At long last, the battle scene! I really hope this is good... I tried hard! Battle scenes aren't my thing, but I think this turned out well. This is the longest chapter yet!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail... which saddens me

Chapter 10: The Battle

After 3 days everyone was getting ready for the battle. Gajeel was waiting outside of Levy bedroom door as she changed. After the whole Levy faking her death because she was nearly killed Gajeel has served as her personal bodyguard.

"Levy, are you sure about this?" Gajeel asked slightly worriedly. The past couple nights Gajeel had had nothing but nightmares of Levy dying during the battle. After getting a taste of what it was like thinking Levy was dead, he doubted he could live without Levy.

"Gajeel, I will be fine, really. Don't worry about me, I will have you with me at all times, remember? We have to take down Doma together, it is the only way," Levy said from the other side of the door. Gajeel sighed, he supposed he couldn't really expect her not to do this on his account. From the sounds of it, she had been planning this for YEARS.

"Remember what I told you a while ago? You are small, so don't leave my side. That goes for today too, don't you dare leave my side," Gajeel told her firmly. Levy opened the door, she had on a skin tight black suit- which under different circumstances would make Gajeel go crazy. Levy hugged Gajeel and held him closely.

"Gajeel, I love you, I will stay by you. Are you ready? Everyone is waiting for us at Fairy Tail," Levy told Gajeel, taking his hand in hers. Gajeel looked down at their hands, Levy's hand was so small in comparison to his own, and sighed.

"Yeah, I guess it is now or never," Gajeel said holding Levy hand tightly. The two walked to Fairy Tail where everyone else was all ready for the battle, both Fairy Tail members and resistance members alike were in the guildhall.

"Is everyone ready?" Levy asked the guildhall full of people. There was a roar that broke out among the crowd. Gajeel felt Levy hand grip his even harder, when Gajeel looked at his girlfriend he noticed she was actually nervous.

"Why are you so nervous?" he whispered to her confused. Hadn't this been what she was waiting for, what she had always wanted?

"Not everyone in this room is going to make it back alive. Not only that, but if we fail, we may never have another chance like this again. What we do today will change the world, for the good or the bad. I guess it just frightens me a little to know that," Levy told Gajeel nervously.

"Don't think negatively, think positively. Everyone has trained really hard, not only that, but you have dragons on standby as well. We aren't going to lose, there is no way, we are going to win," Gajeel told her confidently. Levy smiled up at him hoping what he said was true.

"Everyone know the plans correct? The elite team will follow me and Gajeel to take out the council members. Try your best not to kill anyone, only knock them out or make sure they cannot move. If you have to kill, I understand, but try not to. Gajeel and I will take out Doma. If you see any dragons, don't freak, they are on our side. Lahar's team will be there too, so don't attack any council members wearing red. Most importantly, try to come home in one piece," Levy told everyone. The group nodded, understanding what their leader was telling them. "Now then, everyone, to the council building!" she cried out. A roar let out amongst the recruits before they started to head toward the council building. Before they left Levy went over to Wendy. "You understand why I am having you stay back with the master, correct?' Levy asked Wendy.

"Yes, my powers are best used for healing everyone when they get back rather than fighting. Just, promise me you will come back alive Levy-san, I don't think I could handle the sadness of you dying again," Wendy told Levy, her voice shaking slightly. Levy held Wendy close and kissed the top of her head.

"I promise I will come back alive, you just focus on keeping your power stored up so you can use it when we come back. Watch over master for me while we are gone, okay?" Levy told her with a small smile. As much as she hated to leave Wendy behind, she knew she couldn't risk Wendy being hurt.

"I will," Wendy said nodded determinedly. As Levy left with Gajeel and the others both Wendy and the master did the famous Fairy Tail salute. With tears in her eyes, Levy left to go change the world.

They arrived at the council building about an hour later. Everyone was ready for some action. Erza, Laxus, Mira, Gildarts, Natsu, and Gray all stood in the front with Gajeel and Levy.

"Okay, so you all know what to do right? You all, but Natsu, need to get to the top of the building, that is where the other council members will be. Natsu, you need to take out Ella very quickly, before she can take anyone over. We can't afford to lose anyone. Gajeel and I will handle Doma, so don't worry about us. Ready?" Levy asked. They all nodded and Levy opened the doors to the council building where several guards were there. Probably complaining about having a boring day, though that was about to change.

