Laptop boot up speed is something like 5 minutes for some reason so Im not even going to use it right now. Desktop ftw? Buh, week is going to be long...

Anyways, here we have a nice peaceful scene.

Enjoy.

Christian and his son were holding the main roads to Arcana with an iron grip. Once the road fell, all was lost. However, the news that the summer palace had burnt down were not lost among the ears of the generals and rumors began to spread. And finally, Christian himself heard the rumors. Christian was natrually bad at everything but he wasnt a bad father. And naturally, he was worried about his daughter. But there was another thing that Christian had overlooked in his intitial grief. The people rallied behind the princess. It was not Christian or his son that the people held loyalty to. It was Sabrina. And with rumors circulating that Sabrina had been kidnapped or killed in the palace fire meant that the citizens of Fiore no longer had a authority figure they could trust to rally behind. The public was in diarray and a threat was slowly but surely emerging on the horizon besides the Garlan Consulate.

Wizard Council

Guran Doma sat at the head of the council table head, alone, thinking. He was distressed to say the least. With each passing hour, the Wizard Council and Fiore dug themselves in a deeper and deeper hole. But where did that hole lead? Guran was a sharp man although being very old. He knew the threat of a Garlan takeover but he knew a threat much closer to home that could split the country in half. Some sort of storm was brewing. But he didnt know what that storm exactly was. It was a just a small series of mage clashes. A few fights here and there. Each time the mages had run from the scene, not witnesses and the victim's memories were always foggy.

"Tis a bad time for such activities..." Guran said gravely to himself as he looked down at the report before him.

The other council members had gone home or elsewhere and only the silence of the building was left to accompany the old council head.

"Let us assume that this distrubance grows bigger. We would have a war on two fronts. One in the magical world and one in the physical world...mages fighting mages in the mainland and the military fighting invaders along the coast." Guran said to himself as he though furiously, using his arcane knowledge to find a solution.

But the solution did not come. The only possible solution is that the threat didint become large enough to attract the attention of the guilds and military. And what about the princess? If she truly was dead...the boyguard team would have failed and they would have to be recalled to fight on the magical front. That would increase the chances of neutralizing the magical threat but it styill wouldnt solve the physical threat. And even worse, the enemy had mages as well.

Guran Doma just sighed and he pushed the report to the side. Too many problems rising up at once. It reminded him of the collapse of the Hijan Empire. The economy was terrible, inflation was at a height, the capital city had been destroyed in a recent invasion, the military had been in disarray and the plague was recorded to have set in a few days after. The result? The collapse of the Hijan Empire and the beginning of the Royal Kingdom of Fiore. And now, it was their turn to fall.

"The gods have abandoned us..." the wizard said, almost all hope leaving his body.

Yanma

The city was quiet, despite it being early in the afternoon. The city only had a total of twelve residents but the amount of houses that were in the small village could have housed at least four more families. But it was better for the group as they could easily have shelter in the houses without pushing the original residents out. The nobles had put the princess to sleep in one of the houses and left a few of the Fairy Tail mages to guard her. Hikari, Izaya and Erza were meeting about how the city would be guarded if the enemy were to somehow find them. But they didnt realize that the enemy were closer than they thought.

...

Sabrina woke slowly, smelling several different fragrances at once. She opened her eyes slowly, expecting to see soldiers guarding her but instead she saw a wall, colored a slight orange color. She heard no voices besides the sounds of people outside of the room. Where was she? All she could remember was...that horrible noise. That horrible noise that had shredded the wood straight off the carriage and then everything had gone black. Perhaps she had been taken to safety? Although that was highly unlikely...

The princess looked at her clothes, suddenly aware that her original clothes were gone. She was wearing the clothes that were in the carriage! She immediately grew red in the face, wondering who had dressed her in the new clothes. She rolled over and almost screamed when she saw the pink haired man staring down at her. His eyes were looking at her with fascination and for some reason, there was a cat walking back and forth at the doorway.

"You sleep weird. I mean, like you move back and forth instead of just sitting there." the man said suddenly, causing Sabrina to grow red in the face again.

"Are you saying that YOU were the one who undressed me?" she shouted at the man who simply leaned back against the wall and closed his eyes.

The man shook his head calmly, still closing his eyes.

"No, you can thank Erza and Lucy later. I was just ordered to guard you. And I was only here for a few hours. Popsicle was watching you the majority of the night." he said, grinning at the word 'popsicle'.

"Shut up Natsu." came the reply from another room.

Sabrina nodded slowly and stood up, looking at everything around her. It was a bare room besides the bed and the walls were all the strange ornage color. Sabrina looked at the man who had been called "Natsu". He was strange for sure. Wearing a scaled white scarf, a dark blue vest and slightly puffy white pants.

"I...Is your name Natsu?" the princess asked, still slightly afraid of the man.

