Author's note: Hey watsup guys? I forgot to put one of these things on the last chapter so…. here it is! Anyway sorry for the late update guys I really meant to update this the week after the first chapter but, I got a little busy. Anyway to make up for that, this chapter is longer and it goes into the plot. The story is going to take place during the Fighting festival arc so be excited for that! Anyway hope you enjoy and good bye for now!

-AIIR

To say that Moon was pissed was an understatement. He had taken enough transportation to get here, he wasn't about to let this one slide. The chattering of his companions talking to Mira calmed him down a bit. Especially when Mira reminded Moon of another white haired girl with short hair that he met on trip once; Moon could almost see a resemblance in the two but brushed it off with the problem at hand.

"Natsu, you pissed me off real bad. Let's take this outside right now." Moon said with a stern, angry voice. Natsu turned around, hearing the beam he knew that he was a dragon slayer. He was excited, he's been itching for a good fight, and if it were with a dragon slayer, than for sure it had to be. Natsu smirked before speaking. "What's wrong with here? Afraid you'll lose in front of the guild?" the fire slayer asked.

"You know the destruction that we can cause." Moon pointed at the hole in the wall, it was nearly as tall himself.

"Who cares? I'm all fired up!" Natsu lit one of his hands on fire and charged at him

Then all of a sudden a huge giant comes out of nowhere and stomps Natsu.

"Holy crap man! What the heck is that?!"

"Hi Master!" Mira said as if nothing happened. David, Matthew, Moon, and Noah looked at her with a surprised glance.

"MASTER?" they all thought as they stared up at the giant.

Finally the giant shrunk down to a pea wee size man, once he did he noticed Moon:

"O! You must be new here! Welcome to Fairy Tail." he then stuck out his hand which Moon shook nervously.

"So what is your name?" the master asked.

"M-Moon and these are my buddies David, Matthew, and Noah." he said, a little surprised at the masters generosity. Makarov looked at them, studying there facial features and clothing until finally he spoke again:
"You make a fine addition to the guild!" Moon could only scratch the back of his head and smile; he forgot all of the rage he had on the pink haired slayer.

"Well anyway if you need anything Mira is always running the bar, since your new however we will have a party!" again Moon and his companions had a look of surprise. Eventually however they began to sink into the mood, eating, drinking, and introducing themselves.

"So like I said before I'm Moon and these are my friends David, Matthew, and Noah."

"How you do?" David said in a joking accent.

"Sup." Matthew said.

"Hi…" Noah said quietly.

There was an awkward silence after Noah said hi, Lucy quickly broke it however. She wanted to know more about these new members of the guild:

"So… have you ever been in a guild?" she asked.

"Technically yes, we actually formed an independent guild called the D.G.E." Moon responded.

"What does D.G.E stand for?" she found the acronym to be a very random choice of letters.

"Dark Guild Extermination." Matthew said. "Before a dark guild called the Oracion Seis had ravaged my hometown. The only survivors left were me and my brother here." He pointed to Noah. "Ever since that day we dream of destroying that guild like they did to our village, and eventually we found these two along the way." Gesturing towards Moon and David.

"Well your part of Fairy Tail so now you have lots of friends!" said Natsu while giving off his signature grin.

The rest of the party was all fun. People were fighting, drinking, and talking about the new members of the guild. They were also talking about how Fantasia was going to be even more fun than last year, especially with the Miss Fairy Tail contest.

On the outskirts of town, a blond man was sitting looking at Fairy Tail with a death glare.

. He then stood up:

"Old man, you time is up."

The Next Morning:

"You're not going to stay for the festival? It starts today you know that right?" said Mira as she was writing their names on her Mission's book.

"Yeah I know… I think I had enough of celebrating though." Moon said as he remembered the drunken Cana trying to get him to unstrap her bra with his teeth.

"Me too…" said Matthew as he remembered watching the event.

"Well you guys be safe okay? Wait, where's Noah? I thought you guys always stick together?"

"We tried to wake him up but once he falls asleep it's almost like he's in a coma." David said. "Tell him were on a mission though, okay?"

"Yeah just make sure he stays safe…. I don't know what I do without him…" Matthew said quietly.

"He'll be just fine! Take care now!" Mira sad with her usual happy attitude. The 3 men waved and walked out of the guild.

