Sky Labyrinth:
The hotel began rumbling."What the hell!" Gajeel said as they all stabilized themselves and ran out onto the balcony.
"Look, the others inns are doing it too!" Nikki pointed out. Suddenly a projection of a Pumpkin man? appeared in the sky. "Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Gran Magic Games Preliminary round, sky labyrinth!" It shouted. "Whoa!" Nikki awed at enormous labyrinth. "That thing is huge." Laxus side. "Nothing we can't handle" Mira said. Nikki nodded in agreement and listened as the pumpkin explained the sky labyrinth.
"The first eight teams to make it to domas flau will have passed the preliminary round." He said. "You can use magic, there are no restrictions. However, we are not responsible for any lives lost in the sky labyrinth." He said.
"Thats comforting." Nikki said feeling slightly uneasy. Her friends nodded in agreement with her. "Let the preliminary round, sky labyrinth begin!" He yelled. Fairy Tail Team B leapt into action bolting up the path into the sky labyrinth.
"Holy Crap!" Gajeel commented once they once they were inside. "This thing is insane." Nikki added. "Yeah it is. But we don't have time to waste. We need to get going." Laxus said. They nodded and ran about the sky labyrinth hoping quickly find the finish.
Suddenly the labyrinth began shifting causing them to stumble about. Nikki being to close to the edge, lost her balance, and slipped off the side. "Nikki!" Mira shouted. Nikki gasped as she felt a hand around her wrist stopping her fall. She looked up at her savior and smiled. "Thanks Laxus." Nikki said. He smiled and pulled her up. "You've been saving me everytime I am in a sticky or falling." Nikki said remembering the very first he'd saved her. She was about ten and Laxus was in his teen this was before Nikki left to go training and do some things. Nikki had climbed up a tree to save a cat. She successfully got the cat but managed to fall off the branch trying to climb down. Laxus had caught her. "Gotta watch out for the clumsy ones." Laxus teased as they held on waiting for the labyrinth to stop moving. Nikki glared at him playfully. "Alright, lets go!" Mira said. They ran around the labyrinth looking for the finish ofted getting confused with its layout.
"Wait, the pumpkin thing sadi the finish is domas flau?" Nikki asked. "Yeah why?" Gajeel asked. "Does anyone have a compass?" Nikki asked. Jellal pulled one out and gave it to her. "Domas Flau is east, all we have to do it find out which way is east." Nikki said.
"Good thinking Nikki." Mira said. She played with the compass until the arrow pointed in the east direction. "That way!" I said. "I dont think we'll be able to go exactly east in this thing." Gajeel said. "Well, we can try to figure it out." I said. They all nodded and ran east as best as they could. But soon they were lost again. "Which way is east now?" Laxus asked. "Hold On, I smell something." Gajeel said. "Smells like a dragon" He added, My eyes widened. It was either Natsu and Wendy or those sabertooth idiots. I requiped into my sky dragon form and sniffed the air. It wasnt Natsu, or Wendy, So it had to be the other two.
"Wait." I Said and used her magic to mask there scents from the dragon slayers. "Hide." Nikki said. Although skeptical and confused they obeyed and hid. I peeked around and saw the five sabertooth members run by them.
"Well what now?" Gajeel asked.
"I dont know." Mira said, puzzled, "Ive got about a quarter of the labyrinth mapped out here," She said, taking out an old piece of parchment, "We need another map tho-"
"DAMN IT! I told you weve already been through here!"
"Ok, Ok! I was wrong for once in my life, give me a god damn break!"
I looked over her should to see another group of five wizards passing through the labyrinth. I instantly recognized their guild mark- Twilight Ogre. The Guild that had threatened Fairy Tail the day they returned from Tenro Island.
"We need another map, huh?" I asked to no one in particular, eyeing the paper in one of the man's hands, "That can be arranged..."
"We have to go back!"
"No! We have to go North!"
"Youre map is stupid and so are you!"
"You blind?! Go east!"
The twilight orge members argued. Little did they know, I was sneaking up on them like the conniving little devil I am.
"Im telling you! Go west and we'll-"
"ICE DRAGON: ROAR!"
"AHHHH!"
A burst of ice and snow erupted from My mouth as I sent the now frozen twilight ogres flying off the labyrinth with one powerful blow.
"We're going to beat Sabertooth and become the number one guild in Fiore again!" You were in our way." I smirked as I coolly caught their map out of the air.
Mira smiled. "That's Nikki for ya!"
No sooner then when you caught the map was when an alarm sounded throughout the 3-D maze. I gasped as she felt the platform beneath her feet start to shift. Gigantic clouds of dust billowed up from the center of the labyrinth as blue lightning encased the entire field.
"Hold onto something!" I shouted to my team as the labyrinth began to change and move around rapidly. The entire Labyrinth was rotating. I could see countless members of other teams fall straight throught the maze as I clutched onto a metal bar for dear life. As people fell, I could see that various magical barriers caught them just underneath the labyrinth too prevent them from Fatally falling.
"I See," I said as the maze finally stopped rotating, "If you fall out of the labyrinth, you're disqualified. Ha. I have to five them credit. This is a pretty effcient way to narrow down the playing field" I pulled myself up onto a nearby platformand regrouped with my team.
I looked at the map in my hands you had stolen from Twilight orge and overlapped it with the map that Mira had drawn. The map was now bigger and more accurate. Me, Laxus, Gajeel, and Mira had a evil glint in our eyes.
"I see," Gajeel smirk mischievously.
"I'm beginning to see how this elimination round works." Mira said, turning into one of her satan souls.
"Y-Your eyes are scary" Jellal shouted.
"There's only one thing to do!" I shouted.
