Hey guys, FarrenX here and it's time for chapter two of 'Rise of the Enders.' Sorry if I took a while to write this one but I was busy writing 'Power of the Mobs' and almost forgot to write this.
Anyway, sit back and enjoy. Wendy, can you do the disclaimer?
Wendy: Sure, Farren-san. Farren-san doesn't own Fairy Tail but does own Aura, a friend of Aura's and the magic they use.
Chapter one: Reunion
"Wendy! I found a easy mission for you!"
Twelve year old Wendy turned around to see Mirajane, the white-headed barmaid, waving at her with a job request in her hand. It had been a whole month since Wendy joined Fairy Tail after Oracion seis were dealt with. She was sat on a table with Lucy Heartfila, Erza Scarlet and Happy and Carla the exceeds with a cup of apple juice in her hand when the white-head barmaid called her. In the background, Natsu and Gray were in another fight, Cana was drinking another barrel as normal, Elfman was telling Lisanna how much strength she needs to be a man and the other guild members were doing their everyday things. Happy was trying to give Carla some fish but the poor blue neko was refused.
Wendy got up from where she was sat and scrolled over to Mirajane, her eagle pendant hanging from her neck where it normally was. Carla flew after Wendy, the white cat looking at Natsu and Gray disapprovingly.
"Hi Mira-shan! What's this mission?" Wendy asked politely, looking at the take-over mage.
Mirajane handed her the request and begun to watch as Wendy read it.
Mages needed!
Need five Silver flowers from Albino mountain to help my daughter.
Come to Riverflower village!
Reward is 8 0000 J
Wendy looked at Mira and handed the mission to her. "I'll take this mission, Mira-san!"
"Okay then," Mirajane replied, stamping the mission. She then looked over at Lucy. "Lucy! Can you go with her to make sure she'll be fine?"
Lucy got up from her seat and nodded. "Hai! I'll be happy too!"
"Let's get going then, Lucy-san!" Wendy said to the Celestial spirit mage.
The two of them and Carla headed out of the guild and into the wondrous city of Magnolia. As they walked away from the guild, a nineteen year old boy with bright ginger hair and wearing armour with ice hung at the edges walked into the guild.
"So... this is Fairy Tail?"
"'Alright! Let's go and look for those Silver flowers!' she said excitedly" Horologium said as he followed Wendy up the final part of the snowy mountain trail.
They climbed up the trail leading to the top of the mountain and halfway up, Lucy decided to summon Horolgium and hide inside of him due to the harsh cold that came from the mountain's climate. Wendy sighed and continued walking, wearing a winter coat. From what they heard from the person that requested their help, his daughter was under a serious case of Heat burn which causes the victim to have a high temperature and unable to wake up. In order to cure it, five silver flowers are needed to make the medicine. The flowers are believed to be at a small spring at the top of the mountain but are extremely rare to find.
In front of them was a small lake that was coated in a thin layer of ice. Snow fell gracefully through the sky and the snow crunched beneath Wendy's feet as she stopped walking.
"Well if you come out, you can search for them!" Carla snapped, glaring at the Celestial mage.
"'But it's took cold' she whimpers miserly" Horologium replied, stopping next to Wendy.
Carla sighed and started to fly across the lake. "I'll go and search for them over here!"
Wendy nodded and the search began.
After a few hours of looking, they only found four of the Silver flowers and needed one more. Yet they couldn't find it. Wendy sighed and glanced around, then froze. Her eyes widened and she begun to shiver. Carla flew over to Wendy concernedly.
"Is something wrong, Wendy?" the white exceed asked her.
Wendy didn't answer. She smelled something familiar. Something from five years ago. She didn't realise it before but now she recalled the smell. The smell of sweat, beer and blood.
Suddenly Wendy was tackled to the ground. She looked up and saw a familiar face looking down at her with a huge grim on his face. It was the leader of the grunts who tried making her one of their slaves five years ago. He was far more uglier than the last time she saw him and his head was still covered in tattoos. His eye patch covered his left eye.
"Hello, girly," he said to her, grinning more. His left hand had her pinned down while in his hand was a long jagged dagger. "Remember me?"
Wendy tried wiggling away from him but he held a firm grip on her. He pressed the knife close to her neck. At the corner of her eye, she saw more grunts surrounding them and saw Horologium being surrounded as well.
