I'm so happy for the reviews! Here's the next chap and the next one might be a little while, sorry. Enough about me, let's get back to the story. Oh, you might have noticed that I changed chap1 into prologue. I felt that I wasn't really part of the story, more like an introduction to it. Also I had some technical difficulties uploading this...Enough of me!

The figure stood in front of the Dorma Anim. Silence was the blanket that suffocated the area.

Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel were dumbfounded at who this surprise guest could be. They were breathing heavily from their battle with the Dorma Anim, but were vividly watching the stare down between the King and the mysterious person.

The King was a little hesitant to attack after how his new opponent tossed him away so easily. He started braking out in a cold sweat and shouted insults at the figure.

"What are you waiting for? Are you scared? You probably used up what little magic you had to block my attack!" He barked.

The King waited for a response and he got one.

The figure's hand rose up and the King's heart skipped a beat. He held his breath, waiting for something to happen. After a little while he sighed in relief and burst out laughing.

"What are you waiting for?" He yelled.

Immediately the Dorma Anim started shaking and a few sparks sprouted out of the neck.

"You idiot! How did you do that?" he demanded.

It started to shake again and smoke billowed from the neck.

Gajeel stared in awe, "How did he do that? He's just standing there."

The figure's hand fell back to his side and fell to one knee.

The King saw this and decided to take advantage of the moment. He swung the arm at blinding speed, in an attempt to end the fight there.

But the figure reacted fast enough to almost completely dodge the blow. The right arm hung limp as the figure stood for the next attack. The entire right side of the black cloak was shredded and the figure tossed the cloak to reveal long silver hair tied in a single braid. She was wearing a black halter-top and black pants. The eyes were covered with white bandages.

Wendy walked over to Natsu and whispered, "How can she fight with her eyes covered like that?"

"Remember in my old guild, Phantom? One of the elemental four had their eyes bandaged to suppress their magic, so maybe she's doing the same," Gajeel replied, joining them.

Natsu stood up and watched the girl dodge another attack. "Who are you?" Natsu yelled.

The girl kicked the neck of the Dorma Anim, knocking it on its butt again.

She ran over and stood there quietly.

Just when Natsu thought she wasn't going to answer them, she said, "It's Kotone. It seems I've bought enough time for you all to partially recover. Now all we need to do is use our combined powers. That should finish it off."

"But we already tried that and it didn't work," Wendy replied.

To all of their surprise, Kotone smiled and said, "Let's try it one more time."

Natsu smiled and punched the air. "All right!" he said.

Gajeel and Wendy looked at each other and shrugged.

Kotone's smile turned sad. "This is only going to work if we all attack at the exact same moment," she said. Then she mumbled a small, "Forgive me."

She ripped off the bandages in one quick, fluid motion. Her eyes opened to reveal vibrant, fiery-orange eyes that made the other feel on edge.

All of them stiffened as Kotone's pupils changed into slits and opened her mouth slightly. Then she closed her mouth and said clearly, "Copy."

She raised her arm and Natsu's, Gajeel's, and Wendy's arms rose, synchronized with Kotone.

Wendy's eyes went wide as she found out she couldn't move, the same was happening to Natsu and Gajeel.

"I'm sorry," Kotone apologized, "it's just that there's no possible way that we won't attack at the same time now."

They turned to face the king who was finally back on his feet.

"I see you had to call for back up. Pathetic, all of you," barked the King.

The Dragon Slayers took in a huge breath, making their cheeks puff like a toads. The king threw back his head and laughed at the sight. His laughter was cut short as he plummeted to the ground.

I'm sorry it's not that long, but I believe the next chapter will be. I hope you liked it!