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Ok, I know I said nothing until the 9th January, but I couldn't help it! I wanted to write more so badly! So I thought "Meh, the exam won't go anywhere. I'll just squeeze this in at any place possible.", so I did. Ergo, it is here.

Also, now rated M! Sorry, I just decided it's going to be very gory and sexy at times, so sorry. Please forgive me! I want it to be dark, and ergo it becomes so.

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I just remembered that I said that this, and I quote, "may sound generic". Seriously, I said that, and now that I thought about it, it isn't. So there. It is original, and that means I kept my promise. So, yay!

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Fifth:

One Week

One week. That's all it took for Fairy Tail to meet their former nakama. That one week changed them in ways unimaginable. They were still the people they knew and came to love, but it was now like they gained extra personality, in the form of coldness, strength and intimidation. No longer were they the frail Fairy Tail members, or the strong-yet-caring members. They were now just pure evil incarnations of their friends, their family. They lost all love, respect, and even interest in their eyes, and Fairy Tail, no matter how disgusted they were at them, did not like to see them this way. It wasn't right. It wasn't them. They just... didn't care.

One Week Ago: Fairy Tail

"Everyone!" Master Makarov called, drawing the whole of Fairy Tail's attention. The air was quiet, as if in morning, and it made him feel uncomfortable. It was like they were treating the people who had left like they had died. Makarov didn't like this. Everyone but a select few had just given up hope for any return, much against Fairy Tail's usual response to lost nakama. He needed to fix it soon, so he came up with the idea of directly meeting them. It could swing to either very good and all of them return home, or family fights family, own blood spilt. He just wished it wouldn't go to that. The plan was somewhat the death throws of anything that could return them. He felt like Lucy was the key, and all he needed to do was to convince her, and the rest would follow. He needed to do this. "The time for an S-Class Exam is upon us!"

Everyone just stared at him. The usual cheer to that announcement was gone, and all the guild just simply stared at him. Team Natsu were thinking about how inappropriate it was to do the S-Class exam, even Natsu, who was dying to become an S-Class Mage. The timing was just... Off. Yet, Makarov didn't care. He wore his serious mask, a face which he rarely used, and immediately Erza caved to him. She was, after all, a sucker for rules and orders.

"Everyone, pay attention!" She said, loud enough for it to echo throughout the entire hall. Her voice was laced in authority, and some could see that in the corner of her eyes, there was a begging for someone to challenge her. She wanted to let off steam, and a punching bag would do wonderfully.

"Everyone..." Makarov sighed when there was quiet. "You may think they've abandoned us, but they haven't. They just decided not to abandon one of their nakama, Lucy. It's my fault she left, so it's my fault that Happy and Mirajane, then even Gajeel, Juvia and Pantherlily followed. I..." He stopped, worried incase he cup shouldn't share the information. Because not everyone would be going, those left behind would be left out. He sighed, then decided to tell only the people who would come. "This needs to be done. So, I'll now announce the participants. This year it will be pairs, so two people will become S-Class Mages at once. Natsu and Gray." Only a small head nod from Natsu indicated that anyone actually heard him. "Lisanna and Levy." Again, only a slight shocked expression on Lisanna's face showed that he was heard. "Freed and Bickslow." No response. "Cana and Wendy." Only Wendy looking slightly scared showed that anyone heard him. "Evergreen and Elfman." No response. "Gildarts, Erza and I will accompany them for the trial. Carla, you may come, but you are the only exception. Everyone meet up here in an hour, with enough luggage for two weeks. Dismissed!"

No one budged until Erza glared at them, which made them all run. She could sense that Master had a plan, so she did her best to make people support it. She herself quickly ran off to her home to prepare.

It took three hours for Fairy Tail to board their ship and set sail. Everyone remained silent, dwelling on the inappropriateness of the situation. Everyone was deep in thought. Why did he continue with the exam? They had lost four members - four extremely powerful and members, with family and friends in the guild. They all felt like the situation was a dream, that it was a nightmare for them. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case.

