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Jellal's POV

I heard Erza screaming, out, but I figured it was just her flipping out on Natsu. How wrong could I be.

I was tidying my hair- or at least, trying to- when the door opened, revealing Gray with a serious look on his face. And that's when I knew something was wrong.

"What?" I asked, getting up from my bed.

"Erza's gone," he said, and those words sent a chill up my spine. Crap, I thought, someone must have said something to make her run off like this.

I raced over to Gray, who stepped to the side. I nodded my thanks and ran down the hall, flying down the stairs. Downstairs, everyone was yelling at eachother.

"What the-" I began. Gray came up behind me. "We're kinda confused," he said, gesturing to the others. "When one of the leaders leaves, it kinda sends everyone in a panic."

"Guys!" I tries to say, but no one would listen to me. Mira was in a deep argument with Laxus, who was flinching away from the normally peaceful mage. But not now. She looked like her demon form, Sitri.

Natsu and Sting were locking fists, yelling curses at eachother, while Rogue stood to the side, his hands up in defeat.

"EVERYBODY!" A voice boomed out, and I turned to see Jura, standing by the bar with a very pissed off look on his face.

"Everyone needs to calm down now," Minerva ordered, a deadly look on her face. "It won't help when we're sitting here screaming at eachother. So quit acting like children!"

Everyone quieted down, and looked at Jura and Minerva expectantly. I stepped to the side, giving Jura a look. He glanced back at me, and nodded, giving me his permission to go. Not like I was asking for it anyway. Even if he said no, I still would've gone. I just found Erza. I wasn't about to lose her.

I opened the door and slipped out quietly. I took a deep breath. Then I focused my attention to the mountain jutting out above Hargeon.

Erza… wait up. I'm coming.

Lucy's POV

They threw me in a small room, decorated only with a small cot and a ratty blanket. I curled up in the corner and cried. quietly to myself.

This is not happening, this is not happening, I thought holding myself tightly.

I raised my head and glared at the door. That was the only thing between me and my freedom. Well, that, and a bunch of scary men and a weird zombie-vampire.

I shuddered. That man gave me the creeps. Styx? I thought. That name seems so familiar. What do I know it from?

Suddenly, it popped into my head. Styx is the name of one of the 5 rivers in the Underworld. They are the Rivers Lethe, Phlegethon, Cocytus, Acheron, and the Styx. Out of all the rivers, the Styx was the most dangerous. Entering the water meant certain death.

This man reminde me of that river, not just because of the name. He was creepy, and he exuded a powerful feeling of death.

Faintly, I could hear the crying sobs of the other girls trapped like me. I placed my hand against the wall. I'm here, I said silently, it'll be ok.

Even though I knew things were not gonna be ok.

Natsu's POV

I glared up at Jura. "If you think I'm gonna just sit here on my ass while Erza goes running off, getting herself into trouble, then your badly mistaken." I yelled.

Gray nodded by his place next to me. On my other side, Wendy shrank back in fear. "Oh no," she whimpered.

Minerva glared daggers at me. "If you go running off after her then I'll feed you to the wolves." She hissed menacingly.

"Oh yeah? Like you'd be able-"

I was suddenly jumped on by Mira, to my surprised. She clamped her hand over my mouth and looked apologetically at Minerva. "Gomenasai," she said. "He's still working on controlling this mouth of his."

She looked down at me. "Natsu, I know you're still worried about Lucy, and and now Erza, but you need to relax. Jellal has gone after Erza, I'm sure he'll be able to talk some sense into her."

I shrugged Mira off, not unkindly. "Fine," I said, glaring back up to where Jura and Minerva were standing. "But what are we gonna do?"

Jura opened his mouth to answer, but at that instant, someone knocked at the door.

We all turned to look at it. Finally, after two more knocks, Hibiki went over and opened it, revealing several figures.

I gaped. "What the hell are you doing here?" I asked, pointing at them.

Gajeel grinned. "Geehee." Levy waved awkwardly by his side. Behind them, stood Risley from Mermaid Heel, and

the infamous Bacchus from Quatro Cerberus, who had once taken down Cana in a drinking contest.

Levy poked her head into the bar. "Are we late?"

Erza's POV

I ran into the forest, making the steady climb. My chest heaved for breath, and my legs moved quickly, sending me flying through the brush.

Taking off like that was definitely not like me, but I couldn't let these men take anymore innocent girls. The image of Asuka burned heavily in my mind. I gritted my teeth. "Faster, go faster," I muttered to myself.

Suddenly, I paused, stopping in a clearing. Someone was watching me.

I looked around and slipped into a fighting stance, knees bent a bit, one hand holding my sword while the other was poised over it, ready to pull it out at a moments notice. I kept my body facing the wind, letting it blow the hair out of my face and bring me any warning smells of danger. Like blood.

"Come out," I snarled, glaring into the forest. "I know you're out there."

