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Lia had woken up minutes after losing conscious, she had forced herself to move and was now walking while supporting an unconscious Raine, she had left her bag behind since she could barely carry the two of them and the rain was not helping at all, and it wasn't a little shower but a full-blown rainstorm. Just what they needed with tattered cloth and being exhausted.
She had made the bandages for Raine from her clothes like she had done with herself and properly bandaged Raine's shoulder injury, before they moved though.
Lia fell to her knees again as she supported Raine, "Damn it!" She cursed as she breathed hard.
But the wound on Lia's waist, even though was closed, hurt. Add in the fact it was made by her own magic, which made it worse since her magic affected her stronger than it affected others.
She was having a hard time focusing on her surroundings let along use her magic sense. So, she couldn't have seen that she had walked the two of them right into a group of Grimoire heart cloaked wizards till they were surrounded.
Lia cursed as she looked around her…there was too many of them. Never the less, she put Raine down before gathering what little energy she had to force herself to stand, just as some of them ran at her while others send their spells at her.
She never got the chance to fight as suddenly, all the wizards found themselves getting surrounded in crystals from the bottom up, even some of the rain droplets were crystalized.
"You look like hell" Eiran said walking up to her from behind the wizards trapped in crystals on her right, even though he said it jokingly, Eiran was angry upon seeing the state both Lia and the unconscious Raine were in.
"I feel like it too" Lia told him grinning as relief filled her. "So, do you know how any of the others are doing?"
"No, I just came back with Bickslow, Freed and Gildarts" He told her as he walked closer and bent down to pick up Raine "I was making my way to camp with Bickslow and Freed when we saw that flame tower, as far as I know, I didn't even think I would find you conscious let along walking and getting ready to fight"
"I guess I am stronger than you remember" She told him shrugging as he narrowed his eyes, a comment like that Lia would maybe smirk or look proud, but shrugging…that made him think she was hiding something.
"Lia…" He told her warningly "What did you do?"
"The usual fought a psycho dark wizard" She counted on her hand "Finished another one after Raine weakened him, bandaged our injuries" The look he gave her made her know she wasn't getting away with it "I might have run into a little problem in the middle of the fight and had to…release the seal to recover my magic before sealing it again"
"Are you an idiot?!" He yelled at her "You could have died! What were you thinking?!"
"That if I didn't I was going to die" She told him before sighing "Look can we talk about this back at camp? where preferably under some kind of shelter from the rain"
"Fine!" He told her carrying Raine princess style they started walking as he led the way to the camp.
They didn't make it far though, Lia's breath hitched in her throat as the giant tree on the island started falling. "No…" As the tree fell, they fell too. "My magic…" She was feeling weak as her magic got absorbed and she could feel the seal starting to act up.
"Why is this…?" Eiran questioned as he fell beside her on his knees before dropping completely and Raine fell from his hands.
The three of them were on the ground now as the tree completely fell. Lia thought about releasing the seal as she gritted her teeth from the pain that built up from it, but that would do more harm than good.
From where they were, they were closer to the beach, which made seeing the top of the tree fall possible.
She punched the ground "Damn it!" Cursing as well, she froze when even more pain came from her injuries, like it was worse ten time than before, biting her lips to stop a scream. "What the hell is going on? The tree is supposed to give us protection, is what happens when it falls…"
"No" He told her "Someone took control of the tree's enchantment and is reversing it…. it's the only explanation"
That explained it, but it didn't give them a solution. It more of raised dread, the enchantment on the tree wasn't kids' stuff, to control it would mean it was a very strong wizard.
Minutes passed as they struggled with the magic loss and in Lia's case the increasing pain coming from her injuries.
They froze as they stared at the giant ball of fire that had resulted from an explosion, before the explosion started fading into a giant light that shined over the entire island, unknown to everyone Erza had defeated Azuma, the one who had absorbed everyone's magic.
"It's back…" She said as Eiran got up as well.
"Someone must have done something" Eiran stated "Beat whoever destroyed the tree maybe"
Pushing herself up, Lia sat on her knees, she the pain from her injuries wasn't gone but her magic was back now. Eiran picked up Raine like before and pushed their selves till they stood, they needed to make it back to camp, to get Raine help and check on everyone.
