Fairy Tail: City of Heaven
Part. 7
Lucy opened her eyes to see Erza still fast asleep beside her, Lucy just smiled as she stroked Erza beautiful red hair. She then heard a lot of noise from downstairs; Lucy threw her clothes on and headed down there. "What's going on down here" asked Lucy, "Oh good morning Lucy" said Natsu with a goofy grin as he tore into some meat, "Should have guessed it was you making of mess of the place" said Lucy with a sigh.
"I'm sure that priest guy won't mind" said Natsu, "Natsu, Silvarius was kind enough to let us stay in this palace, the least we could do is show some respect" said Lucy in a scolding tone. "Hey Lucy, have you seen Gray or Juvia" asked Natsu, "No, I assumed they were still asleep" said Lucy confused, "I checked all the other bedrooms, they weren't there" said Natsu. "Maybe they went to find some food, since you ate it all" said Lucy, "Hey, Happy ate some to, right buddy", "Aye sir" said Happy flying around while eating a fish.
Lucy went back upstairs to see Erza was still asleep, Lucy went to her and touched her slightly, "Come on my knight in shining armor, you can't just sleep all day" said Lucy softly. Erza opened her eyes to see Lucy's pretty face, "Good morning my dear Lucy" said Erza, "Did you sleep well" asked Lucy, "Whenever I'm in the same bed with you, my nights are always wonderful" said Erza, Lucy just blushed. The two girls heard Natsu bagging on a door, "Come on Wendy and Carla, time to wake up" yelled Natsu, Carla opened the door and she was furious.
"Listen hear you annoying little moron, stop your senseless racket and let Wendy sleep, she is a growing girl and needs her sleep" said Carla slamming the door forcefully, "Well then" said Natsu offended by her rude remarks. "Natsu would it kill you not to irritate everyone in the morning" said Erza annoyed, "I don't know, would it kill you to be dressed before you nag me" said Natsu pointing out Erza was still naked. "You know Natsu, most men would kill to see me like this" said Erza, "Well Erza, I have seen you naked dozens of times, so it's lost its luster to me" said Natsu haughtily.
Everyone gathered in the main room of the palace, "So, I believe Silvarius wanted to see you for something Lucy" said Erza, "Yeah he did, but we should wait for Gray and Juvia to come back first" said Lucy, "Good point, where did they go" asked Erza, everyone drew a blank. "Now that I think about it, didn't Gray say he was going to walk around the city last night" said Lucy, "And knowing Juvia she probably followed him" said Natsu. "Alright the meeting with Silvarius must wait, we have to search for Gray and Juvia" said Erza, "Alright, Natsu you and Happy fly around to see if you find them, Wendy you Carla do the same" said Lucy, "Let's go Happy" said Natsu, "Aye sir" said Happy grabbing Natsu and flying high above the city with him.
"Come on Carla, we have to find them" said Wendy, "Right" she replied grabbing Wendy and flying off with her, "So I guess that leaves you and me to search on foot then" said Lucy, "Well this should be fun then" said Erza with a pervy grin. "Erza I mean it, no perverted stuff, we are looking for our friends" said Lucy firmly, "Alright fine, but later maybe" said Erza cutely, "Wow, I swear Erza thinks about sex more than guys do" Lucy thought to herself.
While there friends were searching for them, Gray and Juvia awoke in a dark, dank, dungeon under the place of the Archbishop Maltazz. "What the; Juvia, Juvia are you here" yelled Gray, "I'm here Gray-sama, but Juvia can't see you, it's too dark". "Don't worry, I'll get us out" yelled Gray as she tried to free his hands only to feel he was chained to wall, "Now, now, boy you will only tire yourself with you foolish struggle" said the Archbishop walking in with his henchmen Lord Tytos. "You bastards let me and Juvia go right now" yelled Gray; "I'm afraid I cannot" said Maltazz.
