SPOILER XD: Okay, just letting everyone know I decided to have Sting and Rogue kind of warm up to Maemi, so now, Sting's gonna be more arrogant and stuff. XD Kind of like Laxus, 'cept a little less. Also, Sting and Rogue are going to be a little older now, since I really get a little bit… I dunno, annoyed and stuff like that when the guys are younger.

Alright, so there hasn't been a big change in the current winners. So, yeah… I don't have much to say right now, so let's just jump straight into the story!

DAMMIT. I WAS PREPARED FOR EPISODE 190 OF FAIRY TAIL, I KNEW WHAT HAPPENED, AND OMFG- IM STILL CRYING. TT-TT WHY HIRO? WHYYYYY? SO MUCH NALU IN THAT EPISODE. LUCY LOOKED SO FUCKING CUTE IN NATSU'S FLASHBACK ;-;

Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima, or Miksu.
Claimers: I do own my characters. (Yes, I am that lazy…)

Maemi sighed to herself as they began to walk out of the town, the quietness of nature quickly calming herself. She had sped ahead to scout, even though her grandmother greatly despised the idea, and suggested the boys go ahead of them instead of her. Sadly, that was too late. The exceeds were trying to keep up with the girl, eager to talk with her.
Sting and Rogue walked next to the elderly lady. Sting crossed his arms as he looked forward to watch Maemi, Lector, and Frosch. He sighed. Being a little bored, he picked up pace to catch up with the girl. Tulip looked relieved to see him easily catch up with the girl, and Rogue looked a little confused. "So, no magic huh…?" Sting raised an eyebrow.
"What about it, Blondie?" Sting was surprised at her quick change of attitude. All of a sudden, she wasn't all happy…
"That technically means-!" He was interrupted.
"I don't give a crap…" She growled out. "I don't give a crap if you're stronger or better than me…" She sighed, and sped her pace up a little more. The exceeds looked up at her.
"Ne, Mae-San? Are you okay? You were excited about a minute ago…" Lector climbed onto her shoulder slowly. She breathed out and looked at the ground.
"I could just… I don't really like it when people act arrogant…" Maemi kicked a rock. "It gets me into a mood a bit…" She smiled softly at them and then flinched slightly as a sharp pain through her body. I-I found more…?!
"Mae-San! Are you okay?" Frosch asked, looking at the girl concerned. He climbed onto her head, patting her forehead gently. "You look like you just got hurt!"
"I… Uh…" Maemi took a quick glance behind her, and saw a somewhat sharp looking rock. "I must've stepped on that sharp-ish looking pebble back there…" Both exceeds turned around a bit to see the rock. Lector jumped off of her shoulder, and picked the rock up from the ground. He frowned at it, and threw it into the wilderness.
"Bad rock!" Lector yelled out and pointed at it as if flew. "You hurt Mae-San's foot!" Maemi smiled softly at the exceed as he made his way back to her. "The rock shouldn't bother you anymore, Mae-San!" She giggled.
"Thank you for protecting me, Lector!" She giggled. Lector gaped.
"Sting-Kun! Did you hear that? I protected Mae-San!" Lector exclaimed out proudly. Sting looked over at his exceed.
"Yeah, I heard you, Lector!" Sting called out. Rogue approached Sting.
"Alright, give me one good reason why you went all arrogant a moment ago…" Rogue muttered.
"Here it is: I'm bored. I'm probably gonna be the whole trip anyways…" Sting replied.
"…You were all nice to her a few minutes ago or something…"
"That's 'cause of the reward-"
"Just the reward? What is wrong with you…?" Rogue growled. "I told Frosch during the Grand Magic Games to be someone who cares about their guild mates-"
"But she isn't a guild mate."
"Doesn't mean the same can go for her."
"What are you two boys talking about?" Tulip asked them, getting quite annoyed with their whispering.
"Nothing, Tulip… We're just being annoying…" Rogue sighed.
"Well stop it. You two can be annoying all you want when we-" Tulip had turned back around to see Maemi collapsed onto the floor. "MAEMI!" She hurried over to her granddaughter. Both boys stared at her, but only Rogue rushed over to see if she was okay. "What happened?" She turned to the two exceeds.
"W-we don't know… She just… fainted…" Lector said, looking just as confused as everyone.
"Fro agrees with Lector… That's what Fro saw too!" Frosch added.
"What could've caused this?" Rogue muttered. Tulip remained quiet and heaved Maemi up onto her shoulder. The continued to walk, both Sting and Rogue amazed on how an older lady could hold a grown girl.
"Are you sure you can hold her, Tulip?" Rogue asked her after a while. The elderly lady continued to walk without a problem.
"I'm sure. She's quite light believe it or not," She answered.

