New chapter! And the start of Past vs Present. Hopefully you guys will enjoy my rendition of the Dragon invasion.
Tell me what you think.
Natsu stared at his past self descend from the sky, a feeling of dread overcoming him; he turned to the demons, his eyes filled with rage. Flames exploded around Natsu and without a moment's notice dashed towards them at an incredible speed; the three demons were just able to predict the move to jump out of the way, they could feel the heat radiating from the Fire Dragon Slayer, realizing that they would have been killed had they not dodged. Natsu flashed forward towards Sayla, grabbing her hand as she raised it to try and defend herself; the grasp was brief, but Sayla could feel a powerful burning sensation upon his touch, and the next thing she knew she was thrown into a wall, her vision blurred, she could only make out the outline of the Dragon Slayer approaching; shutting her eyes, Sayla waited for the attack to hit, but it never came.
"Come now" E.N.D's voice said, a red mist encircled around Sayla protecting her "It's not like you to attack someone so aggressively" Natsu didn't say anything but retracted his attack and regrouped with his comrades. The red mist spread amongst the other demons.
"Let us return to our humble home" he said,
"What? Why Master?" Jackal cried out, E.N.D replied with an eerie laugh.
"No, I want to watch this unfold and besides Mard has already returned" the mist directed its attention to the Fairy Tail mages "Tell me Natsu! Who will win? Your past? Or your Future? Will the Dragon's take their rightful place as kings of this world? Or will you stop your own species from prospering?" Natsu gritted his teeth, he clicked his fingers and the area the demons stood exploded; this startled everyone. The smoke faded and the demons were nowhere to be seen.
"What now?" Wendy asked. Natsu turned to look up at the darkening sky.
"Let's regroup with Sting and Rogue first".
High up in the castle, Zitana stood watching the events unfold from the library window; her eyes frozen with fear looking at the Dragon King.
"That's Natsu..." she heard Levy whisper, Zitana turned to the petite girl.
"You've seen his Majesties Dragon form?" she asked, Levy nodded.
"Those who were on Tenrou Island have seen it" Freed replied, Zitana looked between the two before looking back out the window.
"I see, and what did you feel?" both Freed and Levy paused looking to each other, but neither said anything. "There is no need to be afraid, I won't get angry" Levy swallowed her silence, finally answering.
"Fear and awe" Freed nodded subtly.
"I see" Zitana turned away from the window, walking past the Fairy Tail mages and going back to work. She picked up four books and promptly levitated them in front of her, opening them to the right pages, her eyes flicking fiercely through the information from them.
"It was the same for me when I first met him" Zitana mumbled quietly, but loud enough for Levy to hear, the girl perked up, curious as to what the Queen meant.
"What do you mean?" Zitana continued reading her books.
"I'm afraid that is a story for another time" she replied. That was when Hibiki approached them, along with Rufus.
"I may have found something" Hibiki said.
"I did as well" Rufus added. "It would seem that the Eclipse gate is embedded with runes based on space and time magic, that is what operates it; if we can decipher them, we should be able to reverse the process" Hibiki frowned at this.
"I found something different; I found that the gate is merely enchanted with space and time magic" Zitana took their books, her eyes flicking through the contents.
"It is to be expected that we would find conflicting information" she finally commented.
"But they both seem agree on the fact that Space and Time magic is involved" Levy pointed out, "Do we know anybody proficient in that form of magic, maybe we can get a better insight in all this with more information of the magic type?"
"I believe Master knows a little bit, but I don't believe it would be sufficient enough to help here" Freed answered. They turned to Rufus who would likely have some knowledge about it, especially with his Memory Make magic.
"I'm afraid even I have limited knowledge about it" was his response.
"Do not worry about the magic, focus on deconstructing the medium" Zitana ordered "Try and find solid evidence where all theories come to an agreement, that will point us in the right direction" everyone gave her a short bow.
"Understood".
There were seven dragons that passed through the gate; six of them had spread themselves across the city, all of them wrecking havoc. The six guilds that remained to fend off the threat had designated themselves to a dragon each. Natsu and his group met up with Sting and Rogue.
"What's the plan?" Sting questioned.
"A simple and straightforward plan, we take down the dragons" Natsu instructed them.
"Are you sure? Killing them would alter the time line" Wendy warned.
"I guess take down was a wrong choice of words; what I meant is to subdue them, at least until Zitana can find a way to send the dragons back to their time" Natsu corrected himself
"Unfortunately there are only six of us and seven of them, any volunteers to take on two at the same time?" everyone raised their hand, which caused Natsu to face fault
"Fine, Juvia, your job is to take on two dragons" the girl smiled
"Understood"
"What about you my King?" Wendy questioned; Natsu took a deep breath, he stared up at the king of dragons.
"I'm going to take on the king".
Blue Pegasus was facing off against a black dragon; its plated skin was like metal, deflecting all of their magic attacks and weapons, what was worse was that it seemed to hunger for metal, devouring every metal weapon thrown at it. Ren was thrown away by the impact of the dragons tail, Eve attempted to freeze its movement with his magic but it was no use. Out of nowhere Gajeel fell from the sky smashing the dragons head into the ground with his fist. The dragon screamed in rage, flinging his head upwards throwing Gajeel off his head. Gajeel landed next to the Blue Pegasus group smirking while looking up at the dragon.
"To think that you would also pass through the gate" he mumbled; Lily landed next to him transforming into his battle form.
"You know this dragon?" the cat asked causing Gajeel to let out a short chuckle.
"You know him too" his reply made Lily pause, letting the words sink in, his eyes widened.
"You mean..." Lily stammered; Gajeel nodded.
"Yep, that's me" he quickly turned to the other wizards. "Retreat back and hold off the incoming waves of enemies!" they looked at him confused.
"What enemies?" Ren asked, and just as he spoke laser blasts whizzed by his head; they turned around to see a swarm of draconic monsters. Gajeel turned back to the dragon.
"You..." the dragon growled "Who are you? You have a familiar scent" Gajeel shrugged at him.
"Wouldn't you like to know Redfox" the dragon looked surprised but soon twisted into anger.
"How do you know my name?" the human Dragon slayer continued to grin, getting into a battle stance.
"Like I said, wouldn't you like to know" was his response.
Wendy made her way towards Lamia Scale's group and just in time to block a powerful breath attack from the dragon they were facing; the Fairy Tail mage stood in front of Chelia and redirected the hurricane of wind into a nearby building causing it to be cut it into pieces.
"Wendy!" Chelia cried out. However the girl didn't respond at first.
"I'll tank the dragon, you guys cover me" she finally said, however at that moment there was a scream, turning around they found draconic beast's fast approaching, Wendy narrowed her eyes before whipping up a wind wall that deflected one of the charging beasts; she then proceeded to turn around, catch the dragon's claw and tossed it to the side.
"Change of plans, you guys hold off the forces I'll fend off the dragon" Wendy shouted.
"Will you be alright Wendy?" Carla questioned. The dragon slayer nodded smiling at her friend.
"I've got this, you go support Lamia Scale. I'm afraid things will get messy" Carla looked skeptical, but steeled her choice; Charla flew towards Chelia pulling her away from the dragon. Wendy smiled, turning back to the Silver Dragon.
"Greetings Marvel, to think that I would be the one to face you" the dragon narrowed her eyes at Wendy's words.
"Have we been acquainted before human?" she asked, Wendy shook her head.
"No, but you will" as soon as Wendy spoke the air started to become heavy and sharpen, the currents whipped around before shooting off against the dragons scales. The dragon hopped back, her eyes widen upon realizing the damage the attack could have caused.
"Impossible" the dragon hissed "Normal magic should be ineffective against dragons" Wendy didn't respond, only continuing to send blades of wind towards Marvel. The dragon in response flapped her wings releasing a powerful gust; the two attacks made contact creating a storm of sharp air, pieces of building chipped away. Marvel launched forward, switching to physical attacks instead; the dragon swiped and slammed her claws down fully intent on killing the human girl. Wendy was able to avoid it, jumping onto the claw and using it to vault onto the roofs before circling around planning out her next move.
"Now that she knows I'm actually a threat, she's going to be much more alert" Wendy paused, looking to Charla and Lamia Scale, they were getting overwhelmed, Wendy bit her lip. "This is going to be difficult".
On the other hand, Sting and Rogue were having the time of their lives; well mostly Sting. Their opponents were Neroth and Motherglare; at the moment, both Sting and Rogue had managed to pull the dragons together and fight them as a duo. Rogue glanced behind him, a little concerned for both Quanto Cerberus and Sabertooth, like the other guilds they were occupied with the draconic hatchlings.
"Hey old man!" Sting shouted at Motherglare, "Don't you think it's about time you retire" Rogue could help but let out a small laugh. However Sting's comment caused the dragon to roar in rage.
"You dare insult me with your filthy words! I'll rip you to shreds!" of course the two Sabertooth mages weren't intimidated.
"You just had to go and piss him off didn't you" Rogue commented.
"Hey! You laughed too, I'm fairly certain that's what got him angry" Sting retorted, Rogue rolled his eyes.
"Right..." Jumping away, Rogue watched a rock smash in front of him, raising his hand the shadows beneath him slithered out attaching itself to both Motherglare and Neroth's own shadows, the darkness beneath their feat then came to life wrapping around the dragons ensnaring them. Though they were unable to move, they attempted to let out a breath attack, only for the attack to halt. The two dragons stared at Sting wagging his finger; they then noticed a white mark on their neck.