Suddenly, Master Makarov stood before the members with three people behind him: Erza, Gildarts and... Laxus? People immediately jumped to the defensive, while the three Raijinshū members jumped, prepared for any order from Laxus. However, Makarov and Laxus just shook their heads, making people relax, albeit confused by the situation.

"I know people are thinking how inappropriate this is-" Makarov started, but was interrupted by Natsu.

"Hell yeah!"

"Quiet, flame brain!" Gray hissed.

"Mind your own business, ice prick!" Natsu retorted.

"Fire idiot!"

"Ice queen!"

"Retarded-"

"GRAY! NATSU!" Erza shouted angrily. "Are you two fighting?"

Both gulped and smiled at one another, lying through their teeth. "What? No! We're friends, like always!" They said together, acting like best friends. Erza just nodded with a smirk, which had been adopted by almost all the guild members present. People were depressed, but they were slowly getting better. Unfortunately, Makarov was soon to break this new coming adjustment.

"I know you must be thinking how inappropriate this is." Master Makarov began again. "But this isn't an exam. I've gathered our strongest members because..." He stopped, looking grim. "We've located where Lucy is. And if what I've been told is correct, Mirajane, Happy, Gajeel, Juvia and Pantherlily are with them."

"Them?" Lisanna asked with a small voice. They all knew the answer, but they hoped it wouldn't be...

"Lucy and Zeref." He sighed deeply, and for once looked and acted his true age. "The worse thing is that all of them will be expecting us, and will be prepared. With Dark Arts Magic."

This statement met silence. It could be that the darkness wouldn't affect their magic, but the experience with Lucy and Aries, the Black Key, how easily she was able to end lives without caring... If the rest were like that... They couldn't save them. Even though Fairy Tail was world renown for always saving their nakama... Murder is not something that people can be saved from. With Jellal it was different, because he wasn't himself. He hadn't been able to stop himself and had been controlled, but this... Lucy was fully aware, and even smiled at the death. She willingly corrupted her Spirit, he friend, and did so with a smile.

If the bubbly Lucy had changed so much, how would the others change? The thought made them shiver...

"So, Fairy Tail. We meet again." Lucy smiled, but not one of warmth like she used to. It was cold and uncaring, and borderline bored.

There were seven figures atop the cliff looking down at them. All seven donned black and red clothes that looked like they had just returned from a very rich party. Every single one looked at Fairy Tail without warmth, with cold glares that were neither caring nor hating. The just... Observed. They just didn't care. Like Lucy, they all looked bored.

There was a black throne on the cliff, where Zeref sat in a black suit. He had a red shirt and handkerchief in his left chest pocket. He rested his chin on his left hand which was resting on the arm of the throne. Lucy sat across him, in a black strapless dress which had a red stripe on it, which started over her heart and wrapped around her twice before ending over her right leg. She wore black boots that disappeared under the black dress.

To the left of the throne was Juvia, in a black breasts which had only a single strap, over her right shoulder, with the dress asymmetric, stoping at her right hip and her left ankle. The hem had embodied red bands stitched into it, making the appearance of flames. Her hair was still aqua blue, but now had red highlights, making it look like it was glowing. She leaned on the edge of the throne, with Pantherlily on her shoulder, looking like he normally did, with the exception of his cold eyes.

To the right of the throne stood Mirajane. She wore a red flowing ballroom dress, which covered her feet completely. She had black gloves that reached past her elbows, and it had a single red bow on each. Around her waist was a black bow, that was tied so that the bow was large and visible. Her hair had a black trim to it, standing out to the silver hair she already had.

Also on the right of the throne, but behind Mirajane, was Gajeel, who was leaning on the back of it. He wore an identical suit to Zeref's, but his was torn at the shoulders so that his arms were bare. He looked like he was bored, and was the only one who was not looking at Fairy Tail, but looking out to sea.

Fairy Tail stood on guard. Natsu stood at the front, next to Erza and Gray. The rest of the members were slightly behind them, scattered about the rocky outcrop, all looking intently at the group on the cliff. They all remained silent, letting Team Natsu take the lead. However, they remains quiet.

