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At a greyish brown barren wasteland filled with rocky cliffs and hill.

The area is filled with just sand, rocks, and more sand as it looks to not be thriving with any greens but there are some parts where there are grass, flowers, and dried trees.

In one part of the wasteland, there is a large trail of dust flying in the air as a herd of reddish brown lizard like monsters are on a stampede as they look angry upon two little people that they are chasing.

"DAMNIT!" Natsu's voice is heard as the two figures are the young man and Cana who is carried in his arms. "THESE THINGS ARE SO ANNOYING!"

"THAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU THAT WE SHOULD'VE TAKEN EAST!" Cana yelled angrily at Natsu.

About 5 years had passed after Natsu joined Fairy Tail, he and Cana having formed a team together as they would go on requests for info about Igneel or anything that might be similar. Sometimes, they would rely on the Card Mage's fortune telling predictions that are always correct in one or two ways.

After the years have passed, Natsu grown up as a teenager as he now wears a sleeveless black waistcoat that is left open to expose his now built chest and abs, baggy white pants with a leather brown belt, and black opened toe sandals. He also wears his scarf around his neck.

As for Cana, she has grown up as well, but at a more mature looking appearance. Her body grew voluptuous for a teenager of her age, but she doesn't wear proper clothing. When she was a child, she only wears one piece dress or shirts with shorts, but she now wears light blue bikini top, brown jeans with a black belt with a round silver buckle, black and blue armbands on her biceps, three metal silver bracelets on her right wrist, blackish brown high-heeled sandals, what is left to complete her outfit is her blue shoulder bag that has its leather strapping strapped over her left shoulder and diagonally crossed her chest.

"why are they so pissed at us!?" Natsu exclaimed as he and Cana are still being chased by the large reptiles. "I just kicked one on the head, that's all!"

"anyone would be angry if you do what, don't you know!?" Cana exclaimed in retort before she saw something that made her let out a surprised noise and soon points a finger at front. "go! Go there!" the card mage pointed to a burrowing hole a few feet away. "we should be able to get rid of these things if we go there!"

"alright!" Natsu replied as he runs faster and soon jumps into the hole with Cana, both hide inside before sheltering themselves as the large reptile monsters run over them and away.

After checking the coast was clear, Natsu sighs and leans against the dirt in the hole with Cana doing the same.

"let's never come here again." Natsu said all tired.

"it was your idea to come here in the first place!?" Cana exclaimed. "I told you that I checked this place out last month, didn't i!?"

Prior to their little incident with the reptile monsters chasing after them, Natsu and Cana were on a lead about a dragon being spotted at their location. The Card Mage had told the Fire Dragon Slayer Mage that she was sure that the info was bogus and she had already checked it out, but the salmon haired young man asked for a second check to make sure and that's how they ended up in their current position.

"and what was with your idea to kick one of those thing's pal on the head when it was asleep!?" Cana exclaimed angrily at Natsu. "it was because of what you did that we had to end up here!"

"s-sorry…" Natsu replied with an apologetic face.

Cana sighs while pinching the bridge of her nose and shaking her head.

"anyway, we're now sure that there is no real dragon sightings in this place." Cana said as she takes a peek out the hole to see if their reptilian friends had tried to come back in search of them. "they're gone now, so let's go back to the Guild."

"okay." Natsu said as he stands up and for some reason, the floor of the dugged out hole instantly breaks and both he and Cana fell. "what the!?"

Natsu and Cana screams in unison while holding each other as the two are now sliding around in underground tunnels.

At the depth of a canyon, a hole is upon the rocky wall as there is the echoing scream of Natsu and Cana as the two Fairy Tail mages came flying out in an instant.

Natsu fell first before Cana fell on top of him.

"o-ow.." Natsu grunted out in pain as he and Cana gets up. He turns and looks at the hole where they flew out from. "the heck was that?" he went near and checks it. "must've been Ground Badgers doing. Those tunnels were a damn pain last year."

"N-Natsu.." Cana called out in a stuttering shocked voice as Natsu turns to see her looking tense at something. "l-look."

"look at what?" Natsu asked as he went near Cana and looks at what she was looking and his eyes soon widens while his jaw dropped.

Natsu and Cana looks upon the canyon's other wall as they had looked in shock when they see that there was something sticking out of the dirt, and it is the skeleton bones of a large creature that was sure enough to look like a dragon.

