The war with the Duat Kingdom continues on. Fairy Tail, with help of their allies, have defeated two members of The Ten. Down in Hargeon, Mermaid Heel and Blue Pegasus fight their best against the enemy. Fairy Tail sent a small team to help and it seems to be paying off. However, Gale is faced with the sixth ranked member of The Ten: Reginald. Gale was looking forward to this.

"You might be one of The Ten and the guy that beat Reginald, but you're not going to scare me so easily." Gale said.

"This is war, boy. You need to have some bite to backup that bark." Reginald said.

"No problem! Iron Dragon Lance: Demon Logs!" Gale turned his arm into a lance and shot rapidly at Reginald. Reginald simply jumped out of the way of his attack. "No you don't!" Gale wasn't letting him slip away so easily as he tried redirecting his attack.

"Behold my Impenetrable Shield." Reginald said as he formed his shield in his hand and blocked the attack.

"You think that little shield can stop me?!" Gale shouted as he charged right at Reginald and held his fist back. He tried smashing it right through the shield, but nothing happen upon contact. Gale tried to hold it back, but he yelped around in pain from hurting his hand. "What the hell?!"

"I called it an impenetrable shield, philistine." Reginald said. "That means you can't smash it with you bare hands. Honestly, this guild is filled with nothing but imbeciles."

"Oh yeah? Let's see if you're talking once I knock your teeth out of your head." Gale said.

"It would seem that your friends did not warn you of my power." Reginald said. "I'm capable of using arc of embodiment and memory-maker magic. Anything I can think of can become a reality. There's no way you can defeat me."

"Yeah, yeah. That's what a lot of people say." Gale said.

"Allow me to be the first one to prove it." Reginald said as he had his shield disappear. "Shadow Basher!" He called on a dark figure from his shadow. It went at Gale and bashed around against him. "Memory-Make: Lashing Light!" The figure moved away as Reginald formed a whip made of light and lashed it around against Gale with Gale taking some heavy damage. "Memory-Make: Bright Explosion!" Reginald had power build in the ground underneath Gale. It went off in an explosion of fire with Reginald thinking it was over. "I guess that's it."

"Not even!" Gale shouted as he jumped through the smoke high in the air. "Iron Dragon Club!" He stretched out his club at Reginald, but it phased right through him with him fading away.

"Iron dragon slayer magic? Interesting." Reginald said as he appeared behind Gale. "You don't mind if I borrow it, do you? Memory-Make: Dragon Iron Bite!" He made a dragon head made out of iron and it bit down on Gale as it crushed him to the ground. Reginald landed, but was surprised to see Gale eating the iron.

"You got any tastier metal than that?" Gale asked.

"Foolish boy." Reginald said. "Actually, you should eat your fill. It might be your last meal." Gale was up against a real challenge. How can he fight someone that can create anything he can just think of?

'Come on, Gale. Use your head.' Gale thought. 'There's got to to be some way to take this guy down. You're not going down because of this rotten bastard.'

"I suppose I should give thanks to your friend with the storm magic from before." Reginald said. Gale knew he was talking about Raio and he also knew this didn't sound good. "Thanks to meeting him, it gave me a great idea to create something like. Watch as the raging storm strikes down on you with judgement! Living Storm!" He formed storm clouds over Gale with it having a face.

"No way!" Gale said as he jumped out of the way, but the cloud chased after him. "What the hell?! It's following me?!"

"That's right." Reginald said. "Arc of embodiment can nearly create life itself. This storm will keep following you until it strikes. You have your friend to thank for this. He gave me the idea to create something like this before I put him in the grave."

"Bastard!" Gale shouted as he tried going at him, but the storm cut him off. It opened it's mouth and unleashed a powerful blast of electricity.

...

Levy

Levy heard an explosion go off. She looked towards the direction and saw the smoke from it. She just knows something bad was going on over there.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." Levy said. She had her guard down and that gave a few enemy soldiers the opening to attack her from behind. Luckily, she was saved by Panther Lily and Gajeel.

"Levy, keep your head in the fight!" Gajeel said, but Levy still seem distracted.

"Levy? Is something wrong?" Panther Lily asked.

"Gajeel, I'm going to fine Gale." Levy said.

"Gale? What are you talking about?" Gajeel said.

"Just a feeling I have." Levy said. She didn't wait around to talk about it. All she knew is that she needed to find Gale and fast.

...

Gia

Since Gia was just a child, she had to stay back in the guild with a few members watching over her. As the rest of her family was out fighting for their lives, Gia just stared out the window.

"Gia, are you okay?" Freed asked.

"Of course she isn't. She's worried about her family." Bixlow said. Laxus walked over to make sure she was doing okay.

"You don't need to worry about your family, Gia." Laxus said. "They're all strong in their own way. We're also monitoring Hargeon. We'll know when they're on their way back."

