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~General POV~

Levy, Gajeel and Pantherlily were still at the library trying to find clues to help Lucy. It was early in the morning and Levy had pulled an all-nighter reading the leather bound book over and over. Gajeel and Pantherlily had passed out on the couch around midnight.

"This is so irritating," she mumbled to herself. It was then that the librarian walked by and heard the young mage. She noticed the dark circles under her eyes and then noticed her two sleeping friends.

"What is irritating you, Levy?" she asked her. Levy was always at that library reading the books and the librarian knew her very well.

"Oh, Lydia. Um, I was trying to read this book, but I can't seem to read the writing. It's so old and the words are either smudged or faded. Even my magic glasses don't help," she sighed in frustration. Lydia smiled at the young girl and looked over her shoulder to see the book more closely.

"Ah, this was recently sent here from a different library that had been closed down," she said. She then scratched at her chin and smiled. "I think I may have something that can help with this." Lydia then walked over to her desk and brought out a small locked box. "Your magic glasses help you read a book in mere minutes, but they're useless if there's an unrecognizable word." She unlocked the box using a key she had tied around her neck and brought out a set of old looking glasses. "Don't let their appearance fool you, they're magical as well. This are rare, so be very careful with them," she said as she handed them to Levy. She looked at them questioningly.

"What makes them so rare?" she asked.

"They help you read what can't be read." Was all she said before grabbing a stack of books and heading down an aisle to put them away.

Levy smiled at her friend and put them on. Not even a bit a hesitation, she opened the book and suddenly the words were as clear as day to her. She immediately skipped ahead to where the author talked about the Guardians.

"The Guardians are known to us as the protectors of the sun and moon. They keep the balance. The sun is protected by the one closest to her which is fire and is defended by earth, iron, and wind. The moon is protected by the water and is defended by ice, darkness and lightning."

Levy continued to read past that and realized that there were some parts were written as if it was a text book and other parts were written like a journal. As if the author wanted to comment in the writing. She continued reading.

"My Guardians, such faithful companions. I have recently found myself another Guardian. She is strong and bold, but fears her own strength and dearly misses her younger sibling. I had told her it was alright to bring him, but she refused to bring him into this kind of life. I must agree it would be too difficult for a young boy. I respected her wishes and did my best to make her feel more at home."

Levy was drawn into the book and refused to stop reading.

"Though I may rule, I have no say in what goes. I am trapped within this castle, never allowed to step off the grounds. I guess that it another reason why we have Guardians—to keep us company. Though as the days pass, it seems to be more and more difficult. My very good friend had recently discovered her brother had become a Dragon Slayer like herself. Although she is of the Earth, little Eli is of Fire. Such a young boy, I refused to put him through such dangerous training, but I have no choice. I try to protect him in every way I can—for his own and Nora's sake."

Levy's eyes widened as she noticed the name. All of this had taken place years and years ago and yet, how is Nora's name mentioned here?

She thought about it carefully and noticed that not only do they have the same name; they're both Earth Dragon Slayers. She continued reading, skipping ahead a few more entries until something caught her eye.

"In order to become a fully-fledged Dragon Slayer, you must slay the one who trained you. Slay the one who did not train you will lead to insanity and certain death."

"A horrible day today. I was unable to protect the boy from fate. He was to fight his dragon in order to awaken his abilities as Dragon Slayer, but I could not put him through something so traumatizing, so I ordered Nora to set the Dragon free and take him somewhere as far away as possible. I hoped that if his Dragon was gone, then they would let him be a normal Dragon Slayer. Malum did not agree. Without my permission or my knowing, he trapped the boy within the training hall with a different Dragon . . . the Dragon of Darkness. I had sent the remaining Guardians to go and rescue little Eli, but Malum had sent his own to intervene. I tried to go myself, but Malum had trapped me within my own room with a sealing spell. It was only moments after did I learn what had happened. Nora had arrived and released the spell set on me and we arrived at the training hall. The sight of it all was gruesome. I shed a tear at the mere memory of it."

It was at this point that Levy was tearing up, but could not stop reading.

"Should a Dragon Slayer lose control, they must be dealt with for they will cut down everything in their path until they are stopped."

"Today, I had to do the unthinkable. I don't think that Nora will never find it in her heart to forgive my actions. On a mission, Elliot lost control of his powers. Accompanied by all of the Guardians, both of the Sun and Moon, we were forced to deal with him. In circumstances such as these, the only way to dispose of Berserk Dragon Slayers, they must be turned to stone. They can never be turned back to normal for they will continue their ravenous rampage. Nora attempted to stop us, so I was forced to temporarily seal her powers away. After the deed was done, Nora did not say a word. All she could do was cry in pain and frustration. No matter what I could have said or done would have changed the past."

Levy had tears streaming down her face as she read the last entry.

"The fall of trinity probably occurred after this," she mumbled to herself. She couldn't say anything more except let the tears fall. She couldn't understand why she was so upset.

"That book is surrounded by magic," said Lydia as she walked by the table once again.

"Huh?"

