Just before the match...

On the base of one of the great statues overlooking the arena sat Jace and Seia. The two Wizard Saints, after dealing with Raven Tail, had decided to overlook the games from there to avoid crowds.

Jace sat in a meditative position while he waited for the last match to start up. Seia stretched out on her stomach looking at her hand and wiggling her fingers. A small lizard made of fire danced around her fingers. "You know, the young man that just on the field was Laxus Dreyar." Jace spoke up.

"And?" Seia asked raising a brow, the fire lizard shifting to a fire butterfly and fluttering around her hand. She sat up and let her legs dangle from the edge.

"And I seem to recall he is the son of a certain Catherine the White-"

"Don't bring her up! C'mon Jace~," Seia groaned cutting him off. Suddenly the fire butterfly morphed into a large fire bee and buzzed around Jace's head in irritation. "We just got back from a job, arrested a bunch of former dark mages, and you wanna bring up my rival?"

He smirked and she seemed to know he was smirking despite the porcelain mask on his face. He raised his gauntlet clad hand and a small but strong gust of concentrated wind blew out the bumblebee made of fire. "I'm just saying. I wonder if he is even aware his mother is still alive? Or if she plans on coming back to Fairy Tail soon?" he said looking at his friend and partner.

She shrugged. "If I see her again, we're settling things once and for all."

"You said that last time, and it ended in another draw."

"It won't happen again!"

Jace started to snicker and Seia squawked at him. He was a calm individual but he seemed to love messing with her. "Alright Seia, I'm sorry." he lifted his hands in an apologetic gesture before glancing at the arena. Things were yet to start back up, so he looked at his still pouting friend. He shook his head knowing she wouldn't be like this for long. The two always bantered like this, she was one of few people Jace felt comfortable enough around to freely talk as he was doing now. Though he did wonder if Catherine Dreyar, ex-wife to Ivan Dreyar, would go back to her son and father-in-law. He looked at his partner and also wondered how exactly the strange rivalry between her and Seia even started. Conflicting magic?

He stiffened, sensing someone was approaching from behind. He stood up and turned in one fluid motion, bewildering Seia for an instant, but relaxed seeing who it was.

Iroh Dokura, a Lieutenant General of the Rune Knights, was standing just a few feet away. He was a rather tall young man with blond spiky hair and blue eyes, with a large zweihander sword slung over his back. He wore a dark colored turtleneck with no sleeves, a pair of matching thick gloves, and military boots with white pants. His white pants were a bit faded with some rust colored stains that used to be blood he couldn't get to come out of the clothing. Over it all was the black and white variation of the Rune Knight trench coat.

"Iroh! What're you doing here?" Seia chirped, climbing to her feet and skipping up to him. Jace rolled his eyes at her mood change and followed. "I thought you were staying in Era for a little longer."

"That was the plan, but the Supreme Commander advised me to watch over the games along with informing you two of recent events, considering you just got back and all." The Supreme Commander was the leader of all the Rune Knights, so it must be important if he had Iroh come to Crocus to get to Jace and Seia. Iroh looked at the two and sighed, running a hand through his hair. "...and if I stayed any longer I think his wife would have shot me."

Jace looked at him in a mixture of worry and confusion as Seia gasped. "What?! But Esme is so cute and sweet! Why would she have-" Seia suddenly paused and narrowed her eyes at him. "What did you do?" She asked slowly, crossing her arms while giving him an accusing look.

He held out his arms trying to show he was innocent. "I didn't do anything! I just said I was surprised at how big her baby bump is already, and she started crying and before I know it, she threw a textbook at me!" Jace started laughing and Seia looked at Iroh as if he was the dumbest being on the planet.

"You do realize pregnant women's emotions go a little crazy...and to her it probably sounds like you just called her fat."

Iroh winced and decided he was lucky that she only tried assaulting him with a book. "Reminder. Apologize when I get back." he sighed before taking out a lacrima. "Alright, let's get down to business." The other two looked at the lacrima in interest as they recognized it as a communications variation. Seia gave him a confused look at why he took it out in the first place, but he said nothing as it activated in no time.

