"Come on! Come on!" Lucy told herself as she was running as fast as she could. She only had minutes to get to class, but she made it just in time. She went in the room with a few minutes to spare, but she noticed something off. Gray was sitting where she usually sits. "Gray? What are you doing in my seat?"
"Don't look at me. Erza and Levy talked me into doing this for some reason." Gray claimed with both girls winking at her. Lucy could see what those two were up to. They managed to pull some strings and got Gray to take her seat. That means she's going to sit next to one person.
"Looks like you get to sit next to me from now on." Natsu said. Lucy felt like her heart was going to beat out of her chest. This was a chance for her to get closer to Natsu. She was about to take her new seat, a seat of happiness for her, but she didn't.
"Good morning, class." Alzack said as he and Mirajane came in.
"We have some exciting news." Mirajane said.
"I'm back!" All of them were surprised to see that Teresa was back in their class. Everyone was excited that Teresa was back, but Natsu and Lucy weren't as excited knowing what she is really like: a liar who does anything to get what she wants. "I'm so glad to be back. I missed you all."
"And we're glad you're back." Mirajane said.
"We received word yesterday that Teresa was coming back to join our class." Alzack said. "I'm sure you have many amazing stories to tell us during your travels."
"Were the pyramids amazing?"
"Did you and the prince make a difference?"
"How beautiful is the Savanah in person?" Almost everyone believed that Teresa was away on some world tour.
"It was all amazing, but I heard about the hard times you all went through, like what happened on Heroes Day." Teresa said. "Celestria and I kept in touch since we're such good friends. I'll tell you all about it later." She went and took a seat, but it was right next to Natsu.
"Hey! That's suppose to be my new seat!" Lucy said.
"I'm sorry, Lucy." Alzack said. "Teresa informed us that she does suffer from carpal tunnel, and that she's been having hearing problems in left ear because a firework explosion. The loud sound caused some damage. Would you mind sitting in the back of the class?"
"What? That's crazy. She was perfectly fine before she was gone." Lucy said as she wasn't going to play along with Teresa's game. "Wouldn't she need a doctor's note for that or something?"
"Lucy, don't be rude." Mirajane said. "Teresa claims it all developed while she was gone, all the work she did to help make the world a better place. I'm sure she could use a little break."
"Oh, I don't want to cause any trouble. Maybe I should sit in the back." Teresa said as she put on the act of looking like a selfless victim in pain, and it was working as people felt bad for her. Everyone else was buying Teresa's little story and were gave a small glare to Lucy. Lucy could see there was no way out of this, so she backed down and just went to the back of the class, far from Natsu while Teresa was able to get close to him. Natsu was the only one that felt bad for Lucy since he's the only other one that knows the truth: Teresa can't be trusted. Lucy already couldn't stand her.
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Black Wizard
"I can feel the anger building from a pure heart. This one would make the perfect villain." Black Wizard said as he was attempting to evillize Lucy. He filled an etherious with dark power and released it. "Fly, my evil etherious, and evillize her!" The etherious moved on and headed towards Lucy at school. Lucy was angry with Teresa being so near Natsu, but she tried her best to calm down and focus on her school work. Taking in a deep breath, she calmed down and the etherious backed away from her. "Strange... The anger is fading away, but it can't stay that way. Stay close, my etherious." Black Wizard wasn't giving up yet, but what will happen with Lucy since Teresa is around now?
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Later
Lunch came around for Lucy's class. Another attempt for Teresa to get special treatment. Everyone was giving her part of their lunch.
"Thank you. You're all too sweet." Teresa said.
"The complete opposite of her." Lucy complained. "I can't believe she even has the nerve to go through with this."
"What do you have against, Teresa?" Levy asked.
"Yeah. She's awesome." Erza said.
"No she isn't. She's just tricking and using people." Lucy said. "Teresa is nothing but a liar, lying with every breath she takes and doesn't really care how her lies affect anyone except herself."
"What makes you say that?" Erza asked. Lucy may not be able to prove it, but she has to do something or else Teresa will be manipulating everyone.
