Revolution
Chapter 10; The Fallen God
Natsu, Gray and the God watched in surprise as the blonde's frozen body collapsed against the floor with a wail. The God looked stunned as the girl broke into tears, falling into the pit of despair. They all stared at her in shock before the silver eyed woman came to her senses. She snapped at the guards and maids to disappear, swiftly darting to the girl's side. "My dear angel," she whispered, resting a hand onto the girl's shivering body. As soon as their skin touched, the angel snapped away, launching to her feet. Red wings burst from her side as her tear stain face exploded with rage.
"WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?" She snapped, gripping her sobbing chest as heavy sharp breaths came out of her lungs. The chain of the red cross necklace wrapped around her fingers as her vicious brown eyes turned onto the platinum haired God.
"What do you-" The God began.
"You told me you saved my heart from a murderer, but you stole it didn't you!" She hissed, tearing it free from her neck. The broken chains scattered along the floor, squeezing the palm-size cross in her palm until blood ran down her hand. "You took it from my grave!" Her silver eyes sharpened on the girl, looking straight through the angel's eyes, and into Lucy's soul that lay inside her.
"You showed her the memories." She sighed softly, with a hint of disappointment. "And I thought I had sealed them completely."
"So you admit it! You were the only one who has the power to go there!" The angel growled in anger and frustration, her wings shaking with rage. "You stole this from my grave! From my daughter's grave! You lied to me!"
"I simple told you what you needed to hear, everything else was unnecessary." The God explained with the same calm, nonchalant tone.
"How dare you! You are not a god, you monster. You are Satan himself!" She cried. Her hand rose, snatching a feather from her wing. It began to glow with white magic, swinging over her shoulder, ready to throw it. Before she got chance, her breath got caught in her chest. Her voice choked in her lungs, as her body went still. Brown eyes turned down to the crystallized feather sticking out of her chest. Red tricking blood ran across the red diamond feather into a pile on the floor. "What have you done?" She hissed, her body weakly collapsing against the ground.
"LUCY!" Natsu wailed. Gray's voice choked in silence, staring in shock.
"I also brought your only weakness, aside from your pathetic emotions." The God explained softly, slipping down besides the weak girl. Her face turned pale as the blood leaked out her chest. "This feather, is one part of your true wings, it is the only thing capable of disconnecting your soul."
"My soul?" The girl weakly muttered as the God brought her head onto her silk lap, brushing aside the stray strands of gold hair.
"I will bring you back again when it is time and make sure that your feelings were true, although, I have no more vessels to hold you in." She sighed pitifully, caressing her cheek examining her body. "This girl had never had a child, and this is where your lineage stops unfortunately. She was the only Angel descended and now I'm trouble what to do for you." She sighed again, giving her an pitifully adoring stared. Her eyes were captured by something ahead of her which she caught as sunlight spilling over her face. She looked to the sky and saw the sun setting. "Alas there is something I must attend to now, I will come back and deal with you soon." She smiled, removing her head and standing up.
Her silk dress, stained at the tips with red blood, moved to the ruby crosses where the two wizards were pinned. She looked decisively between them, and reached towards the dragon slayer, "You will be lucky enough to be purged first." She smiled reassuringly, as if the dragon slayer wanted it. But his face said otherwise. Dark eyes burned with unlimited anger, his lips drew up around his teeth that bit into his gum so hard it began to bleed. Eyebrows were knitted together so tight, it was as if they were one line as he stared at the woman. She took no notice of the rage inside of him that desperately want to break out. The woman rested her hands on both of the cuffs, about to take off, but she hesitated. Muscles rippled down Natsu's bruised and bloodied arms and his body was stiff with antagonism. Instead, she rose again, and went around the back. Her hands tore off the edges of the iron red cross, keeping his body still in cuffs.
His body dropped one arm forwards, but it was already enough. One cuff down and his whole body swung, tearing him free from the iron cross. It shattered to pieces as the force sent it swinging into one of the arches. The stone broke and crumbled into the ocean below with the sounds of people's shouts of surprise. "HOW DARE YOU HURT MY FRIENDS!" He roared, launching forwards, throwing his fist as far as he could. The God looked at him mildly, eyes narrowing on his enraged face. With an open palm, a red feather appeared, crashing against his fist. The dragon slayer was immediately blown backwards across the hall. His head hit a post as he slid across the ground with new-found fluid movement.
He looked down at his hand, and saw it covered in blood. To his side, he saw Lucy's still, cold body, drenched in a puddle of red liquid. "LUCY!" Natsu wailed darting forwards. He hadn't even had a chance to move before the whistle of the sharp object flew passed his face. Its pointed edge crashed straight into his shoulder, slamming him back against a post.
"NATSU!" Gray's voice echoed like a sonic boom across the room. Natsu let out a yelp of surprise and pain as he turned to his side. Another red feather laid pinned into his right shoulder.
