A/N: I would first like to apologize for being so late. I will be posting when I can from no on, I am starting up college and I am unsure of my availability. This chapter took so long because I was having difficulties with the wifi, but hopefully now that is done with. I will post as often as I can, but I also really do need to update my other stories as well. So Now that that is over, I really hope that you like this chapter. It happened to be what I was starting to lead up to so it should be fun. Oh, and last thing, I absolutely love Lahar as a character, so...I am not going to say anything else...

Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, own Fairy Tail

Chapter Fourteen: So It Begins

All of the mages were once again in the arena for the fourth day of the games. It was on this day that they would have the final matches before the all out war that they would be doing on the final day. Lucy stood with the guild as they watched their competitors preparing to enter the new and improved Pandemonium setup. This time, instead of choosing how many monsters you defeat, all of the contestants had to storm in at once and fight all of the monsters in their way, earning a set amount of points for the level of monster defeated. The one with the most points at the end was obviously the winner.

For Fairy Tail team A was Natsu, and for the B team there was Gajeel. Everyone was watching on with excitement and awe when all of the contestants flooded the place and began to take out monsters. Of course it was long and grueling. The final monster was an S-class monster, of course, and without them knowing it, Natsu, Gajeel, and Rogue had teamed up to defeat it, causing the points to get split three ways between them.

The worst part about it was that the two Fairy Tail Dragon Slayers had tied. This situation could have easily been resolved by giving both teams the points, but instead the two began to fight again. The announcers saw how much the crowed was getting into it and allowed them to fight for first and second place.

Unfortunately, they both ended up almost passed out exhausted at their efforts. So each team got the same amount of points in the end and they got to be ridiculed by the other members of their teams.

"Alright, today we are doing team battles. For every battle there will be three people from each team participating. They will have to rely on team work, power, and discipline in order to be victorious in these matches!" Chapati yelled out for the audience to soak up and cheer about. It was almost frightening how well the man could get the crowd rallied up.

Today, for the guest commentator, there was Lahar. He had once again agreed to be the guest, and he was also there in case there was any funny business between guilds. Apparently in the past there were several instances on the second to last day where the rivaling guilds would try something less than legal in order to win points.

The B team of the fairies won their match against Sabertooth rather decisively, much to their disappointment, and the Trimens were beaten up really badly by Mermaid Heel. One could have even said that they were crushed under their heels if they wanted to; it was that bad.

It was almost frustrating for Fairy Tail team A as they waited once again to go last. Natsu was a no go, but the others were now itching for a fight. And the fact that they were going to be against Lamia Scale had Gray wishing that he would get to fight with Lyon somehow. He had been itching for a fight like that for a while.

"And, for our final fight of the day, we have the Fairy Tail girls; Wendy, Erza, and Lucy, against Lamia Scale's men; Jura, Lyon, and Toby!" Chapati announced. Once again the crowd cheered. However, most went pale. It did not look good for the fairies seeing as they were up against a wizard saint.

The three girls gave each other a nod as they hardened their eyes in determination and prepared for a difficult battle. They really didn't know what the battle would be like, not yet anyway. They didn't know that their opponents should have been the least of their concern.

The gong started and as Wendy began her supporting magic, Erza ex-quipped into her Black Wing armor and Lucy took out two keys. She knew that now was the time. If they wanted to beat a Wizard Saint, she needed to pull out all of the stops.

Using the first key she called out "Open, gate of the lion, Loke!" A flash announced the lion's presence as he gave Lucy a confident nod of approval. Then she focused her magic and will as she lifted the second and yelled out n a commanding voice "Open, gate of the dragon, Draco!"

In an even bigger flash the dragon was present, only this time he was in his original form. Lucy could feel the magic that it took, but she was determined to keep him out for as long as she could. The crowd was struck by the dragon that came at Lucy's call. Since no one truly remembered the Eclipse Gate incident, no one had ever seen a dragon before. And Fairy Tail had never dreamed that the little dragon that stayed on Lucy's shoulder could be that big.

