Disclaimer: - I, SSG-Goku3397, do not own Fairy Tail and any related matter. It all belongs to Mashima Hiro-sama. The only thing that I do own is the plot of this story and any original Spells, Magic, concepts and OC's that are present within the story.


A/N: ALL SLAYER SPELLS WILL BE IN JAPANESE! ALL OTHER SPELLS WILL BE IN ENGLISH! THIS IS MY WAY OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN SLAYER'S AND NORMAL MAGES!


"Speech"

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"Telepathic Speech"


Chapter 3 – Eisenwald

"Who would have thought that Duke Everlue had so many skeletons in his closet?" Lucy exclaimed with glee.

"I will say! Nice job on making him reveal so much dirt. I don't know why you have a recording lacrima on you, but it came in really handy!" Jenny said with a laugh.

"I will say and hiring mercenaries from the Southern Wolves Guild. They may be a legal guild but ordering them to kill us, was too much!" Lucy said with a huff.

"That's true but Taurus easily handled the Vanish Brothers. And who would have thought that the pink haired maid was actually Virgo!" Lucy and Jenny nodded in agreement with Wendy.

"At least she decided to join me." Lucy said as she held up her newly acquired Golden Zodiac Key. "So Jenny are you coming to Magnolia with us? You can stay the night at my place!"

"Sorry Lucy, but I have a photo shoot soon. I need to make it to Akane Resort by the day after tomorrow." Lucy nodded with a sad sigh. "But when we are both free, I will see about visiting!"

"I would love that! So Wendy what are you going to do after we return?" Lucy asked turning to the blue haired girl.

"I will see about asking Natsu for another date. We haven't gone on one for so long! That man can be so infuriating sometimes. He can be so romantic sometimes and at others, dense as a rock. He can't take hints that I want to go on a date. I have to directly ask him!"

"Good luck with that Wendy! I wish you luck in your infuriating endeavour!" Jenny said with a laugh.

"You wouldn't be laughing if you were in my position!" Wendy huffed before pretending to fall asleep. Lucy and Jenny giggled at Wendy's expense.


Wendy and Lucy were sitting at the bar of the Guild and talking to Mirajane when Loke approached the duo. "My fair lady! How about we join up and make a team of Love together?"

"Women really fall of this? They must be really desperate?" Lucy said shifting her body a little to put some distance from Loke. Her Celestial Spirit Keys jingled catching Loke's attention as soon as he realized what they were he began to panic.

"You're a Celestial Spirit Mage! I am sorry, but we would never work out!" Loke exclaimed making a hasty retreat.

"Is he alright?" Lucy asked as Wendy sighed before she ate her salad.

"He has had some kind of bad encounter with a Celestial Spirit Mage in the past. He seems to have not been able to get past that trauma." Lucy nodded before standing up and approaching the job board. After surveying all the job offers, Lucy exclaimed in surprise.

"I didn't know that there were so many different jobs a Mage can do?"

"They are all the legal ones. There are Guilds that take illegal ones as well. They are called Dark Guilds." Lucy turned to see Mira. Mira saw the questioning look on her face and sighed. "Reedus can I borrow your light pen?"

"Oui!" Mira took the offered pen and started writing down a chart on thin air. When she was finished, she turned to Lucy.

"As you can see. The Magic Council is at the top. They are made up of ten members and their job is to create the laws that govern the use of magic. They are also the ones who judge crimes committed by Mages." Lucy nodded in understanding. "Below them are the Provincial Leagues. They are the Guild Masters association. Their job is to make sure that a legal Guild doesn't conflict with another other. They are also the ones who pass down the will of the Council to us. Finally, there are the Guilds themselves headed by the Guild Master."

"I didn't know that the Guilds were so deeply interconnected!" Lucy exclaimed casing Mira to laugh.

"If they weren't, it would be chaos. Anyway, outside the legal Gilds, there are the Dark Guilds. They are made up of criminals and tend to take illegal jobs, such as assassinations. From time to time we get missions to exterminate Dark Guilds."

"By exterminate, do you mean kill?" Lucy asked with a gulp.

"Oh! Not at all. We just defeat the whole guild so that the Rune Knights can arrest them. Though from time to time, we do accidentally end up killing a Dark Mage. Particularly when we overestimate our targets. It is sad, but a serious assault, can have fatal consequences. But we from Fairy Tail haven't accidentally killed anyone other than Gildarts and Laxus." Lucy nodded, though she looked a little pale. "Now if you select a job, let me know so that I can note it down. Master asked me to handle the jobs register while he is at the Guild Masters meeting!"

"So that's where he is? I wondered why I didn't see him today. Thanks for the explanation Mira. I will make sure to let you know of what job I take!" Mira walked away with a nod. A Lucy browsed for a job, Natsu and Gray started a brawl. As they were fighting Loke ran into the guild, pale and sweaty.

"Guys Erza is back!" he said before diving towards the bar. At his exclamation, all of the Guild suddenly became completely silent. Lucy looked around to see Nab sweating beside her.

