Natsu couldn't stop thinking about that weird dream he had. He had no idea what it meant, but he was curious about it because he believed for a second that he saw Igneel in there. At the guild, he told Lucy all about it.

"It was strange, Lucy." Natsu said. "There were these dragons and these dark creatures. There was one dragon that really stood out. It looked like it was made out of an actual rainbow. I think I also saw Igneel in there."

"That does sound fascinating, but it was just a dream, Natsu." Lucy said. "I wouldn't put too much thought into it. It can be hard to tell what they mean."

"I guess, but what weirds me out is that my arm felt a little funny when I woke up." Natsu said. 'Almost like that strange feeling I got for a few seconds while I was dueling Gajeel.' He thought.

"Hey guys." Both of them saw Erza arrive.

"Hey, Erza." Natsu said.

"What are the two of you talking about over here?" Erza said.

"Natsu was just telling me about this strange dream he had." Lucy said.

"Let me guess, you're looking for Wendy." Natsu said.

"Yes. She insists on going through the same routine all the time." Erza said.

"What are you guys talking about?" Lucy said.

"You see, Wendy may be part of Fairy Tail, but she isn't so confident in her dueling skills." Natsu said. "She always gets nervous and doubts her skills. So Erza tries to help her out."

"Have any of you seen her?" Erza said.

"Sorry. Not today." Lucy said.

"I haven't seen her either." Natsu said. Erza looked around and saw Gray just entered the guild.

"Gray, have you seen Wendy?" Erza said.

"Yeah. I saw her down by the park doing some feeding to the birds." Gray said and Erza went straight for the park with the others following.

…

The Park

Erza headed for the park in Magnolia. She looked around and saw Wendy on a bench and was throwing breadcrumbs at birds for them to feed.

"Wendy!" Erza called out and got Wendy's attention as she saw all of them.

"Hi guys. What are all of you doing here?" Wendy said.

"We are actually here for you." Erza said. "Wendy, it's about time for our weekly dueling lessons." When Erza said that, Wendy became a little down and got a little nervous.

"Do I have to, Erza? I'm not really all that good." Wendy said.

"Wendy, we've been over this. You'll never get any better if you don't put some confidence in yourself." Erza said.

"How long have they been doing this?" Lucy asked.

"Long time. Practically since Wendy joined the guild. In fact, Erza was the one that got her to join." Natsu said

"She was? How did that happen?" Lucy said.

"It goes back to just a couple years ago." Gray said. "Wendy was being picked on by some bullies, saying she was a weak and pathetic duelist. Then one day, Erza stepping in and defended her. Erza couldn't turn away and she decided to help her. She's been helping out Wendy ever since. Erza's like the big sister Wendy never had."

"Aw! That's so sweet." Lucy said.

"It will be alright, Wendy." Erza said. "You know I'm not going to let this go until you agree to it. The sooner we do this, the sooner we can get it over with." Wendy knew Erza too well and she knew that was going to be true.

"Fine." Wendy said.

…..

The Duel Arena

Erza took Wendy to the guild's duel field. Natsu and the others took a seat in the stands so they could watch the duel.

"Hello, kids." All three of them saw Makarov came by and seemed to be joining them in watching the duel.

"Hey, Gramps." Natsu said.

"What's this all about? Erza giving Wendy another dueling lesson?" Makarov said already knowing the answer. "I feel bad for Wendy. She has so much potential, but she holds herself back and she has Erza to duel against."

"Why's dueling Erza a bad thing?" Lucy asked.

"That's right. I guess no one told you yet." Gray said. "Erza is considered the strongest female duelist in the entire guild.

"Erza is the strongest female!?" Lucy said with complete shock. "I want to support the girl, but she'll annihilate Wendy."

"Are you ready?" Erza said as she turned her silver duel disk on. Wendy still seemed nervous, but she held out her sky blue duel disk and got ready.

"Let's duel!" both of them said as they had 4000LP.

