Sorry about the wait but here is chapter 7 finally! Alot of things happen in this chapter that i will save to explain for next chapter so I am not going to say much now. I am loving all the support I am getting for this story and I would love to hear your reactions to this chapter especially. What did you like, what did you not like? Is it long enough or is it too short still? Anything is welcomed in a review so please enjoy this chapter!
Mikoto was concentrating hard on keeping the bomber in the air, and was giving it everything she had and then some. Then she felt something click and a strange power build inside of her. She looked up and saw a huge magic circle in the sky above the bomber, as did everyone else, even Zero. Then a huge, white and red creature came out of the magic circle. It was just as big as the bomber, but had huge wings and body.
Quetzalcoatlus! One of the largest prehistoric flying animals of all time!
That thought went through Mikotos head as if she didnt even think it, but knew it. Thats when she realized what was going on. She had developed a magic ability, and it was summoning magic. Back at academy city, Mikoto had read a book on prehistoric creatures out of boredom, and became very interested in it. Thats when she made the connection.
No! It cant be! I have developed summoning magic, and its basis is those creatures from that book that I read! So does that mean everything I summon will represent some kind prehistoric creature?! Well I guess im fine with that.
(im basing the designs of the creatures Mikoto summons from a game called ARK Survival Evolved. If you want to know what they look like, search that games wiki pages. Also I am saying that Mikotos world has the same prehistory as our own world, so that means that dinos existed in Mikotos world too, until they went extinct.)
The Quetzal grabbed hold of the Bomber with its talons and then flapped its wings as strongly as it could. This stopped the Bombers rapid descent, allowing Mikoto to free up her Esper abilities. But Mikoto knew that this new found lease on life was going to be a short one unless she could get everyone else off of the bomber quickly. Thats when a line of words passed through her mind, teaching her summoning magic.
To summon creatures say this line. "Summoning Magic", then the creature's name. This will create a magic circle for each creature you wish to summon. Over time you will be able to create more and more magic circles at once, and even bigger circles for bigger summons.
Mikoto immediately knew what creature to summon and she yells out the words, "Summoning Magic, Pteranodons!" Then 6 magic circles opened up, and Pteranodons flew into the sky from them. Mikoto then realized that she could control them all by just thinking what she wanted them to do, and so she had each one pick up an Alliance member and fly them to the ground. But before she could do it for herself, a huge explosion blew the bomber apart, sending Mikotos body flying hard into the buildings of Nirvana. Mikoto didnt realize this, but when she had used her power to hold the bomber into the air, it had activated one of the magic bombs left in the bomber. It was only a matter of time till it went off.
"No…" Touma whispers. He had watched as what he believed to be Mikotos body slamming into builds and as her new magic powers were ended abruptly. He knew she would still be alive, but he could not tell how badly hurt she would be. But he also knew that she wouldnt want him worrying about her, and to stick with the mission. So he does just that, forcing himself to turn away from where Mikoto landed in the city. Everyone else also does the same, as they didnt have the time to check if she was okay. Wendy was heading to lacrima 6, as jellal had asked her to destroy it for him, as he would go to help Natsu. As she was walking to the lacrima with Carla, she heard a noise behind them. They turn and see a horrible sight. They just so happened to be passing by Mikotos landing spot, and all of the buildings in the area were destroyed in some way. Then they saw Mikoto. She was laying in a heap of rubble, her electricity flowing around her. It looked like she was unconscious and breathing, but when Wendy ran to her side, Mikoto began to move.
"Let me heal you," Wendy says, beginning to use her healing magic to help Mikoto.
"No, dont waste your energy. Im still able to move, so I will be fine. You need your energy to destroy lacrima 6." Mikoto responds pushing Wendy gently out of the way and forcing herself to her feet. Her side immediately protested in pain, and Mikoto guessed that she broke a rib during the fall. But for that to be her only broken bone was shocking, though the rest of her body hurt badly, nothing else felt broken.
"What are you going to do then?" Wendy asks.
