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Key Words:
"Talking."
"Thinking."
"YELLING!"
Magic:
Chapter 50: The Golden Mjolnir.
(Play Fairy Tail ost Against Magic here)
In the Streets of Louen, Lucy and Layla Heartfilia were standing around the Edolas Soldiers, their Celestial Spirit Keys in their hands, until then:
"Open, Gate of the Maiden: Virgo!" Lucy said, and with a golden glow, the pink haired maid were summoned from the ground, much to the shock of the Edolas Soldiers.
"What the hell?!" A Edolas Soldiers said. "Did she just summon a girl?!" Another Edolas Soldier said. "No matter, we just have to capture them, don't hesitate men!" A Edolas Soldier who were seemingly the leader of the group, then charged with the other soldiers towards the Blonde Mother and her Daughter.
"Is it time for punishment, Princess?" Virgo asked bluntly, and Lucy sighed as a response. "No, but I want you to take them down. Can you do that?" Lucy asked. "No problem princess." Virgo said, before then digging down the ground and went to attack the large group of soldiers.
At the same time, Layla held her Silver Spirit Key in her hand, before she then went on to summon one of her Celestial Spirits.
"Open! Gate of the Hunter: Orion!" Layla said, as then a Silver Light were glowed brightly, and before it then died, showing the figure she had summoned.
It was a young man with black hair that reached his neck, blue eyes and a black tattoo on his left cheek, which were the kanji for "Hunt." He wore a red hunter coat, a pair of blue pants tucked inside a pair of black, long, hunter boots, black shoulders pads, black bracers, a red, trimmed, hunter´s hat, and black, fingerless gloves. On his chest he had a set of knives, including another held in right waist in a brown leather sheath.
"As a Celestial Mage, I need to make sure to use the right amount of power, depending on the kind of enemies." Layla said.
"You called for me, Lady Layla?" Orion asked. "Yes I did. I need to you take the enemies for us." Layla said. "Your wish is my command." Orion said, before then taking out his bow, as then an arrow of white energy was formed, and then sent in the form of a string at the Edolas Soldiers.
"Alnilam Shot!" Orion said, as then a large explosion erupted once upon touch. But then, another group of Edolas Solders. came towards him, Layla and Lucy, which in response he aimed another arrow of white energy at them.
"Alnitak Shot!" Orion said, as the Silver Celestial Spirit sent about three energy arrows at the incoming Edolas Soldier Horde. The soldiers where knocked out, before then three soldier came into them, resulting in Orion charging another energy arrow.
"Mintaka Shot!" Orion said, sending a single arrow towards the calm group, who thought they were expecting was to come. But it quickly turned to shock, as the arrow then divided into multiple energy arrows, and struck the shocked group down, an explosion of dust leaving its trail.
As the soldiers tried in vain to attack, Lucy wasted no time as she took out one of her Golden Keys.
"Then I shall make sure to move as well. Open! Gate of the Lion: Leo!" Lucy said, as a golden light shined, and showed her summoned Spirit.
"You called for me, Lucy?" Leo asked. "We are currently under attack, so you know the drill." Lucy said. "Dont worry, I understand you loud and clear." Leo said, charged his fists with a golden light, before beginning his attack on the Edolas Forces.
"God dammit, one thing after another, what the hell kind of Magic do they even use?" An Edolas Soldier said.
(End Fairy Tail ost here)
The Edolas Soldiers were taking down by Lucy, Layla and their Celestial Spirits, and while Natsu, Happy, Ur, Carla, Wendy and Ashley, was watching the scene before them.
Ashley tried in vain to hold back her tears, as she was witnessing something she thought would never see again in her entire life.
She quickly turned away for a second, drying her tears from her eyes, trying to go unnoticed by the others. However, she didn't know Natsu had already caught his attention onto her. As much he wanted to speak to her, Natsu know the right time wasn't. Even as Ashley was one tough girl, it was for certain that even she had some sensitive subjects.
Eventually, all the Edolas Soldiers were taken down, lying unconscious on the ground, with the mother and daughter standing in victory. The Earthland group plus Ashley ran towards them, getting the Celestial Spirit Mages attention immediately.
"Yo Lucy." Natsu said, entering the scene with the others. "Natsu?" Lucy said. "Dont forget about us either." Happy said. "Well, it seems we found you guys at last." Layla said.
"But I hate to be rude, but who is this?" Lucy said, referring to the hooded Ashley before them. Ashley removed her hood, showing her identical hair, facial features and similarities to her Earthland Counterpart.
Silence was the response Lucy and Layla emitted, before the Blonde Daughter then spoke up.
"Wow, I know he told us this was a parallel world, but I didn't expect this much resemblance." Lucy said, looking at her Counterpart before her.
"Yeah, I am surprised as you are. Damn, the resemblance is almost like a mirror. It's very strange actually." Ashley said.
While she did so, Gil from underneath Ashley´s cloak, began to emerge. "Ugh, did you have make me hide? I can make myself in incognito you know..." Gil said, before then taking his eyes upon Layla and Lucy.
Gil´s mind went into process, scanning them as if he was machine. From their slender figures, thick hips, well-toned hips, well-toned rears, thick thighs and XL sized breasts, Gil had steam coming from his nose.
"If this is my reward for beign such a great cat... I am beyond grateful!" Gil shouted, jumping towards Lucy and Layla, much to the blondes surprise, aiming towards their large bosom, and well shaped hips.
Only to be slammed down by a fist to the ground, and Gil was sent with a crash on the ground.
