Episode 10
The next day, Raid, Crush, Red, and Winter prepare for their journey. They set off, and soon Raid is already exhausted. Crush shoots Raid a look. "Not all of us have inhuman stamina" says Raid. Crush looks at Winter and Red, who are both fine. Raid sighs. "Yeah you're right, but can we please stop for a break" asks Raid. He sits down on a rock, but an arrow flies by his head, and he jumps up. "All rested. Time to go" says Raid as he rushes over to the others. "That's right! Take that you bandit scum" says a voice from a cliff. "Bandit? We're no bandits, we're Fairy Tail guild members" says Raid. "Wait what? Seriously? Ohmygod I'm soooo sorry" says a girl as she pops up from behind a rock on the cliff. She goes to take a step, trips over her own foot, and tumbles down the hill, face planting in front of Raid's feet. "Uh, hello" asks Raid. The girl quickly shoots up, and dust herself off a bit. "Hi, I'm Dusty, well actually dirty, but my name-wait, that's not right, uh let me restart that. My name is Dusty, nice to meet you" she says holding out her hand. Raid takes her hand and she rapidly shakes it. "Glad to know you're not bandits-oh wait! I totally forgot to ask about your guild marks. Darnit Dusty, I knew I forgot something" she says knocking on her own head. Raid slowly lifts his shirt and shows his guild mark. Dusty turns around red. "A boy just showed me his chest, it's so indecent! Oh God! I touched his hand, don't tell me I'm going to get pregnant now! I'm not ready" says Dusty. Raid backs away slowly. "She's odd isn't she" asks Red. "Hey wait, there are bandits in the area" asks Winter. "Oh, yep yep. I'm one of them, well was. I didn't like it, so I left, but now they're all mad and stuff, so I've been hiding a lot" says Dusty. "What did they do" asks Red. "Uh, well they like, beat people up, with hoos, and haas, and whams, oh and they rob people too. Last I knew, they attacked some really powerful mage" says Dusty. "Then we have to go help him! He could be in danger" says Raid. "Uh, actually, she's a she" says Dusty. "Well then her" says Raid. "No, these guys are super strong, and possibly life threatening...plus I wanna go" says Dusty. "Why? Didn't you just say they're dangerous" asks Winter. "Yep yep, but I'm pretty strong myself, plus I really don't want to be around here anymore. Squirrels aren't very nice if you sleep in their tree" says Dusty. "We can't take her with us" says Red. Dusty starts walking around in circles, but trips and face plants again. "She seems harmless enough" says Winter. "That's not the issue, she's a few eggs short of a basket if you know what I mean" says Red. Crush looks at Dusty, who is not rubbing her nose after the fall. He looks at Raid, and Raid sighs. "Alright Dusty, you can come, but be careful" says Raid. "Ha, of course! Thank you so much, and don't worry, I'll be careful. That's my middle name, actually, my middle name is Margaret, but people used to always call me careful...well, actually that was clumsy, but I can be careful" says Dusty. The group walk for a bit, and Dusty stops them by an area with some ice scattered on the ground. "What's that" asks Raid. "I guess it's leftovers from the battle. The mage they engaged was a requip ice mage. She's like really strong, and totally scary. I totally wet myself a little when I met her" says Dusty. "Damn, looks like we're too late" says Winter. Dusty narrows her eyes. "I see something shiny! Ohhh, maybe it's treasure" says Dusty. A firey arrow flies from the direction, and Crush saves Dusty by mere seconds. "Nope. Not treasure" says Dusty. A spell hits the hill they're on, and they fall down on the ground. A group of thug looking guys surrounds them. "Well, hello Dusty" says one of the men who has a beard. "Crap, I totally just peed a little again" says Dusty. "Our little rebel comes back to us, and she brings new prey" says the guy. "No! I'm done with bandit life! I did not get attacked by an army of angry squirrels just to give up now" says Dusty. "Wouldn't you rather come home to us? We'll even make you're favorite, boar stew" says the guy. Dusty's mouth starts watering. "I haven't even in 2 days, and before