Sorry for the late update I went to a hockey game with family. (Dodges the vegetables thrown at me.) Eeep! Hey, but I'm updating it now at least! Anyways, I'm always thankful for the reviews that I get and they're always good. Still looking for a beta-reader. Same drill please read and review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
Lucy's POV:
We pulled in to the train station in Crocus, and headed towards our lodgings. Since we had won the previous GMG we got to stay in the largest hotel there was. They placed the Fairy Tail banner and symbol on the front of the hotel above the door. We walked in smiling, laughing, and fooling around. Then we got the keys to our rooms and dragged our luggage up the stairs. Since Master was one of the Ten Wizard Saints he got a nice room. I was about to get a regular room like everybody else until the customer service guy saw my coat and the number on the back of it. So instead he gave me a nicer room like Masters. My room was on the top floor which is 12 stories up. By the time I got to the top my arms felt like lead, even though I wasn't carrying a lot, and I was slightly sweating.
"I hate stairs," I mumbled to myself. Master is behind me and laughs hearing what I said. I give him a little, 'hmph,' and go to my room on the right unlocking the door. Nobody can see me or hear me 12 stories up so I don't worry about runes or blacking the windows out. Plus, only Master knows my secret and I trust him. As I walk in my room I shut the door behind me. Dropping my suitcase near the dresser I take a look around the room. It has a small kitchen, private bathroom, and a comfy bed in the corner near the windows. The windows cover up half of the wall and have lush blue curtains over them. Now that I look at it, the rooms main colors are blue, green, white, and black. I go over to the bed and drop down on it sighing at how comfy it was. To my right was a nightstand with a paper on it. On the paper was the GMG rules.
Rules of the GMG:
Only 5 members from each guild can participate.
The members of a guild's team can be replaced by reserve members if necessary.
Guild masters cannot participate.
Anyone without the guild's mark cannot participate.
Each event will remain a mystery until right before they begin, which at this point the rules will be explained.
All participants must be at the lodgings by 12:00.
Victory is based on who can dominate across several different kinds of competition.
"So the rules haven't changed huh?" I ask the wall. I put the paper back down and unpack all of the stuff I brought on the train with me. When I was done I decided to go downstairs to meet up with everybody to discuss the game plan for the GMG. My hair and eyes turned back to the light blue -meaning I was calm- before I walked out of the room, taking my key, and locking the door behind me. Once downstairs I sit in a chair across from Natsu, Wendy, Gray, and Erza.
"So what's the plan for the GMG?" I question them.
"Well we were thinking that we could just play as we go," Gray shrugged. I nodded in agreement. The bells wrung twelve times signaling that it was 12:00 already. I got up from my seat.
"Try to wear gold, black, and white tomorrow for our team colors," I said walking away. I wasn't able to hear them respond and didn't give them a chance to argue with me. I walked back upstairs to my room and locked the door again after going in it. I requip into something comfy and fell asleep.
-Timeskip Day 1 of the GMG-
I wake up to a knocking on my door. My hair and eyes instantly turn to red showing that I'm ticked off.
"Lani! Lani! Wake up! Get your butt out off bed and get dressed! We need to be downstairs in the lobby in 10 minutes!" it was Natsu's annoying voice waking me up this early in the morning.
"I'm gonna kill his sorry ass," I mumble. I get out of bed and stomp towards the door, ripping it open. He looks at me startled and backs away lowering his hand which was about to knock on the door again. I glare at him giving him the 'evil' eye.
"Wait there, I won't be long," I order him. He nods gulping and I slam the door in his face. I walk over the dresser and stand in front of the mirror brushing my hair quickly, after that I brush my teeth, put some perfume and deodorant on, and tie my hair up. Then I requip into a gold tank-top and black pants. Over that I slip on my Wizard Saints coat. Lastly I slip on black and gold sandles. I walk out the door and slam it behind me, my hair and eyes turning white showing I wasn't in a specific mood at all. Natsu is still there waiting for me and follows me as I walk down the stairs as quick as I can. When we get there the whole team for the GMG is waiting for us. I also notice that they are all wearing white, black, and gold like I asked them to.
