Disclaimer: If you look at me under the right light, then close your eyes and imagine the author of Fairy Tail, I'm still not Hiro Mashima, so I don't technically own anything. Oh well, he's awesome!

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Third:

Mirajane and Happy

Lucy used the black mist to transport them back to their island. It was easier than she thought, all she needed to do was imagine the place, then wrap her magic around whatever she was teleporting and voila! It used up practically none of her magic power that she had stored, making her feel slightly suspicious to Zeref. He was supposed to be so powerful, a d the fact that she felt her magic returning so fast made her suspicions increase. He lied to her, but why? She needed to confront him...

When they landed back on the island, she felt pleased with herself. She proved to her guild members that she wasn't weak, even though it was hard, but not as hard as she thought. When she pushed Levy, it was easy to not care, but she still was slightly worried. Even though she even ought right said that they'd follow Makarov's decision, she didn't want to kill them. Well, not Levy anyway...

With her feet firmly on the ground, she turned to Zeref, eyes blaring. They felt like old friends, even though she hasn't know him for a full day yet. He made her feel absolutely complete and content, something even Fairy Tail failed to do. Trying her best to act bitchy, she flicked her blonde hair over her shoulder and put her hands on her hips. She gave him her best 'you-know-what-you've-done' look.

"Care to explain?" She asked, maintaining her bitchy composure. She used one of her old heiress friends as a model, and so far it was working.

"Explain what?" He faked innocence. Since he met her, he'd been slowly feeding her magic, causing her emotions to heighten. Things like hate and betrayal towards her former guild, and her attraction and trust towards him. How she just wouldn't care for life. However, it didn't erase other emotions entirely, only she could do that.

"You know what!" She growled, his fake innocence pushing her limits. She was so attracted to him, but that annoyed her. Why did he have to be so... Perfect? It would be easier to suspect him if he didn't save her, much easier to confront him if he didn't look so handsome and muscular. All she felt like doing was just to stare at him and drool. "The 'two weeks' bullshit! That felt like nothing. Nothing, and you're supposed to be über Mage or something! Either you are really pitiful with a big mouth, or you lied."

Ah, he was just waiting for this. He knew this would come, but he was surprised, both at how long it took for her to click, but also how fast she did it. Hopefully, she was corrupt enough, her taste for the Dark Arts large enough for her to follow the path. So he decided to twist the truth. "I lied to protect you. I saw the pain you went through, so I thought if you learnt strong magic, you wouldn't be put through that again. But I was afraid that if I didn't push you with the 'Dark Mist', you'd completely reject it." His acting skills had improved, he thought. His little speech was better than he thought, and he saw it crack the suspicion in her eyes.

"I hate to admit it, but thanks for doing that. Now I'll be able to show that guild that cutting me off was the worse decision in their history!" She smiled to him, and he felt his heart speed up. It surprised him, he wasn't supposed to react to her like that. She was compatible with him, but he shouldn't care. Shouldn't. But he did.

Her mind was focused on her ex-guild mates faces. Their surprise when she was cold to them, the shock when she hurt Levy... The absolute horror when the Rune Knights appeared, and she used the corrupted Aries to kill them... She felt guilty. Not for killing the Rune Knights - for some reason, she just didn't care - but for using her Spirit, her friend, and corrupting her.

Zeref saw her weakness, and saw it as an opportunity to score points, so he pulled her into his embrace. Yet, the intention left him as soon as he did so, and he just wanted to comfort her. He could sense with his magic her guilt, and he wanted to help her... It made him feel strange, and weak. He didn't like it. When she had calmed herself down, she faced him with new determination. She wasn't weak, and so she shouldn't act like it. She was going to be strong. Zeref decided to start a new stage in her training.

"Summon Aries again." He said, and she complied.

"Open the Gate of the Ram! Aries!" She shouted, holding out the only black key she had. As before, the black circle appeared and Aries stepped out. She still had black wool barely covering her, with her red demon horns shining in the light.

"Hime, hello." She said with her seductive voice. "I was just entertaining Leo and Taurus. What do you need?" Even though her self confidence had sky rocketed, Lucy noticed that she still was very polite and respectful to her.

