Chapter 10: Galuna Island
The port town of Hargeon
Ooh, how nostalgic! This was the town where we all met!" Lucy says excitingly.
"Nostalgic? It wasn't that long ago." Natsu points out.
"Lucy's like an old lady." Happy says as he stops himself from bursting out in laughter but is still heard by Lucy who looks back at him angrily.
"Well if it wasn't for those guys, we wouldn't have met each other." Sakura points out and Latias nods her head.
"All right, first this is to find a ship to take us to Galuna Island." Lucy says.
"A ship?!" Natsu yells in fear. "No way! Not a chance! We're swimming got it?"
"That's even less a chance."
"Natsu, try to be reasonable." Sakura says.
The group make their way to the docks and begin asking locals whether they can give them transportation to there.
"Galuna Island? You've got to be kidding me! I'm not going anywhere near it!"
"Give me a break! I don't wanna here that name!"
"We don't mention that name around this port."
"It's cursed and it's a bad omen."
"I don't know why you want to go to there, but there isn't any ship that'll take you. Even pirates avoid it." A dark skinned man with black hair and black moustache says to the group.
"But…" Lucy says.
"Then it's decided, we're swimming!" Natsu says joyously.
"Aye!" Happy agree.
"That's impossible got it!" Lucy angrily says at the two.
"But how are we going to get there?" Sakura asks as Latias cocks her head.
"Found you." A voice from behind the group says as Natsu, Lucy, and Happy jump from fright while they and Sakura turn around to see Gray.
"Gray?" Lucy says in shocked.
"What are you doing here?" Natsu questions in surprise.
"Orders from Gramps to bring you back." Gray says.
"The jig's already up?" Natsu yells in shock.
"But how did you get here so quickly?" Sakura asks.
"If you go back now, you might even get away without being expelled. We're going back." Gray says.
"EH?!" Sakura shouts.
"Expelled?!" Lucy cries out in horror.
"As if! I'm going on an S class quest!" Natsu says.
"You ain't got the skill to handle it! If Erza finds out about this, you'll…" Gray trails off as his eyes go blank just thinking about how angry Erza would get at the group, causing Natsu and the others to also get scared thinking about her.
"Gray, save me! Those three forced me to come with them." Happy pleads as he flies onto Gray's back who becomes annoyed by this.
"You traitor!" Lucy yells in anger.
"You're the one who stole the quest in the first place!" Sakura yells in anger as well.
"I'm gonna face Erza down! I'm not gonna back down from this!" Natsu declares.
"This is the direct order from the master! I'm gonna bring you back by force if I have to!" Gray retorts. "Don't complain if you get hurt!" He says as Gray prepares to blast Natsu with ice.
"You're on!" Natsu says as he prepares to blast Gray with fire.
Meanwhile, Sakura prepares her glove if necessary to protect Lucy and if her vision was correct on the island. The man on the boat takes notice of the two using magic.
"Magic? Are you wizards?" The man asks as he stands up, catching the group's attention. "Could you be here to lift the curse from the island?"
"Yeah!" Natsu says.
"Well, we were…" Lucy says.
"I won't let you go!" Gray says to the group.
"Get on board!" The man says seeming to ignore what Gray says as Lucy, Sakura, and Natsu are surprised by this.
"Seriously?" Natsu says.
"Hey!" Gray exclaims trying to stop the man from getting them on the boat. Natsu smirks mischievously and takes this opportunity of Gray being distracted to kick him in the face, knocking him out.
"Oh well, guess we're ridin' the boat." Natsu says as he picks up the unconscious Gray.
"We're taking Gray with us?" Lucy asks.
"If this guy goes back to the guild, Erza will be coming next!" Natsu says as he and Lucy become scared, once again thinking about an evil Erza coming down to them.
"I'm pretty sure that Erza will be coming no matter if Gray heads back or not." Sakura points out.
