It was July 12th X777 and right now, the Tower of Heaven is silent.
The Tower of Heaven, also known as the R-System, was a device designed for the purpose of resurrecting someone, but to pull this off, it requires a sacrifice.
This is an awful place, filled with nothing but hatred, sadness, misery, suffering and death.
The Zeref Cultists are full of misery and suffering, they actually enjoy the suffering of their slave forces, they thrive off the pain and misery of others, they are some of the worst individuals humanity has to offer.
They've attracted the attention of two Dragon Slayers.
In a section of the western wing, one would see nothing, but if one was a Dragon Slayer, one would hear a soft heartbeat coming from the corridor.
One of the doors at the end of the corridor opens up, but there is no one there.
The door then shut and soft footsteps are heard.
The footsteps continue to go down the corridor and then approach a barrier, a large metal wall created for the purpose of keeping prisoners from escaping.
The footsteps make their way up to the barrier, and then a soft noise is heard and then a semi-loud 'thump', signifying that the source of the footsteps jumped clear over the barriers with little difficulty.
The footsteps continue on past the barrier until they reach the end of the island, where we find a small, unassuming bush.
The footsteps then go up to the bush and then pushed past it and into a tunnel the bush is concealing.
After two minutes of walking down the tunnel, we find a 12 foot by twelve foot cave.
The footsteps stop and then a distortion appears in the air for a few seconds before it is dropped, revealing the source of the footsteps to be none other than our favorite Fire Dragon Slayer along with the Water Dragon Slayer.
Tyson sighed to himself, using Fire Invisibility takes a extreme amount of concentration and he was getting a headache.
Fire Invisibility is a subset of Fire Dragon Slayer magic. It uses the caster's internal fire source to create a cloak of invisibility and it doesn't require a lot of magic, but it does create major headaches if the caster uses it for too long.
Tyson had arrived at the Tower of Heaven on July 8th after being implanted with lacrima to learn additional Dragon Slayer magic, and since then he had taken enough supplies from the cultists to last him another day and he had used his invisibility to scope out the enemy numbers.
He had found out that there are a total of 100 guards outside the tower, while another 200 remained inside to guard the prisoners and they have 50 others in reserve, for a grand total of 350 guards to take care of to free the 500 slaves.
During his surveillance of the Tower, he not only found the source of the ominous sensation or the voice he had heard, but he now knew they were one in the same and they are here, they stand out in this sea of darkness as a source of light, there are a number of these light patches, signaling other good people, but the source of the voice was by far the brightest.
Tyson wanted to find the voice's owner, but was aware that doing so would tip off the guards, so he remained behind to continue scoping out the enemy.
Now that he knew how many there were, Tyson had come up with a plan to get rid of them.
He and Mizu found out that the Tower of Heaven has a number of magic cannons to attack incoming vessels, so he has planted a number of Crimson Fire Dragon Magma Core Implosion right around them.
Magma Core Implosion is a very versatile move, it can be used as a straight up attacking move, or you can stall the reaction that leads to the explosion for as long as you want, which is what Tyson had done. He has placed the Magma Core Implosion spheres underneath the cannons and when the time is right, he will transmit a mental signal to the cores to start the reaction, which will lead to a devastating explosion whenever he wants.
Tyson's plan is actually ingenious: there is a group of slaves near the cultist's armory, but they have a group of 75 guards around at all times for that fact.
He was going to create a diversion using his Magma Cores, giving Mizu a chance to wash the guards out of the tower and then they will free the slaves before leading them to the armory.
Once they were armed, they would form three different groups and head to different sections of the Tower. These sections had only one entrance and exit, making it a perfect kill zone.
The slaves are going to hide behind sporadically placed boxes and walls and fire on the cultists one at a time, when a slave becomes tired, another one will replace them.
Tyson used this time to create about two hundred palm sized Magma Core Implosions that when heaved at a target and hit them will explode with ferocious power.
He referred to these as Magma Grenades and these will increase the odds for the rebels.
After the three groups went their separate ways, Tyson and Mizu would head to the other holding cells and free them as well before arming them while taking down any guards along the way.
Once all the guards were incapacitated, the rebels would then be led to the courtyard, where the remaining cultists will most likely make their last stand.
Tyson expected this and created about a hundred Magma Core Implosions, burying them about five hundred yards away from the entrance to the courtyard.
He would proceed to detonate them all at once, in the hopes of obliterating the final obstacle to freedom and as soon as the last cultist is defeated, Tyson would use Fire Dragon Roar to blow apart the barrier, giving the rebels time to get to the boats. When the last rebel was in the clear, Tyson and Mizu would completely destroy the Tower of Heaven and prevent anyone from recreating it.
Tyson's strategy is pretty good, but it all depends on the rebels being willing to fight back, because if not, that makes his job of defeating the cultists more difficult.
He then yawned, it is getting late and tomorrow's the day they initiated the plan to free the slaves.
Tyson then laid down on the floor and began to fall asleep, but before that happened he whispered, "Tomorrow, tomorrow is the day you will be rescued. Wait a little bit longer."
Elsewhere...
Erza had just returned from a long day of work and is insanely tired and exhausted.
She falls to the floor and assumes a comfortable position when she heard a whisper in the wind saying, "Tomorrow, tomorrow is the day you will be rescued. Wait a little bit longer."
Erza feels blossom in her heart once again, for the past 5 days, during the evening she heard a boy's voice whisper encouragement and kind words to her and that was her pillar of strength, that is what has given her the hope that she shall be free soon.
She smiles as a few tears fell from her eyes and she whispered back, "I'll wait as long as you want me to. Just help free me and my friends."
Erza then falls asleep with a content smile on her face, she and her friends shall be free soon and that makes her impossibly happy.
Time skip...
Morning starts to seep over the horizon and right now, Tyson and Mizu are preparing to free the slaves.
