Spike the Fairy

by PonyJoel

Act V: Light Within the Darkness

Author's Note:

Characters for the play already revealed:

Darkness - Rogue
Richard - Rufus
Angelina - Kagura
Skeeter - Fairy Rage
Mika - Carla
Galvin - Spike
Titan - Orga
First Narrator - Yukino
Second Narrator - Lyon

"It's been too long, hasn't it, Galvin," The Darkness says. Its' red eyes dawn on Galvin, making the area colder.

Galvin remains silent. His head tilts up as if he were to look up. "I..."

"No need to start a conversation. No need to complicate things further. You lost your eyes, fight, and girl in one day. You got your ass handed to you by an old foe. Humiliated, shamed, defenseless now, and just a burden!" The statement echoes for all to hear.

"DON'T LISTEN TO IT! FIGHT IT, GALVIN!" Angelina's strikes do nothing to Darkness cause it's not her fight. "I.., I.., I can't lose you..," Angelina slumps in defeat, knowing that the Darkness is more resilient than before.

Galvin lowers his head while the area gets colder. Too cold that people in the audience start putting on their coats after taking them off earlier. Gray strips and no one bats an eye to his doing.

"You'll spend the rest of your days only being taken care of; your sister and whatever friends you have will never see you the same; Might as well become a footstool to your enemies. Continue to live, or let me take you and end your suffering!" The Darkness entices Galvin into giving up; the air becomes harder to breathe for Galvin.

"If I go.., I won't be a bother to anyone... My sister can live freely without me..," Galvin tries to breathe, but the cold air makes it intricate to do so.

The Darkness is about to claim Galvin when a tiny spark of light illuminates the area, creating warmth. The spark of light reveals an Angelic Exceed wearing a white robe hovering with a halo. He's next to Galvin, creating breathable air.

"YOU!" The Darkness trembles with the presence of the Angel that's next to Galvin.

The Angel looks at the Darkness, determined with his goal. "Step aside," The Angel said in a calm, commanding voice. The Darkness complies and backs away a little.

Galvin takes several deep breaths. Angelina heard the commotion and thanked God that an Angel repelled the Darkness' grasp on her brother.

"Why did you save me? I should be gone..," Galvin looks in the opposite direction where the Angel is hovering.

"Your book is not closing. There's much more for you to accomplish," The Angel calmly and comfortably expresses. The Angel softly rubs Galvin's right shoulder.

"More to accomplish? I'm blind. What can I do as a blind swordsman?!" Galvin asks the Angel angrily.

"Fight," The Angel replies.

"Fight? FIGHT?! HOW CAN I WHEN I'M BLIND?!" Galvin snorts, and green smoke forms from his nostrils.

"You can accomplish anything when you put your mind to it. Don't let one negative become your only focus. You have much more than you realize. Hone what you have and take a journey."

Galvin sarcastically chuckles. "Hone, what I have? I don't have much left!"

"Use what you do have," The Angel replies with a straightforward message.

Galvin groans. "What journey do I need to take?"

"A life-changing discovery."

Galvin screams in anger. He feels conflicted about the life-changing statement. His life changed the moment he lost his sight. Galvin believes all of this is a sick joke wrapped up.

"Fine, screw it. I'll go on this journey. Graaaaah!"

"In the end, you'll find great happiness," The Angel leaves as the Darkness vanishes. The Darkness vows to claim Galvin's life when he feels down again.

Angelina sees the Darkness fading and rushes to Galvin's side. She's happy that Galvin is alive. Galvin feels the tears of his sister's sadness and knows that he can't go astray. He doesn't want history to repeat, like what happened to their parents.

"Please, I can't lose you either..," Angelina hugs Galvin tenderly.

Galvin can feel the warmth of his right shoulder and feel the coldness of his left shoulder. "I won't give in," Galvin's moral code kicks in, and it reminds Galvin of many of his accomplishments when he did well. Now, Galvin is unsure how to accomplish anything due to his lack of vision. However, the Angel instructed him to go on a life-changing discovery, and so he shall.

"Angelina, I'm going on a life-changing discovery. Will you join me?" Galvin sincerely asks. "Also, I'm sorry for lashing at you in anger."

"Of course, Galvin. Family sticks together," Angelina grabs Galvin's claws to let him know she's with him every step of the way.

The stage curtain descends. Everyone wonders what's going to happen in Galvin's life-changing scenario.

"Wow, Frosch is an Angel. Who would have thought about that?" Sting said.

"I'm surprised that Frosch concentrated on his role. He's usually distracted by anything he sees in his eyes. For him to step up as an Angel to repel Rogue's Darkness was pretty cool. Also, we have Angelic Wings, so it does make sense, Sting."

"Point taken, Lector."

"This feels like a what-if scenario," Happy said.

"Elaborate, Happy," Panther Lily said.