"I'll start." Wendy said. "I summon my Sky Maiden in defense mode." A lady with blue hair and white feathered wings came on the field with 400def points. "Next comes her special ability. I gain 500LP each turn." The maiden unleashed a bright light and Wendy's life points rose to 4500. "I'm also going to activate Armor Enchant. This spell will increase her defense points by 1000 until my next turn." Her maiden's defense points rose up to 1400. "Your turn, Erza."

"Here goes!" Erza said as she drew her card. "I summon Heaven's Wheel Armor!" A female warrior wearing metal angel-like armor came on the field and had 1000atk points. "I'm also going to activate her special ability. I'm allowed to summon a level four or lower warrior. I summon Black Wing Armor!" Another woman wearing black armor with bat wings rose on the field and had 1700atk points.

"Two monsters on one turn?! Poor Wendy is in trouble." Lucy said.

"Black Wing Armor, attack her Sky Maiden with Moon Flash!" Erza said. Her sword glowed as bright as moonlight and slashed down on Sky Maiden. Wendy's life points also dropped down to 4200.

"Hold on. Why did Wendy lose life points?" Lucy said.

"That's Black Wing Armor's ability. Even if the monster is in defense mode." Gray said.

"Heaven's Wheel Armor, it's your turn with Scattered Petals!" Erza said. Her warrior generated multiple swords and they slashed down on Wendy with her life points dropping to 3200. "I've told you many times, Wendy, you need to fortify your defenses when there's a vital monster on your field."

"You taught me so much, Erza. It's hard to remember all of them." Wendy said.

"It will all become second nature to you eventually." Erza said. "On with the duel. I'm placing two cards facedown and ending my turn."

"Here goes." Wendy said as she drew her next card. "I summon Carla Flying Cat in attack mode." A white cat in clothes and had wings came on the field with wings came on the field with 300atk points.

"How cute. It's like a female version of that Happy card you have, Natsu." Lucy said.

"Next, I use Carla's ability. It allows both of us to look at the top card of our decks." Wendy said. Both of them drew their top card and looked at it. Erza's was the spell: My Body as a Shield. Wendy's was a certain card that she needed to get out.

"Anything else?" Erza said as they both returned their cards.

"Yes. I'm activating my Graceful Charity." Wendy said. "So now I can draw three cards, but I have to discard two." Wendy drew those three extra cards and sent two in her hand to the grave. "This will help. Since you have more monsters on the field than I do, I can special summon my Sky Enchantress." A lady riding on a broom in white clothing came on the field and had 800atk points.

"Both of those monsters might be pretty, but Wendy's going to need more than that." Makarov said.

"I activate another spell Arms Enchant. This will give my monsters an extra 1000atk points until the end of my turn." Wendy said.

"I'm afraid that won't be happening." Erza said. "I activate my trap, Spell Disruptor. If the next card I draw happens to be a spell card, this trap will stop your spell. Thanks to you, I already know what my next card is." Erza drew her card and it was her spell.

"No." Wendy said and her spell was destroyed.

"Another thing I've taught you, Wendy." Erza said. "If you know your opponent's cards, you should know what to expect. We've dueled multiple times before."

"I know. I'm trying my best." Wendy said.

"I know you are. Just keep trying until the duel is over." Erza said. "Is there anything else you're going to try?"

"No. I end my turn." Wendy said.

"My turn." Erza said and drew her next card. "Heaven's Wheel Armor, attack Sky Enchantress!" Black Wing Armor, attack Carla!" Both monsters attacked. Heaven's Wheel destroyed Sky Enchantress with Wendy's life points dropping to 3000. Black Wing Armor slashed against Carla and destroyed her with Wendy now having 1600LP. "I'll let you off for now."

"Wendy can't get a single move in. This isn't looking good for her at all." Lucy said.

"Don't count Wendy out. A single card can still this turn around." Natsu said. Wendy was about to draw, but she was still nervous.

