A/N: New chapter! New Arc! More abilities for Anora! It's here. Let us see how our protagonist will be included in the major events in the story. Will she change it for the better or for worse.

Without any further ado, enjoy the new chapter.

Chapter Seven

The Strongest Team

The guild was everything I hope for in my old life. I had laughs, unique friends, adventure. A bit after me and Erza taught Natsu how to read better, the pink haired boy and Lisanna found Happy's egg in the forest and they brought it in the guild. Not long after it hatched and Happy was born. He really was a blue fur ball of energy, let me tell ya. He and Natsu became best friends right there and then.

That same year Laxus became an S-Rank wizard. After that he kind of changed. He saw every non S-Rank wizard as less than him. I don't quite remember his story from my old life so I just avoided him. I know it was a douchy thing to do but I really didn't want to put up with his antics.

Two years after that, Erza became an S-class wizard. She was the youngest person to ever get through the S-class trials. Of course no one was impressed, we were talking about Erza here… In time she got so popular and the people gave her the nickname Titania.

The next year, after Erza's rank up, Mira was the one who took the trials and passed. She worked really hard to get it because she was really annoyed by the fact that Erza got to S rank before her. It was hilarious. The looks that Mira gave the red haired girl when she came back from the trials had us all laughing on the ground.

The year after that was no cause for laughter though. Since Mira was in S class now she could take S-rank missions. One day she took one that needed a monster defeated. She wanted Lisanna and Elfman to come with her and help her. I still remember seeing Natsu wave off to Lisanna under the tree. Of course I knew what would happen but I kept my mouth shut. I didn't feel like going to the guild that day and I just stayed at home and told everyone I wasn't feeling well.

Only two people returned from the S-class mission… Mira and Elfman.

They created a grave without a body. Mira and Elfman were never the same after that. They told us what happened after a few days. Elfamn stopped using his full power after that and Mira became so never used her power again. She stopped dressing so vulgar and started working behind the bar. She started acting cheerfully and always had a smile but everyone knew the pain that she kept behind it.

Natsu was also quiet for a few days after that. He didn't go on missions and wasn't very cheerful. Who could blame him… Everyone knew how close he and Lisanna were. We tried to cheer him, even Gray didn't pester him, but he told us he would be fine, that he just needed some time.

I felt really bad for everyone. I even cried a bit in my home, away from prying eyes. I built a reputation as a strong person in the guild. One that would laugh and not dwell on the past. But whenever I was alone I would always think about the past and what I really lost. How I felt and now I was the reason for Mira and Elfman to feel the same way I felt so many times. To know I could have prevented this… I couldn't hold the tears when I was at home. The only thing that kept me going was that Lisanna was not really dead. It would just take a long for her to come back…

After these events a guy named Mystogan became an S-rank wizard. I didn't even know we had him in the guild until Master Makarov said his name. Of course I knew his true identity but I never showed I had the knowledge, just like I did with everyone. It was hard at first but as I continued to pretend I didn't know anyone, lying became easy. I was not proud of that fact.

The only thing that I was proud of the time was that I was actually quite good with magic. My magic had become very potent. I didn't fret from a challenge and I would take tough jobs as well. So in the year X783, when I was seventeen, Master spoke my name for the trials of becoming an S-rank wizard. I was shocked to say the least. Me? An S-class? Sure I had learned a few new tricks on my own and I even found some new special abilities for me only, but that was it. I guess not, because I passed! I was an S-class wizard. I can't really tell the details for the trials because that's forbidden. When I came back we had a huge party. Everyone cheered me on and Erza gave me a pat on the shoulder with a well deserved 'congratulations.' The only downside was that Natsu didn't stop pestering me to fight him after that. I agreed once and kicked his butt. He found out that I can be just as scary as Erza when I wanted. Well, he knew back from our teacher to student moments that I could be even scarier.


Currently it's the year X784 and I'm eighteen years old. Time did pass quite fast. And I was very aware that the timeline I knew was beginning. How did I know? For one it was the year X784. Two, at the moment I was sharing a bedroom with Erza in a hotel, on our way back from a mission. The little hint I got was the big horn that the villagers decorated for us as a gift for stopping the monster, the horn belonged to. For a big monster it wasn't that tough really. I guess the quote from my old life 'the bigger they are the harder they fall' was true.

