The Crimson Wolf
Summary: A story about Mitsu, a swordsman that looks exactly like Natsu, and his fight alongside and for Fairy Tail, as well as his journey to recover his lost memory. But not all memories are meant to be remembered...
The Anima
Mitsu was pleasantly surprised when he woke and it had yet to rain heavily. His campsite was slightly damp, but nothing worth whining over. He turned to wake up Juvia and Gray, but saw they were already waking up.
"Hurry up, you two," Mitsu said. "The heavy rain hasn't come yet, like I thought it would, but the storm that is coming is something we don't want to get caught up in. We had better hurry to the guild. This isn't going to be some summer shower."
Thunder boomed across the sky, as if to emphasize his words. Juvia and Gray quickly rubbed the sleep from their eyes and grabbed the clothes they shed before going to bed, in Juvia's case, a coat, in Gray's, everything except, fortunately, his underwear. Their things gathered, the trio double timed it toward Magnolia.
When they arrived at the outskirts of town, rain began to drizzle lightly, and they picked up the pace even more to avoid the heavy rain to come. Mitsu notices Carla talking with Happy, and she looked angry. "I'm going to make sure those two get inside before this gets bad," Mitsu said, "I'll catch up."
But when he turned back, neither cat was there anymore. The rain started to pour down harder. "Great. Now I have to find them in this," Mitsu mumbled. He ran all around the town, but didn't spy the talking felines anywhere. When he passed by an alley, he noticed Gajeel laying in the alley. Whether he was knocked out, drunk, or just sleeping, Mitsu did not know. The swordsman strode over to the Dragon Slayer and shook him awake. He heard Gajeel grumbling something about a cat, but decided not to question it.
"What is it?" Gajeel growled. "What do you want?"
"I want to get you out of the rain," Mitsu replied, trying to keep calm.
Before either one of them could say anything else, the thunder roared even louder. Gajeel and Mitsu turned their eyes to the sky, and hardly believed what they saw. The clouds swirled, as if a tornado were about to strike. Somehow, they both knew this was far more sinister than any twister ever could be. The buildings all around Magnolia began to shift and turn bright white before they were sucked into the swirling sky.
"What's going on?" Gajeel asked.
"How should I know?" Mitsu asked in return. "This is bad! Very, very bad!"
"No shit!" Gajeel replied.
"We need to move! Now!" Mitsu yelled, drawing his sword and releasing his magic. "This must be some kind of attack!"
The pair rushed away from the alley, searching for the enemy. Within another few moments, all the buildings, people, plants, and everything else was gone. There was no sign of life anywhere around them. Now they were searching for survivors. Mitsu soon spotted a man standing alone, looking at the devastation, and gestured for Gajeel to go toward him.
As they got closer, Mitsu gestured for Gajeel to stand down. He recognized this man. "You are the guy who busted me out," he said. The blue-haired man turned around.
"Yes," he said, "I am Mystogan, and I broke you out of Raven Tail's dungeon. You know something of Master Ivan, don't you Gajeel?"
"Gi Hi Hi Hi," Gajeel chuckled. "So you're the mysterious Mystogan? Don't blow my cover. The old man might still need me for something. I'm sure Ivan was thrilled to be missing a prisoner."
"I have no doubt," Mystogan said, a smirk on his face. "We have a little time for questions, but not much. I don't know how long the Anima will stay now that it is finished."
"Did you know me before I lost my memory?" Mitsu quickly asked.
"Briefly," Mystogan said. "You told me your name, and that you would soon lose your memory, and I had to help you when that time came. There was little I could do to help except free you and tell you your name."
"What happened here?" Gajeel asked gruffly, gesturing at the nonexistent town.
"It is fairly in depth," Mystogan began. "I come from another world called Edolas. In Edolas, we don't have the unlimited magic Earthland has, and we have encountered a magic shortage. To correct this, they invented a powerful spell to steal magic from this world: Anima. I have spent the majority of my time in Earthland preventing the Anima from accomplishing its task, but it has grown too powerful for me to overcome on my own now. It appears to be the irony of fate that the first time it manages a powerful strike, it strikes the place I call home in Earthland.
