Chapter 34 – Erza's Answer
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Alpha Dragonis: I get what you're saying about one Nic/Erza pair, and I can understand if you can get confused, but I'm trying my best to keep every pair to themselves sort of speak. As for Nic's sister, it's a surprise.
Let's press on. Two chapters left in this Arc, and on to the next Arc I have planned.
To Recap:
With the efforts of Edolas Gajeel, Edolas Sophie, and Gajeel, the lacrima in the plaza was reverted back to reveal Erza and Gray. After an explanation, Gajeel was taken up to the lacrima, where he fought Panther Lily. Elsewhere, Erza, Gray, and Sophie arrive to help Lucy get Natsu and Wendy. Erza fends her weakened counterpart off, but the two Nic's intervene, saying they'll handle it. They took out Knightwalker and left Erza and Nic to plan and run towards their friends while Knightwalker is told of how Nic and Nebulus almost slaughtered the other, and now she was left to decide where her loyalty was.
Chapter 34 – Erza's Answer
'Knightwalker' was dragging a seemingly knocked out Gray and Natsu, as to where a fellow 'guard' was dragging Nic (Pularis) and Sophie. They made way towards a humungous anti-Magic door and guards were present.
"Glad to see you unharmed Captain Knightwalker." A fellow guard said, saluting her.
"Do you need assistance Captain?" The second guard asked, seeing her drag Natsu and Gray.
'Knightwalker' stopped, with the 'guard' stopping by her side. "Don't trouble yourselves." She said.
"Who are they?" The first guard asked.
"Keys to the Dragon Chain Cannon." She answered. She looked down at Gray. "Is his Majesty inside?"
"Y-yes ma'am." The guards stepped aside, allowing 'Knightwalker' and the 'guard' to pass through and the door slid upwards very slowly, shaking the ground lightly.
'Knightwalker' and her 'guard' walked into the dark room, where there was a slot where a key is suppose to be and a large energy circuit of sorts. Two Faust statues were on both ends and guards lined up that led to King Faust himself.
The two stopped when they were present in front of Faust. He looked down onto them. "I've heard you've retrieved the key. Is this true?" He asked.
"Not entirely your Majesty. It was destroyed." 'Knightwalker' said.
"Explain at once!" He demanded fiercely.
'Knightwalker' threw a tied up Gray in from of everyone, making him grunt upon hitting the floor. "This one can fabricate an exact replica of the key."
"No way!" Gray defied, playing along.
"Who is he?" Faust asked.
"An Earthland Mage sir." 'Knightwalker' explained. "And a comrade of the Dragon Slayers."
"And what of those two?" He also asked.
'Knightwalker' turned down towards an untied Sophie and Nic, who played unconscious. "They were the ruffians who attacked me a few days ago. They have been dealt with and can no longer defy us."
Faust nodded and looked down at Gray. "And is he connected to the lacrima that vanished from the plaza?"
"He is indeed." 'Knightwalker' said.
Faust then gave a twisted face and he looked at 'Knightwalker'. "Free him now, then make him produce the key." He ordered.
'Knightwalker' slashed the ropes and Gray got up. Once he did, he saw 'Knightwalker' pick Natsu up by the scarf and had a sword to his throat. "Don't do anything rash. You will make a key and activate the Dragon Chain Cannon."
Gray hesitated, but then looked at his unconscious pyro maniac of a friend and back down at the 'unconscious' Nic and Sophie. He grunted, seeing he had no alternative. "…fine."
Gray then put his hands together and made the key in front of everyone's eyes, making them quietly comment how crazy Earthland Magic was.
"Here's your key." He said hesitantly. He walked up and inserted the key into the slot, making it turn with a clanging sound. 'This is our only shot.' He thought as the charger up above shaped like a dragon skeleton glowed orange. The Faust statue eyes glowed as well.
"Yes!" Faust shouted in glory.
Outside, the entire Royal City glowed red, and energy was emanating all over. A brief moment and it stopped. The next thing anybody saw was the Royal Palace was being taken underground and was replaced with a beaming red light that shot up straight into the sky, and the entire city shook once more and from the beam, a massive serpentine dragon head was aimed.
Erza leaned in towards Natsu. "…now." Just then, she shoved Natsu out of her clutches, and Nebulus quickly emerged from his costume and Nic and Sophie opened their eyes and they lunged at the guards.
"Fire Dragon's Wing Atack!" Natsu unleashed waves of fire that struck many guards.
"Swift!" Nic moved his arms in opposite arcs and unleashed yellow stars with golden sparkles that burst upon hitting even more guards.
"Memory-Make: Scorn of the Armored Winds!" Sophie unleashed many iron twisters that swallowed up guards and send them crashing into the ground.
"Charizard! Heat Wave!" Nebulus shot up his poke ball and Charizard came forth, unleashing a wind of flames that hit even more soldiers and making it look as though they were caught in a firestorm, making the place shake.
"What's this?!" Faust shouted. Natsu, Sophie, the two Nics, and Charizard all then looked at Faust with sheer eyes. Faust then suddenly found himself with a sword at his throat by Erza.
"Stop the launch at once!" Erza demanded. All of guards thought she was a traitor, but they didn't say that in fear they would be killed. Suddenly, everyone saw Erza glow, revealing herself in her Heart Kreuz Armor, shocking the guards and Faust alike as Nic and the rest grinned. "I am Erza Scarlet! I am an Earthland Mage!"
Gray gave the thumbs up. "Nice timing! Looks like we'll save them after all!"
"HA! THEY FELL FOR IT!" Natsu amused.
Erza had her sword at the King's throat and looked at the guards. "Aim the Dragon Chain Cannon at the lacrima at once!"
"And I want you to fire it at the rock!" The King demanded.
"Now what?" "What do we do?" "That's a low move taking hostages!" The guards complained.
"We don't care what you think." Gray said.
"Our friends are in danger, and we will get them back by any means necessary." Nic stated.
"Yes." Sophie nodded. "Even if it means deceit you all. So shut it and aim at the lacrima!"
"Fire it now!" The King demanded. "Eliminate the Exceeds!"
"Set coordinates towards the lacrima!" The guards ordered, and the canon shifted slightly.
"You cowards." The King yelled with extreme outrage. "You're tossing away the only chance of having everlasting Magic!"
Suddenly, a glint appeared above them high in the room, and dropping from above was a familiar figure. Erza and everyone else for that matter looked up to see something very shocking.
"SCARLET!" Knightwalker yelled, coming down with her Ten Commandments and Erza went sharp-eye as she was forced to release Faust and intercept Knightwalker with her sword. Both Erzas glared at the other, but for some reason when Erza looked at Knightwalker, she didn't see that major killing intent like from before.
"The King is free!" "Quick, aim at the original target!" "Locked on target!" The guards shifted the cannon back towards the rock now that their King was not under threat.
The two Erzas glared at the other while Nic turned towards his counterpart. "What happened?! I thought you changed her?!"
Nebulus turned towards Nic with a frown. "No, I think she's trying to figure out something. Look." Nic and Nebulus looked at Knightwalker's gaze, seeing as how it wasn't as sharp as Erza's.
Upon realization, Nic blinked. "You mean she's trying to find answers through fighting?...well you did say trust your gut." Nebulus shrugged.
Knightwalker and Scarlet clashed their weapons as everything went red from the Dragon Chain Cannon's energy. "I thought Nebulus had you incapacitated!"
Knightwalker scowled. "He did! And then I was given a chance to find where I lie!"
