Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Lucy and Wendy split up with Gray as the man was fighting with Rala while Lucy and Wendy were fighting with Hiroshi and Drake
The three tried to take back the Moon Drip, but was told that it was spent empty
In an attempt to take something valuable, they targeted Lucy's keys
"If you guys want to hurt the villagers, then you're going to have to go through us first!" She declared.
"Fine with us." Hiroshi grinned eagerly as he stood across them with a newly stable Rala. "We get treasure and chicks!"
"Who needs chicks?! Let's just kill them!" Drake shouted from a far as he shot another bullet that missed near Lucy
"Ready, Wendy?!" Lucy asked.
Wendy nodded firmly. "Yes!"
They started to move but were stopped by gunshots around their feet. Wendy fell over due to the bullet at her feet knocking her off balance. She looked to a nearby by cliff side, seeing a gleaming light that she assumed was coming from Drake's gun.
"Wendy!" Lucy cried out.
"Gotcha!" Drake smirked in victory as he fired his next shot.
Wendy braced herself for the impact, but she was saved…by red hair. She looked back. Shocked at the revelation of her savior.
"Ms. Flare?!"
"What are you doing here?!" Lucy questioned.
Hiroshi and Rala looked just as surprised as the Fairy Tail wizards.
Flare crushed the bullet in her hair tendril and let it fall to the ground. Her eerie gaze was fixed on the Treasure Hunters. "Three little girls." There was a singsong tone to her words, unnerving everyone around her. "With red hair, blue-black, and one blondie." She giggled to herself, only serving to make the mood that much more uncomfortable.
With Natsu
"i-impossbile" Doriante man said as he was beaten up to the point that he was barely able to lift a finger at all
Inhuman burn marks and wounds were inflicted upon him
He looks upon the one who inflicted the wounds as it was Natsu yet it was not him
"you dare use it on me, huh" a deep and dark voice spoke as Natsu has inhuman appearances on him
Flaming horns on both sides of his head, demonic red claws for hands, and a long black tail
"you think that by reverting my age, you can kill me? So foolish" Natsu said as he had an evil smirk on his face
"y-you…weren't even human….in the first place!" Doriante exclaimed at him
"that's because…" Natsu lifted his right claw up and set Doriante in ablaze "I'm a real demon"
Doriante yells out in pain before his life was extinguished by Natsu
"a hybrid of a human with Demon cells" Natsu said as his appearance reverts back to normal "what or who could've done this to that guy?"
Natsu ponders for a moment before shrugging it off
"the only thing that matters, is to save this village" Natsu then continued his destination to where he heard the so called voice
With Lucy and Wendy
Hiroshi and Drake stared down Flare, whose hair was moving freely through the air.
"What's with this chick?" Hiroshi asked.
"Is she a part of their guild?" Drake inquired.
Flare chuckled menacingly, moving her head side to side.
"T-thank you." Wendy stammered. She was still afraid of the odd redhead.
"Not that I'm not thankful for the save, Flare…" Lucy began. "But what are you doing here?"
Flare pressed her fingertips together, her creepy smile returning. "I followed Blondie." She answered.
"You what?!" Lucy recoiled in fear.
"Or more precisely, I'm always following her." Flare said as images of her watching Lucy since the Grand Magic Games. Whether Lucy was walking home, returning by train from a job, bathing in what used to be the comfort of her apartment, or even sleeping; Flare was always just a breath away, watching her.
"Whaaat?!
"Just kidding."
Lucy sighed in relief. "Don't do that."
Flare looked up to the sky, her mood becoming more stable, but also sullen. "I…didn't have anywhere else to go…so I came back here."
"Came back…?" Wendy repeated.
"Yes…" Flare nodded. "This place is my home." She tugged on the right strap of her dress in order to better show the new mark on her breast. "This is the mark of Sun Village."
Lucy and Wendy's eyes widened at the news.
"You're from this village, Ms. Flare?!" shouted Wendy.
"No way." Lucy gasped. "But come to think of it you never did mention where you came from yesterday."
Flare continued her origin story. "I've been raised by the giants ever since I was small." She looked at Hiroshi and Drake as she then glares at the two.
"And now I come back to see everyone…my family…" she couldn't bring herself to speak on their current state. "I will not forgive you for this!"
Hiroshi and Drake got on their guard in response to the girl's outburst. "Hey! Whoever froze those giants, it's so heavily not us!"
"We just came to steal the fire!"
