Chapter 12
They stopped only long enough to get into more battle ready clothes before meeting Erza in the war room tent.
Erza was already decked in Narnian armor and pouring over the battle plan to find any flaws.
Both Natsu and Gray decided to forgo bulky armor and stick to their chain mail and pants. Lucy also wore chain mail, and a breastplate over a knee length red skirt, and a grip on her arm to help with her archery (A/N like the outfit Susan wore to the final battle in the Prince Caspian movie, but with a shorter skirt)
"How's it look?" asked Gray when they entered.
"Aslan's already left for the Witch's castle to get reinforcements," said Erza not looking up from her plans. "Everyone is preparing, and our strategy seems good, but in battle there are so many variables…"
"We can do this," said Lucy with conviction. "Everyone here is counting on us, we can't let them down."
Erza and Gray stared at her in surprise for a moment before smiling. Natsu gave her a proud grin.
"Right," Erza agreed. "Lets go over the plan again to make sure we're clear on all levels."
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Knowing that the Witch's army was coming the Narnian army positioned itself at the foot of a rocky hill with a wide plain in front of it to wait for them. Strategically it was the best position for their small army to be. The hill, while steep, was easy to climb, and the higher vantage point gave better positions to their archers.
It had been agreed that Erza was to be put in command of the army. So she stood along side Natsu and Gray at the front of the army ready to lead the assault.
At the far side of the plain in front of them, dark shapes began emerging from the distance. Little by little the Witch's army came into view, a terrifying army of all sorts of monsters and dark creatures, led by the Witch herself in a chariot pulled by polar bears. One thing was for sure, the Narnians were greatly outnumbered.
"Try not to land on the chariot, Flame Brain," said Gray evenly as they prepared to attack. "Can't have something as stupid as that take you out of the game."
"I'll watch my back, you watch yours, Ice Stripper," grumbled Natsu in reply. "Whoever takes out the most bad guys wins."
"You're on."
Lucy and Happy were at the top of the hill ready to take to the skies on Erza's command. Lucy had her bow at the ready, and had warned her spirits before hand about what they could expect if she summoned them.
"Are you ready for this, Happy?" she asked him.
The Exceed was trembling slightly, but nodded. "Aye."
The Witch's army charged forward, all of it's monsters letting out shouts and roars as they came at the Narnians.
Lucy caught sight of Erza's signal. "It's show time Happy."
"Aye sir!" said Happy as he grabbed her and flew her up into the air and towards the attacking army. They were quickly joined by several griffins, each of whom were carrying large rocks. They were the first strike force, attacking from the air to hopefully thin out the enemy before they could strike.
Natsu had been vehemently against this plan and had only consented when Happy agreed to fly her. Even then he had insisted that they stay at the back and Happy be ready to fly Lucy back to safety the second things went wrong.
Lucy notched her first arrow as they approached striking distance. Sagittarius had been a wonderful teacher, and while she still couldn't hold a candle to him, she was an excellent shot.
Like they'd promised they stayed near the back of he flock of griffins. When the Witch's army saw them approach, several furies rose up from their ranks to combat them, and the dwarves on the ground began to fire their arrows at them.
Seeing this, Lucy yelled. "Happy, fly me lower!"
"Aye sir!" yelled Happy, as the dropped below the flock.
Lucy took aim and fired an arrow at the approaching furies. It hit one in the wing and sent it plummeting back towards the ground.
She continued to fend off the furies as the griffins dropped their loads onto the enemy forces. Sadly between the furies Lucy was unable to hit and the dwarves below, some of the griffins fell in the process.
The first attack done Happy and the griffins began to pull back towards the hill, while Lucy continued to fire arrows into the army's ranks.
Down below, her friends let out a sigh of relief as Lucy and Happy passed over their heads and landed beside them.
"You okay?" asked Gray.
Lucy only nodded in reply, and Happy squeaked out an "Aye."
Erza raised her sword over her head. "For Narnia! CHARGE!" she yelled as she ran forward. Gray and Lucy flanked her on either side, and Happy grabbed Natsu and retook to the skies.
Shouts of "For Narnia!" were echoed all around as the army charged forward.
Gray pulled ahead of the rest of the army and ran until he was almost in front of the enemy. "Ice Make: Ice Wall!" he shouted, conjuring up a huge wall of ice that spread across the battlefield.