It's midnight right now and Erza is already sleeping and I'm just staying up reading these moments off my diary. It had gotten quite big through the years. I didn't know it was enchanted so it can never be finished. It always added pages to itself when it was over. It was quite convenient.

I sighed at the fond memories. I knew that when we get back to the guild the hectic timeline begins. I remember the start of the anime how Erza is introduced. With the big horn that was currently sitting the middle of the room.

I sighed and put my violet diary in my azure bad and drifted off to sleep. Something told me tomorrow is going to be one heck of a day.

The next day we were off to Fairy Tail. Erza with her cart of luggage. You know… I was always thinking 'man that's probably not that much luggage' when I was watching it form the other side of the screen. But in real life that thing was full of crap that I don't even know how she put in there.

At the moment we were a few minutes away from the guild. I was in my beloved dress which had now grown in size just as i had. It was something like Natsu's waistcoat but with long, loose sleeves and blue, purple and white colors. We were just nearing the guild when I heard with my dragon hearing a yell from the guild doors after a big bang.

"I've got bad news! It's Erza and Anora! They are on their way back here" Loki yelled with a voice devoid of breath. The follow up form the guild was screams of terror.

I couldn't hold back the giggle that was trying to escape so hard.

"They know we are coming right?" Erza asked me, seeing as I giggled for no reason.

"Yep." I said, giving her a big toothy smile. In the years my teeth became even sharper.

HMP

Was all that came from Erza. We had left the luggage at our places before coming so at the moment Erza was only dragging the horn along with us. Did I mention it was bigger than her and she was holding it above her head with one hand ?

We entered the guild. It was a complete silence. I almost laughed out loud. In the years we grew up everyone learned to respect Erza… fearfully. While I had the reputation of making everyone life's easier so that what I always tried to calm Erza down.

"We have returned." Erza announced confidently, placing the huge horn in the middle of the guild making a mini earthquake. "Where is Master Makarov?" She asked the guild.

I instantly noticed that Lucy had already joined the guild and was currently dressed in a red T-shirt. I smiled lightly at that. This ment that Natsu had taken her on her first adventure together and they were already a team.

"Welcome back girls." Mira said ,cheerfully. "The Master is at a conference right now." She continued.

"I see…" Erza commented.

"So uhm… what's that humongous thing you got there?" Max asked with a sweat drop on his head.

"It's the horn of a monster we defeated. The locals were so thankful, they decorated it and gave it to us as a souvenir." Erza said with her hands on her hips, then she turned to face Max. "Do you have a problem with it?"

Of course Max and the guy next to him started blabbering about the fact that hey have no problem with it, doing so while trembling in fear. Not impressed.

After that Erza started scolding everyone as usual and a sweat drop formed on my head while I listened next to her.

"Come on Erza don't be so harsh on everyone." I tried to calm her down with a huge smile.

I heard a bit of Lucy's comments about us with my hearing, while she was talking to Mira. I only got some lines as '… Erza's still saner than most…' and 'Well… at least that girl there looks normal.' Welp that's all I heard before I picked up Mira telling her not to speak about us because I had sharp hearing at which Lucy yelped quietly and looked at me and I just winked at her.

"Are Natsu and Gray here?" Asked Erza. Seeing them hug each other I almost fell to the ground laughing. Haven't seen them do that in a while.

Sweat pouring through them like waterfalls, Gray answered. "Oh… hey there Erza. Just hanging out like good friends tend to do…"

"Aye!" Natsu confirmed, while Lucy was dumbfounded and asked why the pink haired boy was acting like Happy.

"That's great. I'm quite pleased to see the two of you getting along so well." She said with crossed hands. Then she turned to them with a playful smirk. "However, it's only natural for even the best of friends to lock horns every now and again."

Sweat was now coming faster than the Niagara falls from the two.

"I don't know if we are the best of friends." Gray had the courage to speak. "Aye!" Natsu confirmed in fear.

"What's gotten into Natsu?" Lucy asked, shock in her eyes.

"He's scared." Mira explained behind them.

"A few years back he challenged Erza to a fight and she beat him up real bad. Then last year he challenged Anora and she beat him up too."

"HUH!?" Lucy yelped.

Then Mira went on to tell her, everyone we've beaten in the past and Lucy just stared at us in shock and awe.

"Natsu. Gray. We need you to do us a favour." I crossed my hands at Erza's words. It was time for serious talk. The boys got the memo and they started listening too.