"Over here." Lucy said as she had her friends followed her to a table so they could talk. "Do you girls remember when we all met Teresa? All this amazing stuff she claimed she did? I thought something wasn't right, so I tried learning a little more about her. I followed her and Natsu to the park, and saw Celestria was there. Teresa claimed she and Celestria are close friends, but Celestria denied the whole thing."
"What?!" Both of them said as they were shocked to hear that.
"Celestria never even met Teresa until that day. She had to have lied about everything else." Lucy said.
"You spied on Teresa and Natsu? That might not have been the best idea, Lucy." Erza said.
"A good reporter backs up her sources. Can you prove any of this?" Levy said. That would be a problem since she can't reveal she's Celestria, but she wasn't giving up.
"Just ask Natsu. He didn't see me, but he was there and heard everything." Lucy said, but it seemed like her friends weren't really sure to believe her on this. Without proof, Lucy couldn't say much more and went to add something to her lunch. When she reached the bowl of apples, she thought of something that gave her an idea to expose Teresa. "Hey, Teresa! Want an apple!"
"Sure!" Teresa said. Lucy grabbed and apple, but she tossed it to Teresa. She caught it with the hand she said was in pain and Lucy thought she had her. However, Teresa quickly fixed her mistake. "Ow! My wrist!" It worked as everyone was feeling sympathetic for Teresa and angry at Lucy. All of them glared at her for being so thoughtless. "No, no. Don't be mad at Lucy. She was just trying to do something nice. She probably thought I catch it with my other hand."
"Oh brother." Lucy mumbled and just walked out of there. She needs to find someway to expose Teresa, but Teresa wasn't going to be easy to outsmart.
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Lucy
Lucy ducked inside the bathroom and washed her hands. However, she can't get her mind off of Teresa. She keeps trying to think of something to expose her, but how can she outsmart her.
"Lucy, maybe you should just let this be." Stella suggested.
"I can't do that, Stella. Teresa is lying to everyone, and everything she is doing is wrong. I've got to figure out some way to stop her." Lucy said.
"Lucy? Are you in there?" Teresa called. Stella quickly hid away as Teresa came in. "There you are. I just want to make sure everything is okay between us." She claimed as she walked over to Lucy. "I think I know what this is about. You wanted to sit next to Natsu, right? I can't blame you for that; he seems like such a great guy. I do want us to be friends, however, and maybe I can help you with him."
"We'll be friends when you stop lying to everyone, Teresa." Lucy said as she knows Teresa is still lying. "I might not be able to prove it, but I know you're full of it. You lie with every breath you take. You might as well drop the act with me." Teresa did just that as she could see Lucy isn't as foolish or gullible as everyone else.
"I just tell people what they want to hear." Teresa said.
"It's lying." Lucy said.
"No, it's just as I said. I only tell them what they want to hear. It's not my fault those fools believe me." Teresa said as she moved closer and was trying to intimidate Lucy, and it was working with how Lucy was backing away. "Either way, there's nothing you can do about it. You said it yourself you can't prove anything. I always get what I want, and I won't let anyone get in my way!" She declared as she smashed her hands against the wall and kept Lucy against the wall. "I can see you're not as dumb and foolish as everyone else, but I'll make this simple. If you get in my way, you will lose all your friends and never get near Natsu. I'll ruin your life and you'll have nothing. It will be easy since everyone already appears to be siding with me. It's as simple as this: you're either with me or against me. I'll give you until the end of the day to think about it. You better make the smart choice." When she was done, she backed away from Lucy and left her a little shaken with how she fell to the floor. Teresa clearly isn't messing around. With how she got in Lucy's face and how intimidating she was to Lucy, she was dead serious about all of it.
"I can't believe her." Lucy said as she was getting furious and upset. "I thought Taylor was bad, but she's even worse!"
"It will be okay, Lucy." Stella said as she tried to assure her.
"If I don't find some way to stop Teresa, she'll steal all my friends and ruin my life." Lucy believed and she can't let that happen, but it seems like there's nothing she can do. What she was feeling now is what a certain someone wants.
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Black Wizard
"Yes! I feel those angry emotions returning!" Black Wizard said as he could sense Lucy's anger and frustration. "Attack now while you still can, my etherious!"