'Wait, where she lies?' Erza questioned while she was still clashing her sword with the Ten Commandments.
"FIRE!" The King shouted with a maniacal laughter. The outside of the cannon core turned red and began spinning in separate directions like gears. The citizens marveled and watched as the turbines increased to max power.
Erza backed off and went wide-eyed.
"DAMMIT!" Nic and Erza shouted in unison.
The Dragon Chain Cannon fired, the blue eyes of the beastly dragon skeleton-like chain slithered up at an alarming velocity and roared like a feral dragon. The head roared and bit into the rock of the lacrima, making it shake.
On the rock of the lacrima, Panther Lily and Gajeel were still in battle when they felt the ground shake.
"What the hell was that?" Gajeel wondered
Panther Lily smirked. "The Dragon Chain Cannon attaching."
Gajeel went wide-eyed. "No, they didn't make it!" The blue eyes of the dragon head then sharpened and shrunk, and burrowed even deeper into the rock and the entire lacrima on the island turned a heated lava-like red.
"Attachment complete!" A guard shouted.
"NOW SMASH IT INTO EXTALIA!" The King shouted.
"NO!" Natsu shouted.
Suddenly. The wall burst from the side, and debris started flying as a legion flew through the wall. And on it was Lucy in some weird clothing when she fought Byro earlier, and a young girl named Coco.
Coco was a lean and short female with a face that bears the resemblance of a puppy, with a small nose and green headgear with 'floppy ears'. She had brown eyes and long brown hair that was kept in a blue spherical ponytail that went over her right shoulder. She had on a blue battlesuit that was under a yellow dress and had white gloves and bare feet.
"Hey you guys!" Lucy shouted from atop the legion that landed. "Get on its back!"
"Lucy?" Natsu asked.
"Is that you?" Gray asked.
"Boy, Edolas really changed her for the better." Sophie joked, purposely thinking Lucy was the legion.
Lucy fumed. "This ain't the time Sophie, just hurry!" Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Sophie all then got onto the legions back and the legion started taking off.
"Impossible, how are they in control of a legion?!" Faust demanded.
"It's because this one is mine!" Coco shouted.
Faust went wide-eyed at the traitor. "Coco." He growled.
Nebulus's Charizard went over towards his trainer. "Nic, we need to move."
Nebulus turned towards his Charizard. "You're right." He said with the sound being slightly hollow.
Nic shifted into his Draco Plate Form and took flight as well. As he was catching up, he got out a poke ball. "Go!"
From the poke ball emerged Charizard, now both were present. "We're on it!" Charizard shouted, flying upwards with Nic on his back as well.
As they ascended, Erza looked down from the legion and stared at her counterpart, who was frustrated out of her mind. Knightwalker stared coldly at her counterpart as she showed her teeth. She still couldn't believe that she and her counterpart were so similar in appearance. It frustrated her even more knowing everyone fell for the rouse.
She was tempted to grab her Ten Commandments and do something crazy. Knightwalker slowly got her spear and was slowly pulling it up to her hair. She was going to distinguish herself by cutting her hair short. When her blade tip was so very close to her hair, she caught a slight glimpse of Nebulus, who looked down at her.
Knightwalker froze when she saw that face from the first and only person who reached out to her, who made her feel as though the King was doing bad, and in truth she couldn't disagree, but she needed power. A small thought ran through her head at that point.
Nebulus then walked on over pass Knightwalker and he undid the handcuffs. "I won't tell you what has to be done, but I will say that trust your gut. We're human, and our conscience matters. You know Faust is harming innocent lives within that lacrima." He turned away. "If you cry…that's the first step to being human." He then turned and saw Knightwalker with misty eyes. "Oh, and by the way Knightwalker…your red hair is nice."
Knightwalker's arm was shaking and she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. She absolutely cannot deny that fact now. Exceed or not, lives were going to be lost, and if they were in their place, she wouldn't wanna die.
Knightwalker slowly retracted her spear, allowing her flowing hair to remain as it was. She still had that frustrated expression and she pointed her spear at the sky. "…prepare the Second Magic War Division Legion Platoon!" She ordered.
"Yes ma'am!" The guards ordered.
As Knightwalker was walking towards the exit, she stared coldly forward. 'What's wrong with me? I have to understand what it is I'm feeling. I have to find out if Scarlet can convince me as well.'
Faust closed in eyes. "I shall be going as well." Guards were left in shock that their King was to enter battle. "Deploy…" He opened his eyes. "The Dorma Anim."
In the skies, the spine-like chain was slowly dragging the lacrima towards Extalia, the force of the drag making the island seem like a meteor.
"What is this?" Gajeel questioned. "Is this thing moving?"
"Yes, according to our military's plan, we are to smash it into Extalia and harvest unlimited Magic." Panther Lily said.
Gajeel looked out at Extalia, which was closing in. He was wide-eyed. "You've gotta be kidding me. That's completely insane!"
In the air, incoming…
"LET'S GO!" Natsu shouted with yellow and blue rag clothing. The legion roared as it made its way towards the lacrima, with everyone holding on.
Both Nics were riding their two Charizard that were flying as fast as their wings could go, with was surprisingly fast and slightly ahead of the legion.
"We have to hurry Charizard!" Nebulus shouted.
"Don't worry! We won't fail!" Nebulus's Charizard shouted.
As Nic was riding his Charizard, his Charizard asked something. "So what's the plan?"
"Stop it! Whatever means necessary!" Nic shouted.
Charizard lowered his head and focused on the lacrima. "Of course, I should've guessed. We're coming guys!" Both Charizard roared in the sky as they shot like rockets with the legion from behind.
The legion roared as the large beast rammed its giant head into the side of the lacrima, with the two Charizard following suit. The legion roared as it continued pushing, and both Charziard were pushing with as much force as they could muster.
"Give it everything you got!" Coco shouted.
"Come on Charizard!" Nebulus and Nic both shouted.
"Grrrrrrr! This this is a real pushover!" Nic's Charizard shouted, still feeling himself get driven back, as well as the legion.
"Alright then! I'll jump in too!" Nic flapped his own wings and he soared away at an alarming speed. When he got to a certain point, he turned around and sped into the meteor-like island with as much momentum as he could muster up. Nic let out a draconic battlery as he shoved his hands into the island, just like the two Charizard. Even that wasn't nearly enough as he was grunting as he was being pushed back.
"Nic! Hang on!" Erza shouted.
"This thing has too much mass and momentum!" Gray shouted.
Natsu ran up to the legion's head and bashed his body against the lacrima, trying to shove it back as well.
From above, there was a blue Exceed that recognized Natsu. "NATSU!" Happy flew down and he looked sad. "…I'm sorry…I didn't mean…"
"Huh?" Natsu gave his trademark grin as he was still pumping out more force. "Give me a hand buddy, would ya?"
Happy had misty eyes as Natsu thought nothing of it, and still had him as his best friend. Happy then smiled. "AYE SIR!" He shot down and joined Natsu.
Gajeel grinned. "Alright, temporary truce!" He then started running.
Panther Lily didn't like that Gajeel was running. "Hey, don't run from me!"
"Don't worry furball, we'll finish this later!" Gajeel shouted without looking back. "I'll stop this thing, then beat you!"
"You can't!" Panther Lily shouted. "Once you start it, you can't stop it!" He then shut his eyes and grunted as he looked on the island he stood on. "This is it, Edolas will change forever, and none of us will live to see the aftermath."
