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So I bring you Chapter 4 now. Hope you enjoy it and give me your opinions if you feel like it :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail storyline or its characters. But this chapter, I own Ampago :) You'll meet him soon enough.
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Levy's face was covered in injuries as well. A trail of blood ran from her hairline, over her right eye and down to her chin, dripping little droplets of blood that stained her tank top. But she looked fierce.
Bacchus shivered a little bit, sensing the strength of her resolve.
"You cannot win" Bacchus' voice tried to sound threatening, but it quivered a little bit.
"That's where you are wrong" Levy's voice was strong and definitive. "You lost this match the moment I stood up."
Team B was cheering as loudly as the rest of the Fairy Tail mages. They had faith in Levy.
Freed heard the determination in her voice 'You lost this match the moment I stood up'. Something inside him told him that she still had an ace under her sleeve and he felt excited and a little bit frightened to know what she was going to do next.
Then, he felt as an impressive magic aura started to gather around Levy. The cheering subsided as everyone felt the same and stared in awe at the fighting pit. The wind started to swirl around the solid script mage and the blue clear sky began to get cloudy.
What is going on? What is this magic power I'm feeling? That can't be Levy, can it? Freed thought as he stared at the solid script mage trying to figure out what she was doing right now.
She looked up to meet his eyes, determination, severity and resolve were visible in her gaze. Her voice also showed all those when she spoke "Freed!" she called his name, specifically his name, with a tone to make sure he was paying attention. Then her voice softened a little bit, but still fierce with the seriousness that her message held "Don't interfere". Then, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath in.
Don't interfere? What are you doing, Levy?
"Do you know what she's about to do?" Lily asked Freed. Everyone in Team B looked at him for answers but Freed just kept his gaze in the battle ground, trying to decipher what she meant.
'Don't interfere' and the message was specifically directed to him. That means, I'm the only one that knows what she's about to do or that is able to stop her.
Levy's magic energy seemed to increase exponentially and soon after, a massive magic circle appeared over her head. It was huge, as big enough to cover more than half of the arena and it glowed intensively from magic power. Everyone stared wide-eyed at her display of power.
"That's a lot of magic! That can't be hers… she doesn't have the magic pool for that" Mirajane's voice sounded troubled.
Then, Levy started to move her arms from side to side, up and down, in patterns Freed had never seen before but somehow seemed familiar. With her hands' movements, she started to create a strange black character (A/N think of it akin a kanji) but Freed wasn't able to read what it was or to understand its meaning. It seemed to be in an ancient language that even Freed, with all his vast knowledge, didn't knew about. With one last movement, the character was finished and it hovered just in front of Levy.
Now that it was completed, he was certain that he had seen that character before.
But where? What is it?
"FREED!" he heard Master Makarov shouting at him and turned to look at him. The master's face showed concern and anxiety; wide eyes were staring at Freed that screamed at him that the rune mage needed to do something and he needed to do it right now! The master knew the spell Levy was casting, and Freed was supposed to know it too…
What is it? What is it?!
Then, he remembered. Yes, the sequence… the patterns… the amount of magic energy required…
"No…" Freed's voice was small but full of worry.
That can't be, can it? She wouldn't be able to cast it. It's just impossible.
At that moment, the character started to move upwards, to hover over the magic circle over Levy's head, and it started to absorb the magic into it. The character's lines started to glow from the infusion of magic it was receiving. That's when Freed realized that it wasn't impossible. She was making it possible.
"LEVY DON'T!" Freed panicked and without even thinking, he tried to jump off the railing, but found himself trapped by a death grip from Laxus' arms. "LAXUS, LET GO!" he was freaking out more and more with each second and he trashed around trying to get out of Laxus' grip.
"She told you specifically to not interfere!" Laxus' voice was strong and steady trying to get his message through Freed's troubled mind.
"You don't understand! Just let go!" Freed tried to free himself, but found it impossible.
