A/N: Slight rewrite, added details, and fixed some grammars.

PROPHECY:
Into the Future, doom shall befall
It is up to the chosen 5 to help the wizard of light to stop it
The stars of 88 must combine
Revelation of the stars and knight shall collide
A new relationship must not occur for it will usher forth of doom for all
When myth becomes truth, a naked star shall sacrifice the one its love the most
Once friends, now enemies, the wizard of light and darkness shall meet

Please enjoy? 😢

Lucy stopped dead in her tracks as she stared at the two men in front of her. The opposition of unfamiliarity and uncertainty made Lucy tremble with fear and anxiety as she stood unmoving and rigid. 

For once, it had been a long time since she had seen her own father and had assumed him to have passed away, considering how 100 years had passed, and when her mother had also passed away. Now Lucy stood in front of a man that looked so much like her father, to which she refused to believe.

The contradictory opposition of uncertainty and the unfamiliarity of standing in place, overtaken by the fact that Lucy's conviction had taken a turn for the worst.

Lucy could sense anger, pain, despair, and agony...all coming from this man. The man next to him had nothing other than a smirk painted on his face, with an addition to a red tattoo over his right eye.

Lucy had also observed the man, her father, to have the markings of Zeref all over his body, which terrified the young mage.

"We had been waiting for you, Princess." The man with the tattoo, as Lucy guessed him to be Jellal, spoke.

Lucy narrowed her eyes, and kept a watchful eye on her father. "What is the meaning of this? And tell me what you know."

"What do I know?" Jellal took a step forward. "Well, I do know enough to know that you will be saving the world and prevent a catastrophic event in the near future. I am willing to prevent you from doing your part of the prophecy. Zeref will rise, and will triumph."

Lucy frowned a little. "The prophecy. Where had you heard it?"

"The prophecy? What prophecy are you talking about? For all we know, we could be talking about two different prophecies." Jellal smirked.

Sighing inwardly, Lucy decided to switch to anther tatic. "Then tell me, what is you connection with Zeref?"

"Zeref? What would you like to know about him?" Jellal grinned and sneered at the blonde.

Lucy narrowed her eyes at Jellal for a moment before turning to her father. "The markings on him is the mark of Zeref. They were also found on the key of Lupus. And I intend on finding who had casted them."

Jellal snickered evilly for a moment. "Zeref is the only one capable of marking someone with a curse of that level."

Lucy was silent for a moment, before facing her father, "Father, can you explain to me on what the hell is going on? What is the meaning of this? Why are you here!?" Lucy called out,

Her father only grinned. "I am simply doing what I was ordered to do. I will stop the prophecy and destroy the world."

"The father I knew would never think such things. What changed?" Lucy growled.

"I had simply seen the truth. And I intend on returning the magic to where it belongs." Jude responded with a smirk.

Lucy gritted her teeth ever so slightly with frustration. "Nothing needs to be changed, and nothing needs to be returned. Everything is at peace, and everything is perfect as they are. There is no need to change them."

Jude frowned for a split second before taking couple steps toward her daughter. "And it seemed I need to reeducate my daughter."

Lucy readied herself in a fighting stance as her father approached her.

Jude raised his hand and a series of golden glowing chains appeared from the ground and lurched toward Lucy.

Lucy quickly called upon the power of speed from her spirit, Antlia, and immediately felt to power coursing through her body. She jumped backwards just as the first stream of golden chain embedded itself in the ground that Lucy was moments earlier.

The golden glowing chains did not relent as they continues to throw itself toward to where Lucy stands, with only one goal in mind: trap Lucy.

As soon as Lucy dodged the second stream of golden chain, she called upon the spirit of Carina for the power of iron. Once the power settled in her body, she willed her arms and legs to transform into iron, and steeled herself as she begun to deflect the chains one by one.

Having enough of deflecting the fifth stream of golden chains, Lucy grabbed one of the chain and held it tightly as she grabbed for another chain. Having a solid grip on two chains, Lucy lurched toward her father and attempted to wrap the chains around him, hoping to bind him and force some answers from him.

Sadly and unfortunately, the chains dispersed into nothing, as Jude willed them to disappear before they could even touch him, and Lucy felt a strong kick to her side, and was sent hurtling across the room with a sickening thud.

