After some time, the group had finally found Musa and Stella. It was late out when both of them had gotten off the train. "Hey Musa! Stella!" Bloom yelled. The two of them turned and saw the group running towards them. "Oh, hi...Bloom," Musa said. It could be sensed at how much she sees them. "We finally managed to find you guys. Come on, let's get going," Flora smiled at them. "Go where? I'm actually staying here. I quite like it here," Musa said before walking away.
Bloom rushed over to her and grabbed her shoulder before pulling her back. "What do you mean you're not coming back?" she questioned. "I said what I said Bloom. I thought you were smarter than the rest of us since you love taking the lead on everything" she said before removing Bloom's hand. She started walking away again.
"If Stella wants to go back with you then that's fine. I'm going to stay here, explore new things, maybe try to live a new life. Don't try to look for me again," Musa called out. "After we spent so long trying to find you, this is how you repay us?" Riven questioned.
"No one told you to come find me! And why do you even care? You said it yourself, you didn't love me towards the end of our relationship. You people don't even like me any more, so why try to bring me back. It doesn't even make any sense. Now that I want to try to do something different with my life, you want to ruin it for me. Why? Just why? Leave me alone" Musa said.
"Ms Faragonda had sent us to get you guys. Stop being difficult and come back. You've always been such a problem" Bloom said. Before anyone could say anything, Stella had stepped between the both of them. "I'm glad that you guys were worried and wanted to come look for us but we're actually doing quite fine here. So if you don't mind, me and Musa are going to get going now" she told them. The both of them took off in the directions before.
"What are we planning on doing now?" Sky asked. "We just can't leave without bringing them back with us," Riven said.
*The next day*
"So what am I going to call you?" I questioned the chick. He just stared back at me. "Does he really need a name?" Lythirus asked. "Yes in fact and what are you even doing here?" I asked him. "I can do what I want," he said as he circled around my head. "How about I call you bean? How does that sound?" I asked him. "Stupid, it sounds stupid" Lythirus said. "I wasn't asking for your opinion," I said.
He landed back on my shoulder seconds later. I saw that the chick was nodding at me. "You wanna be called that?" I asked him. He nodded again before jumping on the counter. "Great, come on, we should get going," I said. "But I want breakfast," Lythirus said. "I bet you can find something in the celestial world right?" I asked him.
Me and Stella had gone over to the guild a little while after. I spotted Levy and went over to her. "Hey, I wanted to thank you for watching this little guy yesterday," I told her. "It was no problem, were you able to get something out of it?" she asked. "I wouldn't exactly say that," I said. "What do you mean?" she asked. "What she meant was that she was able to get something that wasn't a payment," Stella answered. "What did you get instand?" Droy asked. I held out the key to show them. "It's one of the obsidian keys" I answered. "I waited for you guys for 7 whole years, I'm sick and tired of waiting for something to happen!" Romeo shouted. I spotted it on top of one of the tables. I sat on the windows by the door, Stella sat next to me.
"Didn't I tell you that we would never take part in that thing again?" Macao asked. "What do you think they're going on about?" Stella asked. "Not sure but it doesn't seem fun judging by the responses," I told her. The doors opened and Nastu's group came in. "Hey guys! We're home!" Natsu shouted when he came in. "How did it go? Did you guys pick up anything worth wild?" Max asked. "Well, Wendy did," Lucy said while Wendy giggled. She had a book in her arms. Sireniod appeared in front of me. "What is it, Sireniod?" I asked her. "Whatever your guildmates are doing, do you think you might want to join it?" she questioned.
"Not sure, it really depends on what they're planning on doing" I told her. "Those of you with me, say aye" Macao spoke up. A majority of the other members agreed. "I never want to go through that again," Alzack said. "That has got to be one of the most embarrassing things in the world," Bisca added. "But we got the Tenrou team and the two newer members with us. Natsu and Erza and all those guys. There's no way we're going to lose with them on our side" Romeo exclaimed. Sireniod landed on my shoulder as lythirus appeared on the other. "What are these humans talking about?" he asked.
