"Mph! Mmph!"
"Shut-up! Stupid blonde." The man was then head butted by a stubborn Lucy, who glared at him.
"I think you better co-operate, or your little pink-headed friend will go... bye-bye."
Lucy rolled her eyes at the childish remark.
The man continued to drag her into a cave. It was dark and Lucy couldn't see anything. Her keys on her hip were starting to jiggle as large rocks touched them
ah crap, Aquarius is gonna kill me
The man then ripped off the cloth covering her mouth and threw her in, quickly casting a spell to keep her within the barrier.
She struggled with the ropes still around her feet and hands.
She started to breathe heavily and panic. She wriggled faster and faster until she stopped and closed her eyes.
Think Lucy, don't panic. Just breathe.
Lucy took a deep breath in. But the air, though cool and crisp on her skin, was... suffocating her, stuffing in her throat.
Try again, you're just panicking Lucy, now breathe.
She inhaled once again, but no air was entering her throat.
Come on Lucy, BREATHE!
Nothing
Breathe!
No air.
The next thing she knew she was hoisted in the air. She felt for her neck with her tied hands, but nothing was there. She looked forward and saw a pair of menacing red eyes, staring into her soul. She shivered and slowly her eyes began to darken. Wait those eyes.. are so... familiar...
"Who are you?" asked the owner of the eyes.
"L- Lucy!" She gasped.
The owner of the eyes stepped into a patch of light...
"R-Rose? What are you d-doing? stop!"
"How do you know me? Why am I here? WHO ARE YOU?"
"Rose! Please I'm you're brother's girlfriend! I am you guild mate! Your friend!"
"Brother? What brother? I have never heard of such lies!"
"Please R-Rose you have to believe me" Lucy was able to say. She racked her brain on what to say when it hit her "Your mother! Sh-she's watching you r-right now! What would she think?"
"What Mother?"
"D-Don't you remember? Ignatia? Ignatia Jade"
The moment Lucy gasped the last to words, she was about to black out when all the air returned to her. She took deep and heavy breaths.
"She's looking at you... Right now, wondering what ever happened to her little girl. Rose you need to listen to me! You need to snap out of it!"
"Mother... mommy..." Rose's eyes returned to their original state and she fellherbody shaking violently, as if she were possessed.
"MOTHER!" She yelled. Her sobs loud, her mind confused.
Lucy stood up shakily. "Rose"
"No! Why do you know me! I hate you! Go away!" She sobbed.
"Rose please! Calm down... Shh" Lucy put a hand on Rose's shoulder which was shrugged off.
"Rose I know how it feels. To lose your parents. Ignatia would be so proud of what you've become. A mage stronger than almost every wizard in this world."
Ignatia would be so proud
Ignatia
Ignatia...
A heart wrenching scream filled their cage. "MOMMY! MOM! MAMA! HELP ME!"
Her face red and her mind out of control... What was happening?
"What is going on... Rose?"
Lucy's eyes were slowly becoming adjusted and Lucy saw many cuts on Rose's band on her shirt. She looked a little closer and saw a mark that was growing... It was shiny and looked like
"Black Blood... wait you're reactions! why is it that every time I say... Ig- Ignatia!"
The blood began to shrivel and become a smaller puddle on her back, as Rose screamed in pain!
"It's the blood! The blood is taking your memories! The blood is drowning your thoughts! but your mother's name... It's not just a name. It's a spell! Zeref has a weak spot! IGNATIA! IGNATIA! IGNATIA"
Rose curled into a ball and wailed for her mother... This family... needs their mother back. The kind and loving woman who may in fact save her children, and if they were lucky, her husband.
Lucy looked at her back and saw that the blood has become the size of a pinhead
"One more should work... Gomen, Rose, for all the pain you must be going through. Ignatia!"
A high pitched shriek , more louder and piercing than the previous shouts.
The blood turned white and seemed pure and silver and entered Rose's now unconscious body.
Tears began to brim in Rose's still open eyes.
"Ma..ma... arigatou." and her eyes closed as she smiled in peace. "Lucy san, thankyou for figuring it out."
"Rose... are you okay? I hope you're not hurt."
"No... I'm fine, just a bit of a headache..." she muttered. "I'm sorry for suffocating you, but I can break us out of here." apologised Rose
"Really?"
"Yeah.. I didn't do it before because of the spell that was on me. My mind was to co-operate with those who were under the direction of the dark mage I was under the influence of... I was supposed to be asleep, but my magic was able to tackle most of that out of my body... though I was still quite delusional."
