A/N: WARNING! Grab your Kleenex and chocolate cause I started getting teary writing this!
In case you didn't know, the evil ending won, and it's all here. My God I hate myself for this chapter! Looking forward to immediate reaction reviews, if you guys feel like it. You might just want to murder me first, but it will all work out... :'(
I'M SORRRYYYYY!
No-one's POV
The group of mages plus one blue flying cat stood up in the snow and stared at the immense mountain above them.
The snow storm swirled around them, making all except Gray and Natsu shiver slightly from the cold.
'How are we going to get in there?' Gray shouted, searching for an entrance. Gildarts grinned as he stood up, reaching the ties of his cloak that were around his neck.
He released his cloak, the material begging to be ripped from his grasp to travel with the currents of the wind, before he handed it to a confused Laxus.
'Hold this. I'll be right back.' Gildarts trudged forwards through the snow, ignoring the cold as the other mages looked after him in confusion, but both Laxus and Mira exchanged smirks; they knew about Gildarts limiter, and knew they were about to see a rare sight.
Gildarts paused at the base of the mountain, looking up at the sheer straight cliff that was before him. He lifted a hand and closed his eyes, accessing his full power for the first time in years.
"Crash" He mumbled with a smirk. Immediately, the entire mountain began to shake, Gildarts white lines of magic appearing across the entire mountain face as it cut the immense rock into tiny squares.
The group of mages behind him stared in shock as the entire front of the mountain was disassembled before their eyes, the small squared of rock disappearing as Gildarts clenched his fist and grinned, rolling his shoulders as he closed up his magic container once again.
He turned to look on the ground, and saw three mages with their faces covered, and picked up the one which was conscious.
The group had made their way up to him, and Laxus handed him his cloak before snatching the dark mage out of his fists.
'Take us to Lucy. Now.' The terrified dark mage shook in his grasp as lightning sparked all around him. Behind Laxus, Natsu was lighting up his fists and flexing his fingers as he smirked darkly at the frightened man, and Erza was giving him a glare that could make hell freeze over. On top of that, Mira was already in her Satan Soul form and glowering down at the dark mage, who's pants were suspiciously wet...
'Y-y-yes!' The man nodded, his hands clutching at Laxus's arm that held him suspended by his throat. Laxus growled at him one last time and dropped him to the snow, sneering at his soaked trousers as the man began to walk through the tunnel Gildarts had revealed when he ripped the mountain in half.
The group followed him warily, Laxus, Bix and Gildarts in front followed by Natsu and Gray, and Erza and Mira took up the rear while Wendy and Gajeel walked in the centre along with Freed and Evergreen, keeping a close eye on Wendy who was still slightly tired from Natsu's rushed healing.
The man eventually stopped and pointed straight ahead, stuttering as Gildarts and Laxus glared at him.
'D-d-d-down there!' He squeaked out, pointing towards a dimly lit end to the cave.
Gildarts shoved him into the wall, and he fell to the cold, stone ground unconscious.
The group quickly advanced down the tunnel, before they reached the entrance to the massive cavern.
For a moment, they stood still in shock at the site before them.
Lucy was shackled to the wall by her wrists, dried blood made dark red rivulets down her pale arms; blood dripped down her legs and from her stomach a steady stream continued to flow. Her fingertips were blue, and her head hung on her chest, covered in a layer of snow.
'Luce...' Natsu whispered, his voice barely a croak as he looked at the battered body of his friend.
Slowly, her head lifted up. It took a moment for her eyes to focus on them, and tears began to drip down her face as her body shook from the cold.
Bickslow's POV
I was beside her in an instant, holding her face between my hands after I'd ripped my mask off when I'd run across the room.
She pressed her freezing cold skin into my palms, and I lifted a hand to stroke her hair as I muttered to her.
'Sh, sh, It's okay now Lucy, we'll get you out of here, you're alright.' I looked down at her broken body; the blood and the ripped up clothing as well as the multitude of bruises made me want to vomit, but I focused on her teary eyes and lifted a hand to brush against her black eyes.
'Bix...' She whispered, her teeth chattering as she pulled against her restraints futilely, making fresh blood trail down her arms.
'Stop moving love, it's alright, I'm here now. Calm down, we'll get you out of here, I promise.' I told her, cradling her face in my palms as my babies popped out from my jacket to slam themselves against the restraints.
'No! You shouldn't have come... Bix no... run... please, please go!' Her voice came out in a pained sound that made my heart drop, but I ignored her and pressed my lips to her forehead.
