A/N: This is a rewrite! A MAJOR one! This took me sooo long!!

Part 2 of this mini arc

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Standing in front of the six mages was enough to make Lucy questing her own strength. She could feel the power that was being emitted by these people, and that intimidated her. This was the first time a mage had actually intimidated her like this. She was a bit glad that she did some research on them before setting out to locate them.

Although intimidated, Lucy was still confident in her intelligence and power, especially with her spirits. She quickly summoned Taurus, Sagittarius, Corvus, Hydra, Centaur, and Delphinus through telepathic means.

Heeding to her call, shimmers of bright golden light appeared on both side of Lucy, and six figures stood in place of the light.

Delphinus! Use your telepathy powers and find out what powers they have and share it with us. so we can formulate a corrective plan to take them out with ease. The rest of you, pick a target and begin your assault. I'll go for the commander. Lucy ordered using the telepathy of her powers, getting straight to the point, and leaving no room fro any arguments.

The spirits complied and took their fighting stance as they compromised on who they should fight. Delphinus stood in place as she begun to read the mind of the enemies for any weaknesses and advantages of any kind.

Lucy carefully approached the commander of the guild, feeling anxious and conflicted. She couldn't feel an enormous power from the man. The reports that she had read had indicated that the commander was the most powerful of the all. She was left wondering where had that power gone to? And was the report false? Or was there something else factored into this?

She mentally called upon the power of Taurus for defensive means as she neared the commander.

Not another second, a girl with short white hair suddenly jumped in Lucy's path, halting the blonde's movement.

"If I didn't know any better, that was celestial magic, right? I didn't see you summon them, and it is obvious that you are their owner." The girl scowled.

"I am not their owner, I am their friend. There's a difference." Lucy frowned as she stared at the girl, to which she remembered her as Angel Sornano.

"Oh? Well then, I will be your opponent. I will enjoy taking your keys, and ending your pathetic life." Angel smirked.

Lucy lowered her head a little with a small hint of joy. She could sense the spirits, and the owner of those spirits was in front of her. All she needed to do was knock this girl out and the spirits will be hers.

Princess, I had quickly analyzed the mind of Angel, the girl before you. I warn you to be careful, as she does not think highly of the spirits and uses them as tools. The voice of Delphinus ringed in the blonde's mind as she stared at the target before her.

Lucy narrowed her eyes at the revelation that she just learned. Celestial spirits are another entity that possesses feelings and have a sense of pain, and personalities. The opposition of those that devalues the laws of rights, must be taken down with force. Lucy will gladly take on Angel first, and fight the commander later. This was too important too her to ignore for the time being.

"Mercy will not be in my vocabulary as I fight you, and I will take you down." Lucy declared as she glared at the woman before her with hints of anger.

Angel smirked. "Heh, I like to see you try. Which spirit will you have ordered to attack me?"

"None. I will be taking you down."

Angel laughed a little too creepily for Lucy's taste. "Fighting on your own now, huh? What can you possibly do without your pathetic spirits?"

Lucy gritted her teeth angrily at the word 'pathetic'. "I am not alone. What had made you think I was alone?"

"We've done our research, Gamma Ibis. We know that you've been targeting celestial keys, and we guessed that you may be after me too. Just know that I will not give up my keys very easily."

Lucy smirked. "I see. Well, as much as it is the truth that I am collecting celestial spirits, it is not the primary reason for why I am here right now."

Angel frowned.

"The council sends their regards as I am to arrest you." Lucy finished.

Angel stood with shock as she turned to the commander. "Is this true!?"

The commander had just opened one of his magic, archive magic, and started to search through the database of knowledge.

"It appears to be effective, as it had been verified only yesterday." The commander frowned for a moment before laughing. "I see, so the council is making their move now? How can a little girl be ale to take down the mighty Oracion Seis?"

"Only one way to find out." Lucy cut in, itching to start fighting them, not wanting to continue standing around with casual talks.

Already having the power of Taurus inside her, she additionally called upon Antlia for speed.

With the combination of speed and strength, Lucy lurched forward, leaving only a trail of dust from where she had stood. With her strength, she brought her fist, aiming it toward Angel's stomach.

Before Lucy could even land a scratch on her opponent, a flash of light and steel blocked her punch. Lucy immediately reeled back in shock, painted with confusion for a split second before realizing that it was a spirit that had blocked her. Scorpio stood in front of his owner, his tail a bit bent from her punch earlier.

