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 ones it loved the most
Once friends, now enemy, the wizard of light and darkness shall meet

Please enjoy? 😢

The day of the competition starts tomorrow, and Erza really wasn't feeling the spirit of competing. Right now, she knelt before the grave of what should be Lucy's, and she could definitely feel the emitting power of what Lucy had, and it feels so familiar.

On the grave, Erza kept rereading the engraved words that she could clearly read: The Most Honorable Celestial Mage. Lucy Heartfilia was a force not to be reckoned with. X789

If that dragon had not appeared...Erza could've come back and not given Lucy all the sorrow that she may had felt. Lucy wouldn't be struggling...

She haven't told the others about Lucy yet. Not yet. Although she was on the brink of revealing what she had learned, she couldn't gather enough courage to do so, seeing the enthusiastic joys of the members as they await for the looming competition of the guilds. Erza didn't want to destroy the morals that they had.

"I swear...whether they like it or not...I'm going to help with this prophecy of yours. I'll fight your fight and win the war for you." Erza muttered to herself, resolving that she will finish what Lucy had started, whether the members of the STAR Alliance likes it or not.

...

The first day of the competition went...well...not in Fairy Tail's favors. Considering how this was the first time that Fairy Tail had even participated in the competition, and the long lost members of the guild had struggled with the new technologies and the accommodations of how it had been set. This inevitably led to the defeat of the first day.

Much to the content of the guild, the onlookers were cheering them on, as they had missed and looked forward to the participations of the infamous guild. The defeat of a few members meant nothing to them, and they was looking forward to more fights.

After the first day of the competition, the guild got together for a party to wash away their defeat and try again the next day. Alcohol works wonders in some of the members favors it seems.

*

The next day of the competition was quite 'wild' as some would say. The race between three dragon slayers were quite competitive and friendly, as Natsu and Sting was cheering for one another, while Gajeel was cursing at them.

Then there was a battle between Bacchus and Elfman. It was quite amusing and suspenseful to watch, as the underdog of Fairy Tail managed to win at the last second.

The next battle instigated between Jenny of Blue Pegasus and Mira of Fairy Tail. It all started with a friendly competition of showing off their bodies and trying to best each other. Then towards the last couple minutes, Jenny prepared a 'trap' and betted on that the loser will be showing up on the magazine in their birthday suit. Mira eagerly complied and decided to take things up a notch.

The last battle between the two involved magic of their specialty and Mira was able to take out her opponent.

Then there's the last battle, which put so many of the members of Fairy Tail on the edge of their seats. They never expected to come across another one, as they had not even heard of another possessing the keys of what should've belong to Lucy.

Yukino of Sabertooth stood in the arena, facing Kagura of Mermaid Heels. It remained unknown to what kind of magic both girls used until they actually pertained it.

"Open, the Gate of Pisces! Pisces!" Yukino chanted, followed by the appearance of two fishes already targeting the opponent of the celestial wizard.

"What!" The shout of a certain dragon slayer could be heard as he continued to watch the fight. "What the hell!? That's Lucy's keys! Why does this girl have it!?" Natsu roared angrily, wanting to get to the bottom of this.

Although Erza had already knew about the distribution of the keys, but it didn't stop her shock of seeing it in action, also serving as the truth of the convictions that she had been told.

"Erza! Maybe this woman knows where Lucy is!" Natsu screamed, trying to get the attention of the redhead.

"We'll talk to her after the competition. For now, let's watch the fight." Erza's eyes never left the battle, training her eyes on the spirits which had belonged to Lucy, trying to ignore Natsu all the while.

Back to the battle between Yukino and Kagura, the celestial wizard had summoned another spirit, Libra for her gravity magic. The fight seemed intense, yet one-sided on Yukino's part. After summoning a third spirit, Kagura landed her last attack that seemed to end the battle immediately.

After the last battle between the celestial spirit and the swordswoman, Natsu immediately made his move by jumping into the arena and approached Yukino, demanding answers for where his blonde companion was, soon followed by Gray and Erza

"Where's Lucy?!" Natsu roared as soon he was within hearing range of the celestial spirit.

Yukino instinctively turned toward the shout and saw an enraged Natsu running her way, followed by Erza and Gray. "Huh?"

"Those are Lucy's keys! Why do you have them?" Gray cut in before Natsu could yell again.

Yukino eyed the boys before turning to Erza, already knowing that she knew what had happened. "It was given to me."

"Liar! You stole it!" Natsu roared, attempting to try and snatch the keys away from the celestial wizard.

A hard, armored fist was then met with the top of Natsu's head, sending the pink haired mage toward the ground with a loud crack. "Lucy gave it to you, correct?" the redhead asked, not worried about the dragon slayer's injuries.

Yukino didn't say anything at first before nodding her head in affirmation.

"And can I assume that you are part of the STAR Alliance?" Erza continued with her questions

Yukino gave the redhead a look before nodding.

Erza sighed and turned around, grabbing the collar of both Natsu's and Gray's shirt and started to drag them back to their respective place.

"Oi! What the big deal! She has Lucy's keys!" Natsu struggled against the grip of Erza's.

"And why does it sound like you knows where she is!?" Gray retorted, trying not to hurt himself.

Once they were back to their assigned place, Erza let her grip of the boys slacken and turned around to face them.

"Lucy lent the keys to Yukino to fight for the war." Erza lied.

"Oh. Why didn't you say so?" Natsu grinned as he got back to his feet.

"And what's this about the STAR Alliance?" Gray asked once he rose to his full height.