~Night~
Natsu's head swells up as his motion sickness continues to make him suffer. Gray—now awake—is tied up in ropes as the group is getting closer to Galuna Island as the darkness has now fallen and a full moon is up in the sky.
"Great, now I'm scared…" Lucy says due to the strange eeriness that seems to be surrounding the group ever since they headed off for the island.
"You're the one to talk after getting me mixed up in this! And you too! Why'd you launch the boat?" Gray questions the fisherman who has his back towards them as he steers the boat and keep moving with a lacrima orb at the rear.
"When you found out that we were wizards, you seemed to be interested in getting us to the island." Sakura says and the man turns his head towards them.
"My name is Bobo. I was once a citizen of that island." The man, Bobo says catching Lucy's and Sakura's attention.
"Once?"
"I ran away from that cursed isle. If you go to that island, grave misfortune will befall you. Can you really undo the curse?" Bobo asks and he opens his cloak as the group sees startles and horrifies them. "The demon curse." Bobo reveals his left arm to be purple and demonic looking.
"Mister… your arm…" Gray trails off.
"The curse… you don't mean…" Lucy trails off.
"You can see it now." Bobo says and the group turn their heads as they see off the distance is their destination, Galuna Island as at the top of the island a bright yellow light could be seen. "That's Galuna Island."
"What's that?" Sakura says, seeing the light on the island.
"There's something shining on the peak of the mountain." Lucy says and she turns around to find her shock that Bobo is no longer on the boat. "huh? Where'd he go?!" She questions as everyone else, but Natsu—who is still sick—turns to find the fisherman is gone.
"Did he fall overboard?" Gray asks.
"We would've heard a splash." Sakura point out.
"He disappeared when we weren't looking." Happy says and they begin to hear a low rumbling sound.
"What's that sound?" Lucy asks as Gray happens to turn around and becomes shocked by that they see.
"Whoa!" Gray yells catching everyone else attention as they all turn around to see a giant wave about to smash down on top of them.
"It's a giant wave!" Lucy cries out.
"We're being engulfed! Hold on!" Gray shouts as everyone stares wide-eyed up at it.
"Happy, Latias, grab onto the boat and fly!" Lucy pleads.
"I can't!" Happy yells.
"I don't think Latias could carry this boat!" Sakura shouts and the wave comes crashing down right on top of them, destroying the boat and sending the wizards, Sakura and Latias into the water.
~The next day~
Galuna Island
Latias wakes up on the beach as the sun wakes her up. She then floats up and sees Sakura lying next to her before nudging her head against Sakura's. Sakura opens her eyes and sees Latias next to her.
"Latias?" Sakura calls and Latias rubs her head on Sakura as Sakura stands up. "Okay, okay. You can stop doing that."
"Where am I?" Sakura and Latias hear Lucy's voice questions and stands on her feet.
"Lucy." Sakura calls.
"Sakura. Where's everyone else?" Lucy asks and she then sees Natsu and Gray—who is now free from the ropes—are all unconscious on the sand while Happy seems to be awake as well but with his upper body stuck in the sand.
~A few minutes later~
"We arrived!" Natsu says joyously.
"A giant wave washed us here." Lucy says.
"Good thing we lucked out." Gray says.
"Except the boat got destroyed by that wave." Sakura says.
"But what was with that guy… He said something about the Demon Curse?" Lucy says.
"Who cares! Let's go exploring! It's an expedition!" Natsu declares without thought as he wildly waves his arms.
"Aye!" Happy agrees.
"So you're more interested in that than the request?" Lucy questions with a sweatdrop. "There seems to be only one village on this island. The chieftain there is the person made the request. Let's search for him first."
"Wait." Gray says.
"What? The ship's destroyed, so you can't bring us back." Natsu says.