"I believe it's about games that most of them don't want to play in," Sireniod said. "While you guys were stuck on Tenrou island. Tournaments started to determine Fiore's number one guild" Romeo explained. "Sounds like a whole lot of fun to me," Natsu said. "Guilds from all over the country face off against each other in magic events. They call it, the grand magic games" Romeo said. "What do you call Musa?" Stella asked. "Only if we're able to join. If not, I guess we just have to leave it to the others" I told her.
"I understand, Sabertooth is known as the top guild in fiore these days because they won the last go around" Erza said. "That's right but if we can beat that and win the games this time, we'll be number one instead" Romeo said. "So when does this go down anyway?" Natsu asked. "It kicks off in three months," Romeo said. "There's plenty of time but we have to start training asap. We'll put Fairy Tail back on top and nobody's going to get in our way" Nastu said. Everyone started chatting amongst themselves.
"Now the final decision has been made, there's no need for all this moaning and groaning. Now let's get to work and win that 30 million jewel and the title of Fiore's number one guild. Fairy tail is entering the grand magic games and aiming for the top!"
*At the beach*
Everyone else was messing around while I was sitting under the shade. "Musa, come on. We should at least try to train while we're here" Stella suggested. "Stella, we might even be picked to participate in the games," I told her. "Even if we aren't, we should train like we could be picked to join" she said. "You go, I'll just be here" I told her. She just shrugged before going into the ocean. I picked up Bean, "What do you want to do today?" I asked him.
He started kicking and seemed a little jumpy. Suddenly, I started feeling a strange sensation going through my body. I looked around and saw that Stella was starting to come out of the water. I rushed over to her after picking up Bean. "Stella do you feel that?" I asked her. "Feel what?" Stella asked. "It's like a strange energy calling out to me, like that thing wants to be found" I told her. "Are you sure that wasn't because you weren't under the water?" she questioned. "No, this feels different in a way," I said. "I don't understand," Stella said.
"Just come on before it's gone," I said. We swam back to the land and journey into the forest part of the area. "Are you still feeling that weird feeling?" Stella asked. "Yeah, it's just stronger," I told her. "Musa! Over here, I found what you're looking for" Sireniod said. The both us ran over to them. "Where and what are they?" I asked them. "In those bushes our friends are in there," Lythirus said. I put my hand on the ground and felt the floor. I didn't feel anything until there were three necks under my hand.
"Do you know if there are any more in the area?" I asked them. "Not that we know of, sorry" Sireniod said. "It's fine, just tell who these keys belong to?" I asked them. "That one on the right is Rayquaza, the one in the middle is Helios, the last one is Yveltal. Just be careful with those three," Sireniod said. "What do yo-" they disappeared before I could ask questions. "I guess you better open their keys," Stella suddested. "I guess you're right, I haven't made a contract with the other ones either" I said. I picked one of the keys after sitting on the floor.
Stella sat next to me and began running around. The key was maroon in color and leaf-like shaped head and had a chinese snake symbol on the white part of it. "How do you know who's within that key?" Stella asked. "I don't, I guess I'll just summon it and find out" I told her. "Tell me how that goes, I'll be right back" she stated before getting up and leaving. I just sighed as a result. "How do I do this now?" I questioned. "Just say 'Gate open'" Sireniod's voice lingered. "Gate open!"
After opening the gates a couple times, I met with spirits and made contracts with them. There was only much that happened to the new ones I found. I looked around and didn't see my baby bird where I left him. "Bean! Where are you?" I called out. There was a small chirp in the distance. I went looking for him, "What are you doing over here bean?" I asked him when I picked him up. He started chirping at me. "Musa! Are you still about here?" Stella called out. "Yeah, over here!" I yelled back.
