A/N: This is a slight rewrite*

Hope this is tens times better than the last crappy chapter, and I will fix it one way or another

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? 😢

You have everything to lose.

Lucy replayed that simple phrase over and over and over again. She believed in that simple phrase, because it's the truth. She had so many things that she held dear, so many things she considered important in her life.

From amidst of all the things that Lucy had unraveled, which is not much to brag about, she learned many things. Things that made things easier for her to deal with the sudden disappearance of her friends.

"Never say goodbye. Saying goodbye indicates that this would be the last time you would see them. And saying goodbye leads to the unsuccessfulness to recall that person. Our souls are connected, and a simple goodbye will only sever that bond between the two souls. Never say goodbye. It is better that way."

Lucy felt a little better when she had frozen from the actions of Erza before she had escaped to the boat.

"They are never truly gone, as they remain in the hearts of those when goodbye was never muttered, because they will never be forgotten. Even the dead, they shall watch from the shining stars that paints the darkest of the sky during the high mid-point of the night. They are never truly gone, as they are part of you."

Lucy will never forget the smiles and the idiotic actions of her friends. The motion sickness that seems to follow Natsu every time he thinks about or climbs aboard a train. Gray will never be ridding of his habit of shedding his clothes, no matter the situation he finds himself in. Happy with his usual antics of fish eating and spreading rumors of false romances between mages. And Erza, with her strong posture that she beheld and maintained with an armored heart.

Lucy could always tell that the redhead was holding something back. But she never knew it was because she had a crush on her. Nonetheless, she needs to move on. Her answer for the redhead matters no more, as there is no reason to keep debating on what to say to her. Because she was gone.

Then she felt a presence of a familiar magic approaching from behind. Before the man could even say anything, Lucy beat him to the punch by speaking.

"Where is this place? I can instantly transport us there."

"...Far east of Fiore." Mystogan answered.

"How did you end up here? That's really far..." Lucy frowned for a minute before creating a void next to her.

"That's not important." The masked man said before entering the void, followed by Lucy.

Lucy quickly equipped herself with the familiar cloak around her and begun to walk forward, already knowing where to go. Mystogan followed the cloaked girl, hoping that her sense of direction was decent.

The silence in the void was deafening to Lucy, as she had already been used to the rowdy noises of the guide. Why is Mystogan so quiet!? Lucy mourned.

3 minutes later, Lucy made an abrupt stop, causing Mystogan to slightly bump into the cloak girl. Disregarding the bump, Lucy opened the void and jumped out, followed by Mystogan.

"Is this the correct place?" Lucy called out, scanning her surroundings, noticing how...dead her surroundings was. She could make out dead plants that may had been beautiful and grand.

It didn't take Mystogan long to scan his surroundings with displeasure. "Yes. Although the city is miles away."

"Well, at least we are at the right place." Lucy huffed.

"Let us go." Mystogan said, raising one of his staff into the air.

Both Lucy and Mystogan was encased with a bright blue light. Lucy found herself floating into the air and in a millisecond, she was lurched forward with a powerful kick of magic. Almost a second later, Lucy felt the ground touch her ground again, however she collapsed to the ground from the unexpected usage of the magic that Mystogan had used.

Mystogan gracefully stood, like he done this many times over, and watched as Lucy slowly got back to her feet, not saying anything.

Lucy then turned to Mystogan with a scowl. "Next time...remind me."

Mystogan nodded. "I'll take note of that. But never mind that. We are here." He gestured to the area in front of him.

Lucy huffed again and turned to look at what Mystogan was looking at. Shocked was not the right word for her. She didn't really care for as why the city below the castle seemed almost abandoned, and for why the castle seemed so grand and in top shape, form what she could tell.

"So Zeref is there?" Lucy called out.

"Yes...he should be there...I think."

Lucy turned to Mystogan and sighed. "So you don't know. How long since you been here?"

"10 years."

"Is that so? When and how did you join Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked, taking a step forward toward the castle and the abandoned city.

