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The Fallout
Wendy
"Where am I?" a small blue haired girl mumbled.
She held her forehead with her hand. Her head hurt. She had a terrible headache.
It was then a pretty blonde girl with wings and a circle of light came up to her.
"Hello, my name's Lucy, what's yours?" Lucy asked.
The blue haired girl tried really hard to recall her name. Nothing came up. She couldn't remember anything from before this. It was like she had no memories.
"U-um..." she began to clench her fist in worry when she felt something.
She opened her hand and saw a little pink ribbon.
It was already tied and it looked like it was supposed to fit onto something. But what?
"Wendy," the girl mumbled.
"Hmm?" Lucy cocked her head to the side.
"My name's Wendy," the girl finally said. "Um, where are we?" Wendy asked.
"We are at the Gates of Heaven," Lucy replied.
"Heaven! Does that mean I...I died?" Wendy asked. She couldn't have. But she didn't remember anything at all. How could she have died then?
"Unfortunately, yes. However, since you were so kind and pure as a human, you already have a requirement for becoming an angel," Lucy smiled sweetly. She didn't want frighten the child anymore.
"Requirement?" Wendy asked. She could become an angel? But what would happen if she didn't become one? Would she go to Hell? Would she disappear completely?
"Yes, there are three requirements to becoming an angel. Because of these, not every soul can become an angel," Lucy explained.
"What happens if you don't become an angel?" Wendy asked a little worried.
"You would become a ghost and wander the earth, watching over and praying for your loved ones. It's difficult to find them, they could be on the other side of the world," Lucy said to Wendy.
A ghost? That didn't sound too good. Wendy was sure that if there were requirements for becoming an angel, being an angel wasn't easy as well. But it did sound like the lesser evil.
"I want to try and become an angel Miss Lucy! Please tell me what I have to do!" Wendy bowed deeply.
"Well, you've already completed one requirement, having over 85% positive energy," Lucy smiled.
"Follow me for the next," Lucy turned and started walking.
Wendy followed, but was unsure where they were going. They didn't open the gate, but around it was mist and clouds. It was like they weren't going anywhere.
"Miss Lucy!" a voice cried.
"Miss Lucy!" the voice cried again. Wendy turned to see another angel come up to them.
"Miss Lucy, you are needed, there is a big problem! Please come as fast as you can!" the angel said between pants.
"Alright, just give me one moment," Lucy smiled, "Wendy, can you stay here? I'll be back soon, I promise,"
Wendy nodded and watched Lucy and the angel fly off.
I want wings too...
"Miss Levy! Miss Levy?" another angel appeared out of the mist.
"Excuse me, have you seen Miss Levy? She has blue hair and...um..." the angel trailed off.
"No I'm afraid not, sorry," Wendy apologized.
The angel stared at her for a while before smiling. "I think you will do just fine."
"What!?" Wendy shrieked. What was she supposed to do?
"You see, Miss Levy is extremely smart, because of this, she helps give us advice," the angel explained.
Us? Who was 'us'? Was it the other angels? Or was it this angels friends? Maybe another group of creatures!
"Anyway, the problem is, that there is an angel who went into the mortal world was scared by something and accidentally used his power to make himself visible.
"We're not supposed to do this. Humans came up to him and took pictures. It is something that cannot be overlooked. He will be punished. What do you suggest we do?" the angel asked.
Wendy thought about this for a good while. He didn't mean to make himself visible, but since humans took pictures, it mattered. It wasn't the angels fault, it was the humans.
"Can you do something like, tamper with the pictures the humans took? And maybe make them forget?" Wendy asked.
"Hmm, it's possible we do have a few angels with enough power to handle something like that..." the angel nodded. "Why do you suggest we do this?" the angel asked.
Wendy smiled, "You see, it isn't the angels fault for having his picture taken, because of this I don't believe he should be punished for that."
The angel nodded, "That's true, but he will still be punished, do you have another suggestion?"
"U-um, well..." Wendy thought. The poor angel was still going to be punished. Why? It wasn't his fault that he got scared. And it wasn't his fault that people took pictures.
Maybe he shouldn't be punished if they're going to make the humans forget.
"You understand, right? We have to make sure he doesn't do this again, we could be in major trouble if we did..." the angel trailed off.
Trouble? With who? Weren't angels holy creatures? Why would they be in trouble?
Wendy thought. They didn't want to punish him because of what he did. They wanted him to learn so that he wouldn't do it again.
Learn so that he wouldn't do it again...
"U-um, maybe someone could help him," Wendy said quietly.
"Hmm?" the angel said.
"We-well, since he couldn't control his powers, maybe someone could help him learn to control his powers..." Wendy explained.
"Continue," the angel said, intrigued by Wendy's answer.
"And until he learns to control them, maybe he shouldn't go into the human world," Wendy finished.