"Just wait." Zeref ordered, making Lucy raise an eyebrow at him, but she said nothing. They waited a few seconds, until Loke appeared before them. He was wearing his signature designer suit, with a white undershirt and his tie loosely hanging from his neck. His orange hair was, as usual, spiky like a mane of a lion, but he looked more messy than usual, his undershirt almost completely unbuttoned, and his cheeks stained red.

When he looked at Aries his face turned a darker shade of red, and then he turned to Lucy. His hazel eyes were... Curious, lustful, and weak. Aries had complete dominance over him, as she strode over with her knee-height leather boots. She seductively moved her hand onto his body and walked around him, moving her hand with her. He just stood frozen in place, face completely red.

Lucy couldn't help but laugh at him. He was supposed to be the ultimate playboy, but Aries was walking all over him, making him respond in ways that he couldn't control. She leaned in close to his ear and whispered something so quiet and soft, so only he could hear it.

"Join me."

It was a command. The shy and somewhat pitiful Aries had been replaced with this temptress, who was slowly working her magic with Loke. His face slowly changed to something of need and lust for Aries. After what felt like an eternity to him, he nodded towards Lucy.

Not wasting a second, she fished out Loke's golden key, and held it out in front of her. "Open the Gate of the Lion! Leo!" She shouted, pouring her magic into the second key. Normally, this would be her limit with summoning Spirits, but she barely felt affected at all.

The golden key cracked, much like it did for Aries' key, and the golden shell flaked off to reveal his black key. Yet, the most amazing transformation occurred to him. His upper body became bare, his chest prominent, and the clothes dissolving off him. His lower body had the suit pants replaced with jeans that had chains hanging from it. He wore large black boots, which looked like they were coated in metal. His green Fairy Tail mark on his back turned black, and warped into a large tattoo that wrapped around his stomach and covered his back and arms. His face got piercings, three in either ear, one in his mouth and one above his left eyebrow. His hair had turned to a dark brown, and his eyes turned black, like Aries' eyes had.

As soon as he finished transforming, he kissed Aries. It got very intimate very quickly, and Lucy was forced to cough incredibly loudly to catch their attention. Loke's hands had golden knuckledusters on them, the equivalent of his old ring magic. They looked rather disappointed when they broke apart, and Loke looked at Lucy with a bored expression.

"Hmm?"

"Could you ask the other spirits about this?" Zeref asked them. Aries nodded, and then so did Loke, albeit rather reluctantly. He yawned and began to kiss Aries before they disappeared back into a black circle.

"Well, what do we do now?" Lucy asked Zeref after the two Spirits left. She was in shock at how much the two had changed. They normally danced around the relationship they had, Loke being a stupid playboy and Aries being a overly-polite weakling. But now they were openly devouring each other, making Lucy feel slightly like a matchmaker.

He simply smiled at her. "Now, you train!"

Lucy and the man in the cloak, who was supposedly the black wizard Zeref disappeared in front of them in a black mist. No one could believe their eyes. It was Lucy, their Lucy, and she ordered her Spirit to kill people. The Spirit itself was corrupted, with the normal Aries long gone replaced with an evil vixen. Not only that, both appeared to be unaffected by the death of the two Rune Knights that they killed.

Silence fell upon the frozen guild. No one moved. No one wanted to. Levy was still unconscious, with Wendy quietly healing her, but no one wanted to go to her, to admit that it was actually Lucy who did this, their very own Celestial Mage. Some hoped that it was just a dream, or that she was forced, but a few knew. The Dragon Slayers could smell the corruption on her, tainting her unique chocolate and ash scent with an acidic smell that almost burned their nostrils. The powerful Mages among them could sense that her power was dark, evil, something that she never had before. Although they hoped that it wasn't the truth, they knew that they weren't going to get Lucy back.

Then Levy awoke. It was like all the tension in the room snapped, and everyone began to talk at once, rushing to whomever they could find. The main focal points were Team Natsu and Levy, with questions flying at them. They were overwhelmed, and Erza was in a very bad mood. She just saw one of her greatest friends murder in front of her, so she was... No words could describe what she felt. Hurt, confused, angry, betrayed, shocked, sad, and worst of all, scared. She was afraid of Lucy, at what just a few hours did to her and her magic. She needed to vent herself in some way, any way, and unfortunately the guild was there.