"DAMMIT!" Natsu snapped trying to break free. Every time he tried to touch the feather, an electric shock sent his hand launching back, jerking his shoulder. Despite the pain, he continued to struggle in desperation in order to break free.
"It's futile, poisoned one. With the sunlight gone, the devil's gate will open at the moment of nightfall and I will purge you of your sickness." The God grinned happily. The cuffs from the two centre posts leapt forwards as if they were alive. Natsu, who suddenly realized he was pinned to one of the posts fought desperately to get away. He didn't get away in time as the steel cuffs latched onto his body, sending steel nails on the insides trapped down on his wrists like jaws. A roar of pain tore through the air as the pain exploded through his body as the pins tried to snap back into place. They pulled his body with the might of an elephant, but the feather adamantly kept him in place. The pull threatened to tear his entire body in half until the God finally closed in. She crouched besides the dragon slayer, taking in his angered face contorted in pain with a happy smile. Her hand reached through to the feather, and tore it free. Natsu hissed another cry as blood poured over his shoulder.
"NATSU!" Gray yelled again as the pink-haired boy's body was snapped upwards, hanging from his wrists pinned to the top of the podium. He stood on his knees, unable to break free. Trickles of blood poured down from his wrists over his podium as his weak, pale body was brought to his knees. Pink hair fell over his shadowed face as his blood pooled beneath them.
"Dragon slayer, be ready to be purged." The God growled as sunlight was about to disappear from the horizon. The God made a short trip to the edge of the tower where cries and whistles of an enormous crowd made noise in delight. "LET US GATHER HERE TODAY, TO WITNESS THE PURGING OF THE DEVIL'S POISON AND BRING THE TRUE HUMAN INSIDE BACK TO US!" She announced, raising her arms. Roars of the crowd continued even as the woman removed herself from their view. She gracefully walked over to the dragon slayer like a stalking creature, holding her sceptre in her hand. She stood before the dragon slayer, opening a palm full of broken jewels and dropping them into the empty top of the sceptre. "Let the poison inside of you be purged." She grinned as the setting sun dissolved into the ocean and darkness fell. A bright like broke through the cloudless sky like lightening as she raised the staff to the sky. It crashed onto the rooftop of the tower like a heavenly ray. The whole building began to quake at the enormous power. Patterns on the ceiling illuminated with white, blinding light, coursing like a fast flowing river into the spear in the centre. The woman grabbed the dragon slayer's chin, turning it up to face her. His dark eyes held under heavy eyelids burned straight through her as she touched the sceptre to his forehead. White light gathered at the tip of the spear, a few centimetres above his head. A small dot illuminated on his head like a target as the woman pulled the sceptre away.
"NATSU!" Gray yelled, as the white light exploded from the tip.
"NATSU!" A second voice overlapped his. The beam that cut through the air bounced mid-air into one of the archways. Another column collapsed, with the roar of the crowd exclaiming in shock and surprise. The God's face contorted with anger as the white spear shattered in half, crumbling with a metallic ring against the ground. A ashen glow radiated behind the dragon slayer as he turned around. Long blonde hair fell down around her pale face, with bright eyes burning with anger and will at the woman. Beautiful white wings spread out either side of her with a pure incandescence.
"Lucy..." Natsu grumbled weakly. Cracks skated across the edges of the ruby feather causing it to shatter and crumble to dust at her feet. A red hole still stuck into the centre of her chest as a white light banded over it. You could tell in a glance that it wasn't healing it, rather simply just blocking the wound. Either way, Lucy didn't care. Her bright white wings weren't those of the angel, it was those of Lucy's soul. They looked faintly translucent against the darkness of the sky, but that didn't stop her. Pale hands ripped free several white feather from her wings, throwing them forwards. Like an arrow, they crashed into the posts pinning Natsu down. The post shattered, shooting a white ripple of light over Natsu's injured body. The bleeding around his chest stopped as a white light fell over it and his wrists were wrapped with a protective band. More white feathers travelled through the air at light speed towards Gray. The image of the feather landed a centimeter above his head onto the red cross. It shattered and disintegrated around him, dropping his body into freedom.
"How did you-" The silver eyed woman.
"I'm the descendant of an Angel remember?" Lucy grinned, staring at the woman with distaste. Her white wings circled around her under her watchful gaze. "Although they may not be the real thing, I'm sure they're strong enough to fight you and your weak feathers that aren't even yours."
"Nephilims shouldn't have wings!" The woman hissed back in frustration, holding her sceptre between the squeeze of her strong grip that was tempted to break the thing into two.
"I suppose I got a helping hand," Lucy countered, holding the red jewel in her hand.
