Edolas
In a grand flash of light, everything seem to disappear, before the group was spat into the air. The sight that greeted them defied words.
"Holy crap!" Save for those words Natsu spoke perhaps. Edolas was a sight to behold. Islands that floated in the sky, with swirling torrents of water streaming through them. That plants were utterly bizarre, baring a closer resemblance to animals instead of known plants. The "birds" looked more like flying fish, as they dove in and out of the flying rivers. There were no comparisons that could be drawn to Earthland, it as just too fantastic.
"So this is where I'm from?" Happy murmured, "It really is different."
"This place is amazing!" Natsu said.
"Its as if we truly have stepped into another world," Wendy commented.
"Well, that is exactly what we did," Carla said. In all the awed obversation, the group initially failed to notice an important detail. That being the cats' wings promptly disappeared. The group plummeted to the ground, but were fortunate enough to land in some strange leafy plant.
"GAH!" Natsu grunted as he looked up, "What happened?"
"Didn't I make myself clear?" Carla asked, "Magic is of limited quantity in Edolas. You can't go around shooting fire everywhere you go."
"Then how're we going to find Lucy if we don't have our magic?" Natsu asked.
"And find the others!" Happy piped up.
"We can make do without our magic," Carla said as she hopped to the ground.
"Now that you mention it," Wendy said, "I do feel kind of… empty."
"We can't fly?" Happy whined, "This place sucks."
"Deal with it, tomcat," Carla said bluntly. I feel like I was supposed to give them something she thought But it eludes me. Wendy's tongue darted out of her mouth, and licked the air.
"The air here tastes kind of weird," she said. That gave Natsu an idea.
"Hey! Let's start a fire!" he said, "Maybe if I eat some of the fire here, I can get my magic back! And maybe it will taste weird too!" He was silenced when he was hit in the head by a branch by Carla.
"Will you keep focused!" she snapped, " We'll figure out what to do about or magic later, but for now, we need to find some way to disguise ourselves."
"Oh, well that's easy enough," Natsu answered with a grin.
"Hardly, we don't have anything to wear in replacement," Carla responded.
"You kidding? There's stuff all around us!"
A couple of minutes later, the group was draped in leaves of the various plants, much toothier embarrassment and/or discomfort. That, of course, excluded Natsu, who seemed perfectly content in the get up he had on, consisting of massive leaves covering his body.
"You know, when I said disguises, this isn't even remotely what I meant," Carla grumbled as the group walked on.
"What's wrong with them?" Natsu asked, "We don't look like ourselves, right? Then it worked."
"But its so embarrassing," Wendy said, as she flushed crimson. Despite that, the group started trudging down the road again.
"Well, this get up may not be ideal but it gets the job done, so I suppose I can't complain that much," Carla said.
"Easy for you to say," Happy said, whose entire body save for his eyes was hidden in a mass of leaves. The group strolled down the road, as they eventually came up to the edge of one of the floating islands, with a river flowing by it.
"So these islands are just floating here in mid air?" Wendy asked, "And the river? This is really weird."
"I wonder what kind of yummy fish are in that river," Happy muttered.
"Hey look!" Wendy said, pointing. The group looked in her finger's direction, and saw what looked like a man sitting by the edge of island, a fishing rod in the river.
"Its a person!" Happy said.
"Must be one of the natives of Edolas," Carla said.
"Maybe he has an idea of where everyone is," Wendy suggested, "I mean, its worth a shot, right?"
"I suppose so," Carla said, "Now…" She looked around.
"Please tell me one of you sees Natsu somewhere," she said, clenching her teeth.
"You're too late," Happy said.
"Oi!" The fisherman turned, and saw a hulking leaf monster with glowing eyes.
"I'm looking for…." With a scream, the fisherman ran away.
"Hey! I was just asking a question!" Natsu called.
"You stupid fool!" Carla yelled, "You come up to him dressed like that, and start yelling, that was almost assured!" Wendy couldn't help but giggle at that.
"I'm sure he didn't mean too!"
"That's Natsu for ya," Happy said. With that the group continued walking, eventually ditching the disguises, mostly under Wendy and Happy's insistence. The group was now walking along a log across what looked like a large lake.
"Gah!" Happy said, "That feels better. Now if only we could find something to eat."
"I beat there are some edible fruit in this forest," Wendy said, looking around.