"I know." Gia said as she just kept looking out the window. She loves and believes in her family, but she also knows something might be happening to them out there. Gia can just feel it like Levy.

...

Kora

Kora was doing her best to fight off the enemy. They've all been holding their own, but they still got a long way to go.

'The enemy might be holding out, but we're pushing them back. We just need to take out their stronger fighters, like these ten guys, and we're golden.' Kora thought. She ran through the streets of Hargeon, but when she rounded a corner, she saw a horrifying sight. She saw members of her guild and Blue Pegasus with blood staining the pavement. "What the hell is this?!"

"Hello." Kora looked ahead and spotted Norita. Kora could sense Norita's intentions. "It looks like I found someone who can actually put up a fight, or is that sword just for show?"

'I can sense her lust for blood.' Kora thought. 'She must be one of The Ten I've heard about.' She looked around and couldn't believe at what she saw. "Did you do all this?"

"I did. They were all weak." Norita said.

"And because they were you decided to kill them?" Kora said.

"This is war? You didn't honestly think there wasn't going to be death, did you?" Norita said. "Now, either draw your sword or I'll kill you here."

'Her lust for blood is intense. She's an animal.' Kora thought. Kora wasn't going to get killed. Norita must be stopped as she reached for her sword. Two powerful women skilled in swords are about to fight. That's bound to make for an interesting show.

...

Gale

Gale was in a serious situation. That last attack did a number on him as he was on the ground. Reginald walked over and kicked Gale so that he would be on his back. That snapped Gale out of it and he was taking deep breaths.

"Fairy Tail is considered the strongest guild in all of Fiore, is it not?" Reginald said. "You might be a powerful guild here, but that doesn't mean you're stronger than the Duat Kingdom."

"Shut it with your lectures." Gale said.

"Very well." Reginald said. "It's the lessons that we learn the hard way that really stick with us." He gave Gale a powerful kick caused him to slide against the ground. "You're about to learn that no matter how high you put yourselves, you're still just another lowly guild." Gale tried getting back up.

'Come on, Gale. You can't lose to him.' Gale thought as he tried motivating himself. 'You've got to fight...but it might not be enough. After all, I'm not like the others. Sasha fought the trauma with the tower, and beat Kora and Athena. Nova's the master's daughter, S-class, and beat just about every person she fought. Simon dominated the Grand Magic Games, not to mention is practically fearless. Storm's got his demon slayer magic, and actually managed to slay a demon. Nashi... I don't even know where to start with her. She's fought and won every battle. She's incredible. What have I done? I feel like I keep falling behind the others, I can't keep up with them. Maybe I'm just not good enough.' Gale tried motivating himself, but it seemed like it was having the opposite effect. Gale tried standing again, but Reginald pushed him back down with his leg.

"Don't even bother. You're journey ends here." Reginald said as he held out his hand and was getting ready for the kill. Maybe this really is as far as Gale went. It didn't seem that very far to him. Maybe his resolve just wasn't strong enough.

"Gale!" Gale heard his mother and they both saw her coming.

"Mom?" Gale said.

"Another little pest." Reginald said with annoyance.

"No! Don't hurt her!" Gale pleaded, but Reginald didn't even seem to hear him.

"Get off him!" Levy said as she used Solid Script: Bullets. The bullets went for Reginald, but they just went through him and he faded away. "Where'd he go?"

"Mom! Run!" Gale called, but it was too late as Reginald appeared right in front of her. He smacked Levy across the face that it knocked her to the ground. "Mom!"

"I've had it with you little flies interfering." Reginald said as he was going to kill her instead.

"Don't worry about trying to follow others. If you keep your eyes on them, you miss what's around you. Just keep moving forward and keep an eye on your own goals." Those were Levy's words when Gale was training for the Grand Magic Games.

'She's right. I have to stop thinking like that.' Gale thought as he was finding a new resolve. 'All that really matters to me is having the power to protect my friends and family, even if it's little. This guy crossed the line when he hit my mother, one of the nicest people there is. I'll go even further to protect all of them!' Gale's resolve was strengthened. His resolve is to fight for those precious to him. With it stronger than before, he found a power inside him that burst out in a green light.

"What the...?" Reginald said as Gale came at him and hit him right across the face with great power that it blew him away. "What happened?!" Levy got the wind knocked out of her for a second, but she snapped out of it and was amazed with what she was seeing.

'Gale thought he was falling behind the others.' Levy thought. 'I thought he was just having a hard time. I was wrong. He really was getting stronger every day. Now...he's unlocked the Dragon Force.' Coated in scales made of iron, Gale has unlocked a power that the others haven't unlocked yet. His resolve has had him reach a level that allows him to keep up with the others.