"What's wrong?!" Mirajane asked with a worried look in her eyes.
I need to get down there now! She won't make it! She won't make it!
"She won't-" Freed answer was cut off as the character finished absorbing the magic energy and everyone turned their attention back to the battle ground. 'It' was glowing intensively and the magic pressure that could be felt in the area was overwhelming.
She did it. She completed it.
Freed was incredibly impressed at that moment. He and the master were the only ones that knew what was coming. And boy, it was going to be huge.
A while back, before the S-class trials, the master had given Freed an ancient scroll that the Council had found but couldn't decipher what was in it. Since Freed was a well-known script mage, the Council asked for his help in deciphering it. After several weeks of hard work, he was unable to even get a hint of what the scroll was about, so he asked for Levy's help. Together, they found that the scroll held the knowledge of an ancient spell for script mages; one that was so powerful and complex that no one in the history of magic had been able to complete it. They reported this to the Council and told them that they were unable to completely grasp the secret to cast that spell and that it would be for the best to hide it from curious eyes. If it got into the wrong hands, the results could be devastating.
Freed never expected Levy to keep working on that spell to find a way to cast it. And here he was, watching as she was about to go down in history as the most powerful script mage to ever exist. She completed the most powerful script magic spell he knew about.
The Secret Art of Script Magic.
(A/N I have zero creativity for naming new attacks, but bare with me, this will get awesome)
The way Freed was acting only got Gajeel more nervous. This nerd was usually calm and clear-minded, but something got him freaking out suddenly. He then looked back to Levy as the character she drew finished absorbing the magic circle. It was glowing so brightly and the power it emanated was so overwhelming.
What is she about to do?
Then, she raised her left hand, palm up to the sky, and she opened her eyes to finish casting the spell. Her voice was so powerful that even Metallicana would have stopped to listen to her.
"Secret Art of Script Magic: Unseal: Lighting Dragon Ampago!"
Gajeel's eyes widened when the words came out of her mouth.
Did she just say 'dragon'?
At that moment, the character glowed more brightly. Blue light encased each line of the character.
Then, for two seconds, no sound could be heard in the area.
No voice, no breathing, no heartbeat. Even with his enhanced hearing, Gajeel couldn't hear anything. He saw that everyone was shocked by this too. People's mouths were moving but no sound came out of them. Things were falling on the ground but no noise was created by that either. Likewise, Gajeel looked up to the sky and saw as bolts of lightning started to light up the cloudy sky, but no thunder could be heard.
Their world was completely mute for two seconds.
And then, there was a roar.
From the character, a mighty beast emerged up to the sky. With every inch of its body that came out from the magic character, the wind pressure shifted, causing all the spectators to hold tightly to something and shield their eyes from the strong winds that attacked them.
The mighty beast looked like a giant white snake, but its frame was surrounded by blue lightning, making its scales barely visible due to the brightness of the bolts. Its snout was big and long, and sharp teeth could be seen in its mouth. It had four leg-like limbs that ended in sharp claws, two closer to the head and two further down the tail. It was as big as a train and seemed to be at least half a mile long.
It went up to the sky, hiding itself in the clouds, until its whole body came out of the character. When it did, the character disappeared, and the mighty beast started its decline towards Levy.
The dragon curled its body around Levy and brought its face down to her level. Its emerald-green eyes seemed to be studying her, observing every detail of her body. She didn't even flinch at the beast, even though it could have swallowed her whole without any effort. She stood up there, squared shoulders, back straight, gaze upfront.
Gajeel was in shock, as well as the rest of the spectators (A/N Haha, get it? Because the dragon is made out of Lightning). The only ones that had ever seen a dragon were the dragon slayers and the Fairy Tail mages that got trapped in Tenrou Island. But this beast was different. It didn't resemble any of the dragons they had seen. But it still owned a powerful aura, indicating that it was just as fierce as the other dragons they knew.