Suddenly, five men stepped out of the trees, surrounding me. Shit! I thought, my eyes flitting from one man to the other. It's an ambush!

"Who are you? Are you the monsters that took my friends?" I asked, grasping my sword.

"You must be the one and only Titania," a voice said. I turned to the voice, and another man stepped out of the trees. My eyes widened as I took in his appearance. Black suit, long, pale, sickly looking face, red droopy eyes, and greasy black hair.

I glared at him, and drew my sword. "You." I hissed menacingly, pointing it's deadly sharp tip at him. "You're the one who took Milliana, and the one who stole Lucy."

He chuckled. "Ah Lucy, as beautiful as the sun. But you, Erza, you are on a completely different level. You are a goddess."

I choked, my face going red. "E-excuse me?" I coughed out.

He held his hand out. "I have big plans for you, Titania, Queen of the Fairies."

I shoved my sword in his direction. "Who the hell are you?" I snarled.

"My name is Styx, dear Erza, and I need you." He said. "You are part of a much bigger plan. You need to play your part."

Quick as a flash, I requipped, changing into my Purgatory armor. My spiked mace appeared in my hand, and I grasped on to it.

"If you think I'm going to go anywhere with you, you are sorely mistaken." I snarled. I leveled my mace at him and charged.

He sighed. "I truly did not want to have to resort to this, but you leave me no choice."

He raised his hand, and pointed his index finger at me. Suddenly, I found myself running at him, left in my plain white shirt and navy blue skirt, my hands empty.

I skidded to a stop and looked at myself, shocked. My magic….what was going on? I thought. My armor just disappeared. And yet I could feel all of my magic, yet I couldn't utilize it.

Styx gave a jaunty laugh. I glared at him. "You fiend!" I growled.

He shook his head. "It was you who forced me to do this, lovely Erza. My magic had the power to block any user's flow of magic, preventing them from using it. You're not a wizard now unless I release you. Now," he said, causing a cold feeling to sink in my stomach. "Come along nicely."

He nodded to his men, and they closed in on me.

Jellal's POV

I raced thought the woods, desperate to find Erza before she got into any trouble.

Please, I prayed, let her be ok.

I thought about her, just minutes ago in the bedroom, her soft hair, her mouth on mine. It was the most amazing feeling in the world. I would trade anything just to be with her again.

I now understand my meaning to life, I realized. It's to make the one woman I cherish above all happy and safe for the rest of her life. She saved me from the darkness, now it's my duty to make sure she never worried about anything ever again, as long as I live.

I ran through the brush, getting my hair and clothes caught in the branches, but I didn't care. Even when a sharp branch nicked my cheek. I hissed as it drew blood, but I kept on running. My only thought was to find Erza, and make a plan from there on out.

Suddenly, I heard voices, and I immediately dived into into the bushes. I peeked out from behind the leaves, and my blood froze at the sight.

Erza stood, defiantly facing down the Hell's Fire leader. She was in her white shirt and blue skirt, and weaponless.

"You fiend!" She snarled at him, glaring at the man with murder in her fierce brown eyes.

He shook his head. "It was you who forced me to do this, lovely Erza. My magic had the power to block any user's flow of magic, preventing them from using it. You're not a wizard now unless I release you. Now," he said, and I tensed, a chill running up and down the length of my body. "Come along nicely."

He nodded to his men, and they dove on her, grabbing her arms and yanking them behind her back. She struggled, flailing, but in her state, five men were too much, and soon she was subdued.

I prepared myself to jump out of the bushes and run to her aid, but before I could, her eyes suddenly latched on to mine. Her eyes widened, and I didn't know how she recognized me. But she shook her head frantically.

"My friend will find me," she yelled out, her eyes still glued to my own. "And when he does, he will bring reinforcements, and save everyone. I know it. He'll rescue me, and he'll bring others to take you down."

Her words rang in my ears. Against every will, nerve ending, muscle, and bone in my body that screamed for me to go to her, I subtly nodded my head. No, no, no! My heart wailed. Save her, Save her now!

But for some reason, I had to trust Erza, and her plan. Whatever it may be.

I watched, with anger building up in my body and heating my veins, as she was bound and blindfolded, then dragged though the woods. Only the master of the dark guild and one other were left.

"Well, Styx?" The companion said.

The Hell's Fire leader sighed in contentment. "We have what we came for. Tomorrow night, we start the ceremony. With Titania's magic power in our hands, we can successfully begin the sacrifice to Tartaros. Then, He will rise, Acheron."

The companion, Acheron smiled. "We will have enough girls to sacrifice, right?"

My whole body tensed. Sacrifice? Who was Tartaros?

Styx gave a chilling laugh. "We have plenty. Erza has enough power to bring Tartaros back, but the other girls will soothe his raging temper. And tomorrow, Cocytus, Phlegethon, and Lethe will arrive to see Tartaros rise!"

The two demons walked away, heading in the same direction the men took Erza.