"It's Levy McGarden!" one yelled before getting an Iron Dragon club to the face. Others started to shoot there magic guns at them, but the elite team made a circle around Levy so she wouldn't be hurt. Soon the others rushed in and started to clash with the guards.

"Calling for back up! Calling for back up! It is a resistance ambush like we have never seen before!" one guard said into his communication lacrima. If we get that lacrima it will allow us to hear their plans, Levy thought with a smirk.

"Erza! Can you get that guards lacrima and ID pass? We will need both," Levy yelled at Erza. Even though the circle was pretty tight around Levy, the fighting around them was loud.

"Understood!" Erza said before requipping her Flight Armor on. Using the armors immense speed she was able to quickly get both the guards ID card and the lacrima.

"Good, give me the lacrima and you keep the ID card. If we run into any doors you will have to use it," Levy explained to Erza. Erza nodded and handed Levy the lacrima. Levy brought the lacrima up to her ear to listen in on the enemy's plans.

"Ella, you go to the fourth floor so you can stop them before they get to the council members above you," someone told Ella.

"Understood," Ella said.

"Ella will be at the fourth floor, which is the floor below where all the council members will be. Natsu, you need to distract Ella long enough that we all can get through and then take her out as quickly as possible," Levy told Natsu.

"I'm all fired up now," Natsu said with a grin, "let's get there quickly!"

"There is a stairwell to our right, that is probably the quickest way to get the fourth floor without being detected. There may be a few guards, but I am sure you all can manage," Levy said to them. The group walked over to the stairwell and Erza opened the door with the ID. As the group went up the stairs they ran into some guards. Laxus quickly took them out without any trouble. "Good job Laxus," Levy said with a smile. So far so good, Levy thought.

"So, once we get up there, are you sure you and Gajeel will be able to handle Doma on your own?" Gildarts asked Levy concerned. Gildarts had never really thought of Levy as being strong. Sure, she pulled most of the weight in Team Shadowgear, but he never saw her as strong.

"Don't worry about my little pixie, she can handle herself," Gajeel told Gildarts with a smirk. Levy frowned at the use of the horrid nickname, but decided now would be a bad time to bring that up.

"If you are so sure," Gildarts said, but he did not sound like he believed him at all.

"Gildarts, you forget, I haven't used even a quarter of my power around the guild. None of you have any idea about my true strength. I may need it when facing Doma and I will use it if I need to," Levy assured Gildarts. She had no intentions of dying today. "Natsu, are you ready to get your payback?" Levy asked him grinning.

"Oh yeah, I am fired up!" Natsu told her excitedly. He couldn't wait to make Ella pay for what she had done to him!

"Make her pay for the both of us," Gajeel told Natsu. As much as Gajeel wanted to beat Ella up himself, he wanted to help Levy even more.

"Everyone, listen up, behind Ella will be a door. Natsu, you need to distract her long enough for us to get through that door," Levy told him.

"Why? What's behind that door?" Natsu asked her curiously. Couldn't they get to upstairs through the stairwell?

"The stairs to where the council members are. It is to protect them, that is why Ella is standing guard there," Levy explained. Getting passed Ella would be no easy feat, but if Natsu was helping they just might be able to get passed her.

"Don't worry about a thing Levy, I got this," Natsu told her with a grin. Even though Natsu is so sure, I still worry. Ella is a strong opponent and shouldn't be taken lightly, Levy thought worriedly to herself. Sighing she knew she had to focus on the big fight ahead rather than Natsu's fight with Ella. Whether Natsu won the fight with Ella didn't really matter, what mattered was her fight with Doma.

Finally they reached the fourth floor, which Levy was right about being the top. They pushed open the door to find Ella sitting on the steps that lead to the council with a bored look on her face. That expression is about to change, Levy thought amusingly.

"Careful Natsu, Gajeel, it is easier for her to take over people who she has already taken over before," Levy cautioned. Normally she wouldn't let anyone fight Ella who had been under her control, but Natsu was different. If anyone could beat Ella it was Natsu.

"Don't worry about a thing Levy, I got this," Natsu assured her as his hand started to be engulfed in fire.

"Oh really? Well, someone is chocky. That cockiness will be the death of you," Ella said as her eyes began to glow.

