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Something is Changing	By : moxiflox Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 5257 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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They were gone. Gods, I was hoping I was doing the right thing. I looked down and found manacles on both my wrists, but my legs were free.
The master stepped forward, his purple eyes shifting to some sort of blue. What was this guy? "Yes, Rolonov?" Tarquin asked.
Rolonov. I know that name. He had been the master of a guild not far from Magnolia. I remembered them because their story had come out after Rolonov's disappearance. It had turned out that members of their guild had been disappearing over the course of a few months. It culminated in tragedy when there had been a large explosion at their guild, of which there were no survivors. Rolonov's body had never been found. Everyone whispered of dark magic, but no one dared investigate. The local council had been content with assuming he was lost in the fire and closed the case. I looked around the room at the many members of his new guild. Clearly, Rolonov had been busy.
"Now that her friends know where we are, I must insist we move. I don't relish losing any more of my members, even for your.. generous.. fee," he said with a taste of displeasure.
Shit. If they move me, I'm in a lot of trouble. I was relying on buying us some time, but that might backfire if they can't find me. I could only hope that Natsu would follow my scent. That reminded me of this morning while we were waiting for Rannelly. I had been afraid he would put the pieces together about Gray and I if he caught our scents mixed together. It's not like it would be unusual for us to smell like each other, but I couldn't help but worry that we might smell.. different.. now. I really needed to talk to Levy when I got home about all this dragon slayer senses stuff.
Gray and I. I didn't even know what that was, really. We had established something between ourselves, but I had no idea how we were going to handle it with the guild, or with the team. I didn't want to change anything, but was that inevitable? Gods, I hoped they didn't transport them too far away. Come back to me, guys.
"Very well," Tarquin nodded as he walked toward me, a toxic smile on his repulsive face. "Sorry Blondie, but I don't need you knowing where you're going." I saw him raise a fist before everything went black.

Gray opened his eyes and found the sky. Lying on his back, he looked around and found them in some forested countryside. He saw Natsu a few feet away, face first in the ground, with Happy not far from him. He pushed himself up onto his elbows to get a better bearing, but as he propped himself up he felt a throbbing ache in his head. Damn, he thought as he rubbed it, must have hit the ground hard. He heard a groan from behind him. Turning over his shoulder, he saw a groggy Oliver start to rouse. Next to him was Daniella, still out. His stomach cringed, he hoped the girl was alright. They had no idea how much pain she had been put through before they arrived, but if it was anything close to what passed across Lucy's face that brief moment Tarquin had.. Lucy, what if that was happening to her now? He shook his head. He couldn't think about it. He just needed to get to her.
Pushing himself off the ground, he faltered over to Natsu.
"Ey, Natsu." He grabbed him by the shoulder of his shirt and flipped him over. Natsu opened one eye as he stirred. As soon as he realized where he was, he jumped to his feet.
"Where the hell are we?" he fired out as he looked around, searching for Lucy, but Gray was already pushing past him to the other two.
"I have no idea," said Gray as he approached Oliver, who was now sitting, "but their magic can't have thrown us too far. Wake up Happy and have him fly up and see where we are. Oliver," he motioned toward Daniella. She didn't look bruised, which was good, but she was pale. She wouldn't recognize him, so it would probably be better that Oliver be the one to wake her up. Even though he was a piece of shit, he was her family. He heard Natsu yelling at Happy and watched Oliver crawl over to the girl while he thought about their next move.
Hopefully, Happy could give them some idea where they were. He didn't think Lysander's magic could have sent them too far, but they were disoriented now in this unfamiliar area. They needed to get themselves back on track. After Oliver woke up Daniella, they might have to rely on him for figuring where they were, which was frustrating. They didn't have time for his poor attitude when Lucy's life was on the line.
Lucy. Something inside him pained. They couldn't waste any time. He watched Happy fly above them. It had only been this morning that he and Lucy were alone in her room, and now she was so far from him. This had always been one of his fears, what sick joke was it that it would come true so quickly. He didn't know what he would ever have done if he had lost Lucy before, and he knew Natsu felt the same. But now that she was really his, the loss felt so much more torturous. He had allowed himself to feel and he was already bitten by the consequences. But thinking back on the night before, he knew it didn't matter. Feeling like this, his heart so helpless, would forever be worth it if he had Lucy. The only proof he needed was falling asleep with her last night, wrapped up in his arms. Her skin on his, her face tucked into his neck, the smell of her vanilla strawberry hair as she slept, and the absolute peace he felt while holding her. It was right, no matter how long he had held himself back in fear of changing everything. He knew it was right. Which is why he needed to get his head in the game and get her back. He had made her a promise he had intended to keep, he was coming back for her.
He knew they couldn't do it alone. He had no doubt that they would fortify their enchantments now that they had the time and knew their magic. Going up against an entire dark guild while avoiding those entrapments would be too much. They needed the guild. They just needed to figure out a way to contact them. They couldn't risk going all the way back to Magnolia, there was just no time.
Suddenly, a thought came to him. That was it. Oliver had brought a lacrima with to keep in contact with Rannelly.
"Oliver. Do you still have your communication lacrima?" he barked hastily at the earth mage, who was sitting next to a now awake Daniella. She looked terrified, and tired. What kind of a sick person was this Tarquin?
Wordlessly, Oliver nodded and pulled the lacrima out of his pocket, handing it to Gray. Natsu appeared by his side as he activated it and found a visibly concerned Lord Rannelly on the other end.
"I am glad to see you're alive," he released a knot of air from his chest as he relaxed, "does this mean things are going well?" his voice still strained.
"We have your niece, Lord Rannelly, but we still have a problem. Lucy traded herself for Daniella and Oliver after Tarquin took them both to buy us more time. She's strong. She will last for a while, and we will get them both to safety, but we won't leave until we get Lucy back."
"Oh, I see. That's terrible. What a relief that you have Daniella. But of course, terrible. What can I do for you?"
"We need you to contact our guild, Fairy Tail in Magnolia, and tell them to meet us a short distance from the safe house you sent us to this morning. Tell them not to get close and that we will find them and meet them there. Tell them we are running out of time."
"Of course, Of course, but where are you?" he questioned as he gave instructions over his shoulder to someone behind him. At least he was wasting no time.
Gray glanced up, looking for Happy. "We don't know yet, but we will find them. Bring them to an area near the safe house yourself and you can take Daniella and Oliver back with you."
"Our guild will deal with this. They're going to regret taking a member of Fairy Tail," Natsu growled angrily.
At this moment, he was happy to have Flame Brain for a partner. We would get her back.