"I will not allow that either!" Flare exclaimed
Lucy looked in in quiet awe at Flare. It was like she was a completely different person than before. So composed, so passionate, but also tormented. "Flare…"
"The eternal flame is this village's guardian deity. It is precious to us!" Her hair grew fiercely towards the treasure hunters. "And I will not allow you or anyone else to defile it!"
With Erza
Erza was struggling in her fight against Minerva as herself in a child form was proving to be hard to deal
"answer me, what are you doing here?" Erza demanded from her while in her child form
"You presume to lecture me...in your position?!" her body shook in her rage.
"Ro hwaset (trash)!" Minerva shouted as she kicks Erza off of her
"Urdeen ses iragd (Here is where you die)!"
Erza jumps back before she felt her chest enlarges and her body was growing
"I'm back to normal!" Erza said as she looks at her hand then touched her face
Minerva looked on in shock. "Doriate has fallen?" She stood up and quickly reset herself, her confidence returning.
"But perhaps this better. Beating you in that form would have been a waste." Minerva stared down Erza
Erza summons a sword and readied herself to fight Minerva
With Lucy and the others
"DUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNN!" Rala was sent flying to the sky by Gray who used an ice cannon to blast the large man away
"finally got rid of him" Gray said as he had some bruises on him
"now to get to the others"
He then started running to where Lucy and the others at before he stopped when he saw Natsu up ahead
"hey! Natsu!" Gray called out to him as Natsu turns around to look at him
"where are the others?" Natsu asked him
"finishing up with the rest of the three treasure hunters" Gray replied as Natsu nodded
"good, we're not alone here. I just finish pummeling another guy who isn't a treasure like those three" Natsu told him "I found where the voice was coming from but we need to get this ice away"
"I think I have a way" Gray said as Natsu looks at him
"let's hear it" Natsu said
"Ur taught me something back then, instead of trying to become one with the ice, I'll try to manipulate it" Gray said to him
"you sure you can do it?" Natsu said as Gray nodded
"it's worth a shot," Gray said
"ok then," Natus said before he looks up to the sky and sees a giant flying cyclops bird creature
"what the heck is that thing!?" Gray said as the giant bird creature spotted Natsu and Gray and dived bomb towards them
"I'll handle that thing; you meet up with the others and head towards that ice mountain" Natsu told to Gray "that's where the Eternal Flame is at"
Gray nodded as he started running to where Lucy and the others were
With the others
"finally done" Lucy said as she and the others managed to defeat Hiroshi and Drake and sends the two packing
"let's go, I'll lead you to the Eternal Flame" Flare said as Lucy and Wendy nodded before seeing Gray running towards them
"you guys!" Gray shouted before his eyes spotted Flare
"you're from Raven Tail!" Gray exclaimed before seeing Lucy standing in front of Flare
"wait! She's not an enemy!" Lucy exclaimed to him
"Flare-san grew up here." Wendy told him
"She did?" Gray looked over to Flare, a skeptical look on her face. "She doesn't look like giant."
"I'm not." Flare retorted.
"She's a human, but she was raised by the giants." Wendy informed.
Gray sighed to them as he turns around
"anyway, we need to go to the giant mountain like thing, Natsu said that it's the Eternal Flame" Gray said as this surprised Wendy and Lucy
"really?!" they exclaimed as they looked at Flare who nodded
"The Eternal Flame can un freeze the village, we must hurry" Flare said as she leads the way to the giant mountain of ice
With Natsu
Natsu stood on top of a giant's head as he watches the cyclops bird flying in the air
"Drac" Natsu summoned the gauntlet
"what is it that you wish?" Drac asked Natsu
"unleash my flames" Natsu ordered as the gauntlet transforms into a metallic dragon head
"as you wish"
Natsu pointed Drac towards the cyclop bird as it flies towards Natsu
"time for a BBQ" Natsu said before flames started to gather in the metal dragon's mouth
With Gray
Gray and the others were on their way to the Eternal Flame as they had met up with Charla and Milo who saw them running
"this is it" Flare said as they stop in front of the Frozen mountain that was the Eternal Flame
"That's the guardian deity of our village, the Eternal Flame."
"It's so huge." Lucy said. "I've never seen a fire this big."
"It's still hard to believe that a flame, especially one like that, could be frozen," Wendy said in awe.
"You're right." Gray nodded. "Whoever did this must be extremely powerful."
"It looks like the flame won't be able to help us after all." Lucy said dejectedly. "So how are we going to return the village to normal?"
"I might be able to" Gray said as he steps forward
"really?!" Flare exclaimed
"I have no idea what's going on with the ice in this village. I can't control it or melt it, but I can make it flow through my body." Gray explained
"It flowed through your body?" Lucy repeated
"What happens after?" Wendy inquired.