that, it was a bunch of berries that didn't settle well, oh, and I tried to steal a nut from a squirrel, but it wasn't too happy about that, so we fought over it, but her won, then there was that-" starts Dusty. "Enough! You're either with us, or against us" says the guy as he readies a bow. Crush reaches into his pocket, and pulls out something. Dusty looks at it, it's a role. "It may not be boar stew, but it's still edible" says Winter. "You can go with them if you want. They're like your family aren't they-" starts Raid. Dusty takes the role and eats it quickly. "Ohhhhh! That was so good! It's probably the best tasting thing I've ever eaten, besides boar stew! Do you have anymore? Can I have it" asks Dusty. "Sure, I can cook now so-" starts Raid. "Eeeeeee! I'm soooo happy! Food, foood, foooooood" says Dusty. "How unfortunate. Looks like you die with them" says the guy. The Fairy Tail wizards quickly circle around Dusty, and prepare for battle. One of the bandits holds out his hand. "Look out! He uses-" starts Dusty. A bunch of sand flies from his hand blinding the Fairy Tail wizards. Dusty throws on her goggles. "Alright, time for me to earn that meal" says Dusty. "What are you-" starts Raid. Dusty holds up her hand. "Summoning magic, environment forest! Come out squirrels" says Dusty. "...Squirrels" asks Winter. A circle on the ground and an army of angry squirrels starts attacking the bandits, distracting them. "Don't take your eyes off me for a second, transformation magic! Grizzly" says Dusty. She transforms into a Grizzly bear, and charges at the bandits, swiping them away with incredible strength. The guy from before shoots an arrow at Dusty, but she transforms into a falcon, and dodges it, then becomes Dusty again, and draws back her bow. She fires an arrow at the guy, and the arrow grazes his face. "Ha, you missed" says the guy. "No I didn't, I hit my target" says Dusty. The guy turns around, and the arrow turns into a tree, which it's branch grabs the guy and hoist him up as it grows. The guy flails around. "Ha! Take that" says Dusty confidently. "Wow, she's actually amazing" says Red. An attack flies and slams Dusty into the cliffside, knocking her completely unconcious. "Dusty! No" yells Raid. "You took out my underlings fairly quickly. Color me impressed" says a guy whos arm retracts. "Who are you" asks Raid. "Isn't it obvious? I'm the bad guy" says the guy smugly. Raid clenches his fist. "Oh come now, she hit all my guys, it's only natural I get to hit her back" says the guy. Crush is tending to Dusty, and Raid and Winter both fire off long ranged attacks, but the guy extends his arm (which turns into a black swarm of tentacles) and smacks both the attacks, and them aside. Red looks mad. "You hurt my darling" she says. "So what are you going to do about it" ask the guy. "You hurt my darling" says Red with increased anger. "I heard you the first time-" starts the guy. "YOU HURT MY DARLING" says Red as her entire body flames up. The guy looks really surprised. Red holds out her hand. "Flame goddess blast" she says. A fireball shoots from her hand, and blows the guy clean away. Winter goes to help Raid up, but Red pushes her aside and hugs Raid. "Oh my darling! I'm so glad you're okay. Where does it hurt, I'll make it feel all better" says Red. "What are you, his mom" asks Winter. "Quiet you! You have no clue how to treat a man" says Red. When Dusty comes too, the group gather around her. "You okay" asks Raid. Dusty jumps up, and accidentally headbutts Raid with the force. "Awe man! That totally hurt" says Dusty. Red laughs. "Seems like she's okay to me" says Red. "Well, we should probably get going, we still have a mission to do" says Winter. "Oh yeah, we gotta find that cave" says Raid. "Oooh! A cave? Let me come! I can guild you there, I know the area, plus I want some food, oh and you guys are really nice, and I want to explore the cave, and-" starts Dusty. "Well, she did save us. I don't see why not" says Winter. "Sure, lead the way" says Raid. "Awesome sauce, with boar stew on top, follow me, it's this waaaayy" she says she tips and face plants. She quickly jumps back up and the group continue.
