The Fairy Tail fic will be on an indefinite hiatus as both of us are getting a bit of writing block rn, there will still be updates on "Fairy Tail x Reader", but they will be much more infrequent compared to the schedule we had before. We'll still be writing, but just not as often
Big thanks to @quickbeam2727 for helping with the fic!!
Sorry for the wait everyone! as stated in the update post, Quickbeam was busy the week before the scheduled posting date and we both went to a concert the Sunday we were supposed to post this chapter
Word Count: 6345
CW: General Fairy Tail violence, threats of mass murder
Chapter Summery: Erza’s team chases Erigor and his villainous guild to Oshibana station. Can Fairy Tail’s strongest team snuff the death flute before the Lullaby spell hits the airwaves, or will they find themselves in a whirlwind of trouble?
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Episode 6: “Fairies in the Wind”
"Here in the town of Clover, you'll find the building where the Guild Master conferences are held."
The Guild Masters are in a large room with many tables that they're conversing around. There are no chairs in sight to sit on, and because of this, Makarov sits on one of the tables, a chicken drumstick in one hand and a beer in his other. He's talking to two other guild masters; Bob of Blue Pegasus, who's wearing a dark pink dress with wings on the straps, and notably bald. There's another unnamed guild master with a wizard hat and clothes who's beside Bob facing Makarov.
“I'm jealous, Makky. Your wizards are all full of life and they're such cutie pies. Yeah” Bob turns towards Makarov.
"This is Bob. Master of the Blue Pegasus guild." The Narrator introduces.
“I hear you've got a girl that gave some big shot quite the spanking.” Bob says to Makarov in a teasing tone.
"Oh, you must be talking about Lucy. yeah she's our newest recruit, and she's got a body that won't quit." Makarov says, quite pervertedly. (Might I add)
"Oh, so naughty!" Bob turns from the other, hands on his face in faux embarrassment.
"I wouldn't be joking if I were you, Makarov." Another guild master says with his back to the group before he turns to reveal himself. He's angrily staring at his food on a stick, which he shakes at Makarov.
"Huh?" The aforementioned Guild Master acknowledges.
"This wizard is named Goldmine. He's the guild master of the Quatro Cerberus guild." The Narrator introduces.
"Your wizards may be spirited, but you've gotta admit they go overboard sometimes. Some of the council members are worried that Fairy Tail's going to end up destroying an entire city one of these days. Can't say that I blame 'em." Goldmine lectures Makarov although agrees with the Council's sentiment about Fairy Tail.
"Oh, let those blowhards worry. What do I care? They're just jealous my wizards are hot." The Light mage boasts his guild.
"Oh, Makky, you shouldn't talk about your little wizards that way. You're such a scoundrel." Bob teasingly reprimands him, right hand on his cheek and the other waving up and down at Makarov.
"Master Makarov, Master Makarov! I have a letter from Miss Mirajane, sir." A small blue bird with a wizard hat delivers a letter to Makarov. The bird drops the letter in the guild master’s hand and flys away.
"Oh, thanks a lot." Makarov thanks the little bird.
"No Problem." The little blue bird says before flying away. Makarov summons a teal magic circle over the letter and a projection of Mirajane appears.
"Hi, Master. I'm glad you made it to the conference safe and sound." The holo-Mira says relieved, looking up at Makarov, her hands clasped in front of her dress.
Makarov stands from his seated position and shows off the projection to the other guild masters.
"See? This honey's our poster girl, Mirajane. Grab some eye candy, boys." Makarov
The Guild Masters around the table chatter excitedly while some whistle at the sight.
"Ooh-la-la." Bob comments.
"That's Mirajane? I haven't seen her in a while. She sure has matured." (eugh, gross.) Goldmine offhandedly says.
"Oh, Master, you are not gonna believe what happened. It may be the greatest thing in the history of Fairy Tail." Mira announces to the Guild Master with her hands clasped by her face before spreading her arms wide.
"Really?" Intrigued, Makarov replies.
"Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Thea have all teamed up together. An amazing combination, huh? In fact, I think they may have formed the strongest team Fairy Tail's ever seen. Sorry to bother you, but I just had to send a quick note to tell you the exciting news." Mira tells him, oblivious to the disaster the four of them will create in their wake.
"Not those four…" He mutters in complete devastation.
"See you soon, Master." Mira bids farewell to Makarov, unaware of the chaos the four aforementioned mages will cause, being the reason for the Fairy Tail Guild Master's reaction.
"What's wrong, Makky?" The Blue Pegasus Guild Master inquires in curiosity.
"I guess the council has a good reason to be worried, right?" Goldmine reasons.
Makarov falls back in shock. 'I can't believe this is happening. Those four really could destroy an entire city. The conference ends today, so I can be back at Fairy Tail by tomorrow afternoon. I just hope nothing crazy happens between now and then. Oh, please, let nothing happen.' He thinks to himself in devastation.
~ Location Change ~
"Some guy with a scythe and a bunch of his lackeys took over the train." Civilian #1 says.
"I think I know who they are. They're the dark guild punks who've been hanging around town the past few weeks." Civilian #2 states
Erza parks the magic-mobile at the edge of a cliff. At the bottom of the cliff is Kunugi Station, where a crowd has amassed. There are many guards that are shoulder to shoulder blocking the entrance to the station. Lucy, Happy, and Lumi are peering out the window of the magic-mobile down below at the commotion, while Erza observes from the driver's seat.
"I can understand cars and boats, but why'd they want to hijack a train?" Lucy inquires to the others.
"It doesn't really seem like it'd be a very good choice for getaways, since it can only follow the tracks it's on." Happy replies to the blonde.
"Yes, that's true, but they are quite fast." Erza tells the blue cat.
Natsu and Thea are on the floor of the cabin, the former resting his head on his arms as they rest on the seat of the car, while the latter's leaning against Natsu with her back to the vehicle seat, her head tilted down. Both mages are still feeling quite queasy, not only the ride, but also Erza's erratic driving. To the fire mages right is Gray, who's in his underwear once again.
"Then I guess it's up to us to figure out where those Eisenwald guys are going in such a big hurry and why." Gray casually expresses to the others.
"YOU'RE NAKED, GRAY!" The Celestial mage exclaims at him in shock.
"Am I?" The Ice-Make mage asks, oblivious to his lack of clothes.
"The military's already been called to action, so it should only be a matter of time before someone catches them." Lucy redirects her attention from the ice mage to the situation at hand.
“I hope that's the case, Lucy.” The Requip mage drives the magic-mobile away, following the cliff in the direction the train was supposed to go.
~ Location Change ~
Erigor slashes his scythe at the man in the white jacket, tearing through the seat behind him. This act shocks the other dark guild members. The man in the white jacket is on his knees before Erigor.
"Let me get this straight. You allowed a Fairy Tail fly to see the Lullaby flute and then let him get away? Is that true?!" Erigor demands from the man cowering on the floor.
"But it's not like he knows anything about our plans, sir. And even if he did, there's no way he and his stupid guild would be able to stop us, right?" The man in the white jacket explains to the man wielding a scythe, on his knees as he pleads with him.
Erigor slams the blade of his scythe into the car floor, causing the man in the white jacket to crawl back a few metres.
"We can't afford to take any chances. Fortunately, we have a strategy in place." The white haired man states as he removes his balde from the floor.
"Right. You mean the thing at Oshibana Station." The man in the white jacket reveals.
"We can't have flies buzzing around where they're not wanted." Erigor commands as he rests his scythe on across his right shoulder as he talks to the dark guild members. He's holding the cursed flute in his hand. The man in the white jacket get's up from the floor. "It will be up to you men to swat them away."
"Yes, sir!" The dark mages agree in unison.
~ Location Change ~
Erza's driving recklessly in Oshibana city down the narrow streets. She hand brakes and turns to go down a different street as pedestrians panic and flee from the chaotic driver. Gray's still insistent on hanging on to the roof of the magic-mobile.
"Stop, Erza! You're going way too fast! You're gonna overload the S.E. plug." Gray chastises the red haired woman for her driving and overexertion of her magic.
"There's no telling how many innocent people could die if Lullaby's song is played. I can't slow down. We have to top Eisenwald before it's too late." The Requip mage states in a commanding tone.
"But at this rate, you're gonna use up all your magic before we even start fighting." Gray says, concern for his friend lacing his words as he holds on for dear life to the roof of the vehicle.
"Well then, I'll just have to rely on hand-to-hand combat." She smirks as she says this. Besides, I've got you, Natsu, and Thea as backup."
In the cab of the magic-mobile sits Lucy, Happy, Natsu, Thea, and Lumi.
"I feel like there was something important I was supposed to tell you, Lucy." Happy says offhandedly as he, Lumi, and Lucy are sitting on the seats while Natsu and Thea are sprawled on the floor, feeling the effects of their motion sickness.
"Oh really? What was it?" Lucy inquires to the blue cat.
"I don't remember. It was just something about something I was supposed to tell you." He closes his eyes and puts a paw to his face in thought. "Um, you're–" Happy's cut off by Natsu.
"Totally sick for real." The Fire Dragon Slayer groans out.
"That's it!" Happy suddenly shouts in excitement.
"Are you kidding me?!" Lucy shouts at the blue cat as the fire mage drags himself to the window of the vehicle and lets his torso fall out of it, letting himself go limp.
"Careful, Natsu! You're gonna fall out!" The Celestial mage shouts at him in concern.
"That's what I'm aiming for…" He retorts back at the blonde.
"Um, so if it wasn't "Lucy's totally sick," then what the heck was it? Something weird like that. Lucy's… weird? Hungry? Fishy? I like fish. Wait. weird, weird, weird…" As Happy prattles on, Lucy's grabbing Natsu and trying to pull him back inside the car.
"Why are you saying I'm weird?" She comments in a stern tone.
"What's that up ahead?" Erza takes notice of the crowd of people gathered around the station.
The group arrives at Oshibans Station, where another crowd has amassed around the entrance, not being permitted inside. There's a column of smoke rising from the building.
"Please stand back. The station is currently closed due to a train derailment." A station worker announces to the crowd
"A derailment? Are you serious?" Random person #1 asks in a demanding tone.
"Well, I heard the station's been taken over by a group of thugs." Random person #2 states.
"We ask that you please stand back." The station worker commands the crowd.
“Excuse me, what's going on?” Erza puts her hand on the shoulder of the train station worker's shoulder.
"Why would I tell you, lady?" Erza knocks the station worker out and moves to the next one.
"What's going on?!" Erza punches this one before he says anything. As Lucy's observing this cycle, Natsu has his right arm over her shoulder, hanging on to her for support.
"Seems like her questioning method's a little counterproductive." Lucy comments, mostly to herself.
"Erza's got her own way of getting things done." Gray states as Thea's in a similar state as the fire mage on the other ice mages back.
"Where are your clothes?!" Lucy shouts at him.
“The Eisenwald guild's inside. Let's go.” Erza has her hand on her hip in a commanding stance. There are many knocked out station workers around her as the others look at her.
"Right." The Ice-Make mage says in agreement.
"So I gotta drag this one around?" Lucy complains to the Requip mage.
"Sorry." Natsu noncommittally apologizes to her.
~ Short Time Skip ~
The group is now inside the station running down a long hallway with pillars lining the walls on either side. Erza's leading the charge, with Gray running on her right, carrying Thea on his back as she's unable to run at the moment, and Happy and Lumi flying beside him. Lucy's running to Erza’s left, still supporting Natsu as she follows.
"A small army unit stormed in earlier, but they've yet to return. I'm guessing they've been caught in battle with the Eisenwald forces." Erza states as Lucy makes a scared face at the information the Requip mage provides.
They come to a staircase and see many unconscious soldiers that lead up the stairs onto the next level, the sight causes Lucy to gasp out loud. As they continue, more bodies are found.
"They've been completely wiped out." Happy exclaims out, worried.
"They were up against an entire guild of wizards. A small contingent like this would never stand a chance against such a powerful group." Erza informs the others.
The group enters an area that has a balcony that goes around the sides of the room. Before them is Erigor and the many other dark guild members.
"Welcome. Step into our parlor, Fairy Tail flies." Erigor demands to the mages as he sits on top of a train car
"Whoa. There's so many of them." The Celestial mage is unsettled by the sheer number of foes in front of them. Natsu's still passed out, but this time he rests on Lucy's back, while Gray has a bored look on his face, with Thea still on his own back, Erza has her right hand on her hip with a serious expression on her face.
"You fiend. I take it you're Erigor?" Erza commands to the dark mage as he just chuckles at the tone.
“Come on, Natsu, we need your help.” Lucy shakes Natsu on the floor, trying to wake him.
"Good luck. Between the train, magic-mobile, and your shaking, it's a motion sickness triple combo." Happy tells the blonde in a semi-serious, semi-joking way.
"I'm not a vehicle!" Lucy retaliates while pointing to herself in exasperation.
"Hey, you. It's your fault I got in trouble with Erigor. Get up." The man in the white jacket seethes out to Natsu in anger.
"Huh? I know that voice." Natus mutters to himself as he opens his eyes, suddenly feeling better. Coincidentally, Thea gets over her motion sickness soon after Natsu.
"We're not threatened by any of you. Tell me what you're planning to do with Lullaby." Erza demands to the wind mage.
"Oh, you haven't heard yet?" Erigor chuckles as he flies and hovers to the centre of the room. "What do all train stations have?"
"He flew!" Lucy exclaims in surprise.
"It's wind magic." The blue cat offhandedly explains to her.
Erigor lands on a speaker, crouching down on it, while resting his scythe on his right shoulder.
"You plan to broadcast the Lullaby's song?" Erza questions in a panicked tone causing Erigor to laugh.
"Thousands of nosy onlookers have flocked to this station to get a glimpse of the action. Who knows, if I raise the volume enough, I may be able to extinguish the entire city with my melody of death." Erigor monologues to the Fairy Tail mages.
"What reason do you have to commit such a heinous crime against the innocent people of this town?!" Erza shoults in an exasperated tone at the wind mage.
"This is a cleansing of all the fools out there who fail to appreciate the rights they hold so dear. Who remain willfully ignorant to the plight of those who've had their rights stripped away. They've committed the sin of turning a blind eye to the world's injustice. Therefore, the reaper has come to punish them." Erigor continues his monologue.
"But killing them isn't gonna help you get your rights back. It's only gonna make it worse. That's the whole reason you were kicked out of the Wizard League in the first place." Lucy frustratedly tells him, placing her fists on her hips to emphasise her words.
"At this point we've given up trying to regain our rights. We want power. Then we will be able to wash away the sins of our past and take control of what happens in the future."
"You guys are completely insane!" The Celestial mage shouts at him in anger.
“We’re rolling in a new age of darkness. Course, by the time it gets here, you flies will be long gone.” The man in the white jacket kneels on one knee and puts his palm on the floor and summons three shadows that move rapidly toward the group. They nearly strike Lucy but Natsu leaps up and bats them away with his fire magic.
"You again?" The man in the white jacket acknowledges the fire mage.
“Eisenwald dude. I knew I recognized that voice.” Natsu flexes his arm as he stares at the dark guild members in front of him.
"You're back to normal!" Lucy raises her fists in excitement at the fire mages words.
"Oh, wow. Looks like we've got ourselves a party here, huh?" Natsu states, thrilled at the prospect of fighting.
"No, Natsu, these are the guys we have to fight!" Lucy tells him, as if not understanding what he means.
"Like he said, it's a party." As Thea says this, getting ready to fight as well, Natsu punches his fist into his palm and has a very intimidating look on his face.
~ Very Short Time Skip ~
'The Fairy Tail flies flew right into my trap. Everything is going exactly as planned. But I will not rest until they have heard Lullaby's Melody of Death. Then we'll finally have revenge against those who wronged us.' Erigor internally monologues
"This is the strongest team Fairy Tail has to offer. You'd better be ready!" Lucy points to Erigor, a serious look on her face as she says this.
"I leave them to you. Show them the terror of the dark guild Eisenwald." Erigor floats up, before vanishing, seemingly into thin air.
"HE DISAPPEARED!" Lucy and Happy are shocked by this.
"Natsu and Gray, go. I need you to stop him." Erza orders to the fire and ice mages.
"Hmm?" The two look at each other in contempt at the command the Requip mage gives.
"If the two of you work together, not even Erigor the Reaper can defeat you. I'm leaving him in your hands." She explains to the two causing the ice and fire mage clash heads as they growl at each other as they do so. "What did I say?!" She shouts at the two.
"AYE!" Scared of the repercussions of failing to comply, Natsu and Gray go off after Erigor, leaving the others with the large group of dark wizards.
"They ran off?!" Dark mage #1 shouts.
"They're going after Erigor." Dark mage #2 says.
"I got it." One dark wizard uses ribbon magic (??) uses it to pull himself up onto the balcony. "I, the great Rayule, will take them down."
“I'm coming with you. That pink haired dimwit is gonna pay.” The man in the white jacket kneels on one knee and puts his palm on the ground, summoning a large yellow magic circle around him. A shadow engulfs him as he sinks into the ground.
"We'll catch up with them once we've finished off the rest of the men here, okay?" Erza says in a confident tone.
"Three girls against an entire magical guild?" Lucy, worried for herself, Erza, and Thea, puts a fist up to her face in concern.
"Mama always told me not to hit girls, but I can make an exception." Dark mage #3 threatens.
"I'm sorry ladies. You're not gonna be as cute when we're done with ya." Dark mage #4 chuckles to himself.
The group of dark wizards taunts the remaining Fairy Tail wizards.
"But without my stunning beauty I'll be totally helpless." Lucy puts her left hand to her face and right arm under her chest in a seductive manner.
"This is no time for daydreaming, Lucy." Happy floats up to the blonde as he says this in a worried tone.
"Lucy, can you please focus?" Thea sweatdrops, furrowing her brows at Lucy's behaviour, raising her fists as magic emanates off of them, as she gets into a fighting stance, ready to fend off the dark mages.
“Let’s do this.” Erza stretches her hand out and opens her fist and summons a red magic circle. A sword spins out of said circle into the air and into her grasp.
"It came out of thin air! A magic sword!" Lucy gasps in astonishment at the sight.
"If you insult the Fairy Tail guild again in my presence, I swear none of you will live to see tomorrow." The Requip mage grasps the summoned sword, holding the hilt out in front of her pointing the blade diagonally down across herself.
"We're not scared of you! We got tons of magic swordsmen in Eisenwald!" The dark wizards charge with their weapons.
Erza shouts as she charges at the dark wizards, swinging her sword about, injuring many of the dark wizards and breaking their weapons.
"I'LL SHOW YOU! AHH!" A man shouts as three mages, including himself, shoots a beam of magic towards the Requip mage, hitting the ground in front of her as she jumps up towards the dark mages. As she's in the air, she presents the sword in front of her and summons two red magic circles on either side of the sword. The weapon vanishes and turns into a long spear.
"Now it's a spear!" Lucy is shocked at this revelation.
Erza continues to decimate the dark wizards as Lucy and Thea watch.
"It turned into twin swords." The green haired, frog-looking man says in dismay.
"I've never seen anybody be able to Requip as fast as this chick." Hair gel McGee exclaims.
"What's 'Requip'?" Lucy struggles to put two and two together.
"Magic weaponry isn't that much different from your celestial magic, Lucy." Happy readily explains to Lucy.
"The user can summon different weapons they keep stored in another dimension. And when the user switches between weapons, it's called 'Requipping.'" Thea continues Happy's explanation to the blonde.
"Wow, that's incredible!" Lucy's impressed by Erza's abilities.
"You ain't seen nothing yet. Erza's just getting warmed up." Happy states ominously.
"Erza?" The frog-looking mage asks nervously.
"It's time for me to kick butt too." Lucy decides to join in the fight after all the dark wizards are heavily injured.
"Why do you have to go and try to steal the spotlight from her?" Happy says in dismay.
"OPEN, GATE OF THE GIANT CRAB! CANCER!" Lucy swings her right hand carrying the key across horizontally then up over her head. She then brings her arm vertically down, completing the summon. Cancer arrives while humming a tune as his name can be heard as well.
"You need me to fight these dudes, baby?" Cancer inquires.
"Yeah, take them out with style." Lucy says as she rests her elbow on her wrist with her chin resting on her palm.
"I ain't never seen such a stupid haircut." Dark mage #1 says.
"You look like an idiot!" Dark mage #2 exclaims.
"Whoa, baby." Cancer seems offended at the comment as he suddenly attacks.
"My weapon!"
"What happened to my hair?!"
"We're all–"
"Bald?" Lucy's confused that the celestial spirit that's known for cutting people’s hair made the dark wizards bald.
"So cruel!" All say in dismay.
"Like your new style, baby?" Cancer rhetorically asks.
"That was impressive." Erza turns to Lucy and Cancer, holding a giant axe.
"Oh, thanks! But it was no big deal. All right! I totally scored points with her!" Lucy turns her torso to face Erza with her hand on the back of her head.
"That's what you were going for?!" Happy's not amused at the sentiment.
"However, this crab spirit of yours, the way he calls you baby, I find it rather insulting." Erza says with disdain.
"I know right? Totally demeaning." Thea teasingly chimes in, a mischievous smile on her face, as she brings a hand to her mouth as if to cover her mouth.
"Points un-scored." Lucy says in defeat as she puts her hands to her face.
"Whoa. B– Ma'am." Cancer corrects himself as he stands next to the blonde.
~ Short Time Skip ~
"Still so many. I thought we took care of most of them. Annoying, but I'll wipe them out." Erza is facing many dark wizards. A red magic circle appears below her and a bright light emanates from it. Her armour glows and disappears. She is t-posing as a bright light engulfs her in what appears to be space with a galaxy in the background. She spins around, still in a t-pose position. She raises her arms above her head and then brings them back to a t-pose
"Whoa! Her armor's disappearing!" Many of the dark mages cheer and applaud the scene before them.
