'It's the RFI!' exclaimed both Cole and Reaper, after which the two glanced at each other in confusion

'Cole.. What's going on?' asked Erza as she approached him

'It's.. The RFI, the same device, I activated, before I ended up here' replied Cole, surprising Erza and the others

Reaper grunted, then paused and looked at his hands and then turned around and looked at Cole's body

'Cole!' yelled out Reaper, catching Cole's attention

'The RFI, It isn't killing us' said Reaper, surprising Cole

'Huh.. Now that you mention it, it definitely isn't' replied Cole

'I need answers, I'm getting to the source of this!' yelled out Reaper, using his firebird strike to fly away

'Wait!' yelled out Cole, stretching his arm, then suddenly falling on his knees in pain

'Damn, that fight really took a lot from me, it's easy for him to walk away just like that, not for me' Cole though, as he stood up and looked at the beam of light illuminating the sky

'What's that over there at the sky? It's something I've never seen before!' yelled out Meredy, while standing near Ultear and Jellal

'It's coming near the castle, just as Reaper told me, this is bad' replied Jellal

'What do you suggest we do?' asked Ultear out of curiosity

'We need to figure out what that is, and put an end to it' replied Jellal, after which the team headed towards the castle

The Castle was being raided by Team Natsu, who were on a rescue mission for Lucy, after taking down most of the guards of the castle, Natsu and the others stormed into the rooms in search for her. They successful in finding her, but her celestial keys had been taken away.

'What happened to your keys Lucy?' asked Natsu

'The Princess took them for me, they told me they need it for the eclipse cannon' replied Lucy

'The eclipse canon?' questioned Mira

'I was skeptical myself, but they were really desperate' she replied

'So, where do we head now?' asked Natsu

'I was supposed to be there, in front of the eclipse gate before it opens

'Then let's head over there right now!' replied Natsu, seconds after which a shadow emerged into the room

'What's the big idea?' yelled out Natsu

'I'm sorry, I just cannot let you pass, Natsu Dragneel!' yelled out a man, emerging out from the shadows

'Is that.. Rogue?!' exclaimed Mira in surprise

Reaper was quickly maneuvering himself through the rooftops with his fire bird and lightning tether. He then paused to look at the beam emerging out from the RFI growing bigger and bigger.

'Damn it.. The RFI is about to blow up' he thought, as he ran even quicker

'I'm curious as to what this device is supposed to do Arcadios' said Hisui as she looked at it, with lightning sparking around it

'The one from the future told us it will weaken the dragons, giving us the perfect opportunity to use the Eclipse Canon' replied Arcadios

'Shouldn't we open the eclipse gate and ready the cannon before the dragons arrive?' asked Hisui out of curiosity

'You make a valid point, we should proceed with it right now!' replied Arcadios, after which they started walking towards the eclipse gate

Cole recovered himself and explained the situation to his guild mates. He then turned around and looked at the beam touching the edges of the sky.

'Is it just me, or is it getting bigger by the second' he thought

'What do you suggest we do Cole?' asked Erza as she looked at him. Cole used his ice jump and got on top of a building

'Stick together, I'm going to find out who's responsible for this!' he replied while looking back and then using his frost dash to swiftly move away

'You're Rogue alright, you look completely different' said Natsu

'I am Rogue, but I'm from the future, a terrible one' replied the man, turning out to be Rogue from the future

'You're from the future? What happened back there?' asked Mira

'You see, Dragons had attacked the city in my timeline, the date 7/7/7 also marks the day of the Dragon King festival, the dragons arrived, and not a single one of us stood a chance. They completely overpowered us. The only way to take them down is by activating the Eclipse cannon, that will give us a fighting chance

'But that's exactly what we want!' replied Lucy

'Oh, but it's not that simple' said Rogue, confusing everyone

'What do you mean?' asked Natsu

'In my future, someone came in the way of the activation of the eclipse canon' he said

