A/N- Sorry this took so long again. I just started a new job and I've been working a lot, because of training. If anyone is wondering, I work at a wildlife rehabilitation and education center. I love all my readers, and I'm so happy that you all are enjoying the story. I have so much in store for the story in the future.

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Sugarlilidxb: Those have to be cute pictures. I would love to draw any scene between Katawna and Laxus. Also, I would love to draw the scene of Tawna and Natsu talking by their home.

TheHolyBlade: Tawna's romance depends on if she is gonna be on Tenrou or not. I know if she's gonna be on it or not, and a few readers have guessed correctly if she is gonna be there or not. But if she goes, there will be pretty much no romance really for her, because what 12/13 year old is thinking of finding love. If Tawna doesn't go to Tenrou, then romance most likely would happen for her. But for her and Wendy, I just see them as best friends.

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READER QUESTION

I'm still on the fence about Edolas arc. I know it's not the most interesting arc in the world, beside Lisanna coming back. SO I ASK ALL YOU READERS, IF YOU WANT ME TO DO IT, OR JUST SKIP IT AND REFER BACK TO SOMETHINGS, LIKE I HAVE FOR CERTAIN THINGS? For the arc it's one of those things I know a few scenes with Tawna for Edolas. Like her meeting Edolas Natsu and Katawna and ending fighting scenes. But Edolas is the arc, I just one don't like very much, and I don't think I would be very productive in writing it. I have a feeling I would try to rush it and not turn out well.

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Chapter 22

"That's Nirvana?" Tawna asks shocked looking to the bright light coming from within the forest.

"What are we going to do now?" Lucy asks, "Did they get it?"

"That pillar of light," Natsu states, "I know Jellal is there." He growls

"Jellal is there?" Lucy asks weary. Natsu huffs and sprints off into the forest.

"Natsu!" Tawna shouts as he disappears from their sight.

"Don't just run off without us!" Lucy shouts," You didn't tell us what is happening." Lucy stops when she hears sniffing behind her. Turning she see tears running down Wendy's cheeks.

"No," Wendy cries, "What have I done? This is all because of me."

"What?" Lucy asks the blue haired girl.

"Wendy, calm down," Tawna says.

"Come on," Hibiki states, "We need to follow Natsu!"

"What's going on?" Lucy asks confused.

"I can explain later," Happy states, "But we need to find him."

"Oh no!" Tawna gasps, "Erza is gone!" The spot where Erza was laying is now empty, with no sign of the scarlet mage anywhere.

"Where could she have gone?" Carla gasps, "Where is her manners? She didn't even thank Wendy for helping her."

"Carla that is not the issue right now." Tawna rolls her eyes

"Do you think she heard us mention Jellal's name?" Happy asks hopping onto Tawna's shoulder.

"That's got to be the only reason she would run off," Lucy ponders.

"How can I be so stupid," Wendy shakes, "This is all my fault." Hibiki glances back to the freaked out Dragon Slayer, "It's my fault Nirvana was found, Erza went missing, and Natsu ran off."

"Wendy calm down," Lucy tries to soother the girl. Hibiki outstretches his hand and archive appears in front of Wendy. The archive sends a blast to the girl, knocking Wendy to the ground.

"Wendy!" Lucy shouts as the girl hits the ground, passed out.

"What do you think your doing?" Carla demands looking to the copper haired wizard.

"What the hell, Hibiki?" Tawna yells looking back to the Archive mage. Hibiki hurries and pulls Wendy on to his back, and looks to the other wizards.

"I'll explain" Hibiki states, "But we need to get going, if we are going to catch Natsu." He begins to run in the same direction as Natsu and the others follow.

"Okay, what is going on?" Lucy asks as the run through the forest.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you," Hibiki says, "She will be fine, I only knocked her out."

"And is there a reason you knocked her out?" Tawna asks following close to Lucy, "And what's the large hurry to catch Erza and my brother?"

"Just keep running until we reach the light." Hibiki says glancing back to the pink haired girl.

"Why should we listen to you?" Carla snaps, "I understand Wendy can be a bit of a whiner, but that's no reason to strike her."

"Yeah," Happy agrees, "Not cool dude."

