Chapter 2
Hi guys~ sorry it's been so long since my last update but I really don't know how to go. Sorry if any of you guys are confused! I tried to explain…?
Um, so basically:
-"The Strongest One of All" happened (or at least that story's summary did, ^^)
-After leaving Fairy Tail, Lucy went into the Dragon World
-In the Dragon World/Realm/whatever she is basically miserable and heartbroken
-Her mother Layla (Celestial Dragon/Dragon Queen) notices and has Lucy's memories erased (via a Dragon) and her body changed so as to actually give her a childhood (you know, since canon!kid!Lucy didn't really have one?)
-Lucy wakes up as a kid with zero memories and grows up in the Dragon Realm. The most prominent figures in her life include Layla (mother), Mavis (sister), and some Dragons (aunts/uncles), most namely Gem, the Jewel Dragon (teacher).
-Mavis names her 'Takara' which means 'treasure' (so I'm referring to her as Takara not Lucy. Plus it'll make it harder for people to recognize her when she goes back to the Human Realm).
-She grows up to be an amazing Jewel Dragon Slayer (I'll give more details on that later…probably) and finally convinces her overprotective family to let her go into the Human Realm, which she's dreamed about since Mavis first started telling her stories about it.
-She goes into the Human Realm and the story begins! ^^
Sorry, I hope that makes things clear(er)?
Oh, and her eyes change color. A lot. So they change with her emotions, but they'll also change when she's using her magic. In the latter case, they change into whatever jewel she's using, which is typically crystal since she has an inclination towards crystal, but she can use any other jewel/gem in existence.
Anyways, let the story begin!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
PS: I forgot to say, but I'm making it so that time flows differently in the Dragon Realm than the Human Realm (like the Spirit World). Like a river, the difference in flow of time will vary—sometimes 5 years to 1 Human year (like right now), sometimes more or less. So right now, in Human Realm years, it's been 1 year (approximately…) since Lucy vanished (or "The Strongest One of All" ended).
Trotting along the dirt path, Takara wondered how far her sister's guild was from her current location.
Looks like I was wrong when I said I'd arrive today then… Pouting, she blew a strand of golden hair away from her eyes and picked up her pace. At the rate I'm going, I'll be lucky to find someone to give me directions today. Too bad it'll probably give the general human population heart attacks if I transformed into a Dragon…after all, I do travel a lot faster that way…
An explosion and a distant yell caught her attention and she pricked up her ears even as she turned in that direction.
Woah, she mouthed silently as an enormous fireball barreled up into the air and slowly vanished into a huge cloud of smoke—I can feel the blistering heat from here.
A grin crossed her lips—Yay, person! I wonder who that is? Let's go find out~
Her heart lifted in excitement and hope; that fireball was almost as big as the ones Uncle Igneel had blown once.
Immediately, she shifted gear and slammed her hands together, a white-blue magic circle expanding rapidly from her hands and slowly rotating before her, almost as large as she was.
Takara could almost feel her eyes changing color.
"Crystal Make: Sled!" she grinned; she always loved using Crystal Magic in particular, a branch of magic that her teacher Gem had showed her once Takara proved proficient and more than adequate in the wide branch that was Jewel Dragon (Slayer) Magic.
Fine crystal dust swirled down from the center of the magic circle and formed a sled made of pure crystal.
As the magic circle faded away and she felt her eyes return to their normal contented chocolate brown, Takara felt her smile grow even wider—she had gotten the sled just as she'd wanted it, down to the very last detail of small carvings along the sides.
"Right, let's do this," she muttered under her breath as she plopped herself down on the sled (letting out a relieved sigh as the cool crystal soothed the blisters on her bare feet) and pushed off the cliff path she'd been carefully walking on and, instead of going along the path which (eventually) would lead to the ground, went straight down the steep side of the cliff-face, a slope that was almost vertical.
Her startled laughter echoed in her ears as she hurtled towards the ground at breakneck speed, the crystal shed chipping at the cliff face and leaving behind a trail of dust in its wake.
The sled skidded to a stop at the base of the cliff—or rather, it embedded itself in the ground and Takara rocketed off of it, only managing to flip and dive into a roll just in time.
Running to disperse the momentum, the crystal turning to dust behind her, she dove straight into a warzone, only just managing to form a sapphire shield in front of her as a fireball went for her face.
Immediately, she launched herself to the side, rolling even as she cast her hand before her, leaving fine dust to trail through the air and enormous shields of varying gems rocketing up from the ground, covering her flight.
She rolled into a crouch, magic circles circling around her hands even as one, spanning five meters on either side of her, bloomed and expanded from her feet.
At the sight of a mostly-unarmed group making no moves to attack though, she frowned slightly and stood properly, the magic circle at her feet shrinking down back into her.
A spark of recognition echoed in her mind—hmm, they look somewhat familiar for some reason…maybe I knew them in the Before?
"Oi! Who are you?" the pink-haired mage bounced forward, pointing rudely at her, scowling in confusion. "You just came flying out of nowhere! Are you here to attack us?"
"Ah." Takara sketched a quick bow. "My apologies for startling you. My name is Takara."
One of them raised an eyebrow, and she internally winced—right, normal children didn't tend to speak so formally. She usually didn't either, but she had no idea how to act with strangers.
"I do not have any intention attack you nor your client," she nodded at the carriage they were converged around, obviously for protection. "I was merely lost and seeking directions."
"Oh, that's alright then!" the pink-haired mage grinned. "So are you a mage? You've gotta be if you've survived this long lost as you were!" he laughed.
