hi everyone! How's it going? It's main man the G King bringing you another chapter for the outcast! Now if your all wondering and waiting to know pretty soon the Oracion Seies arc will be coming around soon so be patient okay?
( as usual I don't own fairy tail just only my Oc's )
Chapter 7
Cait Shelter and the Ruins of Ice
every since last night upon meeting Wendy Marvel a young girl from the Cait Shelter guild Edward instantly became friends with her with his two cat companions Yoshi and Bowser.
for right now the four of them just got off the train since it took all night to get to there respective destinations. bowser was currently carrying some of wendy's while Ed decided to carry a few of the boxes as they made their way to cait shelter.
" thanks again ed " she exclaimed while looking at him " it's no trouble " ed answered looking at her with the corner of his eye " wendy, I'm curious to know what's being a in a guild like? ". " why do you ask? " " I've only heard it from one persons point of view so I'd like to hear yours ".
she began to think " well it's actually nice and it gives you a good feeling? " " good feeling? "
" yeah having all of your friends around gives you the comfort similar to a family " " I really don't understand ". She looked at him rather confused " what don't you understand? " " friends, family and comfort I feel as if I never known them that's all ".
" Don't you have a family? " Ed shook his head " no, never had one or at least I don't remember, the closest thing to that I think the only ones were Olof, yoshi and bowser " " do you have amnesia? " " yes " " that's got to be hard " " not really " Ed said while looking at the sky.
" Don't get me wrong sure I want to remember but for right now it has wait, I have to focus on what's going on right now " " that's actually good to hear, most people have a hard time with that " " I guess so... " " something the matter? " " no I'm alright ".
" hey! Is that it over there!? " yoshi asked loudly while pointing up ahead that seemed like a small town with some sort of building that resembled that of a cat with the head and front paws
" uh huh welcome to cait shelter " she said as they approached the guild " hmm nice place " yoshi muttered.
upon entering wendy was greeted by her fellow guild mates " hi everyone I'm back! " " welcome back wendy " one of her friends nobal called out and had there eyes set on edward, yoshi and bowser
" good to see at your back child " a voice said approaching the four of them. When Ed turned he saw that it was a white cat wearing some sort of yellow and and pink dress with a pink bow on the front and another on her tail. what seemed interesting to ed was that she was like yoshi and bowser.
" Wow she is just like us " yoshi exclaimed while approaching her with bowser in tact " hi I'm yoshi and this is my brother bowser " " hello " they both greeted " nice to meet the two of you as well I suppose "
" Carla be nice " she said scolding her friends since she's always like that " aw Wendy glad you made it back " another voice said approaching them. This time it was a short old man wearing some sort of tribal clothing " oh master I didn't see you there, I got the supplies that we needed ".
" Well done " he said with a smile before turning his attention to Ed " and who are you my boy? " " I am Edward Strider sir " he said he said bowing his head making him chuckle a bit " my aren't you the gentle men, I'm the master of cait shelter my name is Roabaul so what brings you here? "
" so hector sent you here " Edward had just explained to roabaul the reason why he was at cait shelter " yes he told me that there were some ruins around here " Ed began as he unwrapped his bandages from his left arm. " I was told that mere were symbols like this " he said showing the old man making him surprised along with wendy and carla.
" yes I do remember seeing symbols like this before...but why you want to know? " " it's just really important I have to know " he answered his question while wendy seemed to be amazed by it.
" is that some sort of gauntlet or something? " " no it's actually my left arm " " that's impossible " carla said chiming in " okay then try pulling it off " " alright I will " after that carla then began to pull on it. After a few try's she gave up before she saw that indeed it was indeed his arm
" wow he wasn't kidding " wendy exclaimed " so all you want Is to explore the ruins of ice? " " huh? I don't remember it having a name " Ed said rather confused " it gets it's anime do to the unnatural phenomenon that happens there, inside as explorers get deeper inside it gets very cold no one knows the reason either so it's one big mystery " the old man explained making ed think.
" Even after hearing all that you still want to go? " " yes I do ". Wendy then began to shutter " he- hey I was wondering if I may go with him? " wendy asked in a nervous tone intriguing the old man. " what brought this on? "
" well I've been around the area so I figured I could lead him to where it is "
" out of the question child! " carla chimed in " it's to dangerous and you don't even know what is in there! " " I'm afraid that I must agree with carla " roubal added.
