Back with the continuation

"speaking"

""thinking""

On with the story

"Preliminary Competition?" Gray said while raising an eyebrow as he turned to look at Erza, who stared hard at the hologram.

"This is the first I've heard of this." She said.

""113?"" Lucy thought. ""That's a lot of guilds. I didn't know Fiore even had that many.""

""A warning about the preliminaries would have been nice."" Erza thought with a furrowed brow.

"Due to the constant addition of guilds to the games each year," the pumpkin creature continued. "We have trouble incorporating events that will allow each team to shine." The pumpkin creature danced while giving its exposition.

"So this year only 8 teams will be allowed to participate in the games. And this will be how those 8 teams will be determined." The creature pointed into the air and the Honey Bone Inn began rising.

"What's…going…on?!" Lucy asked in a squeal as Natsu stood beside Aya as he gently holds her to make sure nothing happens to her.

"The inn's rising!" Lucy looked over the balcony and her eyes widening.

"Look!" Lisanna pointed into the city. "The other inns are rising too."

Everyone looks outside and sees many more inns rising up to the sky.

"Looks like some sort of pathway." Gray observed.

"Yes, but to where?" Erza inquired.

"Your goal is to reach the stadium, Domus Flau! You are allowed to use whatever magic at your disposal to reach the stadium, nothing is off limits; but all five members of your team must be present upon reaching the stadium or you will all be disqualified." The pumpkin creature explained.

"One more thing…" a hint of malice entered the creature's tone. "Should you die inside the labyrinth, the Games organizers are not held accountable."

"Well that's not frightening at all." Lucy said sarcastically.

"Labyrinth?" Natsu asked, looking at a giant metallic sphere in the air.

"Let the preliminary round of the Grand Magic Games, Sky Labyrinth, begin!" The pumpkin creature declared before disappearing.

"What the hell is that?!" Gray shouted.

"We have to go through that to reach the stadium?" Lucy asked as she was a bit intimidated to the sight of the giant metallic sphere.

"Well if it's a race we better get a move on." Gray declared as he stepped on the bridge.

"Wait!" Erza shouted, stopping his advance.

"What?" Gray looked back.

"Wendy still isn't here." Erza pointed out. "Without all five of our members we'll be eliminated before we even step foot inside the labyrinth."

"where could she be?!" Lucy chimed in as she was worried for her

"looks like there is no choice" Natsu said as he whistled with his fingers as North and his family came into the room

"I thought pets aren't allowed into the inn" Lisanna said as Natsu petted North's head

"I bribed the owner" Natsu told her as everyone sweat dropped

"wow"

"Lisanna, you and North, go to the town and try to find Wendy and Charla" Natsu told her as he pulled out a red ribbon that belongs to Wendy and let North sniffs it

"Right" Lisanna nodded. "I'll have others from the guild help out" she told him as Natsu nodded to her suggestion

"Shina, you and your pups stay here with Aya" Natsu told to North's mate as she nodded with a low howl while her children, barks at Natsu

"Elfman, you're with us. Without Wendy we will get disqualified as soon as we step onto that thing" Natsu told to Elfman who nodded with a grin

"man!"

"let's go" Natsu said as everyone nodded and jumps onto the bridge and started running to the labyrinth

"let's go, North" Lisanna said to the ice wolf who barked at her as the two went out to find their missing member

(I skipped this scene part)

The next day

The roar of the crowd echoed throughout the stadium of Domus Flau.

Hundreds of thousands of spectators sat in the stands, each of them eagerly anticipating the start of the Grand Magic Games. After narrowly making the cut in the preliminary round, Natsu and his team stood in the locker room area of the stadium.

"The crowd sounds lively." Said Erza.

"Yeah, it's pretty intimidating when you think about it." Lucy commented.

"A lot of non-magic users are here in addition to guild wizards, but I wasn't expecting it to be like this." Gray said a bit on edge.

"Well this is a pretty big event in the kingdom." Erza pointed out. "It makes sense that there would be a lot of commotion and people here."

Natsu just stood at his seat as he yawns a bit

Everyone was wearing the same clothes as it had purple and white colour combination as well as the addition of a white Fairy Tail symbol on the front

"Hey guys correct me if I'm wrong here…" Elfman began. "But I'm not supposed to wear this am I?" Everyone looked over and saw that Elfman was holding a little dress that was meant for Wendy

"Of course not." Lucy said through a laugh. "There's no way you'd fit into Wendy's clothes."

