A/N: For those of you who read the original version of this chapter and liked it, I apologize. I just didn't like how it was written and how it seemed I didn't put any effort into it. I personally hated it, especially the author's note. All I did was talk about the sequels I had planned and I think that I should focus on making this one better than making 50 sequel and side stories. This chapter took a long time to write. I went through it about 20 times editing it and making it worth the, I think 2 months. Anyway, enjoy!

Mika was able to get us on the giant blue monster the others were standing on. When we landed, the others were shocked to see me.

"Alice, when did you get here?" Lucy asked.

"Is now really the time to ask?!" I shouted, now pushing the lacrima back with everyone else. Eventually, and by some miracle, we pushed back the lacrima. I was relieved for a second until I remembered that Edo-me was still in the cave.

"Hey Mika, we got to go make sure that the other me is okay."

"Why?"

"The one time I try to do the right thing and you question me?"

"Alright, but be on your guard."

"I beat her up pretty badly, I doubt she's even conscious yet." Mika flew us over to where I left Edo-me, but she had disappeared.

"That's weird, she should barely be able to stand. Do you think she fell off?" I asked.

"I doubt it, she was in the cave right?"

"Yeah, so she must have wondered inside, come on she could have gotten far."

"Not that I'm trying to talk you out of finding her, but why are you trying to find her?"

"Well, even if she is a bad person, she still is me and I don't want me to die."

"Fair enough. Alright, let's go." All the lights were off in the cave so we had to keep close to the wall to find our way around. We eventually reached the small room but it was pitch black in there.

"Hey, Raven, you in here!?" I shouted with an echo to follow. I waited a minute but there was no answer.

"Looks like she isn't here, we should get out of here and go somewhere we can actually see." No response.

"Hey Mika, are you there? Mika?" Nothing. 'Where did she go? She was behind me when I was coming in and I can still smell her so she-' my thoughts were interrupted when I smelt two other people in the room (For some reason I never mentioned Alice's sense of smell before, whoops…). I could still smell Mika and one of the new people was definitely Edo-me, but the other person smelt kind of familiar. For some reason I just couldn't remember. The other person was approaching me fast so I ran the opposite direction to use liquefy, a spell that turns a person into water for as long as he/ she wanted and only works on one person at a time. However, Edo-me was able to get behind me and stab me in the back with the knife she had earlier. I used the spell and slithered out of the cave as fast as I could. Although, it took me longer then I would have wanted from being stabbed and the spell drains my magic fast. I just barely made it out when the spell wore off and looked at where I got stabbed. There was a rip in my dress now and you could see part of my back. The cut wasn't that deep, but it was bleeding a lot.

"I'm a little disappointed in you Ms. Luck, I thought your reflexes were quicker than that, considering you're a dragon slayer and was able to beat my comrade." Said a voice from inside the cave that sounded really familiar.

"Who's there?" When the man walked out, he was followed by Edo-Me who was holding an unconscious Mika with the knife with my blood still on it pointed towards her. The man had short black hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a long unbuttoned brown coat with a black t-shirt and blue pants, he looked extremely similar to a friend I use to know.

"My name is Chand Tamesis, a pleasure to meet you." When I heard that name, I knew it was him, but he was different than the one I knew. The Chand I knew was way too nice and good-hearted to attack anyone willingly, especially Mika and I. That Chand looked cold, mean, and the complete opposite of the one I know. He was also a bit taller than him as well, but that isn't important.

"By the look on your face, I assume you've meet the version of me in your world and that you two are a quite close."

"Hey Chand, can you hurry this up?" Alice asked.

"What's the rush? It's fun to play with my targets." A devilish smile grew across his face. I was really starting to regret wasting all my magic on liquefy and the lack of water around here made things worse. I looked at my hand, which was covered in blood. 'Wait a second, blood counts as water right? Maybe if I drink it…'

"Hey, luck, are you even listening?!" Alice shouted and interrupted my thoughts.

"Sorry, what were you saying?"

"Geez, we said that we've received orders to capture you alive so that we can harness your magic for ourselves. Now come quietly and your precious little Exceed won't get hurt." I stared at Mika while she was explaining because she was starting to come to. I needed time to try my blood theory while giving Mika the opportunity to get away. Then, I got an idea.

"Fine I'll come quietl- NOW, GET THEM GUYS!" They turned around in surprise, giving only a few seconds to drink as much as I possibly could. It didn't taste that great, but it definitely did the trick. Mika was also fully up and alert at this point. She bit Alice's arm and she let go of her.

"OW! Damn it!" Alice yelled (if this is getting a little confusing with me continuously changing what I called Edo-Alice, just let me know) as Mika ran over to where I was as I finished drinking the blood. Before Edo-Chand got the chance to even blink, I charged toward him and hit him in the face with my fist of the water dragon, except the water was blood red. At the time, I thought it was really cool, so I kept going with it. After punching him, he flew toward a nearby island and I turned around to roar at Alice, which was also blood red, causing her to fall as well, but there was no island for her to land on.

