Nox smirked as she entered the water sphere. This was easy for her, as there was matter for her to control. She started by kicking the guy out with a simple water wave, and quickly got rid of every girl apart from Lucy and Minerva by making vines of water grab them and toss them out one by one. Juvia was a bit harder to get rid of, as the water mage could turn her body into liquid. Even though, Nox was able to control the matter and a water-Juvia found herself being washed away by a strong current. Trapping Lucy into a water cage, the cloaked figure turned to Minerva.

"_I would keep you last to fight, but it would be bad if you came last because of me. So you are going to be second."

"_who says I will be last?!" shouted the War God mage.

"_no one."

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Minerva tried to create a portal to grab the hood and pull it off, when it suddenly closed. Her eyes opened wide.

"_what are you doing?!"

She didn't bother to answer, but rather attacked the tiger. Water started swirling around Minerva, who tried to open a portal but found she could not. Frustrated, she screamed and tried to swim through and get to the woman. The water intensified, and it soon turned so quickly she could not put her arm through the wall it created or it would be ripped. Slowly, the water prison moved to the edge of the water sphere and constricted on itself. A scream of pain erupted from her lips as the typhoon touched her arms and legs. It suddenly vanished, and she felt her body slump. The last thing she heard before she passed out was the order;

"_fall"

Lucy was shaking with fear. She didn't know why that psycho girl wanted to hurt her as she did to Erza, but she was sure that if she was to fight against her, she would lose. Lucy felt her panic accentuate as the water prison she was in faded and Nox stood in front of her.

"_boo."

Lucy screamed. Nox smirked, and dragged the girl to the centre of the sphere.

"_wouldn't want you falling out before I have my revenge now, would we?" there was something in Nox's voice. Something cold, chilling and hard. Lucy shivered but summoned Aquarius nonetheless.

"_gate of the water bearer; Aquarius!" her spirit appeared, and she seemed shocked to see Nox there. Aquarius took a 'step' back as Nox smirked.

"_gate of the scorpion; Scorpius." Her voice was calm, posed. Scorpius appeared next to Nox.

"_what?" stammered Lucy. "But... he is my spirit!" Nox's smirk grew bigger as she waved at Aquarius leaving with Scorpius.

"_bai bai," she said. "And take your time!"

"_how do you do this?! They are both mine! I summon thee, spirit of the lion; Leo!"

"_Aries." Nox knew what she had just done was mean, but she still smiled at the ram. "Don't worry sweetheart, you won't have to fight against Leo. I know you two are great friends."

"_wait!" shouted Lucy as both Leo's and Aries' gates closed. "Why did you do that?!"

"_why? Why?! But it seems rather clear to me, fairy." She had spat the word, as if it was poison. "For the sweetest thing on earth. For Revenge."

Lucy shivered. The girl was mad. She inhaled once, and then suddenly opened her golden eyes.

"_Urano Metria!"

She waited. And waited. The spell never appeared. Nox stared mockingly as she panicked.

"_what?! Why is it not working?! Urano Metria! Leo! Aries! Gemini!"

The panic on the girl's face was like honey to her. A slow, sadistic smile appeared on her hooded face.

"_pain."

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Sting couldn't take it anymore. He wouldn't. Avenging her dead teammates was something understandable, but the way Nox was doing it made it seem over the top. The screams of the celestial mage had been running through the arena, tearing apart the silence that had fallen. Minerva was lying on the sand, unconscious. Sting got up from his seat and made his way to the stairs.

"_where are you going?" asked Rogue as Lector, Sting's Exceed was about to follow the dragon slayer.

"_to stop Nox before the fairy dies."

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Sting had no clue how he was going to get Nox to stop, but he knew how he was going to get in the arena. Running down the stairs, he tried to ignore the screams of the blond that were echoing all around him. After what seemed to him like an eternity, the dragon slayer neared the square of light that was the arena's entrance. He saw other guilds there, dragging their fallen comrades away from the crazed woman. Sting entered the sunlight.

The water was a transparent crimson, tainted by all the blood that was shed. He could see the fairy, her wails of hurt reverberating in his head. He had to stop her. He carefully neared the sphere to grab Minerva, and quickly shot out of the place. He came back once he had laid her down away from the battle and stood at the entrance door.

"_Nox!"

The hood turned to him.

"_what do you want, Blondie?" her voice was somewhat kind, despite the point of anger the pierced through her calm demeanour.

"_stop this, Nox. This is madness. You know you have won, and she is hurt enough. Nox, what joy will it bring you to make her suffer any longer? Angel wouldn't want that!"

"_what do you know?! Did you see her body, washed out onto the shores? Did you see her skin, burnt by the strength of the Urano? Did you watch as her torn wings lost their feather? She wanted to fly, for fucks sake! All she ever asked for was to vanish into the sky in a rain of feathers! But no. No. She was burnt by the light of the stars, torn away from her dreams and left in a river. Why should I let her go? Why should I forgive?! Tell me Sting? What is this fairy to you? Why do you even care?! You weren't the one to hold Angel through the night when she had a nightmare. You weren't the one to see her fade away. You weren't the one..." she stammered, her voice thick with emotion. With another scream from the blond, she composed herself and finished in a heartless, cold voice. "You weren't the one to come home and see her dangling from the ceiling. You did not pick up her white feather that had fallen on the floor. No. You didn't Sting. So go back to Sabertooth, go back to Rogue, Lector and Frosch and we can still be friends."

She was bursting with anger. Was Sting... was he turning against her? Was he in love with that fairy bitch?

"_tell me, oh so great Sting Eucliffe. Do you love that fairy to care for her like that?"

She was now holding Lucy by the throat, dangling in the air out of the sphere.

"_no" he replied in a calm voice. "I do not like fairies. However, this is my problem because you are my friend, Nox."

"_your friend, riiiight. Take care of your precious human and leave me alone, dragon slayer."

"_Nox!"

She threw the woman at him, and he grabbed her before dropping her to the ground. The water sphere burst, and he saw Nox land on the now wet sand. He tried to grab her arm.

She walked past him, her back straight under the cloak and ignoring the blond dragon she had come to consider her friend. He had saved the fairy bitch, but she didn't care. She would make the other pay.

Sting Eucliffe, she thought. I had hoped we could be friends. What a joke. Guess I was wrong.