Three Dragons
The Dragon Slayers stared up at the transformed machine that the Edolas called the "Dragon Knight", which looked a lot more like the "Knight" instead of the "Dragon" now.
"So it got a paint job!" Natsu said, "We'll dismantle that thing no problem!" He then beat his wings, and took to the air again. He then flew towards the metal titan, breathing a great torrent of flames at the face of the Dorma Anim. However, through the flames, one of arms of the Dormin Anim came up, and sent Natsu flying.
"Natsu!" Wendy cried. Gajeel then leapt up.
"Iron Dragon's Guillotine!" he said, bringing down a massive blade of dragon iron onto the machine, but it held up its sword arm, and parried the attack easily. While Faust's attention was on Gajeel, Wendy decided to take action, inhaling.
"Sky Eclipse Dragon's Roar!" she said, releasing the full power of the dual Dragon magic. But when it struck Faust, it did not do the damage that it had done before.
"How…..," Wendy whispered.
"Tremble at the power of the Black Sky," Faust said, with a mad grin on his face, "Every aspect of it has been multiplied in power! You have no hope of defeating me with this power at my beck and call!" The back of the Dorma Anim then opened up, as several more of the missiles erupted out, going after all three Dragon Slayers. Natsu breathed fire at the missiles, destroying several of them, though a couple made it through. He held up his wings, and tired to block the attacks. However, the force still causing him careening away, sending him crashing through an old column.
"Natsu!" Wendy cried, as she then sprung into the air, spinning her arms together, "Sky Eclipse Dragon's Heaven's Wheel!" The spinning torrent of dragon wind, and dragon dark energy, came down upon Faust, and while it briefly caused the machine to flinch, it still didn't do the work it was supposed to. Admittedly, Wendy was very much improvising with her spells at this point. She had only just gotten this power, and did not fully understand how to handle it.
Meanwhile, Gajeel was doing the best he could at this point, especially considering that the lacked the power ups that the half-dragon and the dual Dragon Slayer. Taking a note from Wendy he leapt into the air. He turned both of his arms into large iron plates.
"Iron Dragon's Thunderclap!" He slammed the plates together, creating a large shockwave, that struck the side of the Dorma Anim. It then turned towards Gajeel, and fired a cannon from its arm. Gajeel managed to avoid the technique, only to get swatted aside by the machine's tail, sending him careening away.
"Damn!" Natsu said, as he leaned up, rubbing his head, as he looked up at the metal monster. As he went over his options, his tail flicked. That gave him an idea, as he beat his wings, and flew back towards the fight.
"Wendy! Bolt Head!" Natsu called as he flew over, "I've got an idea! Follow me!" Neither inclined to argue, they ran after Natsu.
"You won't escape me!" Faust roared, as the Dorma Anim advanced after them. The Dragon Slayers managed to hide in the ruins.
"So what's the plan? At this point, I'm ready to do anything!" Gajeel said.
"What is it?" Wendy asked.
"Grab my tail, Metal Head!" Natsu said, bringing up his tail.
"Wait! What?!"
"Just follow my lead!" Natsu said. Gajeel really didn't want to do it, but lately what he wants was being ignored.
"At least don't make me hang on to it," he said.
"Only Lucy, Haru, and Wendy get to be carried," Natsu answered, "Everyone else has to hold on."
"What about me?" Wendy asked.
"Can you do more of your support magic?" Natsu asked.
"I think so," Wendy said, "But I'm not sure what the Eclipse Magic will do to it."
"Don't worry about it," Natsu said with a smile, "Just do your thing!" He then beat his wings, and flew up, Gajeel grabbing his tail in the process. Faust watched as the Dragon Slayers ascended into the sky.
"Go ahead and try!" he said, "You won't do anything!" Wendy then held up her arms, as her magic swirled around her.
"O strengthen of arm to cleave the heavens! Arms!" The combined power of the Sky and Eclipse Dragon encompassed the Fire and Iron Dragon Slayers.
"Hold on!" Natsu said, as he then dove at the Dorma Anim, cloaking his body in flames.
"Damn it Salamander!" Gajeel roared as it dawned on him what his fellow Slayer was going to do. With that, Natsu then lashed his tail, and Gajeel with that, at the Dorma Anim. Gajeel then curled into a ball, and coated himself in his his Iron Dragon Scales, with the dragon fire coating his body as well.
"Iron Dragon's Meteor!" The Dorma Anim held up its arms, which Gajeel crashed into. The impact created a crater around the feet of the machine. A huge cloud of dust was kicked up, as Gajeel landed back on the ground, Natsu perched on a column, and Wendy watched. All three were panting.
However, when the dust cleared, it showed the Dorma Anim still standing strong.
"Even with all three of us working together…," Wendy said in horror.
"There's nothing you can do that will break this things' armor!" Faust cackled, "You'll never defeat me!" With that, the Dorma Anim launched itself at the Slayers.
(with the main group)
The battle raged on between the remnants of the Edolas army, and the Fairy Tail members. Lucy was the exception, since she had retreated to behind the lines, to shelter her son. But she didn't want to be dead weight.
"Open, Gate of the Lion: Loke!" she said, summoning up one of her signature spirits.
"Ah, my dear Lucy!" Loke said, looking longingly at Lucy, "If only it was our son who I was defending." He then turned towards the fighting.
"But I will defend your son!" he declared, "No one will harm Haru!" He then blasted several soldiers away. Meanwhile, Gray froze, Juvia soaked, and Levy wrote, each knocking the others away with all the separate magic powers.
"There's too many of them!" Levy said, as she drew "Lightning" shocking a company of them away. At the same time, the two Exceeds were just trying to avoid being shot by the magical rifles.
"What do we do?" Happy asked.
"We hold out!" Carla answered, "We don't have anything else to do at this point!"
"This ain't over yet!" Gray said, "Keep fighting!" However, right then, several legions crashes their way through the trees, much to everyone's terror. Lucy just watched, holding tight to Haru, who had started crying.
"Shhh!" Lucy said, "Everything's going to be alright! Mommy's not going to let anything happen to you!" But Haru still continued to cry. Lucy didn't blame him. She wasn't so sure it would be alright herself. Then a huge legion appeared over her.
"Lucy!" everyone cried at once. Lucy was so terrified that she couldn't move. She wasn't terrified for herself, she was terrified for Haru. This baby hadn't even been in this world for a day yet, and already he was in terrible danger. This was wrong. This baby was supposed to have a future.
"Someone help," Lucy whispered as she squeezed her eyes shut, and her arms around Haru, "Please… someone help." Then the legion let out a roar, and when Lucy opened her eyes, she saw that a massive root had wrapped around its throat, as well as the throats of several other.
"What is this?" Juvia asked. Happy couldn't help but smile. He knew what this way, as the roots began to take more form, and a familiar banner appeared on it.
"Let's go Fairy Tail!" Lucy Ashley declared as she, and the rest of Edolas Fairy Tail stormed out, towards the battle.
"Let's kick some ass!" Edolas Levy said.
"That's me!" Earthland Levy cried out.
"Edo-Lucy!" Heartfilia said, tears of joy streaming down her face.
"Sorry about being late Earth-Lucy!" Ashley said, running up, Edolas Natsu with her. Then they noticed the baby in Heartfilia's arms.
"Is that….," Natsu asked.
"My son," Heartfilia said, smiling gently, "Natsu and I named Haru." The two just stared in wonder at their counterparts' baby. It was like looking at their own future child. Ashley then smiled, boosting Heartfilia up.
"Two Lucy's!" Loke said, swooning. But that was nothing compared to the swooning Earth-Juvia was doing.
"Two Grays!" she cried, as she literally began to steam, as she sprung at the nearest Gray, which turned out to be Gray Surge.
"A Juvia that loves me?" Surge asked, before declaring, "I'm going to Earthland!" Edo-Juvia stared in surprise, and noticed Fullbuster.
"Yo!" she said, holding up her hand. Fullbuster looked at his girlfriend's counter, and flushed red slightly.
"Would you maybe be willing to trade places?" Edo-Juvia asked, "Or let me trade places with your Juvia?" Fullbuster looked down to see Surge and Earth-Juvia cuddling on the ground.
"Nah, I'm happy with my Juvia," Fullbuster answered. As Fairy Tail engaged with the army, the Exceeds stared.
"Seems we can stir up anywhere we go," Carla said with a soft smile.
"That's Fairy Tail!" Happy said.
(with the Erzas)
As the dual red heads continued their duel, neither one could get the upper hand. Knightwalker thrust the spear at Scarlet, who parred it with her sword in her right hand, and then slashed forward with the sword in her left, which Knightwalker dodged. Scarlet then summoned up several more swords, and launched them at Knightwalker, who managed to block them.
"It seems we're more equal than I initially thought," Scarlet said, as she skidded to the opposing side.
"Don't flatter yourself," Knightwalker answered, "We're not even remotely equal. We may be the same…."
"Don't flatter yourself either," Scarlet answered, "We may have a similar face, but we're nothing alike!" Her body then glowed as she changed her armor.
"I need to deliver a message about what happens when you trifle with Fairy Tail," she said, as the glow faded, revealing pink armor, and dual swords with fairy-like designs, "Armadura Fairy!" Knightwalker narrowed her eyes.
"This armor carries the name of my guild," Scarlet said, "You should know why."
"Its certainly flashy enough," Knightwalker answered, as her spare changed form again, forming a relatively simple spear form, "Tremble before the ultimate form of the Ten Commandments: Holy Spear Ravelt! It has the power of Subject S itself! The power that destroyed Edolas lives within it."
"Stop referring to the dragon as an 'it'," Scarlet answered, "His name is Särakaotus. He is the Eclipse Dragon. He destroyed your kingdom, so I think you should start addressing him properly."
"Enough!" Knightwalker said, "Its time we ended this!"
"I couldn't agree more!" Scarlet responded. With that, the two launched at each other, and clashed. The force was so great, that it blew apart the entire island. When the dust faded, the Ten Commandments had been knocked away, and the Armadura Fairy had been destroyed. Neither warrior could believe that it had happened. It seemed impossible. Neither of them had any magic left, and the island was starting to fall. But Knightwalker didn't care.
"I'll beat you! For eternal magic!" she cried, as she tackled Scarlet. Scarlet punched her in the face, and off of her.
"How many people had to suffer for your own selfish desires!" Scarlet snapped, getting Knightwalker in a headlock, "All you did was steal, and blame others for your problems! You kept a dragon prisoner for hundreds of years, what did you think was going to happen?! How many times to do I have to say that?!"
"Power and prosperity must be seized!" Knightwalker said as she head butted Scarlet, and got her off her, "If you don't do that, you die!" The two then continued trading blows.
"Bullshit!" Scarlet answered, "Power that's stolen never lasts! The proper way to get power is to earn it! And the way to earn the power is to protect others! That is the duty of knights like us!"
"The duty of the knight is to protect their world!" Knightwalker said, "Don't talk like you know this place! We're losing our means of living!"
"So you think that justifies bringing misery to others!" Scarlet countered, punching Knightwalker in the face, "Magic may be a means to an end, but is not the end itself! If you try to turn it into an end, then you lose sight of what is really important! You're kingdom's magic was never important! Your kingdom's people are what's important!" She then grabbed Knightwalker by the shoulders, and pulled her up.
"You speak so highly of your great kingdom, but your kingdom is not its magic, or its buildings, but the people! Fight not for your magic, but for your people! Your kingdom is not dead yet! Your people are the Kingdom of Edolas!" Knightwalker wasn't left with anything else to say after Scarlet's speech. Right then, they crashed into the ground. The two lay collapsed on the ground, completely drained.
"You still alive?" Knightwalker called.
"I've had far worse than this," Scarlet answered, as they both stared at the sky.
"I lost my father when I was young," Knightwalker suddenly said, "By decree of Extalia. Since then, I vowed to make sure Extalia would never terrorize Edolas again."
"Is that so?" Scarlet asked, "You know, I was once a slave."
"A slave?"
"I don't know if slavery is any different in Edolas…."
"It isn't."