"I guess I could just wear what I had on earlier until I get something made." Elfman grumbled

"So, do you guys think Wendy is alright?" Elfman asked suddenly making everyone think about the incident a few hours earlier

Flashback

"Wendy!" Gray yelled as he and the others burst into the stadium infirmary after clearing the preliminary.

The Dragon Slayer and Carla lied in the same bed, both of them weakened due to the unknown ordeal that they experienced. Lisanna and North stood by their bedside.

"What happened?" Lucy asked Lisanna.

"I don't know for sure." Lisanna shook her head.

"North tracked their scent and we found them at the palace's garden."

Wendy began to stir awake due to her friend's worried chatter.

"Wendy?" Natsu said walking to her bedside.

"Nat…su?" she strained.

"Thank goodness you're ok." Lucy smiled warmly.

"What happened to you two?" Gray asked Wendy.

"I can't really remember…" Wendy winced when she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder.

"She's suffering from hypomagia, a condition caused by a sudden loss of magical energy. She's been weakened physically, but luckily it's nothing bed rest won't cure." A voice said from behind the Fairy Tail wizards. They all turned around, surprised to see Porlyusica walking towards Wendy and Carla.

"Porlyusica?" Lucy said with widened eyes.

"Why are you here?" Lisanna asked.

"Am I not allowed to cheer on Fairy Tail?" Porlyusica inquired.

"No, of course you are." Lisanna replied.

"You said Wendy suffered a loss of magic?" Erza inquired, Porlyusica nodded in confirmation.

"How in the world did that happen?" Elfman questioned.

"There was this black creature…I think." She winced in pain again as she tried to remember her ordeal. "Then…" she then had the memory of a black creature jumping on her as it showed his teeth to her

Wendy whimpers in fear as she hides in her blanket and started crying a bit

"I'm sorry everyone…" she sobbed. "I trained really hard…but I'm still holding everyone back."

Everyone looked at Wendy with sympathetic looks in their eyes and a fire raging in their bodies. "Elfman-san..." Wendy looked over to the Strauss sibling.

"Hm?" Elfman replied.

"Please…take my place." Wendy pleaded.

"I swear as man, I won't let you down." Elfman replied determined with a nod

"can't you heal her, Natsu?" Gray asked Natsu who shook his head

"magic deficiency is something I don't know how to deal" Natsu told her

"let's leave this to Porlyusica" Natsu said as he started to walk to the door

Everyone followed behind as the door closes and Wendy rolled over and hugged the still sleeping Carla, tears were still flowing from her eyes.

"Stop all of that crying, it's getting annoying." Porlyusica said.

"What?" Wendy said confused. "But…"

"The Grand Magic Games are a week." Porlyusica said as she began to mix chemicals in test tubes. "You can rejoin the others when you're healthy."

Wendy stopped crying, her sorrow replaced with confusion.

"As the Fairy Tail guilds chemist…" Porlyusica turned around, a look of determination in her eyes. "I will heal you."

A smile appeared on Wendy's face, and she nodded. "Thank you Grandeeney."

"Don't call me that." Porlyusica retorted.

Flashback end

"You guys ready?" Natsu asked his team while standing up from his seat.

they all nodded. "The person who attacked Wendy, and Carla are most likely in the tournament, right?"

"We don't know anything for sure." Lucy answered as she affixed her key pouch to her belt. "But it's probably a safe bet that they are."

"Think someone was trying to sabotage us?" Gray asked while putting on his shirt.

"Doesn't matter!" Elfman shouted. "We only got one goal, do our best for Wendy. A real man never goes back on his word."

"Let's go." Erza said as the group exited the locker room and walked through the tunnel towards the stadium center.

"Well it's that time of year again folks!" an excited voice announced over the stadium intercom. "It's time for the greatest magic spectacle in all of Fiore, the Grand Magic Games!" The crowd roared with excitement.

"I'm your commentator, Lola Chapati and joining me is former member of the Magic Council and the current owner of the 8island restaurant: Mr. Yajima! Thank you for joining us Mr. Yajima." Chapati announced.

"It's nice to be here." Yajima said over his microphone.

"And our guest commentator for the day is none other than Ms. Fiore herself, from the Blue Pegasus guild, Jenny Realight!"

"Thank you for having me." The blonde smiled. "This is going to be Blue Pegasus' year." she declared determined.

"We can only wait and see." Lola said. "With the level of this year's teams, it's anyone's ball game. Speaking of, let's get on to announcing our competitors, shall we?"

