New chapter everyone! I lost track of time so that's why this one took a bit longer to get up. Just got a lot on my plate so haven't had time to relax in a few weeks. But yeah, now that everything is winding down, I'm rearing to go and continue the story. There is still a lot of story left, so please keep reading till the end! Please Read, Favorite, and Review!

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Chibiina-chan


Chapter 12

Together Again? Or maybe not...

Loke stood there with Lucy in his arms as he watched Theia continue to laugh, he glanced over at the others and his locked with Aries. She nodded as she held out her hands, "Wool Wall!" She yelled as a huge pink wool wall appeared around Theia as the spirits rushed over towards Loke. "We don't have very long, we need a plan." She said as she glanced back at the wall scared that their queen would suddenly bust out.

"Aries, take Lucy and run." Loke handed their master to the ram spirit as he cracked his knuckles. "I want to personally knock her out." His eyes narrowed when they felt a shockwave of power and the wall began to slowly break apart. "Virgo, Gemini, and Sagittarius go with her. In case she gets through us, Aries and Lucy needs protection!"

"Understood." They all said as the four spirits with their master rushed down the hall just as the wool wall crumbled and Theia stood there not looking any bit the happier.

"How dare you all attack me. I am your queen!" She yelled as she pointed at Loke but fell silent when she saw some of them gone, and her eyes narrowed. "So you are all splitting up, not a smart plan Leo." Her hands began to glow.

Loke growled low as he touched his ring and his body glowed, "Regulus…" The wind picked up around the remaining spirits and they all took stances ready to charge. "Attack!" He yelled as they all charged forwards towards their Queen.

Her eyes widened in surprise because she hadn't been expecting this but jumped back as she avoided the attack from Capricorn, but the others managed to hit her and she screamed in pain as she was slammed into a wall on the other side of the hallway. She slide down as she held her shoulder and leaned forwards as she began to chuckle. "You all are really loyal to your master aren't you… to even attack your queen."

"The King hasn't given up on you… He hopes you can be saved and return to his side someday." Capricorn stood in front of the others as he watched Theia slowly stand up. The other spirits stood there ready to attack if she made a move but they hadn't expected to see a smile play its way to her face. They all look a bit stunned.

She smiled sweetly at them, almost like she was back to how she used to be until the smile turned into a deep frown. "That old idiot would rather me rot down here in the mortal world than own up to his own mistakes." She groaned in pain because she knew that they had left the most powerful spirits as their front line so she just had to… An idea popped into her head as she grinned to herself and charged at Loke suddenly. "Come play my babies!" She yelled as lights began to appear all around them.

"What's going on!" Aquarius looked around with wide eyes, she had never heard of their queen using this magic, not even the last time she had faced her.

"Don't let them hit you!" Loke yelled as he dodged one that suddenly came flying at him. He looked up at the ceiling and his eyes widened when he saw hundreds of the little glowing orbs floating there. There was no way that they would avoid all those and still fight her. What had their Queen become?

"Dance." That one little word that flowed out of Theia's mouth sent all the orbs flying towards the celestial spirits as she decked Loke in the chest. She watched as he went flying back into a bunch of armor and cracked the wall. The screams of pain coming from the other spirits was music to her ears. She saw as one by one the spirits were forced back into the spirit world until only Loke only remained, she had made it where her orbs hadn't touched him but just floated in the air awaiting her orders. "So Leo, you're plan failed… how are you going to protect your master now if you don't have any strong spirits to protect her?" She grabbed his collar as she hauled him up eye level.

He chuckled as he grinned at her, his body hurt. He hadn't expected this one bit; she had changed unknowing to any of the spirits so as they were now none of them could defeat her. There was only one person he could think of that had a chance, but that idiot was nowhere to be found right now. "We didn't leave our master unprotected your Highness… He's just running a bit late like usual." He smirked as his body began to glow and he slammed his fist into her stomach releasing her hold on him and he kicked her away. "Lion Brilliance!" He yelled as suddenly his body began to glow brightly nearly blinding Theia.

She covered her eyes in pain from the brightness of the light but she screamed in pain as she felt another fist connected with her stomach knowing he had used the light as a distraction. She screamed as she was sent through a wall and laid in the rubble in pain. "Ugh…" She said low as she sat up and coughed a few times to get her breath.

"Are you already done? Has living here in Earthland made you weak?" Loke called out to get her more riled up; he needed to stall for as much time as possible.

