I walked off away from Aki. I felt guilty as I walked away though - a part of me kept nagging saying I should go back and help her. I wanted to. She was Aki after all. I glanced back. She was staring right at me, with those beautiful hazel eyes. I shook my head as if freeing myself from a trance. I didn't know for sure as to whether I should trust her, I couldn't tell at all what she was thinking. Was she being genuine? I sighed. I felt that a part of her was still a good person, despite what she had done. If she was trying to atone, then I shouldn't get in her way. With that, I turned and walked away. My next priority would be to find the owner of the spear. From what my dragon slayer's smell could tell: They were nearby.
A walked straight through rows of houses in Edolas, it smelled as if they lived in one of them. I soon found it: a house smaller than the others. It smelt strongly of the other smell I had only just been able to pick up on the angel spear. I walked towards the door and knocked. I didn't know whether they would even be awake. It felt odd, returning lost property in the middle of a battle for the freedom of another world. I would have never been able to imagine myself in such an odd scenario. I thought back to walking in the rain the other day when I was still in earth land. How could that had ended up turning into this? With a creak the door opened to reveal a young girl around the age of 11 with short light blue hair and big brown eyes as well as what looked like a magical whip by her side - it reminded my of the one Lucy was carrying as well as wearing that rather revealing set of clothes... The girl looked straight up at me, it was slightly embarrassing how I wasn't too much taller than her... Then she noticed the spear. Her eyes widened and she ran back into the house. "Sorano! Sorano! It's the angel spear!" soon enough the young girl reappeared with an older girl who I assumed was her older sister. They didn't look as similar as the Strauss siblings, but there was a resemblance. She smiled gratefully and took the spear out of my hands. "Thank you for finding this, It was taken away when my guild was destroyed by the kingdom."
"Thank you!" the younger sister called.
"Come on Yukino, it's getting late." With that and a few more words of 'thank you' the two sisters left their doorstep. Sorano and Yukino? So they used to be in a guild? I couldn't help but feel that I would end up seeing them again...
Just then I spotted where the Dorma Anim was. I guessed that since I was also a dragon slayer, I should go on and fight with them. I ran as quickly as I could towards where I thought I had seen the Dorma Anim. As I ran I started to feel exited as I realized that I had never fought along side Natsu before. Honestly, I was exited. If either one of us ran out of magic, we could feed each other! I couldn't help but wonder what his flames tasted like... I ended up passing the spot where I'd left Aki, I looked over only to notice that she was gone. I couldn't help but worry about her. She had hurt her ankle after all... But that was my fault for throwing rubble at it... But you couldn't blame me - she was trying to stab me with a spear! What else was I supposed to do? Just then, I noticed what looked like magic power seeping out of the ground. Was the magic in Edolas finally disappearing for good? From the sky I noticed that the floating rivers and islands were beginning to fall, crashing down into the royal city. It must have been the magic that had been keeping them aloft. Soon I came across the area where the dorma anim had been. I spotted the other dragon slayers, but they weren't fighting... I was beginning to wonder why until I noticed the dorma anim broken on the ground. Oh... They'd defeated it without me... I was looking forward to a fight... And eating Natsu's flames...
I walked over towards the other dragon slayers. "Hey Faya!" Lilias smiled as she noticed me coming my way. The others turned towards me and invited me over. That's when I noticed what they were doing. They were talking to the tall black exceed I'd seen earlier pushing the lacrima away from Extalia. He told us what we were to do next, and handed us all cloaks of black and red. Natsu ended up with a pair of demon horns. That's what we were supposed to do. Apparently we had to be the villain.s to Mystogan could beat up up. It sounded like an exiting plan to me! We got to kidnap the king, pretend to have stolen all of Edolas's magic power, destroy a bunch of buildings and scare people with our earth land magic! I could feel my senses tingling with excitement! Instead of using our first names, to protect our Edolas counterparts identity we had to use last names. Natsu was the demon lord Dragneel! And we were his servants. Well... I guess that I could have been the demon lord Dragneel... Since that was my real name... But I had to be the demon Vermillion. I was fine with that. As soon as the tall exceed left, we were able to put our plan into action. That was when I remembered that I didn't have any magic power left from my numerous fights with Aki. "Natsu," I asked. He looked towards me, "Can I have some of your fire. I'll give you some of mine." Natsu seemed to agree with that and gave me some of his fire. That was all I needed, I was starting to feel better already. It return, I offered him one of my flames. I didn't expect his flames to be as tasty as they were: It was good stuff.
