The 12 Strizers

by Erzats

2 years after the war with Alvarez, peace returned to Fiore. But for the mages of Fairy Tail and their friends, it won't last. 12 warriors coming from an unkown place are coming for them. Who are they and what do they want ? They'll learn it the hard way. OCs, created by me. Multiple Pairing (Nalu, Gruvia, Gale, Rowen, HappyxCharla and others). Advices welcomed.

22. Chap 22 : Reconciliation & disappearance

Hello! You are all well, I hope ? 22nd chapter today, a chapter which you will like just as the others I hope. I have nothings important to be said, maybe apart thanking you for the support that you bring me.

I also have to warn you that I might be late on the next chapter, I'll be away next Saturday and Sunday morning and if I don't write the French version fast enough, I might not be able to translate it in time. I normally publish the chapter on Sunday, but for the next one, it might be the following Monday. Also, according to the delay I might have, I could take a small break for about one week so I can go back on my usual rhythm. Sorry for the inconvenience that might come.

I also remind you just in case. I have no rights on Fairy Tail, everything belongs to Hiro Mashima, with the exception of the Strizers of course which are my personal creations.

Well, enough gossips, let's go !

Chapter 22: Reconciliation and disappearance, a threat of glass and gemstones.

/-Shiroame-/

After a bitter fight against Ragnar, the Strizer of the cold, Juvia, Gray, Natsu and Happy had all returned to the train station of the city of Shiroame, the same one where they got off the train when they arrived in the region. They were sitting on a bench, waiting for their train. Natsu was not liking that, as usual, but he had no choice, especially since Happy's wing were not totally healed off his frozen wings : he had been able, thanks to the adrenalin of the fight, to exceed the pain, but he was now unfit to fly. On another note, the mages and Exceed were far from being appeased by what they had learnt during their short stay in the North. First thing, they had discovered the very strange existence of creatures which the Strizers seemed to know and whose presence augured nothing good. Another point which had cast a chill was the fact that Rachel, Natsu's advisor and self-proclaimed fashion queen of Magnolia, who was getting on so well with everybody at the guild, had Natsu straight into a trap, a fact that the latter couldn't deny any more. But he still remained optimistic, but maybe a little too much.

- " I say that she still can be innocent. " Persisted Natsu which tore away an irritated growl from Gray.

- " Are you going to stop defending her !? " Shouted the man of ice, who was feeling like he was about to jump at his friend throat.

- " I'm not defending her." Replied Natsu. " Listen, she is helpful, she likes helping people out. There might be a possibility that somebody used that against her. Someone who knew that, seeing the reward, she'll give me the job. "

- " Yes, there's a chance that it could have been the case. " Admitted Juvia, getting a grateful look from Natsu and a disappointed one from Gray before continuing. " But the probability is extremely low. Do not focus on this small hope. "

- " Yes, I know. But I have the right to believe it at least a little, no ? "

Juvia agreed whereas Gray sighed, admitting defeat, hoping that Natsu was ready to be disappointed. When the train arrived in the station, they all rose and went to get aboard one of the cars, Natsu suddenly feeling nauseous but forced himself to stay awake. They still had to talk about those black monsters that they had seen.

- " And these things, these monsters or I don't know what, from where are they coming from in your opinion ? " Asked Happy, caressing absently his wings, still numb after having spent so much time frozen.

- " I have never seen such things before. And if that Strizers knows them, I think that they have to be from the same world. " Supposed Gray, Juvia agreeing by his side whereas Natsu, swallowing the bile which had just reached his throat, allowing himself a small comment.

- " In any case, they don't seems to be buddies with what Ragnar did to those three. " Growled out the dragon before turning to the window, his skin greener than never.

- " The problem is that in our case, Juvia has the impression that none of the two side have any good intention to us. "

The mages stayed silent after this last remark because if Juvia was right, they were going to find themselves taken between two threats. They had to return as quickly as possible to the guild to inform the others of what they had discovered because it will be crucial for what the future will be in this war.

/-Magnolia-/

Arrived at the train station, Natsu was the first one to throw himself, almost literally, outside of the train. He did a monstrous effort to hold on and stay conscious, but he had not spent a great moment nevertheless. The others were also relieved that it was finished. When you spend several hours risking to be vomited on by a motion sick Dragon Slayer, you too are wishing for the ride to end quickly. By heading out of the station, while they were heading to the guild, they were interrupted by a strong wave of magic coming from the forest which a side of the city, not far away from the station. What surprised them the most was because this magic was Lucy's one, and judging by the intensity, she was in full effort.

