The second day has ended and Fairy Tail is just chilling at another bar. No that there was much reason to celebrate. They may have won Racer, but they dropped down on the scoreboard and Griffon Wing keeps getting further and further ahead.
"Chug! Chug! Chug!" Natsu cheered as Erza was chugging down her drink. Even though they lost today, that won't stop them from having a good time.
"Yeah. If we couldn't play hard, we can party hard!" Nagato cheered.
"I'm amazed everyone is in such a good mood despite what has happened so far." Lilly said.
"That's Fairy Tail. We treat every day like it was the last one of our lives." Carlos said.
"Listen up!" Erza said and got everyone's attention. "We might have dropped in the Grand Magic Games, but we still have a chance to win this. We've suffered humiliation and defeat, but we can still bounce back from this. Fairy Tail hasn't lost yet." All of them cheered as Erza kept their spirits high.
"Such strong spirits. It can be so moving when things don't go the way they intended." Ul looked to the door and they saw Levi is paying another visit.
"Levi, what are you doing here again?" Ul said.
"Is it so wrong to see my sweet darling?" Levi said.
"It is when she's your ex-girlfriend and doesn't have any interest in you." Lance answered.
"Save your breath. He's as loony as a drunk clown when it comes to love." Lance looked to the entrance and saw the final member of Team Lamia Scale, Calco.
"Who are you?" Lance asked.
"The name's Calco. I'm part of Lamia Scale and on the representative team. Excuse, Levi. He has a lot to learn about women, but I must admit that he does have good eyes." Ul got a little uncomfortable with this guy talking like that.
"Calco is a strong wizard. Most people don't get the chance to even touch him when it comes to a fight." Levi said.
"Really? You're that good? I find that hard to believe." Lance said.
"You want to see for yourself? I be happy to give you a demonstration." Calco said.
"Is that a challenge?" Lance said as he looked like he was ready to fight, but Ul held him back.
"Save it for tomorrow." Ul said.
"If you say so. Come on, Levi. We should be getting back to the others." Calco said.
"You're right. Until we meet again my darling." Levi said as he and Calco left.
"What do you think Calco and Levi meant? Calco has never even been touched by his opponents." Ul said. "What kind of magic do you think he uses?"
"Don't know, but I'll take him down. Anyway, I'm going to go and get some sleep. Tomorrow, I'm going to be the one to compete." Lance said and left the bar. Lance left out in the night and was just minding his own business.
"I'm guess the party was becoming boring. Natural since you just dropped down."
"Who's there?" Lance said. He looked over to the other side of the street and saw Calvero was there. "I know you. You're part of Griffon Wing. What do you want?"
"Just taking a night stroll." Calvero said. "Is Fairy Tail drinking their sorrows with boozes? That's what will be happening for the next few days."
"You better be careful." Lance said. "Anyone who underestimates our guild is going to pay the price."
"That doesn't scare me. Your days as the number one guild are over." Calvero said.
"Is that what this is all about? Are you trying to be the number one guild so badly that you don't care who you have to hurt to do it?" Lance said.
"You could say that and the next event is what will happen again." Calvero said.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." Lance said.
"I doubt you will." Calvero said as he walked back into the shadows. Looks like Lance has some real competition tomorrow.
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The Next Day
Day three of the Grand Magic Games is here. Lance is taking part in the event for Fairy Tail. Shae is in for Sabertooth. Calco is in for Lamia Scale. Calvero was in for Griffon Wing. The girl from Blue Pegasus in the pink dress out came out with her name Eliza. Noby went in for Quattro Cerberus. Tubine came out for Twilight Ogre. Finally was Emily for Mermaid Heel.
"Welcome back." Mansin said. "With our teams present, we can move to our next event. This one is called Flag Reacher."
"Flag Reacher? What is that?" Calco asked.
"I'll show you." Mansin said. He snapped his fingers and the whole place began to shake around. That was when something started to rise out of the center of the arena. No one knew what it was, but it kept growing out with everyone backing away and they could all see it was a type of pyramid. At the top was eight flags and each flag had one of the guilds' marks on them.
"This should be interesting." Lance said.
"Here's how Flag Reacher works." Mansin said. "It's very simple. Each of you will race to the top of the pyramid and try to grab the flag that has your guild's emblem. You are allowed to use your magic to try and slow down all the others."
"So we just need to climb this thing and be the first to grab our flag. Sounds easy enough." Eliza said.
"It can't be that simple." Shae said.
"No. It is that simple." Mansin said. "However, there's one little twist to this game than the others. If you are the first to reach your flag, you win and earn ten points. However, that's where it ends."
"That's where it ends?!" All of them said.