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Lucy
"Try to calm down, Lucy." Stella said as she tried comforting her. However, the etherious was being drawn to what Lucy was feeling. Luckily, Stella spotted it. "Lucy! An etherious!" She warned her. Lucy spotted it and tried moving away from it, but she was backed into a corner.
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Teresa
Meanwhile, once Teresa was done with Lucy, she was on her way out and was planning to start her act again. She spotted the perfect fool with Natsu when he came walking by.
"Oh, Natsu!" Teresa called as she ran to him. "I'm glad I found you. I was hoping you could help me with the schoolwork I missed. What with my wrist and damaged ear, maybe you could..." "Teresa, stop." Natsu interrupted as he knew better like Lucy.
"I'll help you with school, but don't lie to me like you did before. Remember what Celestria said?" Natsu said. All Teresa remembers is how she exposed her and humiliated her.
"Celestria's the liar." Teresa said.
"Teresa, please. Take Celestria's advice." Natsu said.
"Are you trying to lecture me like she did?" Teresa said.
"All I'm saying is that you're to hurt someone with these lies. If you want people to like you, you need to be honest like Celestria said." Natsu said, but Teresa didn't want to hear it.
"I don't need any advice." Teresa said as she just stormed out of there. Thinking of Celestria just made her more and more mad. Natsu just hopes she'll come around.
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Lucy
"You can resist it, Lucy! Black Wizard's power only affects those with negative emotions! You have to be positive!" Stella said as the etherious was getting dangerously close to Lucy. "Don't let what Teresa said get to you!"
"You're right!" Lucy said as she tried being positive and was able to push the etherious away. "She might have shaken me up, but she won't get the best of me." Her change of positive attitude was driving the etherious away, but she needed a moment for a breath.
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Black Wizard
"The emotions are fading again!" Black Wizard complained as another chance failed, but he would soon get another one. "I do sense building hatred. Go now my etherious before we lose another chance." He sent his etherious out on another target, and he can make use of this one.
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Teresa
"I can't stand those superheroes. Why can't they mind their own business?" Teresa vented as she would love nothing more than to have Celestria and Salamondra gone. She saw an opportunity when she looked ahead of her and spotted the etherious. "Perfect. Come here!" Teresa willingly grabbed an etherious with her actual hand. Digging into her pocket, she pulled out a coin and placed the etherious in it herself with her being connected to Black Wizard...by choice. "Black Wizard, this is Teresa."
"Yes... I remember you." Black Wizard said as he couldn't forget.
"I know you want Celestria's and Salamondra's miraculous. Give me my powers and I will get them." Teresa negotiated. "All I want is them gone."
"I like your style." Black Wizard claimed and meant it. "Very well, but I will give you new powers, Chamela. Just make sure you succeed."
"I will." Teresa promised. Having a common goal, Teresa accepted the powers so easily. With these new powers, her cruelty will know no bounds.
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Lucy
"That was close." Lucy said as she recovered from nearly being etheriouized.
"We don't have time to waste. We need to catch that etherious before it does succeed with someone else." Stella said. Lucy was ready to go and knew she had to move fast.
"Stella, Twinkle!" Stella was pulled into her earrings and allowed Lucy to become Celestria. She tried going out through the door, but when she spotted Natsu, she doubled back to find a different way out.
"Natsu!" Teresa called as she came to him. "You're right. I don't want to lie anymore, but I don't know how to stop. I hope you can forgive me." She even gave him a small peck to try and show she was sincere, but it was a trick. Natsu instantly fell asleep with Teresa, or Chamela in this case, transformed into Natsu. "Oops. I lied again." Now that she looked like Natsu, she hid the real Natsu in a locker and planned to cause some havoc. As for Celestria, she made her way out and landed on the roof, but Chamela looking like Natsu caused trouble as he spread trouble and messes all over the school. He even had incredible strength, agility, and other movements no regular human could do.
"What?! Not Natsu!" Celestria said as she didn't want to believe it.
"What a bunch of losers! This school is so lame, like the people in it!" Chamela called to make it look like it was all Natsu. When she was done at the school, she leaped over rooftops.
"Oh no you don't." Celestria said as she chased after her, not knowing who she was really chasing. Chamela made her way over the rooftops until she reached the Eiffel Tower. She certainly drew a crowd with how she climbed up the tower and balanced herself over the railing. She did look to the side and spot Celestria coming her way.
