Sorry this took a while to update
School has been a pain
So anyways
Here's chapter 3
-HoneyBeeFox-
Your Voice is like the Whisper of the Wind at Dawn
E.N.D's castle was dark. The air was cold and smelt like smoke and moss. Lucy woke up to find herself in a small room, laying on the stone floor. Getting up she began to walk around, only to have something tighten around her wrist and pull her back. Looking down the blond saw chains wrapped around her wrist like snakes.
"Escaping is worthless...just like you." A child like voice spoke in a soft whisper, sending a chill down the blonds spine.
"W-who's there?"
Lucy's hand moved to her belt, but her keys were gone.
Stepping from the shadows was a little girl with a small frame and black hair, with a pair of bunny ears sprouting from her head. She inched closer to the blond with a childish smile, only it wasn't sweet or kind.
"I'm Lamy." The girl walked closer to Lucy, grinning mischievously. "I'm sorry I had to take away your little toys, but we can't have you running away and causing trouble now can we?"
The demon grabbed hold of Lucy's chains.
"Master sent me to get you." A smile spread across her place face. "Wonder what he has planned for you?"
Yet Your as Quiet as Stone
Lamy forced Lucy to follow her out the dark room, into the long halls and corridors of the unknown building or, as Lucy soon discovered, a castle.
The further down the two went through the palace the louder the chatter and daily business of the other demons got. The darkness slowly faded, candles and dim light lanterns brightened up the halls, enough for Lucy to make out the stone walls and marble floors. Lamy gave the celestial wizard little time to take in her surroundings as she tugged harder on the chains, causing the iron to cut into Lucy's skin.
"I can't see anything about you the lord would be so interested in?" The small demon looked at Lucy from head to to. "Lord E.N.D sure has a strange taste in human woman-"
Lucy didn't pay much attention to Lamy's rude comments, or hardly anything that came from the brat's mouth. The blond was too busy watching as demons from every shape, color, form, or type pasted by her. Some looked like they'd come straight from a child's nightmare, some looked human, others were more animal than anything else, but their appearance was the least of her worries. There was only a few dozen windows that Lucy had counted, each giving her a view of the outside mountains, each opening guarded by a demon. What little she saw of outside could only be described as inescapable. Every possible place to get out of the castle was blocked, guarded, nailed shut, or there was some kind of magical seal blocking it. Outside she could spot more guards, dead trees and bushes formed a gate around the courtyard, with thorns sticking out like needles.
Your Words Rustle the Trees
The moment the two stopped, Lucy's attention fell on the large door in front of them. The door was made from dark color wood, covered in decorative carvings of a battle agents wizards and demons. One carving caught the blond's eye. The carving of a man was on the side of the demons, above all the soldiers, surrounded in fire, raising a his hand and leading the demon army.
"Natsu." Lucy whispered.
Lamy's ears twitched as she glared at the Celestial wizard.
"The master is himself once again. That phony bastard you knew is long gone."
stared at the carving. Every detail showed Natsu, his jaw line, his spiky hair, the only different was the black marking on his skin, and the Tartaros guild mark on the back of his hand.
"Come on the Master's waiting." Lamy tugged at the chains and forced Lucy forward. The door suddenly opened pulled back by two large men. They towered over Lucy like giants, but she new better. Only demons were allowed in this place.
The throne room was much more elegant than the rest of the castle, or more elegant than what Lucy has seen so far. The floor was polished tile, unlike the black tile in the halls, this tile was a light grey, the walls were made from stone bricks, decorated with long flags and tapestries, the room was light by a spiral chandelier with hundreds of flickering candles, and to top it all off was the large size of the room.
Lucy gulped when a pair of glowing red eyes met her brown. Natsu was perched up on a black throne, red flames surrounded the floor next to his feet, casting dark shadows over his face. He leaned on his fist, eyes on the blond.
Lamy bowed, Lucy just stood, staring at the man she'd loved.
Yet No Sound is Heard
"About time you woke up, Luce." E.N.D chuckled. "The other's still have yet to wake up." He stood up from his throne, the flames parted as we walked through them. "The sleep spell was a big stronger than I thought...400 years sealed away and your powers get a bit rusty."
"What do you mean others?" Lucy questioned.
"Our friends, our guild, everyone we cared about. I had them all brought here." He replied.
Lucy felt E.N.D's heat radiating off his body as he got closer. Her heart pounded agents her chest, the closer he came, the more she saw Natsu...not E.N.D.
"Why would you save them? Aren't you supposed to be like the rest of the demons and try killing us?"
E.N.D stopped just an inch away.
"I'm far more different than any of Zeref's damned demons...I'm not like any one of them."
Lucy swear she saw his eyes flash back to black just as they did back at the battle. But just as fast as they changed, they went back to red. E.N.D smiled and placed a hand on Lucy's cheek, snapping his fingers the chains around her wrist burst into flames, crumbling at her feet.
"Lamy."
The small demon rushed forward, bowing down on the floor.
"Yes my Lord?"
"Take our guest to her room."
Lucy's eyes widened in shock as Lamy nodded her head.
"As you wish."
Lamy grabbed Lucy's arm and started towards the door. The small demon's smile had long vanished, now it was replaced by an annoyed scowl.
Is It A Curse?
The blond pulled away, and glared at E.N.D
"Hold on." Lucy snapped. "Room? First you kidnap me, then you put me in chains, then throw me in some dark cell, now I get a room?"
"Is their a problem?" E.N.D asked.
"...Why?..."
The demon's smile returned, but something about this one was different. It wasn't playful like his last. He reached out his hand, dark flames swirling around his skin as it shifted into a claw covered in dark red scales, similar to the one depicted in the carving on the door.
His claw stopped just above were her heart was.
"You're heart belongs to me...just as it did the day you and I grew feeling for each other." His claw retracted back into a hand, as he turned away.
Lucy'y feet gave way. She finally collapsed from the sudden shock. He Knew, everything she told him, everything he saw, everything...he knew it all. He'd proven that back at the battle, but he knew about her feeling towards Natsu.
But How?
But then he'd just said Natsu had grown the same feelings for her...meaning Natsu loved her too, E.N.D loved her.
Or Is it Just Unheard by the Ears of the Deaf?
Lamy took Lucy to her new room, located in one of the castle's high towers. It was much nicer than the dark room she'd last been put in, with a bed and wooden furniture, the windows covered by fine silk curtains, letting some light in, and the floors swept and polished so that you could see your reflection.
The small demon stood by the blonds side and dropped something into her hands.
"The Master made sure to block their power, so you can't try and escape...I'm surprised he didn't just destroy them in the first place."
Lucy tightened her hands around her keys as Lamy made her way to the bedroom door. Stopping just as she opened it.
"If you need anything just call for someone." And with that she walked out, the door slammed shut behind her, making Lucy flinch.
Ether way
Lucy looked at her keys. The power they once gave off was now gone. She felt so alone...so empty.
"Natsu..." She burst into tears. "Natsu...why?...why you of all people...why did you have to be E.N.D?" Lucy sat down on the bed, curling up into a ball, letting her tears fall, soaking the sheets underneath her.
How long she was there, Lucy didn't know; nor did she care. Hours, minutes, maybe seconds, it was like time just stopped. Lucy just cried, she cried till she couldn't cry any longer, slipping into a deep sleep, clenching her keys close to her chest. One last tear rolling down her cheek, before her world went black and the room fell silent.
Your World has been silenced
So I'm trying to make the chapters a bit longer at least over 1000 words, so I might take longer to update
But thanks for all the support for my last few chapters
Sorry for any grammar mistakes, I'm not really good at writing that much.
-HoneyBeeFox-