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A new Lucy

Chapter Eleven – Turning point

WARNING!

Lemon in this one people!

I ran from the guild as if the hounds of hell themselves were chasing me, and I wasn´t entirely sure that they weren´t. Pantherlily was still clinging to my shoulder as I ran and I could hear him trying to talk to me, I couldn´t hear what he was saying over the sound of my own heartbeat in my ears though.

After running for a really long time I reached a high cliff overlooking the city of Magnolia. My legs went out from underneath me and I fell to my knees, panting from exhaustion.

I was trembling and I held myself around the middle, it felt as if I was falling apart and it hurt. I felt the use of magic right next to me, I had almost forgotten that Pantherlily was still with me and he had apparently just transformed into his battle-form for some reason.

Then I felt strong and muscled arms wrap themselves around me, helping to hold me together. Pantherlily´s black fur was soft against my skin and I felt his chest vibrate at my back as he spoke.

"It´s alright Lucy, I´ve got you." He reassured me and waited for my breakdown. But I had already cried too much, I simply didn´t have any tears left. Instead I just hurt…

But being held by Pantherlily made me feel better and after a little while the hurt started to subside. I sighed sadly and relaxed a little against Pantherlily while he was still in battle-form. We had been here for so long that I knew that he wouldn´t be able to hold it for much longer.

Again I felt the tell-tale tingle of magic and I leaned a little forward so that I wouldn´t squish Pantherlily as he returned to his small form. I knew that Laxus was probably worried about me by now but I also knew that he would follow the trail of my scent and come looking for me if I took too long so I didn´t really feel the need to try and muster enough strength to move.

Pantherlily came around to my front and crawled up in my lap, a gesture of affection that he didn´t give very often but which I was very grateful for now. He allowed me to hug and pet him and after sitting in silence for a little while I spoke.

"I´m sorry for running away like that… thank you for staying with me." I said quietly and Pantherlily looked up at me with soft eyes and told me.

"It´s okay, I understand. At first I was a little worried that you would try and jump since you came here but I am glad that I was wrong." I looked up and saw what he meant, I had stopped not far away from the edge of the steep cliff but that thought had honestly not passed through my mind, if I died, Laxus would too and I didn´t want that.

"I could never do that, especially since everyone already thought I was dead…" I told him honestly but a little distracted, now that the edge had gotten my attention I felt that there was something there that was calling out to me.

Could it be another key?

I stood up slowly and kind of unsteadily and walked even closer towards the edge, crawling on all fours the last part so I wouldn´t fall over the edge by accident.

"Lucy? What are you doing?" Pantherlily asked me as he followed me and peered over the edge as I did.

"I think there´s a key somewhere around here; I can feel it calling me." I told him excitedly and leaned even further over the edge to try and spot it, I had a feeling that it would be somewhere along the side of the steep cliff.

"Really? If you can pinpoint it I can fly down and take a look." Pantherlily promised me and I smiled at him before continuing to search for the hidden key. Suddenly a flash of red caught my eye and I pointed out the location for Pantherlily who flew down and grabbed it for me. When he dropped the blood red key made from ruby in my hands I could feel warmth emitting from it, not enough to burn me but enough to make flinch a little.

I moved away from the edge before I looked more closely at the key in my hands, I recognized the symbol very well and found it kind of ironic that this was the key that I would find right now. I held the key out in front of me and chanted.

"I am linked to the path to the world of Celestial Spirits, now! O spirit, answer my call and pass through the gate! Open! Gate of the…"

Laxus POV

I was following the scent trail that Lucy had left behind when she ran out of the guild earlier, Gajeel was with me since Pantherlily had gone with Lucy as she ran. I couldn´t really understand what could have happened to Natsu and Lisanna to make them act the way they had, but I hoped to Mavis that we would figure out a way to fix them soon because this would slowly kill the guild from within otherwise… Not to mention how tormenting it must be for Lucy, Mira, Elfman, Happy and the rest of team Natsu.

Natsu and Lisanna hadn´t stopped struggling against mine and Gajeel´s hold on them even when Lucy ran away, we had been forced to lock their wrists in magic blocking shackles and lock the two of them inside a room in the guild hall. They would have to be locked away until we could figure this out since they were now considered to be a danger to the entire guild with how they had struggled, not just to Lucy.

"We´re getting closer…" Gajeel muttered under his breath and I grunted in reply, the scent was indeed growing stronger finally, she had run for several miles before ending up here.

