Hey everyone, Corsair returns from my long stint away from Fanfiction. As always, I don't own Fairy Tail or anything associated with it. Read and enjoy.
(Team Natsu)
"Gray, look out!" he called.
Gray spun around in time to see the cloaked figure land and slam its palm into his bare chest. A crimson magic circle appeared on his chest and Gray crumpled to the ground.
"What did you do to them?" Natsu asked
"A fast acting poison that shuts down the body for a few hours. Just enough time for me to finish things."
"I knew I had smelled you before," Natsu said. "Cobra."
A crimson scaled hand reached up and removed the hood of the cloak. The spiky haired dragon slayer smirked at him.
"Hello Natsu."
Natsu stared at Cobra for awhile before saying something.
" I thought you were locked up."
"I was released to hunt you down. You've made some enemies, Natsu."
"You broke out of prison? How?"
"I just said I was released. Do you just act this dumb or are you actually brain dead?"
Natsu's hand burst into flames and he swung at Cobra without saying another word. Cobra effortlessly ducked around the punch and spun around behind Natsu. Natsu flipped over and roared at Cobra from a foot away. Cobra was thrown backward but managed to stay on his feet. He skidded to a stop and grinned at Natsu.
"If that's all you got, this won't take as long as I thought." Cobra said.
"I'm just getting warmed up."
Natsu and Cobra smirked at each other before charging headfirst into battle. Cobra was dodging all of Natsu's attacks with ease. He spun around a wild punch and kicked Natsu away.
Cobra charged Natsu and swung his clawed hand at Natsu's throat. Natsu ducked under the wild swing and drove his fist into Cobra's stomach. Cobra lifted into the air, and as he fell back down, Natsu swung a flame covered foot around and launched Cobra across the clearing. Cobra broke through a few trees before hitting the ground and skidding to a stop. He rolled over onto his stomach and got up again.
"You've gotta be joking. That's the best you can do?" Cobra smirked.
Natsu saw Cobra get up, so he picked up a fallen tree and slammed it down on top of him. Just then Lucy started waking up.
"It's about time. You missed all the action." Natsu said.
"What happened?"
Natsu just pointed over at Cobra.
"He's the one that knocked us out?"
"Yep. Don't worry though. While you were asleep, I took him out." Natsu grinned.
Lucy walked over to Cobra and tied him up with her whip. Then, they sat down and waited for everybody to wake up.
(Hargeon just before Natsu and Gray left)
Happy was wandering around Hargeon calling out to Natsu.
"Where did everybody go?" Happy asked himself.
He turned around a corner and almost ran into Carla.
"Watch it!" she said.
"Sorry. I was fighting the thieves and Natsu disappeared and I don't know where anybody is."
"Wendy is missing too."
They set off together to locate their friends. As they were walking, Carla looked up and saw flames across the town.
"Come on. I think I found Natsu."
Happy cheered up a little at the news, and they ran toward the fire. When they got there, they saw a bunch of guards lying on the ground unconscious.
"Natsu was here alright."
They climbed aboard the next train to Magnolia hoping their friends would be waiting. They flew toward the guild hall, but when they arrived, all they saw was carnage. Somebody had destroyed the guild hall. They couldn't see anybody among the carnage.
"Maybe they're all still okay." Happy said, not entirely believing it himself.
"I hope so."
Happy turned around to walk toward his house when he saw a cloaked man waving at them. He flew over and saw Gajeel and Pantherlily standing there. They led the exceeds down some alleys to the edge of town.
"Where's Salamander and the others?" Gajeel asked.
"We thought they would be back already." Carla said.
"What happened here?" Happy asked,
"We were attacked by some other guild. We still don't know who it was. Some people were captured, some fled, and when they were done they brought the whole building down to the ground."
"I know that at least Mira, Cana, Guildarts, and Mystogan are still free. Mira and Cana snuck away in the fight, and the other two are still off on missions. We stuck around to collect anybody who came back." Pantherlilly continued.
They continued down the alley for a while until Gajeel stopped moving. The others crowded around him as he lifted the lid off a dumpster.
"This is hardly to time to go through the trash." Carla started.
"Be quiet." Gajeel hissed. "It's not this one."
They continued on the path until they found the next dumpster.
"What are we doing exactly?" Carla started again.
"Look for yourself."
Gajeel reached in the dumpster and pulled the back wall forward to reveal a long slope going under a building. Without saying another word, he and Pantherlilly jumped over the side of the dumpster and slid down the chute.
"Come on Carla." Happy reached over to grab her paw.
She pulled away and said, "That's disgusting."
Happy just shrugged and dove down the chute. She stood there for a minute, but after steeling her nerves, Carla followed them.
"Welcome to the new Fairy Tail." Gajeel said proudly.
They were in a large room with a bar on one side and tables scattered throughout. Some familiar faces were down there: Wakaba, Cana, Mira, Romeo. The Fairy Tail mark was painted across the farthest wall and somehow made this foreign place feel more like the home they lost.
"There are only two ways in: the chute we came down and that tunnel over there. " Gajeel pointed across the room to a long, dark tunnel.
The group walked over to the table of wizards. Happy told the story of Hargeon again, and the wizards at the table looked around at each other.
"I'll wait around for Natsu and the others. You guys head to another guild for help. We're gonna need it to get our friends back." Mira said.
"I'll wait too. Natsu's gotta get back soon." Happy said.
"Well, I'm not going anywhere without Wendy." Carla crossed her arms and sat down on the table.
"Then it's settled. Wakaba and Romeo can head to Sabertooth, Cana can go to Blue Pegasus, and Gajeel and Pantherlily will head to Lamia Scale." Mira said.
"Whatever." Gajeel huffed.
The groups stood up and went their own ways.
"Good luck everybody." Mira called after them.
So I don't know how many people still read these stories, but I hope the few of you that are still here enjoyed this. Please review, Pm or whatever all your critiques, criticism and whatever else you want to say.