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Something was up with this island...
Liam and Jake were about to run off when a sudden THUD was heard from the ship.
"What was that?" Miriam whipped around, worried that a bunch of zombie idiots climbing out of the ship and eating their souls. At least, that was what happen in Lucy's novel.
"Everyone! Miriam's scared!" Miki tried hard not to laugh. She glared at the blue cat, grabbed his head and sent him flying.
The gang looked back. Everybody were already on land well, except for Miki. Just who was on board the ship then?
"An intruder?" Destiny wondered.
"Gee, you think?" Violet said sarcastically.
"Weren't we the ones who high jacked the ship in the first place?" Miriam pointed out.
Liam slammed his fists together. "Finally! Some action!"
He jumped on the deck and made his way downstairs. Jake followed him and together, they sniffed around which was weird because the others could hear the sounds of people moving all along the lower deck.
They came across the ship's cargo which was shut with a lock. It was also the way to the lower deck where those nasty intruders were.
Liam grabbed the hook of the trap door and pulled. It didn't budge. He kept trying until his face turn purple. "Open!"
"It's call a lock, Liam." James said, rolling his eyes.
"I know that!"
Abigail pushed him aside. "Move. This is a woman's job."
"No bad we don't have a woman." Liam mumbled.
"What was that?!"
"Nothing."
Abigail scowled at him and turned back to the trap door. She pulled a black bobby pin out of her pocket and started picking the lock. Within a few seconds, the lock unlocked and she pulled the door open.
Abigail looked back and gave Liam a smug smile to which he gave a low growl back.
The gang quickly filed in and Destiny used one of her swords to keep the door up while they looked around the deck.
The deck was empty of people but was filled with plenty of boxes. There were no windows so no way to know where they were. Large brown boxes stack on top of each other until they nearly reach the ceiling.
"Wow! The room is full of boxes!" Miki exclaimed.
"Gee, you just notice that?" Miriam muttered.
"And there are shadows behind those boxes!" Miki continued.
"Oh, really? Sha- Wait, what? Shadows?!" Miriam looked over to where Miki was pointing.
There, in the back of some large boxes, were four shadows. They kept on moving about that their shape kept on twisting around.
Liam, Jake, and James slowly advanced on the shadows who seem to press themselves against the wall.
Liam quickly shot a small ball of fire towards the shadows. Jake sent a cloud of raining nails down on the intruders and James froze the boxes around them.
"Eep!" A voice that was quite familiar squeaked.
Slowly, the shadows revealed themselves. The gang blinked in surprise. Standing before them were Zero, Claire, Gavin and Bryce, who seemed to have stunk abroad when they weren't looking. Exactly how long had they been on?
The others sweat drop. The four were trapped with nails, frozen boxes and they looked slightly burnt… Worst of all, they didn't seem to be too pleased with the greeting.
"Bryce! What are you doing here?! You should be resting!" Destiny cried. Her older brother gave her a crooked smile.
"Yo, Bryce! Can you battle me now?" Liam asked him like nothing was wrong with him being there, injured still and bandages to boot.
Abigail punched Liam out of the deck. "Notice the reasons, idiot!"
"Zero! I told you to stay!" Violet chided.
Zero shrugged. "It's boring there." To tell the truth, he was scared of his sister when she learned he had disobeyed her, but since the others were going, he had to go too.
"Claire, Mom would freak out." Raichi frowned. His sweet little sister never disobeyed him like this.
"I have to come!" Claire pouted.
"Why?"
"Because I sense something bad is going to happen!"
Raichi sighed. "Claire, bad things always happen."
"This is different!" Claire protested. Since Wendy had turn eighteeen, she found out of her ability to see visions of the future like Carla did. And since Claire was her daughter, it was only natural for her to have her mother's powers as well.
Raichi's face fell grim. He knew something was wrong with his sister. She's been acting strangely for the past days. He sighed. "Fine. But be careful, okay?"
Claire broke into a bright smile and hugged her brother. Sadly, the moment ended when a sudden vision came over her.
She broke away and held her head painfully. Her eyes shoned and images appear in her mind.
Vision:
A man cloak in black. An island crumpling. The others lay at its feet. A symbol of meaning. A girl singing. A hand reaching. Something will be born.