The crowd continued to show their anticipation for the competition as the teams began to exit from their respective tunnels.

"First up, they placed eighth in the preliminary round, but they're looking to reclaim some of that former glory. It's the rowdy guild with the dainty name, Fairy Tail!" Lola announced as Erza and the others stepped out of the tunnel first and was met with the boos from the crowds

"What?!" Gray shouted in shock.

"They're booin us?"

"What's their problem?" Elfman asked irritated.

But the booing stopped when Natsu came into the picture that made the crowds instantly cheered

"as expected from someone who is famous" Erza said as Natsu shrugs his shoulders

"what took you so long?" Gray asked him

"Aya and Meredy brought me some snacks" Natsu replied to him while motioning to the cookie, he was eating that made Gray sweat drop

"sorry for asking" Gray said before Natsu motions them to take one

"Fairy Tail has come in last place at every Grand Magic Games, but this year they've cleared the preliminaries. And with the unexpected return of the famous Hell Flame Dragon returning to the light, things could be looking up for the former top guild." Lola said.

Yajima smiled and gave Natsu's team a thumbs up. "Congratulations Fairy Tail."

"Papa!" a voice called, catching team Fairy Tail's attention. They looked over to see Aya, along with the rest of the guild sitting in the stands. They cheered them on, even bringing a banner to drape over the railing.

"Let's hear it for Fairy Tail!" Makarov shouted, standing on the railing of the seats. The other guild members followed his example.

"Yes, let's all hear it for Fairy Tail." A familiar voice said happily. All of Fairy Tail looked to the side, all of their eyes, except Aya's, widening in surprise.

"Is that…?" Erza began.

"I-I think so." Lucy nodded.

"What the…?" Gray said.

"hee?" Natsu said in amusement as Mavis appeared beside everyone

"What are you doing here, First Master?" Makarov asked with widened eyes.

"I wanted to cheer you all on, so here I am." She said with a smile.

"Right, Aya?" she asked the child as Aya nodded with a smile.

"Here I am, huh?" Makarov repeated. "You can't just…"

"Don't be such a downer, Makarov." Mavis interrupted. "Only those with the Fairy Tail mark can see me. So, you don't have anything to worry about"

"That's not the issue here." Makarov sighed.

"But it's so boring staying on Tenrou Island all the time. I deserve some fun every once in a while, too." Mavis whined.

"Well I feel better now that Master Mavis is cheering us on." Natsu laughed.

"Even though she's a ghost?" Gray asked, a little freaked out.

"Now, our seventh place team." Lola resumed. "It's that vicious pack of hellhounds, Quatro Cerberus!"

"Oh yeah!" one of their team members yelled.

"Wild!" Another proclaimed.

"Heh, heh. We're gonna win it this year." Goldmine, the Quatro Cerberus guild master, smirked.

"Coming in sixth place we have an all-female guild." Lola said intrigued. "It's the beautiful dancers of the deep, Mermaid Heel!"

"I didn't even know there was an all-female guild." Macao drooled.

"I know right." Wakaba agreed. "Think they need a man to join?"

"I think it's an all-female guild for a reason." Lisanna said.

"In fifth place, the sapphire wings that sparkle in the night, Blue Pegasus!" Lola announced.

Out from the tunnel emerged Ichiya and the Tri-Mens, along with a person in a giant rabbit costume. All of them struck a pose.

"You can do it, boys!" Jenny cheered over the mic.

"In fourth place, the holy destroyers, Lamia Scale!" Lola announced next.

Lyon emerged from tunnel; Jura, Yuka, Toby, and a young girl with dark pink hair following behind him.

"Is that Jura of the ten wizards saints?" a spectator asked.

"No way!" another shouted.

"Fourth place?!" Obaba, the Lamia Scale guild master, shouted angrily as she shook her fist in the air. "Were you idiots even trying?!"

"Sorry, Master Obaba." The young girl nervously apologized. "It's because I'm so clumsy." Then as if on cue, the girl tripped on fell on her face.

"Try and keep it together Shelia." Lyon said helping her to her feet.

"Sorry, Lyon." Shelia apologized.

"Who's that?" Natsu asked looking at the girl that fell clumsily

"What happened to that chick who kept going on about love?" Gray questioned, referring to Sherry Blendy.

"Yeah I've never seen her before." Lucy said referring to Shelia. Her eyes slowly drew towards Blue Pegasus' mystery member. "Or that rabbit!"

"Shelia is Sherry's cousin." Yuka explained.

