A white trail of energy streaked above the shore of the continent, heading inland. A snow hare looked up at the phenomenon, then scampered off. The trail of energy came down on the forest, landing on the ground and fading to reveal a short, red-haired boy. A maroon Fairy Tail guildmark overlapped his right eye, and he wore a dark blue cloak with a dark gray coat and thick brown pants underneath. He looked up at the trees.

"Merlin was right," Elkhart commented to himself. "There's something unsettling about this place. These trees shouldn't be able to survive in this climate." He walked further inland, following the source of the incredible magic power he was detecting. He reached his destination, finding a white orb covered in moss. He looked down, making sure he hadn't stepped on any of the moss. It may have been able to heal William, but he was unsure what other effects it might have. He found a few bare spots and stepped there, approaching the lacrima and kneeling down. "What are you?" He materialized a magical scanner from his requip inventory, and he began scanning the lacrima. "Similar to Anima, like Merlin described. No…" His expression changed to that of concern. "It's not just similar." He stood up and backed away, finding a spot on the ground, and got some camping equipment out of his requip inventory. He then pointed at the lacrima. "You, my friend, are going to be analyzed some more. But first, I'm going to get some food and sleep." He continued to set up his tent.

"Again, sorry about our initial reaction," Freed apologized.

"It's fine," Arleos reassured him. "I've studied quite a bit about your world, including my counterpart, Zeref Dragneel. I can understand why you wouldn't like him, and why you would be surprised to see his face."

"Edolas is an interesting place," Sting commented, looking through the window out at the darkening sky.

"Oh, this isn't Edolas," Arleos corrected.

This got Rogue's attention. "Wait… we're not in Edolas?"

Arleos laughed and opened the front door, beckoning for the others to follow. They followed him outside, and he pointed towards a green-and-tan moon with dashes of blue and white. "That's Edolas."

Sting looked down at the ground, and his jaw dropped. "The grass is glowing!"

The others looked down. Then Arleos looked up at Sting and nodded. "Most of the moons in this system glow in the dark. Edolas is the only one that doesn't."

"Wait…" Rogue interrupted. "We came here through a magic that was specifically designed to send things between Earthland and Edolas, so how did we end up on neither of those worlds?"

"Probably an error of some sort," Arleos theorized. "That direct line takes an incredible degree of accuracy, since the distance between Edolas and Earthland is about two hundred million times the distance between Edolas and Caerut."

"Caerut?"

"The moon that we're currently standing on."

"Ah."

"Arleos! I'm home!"

Everyone turned their heads to see a petite woman heading towards them, carrying a large dead animal on her shoulders. Freed marveled at the fact that she, with her size, was able to carry the creature without losing her balance. Then he realized who she was. "Mavis's Edolas counterpart, I presume?" He continued to stare at the dead creature she was carrying.

Arleos nodded. "This is my wife, Mio. She's been out hunting all afternoon."

Mio set down her load and looked up at the three wizards. "Who are these people?"

"They're from Earthland," Arleos explained.

Mio tilted her head. "How did they end up here and not on Edolas, then?"

"We were headed to Edolas via Anima, and there was an error," Rogue replied.

"I see."

"You can stay with us for now," Arleos invited. "While you're doing that, we can try to get you guys to Edolas. We do have the equipment for that."

Sting's eyes widened. "Seriously?!"

Arleos nodded. "It's not magic, so it's a journey of several days. However, we can get you the supplies to last you through that trip."

"I see." Freed looked up at Edolas, then back at Arleos. "Why are you going to so much trouble just to help us?"

"We're not," Mio explained. "We were already planning to send our son over on his seventeenth birthday, which is in about a week. We'd just need to figure out how to get the vehicle to carry three more passengers."

Sting and Rogue's jaws dropped, and they both stared at Mio profoundly. "V-Vehicle…?" Sting stammered.

"It's a vehicle?" Rogue asked weakly.

"Yeah. Is something wrong with that?"

"They're dragonslayers," Freed replied. "They…"

"Ah. Right. I am well aware of dragonslayers and their inability to function on vehicles. However, it is the only way from here to Edolas. Plus, you will mostly be floating through space in zero gravity, which shouldn't cause motion sickness. It's just the initial launch and entering Edolas's atmosphere that you should worry about."