"Let's go before something else happens" Eiran told her as she nodded and they started heading to camp again.
All over the island Fairy Tail mages were winning their fights now that their magic power was back.
Lia and Eiran eventually managed to make their way to camp.
"Everyone…" Lia called as they turned to her, Lisanna, Levy, Bickslow, Freed and Lily were the ones present.
Freed seeing the unconscious Raine carried by Eiran, appeared by his side as he took the unconscious Raine from him, "She's fine…" Eiran assured him "Just exhausted…"
As they walked to the makeshift tent Lia and Eiran were surprised to see all the injured. "How did they…" Lia wondered as Eiran clenched his fists, even Mira was down, Lia's eyes shifted to the unconscious wizard with silver hair outside the tent.
"He attacked us, but we were saved by Bickslow and Freed" Levy told her "Everyone was injured from before though…"
"I am glad you guys are okay" Lia told them, at least someone was.
"This entire thing is a mess" Eiran stated sighing.
"Everyone!" voice called followed by the sound of footsteps running in the rain.
They turned as Natsu carrying Makarov, Lucy supporting an unconscious Cana, along with Wendy, Happy and Carla walked towards them.
"Even Gramps and Cana…" Lia whispered to herself.
"What happened?" Natsu asked as they saw the injured
"Everyone!" Lucy was shocked as well
"I'll use healing magic right away!" Wendy offered but Lia stopped her by putting a hand to her shoulders and shaking her head.
"Don't go pushing yourself, there's too many for you to heal alone…" Lia told the sky dragon slayer, who looked down sadly.
"Don't push yourself, Wendy" Lisanna told her, as the others agreed as well.
"Lisanna, what happened?" Natsu asked
"This guys attacked us here" Lisanna said looking at the silver haired guy "After that, for some unknown reason, our magic powers suddenly disappeared. It was a close call, but Freed and Bickslow fought for us. But even before that, everyone had already been injured here and there…" She started tearing "It's gotten so dire without me even realizing it!"
"Lisanna don't cry." Happy told her "The cheerful characters like us can't cry!" causing them to smile a bit.
"Unforgivable…Completely unforgivable…" Natsu said cracking his knuckles
"So even the master and Cana are casualties…" Freed said
"And we don't know where Erza, Gray and Juvia are…" Eiran said crossing his hands
"What the hell's goin' on here?" Bickslow wondered
"The Grimoire Heart battleship is anchored off to the east" Lily informed them "Considering we need to defend this camp, how about splitting into two teams?"
"One attack team, and one defense team?" Levy wondered
"That's the best way to go about it" Lia agreed "But we're still missing some people and we don't know how many enemies are left wandering the island. Also, everyone is tired" Lia was always ready to go even if tired but there was a good chance the one waiting there was the master of the guild. "So let's take a few minutes to rest first"
"I am ready to go beat them now!" Natsu shouted but he got hit on the head by Lia.
"Idiot!" Eiran said with narrowed eyes "Even Master was defeated; and I doubt one of the bozos everyone beat was behind it. we'll need every speck of magic we can recover" Natsu frowned and crossed his hand but didn't disagree
The others all agreed, and they all separated to rest. Lia took shelter under a tree as she sat down to meditate and recover her magic.
"Lia…" Eiran called her standing in front of her, she opened an eye to look at him "You're not going on the attack team"
Eiran knew what she was thinking, she was too stubborn to sit back at camp while the others were at the frontlines.
"But…" She started standing up to object
"You really didn't think I didn't notice you wincing whenever you moved?" He asked her as she looked up at him stubbornly "Or that your hand keeps going to your bandaged side? I don't know what happened in the fight but your obviously lucky to be even alive!"
Lia's fists clenched beside her but she breathed and used her magic to fix her clothes so that her bandaged side wouldn't be visible. "I don't know any spells that can put a barrier around the camp and even offensively I am not that strong…" She told him "But my enchantments…"
"Put them on the attack team before they leave" He told her
"I can do more there than here" She argued
"Right now, you're not fit to do anything" He told her "As things stand, I am better staying at camp to protect the injured, I won't be there to protect you!"
