Hello, TheBlackInferno here. I had an idea. Not sure what to make of it yet but it's an idea. Seeing as this is only my second fic I decided to start off with something a little different. I noticed as I was looking at a map of Earth Land that there is a giant kingdom called Pergrande. I looked on and noticed that no one really wrote about it. I also remembered one of my favorite crack pairings. So… I decided to write a crack pairing that would somehow take place in the Pergrande Kingdom. I hope you enjoy what I have so far. More Chapters, which will be longer, to come.
P.S. I, sadly, don't own Fairy Tail. Only the OC's I created for this fic.
Year x794 Crocus, Fiore
It was night time in, the Capital of Fiore, Crocus. Everyone was in their homes around this time at night sleeping soundly. The streets were not filled but they still had people traveling on them. Some were returning to their homes for the night, and others were going on midnight walks.
If you look near the Flower Light Palace: Mercurius you will it standing in all of its glory. The castle seems to shine with the power of the sun, exposing itself, for the world to see its magnificence. If you look closer at the castle though you will see three shady figures sneaking about. They moved fluently through the shadows. Manipulating them to their advantage. They seem to have knowledge on the guards and where they patrol, as they moved about with practiced ease, going completely unnoticed.
"Hey Jax care to fill us in now on what we need to do for you." One of the shady characters asks.
"What I need you to do Jack is for you, and Haze, to distract the guards so I may do my job. Now let's get inside so we can start the mission." The one identified as Jax replies stiffly.
The three figures worked on moving past the guards so they could climb over the wall.
"Haze distract him." Jax said pointing to the guards at the gate. "But do not alert him to us."
"Yeah, yeah, I know. You don't have to tell me that." Haze said in a stiff tone.
Haze used his magic to dull the senses of the guard at the gate long enough for them to get over it. The guard started swaying in place and eventually fell over. The three took this chance to hop over the gate and move further into the castle.
Once the three were inside the guard regained consciousness. 'Ow. Did I pass out? I may need to switch with someone.' The guard shook his head and decided to wait for a patrol to come around.
Back with the three intruders. Jax was currently scanning the hallways for any guards that may appear. Once he spotted a unit that was patrolling he turned to his two partners and gave them their orders.
"Alright. Now that we are in we can start. You two will distract the guards and give me time to do my part."
"As long as we get paid for it. Im not too keen on trying to get caught by guards of the castle." The man known as Haze replies.
"Oh you will get paid. Don't worry about that. Now get going we have to get her before midnight so we can use the spell to get out." Jax orders.
Jack and Haze then proceed to come out into the light alerting the guards of their presence.
"Hey! You there. Stop where you are and come out with your hands up." The startled guard demands as he and his partners point their Magic Spears at the two offenders.
"Oh no! You got us." Jack says sarcastically over exaggerating his movements. "Whatever will we do?" Jack says as he smirks as he raises his hands.
"Light Magic: Flash" Jack uses his magic to blind and disorient the guards.
"Hey!" One of the guards says as he randomly fires off his spear.
Boom! The wall 5 feet away from Jack cracks as the explosion rocks it. With the explosion going off more guards get alerted to something happening in the castle.
"Now that wasn't nice fellas." Jack says still smirking.
With the guards blinded temporarily Jax takes the chance to sneak past and get further into the castle using his shadow magic.
"Over here! Intruders in the castle. Lock everything down!" A guard says as more arrive.
"Oh looks like we have a party now." Haze says as he uses his Mist Magic to cause a haze to fall over the entire area. "Mist Magic: Battle Fog"
A deathly silence falls over the area as guards are huddling up into formations trying to figure out where the intruders are.
"Anybody got a sight on them?" One of the guards whispers.
"No not at all the mist is too thick."
"Well someone do something."
"We need to call the Knights they would be able to help us."
"Idiot they are away from the castle at the moment"
"Then what are we supposed to do?"
"What do you think? We fight. We are guards for a reason. We protect the castle from people like these. Now everyone keep your guard up."
"Light Magic: Rain of Light"
Several rays of light are suddenly blast through the mist hitting the guards all over. A lot of the guards are taken out by this one attack.
