Lucy's P.O.V

We've been traveling for three days to get to the destination of the request. We were on the train until it reached it's last stop and continued to walk into a nearby forest, which was apparently in the direction of where we had to be. We made camp twice so we could rest. Now we are in the middle of nowhere, no trees or shrubs, no rivers and no life. During the journey I learnt that the request was to find the whereabouts of a strong magic energy in a town cold Grendilo, it seemed suspicious but it was to late to turn back.We have been walking for about three hours without any water and most of use are loosing energy and becoming dehydrated.

"Erza are we almost there? It's hot, we are all tired and very dehydrated! I fear we will not make it." I say as I walk with Lisanna.

"We should be there soon." She replied.

"Hey Luce... why don't you just summon your mermaid water lady?.. then we can get some water." Natsu says

"Natsu your an idiot. Her name is Aquarius and she's my water barer. I also can't summon her without water." I say.

I suddenly become a bit upset and hold on to the necklace I made out of Aquarius' key as I remember what happened to her when we had to verse Zeref's demons.

"Oh well then your no help." He says back.

"Hey if I remember correctly, I was told that you were the one who chose the mission! So don't get angry at me!" I yell back.

"Guys be quiet, if you keep fighting your going to loose more energy." Gray says from behind Lisanna and I.

"Shut it droopy eye's!" Natsu yells in return.

"What did you say Flame Brain?!" Gray says.

"Hey guys! What in the world is that." Carla says pointing to something in the distance.

We all look at what she is pointing to. We look at the horizon and see what seems like a town that is on fire. We all exchange looks at each other, everyone's eye's filled with worry. Without saying anything to each other, we all started to race to the town with what little energy we had. As we got closer we heard screams of pain and sorrow. We heard wizards chanting spells and yelling. We picked up our pass and finally reached the town. We travelled to the centre of the town to find a horrible sight. We saw bodies everywhere and wizards fighting a dark cloaked figure, who was radiating a lot of magic energy. we ran up towards the wizards and saw that they were Sabretooth wizards.

"What the hell is happening?" Lisanna asks one of the Sabretooth members.

"This guy has been causing trouble. He's a dark wizard who can control people and he has already taken control of three of our members." The guy says

"Who did he take control of?" Wendy asks.

"... Sting... Rogue... and Yukino..." The Sabretooth member says again.

Suddenly a flash of light flashes snapping our attention to the sky. We watched as something was falling. As it got closer it turned into a figure who slammed their fist into the ground with great force, sending everyone flying back. We all got back on our feet to see Sting standing there with completely black eyes. From behind the cloaked figure we saw Rogue approach and stand next to Sting. All of a sudden I saw Erza, Natsu and Gray go to attack the mind controlled Sting and Rogue. I stare just standing there staring at what is happening to my friends, all of a sudden Lisanna grabs my hand dragging me out of my frozen position. She also grabs Wendy's hand and we start to run away from the attacks, with Carla and Happy flying above them. Wendy starts to slow down which makes them stop to look at her, she's out of breath and looks really dehydrated. I drag her and Lisanna into a building that wasn't on fire. I looked around and saw a tap at the corner of the building, I looked for something to put some water in and to my luck I found a bowl. I grabbed it and filled it up as fast as I could at the tap, I then gave it to Wendy who drank all of it.

"Thank you Lucy-nee." She says as she gives me back the bowl.

I nod my head and get some more water for Lisanna, Happy, Carla and then Myself. We sit there for about five minutes listening to the fight in worry.

"I should be out there helping Natsu..." Happy says.

"No its best we stay here we wouldn't be that much help to them." Carla says making Happy pout.

"Your wrong..." Wendy whispers just loud enough for us to hear.

"Wendy I am right, we can do nothing but get in their way." Carla says sternly back to Wendy.

"No Carla your wrong!" Wendy raises her voice into a slight yell, surprising all of us.

"Okay Wendy, then what can we do." I asked

"We can figure out how to snap Sting, Rogue and Yukino out of the mind control. And I've already come up with a solution. If we find a way to make the cloaked figure lose his focus on the three, the mind control will most likely stop. I was studying the fight before we ran for cover. Every time an attack gets near the cloaked figure Sting or Rogue deflect it. They are protecting him so he doesn't loose focus." She explains.

"Yes but I sensed a lot of magic energy coming from that cloaked weirdo, so there's the chance that even if we distract them it still won't work." Lisanna says.

"That's something else I was studying. I believe the cloaked person takes in his captives magic energy. I bet if you go out there now, you wouldn't be able sense any magic energy coming from Rogue or Sting." Wendy finished.

"Lisanna she's right. We have to at least give it a shot." I say putting my hand on Lisanna's shoulder.

"Okay then lets try." Lisanna responds.

"Okay Wendy so what's the plan." Happy says as we all huddle up.

"Alright so we are going to attack from above. Happy you will carry Lucy-nee, Carla you will carry me and Lisanna-nee you can use your transformation magic. The cloaked figure is facing towards use which is north so his back is facing south, Carla and I will attack from behind, Lisanna-nee you will attack from the east and Lucy-nee and Happy you will attack from the west. Use your best attacks on him. Got it?" Wendy explained.

"Got it!" We all said in union.

"Okay then, lets go!" Wendy cheered.

We all went to our assigned positions. I went to the west with Happy and we hid ourselves so nobody would spot us. Natsu, Gray and Erza were still fighting Sting and Rogue, all of the other wizards were unconscious. I was looking all over but there was still no sign of Yukino. I spotted the cloaked figure and decided to move closer. when I felt like I was in the right position I signalled Happy to lift me up. We flew up about eight metres high, I could now see Lisanna, Wendy and Carla. We all looked at each other and nodded. We then all looked down preparing ourselves to attack, but then Yukino stepped next to the cloaked figure. We all paused and looked at what was about to happen. The cloaked figure grabbed Yukino and put a knife to her neck. We stopped and just watch the figures actions. I was starting to worry. Suddenly Lisanna, Wendy and I covered our ears from a high pitch noise, then we heard a voice in our heads.

"Attack me and the girl dies." It was a mans voice.

We all stopped and looked at each other again, then looked down. we hanged our heads as if to say that we wont attack.

"Now Princess Lucy Heartfilia of the Celestial Kingdom and Dragon Realm. If you want the girl to live come down here and surrender yourself and your key's to me." He said.

How did he know I was a princess...

~End of Chapter~

I know I haven't updated in a while so I'm sorry.

I've just been really busy with exams at school and sports "_"

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