In the lacrima formed the image of a man with long silver hair and teal colored eyes, along with slightly tanned skin. You could only see his head due to the lacrima's small size, but the look in his eyes and the aura of power that came from him was enough evidence to show he was the Supreme Commander. Of course, the very sight of him-

"S-Supreme Com-Comman-Commander!" Seia squeaked, eyes wide with terror as she grabbed Jace's arm tightly and almost hid behind him. The young woman wasn't afraid of many people, she was confident in her capabilities and such but Supreme Commander Vangelis Roth was someone she was scared of. Jace sighed as if used to being a shield of some kind for her.

"Supreme Commander Roth, our mission was…well technically a success but we did not extract any information. We took care of the Succubus Eye guild but there was no information on the plans of Tartarus." Jace reported.

"We've received similar reports from others. It seems that with the Balam Alliance severely weakened and being the last of the three heads, Tartarus is starting to take the Council and the Rune Knights more seriously," Vangelis mused. "But right now we've been getting other reports I believe you need to be aware of."

Iroh, Jace, and Seia all looked at each other and then back at the lacrima. "There's been…well I don't know how to say, but there have been alleged sightings of dragons."


Current

The second the gong rang, Freya and Sting went straight at each other. Rogue and Ichiya had taken care to move away from the two knowing that a full scale battle was coming between the two. "I am no dragon, and I'm sure you would have wanted to fight another dragon-slayer, but I will not disappoint." Ichiya promised, holding a vial of perfume in his hands. Some in the crowd no doubt thought it laughable that Ichiya would stand a chance against Rogue, a Sabertooth guild member and dragon-slayer.

"I wouldn't expect any less of you." Rogue promised as he got into a fighting stance.

Sting dodged an uppercut from Freya just in time, having to fully tilt back as he quickly held his arms in front of his head to shield against the swift kick that immediately followed. He grunted skidding backwards due to the force of the kick, but quickly uncrossed his arms. "White Dragon's Roar!"

Freya ducked in time to avoid the white laser as she noted Ichiya scurrying about to avoid any attacks as well. She didn't stay for long though, she moved forward. "Ice Dragon's Freezing Fang!" Slashing downwards, Sting was blown back as Rogue turned his head. Unfortunately when he turned back around, he was greeted with the sight of a very….muscular Ichiya.

"Mehn~!" He had sniffed in two perfumes at once, his Fleet Foot and Strength Perfume gave him a great physical edge as he smashed his fist into the ground where Rogue had once been. The dark haired man quickly responded, not hesitating to fight back.

"Shadow Dragon's Slash!"

Freya did her best to ignore the fighting between her guild mate and Rogue so she could focus on her own fight. Her and Sting were currently circling each other. "You're strong you know. I've always wanted to surpass Salamander myself but you kind of took that opportunity away from me." Sting playfully pointed out. "I guess if I defeat you, then that means I have outdone him."

"You are strong yourself. And if I'm being honest, it seems to me you have already outdone him." Freya stated. He seemed briefly taken aback at her words, but played it off with a smirk. "But as you can see, I didn't show my full power against him. So perhaps you can show that you managed to make me go full out?"

Sting's smirked deepened and he tilted his head. "Huh, I think I'll show that without a doubt." Suddenly light seemed to illuminate his entire body. "White Drive."

A flash of shadow flickered in the corner of her eye and she saw Rogue activate Shadow Drive, making Ichiya paused nervously but maintain his fighting stance. The Twins seemed to naturally gravitate towards each other, no doubt a natural reaction due to their years of teamwork. Fine then, if they're going to do that…

"Ichiya, come on!"

"Mehn~!"

The four in the arena only stared at each other for a split second before clashing once again, blinding light and shadow sweeping over everything. Sting's form was spotted as he leaped backwards to avoid a burst of ice spiking out his way. Freya shot upwards letting the ice boost her as she sucked in a deep breath. "Ice Dragon's Roar!"

Rogue was incredibly fast, and Ichiya even with his enhanced perfume was having the hardest time keeping up. Knowing he was at a severe disadvantage, he slipped out another perfume and quickly took a deep breath of it in through his nostrils. "Sense Enhancement Perfume!" Very quickly, his hearing, smell, and sight were improved drastically and he was starting to pick up on the very subtle movements of Rogue's shadows.