"That's not that bad of an idea, thank you, hopefully I'll see you again sometime!" the angel waved goodbye to Wendy.
"Good job," a voice said from behind her.
Wendy jumped a little only to see Lucy smiling down at her.
"Huh?" Wendy furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"That was a test. You have completed the second requirement," Lucy explained.
"B-but the angels! And the pictures!" Wendy cried out.
"The angels were illusions I created. If I had asked you directly, you would've known that it was a test, and you may not have said your true answer," Lucy smiled at the girl, "Wendy, you have completed the second requirement; a good sense of justice."
Wendy smiled; maybe she could become an angel.
"The last requirement is left up to fate," Lucy said to Wendy as they started to walk across the cloudy plain.
"What do you mean?" Wendy asked slightly worried.
"You'll see," Lucy said to her.
A little bit later, they arrived at a gray cubed building. Inside were two rooms. One was a beautiful white room with very little in it. The other room was separated by the first by glass. It had two machines.
Wendy was instructed to stand in the room with nothing in it while Lucy walked into the room with the two machines.
One had a tag that said 'Sensory' the other one had nothing but a few scratches and a lever.
"The final requirement is for you to be gifted with holy powers. There are various types, for example my friend uses the power of ice, moulding it to his command. This requirement is set on fate, I am terribly sorry if nothing happens," Lucy said quietly.
So many people were rejected solely because they didn't have any powers. Those with such a strong sense of justice and those with overflowing positive energy had been rejected by fate.
"This is a simulation, used by our power, I wish you the best of luck," Lucy said before pushing a button on the machine to the right.
Wendy watched as the machine started to glow. The last thing she saw was the machine burst with what she assumed was the angels' holy power.
"Natsu!" a strong voice shouted.
It boomed against the walls of the stone hallway in the palace, making the voice ten times louder.
Natsu turned around, slightly terrified. He knew that voice like the back of his hand.
"Yes, Erza?" Natsu gulped.
"Is it true that you lost to Lucy?" she questioned. Her tone was stern and her eyes were glaring at him.
If Natsu knew anyone who fit the demonic role best, it would be Erza...and Mira.
"Well..." Natsu laughed a little and scratched the back of his head.
"YOU ARE AN IDIOT!" Erza screamed, "WHY WOULD YOU RISK YOURSELF FOR SOMETHING AS MORONIC AS THAT!?" Erza screeched.
"Well-" Natsu started.
"Erza don't bother, he'll be like this regardless," a cold voice said.
"Laxus!" Natsu exclaimed, "Fight me!" Natsu ran towards Laxus, his fighting spirit rekindled.
Laxus had always been stronger than Natsu. He sighed and held out his hand as Natsu charged towards him. Natsu's head hit against Laxus' hand and continued to run.
Laxus rolled his eyes as he watched the pink haired demon run against his hand, unable to break past it.
"Anyway, what are we doing here?" Laxus asked Erza, ignoring the brat on his hand.
"We are waiting for two more people, then I shall explain everything to you that I know about the situation," Erza said calmly, also ignoring Natsu.
"Laxus!" Natsu growled against the older man's hand.
A grumble sounded from somewhere down the hallway. Laxus sighed and pulled his hand away from Natsu's forehead, causing him to drop. Laxus shook his hand, as if Natsu had gotten something on him, before tucking it into his coat.
"Metal head!" Natsu got off of the ground and ran towards the sound.
Gajeel snorted and used his power, iron.
He had the ability (his only ability if you asked Natsu, Laxus and a lot of others, he tried to sing once, it failed epically) to transform parts of his body into iron weapons. Of course, there was more to it than that, but that was the basics.
Natsu dodged the extending iron arm and ran on top of it, lighting his fist on fire.
Gajeel created another smaller iron rod from his iron arm nailing Natsu in the stomach.
Natsu was about to use an attack when he was hit with an enormous amount of dark power.
"Oh my, are Natsu and Gajeel fighting again?" a terrifyingly sweet voice asked.
Mirajane.
"It's really great to see you two getting along!" Mira smiled at Natsu. He wasn't fooled. She was the one to hit him.
At first, she seemed sweet and gentle, but she was one of Zeref's Five Defendants, like Erza. Zeref's Five Defendants were elite fighters. They didn't always attend to Zeref, but they were around him the most.
"We're not getting along!" Natsu and Gajeel said together.
"Well, you know what they say, the more you fight, the more you care about each other!" Mira smiled.
"Thank you for stopping that," Erza coughed gaining everyone's attention, "Well, we have everyone here, so I shall explain what the plan is."
For the second time that day Wendy woke with a headache, unsure of where she was.
This is just a simulation. Her mind said to her.
She seemed to be in a jungle. It was dark, very little sunlight could shine through the dense tree tops.
