Sherry Blendy stood atop of the old temple. The night was nearing it's end and Lyon had successfully managed to get Taiyang and Natsu as far away from the temple as possible. She oversaw the forest as behind her the penultimate Moon Drip ceremony came to it's end. A sinister grin grew on her face. She extended her arms. Two pink magic circles opened up, each at one hand. The ground surrounding the temple started shaking. Rocks started rising up, slowly forming into several huge rock monsters. Even trees cut themselves loose from the ground and formed into a more humanoid looking creature. Sherry had created an army of rocks and trees surrounding the temple from all angles. Only the final touch was needed. Sherry smiled as it came. Angelica arrived at the scene and stood in front all the rock and tree dolls. Sherry's army was complete.


The shaking of the ground had awoken Gray Fullbuster who was still stuck in the pit that was his prison cell. He touched his face. It was wet. Had he been crying in his sleep? Gray removed the tears from his face and looked up, or what he thought was up considering there was no source of light at all. Gray assumed it was morning and now that he has restored his energy he could finally break out. Gray placed his hands together and a magic circle opened up beneath him. It provided him with a little bit of light.

"ICE MAKE: GEYSER!" Gray exclaimed.

A pillar made out of ice sprouted from below him. He was launched upwards. He accelerated upwards at an incredible speed. Gray then burst through the ceiling. He was blinded by the lights provided by the torches in the room. As he heroically landed on his two feet he started adjusting to the light and spotted a small man with a strange mask and green spiky hair.

"So you've finally decided to escape." The midget stated.

"Are you working with Lyon?" Gray asked him.

"Yes. I'm not suppose to let you go until Deliora is freed." The midget said.

"Deliora?!" Gray was surprised to hear the name.

"You don't know?" The midget asked surprised.

"Don't know what?! You guys locked me up for who knows how long! Of course I don't know!" Gray spat at the midget.

The midget grinned maliciously.

"The Moon Drip ceremony has been held for the past three years just so that Lyon could melt Ur's ice. He wants to fight and defeat Deliora in order to show that he surpassed your beloved master Ur. Her sacrifice is going to be for nothing." The midget said amused.

The midget started laughing maniacally while Gray gritted his teeth. He ripped of his shirt off and exclaimed: "ICE MAKE: ICE CANNON!"

As a blue magic circle opened up beneath Gray's feet a giant cannon made out of ice formed between his hands after placing them together. Gray fired multiple ice bullets at the midget who used summoned an orb. The midget sent the orb flying at all the bullets, causing them to turn into water upon contact with the orb. Gray irrationally charged at the midget and summoned an ice sword as mid-run. The midget sent his orb flying at Gray again. Gray attempted to destroy the orb with his ice sword but his sword also turned into water as soon as it came into contact with the orb. The orb hit Gray in his stomach.

"Infinite Sphere." The midget said calmly.

The orb remained at Gray's stomach but copies of it attacked Gray from every direction. They wouldn't stop coming and Gray felt a great amount of pain with every hit. Gray had enough and lowered himself to the floor. He placed his hands on the floor. Ice sprouted up from underneath him, sending him upwards and away from the orbs. Gray didn't seem to care to care to get to know his opponent's magic.

"ICE MAKE: SUPER FREEZE ARROW!" Gray exclaimed.

He placed his hands together again and a bow of ice was created. Gray fired an ice arrow that was created alongside the bow at the midget.

"Flash Forward." The man said as he extended his arm.

All the orbs flew at Gray at an incredible speed, much like how the ice arrow was approaching the midget at an incredible speed. The arrow turned into water as soon as it came into contact with the orb and with nowhere to go Gray was hit by all the orbs. Gray was knocked off the ice pillar and fell back to the ground, landing on his back. Gray got back up only to see all the orbs hovering above him near the ceiling.

Gray couldn't see the midget considering he was standing on the other side of the ice geyser but Gray could still hear him say: "Luminous Minutes."

The orbs came crashing down on Gray. He ran hoping to evade them but his attempt was unsuccessful. The orbs either hit Gray or the ground causing dust to be lifted up into the air. Gray once more felt excruciating pain. Gray fell to his knees. The orbs kept coming and he couldn't move. Gray then spotted the midget walking around the ice geyser. The man was wearing a sinister grin on his face which only pissed Gray off more.