If this had been another situation, Gajeel would have laughed his ass off at Laxus' face. He was the lightning dragon slayer, for crying out loud. And here they were, in front of a lightning dragon, with Laxus just staring at the mighty beast with his mouth slightly open.
Then, Gajeel heard how out of the dragon's mouth came sounds that the iron dragon slayer couldn't understand. And, most shockingly, Levy started to voice out similar sounds directed at the beast.
She was talking to the dragon.
She's fucking talking to a fucking dragon!
"You're the one who unsealed me" the dragon said in his ancient language known as Draconic. Its voice sounded deep, strong, fierce and wise. It sounded the way anyone could imagine a dragon's voice to sound like.
"I did, lighting dragon Ampago" she answered in the same language. Her voice steady and respectful to the mighty beast in front of her. She bowed her head slightly to show the high regard she held for the dragon.
"You speak the ancient language. Good, you must be a smart one, then." Ampago sounded impressed.
"This is only the proper way to address a dragon, am I right?" She smiled at him.
Ampago's chest rumbled with a chuckle. "Speak your name, child"
"Levy McGarden"
"Well then, Levy McGarden, let me have a look into your heart" He closed his eyes and leaned his head forward so that it was just one feet away from her.
Levy raised her left hand and placed it over Ampago's muzzle. The electricity that surrounded his body did nothing to Levy and she felt warmth beneath her palm as she touched his scales. Then, she closed her eyes as well and the place where her hand was resting emitted a small light.
"W-what the-?" Gajeel stuttered and shook his head to compose himself. "Is she talking to a fucking dragon?! Wait! How the fuck did she summoned a dragon!?"
"Is that thing even a dragon?! It doesn't look like Acnologia did..." Lily said, confusion was placed in his voice. He had returned to his small form and was now in Juvia's arms while he shivered and flinched away from the lightning that covered Ampago's body.
"Yeah, it doesn't look like Metallicana either, but it reeks like dragon, so that's the real deal!" Gajeel affirmed in his gruff voice. "Still, I have no idea how Shorty managed to summon a dragon… Any ideas, Nerdy?"
Freed was just staring wide-eyed at the interaction between Levy and Ampago. He was out of Laxus' grip and was supporting himself with the railing as his knees seemed to be failing him.
"No way…" he finally managed to say in a low voice.
She completed it. She did it, she fucking did it! Freed thought.
"No way!" Freed's voice started to rise. And then, he panicked.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Where is it?!" he was searching through his clothes frantically and the others just stared at him confusedly.
"What is it Freed?" Mirajane asked in her sweet voice.
"Damn it, where is-? Aha!" He exclaimed in victory as he took out what looked like a notebook from the inner pocket of his jacket.
Everyone waited for him to do some mighty revelation about what they were witnessing in the battle arena, but got surprised when he turned around again to lean on the railing and started scribbling in the notebook.
"What are ya doing?" Gajeel asked confusedly.
"Taking notes! What does it look like?" Freed said without looking at him. If all members of Team Fairy Tail B weren't such badasses, they would have fallen to the ground in a comical way from the shock of Freed's answer. Instead, all of them sweat dropped.
"Yer what?" Gajeel asked again, evidently he was not believing he had heard Freed right the first time.
The rune script mage was writing down frantically, just raising his head up to look at the fighting pit and then returning his gaze to his notebook. He looked like a little kid excited to be learning new magic spells and complicated rune patterns. Okay, now even he had to admit that he did look like a total nerd, but he didn't bring himself to care.
"I'm taking notes" he said slowly, emphasizing each word gently. "This is a one-in-a-lifetime battle and a huge advance for script magic. I need to write down everything I can" he continued to scribble in his notebook. "Now, shush, you're distracting me" he waved a hand dismissively at Gajeel.
"You little-" Gajeel got angry at the hand gesture but stopped his threatening when a bright light caught his attention. All of them turned their eyes back to the battle ground and saw Levy's hand placed on the dragon's muzzle. The light came out from where she was touching Ampago's snout.
