Fighting Oblivion

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

"But, don't you have some sort of crossword puzzle you're supposed to give us?" I was furious, no. I was so far beyond furious I saw red. How dare Sting be so rude to the little spirit especially after all the sweet things he just said. And, not to mention, giving us a warning that only we knew about, so only we could act on. Of course Sting Eucliffe, Master of Saberdouche, wouldn't give two shits about me or my key, but I thought he might give a little more attention and respect to a warning about saving the world. I can't believe he is actually the master of his own guild, and one as strong and respected as Sabertooth. He was acting just like Natsu! No! Worse than Natsu. At least Natsu whenever made rude comments about people's appearances; he didn't do it to demean them! Well, maybe when it came to Gray...or Gajeel...ok maybe the two were a lot more alike than I initially thought.

"Its Del-Fy-Nus, you jerk!" I corrected him, my face burning red with my anger. I wanted to say more but he waved us off.

"Yea, yea, my bad. Delphinus. Can we get to the bottom of this?" That's what he thought an apology sounded like! Ugh! And I thought he was trying to be better than he was at the GMG. But he sounded exactly the same! How did Yukino put up with this?

"If Lexy is ready to hear?" The spirit asked. I wasn't ready. I wanted to tear Master Sting a new one but the spirit didn't seem to care how insulting Sting was. He's probably heard it all...I mean I guess technically he did have the ass of a dolphin. I shook my head at that ridiculous train of thought. "Fine, fine. Whatever, let's do this."

Delphius cleared his throat and looked around, making sure he had our undivided attention.

"The siren's song sings sadly for her master newly lost,

'Polaris, guide her to me,' sounds the mermaid's cry!

Darkness creeps towards her across the ground of frost,

Seeking to collect the last requisite from on high

Her gilded vessel awaits new covenant to lay claim

She can only pray, as evil travels the blasted sea

An old friend can save her if the treasured bond remain

Bimestrial soon passes, approaching catastrophe.

As soon as he was done he turned to Yukino, blew her a kiss and popped back through his gate. I was scribbling furiously this whole time, only registering his exit when a fine mist of water kissed my cheek. No one spoke, we were all just soaking in as much information as we could, turning the lines around in our head.

"What the fuck was that?"...Well...almost all of us.

I ignored Sting and the confusion clear on his face, though I had to admit, it looked good on him.

"Yukino, you said you knew where the key was?"

"Yes, Lucy. But just the general location. And I don't know how much that will narrow it down." She looked sad, like she was disappointed she wasn't helpful enough. But she got a lot further than I had in the few months since I learned Aquarius' key had come back to Earthland.

"Well, you gonna share with the class?" Sting prodded her.

"Oh!" She blushed. "Of course! I believe it's on the northern continent. Polaris is the north star and if you follow its path it leads you directly to the Northern Continent. I thought it meant just north at first but 'blasted sea' obviously refers to the Blast Sea. If we cross the sea and head north, we'd end up in Guiltina!"