A smirked played its way to Theia's face, which confused Loke. "Did you forget something?" She looked up at him, a crazy look held within her eyes. "My babies are still waiting to attack."

"Shit." He looked up at the orbs just in time as they all came flying at him. He screamed out in pain as he was forced back into the spirit world leaving no one in Theia's way.

"He's always been a hot headed leader." She whispered low as she leaned her head back as the make shift night sky on the ceiling seemed to almost regenerate her powers. She smiled as she slowly stood; her wounds nearly healed as she began to walk down the hallway towards where she could feel the others.


The other spirits had made it the end of a hallway with nowhere else to run. Aries was panting as she looked back scared, they couldn't backtrack because she had seen all of Lucy-san's keys return to her belt so she knew that they were being hunted now. "Virgo, we need to get out of here." She glanced at the Maiden Spirit worriedly.

"Understood." Virgo nodded as she glanced at the floor and began to go underground creating a tunnel. When she hit outside, she went back. "It's done, you all go through. I'll stay here." She glanced down the dark hallway because she felt their Queen's power coming closer. "I'll slow her down as much as possible." She turned to Gemini, "Transform into that light Dragon slayer, you might have a better chance than being master… the others can't be summoned yet."

Gemini nodded and transformed into Sting as they all went down the tunnel Virgo made. When she felt them exit the hole, she collapsed the tunnel so they couldn't be followed. "My lady, you shouldn't have come." She turned back to face her queen as she bowed a bit. "But I cannot allow you to come any closer to Hime-sama."

"Virgo, you've always been to obedient… just let me pass and I'll spare you." Theia smiled a bit as she waved her hand a bit but when she saw that Virgo didn't move, her eyes narrowed. "What is wrong with all you spirits. Not listening to me and instead protecting that weak mortal… The king has difinatnyl gotten soft." Her right hand began to glow brightly. "I'll have to punish you all."

The pink haired maiden looked at her before she suddenly lunged forwards and swung her chains catching Theia's arm and threw her through the nearest wall. "I won't let you get close to Hime-sama." She said again with a determined voice.

"Oh really, you're already done for though." Theia laughed from the rubble as she stood up and pointed to the chain that was connected to her arm.

Virgo's eyes widened as she felt her strength being sucked out, she tried to retract her chain but it wouldn't budge. She held her other hand. "Spica Hole!" She yelled but nothing happened which made her eyes widened just a bit. This wasn't possible, how could she?

"You mean this attack?" Theia smirked as she held out one hand and lunged forwards as she grabbed Virgo and threw her up into air, using the chain she pulled her back down creating a huge crater. "You aren't worth any of my time." She held up one finger as a few balls of light appeared. "Dance." She smiled as she watched Virgo scream out in pain and disappeared back into the spirit world. "Ahh… this is so fun." She smiled as she laughed a bit. "Though Virgo was a bit too easy to beat, I wonder why." She glanced at the floor seeing the disturbed ground. "Oh well, I have other targets to hunt down…"


The remaining spirits had run into the town, they noticed that it was deserted which confused them because it should be bussing and hussling this time of day. They saw a house and decided to rest in there for the moment because they were all tired from running. Aries set Lucy down on the couch as she looked at the keys. "We aren't a match for her…" She felt tears appear in the corner of her eyes. "She already sent back the more powerful spirits."

"But Loke told us to protect Lucy until Happy can fulfill what he was sent to do. We'll fight her for as long as we can until then." Gemini Sting said as he sat down in a chair and watched Lucy. "First though we need to find some place to heal her. She took a lot of damage from the Queen's attacks."

Sagittarius nodded as he went to see if he could find some medicine within the house they were in. After a few minutes he came back with some stuff. "Here you go." He handed the supplies to Aries as she smiled at him.

"I need to undress Lucy-san, do you mind stepping out for a minute?" Aries glanced at the two of them. She saw both blush a bit before they left the room. She turned back to Lucy and looked at her worryingly. "Lucy-san… you can pull through this. Natsu-san is waiting for your return." She put a hand on her forehead and smiled when she got a small groan in reply. "That's right, keep fighting for you and your family." She reached down to see what supplies Sagittarius had found to begin mending their master.

After a while Aries came out with Lucy on her back all patched up, she looked better also. "Alright, so where to now?" Gemini Sting asked as he glanced towards the door as if waiting for a sneak attack. "We need to keep moving."

