~Lucy~ 

Dimaria moved in front of me. "Looks like you won the bet" Dimaria mumbled seeing the mole as I laughed slightly as the darkness was filling the air once again. The pain was building back up as the Type Zero gave out a sigh. "Welder you have no choice in what you are to become so why fight it?" the Type Zero soon asked as Dimaria aimed her sword toward it. "Because she aint scum like you" Dimaria snapped as the Type Zero, I had a better look toward it. It had long black hair with demon horns on it's or well her head.

She had pale skin and was wearing a knights chest plate armor of the colour of black with black shirt and boots. Her eyes were pure red as she had her sword dagger swords in her hands. Unless skilled using those swords at Dimaria's was a already lost match. "Says a fellow Type Zero" she spoke as Dimaria froze for a second as she once had the dark curse turning evil. That was the two month battle I had with Irene by my side. It was to save her. Dimaria was very powerful while evil and was another reason she rarely fought with magic.

She was scared of turning dark again as the god inside her, the magic, it was dark and she struggled to control it. That was why King Zeref took her in. Dimaria was learning slowly. She wasn't the best person to remember her studies or classes. "She is no longer a Type Zero, Dimaria is the human host of the God Chronos" I spoke harshly sounding much like Eclair when someone talked ill of me. The Type Zero looked toward me as my Star Dress vanished. "You have three paths in front of you Fairy" the Type Zero licked her lips.

"One, join me now and learn the easy way. Two, the pain and suffering until it just takes over. Three, kill yourself before you turn" she then added as I smirked. "Three is already in place, things like you can't turn me" I spoke as the Type Zero sent Dimaria flying up and through the hole the mole had made before as she walked to stand in front of me. "I am no normal Type Zero, we will see each other again" she giggled before she vanished in front of me. The darkness in the air followed her.

"Why is it I always get a Type Zero to be fixed with me?" I asked annoyed hearing the jingle of Zodiacs as I looked around seeing the tunnel work was pretty far along. "DIMARIA YOU ALIVE UP THERE?" I shouted as I heard her reply 'sadly' as I smirked. "I am checking the tunnels out, see ya" I nearly shouted rushing ahead down the tunnel walk way before Dimaria could reply as the Leo key showed up in front of me, glowing for light as it was getting dark deeper down. "Thanks Leo" I spoke smiling.

"Thanking a slave huh?" I heard my own voice getting me to stop and look around as Leo gave off a jingle worried about me as I closed my eyes putting a hand on my forehead. I felt sweat building up along with pain. "They are nothing but your puppets, weapons and shields" I heard my own voice with a laugh afterwards. I bit my bottom lip hard hoping the extra pain would snap it out but it wasn't working. "Little weak Heartfilla, the weakest weapon they ever had I bet, can't even control the bitch snake" I heard my voice again.

My voice but not my own words. I hated what my voice was even saying. "Enough" I snapped opening my eyes to see the image of myself with darker hair and golden eyes in front of me smirking. Leo was giving off a jingle as I was taking deep breaths to calm down the pain. "Why not give up already? Fate has been set, you will turn into a true weapon just like Zodiacs, stuck as a puppet" my voice laughed again as the pain grew into my chest making me hug myself and fall onto my knees.

I heard all the keys clashing worried for me. The image moved toward me laughing. "Who would Ophiuchus listen to I wonder?" the image soon asked as I got up fast throwing a punch toward the image pushing her back. She looked toward me smirking even more. "You can't fight this, you and Luke are the same remember always were, always will be" the image snapped rushing at me as I felt pain at my side as my hand went there in pure pain as I was about to get hit in the gut until a clone of myself jumped in the way, taking the hit.

Gemini. That was when everything clicked back to normal what I saw was a skeleton there with glowing red eyes as I used a healing spell on it, killing it within a second. It was a a thing of the dead. Healing spells would kill things like so. "Gemini" I spoke worried as the clone of me turned into two twins. Mini and Gemi, together they was Gemini. They were both small creatures with blue colored bodies and two antennae. They had small, black, beady eyes with white pupils. They both wear shorts, Mini wears orange shorts, and Gemi wears black ones.

