Hey guys! I hope you liked that last chapter. And I'm back! YAY! By the way, I'm sorry the last chapter was really bad. Even my friend told me it was bad, but like I'm not sure where this story is going. I feel like this story is progressively getting worse. Eh, I'm gonna sit back and see what happens. I hope this chapter is better than the last one.

Disclaimer ~ I do not own Fairy Tail

Well I hope tomorrow's events will be more interesting. I think as I set up my tent

This entire test so far has just been a big let-down. It was so pointless.

I look over at the others. Mai looks really mad, like she's on the verge of blowing a fuse. On the other hand, The Unknown looks completely unfazed by the announcement. The others are really annoyed except for Lucy, Wendy, and Rin.

As for me, I'm not too mad. Sure we went through all that trouble for nothing, but at least now I know everyone else's abilities, and that's not a bad thing.

I finish making my tent and look up at the sky. The sun hasn't gone down completely, and the way the sun touches the horizon makes the sky look a beautiful shade of orange and yellow.

I look around at my guildmates. They don't look like they used to. Everything feels more tense than it used to, before I left. It's just not as cheerful.

Later that day, we sit around the campfire, nobody's smiling. Erza and Mira have joined us, too. Mira keeps cracking jokes, but no one laughs. Wendy and Rin are having their own conversation.

The Unknown sits on my left, and Natsu sits on my right. He squeezed in right between me and Lucy. Next Lucy sits next to Wendy and then Rin. And then come Erza and Mira, and the master. And then Mai and Gray. And finally Cana, who's just drinking.

Mai and Gray have some sort of conversation that involves Mai shakes her hands a lot.

The Unknown sits motionless, and Natsu keeps trying to start a conversation with me that involves a lot of him asking to fight me.

After a while, all conversation ceases, and no one's talking except Mira, who cracking her jokes again.

I want to say something, anything, to lighten the mood, but nothing comes to mind.

You could suggest a game. Malthus says.

I almost forgot he was there.

What kind of game? We're mage's. We don't play normal games. I reply

I don't know. He says.

So you suggest we play a game, but then don't know which game we would enjoy? I ask

Hey! I'm not a mage, so I don't know what you find fun. He answers.

Gee that helped. I say sarcastically. Well, what do you do for fun.

I terrorize mortals. Or at least I used to. He says. I met you and originally I was going to kill you, but then you were kind to me and you trusted me.

I asked you what you did in your spare time, not for your life story. I reply.

Right, got a little side-tracked, but like I said, I used to terrorize mortals, but now that I'm inside you, I can't really do anything. He says.

That helped. I say and shut off the conversation.

What should I do?

"Well… this is tiring so I will take my leave." The Unknown mutters

He stands up and goes into the woods.

Everyone is bored. This isn't good.

"We should have a contest!" Exclaims Natsu

"That's a great idea!" Mira exclaims.

"But what kind of contest?" I ask

"The fun kind," Natsu says as though it couldn't be more obvious.

I facepalm and I see at least three other people facepalm too.

"Yeah, but what is the point of the contest?" I ask

"To win?" Natsu says unsure.

'Ugh, nevermind," I say.

I look around and see that everyone's getting in on it. Trying to make a contest better than the last.

I hear so many great idea's, and after a while it's time to vote.

We all decide on the top three ideas which were:

A race

A kill as many monsters as possible contest

(and for some reason) A singing contest

Then we vote to see which order we'll do them in.

Since there's 14 of us, not counting the master and The Unknown, Mira decides not to vote.

I vote to have a singing contest, because I don't see the point in wasting magic, and I don't like to indulge in races.

We voted, and what came first was the 'kill as many monsters as possible' contest. Second was the singing contest. And since apparently no one voted for a race, we're not doing that.

I ask the master how many people voted for what.

"There was 9 people who voted for the monster thing," He says. "And you and 3 others voted for the singing thing."

"If I may ask, who were the other three?" I ask.

"They were Lucy, Rin, and Wendy," He replies.

Before I have a chance to reply, Mira starts the first contest.

"For this contest, we will be calling a bunch of monsters to this area with a special concoction that monsters find hard to resist. Once they are here, and they will arrive in swarms, you can start. Before I spread the concoction, we will put a counter on you. This is to count the amount of monsters you defeated to make sure that you don't lie. Whoever defeats the most wins," Mira says.

The master holds up a vial full of powder. "On your marks, get set, go!" He yells and throws the vial in the air.

It hits the ground and everyone scatters.

I see the Unknown standing against the tree. I know that it's not going to take too long for the monsters to appear, but until they do I decide I need something to pass the time. I relent to talking to the Unknown until they start appearing.

I walk over to him, and try to start a conversation. "Hey, aren't you going to participate?"

"I might, " The Unknown says.

"Did you get a counter?" I ask.

"Yeah," He says.

That's when I hear something land with a thud not too far from where I am.

"Well, I'll see you around," I say and race off to find it.

I turn a corner and run smack into a Wyvern.

It yells and all of a sudden I'm surrounded. There's easily 20 or 30 of them. I smirk.

This is a great way to get points

I reach for a knife that I brought with me. I don't wanna use magic unless I get trapped. God I'm starting to sound just like The Unknown.

It's not a very big sword, but I've held off quite a few people with it before. Never tried Wyvern's.

