Aisha's POV:
I hope Mai-at and Anu-ai can forgive me for what I am about to do. I am going to slaughter as many of these people as I possibly can. These bastards have taken everything I love from me, they took Osiris, they took Saadiya, they took my squad and now they've taken Mira as well.
I stood on the cliff face as the army stood guard, protecting the Fairy Tail guild hall which stood tall over the battlefield, this will be their resting place. This country will be the graveyard for thousands and the Alvarez Empire. I dropped my blood soaked robes and stood in my mail and my silk sherwal. I would need to shed as much weight as possible without making myself vulnerable. I raised my hands and prepared to use every single spell I had in my arsenal, magic power was negligible. I didn't care if I died at this point, if I don't have Mira there's nothing worth living for anymore anyway. My family hated me, I can't say I blamed them. At this point in my miserable life, I hated myself more than they ever could.
I used my sand cloak to travel down to the battlefield and faced the army myself with no support. One million soldiers stood between me and the Twelve and I would be damned if I wouldn't reach there. The soldiers turned around to look at me and looked completely puzzled and as soon as they recognised me they approached.
"Princess Aisha, the rest of the Twelve are gathered at the guildhall. Please allow me to guide you there." The soldier stepped out in front of the formation to greet me.
"Thank you sir, now please allow me to guide you to the underworld." Before the soldier could reply, I lunged forward and cleaved him in half with my sand scythe.
The soldiers that were gathered were in shock and didn't know how to react, some of the dead man's squad approached me with their weapons drawn. They were shaking in fear, unsure of how to proceed.
I stood in front of them with my scythe drawn before pointing at them, inviting them to challenge me. "I am going to destroy this whole Empire! Even if you surrender, I will not accept it!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
Before they could act further I summoned a great sand tsunami in front of me and launched it forward. Sending Imperials flying backwards as I cleared a path, I slowly walked down the battlefield. I sensed several men charging me, I summoned sand bullets all around me and sent them straight into the skulls killing them instantly.
I summoned two great sinkholes either side of me, dragging hundreds of soldiers down into their depths to suck them of their magic power and take it for myself. I heard the anguished screams of desperate men and women, crying out to their gods, their families and to their friends but they cannot help them.
I summoned sphinxes and harpies, forming out of the sand of the wave. Sending them in all directions to cause as much chaos as possible, these creations were far more aggressive than ones I had used previously. Sand creations could feel their summoners mood, I was beyond angry. I didn't want to defeat people, I wanted them dead. I watched as helpless soldiers tried to fight the sphinxes only to be put on the ground and have their throats ripped out. I looked up into the sky to watch harpies drop soldiers from great heights only to land on their allies or the ground below. Breaking every bone in their bodies.
I kept at a steady pace as I massacred Imperials all around me, soaking the ground red with their blood. A tall man stood before me, dressed in a set of full steel armour wielding a morning star. I looked at his shield and saw the insignia of the Dimaria squad.
"Aisha Alyamani, the Emperor has declared you must die for your crimes against the Empire. Please submit and your death will be painless, resist and your death will last days." I stared the knight down and continued to approach him, he swung his morning star and he aimed for my head. I let the ball pass right through my head with my sand form before fashioning a sand blade to ram it right through a chink in his neck armour. He collapsed in front of me holding his neck, trying desperately to hold the wound together. It will be to no avail, he will bleed out in a matter of moments.
I simply walked past the rapidly dying knight and continued my advance forward, summoning four separate sand tsunamis to clear every direction. I didn't even care to look behind me, if someone was stupid enough to attack me from behind I'd simply end their miserable existence. If they have survived me so far, then they should be smart and play dead.
The path ahead was still clear as the soldiers that were still in front of me were simply frozen in fear, I summoned more and more sand creations to keep the rest of them occupied as I simply walked past the soldiers who didn't block my path. My creations would kill them if they couldn't defeat them.
I looked up into the sky and prepared to use a spell I hadn't used since the Hijaaran war. I summoned a sand asteroid and launched it forward, the sphere itself was gigantic and was roughly the size of the guildhall. It crashed with a great thud and I didn't pay attention to see how many people it had affected or killed, I didn't have enough time or patience for it at this point.
I prepared to use another technique but before I had the chance I felt a familiar presence appear before me, I looked right at the figure and raised an eyebrow.
"You are possibly the last member of the Twelve who I imagined to face, are you really who the Emperor sent to fight me?"
"What can I say Aisha? You are a very powerful mage so the Emperor commanded someone who is just a little more powerful to stop this disruption to his plans." Neinhart spoke with his typical arrogant manner. I did actually quite like him but he stood in between me and my goal so he simply had to go.
