The colourless lacrima at the top of Edolas Aki's wooden staff began to change colour once again. Accept, it wasn't any of the 4 colours that had been seen before. I was stunned by how it looked now - the many colours danced around one another like ocean spray propelled by a strong, yet gentle breeze. I could spot many colours whirling together inside but there were seven colours which stood out above the rest: a bold scarlet, a garish marmalade, a bright amber, a serene chartreuse, a vibrant cobalt, an ebony sapphire and finally, an enticing plum. "Rainbow!" Candy called out. She was right, the orb had become the colours of the rainbow.

I could feel the magic power radiating from the lacrima and humming in the air, waiting for Edolas Aki's command. It was restless and wanted to fight. It reminded me of Natsu. That's when something struck me. Natsu wasn't someone you could control, unless you were someone as strong as Erza. Edolas Aki had already fought us with all 4 elements and would be starting to tire. Casting this 5th element - things could easily get out of hand. "We need to end this as soon as possible," I stated in a serious tone that seemed to surprise my comrades. If we let this carry on, we may now have a chance against the overwhelming power of the 5th element. But that wasn't the reason we needed to end this fight. We were Fairy Tail wizards, we faced overwhelming power head on and defeated it with everything we could manage. But as Fairy Tail wizards, it is our duty to protect. That's why we have power - not to destroy - so we can protect those who we care for. But not just those who we care for, our enemies deserve a portion of our respect. I stared straight into the hazel eyes of Aki Marshland. I instantly remembered staring into those same beautiful eyes all those years ago... A few days after I had arrived in this age... This girl in front of us was our enemy. But at the same time, she was Aki. No matter what world she was from - she was Aki. I couldn't save Aki McGarden... But Aki Marshland was in danger - and I could save her!

"Feel the wrath of the 5th element!" She called, I could tell through her voice that she wasn't thinking straight, "Aether!" I suspected that aether was the name of the 5th element. That's when it occurred to me, I knew what sort of magic the 4 elements would be (it was obvious) but I had no idea what 'aether' would do... "Go forth - gravity!" Suddenly, my body felt like it was made of iron as we all slumped to the ground. This was gravity magic. I had felt it's affects before from the former Phantom Lord wizard Yoku. His magic was nothing compared to this. I felt as if I couldn't move a singe muscle in my body. At this rate there was nothing we could to to stop this. "Go forth - meteors!" What!? So aether wasn't just gravity magic! I mustered my strength to lift my head so I could try and see where the attack was coming from. I was horrified to find that a small cluster of meteors cloaked in golden light were just about to crush us from above. "Is this seriously Heavenly Body Magic!" I couldn't help but scream. We were dead as soon as Edolas Aki had activated the 5th element. I had never expected her to be so powerful...

"FAIRY TAIL FANTASIA PARADE!" I heard Lokni call out. Fairy Tail fantasia parade!? What did that have to do with anything!? We were in a life or death situation here! Why would Lokni want to talk about Fantasia!? Just in the nick of time, I understood what he meant. I thrust my right hand in the air with my index figure pointing straight up towards the meteor. "Fairy Tail defies gravity!" I called out so that the others attention would be caught, so that they also understood Lokni's message. I sent up a large burst of fire dragon slayer magic towards the meteor which was only a second or so away. The others copied my actions. (Though Lokni was already sending out magic) The sudden bursts of magic power we had produced from our index fingers collided with the meteors, shattering them to pieces.

"H - h - how...?" I saw Edolas Aki staring straight at us. Her mouth was agape, her hair was a ruffled mess, her hazel eyes were blank, her clothes were torn and she was battered. I could tell that she had no energy left to carry on fighting us. Slowly, I could feel the gravity that was once pressing us down was now disappearing. We were all soon able to stand once again. After glancing over everyone to make sure they were all unscathed, I looked back across the room towards Edolas Aki. She was standing staring straight at us still. I quickly noticed her legs buckle slightly. She was going to collapse. She let go of her staff which then fell to the ground with a clatter. It hadn't reverted back to it's usual size from the start of the fight. But I was too concerned about Aki to notice that. Just like her staff, Aki began to fall back. I began to run forwards in the hopes for somehow breaking her fall. She was currently on the stage platform which appeared to be made of some hard, solid, strong material - most likely limited to Edolas. If she were to fall straight onto it, she would surely break a few bones... But if her head were to make contact with the stage... Who knows what sort of peril would await her. As I began to run I instantly realized I wouldn't make it in time. "Bluebell!" I called out. Not just Bluebell but all three exceeds flew forwards towards Edolas Aki. They were all able to hoist her up into the air milliseconds before she hit the stage platform.

Unexpectedly, a bolt of what looked like heavenly body magic hit the exceeds and Aki sending all of them down back towards the stage. Luckily, Lilias was able to use her earth dragon slayer magic to create a bush of magic to break their fall. After we knew that they were all safe, I looked straight over to the staff. That was when I noticed that the lacrima on top was still a rainbow colour. Additionally, I could still feel the immense magic power humming in the air. "It's still activated," Lokni sighed walking towards the staff. Suddenly, small jets of what looked like a version of hyper magic projected themselves out of the lacrima in all directions. We were all only just able to dodge the attack from the staff. Lokni began to run towards the staff while Lilias ran to protect the exceeds and Edolas Aki. I followed Lokni, who now had both hands grasped around the staff. He was staring intently into the lacrima. I could tell what he was thinking. He wanted to take the lacrima because it looked like rare treasure. That was Lokni for you.

Just then, Lokni was blasted in the face by a bolt of hyper magic. He was sent back to the other side of the room. "You're no treasure!" I heard him call out, "You're a monster!" I watched as Lokni began to bang the staff against the statue that I had his the exceeds in during the flood. At the same time the staff would let out randoms attacks of gravity magic, heavenly body magic, hyper magic etc. - all of which Lokni avoided. "Lokni!" I called out to him. I was starting to gt tired just watching.

"If you haven't noticed I'm a little busy right now!" he called back.

"Just smash the lacrima!" I answered back. With that, Lokni stopped battering one of the king's statues and laid the staff of the ground so that he could shatter the lacrima with his foot. It smashed a lot more easily that I had expected. That then meant... this fight with Aki Marshland was over.

Before we left the theatre, we laid Edolas Aki upon the ground - using some of the torn curtains as a soft place to rest her head (A.K.A a pillow). Looking around the theatre... You'd have to go on half a year's worth of S-class quests to get enough money to pay for the damages we had caused with our fight. I had a feeling that the king wouldn't be very happy with Aki Marshland - She was the one who had started the fight in the first place... When we walked outside the theatre, I heard the sound of footsteps running. I looked down the corridor that they were coming from to see Lucy in a rather revealing outfit alongside a small brown haired barefoot girl...


Author's note

If you are not familiar with the 5th element, then I suggest you look it up online. I should also mention that Aether is not the only name that it is given - it is also known as quintessence if that is the word that you are more familiar with. If you're questioning that magic I assigned to Aether, then when I was reading up about it - it said that it is 'the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere.' If you're unfamiliar with the terrestrial sphere, to sum it up it is the region of aether where the planets and stars are located. It was also mentioned that aether was used to explain several theories explaining natural phenomena such as gravity (hence the gravity magic). I have no idea how accurate this information of Aether/quintessence is, but I thought I'd explain where I got the idea of the magic for the element from.