She approached with a small creature in her arms. "Where did you find that?" I asked her. "I found him over there not too long ago actually. Then I came to look for you" she said. Stella had brought over a small creature that had bluish fur on top of its body and cream-colored fur on its underside. Its eyes were closed, and it had a long, thin snout. Its arms were short, but its legs were slightly more developed and had a single nail on each foot. On its back are four red circles. "Were you done with the spirits yet?" she asked. "No actually but I'll have to do that some other time," I said. "Wanna grab something to eat?" she asked.
*Night time*
*At the inn*
Stella was outside the shared room they were in. "Musa, come take a look at this," Stella said. "What is it?" I asked her. I placed bean on the bed before going over to her. I looked up when she directed me to it. It was a clear sky with the stars out. "It's beautiful out tonight" Sireniod said. "Hey Sirenoid" "Musa, I have something to tell you" she said.
"What is it?" I asked her. "It is about 2 of the spirits that were in the bushes earlier," she said. "What about them?" I asked her. There was a small thud followed by a chirp. I turned and saw Bean on the floor. "We'll talk about it later" I told her before going back into the room. "Are you okay, Bean?" I asked while picking him up. He just nodded against me. I heard a knock at the door. I went over and answered it only to find Lucy standing there.
"Can I come in?" She asked. "Yeah sure," I said. I opened the door wider to let her in. "So what's bugging you this late at night?" I asked. "It's about the Obsidian keys you have," Lucy said. "What about them?" I asked her before sitting on my bed. Stella had come back in and closed the door. "Do you want to take a seat before we continue?" I asked her. She nodded before sitting next to Stella. "So what did you find out?" Stella asked her.
"It looks like you're the only one that's able to open their gates," Lucy said. "I don't understand," I said. "I did a little digging and found out that a fairy was able to open all their gates. Considering that you were able to open a couple of them already, it's mostly that you'll be able to open the rest of them" Lucy explained. "Where did you find this out?" Stella asked. "I found it in here," she said before pulling out a small book. "Thanks for letting me know," I said.
Lucy got up and left our room. "Stella, do you think you can watch him while I'm gone?" I asked. "Yeah sure but where are you going?" she asked. ""To make contracts with the rest of my keys. Behave while I'm gone," I told him. He nodded before I handed him off.
I headed off in a good part of the woods. It was a 30 minute walk to get here. I picked out a key, it had a snake in the form of an eight as the symbol and 3 golden rings that wrapped around the neck. "Gate open!" I yelled. The key glowed before the spirit arrived. It was a large, green, serpenti. It has red-tipped, rudder-like wings on its shoulders and down its body, and similarly patterned fins on the tip of its tail. Yellow ring-like symbols run across the length of its body and it has an additional yellow ring on top of its head.
This snake spirit had two limbs with three-clawed hands, and two long, flat, horn-like structures on its head, with two shorter horns along its jawline. It has small, yellow eyes with black pupils, prominent pink gums, and two discernible fangs in its upper jaw. "Hello, you must be one of the spirits that Sirenoid told me about. What am I able to call you?" I asked. "You can call me Rayquaza. What do I call you?" he asked. "I'm Musa, nice to meet you" I told him. He didn't respond back to that. "So what kind of magic do you have?" I asked. "I use omni-magic," he said. "What's that?" I asked. "I can use all magic types but there's a limit on what I can do with it" he answered. "You must be really powerful?" I asked.
"Yes, in a way," he said. "We'll talk about that later on but what days are you available on?" I asked him. "Any day that you need me is fine," he said. "Are you sure? I don't want to be a bother to you when I do summon you," I told him. "I'm fine with it, don't worry," he said. "Thanks, so how do you want to be summoned for the next time?" I asked. "Serpaent is what I go by for summoning," he said. "Well, it was nice meeting you," I told him. He disappeared shortly after. I grabbed one of the other keys, it had the chinese destruction symbol in the white part.
