"Why are we here?" Sting growled, looking at all the Extalians with suspicion. He was not happy about how Lector and the others had been treated.
"Because we need to warn them. It's not right that they be faced with such danger and not be prepared," Wendy informed her brother.
"Besides, just because their Queen tried to kill Lucy doesn't mean the entire population are horrible people," Rogue pointed out.
"Yeah! Like that one old lady and her angry husband!" Frosch exclaimed, to which the other Exceeds explained what they were talking about to the Dragon Slayers.
"Hmph! Whatever! I still don't see why we can't join the battle like Natsu-nii, and Gajeel-nii, and Erik-nii, and Juvi-nee, and Levy-nee, and Lucy, and Erza, and Gray," Sting laced his fingers behind his head as they walked.
Wendy stopped, clenching her fists. "We aren't like them, Sting. You know that. Our magics aren't strict combat magics like theirs are,"
"Still! I wanna fight!" Sting exclaimed, getting a cry of agreement from Lector. Rogue sighed deeply while Charla 'hmphed'.
"Foolish child. You three are the cavalry, do you not see it?" All three Dragon Slayers turned to look at the white Exceed. "You're up here so that you aren't wasted. While the others fight, it's up to you three to be support and swoop in when one of the others is down,"
Sting cheered up a bit after that, but his mood soured when the Exceeds began staring at the group as they walked through the streets of Extalia.
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"That's Pantherlily, of the King's guard. He was banished from Extalia," Belletokia explained when she landed Levy and Erik beside Gajeel.
"Can you two take him or is this a family kind of thing?" Erik rumbled, staring at the large Exceed.
"Whatever it is, why is he so big?!" Happy exclaimed, lines going down his face as he stared at Pantherlily.
"Solid Script: Cage!" Levy wrote in the air, a large steel cage appearing above the large Exceed, who dodged it with ease.
"Oh shit-"
"Give me that key!" Byro yelled, running towards Lucy and the young barefoot girl, who had a large key clutched in her hands.
Lucy put a hand to her Celestial Keys protectively. "I'll never give you these keys! Open, Gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus!"
"What in the unholy fresh fuck is that thing?!" Under any under circumstances, Natsu and Sting would've fallen over laughing at Levy's indignant shriek when the robotic dragon appeared out of nowhere.
"The king's inside, long story short he wants to steal our magic and plant it into this world," Natsu snarled, flexing his fingers. "His stupid machine almost killed Juvia, I'm surprised that you're even fighting right now, sis,"
"And have Juvia miss an opportunity to do some good old fashioned family bonding? Please, little brother, that machine barely left a dent in Juvia," Juvia smirked, punching her fist into her hand and pointedly ignoring the fact she could feel Gray's worried eyes drilling into her head.
"Alright, Wendy, you're on support, Sting and Rogue, cover her, Lev, Gaj, Juvi, Natsu, and I are on offense," Erik growled, eyes glowing.
"Let's kick some ass!" Gajeel grinned.
"Fast winds that run through the heavens: Vernier!" Wendy shot her hands forward. A blood red glow surrounded Natsu, green around Gajeel, blue around Juvia, orange around Levy, white around Sting, black around Rogue, multi-colored around herself, and deep purple around Erik, giving each of the Dragon Slayers an enhanced speed.
"Alright!" Sting grinned.
"This guy wants the power of a Dragon Slayer? Then let's give it to him," Levy snarled, bending at the knees before jumping into the air. "Gajeel!"
"Right!" The Iron Dragon Slayer followed after her, grasping her wrist and launching her farther upward mid air, both slicing through the dragon armour.
"Barely a dent!" Juvia exclaimed.
"Then let's give him all we've got!" Erik bellowed, rushing into the fray with Juvia.
"Let go!" Faust bellowed, staring down at the Dragon Slayers. Gajeel had an iron rod pierced through the left foot of the dragon armour while Levy was chaining down the right foot with vines after having sucked the foot into the ground (earning a scream of shock from her sister). Juvia had a chain of water keeping the arms at bay, with support from Erik's poison chains. Rogue had a shadow bubble around the head of the armour, keeping Faust blind.
"Sky Dragon: ROAR!" Wendy roared at Natsu and Sting, propelling them through the air as the others all sucked in deep breaths.
"White Dragon-"
"Fire Dragon-"
"Wing Attack!" The two Dragon Slayers attacked simultaneously. As the smoke from the attack cleared, they saw a grinning Natsu dragging the crazy king out of the armour by his coat, Sting by his side. The two Dragon Slayers fell to the ground hard, Faust being thrown a few feet away.
The Dragon Slayers all struggled to their feet, facing the King of Edolas with furious glares and snarls.
This, King Faust shook with fear as he stared at the eight Dragon Slayers before him. This is the power I wanted? The king was paralyzed by fear as he saw what these children truly were.
Dragons.
Powerful, monstrous, indestructible beasts. How could he have ever strived to have such a terrifying thing?
S-Save me, The old man collapsed forward, face frozen in a look of pure terror as the Dragon Slayers exchanged triumphant looks.
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Natsu cackled darkly, spewing flames from his mouth as he and his family wrecked havoc upon the city.
"I can't fucking believe this is working," Levy wheezed, biting her lip to keep from laughing as she caused the ground to collapse out from beneath a building. Juvia snorted, rolling her eyes as she flooded the streets.
"Mystogan-san better rule this place well, or Juvia will find a way back and kill him. Edolas people are psychopaths,"
"Ten bucks Natsu loses a tooth," Sting grinned at his honorary older sisters, blowing a hole through one of the buildings to his right.
"Please. He'll lose at least three," Rogue sighed, "Remember when they got back from the Tower of Heaven and he tried to fight Erza?"
"Gajeel, I'm completely capable of scaring people without your help, thank you very much!" Wendy pouted at her older brother, who simply grunted in response.
"Mystogan's arrived. Natsu's gonna get his ass beat," Erik said with a grin, the Dragon Slayers turning to watch the pinkette fight the now ex-Fairy Tail mage.
"Well now that that's over and we're all back home safe," Juvia smiled, her legs wobbling dangerously.
They had returned home to Earth Land, and Lisanna had just explained everything to them, and she could no longer hold out.
"I'm-"
Her sentence was cut short as her eyes rolled to the back of her head, Monmo catching her just in time to slowly lower her to the ground as the others rushed forward.