"Giving up yet?" The midget asked amused.

"Never." Gray spat at his opponent. "Ice Make: … Cocoon." Gray barely managed to say through the pain.

A magic circle opened up beneath him once more. Ice surrounded Gray like a dome or a cocoon. The barrier barely lasted a second because of the orbs turning it into water, causing Gray to once again be pelted by orbs.

"WHAT IS THIS MAGIC?!" Gray asked angrily.

"It's called Arc of Time magic. It's a lost magic which allows me to return anything to it's original state or put it in it's future state. Your ice will turn into water at my command. Unfortunately it can't affect humans but it can still injure them." The midget said grinning.

Gray could barely process what the midget was saying as he was still continuously being pelted by the Arc of Time. His vision started to blur and Gray started to feel woozy.

"Must… Stop… Lyon…" Gray barely managed to say.

The midget chuckled.

"It isn't happening." The midget said. "In all honesty… I have no reason to keep you alive. I don't really care what Lyon says. Besides, you're not his main priority."

Gray's breathing started to become heavy. The midget summoned a sword out of seemingly nowhere. It had an interesting guild emblem on the handle. Was it from Grimoire Heart? The midget slowly approached Gray's crippling body. The orbs stopped falling midair and Gray's body gave in. He fell flat on his face.

"I always thought Lyon would be the first of Ur's victims to fall at my hand but this is certainly a fun turn of events." The midget said wickedly.

"You are willing to betray your own comrade?" Gray questioned.

"I barely even know the guy. We just share a similar goal so I recently started helping him." The midget explained.

Gray had one more attack in him. If he collected all the strength he had left he could attack the midget one last time. His magic was practically useless against the midget though. Gray then got an idea.

"You're a real jackass, you know that?" Gray asked.

The midget chuckled.

"You may perceive me as that. I'd rather think of myself as being smart." Zalty said.

"Well…" Gray started. "ICE MAKE: ICE IMPACT!" Gray exclaimed.

The shirtless Fairy Tail member placed his hands together. A magic circle opened up beneath him again.

"Your magic won't work against me." The midget said a bit annoyed.

A giant ice hammer with a pointed tip was created. The magic energy that was used to create the hammer blew the Arc of Time away. The ice hammer came down not on the midget, but behind Gray. The pointed tip came down on the ground. The ground gave in and Gray fell down. Gray smiled as he didn't have to see the midget's smug expression anymore.

"NO!" Gray could hear the midget exclaimed.

Gray felt for what seemed ages but soon hit a rocky floor. He was in an underground tunnel system. The tunnels were lit up by torches placed on the wall. Light faintly came shining down from the temple. Gray expected to fall onto a lower floor within the temple, not into a tunnel system underneath the entire island. Maybe Lyon's men used them to travel all over the island. Gray then noticed that the Arc of Time was coming down on him once more. Gray quickly moved away. The orbs barely missed him but fortunately for him they did. Gray then heard a cackle. He looked up and saw the midget coming down. Gray had no magic energy left so he had to run. He placed one hand on the wall to support himself and started walking as fast as possible. He managed to go around the corner just seconds before the midget landed in the tunnels.

"Oh Graaay, where are you?" The midget questioned.

The midget looked around. He had no time for this. He decided to run left. Gray had gone right.


Yang was still running around in the rain forest of Galuna. She had to find Ruby. She wasn't going to let her sister be executed. Yang was a bit worried about Lucy and Jaune. If Yuka and Toby could defeat Ruby, Natsu and Gray then they could probably also defeat Jaune and Lucy. Yang had faith in her comrades though. Lucy and Jaune were smart enough to come up with a successful way to beat them.

"Yang!" Yang then heard.

Yang looked up and spotted a blue flying cat high above the tree tops. It was Happy.

"Happy!" Yang said happily. "Where are Ruby and the others?"

"Ruby and Natsu are fine. In fact Natsu is searching for Gray alongside your dad." Happy said as he lowered himself down to Yang's level.

"You guys found him? Nice!" Yang said. "What about Ruby?"

"She… She broke her arm." Happy said. "But she's fine! I can take you to her. That's actually what I was doing. Looking for you."

"Let's go then!" Yang said hastily.

"Aye sir!" Happy said.

Happy grabbed the back of Yang's clothes and lifted her up. The two flew back the way Happy came.