Lucy quickly devised a second tactic and diversion. Still feeling the power of the spirits inside of her, Lucy lurched forward, running toward the spirit and the owner. When she reached a distance of only 10 inches, Lucy disappeared from sight, leaving the spirit and the owner to start frantically looking around.

Then from behind, Lucy stealthily and quickly brought a kick toward the owner, and violently sent her tumbling across the clearing.

When Angel rolled to a stop, she started to struggle back to her feet with much trouble. Once on her feet, she stared at Lucy for a moment before staring at Scorpio, who had not moved an inch.

"You're supposed to protect me, you piece of trash! Why are you just standing there!?" Angel cried, glaring at Scorpio with anger present in her eyes.

Scorpio did not say anything, opting to stay mute, only giving Lucy a quick glance.

"Gah! Go back to where you belong, you scum!" Angel raised her key and forced the spirit back to its world. She then turned to face the cloaked girl. "What did you do?"

"I had not done anything. If anything, you should blame yourself for the way you treat your spirits." Lucy growled lightly before running toward her opponent. She raised her fist as she reached a certain distance and attempted to bring it down on her opponent.

Before Lucy could even land a proper attack on Angel, she felt a weight of an overweight man crushing on top of her as she moved. Before she realized it, she was kicked in the stomach, hurling backwards couple meters out.

Lucy heaved slightly as she clutched her stomach as she rose to her full height. She looked around to find the cause of the attack, only to see that there was another person that looked so much like her.

She immediately knew what was happening. And she knew who the person who looked so much like her.

Lucy knew that this would be a difficult task, as Gemini, the spirit that transformed into her, was known to be a extremely loyal companion, despite the fact that it may be misused.

"I don't know who you are exactly. But right now, I am the strongest. And since Gemini had taken the liberty of transforming into you, let's find out who you look like." Angel smirked.

Lucy gritted her teeth as she turned to Gemini, who had a hand over the cloak, grabbing it and throwing if off, uncovering the form of who Lucy truly looks.

"Not only are you strong, but it seems that you have a pretty face." Angel hummed evilly as she stared at Gemini Lucy before turning to the cloak figure. "I will be enjoying this. I will be enjoying the screams of your pain-filled face."

"You're sick!" Lucy muttered angrily. "I swear that I will take you down and take you to prison. These celestial spirits will be happier with a different owner that is not you."

"I like to see you try." Angel smirked.

Lucy narrowed her eyes again. She turned to face Gemini, who had yet to move an inch, still in the form of Lucy. She knew the full extent of Gemini's power, and she should not take him lightly. She needed to find a way to fight around this spirit in order to get to Angel with any trouble.

"You have no chance of winning, cloakie!" Angel yelled as she brought out another key. "Open! Gate of the Ram! Aries!"

A young girl with pink hair and horns appeared with a puff of smoke.

Angel then pointed at Lucy. "Aries, beat this girl senseless. Gemini, you do your thing and kill this girl!"

Lucy could sense anger radiating from Angel. Guess she had pressed too many buttons, but that's what she needed. Anger can blind a person's sense of rational thinking on a battlefield. She had learned that while in the celestial realm. She will put it in good use and use it to her advantage.

Aries made the first move by sending an attack of wool toward Lucy. The blonde dodged it with ease, and still feeling the power of Taurus inside of her, she brought her fist down upon the ground. A shockwave was sent toward the spirit, powerful enough to send the ram spirit back to the celestial realm.

Angel stomped her feet in frustration. "The archive didn't say anything about you having another type of magic! You're only supposed to be a celestial mage!"

"I am. I am using another form of celestial magic." Lucy smirked, careful not to reveal too much to her enemy.

"Huh? As far as I am concerned, you can only summon them with a key. But I haven't seen you summon one. Are you truly a celestial spirit? Who are you?"

"Why don't you ask Gemini?" Lucy grinned underneath her hood as she extended her arm outward, a void opening in the process. She reached in and grabbed her collection of celestial keys, bringing it out of the void to show Angel. "While I do need keys to summon celestial spirits, I only need to have a contract with them. There is more to the concept of summoning them without the keys. But someone like you will never be able to achieve that level of feat. It is best for you to give up as a celestial mage."

Angel was visibly shaking with anger, which brought a small smirk the Lucy's mouth.