"Impressive that you think you are stronger than me, your magic is impressive but don't forget I know your weaknesses and how to beat it. I'm sorry Neinhart, out of the Twelve you were one of my favourites but the Empire has to be destroyed and for that you have to die." I smirked at him, preparing for battle as I unsummoned my scythe and simply raised my hands ready to counteract any of his Historias. He can bring out anyone from my past, but that is irrelevant now. It didn't matter who he summoned, for they would be defeated and could rest in my past. All that matters now is getting my revenge.
"You know Invel planned for this didn't you? He thought you might betray us at some point after your mission, he hadn't managed to get August to sign off on your death warrant until after you slipped away from the Vanguard. Now though, the Emperor himself has given his blessing. I am going to kill you and after the war is won and Acnologia is defeated, Ajeel will be next. He isn't a traitor, he's just a liability." Neinhart looked at me with contempt, and I felt my rage boil over. My family and I aren't on the same side currently, but I'd rather die than let them kill them.
Before I could attack Neinhart I heard sounds of fighting from behind me, Fairy Tail had begun their attack. I could hear the sound of the Alvarez army pouring forward after my initial advance to deal with them, those poor bastards don't know what they're in for.
Neinhart twirled his hair and looked at me. "Aisha, are we going to do this today? I have places to be you know, and you have your underworld to be getting to." He smiled at me, I already knew what his attack plan would be so prepared myself.
He used his magic to summon six figures in front of me, I could sense his power and was dripping with power. He was even more powerful than he usually was and I could sense several more Historias across the battlefield, Bloodman, Wall and God Serena must've been killed and Neinhart had brought them back.
The figures took shape and my draw dropped as I saw who it was, five of them were members of my squad. Four of them had died in the North with me during the battle with Saadiya. I looked on the left and saw Amine, she must've been killed when the Empire took the guild hall. She knew how risky it was doing that for me, that one sacrifice saved my life. If I had been summoned to the guildhall instead of her, someone like Irene or August would've killed me.
The one remaining figure that was left was my father, King Khalid Raml. He might have been stronger than me, he is one of the greatest warriors in Hijaaran history and the only reason he died was because he was poisoned. If he hadn't been assassinated the war would've been over the minute the Tribes stepped into our land.
The six historias moved towards me and I felt my hands shake. I'm in serious trouble here, I can only hope Neinhart will take a backseat while I try to deal with these reanimations. I stepped back and raised my hands preparing to fight until I heard my Father speak. "Aisha, is that you? You've grown so much." He smiled at me genuinely, had the circumstances been different I'd have run towards him and let him wrap his arms around me.
"It is Father, I'm sorry we meet under these circumstances. You've been brought back as a reanimation to fight me." I sighed sadly and looked at him, he looked exactly the same as he did during the prime of his life. He was an amazing dad who always looked out for Ajeel and I, him and our Grandfather used to sit playing Regenca in the Palace Gardens back in Hijaara. Before he was taken away from us, he always stressed our independence but we always had friendly relations to the Empire. Then they had him killed.
"I understand, I don't have control over my body. The caster of this vile magic controls me and the people next to me. Before he forces us to fight, how is Ajeel and your Grandfather?" He smiled softly looking into my eyes.
"They're well, because of the war we currently find ourselves in I'm actually on the opposing side to them. I promise I will not hurt them though Father, I will convince them to lay down their arms and join me."
"I hope you can Aisha, you two were always inseparable from when you were born. There has been enough death and destruction so far. I want to die in peace, knowing my children can rest in a peaceful world." I watched on as my Father's body began to contort as the Historia spell began to command him. "Aisha! I hope you have grown to surpass me as I have no control over my magic at this point, please end this!"
"I will Father." He lunged towards me morphing into a sand form and I stepped out of the way as he swiped at me with a sand axe passing just by my head, my squad in front of me used a tandem spell to send a sand wave towards me but I used my sand form to allow it to pass right through me. I lunged towards them and crashed into Laila with a sand fist, putting another hole through her chest. She disappeared as the Historia finished, I felt horrible about recreating her death and I don't even know if she is conscious. If there is any mercy in this world, she wouldn't be.
I sent sand bullets after passing through Laila to the rest of my team but they managed to get out of the way before they were hit. Before I had time to react I felt my Father connect with a punch to my face, sending me flying backwards into a group of Alvarez soldiers. I used spinning sand blades to kill them, as they were preparing to attack me with their weapons raised. I felt the stinging on my cheek as it had been the first time I had been hit with any attack since the Dragon killed me in Crocus.
