Sorry for the long update! I was finally able to plan this chapter out successfully. Let's just all hope that I won't hit writer's block on the next chapter. I noticed that the reveal of Lucy knowing that every one of her friends had a demon by their side but it might as well be ongoing since that in the future it's going to be longer and much more specific with the problems and such. So, please deal with the quick storyline for now since I can't think of any time-fillers for the huge time skips.
- Celestial Hime
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"You called?...Ohhh god" Gray said once he saw the girls' face. Slowly, he began to step back slowly, quietly, the man raised his right hand, pointing to the blue-haired girl standing in front of him, "Why is 'she' here" Gray said with fear written all over his face, clearly not liking who that person is. "Juvia is here just for you Gray-sama~" Juvia sang as she linked her arms around Gray. Lucy smiled as she walked around the two and stood beside Natsu, "She's worried about you... At least be more honest with your feelings" She said bluntly which made Gray slowly blush.
"That's nonsense!" Gray bursted out, "Juvia doesn't understand" Juvia stated as she tilted her head innocently. Everyone surrounded them gave out a defeated sigh, "You don't need to know..."They all said in a unison. "Juvia understands. Juvia will not ask that again" She said brightly. Lucy gave out an awkward laugh before glancing over to Natsu.
"Anyways..." Erza cutted. "Let's all go to the living room. We'll talk then" Lucy firmly said as she lead the way to her spacious living room. As they made their way to the living something made her eyes completely widen with shock.
There on her walls on fireplace hung photographs of her family - Casually smiling brightly with warmth and love written all over the pictures. There was something different. Instead of it being new, it was carefully placed together and bonded together using sticky tape. "How?..." Lucy questioned with tears in her eyes. Natsu walked up from the back and placed his hand on her delicate shoulder, "You care for you family right?...It's empty without a family right?" Natsu stated sadly. "Boyfriend material right there" Levy stated as she spoke over to Erza who was smiling to herself, chuckling at the sweet moment.
Everyone walked into the living room and had a seat on the two long couches that faced against each other, "Everyone here?" Lucy asked. "What about Wendy? You forgot to call her!" Levy mentioned. Lucy face-palmed, "I'll call her..You demons...Do you know any of your friends who came here as well?" Erza asked. "Well...There's young Romeo" Natsu said. Erza nodded before walking out of the living, borrowing Lucy's telephone that stood in the hallway.
The blonde sighed before standing up, "I'm going to get some drinks. You all can talk to each other and know each other more better" Lucy said as she walked into the kitchen. 'Everyone has demons who grant their wishes in return of their lives...What my counterpart had said...Is something bad really going to happen?' Lucy questioned herself as she took out glass cups and coasters. She walked over to the fridge and took out some soft drinks and a few fresh apples that were grown from her backyard. Pouring the drinks, she placed four cups on each tray, stepping back she counted if there were enough, 'Two for Erza couple, two for Levy couple, two for me and Natsu, two for Wendy couple and two for Gray couple. Perfect' Lucy cheered as she clapped her hands.
Peering out of the kitchen, she called Natsu to come over, "Natsu! Help me bring these out" Lucy called out. "HAII" Natsu yelled back as he jogged over to the kitchen, "Take this tray out and serve it out to everyone" Lucy said as she handed over a tray of glass cups carefully being balanced. The pink-haired demon nodded before walking out carefully. "Open, Gate of the Lion, Loke" Lucy summoned.
"Is there anything you need my love~~" Loke sang as he appeared next to Lucy. "Loke. Can you bring the other tray out?" Lucy asked as she got out a knife and started to cut out the apples into rabbit shaped apples. "Sure think my princess. Anything to prove my love to you~" Loke charmed as he picked up the tray and walked out of the kitchen gracefully. "What a playboy" Lucy mumbled under her breath before placing the apples onto the two plates, stabbing in a toothpick to allow easier management. "Done" Lucy huffed as she picked up the tray and walked out of the kitchen. Loke returned back through his gate since Lucy couldn't summon her spirits for too long.
"There we go" Lucy cheered as she placed the tray onto the table where everyone gasped at Lucy's fine cutting. Satisfied, the blonde placed the empty tray under the table. As they chattered away, talking about what they were going to do during the school holidays, the doorbell was heard - Knowing that it was Wendy and her demon, Levy stood up and walked over to the hallway then to the front door, "Good evening Wendy-san" Levy greeted before making way for the two young teens to walk inside the house.
Closing the door, Levy showed the two guest the way to where everyone waited, "Hello everyone" Wendy bowed before walking over to Lucy who patted the seat next to her, signalling her that the two seats were free. "Lucy-san. Your living room is soo big" Wendy said in awe. "Thank you" Lucy smiled with gratitude.
"Now is everyone here?" Erza asked. "Hai~" They all said in harmony. "What's going on?" Wendy asked confused. "Didn't you notice that your friends are sitting with demons like me?" Romeo sighed. "Opps. I didn't notice, sorry" Wendy excused herself shyly.
"Let's hear your encounters with your demons" Lucy cheered, breaking the awkward conversation. "How about you start it Lu-chan?" Levy asked. Lucy sweat-dropped at the sudden request, "Hmmm. Natsu came breaking into my house while I was cooking. Not only that he saw me in a terrible state" Lucy said, placing her pointer finger on her chin, proving that she doesn't remember their first encounter correctly. "What happened?" Wendy asked. "Well...Luce had an argument with some guy who wanted her to return to the main family house. She got REAAAALLY angry that she burnt the jewels, telling them to leave. After that, she had an illusion of I think blood all over her room. It had an unusual scent...Magic" Natsu explained. "Magic?" They all asked, shocked.