"Um, what?"
Rose smiled apologetically and stood up.
"Lucy san, you need to do something very important. Hold your breath, do not attempt to breathe or you'll drown. What I'm about to do... suffocates you ten times faster than what happened before."
"Hai."
"Just nod when you hold your breath"
Lucy took a deep breath in and nodded
"abolefacio" She said monotonously, and Lucy felt an immense power radiating from Rose. Soon the air was thicker and when Lucy tried to mover hand... she couldn't. It felt like a whole beach full of sand had buried her alive. Rose's eyes were glowing and Lucy could see rose patterns with thorns beginning to form a star around her.
"dimittam" She said and it was like all the sand was lifted off but, Lucy held her breath still, she felt something... coming. Suddenly, a large weight forced her to fall on the ground. The sand feeling had returned... and it broke the barriers.
"Lucy-san, you can breathe now." Rose said in her normal voice. Lucy looked up and felt a strong warm wind being absorbed by Rose. She lifted her hand in awe and felt the beautiful wind. At closer inspection, Lucy saw intricate designs of individual rose petals.
"Pretty"
"Lucy-san. Lets get out of here. I know where Natsu-nii is."
"Hai"
Who cares if she was to wait for Gildarts... She's got a kick-ass ninja... Not to mention she's a Fairy Tail guild member.
The Shadow Rose.
"Lucy?"
Natsu turned around expecting to see a smiling blonde, but no... once again, his mind playing tricks. Natsu looked around awkwardly. The castle was now rebuilt, but it had the disturbing stench of blood thirst.
"Oh look its my son, wandering like a lost puppy." Zeref mocked. Only to almost be hit by a raging ball of fire.
"I am not the son of whatever you are. I had a happy life. I thank Mavis that Igneel became my father and that the monster you are isn't."
"You made a sentence congratulations fool, but in a few days, Rose will come to power, you will disintegrate into nothing and the world will be perfect." and with that Zeref left.
"Natsu!" called a voice that sounded a lot like
"Lucy!"
They ran and fell into each others arms tears falling in heavily .
"Luce! My Luce!" He said as he took in the scent of her hair. Lucy buried her face in his chest and wished to stay in that position forever.
"Luce! They took Rose! I don't know where she is or what's going to happen!"
"Shh! Its okay! She's just umm taking care of business"
"Business?"
"She's silently poisoning every guild member to be knocked out for about a month I guess?"
"With what potion?"
"Oh no it's a spell. Come on you need to get out of here"
ROSE
Rose slipped into the last of the rooms. Her father's room. She cast the spell onto the bulky body guards. She was about to leave when curiosity got the better of her. She walked to the bed of her father. She looked as his sleeping face. His face so peaceful...
She was then bombarded by a happy yet painful memory.
"Papa! Ne Papa!" a little pink haired girl said as she jumped up and down on her parent's bed, tears falling out of her eyes.
"Rose it's late, what are you doing up?" He asked as he chuckled and sat up. She sat on his lap and gave him a hug.
"Papa! I had a bad dream!" She said urgently
"Aaw, what's that honey? Tell me what happened."
"Daddy you we're hurting me and Natsu-nii. It was so scary, Papa I'm so scared!"
"Now Rose, you know I would never, ever, hurt you or your brother. You two and your mother are the most important people in my life. If I were to ever hurt you, then only your mother would be able to help you."
"Is mama your boss papa?"
Zeref chuckled. "No, she is more than that. You're mother will forever be my savior and yours. She is our gaurdian angel, and I love her with all my heart."
"Papa you really love Mama!"
"Yes Rose, I do. I really do"
"Mama, does Papa still love you? Does he remember his love at all?" Rose whispered. Tears began to overflow and her cheeks began to feel warm.
She wiped her eyes and face and walked out of the room with a heavy heart and followed the sound of her brother
"No, I need to defeat Zeref." Natsu said. "If I don't then it'll just happen over and over and over."
Lucy sighed. "Then escape and wait till Gildarts comes with reinforcements. We may have Rose, but now is not the time"
Natsu's shoulder was tapped by what he thought was a
"NINJ-"
"SHH! Come on, they're all knocked out and tied up" Rose said feeling better
"But Zeref and his men"
"His 'henchmen' are tied up as well, they don't call me Shadow Rose for nothin'. Zeref is also a really heavy sleeper. I'm not kidding, I did an experiment in earlier observations. I threw a vase that broke in his tent. His henchman woke. Zeref not so much."