"No. I'm coming." Gray says which takes the others by surprise. "It'd be annoying if you got up to the second floor before me, and if you got expelled that wouldn't be any fun. We do this job right and Gramps has nothing to complain about it, right?" Gray says which seems to excite Natsu, Happy, and Lucy as well as Sakura and Latias grin in excitement. "Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
~Night~
After wandering for hours, the group finally locate the village as the village is surrounded by very high wooden walls with spikes at the top. On the gate, the only entrance to the village was a sign 'Keep Out'.
"Okay, we made it here. Now what?" Gray asks.
"What do they mean, 'keep out'?"" Natsu asks.
"Excuse me! Please open the gate!" Lucy yells out, hopefully getting someone's attention, but there is no response.
"Should we break it down?" Natsu asks with a smirk.
"No!" Lucy and Sakura says simultaneously in anger to him.
Just then, two figures—mostly guards—appears at the top of the gate looking down on the wizards.
"Who goes there!?"
"We're from the wizard guild, Fairy Tail!" Lucy yells back as everyone looks up at the two.
"We didn't hear that anyone accept the request!"
"Uh well…" Lucy trails off trying to come up with a reason for that.
"There must have been a mix up and the message was late!" Gray yells.
"Show us your marks, all of you!"
The trainer and wizards comply, as Natsu shouts his red mark which is below his right shoulder, Happy's green mark is on his back as he moves his backpack aside to show, Lucy raises her hand to show her mark, Sakura raises her arm to show the mark, and Gray raises his shirt to show his blue mark on his right pectoral muscle.
"They're for real!"
"They actually came!" The two guards say in shock and joy.
The two immediately open the gate as it slowly rises, giving the group a look at the village and its people inside, they all wear the exact kind of cloak that the fisherman was wearing as their faces are hidden and a few wearing green scarves around their necks.
"It's like we're entering the mouth of a giant monster." Happy says.
"Please don't say things like that." Lucy tells him.
Then the villagers gathered around right before the group as in front of the gathered villagers is a short man wielding a staff with a crescent moon shaped rock on top.
"I am the chief of this village, Moka!" The village chief known as Moka says as his face covered by his cloak making his voice a little muffled as the group entered the village and approaches the chief. "Firstly, I have something to show you. Villagers!" The chief along with all of the villagers remove their cloaks, the chief, men, women, and even children alike reveal demonic body parts to the group.
"The same as the man on the boat." Gray says.
"Yeah." Lucy agrees.
"Even the children." Sakura says.
"Those sideburns are incredible!" Natsu yells at the chief as his eyes bulge out, not noticing the demonic arm of his.
"No, no… This is what I wanted to show you." Chief Moka—a short bald headed old man with long white sideburns that run from his head all the way to his hips—says as he lifts his purple demonic right arm a little. "Every living think on this island has been cursed like this. Dogs and birds without exception."
"Not that I doubt you, but what basis do you have for calling it a curse? Have you considered it might be an epidemic?" Gray asks.
"We've consulted countless doctors, but they say there is no disease like this. And this appearance of outs is linked to the moon's evil spell."
"The moon's spell?" Lucy and Sakura asks.
"This place has absorbed moonlight since ancient times, and the island once sparkled beautifully like the moon. But some years ago, the light from the moon started changing to a purple color."
"A purple moon?" Natsu asks and Happy looks up at the moon which is blocked by the cloud, but as the cloud moves out of its view, he notices purple light start to shine through.
"The moon is coming out." Happy says as everyone looks up.
"He's right! It is purple!" Lucy says in shock.
"But, how can the moon be purple?" Sakura says.
"That really gives he the creeps." Gray says.
"It's the curse. This is the evil spell of the moon!" Moka says as he seems to be sweating in fear. Just then, his eyes widen out as if he is in pain and out of nowhere, all the villagers begin to scream out in pain as well. Frightening the wizards and the trainer.
"What?" Lucy questions.
"What's happening them?" Sakura asks.
As the purple moon continues to shine down on the village, all the villagers begin changing into creatures.