"All of the people, including our guild-mates, have been sucked into Edolas and turned into a lacrima in order to be used for their magic. The only exceptions are the three of us, Lucy, Wendy, Natsu, Carla, and Happy. I spied the two cats taking their partners through the Anima. They won't be able to use magic soon enough. I sent Lucy to Edolas using these," Mystogan said, holding up a small glass medicine bottle. "These are X-Balls. They allow Earthland mages to use their magic in Edolas."
Mystogan took one of the pills out of the bottle, before handing it to Gajeel, who handed it to Mitsu after he took a pill.
"Now, this is important, only Dragon Magics, such as the magic both of you possess, can free those trapped in the lacrima, so it up to you to free our comrades and the people of Magnolia," Mystogan said.
"Wait, I don't use Dragon Slayer Magic," Mitsu said. Mystogan shook his head.
"Have you remembered nothing?" he wondered. "No, Gajeel uses Dragon Slayer Magic. You use a different form of Dragon Magic. Odd, I'm certain Master Makarov would have realized it. He must not have deemed it important. Or perhaps too important."
"What do you mean by Dragon Magic?" Mitsu asked.
"I wish I understood it myself," Mystogan said. First thing you haven't known. "But your magic has draconic origins, this is certain. What matters is you will be able to break the lacrima with your magic and free our friends that are trapped within the lacrima. I know you really hit it off with several people." And there goes the freaky all-knowing thing again.
Mitsu nodded his head, though he was still thinking on what that meant. "What are we waiting on?" Gajeel asked, popping the X-Ball in his mouth, Mystogan and Mitsu following his lead.
Everything in sight blurred as the trio shot into the Anima. Light burst all around them in an amazing display. Moments later, they burst through the spell and into the world of Edolas. Floating islands and flying rivers greeted them as they rushed past in their magically-induced dimension hop. Mitsu, Gajeel, and Mystogan finally touched down on a small hill at the edge of a forest. Nothing looked anything like what it did in Earthland. Giant mushrooms and ferns dominated the forest floor, towered over by massive trees that blocked most of the sunlight. They could see for miles around, and Mitsu spied a town in the distance.
"This place is weird," Gajeel commented. "It looks weird. It smells weird. It sounds weird."
"What about taste and touch?" Mitsu asked. Gajeel glared at him
"What do you think, smartass?" he grumbled.
"Well, the two you will get along swimmingly," Mystogan said wryly. "Welcome to my homeland. And yes, it is very different from Earthland."
"I know that the two of us will be looking for the lacrima in order to free those trapped inside," Mitsu said. "What will you be doing?"
"I will be paying a visit to the king to see what I can manage on the diplomatic end, if anything," Mystogan said. Mitsu cocked an eyebrow.
"And you can just walk right in and speak with the king?" he asked.
"How does that work?" Gajeel asked. Mystogan sighed.
"Well, you might as well know," he muttered. "In Edolas, I am known as Prince Jellal. The king is my father. For almost every person in Earthland, there is an Edolas counterpart."
"So somewhere around here there is another me?" Gajeel asked. Mystogan nodded. "Well, I hope we meet the handsome devil. Gi Hi Hi Hi!"
"Personally, it would be weird seeing another me," Mitsu said. "Anyway, we'll get started on finding that lacrima."
"Be sure to keep an eye out for Lucy and the others that aren't trapped in the lacrima," Mystogan said. "Natsu and Wendy won't be able to use their magic, so they are as close to helpless as Dragon Slayers can be. The nearest town is over there, in case you didn't see it already. I wish you both the best of luck."
Mystogan then used his magic and vanished. Gajeel and Mitsu looked around them some more at all the bizarre foliage before turning to look at each other.
"Dragon Magic, huh?" Gajeel asked. "You can't be that bad then."
"I guess so," Mitsu mumbled. He had a lot to think about now. "I have your back if you have mine."
"Gi Hi, this Edolas place is in for a shock."
AN: Well, I know it is much shorter than the previous chapters have been, but I felt I couldn't stuff everything I have planned for the first few parts of Edolas in without it feeling awkward to write. If it feels awkward to write, it will feel awkward to read. I don't want you guys to be forced to read awkward crap, or worse yet, stop reading! I really don't want you to stop reading. Anyway, I know there isn't much meat in this chapter, but did anything in particular catch your eye? Was it good? (I hope so) Was it bad? (Tell me! I can fix it!) What do you want to see in the coming chapters? Every review helps! (PMs too) I want to hear from you guys!