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~ Inside Fairy Tail's Guildhall ~

~ Cana's POV ~

The Fairy Tail Guildhall is half-filled with Fairy Tail Wizards trying to get an early start with either their breakfast, getting over a hang over, planning to drink more, and/or picking up job requests to earn more Jewels. Cana walks into the Guildhall's entrance and then heads to the bar, wearing a completely different outfit than she usually does, catching more than a few eyes from the males within the Guildhall. She usually wore outfits that accentuated too much of her body and revealed too much cleavage of her ample chest that left little to none of the imagination. This time, however, she wore a yellow long-sleeved t-shirt with a picture emblem; of a silver sword covered in small red and yellow magic circles, in the front of her shirt. It pointed down and diagonally across her shirt from her right collar bone to the left side of her toned belly. She also wore an open and normal looking black leather jacket whose sleeves only reached up to her elbows. It had pockets which stored her numerous decks of Magic Cards, but they looked like they were empty from the outside. In truth, they were filled to the brim with her different arsenal of Magic Cards. On the bottom portion of her body, she wore a faded blue miniskirt that reached 2 inches above her knees. She had a brown leather belt on that held a leather case filled with her main deck of Magic Card Shuriken. She wore sea-foam colored stockings with the ace of spades designs and imprints on it and on her feet she wore black and white sneakers. Inside this outfit, she wore a black brassiere with matching underwear. She still wore her three simple round metal bracelets on her right wrist. She had her wallet in the front-right pocket of her miniskirt. She left her usual blue shoulder bag in her dorm room at Fairy Hills, not feeling like she'd need it today. This outfit looked amazing on her, but she didn't know for sure how good it looked. Her hair was down and she only brushed it for a few minutes. She had a smile on her face as she walked to the bar to greet Mira, but this was a strained smile.

Mirajane was wearing her usual maroon dress and pleated skirt. I don't think anyone would ever get tired of her outfit and her bright smile. It's one of the only things that brightened up and energized everyone in the Guildhall in the morning, besides her delicious cooking and kind personality.

'Damn those Fairies for making me wear this outfit. I do admit that it's form fitting, and I look alright in it, but what's with these sneakers, like really? I'd rather be wearing my heels.', Cana thought to herself as she walked over to the bar to talk to Mira and order some breakfast. Cana sat down on an empty seat at the bar and waited until Mirajane went over to her.

"Hey Cana, Good morning.", said Mirajane with her signature smile that seemed to brighten the bar as well as the Guildhall itself. "I love your new outfit."

"Hey Mira, Good morning to you too.", replied Cana with a soft and real smile. "And thanks. I'm sure you know who fixed this outfit for me.", implied Cana with a slight smirk and hidden annoyance evident on her face.

"Yeah, I know. Those three are good, because that outfit looks killer on you. It doesn't reveal as much as your usual outfits do, but they accentuate your curves really well and your legs look amazing. I have to ask those three where they got those stockings.", said Mirajane with much more enthusiasm than necessary.

"I really didn't know that this outfit looked as good as you described it.", said Cana looking confused. Cana then smirked before asking, "Are you jealous?'

"It looks way better than I described it, and yes I am, a little. You're such a lucky girl.", said Mira as she turned and scoped out the entire Guildhall before looking back at Cana. "You seem to have admirers all around. The outfit and the way you're wearing it seems to be the deciding factor."

A slight blush appeared on Cana's cheeks. "Ahhh be quiet Mira." Cana's smile was getting brighter. She avoided turning around to look back and find out which of her Fairy Tail Guildmates and how many of them were checking her out. She felt numerous pairs of eyes staring at her, but she just didn't know who they belonged to. Cana looked at Mira and asked her, "Can I please order now?"

"Hmph, avoiding this conversation I see. That's fine. And yeah, sure, what'll you have?", replied Mira with her unwavering signature smile. "Will it be your usual?"

"No thanks. I feel like ordering a new breakfast meal.", said Cana with a smirk. "I'll have a small glass of martini, an egg and cheese sandwich, and some waffle fries."

"That's an interesting order, coming from you. I'll have it out for you in 5 to 10 minutes." Mira was about to walk into the kitchen before she turned around with a smile and said, "Our conversation isn't over, not by a long shot."

Cana watched as Mira waltzed into the kitchen and then she looked around the Guildhall because she had nothing else to do. She wasn't focusing on sensing anyone's magical pressures as well as who they were, but she started to notice how this type of ability was as natural to her as breathing. She didn't control it, but it was more like it just happens out of necessity or normality. It's as if she just needed to do it because it was a part of life and it was necessary for her survival. She sensed a very strong magical presence coming near her. A warm yet cold as metal presence of magic, and she knew right away that Erza was approaching her. She turned her head to the right and spotted Titania Erza heading towards the seat next to her. Erza was dressed in her sleeveless white blouse with a blue bow closing up the collar, blue pleated skirt, and black boots. 'She's not wearing her Heart Kreuz armor today. She must be feeling very relaxed this morning.' If Cana had payed attention, then she would've sensed another strong magical presence behind Erza, but she didn't pay it any mind. She thought it was only coming from Erza, in truth it wasn't. She would soon curse at herself for making a mistake like this later on. Granted that Erza did have a very powerful magical pressure, but whomever was hiding behind her magical pressure to conceal their own, was clever. They clearly didn't want anyone to notice them... anyone like Cana, Mira, or Master Makarov at least.

Cana smiled and waved at Erza before saying, "Morning Erza, what brings you here?"

"Morning to you too Cana.", replied Erza with an air of authority yet calm-headed coolness and grace. Erza joined her at the bar. "Where's Mira? I want to order my usual."

"She's in the kitchen fulfilling breakfast orders.", answered Cana while gesturing towards the kitchen.

"Ahhh, I see. I shall wait for her to come back then." Erza turned towards Cana. "I'm guessing that you ordered your usual as well."

"I'm sorry to disappoint, but I ordered something else.", said Cana with a small smile.

Erza's face now had a questioning and curious look about it. "How about your usual morning barrel of beer?"