'Don't worry, we'll be alright. Stop trying to move love, you'll hurt yourself.' I told her, stroking her hair back from her face and reaching up to the restraints to try and break them open.
'NO! Bix, you don't understand, it's a trap! He wants you to be here to watch! You have to go before they come back-' She was cut off by my lips pressed to hers. I heard the others behind me gasp, grumble or laugh, but I ignored them, focusing on her soft, chilly lips against mine. She moaned slightly into my mouth, and I could have leapt for joy when her own mouth moved against mine.
I don't know how long we stood there beneath the raging snow that swirled around us, but to me it felt like time had slowed to a halt; the only thing keeping me from death being her sweet lips timidly roaming across mine.
Slowly, I pulled back and stared into her wide brown eyes, watching her cheeks flush slightly as I smiled down at her.
'Bix... you have to go... he's coming...' I placed a finger against her lips, cutting her off again, and smiling when I saw a streak of her usual annoyance flash in her eyes.
'Don't worry, we've got this. Trust us.' She hesitated before smiling slightly and resting her forehead against mine.
'I have a plan, so you should trust me.' She whispered, her eyes peering up to meet my own. I smiled sadly as I pulled away from her and looked down at her body once again.
Anger pulsed through my body as I saw once again her bloodied skin.
Whoever hurt her shall die...
'Bix! Something's coming! Get blondie out of here!' Laxus shouted out from behind me. I spun to see what was going on, and suddenly I was thrown against the wall beside the entrance, my body moving through the air as though I was held by puppet strings.
I was turned in the air before my back slammed into the wall, so I was facing Lucy as she stared at me in horror and worry.
'NO! LEAVE THEM ALONE!" She screamed out, yanking against her restraints desperately.
I glanced to either side of me, and saw all of the other Fairy Tail members plastered against the wall, not even able to thrash against their invisible restraints.
Natsu suddenly growled loudly, his body flaming as he transformed into his half dragon form, scales appearing along his body.
I turned to look at who had entered the cavern, and saw a hunched figure in a black cloak, followed by a tall pretty boy with blonde hair and an evil smirk across his face, twisting it into an ugly visage.
'That's the guy who stabbed Luce.' Natsu spat out, causing Laxus and Mira to snarl angrily and renew their useless thrashing.
I glared at the boy, willing my Figure Eyes to activate, but the guy just laughed.
'You're magic is sealed in this room. It has been since you entered. Now you can watch your precious Lucy complete the Master's plan.' The hunched over figure cackled and opened up a small box.
Wait, isn't that Lucy's? I thought, frowning as he scooped out a handful of ashes and sniffed them, groaning creepily as his magic pulsed around him.
I watched as she shook her head, turning to throw me a glance before her eyes suddenly became devoid of all emotion and she stopped thrashing.
'LEAVE HER ALONE!' My voice was unrecognisable to me as I screamed in rage and thrashed against the invisible ropes that tethered me to the wall. I watched as the others tried as hard as they could to escape the magic, but no one, not even Gildarts could break through the spell.
I stared into her face, her caramel eyes dull and lifeless as she stared straight ahead without sparing me a glance as I screamed her name, my heart breaking from the fear that clawed its way in my chest.
No-one's POV
Xavier made a sharp gesture, and Bickslow's cries and the angry shouts of the other light mages were cut off as his magic silenced them.
The hunched over figure walked over to Lucy's prone form, and ran a long, yellowed nail across her pale, bruised cheek, before scratching her jaw and cackling as small beads of blood appeared in the unevenly broken skin.
'Let us begin.' His voice echoed in the room, and out of nowhere, mages appeared to stand on a magic circle that had been drawn with the blood of slaughtered animals.
The hunched figure began to chant, throwing the ashes of Lucy's letters on the ground before crushing the box into dust with his hands, his magic coursing through and around his skin like a black smoke. And it shot out before piercing the mages that stood on the magic circle in the chest, killing them instantly.
Outside the mountain, a huge ball of electric blue energy shot through the air like a bullet, before hovering over the hole in the mountain that was above the cavern, its sparking energy cracking through the unfamiliar air like lightning.
Suddenly, the storm outside ceased and a pure blue light shone down on top of the stone monolith. Lucy's head jerked back and her mouth opened in a silent scream as blue lightning seemed to slowly snake its way through the air, before its sharp tendrils entered Lucy through her mouth, eyes and ears, shocking her body into thrashing uncontrollably.