'And that someone...' he added with a pause

'Was Lucy Heartfelia!' yelled out Future Rogue, firing a wave of dark energy at Lucy, who was just standing clueless

Juvia stepped in and blocked the attack with a water wall

'What do you mean I'll stop it, I'll never do such a thing!' yelled out Lucy

'My objective here is to terminate you, Lucy Heartfelia' replied Future Rogue

'What makes you think I'm gonna let you get away with that!' yelled out Natsu, throwing a punch straight at Future Rogue's face

'Lucy, go! I'll handle this!' exclaimed Natsu, gathering flames in his right fist

Lucy nodded and fled the room, heading towards the eclipse gate.

'It's time, open the gate now!' exclaimed the Princess, right after which the powers of the zodiacs were used to open up the eclipse gate

Just as the door was opening inch by inch, the RFI started to flicker massive amounts of lightning

'What's happening?!' exclaimed Princess Hisui

'The device seems to be powering up even more!' replied Arcadios

Just as the RFI was about to explode, Reaper quickly held onto it and slammed it on the ground, and then finally broke it open with his scythe, sending a huge pulse, knocking everyone gathered off their feet

'Reaper?! What do you think you're doing?' asked Arcadios in a loud tone

'What am I doing? What am I DOING? You're the one to talk! You didn't tell me you had the god damn RFI!' replied Reaper, being furious over the secret

'The.. RFI? Is that what you called the device?' questioned Princess Hisui

'You better start telling me why you activated it Princess' replied Reaper while aiming his palm at her

'You fool! We needed that device to weaken the dragons, so we could shoot them down with the Eclipse Canon!' said Arcadios

'Weaken dragons? What idiot gave you that idea?' asked Reaper

'Look, we've opened the Eclipse gate, now we shall prepare ourselves to fend off the dragon invasion' said Arcadios, right after which Reaper looked at the eclipse gate opening

Suddenly, as the gate began opening, Lucy began yelling at the top of her voice

'Shut it down! Close the gates!' she yelled out, surprising everyone

'It's too dangerous, My instincts are telling me this is going to be bad! Please shut it down!' she added

'Why would she want to shut down the gates?' asked Arcadios

Reaper caught Arcadios's collar and lifted him up, with his palm covered with lightning, aimed at Arcadios's face

'Listen, you already got the wrong idea of the RFI, shut the gate down now!' he threatened

Princess Hisui panicked, she felt helpless, and then at the last moment, ordered to close the eclipse gate. But, all of the sudden, before the gate could close, a claw emerged.

Dragon comes out of the Gate and roars, sending those nearby flying. The Dragon goes on to cause more destruction, causing those far away to wonder what is happening. As another Dragon comes out, Lucy asks how the Gate can be closed and is pointed to a pedestal near the Gate

As she tries to get to the lever, Lucy is pushed back by the exuding Dragons power. Just as another Dragon emerges, Lucy manages to grab the handle, stating that she can use her Celestial Spirit powers to close the door.

As more and more dragons began emerging out, Reaper tries to subdue them by firing an alpha rocket repeatedly. The dragons, now enraged, charge towards Reaper. He grabs Hisui and Arcadios and uses his fire bird strike to move away quickly

'So this was your plan?' asked Reaper as he looked at Dragons entering from the gate

'Heh.. Opened a frickin portal to the past' thought Reaper, after which he turned his attention towards Hisui

'You're crying?' he asked her

'I.. I've ruined everything' she replied, with tears rolling down her eyes

'Don't be too hard on yourself, we all make questionable choices' said Reaper, while standing up and looking at the dragons coming in

'This.. Power...' Reaper thought with his eyes wide open and looked around

'It's coming from over there..' he looked at the corner of the gate, from where he watched a figure come out and quickly vanish

'I'm definitely not seeing things' Reaper quickly drew out his scythe

'Lucy, can you shut it down?' yelled out Reaper

'I...' she thought for a few moments, after which an idea struck her mind

'The keys were used to open the gate in the first place, I'll use them to close the gate' she said

