Somewhere far away from Magnolia in a land known to foreigners as the land of mystery but to its residents it's known as the land of void...
Inside an underground temple we see a woman with dark black hair and light blue eyes looking over a parchment that she stole in her most previous fight.
Rachel's thoughts: So this is what you've been up to Sauron.
Sophia: Did you find anything on his location?
Rachel: No but I did find a clue about what he's been up to.
Sophia: What about your husband? Do you have an idea on where he might be?
Rachel: No. One thing about him is that he's excellent about hiding his presence. If he doesn't wanna be found then you won't find him.
Sophia: How about your son and daughter?
Rachel: I've had Irene keep tabs on him ever since she encountered him when he was just a little boy. As for my daughter last I heard she was a bartender of a bar called Seventh Heaven in the 7th sector slums of Midgar.
Sophia: How far away is that from where your son is?
Rachel: Currently my son is in Fiore. Midgar, where she is located is all the way in the country of Seven.
Sophia: The country of seven...that's a peninsula northeast of Fiore if I remember correctly.
Rachel: That's right.
Sophia: Why is her bar located in the slums?
Rachel: That...that I don't know.
Sophia: Does she know that your alive?
Rachel: No. Neither one of my kids know I'm alive. It's better this way.
Sophia: Are you sure?
Rachel: ...
Sophia: Rachel?
Rachel: Yes. I'm sure.
Sophia's thoughts: liar
Sophia: Doesn't Irene have a daughter of her own?
Rachel: Yes. However, she's told me that my son is protecting her while she protects him from the shadows.
Sophia: That must be comforting.
Rachel: It is.
Sophia: Do you trust Irene?
Rachel: With my life.
Sophia: So what has Sauron been up to?
Rachel: Trying to revive someone.
Sophia: Let me guess Zeref?
Rachel: No.
Sophia: Oh? Who then?
Rachel: That...I don't know. That's what I intended to find out. Based on the way this text is written and what it says it's someone much worse than Zeref.
Sophia: Huh?
Rachel: Honestly there's only one person that I can really think of but that's to far of a stretch even for him.
Sophia: Who?
Rachel: I'll tell you later for now let's continue to decipher this text. Also get me in touch with Irene.
Sophia: Why?
Rachel: She's like a sister to me I want to see how she's been doing.
Sophia: Alright.
Back with Marcus, Erza, Lucy, Natsu, Gray, and happy...
Natsu: I don't know what we're supposed to face but I'll go along with you under one condition.
Erza: A condition?
Gray: Y-you idiot!! I-I don't need conditions! I'll work for you, Erza anytime!
Erza: Okay let's hear it.
Natsu: Once we get back, I take on both you and Marcus. I'm not like I was before.
Gray: What the hell!? Do you want to die!?
Erza: Hm. I must say that you have in fact grown stronger. You might even beat me. But Marcus is a different story entirely. What do you say Marcus do you agree to this or no?
Marcus: Alright. But I also have one as well.
Erza: You have a condition to?
Marcus: Yeah.
Erza: Okay let's hear it.
Marcus: After we pummel natsu you vs me to see who's stronger.
Erza: Alright. I agree. But just because your like a brother to me doesn't mean I'll go easy on you.
Marcus's thoughts: if only you knew
Marcus: Right back at you. Now I believe we should get going.
Erza: Right.
The six then boarded the train that was headed to Onibas Station
Natsu was sitting beside gray trying not to vomit because of his motion sickness.
Gray: Natsu, what a disappointment. You're and eyesore go sit somewhere else. Better yet, get off the train and run beside it.
Lucy: I know it happens every time, but it looks painful.
Marcus: Oh geez. Natsu sit beside me.
Marcus then punched natsu right in his stomach knocking him unconscious.
Marcus: Now I believe you were going to explain what we're up against Erza.
Lucy: What type of magic does Erza do?
Marcus: She has requip magic.
Lucy: What's that.
Marcus: She can transform into different armor's depending on the situation and pull different weapons out of a pocket of space.
Lucy: Cool!
Happy: Yeah and her opponents blood goes splashing everywhere! It's so pretty!
Erza: You think that's pretty? My magic isn't anything special. If you want to see beautiful magic then gray's and Marcus's are much prettier than mine.
