Hey y'all!

Sorry it took so long to update, I was working out the plot for both this story and Bleeding Out, while taking a short hiatus. Speaking of which, I wanted to get at least this chapter out before Easter, just so it's out there for all of you lovely people.

I want to say thank you to all of you out there who've been reading my stories. I not only do this for my enjoyment, but for all of you to enjoy as well. I think I speak for every writer when I say that. Once again a HUMONGOUS thanks to all of you, and I hope you have a very happy Easter weekend! UwU

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Key for story(More will be added IF needed):

BOLD - anger, attacks, surprise

Italic - thoughts, dreams, stressing a word, sass, other end(s) of a phone call, singing and song titles, and The Prophecy


The Six Prayers' Secret


Natsu knew he wasn't the only dragon slayer, that being evident by Laxus, Gajeel, and Wendy, but finding out Cobra was also a dragon slayer, and a poison one was simply annoying as hell. Why did Zeref have to go and try to create artificial wizards? That one-of-a-kind ass had really done it now.

Cobra's grip was quite strong, making it extremely difficult to escape from. But that wasn't the only problem. A cloud of red particles began seeping from the man's mouth, entering Natsu's nostrils. He suddenly felt weaker, like his energy was being sucked from him. Struggling to escape, he attempted a roundhouse kick to his face. Of course, Cobra caught it like he knew it was coming. Getting tired of this game, and starting to feel weak from the poison draining his life away, Natsu growled and did the unthinkable. He bit into Cobra's hand.

Cobra howled as he let go of Natsu's face, giving the boy time to distance himself for an attack.

"Let's try this again!" he said, rearing his head back. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" Another spiral of flames shot from his mouth at his opponent, who just returned the favor.

"Nice try! Poison Dragon's Roar!" Opening his mouth, a spiral of that crimson poison shot out and clashed with the fire. After the attacks dissipated, Natsu stared down his opponent. A rumble sounded as they both turned to witness one of the legs raising up, presumably moving and heading to wherever it's destination was.

Cobra smirked. "Finally," he said, turning to Natsu. "In about one hour, Nirvana will be in place among the city of Magnolia, and all those caught in between the light and darkness will be affected!"

Hearing that just ticked the pink haired boy off. They had to stop this thing before it could reach magnolia. Since it was so large, he had no doubt it might take under an hour to reach it rather than Cobra's prediction. He took a step forward and almost passed out. After leaning up against a wall, he looked at his hands, realizing they were going limp. He started to lose consciousness as he tried to stay standing, with Cobra laughing in the background. Combined with his motion sickness, he felt as though he was in hell.

"Hooow are yoou not sick?" he grumbled.

Cobra laughed as he stroked his snake's head. "You're just too weak to take it!"

Just as Natsu's legs went limp, he felt something grab the back of his vest. His legs were no longer touching the ground, his droopy eyes looking down at Cobra's now confused face. Turning his head behind him and seeing the strangest thing behind him. It was a blue, flying cat. At this point, he was less surprised than he would have been, but then the cat started talking.

"Natsu! Snap out of it!" it said. It's voice seemed to be that of a young boy. Natsu managed to pinch himself to take a reality check. He was still awake, confirming he was being held up by a flying, talking blue cat.

"Whoo're yoooouu?" he said, slurred from his body going numb.

"What do you mean!?" he said, sounding hurt. "We've been best friends for years! It's me, Happy!"

At this point, Natsu wasn't sure if he heard that right. Happy? As in his cat, Happy? No way. As far as he knew, Happy was sleeping on his bed at Lucy's, and certainly not carrying him through the air.

"Hooow?"

"Happy, we can tell him later." said a female voice. It sounded funny, like she had an accent. Next to them, a white cat flew beside them. She seemed rather annoyed, but she was also holding a familiar face. Wendy waved at him with a small smile. She must have been using her magic again since he was starting to feel better and since her scales were out with her now pink hair. He stretched as he felt both the poison leaving his body, and the motion sickness wearing off. Taking another look at the felines, they had two white wings each coming from behind their back.

He smirked realizing something. "As long as I don't touch that thing, I should be fine!" he said cracking his knuckles. "Happy, or whoever you are, are you ready to help me beat this guy?"

"Aye sir!" the blue feline chirped.

"But first, I want to try something." Natsu said. He concentrated and thought of the most ridiculous thing he could. Cobra stared for a minute, then burst out laughing, confusing both the white feline and Wendy, who was dangling tired in the other feline's grasp.

"What the hell is that!?" Cobra roared with laughter. "That was the lamest joke I've ever heard!"