Sting and Rogue gave a sigh of relief.

"Unfortunately, it's only designed to carry one person," Arleos added. "It could take quite some time to redesign it for three extra passengers."

Freed nodded. "So be it. Laxus can hold his own, even if I like helping him. And I'm sure the others are going to find Nashi and Emma."

"Unless they landed on other moons as well," Rogue pointed out.

"I doubt it," Mio replied. "I saw the flash of light as you arrived, and at the same time, I saw a similar, but much larger flash on Edolas."

Sting looked up at the green-and-brown moon in the sky. "I hope Eallesander is alright."

"Oh, yeah!" Rogue suddenly remembered their newest guildmate. "Well, we saw Gajeel grab them."

"Right," Sting acknowledged. "Still, though… remember how we found them? And they've never been outside of our guild's company since then. I worry about how they'll cope."

Rogue turned to Sting and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "They'll be fine. For one thing, they're with Gajeel, and I trust him. Also, nobody in Edolas knows their secret."

Sting smiled. "Yeah. I guess you're right."

Arleos clapped his hands together so as to get everybody's attention. "Anyway, let's go inside. Dinner's almost ready, and I think you should get introduced to our son, since you're going to be spending a week in a sealed pod with him."

Freed nodded. "To be fair, I am a bit hungry."

The hotel cashier looked down at the money that had been placed on the counter, then back up at Cana. "Sorry. We don't accept foreign currency."

"Well, we kind of just came from a parallel world where the currency local to this place isn't available to us."

"Uh huh. And I'm the King of Edolas."

"It's true!" Cana insisted. "We're travelers from Earthland."

"Nice try, but nothing's been able to travel between the two worlds for the past twenty-eight years," the cashier flatly put. "If you had been in Edolas for that long, you would have plenty of the local currency. So pay in local currency or get out."

Cana sighed. "All the magic disappeared from Edolas back then, right?"

"Yes. Everyone knows that."

Cana took a card and held it in her hand. The card then burst into flame, startling everyone in the room. Then the flames died down, and Cana placed the unaffected card back in her deck. She smiled innocently at the shocked cashier. "Explain that, then."

The cashier stared at the deck Cana was holding, then looked back up at Cana. "W-Well, i-it's still against hotel policy to accept foreign currency," she stuttered.

"We still need a place to stay, though. Please?"

"There's really nothing I can do…"

"Their rooms are on me," a voice behind them offered. Cana, Lisanna, Mira and Elfman turned to see a man in tattered robes. His hair was mostly a dark shade of indigo, with a single white streak. "You're all Fairy Tail wizards, right?"

"Yeah," Elfman confirmed. "Who are you?"

"First, I'll get you all rooms. Then we'll talk." He walked up to the counter, then turned to them. "How many rooms?"

"Cana and I would like our own room with a shared bed," Mira replied.

"I guess Lisanna and I will share a room – separate beds," Elfman added.

The man nodded and turned to the cashier. "What they said." He got some money out of a small sack and put it on the counter. The cashier then took the money, rang it up, and gave back the change. "Thank you." The man put the change back in his sack, and the cashier gave him two keys. He motioned to the wizards. "Come with me." They followed him up a stairway, along a hallway, over to two doors. He unlocked one of the doors, looked inside, and turned back to the group. "Elfman, Lisanna, it looks like this one's yours." He handed Lisanna the key he had used to unlock it, then unlocked the other door. "…which means this one is for Cana and Mira." He gave Mira the other key, then headed for another door and unlocked it with a third key. "Come into my room. I'll tell you everything."

The four wizards followed the man into his room, and they all found places to sit.

"I'm Hughes," the man introduced himself. "I'm part of the royal court."

"Hughes?" Lisanna inquired. "Aren't you one of the ones that Natsu fought?"

Hughes nodded. "I trust that King Jellal told you the basics?"

"He told us that there's a rebellion going on in the capital," Cana replied, removing the barrel of alcohol from her back and leaning against it. "And we already knew about the random Anima. In fact, part of the reason we're here is to rescue two of our guildmates who got caught up in one."

