I kept my eyes on the master as he spoke with Lyon Vastia, Gray was at my side frowning. The master had refused to let him accompany the guilds 'attack' force.
I couldn't blame him. The master I mean. Lyon had evidently lost his entire crew and let loose a rampaging demon across Galuna island. The only reason he was still alive? A few days ago, yes I recognise the timing... The demon had stopped it's rampage, apparently going into some sort of paralysis, giving Lyon his chance to flee.
I mean, I would've tried to kill it but whatever... I am not sure if I was even going to accompany them, I'd made it rather clear to the master that the moment Lyon walked in through the guild hall doors, I was useless. Erza disagreed but considering what happen the last time I involved myself... Yea...
So he summoned up Laxus, told Mystogan where to go and now Erza (who was still in my party) was apparently going to lead the two of them on a demonic scavenger hunt of sorts. Lyon wanted to accompany them. Which is why Gray wants to accompany them. Which is why Natsu- You get my point.
Honestly, I didn't really want to go with them, They are somewhat unnerving, besides Erza anyway... I mean, I am going to go. Just not with their permission. I'd have to be mad to miss out on all that exp. Bright side is, all I gotta do is show up. I don't even need to kill the demon, just make sure Laxus or Mystogan don't and Erza does.
Mystogan was rather easy to convince to leave the final blow to Erza.
I wasn't going anywhere near that lightning bolt of crazy-
"Hey!" I heard someone call out to my left, startling Gray and Levy in the process. Natsu was still arguing his need to go with Erza.
I turned to the green-haired girl.
"I've heard what Arcadios has to say about you! You have one chance to disprove-" I turned away.
Levy frowned as she stared at me.
"That's the Queen!" I could hear her whisper by my side.
Oh dear... What on earth shall I do?
I patted her on the head.
She stared at me confused, anger long forgotten. "You... You're not allowed to do that..." That was her literal defence. I could feel the tower of evil behind her slowly approaching me.
I grabbed Gray and Levy and 'Flash' stepped elsewhere.
"Zeres... You shouldn't be mocking royalty..."
"Not my queen," I sniffed causing the girl to groan.
"Oi," Gray called out, "Can you use that empty ID of yours? I can't hear them from here,"
I shook my head.
"Why?"
"Look, I already plan on showing up, just let them do their thing and we'll follow them."
"That sounds like a really stupid idea." Both of us ignored Levy.
"We don't know the way..."
I invited him to my party. When he saw Erza start glowing green he grinned. Apparently she didn't know how to leave said party. I was going to show her, after Deliora was gone.
"Zeres!" I groaned at my name getting called. I turned to find Jet and Droy followed by the 'Queen' of Fiore.
"How could you show such disrespect to the qu-"
"I know where your stash is Droy,"
That shut him up. I turned to Jet and raised an eyebrow. The two looked at each other and quickly left the seething girl behind them.
Levy facepalmed herself as she walked up to the now 'royally' pissed off girl.
"Has Erza given you your split yet?" Gray suddenly asked.
I nodded.
"How much did you get? She gave me 2.5,"
"35," I admitted causing his eyes to suddenly bulge.
"How is that fair!?"
"She took none of it for herself, she gave Natsu and Lucy 5 to split between themselves and the rest was given to... I think, charity? Or the guild's treasury..."
"Why did you get so much of it?"
"I literally killed Lullaby, Gray," I deadpanned. "You took a nap."
"Honestly," We both turned our attention back to Levy, "She just wanted to thank you, could you be less of an ass to her?"
"Could she?"
"Zeres!"
Gray snorted.
"Fine, fine," I walked off towards the green-haired bi- Royalty.
"Alright what do you want?" I questioned.
She twitched, "Your friend did warn me, you intend to show me no respect... Regardless, I wished to thank you for the service you have committed for the crown."
"What service?" I could literally hear Levy's despaired words at my reply.
"Uh... We'll, you put down that vi-"
"You're going to have to be specific, I put down a lot of people on that day," Hey, Erigor was the only one that was supposed to die, I am putting the rest on my head.
