Finally the next chapter is here. It's the second part of the previous chapter. I know it's a little longer than I had planned but it just had a mind of it's own... blame Morgana. LOL I wrote this last weekend and it's only now that I had a chance to read it and clean it up a bit. It's been a long week and I'm sorry for being late with this update. Hopefully that won't happen again.
Disclaimer... I do not own Fairy Tail.
Chapter 3
Lucy's POV (On the Train)
I don't know why, but today of all days, my mind keeps wondering back to my childhood and to my mother. Maybe it's because it's my birthday and I feel like I'm all alone in the world. I just can't shake this feeling that some how, some way I need to make a connection with my mother.
"AH! I got it... that's what I need," I shouted as I pulled out Capricorn's key. As I looked up, I noticed everyone was staring at me. "Sorry!" I said with a little bow.
"Open the Gate of the Goat! Capricorn!," I softly said as I held up Capricorn's key.
"At your service, Lucy-sama," said the tall sunglasses wearing goat like man, who was dressed in his finest black suit. "Happy Birtyday, Lucy-sama," he said with a small smile
"Thank you Capricorn... could you do me a favour?" I asked while I blushed a little.
"Anything for you Lucy-sama. How may I be of assistance today," he said with his arm held up to his chest.
"Do you remember the small brown chest that used to be in Mother and Father's room?
"I do. I believe she kept it behind a false panel behind her night stand. She said it held something to precious to trust to the family safe and preferred it close to her," he stated.
"Yes, that's the chest that I'm referring to! Inside of it there is a gold chain with a large pink gem on it. Could you go and bring that back to me, please!" I said as a I looked at him with my biggest puppy dog eyes.
"I remember that item. Layla-sama showed it to me once just after you were born. If I recall she said that it was a precious family heirloom she received from her mother and that someday, she would pass it on to you," Capricorn said with pride.
"I searched through father's things after he died, but it wasn't there. I know it wasn't something that Father would loose or sell because it was so precious to Mother," I said as I tilted my head a little and smiled.
"You are correct Lucy-sama, he would never part with that item. I will go and retrieve it for you, immediately," he said as he bowed to me. "This will be my Gift to you on your special day. Oh that reminds me, Cancer wanted to know it you liked his gift to you this morning?"
"Thank you so much Capricorn and please tell Cancer that I love my new look," I said as Capricorn vanished. 'Well I have a few hours till my stop, perhaps I should get a little sleep,' I thought as I got comfortable. 'It's been a long morning.'
AN POV (A Little Later Back at the Guild)
"Little man, you look as if you know something... SPEAK, NOW! or shall I continue with what I was doing or perhaps you would like to tell me where Lucy is now?" Morgana said as she aimed her staff towards the Thunder God Tribe. "Make it quick, as we are running out of time."
"Please don't hurt anyone else. I will tell you what you want to know," He said as he returned to his normal size. "Lucy left Fairy Tail earlier this morning. I tried to stop her, but she had her heart set on leaving. She said, she was feeling lonely and because everyone had been so busy lately... well to be honest, we kind of forgot her birthday."
"That stubborn girl, always acting before she thinks things through," moaned Emrys. "What are we going to do now Morgana?"
"She said something about her mother and going home to think for a while," Makarov stated.
"No, she would not be going to our old home. She knew we lost that years ago," Emrys said as his face lite up. "I believe I know where she went... she probably went to visit our graves."
"Well that's settled then. Now! can you turn my children back to normal," Makarov said as he felt there may be some hope for this situation after all. "You know where to find Lucy, so you can go there and meet up with her."
"WE CAN NOT, little man. My son; Lucy's half brother, will be here any moment. If he finds that we are not here, he will probably kill you all. Personally, I have no issues with that, but my stupid daughter might," Morgana said as she lifted her staff...
"I am feeling benevolent today little man so I will give you and your guild mates a gift. All of you are now in my debt!" Morgana said as she banged her staff on the floor. A bright green light filled the room as energy arced across the floor in all directions encasing every life it touched in large green crystals. Even Macao, who earlier was encased in stone, was now trapped in a green crystal instead of the stone.
"Now little man, it's your turn," she said as she pointed her staff at him.
"WAIT!" he roared. "How do we change them back and who is your son?"
"You can not!" She said as she looked around. "If we find our daughter by midnight, I will free everyone. If we do not, well... I think you know where this is going," she laughed an evil laugh.
"Well! well! I see we have two slippery little ones here Morgana," Emrys said as he held up his staff and captured two people in blue spheres of light that hovered on either side of Makarov.
"Please don't hurt them," pleaded Makarov.
"Well... I guess if your fast enough to escape my spell, then you two may be useful," she said with a smirk.
"The one on the right is called Jet, apparently he runs fast and the one on the left is called Laxus. He's a lightning user," Emrys said as he looked at Morgana. "We shall see if they are up to this task."