"Since your little eagle friend isn't here this time, you'll become a slave!" the leader snarled in her ear.
Wendy wanted to attack but she couldn't feel the strength to use her magic rise up inside of her. Her whole body was still shaking and she felt more frightened than she was the last time. The leader pulled his other hand away from Wendy but pressed his leg down against her chest, causing her to scream. He grabbed hold of her face and forced her mouth open, brining his knife close to her tongue.
"Open! Gate of the bull! Taurus!"
"MOOOO!"
Next thing Wendy knew, the grunt leader and a few of his grunts was sent flying away by Taurus, one of Lucy's celestial spirits. She quickly got to her feet and ran over to Lucy where Horologium was long gone and Lucy was stood there, ready to battle with her eyes narrowed in rage.
"T-Thanks Lucy-chan!" Wendy said, staying close to Lucy as more grunts begun to surround them.
"You're welcome, Wendy," Lucy replied, pulling out her whip. "Are you okay?"
"H-Hai!"
Two of the grunts ran towards Wendy and this time, Wendy fought back. She absorbed the air into her mouth and swallowed it down.
"Roar of the sky dragon!"
A large tornado like roar came out from her mouth and collided with the grunts, sending them flying. Taurus struck a few grunts with his axe and sent them flying, while giving complements about how good her body looks in the snow. Lucy pulled out Fleuve d'étoiles and struck at the grunts with powerful blows.
Taurus vanished and Lucy put away the key, she then pulled out Scoprio's key and held it in front of her. "Open! Gate of the scorpion! Scorpio!"
A magic circle appeared in front of her key then in a puff of smoke, Virgo appeared.
"Punishment, princess?" the maiden asked.
"E-EH? W-Where's Scorpio?" Lucy asked shockingly.
"On a date with Aquarius," Virgo replied, looking at the grunts heading towards her. "Shall I handle them, Princess?"
Lucy nodded and a second later, half of the grunts were lying in deep pits where they were dazed from the fall. Wendy was about to release another Roar of the sky dragon when all of her energy drained away and someone grabbed her by her neck. Turning her head slightly, Wendy managed to see the grunt leader holding her, a large bruise on his face.
"Make your spirit go before I harm this little girl!" he shouted to Lucy, glaring at her. Wendy kicked at the man, trying desperately to breath. "Or better yet, before I kill her!"
Lucy glared at the man, but made Virgo go back to the Spirit world. She kept her whip at the ready.
Suddenly, one of the grunts grabbed hold of Lucy and slammed her into the ground. He grabbed her blond hair and sneered at her. One of the grunts had a tight grip onto Carla.
"You're pretty tough for a celestial mage," the grunt said loudly so Wendy and all the other grunts could hear. "You'll cost a lot in the slave market. But first..."
A purple circle appeared underneath Lucy and Wendy watched in horror as the celestial mage screamed in pain and begun to trash about.
"Lucy-san!" Wendy shouted but the leader slammed his fist into her face.
"Shut it, brat!" the leader growled, watching as Lucy was tortured.
Wendy watched as Lucy trashed more and more in pain. She knew the grunt was using pain magic, a banned type of magic that causes unbearable pain to the victim. She had to help Lucy but she couldn't move at all. She was weak, she couldn't protect her own friend because she was small and weak.
A tear fell from Wendy's eye and fell onto the eagle pendant around her neck. The eyes of the small silver eagle suddenly glowed golden. Wendy tried not to cry but was soon sobbing at the thought she couldn't help Lucy.
Someone... please... help Lucy...
The leader, hearing Wendy's sobs, tightened his grip around Wendy's neck and held her into the air, glaring at her darkly.
"I said, SHUT UP"
He slammed Wendy into the ground before sending punches at her repeatedly without stopping. Each punch collided with Wendy and the young slayer felt more and more pain shoot through her body. The leader picked up his knife and brought it down at Wendy.
"Feathers of the great sky eagle!"
Razor sharp feathers collided with the leader, forcing him to release his grip on Wendy as they pierced into his skin. Wendy collided with the ground and watched as more feathers collided with the grunts, causing them to scream in agony as their skins were pierced. The grunt that was torturing Lucy stopped and ran for his life. Wendy ran over to Lucy and knelt next to the celestial spirit mage.