Episode 11
Alyn, Elora, and Lily arrive in a town, and look around. "It seems awfully peaceful here, in spite of this witch" says Alyn. "I suppose we should find the person who sent the request in the first place, and go from there" says Elora. "But where would they be" asks Lily. "It was the mayor who sent the quest. At a guess, I'd say probably in town hall, or possibly at his residence" says Elora. The group walk to town hall, and meet with the mayor. "It's a good thing you're here. That witch is becoming more than we can handle" says the mayor. "Would you mind giving us some details" asks Elora. "That witch just appeared out of nowhere one day, still, we aren't monsters. She was unclothed, hungry, and cold. We did our best to take care of her, but the moment we mentioned magic she went crazy. She started crying, and thrashing about, then IT happened" says the mayor. "What happened" asks Alyn. "Everyone around her started feeling sickly, like they had no energy left. For weeks now, that witch has been holed up in our medical wing. The sick have been treated in the streets, the gravely ill have been treated at our doctors own house. Now that dark mist or Haze, or whatchamacallit is flowing from that area. I don't wish harm to come to her, but I see no other option. She is hurting my town, and it's people. I'm afraid our only move may be to slay her to save the town" says the mayor. "That seems a bit harsh" says Elora. "That haze drains your magic, as well as your life force, and that girl refuses to listen to reason" says the mayor. "We'll see what we can do" says Alyn. They walk out, and see the haze. "What do we do" asks Lily. "Let's not jump straight to death. There may be a way to calm the girl down" says Alyn. They look over, and see two girls walk by. They are avoiding eye contact, and hiding their faces. "That's odd" says Elora. "That it is. You girls see if you can track down those girls. I shall try my hand with our witch" says Alyn. "No Alyn, you can't-" starts Lily. Alyn walks into the haze anyways, and the girls rush after the girls who walked by. Alyn slowly trudged through the haze, until he finds the medical wing. He looks down to see a dead man. He's been completely drained of his life force. He is wearing armor and carrying a sword. He walks in, and sees the haze is pouring out of this girl with purple hair, who back up into a wall and starts crying. "Stay away from me" she yells as she throws a black shirken at Alyn. Alyn dodges the shirken. "I said stay back" the girl yells as she prepares a shirken. Alyn holds up his hand. "That man out there, he came to kill you correct" asks Alyn. The girl says nothing, but doesn't throw the shirken either. She just stands there, wearing almost nothing, shaking like a leaf. "May I ask your name" asks Alyn. The girl says nothing again. "I'm Alyn. The mayor gave me his side of the story, I'd like to know yours" says Alyn. The girl starts crying. "He's a lier! He's a horrible man" says the girl. "I see, what makes you think that" asks Alyn. The girl covers her body, and some bandages fall of her arms to reveal restraining marks on her arms. Alyn clenches his fist a little. "What happened" asks Alyn. The girl shys away, but Alyn walks up to her, and starts feeling woozy. "Listen to me. I'm on your side. I won't let anything hurt you" says Alyn. "You're lying! That's what he said! Right before he...he-" she starts. The haze becomes stronger, but Alyn hugs the girl. "I won't hurt you. I won't let anyone hurt you anymore. You are a celestial spirit right" asks Alyn. The girl looks surprised. "I'm one too, did you use the mirror to come to this world" asks Alyn. "I don't know. I-I just kinda came here, and I had this strange new body, but then...then he came" says the girl. "Tell me what happened" says Alyn. "At first, he seemed nice, but then he wanted to...touch my body, i told him no, then he...he slapped me and told me if I was in his town, I had to follow his rules (starts crying again) I tried to get away, but he grabbed me, and strapped