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Finally a update. Hope you'll like. : D

Chapter 2.

"I am not sure about this," Lucy said and looked at the silver pen in her hand, "will it hurt?" she looked at Loki, but he rolled his eyes and shook his head. She swallowed and pressed the pen lightly against the paper. She wrote slowly and with small letters ´Lucy Heartphilia´. The letters began to shine and Lucy jumped a little back in surprise.

"What? What did I do wrong?" she asked and looked panicking at Loki.

"Nothing," Loki said and smiled. They both looked while Lucys' name sunk into the contract like water, just like Lokis' had done a while ago.

"I – I feel weird," Lucy said when her head started to spin. She put a hand on her forehead and swayed dangerously. Loki hurried to lay his hands on her shoulders to steady her. She looked up at him and saw his lips move, but she couldn't hear the sound. He looked calm, but tense. Suddenly an unfamiliar sound echoed in the room and she felt Lokis hand let go of her, in surprise, but he caught her again fast. What was that sound? It sounded like a cry out in pain. Loki turned her around in his arms and looked at her, she could see his lips form her name.

Sweat drops had formed on her forehead, and she took deep inhalations between every breath. Her throat was sore – first now she realized that the scream had belonged to her.

She reached out toward Loki, but her hand didn't reach him, before her vision started to turn black. The last thing she saw was the door opening behind Loki, and her two flustered teammates ran in.

"What the hell are you doing …" Grays voice echoed in her head, before she lost consciousness.

Have you ever been floating on the water surface? You have to keep your body steady and relaxed, because if you don't, you'll sink down in the cold water, and have to start over once more. That was how Lucy felt; her body was totally relaxed, while she drifted away on the water. She didn't dare to open her eyes, or make any movements.

"Lu – cy," a soft voice hummed. Her eyelids twisted, "Lucy? Open your eyes."

"I feel sick," she mumbled in answer.

"Oh man," the voice said, and she felt a hard punch hid her shoulder and her eyes opened in surprise, "don't be so lazy! She's awake!"

"Don't be so Harsh!"

Lucy stared right at a boy. He was absolutely beautiful, his dark hair swayed around his face and his even darker eyes shone with excitement. He was wearing a shining golden armor. First now Lucy became aware of where she was. She lay on her back on a madras on the floor; she was inside a small house. The fire crackled quietly beside her.

"How are you feeling, Lucy?" the beautiful stranger asked her.

"I am okay," she whispered, and laid a hand on her head, "where am I?"

"You are in my house," he answered, "My name is Baldur!"

"You're a spirit," Lucy said, it wasn't really a question, more a statement, but he answered anyway.

"Yes, you're in the spirit world."

"We don't have time for this?" a hard voice said and now she turned her head to see another boy - the one that had hit her.

"She just opened her eyes, give her a moment," Baldur answered and gestured toward Lucy that smiled unsure.

"Great - moments over -, now fight me!" the boy said and his fist tighten. Lucy realized that the vicious spirit had two large horns sticking out of his head and on his back two, large black wings was folded.

"Fine, let's settle …" Baldurs' eyes suddenly became blank, "sorry, duty calls."

"What?" the spirit asked annoyed and his wings fell to the ground in disappointment, "can't Maria let you alone for two seconds?" suddenly Baldur raised his sword and in one movement the spirit with the bad mouth, was on the floor.

"Don't talk bad about my owner, Ares," Baldur said furiously and Ares gritted his teeth and was about to tell Baldur off, but he changed his mind and pushed the spirit away instead. Baldur let him and shook his head, before he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Take care of the girl until I come back," was his last words.

"What? No! You come back here!" Ares said furious and lifted his fist high in the air like a kid. He jumped up and down and protested wildly, until all the smoke was gone. Then he sunk down and turned toward Lucy. She was sitting paralyzed and stared at the spirit.

"Gezz …" Ares said and rolled his eyes, "don't be scared – it can get you killed."

"Who are you?" Lucy asked silently.

"I'm Ares, god of war - and all that," he said and made a dismissing hand movement, "who are you?"

"Lu – Lucy," she said silently and laid her hands on the legs. First now she realized that her outfit had changed. She wore a blue dress and her hair was sat up in a ponytail.