Her body looked unharmed but Lucy was unconscious, she was still breathing but it was quite faint. Wendy looked around, wondering where the feathers came from, the voice she heard sounded familiar to her. Around her, the grunts got to their feet, grey feathers stuck in their arms or legs.
Something caught her eye and Wendy looked behind her and up at a small cliff that was above the small lake. Standing on top of it was two people. One was wearing a black suit while the other wore a familiar grey and golden sari.
"A-Aura-san...!" Wendy whispered as Carla came flying towards her.
Aura was glaring down at the grunts. Her golden eyes widened in rage and fury. Her blonde hair whipped about in the wind furiously and made her look more frightening. She looked as though she hadn't aged at all, she was at the same height and her face was the same. Aura even wore the same sari, bandages, trousers and sandals. The grey eagle feather was tucked behind her ear.
Next to her was a tall twenty year old boy with dark brown hair that reached halfway down his neck. His rich purple eyes were looking down at the grunts from behind a pair of glasses, his skin was paler than Aura's. He wore a black suit and a purple tie.
"C-Crap! It's her! The great sky eagle rider!" one of the grunts shouted, nursing his injured arm.
The grunt leader smirked. "So you finally decided to face us again, Eagle rider!"
"I remember you..." Aura called to him, her voice burned with hatred. "I told you not to harm this girl but you failed...!"
She turned to the man next to her. "Kurai. Take down the grunts then make sure Wendy and that girl is okay. I'll deal with the leader."
The man nodded and the two of them leaped off the cliff and charged at the grunts swiftly. Wendy watched as the brown headed man leaped at the grunts.
"Demon weapon transformation: Demon iron bats!"
His arms suddenly glowed pure white and turned into long metal bats. He landed on the ground and swung his arm at the grunt, slamming his chest. The grunt fell but the man kept on going, he continued to slam his arms at the grunts, knocking them unconscious as he ran past them.
"You'll pay for what you did!"
Wendy turned her attention back to Aura as she aimed a punch at the leader. He quickly leaped to the left and swung his fist at Aura who grabbed it. Aura, despite looking small and thin, swung the man towards the cliff then absorbed some of the air in front of her.
"Cry of the sky eagle!"
Aura released a powerful tornado straight from her mouth and it collided with the leader, sending him crashing into the cliffside. The leader got up from where he was and glared at Aura, he raised his fists and became surrounded by a red aura. Rocks around him levitated into the air as the leader glared at her.
"Now I'm ANGRY!" he bellowed, pointing his hands at Aura.
The rocks shot towards Aura but she made no attempt to dodge or strike at the rocks. She just remained standing, her eyes closed and a small smile fixed on her face.
"Aura-san, look out!" Wendy shouted.
The man appeared next to Wendy and placed his hand on her shoulder. Wendy looked at him then back to Aura.
"All of you, cover your ears..." Aura said to them quietly, keeping her eyes closed. "This might deafen you."
Without hesitating, Wendy, Carla and the man- Kurai- covered their ears. Aura opened her mouth and begun to absorb air into her mouth before swallowing it down in one gulp. She slammed her fists together before lifting her head back, a grey transparent magic circle with an eagle head appearing in front of her.
"Screech... of the great sky eagle!"
Aura threw her head forward and released a powerful beam of sound from her mouth. A loud eagle cry echoed around them and the beam travelled towards the grunt leader, destroying the rocks as they went. The leader tried to run but was clinging to his ears to drown out the cry. The beam collided with him and sent him flying into a wall. He broke away from the cliff and landed on the ground, knocked out. The loud eagle cry vanished and all three of them removed their hands from their ears.
Aura wiped her mouth and sighed before turning to Kurai, Wendy, Lucy and Carla. Wendy stared at her, her mouth wide open from the move and her eyes filled with tears. With a warm smile, Aura approached Wendy and knelt in front of Wendy.
"Hey Wendy, long time to seek" she said to her, smiling warmly. "Are you okay?"
Wendy nodded, too speechless to speak. Aura spotted Lucy and went over to her.
Wendy and Carla watching as Aura knelt down and held her hands in front of her and above Lucy. Kurai helped Wendy to her feet.
"Eagle rider technique: Eagle's call" Aura said.