She told them that we heard some rumors and we needed help and since they are two of the strongest wizards in the guild we need their help exactly. Everyone started whispering between each other that we actually acknowledged them as two of the strongest wizards.

"We'll meet at the train station tomorrow morning."

"Erza, Anora, Gray and Natsu? Working together? I never saw that one coming." Said Mira in the background with her hand on her chin. "This could be…" Her eyes suddenly widened. "…The most powerful team, Fairy Tail has ever seen." And with that everything was set. After the explanation Erza left for Fairy Hills telling us she wanted some rest before tomorrow while I went to talk to the two boys who looked ready to kill each other. Of course the barrage of insults started right away.

"Come on guys, knock it off. It's only one job." I tried to stop their fighting, even though I was always amused by it.

"I can't work with the Ice Princess here!" Natsu said.

"Yeah same goes for me, I can't go with Flame Breath over there." Gray countered. Both looking the other way of each other, corssing their arms.

I sighed. Time for some action.

"Do I have to remind you that Erza is not the only one that can be scary?" I flashed them a glare that Erza taught me so I can deal with them.

Lucy looked from the side scared from my tone and glare.

The boys just looked at me, new panic in their eyes.

"No ma'am." They both said in unison.

I relaxed my features.

"Good. Now get some rest. Tomorrow is gonna be a big day." I said going towards the exit but before I did I went near Lucy.

"Hey. You must be new here?" She nodded.

"I'm Anora, nice to meet you." I said extending my hand.

"My name is Lucy and I just recently joined the guild." The girl smiled at me brightly.

"That's good to hear. Say I saw that you know Natsu. Those two are going to be at each others throats the entire time and I will need a hand keeping them in check while Erza isn't watching, wanna come?" I asked innocently.

"Who? Me?" The girl asked in shock.

"Well since you know Natsu I'm sure you can think of something. To be honest I need another person to watch them besides me because, if I really have to step in, I'm afraid that there will be no Natsu and Gray left so argue between." I said with the most innocent smile and Lucy just stared at me with horror in her eyes. I laughed out loud mentally, I always liked teasing people with empty threats like that.

"Well the decision is yours at the end of the day but I do hope I get to see you tomorrow at the train station." I said as I started walking out the guild.

The next day we were sitting at a bench with Happy and Lucy, who at the time was holding Plue in here hands. We were watching Natsu and Gray having at each other while every person that was at the station was looking towards us.

"Let's just pretend we don't know them." Said Lucy, hiding her face with her hair.

"I thought it was your job to keep them at bay." Happy spoke, muffled, noming on a fish.

"They are hopeless." Lucy answered, defeated.

"I'll allow it this once." I said with crossed hands and a smile. "They are always like that, we just need to keep an eye on them while we are on the mission so as to not fail it."

At that moment Erza came with her huge luggage.

"Sorry I'm late. Have you been waiting long?" She asked, casually.

"No not really." Answered Lucy with a smile, turning her head towards Erza before she froze at the sheer amount of things the red haired girl brought with her.

"All those belong to you!?" Lucy exclaimed in shock.

"It's time to go good buddy!" Gray said while, hugging Natsu. "Aye! Haha" The pink haired boy confermed.

"Listen, one Happy is enough!" Lucy yelled.

"Good. I really love to see the two of you getting along." Erza said gently, turning her head towards me and Lucy.

"Hi Erza." I greeted, lifting an arm to wave at her.

"Hello Anora." She greeted back. "And what was your name?" She turned towards Lucy. "I believe I saw you at the guild yesterday." She continued. At the moment I was watching Gray and Natsu reeking with magical energy ready to unleash it on one another and was trying to hold back my laughter as Erza turned for a second and they were back to hugging. I never did tire of those three's antics.

Lucy greeted her and explained why she is with us while Erza told her about the rumors she heared about Lucy. It was a funny first introduction, that much I can say. Finally the boys stopped fighting and Natsu turned towards us with a serious expression.

"Hey, Erza, Anora, I'll come with you but only under one condition." He said. My interest was perked so I listened in as Erza asked him. "Oh? Well then, let's hear it?" She asked casually. Gray just yelled at Natsu to shut up.

"Kay!" he said holding a fist to his head. "I want a rematch with you two when we get back to Fairy Tail." He exclaimed excitedly. Lucy, Plue and Happy were shocked while Gray asked him if he had some kind of a death wish.

