The war between the dragons and the wizards of Fairy Tail had commenced. Everyone had gathered in groups in an attempt to fend off the invasion brought by the Dragons, who entered through the Eclipse gate
Cole was moving through the rooftops, making two dragons chase him down as he distracted them from Lucy and the others, who were successful in preventing the other dragons from entering Crocus
As the dragons chased Cole, he noticed how the other dragons were rampaging throughout the city
'Damn it, this doesn't look so good!' Cole thought as he turned around and looked at the dragons getting close to him
He fired a couple of alpha rockets, slowing the dragons down, but not doing any significant damage
The dragon swiped it's claw, forcing Cole to use his ice jump to evade. Cole landed on the dragon's arm and sprinted straight towards it's head. The dragon attempted to shake him off. But Cole held on. He then dug his amp straight into the Dragon's skull, shocking it considerably. As he was doing this, the other Rock dragon charged up an attack
'Oh.. Crap!' Cole yelled out as the dragon fired a huge boulder at him. Cole immediately used his ice jump, but got hit narrowly on his legs, swirling him mid air.
The other dragon then swiped it's claw, this time getting a direct hit, sending Cole flying away into the inner depths of the city
Cole falls onto a street,the ice covering his body starts cracking as he shakes his head and attempts to stand
'Glad I could cover myself up, it would have been a nasty fall' Cole thought as he felt dizzy while trying to balance himself. He then falls on his knees as his body regenerates. As he lifts his head up, he oversees a giant dragon flying in the sky.
'Just.. How many are there..' he thought, after which he noticed Natsu on top of the dragon engaged in a battle with Future Rogue
'Natsu?' he thought, soon after which he shook his head and used his ice jump to get on top of a building. From there, Cole waited and watched as Natsu and Rogue were exchanging blows between one another. Cole aimed his palm and waited for the perfect moment to strike.
'Fire dragon: Roar!' yelled out Natsu as he fired a wave of flames at Rogue, who jumped to dodge the attack, followed by punching away Natsu in the abdomen, knocking him towards the back of the dragon, where he held on to prevent himself from falling over.
'It's over Salamander, you and your friends will be the first to fall!' said Future Rogue, as he was about to knock Natsu off.
Cole then lowered his palm, and called out an ionic storm straight onto Future Rogue's position, surprising him and Natsu, who then looked down to see Cole calling out the attack.
Future Rogue, paralyzed after the attack, was on his knees, as he watched Natsu come up to him.
'You're gonna call off these dragons!' said Natsu as he had a fire burning on his fist and lifted Future Rogue by grabbing his collar
Future Rogue then kicked him straight on his chest, this time successfully knocking away Natsu from the flying Dragon.
'No, Natsu!' yelled out Cole as he used his ice jump and caught Natsu with a lightning hook
'Ahh.. This thing hurts man!' yelled out Natsu as he felt the lightning hook zapping his body
'Well it was the only thing I could come up with!' replied Cole as he landed with Natsu landing next to him
Future Rogue looked at both of them atop the dragon, hovering in the sky. Cole narrowed his eyelids and aimed his right palm straight at Future Rogue
'Cole McGrath, I really did enjoy killing you' said Future Rogue with a smile
Cole felt surprised as he didn't understand a thing
'It's a shame that little girl got away too, I would have killed her as well' he added, lighting up Cole's eyes
'Wendy.. That means.. He attacked her.. And..' Cole thought as he stared at the ground
'You..' Cole said, as lightning started to build up around him
'Oh, did I snap a nerve?' taunted Future Rogue
'She suffers because of you!' yelled out Cole in anger as he fired three rockets simultaneously. Future Rogue ordered his Dragon to dodge the attacks by moving away. Cole then used his ice jump and fired an alpha bolt straight at Rogue.
'That won't do a thing to me, I've faced much worse!' taunted Rogue when suddenly, he turned around to see all the rockets converge towards him, knocking him off the dragon
'Rruuaaaggh!' yelled out Cole while using his ice jump and his lightning hook to grab hold of Rogue
Natsu watched as Cole and Future Rogue landed on the ground. Natsu attempted to jump, but noticed the dragon turning around.
'I better keep that thing away from him!' Natsu thought as he used his fire dragon roar, forcing the dragon away
Cole immediately sprinted towards Rogue and used his amp to deal repeated strikes, each one more powerful than the last hit. He then struck a blow with his amp on his right hand and immediately froze Rogue's body with his left hand and followed up by firing an Alpha rocket, shattering the ice and knocking away Future Rogue a couple of meters from him
Cole started walking towards Rogue slowly, while holding his amp in his right hand. Rogue got up and attempted to stand, but could only crawl as a result of the injuries. He then raised his hand, making the dragon sweep in.
'Oh no you don't!' yelled out Natsu as he jumped atop of the dragon as it moved in simultaneously
The dragon caught Rogue with it's claw and moved away, before Cole could fire a magnum bolt
'I'm tired with all these interruptions, it's time I send in an army to stop them' he thought, as he signaled his dragon to attack, it does so by producing eggs and sending them plummeting into the streets below. Upon hitting the ground, the eggs hatch into small Draconian entities.