"Don't think that I will be defeated by my own magic." Jude spoke with an undertone voice that held no emotion.

Lucy sat up back on her feet and glared at her father. She wanted to know what and why her father had decided to...be evil. But she was confused on some parts. The agony and despair that came from her father, she wondered why her father felt them.

"And don't think that I am weak enough to be defeated by a puppet, and someone who should had already be dead." Lucy countered back with rage.

"Who should be dead?" Jellal spoke with a wide smirk, keeping his distance, enjoying the...father and daughter moment.

Lucy ignored him and stared at her father. "Father, why are you doing this?"

"I had already told you, Lucy."

Lucy shook her head. "That's your goal. An ambition. Tell me the reason why you chose to do this?"

Jude was silent for a moment, as if he was reconsidering or reveling on what to say. "It is beyond...your imagination."

Lucy had sworn that he had hesitated for a moment, but did not say anything about it. "Father. I would say that it is not too late to come back. But as things are now, I cannot overlook the fact that you are...connected to Zeref. So I will not hesitate to take you down,"

Jude laughed softly before getting to another fighting stance. "Well then, little sunshine. Do you have enough guts to do so?"

Lucy did not have enough time to speak for respond as her father whistled through the air and slammed his fists in her stomach, sending her across the room with a deadening sound of rock crumbling.

"You are my daughter. You are my blood. You are my offspring. You are my life. You are my joy. You are my everything. And I will kill you." Jude spoke, walking closer with every step and every sickening sound of shoes clacking the ground.

Lucy sat and leaned against the wall, heaving as she watched her father sauntering over to her step by step. She did not want to do it. She did not want to kill him. Her father, her blood...her last relation with her mother. She did not want to end his life.

If she did not know any better, or the dire situation in which Lucy was tasked to do, she would've run into her father's embrace. A Father's love...Lucy never had that. Unless the celestial spirits counts. Lucy did not want to rid of her last connection to which her mother was alive and had existed.

But as things are now, her father had been bounded by Zeref and must kill him. As she must with Jellal.

Maybe...just maybe if Lucy could restrain her father and make sure he doesn't use any magic...that could work...right? But she had tried that with the binding of his chains...which did not work.

When Jude got into an appropriate range, he paused and stared down on her daughter, who merely stared back at him, but with more rage and sorrow.

Jude stood there, unmoving and mute, staring straight through her daughter, as if he was regretting something,

The nerve-wracking silence between the two stretch into minutes, and unbeknownst to Jude, Lucy slowly and stealthily gathered magic to her fist after removing the ring that was passed to her by her mother. She removed the ring and immediately, but quietly gathered all of her available magic and condensed it around her fists.

Another minute passed, Lucy could now see the hesitation painted in her father's eyes. She paid it no mind as she readied herself with the powerful attack of her own and lurched forward, hoping to catch him off guard.

That didn't work.

Jude was expecting that miles away, but something had held him back to do any real damage to her daughter. Why was that? He had seen the truth. He should be ridding of her daughter so that the truth will be known and the magic can return to its proper place. So why?

When Lucy was deflected and blocked by her father, she did not relent. She gathered more and jumped at her father again, with more force that she could muster.

Jude deflected it again, and made another stream of golden chains and aimed it toward Lucy. The blonde mage deflected them in time with her enchanted arms of Carina. The deflecting blows and attacks never relented, and neither of the father or daughter was not letting down.

Lucy had a purpose. She had a reason for fighting her father. She needed to fight and defeat her father, who had ties with the wizard of darkness. Zeref.

Jude on the other hand, was hesitating. He was conflicted. He felt many emotions. Rage, anger, sorrow, sadness, pain. Jude could not fathom who it was directed to. He knew that it could not be directed to his own daughter.

The last blow that was deflected and blocked sent the father and daughter hurling backwards, left with only scratches and bruises.

Lucy stood her ground after rising to her full height again, heaving and panting with little magic and energy that she has left.

She could kill him...without any efforts. But she refused to. And she will not. Lucy had not killed anyone in her life, even during her mission. And she will not start now. Even if it was the enemy, she will not kill. The only option left is to tire out the enemy and bring the last blow and knock them out. It had worked before when Lucy had to fight some of her opponents for the keys. But this time, it did not work.

