Chapter 3: The Challenge Begins
One. One day. One day until the Grand Magic Games begin. The entire Fairy Tail guild decided to go to the capital city of Fiore - Crocus - to cheer on their guildmates. The team picked by the Allies and Makarov stayed at a hotel known as The First Dance, it was really resembled the beauty of a first dance. Denmark, China, Poland and Natsu shared a room, while Lucy had a room all to herself.
That evening, they were all standing out on their balcony, which was located quite near the ground.
"Do you guys, like, think we're totally gonna win this?" Poland asked.
"We'll manage it, Feliks." Denmark said, smiling.
"Yeah!" Natsu added. "We'll make Fairy Tail number one again!" China and Lucy smiled. But their smiles faded when they suddenly heard a annoyingly shrill voice.
"Goood evening, contestants!" It said. "My name is Peter Kirkland and I will be refereeing this year's Grand Magic Games!"
"WHAT IN THE NAME OF JESUS FUCKING CHRIST IS SEALAND DOING HERE?!" Denmark yelled.
"Now, the audience have been moaning that they keep on seeing the same old faces, and that it's getting boring… So I give you this. The first eight guilds to get their entire team to the arena will move onto the main part of the games! Oh, by the way, we do not take responsibility for any loss of life... The eliminations start… Now!" A loud horn sounded.
Without thinking, the team from Fairy Tail swiftly jumped off the balcony and quickly ran towards the centre of the city, where the arena was located.
"We have to, like, look out for any enemies." Poland pointed out.
"You do that, you've got Satan's Soul!" Lucy said.
"Oh yeah…" Then, they met their first enemies. The Sabertooth Guild. This was composed of Sting and Rogue, the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth, Yukino, a celestial wizard, Orga, a large, muscular man and Rufus Lore, who looked like a guest at a mask party.
"Well well well," Sting said. "Natsu Dragneel and the Fairy Tail guild."
"Shut your little whore mouth!" Denmark yelled. "Get out of our way!"
"Denmark…" China began.
"WHAT?!"
"I don't think that's the way to do it."
"How would you do it then?"
"Allow me." China stepped forwards solemnly. He looked Sting right in the eyes. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR WAY, YOU WASTE OF LIFE!" China charged right through the Sabertooth Guild, who jumped out of the way. It seemed that was China's plan of evading an attack, because he carried on running. The rest of his guild quickly caught up with him.
"I must admit, that was pretty clever." Denmark said.
"Of course, it is the best tactic to use when evading an enemy attack." China said. "Ok, maybe not the best, but it's certainly quite effective."
"Just keep on running!" Natsu said. "We're not there yet!"
"Wait, where's Feliks?" Lucy asked.
"Up here." Came an unnaturally deep voice. They looked up and saw Poland in his demon form. His eyes turned yellow with slitted pupils, he definitely got bigger in size and had large wings sprouting out of his back. His arms were covered in black scales and his clothes suited his demon form well, with different shades of crimson, red and black.
"Aiyyaa aru! What happened to you?!" China exclaimed.
"I, like, totally turned into my demon form." Poland replied.
"How far until we get to the arena?" Denmark asked.
"Like… Not far?"
"Ok, I think this might help. Orient Solid Script: Wings!" China said. Suddenly, everyone on the ground gained wings, literally made of the word 'Wings' in Chinese ( 翅膀 ). They soared up into the sky next to Poland and made their way to the arena.
When they finally arrived, they were greeted by Sealand.
"Hello gu-" He began. Denmark threw himself at Sealand.
"PETER WHAT IN THE NAME OF THOR ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" He demanded. Sealand began sweating.
"Oh… H-hi Mathias…"
"I will make sure Arthur will be hearing about this!"
"No! You can't tell him! The old referee died of natural causes and I have to replace him!"
"No you don't! Someone else can do that!"
"Peter, how did you get here in the first place?" China asked.
"Well… I was kind of taken in by this weird circle thing with Alastair (Scotland), Dylan (Wales) and Stefano (Seborga).
