Chapter 7: Time Paradox

RECAP: The smile that Theodora saw on the young blond's face made her think, I see now why she tried to kill herself. It was because of how much she cares for the happiness of her friends and family. How she would eagerly put others before. No matter how selfish and cruel their wants were. That's when Theodora decided, Lucy was going with the others to the portal realm, and to the Great Magic Tournament.

Lucy walked into the courtyard to find not only Styxx, but Theodora, Totomaru and two others. One was a girl, she had straight brown hair down to her waist. She wore a black shirt where the sleeves stopped at her elbows. Over the shirt was a black jacket with no sleeves. She also wore a pair of blue jeans and black sneakers.

The other was the blue haired man she saw yesterday. He wore the same outfit as before. Now that she was closer however, she saw that he had a black stud in his left ear.

"Lucy!" Styxx called while running over to her. He had that same smile that he always wore.

"Hey Styxx. What's all of this?" Lucy asked.

"I'll answer all your questions, but first you need to meet some people." Styxx answered. The white haired teen gently pushed Lucy up to the brunette. "This is Isabella. She helped me move your stuff up into your room."

"How'd you like it, by the way? I made sure Styxx didn't break anything and I helped decide where everything went." Isabella asked, waiting to be critiqued.

"You did a great job, the room is amazing!" Lucy answered the tall mage, excited to finally start meeting the people of the guild.

"Good, cause I wanted to make sure everything was comfortable. Guilds don't get star singers like you everyday." Lucy blushed at the compliment.

Styxx then turned her to face the blue haired man. "And this is Kunaru." Styxx said with an edge, to his voice.

Kunaro gave a fake, hurt look at Styxx, then turned to Lucy. "It's nice to met you. Name's Kunaru."

Lucy looked up into Kunaru's face, he was quite tall as well. "With all these tall people, I'm starting to feel really small."

"Welcome to my world." Theodora grumbled. Everyone laughed except the old mage, who only scowled.

Lucy turned back to Kunaru and introduced herself. "My name's Lucy." Lucy smiled, then added as an after thought, "In the future, when your fighting with Totomaru, please try to avoid hitting me with any more chairs. Or anything really."

Kunaru blushed. Lucy saw that Totomaru had as well. They both quickly mumbled an apology. The blond faced her new master and asked. "Why are we out here? Styxx said something last night about training." Lucy then thought back to the night before.

The Night Before~

Lucy walked off the stage, a smile covering her face. She walked up to Styxx. He had a smile almost as big as hers. Once she was close enough, she asked him a question she was dying to have answered. "So what did you think?"

"It-it-it was amazing!"Styxx exclaimed, "You just kept on singing and singing! Didn't you get tired?" He couldn't believe Lucy. She just kept surprising him.

"Are you forgetting who I am? I know you figured out who my father is. As the daughter of one of the richest people in Fiore's history, I would obviously have to be trained in giving long winded speeches. So something like that is nothing." Lucy explained, smiling the entire time.

Styxx blushed, embarrassed, I should've known that! Gah! Lucy saw him blush and knew exactly what to say, "Hey, don't beat yourself up about it. Your probably the only one who figured it out. The only ones in the guild who know are probably only you, Totomaru, and master. Well, and everyone that left Fairy Tail over the past few years, but there's only a few of them so it's nothing to worry about. Master was most likely told by Makarov. And Totomaru knew me from a long time ago."

"How do you know him anyhow?" Styxx asked, starting to feel jealous of the fire mage.

"Oh, nothing big. He and the rest of the old Phantom Lord guild tried to kidnap me when they were still around. He was a part of their S-Class team, Element Four. I know another one of their members as well, she had joined Fairy Tail not long after." Lucy was growing tired of all these explanations she had to do lately. After a few seconds passed, the young girl asked, "Were you and that other person able to get everything moved?"

