I'M SORRY FOR NOT POSTING IN A WHILE, I'VE HAD PROBLEMS REGARDING MY INTEREST IN CONTINUING MY OTHER STORIES, AS THEY WERE NOT NEARLY AS SUCCESSFUL AS MY FIRST ONE, WHOSE PLOT WAS USED SEVERAL TIMES. SEEING HOW MY ORIGINAL IDEAS AREN'T WORKING, HERE'S SOMETHING CLOSER TO HOME.

''Everyone, I have some bad news'' said Makarov in a worried tone, ''it would seem that the property damage we caused in our last few jobs have ticked off the council to the point where they no longer support our meaningless destruction. In such, we must pay back all the property damage we've caused for the last few months.''

Those were the words to start off a bad day. Everyone in Fairy Tail already expected sooner or later that the council were gonna lose all patience, but now, their worries became a reality.

''They've given up three choices, disband the guild, which we would never do, get classified as a Dark Guild, or Pay them back.''

''Well, of course we're gonna pay them back!'' Erza quickly exclaimed, not wanting to have her reputation tarnished by being seen as a dark guild member, ''Just tell me, how much do we need to pay?''

''about 30 million jewels'' Makarov said with a guilty smile as he scratched his head''

''30 MILLION?!'' The guild exclaimed.

''We could always just get a loan from...'' Macao suggested before everyone tackled him to the ground.

''DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT! 30 MILLION IS NOTHING! COME ON NATSU, GRAY, LUCY! WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL OF THE S-CLASS JOBS AT ONCE!'' Erza said valiantly as she stomped Happy like a cushion without realizing it.

''We could just participate in the next GMG tournament...'' Happy suggested, still under Erza's feet.

''Sounds good to me, I heard almost every guild we know are participating again, something about redemption.'' said Gray.

''Yeah! I agree too! I'm getting fired up just thinking about it!'' said you-know-who.

''Well then it's decided, we're participating once more in the tournament!'' Makarov declared.

Meanwhile, near the ports of magnolia...

So this is the town you heard the revolutionaries talk about, Robin?'' asked Luffy, ''IT'S FRICKING HUGE!''

''No kidding, I've never seen a town this big since Dressrosa.'' said Zoro.

''That was like, 2 weeks ago.'' Said Nami.

''huh, felt longer.''

''We may have a problem,'' said Ussop and Chopper, running back from supply shopping, ''It would appear the currency they use differs from ours, in fact, they've never even heard of the Grand line nor The Strawhat Pirates.''

''So does that mean we're safe from marines here?'' asked Nami in relief

''Possible, but that doesn't hide the fact that we're in a country yet have not buck to spend.''

''That could be quite problematic.''

''Well, what do you suggest ''captain''?'' asked Franky.

Luffy thought of it for a while.

''When we we're in Dressrosa, there was a tournament with a devil fruit as prize. Which means this town mus have a money-winning competition!''

''your logic is as flawed as ever Luffy'' said Sanji.

Just then, a guy passed by handing out some flyers, and Zoro got ahold of one of them.

''Grand Magic Games? with a 30 million jewels reward?''

''See? what did I tell ya?'' Luffy said in a sassy tone, pissing Sanji off, ''Alright, it's decided, we're gonna participate!''

The following evening, they showed up to the sign up booth, only to find out that they had to be a guild to participate.

''Guild name?'' asked the guy.

''guild?'' asked Luffy.

''Yeah, this is a mage tournament after all.''

''we are... a traveling mage guild, we moved in from another country.'' Lied Ussop.

''That doesn't matter, Guild name?'' asked the guy, rather aggressively.

''Straw Hat'' Luffy quickly said, ''He would have added pirates but Nami stopped him just in time.

''alright then, now I just need the guild Master's signature.''said the guy.

Luffy walked up to sign, causing the guy to raise an eyebrow. However, seeing how the Sabertooth Guild had someone only a few years older as guild master, he gave him the benefit of the doubt.

Later that night, everyone who were registered stayed by an inn. Including the straw hats. It was relatively cheerful for everyone, except for a certain captain, who was bumed out after learning that guild masters were forbidden to participate.

''So to clarify, we can go in in a team of five, but we can freely swap out team members as we please. So I suggest Me, Franky, Brook, Chopper and Ussop go.'' said Zoro, purposely leaving out Sanji.

''HEY! WHAT ABOUT ME?!''

''You'll just hold us back.'' Zoro said with a smirk.

''WHY YOU...''

''GUYS! STOP FIGHTING!'' Yelled Nami, hitting them both over the head, ''We'll draw straws.''

In the end, The final team was: Franky, Brook, Zoro, Sanji and Ussop.

''Anyone want to exchange?'' Ussop said with a scared face.

''Well then, good luck everyone!'' Said Luffy, Who instantly was cheerful again.

''Well he sure got over it quickly.'' said chopper, nami and Ussop with giant sweat drop over their heads.

Later that night, A man with a giant Pumpkin head appeared into the sky, revealing the sky labyrinth, Aka the preliminaries and yadayadayada... we all know how it goes.

The Straw hat team quickly race through the maze, only to find it more confusing than it looked. After circling the maze for the millionth time, Zoro got bored, and just cut through wall after wall before finally reaching their destination.

''Finally, we made it!'' said Zoro.