"Ouch..." Gil groaned in pain while being in the small crater, caused from being punched in the face by Ashley.
The others sweat drop at the reaction, with Ashley fuming and her fist on smoke.
"What the fuck just happened?" Lucy said. "Is it just me, or does that Cat Gildart´s face?" Layla said.
"For the longer we are in Edolas, things are sure becoming stranger." Lucy said.
"It´s a long story, and trust me, I have a feeling that wont be the last thing we see here." Natsu said, and Wendy was the one to spoke next.
"But how are you two here?" Wendy asked.
"Well, it's a long story. As things were seemingly normal back to the Guild, Hologolium popped up without Lucy summoning him, and took me, Lucy and Yukino all in the same time. And the next thing we knew, a giant flash was emitted, and the entire Guild was gone." Layla said.
"But then we met Mystogan, who explained to us what happened, with the Anima, Edolas and the current state of our friends." Lucy said in a serious tone.
"So you know what has happened?" Ur said. "Yes, and once Mystogan told us also that you were sent as well, but didn't know exactly were you would land, we were then granted the X-Balls by him, making us able to use Magic in Edolas." Layla said.
"We then took onto the Anima, with Yukino summoning Pisces to fly us into it, and the next thing we knew, we were then were in Edolas." Lucy said.
"I see." Ur said. "But wait, if you said that Yukino went with you, where is she?" Wendy asked.
Before either Lucy or Layla could answer, a huge cloud of smoke exploded from a different part of the town, taking everyone attention.
"I think we have an idea were she is, but we will explain while we are headed there." Layla said. "You read my mind there." Ur said, before the group ran towards the direction the smoke came from. While they ran, Lucy went to explain.
"You see, once we arrived to Edolas and headed to the city they called Louen, we decided to split up. Yukino wanted to a separate, which we of course obliged. But Yukino wanted to show that she was able fight and take care of herself." Lucy said.
"We´re sorry Natsu. We didn't want her to go alone, but we know Yukino wanted to show that she could fight alone too." Layla said.
"What are you talking about? I know Yukino is strong, and so are you, as we all have seen her fight. You don't need to feel about it. But if she needs help, we are going to be there for." Natsu said, which Lucy and Layla responded with a smile.
Eventually, they came across a town square, seeing Yukino, who had summoned Libra, pinning the Guards on the ground with her Gravity Magic.
"Yukino!" Lucy shouted, which she turned around to see the others coming towards her. "You guys!" Yukino said, before then ordering Libra to lower the gravity, in order for the others not be dragged down by it.
Luckily, the Soldiers were all unable to move because of the pain, as well some of them being knocked out.
As the group ran towards her, she noticed that two were having the same, familiar faces. "But wait... why are there two Lucy-samas?" Yukino asked.
Lucy scratched her head, while Ashley took a sign. "Look, I know this is sudden, but for now, we need to go. If we stay here any longer, the Royal Army will send more soldiers, and stronger fighters, and we cannot risk to involve innocent civilians here." Ur said.
"Dont worry, we will explain later. Right now, we need to go." Ashley said, which Yukino agreed, and the group went to run before the incoming Edolas Soldiers arrived.
Later, the group were now on a hotel, where they all were currently in a room they rented.
Ashley, who had taken off her cloak, sat on the bed with the other sitting on the sofa and chairs, and Carla had just explained to the others what was going on.
"So, the King have turned our friends into Lacrima, in order for them to use it as Magic power for Edolas?" Yukino said. "Yes, and from our current positions, we need to come up with a plan to try to infilitrate the Royal City before the King is able to do so." Carla said.
"Then why don't we just bust in? With our Magics restored, we sure would have a chance." Natsu said.
"Even with Magics, it wont be that simple. The Kingdom must have ruled over a long time for a good reason, and we don't even know how to turn our friends back to normal, which leads us to think this through clearly. The King have our friends in the Lacrima, in other words, the King might be able to use it as a hostage to gain the upper hand." Carla said.
"I can see what you mean, but..." Gil said, who then started moving frantically because he was tied. "WHY THE FUCK I AM TIED LIKE THIS?! WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" Gil shouted. "Our problem? You tried to fondle and grope me and my mom on our way here! We were almost caught because of you!" Lucy shouted with a tick mark.
"Hey! Don't blame me since you and your mom have such great tits and assess!" Gil shouted.
"Are tits and asses the only thing uou think about?!" Ashley yelled. "Not true! I also admire those who are flat as well. Even if they were fat, skinny, zitty, bald or even had a long nose, I would still respect them. Which in other words no, not because of their looks like their boobs and butts." Gil shouted.
"I am not surprised to see why you had become a Fallen." Carla said deadpanning. "That reminds me, you said you would tell us about the Fallen Exceed, as well what Exceeds are in this world." Wendy said, remembering the reactions of the Edolas Citizens she and the others had seen earlier.
"I don't see a reason to argue with you there. I did promise you that." Carla said, before then going on to explain.
"For you see, Exceeds, the species of me, Happy and Gil here are known as Angels in this world. The people of Edolas worship and fear them, as for generations, because of the great power they possess." Carla said.
The others were silent as a response, and Carla continued her explanation.
"The Exceeds resides in Extalia, which is close to the Royal City. While normal Exceeds are seen as Angels, their Queen is a seen as a Goddess, who can decide who will die." Carla said, before turning to Gil.
"Fallen Exceeds, are those who have been exiled and lost their Powers, only leaving them able to fly." Carla said. "Dammit, you should know what wonders I could have done to the Humans if I kept my powers, but the Queen was to afraid of my power, that´s why!" Gil shouted.
