Chapter 1

Bellalyse's P.O.V.

I watched as Sting battled Natsu. It was like this almost every single time we came back from a mission. S-Class missions take a lot of time to finish but we each had a lot of money to live on so it was okay for us to take a month or so off. The rest of the Team Guardian members were splayed out in the guild. The last one was to protect a flower statue that could instantly heal anyone or anything. We had destroyed about one town looking for it when –ahem- Sting lost it in a game of gambling. Luckily we found it or I would have practically strangled him.

"Guys! Do you really have to do this every single time?" Erza yelled over the commotion.

"Yes," they yelled back in the midst of their fight.

"Listen up brats!" Everyone was suddenly listening to Master and the fighting stopped. "It's that time of the year again when the Grand Magic Games will be held! Let's aim for Number One Guild in Fiore and beat Sabertooth! Apparently this year, there are some rule changes! One, we cannot pick which members will go. This year, we select ten members and five will be chosen to form the team that will be participating. So train your butts off! Second, it appears that Raven Tail and Sabertooth are teaming up! I expect for you to beat their pants off!"

This should be fun. I wasn't able to attend the Grand Magic Games last year, but I heard that something with the Eclipse Project was the only reason Fairy Tail lost against Sabertooth.

"I've selected the ten people! Natsu, Gray, Erza, Laxus, Gajeel, Bella, Sting, Rogue, Rufus, and Orga! Five of you will be participating." Master was obviously happy that we had a lot of strong people in our guild.

I sighed. "I'm going to go outside to clear my head, okay?" I had a really bad headache that didn't seem like it was going anytime soon. I walked outside, enjoying the crisp, fresh air when something whizzed past me. Automatically going into a defense position I flipped over the next thing aimed at me. I cast a shield around me and examined the two arrows I had dodged. They glowed for a second then disappeared before I could touch them. Probably some stray arrows or something. I'm too paranoid.

When I walked back to the guild, Sting, Rogue, Fro, Amy, Lector and Matt were already waiting for me. "Come on, let's go home," Amy whined impatiently.

Matt lived with us in the guest bedroom now since he was actually a really sweet kid unlike his other dragon form, Acnologia. He never got in the way and helped me out a ton of times like when I told him to wake up Sting and Rogue. That child is more effective at waking up people than I thought! Within seconds, they were downstairs for breakfast and I skimmed their minds. What I found made me laugh so hard Rogue started thinking I was getting sick. He had poked their cheeks repeatedly and when that didn't work, tip their mouth open and drop a piece of blanket fuzz into their mouths. Then if they still didn't wake up, he would do a ton of jumping jacks on them until they finally gave up. The two Twin Dragon Slayers looked at me weirdly while Matt smiled mischievously.

When we were at the house, I collapsed immediately on the bed and fell asleep. Let everyone else do the housework for once.

A Few Hours Later… (Bellalyse's P.O.V.)

I groaned and woke up. After showering and waking up Amy, I changed into my usual outfit of a halter shirt, a skirt, my Dragion and Immortal keys, knee high boots with a low heel and a blue headband. Erza gave me some headbands after she heard me complaining about my hair getting in my face whenever I used a Dragon Roar. I brushed my scarlet and dark brown hair so it was silky and fell down to my waist. I walked out to the kitchen when I saw everyone already there.

"This is a nice change," I said, happy that I wouldn't have to cook. We walked down to Fairy Tail.

"Hey, have you guys heard? Our team is going to be decided today so you should probably head to Crocus." Lucy informed us.

"Okay," I murmured and cast a teleportation spell so that Team Guardian would already be there.

One Hour Later…

"Participants! The first five who make it to the beginning will participate in the annual Grand Magic Games! Start!" A weird pumpkin head was TALKING! Everyone else was unfazed by this but I was freaking out. What kind of weird clone is a talking pumpkin anyway?

As the bell chimed, I sighed and teleported myself to the end.

