first week. She made them have another dream with her ghost and they came running back to the guild to make sure that Lucy was really there. Much to the guild's amusement.
But overall, though life at the guild will never be the same, Lucy was just glad to be with her family.
THE END! Oh my! I can't believe that this story is finally over. Crappy ending? Yes? No? Was the ending the way I expected? Definitely not. Well, now that this story is done, it's time to write the first chapter of the new story. Just saying, the new story, Lucy will not be going back to Fairy Tail. That is all I wish to say. I might publish the new story tonight or tomorrow so look forward to it and I hope you enjoyed this story! Byee~