" How am I supposed to get stronger and gain more experience if most of the time I look for lost pets!? " she said throwing out the question. " I'll protect her "
ed said earning everyone's attention " if she goes with us then I shall use all of my strength to protect her and who ever else goes, but if I fail then you punish me any way you like until your satisfied ". The old man was simply amazed by the boys choice of words making him realize that these is the honest words of a good man.
He then smiled " alright you may go with him wendy " upon hearing that wendy instantly smiled " thank you master " she said bowing while carla sighed " fine but I'm going to some one has to keep an eye on you if he leaves you ".
ed simply shrugged " do what you want " and with that the three of them were now on their way to the ruins of ice.
after a bit of traveling they found it and entered. Even with them working together navigating the ruins was proving to be no easy challenge " wow this place go's on forever " yoshi exclaimed whole she stuck near her brother.
" Yeah to dark for bowser to see " " I think I might have something to help " Ed exclaimed before touching one of his key chains that Olof gave to him. The one he was touching was the tiki mask " summoning magic: I call Volt the shocker " after that the key chain glowed very brightly before a seal appeared before something came out of it.
the creature was basically a large floating red tiki mask with large teeth and big green eyes " boom! Boom! Shackalaka! " it exclaimed doing it a little dance while carla was weirded out by it.
" What in heavens is that thing? " she asked " this is a gaurdian, basically there keychain version of celestial spirits but key chain magic helps you complete all sorts of tasks but finding guardian keychain is pretty hard " ed explained while approaching the mask.
" So why'd you call me here in this dark and creepy place? " " we need light " " Kay! Simple enough " with that volt then glowed bright red " now volt lead the way " " yeah, yeah " he exclaimed before doing what he was told to do while humming.
" So who's the cute girl and pretty kitty? " " the girl is Wendy while the cat is Carla " Ed told volt ignoring what he said while Wendy blushed a little but quickly shook it off " hi it's nice to meet you " she said getting his attention.
" Oh right I'm Voltachunka but my friends call me volt they would though if any of them were still alive " he exclaimed in a happy tone and cheerful tone " why do you talk in that ridicules voice? " carla asked cause to her his voice was annoying
" no that just how my voice is I'm actually quite depressed and I keep on speaking out my thoughts, I wonder what it's like having a having a bee lily button ".
" Don't mind volt he may seem strange but he's helped us out a lot over the last two years since we first met him ".
" Yeah but bowser thinks he funny " he exclaimed but after that they all heard a loud growl that echoed through the ruins scaring wendy " what was that? " " it's just bowser " Ed said before hearing the growling sound again.
" Bowbow sorry bowser just hungry " he said putting his hand behind his head.
After exploring for a while they stumped across a bunch of stairs that were vertical " how we supposed to get up there? " Wendy asked in curiosity " well we could fly up there " yoshi suggested but ed didn't like how it looked.
he then picked up a rock " everyone pick up a rock and throw it up " they all did as he said and threw the rocks but when they went up the rocks instantly turned to dust sending shivers down most of their spines. " they all turned to dust " yoshi exclaimed really scared cause she knew what would happen If they all went up there.
Bowser noticed ed picking up another rock " what you thinking? " " bowser pick up another rock a throw it with me " " gotcha " he exclaimed before the two of them threw two rocks only this time they didn't turn to dust.
" Just as I thought this trap senses movement in numbers " " so it's like motion detection? " volt asked " yes " Ed answered. " so we each go two at a time " ed exclaimed before going to wendy " wendy you and I go first okay? Just trust me ".
" okay ed " she said before unexpectedly ed carried her bridal style much to her embarrassment cause she was blushing and just like that ed instantly jumped real high and landed on the very top much to wendy and carla's shock and surprise.
" how'd he do that? Is he even human at all? " carla asked as she summoned her wings " no for bro that's something normal he can do " yoshi answered whole up top was a different story. " um edward? Can you put me down now? " wendy asked with her face now red as a tomatoe " sorry " he obliged by gently placing her down much to her surprise.
( he seems different from all of the people that I've met, I can feel a lot of power coming form him but it's not bad it's actually calm and it's hard to believe at even with that much power he can be so gentle and kind ) she thought while blushing a little bit " are you okay? " " yeah I'm fine.
" Aw no! " yoshi exclaimed cause the rest of empathy was submerged underwater so it seemed like they couldn't go on " I don't see how we're getting past this unless we were fish " carla added but that gave ed an idea.
he touched one of his keychain the one that resembled set of a horseshoe crab " summoning magic: appear Clauncher! " after that a blue seal with a crab mark appeared before a massive blue horse shoe crab with large claws/pincers and large red eyes jumped out of it from water.
