Hey guys here is the next chapter in this fic. The end of the story is comming...
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Chapter Twenty-Six
Prelude to disaster
The sun rose over the city of Magnolia.
To every citizen in the large and beautiful city, it would seem to be another peaceful day as they went on about their businesses. Rave, however, could feel the shift in the air, which was one of the main reasons she had woken up.
The young dark haired girl seated up and glanced around herself. The room she was sleeping in Fairy Hills was well taken care of…except for the many weapons that decorated the room. The night before, she had crossed path with the red haired girl, Erza Scarlet, and the girl had offered her to stay with her for the night.
She had decided to accept and now she had woken up, dressed in one of Ezra's nightwear as she walked toward the window, observing the outside. It looked no different than it was the day before, but Rave couldn`t shakes that feeling…
"Are you okay?"
She glanced toward the much younger woman who was despite how early it was, carrying a strawberry cake upon a small plate.
"It's just a feeling I am having," Rave answered her, "Thanks again for letting me stay over."
Erza gave her a smile.
"Don`t worry about it," she said, "After all, this is the least I could do."
Rave glanced at the plate she had in her hand.
"Er…is that what you eat for breakfast?"
Erza chuckled.
"I am just having a little snack before starting breakfast," the redhead answered, "Why don't you get dressed and we will go down at the guild."
"Sure," Rave answered her.
A little while later, the two girls were walking down the road heading toward the guild. Rave glanced toward the sky above them. It was a clear sky, with the sun shining quite brightly, with a warm soft wind blowing through.
She can see that everything was peaceful…quiet so…
What is that feeling? She thought, frowning, What is that foreboding that I can sense?
"Rave," Erza asked, "Can I ask you a question?"
That caused the dark haired girl to glance at her.
"Sure."
Erza was frowning.
"That man with the Scythe," she asked, "The one you called Reaper…just how powerful is he?"
Rave frowned a little.
"Pretty powerful," she said, "Although he isn`t as skilled with hand to hand combat… but with that Scythe of is, he is pretty much invincible. He practice a really powerful Dark Branch of Magic called, The Reaping Magic, a sort of magic that absorb someone`s life."
Erza glanced at her.
"Reaping Magic?" she repeated.
Rave nodded.
"He uses the Scythe to do it," she said, "With one slice of that thing through your body, you`re dead."
Erza frowned.
"He is quite an opponent then," she said, "What about the others?"
"Well, Siren is a Water Mage," Rave continued, "Well in the past she always used to brag about how she defeated the God of the Sea. Sea God Slayer, that`s what she called herself."
"Sea God Slayer?" Erza repeated shocked.
"Yes," Rave told her, "We weren`t a lot at the beginning but we were all powerful. Well, GrayHood is a mystery, even to me. He hardly spoke of his past and what he does and I have never seen his full face since he always had that hood up…but I do know he uses some kind of Gravitational Magic and can control any kind of gravity."
"Kind of like Bluenote," Erza murmured.
"Who?"
"A powerful mage from a once powerful Dark Guild," the redhead explained, "Gildarts, our strongest mage, was the one that managed to defeat him."
"Oh," Rave said, "Well, anyway, there is another one, which I am sure is with them even thought he didn`t show up, the day before."
"There is one more?"
"Yes, Sanath," Rave said, "Well, he uses lost Arts, called Summoning."
"Summoning?" Erza repeated, "You mean he is a Celestial Wizard?"
Rave frowned a little.
"He might have been in the past before he joined us," she said, "But he doesn`t use Gate Keys to summon spirits, he uses Rings."
"Rings?"
"Yeah, he got three rings in one of his hands," Rave told her, "He might have more compared to back then…heck, all of them might be stronger than they were back in the days when I was with them."
Erza sighed.
"They are all above S Class Mage then," she said.
"Yeah, probably," Rave told her, "The only thing they might have more than you is the experience of living such long lives…I am surprised that any of them didn't go insane by now."
Erza gave her a confused glance. Before she could ask on what Rave was talking about a voice yelled out at them.
"Hey, Erza, Rave,"
The duo turned around.
Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Happy were walking toward them, waving.
"You guys," Rave said.
"What are you all doing here?" Erza asked.
"Well, we were going to go to the Guild but, Natsu wanted to talk to Rave," Lucy explained.
"I decided to tag along," Gray shrugged, his shirt mysteriously gone missing.
"Gray…, put your shirt back on," Rave said.
The young man blinked and glanced down.
"Ah, dammit," he said, "Where the hell did it go?"
"Ah, Natsu," she said, "You wanted to talk to me about…what exactly?"
The young Dragon Slayer gave her a grin.
"Well, I was wondering if you want to live with me and Happy?" he asked, "Since you don't have a home right now. Considering you are like a sister since you knew Igneel and all."
Rave raised an eyebrow.
"Well, the offer is nice," she said.
"You don't want to stay with him," Lucy said, waving her hand in a no-no manner, "It`s a mess and he never cleans it."
"Well, I would have Rave clean it for me like you did in the past," Natsu said, as if it was obvious.
Gray gave him a punch on the top of his head.
"You don't invite someone in your place to clean it for you idiot," the Ice Mage said.
Natsu, immediately pissed off glared at the mage, "Well I didn`t ask you, you stripper so bug off."
"Flame breath,"
"Flasher,"
Gray growled at him and was getting ready to go down…
"I SAID NO FIGHTING," Erza said, slamming her armored fists upon their heads.