Lucy grabbed one of the keys and decided to be old-fashion and summoned one of the spirits. "Open! Gate of the Arrow! Sagitta!"

Heeding to her call, a puff of golden light appeared next to Lucy. A man with sacks of arrows strapped to his back. "Princess!, I am here, heeding to your call, Sir!"

Lucy inwardly sighed before performing a celestial fusion with the spirit. A weapon of an archer appeared in Lucy's hand as a result of the fusion.

Sagitta, I have a plan that I need you to follow. Lucy telepathically spoke to her spirit, a plan that could possibly take out both Angel and Gemini.

Understood, Sir! Sagitta responded back after hearing the plan from his master.

"Sagitta, follow my lead!" Lucy yelled as she used Antlia's power, disappearing from sight, and lurched forward toward Angel. She was now stealthily behind Angel, and with quick movement, she pulled back the string of the bow, and an arrow appeared in place, ready to fire. She aimed it toward Angel's leg and immediately released her hold, and watched as the arrow soared through the air.

For a split second, Gemini had lurched forward with frightening speed and was close enough to deflect the arrow to protect his owner. Luckily for Lucy, her plans were working as Sagitta had fired arrows after arrows toward Gemini, causing him to reluctantly dodge.

The arrow that Lucy had shot had met with it target, wedging itself in Angel's calf, blood already seeping out. Lucy pitched forward as the agonizing screams of her opponent was heard, using this opportunity to land a final and hard punch, sending Angel to the ground with a loud thud. Seconds later, Lucy considered Angel to be out of commission for the time being.

"Mission accomplished, Sir! Gemini had been successfully sent back to the realm." Sagitta cheered.

"Yes. Good job, Sagitta." Lucy smiled at her spirit.

Delphinus! How are things with the other members? Lucy called out to the spirit as she started to look around.

Almost immediately, Delphinus replied back with a tired tone. Princess, only two remained. Hoteye and Midnight. And then there's the commander.

Alright, I go for the commander, I'll send Sagitta to assist you. Lucy replied back before cutting the connections.

She turned back to her spirit. "Go and help the others."

Sagitta complied. "Alight, Princess. Good luck, Sir!" He started off in the direction to where he believed the other spirits were.

Lucy smiled as the form of her spirit disappeared behind the trees and branches. There was nothing more she loved than her pride as a celestial spirit. She vows to provide a better home for these spirits.

She glanced at the limp girl that she had already taken out of commission. With haste, she approached the girl and grabbed the keys that was in her possession. She broke the contract between the two and threw the keys into her void. Now, all that was left is to face the commander.

"You have potential, cloak girl."

Lucy twirled around when a sudden voice was registered. Lucy turned to see the commander behind her with a  wide smirk, as if he was amused, and it sent chills down the blonde's spine.

"And my potential will lead to your defeat."

The commander laughed to that response. "I am amused to the fact that you were able to take on my generals."

"Will you be even more amused if I put your ass in jail?" Lucy raised an eyebrow.

"I'll only believe it if I can see it." The commander smirked.

Lucy regarded the man for his lack of rational thinking. She quickly called upon the power of Taurus and summoned one of her spirits for assistance. "Open! Gate of the Reticle! Reticulum!"

A flash of golden light appeared next to Lucy, to which Reticulum stood in place with confidence.

"Princess! How may I help you?" Reticulum inquired with a  polite and formal tone.

"I need your help in defeating this man."

Reticulum turned to the aforementioned man before getting into his fighting stance. "I understand."

Lucy dashed off in one direction, and Reticulum dashed off in the other direction. A plan already formed and shared through their telepathic ability. The plan of diversion by destroying the ground and forcing their opponent to be side-tracked with extra details of entities in the battlefield.

As soon Lucy had destroyed the ground, Lucy was about to move to the next stage in her plan until a hard punch was met with her stomach. The punch had sent Lucy skidding across the ground, scrapping and tearing her skin and dirtying her white cloak in the process.

Lucy laid on the ground for a few seconds to fully register on what had transpired. She sat up to look for the source of the punch, only to see Midnight standing next to the commander. She was not expecting any other interruptions, expecting the other general to be already eliminated.

She started to rise to her full height with difficulty.

Delphinus. Midnight is here, what's going on?"  Lucy asked through her telepathic ability.

Couple seconds later, which was followed only by silence. Lucy figured that her spirit was sent back to the realm.

Lucy sighed as he stared at the two men that was facing her, completely ignoring Reticulum that was standing behind them.

