Author's Note:
It's still Tuesday! 11:35 PM my time as I'm typing this, but it's still Tuesday! Thanks to everyone who reviewed, they really made my day:) I also needed to say that I don't completely get the ratings thing. This chapter has some blood, not a lot. I think it's still T. I'm usually not bothered by blood or violence, but I know some people are, or maybe that's just my friend, so I just wanted to be safe.
Chapter 7
The sun was low in the sky and was going to set soon. Natsu growled in frustration. They had been searching nearly all day and hadn't found any sign of Gray.
"Maybe he isn't here after all," sighed Lucy.
"It's going to get dark soon," said Happy, looking up at the sky.
"Yeah, maybe we should regroup with Erza and Wendy and come up with a different plan," said Lucy. "Hmm, Natsu?" she asked the dragon slayer who had suddenly froze.
"I smell Gray," was all the dragon slayer said before charging off into the forest, leaving a dust trail.
Lucy coughed at all the dust Natsu had kicked up. Really? Did we actually find Gray this time?
"Natsu! Wait for me!" said Happy as he flew after his partner.
Lucy quickly grabbed one of her keys and pointed it up towards the sky and shot magical energy into the air. It exploded like a firework, nice and big and impossible to miss.
When she was done sending the signal, the blonde started running after her friends. "Guys! Wait up!"
A large firework exploded in the sky. Frowning, Amelia activated her magic eye and zoomed in on the spot where the firework came from. She saw a blonde and scowled when she saw the pink symbol on the back of the blonde's hand. Quickly scanning the area, she found Salamander, Titania, a young blue haired girl, and two cats.
"Max!" she called as she turned around and started walking deeper into the temple.
The teleportation mage appeared out of nowhere next to her.
"They're here," said Amelia.
Max didn't need any clarification as to who was here.
"It's about time to start anyways," he shrugged.
They descended to the dungeon. As they stopped in front of the only occupied cell, dark blue eyes glared daggers at the two.
"What do you want now?" grumbled Gray.
Amelia didn't reply. She just unlocked the door and stepped inside. A confused expression appeared on Gray's face, but it quickly turned into a surprised one as his head was banged against the wall and he lost consciousness for what felt like the hundredth time.
Erza raced through the woods, with Wendy and Carla trying their hardest to keep up. She finally saw something pink through the trees and she sped up even more.
She found Natsu sniffing around like crazy and Happy and Lucy watching him with confused faces.
"Natsu!" yelled Titania.
The dragon slayer jumped at the sound of the S-class mage's voice.
"What happened?" asked Erza. Wendy and Carla finally managed to catch up with the red headed female.
"I caught Gray's scent, so I followed it here. Amelia's and Max's scent suddenly appeared out of nowhere and the trail just stops here," said Natsu.
"They must have teleported here and then teleported away," said Erza thinking, "Natsu, can you follow his trail backwards? That might lead us somewhere."
The dragon slayer nodded and sniffed the air before running back the way they came from.
Amelia stopped in front of a giant door with engravings on it. Max stood behind her, dragging the unconscious devil slayer behind him. Taking a deep breath, the lightning mage pushed open the doors and stepped inside.
Once she stepped through the door a ringing sound hit her ears. She suddenly felt dizzy and her vision clouded. Then the ringing noise slowly went away and her vision cleared, showing a large open room with only a large hole on the ceiling to the outside. The walls were covered in the same carvings as the rest of the temple, but the floor had no pictures. It was a giant magic circle.
"I hate that feeling every time," grumbled Amelia.
Max nodded in agreement and started dragging Gray towards the middle of the room. On top of the giant magic circle was a smaller one, but still large, that was not etched into the floor. Amelia looked at the smaller circle and smirked, it had taken them forever to find the magic circle that allowed a person to control a demon, but it had taken them even longer to find out how to activate it.
Amelia looked out of the hole on the ceiling. The sun had already begun to set, so the moon would come out soon. They had to hurry. Taking out a large lacrima that held all of the devil slaying magic the had drained, Amelia placed the lacrima in the center of the circle.
Max dropped Gray right outside of the smaller magic circle and took out a knife which he passed to Amelia. Amelia held the weapon in her hands before stabbing it into pale flesh. Burying the blade into Gray's side, Amelia watched as blood began to flow before pulling the blade out again.
Amelia stepped back as the red liquid fell to the floor and started making a puddle, but then it began to move. It crawled towards the magic circle and once it got there it began to follow the border. Once it made its way all around the circle the crimson liquid began to fill up the inside design.
Natsu followed Gray's scent up the mountain. It lead him to the mouth of a temple that they had somehow missed when they searched the mountain the first time. Stepping inside he found Amelia's and Max's scent which was very fresh.
Sniffing the air again, a metallic scent suddenly invaded his nose. Freezing, Natsu tried to figure out whose it was.
"I smell blood," growled Natsu. He started running towards a flight of stairs that lead down into the temple.
"Natsu, wait!" said Erza.
Natsu ignored her and continued running, but then someone grabbed his scarf, stopping him. Turning around Natsu saw it was Carla who had stopped him. Before he could demand why purple runes lit up in front of him in a square that he was about to step in if Carla hadn't stopped him.
"The enemy set up traps, we have to be careful," said Erza.
Natsu grumbled an okay and the group began to make their careful way into the temple.
The outer design of the magic circle had been completely outlined in blood and the rest began to fill a puddle under the unconscious ice mage. The inner design was still blank.
Wiping the knife clean, Amelia leaned over the magic circle and held out her arm. Then she slit her wrist, but not too deep. She flinched at the slight pain, but watched with satisfaction as her own blood began to fill in the inner part of the magic circle.
When the whole circle was complete, Amelia dropped her arm back at her side and put the knife away. Then they waited. The moon was already in the sky, but they had to wait until it was right above them.
Amelia watched as part of the large magic circle was covered in moonlight, and then more and more until the moon was directly above and the whole circle was illuminated with moonlight.
The lacrima in the center began to leak out magic energy until the whole room was filled with devil slayer magic. The large magic circle etched into the floor began to glow and the smaller circle made of blood also began to glow.
Then the whole temple began to shake and pieces of rock fell from the ceiling onto the floor. A crack appeared on the floor right under the lacrima. Then it grew and grew until it covered the smaller circle. Then the temple shook again and a hole appeared where the circle was. Where it is. The circle written in blood floated in midair right over the hole.
The hole lead to nothing. Just pitch black darkness. And the lacrima that fell into the hole, made no sound when it hit the bottom because there was no bottom. But then something came out of that darkness. A demon.
Author's Note:
Yay! I finished another chapter somehow. The whole thing with the magic circle was kind of more like fullmetal alchemist, but I don't think it's that farfetched for the Fairy Tail universe. I don't know what else to say cause I want to go to sleep right now so I will. Leave a review or follow/fav. Okay good night.