A/N So here we are with the next chapter. I know that I was so very evil when I left off last time, and I really hope that I can redeem myself in this chapter. If anything it will show something else that I have been leading up to. And this is once again to the point where I have written ahead with. So since I have to update the other stories (which I have really sucked at keeping up with) I don't have a schedule planned for posting. But it will be as soon as possible! XD I would also like to thank you for all of the reviews that you guys have given to me. It means a lot to me. To TheCrimsonShinigami I would like to say that I understand what you meant with that and I will keep that in mind for my future chapters.

I do not own Fairy Tail at all!

Chapter Fifteen: Determination

In the stands almost everyone in the audience was on their feet. They all had been assured by the announcers that this was not supposed to be happening, and they were all trying to figure out what the heck was going on down there with the six mages that were now being assaulted by the five strange beings.

Doranbolt had already tried and failed several times to teleport himself into the barrier that was around the combatants. He now stood next to Lahar as the two of them thought up the possibilities of who it was that had challenged the mages in the arena. It was clear to both men that Lucy and her spirits knew something that was going on from the way they were acting and speaking.

Then Doranbolt saw the attack even before the others, and he felt as if it was watching the attack on the island once again. He felt as if he was letting her down. He prayed that Lucy's spirits could do something, but as he watched, he saw that the clock was weakening, and he was forced to watch as the sword went through the little girl. He felt his heart ache as he saw her fall, and his own heart seemed to yell with Lucy's broken voice and the voices of Fairy Tail. And he was forced to watch as he let Wendy down once again. Was he ever going to be able to do anything for her on time? Was he ever going to save her from the danger he was forced to watch her endure?

Yukino watched with her hand over her mouth as she saw Lucy run to the girl's side. She and everyone else in the stands knew that there was no help for the little one. She was going to die if the barrier stayed up for any longer. And that fact brought tears to the woman's eyes as she felt Rogue beside her.

Then she heard Lucy call out with all of her grief a single name; "Phoenix!" and she began to panic.

Yelling with all of the loudness she could muster, she yelled "Lucy, you can't have both Draco and Phoenix out at the same time! It will kill you!" Her voice was horse as she yelled in panic, and she would have thrown herself at the barrier of not for the hand that came across her waist and held her to a strong chest.

"You can't do anything. I'm sorry Yukino, but you have to let Lucy do this. It is not your fight." Rogue said in her ear softly. Yukino wanted to fling herself away from him. But she knew that he was right. Covering her mouth again with her hand and trying to suppress the sobs that come with her tears, she watched on with dread held in her soul.

Lucy nearly passed out as the flaming bird came out of her gate and landed next to Wendy. She would have scolded the girl for being reckless with her magic, but she saw the situation and knew what had to be done. It also helped that Lucy had sobbed "Please, please, I'll do anything, just save her. Please," as she knelt next to the girl.

With a nod and a grim expression the bird made of flames called out "Draco, Leo, leave and come back on your own power, I need all of Lucy's magic!" Her voice left no room for argument as she ordered two of the most powerful spirits of the Celestial Spirit World around.

With nods, they did as they were told. Both disappeared only to reappear not two seconds later. Both were still ready to fight the fallen starts that had challenged them.

Phoenix had concentrated then, and Lucy could feel the drain on her magic. Fairy Tail looked on completely shocked by the presence of another new spirit as Wendy was covered in the golden healing flames. Doranbolt was filled with a sense of hope once more as he watched the wound that went all the way through Wendy get smaller and smaller as the flames seemed to re-grow and re-piece was what cut.

With Lucy breathing heavily the spirit finished and said "That is all I can do for her. She will be completely fine if she rests. I will now take my leave." The beautiful fire bird bowed before she disappeared in a shower of sparks.

Now that the fear and worry were gone, something new filled Lucy. As her magic pulsated even stronger through her, she stood and allowed the determination to win for her guild burst through her. In her mind she reminded herself that she was the holder of the Thirteen Ecliptic Zodiac Keys, and that it was her responsibility to defeat these fallen stars before they killed countless innocent people. Now that Wendy was safe, she would have her revenge. And she would defend her friends with her very life. Nothing could stop her now!

Loke was getting beaten. He didn't want to admit it, but he could tell that the fallen stars were stronger than they had been in the past. As he blocked yet another swipe of magic that Sophronia aimed at him, he couldn't stop the worry that he had for Lucy. Already the Titania was having problems finding her feet and Jura who had been weakened substantially by Draco was out of the running. The leader of the Zodiacs knew that if something didn't happen soon, they would not win this.

"What's the matter kitty? Finally seeing that there is no hope?" The female taunted again. It was a tone that really was starting to get on the lion's nerves. If anything he wanted to win just so that he didn't have to hear her speak any more.

