Here's another chapter for you all to read. I greatly apologize for how long this one took to get out but I'm lucky to even be getting this out as it is, a little over a month ago I ended up kicked out of my family's house and had to live in my car for a little while until a friend figured it out and took me in so thanks to him I have a place to live again while I try to get my own apartment. On another note I fixed up some typos from the last chapter for some names and with that said, enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 13

Runes had aligned all of the walls and in the air barring each exit available to those trapped. "What is this? What's going on?" a confused Jet asked.

"Only the most powerful wizard is allowed to leave these enchantments." Droy read aloud from the enchantments that appeared.

"What does that mean it wants us to fight?" Jet asked?

Alzack scowled to himself and thought, 'Damn Laxus to hell…what is he thinking having Bisca and the others turned to stone and now he wants us to fight?'

Alzack then sighed and said, "Jet, Droy…please forgive me…but I must save Bisca."

Jet and Droy turned to Alzack confusedly and the next thing they knew was blissful unconsciousness as Alzack yelled, "Static Shot!" Before he moved on as the barrier dropped.

Elsewhere, the runes now said "Alzack winner."

Gray grimaced as he dodged another burst of attacks from Bickslow's dolls; that explosion had been too close for comfort. "Come on Gray, why are you running away? Don't you want to play?" Bickslow taunted Gray with his tongue hanging out who had also been running along rooftops.

"Who says I'm running? It's called tactics!" Gray yelled back as he jumped high in the air and pushed himself off a building to appear in front of Bickslow with arms outstretched in front of him as he shouted, "Ice make: Lance!" causing numerous lances to form and launch at him.

Bickslow cursed as he raised his arms to block with the doll tiki heads trying to get behind him for cover but were too slow, so they were caught in the attack causing them to be destroyed. "NO! You destroyed my babies! I'll kill you!" Bickslow cried out in anger.

Bickslow then ran at Gray with magic power forming around his fist as he attempted to punch him. Gray took a low stance as Bickslow got closer and dropped to the ground as Bixlow swung his fist at Gray's head but the attack went right over him from Gray dropping causing Bickslow to stumble. Gray took advantage of the stumble and grabbed Bickslow's shoulder as he stood back up, swinging Bickslow into the ground head first. As Bickslow was down Gray yelled, "ICE MAKE: HAMMER!" and slammed his ice hammer onto Bickslow's chest effectively knocking him unconscious.

Gray smirked to himself as he turned to look for the other members of the Thunder God Tribe.

The runes now said, "Winner, Gray"

Natsu and Makarov sighed in relief as they saw that Gray had won against Bickslow had been defeated. "Well at least Gray took one down so far, maybe this won't turn out to bad." Makarov said as he sat down.

"That's if he doesn't get his ass kicked by Laxus in the end." A voice said from behind them.

Natsu and Makarov turned and saw Gajeel sitting at a table in the corner looking up at the runes. "What are you doing there?" Natsu questioned.

"I saw how you couldn't get out so I figured I wouldn't be able to either." He reasoned.

"Well I guess that makes sense." Natsu mumbled before taking a quick glance at the runes before walking over to where Erza's statue was.

Natsu caressed her cheek and thought, 'I'm sorry this happened to you Erza and Laxus along with his lackeys will pay for this.'

As Natsu began to walk away back to the runes he heard a cracking sound and stiffened. He looked back behind him and saw that Erza's statue had started cracking at her right eye before it started slowly spreading down her face and body. "Master!" He cried out quickly as he rushed back to Erza and gently laid her down.

A few moments later Makarov and Gajeel were both at his side as they watched in horror/wonder as the statue of Erza started cracking more. "What do we do?" Natsu asked in desperation.

"Use my iron with your fire to weld her together!" Gajeel exclaimed but before he had Natsu could do anything foolish they we're hit on the back of the head by Makarov.

"Do nothing fools…just watch now; I have a theory as to what's happening." Makarov told them.

As they statue cracked more the stone finally had broken apart leaving Erza lying there confused as she thought, 'What just happened? Last thing I remember was being turned to stone when I jumped in front of Natsu-'

Before she could think anything else she felt herself get tackled as Natsu jumped on her and pulled her into a tight hug as he said, "Thank god you're alright. I was worried for you and so angry at the same time when I saw you turned."

After getting her bearings straight Erza smiled at Natsu and hugged him back. After a moment she said, "Remember my dragon I won't leave you so never worry again."

"I know…I just couldn't help it no matter what I thought earlier." Natsu said as he tightened his grip.

After a few more moments of them hugging they broke apart and Natsu pulled Erza up giving her a quick kiss before he asked, "Are you aware of what's happening?"

"Somewhat, right before I was turned to stone I already had guessed what was going on and now I know Laxus and his lackey's are up to something I just don't know what that something is." Erza said to him.

"Laxus is having Fairy Tail fight each other currently and is holding the rest of the girls that were petrified as hostages." Makarov said from besides them causing Erza to finally notice him and Gajeel.

"Master…Gajeel what are you all hear?" Erza asked confusedly.

"Freed has placed runes around the guild hall which is preventing us from leaving, but it shouldn't stop you from leaving. Erza…go now and force Evergreen to return everyone back to normal. GO!" Makarov ordered.

Erza took one last look at Natsu and quickly ran over the information she was given before nodding and ran out the guild in search for Evergreen. As she ran off after Evergreen, Natsu turned to Makarov and asked, "So what was your theory on Erza for her breaking free?"

"Simple really…Erza has a fake eye so ocular magic is only half effective against her."

"That's right; I had forgotten she had a fake eye." Natsu said to himself.

Natsu then walked over to the runes as he examined them again. He pushed lightly on the runes and found he still couldn't pass through. Natsu grit his teeth as he thought, 'Damn you to hell Laxus…I will get out of here and stop you. It is unforgivable what you have done to our family.'

Natsu then hit the runes hard as his eyes narrowed in anger and black flames started swirling around his fist…

Erza took to the roofs not far outside of Fairy Tail as she started searching for Evergreen. As she ran she closed her eyes in concentration trying to feel Evergreen's magic hoping to find her that way. That's when she felt it…Elfman's power just dropped as if he had fallen unconscious or something similar, she noticed a faint trace of nature based magic and thought, 'Gotcha now.'

She turned to her left and started running across the roofs in the direction she felt the magic. After traveling across the city a little ways she felt her instincts blare at her causing her to jump to the side narrowly avoiding a barrage of thorns. As she landed she looked up and saw Evergreen flying with a frown on her face. "I was hoping to catch you in that attack Titania, false queen of the fairies."

Erza frowned at what Evergreen and asked, "What do you mean false Queen of the Fairies?"

"You are undeserving of the title…it is rightfully mine and I will take it from you by defeating you in combat." Evergreen boasted.

'Delusional if she thinks she can beat me easily.' Erza thought before she summoned up two of her swords. "Well then, come Evergreen!"

Before either of them moved there was a resounding boom that caused the area to shake. "What the hell was that!?" Evergreen exclaimed.

They then heard a slight rumbling and in the direction of the guild causing them to look and what they saw made their eyes widen. The runes around the guild were crumbling down with a blast of black fire flashing through the air.

Again I apologize for how long that took to get out and I will have the next one up much, much sooner. Please review and look forward to the next chapter…the final fight between Erza and Evergreen, Natsu and Gajeel vs Laxus to bring it all to an end.