"What's the matter? Cat's got your tongue, Salamander?" Lucy said, flicking her hair back, which had five separate streaks in it: silver, light blue, dark blue, brown and black. "Oh wait..." She gave another smile. "Happy is right here."

As if on cue, the blue cat sat up from her lap and looked at them. Natsu was at the front shaking with anger, and when Happy looked at him, eyes cold and unmoved, he exploded in anger and jumped towards them. He wanted to be peaceful because Lucy was... Well, Lucy, his nakama. But she just taunted him, and even Happy, his best friend, someone he grew up with, looked at him without any emotion. No fear, no sadness, not even anger. Just nothing. So he attacked without thinking, possibly the most dangerous thing he could do to them.

All Fairy Tail saw was Natsu jump at the group of seven atop the cliff, fire radiating off his entire body, when before he reached them, he got sent flying back at them. He rag-dolled into them, his left arm twisted and bent in ways impossible without it being broken. Blood oozed from the wounds, with a large gash showing bone and muscle. The bone itself had been fractured, chipped by a claw-like thing, and the flesh around it shredded, hanging off like loose paper. Natsu was screaming in pain, trying to both clutch his arm and not move it as Wendy tried to help him. Carla didn't protest to Wendy seeing the horrendous scene, but just stared at the people on the cliff, eyes wide with tears threatening to fall. Other heads turned to see who was powerful enough to push Natsu back so easily, and was shocked by the scene.

At the cliff edge, arm changed into a monstrous black demon-like claw with blood dripping from the chunks of flesh still hanging there was... Happy.

One Week Ago: Tenrou Island

"It is done." Smiled Zeref, letting go of Lucy and Juvia's joined hands. He handed the plain black key with the ornate 'J' on it to Lucy to go with the ones to call for Mirajane, Happy, Gajeel and Pantherlily. Juvia smiled encouragingly to Lucy, before stepping back to where the rest were waiting.

The bonding made their emotions heighten to one another, all linked through Lucy. Their trust, respect and overall knowledge of each other had dramatically increased, being a side affect of the 'Bonds'. They weren't wary of Zeref anymore, because of the fact that Lucy wholeheartedly trusted his, so the rest did too.

"I'm going to get down to business." Zeref spoke up, getting all their attention. "In one week, Fairy Tail will be here, and you must prove that you are more powerful, or else they will destroy you." He turned to the cats. "First, you two. Happy and Pantherlily, yes?" He asked.

They nodded. "Lily's fine." The brown cat stated.

"We'll, Happy and Lily, you're both Exceeds, right?" Slightly shocked they nodded again. "Good, that means you both have Shapeshifting Magic." The pair looked confused.

"We only have our Aera Magic." Happy stated. "Lily can sometimes enlarge himself to human-sized, but I can only use my wings."

Zeref sighed. "No, your magic is Shapeshifting. It may have taken the form of wings, but it's always there."

"How do you know this?" Gajeel asked.

"Because originally, over 400 years ago, I created the Exceed race. It was for an..." He stopped, then corrected himself. "For company. The only thing compatible was a cat, so that's why you're original form is a cat. Yet there's one thing I can't understand..." He mused.

"What's that?" Mirajane asked.

"How are you two alive? All the Exceeds in Earthland were killed out of fear over 300 years ago..."

"I can answer that." Lucy smiled. "They came from another world, like a parallel world, called Edolas."

Ah, Edolas. That brought back memories for Zeref. "Anyway, the point is that the Shapeshifting Magic is within you both. It should come easy, so just try it. Your bodies should be compatible." They nodded, and he turned to Mirajane. "Mira, you're a Take-Over Mage, yes?"

"Yes. I use Satan Soul."

That made a smile crack across his face. What were the chances? "You use on of the 'Seven Hell Kings'? Do you know any more of them?" She just shook her head. "Don't fret about it. It should be powered back to 100% because of the flow of the Dark Arts Magic, compared to the measly 5% power it did have". He turned to Juvia. "And who may you be?"

"Juvia." She smiled at him.

"What's your magic, Juvia?"

"Juvia uses Water Magic."

Water Magic? That was rare, and extremely powerful. "Hmm, so what do you do?" He asked.