"You're kind of… top heavy…" Happy said clearly struggling.

Yang glared at the cat and said: "Do you want me to murder you?!"

Happy gulped and said he didn't.

"Did you leave Ruby alone?" Yang asked Happy.

"No. She's safe with somebody. I can't tell you who though. It's suppose to be a surprise." Happy explained.

Yang questioned who Happy meant. She wasn't too keen on surprises. As long as Ruby was safe Yang was happy though.


Lyon had seemingly lost Natsu and Taiyang. Now he could finally return to the temple. There was one problem though, they'd still go back to the temple. There was only one option. He had to drop them in the tunnels. He'd risk them finding Deliora's location but the tunnels were extremely complicated. He wasn't too worried. As soon as he thought that he ran into two unfamiliar people. One male and one female and both of them were blonde but the girl... The girl was inside a walking clock. All three of them halted as soon as they spotted one another.

"'Who are you?' She asked curiously." The clock said.

Lyon spotted the Fairy Tail guild mark on the girl's hand.

"You're from Fairy Tail, aren't you?" Lyon asked.

"'Yes, what's it to you?' She asked." The clock quoted asked.

Lyon then got an idea. A grin grew on his face.

"ICE MAKE: EAGLE!" Lyon then shouted.

Lyon extended his arm as usual. Ice eagles were created and flew at the two guild wizards.

"'Jaune, behind me!' She ordered." The clock said.

The clock stood in front of the male. The eagles simply went around the clock and hit Jaune from both sides. Jaune fell to his knees.

"'Jaune!' She exclaimed worriedly." The clock said.

The clock then started to glow and was gone in a matter of seconds.

"Crap!" The female said.

An ice ape had already been summoned by Lyon and was charging at the duo. Jaune got back up and summoned a shield to protect the female and him. The shield didn't last long as the ice ape simply punched through it. The ice ape grabbed both individuals.

"Lucy?" The three then heard somebody say.

Lyon turned around and spotted Natsu and Taiyang.

"Natsu!" Lucy said happily.

"Let them go, Lyon!" Taiyang said ticked off.

"Fine by me." Lyon said with a sickening grin.

Lyon nodded at the ice ape. His ice creature tossed Lucy and Jaune at their allies. Both screamed as they hurled through the air. Natsu and Taiyang both caught them though, making them not have to worry.

"You really think that-" Taiyang stopped talking as soon as he saw the ice ape coming down from the sky.

The ice ape came down and hit the ground forcefully, causing it to crack and fall apart. Lyon took his distance but the others reacted too late and fell down the hole along with the ice ape. The last Lyon saw of them was them screaming as they fell down. He had done it. They were gone and nobody could stop him now.


Happy started descending as Yang and him reached their destination.

"Can't you just tell me who this mystery person is?" Yang asked impatiently.

"No." Happy simply said.

The two came closer and closer to the ground. Happy gracefully placed Yang back in the dirt. His wings faded.

"They're in that cave." Happy said.

Yang wasn't sure what to expect. The two walked side by side towards the cave. The two stood at the entrance.

"It's dark." Yang noted.

"Use your fire magic!" Happy said as if it was obvious.

"But-" Yang cut herself off once she saw a figure emerge from the darkness of the cave.

A pale woman wearing a white cloak. Her face was so familiar and warm. Silver eyes stared at Yang. They weren't Ruby's. They were Summer's. Summer Rose.

"Mom?" Yang asked at a loss for words.

"Hello, Yang." Summer said with a smile.

Summer herself was at the verge of tears.

"YANG!" Happy tried to stop her but it was too late.

A fiery fist flew at Summer. Summer simply caught Yang's fiery fist, catching her off guard.

"How could you?!" Yang asked upset.

"I had to!" Summer answered.

The fire faded, leaving only Yang's fist still caught in Summer's palm. She loosened her muscles and retreated her arm. Yang wasn't sure what to feel. She was happy… but angry… also upset.

"Is it really you?" Yang asked.

Summer smiled and nodded.

"Yes, Yang. It's really me." Summer said,

The two embraced.

"Where's Ruby?" Yang asked.

"Inside. She's sleeping." Summer said. "You should rest too."

"Maybe later. You owe me an explanation." Yang said.

Summer chuckled.

"That's true." Summer said. "Let's go inside, we have a lot to talk about."