"They're…" Gray starts.
"What's going on?" Lucy says.
"The heck?" Natsu says.
All the villagers are now transformed before the group as they no longer humans. However, they still retain wo they are as Moka and his people look at the Fairy Tail members.
"I apologize for startling you." Moka says.
"What in the world is this?" Gray says.
"How awful." Lucy says.
"These poor people." Sakura says.
"How… How cool!" Natsu yells out, which takes everyone by surprise as they all stare at him, frozen in place.
"Huh?"
"Awesome!" You got horns and spines and stuff! How can I get some?" Natsu asks.
"He thinks this is cool?"
"No one's ever said that before."
"Hey, it's a real problem for them to look like this!" Lucy scolds Natsu.
"Really?" Natsu asks.
"It is." Sakura answers.
"Oh, my bad. Guess we'd better do something about it." Natsu says as he rubs the back of his head in embarrassment.
"He finally gets it." Happy says.
"Get a clue, seriously." Gray says.
"It's obvious these people don't like being this way." Sakura says.
"Returning to the matter at hand. When the purple moon appears, we all change to these demonic forms. If this cannot be called a curse, then what is it?" Moka says as Natsu looks in shock. "When the morning comes, everyone returns to their previous forms. However, some never change back again! Their very minds have been stolen from them."
"That…" Lucy starts.
"The ones who have been turned into demons, who have lost their minds… We have no choice but to kill them." Moka says as he looks down at the ground as the sadness in his voice grows and the last part shock the wizards and trainer.
"But there might be a way to return them to normal!" Natsu says.
"If we leave them be, then everyone would be killed by the demon! Even when we locked them up, they destroy the jail. So… I killed my very own son." Tears stream down from his eyes, pulling out a picture of his son who resembles like the fisherman who brought the group to the island. "My son, whose mind was turned into that of a demon." He says as he lowers his photo, allowing the group to see his son as they all gasp in shock.
"That's… But yesterday, we…"
"Shh!" Gray shushes at Lucy. "I know why that guy disappeared. He couldn't rest in peace, couldn't he?" Gray says.
"A ghost?" Lucy thought.
"Please, save this island! If things stay like this, all of us will lose our minds and turn to demons!" Moka pleads.
"We won't let that happen!" Natsu says determined. "We'll do something about it!"
"There is only one way to rid of us of the curse."
"How?" Sakura asks.
"The moon… Please destroy the moon." Moka says.
The wizards and trainer taken back by what the chief said.
"Destroy… the moon…?" Sakura questions.
~Later that night~
Sakura, Latias, and the wizards are taken to where they will be sleeping. Two rooms have been set up for the group to sleep in, the girls getting their own room and the men get the other room. However, before going to sleep, they meet together to discuss the situation.
"The moon just keep getting creepier the more you look at it." Happy says as he stares out the window.
"Happy, hurry and close the window. The chief explained remember? If we get expose to too much moonlight, we'll turn into demo ourselves." Lucy says.
"I don't think that all." Sakura says.
"What do you mean, Sakura?" Lucy asks.
"Something else must be causing the curse and causing the moon to be purple. Also, we haven't explored the mountain where that light came from last night."
"Anyway, I dunno…" Natsu says.
"Do they serious expect us to destroy the moon?" Gray says.
"Who knows how many punches it'll take?" Natsu says.
"You're planning on destroying it?!" Gray yells out in shock.
"What are you thinking?" Sakura questions.
"Yeah. I don't think there's a wizard that could actually do that." Lucy says.
"But 'destroy the moon' is the request. If we accept a request and can't complete it, it'll look bad for Fairy Tail." Natsu says.
"We can't to the impossible! And how did you plan on getting to the moon anyway?" Gray asks.
"Happy." Natsu says which shocks Happy.
"Uh, not happening." Happy says.
"You probably don't know how fare the moon actually is, do you…" Sakura says.