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" The guards scream as they get pounded by the light rays.
"Hahahaha! This is too easy. Come on put up more of a fight." Jack says.
"Jack we can't kill them, we are meant to distract them." Haze tells his guild mate.
"Yeah, yeah I know. Shut it." Jack replies stiffly.
A little farther into the castle we see a man in grey armor running down the hall at a quick pace. This man was adorned in an armor set that consisted of two giant shoulder pieces, a main body piece that had an X shaped piece attached to the front. He wore black pants that were covered by shin and knee guards along with a matching set of boots. He had his sword out and ready for any conflict that may happen. This man was known as Arcadios. He is currently serving as the Royal Queen Hisui's bodyguard.
"Your Majesty! We have intruders in the castle please come with me immediately!" Arcadios says to the Queen as he bursts into her room.
"AAAH! Arcadios don't just barge in like that!" Hisui says in exasperation.
"This isn't the time to be bickering Your Majesty we need to get you to safety. Right now." Arcadios says with the utmost seriousness Hisui has seen on him in a while.
"Who would try and enter the castle without permission? I don't remember making any enemies recently. More importantly where is my Father? Is he safe?" Hisui replies following Arcadios.
"I'm not sure who is intruding on the castle or what they want. Your father has been secured and taken to the safe room beneath the main hall. I know one thing. They will not touch you. We are going to take you to the safe room as well."
"Oh I wouldn't be too sure about that one there pal."
Arcadios and Hisui are startled by the voice that came from directly behind them. When they turn around they see a man in a cloak with some sort of black mist surrounding him. Arcadios noticing that he was not a guard came to one conclusion. He was one of the intruders.
"Who are you and what do you want? Tell me now!" Arcadios demanded taking his place in front of the Queen as to ward off any attacks that may come their way.
"I'm not too sure you're the one who should be giving commands here."
Arcadios tried to attack but found out that he could not move a muscle in his body.
"What is going on? What did you do?"
"Simple really. My name is Jax. I used my Shadow Magic to bind your movements. Oh and before I forget the answer to your previous question is simple as well. I want the Queen."
"DON'T YOU DARE LAY A HAND ON HER!"
"Now didn't I say earlier that you shouldn't be too sure about that? I already stated that so you can't tell me not to. My mission is to capture her after all. The higher ups would be extremely mad at me if I failed my mission, and I can't go making them angry. It would NOT be good. Not at all." Jax said with a certain seriousness that made Arcadios wonder what he meant.
"Now Queen Hisui if you would be so kind as to not make too much noise. I would love to get out unnoticed." Jax said with a slight smirk.
"Don't do this. You don't have to. I can give you anything you want. We don't have to go down this road. It won't end well for anybody." Hisui said trying to get the man to not take her.
"Nope. This is my mission and, as I said before, I can't have the higher ups mad at me."
Jax used his magic to restrain Hisui's hands when suddenly he felt a pain in his left side as he went flying into a wall.
"What the hell?"
Jax looked up and saw, much to his surprise, Arcadios standing there with his sword out and pointed at him.
"How are you moving? You shouldn't be able to move a muscle."
"I have my secrets and you have yours. Now surrender yourself, because if you don't I will have to use force, and I don't plan on going down that easily. I am the Queen's charge and I will not fail her."
Jax made a noise of slight anger at this notion. Not pleased at all with how the mission was turning out. Jax got up and started towards Arcadios.
"Well today is your lucky day. I don't plan on going down that easily, but I do have to get this done in a rather timely manner so I will end you quickly."
"Go ahead and try. Your Majesty please go to that place. I will find you after."
"Be careful Arcadios. Please."
Hisui made a run for the hallway to her left. Jax seeing this tried to go after her.
"No you don't!"
Arcadios seeing this intercepted Jax and started is assault. Jax barely had time to dodge.
"I told you I am her charge. She will not be harmed. You will have to go through me." Arcadios said determinedly.
"Fine. Have it your way."
Back down with the guards and the other two intruders. The haze that had fallen over the room had finally cleared and the guards were able to start defending the castle.