Hisui blinked at the words, "What?"
"I mean I am responsible for at least 400 deaths on that day alone, including one manic demon. Erza's responsible for a person called Kageyama and a train filled with passengers. And Gray killed off the rest of Eisanwald-"
"Don't bring me into this!"
This was legit Fairy Tail's therapy. Admitting to your wrongs and hopefully moving on... Erza hadn't been amused. Mirajane, bless the girl, thought a therapist would help us after we'd come back practically haunted by the job, though she had mentioned it was a stroke of luck that he'd shown up himself.
I was just surprised Erza hadn't skinned him alive after her turn. When I had my turn, that was the moment I realised this world was either going to get me killed or go insane.
Hisui just stared at me.
"I know..." I patted her on the head again.
"Zeres! Stop!"
"Welcome to Fairy Tail," Then I walked away.
...
"So what exactly are we doing here?" Gray questioned me, we were in the guild's backyard.
"Yea, Erza's already left with the others," Natsu paced around, irritated. The master had refused, again.
"Guys I really think we shouldn't be doing thi-"
"There's another Celestial key in Galuna Island,"
"When do we leave?"
Levy turned to Lucy with a betrayed look on her face while the blonde whistled innocently.
"How do you know that by the way?" Gray suddenly turned to me.
"I have a vague idea of what's going to happen in this world,"
"Vague?" Levy changed tones quickly. Her eyes brimming with curiosity.
"Interdimensional travel tends too leave you with a broken down idea of the timeline,"
"That doesn't make any sense..." Levy replied back.
I shrugged, that was the only explanation I was giving them. "Don't know much about it to be honest,"
"So you can see a bit of the future?" Gray questioned with a glint in his eyes.
I turned to him, I was rather intrigued at what he wanted to know..
"Do I ever meet Igneel again?" "Who ends up as Mrs Fulllbuster!?" I mean, it's fairly obvious who asked what...
The rest of us turned to Gray at the words.
"What? Nothing else can screw my life over,"
Huh... Funny. I looked him dead in the eye, "She's a looker."
"Really?" He questioned eagerly.
"And downright insane,"
The others at least laughed. I turned back to Natsu and told him I didn't really know whether he would ever meet Igneel again but considering it is a manga...
"What an odd conversation to walk into..."
Another voice suddenly joined us.
It was me, Gray, Natsu, Lucy and Levy... And now another strange- Wait, that was the Therapist Mirajane hired...
"You're still alive?" Gray questioned shocked.
"I do have a name you know..." He smiled back, his eyes fixating on Natsu, completely ignoring Gray.
Something felt off... I stared at him, ignoring Gray's rambling about him been rude... When I'd first seen him, I'd found it hilarious that Mirajane would hire a Therapist... After the explosive episode between Erza and him... I thought he'd disappear for good... I definetly didn't recognise him... Sure, he had the anime-sque look but so did half the female population in this world... It didn't mean much.
"What is your name?" Natsu questioned, his finger in his ear, "I forgot,"
The 'Therapist' smiled, "Mard Geer,"
I narrowed my eyes as everyone else simply shrugged. That wasn't the name he'd used earlier. It seemed he'd noticed as he suddenly turned his attention towards me, a glint in his eye.
"I heard you intend to follow on after that vile demon," The others around me stiffened, if this guy suddenly decided to tell the master...
"Is there room for another?" He questioned.
...
I was about to reply to the man, well, agree to let him join us...
"What's going on here," We all, minus the therapist, froze at the voice.
Mirajane, stood just behind Mard, a frown on her face. Her arms crossed.
Mard slowly turned towards the newcomer, amusement lining his face. None of us reacted, we all just stood there, speechless.
"We're going to get some food?"
Mirajane blinked, "In the backyard?"
That was the moment Happy slowly flew over towards the witch, all of u just watching him move closer.
He flew right behind her and slowly started lifting her up.
"Happy... What are you doing?" Mirajane questioned bemused.