"Shelia's super strong." Toby grinned.

"Oh no, I don't have nearly enough love as my cousin." Shelia denied innocently.

Toby instantly turned his attention to the nervous Shelia. "Can't you take a compliment?!" he yelled, frightening the young girl.

"Calm down." Yuka said.

"I'll be proving that I have surpass Ur, Gray" Lyon told to Gray with a smirk before an ice stick hits his head

"you're still a hundred years too early from surpassing me!" Ur shouted at her apprentice from Fairy Tail's stand

Lyon grumbles a bit while Gray laughs

"Don't forget Gray…" Lyon said, glaring at his rival. "If we win, Juvia joins Lamia Scale."

"I don't remember agreeing to that, but I'm not gonna lose to you." Gray retorted with a smirk.

"If we're trading members, I'll be glad to take Erza." Ichiya said as he slid over towards the requip wizard.

"don't talk so casually about that!" Erza shouted while backing away from him

"I'll take you then." Ren said, wrapping his arm around a surprised Lucy. "But's it's not because I like you or anything." He looked away, a small blush on his cheeks in typical tsundere fashion.

"Still the same, huh?" Lucy sweat dropped.

"Then I'll take Wendy." Eve said dreamily as he walks towards who he thought was Wendy but it turns out he was face to face with Elfman, who had quite the scary look on his face.

"What happened to you, Wendy?" Eve asked distraught. "Puberty has not been kind." He said under his breath.

"Are you some kind of idiot?" Elfman asked.

"I'll just join Mermaid Heel then." Hibiki said happily as he walked towards the uninterested female wizards.

"Ahem." Lola cleared his throat, somewhat calming down the commotion among the teams. "Moving on, in third place...well this is something!" he said surprised. "This is this team's first time in the games, but they managed to take third in the preliminary."

The team in question walked out of the tunnel and every Fairy Tail member's eyes widened in shock.

"It's the midnight Marauders, Raven Tail!" Lola announced.

"Raven Tail?!" Gray shouted, having quickly risen from his spot on the floor.

"That's Ivan's guild." Erza said.

"But aren't they…?" Lucy began.

"They're a dark guild!" Makarov shouted from the stands. "What are they doing here?! Are they letting dark guilds in the games now?!"

"Calm down Master." Macao said as he, Wakaba, and Lisanna tried to restrain from the old man from jumping onto the arena floor.

"I do sense an evil from them." Mavis said.

"Well according to the info guide, Raven Tail has been around for more than seven years; but they've only just become an official guild." Lola explained.

"Then they are no longer a dark guild if the league has recognized them." Yajima said.

"Damn you Ivan." Makarov cursed under his breath. "How did you do pull this off?"

"Fairy Tail." The armored man who led the team said.

"that little girl has greeted us before"

Next to the armored man stood a figure with a top hat and a long nose, a small black creature on his shoulder. The creature snickered, transforming its head to mimic Wendy's. It hit itself and fell over.

Gray glared angrily, clenching his teeth. "Then it was you." He growled. "You guys hurt Wendy. You're gonna pay for that."

The armored man turned around, his team following him. "Let's enjoy the festival." He said smugly.

"Ivan…" Makarov said in a low angered voice.

"Alright, we're down to the final two teams who passed the preliminary round." Lola said.

"Two?" a spectator questioned. "Sabertooth is obviously one of them, so who's the other one?"

"I don't know." The person next to them shrugged.

"Is there another powerful guild hiding around?" Gray asked Erza.

"I'm not sure." Erza replied as she and everyone else in the stadium awaited Lola's next announcement.

"Now for the team who took second place in the preliminary round." Lola's eyes widened as he looked at the paper in front of him. "This is certainly a shocker." He said. "Perhaps with this they may have a chance after all!"

"What is he talking about?" Lucy asked to no one. As the mystery second place team entered the arena center everyone's eyes once again widened in disbelief, including team Fairy Tail's.

"Coming in second place, Team Fairy Tail B!" Everyone's jaws nearly dropped as they watched the second team from Magnolia's premiere guild enter the stage.

The team itself was stacked. It consisted of Juvia, Gajeel, Mirajane, Laxus, and a member thought long gone.

"Sis?!" Elfman exclaimed.

"J-Juvia?!" Gray and Lyon shouted in unison.

"Gajeel and Laxus are here too?!" Lucy asked with her mouth wide open. "That can't be allowed!"

"Another Fairy Tail?" the crowd was just as shocked as Gray and the team.