"Yes that is correct. We must keep moving until he arrives." Sagittarius paused for a minute before he drew his bow and pointed it at the front door. "Aries, take Lucy and head out the back way. We will stall her as long as we can."

"But!" Aries didn't want to be left alone.

"Its fine, we'll be alright." Gemini Sting smirked as he gave Aries a thumbs up. "Protect our master."

The pink haired spirit only smiled a bit before she nodded and then rushed towards the back door. As she made it to the back door, she heard a crash and the screams from her other two spirits. She ignored it as she ran out the door and through the streets. She had to keep moving for her sake and Lucy-sans. "Please give me strength." Aries said under her breath as she ran as she heard a huge crash behind her. She knew that the house they had been in had collapsed so by now she was the only spirit left.

"Aries come back here!" She heard Theia's voice yell out but she didn't stop. "I'll make your death more painful than the others if you don't give me her!"

She kept running, knowing that she couldn't stop. "No!" She yelled back, and knew that she needed to make some distance between then. "WOOL WALL!" she screamed with tears in her eyes as a huge wall of wool divided the town. She panted hard from the magic it had used and nearly stumbled but kept herself upright only to trip over her own feet and went towards the ground. She watched as Lucy skidded on the ground a few feet but she slowly began to force herself up. "I can't… stop…" she whispered low in pain and saw her hand beginning to glow transparent. "Not now, I can't go back… yet." She stood up as she limped over to Lucy and got her on her back again and began to try to escape the area. That was until she heard a scream and the wool wall was shredded into a million pieces. Her eyes widened in fear when she saw Theia standing there with who knows how many orbs around her. They'd instantly kill Lucy and her if they hit them. "No…"

"I warned you… you stupid ram!" Theia yelled as she held out her hand. "Dance!" She screamed with crazy eyes and watched as her thousands of orbs flew towards the two. A satisfied smirked on her face because she was about to rid herself of her shame.

"FIRE DRAGONS ROAR!" Fire suddenly flew in-between Aries and the orbs. Natsu landed in front of the fire, his eyes a blaze with anger. "Don't you dare hurt Lucy anymore!" He yelled as he slammed his fists together, setting them ablaze. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" And he charged at Theia.

"Natsu…" Aries said low with wide eyes and she felt Lucy stir a little bit. "Lucy-san, Natsu is here to save us!"

"Don't get cocky bastard!" Theia growled low as she jumped back dodging the attack before her hand began to glow. "I'm tired of being kept from my prize!" She screamed loudly as she charged at him in return. "Get out of my way!" She decked Natsu in the face as she kept on with the attacks. "Get out of my way! Out of my way!" She kept screaming over and over.

Natsu screamed loudly as he was pelted with attacks but he roared as he blasted her away suddenly lightning surrounded him with his flames. "Never! I will never hand over Lucy!" He screamed loudly. "Lightning Flame Dragon Mode!" He roared as lightning and fire flared up.

"That girl is my prey!" She screamed loudly as she charged at him again, "Don't stand in my way!" Her hands glowed brightly as orbs flew up around her. Her hands clenched as her hair flew up around her as the wind began to pick up.

He roared loudly again as he brought his hands over his mouth, "Lightning Flame Dragon's Roar!" He roared out again as a blaze of fire and lightning spewed out from his hands aimed at Theia.

She smirked as she dodged but she didn't count on the fire to just suddenly span out and cover the whole area. She screamed as she felt like her skin was burning, as it died down she was on her knees clutching her chest in pain. Smoke rose off her as she growled low, "D-dance…" She whispered under her breath but when she didn't see any of her orbs flying at him she looked confused. "I said dance!" She coughed out but screamed as she felt an unbearable pain suddenly hit her. Her body glowed brightly as she felt something break away from her soul.

"You stupid human!" A voice boomed out as a person appeared out of the smoke, it looked to be a mage but Natsu couldn't tell from all the smoke that surrounded him. "I had the perfect host! Now you screwed that up!"

Natsu stood there with the lightning still flickering all around him, his eyes narrowed as he had a new target that he knew he had to defeat for Lucy's safety. "I don't care; you want to hurt my family… I will never forgive you." Fire blazed brightly again as he charged at the shadowed mage.