"Most magic swordsmen only have the ability to swap weapons. But Erza's able to swap her armor for wizarding armor that enhances her abilities. It's a talent that only she possesses." Happy provides exposition to Lucy.
"That's what makes her magic so special. A technique called…'The Knight'!" Thea finishes his explanation for him.
"Oh, wow!" Lucy's in awe at the scene before her.
"WHOA!"
"Now, DANCE, MY SWORDS!" Erza commands as she rises in the air, holding two swords out at her sides. Many swords encircle the Requip mage, pointing away from her. The swords start spinning in the vertical circle around Erza.
"I knew it! It has to be her!" The frog-looking man says, scared at the sight before him.
"CIRCLE SWORD!" Erza shouts as she raises her swords up above her head and then brings them down, causing the blades to attack the dark wizards.
"Whoa. she took most of them down with a single swipe." Lucy says in horrified astonishment.
"Aye!" Happy says his catchphrase.
"All right! You're dealing with me now!" Hair gel McGee declares as he charges at Erza with his fist glowing.
"Don't do it, Byard! Do you have any idea who that woman is?!" Karacka, also known as the frog-looking man, shouts at him.
Erza swipes her sword across Byard and he falls to the ground on his face.
"She's Queen of the Fairies, Titania Erza!" Karacka informs out loud.
Erza requips back into her normal attire.
"Hell yeah, Erza! Way to go with those guys!" Thea cheers on the Requip mage as she disengages her magic, one of her arms raising above her head, with Lumi silently cheering her on as well from the ice mage's shoulder.
"Oh, man! I think I'm in love!" Lucy clasps her hands together as she stares in awe at Erza.
"Forget this! I'm out of here!" Karacka Looney-Tune-runs out of the room.
"I would imagine he's going to look for Erigor. You should follow him." Erza turns from where Karacka exits to address Lucy.
"Who me?" Lucy lowers her arms in uncertainty.
"C'mon Lucy, don't sell yourself short." Thea makes an attempt to encourage the blonde, Lumi nodding her head in agreement, before Erza cuts in, causing Thea, Lucy, and Lumi to jolt.
"Just do it!" Erza glares at the Celestial mage as she makes the demand.
"WHATEVER YOU SAY! I don't want to make you angry!" Lucy, also Looney-Tune-runs out of the room, leaving Erza and Thea surrounded by unconscious dark wizards.
Erza sighs out as soon as Lucy's out of earshot, before stumbling a bit catching Thea's attention as the ice mage steadies the Requip mage, Lumi leaving her shoulder to float beside the two mages.
"Whoa, careful Erza." The Ice Dragon Slayer warns the Requip mage in concern.
"Gray was right. I overdid it on the Magic-Mobile." Erza says to Thea, before muttering to herself. "Please, boys. Please don't fail me." She kneels on the ground in exhaustion.
~ With Natsu and Gray ~
Natsu and Gray run down a hall, bickering with each other.
"I can't believe she's making us work together. What was she thinking?" Gray complains to himself.
"Obviously she wasn't thinking. Everybody knows fire and ice don't mix. Well, besides me and Thea." Natsu butts in, also upset at the situation at hand.
"Yeah, and why does she always have to be so fucking bossy?" The ice mage glares at Natsu.
"She should ask us to do stuff instead of ordering us around!" The fire mage grumbles out as he glares back.
"I don't need your help! I can handle Erigor all by myself!" They butt heads with each other. "Are you copying me?! Huh?" The two wizards have come to the end of the hallway, which now leads in two directions; one way branches off to the right, the other branches off to left.
"Which way do we go?" Natsu asks.
"I guess we'll have to split up." Gray turns his back to Natsu, as the fire mage faces away from the ice mage as well. "Natsu, we're up against an evil freak who's getting ready to unleash a deadly spell. If you find him, give him a thrashing."
"You don't have to worry about that. I've got a bone to pick with that jerk for messing with Fairy Tail. I'm gonna burn him up to a crisp." Natsu turns to the ice mage and raises his fist with a smile. Gray also has his fist raised with a smile. They both quickly turn away from each other and cross their arms and frown.
"Don't die on me." Gray whispers to himself with his back turned to the fire mage.
"Huh?" Natsu looks back at the ice mage in surprise.
"Nothing. Later, loser." Gray promptly leaves, running down his chosen hallway, leaving Natsu behind.
~ With Gray ~
"So that's it. Erigor's gonna play the Lullaby through the speaker system." Gray stops and looks at a loudspeaker in realization.
Gray kicks open a door to the broadcasting room.
"There's nobody here." Gray walks into the room, looking around. "Maybe I was wrong about him broadcasting it over the station's P.A."
Rayule's hanging from the ceiling behind Gray. He summons ribbons and hurls them at the ice mage, before Gray dodges the attack.
"That was a pretty good guess, pal. But our plan isn't as obvious as you might think."
"So tell me what the plan is, and you won't get hurt." Gray demands from the man.
~ With Erza, Thea, and Lumi ~
Erza and Thea, with Lumi standing beside her on the railing, stand on the balcony of the train station overlooking the city.
"Someone's on the balcony!" Someone in the crowd shouts out.
"What's going on?!"
"IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES, THEN YOU WILL LEAVE THIS PLACE AT ONCE! THIS STATION'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY EVIL WIZARDS! THEY ARE THREATENING TO BROADCAST A DEADLY SPELL OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS THAT WOULD KILL EVERYONE HERE!" The crowd murmurs with each other in panic at her announcement. "I BEG YOU, RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN!" Erza speaks into a megaphone.
"Hey, Ladies! Why would you make everyone panic like that?!" The station worker demands from the mages.
"I would rather that than watch all of these people die. In fact you gentlemen need to evacuate as well." Erza turns to the station workers who have approached the two.
"Now that I've cleared everyone from the train station, I wonder what Erigor's next move will be." Erza states as she, Thea, and Lumi stare out at where the crowd of people ran. As Erza says this, it starts becoming increasingly windy out of nowhere behind them, causing the three to look back to the station.
"Erza, it's some kind of wind barrier!" Thea shouts out in shock.
~ With Gray ~
"There's no escape…" Rayule declares as he whips his ribbons in Gray’s direction. "FROM MY URUMI!"
"ICE-MAKE SHIELD!" Gray puts his fist vertically on his palm and raises his arms perpendicular to the floor, summoning a blue magic circle in doing so. The ice mage raises his arms up and diagonally as he creates an ice shield.
"This punk uses ice magic?!"
"ICE-MAKE KNUCKLES" Gray once again has his fist on the palm of his hand, this time his hands are to his side. A small blue light emanates from his hands as he summons giant ice fists at Rayule.
"AHH!"
"This is your last chance to tell me what you're planning. You're not gonna broadcast the Lullaby's song over the P.A. system?" Gray stands before Rayule, looking down at him through a hole in the wall he just made.
"Erigor's magic sealing barrier should be activated by now." Rayule struggles to his feet as he says this.
"Erigor's what?" Gray asks in confusion.
"He's created a wind barrier that will keep you insects from escaping."
~ With Erza, Thea, and Lumi ~
"I've always wanted the opportunity to fight the Queen of the Fairies. But unfortunately, I don't have time to play with you right now." Erigor makes a purple magic circle that pushes Erza, Thea, and Lumi back and through the barrier.
"ERIGOR!" The Requip mage makes an attempt to break through before being blasted back with magic from the barrier.
"ERZA!" Thea screams out and makes an attempt to catch the red haired mage.
"It's useless. There's no way you'll ever be able to break through my magic sealing barrier. You see, it's one way only. If you try to escape, the wind will tear you apart." Erigor monologues to the two mages.
"What is the meaning of this, you scoundrel?!" Erza holds her side as she shouts at the dark wizard in anger.
"We've wasted enough of our time on you Fairy Tail flies. Now if you'll excuse me…" Erigor flies away from the station.
"COME BACK HERE! CURSE YOU ERIGOR! I WILL FIND A WAY TO STOP YOU!" She shouts to the dark mage. "So he wasn't targeting the station after all. Just what is he planning?" Thea and Lumi look to her in concern and for direction for what they should do now.
~ With Gray ~
"Why don't I get straight to the point here, buddy? Tell me what the plan is, or else." Gray grabs Rayule’s collar in anger.
"We knew you pests would cause problems, so we lured you here and trapped you. The only reason we took over this station is to block traffic to the final stop. We didn't want any trains getting into Clover Station." Rayule explains to the ice mage.
"Yeah, why?"
"'Cause that's where it's going down. Clover's just beyond a giant canyon, and this train line is the only way in and out of town, unless you're able to fly like Erigor." Rayule continues.
"So the Lullaby's in Clover?" Gray deducts.
"You know what else is there right now? Think hard and you'll get it." Rayule summons ribbons from his hands and strikes Gray with them. The ice mage quickly jumps back and blocks the attack. "GOTCHA"
'Clover, that's where the conference is being held. So this was their plan all along. They're targeting the Guild Masters.' Gray thinks to himself.
Rayule laughs out loud. "You finally figured it out, huh? Well, it's too late to stop us now!"
"You Eisenwald thugs must be pretty brave taking on such a powerful group of wizards."
"Those ignorant old fogies won't even know what hit 'em once Lullaby's song starts playing. There's no way Erigor's plan will fail." Rayule wraps Gray in his ribbons. "You and your little Fairy friends are stuck in this station, so there's nothing you can do about it. Soon we'll have our revenge on everyone who tried to keep us down. When we're done, they'll be completely wiped out."
"That's not gonna happen. Now get this straight. When you mess with the Guild Masters, then you mess with all of us. They may be old fogies, but they're the closest thing we have to parents." Gray freezes the ribbons and shatters them, breaking free. He then freezes Rayule’s legs to the ground and walks toward him and puts his hand on his face.
~ With Natsu ~
"JUST COME OUT AND FIGHT ALREADY!" Natsu runs through the halls in search of Erigor, unbeknownst to him that the wind mage isn't at the station anymore.
A shadow is following close behind the Fire Dragon Slayer.
"Looks like it's about time for me to strike." Kageyama’s head peaks out of the ground looking up at Natsu.
~ With Erza, Thea, and Lumi ~
"We will stop you." Erza declares, as she looks in the direction Erigor once was.
~ With Lucy and Happy ~
Lucy's running down a hallway with Happy flying behind her in search for Karacka.
"Now where did that fat one run off to?" The Celestial mage questions annoyedly to herself.
"You better find him or else Erza's gonna strangle you." Happy teases her causing Lucy to yelp out in fear.
~ With Gray ~
"When I get my hands on them, I'll show them Fairy Tail can be so much more terrifying than any dark guild." Gray walks out of the room through the hole that has been made, leaving Rayule completely frozen in ice.
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CW: General Fairy Tail violence, threats of mass murder
Chapter Summery: Erza’s team chases Erigor and his villainous guild to Oshibana station. Can Fairy Tail’s strongest team snuff the death flute before the Lullaby spell hits the airwaves, or will they find themselves in a whirlwind of trouble?
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Episode 6: “Fairies in the Wind”
"Here in the town of Clover, you'll find the building where the Guild Master conferences are held."
The Guild Masters are in a large room with many tables that they're conversing around. There are no chairs in sight to sit on, and because of this, Makarov sits on one of the tables, a chicken drumstick in one hand and a beer in his other. He's talking to two other guild masters; Bob of Blue Pegasus, who's wearing a dark pink dress with wings on the straps, and notably bald. There's another unnamed guild master with a wizard hat and clothes who's beside Bob facing Makarov.
“I'm jealous, Makky. Your wizards are all full of life and they're such cutie pies. Yeah” Bob turns towards Makarov.
"This is Bob. Master of the Blue Pegasus guild." The Narrator introduces.
“I hear you've got a girl that gave some big shot quite the spanking.” Bob says to Makarov in a teasing tone.
"Oh, you must be talking about Lucy. yeah she's our newest recruit, and she's got a body that won't quit." Makarov says, quite pervertedly. (Might I add)
"Oh, so naughty!" Bob turns from the other, hands on his face in faux embarrassment.
"I wouldn't be joking if I were you, Makarov." Another guild master says with his back to the group before he turns to reveal himself. He's angrily staring at his food on a stick, which he shakes at Makarov.
"Huh?" The aforementioned Guild Master acknowledges.
"This wizard is named Goldmine. He's the guild master of the Quatro Cerberus guild." The Narrator introduces.
"Your wizards may be spirited, but you've gotta admit they go overboard sometimes. Some of the council members are worried that Fairy Tail's going to end up destroying an entire city one of these days. Can't say that I blame 'em." Goldmine lectures Makarov although agrees with the Council's sentiment about Fairy Tail.
"Oh, let those blowhards worry. What do I care? They're just jealous my wizards are hot." The Light mage boasts his guild.
"Oh, Makky, you shouldn't talk about your little wizards that way. You're such a scoundrel." Bob teasingly reprimands him, right hand on his cheek and the other waving up and down at Makarov.
"Master Makarov, Master Makarov! I have a letter from Miss Mirajane, sir." A small blue bird with a wizard hat delivers a letter to Makarov. The bird drops the letter in the guild master’s hand and flys away.
"Oh, thanks a lot." Makarov thanks the little bird.
"No Problem." The little blue bird says before flying away. Makarov summons a teal magic circle over the letter and a projection of Mirajane appears.
"Hi, Master. I'm glad you made it to the conference safe and sound." The holo-Mira says relieved, looking up at Makarov, her hands clasped in front of her dress.
Makarov stands from his seated position and shows off the projection to the other guild masters.
"See? This honey's our poster girl, Mirajane. Grab some eye candy, boys." Makarov
The Guild Masters around the table chatter excitedly while some whistle at the sight.
"Ooh-la-la." Bob comments.
"That's Mirajane? I haven't seen her in a while. She sure has matured." (eugh, gross.) Goldmine offhandedly says.
"Oh, Master, you are not gonna believe what happened. It may be the greatest thing in the history of Fairy Tail." Mira announces to the Guild Master with her hands clasped by her face before spreading her arms wide.
"Really?" Intrigued, Makarov replies.
"Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Thea have all teamed up together. An amazing combination, huh? In fact, I think they may have formed the strongest team Fairy Tail's ever seen. Sorry to bother you, but I just had to send a quick note to tell you the exciting news." Mira tells him, oblivious to the disaster the four of them will create in their wake.
"Not those four…" He mutters in complete devastation.
"See you soon, Master." Mira bids farewell to Makarov, unaware of the chaos the four aforementioned mages will cause, being the reason for the Fairy Tail Guild Master's reaction.
"What's wrong, Makky?" The Blue Pegasus Guild Master inquires in curiosity.
"I guess the council has a good reason to be worried, right?" Goldmine reasons.
Makarov falls back in shock. 'I can't believe this is happening. Those four really could destroy an entire city. The conference ends today, so I can be back at Fairy Tail by tomorrow afternoon. I just hope nothing crazy happens between now and then. Oh, please, let nothing happen.' He thinks to himself in devastation.
~ Location Change ~
"Some guy with a scythe and a bunch of his lackeys took over the train." Civilian #1 says.
"I think I know who they are. They're the dark guild punks who've been hanging around town the past few weeks." Civilian #2 states
Erza parks the magic-mobile at the edge of a cliff. At the bottom of the cliff is Kunugi Station, where a crowd has amassed. There are many guards that are shoulder to shoulder blocking the entrance to the station. Lucy, Happy, and Lumi are peering out the window of the magic-mobile down below at the commotion, while Erza observes from the driver's seat.
"I can understand cars and boats, but why'd they want to hijack a train?" Lucy inquires to the others.
"It doesn't really seem like it'd be a very good choice for getaways, since it can only follow the tracks it's on." Happy replies to the blonde.
"Yes, that's true, but they are quite fast." Erza tells the blue cat.
Natsu and Thea are on the floor of the cabin, the former resting his head on his arms as they rest on the seat of the car, while the latter's leaning against Natsu with her back to the vehicle seat, her head tilted down. Both mages are still feeling quite queasy, not only the ride, but also Erza's erratic driving. To the fire mages right is Gray, who's in his underwear once again.
"Then I guess it's up to us to figure out where those Eisenwald guys are going in such a big hurry and why." Gray casually expresses to the others.
"YOU'RE NAKED, GRAY!" The Celestial mage exclaims at him in shock.
"Am I?" The Ice-Make mage asks, oblivious to his lack of clothes.
"The military's already been called to action, so it should only be a matter of time before someone catches them." Lucy redirects her attention from the ice mage to the situation at hand.
“I hope that's the case, Lucy.” The Requip mage drives the magic-mobile away, following the cliff in the direction the train was supposed to go.
~ Location Change ~
Erigor slashes his scythe at the man in the white jacket, tearing through the seat behind him. This act shocks the other dark guild members. The man in the white jacket is on his knees before Erigor.
"Let me get this straight. You allowed a Fairy Tail fly to see the Lullaby flute and then let him get away? Is that true?!" Erigor demands from the man cowering on the floor.
"But it's not like he knows anything about our plans, sir. And even if he did, there's no way he and his stupid guild would be able to stop us, right?" The man in the white jacket explains to the man wielding a scythe, on his knees as he pleads with him.
Erigor slams the blade of his scythe into the car floor, causing the man in the white jacket to crawl back a few metres.
"We can't afford to take any chances. Fortunately, we have a strategy in place." The white haired man states as he removes his balde from the floor.
"Right. You mean the thing at Oshibana Station." The man in the white jacket reveals.
"We can't have flies buzzing around where they're not wanted." Erigor commands as he rests his scythe on across his right shoulder as he talks to the dark guild members. He's holding the cursed flute in his hand. The man in the white jacket get's up from the floor. "It will be up to you men to swat them away."
"Yes, sir!" The dark mages agree in unison.
~ Location Change ~
Erza's driving recklessly in Oshibana city down the narrow streets. She hand brakes and turns to go down a different street as pedestrians panic and flee from the chaotic driver. Gray's still insistent on hanging on to the roof of the magic-mobile.
"Stop, Erza! You're going way too fast! You're gonna overload the S.E. plug." Gray chastises the red haired woman for her driving and overexertion of her magic.
"There's no telling how many innocent people could die if Lullaby's song is played. I can't slow down. We have to top Eisenwald before it's too late." The Requip mage states in a commanding tone.
"But at this rate, you're gonna use up all your magic before we even start fighting." Gray says, concern for his friend lacing his words as he holds on for dear life to the roof of the vehicle.
"Well then, I'll just have to rely on hand-to-hand combat." She smirks as she says this. Besides, I've got you, Natsu, and Thea as backup."
In the cab of the magic-mobile sits Lucy, Happy, Natsu, Thea, and Lumi.
"I feel like there was something important I was supposed to tell you, Lucy." Happy says offhandedly as he, Lumi, and Lucy are sitting on the seats while Natsu and Thea are sprawled on the floor, feeling the effects of their motion sickness.
"Oh really? What was it?" Lucy inquires to the blue cat.
"I don't remember. It was just something about something I was supposed to tell you." He closes his eyes and puts a paw to his face in thought. "Um, you're–" Happy's cut off by Natsu.
"Totally sick for real." The Fire Dragon Slayer groans out.
"That's it!" Happy suddenly shouts in excitement.
"Are you kidding me?!" Lucy shouts at the blue cat as the fire mage drags himself to the window of the vehicle and lets his torso fall out of it, letting himself go limp.
"Careful, Natsu! You're gonna fall out!" The Celestial mage shouts at him in concern.
"That's what I'm aiming for…" He retorts back at the blonde.
"Um, so if it wasn't "Lucy's totally sick," then what the heck was it? Something weird like that. Lucy's… weird? Hungry? Fishy? I like fish. Wait. weird, weird, weird…" As Happy prattles on, Lucy's grabbing Natsu and trying to pull him back inside the car.
"Why are you saying I'm weird?" She comments in a stern tone.
"What's that up ahead?" Erza takes notice of the crowd of people gathered around the station.
The group arrives at Oshibans Station, where another crowd has amassed around the entrance, not being permitted inside. There's a column of smoke rising from the building.
"Please stand back. The station is currently closed due to a train derailment." A station worker announces to the crowd
"A derailment? Are you serious?" Random person #1 asks in a demanding tone.
"Well, I heard the station's been taken over by a group of thugs." Random person #2 states.
"We ask that you please stand back." The station worker commands the crowd.
“Excuse me, what's going on?” Erza puts her hand on the shoulder of the train station worker's shoulder.
"Why would I tell you, lady?" Erza knocks the station worker out and moves to the next one.
"What's going on?!" Erza punches this one before he says anything. As Lucy's observing this cycle, Natsu has his right arm over her shoulder, hanging on to her for support.
"Seems like her questioning method's a little counterproductive." Lucy comments, mostly to herself.
"Erza's got her own way of getting things done." Gray states as Thea's in a similar state as the fire mage on the other ice mages back.
"Where are your clothes?!" Lucy shouts at him.
“The Eisenwald guild's inside. Let's go.” Erza has her hand on her hip in a commanding stance. There are many knocked out station workers around her as the others look at her.
"Right." The Ice-Make mage says in agreement.
"So I gotta drag this one around?" Lucy complains to the Requip mage.
"Sorry." Natsu noncommittally apologizes to her.
~ Short Time Skip ~
The group is now inside the station running down a long hallway with pillars lining the walls on either side. Erza's leading the charge, with Gray running on her right, carrying Thea on his back as she's unable to run at the moment, and Happy and Lumi flying beside him. Lucy's running to Erza’s left, still supporting Natsu as she follows.
"A small army unit stormed in earlier, but they've yet to return. I'm guessing they've been caught in battle with the Eisenwald forces." Erza states as Lucy makes a scared face at the information the Requip mage provides.
They come to a staircase and see many unconscious soldiers that lead up the stairs onto the next level, the sight causes Lucy to gasp out loud. As they continue, more bodies are found.
"They've been completely wiped out." Happy exclaims out, worried.