Lucy stared at the huge monster that was in front of them. There was only a screen of darkness between them and the others. It was serpent-like, but black and grey. It roared loudly. How can everyone not hear this?! She thought as it began to attack them in the well-lit area.
"Fire Dragon's…" Natsu put his hands up to his mouth, followed quickly by Gajeel.
"Iron Dragon's…" Gajeel said soon after.
"ROAR!" They both roared out, fire and iron being thrown at the monster. It only did a small amount of damage.
"Where are my keys when I need them-!" Lucy cried out, feeling useless.
"You mean these, Princess?" A familiar voice asked her. She turned around to see the pink-haired maid holding her keys.
"VIRGO!" She tackled Virgo with pure joy, taking the keys as well. "THANK YOU SO MUCH!"
"I will get punishment, yes?"
"NO!" Lucy yelled. "YOU GOT MY KEYS BACK!"
"And your whip, Princess. Now will you give me punishment?"
"…Nope… Forced Gate Closesure…" Virgo disappeared. "Now… Which one should I choose-?"
"Lu-Chan! Get the rest of everyone!" Levy called out, using her Solid Script magic. Lucy frowned.
"Okay… I guess I'll use me…" Lucy sulked off to the dark screen, and tried to enter. "Huh?" She couldn't get out. "I can't get everyone else! This stupid wall thing won't let me!" She kicked it. "LUCY KICK!"
"Well, besides Bunny Girl's lame kick, how are we going to get everyone else?" Gajeel muttered.
"Uhm… We could just have them get worried and they'd come check on us?" Levy suggested.
"That might work…" Natsu muttered. "Iron Fist of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu quickly lit his hand on fire, punching the large monster.
"Well, let's just keep fighting this thing to it's limit!" Lucy called out, picking up Loke's key. "I open thee, Gate of the Lion! Loke!" Loke appeared next to Lucy, already preparing a well-aimed Regulus Impact.
"Good to see Virgo brought your keys in time…" Loke said to Lucy, quickly hitting the monster with Regulus Impact. A thought popped into Lucy's mind.
"Is Maemi okay?" She asked loudly, taking her whip out.
"I don't know… I went to her house and the guild, but she wasn't there…" Loke sighed. "I tried looking around the guild, but the only thing I found different is that there was a grave in the back of the guild. It was too small for a human but…" He trailed off.
"Was it big enough for an exceed?" Lucy asked quietly. Loke nodded.
"She must've buried Red. The only odd thing about was…" Lucy turned towards him. "Was the fact that there was a flower of some sort growing on top of the grave. Maemi can never really plant things, but the flower seemed magical." Lucy was confused.
A flower… Grew on top of Red's grave? It must be Magic, but what kind? Lucy thought, hitting the monster skillfully with her whip. It hit the monster, then accidentally slammed onto the dark wall, a crack appearing. I-It cracked! "Guys! The wall cracked when my whip hit it!" The other three turned to see the crack, Loke still fighting on.
"Good job Luce!" Natsu laughed. "Your becoming more destructive!"
"I don't want to be more destructive!" She squealed out.
"But why'd you break the wall?"
"It accidentally broke! I didn't mean it to break!"
"Still…"
"I already told you why!" Lucy yelled.
"Geez, quiet down Lucy…" Gajeel sighed. "We can hear you. Even the monster looks annoyed." They all looked at the monster, who wasn't attacking them, but covering it's earholes. "See?"
"If it heard you singing it'd be doing the same thing…" Lucy muttered.
"What did you say?" Gajeel glared at her.
"SHE SAID: IF IT HEARD YOU SINGING IT'D BE DOING THE SAME THING!" Natsu yelled at the Iron-Dragon Slayer. "GET SOME EARS, METAL-FACE!"
"Do you want to go, Salamander?" Gajeel started to head butt Natsu.
"Oh-heheh! You must wanna go!" Natsu laughed creepily. A firey aura surrounded him, while Gajeel's side was black.
"Iron Dragon's-!" The monster hit both of them at the wall before Gajeel could finish. Lucy face palmed, and Levy sweat dropped.
"Heh…" Levy laughed nervously. "Solid Script: Tornado!" Tornado was spelt out quickly, grey colored winds beginning to surround the word. It grew bigger quickly, then sending the snake-shaped monster into the spiral. "Lu-Chan! Try to keep on destroying the dark wall!" Lucy nodded.
"Loke, keep fighting! I get to destroy a wall!" Lucy announced.
"Good for you, Lucy!" Loke laughed, but to her, it sounded a bit sarcastic. She decided not to reply to the Zodiac and began to hit the same spot with her whip.