"What took you so long Natsu?" Erza questioned him.
"Lani, wouldn't wake up. I was banging on her door for almost 15 minutes straight," he grumbled.
"Well I'm up now and we still have 5 minutes before the GMG officially begins," I retort. The others nod in agreement.
"I have a feeling that this year will be easy for us to win," grinned Gray with a fist pump. We all laughed and waited for the GMG to begin. All of a sudden the hotel started rumbling and shaking slightly. The entire group was pushed to the ground because the hotel shot up about 200 ft. in the air. When it finally stopped everybody got up and stood still waiting for Mato, the pumpkin guy, to tell us what the preliminary event was.
"Welcome to the GMG everybody! This year for the preliminary event we decided to keep it the same as seven years ago. Which means that you have to get through the sky labyrinth. Instead of 8 teams this year we have only 7. For this event there is only one rule. The first seven teams to get through the sky labyrinth will be the ones who participate in the actual GMG. Good luck!" Mato announced this over a loudspeaker and then the front doors burst open with the team running out of it. I was the first one out with everybody trailing behind me. We ran about 100 ft. before I stopped and held up a finger signaling for a minute.
"Requip, Gate Wheel!" I shouted. My very first gate wheel with all of the dragons keys on it and Nestor's key on it, appeared in front of me. I grabbed Nestor's key and shouted something else.
"Open Gate of the Traveler, Nestor!"
"What can I do for you princess?" he asked bowing.
"I need you to take us to the end of the labyrinth where Mato will be waiting," I told him. He nodded and motioned for everybody to hold hands. We grabbed hands and I held onto Nestor's and Erza's, everybody else held hands like a chain. So after Erza there was Wendy, then Natsu, and the Gray. When we made sure everyone was holding hands Nestor teleported us to Mato. He jumped in surprise and then smiled.
"Thank you Nestor you may return now," I told him. He bowed and then disappeared with a poof.
"Congratulations! You are the first team to reach the end of the sky labyrinth! Just go on ahead and look for a sign that says 'Fairy Tail.' Once you find it go in the room next to it and wait there. See you in a little bit!" he cheerfully said. The team and I started to walk towards the sign that said 'Fairy Tail' and then we walked in the room next to it. We slapped hands and laughed.
"OK guys so I have a theory about the GMG this year," Erza announced.
"What is it Erza?" inquired Gray.
"Well, I was thinking that if the preliminary event was the same as seven years ago, then every event will be the same," she concluded.
"I guess that makes sense," Wendy agreed. This is one of the first times I have heard her speak since I got back and I was glad to finally hear her say something. Just then Mato came in the room.
"Hey guys guess what? It's almost time for each of the guild's groups to be introduced to the crowd! So we need to get you out there in a line up!" he stated happy. We walked out of the room and saw all of the guilds already gathered there. Even Raven Tail was there. Apparently they were suspended from the GMG until the next one and until they became an official guild. Which I'm guessing they did. At seeing Raven Tail my hair and eyes changed to purple meaning I was excited to kick Flare's butt this year instead of losing. Then all of the guilds got into a line. The guilds lined up in the order of whoever got in 7th to the guild that got in 1st. Then the guild's would be announced from last to first. In 7th was Quatro Cerberus, in 6th was Mermaid Heel, in 5th was Blue Pegasus, 4th was Lamia Scale, 3rd was Raven Tail, in 2nd was Sabertooth, and we were in 1st. The guilds then walked out onto the field one by one while being announced.
"This year in the GMG there are only 7 teams participating!" Mato announced to the crowd, "In 7th place is Quatro Cerberus, in 6th is Mermaid Heel, 5th Blue Pegasus, 4th is Lamia Scale, 3rd place is Raven Tail, 2nd is Sabertooth, and lastly the strongest guild in Fiore, Fairy Tail!" The cheers for each guild got louder and louder until they reached us. The cheers got the loudest of all and the crowd went wild. We walked out into the sun smiling and waving. Then Mato started to announce who was on each team from each guild.