Marcus: Oh?
Gray: You think so?
Gray then conjured up a fairy tail symbol in ice with his magic.
Lucy: Wow!
Gray: I do ice magic.
Lucy: Huh. Natsu has fire and you have ice... Ah!! Maybe that's why you two never get along and always fight.
Erza: Is that true?
Gray: What no! I just can't stand the guy. Like Marcus said before isn't it about time you told us why we're here and what we're up against?
Erza: Yes. Let me fill you in. On my way back from my last job, I stopped by a bar where wizards gather in Onibas and there were a few people who caught my attention.
Erza's flashback...
Guild member 1: Hey!! What's holding up the liquor!? For Crissakes!! Get a move on!
Waiter: I-I'm sorry.
Guild member 2: Byard. Don't get red in the face.
Guild member 3: Yeah.
Byard: Nobody could take this aggravation and not get mad! We finally found out where lullaby is, and there's a seal. What is that thing!? Nothing we did broke it!
Guild member 2: Oi shut up!
Guild member 3: Yeah, your too loud.
Kageyama: That magic seal can't be broken by numbers alone. I'll take it from here. You all can return to the guild for now. And tell Erigor, I will return in three days with lullaby in hand.
Byard: Are you serious?! You've figured out a way to break the seal?
Guild member 2: Wow that's kage-Chan for you!
Flashback end...
Gray: Lullaby?
Lucy: A child's bedtime story? Could it be some kind of sleep magic?
Erza: I don't know. But when I heard that it was sealed, I figured it must be some strong magic.
Gray: I don't get it. Sure some guys are trying to break a seal to some magic we don't know about. But that doesn't make for a mission. It isn't anything really.
Erza: I didn't give it much thought at first either. That was until I heard the name Erigor.
Marcus: Aww damn not him.
Lucy: Who's that?
Marcus: He's the ace of the Eisenwald guild. He's known as Erigor the death god.
Lucy: D-death god!?
Marcus: He only accepts assassination requests. The council has banned such quests but he chose money over the law. He is now part of the dark guild known as Eisenwald.
Lucy: Dark guild!?
Happy: Lucy's leaking.
Lucy: That's sweat! If they were expelled weren't they punished?
Erza: They were. At the time, the master of the guild was arrested and the order was given to disband the guild. But the majority of those known as dark guilds have ignored the council and continued acting as guilds.
Lucy: I knew I should've stayed home today.
Marcus: This isn't the magic school bus Lucy!
The group then got off the train at their destination not noticing that they had accidentally left a certain someone behind.
Erza: I wasn't paying enough attention. The moment I heard the name Erigor I should have bleed them all dry!
Lucy: Eeeek!!
Marcus: If it was just those four Erza would have no problem but the entire guild, I understand why she needs help.
Erza: I don't know what their planning with lullaby but I can't just ignore it. We must put a stop to it at all costs.
Marcus: Uhhh guys I think someone is missing.
Erza: Huh? Who's missing? There's me, you, Lucy, gray, happy, natsu... I forgot natsu on the train!!
Back on the train with a motion sick natsu...
Kageyama: Young man, is this seat taken? Oh dear you don't look well at all. Are you all right? Oh? Your from fairy tail an official guild. Oh how I envy you.
Back with the others...
Erza: What's this supposed to mean!? We were so caught up in the discussion that we left natsu on the train! I knew he was bad at moving vehicles. I take responsibility. I must ask one of you to hit me!
Lucy: Now,now.
Marcus: If you really want me to I will.
Erza: And for that reason you must stop the train!
Conductor: Uhh what reason was that?
Lucy: So are all fairy tail members like that?
Gray: Hey! I'm completely normal!!
Marcus: Yeah ok. Unless you consider a stripper normal then you ain't normal my friend.
Gray: Blame my master for this damn habit!
Marcus: How's she been recently?
Gray: I don't know. I thought she was dead but apparently she's not. Last I heard she's trying to reconnect with her daughter.
Marcus: I see.
Erza: We must for the sake of our member!
Conductor: Stop asking the impossible! Just for one passenger who missed the exit?! Who would stop the train for that!?