"Spike took the abuse and went on a life-changing discovery to find great happiness. The difference is that he's taking the abuse as a hero instead of a slave," Happy said.

"Which begs to differ, why did Spike greenlit this idea," Lucy said.

"It's beyond us, Lucy," Natsu said. "However, it's Spike's choice. I imagine Erza being the lead character, but the play wouldn't be this exceptional."

"It would have ended by now," Gray reminds his friends about Erza's blunder.

"So true," Natsu, Happy, and Lucy say in unison.

"Maaaaan! Where are my handsome Trimen and Elegant Jenny!" Ichiya complains. Blue Pegasus is the only guild not shown in the play yet.

"Pipe down!" Elfman shouts at Ichiya. "You're acting like a nuisance! Be a man and man up!"

"I have you know that I am a handsome man. Second, I'll show you what this man can do!"

"Simmer down! The both of you!" Master Makarov and Master Bob say to cease a conflict before a war begins.

"Sorry," Elfman and Ichiya say in unison, not wanting to be barred from their seats.

The stage curtains rise, revealing a forest background with some huts in the scenery. Galvin and Angelina are walking together. Galvin now wears deep black sunglasses; He holds Angelina's hand. Galvin is ahead, leading the pathway with Angelina's guidance.

"You see anything interesting, Angelina?" Galvin asks. All he hears is the footsteps and rustling of the tree branches and leaves.

"Just a small village. Nothing out of the ordinary," Angelina said, knowing Galvin may throw a temper tantrum. Galvin stops walking. He lets go of his sister's hand. "Galvin?"

"What's the point?" Galvin loafs. "We've been walking for days and found nothing. What's the point of trying anymore?" Darkness draws near when a shrieking terror echo in the forest. "What was that?"

"Let's go find out!" Angelina grabs Galvin's claw and whisks him to the location of the shrieking.

"Where is it?!" A woman holds a villager against a tree near her hut. "Don't make it difficult, and surrender the artifact!"

"Please, no! I don't know what you're talking about!" The villager exclaims, hoping the woman bullying her doesn't end her life.

"Hey!" Angelina shouts to grab the bully's attention.

The woman turns. "Well, if it ain't Angelina and Galvin."

"RELEASE HER!" Galvin points at a tree where the woman and villager aren't there.

"No way, you can't see? That means you're..," The bully bursts into laughter and drops the villager hard. "You're blind! Hah! One of the greats lost his vision! That's perfect!"

"Not funny, Monika!" Angelina unsheaths her sword, getting ready to battle.

Monika is Minerva's character. Monika wears a brown cargo vest filled with many gadgets and devices, white fingerless motorcycle gloves, a dark blue short sleeve t-shirt, dark blue denim jean shorts, black fishnet stockings, black fishnet sleeves, and black thigh-high boots.

"I still have a bounty to complete. Putting your heads on a silver platter and bringing the artifact to my boss!" Monika powers up. She throws smoke pellets all around Angelina and Galvin.

"Galvin, run! I got this!" Angelina rushes out of the smoke and sword fights with Monika.

Galvin coughs and stumbles into a tree. He groans and walks around the tree somehow, only to step on a rake, and the pole hits his face. "My life is mediocre now, isn't it?"

"Hey!" The villager runs up to Galvin. "Are you okay?"

Galvin sheds a tear and feels the Darkness drawing near once more. "No..."

"Let me help you," The villager grabs Galvin's claw and leads him away from the battle. She trips on a rock and falls down a steep hill with Galvin.

As Galvin and the villager roll away, Monika and Angelina continue their brawl.

"What are you after, Monika?" Angelina leaps back, preparing for another attack.

"There are artifacts scattered around to devise the perfect weapon to conquer the world. I'm after the four relics so I can dominate the will of all leaders. Every King and Queen will bow down at my feet for mercy!" Monika laughs when she feels a jolt in her body. It's an instant painful reminder of who she works for when retrieving the relics.

Angelina notices Monika's little shock treatment and knows she's planning on betraying her boss. Angelina is aware of the Armageddon Doomblaze weapon and how omnipotent the sword is. No weapon comes close to matching its raw power.

Monika shouts her warcry and goes after Angelina. Now that she knows, she'll keep the info to herself in the grave.

Comments

[caalv24]

Damn, Act V is pretty dark and somber. It’s a good thing, Frosch, the Angelic Exceed Save Galvin to be consumed by eternal Darkness. That gives me hope for a life-changing discovery that will help Galvin on the journey with a help of his sister. That lifted my spirit, also the villager's personal who trip on the rock trying to help Galvin, I get the idea of who she is.” giggle, giggle”
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I’m enjoying the play so far PJ. Can’t wait for the next act to see what happens next.🥤🍿
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[PonyJoel]

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[SpikeSmolder fan]

Things are really going from bad to worst, love that part with Frosh there though!

Here's hoping our dragon hero gets some much needed pick-me-up help from here on out!