Chapter 6
A/N: Sorry for the delay
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When Lucy turned and ran from the sight of the building that made her trembled, the rain pelted down harder, and the sky looked like a whirlpool. There was some flashes and then something that resembles lightning. As Lucy ran, the ground trembled, and debris started to float.
Lucy felt like she was in a middle of a tornado disaster. What's more was the buildings was disappearing in a puff of blue light. One by one, the buildings started to disappear, creating a gust of powerful winds, and being sucked into the whirlpool in the sky.
The last thing Lucy remembered was a strong light blinding her, with her skin being pelted by strong, powerful wind as she was being swept away. She closed her eyes, bracing for anything that could've happen.
Then it all stopped. Everything became dark. The wind stopped. When Lucy opened her eyes, she found herself confined in a small box.
She panicked before she was tossed out of the box and found herself in a wasteland with no buildings. The ground was white. Bubbles was rising to the sky. The mountains were dark gray-colored. And the sky looked depressing.
Lucy looked around with looks of fear. "Wha...where is this...?"
"Things happened so suddenly that there was no time to explain. I was the one who saved you."
Lucy turned when she had heard a voice and jumped back with shock and fear, seeing a talking clock...who was talking to Lucy...that had a weird face and had arms and legs.
"Who are you!? And what do you mean saved?" Lucy asked, taking couple of baby small steps backwards.
The clock was silent for a moment before answering Lucy. "I am your spirit, Horologium. I sensed a space-time distortion. So I came here without being summoned and placed you inside me."
Summoned? Space-time distortion? "What happened to the city?" Lucy asked, still wary of the clock.
"I'm very sorry, but I don't know what happened either."
Lucy slowly nodded. "You said spirit...what you mean?"
"You don't remember? You are a celestial mage. And I'm your spirit. You have many others. I am sorry if I'm not explaining it correctly."
Lucy blinked. Celestial mage? Celestial magic? That does sound familiar.
"How do I summon you?" Lucy asked.
"...I'm sorry, but you're not making very much sense, Lucy."
Lucy was about to say something else when she was interrupted by someone else.
"Lucy, I see you are all right."
Lucy jumped again, and the clock disappeared on Lucy, much to her discontent.
"Huh? Who are you?"
"I am Mystogan."
"...Mystogan?" Lucy cocked her head sideways as she stepped backwards a little. The man before her seemed a little...gaudy with those clothes of his.
"This is the first time we've met, isn't it?" Mystogan said.
Lucy gulped. "How do you know me?"
"Because you're a Fairy Tail member."
Lucy paled. "...Does that mean you're part of Fairy Tail?"
Mystogan nodded. "That's correct."
"You're not going to kill me...will you? Please don't kill me." Lucy cried as she backed away in fear.
"Lucy? Is everything okay?" Mystogan was a bit taken aback from Lucy's reaction. "Why would I kill you?"
Lucy blinked and gulped. "U-Um...I really don't know."
Mystogan was concerned and suspicious. But there was no time. "In any case, are you wondering what happened here?"
Lucy perked up before looking around, then back at Mystogan. "What happened to the city?"
"It had been absorbed by Amina from another world called Edolas."
"...Did you say absorbed? How is that possible?"
"How it was possible is not important right now. You only need to worry about is to save the city and your friends."
"...Friends? I have friends?"
Mystogan was silent for a moment. "Lucy...do you remember anything? Anything at all?"
"...Well...I do have gaps and all." Lucy answered.
"Gaps? Is this related to the reaction you had when I had said that I was part of Fairy Tail?" Mystogan asked.
Lucy nodded slowly. "Last time I remembered..." Lucy trailed off with such uncertainty.
Mystogan sighed. "Well, I really don't have time to explain and have you recollect on what you know and such. But I need you to go to Edolas and save the city."
"The city? How can I do that?"
Mystogan takes out a small bottle with red balls in them. "Takes these. These will allow you to use your magic in the other world."
