"Too slow." Seraphina commented as she step-sided the hammer, the guy huffed in annoyance before raising it trying to hit her from the side but the Light mage caught that, jumping up she easily avoided the attack while preparing one of her own.
"Flash Beam: Two!"
To Seraphina's surprise the man didn't get hit by her attack, rather he held his hammer in front of him which ended up absorbing it, glowing in the purplish hue of her magic before going back to normal.
The man smirked. "My hammer can absorb any magic, and then use it right back against you, by powering its attacks."
He then swung his hammer again, this time it was a lot faster. Seraphina's eyes widened she was barely able to put her arms in front of her to take the most of the attack, even so, the added power caused her to fall back. She shook her head not quite expecting to get hit, however, she didn't have much time to mull it over, she rolled over quickly and jumped up to avoid his hammer which struck the ground where she had fallen previously.
"Wow, that's cool!" Seraphina remarked. "But what happens once it runs out of juice?"
"I'll get you before that." He replied confidently already preparing his next swing which Seraphina managed to duck under before coming up from behind him.
"Can't block when I'm behind you, can you?" The lavendette asked. "Flash Bullet: Three!"
A light bullet about the size of Seraphina's palm appeared and she quickly shot it at the man's back, managing to get him, though he stumbled he didn't appear to be done yet.
"That won't happen again." He replied swinging again. Seraphina bit her lip, even though she could keep going she should probably just finish this guy off quickly, Lucy could be in trouble and they still haven't found Erigor.
"Why're you doing this?" Seraphina found herself asking instead, she should just beat him but she wanted to know his reasons for trying to use Lullaby to kill so many people.
"We want to be respected once again." The man replied. "The magic council stole our rights, and we deserve to have them back!"
"Not if you're hurting people…" Seraphina whispered, taking a breath she looked him in the eye before continuing, this time louder. "These people aren't the council though, and like I said before I know you're not after them, you would've done it already!"
The man just smirked, he continued to come at Seraphina this time so fast that she barely had the time to evade his strikes.
"Of course we aren't after those losers." He said. "Think about it, where are we right now?"
She wanted to say a train station, but that would probably be wrong, and would probably annoy him.
"Still not getting it, huh?" He taunted. "Use your brain, however hard that may be, we're in Oshibana, what's the next town over?"
The lavendette frowned, the next town over? That was Clover, but what did that have to do with anything?
She then gasped remembering what Mirajane had said yesterday in the guild, there was a Guild Master conference in Clover going on, and Master Makarov was there as well.
He smirked seeing this as an opening hitting the lavendette hard, sending her flying against the wall. He then ran preparing to finish it, however, before he could land his hammer on her it was stopped.
Looking down his eyes widened, she had stopped his attack one-handed. She then ripped the weapon out of his hands tossing it carelessly on the floor next to them.
"So that's it, huh?" She said a tiny smile painted on her lips. "Well, let me tell you that was a silly plan. You'll never get to the guild masters because you'll have to go through us, and as for me you certainly aren't going to harm the ones who do so much for their guilds and the members in it, being good influences so we don't turn into people like you."
Seraphina was then bathed in purple light as she prepared to attack, the man trying to run away but to no avail.
"Flash Mob: Minor Chaos!"
She then swung her arms releasing one of her more powerful attacks, though she made sure not to make it too extreme, not wanting to kill the man. Many slashes of light formed each attacking him swiftly at different angles, when it finally came to a stop he collapsed to the ground.
"But how?"
"I was going easy on you." The lavendette said with a wink.
"Seraphina!"
She turned around after hearing her name be called. "Oh, hi Gray! What's up?"
The ice mage grabbed her arm, pulling her along she stumbled a bit at first but caught up running alongside him towards the front of the station. "Come on, we have to go! They're going to Clover, they don't want anything to do with this station, just that it was a distraction for us."
"I know," Seraphina said. "I had just beaten it out of that one, don't worry though Erigor couldn't have gotten there yet! We can get the magic mobile and follow him."