At her frown of confusion, a dark-haired boy stepped up, casually stripping out of his shirt before her eyes, "What this idiot means is that there are a lot of dark guilds around here, so we're pretty surprised at seeing someone who isn't an unfriendly out here. These forests are pretty dangerous after all."
The only girl in their group nodded in agreement, "There are usually a lot of bandits as well who ambush people in the mountains. That's why these escort missions are so high-paying. How did you get lost?"
Takara hummed thoughtfully, looking as though she was thinking hard, for a few minutes, then shrugged.
"I forgot."
At her words, the others face-faulted.
"How do you forget how you got lost?"
"I have been lost for…a long time," she furrowed her brow slightly. "I am not certain how long…someone told me that I could get to Fairy Tail through this short cut, so I followed their directions…but then I got lost…"
"Fairy Tail?"
"Un, I was looking to join since I heard they were really welcoming for new members," she tilted her head. "Are they not?"
"Nah, it's just that we were sorta surprised. There aren't really a lot of non-guild mages around," the dark-haired man, now clad only in boxers, answered, hands moving to the waistband of said boxers.
"Why is that? And please don't take off those as well," Takara replied, eyeing his hands warily.
As he yelped and frantically began searching for his missing clothes, the woman sighed and responded to her incredulous look, "Yes, he does tend to remove his clothes quite often…we're trying to break him out of the habit, but it's hard to when he doesn't even realize he's done it. And to answer your questions, it's because Fiore is currently in a civil war; all of the light guilds have banded together to fight the dark guilds. They've recently been getting stronger than ever, even though we've already fought them down a bunch of times. There are a lot of them who keep escaping prison, to boot, and we've been run ragged by them. The dark guilds also tend to snatch up all the mages who aren't part of a light-guild, so it's pretty rare to see any freelance mages nowadays."
Takara nodded pensively; Mavis hadn't told her of this…probably because she didn't remember to in time…she sweatdropped. Mavis-nee, you're really silly sometimes…
"Ah, are you part of a light guild then?" she questioned, suddenly remembering she had meant to ask them before.
The scarlet-haired woman nodded, tapping her chestplate, which proudly displayed a guild mark for all to see.
"Yes, we're a part of Fairy Tail."
"Cool," Takara's lips tilted upwards slightly.
"I am Erza Scarlet; those too are Natsu Dragneel and Gray Fullbuster. Natsu's the idiot breathing fire; Gray is the idiot who keeps stripping," Erza sighed in aggravation, pinching her nose.
Chocolate brown eyes shifted into a light pink in amusement.
"I see…would you take me to Fairy Tail then?" she queried.
"Of course, we'd never turn away a mage seeking to join," Erza answered, a light smile on her face.
The scarlet-haired mage offered a hand to Takara, who grasped it firmly.
"Thank you. It'll be a wonderful experience for sure."
"Welcome to Fairy Tail, Takara."
LOL. I'm sorry. I know that was short, guys, but real life is killing me. I'm sorry! It's just that on top of 3 different sports, 10 different classes, 5 of which are AP classes, and plot bunnies invading my mind, I was practically dying. I swear, I haven't been able to sleep before 12AM for a month now. Sorry. I have ~1-2 weeks of break, which is why I'm cramming writing as much as I possibly can before stress is back.
One of my friends said you guys would murder me then bring me back to make me keep writing.
You wouldn't…right?
*laughs nervously and turns tail*
Sorry, gotta run or life will catch up to me!
*runs away screaming at the top of my lungs*
Readers: *blink. Blink* After her!
:P
Please read and review~ Reviews are love! And if you get confused, PM me or leave a question! I will respond to every review, I promise~ Also, if you have any suggestions for what should be coming, that would be appreciated. I was stuck with a huge case of writer's block—like, what should I do? How far has the story progressed? Etc. Though, as you can see, I did solve some of that in this story. Next chapter should be within the month, I promise!
Shout-out to my amazing reviewers:
-Anh. My very first reviewer~ virtual cookies to you! I'm glad you enjoyed "Strongest One of All", though personally, I don't feel like it's all that good…. which is why I'm trying to make it up to my amazing fans with this sequel!
-LucyHRose. Haha, sorry if it's confusing! I tried to make up for it in this chapter. Since I also forgot what I wrote: yes, Lucy is Takara. What happened was that she went to the Dragon Realm, had her memories wiped, and ended up a child with no memories. They renamed her Takara, but as the story goes on, you'll see Takara slowly regaining memories of Lucy. Glad you like my story~
-Shyleah. "Strongest One of All" is finished; this is the long-awaited and long-pleaded-for sequel of it. And yes, I'm planning on continuing this one…it's just that I suffer from chronic slow-updating-ness and thus update ~once every other week or once a month. :( Sorry guys!
-Fairy Saber. Haha…yeah that was it. Sorry~ But here's more! ^_^
-Guest (Nov. 13) Thanks~ I love writing fanfics too; I'm just struggling with time. *heaves sigh* stupid time.
-Guest (Dec. 5) Don't worry, I'm planning on Lucy remembering Fairy Tail~ And here's an update, just for you guys!
-Lucy of Fairy Tail. As always, Lucy-nee is an awesome help! :) You're the one of the main reasons I reconsidered writing a sequel (the other was how many fans I had! And how nice they all were...most of them at least...), so thanks again!
'Til next time, everyone!
~Amy
Please don't flame. And if you spot any errors, feel free to tell me. Although...I think I'm a bit too lazy to go back and fix them. Sorry~