_Lucy_
"ughhhh" Natsu moaned as his cheeks inflated and his face turned a new shade of green. I cringed at the sight of the poor dragon slayer. Poor Natsu.
Breeze sat next to me agitated by the sight of Natsu. She had been visibly contemplating for the last 15 minutes whether to help him or not.
We were on our way to Crocus, the city where the GMG's are being held. The rest of the guild had already arrived at the city and were waiting for Team Natsu + Wendy and Breeze. Master preferred if we stayed at the guild a little longer do we didn't get caught up in the crowds of people. I also think it was suggested by the council, the less time we were there the less likely it was that something got burnt down.
I was sandwiched tightly between Bree and Erza's hard metal shoulder, Gray was sitting uncomfortably on the edge of the seat trying not to fall off.
We all glared at the Dragon Slayer who was currently crushing Wendy with the weight of his legs on the seat opposite us. He was sprawled out and despite his condition looked so comfortable. I longed to be spread out, my back was starting to hurt from sitting up so straight. Because of the Games being a huge tourist attraction the train was packed full of people.
Over the sound of the fast moving train I heard Breeze let out a decisive sigh, she stood up and caused her palm to glow blue. "Breeze, Master said not to help Natsu, he needs to learn to get used to it" Erza said warning the blonde. I ignored them and gladly welcomed the extra room.
"Poor Wendy won't last the rest of the trip if I don't" Breeze giggled, unfazed by Erza's threat. Wendy watched intently as she saw the magic similar to her own light up Breeze's hand. With just a touch Natsu's eyes shot open and his skin returned to its normal shade, he sat up with a grin.
Wendy let out a sigh of relief that Nstsu's heavy legs were no longer crushing her. Breeze crippled over, quickly being scooped up by Natsu without hesitation. "Damn Breeze you didn't have too" Natsu sat the shivering girl next to him. He held her close to his side, stroking her arm in comfort. Wendy gasped in shock "How did she do that?! She cured Natsu!" Her little hands covered her mouth as she tried to process what just happened.
I giggled at the small girl "It's a sort of conversion spell Wendy, Breeze gave Natsu her heath and Breeze took Natsu's motion sickness" I explained as the Sky Dragon Slayer listened intently. "I wish I could do that" Wendy shrugged back into her seat. "I'll t-teach it to ya one day, hey?" Breeze held onto Natsu's side as she looked like she would fall apart if she didn't.
Wendy lit up "Oh thank you, thank you!". I watched Bree's eyes slam shut as the train started to turn a corner. She moaned as a sort of 'It's okay' I smiled at her. She cares so much about others, she's willing to take away Natsu's motion sickness. I must admit she is way less annoying then he is with it though. I giggled as Gray used his butt to push Erza into the extra space, at least now he doesn't have to worry about falling on his face.
Breeze let out a shiver as Natsu put her down on solid ground. Her hand lit up again and with a little tap to Natsu's forehead again, she gave a big stretch and was all good again. I silently wondered why she had to tap his head again, maybe to return the motion sickness? But Natsu's normally all sick and whiny for hours after a train ride.
I let it go and watched Nastu look down at Breeze with a loving look in his eyes "Thanks Breeze" He gave her a giant bear hug squishing her until she snapped. "ugh" Breeze groaned as she recovered from the hug "No problems Natsu" she gave an small giggle and turned around, breaking into a jog to catch up with Gray and Wendy who were walking ahead.
"Why does she always run off to Gray?" I walked up to Natsu and heard him mumble. I raised my eyebrow "What was that Natsu?" I smirked and gave the boy a nudge. Natsu went red "Nothing", Happy matched my smirk as he waddled up to us with a fish in his paws "Is Natsu jealous?" His little cat eyebrows wiggled like they were having a party on his face.
"Is Natsu jealous... of Gray?" I added causing a rise from the hothead "NO. WHY WOULD I BE JEALOUS OF THAT PRINCESS?!" Natsu scoffed crossing his arms like a child. Happy and I burst out into fits of laughter. I wiped away a tear building up in the corner of my eye.
"Hey Natsu its okay" I gave him a reassuring pat and started walking "Come one guys or we'll be late" I smiled waving at the two as they ran to catch up.
