Year x772
Lia grinned as she stared at the red Fairy Tail mark on her right hand, she started cheering happily afterwards, she was finally an official Fairy Tail mage.
Lia was average height for an 9-year old, her orange hair was shoulder length and she was wearing a shoulder less blue shirt, with a red skirt and blue ballerina flats.
Watching her at the bar was Makarov and a woman who looked a lot like Lia. The woman had her orange hair gathered in a neat bun, with bangs framing her face, although she had brown eyes. She wore a button up white shirt with a blue vest over it and blue knee length pants, and blue heels.
Sophia Sephiran, was Lia's mother. She grinned at her daughter who was cheering happily, as she showed her mark to Cana, the little girl who had arrived at Fairy Tail recently.
"I didn't think I would see this ever" Sophia told Makarov "To actually think she can actually use magic after everything"
"She has Fairy Tail spirit, the tendency to like beating the odds" Makarov told the woman as he held the beer jug.
Lia walked toward the two boys closest to her age, Laxus and Eiran.
"Now I am much a mage as you" She told them grinning, as Eiran ruffled her hair with his own grin, as Lia complained.
"Now that your mage…" He trailed off looking towards Laxus "There's that thing we were discussing"
Lia looked between the two boys confused who were smirking.
"We've been thinking of forming a team" Laxus told her with hands in his pockets "So what do you think?"
Year X784
Lia ran through magnolia, trying to find Evergreen but at the same time trying to avoid running into of her other guild mates, the runes had kept appearing telling her what was happening all around town.
"There!" She muttered to herself as she finally sensed Ever's magic. After reaching the place she jumped away dodging a volley of magical beams.
"Why don't you just go down easily, Lia?" Ever asked as she stood on the roof of a building. "At least we both wouldn't have to fight"
"I could say the same to you, Ever!" Lia replied glaring at her "Why the hell are you doing this? You guys should have stopped Laxus not joined in this idiocy"
"You call it idiocy, but we're just weeding out the weak" She replied opening her fan "The guild is just so full of unworthy people"
"I thought the reason you joined Fairy Tail was because of the name that coincided with the fact you always wanted to be a fairy? What the hell that does have to do with being powerful?!" Lia asked her angrily "Strength doesn't just come from being the strongest! If you don't even understand that, you don't have the right to yourself a fairy!"
Ever glared back at Lia.
"Have it your way!" Ever yelled as she waved her arm "Fairy machine gun: Leprechaun!" releasing a torrent of energy needles, Lia disappeared appearing behind Ever waving her arm.
"Explosion!" Lia yelled as the air between them exploded, but Ever had flown to get away.
"Let's just end this!" Ever said as she started removing her glasses, Lia immediately closed her eyes "You think you can fight blind?"
"You know I can" Lia replied as she relied completely on her magic sense, following of the motion of Evergreen's magic particles.
"Too late!" Ever had flown around her releasing her fairy dust "Fairy bomb: Gremlin!" as the explosion sounded around her, Lia just focused her magic.
"Destroy!" She yelled stopping the spell from harming her. "Body enchant: Celero!" She enchanted herself increasing her speed as she ran forward heading for Evergreen with her eyes still closed.
Ever started flying away while firing her Fairy machine gun spell at Lia who had kept dodging while following her, her eyes open to see where she was stepping.
"You can dodge this many!" Ever stated impressed "So let's how you do with double the amount."
More needles were thrown at her as she was hit with a couple, so she just teleported to the air.
"Magic missile: Fire!" Lia called as three fireballs hit Ever and threw her backwards hitting a wall above a roof as Lia appeared in front of her and used her magic on the wall so that Ever's arms were cuffed to it. "Now change everyone back! And we'll consider it over and done!"
"Aren't you being a little naïve here?" Ever asked her as Lia raised her eyebrow "I learned a new ability while you were away, Remote control!"
Lia froze for a second.
"Now release me at once, if you do not…" Ever told Lia who looked at the ground her bangs covering her eyes "I can turn those stone women into piles of rubble from here!"
Lia crouched on the ground as Ever smirked but was surprised, when 10 stone blades were around Lia and that Lia stood now with another stone blade in her right hand, all of them made from the roof. Lia looked up with an intense glare at the brown haired woman.
"Oh? you would go that far, huh, Ever?" Lia asked in menacing tone "Well you know how I react when someone threatens my friends! So I hope you're prepared to give your life for it!"
Evergreen blinked and sweat hard as she stared with a terrified expression, and eventually screamed.
Lia just punched her on the head with her other hand, "That's how bluff, you use what they already know against them!" Lia told her flatly.
"I give!" Ever told her twitching.
Back at the guild, Master, Natsu and Gajeel were still stuck inside, Erza had gotten out of her stone status a few minutes ago and had ran into the city, Mystogan had joined the battle too so they just watched the runes following the latest report stating that only five remained.
As the stone spell and all the women broke free from the spell, Natsu and Happy cheered, while master read the runes.
"Lia vs Evergreen. Winner: Lia!" Master read as he cheered.
Although, Laxus wasn't as happy at the result.
