Child of Hidden Magic
Series: Fairy Tail, Fairy Tail Future
Type: On-going Fanfiction
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Pairings: NaLu, Gruvia, Gajevy, Jerza; Elfever, Miraxus; and their children.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or the characters. Purely fan made. However, their children I created from my own imagination.
Chapter Thirty
"Uh...come again?"
Loki chuckled while Lucy smiled thoughtfully. Lucy knew that, should a day ever come when Lucille gained Celestial Spirit Magic, Lucy would train Lucille to get her own Stardress's.
"We are training you to get your first Stardress."
Lucille's legs wobbled but thankfully there was a bench so she sat down. She always dreamed of getting her own Stardress! Her mother always looked so powerful and regal in hers. Was this really happening? Lucille broke out into a grin and stood up. "What do I have to do?" She asked, determination laced in her voice. Surely, if she could train with the spirits, she could handle getting a Stardress.
Boy was she wrong.
"Haahh..!" Lucille collapsed to the ground breathing hard. Loki smiled apologetically as he helped Lucille up and Lucy looked thoughtful.
First, Lucy told her to pick a spirit she had a close bond with. To her surprise, Lucille chose Gemini. When she was younger, Lucy would summon Gemini because Lucille loved playing with them, especially since that was her astrological sign. But even though they indeed had a bond, it wasn't quite enough.
"Why..? Why isn't it working?" Lucille asked as her breathing came back to normal, Loki still supporting her.
"It's not enough.." Lucy mumbled, holding her chin in thought. "You need a stronger bond." She said eyeing her daughter.
Lucille saw her mom knew the answer. But who was it? The only ones she had were Gemini, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius. Maybe Scorpio? Capricorn? She sighed. "I don't know..if it's not Gemini-"
"Lucille, there's only one other spirit it could be."
Lucille lifted a brow in confusion. One other spirit? But..that would be! Lucille looked at the keys on her key ring. She leaned off Loki and grabbed Locksmiths key in her hands. "But mom..Locksmith isn't a gold key like the other twelve." She said softly as she looked up at her mother. Lucy had only Stardresses that were from her gold keys.
Lucy smiled. She understood Lucille's confusion. After Lucille introduced Locksmith to them, Lucy had felt Locksmith was much stronger than other silver keys. She definitely had the ability to be a gold key. Was it possible for a silver key to become a gold key? She didn't know. But one thing she was sure, Locksmith could give Lucille a Stardress.
"Trust me, it's possible for Locksmith to give you a Stardress. But, if you're still unsure," Lucy eyed Loki. "Ask him."
Loki smirked and Lucille turned to him with unsure eyes. He nodded. "Lucy is right. As you're aware, we have gotten to know Locksmith. And one thing is certain, she is much stronger than normal silver keys. After seeing her power I was quite surprised to find that she wasn't a gold key." He said putting a hand to his chin in thought.
"But Uncle Loki...I thought being a gold key was reserved for the zodiac keys?" Lucille asked.
Loki nodded. Lucille had a point. "True. However, Ophicus is supposed to be the thirteenth spirit of the zodiac and he isn't gold either." He countered. He watched as Lucille looked down and pondered that information. He adjusted his glasses as he placed a hand on her shoulder, which made her look up at him. "Trust me. I believe Locksmith has the strength and ability to give you a Stardress." He said giving her a small smile.
Lucille bit her lip a little as she looked down at Locksmith's key in her hands. If Loki and her mother think Locksmith has the power, then she'd believe them. And she'd believe in Locksmith too. Because Locksmith was her one of a kind key that she created herself. So, she'd believe in her spirit, and in the power that made her. "Okay. Okay, I'll give it a try." Lucille said as she smiled up at her mother and Loki.
Lucy broke out into a smile. "Good. Alright, let's try again. Get into position, Lucille." She said as she put her hands on her hips.
Lucille took a deep breath and released it as she moved away from Loki to stand in between them. She closed her eyes and straightened her arms in front of her, her palms open and facing the sky with Locksmith's key.
