Lucy's POV

"Finally, I've been looking everywhere for you!" Abel said while rolling his eyes and sighing. He was coming out of the woods behind me. I was seated on the cliffs- looking at the city.

"What do you want, Abel?" I said with an angry tone while looking at him in my peripheral view. His steps faltered for a moment before he continued towards me. I smirked and returned my gaze to the city below us. Abel stood behind me and felt him glaring at me. "You want to fight? Cause if you do, you're not very wise." I said calmly while moving my hand towards my hips- where my keys were.

He stuttered for a second before he slumped in defeat. My hand that was inching towards my hips stopped and I felt my smirk grow larger. No wonder people join dark guilds; people were so fun to mess with. We stayed there in silence; Me sitting on the edge of the cliff, lost in thought once more and Abel standing directly behind me, clutching his doll- deciding how to approach me. His anxiety was increasing by the minute; I could feel it- a perk I gained when I signed a contract with my familiar, Arashi.

"Arlock is calling for an emergency meeting. He wants us to be there ASAP." His voice, although trembling, broke my train of thought and the silence that had enveloped us. I sighed and stood up. I saw him tense and hug his doll tighter, no doubt preparing to flee when I made a move against him. I scoffed, How weak. I walked past him, bumping his shoulder when I did- And when he saw that I wasn't going to hurt him, he followed me back to headquarters. When we arrived at HQ we went straight to the meeting room and found everyone gathered already.

Our headquarter is located in the Mikage forest, hence we're called the Mikage branch. Make no mistake, we are but one out of the thousands of branches Avatar has. This branch consists of only eight individuals. Arlock, the priest who feels he is a descendant of Darth Vader. Abel, the kid who plays with dolls. Briar, crazy chick who has split personality disorder. D-6, a midlevel robot who has an unhealthy fascination with skulls. Goumon, a masochistic freak that loves weapons and torture. Jerome, A stoic guy that looks like a girl with his wavy hair. Mary, A pink haired bitch who has never ending stomach aches. Last but not least, me. Lucy Heartfilia, Ex member of fairy tail. Over the year I changed my appearance, I wore a cloak made out of the universe itself. A gift from moustache man for all the struggle I had to go through. It's enchanted; no magic could ever penetrate the cloak- No one could see inside it either. Apart from that, it has other benefits as well one I am not willing to share. Five silver keys and one gold broken key hung on my hips. My Golden keys hidden in sub space; via Requip magic. My... Colleagues had to learn that the hard way.

"It's nice of you to join us, Princess." Goumon said, breaking my thoughts. "If you had us wait for a minute longer I would have looked for you myself and introduced you to a world of pain." It was no secret that Goumon hated me. He used to like me though, worship even. Until he offered me life time torture for free- what a freak. I unleashed a fury of Lucy kicks on him. Well long story short, it's my fault he can't have kids anymore. Ever since that day he hated me and my guts. I rolled my eyes, as if I care.

"I'd like to see you try, masochist." He stood up and tried summoning his weapons. key word: try. I smirked at him "What's the matter maso? Can't summon your weapons?" I laughed "You're all bark no bite" I felt his anger increase tenfold. I smirked.

"ENOUGH! Goumon, haven't you learned your lesson?! Lucy and Abel, find a seat. We have no time to spare for your petty squabbles." Armock said. "In lieu with the fall of the Balam Alliance we now have the freedom to move according to our plan. I am pleased to tell you that I have finished the final prayers for the summoning of Zeref. Hence, we will be able to commence with the cleansing faster than expected." Silence descended on the group, no one knowing how to approach the given topic. Fuck. Not good. This was not good. Outside I remained indignant, inside however I was panicking. I had no problems destroying other dark guilds but to murder innocent people- a village no less is inhumane. I thought I had at least a few more months before I had to leave and tell the magic council about their plans. Did this have to happen? I was so close to finishing my research.

I should explain. A year ago after I found Arashi's key. I had wondered around Fiore, acting as a freelance mage. On one mission, a client offered me a choice. He presented me with two rewards; one was money. The other was an enchanted book. A plain black book. He told me to choose only one. The bookworm in me reared its ugly head and forced me to choose the book, so I did. The said item had no title whatsoever. Even the insides were black and blank, I tried everything from gale reading glasses to wetting it- It was simply blank. I was starting to think I was ripped off. However one night when I was camping, I decided to train using Capricorns method. I meditated and not long so a golden aura had surrounded me- It was the representation of my celestial magic. The book suddenly opened, and golden sentences gushed out; surrounding me. I felt my mind get an influx of information, so much so that my head started to hurt. When it was all over I found that the information that was imprinted on my mind were spells, celestial spells to be exact. It was dozens of spells but only one caught my attention; Crono, a time spell that could revive anything from a broken glass to a celestial key. The following day I had visited the client once more to find where he got the book. However when I arrived the whole city was gone as if it was not there to begin with. I wanted to use the spell already, but one of the requirements was the sacrifice of a demon one strong enough to defeat Zeref himself. There was only one I could think of... E.N.D., The strongest demon in the book of Zeref. So I joined Avatar, with the versatility of my magic I quickly rose up in the ranks.

"How soon are we talking about?" I asked nonchalantly, breaking everyone form the trance they were in. Hoping that it was all just false alarm.

"Two days from now." With that the whole table burst into commotion. Celebrating and congratulating themselves for their hard work. All but me. "You don't look happy, Heartfilia? What's the matter? Planning on betraying us" Damn you, Arlock. I kept a straight face. By now the whole table had quieted and was looking at me. Goumon went as far as glaring at me.

"Speaking of Heartfilia, I have heard rumours in Magnolia that your old guild has rebanded. Planning on leaving us?" Jerome asked with a glare in his eyes. This guy never trusted me. His shocked faced turned into a shocked one when I smirked at him.

"Yes, I am." I replied, deciding to reveal half of my plan. "Let's get one thing straight. I joined Avatar in hope that it would leave me to Zeref and in turn Zeref will draw E.N.D., I care not about your plans. I have my own agendas; I was planning on leaving Avatar from the start once I find where IT is. But you already knew that, didn't you Armock. You also know that I don't plan on leaving until you summon Zeref and that is after the cleansing. So do me a favour and get off my back." The smirk never leaving my face. I looked around the table to find them all in a state of disbelief- my eyes stopping on the priest.

"Very well, the meeting has been concluded. Be warned Heartfilia Avatar does not take traitors lightly, after the cleansing we will deal with you" I felt anger in him. I laughed inwardly. So much for becoming a priest if you're not even humble.

"You can try Armock, you can try" With that I left the meeting hall and went back to the cliffs. A person appeared beside me without so much of a sound and sat beside me.

"Was it wise to reveal your plans, master?" Arashi asked with curiosity and worry for me. I swear the kid loved me like his own sister. Well the feeling was mutual for I saw him as a little brother.

sigh. "I had no choice, Arashi. Don't worry with our skill set I'll be fine. We just have to wait two more days." I said while looking up at the night sky. "Spirit heed my call, I open the gate of the maiden, Virgo."

"Punishment, Hime?" Virgo said while appearing behind us. "No punishment, Virgo. But please do pack our stuff I think we need to be on the run soon." Sigh this was turning out to be more of a hassle than I had originally planned. I just hope Laxus, Natsu and the others are fine.

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Finally, the long wait is over! Sorry I was gone for a while. I was Busy with life. good thing we were given a long break. I'll update Bond of Brothers next don't worry. If you haven't read it yet please do. It's a prequel to this story.

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