Chapter 3

Bellalyse's P.O.V.

I stared at Tierra who disappeared after letting go of a piece of paper. I caught it and read the words. Even the prettiest of flowers must die. And along with the death of one comes the death of many. What did that mean? The people involved with me would die too? Tierra wouldn't do that. Right? I frowned grimly and returned to the battle. Apparently I had missed the whole entire challenge since we were on the first match of Day 2 already. Natsu had gotten third place; according to Amy's memory, he destroyed the golden egg after stepping on it by accident. RavenSaber had gotten first place, Blue Pegasus had gotten second, Fairy Tail got third, Mermaid Heel got fourth, Lamia Scale got fifth and Quattro Cerberus got sixth. Now Nullpuding was fighting Ichiya and so far, Nullpuding was winning.

After that battle, Mato stepped up. "The second battle will be Jura from Lamia Scale against Bacchus from Quattro Cerberus. Start!"

It didn't take a genius to figure out that Jura would win. I sighed, crumpling up the note with a glint in my eye. If Tierra wants to fight, then fine. I'm not one to complain.

A Few Hours Later…

I collapsed on my bed and used Dreamer's Teleportation. I really wanted to see my fellow friends in the Upper World.

I teleported to the clearing north of the god city. After knocking on a lot of doors, I finally found Icestorm, the God of Ice.

"Oy Bella." He greeted. "Aflame and I were just getting ready." He already had a suitcase and everything.

"So you got invited too?" I was wondering if Ash really did invite all of the gods.

Aflame appeared. "Are you kidding, Bella? Half of the demigods were murdered overnight."

"What!? When did this happen?" A mass murder meant it was Tierra's doing. But seriously, she was going a little too far. Killing five thousand demigods at once is no easy chore.

He looked annoyed. "Icestorm didn't tell you? Your siblings are okay but with the amount of demigods left, there's no way that you guys would succeed in creating a new world without all of the gods present. And the rest of the demigods refused your invite. The gods will have to help you on this one; else Tierra will come hunting after the demigods that would help you."

Icestorm glared at him. "Not all of the gods are coming! A few are staying here to manage the Upper World."

"Okay," I muttered. "Just sense me when you're there."

They nodded and I moved on to the next house. When the door opened I saw Lucinda, the God of Animals. Some gods were slightly different than others. For example, Lucinda had fox ears and a tail. She could change into a human guise like Icestorm or Aflame but decided she really wanted to represent the animal kingdom. Icestorm had pale blue hair and Aflame had vibrant red and orange hair. Their representation was very subtle.

"Bella! I was just about to fly over." She exclaimed. I hadn't seen her in a very long time so it sort of was like a reunion. "Everyone's going to come today so I wasn't expecting you!"

Shoot. All of the gods…were coming over…all at the same time!? I sheepishly rubbed the back of my neck. "Oops! I guess I should go then!"

Just as I ended my Dreamer's Teleportation, the doorbell rang. I opened it and saw Luke and Xena, the God of Life. "Bella!" Xena squealed. She was the closest to me out of all of the gods. Luke just grinned at me.

"Luke? You're here?" According to Aflame, the demigods weren't willing to help at the cost of their life.

"Yeah, Esmerella would berate me if I didn't join in." He dusted off his pants.

"Oh yeah, you live on Earth with her right?" When Esmerella left, Luke went with her. "How do you like it?"

"Honestly?" He asked. "I'm still a little shaky right now. Having a dark persona possessing you for a century or two isn't easy on the body."

I nodded. "Let me show you guys with your rooms." I lead them to the third floor. Matt, Sting, Lector, Rogue, Fro and Amy lived on the second floor. "Xena this is your room." I showed her a medium sized room with pale pink rose wallpaper and a faintly green bed. I had decorated each room to match the elements. The bedposts had carvings on it that symbolized a climbing vine. Despite Sting and Rogue's protests, I had spent quite a bit of money decorating the rooms. "And Luke, this is yours." I showed him a blue and black striped room. There was a dark purple bed in the corner with a cross print.

"This is nice. Thanks, Bella." Luke said as he started unpacking.

I sighed. As soon as the gods got here, they were most likely to explore Crocus. Which meant I would have to separate them in groups to tour the city. The gods were stuck in the Upper World all the time. I guess it would be boring to be stuck in one world all the time, managing and working.

A Few Hours Later…

I plopped myself on the bed, tired and slightly cranky. More and more gods kept on coming. We were almost reaching the maximum amount of people the house could hold. I checked the clock. It was almost seven. "Arc of Embodiment." I whispered and imagined a tray full of food in each room that had a god residing in it. I knew they were probably dying to explore but everyone on Team Guardian was pooped out from the activities.

I opened the door for what seemed to be the thirty thousandth time and saw Aflame and Icestorm. "Oh, hey guys." I said wearily. They hadn't come yet? I forgot to keep track of which gods came and went. "I thought you already came."