'Those eggs are everywhere' Cole thought as he watched the eggs land onto the streets
Meanwhile, elsewhere on the streets, Erza, along with Master Makarov and a few members of other guilds watched as the eggs hatched into small dragons.
'Fight them, don't let them get innocent civilians!' yelled out Erza as she drew out her sword and charged, engaging herself in a fight against hundreds of mini dragons, roughly the same size as that of an average human. Some of the dragons started shooting out magic beams of energy, forcing Erza to deflect them with her sword.
As Erza along with the other members fought on for almost an hour, the mini dragons kept coming, and the other wizards felt exhausted from the constant conflict. Erza noticed how some of them were about to collapse
'We can still fight!' yelled out Erza while raising her sword in the air
Others who rallied behind her felt inspired, and kept battling, when suddenly, a swarm came in.
Erza charged in without hesitation and fought, getting separated from the other wizards who were fighting alongside her
Erza then looked around to see herself surrounded by the swarm of mini dragons. She fought, killing off three of them, but got struck in her leg. She then looked up straight into the sky and dropped her sword, as the swarm circled around her.
Suddenly, she looked up to see Cole come in and use his ionic freeze, freezing all of the swarm around him in large ice spikes
'You alright?' said Cole as he turned around and looked at Erza, who barely had the strength to stand up
'Ye..ah... I'm...' she replied as she struggled while attempting to stand up
'Hold on' Cole said, as he used his pulse heal, to relieve her of pain
'That should do it' he said, right after which Erza stood up and flexed her legs
'Thank you.. Cole' she said, with a smile on her face
'Don't thank me yet, there are 7 dragons, including that big boy over there' said Cole as he pointed at the Dragon which Future Rogue was on
'What do you suggest we do?' asked Erza
'I.. Don't know.. Those dragons are really tough, we need a lot of firepower if we're gonna have to beat them' replied Cole
'I think that guy above is the one controlling them, we'll have to take him down' he added, while pointing at Future Rogue
'With all those hatch-lings rampaging through the city, we'll need to have our hopes on Natsu' replied Erza
'I need to find Reaper' said Cole, surprising Erza
'What do you need him for?' asked Erza curiously
'There's no time, Erza I'm going to find him, meanwhile you regroup with the others fighting off the hatchlings' said Cole, to which Erza nodded
Ursa and Gray, along with a few other guild members were fighting alongside one another as they fended off the hatchlings.
'Scatter Shot!' yelled out Ursa, firing bolts of lightning at the hatchlings behind Gray.
'Nice work kid!' said Gray as he used his ice magic to clear out a wave of the mini dragons, after which more kept coming.
'Guess there's a lot more where that came from!' yelled out Gray, after which everyone was on their guard
'Hmph, so you were hiding' taunted Reaper, as a man emerged out from the darkness into the open field, with only the light from the moon illuminating them partially
'What a strange realm, to be greeted by a man having the face of a skull' said the man
'Oh, so you ain't from this part of town too' said Reaper, while stretching his body
'I would assume you mean you're not from here as well' he replied while staring at Reaper
'In a way, yeah' said Reaper, as he gave a smile
'Hmph, now then if you'll let me be, it'll be for your own good' said the man, as he turned around
Reaper fired an alpha rocket, missing the man's face, and hitting a tree, causing it to burn, illuminating the area. The man turned around to have long dark blue hair, wearing a cape while being shirtless and having torn shorts.
'They don't sell shirts in your place?' joked Reaper
'I would assume you want to get in my way' said the man, as he narrowed his eyelids and looked at Reaper in anger
'Oh, you finally understand why I'm here, I can't just let you roam around here unchecked now can I?' said Reaper, while aiming his palm at the man's face
'If you're gonna stand in my way, so be it!' yelled out the man as he fired a huge beam of energy onto Reaper, who could barely dodge it as it came so fast, resulting in him taking a direct hit, vaporizing his body
'I never thought he'd be that foolish' said the man, right after which he got struck on the back by Reaper's scythe, knocking him away, followed by a couple of Hellfire rockets onto him as he attempted to recover mid air
As the smoke cleared from Reaper's attack, he looked at the man, standing firm, with narrowed eyelids, fuming with anger
'You sent a duplicate of yourself, I'll have to admit that was smart' said the man
Reaper just grinned as he started gathering lightning around his body, making the ground around them shake vigorously
'Impressive, you do have a lot of power within you' said the man, as he watched Reaper's body covered with a red lightning aura
'I need to know your name before I end your life' said the man, making Reaper smile
'You can call me Reaper, whoever you are' replied Reaper as he was about to charge straight at the man
'My name is Acnologia, and I'll be the last person you'll ever see before you die!' yelled out Acnologia, as he charged straight at Reaper