Disclaimer! I do not own Fairy Tail. I only own the story and one of the main characters.

CHAPTER 12: Stuck, but not Trapped

NORMAL/POV

"It's almost time, you know that?" A deep voice is replied with a girlie one.

"Yes, I understand. The first day of the Grand Magic Games are beginning tomorrow."

"You know that the amount of magic energy with be enough to power the eclipse gates, the portal to another world. After all this time, we will finally get our revenge." A man, standing tall in armour, talked to the girl with green hair.

"I know Arcadios, I want it just as much, but we must be patient." The girl muttered.

"Understood, Princess Hisui." The man in armour named Arcadios left, leaving the Princess sitting at her window sill.

'That woman. She told me I can do it. As the next in line of the Fiore name, I, Princess Hisui E. Fiore will stop Acnologia's attack at the GMG's.'

The group of fairies teleported to the foyer of the Honey Bone Inn.

"That elimination round was weird." Lucy sighed.

"Yeah no kidding, pulling all those tricks on us, and we ended up getting eighth place? This blows."

"At least we made it in Gray-san." Wendy tried to reassure the ice make wizard.

"Barely." He muttered to himself, putting his hand on his cheek as he slumped into one of the lobby seats.

"Hey Luce, where are ya' going?" Natsu glanced at the blonde, who seemed a little anxious.

"I'm going to check up on Selene. Wanna come with?" Lucy's question was replied with four nodding heads.

Lucy, followed by the other four mages walked to the infirmary. The blonde gently knocked on the door.

"Come in." The master lowly answered.

Lucy slowly pushed as the door creaked open, revealing Master Makarov sitting by Lucy's cousin, who's fast asleep in bed.

"How is she?" Lucy whispered to the Master.

"Her condition is still a little shaky but stable. She's making a surprisingly quick recovery than we had predicted." Makarov explained.

"That's nice." A small smile formed in the corners of Lucy's mouth.

"You kids should go get some rest, the first day of the GMG's is tomorrow."

The fairies all nodded and walked out of the infirmary room.

"Erza." Makarov whispered enough for the requip mage to hear.

"Yes Master?" Erza refrained from leaving with the others.

"I need to warn you of something. Whenever it comes be prepared."

"Do you know what kind of danger it is?" Erza asked in a concerned voice.

"Lucy Heartfilia, is in grave danger, just be ready when the time comes. Please don't tell anyone else or it will cause panic."

"Understood." She whispered as she exited the door.

'Could this be related to what Jellal was talking about?'

'Lucy is in danger.'

The fire dragonslayer turned his head to the blonde.

"Is something wrong Natsu?" Lucy asked the fire mage.

Out of impulse, he grabbed her wrist. "N-Natsu?!"

"Can I stay in your room?"

"Huh?" Lucy's cheeks blushed a light pink. "W-Why?"

"Just cause."

The ice make mage, sky dragonslayer, and exceeds stared at the scene, jaws nearly touching the floor. Before they knew it, the two wizards were out of their sight and in the hotel room.

"What just happened?" Wendy blinked out of her trance.

"You don't think-" Gray was cut off by Happy.

"They LoOoOoOve each other."

"Uh I don't think that's the case." Carla sweatdropped.

"I think so, he's too dense to understand anything like romance. Plus, he had a little bit of worried in his voice. What could that mean?" Gray crossed his arms.

CARLA/POV

Once Gray ended his sentence, I paused.

My eyes widened in shock as sweat formed on my face.

'A woman in armour with hair as deep as the sea and dark as the night... A beam, even far more darker than her hair... And bright crimson blood.'

"Is everything okay Carla?" Wendy's voice snapped me out of my vision.

"Y-Yeah I'm alright. Let's just get some rest for the night. Tomorrow's the big day."

LUCY/POV

After Natsu pulled me into my room, I couldn't help but feel embarassed at his actions.

"Seriously though, why do you want to stay in my room?" I put my hands on my hips.

"Like I said, just cause."

"That doesn't give me an explanation!" I put a pout on my face.

He gave me an unamused face.

I lost the staring contest.

"Fine, but you sleep in a different bed, alright."

"Fine with me." Natsu jumped straight into the bed beside mine.

I sighed as I walked into the bathroom. After changing into my pajamas, I left the bathroom to find Natsu already snoring.

I giggled at his sleeping face and laid down in my sheets. Curling into a ball, I fell soundly asleep.

SELENE/POV

My eyes fought my tiredness and opened to the sunlight that shined on my face. My head turned to the clock on the wall.

"Crap! It's almost time for the GMG's to start. I don't want to miss the first day!"

I pushed my bandage covered body into a sitting position on the infirmary bed. Then I heard the door creak open.

"Child, I'm afraid you can't go see the GMG's in person, it's far too early for you to be walking on your feet."

Porlyusica stood in front of me. For some odd reason, she smells like one of the dragons I trained with, but I can't remember which one.

"Then how am I suppose to give some support to our team members?" I asked her anxiously.

