Chapter 16
In a land far, far away lies the kingdom of Fiore, a small, peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail.
Last Time:
"The capital is not to far from here. I will lead you to the nearest town, but anywhere past that you are on your own." Edo-Lucy said as she started walking in a seemingly random direction. The three Earthland mages and two exceeds looked at each other before shrugging and following the punk Lucy.
Now:
Dakura, Natsu, Wendy, Happy, Carla are seen following Edo-Lucy through a small village.
"Where exactly are we going Lucy?" Dakura asked of the Edolas native.
"I'll tell you when we arrive." Edo-Lucy stated with a glare over her shoulder. Dakura shrugged and kept following. Eventually they stopped in front of a small hut with the door boarded up. Edo-Lucy then moved some of the boards away and opened the door that lead to a staircase leading down. The Earthland mages looked at each other and shrugged before following the punk Lucy. When they got to the bottom they were now in a room with shelves full of different weaponry.
"This is the one of the black market places. It's where we get our magic." Edo-Lucy explained.
"Hang on a moment I thought you said you don't have Magic." Natsu stated.
"It's what we call the weaponry. They use lacrima to give each special properties." An old man said that was standing behind the counter in the room. Natsu found what looked like a sword hilt that shot fire while Wendy found a thermus shaped object that shot blasts of air.
"I don't need anything because I have my sword and shotgun." Dakura explained as Edo-Lucy went to pay for the weapons but the man stopped her.
"Free of charge for helping me stay in business." The old man stated with a wide grin. Edo-Lucy nodded in thanks and the group quickly left the building and stopped at a nearby café.
"Ok so the capital is about 100 miles south of this village. You should be able to get there before your friends are used as a power source. Like I said back at the guildhall you are on your own from here." Edo-Lucy said as they were sitting at a table in the patio.
"Thanks for all of your help Lucy. We couldn't have gotten this far with-" Dakura said, but was cut off by the royal guards.
"It's the Fairy Tail guild members! You are under arrest for treason against the King!" The lead guard shouted. They were all readying their weapons to fight, but they didn't get a chance because the guards were all taken down by Taurus ramming into them all.
"Natsu, Dakura, Wendy! I'm happy I found you!" Lucy exclaimed as she joined the group.
"How can you use you magic!?" The three magicless mages shouted to the celestial wizard.
"No time for that there are more guards coming! Follow me!" Edo-Lucy shouted while running away from the café.
"Is that me?!" Lucy exclaimed as she followed the group out of the village and into the desert in the direction of the capital.
(In another area in Edolas…)
Groaning in discomfort, Kaito slowly sat up, rubbing his head.
"Uh, did someone get the plate of the Magic Mobile that hit me?" The Beetle user asked, before looking around at all the dead bodies that littered the floor, puking from the stench. Regaining his bearings, the albino stood up, walking a bit forwards to the door to the cells. Slowly pushing it open, he peered inside to find his allies that he told to stay in.
"Raiden! Enkaar! Where are you guys?" Kaito yelled, with the two standing up from behind the desk they hid under, hearing the explosion go earlier.
"Is it done? Did you finish him off?" Edo-Raiden asked, all too eager to leave the building behind.
"Go see for yourself." The jade cloaked male stated, gesturing with his thumb behind him, signalling the two Edolas Natives to rush out behind him. Once the door shut again, he quietly walked forward, making a key out of his beetles. Placing it into the lock on the door in front of him, he twisted it, causing the lock to break from it's age. Humming at the response of the mechanism, he pulled open the door and went down to grab Riley and lift her up. Carrying the brunette out of the cell, exiting the dungeon.
(A.N.: Insert Masaaki Endoh's Cover of Snow Halation)
Humming a peaceful song to himself, Kaito noticed Riley stirring, as she joined in with her own part.
"Fushigi da ne ima no kimochi… Sora kara futte kita mitai." The blue eyed female began, as she and Kaito quickly switched roles.
"Tokubetsu na kisetsu no iro ga. Tokimeki wo miseru yo." Taking a quick breather, Raiden and Enkaar noticed their little duet and walked over, attempting to help in their own ways by providing a beat.
"Hajimete, deatta toki kara… Yokan ni sawagu, kokoro no Melody. Tomerarenai tomararenai na za." After Kaito's voice upped in volume, Riley Joined in his singing, his beetles producing sounds similar to instruments in the background.