Then the calmness of the nature around us was torn apart by a giant roar that made even the ground itself vibrate underneath our feet. Both Gajeel and I stopped in our tracks and looked up towards the cliff where Lucy´s scent were taking us, what we saw was nothing we had expected to say the least.

A huge, dark red dragon was towering over the trees, roaring down at something, or someone, on the ground in front of it.

I felt all of my protective dragon instincts come roaring to life and without a word to Gajeel I lighting teleported myself up there.

I had to protect my Lucy.

Lucy POV

"I am linked to the path to the world of Celestial Spirits, now! O spirit, answer my call and pass through the gate! Open! Gate of the Dragon, Draco!"

I felt a major drop in my magic as the entire clearing was enveloped in a cloud of smoke before a roar that shook the earth cleared the smoke away and I could see the magnificent creature that was standing before me.

A dragon, dark red with a black belly and beautiful yellow eyes towered over me but I felt no fear, this spirit was one of the most powerful I had ever met and I was awed by his mere presence.

The dragon was just about to speak when Laxus flashed into existence in front of me, a roar already leaving his mouth.

"NO!" I yelled and without even saying the summoning words, called Scutum the shield forward and in front of my new spirit, instinctively protecting the dragon from Laxus roar. I went down on my knees as Laxus powerful lightning roar hit the surface of my shield and drained me of magic as I protected my newest spirit from potential harm.

Laxus immediately stopped the roar when he noticed the shield and he looked at me over his shoulder with wide eyes and a shocked expression.

"Please don´t hurt him… he´s my new spirit." I told him while drawing ragged breaths from the sudden loss of magic I experienced. He only looked at me for a moment longer before a change went over his face and he turned back towards my new spirit and told him.

"Forgive me." Then he teleported away again and left me alone with the dragon and a feeling in my stomach that something bad had just happened. I looked up at Draco, hoping that somehow he would explain it to me.

"Hello Mistress, I am Draco the fire dragon and the leader of the animal kingdom keys. You may call on me whenever you need me and despite the magic it takes to summon me here, my attacks are fueled by my own magic. Now, I know that you have some troubles here that I might be able to help with but first you need to go to the dragon slayer before he does something stupid. When his attack hit your shield his instincts will tell him that he has hurt you and he won´t be able to forgive himself for that unless you tell him otherwise quickly. If you would climb onto my back I will take you to him, I can find him by his scent."

My body had started to obey him even before he had stopped talking, only when I was already seated on the large dragons back did I turn towards Pantherlily who stood on the ground with wide eyes and a slack jaw and just stared at the dragon and asked him.

"Please tell Gajeel what happened here and that we´ll see him tomorrow." Pantherlily nodded absent-mindedly and then I saw him grow smaller and smaller until I couldn´t see him any longer as Draco flew into the sky with me on his back. And despite the worry I felt for Laxus I found the experience to fly through the sky on the back of a dragon to be amazing and unforgettable. I felt free, completely free from all the troubles and worries that weighted so heavily on me while I was on the ground.

"I have seen the troubles with your guild mates from my own realm and I might be able to help with that but you are not ready, you need to unlock your second origin. It´s a second well of magic within you, if you manage to unlock it you will be able to cast the needed spell with me and we can help them free themselves from the madness that has taken over them. Ask your Leo, your lion spirit to ask the spirit king about a spirit that will help you unlock your second origin, unlocking it will unlock your true self and show everyone what you are really capable of."

Draco told me all of this as we flew and I stored the information in my mind to make use of later after the issue with Laxus had been taken care of. After what felt like an eternity and at the same time only seconds Draco landed in a small clearing in the forest surrounding Magnolia where a small house sat, Laxus house. I slid down from Draco´s back and as walked towards the door I looked at him over my shoulder and told him.

"Thank you for all your help Draco, it will be a pleasure to work with you in the future but please call me Lucy!" The dragon nodded once before returning to his own world in another huge cloud of smoke.

I turned all of my attention towards the door in front of me and pushed the door open without bothering to knock beforehand, I had the feeling that even if I knocked, he would not hear me. I entered the small but cozy house and called for Laxus.

"Laxus? Are you in here?" I got no answer but then I hadn´t really expected to either, instead I walked slowly through the house, looking into the kitchen and the living room, peeking into the bathroom and a small office. The bottom floor was empty so I walked up the stairs to the second one. I found a guest room, another bathroom and a small gym all empty and then I turned my attention to the last closed door. The one leading to Laxus own bedroom.

