Meanwhile with Natsu and the others
Natsu grinned, slowly closing in on the frog in front of him. "Hyaah!" He shouted, leaping for it. The frog croaked as it hopped away easily.
"Hold it!" Natsu shouted after it.
"Wait don't touch that thing it'll hurt ya if- "Lucy trailed off as she chased after Natsu.
Charle watched the weird scene in annoyance. "For an opposite that Lucy sure does act like our Lucy."
"I know right." Wendy giggled.
"Do you think it'll be much further to the capital?" Happy asked.
"We just set out, you idiot!" Charle groaned. "They did tell us it would take about five days on foot. And with our Aera magic not functioning properly, the only thing we can do is walk."
"I feel so useless without my magic" Wendy asked sadly.
"I cannot explain, but I foresee dark times ahead." Charle stated grimly.
"Lucy was right. You are quite grim." Erza chuckled.
"Why, that dumb brat" Charle growled. "She just says that because I was the one always keeping her and Wendy out of trouble."
"So, you say." Erza hummed.
"So, I know!" Charle argued.
"Happy, help me out here!" Natsu called, interrupting Charle. "I've never seen a frog like this before! We should take it and give it to Lucy as a souvenir!"
"I don't want it." Edo-Lucy said.
"Not you, our Lucy." Natsu deadpanned.
"Oh. She'll want something like that?"
"Probably, Lucy has quite unique tastes." Erza spoke slowly.
"So, she's a weirdo?" Lucy stated.
"Yes." Erza sighed.
Natsu grinned and jumped at the frog, ignoring the others talk about his best friend. Wendy, watching in shock as he suddenly crashed into a large blubbery wall which came out of nowhere.
"What the..." Natsu looked up at the now enormous frog and leapt back in shock. "Gaahhh!"
The frog gulped, preparing to slam a large webbed foot down on them.
"It's attacking us!" Happy shouted in fear.
"All right then!" Natsu prepared a punch. "Fire Dragon's..."
He paled when nothing happened.
"Crap, I forgot we can't do magic here!" He screamed, running away from the grinning frog. "Happy help"
"Natsu wait!" Wendy panicked.
The frog's eyes widened in surprise when its' stomach suddenly split open and blood spurted out. Another cut severed one of its' legs, curiously leaving some string-like things hanging from the stump, and a third and final one sliced its' throat, causing it to gurgle weakly as it died.
Natsu's eyes widened, a giant smile appearing on his face as Erza appeared in front of him, scowling, holding a pair of swords, both dripping with frog blood.
"It's Erza to the rescue!" Happy cheered.
Wendy's face lit up. "Yay Erza!"
"Hey, hold on a sec, I just realized that you can still do magic, but these weirdos can't. Why is that?" Edo-Lucy asked, suspicion clear in her voice.
Erza looked at her fellow guildmates in surprise before she slapped her face, she couldn't believe she forgot such a detail.
"Apologies, in all the excitement it seems I forgot to tell you about the pills Mystogan gave Lucy and I that helped us maintain our magic here." Erza explained, pulling out a small vial filled with blue pills.
"Eat these and you'll regain your magic."
"FOOOD!" Natsu and Happy screamed, reaching out for a blue pill.
"Um...it won't kill us, right?" Wendy mumbled, also reaching for a pill.
"Don't worry I had the dumb demon eat one first before I tried it, it's perfectly edible."
"Oh, okay!" Wendy said happily.
"Hey, my magics back!" Natsu cheered, fists alight. Happy too was cheering as he flew in circles, relieved at being able to fly again.
"I can use magic too!" Wendy said happily.
"Well as I said, those pills help you regain your magic, now we have a much better chance against these Edolas weirdos." Erza sighed.
Edo-Lucy nodded in agreement, Earthland weirdos having magic was a major benefit in this fight against the king's captains. At least now they had less of a chance getting caught.