"Nah, not today. I ordered a martini instead."

"Hmmmm... that's not like you at all, but okay.", said Erza growing curious but didn't want it to show. 'There's something odd going on. She always drinks in the morning. I'll find out what's with her later. I should probably change the subject quickly. Subtlety might help me find out about her sudden changes, but I could be wrong. Maybe she's just changing her pace...', Erza thought quickly to herself. "I like your outfit. Nice choice."

"Well, I felt like a change was needed.", said Cana with a light smirk as she lied to a friend. 'Man, I hate lying. This is the obvious downside of the choice I made. Lying and feeling guilty and crappy about it afterwards.' "And thanks. I thought a new outfit would help me for the coming months ahead." Cana silently cursed to herself inwardly. 'Damn it, I can't believe I let that one slip out.'

One of Erza's eyebrows were now raised as she looked more curious than she did a few seconds ago. "What do you mean by that?"

"What I meant by that is that I've decided that I needed to train myself more. I'm still not an S-Class Wizard like you, Mira, Laxus, and my dad. I've still got goals, you know that? And I've figured that it'll take me more than a few months to get stronger or at least as strong as one of you.", said Cana with an honest smile. 'At least that part wasn't a total lie. I do plan to be an S-Class Wizard like them. I just can't reveal the whole truth as to how I'm gonna go about it with my training and all.'

A smile appeared on Erza's face. "That's great." A twinkle appeared on Erza's eyes. "Do you need help with your training? If you do, then I'd be happy to help you out." Erza grabbed Cana's hands and looked her straight in the eyes; the twinkling in her eyes growing more brightly by the second. "I'd be very happy to help out."

Cana's smile got a little bit brighter due to Erza's sudden reaction. "When I need help, then you'll be the 1st one I'll ask. I promise." Cana thought to herself, 'I would've said no two days ago, but due to my situation, I think Erza's help would be very helpful. She's the strongest female Wizard in Fairy Tail next to Mira. Why wouldn't I accept her help? She's a fellow Guildmate and a very trustworthy and reliable friend. Maybe I'll tell her later about my situation. It won't hurt if I tell her. If I can't trust Erza like I trust Lucy, Mira, Master, and my dad, then who can I trust?'

"I'm glad to hear that." Erza then let go of Cana's hands and readjusted herself in her seat with an infectious bright smile on her face while swinging her legs.

'It's decided. I'll tell her my secret. I think the Fairies won't mind anyway. They can teach me magic and whatever else they need to teach me and Erza will help me with combat. She's an expert in it. She won't take it easy on me. And she can keep a secret. I think I'm getting way too excited about this, but why shouldn't I be? I'm learning from Fairies and Titania Erza will be my sparring partner. This is getting more exciting by the day.', thought Cana while she too readjusted herself on her seat and looked towards the kitchen door. 'I just hope Erza won't kill me though... she is pretty strong. I'm sure that she can control herself. At least I hope she can.'

Erza and Cana looked towards the kitchen door waiting for Mirajane to appear. After a few more minutes, Mirajane appears from the kitchen holding plates filled with food and starts handing them out to her patrons who ordered 1st. She then starts handing them out their drinks, and then goes back inside the kitchen and then immediately exits with more plates of food to hand out. After two trips back and forth from the kitchen and handing her Guildmates their drinks that came with their food order, she was now heading towards where Erza and Cana sat at the bar with a plate of food and a small glass of martini for Cana. Cana could feel her stomach grumble in anticipation for her breakfast.

"Here's your food and drink Cana. Would you like anything else?", asked Mira with a smile as she put Cana's order and drink in front of the eager and hungry young woman.

"Thanks Mira. And no, that should be all.", finished Cana with a smile. "Oh, Erza here would like to order.", Cana gestured towards the red-headed powerhouse that sat next to her before she picked up the utensils that sat on top of her plate, next to her food, and ate with gusto.

"You're very welcome.", replied Mira before turning to Erza. "So, Erza what'll it be?

"I'll have my usual.", said Erza. Her stomach, however, grumbled loudly in protest after her words escaped her lips. A light blush now coated her cheeks as she looked down while softly saying, "Can you double my usual order, please."

Mira replied in earnest with a smile. "You've got it. I'll be back soon." 'Erza must be really hungry this morning.', thought Mirajane. 'I guess a plate of jasmine rice, shrimp lo mien, and cheese wontons plus a plate of a 1/8 slice of strawberry cake, and a tall glass of strawberry milkshake won't be able to satisfy her appetite. Doubling it won't hurt. That's what she ordered anyway.' Mira headed back towards the kitchen to prepare Erza's order.

"You must be really hungry?", said Cana with a light smile as she drank her martini in one go.

"I don't know why, but I am this morning.", replied Erza with a light tinge of red on her cheeks. Erza looked towards Cana and was surprised to see that her plate of food was finished already. 'Did she just finish her food in less than 2 minutes?' Before Erza could ask or say anything, Cana stood up from her chair and put down a 20 Jewel bill next to her finished plate and empty glass.

"Well I was hungry too. As you can tell.", said Cana with a smile. "I'll see you later. I've got somewhere to be."

Cana looks around and spots the clock, but the time on it made her smile disappear. "Crap, I'm almost late."

"Huh?", asked Erza as she too looked at the clock above the job request board. "Late for what?"

Cana never heard Erza's question, because she was already outside the Guildhall, sprinting towards the forest near Magnolia. If Cana actually looked closer at the clock, she would've and should've noticed that the 1st clock hand that pointed to 9 was an illusion that quickly dissipated, revealing that the 1st clock hand was actually pointing to 8. The 2nd clock hand was the real one and it pointed to the 45 minute mark. Cana wasn't late, not at all.

A small unidentified figure wearing a dress and hovering next to the clock, her golden wings; of which looked akin to those of a butterfly's, was chuckling to herself. She then sighed as her chuckling died down before she said to herself, "Cana is so easy to fool. Training her is going to be loads of fun."