"The members representing Quatro Cerberus this year are Bacchus, Rocker, Yaegar, Nobarly, and Semmes! On Mermaid Heel we have Kagura, Milliana, Beth Vanderwood, Arania Web, and Risley Law! Blue Pegasus consists of Jenny, Ichiya, Hibiki, Ren, and Eve! Lamia Scale's members include one of the Ten Wizard Saints Jura, Lyon, Chelia, Toby, and Yuka! Representing Raven Tail is Flare, Nullpuding, Obra, Kurohebi, and the actual Alexei! Sabertooth's members are Minerva, Sting, Rogue, Orga, and Rufus! Lastly representing Fairy Tail we have Erza, Gray, Wendy, Natsu, and their newest member, who has already become the highest ranked Wizard Saint, Lani!" The crowd still got louder and went wild when our guild was mentioned it was surprising because seven years ago we got boo's and nobody liked us. I was excited, so I decided to put on a little surprise show for them. I handed my coat to Wendy for a minute and then I jumped in the air and shouted my favorite spell.
"Heavenly Wings I call upon thee!" My wings came out of my back and lifted me higher in the air. Then I made the arena go black with my Blackout magic. After that I lit myself up using Light Dragon Slayer magic and flew above the arena making the Fairy Tail symbol in the air. It was glowing and you could hear everybody ooh-ing and aw-ing. I landed on the ground and turned everything back to normal and made my wings disappear. Wendy handed me my coat and I put it back on. At this point the crowd was going even more wild. One of the announcers came over the loudspeaker.
"What an amazing surprise performance! I can tell that Lani will be a favorite of the crowd's this year!" Then the other one spoke up.
"I agree that was just spectacular! If she can do that with her magic I wonder how powerful she really is!"
"OK folks! The first event in the GMG is Hidden! The rules are still the same so good luck and choose your members wisely!" Mato tells us. Then the announcer reminds us what the rules are.
"One member from each guild will be placed in a replica of a town. There will be clones of each member and if you attack a clone you will lose one point. If you attack somebody that is not a clone and win you will gain one point. If you lose you also lose a point. At the end whoever has the most points wins."
"I'll participate in Hidden," I tell them. They start to protest, but I turn around and glare at them and they stop. I walk towards Mato where Nullpuding, Rufus, Beth, Eve, Yaeger, and Lyon wait.
"OK let's start the event!" Mato exclaims. All of sudden I'm with everybody else and now I'm separated from them. There are clones all around me and I can't tell who is real and who is not. Then I remember how I learned Illusion magic. In Illusion magic there is one spell that will allow me to tell what's real and what isn't.