"Now, focus on Locksmith. Picture her in your mind along with her powers." Lucy watched her daughter nod as she scrunched her eyebrows in concentration. "And even though you are her Contractor, I find that I like to ask them permission to use their power as my own before they let me." Lucy smiled. She's always considered her spirits as friends and she was sure Lucille felt the same.
Lucille pictured Locksmith in her mind, her powers and even her sarcastic attitude. She remembered when she first created her key and summoned her. Sure, Locksmith acted like she didn't care what was going on, but that was just her. She was like how Aquarius was to her mother. And if their relationship was anything like theirs, then Locksmith could do this. They could do this.
Suddenly, she felt her palms grow warm and a breeze seemed to kick up around her. Lucille took this as a sign that Locksmith was listening to her. She gripped Locksmith's key and brought it to her chest.
'Please, Locksmith. Allow me to use your power as my own. Grant me a Stardress. You have the power to do it. We believe in you. I believe in you.'
Lucille kept focusing on her. Then she felt like her body was being enveloped in warmth from where she held Locksmith's key. She felt wind swirl around her, getting more intense by the minute. This made it harder for her to keep focused because she felt she was going to be swept away. She had to stay calm, she knew. But when her feet began to lift from the ground slightly, she began to panic.
"Stay calm, Lucille. It's working!" Lucy said loudly to be sure Lucille heard her. Both Lucy and Loki watched her with anticipation. Then as Lucille floated an inch of the ground, she was enveloped in a purple glow. When it disappeared Lucy caught a glimpse of Lucille's attire. Her hair was tied up to the right side of her head in a side pony tail that was braided all the way to the ends of her hair. She had her purple star earrings and a tan choker with a yellow star in the middle. Her torso was clad in a purple ruffled top with a dark brown corset that wound around her back and had a flared collar with three gold stars acting as buttons. Her arms had separate sleeves. The sleeves had light brown cuffs with a silver trim that secured them to her upper arm and the rest of the sleeve was a sheer fabric that had many pleats all the way to her wrists; the color of the sleeve faded from purple, to lavender, to light purple, and then white. She had brown shorts with a silver trim, and a tan belt. The belt had three key rings on the right side of her hip with keys on them, and on the left side of the belt, she had the same fabric as her arms, some going to the length of her knee, and some shorter. Lastly she wore dark brown boots with a silver trim and a gold star below her knees. And at the top of the boots, she had little ruffles of the same fabric as her arms. One last thing Lucy noted was that in the middle of Lucille's collar bones, she had a black key hole, which, of course, was Locksmith's symbol.
Lucy beamed at Lucille's Stardress but it was short lived. She saw Lucille breathing hard and her expression looked like she was in pain. She began to worry and when she heard Lucille scream and the dress dispersed, Lucy rushed forward and both her and Loki caught her before she hit the ground. Lucy didn't breathe as she cradled her daughter.
"Lucille," Lucy shook her some. "Lucille?" She patted her cheek but got no response. "Lucille!" She yelled in a panicked voice. She looked to Loki, tears in her eyes. "Loki..what..I-"
"It's okay, Lucy." Loki said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. Looking at Lucille, he could tell something was different. Was it because Locksmith was a silver key? Or was it Lucille's power? Was she not strong enough yet? But then how had she gained the Stardress for a moment?
Loki saw her breathing was shallow. She probably just exhausted herself. He heard Lucy whisper "I'm sorry" as if it was a mantra, a prayer. He sighed and reached out to cradle Lucille's shoulders and legs to his chest before lifting her into his arms to carry her, her head resting against his shoulder. Lucy never budged. "Lucy." He said softly. He watched her jolt but then she looked up at him slowly. "Come on..lets take her to Wendy. I'm pretty sure she just exhausted her power is all." He said to soothe her guilt.
Lucy swallowed as she wiped a tear away. She nodded as she stood up. They walked over to the rest of their team. Lucy almost burst into tears when they rushed over to her.
"What happened?!" Leroy asked.
"Is she alright?" Yukino asked softly.
"Is this from trying to gain her Stardress?" Jellal asked.