I start slicing through them, fitting into small spaces so that they can't get me.

As I weave through, one of the Wyvern's catches me off guard. It swings its hand and scratches my left arm.

My arm starts bleeding and I quickly heal it. I wrap it in a few large leaves that were lying around, and tie it with long strands of grass. My arm resists any abrupt movements.

While I'm busy wrapping my arm, the Wyvern's apparently called for help, because the quantity seems to have doubled.

I curse under my breath. I look around and it appears that no one else has noticed the large amount of Wyvern's. Which is good for me because more points.

I stand up and turn into my demon form. I quickly dart between the monsters and take out 10 of them with one move.

I strike in different patterns, sometimes zigzagging and other times going straight through, until they are all gone.

Once they are all gone, I look at my counter. It reads 72.

I sit down next to a tree, and realize how much that exhausted me.

Maybe if I used my new power….

I feel a sharp stab in my arm. I open my make-shift cast and see that my skin is starting to turn a light shade of blue.

Was it's claw coated in poison?

I take one of the syringes full of the antidote, and inject myself, before wrapping my arm up and going in search of more monsters.

As I walk, my arm begins to feel normal again. I can tell it'll reopen if I try to fight anything else.

I walk until I make it back to the campfire, and see the Unknown standing there, his position unchanged.

"What happened to you?" He asks without looking at me.

"I got hurt, but I'll be fine," I say

"Sure," He says and then walks away.

I wonder how much longer this is going to continue.

I get up and continue to search for more monsters.

I come across a few goblins and take them out quickly.

That's when I hear a scream.

I quickly run towards it and see Rin pinned down by an abnormally large Wyvern.

I draw my knife, since my magic is exhausted, and quickly try to think of an attack plan.

I can't just recklessly attack it. That would Rin's life in danger. I can't think straight right now. All I know is that I can't attack without a diversion.

What do I do?

I decide to just wing it. That has never worked for me, but I can't make a plan right now. I don't have time.

I charge at it, hoping that will startle it, but it doesn't waver. In fact, it doesn't look like it's noticed me.

I don't know what to do. The pain from my arm makes me woozy.

Rin looks at me. "Crystal…."

This was supposed to be a friendly contest. This wasn't supposed to happen.

I'm desperate now. Malthus please let me use your power. I need to save her.

Hm. Oh sure. He says and immediately energy and strength surge through me. I change into my demon form and quickly slice through the Wyvern's neck.

It disappears, and a gun goes off. I guess this contest is over. I help Rin stand up and we walk back to the camp.

As we walk, my arm starts burning. I try to hide it, but at one point it hurts so much I visibly wince and Rin sees.

"Crystal, are you hurt?" She asks

"No, it's just a scratch," I reply, with a smile.

Rin doesn't seem to buy it. "Sit down," she says and I slump against a tree.

She opens my make-shift cast and sees my wound. A look passes over her face, but I can't tell exactly what.

"Crystal, this isn't just a scratch," she says. "The wound isn't too deep, though."

She heals it and wraps it again. "That should close the wound until we get back to camp."

"Thanks Rin," I say weakly.

"No problem," is all she says as I stand up and continue walking.

We make it back to camp, and everyone else is already there.

"Took you long enough," Mai sneers.

I ignore her and return to my seat in between the Unknown and Natsu.

As I sit down, I see many people looking at the cast on my arm.

"What happened?" Mira asks.

"Nothing," I say.

Mira stands up and comes over to me. She puts down one knee, while the other one is up.

She carefully opens the cast, and sees the blood on my arm. She closes the cast and beckons to me to stand up and follow her.

I do as she says and we walk into her tent.

I sit down and she takes off my cast. She cleans up the blood with a damp cloth, and starts wrapping my arm.

Once she's done, she gives a few vial of something.

"If your wound starts hurting again, put some of this in your mouth and the pain should go away in a while," she say.

"Thanks Mira," I say and she nods.

"Stay here for a second and I'll be right back with something," she says and leaves.

She comes back a few minutes later with my leather jacket, which I left behind before the contest started.

"Put this on," she says. "It'll cover up your arm, so no one will see."

I want to thank her but my voice doesn't work anymore. I smile at her and she smiles back.

I silently put on my jacket, wincing as I put through my wrapped arm.

I return to my seat and the master begins counting up points.

As we go around, the master takes the counter and begins writing down the number on it, next to their names.

It comes to me and I see the master's eyes widen.

He quickly writes it and goes to Natsu.

Once he's done he starts reading them out. "Before I begin, let's just say that, these results really surprised me,"

"Was it because I did so well," Natsu says sarcastically.

"No, it wasn't," the master says not picking up on the sarcasm.

"Anyway, let's start. Lucy got 32. Wendy got 30. Rin got 34. Cana chose not to participate. The Unknown also chose not to participate. Erza got 63. . Mira got 62. Gray got 54. Natsu got 58. Mai got 74. And surprisingly, Crystal got 87," the master says.

Well that wasn't worth risking my life for.

I hope the singing contest is more fun.

Hey guys! I hope you liked that chapter! I sorry this chapter is really late, but I've had a lot to do, so I didn't have too much time to write. I kinda did this chapter as like a filler, because I haven't decided all the match-ups for the battle part, so I did this instead. I'll see you all next week. Bye!