OK y'all, here's the next chapter I promised you last month!

So what say we get right into it? (Stay tuned at the end for some other Horror suggestions to appease your appatites for the month.)

Chapter 2: Nirvana Island

EARLY DAWN:

CRRNK!

The ear-shattering sound of slicing metal had awoken the teenagers on board early that morning. Lucy was still in her 'pajamas' (which were pretty much lingerie) when she burst out of her room and realized their dire predicament. "WE'VE HIT A GIANT ROCK!"

"CHRIST! What the fuck just happened?" Gray and the others started rousing from their sleep. Gray reeled when he noticed the damage the front of the boat had taken. "Holy fuck! How the hell did that happen!"

"Wasn't Aquarius supposed to be steering the ship?" Natsu came out with his rage.

"That jerk Laxus was supposed to be covering the night shift for that ruckus he caused earlier," the crusty-eyed Aquarius yawned as she came onto the front deck. "I'm too tired for this crap..."

"Too tired, huh?" one of the feral girls of the Thunder Boyz shouted. "Well then wake the fuck up! We're stuck on the middle of the fucking ocean with no way back thanks to you being 'too tired'!"

"Hey, everyone please calm down," Hibiki darted over so he could address the crowd, getting in between the two women before fists started flying, "as long as the hull isn't damaged we should be able to patch it up and return home. If not then we can always radio for help."

Milliana and Aries were already fearing the worst as they held each other, sobbing and quivering their lips. "We're not gonna make it back now! We're all gonna die! We're gonna-"

"JUST CALM THE FUCK DOWN!" Azuma roared over the restless girls sobs, scaring them silent. "Now," he turned to the group at large, "has anyone seen Laxus?"

Angel walked over to the black giant. "Well we were sleeping together but I ran out so fast I didn't check if he was still in bed."

"Then wouldn't he be here already if that were the case?" Erigor asked, starting to get agitated. Freed and Vidaldus were also losing their cool as they started eying the crowd of nervous teens.

"OH MY GOD!" One of Laxus female trophies collapsed into her knees in front of the ship.

"What's the-" Natsu went past the others and paused behind Karen when he discovered the numerous puddles of a certain crimson fluidlying at her feet. "Blood?"

"Something's happened to Laxus..." Karen's tears poured onto her clenched fists as she grit her teeth into a vengeful scorn. She turned to Natsu, "What have you people done to him?"

Natsu took a step back from Karen. "Huh? We're just as confused as you are. Besides, how do we even know if that's his blood?"

Angel rushed back to the deck panting heavily. "I've just checked the rest ship, there's no sign of him anywhere..."

"Lackey's missing?" Erigor's jaw dropped as the crony started shedding some actual emotion for another human. He started turning against the crowd, "You fucking scum must've thrown him overboard!"

Gray stepped between Erigor with Lyon backing him up. "Oi! Back off for a second and get a grip on the shit-storm we're already in!"

"NO! I'll fuckin' kill the lot o' ya's if someone doesn't fess up!" Erigor was restrained by none other than his bulkier comrade Azuma.

"Just chill bro...Lackey may still be alive somewhere."

"But you can see the pool of blood right there Azzy!" Erigor pointed over to the crime scene, "With that storm and so much blood loss how the fuck could any cunt survive out there?"

"Tch. Well, I guess accidents do happen..." A casually made comment was made by someone in the midst of the crowd. But Karen and Erigor were clearly not seeing the humorous side of that remark.

"Who was that?" Karen scanned the crowd speaking in a soft but deep and hateful voice.

"Oh, I apologize," Alzack pulled his arms of out his brown poncho and shrugged his shoulders. "I mean, of course we must all be feeling terrible for that prick's loss-"

"YOU BASTARD!" Erigor escaped Azuma's grip as he laid his fist against Alzack's cheek, bursting his lips and his confidence in the process.

"Zack!" Bisca rushed over and shielded her beloveds body from Erigor's assault.

"MOVE BITCH, OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU TOO!" Erigor shouted in a berserk outburst. Much of the young crowd were too frightened to confront or stop Erigor but there was still a number of Dragonslayers who were ready to tackle the situation.

Gray, Natsu, Lyon, Gajeel and Elfman all rushed the silver haired fox but only Gray and Lyon were required to keep the lanky man on the ground. "You still don't get it you crazy son-of-a-bitch!" Gray attempted to break the maniac's eardrum as he shouted into his ears. "We're fucked enough without pointing fingers at each other!"

"Hey get off him!" Azuma now returned to his usual gangster ways as he went to help his buddy out.

Vidaldus also advanced, "Yeah we'll shred you like my guitar – BRUTAL!"

"We can keep you three down as well if you want!" Gajeel and Natsu flexed their muscle with their sleeveless shirts.

