Chapter 2

Startling Revelations

I tried to go back to sleep that night. I thought perhaps that it was all just a horrible dream, and when I awoke again everything would be normal. But Natsu's snoring and Happy's restlessness told me that it was all too real. I couldn't get back to sleep. For hours, I lay in an unthinking oblivion, every possible sound interrupting my desperate plea for rest. Eventually, I accepted the fact that sleeping was going to be impossible. Putting on appropriate outdoor clothes, I grabbed my belt and now empty key-chain, and headed out.

The chill of four AM greeted me as I stepped outside, my blue cardigan failing to prevent the inevitable chills that followed. The early morning was still, silent, eerie almost, and I felt empty.

Balancing next to the river like always, I attempted to summon Plue, but alas, all that remained was a ghostly reminder of the dream. I felt emotionally exhausted. I didn't even know why I was feeling that way. I often had bad dreams, but they had never affected me in this way. The more I thought about it, the weirder it became. How? Why? Questions like these buzzed around my head, but my mind failed to make sense of it. Perhaps, the answer lay with the mysterious saying, 'El Umoura Sacredo'. Thinking back on it, I became slightly enraptured by it, repeating it over and over under my breath.

Find it. Learn from it.

Those were the words that the distraught Loke said before the dream ended. I became certain that those words held some meaning. However, understanding them was another issue entirely. I wasn't even sure what language they were in. They could be anything from Ukronese to Ancient Carbithian. Levy would know, her knowledge of languages was just short of perfect. If there were anyone in Fiore who could translate or even recognise that phrase, it would be Levy.

Opening the Guild's doors, I crept in; surprised the Guild was even open. Darkness painted the entirety of the hall, however, a faint glow emanated from a small lantern propped up on one of the tables. Levy was soundly sleeping, not a single stir as I walked up to her.

"Levy." I shook her, attempting to wake her.

"LEVY!" I yelled louder; more successfully.

"…Lucy? What are you doing here?" She asked, still half asleep.

"What am I doing here? What are YOU doing here?" I responded.

She giggled slightly, before rubbing her eyes in an attempt to wake herself.

"Well, I was here helping out Mira close up, she left around midnight, but I decided to stay and do some more reading. The guild is quite peaceful late at night, and I guess I lost track of time and fell asleep!" She explained with a chuckle.

I just shook my head and gave her a short smile, but I soon went serious again. I had a mission here.

"Levy, have you heard of "El Umoura Sacredo" before?" I asked, grabbing a seat opposite her.

She frowned, grabbing her chin as if it would help her think harder.

Shaking her head she replied, "No, I don't think I have. However… the way it's phrased sounds slightly like it could be from… yes, I believe it's in a language called Castellian."

I smiled knowingly; Levy was the right person to come to.

"Wait a minute… Lucy, what was the phrase again?" Levy asked, taking out a pen and paper.

Slightly perplexed, I obliged her, "El Umoura Sacredo".

Writing it down, Levy began to focus herself, sparsely breathing. Then, evoked a magic circle above the paper.

"Solid Script: Translate!" She chanted.

The letters began to move around on the paper, running around in seemingly random directions until suddenly the shuffled with purpose. The bright light shone, blinding me, however, after it cleared a readable phrase presented itself.

"Stars of Origin…" Levy and I said at the same time.

Looking at each other with puzzled faces, we repeated it.

Leaning my elbow on the table and holding my face, I began to think. Stars of Origin; What on earth could that even be?

"Stars of Origin… Stars of Origin? Why on earthland does that sound so familiar…" Levy mulled over it.

"Well, Loke did say learn from it… so maybe… Could it be a book?"

Levy's face changed immediately, her confused expression replaced with a scheming one.

"Loke? Hey, talking to some boys are we?" She said suggestively.

"… Of course, I would talk to my spirit, Levy! Don't be ridiculous. You know I harbour no romantic feelings for that stupid Lion."

"..Lion? You're flirting with the spirits of lions now? … Are you making something up to push me off the trail? That's not very honest of you, Lucy."

I frowned, "Levy, my Celestial Spirit… used to be a member of Fairy Tail…"

"Lucy, what's a Celestial Spirit?"

I looked at her in horror, recalling a recent memory.

We aren't dying, rather, we are simply fading out of existence.

Could it be, that when Loke said that in a dream, he meant it literally? Their very identity wiped from the plane of existence. That had to be it. However, if that was it, why could I remember it?

"Levy… that's not important right now. Stars of Origin. Focus." I said somewhat urgently.

Her eyes suddenly lighting up, Levy turned and looked at me.

"You were right. It IS a book! An extremely rare one actually. I've been looking it for an age! Wait a second…" She trailed off.

I gave her a puzzled look and urged her to continue.

"I don't actually remember why I was looking for it…" She mulled over. "Actually, whenever I think of it, your name immediately comes to mind. So maybe, I was looking for it for you? I don't know why I would do that… maybe for your magic?"

"Yeah, well, do you know where I could perhaps look for it?"

"Hm. Nowhere I can remember. Sorry about that. All I know is it's not registered in any library." She replied.

I thanked her anyway and told her to go home. I headed out myself, thinking over what happened. Something weird is definitely going on, and since no one else could remember anything, it was up to me to discover what the hell is going on.

(A/N): Hey everyone, finally another chapter. Also very short. Hopefully, these chapters can gradually longer and don't have 3 months in between. Anyway, please review, I need to improve somehow. Also, at the moment this fic is going to stay shipless. For now. I have high hopes for this hopefully I can pull it off. What's going to happen next? Send me your predictions! Anyway, have fun reading,
- StingIsNotHere