"For some reason, I am glad they Exiled him." Lucy said sweat dripping.
"But if that´s true, then we may have gotten more problems in our hands." Lucy said. "If the Royal Army is though as they say, then it would seem that Extalia would be a problem too." Layla said.
"Which shows us we might have more of a disadvantage than we thought." Ur said. "Meaning we cannot simply barge in without a plan." Ashley said. "She is correct. Luckily, if my memories serves me right, the ships goes to the Royal City from here. If we managed to sneak into one of them, we could easily into the Royal City." Carla said. "You think it could work? We can fly with Happy and Carla, Ur can create a Ice Eagle, and Lucy, Layla and Yukino can use their Spirits to fly." Natsu said.
"We wouldn't be here if it was that simple. Edolas possesses weapons able to strike us before we know it, and with our Guild at their mercy, they could it as hostages against us." Carla said.
"So, we should then hijack some airships then?" Happy said. "Yes, but we need to think of some sort of plan for it. If we mess up this one, we might not have another chance for a hijack than this." Carla said.
"But for now, as things have been quite hectic, we should take our time here to plan and rest. We may never know when we get another chance like this." Layla said.
"Agree. But I need a moment for myself. Things have gone pretty crazy for today, even more than usual." Ashley said, before then walking into the balcony.
"Ashley sure have been strange lately, since we meet up with Lucy and Layla. But mostly it was because she meet up with Layla." Natsu thought, remembering every time Ashley were looking at Layla, she tried hold back her tears and moved her attention away from her.
"I am gonna need a moment for myself too." Natsu said, his voice calm and serious, before then walking into the balcony as well.
"Is there something wrong?" Wendy said. "Whatever it is, it must be something very serious." Happy said.
Ashley, her hands on the balcony railing, sighed as she watched city surrounding her sight.
Aside from a red, round table with a couple of chairs, Ashely seemed to be alone, until a familiar voice heard.
"You have quite strange lately." Natsu said, once he had closed balcony door.
Without a word, Ashely turned around to face the Pink Haired Mage.
"Dont wanna be rude, but you have been acting very strange today. And I don't mean `Different from our Lucy Strange.´" Natsu said.
Ashley looked down on the ground, trying her hardest not speak.
"Ashley, since you meet with Lucy and Layla, you have been acting strange. I know we barely know each other for barely a day. But I noticed you almost tearing up, which you fought over." Natsu said.
As Ashley much hated to admit it, he had a point. She never liked to talk about it, but if she continued to hide it, she will never be able release her pent up emotions.
Natsu then turned around, ready to walk inside.
(Play Bleach ost Never Meant to Belong here)
"Then, if you don't want to talk..." Natsu said, but then.
"It happened many years ago, when I was a about three years old." Ashley said, eyes shadowed. Natsu turned around to her.
"I lived with my parents, Layla and Jude, in a simple village in the countryside. We lived a good life, with my dad being a farmer, who worked in the fields, with me helping him. My mom thought me many things like reading, writing, history, math, you know it." Ashley said with a small, weak smile.
"We were seemed to be headed towards a bright future, but..." Ashley said, starting to shake.
"One day, the Royal Army had appeared, and for a reason. Apparently, they were orders from the King to capture anyone who were practicing Magics in secrets. and my parents were among them. I didn't know that of course, since I was too young." Ashley said, shaking even more.
"Mom and Dad wanted me learn Magic, but the Kingdom wouldn't allow us. Because of that, the Soldiers hunted us, killed us all one by one. My Parents, and the other villagers tried to negioate peacefully with the soldiers, but they refused to listen. One by one, we were all killed." Ashely told Natsu, tears starting to come from her eyes.
"Dad told me and Mom to run, sacrificing himself for us. Of course, Mom and me was against first. But Mom then understood, as she grabbed me and ran away. That was the last time I saw dad." Ashley said, her tears rining.
"I tried in vain for my Mom to go back, but she told me Dad was doing it for us, for the future us to move on to tell. That she and Dad wanted me to move on live, to become a strong girl." Ashley said.
"In the forest, Mom ran while carrying me, wrapping in a blanket, faster than I ever seen her run, faster than ever run in her life. Because then, she was shot in the leg." Ashley explained, remember the moment seeing her mother being shot by one of the Edolas soldiers.
"My mom, struggling to even walk, came across an cliff, leading to a deep end, as the bottoms were of sharp stalagmites. The Soldiers were approaching for all angles, as it was impossible for us to turn away now. But luckily, because of the trees, they were unable to see us. And then Mom noticed an empty tree husk. It was a good place for us to hide, but it was too small, and had only space for little me." Ashely said, grabbing her arms tightly.
"My mom then put my inside it, and then told me no matter what, I would keep quiet, not even making a moment of exiting the tree husk. Even if things were the most terrying, I would keep quiet. As she then took the blanket and wrapped it around a tree log, making it look like me." Ashley said, her tears falling on the floor.
"As much I wanted to picture any other situation of what it was gonna lead, there wasn't any way I couldn't. Because of that, I was ashamed, that wasn't strong or even brave to have the situation changed into something different." Ashley said.
"But my mom said to me it was alright, and I remember my mom's last words, even to this day: Lucy, its alright to be afraid. But fear is not a hindrance, but a lesson in life for them to know what they can and cannot do. Use it to learn fight it and move to the bright future. And even if you never learn Magic, me and your dad will always love as they way you are." Ashley said, remembering her mother´s last words, tearing up.
