Sometimes I forget that Lucy is the real main character of Fairy Tail. I often believe that Natsu is the one who is the main character. Also, did anyone else read the Fairy Tail today?
Mashima is an expert at trolling. But that's bad for me because I actually expected some amazing new guild to come besides Saber Tooth who turned out to be a disappointment because Rufus looks extremely fodder. But no, I got the Fairy Tail B team which led to me just going to sleep around 1 in the morning.
I also have a question, do you guys like Lucy? Her magic is definitely interesting and I have a few ideas as you most likely saw last chapter. So…in this chapter, we start off the first ARC. Yes there will be arcs in this story like in Malice Story. I plan for this story to last me until I go on hiatus. Also more details on the enemy will be released because I have an EPIC idea for Tartaros. Thanks.
Fiore Daily: Garlan queen assassination attempt!
Yesterday at approximately 10 at night, an assassin entered our queen's private quarters. The queen attempted to defend herself but the assassin wounded her greatly but her consort arrived in time to fight the assassin off. Our queen is recovering but she has sustained a great injury, most likely not making a public anytime soon. The Garlan officials have not answered questions as to why no guards came when the queen called.
Details of the assassin were released just before the queen was taken to a secured location. She described him as a tall man, long blonde hair that reached down to his knees and wearing all black and eyes that "would not even blink when they saw death". Further details are that he wore a black fedora and was wearing black gloves. He was also reportedly smoking a cigarette that was found in the chamber. The full details of this man will be released once the queen is released from protective custody.
In other news, a group of Fairy Tail mages have gone missing. Gildartz, the guild master, refuses to comment on their status. Also, archeologists have reportedly found the area where the ancient graves of the old heroes* were moved.
"….expected."
The newspaper was folded up neatly and thrown into a trash can as the man holding it walked past people on the street. He was dressed in all black and he wore a fedora on his head. His hair was also incredibly long, reaching down to his knees. He wasn't smoking like he usually did but he soon produced a lighter from his pocket and soon, a cigarette was smoking in his mouth. Nobody really paid attention to him as he stood on a street corner and smiled to himself. His eyes, hidden under the rim of the fedora scanned the street, looking for anybody who seemed suspicious. When he was convinced nobody was watching him, the man pulled out a small black device that he held up to his ear.
"Just read the paper. Said that a few Fairy Tail brats got taken down. Looks like Bael did the job." The man said neutrally, looking around as he spoke.
"Hmm, it seems so. Gin, what about you? There was mention of you in the paper. Any thoughts?" the voice on the other end said, obviously trying to get to speak more openly.
The man, Gin, knew better than to release all the details to his partner. Yes, they were partners but partners can betray each other. The man smiled as he pulled the cigarette out of his mouth with his left hand and let the smoke out, watching it disappear into the air.
"No, no thoughts. You just mind your own business Owen." Gin said as he got ready to hang up.
"Well that's no fun. I will make sure to complete my own work. Don't screw up." The voice on the other end said as there was a click and Gin put the device away.
Gin slowly smiled as he felt a shiver of excitement of down his spine and he pulled back his coat sleeve to reveal a tattoo in the shape of a black triangle with a ring around the downward point with small dark red circles for eyes.
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"Come on rip the strands!"
"Alright hold on! Burn them off!"
"Are you an idiot?"
"All of you shut up and help me with this!"
Finally, the last strand was ripped away and Asura immediately sprang from the cocoon, gasping for breath, somehow having survived for an unknown amount of time in the cocoon. He looked around, ready to defend himself but then relaxed as he saw the concerned faces of the Fairy Tail mages around him.
"W-whats happened…this is Fairy Tail isn't it? Wheres the spider!" Asura shouted as he looked around for the huge spider that had attacked them.
Mira put her hand on Asura's shoulder and tried to calm him down.
"Theres no spider. You are safe Asura. Natsu and the others went after you after you guys never came back from the forest. Don't worry about the others, we already got them out. Although Azami is…looking bad…" Mira said, her face starting to grow worried.
Asura looked at Natsu and Gray who were glaring at each other. But then Asura knew he couldn't rely on them for real information. So he looked towards Lucy who was standing next to Erza, both looking worried.
"Azami…whats wrong with her…" Asura said seriously.
Lucy frowned and Erza stepped forward to answer. Asura knew that she would tell the truth, the Titania was always honest.
