Hi there and thank you for clicking onto Cosmic Dragons: Twin Dragons' Roar! i love Fairy Tail and wanted to write a fanfic for it, so here we are.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or it's characters, that is Hiro Mashima. I also don't own the cover pic, sadly. Any OCs and this storyline are mine though. I hope you enjoy!
"Maaaan…About time we got off."
It was the middle of the night when a small boat rowed onto the beach of a tropical island. As soon as the hull hit the sand, a teen with unusually pink hair flopped out. He looked a little green around the gills as he fell face first onto the sand. Behind him, the rest of his companions looked on with glazed boredom. One in particular, a blond-haired girl, pressed a hand to her forehead.
"I swear, Natsu, one of these days we have to break you of your motion sickness issues…" Lucy Heartfilia sighed. Her pink-haired friend just moaned in response.
"Only Flamebrain could be comfortable lying face down in the sand like this," a black haired teen muttered.
"What did you say, Stripper?!" In a second, Natsu was up and in Gray's face.
"You heard me!" the ice wizard snapped.
"Gray, clothes…" a redhead, Erza, sighed with a roll of her eyes. Gray looked down and realized that, once again, he was in his boxers.
"Gah! Again?!"
"Shame on you!" a white-furred, female cat chastised. "Have some decency!"
"Aye!" a blue-furred cat agreed.
"Um, guys?" a young girl with navy blue haired interrupted. "Shouldn't we find somewhere to get out of the storm for the night?"
After spending a day cramped in that boat, the Fairy Tail wizards had sailed right into a storm. Raging winds, treacherous squalls, and pouring rain made an already uncomfortable trip downright insane. Everyone was drenched, shivering, and downright exhausted.
"Wendy's right." Erza nodded. "We won't be able to fulfill our request during a night like this. Let's go find a cave."
Luckily, the island was of the tropical variety, with a dense forest and plant life covering most of it. Most of the island was one big mountain as well, meaning there would be caves to hide too. The wizards rushed to the trees and found that it was much drier under the foliage.
As they walked Lucy thought back to earlier in the day, when Natsu had found a certain mission on the request board.
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"Hey guys, check this out!" A little more excited than usual, the Dragon Slayer rushed up with a paper in hand and Happy not far behind. Looking up from a magazine she had been reading, Lucy was startled to find a request barely an inch away from her nose.
"I can't read something that close up, Natsu!"
Grabbing the request, Lucy held it at a readable distance. Erza and Wendy, who had both been occupied with something, looked over the blonde's shoulder to see what the request said.
"'Help requested immediately on Ilios Island. Recovery of precious village relics. Respond at once to the Fengari villagers. Reward: 10,000,000 Jewel. Help us please!'" Erza read.
"Ilios Island?" Lucy blinked. "Please tell me this isn't Galuna Island all over again!"
"But recovery of precious relics?" Wendy grabbed the request and stared at it. "I wonder what was taken."
Natsu offered up his signature, toothy grin. "Why don't we find out? Let's do it!"
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Of course, Natsu's eager bravado quickly vanished once he found out that Ilios Island was half a day's boat trip from the harbor in Haregeon.
I wonder what kind of relics was taken from the village here, Lucy mused as the group trudged through the thick vegetation. To offer such a huge reward for this mission, they must be very important. Oh man, I hope this doesn't end up as crazy as Galuna…
"Hey, look!" Lucy snapped out of it as Gray pointed ahead. Not far from where they stood was a hole in the side of the mountain. Lucy never realized that they had walked to the center of the island. Without a second thought, she rushed past Gray and into the dark crevice.
There was a tunnel just big enough for everyone to go single file, with smooth walls and patches of moss. At the end of the tunnel—it couldn't have been more than a yard long—was a cave big enough to fit all five wizards (and two Exceeds) comfortably. Using some sticks, moss, and a little Fire Dragon Slayer magic the gang had managed to get a warm fire going, which everyone sat comfortably around.
Just as Wendy and Lucy were starting to nod off, Natsu got it in his head to have a ghost story-telling session. Of course, everyone else was too tired to pay him any mind. The last thing Lucy was aware of before drifting off to sleep was Natsu pestering an exhausted Gray and a loud smack of someone hitting another person's head.
Good night, guys…
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When Lucy opened her eyes next, everyone else was still asleep.
Gray was sprawled over the top of a rock, looking like a crash victim while Wendy and Carla were curled up together next to him. Erza's head dropped to her chest as she leaned up against the tunnel entrance, her hand gripped around the hilt of one of her swords. As for Natsu and Happy, the pink-haired fire wizard had somehow managed to worm his way under Lucy's traveling blanket and was lightly snoring away next to her. Happy sat curled on top of his head, mumbling something about Carla and fish.
Lucy's first impression was to wake the pinkette and tell him to move, but she decided against it once she realized how nice it was having his warm body next to hers. Allowing herself a small smile, Lucy laid back down and prepared to fall back asleep.
Roar…
Jerking up, brown eyes wide with fright, Lucy looked around in a panic. Had she just heard something roar? It was faint, but she could have sworn she's heard something.
"But…There's nothing here?" she mumbled quietly. Thinking it was just her imagination, Lucy slipped back down. Natsu and Happy were still beside her. She must have just imagined it.
Roaaaaar…
There it was again! This time there was no doubt. The noise sounded faint, but it was painfully clear. The roar echoed around the cavern and Lucy had no idea where it was coming from.
Against her better judgment, the Celestial mage slipped out from under her blanket and tiptoed around her team mates. Lucy's first act was to sneak around Erza and put her ear to the tunnel. However, it didn't seem like the noise was coming from outside.
There must be another cave connected to this one, she decided.
Lucy then began methodically tapping the walls of the ave, listening for any hollow echoes behind them. She knew what she was doing; she'd read enough tips for this kind of thing in those mystery books she had borrowed from Levy.
She was in the middle of listening to a specific wall and failed to notice that Natsu, who had subconsciously noticed there was a cold spot where Lucy had been, was waking up.
"Lucy…?" His groggy voice startled the blonde, who whirled around with a squeak. As she did so, her foot knocked against a loose stone sticking out of the wall. Before either person could react, the wall behind Lucy slid away and she tumbled down a steep tunnel.
"Ahh!"
"Lucy!"
When she finally came to a stop, battered and shaken, at the end of the tunnel, Lucy moaned and rubbed her forehead. Her sight was a little unfocused, but something caught her eyes.
"Lucy!" Natsu's voice echoed from above. "Are you alright?"
It took the Celestial wizard a moment to respond, she was too shocked at something in front of her.
"Natsu!" she called. "Better wake up everyone and come down here! There's something you guys should see!"
The cave was very large and spacious, covered in thick moss. It should have been dark, but light emitting from crystals growing in the walls gave everything a soft, blue-ish glow. And speaking of crystals…
Right in front of her was one particularly large crystal. And from the looks of it, there were people inside of it.
Well, that's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed reading. Tell me what you think so far in the comment box, alright?
BYE!