me to this table. Then, I-I lost control, and everyone got sick. I tried to stop the fog, but ii couldn't, then the guy with the sword came. He called me a bunch of names and said he was gonna kill me, then he...he- starts the girl as she starts sobbing. Alyn grabs the girl tighter. "That monster! I'll…I'll- starts Alyn. He starts losing conciseness. "What's wrong" asks the girl. "I...need you to stop the haze" says Alyn. "I-I can't. I'm not strong enough, I'm-" starts the girl. "You...can stop this...You are strong….just, keep trying...try...until you succeed" says Alyn. The girl closes her eyes. "But I'm scared" she says. "I'm...here...with you…(grabs her hand) I...have friends outside...who will...protect...you" says Alyn. The girl focuses really hard, and the Haze slowly starts disappearing. Once it's gone, the girls run in, and they see the girl and a now unconcious Alyn. The girl starts crying again, but Lily walks over and comforts her. "It's okay. We already know. You're okay now" says Lily. After a bit, Alyn wakes up, and looks angry. "The mayor-" starts Alyn. "Has fled. He's gone now" says Elora. "He deserves to face justice for his crimes" says Alyn angrily. "It may not be the win we wanted, but it's a win all the same. We saved that girl after all" says Elora. "The question is, now what do we do with her? She's a celestial spirit, and judging by her attacks, from the dark side. We can't send her back to that place" says Alyn. "We'll bring her back with us. Master Warren will help us decide" says Elora. Lily walks up to the girl. "Hey, can you come back home with us? Don't worry, nothing bad will happen to you, promise" says Lily. The girl shyly nods. "Then let us set off" says Elora. The girl sneezes. "We may need to make a detour to buy her some new clothes" says Elora. The group nod, as they start heading off.
Episode 12
Raid, Crush, Red, Winter, and Dusty arrive at the cave. "Well, who wants to go first" asks Winter. "Oh, I'll do it" says Dusty as she steps forward. The ground opens up, and Dusty falls down a hole. "Is...she dead" asks Raid. Crush smirks and pushes Raid into the hole, then jumps down himself. Soon after, Winter and Red jump in. They all Crash on the ground. "Ow" says Raid. "Wow! Soo cool, let's get exploring" says Dusty as she goes to rush off. "Wait, there may be-" starts Raid. A trap log comes out, and slams Dusty in the face. "Traps" says Raid as he slaps his forehead. "Got it. I'll be more careful" says Dusty as she jumps up and rubs her nose. The group causiously make their way through the cave, when they come across a girl with ginger hair and black wings, fighting off what seems like an endless wave of monsters. "No way! She can't be a-" starts Raid. "I refuse to let you pass" she says as he kicks one of the monsters into a portal. "What are you doing" asks Raid. "I'm kinda busy, can't talk" she says as she back flips and spin kicks a bunch of monsters. "Hold on, those are black key spirits" says Raid. "Wait, how do you know about-" starts the girl. Her eyes widen. "You're the blackwing and shadow that escaped using the mirror" says the girl. "Yep, that's us" says Raid as he and Crush pose. The girl rolls her eyes. "So, what brings you out here" asks Raid. "Kinda busy, you wanna lend a hand" she asks. "Icy shards" says Winter holding out her hand. Ice spikes impale a lot of monsters, and the girl knocks the rest through the portal. "How do we close it" asks Raid. "We don't-" starts the girl. The portal disappears. "It does that" says the girl. "It closes itself" asks Red. "No, it relocates. It's a celestial portal, so theoretically, a celestial wizard should be able to close it, but at the moment, it's impossible to stop" says the girl. Raid and Crush look at each other in disappointment. "We...were to late pal" says Raid. Crush sadly nods. "You guys came to stop the invasion too, didn't you" asks the girl. "Yeah" says Raid.."Then it's not too late, the main forces are still gathering. However, that doesn't make the situation any less grim. These