- " What is she doing ? You think that she is in danger ? " Wondered Happy, turning to the others.

- " I don't think so. If that would be the case, we would also feel the magic of others which who have come to help her. " Answered Gray. " But I admit I'm curious. I wonder what she is doing."

- " I am going to go see her. " Proposed Natsu, taking a step in the direction of the forest where Lucy's magic was coming from. " Go to the guild to tell the others what we discovered. We will joined you there later, but I probably won't be there at the same time as Lucy. I'll need to visit Rachel before that. "

Hearing Rachel's name and what Natsu was planning to do, the face of the others wrinkled.

- " Well, be careful if you really go to her store alone. Who knew what could happen ? " Advised Juvia. " There is a strong chance that she might be working with them. "

- " I know. I understand and I'll be careful. "

- " Wait, I am going to come with you. " Proposed Happy before being stopped by Natsu.

- " No, I'll be fine. Go get your wing healed by Wendy, it's for the better. "

- " It's really not your place to talk about that, ash brain. " Said Gray, pointing at the profound chilblains which Natsu had on his arms and sides.

- " I said I'm okay. Now go, I'll see you later. "

On these last words, Natsu went away from the group who, after a few seconds of silence, resumed their road heading to the guild. Natsu, on his side, was getting closer and closer to Lucy. He could feel her magic growing and decreasing in regular interval, like it was breathing. When he finally found her, he was surprised by the show which was in front of him.

In front of him was Lucy, in a similar dress as the last time he saw her, which was a pair of shorts and a sport bra, the whole thing being skin-tight, which made our salamander redden whereas the stellar spirit mage got her breath back. She had her new key in her hand and was standing in the middle of a clearing which had seen better days. The earth had been overturned in several places, some trees seemed to even be tilted and branches strewed the ground here and there. Shaking his head to get his focus back, Natsu advanced silently on Lucy who, her back turned to him, had still not realized that she was not alone any more.

- " I don't know what those trees did to you, but you beat them up good."

Lucy jumped out her skin, shouting, surprised by this well-known voice which had suddenly broken the silence into which she had been plunged for several minutes. Turning around suddenly, she was faced with Natsu, who blushes again by seeing the face. Her hazel eyes wide open by the surprise, her slightly gleaming skin due to the sweat and her half-opened lips, panting, Natsu was totally charmed. But he tried hard to let nothing show when Lucy regained her ability to talk.

- " Natsu ? What are you doing here ?" She asked whereas her eyes settled on the wounds of her friend, which were still covered with a little layer of ice frost, his skin having begun to take a bluish tint. " And what is that ? What happened to you ? "

- " I felt your magic and that intrigued me. " Explained Natsu before turning his head to his wounds. " And it's nothing, don't worry about that. "

- " Don't say stupid things like that ! Let me see that. "

Lucy forced Natsu to sit down on a stump to inspect these wounds closer, Natsu almost not reacting, even if her sudden proximity made him blush. By looking at the wounds, she asked herself several questions, one of them being a question she needed to answer quickly, already having an idea of the answer.

- " Let me guess. You did that to yourself that by going on that mission your girlfriend entrusted to you ? " Lucy tried to be relaxed, but she had said this sentence with the kindness of a prison door. But Natsu just smiled slightly before answering.

- " First, we aren't together. She tried to seduce me, it's true, but she doesn't interests me. And two, yes, it was during this mission, and it was because of a Strizer. "

Hearing that word made Lucy tightened her hands on Natsu wounded arm, making the Salamander cringe in pain.

- " Ah, I'm sorry ! But, a Strizer ? Then this mission was a trap ? Natsu, you aren't stupid to the point of being played so easily, right ? "

- " It is what Happy, Juvia and the other exhibitionist told me, but I would have been more suspicious if I was not that interested in the reward. " He took the poster out of his pocket and hand it to the blonde who looked directly at the reward and when she saw what it was about, she raised towards Natsu her eyes which were almost wet.

- " You did that one for me ? " Her voice was slightly quivering, shaken by the emotion.