"What is she doing now?" Mirajane asked in awe.
"The dragon is judging Levy's heart" Freed said in a low voice and then continued writing his notes down.
They opened their eyes at the same time and Levy lowered her hand to her side.
"So, what do you think?" Levy asked Ampago, waiting for his verdict on whether he would be helping her or not.
"You have an interesting mind and soul" he remained silent for a couple of seconds, considering his next statement. "Alright, I will lend you my assistance." he said and gave Levy a toothy smile in what one could describe as a playful grin.
He shifted his body so his tail circled around Levy protectively and he raised his head and upper body proudly. Even when Ampago didn't have wings, his body seemed to be suspended in the air, coiling here and there, while lighting crackled the atmosphere around him.
Then, Ampago turned his head around to look at Bacchus. The Quatro Cerberus' competitor had stare in awe after the apparition of the lightning dragon and was just realizing he was going to fight the beast.
Ampago roared at Bacchus, challenging him to attack and grinned when he noticed the mage slightly flinched away.
"I can't believe what my eyes are seeing, folks! A dragon just joined the fight! This could give this battle the turnaround! Will Bacchus be able to compete with that!?" the judge was at lost at what would happen in the fight.
Bacchus shook his head and his amused expression returned to his face. "Little fairy, if you think that a trick like this one is going to help you, you are wrong. I ain't falling for your little illusion~" he laughed but even when he tried to look confident Levy didn't miss the way his knees trembled slightly from fear.
"What is he saying?" Ampago looked down at Levy for an answer.
"He is saying that you're a fake, an illusion of the sort." she said and smirked as she saw Ampago raised a brow.
"An illusion? How insulting… Let me show him how real pain feels like" he said in a mischievous tone and grinned. Who would have guessed a dragon could sound like that? "You know the magic sequence commands, right?" he asked in his normal tone.
"Yes" she stated firmly and took a fighting stance, her feet spread apart at shoulder-width and hands raised upfront.
"Good. Let's show him how real I can be" Ampago grinned and with one more roar he moved forward.
Bacchus reacted and dashed forward as well, aiming to meet the dragon at the middle of the battle ground. He wasn't going to get intimidated by a mere illusion.
When he reached his foe, Bacchus started to pummel the dragon's head with his palm-strikes. The speed and power he used was massive and a cloud of dust started to rise up from the wind's pressure created by the attacks.
After several palm-strikes, Bacchus took several steps back, panting heavily and smiling at himself. He couldn't see the dragon because of the dust cloud, but he was certain that the illusion should have vanished after all of his attacks.
His eyes widened when the dust settled down and he found two emerald eyes staring at him directly, a bored expression set in the dragon's features. Not one scratch or bruise was visible on the dragon.
Bacchus then looked down to his hands and saw and felt the damage he received by touching the scales of the dragon. His hands were injured now and stiff from the electricity that travelled through them while he attacked.
He looked up again and realized that this was no illusion. This was a real dragon. A pissed and powerful dragon.
Fuck.
Then, the dragon grinned. He fucking grinned at him! Like he found it funny that Bacchus even tried to hurt him.
The dragon growled and moved forward to attack Bacchus. The electricity around its body glowed and a lightning bolt shot forward and hit Bacchus right on the chest. His body curled up a little bit from the electricity and then the dragon's head hit him, pushing him backwards until he slammed into a wall.
Fucking great.
(A/N Rewinding a little bit)
"He accepted her…" Freed's voice was low as he stopped taking notes. They were watching as Ampago's tail curled around Levy and then he roared defiantly at Bacchus.
"Huh? What do you mean, Freed-san?" Juvia asked.
"It means that the dragon is going to fight alongside her" his voice still sounded shocked.
"Really? That's awesome!" Juvia chirped. "Levy-chan is going to turn this fight around!"
"Yes, but she still needs to cast the commands" Freed stated in disbelief, watching carefully as Levy readied her fighting stance.
"Commands?" Mirajane asked.
Freed knew about this. Together with Levy, he had deciphered as much about this when working on the ancient scroll. "As far as I know, the dragon is materialized due to her magic and for him to attack, Levy must cast certain magic sequence commands through her script magic. Still, I don't know if she'll be able to do so. I don't think she has much magic energy left and each script command will deplete her magic reserves even further" he said in a stern voice.
Everybody turned their attention back to the fight.
They saw as the dragon moved forward to meet Bacchus at the middle of the battlefield. They watched as Bacchus struck his palms into the dragon's head. They kept their gaze fixed as the dragon then attacked Bacchus and sent him flying to the nearest wall. And all the while, Freed also observed Levy's movements.
"She didn't cast anything…" he said lowly in confusion.
But the dragon attacked… she must have casted something, otherwise it wouldn't have done any damage to Bacchus…
"But you said-" Mirajane was about to repeat his explanation about the commands but was interrupted by the rune mage.
"I know, I know… but she didn't cast anything. No solid script magic, no rune magic… how did she-?" Freed stopped for a moment and then rewinded the image of the fight in his mind. He saw that Levy didn't cast any script magic spell to create a command. Instead, she moved her body from side to side, extending arms and legs as if she was… dancing?
What…?
He looked at Levy, then to the Fairy Tail mages in the audience. After a moment, his eyes widened and he looked back at Levy and then back at the audience. He did this about two more times.
Then, enlightenment descended upon Freed's brilliant mind... but his words weren't so brilliant "Holy shit!" he widened his eyes even more "Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!" he even seemed to have forgotten how to breathe.
Everyone stared at him in confusion since it was extremely rare to hear the rune script mage curse so vividly. He then resumed writing down his notes madly. It looked as if smoke started to come out from the pages as he wrote down everything as fast as he could.
"What is it? How did she do it?" Laxus asked. He knew that Freed was going to ignore anyone else that dared to ask him but he wouldn't be able to disregard Laxus.
"She used dance magic!" he said excitedly.
Everyone stared at him as if he had grown a second head. "Umm, Freed? Elaborate, please?" Mirajane asked nicely, urging him to explain more about what he just said.
Freed stopped writing down and looked at them. "Alright, alright…" he took a deep breath. "So, did you see that she didn't cast any script magic but when the dragon attacked she moved as if she was dancing?"
They nodded. "Well, she was using dance magic instead of script magic to cast the commands!" he said and the thrilled smile in his face threatened to split his face in two.
"Wait, like Vijeeter?" Lily asked and Freed nodded vigorously. "But she cannot use that type of magic, can she?"
"Look closely at her wrists and ankles" Freed said and they leaned forward on the railing and did as he told them to. They saw yellow glowing runes that circled Levy's wrists and ankles. Freed decided to continue with his explanation as they kept their gaze in Levy "As you can see, she wrote down special runes on her body to be able to use dance magic. That way, she is technically using a script type magic to cast the commands but she is casting that magic through dance movements.
"Also, she is using the dance magic as compensation for lack of magic reservoirs" Freed continued. "You see, for a script mage, spells need to be written down for them to be casted and this costs a lot of magic energy. By placing the runes in her body, she is using the kinetic energy generated by her body movement to compensate for the shortage of magic energy. That way, she won't be consuming that much magic to cast the commands for the dragon to attack!"
"So, she killed two birds with one stone" Lily said and smiled proudly at Levy's strategy.
"That's amazing! Levy-chan is so smart!" Juvia said, clapping her hands excitedly.
"No" Freed said matter-of-factly and Juvia looked up at him. "That is completely brilliant" his voice was full of pride and he smiled down at Levy before resuming taking more notes. "I have no doubt she'll go down in history for what she just accomplished in this fight" the compliment rolled easily out of his mouth and the rest of the Fairy Tail mages nodded in agreement.