Charle mused. "While this is all well and good, I'm sure we still need to watch out, seeing as we look exactly like our Edolas counterparts, whom might I add are wanted."
Natsu, Wendy and Erza looked away bashfully, they had almost forgotten that small detail.
"Well that's why I'm with ya, dumb cat." Edo-Lucy drawled.
"Why you!" Charle growled.
"I know all the ins and outs of every city here, if anyone can help you travel around unnoticed it's me", Lucy bragged.
"Wow!" Wendy cheered. "Edolas Lucy is as awesome as Lucy-nee!"
"I'd say I'm more awesome but considering the magic I saw my counterpart do I can't really disagree with lil' Wendy".
"Wow she treats Charle and Wendy exactly like Lucy does" Natsu mumbled to Happy.
"I know they really are alike." Happy agreed.
"Alright now, listen up." Edo-Lucy said quietly, hoping to avoid calling attention to themselves, as they made their way through the city. " While it's good you got your magic back, any type of magic use has been banned recently. Just having a magic item is a crime now. So, unless needed do not and I repeat do not show any signs of magic, got it."
"Understood." Erza saluted.
"Yeah, yeah" Natsu grumbled. "Can't use magic cause it's banned, man what a dumb ban."
Wendy frowned. "You said having a magic item is banned, what about the people who were naturally able to use it?"
"What?" Edo-Lucy raised an eyebrow. "Nah, there's never been such a thing here. It's either you use a magic item, or you don't do magic at all."
"Hmm, so magic really only comes in the form of items in this world." Charle observed.
"Yup, magic power is limited." Edo-Lucy explained. "Our bodies do have some magic, but we can't release it without external aid. That's why we need a lacrima-imbued item if we wanna use magic. But we have such low reserves of magic, it also takes a long time to replenish our supplies within ourselves. That's why magic is such a valuable thing here."
"Really? Mystogan hadn't said anything about that." Erza explained.
"Don't know no Mystogan but yeah, it's one of the reasons the king banned magic guilds." Edo-Lucy added. "Every time a mage absorbs magic from his surroundings to replenish their innate energy, nature doesn't restore the lost magic. That's why there's a steady drain on the magic of this world."
Edo-Lucy glanced at a restaurant. "Let's stop here for now. I'm hungry."
"Food!" Natsu and Happy yelled.
"So, she also gets sidetracked by food like our Lucy" Erza huffed, following the others close behind.
Natsu and Happy had just finished describing Lucy to Edo-Lucy, after having been asked what their counterpart was like. From what they were hearing they were awesome.
Edo-Lucy raised an eyebrow in amusement. "So, my counterpart is an idiot?" She repeated. "But also, a daughter of a high-class family... who uses magical keys and extremely powerful demon flames? Damn I sound cool."
"Yes well, she would be cooler if she wasn't constantly getting into situations as this" Erza said, reminding everyone of Lucy getting caught by Edo-Erza.
"True. But she did it to save you remember." Wendy mumbled.
"Th-that doesn't matter, she still got caught" Erza weakly protested.
"And by your doppelganger too." Happy teased. "You might have competition Erza."
"Shut it cat."
Natsu ignored his friends teasing Erza, and went back to talking to Edo-Lucy, "So Magic used to be a part of daily life here, right?"
"Yeah..." Edo-Lucy grumbled. "Those damn Royal Army grunts took an important part of our culture away from us, just to monopolize it."
Natsu grinned. "So, if we beat the Royal Army, this world might get its magic back!"
"You're going to fight the Royal Army?" Edo-Lucy looked at him in surprise, which changed to grudging approval. "I guess since my doppelganger was willing to go up against that damn seductress, then the least I can do is help you with the army."
Natsu raised an eyebrow. "Your guild master is alright with you helping us fight the army? And with no back up?"
Edo-Lucy shrugged. "I'm perfectly fine with it"
Wendy gasped. "You're Fairy Tail's Master here?"