"Juvia controls water...?" She said, unsure of the question.

"So nothing else?" She looked at him confused. "I mean, a skilled Water Mage can control anything with even the smallest amount of water. Earth, air, magma... The list is almost endless." Juvia nodded, with wonder in her eyes.

Zeref thought hard. Were all Mages this dense? Their powers over things are tremendous, but they hold themselves back unconsciously, only allowing them to use little of their full power. Yet this was good for him. If these were like this, and were viewed as some of the strongest Mages in the world, the others would be easy to crush...

Zeref turned to the fast person and recognised the man almost instantly. "Gajeel Redfox, a Dragon Slayer. Who was your dragon?" He asked, already thinking this was too good to be true. It would be someone against Acnologia, because even Zeref himself wasn't that lucky. He couldn't be... Could he?

"Metalicana." Gajeel said, making Zeref almost giddy. He was that lucky! His plan would be greatly easier because of that, because of the who raised this Dragon Slayer. "Why?"

Zeref just shook his head. "Later, later. But first, everyone must perfect the use of their respective Dark Arts Magic."

It was a long week. All progressed beyond what anyone could imagine. Lucy finished her 'new' contracts with her Silver Key Spirits, the two Exceeds Happy and Lily were able to morph some of their body and hold it for about three hours, Juvia began to learn how to manipulate other things other than pure water, Gajeel had began to learn Apocalypse Dragon Slayer Magic and had mastered 'Apocalypse Dragon's Roar', and Mirajane had used her Satan Soul Take-Over Magic and showed the immense power it wielded.

Before anyone had actually realised, it was the seventh day and the clash with Fairy Tail was hours away. Lucy sent her Rusted Key Spirits (formerly Silver Key Spirits) back to the Celestial World. Like her Black Zodiac Spirits (formerly Golden Key Spirits), they had changed in appearance and strength.

Plue changed to a more wolf-like structure, resting on all four legs with it's orange nose gone, only leaving a snout with an orange tip. It's size almost tripled, and became the size of a normal wolf, rather than Happy's size.

Lyra became a gothic woman with an electric guitar replacing her harp. Her usual blue dress was replaced with black pants, black shirts and black shoes, all with small, pointy metal studs in them. Her orange hair turned black with purple streaks, and covered her left eye. Se had a black leather chocker, which had chains hanging from it.

Crux, remarkably, didn't change at all, just remained the same floating metal cross, perhaps getting bigger. Pyxis changed into a red bird with blue wings, with two large metal balls instead of eyes. It's compass on its head disappeared, leaving three large spikes popping out the top, one red, one blue and one black.

Horologium was the one who changed the most. His clock-body was replaced with one of a small boy. He was completely normal, looking about five years old, with nothing suggesting otherwise apart from the way he talked and the large marble sundial he held in his hands.

Once they were gone, she went to their camp. Everyone apart from Mirajane was waiting there, and none entered the large tent that was there. When she arrived, she noticed that the others looked slightly scared, and she heard squeals from inside the tent.

"Erm... What?" Was all Lucy could manage to say, gesturing to the tent. She sat down next to Juvia, who gave her a smile. Over the last week, they'd grown incredibly close and were now best friends, better friends than she was with either Levy or Natsu. Now that there was no constant suspicion of "Lucy stealing Gray-sama", they got on really well. Juvia was also able to drop all honourifics with the small group, a great feat for her.

"Mirajane is making clothes for us." She said. "Juvia wanted to help, but Juvia was sent out, being told it was a 'surprise'." She emphasised with her hands.

"Gajeel?" She asked him, as he sat down on the other side of Juvia. Both Happy and Lily followed him, chatting about fish.

"About four hours ago, she started to squeal. She's been locked inside there all day making these 'clothes' for us." He turned and looked at her. "Anyway bunny-girl, how's the progress been?" He asked. He hadn't dropped the nickname, but she was fine with it. It was like an older brother teasing his younger sister, and it was like a warmth she never had. Mirajane was like her older sister in that respect too.