"Careful!" Levy called out to Natsu as he kicked Ella in the face, bringing her successfully down. Natsu waved for the others to go through the door while Ella was down. Now is when I almost wish I had brought Jet along, Levy thought as they all ran to try and get through the door. None of them wanted to miss this window of opportunity. "Are you sure you will be okay?" Levy asked turning around to look at Natsu.

"Yep! Don't worry about me!" Natsu told her as he slammed Ella back down. "Hurry up!" Natsu told Levy. Reluctantly Levy ran up the stairs after the others, leaving Natsu and Ella alone.

"I should have figured that you were trying to get them upstairs. I am kinda surprised your black haired friend didn't join you in this fight. Then again, I do remember something about him being in love with the resistance leader, so I guess it makes sense," Ella commented as she slowly got up. Natsu had had his leg on her, but for some reason his leg just allowed her to get up. "Thank you," Ella said with a smirk as she punched the side of Natsu's face.

"What happened to my leg!" Natsu yelled as he tried to move his leg that wouldn't budge. Earlier it was moving on its own, now it wasn't moving at all! What kind of Dragon Prince would he be if he couldn't even move his leg?

"Simple, that is the power of my body control magic. Cool huh? I can control any part of the body of a person I have already completely taken over their mind once," Ella told him with an evil smirk. This must be why Levy was so worried. This fight will be harder than I thought, but I can manage, Natsu thought to himself.

"Sound pretty fancy to me, but I don't just fight with my legs. In fact, I have long distance spells too. Fire Dragon Roar," Natsu said before hitting Ella with a Fire Dragon Roar, sending her flying. "I know you think you can't win against you, but I have to!" Natsu told her.

"I don't care what you have to do!" Ella told him bluntly. Before Natsu knew what was happening his fist had caught fire and punched him in the face, engulfing his head in flames. Ella laughed, "HA! Now what are you going to do Flame Boy."

"Fire magic doesn't work on me," Natsu said and laughed as Ella got pale. "Fire Dragon Roar," Natsu said as he attacked her with even more force. Ella slammed hard into the wall.

"H-how?" Ella asked confused to what exactly Natsu Dragneel was. "What are you?" Ella asked confused. Before Natsu could answer Ella shook her head and said, "Doesn't matter. If I took control of you once I can do it again!" This made Natsu grin, she was finally seeing him as a real opponent.

"Except last time you took me by surprise. I thought you were a friend, but now I know you are foe. What is more I promised the girl I love that I wouldn't be hurt. Needless to say, I am stronger and this is a totally different battle from last time," Natsu told her with a smirk.

"No, I will win," Ella said with her eyes glowing. The body control mage smirked as her hands started to light up. "I have never had to use this spell before, but I would love to see how it works on an enemy. Full soul control!" she yelled as hands came from the glow. The hands that she had created went around Natsu, trapping him. "Now, ready to be my puppet forever?" Ella asked with an evil laugh. Wow, this girl is seriously demented, Natsu thought to himself.

"Not too fast, don't count me out so quickly," Natsu told her, "that is a fatal mistake." By heating up his body, he heat up the magic, which was connected to Ella. If he heated up the magic enough he could actually burn Ella through it. Igneel had taught him how to do that during their training together.

"Ow!" Ella screeched as the magic went away. The burn had shocked her so much that she stopped using her magic all together and looked down at her now burned hands. "How did you do that?!" Ella asked truly shocked, she had never heard of this happening to anyone before.

"Simple, you aren't the only one wanting to try out new techniques on an enemy," Natsu said before kicking Ella straight in the face, taking her down. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Natsu yelled as he punched her right into the ground. Right when he thought he had won, one of his own hands wrapped tightly around his own neck.

"Too bad the girl you love will have to see you in a body bag!" Ella said laughing evilly as she made his hand tighten around his neck. This was bad, this was really bad! Natsu tried to make his hand stop, but to no luck. Instead of focusing on that hand he decided to try and get the other hand to punch her. Sadly, he couldn't make the other hand move either. What am I going to do, he wondered as his vision began to swim from lack of air. "I have done it! I have taken down the mighty Salamander!" Ella cackled. Lucy, Natsu thought as he started to close his eyes, I am so sorry.