"Okay well lets get outta here." Natsu said. They turned to the doors and walked to where the large stone hid a campfire, a worried Levy, Lisanna, Happy and a bored Gajeel. Master and Pantherlily looked over the map and slowly deciphered the 'Mira Map" into a proper easier to read map.
"Minna! I've got them!"
"EHHH!?" They all were wide-eyed, as they saw the two pink headed siblings.
"NATSHUUU" Happy crashed into Natsu and they had their own private reunion
"Well.. do we need to go back?" Levy asked.
"No, we stay here and fight Zeref. Group or alone, I want him to stop being that monster" Natsu said. "I don't want to kill him, but if have to, then I will."
"Well then lets start tomorrow morning." Gildarts said out of the blue.
"Gildarts! You're here?"
"Yeah, and we will start first thing tomorrow morning, Zeref won't know what hit him"
That night …
"Zeref"
"What!? What do you want now? You take my family, my life, my happiness, is that not enough for you? I hate being your puppet!" Zeref yelled. The dark place he was in was dark, damp and dirty and had the stench of death.
"I am here to say that your children will be great assets to my collection. Instead of killing your son, use your daughter to infect him. Infect him and the three of you will be the most powerful mages in the world!"
"Hai.. master..."
"Remember our deal, Zeref, your family can indeed survive, but it all with a price.. everything comes with a price."
"Hai..."
Group 2
"So we're exactly are we going?"
"Well, Rose and Natsu have a distinct smell, almost identical," Wendy explained. "But Rose, if you think about it has two differences, one is the female scent, don't ask what it smells like, because I don't actually know, and an unkown smell that I also found on Zeref and Acnologia on Tenrou island, which has to be the dark magic that Lucy and Master said may have scratched Rose. The scent is strong here, so be aware"
"Yes aware indeed" a man said. The group turned to see a cloaked man, his face shadowed.
Wendy froze.
"What do you want?" Cana asked.
"Oh, nothing ma'am, I am just here to say, congratulations"
"Congratulations? For what?" Cana asked again.
"Obviously dear, your funeral. These are the last steps you are ever going to take."
Mavis looked at the man, who obviously didn't see her, as she muttered a spell.
The man then felt a wind blowing from his left. he turned to look for were this eerie feeling was coming from, but nothing. He couldn't see where the cheeky ghost was.
'Who's there?"
"Baka, there's only us" Romeo commented, seeing as Mavis was trying to pull something.
"But Gray-sama! Why can't we keep going ahead?" Juvia asked as she and gray walked out of some bushes.
"Because we've been waiting for an hour and they're la- oh shit." Gray stopped in his tracks to see the man as Juvia bumped into his bare back.
"Oi! It's not man to stop! What are you-" Elfman saw the man and instantly, a heavy tension arose. The man was frozen, he didn't know what to look for or see."
"Where's Mira-nee and Erza?"
"THey went to scout the area with Charle. I told you to stay as one group" Romeo scolded.
"Can was so slow!" Gray said.
"It's true Cana san, I've slowed down so that you wouldn't feel bad" Wendy confessed.
"Well gimme some booze! I can't work under these conditions... AGH"
The man sweat-dropped, feeling his presence has lost importance. "Um... hello, scary creepy man here"
"Shut up you big-headed maker of evil people. This is all your fault! If it wasn't for you, we'd be living all happy and safe, Natsu and Rose would be all happy in their tiny lil' family, and I would be drinking my days away! I need my beer and this is ALL YOUR FAULT!" She screamed.
"Cana calm down!" Wendy pleaded.
"Cana-nee you're gonna get yourself killed like this." Romeo said holding her back from trying to attack the man.
"Baka" Gray said as he shook his head.
"Uhm..." the man stood there awkwardly... what kind of encounter was this?
"DIE BITCH DIE! YOU TOOK AWAY MY BOOZE! I BLAME YOU! I HOPE THAT YOU BURN IN HELL" CANA YELLED.
"She's delirious!" Romeo said as he struggled under the wrath of Cana.
Wendy was getting annoyed but tried... tried to keep her calm façade.
"BAKA! URUSAI" little Wendy yelled as she kicked the crazy alcoholic's head to the ground, the ground then cracking.
Wendy gasped at her outbreak and bowed, "Gomen, I lost control"
Gray, Juvia, Elfman and Romeo paled. Gray patted Romeo's shoulder pityingly.
