Here is the next chapter for Of Body and Mind. Updates for my original stories will slow down because I want to finish some of my other stories in order to work on some other stuff.

And also, as for the Saber Tooth story, I am going to hold it back until Sting and Rogue use their actual elements. That is one thing that I can not leave to fanon. Dragon Slayer elements are something I will always keep in canon.

Also, cameo at the end of this chapter (sort of). Enjoy.

Bilderburg was an infamous dark guild. They actively raided villages and caused as much trouble as they could. Their ranks consisted of exiled mages, ex-convicts, and mercenaries. But overall, the guild was filled with mercenaries. Bilderburg in itself was an army for hire. Any warlord, with the right amount of money, could easily hire the entire guild to act as their army.

They had been known to form alliances before and this one with Tartaros was no different than the one they had forged with Tartaros and Worm Wood long ago.

But why were they attacking Magnolia? Fairy Tail was one of the few legal guilds they feared and yet they openly attack Fairy Tail's home town? Perhaps Bael's presence had given them courage to fight against Fairy Tail. But it was obvious that they wanted something to do with Fairy Tail.

The first cannonball smashed into the city square, smashing the stone street and cracking the marble fountain in the middle. The water spilled out of the cracked marble bowl and several more cannonballs followed, smashing into the streets around, knocking down houses and causing chaos as civilians ran for cover. Fairy Tail did not realize what was going on. The guild was much too noisy for anything to be heard.

Natsu was the one who realized that Magnolia was under attack. His enhanced hearing heard the ring of the cannons as they roared and spit lead balls down onto the city. He quickly ran to the balcony of the guild and he watched in anger and horror as the smoke rose from the city. He turned to everyone else in the guild. They were busy eating, fighting and talking but Natsu's voice got their attention, his voice angry and easily distinguishable.

"Magnolia is under attack! Those bastards have snuck up on us!" he shouted as everyone suddenly burst into chatter as they scattered through the guild, alerting everyone they saw.

Gajeel quickly ran up to Natsu, grunting as he looked outside. Against the backdrop of a clear blue sky, the cannon crews were difficult to see but Gajeel's eyes widened as he saw something.

Fump

The cannonball was engulfed by Gajeel as the black ball of lead shot into the dragon slayer's mouth. Gajeel just grinned, the ball of lead still in his mouth.

"Hron Dhagon Fayer's Hoar!" Gajeel shouted, his voice muffled by the cannonball stuck in his mouth.

The ball shot out of Gajeel's mouth travelling at incredible speed. It arced across the blue sky and it shot straight through the cannon crew that had shot it. There was an explosion as the cannon exploded and sent the crew falling to their deaths. Gajeel stepped back to admire his handiwork but was distracted by Natsu pointing towards the city.

"Gajeel! We need to get down there! Stop looking at the explosion and help me!" Natsu shouted as he started to run out the door.

Gajeel grunted angrily as he chased after the fire dragon slayer. Everyone else in the guild followed after Natsu and Gajeel wondered if he could devour any cannons before the day was over. He slammed the doors shut behind him and he followed the rest of his guild mates down the hill and into the city.

…

"I trust that your men can hold of Fairy Tail long enough for me to get what I need?" Bael asked, looking down at the city, taking in the scene of destruction and chaos he had helped create.

Kyle sniffed and he looked over at the huge mob of mercenaries he had brought with him from his guild. They were more than a million people, wearing mismatched armor and holding rusted swords and axes. Kyle looked back at the intimidating and stone cold man.

"Of course. More than a million mercenaries and several hundred mages will be more than enough to keep the fairies busy." Kyle said as he straightened his red tie.

Bael nodded slowly as he looked down at Fairy Tail, noticing how small it looked from up so high. Bael took a deep breath and he concentrated on what he needed to do. And slowly, his body began to change. First his eyes changed. They went from hollow to black and there were eight of them. Then he started to grow hair all over his body, the clothes he was wearing soon disappearing in a thick coat of hair. Thick mandibles grew from his mouth and soon, extra limbs started to grow from his sides. They were hairy and resembled a spider's. Within minutes, Bael was gone. In his place was a large spider, brown colored fuzzy hair and huge mandibles that could easily cut iron bars in half.

The huge spider began crawling down the hill and the sounds of thousands of people descending upon a city created a thundering roar. Bael smiled as his legs touched back down onto the earth, having crawled down the rocky hill in under a minute. His body started to return to normal form and Bael dusted himself off as he could hear the sounds of fighting throughout the town. He would have little time to do the job…

Within Magnolia

The hordes of mercenaries crowded the city, fighting against mages from Fairy Tail. The shouts and screams of people filled the air and hearing anyone talk was almost impossible. It had been luck that had brought them to Natsu and Gajeel. They had met on the way into the city and they would valuable allies if they were forced to fight crowds of mercenaries. Asura and Azami were sticking close to Gajeel and Natsu while Raymond was in the middle of the group of four.

"Natsu! Where the hell is everyone!' Gajeel shouted as he dodged a sword and smashed his fist into a mercenary.

There was a burst of flame as a group of dark guild soldiers were taken out and Natsu turned to Gajeel, glaring at him, his mouth still smoking.

"How the hell should I know!" Natsu shouted back at the iron dragon slayer.

Asura and Azami helped Gajeel and Natsu clear space for the other mages when suddenly a wave of green flashed and the group found themselves on the ground, covered in dust and dazed. The two dragon slayers were still standing, glaring at whoever had made the attack. The dust was still floating but the figure easily waved it away. He had greasy black hair, a suit on with a red tie and his smile was one of absolute loathing. He held a book in his hand that was covered in green runes.

"I found the fairy dragons! And some other worthless mages as well!" he said delightfully as he looked through the book. "Well what are you waiting for? I have not had a good fight in years! Gavarstead!"

Fairy Tail

The doors to the legendary guild smashed open as Bael walked in. He looked around the empty guild and chuckled. It was an honor to see the guild but he was here for more important reasons. The intimidating man looked around the guild for the entrance to the basement. He remembered the map that Jack had given him before he had come. He recalled a concrete trapdoor in Makarov's office…

Slam!

Bael broke the door to Makarov's office easily and grinned when he found the concrete trapdoor behind the desk. He smashed the concrete like it was paper and descended the stairs quickly. He was halfway down the stairs when a shadow fell over him. He turned slowly, expecting to see Makarov but his facial expression changed greatly when he saw who it was.

"Impossible…." The stone faced man growled.

The thing in Fairy Tail's basement has always bugged me. I wondered what it was for a while but then I just gave up. I hope this was alright. Anyways, I will see you all next time. FF