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They heard it before they saw it. There was a sudden roar and the slight tremor on the ground. The 200 mages waiting for the appearance of the dragon gulped nervously. They have the advantage of numbers, but would that do any good against a dragon as powerful as this? A dragon that had once eradicated Tenrou Island with a single roar?
Cyan made five glistening balls of water form and juggled it in the open air. She glanced to her right, where Azura was twirling her sword. Faye was nowhere to be seen, probably scouting the area. Cyan wanted nothing more than to jump up and scream. She can't help feeling restless; it's in her blood. Time crawled as the group of heavily-armed mages crouched low in their hiding places. They would ambush the dragon, with the hopes of defeating it quickly, without suffering any serious casualties. Cyan smiled ruefully to herself. Everyone knew it was impossible, and everyone knew that, they might not come home alive.
At that moment, Faye appeared beside her, scaring her and Zura out of their wits.
"You have got to stop doing that!" Azura scolded Faye angrily.
"Sorry, old habits die hard," Faye shrugged. She changed her Nightwalker armour to one made of sapphire blue metal. Her weapons, two matching swords, coloured gold and silver, lay by her sides. "What do you think? I'm calling them Aurum and Argentum. Dragon busters," Faye held her two swords out to her sisters, where they gleamed in the sunlight.
"Do they do anything special?" Azura asked, before returning to her tinkering.
"Aurum burns with red fire, Argentum with blue. Both cut through any type of material."
"Your armour, it's really awesome. Where'd you get that?"
"From mom's old stash. I cleaned it up and fixed it a little. It fits well now."
It was a full-body armour, very light yet very tough. Azure blue bat-like wings would pop out whenever Faye willed it to, and would give her the ability to take flight. An elegant, swirling silver rune was drawn on the chest guard. Its purpose was to give the wearer extra protection, some kind of shield. The shield was strong enough to deflect certain blows, but it will shatter when overused. There's a hidden compartment in the left wrist guard, which can shoot out a total of 10 missiles. Power boosts under the protective boots enable her to run like the wind and jump to a height rivaling that of a skyscraper's.
All in all, it was a pretty sweet armour.
Armour-admiration time did not last for long. A roar like tidal waves crashing on a huge rock shattered the deafening silence. All around, mages covered their ears, steadying themselves as a light tremor shook the ground. That was none other than Acnologia.
Faye turned towards the entrance of the cave anxiously. Her mother was there, along with Uncle Natsu and Uncle Gajeel. What had happened?
"Everyone, use your ear waxes now! Don't let its roars distract you! And stop all kinds of noises, we'll start conversing using signals now!" Wendy shouted out.
'Mom can take care of herself. Uncle Natsu and Gajeel won't let any harm befall her," Faye reassured herself while putting on her ear waxes.
The trio moved along, weaving their way towards the entrance of the cave. Behind them, the dragon lumbered on. They took a few more dozen steps before they can see thin rays of sunlight flooding in.
"Alright, this is it," Erza whispered to her two companions. "Get ready."
They stepped outside, momentarily blinded after being in darkness for so long.
"Right this way, oh great Acnologia," Erza purred. "The fruit is just around the corner."
The dragon hummed.
They took a turn, the dragon in the lead, when suddenly, vines shot out of nowhere, entangling the astonished dragon.
"You know, for a dragon, you're quite stupid," Erza smiled evilly, donning on her Black Wings armour. Beside her, Natsu and Gajeel chuckled.
Jumping up, she shouted, "ALL RANKS! ATTACK!"
And that was when chaos erupted.
Faye heard her mom's familiar voice and rose up from her hiding place. Aurum and Argentum burned bright and hot in her two hands. "Ready Cy? Zura?"
"Hell yeah!" both shouted.
"Alright! Let's kick some dragon's ass!"
Acnologia realized too late that he was tricked. Angered he roared, "FOOLISH MAGES! YOU WILL FACE THE WRATH OF THE KING OF THE DRAGONS!"
At this, the dragon sucked in his breath, getting ready to use his magic roar that would eradicate everyone. Erza saw this and barked out an order, "Igneel! Use your vines! Secure his mouth!"
Igneel, who was scaling the steep cliff beside Acnologia understood and lashed out his poisonous vines. The vines wrapped the dragon's jaw, snapping it shut, their thorns digging into Acnologia's flesh. Igneel lashed out more and more vines, not stopping until he was sure Acnologia's attempts at breaking out would be futile. He called out to several other plant users from Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus. "Robert! Maia! Help me! Tangle up his legs and hands!"
A red-haired girl in a green dress stopped in her tracks. She then climbed up a rock and from there, started summoning leafy stems that wrapped themselves around the dragon's legs. Opposite her, a burly boy scaled the cliff, and when he decided he was high enough, he too summoned his vines, not green but blood-red in colour. He appeared to mumble something under his breath, and when he looked up, his vines glowed red-hot. The dragon made a shrieking noise, burned by the vines.