Later at the Guild:

There was a huge stage and an even bigger crowd in front of it in the guild. A blond announcer in a purple suit soon began to speak, he is known as Max:

"Everyone, I'm so glad that you could make it! The battle between the beauties …. Let's start the Miss Fairy Tail contest!" He soon began call out names, such as Cana and Juvia who showed off the swim suits that they were wearing. Eventually Mira came out, everyone was expecting her to show off her swim suit as well but she ended up changing her face to Happy and Gajeel. In the crowd you could see Happy rolling on the floor trying to hold his mouth.

"You're the only one happy about this you know that right?" Gray said.

Elfman's jaw dropped: "Nee-chan…"

Lucy who had been in the back round snickered "The crowd favorite just shot herself in the foot."

"mmhm" Erza said in agreement.

"Now then! Entry number 4! She needs no explanation….. Titania!"

"That's my cue!" Erza said as she jumped out.

"Erza Scarlet!" Max shouted. Erza then reequipped to a gothic dress, receiving the most applause from the audience. Max then introduced Levy who used Solid Script magic behind her to make herself look better. Next was Bisca who sported a dark red bikini, she then threw 5 coins in the air, reequipped her magic gun and shot through all 5 coins with one shot.

"Yee-haw!" she shouted after successfully completing it.

"Now entry number 7: the super rookie of the year….. Lucy Heart-"

"Don't say my last name!" she yelled, worrying that if she won they wouldn't give her the money as she jumped to the middle of the stage.

"umm, I'm going to do a cheer routine with my spirits!" everyone applauded, as she was about to start somebody interrupted her, a woman to be exact. All of a sudden, a woman with glasses, brown hair, green dress, and pixie like wings appeared on stage.

"Entry Number 8…. If you want a Fairy than you want me. If you want beauty you want me. Yes! I am all that you want! The winner is obviously me Evergreen! Okay! The idiotic contest is now over!"

"Evergreen?" Gray said in a surprised voice.

"She's back?" Elfman said.

Since Lucy is new to the guild she had no idea who this woman was so she immediately started to complain. "Hey, don't get in my way! My rent is counting on this you know!"

"Lucy! Don't look into her eyes!" Gray yelled from the audience.

Evergreen just smiled to herself, "What's with this kid?" as she took off her glasses and immediately turned Lucy to stone. The crowd started to panic, "This is dangerous. Everyone quickly escape!" Max said. Immediately the all ran out of the guild, all that was left were Fairy Tail mages.

"What are you doing, Evergreen?! Do you plan on ruining the festival?!" Makarov said, clearly pissed at what just happened.

She just chuckled to herself, "You need to entertainment for a festival, yes?" As she said this the curtain on the stage lifted up, revealing all of the contestants turned to stone.

"Nee-Chan!" Elfman shouted.

"Even Erza!" Happy shouted as well.

"You fool! Return them to normal at once!" Makarov yelled, his anger growing. All of a sudden a flash of lightning stuck the stage, and out appeared none other than Laxus.

"Hey you Fairy Fails! The festival is just getting started!" he said with an evil smirk.

"Laxus?" Makarov said.

From where he was standing, Gray turned to the right and saw the leader of the Thunder God Tribe standing on a support beam.

"Freed?" he then turned to his left "Bickslow?"

"The Raijin Tribe?" Macoa said with a scared expression.

"Laxus's personal guard!" Wakaba finished off.

"Let's play old man." Laxus said with his evil grin.

"Enough of this foolishness! Return them to normal at once!" the master responded.

Laxus only grinned, "I wonder how many would be left after Fantasia."

Right when he said this a bolt of lightning came down and nearly hit the petrified Lucy. He then walked over to the Lucy and put an arm around her.

"These women are my hostages. If you break any of the rules I'll shatter them one by one. I told you remember? This is entertainment."

"This isn't funny Laxus!" Makarov said.

"I'm being serious."

Freed then jumped down, "Let's see who's the strongest in Fairy Tail."

Bickslow jumped down too, "Time for fun!" his dolls repeated what he said, "Fun! Fun! Fun!"

"The rules are simple! The last one standing is the winner!" Laxus said, again he smirked, "Battle of Fairy Tail!"

"I like it! Simple!" Natsu said as he slammed his fist on a table he was laying on, "Im getting fired up!"

"I like that eager spirit of yours." Laxus said.