"Is Ichiya going to be okay?" Lia asked Master Bob. She already knows about Freya and her fighting capabilities, she's her partner for crying out loud. While she has full confidence in her and Ichiya, she was nervous about the eccentric man fighting dragon-slayers, especially ones like the Twins of Sabertooth.

Rogue snuck up on Ichiya from behind, planning on striking him down until Ichiya spun around quickly and landed a straight punch into Rogue's gut, making the dragon-slayer stumble back. "I think Ichiya is going to be just fine." Bob answered the young plant mage with a smile. Rogue looked surprised someone was able to touch him while in his shadow form. Ichiya himself even seemed surprised, and credited it to his Sense Enhancement Perfume and the previous one that boosted his speed, and therefore his reflexes.

"You- That's- No one is supposed to be able to hit me!" Rogue quickly got to his senses though and dodged another punch from Ichiya.

"That's right! Don't underestimate Ichiya!" Lulu cried out from the stands, the Trimen echoing her cries.

"GET THEM!" Jenny cried surprising nearby watchers with how ferocious she sounded. Yukino looked a bit intimidated by her new friend, but kept her eyes on the match.

Sting's fist glowed a brilliant white light, making Freya squint a bit. "Receive the judgement of the Holy Light!" he declared as he was suddenly up too close, landing a solid blow onto her face. Lulu and Lia's gasping could be heard from the stands as Freya rolled backwards, hissing at the pain. She barely got enough time to recover before he followed it up with another light infused fist and landed a strike onto her stomach.

She grabbed his wrist, brought her head back, and head-butted him right in the nose to get him to back off for a few seconds as she tried to figure out what the weird sensation on her stomach was. She took a few steps back and looked down, seeing a portion of her abdomen exposed but only saw a strange white brand. "The White Dragon's Claw is a holy attack," Sting explained. "A body marked by it has its freedom taken away, and with that I-"

Freya's obsidian eyes flashed icy blue as a frosty aura built around her, the ground around her freezing. There was a soft cracking noise and the mark dealt by Sting crumbled to pieces off her. "Ice Dragon's Armor." She explained with only three words, before roundhouse kicking him in the head. She didn't give him time to recover. "Ice Dragon's Blizzard Dance!" With a twirl of her body, a swirling storm of snow and ice erupted and slammed right into Sting. He was blown back several feet surprising Sabertooth.

"Sting!" Lector cried out but paused spotting Lulu dancing about with her GO BLUE PEGASUS poster. "H-Hey! Don't get cocky! Sting will beat her down!"

Lulu gasped. "I don't think so! Freya is stronger!"

"No she isn't!" Lector countered back.

"At least Freya wears a full shirt!"

"EXCUSE ME!"

Both Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus had to hold back their respective Exceeds who were now yelling at each other from their spots.

Sting shot back to his feet. Impressive recovery Freya briefly thought before seeing the magic power and light build up around him immensely, and quickly powered up an attack of her own. "Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Holy Nova!" Everyone in the stands sensed the magic power behind it, and looked at Freya nervously as she broke out into a sprint towards it. Hibiki clenched his fists hoping she knew what she was doing, but Eve was focusing on the power she was building up herself.

Freya brought back her fist and slung it forward. "Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Frostfire!" White frosty flame with highlights of blue shot forward and collided with Sting's attack, creating a deadly collision that threw the both of them back several feet. Rogue stumbled a bit and Ichiya had to dig his heels into the ground to avoid being thrown about like a rag doll.

"Whoa…" Orga and Rufus both looked at the scene in shock and Minerva narrowed her eyes, watching every move made. Lia breathed out a sigh of relief, but knew there was still a lot to go.

Freya and Sting got up at the same time, both barely paying any attention to the amount of smoke in the air. The Blue Pegasus mage rolled her neck around, and made eye contact with Sting. Rogue watched them, before looking over at Ichiya. He was surprised he made it this long, and felt a bit of respect start to build for the eccentric man. Then again, he shouldn't be too surprised. Ichiya is an S-Class mage.

