Prologue

The small army, maybe around 100 soldiers, surrounded the three. A fierce, human sized cat lowered himself into a fighting stance, balancing the weight of his sword. The ink haired human backed against his smaller companion and growled. Levy panted behind him; it wouldn't be long until she passed out from magical exhaustion. Lily, the exceed, wiped away a bead of sweat from his forehead. Again with him, the magic that gave him unbelievable strength had its limits that were pushing against it. Gajeel seemed to be the only one capable for fighting longer but even he couldn't fight all of these by himself.

"Levy, how do we get out of this?" He hissed to her, keeping his eyes fixed to the enemies readying themselves to attack. Gajeel could be an airhead but he wasn't stupid in battle. There was no way to get out of this battle alive. The soldiers edged closer by the second and he could feel Levy whip her small head back and forth in search for her comrades. He shook his head. "They're busy in their own battles, Shrimp."

"T-Then we have to fight. We can't just fl—"

"We have no choice!"

"Gajeel…"

"Can you get us out of here or not?"

The blunette shook her head and pressed her mouth into a thin line. "I don't have enough power left to block them out. I'm sorry."

"Try, Levy," even the cat looked desperate. "We believe in you!"

The armour clad soldiers started to charge and Levy screamed. "Gajeel, I—"

"You have to try!"

"SOLID SCRIPT," they were so close now. Gajeel powered up as much as he could just in case she couldn't do it. But he believed. She could do it. She'd always overpowered the impossible. "SHIELD!"

The blue tinted words erupted from her fingers and encased the three in an opaque bubble, stopping the army from getting to them almost four feet away. Gajeel knew she couldn't hold it for long and so he gestured to a point for them all to run to. But before they could, Levy let out a small yelp and the bubble popped. The army took the opportunity to strike.

Gajeel yelled for the shrimp and she yelled back. They were swept away from each other despite his best attempts to get them to safety. Their protests were drowned out by the soldiers' victory laughs. It infuriated Gajeel to the point where he no longer felt the slices from their swords or heard their voices. He concentrated, taking in deep breaths, using all of his power to choke them with the shadow he held inside of him.

Before he had a chance to see it it worked, the world went dark like the darkness inside.

Let me know if I should continue this :) I'll post another few chapters in the coming days to make up your mind fully. Don't forget to tell me what you think. It really makes my day :D