His Antidote (CoLu Fanfiction)

Chapter 10

Lucy's Point Of View

My eyes snapped open and I immediately sat up, gasping for air. My heart was racing and I could feel my body trembling in fear. My cheeks were wet with my own tears and even now, I could feel more coming.

I frantically checked my body, sighing in relief as I realized I was clothed, and that part doesn't hurt. A dream... No, nightmare. But it just felt so real.

Looking around, my eyes widened at the sight of the destroyed forest, and Tenma sprawled lifeless on the ground, his skin having hints of a dark purple. That was when I realized we were in a battle, and he struck me with some sort of magic that might've been the reason for that nightmare. Red Incubus... I see. I didn't know such magic as Incubus Magic exists.

"Here."

My attention was brought to the side as I heard a familiar voice. Turning to look at him, I panicked to catch whatever gleaming objects he threw me. I looked at Cobra for a few seconds, inspecting him for injuries but he seemed rather fine.

As I looked back to what he gave me, my eyes widened as I realized they were silver gate keys. Five of them. Ofcourse, being the celestial spirit lover that I am, I recognize every sign carved on the head part of the keys. Three of them were what Tenma summoned: the winged horse Pegasus, the dragon Draco, which in my opinion doesn't look like one. Well, most celestial spirits have the unlikely appearances anyway. Then the flaming bird Phoenix. The others were the eagle Aquila, and the crow Corvus. If there was one thing they had in common, they all had wings.

"Y-You're giving it to me?" I turned to Cobra, looking at him with hopeful eyes as I clutched the new set of keys to my chest.

A tinge of pink crossed his cheeks as he looked away. "Tch. Who else could use them? Their previous owner's dead."

A wide smile broke from my lips as I stood up, rushing towards him and without thinking, I gave him a quick peck on his cheeks. "Thank you, Cobra!" I beamed, not caring that he's glaring at me right now.

"A-Anyway," He stiffly turned around, making large footsteps as he walked ahead. I quickly ran to catch up his pace. "We still have to destroy the guild and take down the rest of the members."

"Mhm!" I nodded, smiling at the new set of keys before I stuffed them in my key holder. The thought of that horrible nightmare has left my mind.

I glanced at Cobra as he walked beside me, his face filled with seriousness as his forehead were fixed in a frown. For some reason, my heart quickened. I quickly shook my head, slapping my cheeks lightly to regain my focus.
  
   
   
Taking down Red Incubus resulted to a victory, and right now, we're in a room in an inn that Meredy managed to get. Like before, we have to fit ourselves in one cramped room.

"I'm the one who connects the paths to the Celestial Spirit World. Thou shalt answer my call and transverse the gate. Open! Gate of the eagle, Aquila!" I chanted, raising the silver key that had a head shaped like wings and the sign of the Aquila printed on it.

A large brown eagle with a white head and short yellow beak quite bigger than me in size appeared from a gold light. Despite being an actual large bird, it was wearing a white polo and a black chupalla hat over its head. Its yellow beaded eyes gleamed upon making eye contact with me.