Marcus's thoughts: She would
Erza: Happy pull that emergency stop lever!
Happy: Aye!
Erza: We're going after natsu. You two people take this luggage to the Chili hotel
Random 1: Um who are you?
Lucy: This whole thing is screwed up.
Gray: Yeah it definitely is.
Marcus: Gray. Your clothes.
Gray: Damnit!
Back on the train...
Kageyama: Fairy tail. I've heard a lot about it. MiraJane is pretty famous huh? She appears in magazines every now and again. She's gorgeous. I wonder why she decided to come off of active duty. She's still so young. There's one more, what's her name I heard she recently joined. She's quite a looker isn't she? You know her? I guess there are a lot of pretty girls in official guilds. Why don't you hand some over to me? No girls will even come to my guild.
Kageyama then stood up and kicked natsu right in his face.
Kageyama: To tell you the truth, expulsion sucks. We dark guilds are discriminated against.
Natsu: Huh?
Kageyama: Oh! So you finally decide to speak!
Natsu: What do you think you're doing jerk?
Kageyama: Your mumbling I can't hear you. You fairy tail bastards really like to stand out don't you. I hate it when guys get cocky just because they're an official guild. Do you know what we call you people at fairy tail? Flies. Fairy tail flies. It's time for me to kill a fly.
Natsu: You little...
Kageyama: What you want to take me on? You can barley move with that motion sickness of yours. You wanna see magic? This is how you use magic.
Using his magic Kageyama summoned a shadow fist that punched natsu in his jaw.
Kageyama: *Laughing*
Natsu: D-Damnit
Kageyama: Huh!? Why's the train stoping!?
Natsu: It stopped.
Natsu's thoughts: Huh what's that? It looks like a flute with a skull face on it. Could that be Lullaby?
Kageyama: D-Damn you saw it.
Suddenly the speaker in the train started going off.
Loud speaker: We have just been informed that the sudden stoppage of the train was sent out under erroneous circumstances. We will be moving shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Natsu: Welp gotta go!
Kageyama: You think I'll let you live after that!? You saw Lullaby now you must die!
Natsu: I'm going to remember your face. You dug your own grave when you insulted fairy tail.
Natsu then jumped out of the window of the train.
Erza: Natsu!?
Gray: Why did you jump from the train!?
Lucy: Huh? What's going on?
Natsu then slammed right into gray knocking him off the roof of the magic four wheeler car
Erza: Natsu are you alright!?
Gray: That hurt! What were you doing! Natsu you jerk!!
Natsu: I'm suffering amnesia from shock. Who are you? And why do you stink?
Gray: What!?
Erza: Natsu! I'm sorry!
Natsu: Happy, Erza, Lucy, Marcus!!! How could you do that!? You left me behind!!
Erza: Forgive me.
Lucy: I'm sorry.
Marcus: Hey it was actually quiet without you around.
Natsu: Why you...!!!
Gray: That's pretty convenient amnesia you have there.
Erza: I'm so glad your alright.
Erza then pulled natsu into an embrace and slammed his face into her chest armor.
Natsu: Oww your armor! Who are you calling alright!? I was attacked on the train! What did he call it? Aye...zen...vault?
Marcus: Oh boy.
Erza: You absolute fool!
Erza then slapped Natsu across his face sending him flying.
Erza: I was searching all over for the people from Eisenwald.
Natsu: You didn't tell me about it.
Erza: Why didn't you listen to what I was saying!?
Marcus: That was because I knocked him out. Remember?
Erza: Ah yes. He was on that train huh? Guess we'll have to go after him. Did you notice anything special about him?
Natsu: He didn't have much that was special except for a flute with a skull face which had three eyes on it.
Gray: What's that supposed to mean? That's one creepy dude.
Marcus: Hmm... a skull with three eyes.
Lucy: What's up Marcus?
Marcus: I remember hearing stories about it but I always thought that it was a urban legend. But if what Natsu described is real then we're dealing with death magic created by Zeref himself.
Everyone: What!?
Marcus: Like I said I've only heard stories about it. It's a forbidden curse for obvious reasons.
Erza: Yes as the name implies, it's a black magic that puts the victim under a curse that causes him or her to die.