Before Leo could answer, he felt the warm spatter of blood on his cheek as Sophronia coughed in surprise.

Both of them looked down to see the tip of a barbed sword sticking out of the fallen star. It also seemed to have a glowing aura that pulsated like a heart would. Looking to the one who wielded the sword, Loke saw Lucy standing there with her eyes shaded by her bangs. When her hair had gotten free from her bow, he did not know, but from the level of magic that was coming off of her, he knew something had changed.

The fallen star only choked more as Lucy yanked Dorado back out of her and let go, successfully sending him back to the spirit world without a word. Her magic seemed to cause more damage to the other girl every time that it brightened with her steady heart beat and touched her.

"You dare come here and try to kill my friends. I will make you pay!" Lucy promised as she lifted her head and showed her blazing eyes.

Loke gasped as he saw his key holder's eyes. Her right eye was golden and her left one was silver. They shone with so much intensity that if he hadn't known better he would have said she could look into his very soul. It was right then that he knew they had managed to unlock her Star Slaying magic. And from the sheer amount of anger that adorned her eyes, he also knew that she was not going to give up until they had paid in blood.

Her promise made, Lucy took her fist and smashed it into the part of the woman's stomach where the sword had gone through, throwing her several feet and getting a scream out of her. The crowed was silent as they felt the Celestial Spirit mage's power roll off of her in waves.

"That was for Erza," She said as she stalked her new found prey. Lucy regarded Sophronia as the girl scurried onto her feet while clutching her wound.

"This is for Wendy," she said as she flung her foot into the target and once again sent her flying. The entire audience had their mouths open. After watching for a good fifteen minutes as no one was able to land a hit on the two beings who had stormed into the fight, it was kind of amazing to see the one they had never thought could beating one of them senseless.

"And this is for taunting us," Lucy added as she was about to land her final blow. Only this time her fist was intercepted by a different hand.

She looked up with her shining eyes to see the man with spiky brown hair and wolfish features had stopped her. What surprised everyone was the she simply smirked at him before she faced him and said "So you want the same treatment?"

Before anyone could really comprehend what was going on they were wrapped up in a fight. Lucy's fleuve d'étoiles was long forgotten as it lay next to Wendy's unconscious form. With no weapons out, and with her spirits not able to get a clear attack because she was too close to the fallen star not to hit her as well, Leo and Draco couldn't do anything but watch as Lucy unloaded all of her anger on the guy.

She consistently dodged his attacks while firing her own at him. She kicked and punched. None of her team mates had ever seen her move with such grace or utilize so much power as she swirled in the air and had her foot connect with her opponent's head. They could do nothing but watch as she seemed to leap into the air and maneuver in such a way that most of them would have thought impossible if they hadn't been watching.

And then something stirred within her. Her eyes seemed to shine even brighter as she chanted "Oblitus dolor, dolorem Derelicta!"

Her magic seemed to burst forth from within her, and when it touched the two fallen stars, they both yelled out in obvious pain. Their ear splitting shrieks telling of pain beyond the comprehensions of the mortals who were watching. But when the magic hit her friends it seemed to leave them alone. If anything it also seemed to heal Leo and Draco. They felt it as if it was trying to purge the evil that was not even in their souls while strengthening the good.

"That is enough. I think that she still has much to learn." Mordachi said emotionlessly to his generals on the ground. Ezekiel gladly grabbed Sophronia and brought her to the platform that they had set up while still trying to ignore the pain that was rushing through him due to Lucy's last spell.

Then Mordachi faced Lucy and said "Make no mistake, Lucy Heartfilia, when you are stronger, I will come back. And when I do you will not be able to stop me." He said it without emotion as he waved a hand and the arena was once again blinded by a bright light.

Even if they were gone, Lucy's anger was not quenched, and her power was still swirling around her. The barrier was finally down, and the rest of the guild had rushed in. Natsu wanted to go over to Lucy, but he was stopped by Draco as Loke very carefully approached the girl with golden hair.

"Lucy?" He asked as he carefully stepped towards her. She took no heed of him as her head was still turned upwards to where she had last seen the five. So he continued "Lucy, they are gone for now. I promise you that we will train you, and when the time comes, we will defeat them. You just have to wait a little longer. Okay?"

Lucy heard his words. He had told her to wait. But the Celestial mage did not want to wait any more. She wanted to find them and force them to pay. All she had to do was follow them. Deep in her mind she knew that he was right, but the rage that she had been feeling up until that point still clouded her judgment and made it so that she didn't want to listen to him.

