Here's another update, for ya. Hope you enjoy, and before I forget, my co-writer Iron117Prime had commissioned the amazing laeity to draw Zong - titled 'Dark Avatar Zong'. Also, check out her other works if you're interested, her art is amazing. Now for the main reason why you're here... Here we go.


High in the towering building of the Edolas Royal castle, Byro's sick sounding laughter could be heard. "It looks like the legends are true," Byro said. "We now know that all Earth Land wizards possess internal magic power."

Sugarboy was next to Hughes as they sat at a table that consisted of the king himself, Pantherlily, and Coco. "They're almost like Exceeds." he said

"However, their magic power pales in comparison to the Exceeds."

Coco had a thought. "So, what about those girls? Azula, Lucy, and Chun. Do they have magic power in them too?"

"Not exactly," Byro said. "Lucy may have magic inside her, but Azula and her other friend. They can both produce fire without any tools, similar to Zong's ability."

"Then killing them would be like, a total waste! Right?" Hughes had said.

The king had thrown his hand hard on the table. "We must kill them!" King Faust said with an angry tone. "The Exceeds' Queen Chagot has issued orders to terminate them."

"The queen did?" Coco asked.

Everyone in the room had tensed up slightly and Sugarboy had sighed. "We cannot defy the Exceeds."

"Ah!" Hughes complained. "It's just a total waste man!"

"It is for the best," Byro said. "Besides, we still lack the technological prowess to extract magic power from human bodies."

"If that is true, what do we do with the Dragon Slayers?" Pantherlily asked.

"They're human... and yet not human... if the experiments are a success we will gain nearly-everlasting magic power."

"Haha! Sweet!" Hughes excitedly exclaimed.

"It is, isn't it?!" Coco agreed.

"Very well, Byro. Begin at once." Faust said, his serious expression never changing. Byro bowed to his majesty in agreement. "Just to be safe, begin extracting magic power from the Earth Land lacrima immediately."

Hughes, Sugarboy, Byro, and Coco had left the meeting as the large doors opened for them. "Ha, this is awesome. We'll finally have magic again!" Hughes excitedly said.

"You're certainly chipper," Byro commented.

Sugarboy had mentioned he'd try magic surfing and Coco exclaimed that she would like to try it as well. But there were still two people at the table. Pantherlily still sat at his seat and the king looked to him.

"What is it, Pantherlily?" Faust asked.

"Your Majesty. About the recent increase in armament..." he soon stopped himself as he felt the king drawing his intense glare at Pantherlily. After this, he backtracked. "No. Please excuse me..." he got up to leave the room which left the King all by himself. The King had kept his angered glare at Pantherlily as he left.


Deep in the cells. Lucy, Azula, Chun, and Edo-Lisanna were still bound in silk, they were restrained to the wall.

Lucy looked to be in deep thought, but before she could think properly put her thoughts together she heard footsteps approaching the cell.

"So... you're the prisoners?" Lucy, Chun, and Azula were shocked to see Erza Knightwalker on the other side of the cell. After the cell doors opened, she walked in. "It looks like you might have something to say." she ripped the silk off of all of their mouths.

"Erza!" Lucy yelled. "Is everyone okay?!"

"Yes. Everyone is unharmed..." she answered.

Lucy let a sigh of relief. "What a relief."

"Oh yes, just ignore the fact that we're being put to death!" Azula angrily said.

"I'm impressed you can act this way," Edo-Erza said. "Do you understand the situation you're in?"

Chun could only look at Erza's left eye, and just from that, she could tell her demeanor. "No that's definitely not Erza... I know that look." She remembered the angered look that Azula gave her during their Agni-Kai. Chun had sent a casting glance at Azula.

"I do understand..." Lucy said. "You have the same face and voice as the Erza I know, so I let my guard down without thinking."

The Fairy Hunter closed her one eye. "The Earth Land me, huh?"

"She's actually one of the few people I can tolerate..." Azula said. "But she does have a tendency of not leaving me alone."

"But you're actually a member of Fairy Tail in our world, you know!" Lucy said with a smile on her face.

Knightwalker gasped to herself. "What?!"

"You're strong and cool, and a little scary. But everyone also really relies on you. But you're also really girly too! You love sweets and cute outfits and stuff!"

"Enough." Knightwalker snapped her fingers and the next moment she and a couple of guards were dragging the four of them by their silk bindings through the open hallways of the palace that overlooked the Royal City beneath.

"H-hey! Where are you taking us!" Chun exclaimed.

"Oh great, now you pissed her off!" Azula said as Lucy and Chun were crying out in pain.

"Sorry, but I'm not the Erza you know," Knightwalker said.

"Oh really?" Azula said with a sarcastic laugh. "We didn't notice that!"

The four of them were thrown to a wall that overlooked the edge of the city. "Tch!" Erza clicked as she looked at the four of them. Edo-Lisanna and Chun were scared, Azula had looked to have accepted her fate, but Lucy remained determined to get through to her.

"Please, help us!" Lucy begged. "All we want is to help our friends! Yes, maybe you're a different person! But I feel like you're the same deep down inside! You're not like the others who laugh at other's misfortunes." Knightwalker had closed her eyes in annoyance. "You're not like the Reaper who hurts people for his own sick enjoyment."

"SILENCE!" she stretched out her claw-shaped spear and it hooked onto Lucy's silk bindings and she hung Lucy over the edge. The blonde mage eyed the long drop down to the royal city. The other guards followed suit and got Azula, Chun, and Edo-Lisanna over the edge.

"What did I tell you about pissing off evil Erza?!" Azula said.

"Evil? You're one to talk!" Chun said glaring at Azula.

"Um, who's trying to kill who here!?"

"Wait! Hold on!" Lucy said, still not believing what was Knightwalker was about to do.

"This is where all of you die!"

"Wait! Erza wouldn't do this to someone who isn't resisting!" Lucy cried. "Erza isn't like this!"