Gajeel smirked as he turned back towards Panther Lily and pointed at him. "Wrong." He said, shocking Panther Lily. "We ain't dying. When this is over, you're coming with us to Fairy Tail." His eyes narrowed. "You'll be my cat even if I have to drag you there!" Gajeel then chuckled and turned away, jumping over the ledge and Panther Lily watched as Gajeel proclaimed such a thing.
They were still drawing near, and everyone was pushing as hard as they could. "Give it everything you got!" Erza shouted.
"We always do!" Nic (Pularis)'s Charizard shouted and roared as he pumped out even more muscle power. As the group had finally collided into Extalia, every single person was shoving and the island stopped temporarily moving.
The two Charizard and Nic let loose a super loud draconic roar as they shoved back even more. "THIS WON'T HAPPEN! NOT EVER!" Nic and Nebulus both shouted.
"WE'RE PUSHING THIS THING BACK EVEN IF IT KILLS US!" Nebulus's Charizard shouted.
"ALL THE WAY!" Nic's Charizard bellowed.
Erza was pushing as well and she saw Gajeel land right beside her and started pushing. "Gajeel! Why are you down here?! You should be turning the others back to normal!" She testified.
"YOU WANNA DEAL WITH THE BLACK CAT, BE MY GUEST!" Gajeel shouted.
"Everybody shut up and push!" Sophie shouted
Panther Lily looked down and saw Coco pushing as well. "Coco! What are you doing?!"
Coco looked up and saw her friend. "Lily!" She then smiled. "I'm stopping this thing! Who needs eternal Magic when you can have eternal smiles?"
"THAT'S NONSENSE! GET OUT OF HERE COCO!" Lily shouted. "These people can't stop Extalia's destruction!"
"Be quiet!" Nebulus shouted. "We're not through yet!"
"FAIRY TAIL MAGES KNOW NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!" Natsu shouted. The tip of Extalia's island was cracking, but was still intact. Lily watched in shock as everyone refused to give up.
From close by…
A female blue cat looked worried as she saw the ground crack nearby. "Honey, what is that?"
"I DON'T KNOW! BUT IF IT HURTS MY CROPS, IT'LL GET HELL TO PAY!" The male white cat shouted.
Back at the lacrima…
Suddenly, a green meteor shot forth as Lily flew off the island and watched from afar. The light crashed into the island, revealed to be Carla, who was pushing with everything she had.
"Carla!" Happy shouted.
"I'm not giving up! I'm protecting Fairy Tail and Extalia!" She proclaimed, with tears. "I can't watch my home be destroyed!"
Suddenly, Happy and Carla saw another black Exceed, with a portion below the nose being white, with a rectangular tail. He had round eyes and small white eyebrows and triangular ears on his super large rectangular head. He had on a black jacket and yellow pants. He rammed his head into the island right next to Carla and Happy.
"Why are you here?!" Carla shouted.
"Because I want to protect Extalia too!" Nadi shouted with tears. "Your courage inspired me."
Lily watched as all of Extalia's Exceeds came forth in green meteors and shot forth from Extalia towards the island, refusing to have their home destroyed. And one of the Exceeds was carrying Wendy towards the lacrima. All of the Exceeds gathered and started pushing as one, and Lily was left in confusion.
"Lily, you saved a human child!" A Council member of the Exceeds stated.
Lily was on one knee and held a boy with a bandaged head, the boy being unconscious. "If I hadn't, he would've perished." Lily stated bluntly.
"How foolish of you to bring such trash here!" Another member said. "Your actions make my stomach turn!"
"Sorry, I cannot ignore any living creature that suffers." Lily testified
All of the Council was in front of the Exceed Queen, who was in a robe and huge fake wings, in reality under the robe, she had a short body just like Happy and Carla's. She had pink jewels around her face.
"Lily, you are hereby deemed a Fallen." A Council member said. "And hereby exiled from Extalia!"
Lily looked up with deep shock plastered onto his face. "Exiled?! You can't be serious!"
The Queen looked down with regret and said nothing. The decision has been made.
Later, Lily and the young boy were both in clothing and walking through a dusty desert. Lily looked back one more time at Extalia and turned back towards the boy, who stopped and looked up at the Exceed who saved his life.
"What's the matter?" Lily asked, kneeling down and putting a gentle hand in the boy's bandaged head. "Don't feel guilty. You're not to blame for my people's actions, and the first thing that must be done is get you home."
The Queen's Magic had ran out and she fell out of the sky, falling and screaming. Lily quickly caught her, much to everyone's surprise.
The Queen opened her eyes and found that Lily saved her. "Panther Lily." Every Exceed looked in shock, while Gajeel grinned.
Lily said nothing for a short while and he spoke. "Tell me, have you finally grown weary?"
The Queen looked down with sadness and tears. "I'm sorry."
"You know…" The Queen looked up to see Lily looking at the lacrima and tearing up. "No matter how much I try to hate it…Extalia is…still my homeland!"
"Lily."
"But…even with all of us together, we can't stop it. FORGIVE ME PLEASE! THIS IS ALL MY FAULT! IT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN!" He shouted up to the sky. "I COULD'VE STOPPED THE HUMANS, BUT I DID NOTHING!"
The Queen grabbed his wrist cuffs, making Lily look down at her. "Don't worry." She said. "Your words will reach them."
"JUST KEEP PUSHING!" Natsu shouted.
"ALL THE WAY!" Nic shouted.
"WE AIN'T GOING DOWN LIKE THIS!" Gajeel shouted.
"Come on!" "We can do this!" "Push everyone!" "Put everything you got into it!" "Aye sir!"
"GRRAAAAAAHHHHH!" Every single living creature was giving it their all and green light was waving all over the place, the energy emanated was immense and suddenly, one big push and the entire island was pushed back, leaving only a small fracture in a tip of Extalia's island.
Lily looked with shock. "They did it, they actually used their solemn strength and stopped Code ETD." Lily marveled.
Suddenly, the entire island turned blue and a light shot up and down from the blue lacrima still intact.
"What's going on now?!" Wendy shouted.
"This isn't good!" Sophie shouted. The light then shot upwards, and everything was blinded, the Exceeds, and everyone else felt a sucking force that took in the entire light.
When the light faded, everyone was being held up by an Exceed, exclude Nebulus, who was on his Charizard, and Nic was flapping with his Draco Plate draconic wings. Nic stared out at the island where the lacrima was.
"…the lacrima…" Erza muttered, having an Exceed carry her, but found her super heavy.
The lacrima was gone, being replaced with a huge crater. Moments later the island itself and the Dragon Chain Cannon began to glow and disappear, leaving nothing left completely.
"It disappeared, is that good?" Sophie asked.
"What happened to all of our friends?" Lucy asked, worried they might have…
"Don't worry, they're alright." A familiar voice said. Lily and everyone looked by to see a white legion, which was smaller compared to other legions.
The voice came from the man who was riding the legion. "Mystogan!" Nic exclaimed. "It's you!"
"Sorry for the wait, but finding the right Anima for everything took longer than it should've been. Without your efforts, I never would've been able to save them. You have my gratitude." Mystogan said.
Natsu laughed happily while Happy was in slight shock. "Everyone's back to normal?!"
Mystogan nodded under his mask. "Yes. By passing through the Anima, the lacrima will return to its original form in Earthland." This made everyone smile, even the two Charizard. "It's finally over."
The Exceeds were beyond ecstatic. "We really did it!" "We saved Extalia with our bare paws!" The Exceeds all cheered loudly that they had accomplished the impossible.