"Mika, can you get her and out her somewhere safe? She maybe a jerk, but I refuse to responsible for someone dying." Mika looked weird at me when I said the last part, then smiled.

"What are you smiling about?"

"Oh, nothing." Then, she flew off. I let out a sigh, finally being able to relax a little, but not for long. I looked over my shoulder and saw a bunch of guys on giant blue monsters shooting at the Exceed and turning them into lacrima.

"I'm never allowed to relax am I? Oh well, this shouldn't take long." I used hurricane, which was also blood red, and jumped inside it to carry me over to where the blue monsters were. I jumped from monster to monster, roaring, punching, tsunaming, and blocking attacks with shield and barrier until Edo Chand showed up again. I had already knocked off the guy riding the blue monster I was on when he should up.

"About time you got up frosty."

"Frosty?"

"Force of habit."

"So I assume that the other me is an ice mage that is a part of that guild of yours."

"Like I'd tell you."

"I'll take that as a yes."

"Did you come here to talk or fight? Because I don't have time to do both."

"Oh, I assure you, I can here to defeat you. I underestimated you last time, but that will not happen again." He pulled out what the hilt of a blade out of his coat and clicked a button on it that caused a giant ice blade to come out of it.

"Bring it on frosty!" Ignoring the nickname, we started to fight. My fist and his blade clashed multiple times, being almost equal in power. After a few hits on both sides, we both stopped for a second to catch our breath.

"You're not half bad Luck, not many people can go up against my ice blade and walk away."

"You're kidding right? This is just a warm up, the real battle starts now. Roar of the Water Dragon!" He blocked my still blood red roar with his sword, but he didn't seem to notice the small cracked that formed in his sword. After the roar, I could feel the recoil of all the magic I just used on both Chand and the guys that were on the blue monsters.

"It seems you are almost at your limit." Chand commented.

"Not yet, frosty."

"Would you please stop calling me that? That's the same name Alice calls me."

"Well, you kind of have that big ice sword and all."

"Enough small talk, come at me, if you are still able to." 'Well, it's all or nothing now.'

"Crystal Lotus: Tsunami of the Water Dragon!" I jumped inside the blood red tsunami and, instead of jumping out it and attacking Chand, I jump onto the sword while he was getting hit by the tsunami.

"What?" He yelled in surprise, seeing me on his sword. I focused on the spot with the crack and took a huge bite out of it. He swung his sword around to shake me off, but he was too late. I jumped off it and roared at him, causing him to fly of the monster and toward the same island where he landed earlier. Only this time, I rode another hurricane over to the island to wear he landed. He was already standing when I got there, waiting for me. His sword was now filled with cracks, so he pressed the button on the hilt and put it away. His clothes were now covered in dirt and were ripped, but his coat was still somehow able to hold his sword hilt. Feeling cocky, I decided to show a little mercy when he asked to have an honorable fist fight like the one I had with Alice.

"Fine by me, but no cheap shots like your friend."

"I assure you, I do not partake in such dirty tricks."

"Then come on!" Considering he already had multiple injuries, he was a pretty good fighter. I swept his feet and he jumped up. He tried to hit my head, and I ducked. We both landed a few hits on each other and were both loosing energy.

"Sorry, but this has been going on to long, I have to end this now." Chand said, pulling out his sword again.

"Couldn't agree with you more." I started to charge up hurricane.

"Crystal Lotus: Hurricane of the Water Dragon!"

"Super freeze slash!" Both attacks reached their targets at the same time and a huge explosion occurred. When the dust cleared, we were both somehow still standing. Then, Chand smirked.

"Looks like you when this one, Dragon Slayer." He said and fell to the floor. I sighed with relief. 'Finally, now I can go finish getting rid of the guys on the blue monsters. Wait, what's going on over there?' Out in the distance, I saw a giant metallic dragon and the other dragon slayers fighting it. I was going to run, or float using hurricane, over there, but I took one step and felt the backlash of using up all my magic and the injuries I had, particularly that last attack. I collapsed, not very far from Edo- Chand.

"Damn it!" I cursed. I tried to get more blood from where I was stabbed, but there wasn't any blood and the cut was somewhat closed.

"You know there could be children around right?" Edo-Chand said, slightly lifting his head up to see where I was.

"There's a huge fight going on, you seriously think that children would be around?"

"Touché."

"By the way, do you know anyone named Ryou?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Just wondering."

"As a matter of fact, yes I do."

"Is he your brother?"

"So he is the other me's brother? Interesting."

"I'll take that as a no."

"You would be correct."

"So how do you know him?"

"He's one of the army's top soldiers and has defiantly earned a name for himself."

"Have you met him personally?"

"No, I have yet to meet him as of late."