Lucy swallowed as she answered. "She almost...had her Stardress. But for some reason...it dispersed and she crumpled to the ground unconscious." She looked down. "Maybe she wasn't ready..maybe it was too much..or it could have been because it was Locksmith's key." She sighed, dejected.
Erza came forward and placed a hand on her shoulder causing Lucy to look up. "It'll be okay. She's probably exhausted since that was her first time trying to gain and Stardress. I'm amazed she could make it appear for a few seconds. That's progress." She turned to look at Lucille. "She's a fighter. She'll come back from this." Then Erza returned her attention to Lucy and gave her a smile. "And you know she'll try it again and again until she gets it right."
Lucy swallowed the lump in her throat as her eyes prickled with tears. "Yeah, she will." She said nodding. She smiled as she told them they'd be taking her to Wendy's and that they should continue training without them.
On their way to Wendy's, Lucy glanced at her daughter who still held Locksmith's key in a death hold.
Once they got to Wendy's, Loki placed Lucille on a bed in another room opposite of where Lydia was. As Lucy explained their situation, Wendy used her magic to heal Lucille. However, Lucille was still exhausted so she did need to rest for awhile.
Lucy bid Loki farewell and thanked him for his help. She asked if she could see Lydia and once she got permission, she knocked on the door. Hearing Lance say "come in", she opened the door. What she saw made her heart lighten. Lydia was sitting up in bed with pillows propping up her back. Lydia wore a yellow tank top with some medicinal patches on her arms, most likely for the scorch marks. She held a glass orb lacrima in one hand and her other hand was pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Well someone is looking better." Lucy commented to make her presence known. Lance was reading a complicated looking book with his gale force glasses. She assumed this was his training for now since he was at Lydia's beck and call till she got better. Lance lifted a hand, letting Lucy know he acknowledged her.
"Lance! You can take a moment to stop reading and make eye contact you know. It won't kill you!" Lydia reprimanded. He gave her a look that said it totally would kill him. She puffed out her cheeks before sighing. She turned to Lucy. "Hi, aunt Lucy. I am feeling much better, still slightly sore. But Wendy's magic is helping every time she heals me." She smiled.
Lucy smiled as well as she pulled up a chair and sat next to her. "So what's up?" She asked, nodding her head to the lacrima.
"Oh.." Lydia groaned. "Your daughter is being an annoying pain in my side. Yes, she's more annoying then the pain I already experienced!" She said laying her head back dramatically.
Lucy laughed. "Well, what has she done?"
"Well," Lydia said eagerly. "She won't stop making lightning and dragon slayer puns, for starters. Everyone else is getting annoyed except uncle Natsu, of course!"
"Of course.." Lucy agreed.
"And then she's saying with all the training I'm missing, she's gonna surpass me. But how is that gonna happen when she's literally just talking crap to me through our lacrima's?!" Lydia said as she let out a frustrated groan. "So, I turned off the lacrima. There's not much I can learn from the others if she won't show me anyone but her annoying face." She complained.
Lucy couldn't hold it in as she burst into laughter, Lydia giving her a scowl. When she calmed down, she place her hand on Lydia's. "Natalie's just worried about you, Lydia." Lydia's eyes widened as she looked away. "She just wants to make sure you're okay and don't feel like your missing out."
"I get it." Lydia sighed. She stared at the patches covering her arms. Soon, she'd be in tip top shape. And she'd get back at that Summoner. Soon. She looked at Lucy perplexed. "Aunt Lucy, why are you here? Shouldn't you be sparring with your group?" She asked curiously.
Lucy removed her hand to put both in her lap. She exhaled heavily. "I tried to teach Lucille how to get her own Stardress." She heard Lydia gasp excitedly as Lucy stared at her hands. She saw out of the corner of her eye that Lance had put down his gale force glasses and closed his book to listen. Closing her eyes, she continued to explain which spirit she chose first and how it didn't work; that Lucille needed a stronger bond. That's when they decided on Locksmith. Lucy told them that it was going well, that the Stardress started to appear, but then Lucille lost her consciousness and passed out.
