Chapter 3
The bandits entered carrying bags of provisions and went to sharpen their weaponry they were having a merry time one hitting the banjo playing a rock tune and the others sang along to the tune drinking cups of wine that they've stolen from local bars and Lucy thought it was perfect to ambush them a smirk formed on her lips as she was so close to getting 10,000 jewels
As she prepared herself to jump in two arms pulled her back strongly she turned around, startled and saw 4 men flashing their greedy smiles and beady eyes at her. "Huh?! but I thought you were..." darn it how could they sneak up from behind i was paying close attention. It was like they read her mind "How? well this happened before little girl you weren't the only one who planned to sneak up on us" said a bandit "That's why our bandit lord sent 4 bandits every time we went you could say hunting in a secret passageway which was never used before until those pesky Crodasians came and stole our sacrifice"
"Well you bandits are going to face the wrath of Fairytail" Lucy said taking out her keys "I summon thee Leo the lion!" and he appeared "Okay Leo pound these scumbags and let's get that 10,000 jewels!" "Of course princess " he replied setting the fight with powerful blows to the bandits.
As Lucy started to summon scorpio she did not realize the chatter of the bandit lord and the one of the bandits she didn't see the purple silk bag open revealing arrows but when she summoned scorpio she did see the two arrows bursting with speed towards the 2 spirits hitting them with full force "NOOOOOO!" She yelled realizing what those arrows are if they hit a spirit or spirits they cannot be summoned again until after 24 hours they forcefully shut the gates.
She watched in horror as the spirits faded into the celestial world it's okay I'll just summon my other spirits, but what if they get hit with those arrows too she didn't know what to do she drew her hand where her key pouch was but she couldn't feel them what?! It was there a minute ago! where is it she thought panicking
"Looking for these" jeered one of the bandits shaking her key pouch no,no,no not good not good! she thought without them I can't do anything a tall slender man approached Lucy "I have an idea" he said stroking his chin "She is a celestial wizard therefore it's perfect" "What do you mean oh king" asked another bandit "Yee see that girl can be used as our sacrifice" "Aye, king I get where ye're going" said the bandit "Okay chums! lets put this girlie in yee cage" a group of bandits swarmed around her
"Wait!" she called "Don't you dare touch me, if you do my guild will seek revenge" The Bandit lord turned around and smirked "Do you mean that Fairytail? how pitiful I've heard about this Fairytail before, they say they are the best and powerful guild in Fiore" he looked down at her "Seeing your fighting skills I can see how 'strong' they are you're a disgrace to that guild don't you think? your ruining their reputation" he paused "You're only a worthless weakling, a bug that needs to be squashed out of existence" a great silence pierced the room
"No" she said on the verge of tears "I'm not, I'm not a" worthless weakling, even though the whole guild would say that I can't she closed her eyes as tears began to fall what have I been doing for my guild this whole time? sure I did do some miracles and stuff but in fights I'm only defense never offense and if I am it usually doesn't go well she opened her eyes and stared at the King of the Bandits and now I'm not even capable of doing a mission on my own
"Come on boys, put her in the cage we have things to steal" he said walking into the brightness of the outside and every bandit except for two followed their king
Lucy, who was on her knees had no strength to flee or even stand up so the bandits dragged her into the cage and they left. When they finally all left Lucy looked at Kimora and wept "There, there don't cry you tried your best" Kimora soothed bringing her close to her chest and stroked her head "But...But.." she sobbed "Shhhhhh" Kimora "Don't talk until you calm down"
So Lucy cried and cried until she couldn't no more and soon it was nightfall "Kimora do you know I'm actually supposed to be back by now" Lucy said wiping a tear from her cheek trying to smile "It's okay you didn't think that this would happen" replied Kimora sweetly "But we need to find a way to get out of here" and added "As soon as possible"
"Wait, Kimora they said sacrifice what do they meant by that?" asked Lucy "It means that well, these bandits give sacrifices every month to the Sun god and Moon goddess Surrey and Mukai the sacrifices are illegal and banned because they aren't normal food offerings or animal offerings" she gazed at the starry sky "They're... Human offerings"
"What?!" Lucy asked exasperated "That's just... terrible!" "I know, and what's worse is that that the human should be a newborn or a young virgin woman it's much better if that woman is a celestial wizard or a princess because the gods will grant them anything they wish" replied the princess sadly
As she finished her sentence the bandits returned and gave them a plate of bread and cheese "G'night lads eat and rest tomorrow you have a big day" as he turned around and marched back to his group
"We have to get out of here" Lucy whispered "And fast" Kimora added