Credit goes to me, 4fireking and my hardworking partner Fair-L-Tail. I hope when this story is over we can make another story together. But I am kind of lazy and insomniac so I don't know when.
Natsu was looking at someone he never thought he would see again. It was his bitter rival, the best ice mage in all of Fairy Tail, and someone he hasn't seen in years. Natsu recognized his old friend almost immediately.
" Gray," Natsu said, he grins. " I always knew you were still alive."
" It's good to see you too, Flame Brain," Gray smiles. " How is everyone?"
" Better now that you have returned. Where's Lucy? She isn't…"
" She's fine, Natsu. We just got separated in this castle looking for you. Natsu there's something I have to tell you. When we were gone…the Rolling Stars asked us to join them, and we said yes. In order to join them we had to fake our deaths."
" Why? Why would you ever join Rolling Stars?"
" Natsu, there's something you don't know about us. Three years ago the Ice Queen and Ice King found us. They said they like me because I use ice magic like them. They used some kind of magic, a magic that controlled Lucy and I. It made us do things we would never do like help them capture everyone in Fairy Tail."
" You mean to tell me you were mind controlled?"
" Brainwashed is more like it. This type of magic goes into your brain and erases all happy memories. I remember those years where I was taught ice magic. They changed the part where I go to Fairy Tail to them finding me in the ice land and taking me in. They acted like they were my parents, but they told me if I didn't do what they said they could freeze me the same way Ur trapped Deliora in Ice Shell."
" But wait. If you were there to help them capture members of Fairy Tail, why did everyone say you were dead?"
Gray smiled faintly as his body was covered in glowing yellow magic. His body glowed once and faded away. He now looked like a woman. A young woman who beat Erza and Lucy with his beauty and the size of her tits. She or he has long silver-white hair in a thin ponytail with a red ribbon in the back and ruby-red eyes. Gray was a stunning sight to behold, but turned back into his half naked no-shirt form.
" As far as everyone knows I was just another ice mage working for the Ice Queen and Ice King. Those machines they used were not just used to hold members of Fairy Tail. They are using them to create ice clones."
" Big deal. I already took down an entire army of ice clones. What's a few extra going to accomplish?"
" You are not listening, Natsu. The Ice King and Ice Queen used Fairy Tail mages to complete their clones. These clones will have all the magic of everyone they kidnapped and their bodies will be stronger than rock."
" But they are still made of ice, right?" Natsu breathed fire out of his mouth when he heard that. " All I just have to do is breath my fire on them."
" Idiot. This is strong magic we are dealing with. Something like fire magic isn't going to do a thing against this kind of ice magic. We need to find everyone, find Lucy, and get out of here before they put those ice clones against us."
" No way. I always wanted to know what it's like to fight myself. I can't eat my own flames so we only have limited fire attacks, fighting hand to hand, using all my Fairy Tail magic too—"
" They didn't make a clone out of you, Flame Brain?"
" Huh? Why not?"
" You weren't captured to begin with. It's just going to be every member of Fairy Tail that was captured."
" There's no mage strong as me but me," Natsu said in a self-centered grin.
" You can talk about how great you think you are when we get back to Fairy Tail. Right now I need you to join me in stopping the queen and king who kidnapped me and Lucy."
Natsu and Gray ran back the way Natsu came. They were going to find the other Fairy Tail members and use their magic to help them. From the ceiling, standing on a circle of pigs, was Rain who rubbed his chin. Inside his head, his partner spoke to him.
" Those two look scrawny but full of power. Can I eat them?" The voice in Rain's head spoke.
" No, you may not," Rain stated. " For years I believed my mommy and daddy were kind, respectable people. But now I see them for what they truly are, kidnappers."
"You want to follow them and make me eat your parents? I've been waiting to do that ever since we first had breakfast together."
" If I let you eat whoever you want whenever you want that would make me no different from you, Masohog."
" What am I? I'm a pig but I'm not a warthog so I shouldn't want to eat humans. I'm a big pig so it is easy for me to eat humans. I am a very big pig. But I am trapped in your consciousness. You can only keep me here because this prison is strong."
"Not strong enough for two. When I looked at Cooro for the first time I knew he was a Jinchuki like me. There was something else I couldn't understand."
" Why he wears a scarf on such a warm day?"
" It was how he could have more than one powerful being inside of him. I think that other one was…a gargoyle."
" Did you say gargoyle? There was only one mage who could ever control a gargoyle, but he's dead and never had any children. He can't be his son."
" You're right. He's not the son of the last person to control a gargoyle. I don't know how he found him or how someone like him could capture one. I do know one thing, it's the same gargoyle."
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"Do we have any idea of where we're going?" Levy asks as she and the others follow Erza, Cooro, Haru, Zira, Bones, and Happy down a long hallway. "Because it seems to me that we're walking around in circles."
"We're doing no such thing," Erza reassures Levy. "I have an excellent sense of direction."