"Huh! What's going on?" she asked turning to Natsu and Gray, the only ones still making any sound. "Oi! Are you even listening to me?"

"Sorry Lucy, but beating up Gray comes first!" Natsu said as he used Fire Make Magic to create ropes of fire and tie up Gray. Gray struggled before his body was covered in black markings. An icy violet-blue aura of magic formed around him as he tried to snuff the flame out. She was about to ask again when the doors of the Guild crashed open. Lucy turned to see a red haired woman in armour walking in carrying a giant horn glided in gold and jewels.

"I am back everyone," she declared getting nervous greeting in return.

"How did the job go Erza?"

"The job was easy Natsu. Now what's this I hear of a Fairy Tale mage creating a crater outside Hargeon?" Erza asked getting a nervous laugh from Happy.

"I may have used Wrath of Maahes against Bora and his men when we went to catch him for the council." Happy said sheepishly before shivering in fear at Erza's glare.

"I assume that the crater is the only damage because of Carla creating a barrier?" Happy nodded in fear. Erza sighed before turning to Carla. "Thanks for limiting the damage Carla. Why did he use Wrath of Maahes anyway?"

"Because the idiot wanted to outdo our new recruit, Lucy," Carla said pointing towards the blond. Lucy sweated when Erza's stare fell on her.

"And what did you do that needed overkill to outdo?" Lucy shivered without understanding why.

"Oh she summoned a Zodiac Spirit to wash ashore Bora's ship!" Carla said with a smirk. "I will say, she has the potential to quickly become an S-rank if she trains hard. She also doesn't seem to have the tendency of some of our other strong mages in causing collateral damage."

Erza nodded as Carla finished her speech. "Good! I hope that you won't pick up destructive or unsavoury habits from our fellow Guild Members?" Lucy frightfully nodded her head causing Erza to nod and turn away. "Now Nab, just pick a job already. Cana stop drinking so much. Mira where is Master?" Lucy stared in incredulity as Erza stated all that in a single breath.

"He went to Clover Town for the Guild Masters Meeting, Erza. Why, do you need him for something?" Erza nodded.

"While I was returning, I took a short break in an inn. Right before I left, I overheard a couple of cloaked men talking. They were discussing about how one of their members were sent to acquire some magic called Lullaby and how a man named Erigor had big plans for it. I didn't realize at the moment what they were talking about, but as I entered Magnolia, I remembered that Erigor is called Erigor the Shinigami, the former ace of disbanded guild Eisenwald."

"So Eisenwald still operates as a Dark Guild. Erza, you said they were after Lullaby right?" Erza turned to see Natsu with a severe expression on his face.

"That's right! Why? What is Lullaby?" Erza asked with surprise.

"Lullaby is a Curse Magic. It is death by curse. If any one hears the sound made by the cursed flute, they die!" Lucy said in shock.

"Actually, it's worse! At one time it was as Lucy said, but the Black Mage Zeref got his hands on it and transformed it into one of his demons. Lullaby is an Etherious! It is under lockdown at the Magic Council HQ. Did you hear where Erigor was supposed to meet up with this acquiring member?"

"Onibus Town! I need to get going right now!" Erza said as she dropped the horn and proceeded to walk out.

"Wait Erza! Taking on a whole Dark Guild alone is suicidal, even for you. I am coming with you!" Mira said before she turned to Laki. "Laki my dear! Can you mind the bar and the register the jobs while I am gone! Thanks!" Laki didn't even get a chance to answer as Mira ran out of the Guild with Erza following her.

"Might as well help her! Jade, Wendy, Lucy, Gray, Happy and Carla. You six are coming as well. If Lullaby awakens, then we will need all the help we can get. So get going!" Natsu said causing the six to quickly rush home to get ready. Natsu then requipped a lacrima into his hand. Activating it, he waited until a beautiful dark haired woman appeared on the lacrima.

"Ultear! Fairy Tail just came into information that the Dark Guild Eisenwald plans to steal Lullaby! They have already sent an agent to acquire it. Warn the other councillors and increase guard. I have already gathered a team to intercept Eisenwald. We are heading out soon." Ultear quickly lost the playful look on her face and became serious.

"You are lucky that I picked up Natsu! The theft has already occurred. We were just about to inform all Wizard Saints about the issue. We can rest assured that you are handling the situation. If you can, destroy Lullaby! Bring it back, only if it can't be destroyed." Natsu nodded before he smiled at her. "Who are you taking with you?"

"Erza Scarlet, Mirajane Strauss, Wendy Dragneel, Jade Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Carla, Happy and a new recruit who shows great promise, Lucy Heartfilia. Does that help?" Ultear stared in shock before she nodded.

"Alright and please don't cause to much collateral damage!"

"We will try Ultear! Now I must be off!" Ultear nodded before she ended the call.


As Ultear finished the call, she turned to the other councillors, who were all looking at her. "As you heard, Saint Dragneel already has some information on the situation and has decided to personally handle the situation with a team of S-class and A-class mages. Hopefully by a couple of days we will hear that either Lullaby has been reacquired or destroyed."