"Then why are you laughing?" asked Happy, giggling.

"Because it's stupid of course!" Cobra laughed as he thrusted his hand outwards towards them. "Now, just die already! Poison Dragon's Scales!" As he said that, small scale-like shapes formed out of the poison particles and shot at Natsu, Wendy, and the felines like bullets from a CIWS Gatling Gun. They narrowly swerved around, avoiding the scales as Natsu fired back small bursts of fire. They climbed higher as the scales dissipated around them, thinking Cobra couldn't follow them. Boy did they feel stupid, as well as shocked, when Cobra met them in the air on his snake. Only now did it have wings.

"Huuuh!?" they cried.

"Thought you could get away, Salamander!?" He fired off another barrage of scales as the four attempted to dodge them.

"How can that thing fly!?" Natsu cried.

"Ask your flying cats!" Cobra smirked as he crossed his arms like an alligator's jaws. "Poison Dragon's Twin Fang!" Two large snake jaws of the red poison formed in the air in front of him and shot towards Natsu.

Wendy jumped in to save him with the help of her flying cat. "Sky Dragon's Roar!" A whirlwind came from her mouth, blowing the poison fangs away as if they were dust bunnies.

"Impressive! The little girl shows her fangs as well!" Cobra commented as he jumped into the air doing a flip to avoid the remnants of Wendy's attack. "Nevertheless, it's futile to fight me! Poison Dragon's Spiraling Fang!" A giant serpent of poison formed, slithering through the air towards Wendy, which Natsu batted away with a flaming kick, though he didn't come out unscathed. The poison wafted into his lungs again, causing him to feel weaker.

Cobra growled as he jumped at Natsu and grabbed his head again. The poison seeped into his nostrils again as they went spiraling down towards Nirvana, and Natsu's face getting closer by the second to being smashed in. He tried thinking, but that didn't work. Then something occurred to him. Cobra kept saying that he could hear his thoughts. So, he shut off his mind and did what he did best: improvise.

Inhaling and giving it his all to tap into his dragon slayer magic, he managed to let out a sound that no one would have imagined. He released a deafening roar as they came upon the ground, one that sounded as though it came from a real dragon. Cobra's screams of pain were inaudible as they crashed to the ground in a large puff of dust.

As it cleared, Natsu sat on the ground panting and looking rather green again. Cobra was laid out and out of breath. He muttered some words before fainting. "My prayer... I... just wanted to hear the voice of my one friend... Cubellios." As he said that, said purple serpent slithered up to him and nudged his head, glancing at the sick dragon slayer beside him. Natsu, though he wanted to puke, held it in and stood shakily. Walking away from Cobra. Happy flew down and picked him up, allowing Wendy to heal him once more. She no longer fainted, but she would tire easily from using her healing.

"Are you alright, Natsu?" she asked worried. He nodded "Yeah, I'll be alright. Now let's go find our friends." They slowly floated through the city looking for signs of their friends while recuperating their strength.


With Jellal and Erza….

Jellal and Erza had seen from the air what Nirvana looked like and saw flames which they assumed were Natsu's. Just as they were going to help, Jellal felt a strange presence. His eyes narrowed and he sped off towards it. Erza looked at him with worry, considering she sensed it too.

"Which one do you think it is?" she asked, not sure which of the final three Oracion Seis members they were headed towards.

"From what I can tell, it's more than likely to be Midnight," he said, frowning. "Natsu seems to be doing fine on his own for now, but we should take out one while we're here. Then we can stop this thing."

"Shouldn't we just break the lacrima instead?" She questioned, to which Jellal shook his head.

"They'd take us out quickly that way. If we take them out now, one by one, we can still take these things down." he answered. "Remember, we have to destroy all six at the exact same time. If they gathered up at one, it'd be game over even if we outnumbered them."

"Good point." the scarlet haired girl nodded. If they were to attack them separately and take them out of the picture, then they could take out the lacrima no problem. As they came to a stop in the city upon Nirvana, they looked around for their opponent. A shift in magic energy caused them to whip around facing in the direction of the tower. From that way, who should come to face them but Midnight, yet he was walking and his eyes were open.

"Good point." the scarlet haired girl nodded. If they were to attack them separately and take them out of the picture, then they could take out the lacrima no problem. As they came to a stop in the city upon Nirvana, they looked around for their opponent. A shift in magic energy caused them to whip around facing in the direction of the tower. From that way, who should come to face them but Midnight, yet he was walking and his eyes were open.

They'd recognized his power to be great when he was dozing off, yet now it seemed to exceed even that. His black lipstick covered mouth twisted into a smirk. A breeze blew and the small bells on his strands of hair braided at the front jiggled with it. "You've done well to make it this far and take out three of our own." he said. "You've got father worried that you'll wake him from his slumber."

The two took their stances, ready to fight. "What do you mean by him?" Jellal asked.

"It would be a waste of time and energy to explain." Midnight said with a sigh. "Now, let's get to the part where you die, alrighty?" He waved his arm at Erza about to launch an attack.

"Oh no you don't!" the blue haired boy yelled, pointing his arms at the man. Multiple beams of light shot at Midnight, who simply waved his arm and they dispersed around him. With another quick wave, Jellal was knocked to the ground and coughed up blood. Erza charged in fury and yelled, "Requip: Heaven's Wheel Armor!" In a flash, the armor appeared upon her, and she slashed at Midnight while all he did was raise an eyebrow. Before her attack could hit him, she felt her arm forcefully stop. The armor suddenly began to morph and wrap tightly around her. Her eyes widened in shock and pain as it continued to compress her body.

Jellal attempted to get up, but he was exhausted from using the Square of Self-Destruction and Meteor. "Get away, Erza!" he cried, desperately trying to reach out to her.

Midnight chuckled at his utter failure to continue fighting. "You know, it's quite sad to see you lying on the ground while your friend is being crushed to death." he said. But then a sword appeared out of nowhere and flew at him. Narrowly dodging it, his eyes turned back to Erza with annoyance.

"You simply don't give up, do you?" he grumbled. Walking over to her. Suddenly, the sword came back at him, and then another one. Unfortunately for him, the second one hit it's mark, but just barely. He leaned backwards and turned his head to the side just as the blade pierced his cheek, slicing it as it flew past him. After righting himself, he felt the blood dribble down his cheek, growling in anger.

"You little bit-" He was instantly silenced by a swift kick to the head by the scarlet-haired girl and sent flying into a building. He was starting to get really annoyed now, and with a growl, Erza felt something coming her way and attempted to sidestep it. She cried out as it slashed at her waist, creating a gash in her abdomen. She keeled over, holding her wound carefully, using her free hand and yelled, "Blumenblatt!" summing multiple swords in the air and sent them flying in multiple directions at her opponent. This seemed to do the trick and left Midnight with multiple cuts and wounds across his body.

She hissed and charged him wielding two of her swords. She slashed in fury at him missing every time. He smirked and stuck her with a punch to the gut, sending her flying backwards. She coughed up blood as her requip disappeared into a rather plain looking chest plate. A blue skirt was underneath and she had brown combat boots as well. It looked rather simple, and it left Jellal and Midnight wondering what purpose it had.

However, Midnight simply laughed. "Did you really think you stood a chance against me?" he chuckled, waving his arms as their surroundings changed. A bell could be heard in the distance, and it rang an almost eerie tone. It had already been harder to see things considering how late it is, though they'd managed well so far. But something just seemed to set off all the warning flags within her mind at that moment. As the bell rang, she started to picture what was going to happen, her eyes widening when she pieced together the puzzle.

"The fear on your face tells me you figured it out." Midnight said, his form darkening and his eyes glowing red. Jellal was panicking. He tried getting up, only to fall again. "There's a reason why my code name is Midnight," he said, his voice slowly getting deeper and more intimidating. "It's because my magic is strongest at midnight!" His body grew to become the form of a huge monster. He laughed maniacally as He crept closer to the injured girl.

However, instead of fear, she held resolve on her face. Erza stood shakily, calling out, "Requip: Robe of Yūen!" This time it was a purple set consisting of a short sleeveless tunic decorated by many flower motifs, slightly revealing openings on the sides, exposing some of her chest, held closed by both a large, dark obi, which has a thin red rope tied around it and sports a wide closing ribbon on the back, and by a lighter, smaller white belt, which are both wrapped around a pink, flower-patterned cloth circling her waist on the back and the sides.

Midnight laughed. "I don't know what that outfit is supposed to do, but it's useless!"

"I could say the same for your tricks." she spat, steadying the lance in her hands. A red spot formed on the clothes from her wound, yet she stood firm.

"What on earth are you talking about?" he asked, confused. "Whatever, it won't matter since you're about to die!" He lunged at her, which she sidestepped, smacking the poll on his head. He groaned and hit the ground hard, he got up and the scenery faded. He looked fearfully at her.

"H-How!?" he stuttered. "How did you figure it out?!" She only lunged at him and delivered an open palm blow to his body and knocked him unconscious with another blow to the head.

Jellal stared in shock at her accomplishment, yet he still didn't understand what just happened. She looked at him as she helped him up.

"How did you do that?" he asked bewildered.

She shrugged. "I saw his magic for what it really was." she replied. "A small voice in my mind told me to trust my instincts and what I see. I also saw through his illusion in reality as well."

"You what?"

She sighed and shook her head. "I don't fully understand it myself, but what I saw turned out to be an illusion of light being refracted in the air. I could suddenly see the truth and not the monster he made himself to be."

"That's… confusing. And I mean in every sense of the word." he chuckled earning a nod from her.

"Come on, let's go find the others and finish this, together." she said, helping him walk deeper into the ancient city.


Gray was certain he found a way inside the massive city. Well, how wouldn't he. But he was certain he was now at the entrance to the paths leading him to the lacrima. He was determined to finish this before anyone else was lost.

Suddenly, he heard familiar voices behind him, as well as the sounds of a fight. He looked around to see Lucy and none other than Leo or Loke, whichever one he truly was. They came to a stop before him, and upon seeing the honey blond male before him after all this time, he just wanted to punch the guy. And that's just what he did. The two stared at him in shock, even after he brought Leo into a bro-hug of sorts. Smirking at their confused faces, he spoke.

"Next time you have a secret that big, just tell me dude." Leo sighed with a smile while rubbing his cheek.

"I guess I deserved that." he chuckled. "But now, let's get on with the mission." The three nodded, but immediately turned to face the large man and leader of the Oracion Seis: Brain. The three backed away slowly as they readied themselves for a fight. Brain flinched as an explosion went off, confusing them. One of the marks on his face slowly began to fade away.

"Damn it." he muttered. "It seems Cobra has fallen."

"Indeed it is so." said a familiar deep voice." They all turned to face Jura, as he stared down their foe. His face was stone cold and ready for a fight. "And you shall also be defeated, and by my hand." He finished, getting into a fighting stance.

"You know, I've been wanting to fight you as of late," Brain retorted. "But it will not be me who falls!" he launched a green blast at Jura who flicked his hand up. Stone pillars shot up from Nirvana's surface and blocked the attack. Brain smirked and yelled, "Dark Capriccio!" a beam of darkness shot out of the staff in his hand, breaking through the pillars with ease and forcing Jura to dodge. But when he seemed to be out of danger, the stream of darkness bent and shot towards him once more.

Grunting, he raised at least ten or so columns, just before it got to him, stopping it at the first column. However, it was not enough as the attack started to slowly crack the columns of rock one-by-one.

"Being a Wizard Saint doesn't make you special, Jura!" Brain mocked. "I've heard you were strong, yet this is all you have? I must say, it's rather disappointing!"

Jura's eyes narrowed then shut. He seemed to be the rock columns broke apart, and the pieces shot at a now alarmed Brain. They encased him in a tomb of rubble. And exploded quicker than they could react to the first part of the attack. As Brain hit the ground, a cry could be heard in a distant part of Nirvana, one which they deduced was Midnight, meaning someone had defeated the last of the six. Brain now lay on the floor as both of the remaining marks on his face disappeared.

"This confirms my suspicions," Jura said worriedly. "Those marks represented the six members of the Oracion Seis."

Lucy stepped over to him. "What could it mean?" she asked.

"I don't know that, but what I do know is that it is a type of magic called Organic Link Magic. It's been used as a seal for something."

"But for what?" Gray wondered. They'd already unsealed Nirvana, which they now had to shut down, but yet something didn't sit right with him.

"Z...r..o" Brain muttered, his face pale. "Zzz..r."

Jura knelt down to Brain's side. "What are you saying? Tell us, now!" Jura demanded. Gray and the others were worried since he seemed much more worried than before.

Brain began to laugh. It was a tired and weak laugh, and yet it still caused them nervousness. "You fools have awakened the beast. The Oracion Seis' leader will destroy you all, as well as us." he said. "Zero is awakening!"

His fist shot up, knocking Jura into the air. He stood, glaring at them as his skin turned paler. His eyes turned red and his grin turned malicious. He threw down his staff, shattering it into splinters of wood and bone. He somehow seemed bigger than before as he cracked his knuckles.

Gray, sensing this new danger, starred in fear at this new threat. He activated his Ice Demon Slayer Magic, ready to duke it out with this guy.

"I am Zero! Guild master of the dark guild, Oracion Seis!" he said to them. "Now, tremble in fear, and Die!"


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