"Natsu!" Natsu heard a voice making his eyes spring open. With a little effort he was able to see who it was. The voice belonged none other than to his love, Lucy. "Stop!" Lucy yelled with tears running down her face. I have to save Natsu! was all Lucy could think as she watched the man of her affections chock himself. Looking to see why, she then saw Ella. Her mind filling with rage, she charged the other girl, knocking her down. "How dare you hurt him!" Lucy yelled as she punched the girl.

"Oh, I see, you must be Natsu's girl," Ella said with a smirk, "Well, this will be fun." Ella turned her eyes to Natsu, who stopped choking himself. At first he was happy, only to find himself doing a Fire Dragon Iron Fist on Lucy.

"NO!" Natsu yelled. How could he hurt Lucy?! Lucy, being as small as she was, went flying. Ella laughed as she made Natsu go after her and do a Fire Dragon Roar on the celestial spirit mage. "No! Please! Stop! I will do anything!" Natsu pleaded.

"Why would I stop when I am having so much fun?" Ella asked laughing. Lucy was burnt badly and falling in and out of consciousness.

"Natsu…" Lucy said weakly looking up at him. Her eyes were filled with tears, but she smiled at him and said, "I know you don't mean it. Don't worry." Natsu's heart broke at the sight of Lucy in so much pain, so hurt. It hurt him knowing his body was the one that caused it.

"Let's wrap this up," Ella said smirking. Natsu noticed his fist set fire. NO! I WILL NOT HARM LUCY AGAIN! Natsu screamed inside his head. "Huh, what gives?" Ella wondered as she tried to get Natsu to attack again. Instead of him attacking her connection was cut off from an even stronger magic. When Natsu turned around Ella found she had pushed Natsu to full dragon force.

"Go get her," Lucy said weakly. Natsu turned and gave her a smile and a nod before going after Ella. "I… I've always loved you Natsu," Lucy whispered as she closed her eyes. I think this is it for me, I think I may finally die. At least I was able to admit to Natsu how I felt, Lucy thought to herself.

"Lucy!" she heard Natsu yell. A small smile appeared on her lip before she completely blacked out. I am so glad the last thing I heard was Natsu's voice, was the last thought Lucy thought before she surrendered to the darkness.

What Lucy hadn't seen was Natsu's complete rampage on Ella. It was a shock that Ella's body had stayed intact through the entire thing. When Natsu saw Lucy's eyes close, his dragon force went away and concern replaced his rage. Seeing that Ella wouldn't be moving anytime soon, Natsu ran over to Lucy. He held Lucy close in his arms, her pulse was extremely weak. "NOOOOOOOO!" Natsu yelled into the sky as tears fell fast down his face. Lucy couldn't be gone! He had yet to admit to her how he felt! Natsu stood up, with Lucy still in his arms, and started to run back to Fairy Tail. If he got Lucy to Fairy Tail in time then maybe she would be okay! He had to get Lucy to Wendy and stat!

Natsu picked up Ella's communication lacrima and spoke into it so the others heard him, "Guys, I am going back to Fairy Tail. I took out Ella, but Lucy is badly hurt. If I get her to Wendy in time, she might be okay."

"Understood, go," Erza said. Natsu dropped the lacrima and took off toward where Wendy was. Please, be okay Lucy, Natsu thought as he ran.

While Natsu was fighting Ella, the elite team was fighting their own battles. Everyone had their hands full, many were already badly injured.

"It seems your puppets have underestimated us Levy," Gran Doma told her smirking. Levy looked around at her comrades. It was true, many were badly wounded from their fights, but they still were holding up better than the council members.

"I think you should look at your own puppets Doma. They are looking a little worse for wear, as are you," Levy stated smirking herself. They all knew this battle would not be easy, but they were making steady progress. Hang in there guys, Levy thought to herself. She had to make this end quickly, she doubted they could go on too much longer like this.

"Guys! I just got word from Natsu!" Erza called out as she struck her opponent.

"What's the news?" Laxus asked as he did a Thunder Dragon Roar on his own opponent.

"It seems he has taken down Ella," Erza told the group. This made Levy smirk proudly at Doma, she knew he could do it. "But," Erza said sadly.

"But what?" Gildarts asked a little worriedly. Natsu was like a son to him, he would hate for anything to happen to him. After all, he won, so how bad could it really be?