"The writer's emotions were literally put into the words. Whatever you're reading is what they were feeling as they wrote. Whoever the author was must have done it for a reason." Lydia smiled and carried on with putting away books. Levy looked back at the book and closed it, letting out an exhausted sigh.

"Levy?"

Levy looked up and noticed Gajeel was awake and looking at her with worry in his eyes. Though you really couldn't tell considering his eyes always showed the same expression.

"Oh, morning Gajeel, sorry. I'm ok."

"Did you find anything?" he asked. Gajeel wanted to ask what had her upset, but decided against it. Instead he changed the subject.

"Yeah actually, I have. I found something very interesting. Our friend Nora has a lot to explain to us," she said, letting a smile take over.

~Lucy's POV~

"Are you sure you're okay enough to go, Lucy?" asked Erza. I smiled at her concern and nodded. We were on a carriage ride to the small village outside the city.

"Yeah, of course. For once, I actually slept through the night and I'm feeling great!" I smiled. I didn't know what it was all of a sudden, but I felt like I did before all of this mess started. It felt as if none of it ever happened. All I want is for things to go back to the way they were before.

"Alright, if you say so, Lucy."

"Aye, now let's go and earn some money so you can pay your rent," cheered Happy. Natsu, who was partially passed out across Erza's lap, groaned in response and considering we were riding in a carriage to the next village, that was a lot. We laughed at his attempt to cheer and suddenly, I was looking at everyone as if they were slowly getting farther and farther away. And then I got this horrible feeling that this might be the last time I ever see everyone this happy again.

"Nothing lasts forever Lucy. Enjoy what time you have left with them." A voice, that same voice from my dreams, echoed in my mind. By some sort of miracle, I didn't react so the others didn't notice. They continued chatting away about our assignment. Instead I tuned out and looked out the window, repeating what the voice had said to me.

The trees passed by us slowly and I noticed from the corner of my eye that Erza was giving me a look of concern. Gray was arguing with Happy over something that had to do with Natsu and before Erza could say anything, I turned my attention back to them and smiled. Erza shrugged to herself, thinking that I didn't notice her silent stare and turned to watching Gray and Happy. Momma, what should I do? I'm scared. I thought to myself.

"Do not be frightened, Lucy. It'll all be over soon and then, you'll be able to rest peacefully." What the voice said this time sent a chill down my spine as a knot formed in the pit of my stomach.

This is what the rest of the ride consisted of: me repeating the words the voice said.

~Nora's POV~

"They what?" I snapped. I had gone to the guild to meet up with Lucy, but Mira-jane told me that they had just left on an assignment.

"Well, Lucy said she was feeling better and Natsu suggested they go on an assignment so she could get her mind off all the recent occurrences," she said as she pulled out the paper with the request written on it. "I told Lucy that maybe she should wait here and rest for another day, but she assured me that she was fine." She added, handing me the paper. "She is okay, right?" she asked.

"Truthfully, I don't know. She might have another moment of memory loss, but I don't know. Going on an assignment right now of all times is the worst possible thing for her."

"Oh, well had I known, I would have tried harder to stop her," she sighed, feeling horrible for not stopping Lucy.

"That's alright; I'll go after them and bring her back. So this village, where is it?" I asked.

"It's actually just outside the city. If you go by foot, you might get there by sundown which is when they should be there too."

"Thanks Mira-san," I said as I walked away from the bar and started for the door only to be stopped.

"Nora-san, I think it's time you tell us everything you know about Trinity," demanded Levy as she, Gajeel and Pantherlily stood at the doorway. Gajeel stood there with his arms crossed throwing me one hell of a glare and when I looked at Levy, I noticed a thick leather-bound book with the word Trinity on it. I felt every muscle in my body stiffen.

"Where did you get that?" I asked, trying with all my might to keep my voice still.

"I'm asking the questions here, Nora. How is it that we keep finding your name in this book that was written decades ago?"

~General POV~

"Master, she's on the move. Your orders?" Eliza and Griffin were on a nearby rooftop watching the group leaving the city in a small carriage.

"Is Nora with them?" asked the voice echoing in their heads.

"No, she is not," Eliza sneered.

"Good, good."

"Don't mind me asking, but how is that good?" asked Griffin.

"I grow impatient with all this waiting," he replied. Eliza grinned as she caught on with what he was hinting.

"You want us to speed up the process?"

"Precisely."

With that last thing said, the voice of their master disappeared and so did they.

~Lucy's POV~

The sun was close to setting when we got to the village gates. The horse =, for some reason, stopped and refused to go any further.

"What's going on, Erza?" I asked as she tried making the horse continue towards the village.

"I'm not sure; she just refuses to continue forward. I guess we're going to have to walk from here," she said. I shared a look with Gray and Happy and we stepped out. Gray ended up having to pull Natsu by one of his legs in order to get him out of the carriage. Once he hit the ground, he came out of his daze and noticed that we were already outside the village.

"Woo! Let's go get this started!" he suddenly cheered as he got to his feet and raced passed the semi-closed gates. Sometimes I feel like I'll never understand him. I chuckled a bit and followed after him.