Marcus: Lullaby is worse.
Kunugi Station...
Erigor: Get the passengers and conductors off! Everything goes off! The train now belongs to Eisenwald!
Mass panic was happing at the train station because of the dark guild that had just taken over.
Erigor: We heard you were coming back by this train, so we waited for you, Kageyama.
Kageyama: I somehow managed to break through the seal. Here it is.
Erigor: Oh...so this is the forbidden magic item, lullaby?
Guild member 1: Yeah!!
Guild member 2: That's kage-Chan for you!
Guild member 3: That means our plans are complete!
Kageyama: This flute used to be nothing more than used for a tool in death curses. But the great black wizard Zeref upgraded it into a full-fledged magic flute.
Erigor: He changed it into something so frightening huh? Anyone who hears the sound of this flute falls under a death curse. The mass-murder curse magic, lullaby! Let's get started!! Our mission is underway!!
Back with the others...
Erza: Mass murder curse magic!? If that kind of magic gets into Erigor's hands... damnit who are they planning to use it against?!
Erza and the others finally arrived at Kunugi Station only to see that the train was missing. Apparently the dark guild had stolen the train.
Citizen 1: These men with a cauldron suddenly boarded the train...
Citizen 2: I've seen them before! They're that dark guild that's in these parts!
Citizen 3: I left my work tools on that train!! I'd trade my wife to get them back!
Wife: What'd you say you bastard!?
Lucy: So those guys stole the train!?
Marcus: That's what it sounds like.
Lucy: I can understand someone commandeering a horse and carriage or maybe even a boat. But a train...
Happy: Aye. It can only go where the rails are. It can't go off-road, so it would be extremely easy to track it. What's the point of taking a train if your just gonna be caught in a matter of hours? I don't get it.
Gray: They must be in a real hurry to get to their destination. That way they can cause the most damage in the short amount of time they have.
Lucy: But the army's already been called. It's only a matter of time until they get caught.
Marcus: The most the army can do is pinpoint their location. They can't fight them, they have no magic. We're gonna have to do the heavy lifting wether the army likes that or not.
Erza: You're right. I've got a bad feeling about this.
Back on the train with the dark guild...
Erigor: A fly...?
Kageyama: Yes. He was on board this train just before the station. He was really pathetic.
Erigor: Tch!
Using his wind magic Erigor sliced the sides of Kageyama's ears.
Erigor: You didn't leave him with any suspicions did you?
Kageyama: This mission isn't going to fail just because one fly got suspicious right!?
Erigor: Of course not. But I don't want anyone making trouble for us. Do I make myself clear? A fly huh? There are some places where flies are killed for the sport.
Back with Erza and the others...
Gray who is on the roof of the magic mobile is yelling at Erza and telling her to slow down and conserve her magic.
Gray: Erza, you're going to fast! The SE plug is beginning to swell up!!
Erza: If they play that flute, a lot of people are going to die! Just one note will put people's lives in danger!
Gray: I know that, but I don't know what they're after yet. We be in for a tough fight. If you push this thing to hard your magic might dry out when we're stuck in a pinch!
Erza: I don't care!
Marcus: Damnit Erza listen to gray! He's right. If your magic dries up not only will I have to watch my out back but I'll have to watch yours as well. I need you at 100%. So either pull over or I'm gonna forcibly knock you out.
Erza: Fine. You two win.
Erza the pulled over and got out of the drivers seat and went into the back of the car. Marcus then went to the drivers seat and put the SE plug on his own arm and started driving the rest of the way.
Happy: There was something I was supposed to say to you Lucy, but I can't remember it.
Lucy: What?
Happy: Like I said I can't remember!
Lucy: Now you've got me worried. Remember!
Natsu: Ugh...I'm feeling sick.
Happy: I'm feeling sick
Lucy: Is that it!?
Lucy then saw Natsu leaning out of the window so far that he might've called out if it wasn't for Lucy holding onto him.
Lucy: Natsu you'll fall out.
Natsu: Geeeh. Let me fall.
Happy: Hmm what was it? Lucy, weird, fish, tasty. Lucy weird.
Lucy: What do you mean weird!?