"a-a dragon's remains…" Cana muttered out before looking at Natsu who is taking small steps towards the large skeletal remains. "Natsu?"

Natsu went near the large skeletal remains as he checks its shape, size, and structure.

"it's not Igneel." Natsu said as Cana made a noise as the young man turns to look at her. "this is a Dragon but it's not Igneel." He showed her a smile. "but I guess this is proof that there was a dragon living here."

"Natsu…" Cana muttered out as she thought that Natsu would be down that they found something else than a dragon, but still here is remaining positive.

"can we go and check a bit more?" Natsu asked Cana as he looks and pats the skeletal claw of the dragon. "if we found this guy here, then we might find his den."

"his den?" Cana asked.

"yeah." Natsu nods while looking at the skeletal dragon remains. "if a dragon like this one have lived and died here, he must've had a den where he was living." He then sniffs the bones once and then around him. he made a noise and smiled then pointed at a direction. "I got the scent, his den is that way!"

Natsu instantly runs towards the direction as Cana made a surprise noise while reaching out a hand to him.

"h-hey, Natsu! Wait!" Cana exclaimed as she watches Natsu run away before she sighs with a smile. "geez, this is the first good lead we have and he got so excited." She shakes her head and then looks back at the skeletal remains. "still….i wonder what happened to this dragon?"

Cana checks the bones and soon made a noise when she saw something that caught her eyes.

"is that?" Cana muttered out as she saw something shining in the bones.


In the deeper parts of the canyon, Natsu is running around before he came to a stop to a large cave at the end.

"This must be it!" Natsu said with a grin. "the scent is so strong here!"

Natsu looks at the cave before he runs in alone.

Lighting his way with fire blazing upon his raised right fist, Natsu is checking the insides of the cave as he finds nothing than stalactites, stalagmites, and some bats that flew away when he got near.

"man, this cave is large.." Natsu said as he checks the entire structure of the cave that reaches far back like a tunnel. "that dragon must've liked living in caves and stuffs."

Natsu walked deeper in the tunnel and he stopped when he finds reptilian scales along with a few talons that were extremely large yet old looking.

"scales, and talons!" Natsu said as he checks them out. "that dragon must've lived here for years!" he goes around and soon sees large claw marks on the rocky wall. "he must've been an earth dragon or something!"

Natsu checks more of his surrounding as he sees more old signs of dragon like markings in the cave before he finds something that is very weird.

"what's this thing?" Natsu asked himself as he finds something metallic and white sticking out of the ground that is just shining from the light of his fire. He goes down on one knee and pushed away some of the dirt to reveal it to be the head of something. "what?"


Meanwhile, Cana is coming to where Natsu is as she is carrying an old rusted broad sword in her grasp.

"must be about a century old." Cana said as she checks the broadsword and sees old ancient writings. "I need Levy's help for this. Never seen this type of writing before."

Cana soon arrives to the front of the cave as she sees how large it is.

"the Dragon's den, huh?" Cana said while checking how tall the cave's opening is. She soon sighs with a smile. "I've heard of them being large in stories, but this is something way more."

Grunting noises are heard echoing from the cave as Cana checks to see Natsu coming out while dragging something with a rope.

"hey, Natsu. Check this out!" Cana called out as she walked towards the Salmon haired mage while holding up the old broadsword. "I found this by the Dragon's remains, I think you should check it out!"

"w-wait a sec!" Natsu grunted as he continues to pull on the rope with all his strength. "I found something else in this cave too!"

Cana checks on what Natsu was pulling and to her surprise, he is pulling on a Dragon Scale made into a sled that is carrying a dirt covered white silver metallic horse on top. The form looks like a horse but it seems buffed up.

"a horse? A mechanical horse?" Cana spoke out as she checks the mechanical horse before to Natsu. "you found it in the cave?"

"yeah." Natsu said as he wipes away some sweat on his forehead and then place his hands on his waist. "it was buried under the dirt, so I dug it out."

"Why you do that for?" Cana asked.

"what was I supposed to do?" Natsu replied while raising his hands. "I couldn't leave it buried under the dirt. That's just damn sad!"

"well…I guess you have a point." Cana said as she checks the mechanical horse and soon sees writing around its front leg. "that's…"

"what is it?" Natsu asked as Cana kneels and wipes away dirt around the mechanical horse's leg to see more writings that are ancient and unknown.