There were feathers ingrained on the neck of it. "Gate open!" I said. Nothing seemed to happen for a couple of seconds before a strong energy was present. The creature that appeared in front of me was large with both avian and draconic traits. The back of its body is black with white spots along the wings and back; its front, head, and neck are bright red with branching, black lines throughout. It has a pointed, beak-like snout, bright blue eyes, a black, forward-curving horn over each eye, and a thin, antenna-like growth behind each eye.
A feathery gray ruff encircles its neck and billows out over its back. It's wings each have three spikes along the bottom edge near the body and five large, black claws on the tip. It has small, birdlike legs with gray talons. Each foot has two toes facing forward and one pointing backward. Its tail is similar in structure to its wings, including the five claws on the tip. "Hello, are you the other one that mentioned to me?" I asked. It didn't respond back. "Are you able to hear me?" I asked. No response came from it. I ended up flying up to its level.
"I don't know if you could hear me or not but I'm Musa. It's nice to meet you. What am I call you?" I asked it. It just stared at me. "Is there something wrong? Are you able to speak?" I questioned. "What am I doing here?" he asked. "I wanted to make a contract with you. I have Sireniod and Lythirus with me" I told him. "Sireniod and Lythirus? I haven't talked to them in centuries" he admitted. "Don't worry about that now. Are you ready to make that contract?" I asked. He nodded simply. "So once again, what am I able to call you?" I asked him again. "I go by Yveltal," he said. "What kind of magic do you have?" I asked. "Dark magic" he said. "What days are you available on?" I asked. "Thursday and Sunday," he said. "How do you want to be summoned for the next time?" I asked.
"Tragedy," he said. "Well that's about it. We're done now, it was nice meeting you," I told him. He disappeared, and I went back on the ground. The last key had dragon wings with the chinese dragon symbol on the white part on it. I just assumed that was for Helios. "Gate open," I said. Nothing happened. I tried a couple of more times to opening their gate. After about 2 hours of trying, I gave up and headed back. What happened?" Stella asked when I got back. "I was able to do the two that Sirenoid told me about. The other one, unfortunately I wasn't able to get open," I told her. "There's always tomorrow right?" she asked. "I guess so," I said. We headed off to bed.
*Next day*
"Wanna actually train today?" Stella asked. "I think I'm going to try opening this late gate today," I told her. "I'll see you later then" she said. I left shortly after with Bean and went to the middle of the forest. I placed him on the ground by a tree. "Don't move from here" I told him. He nodded. I grabbed the key I needed. I took a breath before holding out the key out in front of me. "Gate Open!" I said. I had put a lot of my magic into the key this time. The wind started to pick around me, it felt like I was going to be blown away by it. The key shined brightly before a massive figure appeared in front of me.
The pressure around me was immense. It was black and red dragon with spikes covering its arms and shoulders while hardened rumpled skin protected its legs. Horns point in both directions on its head. "Um, hi there. You must b-" "get to the point already" he interrupted. I ended up flying up to him for him to hear me better. "Sorry, what kind of magic do you have?" I asked him. "Holy cosmic magic" he said. "What days are you available on?" I asked.
He didn't respond. "Well, how do you want to be summoned for the next time?" I asked. He didn't respond to that either. We kind of just stared at each other for a couple of seconds. "Are we done here?" he asked. "Yeah, I guess you can go now," I told him. "Don't summon me again," he said before disappearing. Floating down slowly to the ground.
"You okay?" Sireniod asked from my shoulder. "Yeah, I'm fine," I told her. Bean came running over immediately when I touched the ground. I picked him up and started chirping at me. "Hey calm down, it's alright" I told him. He stopped and started chirping slower this time. "Thank you Bean," I told him. "Musa" Sireniod said. "What is it?" I asked her. "I just wanted to teach you this spell," Sireniod said. "Why? What's going on?" I asked her.