"Oi, Gramps…" Laxus called out to his grandfather.
"Yes, Laxus?" The Master had turned back into a midget.
"There's a crack in the darkness…" He pointed at the spot where the crack was.
"That's odd…" The Master approached it curiously, eyeing it. "Those kids must be up to something…"
"Juvia has a problem up here…" Juvia said through the screen. Everyone darted their eyes up to see Juvia looking to the side.
"What's the problem, Juvia?" The Master asked.
"Juvia has a visitor…" She gulped. "Two actually…"

Rox had walked into the room only a moment ago, and Juvia had already seen him. When she saw a picture of Cora and Ryuu's body, she gasped, presuming something had happened after she left. "So, you're still trying to figure out how to open that thing?" He laughed. "How pathetic." Juvia stood up, glaring at him.
"Juvia does not wish to battle, but will for her guild mates…" Juvia said.
"Bold. Pathetic, but quite bold. I'm being honest…" Rox smiled. Juvia kept a straight face, her eyes set on him. "Earth God's Spike!" A large earth spike punctured throught Juvia, but she kept her straight face. Rox stared at her, a little confused. His eyes widened as the water mage took steps forward away from the spike, water filling in where she had been punctured.
"Juvia is made out of water, earth does not affect me," She said simply. "Water Cyclone!" Water flew out at the Earth God Slayer. It hit quickly and almost stealthily, even though Rox knew it was coming.

"Okay everyone! Whatever is in that dark area, we need to beat it! Juvia needs our help! With the likely chance of Maemi coming to save us, it means she'll help us too! We'll keep fighting until she comes to save us! Now, let's wait for whatever is breaking the dark area to break it!" The Master announced, motivating everyone. They all sat down on the ground, legs and arms crossed as they waited for the dark area to break.
"…" Laxus remained quiet in the corner of the place. "You all don't need to sit around… We could try speeding the process up, y'know." He smirked. Everyone except a few heard him.
"Good idea Laxus!" Freed said happily.
"My babies agree!" Bickslow announced.
"Agree! Agree!" They chanted.
"Fantastic idea!" Evergreen called out. Laxus sweat dropped.
"Well, at least they agree…" He sighed. They all walked towards the crack. Laxus nodded at the three of them. "Lightning Punch!" Laxus' fist collected lightning quickly as he hit the crack.
"Dark Flare Bomb!" Freed fired the attack at the crack
"Line Formation!" Bickslow watched happily as the dolls got into a totem pole and fired at the crack.
"Fairy Ray!" Evergreen hit it right after the other three were finished. It cracked even more, a huge piece of it falling off. On the other side, they saw a terrified Lucy, trying to hide from the attacks.
"Oh… it was you guys!" Lucy said, sweat dropping.
"What happened in here, Lucy?" Freed asked.
"Well… We can't get out of this arena-!" She almost finished her sentence, but was knocked to the ground by a flying Natsu. "Natsu!"

And done! ^^ Geez, this was hard since I had NO inspiration.

Laxus - First
Sting - Second
Rogue - Third
Okay, this'll be short, so yeah… I can't think of any questions right now, so make them up! To the next chapter! (If it's up…)
R&R
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