I woke up in a new room. I had no idea how much time had passed, but looking out the window I could see that it was still light out. I heard voices outside the room, but for now I was alone. I sat up from the floor. My wrists were still chained together. I looked down and realized my keys were still on my belt. At first, hope soared in my chest until I realized what it meant. It wasn't a good sign. If they didn't see me as a big enough threat to take my keys, then I was running out of time. I lifted myself to a standing position and moved toward the enchanted barriers I knew would be there.
I pushed, nothing.
Looking up, I read the text. "Lucy Heartfilia shall not leave these barriers. Also, no spirit that is contracted or has been contracted by Lucy Heartfilia may enter." I sighed, they must know about the ability to break our contracts. I could have broken mine with Loke, knowing he would renew it after, but not anymore.
I moved to sit against the wall, feeling my face. My lip and cheek had already started to swell. I couldn't wait on the possibility of my team finding me, so I needed to start thinking of something myself. Since it seemed my spirits were out of the question I scanned the room, hoping to find some sort of weapon.
Wait. No spirit that is or has ever been contracted by me. Holy.. Deneb. I hadn't had time to make a contract with him yet.
My heart started racing. I didn't have a lot of time and this was likely my only shot. I touched the key and whispered, "Open the Gate of the Swan, Deneb!" A thin, silver light shown and the swan appeared. I leaned forward to it.
"Deneb, right?" The swan nodded.
"I'm Lucy, and I'm very excited to meet you and make a contract with you, but I need a favor first.."
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He left through the window to find Natsu and Gray. I had also sent him to get Loke from the Celestial World, asking him to come with his own magic as a member of Fairy Tail. Against a dark quild, we could use him. Who knew how many of them had come with. I had taken out two, and Rolonov had said Gray and Natsu had done damage as well, but for all we knew there were dozens of them. I believed in my guild, but sometimes time was just not on our side.
I jolted up as Tarquin entered. "Apologies, Lucy. I was just.. renegotiating. Your friends were a little more than we had bargained for. It will be no issue now. Lysander is fortifying our location with similar enchantments. You know the drill, you may not summon any celestial spirits, no elemental magic may be used, so on and so forth. Your friends will walk right into a death trap if they set foot in the house. It won't be just your room, this time. They will be powerless." I bit my lip. I had gotten lucky. If Lysander was just getting to setting up a summoning ban on me around the entire house, I had called Deneb out just in time.
"You bit off more than you can chew, Tarquin. Even if you get rid of me and take my power, they will come after you. It doesn't matter how much magic you collect. You will never be safe. Fairy Tail doesn't forget."
A familiar purple streak shot forth from him again, connecting with my thigh. Searing pain coursed through me. I held my breath to stop myself from crying out. He would not get that satisfaction from me. I lived through Gajeel and Minerva, I could do this.
Over the blood pounding in my head I heard him speak again. "Ah, glad it doesn't seem to bother you, because this is how I will be siphoning your power. Poor Daniella could barely take it. I had to keep taking breaks so that she didn't die on me so quickly," he continued with no hint of remorse in his voice. It was clear he was a psychopath. "Hold on, Blondie, your day is about to get worse," he taunted as countless other purple cords short toward me.
Pain traveled through every vein in my body, burning me from the inside out. I closed my eyes and tried to focus on something other than the pain, but I was fighting a losing battle. With my strength being drained away, I was finding it harder and harder to hold on. I looked down at my guild mark for strength. Something splashed on it. Was I crying? The pain seemed to last for hours, and actually, I think it did. I drifted in and out of consciousness, waking to the same constant pain that knocked me back out again. Every time I woke, the shadows were tearing my body apart.

Motionless, they all stood around the orb in the center of the room. Knowing the situation, the Celestial Spirit King had opened up a portal for her spirits to keep an eye on Lucy. They wanted to be as much help as possible, if she needed them.
And god, did she need them, Loke thought as anger ran through him. Aries had stopped watching and was now holding onto Loke, whose fists were balled tight. He couldn't take his eyes from her. She was strong, and smart, sending Deneb, but he couldn't take her pain. None of them could. Any one of them would be willing to switch places with her.
He would join the guild soon, but he had needed to see her a little longer. Caprico had been silent, but Loke could see the rage bubbling with each of her cries under his stoic façade. Virgo was punishing herself for not being able to reach Lucy and no one had the heart to stop her.

With one last look at the suffering of the most important person in his life, he slipped away.
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