Fairy Tail: City of Heaven
Part. 5
The next morning, the group began the walk to the ancient ruins through a thick and smelly swamp. "This is awful, this place smells, there are bugs everywhere, and I'm not even sure if we are going the right way" said Lucy, "Can you not complain it's not helping" said Gray, "Well I want to complain so get over it" yelled Lucy. "I see the ruins" said Wendy as she pointed to an old tower over the horizon, "Good we will be there soon" said Erza, "That means I get to fight some ghosts" yelled Natsu, "Oh brother" said Lucy facepalming.
Reaching the ruins, the group saw its most prominent feature a large tower rising high into the sky. "Wow that's a big tower, Happy fly up there and see if there are any ghosts" said Natsu, "But I'm scared" said Happy cowering behind Erza, "If the he-cat is too much of a coward I'll do it" said Carla, "Be careful Carla" said Wendy as she saw her fly towards the top of the tower. Carla flew high above and she finally reached the top of the tower. She saw four men in the white robes Gray has described and another man, he was tall and muscular, had large black side burns and balding head, and wearing black armor with a black cape. "So you have found her" said the man in armor, "We do believe it is her, she matches the pictures in the ancient texts exactly" said one of the hooded men, "Good, His Holiness will be pleased", "Do you have any more orders Lord Tytos" asked the hooded men, "No you may return" said Lord Tytos. Suddenly a beam of light came from the sky and the hooded men were gone but now there stood a woman, she had auburn hair but covered it with a hood, wore a green tunic and carried a large bow.
"So have they found her" asked the woman, "I hope so, if our plan is to work we need the one foretold in the prophecy" said Tytos, "Come Tytos, if she is the chosen one she will be able to ascend to the sky, so let us return for now" said the woman, "You are correct Lyda, but hopefully those fools have not fouled up again" said Tytos as they both disappeared in a beam of light. Carla flew back down where everyone was waiting. "Was there anything up there Carla" asked Wendy, "Yes, there were two people, a large man and a woman in a hood, along with some of the hooded figures Gray described" said Carla, "Sounds like people who need a beating" said Natsu as he attempted to climb the tower only to fall down. "That's strange, I thought no one lived in these ruins" said Lucy, "Apparently someone does, and we need to find out what there deal is" said Gray, "First we need to figure out how to climb this tower" said Erza, Natsu fell back down on his back and said "Well I don't have any other ideas".
Lucy looked around the tower and saw what looked to be gate to enter the tower, "Hey I think I found something" yelled Lucy, "What is it" said Erza, "I think this might be the way in" said Lucy, "Alright, now I'll bust us through" said Natsu as he punched the door, however this did not work and only made Natsu hurt his hand. "I think it's going to take more than that" said Lucy, "Let Juvia try" said Juiva, she summoned water and tried to slice through the gate but to no effect. "How are we going to get in" asked Wendy, "I'm not sure but we will figure out a way" said Erza, Lucy closely studied the door and the strange pictures and markings on it, she touched the door when suddenly it started to glow. "Whoa, what did I do" said a surprised Lucy; everyone looked over to see that the gate was now open.
"Lucy, what did you do" asked a confused Erza, "I don't know, all I did was touch it" said Lucy just as confused, "Well whatever its open now so let's go" said Natsu running into the tower, "Natsu you idiot, what are you doing, you're going to get yourself killed" said Gray. Everyone else walked into the tower while Natsu ran to the top, everyone was still confused, how did Lucy open the doors, who were the people Carla saw at the top of the tower. Erza looked at Lucy walking in front of her; "She looks so beautiful" Erza thought to herself, Erza's train of thought however was lost when they heard Natsu yelling about something.
When everyone had caught up to Natsu all they saw him doing was beating on a wall and yelling in anger. "Stupid wall, break already" said Natsu angrily, "Natsu quit acting like a fool" said Erza, "Well how else are we supposed to get to the top" asked Natsu, Erza thought to herself for moment, "Lucy, can you touch the wall, maybe it will open again" said Erza, "I'll give it try" said Lucy. Lucy walked up to the wall, as soon as she approached the wall it started to glow. Lucy mesmerized by the blinding light put her hand against the wall; then it vanished. "That was so cool" yelled Natsu, "Lucy I'm sorry I ever doubted your usefulness" said Natsu hugging Lucy, "Yeah, thanks Natsu" said Lucy slightly annoyed. After a few more steps, they finally reached the top of the massive tower. "Ok I need to rest now" said Natsu collapsing on the ground, "Aye, me to" said Happy, well Natsu and Happy lied on the ground; everyone looked around the towers top.
"See anything suspicious" said Erza, "Nope nothing" said Gray, "Me neither" said Wendy, "Juvia can't find anything said Juvia, "Carla is this where you said the strange light came from" asked Lucy, "Yes, it was right there, the people I saw stepped into it and disappeared" said Carla. Lucy looked at the strange markings on the ground of the tower; there were several strange markings and a few drawings.
"Erza, come look at these markings" said Lucy, "Strange, I don't recognize this language at all" said Erza, Lucy sighed "Where's Levy when we need her". Gray had headed back down the stairs to see if he could find any clues, Juvia followed close behind him. "Find anything Juvia" said Gray, "I haven't found anything Gray-sama" she replied, "Damn, this place is a complete mystery" said Gray as he slammed his fist against the wall in frustration. Suddenly however the symbols on the wall were moving, they rearranged themselves into writing Gray could understand.
"Hey guys I found something" yelled Gray, everyone rushed to see what Gray had found. Everyone looked at writing on the wall, Erza read it aloud, "If ye come seeking us, ye are too late, we have ascended to the heavens as the Lord of the Light wished for us, do not bother trying to follow us, only the followers of the Lord of the Light may ascend into the heavens, however if ye are the one of the prophecy, then stand on the scared circle at the tower's top and ye will ascend to the heavens; that's what it says" said Erza, "Well this doesn't help" yelled Natsu, "For once the moron is right, none of us are followers of this Lord of the Light or a prophet" said Gray.
Lucy walked back to the top of the tower to continue looking around, "Lucy what are you doing" asked Erza, "I don't know, I just feel like I need to be up here" said Lucy. Suddenly the circle on the top of the tower began glowing with a blinding light, "Lucy" yelled Erza, everyone ran up when they heard Erza yell, Erza ran into the light with Lucy, "Erza what are you doing" yelled Gray. Everyone followed into Lucy and Erza into the light, "What's going on" asked Wendy, "Well were flying" said Erza as she noticed they were ascending into the sky, "Oh no that means" said Natsu and he fell down in a bout of motion sickness, "Great this again" said Gray. With another blinding light everyone looked around and saw they were in a metropolis, a city that looked like a paradise.