" wow Ed has another guardian " wendy said quietly
* click, click* it said clicking its pincers " yes clauncher we need your help " both wendy and carla were really confused cause it seemed only ed could understand him so yoshi decided to explain " he can't talk at all he can only screech and click his claws together that's his only method of communicating "
" then why does Edward understand him? " carla asked but yoshi simply shrugged her shoulder " I don't really have a clue myself ". Clauncher then screeched loudly and raised his legs up in the air with the help of his tail to stand
" what's that mean? " Wendy asked not understanding but Ed did " he says get in front of him ". They all stood infornt of the horseshoe crab and when they did a large bubble coated them before clauncher leaped into the water.
" What just happened? " carla asked while trying to remember what did happen cause this was not normal at all. " clauncher created a bubble so we can breath while he navigates underwater " " so he can help you travel under water? " wendy asked getting a nod from Ed " wow that's so cool ".
" alright clauncher take it away " he screeched in response and began to swim at fast speeds and while he was doing that Ed sat down " what are you doing? " carla asked " we are waiting " he simply awnsered " yeah he's right, why don't you think of this guy here as a underwater train and we're waiting until we get to the destination " yoshi said chiming in and opening a small lunch box.
" Hey can bowser have half? " he asked drooling " go on ahead " " so ed? " wendy began first by sitting right next to him while watching the fish go by " what are you gonna do after this? ".
" sorry I don't follow " " you know when your done with this what are you gonna do? " Ed began to think real hard but couldn't find it. " I honestly don't know maybe travel around fiore, what'd you think I should do? "
she began to fidget while looking away " I was thinking maybe you'd join Cait Shelter, it'd be a lot of fun sure it's small but it's a nice place to be around " "hmm maybe but I have to think about it ".
the ride was going on for at least ten minutes so wendy tried to start up another conversation " how'd you get that scar on your forehead? " " I don't remember " " what was the last thing you remember? ".
" about two years ago I woke up on a beach with my head bleeding I couldn't remember my real name and the only thing I had on me was this dagger and my arm " he showed the weapon that he had out of its sheath. " if you don remover your name then how did you end up with Edward? "
" my teacher Olof gave me it along with my last name, according to him the reason why he gave me the name was cause he said at I was a person who looked and was able to keep moving forward ". She smiled before looking ahead " he sounds like a nice guy ". " that he is ".
within ten more minutes clauncher had found the way out of that water bed and the group was now able to move onward " much appreciated friend " he said before clauncher glowed blue and returned to being a keychain. As they moved on the air got cold and ice was all around ahead.
Ed noticed that Wendy was cold cause she was trying to keep herself warm so he took off his jacket and put It on her " that should keep you warm " " th-thank you edward " she said while blushing a bit.
" this place is freezing! " yoshi exclaimed " quit whining you'll get used to this " carla scolded her while bowser was just fine " I don't see big deal bowser's just fine ". They then entered a massive room that seemed more like an arena coated in ice with icicles sticking from above the ceiling and on the ground.
" what is this place? " carla asked while looking around " I think it's some sort of fighting arena " Ed answered and saw that there was a large balcony looking over the arena. In the back was a massive throne containing a huge frozen figure.
" I don't like this " yoshi exclaimed not liking where this might be going " me neither " edward agreed " it's to quiet...to easy ".
" bowser don't see anything wrong here " he said flying over tome frozen statue and just then a loud cracking nose rang out and the statue began to move. Yoshi and Carla gasped while Wendy began to tremble and stare in horror while ed narrowed his eyes and unwrapped his left arm " bowser! Get out of there! ".
" What!? " he asked and now saw that the statue was standing up from its throne " holy crap! ". With a scream bowser flew his way back to the group.
The monstrous figure then stepped forward to the ledge wearing pitch black armor with a helmet that had two curved horns. He was carrying a shield made of ice in one arm and had a cap flowed down his back
" everyone get back! " Edward commanded with them doing so. Then the pearl and the symbols on eds arm began to glow brightly and when the monster released a powerful roar it leaped into the center of the arena.