"Lucy was somehow hurt fatally. Natsu is taking her to Wendy for treatment. From the sounds of it, she isn't doing too good," Erza told them as she fended off her enemy.

"Don't get distracted Titania," the enemy mocked.

"I could say the same to you," Erza said throwing them off. "Guys, Natsu sounded in tears," she informed them.

"Oh no… Lu-chan," Levy said gasping. If it was bad enough to push Natsu to tears, it must be really bad.

"I thought I felt something like someone using dragon force, it must have been Natsu," Gajeel commented.

"Probably from Lucy getting hurt," Mira commented. Everyone was surprised at just how well Mira fought since she had pretty much stopped fighting after Lisanna had gone missing. Luckily Lisanna had returned, making Mira be able to fight again.

"See, my side isn't the only side getting hurt," Doma said with a laugh. The news about Lucy had shaken up Levy pretty bad.

"Don't get cocky old man," Gajeel said hitting him hard with his Iron Dragon Club. Doma surprisingly held his ground pretty well against Gajeel. Now, whether this was a testament to Doma's strength or how tried Gajeel was, no one really knew.

"I could say the same to you youngster," Gran said sending Gajeel flying into the wall.

"Gajeel!" Levy cried. Seeing gajeel go flying finally snapped Levy out of her daze. "Solid Script, Iron!" she said before iron appeared in front of Gajeel. Hopefully that would help Gajeel's condition.

"Thanks shorty," Gajeel said eating the iron.

"I heard that dragon slayers could eat whatever element they were, but I didn't believe any human could eat iron," Gran commented. Everyone knew Natsu could eat fire, but people still doubted Gajeel's ability to eat iron from time to time.

"Why does everyone question that?" Gajeel asked as he hit Doma harder than he had in a while. Doma went flying this time. Levy smiled, that was better. Though, hearing fire gave Levy an idea.

"Fire!" she yelled as Doma was engulfed in flames.

"Get thinking!" Gajeel yelled as he made his club into a sword. Getting closer to Doma he started to attack. The fire made his sword hot, making it hurt even more.

"You will never win!" Doma yelled as he grabbed Gajeel's sword. The simple action shocked Gajeel. Doma's hand started to bleed as the sword bit into his skin, but he threw Gajeel. The wind from throwing Gajeel also put out the fire. "As I said, you will never win," Doma said again looking at Levy. With speed that would shock even Jet, he grabbed Levy and held her hostage. "No one move!" he yelled getting a tight grip on Levy.

"Levy!" Gajeel yelled shocked the old man got ahold of the girl.

"Everyone, stop fighting and give up. If you do that, I won't paint the walls red with her blood," Doma told the group. Everyone looked at him disbelievingly. To prove his point he changed his cane to a sword. With the sword he cut Levy's middle, making a deep gash. Levy cried out in pain as fresh blood flowed out off her.

"Levy!" Gajeel yelled. He went to run to her aid, but Doma held the sword a little bit above the deep gash.

"I will make another one for every time one of you move. Which means more to you, your leader or your cause?" he asked laughing evilly. These dudes are seriously twisted, Gajeel thought as the other council members laughed. The group was in a bind, they weren't sure what to do.

"What will Titania's group do now," Erza's opponent mocked. Erza gripped her sword tightly, what could she do? Just when Erza and the others were about to give up, Levy spoke up.

"Don't surrender! This is exactly why they can't rule over us anymore! Fight! Even if I die you all need to fight! They can rip up my skin with a thousand cuts if they want, but that won't change a thing! FIGHT SO NO ONE WILL BE HURT ANYMORE!" Levy yelled, tears running down her face and mixing with her blood.

"Quiet you!" Doma yelled before cutting her again, slightly above the first cut. The entire room, but Doma, flinched at the yell that came from the small girl.

"Please… Fight on," Levy said through gritted teeth.

"You heard her!" Erza cried out. The entire place sprung back into action. This time there was a difference though, the Fairy Tail member's attacks were more vicious than before. They all wanted revenge for them hurting their comrade. Doma decided that Levy was no longer a use for him, so he moved the sword from her stomach to her neck.

"Say goodbye Ms. McGarden," Doma said as the sword bit into her neck. Levy shut her eyes tightly and waited for death to come, only to find that the sword didn't bite in anymore. Once she opened her eyes she noticed Gajeel standing in front of them, a sword to Doma's throat. (This was one of those rare moments Levy was actually glad to be so short.)