"I did it, because I had too," Hibiki says coming to a stop.

"You had too?" Tawna asks furrowing her brow.

"I haven't been completely honest," Hibiki says looking down, "I know more about Nirvana, than I first let on."

"What?" Lucy asks.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Happy asks.

"I couldn't, because of the nature of the magic." Hibiki sighs, "Even mentioning it now could put us in danger. That's why Guild Master Bob only told me about it.

"So, what did he tell you?" Lucy asks.

"Nirvana is terrifying magic, it has the ability to turn light into darkness." Hibiki states.

"Light into darkness?" Tawna asks, "It can switch them?"

"yes, but that's it's final stage." Hibiki nods.

"What happens before its final stage?" Lucy asks.

"When Nirvana is opened, it goes and search for those who are weak. It will switch anyone who is wavering between light and dark, to the opposite alignment." He says looking to the two Fairy Tail wizards in front of him.

"It can change good to bad, and bad to good?" Tawna asks, receiving a nod from Hibiki.

"In other words," He says as they begin running once again, "A good guy who is feeling down, will likely fall to the dark side."

"So that's why you knock Wendy unconscious." Carla states, now understanding, "You did it to protect her."

"She was at high risk of becoming a target, because of her guilt," Hibiki nods.

"If you didn't knock her out when you did, she could have switched over." Tawna states thinking, "Wait, is anger a negative emotion?" She asks worried about her brother, who ran off angry.

"Yeah, what about Natsu, could he be in danger?" Lucy asks concerned.

"That's a tough call," Hibiki states, "But since his anger is for someone else's sake, I don't know if it would be classified as negative."

"I feel like a dummy," Happy shakes his head, "I don't understand anything your saying."

"That's because you are a dummy," Carla rolls her eyes.

"Carla," Tawna reprimands, "Be nice." She scowls to the rude flying cat. "Happy, Nirvana can turn those with good hearts evil and those with evil hearts good." She says nicely to her and Natsu's cat.

"I kept quiet about all of this at first, because I was afraid it could put you all at risk," Hibiki adds, "Thinking about good and evil can bring negative thoughts and feelings to the surface. Before you know it, they could take hold of you. Pessimistic thoughts attract Nirvana, and it could take control."

"So, when Nirvana is fully activated, everyone in the entire alliance could turn evil?" Lucy asks.

"Wouldn't that mean the dark guild guys will turn good?" Happy asks glancing to Tawna who shrugs and looks to Hibiki for an answer.

"It's possible, but there is no way for us to know for sure," Hibiki answers, "The reason Nirvana is terrifying, is because it can be controlled by its caster to do anything."

"What do you mean by anything?" Tawna asks weary.

"For example, if someone uses Nirvana against a guild, it could control its members so they would kill each other." Hibiki states, "They would barely need to lift a finger." Tawna's running comes to a slow stop and she looks down.

"Tawna, what are you doing," Happy asks concerned, flying back to where she stopped.

"Nirvana is the same concept of Blood Grip." Tawna says looking down, "It can take control of others, like I can." She struggles to keep these negative thoughts from her head.

"Tawna, don't think like that," Lucy says worried.

"Please Katawna," Hibiki begs, "You need to think positive. We cannot risk Nirvana getting a hold of you."

"Tawna, you being able to use Blood Grip doesn't make you bad," Happy says, "Think of something positive, like me as a kitten. I was cute wasn't I?" Happy says setting on her head, and getting a smile from the pre-teen.

"Yes," Tawna giggles, "You were cute, but I was cuter when I was little." She says taking a few calming breaths then looking back to Hibiki, "Don't worry, I'm not gonna let Nirvana take control of me."

"Good," He nods, "Now, we need to find a way to stop Nirvana and fast." He says as they begin running once more, "If we don't stop it, the light guilds will be wiped out."

"That's not good," Lucy states.

"Yeah, just picture an evil Natsu," Happy says. Tawna, Lucy and him all sigh with the picture of evil Natsu rampaging through the town. "I guess evil Natsu wouldn't be much different."

"Yeah, but we still need to stop that thing." Tawna sighs shaking her head.