~ In The Meeting/Training Area In The Deeper Part Of The Forest Near Magnolia ~

~ Cana's POV ~

Cana was holding her sides, her legs were sore, her breathing was ragged, and her skin was coated in a blanket of sweat. She just sprinted to the meeting/training area without stopping. And now here she was, trying to catch her breath, each intake of air cooling the burning in her lungs.

After catching her breath, Cana looked around, but she didn't see Kye, Echo, or Breeze anywhere. 'What the hell!? Where are they? I thought they said 10AM.'

"HELLO!... Kye!... Breeze!... Echo!... Where are you?!", exclaimed Cana as she walked around the clearing trying to find her Fairy trainers. "Isn't it time for my training?! Where are you three!?"

Cana stops her searching and ends up just sitting in the middle of the clearing, feeling pissed off, upset, confused, and angry, as well as tired and annoyed. 'They're supposed to be here. Where in Magnolia are they, If I see those three, I'm gonna-...'

Cana's train of thought were interrupted by an annoying ringing in her ears and a hum of power coming from around her. Cana swiftly stood up and took out her main deck of Magic Card Shuriken, holding it with her left hand while her right held 4 at the ready. Cana focused and cleared her mind, as she tried to sense if there were any magical pressures near her. She felt three strong magical pressures around her, accompanied by a dozen and a half of weaker magical pressures. 'What's going on?'

As if to ask the question that she herself asked internally, a powerful disembodied voice; that Cana suspected belonged to a woman, said, "Welcome Cana Alberona of Fairy Tail, Future Fairy Valkyrie, Daughter of Cornelia and Gildarts. Your Fairy instructors/trainers are here today with a special treat for you. This is a special training session that tests your abilities in a fight where you'll be clearly outnumbered. Anything goes, you can even call your Guildmates for help, but will you be able to have time to call any of them... we'll just see... Your instructors will reveal themselves once your training session is complete. Have fun, in 3... 2..."

'This doesn't sound good.', Cana quickly thought to herself as she scanned the area around her.

"1. This training session will start, NOW!"

As if on cue, numerous figures clad in glowing white and yellow armor, holding an assortment of weapons that ranged from medieval to barbarian and glowed both white or yellow, appeared behind the trees and slowly approached her. She could see that their armor resembled what knights wore back in the olden days. The only skin they showed were the parts of their faces where their helmets weren't blocking their view. Their eyes glowed silver, their skin was as white as snow, they were radiating magic power, but it was weak. Their individual magical pressures could add up to a quarter of the magical pressure of an average Guild Wizard. Cana wasn't going to underestimate these things though, because

#1- They looked very intimidating.

#2- They outnumbered her by a lot.

#3- She doesn't know how fast they are or how strong they are.

#4- They towered over her by at least 3 feet.

And #5- With all her years spent in Fairy Tail and completing job requests, she found out early on not to underestimate her opponents, whether they be enemy Wizards, monsters, etc.

The 1st group of half a dozen knights charged at her, wielding tower shields on their left and great-swords on their right, their glowing swords raised high, ready to strike her down, and their shields raised in front of them, ready to defend themselves against her attacks.

Cana didn't waste anytime when she sprung into action, throwing her Magic Card Shuriken at the knight in front of her. The knight blocked all 4 of her shuriken, her cards piercing the front of its shield and stuck to it, and as if it got an energy boost, the knight moved even faster than before.

'That's interesting.', thought Cana as she sprinted towards the faster knight and used its shield as a springboard and launched herself backwards and through the air, avoiding the diagonal downward slash by a fraction of a centimeter, and landed elegantly behind another knight that was approaching from her back a few moments ago. The knights all turned around to face her and charged her once again.

Cana placed her deck of Magic Card Shuriken back in the case on her belt while she ran around the 6 knights, dodging and weaving through their attacks, making sure not to get stabbed or slashed by the glowing and sharp-looking blades. As Cana ran around them, she took out a few of her Magic Cards from the pockets of her black leather jacket, scanned through them really quickly while dodging a couple of horizontal sword slashes and smirked at her luck. She swapped her cards between her hands, leaving three on her right, while holding the rest in her left hand. Cana dodged a sword thrust, and combat rolled to avoid a shield bash to her face. When she found herself in a considerably safe distance from the knights, she placed her right hand in front of her, holding her combination of Magic Cards, and shouted,

"Lightning,

Reverse Tower,

Lovers,

Jolt of Fate!"

After those words left her mouth, a massive bolt of lightning struck all the 6 knights in front of her.

A victorious smirk appeared on her face when the knights stopped moving and just stood there, smoke rising from them. As the smoke dissipated, the knight's swords started glowing an electric blue color, and Cana's smirk swiftly turned into a worrisome frown. The 6 knights started moving once again, with more purpose in their strides and an increase in speed in their movements, making Cana step back and throw the Magic Cards that she used to cast her spell at them. As her cards struck and bounced uselessly against the knight's shields, she pocketed the unused Magic Cards that she held in her left hand and evaded a thrust, an over-hand downward strike, and a couple of horizontal strikes, but she was flung back to a tree by a swinging shield bash that collided with her left side, her back striking the trunk of a tree painfully.

'They've got to have a weakness. What am I missing?', Cana asked herself inwardly as she recovered from the collisions and combat rolled away from three downward vertical strikes that would have trisected her completely. 'A physical attack increases their speed, an elemental magic attack increases their speed and by the way their swords are glowing, it also grants them that element's affinity and power.' Cana took out a few of her Magic Cards while ducking to avoid a thrust that impaled the tree behind her. She then ran between 2 knights who instead of striking her with a diagonal sword slash, struck each other with their attacks. When Cana looked back to see what happened over her shoulder, the 2 knights who accidentally attacked each other started glowing and they then crumpled and disintegrated into 2 piles of silver dust.