"You see, you know too much of my plans, about how I require the holy prophet for a ritual" said Maltazz, "You mean Lucy, you lay on finger on her or any of my friends and I'll end your life" said a furious Gray, Maltazz laughed, "Foolish boy, don't make threats you cannot keep" said Maltazz as his staff began to glow, a magic circle appeared in front of him and he shot a beam of blinding light at Gray. "Gray-sama" yelled a terrified Juvia, tears in her eyes, Gray in searing pain after being shot by the Archbishop's beam struggled to stand.
"Well, you have more life in you then it would seem, no mere fool can survive a direct hit from my light magic" said Maltazz. "Lord Tytos", "Yes your holiness" said Tytos, "Make sure these fools don't cause any trouble, torture or kill them if you must" said Maltazz, "Of course your holiness" said Tytos stoically, "I'll be off then, I have a feeling the others will be looking for these two" said Matlazz as he left the dungeon.
"Mavis, come here" yelled Tytos, in walked the young girl dressed as a witch, "What do you want" she said, "The girl you fought last night, she used water magic, did she not" asked Tytos, "If you can call it magic, it was so pathetic calling it that might be an insult to real magic" said Mavis arrogantly. Juvia had fury in her eyes seeing this little girl denounce her and her magic as weak, "So then, you will torture her" said Tytos, "Hmm, sounds fun, I'll be happy to" said Mavis with an evil smile.
"No, leave her, alone" said Gray still in pain from the Maltazz's light beam, "Torture, me" said Gray, "No, his holiness got the pleasure of that; I want to see this one near death" said Mavis with an evil, sadistic tone as she looked at Juvia. "Mavis you have your orders, I have other matters that need attending" said Tytos as he left the dungeon, his armored body made his footsteps ever more loud and menacing. "So you ready for pain you useless girl" said Mavis as she shocked Juvia with her lightning magic, Juvia screamed in pain, "Stop it, stop hurting her" yelled Gray, "Shut up, you'll be next" said Mavis as she shocked Juvia with more lightning, Juvia screamed louder, the pain growing more intense with every shock.
Back on the streets, Erza and Lucy continued their search, yet it seemed impossible. "Erza this place is enormous, how will we ever find them" said Lucy, "We will, after all this is a floating city, only so many places they could be" said Erza. "Dear prophet, how are you this fine day" said Maltazz approaching Lucy and Erza, with him was Lyda the archer, "I'm alright, we are searching for our friends, they seem to have gone missing" said Lucy, "Oh my, that's not good, well I do hope you find them, but remember my dear, you are the holy prophet chosen by the Lord of the Light, you have a duty to us all to fulfil" said Maltazz.
It dwelled on Lucy again, was she really some divine prophet sent to lead people into heaven. "Well I do wish you luck in finding them" said Maltazz bowing his head to Lucy, "Thank you, come on Erza lets check over here" said Lucy as she and Erza began walking, "Lyda, I want you to follow the prophet and her red haired companion, we cannot allow them to find the other two", "Of course your holiness, but if they are beneath your palace how would they find them" asked Lyda. "It's not some much them I worry about, it's that pink haired fool, the dragon slayer", "A dragon slayer" said a shocked Lyda, "Yes, though foolish he may be, we both know dragon slayers have a keen sense of smell, and thus it's possible he may be able to locate them" said Maltazz.
"Then should we kill the dragon slayer then" said Lyda, "It may come to that, but for now I have Hilarius tracking him just in case he does find his way to my dungeon" said Maltazz, "Alright, I shall carry out your orders, your holiness" said Lyda, "Very good, if the red haired girl gets suspicious don't hesitate to strike her down" said Maltazz. Lyda put on her hood over her auburn hair and began to follow Erza and Lucy, Maltazz just looked over and thought to himself, stroking his long white beard, "Soon I will put my plan into action and with the dark power that dwells under this city, I will finally gain the power I should have gotten those many years ago, with her blood, the blood of the prophet I shall rule all".