"After that, my mom ran away with the tree log inside the blanket, as the Edolas Soldiers, finally approached her. Cornering her, mom slowly backed towards the edge of the cliff, with log in blanket held tight, making them it was me inside it." Ashley explained.
"The Soldiers mocked my mother´s attempts, as they were foolish as my dad´s. They told it was foolish for them to hide the Magics from their sights, as well of how the citizens had become desperate for Magics. But my Mom told me that they were desperate ones, as they didn't want me to learn Magic for them to use it spread, but to defend themselves. And that unlike them, me and the others could survive unlike their mad king." Ashley said, her eyes shadowed and her voice turning dark.
"And it was that the trigger for them to shot mom, but she had turned around, as she didn't want to know I wasn't in the blanket.. Through the hole of the husk, I saw shot after shot strike my mom´s back, holding tightly the log in the blanket, making them think she was in vain to protect me, which they didn't know." Ashley said.
"I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream, I wanted to beg them to stop, but if I did, my mom´s attempt to save me would go to vain. So, I held my mouth to prevent any sounds of coming, even the quietist of noise. And eventually, they stopping shotting, and then mom fell down the cliff. Mom turned one last glance at me, with tears and a smile on her face. The tears represented her regret of having it lead to this, and the smile of her that I was alive and well, hoping that I could move on." Ashley said, falling down on her knees.
"And with that, mom was no more of this world, as her body were then fallen down on the sharp stalagmites." Ashley said with her tears falling on the ground like rain.
The Soldiers, thinking the both of us had died, left the area, and eventually, I walked out too. I stood in the middle of the grass field, unable to think what had happened. I felt like the world was breaking itself apart, I felt myself torn to bits, and cried, cried more than I had ever done in my life." Ashley said, crying harder.
Natsu grit his teeth and had his fist tight, as he coulnt believe the cruelty the Kingdom had done to her.
"I didn't know what to do, as was so confused, more confused than I ever been in my life." Ashely said while she cried.
Natsu wanted to go hug Ashley in order to comfort her, he couldn't stand seeing her cry, but then, Lucy, Yukino and Layla come through the balcony door and hugged Ashley!
(End Bleach ost here)
(Play Bleach ost Here to Stay here)
Confused and only with tears, Ashley could only respond with silence, due to her Counterpart, her friend and mother, all hugging her.
"To think you had to endure so much pain, whatever you are my counterpart or not, we couldn't simply let you cry." Lucy said. "I can understand to lose someone like that." Yukino said, her tragic memories going through her.
"We shouldn't have hugged you earlier, as you didn't have to tell you. But don't worry, its fine now." Layla said.
Ashley, with tears still running, but she had a small smile too. Natsu smiled too.
Eventually, Lucy, Yukino and Layla let go of her Ashley, who then continued to speak her story. Yukino, Lucy and Layla, who had listened to them, probably wanted to hear more, and Natsu did sure too.
"But back on the story shall we?" Ashley said, and Natsu, Lucy, Layla and Yukino responded with a nod.
"But when I thought I didn't know what to do, he came." Ashley said, contiuned her story. "He?" Natsu asked. "Tyrrak, the Guild Master of Fairy Tail. He took me in the guild, since I didn't have a place to go. Apparently, he had arrived to search for any survivors of my village, and I was the sole survivor. Master Tyrrak deeply regretted that he arrived late, but due to the Edolas Forces possessing Magic Weapons that were beyond his power, it was impossible." Ashley said.
"What happened next?" Natsu said. "I accepted his offer, feeling that I needed I home since my old one was destroyed. I had a hard time in getting used to it of course. But within time, I managed to live anew, albeit it was hard at first. It was then I realized what I had to." Ashley said, explained further on her story.
Natsu, Lucy, Yukino and Layla were silent, as they didn´t want to disturb Ashley.
"I know that I need I promised myself to become strong, to never be a coward and be there for my family! No matter what!" Ashley said.
"I know its pretty cliché, as you probably heard this line in a book, but what else can I say. I wanted to be like Master Tyrrak was to his people, as he was the mentor who helped us in our darkest hours. I truly respected him, as he introuced me to people, showed me how Magic works, since my parents had died before they could do. Of course, it is probably different than the Magic you uses, as you seen I am only able to use it through my whip." Ashley explained.
"Tyrrak must be a great man. But our Tyrrak is awesome too." Natsu said, remembering the times he had with Tyrrak and Gildarts in the past.
"He must be alive in your I guess. But sadly our Master Tyrrak, had passed away." Ashley said in sadness. Natsu, Layla, Yukino and Lucy could only respond in silence.
(End Bleach ost here)
(Play Bleach ost Torn Apart)
"One day, the Royal Army went to attack us. But they overpowered us, giving barely a chance for us to even strike them. Because Thorson and Knightwalker was with them." Ashley said, making them widen their eyes in horror.
"Not even Tyrrak was a match for their strength and power, and even if we had the Teleporter back then, Tyrrak couldn't risk even one of us be left behind." Ashley said.
"So he sacrificed himself for us. Telling to go without him, even if he was overpowering even with backup. We all denied it, but he denied to let us all die. And he was sorry that we unable to be there for them further, but we were cornered, leaving us with no choice." Ashley explained.
"I can still remember his last words he spoke to us. `I am sorry I couldn't be for you there anymore. But I know you will be able to move on, as you are that strong.´ I regretted I responded with denial, begging him to come back, but in was all in vain." Ashley said.