Mystogan then looked down at Lily, who gave the Queen to her servants to help her fly. "Lily, long ago you saved me." Mystogan then unmasked himself with a smile. "I'm glad I could return the favor."
The Edolas Jellal looked up with a smile at Lily, who in turned smiled back.
Lily had a hand over his chest as he had streams of tears that were joy coming down his face, seeing him once again alive and well. "Yes, and I couldn't begin to thank you…my Prince."
Coco clasped her hands together and had tears as well. "Our long-lost Prince is home!"
"HE'S WHAT?!" Lucy shouted.
Nic's Charizard was smiling, but then went wide-eyed when he saw a beam of energy being shot at Lily from behind. "Behind you!" Without another word, Charizard rushed in at high speed of which surprised everyone and as Lily turned around, Charizard reeled an arm back and used Dragon Claw as an interception on the beam. The Dragon Claw collided with the beam of energy and there was an explosion in the sky, swallowing Charizard and Lily alike.
"Lily!" Mystogan shouted.
"Charizard!" Nic shouted, everyone gasped in shock as to what happened and how it happened so fast. When the explosion subsided, Charizard was wincing and Lily was scratched up completely. Even so, Charizard and Lily were still looking pretty tough.
Charizard turned towards Lily. "Are you alright?"
Lily nodded. "Thanks for the sudden save."
Charizard then looked back and he glared at where that beam came from. "Who did that?!"
Knightwalker had her Cannon Spear out and it was sizzling on the end. She grunted as her attack failed to impale Lily. She glared coldly at Charizard. "You get out of my way so that he shall be dealt with!" She shot from her legion again a beam from her Cannon Spear.
Charizard intercepted by using Flamethrower, of which collided with the beam of energy, making a large explosion in between the two.
Knightwalker grunted as the smoke cleared, revealing that Charizard wasn't even remotely through yet. Charizard used Flamethrower yet again and Knightwalker jumped off of her legion onto another one as the previous one took the super-heated Flamethrower and fell out of the sky.
"Out of my way!" Knightwalker shouted.
"It's the Edolas Erza!" Natsu shouted.
"The one called Knightwalker!" Happy shouted.
Nebulus glared at Knightwalker coldly. "Knightwalker!" Knightwalker looked and saw Nebulus, those brief thoughts coming to her again.
Knightwalker looked down at the ground as she was still sitting up. She never heard of something like that; something so forceful. "Nic, I need to know…" She looked up at Nebulus again. "I know you told me so as not to kill my counterpart, but why do I need saving? I never was in danger."
Nebulus got up and he looked down at Knightwalker and closed his eyes. "You were this whole time." He opened his eyes. "You were wandering in darkness, and someone had to pull you out and into the light." Knightwalker went wide-eyed.
Knightwalker narrowed her eyes and she announced. "I'm finding my answers Nebulus! Scarlet!" She shouted.
Erza glared at her counterpart from the Exceed that held her. "It's Knightwalker."
Knightwalker pointed her spear at Erza. "We need to settle things once and for all!"
"Allow me." Mystogan said aboard his legion. He looked down at Knightwalker on her legion and spoke to her. "Enough of your insolence Knightwalker. I am aware of your state of confusion, but that is no reason to turn arms against a fellow Captain! Do not point your weapon at me, the Royal Prince of Edolas!"
"Prince?!" Erza asked with shock in her eyes. Knightwalker merely stared coldly at Mystogan.
There was a brief pause and then suddenly, a loud maniacal laughter was heard. Everyone turned to where the sound was coming from and the laughter stopped.
"You? The Royal Prince of Edolas? Pathetic! You don't deserve the title because I never thought of you as my son!" Faust's voice echoed.
The King's voice was heard all around, and Coco recognized it right away. "That's the King!"
Faust's voice ranged through the air yet again. "You can't just run off for seven years and return and take the throne! I've known all along that you were in Earthland sealing the Anima! You're a traitor!"
"Where are you? Show yourself!" Nic announced.
"Your Anima plan has failed." Mystogan announced. "Surrender peacefully, and we shall not engage in conflict."
The only answer that came was from the run-down colosseum that was far below them on the ground. From the center of the humungous colosseum, a light green light glowed and the King's voice echoed. "Ridiculous! I don't need a reason to destroy every last one of you!"
"Do you guys hear that?!" Gray shouted, hearing energy charge.
Lucy nodded. "Yeah, it sounds bad!
"It's coming from underground! And I can feel the immense swell of Magic!" Sophie exclaimed.
Nic's Charizard grunted. "If things aren't bad enough, it's about to get worse."
From the quaking ground, from the green light, a huge mechanical creature was compressed into an egg shape, and it was humungous. "This isn't a fight, this is retribution!" Faust testified as the egg-shaped mechanical beast continued to rise, surprising everyone. "This is the extermination of those who dare oppose their King!" The egg-shaped beast had six chains that attached it to the ground.
"What is that?" Lucy asked.
"Something that isn't too pleasant I presume." Nebulus warned. "Everyone watch out!"
"Since you insist on standing in my way, I'll just have to exterminate you, regardless of who you are! If I dispose of you now, I won't have to worry about my Animas being sealed! I shall take all the Magic I want! LIMITLESS MAGIC SHALL BE MINE!"
The chains all snapped and the egg-shaped beast rose up and was outlined in white energy. The light soon ceased outlining and then the entire things started popping out and morphing. The Exceeds and everyone alike looked in shock and horror as the beast began to unfold every bit of its body.
When everything unfolded, a metallic foot hit the ground, making it shake. There was a huge metallic tail that was connected to a metallic beast.
It was the now unsealed mechanical dragon – Dorma Anim.
The Kings let out a maniacal laughter as the mechanical dragon roared, making ripples in the air. Erza, Nic, and everyone else narrowed their eyes and slight gasps escaped their throats. The Dorma Anim was sizzling after being unsealed and the red eyes glowed.
"The Dorma Anim has been unleashed!" Mystogan warned. "From our old language, it means 'Dragon Knight'. It's enhanced dragon armor!"
Lily was left in shock. "I never thought I'd see it with my own eyes. This Magic power is terrifying."
Charizard flapped right beside the Exceed. "That level of power is uncanny, not to mention it's mad."
Nic narrowed his eyes. "Dragon armor, huh?" His mind was left to ponder about dragons for a brief moment. 'Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel are Dragon Slayers, and since I have ascertained the Draco Plate, what does that mean on my part?'
"Is it Magic armor?" Wendy worried.
"It's an enhanced armor made from Anti-Magic lacrima called Wizard Canceller." Coco explained, recalling the stories of Dorma Anim. "It's terrible for us because our attacks won't have any affect! The King must be inside of it, controlling it's every move!"
The Dorma Anim raise its head and opened the mouth, revealing a cannon. "As your King, I order you to capture the Exceeds at once!"
The soldiers followed their orders and flew on their legions towards the Exceeds in order to capture them. They had devices to shoot the Exceeds and they began shooting at the Exceeds so to turn them into lacrima.
"Hurry, fly for your lives!" Mystogan shouted. The Exceeds all scattered, save Lily, who merely flew by Mystogan's side. Mystogan turned towards him. "Lily, are you sure?"
Lily nodded. "I will follow you anywhere my Prince." He said.
Charizard made way back towards Nic, who looked down at the Dorma Anim still. "Charizard, we need to stop the soldiers at once!"
"That's pretty obvious." Charizard narrowed his eyes and looked to see the soldiers launching cannons that turned more Exceeds into lacrima. "I'll stopped those lunatics."
Nic nodded, having faith that Charizard has more than enough strength left. "Do your best."
