Lucy (red (sword) dragon slayer)

Chapter 18

Lucy P.O.V
I saw Minerva falling down. I relaxed my shoulder but I was too naive... "Jura.." I mumbled. I can tell that he's there, all along, watching the fight between me and Minerva. "Lucy-dono.." I heard him say. "You came looking for a fight huh. Fine, I'll be your par partner." I smirked. I know that he isn't an easy one.. but that doesn't mean that I can't beat him. "Koi! (A/N: that means 'come!')" Jura shouted. "Expecting a girl to give you the hit huh... thats really sweet of you, to make you paralyzed first, that is.." I said. "Para--what?" He asked. "Whatever you throw at me, I'll take it!" He shouted going to his fighting stance coming in for battle. "Maneuveur expaliscimo" I mumbled. Lighting strikes and hit him from the top. He put his hand in position struggling of the lighting effects. "Good, the lighting is down..." He panted. "Oooaarrrr" The sound started shaking and that sound appeared, ooaaarrr.. Ughh.. this trick? Few seconds chanting his spell.. he suddenly collapsed. "Now that goes for a paralyzing spell!" I said. But, saying that.. too late, his chant is done. I saw a vision of myself being defeated. That is a nightmare for me... "Urghh..." I panted. Jura slowly got back up. "What?!" the paralyzing effect should'nt have wore off! Don't tell me... he knows my power." I looked down wide-eyed." 

"That's right, Lucy-dono. I know it well. It belongs to the Ancient Dragon Crisia. It, though have a weakness. Which is it's emblem, the emblem of the Reon empire. You, have the power of Crisia and that goes for your emblem. This proves that if everyone knows this, you will not be the strongest!" Jura speaks out. Everyone and everything was silent, until he put his hands together, "this will be the last time you speak yourself as the strongest!"

The ground moved and pillars of rock appeared. I flew above trying to avoid it. He was aiming for my emblem on my right hand. "Nightmare Vast!" I tried cutting of the pillars but everything just grew and grew. The pillars hit my emblem and I coughed up blood. I feel a bit numb. "Why am I weak... again? Just before Lisanna came, I was weaker! And yet, now... I feel weaker!" Just when I was about to give in, I heard, 

"Don't give up! That's not you, Lucy!" I heard from far away, "Believe! Believe that you can win! Believe in everything! Don't give up no matter what! Stand, stand Lucy. Just like how you used to be!" blockhe- no, Natsu said. I stood back up, struggling. 

"Hmmph! Trying to act cool. That's very not like you, Natsu!" I looked at Jura. "I will win! I will win, for the sake of my friends, my guild and-" I remembered something. My celestial spirits. Everything suddenly went blank. Where did my celestial spirits go? Did I throw them away? No way! They're my precious friends. 

Lucy, it's me, Capricorn. If you wish to get us back, we will go back to your side. 

I smiled. 

But only, and only, if you throw away Crisia's power.

I... 

Everything that is black turned normal. No one's here... Jura? Natsu? Everyone in the guild? W-what's happening here? What's going on? The sky was normal, buildings were normal, only the people is missing.

"Lucy!" I heard Natsu's voice, I looked back and saw him with Happy.

"Natsu! Where's everyone? What happened?" I asked.

"I could only find Happy, Wendy, Erza, Gray, and Gajeel. Along with Mirajane. And what do you mean 'what happened'?"

"Well... What I mean is... that..."

"Lucy! YOU happened. You chanted a spell and then in a blink of an eye, no one was here!"

"So you are saying that this is my fault?!"

Another voice came in, "No. It is not her fault." It was Erza. 

"Erza!" I glanced.

"Eh hmm, forgetting someone?"

"Gray! Was it?" I wondered.

"Don't go forgetting names, Lucy!" Gray talked back.

Wendy, Carla, and Gajeel appeared too. Mirajane walked along as she sighed. 

"Mira, what's the matter?" I asked her.

"This is the Ofolx," Mirajane said. She suddenly dropped down to her knees, "And this place, weakens wizards and demons."

"They why aren't we affected?" I asked thoroughly. 

"You guys must be strong enough to handle it but I... a demon that hasn't used her powers for around 1 year, can't stand this! I'll tell you everything I know. This world is a different world than the world we've been living at. Like I said, this world weakens wizards and demons. It's a completely different world. Everything have probably be turned into pearls. Magical ones. You have to collect all pearls in here to be able to get back to the real world. For our world to be affected, it should take around 10 pearls." Mira said, starting to faint down. "Your first clue," she said pointing to the sea. "Underwater cavern." She closed her eyes slowly. 

"Mira!" I shouted looking at her slowly.

"I don't think she's dead." Wendy smiled. "She just passed out. But it will take a few days for her recover." She placed her hands on top of Mira's chest. "I'll heal her for a while."

"While Wendy, is healing Mira... we should go get those pearls." I said.

"We can't just leave Wendy here, Master!" Erza said. 

I looked at Wendy. "Leave Mira here." I commanded.

"I can't do that!" Wendy said as she stood up.

"No one is here anyways!" I shouted.

"M-Monste-ters..." I heard Mira said. "L-leave... me... h-here *cough blood *cough blood, t-they can't-- eat dem--ons..."

"As she said, Wendy. And the problem is monsters."

We walked to the port and when we reached there, we all saw the huge sea spreading so far away. I looked back at Magnolia and when I looked front, here... is where our problem began.