"That's a relief to hear, though the team handling the situation is scaring me. While Saint Dragneel, Wendy, Carla, Erza and Mirajane knows how to hold back, the others are known trouble makers. The new recruit doesn't sound to be in the former category as well. How much destruction do you think they will cause?" Belno said causing the others to become pale in shock.

"Hopefully not much, especially with Saint Dragneel, Wendy, Carla, Erza and Mirajane moderating them and Gray Fulbuster is known more for his stripping habit, not his destructive habits. Only the Crystal Monster, Jade Dragneel and the Exceed, Happy are to be of concern. So it shouldn't be much, right?" Yajima asked causing the other to chuckle at the former Fairy Tail mage.

"A little destruction can be overlooked, especially taken the situation. If Lullaby somehow awakens, we will have much greater problems in our hands. An Etherious from the book of Zeref is not something we need!" Crawford Seam, the chairman said causing the others to nod in agreement.

"All of you are overly worried. Saint Dragneel has never failed and he makes a point to hunt down every Etherious that he meets along with Gray Fullbuster and Wendy Dragneel. Even if Lullaby awakens, facing off against three Devil Slayers, two of them Dragon Slayers and God Slayers as well and a Dragon is suicide. Saint Dragneel also knows that Lullaby uses Death Curse. He or Wendy will find some way to nullify that ability, especially since Lullaby's curse uses sound as a medium." Everyone turned to see Siegrain, the other young member of the council sitting without any concern.

"You are right Siegrain. We need to let Saint Dragneel handle the situation and hope for the best. He hasn't let us down yet," Org said though with an unpleasant expression.


Natsu arrived at the train station to see everyone except Erza already there. Mirajane, Jade and Wendy were sitting on a bench discussing strategy. Lucy was pacing about while Gray went through some stretching exercises. Happy was bothering Carla by trying to offer her a fish, that she kept denying, though she would turn away and blush. "Ready everyone?"

Everyone turned around to see Natsu standing at the entrance of the platform wearing a black fur cloak with gold, silver, crimson and violet flame like patterns licking up the fabric. The Wizard Saint Symbol was embroidered on the back of the cloak and his badge was worn like a medallion around his neck. As he approached them, they saw he was wearing his usual jacket and pants underneath the cloak. Overall he gave the impression of supressed power and authority. Everyone nodded as he neared them.

"We are just waiting for Erza. She should be here soon!" Mira said just as Erza entered the platform hauling a massive cart of luggage behind her.

"Good! Now that you are here Erza, we can get going!" Natsu said without preamble as he boarded the recently arrived train. The others quickly followed, not wanting to be the target of Natsu's ire. After half-an-hour, the train speed away from Magnolia off towards Onibus Town.


"Now to find where Eisenwald is," Erza said as she walked out of the Onibas Town Station with the others. "You! Can you please take this luggage to the hotel?" A bewildered man stared at the Erza as if she was crazy.

"Erza!" Wendy hissed before turning to the man and said, "Sorry about her. She lets her airheaded nature control her too much," the man nodded and walked away as fast as he could.

"Why did you send him away Wendy?" Erza asked only to get a wind enhanced punch to her head.

"Why? Because you were harassing that man Erza. I know that you don't mean to, but whenever you are focused on something, you tend to do what you hate the most! Now I suggest we rent a magic four wheeler and head to Oshibana Town Station."

"Why there? Aren't we supposed to be searching for Eisenwad here?" Mira said with surprise. Gray, Happy and Carla also looked surprised at Wendy's suggestion. It was at this time that Lucy realized that Natsu was not there with them.

"Hey guys! Where's Natsu?" Everyone except Wendy and Jade looked around in surprise.

"Where is flame breath? Didn't he get off the train?" Gray said as he pointed towards the departing train.

"No he didn't!" Jade said with a smirk. "All of you are losing your touch. He said that he would hang back and find out what died, remember?"

"That's right! But why did he say that?" Lucy asked only for Mira, Erza and Gray to widen their eyes in realization.

"HE SENSED LULLABY ON THE TRAIN!" Gray shouted out with Mira and Erza.

"That's right. He is going to see if he can take Lullaby before it falls into the hands of Erigor. We need to make haste towards Oshibana. He can't really let loose on the train or the station without causing harm. He will need our support." Wendy said as she walked towards a rental service. The other followed her post-haste.


Back on the train, Natsu pretended to be feeling under the weather and was lying on the seat. A black, spiky haired man wearing a white high collared shirt over a dark red undershirt and aquamarine pants sat down opposite him. The man was quiet at first until he saw Natsu's Fairy Tail symbol.

"The names Kageyama. I envy you guys, you know. Being a member of a legal guild I mean. You guys have all the best women, like Erza Scarlet, Mirajane Strauss and Wendy Dragneel. They are some hot women, wouldn't mind making them pant like bitches in heat." The man said thinking that Natsu was completely disabled.

"Eisenwald doesn't have many bitches like them and I mean none!" The man exclaimed angrily before turning his attention to Natsu, "You all think yourselves hot stuff! Looking down on us will make us crush you under our boots you pathetic flies. Pathetic, can't even ride a train without being sick."