'Huh? That could be useful. It looks like their weapons can obviously cripple themselves and turn them into that... whatever that is.' Cana looked at the 4 other knights who were charging at her without relenting. 'I wonder why only 6 were after me. Now only 4, while those others are just standing outside the clearing of the forest. What are they doing, studying me?', she asked herself as she scanned the cards she took out of her pockets while she back-stepped twice to avoid three continuous sword slashes and side-steeped to avoid being impaled by two more glowing blades.

'Are they trying to combo-attack now? Are they learning?' Cana kept asking herself these questions as she avoided another sword thrust, but the 2nd one that came from her right flank grazed her right forearm, making her drop a few of her cards that she held. Cana cursed and rolled away from being kicked by one of her opponents and avoided a horizontal slash, but she didn't expect it to be a faint. She dodged the attack, but was met with the cross-guard of the blade that collided with her cheek, the attack sent her flying a few meters off the ground, colliding with the grassy clearing of the ground in a painful roll.

She saw black spots swimming in her vision, she felt her right forearm bleeding a little bit, thanking herself that it was only a flesh wound, and her left cheek and jaw felt sore. Her body still ached from the collision with one of the knight's shield and the trunk of a tree from earlier. 'If this is my 2nd day of training, I fear for the coming days ahead.', she thought to herself. 'This is going to be more annoying! I just know it.' Cana quickly got up, stumbling a little until she righted herself up, and rolled away before being impaled to the ground. A kick was coming her way and she shifted her body a little and lowered herself in her stance to avoid it by a few centimeters. She noticed that she was no longer holding any of her cards on either of her hands, having released it involuntarily thanks to the impact that sent her flying earlier.

Cana ran away, thanking herself that her legs were still intact, since speed is one of the things that has helped her survive this encounter so far.

Cana ducked under a sword strike, slid under one of the knights, and avoided a shield bash with a timed combat roll. Having put enough distance between herself and her opponents, as well as the unused Magic Cards that were strewn about the battlefield, she shouted while holding both her hands out,

"Activate,

Two Lovers,

Explosion,

Reverse Tower,

Mirror Of Ice,

Wind's Edge,

Sleep,

And Prayer's Fountain!"

Instantly, a burst of flames exploded from one of the cards that was under one of the knights and engulfed it in flames, two cards released a pink hazy smoke that did nothing and disappeared, the ground near one of the knights of whom was standing on one of the cards, shifted a little and the knight stumbled and fell to the ground; its balance interrupted and prompting it to fall flat on its face, a tall mirror of ice appeared from one of the cards behind one of the still standing and approaching knights; making it turn around as it was distracted by its appearance and the knight immediately attacked the ice, a sudden gust of wind shot out from a card and made one of the other knights as well as the branches of the trees near it stagger and move, one of the cards released a purple hazy smoke that disappeared into the wind, and the last card releases several beams of water that strikes in all directions; hitting the distracted knight, staggering the wind-swept knight, making the knight who was trying to get up fall back down, and dousing the flames that engulfed the other knight.

'I'm glad I remembered which of the cards I dropped earlier. I was hoping for a combined magic attack, but I guess the cards were just too far away from each other to have that effect.' Cana stood still, looking at the knights and surveying their weapons. The knight who was engulfed in flames and struck by a jet of water afterwards, was now a pile of silver dust. The knight who fell flat on his face and slipped in water was getting back up, using its sword and shield as supports. That one's sword is still electric blue. The distracted knight's sword was now glowing aquamarine. The wind-swept knight's blade now glowed gray.

'It looks like hitting them with 2 elements at once works well, but now these 3 have lighting, water, and wind magic swords. Crap.' Cana was only given a second or two to catch her breathe, before the knights attacked her once again. The trio tossed their shields away and held their swords with both hands, aiming the tips of their blades at her. 'That looks... interesting. They're changing tactics... again.'

The trio of knights continuously slashed at her with a myriad of fatal strikes that she barely managed to dodge. One of the knight's swords grazed her arm, a surge of electricity ran through her body, reminding her of one of Laxus's lightning spells. As she was trying to recover from the attack while dodging and evading more slashes and thrusts, the knight with a glowing gray sword raised its blade high into the air, preparing for a powerful downward strike. Cana decided on a whim to hide behind a tree near one of the knights on standby, her whim proved to be true, because the knight's downward strike released a strong gray wind of magic energy that destroyed half of the tree that she hid behind.

As she ran behind another tree to avoid yet another attempt at her life through impalement, she took out her main deck of Magic Card Shuriken and held 4 on her right, ready to try something new that she just thought of. She ran towards the trio and threw a volley of cards, stopping them in their tracks. Without their shields to defend themselves, they were reduced to parrying the volley of projectiles that speeded towards them. They only managed to parry and deflect a few while the rest pierced their armor. The knight with the sword that glowed electric blue had 7 cards stuck on him. The knight with the glowing gray sword had 8 stuck on his armor, most on his chest plate, and the last of the trio had 5 stuck to his armor. While she was throwing her Card Shuriken at the knights, she did notice how the knights defended their heads more than anything. Not just their heads, but the area where their helmets weren't covering their faces. 'Their faces! OF COURSE! Why didn't I think of that?'

Her discovery of their weakness gave her a boost of energy and confidence. The knights moved to attack her once again, thinking that she was done with her attempt at defeating them. Cana pocketed her deck of Magic Card Shuriken, reduced to 2/3 of their original amount. 'Here goes nothing. Let's hope this works.' Cana evades more sword strikes while taking out 6 Explosion Cards from one of the pockets of her leather jacket and waits for the right time to attack, readying 3 on each of her hands.

She found the right opportunity after jumping over a low horizontal sword swipe, and rolling away from a double impalement. She swiftly and accurately threw 3 of her Explosion Cards at the vulnerable faces of the knights, and when they struck and pierced their faces, the cards exploded in a brilliant display of magic flames. Cana backed away from the fiery display, watching the results of her handy work while catching her breathe. The flames engulfed the trio and reduced them to nothing but piles of silver dust.

'That was fun.', thought Cana as she wiped a few beads of sweat from her brow. 'Wait... that's right. There's still more of them.'