"….but every day for sometime was sheer, unbridled misery," Scarlet continued, "Tell me, what do you think I am now."
"I'd say you're Erza," Knightwalker answered, with a smile.
(with Fairy Tail)
The two Fairy Tail guilds were fighting with new vitalization, but they were still rather notably outnumbered.
"Hold the line!" Ashley ordered, "We can't let them through!"
"Solid Script: Fire!" Earth-Levy said, sending out a burst of fire, blasting several soldiers away.
"What kind of weird magic is that?" Edo-Levy asked.
"Solid Script," Earth-Levy answered.
"That's just stupid," Edo-Levy said.
"Are you sure you're my counterpart?" Meanwhile, the rest of the guild continued their assault against the enemies, but then Lisanna noticed something.
"More legions!" she cried.
"Get ready!" Ashley said as a new line of soldiers ran at them. Heartfilia held tight to her son, but then she could sense a presence. A familiar once.
*WOOOSSH A massive shape soared over everyone, much to Fairy Tail's awe, and the army's horror. Särakaotus landed behind Fairy Tail, and let out an earth shaking roar. The Edolas army, after quite possibly wetting themselves, turned tail and ran. There was a period of silence, as everyone stared at the dragon before them.
"Its a….," Edo-Elfman murmured.
"Real dragon," Natsu finished. With a groan, Särakaotus then collapsed to the ground. Everyone then noticed the large hole in his torso.
"And the girl told me not to move too much," he said with a slight chuckle.
"You're the dragon that destroyed the city!" Cocoa said, pointing. Särakaotus glanced up at her, but was silent.
"The city was destroyed?" Edo-Juvia asked.
"The city and palace were completely obliterated, and the army was scattered," Cocoa explained, "Chances are, every place the kingdom conquered is going to revolt." She then clenched her fists, as she stared at the ground.
"The kingdom is dead," she said slowly. Everyone stared at the girl, not sure what to say.
"What do we do now?" Surge asked.
"I may be able to offer a solution," Särakaotus suddenly said. Everyone looked at the collapsed dragon.
"My name is Särakaotus, I am the Eclipse Dragon," he said.
"You're the one who destroyed the city!" Cocoa yelled, "What could you do help?" Särakaotus was silent for a time.
"I cannot undo that which was done," Särakaotus said, "But perhaps I can do something to help." He then held up his claw, and gestured for someone to come closer. Nobody was willing to go up to the titanic dragon at first, but then Ashley and Natsu approached, mostly because Natsu was being pushed by Ashley.
"I can sense a great calamity approaching this world," Särakaotus said, "My actions have dealt you an early one, but it is nothing to compared to the coming. Perhaps my last action can ease you into a new era." He then opened up his claw, as a glowing orb formed in it.
"Prior to my arrival to this realm, I was an archivist."
"A dragon archivist?" Heartfilia said, "Why does that not feel weird?"
"I would keep important information safe," the dragon continued, "Perhaps now is a time to pass it on." The orb then reformed into a strange book, which levitated into Ashley's open arms.
"What is this?" she asked.
"Magic is but one of two forces that drive both worlds," Särakaotus explained, "It has a twin, that is grounded not in the metaphysical, but the physical. You can observe it, study it, and use it to build a new world. It is known as 'Science'."
"Science?" Natsu asked. But he couldn't ask any questions, as Särakaotus began to glow, and seemed to slowly fade away into glowing dust.
"Forgive me," he said, "I was supposed to be a friend to humanity, not a doom bringer. I leave both Earthland and Edolas to you." Särakaotus then smiled, and with that, the Eclipse Dragon faded away, as everyone watched the glow ascend into the sky.
(with the Dragon Slayers)
Faust laughed maniacally at the fallen Dragon Slayers.
"As long as I wield the power of the Dorma Anim, I'll never lose! I'll build a new kingdom! A greater kingdom than has ever been, or ever will be again!" The machine then lashed its tail out, sending the Slayers flying away again. Both Wendy and Natsu were beginning to feel their power ups starting to dwindle slightly. Gajeel then weakly got up to face them.