As the man ranted, Natsu quietly extended his magical senses. After carefully scanning the man and his luggage, Natsu sensed the foul magic of Lullaby. Seeing that there was no more need to keep up the façade, Natsu stood up and dispelled the small illusion over himself, which hid his Wizard Saint badge and cape. Kageyama looked up in surprise at Natsu's getup.

"You know! Stealing Lullaby was a mistake. Looking down on my guild was a greater one, but your greatest mistake was thinking that you can insult my nakama and my mate. Now give up Kageyama of Eisenwald. Handover Lullaby and I will ask for leniency. Resist and I get to pound you into the ground!" Kageyama shivered in fear. He quickly nodded and tried to hand Lullaby over to Natsu only for a blast of wind to cause the flute to fly out of his hands. Natsu quickly caught the flute with a bit of Fire Make Magic. Natsu and Kageyama turned around to see a white haired, bare chested man with a scythe held to the throat of a young girl.

"If you want to save the girl, give Lullaby to Kageyama and jump off the train." The man calmly demanded as he weakly pulled the scythe back causing a small drops of blood to form on the girl's neck. Natsu cursed and moved towards the door of the carriage. He threw Lullaby to Kageyama and jumped out.


Erza, who was driving a magic four wheeler, saw Natsu jumping out of the train and spreading flaming wings to land softly on the ground. Erza drove up to him and asked, "What happened? Did you get Lullaby?"

"Yeah and lost it too, Erigor was there. He took a hostage and forced my hand. We need to quickly head to Oshibana. He has Lullaby and it was already awakening. I felt the Etherious Curse Magic stir even without a user." Natsu said as he climbed on beside Erza.

"Here give me the SE plug, I will provide the power, you drive!" Erza nodded and handed Natsu the SE plug. Soon they were off at an even faster speed. "Natsu what's the plan of action?"

"I want you, Mira, Wendy, Jade, Carla and Lucy to handle the cannon fodder. Happy and Gray will handle the decoys and I will handle Erigor." Natsu said with a steely expression. Erza and the other nodded in understanding.

"Are you sure that there will be decoys?" Jade asked from within the car.

"Erigor will have the real Lullaby. Though Oshibana Station is a good place to use it with the broadcasting system, I think that they plan to use it as a decoy. I am very sure that Erigor is targeting the Guild Masters Meeting in Clover Town. Oshibana is the last stop before Clover. If they are able destroy, sabotage or cause the Station to be closed down, Erigor can easily kill of the Guild Masters with Lullaby."

"Are you sure that Erigor plans to attack the Guild Masters?" Mira asked with concern.

"There is no doubt about it. Erigor is trying to make a point. He wants to hit everyone where it really counts. Killing civilians is not above him, but killing the Guild Masters will not only sow discord among the Guilds, it will also show that he is a serious about his threat." Everyone became quiet at that.


"So Maki I hear that Happy created a crater in Hargeon?" Master Bob of the Blue Pegasus Guild asked with a smile causing Master Makarov to frown. Master Goldmine of Quartro Cerberus turned to Makarov to hear his answer.

"That's right, though young Carla was able to prevent the damage to spread towards the surrounding area." Makarov said just before a messenger bird flew into the room and landed in front of him. Taking the letter from the bird, Makrov activated it causing a holographic image of Laki to appear.

Greetings Master,

I Hope that this message finds you in good health. Now I want to let you know that Erza brought back rumours of Dark Guild Eisenwald planning something. I heard the words Lullaby and Erigor. Natsu called the council and confirmed that a cursed flute called Lullaby was stolen. He has created a team to handle the situation and recover the flute.

With him went Jade, Wendy, Mira, Gray, Happy, Carla and the new recruit Lucy. They are, as you are hearing this message, heading to investigate Eisenwald at Onibas Town. Before Natsu left, he told me to alert you that Erigor may have planned to target your meeting. I didn't really understand what Lullaby was, but from how Natsu and Erza were behaving, I have to believe that it is a very dangerous artefact.

So Master keep an eye out for Erigor or any suspicious character at Clover Town. Natsu said that his guts are telling him that Eisenwald will attack you. I hope that he is wrong, but keep on guard. Hopefully Fairy Tail's Strongest Team will make quick work of the Eisenwald and their corrupt plans!

Have fun at the meeting Master!

With that said the image flickered out, along with Makarov's consciousness. When he woke up half-an-hour later, he was mumbling to himself about all the jewels that he would have to pay for the massive destruction that the Team was about to cause.

"Poor Maki! Even though the Team Saint Dragneel assembled has only two members with destructive tendencies, there will still be great collateral damage," Bob said with a sad smile.

"A Wizard Saint, four S-ranked Mages and three, maybe four A-ranked ones. There is no hope for the surrounding areas. Hopefully they will be able to get Lullaby back without much fuss," Goldmine said just as Makarov finally recovered.

