The girls sprinted through the Magnolia streets. Laura kept and ear out for traps. She warned Lyla about the one to her left, they dodged. She slowed down slightly. "There's less the further we get."

They halted to a stop. Lyla asked, "Then where are they clustered?"

"More up north." Laura led the way. While listening for enchantments, she heard someone else's magic appear behind them. She didn't have to look behind her to jump onto Lyla so the green bullets missed. She created a crystalized wall around them as a safety precaution.

When the magical bullets ceased fire, Laura jumped into a defensive stand, Lyla copying her.

"Bickslow…" The younger girl snarled.

"So that's his name?"

Five wooden dolls floated around him. They stood on a roof of a building in front of a toy shop. Bickslow crouched on the top of the flagpole on the roof.

"Looks like we got two cuties to play with." The wizard grinned, sticking his tongue out as he spoke.

"Cuties! Cuties!" The dolls echoes.

"And he's a creep…" Laura snarled through gritted teeth.

"Too bad you're not wearing those sexy outfits the Miss Fairy Tail girls had." He shrugged.

"And a pervert." Lyla added.

"Alright babies... Time to tear it up!" Bickslow commanded his dolls. They started firing bullets again.

"Where are the traps!?" Lyla yelled while the girls dodged the bullets. One skimmed Laura's leg.

"Just stay up here! We're good!" She shouted back while wincing in pain. They regrouped, then Lyla shot shadow lances with her make magic.

"No! My babies!" Bickslow cried, "What am I gonna do…! My poor babies!" He laughed, "Psych!"

Laura had a feeling this fight wouldn't be too easy. Laxus would want his allies to be stronger than that.

"For me, this is more than just a toy shop. It's an armoury!" He explained while five toy dolls rose from the store.

"He can control dolls?" The older woman asked in shock.

"Nah, these are just tools. What I really control are souls."

"Dammit…" Lyla snarled. The dolls zipped around the girls. Laura couldn't predict where the dolls would be with all their laughing. She ended up breaking a few of them, though.

"It's totally pointless. These are souls, ladies, you can't hurt 'em. You can destroy their bodies, but I'll just move them on to somethin' else." Bicklow explained, "That means I get new babies!"

Laura leapt onto the roof of the toy shop, trusting Lyla to deal with the dolls.

"Beat him up already!" She heard her friend yell.

"Disturbed!" Laura shouted, casting a magic circle beneath her. A loud screeching noise shout all around her. Bicklow clutched his ears in pain.

"Crap. Looks like it's time for the big guns…" He took off his helmet, cracking his neck before opening his eyes. "Figure eyes." A green glow emitted around him.

"Laura, close your eyes!" Lyla shouted from below. The woman followed orders. "All of the Thunder Legion members have secondary magic in their eyes. Bickslow turns you into another of his dolls if you look at his eyes."

Bickslow cackled, "My possession and figure eyes combo is unbeatable, and you guys won't give it so much as a look? Come on…!"

"Laura!"

"Got it!" Laura kept her eyes close, using sound to move around. She raised her hands and casted a spell, another screeching noise shooting out directly at Bickslow. "Sound Make: Glove." She whispered, a crystalized gloved forming around her fist. She swung in to punch him, using Sound Palm to transmit a powerful soundwave to Bickslow's body. It would be considered Sound Fist, though.

Bickslow flew back at the impact, creating a trail of broken buildings as he rammed into them. Laura then gave her friend the okay to open her eyes and jump to the toy shop.

"I suppose I went overboard." The older woman stated.

"I wouldn't care, but you kinda…" Lyla pointed at her ear. Laura placed two fingers on her own. When looking at them, she found blood. It started to trickle down her face. "Crap. I had a streak going, too…"

"Still haven't found anything on that problem?"

"Haven't found a sound wizard like me. On top of that, books are kind of useless to me."

Lyla stifled a laugh, making a weird face. "Looks like I'm finally catching up to you! I can even read in my sleep."

"I'd like to see you try!" Laura sighed, "Come on, we better find Laxus."

She led the way, Lyla giggling behind her. She warned the younger girl for enchantments. She also saw some guildmates fighting each other, having to obey the rules Freed placed.

Laura skidded to a stop, Lyla doing the same. Anyone this close to the church would've heard the sounds of lightning magic and explosions. Lyla still had to be kept on a leash with her hatred towards Laxus blinding her.

When they arrived, Erza Scarlet fought Laxus with one of her magical armour sets. Laura couldn't stop Lyla before she literally leapt into action to swing a punch at Laxus, landing on Natsu's head when doing so. He laid there, unconscious.

"Erza! What's with those orbs in the sky?" Lyla asked Erza. Laura looked up. There were countless yellow orbs in the sky. There seemed to be lightning magic coming from it.

"That's called Thunder Palace. They'll electrocute the town if we don't stop them soon." The redhead answered, "Laxus placed body link magic on them, so we risk our lives just destroying one."

"Then we destroy them all at once." Laura suggested. She stood beside the gaping whole in the wall that was once the front doors.

"Then that's What we'll do." Erza ran outside, ordering Laura to follow. She looked back at Lyla, who nodded. Nodding back, she followed the older woman.