"Magic? I don't even know how to summon them!" Lucy cried.
Mystogan ignored her tossed the pill in Lucy's mouth and lifted his staff toward Lucy and activated one of his magic.
Lucy shrieked as she was surrounded by magic and could feel herself being lifted up into the sky. The next thing she realized was that she was in a wood filled giant gigantic trees and plants that she had never seen before.
Struggling to her feet, she scanned her surroundings was in awe. Lucy thought that it was a wonderful place...but...where could the city of Magnolia be? That Mystogan guy didn't exactly explain everything...other than saving the town her and her supposedly friends. She wondered if they are the friends that Lucy had been waiting for before she lost some memories and escaped on her own.
It was a possibility. But Lucy didn't really want to meet them. Betrayal, anger, rage, sadness...these were all Lucy could feel when she thinks about those friends...Are they really her friends? Or are they enemies?
Lucy walked through the forest, and wondered how could she find the city...She knows it will be more complex than that.
Couple of minutes later, Lucy found herself behind a tree and sees something similar. She had somehow found a weird looking tree house with the symbol that was on Lucy's right hand.
Fairy Tail.
There was one reason why Lucy wasn't turning around and running away. The building seemed to be fading away...And Lucy could see something out in the distance. It was large...like a monster. And it was coming closer and closer, and Lucy was scared to a point to where she couldn't move...why is that?
Then the building disappeared all the sudden and the monster landed harshly to where the building had previously stood.
Lucy trembled behind the trees and observed what she had just seen. From the distance, she could see someone on the monster. Upon further inspection, Lucy observed it to be a woman with red hair and had a long spear.
Red hair? Lucy was already terrified.
She was about to turn and leave, opting to say that she saw nothing. But a there was a flash of magic that landed right in front of Lucy, sending her backwards couple meters away, dazing her in the process.
"Oh? Fairy Tail isn't one to leave one of their own behind. I wonder what changed."
When Lucy regained her bearings, she stood up, but was kicked in the side, hitting a tree harshly. The pain hurts, but it wasn't anything compared to that hellhole. Lucy looked up to see a familiar redhead with a spear looking down on her.
The redhead narrowed her eyes suspiciously at Lucy. "Lucy Ashley. Your death will be swift."
Lucy gulped. Ashley? Last time she checked, it was Heartfilia. Or so she hoped. She has too any gaps to deal with.
"I-I'm sure you have the wrong person..." Lucy stuttered.
The redhead was and seemed unconvinced. "Even with your wardrobe change, you are still Lucy Ashley and I must complete my mission. Destroy all of Fairy Tail."
Lucy paused. Destroy Fairy Tail? Why does that sounds so...compelling? "I...Ashley isn't even my name."
"I have enough lies from you Ashley!" The redhead shouted, raising her spear.
"Ohohoho."
The redhead paused and turned to the source of that ominous sound.
A gay looking man with pink armor that revealed speedos appeared behind the girl.
"Sugarbooy. I did not see you." The redhead say.
Sugarboy? What kind of name is that? Lucy thought while staring that the gay looking man.
"This girl is from the other world, Earthland. She must be the counterpart of Lucy Ashley." The gay man, Sugarboy said.
Lucy crawled backwards a little, glad that the man had taken the attention of the scary looking girl. She could really use that mysterious power that she had used back then. It must've been celestial magic. It has to be.
"Earthland? How did they get here? In either case, I must eliminate them." The redhead turned back to Lucy with looks that could kill. And Lucy was so damn sure that she had seen those eyes before, but where!?
"You're...n-not going to...k-kill me...are you?" Lucy stuttered. She had only managed to escape and be free...only to be cornered by a girl of red hair. It seems fate wants her dead.
The redhead smirked. "It'll be a pleasure to do so."
The redhead pointed her spear at Lucy with smirk. This was what made Lucy snap. This what made Lucy so afraid. And Lucy was tired of it. If she wanted freedom, if she needs to fight for it, then so be it. Lucy don't want to die, she don't want to suffer again, she don't want to pain anymore.