Erza sighed and crossed her arms. "It's something that Lucy created while we were gone."

"I see. Well, anyway, the last battle is finished, so let's party!" Natsu wrapped his arm around Gray and started to drag him to where he believed food would be.

Erza watched as the boys disappeared through the crowds of a growing crowd, assumingly looking for food.

*

Erza lied. She lied that Lucy was still alive, and she knows how wrong it was. But...she assumed that it wasn't the time to be sprouting the horrid truth that may have an negative effect on the morale of the Fairy Tail members.

During the rest of the games, Erza forced herself to fight for the guild, and to get this over with so she could try to help finished what Lucy had started.

Lucy's legacy hadn't ended yet, and it won't start now.

On the third day, Erza fought 100 monsters by herself, then she watched Cana obliterate the MPF using Fairy Glitter, to which the First Master Mavis had allowed her to use it. Then she watched Laxus easily takes out an entire team, including the master, after cheating through some illusion. The last match of the third day included the match between Wendy of Fairy Tail and Chelia of Lamia Scale.

A fight of tiny fists with a vast heart for their own guild. In the end, neither of them won and ended in a draw, but Erza could sense that something else had been won. Friendship.

Afterwards, Fairy Tail got together again and partied to relieve their stress.

*

The fourth day, this only included the two versus two per each guild in a span of 30 minutes. Because of the elimination of a guild that had cheated the day before, Fairy Tail had been given orders to combine into one to keep an even number of teams for the competition.

The fights between the guilds were ordinary and not all that suspenseful and exciting. But the one that everyone had been excited for was the fight between the dragon slayers.

Sting and Rouge from Sabertooth and Natsu and Gajeel from Fairy Tail were the last match of the day, and the most anticipated battle.

"Oi! Natsu!" Sting grinned as he faced Natsu and Gajeel.

"Hey, Sting!" Natsu grinned back.

Rouge remained silent, and Gajeel just scowled.

"Hey! I have a great idea! Whoever loses has to treat the winner some food!" Natsu grinned evilly.

"Sounds great!" Sting pumped his fist. "Rouge, are you ready to kick some ass?"

"Yes." Rouge replied, staring at Gajeel, intent on knocking him out.

Silence ensued as the countdown to the beginning of the battle started. Once the battle had started, Natsu and Gajeel made their first moves and started to lay their attacks down upon their opponent.

The battle between the dragon slayers were magnificent and clearly painted the difference between ordinary magic and dragon slaying magic. Through some resistance by both parties, and unleashing their deep power, the battle intensified through means of the unimaginable.

In the end, after overpowering their opponent through their feelings, Natsu and Gajeel was left standing with a huge grin painted on their face, victory already won.

"Heh..." Sting huffed while he laid on the ground, never feeling so alive, despite being defeated. "She was right..."

Natsu turned to his friend with a questioning look. "Who?"

"Lucy had been right all along." Sting smiled.

Natsu immediately grabbed Sting's collar and brought him close. "Where is she?! "

"Huh?"

"Lucy. Where is she!?" Natsu repeated, ignoring everything around him, only focusing on Sting and for what he has to say.

Sting didn't say anything at first. "Do you trust her?"

Natsu slackened his hold on Sting's collar. "Of course I do."

"Then that's all you need to do. Just trust her." Sting smiled reassuringly.

Natsu released Sting and stepped away, repeated Sting's words. Of course he trust Lucy, and of course he trust Sting.

"Then, tell me. Is Lucy ok?" Natsu asked.

Sting frowned for a moment and standing up and whispering something in Natsu's ear.

After a few more moments, Sting stepped backwards and grinned. "Just don't tell anyone I told you this. Milady will kill me if I told you this."

Natsu only stared at Sting for a moment before grinning.

*

The conservation between the two dragon slayers remained unknown, and Natsu kept his word and remained silent on the subject.

Today was the last day of the competition, and this last battle of all guilds will determine the Number 1 Guild of all Fiore.

The battles had been interesting, and suspenseful between the six guilds. Thanks to the assistance of the First Master, everything had been drawn out, and carefully calculated to ensure the victory of Fairy Tail.

After the long battles between the occupants of each guilds, and the accommodations of the plans made, Fairy Tail had emerged victorious with all members intact and enabled.

A loud cheer followed after the announcement of the victory and wide grins and tears could be seen on the faces of Fairy Tail mages.

Fairy Tail had won, and it had been quite a journey in a 5 days span.

...

The Kingdom of Fiore had hosted a huge ball to celebrate the new Number 1 Guild, as well as congratulating the guilds that had participated in the competition.

All of the members had accepted the proposal and attended the formal party. Everyone but Erza.

As much as Erza was happy to see that her guild had won, she didn't really want to celebrate just yet. Perhaps when Zeref had been obliterated.

Right now, the knight sat in front of Lucy's grave and remained silent and still, not wanting to disturb the peace that surrounded the grave.

Silence was what Erza wanted, and peace was she needed to calm her mind and her broken spirit.

She misses Lucy, and she wants to see her again...Perhaps this is this punishment that she gets for leaving the blonde girl alone for 7 whole years.

But Erza will not let Lucy be laid to rest just yet, not until she finishes what she had started, and she intends on doing it no matter what, and nothing will get in her way, even her favorite cake.

A/N: DONE! 😫

And I find it sad that some of ya'll would think that I would kill off my favorite character 🤕 ...There had been many hints in the previous chapters 😵

Please review and comment on your thoughts of this story. Kinda boring I know, but I needed this chapter done so I can continue with the story :3

The feels~~ X3

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