"Illusion magic, Open My Eyes to the Real World," I whispered softly. This spell showed me who was real by heat signatures like thermal vision. I could still see the world clearly, but now I could tell who was who. If it was a clone the body would be black like an empty void, if it was a real person the body would be red, yellow, or orange depending on hot the person was. I started walking straight ahead with no emotion on my face, trying to look like one of the clones. My hair and eyes changed to white and so did my clones around me. I walked for a couple more minutes with no expression on my face, going straight ahead, when I saw Yaegar not paying attention by sitting down. I smiled and quickly used my Speed magic to rush over to him without being seen. I tapped him on the shoulder and he turned around. Once he saw me behind him smiling he jumped up from his seat pointing a shaking finger at me. Then I punched him in the stomach, as he was bending over to grab his stomach I jumped on his back throwing him to the ground, knocking him out. For that I got 1 point. We still had about 20 minutes left in Hidden so I went back to my expressionless face and walked straight ahead taking corners every now and then. I was walking for about 5 minutes when I came across a battle between Eve, Lyon, Beth, and Nullpuding. I quickly turned myself invisible using Invisibility magic and walked over to the group. Before anybody could sense me I took out Lyon with a kick to the back of the head. Beth, Nullpuding, and Eve saw Lyon go down, but couldn't tell what happened so they looked around wildly. For Beth and Nullpuding I knocked them out with a punch in the gut. Lastly was Eve, and he couldn't see me like everybody else. To take Eve down I decided to go easy on him remembering how badly he was hurt in the GMG the last time I saw him. I walked behind him and decided to simply knock him out by a pressure point. So, I took my hand and hit him in the shoulder where that pressure point was. He went down and fell into a pile of hay on the side of the road. From this battle I effectively gained 4 points. The last person I had to take out was Rufus. I remembered where he stood seven years ago in the GMG so I took off in that direction still invisible. I went into a building and up the stairs to the roof. I decided to jump from roof to roof because he would least expect it. I used my Speed magic again to get to his position quicker. When I got there I saw he was standing still. 'So I was right, he decided to use the same spot as the last time he was in Hidden,' I thought. Before going any further I used a type of Sound magic I learned. The type of spell I used allows me to move or make as much noise as I want to and nobody will hear me. I quickly ran across the rooftop I'm on and jumped onto Rufus' roof. He didn't see or hear me thanks to my trusty Invisibility and Sound magic. I decided to watch him for a minute to see what he will do. He did nothing though he just stood there. It looked like he was thinking or sleeping because he had his eyes closed. In the end to knock him out I kicked his feet out from under him and then I punched him in the face. He started to fall off of the building, but I jumped down off of the roof and made a net to catch him in so he wouldn't get killed. I got 1 more point after that. Then I turned myself visible again, removed the Sound magic spell, and also removed the Illusion spell. All of a sudden one of the announcer's came on over the loudspeaker.
"That was remarkable! Although Hidden could have lasted a little longer, they still had 5 minutes left in there. It was too bad that nobody could participate after Lani got to them, because they were all knocked unconscious." Then the other one spoke up.
"Yes that's true. Although that was the performance expected by the highest ranked Wizard Saint."
"Lani wins ten points for team Fairy Tail, putting them in the lead!" Mato squeals. I'm then let out of the fake town and the entire crowd cheers for me. My hair and eyes turn light blue again. I give them a thumbs up and head for the section where all of the members wait for me. They are up on a balcony where they watched the whole thing go down on a giant lacrima. When I get there everybody jumps up and either gives me a hug or a high five. I sit down next to Erza and Wendy and wait for the first battle round to come up. It was Ichiya from Blue Pegasus against Toby from Lamia Scale. I knew that this battle was going to be a weird one and since I hated Ichiya I decide to take a walk around the arena. We are allowed to walk around the arena, but we couldn't go into the other guild's areas or medical wings. As I was walking past the entrance to the arena something fell out of the sky and hit me in the head. Before whatever it was hit the ground I caught it in my arms, just in case it was something alive. It was fluffy, soft, and about the size of a small teddy bear. I lifted it up in front of my face so I could see what it was. It was an exceed like Charle, Happy, and Panther Lilly! It was also teal -like Happy- with two small black swirls on the back of it's ears. The tip of it's tail was also black and it's paws were black too. It was so cute!
"Owie, that hurt," it spoke, "Thanks for catching me miss!"
"Awwwwww, you're so cute! It was no problem, um what's your name?" I asked it. It was a girl though I could tell by the voice. She was also wearing a white ribbon on her tail and a cute little white dress.
"My name is Azure and I was sent by the Queen of Extalia to find a Dragon Slayer," she informed me beaming. I hugged her.
"Well you're in luck my little friend. I happen to be a Dragon Slayer and will gladly take you home with me. You are now mine. By the way my name is Lani," I told her, my hair and eyes turning pink.
"Yay! I found a Dragon Slayer!" she cheerfully exclaimed. Azure then proceeded to climb on my head and sit there. I walked back to the balcony, smiling, where the rest of the team was. I was only gone for about 10 minutes and the battle between Ichiya and Toby was almost over.
