Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
At Fairy Tail
Everyone was observing the Alvarez' movement
"Warren, can you give me a status update on all fronts?" Mavis asked the telepath
"Zeref's forces seem to be holding a stationary position in the west" Warren replied before continuing
"we're at a stalemate in the north, I think the situation will improve when Gajeel and the others arrive, though"
"how about the east? The wizard saints are holding out, right?" Max asked him
"I don't know what happened there, but one of the Spriggan 12 is staying at one spot while the other two are heading this way" Warren replied
"you mean they broke through!?" Droy exclaimed,
"then Jura and the others are!?" Jet said while Mavis frowns to think of what happened to Warrod
"what about Erza's group? From the south?" Makarov asked
"one of the 12 isn't showing up on the radar, someone must've taken one out" Warren replied to him
"that means…we might have shot at winning this, right?" Macao said as Wakaba nodded
"yeah! We have one of the 12 captives, too!" Wakaba said,
"so, there are 8 of them left!" Romeo voice out "we can win this!"
"wait!" Makarov said as he looks at the monitor and sees that something wasn't adding up
"there are only 12 shields but why are there more than 12?" Makarov said as the numbers of powerful magic signs that appeared on the map was more than the accounted numbers
"eh?" Warren said as he started pushing some buttons on his tablet
"maybe, it's just some of the Alvarez's soldier who are strong as a member of the 12" Warren answered Makarov who looks at the map before taking the answer as logical
"even if we did manage to win from the north and south, we have no defense in the east, and who knows when is Zeref is going to make his move from the west"
Murmurs started to spread out to his words
"your wisdom is needed right now, First!" Makarov called out as Mavis wasn't replying
"first master?" Makarov called out to her again
"I need some time" Mavis told her
""we need to defeat Zeref….what can I do to make that happen?""
"will Mom be alright?" Rose asked worried for her mother with Mary in the same state of worry
"she will be fine" Ikaruga told her "it takes more to defeat Erza-han"
Southern of Fiore
Hargeon
The battle to liberate Hargeon still goes on as everyone was giving it their all to defeat the Alvarez' soldiers
"Gray!" Lyon shouted out as Gray complied "yeah!"
He and Gray then freezes all of the soldiers in a giant iceberg before continuing
"Water Slicer!"
Juvia creates a water attack then sends a couple of soldiers flying before two soldiers got the jump on her from behind
"Juvia! Behind you!" Gray shouted out to the rain mage
The soldiers were about to slash their weapons against Juvia but she was saved by Meredy who sends her swords flying at them
"it's been a while!" Meredy said with a smile to Juvia
"Meredy!" Juvia exclaimed in joy
"you…why are you here?" Gray asked while freezing a couple of soldiers who were heading their way
"Crime Sorciere is joining the battle" Meredy said with a smile and a wave that catches Lyon's heart
"sh-she's cute!" Lyon said with a blush
With Erza
She and Kagura were on their way to the dock to defeat another member of the 12 and as they approached the dock, they were intercepted by the enemy forces
"we are the Four Heraldry Knights of the Neinhart Division!"
"you won't get past us"
Is what they said before Kagura and Erza defeated them in a single strike
"we worked really together," Kagura said with a smile
"yeah" Erza replied before more of them attacked them
"fools! There are Four Heraldy Knights!" "You let your guard down!"
They exclaimed before Jellal came in and defeated them in two hits
"it's you!" Erza said
"forgive me for not coming sooner," Jellal said as he landed down to the streets
"your face!" Erza exclaimed but Jellal shook his head
"I'm done running away. The reason I'm here is to take down Zeref" Jellal told her
"Jellal…" Kagura said with anger rising in her heart
With Wendy
Wendy and the other faces against Dimaria as the swordswoman gritted her teeth two times before everything freezes on spot
"now I'm the only one in the whole world…the world belongs to me" Dimaria said with a smile "well except for END-sama who always find some time to snoop in"
She then walks towards the frozen trio as she readied her sword at her side
"I'm sure everyone has wished for this at least one, right? "what if I could stop time?"."
She then got in front of the frozen Wendy
"this is the magic that seals time away, Age Seal. Do you get it now? This magic cannot be defeated by the likes of you" Dimaria told the frozen Wendy
"you see? You're completely at my mercy here" Dimaria said as she grabs a hold of Wendy's face
"shall I rip up this girl's clothes? No, been there done that"
Dimaria then stands in front of the frozen Wendy as she lifts up her sword to her shoulder
"and killing them all now would be too easy and no fun" she said as she smirks at them
"when the time resumes, the two will find one of their own dead all of the sudden…hmm yes! That would be nice!" Dimaria said as she aimed her sword at Wendy's neck
"I choose you" Dimaria said as she pulls back her sword before swinging it at Wendy
Before the sword could slash Wendy's neck, she jumped away all of a sudden
"what!?" Dimaria exclaimed in shock as not only Wendy but Cheria and Charla can move again
""how?!"" Dimaria thought as she had clearly frozen time ""how can they move in my world!? Only END is able enter this world as he pleases!""