Gray pressed his hands against the ice. "I'm going to turn it into ice that I can use."
"You can do that?" Flare questioned.
"I don't know if I can or not! So I won't try it on the giants until after! Everyone get back!" Gray explained as his body started to glow
The others stepped back as instructed as Gray pressed harder against the ice, and soon it began to glow along with him. To the group's delight the ice began to melt.
"he's doing it!" Lucy exclaimed
"The ice is melting!" Charla chimed in.
"Almost…there!" Gray grunted. Flare smiled as she watched him work. Soon her home would be returned to normal.
There was a large explosion, nearly blinding everyone. When it died down everyone gasped in disbelief. The flame was gone, it was as if it had just disappeared.
"The flame…it's gone!" Lucy said.
"What does this mean?" Carla added.
Flare's legs gave way and she fell onto her butt on the ground. She was shaking, despair passing throughout her entire being. "No…" she shuddered, tears pooling in her eyes.
Wendy shook as well, but her reasons were out of fear. She could feel something from when the flame was formerly standing. Something scary.
""What…is this feeling?! This power…It feels like…!""
Gray looked to the ground in shame, internally cursing himself at his failure. "No…I messed up. There's…there's no way we can save the giants now…dammit!"
"The flame has been burning for hundreds of years…for it to vanish now…The village…it won't survive…" Flare said.
"It's not gone!" Wendy shouted, alarming the others. "I can feel a presence. Whatever was in the fire is still alive!"
"Maybe…" Charla crossed her arms. "But what is alive exactly?"
"Look!" Lucy pointed. Everyone turned to where the flame once stood, seeing a structure in the ground.
"What is that?" Gray asked.
"The flame's altar." Flare answered.
"Look closer!" Lucy said. The others squinted, seeing a small flame in the middle of the altar.
"There's a tiny flame." Wendy said
"But's it's very weak." Carla informed. "It looks as if it could go out any minute."
"How are we going to light it?" Wendy asked.
"move!" Natsu's shout was heard as everyone looks up and sees him riding on the giant bird creature that was burning in flames
"get back!" Gray shouted as everyone runs back
"ooooorraaaaa!" Natsu crashed into the altar before he flies up
Flames gathered around Natsu's hand before he had a giant flaming sphere appearing above him
"Karyu no Koen!"
Natsu threw the giant fireball at the altar and the creature as it creates a giant explosion
Natsu's fist ignites in flames as it was raging around and turning crimson
"not yet!"
Natsu shouted as the flames in his hand was growing bigger and hotter
"Guren! Bakuenjin!"
He swings his hand in a circular fashion as a barrage of flames hits the bird creature and the altar and creates a giant explosion
"what was that?" Minerva said as she felt the rumbling
"I'd say that was Natsu" Erza said
"he's overdoing it!" Lucy screamed while trying to hold on to the ground
Natsu then jumps back to the field as the flames grew bigger and bigger before it was lit
"he did it!" Flare exclaimed in joy as the Eternal Flame was lit once again
"I can finally hear the voice" Natsu said while standing back up
"That's what I felt!" Wendy shouted in realization. She grabbed a nearby rock and began to etch writings into the ice. "This goes here, right?" she muttered.
"Wendy?" Charla called out in confusion when she realized what she was doing her eyes widened. Once the dragon slayer finished her writing she kneeled in the center of the magic circle, clasping her hands in prayer as her body began to glow in a bright green light.
"What is she doing?" Gray asked.
"She's using a spell." Charla answered as she looks at the magic runes Wendy was drawing on the ground
"What kind of spell?" Lucy inquired.
"Milky Way." Charla informed. "It's one of the spells Porlyusica taught her from the book Grandeeney left behind."
"what does it do?" Lucy asked again
"It lets Wendy summon the spirits of dead dragons." Charla replied to him
"are you saying that..?!" Gray exclaimed
"there's a dragon in the flames!?" Lucy finished his sentence
"How is that possible?" Gray asked Wendy
"It's weak but…it's still there." Wendy mumbled to herself. She lifted her hands to the sky, chanting her incantation. "Oh wandering spirit! Bestow upon me your voice!"
"Milky Way"
The circle around Wendy glowed green as the air around her started forming around in a gust of wind
"it's been a long time for you hasn't it?" Natsu said as in the giant flames a skeletal being was starting to form
"is that?!" Gray exclaimed
"good to see you again, Uncle" Natsu said as in the eternal Flame came out the Hellfire Dragon, Atlas Flame
That's a wrap!
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