I sat in the bushed, frozen in shock. They're going to sacrifice the girls, I thought. Meredy. Kagura. Lucy. Erza. They're going to sacrifice Erza.

My heart was torn. Part of me wanted to race after them, and rip Erza out of their arms, while the other part wished to do what she said, and bring the others to help.

I glared in the direction in which they took her, then stood up. With a painful last look, I turned and booked it back the way I came, running for the bar as fast as I could. The faster I warned the others, the faster it would be for me to return to Erza's side.

Gray's POV

I gaped, staring at the script mage and the dragonslayer that stood next to her. "What the hell. Why are you here?"

Bacchus stumbled in, and immediately dove for the bar. "We were sent by the Magic Council. We're reinforcements. What's the plan?"

"Well," Jura began, but was interrupted by Jellal, who flew into the bar and raced up to him. "Erza's been taken," he gasped.

I gawked, and stormed forward, latching onto Jellal's shirt, forcing him to look into my eyes. "Your saying they took her? They took Erza? Why didn't you save her? I thought you loved her? You should've saved her!" I screamed in his face. He looked up at me, shocked and at a loss for words. Grief shone in his eyes.

Suddenly, I was grabbed, and I was forced to release my grip on Jellal. I turned to this new person, ready to yell at them too, when a hand slapped my face, hard.

I blinked, stunned, my check stinging. Everyone gave a collective gasp, except for Bacchus, who was already on his fourth barrel of beer.

But all I could focus on was the blue haired water mage who was currently glaring at me, anger burning in her ocean blue eyes.

"Juvia..?" I asked, putting a hand up to my stinging cheek.

She put her hands on her hips and glared at me. If looks could kill..,

"How dare you, Gray Fullbuster," she exclaimed, and I gulped. Her using my full name without the "sama" meant that she meant business.

"How dare you yell at Jellal! Do you have any idea what he is feeling right now? He just watched the love of his life get kidnapped, and now you're here yelling at him? You should be ashamed, Gray. Imagine if it was someone you loved, and you were helpless to do anything. Put yourself in his shoes. Juvia knows that is if was anyone she loved, she be heartbroken. At least Jellal came back. Now we can all go save her and the other girls from Hell's fire."

She whirled on me. "You have to apologize to Jellal," she ordered, before stomping away.

I gazed after her, astonished that such a sweet woman could get so angry. But she was right. I had jumped down Jellal's throat before he could explain. He must be feeling terrible, I thought. Seeing Erza get captured and not being able to do anything.

I turned to Jellal, who was standing there with a stunned look on his face. Actually, everyone was, shocked at the usually docile water mage's sudden anger.

I looked at Jellal. "I'm sorry," I murmured. "it was wrong to jump down your throat like that. Forgive me."

Jellal smiled and clapped my shoulder. "it's fine, don't worry about it."

The mood turned serious again, and Jura turned back to Jellal, while I melted back into the crowd, looking for Juvia. She was nowhere to be seen, at least from my vantage point. I'll find her later, I thought to myself. Then I looked up to concentrate on what Jellal was saying.

"The master of Hell's Fire, Styx, has kidnapped these girls to sacrifice them to someone, something called "Tartaros." He's with four other men, Acheron, Phlegethon, Cocytus, and Lethe."

Levy gasped when she heard those names. "It can't be," she murmured. Gajeel looked down at her, concern in his eyes. "What is it, Levy?"

She made her way over to Jellal and Jura. "I read in a book somewhere, the legend of Tartaros. And not the demon guild that we went up against-" reminding all of us from Fairy Tail about that fateful day, the fight between the demon gates of Zeref and ourselves, "-but the actual demon Tartaros, who inhabits the very depths of the underworld. Supposedly, the only way he can be summoned is when the five rivers of the underworld sacrifice female mages in his name, all with very powerful magic. And when he is summoned, he will wreak havoc across the very earth." Levy announced, sending a chill throughout the entire bar. "Tartaros, Belial, and Satan are the three most deadly demons of the underworld, Tartaros being the most dangerous of them all. If he is summoned, the world we know is done for."

She turned to Jellal. "The five rivers of the underworld are the five names you mentioned: the River Lethe, which destroys memories, the River Acheron, also known as the River of Pain, the ultimate punishment for the souls of the damned, the River Phlegethon, also known as the river of fire, which heals the damned so they can endure eternal torture, the River Cocytus, also known as the River of Lamentation, made out of pure misery, and the last of them all, the River Styx, which can sometimes make you invulnerable, but almost all the time, will grant you certain death. These are the five rivers of Hell."

I gaped at the petite mage, wondering where the heck she could get all this Information from.

"Well, that's it!" Natsu said, a pissed off scowl on his face. "There is no way in hell I'm going to let these people sacrifice Erza and Lucy to some demon. Over my dead body."

Jura and Minerva shared a look. "Well, that's it," Minerva said. "Plan A is trashed. Plan B: Storm the Castle, is now in effect."