Okay so here is chapter 13 finally. I have two things to apologize for. one is how long it took me to post this chapter. I kept having to rewrite it to find the version i liked best and eventually I choose this version. Secondly it is a short chapter. That is because I plan on alot being in the next chapter, so i had to cut this one short. So please keep that in mind while reading this chapter. Anyways please enjoy and leave a review on what you think.
Mikoto was still being chased through the halls of the castle, with more and more guards chasing her. She knew she was in a bad spot, and it was only a matter of time before the leaders of the army showed up to deal with her, which was something she did not want to happen. She turned a corner and only had a second to react to the guard that had tried to cut her off. She ducked under his strike, spun quickly and knocked him to the side and took off once again. She could turn and fight and would be able to easily win, but that was not her goal right now. She wanted to get away without a fight so that she could read the plans in peace. She was however willing to use her HF Blade, so she drew it from its sheath as she was running. She stabbed it into the floor as she ran, with it easily cutting through the floor. She made a couple of slices and jumped up into the air as the floor crumbled down around her. Her jump had taken her to a spot of the floor that had not been weakened by the HF Blade, but the royal guards that had been chasing her were not so lucky, as they all fell through the hole she created. Mikoto continued to run, but she was becoming more aware that the longer she stayed in this castle being chased, the more attention she attracted. She turned a corner and began to run along the upper balcony walkways. She could hear the footsteps of more soldiers chasing after her, but she focused to much on these sounds, and she did not hear the footsteps approaching from the corner ahead of her till it was too late. A figure leaped around the corner, and a spear came within inches of connecting with Mikoto. She ducked under the strike, finally noticing the threats ahead of her, and spins to block a strike from one of the guards that had caught up to her. Mikoto had sheathed her sword after she had made the hole, so not it was up to fist fighting to get out of this situation. She was finally able to recognize the mysterious figure as Erza Knightwalker. This was the Edolas version of Erza, and one of the only people from Edolas that Mikoto had actually looked into. More and More guards flowed onto the balcony, finally forcing Mikoto into a corner.
"Well I wont say you are the first to try and break into the royal castle and steal something, but you definitely got the farthest, but this is the end of the line for you," Knightwalker says as she holds her spear out at Mikoto.
"Oh I dont know about that, I seem to enjoy getting out of situations like this," Mikoto responds sarcastically.
"So who are and what were you doing stealing from the royal castle?" Knightwalker asks.
"The name is Mikoto, im only stealing from the castle to learn," Mikoto replies.
"To learn about what?" Knightwalker asks, somewhat mystified.
"Everything. By the way, do you want to learn something else about me?" Mikoto asks
"What are you playing at?" Knightwalker asks.
"I am never alone," Mikoto says as a strange roar is heard coming around the corner. The royal guards turn to see a pack of raptors charging them. Mikoto had used her magic to summon the creatures in the other rooms, in a way that made it so nobody saw her using her magic. At the same time as the raptors making their attack Mikoto drew her blade and cut down the guards closest to her before than engaging knightwalker. Now Mikoto was not trying to flat out win, instead she was trying to find a way out. She summoned some Pteranodons and then desummoned her Raptors. This finally drew Knightwalkers attention.
"Your an Earthland Wizard!" Knightwalker exclaims.
As mikoto jumped to the edge of the balcony she turned and answered, "Yes I am. Im here to save my friends and I will not fail. This is my only warning to you and your king. Release my friends are your world as you know it will be destroyed," Mikoto threatened.
"You dont scare me!" Knightwalker exclaimed. Her spear changed and shot a bolt of electricity at Mikoto. Mikoto just stood this and took the hit, not at all being affected by it. The look of shock on Knightwalkers face was all Mikoto needed. As static flowed around her she leaped off the balcony , landing on one of the pteranodons she had summoned in, which them flew her away to the top of a building. She sits down on the roof of the building and begins reading the plans she had stolen.
They plan to use the lacrima containing my guildmates and all of the exceeds to fuel their magic usage forever. They will take the dragon slayer magic out of two dragonslayers and use it to propel the giant lacrima into the exceeds home, causing all of it to be converted into pure magic energy. That means they have to capture Wendy and Natsu, since Gajeel is not going to be an easy fight at the moment. So thats where they are going to be holding them, im going to need to plan this out.
