We ran down the hall ways of the royal palace twisting and turning around numerous corners, without a clue as to where we were heading. I did not look behind me as I ran. I knew that Edolas Miriza and Lokni would be just fine. I believed in them. Even if they were from another world, they were still my comrades - my friends. As we ran, we could only hope that we wouldn't be spotted. If anyone saw us now, they would know that we weren't supposed to be here. Sadly, luck wasn't on our side.

As we turned the next corner, I spotted a figure in the distance. "Turn back!" Miriza called. We turned back around in the other direction. "HOLD IT!" The voice called out. We all stopped. Not because they had said so, but because we recognized their voice. That one moment of hesitation gave them all the time that they needed to catch up. "Aki Marshland, Royal army captain of the 5th magic war division." I turned towards the figure before me. There was no doubt about it. Her hair was the same brilliant blue and her eyes were the same beautiful hazel. She looked so much like Levy. Was this what she would have looked like if she were grown up? "Come with me Earth Land wizards." before we could do anything about it, Aki Marshland tied our hands together and lead us all down to the dungeons. So much for saving our friends, right now - we needed to save ourselves.

All 5 of us were placed in the same dark gloomy cell. The bars weren't at all straight, they didn't look like they could keep anyone out. Sadly though, Edolas Aki placed had what looked like sticky white string around each of our hands when tying us up. I could tell that it was stopping us from using our magic. Now we had no way of escaping. As we sat on the damp ground of the cell, Edolas Aki was looking us up and down. I felt pathetic, just sitting there. Helpless. And when our friends needed us the most... "I've heard all of you are dragon slayers," she spoke, "Did you know that your magic can do wonders for our world." A sad look spread across her face. "This world is limited in magic power. Your dragon slayer magic will be able to grant us everlasting power." She looked up, a small smile forming on her face. "I would do what ever it takes to obtain it!" At that moment I couldn't help but think of Levy. She was in the lacrima. The one that would be transformed into magic power for the kingdom of Edolas. This was wrong. For Aki, this Aki from another world, to willingly kill her sister... For power... Even though this wasn't the Aki we all knew and loved, she was still Aki. She needed to know the truth about Levy!

"The earth land version of your sister, Levy, is part of the lacrima you're going to change into magic power. If you carry on like this - she'll die." Edolas Aki gave me a quizzical expression.

"Seriously?" she eventually spoke up - her features hardening, "I couldn't care less about what happens to that girl, let alone her earth land counter part. Blood ties don't matter when it comes down to war." Blood Ties don't matter. That reminded me - 'Blood ties don't matter - because everyone in Fairy Tail is family!' How could I have been so stupid. We weren't fighting just to save our friends, but our family as well! Not to mention the citizens of Magnolia. Our Home! We needed to free them! No matter the cost! We needed to repay them, after all they'd done for us...

"Tell me," Aki Marshland's voice broke through my thoughts, "You look so much like your Edolas counter parts. You also mentioned that Levy had a counter part. Tell me, what is the Earth land version of me like?" We all looked down towards the ground. I didn't know if any of us would be able to say it... "Aki McGarden died aged 6," Lilias spoke up, "She sacrificed her own life to free 15 others. We were 5 of them. She was one of the kindest souls there were. She was brave and loyal. We were all there when she... She didn't deserve her fate..." Tears began to form and fall from Lilias's deep brown eyes. We all moved closer to Lilias in an attempt to comfort her. Aki's death was not something we wanted to ever have to think about. It was Aki Marshland's fault for bringing it up. I felt anger towards her, as well as warmth. She didn't know about Aki, she was just curious. I couldn't blame her... But still... Lilias's sobs made me think otherwise. I looked back up towards the bars of the cell - only to find nobody standing there. Aki Marshland had left.

I couldn't keep track of the time we had spent in the cell. It was always dark down there. That was until I heard voices yelling from about one cell down or so. The voices were familiar. But hearing them only made us feel worse. They were now captured as well. The loudest voice... hurt my ears... It was none other than Natsu. I was pretty sure that I could hear Wendy as well. And... a male voice I didn't recognize at all. I could hear what they were talking about. I heard what the strange man said. As clearly as crystal. But I couldn't believe it. It couldn't be true. By the looks on my friends faces, they had heard it as well. There was no way... That it could be true...

Happy and Carla had a mission, all of the exceeds who had been sent to earth land had. Their mission - to eliminate the dragon slayers. But it had been changed at the last minute - to capturing the dragon slayers. It wasn't possible. It wasn't true. Bluebell wouldn't. There was no way. Did they even know about this? Questions started flooding my mind which was now confused and muddled with grief. I felt warm tears prick my eyes. I didn't understand. This couldn't happen! This was wrong! For the first time I could remember, I had no idea what was going on or what we had been dragged into. This mission wasn't as simple as just saving our friends...

I wasn't able to keep track of the time. How long had it been since we were imprisoned here. I was laid on the hard cold ground when I heard the doors to our cell open. I looked up groggily. Guards. Each one of them grabbed our arms and dragged us out of the cell across the rough ground. Where were they taking us now?