Sting took in a deep breath, recalling his promise to Lector as he was faced against someone at his level. Initially he had planned to go against Natsu, but with Freya…he clenched a fist. "I won't lose, or be taken down easy. I made a promise to Lector." He spoke up, more to himself but his opponent heard nonetheless. She could relate, she promised many that she'd never go down easy. Frosteria, Raul, Lulu, Lia, and the rest of Blue Pegasus.

However she was dragged out of her thoughts upon seeing Sting and Rogue build up an insane amount of power, and she could have sworn she saw what must be scales forming on the two of them. Wait…if this is what I think it is…

"Dragonforce!" Mavis gasped.

Mystogan/Jellal stiffened uncomfortably from his place in the stands. He recalled Natsu entering it once, but that was only because he consumed Etherion. And that nearly killed him, so if the Twin Dragon-Slayers were able to use it naturally…just how powerful were they?

"This is the power of the third generation." Minerva smugly commented, taking great delight in watching everyone's shock. Freya saw the amount of power, and Ichiya grew nervous seeing it but did not back down or show his fears. Should I…no. Let's wait Freya thought holding her head up.

Sting extended his arm out in front of Rogue. "Rogue, stay back. Let me handle this." Right here and now, he'll show how powerful he is, that he has surpassed the first generation of dragon-slayers. Ichiya's eyes widened and his jaw dropped but Freya frowned. She could sense the amount of power coming from him…

Suddenly he shot forward and before Freya could do anything about it, Ichiya was sent flying across the field until he landed on the floor of the arena in a heap. Sting's fist was outstretched with light emanating from it, and Freya realized he was coming for her next. "Take this!" he shot forward in a burst of holy light and collided with her, driving his knee into her stomach. In response she drove her elbow upwards into his chin.

"Ice Dragon's Wings!" A large pair of wings made of ice formed on her back and she spun around briefly with them, the structures slamming into Sting and also allowing her to get off the ground as she prepared an attack. "Skaoi's Might!" Her two ice dragons came flying down at him, but Sting managed to strike one and quickly climb on it, leaping upwards on the next one and using it as a springboard to get above Freya.

"White Dragon's…" She honestly couldn't hear what came next, as the explosion of energy coming from her was enough to send her crashing down through the grounds of the arena, causing nearly everybody to gasp at the amount of damage.

"FREYA!" Lulu screamed. Lia's hands were clamped over her mouth in horror. Rogue even winced as he witnessed this.

The watching Rune Knights from above had varied reactions. Jace let out a low whistle while Seia watched Sting's Holy magic in deep interest. Iroh however watched as if he was waiting for something else. His gut instinct told him the match was far from over…

Sting had yet to let up. "I'm not finished yet!" he came down as if sky diving and searched the wreckage for Freya only to see the dark violet haired woman perched on a large piece of rubble. Her clothes were tattered, but that wasn't the only thing about her appearance that changed. He didn't seem to notice however as he landed close enough to put his hands together. "The brilliance of the White Dragon purifies all things…Holy Ray!" he shouted as a ball of light erupted and suddenly several hits were landing on Freya.

With all the light and smoke, it was hard to see anything and even with the viewing lacrima, it was nearly impossible to see what was going on after that attack. All they heard was Sting's cry of victory as Rogue perched himself over the gaping hole in the ground, watching.

"Did…did Sabertooth win?"

Eventually everything cleared up on the lacrima...only for Blue Pegasus to cry out in horror seeing a knocked out Freya among the rubble. Ichiya who had recovered looked pale as Lia shrank in on herself, nearly falling against Eve who held her. Ren's jaw dropped in pure disbelief as Hibiki…well he looked horrified and as if he wanted to jump into the arena right now.

"You gave a good fight Freya." Sting smiled, feeling proud as he fulfilled his promise to Lector. He took a step forward noting she looked a little too pale and motionless. Momentarily worried he did too much damage, he was about to check her until a small crack started to form on her cheek. Suddenly the cracks spread rapidly and Freya collapsed into hundreds of ice shards making the audience shout in disbelief and astonishment. "Wait- What the-"

"Boo."

