Chapter before last- Oooooo whats going to happen ;)
Lucy breathed in a huge puff of air and coughed out the last little sparks of Stellar Spirit magic, left in her lungs. Her body gently settled onto the ground, and Lucy felt more energised that ever before. She dusted off her arms and legs and proceeded down the towers spiral staircase, looking for a way out of the castle. She passed many doors, which were all locked up by huge heavy barriers and magic seals. Lucy started to become increasingly anxious as it had been at least over an hour that she had been looking for an exit, with no such luck. All of sudden a mellow, pink orb, came out of nowhere and gently floated down, to Lucys already open palms. As it landed and slowly faded away it left behind a glint of gold in a shape of a key. Lucy gleamed in happiness and lifted the key up to summon a spirit. " Open the gate of Leo the Lion, Loki". A large portal appeared in front of her, and out stepped the handsome Loki, gazing upon her. Lucy leaped over to him and squeezed him tightly, Loki squeezed her back. After a long hug and a few tears the pair seperated and gave each other a smile.
"Oh Loki i'm so glad to see you, I've been so scared and alone, I thought I'd never see any of you again" Lucy said as her eyes started to fill with tears.
Loki gave her another hug. He'd seen too much upset and despair over the pat few days. But how could he tell her about Gray? "Lucy it's alright, but we have to talk about a few things". Lucy stared up at him and keep see the worry in his eyes. The two sat down and gulped as they both didn't want what they had expected.
"How's Gray?"
Loki looked towards the floor, he had to tell her. "I know you love Gray but, I have a feeling that its not going to last for long"
Lucy puzzled in confusion "What do you mean?"
"I'm probably not making any sense" he chuckled "I'm guessing i'm just trying to not tell you the truth"
Lucy grabbed onto his hand and looked caringly into his eyes" Tell me Loki, what happened"
" I think Gray might be dead"
Loki looked at Lucy's horrfied face and knew that the next 24 hours would be nothing more than sadness and devastation.
"What do you mean you think?, Your not making any sense Loki!"
"I mean, he will die if we don't help him!"
"What so, he's not dead, then whats the problem?"
"When Gray tried to fight off those guardians, when they first captured you, I found him in pretty bad shape. We then heard you had been taken to the Demonlands, so we teamed up with Natsu and Happy and headed off to save you. We met up with juvia aswell, as she regretted handing you over to Lucara, but then we had this massive fight with these rock demons, but then Gray started acting weird, thats when I found out somehow he became possesed and killed me" Loki lifted up his shirt to show his wound scar. Lucy traced the pattern with her finger then turned towards his face.
"How did he become possesed?"
"Im not quite sure, but I reckon it was when we had a massive battle with the rock demons, whenever it was doesn't matter but we have to get the thing inside him to get out, otherwise if Gray stays being possesed any longer the thing inside him will destroy Gray forever"
The atmosphere in the room become very still and silent. Lucy bit her thumb, lost in thought, Loki leaned against the wall, arms crossed waiting to hear and answer from Lucy.
"We're going to save Gray, he came here to rescue me and im returning the favour"
Loki beamed at her, this is the old fiesty Lucy he knew.
"Okay let's go find him and the others, but first we need to figure out how to get out of here"
The duo carried on searching down the endless flights of stairs and corridors, till they reached a large, thick, black steel door. There was a note inscribed on a golden plaque Pay blood to enter through.
"I'm guessing one of us is going to have to sacrifice a few drops of blood, and I'm sorry to say that's going to have to be you Lucy"
"But why have I got to do it, you have blood aswell?"
"Yes but, because i am spirit, my blood isnt worthy as much as human blood, and besides Lucara would then know, im around in the castle" He explained.
"Alright" Lucy said, as pricked her finger with a rock shard she found on the floor. She wiped her blood over the inscribed writing. The ground began to shake, as the heavy steel doors emerged open. Light beamed into the room blinding Lucy and Loki. When the doors had fully opened and the light had gone away a bright, green garden was in front of them, behind the Steel gates, that was the entrance to the castle. Lucy walked out into the garden and stared round in amazement at what was in front of her. Large and minature statues of Lucy were scattered all around the garden, and right in the middle was a black, rock stand, with all her Spirit keys on. Lucy ran up to them and grabbed them all off their tiny hooks, causing a sudden alarm ringing around the castle. A magic seal surrounded the whole castle, producing an electrified barrier around the entrance. Lucy and Loki looked in all directions as Demon guards appeared around them, axe's and chains at the ready. A swirl of black smoke blew away the guards, sending them spiralling up in the sky, as they fell back down, they liquified to a dark sludge and and conjoined together. The mixture bubbled and frothed as it grew larger into the sky, forming some sort of monsterous shape. Lucy and Loki stepped back in despair, as the creature before them finished forming its hideous shape. A loud screech echoed from the monster, as its protruding teeth glimmered in the moonlight. The wind went increasingly faster as Lucara swept onto the scene.
"I can create such wonderful things, but for some reason I cannot quite create a perfect wife, I wonder why that is?" as Lucara swept over and grabbed Lucy by her hair.
Lucy squealed as Lucara flung her against a wall, dropping her keys in the process. Loki ran over to help Lucy, but Lucara used telekinesis and started to suffocate Loki with his mind.
"NO! LET LOKI GO!" Lucy yelped as Loki took hold of his throat, and tried to pry Lucara's grip off him.
"I know if I kill him, he'll just come back to life again, so I might aswell jus...!" Lucara cut off as something sharp struck him across the back of his head.
Loki dropped down to the floor and coughed violently, Lucy looked up at the figure and gasped. Lucara twsited round "YOU!"
"Yes its me, and no it isn't Totem either. That bastard is long gone" Gray smirked as he wiped blood from his mouth.
"Gray!" Lucy cried and attempted to crawl towards him. Gray ran over to her instead and picked her up. He hugged her tightly never wanting to let go and turned towards Lucara.
"You bastard! you ever touch her again and il kill you!"
Lucara grinned and chuckled "How did you manage to get Totem out of you?"
"Never underestimate a mage, I let him possess me, so that we could get into the castle without being detected, and when we were in then I would fight back and kill the bastard"
"Where is Totem now then?"
"With Natsu and Juvia, They're trying to un-do the lockdown on the barrier, so we can get of this place" Gray said, as he produced an ice sword and pointed it at Lucara.
"Haha, so ice boy your looking for a fight then, over our beloved Lucy?"
"You got that, and I will defeat you!"
Time for the final battle, with devastaing results, you survives and who dies?