- " Yeah, but the swindle didn't stop there. " He took something else out of his pocket, a golden object which looked like a melted key that Lucy grabbed, understanding the swindle. " They made everything to attract me there. "

- " But then Rachel has to be a part of that ! She certainly works with them. "

- "Save your breath, Luce. You are going to repeat me what the others have already told me. " Natsu had cut Lucy, explaining her the situation. " Seeing the efforts that she did to help me, I want to believe that she can have nothing to do with that, you understand ? "

Lucy would tend to believe that he was just trying to defend her, but by seeing his eyes, darkened by the disappointment, she understood that he was aware that there was of strong chance that Rachel can be an enemy. Which made her smile before teasing the dragon.

- " But why do wanted to get Aquarius key back for me so much ? You didn't trust my capacities to find her myself ? " Natsu was afraid for a moment that the situation was going to became dangerous but by seeing the teasing smile on Lucy's face, he understood that ha had nothing to be afraid of.

- " No, it is not that. I just thought that with this key, you would have been able to, I don't know, to both restart on good bases, seen that lately, we weren't as close as before. "

The confession of Natsu made Lucy smile softly who then did something that Natsu wouldn't have dared to hope to receive so fast. She embraced the dragon, the blonde head put against his torso. The sudden closeness had made the Dragon Slayer face red scarlet but he recovered by returning the hug to her. After a few seconds, Lucy got away from the fire mage, her cheeks covered by a small blush.

- " I agree. So, friend and partner ? "

- " Y-yeah, friend and partner. " Lucy was too happy that things were getting better with Natsu to notice that the latter seemed slightly disappointed by these words. He wouldn't have been against being a little more than friend, but he was not going to force it on her if she didn't want it. After this moment, Lucy remembered herself that Natsu had mentioned Gray and Juvia.

- "Wait, now that I think of it, Gray and Juvia were with you and Happy ? How come ?" asked the blonde, her question completely justified and Natsu answering it.

- "It was totally a random thing in fact. The mission took place not far from the village where Gray parents are buried and they had gone to see them. We were in the same train and Ragnar, the Strizer of the cold which we faced over there, had kidnapped Juvia to force Gray to join us." By saying it, he remembered himself that there was something urgent to do. "Ah, I forgot. I need you to go to the guild. Gray, Juvia and Happy are there to announce something we discovered when we were fighting the Strizer."

- "And you, what do you plan to do ?" Asked Lucy, slightly frowning.

- "I needs to visit Rachel to clear up things." Declared the pink on a tone he tried to make firm. " So go to the guild and I shall join you lat… Ouch !"

- "You will go nowhere, big guy !" Retorted Lucy, pulling Natsu by his ear. "I remind to you that there's a chance that she is working for them and you are not in any shape to fight again. So you are going to get healed before doing anything rash. Understood ?"

- "OK, OK, I understood ! Stop pulling !" Listening to the dragon, Lucy finally freed his appendage which Natsu quickly tried to appease, still feeling the pressure exercised by Lucy's fingers. "Seriously, you didn't had to pull so hard." He said before turning to her with a smile. " You really are weird."

Lucy looked at Natsu, whose eyes shone roguishly, a look which Lucy returned to him by realizing that he didn't called her weird for quite a long time. She was not yet to the point where she wanted to be more than friends, as she would have wished it before those Strizers problem, but getting her friend and partner back was more than enough for now.

/- At the Guild -/

The atmosphere had suddenly become gloomy in the hall of the guild while Gray, Happy, Juvia and Natsu told everyone what happened at them. When the fairies had seen Gray, Juvia and Happy coming back together, covered with wounds and chilblains, they didn't reacts more than that : seeing mages coming back home in such a shape had become a rather common thing lately. But they had become suddenly anxious when the mage of ice had announced they had an important thing and that everybody had to listen to them. While everyone began to gather around them, the 3 wounded persons being inspected by Wendy, Charla and Porlyusica, whom Makarof had called as additional help to look after the future wounded, with the female Exceed being particularly attentive to the wounds on Happy. When Natsu finally arrived with Lucy, surprising the three mages he told he would go to Rachel's first, the fire dragon head towards Wendy to be looked after while Gray had begun its explanation with a sentence that cast a chill.

- " We are going to make it short seen that that first part is not that different from every other one." Began Gray, holding Juvia's hand. " We faced the Strizer of the cold and at the end fight, while we were going to launch a last attack, 3 monsters appeared. "

- " How's that, monsters ? " Asked Makarof, as if he thought he didn't heard correctly what Gray had said. But they didn't misheard anything.