"You guys just don't back down easily do you now?" Jack said laughter in his voice. Humored by the way they were trying so hard to capture the two mages who were clearly stronger than them. "Come on try harder than that. You won't be able to capture us if you don't."
Jack was clearly amused by the sight. The guards were trying their hardest. Most had fallen by this point in the battle. The fallen ones were just unconscious laying on the ground in several places. In total about 40 guards had appeared to fight the intruders. Now there were only around ten left standing. These were the most veteran of all the guards that were around. Even they were panting in exhaustion clearly not prepared for enemies as hard as these.
"What do we do captain? We can't do anything against them." One of the guards asked the captain that had been there.
"We try our hardest. If we can't win then we go down fighting."
The guards would not give in. Not for a second.
"It really is futile." The mage known as Haze said. "You have no chance at winning. Just stay down and you won't be harmed anymore." With that said Haze launch another attack. "Mist Magic: Blackout"
A thicker mist than the one before it began to seep out of Haze's body. It surrounded the guards in a matter of seconds.
"Don't breathe it in men! Hold your breath for as long as you can."
Most tried to withstand the mist but ultimately failed. Down to only two guards, they were very short on what they could do, but they wouldn't give up.
"Captain. We can't win what do we do?"
"Like I said earlier. We go down fighting if we can't somehow win."
Since it was down to a two on two fight now it would be much harder to fight, but it would also be easier since the guards could now focus on a one on one fight if need be.
"Hehe. This will be fun. I call the captain." Jack said with excitement.
"Fine. I'll take the other. Just don't come crying for help if you end up regretting your decision." Haze said with a slight smirk.
"Don't test me Haze."
Jack and Haze got into battle stances. The two guards mirrored them. Without warning the captain leapt at the two with his spear.
"Take THIS!"
He waited until he was only a few feet away from the two intruders and threw his spear, which was charged with energy just waiting to be released and used his magic to detonate the spear causing an explosion to erupt around Jack and Haze.
Caught off guard by the sudden attack Jack and Haze could not defend against it. They were blown back by the force of the blast. Both hit the wall behind them hard enough to go right through it.
"And that's how you get creative with your attacks." The captain said slightly out of breath. He used up a lot of magic to make the spear explode like it did.
"That's great and everything but now you don't have a spear."
"True but I have my magic. Every captain has their own innate magic. It is one of the requirements to be a captain. You have to have a backup and that backup needs to be a magic that you have crafted and honed yourself."
"What type of magic is it captain?"
"You will see soon enough. They are not finished yet."
The second guard looked back towards the hole in the wall to see the intruders climb back through it.
"You know that actually kind of hurt." Haze said. Both he and Jack had scorch marks on their clothes and bodies form the blast.
"Yeah it did. I'm excited to see what else you have up your sleeve." Jack said in agreement and excitement for what is to come.
"I'm a captain for a reason. I won't go down easily."
"I must know your name. You are a worthy opponent." Jack said with admiration.
"My name is Homura." The captain replied.
"Well Captain Homura. I will be your opponent."
Jack kicked off with a powerful force and punched Homura in the face, in turn knocking him back a few feet.
Homura flipped and landed on his feet.
"I feel you. I can feel everything now."
Jack was confused about this statement. He ignored it anyways. Jack rushed forward to continue his assault. Yet as soon as he threw his punch he felt a force push him back. As he was flying backwards though he turned midair and bounced off the wall and flew back towards Homura.
Homura caught off guard by this could not dodge the light infused punch that came his way.
"Light Magic: Holy Fist"
Homura went flying. He crashed into the wall on the opposite side of the hall way. He tried to stand up but as soon as he tried got blasted by more Light Magic from Jack.
"I can't let you do whatever it is you did earlier. Sorry to say but I won't be holding back now. I acknowledge your strength. Therefore it would be an insult if did hold back. Get ready I will end this soon."
Homura felt a sudden surge of magic. Surprised he got up as quickly as he could and prepared his own magic. He would NOT go down that easily.
Jack was surprised to feel a magic surge from his opponent. 'Interesting he was holding back as well.' Jack smirked. He was really excited for this.
