The Girl Who Dreamed

Chapter 4. Galuna Island [Part 3]

Year: X784
Date: August 14th
Location: Galuna Island. Inside the Temple of the Moon.
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Rosetta wasn't the only one being effected by Lyra's song, so was Gray. He looked back at the ice appearing to be thinking to himself, it was his childhood that ran through his head. It had his Master who had given up her life so that he and Lyon, his childhood friend that was also an apprentice of Ul, could live on. Gray was in tears by the end of his flashback.

Lucy heard the sniffles from Gray and then noticed the tears streaming down a sleeping Rosetta's face. "Gray? Rosetta?" Happy then noticed too "Gray was crying.." he said softly. "No I wasn't." Gray countered. Lucy looked back over at the silent crying Rosetta who laid fast asleep. "It is true Lyra sing songs that reflects people's hearts...Sing a happier song Lyra!" Lyra just nodded then began to play another song.

Time passed and the whole gang was knocked out. The ground began to shake and slowly woke up Rosetta and Lucy. "What is that noise?" Asked Lucy. Natsu sat up straight saying "It's night!" Shortly after, Gray woke up.

Rosetta looked at the ice "The ceiling!" She called out. Everyone saw up above light coming down from a magic circle on the ceiling onto the encased Deliora. "Purple light..it must be from the moon!" Gray commented. Happy stared shocked "W-what the heck is going on!" Gray saw just how it was landing on Deliora, "There is no coincidence about about it." Natsu said. "Let's go!" Gray added. "It must be coming from above!" Rosetta commented as everyone ran to find exactly where the source of the light was coming from.

After finally finding an exit to the surface, the gang made it to the top of the temple. As they got closer to the center of the temple they saw a group of wizards in cloaks standing in a circle chanting. Everyone hid behind some of the ruins not too far from the action. In the middle of the group was the same magic circle from those they saw below on the way up.

There was a purple beam emanating from it to the sky. "That must be why the moon is purple..." Rosetta said glaring at the beam. "They really are collecting light from the moon." Natsu said. Rosetta thought to herself 'Moon Drip..is this what they were talking about?' She wondered. Lucy thought out loud "What are they trying to do by shining the light upon Deliora?" "It's a spell in Belianese..Moon Drip" Lrya said as she suddenly reappeared near Rosetta and Lucy. "Lyra, you're still here?" Rosetta asked with a soft smile. "So they are trying to resurrect that Demon below using the Moon Drip." Lyra said cold glaring at the circle.

Gray was the first to comment "That is impossible! The Iced Shell cannot be melted!" Lyra replied with "The magic that can melt it though is the Moon Drip. The collected magic from the moon can undo any magic. It's that powerful." Rosetta was amazed "The moon..is that powerful?" "Oh no.." Happy said trembling a bit where he stood. Rosetta scooped him up "It's okay Happy..just relax.." She said softly. "These guys don't know how horrifying Deliora is!" Gray said getting riled up. Rosetta then pieced together some pieces "Wait! Does that mean then that what the villagers are experiencing is a side effect of the whole Moon Drip thing?!" Lyra nodded confirming Rosetta's thought. "The collected magic is contaminating their bodies.." Rosetta started to tear up. Natsu was getting annoyed "Damn them all!" Just he was about to stand Lucy hit him to stay put "Wait! Someone is coming."

Others voices were heard suddenly, so the gang hid a little more and all saw a few people emerge. A man wearing a helmet, Sherry, Yûka, and Toby. "...We never even found the intruders" Yûka's voice was the first to be heard. Toby then barked a smart remark back. Sherry spoke up and said Reitei-sama. 'Is that who she was talking about before?' Rosetta thought. "There were intruders around noon and we failed to capture them..I can't express my love like this.." Sherry said sadly. Rosetta couldn't believe what she was hearing.