"I don't need you to protect me all the time! I am a wizard of Fairy Tail and I got selected for the S rank exam, I am not that weak little girl anymore!" She told him glaring but he didn't move or react "Why are you an idiot?!"
She stomped off as she walked back to the tent, where the other were.
Year x780
"Why are you an idiot?!" The 16 almost 17-year-old Lia yelled at Eiran as Lia stomped off, leaving the guild hall.
The 18-year-old Eiran put back the flyer he had pulled from Lia, he was getting fed up with this, ever since Sophia's death eight months ago, Lia had started going on more jobs solo and after his S rank promotion three months ago, she eventually came to him and Laxus saying she was going to be going on solo jobs from now on.
She was old enough to do what she wanted, but she wasn't strong enough that was a given, even though he would never say it to her, but by all standards she was weak, and with some jobs came the chance of losing your life, he wasn't going to take that chance anymore.
Eiran walked and sat down at the bar, resting his head on his hand. The guild wasn't surprised at those two, they have been fighting like this for a while and most of those who tried to interfere, either ended crystalized to the ground or fell through the ground whenever they took a side.
"How long do you plan to keep this up?" Makarov asked the teenager who stared away stubbornly "She has the right to do what she want"
"She's not strong enough to do protect herself" Eiran replied "With the seal on her…"
"Don't you think that's why she's doing this?" Makarov asked him "That she doesn't want you to keep protecting her, she wants to catch up to you. You can't hold her back, she won't let you and you would end up losing her, just like you're afraid you will."
Eiran stayed silent, he was afraid, he had already lost his family when he was a kid and then just lost Sophia, his second mother, Lia was like his sister, he didn't want to lose her.
"She's been on a team with you and Laxus from the first day, so you two always protected her and she realized before she knew it, that she was too weak to help you, you didn't need her, she's trying to change that. She understands the risks more than anybody, but she's not letting it hold her back" Makarov continued "instead of trying to cage her, help her grow"
Eiran stayed silent, but he was thinking and like most of the time Makarov did have a point.
Year x784
Eiran thought back to his conversation with Makarov that day, he talked to Lia the next day and he started helping her train, and everything was okay till she went missing after she left for a job at the end of that year, right after they came back from the S rank exams.
He didn't want to lose his family, with everyone injured like that, he felt like it was going to happen.
He was still standing under the tree, but he was surprised when Lia came back running towards him and she tried punching him in the face but he griped her hand and stopped her, she was looking at the ground but not at him.
"You told me you will be waiting at the finish line" She told him "If I had passed and become S rank, this type of danger would be the usual, so did you really mean it when you said you wanted to see me when I make it and pass the exam? Or was it just talk? Can't you really believe in me?"
He did, he just didn't want to lose any more family.
Eiran sighed "This is too depressing" He hit her on the head making her clutch it
"What was that for?!" She yelled back at him
"Asks the one who tried to punch me" He retorted snorting "and that was really slow, you're not planning on going against the dark guild's master with that speed, are you?"
"Eh?" She looked at him surprised as he shrugged
"What's wrong pumpkin head? You don't want to do it anymore?" Eiran teased her as she started trying to punch him angrily.
Fifteen minutes later they gathered at the tent to decide who was going and who was staying.
"The weather is taking a turn for the worse." Lucy noted as Lightning started appearing in the sky, amidst the heavy rain.
"Lightning…I don't like this" Levy agreed beside her, although Lia's thoughts drifted to Laxus, if he was here they would have more chance of a fight.
Lia had gone to rest after five minutes of light banter with Eiran.
Lily was shaking inside the tent as he was teased by Happy and Carla for being scared of Lightning.
"Now then…" Natsu stood up "Let's go beat Hades! Lucy! Happy!"
"Aye, sir!" Happy cheered, Lia stood up as well.