"It's my fault. I should have had her practice harnessing her energy and magic first before attempting the process of getting her Stardress. I just assumed she could handle it since she had summoned two spirits at once when sparring against Ray." Lucy said sadly. This feeling is not something a parent wants to feel. Even though it was an accident, it was still Lucy's fault for just throwing Lucille into it. As a parent, a mother, she should have thought of every possibility of things that could go wrong and figure out what best course to take. But Lucy was careless.
"It's not your fault, aunt Lucy."
Lucy looked up to see Lance stand and bring a chair over to the other side of Lydia's bed. When he sat, he stared at her. "You trusted Lucille's potential. You believed in her." Lucy's eyes widened. Lance looked down at his hands in his lap. "You felt she could handle it. So, even though you probably should have weighed the costs, you decided to take the chance, the risk." He looked up at Lucy, then to Lydia. Lydia gave him a warm smile and nodded.
"Lance is right." Lydia agreed as she turned her head to Lucy. "Lance trusted me. So, as your daughter especially, you believed in her. It's only natural." Lydia grinned.
Lucy's vision got blurry from un-shed tears. She looked down. "I just wish I would have been more careful."
"But she's not a little girl anymore." Lance said firmly.
Lydia hummed. "Right, and we're preparing for battle. We can't afford to be careful in training. It's better to get out the risks now, than for them to show up when she's battling for her life." She said bluntly with Lance nodding in agreement.
Lucy blinked away her tears and broke out into a smile. Who knew she'd get wonderful advice from these young adults that she'd known since they were in diapers. It just goes to show that sometimes, even adults; parents, would need advice from people younger than them. "Thank you, both of you."
Lance and Lydia smiled at each other as they watched Lucy wipe her stray tears and stand. Lucy bid them goodbye, not before kissing Lydia's forehead and saying how grateful she was that Lydia was alright, then she left.
Lance looked at Lydia, still somewhat sad. Lydia noticed him from the corner of her eye. "Don't." She said firmly before turning to give him her full attention. She watched as he looked down and away from her. She sighed. "Look, I don't want to get everyone excited. But I actually feel great. Wendy's magic is the best seeing as it's only been two days since." She saw Lance look at her wide eyed, but still a bit skeptical. She scoffed. "I really could be out there kicking Natalie's snarky butt."
Lance chuckled finally to which Lydia let out a relieved sigh. "However, I'm sensing there is a but, and not Natalie's." He smirked.
Mavis, did Lydia love his smirk. She closed her eyes and nodded. "Yes. Even though my body feels great. Wendy wants me to take at least two more days to recover. She wants to get my scarring down as much as possible. And she wants me start by just doing stretches. Not necessarily working out, but just to get my muscles and body used to moving so I'm ready to start my real training when I can. She actually wants me to start walking some today..but I'll probably need some help-"
"Leave that to me." Lance said interrupting her. He watched her shocked expression but returned her gaze with no doubt. "I'm here for you. I will do what ever you need me to." He gripped her hand, his cheeks feeling slightly hot. Thank Mavis he had dark skin. Hopefully, Lydia couldn't see his slight blush. "You're not alone. And you won't be ever again. Not as long as I'm here."
Lydia could have fainted, right there. The words he spoke, the passion in his eyes, it made her tingle all over. Her chest felt so light, her heart and blood were pumping so fast, she truly could have passed out. And that wouldn't be romantic now, would it? Just passing out on the love of your life after his somewhat confession. Was that his confession? From the look in his eyes she wasn't certain. But there was passion in his eyes, conviction. Was it a bad idea to let his look and his words get to her head? Probably. But he was here, has been here through all of this, all her life even. So, she'd take this chance. She'd let herself take comfort in him and his words right now. And if it turned out he was only here out of guilt, or pity, she'd deal with it. Because it was her decision to open her heart to him now. Really, he's always had it, ever since they were kids. But she's protected her heart in a soft cocoon. Letting it out a little bit at a time, like a caterpillar slowly becoming a butterfly. Now, she'd take that chance. She'd let herself become a butterfly.
Gripping his hand tightly in return, she gave him the warmest and widest smile she's only ever given her mother, father, and brother. "Thank you." She said softly. "I'll be counting on you from here on out." She tightened her grip as she looked down slightly. "Promise you'll never leave me?" She asked him in a small voice.
