SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 39 out, this is Chapter 40 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 40: Erza vs. Erza

"Where are our friends?" Gray demanded. "Where are the others you turned into a lacrima, huh?" he snapped, slamming his 'Ice Make: Floor' at the soldiers.

Erza took the stage, blocking off Knightwalker's attack on the ice mage.

"You bastard!" Natsu yelled. "You aren't getting away with this!"

"That's Natsu's voice." Lucy gaped.

"He's near here?" Gray inquired.

"I bet he's up ahead." Happy added.

"Wendy and Ulyo should be with him." Carla supplied.

"Gray, go on ahead." Erza instructed.

"Can you stand, Lucy?" Gray asked.

"How did you get here?" Lucy wondered, Gray having frozen her bindings off.

"I'll fill you in later." Gray assured. "Let's go."

"The lacrima in an open square?" Lucy questioned, after Gray explained.

"Yeah, that's right." Gray affirmed. "Seem like that part was basically Erza and I."

"But how did you turn back to normal?" Happy wondered.

"Gajeel showed up." Gray replied.

"I see." Happy realized after Gray's explanation. "Gajeel is also a Dragon Slayer, so Anima doesn't work on him either, just like Natsu and Wendy."

"He wasn't sucked over here, but remained in Earthland?" Lucy blinked.

"Then, Mystogan sent Gajeel here." Gray concluded.

"Why won't he come here himself?" Lucy wondered.

"In this world, Dragon Slayer magic can be used for a bunch of things." Gray replied. "It can turn our friends turned into lacrima back to normal."

"We know where that lacrima is." Happy declared.

"Gajeel's running wild in the city right now, searching for that giant lacrima." Gray grinned. "Can you take Gajeel to where the lacrima is?"

"Gajeel should be able to return everyone back to normal, right?" Happy asked.

"To be precise, Natsu and Wendy should also be able to," Gray added. "But they don't know how."

"Got it." Happy spread his wings. "I'll take Gajeel there."

"We've got to find Ulyo and the others." Gray urged after Happy took off.

"There's a door." Lucy remarked, the trio spotting a closed door.

"The three of them are in there." Gray surmised and kicked the door open.

"Natsu!" Lucy gaped, spotting both Dragon Slayers on the ground, released from the slabs.

"Wendy!" Carla was immediately at Wendy's side.

"Come on, Ulyo." Gray muttered. "Don't you die on me now. Anyway, we'll get them to take exballs."

"Those are…" Lucy blinked spotting the vital of pills.

"We got them from Gajeel." Gray replied. "Didn't you get one from Mystogan?"

"Now that you mention it, maybe I do remember him making me…" Lucy recalled.

"It's a medicine that lets you use magic in this world." Gray explained, before having Ulyo swallow a pill.

"Natsu." Lucy blinked, Gray having dropped a second pill into Natsu's mouth.

"Gotta stop them, or…" Natsu muttered, slamming a flaming fist on the ground.

"Natsu!" Lucy called, the Fire Dragon Slayer dashing off.

"Carla…" Wendy peered open her eyes. "Everyone… we're in trouble… everyone in the Guild will be…"

"In order to destroy Extalia, the Royal Army intends to crush the giant lacrima into it." Ulyo supplied. "They're going to use everyone in Fairy Tail as a giant bomb. Back to 'Crystal' again, huh?" she looked at her devolved transformation talisman. "This is gonna suck."

"Someone's coming." Gray was alerted by footsteps. "Here they come! What's with you?" he exclaimed, the shocked Natsu running in.

"There were two Erzas!" Natsu panicked. "Oh, it's Gray." He spotted the ice mage.

"You won't shut up. You won't calm down." The ice mage deathpanned. "Man, you're annoying."

"This is the Gray we know, from Earthland." Lucy supplied.

"A lot of stuff happened and we're here now." Gray added. "So are Gajeel and Erza."

"Happy went to stop the lacrima." Lucy explained.

"You're right." Wendy blinked. "Gray is here."

"You just noticed now?" Ulyo muttered.

"Well, we're in a basement, so there's no sunlight on me, I suppose." Gray muttered. "I can barely see myself."

"Hit a sore spot…" Ulyo sighed.

"Wait, did you guys come here to save me?" Natsu wondered. "Not that I care, but put on some clothes, Gray."

"Since when have I…" Gray noticed his half-naked body.

"Since the beginning." Ulyo supplied.

"Kay, all set." Natsu declared, having loaned his friend/rival his jacket. "We'll find the king, and stop them from ramming the lacrima. Wait, there are two giant monsters out there." he stopped Lucy and Gray. "This way!"

"You sure it's okay to leave Erza on her own?" Lucy asked.

"This is Erza we're talking about." Gray reminded.

"But then again, so is her opponent." Lucy mused.

"Carla, we'll head to Extalia." Wendy stated, as the rest went off. "We have to tell them to take shelter because the kingdom is about to attack."

"Where is this king person?" Natsu whined as the group ran down the corridors.

"Well, he's the King, right?" Gray reminded. "I bet he's someplace real important."

"And where is a real important place?" Natsu glared.

"How should I know?" Gray snapped. "I just got into the castle, and so did you."

"Sheesh…" Ulyo sighed.

"The cell was in a high place, and the middle garden is really complex looking." Lucy mused. "It's like a concentric castle city, except something is a little different."

"Common knowledge of Earthland isn't going to help understand Edolas' castle construction, that's for sure." Ulyo nodded.

"What are you two talking about?" Natsu asked.

"So you're saying the place's architecture sucks." Gray summarized.

"Yeah." Lucy sighed. "I won't be surprised if there was like, an amusement park in the castle somewhere."

"Lucy, don't jinx us." Ulyo warned.

"There is!" both boys gasped in shock after skidding to a stop.

"What?" Lucy asked. "There really is an amusement park!" she exclaimed.

"You think the king here's right in the head?" Natsu wondered.

"Looking at your face, I think you'd get along just fine." Gray remarked.

"How fun…" Sugar Boy grinned, riding on the merry-go-round that had suddenly turned on. "It really is fun."

"Someone up there hates me." Ulyo muttered, when Hughes sent a Viking ship crashing on them.

"This, like, crazy fun magic power." Hughes grinned, the four mages dodging the attack. "It's gonna disappear from this world soon. Don't you people understand how we feel?"

"We are going to get an infinite supply of magic power." Sugar Boy added. "No matter what it takes to get it…"

"We're desperate here." Hughes defended. "We won't let anyone interfere."

"For such a petty reason…" Ulyo hissed. "You wilfully sacrifice numerous innocent lives. This is unforgivable!"

"And what are you going to do about it?" Hughes taunted. "Didn't Byro take most of your magic?"

"Mercury Crystal Power!" Ulyo transformed in a flash. "For the sake of obtaining endless magic, you have no qualms in sacrificing my Edolas self and her Senshi sisters. On the honor of the Edolas' Senshi, I'll punish you!"

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