"No, we're going in circles." Mira says looking to the side, noticing the shoe she lost a while ago. "Here's my shoe," she giggles picking it up.
"I could have sworn -" Erza trails off as she begins to spin around.
"You got us lost," Bones scoffs. "Leave this to me, I know where I'm going. Unlike some people."
Walking forwards, his head turned to look at Erza, Bones doesn't notice the person standing before him. Bumping into their chest, Bones falls to the ground; surprised and annoyed. Looking up, Bones looks into Gajeel's red eyes.
"Was there a reason for you blocking my path Gajeel?" Bones grinds his teeth.
"No," Gajeel says from behind Bones. "That ain't me, pipsqueak."
"Is it a mirror?" Levy asks, poking her head out from behind Gajeel. "It looks so real."
Walking towards him, Gajeel and the replica of him stare at each other intently, their d eyes blazing. Suddenly punching the replica across the face, Gajeel's eyes widen when the replica's hand catches Gajeel's fist; which rests a few centimeters away from his face.
Lifting his leg up, the replica of Gajeel kicks Gajeel in the side of his head, twisting his arm as the hand in his fist begins to slowly crush. "This guy's good," Gajeel groans lifting his head slightly, his eyes burning. "Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel chants sending a column of iron dust towards fake Gajeel.
Watching the body slightly crack; allowing blue light to seep through, Gajeel smirks. "Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" Gajeel shouts, his arm changing into a large spearhead, which he rams into the body of Fake Gajeel. Watching him begin to crack and finally shatter, Gajeel smirks triumphantly.
"Well," Bones says in a bored manner. "That took you long enough, let's go."
"I'd like to point out the fact I had no help, pipsqueak." Gajeel growls, bumping heads with Bones.
"Like anyone would help worthless trash like you," Bones sneers.
"Necromancer."
"Metal Head."
"Demon Boy."
"Iron Rod."
"Shrimp."
"Bolt Face."
"Orphan."
"Takes one to know one."
"Narcissist."
"Enough!" Erza booms, kicking Bones into the nearest wall, and taking Gajeel by the arm and pinning him to the ground, her eyes filled with rage and fury. "You will not argue the rest of the time we're here, do you understand me?!"
"Get off me, Demon." Gajeel growls.
"Am. I. Understood?" she growls, her magic aura rising.
"Yeah, whatever," Gajeel sighs, pushing Erza off of him and standing up. Watching Erza walks over to Bones, she picks him up and throws him over his shoulder.
"Let's go." she says walking away.
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"So, where are we now?" Mira asks.
"Don't know," Zira whispers, looking up at the stunning mage of Fairy Tail. "But, I think we're close. Everyone's stopped talking."
"Yes," Mira smiles down at Zira. "I think so too."
Suddenly watching Mira choke someone who looks like a demon, her face completely calm and happy, Zira yelps in surprise; confused and scared about how calm Mira is.
Turning her head to look at the Demon, Mira notices like the replica of Gajeel, her replica stands there in her Satan Soul form. "Interesting," Mira smiles. "I think I should warn you guys. The replicas seem to use our magic."
"They do?" Lisanna asks with wide eyes. "I've never fought myself before, this might be hard."
"Solid Script: Fire!" everyone hears Levy yell. Looking at her in confusion, she shrugs; not saying a word. Watching the flames in the corner of her eyes, Levy turns towards it.
"Solid Script: Wall!" the real Levy shouts, protecting everyone from the fireball. Gasping in surprise when Wendy appears from behind the wall, her sights set on the real Wendy, she chants.
"Sky Dragon's Roar!" She shouts.
About to attack back, Wendy gasps when Romeo steps in front of her protectively. "Purple Flame!" he chants, sending a line of purple fire towards the replica's foot. Watching as it attaches itself to her ankle, Romeo pulls Wendy forward, sending the column of air shooting in another direction.
"Take-Over: Beast Soul!" everyone hears Elfman shouts.
Turning around in surprise, everyone watches as the monster runs towards the real Elfman, who tackles it to the ground with ease.
"Elfman!" Lisanna squeaks in surprise, but yelps when Cooro pushes her to the ground; watching as the replica of herself flies over their heads. "Thanks," she mutters, slightly embarrassed.
"Just be careful," he nods getting up to his feet, looking around. Watching everyone battle with themselves, he, Zira, Haru, Bones, Happy, and Erza stand back to back, watching as everyone battles together.
"They're evenly matched." Erza observes.
"... They're fighting themselves." Cooro sighs.
"But it looks like even though the replicas are cracking, they're not acting like Gajeel's. It's like, they're putting up a resistance." Haru scans the area, gasping when a new version of Gajeel's replica comes sprinting towards Zira; who seems distracted by something. Tackling her to the ground, skidding away a few feet, Zira squeaks in fear.
Looking up at Haru, Zira smiles slightly. "Thanks," she mutters, blushing softly.