"Whoa!" Natsu grinned. "That's legit! You know, I think Lucy's plenty strong enough to be our guild master, but I don't think she'd ever want the job."
Lucy smirked at that. "By the sounds of it, she doesn't seem the type to be suited for it anyways."
"Anyway, I'll be helping you guys out, but uh, I'm leaving Erza Knightwalker to you guys. She's your problem, understand?"
"I can accept those terms." Erza said, "Besides I have a bone to pick with Edo-Erza".
"She's jeeealous" Happy snickered.
"Shut it cat!"
"There they are! We've got them!" A soldier shouted as a score of troops barged into the restaurant. "Block the town exits! Those are mages of Fairy Tail!"
Charle cursed. "How were we discovered already?"
"Doesn't matter I'm all fired up" Natsu cheered, readying his stance he let out a giant breath. "Fire dragon rooooooar!"
Most of the guards who had barged into the restaurant were sent flying out of the building, knocked out. Natsu couldn't help the grin that appeared on his face, happy to be able to use his magic again.
"What the-just who are these people?!" one shouted, while holding up a weird purple shield.
"How should I know? But they aren't regular mages!" another answered, sweat dripping down his face as the intense heat surrounding him. His shield shattering right before his eyes at the hands of sharp swords smashing through it.
"You will not be getting anyone today" Erza growled, swiping at the last shield in front of her, knocking back the last group that had broken through the restaurant building.
"Sky dragon roar!" Wendy roared, sweeping away any guards that tried to escape.
Some of the soldiers gasped in shock when the blond girl they had their eyes set on quickly disappeared. "Crap!" The leader shouted in fear. "That's Lucy Ashley! Stay on guard!"
His words fell on deaf ears as two rows of soldiers collapsed to the ground, immediately after spurts of blood spilt from their body immense pain erupted all over every soldier's body.
"We should leave." Edo-Lucy announced, reappearing next to Natsu. Wendy's and Erza nodding in agreement. "Wendy if you would" Erza grinned.
"You got it! Sky dragons roar!"
The soldiers watched as a wind tornado crashed into many of them throwing the rest off guard. The magic being used was a total mystery to them.
"After them!" The one in charge and still left standing shouted. "Capture them no matter what it takes!"
"Yes, sir!"
With Lucy and her spirits
After Aquarius had summoned a giant tidal wave inside Edo-Erza's room Loke had grabbed Lucy and ran while the other scarlet haired woman was distracted. Surprisingly they were able to get out of the castle with no other obstacles in their way.
It took them awhile to find their way back to town, but they eventually found their way back there and were on their way to the town square where the rest of the guild should've been in that lacrima.
"I just don't get it Loke? If I slept with Sexy Erza wouldn't I be technically sleeping with my mate?"
"No, princess. You would technically be cheating on her with a twin." Loke sighed. After having escaped from Edo-Erza's grasp, Lucy and her spirits had taken to running away from the castle despite that being where they were needed.
"Hmm, I guess twin Erza wouldn't have been as satisfying as mate Erza." Lucy grumbled.
Aquarius deemed it too dangerous to be near, not necessarily in terms of Lucy's health but her Chasity.
"HEY YOU THERE!"
"We fooled them somehow..." Edo-Lucy whispered, peering out through a crack in the door. "We won't be able to leave for a while though."
Charle turned to Edo-Lucy. "Is there any other exit?"
"It won't be easy..." Edo-Lucy observed thoughtfully.
"There they are!" A guard outside shouted, snapping them into a state of alertness. "We've got them now!"
Natsu and Wendy blinked in confusion when no one came in. "Huh?" Curious, they pushed the door slightly open and peered outside. Their eyes widened.
"Aw come on! I just scaped sexy Erza!" Lucy whined, flopping to her stomach in protest. She then pulled her keys out and began addressing them, ignoring the thirty something Edolas soldiers charging at her.
"Any of ya wanna come out and help Loke take these guys out for me?"
"I will take a shot at these men, lady Lucy!" Sagittarius said smiling.
"We are! I'll handle these wimp's princess!"
"Sweet, I'ma take a nap lemme know when you guys take em out." Lucy yawned.
"As you wish Lady Lucy" Sagittarius grinned.
"I swear this girls self-preservation is nonexistent." Aquarius sighed.
"Please Lucy-Sama is perfectly- ah, I may have spoken too soon" Capricorn cringed watching as an Edolas soldier slammed one of their spears on Lucy's back.
"Hey…ya just poked me while I was asleep. Why?
The soldier in question looked frightened at the demonic look Lucy was giving him. Within seconds she had melted his spear and sucker punched him across the several buildings.
"I was tired but damn soldiers got me all fired up!" Lucy grinned menacingly.
"Sounds like your Lucy is here and damn she just took out that whole unit by herself" Edo-Lucy observed.
Natsu's jaw dropped. "Lucy!"
"That's me?"
"Why are they here?" Happy sounded confused. "What's going on?"
"Lucy-nee!" Wendy and Natsu rushed out of hiding towards the demon slayer. "You're here!"
"Yeah I am! Hey Scorpio, finish these lame-os for me will ya?!" Lucy finished.
"We are! You got it" Scorpio cheered. "Sand Buster!"
Natsu's eyes widened. "Man, Lucy's awesome."
"Isn't she?" Wendy sighed, as she watched almost an entire battalion of Edolas soldiers be defeated at the hands of Lucy and her spirits.
"This is..." Edo-Lucy narrowed her eyes. "my counterparts magic?"
"Lucy!" Natsu ran up to her.
"Awesome!" Lucy cheered. "We caught up to you… and my mate!" She turned to her mate, "Hello, mate."
"You and I need to have a talk later." Erza scowled.
"Are you finally going to accept my claim!" Lucy said, eyes alight with joy.
"Wh-what no, we need to talk about your damn self-sacrificing tendencies!" Erza growled.
"Tch, fine. But I'll get you to accept my claim soon enough." Lucy yawned.
"You were right my Earthland self is pretty lax" Edo-Lucy laughed.
"Yup! But that's what makes her so cool!" Natsu and happy cheered.
Lucy quickly began to examine her Edo-self, confused at how there was a double of herself without the help of Gemini. However, when she thought about it more, there being a dopple-Erza doesn't it make it so far fetch that there would be a double of herself. However, is her double as cool and as powerful as her real self?
"I don't know about powerful but I'm cooler" Edo-Lucy scoffed.
"Droughtful but I guess I can wait and see" Lucy said.
"Drought-ful?" Edo-Lucy mouthed.
"Just…don't say anything." Erza sighed.
Hearing more soldiers run up, she sighed. "We'll talk later."
Lucy groaned at the sight of more soldiers headed their way, she really didn't feel like exerting anymore energy right now, and just wanted to take a nap with her mate instead. Man does it suck having to work.
"You guys are getting on my nervers!"
"Nervers?" one soldier asked.
"Who cares! Just take her out!"
"Sorry but I'm taken!" Lucy yelled.
Erza and the rest of the gang face palmed at the blondes reply to the Edolas soldiers. Only she would think they were trying to take her out.
"Celestial Demon WRATH!"
"Ahh these flames!"
"They burn!"
Lucy looked at the soldiers as if they were stupid. "I just shot fire at you, of course it'll burn."
Edo-Lucy couldn't help but whistle at the sheer power her counterpart had used. In just one move she managed to take out every soldier headed their way.
"Yooo! Les go before they send more and I have to do more work", Lucy yelled grabbing Wendy and tossing her over her shoulder.
"Hahah, Lucy-nee!" Wendy squealed.
"You dumb demon!" Charle yelled chasing after the running blonde, the rest of the gang following her.
