A harrowing scream pierced the air as another building collapsed in a burst of flame and wing beats. From where she sheltered behind what she assumed was once a flower bed, she could see the panicked civilian rush from the wreckage. Her eyebrows furrowed as she remembered those that had perished while trying to evacuate the citizens of magnolia before the fighting began.

The man paused, his eyes widening with horror as he noticed the beast in the sky before him. There was nothing she could do, her warning died in her throat as another attack from the black dragon hit him directly in the chest. The world seemed to slow as the man fell to the sound of wingbeats, and then it was over, the unnamed man lay unmoving on the street beside her.

Closing her eyes briefly she touched the keys at her waist checking for any news of the black dragon's progress across the city. A light pulse from Geminis key told her that the danger was heading away from her towards those sheltered within the confines of the cathedral. For a brief moment she wondered about going back to help Erza, the package in her arms shifted uncomfortably and she held it closer. No, she could not go back now – she had to get this to Fairy Tail for Wendy, there were people counting on her.

She peered around the flower bed trying to ignore the stench of charred flesh. Relief ran through her as a plume of fire burst in to the sky to meet the dragon, at least Natsu was still fighting. She threw herself out from the flower pot and dashed headlong down the street catching her arm on a lump of twisted metal as she went.

She paused as she passed by her old apartment, nothing but a tangle of charred beams and crumbling walls now. The crackling of fire gave way to another more unwelcome sound. The drumbeat of hells wings had returned. A wave of hopelessness hit her as she thought of her guild mates that had agreed to fight Acnologia head on…. Where they following the sound of wing beats as she ran from them? Or was she the last one still moving in this godforsaken city? She shook herself, she had to stop thinking and get to the guild hall.

She ran. She could feel the heat increasing behind her as she moved between the burning buildings. Blood soaked in to her top from the gash on her arm as she held her precious package tightly to her chest, there was no time to think about how she should have been quicker, no time to think about the bodies she ran by. Her lungs burnt as she forced herself forward, there in front of her lay the mostly untouched guild hall.

Only a few more steps and she would be out of the open…

Plot bunny would not leave me alone, a little different to your usual FT fanfiction but I had to try this out!

I have the main plot written out already, probably will be 12/13 chapters in total. I am looking for a Beta reader for this.

I hope you enjoy.