"W-What do you mean?" She said, knowing the exact reason. She begged in her mind. Please don't bring it up, please don't bring it up, please don't bring it up...

"With Zeref!" Juvia exclaimed, loud enough for Mirajane to hear. She squealed and came running out to hear the gossip. Said man was elsewhere, so they had privacy.

"Mira, are you done?" Se asked, hoping to change the subject.

"Lucy..." Mirajane glared, making her shiver.

It had been just the night before since she slipped up, saying that she thought Zeref was attractive. The actual sentence she used contained the words 'body' and 'godly', but that wasn't important. "Nothing's happened... Yet..." She mumbled the last part, but Gajeel's Dragon Slayer hearing and Mirajane's matchmaking hearing heard it. Mira squealed yet again, and Gajeel muttered something about 'threats'.

"Mira, clothes!" Lucy practically yelled, gaining her attention. She so couldn't handle this right now.

"Oh yes!" She jumped up. "Follow me!" They followed her into the tent to see four amazing outfits. Three were dresses, all unique, while the last one was a suit. They all (Gajeel and Exceeds excluded, so just the women) stared at the clothes in awe. "It took me a while, but I made them!"

"Made them, eh?" Gajeel snorted. "That explains this." He held out his hand, and in it was the sleeve of the suit, ripped off. Mirajane stared at him, her mind blank. Then, they heard a literal cracking from her as she lost it. She trembled and gathered her magic, ready to disintegrate Gajeel. Gajeel, being the bright Dragon Slayer he was, decided to rip off the other sleeve, making her tremble more.

"There!" He smiled, looking at his handiwork. "That's more me!" Surprisingly enough, he was right. When they all changed into their clothes, Gajeel looked like he suited the ripped clothes, better than he would with the sleeves. Mirajane was still upset, but was better after seeing it on him.

"They're almost here."

They all turned to see Zeref standing there in his suit. He smiled towards them, which made Lucy blush. He was attractive and had a good personality, and that bugged her. Why did he have to be so perfect? Why couldn't he just be human like the rest of the. Sighing, she followed him to meet Fairy Tail, for what may be the last time...

"Pyxis." Lucy summoned the red bird without her keys. It appeared on her shoulder, it's eyes reflecting the world back at them. Lucy pointed to Fairy Tail, who were crowding around the injured Natsu, trying to protect him. "Separate them."

The metal eyes began to glow, emitting a purple shimmering light from the left and a green one from the right. Fairy Tail began to separate, and the members floating. It was like invisible hands picked them up and suspended them, making them unable to move. It obviously pained Natsu, from his grunts and whimpers, which only made Lucy smile. She couldn't believe how weak they were, and she just wanted to crush them. It was clear that they had no more love towards their former nakama.

"So..." Lucy purred. "Who first?"

"Lucy, you wouldn't!" Erza shouted, earning her a glare from Lucy, but she ignored it. "You all are our family!"

"Was!" She snapped. "We were your family!"

"Juvia thinks that we need to make an example..." Juvia smiled. Lucy mirrored the smile, and she stood up off Zeref's lap and walked to the edge, Juvia next to her. "But who...? Mira~!" She sang turning around. The Take-Over Mage glided across the ground towards them, looking intently at everyone. Her eyes showed no reaction when it passed her siblings Elfman or Lisanna.

"Hmm... Hard to pick..." She thought, looking at everyone individually. Fairy Tail just stared at them, most of them cynical. They wouldn't do anything... Right?

"How about her?" Gajeel said, pointing to Erza. Lucy simply shook her head.

"No, it'd be boring if we killed her off so soon." Juvia smiled. Erza eyes widened in horror. Kill? They were planing on killing one of them, one of their own nakama? She wouldn't have believed them, but after what Lucy did with Aries towards the Rune Knights, anything was possible. Unfortunately, Natsu didn't see this.

"Yeah, right! Like you'd kill one of your nakama!" He sneered despite the pain his arm was in. Blood dripped from it, dripping to the rocky shore below them.