'I don't see the point in continuing. Erza is going to win again. I can't be a great duelist.' Wendy thought. She couldn't even bring herself to look.

"Don't look away, Wendy!" Erza called out and Wendy opened her eyes. "You could still have a chance. You just need to be willing to take it." That was the most vital lesson Wendy ever got from Erza. It's the same as the old life lesson that it's better to try than not try at all.

"Okay." Wendy said as she drew her next card and she was glad to see it was card that could turn this around. "I'm activating Sky Empress Guidance. This spell can allow me to summon a wind attribute monster if the difference in our life points is more than half. Since you have more than twice as many life points, I can summon Grandine the Sky Dragon." (AN: I know its spelled Grandeeney in the manga, but I go with the English dub version of the anime. Have any of you noticed there were a lot of name changes around in the series of people and attacks?) A beautiful white dragon flew out on the field with 2300atk points.

"Wendy has a dragon too?!" Lucy said as she was amazed by it.

"Sure does. Beautiful, isn't it?" Natsu said.

"It certainly is. Grandine is Wendy's best card." Makarov said.

"I activate Grandine's special ability." Wendy said. "Since my life points are lower than yours, Grandine's attack points increase by the difference. The difference is 2400. That means Grandine gains that many attack points!" Grandine was surrounded in a white aura and her attack points rose up to 5700.

"Amazing! Wendy could win right here!" Lucy said.

"Don't bet on it." Natsu said.

"Yeah. There's no way Erza is going down in a single turn." Gray said.

"Grandine, attack Heaven's Wheel Armor with Sky Drill!" Wendy said. Grandine admitted a bright light and it turned into a drill as it went to attack.

"Impressive, Wendy, but you overlooked something." Erza said. "I still have a trap. It's Negate Attack!" A second flow of wind came and blocked the attack.

"She might have blocked the attack, but even without that power boost, Grandine has far more attack points." Lucy said.

"I end my turn." Wendy said.

"My turn!" Erza said. "The time has come for us to end this. I sacrifice Black Wing Armor and Heaven's Wheel Armor! I tribute summon Clear Heart Samurai!" Both monsters vanished in their place came a third female with no armor and wore flame designed pants. She also had 3000atk points. "I'm also going to activate On the Defense. This card can switch an entire field into defense mode. Grandine is now taking a knee." Grandine switched to defense mode and had 1400def points.

"Game over." Natsu said.

"Yep. Clear Heart Samurai has the same ability as Black Wing Armor." Gray said.

"So Clear Heart Samurai can deal damage even when a monster is in defense mode? That means Wendy loses." Lucy said.

"Clear Heart Samurai, attack Grandine with Crimson Blossom Slash!" Her warrior jumped up and slashed down with a great red light and destroyed Grandine with Wendy losing the last of her life points. Wendy dropped down and was on the verge of tears. "One other thing I taught you. Don't cry just because you lost." Erza went over and helped her up. "You're getting better."

"You really think so?" Wendy asked.

"I do." Erza said. All of them seemed happy to see Erza be such a caring and considerate sister-like figure to Wendy. Almost like a knight helping a fair maiden. "Now, let's go get some strawberry cake for a prize. I can already taste it."

"Again? Are you going to order fifty again?" Wendy said and Erza was starting to get all giddy thinking about cake.

"Fifty?! How could Erza get all looney about cake and be a serious duelist?" Lucy said.

"Simply. She's….complicated." All of them said.

…

Meanwhile, outside of Magnolia at a mansion, a man with blue hair and a tattoo under his right eye was looking over some paperwork. Just as he was doing some work, a woman with long black hair came into his room.

"Jellal, I have something to show you."

"What is it, Ultear?" Jellal asked.

"Look at this." Ultear said as she handed him over a paper with a graph on it. "We got a small reading, but it is uncertain if it's what we look for." Jellal looked over at the readings.

"Find where this came from and inform me if you discover anything." Jellal said and she understood. Who exactly is this Jellal and what is he searching for?