Oh yeah, she's way more powerful than me. Edo-Lucy observed as the group ran off.
"Alright, so now what?" Lucy asked.
Erza looked to the others who all nodded in agreement in something Lucy seemed to not be in the know about.
"Now dumb demon, we're going to fight the kingdom to save our friends" Erza stated.
"Yeah." Edo-Lucy agreed. "Like I told those guys earlier, I'll be helping out." She raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "You and the red head really mates?"
"Hell yeah! We've seen eachother naked, made out and she let me touch her boobs!"
"Dumb. Demon." Erza growled, blushing.
"Hmm, well you know if my Erza wasn't batshit crazy I'd probably give it a shot but damn if that woman ain't definition of homicidal maniac."
"Ha-ha" Lucy chuckled. "Ain't that the truth. But you know- "Lucy pulled her counterpart close to her before whispering, "They say the craziest ones are the best in bed."
Edo-Lucy stared at her Earthland counterpart unsure whether to ask how she knew that or if she should leave it alone. In the end she figured it would best be left alone.
"Uh anyway, now that my counterpart is here, we have a way better shot at beating the king's elite's." Edo-Lucy explained.
"Yeah!" Natsu cheered. "With Lucy here we're unbeatable!"
"Aye!"
"Go, Lucy-nee!"
Huh... Edo-Lucy smirked. She's a little dense, but yeah this seems possible.
After escaping those royal guards, they had found a room to hide in and rest for a bit.
"Hey, look!" Lucy called, getting Erza, Natsu and Wendy's attention as she left the bathroom. "Edo-Lucy's has the same body I do!"
Edo-Lucy stood next to her, smirking and covered by an exact same towel as her Earthland counterpart.
"Lucy-nee, Lucy-san!" Wendy objected hurriedly trying to cover up her idol with her small body. "Natsu is here!"
"So?"
"So, you shouldn't be letting just anyone see you naked!" Erza explained annoyed, while also blushing at seeing two semi-naked Lucy's.
"Tsk, Natsu isn't anyone, he's my bff." Lucy said.
"Hey! Lucy can scrub her own back now!" Natsu burst out laughing at his own joke it seemed.
Lucy turned to her counterpart opening her mouth, "Hey- "
"No."
Lucy looked away genuinely disappointed she couldn't get herself to scrub her own back. She then turned to Wendy with sparkling eyes.
"Windy?"
"Sure!"
"Woo!"
After the Lucy's and Wendy finished scrubbing eachother backs, they reconvened to finish their talk. Happy starting the conversation back up.
"So..." Happy turned to Edo-Lucy. "You know our Lucy and our Erza are an item. What about you? Is there someone in your life that you see that way?"
"Nah, I mean I just sleep around for fun, but other than that I ain't tied down", Edo-Lucy said high-fiving her counterpart. "I wouldn't want to be attached to someone only to lose them the next day ya know. We're struggling to stay alive every day, so it's kinda a bummer to try and even be in a relationship anyways."
"Bu the people in your guild seem really happy." Happy observed.
"Of course, they would." Edo-Lucy agreed. "Could you imagine just being down in the dumps day after day only focusing on trying to survive? You'd end up dying way faster." She explained.
Everyone listened to Edo-Lucy's words taken by the sincerity of her words.
Edo-Lucy continued her speech.
"Taking in the moment, enjoying the time we have with eachother while we still can, that's all we can do to really live in the moment and make sure we don't have any regrets."
"And there are people in this world who need us." She added, "Many people are counting on us to survive to see the next day and keep fighting for them. We are the last remaining guild and will continue to exist no matter what."
Lucy grabbed her counterpart in a tight hug, "that was such a legit speech man! like I swear if I wasn't courting my mate, I would totally use that to seduce other woman. You know you should give it a shot and see how many women you can seduce. Bet it'd be a to-ugh"
Lucy bent over clutching her stomach after being sucker punched by Erza. "Love ya too mate."