"I'm a lot stronger than I was last time! This time will be way different. Cus I'm gonna beat you both" He told us, his eye twitching. I of course being my carefree, cheerful self was all on board.

"Yeah! That's gonna be fun. It'll be just like old times when I kicked your butt." I said, sticking my tongue out and closing my right eye.

"Oh it's going to be fun alright, but I'm not the one that's going to be eating dirt this time Anora." He said with a smirk.

"You're on! When we get back to Fairy Tail I'll show you a thing or two." We were watching each other now, both with faces screaming I ain't losing to you!

Erza was next to pick up the challenge.

"Yes, I can tell you've improved. As to weather or not you can beat me, I suppose we'll have to see. I accept your challenge." She said calmly.

"Oh yeah! I'm fired up now!" Natsu exclaimed as his head caught on fire.

The train arrived and we all climbed on board. Gray and Natsu sat next to each other, Happy in the middle on the one end of the seats while me, Erza and Lucy were on the other end, Erza in the middle.

As the train started, loathe and behold, me and Natsu were going to die.

"I swear, you're totally pathetic. One minute you're picking up fights and the next you're like this." Gray said to Natsu while looking out the window.

"It's gotta be tough for them to be getting from place to place." Lucy looked at both of us with pitty.

Erza stood with crossed arms. "Don't worry. They'll be fine." She said with a smirk. "Come her and sit with me Natsu."

Lucy and Natsu switched places.

Erza grabbed the both of us by the shoulders and spoke to us while we were having a hard time doing anything. "Now, just relax you two." She said calmly.

Not long after, she punched us both in the stomach with such force that I fell unconscious and probably Natsu was the same. I was getting used to Erza doing that when we traveled.


I woke up still on the train, but no sign of the others.

'Great! Erza forgot about us, again, after she pulverized us.' I moaned, but stopped right after, before I could vomit. I had my eyes bearly opened and saw that Natsu was already up as well.

"Aw…man... they forgot about us…" I moaned as I held my stomach. Natsu didn't comment.

"Well look at what we have here. Two Fairy Tail wizards." I heard someone talking and when I looked up I saw the man me and Erza spied on in that tavern, Kageyama…

"How's the guild treating ya these days?" He asked coming towards us with a smile plastered on his face. "Is it worth sticking around?"

"What?" Natsu asked weakly. And just like that a boot flied to his face and Natsu crossed his arms. My eyes widened but I couldn't do much, I could bearly move.

"Don't act all high and mighty just because you are in a legal guild, mister fairy. You guys will just blindly follow the Magic council and do you know how you look like to us? Harmless, little flies!" The man mocked.

Natsu set his fists aflame and stood up.

"Guess I hit a nerve." The man said with his hands in his pockets.

"You..." He started but the train suddenly jumped a bit and Natsu's flames died down as he was about to puke.

The man laughed. "What kind of magic is that? Let me show you how it's done!" He said as a purple magical circle was created beneath him. Shadow sprung forth and knocked Natsu on the ground.

"Oi. Stupid face, why don't mess with someone who can fight back properly." I tried to sound confident but I failed miserably when I put my hand to my mouth to hold back the vomit.

"And you are the one that can fight back missy? Don't make my laugh!" Suddenly shadows started flying my way. My eyes widened as the projectiles flew towards me. Just as they were about to hit me the train suddenly stopped and I was sent flying towards the seats in front of me, dodging the shadows.

"Man, that's gonna leave a mark." I said muffled form the seat in which my face landed.

As I lifted my form and my vision was focused again I saw Natsu and Kageyama on the floor and some kind of a wooden stick on the floor. It had a skull with three as an end.

Natsu stood up. "What's that?" He looked at the artifact. "You saw it!" The man exclaimed.

"That's enough out of you! It's payback time!" Natsu yelled at him as he punched his two fists into one another.

"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" He yelled, as he charged towards the man. "Guard Shadow" The man bellowed as he put his hands in a cross sign and shadows moved up in front of him as a shield. The impact made an explosion and the man was sent flying. "Lucky shot." He said waekly from the ground.

"Little fly huh?" Natsu said holding a fist to his face with a huge smirk.

I just watched with crossed hands behind him. "Natsu! You overdid it again. You blew up the train."