"these words." Cana said as she soon checks and compares them with the words on the old sword. "they're exactly the same."

"where you get that sword from?" Natsu asked, now noticing the old rusted weapon.

"it was in the dragon's remains." Cana said while getting back up. "come on, I'll show you."

A few minutes later, Natsu with Cana returned to the location of the dragon's remains. The Card Mage climbing up the skeletal bones with her comrade as she went near the skeleton head.

"here." Cana said as she points to the inside of the skeleton's jaw where there is a crack mark. "the sword was lodged here."

"that's right into the Dragon's head." Natsu said as he checked the crack with the sword and sees how it goes right through the skull. "don't tell me that this dragon was killed by someone?"

"possibly." Cana said as she climbs down and jumped to the ground with Natsu doing the same a few seconds later. "well, whoever killed this dragon." She raised the sword in her grasp and looks at the writings on it. "he had this sword and also.." she turns and looks at the mechanical horse that her friend had dugged out. "possibly that horse too."

"probably." Natsu stated as he dust off his hands a few times then goes to the mechanical horse to check the writings on it. "how about we bring these to the guild?" he then turns towards Cana. "maybe Levy can shine some light on what they are and who they belong to?"

"my thoughts exactly." Cana said with a nod while leaning the sword against her right shoulder.


4 days later, Natsu and Cana returned to Magnolia as they are in their guild, Fairy Tail along with their friends.

"so this the horse, huh?" Mira said, the She-demon grown up but still looking the same in appearance as to 5 years ago. She checks the mechanical horse that has been cleaned up of its dirt and is now standing on its legs motionless. "looking at it up close, it's really well built for something buried in the dirt for who knows how long."

"you said it." Cana said as she checks the horse by the side while Natsu is cleaning up its back legs. "but what my curiosity is on these writings on its right leg." She went around and pointed to the front right leg of the mechanical horse as to where the ancient engraved writings are on. "I've seen some ancient writings around jobs, but these I haven't seen before."

"it might belong to an ancient civilization that no one has ever discovered!" Lisanna said as she came near with Elfman and Gray. The young strauss sister grown up and looks beautiful while wearing a red and pink dress with boots, while her brother wears a gakuran and his hair has grown spiky, but for the ice maker wizard? He just grown up and is still a stripper.

"that's very possible, Lisanna." Mira said with an agreeing nod.

"but still, you guys found a Dragon's remains, it's old den, and this strange horse, huh?" Elfman said as he went and checks the mechanical horse's head, seeing his reflection its yellow glass like eyes. "man, you guys sure are getting famous and richer than us."

"if there's a discovery unknown to many, it'll make more of a discovery for money, huh?" Gray said while crossing his arms and looking up with a tired expression on his face. "there was non stop of those researcher guys coming to check on you guys…" he shakes his head and sighs. "they were so annoying."

After Natsu and Cana found the Dragon remains, its den, and the mechanical horse. They made a report to it to some researchers who paid big money to the two to give them permission to research on it for no one has ever discovered a real dragon's remains.

"we would've made more money if Natsu decided to sell this thing as well." Cana said while crossing her arms under her chest and looking at the mechanical horse. "they never seen it before and they really wanted to research on it."

The researchers had offered lots of money to Natsu in order to buy the mechanical horse for research, but the Dragon Slayer flatly rejected, saying that he wants to keep it.

"no way!" Natsu retorted. "this guy was left on the dirt by someone, and there's no way I'm letting those geeks get their hands on it!" he went back to cleaning the mechanical horse's hoofs. "and if we let them buy it, they'll just dismantle it and put it on a museum or something!"

"are you saying that you want to keep it cause you didn't want it to be left like how it was found, huh?" Lisanna said as she nodded once and smiled. "I somehow understand where you're going, Natsu."

"and besides, if I can get it to work somehow, I can ride it!" Natsu said with a grin. "no more public transportations for me!"

Some years ago, the guild had discovered something about Natsu's magic and that was it somehow made him very sick when on a moving vehicle of any kind.

"you do know that it's a vehicle that looks like a horse, right?" Elfman said. "doesn't that count as a vehicle?"

"that's just damn rude!" Natsu said angrily while pointing up at an imaginary bubble that shows a car and the mechanical horse that is moving on a field together. "if it runs like a horse, it is a horse! There's no way I can get sick on something like a horse!"