Wendy got up onto her feet. She was about to walk somewhere when she heard a rustle.
Wendy looked around. Nothing.
She took a step. Another rustle from the bushes. Wendy turned around, a movement caught her eye.
Wendy saw it. In the bushes, there was a huge eye, likely bigger than her hand. It was watching her.
Wendy shrieked and began to run, but a huge boulder blocked her way. She turned around and saw exactly what was chasing her.
"It's just a simulation," Wendy said to herself, "Just a simulation."
The creature seemed to be a bird, however instead of feathers it had scales. The eyes glowed a menacing red and the talons were sharper than any other creature. The 'bird' was over thirty feet and its mouth was filled with rows of razor sharp teeth.
"Just a simulation," Wendy said trembling. Her brown eyes were wide with fear. Her body would not move.
The creature let out a screech before swooping one of its wings down to attack Wendy.
Wendy screamed as her body was thrown to the side. She got up as fast as her body would let her and started running.
She heard another screech from the creature and big winds started to blow. He was starting to fly.
Wendy continued to run, despite knowing the creature could see her very well.
Wendy turned around, everything went in slow motion.
The creature was charging at her. It's talon reached out to grab her.
Wendy couldn't move, stricken by fear. She needed someone to save her.
It's just a simulation she told herself.
Wendy felt nothing. She wasn't gifted, she wouldn't become an angel.
Wendy closed her eyes. She was going to become a ghost. She was fated to wander the earth alone and sad. She wasn't going to have a purpose, she was just going to-
"Wendy!" a voice cried out, causing Wendy to open her eyes.
The creature's talon swiped down, hitting Wendy towards the rock. Instinctively, she closed her eyes again
"Char...le...?"
Lucy watched sadly as the scene unfolded before her eyes.
She wasn't going to make it.
She was just a small girl. She was so polite, so innocent and sweet, yet fate was going to be cruel.
Wendy was not gifted. Angels typically showed signs of their powers by now.
Another one lost...
Lucy sighed and walked over to the machine and reached for the switch to turn off the simulation. But as she rested her hand on the metal, the machine next to it started to glow.
The Sensory Machine.
"Oi Rain Women," a voice growled.
A blue haired girl at a wooden table inside of the Fairy Tail guild hall turned around to reveal her pale face, dark blue eyes and light pink lips.
"What do you need Gajeel-kun?" she asked, obviously annoyed. She rested her head on her hand and her foot tapped the floor.
"What got your panties in a twist?" Gajeel smirked, only to be splashed with water.
"You deserved that," a small but strong voice appeared.
"Cat!" Gajeel smiled and snuggled (completely out of character) his cat.
Gajeel, while being rough and tough was really lonely felt the need to have a fighting partner.
He had found this creature wandering the forest. It had just killed an Ash Pig (a creature only found in Hell) and was about to start eating when Gajeel came up to Lily and asked him to be his partner.
Lily agreed and the second he did his wings-which seemed to be angelic, despite the fact that he lived in Hell-immediately changed to a demons wings.
"Lily-san, since Gajeel-kun is being very annoying," the blue haired girl glared at Gajeel, "and Juvia doesn't feel like talking to him, would you please tell Juvia instead?" the girl named Juvia asked. She had a strange habit of talking in third person, though people got used to it.
"Of course," Lily nodded, "well you see, Gajeel was put onto guard duty," Gajeel groaned, "and he honestly has no idea how long it'll be for, so we are asking if you could perhaps help me with some things around the house...and a few other places," Lily asked.
"Of course, Juvia would love to help you Lily-san," Juvia said, still annoyed with Gajeel.
"The fuck did I do!?" Gajeel demanded.
"Ah, ah, language Gajeel," a sweet voice from behind him said, "Romeo is here," Mira scolded Gajeel.
"He can take it, he's heard me swear lots, his old man does it all the time, hell, I bet that the brat's heard demons fucki-"
"Language!" Mira scolded, looking at Romeo.
He wasn't a normal demon. He was conceived by two demons, but his heart was as pure as an angels. He had dark hair, and despite being quite young he did have some muscle.
Another reason why there were far more demons than angels was because demons could do it as they pleased, while angels believed in purity. Thus, there were many demons.
Mira, despite being a demon, pitied him.
"Anyways, Gajeel, Erza told me to tell you to go to your station," Mira said. She tossed her long white hair over her shoulder and walked out the door.
Gajeel grunted, "Thanks."
Wendy's body was glowing.
It was glowing a light blue. Wendy was slowly waking from her unconscious state.
Lucy didn't see any change in Wendy. The only magical thing was the glowing.
Wendy woke breathing very hard, the glow disappearing. Was it just Lucy, or was the air getting thinner? She looked over to the sensory machine. It made a low humming sound before it flashed and some words appeared on the screen.