"Come on, we need to hurry." Hibiki says, "We need to catch up to him. We will need both him and Erza if we are gonna stop Nirvana."

"I'll sniff him out," Tawna says running to the front, "He shouldn't be too far ahead of us."

"Her sense of smell is that strong?" Carla asks.

"Yeah, her and Natsu's sense of smell is rather dragon like," Happy laughs as they follow Tawna through the woods, "Doesn't Wendy have a stronger sense of smell?"

"Yes, but I don't think it's as advance as those two." Carla answers.

"I found him!" Tawna shouts, "I think there is a river up ahead too." She says then scowls.

"What's the matter?" Lucy asks.

"I think I smell Gray, but something is slightly off about it." She thinks.

"What's different?" Lucy asks.

"I'm not sure," Tawna says, "I can't quite put my figure on it." She says as they approach a river. Stopping behind a cluster of brushes, they see Natsu on a raft with Gray.

"What's happening?" Lucy asks concerned as Gray makes a ice spear and points it at a motion sickness stricken Natsu.

"We need to stop him!" Tawna whispers.

"Open gate of the horse, Sagittarius." Lucy whispers. The horse spirit with a bow pops up next to the group of wizards.

"How may I be of service, Miss Lucy." Sagittarius salutes.

"Stop that spear." Lucy demands pointing to Gray.

"As you wish," The horseman says as he loads his bow. Shooting his arrows, they spread out and destroy the ice spear. Gray growls and looks to where the arrows came from.

"What are you doing?" Lucy shouts to the raft in the middle of the river.

"Looks obvious to me," Happy shouts.

"It would appear we foiled his foal-play" Sagittarius puns, making Tawna sigh and shake her head.

"Nice… shot…. Lucy," Natsu struggles then nearly vomits.

"I know you're sick, but watching to almost hurl after saying my name is killing my self-esteem," Lucy complains, making Tawna laugh.

"Shall I shoot him," the horse asks.

"No," Tawna sighs to Sagittarius.

"What do you think you're doing Gray?" Happy shouts, "You're taking this too far. Unless, he took your fish then this is justified."

"Don't give him an out stupid cat!" Lucy snaps.

"Can you guys be even more annoying?" Gray sneers, "Once I'm done with him, I'll take care of you. So, just keep your mouths shut."

"What?" Happy gasps.

"Is this Nirvana, has it already affected Gray?" Lucy asks.

"Something is off," Tawna scowls, "It smells like Gray, but his magic energy is off." She thinks.

"Why won't it stop," Natsu gurgles on the raft, "It's wobbling and swaying."

"It's not moving Natsu," Lucy rolls her eyes.

"Try telling that to a Dragneel's stomach." Tawna sighs.

"Don't worry Buddy!" Happy jumps into the air, "I'll help you… uggg!" Gray freezes Happy in mid-air and he drops to the ground with a thud.

"Happy!" Tawna shouts.

"how could you!" Carla asks shocked.

"That's not how you treat one of your friends." Lucy shouts.

"Happy may be able to fly, but he can only carry one person, or two when its Katawna and Natsu. But he has no combat skills. That's all the info Gray has on the cat." Gray states.

"You're not making any sense," Lucy says.

"My guess, his is the first victim of Nirvana." Hibiki says as he set Wendy against a tree root.

"I don't know," Tawna says, "Something is off about him, I can't sense much, is any water in his body. I don't think it's him"

"Gray has plenty of info on Katawna and Lucy," Gray sneers, "Katawna, Dragon Slayer, very smart, powerful for her age and size, has a rather big attitude, and can beat an opponent twice her size with ease," He says looking to the small girl, then to the blonde next to her. "Lucy, a new comer to Fairy Tail, easy on the eyes. Yep, he like the whole package."

"Should I be hearing this?" Lucy blushes.

"That's a bit more information than we needed to know." Tawna sighs.

"and… oh, she's a Celestial Wizard?" Gray sneers, "is that so?" He attacks with large amount of ice coming straight for the blonde, but is blocked by Hibiki's Archive magic.

"Tawna's right," Hibiki says standing in front of the two girls, "That's not Gray. We know you're an imposter." He says facing the Gray look-alike.