As the tension rose and taunts continued one woman decided the bickering had gone on long enough and made her voice heard above the rival thugs.

"WOULD YOU ALL JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP! HOW OLD DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ANYWAY?"

Even the iron man Gajeel and the dark giant Azuma were silenced by those words. "E-Erza..."

Erza held her hands straight by her side as she went into the mini war zone. "This was supposed to be a post-grad vacation and you lot have been acting out your little gang wars from school the whole time!" Erza kept her composure even as the tears were urging themselves to flow. "We're in serious trouble and all you wanna do is make things worse for everyone." She continued to narrow her eyes while staring at the ground, preferring not to see their decrepit faces. "You thuggish brutes never thought of anything but yourselves back at the Academy, and even now...But have one of you Neanderthals even thought about Lucy? She's the kind spirit who tried to see past our conflicts by inviting you on her cruise." Erza opened and clenched her fist as if unlocking more of her frustration. "I could hate all of you right now...But if it wasn't for Lucy I'd...I'd..."

A hand was placed on Erza's shoulder, pulling her away from some of her angst. "Sorry Erza..." Natsu gave his large friendly smile. "I was being a bit of a monkey myself, so thanks for giving us some sense."

"More like an ass," Erza mumbled, forcing a weak smile. She had known Natsu from when Lucy used to go out with the fiery haired man. Even the hardy redhead couldn't hold a grudge against him. "Yeah," she spoke softly, "no problem..."

"Hey guys..." Hibiki called over from the edge of the ship. "There's something out in the fog."

They all walked over and held a hand by their forehead as they observed the gray horizon. The foggy curtain unfolded revealing a large island.

Natsu cheered as he saw the lush green forests come into view. "YES! There might be others who can help us there."

I wouldn't be so sure, a skeptical thought arrived from the back of the crowd, Not this island. Jellal retreated from the others as he looked over the side of the ship. The quiet man suddenly gasped as he noticed something floating between the rock and the side of the boat.

No...

"Hey Jellal, you find something?" Natsu noticed Jellal by the side and the others followed.

"Wait a mi-" Jellal's voiced was drowned by the sea of teenagers as they made their way over to the side.

"Go on Natsu grab it out!" Gray pushed his mate overboard as Natsu could be heard spitting out water and cursing.

"What is it Natsu?" Lucy asked with a great sense of concern that it might have been Laxus – or at least a part of him.

Natsu threw the object in the air and the crowd parted as it landed on the deck. A sigh of relief hit the crowd as they realized what it was.

"Just a gym bag..." Elfman patted his gut, the gentle giant even saving himself from freaking out.

No no no... Jellal fretted slightly as Natsu climbed back on board.

"It looks like something shredded it to kingdom come," Droy said as he and Jet went over in their curiosity and searched inside the bag's remains.

"That's weird though," Jet observed, "The zipper hasn't opened."

"What on earth could do that?" Erza and some of the others started asking more questions about the not so insignificant bag.

"Hey look at that," Jet scanned the shredded bag with an even more in depth analysis, "there are scratch marks inside the bag. It's like someone was been put in the bag and tried to claw their way out."

No, I didn't think the legends were actually true. ...Why didn't I take that more into consideration?

"Can I please take look?" the inquisitive Lucy asked as she hopped over and studied the bag. Even shredded as it was the cheery blonde haired chick could recognize the bag, "That's funny, I saw Jellal throw this into the ocean last night."

A number of the jock boys twisted their glares towards the blue-haired man. "So I wonder what you could possibly be dumping in the ocean?" Natsu quizzed him with his veins throbbing an anger.

"Yeah! And another thing, you were speaking about something with Ultear," Lucy brought a finger to her chin as if she were a detective unpicking a mystery crime. "She mentioned something about bringing 'her' along."

Loki came over to ask Lucy something. "Hey Lucy, didn't our register for the cruise have thirty-five guests on it? Minus Laxus, how many of us are still here?"

Jellal grit his teeth as he noticed a smirk crawling up Ultear's face.

Ultear, you actually put her name on the register?

Eve could be seen doing a quick headcount as the others started musing the possibilities of what may have been in the bag. "There's thirty-three of us on the ship at this moment."

"And with Laxus missing there's still one more unaccounted for," Natsu quickly confirmed what many had already concluded for themselves. "Jellal...You tried drowning someone in this bag didn't you?"

"Don't be ridiculous..." Jellal kept his neutral expression even as he knew his scheme had been uncovered.

"How could you do that to somebody?" Lucy cried as she realized her horrible suspicions were true.

Jellal tried defending himself against the thirty plus jury. "You have no proof of what may have been in that bag. For all you know it could have been a cat or some other animal."

"That's still pretty messed up," Lucy pointed out.

"Of all my classmates I was always thought you were the most suspicious, Jellal." Natsu was about to walk over and rough up Jellal when the fiery redhead stormed past him.

