The Elemental Sorceress

Chapter Twenty

CHAPTER — TWENTY

The Meeting

Nova reawakens in the mortal realm with two weeks until the Wizard Saint meeting. She sits beside the Elementals trying to figure things out. "I don't understand, I remember everything. Why haven't my powers come back?" She's growing frustrated with herself trying to awaken the dormant abilities. The others had no explanation for her, they were confused as well.

"I have barely any time until I have to face Mortem again. With the way I am right now I don't stand a chance." She releases an aggravated sigh tugging at her hair. "None of this makes sense!"

Lucy watches her in concern. "Maybe your power needs a trigger?"

Nova throws her hands in the air, "Well isn't that fucking wonderful." She stands up and storms off. "I'm going for a walk."

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They were a few hours away from the meeting now and Nova had made no progress. "Let's just head back, obviously nothing is working." She sighs, shaking her head. "I know that when it comes down to it... I'll be okay."

She turns to Lucy and opens her hand. "I need to do one last thing before we leave, hand me the keys."

Lucy hands them over without a word. She watches as Nova holds them in both her hands; a faint glow begins to emit from her grasp. She opens her hands to reveal a singular translucent almost rainbow key. "Hold onto this, okay? If you ever need me all you need to do is touch the key and wish for me. No matter where I am I will be able to get to you. Though... if anything ever happens to me it will revert back into four keys. In that case, you must protect them."

Lucy holds the key to her chest and nods. "Thank you for trusting me with this, Nova."

The brunette's face softens, "I would never trust anyone else." She brushes her pants off and sighs. "Let's head back to the guild. We should be there right on time."

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Nova contacts Orion to get them back to the guild; she doesn't throw up this time but Lucy does. When they arrive she rushes to the guild hoping that Makarov hadn't left without her. She runs up to the counter and startles Mirajane. "Has Master left yet?"

Mirajane nods polishing a mug, "He left this morning, I believe his meeting should be starting about now."

Nova curses beneath her breath and leaves just as quickly as she came. Orion is waiting for her outside the building. "We need to get there now."

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The Wizard Saints gather in the large stone chamber; Jace stands beside Ozai, the only nonwizard saint in the room. Nova contacted him and demanded Jace be present at the next meeting. He wasn't sure why she wanted her brother there but he knew better than to question her motives. If Jace was needed at something like this, it had to be important.

Everyone in the room waits for Makarov to speak. He talked to each of them personally before the meeting. They all knew something was going to happen and it was going to be dangerous. Normally if there was a threat they'd wait to hold a meeting but Makarov told them it was very important. If the meeting was canceled they'd most likely be targeted individually. There was a larger chance of success against the threat if they banded together.