"Well enough wasting of time" the man said. "Now, what was I saying, oh yes, ahem, this will be you funeral Fairies. Congratulations"
The man began to gather some dark magic in his hand and he was about to unleash it, but it simply was... blown away...
"eh?" The man tried again. And again, AND AGAIN. But nothing.
The group looked to Mavis, giggling. That cheeky lil' ghost.
"baka baka~" she sang.
"Well it looks like you're powerless, sir" Romeo said."Elfman, do you mind doing the honours?"
"No, I don't" He growled as he turned into his beast form.
The man took a step back and ran... But was blocked by a white cat, balancing on the shoulders of his worst nightmare. An armored woman pointing a sword at him and a demon.
"You we're leaving so soon?" Mira said in a sweet tone. The man stepped back and tripped on... Cana's head.
"Stop!" The man pleaded... he saw Wendy, forgetting about her inner evil and seeing her outer weakness, he grabbed her and had a dagger at her neck... but to his surprise, they didn't move. Instead they paled...
He looked to the girl in his hands and saw her unmoving as she looked into his eyes. Her eyes empty and of no emotion.
"Hey.. Wendy... You okay?" Romeo growled as Wendy looked into the man's eyes.
"Hai..." She answered. She lifted her hand to the man's face and covered it, the man was frozen in shock "Just curious... I've wanted to try this in a while. When I met Rose-chan, her magic was cool, so I developed a new spell. Do you know what name I gave it?"
"What?"
"Peek-a-boo~"
Her hand removed his eyes and the man was unable to breathe. Oxygen left his lungs as his arms flailed around asking for air, only to go unconscious.
"Has Rose been rubbing off you?" Romeo asked, his emotions back in order as he put his arm around her shoulders.
"Maybe" She giggled.
"Wait, so, you guys know? About them? AND YOU'RE NOT SQUEALING?" Mira asked pointing to the two young mages
"Yep. Figured it out on the way here. Didn't mind. we knew it was gonna happen sooner or later" Gray said.
"Mira-nee I told you not to go crazy over little kids." Elfman shook his head
Mira pouted as Erza tied up the man.
"Dammit, I was hoping for more action" Gray complained.
The man regained consciousness and looked to Gray.
"Oh, I may have lost my power, but watch as a trio of mages take over this world and purify it, bringing equality that can only be done through violence and force!"
Wendy went to pick up Cana and apologize to her.
The man was put in a water prison and ice cage. Yep, double security.
"Juvia thinks this is strong enough"
"Yeah it is, and the cage looks like it won't break anytime soon."
Gray made an ice wagon and put the man there as they dragged him back on a two day journey to get back to Fairy Tail.
"Luce... wake up..." Natsu asked shyly. It's been two days of torture. Two days of being away from his Lucy.
Natsu held the flap of the tent Lucy was in.
"Mmm" She woke and sat up. The moon was shining brightly in her face, making her seem all the more beautiful to Natsu. He crawled in and sat next to her.
"Luce.. I, I can't sleep." He confessed innocently. "I missed you for too long, I'm too happy to sleep"
"Oh Natsu." She hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. "Natsu, Natsu, Natsu." She said, her face buried in the crook of his neck.
"It's okay, I missed you a lot too." She said gently
"You're not mad? Because you always get mad at me when I wake you up"
"No Natsu, of course not. You've been away for too long for me to be mad at you."
"Lucy... my Lucy..." he whispered. Lucy hugged him even tighter.
"I really did wish you didn't have to be in this situation. You're about to lose your first father that you loved so much before. Gomen." Lucy said.
"Don't apologise Luce, this isn't your fault. Zeref is not my dad. Not anymore."
Lucy slept in uncertainty...
Do you really want to do this? Natsu?
Lucy lay in the protective arms of Natsu that night, afraid of what was about to happen.
But all this melted away as Natsu's warmth let her relax and she slept, hoping that the night would never end
...
Okay so I guess this is the reason why i shouldn't rush... I tried to write with a deadline, but I end up with this short chapter, which I can't even place if I like it or not. But then again i'm pretty pessimistic :/
So what did you think? was it okay? was it crappy as usual? worse? better?
Please tell me
Also! what do you think of Rose's character? I mean she's like the main character (sadly, this really was supposed to be full on NaLu but I have a weird mind), but you can kinda picture her right?
A smart girl, slowly beginning to seem more human, but is still quite confused. Kinda looks like a ninja? (yeah cliche but... meh)
So please I really need advice... also, can someone tell me how the beta system works? I'm like confused... so many words and stuff it freaks me out.
Review!
~Kochida