" Bro be careful! " " you can do it kick it's ass! " both yoshi and bowser called from the side lines while all wendy could do for the time being was watch along with carla ( please be careful ) she though while watching ed draw his dagger from the sheath while the monster brought out a massive sword made out of ice.
it let out a booming laugh before it roared again creating a sphere composed of cold energy that began to swirl around him before it sent forth hundreds of spikes made of ice launch to ed. Thanks to ed's fast reflexes he was easily able to wipe out the attack in no time before the on ster charged and swung its sword.
Their swords locked and despite the weapon of choice ed choose it was just as strong. It went for a left swing that was easily knocked back giving ed an opening " Terra Force! " Ed then launched the orb but it was easily blocked by the monsters shield.
it then ramed ed with the shield that made him crash into a pillar of ice " Edward! " wendy cried out of worry but was relived when she saw him stand back up " don't worry I'm fine " Ed replied back but instantly dashed forward cause the monster was trying to attack the rest of the group but he got knocked back by Ed who deflected its sword.
" Your fighting me! And you will not lay a hand on them! " the monster laughed again before it roared again and created the same sphere of before only this time it stepped onto the ground creating a wave of spiked ice.
ed then took a stance and when he did a brown seal appeared with a sword on it " Terra force earth slash! " upon command a wave of energy was sent out stoping the attack and left a large cut in the arena. Seeing the Moment Ed planted his alert arm onto the ground creating a silver magic seal " now fire! Earth Cannons! " the ground formed multiple canons that fired hitting the monster head on.
but instead it was unfazed by the attack cause of its shield and it began to laugh again " I comment you challenger " upon speaking that surprised ed and the group a bit.
" you are the only one to give me a decent fight in over five whole century's, so I ask what do you seek? " " to find myself ".
" interesting, the knowledge you seek will be yours... " it then raised its sword. " however you must finish this fight and make my soul finally rest in peace ".
" Then Ill grant you that wish " upon saying that ed dashed forward and locked swords with the monster once again. The two of them duked it out for a while but it appeared that it was gaining the upper hand. " surely that's not everything you got!? " it exclaimed before firing two beams of energy from its two horns from it helmet hitting ed in the right shoulder before following it up with an ice breath attack that ed quickly dodged.
Ed clenched his right shoulder but he quickly ignored the pain. Seeing that her friend was hurt she knew that she needed to do something quickly ( I might not be able to fight but " I can still help out " she said raising her arms in the air and began to chant with energy flowing around her body.
" power of the stout arms that tears heaven...Arms! " upon that Ed felt his power grow immensely before taking a quick glance of wendy
( she might not have the appearance of wizard but, she's got the heart of one so that's all that counts thank you wendy ).
" Here's more help! Fast wind that run the heaven...Verneir! " upon saying that Edward felt that his whole body was so much lighter before he flashed forward and got into another sword lock instantly became an intense clash
( at least I got help form the sidelines thank you Wendy ) edward thought to himself before making three brown magic seals appear around him " Earth seal: Gold Rush! " after that three large drills hit the monsters shooed making it shatter before ed destroyed its sword.
Roaring in anger it Mae the sphere reappear and stomped on the ground once again that ed quickly dodged. While Ed was occupied the monster used it's ice breath to make another weapon that was a mixture of an axe and a spear.
It fired beams from its horn while it charged at Ed who deflected it before bracing for impact against its attack. Using the momentum to his advantage ed jumped into the air and began to chant a spell with his hands together in praying manner.
" oh no greater force exists in this world but those who do oppose shall fall! Imperial Earth seal domination: Earth Bind! " upon command the ground then began to surround the monster while taking the shape of rhino heads charging at the monster at full speed.
the monster then laughed before it re summoned the sphere " Frozen world..) when that was said Edwards attack instantly turned to ice making him surprised and shocked
( that was one of my few best spells! I might have to use the burning king ) ed thought to himself before glancing back to Wendy and the group ( no I can beat him with jut one last shot ) he thought to himself as the monster swung it's weapon destroying the ice around him before raising one of its arms into the air.
" hahahahaha! Hahaha! This fight has been fun boy " as it began blue energy began to gather over its hand " but sadly this fight must end! " the agreed energy formed into a giant meteor made of ice. " say goodbye! Ice Age Meteor! " it then threw e attack right at Ed who quickly planted both of his arms onto the ground.