"WOW! We have our first competitor for Team Fairy Tail already. Bella Pyderi, first person on Team A!" announced the talking pumpkin who I think was called Mato. I nodded and sat down. And waited. And waited. And waited. How long was this race supposed to be anyway?!

Erza raced through, followed by Natsu, Laxus, and Gajeel. Gray was close behind, but didn't make it.

"Now we have Fairy Tail Team A! Members: Bella Pyderi, Erza Scarlet, Natsu Dragneel, Laxus Dreyar, and Gajeel Redfox! Please be in your designated inn by midnight, like last year."

I smiled. I made the team! I walked back from the race and saw Rogue, Sting, Rufus, and Orga just walking, chatting as they went along.

"You guys didn't even try, did you?" I accused them. There was no way the former Sabertooth members wouldn't be close behind.

They shook their heads. "After your um little disagreement with the guild master of Sabertooth, we don't want to really take part in the Grand Magic Games." Rogue explained.

I understood them. I mean, who would want to participate in something when their former guild master would be glaring at them as well as battling the people they used to know as their friends?

"Good luck," Rufus whistled and I nodded, tired.

The Grand Magic Games would start tomorrow. I looked forward to what they would have in store for us.

The Next Day… (Still in Bellalyse's P.O.V.)

I stretched myself as I changed into the Fairy Tail team outfit. Mira had gotten us matching outfits and mine was a blue shirt with very long sleeves that draped down at my elbows and a purple skirt with the Fairy Tail guild insignia printed at the corner. I also had white gloves with dark blue lining that went up to about the middle of my arm and I wore my usual brown boots and tied my hair up in a ponytail. As I entered the arena with the rest of the team, a wave of cheering surprised me. As the other teams filed in, I observed their magic. The only team that worried me was the RavenSaber combo team. They had Flare Corona, Obra, Minerva, Nullpuding, and Kurohebi.

"Now for the first event," Mato said, "is called Trapped. The participants will be: Nullpuding from RavenSaber, Milliana from Mermaid Heel, Chelia from Lamia Scale, Rocker from Quattro Cerberus, Gajeel from Fairy Tail, and Hibiki from Blue Pegasus. You will be sent to a town and whenever two participants stumble upon each other, they will be locked in a barrier until only one is standing! Start!"

The first match was Milliana and Hibiki. Of course, Milliana won. Hibiki was more into intelligence and so on. If Ren or Eve had been sent out, maybe the result would be different. Then Chelia and Nullpuding got locked into a fight. Surprisingly, Chelia won. I made a mental note to myself not to underestimate the Sky God Slayer. Finally, Gajeel and Milliana fought with the winner being Gajeel. It was all up to him to beat Chelia since Rocker got knocked out when he encountered Nullpuding. The fight was really intense so I looked away until I heard the winner was Gajeel. I knew he wouldn't stand being beaten by a little girl.

"First place goes to Fairy Tail! Second goes to Lamia Scale and third goes to Mermaid Heel. Fourth is the RavenSaber and fifth is Quattro Cerberus. Sixth is Blue Pegasus. Now for the first battle! Lyon from Lamia Scale against Beth from Mermaid Heel."

The two participants faced off against each other. "Now, what do you think about this battle, Yajima-san?" A judge asked.

"I believe that both guilds will try their hardest." He replied, making his answer obvious.

"Ice-Make! Dragon!" Lyon yelled and I was impressed. So far, only two Ice Creation Mages were able to make an ice dragon without failing. Now make that three.

Beth was knocked out by the force of the dragon and Lamia Scale got a five points.

"Second battle of Day One! Bella from Fairy Tail against Kagura of Mermaid Heel!" I was surprised when I got called to battle. I wasn't expecting for me to be against someone already. Maybe on Day two or three, but on day one…it was really weird.

"Good luck Bella," Erza smiled. "She's a strong opponent. No one has ever won against her."

