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The Fallout

Strange Dreams

"Miss Lucy?" The voice boomed throughout the walls and the tall roof of the room.

A short man with feathered wings sat upon a throne of marble, dotted with jewels and bordered with gold. His halo was bright and he held himself high, showing his power.

"Yes, Master Makarov?" The woman named Lucy responded. She had been waiting for this moment, she would be promoted and she would be able to go there.

"As you know, you are extremely close to reaching the rank of Gold Angel," Makarov continued.

Lucy tried to hide her excitement. Gold Angel was the highest rank she could possibly achieve. She was currently an Angel and the rank below her was Minor Angel.

"And to reach that title, you shall complete a mission," Makarov said. "The mission will take place in three days," he continued.

Master Makarov was angel royalty. A Royal Angel was the highest rank, however, only certain people could become a Royal Angel.

"So I suggest you take care of yourself. That will be all," Makarov finished.


"Lu-chan! Good job!" A high-pitched voice cried as soon as Lucy left the room.

"Levy-chan! Jellal! Gray!" Lucy shouted and ran to her friends

"I'm so happy! You're going to become a Gold Angel before me...actually I'm a little envious," Levy smiled and flushed

"Levy-chan! You're really close too! Don't worry; once we're both Gold Angels, we can go on all sorts of missions together! I promise," Lucy declared and smiled at her best friend.

"How were the Royal Chambers? Was it as grand as I said?" Jellal asked. "Yes, it was huge! Levy-chan, you'll soon see! It's big and white and the thrones are beautiful!" Lucy explained to her best friend.

"Hey! What about me!?" Gray exclaimed. Lucy, Levy and Jellal stared at him, "It'll be a miracle if you can even reach the rank of Angel, Minor Angel Gray Fullbuster," Jellal said sharply, extending Gray's title. "Agreed," Levy and Lucy nodded.

"Aw, c'mon, you guys know that someday I'll-"

"Gray! Your shirt!" Levy cut him off and covered her eyes.

"Gah! I didn't mean to, I promise!" Gray shouted as he found his shirt lying near one of the many plants in the courtyard.

"You know, the only reason you can't be promoted is because you keep on losing your clothes then walk outside butt naked," Levy said.

Gray sighed, "I know, I still can't believe that I'm the only Minor Angel out of us. It sucks, my wings are small and my halo looks like nothing compared to the halos of Gold Angels."

All angels have wings and a halo, and depending on your rank, they would look different.

Well, first of all, all angel wings look different, there are no two angel wings the same. For example, Jellal's wings are white and smooth, Levy's wings are baby blue and fluffy, Gray's wings are smooth and navy (which is very rare, it isn't normal for an angel to have dark coloured wings) and Lucy's seem to be slick and gold. When she stepped into the sun, they would shimmer.

Back to talking about ranks, if you were a Minor Angel, your wings were small, barely longer than your elbows. Your halo would be dim. If you were an Angel, then your wings would be a little longer than your arms and your halo would be a little brighter. Gold Angels had huge wings. They were about a foot longer than the length of your arm. Their halos were very bright; the only brighter were those of the royal family.

"Well, I wish you luck Lu-chan!" Levy grinned and flew away.

"As do I," Jellal smiled and walked out of the courtyard

"Yeah, good luck," Gray nodded and flew away in the opposite direction of Levy.


Gray stuffed his hands into his jean pockets. (Not only because of the mood but to make sure they were still there)

He walked over to his house, unlocked the door with his feather key and immediately stripped out of his shirt.

All angels had a house. There weren't many angels, as not every soul could become one, so it was fine for all the angels to have houses.

The houses were quite simple. They were one floor with a bed, bathroom, shelf and closet. The walls and floors were painted to a colour of your choosing.

Gray had icy white walls and a white floor that was mostly covered by blue carpets.

Also, every angel got to keep something with them from their past life that they could never remember. Angels, despite what most humans though, lived quite similarly to humans. They had to sleep, they had to go to the bathroom, and they needed to eat.

Angels ate at the dinning hall which was a huge building located near the palace.

Gray held his cross necklace. It was the item he got to keep from when he was human.

One day.

One day I'll become a Golden Angel, you guys just wait...


Natsu sighed.

Today he wasn't feeling it. Normally he'd be a bundle of energy tearing through the guildhall.

Normally he'd be taking on any challenger from any other guild, but when the members of Sabertooth came, he didn't raise a finger.

The other guilds filled with demons, like his guild, Fairy Tail.

You see, unlike angels, it was quite easy to become a demon. You didn't have to be a perfect little prince or princess you just needed to cause trouble, lots of it. Of course there were a few other things you needed to go through, but that was the basic need. Because of this, the demons were separated into guilds.