"what is with your way of thinking on things?" Gray sweatdropped with the others.

"hey, Natsu, Cana." Erza came by as the scarlet knight grown up and looks to be a real knight with how she wears a suit of armor. The red hair came towards the group while holding up the old rusted broad sword that has been polished and brandished to the point it looks brand new. "here, I finished polishing this sword."

"ah, thanks, Erza." Cana said as she takes the sword back after asking the scarlet knight to polish and clean it, wanting to know if they can find more clues on its owner and other things. She checks the weapon and see how it shines from the light above the ceiling. "nice and shiny."

"you guys brought something very rare, you know?" Erza said while placing her hands on her waist. "that sword, I mean."

"this sword?" Natsu asked while getting up after finishing cleaning the mechanical horse.

"indeed." Erza stated with a nod while crossing her arms on her chest. "when I brought it to my personal smith to get rid of the rust and sharpen its blade, he said that the sword was very old but very well cared for." She then cups her chin and looks down with her eyes closed. "he speculates that it was made by a master blacksmith who used a very old smithing technique, but other than that, there is nothing much he can tell."

"guess, we got to wait on Levy for more info on it." Cana said as she had also asked another one of their childhood friends who had become a very informative and knowledgeable wizard over the years.

"ah, here she comes." Elfman said as he pointed to the side and everyone turns to see Levy who grown up and is now wearing a yellow dress, and is a teammate to Jet and Droy, two members of the guild who joined some time years ago and are formed a team with the petite girl called Shadow Gear.

"hey, guys. Sorry it took a while." Levy said as she went to a table while carrying some books that she placed down. "I researched on those letters that you got on the sword and the horse." She takes one book and flips open its pages a few times. "and I hit upon something."

"what is it?" Natsu asked as Levy flips a few more pages and then turns the book to show a page filled with symbolic ancient writings that looks very identical with the ones engraved on the sword and on the mechanical horse. "this is?"

"I researched those letters and I found it to be a very ancient language of a kingdom lost in time." Levy said while holding the book and then flipping a few pages. "it says that the kingdom was advanced with magic and they had special techniques in creating hundreds of magical tools that had rust into the air." She then shows another page to the group who made a surprise noise when they see a drawn image of a mechanical horse identical to the one that they have in the guild. "one of those special magical tools was a very powerful stallion that has great capabilities."

"so you're saying this horse is that ancient magical tool, huh?" Mira said as she looks at the mechanical horse before to Levy. "but how did it remained buried in the dirt?"

"I don't know how it got buried, but I found something on the words that are written on it and the sword." Levy said as she put the book away and takes another one. "its language is very ancient but I got a book that can translate it." she flips a few pages and runs a finger in the book. "ah, here we go." She looks at the sword held by Cana and to the engraved writing before to the pages of the book. "Lu…Lu…Ludwig Einhorn. This sword belongs to a Ludwing Einhorn."

"who's that?" Natsu asked while looking at Gray.

"how am I supposed to know?" Gray asked with a sweatdrop.

"Ludwing Einhorn." Makarov's voice called out as the group turns to see their guild's Master coming with a new look that consists of an orange and blue jester hat, white shirt, orange jacket and pants, also with a pair of pointy shoes. "that's a name I have heard."

"you heard of this guy's name, Gramps?" Natsu said with a surprised face. "who is he?"

"a hero of a very old story." Makarov replied as he went and jumped to a table where he sat down. "Ludwig of Einhorn is the name of a hero from a Kingdom called Series kingdom. A kingdom lost to time."

"Series Kingdom?" Lisanna spoke out as she looks up with a finger to her chin. "I've heard of that kingdom from a story book before." She then looks down and pointed a finger out. "now that I think about it, the story goes about the kingdom having a prince who became a hero, right?"

"indeed." Makarov nodded before closing his eyes and crossing his arms. "the story goes that in the Series Kingdom, an ancient kingdom that is advanced with magic had come into war with other kingdoms yet stayed strong for years thanks to their magical tools." He opens his eyes and looks at the group. "but one day, that kingdom was brought to ruins when an evil warlock came while controlling a powerful dragon in its command."

"dragon…" Cana muttered out before looking at Natsu. "if the story is real, then the dragon would be.."

"it might be the remains of the dragon we found." Natsu said with a nod before he scratches his chin. "but how does it say about the sword?"