Happy locked eyes with us. "Go. I'll hold her back!"
"..." Everyone else just stared at the cat, speechless. Mard snorted. Was everything funny to him?
I on the other hand summoned up Nimbus, breaking the calm in the process as everyone turned to me.
"Levy..." I whispered, indicating the cloud. To her credit she immediately jumped on.
"Zeres?" Mirajane frowned, still held in the air.
"Happy, don't let go," I flashed him a smile. The cat nodded seriously in return.
"Zeres What'r-" Natsu started before he yelped as he suddenly felt a thin piece of string? Tightly close in around him and everyone else near us. I set off two more strings, one latching onto Mard and the other onto Mirajane.
"Zeres! Don't even think-" Mirajane didn't finish.
"Shadowstep: Erza Scarlet,"
"Ah shi-" Gray suddenly remarked as the world spun around us.
...
'Splash'
'Splash'
Gray and Lucy fell straight into the water. I barely managed to land on the edge of the boat, briefly having to balance myself, at least it looked like it could fit everyone on board. Levy showed up just behind me on the cloud, a wide look on her eyes. Mirajane was still floating just above the water thanks to Happy, though the cat had wobbled around a little, briefly almost letting go. Mard Geer seamlessly floated in mid-air, his arm clasped around Natsu's middle as he kept him above water.
"Phew! Thanks for the save!" Natsu suddenly declared, earning a nod from Mard Geer.
"Yo," I greeted a surprised Erza.
"Zere-" She started.
"Zeres what the hell!?" Gray suddenly bellowed as he latched onto the boat, accidentally waking Laxus up in the process.
What followed was a chaotic flurry of noise as People tried to get on the boat with Laxus wanting to keep them off... Atleast he let Happy land Mirajane... Before he punched the cat away... This guy had serious anger issues.
I looked at Erza, "Back-up?" A sheepish smile on my face.
"You're responsible for this rabble?" The lightning Dragon-slayer suddenly barked, his eyes on me. Mystogan was in the back of the boat, his eyes closed. Though I doubted he was asleep.
"..." I stared at him for a moment, I could see Lucy and Gray finally pull themselves on board, Levy was still trying not stare any of the S class in the eye, though her flying right behind me didn't help. Natsu was suddenly laid onto the boat calmly as Mard Geer kept on floating just behind him.
"Well!?" Laxus narrowed his eyes further.
"I have a question..." I replied.
"Oh no..." Levy whispered from behind me.
"Zeres..." Erza's warning didn't reach me. I think she recognised the look on my face
"Did you get that scar by accidentally electrocuting yourself?"
"Huh!?"
"I mean like, were you in the shower one day and accidentally used your power and-"
I blacked out.
...
"Why?" Levy questioned me incredulously when I came to.
"Why what?" I groaned, I turned around in an attempt to find Laxus but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Why did you have to say that?"
"Where is he?"
"He flew on ahead," Erza answered calmly. "To scout,"
I am pretty sure Deliora is dead.
Wait he can fly? His ability was lightning based...
Huh, go figure.
"Answer the question," Levy frowned.
"It was automatic." I shrugged. Natsu was at the front of the boat, his head hung low. Transportation. Lucy was beside him, an amused look in her face as she 'helped' him.
"Zeres," I felt a shiver go down my back as Mirajane suddenly appeared in front of me. A tight smile on her face. "Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
I was about to answer before I suddenly saw Mystogan shift from his position. "Give me a moment." I deadpanned before making my way towards the secretive S Class.
"What an amusing group," Mard Geer chuckled from his position in the air.
Mirajane sighed. Even the flying therapist was making fun of them now.
I watched as Mystogan slowed the boat down... So he was the one with the driver's chord on him... He seemed to be looking for some thing, his staff magically appearing out of nowhere as he... Tested the waters?
"Wait... Where's Lyon?" Gray questioned.
"We left him in the harbour to wait. Laxus refused to allow him to follow us further." Erza explained.
"Surprised he didn't push us off.." I muttered.
"He tried to..." Happy whispered from his place beside Natsu.
