Hey, so I'm back! ... again. Lol. Anyway, here's the next chapter. There is a certain air of uncertainty when the next one will be up. I have written it, but it's a case of finding the time. I've got to read Dracula by tomorrow (being the student that I am, I left it until 7 in the night the day before I'm supposed to be reading it to actually pick the book up...), then A Midsummer Nights Dream for Wednesday, which leaves me no time to write the chapter that comes after the next one... Yeah, my life is pretty full at the moment. But anyway, I'm personally not too fond of this chapter. It's the one where I had a writers block, and could not for the life of me think of what to write for it. Well, I knew what I wanted, just couldn't put it to words. Moving on from my ranting. Thank you to everyone who read/reviewed/alerted/favourited! Hope you enjoy ths one too!


Chapter 11

A deathly silence hung in the guild. A look of extreme worry crossed every members face. Happy cried silently in Lucy's arms, as everyone stood frozen.

"Then we must leave now." Makarov said in a grave voice. "Natsu must be saved."

A chorus of agreements met Makarov's ear as he rose from the counter of the bar he sat on.

"Mira, you stay here and look after the guild, and inform anyone who comes back. The rest who are able enough to will follow Erza, Gray, Lucy and Lisanna who know the way to where Natsu is being held. Though, some will have to stay behind to help Mira to look after the guild." Makarov ordered moving through the crowd of people.

"Let's go!" Erza shouted, walking quickly out the guild, everyone else followed.


"They took two train, one changed at Shirotsume town, and another two towns over." Erza explained, walking up to the ticket booth and paying for her ticket.

"So, what? We're just going to get a train to save Natsu?" One of the guild members shouted.

"It is the fastest way to get to him. He's a lot further away than you think," Erza explained.

"He'll be fine. He's Natsu, of course." Lucy added.

Reluctantly, the members of Fairy Tail bought their tickets and took up most of the cabin on the train, earning strange looks from passengers on the train.

"And now we wait." Makarov said, please be safe, Natsu rang in everyone's minds as the train departed Magnolia station.


Throughout the journey, the four had been receiving blank images. They would be scattered, and pain filled, and no one knew if they were really Natsu's vision or if it was memories. They couldn't grasp the situation, and none knew whether to see it s a sign of hope that Natsu was still alive, or it was his final moments before his death.

They'd reached their last stop, and began the walk towards the foreboding place that was holding their Natsu captive.

"So, now that we're here. We'll take this sneakily." Makarov ordered. "If we make too much of an entrance, they'll know it's us and make sure Natsu is most certainly dead before we manage to get to him."

"Right." Erza replied. "Let's go."

Splitting off into smaller groups, Fairy Tail went in search of gaps in security for them to sneak in with. Erza, Gray, Lucy and Happy went in one group, whereas Lisanna volunteered to stay with the master in case the link took up again and that the master would be able to find where Natsu was.

"Right. Let's go." Erza said looking at the gap in the security.

"I wonder how Natsu got out?" Lucy wondered aloud getting into the dark building.

"Knowing him, he probably punched his way out." Gray snorted. All four members of Fairy Tail stared in horror at the scenes before them, people locked up in cages, shadows covering their eyes. They heard a fight in the distance, screaming down the end of the hallway.

It was dark in the building. The hallways and cells lit up only by fire torches positioned on the wall.

"From what we saw of Natsu getting in here, he was not far from here." Erza commented, looking out into the hallway to see if there was anyone coming. "It's clear. Lets go. Look as calm as possible and stay on guard."

"Right!" They all answered and walked along the hallways that should not seem familiar to them. They looked into cells as they passed, each person looked on at them with looks of fear, believing them to be there to torment them. But they all saw which cell they were heading to, and they all felt sorry for the pink haired mage that was in that cell. They had all seen him be brought back, but he had not left the cell since. They had begun to fear for the worst, that the boy in the cell could not longer take the harsh treatment that was given to him, and succumbed to death. Not a sound had come from the cell for a while, having no idea of how long has passed since the boy had been brought back.

They reached his cell, not even a light was to be found in his cell, it was bathed in complete darkness. Even the motionless body that laid on the ground.

"Natsu." Happy whispered. Erza picked the lock on the cell and let themselves in, all standing above Natsu's motionless body.

"Natsu!" Lucy cried, collapsing to the ground and hugged the body of her best friend hoping to at least feel the small rise and fall of his chest. Anything to comfort the celestial mage.