Natsu looked over to the team's fifth member and his eyes landed on the final member

"Mystogan" he said as everyone looks at the cloaked mage.

"Jellal, you wouldn't…" Erza grimaced. "Mystogan" put his finger over his lips and Erza instantly went silent.

"Really?!" Gray, Lucy and Elfman shouted

Natsu looks at Mystogan and nodded to him

Mystogan nodded back to him

Lyon blushed as he looked at Juvia. An irritated Cheria puffed out her cheeks.

"Why does Fairy Tail get two teams?" one of the spectators yelled.

"Yeah, what's the big idea?" another shouted.

"What the hell's going on?" Gray asked.

"I see that everyone is confused about the revelation of Fairy Tail having two teams in the games." Lola announced.

"However, there is nothing in the rule book against an event like this." Lola knew this as he was flipping through said rule book while he talked.

"But we didn't know this was happening." Lucy argued.

"I hope Natsu's plan will work, for both of our sake." Makarov muttered out.

"I think Master is behind all of this." Erza sighed.

"But if Fairy Tail has two teams, won't they be able to switch out members at will?" Jenny pointed out.

"That's just an advantage they will have to utilize." Yajima nodded, giving Makarov a thumbs up.

"It doesn't matter if we're in the same guild. If you get in our way, we'll take you down." Gray said while pointing at Fairy Tail B.

Gajeel smirked. "Wouldn't have it any other way, 8th place." Gajeel mocked, earning Gray's angered glare.

"cool it, Gray" Natsu told him

"My, they sure are getting into it." Mira giggled at the two dragon slayers.

"What are you doing here sis?" Elfman asked Mirajane with a raised eyebrow.

"Lighten up, Elfman. It's a festival." Mira smiled at her brother. "May the best team win."

"I'm not gonna go easy on ya just because we're in the same guild." Gray said to Juvia.

The rain woman nodded in confirmation. "I know. I won't hold back either."

Erza approach Mystogan as she looks at him for a moment

"Je-Mystogan..."she said.

"Why are you here?" she asked him.

"I'll explain the situation for another time. For now, I am Mystogan"

"You said you weren't going to enter the games." Erza reminded him.

"I hadn't thought of this option yet." Mystogan told her.

"From what I've been told, this 'Mystogan' and I are nearly one and the same." He said as Erza nodded in understanding.

"Come on Erza, no need to be all worked up. It's a festival." Laxus interrupted, draping his arm over Mystogan's shoulder.

"Right, 'Mystogan'?"

"There you have it, Erza?" Mystogan said.

"But…"

"Laxus is right, Erza." Natsu said as he walked up to the three.

"don't let anyone see your face" Natsu whispered as Mystogan nodded to him

"That masked man is wearing a disguise, isn't he?" Mavis inquired as Makarov's jaw dropped in shock.

"he is?" Aya asked the ghost

"I'm so so so sorry." Makarov apologized to Mavis.

"I told ya not to do it." Macao scolded.

"He just wouldn't listen to us." Wakaba said to Mavis.

"He doesn't feel like an evil presence." Mavis said. "Even more strange is the fact that he feels like one of us."

"Well technically he's in the guild." Macao said to him

"technically speaking, he can't show his face to the crowd" Ultear added in while carrying Aya into her arms

"Is he strong?" Mavis asked Makarov.

"Y-yes." Makarov stammered. "He used to be one of the Ten Wizard Saints."

"Ok." Mavis said.

"Ok?" Makarov repeated.

The first master nodded, a wide smile on her lips. "If it's to help Fairy Tail win then I approve." Her eyes sparkled.

"That's the first Master for you." Droy sighed.

"She fits our guild to a tee." Levy said with a nervous smile.

"Have you noticed anything odd?" Jellal whispered to Erza before she rejoined her team.

"Other than the fact that I don't trust Raven Tail…no, nothing." she answered.

"I see" Jellal said with a nod before returning back to his team while passing Natsu who was standing in his spot, a piece of paper who then made the paper disappear on touch

"keep me updated, I'll have Ultear and Meredy help you in searching for it in a later time" he told him as he nodded before they departed from each other

"Now for the moment you have all been waiting for!" Lola exclaimed on the mic. "The team who came in first in the preliminary round."

The crowd began to roar excitedly as the number one team entered the arena. "You know who I'm talking about!" Lola exclaimed.

"The reigning champions, the powerful, unrivaled, incomparable…Sabertooth!"