"I see. Well, yeah. There have been randomly occurring Anima on both worlds, and some of the citizens think it's our doing. Most of us are busy defending the castle, but some of us, like me and Jellal, are seeking outside assistance."

Lisanna nodded. "Cana may be the only one here who can use magic. However, we'll all do what we can."

Hughes smiled. "That's good to know." He got up from the floor. "I've nothing else to say right now. We can sort things out tomorrow."

The Fairy Tail mages exchanged glances, then got up and headed for their respective rooms.

Hisoka looked at Lily, then at Henri and Thomas.

"So, you two are the last of the one hundred?"

Henri nodded.

Lily smiled. "The search is officially done. Once we return to Earthland, we can go visit the others and celebrate."

Hisoka smiled. "That's great! Henri, you and Thomas finally get to meet your families!"

"I suppose so." Henri gave a bit of a smile.

Hisoka turned to Merlin. "I see you were successful in finding help."

Merlin nodded. "We were separated, as Mystogan didn't have enough power to keep us together through the Anima…"

"Mystogan?"

"Uh, yeah…" Merlin raised an eyebrow at Hisoka. "I would assume Laxus would have told you by now, considering we got here two days ago."

Laxus rolled his eyes. "I was busy trying not to throw up. We were in a four-wheeler for most of those two days."

"Ah. Well, Mystogan showed up at the guild. Apparently there've been issues with the citizens rebelling. Some sort of misunderstanding regarding the Anima."

"So, how's Will doing?" asked Akane.

"She's getting better by the day," Merlin replied. "Though she is a bit worried about you and Emma."

Akane nodded. "To be fair, we did kind of jump in without thinking."

"Yeah, that was one of the points she brought up."

"Then she's absolutely right. We really should have thought things through first."

"Well, the Anima was closing up," Hisoka pointed out. "We needed to think fast."

Merlin sighed. "Well, it appears we actually do have a way back now, since Mystogan has a way of controlling the Anima. But how are we going to find Nashi and Emma?"

"Well, I thought we'd find them here," Hisoka admitted. "The people I questioned did mention a smaller trail of light diverging from the one I tracked down to this place, but I never asked which direction it was going. I suppose I should have, though."

Henri nodded. "I take it that would be Nashi and Emma?"

"Most likely." Hisoka looked out at the horizon. "I suppose we could try tracking down one of the other flashes of light? Our best bet is to find the others."

Thomas pointed. "I did see one over that way two days ago. It was pointed straight down. There were others, but that's the only one whose direction I remember."

Hisoka looked in the direction Thomas had pointed, then at Thomas. "I see."

"I'm not certain about this," Lily speculated, "but I think that's where the Royal City is located."

Suddenly, Merlin noticed something odd about Akane. "Are you alright?"

Akane tilted his head. "I'm fine. Why?"

"You and Hisoka are acting a bit strange – like you're in pain. And you both appear to have a bit of a – well – glittery texture to your skin."

Akane sighed. "Our souls are reacting a bit weirdly to being in Edolas. It's something with the way magic behaves here. We'll be fine." He didn't want to worry them by explaining that they would die within a few days, and he could tell Hisoka felt the same way about the matter.

"You sure?"

"Well, Hisoka got briefly possessed by his inner dragon, but only because he recognized Acnologia."

Merlin's eyes widened, and Henri and Lily whipped around to face Akane. "Acnologia?!"

Thomas noticed the reaction and turned to the others. "Who's Acnologia."

Akane sighed. "Before you ask, I do not mean his Edolas counterpart. And no, I'm not going to repeat the explanation to everyone we meet who doesn't know yet. I'll explain everything once we all get home."

"Acnologia is still alive…?" Lily began to tremble in fear.

"You don't have anything to worry about," Akane reassured him.

"Akane's right," Laxus chimed in. "He's no longer trying to destroy anything."

"That's hardly the point," Lily argued.

"Acnologia's continued existence is hardly the point," Laxus replied. "I'm sorry, but that's not important at the moment."