"They were up against an entire guild of wizards. A small contingent like this would never stand a chance against such a powerful group." Erza informs the others.
The group enters an area that has a balcony that goes around the sides of the room. Before them is Erigor and the many other dark guild members.
"Welcome. Step into our parlor, Fairy Tail flies." Erigor demands to the mages as he sits on top of a train car
"Whoa. There's so many of them." The Celestial mage is unsettled by the sheer number of foes in front of them. Natsu's still passed out, but this time he rests on Lucy's back, while Gray has a bored look on his face, with Thea still on his own back, Erza has her right hand on her hip with a serious expression on her face.
"You fiend. I take it you're Erigor?" Erza commands to the dark mage as he just chuckles at the tone.
“Come on, Natsu, we need your help.” Lucy shakes Natsu on the floor, trying to wake him.
"Good luck. Between the train, magic-mobile, and your shaking, it's a motion sickness triple combo." Happy tells the blonde in a semi-serious, semi-joking way.
"I'm not a vehicle!" Lucy retaliates while pointing to herself in exasperation.
"Hey, you. It's your fault I got in trouble with Erigor. Get up." The man in the white jacket seethes out to Natsu in anger.
"Huh? I know that voice." Natus mutters to himself as he opens his eyes, suddenly feeling better. Coincidentally, Thea gets over her motion sickness soon after Natsu.
"We're not threatened by any of you. Tell me what you're planning to do with Lullaby." Erza demands to the wind mage.
"Oh, you haven't heard yet?" Erigor chuckles as he flies and hovers to the centre of the room. "What do all train stations have?"
"He flew!" Lucy exclaims in surprise.
"It's wind magic." The blue cat offhandedly explains to her.
Erigor lands on a speaker, crouching down on it, while resting his scythe on his right shoulder.
"You plan to broadcast the Lullaby's song?" Erza questions in a panicked tone causing Erigor to laugh.
"Thousands of nosy onlookers have flocked to this station to get a glimpse of the action. Who knows, if I raise the volume enough, I may be able to extinguish the entire city with my melody of death." Erigor monologues to the Fairy Tail mages.
"What reason do you have to commit such a heinous crime against the innocent people of this town?!" Erza shoults in an exasperated tone at the wind mage.
"This is a cleansing of all the fools out there who fail to appreciate the rights they hold so dear. Who remain willfully ignorant to the plight of those who've had their rights stripped away. They've committed the sin of turning a blind eye to the world's injustice. Therefore, the reaper has come to punish them." Erigor continues his monologue.
"But killing them isn't gonna help you get your rights back. It's only gonna make it worse. That's the whole reason you were kicked out of the Wizard League in the first place." Lucy frustratedly tells him, placing her fists on her hips to emphasise her words.
"At this point we've given up trying to regain our rights. We want power. Then we will be able to wash away the sins of our past and take control of what happens in the future."
"You guys are completely insane!" The Celestial mage shouts at him in anger.
“We’re rolling in a new age of darkness. Course, by the time it gets here, you flies will be long gone.” The man in the white jacket kneels on one knee and puts his palm on the floor and summons three shadows that move rapidly toward the group. They nearly strike Lucy but Natsu leaps up and bats them away with his fire magic.
"You again?" The man in the white jacket acknowledges the fire mage.
“Eisenwald dude. I knew I recognized that voice.” Natsu flexes his arm as he stares at the dark guild members in front of him.
"You're back to normal!" Lucy raises her fists in excitement at the fire mages words.
"Oh, wow. Looks like we've got ourselves a party here, huh?" Natsu states, thrilled at the prospect of fighting.
"No, Natsu, these are the guys we have to fight!" Lucy tells him, as if not understanding what he means.
"Like he said, it's a party." As Thea says this, getting ready to fight as well, Natsu punches his fist into his palm and has a very intimidating look on his face.
~ Very Short Time Skip ~
'The Fairy Tail flies flew right into my trap. Everything is going exactly as planned. But I will not rest until they have heard Lullaby's Melody of Death. Then we'll finally have revenge against those who wronged us.' Erigor internally monologues
"This is the strongest team Fairy Tail has to offer. You'd better be ready!" Lucy points to Erigor, a serious look on her face as she says this.
"I leave them to you. Show them the terror of the dark guild Eisenwald." Erigor floats up, before vanishing, seemingly into thin air.
"HE DISAPPEARED!" Lucy and Happy are shocked by this.
"Natsu and Gray, go. I need you to stop him." Erza orders to the fire and ice mages.
"Hmm?" The two look at each other in contempt at the command the Requip mage gives.
"If the two of you work together, not even Erigor the Reaper can defeat you. I'm leaving him in your hands." She explains to the two causing the ice and fire mage clash heads as they growl at each other as they do so. "What did I say?!" She shouts at the two.
"AYE!" Scared of the repercussions of failing to comply, Natsu and Gray go off after Erigor, leaving the others with the large group of dark wizards.
"They ran off?!" Dark mage #1 shouts.
"They're going after Erigor." Dark mage #2 says.
"I got it." One dark wizard uses ribbon magic (??) uses it to pull himself up onto the balcony. "I, the great Rayule, will take them down."
“I'm coming with you. That pink haired dimwit is gonna pay.” The man in the white jacket kneels on one knee and puts his palm on the ground, summoning a large yellow magic circle around him. A shadow engulfs him as he sinks into the ground.
"We'll catch up with them once we've finished off the rest of the men here, okay?" Erza says in a confident tone.
"Three girls against an entire magical guild?" Lucy, worried for herself, Erza, and Thea, puts a fist up to her face in concern.
"Mama always told me not to hit girls, but I can make an exception." Dark mage #3 threatens.
"I'm sorry ladies. You're not gonna be as cute when we're done with ya." Dark mage #4 chuckles to himself.
The group of dark wizards taunts the remaining Fairy Tail wizards.
"But without my stunning beauty I'll be totally helpless." Lucy puts her left hand to her face and right arm under her chest in a seductive manner.
"This is no time for daydreaming, Lucy." Happy floats up to the blonde as he says this in a worried tone.
"Lucy, can you please focus?" Thea sweatdrops, furrowing her brows at Lucy's behaviour, raising her fists as magic emanates off of them, as she gets into a fighting stance, ready to fend off the dark mages.
“Let’s do this.” Erza stretches her hand out and opens her fist and summons a red magic circle. A sword spins out of said circle into the air and into her grasp.
"It came out of thin air! A magic sword!" Lucy gasps in astonishment at the sight.
"If you insult the Fairy Tail guild again in my presence, I swear none of you will live to see tomorrow." The Requip mage grasps the summoned sword, holding the hilt out in front of her pointing the blade diagonally down across herself.
"We're not scared of you! We got tons of magic swordsmen in Eisenwald!" The dark wizards charge with their weapons.
Erza shouts as she charges at the dark wizards, swinging her sword about, injuring many of the dark wizards and breaking their weapons.
"I'LL SHOW YOU! AHH!" A man shouts as three mages, including himself, shoots a beam of magic towards the Requip mage, hitting the ground in front of her as she jumps up towards the dark mages. As she's in the air, she presents the sword in front of her and summons two red magic circles on either side of the sword. The weapon vanishes and turns into a long spear.
"Now it's a spear!" Lucy is shocked at this revelation.
Erza continues to decimate the dark wizards as Lucy and Thea watch.
"It turned into twin swords." The green haired, frog-looking man says in dismay.
"I've never seen anybody be able to Requip as fast as this chick." Hair gel McGee exclaims.
"What's 'Requip'?" Lucy struggles to put two and two together.
"Magic weaponry isn't that much different from your celestial magic, Lucy." Happy readily explains to Lucy.
"The user can summon different weapons they keep stored in another dimension. And when the user switches between weapons, it's called 'Requipping.'" Thea continues Happy's explanation to the blonde.
"Wow, that's incredible!" Lucy's impressed by Erza's abilities.
"You ain't seen nothing yet. Erza's just getting warmed up." Happy states ominously.
"Erza?" The frog-looking mage asks nervously.
"It's time for me to kick butt too." Lucy decides to join in the fight after all the dark wizards are heavily injured.
"Why do you have to go and try to steal the spotlight from her?" Happy says in dismay.
"OPEN, GATE OF THE GIANT CRAB! CANCER!" Lucy swings her right hand carrying the key across horizontally then up over her head. She then brings her arm vertically down, completing the summon. Cancer arrives while humming a tune as his name can be heard as well.
"You need me to fight these dudes, baby?" Cancer inquires.
"Yeah, take them out with style." Lucy says as she rests her elbow on her wrist with her chin resting on her palm.
"I ain't never seen such a stupid haircut." Dark mage #1 says.
"You look like an idiot!" Dark mage #2 exclaims.
"Whoa, baby." Cancer seems offended at the comment as he suddenly attacks.
"My weapon!"
"What happened to my hair?!"
"We're all–"
"Bald?" Lucy's confused that the celestial spirit that's known for cutting people’s hair made the dark wizards bald.
"So cruel!" All say in dismay.
"Like your new style, baby?" Cancer rhetorically asks.
"That was impressive." Erza turns to Lucy and Cancer, holding a giant axe.
"Oh, thanks! But it was no big deal. All right! I totally scored points with her!" Lucy turns her torso to face Erza with her hand on the back of her head.
"That's what you were going for?!" Happy's not amused at the sentiment.
"However, this crab spirit of yours, the way he calls you baby, I find it rather insulting." Erza says with disdain.
"I know right? Totally demeaning." Thea teasingly chimes in, a mischievous smile on her face, as she brings a hand to her mouth as if to cover her mouth.
"Points un-scored." Lucy says in defeat as she puts her hands to her face.
"Whoa. B– Ma'am." Cancer corrects himself as he stands next to the blonde.
~ Short Time Skip ~
"Still so many. I thought we took care of most of them. Annoying, but I'll wipe them out." Erza is facing many dark wizards. A red magic circle appears below her and a bright light emanates from it. Her armour glows and disappears. She is t-posing as a bright light engulfs her in what appears to be space with a galaxy in the background. She spins around, still in a t-pose position. She raises her arms above her head and then brings them back to a t-pose
"Whoa! Her armor's disappearing!" Many of the dark mages cheer and applaud the scene before them.
"Most magic swordsmen only have the ability to swap weapons. But Erza's able to swap her armor for wizarding armor that enhances her abilities. It's a talent that only she possesses." Happy provides exposition to Lucy.
"That's what makes her magic so special. A technique called…'The Knight'!" Thea finishes his explanation for him.
"Oh, wow!" Lucy's in awe at the scene before her.
"WHOA!"
"Now, DANCE, MY SWORDS!" Erza commands as she rises in the air, holding two swords out at her sides. Many swords encircle the Requip mage, pointing away from her. The swords start spinning in the vertical circle around Erza.
"I knew it! It has to be her!" The frog-looking man says, scared at the sight before him.
"CIRCLE SWORD!" Erza shouts as she raises her swords up above her head and then brings them down, causing the blades to attack the dark wizards.
"Whoa. she took most of them down with a single swipe." Lucy says in horrified astonishment.
"Aye!" Happy says his catchphrase.
"All right! You're dealing with me now!" Hair gel McGee declares as he charges at Erza with his fist glowing.
"Don't do it, Byard! Do you have any idea who that woman is?!" Karacka, also known as the frog-looking man, shouts at him.
Erza swipes her sword across Byard and he falls to the ground on his face.
"She's Queen of the Fairies, Titania Erza!" Karacka informs out loud.
Erza requips back into her normal attire.
"Hell yeah, Erza! Way to go with those guys!" Thea cheers on the Requip mage as she disengages her magic, one of her arms raising above her head, with Lumi silently cheering her on as well from the ice mage's shoulder.
"Oh, man! I think I'm in love!" Lucy clasps her hands together as she stares in awe at Erza.
"Forget this! I'm out of here!" Karacka Looney-Tune-runs out of the room.
"I would imagine he's going to look for Erigor. You should follow him." Erza turns from where Karacka exits to address Lucy.
"Who me?" Lucy lowers her arms in uncertainty.
"C'mon Lucy, don't sell yourself short." Thea makes an attempt to encourage the blonde, Lumi nodding her head in agreement, before Erza cuts in, causing Thea, Lucy, and Lumi to jolt.
"Just do it!" Erza glares at the Celestial mage as she makes the demand.
"WHATEVER YOU SAY! I don't want to make you angry!" Lucy, also Looney-Tune-runs out of the room, leaving Erza and Thea surrounded by unconscious dark wizards.
Erza sighs out as soon as Lucy's out of earshot, before stumbling a bit catching Thea's attention as the ice mage steadies the Requip mage, Lumi leaving her shoulder to float beside the two mages.
"Whoa, careful Erza." The Ice Dragon Slayer warns the Requip mage in concern.
"Gray was right. I overdid it on the Magic-Mobile." Erza says to Thea, before muttering to herself. "Please, boys. Please don't fail me." She kneels on the ground in exhaustion.
~ With Natsu and Gray ~
Natsu and Gray run down a hall, bickering with each other.
"I can't believe she's making us work together. What was she thinking?" Gray complains to himself.
"Obviously she wasn't thinking. Everybody knows fire and ice don't mix. Well, besides me and Thea." Natsu butts in, also upset at the situation at hand.
"Yeah, and why does she always have to be so fucking bossy?" The ice mage glares at Natsu.
"She should ask us to do stuff instead of ordering us around!" The fire mage grumbles out as he glares back.
"I don't need your help! I can handle Erigor all by myself!" They butt heads with each other. "Are you copying me?! Huh?" The two wizards have come to the end of the hallway, which now leads in two directions; one way branches off to the right, the other branches off to left.
"Which way do we go?" Natsu asks.
"I guess we'll have to split up." Gray turns his back to Natsu, as the fire mage faces away from the ice mage as well. "Natsu, we're up against an evil freak who's getting ready to unleash a deadly spell. If you find him, give him a thrashing."
"You don't have to worry about that. I've got a bone to pick with that jerk for messing with Fairy Tail. I'm gonna burn him up to a crisp." Natsu turns to the ice mage and raises his fist with a smile. Gray also has his fist raised with a smile. They both quickly turn away from each other and cross their arms and frown.
"Don't die on me." Gray whispers to himself with his back turned to the fire mage.
"Huh?" Natsu looks back at the ice mage in surprise.
"Nothing. Later, loser." Gray promptly leaves, running down his chosen hallway, leaving Natsu behind.
~ With Gray ~
"So that's it. Erigor's gonna play the Lullaby through the speaker system." Gray stops and looks at a loudspeaker in realization.
Gray kicks open a door to the broadcasting room.
"There's nobody here." Gray walks into the room, looking around. "Maybe I was wrong about him broadcasting it over the station's P.A."
Rayule's hanging from the ceiling behind Gray. He summons ribbons and hurls them at the ice mage, before Gray dodges the attack.
"That was a pretty good guess, pal. But our plan isn't as obvious as you might think."
"So tell me what the plan is, and you won't get hurt." Gray demands from the man.
~ With Erza, Thea, and Lumi ~
Erza and Thea, with Lumi standing beside her on the railing, stand on the balcony of the train station overlooking the city.
"Someone's on the balcony!" Someone in the crowd shouts out.
"What's going on?!"
"IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES, THEN YOU WILL LEAVE THIS PLACE AT ONCE! THIS STATION'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY EVIL WIZARDS! THEY ARE THREATENING TO BROADCAST A DEADLY SPELL OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS THAT WOULD KILL EVERYONE HERE!" The crowd murmurs with each other in panic at her announcement. "I BEG YOU, RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN!" Erza speaks into a megaphone.
"Hey, Ladies! Why would you make everyone panic like that?!" The station worker demands from the mages.
"I would rather that than watch all of these people die. In fact you gentlemen need to evacuate as well." Erza turns to the station workers who have approached the two.
"Now that I've cleared everyone from the train station, I wonder what Erigor's next move will be." Erza states as she, Thea, and Lumi stare out at where the crowd of people ran. As Erza says this, it starts becoming increasingly windy out of nowhere behind them, causing the three to look back to the station.
"Erza, it's some kind of wind barrier!" Thea shouts out in shock.
~ With Gray ~
"There's no escape…" Rayule declares as he whips his ribbons in Gray’s direction. "FROM MY URUMI!"
"ICE-MAKE SHIELD!" Gray puts his fist vertically on his palm and raises his arms perpendicular to the floor, summoning a blue magic circle in doing so. The ice mage raises his arms up and diagonally as he creates an ice shield.
"This punk uses ice magic?!"
"ICE-MAKE KNUCKLES" Gray once again has his fist on the palm of his hand, this time his hands are to his side. A small blue light emanates from his hands as he summons giant ice fists at Rayule.
"AHH!"
"This is your last chance to tell me what you're planning. You're not gonna broadcast the Lullaby's song over the P.A. system?" Gray stands before Rayule, looking down at him through a hole in the wall he just made.
"Erigor's magic sealing barrier should be activated by now." Rayule struggles to his feet as he says this.
"Erigor's what?" Gray asks in confusion.
"He's created a wind barrier that will keep you insects from escaping."
~ With Erza, Thea, and Lumi ~
"I've always wanted the opportunity to fight the Queen of the Fairies. But unfortunately, I don't have time to play with you right now." Erigor makes a purple magic circle that pushes Erza, Thea, and Lumi back and through the barrier.
"ERIGOR!" The Requip mage makes an attempt to break through before being blasted back with magic from the barrier.
"ERZA!" Thea screams out and makes an attempt to catch the red haired mage.
"It's useless. There's no way you'll ever be able to break through my magic sealing barrier. You see, it's one way only. If you try to escape, the wind will tear you apart." Erigor monologues to the two mages.
"What is the meaning of this, you scoundrel?!" Erza holds her side as she shouts at the dark wizard in anger.
"We've wasted enough of our time on you Fairy Tail flies. Now if you'll excuse me…" Erigor flies away from the station.
"COME BACK HERE! CURSE YOU ERIGOR! I WILL FIND A WAY TO STOP YOU!" She shouts to the dark mage. "So he wasn't targeting the station after all. Just what is he planning?" Thea and Lumi look to her in concern and for direction for what they should do now.
~ With Gray ~
"Why don't I get straight to the point here, buddy? Tell me what the plan is, or else." Gray grabs Rayule’s collar in anger.
"We knew you pests would cause problems, so we lured you here and trapped you. The only reason we took over this station is to block traffic to the final stop. We didn't want any trains getting into Clover Station." Rayule explains to the ice mage.
"Yeah, why?"
"'Cause that's where it's going down. Clover's just beyond a giant canyon, and this train line is the only way in and out of town, unless you're able to fly like Erigor." Rayule continues.
"So the Lullaby's in Clover?" Gray deducts.
"You know what else is there right now? Think hard and you'll get it." Rayule summons ribbons from his hands and strikes Gray with them. The ice mage quickly jumps back and blocks the attack. "GOTCHA"
'Clover, that's where the conference is being held. So this was their plan all along. They're targeting the Guild Masters.' Gray thinks to himself.
Rayule laughs out loud. "You finally figured it out, huh? Well, it's too late to stop us now!"
"You Eisenwald thugs must be pretty brave taking on such a powerful group of wizards."
"Those ignorant old fogies won't even know what hit 'em once Lullaby's song starts playing. There's no way Erigor's plan will fail." Rayule wraps Gray in his ribbons. "You and your little Fairy friends are stuck in this station, so there's nothing you can do about it. Soon we'll have our revenge on everyone who tried to keep us down. When we're done, they'll be completely wiped out."
"That's not gonna happen. Now get this straight. When you mess with the Guild Masters, then you mess with all of us. They may be old fogies, but they're the closest thing we have to parents." Gray freezes the ribbons and shatters them, breaking free. He then freezes Rayule’s legs to the ground and walks toward him and puts his hand on his face.
~ With Natsu ~
"JUST COME OUT AND FIGHT ALREADY!" Natsu runs through the halls in search of Erigor, unbeknownst to him that the wind mage isn't at the station anymore.
A shadow is following close behind the Fire Dragon Slayer.
"Looks like it's about time for me to strike." Kageyama’s head peaks out of the ground looking up at Natsu.
~ With Erza, Thea, and Lumi ~
"We will stop you." Erza declares, as she looks in the direction Erigor once was.
~ With Lucy and Happy ~
Lucy's running down a hallway with Happy flying behind her in search for Karacka.
"Now where did that fat one run off to?" The Celestial mage questions annoyedly to herself.
"You better find him or else Erza's gonna strangle you." Happy teases her causing Lucy to yelp out in fear.
~ With Gray ~
"When I get my hands on them, I'll show them Fairy Tail can be so much more terrifying than any dark guild." Gray walks out of the room through the hole that has been made, leaving Rayule completely frozen in ice.
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CW: General Fairy Tail violence, threats of mass murder
Chapter Summery: Erza’s team chases Erigor and his villainous guild to Oshibana station. Can Fairy Tail’s strongest team snuff the death flute before the Lullaby spell hits the airwaves, or will they find themselves in a whirlwind of trouble?
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Episode 6: “Fairies in the Wind”
"Here in the town of Clover, you'll find the building where the Guild Master conferences are held."
The Guild Masters are in a large room with many tables that they're conversing around. There are no chairs in sight to sit on, and because of this, Makarov sits on one of the tables, a chicken drumstick in one hand and a beer in his other. He's talking to two other guild masters; Bob of Blue Pegasus, who's wearing a dark pink dress with wings on the straps, and notably bald. There's another unnamed guild master with a wizard hat and clothes who's beside Bob facing Makarov.
“I'm jealous, Makky. Your wizards are all full of life and they're such cutie pies. Yeah” Bob turns towards Makarov.
"This is Bob. Master of the Blue Pegasus guild." The Narrator introduces.
“I hear you've got a girl that gave some big shot quite the spanking.” Bob says to Makarov in a teasing tone.
