~Lucy Heartifilia's POV~

We made most of the remaining days to train with our guildmates. Of course, Natsu immediately challenged everyone. Only a few took his challenge, namely Erza, Gajeel, Gray and Laxus. No doubt he lose to Erza and Laxus within seconds. Natsu defeated Gajeel but not before almost completely wrecking the guild. Gray and Natsu's duel ended shortly as it started because Master Makarov hit them flat in his Titan magic due to the repair costs from Natsu's battle against Gajeel the day before. I continued training and seeking advice from Capricorn. Wendy joined me to practice new Sky Dragon Slayer spells coming from her observation from the other Dragon Slayers. Juvia, well, Juvia's Juvia, she just swooned over and stalked Gray all the time. Mirajane just continued her daily guild routines.

Three days came to a flash. Fairy Tail went out to Crocus for the Grand Magic Games and met up to Honeybone Inn. The same rule during the elimination back then was in use. All teams must be in their respective inns by midnight. We tried to guess what the elimination game will be but this is the Grand Magic Games. The games themselves were unpredictable. Once in a while, I browsed through the gathered members looking for any new face. All of us, more or less, we're expecting to finally know the identity of this mysterious Fairy General. The First Master hadn't even made any appearance since the announcement of team members. We all decided to pass the time by strolling around Crocus.

Quarter to midnight, both representative teams returned to the inn. Fairy Tail team B still lack one member which worried Master Makarov. As the clock struck midnight, the inn began to shake and rise above ground. We quickly looked outside. Floating above Crocus was a white platform with golden diamond-like patterns. A huge dark blue sphere floated above the platform. Long marble roads floated and connected to the platform and the inns in a maze-like fashion. Standing on the end of each marble road was a flag of a guild. The blue sphere rippled and the face of Matos, the pumpkin mascot and judge of Games (who was actually the King), appeared.

"Good evening to everyone-kabo! Tonight, we will have an elimination game which will decide which eight lucky teams will compete in the Grand Magic Games, win 30 million jewels, and be known as Fiore's strongest guild-kabo!"

"Of course! That would be Fairy Tail!" Natsu grinned.

"This year's elimination game is called Aerial Dash. The rules of the game are simple-kabo. Every team is given a flag with the insignia of their guild. The goal of the game is to bring the flag on this platform-kabo. The first eight teams who bring their flags on the platform will be the ones to compete in the Games. Of course, the use of magic is allowed and the team must be complete of members-kabo."

"My, my. Lookslike our team is in trouble." Mirajane said.

"Master had informed the organizers that Fairy Tail will be having two teams again, that's why we have two flags ready. But the only problem is that Team B still lacks one member." Erza said.

"What should we do?" Juvia asked.

"This is troublesome." Laxus said.

"Yeah." Gajeel agreed."We don't have time for VIP treatment."

"The elimination round starts now! There is no time limit-kabo. Good luck, everyone!" His face disappeared and a loud horn sounded.

"We're going now. Are you guys going to be alright?" Erza said.

"Don't worry about us." Laxus said. "If we don't win this, it will depress Gramps and even the First Master."

"Nooooo! Juvia will not be able to show off how powerful she is to Gray-sama!"

"J-Juvia! Cut it out!"

"Goodluck!" Mirajane waved.

We nodded and took off. Erza grabbed one of Fairy Tail's flag and we dashed toward the direction of the platform.