"That's right. The first person to reach their flag earns ten points. All the other teams will only get one point." Mansin said.
"Interesting." Shae said. "So it all depends on who can get there first and that will be that. Certainly different from all the other games."
"And we can use magic to get in the other's way. This is going to be an all-out battle." Lance said.
"What's the matter? Afraid of a little competition?" Calvero said and that struck a nerve.
"Everyone, take your positions and we can get started." Mansin said as all of them stood and faced the pyramid.
"Just let me change into something a little more easy to move in." Eliza said. Eliza can use animal soul take over magic and changed into a cat form.
"Let's do this. On your mark…..get set….go!" Mansin said and all of them got going and were heading for the top.
"I'm going to be the one to make it to the top." Noby said. "Quattro Cerberus needs to get some points."
"I don't think so." Calco said as he held up his hand. Then, this green magic circle appeared on Noby's back with Juvia and Gajeel shocked at what they were seeing.
"It can't be!" Juvia said.
"It's rupture magic!" Gajeel said. The circle detonated and Noby's back was filled with pain and shoved him to the ground.
"Oh man! Noby looks like he's in a lot of pain." Mansin announced
"What happened?" Noby said.
"Rupture magic. It turns the magic inside of a person against them by causing it to build up until it explodes." Calco said. "It can be dangerous, but I know how to control it." He looked up and saw Eliza was near the top. "Not so fast kitty." Calco used his magic again. Eliza saw the green circle appear on her chest and shot her down when it detonated.
"Ow. That really hurts." Eliza said.
"Sorry, but I still need to win for my guild." Calco said.
"Wow! I never knew Lamia Scale had someone like him." Erza said.
"We haven't seen anyone use that kind of magic since that green freak from Zentopia." Gajeel said. Calco wasn't the center of attention. Shae was making his way up the pyramid, but he saw Emily jumping over him.
"I've got you!" Emily said as she used her glitter magic, but Shae sunk into the ground and became a shadow so none of the glitter got on him. "Almost had him."
"Worry about yourself doll face." Tubine said as he shot out lightning, but Emily jumped to avoid the attack.
"I'll go right for the flag." Shae said as he traveled through the shadows. He was about to reach for the flag, but he just stopped short of it. "What?" Shae felt something pull him out of the shadows and slammed him down. "How did that happen?"
"I did." Shae looked up to see Calvero. "As long as you have spirit energy flowing through your body, there's nowhere you can hide from me."
"Water Slicer!" Calvero saw another attack coming, but he jumped over it and was faced with Lance. Lance would like nothing more than to bring a member of Griffon Wing down.
"That's my son! He's so handsome and brave to face them!" Juvia claimed.
"Settle down. You're going to embarrass the poor kid and he hasn't done that much yet." Gray said. Lance used water whips, but Calvero was avoiding each of his attacks.
"Is that the best you can do?" Calvero said.
"You can't handle what I got." Lance said.
"Shadow Dragon Roar!" Shae used his breath attack, but both of them were able to avoid it. "Now's my chance." Shae made a run for it as he was heading to the stop.
"I don't think so." Calvero said as he focused spirt energy in his hand and shot it at both of them. Since it wasn't a physical attack, neither of them could have it pass through them and both of them got hit and knocked off the pyramid. "I'm the one who's going to win."
"I'm the one who's going to win." Calco said. He used his rupture magic on the others and pushed them all down as he made a run for the top. Calco and Calvero were just about at the top and they both thought they were going to win this.
"Victory is mine!" Both of them reached out for the flag.
"Nope!" Both of them got blasted by water as Lance somehow made it to the top before they both did and both of them were blasted back. Lance grabbed Fairy Tail's flag and ended the game.
"That's it! Lance made it and scored 10 points for Fairy Tail." Mansin said. "That means everyone else is getting 1 point. Tell us, how did you make it up there?"
"I like to know that myself." Calvero said.
"It was simple. When I saw Shae turned into a shadow, I turned into water and propelled myself up there. Since water is more transparent, I guess I was harder to see." Lance said.
"That's my sweet and lovable son, Lance! He's such a cool and handsome boy!" Juvia cheered.
"Impressive. That brings an end to the events for today and we're moving onto the matches." Mansin said. Shadin looked over to the scoreboard to see the scores now.
Griffon Wing: 39
Mermaid Heel: 33
Fairy Tail: 28
Sabertooth: 22
Lamia Scale: 20
Blue Pegasus: 17
Twilight Ogre: 15
Quattro Cerberus: 3
"Fairy Tail is starting to rise to the top. I guess they haven't learned their place yet, but they will soon enough." Shadin said. What could Shadin be up to and will more harm come to others? Just how far is Griffon Wing willing to go?