They ate their breakfast and double checked the plan to make sure it was completely memorized.
Tyson then made the illusionary bush disappear and then he and Mizu crawl out of their hide out.
They then stood up and Tyson closed his eyes.
His skin starts to ripple like a lake and after a few seconds, Tyson was now invisible once again.
Mizu turned himself into a stream of water and passed through the barrier.
Tyson then ran up to the barrier and jumped over it without a issue.
He then headed towards his first objective: the slaves by the armory.
Tyson ran into the facility, using the shadows as cover, in the off chance someone could see through his invisibility. Mizu reformed himself and also hid in the shadows.
They came across the slave holding cells and saw they were all here, getting ready for the start of their work shift, meaning they were still fresh and so less likely to collapse from exhaustion right now.
Tyson then sent a mental signal to the Magma Core Implosions by the magic cannons and three seconds later, twenty massive explosions rocked the tower.
Dust and debris began to fall from the ceiling as the slaves cry out in fear and the guards in confusion.
"What in the name of Zeref is going on?" A small skinny guard asked.
"The hell if I know. Someone must be trying to free the slaves, we have to go outside and catch them." A larger, more muscular guard replied.
The guards then ran away, leaving only five to guard the slaves.
Tyson smirked, this would be way too easy.
He had grown to hate the Zeref cultists over the last five days, and is going to enjoy inflicting pain on them.
Tyson then dropped his invisibility cloak and shouted, "Fire Dragon Roar!"
"Water Dragon Roar!"
He and Mizu reared their heads back and then threw them forward, sending a 3 meter tunnel of fire and water at the guards.
They barely even had time to scream in pain as the flames and water hit them before the five were knocked out, each one falling to the floor.
Tyson smirked, it feels good causing these guys pain for all the horrible things they had done. But his attention quickly shifted, there was a revolution to ignite.
He walked up to the slave holding cells and then ignited his hands.
The slaves all gasped, true they witnessed him breathe fire, but ignite his hands and not be injured as well? Who was this young boy?
Tyson then placed his hands against the bars and within seconds, the bars melted into puddles of molten steel.
He quickly melted all the bars to the cell and then said, "Follow us if you want freedom."
The slaves hesitated for only a few seconds before they all came out of the cell.
"Alright, let's go." Mizu said.
Tyson, Mizu and the slaves began to run down several corridors to get to the armory.
Once they got there, they saw a group of 15 guards right outside the armory.
"Hey kid, maybe you should use your fire magic and beat those guards." A 25 year old male slave said.
"Not a good idea. That would attract unwanted attention." Mizu pointed out.
"Fortunately I have another trick up my sleeve." Tyson said.
He stepped into view of the guards and before they had a chance to react, Tyson yelled out, "Lightning Dragon Roar!"
He reared his head back, but unlike before, emerald green lightning formed in his mouth and then he threw his head forwards, unleashing a 5 meter wide lightning bolt that covered the distance between Tyson and the guards in the blink of an eye.
The pure electricity caused the guards to become unconscious from the pain almost instantly, meaning no time to call for help and this time there was no explosion, meaning that no one was alerted to their presence.
The slaves were even more shocked (no pun intended). This ten year old came out of nowhere with another young boy, showed the ability to shoot fire and now lightning from his mouth and to change the size of said attacks at will? Who in the name of Ishgar is this child?
Tyson turned to the freed slaves and said, "Hurry, head inside the armory and equip yourselves with whatever you can find. Swords, magic guns, anything that could be considered a weapon. Don't take too long. More guards are on their way."
The slaves nodded and then the group of twenty-one slaves rushed into the armory, grabbing a number of swords, magic guns and armor for their chests.
Tyson then said, "We're out of time. Let's go."
Tyson, Mizu and the group quickly begin to run down the halls of the tower, quietly taking down any guards who got in their way until they arrived at the three kill zones.
Mizu turned to the group of slaves. "Stay here and if any guards show up, hide behind walls or boxes and take them out as quick as you can, aim for heads or limbs. We're going to free the remaining slaves."
The leader of the group nodded and said, "You heard him, move quickly, more guards will be coming."
Tyson then reached behind his back and handed the leader some of his Magma Grenades, then said, "These are Magma Grenades. Toss them at a group of enemies and they will explode on contact, creating a massive explosion, so only use them on groups containing 7 or more. Good luck."
He and Mizu then ran down several corridors and found a group of fifteen guards.
Tyson smirked, it was time to have so fun.
He ran towards the group, one fist lit on fire and the other covered in green lightning before yelling out, "Fire Dragon Iron Fist and Lightning Dragon Breakdown Fist!"
Tyson jumped into the air and smashed his left fist that was covered in flames in a guard's face, causing several teeth to fly out and the guard's limp body to fly into a wall.
He then spun around and punched his right lightning covered fist into another guard's gut, causing him to spit out some blood and then the guard's body became covered in lightning and that guard flew into the air before smashing into the ceiling.
The other guards were frozen in fear, this kid just sent two 150 pound adults flying as if they weighed nothing and he seemed ready to pound the rest of them into the ground.
Tyson then gained a evil smirk and yelled out, "Fire Dragon Grip Strike!"
He grabbed another guard's face and then blasted him point blank with a lot of flames, causing him to go flying to the other guards, knocking about three out with him.
'Six down, nine left.' Tyson thought.
He then rushed for the other guards and yelled out, "Fire Dragon Sword Horn!"
Tyson's entire body became covered in flames and then he headbutted a guard in the stomach, causing him to cough up blood, then the flames on Tyson exploded.
When the dust cleared, all the guards were unconscious and badly burnt and beaten.
"Nice job." Mizu smirked.
Tyson smirked, these pathetic fools couldn't handle even 1% of his total power, but that wasn't a surprise, these men only appeared to be strong, they were actually weak, they preyed upon the weak and defenseless, these people sickened him.