Laughing, Haru grins at her. "I couldn't let you get hurt, now could I?"
"Save the heroics for later," Bones mutters grabbing Haru by the armour and lifting him and Zira up in the air with no effort at all as Romeo and his replica come tumbling through their path.
"Are all Fairy Tail members this reckless?" Cooro asks as he moves out of the way as Elfman and his replica come soaring through the air.
"Kind of," Happy says floating by his head. "It's something we're known for, but we don't do it on purpose." he giggles softly, pulling a fish out of his green pack.
"Right," Cooro nods, now standing back to back with Levy as they fight the replicas together.
"So, you just joined Fairy Tail?" Levy smiles at him as she turns around and grabs his arm, allowing him to kick the fake Levy in the head. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Levy McGarden. How are you liking it so far?"
"Well," Cooro grunts, giving Levy a boost so she can use her magic to blast away the Levy and Gajeel replicas. "It's never boring." he says, making her laugh.
"No," She smiles. "It never is."
"Cannon!" Cooro shouts, watching as his arm glows green and fires towards a group of replicas charging towards Mira.
"Thank you!" Mira grins, changing into her Satan Soul form and attacking the fakes.
Suddenly feeling a hand on his right shoulder, Cooro winces in pain, not expecting it and the hand to affect him so. As the pain intensifies, Cooro sinks to his knees; screaming. "Are you okay?" Levy asks worriedly as she looks up at whoever was behind Cooro. Noticing it to be the fake Romeo, she sighs in annoyance. "Solid Script: Hole!" she shouts, watching as Romeo disappears into the ground. Nodding in satisfaction, she looks back at Cooro, who holds his arm shoulder in pain.
Feeling himself fall forward, Cooro is caught in Levy's arms.
'Kanellos?' Cooro questions. 'Are you doing this?'
Not hearing an answer from the dog-man, Cooro's eyes widen slightly. 'Kanellos? Answer me!'
"Cooro!" he hears Erza shout. "What happened to him?"
"I think he's being affected by the touch of fake Romeo," Levy looks up at the red head. "It touched him and he started holding his shoulder in pain."
Looking down at his right hand, Cooro watches as it twitches involuntarily. Watching the twitching become more intense and more jagged, Levy and Erza gasp when they watch Cooro's hand slowly turn to stone.
Looking on in fear and curiosity, Levy watches as his hand turns to stone to about his wrist, where it becomes broken pieces up both of his arms, along his neck, and on his face, mostly surrounding his eyes; which become shadowed, and up his forehead, pushing his blond bangs back; small stone horns placed on the side of his head.
"Cooro?" Zira asks looking at him worriedly as his body begins to glow a dark red, causing all movement to freeze as he lets out a slow breath, unlike his own. "What's wrong with him?" she whispers, looks at Haru.
"What's up with the kid?" Cana asks appearing beside Erza. "It's like his magic pressure just doubled. Who is he?"
Watching him shakily stand to his feet, Cooro growls lowly, causing Levy to fall back in surprise. Sniffing the air, Cooro moves his head down towards Levy, letting out a forced breath, steam appearing under his nose.
Snapping his head up, Cooro looks at the fake Levy. In the blink of an eye, he appears before the fake, taking one of her shoulder and the side of her head and ripping them apart, watching her shatter completely.
Turning towards the Fake Gajeel who stood beside her, Cooro jumps on him; ripping him to pieces as well.
Letting out a feral growl, Cooro looks around the room, spotting the replicas of Mira, Wendy and Romeo standing together. Lifting his hand, covered in stone; having very long, pointed fingernails, a bright glow appears in his hand.
Crushing it, Cooro tilts his head, looking at the replicas. Charging towards them, stone winds appearing on his back, Cooro shouts, forcing the replicas to their knees, covering their ears in pain.
Ripping each and every single replica apart, Cooro pants heavily, looks around the room for something else to destroy. Looking at Zira behind Haru's back, her eyes wide with shock and fear, Cooro makes his way towards her, only to walk into the arms of someone; someone much taller than him. Someone much stronger than him. Someone more powerful than him.
Erza, watching a man appear in front of Cooro, notices the way he looks. He has shaggy blonde hair tied back by a blue ribbon that wraps around his head. He wears a white shirt, blue pants, and black boots that reach his mid shin.
Pushing Cooro away from themselves, he holds a hand up to Cooro's face. "Magic Binding: Demon Lock!" he chants, his voice echoing around the room.
Watching Cooro change back to normal; the only things left are the little stone patches travelling up his arms, he falls back in the snow; unconscious.
Turning around to the other, the man smiles. "Look like I got here just in time, didn't I?" he laughs, his voice and form slowly changing into the one person they didn't think would show up. "It's nice to see you again, Fairy Tail!"
"How?" Levy gasps with wide eyes, tears starting to flow down her face as a look of shock appears not only on her face, but the other's around her. "You're supposed to be dead…"