"if you found the sword that belonged to Ludwig Einhorn, then it must be going along with the story." Makarov said while scratching his mustache a few times.

"going along with the story?" Gray asked.

"when the Series Kingdom got destroyed by the Warlock's Dragon, the prince of the Kingdom; Ludwig Einhorn had left to defeat the two to stop them from trying to take over the world." Makarov stated in continuing the story while imagining how the story would go in his head. "with the remnants of his kingdom's magical tool refined and combined, Ludwig wields a powerful magic sword and also rode a majestic white stallion. With his preparations readied, he chased after the Warlock and its dragon to a battle to the death."

"then if you guys found the sword inside the dragon's skeleton and the horse buried in the dirt…" Mira spoke out while looking at Natsu and Cana then turns towards Makarov. "would that mean..?"

"yes." Makarov nodded, knowing what Mira was thinking. "it was said that Ludwig Einhorn struck down both the Warlock and the dragon at a canyon's valley, defeating both but also lost his life in the process."

"then that means what you guys found is like what is in the story!" Lisanna said while looking at Natsu and Cana. "you guys found the sword and the horse that belongs to Ludwing Einhorn! That's so cool!"

"if we're thinking like Lisanna, it is." Gray said with a nod while crossing his arms. "it was just a story and then it was found to be real."

"yeah, so cool like a man!" Elfman said with a grin.

"man, to think we found something like this." Cana said while holding up the sword. "that's just so…"

"Amazingly surprising and shocking?" Levy said and the card mage nodded to her choice of words.

"hey, Levy. Is there something in the book about how we can get it to work again?" Natsu said to Levy while pointing a thumb over her shoulder and towards the mechanical horse. "like does it need magic or something?"

"hey, you really want this thing to work?" Mira asked Natsu. "we just found out that it is something really valuable," she crosses her arms and wave a hand to the side. "don't you just want to sell it off since it's an ancient magic tool and all? there might be no way to get it to work considering how old it is."

"no way!" Natsu said in retort. "we found something so cool, there's no way we want to give it away to a bunch of geek archeologist!" he then raise a fist. "if I can get it to work, I don't need to get on transportation of any kind!" his eyes soon flares with fire, literally. "I will make it my savior from transportation! No matter what!"

"he must really hate transportation, huh?" Erza said with a sweatdrop.

"with his reaction, you can say that it is a yes." Lisanna stated with a nod.

"I don't know if we can get it to work again, Natsu." Levy said while flipping a few pages. "just like with Mira had said, it's very old and the ways to repair it might…" she soon made a noise with wide eyes. "ah, there is a way!"

"eh?! Really!?" everyone exclaimed in unison while Natsu went beside Levy and checks on what she was seeing in the book which is a page filled with instruction about the mechanical horse's structure and function.

"there's a place to feed it with magic?" Natsu said as he sees the schematic of the horse and sees that by the breast area there is a switch that opens a compartment. "that, huh?"

Natsu went to the mechanical horse as he checks on the area where the area is located while Erza and the others checks the book with Levy.

"it is said that this horse is called Ride Stallion, it is a magic tool created for the use of public transport, and daily use at farming." Levy said in reading the description of the mechanical horse. "but it is said that there are a few models made for military purposes."

"wait a sec." Cana spoke out while looking closer to the book. "did it say military purposes?"

"it did." Elfman said with a nod before looking a bit confused to the card mage. "what's wrong with that?"

"if this mechanical horse was made for transport, farming, and other stuff…" Cana said with a grim looking face. "what type is the horse we have in the guild would be since it was rode by a hero in battle?"

Everyone thought about her words for a few seconds before their eyes widen and their jaws dropped then their heads snapped straight for the mechanical horse and Natsu who made a noise and pressed something that opened a compartment on the horse's breast to reveal a clear crystal orb imbedded inside.

"ah! here it is!" Natsu said with a grin as he reaches a hand towards the orb.

"NATSU! DON'T!" they all exclaimed in unison as they tried to stop him but the young man touched the crystal orb that turns red and glows.

Without a second of a break, the mechanical horse's eyes flashes yellow and it soon stands on its hind legs while galloping its front and letting out a loud mechanical neighing sound.

"ah! it worked!" Natsu said with a grin before he looks surprised when the mechanical horse came down with its front hoofs directed at his face. "eh?"

BANG!

Natsu was smashed to the floor as the mechanical horse neighs and begins to go on a rampage in the guild.