Jude was extremely fit, much to Lucy's surprise, and he was strong and observant. She could sense her father observing her, studying her. But she did not know why. He said that he was going to kill her. But he had not done that yet. So, why is Lucy's father remaining observant and pulling his punches? 'Cause his punches and hits does not hurts that much anymore.

Lucy knew that her father was hesitating. And she will use that to her advantage. But so far...nothing. Jude had not budged or even flinched from her daughter's attacks. So, she knew that her father was holding back. And she would like to know why.

Then, all of the sudden, a flash of golden light encased Lucy, sending her across the room with a sickening crash of rocks crackling and the ground caving in.

Lucy did not have enough time to react to what happened after that. After being sent across the room, her father was already there, with his fist raised and brought it down hard on Lucy, enough to break a bone.

Lucy was on the ground, facing the ground, and felt helpless. She couldn't hurt another family member. No...not her own father.

"Lucy."

Lucy refused to kill one of her own blood...or friends, or the innocents.

"Lucy."

Lucy had always believed that the innocents are those that needed to be protected from the evil that lurks in the shadows, evil that had been recruiting new people to take its place and continue its tasks: Destroy and rule the world.

A strong kick was then connected with Lucy's stomach, bringing her back to reality.

"Lucy!"

Lucy then looked up to see her father, with his eyes of many emotions that told many things. Sorrow. Rage. Anger. Sadness. Guilt. Mostly guilt. Lucy wondered why.

"Why do you hold back?" Jude asked, looking down on her daughter on the ground.

Lucy heaved herself into a sitting position and glared back at her father. "I refused...to kill you..."

A sudden disappointment flared in her father's eyes. But it disappeared the moment Lucy saw then. "That is what will kill you."

Lucy's lips quivered, knowing how much it was true. Lucy knew that it would cost her own life. But Lucy refused to kill her father.

"I'm disappointed in you, Lucy. I know that the spirits did not raise you to be just a coward." Jude muttered, almost angrily.

Lucy remained silent.

"You are weak. You cannot save anyone like this. You should just die." Jude continued angrily.

Lucy glared back, remaining mute, but rage soon boiling inside of her.

"You friends are cowards. You are a coward. You are weak. Your friends are weak. You cannot save the world."

Lucy remained unmoving and mute still, barely containing herself from unleashing hell on her father for those words.

"You mother would be disappointed in having a coward as a coward. I pity her and you."

That was the last straw. No one...NO ONE insults Lucy's mother. Not even her father could insult her. Lucy immediately flared a golden light around her fists, encased with magic and rapidly shot a beam of golden light toward her father, all in a split second, not giving Jude enough time for him to react properly to the sudden surprise attack.

The golden beam was directed to Jude's stomach, causing him to topple over and collapsed to the ground with a soft thud.

A growing panic soon welled up inside of Lucy, suddenly realizing what she had done.

"Father!" Lucy cautiously sauntered to her father and stopped at arm's reach and looked down on her father.

Jude was heaving deeply, and the marks of Zeref slowly disappeared from his body. "L-Lucy..." The man muttered, reaching out his hand for his daughter.

Lucy silently gulped, no daring to move.

"Lucy." Jude turned with pain painted across his face as he looked upon his daughter. "T-Thanks..."

Lucy scrunched her face in confusion. "...What?"

"That curse...it was controlling me." Jude heaved and spoke slowly.

Lucy suddenly understood now. Her father had been controlled...just like Lupus the Great Wolf had been controlled. How had she forgotten? Without a moment hesitation, Lucy kneeled in front of her father and took his hand into hers.

"I understand now. It wasn't your fault." Lucy whispered.

Her father smiled gently, the smile that Lucy had remembered when she did see him...she had missed those smiles that belonged to her father's.

"Lucy. I had been cursed for more...than a century after your mother's passing." Jude explained, his breath heaving deeply with each words spoken.

"The curse kept you alive? Is that why you're still here?"

As if on cue, Jude's hair started to turn to white, his skin started to develop wrinkles. His teeth decayed more and more.