"Like I said you can't go see them in person, that's why your Master wanted me to give you this."

She handed me a lacrima of some sort.

"What's a lacrima going to do?"

"Just look into it and you'll see."

My eye brow raised as I did as I was told. Suddenly, an image of the Master appeared.

"Hello child!"

"Woah, is this like some communication lacrima?" I questioned.

"Yep and you can watch the games from there at the hotel." Levi stood at Master's side.

"You guys are amazing." I smiled. They replied with a supporting thumbs up.

"Hey look! They're going to announce the teams!" Levi pointed to the main part of Domus Flau, above the center of the stadium had a projection of the GMG's mascot.

"Welcome to the first day of the Grand Magic Games, kabo!"

The stands roared with cheering fans, each supporting the different guilds.

"Today's commentors are former council member Yajima, Chapita Lola, and our special guest, from Blue Pegasus, Jenny Realight. Now then, kabo! Let's introduce the eight teams competing this year!"

NORMAL/POV

"Isn't this exciting!" Romeo nearly jumped off the side of Fairy Tail's viewing area.

"It's definitely a sight to say the least." Lisanna glanced around to see tons of roaring fans, waving flags with different insignias on them.

The mascot's projection was replaced with a leaderboard.

"In eighth place! After seven years of mysteriously disappearing, will they make a comeback? With powers from seven years ago, I give you, Fairy Tail!"

A gate along the border of Domus Flau opened in the arena. Slowing rising, five shadowy figures step out onto the playing field.

The crowd's cheers fell silent as the rest of Fairy Tail roared with excitement. But eventually the once cheering fans booed with hate for the fairies.

"Get lost Fairy Tail!"

"You ain't number one anymore."

"No fairies should even qualify in this tournament."

Standing tall and proud, the five once loved wizards ignored the the cruel comments about them. Like there was a barricade in front of them, protecting from them everything but the confidence that kept their feet on the arena's ground.

"Now, in seventh place, Quatro Cerberus!"

The waving of flags and cheers increased, five grinning guys walked out waving around.

"In sixth place, Mermaid Heel!"

Five women stepped into the light. "An all women guild shouldn't be underestimated."

"In fifth place, Blue Pegasus!"

Ichiya along with his crew and someone in a bunny suit walked onto the arena as well. "This parfume is - Men."

Erza's blood went stone cold, she shuddered.

"Erza are you okay?" Lucy sweatdropped.

"In fourth place, Lamia Scale!"

"No way, they're here too?!" Gray's jaw dropped slightly.

"Nice to see ya' again Gray. Long time no see." A young man with silvery white hair strutted up to the raven haired ice make wizard.

"Hey it's Lyon, and isn't that Jura? One of the ten wizard saints?" Lucy looked at the tall, well-built man.

"Nice to see you guys."

"Hey look, it's eyebrows!" Natsu pointed to another member of Lamia Scale.

"Jeez! After seven years, you still call me that!"

"In third place, Raven Tail!"

Master Makarov slammed his fist onto the edge of his seat. "Why the hell are they here! This is a competition for official guilds only!"

"I don't mean to interrupt, but who's Raven Tail?" Selene's voice poked through the communication lacrima.

Lisanna tapped Master on his shoulder. "I've heard that Raven Tail has become an official guild recently, so that explains that. And Selene, Raven Tail is a dark guild that has trouble Fairy Tail for a while, even before we disappeared. Their master is Ivan Dreyar."

"No way. So someone related to our master is evil?"

"Yep, that the jist of it, surprising, we know."

"In second place, FAIRY TAIL B!"

"Wait, WHAT?" The five fairies shouted in unison, followed with the echoes of the crowd.

"GiHi, surprised ain't ya' Salamander." Gajeel, Juvia, Cana, Laxus, and Mirajane joined with the other five Fairy Tail members.

"We have two teams?" Selene questioned in shock.

"Yep, it's the new set of rules for this year, every guild can have two teams entered in the tournament."

"I see."

"Ahh, Juvia is glad that Gray-sama made it to the GMG's." The rainwoman fangirled.

Meanwhile, Lyon stared at Juvia, hearts in his eyes. 'Is this what they call-'

"Love at first sight?!" Lyon picked up Juvia.

"E-eh?"

"Not so fast Lyon!" Within seconds, Gray had Juvia in his arms, she passed out from the gesture.

"I ain't letting someone like you get your hands on one of my guildmates."

The matchmaking demon squealed with joy.

"And in first, the strongest guild in all of Fiore! Sabertooth!" With that last announcement, almost all of the spectators jumped out of their seats.

The last team walked to the middle of all the attention.

"After all these years will Fairy Tail be able to become number one again? Or will Sabertooth and their twin dragons stay at the top! Kabo!"

"Did he just say, twin dragons?" Natsu put his attention to two young men, one with short blonde hair, the other with slightly longer black hair. Their scents, mixed with dragon and human, they were the twin dragons of Sabertooth.

'Natsu.'

'Gajeel.'

'We will surpass you.'