End of Vision.
"Claire! Claire! You okay?" Raichi's voice was fill with panic and the others ran over.
"Claire!" Miki shouted.
The glow in Claire's eyes went out. She blinked a couple of times and stared at the others around her. The others let out a sigh of relief. Claire was the youngest of them here and they all treated her well.
"I'm fine! Just a little shaken up is all!" Claire smiled. But under the smile holds the terror in her. It was brief, but she knew exactly what she saw. The future didn't look all too pleasant. Just what did that vision mean?
"You sure?" Miki said worryingly. She gave him a reassuring smile.
"You sure worry us a lot." Zero said, smiling. "But at least you're alright."
Claire nodded happily. Zero frowned a bit. Something wasn't right about her but he quickly shook it off.
They already had enough to worry about.
Abigail threw her hands up in annoyance. "I know we were supposed to search the island, but why did I have to end up with an idiot?!"
Liam glared at her. "Who are you calling an idiot?!
"You! Do you see anybody else?"
"I get the horrible fate!"
"YOUR HORRIBLE FATE?!"
"Yeah! Do you see anybody else?"
"Copier!"
"At least I'm smart!"
"SMART?! You couldn't tell a cat from a dog!"
"It was wearing a costume!"
"Same thing!"
"Not!"
"Is!"
The two continued to argue as they made their way to the east side of the island. Meanwhile, Miki flew behind them watching the argument.
"You liiiiiike each other!" Miki purred.
The two whirled around and glared at the blue cat though one could see a hint of red on their faces. "WE DO NOT!"
To make the long story short, Destiny and Violet had placed all of them into small groups; each taking a side of the island. Team A: Liam and Abigail. Team B: Miriam, Claire, and Raichi. Team C: Violet, Jake, Zero, and Gavin. Team D: Destiny, Bryce, and James.
A to the east; B to the west; C to the south; and D to the north.
If anybody found anything, they had to fire a signal and everybody was to report back to the ship. They were to meet back in one hour. Operation start!
Flashback:
"So, Bryce. What did you went to find?" Destiny asked.
The gang were all gathered in the dining room as they waited for Bryce to tell his story. For once, they were quietly sitting still in their chairs and staying silent which, was a very hard thing to do for some of them.
"Yeah! Spill!" Liam exclaimed.
Bryce frowned. "It was during a mission of mine. I just finish the job and stopped at a small cafe. I heard about a new group of wizards that had formed a group. They were independent; not a dark guild or an official guild. At first, I didn't think they were bad but boy, was I mistaken." He paused.
"I follow them back to their headquarters when I heard them saying something about a key to time and space. One of them, a girl no less, caught me and she attacked. I never seen that kind of magic before. It was like something had blessed her with that power. I couldn't land a single hit and I didn't think I could make it back to the guild but thankfully, I did." Bryce continued.
"So, you want to stop this group?" Abigail said. He nodded. "One of them had that much power that you couldn't even defeat? How is that possible?"
"Are you saying somebody is better at fighting you than I am?!" Liam, Jake, and James all shouted. They jumped out of their seats and slammed their hands on the table; shaking it roughly.
Bryce smacked his head on his forehead.
"You guys never stood a chance." Miki pointed out and the three glared at him.
Abigail nodded in agreement. "So true."
Miriam sighed. "He beat you all at once in two seconds flat."
"SHUT UP!"
"You guys are weak." Miki laughed behind his paws.
"WE DON"T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT!"
Violet glared at them as did Destiny. "Quiet! Let me finish!"
"Liam-san. Jake-san. James-san. If you please." Claire gave a cute frown.
The three sat down though they weren't happy about it. Zero motioned for Bryce to continue.
"If I remember correctly, they said something about three islands with a distant power. This island we came on might be one of those islands." Bryce announced.
The others nodded. The feel of this island was strange. They had gone to different places before because of the guild jobs, but never had any place given off a feeling like this one.
Liam and Jake quickly shot their heads up. "Wait! That would mean we would be on the boat for a lot of trips!"
"Oh, boy. Here we go again." Raichi muttered.