"Natsu, Wendy and Erza have never failed a mission. Mira and Gray may tend to get a bit out of hand, but even they have a 90% success rate. It's Jade and Happy that I am really worried about. Carla and Lucy can easily look after each other's back."

"Why's that Maki? Makarov turned to Bob and grinned.

"Because Lucy is a Celestial Spirit Mage. She can summon her Spirits from within a protective barrier, which Carla can easily conjure up. Carla has also finally mastered Dragon Script. I will tell you, though Solid Script and Orient Solid Script are very versatile and in the hands of a good enough mage, a deadly tool, Dragon Script has far more power, probably because of the use of the magical draconic script. A simple fire in Solid Script and Orient Solid Script causes the word 'FIRE' to be formed out of fire. In Dragon Script, a blast of fire will form. If Carla writes 'Let there be light!' A massive flash of white light will illuminate her immediate surroundings."

"That's is truly a powerful magic. It seems to allow the user to control something by only knowing the name of the thing. Theoretically, she should be able to even reverse death, but the consequences would be severe," Ooba Babasama for Lamia Scale said with a deep frown. "Anyway, we should plan on what to do, if Saint Dragneel and his team fails to get Lullaby by the time Erigor manages to get here."

"That's right! We don't have time to discuss new magic. We need a solid plan to handle the ruffian." The other nodded with what Bob said.

"I will approach Erigor and when he tries to use Lullaby, I will crush him into the ground. If he sees through the plan, I want you to hide close by and flank him. If we are able to catch him off guard, we can easily overwhelm him before he can use Lullaby." The other Guild Masters nodded in agreement.

"Then that's what we will do Maki!" Goldmine said as he sipped the bowl of sake in his hand.


As Natsu and his Team came closer to their destination, they saw Rune Knights preparing to enter the station. Natsu jumped off of the Four Wheeler and approached their commander.

"Captain! All of you are to retreat and evacuate the town's people. Let my Team and I handle the situation." Natsu said with authority. The captain turned with a frown.

"And who are you to command us Rune Knights, Mage?" Natsu frowned but didn't cause a scene. He placed his hand in his pocket and took out his Wizard Saint Medallion.

"Saint Natsu Dragneel of Fairy Tail. As I said, retreat and evacuate the populace. We shall handle the situation, Captain." The Captain shivered as he nodded and quickly commanded his men to do as Natsu commanded. "Alright Team! As soon as we go in, expect an ambush. Don't hold back, but try to keep collateral to a minimum. After that, Natsu walked into the station with the team. The team of Fairy Tail mages entered the main lobby of the station to come face to face with Erigor and the rest of his lackeys. In Erigor's hand was Lullaby, but in Kageyama and another's hand were perfect copies of it as well. Natsu and Erza frowned at the development.

"Welcome Fairy Flies! Thank you for coming here to witness Eisenwald's first victory over the Magic Council's tyranny!" Erigor exclaimed causing the other Eisenwald members to cheer. "Unfortunately, both of us know that you are here to do the bidding of the Council, so we must eliminate you. Rayule, Kageyama!"

"Yeah Boss?" Both said standing up straight with pride.

"You both know that plan lets head out. The one with the real Lullaby gets to gets to kill all the people of this quaint town!" Erigor said as he quickly flew off. Kageyama and Rayule ran through separate corridors and vanished.

"Gray handle that the guy in the black and yellow jacket. Happy handle the other guy. I will handle Erigor." Natsu said causing Gray and Happy to nod. With a quick flash of light, Happy and Carla transformed into their human forms. This time, Happy wore dark gold pants, a forest green jacket with the front unzipped and viridian green sandals. His cat ears and tail were twitching in anticipation.

Carla looked like a beautiful girl a bit older that Wendy with neck length white hair and white cat ears and tail. She was wearing a black skirt, a dark wine red dress jacket over black top. Black thigh high black stockings and brown shoes. She also had a black cat shaped hairclip holding back her bangs from covering her face.

"Like we will let you!" One of the remaining Eisenwald members shouted out and tried to rush them only for him to trip on what looked like a small jade bump.

"Oops! I didn't mean to make him fall on his face." Jade said with a sheepish expression, "I was hoping that my time delayed spell would have worked. Never mind!" Jade said as suddenly the man was covered in jade crystal leaving only his face uncovered. All the Eisenwald mages looked on in horror as one of their own was so easily defeated. "You three head out. Leave this rabble to us boys!"

The three boys of the group didn't respond, they just shook their heads and quickly moved on. None of the shocked Eisenwald mages did anything to stop them. The girls just waited for them to attack, with arrogant smirks gracing their faces. After a couple of moments passed after the boys left, one of the Eisenwald mages finally realized something and started shivering in fright. "The girl with violet hair is Fairy Tail's Crystal Monster Jade Dragneel and the others are Titania Erza Scarlet, Majin Mirajane Strauss and the Sky Maiden Wendy Dragneel!"

"Then the cat girl is Carla the Goddess of Words and the cat boy was Heaven's Enforcer and the others boys were…" the man trailed off in shock so Mira decided to finish for them.

"The Ice Demon and the Crimson Phoenix!" This caused some of them to faint in fear. "Now how about we have a bit of fun!" Mira cooed as she glowed with golden light before it turned black and dissipated. In her place was a demonic version of her.

"I agree with you Mira!" Erza said as she was also covered in a golden glow before her Heart Cruz Armour was replaced by her Heaven Wheel Armour with its blade like wings and skirt with multiple swords floating behind her.

"How about I speed things up a bit!" Wendy said before she started chanting, "O swift wind that dashes through the heavens!"

"Baniia!" Everyone's body glowed with a pink aura of magic. "Carla, Lucy! Watch each other's back. Handle support, we will take them on head on!" Wendy said before she, Jade, Erza and Mira charged the group.

"Oh Gods of Heaven! Hear my plea and grant me protection from mine enemies and return them their just due!" Carla chanted as her body glowed with green magic, "Reflection Barrier!" A translucent green barrier formed around her and Lucy who had taken out one of her Zodiac keys.

"Open Gate of the Giant Crab! Cancer!" A man with red carb arms poking out of his back appeared outside the barrier. "Cancer help the others!" Lucy said pointing at her fellow Guild mates.

"As you wish Lucy, ebi!" Cancer said as he rushed in to join in the fight. With quick and precise movements, Cancer proceeded to leave twitching mages lying on the ground with their hair cut in random places.

"Kesshōryū no Kagitsume!" Jade called out as she performed a round house kick with her right leg glowing with glittering pink magic. The kick caused the three mages hit by it to be thrown back into the walls and be knocked out.

"Blumenblatt," Erza called out rained down swords on her targets, knocking them out with every strike.

"Take this! Darkness Stream!" The Demon Mira called out launching a massive number of dark magic bolts at her enemies. Some dodged, other couldn't but in the end everyone left standing collapsed when she struck each and every one of them with her tail, fists and legs. Within moments all of the Eisenwald Mages were knock out with bruises on their bodies and faces.

"That was fun and we didn't cause much destruction as well!" Jade exclaimed with a grin before looking out of the window. Her surprised gasp drew everyone's attention.

"What's wrong Jade?" Wendy asked only of the violet haired girl to point out of the window. They looked out only to see spiralling dome of opaque wind.

"Must be Erigor's work. Don't worry about it Jade. I can easily dispel that one."

"That's not what caused me to gasp. Happy used Piercing Light to fly through the barrier. He must be after Erigor," Jade explained with distress.

"You don't have to worry about Happy, Jade. You know that he can handle people like Erigor with ease," Erza said with a smile.

"That may be true but what if Lullaby awakens, what then?" Jade said causing everyone's eyes to widen in realization.

"Wendy dispel the barrier and head out with everyone. I will wait for the boys and head out with them. If Lullaby awakens, you lot should be able to hold it back if not outright kill it." Erza said with a tone that told them that the redheads mind was made up and only the apocalypse could change it. With a nod of their heads everyone walked out Station.


Gray walked into the broadcasting room and looked around. He knew that he sensed the man he was following but he couldn't see where. As he walked into the middle of the room, Gray's guts told him to roll forward. Gray followed his instinct and not a moment too soon as black whip like bands struck where he was. Turning around, Gray raised an eyebrow.

"Is that all you got? Pathetic!" Gray exclaimed with venom causing his opponent to grit his teeth in anger.

"Don't underestimate me fairy fly! I, Rayule of Eisenwald, will make mincemeat out of you!" The man said and tried to whip Gray with the black bands only for Gray to rush in and punch Rayule with a frozen fist.

"Ice-Make: Sub-Zero Fist!" Gray said as Rayule started freezing from the point of impact. "You think that we will allow you to harm our Nakama. The Guild Masters are like parents to us orphans. You believe that Dark Guilds are frightening. Too bad for you that there are Guilds far scarier than the dark ones." Gray hissed in anger and walked away as Rayule was completely frozen over in blue ice.

"Pathetic morons. They think that because they don't follow the rules, they are stronger." Gray grumbled as he walked out of the broadcasting room and towards the entrance of the Station.


Naruto calmly walked through the abandoned corridor whistling a jaunty tune. He seemed to be carefree and not at all intimidated by all the shadows in the corridor. From the shadows a pair of eyes watched looking for the perfect opportunity to attack. The hunter knew who he was facing. He would be blind if he didn't see the Wizard Saint Cloak on the man.

"You know what Kagemasa? If you don't play with fire, you won't get burned." Natsu said nonchalantly causing the hunter to grit his teeth in anger.

"The names Kageyama you fly! SHADOW OROCHI!" Kageyama called out as he appeared from a shadow and then launched a massive number of snakes made of shadow from a dark violet magic circle. Kageyama watched with a grin as his shadow snakes were nearly upon Natsu only to gape in disbelief to see his target burst into gold and crimson flames that proceeded to burn every snake that came in contact with it.

"How?" Kageyama gasped in shock to see his most powerful attack be rendered null. Natsu grinned before vanishing and reappearing beside Kageyama. Leaning forward Natsu whispered in Kageyama's ear the answer.