"And as I was pulled in, crying like the others, and once the gates were closed, a flash was emitted, and we had managed to escaped. Master Tyrrak was gone, and it was a hard time for us. He had helped Mira, Elfman, Lisanna, Jet, Droy, even that crazy bitch Levy in our darkest and hardest times. Even to this day, we never forget the sacrifice he made for us." Ashley said.
"Ashley. Don't worry." Natsu said, going towards her and putting a hand on her shoulder. "We shall make sure they will pay for their actions. They will not live another day without feeling the consequences of their actions." Natsu said, determination in his voice
Ashley smiled, as well did Lucy, Yukino and Layla. "Fairy Tail wont go back its words, you can bet on that." Lucy said. "Natsu-sama never goes back to his words." Yukino said "Trust me, my daughter and Yukino are right on that." Layla said.
(End Bleach ost here)
With that, Natsu then went inside the room, and began to speak.
"Alright then, shall we come up with our next move then?" Natsu said eagerly with a grin.
Later...
"There you go, -ebi." Cancer said, as he had finished trimming the hair of Ashley, and had brought a mirror for her to see. Her hair had known been cut shorter, reaching now to her neck, but still had her hair in a ponytail, tied in a skull hair ornament, abliet it was now shorter.
"I love it. Thank you very much." Ashely said. "Your welcome. I shall now take my leave then, -ebi." Cancer said, and then dissapered in a golden light, returning back to his home world.
Natsu, Lucy, Layla, Wendy, Yukino, Carla and Happy all sat around in a round table, discussing their next move.
"What should we do?" Layla asked. "According to the information we got around the city while wearing disguises, the ships that goes towards the Royal City are stationed not far from here within this city. We should be able to hijack one as soon as possible. The next one should be going tomorrow, eight o´clock. We should take this as a chance to take action." Carla said.
"You hear that, Ashley! We will be able to leave in no time and save our guild." Natsu said. "And don't worry, we wont forget to save your guild and world as well." Natsu said. "I am glad to hear that." Ashley said.
"But we still need to work on this more as due to our fight earlier, they will probably will be prepared for an attack." Carla said.
"So, we must make a surpise attack then?" Happy said. "Yeah, which we will probably work on." Carla sighed.
Ashley was sitting in silence as she watched as despite they were about to be facing the entire kingdom by themselves, they were still calm.
"Maybe they are able to change Edolas after all." Ashley thought with a smile.
At night, they took the night to sleep, except for Ashley, who know what do to next.
The next morning...
"Guys! Wake up! Ashley is missing!" Lucy said, as it got the attention of the others. "What?!" Natsu said, he and other got up to see the empty bed where Ashley had slept for the night, only to a letter on it. Lucy picked up and began to read.
"So, what does it say?" Layla asked. Lucy sighed, took a deep breath and then went to speak.
"It seems that Ashley had left us, but for her to gain more help. It says she is going to her Guild to gain more allies." Lucy said. "Is it that really smart? I mean, I am impressed on her determination, but wouldn't that put her and the others in danger as well." Happy said.
"She trusts us taking saving our friends, and Edolas, in other words, she trusts us. But if we go after her right now, we may break her faith for us, and should instead go to make our move." Carla said.
"You are right. We are not gonna waste any time here. We better go now." Lucy said, she and others agreeing. "Then if you all remember the plan, we shouldn't have any problem." Carla said, and the others agreed, before then moving to begin their strategy.
Later, at the ship ports of Louen...
At the ports, the ships were stationed and the Edolas Soldiers were as walking around, guarding and securign the area. It seemed to be a normal day for them, but...
A large and loud were explosion were heard, causing the soliders attention turned towards it, showing Natsu, wearing a red, hooded cape, laughing and standing in front of the destroyed building that stored the weapons for the Edolas Soldiers.
The Soldiers recognized the pink haired man immediately.
"Its Natsu Dragyama!" A Edolas soldier shouted.
"One of the Earthland Mages!" Another Edolas Soldier shouted.
"After him!" A Soldier of Edolas shouted, before then he and the others went after Natsu, taking on his hood, befoe then who then ran away from the horde of Edolas Soldiers.
As most of them ran after them, Lucy, Layla, Yukino, Wendy, Carla and Happy, who were hiding behind a tall pile of boxes, went to see the coast was clear.
"Alright, Natsu have managed to trick most of the soldiers away from the base. We should be able to make our next move then." Carla said.
"Alright, then leave it to me." Layla said, took out one of her keys, before she then:
"Open: Gate of the Ocean King: Neptune!" Layla said, as a blue light were shined upon.
The remaining soldiers were seemingly happy to hear that one of the Earthland Mages had appeared. But that was short lived, as suddenly, a gigantic roar were heard, causing them all to turn around to see a giant beast with blue hair and its tentacles wrapped around the ship, the soldiers in the ship panicking.
"What the hell is that thing?!" An Edolas soldier shouted. "Dont ask me, I never seen anything like that before!" Another shouted. "Quick, load your cannons and fire with all you got!" A Edolas Commander said, which they did.
As they all loaded their cannons, and were prepared to shot, but the ground under suddenly shoke, causing them all fall down the ground.
Confused, the Pink Haired Maid who had dug under, returned to her blonde master.
"I have done as you told me to, Princess." Virgo said while saluting. "Good work!" Lucy said, giving Virgo a thumbs up, but then a group of Edolas came at them.
"There they are! They must have been the ones to summon that beast!" One of the Soldiers said while running towards the group.