"Todokete, Setsunasa ni wa namae wo tsukeyo ka 'Snow Halation!' Omoi ga kasanaru made matezu ni. Kuyashii kedo suki tte junjou! Binetsu no naka, tamerattemo dame da ne. Tobikomu yuuki ni sansei mamonaku Start!" As those words faded, the Beetle Orchestra picked up for a few moments, before Kaito began again.
"Oto mo naku kehai mo naku. Shizuka ni unmei wa kawaru." As Kaito stopped at that line, Riley picked up with the Beetles striking two quick Violin chords.
"Kore kara no mirai ni mune no kodou ga hayaku naru." Breathing in again, Riley continued her portion of the song.
"Tatoeba komatta toki ni wa. Sugu kaketsukete dakishimetakute. Doko ni itemo doko demo Fly high!" Reaching the Chorus again, Kaito joined back in, with Raiden attempting to sing along.
"Isoide. Itsunomanika ookiku nari sugita 'True emotion!' Yume dake miteru you ja tsurai yo. Koibito wa kimi tte iitai. Yasashii me ga tomadotteru iya da yo. Kono mama ikki ni aijou azukete Please!" The now trio's voices died down for around thirty seconds, before repeating the Chorus, this time Enkaar joined in as well, having figured out the pattern.
"Todokete, Setsunasa ni wa namae wo tsukeyo ka 'Snow Halation!' Omoi ga kasanaru made matezu ni. Kuyashii kedo suki tte junjou! Binetsu no naka, tamerattemo dame da ne. Tobikomu yuuki ni sansei mamonaku Start!" As the last notes rang out, Kaito slowly began to laugh quietly, crying silently from the nostalgic memories from the song, before turning towards Enkaar and Raiden.
"Alright, now which way is the capital?"
(Meanwhile with Dakura and his group…)
Dakura and his group are seen in a hotel room of a block town discussing about how they are going to get into the capital and how to free their friends.
"There is an old mine shaft that leads under the capital. We should be able to enter the capital from there if we are quiet." Carla said as she drew on a piece of paper she found.
"Sounds like a plan. We will go in under the cover of dark tonight." Dakura stated while getting up and stretching. Just then Edo-Lucy walked in with her pack over her shoulder.
"I'm going to head back to my guild. You should be able to get to the capital in about two hours by walking." Edo-Lucy stated.
"Thanks for all of your help. We couldn't have done this without you." Dakura said with a happy smile. Edo-Lucy nodded and walked out of the hotel and headed back to her guild.
"Alright everyone get some sleep, because the fight ahead of us is going to be tough." Dakura stated as he got into a bed and fell asleep after taking off his weapons.
(A few hours later)
They earthland mages and the two exceeds are seen walking through the desert towards the capital. In the distance they could hear a faint roar of an engine, but didn't pay it any mind until it started getting louder. They all turned around to see a car driving at insane speeds towards them. I drove past them and stopped in front of them. The driver side window rolled down to reveal Natsu with goggles on his head and wearing a red jacket with flames on the bottom.
"Need a lift?" Edo-Natsu asked in a cocky voice.
"Sure." Lucy said while the two Dragon Slayers with motion sickness groaned.
They all got in the car and Edo-Natsu sped off in the direction of the capital.
"Lucy tells me that you are trying to get to the capital to free your friends right?" Edo-Natsu asked.
"Yeah our *urp* friends were transformed into a lacrima and are going to be used as a power source." Dakura said with a sick look on his face. Edo-Natsu looked over at Dakura with a strange look.
"What's wrong with you and pinky back there?" Edo-Natsu asked.
"We've both got motion sickness.*urp* We get it from any mode of transportation." Dakura groaned out trying not to puke. Edo-Natsu smirked and got a mischievous look in his eyes.
"Well then let's see if I can speed up this ride or not." Edo-Natsu responded as he put his car into high gear and floored the gas. As the car sped up the sick looks on Dakura and Natsu grew until both of their faces were green and their cheeks were inflated. The car sped along the desert for another hour before it stopped, and when it stopped, both Dakura and Natsu jumped out of the car and puked their guts out.. When they were done Natsu went over to the driver side and threw open the door and grabbed his Edolas counterpart out of the car and onto the ground.