"It's just a spell just in case it's a last resort" she said. "I don't think I'll be up for it," I said. "It's just going to take some practice to but I know that you'll be able to master it" she said. Then I was suddenly teleported within a new area. "Where are we?" I asked while looking around the place. It was like an ancient underwater valley. "It's a sort of pocket dimension that I have. I like being here sometimes" she admitted. "So what's the spell that you wanted to teach me?" I asked. "It's called Celestial Body," Sireniod said. "What does it do?" I asked.
"It's an ancient spell that's only taught if a person has at least 3 of the obsidian keys, of which you have 5 of them. This spell is capable of linking you to all the obsidian keys. You can summon all of us at the same time. As you heard previously, this may summon our queen if you bring us out together. I would like to mention that your skin may alter slightly to have our symbol on it. Your eyes may change as a result. After using this spell, you may or may not faint or vomit" she explained.
"So it looks like I'm not going to be using that often," I told her. "It's not to be used often in the first place, princess. It takes a lot of strain on your body to try and master it but I know that you're capable of doing this" Sireniod said. "If you say so. Where do we start?" I asked her.
After trying my best at it, I was unable to learn it. "Were there others that learnt this spell before me?" I asked her. "Yes, there was one other person that was to master it," Sireniod said. "Could you tell me who it was?" I asked. She fell silent for a couple of seconds, "I'd prefer not to say right now" she said. She sent me back to the real world. "Where were you?" Stella asked while Bean jumped at me. Luckily, I luckily caught him, "In another dimension training" I told her. "How did it go?"
"Painful" I said. We walked along the beach, "Hey look, it's Natsu and the others," Stella said. "Hey guys," I said when we approached the group. Juvia and Levy were standing a couple of feet from the huddled group. "Hey, where have you girls been?" Levy asked.
"I was able to open this obsidian key that I found a while ago. What exactly are they doing?" I asked. "They found a note I believe," she said. "Hey Fairy Tail, you better come to the broken suspension bridge on the western hill" Happy read. "Dumb note, not the boss of us," Natsu said. "No kidding. I don't care for their tone, not one bit" Gray added. "What should we do?" Wendy asked. "Why ignore it of course," Carla said.
"I think we should go there," Erza said. You know, it sounds like a trap to me" Stella said. "I'm with Stella, this has trap written all over it" Lucy told her. "We'll just have to see," Erza said. "Sweet, I was really hoping she'd say that," Natsu exclaimed.
*At the bridge*
"This must be the broken suspension bridge," Erza said. Cowards must've taken off" Natsu said. "Why are you always looking for a fight?" Wendy asked. "Maybe it was just a prank," Gray suggested. "Well now with that settled, let's get back to the beach" Lucy said. The bridge started to repair itself. "That's a first," Gray said. "The bridge, it fixed itself" Juvia pointed out. "Well what do we do now?" Gray asked. "Obviously we're supposed to cross it," Erza said. "I still say that is a trap," Stella said. "I want to go home," Wendy said.
"Whoever we're dealing with is on the other side, let's get crossing" Natsu said. "Is he volunteering?" Lucy asked. "Sure is, see ya" Gray said before pushing Natsu onto the bridge. The bridge wobbles as he goes across. Don't just shove a guy when he's not ready. I could've fallen" Natsu exclaimed. "It looks like he's going to puke," Stella pointed out. "Are you really getting sick from a freaking bridge?" Gray asked.
"Why don't you come give it a try" Natsu said before covering his mouth to prevent himself from vomiting. Lousy bridge, you're not going to defeat me" Natsu said before running across it. "What do you know, I thought for sure it would collapse the moment someone stepped on it," Lucy admitted. "We all thought that," Wendy said. Natsu started yelling from the other side. "Now that we know that it's safe to cross, let's stop wasting time. Move it people," Erza told the rest of us.
The rest of us went across the bridge. "I hope they attack us soon," Natsu said. "Indeed, a tough opponent will make for great training," Erza said. "You know you're the only ones obsessed with that right?" Gray asked them. Erza stopped suddenly, there were three figures who were past the trees. "Someone's there," Lucy said.