"Light Magic: Trip–"
Jack was suddenly tossed up into the air and crashed into the ceiling. As he was falling he saw Homura with his hands extended with his palms pointed upwards. If you look closely enough you can see he was panting in exhaustion. Jack being who he is noticed immediately.
"My magic is one that I crafted and made myself. I call it Restriction. It allows me to restrict the movements of my enemies momentarily and allows me to force them to move a certain way. Sadly I can only move them one way at a time."
"That's quite the magic you have crafted. I must congratulate you on it. Even so. It won't be enough to beat me."
Jack charged his magic as three magic circles appeared around him. He charged his magic.
"That was quite the surprise, but seeing as you used most of your magic up using those attacks along with that surprise spear explosion earlier, I will do you the favor of ending it now."
"I told you I won't go down that easily." With that said Homura charged up his magic for one final attack.
"Restriction Overdrive"
'I have only one shot at this. Have to make it right.' Homura released his magic and aimed his palms at Jack.
Jack seeing this decided to end the fight.
"Light Magic: Flash"
Homura's eyes were blinded by the sudden flash of light. This messed with his aim and caused his attack to not hit.
"Light Magic: Triple ray" Jack formed three magic circles around him and fired three beams of light towards Homura. The attack connected. Homura was blasted back through the wall. Homura lay on the ground unconscious and defeated.
"I acknowledge your strength Captain Homura. Well done."
"That took longer than it should have."
Jack turned around to see Haze with a limp body thrown over his shoulder. He noticed it was the other guard that was with Homura.
"Well I wanted to have a little fun. Besides he had a very interesting magic."
"Well it doesn't matter we did our jobs. Now all we have to do is wait for Jax."
The fight between Jax and Arcadios has been going for some time. Both seem to be on equal playing fields.
"You will not touch the Queen. I'm sorry to say that she is now far away from you." Arcadios says with certainty.
Jax smirks "That's what you think, but, I can feel her. She will not escape from me."
"What do you mean you can feel her?"
"Simple I am using my magic to track her. Like I said she won't escape. She CAN'T escape."
"That's where you are wrong. I won't let you harm her." Arcadios got back into a fighting stance.
"Well I guess I will just have to prove you wrong then." Jax readied his shadow magic and prepared to continue his assault.
"Shadow Magic: Pillar"
A circle of magic formed around Arcadios suddenly. The circle then shot up towards the ceiling closing Arcadios off from the outside world.
"Shadow Magic: Nightmare"
From inside the pillar of darkness Arcadios felt his consciousness being messed with. He started to see figures in the dark. All of a sudden he could see as if it was daytime. The figures he was seeing before were clear as day. It was the Queen and the former King. Along with some unknown woman that was with them. Arcadios's eyes widened at the sight before him.
"Your Majesties! Amber!"
The three figures suddenly started screaming in pain. Queen Hisui started melting right in front of him. As if she was on fire. Her clothes and skin started melting right off her bones. The former King was being cut from all directions. Criss-Cross patterns started appearing all over him. His blood being spilt from every wound that was opened. The woman that was identified as Amber was screaming while reaching for Arcadios.
"Arcadios! Please stop this. HELP MEEEEEEE!"
Arcadios couldn't take it anymore. He started running. Running as fast as he could to try and reach the three. The more and more he ran he realized the farther he was getting from them.
"NOOOOOO! This can't be happening! What is going on? Where are you? Jax! Come out and fight me! Stop this!"
The three kept on screaming. Arcadios was running low on his tolerance. He couldn't bear to lose them. Even if it was not real.
"Stop! I can't take it! I can't lose them. I can't lose her again. STOP THIS NOOOW!"
Suddenly a bright light enveloped Arcadios. The light exploded from his body eradicating the fake images and the darkness that was surrounding him. The light kept going eradicating any darkness that was in the hallway with Jax and himself. Jax all of a sudden felt really weak.
'What is happening? My magic feels like it is being pulled straight out of me.' Jax leapt away from where he was standing and tried to back away from the light as much as he could.
"Shadow Magic: Black Shield"
He summoned a shield of shadows to try and block out the light. He decided to wait out the strange attack that Arcadios was producing.