"Laxus?" I called out softly as I opened the last door, revealing a sight I never would have thought I´d see Laxus in. He was laying on the large king sized bed in the center of the room, on his belly and with his face burrowed among the many pillows.

His shoulders were shaking as he cried.

"Laxus?" This time my voice was no louder than a whisper but because he was a dragon slayer he heard me anyway.

"Please go away… I don´t deserve you… I never did…" He begged me, his voice thick with sadness and hoarse from crying.

I had never seen Laxus cry before.

I walked up to the bed and sat down next to him despite his protests, putting one of my hands on his bare back to feel the softness from his skin, the hardness of his muscles and the warmth from his body.

"Laxus please look at me, you didn´t hurt me, it wasn´t your fault, you didn´t know." I told him but he refused to move. His whole body was tense with held back tears and I could almost feel the pain he was feeling, it was almost radiating off of him and I couldn´t stand to see him hurt like this.

I lied down next to him and wrapped my arms around him as best as I could, wanting to somehow ease the pain he was feeling. He stilled completely underneath me but as I made no move to move away from him he eventually drew in a shuddering breath and rolled over on his back, pulling me around so that I was lying on his chest instead, my face hidden in the crook of his neck.

"I´m sorry! I´m so, so sorry… I didn´t know that the dragon was a spirit, I only saw him appearing and roaring at something in the direction which your scent were leading me in and all I could think of was that I needed to protect you…" He wrapped his arms around me tightly and nuzzled the side of my neck and throat.

"It´s alright Laxus, no one was hurt. It´s fine, I´m not mad at you at all." I assured him, my lips ghosting over his skin as I spoke and I could feel him hold back a shudder. Then I suddenly heard Draco´s voice in my head telling me.

"If I may be so bold Lucy-sama, allowing him to mate with you would greatly improve the situation. It will calm him down some and the two of you will become even closer."

He then disappeared completely back into his own realm and left me alone in my mind once again. I was hoping that Draco was right about the mating helping Laxus, I would do anything to help him the way he had managed to help me when I was in pain.

I tentatively let my lips once against ghost over the heated skin of his throat in a kiss and I thought I felt his breath hitch before he spoke quietly.

"You should be mad at me, I hurt you." I kissed him again and let my hand glide up his chest until my fingers were able to tangle themselves in his hair before I replied.

"No you didn´t." I followed my words up with a third kiss right below his ear before sighing happily and locking my arms around his neck, pressing my entire body against him. I felt him hesitantly press his own lips at my neck but when I shuddered in pleasure and arched my back a little, he grew more confident and kissed me again, lavishing me with attention as his hands roamed over my back, pushing me even closer against his hard body while his lips caressed my skin with kisses and gentle love bites.

"Are you sure? I could never forgive myself if I hurt you…" He murmured against the sensitive skin at the base of my throat, making me shiver and wishing for his hands and lips to touch me more.

"Absolutely, you didn´t hurt me." I told him breathlessly and almost whined in disappointment as he pulled away from my throat to look me in the eyes. I could feel that my face was flushed and I imagined that my eyes were slightly glazed over. Laxus own eyes had darkened until they were almost completely black, only a thin ring of stormy blue-grey was still visible at the edge of the iris. He looked into my eyes, searching for something that he apparently found because he let out a low growl that could almost be considered a purr since it came from deep inside his chest, making it rumble slightly underneath me.

Then he kissed me for real.

LEMON WARNING

His lips moved against mine, drawing breathless gasps and moans from me and then his tongue found mine and the pleasure increased even more. After several minutes of making out I was starting to feel light-headed and Laxus pulled away, his chest heaving beneath me as he panted the same way I was.

"Are you sure you want to do this Lucy?" He asked me, his voice a deep rumble that made me shiver slightly.

"Yes I am sure Laxus; I want to be with you, forever." I told him with a gentle smile and kissed his forehead. I felt more than heard him growl beneath me and then the world spun around me as he turned us around, placing me on my back and himself hovering above me, not daring to put his weight on top of my smaller body. I whined and pulled at his shoulders until he slowly lowered his body on top of mine.