*Medice (Translation in the AN at the bottom)
Lucy looked back to Wendy. Of course, that's why there didn't seem to be a change, because it was just a simulation. But to her, she was really getting beaten up, so she used her power.
Lucy smiled and turned off both machines.
She opened the door connecting the rooms. The door was covered by an illusion spell, to make it look like it was part of the wall. Illusion spells and other charms were normal things that angels would learn. Though, the way they were performed could be different.
"How are you feeling?" Lucy smiled sweetly at the young girl.
"Uh...I'm feeling okay..." Wendy responded still in a daze.
"I have some good news," Lucy half whispered.
Wendy looked at her with wide eyes, "You mean-?"
"Yes," Lucy nodded, "you are gifted, you can become an angel," Lucy smiled.
Wendy's face went from shock to pure happiness, "Thank you Lucy-san!" Wendy bowed as she stood up. "But, what is my power?" she asked.
"You can heal people," Lucy smiled, "and I believe you may have another one, however I'm not sure."
Wendy smiled as Lucy led her back to the Gates of Heaven. She was a healer, she was going to help people.
"This place is huge!" Wendy exclaimed. She and Lucy were at the castle entrance waiting. According to Lucy, she was going to participate on some sort of prayer, and then she would receive her wings and halo.
Lucy had also told her that she was going to also take some lessons for a bit to teach her how to control her powers.
Wendy was excited, anxious and amazed.
The large doors slowly opened when a guard slammed the base of his spear to the ground.
"Thank you, Loke," Lucy smiled at the ginger-headed man.
"Any time Lucy dearest," Loke bowed, a glint in his eye, "And may I say you look extra beautiful today, somehow even more than before. I simply can't comprehend how that is possible but-" Loke looked up, "Wh-where did she...?"
"Hime has already left, Nii-san," a seemingly bored voice said. The person was a girl who had pink hair and was in a maid uniform with broken shackles hanging from her hands.
Loke sighed in defeat. "Right, Virgo."
Lucy watched as Wendy started answering countless questions on her knees, her hands together as if she was praying. Most of the rules were little things, like respect and serving for justice and at least five of them were somewhere along the lines of 'do you pledge allegiance' or 'will you ever betray us'.
"And finally, will you accept the role of an angel?" Master Makarov asked.
"Yes, of course," as Wendy finished her last word a beam of light-out of nowhere-shone down on Wendy. She rose to her feet and by the time she was on her two feet the light disappeared and a small dim halo was left floating above her head.
"Now then," Makarov snapped his fingers and two servants-who for some reason, were small and blue-brought him a fluffy red pillow with a vial on it. "Please drink this," Makarov handed Wendy the vial.
Wendy took a sniff, it smelt horrid. "What is it?" she asked hesitantly.
"It is a numbing potion, you will be receiving your wings soon, I suggest you drink up," Makarov explained.
Wendy brought the vial to her lips and slowly drank from it. While she was halfway through the vial, a light pierced her back, causing her to cringe.
"Hurry!" Makarov ushered her. Before they had this potion, angels would undergo horrible pains to receive their wings.
First a light would pierce your back, then feathers would begin to emerge until the wings were finished growing. Certain angels experienced more pain than others, as their wings were different.
It was, to put in perspective, kind of like giving birth. Something was coming out of your body.
Wendy finally downed the vial. Her body now numb, the wings could grow and she would not mind.
Wendy waited until her wings were finished growing before moving again. Her wings were small blue ones and slightly ruffled.
Wendy started to flap them, at first it hurt-the after effect of growing wings. However after a little more flapping it began to hurt less and less, until she couldn't feel the pain.
Wendy flapped her wings faster and jumped. She didn't fly, she merely glided.
"Why don't you try again?" Lucy smiled at the young girl.
"Okay, Lucy-san," Wendy replied.
She flapped her wings fast and jumped. She closed her eyes waiting for the ground.
But she never felt it.
Wendy opened her eyes and realized she had flown about three meters off the ground. She leaned foreword slightly, and looked in front of her at the red drapes, which seemed to be getting bigger.
It was then she realized that the drapes had in fact, not gotten larger, but she had gotten closer.
Wendy smiled I can fly.
Wendy was dismissed and was lead by a servant named Virgo to her home.
"Master, what is going to happen in my mission?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, I have decided, your mission," Makarov coughed and the two small blue servants brought him a scroll, "is to deliver this to the King of the Hell, Zeref."
*Medice means 'healer' in Latin. Don't worry about Latin, you don't need to memorize anything. If you see something in italics that looks like gibberish, it is most likely Latin. All Latin translations will be in the AN
That's it. I know it was suuuper long. But thank you for bearing with!
There are still many things that need explaining
In case you couldn't tell, Wendy is the soul Lucy collected in the last chapter
Thanks for reading!