"SHUT UP!" She roared, voice louder and more fierce than ever before. People physically winced and stepped back, from the sheer force her voice projected. Silence fell almost instantly, people shocked and afraid of the fuming Erza. She looked close to snapping, hands in fists which were shaking, and eyes glaring harsher than ever before.

It was Master Makarov that spoke next. He made his way to the bar and, with the help of Mirajane (who was unusually wearing a tank top, jean shorts and boots), stood atop it. "Gather all of Fairy Tail. Cancel missions, cancel appointments, just cancel everything." He said, voice strong, but with and edge of weakness to it. "In an hour you will all know what has happened. I don't want to repeat myself." He turned towards Mirajane. "I want Natsu, Gray, Erza and Lisanna in my office. No one can follow, and if they do, you have permission to use Satan Soul on them."

The directness of the Master shocked Mirajane, but she just nodded. Her mind fell back to when Lucy entered the guild with the mystery man. She should've noticed it then, because she returned alone and didn't announce her return, even though it was an unwritten rule to the guild. When the two sat at the bar, she asked "Will you always follow Master?", and Mirajane just replied a hesitant "Yes?" before she completely ignored her, not even asking for drinks. She didn't even blink when she commented on her together with a man.

"Master, what about..." Her voice trailed of, looking at the two helpless bodies on the floor, whose faces were trapped in an eternal sleep. Just knowing that one of her friends, one of her family did this, made her feel sick. She just wanted everything to go back to what it was.

"Inform the Magic Council." He sighed before walking off to his office, followed by Team Natsu minus Lucy. Then another person popped into her mind. Happy. And, as if on cue, a voice echoed from the entrance.

"Aye, what's up?"

Mirajane turned to see the blue cat Happy flying in with the white cat Carla, both blissfully unaware of the horrors that had happened. Even though no one said a word, a unanimous agreement passed through their minds. Mirajane would break the news. She knew that they wanted her to, because of all the heads turning to her, she just didn't know why. She wasn't close to them like the Dragon Slayers, nor knowledgeable about them like the group who went to Edolas. She was just the S-Class barmaid Mirajane, yet it was enough for them all to just dump responsibilities onto her, as usual. And, as usual, she acted fine with it, even though it destroyed her on the inside.

"Happy, Carla... I need to tell you two something." She sighed, gesturing to the bar in front of her. The two cats complied and sat down. There was small talk all over the guild, but everyone was listening in to their conversation, hoping they wouldn't take it too badly. "We don't really know what's happened, Master will explain it properly later." She sighed.

"Yeah, so this is about...?" Happy asked, waiting to know who. He didn't notice how the guild was different, how everyone was on edge, but Carla did. And she noticed the bodies. She knew that whoever she said would be responsible.

"Lucy." She said, almost in tears, making Carla's heart stop. Lucy was a powerful Mage, but she couldn't kill someone without help... Her Spirits. The thought hit her like a wall. She used one of her Spirits to kill them... No, she was getting ahead of herself. It might've been an accident. Lucy wouldn't, no she couldn't do that... Right?

"She..." Mirajane continued, trying not to tear up. "She hurt Levy, summoned Aries and ordered her to kill two Rune Knights. Then she escaped with a man, who they said was Zeref."

Carla was upset. She knew Lucy, was actually very close with her, but she knew that she didn't have that I her... Well, thought she knew anyway. Happy was laughing like it was a joke, but Carla knew better. The guild's air sat heavy on their shoulders, with depressed faces. Happy, even though he was dense, knew that this was no joke. Then he saw the bodies.

"No..." He muttered, eyes watering. Tears fell fast and heavy. "No!" He said again, shouting this time. The guild expected this, but not what he said next. "You're lying! You're all lying! Lucy wouldn't do that! She is our nakama! We don't lie about them!"

Mirajane looked distraught. "Happy..."

"No! I don't believe you! How could you! I'll find Lucy and prove this wrong!" He shouted, his Aera magic creating his wings. He flew out the door before anyone could react, and off into the distance. "Lucy..." He cried.