A sweat drop formed on his face. "It's not my fault the stupid thing doesn't hold up against my fire." He said pouting before a woman's voice got out attention. It was coming from the train's speakers.

"Attention all passengers. Our emergency stop was a false alarm. We'll be departing again, shortly."

"Oh crap, we gotta go Anora." He said as he took his and my luggage.

"Hold it right there!" The man stood up, with bruises all over his face. "I'm not letting you get away that easily. You're messing with Eisenwald now." The man threatened.

"Oh so you're with Eisenwald huh? I'll show you…" Before he finished his sentence a two lights one violet-white and the other blue-white that were dancing around each other flung towards the man and knocked him out cold.

Natsu just looked at me with shock, as both my hands were to one another after casting "Arcane Dragon Twin Blast".

"What was that for?! I was just gonna kick his butt outside!" I just crossed my hands.

"You were stealing all the fun and he was talking too much. I wanted in on the action. Who would have thought that he wouldn't be able to take even that…" I said pouting.

The train suddenly started moving slowly and we both made green faces. Natsu saw Erza driving in the magical car near the train and started running towards the window ready to jump before I grabbed him by the scarf.

'Blink' I thought as imagined where we will reappear, right on top of Erza's car. And that's where we were right now. Only back side was… Natsu landed on to of Gray. Erza pulled the breaks and the car stopped. Everyone hopped of the evil contraption. Gray and Natsu were on the ground and I was near them, my legs shaking and my hand on my mouth.

Erza hurried towards us.

"Natsu, Anora, are you alright?" Everyone got up.

"That hurt you idiot!" Gray yelled at Natsu.

"Shut up ya Icy freak! How come you guys left us on the train!"

"I'm just glad you two are ok." Erza beamed.

"Yeah we are fine…" I said, now better that we weren't riding something.

"I apologize. It was all my fault." She said as she pulled Natsu for a crushing hug and tried to reach for me. He was caught in her clutches while I just jumped back knowing what will happen.

"It's ok!" Me and Natsu yelled before she could crushed him.

"Yeah, we are fine Erza. We are just a bit shacken because we got attacked by a weirdo on the train. He said he was with Eisenwal." At that Erza slapped him really hard and a sweat drop formed on my head.

'Oh… bother, I forgot we were chasing them in all that commotion.'

"You idiot, that is exactly who we are chasing on this mission, why did you let him get away!"

"What the? This is the first time I hear about this?!" He said holding his cheek in confusion.

"I explained everything on the train! You should listen when people talk to you!" I could hear Lucy saying something of the sort 'She already forgot she knocked them out...' from where she stood with Gray. Erza turned towards me with an angry glare and I smiled nervously, waving my hand at her as to gesture a 'Hi'.

"And you! You already know about this, you were with me when we overheard them!" She yelled in my ear.

I poked at my now, deaf dragon ear. "It was a bit hard to focus when my stomach was spinning ya know, because someone knocked us out and left us on the train." I yelled at her, crossing my hands in the process and turning my nose up, like the child I sometimes was.

We explained to them what happened and Lucy had a small revelation. She told us that the wooden flute thingy, Lullaby was a death sort of magic. After that Erza prepared the car and gave us the command to hop on in.

"So, the ones we are chasing are on the that train huh?" She said to no one in particular. "Hold on!"

As soon as she yelled that, we were already in our seats and the car flew so fast that me and Natsu didn't even realize when we got our motion sickness again. For some reason Gray was on top of the car again like when I blinked to them, I bet he was regretting that decision right now! I could hear him bounce up and down up there, clinging to the car for dear life.

"Hey, slow down Erza! You are using too much of your power, driving this thing." He shouted.

Me and Natsu were just sitting there, Natsu looked like he wasn't even on Earth and I was probably looking like a zombie at the moment while Lucy was giving us a pity stare and Happy had his paws in the air, shock on his face from the crazy driving.

"I have no choice but to press onward! We are running out of time. If Erigor gets his hands on that death magic, trust me, lives will be lost!" Erza yelled as the car continued forward with maximum speed.

And so, we were marching towards our first major event, the car jumping from the small rocks that it was hitting from the sheer amount of speed, Erza's magic was giving out.

A/N: Done! First chapter of the Lullaby arc. Next chapter will be my second action scene. I hope this one will be even better than the last one!

If you guys are wondering about the 'Blink' ability it will be explained in the next chapter.

Until then, I'll see ya all in the next chapter!