"it's going berserk!" Elfman exclaimed as the mechanical horse runs around while kicking anyone and anything it comes near to.

"Natsu, you alright!?" Lisanna cried out as she with Cana helps Natsu who gets up while wincing in pain from hoofs shaped red markings on his face.

"owowowow…" Natsu gets up and shakes his head before he looks angrily at the wild rampaging mech horse. "why that little!"

"you brats go and stop it!" Makarov exclaimed angrily. "you brought it here, so stop it from destroying the guild!"

"r-right!" everyone exclaimed in unison as they instantly charged towards the rampaging stallion.

"Elfman, and Gray. Pincer it from both sides!" Erza commanded. "Mira and I will go front and back!"

"roger!" they all replied as they went with her commands in approaching the stallion that neighs while standing on its hind legs before it stomps its hoofs down on the floor then let out stream of steam from its nostrils.

"charge!" Erza exclaimed as the four mages went in to try and capture the mechanical horse who in response to their action, instantly decommissioned by kicking and then ramming them with its head.

"guaah!" the four mages flew in the air before crashing to the floor, table, and bar from what it did.

"damnit!" Mira grunted as she got up while placing a hand to the side of her head. "rather than a magical tool, that thing is a damn magical weapon! It's so strong!"

"what are we supposed to do now, Erza?" Gray called out while holding his aching shoulder that got hit with the kick from the berserk stallion.

"we need to try and hold it down somehow!" Erza said before she looks at Levy who is frantically flipping pages of a book. "Levy! Is there anyway to stop its rampage!?"

"um! Um! Not this! Not this one too!" Levy flips the page of the book several times as she tries to find a way to stop the wild stallion. "where is it!?" she flips a page and soon landed on a part of the book that made her let out a surprise noise and smile. "here it is!"

"what is it, Levy!?" Elfman cried out while trying to block the wild stallion from running amok with Mira helping. "how do we stop it!?"

"it says here that there is a special emergency switch on the back of its head that shuts down the stallion in case it goes on a rampage!" Levy exclaimed while reading the book that shows the drawing schematic of the horse's head. She then points a finger at the mechanical stallion's head. "on the mane! There is a switch on the mane! Press it and it'll shut down!"

"if that's the case!" Natsu's voice roared out as everyone looks up in surprise cause the Fire Dragon Slayer mage is on the roof's support pillar before he came down and instantly lands on the mechanical horse's back. "got it!"

The mech stallion neighs while standing on its hind legs as it began to go on a more berserk rampage in trying to get Natsu off its back.

"why you?! Stay put!" Natsu hugs his hold on the stallion as he is trying his bed to stay on its back.

"Natsu! Hurry and shut it down!" Gray exclaimed before he made a surprised noise and jumps away when the mechanical horse run pass him and straight through the wall.

"the guild!" Makarov screams as there is now a hole on the wall by the side of the guild.

"Natsu!" Lisanna cried out as she and the others went near the hole in the wall while seeing how the mechanical horse is running away on the street, passing by the citizens of the town. "they're gone…"

"for crying out loud." Cana sighs with a tired look as she face palms. "this is why I told him that he should've sold it.."

"where do you think it's going?" Mira said while seeing how far the horse was running with Natsu.

"wherever it is going, it is heading for the forest." Erza stated before looking to the group. "let's go and help Natsu. He might need our help."

"right" everyone nodded before they left the guild and Makarov who is crying in agony.

"the damage bills~!" Makarov cried out in tears as he was sure that money was going to fly for the repair of the guild.


At the eastern forest of Magnolia, Natsu's scream is heard as he is still hanging on to the back of the mechanical horse, not wanting to let go as it just continues to run while going crazy.

Neighing is heard from the stallion as it jumps and kicks its hind legs around, trying to shake Natsu off its back.

"I'm not letting go!" Natsu shouted while hanging on as the mechanical horse continues to shake him off. "never!"

Having enough with Natsu, the wild stallion runs and rams its side to a tree hitting its rider

"ow! What are you?! Ow!" Natsu cried out in pain as he gets hit with the trees that the stallion is ramming itself against. "stop that!"

The mechanical horse keeps on running while ramming itself to a tree, hitting Natsu while trying to get him to loosen his grip on its back.