"Naturally." Charizard grinned and then he sailed towards the incoming platoon.
Nebulus saw this as well. "Charizard, you go too."
Charizard turned his head towards Nebulus with shock. "What?"
"Trust me. Remember that our priority now is to save the Exceeds and stop Dorma Anim. We can only handle one at a time."
"…true." Charizard then looked to see Nic's Charizard zooming towards the platoon, the Magicalizing Cannons having no affect because Charizard doesn't have 'Magic'. Charizard narrowed his eyes. "Alright, just be careful."
"When aren't I?" Nebulus asked, jumping off of Charizard and then threw forth a poke ball. "Garchomp!" Garchomp came forth and roared as Nebulus landed on his back.
Nic grinned and he reached for one of his poke balls. "Time for us to team up one last time! Garchomp, come out too!"
Nic's Garchomp bellowed a massive roar and bared his claws in the air. "Where do I start tearing up my enemies?!"
"Let's go guys!" Nic shouted, Nebulus's Garchomp, Nebulus, and Nic's Garchomp all following Nic.
Knightwalker remained silent as she looked on, the Exceeds screaming before being turned into lacrima. The concept of having Magic boggled her mind yet again. She knew that Edolas needed Magic, and yet she was alive and didn't possess it. She had to get answers, and there was only one way she could do that. "Scarlet!"
Erza turned towards Lucy and Sophie. "Keep anymore Exceeds away from the Royal Army." She said. "I'm going to try and take down Knightwalker."
"We must do what we can to dodge the Dorma Anim's attacks and save the Exceeds!" Mystogan said, flying on his light legion.
"I will obliterate all that gets in my way!" The cannon in the mouth then fired. "BEGONE!" The Dorma Anim unleashed an immense Magic beam of energy that made the ground shake.
The beam came at the group on the legion and everyone panicked and gasped as the intense attack was coming at them, but the attack didn't it for everyone went wide-eyed when Mystogan was found to be blocking with a purple Magic seal with his Magic Staves to stop the attack.
"Mystogan!" Erza shouted.
"Erza, everyone, get out of here while you still can!" Mystogan shouted.
"What about you?" She shouted back at the S-Class Mage.
"Forget about me!" He shouted. "Three Layered Magic Circle: Mirror Water!" The entire beam that was meant for Mystogan was reversed, heading back towards the Dorma Anim.
"What?! He reflected my attack?!" Faust shouted. The Dorma Anim was hit full on with the reversed beam, making a destructive explosion erupt from where it stood.
"Wow, Mystogan did it!" Sophie cheered.
"He ain't S-Class for any other reason, hope that got him." Gray said. He was proven false when the smoke cleared and the Dorma Anim didn't have a remote scratch.
Faust laughed. "That tickled. You've forgotten you fools! The power of the Dorma Anim's Wizard Canceller! You can attack all you like, but you cannot stop me! The Dorma Anim is impervious to all forms of Magic!" Faust declared before firing yet another beam at Mystogan.
Erza gasped when Mystogan was thrown off his legion as the attack barrowed right pass them. Mystogan yelled as he fell. "Mystogan!"
"My Prince!" Lily shouted, shooting down to save Mystogan. He quickly caught Mystogan and they descended into the forest close by.
As everyone was going to take action, the Dorma Anim shot more beams that trailed the skies. Forcing everyone aboard Coco's legion to hang on as the beast was forced to dodge.
Even with the beam dodging, it still had the power to turn Exceeds into lacrima, making them fall to the ground.
"What a beautiful site." Faust commented, seeing raining lacrima that were the Exceeds. "I'm gonna turn every last Exceed into power!" He shot continuous beams of energy that continued to trail the skies.
Gray was pretty much annoyed. "This sucks! How the heck are we suppose to hit this thing?!"
"Hand in there Legi!" Coco told her legion as it traveled the skies.
Erza then realized something. "Guys, where's Nic-?!"
Something struck the Dorma Anim from above, crashing into it with draconic energy that exploded upon contact. This made the Dorma Anim flinch.
"What?!" Faust shouted. Suddenly, two very fast figures slashed and punched the Dorma Anim, leaving huge dents and scratches. And then a club had hit the underside of the Dorma Anim. "I don't understand! The Dorma Anim shouldn't be taking damage!"
From above yet again, Natsu and Wendy combined.
"Sky Dragon's-"
"Fire Dragon's-'
"ROAR!" A blast of fire and wind combined, blasting the Dorma Anim and making explosions erupt.
The mechanical dragon skid back several feet. "You lousy-!" He didn't get room to attack when the ground under him shattered and out burst another Garchomp and struck the Dorma Anim, making it stumbled back and almost lose balance.
"What is happening?!" Faust shouted. He then went wide-eyed when he saw Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, both Nics, and both Garchomp present.
Natsu grinned. "That a nice roar Wendy."
"Thanks." She answered.
"I knew my Dragon-Type moves would work against this beast." Nic said.
"Of course, fight a dragon with a dragon." Nebulus said.
Nic's Garchomp snarled. "Let's see what other damage we can do!"
"I couldn't agree with you more!" Nebulus's Garchomp said.
"It was you." Faust sneered, the mechanical dragon looking at the seven that were in front of him.
"Nic!" Erza shouted. As Erza was starting to lean forward, Sophie put an arm in front of her. Erza looked to see Sophie grinning.
"Trust me Erza, those two Nic can handle themselves, plus their Garchomp are super lethal." Sophie assured.
Erza wanted to say something, but she knew Sophie was right. Nic could handle his own. "…alright." She grinned. "We'll leave it to them."
"Natsu! Be careful!" Lucy shouted.
"Don't worry you guys, who better to stop a dragon than Dragon Slayers?" Gray said.
"But Nic isn't a Dragon Slayer." Lucy reminded him.
"True, but that form that we've never seen until down did some damage! Maybe it's some Dragon Form!" Happy cheered.
"Let's hope so." Erza looked down as the legion was moving away from the sight. They were getting back into the battle and Erza was about ready to settle matters with Knightwalker. "…good luck Nic." Even though she hasn't seen him and all they could do was plan, with no time to catch up, Erza still had faith in him.
"Good luck!" Their two Charizard shouted as they also ventured off into the fray with Legi.
Now it was just the Dragon Slayers, two Nics, and two Garchomp, staring at a mechanical dragon.
"Let's do this Salamander." Gajeel said.
"Great, I have to team up with you again." Natsu whined.
Nic and his counterpart turned towards the other and grinned. "You ready for one last team-up?" Nic asked.
"Like you have to ask." Nebulus said.
Both of their Garchomp bared their fangs and claws and roared at the Dorma Anim. "Let's tear that scrap metal to shreds!"
"You'll try." Faust threatened.
"Then let's get started! Dragon Dance!" Nic was then surrounded in a dark red energy mixed with black that spiraled about around him, yet gushed like crazy in the process, making a jumbled burst from his body. He was enveloped in red and he could feel his Attack and Speed increase.
"I'll do that to!" Wendy shouted. "Fast winds that run the heaven…Vernier!" A sky blue Magic seal appeared under Wendy, Natsu, Gajeel, and Nebulus, startling the last three.
"Whoa, what the…?" Natsu was feeling himself getting lighter all of a sudden.
"That's crazy! I feel so much lighter!" Gajeel called out.
"It must be because of her Spell." Nebulus said. "In that case, let's trash this guy!" Nebulus then undid his leg weights once more, the weights making the ground rumble, startling Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy briefly.