"I will come with you. If Zero is waiting at Lacrima number 6, then you wont have a chance against him. I may be hurt, but I dont need to be uninjured to beat him." Mikoto explains. Wendy nods her head in understanding and all three of them work their way towards Lacrima 6. They get there and Thankfully Zero was nowhere to be seen. Mikoto collapses down to a sitting position, very tired and in alot of pain. That leaves Wendy with the task of destroying the lacrima.
" We dont have much time left. Your going to have to destroy the lacrima Wendy," Mikoto states while breathing heavily from her injuries
"I dont know if I can!" Wendy whispers, beginning to doubt herself.
"Dont do that to yourself Wendy. I have faith in you. You are a dragon slayer Wendy, all dragon slayers are capable of destruction." Mikoto encourages.
"But I dont know what to do…" Wendy continues
"Use your Sky dragon Roar. Collect power from the air around you to make the attack stronger," Mikoto suggests. Wendy nods her head and calms herself down to collect the energy. It begins to work, as the air current around wendy began to spin in a spiral. Finally at the last second she unleashes the attack, and it destroys the lacrima. It also seems like zero was defeated and all lacrima were destroyed since lacrima 6 did not regenerate. Then Nirvana began to fall apart around them. They were rescued by Jura, and went to meet up with the others. Everyone was there, and after they accepted Jellal and Hoteye, their attention turned to Mikotos injuries, and an explanation for everything that she did.
"Do you want me to heal you now?" Wendy asks worriedly.
"Sure go ahead" Mikoto agrees. Wendy does just that and heals Mikoto. This restores her new Magic power as well as healing her external wounds, but it does not heal any of her internal injuries, probably because of an interference by her esper powers. So Mikoto won't be fully better for another couple weeks.
"That magic you used to save us was amazing!" Hibiki states, eyes alight in curiousity.
"Its called Summoning magic. Its a lost Magic that was only ever used by a former wizard saint. I guess I learned it," Mikoto states, her cheeks brightening as her embarrassment grew under everyones attention.
"Also your other ability is a weird one. You said it was not magic though," Erza continues.
She must be talking about my esper ability, I guess I need to explain.
Mikoto looks over at Touma for some encouragement before she started to explain. Touma returns her look with one filled with warmth and a smile, giving Mikoto the confidence she needed to say what she had to say.
"Touma and I do not come from this world. Our World is called earth, and its alot further along in its history than this world is. Also our world is different in the fact that Magic is not something used by the majority, if fact only a few organizations and their members know magic. A more common form of power in our world is call an Esper ability, as those that have strange powers from birth are called espers. Each esper ability is divided into classes, and then divided into ranks. The class determine what kind of power you have, for example i am an Electromaster for my full control of electricity. Ranks determine how powerful your ability is. Those with no ability are called Level 0, while those with the strongest are called level 5. I am a level 5, and there are 8 level 5 known at this time, there may be more that are undocumented. Magic in my world was created by religious groups that did not have esper abilities to focus what they call gods power and use it defend against espers. In that manner an Esper can not use magic created in my world, and a sorcerer can not use an esper ability," Mikoto begins to explain, giving them the whole story.
"Then why are you able to use Summoning Magic in this world," Jellal asks, joining the conversation.
"Truthfully I dont know, but i believe it comes with the kind of magic this world uses. Espers are not a thing in this world, your equivalent to an esper is a wizard. I can only assume that because of that connection, when I came to this world it then considered me a person that can learn a magic ability but thats only an assumption. Another theory is that I have spent enough time in this world for enough magic energy to collect inside of me, where as in my world magic is created, not a given. Also the magic in our world was created to fight espers, so naturally it would not allow an esper to use it, but the magic in this world has no such restrictions," Mikoto finishes explaining.
"Then how come Touma can not use magic like you can, nor does he have a so called esper ability?" Jura asks.
"Thats because I have something that is basically an anti magic, anti esper ability." Toum states. When he gets everyones attention he continues, "My ability is called Imagine breaker and it neutralizes all magic and esper abilities. Because of this our world recognizes me as level 0 and having no known esper ability. I cant learn magic because imagine breaker immediately neutralizes all magic energy that tries to flow into my body."