Erza took them to an empty spot in town. She requipped into armour she called Heaven's Wheel, which resembled and angel suited for combat.

She began summoning swords they appeared around her quickly, but started to slow as her magical energy depleted.

"How many of those can you hit at once?" She asked.

Laura analyzed the situation. Her ears were already bleeding, so no point in holding back now. "If I get close enough, at most three using a wide ranged spell."

Erza huffed after summoning another sword, "Even with that, I still need to summon another one hundred swords."

Just then, a man's voice echoed in Laura's head. Erza responded to the voice, too.

"Hey Fairy Tail, can you hear me?" He asked.

"That's Warren…"

Laura hasn't heard of anyone with that name, but some guildmates spoke about a wizard with telepathy magic returning to the guild for the festival. That must be him.

Warren pointed out Thunder Palace to anyone who heard him. "We're gonna have to pull together. So get off your butts and lend us a hand. If any of you are still fighting, just give it a rest for a second."

That's right… some wizards are still caught in enchantments.

He explained the purpose of Thunder Palace and how Laxus planned on using it in a few minutes, trying to convince everyone to work together.

"Wait a minute, how did you find out about the Thunder Palace, Warren?" Erza asked. So not only could he speak to them, but they could speak to him as well. Laura better watch what she says then, if she decides to talk at all.

Gray responded to Erza's question. He told Warren about the palace so he could tell the rest. Everyone in range of the telepathy magic started catching up on the events that happened today. All the petrified Miss Fairy Tail pageants have been freed, which explains Erza running around.

"There's one problem." Warren explained, "My telepathy can't reach al the way to the guild hall, so we'll have to make due with the people who can hear me."

"Hold it right there, Warren!" It sounded like Max, the pageant's announcer's voice, "Why should I do what you say after what you did to me?" He must be referring to fighting in one of the traps.

"Hey! I'm sorry about that. I-I-I swear it wasn't anything personal, I was just desperate to save the girls!"

Everyone started arguing over the fights faced with the other wizards. Laura cupped her ears in pain, but that didn't help since their voices echoed in her head.

"Will you shut up?!" Laura yelled. Everyone stopped. "Some of us would like to keep our eardrums in tact! If this is how you so called Fairy Tail wizards treat each other, then I say I've made a mistake coming here! I joined this guild because I was told how amazing, powerful, and friendly the wizards were, but right now, you're all just a bunch of children fighting because you lost a game of tag! What kind of guild is that?!" She huffed, realizing she didn't take a breath between sentences.

Lucy continued for her, "Laura's right. The citizens of Magnolia are in danger and we're the only ones who can help them. So we're gonna have to work together! I know that I'm still fairly new to Fairy Tail, but I promise you I love being a part of this guild just as much as the rest of you. If none of you are up to the challenge, then I'll do this alone. I'll destroy those things myself!"

The blond made her touching speech. By the end, Everyone thanked her and praised her. Laura didn't expect any credit, but Macao told her, "You did a good job, Laura. You may not show it, but you have a lot of Fairy Tail spirit in ya."

Laura growled, her cheeks turning pink, "My ears were just hurting okay, old man! Now, let's do what Lucy said and work together, or whatever."

Erza chuckled. Laura growled defensively in response.

"I'll take the two hundred to the north." The redhead returned to the task at hand, "Everybody else can take the rest . We can do this!"

Laura leapt roof to roof until she could reach the tallest. She jumped into the sky, using the sound from one of her spells to cast her up, then controlled the soundwaves from her screaming to maximize their power and slice through three orbs before falling back down.

She watched all the other orbs be destroyed by her guildmates' magic, sparkly dust from the glass of the orbs falling like now. It looked so pretty, but this moment of peace was quickly interrupted by the body link magic kicking in. Laura got electrocuted, screaming in pain.

When the lightning stopped, she could hear her body sizzling, and her skin felt fried. She became dizzy and tipped over, falling from the roof to the road. No one stood around her to see her pathetic state, luckily.

Laura just laid there, silent until a certain shadow wizard ran up to her.

"You okay?" Lyla asked in concern.

She grunted in pain, "Yeah, I used just enough to destroy one so my ears won't get worse." Lies. She just didn't want Lyla worrying.

The girl smiled, lowering her mask, "Let's go to the infirmary. Since Erza is back to herself, I assume the rest of the girls are, as well."

"This concerns me, why?" Laura asked as her friend helped her up and walked her back to the guild.

"That means Mirajane can tend to your injuries."

"I guess that's important." Laura saw a white light emit from the church. It was Laxus, and Natsu still there for all she knew, so who could've cast that spell? "What was that…?"

"That was… Fairy Law. Master Makarov used it once." Lyla explained, "It deals great damage to those the caster sees as enemies. That old man has no use in using it, so I can only assume Laxus casted it."

"We're not hurt besides what we felt beforehand…"

"Exactly. That must mean Laxus truly cares about everyone here." She sighed in disappointment, "That also means it's pointless in fighting him, I guess." Laura let a smile slip through her lips, "Out of curiosity, who would be affected if you casted Fairy Law?"

"Laxus along with the rest of Thunder Legion, of course."

Laura could hear the pitch in her voice and her heartbeat. "Just remember: I can tell if you're telling the truth or not."