As the Dorma Anim shot a beam of Magic at them, Natsu was surrounded in a red spherical aura, while Gajeel was in green and Nebulus was in purple. Nic flapped his wings and the two Garchomp joined in and all six lunged at the Dorma Anim, dodging the beam and the six split up, scattering so to mess up the Dorma Anim's lock-on sequence.
"That's this? They're moving faster! I can't lock my target onto them!" The Dorma Anim couldn't lock on and was stumbling repeatedly left and right, seeing multiple fast targets.
"Slash!" Nic's Garchomp's low-toned monstrous voice bellowed. Out of nowhere, his claws glowed white and he slashed the Dorma Anim's face. The beast recoiled and was seen being slashed yet again by Garchomp, who made it recoil even more, making it almost stumbled off balance.
"Slash!" Nebulus's Garchomp then appeared and then struck the Dorma Anim's opposite side of the face repeatedly, making the heinous beast recoil and forced to step back with both Dragon-Types in its face.
Suddenly, the two Garchomp backed off and Nic was seen coming in from the front with light blue claw-shaped energy around both of his arms. "Dragon Claw!" He slashed downwards, making an explosion upon impact on the Dorma Anim's head.
When the dragon composed, it looked at Nic surrounded by both Garchomp. "You'll pay for that one boy!" But Faust didn't get time after that when Nebulus came in and delivered a fast blow to the Dorma Anim's neck and making it flinch.
Then Natsu came in. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He struck the mechanical creature, and Gajeel came in from the other side with no delay in his attack.
"Iron's Dragon's Club!" He struck the jaw with an iron column morphed from his arm. Everything continued flying about, with Natsu, Gajeel, and Nebulus all striking blows close to the face, with Nic covering ground by aiming lower close to the neck with Dragon Claw and the two Garchomp's going mad with Slash attack nonstop.
Faust was dumbfounded. "I don't understand! The attacks shouldn't be affecting me! Why is the Dorma Anim taking damage?!"
"Dragon Pulse!" From his mouth, Nic fired a multicolored dragon-shaped energy beam at the Dorma Anim, right in the abdomen, making an explosion that made it go numb briefly.
Both Garchomp rushed in to attack at mach speed. "Dual Chop!" Both Garchomps' arm fins and claws glowed a light green and struck the Dorma Anim's chest simultaneously, making a light green burst of energy that damaged the mechanical beast even more.
"You troublesome miscreants!" Faust shouted.
"And now it's my turn!" Wendy made a light blue Magic seal that appeared in front of her and below Natsu, Gajeel, and Nebulus. "O strengthen the arm to cleave the heavens! Arms!"
Just then, Natsu, Gajeel, and Nebulus' arms glowed their respective colors, feeling power surge immensely through them.
"Alright! Let's get this clown!" Natsu felt his Magic surge and he made a huge fireball. "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" He unleashed the huge sphere of fire as he jumped and it crashed into the Dorma Anim, and Gajeel followed it up as well.
"Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" He then unleashed a multitude of iron spears from a large Magic seal, striking the Dorma Anim.
Nebulus followed it up by unleashing a battlecry and kicked the Dorma Anim's leg, making it kneel forward and allowing Nebulus's Garchomp to use Slash on the face, making it recoil.
Now Faust was angry. "It's her! She's increasing their power! You're done for brat! Dragon Rider Missiles!" From the back, a multitude of seeking missiles at Wendy.
"Wendy!" Natsu shouted.
The missiles were coming in close and Wendy was prepared to didge, but Nic was just a bit quicker than her. "Twister!" Nic landed in front of Wendy and flapped his wings and shot a twister that swallowed up the missiles and saved them both.
"Nice timing Nic!" Nebulus shouted.
"I'm not done yet!" Faust shot two solemn missiles at Nic, but this time Natsu intervened.
"I got this!" He shouted, running towards the two missiles.
But Nebulus and Nic alike both knew the nature of those two missiles was different. "Hold up! Wait-!"
Nic's warning was a little too late as the missiles stopped and exploded in front of Natsu, hearing him scream and a full-scale explosion engulfed him.
Nebulus went wide-eyed. "Oh no!"
Nic turned towards him. "Don't worry, he's fine!"
Faust laughed. "It's about time you learned your place! Now for the rest of you…" He then hearing a slurping down and looked through the Dorma Anim to see something odd going on. "What's this?! Is he…" Natsu was sucking in as much fire from that explosion as he could. "…eating the flames?!" He then heard a loud crunching sound from behind and he turned the head of the dragon to see that Gajeel was clenching onto the tail and eating a small chunk off. "Is he eating the Dorma Anim?! Is he insane?!"
"Man, that was some nasty fire right there." Natsu said, wiping his mouth.
Gajeel jumped down from the Dorma Anim and wiped his mouth too. "The iron on that thing tastes bad too."
Faust was twitching. "Unbelievable, are all Earthland Mages this powerful?"
Nic and everyone else regrouped. Nic's Garchomp sneered with a snarl. "That lousy scrap of metal is tough, it's making me want to tear it up even more."
"That fake dragon's got a thick skull! I want to break it some more!" Nebulus's Garchomp added.
Nic and Nebulus smirked, both turning towards their respective Garchomp. The two then turned back towards the Dorma Anim.
"Don't worry." Nebulus said.
"We've got plenty more hits to get in, leaving you all the slashing you can achieve." Nic added.
With Erza and co.
The legion and the two Charizard made their way to where Knightwalker was on a legion as well, the latter grinning. "I've been waiting for you, Scarlet."
Erza narrowed her eyes. "What do you want?"
Knightwalker frowned and looked serious. "Let's see if you can do better!" Her legion then went after Coco's, and then the entire platoon started surrounding them.
"It's a trap!" Gray shouted.
"Let's get out of here Legi!" Coco shouted, her Legion ascending. An endless ray of Magic shots shot upwards towards the sky, and Legi was holding up the best it could. Both Charizard themselves took evasive action, easily evading every shot. Legi was finally struck from below, making everyone aboard fall downwards. "Legi, no!"
Everyone screamed as they all fell to the ground. Both Charizard saw this and they dived downwards, trying to catch up.
Nebulus's Charizard turned towards his counterpart. "Hey!"
"I know!" Nic's Charizard went for Erza while Nebulus's Charizard went and caught Lucy, Gray, and Coco.
As Erza was falling, Charizard had caught up to her and grabbed her gauntlet. "Erza!" Erza looked at Charizard as she was still falling with Charizard maintaining a grip on her gauntlet. "I'm gonna hurl you up to Knightwalker!"
Erza nodded in understanding and Charizard nodded as well. Charizard then stopped and spread his wings and spun around and aimed Erza straight at Knightwalker. "Have a nice flight!" Charizard hurled Erza with all his might, the latter soaring like a rocket.
Erza shot up and appeared right above Knightwalker on a legion, startling her and Knightwalker saw Erza come down with a sword and she blocked with her damaged Ten Commandments. Erza landed and Knightwalker slashed, but Erza dodged and slashed back, but ended up getting intercepted.
"I've had enough of you Knightwalker! It's time we finish this once and for all!" Erza shouted, backing off and backflipped off of the legion and Knightwalker jumped after her.
The two safely landed on top of two old buildings that was on ruins of an island. Knightwalker snickered, her wavy hair flickering, as was Scarlet's. "The ruins of the cats' cities. A fitting place for one of us if we end up dead."
"Never by you." Erza testified. She started glowing. "I can't believe that someone with my face would cause so much pain to Fairy Tail!" She was found to have requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor.
