Chapter 4
A/N: So here we are I am excited to see what you think also throwing little revisions on the previous chapters just fixing errors to make things more bearable and I'm happy with the writing and flow of this chapter but couldn't quite get to where i wanted to be but I'm really excited for the Erigor and Lullaby fights next chapter and i feel like a tease for having what i feel are two set up chapters and light skirmishing but I'll do my best to make the fights as hype as I've planed so enjoy cheers! Disc: don't own FT or characters
As the group of mages continues their trek towards the rest of Eisenwald with the guilds former resident leading the way conversation seems to have stagnated even the pink haired motor mouth is quite as the wizards steels themselves for battle, but in Fairy Tail fashion quite is few and far between. "Lucy what can you tell us about our adversaries mainly the ones who pose a threat?" Erza asks their new ally as they continue on. Said blonde lets out a sigh as she turns to the group.
"As I said Erigor's the only real threat there but I don't think he'd cause any real trouble in a one on one against any of us, well maybe the cat." the blonde continues on ignoring the squeaky shot of 'Hey!' coming from atop of a pink-haired fire mage. "Honestly our biggest problem will be Lullaby, I don't know how lenient Erigor will be with its usage."
"You've been with them all this time, can't you at least make a guess if he'll pull it out in a fight? I'd rather not have naptime for the rest of my life ya' know," Badgers a not so cool-headed Ice mage waving his arms frantically. The only reaction he gets is a shake of her head before she turns back to walking forward.
"I haven't been with Eisenwald for very long maybe a few months and even so all I know is what I can see when he converses with others he's deranged and the scariest part is they believe in his words, the rest of them believe the loads of crap he spouts, they're all just drones that don't know the meaning of teamwork just don't get overwhelmed and you'll be fine. As for Erigor using Lullaby in a fight? I have no idea even as a 'top member' as they call me I've never really seen him take a fight seriously and I would keep to myself usually, I'm pretty sure none of them even know what magic I use." Lucy says air quoting around 'top member' and finishing with a shrug. The Fairy Tail mages look taken aback by their companions remark about Eisenwald and the lack of comradery and concern for her former guild members.
"If you don't even like the guys why are ya in the guild aren't guildmates supposed to look out for each other plus if you're willing to help us stop them shouldn't you have joined a light guild in the first place?" Natsu speaks up uttering surprisingly smart words compared to the dragonslayers usual statements, and they are all taken aback by Lucy bursting out into a fit of laughter bending over holding her sides which most of the groups scowls at not appreciating having their values laughed at. Collecting herself to standing and wiping a comical tear from her eyes she turns and levels the group with a hard stare.
"I've come across your quote-unquote 'light guilds' before and have met some worse than Eisenwald and less sain than Erigor that's saying something like Phantom Lord, for example, they're all nuts, and well as for why Eisenwald? It's easier to not trust people when you know they can't be trusted." Before any of them can debate or question the summoner further they come to a large set of double doors. "We're here." Without looking back she throws them open to reveal a mob of shady looking people all of them with a vicious glare turned towards Lucy with the fairies being an afterthought. "Well darn and here I thought you guys would miss me." she states displaying indifference at their anger, as a large gust starts viciously circulating around the room the only mages seemingly unaffected being the current and former members of Eisenwald. With the wind continuing to ramp up Erigor levitated above a train car sitting cross-legged with his signature scythe on his back.
"Darkstar I'm hurt, you brought the flies to the party well no matter you'll join them in their fall all the same for now, you all face the Grim Reaper." Erigor fakes mock hurt at his comrade's betrayal.
"Yeah yeah yeah, we all know you got that off the back of a cereal box now, can we not do the whole evil monologue thing I want to get this over with as soon as possible." The summoner states bringing a hand to her mouth to cover a yawn as she glances around the room. "Alright let's get this over with." she says walking forward unfurling her whip and snagging a golden key from her ring. "Open Gate of the Giant Crab, Cancer." a flash of light and a doorbell later a man wielding scissors with black pants, teal shirt with six orange crab-like legs coming from his back appears before the group, Fairy Tail having the least shock at her abilities. "Take em down Cancer." she states towards the spirit who takes off at breakneck speed to begin the dispatching of Eisenwald members then turning her head to look back at the Fairy Tail Mages. "You waiting for a written invitation or what? Quit your gawking and fight!" Orders the blonde summoner not liking their idleness, while breaking the group of their trance.