Lucy was then painfully aware of magic energy that resided in her, magic that was all too familiar. Lucy didn't have time to really think on why it was familiar or how warm it had felt. The only thing she wanted was to escape and live.
A wave of magic coursed through her body and felt a familiar strength coursing her body. Lucy was encased in a golden light, blinding the gay man and the redhead.
When the light died down, Lucy was wearing a new set of attire. She now wore a bra with a cow pattern and pants that left her right leg entirely revealed. She had a pair of gloves and boots, with an additional belt and a bag around her waist. Her hairstyle was in two buns, one at each side of her head, with some hair hanging.
Lucy took a moment to look at her new attire. It was different from the last, and it revealed too much in her opinion. And her scars and wounds were showing as well.
Lucy took this chance to attack, seeing the shocked expression and decided to attack while they were still in la la land. She lunged forward with a raised fist and something told her to hit the ground, she did, and that earned her a powerful shockwave that was aimed at the redhead and the gay man.
Sadly, the duo dodged, having regained their posture from the sudden appearance of Lucy's magic.
"Magic?" The redhead said.
"Earthland magic...Magnificent!" The gay man, sugarboy said with a cheeky smile. For some reason, Lucy already hate him.
Lucy needs to find a way to escape. Or a possible way to defeat to these two. She needed another form of magic to help her. She knows that there are other forms of magic. But what was it?
Then there was a flash of golden light and a man in a black suit appeared with a smirk.
The redhead and Sugarboy jumped with shocked. Lucy had enough heart attacks for one day...For one day!
The man turned to Lucy with a smile. "Princess. It's good to see you are okay."
Lucy blinked. "...Who are you?"
The man immediately frowned and kept silent for a few seconds. "I must apologize that I was unable to save you. Something had blocked me from saving you. A seal perhaps. I must reckon that you had broken it."
Lucy was completely lost. "I-I...you lost me. I have no idea what you are saying."
"You're saying you don't know who I am?" The man asked.
Lucy shook her head.
"Then how did you summon that form?" The man gestured to Lucy's attire.
Lucy nervously chuckled. "I-It...just happened?"
The man was silent.
"Are you guys done yet? We are in a middle of a fight."
The man and Lucy turned to the redhead who had couple of ticks, fed up with waiting.
"Erza?" The man said with wide eyes.
Erza?
"Do I know you?" The redhead, or Erza spat back.
"Apparently we are in a world called Edolas." Lucy said, informing the mysterious man.
The man turned to Lucy for a moment before turning back to Erza and Sugarboy. "That makes more sense. Then this is the counterpart of the Erza we know...I wonder how strong you are." The man smirked.
Erza smirked back, raising her spear at the man.
"Lucy, summon more spirits and fight the gay looking man in pink armor."
"I AM not gay!" Sugarboy yelled with a tick.
The man ignored the pink armored man and turned to Lucy to make sure she knows what to do. Lucy only shook her head.
"Spirits? I don't know how to summon them. Do I need keys or cards...or something?"
The man immediately paled and deflated with shock. He actually wondered if she was being serious or not.
Apparently, she was.
The man sighed. He could go back to the realm and bring the others with him, but he is worried about Lucy facing these two, especially the one that looks like Erza.
So...he thought of the only one thing that had come to mind...take Lucy and run away. The man lunged at Lucy and carried her bridal style and ran at a past paste, hoping to outrun the two.
Erza and Sugarboy was stood there as Lucy and the mysterious man ran away.
"...Should we go after them?" Erza asked, looking at Sugarboy.
"No. All the captains of the Magic Warfare Units are ordered to go back to the royal capital since the giant amina plan had succeeded." Sugarboy explained.
"So we let them go?"
"I don't think the girl will be a threat. Let's just say we encountered no one. I'm sure the girl will do nothing."
Erza sighed. "I'll be heading back then. I was looking forward to a fight. A shame."