Cana slowly walked over to the center of the clearing, still holding 3 unused Explosion Cards on her left hand and taking out 3 more Explosion Cards and readying them on her right hand. After a few more seconds, a dozen knights walked out and approached her slowly, their weapons at the ready.

"A dozen! REALLY!", exclaimed Cana, her anger showing itself. 'It took me a while to take out six! Now I've got double that amount.' *sigh* 'I better call in a few friends.'

Cana took out her Natsu, Gray, Levy, and Gajeel Call Cards with her right hand while she held her 6 Explosion Cards on her left hand. As she was about to call 4 of her Guildmates and friends of whom she suspected weren't doing anything at the moment, her Call Cards were destroyed by 4 glowing yellow arrows, making her drop them uselessly to the forest floor. "Shit!", Cana exclaimed as she surveyed the dozen knights that were approaching her from all sides, looking at their weapons. 'That's what I get for being careless... Damn it!'

The knights she fought before all had the same weapons, but these knights were sporting weapons that made her swallow the lump in her throat in frustration and anxiousness. A pair of knights held medieval halberds, the next pair held bows with quivers filled with arrows strapped to their backs, another pair held battle axes in both hands, the pair next to them held lances, the next pair held long and curved scimitars in each hand, and the last pair held twin swords in both hands. "What the hell!?", she exclaimed loudly as she ran towards the pair holding twin swords. They were the only ones with the only mid-range to short-range weapons, so she decided then and there to get rid of the pair before trying to call her Guildmates. Taking care of them will hopefully give her time to create some distance between herself and the others, and this pair would be the only one trying to get in close while the others could try to kill her from a long-distance, making them easier to avoid for her. She figured that she doesn't need to get in close to get rid of the rest, since she's originally a mid-range to long-range Holder-type Wizard in the 1st place.

The pair of knights tried to cut her with their twin swords, but as the blades were about to strike her, she combat rolled towards the knight to the left, avoiding the attacks as she got in close to the knight. She wanted to end this pair quickly, so she took a chance and leaped up, using the knight's knees as a stepping stone, and jumped in close to its face, stabbing it between the eyes with one of her of Explosion Cards. After the daredevil act, she didn't waste any time as she planted both of her feet on its chest while holding onto its chest plate and immediately jumped backwards towards its counterpart, narrowly avoiding both the twin swords from the knight behind her as they stabbed and pierced the armor of the knight she stabbed between the eyes.

The Explosion Card burst into flames and engulfed the knight in front of her with its dangerous magic fire. The flames almost singed off her eyebrows as she jumped backwards. Cana was glad that she wasn't caught up in the radius of the flames that she caused. Her back collided with the chest plate of the knight behind her, and she instinctively pulled up her empty right hand and grabbed onto the knight's chest plate. With her back to the last twin sword wielding knight and her feet off the ground since she was holding onto it, she looked up and saw its face, her target was trying to free its twin swords from its burning ally, but to no avail. Cana smirked as she planted her feet to its chest plate, jumped to get some speed and increase her reach, and finally, she stabbed the knight's cheek with one of the 5 Explosion Cards that she held on her left hand.

Cana then let go of the knight, and rolled away as another one of her cards burst into magical flames that engulfed the knight completely. She felt the heat from the flames and didn't pay it any mind. Seeing numerous projectiles heading her way, she ducked and combat rolled away until she was safe in the mean time, behind some trees. Avoiding the archer knights that didn't suppress their attacks.

!WA-FWIT! !WA-FWIT! !WA-FWIT! !WA-FWIT! !WA-FWIT!

'Did those bow wielding knights stop attacking me since they didn't want to hurt their allies? They know about friendly fire? These things may be smarter than I gave them credit for.', Cana through to herself as she ducked and hid behind more trees. She kept hearing arrow after arrow pierce the trees that she hid behind. These things were persistent and they didn't show any signs of relenting. Cana pocketed her 4 Explosion Cards with her main deck of Magic Card Shuriken, and took out her Call Cards. She could hear the heavy thumping of foot steps as the knights approached her location. She ran around a few more trees while scanning her Magic Call Cards.

'There's got to be someone available.' Cana was shuffling her cards, deciding between which one of her friends/Guildmates she should call. 'Master Makarov is busy with paperwork... Mirajane is busy with the bar... Elfman is... most likely with Evergreen... Lucy is trying to complete a job request... what I wouldn't give to have her here with her Celestial Spirits... Laxus is most likely oggling and deciding when to ask out Mira.. hahaha... F-F-Freed... n-n-no I can't call him... he might distract me...' Cana was now feeling flustered as she narrowly avoided a tip of a lance to the face. 'When did they get this close?' Cana sprinted past more trees, hiding and avoiding the still-approaching knights. She went back through shuffling and sifting through her Call Cards again.

'My Gray, Natsu, Levy, and Gajeel Call Cards were destroyed and I left my spares at my dorm room. Bisca and Alzack are with Asuka... Laki is most likely hanging out or training with Max...' Cana stopped sifting through her cards when she spotted 1 from her deck that made her smile. 'She might be able to help me. I did see her earlier at breakfast. And this is my training and I did say that I want her to help me.' Cana returned her deck of Magic Call Cards to one of the pockets in her leather jacket, holding only 1 with her right hand. The 1 card that will definitely help her. 'She's the only one at the moment that can single-handedly help me with this situation. I hope she answers.'

Cana begins activating her Magic Call Card to call upon one of the most powerful female Wizards in all of Fairy Tail next to Mirajane.

"Come on Erza, answer." Cana looks up from the card and sees a lance flying her way. 'They can throw their weapons too?! REALLY!?'

~ In Magnolia ~

~ Erza's POV ~

After eating her breakfast, Erza was now walking around Magnolia, browsing through and visiting bakeries, armor shops, and weapon shops. She spent quite a deal of time visiting these shops that the owners and the regulars know her so well. They always tell her if they have new equipment, or new desserts on sale for her to use/try.

"Hey Erza, how about it? Does this sword look impressive or what?", asked one of the shopkeepers that's attending a weapon shop named "Fantasy's Finest."