"Well for us...Gajeel came falling through the roof and into the library that my house had, blood was everywhere. I screamed but Gajeel covered my mouth -" Levy stated. All the girls glared over to Gajeel with terrifying eyes, "What?! She was going to bring attention as if I was about to kill her" Gajeel reasoned. Everyone laughed.
"For me and Jellal - I saw him wondering around a park with nothing but curiosity. I had to admit, he was pretty cute when he was exploring the park. I heard him say 'Sugoi' and 'Wow' and such. He noticed me and walked over, saying that he could grant any wish..." Erza explained. "Please don't tell them about me being cute then..." Jellal hissed under his breath. "You dare?" Erza cussed, staring straight through Jellal's heart which made him look away, blushing from embarrassment.
"I saw Romeo at the front porch with blood all over. Charles was pretty shocked herself, yelling at me, telling me to go to the hospital with him. I was scared until I almost had a heart attack when Romeo got up with a clueless look and then...he started laughing" Wendy said awkwardly. "Why was he even laughing in the first place?" Erza asked. "Her face when she was shocked was funny" Romeo stated. Wendy pouted at the words that her demon had just said. "That's no way to talk to a woman Romeo" Lucy scolded.
Soon, all eyes went to Gray and Juvia. "I was swimming in the pool until this girl came flying down into it, blood was all over! The water was red and she was bloodied. She then woke up, swooning all over me, saying that I'm her destined one?" Gray stated. "Juvia loves you Gray-sama~" Juvia cried out which made everyone laugh.
"Now that I think of it...What were your first contract wishes?" Jellal asked out loud which made everyone shut up suddenly.
"I wished to read the Great Book of Magics which can only be read by the Magic Council" Levy said with a satisfied smile on her face. "I wished to eat the world's delicious cake - Which was sooo sweet and delicious. Jellal. Cake" Erza said as she looked over to Jellal who nodded and out appeared a red velvet cake. Everyone sweat-dropped at sight. "I wished to be brave" Wendy said. The girls were touched at her beneficial wish. "I wished for 'her' to go away, which she did, but somehow she managed to come back" Gray said. "Stop lying Gray~" Erza teased. Then, everyone looked over to Lucy who was blushing, "Luce wished for me to be her boyfriend" Natsu bluntly stated which everyone's eyes widened from the unexpected wish. "WHAT!" They all yelled in a unison.
"I was stubborn then alright!" Lucy yelled as she awkwardly took a sip from her cup of Cola. "Woot Woot~~ Love is in the air" Romeo teased. "When's the official proposal?" Gajeel teased right after Romeo's quick remark. "Are we invited to your future wedding?" Levy cooed. "You guys!" Lucy screamed. "Hai Hai" The girls cooed slyly.
"Back to the main point. Since you demons are here for our wishes and lives. Can you tell us our current life span?" Erza asked. Jellal faked a cough, "For you Erza. You'll live up to 60 years of age due to your habit of wanting to eat cake" The man stated. "Shortie will live up to age 67" Gajeel notified. "Gray-sama loves making wishes to Juvia~ He's going to live up to 54" Juvia cheered. "For Wendy is 89" Romeo replied. "Luce has up to 76 years of age" Natsu said. The human were indeed shocked, "We wasted soo many years of our lives" Lucy sulked. "That's bad for you Luce unlike for me I have your-" Natsu stopped talking once he sensed a dangerous aura in the room, he yelped when he noticed that it was the scarlet-haired mage who was sitting in front of him.
"We'll just have to limit our wishes. Aye sir!" Natsu cried as he tried to change his use of wording. Erza soon calmed down when Natsu said that.
"Do you find it strange? We're the only people to have humans around this area...There should be no other demons except for us in this area. For some time around the school, I've sensed two other demons..." Gajeel muttered. "Juvia agrees. Juvia's been sensing more love rivals lately" Juvia stated as she pulled out a concern look. "Even during the fight...Those two girls...They wished for stronger power" Gray said. "So Sakura and Ayame are the other two masters of the other two demons?!" Lucy questioned out loud. "There is a high possibility..." Romeo said. "Why? How?" Wendy asked, her hands shaking from fear, she calmed down when Romeo placed his hands on her.
"Do you know who those other two demons are Jellal?" Erza asked concerned. Jellal took a while to think about it, "I think I do...Two sisters...White hair...She-demon and Take-Over demon. The Strauss Sisters" Jellal said. "Strauss Sisters?! They're on the good side! There's no way of that happening!" Romeo yelled out. "I don't get it...Why am I being targeted?" Lucy asked. "Well. It is rumoured that Lisanna, the youngest sister, had a huge crush on Natsu. That's one reason. But Juvia can't imagine the older sister, Mirajane, to be going along with these terrifying wishes" Juvia stated worried about the future.
"This is strange but they'll have no choice but to accept the wishes.." Gajeel mentioned. The tension was tough and suffocating. "Let's leave it to later. It's getting late" Lucy sighed as she stood up. "Let's have a sleep over~" Levy cheered. Every girl seemed to agree with the suggestion. "Alright. Then the boys will sleep in the spare room while the girls will sleep in Lucy's" Erza said. Wendy looked over to Romeo and gave him a slight nod, Romeo nodded back and snapped his fingers which soon appeared a spare blanket for each guest. "Then let's go and sleep~ Night guys" Levy cheered as the girls followed Lucy upstairs.
The boys looked at each other, "It's for the best...Those girls may be in danger in the future" Romeo shrugged. "There's no way that those two will fall in love; It's not natural to fall in love with a human" Jellal mumbled to himself as he took a glance over to Natsu who was laughing along with Romeo. "Oi! Natsu! Where's the spare room? I'm tired!" Gajeel complained. "Oh yea. Let's go guys!" Natsu cheered as he lead the way into the spare room upstairs.