The Grand Magic Game had begun.
The mages of each guild had spread around the city, each guild in a specific place. They all awaited, standing with their guild side by side, waiting for the bell that would start the game.
"Men!" Ichiya cried, "We must do this! We must make our guild proud! We must show the world how Blue Pegasus shines!"
"But… Teacher…" Eve murmured, "Fairy Tail are back, and they seem stronger than ever. How are we supposed to beat them? How can we take the title they so desperately crave, and for all the right reasons?"
"Eve…" Alice whispered, and she looked each of them in the eye, "We will win, I promise you."
"If we have your word, and your power on our side, we cannot lose," Ren stated.
"No holding back!" Hibiki exclaimed.
"But… Why do we want this so badly?" Eve asked Ichiya, looking between him and the Wonderland mage, "Fairy Tail, they have such a noble reason for their desire. But us… Why do we want to be known as the strongest? Why is it so important?"
"Pride," Alice answered, "Not for the pride that we can call our guild the strongest, because that isn't important. Master Bob has always been there for me, always been there for all of us. He treats us like his own family, he loves us like his children. I am doing this to make him proud, to give him something back, to finally thank him for accepting me, for loving me like I was his own. I don't know what you guys think, what your motivation is, but I am doing this for Master."
Hibiki looked to Ren, and the two shared a nod, and on Ichiya's face a large smile grew on his features, while Eve beamed at Alice.
"For Master!" they all shouted.
Then there was the sound of a bell ringing, signalling the start of the game.
"What's the plan?" Eve asked.
"Hibiki, Eve, Ren, you three stick together," Alice instructed, "Take out anyone you see, and stay together at all costs. Head east. Ichiya, you go alone, defeat anyone you see, and head west. I will go north, and… I have a method to cover south."
"We'll win this year!" Eve cried.
"We're so close!" Hibiki exclaimed.
"For Master!" Alice shouted.
"FOR MASTER!" the four males yelled, before they ran off in their appropriate directions.
Alice stayed where she was, watching as they ran off. Once she was sure the camera was off of her, she shut her eyes, and immediately at her side her faithful spirits and teammates appeared. She smiled to Loke, or the Mad Hatter, who stood to her left, and to Aquarius, or the Queen of Hearts, who stood to her right, and to Taurus, or the Cheshire Cat, who was behind her.
"It's time," Alice whispered, and they all nodded, their master having briefed them on what they would be doing mentally in the split second they had been summoned, their bond was that strong. The three spirits headed off south, the Hatter lingering, pulling Alice into a hug.
"Be strong," he murmured into her ear as he pulled back, and jogged to catch up with the others, and Alice smiled at his back as he walked away.
She could do this.
She would defeat Fairy Tail.
The Wonderland mage tilted her head to look up, to the lacrima vision placed on the side of a nearby building. She saw that all but one of the teams had started to move, as she had expected. She watched as Fairy Tail stood still, and she rolled her eyes, they were so predictable, even for her nakama.
Alice walked off in the direction she knew her future lay. She walked, not stopping as she heard the commentator shout as mages engaged one another. Of course, she was listening intently to his every word, as he told of Kagura defeating Yuka and Toby, earning her team two points, and how Lyon had defeated Semmes, earning his team a point, and Millianna defeating Rocker, another point for Mermaid Heel. She couldn't help the smile she felt on her features as she heard of three 'mysterious figures' defeated Arana and Beth, earning two points for Blue Pegasus. She heard as Chapati concluded she must have done something. Once Sting had defeated Bacchus, earning five points for Sabertooth, then Fairy Tail moved.
The line of five powerful mages, all of them opened their eyes in a flash of lightening, and they shared a smile before they ran off in different directions. She could hear Chapati murmuring, debating what their plan was. But Alice did not need to worry, for she knew of their plan, she knew that they had a strategy, and she could guess the basics of it.
She heard as Juvia defeated Hibiki, and Gajeel defeated Ren while Erza took down Eve, earning Fairy Tail three points, and taking down three of her teammates, and the Wonderland mage swore vengeance for their pain.
But she did not stop walking.
For it was her plan.