"How much Jewel does it cost?", asked Erza inspecting the blade thoroughly as she's holding it.

"It costs 700,000 Jewel. It's one of the 9 rare Blazefire swords made by none other than Hiro the Blacksmith. I believe that it's made of a special vibmantium alloy that's imbedded with a special type of crystal. I don't know what it is, but Hiro told me that it'll react with a Wizard's magical pressure and the results are unique.", said the very tall shopkeeper who was wearing a black and white plaid button-up shirt, blue jeans, black boots, and brown leather gloves.

"Hmmm... interesting. Why is it only 700,000 Jewel?" Erza was now swinging the broadsword-looking weapon to test the feel of it in her hand. The sword itself looked like a normal broadsword complete with a leather-bound grip, guard, and a silver blade that's 4 feet in length. The only difference was that there was a network of lines and symbols all over the blade that glowed a faint red color. Erza could feel powerful magic coming from this weapon. She was very impressed and she may not look it, but she's very interested in this weapon.

"That's the price that Hiro told me to sell it at. 600,000 Jewel goes to him and the rest goes to me and my family. He's a very generous guy.", said the man with a smile.

"Sounds reasonable enough. I'll take it." Erza takes out her wallet and hands over 700,000 Jewel to the blonde-haired and green-eyed shopkeeper.

"Hiro's going to be happy that I sold this to you."

"Think nothing of it Gryph. When I see something I like, then I buy it and use it to its fullest.", said Erza as she stores the sword in her pocket dimension.

"Good to know, I'll see you next time. When something new comes into the shop, then you'll be the 1st to know.", said Gryph. "Come back soon."

"Until then.", said Erza as she waves good bye and walks out of the shop. Erza looks back at the red brick shop and closes its heavy oak door, deciding to walk around Magnolia for a while longer, a smile on her face at her new weapon that she's excited to test out.

As she rounded the corner of a sidewalk, she feels a buzz/vibration coming from her front-left skirt pocket. Erza stops walking and takes out the Magic Call Card that Cana gave her and everyone in Fairy Tail a while back. 'Just in case of emergencies, we all need to have some form of communication besides Warren's Telepathy Magic.' Those were Cana's exact words. Odd, yet wise words coming from the resident drinker of Fairy Tail, but Erza didn't think that. She didn't think of Cana that way, because she knows that Cana is a very capable and cunning person. It didn't matter that she drank excessively, because when it came down to it, Cana was an amazing Wizard and a great leader in Erza's eyes. Erza, however, was very worried at the moment because Cana doesn't call unless its for emergencies.

'Something must be really wrong if Cana's calling me.', thought Erza with a worried look as she looked at the Call Card. Erza clicked the middle of the Magic Call Card, activating it and answering the call. The voice that came from the card made Erza even more worried.

"E-Erza. I'm gah-glad you answered.", said Cana with a very tired and out of breath voice.

!QISH! !QISH! !THUD! !WA-KWISH!

"Cana, what's wrong? What's that sound in the background?"

"Hey Erza. I'll explain everything later. Just, please help me. I'm gonna throw a Light Of Flares Card in the air, so you'll know where I am."

!WA-KWISH! !THUD! !PWOOSSHH!

"DAMN IT!", exclaimed Cana with a pained voice. "Erza, please get h-here as fast as you can. I don't know how long I can hold these things back."

!FWISHHH! !WA-FWIT! !WA-FWIT!

"OH SHIIII-...", said Cana but the call was cut off.

"CANA! CANA!", shouted Erza as she clutched the card even tighter while shouting into it. She didn't care about the odd looks and glances she was being given by those who heard her sudden outburst. One of her Guildmates, one of her Friends, one of her Best Friends, No! One of the women that she considered like a sister to her; even though she didn't say it out loud, was in trouble!

It was no use trying to activate the card. The call was cut off and it looks like she won't be able to call Cana. 'Something must've happened to her Call Card or to-... no! I'm not going to think like that. There's no time for me to think like that. I've got to get to Cana.' Erza stuffed the card back in her skirt pocket before re-quipping into a familiar armor of hers.

Erza re-quipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor. She was now wearing shining silver-colored plated armor that covers her chest with a large metal flower over it, and she wears a large billowing skirt that has metal plating in the upper area. Her stomach and neck are uncovered, and she has large metal wings that appear to be made of individual blades, as well as a wing-like headpiece.

Erza took flight and scanned Magnolia's airspace for any sign of Cana's flares. Erza spent a couple of minutes in the air until she spotted a trio of red glowing balls of light with red smoke coming from them in mid-air over the forest around Magnolia. 'She's in the deeper part of the forest, otherwise, those flares would look bigger if it was closer.'

She didn't hesitate, shooting and gliding through the air like an eagle, heading towards Cana's location. 'I hope I'm not too late. No! I won't be too late. Cana can hold out! I just know it!'

~ Back To The Deeper Part Of The Forest Near Magnolia ~

~ Cana's POV ~

Between her time trying to call Erza and having called her only to have her Magic Call Card for Erza destroyed by an arrow from one of the archer knights, Cana was now sporting a few more flesh wounds, a laceration wound from an arrow that's still lodged in her left shoulder, new sores around her body, her clothes were now a little more torn and a little burned, and her main deck of Magic Card Shuriken was now 1/3 of their original amount.

Cana had flesh wounds on her legs, forearms, the side of her right cheek, her left temple, an arrow on her left shoulder; leaving her unable to use it because whenever she does, then the burning pain leaves her gasping for air, sores all over her body from blunt force trauma, and her clothes were a little singed. She was being careless and that's why she's in this sorry state. It's a good thing she found the time to activate and throw not 1, but 3 of her Light Of Flares Cards into the air. 'Hopefully Erza sees it.', she thought to herself desperately.