"Who's that on your head Lani?" Charle asked me. Seven years ago in the GMG the exceeds weren't allowed to be with the participating team, but this time they were allowed to be with us. I held my arms out and Azure jumped off of my head and into my arms.
"She's my new exceed, after today she will be joining Fairy Tail," I responded. Azure nodded her head agreeing with me.
"Yep I'm lucky to have found Lani when I did. I was falling while on my way here and Lani happened to catch me," Azure giggled, "If she didn't catch me I wouldn't have found a Dragon Slayer!" All of a sudden the battle between Toby and Ichiya ended with Ichiya as the winner. Then up next was Milliana from Mermaid Heel against Kurohebi from Raven Tail. This battle would be a close one. Then we went back to our conversation.
"Well Azure let me introduce you to everybody. On the team for the GMG we have, along with me, Wendy, Gray, Erza, and Natsu. The other exceeds with them are Charle who is Wendy's exceed and Happy the blue one who belongs to Natsu. You will get to meet the last exceed later along with the rest of the guild," I introduced everyone. As I said their names they nodded their head's and smiled at Azure. Azure smiled right back. Milliana and Kurohebi's battle ended quickly with Milliana as the winner. Now Blue Pegasus and Mermaid Heel are in first place with us. Then they called my name.
"Now we have our two Wizard Saints battling up against each other Lani and Jura!" Mato announced.
"Azure I need you to stay here OK? Don't worry I'll be fine," I assured her.
"OK Lani! Just promise me you'll beat him!" she hugged me. I sat her down on the railing so she could watch me fight Jura. Instead of walking down the stairs to the arena I jumped off of the balcony landing on both of my feet. I then walked over to the middle of the field where Jura is, my hair and eyes turning purple.
"Don't hold back Lani. I want to see how powerful you really are," Jura said smirking at me.
"OK I won't then. Just give me a minute I need to do something first," I commented. I started pulling off my limiters one by one until they were all in one of my pockets. The crowd gasped feeling how much magical power I was releasing. Even Jura looked surprised. Then an announcer commentated on it.
"Whoa now that's a lot of magic power! Who knew she had all of that bottled up inside! I think I saw Lani pull off 8 limiters. Lets remember not to get on her bad side!"
"What? You told me not to hold back Jura, so I won't," I said smugly. Then our battle began with Jura trying to attack me first. I dodged his attack with my hands in my pocket, smiling. He kept trying to attack me, but I kept dodging the attacks.
"Is that all you got Jura? My grandmother can do better than that!" I snickered. Jura growled and sent another attack at me. This one actually nicked me a little bit on my arm. Jura was panting really hard and I could tell he used up all of his magic. I looked down at my arm which was slightly bleeding. I thought, 'Oh now it's on.' I slowed down the time and ran at Jura with my Speed magic. I punched him in the gut and sent him flying, but he landed on his feet. My hair and eyes turned brown. Then I let the time go back to normal and I jumped up in the air and shouted.
"Elemental Dragon's Roar!" That didn't work either so I decided to resort to one spell that I haven't used in a long time. I knew it would work this time though because of how much my magic power had increased in seven years. If anybody asked me how I knew that spell I would tell them that Asterodea taught it to me. After all, she is the Celestial Dragon. I stood still with my eyes closed and as I started to chant, the arena around Jura and I looked like space with all of the planets around me at first.
"Survey the Heaven, Open the Heaven...
All the stars, far and wide...
Show me thy appearance...
With such shine.
O Tetrabiblos...
I am the ruler of the stars...
Aspect became complete...
Open thy malevolent gate.
O 88 Stars of heaven...
Shine!
Urano Metria!"