"Alright what was the big deal with doing that!?" Natsu roared to his counterpart.
"I-I'm sorry. I-If we kept at the speed we were at it w-would have taken forever to get to the capital" Edo-Natsu fearfully said ,without a trace of his cockyness from before. He then raised a shaky hand and pointed behind them. They all turned around to see the capital standing tall in all of it's glory.
"What happened to you? You don't seem as cocky as when you were in your car a few moments ago?" Dakura asked of the scared Edolas pinkette.
"People say that I become an entirely different person when I'm behind the wheel." Edo-Natsu timidly explained.
"Well thanks for the ride here, and say thanks to your Lucy for us." Dakura said to the fearful pinkette who was making his way to his car. When he entered it he immediately gained a serious look.
"Be careful. King Faust's royal army is everywhere in the city, so be on your guard." Edo-Natsu informed as he started his car and drove off in the way they came.
"I believe I see the old mine shaft from here. It will take about an hour or two to get to it, but we should be there in just enough time to slip into the city unnoticed." Carla informed. The rest of the group nodded and followed Carla as she lead them to the mineshaft. Within another two hours they reached the mine shaft, and it was starting to get dark out. Dakura pulled out one of his fire lacrima and lit some torches they found at the entrance of the cave. Natsu tried eating the fire to obtain his magic back, but proved to be useless. They entered the mine shaft and followed the path until they arrived in a large cavern, and the door on the other side of the cavern was blocked by a cave in.
"I could've sworn that the path was clear." Carla muttered to herself as she looked over the map again with a paw on her forehead.
"Here let me see if I can get through." Lucy said as she pulled out one of her celestial keys.
"Open Gate of the Bull: Taurus!" Lucy said as the muscle cow with a massive battleaxe appeared.
"Taurus I need you to smash those boulders for me!" Lucy said excitedly.
"Do I get a smooch if I do it?" Taurus asked as he pulled out his battle axe.
"Succeed and I might think about it." Lucy said as she pointed at the rocks. Taurus unleashed a massive series of powerful blows, but it didn't succeed in anything.
"Worth a shot. Better luck next time Taurus." Lucy said sadly as she sent Taurus back to the spirit realm.
"Let's see if there is another way in." Dakura said. As they were about to turn around to exit the cave white sticky ropes suddenly lashed out and wrapped around all of the Earthland mages immobilizing them. Dakura tried to turn around to see who captured them, but when he turned around he was shocked by what he saw. It was Erza in a very revealing bikini 'armor', and standing next to her was himself in black paladin-esque armor with a shotgun-sword, and a goofy grin on his face.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here sis. A bunch of Earthland mages trying to sneak into the capital, how cute." Edo-Dakura said with a cheerful tone. Then the entirety of the Royal Guards along with Edo-Erza and Edo-Dakura all kneeled to Carla and Happy as if they were royalty.
"We thank you exceeds for bringing these Earthland mages to us." Edo-Erza said while bowing. Both Happy and Carla have shocked looks on their faces.
Rage: Another one bites the dust.
Blueghast900: Yep. so it is.
Drake J: WHERE IS MY CHAPTER!?
Rage: I am in the process of writing it now so be patient.
Dark Marin: HeY GuYs. WhAtS uP?
Blueghast: I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO GO BACK TO THE DARK PIT FROM WHENCE YOU SPAWNED! Sorry about that, guy really gets on my nerves.
Rage: He creeps me out and I only see him in this story.
Sun Wukong: Woah, this is weird. I feel as if this already happened in the past or something.
Blueghast: Well, this technically IS the past for the timeline you are from. Also Author Secret Art: Memory Erase!
Sun: Huh? What happe-
Blueghast: Character Teleportation! Sorry about that. The timelines tend to blend like that.
Rage: I hope nobody bad come into this. Aaaand I just jinxed us haven't I?
Roman Torchwick: Oh would you looky here! A new place to steal dust from!
Blueghast: Alright, get back you candlehead.
Roman: What the hell?! What are you?
Blueghast: Author Secret Arts: Character Teleportation; Memory Erase!
Rage: Note to self don't say that phrase again. Anyway this has been another chapter of Erza's Brother.
Blueghast: As Always, Read, Rate, Review, and Favorite.
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