Hey again my lovely readers! Here'c chapter 21 for you! This one was extremely easy to write and I have no clue why...it probably sucks :P Oh well :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail (It's magic is credit to the amazing Hiro Mashima), only the my ideas and love for the show.

Chapter 21
A Saving Grace

Kairav P.O.V

"Why did we even volunteer for this?!" Adan shouts, sending another boulder towards the black dragon. Aine laughs and flips into the air, fire streaming from her hands.

"It's all for fun, my friend," she shouts back, pointing her palms at Acnologia. I laugh with her and run forward, trailing streams of water behind me. I jerk my arms forwards, the water mimicking their movement.

"Anila! Now!" I shout. She appears infront of me, floating just above the ground. The water that flies through the air turns into a deadly shard of ice. Heading staright for the Dragon.

And it shatters.

"Huh?" I say, looking at the shard of ice on the ground. Anila comes back to stand beside me.

"I told you we can't defeat a Dragon!" Adan shouts. He leans foward and punches the ground, creating a hole. "Ach, to hell with this!"

Suddenly, the ground begins to shake and I look over at my brother. He kneels on the ground, his arms buried in the stone up to his elbows, his eys closed. Each of his tattoo's lights up an eerie green colour and Aine stand beside him, looking down in awe.

"Oh here we go," I mumble, grabbing Anila and dragging her to the others. We stand side by side, behind my brother. "Just don't kill anyone."

"No pormises," is the only relply I get.

The mountain itself seems to be shaking. Rocks and stones fall from the roof of the cavern, crashing to the ground. Adan glows brighter still, his shoulders hunched in concentration. Aine kneels beside him, her hand on his right arm, and I can see her power flowing into him. I nod at Anile, who places her hand on his back while I place my hand on his other arm. Our powers flow from us to him.

"Cover you faces, kids," I hear him say. "It's about to get dusty."

The roof of the cavern collapses, right above Acnologia. The Dragon roars and screeached, looking for an esacpe, but find none. All too soon, it's buried in stone. We stand, waiting, for over five minutes, before we back away. Hopefully, now, it's dead.

"Well what do you know. Rock head actually has power," Aine laughs, boincung up and down on the balls of her feet.

"Oh shut up," Adan growls, looking at her. She smiles back beofre launching herself at him and kissing his lips. I stare at them in shock before looking at Anila. She looks almost..pleased.

"Em, since when was this a thing?" I ask her, my voice low. She gives me a look that says 'are you an idiot?' and shakes her head. "What? Was it that abvious?" She nods and smiles, taking my hand.

I'm about to hug her when a roar fills the cave and the other two break apart. I guess it's not over then.

Natsu P.O.V

Lucy's screams rip though my body, causing me to shudder. My back aches from being pressed against the cold stone walls of my cell and my throat is raw from crying. This is an endless nightmare. One I seem to be not waking up from.

"No!" Lucy screams again. I don't look up. I can't look up. The last time I did I passed out.

Broken and bloody, her body seems weak. Bones broken, skin bruised, hair matted. Yet, she's still alive. How is she still alive?

How am I still alive?

We need someone to save us.

Lucy P.O.V

Shooting pain. That's all there is. I can't even feel the cool stone beneath me. Just the hot, burning pain. That's all there is. And that laugh. It haunts my every moment; waking or not.

Why am I not dead? I should be dead. After all I've endured, my body should have given up by now. I wish it had.

The laugh again. Another round of pain. Another scream. Mine, of course. Again, pain. More screams. Tears. Pain. An endless cycle.

"Natsu," I whisper, face pressed into the ground.

"You little boyfriend can't save you now," the voice says, with another laugh. "He can't help you. No one can. Precious little princess. Strayed to far from her golden thrown. Brought your friend to death."

"No!" I scream and everything is black.

I need help. We all need help.

Adan P.O.V

"Son of a-!"

"Language, Adan," Aine giggles, running past. Even in the midst of battle, she manages to be cheeky. Huh, must be one of the things I like about her.

"Oh shut up," I say back, running after her. I grab her waits and throw her in the air, watching her spiral. She body turns gracefully, so she's facing the dragon.

"Anyone for roast Dragon?" she laughs, suddenly throwing a jet of yellow flames towards the black beast.

The Dragon roars, it's mouth opening up. It's stand for a moment, bathed in light... before it eats the flames.

I stare, shocked at the animal. Aine lands behind it and whips round. She runs, jets of fire pushing her faster, until she's up it's tail and on it's back, shouting her lungs out. Oh dear.

