Chapter 8

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Just my OC's.

Erin walked into a bar that was in a more shady part of Magnolia. Everyone in the bar looked at Erin as he walked towards the counter. He took a seat next to a big muscular guy who growled at the young wizard.

"What can I get ya, kid?" the bartender asked.

"I didn't come here for a drink," Erin muttered. "I just have a few questions I want to ask you."

The bartender smirked at Erin. "Asking questions around here come with a price." He held out his hand, rubbing his fingers together. Erin sighed and dropped a few coins into the man's hand.

"Perfect!" The man put the money in his pocket and started to dry mugs. "So what is it you want to know?"

"I want to know if you've come across a guy wearing a cloak with a trident on the back."

The man flinched at the mention of the trident and sweatdropped a little.

"Sorry, kid. A lot of weird guys come in here every day, but that ain't one of them."

Erin narrowed his eyes. He could tell the man was lying.

"Look, I'm in a hurry here. So just tell me what you know and there doesn't have to be any trouble."

"I told you I don't know anything." People started looking their way. Many of them had gotten up from their seats and had now surrounded Erin.

Erin's eyes flicked back and forth at the men around him. The bartender crossed his arms. "You're right. There doesn't have to be any trouble. So I suggest you leave; Now."

"I'm not going anywhere until you've answered my question."

"I guess we have a problem then." The bartender waved his hands towards his customers.

One man that was standing behind Erin swung his fist down at him. Erin spun around and grabbed the man's arm. He punched the man's face and sent him flying into a table. Everyone else began to swarm the Light and Dark wizard. Erin snapped his fingers and all the lights in the pub went out.

Everyone stopped abruptly.

"What hell happened?!"

"Where is that punk?!"

"Somebody turn the lights back on!"

The shouting was cut off with screams of pain and the sounds of tables breaking. The bartender couldn't see what was happening but he could make a good enough guess. He tried finding his way out of the bar but he stopped when a bright light shone directly in his face. He couldn't see anything because the light was so bright. Suddenly, he felt himself being pushed back against the wall by something. He looked down to see that spikes of light had stuck him to the wall.

"So are you ready to answer my questions now?" Erin asked. He turned the lights back on in the room and the bartender's eyes widened as he saw that everyone had been beaten by this young man.

"Fine! What is it you want?"

Erin stepped up to the man and said, "I just want you tell me what you know about the trident man."

"Okay, okay." The bartender stammered nervously. "I've seen him come in here a couple of times in the past few days. But he just acted like any other customer! He would come in, buy a drink, and then leave."

Erin could tell the man wasn't telling the whole story. He encased his right fist in dark magic and punched the wall next to the man's head. "Tell me the whole truth. Or you're going to end up like your friends over there."

"I-I think he said something about looking for something called the Lithium Stone."

"The Leviathan Stone."

"Yeah that. Anyway, he asked me where he could find it and I told him I heard a rumor about an old man that might have it."

"Did he say why he was looking for it?"

"No. He only said that if I were to reveal this information to anyone, he would kill me."

Erin lowered his fist and removed the Light Spikes. The bartender dropped to the floor with a thud. "Do you think you could help me out?"

The Light and Dark wizard turned the man. "Why would I do that?"

"Because if you're looking for this guy, you probably want to catch him right? If so, maybe you could protect me in some kind of way."

Erin was about to say no, but then he thought back to the night he was hunted down. He remembered how the woman had killed her subordinate as punishment. That guy probably did worse things than this idiot over here, but that didn't mean he had to die.

"Yeah, I'll make sure he doesn't kill you in anyway, or anybody else for that matter."

"Thank you."

Erin nodded at the man. He didn't want there to be any unnecessary bloodshed.

"Are you sure you can keep that promise?" Erin spun around to see a man in cloak standing in the doorway. He raised his hand to form a magic circle.

Erin reacted quickly enough to stop the man by shooting a Light Beam at him. Before the beam hit him though, the man disappeared. He reappeared right behind the bartender and snapped his neck.

"Bastard!" Erin charged at the man, his left hand blazing with light magic and his right hand with dark magic. He swung his fist, but the man blocked it. He punched Erin in the chest and he was sent flying through the wall, landing in the street.

He coughed as he tried to steady his breathing. He hadn't expected the man to be that strong with just one punch. People had started panicking and were now running in different directions down the street.

The man walked out of the building laughing. "Are you really this weak? I expected you to be much stronger than this."

Erin clapped his hands, creating a light magic circle. "I'm just getting started!" He drew his hands apart and raised them towards the sky. "Dazzling Burst!" Bursts of light shot out into the sky. They then dropped down, targeting the hooded man.

Upon impact, the ground around him exploded.

Did I get him?

The smoke cleared, but the man wasn't there. Erin looked around, preparing for an attack. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the man was charging at Erin with his fist aimed for his face.

He sidestepped, narrowly dodging the attack. When the man's fist went past Erin's head, he opened up his hand. Erin tensed his body, knowing that something was about to happen.

"Sound Slicer."

Erin's ears felt like they were going to burst. All he could hear was a loud screeching noise.

He's a Sound Wizard!

The man smirked and kicked Erin in the stomach, sending him to the ground.

The Fairy Tail wizard looked up to see that the man was saying something but he couldn't make out what it was. Erin knew he had to get away from the guy so that he could regroup and think of a plan. He raised his hands to cast a spell, but he was kicked back into a wall.

How am I getting beat so easily by this guy? He isn't that strong.

He was right. The man was stronger than he looked, but Erin had gone up against tougher opponents. Erin could still hear the ringing noise in his ears. He could feel blood trickling down the side of his face from his ears. Erin tried to stand up, but his legs kept wobbling.

"What the hell did you do to me?" Erin yelled.

The man raised his hand again like he had before. "It's called Sound Slicer. Most Sound Magic attacks are used to block an opponent's hearing. My attack is a little different though. It does do that, but it also sends multiple vibrations throughout your body that weaken your movements."

So that means I'm gonna have to use long range attacks.

Erin tried to stand up again but it was to no avail. He could feel the vibrations rattling his bones.

"It's pointless to try and fight back, Erin."

Erin widened his eyes. "How do you know my name?"

The man cracked his knuckles and smirked. "You're an escaped lab rat that should have died a long time ago. I should have figured Miranda would screw up."

Miranda… That must have been the woman who was hunting me .

"And now, I'm gonna make sure you stay dead this time."

Chapter End.

Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. I'm on Spring Break right now, so I'll try and get another chapter posted soon.