"You mean Isabella? Yeah, it only took us a few hours to get everything from your apartment in Magnolia to your room upstairs. Come on, I'll show." Styxx directed Lucy out of dining hall and up to her room. They were right outside her door when he put his hand over eyes. "I want it to be a surprise." Styxx whispered into the blond's ear.

Lucy giggled and said smiling, "Okay."

Styxx opened the door, and guided Lucy to the middle of the room. He counted up to three then took his hand away. Lucy was now able to look around her new room. She circled around, looking at everything. Her bed was under neath the window, and her trunk at the foot of it, just like back at her apartment. In fact, almost everything was in a similar position of her old apartment. Some things were switched, but the room was nearly identical.

"Apparently the dimensions of this room and your old apartment were nearly the same. This room was only a little bigger, so Isabella and I got you a house warming gift." Styxx said. He then pointed to a potted plant in the corner of the room. "The door to the bathroom is right over there." Styxx then pointed to a door Lucy had missed.

"I really missed a lot of this room." Lucy thought out loud.

"Yeah, my good looks and charming personality have that effect." Styxx joked. He and Lucy laughed at his joke. Suddenly, Lucy noticed something.

"Styxx, how were you able to get to Magnolia and here back? And with everything I own, no less?" Lucy had finally realized this, and was embarrassed that she hadn't noticed earlier.

"That's what's so useful about Isabella's magic. She's able to distort the time flow of an area or object." Styxx implied. He always enjoyed talking about Isabella's power.

"Isn't that like the lost magic Time Ark? A mage I know can use that. She was always able to do things like turn ice into water or water vapor." Lucy asked. Could this Isabella be using a Time Ark as well?

"If that's how that magic works, than no. Isabella's magic speeds up or slows down the flow of time. Not change an object's actual time." Styxx explained. Talking about Isabella's power made him eager for the next morning.

"Okay, I think I get it." Lucy replied, then returned to walking around her room. After a bit of time passed, Lucy asked another question, "What do you call her magic? I would really like to know."

Styxx turned around to face his crush, he had been on his way out. "We call it Time Paradox." Styxx told. Lucy just nodded then returned to looking around. At the name of the magic he remembered something he needed to ask her. "Lucy, you know that the Great Magic Tournament is coming up, right?"

Lucy spun around to look at the teen, surprised by the question. "Yeah, of course. How couldn't I?" The young blond looked away, making it look like she was examining something on her bookshelf, hiding a scowl at the memory.

Styxx continued on, oblivious to Lucy's reaction. "Well, I-I was wondering if you wanted to join us as part of the team entering."

The celestial mage spun around for a second time, this time shocked. "Wh-why would you want someone as weak as me?" Lucy whispered.

Styxx walked up to Lucy and hugged her. He had barely heard the girl, but that only made him worry more. Styxx answered her back, only in a whisper himself, "You're not weak." The white haired teen then raised his voice a little louder, "You are strong. Not just as a mage, but as a person. You're the most strong hearted person I have ever met. We could really use someone with your skills on the team, and we would all gladly welcome you." Styxx finished, he looked down at the girl he loved in his arms as she looked up at him, tears in her eyes.

And at that moment, he couldn't resist his urge, his love, any longer. The white-haired teen slowly bent over, and kissed Lucy deeply. Lucy, shocked by the surprise visit of Styxx's lips, hesitated for a moment. But after that second of hesitation, her shock went away and she gladly returned the passionate kiss.

Author's Note- Thank you all for the fav's and great reviews! I got so excited by them that I just had to type up another chapter and post as soon as I could! In case anyone's wondering, I will be using more music in the future, but only about twice, I think. And I'll be having a chapter or two from the point of view of Lucy's old teammates soon. Also, I'm going to try to post a new chapter at least once every weekend, so expect another one out soon!

Another Author's Note- Lucy will get back at Fairy Tail as well. If you want to know, I'll give you a hint, refer to the present. And sorry this chapter was shorter than the others, I'll try to make them longer in the future.

Thank you all,

Archangel-Angel