"Showtime." Chamela said as she had Celestria play into her hands. She put on a good show as she made it look like she slipped and fell. The crowd got a good scare, but Celestria swung in and was able to catch Chamela with Celestria thinking it was real. "Celestria! Thank you!" She tried to kiss her to use her powers, but Celestria tossed her away.
"I don't think so. I don't know who you are, but you're not Natsu Dragneel." Celestria said as she wasn't being fooled.
"You're not as dumb as you look. The name is Chamela, and I'm going to enjoy bringing you down!" Chamela claimed as she tried attacking Celestria. She tried using her enhanced human abilities to try and fight her, but Celestria kept out of her reach. Even when Chamela tried kissing Celestria, she knew to avoid Chamela's reach. What Celestria did do was get behind Chamela and flipped her to the ground. When Celestria was about to search for the object with the etherious in it, Chamela jumped up and took off. "Catch me if you can!" Celestria might not know who Chamela is, but she isn't going to let her escape. However, how can you catch someone who looks like anyone?
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Natsu
"Come on, Natsu! Wake up!" Igneel said as he was trying to get Natsu to wake up, but nothing was working. "I swear I'm not doing the magic kiss to wake you." Luckily, he didn't have to. Natsu woke up all of a sudden.
"What happened? Where am I?" Natsu questioned.
"That no good girl. She kissed you and you fell asleep. She even made herself look like you." Igneel said.
"Teresa? She must have gotten etheriouized again. Which means Celestria is going to need help. Igneel, Fire Up!" Natsu had Igneel fly into his ring and became Salamondra. He needed to move fast.
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Celestria
Celestria chased after Chamela, but there was no sign of her anywhere. She could have changed into someone else already. She followed Chamela to a playground, but there wasn't a sign of her anywhere.
"Where could Chamela have gone?" Celestria questioned as she looked around for her.
"Celestria!" A little kid called as he came running to her. "I saw the villain hide in the playground."
"Thank you, but you better take cover somewhere safe." Celestria said as she ushered the kid away. She readied her whip and twirled it around for any attack, but there was something she didn't know. Someone who looked just like the kid was asleep in the playground.
"Oscar! You found him, Celestria!" The mother called when she showed up. That made Celestria realize it was a trick. Just as she turned to Chamela, Chamela jumped at Celestria and was about to kiss her next.
"Move, Celestria!" Salamondra arrived just in time. He pushed her out of the way, but ended up getting kissed instead. With him falling back to sleep, Chamela looked like Salamondra, and had all his powers.
"Not what I had planned, but this will work." Chamela claimed as she took his staff and knew the words to say. "Dragon Fire!" She called on Salamondra's power and went right at Celestria with it. Celestria jumped away, but Chamela was able to extend the staff and smash it against Celestria with her being thrown into a seafood restaurant.
"Take Salamondra's miraculous!" Black Wizard ordered.
"No! I want to get her first!" Chamela said as she wanted to get rid of Celestria so badly. Celestria pulled herself together. Chamela came busting in and was ready to finish her off. Thinking the same thing, Celestria knew what she needed.
"Open the Celestial Gate!" Celestria called on her powers and ended up getting a butter knife with the Cancer sign on it. However, Chamela tackled Celestria and tried to keep her pinned to a table. She tried either using Dragon Fire or her own power. Celestria was trying her best to keep her back and tried to think of a way out of this. She spotted the knife, a chef, and a clam. Seeing a way out of this, she was able to kick Chamela off her and ran of the clams.
"Oh no you don't!" Chamela called. She threw the staff and caused her to trip and call. "I have you now!" Chamela thought she had it and went at her one more time, but Celestria was just a little faster. She took a clam and pressed it against Chamela's lips. That caused her to change into a clam and caused Salamondra to instantly wake up. When he realized what might have happened, he hurried over to the restaurant.
"Did I miss the butt-kicking buffet?" Salamandra said.
"Yes, but we're about to see the main course." Celestria said as she took the knife and Chamela. "Excuse me, ma'am. Could you please open this for me?"
"Certainly." The chef said. She took the knife and was able to open the clam right up with there being a black coin instead of a pearl.