He turned around only to see Freya standing several feet behind him, and now he finally noted her appearance difference. The frosty aura around her was stronger than ever, and there was strands of her hair turning white due to the nature of her magic radiating off. Then he spotted the white scales with a slight blue tint forming on her.

Just like his-

"Dragonforce?!" Jellal choked. Lulu's tears became ones of relief and Lia visibly relaxed in Eve's hold. Bob however just smiled knowingly. Iroh from above seemed satisfied he was right in his deduction.

Sting stared with wide eyes but before he could do anything, Freya used her Ice Boost to fly herself forward. "Ice Dragon's Frozen Claw!" She slammed into him and he flew upwards. Rogue looked like he wanted to jump in to help, but he was caught off guard by Ichiya full on charging him. He had to move in order to dodge that.

"Mehn~ I used an Energy Perfume!" In truth, it just helped him ignore the pain he was still in from being smashed by Sting earlier, but for now he was going to rely on it and adrenaline to carry on through. He'd be damned if he let Freya do this fight alone.

Sting let out a roar of determination as he tried to hit her again, but Freya kicked him downwards. "Ice Dragon's Roar!"

"White Dragon's Roar!" The attacks met again, but Freya got closer to ram her fist straight into Sting's solar plexus.

"Shadow Dragon's Roar!" Rogue attempted to hit Ichiya who was able to barely dodge before ramming both of his fists down onto his head. Rogue stumbled disorientated for a moment so that gave enough time for Ichiya to utilize one of his greatest aspects on his Power Perfume.

"Max Men!" He shot forward using whatever he had left of his speed perfume and slammed his final attack down onto Rogue one more, the devastating punch sending Rogue flying. He almost crashed into Sting. At this point, Ichiya looked up to see Freya with her ice wings again, but this time she was hovering the sky above the Twin Dragons. He quickly moved out of the way.

"Dragon Slayer Ultimate Technique…" she started clamping her eyes shut and yanking forth whatever magic she could spare. Suddenly the wind picked up drastically and snow was starting to go everywhere. Her arms, which were spread out to her sides, moved together in front as if pointing at the Sabertooth mages. Her eyes then opened. "Snow Valkyrie Fury!"

Large flurries of snow and hail came down from the sky as if they were falling meteors, and the magic imbued snow crashed down upon the Twin Dragons. The attack was unrelenting and when it let up, the entire arena was covered in scattered ice. And as for the twins…

They were sprawled out on the ground…defeated.

The entire arena was silent before a mixture of cheers of shouts of disbelief broke out. Minerva from her spot stared with wide eyes, before slowly turning her head to her father Jiemma. The look on his face was terrifying as several people around him scooted away or tried to leave the seats.

Blue Pegasus was cheering so loudly it was a wonder no one had gone deaf. The crowd couldn't help but get excited over the winners as well.

"Whoa! Ichiya is actually really cool!"

"Freya is unbelievable!"

The mentioned wizard's ice wings disappeared as she landed on her feet. The white streaks in her hair disappeared, and so did the scales of Dragonforce. Despite her tattered clothes and disheveled state, she managed to smile and lift up one fist in the air. The cheering went on for a few more moments until the announcements came on.

"The winner is Blue Pegasus! The fourth day of the Grand Magic Games ends here, and you will have one day to rest. The day after tomorrow is when the final event will occur which will be a survival battle. All members of the team will participate, so we'll see who will participate! See you all there!"

In all honestly, while it was amazing to be first place for once, mages of Blue Pegasus were a little unnerved hearing the other guilds proclaim Blue Pegasus as their targets. Everyone looked excited, except for Minerva who watched her father calmly knowing exactly what was going through his head.

Freya sighed and took a few steps close to Sting and Rogue. "You guys…you guys did amazing you know. Not a lot of people can go toe to toe with Ichiya despite his looks," The male wizard either wasn't offended or didn't hear her say that as he did a victory pose. "And Sting…" Freya added deciding to plop on the ground. "How would Raul say this…you were the biggest pain in the ass to fight." She added with a teasing edge. They weren't responding, so she just sighed once again and collapsed onto her back.

She looked up at the sky.

Mother…wherever you are…were you watching?


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