Lance picked up her hand that he was holding and kissed the back of it. He grinned, his cheeks ablaze. "I'll always be by your side."
Lydia's eyes began to water but she grinned through them. Nodding her head enthusiastically. "Good." She whispered as she closed her eyes, never letting go of his hand.
When Lucille opened her eyes, she saw her mother talking to someone. Actually three people. But wait wasn't she supposed to be training? Suddenly her memory came back to her. The intense pain, her breathing becoming shallow, and something she couldn't quite place. Then it came to her making her snap her eyes open fully. Fear. While trying to gain the Stardress, she felt fear. Why? Was it hers? Or..was it Locksmith's? But why would either be afraid? This means they'd have such a strong bond. They'd both be even more powerful than ever. So why? Lucille felt Locksmith's key still in her hand. She gripped it and groaned as she tried to sit up. But then her head began to spin.
"Lucille!" "Sis!" "Lu!" Lucille heard all at once. Before she fell back, strong arms held her close. She smelled the sent of fresh water, the soft smell of the ocean. She relaxed taking comfort in Ray's arms. She'd know his scent anywhere. As she was laid down slowly, she opened her eyes and looked at Ray. He looked so worried. Along with Natalie and their father. Her mother looked so distraught, so sad.
"Lucille, how're you feeling?" A calm and sweet voice asked. Lucille pulled her eyes away from her family to look at Wendy, calmly walking towards her.
Lucille swallowed. "A little dizzy. Kinda weak. But probably nothing a little sleep can't fix." She said putting on a smile. Hopefully, it'd reassure the others.
Wendy nodded and smiled as she hovered her hands over Lucille's body, eyes closed. "I'm going to heal you a little more. I think you just exhausted your magic power. After some rest, you should be good to go." Once her hands stopped glowing, she opened her eyes and smiled. She stroked Lucille's head and looked at the others. "You're welcome to stay as long as you like." Then, she left. Most likely to check on Lydia.
That's when Lucille realized she was at Wendy's house. Probably Loke carried her here. Her mother must have then notified Natsu and Natalie. She was surprised that Ray was here. She gave him a questioning look and he just bobbed his head in Natalie's direction. She nodded then looked at everyone. "Guys, I'm okay, really-"
"No." Lucy interrupted. Natsu touched her shoulder but she shrugged him off. He just gave her a knowing sigh. Lucy sat on the bed and held her hand. "I pushed you. And especially with a silver key. I should have done some other training before throwing you into it. I-"
"Mom." This time Lucille interrupted her. She smiled warmly. "You believed in me. In my magical power. You had faith in me as your daughter. You believed I could do this, that I can do anything I put my mind to. You wanted to encourage me to do what you know I can." She squeezed her mothers hand when she saw tears stream down her cheeks. "It's okay. I'm okay. I'm not mad, or hurt, or upset that it didn't work my first time. It's to be expected. Trust me. My training in the Spirit World showed me that." She smiled when Lucy and the others giggled. "So even though it didn't work this time, I know it will. I just have to keep trying. And I will. Besides, I wouldn't be your and dad's daughter if I didn't." She ended giving them a toothy grin.
Lucy nodded her head several times as she wiped away her tears. Natsu and Natalie grinned and Ray gave her a warm and loving smile. "Well, I think your training should be getting some sleep." She giggled.
"That'd probably be best." Lucille giggled. Before the others could say anything more, Ray spoke up.
"I'll stay with her."
They looked shocked at first, but then they just smiled. Well, Lucy smiled. Natsu had his papa dragon face on while Natalie was smirking. Lucille groaned internally but shrugged her shoulders. This was fine by her. She needed to talk to him anyway. Even if she was nervous. "That's fine by me."
After Lucy nodded with a knowing smile, she had to drag an angry Natsu and curious Natalie out of the room.
Lucille gulped and watched as Ray brought over a chair to her bedside. "So, how'd training go?" She asked, her voice slightly hoarse.