He nodded as they continued to run to get to the front when they reached it however it certainly wasn't what he expected.
In front of them was an enormous barrier of wind, most likely going around the entire train station. Gray cursed and Seraphina pouted.
"Ugh, of course, he'd cheat like this." The lavendette remarked before getting closer to the wind barrier.
"Hey, be careful!" Gray called out. Seraphina just gave him a smile and a thumbs up before turning her attention back to the barrier.
"I wouldn't touch that if I were you." A familiar voice from behind her said. "The wind will cut your arm up."
"Erza!"
Seraphina rushed to the redhead, she was worried ever since she had collapsed, but she appeared to be better now though she held her elbow, maybe it was injured?
"Are you okay?" She asked to which Erza nodded.
"I assume the two of you are already aware of Erigor's true motives." The redhead said. "He's going to Clover, where the guild master conference is."
"Yeah, we know." Gray replied. "Are you sure there's no way out?"
"Believe me I tried."
Seraphina tapped Gray's shoulder signaling to how Erza was holding her elbow, the ice mage then realized that Erza had attempted to force her way through, which wasn't successful.
The building then began to shake violently, Seraphina frowned wondering what could be causing it before hearing very familiar sounds of destruction, she then slapped her forehead in realization; Natsu.
The three wizards shared a look before all running off in the direction that they heard the noise.
"I remember back in the pub one of the wizards, Kageyama was able to nullify the magic around Lullaby. If he's the one who went after Natsu we need him to be able to get rid of the wind barrier."
"Sounds good." Gray said and Seraphina nodded in agreement as they burst into the room where Natsu was.
"Do not harm him, we need him alive!" Erza shouted.
"Way to go you fire freak!"
"Huh?" Natsu muttered looking very confused. His eyes then widened and he put his hands up in a pleading manner. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID BUT I'M SORRY!"
"She wasn't aiming at you, Natsu." Seraphina said with a giggle. "But hey, good job most of the building is still intact."
"You will dispel the wind barrier and you will do so without complaint." Erza ordered to a terrified Kageyama. Seraphina grinned, after he did this they'd be free to go after Erigor, but before Kage could even take a step a hand appeared through his stomach.
Everyone looked on, completely shocked at what had just happened. Seraphina's jaw dropped and she looked up seeing the man who Lucy had been sent to catch was the one responsible for the attack. This made her even more upset, but she didn't know why she expected anything better from a member of a dark guild.
Erza and Gray immediately rushed to the man, wanting to ensure that he was fine, so that he could use his magic to dispel the barrier, but that wasn't the case.
Natsu, however, got incredibly upset fire engulfing his body as he stared at the man with malice. "How could you do that to one of your friends? He's a member of your guild! He trusted you and you tried to kill him!"
"HOW COULD YOU?!" The dragon slayer demanded punching him through the wall. "Is this how you dark guild members treat each other?"
"They don't see things the same way we do." Seraphina replied knowing the question was directed more towards Karaka but she didn't care. "Friendships mean nothing to them, the thing that keeps them going is power and the idea of being feared."
At this moment Lucy and Happy came into the room looking at the scene before them awkwardly. "Bad timing, huh?"
"Aye…"
"What, Erigor is planning to use Lullaby on the guild masters?"
Seraphina nodded grimly at the blonde's question staring at the wind barrier which blocked their path to the outside world, trapping them within the train station.
She watched as Natsu pressed against the wind barrier once again, before being tossed back again, she sighed if only they could use their magic to break through that would be so easy.
"Can't you freeze it, and then have Natsu melt it?" Lucy asked Gray to which the ice mage answered by shaking his head.
"If it were possible I would've already done it."
Seraphina gave the blonde a weak smile. "And it's not like it's really possible to freeze wind, though it would be cool if that was possible!"
Natsu growled and he once again jumped at the wind barrier, determined to break free.
"Natsu!" Gray shouted.
"Stop trying to be the hero!" Lucy demanded. "You're going to be torn to shreds!"
The dragon slayer ignored it, he just pushed against the barrier harder determined more than ever to get through. However, his attempt failed and he was shot back.
Lucy rushed forward and grabbed a hold of him. "Just stop it!"
Natsu then jumped up seeming to realize something. "We can use your spirits, Lucy! Back at Everlue's, I was pulled from one place to another through the spirit world!"
"But normal people would suffocate to death if they did that!" The blonde argued. "They can't breathe in there, plus a Celestial wizard can only open a gate where they are standing!"
Natsu, of course, didn't get what Lucy was trying to explain to him and the pair began to argue. Gray sighed and Seraphina laughed uneasily, knowing all this arguing wasn't really helping them to escape the station.
"AHH!" Happy screamed which had everyone jump up in surprise. "I just remembered Lucy!"
"Remembered what?" The blonde asked looking at the cat in confusion.
"WHAT I WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU ON THE WAY HERE!"
"On the way here, oh yeah when you were calling me weird?"
Seraphina remembered that and the lavendette turned to the cat in confusion, what did that have to do with anything?
"Here!" Happy said pulling out a key. Seraphina narrowed her eyes to get a better look at it, the key was golden, and seemed similar to the key Lucy used to summon Cancer, does that mean it was a Celestial spirit too?
Lucy, however, didn't seem to appreciate the sentiment slapping Happy and pinching his lips together. "Didn't anyone teach you it was wrong to steal?"
"Who's Virgo?" Natsu muttered. "Oh, wait wasn't she that big gorilla looking maid?"
Seraphina frowned, gorilla? Wasn't Virgo known as the maiden spirit? She didn't even remember a Zodiac that was anything close to a gorilla.
Happy had explained to Lucy but the blonde wasn't having it spreading his cheeks out while looking at him menacingly. "Shut up! Why can't you just be out like every other cat?"
"Ooo, remind me not to mess with Lucy." Seraphina remarked.
Natsu and Gray both agreed and Happy began slowly crawling away from Lucy tears forming at the ends of his eyes.
"I'm sorry…" Happy apologized sadly. "I just thought that since Virgo can drill holes she could get us to the other side of the barrier…"
"She can?" Erza asked.
"Wait what?" Seraphina added.
"Seriously?" Gray demanded.
"You're right, she can!" Lucy realized, she then rushed over to Happy as if she forgot she had hurt him moments ago and hugged him. "You're so smart, Happy! Why didn't you mention that sooner? You silly kitty!"
Seraphina tilted her head to the side, did the blonde seriously just forget that she had been pushing Happy's face preventing him from talking?
"My sincere and most heartfelt apologies." Lucy cried bowing in front of Happy. "I promise to make it up to you but please let me have the key!"
"Just give me some fish and all is forgiven!"
Lucy grabbed the key and seemed to hug it in happiness, Seraphina smiled but she was getting frantic, they needed to get out and go save the guild masters Erigor was only getting closer by the minute.
"Hey, Lucy go do your magic!" Seraphina said. "We should probably get going to where the guild masters are, and I don't want to be stuck in here longer than we have to."
"Right!" Lucy said standing up and holding her key in front of her. "I call upon thee in the world of the celestial spirits," A magic circle appeared in front of her, golden light emulating from it. "Now I beckon you to my side at once, pass through the gate! Open: Gate of the Maiden, Virgo!"
A small maid then appeared from the magic circle, she had short pink hair and blue eyes, and she was dressed in typical maid attire, most strangely, however, was that she had chains on wrists flowing down, what did that have to do with being a maiden?
"You summoned mistress?" The maid asked. "What can I do for you?"
Lucy backed away with a shocked expression on her face. "Who are you?"
Natsu didn't seem as shocked as Lucy, instead, he went up to the spirit as if they were old friends. "What's up burger? Man, you look great! You lost some weight."
"She didn't just lose weight, Natsu!" Lucy remarked still not over her shock.
"What do you mean?" Gray asked as Seraphina just looked over Virgo.
"She's a totally different person!"
"I'm a very loyal spirit who'll do anything to please her wizard," Virgo said as she began explaining. "So I take on whatever form my wizard would find most appealing."
Seraphina nodded, that was cool and Virgo seemed nice enough. The two spirits she had met were very different, but that was cool as well, they were like humans in that aspect then all different with their own defining characteristics.
"I don't know," Natsu said. "I kind of liked it when you were big and tough looking."
"Did you really?" She asked. "Well, then…"
Virgo then shifted into another form which had both Seraphina and Gray jump back yelling. She was incredibly tall, larger, and had a very scary face.
"Don't listen to him!" Lucy ordered. "I'm your wizard and I like the other form better!"
Seraphina then grabbed her heart in relief as the other form was incredibly scary, Natsu was right it did resemble a gorilla. She then straightened as she watched Lucy and Virgo go back in forth in conversation, at the end it was decided that Virgo would call Lucy princess?
"I'm confused…" Seraphina said. However, after Natsu had asked Virgo to hurry it up the spirit went right to work digging a hole outside.
"Oh wait…" The lavendette muttered. "We have to go underground…"
"Yeah, how else will we get outta here?" Gray retorted he then turned to Seraphina who was looking at the hole in disgust. "Why, is there something wrong?"
"It's such a small hole and it's underground," Seraphina said. "I'll feel like I'm suffocating."
"I think that's a tad bit dramatic…" The ice mage replied.
Seraphina shook her head. "Hey, you all go on ahead! I'll wait here in case something happens!"
"Are you sure?" Lucy asked to which Seraphina nodded.
"Nonsense." Erza said. "We already know their plan, they will not be returning here and I'd rather not have any of us separate."
"But- ahk!" Seraphina muttered after the redhead had pushed her down into the hole. She quickly ran down, hating the feeling of being confined, she then saw the light for the entrance out of the hole and jumped out immediately hugging the ground as soon as she did.
"Sweet, sweet freedom!" She exclaimed before standing up. The wind from the barrier was incredibly strong out here and she could feel her hair whipping around.
"Looks like we made it out." Gray said while looking back at the station.
"Let's head to Clover!" Erza demanded her sharp voice cutting through the wind.
"Whoa, this wind is insane!" Lucy complained as she held her head coming up from the ground.
"Yeah, great isn't it!" Seraphina remarked. "I bet if I jumped I could fly!"
"Princess!" Virgo said. "I'll keep your panties from showing!"
"You just worry about your own." Lucy replied to her spirit whose own skirt had flown up right in front of Gray which left the ice mage blushing.
"Should I try jumping?" Seraphina asked Lucy who immediately shrieked.
"Keep your skirt down!" The blonde demanded holding down the Light mages white skirt before she could though Gray had seen the lavendettes underwear which had him blushing even more.
"It's no use," Kageyama said as he laughed weakly. "You'll never catch up to Erigor. You can't stop us, we've won."
Seraphina didn't even pay his words any attention, laughing it off easily. She didn't know how many times she had heard that, but every single time the person was wrong, and Fairy Tail was the one to remain victorious.
"Where's Natsu?" Erza asked suddenly.
Seraphina looked around as she realized that Erza was right, Natsu was nowhere to be found and so was Happy, a smile formed on the lavendettes face as she shook her head already knowing where the pair had rushed off to.
"I know for a fact that they went after Erigor." She said.
"I believe you're correct," Erza replied. "Everyone lets go to the magic mobile."
Everyone nodded and Seraphina looked back at Kageyama. "Let's bring him too, he looks like he needs medical attention, and we should also show him that he should never doubt the power of Fairy Tail."
Erza nodded and Seraphina nodded walking over to Kage and picking him up with ease.
"Let's go Pockyama." She said tossing him in the magic mobile a bit carelessly. Gray picked him up and set the man next to him, Seraphina then jumped into the vehicle herself slamming the door shut behind her. After Erza had seen that the door was closed she started the magic mobile rushing down the path in order to get to reach Erigor as soon as possible.
