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Lucy tossed and turned in her sleep that night. Something was seriously wrong. For in her dreams, she saw the guild she had allowed to be attacked. Why, she would wonder later had she not remembered. But the magic of the bracelet and evil in general was blocking the images from her head.
But try as she might, she could not work out what was wrong. After all, she was keeping the balance, doing as she was supposed to.
The next two days were a blur, as she tried to continue her work without feeling guilty for what she had done. Then, on the night of her third day of ruling, she found something. Hidden away in a dark corner of the palace was a picture of King and Queen, together before they had been transformed.
She could see, even at their young age who would take each position. While King seemed to be surrounded by gold and white, Queen obviously preferred deep purple and black. This got her thinking. Really, good and evil weren't that different. Only the outer appearance was separate. The two siblings, though in some ways looking different were incredibly alike.
Suddenly, with this realisation, the memories began to come back. Slowly at first, then huge waves. "Shoot" she thought as she began to think over what she had allowed to happen. Doing the maths (1 day in celestial=3 months on earth plane) she noted that she had to get home within the next day to warn her guild. But how. The worlds would both die off if the balance wasn't maintained.
But who could take the role over from her. The only spirits she had seen in her time here were far too evil, with too little god within them. Swearing to herself she would find someone, she drifted off into a restless sleep, interrupted constantly by nightmares. During her sleep, she released huge bursts of magic, fighting enemy's in her dreams.
At Fairy Tail…
It had been nine months since Lucy had disappeared. The two dragon slayers had been let out, and had both attempted to track her down, but her trail disappeared in a small village. The guild continued on, some people managing a somewhat normal routine. But others, they were still broken, on the inside an out.
One such mage was surprisingly Freed, one of the members of the Thunder God Team. This surprised some, but not Mira. She had seen the looks Freed snuck of Lucy when he thought no one was looking. She knew how much he secretly admired her.
Seeing Freed, once more sitting alone with his head resting on the table, she approached him, slipping into the seat beside him. Hearing someone, he lifted his head, giving Mira a tired smile. She had been talking to him for a while before Lucy left and had become one of his close friends, one of the few he had.
Mira looked back at him and shook her head. He had really let himself go. Nowdays, he drunk almost every day and barely took any missions. How could loosing one person do this to someone. But she knew Lucy wasn't just some person to Freed. He truly loved her.
Sighing again, she leant over and hugged him. This seemed to be the last straw for Freed. His usual wall around his emotions broke and he began to cry, burying his face into Mira's hair, not wanting to be seen.
Mira, noticing people starting to look, let out a quick burst of magic, warning everyone to back off. Those who had been looking quickly turned away, not wishing to have demon-Mira attack them later.
As Freed cried, she rubbed his back, comforting him. "It'll be okay you know." She said to him, whispering. "She'll come back. She always does."
Freed looked up at her, his eyes red and puffy and smiled for the first time since she left. "She will wont she. She'll always return home."
The King's Chamber, The Celestial World….
Loke walked into the chamber, where he saw the other eleven zodiacs already waiting. Quickly making his way towards his throne, he looked around the room and saw only worry and defeat on the spirits faces. He himself didn't feel any better than they, but he decided to at least try and stay strong.
The king stood and circle the room, being greeted with the same sight Loke had observed. "So, I take it no one has managed to find one who is balanced enough?" He asked. Seeing twelve shaking heads, he sighed. "What can we do?" He asked. "This event will play out as it will. We can't change the future, no matter how hard we try."
Loke stood suddenly, sensing a magical disturbance coming from his master. Looking outside, he could just make out large purple flashed coming from over the horizon. Glancing at the king, he saw worry on his face and bolted out the door, followed by Lucy's other golden key spirits. Whatever was causing her to release this amount of magic couldn't be good.
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