Feeling down again. My time for writing is slowly decreasing thanks to drumline tryouts. Please hope I can land a good spot. Anyways, here is the chapter and here, we see Ferdinand's abilities I hope you enjoy the chapter!

While Jellal finished off Jack and Natsu and co worked their way towards the volcano, two individuals were meeting in a place so ancient, it had been forgotten.

The air was cold, frigid even. Cracked blocks of once pearly white marble lay everywhere, vines and weeds growing from the once lush ground. Broken columns stood everywhere and the only sounds were those of two people speaking quietly. The two individuals stood in front of a small marble column, the column being almost completely cracked along its side. The speakers were wearing tattered cloaks, one black and one white. The white cloak was smudged, once having been a pristine white. On closer observation of the two, they appeared to be women.

"It is rare that I meet with one I have exiled, but people have lost faith. They no longer believe in us. Many of your group has fallen under the influence of a dangerous man, but what can we do? We have no power." The woman in the smudge white cloak sighed.

The white cloaked woman was old, nearly ancient. Her face was a mass of wrinkles and her eyes were sad, once having had sparks of joy. The one in the black cloak sighed mournfully, like she had just lost a family member.

"You are right, you always have been, but I don't think this is a time where we must be defeated. There is a group, a group of people we have always tried to keep contained. I know that the Clouded War has made people turn away from us, but we must live on! We must rebuild our influence! We have existed from the beginning of time, and we just die now, when the humans need us the most?" the black cloaked woman asked, her face one of disbelief.

The black cloaked woman was a little bit younger, although she was still an old woman. However, her eyes still had a spark of confidence unlike her counterpart. The woman in white looked at the black cloaked woman. Her eyes narrowed at the mention of the group they had tried to contain.

"You mean Fairy Tail? The most destructive group I have ever tried to control? They are the ones that will save us? They are the ones that will free us from slavery? You better be right Evil, we shall not last much longer if this continues…"

Evil smiled as she turned away from the white cloaked woman. Evil had aged greatly thanks to her exile, but she still knew exactly what had to be done. Also, she was happy Life had found her successor. It would be interesting to see what exactly Ferdinand would do with a key that fit no door…

Base of the volcano

"Jelllallll!"

The screamed pierced the air as everyone looked up at the top of the volcano, their hearts freezing. The weather had cleared up, the sun shining and a slight breeze passing over the side of the volcano. Lucy and Natsu looked at each other, surprised.

"Jellal? Did they just call Jellal?" Lucy asked as Natsu nodded slightly.

"Jellal is up there, and something happened. He might be in danger!" Natsu said as he started to climb the side of the volcano.

Lucy went after him, followed by Asura and Azami. Raymond was the last to climb, but something was not right. Not a single voice had spoken in his mind since they came to the volcano. It was strange because before they arrived at the volcano, the voices were talking, but Julius's voice was getting weaker and weaker. The blonde haired child shrugged it off and he climbed after Azami and Asura. Maybe the fall on the cobblestone street had messed with something…

…

"Jellal!"

The group rushed towards Jellal's fallen body, the group gathering around them. Lucy was the first to reach him and she shook his body violently as she tried to wake him up. Natsu peered over the volcano, looking down at the bubbling lava. Raymond suddenly grabbed his head, a piercing headache going through his head.

"Hehehehe. Poor Julius. He was taken back into his body you know. His soul is back, and now I am here, all alone. You know what that means? It means that nobody is going to shield you anymore!"

Raymond let out a cry of pain and fell back, his body hitting the hard black rock and Raymond's hands were planted firmly on his head, trying to make the pain go away. Lucy and Natsu looked over at Raymond as the small child let out a scream as he rolled around on the ground. Azami and Asura quickly went to see what was wrong.

"Raymond! Raymond!" Azami shouted as the two mages looked down at Raymond, frantically trying to see what was wrong.

Their cries were useless. Raymond could not hear anything. He could only hear the taunting voice of Vincent as the Blood Saint slowly took control of his entire body. Meanwhile, Natsu and Lucy had managed to get Jellal to wake up. The former Wizard Saint coughed slightly as he tried to stand. Lucy held him down.

"No, you cant stand right now. Natsu, go with Azami and the others. I'll try to get help to Jellal!" Lucy shouted as Natsu hesitated.

Natsu finally walked over to Azami and Asura who were trying to help Raymond stay alive when suddenly Raymond let go of his head, his hands dropping to his sides. Raymond stopped rolling on the ground and he slowly sat up, shivering as he did so. He looked up at Natsu, Asura and Azami and slowly stood.

"…the headache…it's gone…" he said as he looked around him, amazed that Vincent had chosen to leave him alone for just a few more hours.

Azami and Asura peered down at him, trying to check if he was truly alright. Natsu kept sneaking glances at Lucy who was patching Jellal's wounds up. Raymond eventually stood and everyone faced the volcano, the intense heat coming from the lava within. Natsu took one look at the lava and grinned. This was going to be fun.

"The Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" he shouted as he smashed the ground with his fist, causing the entire volcano to shake and stone steps exploded from the side of the volcano, leading down into the fiery interior.

Natsu looked surprised at that and scratched his head as everyone carefully stepped onto the stone steps.

"Huh, I didn't think that would happen…"

…

Saying it was hot was an understatement. It burned. The lava boiled and the heat smashed into everything within the volcano. Somehow, they survived the incredible heat and walked around the interior of the volcano, finding a small stone corridor that led inside. Natsu led the group down the linear path and Raymond observed the boiling lava as they passed several openings within the stone.

"Hot isn't it. Don't worry though, the heat is not what will kill you. I've managed to insert myself until I need to go farther, so be careful…"

Raymond shook his head, his heart pounding in his chest as the group came to a large iron door. Everyone stared at the door, the sound of boiling lava echoing through the path. Natsu grabbed the iron handles and threw the door open wide, shouting as he did so. The iron doors flew open to reveal a man dressed in all black, holding a black key in one hand and a key made of diamonds with red liquid in the handle in the other. He smiled, several other black keys hanging on a golden cord that ran along his chest.

"Fairy Tail, about time you came. I must avenge the deaths of my friends and I shall avenge the death of Julius! The gate of the Terror Mother! Open!"

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Slowly feeling back into it. And yes, the Evil you saw was Gastinfer. Anyways, short ANs. I hope you liked it in some sort of way, because I didn't like this chapter at all. Next chapter should be fun though. FF