Being in a guild meant all sorts of things, it meant you should be proud of your guild, it meant that you could be comfortable; it meant they were like your family.

It also meant that you could fight along side of them. The demons, for their own entertainment, had a huge battle between all of the guilds. The battles ranged from something like who could hunt the most lava birds and eating contests to battles with up to ten people, five from each team.

But today, Natsu didn't feel like fighting with the other demons.

Demons

Natsu smirked. "Mira! Tell Gajeel our duel will be postponed until tomorrow. I'm going soul hunting!"


Soul hunting wasn't nearly as bad as it sounded. Both demons and angels did different jobs.

Natsu did soul hunting.

Soul hunting was when you went out to the mortal realm-of course, the humans can't see you-to find a soul of someone who died. You then would collect it by using your power, regardless of whether you were demon or angel.

But it wasn't that simple.

First of all, if an angel got to the soul as well, you'd have to battle for it. The stronger one would win. But it wasn't always the case.

It also depended on the soul. Every soul gave off energy. The energy was based on how good or bad you were as a human. Humans weren't perfect, and because of that, the energy would be mixed. If there was more negative energy than positive, the demon would be powered, fuelled by the energy and vice versa.

For example, if the energy was 80% positive and only 20% negative, the angel would be powered more than the demon was and could possibly take down the normally stronger demon. (A/N This is ridiculously confusing for 2-3 paragraphs, if you have any questions, please review or PM me)

There were rare cases where the demon or angel could take down the one with more power, despite them not being powered a lot. However, you had to be extremely strong for that to happen.

It was also extremely difficult to collect a soul with opposing energy. If you were a demon, and tried to collect a soul with little negative energy it would take lots of power and vice versa for the angels.

Natsu felt like a challenge.

He noticed a bright innocent soul, barely over 5% negative energy. Natsu noticed an angel flying towards the soul, obviously going after easy prey.

He grinned, if he could take down this angel-who was most likely a newbie, as it was going after easy prey-he would definitely be strong. Then he could challenge Gildarts and be the strongest of Fairy Tail!

As long as it wasn't her.


Lucy decided to work a little bit. She needed to get her strength up for her mission. She would start easy then progressively get difficult over the course of the three days. Not only that, but she'd have to make sure her weapon was up to standards.

Food was also something to worry about. She didn't know exactly what kind of mission it was, but Jellal told her that they sent him to the Realm of the Gods-the only beings more holy than angels-to collect something. It took him two weeks before he came back.

Lucy sighed; she'd worry about that later. Right now she was working.

Lucy smiled as she felt the tingling inside of her. An easy soul was near.

Lucy was also a soul hunter and her mortal enemy from Hell was...


Natsu had mixed feelings as he saw the face of the angel coming towards the soul.

He was slightly disappointed, she would be difficult to defeat especially with the energy boost. But he was happy because if he won against her, he would most definitely count this as a double win. Natsu was also confused, why was she coming after such an easy soul? Maybe she was looking for another angel. They had to do that every so often.

"Natsu Dragneel, I believe I will be winning this," Lucy said as she descended.

Natsu grinned a devilish smile, "I wouldn't be so sure about that, I won't let you take the 100th win that easily."

"Should I hold back than?" Lucy asked, smiling innocently at her arch-nemesis.

"Nah, I'm strong enough to defeat you like this," Natsu grinned.

"Cocky are we?" Lucy smiled as she drew her weapon, a whip powered by the stars.

"I think you should be careful," Natsu growled as he drew fire to his hands. He closed his right hand and the fire formed a sword.

"Hell sword!" Natsu screamed and charged at Lucy. Normally she'd dodge, but today, she stood her ground.

"White light!" Lucy cried, the last thing Natsu saw before the blinding light engulfed him, was Lucy collecting the soul.

Damn it.


Natsu's head hurt.

"Alegria! How could you?" a voice shrieked.

Where was he?

"It was bound to happen Mavis," a raspy voice responded.

Mavis? Alegria? Where had he heard those names before?

"Who is on your side?" the voice of apparently Mavis asked.

Why did this place look familiar? The bright white walls were decorated by sculptures. The floor however, was black. So Natsu wasn't in Heaven.

"Well, Deliora of Destruction,"

He was dreaming wasn't he?

"Erigor of the Winds,"

He definitely was.

"Mard Geer of Thorns,"

Then, why was this so real?

"Seilah of Puppetry"

Why this dream?

"And Shagotte of Deceit,"

It was all so strange.

"Shagotte!? No! She would not betray me!" Mavis exclaimed.

"Well, she can't betray me. After all, we made a blood tie, she knows better than anyone how those work," Alegria sneered.