"I joined 3 years later after I ran away. As for why I joined...I can't really say. Something was telling me that I need to join this guild. An intuition might you say." Mystogan replied, walking alongside with Lucy toward the city and the castle.

"Intuition? What's that supposed to mean?"

"I do not know, but I think I just found out. I think I was meant to join, and have you help me with this."

"Does destiny ring a bell?" Lucy sighed. "Coincidence is my best guess. You were at the right time, at a right place to ask me for help."

"Perhaps..."

The rest of the walk to the city was met with silence. Lucy only paid attention to the abandoned houses as they passed by. She noticed some old and dried blood on the walls of the houses, shattered glass, and broken goods. It was a mess. She even noticed some rotting skeletons in the alleyway. It was sick.

"What happened here?"

"Zeref attacked the village. And it seems that he is already done with my father."

"Even with the castle in top shape?" Lucy pointed out.

Mystogan sighed behind his mask. "I do not know exactly what happened since I left."

"Only one way to find out." Lucy smirked.

As they neared the castle, slowly noticing deep details and structures that couldn't be seen from a distance , Lucy noted that the castle sported a different look than from the distance. It was actually neglected in various places, as they had never been tended to. Cracks and molds could be seen, and vines decorated the walls.

"I stand corrected. This castle is ruined." Lucy muttered as she continued her walk to where a giant set of doors stood. "So, your father would be in here?"

Mystogan nodded.

"As a prince, I think you should do the honors of opening the door to your castle." Lucy stepped aside.

Mystogan complied and opened the door with ease, shoving the door wide enough to allow the entrance for Lucy and himself.

Entering the castle, it was dark. No alighted candle to be seen.

"I imagined castles to be more...lighter than this. This is too depressing."

"It wasn't always like this." Mystogan assured the blonde. "First we need to find them."

"So we split up?"

"To cover more ground, yes."

"Got it." Lucy immediately stalked to her right, seeing a hallway that might've intrigued her.

Mystogan watched as Lucy walked away before turning on his heels, and searching for his father, and maybe Zeref himself...maybe.

...

Lucy would be lying if she said that she was not intrigued by the ruins and the destruction of the castle. Though she detested death and blood, she found it fascinating to see dried blood on the walls and dead soldiers. Mostly because it told Lucy of a message, a message on what had happened since the kingdom was attacked. It gave Lucy a more sense of understanding of what she was dealing with.

But that's the problem. She couldn't make out any evidence to determine what had happened, mostly because it was too dark. Maybe if Natsu was here...

No...

Sighing deeply, Lucy continued her walk, vowing that she would come back and study these soldiers and find out what happened.

Then she felt a sudden spike of magic straight ahead. So someone's still here. Lucy slightly mused as she jogged forward to where the site of magic was felt.

It was in a room at the far end of the hallway. Slowing to a halt, Lucy cautiously approached a seemingly normal rotted wooden door. Grasping the cold metal knob, she turned it and the blonde slipped into the room.

She was expecting more dark walls and floors, nothing to allow Lucy visualization of what's there. But there were candles to be seen, alighted and alive. The flames danced as Lucy cautiously made her way deeper into the room.

She noticed many things. And she knew that this place had been used very recently, save for the candles. She could see footprints forming from the collection of dust that littered the floor. Lucy spotted a desk and approached it. Touching the woodened desk, she noticed how no dust were seen or felt.

"Someone's here." Lucy muttered, looking at a sack of letters to the side and seeing a wet puddle of ink in a bowl. 

A sudden clang of metal hitting metal was registered in a muffled area. Lucy hastily turned to the source and silently called forth the power of Taurus as she sauntered to the source.

She stood in front of a door, and reached out for the door knob and her free hand extended outward for defense mechanism.

Swinging the door open, she immediately deflated and allowed her power to go back to the Realm.

Why was a little girl in this castle? And hiding?

The girl in a closest, as Lucy quickly observed from the cramp space around the girl, had her back against the wall as she was staring at Lucy with fear.

Lucy slowly knelt down and smiled at the girl. "Hello. I won't hurt you."