The four dragon slayers, Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy and Laxus each gave their Roar magic, aiming at the dragon's head. The attack did not seem to do anything except anger the dragon. The dragon twisted and turned, trying to rip out the vines, but Igneel wouldn't let him. He strained harder, summoning more vines, when he felt someone land beside him. Layla was there, her hair billowing in the wind. She gave him an encouraging nod, before muttering a few spells. Flames in the shape of hands flew out, clamping the dragon's mouth and legs. As long as the siblings could prevent Acnologia from opening his mouth, the mages would have a chance to win.
Erza changed to her famed Heaven's Wheel armour, and instantly, a circle of razor-sharp blades surrounded her like a halo. She willed them to strike the dragon, hard. A dragon's scales are not to be underestimated though. Most of her blades were deflected by the dragon's tough scales, but some managed to injure its unprotected sides. She continued on like this, sometimes going closer to the dragon to shatter one or two of its scales by force. It was exhausting work that drained her energy. But she could not stop just yet. She couldn't, for the sake of her guild.
Below her, Gray, Juvia, Acquanetta and Cyan got ready to perform a Unison Raid. The perfect combination of ice and water mages. They joined hands, and with a shout, unleashed their combined force. Spirals made of freezing ice and boiling water gushed out, knocking the dragon's left flank. The dragon howled in outrage. The four mages separated then, each going at different directions. Gray and Juvia went over to support Cana, Acqua to her brother and Cyan over to her two sisters.
Izo strummed his guitar, which let out a blast of sound magic. The Redfox trio was in midair, thanks to Jason's whirlwind. Marvel sent out an array of his Death knives, which he used only to defeat S-class monsters. Allona was pummeling the dragon with SteelBiter, trying to yank out his scales.
Faye breathed heavily. Already her knees felt like buckling, her vision blurry. The scales were tougher than diamonds, very hard to even scathe it. Yanking them out or shattering them required enormous amounts of energy. And this dragon was huge. She could hear Azura's pant tiredly beside her. Out of the blue, she felt a surge of newfound energy. Bewildered, she looked around. She caught sight of Tamora peeking from behind a boulder a second before her voice spoke in her mind, which startled Faye.
"It's me, do not worry. I gave you some added energy. I am not a good fighter, but I can give support to others. I saw that you were about to faint, so I thought giving a little energy to you won't hurt."
"Thanks, I appreciate it." Faye gave a small nod before proceeding back to her attacks. "Don't overwork yourself. I have enough now to last. Go and help the others."
"I will."
Faye was already on her way to the dragon's serpent-like tail, Azura and Cyan hard on her heels. The fight was going smoothly so far, with the 200 mages winning.
The happy thought didn't last long though.
Erza, Igneel, Layla, Maia and Roberts all forgot one thing. They forgot to hold down the dragon's tail. At that moment, spikes suddenly protruding from the flesh, Acnologia whipped it around, lashing out at everything. All around, mages shrieked and screamed in agony, as they were thrown towards the rocks.
Faye saw the tail coming, and immediately jumped, her armour giving enough momentum for her to miss the assault. That's when she heard the snap of breaking bones and her sisters' shriek in pain. She whipped around, and saw to her horror, that Azura and Cyan had been hit. They were thrown back several feet, crashing the rocks. Faye scrambled towards them, fear and panic gripping her heart. She reached Cyan first, who was in a much worse condition than Azura. Zura had been lucky, none of the spikes impaled here. Cyan though…
Faye's hand shook vigorously as she tried to stop the blood-flow from the wound in Cyan's stomach. Cyan whimpered; the pain was excruciating. Faye knew the wound was too deep, and that it was fatal. "WENDY! HELP! PLEASE! SOMEONE, HELP HER! SHE'S DYING!" Faye's voice broke as uncontrollable sobs racked her body. Wendy was giving all her to attention to dealing with Acnologia, thus she didn't hear Faye's calling. Shelia was too far away. A thought suddenly came to her mind. Tamora! But where is she?
Faye looked around frantically. she caught sight of Tamora's familiar coarse-brown hair and thin frame. But she, she was lying on the ground motionless, in a pool of her own blood.
"No, no, no. this can't be happening. SOMEONE HELP!"
Not a single soul came. Acnologia was on a rampage, which distracted everyone. Azura lay unconscious on the ground a few metres away. Cyan gripped Faye's hand hard. "It's okay…" Cyan smiled sadly. Her usually bright violet eyes were slowly dimming. She looked pale, violet hair matted with blood. Before long, her hand went limp and her eyelids fluttered close.
A thousand memories of her elder sister ran through Faye's mind. Cyan smiling, laughing, crying, playing with her, losing her in the forest. All that is gone. Cyan is gone. Faye, dazed, went over to Azura, who was in no better condition. It seems at least a few of her ribs are broken, and she had numerous cuts and bruises, which were all oozing red liquid.
Faye heard Acnologia's roar in the distance, and sheer hatred coursed through her veins. The dragon will pay for this. Revenge. She will get her revenge at all cost.
Faye screamed loudly, the area around her radiating power. Instantly, a thousand different blades of different sizes and types materialized out of thin air.
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