"Well, thinking back on what Sakura said. I guess if we poke around maybe we can find another wat to lift the curse." Lucy says aloud, thinking about it when she then finds Gray's shirt is thrown to her face.
"Walking all day after the shipwreck, I'm beat." Gray says as he is stripped down to his boxer and talks off one of his socks.
"Why are you stripping?" Lucy asks with a sweatdrop.
"Right! So tomorrow we go exploring the island some more. Now to bed!" Natsu says as he and Happy jump onto the makeshift bed on the ground provided by the villagers.
"Aye sir!"
"We'll think about it tomorrow." Gray says as he also falls onto his bed.
"Then we should head back, Lucy." Sakura says.
"Yeah. I'm tired too. Let's go to sleep." Lucy agrees and both of them go to their room to sleep.
~The next morning~
"It's early…" Natsu says while still half asleep.
"Really damn early…" Gray agrees.
"Don't be like that! Now, let's get motivated and get going!" Lucy says in a determined tone as she, Sakura, and Latias are ready, but Natsu Gray, and Happy still appear to be sleepy.
"Aye…" Natsu, Gray, Happy say.
"Gate of the Clock. I open thee! Horologium!" Lucy says as she summons Horologium to once again ride in.
The group set out to investigate the rest of the island, hoping to find something that could be the real cause of the cause of the curse.
"You think we can really lift the curse without destroying the moon?" Natsu asks.
"Well, what other choices do we have? And even if we could destroy it, it's a bad idea! We wouldn't have the moon-viewing festival anymore!" Gray says.
"That's true! We'd never eat the limited-time-only 'Fairy Tail Moon-View Steak' again?" Natsu says now concerned.
"I don't know what I'd do if my favorite Moon-View Salted Fish was gone…" Happy says.
"'Hey you two! I don't know what you're blabbing about, but keep it down will you?'… She says." Horologium says.
"Walk on your own." Natsu says.
"Hey, can you really use Celestial Spirits like that?" Gray asks.
"'We're up against a curse here, you know. It's scary when It's something ephemeral.' … She says." Horologium translates.
"That's what I call an S class quest! I'm all fired up!" Natsu yells out.
"I'll freeze that curse up no prob! Nothing to be scared of!" Gray says.
"'You guys are really idiots.' She says."
"I agree." Sakura says as Latias flies next to her.
"Aye!" Happy agrees.
As the group continues walking, the ground around them begins to shake as what sounds like massive feet stomping the ground comes behind them, making the group turn around.
"What's that?" Natsu questions.
Upon seeing what's behind them, Natsu and Gray scream out in shock as their eyes go blank. Behind them is a very large rat with turquoise fur and wears a black corset-style top with pink frilly edges, a white lace headband, and a red ribbon on its chest.
"W-what's the heck?!" Natsu questions.
"It's huge!" Gray yells.
"Is this even a rat!" Sakura shouts.
"'Hurry up and get it guys!' She says."
The giant rat then rears its head as if prepared to do something.
"Ice Make Shield!" Gray yells as he summons a wall of ice in front of them just as the rat breathes out a stream of green colored mist which surrounds the group and Natsu and Gray yell out in disgust as Latias flies up with Sakura on her back.
"'Hey, what's the matter? Wait, when did you get in here?' 'Aye!'" They say." Horologium says as Happy is inside him with Lucy. Horologium then disappears, not able to handle the smell, exposing Lucy and Happy to the gas.
"Eww!" The two cry out as they cover their nose and this seems to amuse the rat as it begins to laugh.
"A mouse?" Lucy says.
"Natsu's down!" Gray says as Natsu is knocked down to his knees from the smell.
"He's got a strong sense of smell." Happy says.
"Hurry up you guys!" Sakura says as Latias flies down to them and the giant rat approaches the group as raises an eyebrow at them.