"Dont worry everyone, I can handle them." Yukino, taking out one of her Golden Keys, and then:
"Open! Gate of the Ram: Aries!" Yukino said, as then the pink haired sheep girl appeared. "Aries, take them down!" Yukino said. "Okay, I am sorry!" Aries squealed, before she then unleashed a powerful torrent of pink wool at the enemies, causing them both to be caught and relaxed at the same time.
Neptune were shaking off any Edolas Soldier who jumped off ship in fear, while of the rest tried in vain to shot down the Diamond Celestial SPirit with their staffs.
"This better go quick, cause I have a daughter to look after! She is about to meet her boyfriend in the park today, and I am not gotta let anyone prevent me from seeing it go well!" Neptune said.
The doors of the Airship´s captain chambers were opened, as three figures exited.
"Man, is it really that hard for someone to have good rest here?" A green haired man, while fidgeting his finger into his eyes.
Neptune turned his eyes on the group, but before he know it, a straight blast of flame came and went through his chest!
Lucy, Layla, Yukino, Wendy, Carla and Happy were turned with looks of horror, seeing Neptuen fall on ground with a large crash, while the Edolas Soldiers were cheering.
"God damn it, you call yourselves the Edolas Soldiers! For even a second, can you never do one job right?!" A Blue Haired Man said.
"I dont think you should be that hard on them! They did their best you know!" A feminine voice said, who had brown hair.
"What is going on?!" Lucy said, while Neptune dissapeared and returned to the Celeistal Spirit World.
"I am sorry, but didn't know what happened." Neptune returning to his home world.
"What was that?!" Wendy said, as she and the other saw the three figures were entering from the railing of the ship, which they recognized immediately.
One was a muscular man who wore a pair of black, baggy pants, tucked inside a pair of silver boots, silver bracers, a black belt with a large, silver buckle in the form of the Edolas Symbol. Around be buckle, were five spheres, each with a different color, which was red, green, blue, yellow and black. The Blue Haired Man was shirtless and wore blue cape alongside a masked skull helmet. His eyes were green and his long, blue hair were coming under his helmet.
Another one was a young, petite woman with dark green eyes, short brown hair and a large bust. She wore a green t-shirt, orange shorts, long, orange, heeled boots, a pair of redgloves and a white cape.
The one in the middle, who were seemingly the leader of the group, had long, green hair in a ponytail, blue eyes and wore a pair of blue pants, black shoes, a simple, brown belt, a black tank top, covered by a white shirt with the sleeved folded up, a golden necklace, golden rings on his fingers, and a high-collared, red cape.
"It's The Golden Mjolir, Commander Thorson´s personal squad!" A Edolas Soldier shouted as he and his fellow soldiers cheered.
"Freed? Bickslow? Evergreen?" Lucy said, remembering their similar faces. "The must be their Edolas Counterparts." Carla said.
"Alright, where the fuck are those filthy pigs at? They better have a good reason for this." Freed Antolt, the Edolas Version of Freed Justine said.
Edolas Freed along with Edolas Bickslow and Edolas Evergreen, looked down to the see the group from Earthland before them.
"These most be the Earthland people Laxus-sama and His Majesty showed to us." Edolas Bickslow said, arms crossed. "They must be strong then, so we might not be involed in this." Edolas Evergreeen said.
"Show some guts, will ya? If we cannot face of these fuckers, then what good are we as the Elite of Laxus-sama?" Edolas Freed said. "Damn, they even have a counterpart of Lietuant Flakes." Edolas Freed said, before then drawing his katana, having a square guard, a black and white color on the handle, a golden tip at the end, and one the lower half of the blade, were a dark pattern, having the kanji for "Meaning" on.
"Well, it seems things were sure have got complicated now." Lucy said, taking out one of her Keys, preparing for battle like the others. "But we remember Natsu would come back whatever we fail or not." Carla whispered. "Yeah, as long they go according to the plan, we should be able to survive. I am sure they would recognize the signal." Wendy said. "Then for now we should focus on fighting them." Carla said.
"Aries, I close your gate." Yukino said. "O-okay! I´m sorry if I werent to much help." Aries said, before she returned home world, and then Yukino took out another Golden Key.
"Be careful. Remember that His Majesty, Laxus-sama and Captain Knightwalker that they use Magic different than what we do!" Edolas Bickslow said. "But then lets do our best, everyone!" Edolas Evergreen said in a frightened and nervous tone. "Then lets move over the nitty gritty, and have this over with?" Edolas Freed said, as the three then jumped down and ran then towards their Earthland Enemies.
(Play Fairy Tail ost Released Magic here)
"Alright, remember Natsu will return to us, but for now, we shall take them on first." Lucy said, as she she took out one of her Golden Keys.
"Open: Gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus!" Lucy said, as the giant humanoid Bull with his axe was summoned.
"Open the Gate of the Heavenly Scales: Libra!" Yukino said, as the Arabian Dancer was summoned, as they went to attack.
"Open! Gate of the Hunter! Orion!" Layla said, using her Silver Key to summon one of her Silver Celestial Spirits.
"You summoned me, Lady Layla?" Orion said. "Yes, and we are in currently in a bad situation. Please aid us." Layla said. "As you wish." Orion said, before then preparing his bow for attack.
"I wont allow you!" Edolas Bickslow said, then the spheres on his belt then came off and then floated around him, before the spheres then were covered by an element. The red sphere was covered in flames, the blue sphere, one was covered in water, the green sphere in vines, the yellow sphere lightning and the black sphere in shadows. They all then took in the form of skulls.
Without hesitation, Orion then fired number of arrows at Edolas Bickslow. But as the arrows came right towards Bicksow, the fire skull shot several fire orbs from its mouth, striking the arrows and obliviated them!