"Now we'll know who Chamela is." Celestria said as she took the coin.
"I already know." Salamondra said. Still wanting to know, Celestria snapped the coin with the etherious flying out.
"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria activated her whip and started twirling it. "Time to de-evillize!" She tossed her whip and got it. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy!" She said as she released it. "Miraculous Starlight!" She tossed the knife into the air and restored all the damage that was done by fighting Chamela. Celestria finally learned Chamela was Teresa when she changed back to normal. "Teresa?!"
"That surprised?" Salamondra said. Celestria really wasn't.
"I think I know what this was about. Teresa, if you want people to like you, you need to be honest with them." Celestria stated. "You'll make real friends that way." Teresa looked resentful, but she changed her attitude.
"You're right. Thank you, Celestria." Teresa said as the two of them shook hands.
"It's too bad for you, Celestria. You could have known what it was like to be kissed by me." Salamondra said.
"I think I'll settle for this." Celestria said as she held up her fist. They did their traditional pound it with another fight won. "Hopefully we'll see you as a better person, Teresa." The two of them took off with Teresa waving off, but her act dropped when they were gone. Her hatred burned even stronger towards them.
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Black Wizard
"I still sense the hatred for Celestria. This Teresa could be of great use to me." Black Wizard said as he might have a possible comrade with Teresa.
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The School
"Yeah. I let Celestria know I was etheriouized before I transformed." Teresa said as she continued on with her lies at the school. "She and I are great friends after all. In fact, she even owed me on anyway." Lucy has ran out of patience with all of Teresa's games.
"That's it. Let's see if she can prove any of this." Lucy said as she was about to storm right at her.
"Do you really think it's a great idea to call her out?" Natsu said as he managed to stop Lucy from doing anything.
"Of course. She's..." Lucy was going to explain, but she didn't think Natsu would believe her either.
"A liar, I know." Natsu said as he was siding with Lucy. "But if we expose her, she'll just be humiliated and end up as another victim of Black Wizard. Looks like she'll have to learn the hard way."
"But we can't let her go on with this." Lucy said.
"You and I know the truth. Does it really matter?" Natsu said. "Besides, if she's dumb enough to keep this up, everyone else will be smart enough to figure out what's going on." When he put it like that, Lucy did some thinking. No one is really getting hurt from Teresa's lies. It doesn't seem like there's much Teresa can really do.
"Maybe it really isn't a big deal." Lucy said as she decided to just let the whole thing go. With class starting, Lucy on ahead with her just walking pass Teresa like it doesn't matter to her what Teresa does now. As she made her way to the back, Natsu was actually pleased with what Lucy did and thought she should be rewarded for it.
"Nice move, Lucy." Natsu said as he decided to sit with her and Teresa getting mad. "You know, the view is great up here." Lucy was so excited to be sitting next to Natsu, but she tried to get her mind around the fact that she needs to focus on school. "Lucy, you've been called for attendance three times." Lucy felt stupid now.
"It seems you're having hearing problems. Maybe you should sit next to Teresa." Alzack said. Neither of them like that, but Lucy reluctantly went with it and moved down.
"Mr. Cornell, my ear is all better! It must have been from Celestria! Which means I can sit in the back!" Teresa said as she took the chance to try and get closer to Natsu. That left Lucy alone up front.
"If everyone else is moving, I think I will too." Erza said as she joined in and sat next to Lucy to make her feel better.
"You know what, this isn't working for me." Natsu said as he really didn't want to sit next to Teresa. After a good round of a strange musical chairs, everyone ended up sitting in their original seats with Teresa sitting in the back and away from Natsu.
"Okay... Now that we got that settled, let's get to work." Alzack said as he tried to do his job.
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Later
"Bye, guys." Lucy said as she parted ways with her friends, but her troubles weren't quite over. She nearly walked into Teresa.
"I see you made your choice. You've been warned." Teresa said. "You will lose all your friends and Natsu will be mine." She tried to scare Lucy, but Lucy wasn't going to let her have it.
"I highly doubt that, Teresa." Lucy said as she acted like Teresa was no threat to her. Lucy might have a new enemy, Black Wizard could have a comrade, but she'll take either of them on. Lucy won't be pushed around by either of them and won't be afraid.