Knightwalker smirked as she held her spear. "You're one naive girl. I thrive off others misfortunes!" she said. "As my nickname of 'Fairy Hunter' suggests, I've killed many a Fairy Tail wizard."

Azula had eyed Edo-Erza and saw something chilling. She didn't see that Erza was holding the spear anymore, but rather she saw herself in Erza Knightwalker's place holding Lucy above what was certain death. A chill ran through her body as she instantly felt regret.

"You're just as bad as he is!" Chun said as she glared at Erza with an angered face. "You're right. You're nothing like our Erza because she would get pleasure out of killing someone. No, you're like Zong!" she thought back to what both Edo-Lucy and Lisanna had told them about him. "You... no everyone in your damn kingdom are just mindless bastards!" she yelled.

"Hah, why should I listen to the words of someone foolish enough to stand against us?"

Chun shivered slightly as she was pushed closer to the edge. "Maybe you're right..." she said as she shivered and tears fell down her face. "It probably was stupid to fight the Edolas kingdom. But we care deeply about our friends, so we went in knowing the risks!"

"No..." Edo-Lisanna said. "They are not of this world, so if anyone has to die. It should be me!"

Lucy eyed her with tears in her eyes. "Lisanna...?"

"Please... I beg you. I am from the dark guild Fairy Tail, and it was I who led them here. So if you have to kill someone, then it should be me. So..." a tear rolled down her cheek. "Let them go..."

Erza Knightwalker only smirked. "Lisanna, right?"

"Eh?"

"Send my regards to Laxus when you meet him." the girl had looked down, her white hair hiding her expression. "Now, are there any last words?"

Chun looked at her with a defiant expression. "Whatever happens to us. Fairy Tail will crush Edolas!"

"Heh, so long, Fairy Tail..." The four girls were pushed off the ledge and were in freefall down towards the Royal City and with them restrained, they had no hope of saving themselves.

Their fate looked to have been sealed but they saw two glints speeding down towards them from the sky.

"EVERYONE!" they heard as they fell, They watched as the fallen Exceeds, Happy and Carla were falling towards them.

"HAPPY!?" Chun and Lucy exclaimed in shock.

Edo-Erza looked over the edge with intrigue. "Exceeds?"

"Everything's okay now! We're here to save you!"Happy exclaimed.

"Or to finish the job!" Azula yelled, still fashioning a glare at the cats. Carla grabbed Azula and Edo-Lisanna while Happy took Lucy and Chun.

"You... saved us?" Edo-Lisanna questioned.

"Hah, I knew you didn't turn evil!" Chun exclaimed.

They all flew up to meet Knightwalker as she watched with shock. "W-what's going on? The queen ordered those prisoners to be killed.

"Personally, I'm still expecting to be dropped at any second." Azula dryly said.

"That order's been rescinded," Carla said.

"Huh?" Azula questioned.

Knightwalker tensed up slightly. "But, surely not even a direct order from an Exceed carries the authority to overturn the queen's orders!" Happy was sweating nervously while giving a serious glance to Carla. "I ask that you hand over the prisoners."

Carla looked unimpressed. "You overstep your bounds, human," she said in an authoritative tone. Happy, Lucy, and Chun gasped. "Have you no idea who I am?" Her wings curved towards each other as she flew higher over Edo-Erza. "I am Carla, daughter of Queen Chagot and Princess of Extalia."

Knightwalker, Lucy, Chun, Edo-Lisanna, and even Azula gasped. The guards and Erza Knightwalker immediately bowed. "Your Greatness! I beg for your forgiveness!" she dropped down onto one knee.

"What the hell's going on here?" Azula asked.

"Where are Wen- the Dragon Slayers being kept?" Carla asked.

"The basement of the west tower..." Erza Knightwalker answered.

"You will release them at once."

"I apologize. I'm afraid I haven't the authority for that."

Carla's paws gripped tighter. "Just do it, human!"

"Yes, Your Greatness! However...!"

"Erza!" Pantherlily was sprinting towards her with four more Edolas guards behind him, he was glaring at both Happy and Carla. "Those two Exceeds are fallen! They've been exiled from Extalia!"

"Who's that?" Chun asked.

"Wait. Is he one of you guys?" Lucy questioned.

"I don't know! I haven't seen him around Extalia before!" Happy answered.

"Let's run!" Carla said flying herself, Lucy, and Chun from the scene.

"Wait! Aren't you a princess!?" Lucy asked as Happy, Edo-Lisanna and Azula flew behind them.

"She lied you dope!" Azula angrily exclaimed.

As the guards got to her side, Erza Knightwalker was boiling with rage. "Curse you...!" she growled after she punched the stone ground.

Soon an alert was sent all over the city notifying that two Fallens had escaped with a couple of prisoners. Then had let out the command to terminate them on sight.

"As much fun as being hunted is..." Azula started. "I demand to be put down!"

"No, we can't stop!" Carla said. "Not if the entire City is after us!"

"You've forced my hand!" she started to struggle out of Carla's grip and they were just over many ceilings in the capital. Edo-Lisanna was spooked as Carla was struggling to stay in the air thanks to Azula's struggling. She somehow got free and rolled onto a roof that was close-by. The fall wasn't too hard. The others had joined her on the roof.

"What's wrong with you!?" Lucy angrily asked.

"Cut us loose!" Azula ordered. Carla had let out her claws and cut Azula's restraints. Happy had cut the others' as well. "Now then..." she angrily lifted Carla up by her tail and held a blue flame in front of her face. "Give me a reason. Just. One!"

"CARLA!" Happy and Lucy fearfully yelled.

Chun had flames coming out from her hands. "Put her down!"

"Stay the hell back or I'll make you wish we hadn't survived that fall!"

"Are you crazy!? They just saved our lives!" Lucy pleaded.

"Oh? Is that all you have to say?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'd like to point out that when we first arrived in Edolas, these two furballs have been unable to fly!" she glared at Carla. "This one even said they couldn't fly due to magic being limited here. Now suddenly they can?!"