Orion and Layla were silent in shock as a reaction, but they quickly got back into focus and then Orion proceeded to fire his next arrows.
As Orion sent his next barrage, the Water Skull then formed several tentacles of water, striking the arrows away, sending them towards different directions. And before they could do any other move, the Lightning Skull then proceeded to fire numerous of lightning bolts at Layla and Orion.
They managed to dodge the Lightning Bolts, but then the vines of the Green Sphere began to move towards the ground, before then emitted from benath Layla and Orion. They were tied as the vines went around them, but Orion quickly pulled out his knives as he then cut off himself and Layla.
"You alright, Lady Layla?" Orion asked. "Yes, I am fine. Thank you." Layla said.
But before either of them could speak any further, Edolas Bickslow then had his black sphere then sent several, tendril-shaped shadows at them.
"It seems that this will be harder than I thought." Layla said.
At the same time, Yukino were fighting against Edolas Evergreen.
"I wont take any pity for you, even if I want to in case you wonder!" Edolas Evergreen said in a squealing tone, much to the confusion of Yukino.
"I'm sorry, but what you talking about?" Yukino said confused. "Nothing! I'm sorry for asking!" Edolas Evergreen said and then her gloves then began glow in a pink color.
Yukino simply went on to tell Libra to attack.
"Libra, increase the gravity, but make sure to pin her down until she surrenders!" Yukino said, and with that, the Celestial Spirit did as she was told, as she increased the gravity around Edolas Evergreen.
"What´s going on?!" Edo Evergreen said, as she was pressed onto the ground because of the intense gravity. "I had Libra increase the gravity. Unless you want every bone broken in your body, you better surrender now." Yukino said.
But then, as Edo Evergreen´s gloves, she began to sink into the ground.
Yukino´s and Libra´s eyes widened in shock as they saw the Edolas Counterpart of Evergreen going down the ground, as if the ground was made of a soft material.
Then Yukino and Libra began to sink too, with the ground turned soft benath them.
"What is happening?" A confused Yukino said, and Libra had a hard time to focus her power beacse of the sudden change on the ground, the gravity went back to normal around Edo Evergreen.
As Yukino and Libra only had their heads shown up on the ground, Edolas Evergreen, still having her hands on the ground, wasted no time as she went took out a crossbow, which then folded up and had an arrow placed in the middle, ready to shot.
But before Edo Evergreen were able to shot, Wendy came rushing towards her and kicked her in the face! She was sent away, and the ground returned to normal, with Yukino and Libra going up from the ground.
"Wendy-sama!" Yukino said. "You really shouldn't underestimate your enemies." Carla said, she and Happy entering the scene . "But don't worry, I will help you!" Wendy said. "I don't mind that." Yukino said.
"Ever, you should be in more guard of the enemy! You let them take advantage of you here!" Edo Bickslow yelled. "Hey, your fight is over here!" Layla said. "Dont tell me if I don't know that!" Edo Bickslow shouted.
"I´m sorry! I promise I will do better next time!" Edolas Evergreen said in a squealing tone, but immediately got back into focusing on the fight against Wendy, Yukino, and Libra, with Happy and Carla at their side as well.
"This is gonna be tougher than I thought." Wendy thought.
At the same time, Taurus swung his axe down the ground at Edolas Freed, but he simply dodged the attack of the Bull man.
"Man, to think that we would have Exceeds too. This is gonna be a pain in the ass." Edolas Freed said and dodged another swing of Taurus axe. "We wont let you take us down that easy you know." Lucy said, which went deaf on Edo Freed´s ears.
Taurus swung his axe again, and Edolas Freed blocked it this time with his sword.
"Moo! Impressive, but don't expect you will win because you can pair my mighty weapon." Taurus said, and Edo Freed jumped away.
"You are right, as I only needed to have my blade strike you weapon." Edolas Freed said.
Taurus was confused, but then the weight on his axe suddenly doubled, forcing him on his knees. "What is going on, moo?" Taurus said confused.
"What´s happening? What did you do?" Lucy said, as Edolas Freed simply went towards Taurus at a great speed, who were struggling bring up his axe.
"What I did? I simply increased the weight. But i would let go of that axe if I were you." Freed said, before slashing his sword again on the axe.
This time, the axe glowed and Taurus screamed in pain of the heat, blowing his hands to cool down.
"Moo! Asshole, what did you do?!" Taurus said. "If I were to tell you every action I did..." Edolas Freed said, before then having blade touch Taurus´s again.
Edolas Freed, with one hand, then grabbed the handle of the axe, and picked it up with ease.
Lucy and Taurus´ eyes were widened with shock. "How... how did you do that...?" A shocked Taurus said. Lucy then noticed that one the blade of the axe, had a strange, green writing on them.
"What are those letters?" Lucy thought, but then suddenly Freed threw the axe towards her!
"LUCY!" Layla, Wendy, Yukino, Wendy, Happy and Carla screamed, but before the axe were able to hit her, Taurus came in the way and the axe striking Taurus in back.
"Taurus!" Lucy screamed. "Dont worry, Lucy. But this is nothing compared to the feel of failure of protecting you." Taurus said, before then disappearing in a golden light, along with his axe.
With a cold expression, Edo Freed walked towards Lucy, his sword ready for his next attack. But instead of fear that Edo Freed had expected on Lucy´s face, she took out another Golden Key, and then.
"Open: Gate of the Lion: Leo!" Lucy said, and with a golden light shining, the Brown Haired Celestial Spirit was summoned.