He and Mizu began to run once again and after a few minutes, they came across a massive open area with about 60 slaves and 30 guards.
Tyson smiled, freeing these slaves would even their odds quite a bit.
"Well, now would be a good time to get their attention." Mizu commented.
They jumped down and landed on the floor.
Several guards took notice of the two and yelled out, "Why aren't you two working?"
Tyson smirked and said, "Why in my right mind would I work for the likes of you?"
A guard took that comment quite personally and marched over, intent on teaching this brat some manners.
But before he even reached the two, Tyson said, "Fire Dragon Flame Elbow!"
He reared his arm back and threw it forwards as a trail of fire came bursting from his elbow and the turbo charged fist smashed right into the guard's stomach.
The guard bent over in extreme agony, not prepared for his follow-up attack which was, "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!"
A small fist coated in flames came flying in the guard's face, causing him to be sent flying through the air for about ten feet.
Everyone in the cavern stopped and just stared in shock and awe, this young boy had just beaten a massive adult with no effort.
Then as one, the guards went charging towards Tyson, intent on bringing him under control.
However, they made a major mistake: they grouped together in one massive unit.
Tyson had an evil smirk on his face and proceeded to chant.
"With the flames on my right hand and the flames on my left hand, bring them together and you get FIRE DRAGON BRILLIANT FLAME!" Tyson yelled as he combined his flames together to form a massive ball of fire, which he then chucked at the guards.
The guards had no chance of getting away in time and were promptly knocked out and their unconscious bodies tossed all over the floor.
The slaves were quiet for a few seconds before they all began to cheer, finally they had a chance to escape this hell-hole.
Tyson then walked over to each slave and tore the cuffs off them then said, "Everyone, get the guard's weapons if they're still usable and hurry, more will be coming."
The slaves nodded and then hurriedly grabbed anything that could be considered a weapon, the guard's weapons, their pickaxes, shovels, anything.
Tyson then said, "Go down five corridors, hang a left and there will be a group of twenty-one slaves, join them in holding those rooms, they will be where any free slaves come to join you guys."
The group nodded and then the 60 slaves left to join the others.
Tyson and Mizu began to run to the third group of slaves.
Tyson pushed fire into his feet and two streams of fire came out of his combat boots, making him fly quickly towards the group. Mizu turned into a stream of water and easily caught up to the other Dragon Slayer.
After about ten minutes, the two found the third group in another cavern, they were also mining just like the second, but this group had 40 and there were 50 guards, suggesting that this particular group had a history of trouble.
Tyson then stuck out his right hand with his index and middle finger sticking out, while his ring and pinky finger were closed and finally his thumb was up in the air, making his hand look like a gun.
He aimed for the lead guard for this group and once he had found him, aimed and then closed his thumb, causing a medium sized fire ball to be sent from his index and middle fingers.
The fireball struck the lead guard and pushed him off the pathway he was walking on, causing him to fall to the floor.
Several of the guards went to check on him, while most of the others began to look for what caused that.
Tyson saw several of them coming towards him and smirked.
He then shouted out, "Lightning Dragon Electric Vortex!"
Tyson formed a familiar emerald green sphere between the palms of his hands and after a few seconds worth of charging threw it at the guards.
The sphere traveled the distance between the guards near instantly, and once it had reached them, the sphere broke apart and became a five-sided star which struck the guards.
A extreme amount of electricity was released, causing the guards to scream and then fall unconscious.
Tyson then emerged from his hiding spot and charged a group of five guards.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Storming Heavens: Electromagnetic Destruction Cannon!" Tyson yelled. A sphere of green electricity formed in his hands and once large enough, he threw it at the guards.
These poor guards had no chance of even screaming in pain before they were rendered unconscious from the sheer amount of pain their bodies were in.
The remaining guards then surrounded Tyson and one of them said, "So, what are you going to do now, boy?"
Tyson smirked and said, "Use one of my other Dragon Slayer magics. Storm Dragon Whirlwind!"
A storm formed around his body and started blowing the guards away.
He stated, "You guys never had a chance."
Tyson then turned to face the slaves, all of whom were extremely scared of this small boy, he just took 40 enemies with an almost casual ease, meaning he is insanely powerful.
He then approached the group, who all took a step back out of fear.
"Relax." Mizu said reassuringly. "We came here to free you guys."
A small girl, no older than 7, came forwards and hugged Tyson, while tears came down her face and she said with a quivering voice, "Thank you."
Tyson smiled, then rubbed her back and said, "Shh, shh. This nightmare is almost over. You all shall be free. I swear it."
He gently grabbed her wrists and then tore off her restraints.
Tyson and Mizu repeated the process until all the slaves were freed from their restraints and then he said, "Alright listen up. I need all of you to gather any and all things that can be considered a weapon and get yourselves armed. We need everyone who can fight to fight if we are all going to get out of here."
The slaves nodded and then began to run all over the cavern to search for weapons.
After about fifteen minutes of searching, the forty slaves were all armed and then Tyson said, "Alright, you guys go down that corridor to the right for about 10, 15 minutes and in three separate rooms shall be all the other freed slaves. Join them in holding those rooms for as long as you can."
The group nodded and then took off running as Tyson and Mizu went the other way, heading towards the largest of the five slave groups.
The one they were about to free was mainly built off of old people or very young people, only 3 medium aged adults in the entire 339 slave group.
They were kept in the middle of the tower, where the remaining 85 guards and their pets called Watchers guarded them.
Tyson knew that this would be his hardest battle yet, so he decided to utilize some of his Crimson Fire Dragon attacks.
He closed his eyes and imagined his inner flames becoming stronger, and after a few seconds his flames changed from their usual orange color to crimson red.
Tyson then began to run even faster, he didn't have a lot of time left, the guards outside the tower would be getting curious soon and come back inside to see the slaves were out and free and more than that, they were armed and ready to fight for their freedom.
