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It is already time for Chapter 11! Time flies. I'm going to put on a small break after this. I have a crap load of exams to finish in three weeks. It is horrible and with that I barely have any inspiration. I have some small ideas but I didn't have the time to work it out. Besides I'm working on my internship. That means after today there will be two Saturdays without Princess Luka and the Grand Magic Games! But I will be back on the seventh of February!

Tartarus spoilers!

Chapter 11 – Seven Dragons

"My name is Atlas Flame. And I'm going to show you the flames of hell." Funny, I was just about to show him the dirt beneath him. He was faster and I must admit that I had never fought a dragon before. Yes tag battles with Cordelia but that was different. She had never given all her power. "Any words now?" I muttered to the Dragon inside me. She didn't response, not that I was really waiting for it.
I was blown backwards and scraped my shoes because I still stood upright. Almost all the others were blown backwards and send flying, apart from Laxus and a few others. He was one of the strongest probably, I had just planted my feet within the ground.
Because it was a fire dragon, We gave the floor to Juvia and Gray. I gave her a soft squeeze in her upper arm and she smiled assuring to me. They knew how to do a unison raid and that was always so powerful. And maybe, Gray finally figured out his feelings for her. I hurried back to Bisca and Alzack. It didn't work and we were sort of burned by the flames. I covered for Bisca but that only meant that I was hit. Master changed into a Giant but I wondered if that was working.

I tried to look around to find Laxus and Gajeel. They had to be here somewhere. "Listen up!" I yelled as soon as I saw Gajeel close by. Where the hell was Laxus? "Aren't we Dragon Slayers? So why do we sit down and let the others battle. We need to step up and make this our game!" Gajeel laughed. "Sounds good to me." Before we could say anything else, we heard Natsu. I looked up and saw a Dragon, the sound came from that way.
"Can you hear me?!" He yelled, I wished he knew that he was loud and clear. "Dragon Slayer Magic can take down these Dragons! We have Seven Dragon Slayers here and seven Dragons. Our Magic exists for this very day. Dragon Slayers exist to fight this very battle." Man and here I hoped that I was faster to explain this idea. Although I must admit that I had not thought about the seven Dragons, seven Dragon Slayers but who cares.
"Let's go Dragon Hunting!" Was the last thing he said before another huge impact of fire came from the Dragon that flew above us. I smiled at Gajeel and he smiled back. "You heard him. Let's go!" The only question left was: who was going to take on the Fire-Dragon?
Before we really could do something, eggs appeared. And out of them came dragon-like monsters. "Move. I'll take the big one." Laxus said and I looked surprised. I didn't want to split. I hate splitting. "You can't do that on your own." Romeo yelled my words towards him. "He is not alone." I looked beside me to see Evergreen, Freed and Bickslow. Okay I was more at ease now but well not enough. "I'll find another Dragon." I said and I immediately took a step forward. Gajeel nodded. "Me too." I ran to Laxus first. "Let's not say goodbye. That sounds as if I will never see you again." I smiled and I gave him a quick peck on the cheek before I headed to the left side.

I took another scan to know to whom I was heading. Hibiki. I smiled inside myself. My time to save him instead of the other way around. The Dragons had caused enough havoc, so I had to jump over enough rubble. I pulled myself up and ran over one of the roofs. Jumped to another and so on until I finally could see them. The fifteen members of the guilds: Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus and Mermaid Heel. Interesting. Maybe I could use some assistance too. What a smell did Ichiya create?! I almost puked.
Fine, the time of fun was over. I took a few steps back so I could make a longer path to run over. I jumped right behind the Dragon his head. "EARTH DRAGON'S ROCK FIST!" I must say that I thought I made quite some impact. The Dragon began to stir but I couldn't see any wounds. "Fine. You want to play it rough."
I stood up and smiled again, although I was getting quite angry. So much for a short temper. "Earth Dragon's Sandstorm!" I had to get this Dragon distracted from the people in front of them. "Earth Dragon's High Kick!", "Earth Dragon's Earthquake!" I jumped off him because the Dragon began moving very fast and I didn't want to get hurt by his skin. Which weren't scales like Cordelia but Rocks. "So I see we are distant relatives." I said when I crash landed before the three Guilds. "I'm an Earth Dragon Slayer. You are a Rock Dragon. Let's have some fun."
I heard Hibiki saying my name. "Hibiki. Use Archive to check for his weekpoints. I'm going to attack him everywhere to find it out!" I looked at Kagura whom stood beside me. "I recognize you." She said and I nodded, I recognized her too. Rosemary Village, I think we were kind of the same age back than. "Jura, Kagura, Lyon! Let's find his weak point. But don't get to close. He is mine for the taken." I ran forward after I said this. "Earth Dragon's Sandstorm!" I hoped by using this attack, but this time surrounding him, that Hibiki could find something. The storm wasn't big enough because hell yeah I was a person alone and I couldn't immediately sap all my magical energy out. The storm however turned bigger and when I looked next to me, Ren Akatsuki appeared. He held his hand in the same formation I did. He was using his wind magic to help me create a hurricane around the Rock Dragon.
Here also did those nasty little offspring appeared that came out of the air. I hoped that the others would take care of them. "Ren, thanks! This was only a way to check. Please help the others!" He nodded and hurried off. I jumped back a few steps. "And?" I yelled over my shoulder to Hibiki. "Nothing!" Dammit. "Fine. Leave this to me. Take care of the rest." Lyon nodded and some of the others left just like him. Jura stayed by my side. "Maybe you can use some help from my Earth Magic." And although I didn't want to admit it, I was happy that he stayed. "I'm staying here too. Maybe we can figure something out." Hibiki yelled towards us and I gave him a thumbs up. I didn't want to get tired yet but I had to use some extra magic.
"Earth Dragon's Metallic Ball!", "Earth Dragon's Lava Stream!" But I was actually running through the Dragon his front legs. The two attacks I quickly used were a distraction. Normally, the belly and legs of a Dragon were the weakest link. However this Dragon was really made of rocks. Not one point but his eyes. I had an idea, so I hurried back and asked Jura to distract him. "We have to keep him talking. Maybe I can launch an attack in his mouth. Maybe that's the only weak point he has." Hibiki found it ridicules but because we had no other idea, he agreed.