The mage began to chant some type of spell as the shadows began to absorb into his body and soon he stood as a whole human. "I've lived this long, and I won't be done in by a stupid annoying youngster!" shadows shot out from the mages hand as they raced at Natsu.

"Lightning Flame Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Natsu screamed as he slammed his hands together and a huge shockwave of fire and lightning surged out from Natsu destroying all the shadows that had begun to surround him. He roared loudly as he charged at the mage again with his fists a blaze.

The mage jumped back to dodge the blast but his eyes widened when he saw Natsu in his face, "W-what in the world are you!" He yelled as he felt a hand connect with his chest and screamed out when suddenly lightning and fire blazed up around him.

Natsu heard his screams as the fire was encasing the shadow mage. As the fire died, the mage was no more and he growled low as the fire and lightning around him died and he fell to his knees panting hard. Sweat dripped off of his face as he tried to stand up but could hardly find any strength.

"Natsu-san!" Aries ran up to him as he slowly got into a sitting position. "Are you alright?" She sounded worried but still had Lucy on her back.

He calmed down enough to open his eyes and all he saw was blonde hair. "Lucy!" He ignored his pains as he reached to get her from Aries grasp. "Please let me hold her."

"Alright." Aries smiled a bit as she helped Lucy to get into Natsu's lap. "Lucy-san would be happy if she knew you saved her."

He only nodded as he looked down at her and then to Aries, "Are the other spirits alright?"

She smiled as she nodded, "Yes, they will be fine in time. They just need time to heal from the damage they received." She patted Natsu's head before she began to fade away. "Just take care of her, I don't think Queen Theia will do anything anymore." With that Aries went back to the spirit world.

His eyes shifted to the woman but then looked back at Lucy when he felt her waking up. "Lucy! Thank god!"

She slowly opened her eyes as she heard his voice; a small groan passed her lips as her body felt so bad. "N-natsu…" Lucy felt tears begin to pool in the corner of her eyes because he was there. Happy had found him, "Where… is Happy?"

"He is trying to find the annoying holy dragon slayer… He got me here just in time." Natsu didn't want to think about what would have happen if he hadn't gotten there in time.

Lucy heard a light sob and she moved her head a bit to see Theia on the ground but then looked back at Natsu. "Can you take me over to her? I need to talk to her."

"But she tried to kill you!"

"Yes, but I don't believe that was her doing…" Lucy smiled a little.

He watched her carefully before he picked her up bridal style and slowly limped over towards Theia. As they were in front of her, he sat down with Lucy in his lap but was being very careful as he watched Theia in case he needed to jump in. He had no magical energy, but he would try his hardest to protect his family.

"Theia?" Lucy said low but winced in pain. "Are you alright now?"

"Ugh…" Theia said low in pain as she lifted her head up enough to look at Lucy. Her crazy looking eyes had returned to normal and it seemed like she was generally confused. "What happened to me?" She gasped in pain as she slowly sat up, her head was so foggy.

Lucy gave a small smile, "You don't feel like killing me anymore?"

"I don't even know who you are… why would I want to kill you?" Theia now held a serious look upon her face but looked at her burnt body. Why couldn't she remember anything, how long had it been since… Her eyes widened as she looked at Lucy. "What happened to my master? Is she alright?"

Lucy slowly shook her head but paused when she felt pain only to feel Natsu to run his hands down her arms to try to relax her. She wasn't sure why he was being this affectionate but now she was curious as to what Happy had told him. "I'm sorry, but according to the mage that had possessed you, he killed your master 400 years ago."

"I see…" Theia looked at the ground as she glanced over at Natsu, "And I'm assuming you are the one that purged the mage from me?" When she only got a nod, she smiled a little. "Thank you." She slowly stood up as she looked up at the sky, "I am sorry for bothering you two, I need some time to think what I am going to do now."

"Wait! You could always come with us!" The blonde haired mage didn't want her to go off on her own. She was the Celestial Spirit Queen, and confused. She'd never feel right if something else happened to her.

Theia shook her head, "I'd have to decline I'm sorry. I hurt your spirits too much to be forgiven. Maybe in the future I'll show myself again but I can't forgive myself for nearly killing a descendant of hers." With that she faded away before Lucy could ask what she meant by that.

She sat there and suddenly a thought came to her, "Oh no! We have to find Lucinas!" She tried to get out of Natsu's grasp but it just wasn't happening. "Natsu! Let me go!"