"Since when did you get so weak, Ever?" Laxus stated angrily punching a column as Freed walked towards him.
"Lia has always been stronger when it comes to fighting opponents who use ranged magic" Freed stated, He was happy that the Lia had returned but right now they were on opposite sides "This was a job for me"
Lia was already running through the town again, this time trying to find Laxus. Using the body enchant she had cast on herself earlier made traveling faster.
She hadn't bothered to ask Ever about his location, she knew how loyal they were to Laxus and she knew none of them would give it away.
She stopped when she sensed Erza's magic and headed towards her.
"Erza!" She called to the red head who stopped in her track hearing Lia. "So everyone's okay?"
"It was just me that broke out of it, I was trying to find Evergreen to release the rest" Erza explained
"Already dealt with her, so the girls back at the guild should be free" Lia told her "What's left is finding Laxus!"
"You tried to ask Evergreen?"
"Nope!" Lia replied "She wouldn't have given it to me, probably would have sent to some random spot."
"So what now?" Erza asked before Lia could say anything she noticed the Lacrima hanging in the air, and so did Erza.
"There's Huge amount of magic in them" Lia said as she sensed the lightning magic particles all around the city, they were strong enough that she could sense them all the way from where she was.
"Is he taking all of the city hostage!" Erza stated angrily
"We better separate to cover more ground, I will send a signal if I find anything" Lia told her without waiting for an answer she ran in a direction she knew was opposite to that leading to the guild. "Laxus knows about my ability to sense magic, he would have hided somewhere out of my range which has to be somewhere away from the guild" She said trying to gather her thoughts and figure where he could be hiding.
It was then that the runes appeared declaring Lucy winning after defeating Bickslow.
"Good job, Lucy!" Lia cheered as she took running again. She did stop when the runes showed Juvia lost against Cana followed by Cana losing against Freed causing her to frown especially more when it showed Mira was fighting Freed, after sensing the sudden release of magic in the air one she recognized immediately as Mira's'.
She did see the huge explosion that appeared minutes after. "Mira…" She whispered.
The magic disappeared before the runes appeared again.
"Freed vs Mirajane: both remove themselves from contention" Lia read as she heaved a sigh of relief "Only Laxus is left" as she took off running again.
She ran for a while before finally stopping at the bridge passing over the water cannel and seeing it in a distance "Kardia Cathedral?!" nodding to herself she started running towards it, when it in her magic sensing range, she sensed it. "He's there!" and he wasn't alone someone else was there too.
Stopping at the doors she raised her as magic shot out forming a firework that took Fairy Tail's mark in the sky.
Natsu, Gajeel, both of them now free from the enchantment thanks to Levy, and Erza all saw the mark from their location.
She entered to see Mystogan and Laxus standing opposite to each other. She didn't know Mystogan but sensing the amount of magic he possessed, she gathered he was S-rank.
"Mystogan, right?" She asked as she walked inside and stood beside him, who nodded.
"So you're going to fight me too, Lia?" He told her with a mocking tone.
"If you call off the thunder palace right now, it is still possible to pass this off as merely entertainment" Mystogan told Laxus.
"Just stop this already, Laxus" Lia tried reasoning with him "Erza is on her way here too, the thunder tribe has already been defeated, there's no point in continuing this"
"No point you say?" He wondered with a laugh "The point is to find out the strongest person in the guild, after haven't you heard the rumors figuring who is the strongest in Fairy Tail, you or me?"
"Although I don't really care, aren't you forgetting Erza?" Mystogan asked him
"Her? Not a chance" Laxus replied "She's on the right tracks, but still weak"
"We all know when it comes to the strongest, that no one can hold a candle to Gildarts" Lia told him "And you would better not underestimate Erza or forget about Eiran."
"But that man is as good as dead going on that century job" Laxus replied "So might as well keep it between the living. Eiran is probably the weakest in the S-rank" That made Lia glare angrily at him as she gathered her magic.
"Erza, weak?" Mystogan chuckled "Are you truly that blind?"
"Considering everything I would say he probably is" Lia commented.
"I'm saying I recognize your skills, Mystogan" Laxus said "I wonder which one of us is really the strongest in Fairy Tail? Let's settle this. We'll decide who's the strongest!"
"You would do well not to ignore me Laxus" Lia told him still ready to move any second
"Mystogan…" Laxus started ignoring Lia "or rather, another…"
He didn't get to finish as Mystogan stopped him and both of them released a beam of magic, which causing an explosion between them.
Lia appeared behind Laxus, but before she could do anything a lightning beam was about to hit her so she teleported away into the air.
"Magic missile: Fire!" She said as three balls of fire headed towards Laxus who dodged them easily.
"Where did you learn of that?" Mystogan asked him
"Oh? that's quite rare to see you panic…" Laxus stated with a smirk "Where did I find out? Who knows? Maybe I'll tell you if you beat me."
"You'll regret this Laxus" Mystogan told him "You will now witness magic that you have never seen before!" Lia had sensed Mystogan building his magic so she stood to the side so she wouldn't get in his way.
"Ooh, Scary!" Laxus mocked "Give me your best shot, buddy. I'll show you just how different we two are!"