~General POV~

Natsu had charged ahead of the group to the inside of the village, but the site he found was not something he was expecting. The small huts were either on fire, destroyed or a pile of ashes. Bodies were covering the ground, lying in pools of blood. The smell of death hit him like a punch to the face as anger started to rush through him like adrenaline. It was only seconds after he walked in through the gates did the rest of the group and their reaction was no different from Natsu's.

"What the…" murmured Gray. Lucy wasn't able to stand any longer as her knees buckled and she fell.

"All these people . . . what happened?" she asked, not expecting an answer. Lucy then spotted a small child not far from them, lying face down and he was moving. Without any hesitation, Lucy got to her feet and rushed to him, hoping that he still had a chance.

"Lucy?" Natsu murmured when he saw her running to something. He then noticed what it was and ran after her. The others did the same.

Lucy made it to the young boy and carefully picked him up and cradled him on her lap.

"Don't worry, we're here to help," she said, keeping her voice steady. She looked down at the small boy and noticed the pained smile on his face. As if her were glad that help had come, but that it was too late for him. Lucy refused to even think of that. "Happy, look in my bag for the first aid kit!" she ordered the flying blue Exceed.

"Aye!"

"Can you tell us what happened here?" asked Erza to the injured boy. His eyes moved to look at her and smiled.

"Hooded people came . . . they attacked . . . killed everyone . . ." he said before coughing into Lucy's shirt. She looked down and saw blood.

"Don't push yourself now," Erza said sweetly, "We're here to help."

"They said to . . . blame . . . someone," he coughed again. "They said . . . to blame . . . Luciana." Everyone's eyes widened when they heard the name and they looked to Lucy. She herself couldn't believe what she heard and was in utter shock. "It's her . . . fault. Her fault . . . everyone's dead . . ." the boy continued.

Lucy felt something within her react to the boy's words. It kept her paralyzed.

"Lucy?" mumbled Natsu. Before anyone could say anything more, the entire area was engulfed in a strong magic like pressure. Natsu, Gray, and Erza looked up to one of the buildings that weren't destroyed and there were two hooded figures.

"My, my, Lucy. What are you going to do about this?" questioned playfully one, Eliza.

"Are you the people responsible for this?" questioned Natsu. He was already fuming in anger as fire started to surround him. He stepped forward, raring for a fight. Gray and Erza were trying to get Lucy and the boy to their feet and away from there, but neither budged an inch.

~Nora's POV~

"Explain yourself!" yelled Levy. I stood there, quiet. Not bothering to say a word. The rest of the guild had stopped what they were doing to take notice in the stare down I was having with Gajeel. Although Levy was the one talking, I was more concerned about the Iron Dragon Slayer taking a hit at me. "Answer!" she yelled again.

I can't waste my time here. I had a really bad feeling that something was happening and I needed to get Lucy back here.

"Look, I have to go, but I promise to answer whatever questions you have when I get back," I said as I tried to walk past Gajeel, but he put his arm up and in my way.

"No, you answer now," he said sternly. I sighed and thought up of something.

"How about this, you can come along and ask questions on the way?" Gajeel sent a questioning look to Levy and she nodded at my idea.

"Fine, but you must answer truthfully," she said, holding the book tighter in her grasp.

"Yeah, fine. Ask your first question now and get it off your system," I said as I started walking outside the guild.

"Fine, who is the author of this book? Do you know this person?"

"One question at a time, please. Look at the author name carefully and see what pops into the smart little mind of yours," I said sarcastically. She looked down at the inside cover and her eyes widened.

"Luciana?"

"Bingo."

"But why is it under a different name?" she asked.

"As you probably read, she wasn't allowed to do anything, especially do something she adored which was writing books so she had to publish that under a false name. She then gave it to someone she trusted and if something were to happen to her, then they had to publish it."

"How do you know all of this?" she asked again. This time, we were far from the guild and running down the streets of Magnolia.

"Just some basic learning material I was taught growing up."

~General POV~

It was an all-out battle between Natsu and Eliza. As he continued to throw his punches, she would merely dodge and kick him. Gray also had his hands full fighting Griffin. Erza wanted to help, but was unable to for she had to move Lucy and the boy to safety.

"Lucy? Lucy, we have to move!" she yelled at the celestial mage, but still, she would not move. Eliza noticed this and laughed. She kicked Natsu in the gut, sending him flying into a stone wall. She then lifted her arm up into the air and whispered.

"Wind Cutter!" blades of wind flew from her hand and directly at Lucy. Erza quickly summoned one of her swords and jumped in front of Lucy, attempting to block the blades. Only, she was knocked away from another blast of wind that came from a different direction.

"Lucy!" all three mages yelled. Once the blades of wind hit their target, Lucy was covered in blood. Their target was the dying boy in Lucy's arms. It was then that everything in Lucy's mind went dark.

Crimzon: Hope you all liked this chapter. I did my best and will update as soon as I can, but like in the Author's Note before this, my computer crashed so yeah. Review please!