Soon, everything was in place. It was time to attack. Natsu stood at the top of one of the houses. "I AM THE GREAT DEMON LORD DRAGNEEL!" Natsu seemed to be a little too good at this already, "I'VE TAKEN ALL THIS WORLD'S MAGIC POWER!" All we had to do was attract Mystogan to this very spot to fight Natsu. Natsu would loose and Mystogan would gain Edolas's trust and become their new king. It was hard knowing that this would probably be the last time we'd see Mystogan again... So we'd make the most of it by destroying his future kingdom! Natsu had the king tied up on the roof beside him. Though the crowds, I spotted a few more edolas Fairy Tail members including Edolas Lucy and Edolas Natsu. What I noticed first was that Edolas Lucy's hair was short, around Lilias's length - but I think Lilias's hair was longer now... Then I noticed Edolas Natsu wearing driving goggles. Yep, something was up here. Natsu got the worst motion sickness out of all of the dragon slayers! (I don't think that Wendy and Gajeel had it yet though...). "I'M THE ONE WHO BEAT YOUR KING!" Natsu spoke drawing attention to a tied up edolas king. "MAYBE I'LL LET HIM LIVE AS A A SPECIAL FAVOR!" I was starting to get bored of just waiting in the crowd ready to scare people, I WANTED TO DESTROY SOMETHING. That came out wrong didn't it? Now the crown of people were starting to get nervous. I noticed Sorano and Yukino not too far away, even though I was exited to destroy stuff, I would try to protect their house. They seemed like nice people who'd suffered too much by the hands of the kingdom.
Just then our orders were given to destroy and scare! "REDFOX! MARVELL! VERMILLION! BELSERION! HEARTFILIA! DREYAR! DESTROY THE CITY MY LOYAL SERVANTS!" Yes! I decided to attack a rather big looking house that reminded me of the house the client from our first ever job owned. I really didn't like that guy. I used a fire dragon brilliant flames. That was starting to become my favorite spell. It worked well long range and covered a large area, it was also perfect for destroying stuff! "My house!" someone called. That confirmed for me that it was the Edolas version of our client's house. So he was still alive? I only just hoped that Hibiki wasn't his son in this world... If he was, I'm sorry Edolas Hibiki for destroying your father's house... again... I met up with Miriza who had just blown away 3 houses with one roar attack. "Let's destroy something together - that will probably scare them more," Miriza sighed, "I can't say that I'm enjoying this... I just hope nobody get's hurt..." That was when I heard a familiar voice. We both turned to see Xavier, normal Xavier. "I can understand Gajeel, Miriza and Faya going psycho... But Lokni, Wendy and Lilias? Something has to be up here..." Both Miriza and I walked straight up to Xavier... and punched him in the face with our iron fist attacks. He deserved it. "here were you?" I asked him as he lay upon the ground. The crowd cleared away from us. "I went back to Edolas Fairy Tail, to help them join the battle with Crime Sorciere..." We both turned away from Xavier. We could beat him up any day... But terrorizing citizens of Edolas? That was a once in a lifetime experience! Miriza didn't seem to agree with us. Honestly, I couldn't see why.
Soon enough, Mystogan appeared - just like we had planned! "Stop this Natsu!" Everyone in the crowd turned towards him. I stopped destroying a building and looked his way. I didn't seem to be any good at scaring people for some reason though, but come on! I was supposed to be the black wizard Zeref's daughter! If that's not scary what is!? I guess Zeref wasn't all too scary n edolas... I couldn't help but wonder who Edolas Zeref was... "I AM THE GREAT DEMON KING DRAGNEEL!" I know that this wasn't the time, but I thought struck me. For some reason I'd never really thought about this before. My real second name was Dragneel because Zeref's second name was Dragneel. But Natsu's second name was also Dragneel, which suggested that he was also a relative of Zeref. Natsu was apparently found in the forest by Igneel, who took him in... I knew for a fact that Zeref lived 400 years ago... Could Natsu be his ancestor or something? Then I thought back to the rune barrier in the battle for Fairy Tail. Both Gajeel and Natsu couldn't get through. It wasn't because they were dragon slayers though because Xavier was able to get through. That meant that they were somehow older than 80... Could Natsu have been born 400 years ago? The idea seemed stupid, but what did I know about the past? I would have to ask Miriza and Lilias about life 400 years ago... But now wasn't the time to think about this perplexing puzzle.
I drew my attention back to Mystogan and Natsu who were now fighting in hand to hand combat. It seemed like I'd missed most of the fight while thinking too hard... "Though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant, and you must never forget about your friends..." I heard Natsu say, he must have been giving Mystogan a proper Fairy Tail send off. "...For as long as you live!" Mystogan finished the sentence. HOW COULD I HAVE GOT DISTRACTED WHEN THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME I WOULD SEE HIM! Instead of crying, I smiled. It was a small smile, but it was a smile. I would miss Mystogan, we all would. But I knew that he would be fine. He was a Fairy Tail wizard after all! Natsu fell to the ground, though there was a smile upon his face.
All of a sudden, Natsu began to glow. As soon as I noticed that, I also noticed that I was glowing as well. What could be going on here!? We must all be returning to earth land... Where we belonged. For a moment, I began to panic. If the exceeds belonged in Edolas then... What would happen to Bluebell and the other exceeds!. Would we ever be able to see them again!?