"Let's use our breath," he said, "If we put it all together, we can do it!" At this point, they were willing to do anything in an attempt to win. They then all inhaled sharply.
"Fire Dragon's…."
"Sky Eclipse Dragon's…."
"Iron Dragon's…."
"ROAR!" The three forms of attack all combined together, and struck at the Dorma Anim, creating such tremendous explosion that it blew apart the entire area.
"Did we do it?" Wendy asked softly.
"Not in the least you stupid girl!" They all looked up, to see that the Dorma Anim had leapt into the air.
"Dragon Spread Cannon!" Before the Dragon Slayers could react, the Dorma Anim fired its breath weapon in rapid succession, blasting all of them at once. When the dust faded, and the machine landed, the Slayers were all collapsed on the ground. Natsu grasped his left wing. He could tell it was broken.
"It seems you're down for the count," Faust said, smirking, "Apparently your so called 'infinite magic' is more finite than you let on. Let's just stop stalling the inevitable, and you just come with me as my fuel!"
"Fuck you!" Natsu cried, as he weakly stood up, his wings dragging on the ground.
"Big brother," Wendy said softly.
"I ain't down yet!" Natsu declared, "I'm still here! And as long as I"m here, I won't ever let you win!"
"You idiot…," Gajeel whispered, "You're completely drained like us."
"We're Dragon Slayers!" Natsu said, "We ain't down till both our wings are broken! And even then, we fight on the ground! Now let's start practicing our dragon slaying abilities by slaying this bastard!"
"You unruly brat!" Faust bellowed, "You should know your place!" The Dorma Anim then fired its arm cannon, which Natsu managed to dodge, by ignoring his pain, and flapping away.
"I ain't letting you get the glory!" Gajeel said, as he leapt into the air, and thrust his iron through the Dorma Anim's foot, pinning it in place, "Go you two! Rip this thing apart!"
"Wendy!" Natsu yelled.
"Yes!" Wendy said, as her Sky Eclipse magic flared up again, and Natsu landed beside her. Natsu then wrapped his wings around Wendy, has his body flared up in fire.
"The dragon ascends into the sky, as its wings eclipse the sun, absorbing the great fires of the heavens," Wendy chanted, "Let the wind, fire, and darkness come together!" Natsu then open his wings, which were no cloaked in Wendy's power.
"Fires of the Eclipsed Star!" From the two, emerged a massive blast of combined magic energy. Faust, unable to move, could only watch as the massive burst of magic energy soared at him. This power… he thought, Is this really happening? With a blinding explosion, the Dorma Anim was completely consumed. Faust was sent flying out of it, as he crashed to the ground. He weakly looked up, and immediately regretted it.
"This power…," he whispered, "Was this the power I tried to control?" Before him were three tremendous beasts. One was a great, red, winged serpent with a crown of flaring horns, a glowing chest. Another had light blue scales, with a crest of dark pink feathers, and feathered wings, and lines of feathers running the length of its spine, ending in a feathered tail. The last had steel colored scales, and a rectangular head, and four massive wings, and a tail hat was tipped with what could only be described as a sword.
"God help me," Faust said, as he collapsed before the sight of the great dragons.
Note: I altered Scarlet and Knightwalker's exchange, as you may have noted. Any dash of something new is good in my book. Sorry to end Särakaotus, but its not like he could've remained in Edolas, considering what was going to happen, and bringing him to Earthland would've made things VERY complicated. So Id decided to at least have him leave an impression on the entire world. I also decided to give Natsu and Wendy a Unison Raid. They are essentially brother and sister after all.
I decided not to use their parents as their dragon appearance. Instead, I gave them their own appearance. Natsu is of course based of Smaug, Wendy was sort of based off a pink and purple version of Quetzalcoatl, and Gajeel's kind of like a metal dinosaur dragon.
Something I have to bring up quickly, is that people have brought up Nashi lately, and how Mashima said that that's going to be Natsu and Lucy's daughter. Well Mashima said that somewhat in jest when asked that. That said, I won't deny that its probably going to happen, but until she appears (which again, she probably will), Nashi's still a fan character, not a canon character.
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