Tyson and Mizu ran for about 12 minutes until they came upon a massive cavern, where about 150 slaves were working right now, the others were still in the cells lining the sides of the cavern.
They saw 17 groups of five guards all around the cavern, meaning that taking them out in one massive blow would be impossible and taking them out one group at a time would be too slow and the guards might kill some of the slaves before they could be stopped that way.
What the two needed was a distraction.
Tyson then reached behind his back and pulled out three of his Magma Grenades before a smirk formed on his face.
He then threw the grenades with all the force he could.
The three round red spheres flew through the air and struck the back of the cavern, causing a very loud explosion.
Predictably, almost every guard ran over to where the grenades hit, only to see that there was nobody there.
Tyson smiled wickedly and then rushed out of his hiding place.
70 guards were over there, he couldn't let this opportunity pass him by.
He then yelled, "Crimson Fire Dragon Cannon Blaster!"
Tyson reared back his left arm, where a magic circle appeared and then he thrust it forward, and from the magic circle appeared a large crimson dragon, who roared out as it flew towards the group of guards.
The dragon struck the group with the force of a bomb, blowing them all away from the impact site.
None of them were killed, but all of them were smoking from the extreme heat and all of them were knocked out and probably wouldn't regain consciousness for a while.
Tyson then heard loud footsteps coming from behind him and then he ducked downwards as a sword flew right where he had been.
He twirled around and saw three angry guards coming at him.
"You little shit! Who do you think you are?!" One of the guards yelled at him.
Tyson shouted back, "My name's Tyson Dragneel. Son of Igneel and Prince of all Fire Dragons. I will bring justice for those you have harmed."
"And I'm Mizu Hydroplex, son of Shikingu and the Water Dragon Slayer."
The same guard then yelled out, "I don't care who your dad is you little shit! I am going to kill you and everyone you love for your disobedience!"
Tyson then said, "That's not going to happen! Crimson Fire Dragon Roar!"
"Water Dragon Roar!"
Tyson and Mizu reared their heads back, took a deep breath and then threw their heads forward and engulfed the three guards in a torrent of crimson flames and water that knocked them out with extreme ease.
He then spotted the remaining 12 guards raising their magic guns at him and smirked.
Tyson then yelled, "Lightning Dragon Thunder Dome!"
Emerald green lightning crackled from his body and created a green dome of electricity around him.
A second later, numerous magic blasts struck the dome with no effect.
Tyson smirked, Thunder Dome is a nigh impenetrable dome of electricity, it would take something of a much higher caliber to crack than those measly guns.
He then yelled out, "Lightning Dragon Thunder Drive!"
Tyson's entire body was engulfed in emerald green electricity, boosting his strength, speed and endurance.
He then disappeared from sight, causing the Zeref cultists to look around and try to find him.
Mizu sweat dropped. These cultists were real idiots for turning their back on him.
Tyson then reappeared behind a cultist and shouted, "Lightning Dragon Iron Fist!"
"Water Dragon Iron Fist!"
Tyson and Mizu punched two of the guards in the face with a green lightning and water covered fist, sending both flying across the cavern and into another guard, and the momentum from the fists caused them to fall off the edge and down to the floor, knocking them both out.
Tyson then disappeared in a flash and struck two additional guards with a series of punches.
He then yelled, "Lightning Dragon Roar!"
Tyson then unleashed another large emerald green lightning bolt from his mouth at five other guards, knocking them out within seconds.
There were only three guards remaining and they were all terrified, so they fell to their knees and begged for mercy.
Seeing this angered Mizu, so he made his way over to the guards. "You dare to beg for mercy after everything you've done."
The guards were then punched in the face and knocked out.
Tyson then saw all of the slaves looking at him with awe and a little bit of fear, so he said in a calm tone. "We are here to free you. But if that is going to happen we need your help."
One by one they all nodded and so he went over to each slave, tearing their restraints off of them and then told each one of them to go get some form of weaponry.
Some of the freed slaves went to the cells holding the other slaves and by using the magic guns, blew the doors open and then took off their fellow slaves restraints, decreasing the time it would have taken to free the slaves.
After about thirty minutes, all of the slaves were freed and ready to roll.
Tyson then said, "Head towards the armory, I'm sure you all know where that is."
After nods in reply he then said, "Go towards the armory and then take several corridors to the right, you will find three rooms where the other freed slaves are. Stay there until we return with the final forty slaves."
The large group of freed slaves then went charging down the corridor, intent upon getting their freedom.
Tyson and Mizu left the cavern and began running towards the final group, the group containing the source of the voice. He could feel it, but he could also sense some of the darkest souls in the awful place were there, meaning that they might kill him to prevent their escape.
His worries gave him speed and after 5 minutes of running, they found the final slave cell, filled with the final group of slaves.
Tyson then saw only three guards here and so he ran towards them, his right fist coated in flames, his left encased in lightning and punched the three unconscious before they knew what was happening.
He then ran up to the cell bars and started to melt them, earning him several gasps of shock.
After all the bars were melted he stepped inside the cell and began to tear the restraints off.
While he was doing that, he tried to locate the voice's owner, but for some reason he just couldn't.
The last person whose restraints were torn off was an elderly man with a long beard, thin beaten limbs and a strange symbol on his back.
It looked like a fairy, but this fairy had a tail on it as well.
The old man looked at Tyson and then said in a kind grandfatherly voice, "Thank you, young man."
Tyson looked around, but couldn't find the voice's owner.
"Was anyone from this cell taken recently?" Mizu asked.
The old man nodded and said, "A little girl named Erza Scarlet was taken for punishment about three minutes before you two came."
Tyson began to panic, the voice's owner might be in pain, all because he was too slow, now he was really pissed off.
"Do you know which way they took her?" Tyson asked.
