She longed to learn who she was and only he had the answer. Problem? He was in Sabertooth and she was in Fairy Tail, two rival guilds. On the road to get answers, she finds herself falling for his partner. [StingxOC] [RoYu] [NaLu] Other pairings inside.

The Shadow's Light

Sting X Nina (OC)

Time Hole!

Nina stirred and found herself outside her body, as were the others, seeing their bodies were encased in ice of some sort. She found Sting and her two brothers were also having the same state as she floated over. "Wh..What... Last thing I knew, I was encased in light, not ice."

"Apparently Acnologia was split... The one we see now is his soul, apparently..." Sting said as he held her close.

"And his body?" She asked.

Gajeel grimaced. "Runnin around destroying things in the real world." He sighed before they all blinked and heard their close friends. "Lily.. Levy..."

"Carla..." Wendy said.

"Lector."

"Froche."

"Shina..."

With that, the seven Dragon Slayers found themselves breaking free to Natsu's stunned look, which Wendy enchanted his arm to make him break out as well.

"I'll protect you with my Sky Magic." She said

"Wendy!" Natsu blinked. "How did ya all break out of the crystal?"

"I thought I heard Carla's voice." Wendy said, a small smile on her face.

"I could hear Levy and Lily's voice." Gajeel said.

"So, you all heard it too, huh?" Erik guessed, a smirk on his face.

Nina nodded. "We have people we care for waiting for us..."

"Their voices woke us up..." Sting said.

"And gave us strength." Rogue added.

"Now, then... Let's get this party goin, Natsu..." Laxus said, smirking. "It's time to slay this dragon!"

"Yeah!" All the Dragon Slayers said, wearing grins and smirks as they stared down Acnologia.

"LET'S GO!" Natsu called, seven of the eight rushing ahead.

"All-ability increase enchant! Deus eques!" Wendy said, enhancing all the others.

"Whoa! This is awesome!" Sting said.

"I'm overflowing with power." Rogue commented.

Nina giggled a little. "Never underestimate Wendy, you two~"

"IRON DRAGON SWORD!" Gajeel turned his right arm into a jagged sword, aiming and nearly hitting him, but was short, to his stunned face.

Nina, Rogue and Sting rushed at him from the sides before he swiped a hand straight to the side, making the three collide in mid-attack, Rogue into Gajeel and Nina into Sting, both siblings nearly colliding heads with those two.

"Poison Dragon..."

"Lightning Dragon..."

Before Cobra and Laxus could finish, they were sent flying back past Natsu with an invisible blast.

"LAXUS! COBRA!" Natsu called before his attention was turned right back towards their opponent.

"NATSU-SAN! LOOK OUT!" Wendy's warning came seconds before he was blasted back, but he managed to guard in time, not that it helped the injuries he suffered from his earlier fight.

Nina stood beside Sting and Rogue, her right eye closed from her injuries as she wiped her mouth. Now she was almost equal to Sting in terms of clothing, her skirt frayed even more as was her shirt. Her hair was a mess and she managed to have the flower Rogue gave her as kids now on a necklace around her neck, but the petals were slightly frayed as well.

"Do you know why I am called the Dragon King? It is because I am the strongest dragon in the world, obviously." Acnologia said before they tried to rush him a few more times, easily beating them back each time.

Nina was on both knees now, panting as sweat and blood dripped from her face and skin. Sting was standing in front of her while her blood brother was on a knee beside her and Laxus was guarding Wendy. If she had magic right now, she would try and enter her second stage of her Dragon Force, but it might spell the end of her life as she knows it.

"Right now, my physical body is already destroying the world outside the Ravines of Time." He explained.

"What?" Nina asked.

"I will destroy everything and bring about the end..."

"What are you trying to accomplish?" Natsu asked.

"Destruction. That is all..."

That shocked them as Nina wobbled to her feet, her body completely exhausted and almost refusing the command to stand. Her nose picked up on something going wrong with Acnologia's scent and she had a hunch the others were slowly catching on as well while he laughed maniacally. "You... Are doing all this..." She began as her feet kicked off, charging right at him. "THIS WORLD ISN'T THAT WEAK! IT WON'T BE DESTROYED BY THE LIKES OF YOU!" She was sent rolling across the ground, Sting and Rogue immediately taking off right as she was hit, only to be sent flying back as well, into her and making her skid into a pillar.

She watched Natsu get punched hard in the gut, hearing the cracking of a few ribs in the process as she watched as the others all were easily overpowered, even Laxus, who was elbowed hard into the ground, making her go wide-eyed and her body instinctively rushing again. When she was close, she was met by a hard elbow as well, feeling one of her kidneys rupture as well as a few ribs cracking, making her cough blood up.

"NINA!" The male slayers called as she dropped to a knee, while Wendy was on her side from an earlier attack.

Her hand trembled as she clutched her gut. "I... ain't... down... yet..." She coughed up more blood after she spoke, blood pouring from her mouth. "We have... friends... And loved ones... To protect, don't we?" She coughed more. "I don't... know about.. you all.. But..." She glared at Acnologia. "I'D GIVE MY LIFE TO PROTECT THEM!"

Sting gave a tired smirk and got to a kneeling position, mirroring when he had proposed before the shitstorm hit. "If I don't defeat you... Not only will my girl not let me live it down... But I won't be able to show my face to Lector and Shina."

Rogue nodded gently. "Everyone's waiting.. Waiting to go back home... Back over there..."

"I won't let you get the old man, or anyone from the guild.." Laxus vowed.

"We'll break you before you break us." Gajeel agreed.

"Your legend ends today..." Wendy added.

"This is our last dance, Acnologia..." Natsu stated.

"Last? We haven't even started yet. Last?!" He burst out laughing as if it were a sick joke.

Nina managed to finally get standing as she still held her gut, which was throbbing in pain as she looked to her fellow Dragon Slayers, seeing they were all in similar states. Were they really going to die here? She knew they didn't want to die here, but they were out of magic, their stamina was dry and they were battered beyond belief. Her mind clicked on a solution, though and she went wide-eyed in realization. There was one thing...

It might be that Nina realized what Lucy did. Acnologia is immune to all magic, but as Lucy figured out, he can't do anything to the magic of bonds! Yay for Lu-chan! =D
~~Kiwi~~