Knightwalker narrowed her eyes as she remembered that. And yet again that brief talk with Nebulus stirred her up. "Yes." Her spear glowed as well, changing. "And I can't say I was aware of the consequences…" Her spear became her Vacuum Spear.
Erza was left slight off guard. "The consequences?"
Knightwalker got into a battle stance. "Never mind! Let's finish this!" She admitted, making Erza wide-eyed. 'Convince me! Come at me! Just like Nic did with his counterpart!'
Erza saw the resolution on Knightwalker's gaze. She was serious. Nic's counterpart really did make her feel conflicted, and Erza was going to have to help by seeing if she could beat her. "I will be more than happy to!" The two Erzas then went at the other, their spear and sword colliding once more.
"Why?" Knightwalker asked, confused. "Even if he's my enemy, he should've left me to die."
Nebulus shook his head. "Knightwalker, listen." He then looked to his right, spacing out. "We're human, but that doesn't mean we can treat each other like rag dolls that can be disposed. I won't deny that human nature has it's downsides like greed and selfish desires." He then looked back at her. "But from those traits, compassion and understanding are born."
Knightwalker jumped away and she unleashed Mel Force, to which Erza dodged, the huge wind shattering apart the roofing and making debris fly.
Erza started flying in the air and she held up her sword. "Trinity Sword!" Erza then slashed in a delta formation.
"Gravity Core!" Her Vacuum Spear changed into her Gravity Core. The blade became long and dark. The lower section indents and then jutted back out when reaching the tip. The blade was supported by a dark orb with a design and two tubes went around the orb and connected to the blade.
Knightwalker lunged and made a huge gravity orb that was collided with Trinity Sword. "Gravity Blast!" The two attacks collided and created an immense explosion, making both jerk out of the distance.
The two glared at the other and Knightwalker change to her Double Dragon Spear. "Blue Crimson!" She unleashed a wave of fire and ice at Erza, who dodged with ease by jumping. As she dodged, Knightwalker shouted at her. "Tell me Scarlet, why are we so different?!"
Erza landed on the ground behind Knightwalker and looked at her counterpart. "We believe in different things Knightwalker, and with that comes different aspects."
Knightwalker turned back towards Scarlet. 'And yet those two from before were in perfect sync.'
Erza looked down at the ground. "What's wrong with you?"
"They stopped us earlier because they nearly got into a bloody massacre." Knightwalker shouted, making Erza go wide-eyed. "Nic told me how they nearly killed the other because of what they believed in was too different! And yet one spared the other! Why didn't they both? Why does that go through my mind?!"
Knightwalker scowled at him while looking away. "Why's it matter? So what about human nature? It doesn't change the fact that.-."
"It does matter Knightwalker." Nebulus butted in. "Nic could've killed you, yet he didn't. Why? Because he would feel guilty. He doesn't take lives that actually have a chance to live." Knightwalker whipped her head towards Nebulus with a gasp. "You tell me what one thing the King has done for you that you should be grateful for. Slaughter innocent Fairy Tail members? There's nothing grateful about that. You tell me Knightwalker." He paused. "You tell me, how would you feel if you were in their shoes at Death's door before they drive their spear into your heart?"
Erza grunted and shook her head. "Requip!" The leather-like material was mainly orange and yellow, which took the shape of several wing-shaped pauldrons that covered her shoulder and waist, with the shoulder ones having white-winged protrusions. The pauldrons on Erza's waist was held up by a dark pink belt from the front. She had a one-piece suit with matching metal arms and large knee guards over high-heeled armor greaves that covered her calves. Erza's hair was in tangled buds and had a choker with a red-pink gem. This was Erza's very own Morning Star Armor.
Erza looked at Knightwalker. "I don't know, but Nic settled the matter peacefully by sparing himself!" She then brought her two sabers together and fired an energy blast at Knightwalker. "Photon Slicer!"
"Sealing Spear, Rune Save!" Knightwalker's spear changed into a white and gold color and it glowed yellow when it sliced through Erza's attack, startling her.
"She cut through my attack!" Erza exclaimed.
"Silfarion!" Her spear changed and she jabbed her spear into Erza. Erza blocked by crossing her sabers over the other, but was still pushed through several buildings.
Knightwalker kept up. "I got you know!"
"Why are you telling me this? You know we need Magic to live."
Nebulus narrowed his eyes and looked to his right again. "If that's true, then why are you still alive?" Knightwalker went wide-eyed and gasped. "You don't have Magic and neither do I. True, Magic is nice to have, but it's not a factor in survival."
Knightwalker grunted as her confusion was getting to her. 'No, we do need Magic…do we?' She snapped out of her thoughts when she saw Erza's feet requip and the greaves and footwear was replaced with swords that Erza's feet used to intercept Silfarion. Knightwalker gasped and she backed away.
As Knightwalker changed to her default form and Erza slashed with her feet swords twice to intercept and jerked away, propping the swords into the air and into her hands, lunging towards Knightwalker and their weapons collided. "Nic passed that trait on and now his counterpart wants to bring out of the shadows!" Erza shouted.
"I know!" Knightwalker grunted, trying to push. "But I don't get why me? I just did as told! His Majesty has supplied me with plenty of power!"
"You've used that power for selfish purposes! Photon Slicer!" There was a big explosion that made both Erza skid back a long ways from the other, of which also shattered practically every little thing in between them.
"His Majesty had granted me this power, and use it I shall!" Knightwalker said, her spear starting to glow. "We may be even, but not for long Scarlet." Erza's eyes widened as Knightwalker was going to alter her Ten Commandments one last time.
When the glow faded, the head changed to a straight point with four edges that curved inwards and downwards, separated by a horizontal golden arrow that came from out of the head, and the diamond-shaped center having a red crystal. The grip had a red orb with a teeth-like structure to keep it on the shaft.
"Saint Spear, Ravelt!" Knightwalker announced, pointing the spear at Erza. "It was made by the greatest blacksmith in all of Edolas! A solemn blow will shake the entire earth beneath!"
Erza glowed as well, now startling Knightwalker as she had emanated a strong Magic force, meaning her most brutal requip was uprising. When the light faded, Erza had on a simple pink breastplate that connected to the collar, of which had a heart between the two wing-shaped decorations. The pauldrons were structured by two pink plates that looked like wings, surmounted by one another and pointed downwards. Each pauldron had an ornamental wing structure. The gauntlets enveloped her entire arms and had feather-like decorations that pointed backwards in correspondence to her wrists. The tasset had upper white edges jutting over a brown belt that separated it from the breastplate. The greaves reached up to her thighs and possessed feather-like ornaments that protruded from the upper part of the greaves and the lower edges of her knee guards, and each had small wings that attached to the knee guards and ankles. A large tiara was on top of Erza's head, with horizontal feather-shaped protrusions with a light purple cape to compliment the entire armor. Her hair was also braided.
"Armadura Fairy. My strongest armor." She aimed a sword at Knightwalker. "It's named after my guild because it embodies all of the qualities I love about Fairy Tail."
"We'll see who is better." Knightwalker said. "What do you say?"
"Now!" Erza shouted.
Knightwalker lunged with Ravelt emanating a harsh pink energy and she let loose a battlecry. "Ravelt Shocking Spear!"
"Fairy Piercing Sword!" A massive amount of green energy came from the sword she wield and now Knightwalker and Erza looked like two pink and green meteors shooting at the other.