SLAP. Erza's hand felt like a hot brand striking Jellal's cheek. "Jel...lal! You just have to keep killing, don't you?" Erza's shoulders were heaving as her bright yellow shirt was being stained with tears of darkness.

"Erza...You're wrong-" Jellal tried to explain his innocence but it seemed everyone else had already decided the verdict.

"Get the fuck of this ship you murderer!" Natsu charged over like a rhinoceros when somebody else entered the fray.

Natsu pulled back his fist before it could connect with Mirajane. "Please everyone stop fighting!"

"Mirajane?" Natsu was surprised that the former model would try and protect a suspected killer.

"Sis, step away from that man; he probably killed Laxus too." Elfman was about to grab her sister when she spread her arms out in defiance.

"I just want everyone to stop fighting...I don't think I can stand seeing anymore people die needlessly." She sobbed heavily, remembering her younger sister Lisanna who had died in a horrible accident last year. The pain of seeing a loved one lost had made Mirajane determined to no longer see anyone else close to her die. "If we are to survive, we need to work together. So please..." Mirajane began feeling weak on her feet and started swaying from all the emotion she had expelled at that moment. Her older brother had to catch her before she fainted.

"Sis..." Now the Elfman's tears were flowing in their torrents. "Please don't push yourself like this."

Erza also stood by the white haired young woman, offering her silent agreement with the sentiment.

Jellal and the others remained in silent deadlock for a minute before the expressionless man spoke out. "She's right you know; we need to stick together and find a way to get back home."

"The water isn't too deep this close to the island," Ren noticed as he calculated the distance to the island, "We should take as many provisions from this ship before we head off."

The sun started shining across the boat and casting over the island as the other weary teens had decided there had been enough tension raised at that point and went off to grab their supplies.

As they all made their way back inside Lucy took Erza with her as the girl kept her gaze on the man she detested the most.

Natsu was left with the stoic figure on the deck as the others went inside. His eyes were thinly open, his face showing a grave frown of hatred. "I'll be keeping my eyes on you from now on..."

The thirty-two poor souls had gathered their clothes, food, water and other supplies as they waded through the shallow waters. (Aquarius had stayed to properly assess the damage to the boat.) The Island was less than 500 meters from where the boat had landed so when the first few struck the beach they felt like they had found grains of a gold pile.

"Whew! We made it!" Gray and Lyon threw down their bags and spread their arms out, making sand angels.

"This isn't our ideal holiday location," Cana tried putting the two icy boys back into the real world. "In case you don't remember, we're stuck out here with no way off this island.

"Cool your jet Cana," Gray said as the others reached land. "We may have ourselves caught in a pile of shit, but we may as well try and make the most of this island while we're here."

"It looks pretty abandoned to me." Natsu observed the rows of trees and bushes that lined the forest. "Hey what's with that gap in the trees over there?" Natsu's observation proved his oblique intellect.

"It looks like a trail," Lucy started walking towards the clearing. "C'mon, we might find a good spot to set up camp!"

The Fairy Hills class had begun a hike up a rather steep incline as the hill gradually reached a crest. "Phew...I think this hill should end soon," Lucy sighed.

"Let's just hope there's not another hill to climb afterwards, eh?" Natsu tried lightning the mood up for his ex, making an exaggerated show of trudging up the path.

"Hehe...Natsu..." Lucy started laughing at the monkey boy.

"Hey what's so funny?" Natsu started poking her belly.

"Why'd you put that scarf around your head? It looks really silly." Lucy's broad smile and cheerful laughter meant that she still believed they could enjoy happiness together, even in these adverse times.

Natsu rolled his eyes up to his checkered scarf he had tied around his carrot-top head like an improvised headband. "I guess I thought it'd make me look cool."

"You look more like a pineapple head to me," Erza joined in the innocent banter as she tried feeling a bit more cheery as well.

"Ya really think so Erza?" Natsu gave Lucy a cheeky wink as he slowed his pace. Erza walked past the slowing Dragonslayer without suspecting his oncoming prank. Lucy looked back at the boy trying to contain her laughter when he grabbed a pile of sand from his pockets.

Erza noticed Lucy's strange expression. "What is it Luc-" She felt the wet sand creep down her tiny jean-shorts and into the crack of her but. "EEEEEEE! Natsu, you asshole!"

"HAHAHA!" Natsu fell over laughing at his childish joke. Erza blushed as the tough girl hid behind some bushes and lowered the back of her shorts enough so she could pour the sand out. "I can't believe you fell for that!"

"Natsu you're still a legend!" Gray came over and slapped the class clown on the shoulder.

Although Erza didn't really appreciate the grainy feeling of sand in her but, she smiled when she noticed Lucy was enjoying Natsu's antics as well.