Once the light faded Arcadios can be seen standing looking around wondering what happened. This has happened only one time before according to his memory. That was back when he walked through the lava to try and save Lucy and Yukino from falling into lava three years ago.
"You. What did you do? What was that magic? Light Magic?" Jax asked Arcadios once he dispelled his Black Shield. Jax was amazed and worried at the same time. Amazed at the power that his opponent just displayed. Worried that his plans could suffer if he used that magic another time.
"It has to be my Jade Amulet. It has the power to protect me in certain situations. What the requirements are I'm not too sure about, but I know it has protected me on several occasions."
Jax became angered at this. 'He was protected from my magic by an AMULET. A necklace!' Jax needed to get rid of the amulet. A piece of jewelry could not ruin his plans.
"Shadow Magic: Arrows" Jax launched several arrow like shadows towards Arcadios aiming for his chest. He wanted that stupid amulet gone.
Arcadios knocked some of the arrows away and dodged the rest. He charged Jax with his sword trying to catch his opponent off guard. Jax, seeing Arcadios come for him, prepared another attack. As soon as Arcadios saw the attack being charged he changed directions and backed off a little giving himself distance in order to dodge or counter the attack.
"Shadow Magic: Consuming Chains" Black Chains shot out of the ground where Jax was standing and made their way towards Arcadios. Arcadios was able to dodge a few of them but not all. He got caught in the left leg and right arm by two of the chains. Jax used his magic to bring Arcadios upwards and slam him down onto the ground. Arcadios came down hard enough to make a small crater where he landed.
"Try to move from that attack." Jax said smugly. Not knowing who he was fighting. Arcadios was known for his durability. He was able to withstand many different attacks and walk away from it with only minor injuries. This was proven when he stood up and walked out of the crater with only some scratches on him. He stood there for a moment before rushing at Jax with all he could.
Jax was surprised at him getting out of the crater looking like he only fell a few feet instead of looking like he was slammed into the ground with force enough to make a crater. He was caught off guard when Arcadios rushed him like he did. 'When did he get so fast?'
Arcadios used the flat side of his sword to hit Jax in the stomach and inevitably knocking the air out of him. Jax flew back into the wall behind him and left a pretty noticeable impression in it.
"Try to move from that attack." Arcadios said copying Jax's earlier words to make him angry. Knowing full well that a move like that would not stop Jax. He just wanted him angry because when you are angry you make mistakes. A mistake from his opponent was what he needed right now.
"You will pay dearly for that one" Jax said irritated at himself for getting caught off guard like he was. "I guess I should stop holding back now right?" He started building up magical power in himself.
Arcadios felt the power that Jax was starting to emit and started to get nervous about what was coming next. From the beginning of the fight, Arcadios knew that his opponent was better than him, yet he still tried to defeat him. All Arcadios needed to do was to buy time in order for the Queen to get to the safe room.
What didn't Jax know was that the room was protected by a barrier that only the royal family could enter. He stood no chance of getting in the room after the Queen got inside of it.
'He will probably finish this farce now. He probably knew I was just a distraction from the beginning. Oh well. I did my job. She will be inside of the safe room by now. I won't go down easily though.' Arcadios smirked.
That smirk was only useful in making Jax angrier. "Wipe that smirk off your face. I am finishing this now. She can't escape me nor will she."
"That's what you think. Now that she is inside the room you can't touch her."
"Oh you mean that safe room? The one you were talking about earlier? I already accounted for that. The mark I placed on her allows me to use my shadows to travel to where she is. ANYWHERE SHE IS. Now this fight is over I have a mission to complete. It was a nice fight but it was useless for you to try and resist."
Arcadios's eyes widened at hearing this. He started charging at Jax but was blown back by an incredible force. Before he blacked out all he heard was the name of the spell that was cast.
"Shadow Magic: Imperium"
With Arcadios defeated Jax made his way to the Queen.
Queen Hisui was running as fast as she could to the safe room. She had to get there and make sure her father was alright. It had been around ten minutes since she had left Arcadios back in the hallway.
When she had arrived at the safe room she immediately rushed past the barrier and into the room.
"FATHER!"