Even Erza and Wendy took a moment to look at the dragon with appreciation. The magical aura that the dragon emitted was enough to make the three males in front of them start to sweat just a little bit. Regal power seemed to flow through the dragon as he appeared to smirk knowingly at the mages.

"Lucy, I've waited the entire week for you to summon me, and this is all I get to go up against?" He asked, his silver eyes flashing humorously as the low timbre of his voice sent shivers over multiple peoples spines. He did enjoy scaring people before he got serious in any fight. It was fun to see the fear being masked by determination until right before they knew it was done and they looked at him with panic filled eyes.

"Yes, but do be careful, the one with no hair on the top of his head is immensely powerful. A Wizard Saint no less." Lucy said. Her prim speaking coming back to her as Draco spoke in his own formal way. It was almost hard for her not to dive back into her heiress antics when spoken to in such a way.

"After almost a thousand years, let me see just how strong this Wizard Saint is," Draco said as he prepared for his fist fight with Lucy. He knew that she had waited for his exact reason. And he would not fail her.

With a deep inhale, the dragon let loose a roar at Jura who instantly lifted his hand and forced the ground to create pillars in front of him to shield him from the golden blast that came from the dragon's mouth. But that was just barely enough as the last of the pillars disintegrated a moment before the roar was cut off.

Meanwhile, Erza had engaged Lyon by destroying the first few ice structures that he had been able to make, and Lucy used Toby's lack of brain cells against him. As Erza chopped the head off of an ice ape, Lucy looked at the dog man and said "Is that something in your face?"

The man looked at her confused before bringing his long nails up to his face to see and accidently paralyzing himself. Seriously, one would think that he would learn after his time on the demon island. Not that Lucy was complaining. It meant that she didn't have to worry about expending ore magical energy than she had.

"Erza, you go after Jura with Loke and Draco, Wendy and I will take care of Lyon!" Lucy yelled as Erza nodded. One would have thought that the S-class wizard would be the one to give the orders in the group, but the two mages trusted Lucy the most when it came to brain power, and it was what Erza had thought of to begin with. They really didn't understand why it seemed to surprise the two mages they were against as well as the crowd when Lucy just put their unspoken plan into words.

"Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy attacked. And as Lyon swerved to avoid it, Lucy brought her fleuve d'étoiles down on his leg and flung him into the swirl of wind that Wendy had blew from her mouth where he was forced to take the hit and was thrown to the wall.

Meanwhile, Erza and the two spirits were caught in a dance of attacks, each attacking in tandem, barely allowing the powerful mage a chance to breathe. That was just what they wanted as they attacked. They could hardly see Erza and Loke as Draco just stood and attacked. He gave them the cover they needed as he also took most of the blows. His hardened scales were barely giving in to the damage that the attacks were supposed to cause.

Jura knew that he was too strong to defeat, so he had to go through the Celestial mage in order to win, but Loke and Erza were keeping him very busy. So when he could he yelled over to Lyon "Get Lucy knocked out first, it will reduce our opponents by over half!" Then he once again let out his 'Raging Mount. Fuji' on the dragon.

The announcers were still going on about the dragon spirit to really notice this, but they did make the mention that with Lucy eliminated, both spirits would be forced back into the spirit world. Lahar was watching the proceedings with a keen eye, wanting to know how her power had improved so much in a short period of time. He almost thought it was not possible, if not for the guild she belonged to being called Fairy Tail.

Lyon created ice eagles that flew towards Lucy but were shattered as Wendy defended with his wing attack. They were all settling into attack stances when a bright light engulfed the arena. With no spell being called out, no one knew what to make of it, but from the warning sounds, it appeared as if something from the outside world had decided to interfere with this fight.

As the light got closer, the temperature seemed to get hotter, and something was attacking them. On instinct, Lucy forced herself in front of Lyon as Scutum forced his way through his gate in his emergency mode. Horologium had also activated and had opened around Wendy, protecting the Dragon Slayer as Draco had opened his wings and shielded Erza, Jura, and Leo. They too knew to protect all of the competitors. Even the unconscious form of Toby was saved by the dragon's wing span.