The two emanated a battlecry as Ravelt and the sword collided, huge amounts of pink and green expanding as they both made impact, making a loud boom echo throughout the entire area around them. The energy was so entirely massive that the explosion became severely destructive, shattering the entire floating island.
The two were both enveloped in a light briefly before everything clear, and they realized they were on a falling rock as the island was breaking apart.
Both Ravelt and Erza's Fairy Piercing Sword broke apart, shattering into many pieces. Knightwalker's clothing was ravaged slightly, the cloth on the side torn up, and her scarf was in little bits at this point.
Knightwalker was shaking immensely. "No, my Ten Commandments."
Erza realized that her Armadura Fairy was also destroyed, leaving only a pink skirt and a tattered purple tank top that barely covered her breasts. "My armor was destroyed too?!" They also noticed the rock they were on was going down. "Did the shockwave from the blast make the island unstable?"
Knightwalker was on a knee. "And to make matters worse, we both don't have any Magic left." Knightwalker said.
Knightwalker blinked in curiosity, her killing intentions gone. "What? And why did you interfere with me and Scarlet?"
"It's because me and my counterpart did the exact same thing, and we don't want a repeat of that incident…"
Knightwalker's eyes narrowed and she arose to her feet. "Scarlet, I won't quit!" Knightwalker ran towards Erza, but Erza was faster as she delivered a fast hook with her right fist. Knightwalker backed away to avoid another blow and avoided an incoming knee strike as well. Knightwalker leaped away and lunged forward with a punch to the face, making Erza wince and stumble back.
"Knightwalker! Do you have any idea what's at stake?!" Erza shouted, but was cut off when Knightwalker grabbed her chin and pinned her to the ground.
"Everlasting Magic!" She shouted.
Erza narrowed her eyes. "I don't know how you can live with yourself, knowing how many lives were lost for such a foolish thing!" Knightwalker narrowed her eyes at then mentioning of lives lost, and Erza threw her off and overhead, making Knightwalker tumble and land behind her. Erza turned towards her side and looked at Knightwalker. "You'll do anything to achieve it, even if it meant destroying innocence and hatred!"
Knightwalker looked back at Erza. "That's huma…my nature Scarlet." She managed to redirect her words. Knightwalker was dealt with an uppercut by Erza.
"That's not true!" Erza shouted. "You can understand love and compassion! You just never experienced it!" She then added to that. "It's human nature to stand up for each other, and take up arms to keep our comrades safe!" The two then clashed heads as they tried pushing the other back. "Tell me, how is it that you aren't moved?!"
Knightwalker gritted her teeth, If only Erza realized that Knightwalker heard of all of this before, and that left her confused as to what she had to believe in, and now Erza was starting to get to her.
Knightwalker yelled back at her. "I'm not like you!" She kicked Erza away. "I never had anyone to rely on but myself! It's me and my power alone! I won't have anybody have it!"
"It's not power! It's the one who wields that power that makes one trustworthy!" Erza testified, tossing Knightwalker away with a skid.
Knightwalker got back up and glared at her. "It may be where you're from, but not here!" Knightwalker went up towards Erza and started punching repeatedly, all while Erza was blocking. "You wouldn't understand the desperation we feel! We're not as lucky as you! You've never been without it! If you were in my shoes then you'd understand why we need it!"
Erz grabbed Knightwalker's wrists and the latter grunted. "Then why are you still alive?!" Knightwalker went wide-eyed at hearing this. "You don't need Magic to survive!"
Nebulus looked back at Knightwalker before speaking yet again. "Knightwalker, I'm much like my counterpart. From where I come from, we humans don't use Magic. We only have the resources and some valuable creatures to help us as long as we help them."
"What are you saying?"
"From where I come from, there's these creatures called Pokémon. They don't have 'Magic' per se, but they do have unique traits that make them powerful. Think of them in relation to Exceeds in that sorts. But they don't trump us, and we don't trump them. We work in symbiosis and learn from the other."
Knightwalker's eyes were shaking as Erza continued. "The two of us have run out of Magic, but we're still alive! Magic is nice to have, but it's not vital! The concept of power is your own desires, and you can't have it take over or you'll be overshadowed by greed!"
The rock they were on kept falling at an alarming rate and Knightwalker was left baffled as she started feeling something rise within her. Something that felt like guilt.
"Don't let fear and anxiety take over! Living life means to be free!" Erza shouted. "I can see it in your eyes Erza! You possess my strength and weaknesses! You refuse to let go what is dear, therefore you have to treasure what you have and those who look up and support you!"
Knightwalker suddenly got misty in the eyes. 'Is this the real me? Is this what Nic felt?'
Erza went wide-eyed very slightly when Knightwalker started tearing up slightly.
"If you cry…that's the first step to being human." He then turned and saw Knightwalker with misty eyes. "Oh, and by the way Knightwalker…your red hair is nice."
"I promise you're not alone!" Erza shouted, making Knightwalker gasp loudly just before the rock had finally crashed to the earth below, making a loud sundering sound that echoed about entirely.
Dust and debris flew about like crazy and the earth shook. When everything cleared, Erza and her counterpart were twenty feet apart, and staring up at the sky on the cracked crater they were in.
Knightwalker zoned out briefly before coming to her senses. "Great. We can't even move."
"Maybe, but we're alive." Erza said.
Knightwalker looked up at the sky. "…I've fought hard, but your heart trumps my own. You win Scarlet."
Erza smiled. "I don't think it's fair to say either of us won. You and I are the same."
Knightwalker turned her head and chuckled. "That's true." Knightwalker then paused as they were lying on the ground. "Scarlet…you were right…I wasn't alone."
Erza looked at her counterpart with some confusion and surprise at the same time. Erza was using herself as a reference from before, she was surprised Knightwalker was talking about someone else.
"Pularis's counterpart went through the same thing, not wanting to be weak." Knightwalker said, talking about Nebulus. "He watched his own family suffer, and he didn't care who it was. He wanted power and to show everyone he wasn't weak." Her eyes narrowed. "We were both wrong, and our counterparts made us realize that." Knightwalker then looked back up at the sky and gave a long pause. "…I think I've found my answer."
Erza looked back up and smiled. "And what might that be?"
Knightwalker smiled. "That the power and wisdom you and Pularis shared can change any hearts, even our own. Learning to be strong is to hold everything dear in your heart, and protect it." She then frowned. "But I have nothing dear."
Erza frowned and turned her head, but then grinned and turned her head. "Not entirely. You still have Nic." Knightwalker gasped. "You both were brought out of the darkness, at least you both can relate to one another, that should be enough to hold dear. So be strong, for both your sakes."
Knightwalker grinned, thinking how Nebulus was the first person to reach out and see the error of her ways, and how he made her mind see the flaw in her loyalty to Faust. Knightwalker smiled. "Pularis and Nic are our own lights I guess."
Erza looked back up at the night sky that had planets in the atmosphere. "Yeah, you're right." Erza then went quiet, thinking as to how her 'light' hasn't been around ever since the Nirvana incident, which made her grin turn into a half grin. 'Nic, I hope you can tell me what was going on, soon I hope.'
I managed to squeeze this one in, so thankfully my plans won't be altered. The next chapter is the finishing touch to the Edolas Arc. The Erza fight was slightly confusing because I needed to see how I could squeeze in Nebulus's influence to make Knightwalker change. It was pretty hard to think of, but Review if you thought it wasn't too bad.
The rest of the fight will be next chapter, and I got an idea that you guys will be anxious to see.
The next update may not be until of late next week because I got exams coming up, but I'll do what I can to get the next chapter done.
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