Open! Gate of the Demon! {A Nalu Fanfiction}

Chapter 1: The Key

Third Person POV

"Happy!" said Lucy, FairyTail's Celestial Spirit Mage. "Wings!"

"Aye sir!"

Happy the blue cat soared over to Lucy and picked her up into the air.

As they soared up, they got a good look at what they were up against: a gigantic hydra.

It looked similar to a purple dragon. The only differences were 1. The obvious 5 heads, 2. The barbed tail, 3. All of its heads looked like a wolf's.

"That's the monster from the request," said Lucy. "But I didn't expect it to be this big!"

"Aye," replied Happy.

"I wish that we had brought Erza or Gray with us! This would be so much easier..."

"Can we just get this over with?" said Happy. "Y-you're really h-heavy, Lucy."

"Shut it, you stupid neko!!"

Then, the hydra noticed them. All 5 of its heads raced up, trying to snatch them with its sharp teeth.

"Ahhh!" Happy flew to the side, quickly avoiding being eaten.

"That was close!" Lucy yelled.

"Why don't we just cut off all of its heads?" asked Happy. "Then it can't eat us."

"No! If we cut off its heads then two more will grow back for each one!"

"What?? Then how are we going defeat this thing?"

"We just need to avoid the heads," said Lucy. "I'll have to aim for the heart or stomach." Lucy looked towards Happy. "Let's go!"

"Aye sir!"

They raced downward, and Lucy pulled out her keys.

"Open! Gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus!"

"Mooooo! I will protect Lucy and her nice body!" Taurus said with heart eyes.

"I'm counting on you!"

"Mooooo!!" And he brought down his ax into the heart of the beast.

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"That was easier than I thought."

"Aye," replied Happy.

They were walking to the house of the requester to pick up their reward.

"Taurus is pretty strong isn't he?" said Happy looking up at Lucy. "But he's he's also pretty weird."

"Ya, but that was still too easy. Why did the village request us to take it down?"

"Who knows?" replied Happy. "Let's just get that reward and go home."

"That's probably best," said Lucy. "Besides, the house is just over there!"

They walked up to the door and knocked. The door opened, revealing a girl with blood red hair and sky blue eyes.

"Oh! Welcome back!" she smiles. "I take it the job went well?"

"Ya, it was a piece of cake!" said Lucy.

"That's great!" She beamed. "Please, come in!"

"What was your name again?" asked Happy as they walked in.

"Oh, it's Akaihana (that means red flower) Shimo (that means frost)!" she replied with a laugh.

"That's a pretty name!" exclaimed Happy.

"Thank you!" Her blue eyes sparkled with excitement. "I'll go get my father, you may sit down over there while you wait."

After a minute, Akaihana came back in with a gray haired man.

"I've been told that you completed the job?" asked Mr. Shimo.

"Aye!" said Happy. "It was really simple too!"

"Well, I am glad to hear it!" he replied with a laugh. "I suppose you wish to receive your reward now, yes?"

"Absolutely!" exclaimed Lucy. "You also mentioned in the request that a key will be part of the reward?"

"Yes that it true," said Mr. Shimo. "But as you know, it isn't a gold key. But don't be disappointed. This key is pretty special!"

"Special?" asked a confused Happy. "What's so special about a silver key?"

"Akai-chan," he said to his daughter. "Please bring it here so I may show them."

Akaihana left and came back with a small metal box. She opened it up and pulled out a silver key with a flame symbol.

"This," said Mr. Shimo. "Is the Gate of the Demon: Etherious. Though it is a silver key, he is very powerful."

"Wow!" said Lucy. "It's rare to find silver keys with great power."

"Demon?" asked Happy. "That sounds scary!"

"I hope you accept the key," said Akaihana, ignoring Happy. "We want to show our gratitude for you defeating that monster. It has been quite the terror."

"I'm glad we were of service!" said Lucy. "And I will gladly accept the key!"

After they received their reward, they traveled back home.

"Is it really okay to do that Otou-san?" asked Akaihana.

"We have no choice Akai, that thing is a curse. We were luck that we found a Celestial Spirit Mage that would take the job."

"But-"

"What's done is done, and we will not take back that key."

"..."

"God, have mercy on their souls."

Lucy POV

"I can't believe it!" I exclaimed to Happy.

"What?" said Happy, half eating a fish.

"There's nothing in this book about Etherious!" I was shocked. This book has records of every Celestial Spirit!

"What if they gave you a fake?"

"No." I studied the key. "Because I can feel magic coming from it."

"Why don't you try summoning him?" asked Happy.

"Well," I said, closing the book. "I was going to summon him eventually."

I put the book back on the self and pulled out the new key.

I took a deep breath and held the key out in front of me.

"Open, Gate of the Demon: Etherious!"

There was a burst of light, like always, and after it subsided, I got a good look at my new spirit.

"Wow..." said Happy. He was actually shaking a little bit.

Wow was definitely the right word. But I'll admit: I was kinda scared too.

He had cherry colored hair with two horns that curled back, like hair being blown back in the wind.

He wore a black shirt that covered his torso, but revealing his arms. His hands were like a dragon's claws: red, scaly, and sharp.

The scales went up past his elbow and ended looking like flames.

Finally, on his back were two red, dragon-like wings.

I don't know how long I looked at him, but I decided to snap out of it and ask him if he wanted to make a contract or not.

"Hi, I'm Lu-"

But before I could finish my sentence, I saw a blur, and I couldn't breath. I was chocking!

He was trying to kill me.

To be continued in...
Chapter 2: The Roomate