"Cloakie. Join us." Commander spoke up before Lucy could start coming up with another plan.

"Huh? Why should I?" Lucy frowned.

The commander spread his arms as he grinned. "For freedom! So we can be rulers of this land!"

Lucy frowned some more. "Freedom? Last time I checked, we already have freedom."

"No. We never had been free, we will never be free as long as there are ignorant people living on this land. Only the strongest survive!" The commander chuckled followed by a evil smirk.

"I'm afraid I don't understand that logic, which is not logical." Lucy replied with a flat tone.

She then took a stance, calling upon the power of his spirit, Reticulum. Once the power now coursed through her body, Lucy wasted no moment to dash forward.

Earth Pillars! Lucy shouted as she manipulated pillars of rock, and aimed them toward the two men.

As the pillars of rock traveled toward the men, the commander raised his staff, and Midnight stood unmoving and unfazed by the oncoming attack. The pillars of rock of was destroyed to shambles as the commander used on of his spells, and the other half of the pillars of rock was somehow deflected, curving right past Midnight.

Lucy's face was painted in a temporary shock as she stared at the men. How did Midnight deflect her attack? She could understand the commander's, but Midnight seems to possess a special type of magic.

Princess! A voice screamed in Lucy's mind, making her wince under her hood.

Gah! Don't scream in my head! What is it? Lucy asked.

Midnight has a special magic that can only deflect magic-related attacks. Normal attacks are vulnerable to him. but then, when we drove him to the edge, he seemed to had activated another type of magic.

Another one?

Yes, illusionary magic. Nightmare illusion magic to be precise. The other spirits and I were affected and were forcibly sent to back to the Realm and was paralyzed for a few moments.

Lucy sighed. You made me nervous. You never responded, so I got scared for you. In any case, thank you for your thoughts. You may rest now. You deserved it.

Thank you, Princess. Good luck. Delphinus voiced before returning her conscious back to the celestial world.

Normal attacks are all Lucy needed to use in order to take down Midnight. Then she also needs to worry about his illusionary magic as well.

Right now, Lucy had used half of her  magic reserve, and that was all from summoning and using the spirit's power. She needs to rationalize as she faces the commander and Midnight.

Lucy eyes her spirit that was still standing behind the men in silence. Reticulum seems to be awaiting for further orders, watching Lucy's every moves for any sign of orders.

Reticulum, attack with all your might. Lucy telepathically ordered the spirit as she took a step forward.

Reticulum immediately nodded and dashed forward toward the men.

Lucy waited for a few seconds before lurching forward. She quickly summoned the power of Taurus and ran straight toward Midnight, putting trust in Reticulum of taking care of the commander.

At the last second, the blow from Reticulum seemed to distract both the commander and Midnight, giving Lucy a temporary advantage. The blonde quickly used her enhanced fist and went for the stomach of Midnight's, effectively sending him across the ground.

But it wasn't enough. Or moreover, it wasn't powerful enough for her to deal any real damage to Midnight.

Midnight slowly rose to his feet as he gave Lucy a cold glaze which sent a shiver down her spine.

"I must say..." The commander started as he gave one last blow to the spirit, forcing him back to the realm.  "Your magic is extraordinary. You must join our side. We could use a mage of your caliber."

"I will never join the likes of you." Lucy growled at the thought of being evil. She had her celestial friends that trusted her, and her mother that trusted her with all her might. She will never betray those feelings and let them go to waste.

Lucy sighed as she realized that she was almost empty in her magic reserve, but she did have enough for one more magic.

She jumped backwards to create a safe distance between her and the man and started muttering her incantations of a powerful spell that she was taught:

Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens...
All the stars, far and wide...
Show me thy appearance...
With such shine.
Oh Tetrabiblos...
I am the ruler of the stars...
Aspect become complete...
Open thy malevolent gate.
Oh 88 Stars of the heaven...
Shine!
Urano Metria!

With each word and phrase, more and more celestial magic gathered, and at the end, Lucy directed it straight toward the commander and Midnight with force that could destroy a mountain or two.

Lucy was panting now as she struggled to stay on her feet. As the dust cleared, only one of the men stood, and the other laid limp on the ground.

Couple seconds later, when vision became clear, Lucy eyes Midnight, who was standing, glaring at her all the while. And he looked pissed.

"My Father's prayer...I will avenge him." Midnight muttered angrily.