"You two will go and find Lucy, when you find her, you will bring her back here immediately. We will give you your instructions in a moment and you will leave as soon as we release you. DO NOT ASK ANY QUESTIONS. If you fail in this mission we will destroy this guild... understood?" she said as both Jet and Laxus nodded and then Morgana and Emrys vanished.
Morgana moved so fast, it was as if a hurricane had blew through the guild. Papers flew everywhere, chairs over turned and there was a small line of flames that led from where she once stood, up the stairs and stopped in front of Jet. At the same time, a crack of thunder sounded and a blinding flash of blue-white lightning materialized a figure in front of Laxus. It was Emrys.
Both Morgana and Emrys, in unison, pushed a finger through a blue sphere and touched both Jet and Laxus on their foreheads. It only lasted moment but that was enough to pass along their instructions. They removed their hand and disappeared with a puff of gray smoke and reappeared in their original spots.
Emrys then raised his staff and gently tapped the floor and the two blue spheres disappeared. "GO NOW!' he roared. With that there was a flash of Lightning and Laxus was gone. A moment later a gush of wind blew past Morgana and Emrys as the doors of the guild flew off there hinges and landed at the bottom of the stairs. They were both gone.
"Listen carefully little man if you want a chance to save everyone here. You will do as I say... Do not speak Lucy's name from this moment on and do not mention that we have a daughter. If anyone asks why we are here, you will tell them you are being punished for a misdeed, say nothing more, understood?" Morgana said as Makarov nodded. "My son is coming and he is pure evil. He kills for fun so do not engage him."
"Hello Mother Dearest," said a voice from the corner of the guild. "Having some fun, are we?"
"Perhaps!" Morgana said with a smile on her face, as she looked over at him. He had black hair, black eyes and a black heart. "So what brings the mighty Mordred here?"
"Ah! I smell the water bitch. Come out from behind that post or shall I come get you?" laughed Emrys.
"My oh my, if it isn't the great and powerful Merlin," the blue haired lady said with a smirk. "I like this body! It fit's me nicely and it was just laying there on the floor... must be my lucky day," she laughed.
"So what brings you here Mother. Slumming again, are we?" Mordred laughed out loud.
"Oh! I'm just teaching this little man a lesson in humility," Morgana said as she looked towards the water woman and tapped her staff creating a sphere of water around her.
"What the hell did you do to me you old hag," the water woman said as she tried to force her way out and failed. "Release me this instant!" she demanded.
"Like that would happen. We've spent centuries tracking you down, do you really think that we would let you go, now that we finally have you," Morgana explained as she laughed at the water woman's plight.
"How are you able to trap me, this isn't possible? There is no spell that can hold me." she said as she became more frustrated.
"Release her this instant Mother," Mordred growled.
"Or what son, what can you do to me. Your a few millennia to late for that," Morgana smirked as she stared at her son with evil intent. "Unless you've learned some new tricks, you have no chance of taking me on with those powers of your's, remember I'm your Mother after all."
She then raised her staff and Mordred was sent flying into the wall directly behind him. She held him against the wall with her powers and placed a seal over his mouth. "NOT ANOTHER WORD FROM YOU," she yelled at him as he squirmed to free himself, but to no avail.
"That's one down," she said with a chuckle, "the other one is all yours Emrys."
"Well thank you my love, I believe I will take you up on that kind offer," he said with a big grin. "By the way, I've never seen you use that spell before, where did it come from," he asked.
"Well that young lady over there taught it to me," Morgana said. "She was babbling something about Juvia doesn't like this mean girl and make her leave Juvia... Juvia's a weird girl."
"Hahaha, Emrys is confused," Emrys laughed. "Humans are a weird lot."
"Anyway enough with the pleasantries, where is my scabbard you bottom dweller," Emrys scowled.
"I'll never return it," she said.
"Is that so... I survived a century in your trap. Let's see you survive one day in Morgana's trap," He said as he smirked. "Oh my I forgot, you can only survive for about an hour outside of a large body of water before you turn to dust."
"Well, I can hold these two that long without a problem. Shall we pull up a chair and wait it out," Morgana said.
"Why not? And if she doesn't hand it back, then we will just go drain the lake when she dies and pick it up. That's if she doesn't already have it on her. That would save us a trip," Emrys said a smile. "Lady of the Lake, choose and choose quickly.
"Fine!" she said as she reached inside Juvia's body and pulled out a silver scabbard. It had a cross of silver on the top and there were gold markings all along its length. "TAKE IT!" she yelled as she threw the scabbard towards his feet.
Emrys picked up the scabbard and examined it. "Yes, that's it!" he said with a smile as he turned to Morgana who pulled from her cloak a large handled sword with a matching pattern. "here you go Morgana, after all these centuries they are finally reunited," he said as Morgana put the sword back into its scabbard. Both sword and scabbard then glowed a golden color and then stopped.