This didn't go unnoticed by Ray as he gave her a raised eyebrow before deciding to humor her. "Pretty well. But then Dad and I went up against Mom and Ultear and..well.."
Lucille chuckled. "You lost.."
"It's not funny!" Ray argued which made Lucille laugh even harder. Ray just crossed his arms over his chest and huffed while he turned away from her, frowning. When she quieted down he got serious. "Are you really feeling okay, Lucille?" He asked with concern.
Lucille blinked but then smiled. "Yeah, like I said, I'm just a little tired. Nothing some sleep and Wendy's magic can't fix." She watched him nod and breathe a sigh of relief.
"When Natalie came and told me what happened..I lost sight of everything." Ray admitted. "I can't even remember my walk here. I just remember Natalie telling me what happened, then I was looking at you unconscious in this bed." He said as he gripped his knees. He stared at her finally as his brows scrunched up in agony.
Lucille's breath caught in her throat at his expression. His eyes were filled with so much emotion. Pain, love, so much love, agony, and something she couldn't figure out. He looked like he wanted to say something but he kept his lips shut, forming a thin line. Lucille took that moment as hers. Now would probably be the only time she could tell him. Cause after she was better, she'd need to focus properly on training to get at least one Stardress. She swallowed and took a deep breath. She watched him stiffen. "Ray..I should probably tell you now. Because once I'm rested, I'll need to focus properly on training. But..I.." She swallowed. Why was this so hard? Just tell him! She could just hear the other her yell. Maybe it's because of how she had hurt him when she told them their kiss was only because she was 'drunk'. Really, she was as level headed as any normal person. She was just scared. Nervous. Because she now knew what they were. Mates. And this scared her. These intense feelings, how could they not frighten anyone at first? Especially after coming back to real life. Trying to pick up where she left off? How could she explain all that? Guess she'd just have to wing it. If she didn't tell him everything she felt, this would be useless. Sure it was probably gonna sound confusing, and petty, and childish. But she should just get everything out in the open. That'd be best. Then she could elaborate further once it was all out, if he had any questions.
Lucille breathed in again. "I'm sorry." She began. She looked at him, he seemed confused. Of course he would. "I..I lied. The kiss, that night of that party..it did mean something." She scoffed. "I wasn't drunk at all actually. I was as cool as a cucumber. But...I felt something when I had come back." She stared at the ceiling, tracing each of the tree roots with her eyes. "When I looked at you I felt this intense emotion. I was so drawn to you. More than just best friends. That's why I had to try and identify it. At first, I couldn't believe it was because I might see you as more than a friend. But, I took advantage of that moment to test and see. So after I kissed you..I felt crazy. Because it felt so right. To be near you, to kiss you, to be intimate like that. And that scared me. I had just come back to real life. And I really couldn't pick up where we left off. I'd have to begin anew with you guys, since we're pretty much all grown up. And that meant, dealing with romantic feelings and emotions. I couldn't handle it. But I hurt you. I know I did." She confessed, tears prickling her eyes. "I never meant or thought I could hurt you. But when I pushed you away after you kissed me back, I realized then that, you felt the same way about us, in that moment. And that startled me. I couldn't just throw us into a relationship like that. Especially when I just got back. That wouldn't have been fair or right to both of us. So, I went to aunt Wendy. And she said that...I have that mate bond that dragons do. That both Natalie and myself gained that right. That sometimes it'll just go to one twin, but there were some cases where it happened to both." She stopped to read him. He was confused, but then his eyes widened as he realized what that meant they were.
"So...we are...we're.." Ray stammered out dumbfounded. When Lucille nodded, his gaze dropped to the ground. Then she continued.