Natsu stared at the scene unfolding in front of him. Mavis...who was she again? Her long flowing hair, childlike body, yet sophisticated words was something he had heard about before.

Mavis took a deep breath, "The angels will defeat you, and everyone here will too!"

Alegria, Natsu could only see a cloaked figure. Who was he?

Alegria laughed, "But the demons will help us, they refuse to be lumped with the angels,"

Natsu was confused.

"The demons will fight along side us once they find out the truth!" Mavis protested.

Truth? What truth?

"But, they will already be destroyed once that happens," Alegria said slowly.

Wait, why did he believe this dream?

"You are a monster!" Mavis cried.

Natsu studied at Mavis and the cloaked figure.

"No, I am Alegria of Loneliness, Darkness and Lost Hope," Alegria chuckled.

Natsu's eyes widened.

Alegria stopped laughing, "And I am the one who will crush everything, and make it all my own."

He was in the Realm of the Gods.


"-ame!"

"-ss flame!"

"I SAID WAKE UP, ASS FLAME!" a gruff voice shouted.

Natsu shot up still bewildered by his dream, only to see Gajeel. His other mortal enemy.

"God, I can't believe you're actually stupid enough to try and take on an angel fueled by a soul with that amount of positive energy, especially Bunny Girl," Gajeel grumbled.

Gajeel and another angel named Levy fought over Lucy. Apparently, Levy casted a spell that turned the soul into a bunny so that it looked like Levy had already collected the soul before Gajeel got there (she was the first to arrive). Gajeel fell for it and began to walk away. Levy completely kicked his ass and collected Lucy's soul.

Later, when Levy was showing Lucy the ropes, they approached Gajeel. Levy introduced Lucy as the soul she collected the other day. (Gajeel complained to his guild that when Levy retold the story to Lucy, she had exaggerated her power. Nobody believed him)

Since then, he called Lucy Bunny Girl.

"Whatever," Natsu said annoyed at Gajeel.

"How did you get taken down by an illusion spell anyways?" Gajeel pushed.

"Just shut up," Natsu mumbled.

"Regardless, I wouldn't have woken you up, frankly, I wouldn't even be here right now without a reason," Gajeel sighed, "Master has told us to be on defence for a little while, why he wants us to work together is beyond me, but Laxus, Mira and Erza will also be joining us," Gajeel finished, his voice slightly monotonous.

"Ugh," Natsu sighed.

Being on defence sucked. It meant that you had to stay guard in certain places for a certain amount of time. It also meant you couldn't do as you pleased.

"He also wishes for you to meet him in his chambers," Gajeel added.

Natsu shook his head and left the mortal world.

(Gajeel sighed and crumpled up the paper that scary red head demon had given him. Why did she have to write out what he was gonna say? He didn't talk that weirdly, did he?)


"Natsu Dragneel, reporting for who the fuck knows," Natsu said at the entrance to the castle...of Hell.

"Master is waiting for you," the guard said as he opened the door

Natsu stepped into the grand hall. The castle was made from black marble, polished red rocks and stone. Silver would typically be used for little decorations, however, the handle of the door to the next room was decked out in beautiful silver carvings finished with a blood red ruby on each giant handle.

Natsu opened the door casually and walked up to the throne. He did a quick bow, but immediately stood back up.

"You called, Master?" Natsu said with a hint of impatience.

"Yes, I have wind that a little ray of light will soon be sent down here. This ray will be troublesome; I want you to defend Hell. Lock up the ray if you have to.

"Makarov won't be pleased if we kill it, so just let it dim. Once that is finished, escort this ray to the entrance to the mortal world. Leave it there. Once it wakes up, it'll know it's failed," the Master said calmly.

Everyone knew that he rather enjoyed speaking in riddle, though it wasn't that hard to understand.

His commands were to defend Hell from an angel and weaken it by defeating it or locking it up with no light, food, water or positive energy. Once it faints bring it up to the mortal realm and leave it.

Simple enough.

"Do not underestimate the ray, for it is stronger than it appears. I believe you are the one who will be most cautious, yet the most cocky," the Master almost seemed to grin.

"Is that all?" Natsu asked, not afraid to let his boredom show.

"Yes, you're dismissed. Erza will fill you in on the details once all of you have met up," Master explained.

"M'kay, I'll go now, Master Zeref."

Uwaaa! I'm soooo sorry for all the explaining! But that's how it's gonna go! Not everything was explained in this chapter, so it's fine I hope.

I know that it's strange that Zeref is not the god of bad stuff, but in the manga, his intentions are good at the beginning (USUALLY). I decided to make him 'king' of the demons.

If you have any questions, or need any clarifications, just ask!

Thanks for reading!