Darkness Rising
Episode 2: Dungeons and Demons
Lucy's POV
After a while, we finally arrived at the dungeon. However, Natsu was impatient as normal and charged right into the entrance, when a slammer fell down and nearly crushed him to death.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT!?" Natsu yelled.
"You idiot. It's obvious that the place is booby trapped to keep anyone from reaching the Crystal." Erza said.
"You think he could have warned us…"
"It's on the map, which you didn't bother to look at…" I said.
"REALLY!?" he yelled.
"Well. Now that that's over with, let's see if we can avoid any more traps…" I said.
"RIGHT!" Natsu said, as he triggered a trap and was nearly hit with poison arrows.
"This Is gonna be a long day…" I said.
And it was, Natsu triggered every trap along the path we took, continually nearly getting us killed. However, we soon approached the final chamber, which for some reason, had a massive lake.
"Woh! That must be our Goal!" Natsu said, pointing at a crystal.
"We'd better be careful, it's likely booby trapped as well…" I said, but Natsu hadn't even listened to me and rushed towards it, when something hit him.
"AGH!" Natsu yelled as he flew into a wall.
"So…Someone made it this far…" someone said.
"Who said that!?" Erza Yelled. "Show yourself!"
A figure stepped out of the shadows, and it was…ME!?
"Lucy!? How is that possible?!" Gray yelled.
"If you think you're going to reach that crystal…You'd better think again, cause I got friends…"
Suddenly, Erza, Romeo, and Juvia stepped out of the shadows as well.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON HERE!?" Natsu yelled.
"We are the dark embodiments of your rivals…And the guardians of the Dark Crystal." The other me said.
"Heh. I see you've met my friends…" someone said.
"THERE'S MORE!?" Natsu yelled?
"Not quite. But you're not far off son of Igneel…" a girl said stepping out of the shadows.
"Who are you?" Erza asked.
"I am Maya Tachibana, Guardian of the Dark Crystal, and these 4 are my own creations…"
"Wait. You said these are the embodiments of our rivals, but we're not rivals with Romeo. So why is he here?"
"You may not be rivals with him, but another member is…or at least partly is." She said.
Suddenly, a portal opened up, and Wendy fell out and landed right next to us.
"Eh? What am I doing here? And what's with all the clones of the others!?"
"ENOUGH TALKING, LET'S DO THIS!" Natsu roared, charging right at Maya.
"Well then. Creations, take care of his friends, I'll take care of this one."
The Room erupted into a brawl as Natsu and Maya began clashing with each-other. Sheesh. I'd hate to have them both in the guild…
Meanwhile, Gray was taking on Juvia, the 2 Erzas were clashing, and Wendy and Romeo were fighting. As for me, I was taking on my Clone.
"OPEN, GATE OF THE LION, LOKE!" I yelled, Summoning Loke.
"You called Lucy? Wait, what's with the clone, is this like Gemini?"
"You could say that…"
"Heh. You want to use Loke huh? Then let's see you stand up to Aquarius…"
"Uh…That may not be a good idea…And wait, HOW DO YOU HAVE HER KEY!?"
"OPEN, GATE OF THE WATER BEARER, AQUARIUS!"
"What do you want? Wait, why are their two of you? And more importantly how did you summon me?"
"Just take care of her!"
"You're giving me orders!?"
Aquarius attacked, and swept everyone in the room up with her.
"Ow…I told you that wouldn't end well…"
The attack had swept everyone all over the place, but somehow Natsu and Maya were still able to keep fighting, then Natsu landed a lucky hit on her, and sent her flying into the wall.
"GAH! Grr…Curses. Take the crystal if you want, but be warned…
Natsu grabbed the crystal, and tossed to Erza, and we soon left.
"Hmm…That Dragon Slayer, he's quite impressive…But I hope he knows what's getting himself into…"
Meanwhile near the ruins of Nirvana…
Madison was running for her life. All of a sudden her guild mates had turned on her and started attacking her. She had to make to Fairy Tail, it was possibly Fiore's only hope…