A tornado surrounded her hands and a bright white light came from them, casting itself down onto Lucy. Wendy watched as Lucy begun to heal. After a few minutes, Aura stopped and stood up, Lucy opened her eyes and looked at Aura and Kurai.
"W-who are you two?" Lucy asked as Wendy and Carla helped her to her feet.
"My name is Kurai Sāberu," Kurai replied, shifting his glasses slightly. "I am a demon weapon transformation and teleportation mage."
"My name is Aura. I'm the last great eagle riders in Fiore," Aura answered shifting her sari slightly. "It's nice to meet you, and nice to see you again, Wendy."
Lucy and Carla turned to Wendy, looking surprised. "You know her?"
Wendy nodded and explained to them about the same grunts that attacked her five years ago. She held her eagle pendant tightly and looked at Aura as she begun to heal her, she felt all of her pain vanish and felt warm and relieved to be safe. Yet, she couldn't help but wonder why Aura was here after all these years
"Why are you here, Aura-san?" Wendy asked curiously, gazing up at Aura.
"When your tear fell onto the eagle pendant, I felt your fear and both me and Kurai came here to save you," Aura replied, her sari swaying calmly in the wind. She looked as though she didn't mind the weather. "Kurai managed to teleport us to you and I have to say, we chosen quite a good time to arrive here."
Suddenly Wendy ran up to Aura and hugged her tightly. Aura blinked and looked down at the sky dragon slayer before hugging her back, smiling warmly.
"I missed you, Aura-san!" Wendy said as tears begun to appear in her eyes.
Aura smiled more. "I missed you as well. Has the eagle pendant been useful to you?"
Wendy pulled away and nodded, smiling. "It helped me many times, back when Lucy-san and the others helped me back at Cait Shelte. I got lost but it helped me find Lucy and the others."
Aura smiled and released Wendy. "Good."
Lucy then remembered. "Oh yeah, we need to find a Silver flower. We already have four but we can't find another one."
Kurai suddenly blinked and dug into one of the pockets of his jacket. He pulled out a small flower that was a bright silver colour and handed it to Lucy. "I guess it's a good thing I got this from one of the grunts. You can have it."
Lucy took it. "Thank you, Kurai. My name is Lucy Heartfila, I'm a member of Fairy Tail."
Aura and Kurai stared at her, causing Lucy to back away slightly. "W-Was it something I said?"
"Fairy Tail? That's the guild we're both heading to!" both Aura and Kurai said at the same time.
"How about you join me and Lucy-san, we are both mages there!" Wendy said to Aura and Kurai happily. "We just need to hand these flowers to a man in Riverflower village then we're off to the guild, you can join us for the journey!"
Kurai and Aura looked at each other and nodded. They turned back to Wendy.
"Sure!" Kurai replied, brushing snow off his suit. "But it looks like we'll have to be getting train, Aura."
"I thought you could teleport?" Carla asked, looking at Kurai suspiciously.
"I can but I need to have a clear image of the location in my head to teleport there," Kurai explained, looking slightly disappointed. "I managed to teleport here because we've been here before and Aura managed to sniff out that you was here with her enhanced sense of smell."
Aura nodded and begun to head down the trail. "Well. We should get going then. We don't want to end up with colds, do we?"
Lucy, Wendy, Carla and Kurai nodded and walked over to her and the five of them setted off down the mountain to give the flowers to the man then head back to the Fairy Tail guild. Wendy felt more happier than she ever was. Aura, the Aura she always looked up to since she was young, was with her and was possibly joining Fairy Tail. All that Wendy felt like doing was skipping down the mountain and screaming her heart out to the sky in joy. Aura looked over at Wendy and smiled, knowing she made the little girl's day better.
And that's the end of chapter one of 'Rise of the Enders'. Aura and Wendy are back together and Aura has a friend, Kurai Sāberu. Also, who was that ginger boy entering the guild? What will happen next? WHY AM I ASKING QUESTIONS TO MYSELF?
Aura: Yolo.
Me: Nicely said, Aura, nicely said. Anyway. Don't forget to R&R and see ya laterr!
Happy: Aye sir!
Me: You're not in this chapter, stupid cat! -kicks Happy out of the chapter-
Happy: AYEEEE SIIIIIRRRRrrrrrr... -twinkle-