"But, Exceeds can fly!" Happy exclaimed. "We couldn't because we didn't know in our own hearts what to do! Exceeds are made of magic! And once Exceeds listen to their hearts, they can fly!"

Azula gave a boring look to Happy. "'Listen to their hearts' he says. If you're going to make up some excuse, you should at least put some effort into it."

"But, it's no excuse-" Carla said.

"And you come to save the day, at the last second no less. After you put us in this predicament in the first place!" Carla looked down in shame.

"You really think you have a leg to stand on?" Lucy angrily asked. "After everything you've done?"

"Oh yes, go on, Lucy. List all the bad things I've done, like everyone in your damn guild, hasn't! Yes, I may have done all those things, but I'm no traitor!"

"Mai and Ty Lee would have a different answer!"

"Those two betrayed me!" she angrily yelled. "And I'm not about to argue semantics with a child who can't even pay their own damn rent! So shut your damn mouth!" Lucy and Chun angrily glared at her. She glared back at Carla and the others didn't dare try to stop her, not when she could kill Carla at any moment. "Believe it or not, even I have standards! You can say I'm cruel, but even I'm disgusted at what you've done."

Carla had shamefully averted her eyes from Azula. "But the Exceeds were controlling her!" Happy said.

"And how do we know they still aren't?!"

"Because I believe in her!"

"Tch, and look at what that belief got us." Azula suddenly dropped Carla and she fell hard onto the ground. "You didn't even bother to warn us about that Ambush or your 'mission' - Whatever the hell that is!" Carla had looked away from her. "I want you to look at me!" Carla had given Azula a saddened gaze. "I want you to understand the gravity of what you've done! Arguably the worst out to come out of this is Wendy." there were tears that were welling up in Carla's eyes. "That girl trusted you. I'd even say she loved you. And how did you repay her? You served her up to the kingdom on a silver platter! Now she's probably having her magic sucked out of her as painfully as possible. Every sensation of pain and agony she is feeling right now is entirely your fault!" the tears had fallen down her cheeks. "Say what you will about me and what I've done before, but I don't hide and let others do my dirty work. You'd actually make a valuable ally to my father."

Carla was rubbing her eyes as she was crying, Happy was clenching his paws.

"STOP IT AZULA!" Happy exclaimed, he defensively stood in front of Carla. "Carla wouldn't hurt Wendy on purpose! We both left the Extalia, those Exceeds, they were -"

"Happy...please stop..." Carla said with a saddened expression. She walked in front of Azula and faced her with a teary-eyed expression. "She's right. Every word she said is true. I may not have been aware of the Exceeds control over me, but I knew of my mission... our mission to eliminate, and later capture the Dragon Slayers. Perhaps if I had been honest from the beginning, all of this could have been avoided. Everything that's happened is entirely my fault; I betrayed not only Wendy but the Fairy Tail guild that accepted me without even a moment of hesitation.

Azula maintained her glare to the white cat while the others didn't know what to say, they all felt deep sympathy for Carla as she couldn't stop the tears from coming out. "Carla..." Happy said.

"I promise..." Carla tried to give Azula a serious expression. "I promise, I will accept full responsibility for my shortcomings and rightfully bear any punishment necessary, even if it involves leaving the guild." Lucy, Chun, and Happy had gasped as what Carla was saying. "But first, we have to save everyone else. I will do everything in my power to make amends and see that through, but I can't do it alone. I need you, all of you." She bowed her head to Azula. "Please Azula, I am begging you. Help me."

The Fire Lord was caught off guard and even loosened her fists after seeing Carla's plight. But before she could answer they heard a familiar voice around them.

"Wow, an Exceed begging a human for help? Now I've seen everything." They all saw Zong standing on a rooftop higher than them. "Up here! How are ya doin'?"

"Aang!" Happy exclaimed with a smile. "You escaped? Where's Natsu and Wendy?"

"Wait... you look different..." Lucy said. "Did something happen? What happened to your tattoos." They all saw Zong smirk evilly.

"Aang?" Chun asked with a scared tone.

"That's not him!" Edo-Lisanna said. "I recognize that style of clothing. You're Zong, aren't you!?"

Zong winked and pointed a finger gun at Edo-Lisanna. "Bingo~" he sang.

Everyone, except for the Edolas resident were shocked as their pupils were shaking. "He... he is Zong... so why does he look like Aang?" Lucy asked.

"Wait... do you think he's the Avatar's counterpart?" Azula said.

"What?" Chun and Lucy asked.

"Think about it, if Earth Land and Edolas are counterparts, it stands to reason the world we are from would have a counterpart as well, and it seems that might be where Zong is from."

Zong tilted his head. "Wow, got it in one go. I'm impressed. Yep, I'm the Avatar of my world, the ultimate destroyer."

"Destroyer?" Lucy asked. "That's impossible, there is no way Raava would..."

"Oh nice!" he interrupted. "You know about Raava, too? Good, that'll save me the time to explain this. I already told Aang and those Dragon Slayers, so prepare for the abridged version. Raava has a twin spirit named Vaatu, who has all the same kind of powers as her, but he exists only to bring destruction and chaos. The Avatar you're familiar with is the host of the spirit Raava, whose purpose is to bring balance and peace. The Avatar of my world however is the host of Vaatu, and I exist only to destroy life." they all looked at him with a shocked expression. "Since you're all more familiar with calling that peace-loving, goody-too-shoes, Aang 'The Avatar', I'll make it simple for all of you. You can all call me 'Dark Avatar Zong'." he said. After moments of thinking, he smiled. "In fact, now that I think about it, it actually does have a nice ring to it."

Edo-Lisanna leaned close to Happy. "Um... 'Avatar?' What's he talking about?"

Happy sighed. "Long story, we'll fill you in later."

Zong sat down and crossed his legs. "What I don't understand though is why you two came down here?" he said looking at Happy and Carla. "I mean, I heard you want to rescue Aang and Dragon Slayers, but I don't really get it. You did your job, you sold them out, and were probably going to be rewarded by the Exceed Queen herself. Why throw that away for some 'trashy' humans? That is what you Exceeds think of them, right? Garbage?"