The guild began to give Mirajane dirty looks, like it was her fault. That was the last straw. She just snapped. Her emotions reached the point of explosion. "That's it!" She screamed, extremely out of character. "I can't take this anymore! You all look at me like I'm filth, and then blame me because of doing what none of you had the guts to do!" She felt out of control, her annoyance and hate overpowering her one emotion it shouldn't: her love. She was pissed, and it all poured out now, from a buildup of everything. She put her hand over her guild mark and used the magic she learnt from the Master, something that he said to only use in dire emergencies. She removed her guild mark. People stared at her, shocked by what she was doing. This wasn't the Mirajane they knew. Then she ran.

"Mira-nee!" Elfman shouted running to her, but she was already out the guild doors, changing into the Take Over: Satan Soul. She looked back, at them and gave a sad smile. A goodbye. "Mira-nee, no!" He shouted even louder, making his guild mates stand to rush to him, only to see Mirajane disappear into the sky.

She flew into a single direction, with only a single thought in her mind. Lucy. She needed to see her again, confront her, even if it was only for one last time. But where was she? She just flew in a single direction, hoping to both lose her perusing brother and find Lucy.

"Lucy..."

She turned her head to see a blue feline a little away from her. She swung herself into a path so that they would be able to talk. Her black bat-like wings made that easy, but the cat managed to spot her from these, so he attempted to fly away. But he failed, as she far outranked him in terms of speed. It only took her seconds to grab his tail with her greenish scaled hands.

"Happy!" She shouted.

"No, I won't go back! I won't until I find Lucy!" He cried.

"I understand! I need to clear things up with her too!" She shouted back. He sniffed and looked relieved. He stopped his Aera Magic and grabbed onto her back. "Let's go!"

Elfman watched as his sister disappeared into the sky. He had regained a sister to lose another. Mirajane was acting differently, she even went to the extent of abandoning her guild, her family, to... Do what? Why did she even need to go to Lucy? Did she value that killer over her own flesh and blood? She just betrayed the guild. Pitifully, he walked back to the guild to break the news.

Controlling emotions was hard. He had managed to strengthen the lust and reliance Lucy had for him, and the hate for her former guild, but she was obviously still distraught, and therefore didn't pour herself fully into the Dark Arts. She needed someone, someone other than him, like a friend or maybe a pet. So he decided to get one.

He teleported himself to the Fairy Tail building he was about 5 minutes beforehand to see their master addressing the guild. "Gather all of Fairy Tail. Cancel missions, cancel appointments, just cancel everything. In an hour you will all know what has happened. I don't want to repeat myself." He turned towards the white-haired barmaid, who he remembered Lucy calling Mirajane. "I want Natsu, Gray, Erza and Lisanna in my office. No one can follow, and if they do, you have permission to use Satan Soul on them."

"Master, what about..." Her voice stopped, and she looked at the floor which had the two bodies collapsed on it. It looked like she felt sick from looking, but she still did so.

"Inform the Magic Council." The old guy sighed before walking off to behind the bar, followed by a guy with pink hair, a guy with black hair, a girl with short white hair and a girl with long red hair

"Aye, what's up?" Asked a voice from the entrance. There was a blue cat flying in with a white cat. Just seeing them made him almost jump. This would be perfect for Lucy as company...

All the heads turned to the barmaid. She was looking to the two cats, and he could sense that she felt a pressure from them which made her both shrivel up and explode on the inside, but her face remained composed. Zeref raised an eyebrow. He thought that this woman was fairly interesting too... She would do as a friend for Lucy, even better than getting a random girl, because Lucy appeared to idolise the woman.

"Happy, Carla... I need to tell you two something." Mirajane sighed, gesturing to the bar in front of her, and the two cats sat down. All over the guild, people were staring at them, with a little help from his magic, and me made the pressure her. "We don't really know what's happened, Master will explain it properly later." She continued.

"Yeah, so this is about...?" The blue cat he assumed to be called Happy asked. He appeared not to notice how the guild was different, how everyone was on edge, or even the bodies on the floor. He was extremely dense and interesting, unlike the white cat who noticed on first glance. He thought it was amusing, so he manipulated the guild to just leave the bodies there for a little longer.