"Drop the act," Tawna shouts, "Who are you really?"

"There's not much information on Hibiki," The imposter states, "collects information, member of Blue Pegasus Guild, ladies' man, and there is not further info."

"We are wasting our time," Carla states, "We need to get to Nirvana."

"That's it," Lucy says getting an idea for hearing Nirvana, "Only those who emotions waver between good and bad can be affect by Nirvana. That can't be Gray, because he's as cool as they come." Lucy states, "Who the heck are you."

The Gray imposter looks down, hiding his face with his hair, then glances back up. Instead of Gray's eyes looking back at them, it two beady black eyes.

"What?" Tawna asks stepping back.

"Pridi, Pridi" two voices echoe and burst in smoke. As the smoke clears, Gray is now replaced with Lucy.

"M-me?" Lucy says shocked.

"You have got to be kidding me," Hibiki sighs.

"You can't fool us you know," Tawna crosses her arms, "We know you aren't the real Lucy."

"Why don't you just show us your true form," Hibiki shouts.

"Oh, their real," Lucy look-alike smirks, "They are every bit as real as that bimbos." It says and lifts her shirt.

"NOOO!" Lucy shouts covering her own chest, and Hibiki and Sagittarius can't help but stutter.

"Seriously," Tawna sighs turning her head.

"What kind of example are you setting for Wendy and Katawna," Carla huffs, glancing to the passed-out girl.

"It's not me. Why does things like this always happen to me," Lucy whines.

"Oh yeah, they're real alright," Hibiki and Sagittarius grin as the look-alike lowers her shirt.

"I hate you both!" Lucy shouts kicking them away.

"Okay," Tawna scowls, "We need to take care of this imposter before anything gets any worse."

"Oh, it's about to get worse," The imposter grins, "because I know which celestial keys she has. Sagittarius, take them out."

"Get down!" Tawna shouts tackling Lucy to the ground as arrows rain down around them. Hibiki falls to the ground taking the brunt of the attack.

"Are you crazy?" Lucy shouts to her spirit.

"I thought you only took orders from Lucy?" Carla shouts.

"I'm so sorry My Lady," The horse man struggles, "Tis not I, but my body is out of control."

"You're gonna be all right, Hibiki," Tawna says kneeling next to the archive mage.

"How are you controlling Sagittarius?" Lucy demands.

"I'm an exact copy of you, so your spirits have to follow my every command." The look-alike smirks.

"Forgive me, Lady Lucy," Sagittarius says struggling to hold back from letting more arrows fly, "I cannot hold back much longer." Reluctantly he releases more arrows toward Hibiki, Tawna, and Lucy.

"Water Dragon Daggers!" Tawna shouts, shattering a few arrows, and Hibiki blocks the rest with archive.

"Carla, take Tawna and Wendy and get out of here!" Lucy shouts over the sound of arrows colliding with Hibiki's barrier.

"No!" Tawna shout, "I'm not leaving you guys."

"Tawna please, if something happens you can protect Wendy." Lucy begs.

"But Luce," Tawna argues,

"Tawna, please," Lucy begs once more, "Go, we'll be fine."

"Fine," Tawna says reluctantly. She runs over and grabs Wendy under her arms, "but, you guys better kick her butt." Lucy nods in agreement.

"Let's go!" Carla shouts as she grabs on to Tawna, and flies the two girls away from the fight. As they fly higher and faster, Tawna begins to shake.

"Goodness Katawna," Carla sighs, "You're shaking like a leaf."

"S-s-sorry," Tawna stutters, tightening her grip on Wendy, the last thing they need is for her to drop her, "I'm o-o-okay," Tawna says trying not to hyperventilate.

"Uh-hh," Wendy groans.

"S-she's waking up," Tawna breathes.

"I see a place we can land," Carla say coming up to ledge on the side of a nearby hill. Setting the two girls down, Carla breathes in relief, that both girls are safe and far away from Nirvana for the time being. Looking to the girls, Tawna has pressed herself against the rocks behind them, with her knees pulled to her chest. Wendy begins to wake up, pushing herself off the ground.