"That is wrong!" Happy exclaimed. "We're Fairy Tail, wizards! We would never abandon our friends!"

"Even though you kinda did...?" Zong asked sounding confused. "Ah never mind. This is the first time I saw a pair of Exceeds with a sense of morality. I'd say you're the first one of those false gods to develop one. The rest of them have their heads up their own asses."

Lucy thought about what he said. "False gods?" she muttered.

Zong closed his eyes and waved his hand as he stood back up. "But I don't really care myself, mostly because I'm gonna slaughter every Exceed anyway." they all looked to him with shock, especially at the casual manner in which he said it. "What? You've all seen what an Avatar can do. Do you really think someone who has the power to literally bend the world to his will is going to suck up to those annoying little furballs? They wouldn't know a true god if it bit them in the ass!" he chuckled to himself. "Hehe, but I'll show them." he smiled evilly. " I'll show them what a real god looks like as I rip them all to pieces, down to the last kitten. Maybe even drag their city in the sky down to oblivion." most of the group were terrified at this proposition. "I know what you're going to say 'You're a Monster'. The tiny girl already told me that."

"Tiny girl..." Carla muttered to herself before she realized he was talking about Wendy. "Wendy! Where is Wendy!?"

"She's alive... for now... I think? I can't really say if she'll survive getting her magic drained or not. One less body to clean up I guess."

Azula stepped forward. "You sure talk a big game, don't you? But can you back it up?"

"Oh my," Zong said in fake surprise. "Is that some kind of challenge?"

"Heh, Maybe it is. I've actually gone toe-to-toe with the Avatar in my world and even defeated him. I'm quite certain I can defeat you all the same."

He skeptically looked at her and flapped his arm at her. "You? Please. You're just a firebender."

Azula's eyebrow twitched. "Um... just a firebender?!"

"Exactly. I mean, maybe you can 'perfect' the art or train yourself to master it at its peak, but there's a clear limit. You can only bend one element; I can bend all of them. Compared to someone like me, or even Aang, you're barely worth noticing."

Azula had blue flames leaving her hands. "Oh, I am going to love destroying you!"

"You're just the opening act, leave the stage little girl." He saw Azula speeding up to him with fire thrusters on the back of her feet. "Huh?" he was hit by a flaming uppercut and he slid back and landed on his feet. "Heh, you actually caught me off guard." he saw Azula throwing flaming jabs, he was deflecting them with his hands but didn't expect a wall of fire to speed to him. He leaped to the side, avoiding the flames, but as he landed on the ground, a comet-shaped blue fireball had hit him and he fell off the building. When she looked down he saw him flying up back to the building. He threw his elbow into Azula's face, staggering her.

After she stepped back, Zong sprinted to her. But Azula had flipped over Zong and as she was in the air, she boosted herself up into the air and threw a tremendous ball of fire down onto the roof, which ignited the whole ceiling of the building.

Zong was on the burning ceiling and was looking up at Azula who landed back on the stone ceiling. She had her two fingers pointing at him. "I'm not just a Firebender! I'm the most powerful of them all!" she was surprised when Zong had grabbed her wrist and pulled her close to him and his left fingertips were encased in shards of ice. He stuck his fingers through is stomach and Azula screamed as the wound was drawing blood. He kicked her back and Azula was on one knee. Zong had ice claws on both his hands.

Everyone was shocked when they heard Azula scream. "You know what?" Zong said as he was approaching her. 'the opening act' doesn't quite feel right. It's more like..." he smiled sadistically. "You're the appetizer." Azula glared at him as she slowly got to her feet. "That's right. Just a little taste before I get to the main dish."

"You... you little..." a pillar shot out from the roof which shot Azula into the air. Zong had his hands encased his hands in rock and looked down at the others who hadn't moved from their roof.

"I believe this is yours!" he slammed his fists down onto Azula and she crashed back down to the roof where the rest of the group were. Dust covered her body, and when it cleared, she was clearly hurt and had blood coming out of her mouth.

"H-he put down Azula... J-just like that!" Chun muttered.

"Didn't she almost kill Aang?" Lucy asked. "And she even gave Natsu trouble."

"Like I said!" Zong said as he hovered over them. "This is only a taste of what's to come!" he let the rocks around his hands fall and he still had Azula's blood on his fingers. "And I can hardly wait to feast." he licked the blood from his ice-claws in a sadistic fashion.

Everyone was terrified of what they saw. "T-this guy is straight-up bloodthirsty...!" Happy exclaimed with wide eyes.

"H-he's... he's a monster..." Carla muttered.

They could suddenly hear a lot of voices around them. "Well, speaking of monsters," Zong said. The group turned to see Nichiya leading a large troop flying Exceed soldiers behind him.

"I've found you, Fallens!"

"Huh!? Tons of cats!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Ugh, more of them!?" Azula angrily yelled.

"Apprehend them, MEN!" he yelled.

Azula fully stood up. "I don't know about all of you, but I've had enough of CATS!" she generated lightning and a blue bolt was speeding directly to Nichiya.

He panicked but was lucky when one Exceed soldier flew in front of him to take the lightning strike. "That was your first and last warning shot!" Azula declared. "You come any closer and I incinerate you and your pathetic army!"

Lucy, Chun, Happy, and Carla were shocked at what Azula just did, this was despite being impaled in the stomach earlier by Zong.

"Is that woman crazy!?" Carla asked.

"Um... kinda..." Lucy answered.

"MEOW!?" Nichiya yelled. "YOU DARE STRIKE AN EXCEED!? MEN!?"

"Oh just shut up! You're a bunch of flying cats, What's there to worship?"

"How dare you! I'll bring you to the Queen herself!"

Azula smirked. "Oh, I'd like that. I owe her putting us into this predicament! And make no mistake, that Queen everyone here is afraid of, will die by my hands!"

Zong let out an impressed whistle. "Wow, and people call me cold-blooded."

"We need to get out of here!?" Happy said.