" Not today! Earth seal domination: Rock Tower! " upon command a giant black seal appeared onto the ground in front of Ed before a massive fist made out of black stone shot out of it. Upon impact with the monsters attack the fist shattered it before hitting the monster right in the chest cracking its armor and making it stumble back.
once it got its balance it saw that Ed was gathering energy into his left arm while gritting his teeth cause he was having a hard time doing so. Seeing that Ed could not evade or block the monster laughed before it raised its weapon over its head ready to deliver the final blow.
seeing this Wendy quickly acted " no you don't! " she yelled out as she began to gather air with her cheeks puffing out " Sky Dragons Roar! ". She then released a hurricane like blast from her mouth that made the monster stumble back and it disarmed its weapon.
" your through...Terra Force Maximum! " ed then fired a massive blast of energy that hit the monster square on eventually destroying it and we hen it we destroyed the whole room enveloped in a very bright light making it to hard to see.
" well done May you find what you seek and take a small portion of power " those were the last words before everything went black.
ed groaned waking up and stood up before looking around and saw that all the ice was gone but then saw the group. " are you alright!? " he asked as they just awokened before standing up " yeah we're fine " yoshi exclaimed.
" Hey where the ice? " bowser said looking around " yeah your right it was cold not to long ago " carla said adding to what bowser said.
" Maybe after Edward drafted it everything went back to normal how it should have been? " wendy said trying to get an idea " it did say that it's soul will rest in peace once it was defeated so your right it's moved on to the afterlife " Ed said agreeing before smiling to wendy.
" and Wendy you helped me out there thank you, I would not have defeated it without your help " she blushed " no, I barely did anything " " no you helped make a difference so in the end this victory belongs to all if us " bowser grinned at his brothers saying.
" Yeah bro right we all in this together so bowser agrees " " yosh, you can say that again " bowser was about but she stopped him " ah! It was just a figure of speech ".
" What's that over there? " wendy asked pointing to something on the floor where the monster had stood. They went over ere and found a black book with red, white, brown and blue marking on it with a symbol resembling that of Eds arm.
" Hey that looks like brothers arm " yoshi said comparing the two cause it did " your right " Carla said getting a closer look before picking it up and handed it to ed " I think this is what it meant by the knowledges you seek " " does seem that way ".
As Ed got a hold of it they found themselves outside of the temples entrance " hey weren't we in the ruins just a minute ago? " yoshi asked but got no answer cause media was eyeing the book. " it doesn't matter we completed our quest for now let's return " wendy nodded her head " right"
and so they were now heading back to cait shelter and to pass the time both yoshi and bowser decided to sing just for the heck of it
" whoop! Whoop! " bowser started " our brotheeer! Is awsome ". " oh oh yeah he kicked a giant monsters ass and agave him a new one " bowser added and they began to go along together
" oh oh oh yeah! Whoop! Whoop! Oh oh oh yeah! " " I said our bro is awsome cuss he kicked a giant monsters ass! ".
" Will you to stop that! " carla demanded " that's getting annoying! " " sorry we can't help ourselves " yoshi wandered back making wendy giggle at their actions before looking to ed who kept a firm grip and hold on the book that they found.
" So ed what's gonna happen now? " he shrugged his shoulders " I don't really know " he said now looking at the sky that was now orange and red do tome setting sun " it's hard to believe a lot has happened in such sort time ".
" Yeah it is, listen ed I know it's your choice but would you still please consider joining cait shelter? " " wendy don't try to force him to decide " carla said scolding her. " I'm not trying to Carla! " " you don't have to worry I've already made my decision " he said before looking to her and smiled " why not I'll join your guild ".
" Really? " he nodded to her huge smile " that's so good to hear! Edward I hope we become really good friends I really do "
" same here " Ed replied back before he stopped to look at the sun ( I guess this is the bringing to something that'd change my life, Olof where ever you are I just want to say thank you for helping find my way to the start of my story ).
" Edward! You coming!? " Wendy called out " yeah I'm coming! "
to be continued
whew! Holy crap that's one of the few longest chapters I probably ever typed and made so far! Then again they all kind of seem the same usually. But I wanted to make this one interesting and show off the results of Edwards two year training and how much of a difference there is to when he was only learning magic.
so I made that awsome fight that I sincerely hoped that you all enjoyed.
And I give thanks to the dark dragon emperor for giving me all those reviews and I appreciate the tips you've given me
and if my good old friend Bloodydemon666 is reading this how'd you like it friend?
Well that's enough for tonight and the next few chapters shall be primarily focused on the Oracion Seis acr the only difference is that it'll have a few twists in it compared to the original anime episodes.
Okay now as usual until next time
G King!
Out!