"Dumb demon! You say things like that then expect me to accept your claim! I swear." Erza sighed exasperated.
Lucy rubbed the back of her head, grinning sheepishly at her mate. "Sorry mate."
Edo-Lucy snickered at her opposite before getting back to their main topic of interest. "Anyway, the Royal City is three days away from here, in the east", she explained. "We'll use this place to spend the night, then we're heading out."
"Aye, sir!"
Lucy turned to Loke who appeared out of nowhere then back to the sky. "You are seeing what I'm seeing bud?"
"A giant airship hovering above us currently about to land, and oop, looks like we got about couple hundred soldiers headed that way."
Lucy nodded, "Great, so my eyes still work good."
A staircase dropped from the airship and soldiers began to climb aboard.
"You guys are magnets for trouble, aren't you?" Edo-Lucy deadpanned.
"It's the dumb demon." Erza said.
"Whatever look we just gotta get outta here fast. I know we got flame brain over there but I'm not sure even she could get past all those guys." She explained.
Lucy quickly lit her hands prepared to fight. "Challenge accepted."
"Huh...wait a sec-that wasn't a chall-and she's gone."
"You really shouldn't have doubted whether she could take down all those soldiers or not." Natsu chuckled. He looked towards where his partner was amid battle, Loke by her side. It didn't even seem like she was breaking a sweat as she took down every single soldier.
"Yup, Luce gots it." Natsu, chuckled.
Edo-Lucy stared at Earthland Lucy before shaking her head. It seems her counterpart had no sense of self-preservation.
"Well, while we wait for Lucy to take care of those guys, we should come up with a plan now. I mean didn't they mention something about that giant lacrima near the castle." Wendy asked. "I think they're talking about Magnolia."
"Yup and we only have two days before they start extraction." Edo-Lucy stated grimly. "However, if we're walking it's gonna take at least three to four."
Natsu shrugged. "Lucy's already taking out those soldier guys, might as well steal their ship."
Edo-Lucy once again was struck speechless at the way these people acted. Her Fairy Tail acted wild, but it seemed Earthland Fairy Tail was on a whole other level.
"Uh...yeah okay. Good idea I guess."
"Wow! It's rare for you want to ride something, Natsu." Happy observed.
"As long as we have Wendy's Troia, it's not a concern. And besides our friends are in trouble so we need to get to them as fast as we can."
"Indeed, and it looks like the dumb demon is just about done" Erza stated with a smile, proud of her idiot lover.
Meanwhile the soldiers who were heading towards their ship were in for a rude awakening. Immediately they noticed a suspicious object headed straight towards them. Upon closer inspection they realized it was a giant fireball.
"Duck!" one of the soldiers yelled. However, their warning proved too late as Lucy's flames enveloped about half the battalion leaving the other half frozen in fear at the sight of their comrades lying on the floor unconscious.
"Wh-where'd that come from?"
"I don't know but keep your guard up!"
"Now Loke! Capricorn!", Lucy yelled a giant smile on her face, dashing forward alongside her were Loke and Capricorn.
"No one touches princesses' kin" Loke growled. "Regulus Gatling Impact!"
"You will regret taking Lucy-Sama's friends." Capricorn stated.
The battle between Edolas soldiers and Lucy was over in seconds.
"Wow...that was impressive to say the least" Edo-Lucy told Wendy.
"Right! Lucy's the best!" Wendy bragged.
"Well then I guess all that leaves is uh, what's that words for flying a ship?" Lucy said.
"Pilot?" Erza offered.
"Yeah! That. Anyone ever pilot a ship?" Lucy asked.
Everyone looked at eachother before turning away. As it turns out none of them had in fact ever piloted one.
"Hmm, well that was pointless." Lucy sighed.
Just as Natsu and the others were beginning to lose hope an armored car barreled into the street, scattering the soldiers Lucy had defeated and coming to a sharp halt in front of the mages.