"Run away!" Natsu yells as he is now up and running alongside the others as Latias flies alongside them, away from the giant rat that is now chasing after them.
As the giant rat continues to chase them, it breathes even more of its bad gas at the group, driving them farther and farther into the forest. Having enough of the rat, Gray turns around.
"Ice Make Floor!" Gray yells as he sends a blast of ice magic to the ground, freezing the ground beneath him as it then travels forward to the giant rat, eventually freezing the ground just as the giant rat takes another step forward causing it to slip and fall onto its back.
"Do that from the start!" Natsu says as he and the others are relieved to have the giant rat down.
"No complaining!" Gray says annoyed and Lucy breathes a sigh of relief, she looks to her right and notices what looks like a temple.
"Look, there's some kind of building. Let's go in there while we have the chance." Lucy says to the others.
"Beat it up while we have the chance!" Natsu and Gray say in anger as they are now literally kicking the downed rat who has tears streaming down its face and bruise marks all over its face.
"Guys…" Lucy says quietly with a sweatdrop.
Inside the Temple of the Moon
The group now is standing inside the entrance to the Temple of the Moon as the inside is in ruin as support pillars are destroyed and rubble litters the ground all over.
"Quite large." Lucy says.
"What era is this thing from?" Gray questions.
"Do you think it's this place where the light came from two nights ago?" Sakura asks and Natsu looks up at one of the walls and notices a carving of a red crescent shaped moon.
"What?" Natsu says.
"The moon huh?" Gray says noticing it too. "The island was originally called 'The Island of the Moon'." Gray says reading the text on the wall.
"Island of the Moon, the moon's curse, moon symbol… these ruins are really suspicious." Lucy says.
"Whatever the case, this place is in really horrible shape." Natsu says as he walks a few feet away from the others and begins stomping the ground. "Is this floor even safe?"
"Hey, stop that!" Lucy tells him.
"She's right. What if the floor suddenly gave in?" Sakura asks and at that moment, Natsu's leg busts through the floor. Natsu's eyes widening out in shock at what he just did as then the ground underneath the others also gives away, sending the group falling down into what appears to be an underground cavern.
"Natsu, you idiot! Look what you did!" Gray yells.
Eventually, the group hits the ground and are buried under a large pile of rocks. Natsu and the others break free virtually unharmed.
"Everyone all right?" Natsu asks frantically.
"No, not at all thanks to you!" Lucy says in anger.
"Why can't you think before destroying things you idiot!" Gray says also angered and Latias flies down to Sakura to check on her.
The group then look up to see that they really fall a long way down.
"Happy, can you fly up with everyone?" Lucy asks.
"I can't…" Happy says.
"Underground ruins, huh?" Gray says.
"It's a secret cave!" Natsu yells in excitement.
"Still where does this cave lead to?" Sakura asks.
"We're here and all, so let's go exploring!" Natsu says as he begins running down a cavern hallway.
"That's enough running amuck out of you!" Gray yells at Natsu who is already gone.
Chasing after Natsu, the others come into an even bigger cavern which has mist covering the ground. They then hear Natsu gasping in shock.
"Natsu?" Lucy says.
"What's the matter? Gray asks as they then spot Natsu frozen in place looking up at something.
"What is this?" Natsu questions.
Looking at where Natsu is, everyone gasps in complete shock at what they see, a massive evil looking monster, frozen in ice. Gray however, seems to be shocked the most as if he knew what it was.
"This is…" Natsu says.
"This is the same monster I saw in my vision…" Sakura thought.
"Deliora!" Gray says. "You're joking… Why is Deliora here?" He wonders aloud as he takes a few steps towards the frozen monster. "I can't believe this! There's no way it'd be in a place like this!" Gray yells out.
"You know this thing?" Natsu asks as he and the others approaches Gray who is still in shock.
"That's… that's…" Gray trails off as he looks down.
"Gray, calm down." Lucy says and Gray looks up at the monster again.