She tried to eliminate the 2nd group of knights, but only managed to take out 2 of the 12. Trying to fight 10 of these things at the same time proved to be a painful challenge. Cana made the mistake of using an Explosion Card, but entirely missing the face of one of the archer knights. Unfortunately for her, her card hit the archer knight's quiver, granting it the elemental power of fire when it burst into flames. Cana also tried to slow some of the knights down by launching volleys of Card Shuriken, but this only proved to increase her disadvantage, since the knights' movements and speed increased. She could barely evade the combined fast-attacks of the knights, having suffered several wounds from their obvious difference in speed. She got a glowing arrow to the left shoulder, much to her distaste and chagrin, but she was thankful that it wasn't from the archer knight who now had fire arrows, thanks to her.

Cana was pissed, angry, you name it! But she wasn't going to let her emotions get the best of her, or else she'd be dead by now. She knew that she just has to last a little bit longer, and maybe try a few more Long-Ranged Magic Card attacks. She even thought of applying what she learned the other day, but she had no time or breathing room to focus her magic energy at the moment. Cana was evading attack after attack, trying to not get herself hurt even more than she already was. She even considered pulling the arrow out of her left shoulder, but she decided that doing that right now would be a fatal mistake. Instead, she opted to just keep up with her timed dodging. She lost most of her energy and she was in no position to perform combat rolls, so she just waits until the right time to sidestep or back-step any of the knights' attacks. It was a very dangerous way to evade attacks, dodging them by just a quarter or less of an inch from touching her, but she was saving her energy this way. And so far, she's still alive, so her bold tactic was working.

Cana lazily, yet fluidly sidestepped to avoid downward strikes from battle axes and stepped back quite aways, to avoid the tips of lances to her chest. Still gasping for air, Cana kept on retreating, losing ground with every backwards step she took. Piles of branches, splintered wood, trampled grass, used Magic Cards, and piles of silver dust were strewn about the battlefield. She was careful, so as to not trip over anything, lest her life would be ended quickly by embarrassingly tripping over something and getting impaled to the ground in her moment of vulnerability. She sidestepped, avoiding scimitars that would have cut her in two and stepped back once again.

This routine kept on repeating, but she didn't care. She was just glad that the archer knights were just aiming at her, and not actually shooting arrows at her since there were already 8 knights in between her and the archers. 'I don't know how long I can keep doing this.', she thought while breathing heavily, feeling her blood slowly drip from her wounds. The adrenaline in her system kept her from feeling most of the soreness and the mind-numbing pain that her body must be in. It's a good thing that she was about to get a few minutes of rest, because from out of the skies, Titania Erza appeared.

Erza appeared wearing her Heaven's Wheel Armor and wielding two swords, one in each hand. She flew to the nearest knights that had their back to her, coincidentally and much to Cana's satisfaction, Erza beheaded the pair of archer knights with one swing from each of her swords, before flying to Cana and landing in front of her, stopping the knights from their advancement. The pair of archer knights from earlier were now added to the piles of silver dust that covered the field of the clearing.

Erza summoned forth numerous blades, which were now floating in mid-air and clashing with the weapons of the 8 knights. She was controlling all of them through Telekinesis Magic, a feat that Erza was performing effortlessly. "Are you alright?", asked Erza with a tone of worry. Erza had her back to Cana, who was now sitting on the grass, catching her breath. Erza didn't remove her eyes from the knights, holding her ground, ready to defend her friend if those things got anymore closer.

"Yeah, I'll be alright. I'm glad you're here." Cana wiped off the beads off sweat that escaped her with her right hand, a smile forming on her face.

"What are these things?", asked Erza as she summoned forth more blades, controlling them; like how a puppeteer controls their puppets, and sending them forth to pierce the armor of all the knights. Yet, the knights were still moving, trying to advance to the two young women's location. They were failing in their efforts, not being able to keep up with Erza's control of her numerous floating swords.

"I'll explain to you in great detail how I found myself in this situation. I promise. All you need to know right know is that their weakness is that their own weapons can hurt each other, besides from a barrage of 2 elemental magic attacks at once or 1 elemental magic attack to their faces. Beheading them works too, since you proved that a few moments ago.", finished Cana. "That's about it. I'll help you after a few seconds, I just need to do something first."

"Thanks for the info, but I don't think you're in any position to-...", Ezra's words were interrupted by Cana's scream of pain and agony.

"AHHHHHHHH DAMN IT! FUCK!", shouted Cana after she removed the arrow that was on her left shoulder in one quick motion. She bit the collar of her leather jacket to stifle her cries, but she couldn't stop herself after having removed the blood covered arrow from her body.

Erza turned back and saw Cana holding a glowing yellow arrow with what she assumed was the young woman's blood covering the tip and reaching almost mid-way of the arrow's shaft. "Cana are you crazy? You need to see Wendy right away." Erza scanned Cana's wounds and the areas where she suspected that bruises would pop up later on, and she took in her disheveled look, singed and torn clothing, and tired and ragged breathing. "You don't need to get up. You look worse as it is. I can handle them, I assure you.", said Erza, turning back to look at the knights and telekinetically dislodging her swords from the knights' armor while her other swords were still clashing their metal against their opponent's steel.

"Don't tell me to sit back and let you handle these things on your own.", said Cana with power and determination. "Hand me a sword. I started this, I want to finish it... with your help."

Now noticing that Cana wasn't going to back down no matter what she'd tell her, Erza took out one of her normal silver steel swords from her pocket dimension and handed it to Cana. They were the same swords that she used when she wears her Heaven's Wheel Armor to combat. Cana was now standing next to Erza, a sword in her right hand, 3 cards on her left. Cana could finally move her left arm again, but the effort it took made her bleed more from the laceration wound on her shoulder and the pain she felt couldn't encompass her determination, anger, and her willingness to fight. "After this, you better... and I mean better explain to me why this happened to you. Got that?", said Erza with an authoritative tone.

"A promise is a promise.", said Cana with a playful smile.

With that said, Erza flew towards a knight with a lance and parried its weapon away with both her swords while Telekinetically shooting one of her floating swords; that was engaging said knight a few seconds ago, through the air and impaling its face. She then promptly beheaded it and moved to the other lance wielding knight, preparing to do the same.