Sabertooth's team entered the stadium to deafening applause. Sting led his teammates through the cacophony, his hands raised in victory.

Sting looked over to his left. The blonde saw Natsu's serious gaze fixated on him.

"They're here." Natsu said to his team.

He looked over to Aya and noticed the scared look on her face

Aya looks in fear before hugging her mother who was confused to her behavious

Sting waved at the pink haired dragon slayer. "This should be fun, Natsu." He grinned.

Rogue's eyes however were glued to Gajeel. The Iron Dragon returned Rogue's gaze with an irritated look.

"The hell are you looking at?" Gajeel growled.

Rogue looked away. "Gajeel." He said under his breath.

"So that's Fiore's number one guild, huh?" Elfman said as Lucy nodded in confirmation.

"The two guys in front are the dragon slayers." Lucy said, directing Erza's eyes towards Sting and Rogue.

"Now that all of the teams are present, what do you think of this year's competition, Mr. Yajima?" Lola asked.

"Ah, to be young again." Yajima reminisced.

"That's…not what I meant, Mr. Yajima." Lola sweat dropped. He cleared his throat and powered through. "Well folks, the time has come…" as Lola spoke a huge rock slab arose from the ground. "It's time to announce the rules for this year's Grand Magic Games!"

Surveying the slab, everyone saw that each successive day had a series of question marks followed by the word "battle".

"So every day has a battle in it." Gray said.

Natsu look at the giant rock slab as he notices the schedule, they made

Lola began to explain the basics of the Grand Magic games as each day started with an event wherein each team would be ranked and awarded points based on their performance.

First place earned ten points, eighth place received zero points, and every ranking in between were awarded points on a specific scale. While teams could choose their representatives for events, battle match ups were determined at random through sponsor votes.

"What?" Erza said a bit taken back to the rules

"They pick who fights for us?" Gray asked irritated.

"That means we could be completely worn out by an event and then turn around and fight." Elfman said.

"That seems pretty harsh." Lucy commented.

Lola further explained that while a team may lose in an event, they could make up for it in the battle portion of the day. In battles wins totalled ten points, loses resulted in zero points, and draws awarded five points per participating team.

"Now for our opening contest…the Hidden!" Lola announced. "Will each team pick a member and step forward." He instructed. "We will explain the rules of the contest once everyone has decided."

"I'll take this one!" Yeager, representative of Quatro Cerberus, shouted as he stepped forward; his guild mates cheering him on.

"All we need is a win to start this off, right? Will you let me take care of it?" Beth, Mermaid Heel's representative, asked.

The dark haired swordswoman nodded. "Go."

"Go Nullpudding." The armored leader of Raven Tail instructed.

"Right, boss." The aforementioned Nullpudding stepped forward.

"I'll handle this." Eve Tearm of the Tri-Mens said as he stepped forward. His team encouraged him with a pretty well choreographed chant and dance.

"Looks like almost every team has their members chosen for the Hidden." Lola said. "But who will the reigning champs, Sabertooth, choose first?" All eyes fell upon Sabertooth as they stood together.

A blonde haired man in a red hat and mask stepped forward. "Allow me." He said. "It seems the birds are singing pleasantly in my ears on this day."

"There he is!" Lola shouted. "The Minstrel Who Sings To the Red Moon, Rufus!" The crowd went wild, most noticeably the women.

"What's everyone so excited about?" Natsu inquired angrily.

"Guy seems pretty popular." Gray said.

"I should go first since I'm a real man!" Elfman blurted out.

"And how does the word 'hidden' apply to you?" Gray asked curtly.

"Judging by the event's title, it must have to do with stealth." Erza pondered.

"I wish Wendy was here." Lucy lamented. "Since she's so little I bet she would do well."

"If you need to be small, maybe Yuka or I should go." Shelia said with a raised hand, catching wind of Fairy Tail A's conversation.

"Don't call me little." Yuka retorted.

"No need." Lyon smirked. "I'll start us off. We're gonna start things off quickly."

Lyon looked over to his rival. "So that's how you wanna play it, huh?" Gray said. "Fine, show me what these games are all about." Gray stepped forward, naming himself representative for Fairy Tail A.

"If Gray's going then I will too." Juvia said with hearts in her eyes.

"Hey!" Gajeel shouted. "Don't you even think about throwing this."

"Are the teams set?!" Lola exclaimed, all the teams nodding in agreement.

"Then, let the 7th ANNUAL GRAND MAGIC GAMES….BEGIN!"

That's a wrap!

Bye bye