"It's Deliora. Demon of Disaster."
"Demon of the Ashtray?" Natsu questions.
"Disaster." Happy corrects him.
"Demon of Disaster?" Sakura says.
"It's just like it was back then. What the hell happened?" Gray questions.
Suddenly, Lucy begins to hear footsteps coming from behind them, down the hallway. The others notice it and quickly hide behind large rocks as then two people come into view.
One of them is a short, slim man with extremely bushy, squared eyebrows, bright blue hair that is arranged in a number of spikes pointing straight upwards and wearing a green coat that reaches down to his knees and dark loose pants.
The other is a lean-built mildly muscular young man of average height with distinctive animal features such as canine ears, small dark nose, and a lower face which is colored differently from the rest of his body, bearing resemblance to a canine muzzle, with shoulder length brown hair and wearing nothing but extremely loose blue pants, a red collar with hollow studs, and dark shoes.
"You heard people's voices around here?" the man with the weird eyebrows questions with a smug look on his face as he has his hands behind his back, the other growls like a dog in response as he holds his stomach. "It's noon. I'm sleepy. Toby, you got expose to the Moon Drip? You got ears and stuff!"
"No dude! They're like, fashion, yo!" Toby—the dog looking man—yells out in anger as it almost sounds like he's barking as he says the words.
"Just teasing you dolt."
"Yuka, you're so mean." Toby says to Yuka—the man with extremely eyebrows.
"Moon Drip?" Lucy questions upon hearing those words. "Are they talking about the curse?"
The group then notices a third person enter the room.
A girl with pink hair tied in pigtails, wearing a choker tied into ribbon, a purple and pink short spaghetti dress with light pink trimmings, black leggings, and high-heeled sandals.
"Yuka-san, Toby-san. I bring sad news." The girl says in a sad tone.
"It's you Sherry." Yuka says.
"Angelica has been bullied by someone."
"It's a mouse dude! Don't give it no fancy name!" Toby yells.
"She is not a mouse! Angelica is a hunter that runs through the darkness… and… love!" Shery says as a pink heart with the word 'love' appears beside her head.
"We've got some serious weirdos here. Especially that last one." Lucy says with wide eye.
"They're not from this island. They smell different." Natsu says.
"And they don't seem like they're cursed either." Happy says.
"Intruders?" Yuka says surprising the group.
"And we haven't collected all the moonlight we needed yet! How vexing! Let us exterminate the intruders before Reitei-sama hears from them. Yes. Before the moon's true form appears." Sherry says.
"Yeah." Yuka agrees as Toby growls.
"We can't let them survive if they've seen Deliora. We must put intruders to sleep for eternity. In other words… love!" Shery says and a hears with the word appears beside her head as the word echoes out.
"You mean, death?" Toby questions as the three hear something off in the distance.
"What was that?" Sherry questions.
"It's over there." Yuka says as the three run off.
With the three of them gone, the others stand up from their hiding spot and Happy flying in due to having caused the noise to get them out of the cave.
"Good job." Lucy says.
"Aye." Happy says.
"What? Why don't we catch 'em and make 'em answer questions?" Natsu asks.
"Not yet. Let's look around a bit more." Lucy says.
"This has gotten hid of complicated."
"Who is this Reitei-sama person?" Happy questions.
"Probably the one who set this up." Sakura says.
"Why the heck did they bring Deliora here? And how did they find the place it was sealed in anyway?" Gray questions.
"The place it was sealed?" Lucy asks.
"This thing was sealed in a glacier on the northern continent. An immortal demon that ran rampant ten years ago in the land of Isvan. The demon who Ul, the wizard who taught me magic, gave her life to seal away! I don't know what connection it has to the cursed island, but this thing should never be here!" Gray says in anger as his right hand becomes enveloped in cold air. "Who the hell is this Reitei person? I ain't gonna let you get away with throwing dirt on Ul's name!"