Eori raised her head as a thump echoed outside the guild hall. "Has the Widower returned so soon? Admirable."

"It is not him. I smell a strange scent." Soron was whipping his head back and forth, trying to determine where the smell was emanating from.

"Who is there?" The Master of Four Thrones stood, anger bristling through his being. "Strangers are not welcome here. Begone!"

"I come for one only." A deep snarl rolled through the deserted hall. "I come for the Golden Half-Dragon."

"Why, that's me!" Eori laughed prettily, curling her wings. "What is it you want, oh stranger? A kiss, perhaps? Or maybe something more?" She crossed her legs provocatively.

The figure strode into the hall, a cloak furling around his bare feet. Soron recoiled from the massive magic power radiating from him. "What the hell…"

"You are the Imitation. Therefore, you die." The figure shot out an arm and grabbed Eori around her pale, creamy throat. "I, Acnologia, suffer no rivals."

Eori choked, eyes wide with sudden fear. The Master of Four Thrones stood stolidly, watching with mild alarm and interest. Soron was yelling something very uncouth at the man assaulting his niece.

Acnologia let the girl slump to the floor after strangling her, turning to glare at the other two men staring at him. "The Sky Dragon's Lacrima…" He growled. "Where is it?"

Soron pointed wordlessly at a beautiful blue ball rolling on the floor. Acnologia bent to pick it up, then flinched as it suddenly vanished from his hands.

Merrick.

Ten minutes later, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse walked calmly out of a smoking guild hall. Inside, there were three bodies: a girl with crushed golden wings, a silver haired man with bloodied wounds, and the Invincible Master of the Guild in a pile of smoking ash.

"Now…" Acnologia looked to the sky. "For Spartan Hall."

Behind him, Eori twitched.

A/N: This is an incredibly short chapter than what I was used to doling out, and for that, I apologize. :( Consider this more of an appetite enhancer, and I will be back to very long chapters soon. I've been very busy with _ (insert usual fanfiction author excuses) and so I haven't been writing much recently. Please bear with me!