I used my sand form to rise up into the air, and summoned a giant sand golem. This would keep the soldiers around me occupied so they wouldn't intervene when I had my back turned whilst I was dealing with Neinhart and his Historia magic.
I sent the golem into the soldiers next to me, commanding him to occupy as many people as possible and cause chaos to keep the heat off of me. Killing them didn't matter, only delaying them and buying me time.
I watched on as my father used the sand cloak to fly away and into the sand golem, he entered the golem and I watched in horror as he took over the giant golem and turned around. It ran towards me at a fierce speed. The ground shaking and trembling with every single step it took, it was going to crush me. I used my sand cloak to pass right through the golem itself, I turned around and formed another sand asteroid and launched it as fast as I could at the golem's chest. It made a massive hole in the golem but I watched as it let out a fierce deafening roar, the hole in its chest seemed to be a simple annoyance to it.
He rushed at me again, bringing down its fist right on top of me. Using my sand cloak to travel through its fist and to on top of its head. I dodged as I felt spells wizz past my head, my squad was on the ground launching every attack in their arsenal towards me. I used my magic to form a sinkhole underneath them, without my power to compliment them they couldn't use my sand cloak ability and struggled to drag themselves out of it. I used another spell to form a wave in the sinkhole and crush them underneath. I'm sorry, you were a loyal squad and I have failed you all in more ways than one. I hope when you reach the Oasis in the sky, Mai-at and Anu-ai treat you like the heroes you are.
The golem raised it's hand and tried to swat me off of it's head, my father was controlling it and he doesn't realise the biggest weakness of the golem. It's huge and unnaturally powerful, but it's not flexible enough. I used my sand form to rise into the sky and I used my sand to drag over stones from the cliff and together I made another sand asteroid, this time I used much more magical energy to compact the sand, making it harder and heavier. I launched it downwards so it would crush the golem beneath it. Using my sand form to pass straight through it, before the impact hit.
With a great big thud, I watched from above as the golem itself was crushed entirely. My father must've been in the sand as it collapsed beneath me, I hope you can find some peace in the afterlife. I will join you and Mother soon enough.
All that matters now is finishing off Neinhart and putting him in the ground, before he can summon someone else from my past to fight me. I looked over at where he had been but he had disappeared. I can sense he is still nearby from my magic until a blast flew directly at me from behind. Using my sand from to let it pass through me and I flew down to where he is, I was getting closer and closer and I saw his face whiten in fear. I was going to go straight through him and split him into a million bloody pieces. Before I could connect with my hit I watched as my Father was standing in front of him and my punch went straight through his chest, he hadn't used his sand instead he took the hit.
Before I had the chance to move I watched helplessly as Neinhart used his blast magic to create a giant cluster bomb, the individual pieces hitting me. I writhed in pain as I felt shards hit my chest, my abdomen and my left eye. I used my sand from afterwards to create some distance between us, holding my hand up to my eye. I couldn't see anything out of my left eye, I pulled my hand away and I looked down as my hand was covered in blood. I looked down at my body and saw the mail splintered as shards of the explosion were wedged within me.
Neinhart laughed loudly, standing before me triumphantly with his arms. "Surely that isn't Aisha Alyamani, the person who used to tell anyone who listened how she had the best defensive magic out of the Twelve! You've lost an eye, your parents, your squad and you'll soon lose the guild and your life. Do you have anything to say before I send you to the afterlife?"
I was struggling to stand up at all, I was seriously wounded and I didn't know the extent of my injuries. I coughed and watched in horror as blood came out of my mouth, I spat on the ground and prepared to use my final spell. It was the only thing that could save me now. "Fuck you."
I slammed the ground and used almost all of my remaining magic power, I summoned Tenin. The Sand Dragon of Hijaara, the Firstborn son of Mai-at. I was taught this spell by the head priestess years ago and I had never used it, I never had the chance.
I watched as the ground next to us opened up, the sand from before forming up and rising to over one hundred metres tall. The sand had formed and contorted into a dragon, it was even bigger than Acnologia but he wouldn't have worked against him but I had planned to use him then. I watched on as it roared and the battlefield itself shook, everyone gathered stood in awe. Tenin hadn't been summoned in hundreds of years, I poured every ounce of emotion I had into it and shouted as loud as I could.
"Lord Tenin, kill Neinhart!" I bowed my head to the dragon as it looked down at me, it did as I commanded and went straight for Neinhart. He instinctively took a few steps back and charged up an attack and launched a gigantic blast straight at the dragon, the spell landed and with a great bang it hit the chest of the dragon. Tenin didn't even move after being hit with the spell, he stood still then flew forward in absolute rage. The force of his waves swopt everyone on the battlefield onto their back, I couldn't resist and fell as did Neinhart. Tenin brought down his claws and tried to crush him.