"Me?!" Lucy wondered
"We're one the same team, right?" Happy told her
"I know, but wouldn't Freed be more suitable…" She wondered
"Actually, Freed and Levy are the best ones to have on the defense team" Lia told her
"I can draw defensive runes" Freed told her
"Leave the defenses to us!" Bickslow told them
"I'm staying behind too, I can set temporarily shield till the runes are set" Eiran stated as he shared a look with Lia and they nodded to each other.
"I'll go with Natsu and Lucy!" Wendy stated with determination
"Wait, Wendy!" Carla was about to object
"I think I can at least support Natsu" She replied
"I am going too, my enchantment along with Wendy's would help the attack team better" Lia told them crossing her hands
"I'll go as well" Lily said as he shook "I have to pay them back for Gajeel"
"I'll stay here and help Freed with the runes" Levy stated
"I'll stay beside Mira and Elfman" Lisanna said
"Then that decides things." Freed stated
"We will protect everyone, period!" Bickslow declared
"Lu be careful!" Levy told Lucy
"I've recovered most of my magic power." Lucy stated
"Lia, are you sure you're up for it?" Freed asked her
"You looked like you went through hell with your earlier fight" Bickslow told her
"I can handle it, beside it'd last spurt, right?" She told them "I will rest plenty after"
"Just trust her guys" Eiran told them "And you better come back"
"Hades is properly the only enemy left!" Lisanna stated
"This looks to be the final battle…" Wendy said
"Let's go!" Natsu cheered, before he started running, Lia, Lucy and Wendy ran after him with the exceed flying beside them.
In the forest, Gray was about to fall when he was caught by Erza.
"Erza…" He stated
"You okay?" Erza asked him
"Looks like I keep getting saved by other people." Gray stated tiredly
"I am no different" She told him as she looked ahead, Natsu, Lia, Lucy, Wendy and the exceeds stood there.
"Everyone!" Gray exclaimed
"Same with me!" Natsu grinned as he told him
"It's the same with me too" Lia stated with a smile as Gray smiled at them.
They ran towards the beach and stopped as they noticed Hades standing at the ship's entrance staring them down, as they glared back at him.
"The 3rd generation Fairy Tail!" He called them "Come, if you dare, Makarov's brood!" He turned around going inside.
"You come down here!" Natsu demanded
"He thinks he's all that!" Gray said
"He's the one who hurt the master!" Erza said
"We'll make him regret stepping on this island" Lia said as she clenched her fists.
"If we can teach that guy a lesson, then we can all leave the island safely, right?" Wendy asked
"Yup! We'll all get out of here!" Lucy said looking down at her
"Happy…I have a request for you guys!" Natsu said to the exceed "Search around the ship for the power source and destroy it"
"It'd be a problem if it started to fly again…" Happy told him "For you Natsu" Natsu looked away embarrassed.
"Understood" Carla said
"Leave it to us!" Lily said
"I'll cast Troia on you just in case." Wendy stated but Lia patted her head
"I will handle it, you save your magic for the fight" Lia winked the younger girl, before putting her hand on Natsu's head. "Body Enchant: Balance!" Natsu blinked "This should stop the motion sickness for now" she then turned around gripped everyone's hands.
"Body enchant: Celero! Robur! Defendo! Reflex!" She cast her enchantments. "Speed, Strength, Defense, and reflexes" She explained since she had never been on a mission with Wendy "This should increase them"
"Thanks Lia!" Natsu said cracking his knuckle.
"Let's get this party started!" Gray said as he gathered his magic "Here we go!" He made them a staircase to the top of the ship, as they all started running to the top.
"He's a wizard on an even higher level than our master!" Erza told them as they climbed "We're going all out from the start, at the same time!"
"Right!" Wendy replied
"I'll give him every last bit of power I have!" Gray said
"We don't have time to think about what comes afterwards!" Lucy said
"We'll make sure to pay him for hurting our family" Lia said
"I finally get to punch this guy" Natsu said "I am all fired up!" Natsu's hands was lit with flame as soon as he reached the top "Hades! Taste the power of Fairy Tail!"
Natsu threw fire at Hades, who blocked it easily.
"Fairy Tail's power?" Hades wondered as they jumped at him
Erza requiped to her black wing armor and threw an attack at him, followed by Lia who used her magic burst spell, they both hit Hades. Gray followed using his frozen Excalibur and slashed at him.