I felt bruised, burned and tired but I couldn't give up. There were people whom had it worse than I had. I meant Laxus, Gajeel, Natsu and all the others have had the battle of the Grand Magic Games. They would have to be more tired, bruised and burned than I was. Even Jura and Hibiki but the two of them didn't seem to give up. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Crushing Fang!" With the biggest impact that I could come up with I pushed my hands in front of me, with my nails like I was clawing someone their eyes out. It was not the attack that I had in mind but I had to do something. I scraped one of the Dragon his eyes and he started to screech. The sound was horrible, something I would love to shut up. Until...

I've got one big flashback. "I would never kill a Dragon." I heard my own voice saying. I was in the Library. Or not so much the library as inside myself screaming at Cordelia that I was not Achnologia. I heard Wendy and Gray saying what they have found underneath the Domus Flau, that they realized that Achnologia was a human and killed many Dragons before he turned into one. "What are you doing?" I yelled at myself. This was Cordelia her way of teaching me. Of proving that it was worth it, that she was making anti-bodies. "Can't you say: I told you so, after I finished this jerk off?" That had been my change but the Dragon had stop screeching and now stood very close before me. "LUKA!" Hibiki and Jura yelled at once. "Earth Dragon's Rock Wall!" I tried to get up but my body was shaking, it wasn't listening to my commands. "Cordelia, please! Please!" I looked up to see the big mouth coming my way and it was blasting my wall apart in a matter of seconds. Some of the rocks made extra wounds or bruises but I should just get up and move. "What's wrong? Luka!" Hibiki yelled. I didn't know, my eyes were darting from left to right and I had to find a way to get away. I was afraid, I was very afraid of my approaching death. If I didn't move now! Something grabbed me from behind and almost crushed me and I closed my eyes.
A few seconds later I hit my bump harsh on the earth surface, when I slowly opened one of my eyes I saw Hibiki and Jura bending towards me, with worried faces. "What happened?" I said while grabbing both their hands to get up swiftly. "I used my Iron Rock Fist to pull you away." I combed my fingers through my hair. "Thanks. I appreciate that." I said and I looked at Hibiki. "We have to find something else." I didn't want to talk about it.
So we started again, and it was like we started from scratch. "Earth Dragon's Roar!" I yelled and Jura used his attacks. Hibiki was still calculating.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Rock Storm!" All the rumble got up and I pushed it, to go towards the Dragon. If only I could do something that made a change. Not only to this Dragon but to all. Then it hit me, I was the Earth Dragon Slayer. That means I had control over the whole surface here. "Cover me!" I yelled to Jura and I ran past the dragon. I had to find a place right now to hide for a short period of time. I stayed close to the Rock Dragon, because it seemed that the smaller ones wouldn't come near.

I closed my eyes and planted both my hands on the ground in front of me. I made a scan but not to feel where my friends were but to get a grip on all those offspring dragon-monsters. It was tiring, I had all of them and than I opened my eyes. "Help me Cordelia." She stirred inside me, it felt like she said this would not be alright. But she couldn't help and slip the spell that I needed. I had seen her do it once but I almost lost the words. "Thanks." I smiled and I looked in front of me. I could feel them coming. I had located them all and now it was time to.. I heard a scream, so loud and quite close by. Juvia! And that must be Lyon! "Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Earth Surface!" I had never actually used those Secret Arts before, because most of the time they weren't necessary or they really used all the power that I had. If you used too much, you could burn up. Around whole Crocus, the Dragon-monsters disappeared because of my magic. They were sucked up into the earth. I stood up and swayed my way to the exit of this collapsed building. I was almost there, almost close enough to Jura and Hibiki. I fell and I couldn't get up, I could feel my whole body burning hot as if I was ill. I was dying, I had used too much Magic. That's why this was a secret art and Cordelia never taught me. Normally you would just not have enough magic but I had Second Origin, the barrier was gone for me. Normally you wouldn't do it with a thousand small monsters, but maybe with one annoying insect or such. "Please. Survive." I muttered until I closed my eyes and let the pain surround me until I didn't know if I was simply a soul or still a body.