She heard as Jura took down Ichiya, earning Lamia Scale a point. That left her as the sole survivor of Blue Pegasus, that meant the burden of victory rested on her shoulders alone. She heard as Chelia defeated Risley, another point for Lamia Scale, and as Gajeel engaged with Rogue, while Laxus and Orga crossed paths, then as Juvia defeated Nobarly.
But she did not stop walking.
As Gray defeated Rufus, and Jura appeared out of nowhere, she did not stop walking.
As Jura fought Laxus, and Milliana disappeared from the screen, she did not stop walking.
As Kagura and Erza met, Minerva strolling in on them, and Laxus defeated Jura, she did not stop walking.
As Minerva revealed her hostage, Millianna, and Kagura was blinded by rage, and Kagura fought Erza, she did not stop walking.
The Wonderland mage listened as Kagura revealed her past, and Erza revealed it was she who was at fault for Simon's death. Alice listened as the two women cried, and how they realised the truth, and then as Minerva stabbed Kagura, Alice only quickened her pace.
"Now, the public get to witness the mighty Titania fall to her knees," Minerva sneered as she used her magic, levitating Erza and throwing her into column after column of stone. The mighty Titania fell to the ground, her head spinning and blood dripping from her mouth.
She couldn't do it.
She couldn't beat Minerva, not in this condition.
She was going to let her family, her nakama down.
She felt tears well up in her eyes.
"Pathetic little fairy trash," Minerva snarled, "Not even worthy of my time. It's time to end you once and for all!"
Minerva had her magic balls of energy swirling around her hands, and she preparing to strike Erza with the finishing blow.
But Erza didn't feel the pain.
The attack didn't hit her.
A figure stood in front of Erza, taking the hit for her.
Erza looked up, shocked and awestruck as she took in her saviour.
It was Alice.
"Rest soldier," Alice whispered to Erza, not turning to face her, keeping her gaze on Minerva.
"Alice!" Minerva growled.
"Minerva, must we always meet like this?" Alice sighed.
"Get out of my way!" Minerva snapped.
"I don't think so," Alice hissed.
"Ih Ragdo!" Minerva shrieked, casting a spell, and a beam of green magic shot out of her hand, flying towards Alice, but she only jumped out of the way. Minerva tried again, over and over again trying endlessly to attack the nimble wonderland mage, who flipped out of the way.
Minerva let out a shriek of annoyance, before she looked with her sadistic eyes to the form of Erza, trying to push herself up. A harsh laugh bubbled up from the Sabertooth mage's lungs and she twisted her aim, changing from Alice to Erza.
"No!" Alice cried, and she pushed herself, sprinting and throwing herself in front of Erza. The attack hit the Wonderland Mage, and she went flying backwards, crashing heavily into one of the columns.
"Alice!" Erza shouted fearfully, and she watched as the Wonderland mage pushed herself up, blood trickling down from her forehead, and her back looking severely bruised.
"You know what Minerva?" Alice snarled, "I've had enough of you."
Alice rose her hand in a split second, and instantly a ball of what looked to be golden light grouped on her palm, and shot out in a massive force of energy that made the wind whip through her hair, and make Erza cover her eyes from the bright light it emitted as it hit Minerva and sent the Sabertooth mage flying backwards.
"I am fed up with your taunting," Alice hissed, her voice dark as she approached Minerva, kicking the mage's form as the Sabertooth mage desperately struggled to get up, "I am tired of lies and your hatred and anger. I am tired of you being a wench and getting away with it I'm fed up with you thinking your better than everyone else, when really you're a lot worse than the rest of us. You hurt Wendy, and now you will pay the price."
Alice grabbed Minerva by her hair, and dragged the screaming mage along, swiping her hand in the air in front of her, and there was an ear splitting screech as it looked like the air in front of her ripped itself apart, revealing darkness, burning nothingness that made Minerva scream louder. Erza watched with wide eyes as Alice marched through the portal, dragging Minerva through with her, even as the Sabertooth mage kicked and screamed.
Erza's panting was the only sound in the area as she watched to where they had gone, disappearing into the darkness. Then a high pitched scream aechoed around the now silent area, and Erza forced herself up, watching as Minerva's limp form was thrown through the rip, and it closed up.