"C-carla?" Wendy asks sitting up rubbing her eyes.

"Thank goodness you are awake Child," Carla sighs.

"Where am I, what happened?" She asks looking around.

"Hibiki knocked you out," Tawna states.

"Katawna?" Wendy says shocked to see the other Dragon slayer with them, "Why did he do that?"

"He didn't want Nirvana to affect you, Child." Carla explains.

"What, I don't understand," Wendy says scooting back next to Tawna holding her head.

"I'll explain," Tawna says still trying to catch her breath from flying and trying to ignore how close they are to the side of the cliff. Tawna explains to Wendy about the powers of Nirvana how dangerous it can become.

"It can turn good to bad?" Wendy asks in unbelief.

"Yeah, because of your guilt, he was afraid Nirvana would target you." Tawna states.

"For a moment, I thought we were gonna have to knock you out as well, Katawna." Carla says glancing to the pink haired girl. Tawna pulls her knees closer to her chest and sighs.

"Yeah, sorry about that," She sighs, "Nirvana sounds similar to Blood Grip."

"What is Blood Grip, anyways?" Carla asks.

"It's the spell I used on Lyon earlier," Tawna says quietly looking up to Wendy and her cat, "I heard you ask Natsu about it earlier."

"What is it?" Wendy asks.

"It's ancient and rare magic, like your healing magic." Tawna says looking to Wendy, "It gives me the ability to take control of the water within someone's body."

"You can control someone?" Wendy asks shocked.

"I have only used the spell three times," Tawna sighs, "I've used it on Lyon, Natsu, and someone else who was close to me. I hate using it, it makes me feel like a monster." Tawna looks down, "Hearing Nirvana is similar, just made me think that Blood Grip is evil. I just don't want to use it, unless I absolutely have to."

"I'm sure no one will think of you as evil for using Blood Grip," Wendy smiles, "But for me, I'm sure they are mad at me for helping Jellal."

"No one is mad at you, Child," Carla says looking up to the girl.

"Why did you help him?" Tawna asks curious.

"I owed him," Wendy says looking down, "He helped me after Grandine disappeared, he took care of me. I traveled with him for a while, until he dropped me off at Cait Shelter." Wendy says looking back up, "I guess you can say I looked up to him, even though he has done some bad stuff."

"I can understand that," Tawna sighs, "I had someone I looked up to, but he made some stupid decisions. He's not bad, he just made some mistakes." Tawna says thinking about Laxus.

"That's how I feel about Jellal, I don't think he's all evil, but that he just made some mistakes." Wendy smiles.

"I guess that's one thing we have in common," Tawna laughs, "We both chose some role models who, may be not the best at times." She smiles making Wendy laugh as well.

"Quick," Carla says looking back to the pillar of light, "The black has vanished from the Nirvana,"

"I wonder if that's good or bad?" Wendy questions standing with Tawna. Suddenly the ground begins shaking and an explosion erupts from the pillar of light sending rock flying into the air.

"What's going on?" Tawna shouts as the sky turns red.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling that it isn't good." Carla states. The ground begins to rumble more, and the ledge they were perched on shatters throwing the two young Dragon Slayers into the air.

"AHHHH!" Both Tawna and Wendy scream. Carla swoops in and catches Wendy, and Wendy grabs Tawna's arm before she falls to the ground.

"W-what happened?" Tawna stutters.

"I think something happened with Nirvana," Carla shout of the commotion around them.

"Look!" Wendy points ahead as the dust settles. A large broken down city lays a head on legs.

"Is that Nirvana?" Carla shouts.

"It h-has to b-be," Tawna breathes.

"We need to help!" Wendy shouts, readjusting her grip on Katawna so she is holding her with two hands.

"Are you crazy, Child!" Carla shouts, "We should be flying away from Nirvana, not towards it."

"M-my b-brother and f-friends are there," Tawna tries to calm her breathing, "We c-can't leave them."

"They are our allies," Wendy states, "We need to help."

"Fine," Carla sighs reluctantly as she flies the two girls to the large moving city before them.

A/N- I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review and follow. Please answer my question about Edolas, I would love to hear your input. I love you all and hope to post a new chapter soon.