"My flames burn even ethernano thereby rendering all forms of magic ineffective against me. Fire-Make: Binds!" Bindings made form blue fire wrapped around Kageyama and rendered him immobile. Now come on. We have to catch up with Happy and Erigor, or there won't be anything left of the surroundings they fight in."

"What? The cat went after Erigor. Then he is surely dead!" Kageyama exclaimed with glee.

"Hold your horses buddy. The amount of magical power I felt from Erigor is barely enough to give Happy a good work out. No, what I worry about is the collateral damage their fight will leave," Natsu said as Kageyama floated behind him. The bindings holding him up.


Natsu walked out of the station to see Wendy lying on the ground, unconscious, as Carla was using a healing magic to draw out some kind of purple wind out of Wendy's mouth. Erza, Gray, Mira, Lucy and Jade were looking at Wendy with a grim expression.

"What happened?" Natsu asked with a cold tone causing everyone to flinch.

"Erigor's Wind Wall spell seems to contain some kind of poison dust in it. When Wendy consumed some of the wind, she started gasping before she collapsed. Carla has been drawing out the poison but it seems that Happy has went after Erigor," Erza said with a grimace. Natsu nodded before walking forward, his hand bursting into green flames.

"Carla how much poison is still in her system?"

"About a third, why?"

"Then get back. The Flames of Pele should burn the rest away and heal her of the residual damage." Natsu said as he placed the ball of green flame on Wendy's heart. Within moments, the flame disappeared into Wendy's chest and a green glow formed around her body. A dark purple miasma was expunged from her mouth before the green glow dissipated and Wendy burst into green flames. Lucy, Gray, Erza and Mira screamed in alarm but were shocked when the fire suddenly dissipated. Within moments, Wendy groaned and sat up.

"That's the last time I eat polluted air!" Wendy said before shakily standing up.

"You should have expected that. Erigor knew who each and every one of us were. He planned accordingly. He factored in your Sky Dragon Slayer abilities into the equation and poisoned the Wind Wall."

"That's all fine and dandy, but how do we get out?" Mira asked with annoyance.

"I will burn it away!" Natsu exclaimed with a grin causing everyone except Wendy, Jade and Carla to face fault.

"Rally Flame Brain! How do you burn air?"

"I am with Gray, Natsu. No one can burn air!" Erza said sternly with Mira nodding with a patronizing smile.

"That's what you think. Why don't I show you?" Natsu asked as he walked forward as his hands burst into gold and black flames. "With the flames of a dragon in my right hand and the flames of a god in my left, bring them together I get… Enryūjin no Kōen!" The Golden flames and the black flames mixed into a ball of dark crimson flames that Natsu threw into the barrier. When the ball of dark crimson flames collided with the wall, it exploded. The crimson flames quickly ate through all of the wind wall before dissipating into the ether. "So how was it?"

"Only you Natsu!" Erza said with mock annoyance as the group walked towards the parked Magic Four Wheeler. Kageyama floating behind Natsu, still wrapped in ropes of flame.


Erigor flew as fast as he could. Lullaby was in a side pocket of his hakama. His scythe lying on his back. He was staring forward as the landscape flew by under him. He was nearing a large wooden bridge and just beyond the chasm that the bridge spanned was his destination.

"Not too long now! All of you flies shall see what happens when they mess with Erigor the Shinigami!" Erigor said with a sick grin on his face. He would have laughed out if he wasn't kicked to the ground. Getting up he saw Happy, till in his transformed state.

"This is the end of the line for you Erigor! Give up Lullaby and I will not beat you up… much," Happy said with an infuriating grin causing Erigor to see red.

"We will see about that fairy fly!" Erigor said as he swung his scythe at Happy launching a sharp blade of wind. As the wind blade neared Happy, the transformed cat didn't even blink as a small blast of light emitted from his body, intercepting and nullifying the blade.

"Is that all you've got? Not much, is it? I don't see why you are so feared. Any competent mage can defeat you." Happy taunted causing Erigor to slowly loose his cool. "How about I show you how it's done? Light Blade!" Happy raised his left leg in a perfect vertical split, light gathering at the tip of his toes and then swung it down causing a blade of light magic to be thrown at Erigor.

Erigor easily dodged with a mocking grin on his face as he made small gestures with his left hands fingers, "It seem that a fly only has a big bark and no bite! Storm Bringer!" A massive tornado of wind was created from the fingers and launched at Happy. Just as the tornado was about to hit him, Happy uttered his next spell.

"Armour of Light," an intense light covered Happy's form just as the tornado hit him. For the next few moments the dark grey tornado was lit up for the inside and then suddenly it dissipated. Leaving behind a devastated landscape within which Happy stood with his luminescent body, now barely brighter than a distant star. "I must commend you for the power of your spell. It was able to deplete my half strength barrier without much trouble.

Happy clapped mockingly causing Erigor to grit his teeth. "You aren't the only one with a defensive spell, Storm Mail!" Erigor called out rotating his scythe in front of him as he crossed his arms. His violet magic seal formed in front of him just before dark grey wind covered him for feet to head in a vaguely humanoid shaped barrier.