"Why do you talk like that?"

"Like what?"

"You talk all formal and official. I don't see the point in that."

"Well it lets people know that you're not an imbecile."

"It sounds stupid to me." It was silent for a few moments.

"So, the other me or "frosty" as you call him, how do you know him?" I didn't say anything at first because I don't like talk talking about it, but it is him, so he has a right to know.

"His family escorts' people through dangerous mountains called the Neve caduta mountains. They were already half way through the mountain when I arrived at the pickup place and they would be back for another week, so I went through the mountains alone. On day 3, I was ambushed by a group of bandits. I was only 10 years old and wasn't very use to combat, being that I hadn't had to fight too many people up to that point. They beat me half to death, stole all my supplies, and pushed me off a ledge to die. Luckily, his dad happened to be passing by and took me back to their house. There is where I met Frosty."

"I see." In the distance, I could see small blue specks coming toward us.

"Well Ms. Luck, I'm afraid our time is up."

"What?"

"My comrades are on their way and if you're in the same condition I'm in, which it appears you are by how pale and beaten you look, you are probably about to pass out."

"I feel fine." I was lying. I was completely drained of both magic and energy, but I refused to stay down.

"Come now, you and I both know that is not true." Slowly, I rose to my feet. My legs felt like jelly and were shaking, but I was up.

"See, I'm just fine."

"Really? Try walking a few feet." I took one step and fell flat on my face.

"Don't say anything!" I growled. I heard him chuckling to himself.

"Like you're in a better shape than I am."

"Well at least I know when I'm down." I rolled over onto my back and saw Mika flying over.

"Well, looks like I'm out of here." Mika landed next to me, panicking over my condition.

"Oh my god. Ali, what did you do?"

"Nothing much, drank my own blood, beat up a bunch of soldiers on flying blue monsters, and Edo- Frosty."

"Can you move?"

"Yeah." I, again, slowly rose to my feet, but they were still shaking and felt like jelly. Mika saw this and frowned.

"Maybe you should take it easy for now."

"Are you kidding? They're fighting a dragon over there. I refuse to stand aside and let them defeat him without me to at least provide some defense."

"But you're out of magic." Edo- Chand said.

"This doesn't involve you."

"But he's right."

"I'll be fine, just get me over there." Mika sighed.

"Fine, but the second I see that you're struggling even slightly, I'm taking you somewhere safe." She grabbed my back, which stung from the cut, but I dealt with and she took off. However, soon after, my vision started to become blurrier. 'Damn it, I hate it when Frosty is right.' I thought as I lost consciousness.

"Hey, Dragon Slayer, wake up!" I opened my eyes to see the King and Edo- Erza standing in front of me, the king smirking and Edo Erza holding some sort of vacuum cleaner. I was tied to the same rock as earlier with the sticky stuff.

"Finally, it s about time you woke up." The king said.

"What's going on, where's Mika?"

"I assume you're talking about your Exceed that was carrying you until we…. Shot her down." My eyes widened.

"What!?" I started struggling angrily at him.

"Settle down. I'd hate to lose one of our magic sources before we even get any magic from you." I gritted my teeth.

"Good, now Knightwalker, start the device." Erza pushed a button on the vacuum cleaner and pointed it towards me. Immediately, I felt all the magic left in me, which was not much, start leaving my body. It felt like they were forcibly tearing out my insides and leaving acid in its place. I screamed in pain and it echoed around the room. I could faintly hear footsteps in the halls, along with some familiar voices.

"I think I heard her this way!" 'Lucy!'

"Seems that your friends have arrived." The king said dully. I shouted even louder so they could find me. However, almost all of my magic and energy were gone. My screams got weaker and weaker until I couldn't even open my mouth. I could barely see anything, but just as I thought I was done for, I heard the door flying open and the sucking stopped. I felt someone cut the sticky stuff off and I dropped to my feet. Almost. After two seconds, I fell forward and was caught by someone. I vision was still blurry but I could tell who was there by their voices: Lucy, Gray, Happy, the real Erza, Wendy, Charlie, and Nastu, who I think was the one who caught me. At this point, I could tell I was not okay because, while I could hear their voices, I had no idea what they were saying. I was going to ask them what was going on or if they knew where Mika was, but I still couldn't open my mouth. Someone started carrying me piggy-back out of there as my sense started coming back.

"He...li...ake….up." I heard Wendy's voice faintly. 'Wake up? Does it look like I'm asleep?'

"Ali, please wake up." I would have jumped if I could move. 'That was Mika's voice. Wait a second, is this a…..'

A/N: Sorry, but the Author's note isn't going to be that long or entertaining. I'm writing this at 12:06 at night and I still have homework to do tomorrow. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and that you guys review and alert this story. Again, I apologize about the wait, but never late than never, right? I will try to update the next chapter faster. Alright, I'm going to bed. Goodnight!