Alliance

Chapter 2 – Foreign

| A.D 2099 |

The light was bizarre, entering her eyes and temporarily blinding her. She raised her right hand, trying to block whatever that was entering her eyes but to no avail. They just seeped through the holes between her fingers, streaming into her chocolate brown eyes. "Lucy!" she heard a familiar deep voice shout her name, trying to get her attention from afar. However, the blonde mage couldn't seem to move her body nor could she react in any way possible. Her throat was parch, her eyes felt like they were on fire and her body was very stiff. Finally, after two minutes of trying to get out of the invisible binds, she gave up and relaxed her body. The pain, the glow, the thirst slowly dissipated into a soft comfort of feathers and Lucy slowly opened her eyes.

"Natsu?" she whispered hoarsely, as vision came back to her and she saw the pink-haired mage staring down worriedly at her. "Hey Luce," she felt his hand on her hair, running his fingers gingerly through them. Her five senses came back and her back felt like it was supported by layers and layers of cushion. She tried to remember what had happen earlier but it was all a blur. All she knew was that she was trying to grab a pillar when she as thrown violently against the guild's hard oak walls. And it was black until the light came into her eyes. "Where are we?" Lucy asked, sitting up and let her eyes adjust to the foreign place. They were certainly not at the guild anymore, nor in magnolia because in magnolia, there was nothing like the place had. Natsu bit his lower lip, "We're not in Fiore. That's what I know so far."

Lucy's eyes widen significantly and she sat up straighter, feeling energy coming back but her head still throbbed. "Are we in Edolas or something?" Lucy asked, tilting her head to a side. "No. We're in a totally different dimension, of a different era, of a different time measurement," a feminine voice came from behind Lucy. Lucy turned and saw Levy, her best friend looking very serious. "I still don't understand," Lucy said. She had so many questions in her mind but there was no one to answer her, no one to ease the throb of her head. "Of course you don't understand, and neither do your friends," another female voice came from the door and everyone present in the room Lucy was turned their heads. The lady standing there looked no older than Erza, but she had a different type of aura around her. Leadership. Yes, that was what it was. The lady had dark black hair, styled up neatly with red eyes that further enhance her face. "I am Mayumi, and I will explain everything to you slowly, but for now, let's go and meet your other friends outside, at the common area," she said with a smile on her face and motioned for them to follow. Natsu and Gray helped Lucy to stand before they all walked out, into a place so foreign they wanted to just teleport home and face punishment from the council for all their misdeeds rather than stay there.

"Damn this place is big," Gajeel said in a gruff voice, as he surveyed the area. Erza walked beside him, nodding fervently but there was a certain uncertainty in the way she carried herself then, a certain way she stood, the way her shoulders seem to tense out told everyone clearly that she did not want anyone or herself to trust the foreign people so easily. And everyone had gotten the message. They were all on their guard, building up magic power in them.

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"Tatsuya-kun, they are ready to meet you," Mayumi walked into the room where Tatsuya was working in. "I will be there in a while, please explain to them the very basics and I will go further in detail when I am ready," Tatsuya told Mayumi. Mayumi nodded and walked back out, going to meet the others. Tatsuya sat back against his chair, twirling a pen in his hand. He was trying to think of simpler way to phrase his explanation, such that they would not think he was speaking in some alien language. "Onni-san, may I come in?" a soft and gentle voice came from the door. Tatsuya felt the tension in him disperse slowly as he allowed his sister in. Her presence never failed to soothe him and the boy felt young again. "Onii-san, I was thinking, should we both go and welcome them together? It will seem much more formal," Miyuki smiled, clasping her hands together.

"Yeah, I think we can do that," Tatsuya stood up as he patted Miyuki's head, making her blush. "Let's go," he smiled and brought her by her arm to the common area, stroking her ever so often.

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"So guys, ready to listen to our part of the story?" Mayumi asked as she handed each of them a cup of juice and a piece of bread. It was something light to let them feel better and she promised a better meal afterward. She had to. They were the ones asking for the favour. A quick look told Mayumi that all of them were ready and she closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath.

"We are living in two totally different worlds. We live in the modern day city, where it uses the time measurement called 'Anno Domini' which means 'The year of our lord'. We're in A.D 2099, coming to the twenty-second century which is 2100. Each century is a hundred years, I suppose you know. Anyways, for you guys, you are living in a world where they use the time measurement 'X' which we haven't found out the exact answer for why they do it. Now, all the mages living in your time and world has magic in their body and you guys can unleash it easily, probably as easy as breathing but for us, it is different. Humans in our world are supposedly magic-less and we are just technology freaks. And because of that, the scientists from our world discovered a device called 'CAD'. It enables us to program it using the particles in our body to a certain type of magic we want and by pressing a few buttons; we are able to unleash our magic just like the rest of you. We come from entirely different worlds and I am sure all of you have this burning question: Why are you guys here? The thing is, at midnight on the last day of the 21st century, something disastrous will happen. We are unsure what will happen but we do know that if we do not do something to stop it, everyone will vanish from the face of this Earth. And you guys are the only ones who have the ability to travel to our world and form an alliance with us to save the world. To save humanity.

The magic in your body is very valuable to us if we want to survive, and not cease to exist. I know that this information is not enough to convince all of you and therefore my comrade will further explain… he is the main mind of this project," Mayumi finished saying, giving them a little while to digest all the information dumped on them.

Fairy Tail was silent, and Makarov was stroking his chin, trying to make sense out of all that they had said. He had vaguely grasp what they wanted but he wasn't sure that the truth was entire. "Are we allowed to make a decision to go back?" Erza asked, holding a sword in her hand. The students tried to flinch under the reflection of the sword which none of them except for several dared to wield "Yes, you can go back but we sincerely hope you will stay and help us fight this war. This is not about us anymore, because at the turn of the century, it will affect your world too and there is nothing we can do but fight," a male voice came from behind them. They looked up, to find Tatsuya having his usual emotionless expression on. "Onii-sama is right. Humanity was almost lost at the turn of the twentieth to the twenty-first century but our forefathers build a strong team and fought. So now we have to the same," the female beside him said, her voice serious. She had done research and found in the archives that actually, their batch wasn't the only one who were going to go through the fight and the horrible outcomes.

"We understand, but Fairy Tail isn't going to submit to your request just because of these. We need something more. We want to trust you, but we need something concrete from you," Makarov spoke up, as he walked in front of Tatsuya. Tatsuya looked down, and a small smile touched his lips.

"I will give you what you want."

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To be continued

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A/N – It's 12.20am and after an hour of working, I'm finally done with this chapter. At one glance, it seems like an easy chapter to come up with but because the perspective of characters had to be change so often, it is quite difficult. Anyways, hope you liked this chapter and I'll continue soon (:

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything from both animes and manga except for the storyline I am working on.