During the night Mikoto thought she heard the faint sounds of a battle, so she used her magic to summon in a tiny bird. It flew into the castle and found the prison. Inside of the prison she found Wendy and Natsu, but no sighting of Carla and Happy. The little bird continued looking and eventually found an unconscious Lucy. Mikoto had made the little bird have a visual feed to herself, so she could see all this from real time. She kept the bird there all night, then once the day came, she noticed a new group of soldiers come and Take Wendy and Natsu away, so finally Mikoto went into action. She summoned in a long robe and hood to help hide herself in a crowd. She reached the side of the castle and used her Hf Blade to cut her way in. Then she sneaked her way through the castle, slowly getting to where Wendy and Natsu were going to have their magic drained from them. She was using Raidens stealth training to full effectiveness, taking out the guards she had to take out, while slipping past the others. But then she hears something that completely throws off her plan. She heard Wendy screaming, then the sound of Natsu screaming after it. Hearing this sent her blood into a boil, and she forgot all about her need to be stealthy. She took off running towards the sounds, causing every guard in her path to try to stop her, which she used her powers to massively shock the whole area. She got to the door and the sounds of the screams were even louder here. Mikoto drew her Hf Blade and cut her way through the door, barging into the room. The first things she noticed was Natsu and Wendy tied up to a slab of a weird material. She noticed the old man named Byro and his machine, about to drain even more magic.\
"What do you think your doing?" Mikoto yells out in anger.
Byro turns to see her, surprise filling his eyes, but he motions the guards to surround Mikoto. Then he replies, "Draining their Magic energy of course!"
"You already have more than enough to complete your plans. I know because I looked at the plans! They are already more than half drained, you don't need to take more!" Mikoto argues.
Byro again motions to the guards, this time they shoot a weird substance at Mikoto, which she could feel was preventing her from using her magic, but not her ability.
"Well we might as well take as much as we can get while we have the chance!" Byro exclaims, about to take more magic. But what he didnt realize was that he had pushed Mikoto to her breaking point, until she responded with, "Then it will be your funeral!" Mikoto powered up, her electricity burning off the anti magic material. The guards rushed her, but each one was dealt with quickly with a blast of electricity. With each second Mikotos rage grew even stronger. But because of her rage, she didnt focus on Byro, and he was able to escape with the magic he had already taken. Only after Mikoto had defeated every guard did her rage finally subsided, and she sets Wendy and Natsu free. Lucy, Happy, Carla, and Gray show up, giving the two dragonslayers one of the magic pills that restores all of their magic as well as giving them the ability to use it once again. Once they talked with their exceeds and forgiving them for almost being the cause of their capture, they all turned to Mikoto.
"So it seems like you at least know a little bit of whats going on." Gray says.
"No more than you do Gray. I suggest you all try to get out of here together and stop the dragon chain cannon. I will attack the town to draw as many soldiers there as possible. Erza will probably deal with Knightwalker," Mikoto states.
"Which way do we go though?" Wendy asks.
"Not that way," Mikoto replies pointing down one of the hallways and continues, "Unless you want to fight two pissed off warriors. I will go the route on my left, you all go to my right." The group splits off, and it wasn't long till Mikoto arrived in the center of the town. Once there she picked a fight with every single guard, eventually drawing a lot of them to her.
I hope natsu and the others succeed at taking out that cannon, its the only way we can save our guild mates!
Restart electroheart
Déjà-vu I fall apart
Five minutes falling back
With my electroheart
I feel divine
It's like I travel faster
As I reboot
The darkness has no empathy
It's hard to see
I feel the world is shattered
In tears they cry
Am I about to be erased?
About to be erased
Soulless torn apart
Born to die right from the start
Cyanide runs in my electroheart
Restart Electroheart
Déjà-vu I fall apart
Five minutes falling back renewed
Recharge electroheart
Never left it from the start
Timer set I left the past for you
And as silence surrounds me
With echoes of cries
From my imminent life
With my electroheart
I plant the seed
To make them struggle hard
I reap their tears
Bring harvest from their misery
Repent, repeat
The force of life is scattered
Indeed I try to cleanse it
To infinity
About to be erased
Feel your soul depart
Now your flesh is my own art
Cyanide runs in my electroheart
Restart electroheart
Déjà-vu I fall apart
Five minutes falling back renewed
Recharge electroheart
Never left it from the start
Timer set I left the past for you
And as silence surrounds me
With echoes of cries
From my imminent life
With my electroheart
Witchcraft
It's out of context
I better come back
With my my complexity
Fractals
What I can't bring back
I came in contact
With my depravity
Restart electroheart
Déjà-vu I fall apart
Five minutes falling back renewed
Recharge electroheart
Never left it from the start
Timer set I left the past for you
And as silence surrounds me
With echoes of cries
From my imminent life
With my electroheart
Restart electroheart
Déjà-vu I fall apart
Five minutes falling back renewed
Recharge electroheart
Never left it from the start
Timer set I left the past for you
And as silence surrounds me
With echoes of cries
From my imminent life
With my electroheart
Electroheart by Amaranthe