- " Yeah, monsters. " Continued Natsu, still being looked over by Wendy, Lucy sitting next to him, the two girl looking at him with big eyes, sign of their bewilderment. " They were black with 3 yellow eyes and lengthened heads. Ragnar, the Strizer, knew them apparently. "

- " He even said that they were scouts. " Added Happy, which really frightened the others. Makarof in particular seemed worried.

- " Scouts ? It's really not good. If there are scouts, then it means that there are many others who will follow them. " Announced Makarof, his face suddenly tensed.

- " You think that an army of those guys could arrive ? " Asked Lisanna, without asking the question to one person in particular, but to everyone.

- " It's generally what we use scouts for : to prepare the ground for the arrival of the big main part of their troops. " Answered Laxus, arms crossed, his intense eye showing a deep concentration. " You think that the Strizer knew that they were going to come ? These monsters, I mean. "

- " Certainly. Ragnar suddenly wanted to leave when he beat them. " Remembered Juvia before Gildarts, who had finally got all his powers back, adds his own memory.

- " And I remember what the kid of the sky said when we beat the guy of the earth. He said that they had no interest in rendering us unable to fight for good. It was without a doubt so that we can defend ourselves from these creatures. "

- " That thus means that it's going to become a 3 sided war. " Had deducted Jellal, but he still thought. " And we have still no information about what the Strizers needs us for. "

- "I agree." Makarof agreed before getting up to address the crowd. "We know nothing of their real intentions, but the Strizers remains dangerous and we have to stay on our guard. And also keep your eyes opened, we cannot let those monsters have time to prepare the arrival of their friends. Anyway, be careful and ready for anything at the moment, nobody knows when one of the two camps will act, but I feel that we are getting close to the end of all this."

The mages stayed a moment without moving, digesting what they had just learnt, before resuming little by little the thread of their activities, the anxiety and the apprehension of what could arrive afterward still present nevertheless. The wounded mages got questioned a little more by the others who, among other things, learned about the fake request given to Natsu by Rachel. Needless to say, they all became very suspicious of the fashion queen. And talking about her, Natsu, accompanied by Lucy, was heading for the "Diamonds Nest", Rachel's shop, because it was time to clear up things with her. But when they arrived on the place, the shop was closed, no trace of fashion queen and on the door of the shop, a simple message.

"Temporarily closed for health reasons."

- "Health reason, yeah right." Seethed Lucy between grinded teeth. "She disappeared as if by chance while we want to pull question her about that trap and she wants to made us believe that she is just sick ?"

- "I admit that it's really strange." Admitted Natsu, looking at the shop of an anxious air. "You know, Lucy, I like being wrong not very much. But now, I believe that you were right. She is hiding something."

/- The next day -/

Even if the threat of the Strizers and those strange monsters was still here, it did not prevent the mages from living their day like every others day like Erza and Jellal who was passing some time together in the streets of Magnolia. Well, it was the original plan. Indeed, Jellal was waiting outside of the cake store of the city, because Erza couldn't help herself and got inside the shop to satisfies her strawberry hunger. Jellal smiled absently, amused by this almost childish facet of the red head had as soon as she heard about or saw strawberries. In the shop, Erza was placing orders with the pastry cook who knew Erza very well, being one of his best customers, and he knew that he was going to have a really lot of work to cooks to satisfy this particularly demanding customer. However, while Erza was thinking if she had to put or not put a supplement of whipped cream on her dear cake, a white and blinding light coming from behind her drew her attention, but when she turned her head, the light had disappeared. But it was not the only one. Indeed, she didn't saw Jellal who was not the kind of guy to leave like that without warning or without a good reason. Ending her order in a hurry, she got out of the store, noticing that indeed, Jellal had disappeared.

- "JELLAL ! WHERE ARE YOU ?"

Only the silence answered the mage whose face wrinkled, suddenly tensed. With the current threats, a disappearance of this kind augured nothing good and there was a place in town where it could be possible to find one of those threats. Determined, Erza ran off, almost persuaded to know where to find her disappeared friend.

/-Somewhere else-/

Gajeel and Levy had just gone out of the bookshop of the city, the Dragon Slayer carrying heavy bags filled with books whereas Levy had already begun to read one, her Gale-Force Reading Glasses perched on her nose. Gajeel had been muttering ever since they left the bookshop and Levy began to be fed up with it.