"When I heard that, I panicked." Lucille said as she saw Ray looked at her again. "Aunt Wendy said there was an elixir that would suppress the mate bond till I was ready to accept it. So, I took it." Ray looked at her alarmed and hurt. She knew it was coming. "After some time, I had a few dreams. I was in this cage and there was another me. This other me was..hmm, a tad more hostile?" She chuckled. "She told me after a few dreams that if I suppressed the mate bond, it would mean my downfall, and the downfall of others that I cared about. I found out, she was the mate bond, manifested into a physical form of me." She took a breath and finished the last of her explanation. She told him of the dream where she saw their group collapse. Then Ray yelling at her to run. Ray gave her a horrified expression. And something of understanding and fear. She realized then it was as if his nightmares Shizuka put him under would become reality. Her heart sped up with anxiety but she calmed down. She needed to finish this. "That was when I was transported to a dream of me and the mate bond. She said someone implanted that vision in my mind. That usually she protected my mind from being tampered with, but whoever it was is powerful enough to break through. She wasn't certain, but she said that could become reality. That I needed to tell you. Everything. And that if I were to finally tell you, and we both accept it, we'd become even more powerful than we already are. And it makes sense. I'm a twin. Technically I'm just a half of a whole. I'm not as powerful as you or anyone else who isn't a twin. So, if we were to be together, we'd be unstoppable, as the mate bond said." Lucille debated on whether to tell him that Spirit Magic isn't her true magic, but she decided to keep that knowledge to herself. She wasn't even sure what it would be anyway. "She said that Natalie and Cain may not realize how powerful they have slowly gotten. But that they are. Especially if they-" she stopped speaking and blushed slightly.
That's right, she needed to tell him they have to kiss. Probably a kiss full of passion like in Erza's favorite erotic novels. Yes, she may have read one to see what the big deal was, unbeknownst to her mother and father. After she came back she asked Erza if she could read one. Erza wasn't sure but after she told her how old she was and that she could handle it if she could handle the Spirit World. So Erza caved. How could she not cave to her niece who had finally come back? Did she play that card once or twice since she had been back? ...Yes. But only three times. And seeing as reading one of Erza's erotic novels was her third time, she vowed after she read the book that she'd never play that card again. Would they need to do a kiss like that? Or was it more like a sleeping beauty kiss? Gosh, now she was a ball of nervousness. She felt she'd pass out.
"Lucille?"
Lucille jumped and turned to see Ray. He looked like he was begging her to say more. So she put on her big girl panties and blurted it out. "We'd have to kiss very intensely and passionately while thinking of how much we love each other for the mate bond to truly be activated!" She said as she had squeezed her eyes shut tightly. When she finally peeked an eye open, he looked as bright red as a tomato. But he understood. Then he broke out into a grin, then a smirk. What was he..?
"Well, that can be arranged. I don't mind a bit."
Now it was Lucille's turn to become a tomato. He came closer to her. She was frozen in place. She wasn't ready. How could he be?! "W-Wait!" She stuttered. Then he stopped and burst into laughter. Her body felt cold when she realized he had been teasing her. How dare he! She grabbed a pillow and chucked it at his face, which he caught easily, and began to laugh harder. "You jerk! I'm pouring my heart out and you-" she hadn't realized she had sat up to hit at him when he easily caught her wrists, her key dropping to the bed. She stopped in her tracks when he stared at her intensely.
"So, after all this. Does this mean you are accepting us? The mate bond? That you..?" Ray asked. He seemed so vulnerable then. She began to crumble into putty.
Lucille took a brave step. She raised her hands to cup his face as she rest her forehead against his. With her eyes closed, she nodded. "Yes. I want to be yours. And not to become more powerful, though that is a perk." She said as she opened her eyes and winked. He blushed but she continued. "I want to be yours. I am yours." Then she smiled warmly at him. Now that she told him everything, she felt so much lighter. And then, her vision began to fade. The cloudy feeling she felt since she took that elixir vanished. But she suddenly felt so drained.
"Lucille?"
Lucille wanted to answer him but she was so drained and tired.
"Lucille!"
Lucille felt herself falling, both her body and her consciousness. She saw Ray's panicked face and he screamed her name again before her vision faded to black. The last thing she heard was Ray calling for Wendy.
DUN DUN DUUUUUN~
Hahaha yup. Cliffhanger. Though I made this chapter a tad longer cause the events took place in the same setting, so why not finish it all in one go? But yup, Lucille confessed everything. What does this mean? Why'd she pass out? What will happen between her and Ray? You'll have to wait and see. ( ´▽｀)