Jude nodded. "Lucy. I apologize for saying all of those things. I-I...was not in complete control. But I wanted you to at least stop me...or put an end to my life. It was the only way for me to go back to where I belonged. Back to your mother. I do not belong in this generation...this is your generation now."

Jude paused for a second, squeezing the hand that was held by her daughter, "Take my magic, my spells and use them for the war. Save them from Zeref. He is planning dangerous things. You must stop him." Jude muttered before conveyancing his remaining magic into Lucy through their touch.

Lucy remained silent, tears welling in her eyes, her hands grasping onto his, gladly accepting his magic for whatever reason, and understanding what he was talking about. The things about Zeref and the curse.

"Father..." Lucy sniffed.

"Lucy. I had been in the Realm with you and your mother. But I had a different task. I cannot explain it all here. But...my time is done...My generation is done. So...the least I could do to atone for my actions...is to give you my magic. My spells. Use them in the war that will destroy Zeref."

Lucy slowly nodded, a single tear streaming down her cheek. "You planned this, didn't you?"

Jude only smiled. "You saved me. Thank you, my sweet little Lucy."

Lucy squeezed her hands, grasping harder on her father's hand. "Father...please...I'm sorry."

"Lucy. You made me proud. Your mother would be so proud of you." Jude said, almost as a whisper.

Lucy breathed deeply to control her anger for Zeref, or for Jellal who had merely stood at the sideline, just watching the fight between her and her father with a smirk. Her father had been struggling for almost a century...he did not deserved this.

"I...I love you." Lucy spoke with sorrow and despair.

Jude smiled at his daughter with the warmth that Lucy had long forgotten. "You had grown."

Lucy smiled back through her tears, but remained mute and unmoving, afraid to do anything else. A minute passed, and Lucy shook her father a little, noting how still he was.

It wasn't long till she declared her father to have finally passed. She lad finally laid him to rest.

"Well. That was interesting." A voice boomed, breaking the silence of despair.

Lucy looked up with rage and anger, something that she had not felt in years, and stared at Jellal. "You will be next."

Jellal only smirked. "You probably had already used ¾ of your magic. You may be stronger than me, but, as things are now, I can defeat you without any problems."

Lucy glared at the man as she slowly rose to her full height, glaring murderously, balling her fist tightly. She had never been so angry. She wanted to kill this man for defiling life, for bringing pain and despair to an innocent man, a man that did not need to suffer for more than a century.

Without saying anything, Lucy raised her hands and summoned those golden chains that had given her trouble last time, the magic that her father had passed down to her. She used them to distract the man and attack him with her own power.

Jellal was right. Lucy was stronger than him. But she was also low on magic and she did not care. She did care if she was low on magic and would be at a disadvantage. She didn't care. She'll fight Jellal, even with her bare hands.

Lucy violently sent the golden chains toward the man that still had a smirk on his face and bounded him tightly.

Lucy disappeared from sight by calling upon the power of Chameleon, thus becoming invisible and used the power of Antila and started to circle around Jellal at a face pace. Then she hardened her skin to iron, thanks to Carina and waited for a right moment to strike the man.

The moment Jellal had looked in one direction, Lucy lurched forward and attacked in the opposite direction and aimed for his face. Combined with speed and an ironed fist, Lucy hoped it will be enough to finish this once and for all.

The moment her fist had almost connected with Jellal's face, he disappeared, causing Lucy to punch an empty space in which Jellal had once inhabited.

Scowling with frustration, she looked around to find the tattooed man. She then head a low ominous chuckle from behind. Lucy turned to see Jellal with a wide smirk, baring his teeth.

"As much as I love to keep playing with you, I believe the time had come." Jellal started.

"What you mean?" Lucy questioned, keeping her stance for any scenario possible.

"And you and you friends had come at the perfect time." Jellal continued with elated evil happiness.

"And you will tell me what you are talking about." Lucy spoke in her sternest voice.

Jellal lowered his head and glared at the blonde with a creepy look. "The time for Zeref to come."

Lucy clenched her fists and readied herself into a fighting position, making the killing of this man her number one priority. "Not if I can help it."

"As he had said, our playtime must come to an end." Another voice was registered, a familiar voice to which Lucy detested.