"We were about to go," said Icestorm shooting a look at Aflame, "But someone couldn't decide whether to take the vivid flame shampoo or the burning coal one."

"Ah." I didn't really know the difference between vivid flame and burning coal shampoo but they needed to get to their rooms. "Your rooms are on the third floor. You should be able to find it fairly easily; I put name plaques on the doors."

"Thanks Bella!" Aflame and Icestorm headed to the staircase as I used my Arc of Embodiment again. I sat on a couch, thinking about the demigods that died. They must have been surprised when Tierra confronted them. If she had enough magic to kill more than half of the demigods, I wouldn't be surprised if I had a knife in my back one day. Tierra was a skilled assassin. She would murder without hesitation. I sighed. It was the exact opposite for me. Killing something would be similar to killing me.

"Bella!" Amy flew down the stairs. "The gods want to explore."

I frowned. Even though I was suspecting they wouldn't stay cooped up for long, I hadn't made tour groups yet. In the end, I made Team Guardian stick with Aflame, Icestorm, Xena, Luke, and Lucinda. Team Natsu took a large portion of the gods to go see the Grand Magic Games battle arena and the rest of Fairy Tail split up into groups. It was good to see everyone working together.

An Hour Later…

I took a bite out of a strawberry crepe Rogue and I was sharing. After an hour of touring, our group was exhausted so we stopped by a crepe shop. The gods were oddly fascinated by the crepes. If they didn't have crepes in the Upper World, they need to have some adjustments.

"And this is filled with cream?" Lucinda asked as she took a bite out of her chocolate crepe. "Quite odd, indeed. Whoever came up with this must be a marvelous inventor!"

Xena snickered as she set down her chestnut crepe. "Aw, Bella you and Rogue are like a couple on a date."

I immediately turned red and Rogue looked down at the crepe. After everything, the shadow dragon slayer mark wasn't repeated so I was free for now.

"You guys should go out," Luke said, "Don't put on the mate mark now. Try not to rush it."

I glared at him. "Oh, just WHAT do we have here?" A voice formed behind me and I turned around and saw Esmerella. "Hi guys! Ash is still in Jai, packing. Haha I forgot to tell him we were coming today so he's doing some last-minute adjustments." She grinned sheepishly. "There wasn't enough time to tell you with Dreamer's Teleportation. After all, I can't leave Luke for too long!"

"Welcome to the party," Matt said quietly. "Do you want some of my hazelnut crepe?"

"Aw what a cutie!" She squealed. "No, you look like you need some fattening up in you. Besides you look cuter with a crepe anyway!" Esmerella cast a glance on Luke. "And I'm sure somebody will get me one."

He coughed and stood up. After about five minutes, he came back with another crepe. "Fine," Luke said, giving the crepe to Esmerella, "You know if you wanted one, you should have asked."

"Oh!" Lucinda gasped. "So they have crepes on Earth as well?"

Team Guardian and Esmerella all face palmed at her excitement. Whatever they have in the Upper World, it must be getting old. The gods in our group were also finishing their snacks.

"We should really go back to the apartment." Wendy noted. After the battle with Zeref, she decided to stay with us. Besides, that way all of Team Guardian was under the same roof.

"You call that an apartment?" Aflame gaped at us, Icestorm likewise. "I call that a mansion at the least!"His red-orange hair ruffled slightly. "Houses must be very large if the space we live in now is an 'apartment' Bella."

"It looks like an apartment from the outside." I said. "But yeah, the inside is equivalent to a luxury hotel."

"It's quite extravagant." Xena smiled. "I've never really lived in any places that are that pretty and big."

"It must have cost you a lot." Luke studied our expressions. "To add like fifteen floors and get furniture for all of the rooms."

Rogue stared at me. "Well, Bella's been taking advantage of her Wood-Make, Arc of Embodiment and Memory-Make magic. Let's just say we didn't spend a penny on the re-designing."

Esmerella laughed. "She's not one to spend money. I swear her phrase is: Magic, not money."

"I'm standing right here, guys," I said annoyed. It was so like them to talk about me when I'm in the room. "I'm not deaf either."

My sister beamed at me. "It's true. You would rather waste magic than money."

"Anyway, getting back to the original subject, let's go back to the apartment." Sting was getting impatient.

"Do I need to call Meredy over here?" I asked. I was being annoyed over and over and over again. But, I saw Sting kiss Meredy on the night of the Fairy Ball and it was good blackmail. "If my mind is correct, I know she's one of the only people to control you."

"Don't," Sting grumbled, "I know you blackmailed Jellal to go with Erza to the Fairy Ball."

I sighed. So a lot of people knew about it? Oh well.

A bright flash of light engulfed the tiny shop. "Ash, join the party," I muttered.

"Thanks, Bella," He said sarcastically. "Aren't you guys supposed to be on full alert for Tierra?"