I relished in his weight in me, it grounded me in a way I had never experienced before and I loved it. He held himself up on his forearms and as he gazed down at me there was a shimmer in his eyes that I had never seen before, but before I could place the look he bent his neck and drew me into another kiss.

As his lips worked on my mouth and my throat, I could feel his hands working on my clothes, ridding me first of my shirt and then of my bra until I could feel his warm hands on my bare skin, caressing me.

After a little while he started trailing kisses down my body, following the column of my throat and going across my collarbone before making his way down to my breasts. My own hands alternated between tangling themselves in his soft, blonde hair, clutching at his shoulders and roaming over his back, gently scratching him with my nails.

When his mouth closed around one nipple and the sensation of his wet, heat on such sensitive skin was realized by my brain I moaned and my hands left his back to seek purchase in his bed sheets. My other nipple was teased by his clever fingers while his other hand was sneaking downwards and into my pants, causing my back to arch and my mouth to cry out in bliss.

He worked me until I felt like there was a fire burning in me, low in my belly, and I felt like I would go insane unless the tension within me lessened soon. Then he drew away from me and sat up, gazing at me all the time while he slowly unsnapped the clasp of his pants. He had to stand up to take them off completely along with his boots and I enjoyed the sight it gave me. I would have had him pegged as a boxer man but apparently I was wrong, he wasn´t wearing anything at all under his pants.

He stood before me, completely naked and shameless. He grabbed my ankles and pulled me down a little so that he could reach to pull off my boots and pants along with my panties. And then I was completely bare before him as well. Usually I would feel embarrassed and insecure if anyone saw me even in a towel but now I felt none of that, I only felt aroused, excitement and love for the man before me who was drinking in the sight of me with soft, dark and slightly predatory eyes.

"You´re so god damned beautiful… I love you Lucy." He whispered before getting back on the bed, once again slowly allowing me to take his weight while he kissed me, deeply and passionately as his hands roamed all over my body.

"I love you too." I told him between gasps for breaths and moans of pleasure. When he was absolutely certain that I was ready for him he entered me swiftly to keep the pain to a minimum and kissed me all the while to distract me.

When he started moving within me bliss and ecstasy was all that I felt until the entire world exploded in a bright white light as I reached my peak and Laxus sunk his small fangs into the curve where my neck met my shoulder before reaching his own completion.

We spent most of the night in each other's arms, making love several times over.

LEMON WARNING OVER

When I woke up the next morning I felt sore and still tired but I knew I couldn´t sleep any longer. There were things that needed to be done today as well. I looked around and saw that I was alone in bed, Laxus was already up but I could still feel some of his warmth on the sheets as well as hearing water running in the small connected bathroom. He was most likely in the shower.

I got up from the bed and walked naked across the room towards a mirror, I remembered feeling that Laxus bit me and I was curious as to how the mark he left behind would look like.

I stepped up towards the mirror and my gaze automatically drew to the junction of my neck and shoulder. The mark was there, as he had once told me that it would be and I found it both beautiful and fitting. In the center of the mark was a pale yellow, almost white lightning bolt, it was surrounded by a vortex of other colors, gold, red, blue and white. I smiled happily at my own reflection; I was feeling better than I had in a long time.

I entered the bathroom where I could hear Laxus still in the shower after that and without hesitation joined him underneath the spray of hot water. He looked a little surprised to see me but moved over without saying anything so I could wet my hair.

"I didn´t expect you to wake up for another few hours at least." He told me. "Did I wake you up?" I shook my head no and turned to face him, pressing my chest against his as I stood up on the tip of my toes so that would reach to kiss him.

"No you didn´t, I woke up anyway. I didn´t have much time to talk to Draco last night but what he told me was really interesting. He told me he knew of a way to fix what´s wrong with Natsu and Lisanna but also that I´m not strong enough for it yet, apparently I have to unlock something called a second origin which would greatly improve my magic reserves. He told me to talk to Loke about finding someone who could help me unlock it so that´s what I´m going to do after breakfast. We also need to go back to the guild and see how far Freed has come with the translations of the book." I told him and he looked at me seriously before asking.

"Are you certain that you need to unlock your second origin? I have heard of it and it is said to be an extremely unpleasant experience, sometimes even dangerous." I nodded my head and kissed him again.

"Yeah I´m sure, but I´ll have my spirits to help me. It´s going to be fine." I reassured him. Laxus didn´t answer that, he was still worried about me and I understood that, nothing I said was going to change it. Instead I asked him to help wash my hair, to help distract him for a little while.