"Finally together," Morgana said as she smiled and placed the sword and scabbard back into her cloak.
"Now then... what shall we do with you tw-o..." she started to say when she was interrupted by shouting at the door.
"Master, what's going on here?" shouted Erza as she re-quipped in to her Heaven Wheel Armour .
"Ice make, lance," Gray said as he formed his magic.
"Fire Dragons Roa..." Natsu stopped as he was suddenly frozen in place.
"Quiet you fools!" yelled Emrys as he pointed his staff at the five people standing in the doorway and froze them and their pets before they could attack.
'This is a very noisy and unproductive place today," laughed Morgana. She then turned to her son and pointed her staff at him and said "speak."
Mordred was now able to move his head and speak again. "Why are you on this world?" Mordred asked.
"Well we've been tracking you two for the past twenty years and you've always been a step ahead of us. But, today we finally figured out where to strike to get your attention, and that seems to be here at Fairy Tail. Over the years all the rumors we heard about you seemed to point to this guild. Why this guild?" Morgana asked as noticed him staring at the pink haired kid in the doorway.
"What's so special about that one," she asked.
"Natsu, he's the one who is supposed to destroy me, but he's not strong enough yet. Some days I want him to kill me and then other days I don't want him to... so I've been keeping track of him," Mordred said.
"Fine! I'm not interested in your mental tug of war. Do as you please, but I will warn you... if you bring the White Dragon back to our world I will destroy you myself. Is that understood!" Morgana said with authority.
"I make no promises," he said with a smirk.
"Well, if you have no more business here then take the water witch and leave," she said as she tapped her staff on the floor and both Mordred and the water witch were release from their traps and fell to the floor.
"You! witch! leave that body immediately or I will lock you up again," Morgana ordered.
"Fine! let's go Mordred," she said as she left Juvia's body and Juvia fell to the floor with a splash. Morgana quickly sealed Juvia in a green crystal as she did with the others.
"We'll leave now Mother, but we will meet again," with that Mordred faded back into the shadows and disappeared.
"Good riddance," Emrys said as he looked at Morgana who was still annoyed. "Calm down Morgana, he's gone. I can't feel him or the witch anymore."
"You're right Emrys and besides we got the scabbard back. Now if we had Lucy back as well, we'd be two for two today," she smiled. "If we get Lucy back then I can give her my gift, but if we can't do that, then we will have some fun here."
"Very true," he said as he walked over to the bar and sat down. "Morgana, come join me and we'll have a drink to celebrate." She walked over and took a seat beside him.
"You... little man... what is your name?" Morgana asked. "You did well to keep your tongue, but that pink haired one almost blew it."
"Sorry about that, he speaks before he thinks," Makarov said. "I'm Makarov Dreyar, the Master of this guild."
"Makarov come drink with us. Consider it a reward for being a good boy earlier," Emrys said as he held a glass up to Makarov who slowly walked down the stairs and jumped up on the bar and sat down.
"My children will be alright, won't they," he asked.
"As long as those two complete there task on time, then everything will be fine and I will release your children. I promise," Morgana said with a little smile.
"Can you at least release that pretty white haired girl, she tends bar here and can get us our drinks," Makarov pleaded.
"Hmmm! very well. She's no threat, although her demons are powerful, they are no match for us," Morgana agreed and tapped the floor with her staff and the blonde beauty Mira was free from her prison.
"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!" Mira yelled as she changed into her Satin Soul.
"MIRA, CALM DOW, NOW!. You will only make matters worse," Master yelled.
"But Master!" Mira whined and her satin Soul disappeared. "HUH! what just happened to my Satin Soul."
"I did that! You were to noisy," said Emrys as he held up a glass. "We would like some drinks, oh if you think you can get us drunk and overpower us, well... we can hold our liquor," he laughed.
"Oh just a heads up Makarov, try and incapacitate us and there are several powerful beasts lurking in the shadows around the guild. Just look for yourself," Morgana said as she also held up her glass.
Makarov looked around the guild and saw many pairs of red eyes in all the shadows. "I understand, we won't cause any problems, but when this is over can you answer some of my questions?"
"If everything goes well with Lucy we will answer all your questions," Morgana said as she motioned for the barmaid to serve them.
"Mira, please be patient and take care of our guests," Master said nicely.
"Very well Master," Mira said with a smile stood behind the bar. "So what would you like?"
So what did you all think, I hope you enjoyed it. I'm hoping that you are finding this story interesting. I know I'm enjoying writing this story. So Lucy has a half brother and Mom and Dad are not your normal parents. I think I've given you enough information to figure out who Lucy's parents may be, if not next chapter will explain a lot.
BTW... things pick up next chapter. All hell may break loose then... I think, maybe. HEHEHE, we'll see what happens. OH! OH! and the gift is so cool too. LOL
Next update won't take as long as this one did... I hope.
Let me know what you all think of my story. Feel free to speak your mind.