"I have a feeling that you'll get your fight." Sugarboy smirked.
Erza narrowed her eyes at Sugarboy.
...
The man ran as he carried a struggling blonde that kept yelling at him to let her down. The man did not relent until he thought he was at a safe distance.
Couple minutes later, he stopped and let Lucy down.
When Lucy was on her feet, she turned to the man and slapped him. "Who are you, and what just happened?"
The man weakly chuckled. "So you really don't know me, huh?"
Lucy only frowned.
"My name is Leo. I'm your celestial spirit, Leo of the Lion. The leader of the zodiacs. You saved my life, and I vowed to protect you."
Lucy sighed. "Ok...so...how do I summon you guys?"
Leo stared at the blonde for a moment, realizing that something was missing. "You keys are missing?"
Lucy blinked. "Huh? What keys?"
"And...you managed to summon a Leo and Taurus form..."
Lucy blinked again, extremely lost. "You lost me...again."
"You managed to do a star dress without a key. That's quite impressive. Where are your keys by the way?"
"Keys...that summon you guys?" Lucy inquired.
Leo nodded.
Lucy sighed. "I don't know. I don't even remember a key."
Leo stared at Lucy some more, letting some information sink in. How had he not notice his key being taken away? Was there a seal on it? What happened? Aquarius will kill her for this.
"Well, for some cases, I'm going to test something. Can you summon Taurus?"
"...Taurus? The bull?" Lucy asked.
"Yes. Say 'Open. Gate of the Golden Bull. Taurus.' And he should appear."
Lucy raised an eyebrow at him for a minute before complying and reciting the phrase he had said.
Nothing happened. She tried again, and nothing happened.
"You just can't say the word, you need to use your magic as you say them." Leo said.
Lucy huffed and did as she was told. After reciting the phrase and imputing some magic into it, she suddenly felt drained as a puff of golden light appeared. A big cow appeared, that Lucy assumed to be Taurus.
"It's been soooo looong, Miss Lucy!" Taurus said with hearts in his eyes.
"Impressive." Leo remarked.
"Why do I feel so drained right now?" Lucy fell to the ground.
"Summoning spirits without your keys are extremely draining. That's why keys are the most popular form to summon spirits and preserving the mage's supply of magic."
Leo turned to Taurus. "You should go back now."
Taurus made a puppy face as he disappeared.
Lucy felt so much better after the cow left. She turned to Leo, "How come I'm not feeling anything with you here?"
"I came here with my own magic." Leo explained.
"...That's makes sense."
"Anyway, summoning spirits without a key is very draining. But star dress uses less magic. So I would recommend you to use that until you find your keys.
"Star dress? You mean that different attire and gaining new powers?" Lucy recalled when she had killed that man with powers she did know she had, or when she was facing that redhead girl, Erza.
Leo nodded.
Lucy took a deep breath. "So...a masked man told me to find the city of Magnolia that apparently been absorbed and save them." Lucy said, changing the topic.
"Absorbed?"
"...Yeah...I'm not really sure. But that what he said. He called himself Mystogan."
"Mystogan talked to you?" Leo perked up.
"You know him?"
"I'm also a Fairy Tail mage. So I know everyone in the guild."
Lucy paled. Another Fairy Tail mage? "So wait...How are you a member of the guild if you are a spirit?"
Leo rubbed the back of his neck. "There was some complications before you had joined. I was banned from the realm and you saved me."
Lucy was lost. How had she saved him? And banned from the realm? The Celestial Realm?
Lucy let out a deep breath. "Ok...anyway. Guess I need to find the city so I can go back to our world...this place is pretty and all, but I prefer the other world."
"And Fairy Tail." Leo added.
Lucy remained silent on that note. She harbored some...feelings about that guild. Mystogan and Leo seems fine. But what about the others? They tried to kill Lucy with rage and anger. So...what had Lucy done? And why should Lucy save them? When they had tried to kill her?
A/N: .-.
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