"It also takes away all of his luck. Nobody has worse luck than Touma, and I mean nobody. I cant even count how many times something bad happened to him because of his bad luck," Mikoto says with a laugh, thinking back to all of the moments in the past where his bad luck showed itself. As if to prove her point, a creature came running out of the woods and knocked straight into Touma. This sent him off balance and he fell into a puddle that just so happened to be deep enough to fully drench his clothes.
While everyone was laughing about this, they didnt notice the barrier put around them until Itchiya ran into it. From there a magic council army appeared, with their leader introducing himself as Lahar. He announces their goal of arresting the Oracion sies. He then asks that the alliance hand over Hoteye, and after a small conversation with Hoteye learning that his brother is doing just fine exploring the world, Hoteye gives himself up. Then Lahar reveals his true intent, and that is to arrest Jellal. Immediately the alliance begins to protest, with everyone trying to get him to change his mind by telling how much Jellal helped them. Wendy even tried to tell Lahar that Jellal forgot everything, but that doesnt work either. Then as Jellal was about to step forward and give himself up, Mikoto moves forward instead, having made a decision on what she was going to do about this. Her movements were noticeably restricted from her injuries making her look either foolish, or nonthreatening to Lahar as she walked to stand between the magic council soldiers and Jellal. One of her bandages that had covered up an open wound on her left thigh was also covering her Guild mark, so none of them knew what guild she came from.
"You accuse Jellal of crimes he never committed," Mikoto states evenly.
"How can you say that! Of course he committed them, we have eyewitness accounts." Lahar yells out, outrage filling his voice. Was this 16 year old girl trying to tell him his information was wrong?
"Yes his body was the body that did the crimes, but his mind was not the mind of the one who did the crimes." Mikoto continues.
"What in the hell do you mean by that?" Lahar says, just as much confusion as outrage entering his voice.
"The one in control of his Mind was Zeref, he is the one to blame for the destruction of the magic council along with the rest of the crimes. He was possessed by Zeref, and did not know what he was doing at all. Those actions were not his own wishes, but those of Zeref. When he was defeated by Natsu, Zeref left him to deal with his crimes,but he also took with the memories. That is why Jellal does not know of his crimes, and is also why he is not to blame for them." Mikoto finishes explaining, hoping that got through to Lahar.
Everyone else was shocked. This little girl was able to reword the truth in such a manner that almost anyone could believe the words that came out of her mouth. It made most of them willing to forgive Jellal right away, but Lahar was not one of those people.
"Im sorry but he still has to pay for the crimes. We can not make Zeref pay, but we can make Jellal pay, after all he is at fault for letting Zeref possess him," Lahar states sadistically.
This truly angers Mikoto, as now she had no other option but force.
"Then you leave me with no other option," Mikoto states as she begins to power up. Now this shocked Lahar, as Mikotos electrical energy began to build up around her while she was still in the Magic barrier. It was supposed to prevent magic from being able to be used, yet it had no effect on Mikoto.
"What in the hell are you?" Lahar asks in shock as blue electricity flowed around Mikoto.
"I am a level 5 electromaster, and your worst fear." Mikoto replies as she attacks with a powerful electrical blast that comes from around the Magic council troops. She was controlling the electricity outside of the barrier to zap each troop unconscious. Then she yells to Touma," Destroy the barrier!" Touma does as she asked and places his right hand on the barrier, immediately destroying it for good. Mikoto immediately charges forward at the speed of light, her soreness from her wounds forgotten. In one swift movement she had knocked Lahar to the ground so hard that it created a crater, and drawn her HF Blade and placed it against his neck to hold him down. The troops that had not been shocked couldnt believe what they had seen, and were wondering what was about to happen.
"Im sorry it had to come to this, but now I am threatening you. Im not asking for Jellal to be allowed to join one of the guilds present, nor am I asking for him to be forgiven. Im asking you to at least let him go for long enough that he can regain his memories, as they will come back eventually. At that point he can decide whether or not to go to jail to pay for his crimes. Until that moment comes, I dont want you or any of your friends to try to arrest him. I also want no repercussions against the guilds present here, " Mikoto says while leaning down to look Lahar in the eyes. The fire of her conviction burned in her eyes so forcefully, that anyone else would have given in right there, but Lahar did not.