The old man nodded and said, "They said they were taking her to the punishment room. It is about two floors above us and three corridors to the left."
Tyson nodded and then asked, "Do you know where the armory is?"
The old man nodded and then he said, "Go to the armory and then go several corridors to the right. There will be three rooms filled with the other slaves. Go there and wait for our return. We will be back."
The old man nodded and then said, "Good luck."
Tyson nodded and then pointed his face towards the ceiling before shooting a stream of fire into the ceiling, melting it.
After a few seconds, there was now a hole that went several floors up, the same floor where the punishment room is located.
Tyson then flew up into the air using his flames to propel himself into the air. Mizu converted himself into water and shot straight through the hole.
Once both were on the same floor as the punishment room, Tyson closed his eyes and tried to locate the brightest spot in the ocean of darkness.
It took a few seconds, but he found her and once he did, he went running for her.
"Hey wait up!" Mizu called out.
'I am almost there. Please hold on.' Tyson thought desperately.
With Erza...
Erza screamed out in pain as bolts of electricity went charging throughout her body.
After a few seconds, the charge died down and Erza slumped forwards in her chair, breathing heavily.
Erza had been taken for trying to start a revolution and now was facing the consequences for her actions.
"You think she learned her lesson?" One of her torturers asked.
"Na, we have to really break her and I know just the way." His partner said as he pulled out a large knife.
He then walked over to Erza, grabbed her hair roughly and yanked her head up.
The man smiled wickedly behind his mask as he brought the knife closer to the terrified girl's left eye.
"This is your punishment for challenging our authority little brat. You are our slave and you will do our bidding until the time we deem you are no longer of any use." He said as the knife came even closer.
Erza closed her eyes and prepared for the pain, but just as the knife was about to cut into her flesh, a loud explosion rang out.
The wall in front of Erza exploded, sending debris everywhere and knocking the second torturer out.
Erza coughed from all the dust that was in the air, which also prevented her from seeing who caused all of this.
From within the dust cloud, two orange eyes came into existence.
These eyes were of no human, they were of a demon, a creature of vast power and destruction.
Her other torturer came up and placed the knife closer to her throat, yelling, "Stop right there or I will kill this bitch!"
Before he could follow through on that threat, the knife was knocked out of his hand by a blast of water. Then several arches of emerald green electricity struck the man in the chest.
He screamed in pain as he fell to the floor, but then he was pulled up by his throat by a strong hand and was then slammed into a wall.
The dust died down and revealed who caused all of this.
It was a ten year old boy who was wearing a black full body cloak that had a red dragon's head on the back and he looked pissed.
No pissed was an incorrect term, he looked positively furious, like he was about ready to kill somebody.
"Why?" He asked in a low tone that was full of hatred and anger.
"What?" The guard stupidly said, right before he was brutally smashed into the wall behind him.
"Why? Why do you enjoy inflicting pain upon others so much? What gives you the right to place yourself above others in such a way?" The boy asked again in the same tone.
"We are followers of Zeref, we shall be the ones that build a perfect world with him. We are the only ones capable of such a thing and so we are naturally better than everyone else." The man said.
The boy was silent for a few seconds before he unleashed a monstrous headbutt to the man's face, utterly destroying his nose and breaking bone.
The man slumped to the floor, utterly unconscious and in a world of pain.
"A perfect world does not exist. All people are flawed and thusly, the world they build is flawed. There is no such thing as a perfect world, just as there is no such thing as a perfect human being. Everyone is weak, no one is strong. People like you are the worst humanity has to offer. This whole Tower just shows how dark and horrible human beings can be. That is why we will destroy it." The boy said with so much venom that Erza shivered a little.
The boy then turned to her and ran over.
He then swiftly tore apart the restraints, but without them Erza started to fall towards the floor.
Fortunately, Tyson caught her. He placed her back in the chair and asked, "Are you alright?"
Erza gasped, this boy was the owner of the voice that had been talking to her just before she goes to sleep at night.
"It's you." Erza said with awe, while Tyson gasped as well, he found the owner of the voice that whispered to him.
Tyson then smiled to her and said, "My name's Tyson Dragneel."
"And I'm Mizu Hydroplex. What would your name be?"
Erza then replied with, "Erza Scarlet."
Tyson smiled even more and he said, "That's a really pretty name. It suits you."
Erza gave a small blush at his compliment, she didn't know why she got so flustered when he complimented her, she just met him.
Tyson then grabbed her and picked her up bridal style, making Erza blush extremely hard right now.
"W-what a-are y-you d-doing?" Erza stuttered out.
Tyson smiled at her and said, "Well you can't walk at the moment, so I'm going to carry you."
He then began to run, causing Erza to latch onto his neck using his arms. Mizu wasn't far behind the two.
Tyson ran through the corridors with extreme speed, all the while carrying a madly blushing Erza. It got to the point where Mizu had to change into a stream of water in the hopes of catching up.
'I could get used to this. Him carrying me in his strong arms, it is really relaxing. I can't help but feel safe and secure here.' Erza thought as she snuggled closer to Tyson's chest.
Tyson on the other hand was thinking, 'What the heck is going on with me? Since I have seen her, I can't help but feel this overwhelming desire to protect her, no matter the cost. She is also really beautiful and wait! Beautiful?! Where the heck did that come from?'
He now had a large blush on his face, prompting Erza to say, "Are you alright?"
Tyson grinned and said, "Y-yeah, e-everything is g-good."
Erza didn't believe him for a second, but decided against prodding any further.
The three continued their journey in silence until they came upon where the other freed slaves were, which is where Tyson then said, "Are you able to stand?"
Erza nodded and then Tyson gently placed her down, where she stood on her two legs, which while hurting, did not stumble.
He then said, "Everyone, listen up!"