"Open: Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!" Lucy called as she held out her key and Taurus appeared, and took a swing at Hades with his giant axe.
Wendy gave Lia, Erza and Gray support, as Gray and Erza went in for another attack at Hades. Hades barely dodged the attacks as Lia teleported behind him.
"Explosion!" He took the full hit before Jumping back. Erza appeared behind him again and slashed at him as he dodged.
"Annoying brats!" Hades said as he used his magic and it went around Erza's neck before he swung her towards Gray, but Lia teleported beside them, destroying the magic chain and Erza managed to catch herself as Natsu appeared above Hades.
"Wing slash of the fire dragon!" Natsu shouted as headed right towards him.
The attack hit, but Hades wasn't fazed as he flipped in the air, and used the chain magic on Natsu to sling him into the air.
Erza requiped into her hakama, cut the chain. Lia stood to the side gathering her magic as Gray created an Ice hammer for Natsu as a foothold "Natsu!" Gray called "Go!"
"Roar of the sky Dragon!" Wendy said as Lucy summoned Scorpio and the two attacks mixed together.
"Magic burst: Heaven's light!" Lia threw her attack and it mixed with the two, Hades was surprised to see a unison raid between three mages. The three attacks swirled around Natsu who was engulfed in flames to give him more speed as he headed towards Hades.
"Sword Edge of the fire dragon!" Natsu shouted as he came out of the unison raid and hit Hades sending the old man flying backwards to crash into the wall.
Lia controlled her breath as she waited with the others to see if that was enough to take Hades down.
"People say that their mistakes become experience" Hades said as he walked forward shocking all of them to see he wasn't fazed at all, Lia had her sensing on and despite his magic power, their attacks should have had some effect. "But a true mistake does not leave one with any experience. For those who make the mistake of facing me, they have no future left at all."
"That's…" Wendy covered her mouth in shock
"Not even a scratch?!" Lucy asked shocked
Lia clenched her fists as she stared at him, her friends murmured in worry. But Lia froze when she sensed the change in his magic power, Natsu did as well since he could smell it.
"Now then…" Hades started "I think that should be enough warm-up exercises" The entire place started shaking as he allowed his magic to spike exponentially, Lia had to stop her sensing, just to make sure she wouldn't fall from the pressure.
"Brace yourself!" Erza told them as they got ready.
Hades yelled and before any of them could blink, Wendy suddenly vanished with only her cloth being left behind.
"Wendy!" Natsu shouted as they all stared eyes wide.
"Destroyed without even a trace left? Pitiful" Hades said "Maybe I will just erase the rest of you one at a time."
"Wendy" Lucy said.
"What the hell have you done?" Gray asked, Lia was frozen still not believing the little girl was gone.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Natsu said frustrated
" 'Everyone, Please calm down' " A voice said as they stared shocked at the source coming from the roof "'I am safe' she says" Horologium was on the ceiling, Lia let her sensing on, and let a relived sigh when she sensed Wendy coming from up there as well, before turning her sensing off with the pressure still coming from Hades.
"Horologium" Lucy said
"Thank goodness" Gray said
"My automatic emergency danger avoidance mode has been activated" Horologium told them
"Um…I kind of remember being in a whole lot of danger myself…" Lucy stated disbelieving
"The danger level was far greater this time." He replied "I am very sorry. 'Thank you very much, Horologium!' She says"
"Just as annoyingly roundabout as always…" Gray said
"What matters is Wendy is safe" Lia said
"And wait why are her clothes all that's left?" Natsu asked
"As it was an emergency, I only had time to protect her physical body" He explained as Lia frowned
"Wait, then that means…" Gray said, as Horologium exclaimed Wendy's shriek before he promised to give her new clothes.
"Anyway, we're in your dept. I give you our thanks" Erza said
"I can only protect you this once." He told them "Everyone, please be very careful" He then disappeared as Wendy now wearing a different outfit dropped down.
"Thank you, Horologium!" Lucy thanked him as Wendy landed beside them
"So this is Makarov's brood, eh?" Hades said "This will be fun after all…" Lia narrowed her eyes at him.