"Natsu!" Makarov said in surprise.

"It's a festival, gramps. Lets do this." As Natsu started to walk towards the stage.

"Don't you remember when you got beat by Laxus before?" Warren said in a worried voice.

"I was just a kid."

"It was last year!" he said in a frustrated voice.

"I was a kid last year!" Natsu said as he lunged at Laxus.

"But I hate that you have no sense of flair! So cool down." Laxus said as a bolt of lightning came down and struck Natsu right before he was about to make impact.

"Natsu!" Gray yelled out in a worried voice.

"See what I said?" Warren said as he face palmed.

"What a man." Elfman said.

The lightning stopped and Natsu lay on the floor defeated.

"Aww, and he just recovered." Happy said jokingly.

Going back to the normal atmosphere Evergreen spoke:

"If you want these girls back to normal, you must defeat us!"

"There are 4 of us and 100 of you, right?" Bickslow said with confidence, his dolls repeated after him, "100 on 4, 100 on 4!"

"You have 3 hours. After that they turn to dust I'm afraid." Evergreen said.

"The battlefield is all of Magnolia. When you find us, the battle begins." Laxus said.

"Laxus.." the master had enough, as he started to grow into a giant, "Stop this foolishness!" he shouted.

Unaffected Laxus spoke, "Now, now! I said to cool down! It's entertainment for the festival, see? Let's have some fun! Battle of Fairy Tail…. Begin!" as a blinding light went through out the guild. And just like that the Laxus and the Raijin tribe disappeared.

"So we have to play tag in Magnolia?" Macoa said.

"Damn it! We have to save my sister and the others!" Elfman yelled as he and all the other guild mates stormed out of the guild to look for him. Makarov was trying to let everything sink in, his rage growing by the second.

"That fool…" in pure rage he turned around and started to run, "I'll… I'll stop you!" However as he was about to walk out the front doors an invisible wall stopped him. Gray who had just run out of the guild noticed this.

"Gramps!"

"An invisible wall!"

"Don't be silly. There's nothing there!" Gray responded as he picked up the master and try to carry him only for the "invisible" wall to stop him.

"What's going on?" Gray said confused, then all of a sudden noticed something appearing.

"What's this? There are characters floating in the air…"

"Freed's runes?"

"Runes?"

"A type of barrier. Anyone who steps within its boundaries are bound by its rules. If you don't obey, you can't get out. Establishment magic!"

"What's written?"

"Those older than 80 or stone statues cannot pass through."

"A magic where the guy who sets the rules wins?"

"It takes a long time to set runes, it's not suited to a sudden battle. Although it's the perfect trap."

"Can't you break it down gramps?"

"The rune's rules are absolute!"

"Man they planned for everything." Gray turned around, his back facing the master, " So I guess we will have to handle it ourselves."

"Gray…"

"I don't care if he's your grandson or whatever, I'm not holding back. I'll get Laxus." He said with a dark stare he then ran off.

Makarov thought about how this was going to play out:

Is there anyone who can beat Laxus? Erza might be able to… but in her condition… None of the D.G.E are here either. Moon seems powerful enough; I don't know all of his abilities though… As he thought this he remembered the huge hole that he had made in the guild wall.

Makarov noticed something on his left and spoke:
"Who's there? Reedus?"

"I-I'm scared of Laxus…" he responded nervously.

"Fine, fine. Instead, I'd like you to pay a visit to Poluchka in the East Forest. She might have some potion to cure petrification."

"Oui." he said as he ran out the guild. At this point Natsu had gotten up:
"Huh! Where's Laxus? Where everybody go?"

"You're awake!" Happy said happily.

If Natsu really got serious then perhaps…

"Gramps! Where did everyone go?"

Should I trust in his latent ability?

"Natsu! The festival has started! Laxus is somewhere in Magnolia… Get out there and beat him!"

"ALRIGHT! he screamed out in excitement, "JUST YOU WAIT LAXUS!" however as he was running he crashed into the runes. Everyone gasped in surprise.

"What's going on? Natsu, are you 80 years old?! Are you a stone statue?!"

"As if!" Natsu said as he was struggling against the runes.

Both Natsu and Makarov both looked up to the sounds of the runes. Makarov read what was on the runes:

"Current status report: Jet vs Droy vs Alzack? What's this!?"