"Lucy. She..." Mirajane stopped, looking fairly upset. He toned that up a notch. "She hurt Levy, summoned Aries and ordered her to kill two Rune Knights. Then she escaped with a man, who they said was Zeref."

The white cat got upset, but Happy laughed. He was surprised, and very interested, because he thought it was a joke. But then came the tears and realisation. Zeref just twisted Happy's judgment so that he must get answers from Lucy. Then he inserted mistrust to the other guild members. "No... No! You're lying! You're all lying! Lucy wouldn't do that! She is our nakama! We don't lie about them!"

"Happy..."

"No! I don't believe you! How could you! I'll find Lucy and prove this wrong!" He shouted before lying out.

The entire guild felt sad, but many felt like Mirajane had a little part in it, and so he majorly amplified it so that they gave her dirty looks. Mirajane on the other hand was much easier to use. All he needed to do was remove a layer or so of love and all the anger, annoyance and grievances came pouring out. "That's it! I can't take this anymore! You all look at me like I'm filth, and then blame me because of doing what none of you had the guts to do!" This wasn't enough, though. She needed to do something that was more permanent, that was made it easier to cut ties. Then he remembered the significance of the guild mark, so he made her hate hers. Then she removed it and ran off.

"Mira-nee!"

He looked around to see a muscular guy with white hair. He was chasing the figure of his sister and he cursed. He didn't prepare her for this! It'd ruin it! What he'd worked for very hard, hard enough to actually make him feel somewhat tired. It was going to be fruitless. Yet, it wasn't. She turned, gave him a sad smile, then flew off, without him assisting her decisions. The emotional bonds were being severed quicker than he anticipated. All he needed to do was steer her to the cat, and make it so if they ever returned, they'd resent them for it. Unfortunately, that ment Lucy too.

Weaving his magic like a blanket, he coated everyone with the guild mark with resentment, annoyance, mistrust and ultimately hate for Lucy, Mirajane and Happy. It was a costly spell, but he wouldn't need to monitor it, as it would bloom on its own. With that done, he teleported himself to the runaway pair.

He appeared in front of them while they were over a forest. Mirajane came to a sudden stop, eyes somewhat wavering, and Happy eyed him curiously. He decided to twist the truth yet again, to make them come with him.

"You two want to meet with Lucy, right?" He asked innocently, something he had began to do so well. They just nodded to him. "Well, I'll need your help with something. You see, Lucy needs friends with her to stay by her, or else she won't be able to support her own magic. This is something you two can help her with. There isn't much time, and of you don't, she will die." He wasn't lying per se, but it wasn't threatening her life. Well, they didn't need to know that. "Will you help her?"

Lucy sat at the campfire, bored. Zeref teleported away almost half an hour ago, after saying she should train. But what? She had practically perfected her Dark Mist, and was able to teleport so fast that she could be in two places at once. She could do her contracts, but she wanted to wait until Zeref got back before she did that.

When Loke appeared after 10 minutes, she was shocked by the fact that he was only wearing his boxers. They were a tight fit and made her blush. "They all agree." He said simply before disappearing into a black circle. She figured that he was with Aries getting a little... Freaky.

What was she to do? She missed the guild at points like this. Not the people, just the atmosphere, how it was never quiet, never boring, never dull. She always had someone to talk to, about something that was done by others that made them laugh. She would do anything not to be alone anymore...

Then Zeref appeared. He always had done, doing things for her, protect her, save her, make her feel at home again. She sighed helplessly. He had become too important to her. They met less than a day ago, but already she felt like she couldn't imagine life without him. She ran over to talk to him, until she noticed the two people with him. Mirajane and Happy. She gave them a dirty look, which made Mirajane flinch.

"Why are they here?" She spat. It would only take her a second to send them back, or do something worse, but Zeref brought them here for a reason. A reason which made him smile.

"They're here for something you wouldn't think." He said. "They're here to join us."

Bam! Le end of la chapter! To be honest, I forgot about Happy in chapter 1, 2 and again in this chapter! I felt so stupid. But thankfully it worked out for the best, and this story is progressing!

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Sorry for those who want to see Zeref x Lucy stuff, but that won't happen for a little while. I want to build up the story first. But I promise it will come, just patience! So please review for me, and I will love you forever! And to all those who already have... THANK YOU!

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