"Oh, you must be talking about Lucy. yeah she's our newest recruit, and she's got a body that won't quit." Makarov says, quite pervertedly. (Might I add)
"Oh, so naughty!" Bob turns from the other, hands on his face in faux embarrassment.
"I wouldn't be joking if I were you, Makarov." Another guild master says with his back to the group before he turns to reveal himself. He's angrily staring at his food on a stick, which he shakes at Makarov.
"Huh?" The aforementioned Guild Master acknowledges.
"This wizard is named Goldmine. He's the guild master of the Quatro Cerberus guild." The Narrator introduces.
"Your wizards may be spirited, but you've gotta admit they go overboard sometimes. Some of the council members are worried that Fairy Tail's going to end up destroying an entire city one of these days. Can't say that I blame 'em." Goldmine lectures Makarov although agrees with the Council's sentiment about Fairy Tail.
"Oh, let those blowhards worry. What do I care? They're just jealous my wizards are hot." The Light mage boasts his guild.
"Oh, Makky, you shouldn't talk about your little wizards that way. You're such a scoundrel." Bob teasingly reprimands him, right hand on his cheek and the other waving up and down at Makarov.
"Master Makarov, Master Makarov! I have a letter from Miss Mirajane, sir." A small blue bird with a wizard hat delivers a letter to Makarov. The bird drops the letter in the guild master’s hand and flys away.
"Oh, thanks a lot." Makarov thanks the little bird.
"No Problem." The little blue bird says before flying away. Makarov summons a teal magic circle over the letter and a projection of Mirajane appears.
"Hi, Master. I'm glad you made it to the conference safe and sound." The holo-Mira says relieved, looking up at Makarov, her hands clasped in front of her dress.
Makarov stands from his seated position and shows off the projection to the other guild masters.
"See? This honey's our poster girl, Mirajane. Grab some eye candy, boys." Makarov
The Guild Masters around the table chatter excitedly while some whistle at the sight.
"Ooh-la-la." Bob comments.
"That's Mirajane? I haven't seen her in a while. She sure has matured." (eugh, gross.) Goldmine offhandedly says.
"Oh, Master, you are not gonna believe what happened. It may be the greatest thing in the history of Fairy Tail." Mira announces to the Guild Master with her hands clasped by her face before spreading her arms wide.
"Really?" Intrigued, Makarov replies.
"Erza, Natsu, Gray, and (Y/N) have all teamed up together. An amazing combination, huh? In fact, I think they may have formed the strongest team Fairy Tail's ever seen. Sorry to bother you, but I just had to send a quick note to tell you the exciting news." Mira tells him, oblivious to the disaster the four of them will create in their wake.
"Not those four…" He mutters in complete devastation.
"See you soon, Master." Mira bids farewell to Makarov, unaware of the chaos the four aforementioned mages will cause, being the reason for the Fairy Tail Guild Master's reaction.
"What's wrong, Makky?" The Blue Pegasus Guild Master inquires in curiosity.
"I guess the council has a good reason to be worried, right?" Goldmine reasons.
Makarov falls back in shock. 'I can't believe this is happening. Those four really could destroy an entire city. The conference ends today, so I can be back at Fairy Tail by tomorrow afternoon. I just hope nothing crazy happens between now and then. Oh, please, let nothing happen.' He thinks to himself in devastation.
~ Location Change ~
"Some guy with a scythe and a bunch of his lackeys took over the train." Civilian #1 says.
"I think I know who they are. They're the dark guild punks who've been hanging around town the past few weeks." Civilian #2 states
Erza parks the magic-mobile at the edge of a cliff. At the bottom of the cliff is Kunugi Station, where a crowd has amassed. There are many guards that are shoulder to shoulder blocking the entrance to the station. Lucy, Happy, and Lumi are peering out the window of the magic-mobile down below at the commotion, while Erza observes from the driver's seat.
"I can understand cars and boats, but why'd they want to hijack a train?" Lucy inquires to the others.
"It doesn't really seem like it'd be a very good choice for getaways, since it can only follow the tracks it's on." Happy replies to the blonde.
"Yes, that's true, but they are quite fast." Erza tells the blue cat.
Natsu and (Y/N) are on the floor of the cabin, the former resting his head on his arms as they rest on the seat of the car, while the latter's leaning against Natsu with her back to the vehicle seat, her head tilted down. Both mages are still feeling quite queasy, not only the ride, but also Erza's erratic driving. To the fire mages right is Gray, who's in his underwear once again.
"Then I guess it's up to us to figure out where those Eisenwald guys are going in such a big hurry and why." Gray casually expresses to the others.
"YOU'RE NAKED, GRAY!" The Celestial mage exclaims at him in shock.
"Am I?" The Ice-Make mage asks, oblivious to his lack of clothes.
"The military's already been called to action, so it should only be a matter of time before someone catches them." Lucy redirects her attention from the ice mage to the situation at hand.
“I hope that's the case, Lucy.” The Requip mage drives the magic-mobile away, following the cliff in the direction the train was supposed to go.
~ Location Change ~
Erigor slashes his scythe at the man in the white jacket, tearing through the seat behind him. This act shocks the other dark guild members. The man in the white jacket is on his knees before Erigor.
"Let me get this straight. You allowed a Fairy Tail fly to see the Lullaby flute and then let him get away? Is that true?!" Erigor demands from the man cowering on the floor.
"But it's not like he knows anything about our plans, sir. And even if he did, there's no way he and his stupid guild would be able to stop us, right?" The man in the white jacket explains to the man wielding a scythe, on his knees as he pleads with him.
Erigor slams the blade of his scythe into the car floor, causing the man in the white jacket to crawl back a few metres.
"We can't afford to take any chances. Fortunately, we have a strategy in place." The white haired man states as he removes his balde from the floor.
"Right. You mean the thing at Oshibana Station." The man in the white jacket reveals.
"We can't have flies buzzing around where they're not wanted." Erigor commands as he rests his scythe on across his right shoulder as he talks to the dark guild members. He's holding the cursed flute in his hand. The man in the white jacket get's up from the floor. "It will be up to you men to swat them away."
"Yes, sir!" The dark mages agree in unison.
~ Location Change ~
Erza's driving recklessly in Oshibana city down the narrow streets. She hand brakes and turns to go down a different street as pedestrians panic and flee from the chaotic driver. Gray's still insistent on hanging on to the roof of the magic-mobile.
"Stop, Erza! You're going way too fast! You're gonna overload the S.E. plug." Gray chastises the red haired woman for her driving and overexertion of her magic.
"There's no telling how many innocent people could die if Lullaby's song is played. I can't slow down. We have to top Eisenwald before it's too late." The Requip mage states in a commanding tone.
"But at this rate, you're gonna use up all your magic before we even start fighting." Gray says, concern for his friend lacing his words as he holds on for dear life to the roof of the vehicle.
"Well then, I'll just have to rely on hand-to-hand combat." She smirks as she says this. Besides, I've got you, Natsu, and (Y/N) as backup."
In the cab of the magic-mobile sits Lucy, Happy, Natsu, (Y/N), and Lumi.
"I feel like there was something important I was supposed to tell you, Lucy." Happy says offhandedly as he, Lumi, and Lucy are sitting on the seats while Natsu and (Y/N) are sprawled on the floor, feeling the effects of their motion sickness.
"Oh really? What was it?" Lucy inquires to the blue cat.
"I don't remember. It was just something about something I was supposed to tell you." He closes his eyes and puts a paw to his face in thought. "Um, you're–" Happy's cut off by Natsu.
"Totally sick for real." The Fire Dragon Slayer groans out.
"That's it!" Happy suddenly shouts in excitement.
"Are you kidding me?!" Lucy shouts at the blue cat as the fire mage drags himself to the window of the vehicle and lets his torso fall out of it, letting himself go limp.
"Careful, Natsu! You're gonna fall out!" The Celestial mage shouts at him in concern.
"That's what I'm aiming for…" He retorts back at the blonde.
"Um, so if it wasn't "Lucy's totally sick," then what the heck was it? Something weird like that. Lucy's… weird? Hungry? Fishy? I like fish. Wait. weird, weird, weird…" As Happy prattles on, Lucy's grabbing Natsu and trying to pull him back inside the car.
"Why are you saying I'm weird?" She comments in a stern tone.
"What's that up ahead?" Erza takes notice of the crowd of people gathered around the station.
The group arrives at Oshibans Station, where another crowd has amassed around the entrance, not being permitted inside. There's a column of smoke rising from the building.
"Please stand back. The station is currently closed due to a train derailment." A station worker announces to the crowd
"A derailment? Are you serious?" Random person #1 asks in a demanding tone.
"Well, I heard the station's been taken over by a group of thugs." Random person #2 states.
"We ask that you please stand back." The station worker commands the crowd.
“Excuse me, what's going on?” Erza puts her hand on the shoulder of the train station worker's shoulder.
"Why would I tell you, lady?" Erza knocks the station worker out and moves to the next one.
"What's going on?!" Erza punches this one before he says anything. As Lucy's observing this cycle, Natsu has his right arm over her shoulder, hanging on to her for support.
"Seems like her questioning method's a little counterproductive." Lucy comments, mostly to herself.
"Erza's got her own way of getting things done." Gray states as (Y/N)'s in a similar state as the fire mage on the other ice mages back.
"Where are your clothes?!" Lucy shouts at him.
“The Eisenwald guild's inside. Let's go.” Erza has her hand on her hip in a commanding stance. There are many knocked out station workers around her as the others look at her.
"Right." The Ice-Make mage says in agreement.
"So I gotta drag this one around?" Lucy complains to the Requip mage.
"Sorry." Natsu noncommittally apologizes to her.
~ Short Time Skip ~
The group is now inside the station running down a long hallway with pillars lining the walls on either side. Erza's leading the charge, with Gray running on her right, carrying (Y/N) on his back as she's unable to run at the moment, and Happy and Lumi flying beside him. Lucy's running to Erza’s left, still supporting Natsu as she follows.
"A small army unit stormed in earlier, but they've yet to return. I'm guessing they've been caught in battle with the Eisenwald forces." Erza states as Lucy makes a scared face at the information the Requip mage provides.
They come to a staircase and see many unconscious soldiers that lead up the stairs onto the next level, the sight causes Lucy to gasp out loud. As they continue, more bodies are found.
"They've been completely wiped out." Happy exclaims out, worried.
"They were up against an entire guild of wizards. A small contingent like this would never stand a chance against such a powerful group." Erza informs the others.
The group enters an area that has a balcony that goes around the sides of the room. Before them is Erigor and the many other dark guild members.
"Welcome. Step into our parlor, Fairy Tail flies." Erigor demands to the mages as he sits on top of a train car
"Whoa. There's so many of them." The Celestial mage is unsettled by the sheer number of foes in front of them. Natsu's still passed out, but this time he rests on Lucy's back, while Gray has a bored look on his face, with (Y/N) still on his own back, Erza has her right hand on her hip with a serious expression on her face.
"You fiend. I take it you're Erigor?" Erza commands to the dark mage as he just chuckles at the tone.
“Come on, Natsu, we need your help.” Lucy shakes Natsu on the floor, trying to wake him.
"Good luck. Between the train, magic-mobile, and your shaking, it's a motion sickness triple combo." Happy tells the blonde in a semi-serious, semi-joking way.
"I'm not a vehicle!" Lucy retaliates while pointing to herself in exasperation.
"Hey, you. It's your fault I got in trouble with Erigor. Get up." The man in the white jacket seethes out to Natsu in anger.
"Huh? I know that voice." Natus mutters to himself as he opens his eyes, suddenly feeling better. Coincidentally, (Y/N) gets over her motion sickness soon after Natsu.
"We're not threatened by any of you. Tell me what you're planning to do with Lullaby." Erza demands to the wind mage.
"Oh, you haven't heard yet?" Erigor chuckles as he flies and hovers to the centre of the room. "What do all train stations have?"
"He flew!" Lucy exclaims in surprise.
"It's wind magic." The blue cat offhandedly explains to her.
Erigor lands on a speaker, crouching down on it, while resting his scythe on his right shoulder.
"You plan to broadcast the Lullaby's song?" Erza questions in a panicked tone causing Erigor to laugh.
"Thousands of nosy onlookers have flocked to this station to get a glimpse of the action. Who knows, if I raise the volume enough, I may be able to extinguish the entire city with my melody of death." Erigor monologues to the Fairy Tail mages.
"What reason do you have to commit such a heinous crime against the innocent people of this town?!" Erza shoults in an exasperated tone at the wind mage.
"This is a cleansing of all the fools out there who fail to appreciate the rights they hold so dear. Who remain willfully ignorant to the plight of those who've had their rights stripped away. They've committed the sin of turning a blind eye to the world's injustice. Therefore, the reaper has come to punish them." Erigor continues his monologue.
"But killing them isn't gonna help you get your rights back. It's only gonna make it worse. That's the whole reason you were kicked out of the Wizard League in the first place." Lucy frustratedly tells him, placing her fists on her hips to emphasise her words.
"At this point we've given up trying to regain our rights. We want power. Then we will be able to wash away the sins of our past and take control of what happens in the future."
"You guys are completely insane!" The Celestial mage shouts at him in anger.
“We’re rolling in a new age of darkness. Course, by the time it gets here, you flies will be long gone.” The man in the white jacket kneels on one knee and puts his palm on the floor and summons three shadows that move rapidly toward the group. They nearly strike Lucy but Natsu leaps up and bats them away with his fire magic.
"You again?" The man in the white jacket acknowledges the fire mage.
“Eisenwald dude. I knew I recognized that voice.” Natsu flexes his arm as he stares at the dark guild members in front of him.
"You're back to normal!" Lucy raises her fists in excitement at the fire mages words.
"Oh, wow. Looks like we've got ourselves a party here, huh?" Natsu states, thrilled at the prospect of fighting.
"No, Natsu, these are the guys we have to fight!" Lucy tells him, as if not understanding what he means.
"Like he said, it's a party." As (Y/N) says this, getting ready to fight as well, Natsu punches his fist into his palm and has a very intimidating look on his face.
~ Very Short Time Skip ~
'The Fairy Tail flies flew right into my trap. Everything is going exactly as planned. But I will not rest until they have heard Lullaby's Melody of Death. Then we'll finally have revenge against those who wronged us.' Erigor internally monologues
"This is the strongest team Fairy Tail has to offer. You'd better be ready!" Lucy points to Erigor, a serious look on her face as she says this.
"I leave them to you. Show them the terror of the dark guild Eisenwald." Erigor floats up, before vanishing, seemingly into thin air.
"HE DISAPPEARED!" Lucy and Happy are shocked by this.
"Natsu and Gray, go. I need you to stop him." Erza orders to the fire and ice mages.
"Hmm?" The two look at each other in contempt at the command the Requip mage gives.
"If the two of you work together, not even Erigor the Reaper can defeat you. I'm leaving him in your hands." She explains to the two causing the ice and fire mage clash heads as they growl at each other as they do so. "What did I say?!" She shouts at the two.
"AYE!" Scared of the repercussions of failing to comply, Natsu and Gray go off after Erigor, leaving the others with the large group of dark wizards.
"They ran off?!" Dark mage #1 shouts.
"They're going after Erigor." Dark mage #2 says.
"I got it." One dark wizard uses ribbon magic (??) uses it to pull himself up onto the balcony. "I, the great Rayule, will take them down."
“I'm coming with you. That pink haired dimwit is gonna pay.” The man in the white jacket kneels on one knee and puts his palm on the ground, summoning a large yellow magic circle around him. A shadow engulfs him as he sinks into the ground.
"We'll catch up with them once we've finished off the rest of the men here, okay?" Erza says in a confident tone.
"Three girls against an entire magical guild?" Lucy, worried for herself, Erza, and (Y/N), puts a fist up to her face in concern.
"Mama always told me not to hit girls, but I can make an exception." Dark mage #3 threatens.
"I'm sorry ladies. You're not gonna be as cute when we're done with ya." Dark mage #4 chuckles to himself.
The group of dark wizards taunts the remaining Fairy Tail wizards.
"But without my stunning beauty I'll be totally helpless." Lucy puts her left hand to her face and right arm under her chest in a seductive manner.
"This is no time for daydreaming, Lucy." Happy floats up to the blonde as he says this in a worried tone.
"Lucy, can you please focus?" (Y/N) sweatdrops, furrowing her brows at Lucy's behaviour, raising her fists as magic emanates off of them, as she gets into a fighting stance, ready to fend off the dark mages.
“Let’s do this.” Erza stretches her hand out and opens her fist and summons a red magic circle. A sword spins out of said circle into the air and into her grasp.
"It came out of thin air! A magic sword!" Lucy gasps in astonishment at the sight.
"If you insult the Fairy Tail guild again in my presence, I swear none of you will live to see tomorrow." The Requip mage grasps the summoned sword, holding the hilt out in front of her pointing the blade diagonally down across herself.
"We're not scared of you! We got tons of magic swordsmen in Eisenwald!" The dark wizards charge with their weapons.
Erza shouts as she charges at the dark wizards, swinging her sword about, injuring many of the dark wizards and breaking their weapons.
"I'LL SHOW YOU! AHH!" A man shouts as three mages, including himself, shoots a beam of magic towards the Requip mage, hitting the ground in front of her as she jumps up towards the dark mages. As she's in the air, she presents the sword in front of her and summons two red magic circles on either side of the sword. The weapon vanishes and turns into a long spear.
"Now it's a spear!" Lucy is shocked at this revelation.
Erza continues to decimate the dark wizards as Lucy and (Y/N) watch.
"It turned into twin swords." The green haired, frog-looking man says in dismay.
"I've never seen anybody be able to Requip as fast as this chick." Hair gel McGee exclaims.
"What's 'Requip'?" Lucy struggles to put two and two together.
"Magic weaponry isn't that much different from your celestial magic, Lucy." Happy readily explains to Lucy.
"The user can summon different weapons they keep stored in another dimension. And when the user switches between weapons, it's called 'Requipping.'" (Y/N) continues Happy's explanation to the blonde.
"Wow, that's incredible!" Lucy's impressed by Erza's abilities.
"You ain't seen nothing yet. Erza's just getting warmed up." Happy states ominously.
"Erza?" The frog-looking mage asks nervously.
"It's time for me to kick butt too." Lucy decides to join in the fight after all the dark wizards are heavily injured.
"Why do you have to go and try to steal the spotlight from her?" Happy says in dismay.
"OPEN, GATE OF THE GIANT CRAB! CANCER!" Lucy swings her right hand carrying the key across horizontally then up over her head. She then brings her arm vertically down, completing the summon. Cancer arrives while humming a tune as his name can be heard as well.
"You need me to fight these dudes, baby?" Cancer inquires.
"Yeah, take them out with style." Lucy says as she rests her elbow on her wrist with her chin resting on her palm.
"I ain't never seen such a stupid haircut." Dark mage #1 says.
"You look like an idiot!" Dark mage #2 exclaims.
"Whoa, baby." Cancer seems offended at the comment as he suddenly attacks.
"My weapon!"
"What happened to my hair?!"
"We're all–"
"Bald?" Lucy's confused that the celestial spirit that's known for cutting people’s hair made the dark wizards bald.
"So cruel!" All say in dismay.
"Like your new style, baby?" Cancer rhetorically asks.
"That was impressive." Erza turns to Lucy and Cancer, holding a giant axe.
"Oh, thanks! But it was no big deal. All right! I totally scored points with her!" Lucy turns her torso to face Erza with her hand on the back of her head.
"That's what you were going for?!" Happy's not amused at the sentiment.
"However, this crab spirit of yours, the way he calls you baby, I find it rather insulting." Erza says with disdain.
"I know right? Totally demeaning." (Y/N) teasingly chimes in, a mischievous smile on her face, as she brings a hand to her mouth as if to cover her mouth.
"Points un-scored." Lucy says in defeat as she puts her hands to her face.
"Whoa. B– Ma'am." Cancer corrects himself as he stands next to the blonde.
~ Short Time Skip ~
"Still so many. I thought we took care of most of them. Annoying, but I'll wipe them out." Erza is facing many dark wizards. A red magic circle appears below her and a bright light emanates from it. Her armour glows and disappears. She is t-posing as a bright light engulfs her in what appears to be space with a galaxy in the background. She spins around, still in a t-pose position. She raises her arms above her head and then brings them back to a t-pose
"Whoa! Her armor's disappearing!" Many of the dark mages cheer and applaud the scene before them.
"Most magic swordsmen only have the ability to swap weapons. But Erza's able to swap her armor for wizarding armor that enhances her abilities. It's a talent that only she possesses." Happy provides exposition to Lucy.
"That's what makes her magic so special. A technique called…'The Knight'!" (Y/N) finishes his explanation for him.
"Oh, wow!" Lucy's in awe at the scene before her.
"WHOA!"
"Now, DANCE, MY SWORDS!" Erza commands as she rises in the air, holding two swords out at her sides. Many swords encircle the Requip mage, pointing away from her. The swords start spinning in the vertical circle around Erza.
"I knew it! It has to be her!" The frog-looking man says, scared at the sight before him.
"CIRCLE SWORD!" Erza shouts as she raises her swords up above her head and then brings them down, causing the blades to attack the dark wizards.
"Whoa. she took most of them down with a single swipe." Lucy says in horrified astonishment.
"Aye!" Happy says his catchphrase.
"All right! You're dealing with me now!" Hair gel McGee declares as he charges at Erza with his fist glowing.
"Don't do it, Byard! Do you have any idea who that woman is?!" Karacka, also known as the frog-looking man, shouts at him.
Erza swipes her sword across Byard and he falls to the ground on his face.
"She's Queen of the Fairies, Titania Erza!" Karacka informs out loud.
Erza requips back into her normal attire.
"Hell yeah, Erza! Way to go with those guys!" (Y/N) cheers on the Requip mage as she disengages her magic, one of her arms raising above her head, with Lumi silently cheering her on as well from the ice mage's shoulder.
