Pride: Here's the next chapter, contains some stuff from the manga. For example, the devil-slayer who froze the village of giants and the Eternal Flame.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters. But I own Wrath, Pride, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust and Envy…in a way at least.
Without much ado, on to the story.
Chapter 2 – Greed, Gluttony and Envy
The ground rumbled. The birds which were twittering away happily from their perches on the trees, turned their little heads towards the source of noise. They were used to the rumbling of the ground caused by the giants' walking, but this was different.
Thunder clapped in dark skies, and the ground shook with tremors from an unknown source. A magical presence made itself known, its power enough to suffocate a grown man, ominous signs accompanying it as it moved towards the giants' village.
The birds flew away. The giants, it seemed, had sensed the magical presence as well. They turned their heads fearfully, whispering hurriedly to each other. Until one giant went into his house and readied his axe, preparing to fight the danger that was fast approaching the village that he called home.
The other giants did likewise. They knew this was going to be one tough fight.
They saw a small figure emerging from the forest – small by their standards, at least. He wore a dark purple cloak, and had a strange red symbol on his back. The man strolled casually into the midst of the giants and spoke in a deep growl.
"I will say it only once – hand it over to me, the Ring of Resurrection. Resist, and I will give you a fate worse than death. You have ten seconds to do so."
"Ten"
The giants' eyes widened in surprise. They were taken aback by the sheer audacity of the man, asking for the item that they so zealously guarded.
"Nine"
They mumbled amongst themselves, discussing what to do with this puny man.
"Eight"
They could feel a massive power emanating from the figure in front of them
"Seven"
The giants were hesitant, maybe this man could really do what he threatened to.
"Six"
They settled their fears and decided to give this impudent brat a piece of their mind.
"Five"
The giants raised their weapons and prepared to bring them crashing down on him.
"Four"
They rushed at him, swinging their huge axes and clubs.
"Three"
The man seemed unfazed by these axe and club-wielders who were each at least fifteen times as big as he was.
"Two"
He readied his stance.
"One"
Ice and snow swirled around him, drastically lowering the temperature of the entire place.
"ZERO!"
"Devil Arts: Absolute Zero!"
The giants were frozen in place, in the positions that they had last been in. One was glaring at him, his club high over his head. The others were in similar positions.
"Dumbasses…they should've known not to mess with a Devil Slayer."
Greed (Guardian Number 3: Guardian of the Devil's Gate)
Guild: Tartaros
"Ahhhh, damn I froze Atlas Flame too…I'm guessing Natsu Dragneel wouldn't be too pleased with me."
"Now where do I start looking for the Ring of Resurrection?"
He noticed that all the giants had their backs to the Eternal Flame – or rather the now-frozen Atlas Flame. They were obviously protecting something, and he had a hunch it was not the Eternal Flame.
"Ah, there we go, simple as that."
An hour later
"Now that wasn't so hard."
He walked on, not noticing two more people in front of him, and walked headfirst into one of them.
He looked up and opened his mouth to apologise, but seeing what he bumped into, his face turned a deep shade of red (although the woman couldn't see it) and started stuttering incoherently.
The woman, for her part, turned into a blushing, stuttering mess as well, although Greed could not see it, since she was wearing a purple hood, on a cloak not very different from his own.
"Oh hey there Greed," a deep, rude voice sounded next to him.
That was when Greed noticed the man standing there. He returned the greeting.
"Heya there Gluttony. And, sorry 'bout that, Envy." Envy's face reddened further.
"Did you get the Ring?" the man called Gluttony questioned, for which he got a nod as a response.
Greed raised his hand and showed his palm, where a black ring lay, giving off an eerie glow. It was studded with sapphires, which were an unusual dark, deep blue.
"Good job, Greed. But, still, did you have to freeze the whole village?" the woman known as Envy said.
"Well, yeah. They were being annoying. And at least they're alive."
"Tch. You always keep the fun to yourself, Greed. Greedy just as your name suggests. You should have let me in on it too," Gluttony replied in mock amusement.
Gluttony (Guardian Number 5: Guardian of the Dragon's Gate)
Guild: Tartaros
"Shut up big guy. I'm stronger than you anyways, so I deserve the fun I had."
"Rubbish," Gluttony growled.
"Look, I froze Atlas Flame. That proves that my devil slayer magic is better than your dragon slayer magic," Greed smirked.
"Hmph. At least I'm stronger than those wimps at the Grand Magic Games who dare call themselves dragon slayers."
"True, but you're still weaker than me."
"You wanna test that theory?"
The two started bickering. They were so engrossed that they didn't notice the woman's hands glowing white.
Envy punched the two bickering mages with her enhanced strength and sent them crashing into one of the giants' houses.
"Idiots…"
Envy (Guardian Number 7: Guardian of the Spirit's Gate)
Guild: Tartaros
"I may be weaker than you two, but you should know better than to anger a woman, or even irritate her for that matter!" she raged.
The two male mages clutched each other fearfully and blocked out the noises of the woman ranting until she calmed down.
"Okay. Can we get back to the guild now? I don't want to be skinned alive by Pride. Or Wrath,"Greed squeaked out fearfully.
"Agreed. An angry Envy is scary, but an angry Pride is downright dangerous…" Gluttony trailed off quaking with fear.
At this, the woman called Envy started to shake with fear as well.
"I-I don't wanna get punished by Pride! Hurry up let's go!" with that she started dragging the two males by their cloaks running back to their guild, ignoring their squeaks of protest.
Pride: There you go. I hope this chapter was as good as the last. By the way, according to the story, Pride is not the strongest of the seven Guardians of Hell. Next chappie: Wrath and Pride. Wrath is Guardian Number 1 and Pride is Number 2. By the way, the Guardians are given their numbers based on their relative power. So Wrath is the strongest, and that's why I'm saving the best for last!
Till we meet again…
Yours truly, Pride