Cana didn't have the luxury of flight, like her red-headed companion, but she could still move her legs, which was enough to get her by. She slowly walked, her gaze on a knight engaged in combat with a few of Erza's floating swords, wielding curved scimitars on each hand. Cana waited for an opening and when it came, she sprinted towards it, no hesitation in her features. Its scimitars were locked in a battle of strength with Erza's swords, but the knight did see Cana coming in, so it did the only thing it could at that moment... which was to kick at her. This was; unfortunately for the knight, what Cana needed because when she saw the knight picking its leg up, she tossed a Magic Card named Medusa's Grip at it, piercing the armor above its knee cap. This Magic Card turned the knight's entire leg into stone, leaving it with only one free leg to stand on. Then, Cana quickly climbed its raised stone leg, jumped up aways, and stabbed the knight in the face with the sword that Erza lent her. After that, she gently jumped down, before the knight turned to dust, and picked her next target, feeling more energetic as she walked towards it.

Erza made quick work of the other lance wielding knight. With less of her swords now locked in combat with the remaining knights, she launched her extra swords into the fray, pushing back the knights with ease. Turning her attention to the halberd wielding pair, she launched volleys of her swords at them, hoping for an opening in their defense to show. When it did, she flew straight at them and beheaded both simultaneously, a smile of victory on her face. The 4 knights she dealt with were now nothing but piles of silver dust. Erza turned back to look at Cana's progress and when she did, she was surprised. Cana was slowly walking towards a knight with battle axes, but that's not what surprised her. What surprised her was that Cana was glowing a faint red glow. Erza could feel a strong magical pressure coming from Cana, and it was none that she'd ever felt before coming from the Card Wizard of Fairy Tail.

Cana felt exhilarated, happy, energized... 'Why do I feel energized?', she asked herself as she approached another knight with slow strides and studying eyes. She no longer felt any of her wounds, it was as if they never even happened to her. She felt more energized than before this whole thing started. She felt stronger, faster, and she could feel her magic energy radiating from her body. The feel of the sword in her hand felt so right. It didn't feel like a sword at all to her. It felt like an extension of her body. It felt so natural, so perfect, it made her feel complete. A smile crossed her face before she rushed the dual battle axe wielding knight who was desperately trying to swat away at Erza's floating swords. Cana didn't know what she did until she did it a few seconds later, but when she crossed the last 4 meters between herself and the knight, she did it with a single bound, the sword in her hand aiming for the knight's face. It tried to attack her during mid-flight, but Cana parried both axes away with ease and stabbed the knight, her momentum making it topple backwards. She dislodged the blade of her sword from its face, and swiftly beheaded it in one swift motion, before her legs met the ground with a soft landing, the knight she toppled over turned to dust as her feet touched the ground.

Erza was at a complete loss for words. She just witnessed Cana wielding one of her blades with ease, grace, fluidity, and naturally, taking out her opponents just like how Erza would do it... but the way Cana did it was more... what's the word... 'The words Aggressive, Instinctive, and Playful comes to mind.', thought Erza. 'In my opinion, I fight more tactically and strategically, but the way she's doing it... it looks passive aggressive yet her actions are laced with hidden brutality. And how did she leap like that? How's she good with a sword all of a sudden?' Erza was still controlling her swords Telekinetically, clashing her steel with the enemy's while looking and studying Cana's new-found fighting style. 'She's got a lot of explaining to do.'

Cana blitzed the last pair, one wielding curved scimitars while the other wields battle axes, and she just thought of a very fun way to end things with these two. 'Fun? Yeah, this is fun. These two won't see what's coming.', she thought to herself uncharacteristically. Cana stuffed her 2 Magic Cards in her pocket and brought out the same 4 types of Magic Cards from one of the pockets of her jacket and circled around the pair of knights. With a markswoman's precision, each of her Magic Medusa's Grip Cards hit their mark, which were the shoulders of both knights, turning their shoulders and biceps into stone, making their arms no longer usable. After the effects were finalized, Cana exploited their vulnerability to its fullest, by taking her sword in both hands and dismembering both pairs of legs from the knee down, making the knights fall forward. The knights were now sort of in a kneeling/crouching position, their unusable arms holding their chest a few feet off the ground while still holding onto their weapons, their legs now stumps, their heads bowed and vulnerable. Cana slowly walked up to their bowed heads, sword at the ready, and with two quick downward strikes, she beheaded the knights, execution style.

~ Erza's POV ~

Erza approached Cana; who was still standing near two piles of silver dust while glowing a menacing red aura, slowly and her swords at her sides, gripped tightly just in case of further complications, whether they were from more enemies or from Cana. What Cana just did was very unlike her in Erza's eyes. She didn't think Cana would be so brutal, or ruthless in combat. 'Cana was never like this before, what happened?' Erza couldn't help but ask herself these similar questions as she approached her friend. 'Why am I being too cautious around her? She's a friend. What's gotten over me? This is not how a friend should be acting towards another. I'm sure she's fine.'

"Hey Cana, are you alright?", asked Erza with as normal a tone of voice as she could muster from her lips while putting away all her swords; except for the two she's holding and the one she gave to Cana, back in her pocket dimension.

"Yeah, I feel great!", said Cana with a playful smile as she turned around to face Erza. An answer and action that Erza didn't expect to come from her. "That was super fun! Don't you think?"

"Y-Yeah... it was, wasn't it?", replied Erza with an honest smile. Erza did have fun, that she won't hide. "So, are you going to explain to me how you just did what you did, and why you're glowing red?"

"Wha?... Huh? I am." Cana looked at her arms and true to what Erza just pointed out, she was radiating a red magic aura. "Whoooaaa! This looks cool."

A bead of sweat and a question mark could've been seen by anyone appear above her head, when Erza heard what Cana just said. 'What the heck just happened to Cana? This is so unlike her. Did her entire personality just do a complete 180? Wha-...?'

"We can explain...", said a voice that sounded an awful lot like a soft breeze...