The Other Fairy Tail

The group stared, as everyone stared back at them. Natsu was completely focused on Lucy, who was glaring down at him. At first glance, she looked just like the one Natsu loved, but after a second glance, it was quite apparent that she wasn't. This Lucy carried herself much stronger, and more importantly (to Natsu at least), she was clearly not pregnant.

"Can't believe I'm repeating myself, but why are you sneaking around?" Lucy demanded. The group stumbled back.

"Why are you acting so weird?" Wendy asked. Lucy looked closely at Natsu, before smiling big and throwing her arms around him. But this wasn't like when the Lucy Natsu knew hugged, this hug hurt.

"Natsu! You dummy!" Lucy said happily, "Where've you been!"

"Eh!" Wendy and Happy cried. Carla just frowned.

"You took your sweet time coming back," Max said.

"What's with those clothes?" Warren said, "You trying to disguise yourself or something?"

"Damn it, Natsu," Lucy said softly, "I was so worried about you. I was fearing the worst." Natsu blinked in surprise. Maybe this Lucy is….

"Now for your punishment!" Next thing the Dragon Slayer knew, Lucy was clinging onto his back, bending his arms back in a very painful way. Never mind! This Lucy is crazy!

"Oh! That's one of Lucy's 48 forms of torture!" Warren said.

"The Screwdrive Crush!" Max said.

"Can't you be nicer to the poor guy?" Cana asked calmly.

"I feel so sorry for him," Elfman sobbed.

"For crying out loud stop crying out loud!" Jet and Droy yelled in unison (that's taken straight from the English dub, which I don't own either)

"I'm glad you're alright too," Gray said, before looking at Juvia, "Just like you Juvia!"

"Yeah, whatever," Juvia answered, rolling her eyes.

"What's with everyone?" Happy cried, "Why are they all acting so weird?"

"Glad your back, Natsu!" Mirajane said cheerily.

"At least Mirajane's alright," Happy said, "That's a little disappointing." Carla looked over the group, and narrowed her eyes.

"What do you think, Carla?" Happy asked, "Has being in Edolas changed everyone?" Carla didn't answer, as she continued frowning.

"I've got to ask though," Macao said, "What's with the girl and the cats?" There was a sudden pause, before everyone recoiled back.

"Those aren't just cats, those are exceeds!" Max said.

"Exceeds?" Happy echoed.

"Alright, Natsu," Lucy said, "You're explaining yourself!"

"What's with everyone freaking out about Happy and Carla?" Natsu croaked out. Mirajane walked over, and bent down over said cats.

"I don't know," she said sweetly, "They don't look so bad."

"Careful, Mira," Wakaba said, "They could bite."

"I think my big sis is right," Elfman said smiling, "They are pretty cute, after all."

"Well if you think so, but I'm not letting down my guard," Juvia said.

"Likewise," Warren said, "An exceed is an exceed."

"Alright Natsu, sit!" Lucy instructed, as she slammed Natsu into a chair, "You better start explaining everything, and bare in mind, that if I don't like what I hear, you're getting snapped in half." Natsu just stared at Lucy, looking her over, narrowing his eyes. Needless to say, that set Lucy off again.

"What are you looking at you punk?" Lucy demanded, "You want more beating!" Not waiting for an answer, Lucy apparently started to try and break Natsu's neck.

"Lucy's acting really kind of scary," Wendy mumbled, with a sweat drop.

"Will you shut up!" Levy's voice shouted. Lucy's attention was drawn to the voice who as indeed that of Levy, who was working near some kind of machine.

"You got a problem grease monkey?" Lucy sneered, as the two stood off.

"Only with you, you blonde gorilla," Levy countered, "You should know how important what I'm working on is."

"Maybe I'd be nicer if you were actually getting anything done!"

"And maybe I'd be nicer if you weren't constantly screaming!"

"Wow," Happy said, "Lucy and Levy are acting like Natsu and Gray."

"You know, looking at how strange everyone's looking, I wonder what Erza's like," Wendy said.

(in Wendy's mind)

"Wendy, you're so cute!" Erza said, "You can have all my cakes!"

(in the real world)

"Yeah, if everyone's opposite," Happy said, "Then…"

(in Happy's mind)

"Alright Erza!" Happy said, pointing, "There's a giant monster! You've got to go slay it!"

"Yes Catmander!" Erza said, drawing her sword.

"And when you're done, bring me some fish!"

"It will be done sir!"

(in the real world)

"I really want to see her!" Happy said, "What do you think, Natsu?" But Natsu wasn't paying attention, he was still staring at Lucy. That got Lucy's attention, as she leapt onto Natsu, and started strangling him.

"Will you stop staring! Its creepy!"

"Lucy!" a new voice called, one Natsu and Happy both recognized, called, "Stop bullying Natsu!" Everyone looked over, and saw a girl with short white hair, wearing a light blue dress.