"You betrayed me?" she hissed, her silver eyes staring straight passed her to the other soul inside of her again. Lucy felt the burning ripple of anger flush though her body from deep inside.
"She didn't betray you. You lied." Lucy growled, struggling to stop the white feathers in her hand from flying straight at her stupidly selfish face. "I know everything."
"What do you know?" The woman screamed, launching a red feather forwards. Lucy threw another, and with the help from the Angel, she made it accurately clash against the crystallized wing mid-air. Their points collided, but the red wing gave way and shattered, letting Lucy's wing float to the floor.
"You said that the non-magician just died out, but they didn't, did they?" Lucy replied. The woman looked shocked, her sliver eyes snapping onto the girl in surprise. "I told you, I know about everything. You have no magic capabilities what so ever; just an ordinary human. One of the descendants of the ones who survived without magic."
"I'm not ordinary!" The woman began even more enraged, throwing more and more red-jewel feathers which she countered easily.
"No, you're not." Lucy agreed. Natsu and Gray stood between the two, caught up in the conflict between the pair. They also thought it was too dangerous to try and get between the flying feather-arrows. "You see, when I looked into the past and saw the true Angel heart, I realized it was a lot bigger than this one. When you found it, you took half of it for yourself didn't you. But even half is an overwhelming amount of power." Lucy explained. "You felt wrong for being as you were, envious of those who could have magic. You were always treated by badly by those who misused magic."
"People with magic are selfish fools." She hissed bitterly. "They think just because they have magic means that they can do anything they want with it to those who can't use it. I have seen magic at it's worst my entire life; it is not deserving of this world! I will protect those who have been wrongly done by magic! I will avenge the Angels who died and I will protect this world from the sins."
Lucy lowered her hand, holding her fingers weakly against the feathers, looking on at the woman. Her regal image was ragged and almost completely gone. Her calm silver eyes were alive with anger that turned their beautiful colour into something ugly. Her silk dress was torn and stained with blood. Her platinum hair was a mess and her breath was heavy and fast as her emotions were overwhelming her. "Your pain is understandable." Lucy replied surprisingly, catching both boys off guard as their dark eyes snapped onto her. She gave the pair a small reassuring smile. "Understandable, but it is still unacceptable." Both boys' worries faded as the blonde continued, taking a small step forwards. "If you take away our magic, which doesn't mean to say we won't find a new power to satisfy ourselves. But even if you don't, we will still use our magic the way we want it to be. Some will use it for bad; others will use it for good. That's just how life is, and you don't have the right to take that decision away from the people of this land."
"I am God; I have the power to do what I like!" The woman defied, but even the boys could sense the weakening strength in her voice.
"No, you're not." Lucy replied softly. "God is kind, but fair. He would know that just as good exists in the world, there must be evil. Without evil, how would we know what good is? I think you want to believe that there is good in this world, but in order to do that, you need to accept that there will always be evil." Lucy stopped at the podium, her feathers dropping from her hands; she gave the woman a smile.
"I will get rid of the evil!" The woman hissed back. "I will-" he voice cut off as she looked ahead of her.
White beautiful feathers fell onto the ground around her feet, translucent wings dissolving into the air. Knees buckled under her weight, stealing all her energy from her body. Natsu and Gray gave startled yelps of surprise, rushing to her side. The dragon slayer caught her in his arms as she fell back onto her bed of feathers. "Luce!" Natsu yelled, holding her pale face between his hands. Her fallen feathers' white glow was fading in and out as Lucy used the last of her strength to keep the power over their wounds alive.
"It's all an illusion. You can end it now." Lucy whispered. Gray gave her a confused look as her words went straight through his thoughts. Her eyelids slipped closed and her hands fell to her sides.
"Gray, look after Lucy." Natsu spoke, shifting the girl onto his lap. Dark eyes leapt up to the dragon slayer's face as he stood to his feet. Pink hair shadowed over his eyes. Feet moved underneath him, lifting himself to stand. He walked towards the woman, with his hands balled into fists by his sides. Bare feet carried him across the feather littered ground, stroking the flat of his foot. As he walked closer and closer, the woman at the other side of the room's eyes narrowed on the slayer. He came to a stop at the centre of the podium.
The shadows over his face reeled back, revealing the dark black eyes through his salmon pink hair. They set on the woman with a burning anger that caused her to gasp. "IRON FIST OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" Natsu roared, launching forwards. Concrete spat up at the crater that left his feet. His body hurtled through the air and the woman leapt backward. Fire burnt past her pale face, singing her platinum blonde hair. She cast her hand in front of her, shooting a beam of white light directly towards the dragon slayer's face. The dragon slayer continued his advance, facing the white beam without hesitation.
"NATSU!" Gray yelled in surprise as he was consumed by the white light. A second later, he broke through into view. Fire cast forwards, crashing into the woman's face. Her body flew through the air crashing into one of the columns.