"A…Aye," Natsu said, looking scared for his life with the scary look on the redhead`s face.
"Natsu totally forgot that Erza was there didn`t he?" Lucy said, looking at them.
"Seems like it," Happy said.
Rave smiled to herself watching them…before that sense she had been feeling since she woke up suddenly caused her to turn her attention toward the sky above them which was still as blue as ever.
Just what the heck was that? She thought.
She didn`t understand what was causing her to feel that cold shiver on the back of her neck right now. She couldn`t see the danger, even thought her senses were telling her there is a danger that was fast approaching from the skies…
But the only thing that caused her to feel such things was….
Rave`s eyes suddenly widened in shock. Then she turned her gaze toward the direction where she knew the Tower of 5 was situated.
They couldn`t have…she thought.
Flashback
"We destroy this entire city along with your little friends and the Dragon Slayer," Reaper told her his eyes glancing at the Fairy Tail group behind Harry.
The girl tightened her jaws.
"C…Can I have some time to think about it," she said, "At least, for old time sake."
Reaper stared at her, his eyes unblinking.
"You have two days," he said, putting his Scythe back where it was before, "Meet us at the Tower of 5. If you don't show up, we start our attacks upon the city and turn it to ashes."
End of Flashback
The deadline was for tomorrow, she thought, why would they want to destroy Magnolia?
"Rave, are you okay?"
The girl snapped her attention toward Lucy who had put a hand on her shoulder. The rest of the group was staring at her in confusion. Rave can see on their faces that they had no idea of what was coming.
No idea of the danger they were in, she thought.
"We have to get to the Guild, quickly" Rave said, the urgency loud in her voice.
She then started to run, the rest of the guys following after her.
"But why?" Erza asked, "What is going on?"
"I realized what I was feeling earlier," Rave said, "and something bad is coming this way, something terrible. We have to warn Makarov."
Fairy Tail Guild Hall
Most of the members have already gathered for the morning. Mira was walking around serving drinks with a smile upon her face; Gajeel was on the podium of the Guild with a guitar playing music, with many other members booing him for his horrible singing skills.
All in all, it was a typical Fairy Tail morning.
The only thing missing was the fighting.
Carla, the White Exceed was seating on the chair beside PantherLily who was holding his head down in shame at what his companion was doing, and Wendy was grinning and laughing at what was happening around her.
Then Carla`s feel that strange feeling again as the vision of the Dragon appearing above Magnolia which caused her to shake her head.
That vision again, she thought, unable to shake the fear she was feeling.
"Carla, are you alright?" PantherLily asked her, "You seem…pale."
"Sorry," the white Exceed told him, "I…I am not feeling too well."
Suddenly the guild door was thrown open and Erza along with Natsu along with Happy, Gray Lucy and the dark haired girl, Rave entered, all of them out of breath.
"D…Did we really have to run all the way?" Lucy asked, looking completely exhausted.
"Yes," Rave answered, not looking a bit winded, "Where is Master Makarov?"
"Here I am," Master Makarov said, as he walked toward them with a large smile on his face, "What seems to be the hurry here Rave?"
The girl`s face…Carla couldn`t hardly read it but it was the eyes that showed the barely contained emotion.
"We have to evacuate Magnolia immediately," Rave said, her voice carrying over the guild.
Makarov`s eyes widened in surprise along with the group that had followed her in.
"Evacuate the city?" Natsu said, surprised.
"Why would you think of such an action Rave?" Makarov asked carefully.
"Because Acnologia is coming," she said.
A deep hush fell in the guild as everyone stared at the girl. The name caused everyone that had been on Tenrou Island that fateful day to pale considerably. They all remember that black dragon that had attacked them out of nowhere.
"Y…You mean it`s coming here?" Lucy spoke, breaking the heavy silence.
"B…But how do you know?" Makarov asked.
"I can feel him coming," Rave told him, thinking about it, "I could feel it ever since I woke up this morning…At first I didn't understand it, but…I recognize the feeling from long ago."
She then looked up at the old man.
"Please," she said, "You have to spread the news and evacuate the city at once."
Carla couldn't help but feel shock at what was she was hearing. She had the vision just the day before, and yet, when she couldn't believe what she had been seeing then Rave had come in with the news that Acnologia was coming here.
Could Acnologia be the Dragon she had seen in her vision? Could this be what she had seen in those snippets of visions could be actually accurate?
Carla looked toward the Master, noticing the man`s face. She could see that the man was having trouble believing what Rave had been saying.
Maybe…Maybe if I tell them about my visions, she thought, maybe I could change the future that I have seen.
Steeling her resolve, the white Exceed stood up from where she was drawing Wendy`s attention.
"Carla,"
The Exceed approached the Master.
"E…Excuse me Master Makarov," she said, drawing the man`s attention toward her along with Rave.
"What is it Carla?" he asked.
"T…There is something that I would like to talk about," she said, "Something that has to do with what Rave told us."
"What do you mean?"
Carla swallowed a little, to calm her rapidly beating heart.
"I am afraid that Rave is telling the truth," she said, "For I have seen it happen."
Carla`s revalation...Could it change the dark vision of the future?
Next time: Spiraling...
AN: Hey guys, i am writting another Fairy Tail story one that had been running around my head for the past weeks. I have been reading some Naruto Self-Insert fics and they had given me the inspiration to put my story on paper. I have already written few chapters for it. The name will be Child of Heaven.
At the end of this fic...i`ll post a preview for it to see if you guys are interested in reading it or not.
Jacques0 out.
R&R.