"Wha? They got magic four-wheelers even here?" Lucy raised an eyebrow.
"Guess so, but this one's different see, it has Fairy Tail's mark on it." Natsu pointed out.
Lucy and the others examined the car that had appeared in front of them and saw that it did indeed have the fair tail symbol drawn across the driver's door.
"Levy explained what you guys were doing." The driver told them. "Get in. Hey Lu!"
"Nat's!" Edo-Lucy cheered, hopping in the car easily.
The others seeing Edo-Lucy jump in the car followed.
Natsu felt a shiver run down his spine, for some reason he felt like the real battle would soon begin. Turning to the others he saw them scramble into the car, following them right after.
"Alright let's go!" Natsu announced.
"Brace yourselves. We're gonna go pretty fast." The driver warned.
"Alright! Let's go, vroom vroom!" Lucy cheered.
"Seat belt first, Lucy-nee!" Wendy chided.
"Sorry lil' dragon."
"You have our deepest gratitude for getting us out of there and taking us to the Royal City", Erza said.
"No problem…well kinda since I don't wanna go anywhere near there, but I could never deny a request from my best friend!" The driver explained.
"Eh?"
"Who?"
"Me!" Edo-Lucy cheered.
"Got that right! Anyways, you want to get to the Royal City, right?" The driver asked. "This beauty's much faster than that bulky airship. After all, the fastest man in Fairy Tail..." The teen pushed up his goggles. "Is Fireball Natsu. That's me."
Jaws dropped. "Natsu?"
Natsu glanced at Edo-Natsu weakly. "That's... me?"
"You two really do look identical." Edo-Natsu told the two blondes, before glancing at the back seat. "And that's the other me? How sad."
"Our Natsu doesn't handle moving vehicles well." Wendy explained.
"What about her?" Edo-Natsu asked, pointing to Lucy.
"Oh yeah, she's pretty bad with vehicles too." Happy answered.
"Lame." Edo-Lucy said.
"And he's supposed to be me?" Edo-Natsu laughed. "In this world, I'm the transport magic specialist known as the Fireball, you know."
"Ugh..." Natsu and Lucy moaned.
"Come to think of it, I don't see an SE plug anywhere here." Erza realized. "I guess this thing must run purely on magic then. I have to admit, that's far ahead of Earth land's technology."
"Not exactly." Edo-Natsu frowned as he brought the car to a screeching halt. "Since magic is limited here, the amount of fuel that can be made is also limited. It's not easy to get a hold of nowadays, either." He sighed. "That's why this is as far as I'm taking you. Get out please."
Edo-Lucy nodded in understanding and left the car.
"Sorry." Edo-Natsu told Lucy. "Any further and I won't be able to get back to the guild. What were they thinking, moving the guild like that because they felt like it."?
"S'all good Nat's! Just glad you were able to come when you did" Edo-Lucy said, ruffling her best friends' hair, garnering a smile from the other boy.
"Woohoo!" Natsu cheered, back on solid ground.
"The other me has the right idea." Edo-Natsu observed. Wendy and Happy cried out when the back seat tilted sideways, and they fell out of the car.
"Going against the kingdom is reckless." Edo-Natsu warned. "Our Lucy's going along with you because she has her reasons, but don't get the rest of us involved. I only helped you out because Levy told me this was Lu's request. She's my best friend and I'll do anything for her" He looked away. "I don't want any trouble. I just want to continue driving around."
"Aw, Nat's swear once this is all over, I'm buying you a dozen fire whiskeys!" Edo-Lucy cried.
Edo-Natsu smiled at his best friend before being pulled out of his car, unceremoniously.
"Hey." Natsu grabbed his counterpart, dragging him out of the car. "You get off too. I want to say something to you."
"L-let me go!"
"Oi, let Nat's go!" Edo-Lucy growled.