"Now let's see who wins, Storm Shred!" Erigor's violet seal formed in front of him again and from it were launched a massive amount of sharp wind blades were launched towards Happy. As Erigor was activating his Storm Mail and Storm Shred spells, Happy was preparing his next spell. After sequentially moving his hands in various ways he brought his index and middle finger to his fore head and swiped them towards Erigor.

"Sweep away the darkness, Rain of Light!" A yellow magic circle formed in front of the fingers and a massive quantity of bolts of light emerged from the seal. Each light bolt easily nullified Erigor's wind blades and then the rest peppered Erigor's Storm Mail. When both spells ran out of energy, Erigor's Storm Mail seemed to have thinned out but was still active.

"See fly, your spell wasn't able to dispel my Storm Mail. Now die facing my strongest spell, Emera Baram!" Erigor called out as his Storm Mail changed form and covered him is vortexes of wind in the form of a cross. Then suddenly Erigor brought his hands together with his index and middle fingers in an X-shape. A sequence of magic seals formed swirling around a central seal. Form the seals a massive tornado of sharp wind blade was launched at Happy.

"Oh You of the dawn who wake and sleep,
Oh You who are in limpness, dwelling a foretime in Nedit,
I have appeared as Pakhet the Great,
whose eyes are keen and whose claws are sharp,
the lioness who sees and catches by night..." Happy chanted as his body glowed with intense golden light, lighting up the country side for miles. He then raised his right hand above his head. All the light condensed into a four clawed lion paw around his hand.

"Claws of Pakhet!" Happy intoned as he brought his hand down in a single swipe. From the clawed cat paw four thin yet condensed beams of light flew and struck the approaching tornado. Erigor watched shocked as the claws easily ripped through his spell and then struck him.


Natsu was driving the Four Wheeler recklessly. Erza sitting beside of him. Lucy, Gray, Mira, Wendy, Jade and Carla were inside the vehicle. Natsu took a quick turn revealing a large chasm right beside them. From the bridge spanning the chasm everyone could see the intense light that lit up the chasm. Kageyama, no longer bound in flame ropes watched with dread. He couldn't believe that monsters like the Fairy Tale Mages existed.

"Is that Happy?" Lucy asked in awe.

"That's right. It seems that he is preparing one of his five great spells. What it is, I don't know." Mira said as she watched with a small smile.

"From how the light seems to be concentrating into a small point, it's either Claws of Pakhet or Judgement of Mafdet. Both has same charging form. What shape the spell takes after casting will reveal the truth." Jade said as she focused on the fight with a telescope made of crystal.

"Let' hope it's not Judgement of Mafdet. I don't think that there will be even any remains of Erigor if he uses that spell." Wendy said grimly. The others nodded though it seemed that Natsu had increased the speed of the vehicle by a great margin.

"Don't worry it's the Claws of Pakhet." Jade said as everyone watched the bridge from the window with Erza and Natsu looking from their perch at the front of the Four Wheeler. As the tornado dissipated into nothing form the four thin beams of light, they saw Erigor being struck by the spell. Happy's spell then imploded upon itself and exploded in a massive column of golden light. When the light dissipated all they saw was that the sky was clear of clouds and the bridge cloaked in darkness.

"Hold on everyone. I am making a shortcut, here Erza take over for me." Natsu said as he handed the controls to Erza and then started making different hand seals. A crimson magic circle formed in his palms before he thrusted his hands downwards. A stream of orange-red flames formed under the Four Wheeler and headed towards the bridge. Erza moved the Four Wheeler onto the flame bridge and sped up. Driving for a few more minutes, they came upon the spot where Happy's last spell struck. Lucy and Kageyama looked around in shock at the devastation.

"Hey guys. Erigor is down. It seems that I may have gone overboard again. He probably has a concussion, multiple broken bones and probably a bit of internal bleeding. He should survive, hehehe!" Happy said sheepishly as he approached the group, dragging an unconscious Erigor behind him.

"At least you didn't completely destroy the bridge. It seems that you are finally being able to change the properties of your spells to be able to selectively targeting what to harm and what not to. Great job Happy!" Natsu said as he observed the bridge. "Most of the damage seems to be from wind, so we can't be blamed as you took down Erigor."

"Great job Happy now where is Lullaby?" Erza said with a smile.

"It's in Erigor's hakama pocket. Why don't we drag him to the Clover Town Knights Depot and then we can see if Lullaby can be destroyed." Happy said as he transformed back to his cat form and then jumped onto Natsu's head.

"Alright let's get Erigor on board." Erza said as she picked up the unconscious man and walked towards the Four Wheeler. Just as she neared the vehicle, it moved off towards Clover Town at a rapid pace.

A/N:

Japanese Spell Translations

Kesshōryū no Kagitsume = Crystal Dragon's Claw


A/N: Hey Everyone! I hope you like this new chapter. Please remember to leave Reviews. The more Reviews I get, the faster I will publish another chapter, though I will try and keep it on a monthly schedule.

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