"We can't go around plucking fruit off trees, child, especially in this place," Carla countered. There was then a splash. The group looked down, and saw a small fish-like creature in the water.
"Look! A fish!" Happy said.
"Well, that takes care of that," Natsu said, cracking his knuckles, "Too bad we don't have a fishing rod, but…." Within an instant, the "small" creature fully emerged from the water, revealing itself to be a monstrous beast the size of a house.
"Huge fish!" Happy cried.
"Is it too much to ask for something to right in this world?!" Carla yelled.
"Great!" Natsu said, as he took a battle stance, "This will feed us for a time!"
"Natsu!" Wendy protested, "That thing is way too big!"
"I've taken bigger!" With that, he leapt at the monster, arching his fist back.
"Fire Dragon's…." Natsu's fist bounced right off the creature's fist. After an awkward instant, the monster swatted Natsu back into the log.
"Natsu!" Happy and Wendy cried.
"The hundredth time!" Carla yelled, "You can't use magic here like you can in Earthland!" Wendy pulled her adopted brother out of the log.
"Well in that case," Natsu said, before turning, "Run!" Quick to do what they were told, the group started high tailing it out of there. As they were running, Carla's head suddenly got much clearer. Maybe it was being so focused on one thing at the time, but….
"I just remembered!" Carla said, as she reached into her dress pocket, and pulled out those strange balls Mysotgan gave her, "Mystogan wanted me to give this to you two!"
"What are those?" Natsu demanded.
"I don't know, but if Mystogan wanted you take them, I imagine you should!" Carla said, as she threw both of them. Natsu and Wendy both caught them, and without missing a beat, popped them into their mouths.
All of a sudden, Natsu's body began to burn with the heat it always did. And Wendy suddenly began to feel a lot lighter. Both of them could sense something. It was as if they had something back. Natsu then grinned as he turned, and faced the charging monster.
"Natsu!" Happy called, "What're you doing!" That's when saw Natsu's chest suddenly light up.
"Now, I'm all fired up!" he said. With a roar, he released a massive stream of flames from his jaws. The monster didn't even have time to react, before it was thoroughly cooked. Everyone stared in surprise as Natsu wiped off the side of his mouth.
"Ah, that feels better," he said, "Nice to have that fire in my belly."
"How did you…," Carla mumbled. Wendy held out her hand and gathered a mini-tornado in it.
"I've got my magic back!" she said happily. Happy tried to create his wings, but found he couldn't.
"I don't," he said glumly.
"What are those things?" Wendy asked Carla.
"I don't know, but Mystogan gave them to me after you ran off," Carla explained, "I guess they were some means of using magic in Edolas."
"Well then, we owe him one!" Natsu said, "But let's eat now!"
(sometime later)
Once they group was finished eating, they struck out again.
"Now that we've got our magic back," Wendy said, "We should be better off, right?"
"Don't get ahead of yourself, child," Carla said, "You have your powers back, but we're still in a strange land which we have virtually no knowledge of."
"I thought you said you could be the navigator?" Happy said.
"I know I did," Carla said, "I thought that the memories of my mission could help give me a map of Edolas, but I was wrong. I'm just as lost as any of you."
"Well, if we keep walking, we're bound to meet someone, right?" Natsu asked.
"That's a gamble we may not be able to afford," Carla muttered. Natsu's hand suddenly lit up in flames.
"I could just burn the forest down," he offered. Before Carla could shoot that idea down, the group's attention was drawn by gasps. They looked in said direction, and saw a couple of Edolas people standing on the road over them.
"Oh crap," Natsu said. The people looked down at the group, and took notice of the two bipedal cats next to them.
"Well I guess it was bound to happen," Wendy said, before smiling at the people, "I…" The people then fell to their knees, much to the group's surprise.
"Mighty exceeds!" one of the group said, "Forgive us for getting in your way! We implore to not send your fire demon upon us!"
"Oh, uh, well we're looking for our friends here in Edolas," Natsu said. As he was talking, Happy came up behind him. The people screamed, as they dashed away.
"What's with the people here?" Natsu asked, "They're all so jumpy."
"It almost as if they were afraid of Happy and Carla," Wendy said.
"Am I scary?" Happy asked.