The girl remained rigid and fearful.

Lucy decided to change tactics. "My name is Lucy, and I am your friend. I came to help this...kingdom."

Lucy sensed that the girl relaxed a little as the girl looked at the blonde up and down.

"What's your name?" Lucy asked.

"...C...Coco." The girl answered.

"Coco. Nice to meet you. Want to come out of there?"

"I...can't walk." Coco whimpered fearfully.

Lucy frowned, glancing toward her feet, seeing the intensity of the damage. She leaned forward and grabbed Coco with gentle grasp and carried her bridal style. Lucy looked around the room, searching for a furniture that she could set the girl.

She spies a bed, but she rather not, as it must be disgusting. Then she spies a table, littered with scraps of paper and metal.

Moving the trash aside, she placed the girl onto the table with careful maneuvers.

Taking a step backward, Lucy looked Coco in the eyes. "Want to tell me what happened?'

"Ever since the kingdom was attacked, and everyone being killed, the King was somehow affected, but he survived. But he was never the same. Mostly because his sons had left, and never came back." Coco mumbled.

"Was there...another entity involved in the attack of this kingdom?"

"Yes...what was it...? I can't remember, but I do remember red eyes."

"Red eyes?" Lucy frowned.

Coco nodded.

Lucy silently sighed as she looked to the side, scanning her surrounding once more.

"Ah, to think there was a survivor."

Lucy and Coco turned to the sudden registration of a voice from the entrance of the room. Mystogan stood with a sluggish form as she made his way to where Lucy stood.

"Coco, I am glad to see that you are still okay." Mystogan smiled behind his mask.

Coco cocked her head to the side questioningly. "Who are you?"

Mystogan gave Lucy a quick glance before reaching out to remove his mask. All in a few moment after he had removed his mask, Coco had tried to jump off of the table and tackle Mystogan. And Lucy remained frozen from the familiarity that Mystogan's true form gave.

Mystogan caught Coco before she could collapse to the ground. Coco wrapped her arms around the man, tears falling down her cheeks.

"You came back! It's been so long! I've missed you!"

"Likewise." Mystogan muttered with a small smile, which soon faltered as he glanced at Lucy, who had a grave look on her face.

Mystogan let go and carried Coco back onto the table and turned to Lucy, who was still glaring at him with hatred.

"I can understand your anger. But I am not Jellal. He is my brother."

"Jellal? You've seen him? Where is he?" Coco asked.

"Prison." Lucy replied with malice, not taking her eyes off of Mystogan.

Mystogan only nodded. "Anyway, I've found some clues on where my father is."

"Ah, the King! He's always wondering through the halls as if he was in a trance. It always scarred me so I tried to hide away from him." Coco exclaimed with a shudder from a memory.

"Is that why you were in the closet?"

Coco nodded.

"Had you tried to go where he rests?" Mystogan asked.

Coco nodded. "I actually had. I had followed him to the underground, where the cells are. I didn't dare to go beyond that because I hate cells."

"Great. Stay here, and Lucy and I will go and investigate. Right Lucy?" Mystogan turned to Lucy for approval.

Lucy sighed angrily and nodded. "Sure."

Mystogan turned back to Coco and gave her a reassuring nod. "You'll be fine. Can you care for yourself?"

Coco nodded. "Yep, I had been using crutches to help me get around."

Mystogan nodded again and turned back to Lucy, only to find the spot empty. He turned toward to the entrance, finding Lucy with her arms crossed as she continued to glare at him to hurry it up.

Mystogan walked over to her and nodded. "I know where to go."

"Lead the way then." Lucy gestured the prince to start walking.

In all honestly, she was not mad or hates Mystogan, she was just reminded of the hatred for the brother of the man before her. The man that had caused her to kill her own father. Mystogan was just another person, and Lucy knows that.

For now, she needed to get used to seeing the face of Jellal as she worked with Mystogan.

Now, all they needed to find was a king that seems to be in a trance and wonder the halls of the ruins.

A/N: This is much better, wouldn't you agree? ^^

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