''Yeah, And from the looks of it, we were the first ones'' said Brook, who was wearing a mask so that no one could see his face.

''Actually, you guys were barely at 8th place.'' said Kabo.

''Really?'' said Ussop with wide eyes.

''I TOLD YOU WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD ZORO ON OUR TEAM! HE NEARLY GOT US ELIMINATED!'' yelled Sanji, pissed off.

''well it doesn't matter now!'' returned Zoro, ''we at the very least made it!''

meanwhile, the Fairy Tail POV...

''You know, there's something bothering me.'' said Makarov at the spectator seats, ''right now, the guilds I'm sure will make it are: Sabertooth, Lamia Scale, Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, Quatro Cerberus and our two teams of Fairy tail.''

''yeah so?'' asked Mavis, who showed up next to them as she usually does.

''That's a total of seven guilds, but there needs to be eight, I'm just feeling for whatever guild has to deal with such powerhouses.''

''well speaking of which, here they come.'' said Warren

THE ANNUAL MAGIC FESTIVAL FINALLY BEGINS! I'M CHAPATI LOLA AND I'LL BE COVERING TODAY'S EVENTS, AND NEXT TO ME IS YAZIMA, WHO WILL BE OUR COMMENTATOR FOR THIS EVENT. THE CONTESTANTS ARE ARRIVING!

''Here they come'' said Makarov.

IN EIGHTH PLACE IS A UNKNOWN GUILD FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, ONE THAT IS A MYSTERY TO EVEN THE COUNCIL, THE INDEPENDENT MAGE GUILD, THE STRAW HATS!

Out of the walkway they came, some valiantly, like Sanji and Zoro, while others came shaking like Ussop (And by that I mean, Just Ussop). The reation of the audience was not AS bad as the one they had with team A of Fairy Tail last year, but due to their unknown backgrounds, all they could get were cheers of Honor.

IN SEVENTH IS THE WILD GUILD: QUATRO CERBERUS (I'll just speed this part up)

IN SIXTH IS BLUE PEGASUS!

IN FIFTH, MERMAID HEEL!

IN FOURTH, LAMIA SCALE!

IN THIRD, FAIRY TAIL TEAM B (LAXUS, GAJEEL, JUVIA, MIRA AND ELFMAN)

IN SECOND, SABERTOOTH!

AND IN FIRST PLACE, THE PREVIOUS WINNERS OF THE GAMES, THE ONE WHO CAME FROM ZERO AND GAINED THE GLORY, FAIRY TAIL TEAM A! (NATSU, GRAY, ERZA, LUCY AND WENDY)

''WOOOO! WE CAME IN FIRST!'' cheered Natsu, who was worried that they would come in eighth, like the last time.

''I'll say, the other guilds are also worthy of praise.'' said Erza, ''Especially the 8th place guys.''

''speaking of them, it's weird, I can't sense any magic power from them, are they even mages?'' asked Lucy.

''Don't be so sure,'' said Kagura, who walked up to them,''They could be hiding their power for all we know.''

''Oh, hey Kagura, you've grown.'' said Erza.

''Uhh.. thanks...'' she said blushing.

''AW, BUT YOU'RE STILL JUST AS ADORABLE.'' Erza squealed as she bear hugged her, forcing the two guilds from walking in and separating the two. Just then, Erza and Kagura, along with everyone else suddenly felt a cold chill behind their back, a monstrous aura that caused Gray to think of Deliora, as Zoro walked into say hi.

''Heya there! you people must be annual participants. greetings.'' Said Zoro with a fake smile.

His intention was clear, he felt that some of the participants were strong, so he came in to show what he is, so that they might target him, thus taking him more seriously.

''Me and My guild just wanted to wish all of you good luck. Especially you Red Hair.''

''It's... uh... Erza.''

''Very well erza'' Zoro said walking away, ''Good luck when you fight me'' he said, turning back to flash a menacing smile which caused Wendy to hide behind Elfman, who was hiding behind Mira.

''What was that?'' The two guild said to each other.

''That guy...'' Thought Erza, ''Just who is he?

THE FIRST EVENT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!

The voice of the announcer forced everyone out of their thought bubble, as the announcer states out the first event for this year: LOST BALL!

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE. THE BATTLEFIELD WILL BE A DUPLICATION OF A TYPICAL STREET IN MAGNOLIA, WHERE MULTIPLE ARTIFICIAL LACHRIMA CLONE RESIDE. ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WILL TURN INTO A GOLDEN BALL WITH A ONE MINUTE TIMER WHEN HIT WITH AN ATTACK. THE CONTESTANTS MUST THEN HOLD THE BALL FOR A MINUTE TO WIN, BUT THE BALL WILL ALSO EMIT A BEACON, AND OTHER PEOPLE COULD TAKE YOU OUT BEFORE HAND, WHEN YOU DROP THE BALL, THE TIMER WILL STOP, BUT NOT RESET, AND THE FIRST TEAM TO HOLD IT FOR A MINUTE WINS!

Eventually, the contestants for this game was chosen: Rocker, Ren, Yuka, Elfman, Wendy, Beth, Yukino and Ussop, who was only sent out because he drew the longest straw.

''somebody trade with me...''

READY... 3... 2... 1... BEGIN!

To Be Continued...

Btw, I'm posting this story on wattpad now.