"Um… Kabo… That's five points for Blue Pegasus?" Mato announced, and the audience was silent as they saw that the most powerful female in Sabertooth had been defeated, and then they roared at Alice's victory.
"Go Alice!" Wendy cheered, and then Cana elbowed her in the ribs, making the newly healed Dragon Slayer turn around to her in confusion.
"Don't cheer for the opposition," Cana whispered.
"Why not?" Mira questioned, "Alice is very nice and strong."
"Yeah, but there's only us, Sting and her left," Cana pointed out.
"Well, as powerful as Alice is, I don't think she can defeat three dragon slayers, an ice mage and a Knight mage all at the same time," Mira mused.
"Blue Pegasus don't look doubtful," Wendy commented, and the three females looked to the stand that held Ichiya, Hibiki, Ren and Eve, all of them cheering and shouting for their comrade. Their Master was behind them, close to tears as he watched, his pride clear.
"Alice is really powerful," Romeo stated, joining the conversation, "She's defeated dark guilds in only an hour, and I mean all their members and their guild master and destroyed their guild."
"Oh come on Romeo," Cana gave him a small push as she spoke, "No one can beat our team, not all of them at the same time. That's just impossible."
"True, we're really strong," Romeo accepted, and then they turned back to the lacrima vision.
Erza was surveying the area, looking to see where Alice might have gone, but the sound of footsteps stopped her in her tracks. Laxus had entered the area from one direction, Gajeel from another. Gray walked in, covered in bruises and scratches, but still sparing Erza a smile as he went, and Juvia had his arm over her shoulders, helping him walk it, but not looking even a little light headed from the close proximity that would previously have her fainting.
"Who's left?" Laxus questioned.
"Sting," Gajeel answered.
"And Alice," Erza whispered, "She was here just a second ago, took Minerva out."
"Yeah, we saw on the lacrima vision," Gray commented, "As strong as she way be, there's no way she can beat all of us."
"Juvia thinks we should find Sting and take him out first," Juvia suggested, and there was nods of agreement from her teammates, and they walked out of the side street and in the sky a dazzling flare shot up and exploded, giving away Sting's location, but also that he wanted to be found. They walked over there, not too fast, but not too slow either. When they got there, seeing Sting standing alone, they decided to give him a warning.
"Don't underestimate our guild," Laxus warned.
Sting looked at them, seeing how they stood strong, not wavering in the least. He wanted to defeat them, he needed to fight them, for Lector. But his will was disappearing, and he stared at the powerful mages, coming to his decision.
"I surrender," he whispered, and Erza only nodded, seeing on a nearby lacrima vision that another point was added to their score. The Knight Mage of Fairy Tail looked to the score board, reading their overall score, to see if they still had a chance.
Blue Pegasus 65
Fairy Tail 61
Mermaid Heel 53
Sabertooth 46
Lamia Scale 38
Quatro Puppy 14
Erza felt a smile tug at her lips as she realised they could do it. If they defeated Alice, they could win the Games. They could make it up to their nakama, those who had been left behind to bear all the pain and suffering of their disappearance. But also… If Fairy Tail won the games, then it was sure to spread all over Fiore, even to the more deserted regions, that the core members were back. And then maybe, just maybe, Lucy might return.
"We must find Alice," Erza stated, "If we defeat her, we can win."
"Where do you think she is?" Gray asked.
"Right here," Alice answered, and Team Fairy Tail spun around to see the Wonderland mage standing alone.
"Alice," Erza greeted her.
"Erza," Alice copied the action.
"I must thank you for saving me earlier," Erza acknowledged, "You saved me from defeat at Minerva's hand, so thank you. But, I do not really understand why you did it."
"For old times sake," Alice replied, "You saved me so many times, at least I can say I've returned the favour."
"We have to fight, mad girl," Gajeel growled.
"I realised, iron boy," Alice taunted, "But don't think I'll go easy on you, just because you're my friends."
"Surrender Alice," Erza suggested, "We don't have to fight. There is no way you can beat all five of us, not together, not when we are so strong."