Lucy stepped in between Edo-Lucy shaking her head. "No, Natsu needs to ask Edo-natsu this question."
"What question?" Edo-Lucy asked.
"You..." Natsu gave a hard yank and pulled Edo-Natsu outside. "How are you able to handle vehicles so easily?"
"That one!" Lucy whined, still feeling the aftereffects of being driven around.
The others watched in shock as Edo-Natsu curled up into a ball and trembled. "I-I'm sorry..." He mumbled, covering his face with his arms. "I don't know either."
"What?" Natsu looked confused. "Are you really the other me we were talking to?"
"I... I get that a lot..." Edo-Natsu whimpered. "People say my personality changes when I get on a vehicle."
Happy paled. "This is the real Edo-Natsu?" He shouted in disbelief.
Edo-Natsu scooted back. "P-please don't use such a loud voice..." He begged. "I'm scared..."
Natsu froze in disbelief.
"I'm sorry..." Edo-Natsu sighed. "But I'm only here because of Lu. Otherwise I would've never came."
"It's ok." Wendy told him. "Don't push yourself too hard..."
"Wendy-san?" Edo-Natsu looked at her in wonder. "You're so small and cute..."
"I'm Happy, and this is Charle." Happy introduced them.
"And I think you already know who I am." Lucy observed. Edo-Natsu paled a little but stood his ground.
"I'm sorry..." Edo-Natsu amended hurriedly. "But this really is as far as I can go."
Lucy looked down at the huge round city spread out below them. "This is the Royal City... it's huge."
"Ha-ha!" Natsu cackled. "You could have just told us we were here!"
"Uwaaah!" Edo-Natsu flinched. "I'm sorry!"
"This is where everyone who was turned into a lacrima is..." Erza observed. "Well, let's get going."
"Uh, um... are you really going to fight the kingdom?" Edo-Natsu shouted after them.
Natsu looked back. "Maybe, I dunno. We just want to save our friends." He sighed. "I guess... if they don't let them go, we won't have a choice..."
Edo-Natsu lowered his gaze. "T-there's no way you'll win... not against the Royal Army."
Natsu simply grinned. "Don't worry, losing isn't in our vocabulary!"
"Yeah!" Erza and the others cheered.
"Neither is a lot of other words, but Lil Levy is working on that!" Lucy cheered.
Lucy glared up at the giant crystal. "So that's the lacrima... this is what happened to my guild..." She began to shake in anger, causing Erza and Edo-Lucy to keep her from doing something reckless. "Those royal guys are dead."
"Children of Edolas..." A bearded man clads in regal robes began to speak to the gathered masses. "Our sacred kingdom has, through the use of Anima, produced ten years' worth of magical energy!"
Wendy clenched her fists angry at the king's false words. "More like stolen..."
"Sing together, dance together..." The king lifted his scepter, watching as people cheered. "The people of Edolas have a right to share this magical energy! For we are the only ones who will progress to the future! We are the holy race, and no one shall steal our magic from us! And let me promise you this: we will have even more magic!"
He smashed his scepter into the lacrima, chipping off a few small shards. "We shall have enough magic to make this look like trash!"
The people began to cheer. "E-do-las! E-do-las!"
"Natsu-san..." Wendy and the Exceeds strained to keep him from attacking the king. "Please calm down!"
"I can't!" Natsu roared, thankfully inaudible over the din. "That lacrima. It's our family."
Lucy grabbed hold of her best friends' shoulder, giving it a squeeze in reassurance.
"I know buddy, they're my family too, but it isn't time to get them yet."
Seeing his partner so levelheaded was rather shocking but also what he needed to help him calm down. "You're right Luce, we'll get them back and take down that bastard of a king."
"Oh, you can count on that Natsu." Lucy growled.
Authors note
Sorry for the long wait but you know how it goes. ANyways like, follow and comment. Also Next up to be updated should be Power! it really depends on how i'm feeling anyways hope you enjoy the chapter!