"if that's how you want to play!" Natsu shouted as he waits for the stallion to run towards a tree, planning to ram itself and hit its rider. But the Dragon Slayer quickly turns to its side and let it hit itself to the tree. "how you like that!?"

Neighing more, the mechanical stallion's eyes glow yellow before it has static dancing around its metal mane.

"huh? What the?" Natsu sees the static before he screams in pain when he gets electrocuted by the static shock that exploded from the mechanical stallion. "aaaahhh!"

Natsu gets shocked with jolts of electricity as it goes on for a few seconds and left the Dragon Slayer cooked with static afro hair.

Falling forward, Natsu looks like he was out cold and the mechanical horse neighs once like it was victorious in getting rid of its rider but was surprised when the Dragon Slayer's hands grabbed its neck and grips it hard.

"you think that was enough to get me?" Natsu said as he glares with red eyes at the mechanical stallion. "sorry, but there's someone who shocked me way harder than you did!"

The mechanical stallion looks and neighs at Natsu before it continues to go on a rampage in trying to get rid of is rider.

Minutes passes as Natsu continues to wrestle with the horse while Erza and the others came and saw the scene.

"just how long have they been going on like that?" Lisanna said in seeing how some parts of the forest have broken trees, burned grass, and also cracked dirt.

"minutes, I guess?" Mira stated before she winced when she sees how the mechanical stallion rams itself to the side of a large tree and hitting Natsu at the same time. "man, that got to hurt."

"Levy, is there any other way to help Natsu in taming that stallion?" Erza said to Levy who has brought her books with the help of Gray, the petite girl checking more info on the stallion in trying to find a way to keep it still or shut it down.

"there's no other way but the switch on its mane.." Levy said as she flips page after page before she made a noise when she found something. "but it says here that the Ride Stallion has a talking function."

"talking function?" Cana asks while checking what Levy was reading. "you mean it can talk?"

"I guess so." Levy nodded as she checks the info before looking at Natsu hanging on the stallion's back. "but here it also says that the Ride Stallion will deactivate when it runs out of magic power."

"how long does it take for it to do that?" Gray asked as Levy checks the page and soon pointed a finger up.

"one hour." Levy stated while Erza checks the time with a pocket watch.

"it's only been 50 minutes." Erza said in reading the time before she watches Natsu in his struggle. "he has to hang on for another 10 minutes."

"I hope he can stay for that long…" Cana said in seeing how Natsu is bruised and wounded.

The group stays where they are as they just watch Natsu struggling to stay on the mechanical horse as it just goes on a rampage in getting him off its back.

Time passes and one hour came to pass.

A loud neigh is heard from the mechanical horse as it runs around the forest before it became slow and sluggish in its movement.

"t-tired!?" Natsu asked with a grin while looking very bruised on his face and body. "looks like I win!"

The mechanical horse neighs before it freezes and turns tense while its eyes go dim.

Afterwards, the stallion becomes still like a statue as it had deactivated like what Levy had stated before.

Now that the mech horse has stopped moving, Natsu got off and is staggering in pain.

"Natsu!" Cana and the others came to Natsu as the Card Mage with Lisanna went and helped the salmon haired mage. "you alright!?"

"i-I won against it!" Natsu said before he passes out.

"you're so reckless!" Lisanna stated as she and Cana helps Natsu get up and began to take him away.

"What are we supposed to do with the horse?" Elfman said while pointing to the mechanical horse. "Should we leave it here?"

"after witnessing how powerful it was, I should say no." Erza stated while watching Cana and Lisanna take Natsu away then towards the stallion. "if it falls into the wrong hand, it could mean catastrophic consequences to come upon us."

"then that means we have to take it back, huh?" Mira said while crossing her arms under her chest, she then turns towards Gray. "make an ice carriage for it, Gray." she then looks at Elfman. "carry it to it, Elfman."

"got'cha." Gray and Elfman replied as they went to do with what she had told them.

Gray makes an ice cart that is large while Elfman carried the mechanical horse and then placed it to the cart. Although he was struggling because it was heavy.

"let's head back to the guild and think of our next action with Master." Erza said as she with Mira followed after Cana and the others.

"man, why do we get stuck with this type of job?" Gray said as he pulled the cart from the front while Elfman is pushing from the back. "this is all Natsu's fault for bringing this thing here in the first place."

"don't whine," Elfman stated "just suck it up and be a man."

The two pulled and pushed the cart as they followed after Erza and the others back to their guild.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye