Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Fate Stay Night, any resemblance to any other Fairy Tail or Fate Stay Night fan fiction is coincidental and plagiarism is not intended. No flames please constructive criticism only.
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It was eleven thirty AM in the Guild Hall and Laxus eagerly anticipating the fight in an hour where would put the new girl in her place and make her his woman. As he took a sip of his drink, he saw out of the corner of his eye, a certain flying blue cat attempting to be sneaky as it stole one of the requests from the S-class request board.
'Idiot' Laxus thought to himself with a smirk as the cat flew out the window as discreetly as it could.
The blond haired wizard moved over to the window and spotted Happy flying down to Natsu. Laxus decided to take a seat and leant closer to the window so he could listen in but at the same time not attract attention.
"Good work Happy" Natsu said "This job is S-class, so if I complete it I'll prove I'm ready for the second floor."
"Aye and the reward includes a Gate Key" Happy pointed out "Lucy collects those doesn't she?"
"Awesome thinking Happy, if I get that key for Lucy she's sure to forgive me"
"Aye"
"Let's go, when were done everyone's gonna be so jealous"
Laxus then heard the sound of running and knew that Natsu was gone now.
'Doesn't bother me, it's not like that weakling is coming back from an S-class quest' Laxus thought to himself as he took a drink of his beer.
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It didn't take long for noon to come; most of the guild minus Natsu, Happy and Erza were present. Erza had taken a job and would be back until later, while Natsu and Happy were strangely absent something everyone noticed because it was out of character for Natsu to miss a fight where Laxus was involved.
Lucy stood in the arena clad her golden armour opposite Laxus who looked pretty confident.
"Hey Master, are you sure this is a good idea?" Macao asked with uncertainty "Lucy talks big, but she's still a rookie. Isn't it a little cruel to let Laxus on her like this?"
"No, Lucy'll be fine." Makarov replied "If what I've been told about her is true, then perhaps this will be a learning experience for Laxus."
"Learning experience?" Wakaba parroted
"Do me a favour" Lucy said grabbing everyone's attention "Try not to go down too quickly, I like my entertainment to last."
"You've got a big mouth, pretty soon you'll only be opening it when I let you" Laxus grinned, lightning sparking across his body.
Several golden portals opened up behind Lucy, swords axes and weapons emerged from them ready to be used at a moments notice.
"Alright, now begin" At the sound of Makarov's voice Laxus was on the offensive instantly sending a large bolt of lightning at the gold wearing girl opposite him. The impact kicked up a large cloud of smoke and the sound of lightning zapping could be heard from within.
"Well that didn't take very lo-" Laxus was cut off as a pair of swords was launched from the smoke one after another. The wizard quickly back flipped out of the way of both weapons which exploded upon impact with the ground. Laxus growled as the smoke cleared away revealing Lucy who had blocked his lightning bolt with one hand.
"Keep at it by all means mongrel, who knows, maybe you'll get lucky and I might laugh myself to death" Lucy goaded infuriating Laxus even further.
"Let's see how you handle this!" Laxus growled and raised his hands; he formed lightning between them, forming a very large spear out of it in the form of a halberd and tossed it at the girl.
"A lightning Halberd, finally something strong." Lucy smirked "But even that is still not enough to defeat me."
As the halberd closed in it was suddenly block by thin wall of weapons that appeared in front of Lucy like a makeshift shield, causing the Lightning magic to disperse amongst the weapons.
"Please tell that wasn't your best" Lucy said shaking her head "These parlour tricks have started to lose their novelty."
Her response was three more lightning halberds which pounded against her barrier of weapons to no avail.
"Mouthy bitch, don't get cocky" Laxus growled using his lightning body to move rapidly.
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Loke POV
Loke formerly known as the celestial spirit Leo watched the newest wizard of Fairy Tail go head to head with Laxus who was undefeated. He knew she was a celestial wizard and kept his distance just in case he was recognised or she sensed what he was.
From what he could tell she wasn't a bad person and she must treat her spirits with respect otherwise he was sure that Natsu would be yelling about it. The Dragon Slayer definitely wasn't one to let anyone just suffer if he could help it. He was glad that Aquarius, Taurus, Caner and Virgo had found a good master.
"Lucy's holding her own against Laxus" Wakaba said with amazement.
"She looks really calm" Loke spoke up "You wouldn't think she's facing an S class wizard at all"
"I don't think Laxus is gonna be very happy by the end of this even if he does win" Alzack commented as Laxus in his lightning body form flew over Lucy's head.
Just as he was about to touch down however the weapons that were forming a barrier suddenly straightened out and aimed at where Laxus was going to land. Three weapons fired and Laxus was forced to keep moving. Eventually he was allowed to land when Lucy grew bored of firing weapons.
Another portal appeared next to her and she withdrew a golden key.
'Taurus' Loke thought to himself recognising the key even from a distance.
"Open Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus"
Loke had to stop himself from reacting to sight of his old friend Taurus.
"Alright Taurus finish this quickly, I've no interest in extending this farce any further"
A weapon shot from one of the golden ripples and Taurus caught it quick as lightning. It was a battle axe that seemed to be rather ornate but brimmed with power.
"A celestial spirit is it?" Laxus scoffed "Fine by me hide behind whatever you want, it won't make a difference here."
"Hiding? You misunderstand; I don't need to hide behind Taurus." Lucy smirked "I just think he have a chance to take a crack at you. I have been sort of neglecting to summon my spirits recently. Now then Taurus, time to go to work."
The bull spirit nodded and charged at Laxus who met him halfway an began exchanging blows. The spirit however was doing better than Loke had thought he would against Laxus. He seemed t not only be quick to dodge Laxus fast and powerful blows but also fast enough to counter attack.
"Hey is it me or did that Celestial Spirit's magical energy take a spike?" Alzack asked.
"Nah it's not just you" Cana answered "When he grabbed the axe Lucy gave him his energy not only spiked, but it seemed to change like it made him more powerful somehow."
'They're right' Loke thought to himself 'under normal circumstances Taurus wouldn't be able to fight someone of Laxus calibre, but just holding that axe has made Taurus faster and stronger.'
The exchange of blows between wizard and sprit continued, while Laxus wasn't good shape, Taurus was by no means unharmed. Indeed in the past few moments Laxus had managed to land solid blows on the bull spirit.
"Not bad for spirit I'll give you that but this isn't over' Laxus growled gathering energy for another attack.
Taurus responded by jumps into the air and swinging his axe, he then struck the ground with it, generating a shockwave which moved in a straight line towards the Laxus, splitting the ground and blasting rocks into the air.
Lacus simply smirked and threw a lightning halberd at the on coming attack causing them both to explode and cancel each other out. The explosion kicked up smoke which obscured Laxus view but this did not stop him from gloating.
"Nice try bull boy, but it'll take more than tricks like to-"
Laxus was cut off when Taurus came rushing of the smoke and quick as the lightning Laxus using slashed him across the abdomen wounding Laxus and forcing him to back off.
"AGH! Sneaky bastard you used the smoke as a cover for your real attack." Laxus growled angrily as lightning crackled over his body.
Howeve all of a sudden Mirajane burst into the arena running in distress.
"Master, one of the S-Class requests is missing!" Mira exclaimed.
The guild master didn't seem to register those words for a few second, but after a few seconds he registered what she'd said and spat the coffee that he had been drinking out onto the floor.
"What?!" Makarov shouted, turning to face the barmaid. "STOP THE FIGHT RIGHT NOW!"
Whatever attack Laxus was going to was stopped and the three two both stared at the Guild Master questioningly.
"An S-Class quest is missing? Wonder who did it." Macao thought aloud.
"It's either someone really strong or really stupid." Wakaba commented.
"Anyone have any idea who did it?" Someone asked curiously
"I know who took it… I saw a little blue cat snatch it off the wall." Laxus spoke up.
"It was Happy?" Mira asked with surprise.
"That's crazy; he must've taken it for Natsu." Someone pointed out.
"He's got some nerve…" Alzack stated.
"I don't know about that, but he's really dumb if that's true." Bisca said
"That's a serious breach of the rules. Hey gramps, a stunt like that'll get ya kicked out of the guild, am I right? I guess it doesn't matter though, it's not like Natsu or Happy are gonna make it back from an S-Class quest alive." Laxus scoffed.
"Laxus, if you knew then why didn't you stop them?" Mira asked, lightly glaring at the blonde-haired man.
"Oh lighten up. All I saw was a blue cat flyin' off with a piece of paper in its mouth tryin' to act all sneaky. I had no idea it was Happy… besides Natsu's not cleared for S-Class. I never dreamed he'd break the rules." Laxus replied with a cocky smirk.
The white-haired barmaid directed a look towards the S-Class wizard that would have caused ordinary people to cower in fear of her, she even had a sinister aura to complete the glare that she directed at him, it sent chills down the spine of the other guild members who saw it.
"Hmph… you haven't given me that look in a while." Laxus commented with amusement.
"This isn't good…." Makarov thought aloud.
"Which request was taken by the way?" Macao inquired.
"It was for lifting the curse on…..Galuna Island." Mira said in a worried tone.
"Galuna island?!" Several exclaimed.
"Is he insane?!" Another shouted worriedly.
"Laxus go and fetch him at once." Makarov ordered his grandson.
"Yeah right, I've got a fight to finish gramps." Laxus replied aggressively glaring at Lucy "And besides, everyone in Fairy Tail is supposed to be able to take care of themselves… right?"
"I don't care how you feel about Natsu! The fact is you're the only one strong enough to bring him back by force!" Makarov lightly shouted beginning to lose his patience.
"Sorry master…" A voice called out from behind the old wizard.
Everyone looked and watched Gray get up from his arena seat with a serious look on his face, his eyes directed towards Makarov before next he spoke.
"…but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disagree with you there." He finished.
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Normal POV
"It matters not, this fight is over" Lucy sighed with boredom
"What do you mean over?" Laxus demanded "Are you chickening out because the old man said to stop?"
"No I have determined that you are nothing special, just another mongrel with a loud bark." Lucy replied turning her back on Laxus and began to walk away "Ultimately this fight has been nothing but a waste of my time. Taurus you are dismissed."
The spirit nodded and the axe he was holding returned to the gate after which the spirit vanished back to the Celestial World.
Bolts of lightning arced over the lightning wizard's body upon hearing the girls' dismissal of him. Rage flowed through his entire being as he made a large sword of lightning in his hands and charged at the girl intending to strike her down. He ignored his grandfather's demand that he stop, intending on showing the arrogant new girl her place even fi it meant piercing her through the back.
He closed, he was inches away from her, however before the sword could reach, it was blocked by several swords which formed a barrier much like before.
"Don't turn your back on ME!" Laxus demanded as he slammed his own sword against the swords blocking his path with every word.
However as he went to slam try again he found his suddenly tightly bound by some sort of chain extended from a pair of golden portals above him.
"If you truly desire to challenge me again, then triple your current strength and come at me with everything you have. Know this; because you are part of this guild you are afforded protection. I will never kill a member of this guild of that you can be assured"
Another ripple appeared level with Laxus stomach and out it emerged a Warhammer which began trembling as the force behind it began to build. Before Laxus could do anything it slammed into his stomach and sent him flying until he ploughed into the wall of the arena. The weapons Lucy used all returned to her gate as she began leaving the arena.
"Don't worry, he's just unconscious" Lucy said reassuringly Makarov.
When the dust settled sure enough, Laxus lay on his back apparently out cold. Almost instantly murmurs began breaking out as soon as Lucy left the arena.
"She beat Laxus"
"She's really strong"
"She's a shoe in for S-class"
Makarov watched his grandson awaken and pick himself up. Almost immediately he used his lightning body to vanish from sight clearly humiliated as the mutterings of the guild members continued.
"Laxus….I really hoped that this would make you see…." Makarov sighed as Gray approached him "Gray, go get Natsu and bring him back here before he gets to Galuna"
"Sure thing gramps" Gray replied as he filed out along with the rest of the guild who were headed for the Guild Hall.
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"Galuna Island, no way not for a million jewel." Was the reply Natsu got after asking someone to take him to Galuna island by boat at Hargeon Port after Happy insisted that they couldn't swim there.
The other guy nodded frowning at them. "Around here its bad luck to even mention that name."
"Well I guess we'll have to keep looking," Happy sighed flying forward towards Natsu. As the three continued from one end of the harbour to the other it was the same everywhere the two went no.
"Hey pal, can you take us on your boat to Galuna Island?"
"Don't know why you'd want to go there but no sailor worth his salt gonna take you to Galuna. Not even Pirates will go near that place." An old man looked up at the duo surprised.
"I found you," a familiar person said in a singsong voice.
"It's Gray!" Natsu pointed an accusing finger at the ice wizard. "What are you doing here?!"
"Gramps found out about your hair brained scheme and sent me to bring you back." He deadpanned shocking Natsu.
"What, why where not in danger yet!"
"If you come back now you might avoid being kicked out of the guild, maybe." Gray smirked.
"I don't care, I'm going on this S-Class quest," Natsu growled clenching his fists.
"Man your way out of your league here just come home! When Erza finds out about this she's going to be so angry." Everyone paled at the thought.
"Please Gray you got to save me, I told them this was a bad idea but they forced me to come along." Happy cried flying behind Gray and cowering in fear.
Both Gray and Natsu having activated there magic towards one another
"I've gotta prove my power to Erza" Natsu growled clenching his fist "So like it or not I'm doing this."
"Master ordered me to bring you home, I'll drag you back to Fairy Tail if I have too" Gray extended his hand gathered a chink of ice in it preparing to attack Natsu "Don't make me hurt you buddy."
"I'd like to see you try" Natsu yelled igniting his fist and preparing to fight.
"Magic?" the sailor who eyed the two wizards in surprise.
"Excuse me but are you wizards?" Natsu looked at him confused before nodding. "Have you come to lift the curse on the Island?"
"Yeah"
Not gonna happen" Gray growled at Natsu.
"Get in" the man thumbed at his boat.
"Seriously?" Natsu asked with excitement.
"No way" Gray objected only to get smacked on the head by a lightning fast flaming fist from Natsu, promptly knocking him unconscious.
"There we go; we're ready when you are sir." Natsu grinned happily as he heaved Gray over his shoulder.
"Why are we bringing Gray along Natsu?" Happy asked
"We can't let him go back and tell the guild" Natsu told the cat "Because the next person they'll send is Erza!"
At this statement both the boy and the cat began shuddering in fear for a few seconds before boarding the boat, but not before tying up Gray.
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Eventually everyone returned to the Guild, well aside from Laxus who had not returned after his defeat at the hands of Lucy and Taurus. The guild had quickly become its usual noisy self again with small fights, people laughing and drinking and others just doing their own thing.
While Makarov was wondering why Gray had come back with Natsu yet he could only conclude that Natsu had somehow involved him in his unauthorised mission. This left him with option but to wait for Erza to return and have them returned from Galuna Island by force.
Lucy had decided to pass her time by drinking her wine again and watching the various members of Fairy Tail. There was one who caught her eye, her name was Levy McGarden, she was part of Team Shadow gear and seemed relatively intelligent….for a lesser being that is.
The girl had gotten her attention; she was a solid script mage and was an avid reader of books. Lucy came to the decision that she would test the girl by having her try to translate a book that she had written herself.
Murmurs broke out as the guild watched Lucy slowly make her way towards Levy.
"I wonder what Levy did to make Lucy mad" Cana wondered as she paused in her drinking to watch.
The reaction from other guild members was much the same, a mixture of confusion as to Lucy's intentions towards Levy and a fear for the safety of the girl whom they thought had aroused her ire somehow.
Makarov however remained calm; he had been told about Lucy and her unique circumstances. Even without that knowledge there was a feeling that told him that Levy would be just fine. His instincts hadn't failed him yet and so he decided to trust them again.
This was how Levy found Lucy towering looking down at her as she sat at her table. She gulped nervously before mustering her courage.
"C-can I help you?" she asked nervously.
"I've heard you are fairly intelligent so I want to put this rumour to the test." Lucy replied before opened a portal which dumped a very thick tome on Levy's table, which shook under the sheer thickness of the golden covered volume which had hundreds of pages maybe more.
"W-what is this?" Levy asked staring at the book which had a title that she couldn't read at all, it was in a language she'd never seen before.
"On a whim I wrote this compendium but I have since memorised its contents and it serves no further purpose to me." Lucy explained "It is unique and there is not a single copy anywhere in this world. I wrote in a language called Sumerian, I doubt you'll find anything of that language in this world so I want you to translate this book."
"T-translate it? Me?" Levy squeaked.
"Yes and if you can do so to my satisfaction you may keep the book, the contents should prove to be very interesting to you, if you are as cultured and intelligent as I think you are then you'll appreciate this work of non fiction."
"Non-fiction?" Levy looked at the tome with eagerness in her eyes which made Lucy smirk.
"Yes, everything I wrote down in that tome every word is one hundred percent fact." Lucy stated "It is completely unbiased account; such is my talent that I am able to even leave out my own bias towards the mongrels in that book."
"So this book is about people?"
"Yes, I interviewed the mongrels at the Throne of Heroes in my spare time and wrote down a biography of their lives in great detail." Lucy explained and gestured to the tome "The result was that book. So do you accept my challenge or not?"
"And I can keep it if I can translate it?"
"To my satisfaction yes." Lucy replied "You may even publish the translated work as your own if you wish."
Levy didn't even hesitate.
"I'll do it." Levy replied confidently "I'll translate your book, you can count on it."
"I have very high standards, that tome is on loan to and I expect you to take responsibility if anything happens to it, understand?" Lucy asked as a certain scarlet haired wizard returned to the guild and was approached by Makarov.
"Don't worry I'll guard it with my life and I'll translate it perfectly" Levy vowed earning a smile from Lucy who turned to face Erza upon hearing her growl of anger
"Natsu and Gray!" she gritted her teeth and already began thinking up punishments for them both for their breaking the rules. "I'll go and bring them back at once master."
"I'll come as well" Lucy said standing up and following the Scarlet haired wizard as she prepared to leave.
"Why would you want to come along?" Erza asked suspiciously.
"Because my dear, I have little doubt that you will be very frustrated and angry before this mission is over and I wouldn't want to miss such an expression on your face now would I?"
Erza simply grumbled as the two left the guild.
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It was a little surprise that when Erza went to bring the rule breakers back to Fairy Tail that Lucy decided to invite herself along, regardless of how sceptical Erza was of the blond girls motives. So that was how Lucy and Erza wound up flying on the Vimana towards Galuna Island at a leisurely pace, more leisurely than Erza cared for.
"Didn't you say this thing could go faster?" Erza asked impatience colouring her voice.
"Yes the speed of thought to be exact" Lucy replied wearing a pair of sun glasses as they glided across the ocean towards the cursed island.
"Then why aren't we going faster?" Erza demanded "I can see the island but why haven't we arrived yet?"
" What's the matter? Gray and Natsu aren't going anywhere." Lucy replied with a sigh "Besides I enjoy going at my own pace, besides if those two idiots got themselves cursed we'll just break the curse then drag them back to Fairy Tail."
"I am not happy that they have chosen to break the rules and I want to deal with them sooner rather than later." Erza stated "I'd rather not have that island do something to them before I get the chance."
" Oh do relax; it's only a cursed island, what could possibly have happened to them?"
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Meanwhile after regrouping at the village Natsu began making plans after discovering that Gray's former fellow apprentice Wizard to his teacher Ur was planned to revive the demon Deliora using the Moon Drip. Gray was still unconscious after Lyon gave him a severe beat down atop the temple.
"Aw great, Gray's unconscious, but those weirdo's left to destroy this place before we got here, so what's taken 'em so long?" He grumbled.
"I don't know but they sure are taking their time."
"Look up there" one of the demonic looking villagers pointed up to sky "It's a giant flying Rat and its carrying a bucket."
Sure enough as Happy and Natsu looked up there was a giant flying rat, the one he and Gray had beaten up earlier and it was carrying a bucket along with the three weirdo's who were sent to destroy the village.
Lucy squinted up at the mouse flying towards them by using its tail as a propeller and carrying a container with some green slime. "Something very stupid is about to happen."
" I didn't realise that double poison jelly took so long to prepare." the pink haired Sherry mused, looking at the village below.
"We timed it perfectly those wizards were able to make back to village."
Toby grinned and let out a bark of agreement.
"We cannot rest until the demon Deliora has been revived for the cold emperor" Sherry frowned. "Anyone who dares to stand in our way must die."
A small drop of the greenish slime fell out of the bucket and promptly burnt a large hole into the ground where it landed.
"Hideous..." Yuuka scowled, glaring down at the villagers who were panicking. "Who would have thought the moon drip could turn people into these beasts."
" They look like...the demon children of Deliora" Sherry commented upon seeing them.
However before she could command her rat Angelica to drop the bucket everyone heard a loud yell of fury. The voice it belonged to was familiar to both Natsu and Happy.
"BLASPHEMY!"
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Back on the Vimana Erza took her hands off her ears which she'd reflexively after Lucy practically screamed down her ear.
"What are you yelling about?" Erza growled
"That rat that carries the bucket of what looks to be poison jelly." Lucy growled in anger.
"You shouted because a giant rat?" Erza raised an eyebrow at the girl incredulously.
"It's not the fact that it's a giant rat." Lucy shook with anger as a fire light in her eyes "IT'S THE FACT THAT, THAT RAT IS FLYING CLOSER TO HEAVENS THAN ME! IT'S BLASHPHEMY I TELL YOU!"
" That's your issue?" Erza asked with disbelief "Not that it's a giant rat, not that it's carrying poison jelly for some reason but the fact that it's flying higher than you, that's why you're upset? Are you serious?"
"OF COURSE WHAT COULD BE BIGGER PROBLEM THAN MONGRELS SHOWING DISPRESPECT THEIR KING!" Lucy bellowed forcing Erza to cover her ears "I WILL SHOW THAT RAT AND ITS OWNER THEIR PLACE!"
Just like that the Vimana began to accelerate faster than before; however this sudden acceleration caused Erza who was unprepared for it to fall off and into the ocean. This went unnoticed by Lucy who was more focused on the apparent slight to her position in the world.
Erza surfaced and began swimming towards shore.
"That girl has really needs to get her priorities straight" Erza growled as she swam onwards towards her destination.
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"What on earth was that?" Yuuka asked as the three look around for the source of the yell.
"Angelica watch out!" Sherry's warning came too late as the giant rat was suddenly attack by countless swords, spears and other weapons that impaled the rat in its underbelly causing it to cry out in agony, but even so the bombardment did not stop and Angelica fell from the sky forcing the three wizards to abandon her as the bucket with had escaped from the rats grip dumped its contents and began eating away at the rat.
"ANGELICA!" Sherry cried as her companion died within seconds "Who did this?!"
" I think it we're about to find out" Yuuka stated as the golden flying vessel came to a stop above the village.
From dropped it person in golden armour who landed in the centre of the small town as the vehicle dissolved into golden sparkles.
"Alright mongrels" a female voice said from the smoke which was kicked up by the impact "I demand to know just who that oversized rodent belonged too….WELL?!"
"Er…well it belonged to Sherry" Toby answered motioning to the pink haired girl who was still crying over Angelica's corpse.
The dust cleared revealing Lucy who had very angry expression on her face. She began making her way towards Sherry who had begun to calm down.
"You!" Sherry turned glared at Lucy with tears in her eyes and as the girl slowly made her way towards her "Did you do this to Angelica?!"
"Yes I did, your oversized rodent offended me and as its owner I'll punish you next." Lucy vowed as she locked eyes with Sherry who stood ready to fight. Toby ran to Lucy making to attack her only to received a golden armoured fist to the top of his head for his trouble knocking him out "Down boy"
" Natsu" The Dragonslayer perked up at his name.
"Lucy what are you doing here?" he asked
"Later, you deal with caterpillar brows while I teach this pink haired dog a lesson in respect." Lucy said angrily.
"I'll make you suffer for what you did to Angelica she was LOVE!" Sherry screamed getting ready to fight.
"Nonesense, clearly putting you down would be a mercy to your own clearly addled self as well as everyone else." Lucy stated cracking her knuckles "Prepare to meet your worst nightmare's mongrel!"