"You cowards can go if you want; I'll handle these worthless furballs!"

"You really are crazy!" Carla yelled. "You can't take them on all by yourself."

"They're cats! I know false gods when I see them. Besides, I'm still rather peeved about this whole predicament, and considering we were apprehended because of cats, this is an appropriate action!" she took a stance and looked directly at Nichiya.

"Um hello?" Zong waved at them. "I feel like you forgot about me." he playfully said getting everyone's attention. "Glad to see the high-and-mighty Exceeds descend to mingle with the rest of the garbage." he landed on a ceiling separate to them. "Now, you've got an army of delusional flying cats about to rain down on you, and a fully-realized Dark Avatar ready to rip you limb-from-limb. Your move."

The group shifted closer together. Chun and Edo-Lisanna looked to each other. "Run?" Chun asked.

"Run," Edo-Lisanna answered.

Chun and Azula blast long streams of fire towards the flying Exceeds which separated them. "Cats, you take the ones that can't fly!" Azula said as she jabbed her thumb to Chun. "This one and I will be behind you!"

"Aye!" Happy picked up Lucy which Carla took Edo-Lisanna.

"Don't let them escape! MEN!"

Chun had leaped off the ceiling and shot flames from her hands and feet to propel herself to the next ceiling. "Azula!" she noticed she was still planning to take on the Exceeds all by herself, but as soon as she knew the un-even odds, plus with Zong around them. She made the only decision she could to preserve herself.

"Damnit!" she followed Chun as the two firebenders were leaping from building to building while propelling themselves forward with their firebending to keep them in the air.

Azula could hear the Exceeds flying behind her, but as she turned around she also noticed Zong was flying behind the group as well and he had a grin on his face. "That bastard! He could have killed us by now if he wanted to! He's just toying with us!"

"We should regroup on the ground!" Carla said.

"That's not a good idea, look!" Edo-Lisanna pointed down and as they looked at an open space on the ground around the castle, they could see an army on the surface waiting for them. Even Erza Knightwalker, Hughes, Sugarboy, and Pantherlily were down there. Azula and Chun had flown to them and remained in the air with their firebending.

They looked to see that all paths were blocked in the air by the Exceeds and on the ground by the Royal Edolas soldiers. "Great, so this is how we die isn't it?!" Azula exclaimed.

In one of the open hallways, King Faust and Coco were looking at the scene. "What is going on here?" he asked, placing his hands on the low, concrete wall.

Coco was rushing around the king as she explained the situation. "It seems the Extalian Royal Guard has invaded us in pursuit of the Fallens!" she said.

The King looked up at the sky with rage in his eyes, he wasn't going to get a better opportunity than now to test his new weapon. "Initiate, Code E.T.D!" he commanded. The soldiers around the castle looked to be blowing horns in unison after the king gave out his command. The Edolas flags were being raised.

"Code E.T.D!?" Edo-Erza asked with a shocked expression, a look that was shared by her, Hughes, and Sugarboy, while Pantherlily looked up to the sky with a growl.

Zong even hovered in the air and looked around. "Huh? Code E.T.D? Now?" Odd-looking cannons that looked like spot-lights were being prepared on the high castle walls. There looked to be about 15 cannons in total.

Sugarboy had cupped his cheeks while thinking about the situation. "He's initiating the Final Defense Plan of Territorial Security?"

"What's happening?!" Chun asked with a fearful expression.

"I don't know, but they are distracted, we have to get indoors!" Carla said as the group flew into the castle while the cannons were being powered.

The leading soldier had issued the command after he saw that all the preparations had been made.

"INITIATE CODE E.T.D!"

The cannons fired blue light into the sky, seemingly away from the group as they looked at the beams that were flying above them. All fifteen cannons had their light beams converge right at the huge number of pursuing Exceeds. They were all screaming in agony as the beams combined to keep them in still in the air.

"W-what is the meaning of this, humans!?" Nichiya asked.

The scene was reflected by Carla's eyes as she looked skyward. "This doesn't make sense. Why are they firing on the Exceeds?!"

"I don't know!" Edo-Lisanna answered. "Exceeds are seen as angels and gods to humans! This isn't a good idea."

"Is this a rebellion?" Lucy asked.

"More like a revolt if you ask me," Azula answered. "But while those furballs are getting their comeuppance, we should make our escape!"

"Yes, this is our chance to rescue, Wendy and the others!" Carla said.

"Aye!" Happy said as they all flew into the castle halls

This didn't go by unnoticed however as Erza Knightwalker had seen them flee. "Oh no! The Fallens and the prisoners... They're headed for the West Tower basement!" she started to head in the direction of the west tower and took a few soldiers with her. "Tell the rest to tighten up defenses!"

"Yes ma'am!"

The light orb that surrounded the Exceeds was letting out crackles of electricity, the orb was starting to compress as the Exceeds started to lose their physical forms. "Curse you, humans!" Nichiya said. "The Queen won't stand for this! MEN!" and with a poof, there was a giant lacrima that was in the shape of a cat. It started to fall onto the ground and it landed hard on the floor, but because of the crystal's durability, it survived the fall without getting so much as a scratch on it.

Zong chuckled as he looked at the lacrima below him. "Well then..."

Many of the soldiers had only just contemplated what they had done. They had essentially betrayed their gods and feared the retaliation that would surely come their way.

But they heard the voice of their king speak out to them. "There are no gods in this world!" they all looked to the king who stood on his own personal balcony as he addressed the soldiers below him. "We humans have suffered the toils of limited magic power! All while the Exceeds sing the praises of limitless magic power. Why?" he tightened his fist. "Why does this limitless power escape our grasp, despite being within arms reach?" Zong landed on the balcony next to the king's left while Coco was on his right. "I hereby proclaim the end of the era of continual subservience! For the future of humanity! For the foundation of a society of abundant magic! My soldiers! Rise up with me! I am initiating Code E.T.D – Exceeds' Total Destruction!" his expression intensified as he glared at his soldiers. "The angels will meet their extinction!"