"Oh, man! I think I'm in love!" Lucy clasps her hands together as she stares in awe at Erza.
"Forget this! I'm out of here!" Karacka Looney-Tune-runs out of the room.
"I would imagine he's going to look for Erigor. You should follow him." Erza turns from where Karacka exits to address Lucy.
"Who me?" Lucy lowers her arms in uncertainty.
"C'mon Lucy, don't sell yourself short." (Y/N) makes an attempt to encourage the blonde, Lumi nodding her head in agreement, before Erza cuts in, causing (Y/N), Lucy, and Lumi to jolt.
"Just do it!" Erza glares at the Celestial mage as she makes the demand.
"WHATEVER YOU SAY! I don't want to make you angry!" Lucy, also Looney-Tune-runs out of the room, leaving Erza and (Y/N) surrounded by unconscious dark wizards.
Erza sighs out as soon as Lucy's out of earshot, before stumbling a bit catching (Y/N)'s attention as the ice mage steadies the Requip mage, Lumi leaving her shoulder to float beside the two mages.
"Whoa, careful Erza." The Ice Dragon Slayer warns the Requip mage in concern.
"Gray was right. I overdid it on the Magic-Mobile." Erza says to (Y/N), before muttering to herself. "Please, boys. Please don't fail me." She kneels on the ground in exhaustion.
~ With Natsu and Gray ~
Natsu and Gray run down a hall, bickering with each other.
"I can't believe she's making us work together. What was she thinking?" Gray complains to himself.
"Obviously she wasn't thinking. Everybody knows fire and ice don't mix. Well, besides me and (Y/N)." Natsu butts in, also upset at the situation at hand.
"Yeah, and why does she always have to be so fucking bossy?" The ice mage glares at Natsu.
"She should ask us to do stuff instead of ordering us around!" The fire mage grumbles out as he glares back.
"I don't need your help! I can handle Erigor all by myself!" They butt heads with each other. "Are you copying me?! Huh?" The two wizards have come to the end of the hallway, which now leads in two directions; one way branches off to the right, the other branches off to left.
"Which way do we go?" Natsu asks.
"I guess we'll have to split up." Gray turns his back to Natsu, as the fire mage faces away from the ice mage as well. "Natsu, we're up against an evil freak who's getting ready to unleash a deadly spell. If you find him, give him a thrashing."
"You don't have to worry about that. I've got a bone to pick with that jerk for messing with Fairy Tail. I'm gonna burn him up to a crisp." Natsu turns to the ice mage and raises his fist with a smile. Gray also has his fist raised with a smile. They both quickly turn away from each other and cross their arms and frown.
"Don't die on me." Gray whispers to himself with his back turned to the fire mage.
"Huh?" Natsu looks back at the ice mage in surprise.
"Nothing. Later, loser." Gray promptly leaves, running down his chosen hallway, leaving Natsu behind.
~ With Gray ~
"So that's it. Erigor's gonna play the Lullaby through the speaker system." Gray stops and looks at a loudspeaker in realization.
Gray kicks open a door to the broadcasting room.
"There's nobody here." Gray walks into the room, looking around. "Maybe I was wrong about him broadcasting it over the station's P.A."
Rayule's hanging from the ceiling behind Gray. He summons ribbons and hurls them at the ice mage, before Gray dodges the attack.
"That was a pretty good guess, pal. But our plan isn't as obvious as you might think."
"So tell me what the plan is, and you won't get hurt." Gray demands from the man.
~ With Erza, (Y/N), and Lumi ~
Erza and (Y/N), with Lumi standing beside her on the railing, stand on the balcony of the train station overlooking the city.
"Someone's on the balcony!" Someone in the crowd shouts out.
"What's going on?!"
"IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIVES, THEN YOU WILL LEAVE THIS PLACE AT ONCE! THIS STATION'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY EVIL WIZARDS! THEY ARE THREATENING TO BROADCAST A DEADLY SPELL OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS THAT WOULD KILL EVERYONE HERE!" The crowd murmurs with each other in panic at her announcement. "I BEG YOU, RUN AS FAR AS YOU CAN!" Erza speaks into a megaphone.
"Hey, Ladies! Why would you make everyone panic like that?!" The station worker demands from the mages.
"I would rather that than watch all of these people die. In fact you gentlemen need to evacuate as well." Erza turns to the station workers who have approached the two.
"Now that I've cleared everyone from the train station, I wonder what Erigor's next move will be." Erza states as she, (Y/N), and Lumi stare out at where the crowd of people ran. As Erza says this, it starts becoming increasingly windy out of nowhere behind them, causing the three to look back to the station.
"Erza, it's some kind of wind barrier!" (Y/N) shouts out in shock.
~ With Gray ~
"There's no escape…" Rayule declares as he whips his ribbons in Gray’s direction. "FROM MY URUMI!"
"ICE-MAKE SHIELD!" Gray puts his fist vertically on his palm and raises his arms perpendicular to the floor, summoning a blue magic circle in doing so. The ice mage raises his arms up and diagonally as he creates an ice shield.
"This punk uses ice magic?!"
"ICE-MAKE KNUCKLES" Gray once again has his fist on the palm of his hand, this time his hands are to his side. A small blue light emanates from his hands as he summons giant ice fists at Rayule.
"AHH!"
"This is your last chance to tell me what you're planning. You're not gonna broadcast the Lullaby's song over the P.A. system?" Gray stands before Rayule, looking down at him through a hole in the wall he just made.
"Erigor's magic sealing barrier should be activated by now." Rayule struggles to his feet as he says this.
"Erigor's what?" Gray asks in confusion.
"He's created a wind barrier that will keep you insects from escaping."
~ With Erza, (Y/N), and Lumi ~
"I've always wanted the opportunity to fight the Queen of the Fairies. But unfortunately, I don't have time to play with you right now." Erigor makes a purple magic circle that pushes Erza, (Y/N), and Lumi back and through the barrier.
"ERIGOR!" The Requip mage makes an attempt to break through before being blasted back with magic from the barrier.
"ERZA!" (Y/N) screams out and makes an attempt to catch the red haired mage.
"It's useless. There's no way you'll ever be able to break through my magic sealing barrier. You see, it's one way only. If you try to escape, the wind will tear you apart." Erigor monologues to the two mages.
"What is the meaning of this, you scoundrel?!" Erza holds her side as she shouts at the dark wizard in anger.
"We've wasted enough of our time on you Fairy Tail flies. Now if you'll excuse me…" Erigor flies away from the station.
"COME BACK HERE! CURSE YOU ERIGOR! I WILL FIND A WAY TO STOP YOU!" She shouts to the dark mage. "So he wasn't targeting the station after all. Just what is he planning?" (Y/N) and Lumi look to her in concern and for direction for what they should do now.
~ With Gray ~
"Why don't I get straight to the point here, buddy? Tell me what the plan is, or else." Gray grabs Rayule’s collar in anger.
"We knew you pests would cause problems, so we lured you here and trapped you. The only reason we took over this station is to block traffic to the final stop. We didn't want any trains getting into Clover Station." Rayule explains to the ice mage.
"Yeah, why?"
"'Cause that's where it's going down. Clover's just beyond a giant canyon, and this train line is the only way in and out of town, unless you're able to fly like Erigor." Rayule continues.
"So the Lullaby's in Clover?" Gray deducts.
"You know what else is there right now? Think hard and you'll get it." Rayule summons ribbons from his hands and strikes Gray with them. The ice mage quickly jumps back and blocks the attack. "GOTCHA"
'Clover, that's where the conference is being held. So this was their plan all along. They're targeting the Guild Masters.' Gray thinks to himself.
Rayule laughs out loud. "You finally figured it out, huh? Well, it's too late to stop us now!"
"You Eisenwald thugs must be pretty brave taking on such a powerful group of wizards."
"Those ignorant old fogies won't even know what hit 'em once Lullaby's song starts playing. There's no way Erigor's plan will fail." Rayule wraps Gray in his ribbons. "You and your little Fairy friends are stuck in this station, so there's nothing you can do about it. Soon we'll have our revenge on everyone who tried to keep us down. When we're done, they'll be completely wiped out."
"That's not gonna happen. Now get this straight. When you mess with the Guild Masters, then you mess with all of us. They may be old fogies, but they're the closest thing we have to parents." Gray freezes the ribbons and shatters them, breaking free. He then freezes Rayule’s legs to the ground and walks toward him and puts his hand on his face.
~ With Natsu ~
"JUST COME OUT AND FIGHT ALREADY!" Natsu runs through the halls in search of Erigor, unbeknownst to him that the wind mage isn't at the station anymore.
A shadow is following close behind the Fire Dragon Slayer.
"Looks like it's about time for me to strike." Kageyama’s head peaks out of the ground looking up at Natsu.
~ With Erza, (Y/N), and Lumi ~
"We will stop you." Erza declares, as she looks in the direction Erigor once was.
~ With Lucy and Happy ~
Lucy's running down a hallway with Happy flying behind her in search for Karacka.
"Now where did that fat one run off to?" The Celestial mage questions annoyedly to herself.
"You better find him or else Erza's gonna strangle you." Happy teases her causing Lucy to yelp out in fear.
~ With Gray ~
"When I get my hands on them, I'll show them Fairy Tail can be so much more terrifying than any dark guild." Gray walks out of the room through the hole that has been made, leaving Rayule completely frozen in ice.
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Word Count: 7908
CW: Mentions of throwing up but nothing happens, General Fairy Tail violence
Chapter Summery:
Erza asks Gray, Natsu, and (Y/N) to form a team with her to stop a corrupt guild from using a dark magic that has the power to sap the lives of everyone in Fiore!
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Episode 5: “The Wizard in Armor”
"Hey, Mira, can we get three beers over here, please?" Someone says to the Take-Over mage.
“Be right with you!” Mira holds a tray with two beer mugs and a cup on it in her right hand.
“So when are you and I gonna go on a date, Mira?” Wakaba has his pipe in his mouth as he extends his arm out with his palm up. He's wearing a light green shirt with a dark green floral on it.
“Would you leave her alone?” Laki, who's sitting across from him, has a look of disgust on her face at what the man says. She 's wearing a white jacket with blue stripes running down from her shoulders, as well as a blue stripe that goes across her shoulders. She wears a red bow around her collar as well as a red bow in her hair. She has glasses and light purple hair.
“Wakaba, there's one small problem.” As Mira says this, she summons a pink magic circle and transforms into Wakaba’s wife. "You already have a wife!" This unsettles said man, as he gets up from the table, startled.
“I hate it when you do that! It's so creepy!” He states to her, freaked out.
"I wish I could drink in peace for once." Cana and Macao are sitting at a table behind them, both drinking beer.
“Well, if you didn't drink all day…” Macao sits with his back resting against the table, Cana is sitting normally.
At another table sits Natsu, (Y/N), Happy, and Lumi, while Lucy stands to the side. The two cats sit on the table in front of their respective Dragon Slayers, the fire and ice mages sit across from each other as the former has his chin on the table with a disgruntled expression, while (Y/N) rests her chin in her right hand as her left rests on the table in front of her, her brows furrowed as if in deep thought, a small frown on her face, while Lumi looks at her in concern.
“I guess we should probably try to find another stupid job.” Natsu grunts out in irritation.
“Aye, we're running out of food money.” Happy points out to the others, annoyed at the outcome.
"Well, if you guys weren't spending it foolishly…" (Y/N) comments offhandedly to herself, Lumi nodding in agreement.
“If we'd taken that two million jewel reward, we'd be sittin' pretty.” Lucy reminds the others before looking up as if reminded by something. "And I can't let myself forget that rent's gonna be due next. I guess I'd better find work too." She turns towards the request board.
"Hmm…" Lucy's looking at all the different requests with the intent of obtaining a job. "Finding a magic bracelet, breaking a spell on a cursed cane? Reading someone's love horoscope, hunting a volcano demon? Jeez, I had no idea wizarding jobs were so varied." She mutters to herself, a hand on her chin in thought. Nab stands next to her with his arms crossed, also looking at the board.
Mirajane approaches them as Lucy looks at her. "Well, let me know if you find one you're interested in taking on. The Master's away at a conference, so I'm covering for him." She raises her right hand in offering.
"What kind of conference?" Lucy questions the white haired mage, removing her hand from her chin.
"One for the Guild Masters. Every once in a while, they all get together to talk about the state of things." She puts a finger to her chin in thought. "It's like the magic council, but not." She turns to a mage named Reedus. "Excuse me, Reedus? Could I borrow a light pen?" She asks him.
"Oui." He hands her a Light Pen, a normal-looking, light-colored pen with an arched clip, with its end adorned with a glowing nib.
"A Light Pen is a magical item that allows the user to write in the air." The Narrator explains.
"The Council, Era, is the most powerful organization in the magical world. It's only one step below the government. It has 10 members, and it's their job to uphold all magical rules and regulations." Mira explains as she writes in the air. "And if a wizard breaks magical law, they would be tried by the council. Then there's the different Guild Master leagues, which are local groups who work together. Then the individual masters. It's their job to pass on the decrees of the council." Mira continues her explanation of things. "They also communicate with other Guild Masters on a regular basis. I guess you could say they're the glue that holds all of us together. Which is a pretty stressful job."
"Wow, I never realized that all the different magical guilds were interconnected like that." Lucy says in amazement.
"It's important that we cooperate with one another, otherwise our system would fall apart." Mira explains.
"And then the Guys in Black would show up." Natsu pops in suddenly, his hand alight with flames, scaring Lucy.
"AAH!" Lucy shrieks in fright as Natsu throws his head back with his hands behind his head as he laughs. She has her right hand clenched in a fist over her heart as she grimaces at the pink haired boy in irritation. (Y/N) walks up behind the two, Lumi resting on her left shoulder, standing to Natsu's right with her arms loosely crossed, a slightly amused look on her and Lumi's faces at Lucy's reaction.
"That was almost too easy!" The fire Dragon Slayer burst out in laughter at her reaction.
"You trying to scare me to death?" She scolds the pink haired boy as he continues to cackle at Lucy's distress.
"But seriously, the guys Natsu's talking about exist. They're the dark guilds. They've chosen not to join any of the leagues. They're the bad apples. And most of them are involved in magical crime." Mira points her index finger up and thumb out as she frowns at them. She circles ‘DARK GUILD’ on the chart she made.
"Wow." Lucy utters out in unease as Natsu stands beside her, a smug smile on his face, his hands resting on the back of his head. Lucy's standing with her hands behind her back.
"Would you just go and pick us a job already?" Natsu says in a somewhat condescending manner to the blonde while (Y/N) nods along. Lucy turns her head and glares at the two Dragon Slayers.
"You have got to be kidding me. What makes you think I'd wanna do that?" Lucy takes offence to his words.
"Well, we are a team now, aren't we?" (Y/N) ligh(Y/N)rtedly responds to Lucy, an easygoing smile on her face as she looks at the blonde.
"Yea, and we picked the job last time! It's your turn to pick, so get to it." Happy demands to Lucy as the aforementioned mage looks at him in confusion with an eyebrow raised.
"Just forget it, cat. As far as I'm concerned, our teams disbanded. And besides, you guys didn't actually want me. You just needed me last time because I'm blonde." Lucy turns away slightly and crosses her arms, frowning.
Natsu drops his hands from his head and furrows his brow. "Don't be ridiculous. That's not the only reason we chose you." He turns to her with a large smile on his face. "We picked you 'cause you're so nice!" Lucy blushes slightly at the boy's statement.
"Please, Lucy? It'd be nice to have another girl on the team, right Lumi?" (Y/N) pleads with the Celestial mage, clasping her hands together and a furrow in her brow, before looking to the grey cat in confirmation, as the cat in question nods in agreement, a smile on her face.
"Hey, Lucy, I wouldn't stay with those losers if I were you. You'll get plenty of offers from other teams." Gray says to the group from another table, catching their attention, as he sits across from Cana, who's drinking heavily. He appears to have lost his clothes again.
"Your clothes, Gray." Cana reminds the Ice-Make mage.
"AAH!" The ice mage throws his arms up in the air at the revelation as he yells in surprise.
"Jerk!" Natus yells to Gray from the request board, the backs of his hands on hips.
Gray rises from the bar and he and Natsu butt heads with each other, their foreheads touching.
"Did you just call me a jerk, dragon boy?" Gray insults the fire mage.
"And what if I did? What are you gonna do about it?" Natsu jeers back at Gray.
"You mouth-breather!" The Ice-Make mage jabs back.
“At least I'm not a coward!" Natsu taunts.
"You're a spineless wimp!" Gray sneers to the fire mage.
"You're a freak!" The pink haired boy declares.
"Looks like they're at it again." Happy comments.
"What don't you join the team of love with me, Lucy? Later tonight, just the two of us?" As the two boys are arguing, Loke puts his arm around Lucy before taking a step back from her. (Y/N) and Lumi look at him with an annoyed expression at his actions towards the blonde as the former puts her hands on her hips in a disapproving manner.
"Say what?" Lucy awkwardly questions at the sudden attention.
"You're just so stunningly gorgeous. I have to keep my shades on when I look at you. Or I'll be blinded by your dazzling beauty." Loke pushes his glasses up in a flirtatious manner.
"Loke, you gotta stop flirting with every girl you see." The ice mage deadpans as Lumi nods in agreement, a similar expression on her face.
"Girls really fall for this?" She looks annoyed at his flirtations, shifting on her feet making her keys catch the light. He takes notice of Lucy’s celestial keys and hops away a short distance, one leg raised in fright.
"YOU'RE NOT A CELESTIAL WIZARD, ARE YOU?!" Loke shrieks out in fear.
"Huh?" Lucy and (Y/N) both make a noise in confusion at his reaction.
"Yeah, she's got cows and crabs and stuff." Happy tells Loke, mouth full of fish.
"AAH!" CURSE YOU FATE! WHY MUST YOU TOY WITH ME SO?! I'm sorry, but you and I can't be together, my dear!" Loke puts his right hand to his head in apparent distress. He quickly turns and runs away, out of the guild.
"What's gotten into him all of a sudden?" Lucy says in confusion.
"Loke has a bad history with celestial wizards. Rumor has it he dated one and it didn't end up very well." Mira informs the blonde.
"Ah, that makes sense… I guess." (Y/N) mutters to Lumi looking in the direction Loke went.
"Well, I'm not surprised–" Natsu’s body is suddenly flung in Lucy and (Y/N)’s direction while Mira watches and smiles as the three topple over while Lumi gets off the ice mages shoulder just in time as she hovers in the air, eyes wide and her paws covering her mouth in shock.
"That looked painful." Mira comments as the blonde lays face down on the ground, while (Y/N) lands on Lucy’s back on her front and Natsu lands on (Y/N)'s back, face up.
"Would the two of you just knock it off already?" Lucy groans out, crushed under the weight of two people, annoyed at Natsu and Gray's constant fighting, while (Y/N) groans in pain, a dazed look on her face.
"Natsu started it. I'm just following through." Gray flexes his bicep as Cana continues to drink behind him at the table.
"Where are your clothes?" Cana reminds the Ice-Make mage.
"AHH!" The black haired boy freaks out over his sudden loss of clothing.
"You're the one who was provoking me. You dirty slime ball." Natsu sits up, crushing Lucy and (Y/N)’s back a little, and stands before Gray with an angry look. The Ice Dragon Slayer gets up and helps the Celestial mage up from her position on the floor.
"Oh, yeah? What exactly did I do to provoke you? You fire clown." Gray, now composed, stares at Natsu with an equally angry look. Cana's sitting beside them, drinking straight from a barrel.
"You pervy flasher!" Natsu retorts back, as he butts heads with Gray once again.
"Pink haired punk!" Gray counters.
"Lame insults, guys." Lucy comments from the sidelines.
"They start to run out." Happy explains to her.
"Is that all you got?!" Gray questions.
"Pretty much!" Natsu responds. The rest of the guild laughs as the two continue to bicker.
Loke bursts through the guild doors. "I'VE GOT BAD NEWS!" The others in the guild gasp at Loke's alarm to the rest of the guild. "It's Erza– she's on her way here." The guild is thrown into a panic at Loke’s words as they all scream in fright.
"Wow, just mention Erza, and the whole place freaks out." Lucy mutters to herself.
"Well, she is the strongest female wizard we've got in Fairy Tail, and more than a bit intimidating." Mira explains to Lucy, while (Y/N) and Lumi absentmindedly nod along as everyone in the guild looks at the doors in anticipation.
"That's gotta be her." Laki deduces.
"Those sound like her footsteps." Wakaba makes an astute observation.
"Even the air's gotten completely still." Macao notices.
"Jeez, from these reactions, you'd think she was some kind of demon or something." Lucy imagines a large raging monster. "I'm so scared!" She whimpers out.
"Well… she's not that bad. Everyone's just being dramatic." Even as she says this, (Y/N) has a nervous expression on her face.
"The look on your face tells me otherwise…" Lucy anxiously mutters out.
After a short time, the woman in armour from earlier walks into the guild hall, still carrying the giant horn over her shoulders. Lucy stares at her in amazement as she enters. The woman, who's known as Erza, lets the horn fall to the floor with a loud thud that shakes the hall. The guild members look unnerved at the sight of the Requip mage.
"I have returned. Where is Master Makarov?" Erza demands.
"Wow, she's pretty." Lucy offhandedly comments while putting a hand to her face in awe.
"That's Erza for ya. Scary, but insanely pretty." (Y/N) mentions to Lucy with a slight smile on her face, Lumi nodding along.
"Welcome back, Erza. The Master's at a conference right now." Mira informs the scarlet haired woman in her usual happy tone.
"I see." Erza turns her head from Mira to some other guild members.
"So, um, what's that humongous thing you got there?" A sand mage named Max asks.