When I finished the chant and opened my eyes you could see a star in each of my eyes. My hair was blowing around me and then the planets surrounding me rushed towards Jura. The impact was so hard that it knocked him unconscious and I was declared the winner gaining another ten points for Fairy Tail putting us at 20 points. I healed the little cut on my arm and repaired the torn sleeve on my Wizard Saints coat with Time Ark, Restore. The crowd was cheering for me and chanting my name. I jumped back up onto the balcony where the team is seated and started putting my limiters back on. When I was done they once again congratulated me. Azure jumped on me and gave me a big hug. Now my hair and eyes turned pink.
"That was amazing Lani! You're the best!"
"Thanks Azure, you're pretty awesome yourself," I laughed at her giving her a smile.
"Well folks that ends Day 1 of the GMG. See you all tomorrow!" that annoying pumpkin Mato shouted. We all walked towards the hotel with Happy trying to win Charle over and Azure sitting on my shoulder this time. Erza, Gray, Natsu, Wendy, and I were talking about what would happen tomorrow.
"I have a feeling that at least two of you will be battling somebody tomorrow," I told them.
"Yeah I know. It'll probably be me and Gray," Erza agreed. The others just nodded their heads. We got back to the hotel and everybody was partying over our victory so far. Master, Mira, Levy, Lisanna, Panther Lilly and Gajeel walked up to us to say congratulations.
"Azure this is Master Makarov, Mira, Levy, Gajeel, Lisanna, and Gajeel's exceed Panther Lilly," I told her.
"Oh wow cool!" she said cheerfully.
"Lani who's this?" Levy asked me. She was another one that I haven't seen or heard in seven years.
"This is my new exceed Azure and she would like to join the guild with us," I explained.
"That's sounds wonderful and she's so cute too!" Mira said sincerely. Azure blushed a little at this comment.
"I guess she can join if you want her to Lani. Mira get the stamp please," Master told her. Mira went and got the stamp to place the Fairy Tail mark in black on her back.
"Is the color black OK Azure?" Mira asked her. Azure nodded and Mira placed the stamp on her back.
"Yay! I'm a member of your guild now Lani!" Azure jumps into my arms and we give each other a hug. For the rest of the day we party, play games, and just talk about stupid things. Then I decide to go upstairs to bed because Azure is already asleep on my head. I get up from a couch and say goodnight to everyone.
"Night guys! See you in the morning!" I yell to them while heading up the stairs with Azure in my arms. When I get upstairs I place her on the pillow closest to the wall, making sure I don't wake her up.
'She's even more cute when she sleeps,' I think. Then I change into sweatpants and a baggy t-shirt and lay down next to her. Azure rolls over and cuddles into me sighing and sleeping even more deeply. I soon fall asleep after her, while my hair and eyes change to light blue.
Natsu's POV:
It was day one of the GMG and Lani was amazing. Her last battle though was a little confusing for me.
In the end Lani ended up using Urano Metria up against Jura. I thought that was a spell that only Luce knew. Then again I guess it makes since that she knew it since she was trained by Asterodea the Celestial Dragon. It doesn't matter though because we are still in the lead thanks to her. When we got back from the GMG I couldn't stop myself from looking at her every chance I got. I shook my head.
'No bad Natsu. Luce is your mate not her,' I thought. She looked so peaceful and happy though, just sitting there laughing. I shook my head again. 'I got to stop thinking about Lani. What am I thinking?' I asked myself. Then Lani got up from the couch with a sleeping Azure in her arms and said goodnight to everyone. My eyes followed her every move until she disappeared out of my sight. I slapped myself in the face a few times saying over and over in my head, 'Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!' I guess I'll go to sleep too.
"C'mon Happy! We should get some sleep too!" I yelled for him.
"Aye Sir!" he responded. We then went to our room and collapsed on the bed. Happy didn't bother taking off his green pack and I didn't bother getting into my sweatpants. We just collapsed and fell asleep instantly. My dreams were of Luce that night.
Thanks for reading guys and don't forget to review! Like I said earlier sorry for the late review. This time I'll work extra hard! Later! -Gummybears are chasing me