The soldiers had all raised their fists and staffs in the air as they were pumped to finally teach their 'gods' a lesson in humility.

"Heh, things have taken a crazy turn, that's for sure," Hughes said.

"Hmm." Sugarboy turned to Hughes with a confident smile. "It has its pros and its cons."

Pantherlily felt rage burning inside of him as he watched his own race, turned into a magical battery. "So this was the reason for the increased armament..."

Coco was running all over the balcony while Zong eyed the cat lacrima. The king looked at the lacrima as well. "Our kingdom will have a nearly-everlasting supply of magic."

Zong eyed the king while he folded his arms. "You do realize the queen will strike back, right?"

"He's right, your Majesty?" Coco said to him. "Extalia has tremendous military might, you know!"

"That is precisely why we have captured the Dragon Slayers," Faust answered. "Now is our one and only chance to fell this god. Byro is extracting their magic as we speak."

Somewhere under the West Tower, Wendy, Natsu, and Aang had their arms and legs chained to rocks with dragon symbols on them. Byro let out a sick laugh. "Are you ready, you three?" they seemed to be passed out, but Aang raised his head and gave a glare to the old man.


Lucy, Happy, Edo-Lisanna, Azula, Carla, and Chun were inside the west tower and were going down a spiral staircase. "Things have really taken a bad turn!" Happy said.

"That's a bad turn?" Azula asked. "I don't recall you being captured!"

"But still that speech we heard. The king sounds really serious!" Chun said.

"I never thought the Humans and Exceeds would start a war."

Azula scoffed at Lucy's concern. "I say let them fight! We get our Dragon Slayers back, find everyone else in the guild, then get the hell out of Edolas. I don't know about you, but I've grown to detest this world."

"She's right," Carla said. "It's none of our concern. So we let them do as they please."

They looked to be in an underground passage and as they leaped down a short flight of stairs, they saw a clawed spear explode the ground in front of them. Erza Knightwalker was in front of them as she and a large group of soldiers blocked their path.

"You aren't going anywhere," Edo-Erza said.

"Oh, come on! I thought you didn't care about us anymore!" Lucy cried.

She smirked as her clawed staff was lighting up with bright yellow electric magic. It sent out a powerful discharge and it sent the entire group rolling backward.

"Oh?" Edo-Erza had picked her staff from the ground. "You're still alive after a direct hit from my magic."

Azula was the first to get up. "I've taken worse you tomato haired bitch!" Azula said as she spat out some blood.

Chun was still on her stomach and saw that Azula stood tall. "Azula... what are you...?"

The Fire Lord had untied her hair and let it fall down her back. Knightwalker was surprised to see that Azula was chuckling to herself. "Care to tell me what you find so funny?"

"Tell me, Knightwalker. You think you're above everyone else, don't you?"

Edo-Erza smirked. "Huh, they do call me the Fairy Hunter. I am the King's strongest asset!"

"Interesting. You see the longer I spend in this world, the more I realized something. Everyone here is pretty much the exact opposite of their Earth Land counterparts... with a few exceptions... I know my Erza enough to know she is a true warrior."

"So?"

Azula smirked. "Heh, if you're her opposite, then that makes you a coward!"

Erza Knightwalker's eye had opened wide and the soldiers behind her had gasped in shock. She tightly held onto her spear. "What did you just say."

"You heard me!" Azula said. "And I've seen more than enough to confirm it." she then pointed to the guards behind her. "Everywhere you are, you always bring these expendable idiots with you, just like back in the caves, and or you either have Zong to back you up! Like when you tried to attack Edolas Fairy Tail. And with a flying beast no less. You either have an army or some giant monster at you're beck n call. And I bet Zong goes with you because he knows you can't do anything by yourself! You're afraid of handling an enemy by yourself, you're a coward!"

The eyes of Azula's allies had grown wide and their pupils shrunk. Ironically, Knightwalker had the same expression as this is the first time anyone had really talked to her like that. "I'd watch your tone if I were you, little girl. You are talking to the strongest warrior in Edolas!"

Azula got in a fighting stance. "Really? Because I'd put Zong on the top of that list based on his death count. But if you're so eager to prove it... Let's go, just you and me, Knightwalker. One on one!"

The soldiers behind Erza Knightwalker had proclaimed that Azula had a death wish.

Lucy tried to stand up and got to her knees. "Azula, you can't do this! Not by yourself!"

"Stay down, Lucy! If you haven't noticed, I'm pissed off. And right now." she saw Edo-Erza preparing to fight her. "I know the perfect person to take it out on!"

"But... she'll kill you!"

Azula smirked. "Then you'll at least not see my face anymore." Lucy gasped in shock as Azula didn't even look at her. "Isn't that what you and your peasant friends wanted? Now stay down. This isn't your fight Lucy..." she eyed Edo-Erza and she imagined that she was looking at herself. "Its mine..." she eyed Knightwalker as flames had risen from her hands. "C'mon Erza! You might have experience hunting fairies... but what about a dragon?!"

Edo-Erza gave a confident smirk. "Very well! I have received no orders to capture you alive. So I'll take the liberty of wiping all of you from-" A hard stream of fire had hit Edo-Erza, she blocked it by twirling her spear but she slid back towards her soldiers.

Azula outstretched her hand and mockingly taunted Knightwalker to come at her. Her spear was glowing with bright yellow electrical energy as she sped to Azula. In response, Azula had sent a straight wall of fire to Knightwalker, but she leaped up and the flames missed. And she fell while her the clawed spear tip was lighting up with electricity. Azula knew what she wanted to do and she leaped back while the spear had hit the ground where Azula stood, creating an explosion that rocked the entire hall.

Knightwalker stood in the crater, and when the smoke cleared Azula was right in front of her as she kicked her in the shin, making her drop to one knee. Azula had swung her arms forward and willed two long streams of fire to come together and speed towards Knightwalker. The Edolas native had decided to let go of her spear and leap upwards to avoid the flames. But Azula leaped up and off of the butt of the spear to shoot herself upwards after Knightwalker.