Ampago returned to his place around Levy and lowered his head to be at eye level with her. "That'll teach him not to mock a dragon" he said and chuckled.
"I think it will" she giggled as well.
"You have a great control of the commands. I'm impressed" he complimented her and she blushed slightly.
"Thanks"
They saw as Bacchus started to pick himself up, not ready to give up yet. Levy then looked down to her hands and realized she didn't have much magic energy left to keep the fight going. She could feel her magic pool being almost completely empty and sensed how her consciousness wanted to fade away out of exhaustion from the fight. She needed to finish this quickly.
"Ampago…" she said to draw his attention back to her "I don't think my magic can keep you here for long" her voice sounded slightly troubled.
Ampago huffed "Then, we shall end this soon, don't you think?"
She nodded.
He then lowered his head to the ground and motioned her to get on the back of his head. She hesitated for a moment but then nodded and did what he had asked her to do. Steadying herself with both hands, she soon was riding on the back of Ampago's head.
Like the first time Levy touched Ampago, the lightning that surrounded his body did nothing to her and she just felt his warm scales where her skin was touching him.
He looked over the corner of his eye to see if she was well positioned and then grinned at her. "You better hold on tight, little one"
She grinned back and showed determination in her gaze before lowering her upper body and tightening her grip on his scales. Ampago's body rumbled from a muffled chuckle he tried to hold in and then began to move. Slowly at first, but when he noticed that she wasn't going to fall, he sped up. He did a loop around the arena before doing a beeline up to the sky, spinning a little bit for every spectator to see the solid script mage on his back.
At first, Levy tensed up from the movement but then relaxed as the wind started to hit her face. A smile was splitting her face in two and without her even noticing she was laughing to her heart's content.
I'm riding a dragon… I'm riding on the back of a badass lightning dragon! Her mind was screaming joyfully.
They went high up into the sky, but just below the clouds. Ampago's whole body was airbone, doing slithering patterns with his tail and lower body but keeping his head and upper body as steady as possible.
Levy's gaze shifted downwards and she saw how small everyone looked like. Even being so high up in the sky, she managed to see that most of people were watching her with wide eyes and jaws hanging open. She laughed at the irony of the situation: usually people looked down on her and pitied her for being weak and small, but today a huge crowd was gaping at her display of power. She didn't feel like gloating on the situation; she just took a second to encase this moment into her memory, for her to recall it in the future whenever she would find herself losing faith on her abilities.
She snapped out of her inner thoughts when a deep voice spoke ahead of her "You okay there?" Ampago asked the little mage.
She nodded and tightened her hold on Ampago's body "Let's end this"
He huffed in agreement and she felt when his body started to warm up from the increase in magic energy. At first, she loosened her hold on Ampago's back because the sudden augmentation of magic power got her surprised. But then, she placed her hands back on Ampago's body since she knew that the dragon will do nothing to harm her.
She closed her eyes and felt power started to surge through her body as well. Emerald bright runes started to glow on her skin; hands, arms, shoulders, legs, back, abdomen, face… every part of her body felt as if the lightning power of Ampago was travelling beneath her skin. She started to feel as her senses heightened; she could clearly hear the breathing of the audience and even the high pace thump-thump noise from Jet and Droy's hearts. She could also smell the fear that Bacchus' body was emitting and the exhilaration transpired by Jason who was barely containing himself from screaming 'Cool!'
She opened her eyes then and instead of her hazel eyes, they were now emerald, equally brilliant and vivid as Ampago's eyes, which allowed her to see even the smaller detail on the ground below.
Levy and Ampago connected themselves somehow akin to a body link through the emerald runes. They shared their magic power and Ampago's dragon features enhanced Levy's body. Through this link, Levy knew it was going to be easier to cast the magic sequence commands and less magic consuming, consequentially increasing the power of their attacks.
This is it. The battle ends here.