"Alright now I'm fired up, Fire Dragon-" says the pinkette before he takes a deep inhale putting two fists in front of his mouth and an ancient orangish reddish magic circle appears before him, "Roar!" Natsu shouts to finish as a torrent of flames shoots from his mouth at the group of dark guild members, leaving a path of burned ground and partially charred wizards as he rises to stands with a smug grin on his face.
"Save some for me, you pyro Ice-Make Cannon!" Grey shouts slamming his fist into his open palm as a light blue magic circle appears in front of him Then a long pipe of ice appear on his shoulder that he uses to fire off several blasts toward Eisenwald taking out the large group of dark mages that were advancing leaving craters and unconscious bodies in their wake.
"Requip" is shouted and in a flash of gold then red Erza stands next to grey with a dark guild member on the floor being pinned by her feet with a pike holding the dark wizards sword down a few feet from greys form. "You should be more aware of your surroundings while in combat Gray." Erza scolds the younger wizard, only to be interrupted by a sound of disapproval.
"Tch. You and both know that you just wanted to show off and make an entrance red, anyway let's get this over with, Satan Soul!" Mirajane announces with a wave of her hand, going from teasing to downright dark as a deep purple magic circle appears in front of her as she casually walks towards the fray the darkness begins to wrap around her until it fades a moment later to reveal shorter white hair standing straight up a red open body suit her hands grow claws and a reptilian tail at the base of her spine, her leisurely pace never wavering. With the rise of Mira's hand, a new magic circle appears and a venomous smile graces her lips. "Evil Explosion," she says just as darkly as her smile implies and in a flash a ball of dark magic launches into a scrambling crowd attempting to regroup only to condense and erupt into a large explosion effectively rendering them all incapacitated, all the while the She-Devil continues her casual pace.
"I'd love to stay and chat fairy flies but I'm afraid there's a country I must bring to its knees I do hope you survive long enough to see us prevail." Erigor arrogantly taunts toward the mages seeing this battle all but one as her proceeds to use his wind magic to fly himself from the station.
"Ugh no! We can't let Erigor get to clover, pinkie, snowflake, get the hell back She-Devil level these guys so we can go catch the psycho and deal with the real threat!" Lucy barks order towards the Fairy Tail Mages who obey not without various gripes of 'not the boss of me' as the males retreat and the demon takes to the skies having an orb of darkness gather around her hands as it continues to grow in size.
"Soul Extinction" shouts Mira as she releases the attack a large stream of darkness hurtles towards the stragglers of Eisenwald engulfing them into the array of purple and black darkness magic. Once the darkness begins to fade the field is littered with the forms of Eisenwald none of them have the strength to move but all remain breathing. Mira descends to the ground and in a flash, her transformation fades and a smug smirk is plastered on the white-haired girls face as she advances towards the group. "Let's go catch the wind-mage, I could use a snack and that flute sounds pretty good to me," she states casually passing the group by ignoring the slight gawking stares and the one grumbling redhead that knows she could do that as well.
Lucy being the first to shake the state of awe casually trots up to the She-Devil matching her stride. "That was pretty impressive," the summoner states in earnest ignoring Miras 'tsk' reply. "I mean not only the amount of control required for that is astounding considering the number of targets with different magic power each mage possessed and the lack of casualties not to mention overcoming the usually darker nature of your magic. That's the most impressive thing I've seen in a long time no wonder your an S-class fairy." The suddenly less stoic blonde comments as she picks apart her spell while thinking out loud.
Mira was taken aback by the summoners statement she expected the blonde to praise her power as most other first timers did but instead, she comments on the points that are harder to notice and were harder to learn like mass control and her magic's nature. "You're not so bad blonde, I thought for a minute there you'd say I can just hit stuff hard like the stooges over there and say it looked cool." Mira comments and lightly jokes at the boys as she points her thumb over her should in their direction. "How'd you spot that stuff anyways, most people can't?" Mira asks paying merits to Lucy's abilities as the blonde scratches her head and laughs sheepishly.
"Well I used to be a bit of a fangirl when I was a kid and Liked observing the intricacies of magic and I've heard a lot about Fairy Tail not just from Loke, honestly I thought about going there to join once upon a time but that idea just kinda got thrown out the window a long time ago," Lucy states with her hands laced behind her back as her features take on a faraway look and her tone returns to a more stoic and distant one as her mind has wandered to a memory, Mira recognizing the look of old wounds that haven't healed decides to leave it be. Unfortunately, not everyone got that memo.