"You can't escape, coward!" Azula yelled. She pointed two fingers forward and shot a sharp flame that Knightwalker narrowly avoided but it made grazed the left side of her stomach, making a burn mark. Azula hung onto the higher walls with one hand and so did Knightwalker. "Not so special without your weapon are you!"

"Shut up!" Knightwalker shot off her side of the and punched the wall Azula hung off of, it completely shattered, and when she missed she saw Azula was above her.

Azula stomped both her feet which sent a powerful fireball down onto Knightwalker's stomach, sending her crashing down to the ground.

The guards that were watching were shocked that Edo-Erza appeared to be on the losing end. Azula was falling down towards her with blue fire covering her feet. Knightwalker rolled away as the fiery shock-wave had exploded on the ground. It was enough to send the guards, Lucy, Happy, Carla, and Edo-Lisanna flying back.

Knightwalker quickly grabbed her spear and she tried impaling Azula with it, but the Fire Lord caught it under her arm. "I'm going to hate doing this!" she breathed blue fire from her mouth which blinded Knightwalker as the spear dropped to the ground.

"AHHH!" Knightwalker covered her eyes and she opened them to see Azula generating electricity with her arms. When the electricity discharged, Knightwalker dodged the attack and two of her guards were struck and they unconsciously dropped to the ground.

"Face it, you're useless without that damn stick! At least my Erza could fare well in combat without her sword."

Knightwalker then cracked her knuckles. "You are getting on my nerves!"

"Same to you! Every one of you Edolas natives piss me off." she darted her pupils back to Edo-Lisanna. "Um... no offense." but this momentary distraction allowed Knightwalker to punch Azula in the face, which staggered her. Knightwalker was going to throw another punch in anger, but Azula avoided the fist and let her opponent's momentum pull her forward. Azula then crossed her legs around Knightwalker's and tripped her to the ground.

Azula was the first to her feet and as she raised her foot, blue flames were underneath it as she planned to stomp on Knightwalker. But she missed as her opponent rolled out of the way.

Knightwalker leaped up and onto the wall and threw a swinging kick to Azula which sent her flying. She was on one knees as her allies had concerned faces as they watched the battle. "This isn't worth it!" Chun yelled. "Let us help you!"

"What part of 'one on one' did you not understand?" Azula breathed.

Lucy got up. "It doesn't matter! I'm going to help you-" she reached for her keys. "Oh please don't tell me." she saw that Knightwalker had her keys, probably taken them from her while she dragged them out of the prison. "You took them!?"

"You think you would have learned by now..." Azula said as she gave Lucy a disappointed look. But she was then punched in the face by Knightwalker after Azula took her eyes off her.

"You call yourself a warrior, and you let your friends distract you?"

Azula used the wall to support herself to her feet. "You've got me all wrong, those people over there... They aren't my friends. But they are infinitely more useful to me alive, so that's why I've allied myself with them."

Knightwalker had her spear in her other hand. "Not your friends huh? So you won't mind if I do this?" she was going to toss her electrified spear to the group.

"Bastard!" Azula had placed her fiery palms on Knightwalker's exposed stomach, making her reel back in pain. "Guess you're not above using cheap tactics you coward!" she reached to punch Knightwalker in the face but a split second later, she saw her own face looking back at her. Her glare softened instantly. "What?" Knightwalker then threw a punch to Azula's gut which made her fall to her knees.

"Tch! Weakling!" she kicked Azula back to the group where she slid on her back.

"Azula!" Carla and Chun yelled in worry.

Azula coughed. "Why the hell didn't you leave to find the others?"

"We couldn't just leave you behind!" Chun said.

"We're Fairy Tail!" Happy said with a serious tone. "And we don't leave each other behind!"

Azula then eyed her gold Fairy Tail marking on the top of her hand. "Seriously... you people are going to be the death of me." she then rose up but her pupils shrunk as she saw Knightwalker's spear rushing towards them. "Damnit!" she made a flame disk that directed the spear down to the ground in front of them. Soon it was glowing. "ALL OF YOU GET BACK!" Azula made a thick wall of blue fire between herself. There was a tremendous explosion in which the floor underneath all of them had collapsed.

The group was falling through They were scared since it was a long drop. Chun had braced herself and saw that Happy was carrying her. He was also carrying Lucy and Edo-Lisanna, but he was struggling as he was sweating and comically trying to keep himself in the air.

"Huh? We're still safe?" Edo-Lisanna asked.

"But what about Azula?" Lucy asked.

"Down there!" Chun pointed down.

Azula was unconscious from the explosion and she was in freefall. Carla was rushing down to rescue her. She reached out her paws to Azula in a desperate attempt to save her.

At the same time, the pained screamed of Aang, Natsu, and Wendy were heard. Byro was using what looked like a magical hose to suck the Dragon Slayer magic from the three of them. Unfortunately, the process was very painful.

"Hehe. Dragon Slayers are truly impressive. The power you three possess is truly impressive."

They were panting after Byro had completed his most recent round of absorbing their magic. "Aang? Natsu? Are you all right?" Wendy asked.

Natsu panted before he answered. "Yeah... No matter what happens, don't give up!"

"He's right," Aang said. "Where ever the others are, they will come and get us. I have no doubt."

Wendy nodded to both of them while trying to put on a smile through the pain. "Yeah."

Byro had laughed at the three of them. "What sore losers you are. Or is that another aspect of a Dragon Slayer's toughness?"

Aang glared at him. "If you want anyone's magic, then take mine! I have both their magic and more!" he said.

Byro chuckled. "We are trying to build a world with limitless magic, so we will take all the magic we can get." he aimed his device at Aang which started to suck the magic from him as he was screaming out in pain.

"AANG!" Both Wendy and Natsu yelled.

"Hehe, don't worry you two... Your turn will come."

Somewhere else in the tower, inside what appeared to be a storage room. There appeared to be cases of barrels and large flour bags stacked on top of each other.