She gave a battle cry up to the sky and Ampago roared as well. The dragon's body started to glow more intensely as did the runes in Levy's body. Electricity crackled around them and taking one last deep breath, both descended towards the arena, aiming for Bacchus.
Bacchus was just able to stare at the dragon that was hovering in the sky.
She's riding the dragon… She's fucking riding a dragon!
Bacchus felt like laughing. Just moments before he had the upper hand in the battle but right now, everything seemed at lost for him. How was he supposed to fight a dragon?!
'You lost the moment I stood up' He remembered what she said just moments before summoning the dragon and he couldn't hold his laughter any longer.
Still, he remembered how the little fairy picked herself up from the ground time and time again and he felt like laughing one more time. She had been crushed and beaten down but she never gave up until she managed to turn the tides in her favor.
Funny how she has more backbone than I do.
Then, Bacchus straightened his posture and looked up one more time. He bore a serious expression in his face.
The least I can do is fight 'til the end.
He got into his fighting stance and concentrated all his magic energy in his right hand. If he was going to lose to a dragon, at least he was going down fighting.
He heard the dragon's roar and Levy's battle cry and saw when they started their descent towards him.
This is it.
He gave his own battle cry and moved forward. With one long stride, he jumped high off the ground and stretched his right hand forward to meet with the dragon's attack in the air. The massive collision caused a magic shockwave to shake the coliseum and the energy released expanded into a blinding light, forcing all the spectators to shield their eyes for a couple of seconds.
Bacchus felt his body hit the ground. He was still blinded from the light and when his eyes finally adjusted, he could only see dust, smoke and debris all around him. He couldn't see the spectators, or the judge, or his teammates, or his foe.
Then, he heard a roar.
(A/N So I was going to end the chapter here, but I think it would just be mean to do that. So, here's the end of the battle)
Chapter 4.5 And the winner is…
Gajeel recovered from the blinding light and stared in awe at the center of the arena. There was a lot of dust, smoke and debris falling all around it, blocking the sight of the two mages that were just fighting.
Gajeel grinned when a roar erupted from the battlefield.
"Ladies and gentlemen! That was an amazing display of magic power! The battle just reached the time limit. Therefore, the one that's still standing will be declared the winner of the match!" the judge explained and motioned for the wind lacrymas to activate so the dust and smoke could settle down.
Then, the audience and competitors saw Bacchus lying on the ground on his back, gaze fixed up to the sky. Several meters away from him, Levy was standing on her feet with Ampago surrounding her. She had her arms crossed in front of her chest and a smug little smile on her face.
She did it… She won!
"The one that's still standing is Levy McGarden!" the crowd erupted in cheers at the announcement from the judge. "Therefore, the winner of the match is Fairy Tail A - Levy McGarden! Earning her team 10 points from this match!" another round of cheers and applauses rumbled from the audience.
She raised her left hand in a victory sign and put her right hand on her hip. Fairy Tail mages went wilder and louder at that moment.
"You did it, Levy!"
"Great job, Levy-chan!"
"Yeah, Levy!"
"That was Manly!"
To emphasize the joyful and victorious environment, the dragon roared up to the sky above one more time.
Gajeel couldn't contain himself from cheering at her too in his gruff voice with a freaking proud grin plastered on his face "Great fight, Shorty!"
He felt Lily grinning at him with a sly look but he couldn't bring himself to care about that at the moment. He felt so proud of the little bookworm. She showed the world how strong she was. He knew that she held an amazing power but today she proved it to the rest of the world. No one would dare to look down on her again or pity her; she showed that knowledge and wits can win over brawns.
She performed amazingly in the battle.
You're amazing, Shrimp
Levy felt as happiness and pride overwhelmed her senses. She had done it. She won the match for Fairy Tail, for her nakama, for her team. She really did it.
She threw her head back laughing to her heart's content when Ampago roared one more time and she heard the cheers from the Fairy Tail mages. It was an amazing feeling she experienced in that moment.