It wasn´t until we got out of the shower that I realized that I had no clean clothes to wear, I didn´t want to put on the dirty ones from yesterday and didn´t want to bother Virgo unless necessary. Laxus had already gone down to start making us breakfast but I figured that he wouldn´t mind if I raided his closet for something to wear until we could go to my apartment to get me other ones.

I managed to find myself a pair of boxers to use as underwear, apparently he owed some even if he wasn´t always wearing them. I also found a pair of board shorts that he must have grown out of since they were in the very back of the closet; they were also the only pair that had a chance of hanging on to my hips with the string drawn as tightly as possible. I put on the bra since yesterday because I refused to walk around without one and Laxus sure as hell didn´t have any. Then I borrowed one of the smallest tank tops I could find and a short sleeved button down shirt to put on top of it. I then twisted my hair up in a bun, strapped on my keys and my whip and pulled on my boots before leaving the master bedroom to go down to the kitchen.

When I entered the kitchen a golden glow appeared in front of me and Loke appeared on his own power. I had trouble holding back a laugh at the expression on his face when I simply walked around him and into Laxus waiting arms before turning my attention on him.

"Did you want something Loke?" I asked him, keeping back a giggle while Laxus planted a light kiss on top of the mark left behind from last night before he turned his attention back at the food cooking on the stove.

"Yes… I have to admit that I listened in on your short conversation with Draco yesterday and have already talked with the spirit king if there is a spirit that can help you unlock your second origin." He told me and leaned against the kitchen counter.

"Well what did he say then, is there a spirit who can help me?" I asked him when he didn´t tell me anymore and he sighed but told me either way, apparently he wasn´t happy that I intended to unlock my second origin either…

"Yes, there is in fact a spirit that can help you, but contracting with her won´t be easy since no one has seen her key for the last 600 years. You need the help of a very special key, the soul collector, Zelena." I frowned.

"Isn´t she a key without a constellation? I remember reading that there were a few of those as well; I have never seen one though…"

"You remember correctly princess, they are very rare indeed but they are also very powerful if you manage to find her key she will be of great assistance to you. I suggest that you meditate and search for her with your very soul, if she finds you worthy, she will appear for you." Loke told me before stealing a piece of bacon from the platter Laxus were putting on the table and disappearing back to the spirit world.

"Why do I have a feeling that it´s not going to be as easy as it sounds…" I asked out loud and sat down at the table opposite of Laxus.

"Because it probably won´t." Laxus answered with a happy grin despite the serious situation at the guild. I felt really mature so I stuck my tongue out at him before making myself a plate of food, leaving Laxus to finish the rest.

"How are you feeling today?" He asked me after I had taken my first bite, I chewed and swallowed before answering him.

"I feel great! A little sore and tired sure but otherwise I feel better than I have since before this mess began. I wonder why that is…"

"Probably because we are bonded now. Gajeel told me that when he bonded with Levy, it felt like a hole in him that he didn´t knew existed before had been filled and that he was complete for the first time in his life, I feel about the same so maybe it works both ways?" I nodded my head, agreeing with him, it did feel like he had fixed and healed all of the holes left in me by all the different hurts of the past, like I was a clean slate now for my future with him.

And for once I felt strong, like I could do anything I put my mind to and I knew that for as long as I had Laxus by my side everything was possible.

"So… what do we intend to do today?" Laxus asked me while we were cleaning up after breakfast.

"I need to go by my old apartment and see if there´s anything left there for me… I don´t want to live there again so can I stay here until I find another apartment? Then we need to go by the guild, I still haven´t had a chance to talk to Master and we need to speak with Freed and Gajeel as well."

"You don´t have to ask if you can stay here Lucy, we are bonded now. I would prefer it if you didn´t live anywhere else but here where I am close by and can protect you if need be. I know that you are more than capable of protecting yourself but I can´t help it, it´s instincts." He told me with a shrug and I nodded and told him.

"Great then I´ll stay here." Laxus bent down and kissed me before telling me.

"Please do." We then locked up the house and headed back towards Magnolia, hoping that we would get any closer to the answers we were searching for by the end of the day.

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that I love the reviews you´re leaving for me =D And also to tell you that I´m working a lot the next two weeks or so... That means that I might not update for a little while, I assure you it will be no six months this time but I´ll probably need at least a week if not two.

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