Gemi had a '^' shape for a mouth, while Mini had an 'v' for a mouth. Gemi had a sash running from his left shoulder to the right side of his waist and Mini had a sash running from her right shoulder to the left side of her waist.  Both flew around me giving off a purring cat sound. "I am fine, sorry to worry you guys, the taint is getting more powerful" I whispered lifting up a part of my top to see a patch of my skin lighter like of the image as I was getting worried for my self. "Three paths huh?" I asked myself in a whisper. 

Gemi and Mini gave off a purring sound again as I turned around putting my top down to see Natsu and Wendy rushing over. "You are ok" Natsu let out a sigh of relief pulling me into a hug. I was in some shock as I hugged back ever so slowly. "Of course I am" I lied putting on a smile as he pulled away as Wendy looked toward Gemi and Mini. "Guys meet Gemini" I then spoke looking toward the twins as the flew around making making the normal noise making me laugh slightly. They was still worried about me.

They knew I was lying. They was able to sense it. "Don't rush off after an attack like that, you got me worried" Natsu spoke as I rubbed the back of my neck. "Sorry" I replied as Wendy then hugged me as I hugged back faster this time, not as in much shock. "I was worried about you Lucy" Wendy spoke as I smiled for real. "I am sorry, I am so used to rushing off to the next fight" I replied as Wendy pulled away her eyes were watering. "Well get used to having backup" she spoke as Leo's key was still up giving us light.

"The end of the tunnel should lead to the camp, come on" I then spoke moving ahead not wanting them to figure out that I wasn't fine at all. That in end I was losing my fight. My mind on the path I was taking. It was the third choice the Type Zero talked about but was I going to be able to pull it off? I had people who cared for me again, they was getting a bigger group by the day even. They would put themselves at risk just to save me, they were just being around me. "Lucy you had a thirteenth key before" Wendy soon spoke worried.

I turned my head to the pouch. "Ophiuchus's key" I replied and explained as I turned my head to see a shock Natsu and Wendy behind me. "The snake thing?" Natsu asked as I never truly explained the spirit of Ophiuchus to any of the welders before. They only saw her when I lost control and turned into the weapon I was made into so long ago. "Yes one of the main parts of the great Heartfilla Weapon" I answered putting a hand on the Zodiacs pouch. "She is known as the thirteenth Zodiac for most" I then added

"Did you use to have her key?" Wendy asked as I shook my head head. "No, I am unsure on why I have it now or how it was made" I answered as she was more shock while Natsu was thinking as up ahead the top of the tunnel was destroyed as Irene dropped down the new hole, sunlight coming down also. "King Zeref is ready to see you Lucy" she spoke as I walked to stand in front of her as Natsu and Wendy stood next to me. Leo's key going back in the pouch as I whispered thanks to him once more.

"Your taint has grown" Irene pointed out just by looking at me as my hands turned into fist. "You let that Type Zero get to you, paths are always reopening no matter what Lucy" Irene then spoke as she made a seal under the four of us before making it fly us all up as I saw Brandish and Dimaria bright red coming out a tent as I smirked slightly. "Love birds" I nearly shouted as they went even more red as Irene laughed amused. "Took them way to long to admit their feelings, never be shy to do so Lucy not everyone are like me, Lord Zeref and Mavis.....not everyone can live forever" Irene spoke walking ahead into the biggest tent around.

Natsu, Wendy and I followed as Irene became an immortal soon as she was crowned. She had to be with Acnologia around. If he had stole the crown it would of been world war between races again. My head still suck on thought of the path. I looked toward the Zodiacs pouch, my hand still on it. My path could change course. I believed the future was never set, I believed it could change over the tiniest of things. Ophiuchus was that tiniest thing. She joined Zodiacs like the other spirits and I was unsure on why.

She hated the idea of being a part of Zodiacs when I made it so long ago. I wondered, what was my true path? Death or the hope I could teach the other cure faster than they should? Cure was such a powerful spell. I was unsure that any of them was ready at all. Zodiacs explained how far they trained and the fact I was trapped blocked their minds....me being trapped stopped them from getting to the level they needed. I knew I didn't have a year left in me. I was unsure on how long I had left. I was scared even.

The first time I was even scared of the idea of death. I knew Irene would pick up on everything with her being a dragon and a mother to me. I was scared of the others knowing. I didn't want to be a trouble to them.