Akane nodded, then turned to Hisoka. "Anyway, you were saying?"

Hisoka looked over where Thomas had pointed, then back at Akane. "Well, I guess we head for the royal city, since it's our best lead. Lily, I'm going to guess that you can carry more than one person in that form?"

"I could maybe carry two," Lily replied. "But they would have to be relatively light."

Hisoka looked around the group. "Well, Akane and I can't use Aera here, even though it's an exceed magic. So that leaves Lily, Thomas and Henri with flying capabilities. Then there's me, Merlin, Akane, and Laxus…"

"I think Lily should carry you and Akane," Laxus suggested to Hisoka. "You're the lightest one out of the four of us, and Merlin and Akane weigh about the same, I'm guessing."

"Henri is better with heavy loads than I am," Thomas said to Laxus. "I think she should carry you."

"I guess that leaves me with Thomas," Merlin conceded. "That works."

Laxus nodded. "I think that setup is the best we can get."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Akane looked around at the people at the beach resort. "So what do we do about them."

"Try to remember them," replied Thomas. "It's the only thing we can do, since we can't take them with us."

Akane nodded. "I suppose you're right."

Thomas flew over and got a firm grip on Merlin's back. "Well, what are we waiting for?"

Henri nodded in acknowledgement and grabbed Laxus, while Panther Lily picked up Hisoka and Akane under either arm. The three exceeds then sprouted their wings and flew off towards the royal city.

Gajeel looked at the four-wheeler in dismay.

"Is something wrong?" his Edolas counterpart asked.

"Is this really the only way to get to the royal city?" Earth-Gajeel asked.

"If you want to get there quickly, then yes. What's the problem?"

Earth-Gajeel sighed. "I get horribly motion sick."

"I see." Edo-Gajeel looked at the vehicle, then back at Earth-Gajeel. "Well, the only other option is a long walk, I'm afraid."

"Well, I'm fine with it," Eallesander replied.

Alex nodded. "Just try not to throw up on the seat. We're sorry that we can't do anything about your condition."

Earth-Gajeel sighed. "Fine. I guess I should sit near the window, then."

Edo-Gajeel nodded. "That would make sense."

"Discomfort aside, I'm glad to know that Nashi and Emma are alright."

"Glad I could give you that reassurance."

"I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. If they can live as long as they have at each other's throats, an unfamiliar world would be a piece of cake for them."

Edo-Gajeel laughed. "You have a point."

Hughes looked up at the sky. "Any minute now…"

"What exactly are we waiting for?" asked Cana.

Just then, the group was hit by a pungent blast of wind. Everyone looked up to see a giant, blue, winged creature gliding towards them.

"That," replied Hughes.

The others could now see that there was a small woman sitting on the creature's back, along with Mystogan, Bickslow and… two Erza's? The creature landed in front of Hughes, and the five riders jumped down.

"Erza Scarlet, I didn't expect to see you here!" Hughes greeted.

Erza smiled. "It's nice to meet you again. How's reconstruction been going?"

"It was going alright until a few years ago. I'm sure those three told you the details."

Erza nodded. "Well, I'm glad we seem to be getting back together fairly quickly."

Lisanna's eye's widened in shock. "Erza… Knightwalker?"

"It's alright," Scarlet reassured her. "She's changed quite a bit from the fairy hunter she used to be."

Knightwalker nodded. "There was no excuse for what I did back then. I'm honestly surprised Jellal didn't have us all beheaded."

"Right…" Hughes changed the subject. "Anyway, we need to form a plan…"

The exceeds landed on the street and set down the humans they were carrying, earning a few stares from some nearby people who hadn't seen exceeds in twenty-eight years. The group looked around, then heard a noise, and turned to see a four-wheeler pulling up to them. Out stepped someone who was… Gajeel, but not the Gajeel they knew. He had curly hair, no beard, and fewer piercings. Next were two short, nearly identical people whose gender they couldn't discern, and finally, the Gajeel they knew sort of fell out, down on all fours and breathing heavily.

"I take it you're the Edolas version of Gajeel?" Hisoka inquired.

