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Chapter Six: Casus

"Erza, are you serious?" Lucy dead panned.

"This is the only way." Erza passively explained.

"Well;" Mira spoke up smiling "while not the only way, it is rather the easier, most sure fire way on such short notice."

Lucy sighed. "I still think it's a bit too much." She muttered shaking her head.

Erza and Mira were currently watching Levy and Freed prepare to put up a rune spell on a silent as ever Midnight and the blonde mage that sat next to him.

"So what does this spell do exactly?" Gray asked from his position against the wall.

Levy explained as she examined Lucy's palm. "We're going to cast a spell that will create a barrier around Lucy should Midnight have any violent tendencies towards her. It's kind of like an aura shield. Depending on the aura of the person the spell is connected to, that will determine the strength of the shield."

"But what if the barrier isn't strong enough for the opposing magic power?"

"Don't underestimate my runes Gray." Freed snapped. "The barrier adjusts itself to the pair's power level. The spell is designed to work around the magic path ways in the human body. It embeds itself around them until the spell is broken."

Gray glared. "And who can break it?"

"Only me or Freed can, Gray." Levy told him. "It's connected to our magic signature. So calm down okay? Just trust us."

Gray looked to the side and muttered angrily as Erza glared at him. "I just want to make sure she's safe..."

Lucy smiled at the ice mage. "I'll be okay, Gray. But more importantly, is this okay?" She asked the teenager next to her.

He nodded silently.

"Well… alright."

"Okay Lu-chan!" Levy finally exclaimed. "Are you ready for this?"

Lucy nodded.

Levy then took a calligraphy brush from her side and dipped it into some black ink. On Lucy's palm that was face down; she inked in a perfect circle with swirling lines encased on the outside, almost like a sun. Inside the circle, she painted a triangle.

On Midnight's, she drew another circle and then a triangle as Lucy's own palm encased. Instead though of swirling lines outside, she now drew teardrops inside the triangle, one at each point. In the middle, was a single dot.

She then took out the parchment that Freed had written his runes upon. The runes encased another circle on the white parchment while inside the shape; there were two single dots on the left and the right.

The ink on Lucy and Midnight's hands had dried by now, so Levy then took a small needle, took Lucy pointer finger and pricked it.

"Ouch!" Lucy winced. Levy dragged Lucy's bleeding finger to the left most dot on the parchment and placed it firmly on it. "Don't move this Lu-chan." Levy told her firmly as she now took Midnight's finger with a new needle.

Midnight himself didn't flinch as she pricked it. He then put his finger on the right dot opposite Lucy's.

Levy then started to chant the words as she read from her book:

Sanguinem, solem et aerem.

Sempiterna bona, aeternus scutum.

Aura vitae, aura mortis.

Connection per quam salus succumbit.

Unde angeli protegat, sit magicae præsidio.

Fortitudo erit, fortitudo audaces.

Lucy felt a tingling start from her pricked finger on the parchment. Looking down, the runes had begun to glow, each one lighting one after another until all shown from the paper in bright blue light.

Lucy's finger glowed a soft golden as Midnight's shined a deep violet. The magic shimmer danced up their arms until it encased their whole body. Lucy groaned as the prickling grew. She likened it to a sense of pins and needles. She clenched her other hand together as she closed her eyes.

This is for your own safety Lucy. You can put up with it. She told herself as the tingling grew stronger, more pronounced. And also, she opened her eyes to look at the pale boy sitting across from her. They locked eyes, her chocolate brown on his crimson red. It will be worth it, just so they can give Midnight…

a chance.

Diffidentia = Distrust

Casus = Chance

Rawr~ I'm getting there everyone! :)) I work on this at school on my Ipod touch then transfer it to my email when I get home. I have some free time on my hands right now. XD

I hope I can finish it soon! Then I'll get back to my spring collection. But I am honestly amazed at how many people like this. At first, only 10 people reviewed so I'm like "Why finish it? It's just a contest. Just to see if anyone would be interested."

And even though I have long passed the deadline, people are opening it and reading it and liking it.

Am Zo Umazed.

Ya'll are awesome sauce.

I've gone through some crappy days the past week and I'm using this story to get my mind off it. I hope you like it. :)

Thanks to kisshufan4ever, xXAngelWithDragonWingsXx, BeanerGoesRawr and Death Melody for reviewing. Death-san, the meaning is beneath the line up dar ^. Thanks for reminding me. :)

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P.S: Translation of the spell. Makes little to no sense.

Blood, sun and air.

Eternal blessing, eternal shield.

Aura of life, aura of death.

Connection through which safety yields.

Let angels protect, let magic hold.

Strength it will, strength be bold.