This caused everyone to grow silent and then Tyson continued, "Right now, nearly two hundred guards are outside the tower, waiting to take us out. I have a way for us to escape. You will know the signal to run, once the signal has been sent, run towards the barrier which leads to where the boats are docked. I will take the barrier down and once it is down, everyone is to get onto a boat as quickly as you can, and you are to help others as well. I don't want to see anyone here run off with their own private boat. Anyone who does this, I will hunt you down and make you pay. Understood?"
Everyone nodded, they had all seen what this kid was capable of, so he will most certainly follow through on his threats.
Tyson then said, "Everyone, follow me."
Tyson and Mizu led the five hundred slaves towards the courtyard, where the remaining 175 guards were waiting for them.
He then sent the mental signal and then hell was unleashed.
All of the Magma Core Implosions he had placed detonated at once, causing a hellish amount of flames to erupt, knocking out 160 of the guards all at once and the remaining fifteen were disoriented, confused and in no condition to try and stop the slaves.
Tyson then yelled, "Go!"
The slaves then bolted, running towards the barrier as fast as their legs could carry them.
Tyson spotted the remaining guards starting to get up, so he turned to them and yelled out, "Fire Dragon Wing Attack!"
He ran at the guards, a "V" of fire being created from his back, which he slammed into the guards, knocking all 15 of them out with no problem.
What Tyson failed to notice was that a single guard was still conscious and was right behind him, with a dagger ready to be stuck in his back.
Erza saw this with widened eyes, she could not allow another person to die here, not again!
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She yelled as all her feelings of rage, anger, pain, suffering, loss, and hopelessness came out of her all at once as a giant red magic circle appeared above her and then shockingly, many of the dropped guard weapons floated into the air and then rushed into the remaining guard.
The guard was a second from stabbing Tyson when he was struck by a hundred different weapons at once, knocking him clean out.
He turned to Erza in shock as he saw the giant red magic circle. Tyson sensed a extreme amount of raw magical power within Erza, but it was buried by all her feelings, he would have never thought she would break the seal and unleash all her power at once.
Erza then wobbled on her feet and then fell over, having exhausted her magic all at once with that little display.
Tyson rushed over and then asked, "You okay?"
Erza nodded and said, "I never knew using magic was so exhausting."
"Probably cause you're not used to it." Mizu pointed out.
Tyson nodded and said, "It is very exhausting. I have extreme magic reserves due to training for 6 years. You just need some practice and I can tell you will be an absolute beast in combat."
Erza smiled and gave a small yelp as Tyson picked her up bridal style again.
"Aw, that is the cutest sound that I have ever heard!" He said as he rubbed his face against Erza's.
Erza's face was now redder than a tomato and she couldn't form a single sentence as her brain short-circuited.
Tyson then ran over to the barrier and saw all the other slaves waiting for him.
He laid Erza down gently and then walked right up to the barrier.
Tyson covered his fist in crimson flames and then shouted, "Crimson Fire Dragon Cataclysm Fist!"
His fist smashed into the barrier and blew a massive chunk out of it, allowing himself, Mizu and the slaves access to the boats, which they were all running for.
Tyson, Mizu, Erza, the kind elderly man, whose name was Rob, a spiky brown-haired teenage boy and Erza's friends Jellal, Simon, Millianna, Sho and Wally all stayed back to make sure that everyone got onto the boats.
After all the other freed slaves left, Mizu said to the remainder, "Get on a boat and leave. We'll meet up with you guys shortly. We have business to take care of."
The group nodded and then went to the last boat before casting off as they looked at the two.
They turned back to the Tower of Heaven and knew this had to come to a end.
Tyson concentrated on the power within and within seconds, his entire body was engulfed by intense golden flames.
He then flew to the top of the tower and then shouted in a voice like thunder, "HIDDEN FIRE FORM: CRIMSON LOTUS: PHOENIX BLADE!"
"DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: WATER ROCKET!"
Tyson's golden flame covered body then became even more intense as he charged forwards.
Mizu shot towards the lower half of the tower destroying the bottom floors.
Floor after floor he smashed right through it as if moving through air, there was just no resistance to the awesome power he was demonstrating. He then met up with Mizu in the middle of the tower.
Erza, the spiky brown-haired teen, Jellal, Simon, Wally, Sho, Millianna and Rob looked in awe as the golden flamed Tyson and Mizu destroyed the awful tower that had kept them prisoner for so long.
Tyson then created a massive flaming tornado that sucked all the oxygen from the island and this knocked out all the Zeref cultists, allowing the Rune Knights that were coming to take them prisoner without any complications.
He smiled, those Zeref cultists may be monsters, but they still deserve a chance to return to the light.
The two floated down and made their way over to where Erza's group then landed in the boat as the golden flames left Tyson.
He was panting a little, so Erza asked, "Are you okay?"
Tyson grinned at her and said, "Yeah, I've been fighting for the last few hours and used some of my most powerful spells as well as sucked all the oxygen from this island, not easy."
He was then engulfed in a massive hug, with Erza now clinging to him as several tears went down her face.
Tyson was now panicking, what was wrong, did he do something wrong? He didn't know, so he asked, "Are you alright?"
Erza nodded and said, "I am just so happy. Me and my friends are now free, we can now decide our own fates and that is all thanks to you two. So thank you."
"About time that godforsaken tower was destroyed." The spiky brown-haired teen muttered.
"Do I know you?" Mizu questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh yeah. Haven't bothered to introduce myself. Ryu Yamamoto,
He grinned at her and said, "It was nothing. I couldn't just stand by and watch as you and your friends suffered."
Erza smiled and then leaned in to give him a quick peck on the cheek.
Tyson's brain froze when he felt Erza's lips on his cheek, his face then decided to do an impression of a tomato and it was a very good impression, while steam came out of his ears and then he fainted.
Everyone else on the boat started to panic, was he hurt, when they heard laughter.