Lucy took her defensive stance, reading herself for Midnight's attack. Couple seconds later, nothing happened, as Midnight continued to stand rigidly and unmoving.

"You should've accepted my father's proposal." Midnight started with a smirk. "Too bad for you, because it's too late, and I'll fun torturing you."

Lucy clenched her fists, awaiting for anything that he may throw at her.

"As you can see, it's midnight. Your worst nightmare starts now." Midnight grinned evilly.

As soon as Midnight had finished his sentence, he begun to transform, transforming into a giant black beast that sent painful chills down Lucy's spine. This black beast was tens times worst than when she had faced the beast when she had saved Mirajane and her siblings.

Then she felt a painful stab in her stomach that was pierced with a force of a bull. She looked down to see a giant claw embedded in her stomach.

Lucy didn't even see it coming! She started to cough up blood as she tried to remove herself from the giant claw in her stomach.

Her last thoughts were how she failed on her mission. She failed to find all 88 keys, and perhaps join Fairy Tail.

Then it all disappeared. The horrifying figure of the black beast was gone. The giant claw that had embedded itself in Lucy's stomach was gone. No blood was lost, and Lucy was completely fine.

She stood in place, looking at her stomach, seeing no wound, and no pain was felt. She looked up to see Midnight on the ground, completely out of commission. There was also another man that was completely cloaked like her, and staffs were strapped to his back.

It didn't take Lucy long to conclude that the cloaked man had saved her. She let out a deep sighed of relief. She thought she was going to die, she needed to thank the man for saving her.

She approached the man, who still had his back to her.

"Mister." Lucy called out.

The man turned to face the blonde, but remained mute.

"..."

"..."

"Are you going to say anything? "

"..."

"No?"

"..."

"Fine, well thank you for saving me back there." Lucy puffed her cheeks in annoyance.

The man only nodded.

Lucy frowned at the lack of speech. Maybe this man was mute?

"To think that there would be someone to beat the crap of Brain's body. I must applaud you. But I must destroy you. I will destroy everything! Starting with you two!" A booming ominous voice made itself known as the man that was the commander's rose back to his feet.

But this time, his magic was more ominous and she could feel the evil intensity that she had never faced. Lucy gulped as she stared at the man that had a eviler grin than before.

Lucy readied herself as she made a move to dash forward, but was suddenly halted in her movement as an arm suddenly blocked her path.

Annoyed she turned to the man, who merely shook his head as he looked at her.

This is my fight, Mister. Either you help or you leave." Lucy spat. This wasn't the time to argue....if they are arguing, that is.

The man retreated his arm and turned to the commander for a moment, then back to Lucy. "You are at a disadvantage. I can help."

Lucy puffed her cheeks as she started at the man, knowing how right he was. She was at an disadvantage because of her shortage of magic. Reluctantly, she nodded her head as she turned to the commander.

"Is there a plan?" Lucy asked as she eyed the man who merely stood with amusement painted on his face.

The cloaked man only response was drawing his staffs and dashing forward without any other word.

"So...attack without any plans. That's a good one." Lucy said sarcastically before jumping forward into the fight, hoping to try to at least implement some damage to the commander.

The fight itself was quite the sight to watch, as Lucy was unable to  join in on the fight with the cloaked man. The cloaked man was able to overpower the commander and didn't take him long to eliminate him.

The cloaked man started toward Lucy as he strapped his staffs back to his back.

"Who are you?" Lucy asked, wanting to know who the person that saved her.

The man did not response for a few moment before complying. "I am Mystogan."

Finally, a name to the mysterious cloaked man. Lucy smiled a little. "Thanks for saving me back their. I'm Lucy. May I ask why you decided to help?"

"I was in a middle of a job. Then I felt presence of magic, and I followed it. I saw you battling then other members. It was quite the sight I must say, but I intervened when I sensed that you were in trouble."

"I see." Lucy smiled underneath her cloak. "Thank you, I really appreciated this. Now I need to call the council so they can arrest these guys."

Mystogan nodded. "Farewell."

Lucy stood still  as Mystogan disappeared in thin air.

...

After calling the council to come and arrest the members of Oracion Seis, it had still left a sour taste in her mouth. She wasn't able to defeat all of them on her own. Someone else had to come and save her. But next time, she'll make sure it doesn't happen again.

She needed to become stronger.

A/N: This took me so long to rewrite!😱 Hope this is better than the original.

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