"Thanks for the warning," I muttered. I examined Kagura's magic again. The Style of the Undrawn Long Sword? Ha. I could easily counter it with the Style of the Undrawn Twin Swords. After all, the long sword version was made to imitate the twin swords. "Sorry Esmerella, but I'm going to have to borrow your twin swords." I requipped the red and black swords and sheathed them at my belt.

She placed her hand on the sword sheath. "Before we start, may I inquire what type of magic you use?"

So she wanted to know? I tried to answer as casually as I could. "Well, I could use any type of magic except for Death Magic but for this round, I think I will use the magic that counters your style."

Kagura remained calm. "And what, may I ask, is that?"

"The Style of the Undrawn Twin Swords." I said.

She still remained emotionless but I heard a small gasp around the arena. "That magic was lost many years ago."

"Oh, so you've heard of it? Good, I don't feel like explaining. Can we start now?" I was kind of getting cranky by now. This is supposed to be a battle, not an interrogating session.

She nodded and used her Gravity Magic on me.

"Well, that's not very nice. Using your other type of magic while I'm distracted." I tsked at her.

"Confidence…Victory…don't you dare fail me now!" I yelled as tightened my hold on the swords. "Undrawn Twin Sword Magic! Whilst One Waits, the Other Calls!" I moved toward her, so fast I couldn't even see where I was going. When I got close to her, my hands automatically lashed the swords out for a split second then they sheathed the swords again. Kagura fell, an X slash on her clothes. I frowned for a second. That wasn't hard at all! Then I smiled as I looked at the board. Fairy Tail was in the lead.

"And that is the last match on Day 1!" Mato announced as I returned to the inn. Everyone was celebrating for our lead in the games so far. I joined Erza eating different kinds of cake and watched everyone drink, strip, gamble, fight and so on. Matt soon came to us while eating a chocolate cake.

"Bella! You did great!" He smiled up at me with dimples on his cheeks. "You beat Kagura!"

"That was unexpected," Erza clarified. "I think she went full out on you. Everyone knows the Twin Swords surpass the Long Sword but this is the first time Kagura lost a match. You should probably be careful from now on."

"Okay." I nudged Matt. "Go get some Starlight Cake. I made some for you and it's on the cake buffet line."

Erza had insisted that she absolutely must have a cake buffet so I had prepared some cakes for the dragon slayers beforehand. I had made Air, Iron, Starlight, Light, and Shadow cake so they should be content. Matt, as a Star and Constellation Dragon Slayer, ate starlight and since he was still a little new, I had to get him used to eating his element.

"Hey." I looked up and saw Rogue. "I have a feeling that you're going to dominate the games by yourself."

"That's not true," I protested. "I just hope everyone could have some excite"

Before I could finish my sentence, Rogue leaned down and kissed me. What was even more awkward was that Erza was watching us so when we finished kissing, I pushed her toward Jellal. Rogue slowly appeared behind Jellal and we nodded.

"1, 2, 3, kiss the bride!" We yelled and pushed both of them together so that they kissed on three.

Once they were done, Jellal grinned. "That beats dancing with Erza."

Recalling the Fairy Ball and the expression Jellal had made, I could understand why. I looked around. Master was getting drunk. Mira was talking to Freed and Laxus. Natsu, Gajeel, and Sting were fighting. And all the way in the back, dark corner, I think Amy and Lily were making out. I facepalmed. All of Lucy's Celestial Spirits had summoned themselves. I braced myself for a barrage of questions.

"BELLA!" All of the spirits practically fell on me.

That was expected after I had helped them countless times with Ash and Esmerella.

Hmmm…Ash and Esmerella. I grinned ruefully, thinking about their life.

I stepped outside the guild celebrating and walked along a river. I closed my eyes as I tapped the surface of the water with my finger. Then a bolt of exploding pain entered my abdomen and I screamed, losing consciousness.