"Aine, no!" I shout, along with Kai. Anila can only stare in horror at her sister. "Get down, now!"

"No way in hell! This thing ate my flames!" she shouts. Stupid hot headed girl.

"Anila, any chance you could get her down?" Kai asks, his eyes never leaving the black hair girl. The blond nods, her arms stretched either side of her. I watch as Aine is suddenly jerked back and falls towards me. I don;t think. My hands shoot out and I grab her.

She glares up at me, pouting slightly I glare back at her, pulling her closer. Finally, she sighs and shakes her head looking away. I grin and tilt her face back to mine with my finger.

"Do not, under any circumstances, do that again," I whisper, pressing my lips to hers.

"Oh shut up," she laughs, jumping out of my arms. "We have a Dragon to defeat, don't we."

"I believe I can help with that." We all turn to see a woman, maybe in her twentieth year, with long pink hair and a toothy grin, standing before us.

"And you are?" I ask. Aine hits my head and glares. Okay, I sounded rude, but she did appear out of nowhere.

"I am Grace," she says, her voice soft. "I am his sister."

I look to where she is pointing and gape. She's that cursed Dragon's sister? Oh this just gets better and better.

"Like I said, I am Grace. Grace Dragneel."

So we get a pink hair woman as our savior. Great.

Levy P.O.V

"We've been walking for ages," Gray says. "Anyone know where we are?"

"In a mountain I'm guessing," Gajeel says. I hit him and he yelps. "Sorry. It's been a long day."

"No kidding," Jellal murmurs, torch held high in front of him. The small fire illuminates the passage before us. The one we've been in for over half an hour.

"Juvia thinks we should turn back and try another passage," the bluenette behind me whispers. "

"Bit late now, Juvia," Gray says. "I think we've come a bit far to even think about turning back."

"Juvia knows. Juvia just wishes it wasn't true," Juvia says in a soft voice. "Juvia misses Lucy. Juvia wants her friends back."

"We all do, Juvia," I say. "And we are going to get them back."

"Exactly," Erza says from the front of the line.

"No one can stop us," Lisanna says, her voice strong.

We would save them. I'm sure of it.

Aine P.O.V

"Okay, how are you meant to help us?" I ask dubiously.

"Like this," is all the Grace says, before she is engulfed in light.

"What the hell?!" Adan shouts, backing away. The light clears and I gasp.

"No way," I whisper. Standing in Graces' place is a Dragon with golden scales and eyes. Okay, so not what I was expecting.

"Only a Dragon can defeat a Dragon," she says. Her voice has become harder, more Dragon-like.

"Okay. Er, then, have fun?" I stumble. She chuckles and launches herself at Acnologia.

This should be good.

Grace P.O.V

"Brother!" I shout. Ace's head turns to me, eyes gleaming, and he stares.

"G-grace?" he stammers.

"Yes, it is I," I say, landing in front of him.

"How? You died," he rumbles, eyes flashing.

"I was granted power, my brother," I answer, shifting to the side. "Layla Heartfelia asked me to save her daughter and I promised her I would."

"You can't save her!" he booms, cackling. "The worthless girl is lost. My Lord already has her."

"I don't care what you think," I snarl. "You are lost, brother. You are not the sweet boy I once knew. You let my death effect you too much and now look at you. You are a monster, lead by darkness. I am ashamed to be of any relation to you."

"How dare you!" Ace screeches. "I mourned you! I was lost without you! I sought revenge for your death."

"You didn't need to!" I shout. "I got myself killed. Not Igneel. Not Grandine. Me! It was my fault. I walked off the path and into a wolfs den area. If I had stayed where I was meant to I would still be alive. It. Was. My. Fault."

Ace is quiet, his eyes wide and staring. I stare blankly back, my gold eyes boring into his. He didn't expect this. He's lived his whole life blaming someone for what happened to me, when, in fact, it wasn't that simple. I always was adventurous But one adventure lead to the biggest one of them all. Death.

"No," Ace mumbles. "No, that can't be true."

"It's is, my brother," I say back sadly. "It's very true. As true as the fact that you are human, despite the skin you wear."

"Why? Why did you tell me this?"

"So you could learn and grow. So that you could learn the error of your ways. So I could save you."

"I can't be saved." His black head falls forward and I look on sadly.

"Everyone can be saved."

I open my mouth and roar, golden flames emitting from my maw and flowing onto his black scales. Yes, everyone can be saved.

There we go then :) R&R and let me know if it was okay :)

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