SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 37 out, this is Chapter 38 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 38: Edolas

"Edolas?" Natsu echoed.

"Yes, Edolas." Carla noted. "A different world than this one. Over there, the world has begun losing its magic. Unlike this world, in Edolas, magic is limited. If people use too much of it, it'll eventually vanish from the world. When resources began to dry up, Edolas' king made a decision to save their magic. He invented a magic spell that would absorb magic from another world, namely this one. It's the Hyperspace Magic, Anima. It's what that hole in the sky was. The plan started 6 years ago, and Anima was opened at various places around this world, but it did not produce the results they expected. Someone was going around and closing the Anima. But the Anima this time was simply too large for anyone to defend against it, and the Guild was absorbed."

"Why did they suck up Fairy Tail?" Natsu wondered.

"Didn't I tell you?" Carla retorted. "This is all for Edolas' magical power."

"There are a ton of powerful mages at Fairy Tail." Cosmic Mercury mused. "And that's why it was targeted."

"Man, how selfish can you get?" Natsu hissed. "Give everyone back, you jerk! Damn it…" he cursed.

"So… this is Carla's and my fault?" Happy wondered.

"Indirectly." Carla replied. "We were sent to this world from the Kingdom of Edolas with a separate mission."

"That can't be!" Wendy protested. "You were born from an egg in this world."

"True." Carla admitted. "Just so you know, I've never set foot on Edolas. Like Wendy said, I was born and raised in this world. But knowledge of Edolas and our mission was ingrained in us. We should have known it all from the moment we were born. And yet…" she glared at Happy. "Why don't you know anything? So that's that." She relented. "We're from Edolas, and what happened here is our fault."

"Right, we've got everything settled." Natsu grinned. "So, let's go. Off to this Edolas place."

"Everything is hardly settled." Carla retorted. "You don't' understand at all."

"Everyone's in Edolas, right?" Cosmic Mercury looked at the sky. "In that case, we got to go and save them."

"They might be there." Carla agreed. "But I don't know if we could save them. I don't even know if we could return to Edolas."

"Well, as long as my friends aren't here, I don't need to come back." Natsu remarked. "Everyone except for Igneel, anyway."

"I guess I'm basically a member of Fairy Tail too," Carla admitted. "And I do feel somewhat responsible about what my home Kingdom has done. I guess I might take you there. But you need to promise me a few things. Returning to Edolas is a violation of my orders. We can't be discovered by the people from the Kingdom. Everyone has to be in disguise. And secondly, I don't know anything other than basic info about Edolas. I can't guide you. Finally, if I or the he-cat do something to betray you, do not hesitate to kill us. Let's go." She revealed her wings. "He-cat, grab onto Natsu. "Our wings are for returning to Edolas."

"Happy, Carla, open up your full magical power." The now winged Cosmic Mercury ordered, charging straight into the atmosphere. "We can enter Edolas through the remaining traces of Anima. The two of you, cut through with Area. 3, 2, 1." She started the countdown. "Now!" she barked.

"So bright." Natsu winced, opening his eyes.

"This is… Edolas…" Carla was stunned.

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