forces alone would be enough to destroy a city" says the girl. Dusty looks confused. Raid quickly fills her in on everything. "Wow, it's that bad huh" asks Dusty. "Yeah" says Raid. "Hold on, how's come she can talk and not Crush" asks Winter. "Us Blackwings are born unable to do one thing. For me, that's smelling for the other blackwing it's speaking" says the girl. "So wait, what do we call you" asks Red. "Blackwing" says the girl. "No that won't work. How about...Mash" says Raid. "I really don't care" says the girl. "Great, you're Mash from now on" says Raid. "Hey wait, you guys have similar goals right? Why don't you join Fairy Tail" asks Red. "What" asks Mash. "Sure, we can work together to stop-" starts Raid. "No thanks, I don't work well with others" says Mash. Crush looks in her eyes. "He says, trust him" says Raid. "You...understand that" asks Mash. "Sure. Me and Crush are best pals" says Raid. Mash stares at Crush for a moment. "I may not understand that, but I understand that a blackwing has trusted someone, so you must be special. I'll join you" says Mash. "Oh...so, you get to join a guild? It...must be nice" says Dusty. "Oh yeah, being a bandit, you must not have ever joined a guild" says Red. "Wait, are you implying what I think you're implying" asks Winter. "Oh please let me join! I'll do anything, just don't make me go back to sleeping outside" says Dusty. Raid chuckles. "You know, I've actually gotten used to you. The two of you can join together" says Raid. "The three of us actually (whistles, and a small white exceed flies out and lands on Mash's shoulder) This is Silk, she's my friend" says Mash. "Lily's gonna love this" says Winter. The group make their way out of the cave, and everyone walks back to the guild, but Raid and Crush hang back a little from the group. "Are they slow" asks Mash. "No, darling just wants space" says Red. Raid and Crush look at each other. "Those portals are a problem pal" says Raid. Crush nods. "Yeah, but where do we start looking" asks Raid. Crush looks Raid in the eyes. Raid sighs. "You're right pal. They'll find us eventually" says Raid. They make it back, and look around. "No Alyn" asks Raid. "He's not back yet" says Master Warren. "Well, we brought some new members. These are-" starts Raid. Dusty walks in the guild hall, and sees food on the table. "Ohhhh! Jackpot! Come to mama" says Dusty as she starts rushing off. "Hey wait the floor is-" starts Raid. Dusty slips on the wet floor, and face plants. "Slick" says Raid. "Hey, you need'elp up" asks Loyd offering his hand. "AHH! A boys trying to touch me, grandma always warned me this could happen, not this exact scenario, it actually took place in a back alley, and the guy had bigger muscles, but still, hiya" she says as she kicks Loyd in the genitals. Most of the guys cringe at the sight, and Mash face pal.s. Yu hides. "She's weird" says Yu. Dusty stands up. Loyd weakly stands up. "Hey, I'm Loyd I am, nice t'meet ya ma'am" says Loyd. "I'm not ma'am, I'm wet, wait no, that's not it, I'm Dusty, well not literally, im-" starts Dusty. "Dusty, we get it" says Raid. "Oh right, hey Loyd. It's nice to meet you too, and it's really nice to meet the food" says Dusty. "She smells like animal poop" says Yu holding her nose. "Yu, that's not nice-" starts Raid. "Oh, that's because I was trying to scare away predators" says Dusty. "Isn't that pee" asks Hiroshi. "Wait! WHAT?! Awe man" says Dusty. Cotton looks over at Silk, and instantly looks starstruck. "Who is this lovely lady" asks Cotton. "These are new guild members. Dusty, Mash, Silk, this is Cotton" says Raid. "Ah, so we have received new members. That's excellent" says Alexandra. Raid spins around. "Who...are you" asks Raid. "I apologize. My name is Alexandra. This is my little sister Mya (point to Mya). Your friend Alyn sent us here" says Alexandra. Raid smiles. (Raid's inner monologue) "Fairy Tail has really gotten bigger here lately. I wonder what's coming next (has a flashback of the portal). Actually, I know what's coming next. I hope Alyn's okay"