"No." He stated firmly with a low growl. His arms wrapped around Lucy's stomach as he held her closer. "You almost died Lucy… why didn't you let me come with you? I could have protected you both."

She stiffened at that last sentence with wide eyes but turned her head a bit to glance the best she could at his face, it was full of anger, worry, regret, and love. She felt tears begin to appear in the corner of her eyes. "H-how did you…"

"I figured it out… that new scent on you last time I saw you… I'm not as dumb as I look." He grinned at her which only caused Lucy to laugh. "So yeah, I'm tired…" He yawned loudly.

"No. We are not sleeping here." She hit him over the head, "We need to get back to the train station! Happy should have Sting with him, if not I'm sure he'll find his way back to the station."

Natsu grumbled as he slowly stood up as he held Lucy bridal style. "Why do you care about that idiot's wellbeing more than me?" He pouted a bit as he slowly began to walk.

"Because for this mission he is my partner." She stuck her tongue out at him.


Sting held his bleeding shoulder as he looked at Sophia; he hadn't expected to get hit by the water whip so easily. He dodged another pass of the whip before he charged forwards at her. "Tell me where Lucinas is?!" He yelled as he actually landed a hit to her stomach as he sent her flying through the wall to the outside garden that was in the back. "Damn I put too much strength into the one." He coughed a few times from the pain he had received from the fight before and what she had given him.

"Geez, you don't hold back." Her voice came from outside as she sat up. "But that's good. Because now it will be a lot more fun knowing you won't hold back." She grinned as she ran a hand through her hair to get out the loose rubble.

His eyes widened as he watched her but then walked outside feeling the sun's rays on him. "You're a fellow dragon slayer; of course I won't take it easy on you. If I don't go full out, I'll get defeated and that's not an option." He growled as got into a defensive position, he'd have to fight carefully because he hadn't seen her fight before. Unlike with Salamander, he had no idea what her moves where or how deadly they would get. He also wasn't sure the range of her water whip, so he knew he'd have to try it out a few times. He might get seriously hurt, but he needed to know.

Sophia laughed a bit as she cracked her water whip again before she grinned. "If I were you I wouldn't take me lightly you stupid idiot." She cracked her whips even more as suddenly they split into separate pieces. "Aqua Wave Whip Chain." She said calmly before she waved her left hand and the whip pieces flew towards Sting.

"White Dragon's Roar!" He roared as the white laser shot out from his mouth and began to bend it around to try to destroy the whip chain pieces. He did manage to get most of them but screamed when a few of them actually hit him which began to encase him in water. "What in the hell is this?!" He tried to move but when he couldn't he glared up at her.

Sophia only smiled at him as she tapped her chin, "Well they do like to stay attached to their target to make it easier for me." She glanced over at the pond that was near them. "Oh yes, water…" She slowly walked over to it as she reached down to touch it. "Shall we play some Holy Dragon Slayer…" She glanced over her shoulder with a smirk on her face. "Aqua Wave Crushing Grip." Suddenly the water from the pond began to flow up her hand and surround her body. A huge golem began to appear as it stomped its foot on the ground before it raised a hand to smash Sting flat to the ground.

Sting's eyes widened a bit when he saw it and growled loudly. "White Drive." He stated calmly before disappearing at the last minute and reappeared behind the golem. "Holy Nova." He knew that he'd be caught up in the blast too but it was the only way. Slamming his hand into the water a light began to shine through the golem and soon it exploded sending steaming hot water everywhere. He screamed as he was caught in the blast and sent flying back into the wall only to be splashed by quite a bit of water. His hand red from where he had made contact earlier. "Damn." He whispered low as he stood up in pain. He maybe be a Dragon Slayer but he wasn't invincible and the damage done over the course of the day was slowly taking its toll on his body.

"That hurt…" The woman stood there as she held her bleeding arm, steam rose off her from the water that was still on her. "How dare you… how dare you do that to my golem!" Her eyes turned into dragon like eyes again as she roared loudly, "Water Dragon Roar!" The water on her and the ground began to swirl up into a ball in front of her and shot out a huge blast of water at Sting.

"White Dragon's roar!" Sting roared again as he sent his own roar to counter her. As the two blasts hit, he had to plant his feet to keep himself from flying at the energy flying from the energy of them colliding. He roared even louder and watched as watched his own beginning to overtake hers.

