To say Natsu felt hurt and confused was an understatement. Lucy sat a few feet away from him, a constant stream of tears rolling down her pale cheeks. She was hugging her knees to herself, her long hair surrounding her like a golden curtain. Or was it black and white? Or white and pink? Natsu wasn't sure. Her hair seemed to change color constantly, to the point that he couldn't tell what the previous color was. Looking into her eyes he realized it was the same thing. Red. Brown. Gold. Black. Natsu shook his head. The rapid changing was making him dizzy.

Hesitantly, Natsu took a few steps towards the woman in front of him, taking notice of her fearful expression. "Lucy?" He asked. She jumped when she heard his voice, a small whimper making itself known. "W-who are you? Why are you here?" She cried. Natsu frowned. "I came here for you, don't you know who I am?" He asked quietly. Lucy looked up at him, but then he realized that she wasn't actually looking at him. Her eyes weren't focused on anything, and once he got past the constant color-change, he noticed that they seemed glazed over. "Lucy, it's Natsu." When he got no response from her, he closed the distance between them, and snapped his fingers by her ear. 'She's deaf too?' he thought to himself as he sighed and hugged her. He felt her chin rest on his shoulder, and her nose twitch by his ear. 'So she must have felt my movements...'

"N-Natsu?" Lucy asked hesitantly. When he slowly nodded, she wrapped her arms around him with a joyful cry. And just like that, much to his surprise, Lucy's hair turned blonde and stayed that way. It was in that moment that Natsu realized that the endless black that surrounded them was in fact a single room. A room that terrified him. All around them were their friends, being brutally murdered by what he could only assume was the kishin. The humanoid figure looked like a mummy, wrapped in bandages with three eyes on it's head. He almost thought it was real, until he saw himself laying on the ground alongside his comrades.

His left arm had been torn off at the shoulder, resting motionlessly a few feet away from him. The rest of his body was cut in several places, leaving Natsu to assume that he had bled out. What made the image truly horrific was the fact that he had died holding Happy in his arm, slouched against the wall with Asuka curled into a ball next to him. She appeared to be asleep, but Natsu could tell she wasn't. Kid's body lay not far from his, the giant hole in his chest made it obvious that he was as dead as the rest.

Natsu turned away from the scene, instead choosing to nuzzle his nose in Lucy's hair to block out the smell. In a way he felt it kept him grounded to reality, reminding him that this was a dream inside Lucy's mind. Natsu remembered her telling him about the madness having effects like this on a weak minded person. And since he came here to get Lucy's bravery back, he had to assume that Lucy's mind was unprotected from the Kishin's madness.

Natsu snapped out of his thoughts when Lucy's anguished cries reached his ears again. Turning to look where she was looking he saw Wendy's body go flying into the wall, holding Carla in her arms. There was an audible crunching sound, and her body slid to the ground in a similar way that Natsu's had. Her head rolled to the side, resting on her shoulder in an unnatural way. Carla looked up and screamed, just before an arrow came out of nowhere and went directly through her chest, killing her instantly. Lucy's cries became louder the more she watched their friends die.

Natsu pulled back from the hug, holding her shoulders firmly and looking her in the eye. "Lucy, look at me. This isn't real, they're not dead. I'm not dead, I'm right in front of you!" Lucy shook her head in denial. "Lucy, don't let the Kishin get to you, this isn't real!" Natsu said, doing the first thing that came to mind...

Cana's POV
Demon Lucy walked by the doors, her hand brushing over the handles. "Now then, every game has rules, so what should we do...Oh! I know! First one to die loses!" She exclaimed in dark joy, launching at me. 'Which door did she-?!' I received the answer as she hit me with a spiral of water. "Water dragon's roar!" The force of my body hitting a door forced it open, and a cold feeling washed over me. I grinned.

"Ice make, hammer!" Copying the familiar stance I'd seen more than a hundred times before, a giant ice hammer landed on demon Lucy. She looked surprised for a moment, before grinning and running at me again. "Water Lock!" She shouted, a bubble of water surrounding me. It froze over soon after, shattering and releasing me. We continued to exchange blows, when suddenly she evaporated. In a flash she punched me in the stomach, the force pushing me through another door.

When nothing seemed to change I looked down, noticing the black tattoo on my arm. I smirked as I ran at her again. "Ice demon's demolition fist!" Demon Lucy went crashing through a door, emerging with lightning surrounding her body. "Lightning dragon's roar!" She shouted. I barely managed to dodge the attack when she was behind me, kicking me in the back. I felt the ice magic leaving my body as she closed the doors, and before long she was back to kicking me around. "I don't understand what the guild sees in you, you're so weak! Daddy dearest must feel soooo disappointed, having such a pathetic daughter!" She laughed darkly as she continued to kick around. I let out an angered shout as she laughed some more, and finally kicked me one last time to send me flying. Another door was forced open by the impact, and I almost cried when I realized what it was.

"Crushing evil, spreading the truth: Absolute Heaven!" The crash magic exploded around demon Lucy, sending her flying down the hallway before crashing into the wall between doors. The force of the spell made my arm fall limp at my side, thankfully feeling numb rather than painful. Demon Lucy laughed weakly as her body faded. "Looks like you win..." Her body disappeared, leaving me relieved and slightly confused. With a sigh I limped over to the door containing Dad's magic, wondering when Lucy had learned to use it. I leaned against the closed door and groaned at the pain rushing through my back. "I really hope Lucy doesn't use that one anytime soon..." I laughed to myself. Suddenly the hallway started shaking, shattering like glass as my vision went black.


First off, to those of you who have read the last few chapters of Fairy Tail...*Takes a deep breath* I CALLED IT! As it turns out, Lucy really can use Fairy Sphere, although she did have to read the book first, and the entire continent had to help, but I rest my case. (Besides, I bet if anyone else tried trapping Acnologia they'd need a little help too) Also, anyone else feel like crying? I can't believe after 11 years, Mashima-sensei is finally going to E.N.D. (pun intended) Fairy Tail! Can't wait for next week's chapter!

I owe you guys an apology though, I can't believe it took me so long to post again! Hopefully you all aren't too mad at me... Anyways, thanks for +15,000 views, and I hope you'll check out my new story, Goodbye Fairy, Hello Spriggan! Until next time,

~Dragon-sensei

P.S. Round of applause to the King and Princess Hisui for helping save the world!