"You've always doubted me," Alice hissed, "You've always made me feel like I was weak, that I was just your cheerleader, someone supporting you from the side-line because I was not strong enough to be considered an equal. But I am strong now. I've defeated dark guild and wizard saints alike. The organisation has asked me to join the wizard saints so many times, they want to make me an elite. So I wouldn't doubt my power. I will not back down, I will not give up."
"Then we must fight," Gray stated.
"Five against one hardly seems fair!" a new voice commented, and from behind Alice, the Mad Hatter popped his head out and stepped to stand next to her, "And besides, when is Alice ever alone?"
"Never is the answer," another new voice, belonging to the Queen of Hearts, answered, "We can easily defeat these punks."
"They won't see us coming," the Cheshire Cat sneered, standing beside the Mad Hatter.
"As much as you may have planned, we have planned better," the Dodo bird acknowledged, his cane and top hat orderly unlike the rest of Team Wonderland, his body covered in feathers and his eyes old and wise.
"But... They're Team Wonderland!" Gray cried.
"Alice is cheating?!" Juvia exclaimed.
"Alice is not," Alice denied, "Alice is obeying all rules. No wait, that's really weird, I will never know how you can speak in third person all the time Juvia, you will really have to teach me one day. But anyway, I'm not cheating. Those mysterious figures gaining points for Blue Pegasus, it was these guys, my faithful team mates."
"Only representatives from each team can compete," Erza stated.
"They're not competing," Alice countered.
"Yes they are, they're here," Laxus pointed out.
"You know, I always found it funny how our team was considered the largest in the whole of Fiore," Alice mused, "you want to know the funny thing? We're actually the smallest."
"Juvia doesn't understand," Juvia whispered.
"No one does," Gajeel growled.
"Let me make it more obvious for you then," Alice giggled while she rolled her eyes, "Close! Gates of Wonderland!"
Instantly the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Cheshire Cat and Dodo bird disappeared into sparkles of golden dust. Erza watched with wide eyes, as did Laxus, Gajeel had his moved parted slightly in shock, while Juvia had a hand over her mouth, and Gray was frozen to the spot.
"Y-You're a celestial mage?" Erza demanded confirmation.
"You told me you weren't!" Laxus exclaimed.
"Open! Gates of Wonderland!" Alice cast, and her celestial spirts and teammates appeared exactly where they had been before, still smirking at Team Fairy Tail, before she mused, "Curiouser and curiouser."
"Why would you lie?" Gajeel questioned.
"I thought you all would know," Alice shrugged, "Celestial mages are always preserved as weak, made out to be powerless and useless. But I'm not, I'm one of the most powerful mages in the whole of Fiore, maybe the whole world even, and one of my magic's celestial, so what? And besides, it was fun to fool everyone."
"So you've lied to the whole world just because you think they'd judge you?" Gray clarified, and Alice let out a sigh.
"Weren't we fighting?" she moaned, "I was really looking forward to this fight."
"We will not let you win," Laxus growled.
"You know, I never thought I'd fight you guys," Alice whispered, "Never all of you at once, or even one of you. I respected you power, and I never thought to test it. But right here, right now, I'm going to fight you, all of you, and I can never go back to who I was because of my actions."
"What do you mean?" Gray asked.
"Plan Alpha!" Alice shouted, before she started to sprint, her spirits and teammates at her sides, running with her as they charged at Team Fairy Tail.
"Seems like she thinks she stands a chance," Gajeel chuckled.
"It's Alice, she is a friend, so no serious injuries," Erza instructed, "But we must win."
Alice was charging, acting as if she was heading for Erza, but at the last second, just as Erza prepared herself for an attack, Alice pushed off the ground and flipped over to an unsuspecting Laxus, and a prepared Cheshire Cat attacked Erza, while the Dodo bird went for Gray, the Queen of Hearts for Juvia and the Hatter for Gajeel.
"Lightening Dragon's Roar!" Laxus shouted as he threw a massive beam of lightening magic at Alice, but she jumped and rolled out of the way, dodging his attack.
"Lightening Dragon's Breakdown Fist!" Laxus yelled as he cast another spell, hitting Alice with a sparkling explosion of electrical magic, but she managed to defend herself.