"Maybe they're just weird?" Natsu suggested as he leaned against a mushroom. That turned out to be a rather big mistake, as in an instant, the mushroom started to inflate. Before Natsu could even say anything, he was rocketed into the air.
"Natsu!" the group cried. They didn't have much time to respond, as Natsu apparently set off some kind of chain reaction. The ground suddenly seemed to explode, sending the group in the same direction. With a distinct crash, they smashed into some kind of house.
"Ow," Wendy muttered as she rubbed her head.
"How many times will we be sent flying?" Carla said. Natsu, who once again had his head stuck in the ground, was being helped by Happy.
"Well, at least we're covering a lot of ground," he said, as he pried Natsu out of the floor.
"Gah!" Natsu cried, as he shook his head. He then looked around.
"Where're we?" he asked.
"Some kind of warehouse from the looks of it," Happy said.
"Well I'd say that this bridge has probably already been forded," Carla said, "But it would probably be best if we try for disguises again, this time with real clothes." Nobody protested, and they all dressed themselves in the proper attire.
"Natsu, can you please not look this way?" Wendy asked shyly.
"You're my little sister," Natsu said, "There shouldn't be a problem." But Wendy wasn't having any of it.
"Well I guess this will do," Carla said, as she demonstrated her new clothing, which Happy was quite fond of.
"You're one pretty kitty!" he said. He was wearing a cape with a strange helmet. Natsu was wearing a red cloak with a gold shirt, and his trademark scarf. Wendy was wearing a red dress with her hair tied up into twin pigtails.
"So Natsu, where do…," but Wendy didn't finish when she saw her brother's face pressed against the window.
"Its Fairy Tail!" he said excitedly. Everyone looked out the same window, and indeed saw the Fairy Tail emblem, in what looked like a tree of some bizarre kind.
"Its in disguise too, but its definitely Fairy Tail!" Natsu said as he started running towards it, with everyone following him. Natsu pushed open the doors, and sure enough, everyone was gathered around doing what they normally did apparently.
"They're okay!" Natsu said happily, "Let's find Lucy!"
"Something feels kind of off," Happy muttered.
"Who care's, they're alright!" Natsu said.
"Well everything seems normal," Wendy said.
"Take a look again," Carla said. After ushering them under a table, the group took a second look. They then saw Juvia standing by the job board, wearing a slightly more skimpy outfit, with her hair curled again, but aside from that….
"Well, I'm going to work," she said.
"Wait Juvia!"
"The flying fu…"
"Shut your mouth fire breath!" Carla hissed, "There are children present!"
"I wanna go to!" Gray said. Well at least it… looked like Gray. Insofar as he was covered with lair upon lair of clothing. Juvia looked over him, before frowning.
"Take off some clothes and I just may entertain the thought," Juvia answered.
"The hell!" Natsu yelled. After noticing that, the differences become much more apparent.
"I'm off to a job!" Nab said as he ran by.
"Take a break for once in your life!" Warren called.
"You're such a wimp, Elfman!" a scarred Jet said, "You should be able to protect your team!"
"You always screw up!" Droy with sun glasses said.
"I'm so sorry," Elfman said. He looked exactly the same, save for his hair being straight. He was crying of all things.
"Will you stop crying!" Droy said.
"You're a man!" Jet snapped.
"I'm sorry!" Elfman sobbed.
"I'm so glad to be with you Bis-Bis!" Alzack said.
"So am I, Al-Al!" Bisca answered as she snuggled up to him.
"Hey Cana!" Macao with combed hair and glasses called, "Drink with us!"
"Oh, you know I don't drink," Cana said. She was wearing a dress, with a feminine hat, much to the group's horror.
"I love Juvia so much!" Gray cried.
"You don't take a hint, do you!" Reedus snapped.
"What's going on?" Natsu hissed.
"This is nuts even for them!" Happy said. A shadow suddenly fell over them.
"What are you doing here?" Natsu's eyes widened at the sight.
"Why are you sneaking around?" Lucy asked. She was wearing goth clothes with a skull tying up her trademark hairstyle. But Natsu noticed something completely different first. She wasn't pregnant.
Note: I figured one major difference would be to give Natsu and Wendy their magic back. I don't think it will really damage the story in anyway. But that isn't the only major change I was talking about.
I'm really looking forward for Ashley to learn that Heartfilia is pregnant, and for both her and Dragion to learn that Dragneel is the dad.
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