"Way to ruin my fun, Lisanna," Lucy grumbled as she let Natsu go. He and Happy stared at Lisanna in shock.

"Lisanna," he muttered slowly, as he walked over to her, as Happy came up as well.

"Is it really you?" he asked. Lisanna took an awkward step back.

"Uh yeah," she said, "Is there anything to indicate otherwise?" Natsu touched Lisanna's shoulder, as he stared at her. True, Lucy was the one he loved, and that wasn't going to change; but Lisanna was one of his closest friends, and to see her standing before him again was…. He couldn't describe it.

"You're real," he said, "You're real." Happy just stared in shock, not able to move.

"Yo! Natsu!" Lucy hissed, as she yanked him back, "Now I'm really pissed! Now you're going to give me answers!" There was a period of silence as Natsu looked at her.

"Did I stutter or something?" Lucy snapped. Natsu just narrowed his eyes at the sight of Lucy, and shook his head.

"No." Everyone looked at him in surprise, especially Lucy.

"You smell like her, you look like her, and you sound like her," Natsu said, "But you're not her. You're not my Lucy."

"The hell is that supposed to mean!" Lucy demanded, as she grabbed Natsu's nose and yanked, much to his chagrin.

"Yeah, what does that mean?" Gray asked, "I mean I know my Juvia."

"I'm not your's." Natsu pushed Lucy off, and to the ground, much to everyone's shock. Natsu glared down at Lucy.

"I don't know who you are," he said, dead serious. He then looked around at everyone.

"I don't know who any of you are, and I don't care," he continued, "All I know is that this isn't my home. And you're not the people I know." Everyone just stared at Natsu in shock at this.

"Natsu," Lucy said softly. For the first time, Natsu was standing up for himself. But that wasn't what got to her. For him to put everyone in his guild down like that….

"I don't get it," Happy said softly.

"Isn't it obvious?" Carla said, "This isn't our Fairy Tail. This is just the equivalent in Edolas. These aren't our friends." Wendy and Happy both stared at her in shock.

"How's that possible?" Wendy asked.

"I don't know, but there's some pretty solid evidence," Carla said, pointing. There was a young woman, with a decent sized bust, and long dark blue hair, looking at them.

"What do you think is up with Natsu, Wendy?" Warren asked.

"I don't know." Wendy stared in shock. That was… her?

"These are all different people," Carla said, "They've always been here."

"I knew it," Natsu said, clenching his fist, and then looking at Carla, "Then where can we find Lucy?"

"Most likely there in Edolas capital," Carla said, "We should…" However, she was interrupted when the door swung open.

"Its the Fairy Hunter!" The announcement broke the guild out of their stupor at Natsu's statement. They all then began to scramble around.

"Fairy Hunter?" Happy asked.

"Of course!" Macao said, "You're telling me you haven't heard about the Fairy Hunter?! Erza Knightwalker!" The group stared at that phrase. Erza?

(outside of Fairy Tail)

"Mmmm," a man with hiked up blonde hair and pink armor said, "Seems like we've finally found them." He was riding a massive blue beast with horns. It was a legion, the primary calvary of the Edolas Royal Army.

"You never save to amaze me, Captain Knightwalker," he said, looking to a legion next to him. Standing atop that was a woman with long, wild scarlet hair, that was tied back, and covering one eye.

"Good, I was getting impatient," Erza Knightwalker said, as she spun her weapon in her hands, "Now Sugarboy, let's wipe these fairies from existence!" Behind her, were a dozen more legions, each with soldiers atop their backs.

(in Fairy Tail)

"Levy!" Lucy yelled, "Fire that thing up! We've got to get out of here!"

"Strike that!" Natsu snapped. Everyone looked in his direction, as he cracked his neck.

"I'll deal with them," he said, as he headed towards the door.

"Are you crazy!" Lucy yelled, as she reached for his shoulder "You can't take on a whole platoon of legions by yourself!" However, she recoiled back when she tried to touch him, with a hiss.

"The hell?" she said, "What's with that heat?" Natsu then looked at everyone in the guild, as he removed his coat. His chest then lit up, much to everyone's surprise.

"Why his chest glowing?" Levy asked.

"Don't worry," Natsu said with a smile, "I can handle this." He then walked out the door.

"You're going to want to see this!" Happy said as he ran out the door after Natsu. Wendy and Carla followed, albeit reluctant in the case of the latter. Eventually, some of Fairy Tail also stepped out the door, with some looking out the window. Natsu stood strong, as a group of massive flying beasts descended upon him. He then saw what looked like Erza staring at him, but he didn't care, that wasn't Erza. He then inhaled.

"So Natsu the Fireball's surrendering?" Erza muttered, "Does he think that we'll grant him mercy for that?"

"What's he doing?" Juvia demanded, "He's going to get killed!" Natsu looked up at the beasts as they came down on him.

"If you're the ones who took Lucy and the others," he said, deathly calm, "Then I now what I've got to do."