With her hand.
The palm of her hand stopped the lightening fist in its path.
Laxus watched wide eyes as she threw the fist to the side, and he was too shocked to see the sizzling burn that marred her skin, the only sign of injury on her from his attack.
"Still think you can beat me?" Alice taunted.
"I'm sorry in advance if this kills you then," Laxus snapped, "Lightening Dragon's Secret Art: Roaring Thunder!"
As Laxus hit Alice with his electrified fist, an attack that had defeated Jura Neekis, Wizard Saint, she grabbed his fist, the electricity electrocuting her, but she did not make a sound as she dislocated Laxus' arm and threw him backwards. Laxus went sliding backwards, his shocked and awe clear on his features.
"W-What are you?" he questioned, his voice full of shock and the tiniest hint of fear.
"Someone you left behind," Alice answered, and then she defeated the mighty Laxus Dreyar with a sharp kick to the face, knocking him unconscious.
As soon as Laxus was down, the Dodo bird just seemed to disappear, fading back to Wonderland, or as it was more commonly known, the Celestial World. Gray spun around, only to have the Mad Hatter push him to the floor as he jumped on him. The Cheshire Cat suddenly turned from Erza and attacked Juvia, and while Erza thought her opponent was busy and went to attack him, she was hit by a fiery red beam of what seemed to be something like water from the Queen of Hearts. Gajeel, who had lost whoever he was supposed to be fighting, turned to give one of his teammates a hand, but was intercepted by Alice.
"Over here metal face!" she called, and Gajeel turned around and glared at her.
"Just because you got Laxus down doesn't mean you'll get the rest of us!" Gajeel snapped.
"Never thought I'd hear you say that rusty," Alice taunted, and Gajeel let out a growl as he prepared his attack.
"Iron Dragon's roar!" he yelled as a powerful tornado shot at Alice, and the Wonderland mage rose her hand, her palm colliding with the tornado.
But it stopped it.
Alice let out a hiss of pain as he already burn hand suffered again, grabbing Gajeel's Dragon Roar and tossing it to the side. Gajeel stared at her with wide eyes, and in the audience Levy was watching worriedly.
"What is she?" Cana murmured from the crowd as they watched Gajeel's attack being pushed aside.
"She defeated Laxus…" Lisanna whispered.
"With only a kick," Natsu pointed out, "I want to fight her! Why couldn't I go?"
"You know why!" Makarov snapped, "You would have been too wild, and besides, you've already done more than enough fighting for this tournament."
"But Gramps-" Natsu went to complain, but was cut off by Mirajane.
"Did Mavis equate for Alice?" Mirajane questioned, "Did she know that she was a celestial mage?"
"First Master?" Master Makarov called to the ghost of the guild's first master, turning the question on to her, and that revealed the long blonde haired ghost anxiously biting her lip, looking to Mirajane with wide eyes. Natsu looked between the crying female ghost, and his master who looked like he wanted to hurt him, and ran out of the room.
"I didn't know!" she cried, tears welling up in her eyes, "I didn't know Alice would be able to defeat anyone on her own! I thought with the five of them against only her, they could beat her. I told them to avoid her and leave her until last, but I was wrong!"
"It's okay First Master," Mirajane comforted the ghost, "How could you have known?"
"That's the thing!" Mavis sobbed, "I should have! I should have calculated better! I should have realised Alice, having numerous magic, would be able to stand off against our five most powerful mages, even defeating them maybe."
"First Master, how do we beat her?" Romeo asked the ghost.
"They need to keep her talking," Mavis snivelled as she spoke, looking to the lacrima vision, "We need to find out all we can about her, then I can calculate properly, find her weak spot."
"Keep her talking," Makarov whispered, knowing his children could hear him, because when could they not?
"Gehehehe," Gajeel chuckled, overcoming his shock, hearing Makarov's message and acting upon it, "Looks like I have a real challenge now."
"Oh, so you haven't been taking me seriously?" Alice snapped, and Mirajane shook her head from the audience, knowing it was the wrong thing to say to a powerful female.