"Lucy what?" Ares said and put his hands behind his head and rested his back/wings toward the wall.

"Lucy Heartphilia," she hurried to say.

"OH!" he said and pointed an accusing finger at her, "you're Lokis!"

"Yeah …" she mumbled and pulled back from him. She didn't like to be refereed to as ´Lokis´.

"Tell him I want to fight him!" he said and his eyes shone with excitement. Lucy's lips pulled up in a little smile. Ares tilted his head and looked annoyed at her.

"Sorry," Lucy hurried to say when she saw his face.

"What? You don't think I can?" he said and tighten his fist.

"No no no!" Lucy said and couldn't take her smile off, "you just remind me of one of my friends."

"What happened?" Natsu demanded to know and walked toward Loki with a threatening look, "where is she? Where did she go?"

Gray and Natsu had just walked in, because they had heard Lucys' scream. When they had opened the door she had disappeared in smoke and a purple key had appeared in Lokis hand.

"What did you do to her?" Gray asked and for once, he lost his smooth, calm expression. Loki sighed.

"She's fine –" he started, but Natsu had already grabbed his collar.

"Where – is – she?" he demanded to know.

"Let go of me," Loki said threatening and stared at Natsu through his sunglasses. Gray hurried to grab Natsus shoulder and yanked him back, but his eyes were hard and cold.

"She's in the spirit world," Loki said and straightened his clothes, "she's perfectly fine, no one in the spirit world would hurt her. Not in my town, anyway."

"How can she be there?" Natsu asked, "She told me that only spirit can be there."

"She – um – kinda is," he said and scratched the back of his head.

"WHAT?" Gray and Natsu yelled at the same time. Loki rolled his eyes and knew he would have to explain very slowly and precise.

"I am a golden key," Ares said proudly and hit a fist against his chest, "my goal is to beat all the other golden spirits, so I can call myself the strongest. I have beaten a couple, but I still have a long way to go. Baldur is one of the golden spirits."

"That's why you want to fight him ... and Loki," Lucy understood and wrapped her hands together on her back.

"Someday," Ares said and smiled by the thought, "someday I'll be the best."

"Sure you will," Lucy said and looked around. Ares had taken her to the town and it almost looked like a human city – except that the town people here; had horn, tails and other supernatural features.

"This is amazing," Lucy said fascinated and couldn't help but stare, "I never thought I would see this, it's so cool!" she smiled widely and pressed her eyes together in excitement, "maybe I should write a book about this."

"You're easily amused," Ares said and rolled his eyes.

"Of course I am … huh?" she touched her head in surprise when a voice suddenly sounded in her head. It was familiar ´Gate of the spirits, I open you. Lucy! ´.

"Are you being called?" Ares asked when he saw her face.

"I don't know," Lucy answered confused.

"You are. Look," Ares said and pointed at the ground were smoke was starting to rise around her. "Tell Loki I want to fight him!" Ares yelled before the smoke covered Lucy's vision.

"Wait! What do I do?" she asked flustered, but Ares was already gone and she was pulled down. Not like falling, more like two giant hands had grabbed her and pulled her down. The pressure of wind was so heavily that she couldn't even get a scream over her lips. The smoke stung her eyes, floated into her mouth and burned her throat. The trip seemed eternal, but suddenly she felt ground under her feet and collapsed on it.

"Lucy?" Lokis soft voice asked. Lucy coughed heavily and immediately felt two pair of hands grab her from each side. They stood in her apartment.

"Are you okay, Lu?" Natsu asked worried. Gray held her other arm and helped her on her feet.

"I – I think so," Lucy said an suddenly felt a great source of energy, "I actually feel great." Lokis lips cracked in a grin.

"You're using my magical energy," he explained, "you know, it always take energy for you to get spirits here – it works the same way. When I runs out of magic, you are sent right back."

"Really," Lucy asked and looked at her hands.

"What are you wearing?" Gray asked and lifted an eyebrow. Lucy looked down at her blue dress and lifted her shoulders a little.

