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Wendy looked at Natsu, then at Sting and gasped in relief. "Are you ok Wendy?" Natsu asked the little girl.
Wendy stayed silent for a few moments before replying," I'm fine."
Sting looked in the direction Rogue had disappeared through yesterday. "Rogue should be back soon," Sting commented.
"Yeah, he better, or we'll consider him captured," Natsu sat back, his legs crisscrossed.
They heard something from the tree house. They all turned to see Gajeel stumbling down the stairs.
Gajeel made it to them and Natsu pushed some fruits toward him. "You better eat. Rogue will be back with more medical supplies soon," Natsu told him.
"If he doesn't get captured Salamander," Gajeel muttered. Natsu gritted his teeth, angry.
"He's back!" The anger in Natsu went away to see Sting go help Rogue. Rogue was panting.
Natsu went over to Rogue.
He was carrying a large suitcase and seemed to have been chased.
"What happened," Natsu asked the shadow dragon slayer.
"They already know about you with Acnologia's power. The rune knights surrounded me and demanded that I bring you to them. I had to fight them and decided to fight them off to reach here. I have more medical supplies for us. The guild is not very happy what the Magic Council is doing," Rogue told them between breaths.
"I will see what they need. They have no need to attack me," Wendy had said, overcoming her dream. She was determined to help get Natsu out of trouble.
She walked out of the barrier, noticing in front were Lahar and Doranbelt. The two gasped in shock to recognize the little girl.
Wendy gave a questioning gaze. "What?"
Lahar cleared his throat and began. "We only came for Natsu Dragneel," Lahar stated.
"What if I told you he's not here?" Wendy asked them, determined to be able to buy time for them to get away from the secret area.
"That's impossible. Our rune knights are everywhere in the forest right now," Doranbelt answered this time.
"That would be correct. Though, I don't see any stronger than dragon slayers. "There is a possibility that you would all die in the hands of Natsu-san," Wendy told them.
It took a moment for Lahar to come up with a solution to the problem.
"I don't think there is anyone stronger than Natsu-san, well except one…" Wendy went on.
"Tell us who!" They exclaimed.
"I doubt he would listen to you. Natsu-san, Gajeel-san, and I have already tried to, he wouldn't listen to us," Wendy frowned. "There is a chance Natsu-san will be able to defeat him too."
Lahar and Doranbelt were growing impatient. "We don't want to hurt you, so, can you please tell us?" Doranbelt tried to ask her as politely as he could. There was a chance they could get her to tell her.
"If you want Natsu-san, you'll have to get through me," Sting came through the barrier. Rogue followed him out. "Don't forget about me."
Lahar and Doranbelt gritted their teeth. They knew they wouldn't be able to extract information from Wendy at this point.
Sting began to fight off the rune knights and Rogue was whispering something to Wendy. She nodded and headed back into the barrier and the shadow dragon slayer began to fight as well.
Wendy knew she was actually useful this time. She had bought time for them to create a plan of how to get out.
She quickly healed up Laxus and Gajeel. They each carried something and headed out the opposite way of where Lahar and Doranbelt were.
They had escaped from the Magic Council and now sneaking through the forest, being quick and silent.
Sting and Rogue gave those thirty minutes to escape before they backed off into the barrier and made their own escape. It was hard to travel through the winter, especially when snow was on the ground which they had to run a few circles before heading a different direction.
They had decided they would hide in a mountain range not far from where they were.
At least an hour went by and they had reached the mountains, only to see that Erza, Lucy, and Gray were also there.
The three Fairy Tail members noticed the dragon slayers.
"What are you guys doing here?" Lucy screamed out. Natsu rushed to her and pushed her to the floor.
"Be quiet! We can't let the Magic Council find out we're here!" Natsu whispered to her. Lucy covered her mouth and nodded.
"What happened?" Erza asked. The Fairy Tail members gathered.
They told how the Magic Council found where they hid and only just escaped. When they had finished the story, Sting and Rogue had got to them.
"They shouldn't be following us anymore," Sting panted.
"We should tell you this though," Natsu gave a nervous smile. The three looked at him curiously. "It looks like that they had found out I have Acnologia's power."
The three non-dragon slayers stood there, looking as if he spoke another language. "They found out that you have Acnologia's power!" Erza burst out.
"Be quiet! We'll be found again!" Wendy hissed.
"Wouldn't it mean you guys can go back to the guilds now besides Natsu?" Gray asked.
"I think it would be better if we went with Natsu-san to make sure he's safe and keep you updated that they haven't got him yet," Sting replied.
Lucy gaze looked shocked. They saw Gildarts behind the dragon slayer group. Natsu turned to see what Lucy was staring at. "Why would Gildarts be here?" Natsu asked.
The others turned to see him. He looked quite surprised himself to see them.
"Well, it seems the dragon slayer group and the remains of Team Natsu are here," Gildarts said casually. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, we just finished a mission," Erza smiled.
"And we're running from the council," Laxus looked around to see if more rune knights were around.
Gildarts looked stunned. These six dragon slayers had just escaped the council. "It sucks. It seems they found out I have Acnologia's power and they're specifically after me now," Natsu shook his head.
Snow had begun to fall.
Now, Natsu couldn't go through a town since the Magic Council had decided to put rune knights in and the other dragon slayers would most likely not be able to either or they'll go under questioning. This was Erza's report to the dragon slayers.
"What if we went to the old guild house on the hillside to hide at for a bit? You could provide us food. We'll have a shelter and you'll be able to visit us. As long as we don't explode anything, if you did see an explosion, it would most likely that the council had found us," Natsu suggested.
Everyone gave it some thought. It was quite silent. "I guess we can do that, but that'll be a long walk through the forest," Gajeel broke the since. They began to agree, then hearing Lucy trying to their attention. "We have to walk back!" Lucy exclaimed.
The dragon slayers put a finger over her mouth to quiet her. "Didn't you hear what Erza said? We dragon slayers won't get into a city without either being captured or questioned. Our only chance is to walk there and it'd be better if we had others to help us," Natsu tried to explain to her. "It'll take us longer since we'll be doubling back and trying to make false tracks in the snow to slow the Magic Council down and hopefully stop from following us."
The dragon slayers nodded their heads. Gildarts laughed. "I won't be coming this time, but I'm sure the other three will have quite a bit of fun."
Soon enough, Gildarts and the big group parted ways, each going a different direction. They had to be fast and quiet, though Lucy didn't seem to like it.