"How the hell was Stefano there?" Denmark asked.
"Oh, he wanted to see whether Dylan was really a sheep-shagger or not." There was an awkward silence.
"How is this kid even a ref-" Natsu began to asked, but he was rudely interrupted.
"Jerk Natsu!" Sealand yelled. "I'm not a kid!"
"Whatever."Sealand stepped away from Denmark and the team.
"Anyways, you guys made it through into the Grand Magic Games!"
"Really? What place did we, like, come?" Poland asked, reverting to his human form.
"Seventh." Team Fairy Tail looked at Sealand as if he was joking. "I'm not joking." Sealand added. Their jaws dropped to the floor.
"D-did we really do that badly?" China asked. "W-we used my wings… How did we come seventh?"
"Mainly because your hotel is the furthest from the arena."
"Should I, like, totally kill myself or him?" Poland asked Denmark.
"Well, I'll see you guys tomorrow at the games… hehe…" Sealand quickly ran away.
The next day…
The Grand Magic Games have officially begun! And guess who the commentators are! That's right: Seborga, Wales and Scotland!
"Good morning lads and ladesses!" Wales said. "My name is Dylan Kirkland and I am here with my good brother Alastair Kirkland and Stefano Vargas!"
"G'day to yer'." Scotland introduced himself in his strong Scottish accent.
"Ciao!" Seborga said happily.
"Anyways," Wales carried on. "Today, we're going to introduce to you the ten Wizard Guilds who made it through the elimination round! In first place, the fabulous, mystical ladies of Mermaid Heel!" A group of ladies walked onto the arena. Wait, is that… Lichtenstein?! Hungary?! Belarus?! Belgium?! And Seychelles?!
"Movin' on, in second place, we 'ave Fiore's Number 1 Guild, Sabertooth!" Scotland said. The Tigers were applauded immensely.
"But don't forget the great team in third place, Blue Pegasus!" Seborga said. The team joined the others on the arena, with the meme-of-a-man Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki as their leader.
"And now in fourth, we have Lamia Scale!" Wales said. Then it turned out that Ukraine, Romania, New Zealand, Netherlands and Switzerland were their representatives.
"Fifth," Seborga called. "Raven Tail?" A bunch of very odd-looking fellows stepped out onto the arena.
"Wait, aren't they a dark guild?" The audience questioned.
"Actually, they're technically considered legal, so they are able to participate." Wales said, attempting to look smart. "Anyways, moving swiftly to sixth, we have the wild Quatro Cerberus!" A bunch of guys, who looked like heavy metal fans, stepped out onto the arena.
"In seventh, we have Fairy Tail!" As the five teammates stepped out, the entire crowd booed at them. Only their teammates in one specific place in the audience cheered them on.
"Well, that's very fucking kind isn't it?" Lucy complained.
"And in eighth place…" Seborga began. "What?! We have Fairy Tail Team B!" Then, Gajeel, Lithuania, Japan, Greece and Romano came out onto the arena.
"Liet!" Poland exclaimed and ran over to hug his best friend. Then, Poland quickly moved out of the embrace. "Wait, does this, like, mean I'll have to fight you?"
"It'll be fun, right, Feliks?" Lithuania smiled. Poland also smiled. It was a pleasure to see Lithuania smiling.
"Yeah, of course it will be." Natsu's attitude was the complete opposite.
"Gajeel! I'm fighting you! There's no getting out of that!" He yelled.
"With pleasure! I'll knock some sense into that thick skull of yours!" Gajeel retorted.
"Now!" Peter's voice said. "Let Day 1 of the Grand Magic Games begin!"
Author's Note: Wales, Scotland and Seborga don't have canon names (not that I know of anyway), so I decided to make up my own. And yes, I'm mean enough to put Switzerland against his little sister ( *evil laugh* ). Anyways, hope you liked it! I might not be able to post as often as I'd like to, because these annoying things called "responsibilities" exist, but I'll try my best to update as much as possible. Reviews are more than welcome! :)