When she managed to catch her breath, Ampago lowered his head to the ground "So, what do you say? Do you want to stick around?" she beat him in talking first, surprising him and herself for the bluntness of her question.
She knew that after summoning Ampago, he could decide to stay with her by creating a sort of pact between both of them. That way, she would be able to summon him in the future without the complexities that she had to overcome during this fight. It would work kind of the same way as the celestial spirits Lucy have contracts with. But Levy would have a pact with a dragon. A badass lightning dragon.
Ampago shook his head with an amused expression in his face and chuckled slightly "As I said before, you have an interesting mind and soul. I want to learn more about you, Levy McGarden. It would be an honor to stay by your side a little longer"
She beamed at him and Ampago just laughed at how childish she looked like. Then, Levy raised her left hand as she catch a faint light coming from her inner forearm. There, she saw that, close to her wrist, a one-square-inch rune character carved itself into her skin and emerald-green light came out of it. She didn't feel pain, so she just stared at it for a couple of seconds marveling in the beautiful light that the lines were releasing.
She looked up at Ampago and saw as his body started to dissipate, transforming into golden magic particles that got carried away with the wind. She wasn't scared, because she knew that she would be seeing him again soon, so, instead of crying farewell to her newest friend, she smiled at him one of her biggest and brightest smiles.
Ampago bowed at her and the corner of his mouth twitched a little bit upwards, undoubtedly trying to force down his own smile. After a couple of minutes, Ampago's body disappeared; Levy was left standing now by herself in the middle of the arena and the clouds in the sky started to clear out.
Levy looked down at her left wrist and saw as the light dimmed, until the emerald rune mark on her body was the only thing left that indicated that this wasn't a dream.
She really summoned the lighting dragon into the battle; she really fought alongside the dragon; she really rode on the dragon's back; and she really won a match that could have been her end.
She took a deep breath and felt as her body finally caught up with the fatigue caused by the battle. She let herself fall flat on her back to the ground and sensed how tired she was feeling at the moment. Her muscles were sore, she had lost a lot of blood, she felt a concussion in her head and she had depleted all her magic energy reserves.
But even in that moment, she was smiling widely as she looked up to the blue sky. She had never felt so alive like when she was flying on Ampago's back. She wanted to marvel in that feeling once more and decided that it was going to be the first thing she'll ask Ampago to do when she'll meet him again. She wondered if the dragon slayers missed that sensation from flying on the back of their dragons.
Maybe I can ask Ampago to give all of them a ride. I'm sure Natsu and Wendy will be thrilled. I hope Gajeel will be happy about that too.
Then she closed her eyes and let sleep take her mind away from flying dragons and the feeling of the wind caressing her face.
It took me longer to edit than I thought but I'm glad it's done. Don't worry, there's still one more chapter before this story ends. Next chapter will have clear Gajevy moments so you can fangirl like I did when I wrote them down.
Random author stuffs 1: So, I named the dragon 'Ampago' since Lightning in spanish is 'Relámpago' and I just took some letters out for it to sound cool.
Random author stuffs 2: Levy ain't all mighty and powerful now. She ain't, trust me, it wouldn't be fun if suddenly she was the strongest in the world. There are rules and limitations to what she and Ampago can do, but I didn't find a way to put it down in this chapter. Probably won't describe it until the second Epilogue
Random author stuffs 3: Yes, I'll post two Epilogues after the next chapter; I have one of them already written down and the other one is just waiting up to be put down into words. I'm thinking on writing a sequel to this story but it probably won't be very good because I don't have all the rules for that story firmly settled. Still thinking about that sequel, will let you know if I decide to continue or not.
Random author stuffs 4: Sorry if it feels overwhelming for me to put down all the rules I'm following for my story to make sense (all of Freed's explanations) I'm the kind of person that needs to justify why I did something and how limitations apply to that event, so everyone can understand how amazing it is for my main character to overcome the obstacle.
Thank you so much again!
WTF(Where'sTheFood)