"Steal maps from other teams!" Gajeel finished.
"Its more of a battle than a race," Laxus smiled maliciously.
My team started to hunt down the remaining teams to take their maps to add to your stash.
Laxus lead as my team ran through a gigantic hall of mirrors. I scrambled to the top flight of stairs and turned around a hallway as the mirrors started to disapear.
"Thats it!" I shouted, pointing to an ornate wooden door at the end of the passageway. It floated delicately on top of a shround of mist.
"Let's Go!" Gajeel took off running.
I sprinted next to Gajeel as I got a rush of exitement as I neared the door. When I were about to turn the knob to open it, the small pumpkin man from before appeared in front of me.
"Congratulations! You Passed the elimination, Kabo!"
"AWESOME!" I smiled.
"So, are we in first place!" Mirajane asked.
The pumpkin laughed a bit.
"No, you got here second. It was a valiant effortm though! You were very close!"
"EH?! Who got here before us?!" Gajeel roared.
I clicked my tongue and sighed.
"Who do you think?" I asked, sarcasm dripping like venom from my voice.
I shoved past the pumpkin and opened the door. Sure enough, there they were, perched comfortably on a large sofa sat the five members of Sabertooth.
I grimaced as I took time to observe each member of Sabertooth's team. The one that caught my eye first was the large buff man that had spikym iguana green hair sprouting from his head in all directions. He wore tarp-like pants that were fastened to his waist with a thick, black belt. The upper part of his body was completely exposed. In a way, his build and frame kinda of reminded me of Elfman and Laxus put together.
The next sabertooth member was the only female I spotted- a young, pale skinned mage with large brown eyes and short white ahir that reminded me of Lisanna. She had a white mini skirt on along with dark blue tank top and a white feathered cape. She also had a pair of white knee-high boots. I saw that a puch of celestial spirt keys dangled from the brown belt that hung loosely around her waist. A Celestial mage for sure.
My eyes drifted over to an elegant looking man with blonde, waist length hair, dressed for the Italian renaissance. He wore a white, poofy-sleeved shirt with a maroon and gold tailcoat over it. His vest and brown kee high boots also had trimmings of gold lace. To top of the look, he worse an ornate, deep red venetian mask with gold trim and a large red hat with a long, pale pink feather protruding from the top. Rufus Lore- The minstrel who sings to the red moon. I heard girls in town swooning over him. I couldn't deny that he wasnt unattractive, but I couldnt think about that right now. Focus!
Then I looked over to the last two people I knew instantly who they were Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney- the famous twin dragon of Sabertooth. I have meet them before. The first thing I noticed about Sting as his cocky smirk I instantly wanted to slap off his face. He had a small scar crossed his right eyebrow and forehead. He had spiky blonde hair of average lenth and a half-vest that showed off his lower abdominals, which I couldn't help but to stare at- FOCUS NIKKI, FOCUS!
I scoffed and forced myself to snap out of it. I looked over to Sting's twin, Rogue, who had black hair that covered one of his eyes and wore multiple layers of dark clothing, including a black trench coat, a dark colored sweater, a black cloak thrown over everything. I shuddered. How was he not havign a heat stroke in there?! As an Ice Dragon Slayer, and a mage with all magic, I am pretty sensitive to heat.
"Well, Well, Well, Look what we have here." Sting rose from his seat and sauntered over to me. I took an instinctive step back as he took another forward.
"It's a bunch of Fairies! HAHAHA. I'm surprised you even passed the elimination, but second place?! You guys just might make a comeback this year. We'll still crus you and take that first place, Though, And Nikki there is still a spot open for you." Sting said with a little wink.
I glared at him as I clenched my fist, trying to keep from punching him. I could feel the temperature drop in the room as your glare intensified.
Sting rose any eyebrow and sniffed the air slightly. He walked closed to me and sniffed the area around my neck. I was frozen in place from shock. I just stood there as he inhalled my scent. I could feel his hot breath on my neck. As he sniffed me, I caught a whiff of his natural scent as well due to my close proximity. He smelled surprisingly... good, pure, ect, and like a forest in the summer or fresh dew in the early morning. and it reminds me of a person I havent seen in so long. 'Light I wish I could see you again soon.' I thought.
I could almost hear him smirk as he pulled away from me.
"So you're a dragon slayer too, eh? Just like I thought." Sting said. My scent probably gave it away a lot.
"Yeah." I relpy irritably.
"What element?"
" I dont think that is your business but it's Ice." I said.
I glared at Sting again and tuned my head away from him. I really don't want to talk to this guy. Especially after what I heard earlier that night. Sting and Rogue killed the dragons that raised them. And they flaunted it every chance they got.
Sting Chuckled and used a slenderm gloved finger to pull my chin back towards him and when he touch me a felt a spark and I am guessing he did too cause he had for a flat second wide eyes and then they went back to normal.
"Don't think I'll go easy on your guild because you're cute and all."
My face flushed bring red from both anger and embarrassment but mostly the last one or so I thought.
"OI, leave her alone, you bastard!"
I turned to see Gajeel glaring at the white dragon slayer.
"It's clear that she doesn't like you. None of us like any of you, so why dont you just leave her alone." Laxus said as he glared.
Sting let go of my chin and let out an amaused laugh.
"Ha...haha..hahaahahahah! Oh, haha, alright. I'll leave her alone." The smirk never leaves Sting's face as he makes his way back to the couch.
"It'll be a shame to see you guys defeated for the seventh year in a row," he said with mock sympathy, "Fairies are always so fragile. So easily crushed under a tiger's claw."
And From that day forward, I put it on my personal bucket list to hurt or to do something to Sting Eucliffe.
TBC