- " Are you going to stop growling like a beast and tell me what disturbs you ? " She asked, annoyed by the behavior of her boyfriend.

- " You are doing this on purpose, I'm sure. " Accused the dragon slayer, Levy don't understanding what he was getting at. " I am sure that you wait for me to be with you to buy all these books. I am not a carrier, you know. "

Levy just pout, puffing her cheeks, turning her head to the side.

- " You really think that I could carry all this alone. " She asked, blowing through her nose which was as high as possible disparagingly, aiming to look outraged.

- " No, you couldn't, shrimp. " Teased Gajeel, which made the young woman flush with anger. " But you could buy them separately, instead of waiting for me to ransack the shop. "

The couple continued its squabbles during several minutes, until Levy stumbled on a badly placed paving stone and fell flat on the paved road of the street, her book flying away, the whole thing happening under the eyes of Gajeel who savored this moment, laughing his ass off.

- " GIHIHIHIHI! Well then, shrimp. Don't know how to walk ? Gihihihihi ! "

Levy says nothing, just sending a death glare to Gajeel before going to pick up her book. Meanwhile, Gajeel had shaken his head to stop his laughter and by doing so, he looked in the direction of a shop window in which he saw the reflection of a person he had already seen and who was smiling at him. The strangest part about that was that when he looked around him, the person was not in the street, as if the person was inside the glass.

- " What the hell ? "

- " Gajeel ! What are you looking at ? "

In the precise second Levy had finished her sentence, a flash of light blinded them both and the second just after that, Levy was alone, Gajeel having disappeared, leaving the bags of books behind him.

- " Gajeel ? GAJEEL ?! "

The sudden disappearance of her companion made Levy feel anxious and scared at the same time, but she quickly got over it, her brain proceeding to the same analysis Erza did before and taking the same decision as the knight, she rushed towards in the opposite direction, towards a shop well-known to Fairy Tail.

/-In front of Diamonds Nest-/

Ignoring everything of what had just happened to their friends, Lucy and Natsu were sitting on a bench on the other side of the street in front of Diamonds Nest, Rachel's shop, waiting for the latter, hoping to find her here. Well, Natsu hoped for it. Lucy, from her part, was not as enthusiastic as her partner.

- " Natsu, I told you. It's useless to wait for her here. If she is really working with the Strizer, and that seems to be the case, she's not going to stay here by knowing perfectly well that we are going to come to ask her questions. "

- " Ah, really ? " Answered Natsu, his fixed on the shop.

- " Yes, really. " Answered Lucy, gazing at the dragon. " As I said, we are wasting our time. "

Natsu didn't answered but she saw a light smile appearing to the corner of his lips, making a sign of his head towards the shop, ordering Lucy to look. And by turning her head, the blonde indeed saw Rachel stretching while repressing a yawn before opening the door of her shop.

- " You said anything, Luce ? " Lucy put back her attention on the mage sitting by her side, who sent her a derisive smile, as if to say ' I was right '.

- " Roh, shut up. " She grumbled while shoving him aside, making the dragon laugh while getting up with her, going straight towards the shop window of the store which they entered without any further ado. Hearing the bell of the door, Rachel answered from behind her counter where she had squatted to get some things.

- " Sorry, but I am closed today. " She declared on a professional tone before getting up, seeing who were her customers. " Oh! It's you, Tsu-kun. And Lucy, also. What are you two wanting ? " She had tried to be pleasant, which was not hard with Natsu, but the memory of her last meeting with Lucy was not the best one to help her being nice and happy.

- " Stop playing dumb. You perfectly know why we are here. " Began Lucy, not wanting to beat around the bush.

- " Well, if you are here, it's to buy clothes, I suppose. But you'll both have to wait a little, I need to review my accounting. " Answered innocently Rachel, but even Natsu didn't felt like wasting time like that. He had to clear things up with her.

- " Rachel, the mission you gave to me led me straight ahead into a trap. And strangely, it was a job which I couldn't refuse. I hope you have a good explanation for that ?"

- "Hey, calm down. I did not know that there was a Strizer waiting for you over there. I would have said it to you if I had known about him." Rachel had spoken fast to try to justify herself, but maybe a little too fast since she had just betrayed sold herself at the same time.

