Chapter 2

Lexia Upson

The woods were a calming place to live. After I'd met Zailia, things seemed to become less lonely. Even though I'd never met my family, I felt like she was my older sister. Someone who I looked up to. Someone who I could ask anything.

My parents dropped me off in some orphanage when I was born and I grew up there. Until I was about 17, I think. That was, well, until I met Widow's Web. But that's all in the past.

"Zailia." I said calling her to my attention "I feel like we're being watched."

"It's probably just your imagination." She replied re-equipping her scythe "But just to be safe..." She gestured to me to be ready.

"Ok." We walked in silence for a bit.

I felt a presence and turned around.

Zailia noticed "You're just being parano-" She stopped.

A fiery figure jumped out of nowhere followed by a spear made of ice. "Zailia!"She jumped out of the way.

Someone was behind me. I turned around hitting the figure with a huge ivy vine. I heard a thud. It was a blonde haired girl who looked about my age. Something fell out of her pocket, were those gate keys? I grew a tall vine where I left the keys hanging. If she was a Celestial Spirit Mage, then she's powerless without her keys. I left her on the ground unconscious and turned to face my next opponent.

He was shirtless and his guild insignia was shown boldly on his chest. He was moving so fast, it was hard to make out. "Ice Make Lance!" He threw it.

I quickly placed my hand on the ground. Out of it, came a thick branch giving me a boost to flip over the attack. Getting me closer to the Mage and his dark blue insignia.

Fairy Tail.

Why would mages from Fairy Tail be attacking us? What harm did we do? I don't think we ever destroyed a town. Wait. No. There was that one time... But when it came to these guy's destruction levels, we didn't even place.

I glanced at Zailia. She was fighting a Fire Mage. She was definitely tiring him out.

Taking my focus back to the Ice Mage, I threw a vine in his direction. He blocked it with a shield. So instead, I tried at thorn vine that broke cleanly through the ice. "Don't tire yourself out." He said with a laugh making a cannon out of ice.

"I wouldn't get so cocky." I replied destroying his cannon. I was pushing my boundary.

"Dammit!" I heard the pink haired Fire Mage yell. I snuck another look at them. Zailia had him pinned up to a tree.

'Im pushing it.' I said to myself 'You need to stop.' I started to shut down. I let go of the Celestial Spirit Mage's keys. She was coming to.

Zailia noticed "Lexia!" She shouted as she was hit by a fire attack "Don't do it! You'll destroy the entire forest!"

I looked at her then to the Ice Mage. They were hurting Zalia. My older sister. I would repay her for that day she found me.

My eyes started to glow. The boy threw another lance at my head, but a root caught it and threw it back at her face. I started to float.

"Lexia!" Zailia shouted again "Stop!"

The wind began to pick up. I would destroy them.

The blonde girl came to her senses and ran to the Ice Mage's aid "Lucy! Get out if the way!" He yelled.

She didn't listen, instead she held up a key and said"Open Gate of the Crab, Cancer!"

A man dressed as a crab, holding scissors emerged.

"Cancer! Destroy the vines!" He did what she order and advance towards me at a fast pace destroying the vines.

Zailia asked me to stop. Stop.' I commanded myself. 'Stop.' I said again.

I screamed letting out thousands of branches from my body leaving me on the ground covered in blood.

Red liquid seeped out from my body and flooded the surroundings. Everything started to darken and swirl around me. I heard Zailia's voice coming from afar.

The blonde, Lucy ran over to me yanking out a roll of bandages from her sachal as my eyes started to close "P-please." I asked "S-stop. What did we ever do to you?"

"We took this job to bring two mage murderesses to the Magic Console." She explained as she wrapped my wounds to stop the bleeding "Both of you fit the bill. Strawberry blonde." She looked to Zailia "And lilac colored hair" Then back at me.

"W-we're not murderesses." I coughed. Zailia hit the ground "Make your friend s-stop. He's hurting my sister!" I went to get up, but she held me back down.

"Natsu!" She yelled "Stop!"

He looked over at her "We're supposed to bring them to the Magic Console!"

"Stop!" She yelled again.

He stopped and Zailia punched him. "Hey!"

"Natsu!" He stopped.

"So if you're not murderesses." The Ice Mage started "Who are you?"

Zailia ran over and held me in her arms like she always did when I needed comfort. "We're none of your freaking business!" She replied, giving a look of a wolf ready to strike.

The Ice Mage returned the same look bringing his hands together getting ready to fight the Re-Quipper.

"Woah, woah, ok let's all come down." Lucy said stepping in between the death stare match.

Her gaze fell onto us. "So can you at least tell us why you're here?"

"Well. Yeah." I said "We're hiding from Widow's Web."

"Lexia!" Zalia said.

"They're from Fairy Tail. I think we can trust them." I replied.

"Widow's Web?" Lucy asked.

"A Dark Guild. They've only been around for about 10 years." Zailia answered "And in only those ten, they've beaten and disbanded countless guilds. When I found Lexia, they were chasing her for some reason. But we could never figure out why."

"They're still looking for me." I said quietly making the moment quiet for awhile.

"You've got some serious power." Natsu said looking at Zalia.

"Yeah, so do you" The Ice Mage said to me. "How did you do that 'thing' you did?"

"I've always been able to." I replied "B-"

"But only when she's pushed to a limit. In this case, it was probably me hitting the ground" Zailia interrupted.

"When we use enormous amounts of power. We kinda become unstoppable." I continued "But, when we use the magic, we can't stop."

"It affects Lexia the worst." There was a silence.

Until Lucy got up and said "Well. Since you don't live anywhere in particular and you're both powerful mages. Why don't you join Fairy Tail?"

I smiled "Okay."