The two yelled in horror and tried to run away but Destiny held them back. "NOOO! WE'RE DOOM! WE'RE GONNA DIE!"
"Liam! Jake! Don't you want to sail?" Miki said, flying loosely around their heads.
"HECK NO!"
Claire tried to calm them down. "I'm sorry, Liam-san. Jake-san. But we should help Bryce-san, shouldn't we? I could use my healing magic on you to help ease the pain, well if it is pain." The boys' eyes shone with hope and glee for a second.
"Claire, you can't use too much healing magic or else you'll lose your energy." Zero pointed out. "Besides, it won't work forever."
Claire tried to protest as well as Liam and Jake but Violet spoke up. "Just leave them. Zero is right. The magic won't work if you keep using it."
"Remember the time our parents went to Edolas?" Miriam suddenly piped up. "What happen back then had already disrupted time and space. If they tried to something that might cause time and space to ripple, who knows what's going to happen."
"Do you think they want to go to Edolas?" Jake tilted his head in confusion.
"But that world doesn't have any magic!" Raichi pointed out.
"The balance of the two worlds could crumple and they could crash into each other." Violet said grimly.
"Then that means..." Zero began.
"We would disappear from the face of the earth." Gavin finished.
"We're gonna die?" Miki said, his eyes fill with terror. Miriam tried to comfort him but her service wasn't needed because a split second later, Miki was happily eating one of his fishes.
She growled and sent the cat flying.
"We might not know what the reason is for their plan, but one thing is for sure! We're going to stop them!" Destiny stuck her fist out to the middle of the table.
The others smiled and did the same until there was a circle of fists.
"Because we're Fairy Tail wizards!"
End of Flashback.
Team B:
"I sure hope Liam and Abigail are doing okay." Miriam said out loud as she, Raichi and Claire ran through the western forest.
Raichi smiled. "Knowing those two, they would be fighting with one another."
Miriam and Claire sweatdrop. Destiny had to put them together, didn't she?
"Anyway, we better find something or else, we'll feel the terror of Destiny and Violet!" Miriam shivered at the thought. So did Raichi and Claire.
Miriam smiled at the thought of how cute her brother and Abigail would be together.
'Wait, where did that came from? I must be losing my mind.' Miriam quickly shook her head to clear her the sometimes useless brain of hers. Unlike her mother, Lucy, she didn't like to think highly of herself very often.
Team C:
"What the heck are we supposed to find?" Jake threw a rock at a nearby tree as he and the others searched through the beach.
Since the ship was at the south point of the island, they had the honor of guarding it and looking around as well.
"Shut up! Quit complaining!" Violet yelled at him.
"Bryce said to find anything out of the ordinary." Zero poked around the tide pools that held ocean life. He watched as little crabs and clams went on with their day. Several plants were waving in the ocean waves.
"Whatever that means." Gavin murmured. He had again taken off his shirt without knowing.
"Clothes." Zero sighed.
"When did I?!"
"How are we supposed to find anything when there's nothing around?!" Jake complained. He really didn't want to stick around while everybody else got to have fun exploring.
A dark cloud gathered around Violet as she glared at him; her green eyes flashing. "I told you to shut up. Use that stupid nose of yours and find something!"
Jake sank away fearfully as well as Gavin and Zero. "Y-Yes, sir!"
"I'm a girl!"
"Really? I never knew." Jake muttered under his breath.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"N-Nothing! Yes, ma'am!"
Team D:
"Bryce, what did that group you went after looked like?" James asked.
Bryce thought for a minute. "Well, if I remember correctly, there were three boys and three girls."
"A group of six, huh?" Destiny muttered. Bryce nodded.
"But if there is only six of them, shouldn't they be easy to defeat?" James questioned.
Bryce frowned. "Maybe, but if they're call one of the most feared groups of wizards in the rumors, then we shouldn't take them for lightly."
"But it's just rumors, right?" Destiny pointed out.
"I wish they were but I've seen only one of them and her powers were better than I thought."
Gratefully, one of the groups is being serious for once. Can't say the same for the others.
Suddenly, a large red flash burst through the sky. The three looked up. It was the signal that somebody had found something. A second later, the letter S appeared in iron.
Team C had found something.
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