"Tierra hasn't been attacking lately, right?" Matt took another bite of his crepe. No one knew about the Tierra sighting in the Grand Magic Games. I burnt the slip of paper the first chance I got. And Natsu ate it, not knowing what it was so Fairy Tail was uninformed about the event.

"Sure," I mumbled. "Let's just get back to the apartment." The gods and I used our teleportation magic on everyone so I wasn't too drained of magic.

A Few Hours Later…

I was in bed, staring at the ceiling. The Tierra problem was confusing. She wasn't one known to wait. If she wasn't already attacking me, what else could have been more important? Amy stirred in her sleep. I frowned. I was the only one not asleep yet. It was about midnight by now. I closed my eyes. Tierra couldn't do that much right? Though she was a skilled assassin, she was still only half-god. And the gods are here, protecting me.

The Next Morning…

I rubbed my eyes. We were in Crocus, waiting for the Blue Pegasus team to show up. They finally showed up, right when I was eating an apple. I skipped breakfast today since I wasn't feeling very hungry.

"Now, today's main event is Spiral Wind. The participants are: Bella from Fairy Tail, Eve from Blue Pegasus, Obra from RavenSaber, Nobarly from Quattro Cerberus, Kagura from Mermaid Heel, and Jura from Lamia Scale. The rules are to stay inside the twister. Whoever gets even close to the border will get knocked out. The goal is to get out of the twister without getting knocked out. Anything related to Teleportation Magic is prohibited in this event." Mato was dancing weirdly. So I got called again?

"Bella, Kagura and Jura are in this one. Obra's in it as well. Are you going to be okay?" Erza looked me over with concerned eyes.

"Nah, I'll be fine. I beat Kagura once and I could do it again. As for Jura, I have a feeling that he won't be very skilled in the air." I threw away my apple and got to my feet. I realized that the long sleeves were getting in the way of my magic. The sleeves of my Fairy Tail guild outfit stopped at my elbow that got very long after that. "Do you think Mira will mind if I accidently rip the sleeves on this?"

"Probably not," Gajeel noted. I walked to the arena center. I couldn't afford losing this match. The Fairy Tail audience section was noticeably larger with all of the gods cheering me on.

A twister was set in the center with magic circles all around it. With a quick whistle, all of the participants were teleported in the twister. I looked around. Jura's magic was going to backfire at him. His magic was associated with the earth and we were in the air. He slashed the air and a pole of earth shot up through the tornado and knocked Eve out. Kagura was getting Nobarly out and Obra just remained emotionless. Suddenly I gasped. After studying my magic during training, I recognized that one of my magic containers was empty. Completely. I glared at Obra as another magic container left me. I struggled to stay in the tornado.

In the Fairy Tail Stands… (Normal P.O.V.)

"Is she okay?" Gray inquired. They were watching Bella for quite some time and she seemed to be choking up. Team Guardian was there as well since the audience stands were crowded.

"It's Obra," Wendy gasped, "Her magic is getting emptied, one by one."

Esmerella and Ash walked through the doorway, their faces grim. "She can't fight back. Obra's magic…it can't really be considered a magic. He's not a mage. It's just a simple trick bandits used on passing mages." Ash frowned. "It's not tiring but it's very effective."

Matt glanced at Bella. Each passing minute, she seemed to tire. "If she's a Sky Dragon Slayer, shouldn't she be able to eat air?"

Esmerella shook her head. "The same trick was used on Wendy last year, correct? And Wendy was a Sky Dragon Slayer so if they were able to eat their element, don't you think Bella would have done that by now?"

"Then how will she survive?" Rogue questioned, worried. Though Bella wasn't his official mate, he still cared for her.

"That kind of trick is deadly. She can either succumb to the magic or try to fight back."

Bellalyse's P.O.V.

Damn. I only had one container of magic left. It was equivelant to Erza's amount though and Obra didn't have the chance to attack. Jura and Kagura were teaming up on him but it wouldn't hold him off for long. I searched for an entrance to the outside. No use. We were completely blocked off from the outside. A whistle swept through the twister and a bolt of pain entered my shoulder. A girl with purple hair flew down, a sword drawn.

"I believe we haven't had a chance to formally meet. I am Tierra, demidemon assassin." She smirked at me and I groaned. Obra was free now and Kagura and Jura were knocked out. We were in a triangle shaped pattern now and I lunged at Tierra while working on some runes behind me. It worked. I set the runes in the space behind me and Obra got caught in it. The rule was to get knocked unconscious. It was runes that were created in the start of magic so it would take him a few hours to dispel it. Following the rules would be quicker. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Tierra draw a gun. Six gunshots ricocheted through the suddenly quiet arena. And the people on Team Guardian and my siblings fell, bullet holes through their stomachs.

Author's Note: Sorry about the late update! I didn't really have that much time but i managed to update this chapter. Oh, and today I will be posting a Thanksgiving special bonus chapter! Then I will return to the original storyline but I thought it would be cute to have a little extra bonus chapter before going back to Chapter 4. Thanks for reading! Please review!