"Well, why didn't ya Luce, Fairy Tail's great; fights, food, and family what's not to love." The statement instantly snaps the blonde out of her trance, neither comments when the blonde flinches at the word family but both Natsu and Mira look at her with concern and empathy, Lucky for Lucy she's sparred from responding as they finally exit the train station to find a massive cyclon stopping them from exiting the grounds. "Oi! What the heck is that!" shouts the Dragonslayer as he points an accusatory finger at the mass of wind, as Erza and Gray join the group.
"Hmm Erigor must have set this up before we arrived and activated it as he left, it seems to be some sort of barrier." All eyes turn to Titania as she looks over the barrier with calculating eyes as an armored hand cups her chin as she thinks it over. In a flash of light, a sword appears and the redhead is striking the barrier only to have shards of metal scatter towards the group from the point of impact as her sword and gauntlet seem to be eviscerated as several cuts appear on her hand and wrist, not flinching or missing a beat and with another flash of light she is wrapping her hand in newly appeared bandages. "It appears brute force is not the answer to this we will have to find another way to pass," Erza states calm tone never leaving her voice despite the poor state of her right hand.
"Too tall for me to fly over, I might be able to dive through but doubt I'd end up in one peace on the other side, Anyone else got an idea," Mira questions the remaining 3 searching for their input.
Answering immediately a stream of fire hits the wind wall as the group hears 'Fire Dragon Roar!' the flames dissipate only for a certain pinkette to continue hitting the wall with blazing attacks ranging from wings, to iron fists, with no budge in the barrier and plenty of scrapes and deep gashes to the caster. "Yo Pinkie cut it out!" Lucy shouts rather annoyed with his lack of self-preservation, only to be brushed off as he continues his flaming assault on the wall.
"We gotta get out of here and save the other guild masters and gramps, we can't let them down." Each word punctuated by another flaming fist slamming against the barrier as the group looked on in remorse as the wall consistently did more damage to Natsu, he rears back a fist only for his elbow to be caught stopping his blow.
"I get that you're worried and I won't pretend to know how much your master means to you but killing yourself when I've already got us a way out isn't doing him any favors so cut it out okay?" Lucy states softly and edges towards teasing but the sincerity never leaving her voice. The group of mage's stare in awe at the summoner not expecting her sincerity or solution. At a nod from Natsu confirming that he'll stop his bombardment, she releases his arm and turns away as she draws out a golden key from her belt. "Open Gate of the Maiden, Virgo," Lucy says the incantation casually, and in a bright flash of a girl with short pink hair appears in a maid uniform and bow to Lucy.
"What can I do for you princess?" The maid spirit addresses her master as she rises to full posture causing the blonde to roll her eyes at the title Virgo gave her when the pair first made the contract.
"Hey, why's your maid smell so familiar?" at Natu's question the group turn to the Dragonslayer as he edges closer to the mage sniffing her trying to remember where he's melt her sent before and his blue companion has his paw on his chin appearing to be in thought trying to recall their previous encounter with the maid.
"You were an enemy of my previous master, you also ended up burning down his house to get a book that had evidence that led to his incarceration which broke our contract, after he was taken away princess arrived at the remains of the mansion and discovered my key." Virgo filled in trying to clear the confusion.
"Wait you were the gorilla maid? But you're so tiny, are you sure the other one didn't just spit you out." Natsu ask genuinely baffled while the four onlookers had confusion clear on their faces.
"Oh, you mean this form?" Virgo asks and quickly poofs and grows three times in height and resembles more of a beast than a human as all mages recoil except for a hysterically laughing takeover mage at their shock at her transformation, just as quick as it came the transformation was gone and the small made stood before them as she turned back to her keyholder. "Now what did you need help with princess?"
"Oh yeah, Virgo can you dig us a hole under that thing to get us outta here?" with a quick 'yes princess' the maid set to work as the group shake off the previous stupor and follows Lucy into the tunnel as they emerge out of the tunnel wind still raging on the outside of the whirling barrier. "Alright, we need to get on our way to clover asap how'd you guys get here?" The blonde turns towards the mages of Fairy Tail not seeing any pink or blue only two glaring females and a shirtless man taking quick not-so-subtle steps away from the duo. "Where's the walking flamethrower?" All eyes turn to the blonde after her question.
"Flamebrain followed right after you," The shirtless man replies as he reaches for the hem of his pants being stopped by an armored fist clanging on his skull.
"Natsu must be going after Erigor using happy to fly and catch up, we should make haste to aid him," Titania states making her way to a nearby magic vehicle and seats herself on the bench and hooking the plug to her arm raising a scarlet brow at the three unmoving mages. "Are you coming?" at her comment all mages pile into the backseat of the magic-mobile and with the squealing tires are in fast pursuit of the pink haired dragonslayer.