Book 2: Lionheart (Sting Eucliffe X OC)

Chapter 5

Rebecca's P. O. V:

We gather back at the guild hall after Hughes was able to take the memento from Lucy, which turns out to be a clock hand, and Wendy and I tended to everyone's injuries.

Erza and Gray have returned from a job.

Wakaba demands to know from Gildarts who'd showed up out of nowhere and Erza had gone to assist, jumping to his feet with a cigarette in his mouth, "What?! Are you serious?! The Legion Platoon?!"

Sitting next to him, Cana muses, holding up a hand, "So you're saying, we were attacked by followers of Zentopia?"

"Yeah," Gildarts confirms, nodding once. "There's no doubt about it."

"But why would the largest organised church in Fiore do something like that?" Macao questions.

Gildarts responds, "Not entirely sure why, but the man I fought mentioned something about a Holy War."

Slamming his hand on the table, Natsu says angrily, "All that matters is they stole from Lucy!" He looks to the celestial mage as he clenches his free hand tightly. "I swear! We are going to get back what rightfully belongs to you!" She nods in agreement, a sad look on her face.

Happy tries to assure Lucy, "It's not your fault they were able to take it. That creepy girl had you under her controlling spell."

Michelle apologises, "I'm so sorry. I wish I could've done something to help you."

Lucy hangs her head as she says, clenching her fists in her lap, trembling, "You shouldn't be so hard on yourself, Michelle. It's all on me. Because... I'm too weak."

Makarov muses as he sits at the bar, "A series of church attacks just before the Zentopia founding festival, a mysterious clock hand inscribed with an ominous phrase, which is also sought by the Legion Platoon, and now there's talk of a Holy War."

Natsu says seriously with his arms crossed over his chest, Happy nodding along, "Well, I'd tell you this much: those guys made a big mistake when they chose to mess with a member of Fairy Tail. This thing is just getting started, that's for sure."

Gray questions, sitting shirtless at a table where Erza and I are standing, "Was anybody able to follow them and figure out where they were going?"

Erza says, hands on her hips, "Well, according to Warren, every single search team lost sight of them. But I agree with Natsu; it's not over. Not by far."

Natsu punches his left palm as he says eagerly, "Oh, yeah! So let's hunt 'em down and teach them a lesson they're never gonna forget! Who's with me?"

Lucy briefly closes her eyes before smiling determinedly.

Erza says, "We need to try to make sense of what we're facing. The Legion Platoon attacks us to steal the clock hand, and during the battle they mentioned a Holy War. Why would they need that item? Does it play a role in this impending war? And to what is that strange inscription referring?"

Lucy says as she flips through the pages of a book, hand to her chin, "This clock is real. It exists somewhere out there. But I just can't imagine what its significance could be."

Leaning on the table beside her, Cana questions with a frown, "Do you think the chaos the inscription talks about and this Holy War are one and the same?"

We glance at Natsu as he moans. His arms are crossed and there's a blank expression on his features. Cana deadpans as Happy tells him, waving his paw, "I don't think your brain can handle this. You look like you're in pain."

"Hmph. Shuddup, Happy," The Dragneel huffs indignantly, turning his head away.

Gray tells him, sitting on the table, "Chaos also means no more rules."