As if hearing the call for revenge in her heart, and knowing that she needed to fly in order to achieve it, Lucy's magic began to respond by forming into two wings along her back. One of silver and one of gold, they began to solidify behind her.

"Lucy, please," Leo suddenly began to panic, "you cannot go up against them now! They will kill you. Please listen to me. You need to train. It's the only way to beat them. Please," he begged her.

But Lucy didn't hear him. So in a last ditch attempt, Loke called out for the maiden spirit to come to his aid. And sure enough, right after Virgo appeared she said the words "Hime, Wendy needs you," and the magic creating the wings seemed to shatter into dust as Lucy's eyes faded back into the regular chocolate brown once again.

"Wendy!" She whispered with urgency right before she ran back over to the unconscious girl who was surrounded by guild mates. Seeing that their master was back to her former self, the three spirits traded looks before two went back to the spirit world. The three knew that things were not going to be the same anymore.

Leo stayed by his master's side because he knew that the Magic Council would have questions for her that she was not allowed to answer. He knew that they would demand to know everything, and he also knew that there was a very fine line that stated what they were allowed to tell Lucy, and what they were allowed to tell the rest of the world. It was like this for a reason, and the lion spirit knew that it would be worse if Lucy had to go through that by herself.

Right on cue, Lahar had reached them and asked in his strict voice "Can you came with me and answer some questions Miss. Heartfilia?" To be honest it really wasn't much of a question at all. It was an order that was stated as a question.

Not wanting to get arrested for the second year in a row during the Grand Magic Games, Lucy nodded, much to the complaining of her team mates. They all thought that she should stay with them and the rest of the guild. Since they didn't know what was going on, it only seemed right that Lucy didn't have a clue either. Plus, more than one individual wanted to throw a party to celebrate the power that Lucy had shown during the match. Finally, Lahar and Makarov agreed that they would both be present during the questioning, and forced the others to deal with that decision.

Meanwhile:

"Good work Lazarus. You have successfully opened her up to the Star Slaying magic. Now all we must do is wait for those pesky spirits of hers to train her with it." Mordachi praised the man with blue hair. The man simply inclined his head to the prince he had chosen to follow as he accepted the praise.

"You planed on us being beaten like that?" Sophronia growled through her pain. Ambrosia had been tending to her for over an hour and the wound still didn't seem to be closing. With each passing minute, it also seemed as if the red haired girl's temper seemed to flair even more. It was almost annoying to listen to it at this point.

Ezekiel seemed to have been fully healed by then. It was to the point where one might not have even noticed that he had been hurt only a short while before. "I haven't a clue what that spell was that she casted on us, but it is not something that I want to feel again."

"Did you not recognize the words that she said?" Lazarus asked with a sadistic smile on his face.

When the lower general shook his head, Lazarus laughed as Ambrosia said "Pain of the fallen, pain of the forsaken." The words seemed to bring a chill over the mountain that they had returned to. It seemed to be the base of operations for the time being.

"Are you telling me that was the same pain that we felt when we detached ourselves from our star?" Ezekiel asked even when he knew the answer to be yes.

"I no longer remember the pain, but I do know that it was painful. I do not pity you the pain that she made you remember." Lazarus said in his ominous voice. He was one for theatrics when the moment called for it.

"Lazarus, I want you to continue to follow the girl. We need to make sure that her power increases. It will be dangerous from now on, but we must know. It also does not help that she will be the first we face with this magic, so we must know everything that we can about it before we attach." Mordachi ordered the man with the lizard like eyes.

The man gave a simple nod as he walked away from the other fallen. He did his best to ignore the panting being done by the youngest as she still struggled with the injury that the Celestial Spirit mage had caused with the spirit sword. In his heart he knew that if he was found, it might mean his life for the first time since he had become a fallen star.

Since they had come down to Earthland, they had thought that they were immortal. Each had been given the belief that they could not die. But from the fight that had just taken place, all four of the generals now questioned if that was true.

What the others did not know, and what Mordachi did was that the magic that the Heartfilia girl had unknowingly infused into the wound that she had dealt to his youngest general was slowly eating away at the fallen part of the girl and leaving the spirit that she once was alone. That was what Star Slaying was after all. But he had still yet to tell the others of his plans involving the girl. It was not time yet, and they wouldn't like it very much. But they would not be the ones who had to betray everything in order to make it work. Mordachi knew that what he had planned for Lucy was a fate that she would have declared to be worse than death. And that was part of the fun of seeing her grow so strong. He could already imagine the fun it would be to pull off her wings and strip her of her pride.

Soon. Soon he would test her again.

A/N Here is another chapter. I hope that you all liked it, and I would love it if you would drop a review. I am having so much fun with this right now.