Wendy and Cheria then delivered a combo wind attack at Dimaria as the swordswoman was sent skidding back from the attack
"I heard a voice in my head just now" Wendy said to Cheria who nodded "me too!"
"Time has been warped and we are now in the gap that resulted in-between time. And I also exist here"
A voice spoke as everyone looks to where the voice came from
"you are!?" Charla said in shock
"this is the prison of time, and Crime Sorciere will bring judgment upon you!"
It was Ultear and she was here to help
"Ultear-san!?" Wendy exclaimed in surprise
"it was you who made time move again?" Dimaria asked
"no, time is still stopped" Ultear replied
"Time?!" Wendy said
"I live in the spaces between time, in other words, I can only exist within stopped time" Ultear explained as she walks past the frozen people "so when you used your magic to stop time, I, who cannot exist in natural time found myself here"
"this world belongs to me…how dare you taint it with your presence!?" Dimaria said in anger
"so, she can stop time…no wonder she can beat any opponent in an instant" Charla said surprised
"so, I was frozen in time when she attacked me before!?" Cheria said realizing how her clothes were shredded back then
"Ultear-san! What does this mean?!" Wendy asked
"she has time-stopping magic, it seems that I can exist in this form when time is stopped, and with my power. I was able to give you three the ability to move here as well" Ultear answered her
"didn't you…vanish after the GMG?" Charla asked to Ultear who remembers how she sacrificed her life to stop the invasion of the dragons from back then
"it isn't so bad living in between time" Ultear replied before she was slashed by Dimaria
"get out!" Dimaria shouted but her attack was futile as her sword went right through Ultear as if she was just a hologram
"there's not much time, I'm only an echo in this world, I can't help you battle her so you must be the one to do so!" Ultear told them
"a projection!?" Dimaria exclaimed before Wendy and Cheria went onto the attack
"this is my world!" Dimaria exclaimed as she swings her sword at Wendy and Cheria who dodged the attack "no one else is allowed here!"
Wendy and Cheria started to gather the wind in their palms before they unleash their attacks
"Tenryu no Yokugeki!"
"Tenjin no Boreas!"
A combination of white and black wind was unleashed but Dimaria blocked the attack with her sword
"want to know why I can control time?" Dimaria asked as she smirks under her blade "I'll show you! My true power!"
Dimaria then swings her sword as her armor plating crumbled to pieces before she slams her hand down and created an explosion that nearly blew Wendy and Cheria away
"Wendy! Cheria!" Charla shouted out to her friends before feeling an enormous magic gathering around
"what is this power!?" Ultear said before Dimaria transformed
"Take Over: God Soul!"
"the power of a god!?" Ultear said
"that isn't possible!" Charla added in
All of a sudden, an explosion filled the field as it nearly took them out
"I am Chronos, the god of Time," Dimaria said in a voice that wasn't hers
"are you two alright?!" Cheria asked while getting up from the pile of debris
"I never knew she had such a trump card… the God of Time? How could a human attain the power of a god?" Ultear said in disbelieve
"the God Chronos was worshipped from ancient times in the capital of Mildian, that god and the descendant of those people merged as one" Dimaria explained to her
"if she really is a god! Then it's a good thing I'm a god Slayer!" Cheria said with a grin
Dimaria then lifts a finger at Wendy as a beam of light was forming at the tip
Charla's eyes widen as she saw a vision of Wendy getting killed by a magic beam.
"Wendy!" Charla pushes her away.
Wendy looks back to Charla after falling as her eyes widen in horror when she sees the beam had pierced her
"CHARLA!" Wendy screams out
"I had a premonition…." Charla said while holding her bleeding side "but my reflexes weren't…fast…enough"
She then fell down to the ground as Wendy scrambled to her
"Charla!? Charla! Stay with me! Please! Charla!" Wendy screams out to Charla but she wasn't responding at all
"no!" Cheria gasped as she holds her hands to her mouth.
"you have defiled my world! I will reduce you to corpses in the name of divine justice!" Dimaria said as she pointed her finger towards them
Wendy cried for her friend's death as her tears stain Charla's lifeless body
"Charla's still alive!" Ultear suddenly exclaimed.
"eh?" Cheria said while Wendy who still had tears flowing down her eyes look to Ultear in confusion.
"I've just ejected her from the time rift, in other words, time has stop for her" Ultear explained
"Charla's still alive…" Wendy said while looking at Charla as more of her tears started to fall.
"but, as soon as time starts again, both of you needs to cast a powerful healing spell on her when time starts to flow back! Understand!" Ultear told them while her body was starting to crack
"your body.." Cheria said as Wendy wiped her tears
"Let's do it Wendy!" Cheria said as Wendy nodded
"Right!"