Happy dropped Natsu onto the top of the ice wall and flew back to Lucy. Natsu moved so he was looking down at the enemy. He took a deep breath, "Fire Dragon's Roar!" and blew fire down the enemy's side spreading it across the ground so that the Witch's army was blocked by both fire and ice.
With the army blocked, the griffins, Happy and Lucy came back for round two, some of the griffins now carrying archers instead of boulders to continue the attack. To help them Lucy summoned Sagittarius and Scorpio onto the wall next to Natsu.
"The bad guys are over there, horse man," said Natsu, pausing his fire breathing and pointing.
Sagittarius notched his arrows and fired into the army. "I thank you for the assistance, moshi moshi."
"We Are!" shouted Scorpio as he blasted the army with sand.
Despite the obstacles now blocking their way the Witch's army continued to charge towards them. Some of them even throwing themselves through the fire and beating at the ice wall until the flames consumed them.
Suddenly the Witch was in front of the flames. With a wave of her wand the flames extinguished and the ice wall shattered, making Natsu and the Spirits jump off to avoid falling with it.
Without anything else blocking the way the two armies met head on. It was pandemonium, that was all Lucy could describe it as from her vantage point above. Erza was in her Giant's Armor taking on an actual giant and anything else that stood in her way. Gray was surrounded by his frozen constructs as he took down enemies left and right in just his underwear and chain mail. When Natsu had jumped off the crumbling ice wall he had jumped towards the Witch's side, and was now burning everything in his surrounding area to a crisp. Her Spirits had landed all right from their jump, but Lucy could see they were quickly tiring, and would not last much longer. Lucy herself was nearly out of arrows, as Happy flew her above the battlefield. The archers on their side up on the hill had begun firing into the sea of monsters once they had come into range.
By the time Lucy had fired her last arrow both Sagittarius and Scorpio had had to return to the Spirit world and their side was beginning to show signs of tiring. While her fellow Fairy Tail mages were still going strong, the sheer number of the Witch's army was overwhelming the rest of their army.
Apparently Erza noticed this too. "Fall back to the rocks!" she commanded.
Their army began to pull back as combined attacks from Erza, Gray, and Natsu bought them some time to retreat.
Unfortunately the Witch gave another wave of her wand and dispelled the attacks and her army pressed forward too fast for the Narnians to retreat.
Seeing this, Lucy got an idea. "Happy I need you to fly me over near the enemy side and drop me!"
"What!?" shouted Happy in alarm.
"Just for a minute," she assured him, "You can catch me again when I'm done! Trust me on this!"
Happy didn't look happy about it, but he nodded and said "Aye Sir!"
They flew towards the encroaching army ignoring Natsu's shouting at them to come back. Happy flew Lucy as high up as he could above the army dodging arrows sent their way as he did.
Not wasting a moment Lucy whipped out her key "Open, Gate of the Twins: Gemini!" The two blue Spirits appeared next to her.
Lucy held out her hand to them. "We need to do that again!" she shouted. "Change into me! Happy, drop me!"
Looking up from the battle the Witch spotted them. "YOU!" she shouted in recognition
Happy complied with the order, as Gemini transformed into a duplicate of Lucy (still in a bath towel, she really needed to fix that). The two grabbed each other's hands as they fell, and began to recite.
"Survey the Heaven, Open the Heaven...
All the stars, far and wide...
Show me thy appearance...
With such shine.
O Tetrabiblos...
I am the ruler of the stars...
Aspect became complete...
Open thy malevolent gate.
O 88 Stars of the heaven...
Shine!
URANO METRIA!"
The air around them became filled with planets and stars that rained down upon the enemy in a shining burst, blasting them back and effectively stopping the army in its tracks.
Lucy's magic spent, Gemini was sent back to the Spirit World as Happy caught her and flew her back to the safety of the hills. It was unlikely she would be contributing any more magic to this battle.
Down below her friends watched impressed.
"Well she sure made a hard act to follow," said Gray.
Erza turned to where the Witch's army was slowly recuperating from that blast. "She did what any of us would have," she said, her voice shining with pride.
Natsu ignited his hands as he readied himself for the next assault. "Then let's make her proud!" he shouted as he ran forward into the fray, his teammates right behind him.
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A/N There's the first half of the battle. Again I drew heavily from the movie to write this since the book barely touches on the battle. It more focuses on Lucy and Susan going with Aslan to free the statues. More fighting in the next chapter, the others have to step up their game if they don't want Lucy to outshine them.
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