"Natsu! Run!" Lucy cried desperately. However, she as silenced by what happened next.

"NOW BURN!" Natsu roared, as he breathed out a torrent of flames at the descending enemies. The legions and their riders were consumed in fire.

"The hell!" Erza demanded as she pulled her legion back out range of the dragon fire. Just as quick as it was breathed, the fire dissipated, leaving everyone to stare at Natsu as clouds of steam leaked out of Natsu's mouth. Even Erza was astounded at the sight.

"What… What kind of magic is that?" she muttered, before clenching her teeth, and retreating. She needed to reevaluate her strategy. Natsu wiped the side of his mouth, before looking back towards Fairy Tail.

"Let's get out of here," he said, but everyone was too shocked to do anything.

"Did he just…. breath fire?" Lucy stuttered.

"Did you just hear me!" Natsu said, "We got to get out of here!"

"He's right!" Carla said, "No doubt that not-Erza is going to come back with reinforcements!"

"Al… alright," Levy said, as she ran over to the device.

(sometime later)

Turns out that device caused the entire guild hall to teleport to a completely different location, almost like a plant growing out of the ground, into what looked like some kind of desert. After that was done, the Earthland group gave the Edolas group the rundown.

"So you're from another world, and in that world is another Fairy Tail, with doubles of ourselves?" Juvia asked.

"That's the long and the short of it," Natsu answered.

"With Erza being a member?" Mirajane asked.

"Yep." The guild all stared at him.

"You know how difficult that is to swallow, right?" Droy said.

"That is pretty outlandish," Mirajane said.

"Wait, so this little girl is me!" the Edolas Wendy demanded surprise.

"Um, hello!" Earthland Wendy said, with a blush.

"This Wendy may not be as hot, but she's certainly cuter," Max said.

"So the Lucy you know isn't like me?" Lucy asked.

"Of course not!" Natsu said, before flushing pink and getting a dreamy look, "My Lucy is really sweet and cute, not mean or scary." Wendy took notice that he didn't mention that Earthland Lucy was pregnant.

"What's that supposed to mean!" Lucy demanded, but didn't attack him. That guy just breathed fire, Lucy wasn't going to threaten him.

"Is the Juvia in Earthland anything like me?" Juvia asked.

"No way!" Happy said, "In Earthland, Juvia and Gray are a couple!"

"WHAT?!" everyone cried out.

"Did you hear that sweet Juvia!" Gray said, 'Our counterparts are together, we must also be together!"

"We're not them!" Juvia snapped. During all these antics, Lisanna just stared at the group in silence.

"So are we just going to skip over the fact that this guy just breathed fire?" Levy said.

"Oh yeah, that's right," Lucy said, "How did you manage to do that?"

"Its a long story, and we don't really have time for it," Natsu said, "We've got to save our friends, and my Lucy! Now point us in the direction of the Royal City!" Everyone recoiled back at that request.

"You want to go towards the city?" Levy said, "What are you, suicidal?"

"No," Natsu said frankly, "I'm just a guy who wants to get his girlfriend back."

"Earthland Lucy's your girlfriend?" Lucy asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yeah, and I'm going to save her," Natsu said, standing up, "And you can either help me, or you can step aside. I don't really care, because its getting done!" Fairy Tail just averted their eyes.

"You don't think we've tried?" Lucy asked, "We've tried to stand up to the kingdom, and look where it got us? That was the first time Erza retreated from us. And that was just because of you."

"No one can take on the kingdom," Gray said, "Other guilds tried, and they all got destroyed." There were voices of agreement around the table. Natsu then shrugged.

"Fine," he said, "Then get the hell out of the way." He then pushed his way out of the guild.

"Wait for us, Natsu!" Wendy called as she ran after him with Happy and Carla in tow. Fairy Tail just stared after them, as Lucy clenched her fists.

Note: This was long, there was a lot to cover. Next chapter will see more Edo Lucy, Earth Natsu interaction, and probably the reunion between Dragneel and Heartfilia. We also get to see Knightwalker in this, and I'm certainly looking forward to writing her. I'm sorry if Natsu is seeming OOC, but on top of his friend's getting kidnapped, his girlfriend seemingly was as well. And on top of everything, said girlfriend was pregnant with his child. I think his seriousness is justified.

On an unrelated note, thinking of a title for this chapter was hard.

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Something that I feel I should vocalize, is that one thing that concerns me, is making characters OOC. Now in EOTBD, that's the entire point, but in stories like these, which is taking canon and putting your own spin on it, I'm not as for it. I also get rather irked when people are dissatisfied with the story, and decide to rewrite more to suit their own interests on how they wanted it to be. I won't name any names, but in one story, the author seems to be completely re-writing Juvia because they don't like the Gruvia pairing. Now I don't have a problem with disliking a pairing, but I don't think one should make Juvia their own characters because of it. I don't know, that's jut my brief soapbox.