"Unhand her or I will cut your head clean off your shoulders," Gajeel stated coldly. His tone was so cold it even scared Levy slightly. Looking into Gajeel's red eyes you could tell he meant it, he was out for blood.

"Y-you couldn't kill. Y-you are t-too weak," Doma said, his voice shaking. While Doma's words said he didn't believe Gajeel's words, his actions spoke differently.

"Oh really? How hard could it be? If Levy did it when she was younger, why couldn't I do it right here?" Gajeel asked with a sharp edge to his voice. Levy wasn't too happy that her past had been brought up, too many bad memories, but at the moment she was too worried about Gajeel. The last thing she wanted was to make Gajeel a killer.

"Y-you w-wouldn't k-k-kill in f-front of Levy," Doma said, his voice was now shaking worse than before. Levy felt the sword start to shake, which made it dig in a little more. This both hurt and made fresh blood spill from her wound. Levy squeaked, which made Gajeel's red eyes darken out of anger.

"Try me, I dare you. I have always wondered what it would feel like to kill a guy," Gajeel stated. His voice was now laced with menace and blood lust. The way Gajeel was speaking made both Levy and Doma shake. Gajeel made the sword bite into Doma's throat, drawing blood. "So what will it be? Die or let Levy go?" Gajeel asked. Scared for his life Doma threw Levy at Gajeel's feets.

"N-Now, j-just p-put the s-sword d-down," Doma stuttered as he put his hands up, dropping the sword. Instead of dropping it Gajeel kept it right where it was, his steely gaze unwavering.

"Nah, I think I am good. After all, you hurt my love pretty badly. The punishment for that is death and with your death our queen can be ruler," Gajeel stated bluntly. He swung his sword, ready to take off Gran Doma's head, only to find something blocking his sword. Upon further inspection he found the word 'barrier' surrounding Doma. Only one person would be able to do a barrier over him so quickly. Looking down at his feet, where Levy lay with one hand on her wounds, the other held up holding up the barrier around Doma, adn said, "Why are you protecting him? He is the enemy!"

"Yes, he is the enemy. Yes, he is a horrid person. Yes, he has hurt me more times than I care to admit. Yes, he deserves to die. But not by your hand, not here. He needs to be tried by the new council, given fair judgment. If we kill him here we are just as bad as him. Plus, I don't want to you to be a murderer like me," Levy said. Her voice was wavering, she sounded both breathless and exhausted. Gajeel was, once again, amazed by his girlfriend's strength and sense of justice after everything that has happened to her.

"Gray, put him in a cage," Gajeel stated as he scooped Levy up in his arms. Gray nodded and put Doma in a cage. "Your leader is in a cage, just give up," Gajeel said, his voice monotone.

"Gajeel," Levy said weakly but worriedly. The rest of the council gave up, worried that Gajeel would rip them limb from limb.

"Arrest them and put them in prison," Gajeel stated.

"Who put you in charge?" Gray asked crossing his arms. Taking orders from Levy was one thing, taking orders from gajeel was completely different.

"LEVY IS SEVERELY HURT AND COULD DIE! SHUT UP FOR ONCE AND LISTEN!" Gajeel roared. The entire room was silenced.

"You heard him," Erza stated. The others nodded and started to put the council in prison, leaving the couple alone.

"Gajeel, set me down," Levy said calmly, but firmly. It really would be best if Gajeel set her down.

"But, you're hurt," Gajeel said, his voice cracking. Looking up Levy saw that he was extremely distraught over her being so hurt.

"Gajeel, trust me," Levy said giving him a smile, but still rather weak, smile. Gajeel reluctantly set Levy down. Levy could barely stand, which broke Gajeel's heart. "Solid Script secret art, heal!" she said before both gashes started to heal on their own. Gajeel's eyes widen as he saw her heal.

"When did you learn that?!" Gajeel asked amazed. Not even Wendy could heal herself. Only that Lima Scale brat could.

"It is a secret art I read about. I have never done it before on myself, but I wouldn't have made it to Fairy Tail before I died," Levy explained to him.

"Wait, if you were on the verge of death, how have you been able to pull off all that magic? That shouldn't be possible," Gajeel stated, still shocked. He had never heard of a wizard being able to do anything like this.