"Tower of Babel" Mystogan said placing his staves in front of him as he focused the illusion on Laxus.
"What a joke!" Laxus mocked as he broke the illusion
"I told you not to ignore me" Lia said in a menacing tone placing a hand to his back "Body enchant: Contero!" The spell causing his defenses to weaken, but with not enough time to attack as lightning almost hit her she teleported to the side.
"You really think an illusion and a pity enchantment would work on me?" Laxus shouted at us, making Lia smirk.
"Separately no" Lia told him
"Impressive but you noticed just a bit too late" Mystogan told him as the magic circle at Laxus feet activated. And more Magic circles formed above him.
"Sleep! Five layered magic circle, Sacred song!" Mystogan said pointing his staff at Laxus.
"Watch out!" Lia called to Mystogan as Laxus smirked.
"Which one of us is the one that didn't notice?" Laxus asked him as the magic circle with lightning hit Mystogan.
Both attacks hit as Lia tried to hold her ground from the after math of the spells. While the two men came almost unscathed.
"Laxus!" Natsu and Erza called standing at the Cathedral door, before they noticed each other.
Laxus used the chance to hit Mystogan directly, causing his mask to be destroyed. Lia was confused when she noticed Erza and Natsu's expression.
"Jellal?" Erza asked "You're alive…?" Tears were forming in her eyes.
"Oh, a familiar face?" Laxus asked with a smirk
"What's going on here?" Natsu asked.
"That's what I want to understand myself!" Lia muttered to herself confused
"Are you Mystogan or Jellal?" Natsu asked him.
After saying that he wasn't Jellal, Mystogan disappeared into smoke as Natsu called for him. "I'll deal with that later! Laxus, I came here to fight!" Natsu shouted as he looked towards Lia than Erza who was shaking "Erza, Lia, you'll let me handle him, right?"
"Erza!" Natsu called again and just about when lightning was about to hit her, she was pushed out of the way by Lia, who got hit instead and screamed. She didn't have the magic to destroy the spell, so she decided better her than Erza.
Lia was thrown back by the spell and she rolled on the ground.
"See what making ugly faces did?" He asked Erza as Lia was barley moving, Erza crouched beside the Orange haired girl.
"Lia…" She called as Natsu fought Laxus.
"I don't know what's going on, Erza" She said quietly to the red head, her body hurt all over and she was sure a few of her injuries that were beginning to heal were open again. "But right now isn't the time to lose it, we need to save the city. There aren't many of us left standing so we can't afford to lose you too"
Natsu was pushed back by a hit from Laxus.
"Natsu…" Erza called worriedly He assured her before both he and Laxus started to exchange punches.
"Go Erza, you need to help him!" Lia told her as she pushed herself to sit up, Erza nodded before jumping towards Natsu and pushing him into the ground.
Lia on other hand managed to push herself into a cross legged position, she doesn't know how long it has been since she had done this, she didn't remember, but to do it in the middle of battle! But she knew she needed the energy, so she used the chance that Laxus and Erza were fighting, so she started meditating and focusing on gathering the ethernano in the air to help her magic recover.
She didn't get far when Erza asked Laxus about the Lacrima in the air and he replied that it was thunder palace, she didn't need anyone to tell her that they differently weren't there for decoration.
But what surprised her and broke her concentration was when Laxus said there were two minutes left and that they had body link magic on them. Concentrate! She needed to gather the magic if they wanted to destroy those things.
"I learned that the most important thing is power!" Laxus said making Lia lose her concentration again as she forced herself to stand with a chuckle surprising everyone.
"Power?!" She asked him again "You really thing that's the most important thing? Even people with power die Laxus and then what does having power do for them? You must have lost your brain somewhere if you don't realize that power isn't everything!"
"Erza, Lia stop it now" Natsu shouted at us "I told you, I'll be the one to take on Laxus!" Seeing his determined look Lia and Erza smiled.
"Guess I'll believe in you then" Erza told him as Lia pushed herself to walk with her palm open.
"Magic missile: Fire!" Lia called a fireball in her hand and pushed it towards Natsu "Beat some sense into him!"
As he ate it, both women headed towards the door as Natsu stopped them.
"Are you going to stop the thunder palace?" Natsu asked them as Laxus laughed.
"You don't have a chance" Laxus told them "Just destroying one risks your life and right now there are countless Lacrima up there. There's no time either"
"We'll just have to destroy all of them at the same time!" Lia said "It's the only way" Making Laxus stop laughing.
"Impossible!" Laxus called "and if you did you really wouldn't survive"
"But the city would be saved" Erza stated and her and Lia started running into town.
"Stop Laxus, Natsu!" Erza called.
"We are counting on you, Natsu!" Lia called at the same time.
"Guess I should believe in both of you too" Natsu called to them making Erza nod as Lia raised her hand in an ok sign "I don't mean what's possible or impossible…Believing in you coming back safe!"
"Don't worry I am not dying twice!" Lia called back before she turned to the red head "Erza, I will handle the ones to the south"
"I will handle the north than" Erza replied as they separated "Lia make sure to come back!"
"Right back at you!" Lia shouted at her.