A blood read dome barrier come over the arena during this and five figures seemed to descend into it. Natsu and most of Fairy Tail had already begun trying to penetrate the barrier. They knew that they had to help in some way.

As the light faded, the two spirits that had come out for the emergency went back to rest in the spirit world and everyone could see the inhuman figures that stood regally on their platform. Lyon had not been as lucky as the others. Although Scutum had made sure to widen his barrier, he was only meant to protect one person. Lyon was saved from the full brunt of the blast, but he had still sustained injuries.

"Who are you and why do you interfere?" Erza demanded as she pointed her sword towards the newcomers. She was beyond pissed at this new development.

Lucy looked on with fear in her eyes. She looked at these people, and she knew one of them. The blue haired man was standing there, watching her, along with the four others. One was a girl who looked as if she wanted nothing more than to skewer all of the people in her sight. Her dark red hair reminded Lucy of blood as she seemed to jump from the floating platform where they stood.

Her breathing was now labored due to the two emergency gate hopers and keeping Draco out in his large form. Lucy could barely manage a gasp when the girl said "I am Sophronia. And these are my superiors. Ezekiel and I are here to eliminate you."

Those names, Lucy could have sworn that she knew them from somewhere. The names seemed to send some sort of shiver down her spine, and she could feel the magic within her start to pulsate again as it too assessed the new opponents.

"You shouldn't have come here, Sophronia." Loke growled as he lit his fists and stepped forward. All playfulness was gone and replaced with a scary expression that Lucy had truly only seem maybe once or twice. He meant business.

"Leo the lion; looks as if you are once again the Spirit King's lap cat. How long did it take? Twelve days away from him?" The girl taunted. A sadistic tone etched into her voice as she continued "You should have taken up my offer and joined us. Then at least you would be free to do as you wished." The sneer was almost venomous enough to cause Lucy to flinch back from it.

"And become a fallen? Do you take me for a fool? I will not remove myself from the spirit world in such a way. Unlike your bunch, I still have honor and loyalty." The lion seemed to spit back at her.

The woman laughed as she looked up to the three that were above the arena still. "Oh, did you hear that? The cat seems to think that he can beat us." He reported with more laughter in her voice.

"Kill them," came the order from the one who seemed to be the least human. He didn't show any emotion as he said that, it was simply an order.

"Yes, Mordachi." Both of the beings responded. It was that name that snapped Lucy out of her mind and she finally remembered when she had heard these names before.

Her eyes widened as she muttered "The Fallen Stars! They must have broken the seals again!" And then she realized that she was the only person who could even stand a chance against them if it came to a real fight. That was a prospect that seemed to scare her even more than the fact that they shouldn't have been in the arena in the first place.

Erza and Jura jumped the male as Leo launched himself at the female. Both seemed to dodge with ease as Erza's swords stuck in the dirt around the two fallen stars and Loke kept missing his hits. It was clear that the two were only playing with them.

Lucy was about to join in the fight herself as she activated her Stella Accessurum, only this time, instead of a consistent glow, it seemed to pulse with her heart beat. The power flowed through her as she readied her whip for a strike.

But then the unthinkable happened.

The one who had called herself Sophronia started to cackle as she seemed to soak up the light from the sun. Then, without warning it seemed as if she caused the magic to implode, causing all of the debris and shrapnel of the fight to come towards her before forcing it to explode. That meant that she had gathered all of the swords that Erza had thrown into the field before he threw them at everyone.

Scutum and Horologium once again came out, but this time the attack was too much for the clock. He apologized as he was forced back into the spirit world, leaving little Wendy nearly defenseless to the attack.

Lucy watched in horror as she saw one of the swords pierce the small blue haired girl's abdomen and rip all the way through and out of her. Even the hilt had passed through he little girl's stomach.

"Wendy!" She let out a broken yell as she discarded the spirit shield and ran to the one she had considered her little sister as the girl fell to the ground. She could hear the cries of her guild, as well as some of the others mix with her own.

But it was too late. The damage was already done.

A/N: And now I am evil! Please drop a review and I will be very happy. It might even make me update quicker. thank you all for reading, and until next time!