"Why are they fighting each other?" Natsu said in confusion.

The master of Fairy Tail continued to read:

"Winner: Alzack? Jet and Droy Out of action."

"What?!" Natsu shouted.

In the church:

"I wonder how long you can stand to see the Fairies destroy each other old man…"

Throughout the city the mages fought among themselves, defeating each other to save each other. All Makarov could do was watch in horror as his "children" fought each other.

The runes started to update and Happy read them off:

"Max vs Warren Winner: Warren, Vistar vs Nab Winner:Nab, Laki took out four, Macao vs Wakaba's battle in progress."

"Enough! Stop this you foolish children!" Makarov yelled, even though only Happy and Natsu could hear him.

"Rune traps have been set up throughout the city, and the ones who are trapped inside are forced to fight. That's the Battle of Fairy Tail Laxus was talking about." Happy said.

"But why? I don't get it?" Natsu said. "I WANNA JOIN TOO!" he yelled out in frustration as he started to push against the wall.

"That's what he wanted!?" Happy and Makarov said in unison. The master smacked Natsu.

"This is just his plan to get us to wipe each other out. At this rate all the girls will be turned to dust, there won't be anyway to restore them."

"Laxus acts bad, but he ain't going that far." Natsu grinned, "Yeah, he gets on my nerves, but he's a fellow guild member. It's a bluff obviously."

All of a sudden the runes updated, Happy read it off:
"There are 2 hours and 38 minutes left. And there are….. 42 people left."

"42! More than half are gone after the infighting!" Makarov said.

Outside the city:

"I have to see Poluchka and get a potion to cure Erza and the others…" he kept on running until he ran into an invisible wall.

"I-It can't be! Are the runes set up around the entire city?" Then at that instant Freed materialized behind him:

"I will allow no one to break my rules." Reedus turned around:
"Freed!"

"Laxus should have told you that the field of battle was the entire city. If you're a wizard, then fight. Show me your true power… that's the rule."

Back at the guild:

"Freed vs Reedus, Winner: Freed." Makarov read off with anger.

"I knew Freed could do it!" Natsu said in excitement, clearly not understanding the situation.

"Natsu that not good! Now we can't get any help from Poluchka!" Happy said in frustration.

"I told you already, Laxus is just bluffing."

A voice from behind all of a sudden spoke:
"You think I'm bluffing Natsu?"

"A thought projection!" Happy said.

"So why are you still here Natsu?" Laxus said with a toying tone.

"I can't get out!" he responded.

"Laxus…" the master said in anger.

"Your members…. I guess you call them your children. I bet you can't stand watching your children destroy each other… can you?"

"Natsu and Erza can't join in… there is no one left who can defeat the Raijin Tribe." He said confidently, "You gonna give up?"

"Gray still there! He's just as strong as Natsu! He aint going to lost to no Raijin tribe!" Happy said.

"The same as me!" Natsu yelled in anger, "Him!"

As if on cue the runes updated:

Bixlow vs Gray

Winner:Bixlow, Gray out of commission.

Laxus gave a hearty laugh.

"So, who will beat the Raijin tribe now old man?"

"Gajeel will!" Happy yelled.

"Too bad. It doesn't seem like he's participating. He doesn't give a damn about the guild."

"Well I'm still here!" Natsu shouted.

"If you can't get out, it won't do you any good." Laxus said calmly.

"Fine enough! I surrender." The master said, he had enough of the torture.

"Gramps!" Natsu yelled.

"Now Laxus, stop this." The master said in defeat.

"Can't do that." He smirked, " The high and mighty Fairy Tail master can't go surrendering at a time like this! But if you insist, how about giving up your position as master to me?"

"That's playing dirty Laxus!" Natsu said. "You're scared of me huh?"

"You fiend…. Was that your goal all along!?" Master said in anger.

"There's only 1 and half hours until the statues crumble…. If you want to retire, use the guild's loud speakers and announce it to the whole town. Say, Im giving up my position as master to Laxus!"

He then started to disappear, " Think about it well. What's more important your position or your friends?"

"stop it right there!" Natsu yelled as he tried to tackle him, which only succeeded in him crashing into a random pillar."

"I don't care about me being master." Makarov said in defeat.

"You're okay with it!" Natsu yelled.

