Fairy Hearts and Fangs

Enter Dark Guild... Grimoire Heart

Chapter 8

Enter Dark Guild... Grimoire Heart

I shot straight up in bed when I felt the whole guild hall shake. I looked for Natsu and saw he was putting on his vest that only had one sleeve (he said it was his favorite to wear when not at school because it showed off his guild mark). "Natsu what's going on?" "Stay here Luce. Don't leave this room," he said as he left the room. I heard yelling from down in the guild hall and knew something bad was going on. I ran to the bathroom to throw on jeans and a light blue t-shirt. I quickly pulled on my knee high brown boots, grabbed my keys and whip and ran out the door. I ran down the stairs and saw Mira leading my father down to the basement. I assumed to keep him safe. The battle had been pushed back outside and behind the guild near the woods. I ran out the guild doors and off to help my friends.

I saw everyone fighting. I went forward and summoned Virgo to help. "Open gate of the Maiden, Virgo!" I yell. "Yes princess, is it time for punishment now?" I face palm and say, "No Virgo. I need you to dig holes under those dark mages." "Shall be done princess." Virgo nodded and then disappeared in a hole underneath her. I looked ahead and saw dark mages who were running at me fall into holes. Virgo popped up in front of me. "Thank you Virgo, you may return now." "As you wish princess." I continue forward and more mages start running towards me. "Open gate of the archer, Sagittarius!" A man appeared wearing a horse head standing in salute. "Take them down please, Sagittarius. We'll discuss a contract later, but I really need your help," I tell him. "Shall be done." He loads multiple arrows on to his bow and shoots them at the mages taking them all out. He turns back around and I say, "Thank you Sagittarius you may go now." "It was a pleasure Miss Lucy and please summon me anytime you need." And he vanished back to the Celestial world. 'That was an easy contract,' I thought. I proceed again forward, but am stopped when something grabs onto my ankle. I try to shake it off, but it doesn't work. I look down and see a root wrapped around me. "What?" As I try to unwrap it from my ankle, another root wraps around my other ankle. "What is going on?" Then both my wrists were pulled upward as roots wrapped around them too. I frantically look around trying to figure out where this is coming from. I heard laughter and from the tree line saw a tall man with long black hair tied up in a ponytail walking towards me. He was wearing a long white trench coat and black and purple clothes underneath with baggy pants. "Thank you Azuma. That was much easier than expected. Master Hades will be very pleased when we bring her to him." I try to break free from the roots, but nothing is working. "Stop trying girl. You won't be able to break free." He walked up to me only inches separating us. I can see in the distance a certain pink haired mage. Before the man in front of me hits me on the back of the head I manage to yell out, "NATSU!" I saw him turn his head and see me then everything went black.

My eyes start to open and I can feel that I am laying down on a hard, cold floor. The space was dimly lit and no sign of outside light. I hear voices in the distance. "Master Hades, Bluenote has found the girl and brought her back here." I heard a female voice say. 'Bluenote' I thought to myself, 'that must be the guy who was standing in front of me.' I start to sit up and see that I am in some sort of cell. There was no windows and the walls were made of stone. My wrists and ankles were chained to the wall and floor. I looked at the cuffs and could tell they were anti-magic cuffs. These guys were not taking any chances. I then looked at my belt and saw my keys and whip were gone. I sighed. 'Why didn't I listen to Natsu and stay in the room.' "Master the girl has awoken." I heard the voice of that female again. I look out the cell bars and see an elderly man walking my way. He had long white hair that was under a helmet with horns coming out the sides. He had a long white beard and over his right eye was an eye patch. His arms are covered in armor and over his clothes he was wearing a large dark cape. Next to him walked the female, who I am assuming was the one talking earlier. She had pale skin and dark purple hair with a headband. She was wearing a sleeveless body suit that was black and white in the middle and the legs were brown. She was also wearing thigh high black boots. I stared at the man, remembering the dream that I had. He was the man in my dream. "Oh no," I mouthed. "Just you wait girl, I have big plans in store for you." He laughed and turned to walk away. The female stayed behind and walked closer to the cell. "You have no idea what's in store for you," she said with squinted eyes. "Ultear! Are you coming?" The old man shouted. "Yes Master." Ultear turned around and walked towards the steps. I pulled my knees to my chest and buried my head. I felt tears start to run down my cheeks. "Natsu, where are you."