~Just wanna say quick that I wont be doing the GMG exactly according to the anime/manga~
Breeze is replacing Elfman in the team and Wendy is a permanent backup. Each team has a permanent back up and will be made obvious if and when needed :). Back up's are needed in preliminary.
My eyes widened as I admired the giant floating maze above the town. I was the size of a small moon. Okay that was exaggerating but its fucking huge, excuse my french. The Maze, ball, thing had walls jutting out in all directions, it had staircases, pillars, archways, I'm pretty sure I even saw a tree in their somewhere. It was held above the town like a balloon, four thick chains held in place.
Natsu, Gray, Breeze, Erza, Wendy and I were standing on the balcony of Natsu and Gray's room, we were all in awe of the thing. The rest of our guild could be seen watching from other balconies nearby.
The Mascot appeared on a few lacrima screens plastered in the sky. The little pumpkin was explain the rules, making sure to say 'kabo' at the end of each sentence, which I knew was going to get old quickly.
"Begin, kabo~" was the only thing I heard him say before I realized this was actually happening, we were doing this.
Breeze and Natsu were the first two to jump off the balcony landing on the closest buildings "Come on guys!" Breeze yelled before chasing after Natsu who didn't hesitate to keep going. I spared no more time as I jumped off, landing on the building Breeze was on moments before. Wendy, Erza and Gray followed quickly over taking me as I tried to get my balance back. I'm sorry if I'm not used to jumping off balconies. We made it to a building that let us get close enough to the maze to be sucked in by the gravity field.
"humpf" I let out a groan as I landed on the maze. I saw a hand shoved into my face, I looked up and thanked Erza as I was pulled to my feet. "Okay so we have to get to the centre quickly, we have to be in the top 8 guilds to move onto the next round" Erza said to the group as we all huddled in a circle.
An idea popped into my head "I can use my new spirit! Open, Gate of the Compass! Pyxis!" I held the key up to my face and grinned brightly, proud of my new spirit. "What's this going to do Luce?" Natsu looked at the bird spirit with a judgmental glare. Pyxis looked at the dragon slayer and started to cry.
"Aww noooo Pyxis it's okay he didn't mean it" I rushed forwards and gave the spirit a hug, trying to comfort it by patting its little head. "Good one Natsu" Gray mocked. "Natsu's a meanie" I glared up at the Dragon slayer sending daggers, oh if only looks could kill.
"Uh judging by the big compass on its head Natsu-san, I'd say it's here to show us which direction to go in" Wendy pointed out timidly. "I knew that" Natsu crossed his arms. Gray let out a laugh.
"Well Pyxis which way is the centre of the maze?" I stood up and smiled. Pyxis make a happy chirp sound and did a twirl, he pointed north. We followed Pyxis as fast as we could Damn that little chicken-compass could run. All of a sudden as we were headed up a flight of stairs and the maze started to move.
I gasped and grabbed onto the staircase as I felt the ground slip from under my feet. We were all hanging upside down. Natsu managed to grab Wendy before she slipped off and Breeze grabbed Pyixs before he could fall. Only moments later we all were pulled back down by the gravity being turned back on. Groans were heard from the Fairy Tail group as some hit the ground of the maze with a solid thump.
There were multiple guild names being read out by the pumpkin as he listed all the guilds who were now disqualified. "Guys we need to get moving" Erza egged us on as we all got back on our feet. We pushed as hard as we could, Pyxis yelled in excitement as we seemed to be getting closer to the centre, but another guild blocked our path. I'm surprised we hadn't run into more to be honest.
Natsu ran forwards straight away throwing a flame coated fist and what seemed liked the leader of the opposing group. He seemed confident as he dodged the majority of Natsu's swings. "Red Justice isn't going to be beat by some fairies" one of the members of 'Red Justice apparently' walked up to me with a wicked smile.
I know exactly what will shut you up. I smirked back and reached for my keys Ah! "Open Gate of the Bull, Taurus!" I yelled with confidence. Pyxis gate closed instantly as the constant use of him kicked in.
"Mooooooo~ Lucy you are still as mooving as ever!" Taurus fawned over my body, I must admit most of my spirits are pervs *coughLokeandTauruscough* but it does boost my self-confidence.