"Not really," Gajeel shrugged, "What's with the costume?"
"What's with the questions?" Alice countered.
"Oh, that's a good one," Gajeel commented, and be only just moved out of the way, all but jumping to the side to dodge a golden beam that shot his way to where his head had just been He saw that where it had hit a building it had burned straight through it, and he tried to suppress his fear as he looked back to the stoic faced Wonderland mage.
"Not up for a chit chat then?" Gajeel questioned as Alice stormed up to him, and started to attack him with her bare fists.
Mavis watched with wide eyes as she displayed her mastery of hand to hand combat, blocking Gajeel's attempts to hit her and parrying them with ones of her own. Alice used her foot, and effectively tripped the Iron Dragon Slayer up, and she grabbed him by his hair to stop him from falling, and threw him over her, making him land heavily on the pavement, blood trickling from a wound on his forehead.
"I see how it is," Gajeel growled, pushing himself up, "You really want to fight."
"You're just pissing me off Gajeel," Alice hissed, "Like, seriously, tone it down, or I might kill you."
"I'd like to see you try," Gajeel mocked, and rage took over her features.
Alice pulled her arms, before sharply pushing them out, and Gajeel still wore his stupid smirk as he spell hit him. He went flying backwards as the great force of magical power collided with his form, and he crashed through building after building and even when his body was unconscious, he was still crashing, until he stopped as his limp form crashed into a wall. The Dragon Slayer had long since been unconscious, and Alice had shut her eyes, a gaping Levy staring at the spot on the lacrima vision that showed Gajeel's limp form and Alice's blank expression.
"Oh Lu-chan…" Levy whispered, her voice so quiet no one heard with their basic hearing.
Expect for one.
A certain dragon slayer heard this.
A certain blue haired Dragon Slayer.
She stared at Levy, and then looked to the form of Alice who was staring blankly at Gajeel.
"No…" she murmured, and Carla, who was in her arms, looked to her with concern.
"Wendy?" Carla questioned, "What's wrong child?"
Levy, having just remembered there was a Dragon Slayer in the room, had to stop herself from cursing under her breath. How could she have been so stupid?
"I'm fine Carla," Wendy answered, staring at the form of Alice on the lacrima vision, "Do you think Alice can beat all of them?"
While the rest of them stand burst into conversations, anxious at Alice's power and whether she could defeat their whole team on her own. Carla looked at the blue haired dragon slayer, following her gaze to the Wonderland mage, and a frown set on her features.
Suddenly the Cheshire Cat disappeared into golden sparkles, and as Juvia went to help Gray, Alice suddenly appeared in front of the water mage, and Juvia knew it was her turn, and that she had to keep the Wonderland mage talking.
"Alice-san," Juvia greeted.
"Please Juvia, no honorifics, we're friends," Alice smiled at her as she spoke, "Sorry, I'm in a bad mood, Gajeel got under my skin."
"Gajeel-kun does that with a lot of people," Juvia commented.
"But no matter," Alice pushed that thought away, "It's time to fight Juvia."
"Juvia will not give up!" Juvia exclaimed.
"And neither will I," Alice stated, and she rose her hand to use a spell but was cut off as Juvia beat her to the punch, using water slicer to knock the Wonderland mage from her feet.
"Sorry Alice-chan," Juvia apologised, "But if there's something Juvia's learnt from watching Alice-chan fight Gajeel and Laxus, Juvia knows to act first."
"Wonderland-" Alice started to cast, but again Juvia was faster.
"Water Lock!" Juvia shouted, and Alice was surrounded by water, the bubble containing her.
For a second Alice was frozen.
And then the memories returned to her.
Her first S-Class mission, she had taken a mission to defeat a dark guild that were terrorising a village. She had defeated the small fry easily enough, but it was the guild master that was trouble.
It still haunted her now, along with many things.
The guild master had been a water mage.
So he had trapped her, he had tried to drown her, the old fashioned way.
She still remembered the feel of his grubby hand forcing her head under the water, the feeling of her lungs burning as the water seeped into them, and as she tried to free herself, tried to breath, but she couldn't.
And all the time, he had been taunting her. Shouting and screaming at her, throwing insults and swear words into her face.
