Fairy Tail's Fire

I'm All Fired Up

The hot air whirled around Lucy, twirling her hair around her flushed face. She clasped a hand to her mouth as the scene before her seeped fear and hurt into every fiber of her being.

Who could have done such a thing? She thought in horror before running to her comrades side's, all fallen before her with cuts and forming bruises covering their bodies.

She skid to the closest member near her. "Gray!" She yelled, slightly raising his head to lay it on her lap. She smoothed back his hair soothingly, only to find her hand streaked with blood. Her heart skipped a beat as she stared at the crimson pigment shimmering in the sun, her whole being going numb.

"Lucy..." He murmured, keeping his eyes closed.

She burst out into tears as she heard Gray's raspy, terrified voice, once so strong and confident. "Yes, it's me, Gray." Her voice cracked as she wiped away a tear that fell onto his face.

"You have to stop him." He said faintly.

"Stop who?" She asked desperately, clutching onto him. She had to avenge her comrades.

Gray's lips moved but she couldn't make out what he was saying.

"What?" Lucy asked, turning her head and bringing it close to Gray's mouth to hear him.

But instead of telling her her much needed answer, he said faintly with a small chuckle before passing out, "Your hair is tickling my nose."

"Gray?" She whipped back her head to look at him. "Gray!" She yelled, her voice shaking at his name. She smoothed his hair back again and caressed his face, hoping- no, begging that the gentle movements would at least make his eyes flutter open for one second. Even a twitch of his hand would do. Anything to let her know he would make it through this.

She pressed her forehead against his and then thrust her head back and let a blood curdling scream erupt from her as sob after sob racked throughout her body.

She reached a shaky hand inside her pouch and held out a key. It trembled in the air as Lucy mumbled, "Open! The gate of The Virgin! Virgo!"

Within seconds, the pink haired celestial being appeared. "Prin-" She began but stopped mid word as she saw the scene before her.

"Princess!" She exclaimed, running to Lucy's side, placing a hand on her arm while the other wrapped around Lucy's shoulder's. "What is wrong?" She asked worriedly. Her face was somber, but when she lifted her head up and took in her surroundings, she gasped in shock and her face fell to utter outrage.

"Virgo..." Lucy said in a raspy tone, bringing the spirit back to her attention. "We don't have much time. We have to save them." Lucy looked up at Virgo with tears sliding down her face.

"Right." Virgo nodded affirmatively. "What do you want me to do, Princess?"

"Take them back to Fairy Tail. Wendy's there. She could heal them. She has to." Virgo heard Lucy's voice get more hysterical with each word she uttered.

Virgo quickly, yet gently, took Gray from Lucy's grasp. She could not stand to she Lucy suffering like this. She would do whatever she could to make her smile again. "Yes, Princess." She said before diving down into the ground.

Lucy stared at the hole a while longer before something glinting in the corner of her eye caught her attention. "What the?" She muttered, awe struck by the dome of what looked like to be ice. "What was Gray thinking?"

She walked up to the ice dome and rested her hand on the cool surface. She pressed her face against the dome to get a better look inside and gasped in shock. "Juvia!" She pounded against the ice in hopes of breaking it. "Juvia!" She yelled again, her hand throbbing from the blows. She didn't care though, getting to Juvia was the most important thing right now. Even if Juvia looked like she wasn't hurt too badly, she had to reach her. "Agh!" She cried out in frustration, thrusting both her fists against the ice and resting her head against one of them. She grabbed another key from her pouch. "Open! Gate of The Bull! Taurus!"