Neinhart rolled to dodge him, falling in between its talons. He charged another blast and hit Tenin between his talons, causing actual damage to the dragon. Tenin roared in anger, moving his talons and prepared to use a spell. He used his sand breath to create a massive rush of sand and launched it straight at Neinhart, he went flying and was launched into a group of soldiers who were swept with the tide.
I heard the crunch of bones and the clanging of armour, Tenin himself stood statuesque. Neinhart launched up from the crowd with a broken arm, it was bent in the completely wrong direction. "You bastard! I am going to kill you and your whole fucking family!" He charged up one final attack and poured every single piece of magical power he had into it, launching it at me. I couldn't move out of the way, my body was simply too battered too and Tenin was draining my remaining magical power. I was going to die, please Mai-at, I need one more miracle from you. Save me.
The blast came straight towards me and as I closed my eyes preparing for death I heard a deafening blast as the spell had missed me, the sheer force from the blast sent me a few feet in the direction without it even hitting me.
I opened my eyes and saw Tenin stood in front of me, he had taken the hit for me. It didn't even look like it had made a dent in him, I watched on as Tenin looked down at me with his expressionless face. The sand from his body started to fall apart as my magical power was running out. "Thank you Lord Tenin, may you fly forever more."
I watched on my back for a few moments as he simply returned to dust as he fell apart, I managed to force myself back to my feet and walked towards Neinhart. He was completely drained of magical power and was battered and broken after his encounter with Tenin, I hobbled along through the sand and stood above him.
"Do you have any last words Neinhart?" I drew the sword the Laila gave me before, it had survived everything that had been thrown at me. I will do her justice and kill the person who brought her back from the afterlife.
"Fuck you Aisha and fuck that whore Saadiya too!" He looked directly into my eyes as I brought down the sword on his throat taking his head off.
I dropped the sword on the ground and sat down next to him, unable to force my legs to move. I looked around me and saw the Alvarez troops in shock at what had transpired, a battle between the Twelve was always going to be dramatic but with the summoning of Tenin it was one for the history books. I watched helplessly as the troops began to move towards me, there were thousands of them marching at me. I could muster a few more spells but there is no way I could defeat them all. I tried in vain to stand up but I couldn't get the strength in my legs too, this was it.
As I was accepting my death I noticed a golden glow emanating from the enclave, I watched as the glow expanded over the battlefield and it crept closer and closer to me. I had no idea what this actually was, maybe it was going to take me to Oasis. I closed my eyes and let the glow pass over me but I didn't feel any different. I opened my eyes and looked around. I saw as the soldiers around me collapsed dead, their bodies completely drained of their life.
I laid there on the ground for a few moments, unable to drag myself up onto my feet. I heard someone in my ear.
"Fairy Tail members, it's Warren. Master Makarov cast Fairy Law but he has died." I heard the telepathy mage sob as he delivered the news and I felt the exact same way. Makarov had been the rock of the guild, and he had always supported me throughout everything. I was going to miss the old man, deeply. I felt tears well up in my eyes, the sheer rage I had felt when I had entered the battle was replaced with a deep sense of malaise. I was drained, magically and emotionally. Far too much had happened now, so many people had died. I had my squad killed at the hands of Saadiya, Amine died when she was summoned to the Twelve, I had killed thousands upon thousands of troops and now I've killed Neinhart too.
I held a hand to my ear and ask a question I didn't know if I wanted the answer to. "Warren, how is Mirajane?" I bit my lip ready to be delivered with horrible news, I mentally prepared myself to be told the worst.
"Ah, is that you Aisha? Mira is fine, she is currently fighting Jacob. She might need some assistance though, I don't know her exact location though but she is fine. The wound she sustained from August was shrunken by Brandish." I smiled for the first time in what felt like days, I cannot lose Mira at this stage. I love her far too much, I have done too much. I was going to lay out how I feel again and if she rejects my love so be it. Though I absolutely will let her know.
"Thank you Warren, so much" I took my hand away from my ear and managed to get to my feet, I was staggering and I could feel myself losing blood. I didn't know how serious this wound was but I don't intend to find out. I have to save my family and I have to make sure Mira is ok.
I was ready to find them but before I could I saw the red glow from before, it was the Universe One spell again. It was retracting, it couldn't be. Who could have possibly defeated Irene? I thought for a few moments as Fiore was turned back to normal before realising, Erza. I smiled to myself, Irene was our biggest threat. We were actually going to win this war, I couldn't believe it.
