A/N: Alright, here's the next chapter! Again, sorry for the wait, but thank you for bearing with me and reading!
All rights to Hiro Mashima.
Hearts Read
Lucy flipped another page, devouring the words that had been recorded by Zeref so many years ago. She knew that he was practically the incarnation of the devil on earth, but his writing was incredible. Despite all the horrors this book held, Lucy could not make herself stop reading. The fight around her had long ended and the members of the Zodiac were sprawled in various positions around the room.
So many years have gone by since I last laid my eyes on that beauty. I don't know where they have gone. It is as though I blinked and the decades turned without so much as a say-so. My heart has been stolen, is this what love feels like?
Her long, blonde hair flickers across my vision everyday and I cannot stop hearing her cheery voice and joyous laughter as she discovered new things. This girl has me completely enraptured. I do not know if I will ever have the willpower to leave her, but I do not wish to lose her so I know I must.
Lucy sighed as she scanned the next few entries. They were all about this blonde haired, petite young woman named Mavis Vermillion. It seemed as though Zeref had been completely enamoured by her, despite having already been a heart mafia boss for many years. She skipped until one caught her eye. The handwriting was shaky and dried tear drops littered the pages with ink smears.
January 4th X783
Yesterday I went to the garden to find Mavis, but she was not there. Instead was something that chilled my blood. A note written by an unfamiliar hand next to an upturned bag of fertilizer and a box of unplanted flowers.
'If you want your wife back, come to the dock at 12AM tonight. Alone. Bring twelve million.'
It was unsigned, but I did not care, I knew who had written it and who had dared to abduct my wife. It was Geoffry.
I did the only thing that I could do in that situation, called my demons. I also gathered the twelve million asked for, but had no plans of handing it over.
Another surprise awaited me at the docks. Geoffry had his whole gang with him, which was to be expected, but Mavis was tied up, bruised, and bloody. Her sparkling green eyes filled with hope and pleas met mine. I growled softly to myself and reassured her as best I could with a small smile.
"I brought it," I called to Geoffry, tossing the case towards him.
One of his lackeys darted forwards and retrieved it, retreating hurriedly back to his master's side. Geoffry took a moment to count the money before motioning that Mavis be released. Just as she came running towards me a single gunshot sounded through the quiet night.
Mavis slowed, and staggered to a stop just in front of me, looking up at my face with disbelieving eyes. She reached out with a pale shaking hand, her mouth forming words and collapsed into my arms.
I saw red then and my vision only cleared when Geoffry and his little gang lay decimated on the ground. My nine demons stood around me awaiting orders. I ignored them and approached Mavis's prone form. I picked her up and headed home, ignoring the blood soaking my clothes and creating a trail on the ground. Once home I did not rest until she laid buried beneath her beloved flowers.
With her I buried her favourite novel, her favourite blanket, and my humanity. Today I will mourn. Tomorrow I shall be reborn. But I will never forget that it t'was the human race that has killed my beloved light. I will never forgive them. I will never stop grieving. I will never stop killing and destroying until I take my dying breath, until I hear Mavis's last words that never reached my ears.
Lucy stared at the pages in disbelief. Not only had Zeref been married, he'd been so in love with the woman he was married to that her death drove him insane. It was crazy. But it also gave Lucy the key to win this war. She stood and slammed the book shut. It was late and Lucy needed to ruminate on what she'd learned today from Zeref's book. Tomorrow she would finish it and begin to craft her plan of attack. Tomorrow she would be much closer to her goal. Tomorrow Fairy Tail's training would start. So much would happen tomorrow, but in order to prepare for it, she needed to sleep today.
Lucy went around the conference room, rearranging her gang members into more comfortable sleeping positions, draping blankets over them, and tucking pillows under their heads where needed. Finally, Lucy grabbed her own pillow and blanket and curled up between Aquarius and Cancer to sleep.
A/N: So not that much happened yet, but we learned why Zeref is crazy and we are getting closer to the final battles! I did my best to write Zeref's journal, please don't judge too harshly! If you have any questions drop me a PM, the story is likely to get more complicated from here on.
Thanks for reading,
Artistofthemind