"Natsu Dragneel at your service! Kicking ass since 777!" Natsu shouted suddenly, making the princess jump back, startled by the sudden increase in volume.

The cat suddenly stopped walking back and forth in front of the door and looked at Natsu, looking a bit concerned.

"Natsu, stop making the princess scared." the cat said, making the princess look at the cat in disbelief.

Natsu looked at the cat and grinned.

"Sorry about that Happy. I guess I got carried away." Natsu said as he laughed.

"T..talking cats?" the princess said, still not believing the cat had spoken.

Natsu looked at Sabrina, a weird look on his face. This girl was weird. She didnt believe in talking cats?

"Sure it did. Happy, my friend. Hes an Exceed. What, you dont have exceeds in the palace?" Natsu asked, looking at the princess.

"Aye sir!" the cat said in agreement, smiling broadly.

Sabrina just shook the surprise off and sighed. This was just a strange week filled with new discoveries and thrilling adventures. She tried to move out of the room but Natsu and Happy blocked her. She stepped back and frowned.

"Alright, talking cat or not, I need to leave the room." Sabrina said, feeling annoyed.

Natsu and Happy shook their heads really fast and Sabrina just frowned even more.

"I am Sabrina de Flarina and I command you to move." she said, hoping that her full name was enough to get the man and talking cat to move.

Instead, it made Natsu take a step forward, forcing Sabrina back as she didnt want to confront Natsu who was twice her size.

"You arent a princess right now. Just say please." Natsu said to the princess.

Sabrina sighed and Natsu stepped back to the door with Happy. There really was no way to change their minds. She curtsied graceously and smiled.

"May I please leave the room?" she asked, hoping it worked.

"No."

"Oh come on!"

Garlan HQ

Sara was staring down at a map when several black armored soldiers came in holding a sack. It was huge and there seemed to be something big inside. Sara looked at the sack with interest as the soldiers got on their knees.

"Great mother, we bring you Sabrina de Flarina, the daughter of King Christian I." the soldiers said as Sara motioned for them to stand.

The soldiers quickly untied the bag and out popped, Noel. Sara stared at Noel for a good few seconds and recognition hit her full in the face. But by then, the soldiers had aimed their rifles at the man and shouted for reenforcements. Sara trembled and her voice was shaky as she spoke to the man who looked at her with a familiar smile.

"B...brother?" the queen said, getting a nod from the man.

By then, at least a dozen soldiers had surrounded him and when they saw Sara hug the man, the soldiers immediately dropped to their knees. Noel looked at the soldiers and he smiled.

"Well, its good to be with family once again."

Small forest near Yanma

Raigeki and Roxas walked through the light forest, chatting about all they had missed during their own adventures. Roxas was 5'10", short red hair with a black streak down the left side of his face, and bronze eyes. He wore a red, button down, short sleeved dress shirt under a milk white trench coat, black pants with a brown belt, and crimson shoes. He also had 2 rings, silver bands, one on his right ring finger the other on his left middle finger, and carried a 6-string, acoustic guitar.

"It wasnt easy Roxas, im telling you." Raigeki said as they sat down on a fallen log and spoke about their adventures.

Roxas just laughed and scratched his head.

"So you are telling me...you fought several bad people, a goddess and a huge faceless entity and won? Thats a lot to believe." Roxas smiled as the two friends laughed.

"Yeah I know but it happened and I got through it. Of course I had a lot of friends to help me through," Raigeki said, thinking of Noel, Hitsugi, Zander and the others. He turned to Roxas and he was dying to know about his travels. "But what about you? I heard you did a quite a lot of travelling."

Roxas nodded, thinking about everything he had done in the past years. It was a lot to say but there was enough time.

"Well, you're right. I did travel a lot. But most of it was hunting down the last remaining members of the Shadow Hands. It took a long time but I finally did it. Of course, I had to do quite a lot of travelling in the process and I even got to visit the Seria* while I was hunting the Shadow Hands." Roxas said, sighing.

The two friends spent the next few minutes talking about Seria and those who lived there and laughed, enjoying their time as friends.

Mayor's quarters

Hikari, Izaya and Erza were busy discussing the city's defense. So far, they had agreed to evacuate the citizens first if the eemky attacked. But there was still something to discuss. What wuld happen if the defenses failed?

"We know that the enemy is willing to kill the princess. So, what happens if the defenses fail?" Hikari said, bringing up the dreaded question.

"I think the answer is quite obvious. We were sent on our honor to defend her. So that means..." Izaya said as he pushed up his reading glasses he had on.

"We fight to the death and hope the princess has enough time to get away." Erza finished, the room growing deathly quiet.

Fight to the death.

Well, there you go. I hope you guys liked the chapter. References, go.

*Seria is the Eastern Continent and is where Garla is located. Roxas visited the capital city under diplomatic immunity for a few days.

And I will see you all later! Thanks, FF