Her eyes narrowed as she roared again trying to overpower him but she suddenly felt all her power drain from her and her eyes widened when her dragon roar disappeared and watched as his came full force at her. She covered her face with her arms as it hit her and she screamed in pain. A huge explosion happened which Sting knew that something had interfered because it should of just disincarnated her. But she was a water dragon slayer so he wasn't 100 percent sure.

As the dust dispersed, Sting saw a man standing there, he noticed at the area around him was fine while the damage coned out around him. "Who are you!?" He coughed but fell to his knees in pain because he was nearly drained of magic.

The man stood there as he watched Sting before a smirk came upon his face. "You really shame your parent…" His slit eyes shined brightly before he turned around and jumped high into the sky disappearing along with Sophia.

Sting just stayed there with wide eyes and looked the way he had seen him leave. Who was that, it didn't make any sense… he had been able to block his roar without any magic. "Ugh…" He growled low as he leaned forwards a bit and held his side. Now that his fight over, all the damage done was catching up with him. He ignored it though as he slowly began to stand up and limp towards the building. He needed to find Lucinas, he knew they were doing something bad to her. As he got to the building he heard a yell and glanced over his shoulder to see Happy flying towards him.

"Sting!" He yelled worried as he saw the state he was in. "Let's get to the train station! Natsu and Lucy are there waiting for you."

His eyes narrowed a bit, "No, I need to find Lucinas."

"She's not here!" Happy shook his head, "Natsu said he didn't smell her anywhere. I already had him look for her as I flew him back!"

"What about Lector?"

Happy looked down, "He was with her when she got caught… Lucy and I couldn't do anything." He heard Sting slam his fist into the wall and looked up at him. "We'll find them. That is what Lucy said, but you're all hurt, so you all need to heal."

"Fine." Sting said with a slight growl. He knew it was pointless to keep searching if both Natsu's and his nose couldn't pick her up. Then he looked at Happy. "Take me back to the train station."

Happy floated there with a dumbfounded look on his face. "I don't want too."

"I said do it! It's faster than me walking!" Sting felt his anger flow again.

Happy stuck his tongue out at him, "But you'll get sick."

"No I won't."

"Yes you will."

"No I won't now take me there!" He yelled at him. When Happy glared at him but floated down for Sting to hold on.

Happy had to admit, he was a bit heavier than Natsu but it was only for a short distance. He floated Sting off the ground to see if he got sick, so far nothing and then grinned as he flew off fast.

Natsu sat next to the sleeping Lucy on the bench of the train station as he waited for the other two. When he heard screaming he looked up to see Happy carrying Sting and he actually laughed at the sight. For once he saw Sting scared, and pointed at him when they landed. "Why are you screaming like a little girl?"

Sting panted as he fell to his knees trying to settle his stomach. He had known Natsu always flew like that, but that was just too much for him. "Shut up." He growled out but then stood up after a minute and glanced at the beat up Lucy. "So you let her get that beat up?"

"She wouldn't of if you had stayed with her." Natsu growled now as he narrowed his eyes, his mood changing instantly.

Sting cross his arms over his chest before he snorted a bit, putting up that arrogant attitude again. "It's not my fault the enemy spilt us up on purpose."

That cause Natsu's rage to flare and he shot up as he stormed over to him, "you bastard! My family was put in danger because of your stupid mistake!"

Sting smirked as he tilted his head to the side, "So you figured it out you stupid dragon slayer." He uncrossed his arms and patted Natsu's head like he was a five year old. "I must say congratulations. She is a fine mate, just don't let her leave again or I might take her." He said jokingly but felt the anger roll off of Natsu and he only laughed.

A small groan from the blonde catch both Dragon slayers attention. Happy was in her lap as he looked up at her, "Lucy are you up?" He asked as he rubbed against her small baby bump of a stomach.

"I'm fine Happy, I just hurt a bit." She put a hand on his head and scratched him a bit behind the ears. She opened her eyes to see Natsu and Sting at it only to sigh because she knew this wouldn't be very fun. "Sting, are you going back to your guild?"

He glanced at her as he ignored Natsu, "Most likely to inform them what is going on. But I will keep in touch with you and the guild Fairy Tail. We are going to investigate what happened here, and see we can find any clues on to the missing mages and everyone else."

"Just don't go and die." Natsu snickered to himself as he went to pick up Lucy and Happy. "Because I will never hear the end of it if you go and end up dying." He walked passed him as their train arrived and the four of them boarded.