That was the first time she had died.
And the scariest.
"No!" Alice screamed, thrashing around in the water lock, tears seeping down her cheeks, "No! Get me out! Please! Please don't let me drown! Please get me out!"
Of course, as Alice was surrounded by water, her words were muffled, but Juvia could hear them perfectly clear, and she immediately let the Wonderland mage out of the Water Lock, because she was no enemy, and this was a friendly fight. But Juvia could hear a tone she recognised, one of fear, one of sadness. She had always felt that, the fear and pain of loneliness, and she would never wish it on another, especially not Alice.
"Alice?" Juvia whispered, the Wonderland mage had fallen to the floor, out of her Water Lock, and she hadn't moved.
"Alice?" Juvia called again, and Alice pushed herself up in a heartbeat.
""Worlds, collide," Alice whispered, her eyes glowing gold, and yet they looked to be in a faraway place, not seeing Juvia, but instead, just seeing her enemy.
"Alice?" Juvia whispered, concerned about her friend who looked so lost and hurt.
"Barrier, fall," Alice cast her spell, and for a moment Juvia did not feel it.
Then there was the screaming.
Juvia shrieked as she felt her mind pulse, a million voice shouting and screaming at her. Her hands held her head as she stumbled around, her vision changing into the endless blackness of their nothingness, the screams pulling her with them, into the burning pits of nothingness. Tears were streaming down her face as she realised her scream had joined the voices, and she felt her body fall to the floor, but the pain did not stop.
"Juvia!" she heard a voice, one she knew belonged to Gray, call out for her, but she could not respond, she then felt cold, and she could guess that he was holding her now limp form as she drifted off into unconsciousness.
"Enough!" Erza roared, and Alice broke the connection, leaving an unconscious Juvia in Gray's arms, another point for Alice. Erza was panting, but not too scratched from this fight, her injuries from her fight with Kagura still fresh on her body, and Gray looked pained and tired, but not willing to back down.
"What did you do to Juvia?!" Gray exclaimed, and Alice blinked, snapping out of her trance, and she felt the Hatter's arms circle reassuringly around her waist as the Queen of Hearts disappeared back into the celestial world.
"I-I'm sorr-ry," Alice stuttered, gaining control over herself against as she forced the memories of her drowning back, "I didn't mean to do that."
"Juvia? Juvia, can you hear me?" Gray questioned the unresponsive Water Mage.
"You are a coward," Erza hissed, "You take us out one by one, getting your spirits to distract the rest of us while out defeat us one at a time."
"I-I'm not a coward," Alice denied.
"Then fight both of us," Erza proposed, "Fight us both, at the same time, none of your spirits to take one of us."
"Alright then," Alice agreed.
"Ooh! A fight between Alice and Erza, with Gray too!" Chapati exclaimed, "A powerful fight! But still, even if Fairy Tail do defeat Alice, they need nine points, and she's only five, they would still come second."
"Oh! Well this was unexpected!" Chapati cried, "The Game Makers have decided to make Alice worth ten points, due to her extreme power. So if Fairy Tail defeat her, they can still win!"
"Bring it," Alice gestured with her hands for them to attack as she spoke.
The fight was on.
Blue Pegasus 69
Fairy Tail 60
Mermaid Heel 53
Sabertooth 46
Lamia Scale 38
Quatro Puppy 14
A/N Who do you think will win? Tell me what you think!
xxchatonxx: I'm glad you like this story so much!
Vincenziia: I agree with you there! Do you think she can beat a determined Erza and Gray, though?
Amanda: I'd love to hear your ideas! Hm… True… I was planning something a bit like that. Yeah, Erza would work it out quicker than the others… I do have them connecting some pieces, but I don't want to spoil anything for you, so I won't go into any detail. But in the next chapter there will be some Alice… Let's just call it 'drama'. Who do you think will win in the fight? You're not meddling too much, I love to hear other ideas, because even if I don't use them they help me develop my ideas. Your review doesn't bother at all, it helps! I'm glad you enjoy it! I enjoy writing and planning this! :D
THANKS EVERYONE!
Becney :P