"A breath attack is a no, no" Sting tutted; twisting his wrist the white mark expanded, completely covering the two dragons, ensnaring them.
Erza and Lucy regrouped with the rest of the guild, they were facing off against a dragon made of flames; not wasting any time, they jumped into action to support their comrades.
"Raging Bolt!" Laxus yelled, the lightning attack was shrugged off.
"Ice Make: Cannon!" Gray launched a blast of ice into the beast only for it to sizzle. "You've got to be kidding me" the Ice mage annoyed by the fact that his magic actually melted.
"Such foolishness, do you humans believe you can defeat us?" the dragon yelled, "I am Atlas Flame, my flames of hell will burn through your magic"
"Open the Gate to the Water Bearer" Lucy chanted "Aquarius!" the Celestial Spirit appeared looking grumpy as usual.
"What is it now?" she questioned, Lucy however ignored her, runes formed around her wrist.
"System Link, Power of Hydroid Initiate" Aquarius raised a brow, a sudden surge of power flowed through her.
"It would seem that you've learnt a new bag of tricks" smirking, the water flowed out of her urn and it rushed out wrapping around Atlas, there was a sizzling sound, but the water persisted holding the Dragon down.
"Sword of Victory!" Erza came crashing down with a massive magic sword, the blade impacted Atlas' head; Atlas narrowed his eyes, throwing Erza away before shaking off the restraints. But just as the fire dragon was about to retaliate, another dragon was thrown on top of him.
"Zirconis!" Atlas yelled "What are you doing?" the Jade dragon thrashed about trying to get his footing.
"That damn girl! Where is she?" Zirconis roared, five flying serpents made of water circled around the two dragons before striking them. They roared in pain, throwing out a breath attack in panic, a mix of red and green lit the night sky, but another wave of water serpents came crashing down onto the dragons.
"You two are an eyesore" a voice echoed from afar, the Fairy Tail mages recognized it as Juvia's, the girl moved towards the dragons at a steady pace, not caring for the destruction that littered around her.
"You filthy human! I'm going to rip you to shreds!" Juvia shook her head at Zirconis' threat.
"I forgot you possessed quite the mouth Zirconis" not responding both dragons once again attempted a breath attack, their attack mixed forming an unbearable heat for the other mages that they retreated away from the fight. The two dragons were surprised to find their attack fizzle away with Juvia standing behind a veil of water.
"This sensation... I've only ever felt this sort of killer intent from one dragon" Atlas muttered.
"Leviathan" Zirconis finished. They looked closer, staring at Juvia's menacing eyes which caused them to flinch back in fear. They managed to compose themselves and lash out at her with their claws which Juvia easily caught, swinging them around she threw the dragons away; Juvia sighed shaking her head.
"I thought this would be fun, apparently not" she said before chasing after them.
The Dragon King stared at the city below; his eyes traced the destruction his dragons caused; everything looked and felt different, he had no idea what happened in the past few minutes; the last thing he remembered was leading his troops to attack a human military camp, there was a gate and the next thing he knew, he was flying over a city he did not recognize; but he didn't care, as long as he was able to rain devastation on his enemy; he would worry about how they got here at a later time. Dragneel's eyes narrowed when he noticed his dragons were being overpowered and both Marvel and Redfox were getting caught up in a fight. Which surprised him, how were the human's matching their power? He immediately turned around, sensing a powerful presence close by.
"Greetings!" Natsu was standing on top of a roof looking up at the dragon. Dragneel remained silent more interested on how a human could resonate such power. "I'm going to be frank; pull your dragons back and nobody needs to get hurt" before muttering quietly to himself "Though it seems a majority of us are already at each other's throat" Dragneel let out a booming laugh before glaring at Natsu.
"You must be mad to think you could command me, the King of Dragons" Natsu shook his head at the dragon's response.
"I thought that would be the case" he muttered. "Contego!" Natsu called, a magic shield formed around him, protecting him from the stream of fire. As the dragons attack dispersed so did Natsu's defensive barrier. Flaming dragon wings formed on Natsu's back, he flew up punching Dragneel with a flaming fist; it didn't do much, but Dragneel definitely felt the attack which was not something he could say about any normal attack, whoever this human was, he was clearly someone not to be underestimated. Dragneel moved back and breathed out another stream of fire, this time pouring much more power into the attack.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu screamed, shooting out a beam of fire to meet the attack. The two streams mixed exploding and igniting the night sky. Dragneel stared stunned; there was a moment of silence, before he let out a booming laugh.
"Interesting! To think that there is a human out there that can match my power" Dragneel stared at Natsu. "Tell me, which dragon taught you dragon magic?" Natsu in response chuckled.
"Sadly, that is not something I can disclose" Dragneel grinned before shooting forward, his fist engulfed in flames; Natsu followed suit, meeting the attack.