"The experiments they did on me gave me inhuman powers, you just saw a taste of it. To be honest, I could have easily killed Doma, but I don't ever want to murder again. The dead faces of my parents still haunt me," Levy admitted to Gajeel. Gajeel just hugged her and held you close.

"I don't care about any of that, that doesn't change how I feel one bit. I am just happy you are safe. You should make some sort of announcement to everyone though, now that you are healed," Gajeel commented. Levy nodded in agreement, the fight for justice was finally over. They all could finally rest easy. Well, most of them could, some of them would have to help her rebuild the council into what it should have been all along. Levy took Gajeel's hand and went to the balcony the council members normally used for announcements to the people. Squeezing Gajeel hands she lifted her hand up to the sky, in the Fairy Tail salute, and wrote in the sky 'We Won!'

Everyone looked up once they heard to boom of the words lighting up the sky. After seeing that they won the crowd erupted into cheers and held up the Fairy Tail salute. Finally, after so many years of fighting, they could put up their weapons of war and rest easy.

"Long Live Levy!" someone called out from the crowd. Levy blushed at the comment. "Long live Levy!" was soon chanted across the crowd making Levy become bright red. Gajeel laughed and held her hand up he was holding for the world to see.

"Behold! The new council leader, Levy McGarden!" Gajeel called out. Everyone cheered again.

"Okay everyone, calm down. Yes we won the battle, but we haven't won the war. We still need to rebuild the council and there might be people who try to overthrow us still. We need to stay strong, even with this win. Right now those who can stand and carry people, carry the wounded to Fairy Tail. There you will find healers. Our focus for the time being needs to be on the wounded. We can party later, after everyone is known to be okay," Levy told the masses. As soon as she finished talking everyone was a flurry of activity. Everyone was following the new leader's orders without question, they truly respected Levy. For the most part, she had kept everyone safe. There were very few injured, though some were hurt extremely bad. So far no one had died, Levy just hoped it would stay that way. "Gajeel, go help, I will meet you back at Fairy Tail. There is one final thing I need to do," Levy told the iron dragon slayer.

"But-" Gajeel started but Levy held up a hand to silence him.

"Please, just do as I say," Levy said. Reluctantly Gajeel nodded and left. Once Gajeel had left Levy went down to the jail, which was now empty. It seemed the elite team were now all helping getting the wounded to Fairy Tail. That was just perfect for Levy.

"Come to gloat?" Doma asked. Levy turned to see him still holding his neck as he sat in the jail. "You didn't bring your guard dog, did you?" Doma asked.

"No, Gajeel is not with me," Levy told him simply. The former leader of the council let out a sigh of relief, the last thing he wanted to see was Black Steel Gajeel. "Your reign is officially over. You are where you belong. Whether or not I really deserve to rule over the council is irrelevant. I will lead with more justice than you ever will," Levy told him bluntly.

"Power will corrupt you," Doma warned her.

"I have more power in my entire body than you have in your little finger," Levy reminded him, "I highly doubt power will corrupt me now."

"Why did you spare my life?" Doma asked her curiously. Since he had been put into the jail by Titania and the others he had been wondering that. After everything he had done to her, she still saved him from being killed by that monster of a wizard. Perhaps power would never soil the little pixie.

"Easy, I didn't want Gajeel to become a murderer like me. I didn't want him to live knowing he had taken a life. Knowing that ruins you, there were many time where I nearly killed myself because of that. I didn't want that for the one I love. For the record, I haven't spared your life. For your crimes there is no doubt you will be put to the death penalty, but at least then you have been tried, something I never got," Levy told him. Doma couldn't help but smile, justice was what she was all about.

"Justice," Doma said with a smirk. Levy nodded, this was what he deserved.

"Goodbye Doma, I will see you at trial," Levy said before leaving. Guess I shouldn't have underestimated her? Should have killed her when I had the chance when we first experimented on her. Guess I had this all coming from the moment I decided to release her, Doma thought to himself to sigh. Setting her free had proven to be the worse decision of his life.

One more chapter, the epilog!

With the battle over, what will become of everyone? Will Lucy live? Will Lucy and Natsu be together if she lives? Can Levy handle being the leader of the council? Find out all that and more in Chapter 11: A New lIfe