"Hey..." Levy suddenly started, her automatically moving behind me thanks to the cloud. I swear she seemed to like it even more then I did. "Is that meant to be there?" She questioned mildly scared about something.
I turned towards where she was pointing before my eyes widened. The island up ahead could barely be made out but on the edge of it's shore? There was a large shadow... And a lot of light seemed to be gathering in one place-
"Oh shit... It's Deliora." I suddenly exclaimed.
Naturally everyone, mostly Gray, started panicking.
For some reason... I focused on Mard Geer. He was floating in the background, his hand barely moving... But he definitely was focusing on something.
Then his eyes narrowed. He raised his other hand minimally, a small magical circle appearing.
Suddenly his eyes widened. "Why isn't it listening?" I could just about make out the words.
Then a massive lightning bolt crashed down on the demon, moments after it fired. It dissipated most of the blast, though a bit of it did manage to race towards us. Erza thankfully managed to block most of it. Though the boat still splintered from the sheer force.
Natsu at least seemed to wake up. No longer technically on transport.
I flash stepped onto the Nimbus, standing just behind Levy. I quickly started putting in more mana to enlarge the cloud. Natsu thankfully had already been picked up by... Mard...
Had I imagined what he'd said? I wasn't sure. Wasn't going to risk it either. I bade the cloud to fly towards him.
"You can just drop him here,"
Mard's gaze lingered on me for a moment to long before he smiled and placed Natsu down.
"Seriously?" I questioned the moment he became motion sick again, I sighed and proceeded to expand the cloud further. Happy was still carrying Mirajane as he flew towards us.
By the time everyone was on board, minus Mard. He preferred flying it seemed. Mystogan asked me to fly the cloud in a certain direction. Where? Didn't matter, it wasn't towards the island.
"Laxus should be more then capable of handling that demon." He remarked at the look on my and everyone else's faces.
"Deliora's powerful... " Gray remarked from his place.
"He's right, we must go help him," Erza agreed.
Mystogan looked a little troubled before he agreed.
I flew us towards where he wanted anyway.
"Zeres-" Era started before I shook my head.
"Shouldn't take long? Should it?" I questioned Mystogan, who blinked in surprise before nodding.
"You do know about my home then," He sighed to which I shrugged.
Pretty sure he rolled his eyes.
The moment we flew over the desired location was the moment I should've turned away. A bright magical circle suddenly covered the water as we reached it. Mystogan took out a stave, when he tried to place it in the middle of the suddenly developing magical circle however...
He swore.
Wait what? Did Mystogan just swear-
A bright light covered all of us but Mard Geer, a magical circle, most likely unintentionally if the look on his face was anything to go by, appeared over him as the light reached out. On seeing that... I did the only thing that came to mind... I sent him a party request.
...
Someone splashed water on my face. Who the hell- Oh it was Levy...
I got up with a groan, "What happened?"
"We... Were teleported I think..." She frowned as she looked around. "I haven't been able to find anyone else yet..."
I cursed, we were separated? Wait... Teleported... I stared out into the horizon and found giant floating rock-
"Oh goddamit!" I got up off the floor, briefly dusting myself.
"Zeres?" She suddenly questioned.
"Were in Edolas," I deadpanned.
"What?" she questioned bemused.
I turned towards her, "I said, we're in Edolas-" And froze on the spot. Just behind Levy I could see my floating cloud.
"Edolas? Isn't that one of the other- Zeres are you paying attention?"
I nodded wordlessly as I made to touch the flying cloud. "Levy, do me a sold and use your solid script,"
"Why?"
"Just... Indulge me..."
She blinked before nodding and casting off some fire.
"Shit... You can use magic..."
...
Author Notes: To the review saying I should include more details... I most definitely do, I intend to start including far more the moment FFn catches up to Spacebattles which should be pretty soon!
Also, for those wondering whether I've just skipped over Lyon/Deliora's arc. I didn't. I just figured that Laxus and Mard needed some forced Character Development, Hehehehe.