Looking over to Grandpa Rob, they saw the old man laughing so hard there were tears rolling down his face.
"Grandpa Rob, what's wrong with Tyson?" Jellal asked, worried that one of the boys who gave them freedom might be hurt.
After Grandpa Rob regained his breath he said, "It is okay Jellal. He simply fainted from Erza's kiss. It is funny, the boy can stand up to hundreds of enemies without breaking a sweat, he can output enough power to cut an island in half, but one kiss from a girl and he faints."
Rob moved Tyson a little so he would be under the shade of the sail of their small boat.
Rob and the others traveled in silence, reveling in their newfound freedom.
Erza stared over to Tyson and saw that on his face was a small blush and a giant smile.
Erza smiled as well and then started to fall asleep, the day's taxing exercises starting to get to her.
She moved over to Tyson and cuddled up to him and was soon asleep with a soft smile gracing her lips.
Several hours later...
The sun was starting to set when Tyson started to wake up.
He opened his eyes and saw a few strands of red hair to his left.
Tyson looked over and saw Erza's sleeping form cuddled up to his left side.
He smiled as he looked at her sleeping face, her soft breathing melodious to his ears.
'She is the cutest thing I have ever seen when she is asleep. Wait, cute?! Where did that come from?! What is happening to me?!' Tyson thought.
He then saw the others were asleep as well and just decided to settle in.
Tyson then heard voices and when he looked at their direction, he saw they were maybe twenty minutes away from the port he left from to get to the Tower of Heaven.
He then started to gently shake Erza while saying, "Erza, wake up."
Erza slowly awoke and saw Tyson smiling at her.
'Wait, it wasn't some crazy dream? I really am free?' Erza thought.
She then saw the port as well and a few tears started to fill her eyes.
Tyson then said, "We have to wake the others up."
Erza nodded and then she and Tyson woke the others up.
After twenty minutes, the boat silently slid into the dock and then the small group disembarked from the boat.
Tyson then turned to Rob and said, "So, what's the plan now?"
Rob rubbed his chin and said, "Wally, Simon, Millianna, Sho and Jellal, I think it would be best if you were given to an orphanage. There you can get family that will take care of you."
Said individuals didn't like that idea too much, but Rob held up his hand and they quieted down as he then said, "You need loving parents and a good home to wipe away the horror you have been forced to endure. I know you don't want this, but this is for the best."
Said individuals still weren't happy, but they knew it was best to listen to Rob's wisdom, so they reluctantly agreed.
The small group then walked over to the town orphanage and told the head lady the situation.
She immediately agreed to take them in and soon the entire group had new clothes and had showered and eaten to their hearts content.
Right now the little group was settling into real beds for the first time in a long time, it was the first time Tyson had slept in a bed before and the moment his back hit the mattress, he fell in love with how soft it was.
He, Jellal, Simon, Sho, Wally, Mizu, Ryu and Rob were all sharing a room, while Millianna and Erza shared a room.
Soon, Tyson's eyelids closed shut and he fell into a deep peaceful sleep.
Time skip...
When morning came, Tyson and the other boys got up, put on some clothes and then went downstairs to get breakfast.
After five minutes, Millianna came and so did Erza, both in their new outfits.
Erza had on a black pair of pants, a sky blue T-shirt, some brown shoes and she has two light purple wrist guards, while a pink bow is wrapped around her neck.
Tyson stopped eating and just stared at her, his brain has shut down completely.
Erza saw him staring at her with a slight blush on his face and now she has a slight blush on her face as she then said to Tyson, "So what do you think?"
His brain turns back on and then he says, "I think it looks amazing!"
Erza now had a larger blush on her face and she quickly left to go calm herself down and get some food.
Once Erza and Millianna got their breakfast, Rob then asks, "So Tyson, what magic do you use? I have never seen anything like that before in my life."
He smiled and said, "I primarily use Fire and Lightning Dragon Slayer magic, but I also have access to Wind and more, plus I have a few other subset spells that I can use."
Rob looked absolutely shocked, a mage with several types of Dragon Slayer magic? That has never been of before.
Erza then asks, "So, how did you learn that magic?"
Tyson smiled and answered, "My dad taught it to me."
Simon then asks, "So, who was your dad?"
He smiled even more and said, "My dad is Igneel, the Fire Dragon King."
Jellal nods and says, "That is a weird name for a human."
Tyson laughed and said, "Igneel wasn't a human, he was a DRAGON."
The entire table looked shocked except for Ryu and Mizu as they were also raised by dragons. Tyson was taught magic by a dragon, one of the mightiest creatures to walk Earthland?! That was nothing short of astounding.
Rob gets out of his stupor and says, "So that explains the Fire Dragon Slayer magic, but what about the Lightning Dragon Slayer magic and Wind Dragon Slayer magic?"
Tyson then sheepishly rubbed the back of his head and said, "Well, one evening I heard thunder outside the cave I grew up in and got the bright idea to see if I could use my Fire Dragon Slayer magic to redirect lightning. So I went outside and climbed to the top of the cave, where I drew a Dragon Glyph, a subset of Fire Dragon Slayer magic that does a certain thing, like drawing lightning towards a certain spot. Once the glyph was drawn, numerous lightning bolts came down towards me and I used Fire Dragon Iron Fist to knock the lightning bolt away from me, but I still got shocked, so I decided to continue on. After about four hours of perfecting my lightning redirection technique, I ate some of the fires created by the redirected lightning."
"Wait, wait, wait. You can eat fire?" Wally asked.
Tyson smiled and said, "Yep, I can eat fire and lightning, however, I can't eat fire or lightning that I have created, otherwise it would cause me to become violently ill."
The younger members of the table looked at him with awe, he was becoming cooler and cooler.