Toma looked up and what he saw put his worried fatherly heart to ease. He got up and embraced his daughter as tightly as he could. The former king happier than ever before knowing his little girl was safe.
"Hisui I'm so happy. Where is Arcadios? Is he outside?"
"No Father he stayed behind to give me a chance to escape."
Toma let out a sigh. "Figures he would do something so crazy. The most important thing is that you're safe."
Little did they know. They were being watched from the shadows.
"Father. Who do you think would try and get into the castle? Have you noticed me any parties mad at me recently? I don't seem to recall making any enemies."
"None that I know of."
Jax took that as his cue to enter the conversation and finish his mission.
"We don't really consider you enemies Your Majesty."
Startled Toma and his Daughter whip around to face the man that has somehow gotten past the barrier. Hisui immediately recognizes him.
"You! How did you get in here? What is it you want?"
"Well for your first question my answer would be my magic. For the second however you may not like the answer so I will just leave it out. I will tell you however that you are my target."
"You will NOT lay a hand on my daughter!" Toma said in a fierce voice as he stood protectively in front of his daughter.
"Hehe you have no choice but to watch me." Jax said as he used his magic to bind them to where they were standing.
With them immobilized Jax walked over and restrained the Queen's hands and hoisted her over his shoulder.
"STOP! DON'T TOUCH HER!" Toma tried to move but to no avail. "What is it you want? Huh? Money? Lacrima? I will get you anything you want just let my daughter go."
"Anything I want?" Jax pretended to ponder on it for a moment. "Hmmmm. Nope can't think of anything. "Well I have to be going now. The spell only works till midnight not after." With that said Jax left the room in a shadow leaving Toma screaming for his daughter.
"HISUIIIII!"
Jack and Haze were sitting on the crumbled wall when Jax appeared in the court yard with the Queen.
"Let me GO!" Hisui was kicking and screaming trying to get away.
"Stop squirming." Jax used his magic to knock Hisui out temporarily.
"It's about time Jax." Jack said.
"It's fine. We still have about ten minutes left." Haze pointed out.
"Yeah. I still hate waiting."
"Shut up you two and let's go."
All three of them gathered together. A magic circle appeared beneath them.
"STOOOOP!"
They looked up to see the former king, Toma E. Fiore, running towards them. "Stop. Let her go."
Jax smirked. "Be prepared, Toma E. Fiore, things are about to get hairy in Earth Land. Let's hope Fiore survives. Queen Hisui is going to be the first of several Martyrs used for our goal. Goodbye Your Majesty good luck with the future."
The magic circle lit up. Jax, Jack and Haze were enveloped in light. When the light faded they were nowhere to be found. Toma collapsed on the ground and wept for his daughter.
A few minutes later Toma heard his name being called. He turned to see Arcadios limping towards him.
"Your Majesty! Why are you not in the safe room? Where is Her Highness?"
Toma snapped out of the depression that he was previously in with this question. He looked at the spot that his daughter was previously. He spotted something. A piece of cloth with something printed on it. It was a symbol of a red Wolf head with two swords piercing it on both sides. The gravity if the situation dawned on him. He knew that if Fiore heard their queen had been kidnapped it would cause widespread panic throughout the kingdom. He only had one choice.
"Arcadios." The tone of Toma's alerted Arcadios. "The Queen of Fiore has been taken. I am stepping back into the role of King for the foreseeable future. We have to keep this close to the chest for now. We will send out search parties to find her. This could be devastating to the health of the country."
"Sir–"
"No! Arcadios don't say it. I know." Toma teared up at the thought of his daughter. "She will be found. For now though." Toma looked up at Arcadios with the utmost seriousness in his eyes. He held up the cloth and showed it to Arcadios. Arcadios's eyes widened at the symbol on it. "We must protect Fiore. I fear of something bad coming. Something that could bring the world to its knees."
That is it for the first chapter of The Fire Dragon's Journey. I hope you liked it. If you did give it a follow and a review. If you didn't leave a review and tell me why. I will do my best to fix anything that needs to be fixed.
I will have more chapters out in the future. Probably 1 to 1 & half weeks. Till next time.