I'm glad she can still smile for everyone's sake.

"UUWWOAAH!" Levy, Juvia and Sherry had gone ahead of the jokers and reached the crest first. Juvia began hoping in place and waving emphatically, "Gray-sama! Gray-sama look at this!"

Gray sprinted up the hill to reach Juvia as he noticed the sight over the hill. "Wow! Well aren't we lucky!"

"What is it already?" Natsu, Erza and Lucy caught up as well and were amazed to discover the area above the hill

A large clearing appeared before their eyes. In the middle of the clearing, with an arch of bushes and a number of different trails leading off from it, was a modestly sized campsite. There were a number of cabins, and all the external structures were wooden with weatherboarded walls and glass windows.

"This was on the island!?" Natsu rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't dreaming. "Look, it's even got a barbecue area!"

"WHOOHOO! We've reached paradise!" Gray ran over towards the campsite.

"Wait for me Gray-sama!" Juvia tried following her lover in her white summer dress.

"Looks like they've found something up there." Ren and Eve, two of the three boys from the former Bachelor's club, noticed the commotion above the hill. Hibiki was following behind towards the tail end of the group.

"Looks like you got away with that situation earlier," Ultear consulted with Jellal towards the very rear of the group.

"Please don't speak to me again." Jellal didn't even look towards the Gothic classmate as they followed the rest of the group from the back.

Hibiki noticed the number of tiny animal trails which lined across the main trail. We should be able to hunt some small animals around here as well.

As he cast his gaze along another tiny trail he noticed something moving in the forests. When he noticed the bright colored clothing and long hair, he knew it definitely wasn't just an animal. Curiosity drove him into the small trail following the visual scent amongst the green depths.

Jellal noticed the blonde bachelor was heading into the forests but didn't want to call out his name and gather any unwarranted attention. Ultear watched over in silent amusement as Jellal scoured through the forest in pursuit of the wayward teen.

Eve and Ren had reached the top with nearly everyone else by now. "A campsite? Well this turned out great didn't it Eve...What's up Eve?" The darker skinned bachelor turned back to his blue-eyed counterpart who was looking down the hill.

"It's Hibiki; wasn't he behind us before?"

Hibiki ran through the thick bushes which tore at his light clothing. He could now hear the soft cries of a child – the sound carrying through the forest as if the very atmosphere was sobbing. "Hey, is someone there?" He continued advancing towards the voice.

He continued deep into the forest until the crying sounded very close. He thought that someone may have also struck this island and may be lost or alone. "Hey you out there, can you hear me? I've come to help you!"

He walked slowly past a few more shrubs until he reached a small clearing. He sighed with relief when he discovered a small girl, crouching by a small group of flowers. She was still sobbing when Hibiki called out to her.

"Hey, little girl, are you lost?" Hibiki reached over with a hand towards the girl. He admired her sweet appearance; long, dark blue hair, pale skin, and her blue and yellow striped dress including the strange white accessories attached to her arms and legs like miniature wings.

She wiped away the tears from her eyes when she turned towards the man. She kept gulping as she held back her sobs.

"What's your name little girl? I'm Hibiki."

She kept swallowing back more tears as she whimpered her name. "W-W-Wend-dy"

"Wendy, that's a cute- WATCH OUT!" Hibiki noticed a large shadow appearing in the green veil behind her.

"AGH!" Wendy jumped on her feet as she went towards Hibiki. But as the girl tried to reach her savior, a dark shape suddenly sprung from behind the young girl and tackled Hibiki in the gut.

"Ugh!" Hibiki was thrown back by the mysterious entity as he stumbled backwards towards a large tree. "URK!" Hibiki impacted the tree with his body, but in the process he had impaled the back of his throat on a broken branch which jutted out like a tiny spear. Wendy was terrified when she discovered the man was bleeding profusely out of his neck. Hibiki tried calling out something but with his trachea punctured he could only spew blood and thick flesh down his mouth.

As the thick giblets of flesh and blood slapped onto the poor girl face she gasped in great fear.

And screamed her lungs out.

"KKKYYYYAAAAAHHHH!"

A seemingly freak accident had claimed one more of the Fairy Tail's class of X784.

Though a new member was added to the party, another was taken as payment...

To be continued...

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So here are those other stories I alluded to at the beginning...

Clown - AlexMCM (Formerly Alex McMullen)

Deteriorate - The Layman (Shameless plug, what's that!)

The Cries of Haruhi Suzumiya - Thnikkafan (There are two stories in this series.)

The Library- -Nihilus (Here's an original concept; Lolies going bonkers and killing people...in Lucky Star.)

Angel with Demon Wings - AlexMCM (Yup, him again.)

Bleached Halloween - Alex MCM (This one's more on the funny side.)

Moratorium - PrincessKitty1 (More Shippy than Scary, but still good.)