- "Well, isn't it strange ? How do you know that it was a Strizer. Better yet, how can you know about them in the first place ? No one said anything about them." Innocently noticed Lucy, Rachel biting her lips by realizing her blunder. Losing her innocent smile, Lucy continued. "Well, you better spill everything. Now !"

But before she was able to say anything, the characteristic noise of two people colliding was heard in front of the shop. Indeed, Erza and Levy, running like mad dogs, were so focused on their common destination that they had paid no mind to anything else and consequently had violently bumped into each other. They quickly recovered from the shock, excusing themselves to the other and entered the shop together, falling once more by trying to go through the door at the same time. Once in the shop, they paid almost no attention to Natsu and Lucy, throwing themselves on the counter to talk to Rachel.

- "Uh, can I help you ?" Asked the seller, very satisfied to have a possibility to evade Natsu and Lucy at the moment, but Erza and Levy weren't going to put her in a better situation either.

- "Everybody at the guild suspects you of having a link with the Strizers and I have just seen Jellal disappear in a flash of light. So I really hope that you will have no problem in helping me." Had threatened Erza, whose words surprised Levy.

- "But I am here for the same thing." The mages turned to her, eyes wide opened. Rachel on the other hand was feeling more and more uncomfortable with how things were turning out. "Gajeel also disappeared in some kind of white light."

All then turned to Rachel whose emergency exit were now all condemned. Lowering her head and leaning on the counter, she rubbed the back of her head while sighing. When she raised the head, they saw in her eyes a new light which wasn't feeling right to them.

- "A light ? Oh, you talking about this light ?"

By saying it, she had pointed a finger to a mirror which was behind the mages who turned to look at it. There was nothing weird about that mirror, except that Rachel's reflection had reached out towards them. And only her reflection because the real Rachel had not moved, arms crossed on her counter. It was already strange, but what followed was even more. The palm of Rachel's reflection began shining more and more, the white light which emanated from it filling the mirror which looked like a white panel for a moment before the light began shining outside the mirror, blinding the mages for a moment. When the light had finally disappeared, the girls noticed with horror that Natsu had also disappeared. But luckily, or unluckily, it depends on how you see it, he wasn't that far.

*Boom, boom* Strange noises, similar to someone punching on a glass panel, were heard in the shop, coming from the mirror and by looking again at the mirror, the girls understood where was Natsu AND what exactly was that noise. Natsu was inside the mirror, drumming since the inside, as if he tried to force open a door.

- "But what the heck is that ?" Lucy exclaimed, not believing what she had under her eyes.

- "I simply locked him into the mirror world." Simply explained Rachel. "Don't worry, there's nothing to be afraid of, even if somebody breaks the mirror. As long as I am conscious, he will remain booby-trapped inside that world. But he won't be all alone, he will have a little company."

Turning around brutally towards Rachel, Erza, Levy and Lucy saw that she had 2 pocket mirror in her hands, mirrors in which they could see Gajeel and Jellal who were also trying to escape their mirror jail. For the girls, there were no more doubts possible.

- "So we were right to suspect you. You are one of them." Deducted Levy, which made Rachel chuckle before jumping over the counter, landing next to the girls, facing the door of her shop.

BÉLIER DE QUARTZ !

Striking the ground with her hands, big pillars of see-through crystals collided with the three young women who were thrown outside of the shop, getting through the shop windows which burst into thousands of pieces which spread out on the paved street. While getting up, the mages saw Rachel go out of her shop, the glass shards floating to gather around her, swirling around the young woman who cleaned absently her rings made of different gemstones.

- "Well, I guess I should introduce myself correctly now, isn't it ?" Declared Rachel with nonchalance, the glass bits floating around her like a thick cloud of gleaming butterfly. "Rachel Martin, Strizer of gemstones, to serve you." The 3 mages looked at the Strizer, already ready for everything to help their companions. But Rachel was not intimidated at all, putting herself in position, getting ready for a fight which was going to be anything but a simple catfight.

22 of ended, it's pleasing to see a fic going on like that and getting great support. I don't have much to say here except thanking you for your support, which helps me a lot continue. And don't forget that the next chapter might come later than usual since I'm not home next week-end. I hope that this chapter will have pleased you and that you will like what will follow. Goodbye !

Next time : Girl Power ! Threatening reflections and gemstones attacks. The royal armor.