"Things must have gotten quite hectic, havent they?" Leo said. "Whatever spirit you will summon, your result will be the same: Failure." Edolas Freed said, and then began fighting Leo.
(End Fairy Tail ost here)
Meanwhile...
In the streets, Natsu ran away from the horde of Edolas Soldiers, who were chasing after him.
He then turned into a corner, with the Edolas Soldiers still following, a large wall of ice was made between him and the Edolas Soldiers, forcign the soldiers to stop.
"What the hell is this?!" A Edolas Soldier shouted. "What kind of Magic do Earthland Mages ages use?!" Another Soldier said, before they then spotted, a familiar figure in a red hood running on the rooftops.
"Its that Earthland Mage!" A Soldier shouted. "Dont let him get away!" Another Soldier said, before they all went to chase after them.
Once the all the soldiers were gone from the scene, from a pile of boxes, Natsu and Ur came out of their hiding spot. "I great idea for me to switch up with Gil." Natsu said. "Yeah, but as we are standing here, we must return immediately, we may never knew what will happen next." Ur said, which Natsu agreed as they all went off to meet up with the others.
Back to the Edolas Ship station, the fight between those from Earthland, and the Golden Mjolnir, were on going.
Layla dodged several fire blasts and lightning blasts, as the vines tried to grab her. But Orion simply sent several arrows at the vines, but was in turn shot by a fire blast through his chest.
"Orion!" Layla shouted, as her Celestial Spirit returned to his homeworld. "Lady Layla, I am sorry for my failure..." Orion said and then returned to the Spirit World.
"Unless you can summon more of these Spirits, you are out of ammo!" Edo Bickslow said.
Layla simply responded by taking out another one of her Keys, preparing to summon another Celestial Spirit. But before she could, she heard her daughter Lucy shout.
"What is that?!" Lucy shouted, as they all turned to the sky, and saw about ten Airships, along with some Legions rode by Edolas Soldiers too. On one of the Legions´ head, stood a familiar, muscular man with blonde hair and a scar on his face.
"Is that, Laxus?" Lucy said, looking up in the sky at the ships and Legions. "It must be the Edolas Counterpart of him." Carla said. "Then it must that Thorson we have heard about." Yukino said.
"It seems that Laxus-sama have come to aid us!" Edo Evergreen said with joy.
"Fool! Even if we have reinforcements, we need to focus on our enemies!" Edo Bickslow said.
Edolas Freed then made a quick move, moving past Leo and onto Lucy with his sword.
Before they others could even scream in terror, and Lucy´s eyes widened, a sudden punch came at Edolas Freed´s face, sending him away towards a pile of boxes.
As Edo Freed got up, he saw Natsu standing there alongside Lucy.
But before he could do anything, Edo Freed´s feet were frozen in ice, and so were Edo Bickslow and Edo Evergreen, both of them were frozen to the neck.
"God Dammit!" Edo Bickslow said. "What´s happening here?!" Edo Evergreen said.
Ur entered the scene, as she and Natsu meet with the others. "You alright?" Natsu asked. "Yeah, but things didn't go according to the plan." Lucy said. "Dont worry, we sure can make it better next time." Natsu said, before then looking up at the sky, spotting Thorson among them.
"Damn, that must be the Edolas Counterpart of Laxus." Natsu said. "And it seems we wont have a choice but to fight then." Ur said, as she and the other preapred for their battle.
But then suddenly, one of the ships were struck by a large explosion, which then caused the ship to crash into another one.
An explosion was made as they crashed, which caused panic in both the Soldiers and the Legions.
Confused, the group then turned around to see a large, black van, which had windows, wheels with silver shells, skulls on the sides and front, red front lights, blue back lights and a silver front.
Its back door was opened and a familiar voice was heard. "You guys! Glad you are safe! Come in quick!" Ashley said. "Ashley?!" Lucy and Layla said, and one of the windows of the cars opened.
"You better do as she says, or unless you want to meet your end here..." the voice said, as the group widened their eyes in shock of seeing who it belonged to.
"...and be turned into dust by Thorson." The Man said, who had black eyes and pink hair. He wore a black jacket with a blue fur collar, had red x´s on the sleeves, a white-red checkered tank top, a black blet with a silver buckle in the style of a Fairy Tail Emblem, blue jeans and black boots.
He was Natsu Dragion, the Counterpart of Natsu Dragyama.
And that concludes this chapter! Review, favorite and follow and tell me what you think! As you already know, Emperor of Black and Red Flame is now my third beta reader, whom I know will become a great help for my stories, like altajir95.
I took the liberty to introduce some new ocs, being the Edolas Counterparts of the Thunder God Tribe, the Golden Mjolnir. In case you wonder of their abilites, I will explain later. We also got to see Ashley´s sad past here, as we barely got to see it in canon, as well the reason of her reaction towards Layla previously.
Natsu Dragion has appeared as well, and as you see, I changed his clothing from canon as well.
Another OC is the Silver Spirit Orion, belonging to Layla.
In case you wonder of some of the attacks for my OC Orion, here are some explanations:
Mintaka Shot: "Mintaka" is multiple star system, is one of the Three Stars of Orions Belt.
Anlitak Shot: "Alnitak", a triple star system, and one of the Three Stars of Orions Belt.
Alnilam Shot: "Alnilam," a blue supergiant star that is one of three stars of Orions Belt.
I will introduce more Celestial Spirit Ocs later in future, as I hope to update soon as possible. But until then, see you all later, and a happy Halloween too!