'Well whatever you do, do it fast!' yelled out Reaper, charging towards the dragons headed out into the city

'Dragons are attacking the city, was this your plan all along?' asked Natsu, while fighting future Rogue

'My plan was simple, I needed to make my own dragon army, so that I can defeat Acnologia, once and for all

'Acnologia.. You mean.. (Natsu remembers the incident on Tenrou Island)

'Yes indeed, with an army of dragons, I'll be able to defeat him once and for all' replied Future Rogue

Natsu just got furious over Future Rogue and bursted towards him in anger. Both of them began exchanging blows as their fight progressed

'What the hell is going on?' thought Cole as he stood still on a rooftop, and looked at the Dragons rampaging through the city

'The RFI was shut down, but.. Where the hell did these dragons come from? This is bad!' Cole kept thinking, after which he noticed Lucy and Yukino standing with Mira, Wendy and Juvia

'What are they doing down there! It's too dangerous!' Cole thought as he leaped into the scene

'Cole!?' exclaimed Wendy in shock

'Guys! This is bad! We need to get to a safer place and think about what's going on!' said Cole in haste

'Cole, there's no time to explain what's going on.. Look out!' yelled Wendy, as she saw a giant rock headed towards them

Cole brought out his frost shield and braced himself, only to watch the rock get vaporized by a blast.

'Try not to get killed down there!' yelled out Reaper while using his lightning thrusters

'Reaper..' Cole whispered, as he watched Reaper use his fire bird strike and battle against a rock dragon.

He used his ffrebird strike to land on top of the dragon's head, where he began to fire hell-fire rockets directly onto the dragon's head, forcing the dragon to attempt and shake Reaper off. The dragon swiped with it's claws, making Reaper jump and fire a fireball directly on the Dragon's face, knocking it down

'Heh.. Big ass filthy lizard' taunted Reaper, while being airborne with his static thrusters, seconds after which he was brutally knocked away by an attack from behind.

The attack was strong enough to send him almost a kilometer away, knocking him straight into a building, where he was just slammed against the wall

'A sucker punch..!' grunted Reaper, while standing up and looking at the Rock dragon stand up with another dragon behind it

'Oh you ain't getting away that...' Reaper yelled in anger, then paused

'It's that feeling again.. That power..' Reaper stood for a moment

'From there..' Reaper looked at an empty field near the borders of the city

'The dragons, they're headed this way!' yelled out Wendy

Cole fired a few alpha rockets, catching their attention.

'I'm not doing enough damage... I can't go all out with these many dragons out there...' Cole thought, as he looked at the others

'We need to get out of here, right now!' Cole ordered

'But we can't, we need to close the gate before more dragons show up!' replied Wendy

Cole looked around, and then took a deep breath, after which he used his ice jump and fired a couple of Alpha rockets at the incoming dragons

'Yeah that's right!' yelled out Cole, after which he swiftly moved away from the others

'He's distracting them, now's our chance!'

Lucy and Yukino combine their celestial magic, and open all 12 zodiac gates, bringing out all the zodiac spirits, which aid them in closing the gate

As the gate is closed, they're confronted by a dragon which Cole failed to distract

'It's Zirconis, the Jade Dragon!' yelled out Princess Hisui.

As the dragon was about to attack, a bolt of lightning struck the dragon, forcing it to halt

'Glad I could make it in time!' said Laxus

'It's Laxus!' exclaimed Lucy with a smile

'Yeah, the other 7 dragons are causing a havoc alright, took me a while to find you guys' he added

'There are 7 more?' asked Wendy

'Yeah, and the others are there in the city with the other guild members' he replied

'So this definitely is a war' whispered Juvia

Reaper stepped into the field, where he felt the powerful source of magic

'I know you're out here, you can stop hiding' he said in a bold tone