The curly-haired Gajeel nodded. "And that over there is Earth-Gajeel."

"Yeah, I know," Hisoka acknowledged. He looked over at Earth-Gajeel, who was now standing up and regaining his bearings. Then he looked down at the two unfamiliar people. "Who are these two?"

"Well, I know one of them's a member of Sabertooth from Earthland," Merlin replied. "As for the other one…"

"The other one's their Edolas counterpart," Earth-Gajeel replied. "As well as this guy's apprentice." He indicated Edo-Gajeel.

"So what brings you here?" asked Akane.

"We were on our way to meet up with Edolas' Fairy Tail," Earth-Gajeel explained. "Edo-me told us that's where Nashi and Emma have been staying. He's even met them."

"I see." Akane grinned in satisfaction. "Well, I guess we've found them, then."

Hisoka nodded. "Mission success!" Suddenly, he grunted in pain and raised a hand to his head as it throbbed a bit.

"You okay, kid?" Gajeel asked.

Hisoka nodded. "Akane and I have been getting headaches since we first arrived in Edolas, but we'll be fine."

"Yeah. It's nothing to worry about," Akane lied. "Anyway, let's go meet them!"

The group headed through the streets, and eventually turned to a building which seemed to be made from a giant hollowed-out plant. There was a banner hanging above it with the Fairy Tail guild symbol.

"Here it is," Edo-Gajeel introduced.

They went through the doors, Alex and Eallesander trailing behind. They looked around, and saw two Emma's, as well as William. Hisoka found it strange seeing her perfectly fine when he was used to seeing her crippled Earthland counterpart.

"Merlin…" William stared at Merlin, tears forming in her eyes. One of the versions of Emma had a similar reaction, while the other one just looked in surprise at everybody who had just shown up. Edo-Emma and William lunged at Merlin, hugging him tightly with tears streaming from their eyes, much to Merlin's surprise. Hisoka scanned the room to see that all of the Edolas Fairy Tail members looked like they wanted to do the same, and he could hear a sort of relieved joy buzzing around the room. In fact, Levy was now making her way towards them.

"Where's Nashi?" Hisoka asked.

Lucy looked at him for a second, then sighed. "She ran off without telling us anything a few hours ago."

Hisoka heard a spike of realization coming from someone's brain behind him, and he turned to see Earth-Gajeel with a worried look on his face. "What is it?" he asked.

"The main part of the rebellion is near the royal castle, right?" asked Earth-Gajeel.

"It is," replied Lucy.

Gajeel sighed in annoyance. "I think I know where she went."

Romeo and Asuka woke up to the sounds of people shouting and fighting.

"It sounds like people fighting," Romeo deduced.

"I agree," Asuka replied. "What is going on out there?"

They looked over to see Edo-Nashi entering the tent where they were still tied up.

"It seems we have an intruder," she explained. "Someone to join you."

Then they all jumped in surprise as they heard a familiar voice shouting something very strange.

"TELL ME WHERE I AM!"

A cone of flame blasted past the tent entrance, along with several people who had been thrown back by the flame. Then a girl walked past the entrance. She was holding Asuka's guns, the third one hanging with her keys. The dragonscale scarf and cherry blossom hair were unmistakable.

"I'm looking for me, so one of you had better inform me of my location!"

"Nashi?"

Earth-Nashi turned in response to Romeo's voice. Then her eyes narrowed on her Edolas counterpart, and she pointed one of the guns at her.

"So you're the one who's been soiling my reputation?" An evil grin crossed Earth-Nashi's face. "Well, soiling the reputation of any member of Fairy Tail is quite a serious matter!"

Edo-Nashi returned the grin, and drew her sword, as well as a device which, until now, had been hanging on her back, and now unfolded into a shield. "I take it you're my Earthland counterpart? Well, I can't have you running around Edolas unchecked."

"I'm fired up!" they simultaneously exclaimed.

Ah, the memories! Doesn't this remind you of Erza vs. Erza back in Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail? Also, what do you think will happen with Freed, Sting and Rogue? I know I didn't touch on them much, but it seems they're in quite the predicament, not even being on Edolas. Anyway, hope you enjoyed!