Fallen Celestial (Fairy Tail fanfic)

Fallen Celestial Part 10

sorry for the delay on this chapter guys, got really busy with work and lets just say that i got distracted with something else (cough cough...destiny...cough). anyways hope you all enjoy this latest chapter.

One year, Lucy couldn't help but think of the entire year that she had spent in Underworld as she approached the citadel of Greed. If she was being entirely honest with herself she had been having such fun exploring this strange new world and becoming stronger than she would have ever thought possible that she had almost forgotten the real reason that she was here. Almost.

Abaddon had explained to her in their travels that so long as she did not have a beating heart the scar upon her stomach would forever remain, and that her body would be unable to grow again until that day. They had tried multiple times to find strong demons and replace her stopped heart but each time the demons heart would simply burst before Abaddon could place it within her. After trying a few more times Abaddon simply said that a normal demons heart would simply not be enough for Lucy's level of magic. As such the only choice they apparently had was to take the heart of a dragon, something that most dragons would not be very willing to give up.

It had not been all bad however, over the past year she had managed to obtain two more pacts; the pact with the Mistress of Envy, and a pact with the Lord of Gluttony. The Lord of Gluttony, Gutha, had simply had Lucy eat a massive feast in order to obtain his pact. Gutha was a massive man who looked like a stereotypical head merchant. The man looked like someone had pumped a man full of air because Gutha was as round as inflated ball. Lucy would have been disgusted by his appearance when she first met him if it weren't for the fact that she was so curious how his body was able to move around with so much weight.

Surprisingly, the demon of Gluttony had actually been a decent person. During the entirety of their feast he would crack jokes and slap Lucy merrily upon her back when she would make a joke of her own. and when they had all finished the meal he had merely reached over and tapped her pink mark, granting her the pact of Gluttony. From then on she was able to fully command all of his demons, which were pretty much giant mouths with legs attached that could devour anything, even magic, but were not capable of growing stronger from their food like dragon slayers were capable of.

From there they went to see the Mistress of Envy, a demon going by the name Invia, who was quite the strange looking demon. She looked like a complete shadow that had no real defined shape or looks besides eyes that were entirely white. The moment that someone approached however her shadowy form would take the appearance of said person, only with her voice still coming out from their mouth. This of course led to a moment where a fake Frederick was standing before Lucy and spoke with the voice of a young lady, causing Lucy to lose it and fall to the floor in laughter, much to the dismay of the old warrior.

Invia's challenge had been quite difficult. She had shown Lucy a vision and had told her that she would pass her challenge if she could keep herself under control. At first her vision was of nothing but darkness, but then slowly a city started to form around her. A city that she was quite familiar with. The familiar view of Magnolia surrounded Lucy causing nostalgia to almost overwhelm her but she kept it under wraps. Lucy had sworn to obtain each Pact and she would be damned if she lost one just because she was feeling home sick.

Slowly the vision changed till she was standing just outside of her home, the Fairy Tail guild hall. Lucy subconsciously brought her hand up to her chest and clenched it so tight that it started to hurt. Here she was, at the place that had led to some of her greatest joy and some of her most miserable moments. More than anything she just wanted to walk through those giant wooden doors and shout out that she was home. But deep down she knew that she may never get that chance again.