"Keep your guard up," Juvia said. They approached, "Wait, that smell," Natsu said. "You came" unknown said as they took off their hoods. "Thank you, it's nice to see you again," he said. "Who are they?" I asked. "It's really you," Erza said. "You haven't changed, Erza. I take it word of my prison break reached you some time ago" he said. "Yes," Erza said. "Please know I never intended to escape" he told her. "Meredy and I didn't give him much of a choice in the matter," the girl with black hair said.
"That was all you Ultear, don't lump me into your criminal behavior" Meredy said. She turns and spotted Juvia. "Long time no see Juvia," Meredy said. "Jellal broke out of prison," Lucy said. "With Grimoire heart no less," Natsu said. "Chill out there, not our enemies anymore. Isn't that right?" Gray asked. I started feeling a stangre surge of energy going through my body. I glanced at the rest of the group, it seemed like they weren't feeling it. I manged to slip away from them and went to go investigate. Lythirus and Sireniod appeared next to me.
"Thought you wouldn't have gotten away sooner" Lythirus said. "Be quite, I had to make it not look obvious dummy," I told him. "Well hurry it up, our friend is hurt" Lythirus said. "Another obsidan key? Was that the strange energy I felt a few minutes ago?" I asked.
"Yes, in fact; when a key is nearby, you'll know about it," Sireniod said. "Am I the only one that can feel it?" I asked. "Yes, these keys can be found through a pisces like you" she explained. I finally found the spirit I was looking for. Sireniod and Lythris rushed over to them. It appeared to be a female that was tall, slender, with fair skin, long blonde hair, and a helmet. Her outfit is a skin-tight, white bodysuit that covers half of its body with white high heels.
She had eight white, dove-like wings with four on either side. There was a ring on her left ankle and that had some code. Her clothes had blood coming through on her stomach. I went over to her and got my fairy dust bottle. "Hey, I'm only here to help you," I told her.
I didn't get a response from her. I poured out the spot that was injured. I noticed that she had smaller wounds scattered on her body, healing those up for her as well. "Is that better?" I asked. "Yes, thank you"
We talked for a bit after this. In the end, I ended up making a contract with her. Her name was Angewoman and she had Heaven magic. When she left, her key remained. I was a black key that had angel wings at the end. There were two arrows in an 'x' on the back of the neck. The white area of the key had a halo in it.
*Back at the beach*
Ultear had started with Natsu first. There were weird red symbols on his body and he was screaming pain. "Are you sure you want to go through with this, Musa?" Stella asked. "In the end, I think it will be worth it in the end," I told her. "Man, I hope whatever the hell we just signed up for is worth it," Gray said.
"I don't think this is a very persuasive advertisement for it," Lucy said. "Stay strong, I know this is tough but you still have a long way to go Natsu," Ultear said. He just screamed in pain. "Are you sure he's going to get through this thing?" Lucy asked. "Just what kind of pain is he feeling?" Gray asked. Wanna sensory link with him and see?" Meredy asked.
"Are you crazy?" Gray asked. Do we really have to go through that too?" Levy asked. "I think I'm going to cry," Wendy said. The both of them were holding each other with Wendy already crying. "Actually, you already are," Carla pointed out. "We don't need the extra strength, so we'll be going," Droy said. "Catch you later" Jet said. The duo ran off.
"Stay strong," Happy said. Natsu was reaching towards him painfully. Do you happen to know where Erza went?" Carla asked. "She and Jellal went somewhere to be alone for a bit," Happy told her. "How about some private training while they finish?" Juvia asked. She was dragging him off with her. "You're not fooling me," Gray said. He seemed to be fine with it.
After a while, Ultear started on the rest of the pain. Let's just say that it wasn't the best feeling. It felt like forever that it was going on before it was actually over.