Chapter 15: Golden Tear

As Styxx ran into the hotel lobby, he quickly glanced around the area. Lucy was no where to be found. Panicking, he yelled out his girlfriend's name. The only reaction he got was from other guests, who simply looked at the shapeshifter with quizzical looks.

Remembering the nightmare, Styxx ran up to where the Fairy Tail rooms were. Once her arrived, he quickly looked over the hallway. Finding no clues, the white haired mage sprinted back to the lobby. There he saw his master and three companions. He ran over to them, he saw the ice mage from before as well. The others saw him come up to them and stopped their search, hoping to discover something from Styxx.

Once he reached them, Styxx growled, "What is he doing here?"

Grey retorted, panic in his voice, "Look, now's not the time for threats. We need to find Lucy."

Isabella spoke up next, speaking quickly, hoping to get a move on, "Grey suspects the dragon slayer took her."

Theodora calmly spoke up next, "We should search out side."

The young mages nodded, and quickly made their way outside. Outside, people were fleeing for their lives. A few blocks down from the hotel a fight was going on. With no time at all, Styxx and the others arrived. What they saw surprised all of them. A circle in the middle of the street was formed, members from both Wolf's Howl and Fairy Tail were watching the spectacle.

Plenty of room was left as the combatants furiously battled. Or at least, one of the combatants. Once Styxx finally pushed his way to the front of the crowd, he realized what was going on.

Lucy and Natsu were the ones fighting. Or really, Natsu was. The dragon slayer slashed and punched dramatically, attempting to make contact with the blond. His attempts failed miserably as Lucy easily dodged all his attacks, never once even moving to strike.

While Natsu growled, Lucy merely laughed and teased, "Come on Natsu, I thought you were stronger than this? Are you even trying?"

Natsu merely growled again then punched, flames dancing off his fist. Lucy, who was still laughing, jumped up and flipped over her old teammate. Natsu then tried attacking again using his Talon of the Fire Dragon, but was shocked to see that Lucy wasn't even behind him anymore. The pink haired mage looked up to see the blond right up into his face, her tongue sticking out.

As the fight continued, Lucy became annoyed, "And here I thought you were supposed to be a big bad dragon slayer, but you can't even land a hit on little old me." The celestial mage laughed again as she jumped away from another punch.

Lucy physically showed her annoyance now, "Well, I think we've put on enough of a spectacle, I think it's time I wrapped this up." Suddenly, a look of seriousness covered Lucy's face. She slowly unsheathed her knives and took a battle stance. The hilt of the knives in her hands, the actual blades ran up her arms, stopping just short of her elbows.

At this action, the crowd went silent. Everyone stared in awe at the girl before them. None of them could believe that this was the same Lucy they once knew. No one but the Wolf's Howl team of course. They looked on in curiosity, curious as to how badly their friend would cut up the dragon slayer.

To their surprise, she didn't use them at all. Lucy merely twirled them duel weapons in her hands then threw them into the ground at her sides. Slowly, the blond walked up to her old crush. Natsu did nothing but stare, frozen in place by the aura she put off.

Suddenly her eyes started to glow. Quickly the glow became stronger until her eyes were no longer brown, but a pale gold. Then, all of a sudden, her hair became paler until it was a platinum blonde. Her clothes changed, white changed to black as black changed to white.

When she spoke up again, her voice boomed, a magical presence behind it. "Natsu Dragneel, you pursued your own selfish desires over the feelings and needs of those closest to you. A sin punishable by death." Lucy paused momentarily, then continued. Pain in her voice. "Justice shall be issued."

Suddenly, her clothes changed back to normal. Her hair darkened back to it's original color. The glow from her eyes faded, returning them to her deep brown. Then, with no warning, Lucy fell to the ground. Her eyes closed, blood slowly flowed from her mouth.

Styxx ran up to his girlfriend, tears flying from his eyes. "No! Lucy! Wake up! Wake up Lucy, wake up!"

The white haired mage held the unconscious girl in his arms. Tears falling from his eyes. Lucy's breathing, already weak and ragged, started to slow.

Styxx started to panic, screaming out his soul, "No! Lucy! Don't die on me Lucy! You can't!" His voice quieted down into a whimper. "Please, Lucy. Don't die! I don't know what I'd do without you. I love you Lucy! I love you!"

Lucy's breathing became even weaker. In a desperate attempt, Styxx kissed Lucy, tears falling from him uncontrollably. As he kissed her, Styxx felt her last breath escape her. Unable to face his dead lover, Styxx kept his eyes fiercely shut, missing a single golden tear fall from Lucy's eye.

And into his mouth, still kissing the girl in his arms.

FIN

Author's Note: *IMPORTANT MUST READ* Sorry that was such a short chapter. I cried while writing this, I really did. Please don't be mad at me for how I ended the story. There WILL be a sequel. I just don't know how I'm going to start it. I'm going to finish A Journey Begins first, and my entry for a writing contest a local college is holding.

I GUARANTEE IT WILL BE STARTED AND UP BY THE END OF MARCH.

Thank you all for reading, I never, never in my wildest dreams, did I think my story would be as popular as it is. Thank you so much, and I hope to keep on entertaining you for a long time to come.

Thanks for Reading!

Archangel-Angel