The guards were looking for Lucy, Chun, Azula, Happy, Carla, and Edo-Lisanna. Unaware to them, they were hiding in that storage room.

"We're trapped now," Edo-Lisanna said.

"They've beefed up security around Aang, Natsu, and Wendy for sure," Lucy said. "There is no way to get close to them."

Chun was watching over Azula as she was waking up. "You...?" Azula weakly said. "Are we captured again?"

"No... but we have to hide, security has been tightened since we met with evil Erza."

"Right..." Azula said as she got up. "I thought for sure I was done for."

"Well..." she darted her head to the others. "Carla saved you, actually."

"Did she now...? Right." Azula and Chun joined the rest of them. "So... do we have a plan?"

Carla sadly gazed at the ground. "They've increased security, and we have no hope of getting to the others without running into trouble." she looked like she was on the verge of tears. "And we were so close too... Wendy..."

"No!" they all looked at Happy who was standing tall. "We shouldn't give up! Natsu never gave up!" he said while turned to face all of them. "He always kept fighting... and prevailed in the end! Now it's our turn to follow his example!"

They were all silent as they looked at Happy, but were surprised when Azula spoke up. "Ugh... I'm not one for inspirational speeches, but he's right. We didn't come all this way, for nothing. If we are just going to sit here and wallow in misery then we might as well let them kill us. I'd rather go down fighting and if you're not ready to fight, then stay out of the way."

Chun stood up with Azula. "This is weird? Happy and Azula agreeing on something?"

"Even so, do we even have a plan?" Edo-Lisanna asked.

Happy looked over the bags of that were in the storage room

There were guards that were standing in the hall not too far from the storage room and they heard a high pitched scream coming towards them.

"Huh?!" they saw Happy speeding towards them with one of the bags from the storage room. "There he is!"

"The blue-haired Exceed!"

"Take this! Poison Mist Attack!" he threw open the back and swung it and flour had covered the entire hall in flour dust.

"What is he-?"

"Don't breath it in!"

But as they were blinded, Azula sped through the flour and threw fire blasts at them, which floored them. "Quickly, go!" Azula yelled.

"Aye!" Happy sped off to another hall.

Azula had motioned for the others to join her. "If Happy keeps the others distracted, we'll be able to get the others without dealing with any security."

They all ran forward, but they stopped as they had seen the last person they wanted to in front of them. Their path was blocked by Edo-Erza and a line of guards.

"Not again!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Huh? Using someone as a decoy to lighten security for your rescue attempt..." Erza Knightwalker said.

"What are you? Some kind of leech!?"Azula exclaimed. Not too far from them, they could hear the pained screaming of the people they were trying to save.

"Wendy?"

"Natsu?"

"Aang?"

"What are you doing to them!?" Chun angrily asked.

"We're taking the magic power needed for Code E.T.D from them," she said with a satisfied smile. The screams were only getting louder as the Dragon Slayers were begging them to stop.

"Stop it..." Carla said as tears were falling down her eyes. "STOP! PLEASE!"

Before anything else could happen, they heard a guard walking from the right hall. "We found him," he said before throwing a beaten Happy onto the ground.

"Your luck has run out!" Edo-Erza said, but she was surprised when she saw Azula, Chun and even the beaten Happy standing in front of the others. "What is this?"

"Give us back our friends!" Chun angrily exclaimed while tears were threatening to escape from her eyes. Happy though had tears falling down his face as he stood in front of Carla.

Azula who was still weakened had stepped forward. "This is your last warning. Let us through, or so help me!" Azula had lightning dancing on the tips of her two pointing fingers. "I will strike you down where you stand!"

"Huh, there is no way you recovered enough to survive another bout with me."

"She's not alone!" Chun said standing beside her. "We are going to save our friends, it doesn't matter who stands in front of us!"

Happy joined the two firebenders in front of him. "Because we are Fairy Tail Wizards, and Fairy Tail never gives up!"

Knightwalker smirked as she raised her spear. "Good. Then I'll start with you three."

She was about to throw her spear at the three of them.

"NOOO!" Lucy and Carla exclaimed.

A stream of orange flames was suddenly burning on the stone walls of the hall, and the guards were confused. This stopped Knightwalker from her attack, and thick streams of fire were burning the guards behind them. Before she could look back, a strong hand had grabbed onto her spear, and when she turned around with a shocked look as she was looking right up at Azula's older brother.

"Pick on someone your own size." he simply said as he threw an elbow into her stomach, moved in front of her, and shot a powerful stream of fire that sent her flying back to her guards.

Azula was shocked, and maybe even relieved that Zuko had just saved them. "Z-Zuko?"

The flames were suddenly being frozen by a thick icy mist and the rest of the group's eyes grew wide when the recognized the magic. Knightwalker and her guards stood up to see more figures opposite them.

"Hey, you lot." the source of the ice mist said. "You're doing this, knowing full well they're with our guild?"

A voice that sounded exactly like Erza Knightwalker spoke up. "We don't take kindly to those who harm our fellow guild members!"

The sound of cracking knuckles was heard. "I hear Edolas is itching for a fight? Well, you're gonna get exactly what you asked for."

Knightwalker stood up and was prepared to use her spear. "Why you-" she growled and as she powered it up again, a boomerang had sped through the mist and slashed her right hand, making her drop it entirely.

"Let's see how you like it when you're outnumbered for one!" the boomerang thrower said.

"N-no way!" Happy said in tears.

"How are you guys here...?!" Carla said.

"You've made the worst enemies you can possibly imagine!" a female voice said as the mist suddenly dissipated. Leaving the group shocked and relieved to see their saviors.

Erza Knightwalker was glaring at the other members of Fairy Tail; Gray, Katara, Sokka, Hen, and her own counterpart - Erza Scarlet.

"You guys!" Lucy happily exclaimed.

Knightwalker soon found herself and her soldiers flanked on either side by Earth Land's Fairy Tail. Azula decided to get the last word. "Now that the calvary has arrived, what will you do now, coward?"