"It's the horn of a monster that I defeated. The locals were so thankful, they decorated it and gave it to me as a souvenir." She turns towards the sand mage. "Do you have a problem with it?" She furrows her brows at them
"NO, NOT AT ALL!" Max and the others put their palms up in protest as they sweat profusely from the accusation.
"I bet she's heard about what happened at Mt. Hakube." Cana takes a break from drinking to speculate.
"You think so? Aw, man, I'm a goner." Macao says in defeat.
"She's not like anything I imagined." Lucy reflects.
Erza turns her attention to the others. "Now, listen up." She starts, catching everyone's attention. "While I was on the road, I heard a few things. Word is Fairy Tail is causing nothing but trouble as of late. Master Makarov may not care, but I most certainly do." She turns her attention to the card mage, who's still drinking heavily from a barrel. "Cana, you need to start controlling your drinking." Cana immediately stops drinking from the barrel and has a look of terror on her face, as if caught in the act.
Erza continues to call out the rest of the guild members. "Vijeeter, please take the dancing outside, Wakaba, get rid of that filthy habit. Nab, I suspected I would find you dawdling in front of the request board. Just pick a job!" She turns towards the blue haired fire mage." Macao…" She sighs, almost as if in disappointment.
"Please just say something!" Macao says in a panicked tone.
The requip mage puts a hand to her forehead, shaking her head in disapproval. "I don't even know where to begin with you. You caused so much trouble. I've almost given up."
"She's really tearing into everyone. It's like she's taking over." Lucy turns to Mira, whispering to her, a hand to her mouth.
"That's Erza for ya." Happy reiterates (Y/N)'s statement from earlier.
"Even if she is kinda bossy, she's still saner than anyone else here. I don't understand why everyone's so afraid of her." Lucy wonders.
"Are Natsu, Gray, and (Y/N) here?" Erza asks. At the mention of the two former mages names, they both have an arm around each other's shoulder while their other hands clasp in a mock "handshake" as all three sweat profusely at the attention of the Requip mage.
"Aye!" Happy responds.
"Hi, Erza, welcome back." (Y/N) gives a nervous closed eyed smile to the red haired woman as she waves to her.
"Oh, hey there, Erza. we're just hanging out like good friends tend to do." Gray
"Aye!" Natsu agrees, copying Happy.
"Why is Natsu talking like Happy!" Lucy questions.
"That's great. I'm quite pleased to see the two of you getting along so well. However, it's only natural for even the best of friends to lock horns every now and again." Erza commands the two.
"I don't know if we're the best of friends." Gray reiterates.
"Aye…" Natsu agrees.
"What's gotten into Natsu?!" Lucy says in confusion.
"He's scared. A few years ago, he challenged Erza to a fight, and she beat him up pretty bad." Mira explains.
"That was a stupid thing to do." Lucy retorts.
"After that, she found Gray walking around naked, so she decided to beat him up too." Macao contributes to the conversation
"And let's not forget, she also beat up Loke for trying to hit on her. He totally deserved it, though." Cana, who's sitting at a table with a beverage in front of her, says in a humorous tone.
"Yeah, can't say I blame her." Lucy replies.
"And a couple years ago (Y/N) asked Erza if she wanted to have a girls day and Erza got so excited, she dragged (Y/N) out of the guild quite roughly, accidentally injuring her in the process." Mira provides
"Natsu, Gray, (Y/N)… I need you to do me a favour." The two stop leaning on each other. "While traveling, I overheard something that has me worried. Normally I would consult with the Master before acting, but he's not here and this is a matter of utmost urgency. The three of you are the strongest wizards here. I could really use your help."
"Did that just happen?" Laki murmurs
"Erza asked for help?"
"This is definitely a first." Wakaba states.
"We'll meet at the train station tomorrow morning." Erza has a serious expression on her face with her fists on her hips as she speaks to them, Natsu and Gray turn to each other in disbelief.
'Me and Natsu?' Gray is perplexed at the notion of being on the same team as Natsu.
'On the same team?' Natsu is equally bewildered.
'This is gonna go terribly, I can just feel it.' (Y/N) predicts, sweatdropping.
"Erza, Natsu, Gray, and (Y/N) working together? I never saw that one coming. This could be the most powerful team Fairy Tail's ever seen." Mira marvels.
Erza nods her head and crosses her arms. Lucy is staring at Natsu and Gray.
~ Next Day ~
"Magnolia Station." The Narrator provides.
The group is at Magnolia Station waiting for their train, while Erza's not yet present. Natsu and Gray are yet again butting heads with each other. Lucy, (Y/N), Lumi, and Happy are sitting on a bench to the side. Happy's eating a fish with both paws, Lucy's holding Plue in her lap as she looks down in embarrassment, (Y/N) sits to the blonde's left holding Lumi in a similar way as the two watch the two boys argue in amusement.
"AAH! I hate this! Teaming up with you was the worst idea ever!" Natsu seethes out in frustration.
"Yeah, tell me about it. Erza made a huge mistake asking a huge loser like you to come along." Gray protests in equal annoyance.
"Fine then, why don't you just take care of it yourself?! I don't wanna go anyway!" Natsu shouts back.
"Sounds like a plan to me. Then I'll get to watch her beat you senseless." Gray taunts.
Lucy exhales, "Let's just sit here and pretend we don't know them." Lucy says in embarrassment as the two continue to argue.
"What made you decide to come with us?" Happy says with a mouthful of fish.
"Mira asked me to tag along." Lucy explains to the cat.
~ Flashback ~
"Those two are gonna be at eachothers throats when Erza's not looking, so I want you to be there to stop them, okay?" Mira tells Lucy cheerfully.
"Who, me?! What about (Y/N)? She'll be there too!" Lucy protests in exasperation.
~ Back to Present ~
"You aren't doing a very good job." Happy is mostly unbothered by this, still eating his fish.
"They're hopeless." Lucy sounds defeated.
“Sorry I'm late. Have you been waiting long?” Erza makes her presence known.
Natsu and Gray immediately stop arguing at the sound of Erza’s voice, while Lucy and (Y/N) turn their heads and smile at the red haired mage.
"No, not really– Aah." Lucy's smile turns to shock when she sees the amount of belongings Erza brought with her, although (Y/N)'s reaction is more subtle, as she's used to the Requip mages traveling habits. Behind her is a large wagon that is full of luggage, stacked three suitcases high. A few other people who are waiting for their train look at the amount of luggage Erza has as Lucy and (Y/N) get up from the bench as the Requip mage approaches.
"Wow, look at that luggage!" Happy is amazed at the amount of luggage Erza has.
"ALL THOSE BELONG TO YOU?!" Lucy is perplexed.
"It's time to go, good buddy!" Gray is in an unnaturally cheerful mood.
"Aye! Ha-ha!" Natsu concurs with the ice mage.
"Listen, one Happy's enough!" Lucy says in frustration.
"Good, I really love to see the two of you getting along." Erza says to the two boys before turning to Lucy and (Y/N), addressing the Celestial mage. "And what was your name? I believe I saw you at the guild yesterday." The fire and ice mage start butting heads as soon as Erza's attention is off of them.
"My name's Lucy, and I just joined Fairy Tail. Mira asked me to come along with you guys so I could learn a thing or two. I hope that's okay with you." Lucy explains.
"The more the merrier. I'm Erza. Wait, you're the girl I heard about." She turns her head to look back at Natsu and Gray before turning back to lucy. "I was told you defeated a mercenary gorilla using only your pinky finger." Lucy gasps in shock at this. "It'll be great to have a wizard like you on board. Thanks for your help." Erza turns back at the boys as they briefly stop fighting. before they go back to arguing as Erza’s back is turned.
"Oh, no, it's my pleasure." Lucy chuckles nervously.
“Hey, Erza, I'll come with you, but only under one condition.” Natsu calls to Erza.
"Shut up." Gray tries to silence Natsu in vain.
"Oh? Well, then let's hear it." Erza turns her head to hear what Natsu has to say as she takes interest in Natsu's pending request.
"'Kay, I wanna rematch when we get back to fairy tail." He holds up his clenched fist as he challenges the Requip mage, surprising the others, causing Lucy and Happy to gasp at his words.
"What's wrong with you? Got some kind of death wish?" Gray says in surprise and concern, putting his hand on Natsu’s shoulder in protest.
"Are you sure, Natsu? You do remember what happened last time, right?" (Y/N) reminds him with concern as she and Lumi look at him with slightly stunned expressions.
"I'm a lot stronger than I was last time. This time will be way different. 'Cause I'm gonna beat you." Natsu says with ill found confidence.
"Yes, I can tell you've improved. As to whether or not you can beat me, I suppose we'll have to see. I accept your challenge." Erza sounds quite calm.
"Oh, yeah! I'M FIRED UP!" Natsu flexes his arms and looks up as he breathes fire as he yells out.
~ Location Change ~
The group's now on the train, Gray leans on the window ledge, his right leg crossed over his left, Happy to his right eating a fish, and Natsu to Happy's right, trying to hold it together. The girls sit across from them with Lucy in the window seat across from the Ice-Make mage holding Plue in her lap, Erza to her left with her arms crossed, and (Y/N) to the Requip mage's left in the same predicament as Natsu with Lumi sitting in her lap.
"I swear you're totally pathetic, Natsu. One minute you're picking a fight, the next, you're like this." Gray complains, although excluding (Y/N) from his complaints as he actually somewhat likes the Ice Dragon Slayer.
"It's gotta be tough on them, getting from place to place." Lucy sympathizes with the two.
“Don't worry. They’ll be fine. Come here and sit with me, Natsu.” Erza shrugs at the blonde's concern.
'I– I guess she wants me to move.' Lucy turns and looks shocked at Erza's expectancy for her to move.
The blonde changes seats with Natsu. The fire mage leans against Erza with a sickly look upon his face, while the others look on curiously at what the red haired mage will do.
“Now just relax.” Erza punches Natsu in the abdomen and keels over onto her lap. Lucy sweats profusely at her actions, while (Y/N) pretends to be fine, turning the other way with her arms over stomach, worried she might be next.
"Aah!--" Natsu yelps out in pain.
"There. That should make the trip a little easier on him." Erza explains to the other before turning her head towards the [Hair Colour] haired mage. "Would you like any help, (Y/N)."
"Nope! I'm good… I'll be fine." She nervously gives a shaky smile to the Requip mage with a thumbs up in her direction.
'Okay, maybe she's not as sane as I thought she was.' Lucy sweatdrops as she pretends not to watch the events in front of her.
"Erza, I think it's about time you started filling us in. I mean what kind of mission are we going on here?" Gray finally inquires.
"Oh course. I have reason to believe the dark build Eisenwald is planning something big. I'm not sure what exactly, but it has to do with a magic called Lullaby." The Requip mage explains to the others, although with Natsu out cold and (Y/N) trying to hold herself together, the two Dragon Slayer's don't retain any of the information.
"Lullaby?" Gray and Happy question in unison.
"Wait, that thing from before?" Lucy points her finger up in realization and turns to Gray with Erza looking at her with a serious expression.
~ Location Change ~
Meanwhile, the dark guild Eisenwald is up to mischief. Four members of the guild walk through a hallway. The member in the lead has a large scythe resting on his back. There are five people tied around their waists and are hung from the ceiling.
"I hear Kageyama finally got back to us." Member #1 says to the others.
"Yeah, he says he actually found it." Member #2 replies.
"The moment of truth has arrived, gentleman. This means we're one step closer to achieving our goals. The Guild Masters will be too busy holding their conference, they won't even realize what's hit them." The member with the scythe asserts confidently.
~ Location Change ~
"I see. So you've run into the Eisenwald guild before?" Erza asks the others.
"Well, I'm not positive they were part of Eisenwald. But they did mention Lullaby." Gray states, unsure.
"It sounds like they were members who dropped out of the guild and gone into hiding. Perhaps they wanted no part of whatever it is that's coming." Erza speculates.
"So this thing is so bad it even scares dark wizards?" Gray questions.
"I'm only hypothesizing. But whoever you saw dragging off Happy and Lumi's kidnappers that day, must have been from Eisenwald. It's obvious that they didn't want their plans getting out." Erza presumes.
"What do you think they're gonna try?" Lucy asks worriedly.
"Let me start from the beginning. Just the other day I was heading home after completing a job. I stopped by a pub in Onibas that I knew was a gathering spot for local wizards."
~ Flashback ~
“Come on, hurry it up, bartender!” A man in a light red jacket and black hair demands.
“Hey, relax a little.” A man with a yellow and black striped hood says.
“And how am I supposed to do that? We finally managed to figure out where Lullaby’s hidden, but we can’t do anything. Because of some seal?" The man in the light red jacket states.
“Keep it down, man.” The man in the yellow and black hood warns.
“Don’t sweat it, you guys. Let me handle this one. You just head back to the guild, all right?” A man in a white jacket reassures the rest of the group.
“You sure, Kage?”
“You gonna be okay on your own?”
“You don’t have to worry about me. Just tell Erigor that I’ll be coming back with Lullaby in three days.” The man in the white jacket states to his group.
~ Back to Present ~
"Lullaby? That's like a song you sing to kids to sleep." Lucy wonders out loud.
"Yes. And the fact that it had been sealed away means that it must be very powerful magic." Erza deduces to the group.
"You sure these guys you saw at the pub are with Eisenwald?" Gray questions her.
"Yes. I can't believe I was such a fool that day. I didn't recognize his name. Erigor, the Ace of Eisenwald. He only accepts assassination requests, which is why he's earned the name, "Erigor the reaper."" Erza reveals.
"He kills for money?" Lucy's disgusted at this revelation.
"When the council outlawed assassination requests, Eisenwald decided that money was more important than the council's rules. As a result, they were kicked out of their wizard league six years ago. But that didn't stop them. They've disobeyed orders and remained active to this day. They've disobeyed orders and remained active to this day." Erza explains.
"Okay, I should be heading back home now." Lucy trembles in her seat at the information the Requip mage provides.
"Lucy's slimy all of a sudden." Happy observes.
"It's sweat!" Lucy snaps out.
Erza slams her fist on Natsu’s temple. "How could I be so careless? If only I had recognized Erigor's name that day… I could have pulverized them. I could have forced them to reveal their scheme to me." Erza says in a regretful tone.
"She's scary!" Lucy whimpers out, closed hands to her face in fear.
"So if I got this, Eisenwald's planning to do something with this Lullaby, and you want to stop them. Because after what you overheard, you're sure that it's gonna be something bad." Gray looks from the window to Erza in confirmation.
"That's correct. And I'm not fooling enough to believe that I can take on an entire magical guild all by myself. That's why I asked you, Natsu, and (Y/N) for your help. We're storming the Eisenwald guild." She clarifies as her eyes shift to look at him.
"Sounds like fun to me." Gray smiles at her statement.
"Aye!" Happy chimes in.
"I shouldn't have come along." Lucy whimpers out as she starts sweating even more.
"Ew, now you're super slimy!" Happy comments to Lucy.
"I TOLD YOU IT'S SWEAT!" Lucy yells at the cat.
~ Time Skip ~
"Can't you give me a little discount, pretty please?"
Lucy buys lunch for the group. They continue the conversation. Plue is trying to eat a carrot and Happy is continuing to eat a fish, Gray and Lucy are eating sandwiches, Erza's eating a cake, while Natsu and (Y/N) are left out.
"If you don't mind, what kind of magic do you practice, Erza?" Lucy inquires to Erza.
"That's a good question." Erza
"Era's magic is really pretty. She makes her enemies bleed a lot." Happy
"I don't know if I'd call that pretty." Lucy whimpers out at Happy's words
"Personally, I think Gray and (Y/N)'s magic is more beautiful than mine." Erza compliments the two ice mages.
“Oh, like this?” Gray puts his fist on his palm and stretches his arms forward and summons a blue magic circle. He opens his fist, and an ice sculpture of the Fairy Tail emblem appears on his palm. It floats over to the middle of the seating area towards Lucy. "I use ice magic."
"Now I understand why you and Natsu don't get along. He's fire and you're ice. Talk about not mixing very well." Lucy concludes.
"I never thought about that." Erza wonders.
"Nah, I just hate his guts. Plus, he and (Y/N) get along just fine." Gray refutes.
~ Location Change ~
The group arrives at Onibas station.
"You think the Eisenwald guys are still gonna be in this town?" Gray questions, he carries (Y/N) on his back with her face buried in his shoulder as she's unable to walk as Lumi and Happy sit on Erza's mountain of luggage as the latter pulls it along while the others walk beside her.
"I have no idea. That's what we're here to find out." Erza explains to the group.
"I'm still thinking maybe I should go home." Lucy mutters to herself.
"Hold on, where's Natsu?" Happy questions as the others turn towards the train. Lucy makes a surprised noise at the question. "Uh-oh, there he goes." The group stares at the train as it hurries away down the track toward the horizon. Happy waves at the train as it moves further away, with his brows furrowed, a smile on his face.
Lucy leans forward slightly with her arms down at her sides, her mouth agape in shock. Gray standing behind Lucy, he too has his mouth ajar, staring blankly at the train as it quickly disappears from sight.
"We were so busy talking, I forgot about him." Erza's voice wavers a bit before turning the other way, raising a fist to her face in despair. "I am such a fool. Natsu hates all forms of transportation. This is all my fault. I need one of you to come and hit me for my penance." She scolds herself.
"That's a little much." Lucy says to the Requip mage, bringing a hand up in a placating manner.
~ With Natsu ~
Natsu is leaning forward in his seat on the train, feeling quite poorly.
A man in a white jacket walks toward Natsu and stops at the row in front of the fire mage and rests his arm on the back of the bench. “Well, looky here. It’s a Fairy Tail wizard. How’s the guild treating you these days? Is it worth sticking around?”
“What?” Natsu groans out at the question.
The man kicks Natsu in his face and leaves his boot upon the fire mage’s face, his arms crossed. “Don’t act all high and mighty just ‘cause you’re in a legal guild, Mr. Fairy. You guys who just blindly follow the Magic Council. Know what you look like to us? Harmless little flies.” Natsu’s arms are crossed as the man in the white jacket calls him what sounds like a derogatory term.
Natsu steps into the aisle and has his fists in flames outstretched at his sides. The man in the white jacket jumps back a few paces and puts his hands in his pants pockets.
“Guess I hit a nerve.” The man taunts Natsu.
“You–” Natsu’s flames suddenly go out as the train jolts, causing Natsu to become sick again.
“Ha, what kind of magic is that? Let me show you how it’s done.” The man in the white jacket summons a dark purple magic circle around his feet. Three shadows appear at his feet and quickly shoot out toward Natsu, knocking him on his back. The man in the white jacket smiles at the downed fire mage. “It’s all in the follow-through.”
“That magic…” Natsu angrily looks up at the man as he's still on the ground. The man in the white jacket chuckles at Natsu's expression.
The train stops abruptly, causing both the man in the white jacket and Natsu to be flung away from each other. A disturbing looking flute flys from the man’s jacket and rattles on the floor of the car. There's a skull carved at the top, the skull resembles a human's, but has three eye sockets.
~ With the Others ~
Back at the train station, Erza pulls down the emergency brake that causes the train to stop abruptly. A worker pleads at her as she stares at the worker. Lucy, Happy, Gray, Lumi, and (Y/N), who's feeling better now, are in the background, observing the Requip mage with deadpan expressions.
“What do you think you’re doing, lady? You can’t pull the emergency lever without permission.” The station worker tells her.
“It’s for our comrade. Please understand.” Erza explains to him.
“Are you kidding me?” He says, exasperated.
“Now I would like you to take our luggage to the hotel.” Erza demands.
“Do I look like a bellhop?!” The station worker takes offence.
“I’m starting to realize that all of the wizards in the Fairy Tail guild are just a little insane.” Lucy mutters to herself.
“Well, not all of us.” Gray states.
"Gray, your clothes…" (Y/N) utters out to him, a hand on her hip as she and Lumi look at him, deadpanned expression on their faces.
“Oh, yeah, where are your clothes?!” Lucy shouts at the Ice-Make mage.
~ With Natsu ~
Natsu kneels on one knee, looking down at the flute that fell out of the man’s jacket.
“The train stopped. What is that?” Natsu observes before noticing the flute on the ground.
The man in the white jacket stumbles up. “You saw it.” He gasps out.
“That’s enough out of you! It’s payback time!” Natsu puts his fists together to create a red magic circle, lunging at the man with a fiery fist.
“Guard Shadow.” The man in the white jacket quickly summons shadows to block Natsu’s attack.
In the process of Natsu's strike, the interior of the train car is destroyed in the process. The man in the white jacket is on his back surrounded by the ruined car. He wipes his face with his sleeve.
“Lucky shot.” He mutters out.
Natsu approaches him, flexing his right arm up, smiling slightly. He's much more confident now that the train stopped moving.
“Hmm. Little fly, huh?” Natsu mocks the other man.
“Attention, all passengers, our emergency stop was a false alarm. We’ll be departing again shortly.” A woman says over the speaker causing Natsu to panic as he grabs his bag to leave the train.
“Oh, crap, I gotta go.” He goes to grab his bags.
“Hold it right there! I’m not letting you get away that easily. You’re messing with Eisenwald now.” The man in the white jacket commands.
Natsu turns and frowns at him as he slings his bag over his shoulder.
“Oh, so you’re Eisenwald, huh? I’ll show you what happens to people who knock Fairy Tail. How ‘bout we take this outside?” Natsu says in anger to the other man.
The train jolts forward slightly in preparation to begin moving again. Natsu instinctively puts his hand to his mouth as he immediately feels sick again.
~ With the Others ~
"This is a magic-mobile. It’s a fast vehicle that runs on the driver's magic energy." The Narrator explains.
Not far outside, Erza is driving a magic-mobile. Lucy is in a passenger seat, leaning her body out the window, (Y/N) sitting next to her, a hand over her mouth and an arm over her stomach, and Gray hanging on to the roof. The magic-mobile does not have an enclosed pilot seat, nor a steering wheel, instead it has a single lever and two pedals, of which Erza has her feet on. There's also a cord that is connected to a cuff that's around Erza’s arm, using her magic to power the vehicle.
