AN: I have to say I love the note feature on my phone. When an idea pops into my head I rarely have paper available, but my phone is always with me so I can type everything down. This chapter and chapter 6 all came to me while I was supposed to be sleeping – let's just say that while I was with my friend I was like the walking dead. But we still had tons of fun. VooDoo Donuts for the win!
Here is the new chapter!
As I was cruising Fairy Tail Wiki I noticed that in the new Arc there is a Polaris spirit. That spirit and my character are not the same. I haven't seen the new Arc yet. :[
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, no matter how much I would like too.
Lucy POV
I spent the rest of the day locked up in the room alternating between crying and making my plan to discover what or who killed my mother. I knew if I went back to Fairy Tail they would overreact to what I had learned and wouldn't let me out of their sight until they had taken care of the threat themselves. But from the stranger in my mother's memory I knew that the only one who could deal with the problem was a Celestial Mage. Knowing my team they would ignore any logical plan and run head first into danger. I couldn't have them, any of them get hurt; I loved them too much and that meant they needed to stay out of it as much as possible.
Thinking of all of the Celestial Mages that had been put to sleep, I summoned Crux asking him to find me everything he could about what had happened to them and if any Celestial Mage had died the same way my mom had in the past. He hovered above the foot of my bed and began snoring away when I heard a knock at the door. Before I could move a muscle Virgo was already there telling whoever it was to come back tomorrow. I knew it was rude to keep them out of their own infirmary but I couldn't be polite to anyone at the moment, other than my spirits.
As I waited for Crux to find the information I had asked for I called on the rest of my Spirits one by one after Virgo had gone back. Every one of my spirits was glad to see me, telling me how worried they had all been. I received numerous hugs from them and some attempted groping from Taurus but I was happy to see them all; glad they had come out of the clock unscathed. When I had seen all but four of my friends I asked Crux to continue his research in the Spirit World and to let Gemini know when he had found something so I could talk to the remaining four together.
Taking a deep breath I prepared myself as I summoned Gemini.
"Lucy we are so glad that you're alright! We missed you when you were gone." The two said coming to my side, bouncing as they went. "Everyone was worried for you, but we knew you were alive because we all felt our contracts still intact. Aquarius was really worried too, although she won't say so when you see her. We would recommend you have someone with you when you call on her, we wouldn't want you to accidentally drown." They said predicting Aquarius' reaction to the 'T'. I sweatdropped when I heard the warning fearing even more for the upcoming reunion.
"Thanks for the warning Gemi and Mini. I missed you too, although to me it seems like no time has passed at all." I said with a wink. "Can you two please transform into me and summon Cancer and Capricorn while I get Aquarius?" Although they were confused as to why I needed to talk to them at once instead of one at a time like the rest of the spirits they consented and did as I asked.
I waited until Cancer and Carpricorn appeared before summoning Aquarius. "Open gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!" Before she could appear I got behind Capricorn for protection, knowing he was considered Loke's second in command and Aquarius wouldn't dare sweep him away with her impending attack.
"You brat I'm gonna make you pay for worrying everyone like that! Hiding from us in this godforsaken guild in the middle of nowhere" I heard her screaming before she had fully arrived. With tick marks on her head she looked around for me, ready to send me flying with her water. "Stop hiding LuLu, I can see you. Come out and accept your punishment!"
Refusing to leave the safety of Capricorn I dragged him in front of me every time Aquarius moved to a better position to hurl her water at me. "Lucy-sama it is nice to see you well, but do you think you could stop pulling on my clothes, you're stretching them." Capricorn said while straightening out his clothes.
Letting go of him I bowed in remorse "Oh. I'm sorry Capricorn I didn't mean to ruin your clothes. I'll replace them for you if you'd like." During my apology I stupidly took my eyes off of my tormentor and was slammed into the door with a fierce wave. The wave continued on for what seemed like an eternity before the muffled voice of Capricorn could be heard telling her to stop. When the wave disappeared I fell to the floor coughing up the water. "Missed you too Aquarius" I said sarcastically as I continued to cough.
Rogue POV
I felt the water first before I saw it come out of the crack under the door. It was flowing down the stairs at a rapid and steady pace as I was swept away with it. When I got my bearings I ran back upstairs banging on the door, asking if she was alright. She answered shakily coughing as she spoke. "Yeah I'm alright; I'm just choking on a little bit of water."
"This isn't a little bit of water it swept me down the stairs when it came out of the bottom of your door." All I heard was silence and the occasional cough when she suddenly opened the door. She had that deadly aura around her again and spoke softly "Were you eavesdropping on my conversations Rogue?"
