The boat ride was hell. We were all slumped, doubled over the side of the boat. All I wanted to do was get off... I tried to listen as Makarov explained the rules. It was something about fighting? Combat routes, Extreme combat routes, Safe routes... I didn't pick up how many there were. Just then, it was announced that the trial started. We were still on the boat, but it had stopped moving. I still felt queasy - but I had to forget that right now. Lilias tried jumping off the boat - the same time Natsu and Happy began to fly away. Sadly though, there was a rune barrier. I looked to see Freed and Bickslow flying off towards the island. It would disappear in 5 minutes. I sighed. We were already lagging behind...Just then Levy began to rewrite the spell. It didn't take her too long accept... she only rewrote it for Gajeel and herself.
I walked over to the rune barrier. Two could play at that game. After all, the part of rune magic I knew how to do was rewriting at the moment. I was glad that I had started rune magic, it was really coming in handy! It only took me a few seconds longer than Levy, but I was still able to do so! I had only rewrote it for Lilias and myself. We then began to swim towards the shore. We hadn't done too much swimming training, but our training had increased our swimming speed. Now we could easily swim towards shore. Now I was glad that Lilias had made me wear a swimsuit!
When we came to shore we reached 10 different passageways, labelled A-J. "Did you pick up anything about the routes?" I asked. I didn't expect her to know. Surprisingly, she nodded. There are 4 combat routes. With them you're lead to another pair who'll you'll have to fight. After that there are 4 extreme combat routes where you have to fight a current S-class wizard. Finally, there are 2 serenity routes. If we choose one of those then we will pas to the next round without fighting. "I hope we get that one," I muttered, "I don't like the idea of fighting friends..." We then looked up at the 8 remaining routes. "Which one shall we pick?" I asked. Lilias shrugged.
"We'd better pick quickly though..."
"Why don't we go J?" I asked.
"Why?" Lilias questioned.
"Because it's the last letter to choose from, also 'J' is for 'Justice.' Therefore it is the most righteous way, and that means it's the right way!" Lilias looked at me as if I was speaking another language.
"OK... That makes sense? We'll go that way!" Quickly, we ran down route J, the passageway sealing itself behind us...
"There's an 80% chance we're going to have to fight so get ready," I muttered. Lilias nodded. "Teamwork will be key." I added. There were lots of small lights floating about. I couldn't remember what they were called, but there were so many of them because of the temperature here. "Are we really going to have to fight in swimsuits?" I asked Lilias. Lilias nodded. "We're not going to get changed right now are we?" I sighed. I stopped to get something out of my bag. It was a T-shirt I had brought along with me. It was dark purple in colour. I slipped it on. "This'll suffice," I muttered. Lilias sighed.
"Come on Faya," She had started to leave me behind, "We can't lag remember! This is a competition!" I nodded and began to walk forwards. Soon we arrived in a clearing. The passageway at the other end was sealed. "We're gonna have to fight aren't we?" Lilias muttered. I nodded.
"To think I'd have to fight you two?" A voice broke the silence. We knew that voice all too well.
"Our luck sucks," I sighed. Down in the clearing we could see a figure waiting for us. Her read hair was tied up un a white ribbon as usual, though she was not wearing her usual dress. Instated she was wearing a short sleeved dark blue dress with pale blue rims. We had to fight Miriza.
Without any warning she attacked. It was her wing attack, hitting us straight on. Before we could recover, we were hit by a roar. I had never faced Miriza in a fight before. I hadn't really seen her in action too often either. She was quick and didn't miss an opportunity to land an attack. "Lilias!" I called out. We needed to get in an attack somehow. Lilias sent out an earth dragon wing attack, though Miriza easily dodged it, while she was airborne she sent down another roar attack. We needed to get a hit in, somehow... Just as I was thinking that I was hit in the face by a sky dragon talon attack. "Come over here Faya!" Lilias called out. I ran over to where Lilias was, when we were beside one another - Lilias used the earth around us to form a dome that would protect us from any attacks. "This is ordinary earth magic," she spoke, "It won't hold up for much longer, but it'll give us enough time to quickly think of a plan." I nodded. Miriza's strengths were her speed and ability to find loopholes, ways to attack at every opportunity. Basically, what allowed her to do that was her speed. How could we combat speed? Well, it seemed like her weakness would most likely be brute force - as that was what usually combated speed. Sadly though, that wasn't mine or Lilias's strong suit. I guess that we could pull it off though. I quickly told Lilias that we had to use brute force before the earth dome broke.
We split off in two directions. I went left; Lilias went right. When one of us was dodging the attack, the other one would attack. Even though it was a classic battle strategy, we had to keep on using it - then it would work effectively... Right? First, Miriza attacked me with a roar. I was only just able to dodge. This wasn't a good time for Lilias to dodge. This plan wasn't going to work. We needed something else... I would just have to screw strategy... "Fire dragon brilliant flames!" Miriza was only just able to dodge the widespread attack. While she was dodging both Lilias and I used a roar attack. Both attacks only just landed. Miriza landed steadily on the ground. We both charged towards her, ready to attack. Miriza jumped up dodging both attacks and then using her wing attack was able to attack. Miriza had always had the most control over her magic, this had allowed her to learn quicker than the rest of us. She was also a speedy fighter...
Just then Lilias put her hands to the ground. "Earth dragon tangled vines!" Vines shot up quickly circling around Miriza's legs and wrists - holding her in place. "Attack now Faya!" she called, "Use a powerful attack! The vines won't hold through your fire so you'll have to make it count!" I would use on of my secret arts.
"Fire dragon secret art! Crimson Lotus: Phoenix flame blade!" My attack hit Miriza square on because of Lilias's vines, which were now gone. When the smoke cleared, I noticed that Miriza was still standing. "Do you know what it means to be an S-class wizard?" she asked walking towards us. I had used my full strength... And she was still standing. "It isn't just strength that you need to be S-class," she spoke. I could see winds circling around her hands. "Heart and brains are what matter as well." She attacked us again with a wing attack. We weren't able to dodge this time. "You've proved to me that you can use your brains in the middle of a fight, not to mention that your friendship is evident. You work well as a team. I can see your heart. You're also strong. But you haven't shown me your full potential. Let's start getting serious shall we?" There was a look in Miriza's eye and a smile on her face. "Show me what you can do when the two of you work together using all of your strength, brains and heart." Miriza carried on smiling. "I know this is only a trial... Master did tell me to hold back... But... How can I really test your strength if you don't need to try hard to defeat me?"
Miriza was already hard enough to try and beat... What was going to be in store for us now?"
Author's note:
The next chapter won't be out for a while since I'm going away again. It'll probably be up on either Sunday or next Monday.
Also, I should mention I'm starting a new fanfiction named: Fairy Tail - Celestial Law. I'll try to publish the first chapter today, though I'll only properly start writing it when I've completed this fanfiction :)
Thank you to all those who have read this far! I appreciate all of your support :)
P.S. There is soon going to be another Generation Zero dragon slayer introduced to the story, so that's something to look forward to!
