General POV
The members of Blue Pegasus rode the cloud the mysterious girl had sent to carry them back to Blue Pegasus. If they had been walking, they would have dragged their feet. Or collapsed from pain. Either way.
"Oh… she certainly let us have it!" Ren groaned.
"I don't think I have ever been in that much pain!" Hibiki piped up.
"That was just embarrassing! We didn't even get to land a single blow!" Eve exclaimed.
"What are you talking about? We didn't even have time to think about attacking!" Hibiki yelled angrily at no one in particular.
"What did you think, Ichiya-sama?" Ren asked, failing to keep the pain from his voice as he nursed his wounds.
"What a powerful perfume she had, and yet, so familiar…" the Trimens could relate to this. They could have sworn they had seen her before, but couldn't place her anywhere.
When they finally arrived at the guild, the defeated men walked to a table and sat down, groaning in pain the whole way. When they sat, they let out a collective sigh of relief.
"Hello! How are my best mages? How did the job go?" Bob, the guild master, asked, though the four stared into space, lost in a flashback.
Flashback
General POV
The girl suddenly released a huge amount of magical energy, and even her companions collapsed under it. The four Blue Pegasus members, however, got the gist of it, as she was able to direct most of it to a certain area. They were all but crushed under the immense pressure. They couldn't even breathe. After a few seconds, she released them, but they couldn't move still. A cloud appeared underneath them, and lifted them up into the air. If they could have panicked, they would have.
"Oh, don't be such babies! This cloud will take you home and simultaneously heal your injuries." She glared fiercely. They whimpered in fear, nodding their heads.
Flashback end
Blue Pegasus' four strongest mages shivered in fear at the memory. Those four were never that afraid of anything. Ever. Not even when they fought Oracion Seis.
"What happened?" Bob asked.
"That girl, their leader, was so powerful that we couldn't even move under her magical energy. She overwhelmed us without lifting a finger." Hibiki said, eyes glazed over.
"But that's not the bit that's bothering us," Eve began. "They didn't even want to fight us, and when we insisted, they made us walk all the way to a distant field so onlookers wouldn't get hurt."
"Then they said that they didn't want to fight us because we hadn't done anything wrong…" Ren finished.
"Men…" Ichiya said miserably. "She was so beautiful… men…" when the guild master sent the others questioning glances, they spoke up.
"She took off her hood before she fought us." Hibiki clarified.
"Okay. I think we're going to have to call in other guilds on this one…" Bob said.
"You mean…" Ren began.
"Like with Oracion Seis?" Eve finished.
"Yes. Exactly like that."
"So, are we gonna gather all the members who fought?"
"Yes, except for Lucy…" the master looked down sadly.
"Why? What happened to Lucy?" the Trimens demanded. They had grown rather fond of the girl.
"She left Fairy Tail two years ago…" he said finally. "And she hasn't been seen since."
Suddenly, understanding dawned in the four mages eyes, and they all thought one word, in unison.
'Lucy…'
Author's Note
Sorry for the short chapter! I just wanted to get the return to Blue Pegasus and the rebirth of the Alliance between the guilds in, while leaving a cliff hanger. Sorry again. (Although I've earned it… I've written loads of long chapters –sorry about them too)