"You know Gramps?" Natsu asked him
"What? He didn't tell you?" Hades asked "Are there no records of me left in the guild's library, I wonder?"
"Why would there be records of you?" Lia wondered with furrowed eyebrows.
"I was once the 2nd master of Fairy Tail" He stroked his beard as their eyes widened "I took the name Precht."
"Liar!" Natsu growled
"One eye…that magic chain…" Lia stated as she recalled what she read about the second master with wide eyes.
"I was the one that chose Makarov as the 3rd master" He told them
"As if we'd believe that!" Natsu shouted
"It's true…" Lia said surprising her friends "Precht Gaebolg, one of Fairy Tail's founders and second master, his right eye covered by an eye patch and one of his magic is chain magic…" She recited from memory "I read about him in my great grandfather's journal…" while Lucy and Wendy were confused about that the other three's eyes widened.
"A Sephiran?" Hades assumed considering her Orange hair and the fact of the journal "I guess you will be seeing hello to my old friend for me when I send you to the afterlife with your friends!"
He ran at them and attacked them, Lia and Wendy were thrown to the ground before they realized it, As Lia was getting up he knocked down Erza and Lucy.
Before he started firing magic at Natsu and Gray from his fingertips. "I dance with magic!" He told them as he kept shooting rapidly and they kept getting knocked down.
Lia was still recovering from her Heaven's light spell so she couldn't gather magic to teleport or to even destroy the shots, and some of the shots were hitting her injured side.
Hades laughed as they all laid down on the ground before the shooting stopped finally. "Do fairies have tails? An eternal mystery…an eternal adventure" He said "As I recall, that was the reasoning behind the name of the guild…" He started walking forward until he stopped at Natsu, who looked upwards at him "But your journey will end soon." Hades stomped on Natsu's head. "Mavis's will was entrusted to me. And my will was entrusted to Makarov. But that was a mistake. Makarov changed the guild!"
Lia gathered her magic from she was on the ground.
"What's wrong with change?" Natsu asked
"He exposed magic to too much sunlight!" Hades said
"That's our Fairy Tail!" Natsu replied "We ain't a living corpse like you! We live our lives by putting everything on the line, bastard! If you don't have the courage to change, then just stop right there!"
"Pipe down, little devil!" Hades said as he shot Natsu in the leg
"Natsu!" Gray called as Hades shot Natsu a few more times.
"Stop it!" Lucy shouted
"It is Makarov's fault that you will die suffering!" Hades told them
"Don't you dare hurt them!" Lia shouted before she teleported in front of Natsu and Hades "Explosion!" Hades was thrown back as Lia landed on her knees.
A magic chain came out of the smoke and held her before she was thrown against the ground a little distance away from her friends, her friends called her name as she gritted her teeth.
She landed on the ground and pushed herself to her knees., as Hades started walking towards her.
"Do you want to die so badly?" Hades asked her
"The power of feelings …the power to protect your friends" Lia said between breath "I only read about you and the other founders, but Gramps he made all that show in the guild, he made it into a family! Light and Dark doesn't matter, what we feel is what does! So, don't you dare say Gramps as a master was a mistake! He's the best Master this guild has ever seen!"
"I am sure you will meet him in the afterlife soon enough!" Hades said as Lia glared at him while Hades raised his fingers gathering his magic into one shot to kill her "And this where the Sephiran line ends!"
"Don't kill her!" Lucy yelled
"Stay away from her!" Erza shouted
While Natsu and Gray shouted her name, Lia just glared at the man, with all her emotion showing in her eyes, as Hades got prepared to fire.
The ship was struck by lightning suddenly, which had the group gasping, the lightning moved around the ship before it hit Hades's arm which he was going to shoot Lia with.
A large bolt hit between Lia and Hades, which made her eyes widen as she saw the blonde standing in front of her, before they watered a bit.
"So this is the guy who hurt my old man?" Laxus said
"Laxus…" Lia whispered with tears in the corner of her eyes
"Hey old man, no one hurts her without having to deal with me!" Laxus said head butting Hades with full force to send him backwards.