"Azami, she might not live. She must have gone into shock from that cocoon…just come with us." Erza said seriously as Asura nodded and followed her and Lucy to where they put Azami.
Fairy Hills, girls dormitory
Asura hurried, following Lucy and Erza to the girl's dormitory. They went up the wooden steps and they went down the corridor to the room where they had put Azami. Asura entered the room, noting how much the room looked like a hospital despite only having 2 people in beds. He saw Raymond in a bed but he was more worried about Azami, who was laying rigid in the bed. Lucy and Erza looked sadly down at Azami who was frozen in place. Asura knelt next to the bed.
"A-Azami? You there? Damn it….why did we have to take that mission…its all my fault damn it!" Asura shouted, angry at himself.
Lucy put her hand on Asura's shoulder.
"Don't beat yourself up. Its not your fault. Im sure that Azami is going to be alright." Lucy said, trying to make Asura feel better.
Asura nodded, trying to keep a level head. Bael…he would pay. There was no doubt that he would pay. He swore on his honor but then he remembered that Bael had given him something! He looked at Erza.
"D-did you find anything when you broke open the cocoons? A letter or a ring?" Asura asked, hoping that they had found something.
"A ring? Oh yeah, we found something like that. The letter too. Here." Erza said as she handed the objects to Asura.
"Thanks." Asura said as he broke the wax seal on the letter and read it, frowning as he read the "letter".
56 87 23 1 9 00 45 73 39920 192 234 888 4 7263 7294 77 2 930 33 222222 465720
The damn thing wasn't even a letter! It was just a string of numbers! Asura felt anger rising within him and he was about to tear the letter into pieces when suddenly Lucy commented on the letter.
"Oh, Malice Code!" she said, looking at the numbers with interest.
"Huh?" Asura said as he looked at Lucy. "Malice Code? You know what this is?"
Lucy nodded and explained the whole thing to him. Erza also had knowledge on the subject but Lucy knew more, having spent a lot of time with Levy.
"Malice Code is something Malice used if she needed to send something secret. Its just a string of numbers and only Malice and a few others can decode it. The full key to the code is supposed to be in Worm Wood, Malice's spell tome." Lucy explained to Asura.
And Raymond unconsciously listened to all of this, his mind hearing this. He too was down for the count but not nearly as badly as Azami. But he was having his own dilemma.
"So, you looked into that girl's past?" Julius asked Raymond.
'I…think so…I don't know for sure…it just happens sometimes.' Raymond thought as he stood, his body transparent and misty.
For some reason, he couldn't see Julius or Vincent. That was strange, he thought that they would have bodies of their own.
"I see. That may be useful for later but there is something else that is bugging me. That girl, Azami…she isn't very good in the dark is she?" Julius said, his voice coming from the darkness.
"Afraid of the dark? Pathetic. She is the weakest of the weak!" Vincent suddenly snarled, his voice dark and full of menace.
"We talk later, but for now…wake."
Raymond woke up as Lucy told Asura where they needed to go to break the code.
"We have to visit Malice's tomb. Im sure the book was buried with her and there are many types of medicines there as well. We can help Azami, we just need to get the medicine!"
Royceville...beneath the city
"Septmius…Filia Balosia Juana."
The chants were ear shattering where Alzack and Bisca were hiding, behind a low rock wall made of dusty stone. They were observing some sort of…ceremony. There were several people dressed in black robes and they were chanting. They stood in a circular stone cylinder with several torches illuminating the room and giving a yellow glow. In the center of the room was a stone coffin.
"What the heck…" Alzack whispered to Bisca as they continued to observe the bizarre ceremony.
"Some sort of ritual…" Bisca said as she saw one of the black robed people touch the stone coffin and the coffin suddenly started to glow dark blue.
Alzack closed his eyes and tried to make sense of what this all was. They had been sent on a mission when the Wizard Council had required some people to go investigate a dark guild but they didn't see any dark guilds…all they saw was a cult. But why was there a stone coffin? Bisca looked over at Alzack, her face nervous.
"We should get out of here. I don't have a good feeling about any of this…" she said.
Alzack nodded. They had all the information they needed. They were going to stand and leave the cult behind when suddenly a voice came through the darkness.
"But you'll miss the best part! Do stay!"
The 2 mages didn't see the attack coming.
And there we go. I hope you guys liked this chapter. And anyone who wants to send an OC, the form is on my profile.
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