Marcus: Guys we have a problem. We're here at Oshibana Station but it's smoking.
At the station...
Conductor: Everyone, this area is dangerous! Please stay back. The station is closed to allow for maintenance work following a derailment! No one is to enter the station until we can assure safety for all passengers!
Citizen 1: A derailment?
Citizen 2: No...I heard it was terrorists.
Erza: We're going in!
Lucy: But it's closed off!
Erza: I don't need to hear every little complaint!!
Natsu: Urk!
Erza: And quit being sick!!
Erza: What's the situation inside the station?
Worker: W-who the heck are you!?
Not liking the workers answer Erza grabbed him by the shoulders and head butted him knocking him unconscious. She continued to ask multiple workers the same question and ended up with the same results. Her knocking them unconscious.
Lucy: I guess she only wants to talk to someone with quick answers.
Gray: So you're beginning to see how me and natsu feel?
Lucy's thoughts: we finally made it inside. An army platoon went in, but it hasn't returned yet. What about the Eisenwald terrorists? They haven't come out either! They maybe still fighting.
Once they made it to the center of they station they saw the platoon. Surprisingly none of them were dead but they were all unconscious.
Lucy: They've been wiped out!
Erza: They were fighting an entire guild. In other words, all the enemies are wizards. Like Marcus said earlier the army can't fight them we'll have to do that part.
Gray: Let's go the platform is straight ahead!
Erigor: I knew you'd come, Fairy Tail.
Lucy: Wh-what's with all these people?
Erigor: I've been waiting for you.
Marcus: So you're the famous contract killer Erigor huh?
Guild member 1: Hey boss, I've seen that chick in the armor and that guy with the long black hair before.
Erigor: I get it. So those two must have been the ones who figured out our plan right?
Lucy: Natsu wake up! This is our job!!
Happy: It won't work. He went from a train, to a magic mobile, to Lucy. A triple combo.
Lucy: Why are you counting me as a vehicle!?
Kageyama: You damn flies! It's because of you that I-
Member 2: Calm yourself, Kage-Chan.
Natsu: That voice...
Erza: What are you guys after? What happens next depends on your answer. We can either do this the easy way or the hard way.
Erigor: We just want to play! We're not getting work, so we've got all the time in the world on our hands.
Other guild members *laughing*
Erigor: Haven't you figured it out yet? There's something beautiful about this station.
Lucy: He's flying!
Happy: It's his wind magic!
Erza: The station?
Erigor: You know for someone so revered you really are dumb. This station has a broadcast speaker.
Erza: You're planning on broadcasting lullaby!?
Erigor: *laughing*
Erigor: I'd say there's a swarm of a couple thousand insects outside this station. And if I play it loud enough, the sweet sound of death will play throughout the entire town. It will be such music to my ears!
Erza: Are you talking about indiscriminate mass murder!?
Erigor: I'm not talking about it, that's exactly what I'm going to do! This will be the start of the purge! The first act will be killing those who don't realize that others rights have been stolen away. They tout their own rights and only work to preserve their petty way of life. I'm purging this world of fools! It's a sin to live without knowing how cruel and unjust this world really is! And I, the death god shall mete out punishment!!!
Lucy: You aren't getting your right to work back by doing that! But it was really your own fault in the first place. You guys are sickening!
Erigor: We didn't come for our right to work. We came for our right to rule! When we're in charge, we can wash away the past and take absolute control of the future!
Lucy: What are you guys? Morons!?
Kageyama: To bad for you little flies...
Natsu: That voice...!
Kageyama then used his magic to push Natsu and Lucy back from the group.
Kageyama: Your going to die without seeing the glory of a second and better dark age!
Erza and Marcus: Damnit!
Natsu: So it is you!!
Natsu then finally got up. Using his own magic he blocked Kageyama's magic from hitting him and Lucy.
Kageyama: You...
Lucy: Natsu!
Natsu: This time we're fighting on solid ground! Wha- where'd all the others come from!?
Lucy: They're enemies! They're all enemies!
Erigor's thoughts: So you fell for our trap, didn't you, fairy tail! I've had to make a few adjustments, but this was the original plan from the start! There are certain people who must hear my tune, the people who I must kill!!