"Go Taurus show him what fairies can do!" I pointed at the dumbfounded mage. He seemed to be scared of a Giant bull with an axe, I mean who wouldn't. I quickly scanned the rest of the battlefield as Taurus rushed forward, axe at the ready. Breeze was assisting Nastu after moving on from a now unconscious water mage. Natsu seemed to be coming out on top as he used an upper cut to dazed the leader, Breeze assiting every now and then with her lighting magic.
Gray was helping Wendy as they beat up a Sand magic user. Erza just threw a mage into the Sand mage taking them both out without trouble.
The mage Taurus was fighting against seemed to used some sort of goo magic? I'm not too sure. Erza, Gray and Wendy managed to slip through both of the battles to the other side of the previous blockage "Guys quickly!" Wendy yelled in anticipation "Taurus, keep him busy!" I grinned and ran past my spirit as he pushed the handle of his axe to the goo guy's throat "Will dooo Lucy!" The bull sent a quick grin over his shoulder before he pushed the mage harder against a wall.
"Natsu Quick!" I heard Breeze yell, I turned to see her beginning an Ice wall so all those who were behind us were unable to get though quickly. Gray helped finish it off and we ran to the centre.
We all gasped for air as we celebrated. I felt Taurus's gate close. Thank you! I thought. "We won!" Natsu yelled as he looked around seeing no one else in the arena. I smiled as I looked up. The pumpkin mascot popped up onto a lacrima screen "Hellooooooo Fairy Tail!~ you have just scraped in and are the 8th team to qualify! Congratulations, kabo! You will have to be at the main arena at 10am tomorrow for the first day of competitions, kabo!" The lacrima went blank. I think we all had a sweat drop moment.
"We qualified last?" Wendy frowned and scrunched her nose up.
"Well at least we made it in" Breeze stated not too fazed.
Natsu, Erza and Gray on the other hand "How did we fail?" Erza groaned
"We weren't good enough" Gray wailed.
"It was Gray's fault" Natsu said in the same tone as Erza.
"HEY!" Gray yelled as he stood up "WELL IT'S TRUE" Natsu yelled in return. We were teleported back to Natsu and Gray's room before anyone could swing a punch. As soon as we returned Erza bashed the two heads together leaving them unconscious on separate beds. I smiled at the two boys.
"WELL DONE GUYS!" Happy grinned flying into the room tackling me into a hug, snuggling his face nicely into my chest. I swear this cat is the biggest perv. "Thanks Happy" I smiled as I pat the Exceed "You qualified last though" He brought us all down.
"We failed" Erza went to the corner of the room and sulked. "Damn it Happy" I mumbled so the Exceed could hear me "But it's a fact!" He tried to defend himself.
"Yea it is true, but now we have to beat everyone who beat us today" Breeze said with conviction "Yea!" Wendy cheered "Oh I'm the reserve, so you guys will have to beat them for me!" She smiled brightly.
Breeze giggled "Next year you can fight instead of me, I'm not one for fighting for sport". I put Happy down on the bed next to Natsu "Natsu?! what have they done to you?!" Happy exclaimed patting Natsu's face with his little paws, squishing his lips so he looked like a fish.
"Happy make sure the boys aren't late okay? 10am at the arena" I said sternly and gave the blue cat one last pat before walking towards the door "Sleep well!" I called out "Night Lucshee~!".
Breeze carried Erza (Whom is bigger than the Dragon Slayer) back to our room.
Erza continuously mumbled "I wasn't good enough" or "We failed" over and over. Breeze plopped the traumatized Titania on her bed and pulled the covers over her, armour and all. "She's a special one, Erza" Breeze giggled and scratched the back of head.
"She doesn't do well with failure" Wendy smiled as she sat on her own bed opposite Erza's. I sat down on my bed next to Wendy's "You should of seen the time she couldn't beat Natsu to a cake eating contest" Natsu fit one more strawberry in then Erza could and she was sulking for weeks. I laughed at the memory.
"Well today was pretty exciting" Breeze grinned stripping down to her underwear and getting under the covers. "I hope we meet some strong mages tomorrow!" I squealed in excitement. I had really a good feeling about tomorrow.