Tyson then continued his story, saying, "Anyway, as I was saying, I ate some of the fire I accidentally created when I redirected the lightning to replenish my magic supply, but as I was doing that, I accidentally swallowed a lightning bolt."
The entire table gasped at that, he ate a lightning bolt.
Tyson then said, "When I swallowed that lightning bolt, it was the absolute worst pain I have ever felt. It felt as if every single nerve in my body was lit on fire. But then, beneath all the pain, I felt something. A charge that wasn't there before hand. So I focused on that, and suddenly my entire body is now encased in both fire and lightning at the same time."
A majority of the table's occupants were really dumbfounded at that one, he can combine fire and lightning together? Can he possibly get any cooler?
Tyson continued his story by saying, "After that, my dad found me like that and said we were going to see an old friend of his, the Lightning Dragon King Thundreas. Igneel and I journeyed to him and after explaining the situation, Thundreas then taught me Lightning Dragon Slayer magic and that is how I achieved the ability to use Lightning Dragon Slayer magic."
The entire table just sat there in silence, that is how he got the ability to use Lightning Dragon Slayer magic on top of his already powerful Fire Dragon Slayer magic? Incredible.
Rob then said, "That is very interesting Tyson. Could you also tell me what those golden flames you used at the Tower of Heaven were?"
He smiled and said, "That was Dragon Force."
Rob's jaw dropped, DRAGON FORCE?! As in the ultimate form a Dragon Slayer can achieve? And this boy can use it freely whenever he wants? Mind blowing.
"What's Dragon Force?" Simon asked.
Tyson then said, "Dragon Force is the ultimate form of a Dragon Slayer like myself, it gives us Dragon Slayers power that is even greater than that of a dragon, or so the stories go. I can tell from experience that using it didn't make me stronger than Igneel."
The entire table sat in silence at that little fact, just how powerful was he?
Tyson then asked, "So Rob, what's the plan?"
Rob said, "I am going to head back to my guild."
He grew confused, "What's a guild?"
Rob then said, "A guild is a place where a bunch of mages gather to do jobs and earn money, while also gaining experience."
Tyson's eyes turned into stars and he said, "That sounds so cool! Can I go with you and join your guild?"
Rob chuckled and said, "But of course child. I was hoping you would come with me back to my guild."
Tyson looked super excited, then a thought came to him and he said to Rob, "Can Erza go with us?"
Simon grew confused, "Erza? She isn't a mage."
"Not from what I saw." Mizu said. "She has a lot of it. Tyson was about to be stabbed in the back, she grew angry and then about a hundred of the dropped weapons flew up and smashed into the guy. When he turned around, Erza had a enormous magic circle above her head."
Everyone at the table turned towards Erza, who became very uncomfortable with all the attention and said, "I did do that."
Sho then asks, "Do you really have magic Erza?"
Erza nodded and concentrated as a red magic circle appeared before her left hand.
Everyone looked at the magic circle with awe, but then it closed and Erza said, "Sorry, that takes a lot out of me."
Tyson smiled and said, "You'll get used to it eventually."
Rob nodded and added, "Learning magic is a very difficult thing at the best of times Erza. Don't worry, you will get it."
He then turned back to Erza and said, "So, want to come with me and Rob to his guild?"
Erza looked down for a few seconds and looked back to Tyson saying, "Yes, I want to learn how to use my magic."
"That's a good idea." Mizu nodded. "To be honest, joining a guild sounds exciting."
"I agree." Ryu added. "After so long in that infernal tower, I need to move on with my life."
Tyson smiled and so did Rob, who said, "Then say your goodbyes. We have a long journey ahead of us. It will take about a day or more by train to get to my guild. I will go and get the train tickets. Tyson, come with me please."
"Sure thing." He said as he and Rob left to go get the train tickets, and to give Erza some privacy to say goodbye.
Erza looked at her friends and said, "I don't want to leave, but I want to learn how to use my magic. I could help so many people with it and..."
Jellal held up his hand, silencing her and said, "Erza, we understand and support your decision."
Erza looked at the rest of her friends and said, "Really?"
Millianna nodded and then gave her a hug, saying, "We know and understand and fully support your decision."
Simon then said, "Yeah, it's not like you're not going to be our friend anymore, you're just leaving to better yourself."
Wally then said, "We shall meet again, it's inevitable. We are friends and we shall remain friends forevermore."
Sho nodded as well and said, "We will never abandon you, just as you never abandoned us."
All her friends then wrapped her in a group hug and Jellal said, "No matter where you go or how far you travel, we are and always shall remain family."
Erza had tears running down her face at a ferocious pace and she said in a shaky voice, "Thank you all for being the best family I could have ever asked for."
Her friends smiled at her and said, "You're welcome."
Simon then said, "You should get going."
Erza nodded and then walked away, but before she left, she stopped and then turned and waved one last time to her friends.
They all waved back to her and then Erza walked out and headed towards the train station.
Once she got there, she found Tyson, Mizu, Ryu and Rob waiting for her by the train.
Tyson smiled, then ran over and asked, "You ready?"
Erza nodded and then the four of them plus Rob walked onto the train.
After a few minutes wait, the train started off and left the train station.
Tyson and Erza were by the window, while Rob was on the other side reading a pamphlet he had gotten. Ryu and Mizu were sitting in a booth across from them.
Tyson then turned to Rob and said, "So Rob, you never told us what the name of the guild we are going to is called."
Rob looked at them and said a simple sentence that changed the course of his and Erza's life. "It's called Fairy Tail."
With that sentence uttered, we leave our heroes on the train that is headed towards Magnolia Town, the city that is home to the greatest and strongest guild in all of Fiore, Fairy Tail.
The wheels of fate have started to turn and now they can't be stopped, as the future two strongest wizards this world has ever seen take their first steps towards their grand destiny.
The Knight and the Dragon have united and now evil's greatest foes have arisen now the whole world shall never be the same again.