Quickly taking a few steps back I put my hands out in front of me. "No, I couldn't hear anything, it was all muffled-" Realizing my mistake too late I barely saw her foot coming before I went flying back down the stairs.
"Lucy-kick!" I heard right before the door to the infirmary slammed then was locked.
Hanging my head in defeat I slowly turned to the only noise in the guild. When my eyes reached the source I saw Sting and Lector laughing and pointing at me. Reassuring Frosch that I was alright I gently pushed her away telling her to stay upstairs until I was done. Slowly rising to my feet I made my way to Sting, deciding that working my frustrations out on him sounded like a brilliant idea.
Lucy POV
"Stupid boy invading my privacy, just like that team of mine." I muttered as I dried myself off with the towel Cancer had fetched for me. Giving up on drying my drenched clothes I threw the towel in the bathroom. "Gah!"
Glancing at Aquarius I could see her smirk at the sight of my disheveled state, but her eyes had softened and I could see that she was relieved to see me. When she caught me looking at her, she discreetly winked at me before her eyes hardened, returning to her normal pissed off look. I knew she had cared about my absence when I heard her call me LuLu, a nickname she had used many times when I was a child before mom got sick, but it was nice to see another sign of her affection.
"I know you're wondering why I wanted to talk to you three together instead of separately but I think you all may know more than you led me to believe regarding mom's death." Watching closely for their reaction I saw them all look at each other with concern. "Before you try to convince me you didn't leave anything out I want you to know that I know."
"Wha-what is it you think you know Lucy-san?" Capricorn asked, not looking nearly as calm as he usually does.
"I know mom didn't die of a natural disease and that she tried to strengthen a seal but failed. I also know that I'm at risk too, of dying the same way she did if I was to try to strengthen the seal and I know that the seal is either protecting or restraining someone or something named Polaris." I was pacing in front of them, frustrated that they would try to fool me again. I told them everything that the clock had shown me, just like I had Loke.
By the looks on their faces I could see they were communicating mentally, trying to figure a way out of telling me anything. "Don't tell me some bullshit story about not being able to tell me, because Loke already did that and he disappeared too and now he won't answer my calls; always sending a message through Virgo making up excuses."
"We wouldn't willingly lie to you Lucy, you know that -Ebi. If we could we would tell you all that we know but we physically can't -Ebi." Cancer explained.
"Don't go accusing us of lying to you brat. As Cancer said we literally cannot tell you about it. We have a stupid spell on us preventing us from speaking that name and everything about it." Aquarius grounded out through clenched teeth. I know how much she hates being told what to do and for her to have a spell on her to follow any command was remarkable, especially if the caster was still breathing.
"It's true Lucy-san. We are under a spell that will incur pain on the one thing we love the most if we speak of it in front of or to anyone besides a fellow spirit. That is why Loke has gone back to our world to get the spell revoked. You deserve to know the truth about everything." Capricorn said as he came to my side. "We never want any harm to befall you and ignorance of the subject could cause you great harm."
"I want answers! I have lived the past 7 years, 14 years actually, wondering what kind of illness would slowly suck the magic out of someone, leaving them in excruciating pain without any hope of survival. I watched it all happen! Every one told me that I couldn't see her; that I would get sick too and that was a lie. I sneaked in every night to be with her, watching over her. Trying to enjoy what little time I had left with her. I would just watch her sleep, content to be by her side. I saw every wince she made while she slept, heard every groan. It was torture, but I needed to be close to her.
"I was too young back then to realize mom had given me a clue on what had caused me to spend the rest of my childhood motherless, too distracted by the pain I was experiencing! Please, please help Loke find a way to break the spell. I need to know what and who caused this." I begged, tired of my emotions running a muck and from using so much magic to see everyone. I could see that they were all stunned by this declaration; they had thought that I was kept from the agony of watching mom wither away. Able to have my last memory of her as her usual lively self.
One by one they left, reassuring me that everything was being done to break the spell and had been since mom had died. When they were all gone Virgo reappeared, "Punishment time, Princess?" Shaking my head, I saw her disappointment; getting over her disappointment she immediately began helping me dry off and change into my pajamas then led me back to bed. "Hime, you should rest, you've had a trying couple of days."
"Of course, thank you Virgo. Would you apologize to Loke for me? I didn't know about the spell." Muttering sleepily, having my eyes close against my will.
"Anything for you, Hime." She whispered, running her hands through my hair, soothing me to sleep.
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