"But I cannot not entrust Laxus with the position! He doesn't understand the weight of the position. He lacks conviction and heart!"

"But at this rate, Lucy and the other will turn to dust…." Happy said sadly, "Someone has to defeat Laxus and his gang or else…" Happy was cut off by some noise behind the counter. Gajeel soon poked his head out, "Huh?"

"Gajeel, that's where you were?" Natsu said in surprise.

"Don't eat the dishware!" Happy said.

"Are you going to go?" the master asked.

Gajeel jumped from behind the counter, and started to walk towards the door,

"I've got a bone to pick with him. Just leave him to me."

As soon as he was about to walk out however, a wall stopped him.

"AAAAHHH!" the 3 yelled out in surpise.

"Are you also over 80 years old?!" Natsu shouted.

"Obviously not!" Gajeel responded.

The Raijin Tribe slowly defeated all the members, up to the point where there were only two left.

"2 Left!" master said in surprise.

"Why cant you get out either! Stop copying me!" Natsu yelled at Gajeel.

"How should I know?"

"Now I'm hungry you bastard!" Natsu yelled out even louder.

"How should I know!?" Gajeel responded back.

"2…" the master got the thought through his head, "JUST YOU 2!"

"And I wasn't even counted!" Happy yelled out while crying.

"I have no more wizards left to fight. I guess that it…."

"Oh well, I guess I have to revive Erza then." Natsu said as if it were nothing.

"What!" Makarov and Happy said in unison.

"Hold on! What are you doing to do!?" the master questioned.

"I'm going to melt here with my fire. Won't she melt if I heat her? You know, the stone shell."

"DON'T" the master yelled in frustration.

"Erza and the others were completely turned to stone!" Happy said after.

"We won't know unless we try right?" Natsu said as he laid down Erza's statue.

"Stop, you want to kill Erza!?" the master yelled at him.

Natsu had a look of joy, as if he was getting revenge, "Broil her nice and good…"

"Are you going to rub her with your flames?!" the master yelled again.

"Hey buddy, not so frisky." Gajeel said as if nothing were happening.

At that instant, the stone Erza cracked at her forehead. They all yelled in surprise.

"Shoot she broke! Glue! Glue! Happy get the glue!" Natsu said in a panicky voice.

"Aye sir!" said the panicking Happy.

"You idiot! You think that will fix her up? Use your flames on my iron and we'll weld her back to normal!" said Gajeel, he was in a panic as well.

"FOOLS!" the master yelled.

The statue started to crack even more, the cracks were spreading all across the statues' face.

Natsu went into full panic mode, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

All of a sudden the rest of the statue broke and out came Erza, "It's hot…." as her eyes turned into a killing intent, "Was it you, Natsu? What were you trying to do?!" as she punch him until Gajeel.

"Thank god… but how?" the master said in confusion.

"I don't know… maybe because of my eye?" Erza said.

"Erza, do you know what's going on?" Happy said.

"Yes, even though I turned to stone I could still hear you."

"Go! It's time for a counterattack." Master said, having a new hope now that Erza was back.

The runes changed again, this time the number left said 3.

"With me restored, the numbers changed. How elaborate." Erza said.

"Those are Natsu, Gajeel, and Erza right?" Happy asked. As he said this the number changed to 4.

"It increased? But who?" the master asked.

They all turned around to look at the stone statues, they were all in the same exact place.

Erza smirked, "There's a couple more out there, remember? outside the city."

"You don't mean… him?" Natsu asked.

"No way!" Happy said.

"You don't mean he's come back?" Master said, he now had full confidence.

"Looks like the real war is about to begin. This is getting interesting." Erza said with a confident grin.

"Who are you talking about?" Gajeel asked.

"Another possible candidate of the strongest in Fairy Tail…. Mystogan!"

As she said this the number turned to 5. This confused everyone, again they turned around to look at the statues but they were still in the same spot.

"Who could it be? The D.G.E are out on a mission…." The master said.

"I believe one of them got left behind." Erza said, "Let's see what he's got"


At the church:

"Erza is restored, and Mystogan joins the fray. Who is the 3rd one though? Well including me the 3 of us are the most powerful in Fairy Tail. Can't be a festival without the best right?" Laxus said with a grin.

Please Review! I love the see the criticism! Good or bad. Anyway the next chapter is the fight scene so stay tuned for that.