Lucy turned to see Seigrain...no...Jellal's hologram. Narrowing her eyes at the hologram, she turned back to Jellal, "What are you planning?"

Jellal smirked. "A bomb had been set. It had been infused and packed with ehternio. It will have enough magic power to summon Zeref himself. It will be enough to wipe out the nearby towns."

"Summoning Zeref like this will not work."

The hologram and Jellal stood side by side and soon infused as one, and Jellal smirked even wider. "Perhaps. Perhaps not. Zeref and I will be the new ruler of the new world that we'll be creating. All magic will return to its rightful place."

"I'm serious. There is not spell to summon him." Lucy repeated.

Jellal frowned slightly. "Zeref himself had told me the process of this ceremony. This is the correct way to summon him. And this will summon him."

Lucy gave him a deadpanned look of disapproval. "A goddamned puppet." Lucy muttered to herself, seeing that Jellal was indeed brainwashed...but the question was how bad was it? Apparently, it's pretty bad in Jellal's case.

Lucy wondered who the one that brainwashed him was. There was a possibility that Zeref himself did it, but she could faintly remember aspects of him being...distant. So that was out of the window. Someone else who was a follower of the black wizard must've been responsible for the brainwashing of Jellal.

"Whatever you are planning, I will put a stop to it." Lucy intoned, getting into a fighting stance, reading herself once again.

Jellal only grinned.

Then there was a low rumble, which soon became a violent earthquake, debris floating in the air, everything becoming brighter, blinding the mages in the process.

Lucy had to cover her eyes to shield from the intensity of the light, which was becoming brighter and brighter.

She had no idea what kind of magic it was, but she could sense the powerful magic lurking, the explosive power of destruction that will destroy everything in its path. Lucy would've use her void to escape, but she was completely drained and could not do anything to escape the light.

It was too late.

Couple minutes later, with her eyes sealed shut, Lucy could still clearly sense everything. She could still feel her heartbeat, her breath, her breathing, and the ominous feeling of that man meters away.

Cautiously opening her eyes, Lucy sees that she is surrounded by bluish-green crystals. Lacrimas, as the blonde observed, they were everywhere.

Lucy turned and turned, and everywhere there was lacrimas. She was completely surrounded and Jellal only stood with a smirk.

"What is this?" Lucy demanded, wanting answers.

"This will summon and revive Zeref. The end of the world will soon be upon us." Jellal grinned, baring his teeth. "I must thank the council for this."

"Council? Your hologram? Was this the reason you were in that council?"

"Yes. And I could sense your distrust while you were in the room, Gamma Ibis. No matter. Today, you will be the sacrifice and Zeref shall rise."

Lucy narrowed her eyes, thinking how stupid he was. Zeref could not be summoned. Zeref could not be revived. Zeref had never been dead, he never been. But he soon will be 'active' when the time comes.

"Whatever." Lucy ignored the indoctrinated and looked around more closely. She could sense some magic...the similar magic from the light earlier. It only took her a couple of seconds of what would happen next.

She needed to do something fast...or the place will explode. Something that Lucy does not want to happen.

Wait.

Are the others okay? Lucy extended her magical senses and scanned the outside of this lacrima building. She sensed six mages, two of them stood unmoving and laid on the ground, as if they had been knocked out. Four of the other mages were standing and was either staring at the lacrima building or were just talking...or fighting and talking at the same time.

Lucy concluded that they were fine and unscathed by the light attack. So all she needed to worry about was finding a way to stop this lacrima from exploding...

"I would use Erza for this. But you provide a great deal of magical reserve. You will suffice, as you cannot fight anymore." Jellal grinned, walking toward Lucy slowly.

Lucy turned back to Jellal and stared down at him. "Whether it's Erza or me, I will not let you do as you please."

Jellal sneered, continuing his walk toward the blonde. "As you know, the magic condensed in these lacrimas will soon explode with the overload of magic embedded in them. That means I do not have time to keep playing with you. I would like to finish things up quickly, otherwise things will go...south."

Lucy took a step backward. Not from fear. Not from the lack of magic. But from the evil intentions that Jellal had planned. She will not let Jellal get what he wants. Not after her father suffering nearly a century because of Zeref. Not after Jellal being a follower of Zeref. Lucy will not let him get what he wants.