"What happens if I say no?" Lahar pushes, trying to call her bluff.
"If you say no then you will fully regret that decision. I will mutilate you right here so badly that nobody will ever recognize you. Then I will kill every single troop here and then go to the magic council. From there I will destroy the magic council and kill everyone working for it. But I will leave you to watch, so that you know that all that destruction came because you choose to say the wrong word. You see, I dont come from this world, and so I dont really care for its politics, as long as the innocent mages survive, I can live with my decision, but can you live with yours?" Mikoto threatens, a slight hint of insanity seeping into her voice.
"Your bluffing!" Lahar challenges.
"Am I?" Mikoto asks as she moves her blade, pressing it lightly against his chest and moving it around, cutting through his armor and clothes. If she were to press any harder she would begin to cut away at him, and just as she was about to do just that, Lahar gives in.
"Okay! I agree with your terms! Jellal is allowed to go free!" Lahar yells out so all of his troops could hear his order. Immediately Mikoto gets off of him, sheaths her blade and helps Lahar back to his feet.
"I am truly sorry it had to come to that. My threat still stands if you ever go against your word, but I dont believe you will. I will let you take Hoteye, but I suggest you leave now." Mikoto says. Lahar only gives her a look of anger and calls his troops to leave. They take their wounded and leave the area.
"You didnt have to go that far for me Mikoto," Jellal says, pain in his voice.
"I did have to do that, but not necessarily for your sake. Touma and I came to this world to change its future, and Today is the day I am starting. Now lets forget about this and go to Cait shelter and see how they are doing." Mikoto says. While at Cait shelter alot of things happened. First of all it was revealed that Cait shelters master was the last living member of the group that created nirvana, and that Wendys guild mates were all allusions to keep Wendy from getting lonely. Then He disappeared as well allowing Wendy to join a new guild. After she was done crying, Mikoto and Erza manages to convince her to Join Fairy Tail. Also after that each guild went their separate ways, with Jellal also going his separate way to try and retrieve his memories, though with a promise made to mikoto to stay away from a person Mikoto called Ultear. Finally after a 3 day trip, they make it back to Magnolia and to Fairy tail. Mikotos internal wounds had still not healed, probably because of her constantly not letting them rest long enough. She probably still has a broken rib or two despite Wendys healing magic having healed the other wounds.
"Well Mikoto, Touma. You are probably going to get punished the moment I explain everything to Master, so be ready for it, though I do think that Wendy joining the guild might hold it back a little." Erza states.
"Im fine with a punishment as im happy that I saved lives during all of this." Mikoto states, causing Erza to nod her head in understanding. Then they all enter the guild hall.
Ooh oh oh oh, ooh oh oh oh
Be careful making wishes in the dark
Can't be sure when they've hit their mark
And besides in the meantime I'm just dreaming of tearing you apart
I'm in the details with the devil
So now the world can never get me on my level
I just got to get you out of the cage
I'm a young lovers rage
Gonna need a spark to ignite
My songs know what you did in the dark
So light em up up up, light em up up up,
light em up up up, I'm on fire
So light em up up up, light em up up up,
light em up up up, I'm on fire
Ooh oh oh oh (In the dark, in the dark)
Ooh oh oh oh (In the dark, in the dark)
All the writers keep writing what they write
Somewhere another pretty vein just dies
I've got the scars from tomorrow and I wish you could see
That you're the antidote to everything except for me
A constellation of tears on your lashes
Burn everything you love
Then burn the ashes
In the end everything collides
My childhood spat back the monster that you see
My songs know what you did in the dark
So light em up up up, light em up up up,
light em up up up, I'm on fire
So light em up up up, light em up up up,
light em up up up, I'm on fire
Ooh oh oh oh (In the dark, in the dark)
Ooh oh oh oh (In the dark, in the dark)
My songs know what you did in the dark
My songs know what you did in the dark
So light em up up up, light em up up up,
light em up up up, I'm on fire
So light em up up up, light em up up up,
light em up up up, I'm on fire
Ooh oh oh oh (In the dark, in the dark)
Ooh oh oh oh (In the dark, in the dark)
Ooh oh oh