At this point I was confused. I was a fire dragon slayer! I wasn't meant to feel the cold! It must have something to do with Avera's magic. Cold that couldn't become warm. That didn't make any sense. 'Cold' was just a lack of heat. So this magic had a lack of heat that couldn't be heated back up? Then it hit me. This magic wasn't cold. It was just the sensation of being cold, which is why it had affected me. It was a type of sensation wind magic that chilled the target. Therefore, if it was wind magic... Wind travels from areas of a high concentration of wind to a low concentration of wind. If I created enough heat from my flames, I would create an area of low concentration. Therefore, whenever she used her magic it would be drawn towards me an wouldn't be of any use to Avera! It was worth a shot.
A quickly glanced over at the others. All 4 of them were engaged in a battle against Raina. Each one of them looked as worn out as I felt. We were running out of magic, but just us - but Raina was as well. That would give us a chance of winning, but for now - I had to deal with Avera. I engulfed myself with flames. The only part of my body which wasn't covered was my feet. They were damp due to the water below. I couldn't see the Tenrou forest anymore. I could just see my flames. They danced in colours of orange, red, yellow... Almost like a sunset - flickering before my eyes. I could almost feel the heat brushing gently against my skin. I could hardly hear the battle now. The sudden crackle of fire would break the almost silent scene. Hopefully I wasn't burning Tenrou down right now...
I could faintly see the forest now but instated of trying to watch what was going on out there, I focused on my magic. My flames. They felt like they wanted to burst out and play, like an impulsive young child who has been cooped up indoors all day. I had to stay in control. I was in charge. I felt a smile fall upon my face as I noticed the flames sway. Their heat intensified. I noticed a strange magic circling my own. Avera's winds. My plan was working. At some point I would have to strike though. But now, I would concentrate on my magic.
This reminded me a lot of the meditating I had done last time on Tenrou with Zeref, or 'Sensei' as I had called him back then. Back then, meditating bored me. But now, I understood why Zeref had told me to do it. It allowed you to become one with your magic and shut out the outside world. Back then, I wasn't able to feel the strong magic power that I felt at this moment. It wasn't my magic though, or Avera's. This magic was different. Suddenly, I realised what Miriza was talking about during our fight. There is a lot of magic power on this island. That is what allows me to do this... She was talking about her dragon force, though at the time I did not know it. She must have learned how to activate dragon force if there was a lot of magic power in the area. Now that I thought about it, she must still be low on magic from activating dragon force. She hadn't said a word about it, but instead - carried on fighting along with the rest of us. That's what it meant to be S-class, staying by your friends sides no matter what the cost was. I though back to my friends. They would still be fighting Raina right now. If I could only just activate my dragon force just like Miriza had done in or fight, we might be able to stand a chance against Avera and Raina. As soon a it was activated, I could have to take Avera out immediately. I hoped that Raina couldn't activate dragon force whenever... That would make this fight impossible!
I concentrated on Tenrou's magic. The aether nano in the air. I concentrated on making my magic the sane as Tenrou's. Merging. I allowed Tenrou's magic to run through me. It felt it tingling from my head to my toes. I knew when I had enough to activate dragon force, though I had no idea how. Instinct? Most likely so. I felt my dragon within, writhing to burst out. I let it. I felt the magic power surge throughout me. Transforming me. I let go of the flames and opened my eyes. The world was dark without my light. I couldn't see anything, but I had to strike Avera out. I could sense her magic power now to far away. I leaped forwards and with a fire dragon iron fist, I hit a figure in the sky. As my fist connected, I felt a cold chill. It was Avera all right. I heard a splash as she fell into the water. I dived downwards and scooped up the wet exceed. Despite being my enemy, I wasn't going to let her drown. Gently, I placed her on a tree branch. She was unconscious. As I placed her down, I noticed a net hanging from the tree. Our exceeds. Quickly but carefully, I untied the net letting our exceeds free. "Stay away from the fight," I muttered while swiftly surveying them to make sure that they were all unharmed. They understood what I meant. This was a serious fight. They shouldn't get hurt.
I ran back into the fight with Raina. Everyone was on their last bit of remaining power. How many hours had we been fighting now? How many generation zero dragon slayers did it take to defeat a generation zero dragon slayer? I lashed aggressively forwards with a fire dragon crushing fang. It hit right on, though the attack didn't do too much to affect. This was a water wizard I was dealing with here! "What's with the red scales Faya?" I heard Xavier mutter. He must have caught a glimpse from the light if my fire. "Shut up Xavy Wavy!" was my annoyed answer. Me having scales wasn't our biggest problem right now! Plus it wasn't even a problem! Sometimes I really hated Xavier (or should I say Xavy Wavy?).
"My magic's run out!" Lilias exclaimed, collapsing to a heap on the floor. We had already lost someone. This wasn't good. We'd have to end this soon before any more of us lost magic power... That was when I had an idea. I knew the best way to end this, though it wouldn't be easy... "Everybody hold hands!" I called. Nobody questioned me. We all held one another's hands. I got Lilias to join in as well, despite the fact that she had ran out of magic. We had to combine all the magic that we had left. "Concentrate on your magic!" I dictated. I felt like someone leading a meditation class... Raina looked upon us with a quizzical expression. We must have looked extremely weird to her right then. There's a reason that we were known as dragon slayers. We slayed dragons. This was no different. Even though we were all dragon slayers, we were almost more dragon than human. Raina was the same as us. A dragon. As I had mentioned before, none of us could beat her alone. But we were not alone. We were a team. From when we had all been released from the lacrima crystal to this very moment. We had been a team. If we couldn't do something alone, we could do it together. I felt all of our magical energy... As one. Dragon slayer magic. Pure dragon slayer magic. Just then Raina began to charge. She came forwards fast... And at that moment... We our combined magic power free...
Author's note:
Sorry for the long wait. Chapters will most likely be published on weekends now since that's when I have the most free time. Thank you all for the continued support, it's all appreciated.