Lucy was about to say something else to counter him, to stall him, until there was a loud rumbling from above. Both Jellal and Lucy looked up to see something breaking through the lacrima ceiling and landing in front of Lucy with a loud crack underneath the figure.

The figure stood up and stared at the man in front of him. Lucy then could make out the white scarf and pink hair. Not too soon, the rest of the gang showed up through the ceiling and standing side by side next to Lucy.

Relief immediately washed over Lucy, seeing that she was spared the bare fight between her and Jellal. And she was not alone.

Erza turned to Lucy with concerned. "You okay?"

Lucy did not answer for a moment. "...Yes. For now."

"And it seemed that you already kicked one of their ass! Good job Luigi!" Natsu grinned, eyeing an old man lying on the ground at the sideline.

Lucy ignored Natsu's comment about the incorrect name and the praise of her killing her own father. She merely looked down on the floor with sorrow and anger in her eyes, clenching her fist tightly, and tears welling up in her eyes.

Gray immediately hit Natsu in the head. "What did you do!? You made Lucy cry! And call her by her correct name!"

Natsu glared back at Gray, "I didn't do anything!"

Erza turned to Lucy, ignoring the bickering of the boys. "Lucy. Is everything's okay?"

Lucy did not respond for a few moments before looking up at Jellal with rage. "I'll be fine."

Erza was not convinced, but she accepted it anyway and turned to face Jellal.

Jellal was nice enough to stand and let them fight amongst themselves, especially Natsu and Gray.

Lucy stood her ground, unmoving and watched as her friends, her team running forward to fight Jellal finishing her job for her. She could see that they were low on magic after their battle with the three mages outside, whoever they were.

They never relented, they fought and never relented. Natsu would get back up and charge again. Gray would get up and attack with his ice magic. Erza would rise again and summon new swords and armor to take out Jellal. Happy had stayed behind and floated behind Lucy in silence.

As the mages fought, Lucy looked around to try and find a solution to stop the impending explosion that the over-packed lacrima would deliver.

The minutes of struggle and frustration passed, and Lucy was growing desperate. As the mages fought, Lucy felt helpless. As the mages fought, Lucy felt powerless. As the mages fought, Lucy was at a loss. Lucy could not find anything to stop the explosion of the lacrima. It...seemed impossible to stop it.

She turned back to the fight and sees her team exhausted, but they were not giving up. Jellal on the other hand seemed...unfazed despite their efforts.

She needed to do something.

The ground begun to deeply tremble, and debris started to float, and the lacrimas were losing shape. Tiny and small explosions riddled the area, alerting the rest of the team.

Jellal immediately disappeared from sight in rage and frustration when he had finally taken notice of his surroundings. He had lost track of time when he was fighting the mages. He needed to complete the ceremony before all of his efforts were laid to waste.

He quickly appeared behind Lucy, and before she could properly react, Jellal slammed his fist to Lucy's throat and rammed her to the ground, keeping grip on her throat, squeezing her throat in the process.

"I will start the ceremony now. I will have no more interruptions." Jellal growled, sending numerous strong magic toward the rest of the team who remained oblivious as they observed their surroundings.

Lucy grunted and tried to pull or push herself free from Jellal's grip, but to no avail. Jellal's grip was too strong.

Jellal smirked as he slowly dragged Lucy to her feet with his grip still around her neck and activated his magic in his free hand. "Zeref. You shall be revived and become the ruler of this world." Jellal muttered.

Before Jellal could do anything else, or before Lucy could try anything to stop Jellal from doing anything, everything exploded.

Everything had exploded. Fire erupted from nowhere and engulfed both Lucy and Jellal, and the conditions of the team remains unknown and Lucy weakly struggled against the slacked grip of Jellal's.

Then in a spilt second, the grip disappeared and Lucy dropped dead onto the floor and laid there as she had no more strength to move. Her sight slowly dimming as the fire coated her in a warm embrace.

Fire was all Lucy could see, feel, and sense. Surprisingly, the fire was not burning her. It was warm.

"Princess. That was dangerous." A voice boomed into the echo of the burning fire that raged in the building.

A/N: Hoped you enjoyed that!

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