“Natsu!” Lucy yells out at him.
Ahead, the group sees Natsu get flung out of the train. The fire mage’s body collides with Gray’s and they both tumble to the ground. Erza quickly stops the vehicle to check on the two.
“Natsu, are you all right?” Erza questions in concern.
“Aye.” Natsu strains.
Gray and Natsu stand up after a time. The rest of the group is out of the magic-mobile and is standing around the fire mage.
“That hurt, you idiot!” Gray complains.
“Shut up, you icy freak! How come you guys left me on the train?!" Natsu shouts at the others.
“I’m just thankful you weren’t badly injured. I apologize, Natsu.” Erza grabs Natsu’s head and crushes him against her breastplate, much to the pain and dismay of Natsu.
“Huh, it’s okay!” He whimpers out in pain.
“Well, I’m shaken up pretty bad. I got attacked by a weirdo on a train.” Natsu pulls back and puts his hand behind his head. Erza has her hands on her hips, Gray stands behind him with his left hand on his hip and his right arm down by his side, Lucy and (Y/N) standing beside Natsu and Erza, Lumi by their feet, while Happy stands in front of the Ice-Make mage, beside Natsu.
“Are you serious?” The blonde asks in concern.
“I think it’s the dude that dragged away the guys who were going to eat Happy and Lumi. Said he was with Eisenwald.” Natsu crosses his arms and turns his torso slightly.
“You fool!” Erza’s eyes widen as Natsu says Eisenwald and slaps him across his face. The fire mage falls to the ground. Lucy, Gray, and (Y/N) look quite alarmed as they look on at Erza and Natsu from a safe distance. “That is exactly who we’re chasing after on this mission. Why did you let him get away?!"
“What the– this is the first I heard about it.” Natsu rubs his face with his hand as he looks up at Erza in hurt confusion.
Erza has her hands on her hips as she looks down at Natsu and lectures him. “I explained everything on the train. You should listen when people talk to you.”
“She already forgot that she knocked him out, didn’t she? This woman is unbelievably.” Lucy turns away, her hands on her face.
"Yep." Gray and (Y/N) utter in unison.
“That’s Erza for you!” Happy comments.
Erza puts the magic-mobile cuff on her forearm and starts the vehicle. “So he was on the same train that we were on. Let’s find him.” She says determined.
“But what was this guy like?” Gray faces Natsu with his left hand on his hip and right arm at his side, his brows furrowed, (Y/N) stands next to the other ice mage, her arms crossed, a serious expression on her face as she looks at Natsu.
“He didn’t look like somebody from a dark guild. But he did have this strange flute thing. It looked like a skull, except it had three eyes.” Natsu looks up in recollection of what the man looks like, crossing his arms in the process.
“A three eyed skull?” Lucy questions
“That’s creepy.” Gray states.
“Is there something wrong, Lucy?” Happy asks.
“It’s just, I’ve heard about that flute before. Lullaby… the cursed song. It’s death magic.” Lucy comes to the realization. Erza backs the magic-mobile closer to the group as the blonde says this. Happy stands on her thigh.
“What?” The Requip mage gasps out in shock.
“A cursed song? Like an incantation?” Gray asks.
“I’ve only ever read about them in books before, but there’s some deadly spells out there that are forbidden to be used by wizards.” The Celestial mage clarifies for the group.
“That’s right, there are cursed black magic spells that will kill the person they’re used on.” Erza adds onto Lucy's clarification
“Well, if I’m right, Lullaby is even worse.“ Lucy states.
~ Kunagi Station ~
”This train belongs to Eisenwald now!” Erigor declares.
“Kunugi Station” Narrator reveals.
“Get everything off the train– Luggage, the conductor, all of it. If anyone tries to defy us, kill them all.” Erigor orders.
“Well, look who’s here.” Kageyama says as he walks out of one of the train cars.
“Kageyama. I heard you were coming back aboard this train. That’s quite a bit of wreckage. Care to explain what happened?” Erigor questions.
“Come on, aren’t you interested to see what I brought back with me? Ha ha, I finally managed to break the seal.” Kageyama reveals the flute.
“Excellent.” Erigor is pleased with this.
“Oh yeah.” Yellow and black hooded man says.
“Is that it?” Light red jacket man is unimpressed.
“Yes, this is it, men. The forbidden lullaby. Originally, it was a tool for casting simple death curses. Useful, but limited. That is until the great black wizard Zeref transformed it into a demon flute. Now it’s song will kill hundreds, thousands at once, lulling them all into endless sleep. And it’s all mine.” Erigor monologues.
~ Back to Main Group ~
Erza does a sick jump off a cliff with the magic-mobile, Gray's still miraculously hanging on to the roof of the vehicle.
“HEY, SLOW DOWN ERZA! YOU’RE USING TOO MUCH OF YOUR POWER DRIVING THIS THING!” Gray shouts at the Requip mage in concern.
The others are inside the cabin of the magic-mobile as Erza drives. Natsu and (Y/N) sit beside each other as they lean on one another, both Happy and Lumi sit on their respective Dragon Slayer's laps, and Lucy sits beside (Y/N), while Gray holds on for dear life as he's on the roof of the vehicle.
“I have no choice but to press onward. We’re running out of time. If Erigor gets his hands on this death magic, trust me, lives will be lost.” Erza yells back to Gray as she focuses on the path ahead of her.
“Curse them. What is it they hope to accomplish? This is madness." The Requip mage thinks to herself.
~ Kunugi Station on the Train ~
"And so it begins. Let's move forward, men!" Erigor commands.
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I accidentally posted this WAY before I was supposed to lmao. So if you’ve already seen this, no you didn’t
Word Count: 7511
CW: General Fairy Tail violence
Chapter Summery: Natsu, (Y/N), Lucy, and Happy will have to do more than just read between the lines to defeat the twisted Duke Everlue and his monstrous maid, Virgo.
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Episode 4: Dear Kaby
"Wh– were we beaten… by a fire wizard?" Baldy says in disbelief.
"Hey, bro, tell me when the room stops spinnin', 'kay?" Spiky suffered a massive concussion and some brain injury, thanks to Natsu.
"That'll teach ya. Now then, guess I'd better go and find Lucy and (Y/N)." Natsu turns his back to the two Vanish Brothers, who he had just defeated. "These merchant fairies are toast." he walks from the two mercenaries.
"We're mercenaries…" The two groan out, defeated as Virgo's eyes suddenly glow, unbeknownst to Natsu.
~ Location Change ~
"Enemy of literature? My massive collection of books and art only further prove I'm culture's greatest friend!" The Duke argues at Lucy's statement.
"But that ugly maid collection proves you don't know squat about beauty!" She struggles to get out, her arms being painfully restrained behind her.
"How dare you mock them. They are the very definition of beauty." He leans forward to get a better look at the book, invertedly pushing Lucy forward causing more pain with the position. "What secrets does it hold? Let me guess, he buried his fortune and there's a treasure map hidden inside." Lucy grunts in pain as he tightens his grip on her arms. "Tell me, or I'll snap your arm like a toothpick." He threatens her. Lucy grunts in pain once more before blowing a raspberry at him in defiance.
"Boyo." He leans further out of the wall as Lucy is now on her knees, her face on the floor. "Now is not the time to get sassy. Listen, I myself commissioned this book's very creation. Therefore, any secret it holds is rightfully my property!" He demands to her.
Suddenly Happy appears and kicks the man full force on the side of his face, smiling as he makes contact. (Y/N) and Lumi can be seen right behind him.
"Happy!" Lucy rises, ecstatic to see the aforementioned cat as he giggles, floating over the sewage water.
"That was so cool." She states to him. "Huh?" Suddenly Happy's magic runs out as he falls in the water. Lucy, (Y/N), and Lumi stare at Happy with a blank expression.
"What's this? A flying cat?" Everlue questions as Happy can be seen blowing bubbles in the gross water.
"The name's Happy." He corrects Everlue while still in the disgusting water.
"Happy, can you please get out of the water, you'll catch some sort of disease if you stay in there." (Y/N) sweatdrops, concerned for Happy's well-being, Lumi nods in agreement.
"I wouldn't stay in there if I was you." Lucy, also concerned for her teammates' well-being, tells Happy.
"But the water feels so good." Happy, still blowing bubbles, says in enjoyment.
"That's sewer water, Happy." Lucy and (Y/N) facepalm at him.
"Looks like the tables have turned. But if you let me keep the book, I'll think about going easy on you." Lucy has her arm raised, pointing a celestial key at Everlue with a look of conviction. "Although I'm tempted to give you a good smack," Lucy states as (Y/N) and Lumi stand slightly behind her, Lumi floating beside the former, a serious look on (Y/N)'s face as she's in a fighting stance with her fists raised.
"Oh? A Celestial Wizard. But for a reader, you seem to be a bit deficient in your turns of phrase. 'The tables have turned' implies that the weaker party has rallied to claim victory." Duke Everlue has a devious look on his face, "But there's no way you two girls and those two cats could ever defeat me and my diver magic. Boyoyoyoyo!" He laughs as a yellow magic circle emanates from the man’s back, using it to dive below the stone of the sewer walkway.
"So he does that using magic? I had no idea Everlue was a wizard too." Happy, now standing next to Lucy, (Y/N), and Lumi asks.
"Do you not smell yourself?" Lucy deadpans at Happy.
Everlue suddenly breaks through the ground in an attempt to get the book before diving back down, just to make two more attempts as Lucy and (Y/N) jump out of the way to evade the stubby man.
"Look, I know the whole story now. It's a horrible adventure novel about a trashy little character named Duke Everlue!" Angry, Lucy shouts at the man.
"You serious?" Happy looks at where Lucy, (Y/N), and Lumi are, looking at the blonde.
"I don't know that I'd call the protagonist 'trashy'. But yes." He dives back down below the ground, before going across the sewers ceiling, the others watch the rubble from the ceiling fall where he was going. "The story itself is crap! And to think it was written by the great Kemu Zaleon!" He drops down overtop the two wizards. "Inexcusable!" He grabs for Lucy and (Y/N) as they do a flip to dodge out of the way. Everlue then drills through the ceiling over where the two girls were.
"I can't believe your arrogance! You forced him to write it!" (Y/N) yells at Everlue as her and Lucy's eyes follow him as Everlue tunnels above them.
"Arrogant, moi? The word doesn't begin to apply! To tell my story's an honor, no matter what the circumstances!" His voice echoes around the group as debris continues to fall around them.
"Then why'd you have to blackmail him into it?" Lucy angrily inquires.
"Blackmail?" Happy asks, confused.
Everlue appears behind the group through the wall. "What's the big deal?" (Y/N), Lucy, and Happy gasp as they turn around. "He just needed some extra encouragement to take the job."
"Oh really?" Lucy says suspiciously.
"Any fool would have jumped at the chance to have me as their muse." Everlue swims through the ground as he says this. "But he had the audacity to say no!" He goes beneath the ground once more before his arm appears behind the group as they look back in surprise. "So I gave him the added inspiration in the form of an ultimatum. Write the novel, or his family would be stripped of their citizenship."
"But then none of them would be able to join any of the guilds and make a living!" (Y/N) shouts in shock at the slimy man.
"Do you really have the power to do that?" Happy says in disbelief.
"I have the power to do anything." He dips below the walkway once more before breaking through where the group is standing, making them dodge back to avoid him. "I got him to write it, didn't I?" He says joyfully as he's in the air as the others look at him in anger. "But I didn't like his attitude, so I decided he'd do best writing from a prison cell. Boyoyo! He went on and on about being a brilliant novelist who would never give into threats, but in the end I got what I wanted!" He makes another magic circle before spinning into a ball and bouncing against the walls, ceiling, and ground in an attempt to attack the others as they run from him.
"I can't believe you'd go that far just to boost your own stupid ego! He was in solitary confinement for three years! Don't you know how hard that must have been?!" Lucy shouts back in anger.
"Three whole years?!" (Y/N) and Happy question, running alongside Lucy as the two cats fly beside the two mages.
The ground opens up where Lucy and (Y/N) were running as Everlue breaks through the ground in front of the group. Lucy and (Y/N) jump back just in time landing in a kneeling position. "Perhaps it took him that long to appreciate me. Boyoyoyo."
"You're wrong! More like he couldn't bear to spread your lies! But he had to satisfy your vanity. He knew that if he didn't write your character as a heroic champion of justice, then his family would suffer." Lucy shouts at the man as her and (Y/N) stand up.
"Tell me, how exactly do you know all this?" Everlue asks skeptically.
"It's all right here in black and white." Lucy holds the book up.
"What? I've read that book from cover to cover, and Kumu Zaleon isn't in it." He states in suspicion.
"Well, yeah, if you read it normally there's no mention of him. But I know something you don't know. Long before he was an author, he was a wizard." Lucy reveals to the others.
"He was?" (Y/N) and Happy ask in surprise at the information.
"What did he do?" Everlue asks
"After he finished the book, he gathered all his remaining strength and cast a spell on it." Lucy
"What a dirty trick." Everlue groans out, seething with anger. "He turned a book about a great man like me into a hatchet job?! The nerve of that fool! Boyo!" He makes an attack at Lucy and (Y/N) once more.
"Oh, get over yourself!" Lucy shouts at Everlue as she and (Y/N) jump and dodge out of the way.
"Boyo!" He makes another strike. The two girls continue dodging as Everlue's attacks continue to get more sloppy as he gets angrier with Lucy and (Y/N)'s remarks.
"It's true that he wrote about all the pain and torture that you put him through. But the chapters that focus on what you did to him are only a small part of the book. In fact, its secret has nothing to do with you." Lucy continues exposing the truth that's in the book.
"Tell us, Lucy!" (Y/N) and Happy encourage Lucy further.
"What the devil do you mean?" Everlue seems startled at her revelation.
"I'm not gonna give this book back to you, Duke Everlue, 'cause it was never really yours to begin with!" She puts the book away, pointing one of her Celestial keys in Everlue's direction. The center of the bow is white, stamped with the crest of the Giant Crab, colored in dark red, and two spikes sprouting from each side. The base of the bow is sculpted similar to that of the head of a crab while the top is that of a crab's pincer. The blade of the key ends with a crab shaped design, with four legs sprouting out of each side and the tip designed with two pincers.
"OPEN, GATE OF THE GIANT CRAB! CANCER!" She swings her right hand carrying the key across horizontally then up over her head. She then brings her arm vertically down, completing the summon. Her spirit Cancer appears, his hair is black and braided in red cornrows that end in a shape that resembles crab's pincers, he's wearing a light blue shirt with thin black stripes and black pants, he has six crab legs coming from his back and wields two pairs of scissors as weapons. Cancer's name can be heard as he's summoned.
"A GIANT CRAB! Oh yeah! Nothing says 'I'm gonna kick your butt' like a crab man with razor claws and tough-guy sunglasses!" Happy giggles with stars in his eyes, yelling in delight at the appearance of Cancer
"Shut up and let me concentrate, or I'll have him pinch your little lips off." Lucy threatens Happy.
"Hey, Lucy, how would you like your hair done today… Baby?"
"WHAT?!" Happy yells in dismay.
"I don't need styling. I need help." She puts a hand to her face as she breathes out, exasperated. "It's that guy. Take care of baldy over there." Lucy commands Cancer.
"Whatever you say, Baby."
"Oh, so he just makes the bad guys look cooler before they kill us. That's useful. Yeah, you should just send him back, Lucy." Happy's leaning against the wall as he breathes out in faux defeat. Everlue clenches his fists in anger at everything.
(Y/N) leans over to Lucy, eyes half lidded, looking at said blonde, a hand to her mouth in a mock whisper, "so, do you just let him call you baby, or is that a personal preference?"
"Shut it, (Y/N). And I should send you back." The blonde threatens (Y/N) then Happy.
'What could the secret possibly be? The hack must have written an exposé on all of my illegal business deals. I can't have that. If the Magic Council got wind of how I actually made my fortune, my goose would be cooked.' Everlue internally monologues.
Everlue produces his own celestial key. The center of the bow is white, stamped with the crest of the Maiden, colored in magenta. Surrounding the heart-shaped center on either side are simple curves, spiraling on the top and bottom. The blade's end is shaped like a heart.
"OPEN, GATE OF THE MAIDEN, VIRGO!" A purple summoning circle appears as Everlue raises his arm above his head holding a celestial key, then swiftly brings the key down to summon the pink haired maid, now known as Virgo.
"What the–!" Lucy is surprised as her and the others look on in shock.
“He's using your trick, Lucy!" Happy exclaims.
"Did I hear my master summon me?" The giant maid that is Virgo burst through the ground, appearing before them, her arms flexing above her head.
"Virgo, fetch me that book." Everlue demands to the maid, pointing at the group.
"Hold up! She's a celestial spirit?" Lucy is in disbelief.
"Baby." Cancer contributes to the conversation.
Everyone gasps at Natsu's sudden appearance, shocked as he's above Virgo.
"NATSU!" (Y/N), Lucy, and Happy all say in unison as they stare in shock.
"Yeah?" Natsu says, unsure of what just happened.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Everlue asks exasperated.
“What are you doing up there?!" Lucy questions.
"Well, I saw her getting up, so I jumped on her and then all of a sudden, I ended up here." Natsu kneels on Virgo’s shoulder, looking down at the others.
"So you grabbed a hold of her inside the house?! But that means… you must have passed through the spirit gate with her! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Lucy puts to her head in absolute shock at the information.
"Lucy, (Y/N), what the heck do I do now?!" Natsu says in a panic.
"Finish what you started!" Lucy says, sounding annoyed, looking up at him.
"Virgo, clean up this rubbish." Everlue commands the pink haired maid as Natsu jumps from her shoulders.
"As you wish, master."
"Now I'm fired up! FIRE DRAGON ROAR!" Natsu summons his magic.
"People like you disgust me! ICE DRAGON ROAR!" (Y/N) casts her Dragon Roar spell alongside Natsu.
"YOU DIRTY LITTLE MOLE MAN!" Lucy uses her whip to attack Everlue as Natsu and (Y/N) land their attack on Virgo.
"Can't dig yourself out of this! You make me sick!" Lucy has Everlue tied up in her whip, holding him still as Virgo goes flying over him. She then throws him over her head and slams him into the air as Cancer jumps to intercept him and use his own attack. The two land back on the ground as Everlue follows and lands on his back with a bounce.
"Boyoyoyoyoyoyoyo."
"Baby." Cancer
"You're just another greedy villain." Lucy lands after throwing Everlue.
"Boyo."
"Okay, I'm done. Does this look fabulous or what, baby?" Everlue is now fully bald.
"Oh yeah. Way to go, crab-man– baby." Natsu corrects himself as he has a foot upon Virgo's back as he looks to the group with a smile at their accomplishment. He turns his head back and looks up slightly as the entire mansion begins to crumble and fall.
~ Outside the Mansion ~
The group makes it out unscathed as they stand in front of the ruins of the mansion. Lucy and (Y/N) have a shocked look upon their faces, Natsu looks quite proud of himself, with his hands on the back of his head. Happy has an expression on his face too.
"I like your style. Out with a bang. You are definitely gonna fit in at Fairy Tail." Natsu says as the other four stare, eyes wide and mouths gaping as they gasp at the damage they caused.
"But aren't we supposed to not destroy stuff?" Happy states the obvious.
"I hope I don't get blamed for this." Lucy says in despair.
~ Time Skip ~
The group arrives back at Kaby’s house, Lucy's standing before Kaby behind the coffee table, the others are standing behind the couch opposite Kaby. Lucy presents the book to Kaby, who has a look of disgust at the sight of the book.
“When I was reading 'Daybreak,' I couldn’t believe it was written by Kemu Zaleon. There's no way he would have done something that bad." Lucy explains.
“Yeah, so?” Natsu retorts in confusion.
“So that's how I knew there must be a spell on it,” She explains. Kemu gasps at the information Lucy shares with him as he receives the book from her, holding it in his hands.
“But I requested this book to be destroyed,” Kaby says, in a quiet confused tone, “why on Earth are you handing it to me completely unscathed?”
“If you really want to burn it, then I'd rather you do it yourself.” Lucy tells Kaby.
“I most certainly will burn this trash.” Kaby says, shaking with anger, “I never wanted to see it again.”
“I completely understand why you feel the way you do about this book, Kaby. You want to protect your fathers legacy, because you’re actually Zaleon’s son, aren’t you?” Lucy uncovers.
“Huh?” The other four look surprised at this revelation.
“Yes, that is true.” Kaby says, remorsefully.
“Have you read it yourself?” She asks.
“No, I,” Kaby begins, saddened at memories being brought up before him, “I could never bring myself to do it. My father told me it was garbage.”
Natsu takes offence and steps forward with one foot and raises his fist at Kaby.
“You were just going to burn it?” Natsu
“I was.” Kaby says in sorrow.
“Without even bothering to see what’s inside?! It’s the last book that your dad wrote, right?! Some of us would kill for that kind of memory!” Natsu, in anger, grabs Kaby by the collar, Lucy angrily walks to Natsu and Kaby with an arm outstretched in front of the Dragon Slayer as he shouts at Kaby as (Y/N) grabs ahold of Natsu's arm to stop him, Lumi balancing on her left shoulder.
“That’s enough Natsu!” Lucy yells as she pushes Natsu away from the old man, “let Kaby explain himself!”
“Please,” Kaby begins with pain, “that book caused my family great heartache and shame. It was thirty one years ago.”
~ Flashback ~
“Father?” Young Kaby questions, sitting at a table as his father appears in the doorway in a rush.
“Forgive me, son.” His father says to him remorsefully.
Kaby’s father is rummaging through a chest as Kaby speaks angrily behind him.
“We haven't heard anything from you in three years! Where have you been all this time?” Kaby raises his hands as he questions his father.