Blood started to leak from her eyes and ears, and red liquid bubbled out of her mouth as she coughed out more of the red liquid as the magic forced its way into her overflowing body.
Bickslow's mouth was screaming silently as her shrieks echoed in the cavern, bouncing off the walls. Tears poured down the faces of several of the mages, Mira, Erza, Wendy and Bickslow all allowing their tears to slide off their faces.
Lucy's back arched from the rock, her feet climbing up it as her body pushed forwards as the magic continued to flow into her body uncontrollably. Her screams trailed off as her body went slack, her eyes staring sightlessly in front of her at the cackling man.
The Fairy Tail mages renewed their struggle, using every ounce of their strength to try and escape the magical bonds that secured them, to no avail.
After what seemed to be a lifetime, the last remnants of the magic shot into Lucy's body as though it was a rubber band returning from its furthest stretching abilities, causing her limp body to spasm against the rock before going still once more.
Slowly, her head rose, and her eyes opened.
Bickslow's POV
I gasped, noticing that the magic that had silenced me had dropped, and stared in shock at her eyes.
They were pure blue, there was no iris or white of her eyes left, it was completely dark blue.
Her skin seemed to glow white as she looked upwards. I watched as her beautiful golden hair that I'd ruffled so many times slowly turned a luminescent and almost metallic silver.
The shackles that had bound her to the stone broke and shattered, and she hovered above the ground before descending to stand in front of the hunched over figure, her face an expressionless mask.
'No... Lucy...' I whispered, my heart clenching in pain as she turned to look at me, her face devoid of all emotion and recognition.
'She is my puppet! There is no use in talking to her. She follows my every command!' The hunched over figure grinned beneath his black hood as he turned to stare at us.
My eyes however were locked on Lucy.
I watched as she smirked behind him and winked her pure electric blue eyes at me before punching the blonde dude unconscious.
I grinned as he fell to the floor noiselessly, and the old guy in front of us was unaware of it.
Then, all of a sudden, all of Lucy's spirits appeared in front of us, glaring angrily at the hunched over figure, before grabbing each of our arms. Now free from the restraints the blonde guy had placed on us, I yanked my arm away, shaking my head and making a move to run towards her, only to have a giant cow with an axe on his back grab me.
'NO! LUCY!' I screamed out, reaching for her as she smiled, her lips parting to show the golden light that was hidden inside her mouth.
I fought against the giant muscled cow, to no avail. The golden light cloaked me from her view and I found myself in another dimension, stars surrounding me as the other Fairy Tail mages appeared beside me, screaming their anger out.
'WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE? SHE NEEDS ME!' I screamed at Loke, who had been the one to grab my other arm when the cow had restrained me, the one to bring me here, away from her.
'It's what she asked us to do. Trust her, please. It's all we can do.' He whispered, his pain and sadness evident in his voice.
'TAKE ME BACK NOW!' I grabbed him by his suit jacket and lifted him off the ground so his face was level with mine.
'I can't. She asked me to keep everyone here for a few minutes. If I didn't do as she asked, she would have commanded us, and I did not want to force her to go against her beliefs. She wants this.' Loke ripped my hands off of him and dropped to the ground, staring at the floor as his hands hung uselessly at his sides.
I was about to demand more when Nick suddenly gasped, coughing and collapsing to the ground, reaching out to Loke and screaming out one word.
'GO!' Loke shot upright, pain and fear evident in his face as I grabbed onto him before he disappeared, forcing him to take me with him back to Lucy.
Lucy's POV
I stared at the cowering old man on the floor. His hood had fallen back to show pure white hair and black eyes, that held no remorse or sorrow for the crimes he'd committed.
I stared down at him, as he slowly backed away.
'HOW? HOW DID YOU ESCAPE MY CONTROL?' I smirked, shaking my head as I walked towards him, the magic inside of me pulsing desperately under my skin, begging and clawing at me to be released.
The magic I had managed to pull out of my container while he was busy cackling over his "successful" scheme had been useful. I'd managed to mould it and shape it into a net, surrounding my brain with it so he still believed he had access to my mind, yet his magic couldn't get past my net that wrapped around my mind.
'NO! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DESTORY THEM NOT SAVE THEM! YOU SHOULD KILL FAIRY TAIL! NOT ME!' I scowled at him, glaring as his words grated on my mind.