"Don't know." She hurried past him to look in a mirror. Her dress swayed every time she moved. First now she realized that her whip was tighten to the side of the dress, it felt so natural for it to be there. She lifted it and it felt more familiar than it used to do, like it was made for her hand.

"When you become a spirit, some of your talents will be improved," he explained, "So you can – you know – protect me." The corner of his lips pulled up by the irony, and that made Lucy smile too.

"That's so cool," she said and sent him a smile, "I promise to protect you."

"Yeah, right," Loki said and rolled his eyes.

"Sorry to interrupt your moment," Gray suddenly said and had somehow lost his shirt, "but are Lucy coming on our next mission? We're a kinda team you know."

"That's right," Natsu (for once) agreed with Gray.

"Too bad, she can't be on missions for the next …" Loki looked at his watch, "46 Hours and 58 minutes."

"Why not?" Lucy hurried to say and tighten her fist. Everyone looked at her with surprise. Her eyes shone with excitement, "I mean, I have never felt stronger. I want to go on a mission … and I … I want to help for once. I'm always a burden and –" she hurried to lift a finger before Natsu and Gray could protest, "and I want to show that I can help!"

"But you don't know how to maintain control of you power when your in a fight," Loki hurried to say and began to count on his fingers, "You have to learn how to control your use of energy, you have to learn the best way to travel from and to the spirit world, you have to know your limits –"

"You learn best in action!" Lucy interrupted him, "please!"

"But …"

"Pleeeeeeease!" Lucy said and looked at him with begging eyes. She reminded Loki of a puppy, sitting under the table and begging for small bites of the family's delicious steak.

"Gezz!" he said defeated and rolled his eyes, but then he put a small smile on, "only because its you, beautiful."

Lucy had more control with her trip back to the spirit world. Loki had taught her a few tricks. She remembered to close her mouth and eyes, so the bitter white smoke couldn't creep in and make her dizzy again. She also learned to cross her arms over the chest and straighten her legs, which gave her more balance when she had to land.

She made a triumphing smile when she landed on her feet and almost didn't stumble around. She landed the exact same place where she had been summoned.

The spirit town was dark when she arrived. The street, that recently had been filled with chattering people and rare creatures, was dead silent. Lucy looked around and felt very foreign in the empty streets. The street was in complete darkness, except one lamppost in the middle of the street. Where should she go? Should she look for a hotel of some kind? ´Hotel for Spirit Owners That had been transferred with the Switch document´?

Her question was answered when a familiar voice broke the silence.

"You're finally back," Ares voice mumbled bored and finally she turned her head and realized that the spirit was sitting nearby, leaned up toward a house. His wings were unfolded behind him and he rested his head on the black feathers. The top of his horns shone in the weak light of the lamp.

"Have you been waiting for me?" Lucy teased, but she really was happy to see him.

"Ha! Dream on, Blondie. I just came by," he said and snorted.

"You where sitting."

"Whatever, did you speak to Loki for me? Are he going to fight me?" he asked and clenched his fist in front of him, like he was really to fight in that very moment.

"I guess I forgot," Lucy said apologizing.

"What?" Ares said disbelieving.

"Can I sleep at your house?" Lucy asked innocent.

"Hell no!" he answered harsh.

"Pretty please," Lucy said and tried to look as cute as possible.

"No! Besides, I think Baldur have a bed prepared for you," Ares said dismissing, "if you don't mind I'll go home now."

"Wait!" Lucy hurried to say, before Ares had even turned around. He raised an eyebrow of her and his wings shifted uncomfortable, "can you – you know – show me the way. It's pretty dark and …"

"Whatever," he said again and turned around to leave. Lucy wrapped her hands together and tilted her head.

"Did that mean, whatever-I-don't-care-about-you or whatever-follow-me?" Lucy questioned. Ares moaned and waved her with him. She smiled and hurried after the annoyed spirit.

So what do you think? Do you like my new spirit characters? : P

Actually both Ares and Baldur is real legends ... but I just used their names and such - not their backgrounds. xD The story about Baldur says that Loki kills him. : O Ares IS a war-god in the legends, but his character is kinda different in my story. Guess who he remind Lucy about? xDD

Hope you liked and thanks for reading. ^_^/