"Oh, really?" Lucy asked, her eyes flashing dark. It made him shiver and start to sweat. Everyone else did the same, even Erza flinched slightly. "Is that what you think? Well, we'll just have to prove you wrong." She turned to Zeref, who was just watching them amused with Gajeel doing the same next to him. "Who do you think?" She asked him.

He plundered the question. Who, out of all the Mages there, would cause both the biggest pain for Fairy Tail but also keep the key players, as Lucy wanted? He smiled, knowing the answer. It was so obvious, and would also show their pure hate to Fairy Tail. He raised his hand and pointed to one of them in the crowd. "Her."

Happy retreated with Lily while Gajeel walked over to join the three women. They were all smiling evilly, minds set on the person. "Perfect~! Why didn't I think of that? Pyxis, bring her here." She said pointing at the woman.

Lisanna began to come forwards.

"What? No!" Erza shouted, startling Fairy Tail. They didn't think they'd do it, but if Erza did... They began to get worried, especially Elfman. Makarov struggled, but even he couldn't overpower Pyxis, making everyone just watch in horror.

Lisanna landed on the ground, on her knees, looking pleadingly at Mirajane, who remained unfazed and held her sick smile. "Mira-nee..." She begged, tears spilling out her eyes. Mirajane just laughed at her.

"I call left arm!" Mirajane shouted to Juvia, making her give her a dirty look. Fairy Tail just stared at them. She calls it? What does she mean by that.

"Fine, I'll get the body." Gajeel smiled.

"So Juvia will get right arm." She sighed. "Juvia really wanted her left arm..."

They all grabbed onto the respective body parts while Lucy looked into Lisanna's eyes, putting her hands on her neck. "Please..." She begged. Lucy just smiled.

"No."

Then they pulled.

Fairy Tail watched in horror as they saw Lisanna get torn apart in front of their eyes. There were a sickening scream of pure pain followed by three lour shredding sounds. Her arms and head got ripped from her body, blood spewing out of the wounds like water, splattering the four people. Juvia and Mirajane were just laughing as they held her arms, with Juvia eying the one Mirajane was holding. Lucy grabbed ahold of a small piece of bloodied bone that was coming out the head in her hands, and threw it to Natsu. Right before I hit him, the head exploded, showering all of Fairy Tail in skull pieces, blood, brain and hair. It mainly covered Natsu, Gray and Erza, who were wide eyed and borderline on breaking down. The laughter of the four on the ground echoed hauntingly around the rest of the guild, making them either cry, throw up, or in Elfman's case, completely shutdown. Nothing could scar him more. Not the body, nor the fact that his other sister, who helped kill her was happily playing with her arms. But something did.

"Hey, no fair!" Gajeel growled. "I don't get anything!"

"Hold on, yours is coming." Lucy smiled. She kicked the limp body over, which was drenched in blood, so that it was facing upwards. Kneeling down, Lucy put her hand over Lisanna's chest. Then she slammed down, with so much force that the smashing of her ribs echoed loudly. Fresh blood splattered Lucy, but she didn't seem to care and she dug for her prize, ripping out when she found it. Gray vomited when he realised what it was. Lisanna's heart.

"It's still warm." Lucy smiled, handling it carefully in both hands. Then she did the unthinkable. She licked it. It wasn't just a small lick, but a long, wide, tongue-trail one. She licked the blood, tasting it with a smile. "Mmm..." She moaned sensually. "It's so sweet..." She smiled, than passed it to Gajeel. He nodded his thanks and proceeded to take a large bite out of it. Then another. Then another, until it was gone. He licked his lips, licking off the blood that splattered onto him.

"Now that was tasty." He smiled. Mirajane and Juvia had gotten bored of the arms and went to join Lucy and Gajeel. They kicked what remained of Lisanna's body off the cliff before looking back into Fairy Tail with the exact same smile they had previously, but this time it was more daunting with the blood splatters, and what they had just seen.

"Next~!" Mirajane sang with a smile.

Oh. My god. I just read that last bit and MY GOD SO TWISTED! It kind of got more... Ugh-ish (to lack a better word) near the end, but on well.

I would like people to know that more people will die. So many more. So if you don't like that... Bah, you don't like it. Enough said. Please R&R for me!

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