'You. You've hurt me, my friends... my family. You don't deserve to live.' I barely recognised my own voice as I raised a hand almost robotically as the magic that he'd crammed inside of me finally found a place to release itself, and shot out in a massive explosion of light and power, running the evil mage through his chest. I staggered slightly at the immense drain I felt, but remained standing and ignored the pain that suddenly thrust itself upon me so I could watch him writhe in his own agony.
The cavern had collapsed at the huge amount of energy and magical pressure I'd released from the magic of Tenrou island that this bastard had pulled away from there. He used me as the magnet, and cast a long range spell that somehow made Tenrou islands power home in on me like a freaking missile. Now he was feeling the pain of the magic pierce his body before shooting up into the sky, reforming and flying back to Tenrou, the place where it was supposed to be.
His mouth opened in surprise, before he smirked, casting one last spell as he died.
I felt the magic smoke spears sink into my chest and staggered backwards, looking down at the solid black magic that stuck out of my chest.
I reached my hand up to touch the spear, and slowly sank to the floor.
'LUCY!' My head turned to see Bix appear with Loke, and I smiled before my body began to fall backwards, going limp.
Bickslow's POV
'NO! No, no, no, no, no! Please, Mavis no!' I muttered, holding her in my lap as I watched the black spears disappear in a puff of terrible black smoke.
When Loke appeared with me clutching his arm, the first thing I saw was those deadly spears stuck into her chest, and I almost died on the spot.
It felt like someone had reached inside of me and ripped my heart out, squeezing every last drop of my emotions and love for her out into the ground.
I watched as she began to fall backwards, and found myself suddenly holding her against me, crying into her hair that had returned to normal upon releasing her magic.
'No. Please Lucy... don't leave me... don't leave me alone...' I close my eyes and rested my forehead against hers.
I felt her hand lightly brush against my cheek, and pulled it against my face, turning my head so I could kiss her palm, before looking down at her smiling face.
'You'll be... fine... come on Bix, you look... better when you... smile.' I shook my head and clutched her hand tightly as I pulled her body upright so her chest was against mine and her head rest under my chin.
'I can't smile while you're in pain!' I whispered, turning to look for Loke, who was sitting on the floor and staring in shock.
'GO GET WENDY! NOW!' I screamed at him, breaking him out of his stupor and watching as he flashed out of sight in golden lights.
'Bix... I'm sorry...'
'NO! You'll be fine. Loke will bring Wendy, she can heal you and you'll be fine, you hear me Cosplayer? You're going to be okay.' I cried out, tears streaming down my face as I looked down and saw her blood leaking out of her chest. She started to cough suddenly, and more blood sputtered out of her mouth as she struggled to breath around the blood that wanted to escape up her windpipe.
'Bix... I love you...' She whispered, tears glistening in her warm, caramel coloured eyes as she reached her hand out to stroke along my cheek once again.
'I love you too Cosplayer, so you better stay with me till Wendy gets here, you hear me? Don't leave me alone... please...' I choked on the pain and emotion that welled up in my throat, and held her even tighter in my arms.
'Sorry Bix... seems like... I needed... more training, huh?' She laughed out, coughing again and grunting from the pain as her ribs moved.
'Stop talking baby, just wait for me, okay? Just wait here with me for Wendy! Don't you fucking dear leave me or else, you hear me Lucy?' My voice was growing more and more panicked as her breathing became more ragged and uneven, slowing down as her body slumped against mine.
'Tired Bix... cold... wanna sleep...'
'NO! Don't go to sleep Lucy! WAKE UP! STAY WITH ME!' I shouted, pulling back so I could stare into her blood stained face and stroke her cold cheeks, brushing against her soft golden hair as her eyes stared sightlessly ahead.
'NO! Lucy! Don't go... please don't go...' I felt my voice waver as I stared into her face. Her heat beat slowly against my body as I pulled her close to me once again, clutching at straws as I tried to hold her in the land of the living.
Finally, Loke appeared with Wendy and she rushed to my side, her healing light pulsing out of her hands in desperate waves as she tried to heal her wounds.
'Took you long enough!' I snapped at the ginger haired spirit, who ignored me and only stared down at her motionless body in my arms.
'Bickslow-san...' Wendy's quiet voice seemed to echo in the air as the snow fell gently around us. I shook my head as I looked down into her tear filled eyes and felt my grip on her tighten.
'No. Keep healing her Wendy. Keep going. Don't fucking argue with me, KEEP FUCKING HEALING HER NOW!' I screamed out feeling the heat of life slowly leaving her body, and knowing that if this was going to work, I had to act fast.
Lucy you're not fucking leaving me yet, you hear me?