"What?" The woman stammered, holding her hand against her red, swollen cheek. "Impossible...how did you-" Before she got chance to reply, Natsu's hand crashed down against the column behind her. She hissed, rolling just enough out of the way, but Natsu wasn't stopping. Hands cupped around his mouth as he took in a deep breath of air.
"BREATH OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" He roared, sending a tunnel of flames crashing forwards. A pale hand reached to the woman belt under her dress. A single red feather remained, but she had to use it or lose her life. Smooth jewel edges rolled over her fingers as the feather crashed countered the tunnel of air. It easily cut through it in half, but at the same time its strong shell was burnt to ashes.
As the flames dissolved, Natsu bounded forwards, dragging flames like whips from behind him. "WING OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" he yelled, whipping the flaming ropes forwards. Destruction exploded all around them as she evaded attack after attack, but Natsu showed no signs of slowing down, in fact, his speed could only increase. Each white film of light dissolved as the dragon slayer plundered through.
Finally, the woman drew her last straw. She took the handful of clear gems from her staff, scattering all but one of the edge of the tower. The one in her heart changed from a transparent glass to deep ruby red; the other half of the heart. As she held it up, Natsu also reach behind him. Red light began to spill from the gem, as the dragon slayer shot his hand forwards again. The force from the slayer hit the woman with surprise, launching her body back to the edge of the tower. Blonde hair spilled over the edge of the frightening oceans crashing against the rocky cliffs. White teeth snarled back at the dragon slayer as her lips peeled back from each other. But the aggression on her face only demised, as she looked into the jewel in her hand and the small white feather piercing its center. The girl wailed in horror, launching herself onto her knees. The gem rested in her hand as if it were a wounded bird. Silver eyes followed the small cracks that slowly skated across it. "No! No! No!" She cried, desperately praying for it not to break. But it did. The shards of the red gem shattered and dissolved through her fingers like dust into the breeze. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?" Her voice screamed, echoing through the totally destroyed room, crumbling on the edge of collapse.
"Your magic is an illusion." Natsu growled back. "That heart has no power because of your weak will; it couldn't bring itself to actually create what you wanted."
"YOU DARE TO-" She began to hiss as she had done so often before. However, just before she managed to finish, golden lights flickered on around her, splitting her shadow in several directions. Dark eyes winced at the light seeping through the beam, but still followed after its source. Blue curling hair fell down over a navy fur coat and hat with big blue eyes looking up.
"Juvia!" Natsu exclaimed, catching Gray's attention.
"Juvia's okay?" Gray shouted in surprise.
"Yeah," Natsu responded with a relieved grin. "Erza's there too, with everyone else!" He waved a big muscled arm in happiness, calling to the guild mates he wasn't sure he would ever see again. Their smiles resonated even brighter behind the guild. The crowd around them was wandering around in confusion, unsure why they were there or what to do with themselves. After all, they had just woken up from a very long illusion. The magic must have dispelled when Natsu broke the heart jewel.
"Of course they're alright." Lucy's weak voice whispered. "You can't kill a water woman by throwing her in the sea, idiot!"
"Luce!" Natsu turned around, dropping to her side. She gave him a weak knowing smile and that unsurprised stare that meant she had suspicions all the way along. Natsu gave his signature grin, as Lucy kept her consciousness while still trying to keep the spell intact.
"SOPHIA MONTEL!" A megaphone called up, magicians gathering all around them. The government appeared around the bottom of the tower like an entire army. "YOU ARE UNDER ARREST FOR TREASON AGAINST THE STATE AND THE ATTEMPTED PURGE OF MAGIC!" The announcement continued. Dark onyx eyes turned towards the woman staring down at the crowd. Her skin was pale white, her hands empty and her eyes widened in shock. All her hard work, her life's wish, had crumbled around her.
"It's all gone." She, apparently called Sophia, whispered. Her body slowly staggered to a stand, using the half broken column as support. The three mages watched her move, staggering back a step. Debris crumbled over the edge of the sheer drop into the ocean, blowing strong winds through the dark sky of the tower. Her silver eyes looked at the ocean with a glimmer in her eye. A smile tweaked her lips as she stared back at the mages. It wasn't hard for Lucy to piece it together in an instant.
"Don't do it! You'll die!" She exclaimed, thrusting her body forwards. Her legs buckled beneath her, dropping her against the ground. Natsu read her eyes, and was already on his feet in a second. Despite her cry, it was too late.
"I am God. I will be spared!" Sophia cried, throwing herself off the edge. Legs pounded against the floor, launching the dragon slayer over to the edge, but there was nothing to be seen. All Natsu could smell was the strong stench of magic less blood; She was gone.
Next Monday; Extra Chapter: Laid to Rest
With revolution over, Lucy finds herself with one last thing to do.
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