""she's not someone they can…!?"" Ultear saw the determination in Wendy's and Cheria's eyes as she never seen such courage
""such bravery! If such young girls can carry such a burden""
"Are you prepared to use the power of the future?" Ultear voice out as it grabs Wendy's and Cheria's attention
"the future?" Wendy asked not understanding what she meant by the word
"yes…are you willing to use up all the power you have the potential to possess? It is your sole hope of defeating her" Ultear said while holding up her crystal orb
"however, if you use this ultimate technique, you will never be able to use magic…ever again"
"this is the cost of the future" Ultear said as her body started to have more cracks on it
"The Third Origin!"
"Third Origin?" Wendy said
"we can access all our potential power from the future…right now?" Cheria said as Lucy nodded
"but the price is that we can't use magic again" Cheria said "it will eliminate all the ethernanos in our bodies and we will never be able to generate anymore"
"I realize this is a cruel choice to ask you….but without this kind of power, you can't win" Ultear told them
"please! I want to!" "I'll do it!" Wendy and Cheria said at the same time
"I knew you both have the determination but I can only do one of you, there won't be anyone to heal Charla if you two are gone" Ultear told them
"okay then I'll do it!" Wendy said before Cheria stopped her
"do it on me!" Cheria demanded
"no! it's my job to protect Charla! So!" "that's why you should be the one to revive her!"
The two then started arguing before Wendy asked Ultear to cast the magic on her
"for what reason do you have to quarrel amongst each other?" Dimaria asked as she dashed towards them
"please!" Wendy pushed away Cheria "do it now!"
"here it comes! Wendy!" Ultear said as her orb glowed and Wendy entered her Dragon Force
"I'm going to win this!" Wendy said before she dashed towards Dimaria and started fighting her
Her attacks landed but they all failed as nothing was working against the god
"impertinent human, I am a god, a god who manipulates time" Dimaria said before she grabs a hold of Wendy's leg and threw her away
"time is pain, and you will feel that pain" Dimaria said as she shot a laser at Wendy's leg
She then started to feel immense pain as her while body feels like she was being tortured as she screams in pain
"Age Scratch!"
""what is this!? My body!? Is searing in pain!""
Wendy tried to fight back but her attempts were proved futile again and again
"you shall be pierced…" Cheria said as she pointed a finger at Wendy "to the far end of time itself"
Wendy tried to get up but failed as Dimaria fires a laser at Wendy but it was swatted away by Cheria who appeared in front of Wendy
"Cheria?" Wendy said in shocka s she noticed the difference in appearance the Sky God Slayer has
"I made it" Ultear said as she was crumbling down to pieces "in…time…"
"you can leave the rest to me, Wendy" Cheria told her friend "don't worry, I'll win this time!"
"Cheria…y-you didn't" Wendy said as Cheria nodded
"I'm sorry, we needed you to buy us some time to cast the spell on me" Cheria said as Wendy's eyes started to quiver in tears
"this is my farewell to the magic world, but I am on top!" Cheria said as she went onto the attack against Dimaria
"Cause I'm fighting for my best friend!" Cheria said as her attacks were having their effect on Dimaria
"it's working!" Ultear said in surprise
"how!?" Dimaria exclaimed as her take over nearly came undone
"her God Soul is wearing off!" Ultear exclaimed
"accursed creature!" Dimaria sends a zero-distance magic blast at Cheria that had no effect as a barrier appeared surrounding her
"Enchant?!" Dimaria exclaimed in her original form as she sees Wendy with her enchantment activated
"Cheria…" Wendy cried out in tears
""I will always love magic"" Cheria thought as she gathered all of her magic into one strike
""but for now I will be a normal girl again, this is my last act! The last magic I'm going to use!""
"you and I will always be best friends! No matter what!" Wendy shouted out to Cheria who smiled
"I know" Cheria said before she unleashed her final attack as a mage
""because I have something more powerful than magic itself!""
"Ama no Murakumo!"
Cheria unleashes her Secret Technique as Dimaria was blown away from a blast of black wind and time started to turn back to normal
"my world…it's….falling apart" Dimaria said before she fell down defeated
"Cheria!" Wendy called out to Cheria "hurry…heal Charla now" Cheria told her as Wendy did as she was told to
She poured every ounce of healing magic on Charla's wound and after a few minutes. Charla coughs out as she slowly opens her eyes and sees Wendy crying on her
"why are you crying, Wendy?" Charla asked her friend
"Cheria…Cheria gave up her!" Wendy cried out in tears as they weren't stopping
"it's alright Wendy" Cheria told her as Wendy looks to her
"a person can live without magic" Cheria turns around and gives Wendy a smile "love is stronger than magic, you know"
Wendy nodded while still crying at one of her best friends' lost
Far away
In a home
Ultear smiles as she looks at the sky
""those girls… have true strength. If only my youth had been a bit more like theirs""
At the docks
END waited on his chair as the Demon Master hears the sound of explosion ringing out in the distance
"So, Dimaria got defeated?" END said with a smirk "how typical of her ego that led to her downfall"
END then started laughing before he grins
"took you long enough" END said as he stands up from his seat and sees three figures landing on the ship, he was on
"been well, Erza?"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye