Gildarts looked up from hugging Cana. He looked around, his face suddenly grim.
Cana looked up. "Something wrong?"
"This feeling…" He narrowed his eyes.
Lucy looked at Natsu. "What do you smell?"
Natsu sniffed, and his eyes narrowed. "It's a weird wind, and it reeks."
Lucy felt chills go up her spine, and Natsu put his arm around her. He was looking around.
Gildarts suddenly appeared. "Quick, let's get back to the others."
Cana and Lucy exchanged confused glances, but that's when the noise came. It made the island tremble, and Natsu stiffened.
"Let's go!" Gildarts took off running, pulling Cana after him. Natsu Lucy and Happy followed, as the noise continued.
"Everyone! Are you alright?" Lucy called as they reached the camp.
"It's a pretty loud roar." Natsu muttered.
Gildarts suddenly stopped, and clutched at his gut.
Cana put her hand on his shoulder. "You alright?"
"Yes, it's just an old wound acting up." Gildarts grunted. "No doubt about it. It's coming!"
"Heads up, everyone!" Lily called, pointing.
Natsu followed his gaze, and gasped. A huge, black shape appeared out of the clouds.
Happy flew over. "What's wrong….whoa!" He stared at the shape.
As it got closer, Natsu realized something. It was a huge, black, dragon. With blue patterns on it's wings, and a gray underbelly. It was extremely huge, and it's had beady black eyes.
"What is that?" Gray asked.
"It's huge!" Elfman gasped.
Juvia jumped as the dragon let out a huge roar. "It's…"
"Dragon!" Bickslow screamed.
Lucy stared at it. "What in the world….?" Then wind blew at her, and she put up her arms to defend herself against the strong blow, as the dragon soared over them. She glanced at Natsu, who was still staring wide eyed at the dragon.
"Seriously?" Gajeel muttered, staring at the monster.
"A real dragon…" Wendy murmured, in awe.
"There are still dragons in the world after all…." Natsu said, his eyes wide open.
"This is the black dragon of the Apocalypse….Acnologia." Master said.
Gildarts nodded grimly.
"You! Do you know where Igneel is?! And Grandine and Metalicana too?!" Natsu screamed.
Gildarts put his hands on his shoulders. "Knock it off, Natsu! I know I told you how I ended up like this! Don't provoke it!"
Natsu clenched his teeth as he stared at Gildarts metal arm, and remembered how Gildarts told him that Acnologia couldn't be beat by a human.
Acnologia landed, blowing a wind over all of them.
"That's not the type of dragon Natsu and the others love! This one is evil!" Happy called, staring at the beast.
"You couldn't be more right, Happy." Gildarts said. "This is an enemy of humanity."
"Then we'd better fight it!" Natsu said.
"No! You're looking at this the wrong way, Natsu." Gildarts snapped. "It's not, how are we going to fight it. It's, how are we going to escape from it! No…More rather, it's, which one of us is going to survive?!"
Natsu stared at Gildarts as the dragon stamped it's mighty front leg on the ground. "Your saying this thing is going to kill some of us?!" He looked at Lucy nervously, who had her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide as she stared at the dragon.
The dragon roared, and Gildarts gasped. "Oh no! Everyone, run!"
The entire guild gasped. Gildarts, the second most powerful wizard in the guild, telling everyone to flee. Cana gasped a bit louder than everyone else, after all, this was her father.
The dragon got into a position, and Natsu ran to Lucy, and put his arms on hers as the dragon let out a roar that was so powerful, it blew rocks out of the ground. Trees ripped out of their roots, and were sent flying. Lucy and Natsu tumbled, but Natsu lied on top of Lucy, not letting her move while she covered her head. Both of them shut their eyes tight as the camp blew away, and the gulid members lied down to avoid being sent flying as well.
When it was over, Natsu opened his eyes, and gasped. "W-hat the….? The whole forest is just…gone."
Lucy looked up, and gasped at what she saw. The woods were now just a vast field of rocks and overturned soil. No trees were in sight. The ocean sparkled under the sun far behind them. Natsu rolled off Lucy as Gildarts called.
"Hey! Everyone still alive?!"
Thankfully, no one had been blown too far away, and all seemed uninjured(not counting the bandages from the fight with Grimoire Heart).
"It did this with only it's roar?" Levy gasped, Gajeel's arm around her to help stand.
Cana was shaking, Gildarts holding her close. "What is this thing? It did that with only it's roar?"
Gildarts looked up, and scowled in disgust. "Unbelievable! It's admiring it's work!"
The dragon was, in fact, looking down on the used-to-be forest with something like a contented snarl.
Gildarts looked up. "No time to be scared! We have to get off this island before it blows another attack!"
Gray had Juvia on his back, which made her blush.
"Here it comes! Get your butts to the boat!" Gildarts screamed.
"Let's go! We're all leaving together! Fairy tail!" Erza yelled, pointing to the boats, which seemed all too far away now.
The entire guild ran, Natsu helped lucy to her feet, and ran. Gray ran with Juvia on his back, and as Carla and Wendy ran, Carla asked. "Wendy! I thought you could talk to dragons!"
"It's not just that! All dragons have a high level of intelligence!" She winced in fear as the dragon let out another roar.
The dragon towered over Fried and Bickslow.
"Fried! Bickslow!" Evergreen cried out, as the dragon blasted them both backwards with a roar. The dragon wasn't' done though. It stomped around, and whipped its tail. Elfman was sent flying. "Elfman!" Evergreen screamed. She spread her wings, and flew to catch him.
"Don't! Eva!" Erza cried out a warning, but the dragon smacked down the two of them easy.
"No…" Levy had tears in her eyes. "This can't be happening!"
In total anger, Natsu rushed towards the dragon.
"Natsu!" Lucy cried, then she winced as a new blast of wind hit her in the face.
Natsu stopped, and the dragon missed him by an inch with its foot. It sent Natsu flying, and when Natsu got back up, Master was in front of him. His eyes were dark. He started to glow yellow, and grow to a bigger size. "Run! To the ship!" He grabbed Acnologia by the neck, and held him in check.
"Ridiculous!" Gray cried. "There's no way he'll win!"
"Master! No!" Erza cried. "If something were to happen to you, the guild would…"
"Run!" Master screamed.
Laxus stared at him, his pupils shaking.
Fried was on his knee, but he still clenched his teeth. "Given the circumstances, we should also…"
"Don't you dare make light of Fairy Tail!" Bickslow yelled.
"We're gonna crush you!" Eva promised.
"Yeah!" Elfman agreed.
The entire guild started to yell threats and such, offering help, in other words.
"Shut up!" Master screamed. "Are you going to ignore your masters orders until the end?!"
"The…end?" Mira covered her mouth.
Laxus closed his eyes tight, and turned his head from his grandfather.
"I'm a dragon slayer! If that's the enemy, I'm-" HE was cut off as Laxus grabbed him by the scarf, and pulled him away.
"No! Natsu! WE have to run!"
"What? Laxus, you…" He trailed off, seeing tears fall from Laxus's eyes.
Erza shut her eyes, and ran . "Master, be safe!" She called, running.
The guild ran, tears forming in their eyes at the thought of their master not making it back.
"Someday, you'll understand." Master grunted. "Tears are hollow. Are you gonna cry because someone's gonna die?! Has sadness ever killed a person? The answers are in all your hearts. My proud little brats….live on to the future!"
The guild shut their eyes tight and ran.
Makarov found himself pushed against a rock, and as the dragon pushed against his wounds, he was forced onto his back. He screamed as the dragon pressed hard against his chest, but the scream turned into a chuckle. He acted like the parent for the first time…He allowed his eyes to close, and his head to rest against the ground, when footsteps made him open his eyes. Natsu ran towards the dragon, and jumped onto its tail. Then, it jumped onto its arm, and said. "Give me back Gramps!"
The dragon stepped off, and tried to shake Natsu.
Master shrunk back to normal as he was thrown into some boulders, and found Erza and Laxus standing over him. "You…too?" He croaked.
"I was against it, but, do you think the members of your guild would leave," he looked back at his grandfather. "leaving a senile old fool behind?" Laxus said, Then, Erza pulled her sword, and pointed it at the dragon.
"Fairy tail! Attack!" She screamed. The entire guild was suddenly there, and attacking the dragon. Laxus erupted in lighting.
"Hey, morons! All your power! Combine it with my lightning, and give it your all! Anyone who says I got no more than this, I'll kick your butts!"
Natsu, still hanging from the dragon, looked back. "Laxus…"
"Natsu! Out of the way!"
"W-Wait a second!" Natsu stammered.
"Laxus, now!" Erza called.
"Huh?!" Natsu yelled.
Laxus shot lightning, and as it moved, the guild added their power to it. At the last second, Happy grabbed Natsu, and flew him out of the way as the power attacked.
Laxus cursed. "You took everything we got and your still grinning? You guys! Last chance to take him down!"
Lily grabbed Gajeel, and Carla grabbed Wendy. They flew upwards.
"Natsu!" Gajeel called. The three flew up very high, and then, Gajeel took a huge breath. "Roar of the Iron Dragon!" He blew a breath of iron mist at the monster, and that blasted him backwards. Wendy got next to the beam, and took a breath.
"Roar of the Sky Dragon!" She blew a tornado at the black monster, and it fused with the iron, blasting her back to Gajeel also.
Natsu was last. He took a breath, and yelled. "Roar of the Fire Dragon!" A breath of fire fused with the others, and the three roars met their target.
Acnologia was blasted backwards into some rocks, making a huge wave of water rise up, blocking their view.
The dragon slayers landed. "Did it work?" Erza asked.
"No." All eyes turned on Gildarts. "it's not using as much as its power as it did when it fought me. It's just messing with us!"
"What?!" The dragon slayers gasped.
The ground broke up as Acnologia ascended once again, blocking the sun.
"Shoot! It's as healthy as ever!" Elfman growled.
Wendy fell to her knees. "Even with all the guild's power…even with three dragon slayers….Even though we gave it all we had!" She cried.
Natsu fell onto his hands and knees angrily, pounding the ground. "Some help Dragon Slayer magic is!" He cursed.
"What is it going to do now?" Lily wondered out loud nervously.
"Maybe it'll just go home." Happy trembled.
"Don't get your hopes up." Carla warned.
The black dragon took in a huge breath. So great that water swirled into its mouth, and its mouth started to glow.
"Breath!" Gajeel screamed.
"Don't tell me it meant to wipe out the entire island!" Cana cried.
"No way…" Eva gasped.
"Oh no." Juvia murmured.
"Maybe it's just hopeless." Lucy's voice, quaking and crying, made Natsu open his eyes, and stare at his girlfriend.
Her hands covered her eyes, but the way she moved her shoulders and how she sat down in defeat showed she was crying. "Are we all going to die here?" She sobbed.
Natsu stared at her. Nobody. Nobody. Made Lucy cry.
Erza called. "Everyone who can used defensive magic, go full power!"
Fried stared at his hands. "I don't have time to draw runes!"
Levy snapped her fingers. "There's more defensive writing you can do with letter based magic!"
"That's our Levy!" Bickslow cheered.
Lisanna cupped her hands around her mouth. "Everyone! Focus your power on Levy and Fried!"
Mira held out her hand. "Everyone, hold hands."
Natsu put his hand near Lucy, making her look up. "We're not going to let it end here!"
Lucy reached out slowly, but Natsu snatched her hand ahead, and pulled her into him.
She nodded. "R-Right. I refuse to give up!"
Gray grabbed Juvia's hands, and then Lucy's. Together, the guild held hands, and faced up at the dragon. "Fairy tail!" They screamed.
Acnologia unleashed his roar.
A six month search took place around the surrounding area, but, no survivors, or even the island itself, were to be found. No bodies, ether. After annihilating the island, Acnologia disappeared into the sky once more…..and so Seven years passed.