“Somewhere I’ll not return.” Kaby’s father grimaces as he makes a makeshift tourniquet, gripping one end with his teeth and tightening it with his free hand. “It’s all over now.”
“No, father!” Kaby outstretched his hand to his father.
“I’ll never write again!” Kaby shouts as he brings a meat cleaver down on his arm, severing it from his body.
~ Time Skip ~
“You should have listened to me. I told you you’d regret working for that horrible Duke Everlue. But you went ahead and did it anyway. Why?” Kaby questions his father as he lays in a hospital bed. He is standing at the foot of the bed.
“Because it was good money.” Kaby’s father responds remorsefully.
“Who cares? Look where it got you!” Kaby shakes with anger at this response.
Kaby’s father sighs with a smile on his face. “I’m so glad I finished that rubbish.”
“What the heck are you smiling about? Do you think it’s funny to leave your family for three years to write a novel you’re not even proud of?” Kaby raises a fist in anger as he says this.
“Son…” Kaby’s father begins. “I’ve thought about you the entire time I was gone.”
“Then you should have just written something for him quickly and come back to us. Instead, you abandoned your pride and your family right along with it. You’re a sad excuse for a writer. Selling yourself out to the highest bidder.” Kaby walks away as he finishes lecturing his father. “You’re not much of a father either.” A breeze blows in through the window as Kaby leaves his father.
“Not long after that, my father passed away. However, the anger and betrayal I felt toward him lived on.” Kaby narrates.
~ Present Day ~
Kaby is holding the book in his hand, staring at it as he relives his memories. His wife is close beside him, her hand on his arm. Lucy's standing before Kaby and his wife as he tells the story. Natsu has his back turned and arms crossed, (Y/N) stands on his left, her right hand resting on his bicep while her other rests up by her chest as she looks at the other Dragon Slayer in concern.
“But as the years passed by me, that anger slowly turned into remorse. And now… It’s too late for me to ask for his forgiveness. So I decided to make amends by destroying the final work that had caused him so much unhappiness. This is the only way. The only way I can preserve his legacy.” Kaby lights a match, Lucy has her hand on her hip as she frowns at Kaby. “I’m sure that this is what he’d want.”
“No, you’re wrong.” Lucy says with determination. Everyone turns to her as she says this. The flame of the match goes out. The other wizards gasp at this.
“Kaby, look!” Right after Lucy says this, the book begins to emanate a bright purple light. A magic circle is produced from the book.
“What’s happening?!” Kaby shields his eyes with his arm.
The title of the book lifts off from the cover as Kemu lets go.
“A spell has been cast on this book. It’s the work of the wizard Kemu Zaleon, or should I say, Zekua Melon?” The book is levitating as Lucy explains, still emitting a strong light as the letters rearrange themselves, revealing the name 'Dear Kaby'. Kaby’s eyes are wide open and his arms are down at his sides in surprise.
The book levitates just above everyone’s head. Lucy smiles with her hands behind her back as the two Dragon Slayers have their mouths open. Natsu has his arms out at his sides, while (Y/N) holds both hands up to her chest, both react in astonishment.
“Dear Kaby?” He gasps out in surprise.
"That's right. This book is his letter to you. Disguised behind a spell that rearranged all of the words so no one else could read it." The book opens and starts rapidly flipping its pages as lines of letters start pouring out and filling the room. The others are amused by the pretty scene before them.
"Wow." Natsu and (Y/N) gasp out in awe.
"Pretty." Happy raises his arms above his head in wonder at the sight.
"He didn't stop writing because he was ashamed. He stopped writing because he had finished his masterpiece, a novel containing everything he ever wanted to say to his beloved son. And when you read it the way he intended, it's easily his best work ever." Lucy reveals.
Kaby stares in disbelief at everything that is happening, his mouth agape. HIs wife stands beside him, hand on his arm looking up in wonder.
The book closes itself and lands back in Kaby’s hands. Kaby is on his knees, hugging the book in his arms.
"And now that the spell's been broken, you can read it yourself." Lucy
"Thank you, father." Kaby hugs the book to his chest as he kneels on the ground due to the vast amount of emotions he's feeling. "I swear that I will never let any harm come to this book."
“Well, I guess we won't be collecting that reward.” Natsu turns with his hand on the back of his head, looking away from Kaby and to the others.
"Aye." Happy says as he sits on Natsu's shoulder, (Y/N) and Lumi nodding along in agreement.
"Huh?!" She exclaims, looking at both of the Dragon Slayers in shock.
"We were supposed to destroy it. We didn't finish the job." Natsu says matter of factly, looking back at Kaby.
"Even so, let me do something." Kaby.
“Yeah! It's not our fault he decided to not burn the book after we got it back for him.” Lucy has her fist to her chin as she looks back and forth from Kaby, to Natsu and (Y/N), then back to Kaby. Happy looks disappointed at this.
"Lucy, don't be greedy. You're totally ruining what was a touching moment" Happy
"I need the cash!" Lucy shouts angrily at Happy's remark, her arms at her sides, as he scoffs at her reaction as he pivots, recoiling at her shouting.
"Thanks for the offering, but we don't want it." Natsu and (Y/N) begin walking out of the room, as the former has his hands on the back of his head, raising one to wave back.
"Um, yes we do! I need to pay rent!" She jogs to catch up with the two Dragon Slayers.
"I think it's time we all go home. That means you too, Mr. Melon. Go back home." Kaby and his wife gasp as they're shocked Natsu was able to see through their ruse.
~ Time Skip ~
It's night time, there are a few small clouds in the sky accompanied by a few visible stars; the moon is shining brightly, in its waning gibbous phase. The group is walking down a dirt road at night.
"Unbelievable. Who in their right mind would turn down two million jewel?" Lucy walks hunched over, letting her arms dangle in disappointment. Natsu and (Y/N) are walking slightly ahead of her. Happy is walking beside Natsu in his usual fashion as (Y/N) holds Lumi as the cat naps in her arms.
"If we had taken the money, it wouldn't have looked good. You gotta think about Fairy Tail's reputation." Natsu reminds Lucy as (Y/N) nods along in agreement, looking back in Lucy's direction.
"Aye."
"But we made him happy, right? We got the job done and now we're walking home?" Lucy groans out, trying to argue with the fire mage. She then sighs. "And then to find out that they're not even wealthy? They were just renting that house so everybody would think they were rich. It's not like it matters. We would have taken the job either way."
"I don't know about you." Happy snarkily remarks to the blonde.
"Of course I would have!" Lucy raises her voice, offended at Happy.
"Sure, greedy." Happy replies.
~ Time Skip ~
The group sits around a campfire with fish and lizards on sticks sticking out of the ground beside the fire. Natsu and Happy enthusiastically eat as Lucy sits across from the other two. (Y/N) and Lumi sit next to her, eating as well, although not as messily as Natsu and Happy.
"By the way, the house, how'd you know that it wasn't really theirs?" Lucy asks.
"Hmm?" This catches both Natsu and (Y/N)'s attention.
"Oh, that was easy. 'Cause they smelled like some other house. Seemed pretty obvious." Natsu says, his mouth full of food, as though it was obvious, (Y/N) and Lumi nod in agreement.
"Aye." Happy agrees.
"Sure, to you four animals, maybe." Lucy looks disappointed as she's sitting with her legs folded under her and her hands on her knees. She puts a finger under her chin in thought, smiling. "Not me. I was still lost in the clouds from reading that book."
"I've got you figured out." Natsu smiles smugly at Lucy. He points his finger up as he takes a bite of his food. "All those papers I found on the desk at your place. You're writing a novel, aren't you?"
"Oh, so that's why she's such a bookworm." Happy infers.
"Promise you won't tell anybody about that, okay?" Lucy's face is burning up as she's incredibly embarrassed that Natsu figured out what those papers were.
“Why not?” Happy asks.
"'Cause I'm a horrible writer!" She puts her hands over her face and turns from side to side in embarrassment as the others sweatdrop at her reaction. "If anybody read my stuff, I'd die of embarrassment."
"Yeah, that doesn't really make me feel any better." Lusy isn’t comforted by this.
~ TIme Skip ~
It's now day time, and the group is walking through a swamp. There are many large trees with large roots in the water, there are lizards and insects latched onto the trees.
""I don't know about this, you guys. Are you sure we're going the right way?" She asks." Lucy sits in Horologium as the others trudge through the swamp waters, which go up to Natsu and (Y/N)’s waist. Happy sits on Natsu’s head and Lumi is being carried by (Y/N).
"Happy says this is the way home, so this is the way we're going, is what I answer" Natsu snarkily replies as the two Dragon Slayers and Celestial Wizard have looks of annoyance and fatigue.
"Have some faith. I'm a cat. I have a great sense of smell. My nose will lead us home." Happy assures Lucy.
""It's dogs that have great noses. And what does smell have to do with direction," she asks quite haughtily." Horologium relays for Lucy.
"Why don't you do your own walking for a while?" (Y/N) asks as the group exits the swamp, now on dry land.
""Because I'm tired," she groans out exhaustedly." Horologium conveys.
"Oh, brother." Natsu groans out.
A nearby bush rustles, which grabs the group's attention. Natsu instinctively jumps toward the bush, throwing away his backpack in the process, which Horologium grabs.
"Who's there!" Natsu as he jumps in the bush.
""Do you always have to fight," she inquires worriedly." Lucy's distraught as she presses her hands against Horologium’s glass.
"I think you know the answer to that, I respond back rhetorically." (Y/N) says back with a slight smirk on her face as she looks at the blonde.
"You can take him, Natsu!" Happy's standing on the clock spirit’s left hand, cheering Natsu on.
"Please be careful!" (Y/N) has a worried look on her face as she watches the bush in concern, still holding Lumi in her arms.
Natsu jumps out of the bush, and surprisingly enough, Gray does as well. They both land on opposite sides of the path, they both strike their fighting stances.
"It's Gray!" Happy says in surprise at his sudden appearance.
""What is he doing in his underwear," the lady questions." Horologium communicates for Lucy.
"Trying to find a bathroom." Gray retorts.
"Why would you strip down before you found one? And who the heck ever heard of a bathroom in the middle of the forest?" Natsu questions.
"I wanted some privacy. I didn't expect an idiot to barge in." Natsu and Gray are arguing quite intensely with their foreheads almost touching.
"I didn't barge in!" Natsu retorts back.
"They're so childish!" Lucy, now out of Horologium, looks at Natsu and Gray in exasperation.
"She says to the cats and girl." Happy mimics Horologium.
~ Location Change ~
"So you're on your way back from a job?" Lucy inquires, sitting on a small dirt mound,
looking annoyed at Happy as the group now sits on the side of a cliff just outside the forest.
"Yeah, there's a shortcut through these woods that'll get you back to town in no time." Gray explains as he sits behind the Happy, one leg fully extended out and his other is fully bent. He's glaring at Natsu, who is in turn glaring at him. The Fire Dragon Slayer sits adjacent to the Ice-Make mage, his right knee bent as he rests his arm on it. (Y/N) sits beside Natsu, leaning against the pink haired boy, knees bent, both feet to her left side, Lumi sits in her lap.
"See? I told you so." Happy's fishing with a ridiculously large fishing rod, his eyes are closed, looking very smug as he fishes.
"Yeah, well if your nose is so great, then how come you didn't know Gray was right in front of us, smart guy." Lucy snarkily asks the blue cat.
"There are some things you don't want to smell." Happy retorts.
“What'd you say?” Gray grunts out, taking his attention off of Natsu and turns to Happy, taking offence to his comment.
“I agree. So go on home and we'll smell you later.” Natsu puts his hands behind his head, smiling conceitedly at Gray. (Y/N) puts a hand to her mouth to smother a giggle.
"Fine, I will. And unless you want trouble, you should too." Gray stands up. He turns away from the group and puts his hands on his hips.
"Why do you say that?" The blonde asks in concern.
"'Cause Erza's due back any time now." He states nervously as Natsu starts shaking in exaggerated horror, (Y/N) and Lumi sweatdrop at his reaction. Lucy gasps in awe at the information.
"The Erza? Whoa." Lucy asks in interest.
"Yep, she's the most powerful woman in all of Fairy Tail." Happy states with a mouth full of fish.
"I can't wait to meet her!" Lucy puts her hands on her cheeks and turns her head as she swoons with the thought of meeting Erza as the other three mages have their heads down in dread, Happy has a fish in his mouth for comfort. She turns back to Gray and Natsu. "But you know, I've never even seen a picture of her in Sorcerer Weekly or anything. What's she like?"
"Scary…" The others whimper out as Lucy chuckles nervously at everyone's response.
"Wild animal?" Gray suggests.
"A vile beast." Natsu denotes.
"More like a full-on monster!" Happy declares as the three of them whisper to each other
"Guys, c'mon, she's not that bad." (Y/N) makes an attempt to play off her fear and dissuade their comments from scaring Lucy. The blonde looks at them in horror as she imagines a large monster crushing houses, listening to all they have to say about Erza.
"She's not that big, you guys." Happy sighs.
"Well, she's big enough for me." Natsu exclaims.
"One thing we can all agree on is she is definitely that scary. Well, maybe a little scarier." Gray states, matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, she's about this scary." Natsu confirms as everyone imagines a large monster kicking a large mountain.
"What? I guarantee you Erza could take down at least three mountains with a single kick."
"You don't need to exaggerate like that, Gray. it's more like two." Happy corrects Gray's exaggeration.
"You know, guys, even if she's able to kick down a single mountain, that's still scary." Lucy whimpers out nervously.
"Like I said, we should get back." Gray reminds the others.
The group is sat back to where they were previously, except Gray, who is standing. Happy continues to eat his fish for comfort.
“Crap, let's get moving!.” Natsu stands up quickly.
A goblin-looking-guy appears and blasts them with magic. The group is sent into a small hole created by the magic blast, burying them in the sand. Lucy’s arms and legs are covered by the sand, Gray's up to his head in the ground, Natsu’s upside down stuck in the ground with his legs sticking up in the air, and (Y/N)'s buried up to her shoulders like Gray.
"What now?" Gray says irritated as Lucy coughs sand from her mouth.
“Happy?!” "Lumi?!" Natsu sits up, sand falling out of his mouth as he yells his friend’s name, (Y/N) yelling out for said cat.
"Help me." Happy and Lumi have their paws tied around a stick that's over an unlit campfire. There is a man in purple sitting cross legged, pondering his orb. To the other side of the man in purple is a short goblin-looking man. Across from Happy and Lumi are two people wearing matching dark red jackets. There is also a giant chicken-looking person that makes clucking noises and is wearing blue overalls.
"We're finally gonna get some real protein." Dark red jacket #1 says.
"No berries for us tonight." Dark red jacket #2 says, both drooling.
"Meat!" The chicken-man shouts, drooling as well.
"Our future holds a feast." The man in the purple jacket makes a prediction.
"Wow." Dark red jacket #1 says.
"Look at them shaking. Jeez." Dark red jacket #2 continues as Happy and Lumi tremble.
"Relax. You'ew gonna be in our bellies soon enough, so there's no need to be so scared." The goblin-looking man states.
"Actually, I'm not shaking like this because I'm scared." Happy reveals to the group of ruffians.
"Huh?" The goblin-looking man makes a questioning sound at this.
"I gotta use the bathroom really bad." Happy admits to his and Lumi's kidnappers.
"Huh?" The man in the purple jacket makes a questioning noise.
"I can't hold it much longer. And I bet you it's gonna make me taste weird."
"Who cares? Now cook them." The goblin-looking man commands to the chicken-man.
"Meat." The chicken-man groans out. He then ignites his staff and steps forward, about to light the wood on fire beneath Happy and Lumi.
"I will take mine medium, please." The man in the purple jacket comments.
"Hey, I'm serious. It's gonna make me taste funny. I just know it will." Happy whimpers out as Lumi nods her head rapidly in agreement.
"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" Natsu's voice can be heard as he, Gray, Lucy, and (Y/N) appear at the top of a cliff. They stare down at the group of ruffians that abducted Happy and Lumi in anger.
"Happy! Lumi!" Lucy has her hands on either side of her mouth to amplify her voice.
"Thank goodness! Now I'm not gonna taste weird." Happy says as he and Lumi are relieved at the appearance of their friends.
"Pipe down." The goblin-looking man comments.
“That’s our friends you're trying to roast, buddy. Sorry, but you guys are gonna have to make other plans for dinner.” Natsu cracks his knuckles in anger.
"You're all wizards, aren't you? What guild are you with?" Gray asks the ruffians.
"I'm not telling. Get 'em!" The goblin-looking man shouts.
"Gray, let's do it." Natsu instructs.
"All right, but don't go tellin' me what to do." Gray comments as he crosses his arms.
The group of ruffian wizards leap up toward the group. Natsu punches one of the wizards in dark red, while Gray kicks the chicken-man.
"SAND BOMB, GO!" The goblin-looking man grunts out, punching the ground and summons a magic circle, engulfing Natsu in a sphere of sand and debris.
"Natsu!" Lucy shouts after Natsu as he's surrounded.
"He's fine. Go and help Happy and Lumi." Gray has his back turned to Lucy and (Y/N), kneeling on the ground.
"Right." The three run after the two cats as the two ice mages take a leap in the air as the wizards in dark red jump toward Gray and (Y/N) with their blades drawn. Gray quickly elbows the one on the right as (Y/N) punches the one on the left and incapacitates them.
"Help! Lucy's gonna eat me!" Happy exclaims as Lucy's angrily tries to untie his paws, then working on the rope around Lumi's paws.
"Shut up, cat!" The chicken-man appears behind Lucy with his fire staff raised above his head.
"MEAT!" The chicken-man exclaims as Lucy screams in horror.
"PLEASE DON'T KILL ME, MR. CHICKEN!" She screams out before Gray and (Y/N) come in and kick him in the head. Lucy, Happy, and Lumi take the opportunity to run away from chicken-man.
"Next?" Gray asks, in an almost bored tone, (Y/N) stands beside him with her arms raised, ready to fight off more enemies.
"You'll see someone special, but the stars point to great trouble with water and women." The man in the purple jacket says to Gray, causing both him and (Y/N) to sweatdrop in irritation.
"You're telling me my fortune?" Gray promptly elbows him with great force. The man in the purple jacket falls face first to the ground as Gray loses his clothes in their brief fight.
"They're not using magic. Wow." Lucy says to herself as she puts a hand to her cheek at both the Ice-Make mage and Ice Dragon Slayer's strength. "Put some clothes on!" She then scolds Gray. (Y/N) looks at him in amusement while she holds Lumi in her arms again.
"Crap!" Gray exclaims in frustration at his spontaneous stripping.
“Where did these brats come from anyway?” The goblin-looking man asks just as Natsu breaks out of the fly sphere of sand and lands on the ground in a crouching position with his left palm on the ground, facing the man. "Uh-oh." The goblin-looking man utters in fear.
Natsu rises and wipes his mouth with the back of his hand. "You jerk. Now I've got a mouth full of sand and it's all 'cause of you" He spits out some sand. He then puts his knuckles together, creating a red magic circle. "Here it goes. FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!" He shouts, leaping toward the goblin-looking man as he casts his spell, destroying the surrounding area.
~ Short Timeskip ~
The group of ruffians are tied up to a tree. Natsu and Gray have their backs turned to them. Natsu has his arms crossed, looking away from Gray, and Gray has his hand on his hip, looking away from Natsu as (Y/N) stands next to the two, Lumi floating by her head.
"Don't you think you might have gone overboard, Natsu?" Gray snarks.
"So what if I did? I got the job done." Natsu retorts back.
"Grow up, already. You're an embarrassment to the guild." Gray looks at the fire mage in irritation.
"What? Shut up!" Natsu fires back.
"No, you shut up." Gray retorts back.
"Guys, please stop fighting." (Y/N) groans out, sweatdroping, raising her hands in a placating manner as she makes an attempt to stop their bickering, Lumi floating next to her, giggling to herself.
As Natsu and Gray continue arguing, Lucy kneels next to the goblin-looking man. She has a look of concern on her face, as does the goblin-looking man.
"Lulla…" The goblin-looking man groans out.
"Huh? What's lulla?" Lucy leans in to hear him better.
"Lullaby… is…" The goblin-looking man continues.
This catches the attention of Natsu and Gray as they stop arguing when they hear the name, (Y/N) stops her attempts to calm them as well, the name catching her and Lumi's attention. The four of them look in the direction of the goblin-looking man.
"Huh?" Natsu makes a questioning sound.
"Lullaby?" Gray wonders out loud.
"INCOMING!" Happy flys into the group, knocking them over. The group looks at what just occurred. Happy and Lumi are flying in the air beside Lucy and (Y/N), a look of concern on their faces as they sit on the ground, using their arms to support them, Gray stands adjacent as he rubs his head. Natsu sits on the ground with his legs in front of him, he has a look of irritation on his face.
A giant shadow hand appears below the tree where the ruffians are tied up. "They found us. I knew we hadn't gone far enough." One of the men in the dark red jacket says. The shadow hand appears to grasp the trunk of the tree and pull it down into the ground as the ruffians scream in terror.
"What was that?" Lucy asks in horror.
"Who was that?" Natsu questions as well.
"Well, whoever it was, they're fast. I can't even sense their presence anymore." Gray rubs at his head.
"But what could this mean?" (Y/N) wonders mostly to herself.
"Lullaby…" Lucy murmurs in concern.
~ Back in Magnolia ~
A woman is walking down a street holding a giant horn over her shoulder. The people in the streets are in shock and a little frightened by the appearance of the Fairy Tail wizard walking down the street.
She's wearing a blue skirt, along with a metal waist pad, metal armour on her torso, metal shoulder pads, and metal gauntlets. There is a yellow mark groove that goes horizontally along the top of her torso and another marked groove runs vertically from the medial side of her shoulder down to her waist. She has long red hair. Her guild mark is underneath the two groove marks on the top right side of her torso.
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