Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone, the next s chapter is here! And before you´re gonna ask, yes I am gonna refer Edolas Natsu as "Dragion" in this story, in order to not cause any confusion here, which I hope you understand that.
Sorry I didn't update the story for a while, I have been having some problems with my computer, and some problems in real ife.
But this will also be the last chapter of 2020, and my God what a shitty year that has been. We almost had a World War III, Australian Fires, Covid-19 Pandemic and so much more crap. For all, even if we had some good things in 2020, I bet all of you look forward to 2020 to end, and all we can do is hope for 2021 will be better.
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Key Words:
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"Thinking"
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Chapter 51: For our World, for our Guild.
Natsu and the gang wasted no time into running into the van, even Natsu despite his hatred for vehicles. But once Ashley closed its backdoors once they all entered, it took off, leaving the Edolas soldiers that were either chasing or shooting their staves at them.
The Golden Mjölnir were set free from the ice, thanks to Edolas Bickslow´s fire skull.
The trio that was the Edolas counterparts of Freed Justine, Bickslow and Evergreen were all running to see the group fleeing in the van.
But as they were about to attack, a sudden loud, familiar voice was heard.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" The commanding voice said, causing the Golden Mjölnir members, and the Edolas soldiers turn around to see Thorson entering the scene.
"Commander Thorson!" The soldiers said, as then they and the Golden Mjölnir bowed down before his presence.
"The three of you, status report." Thorson ordered, as the Golden Mjölnir did as they were told. "We encountered the Earthland Mages. We managed to handle them until the Earthland Counterpart of Natsu Dragion, and Ur Wynterheim´s counterpart as well. But suddenly, your ship was struck by Natsu Dragion, who was accompanied by Lucy Ashley." Edolas Freed Said.
"I see. Thank you Antolt." Thorson. "B-but what are we gonna do now?" Edolas Evergreen asked. Thorson turned around and responded.
"We let them escape for now. We have more important things to focus on now." Thorson said. An Edolas solider sighed in relief and took the opportunity to speak.
"Nice. For a minute I thought he..." The Edolas soldier spoke, but in the same second, Thorson threw his hammer at the soldier at a blinding speed, and in the next second, a square hole in a perfect shape, were formed on his chest.
The eyes of the soldiers were rolled back, before falling down the ground face first, while the other soldiers could only watch in shock, as they were all silent of what had happened. Edo Bickslow were stoic, Edo Freed didn't show any emotions, and Edo Evergreen tried her best to look at the scene, sweating like crazy.
Blood of the dead soldier were formed in a puddle, and Laxus had his hammer brought back to him, while having his stern expression on his face.
"No. Don't even think for a second I would let any of you go unpunished for this. You all failed to capture some mere people. If it weren't for the Golden Mjölnir, I doubt that any of you would be standing here!" Thorson said.
"In fact, I think I saw all of you just standing still while the Golden Mjölnir took most of the job here..." Thorson said, walking while glaring at the sweating soldiers.
"But don't worry. You will stand and live for now, but only because we need to you soldiers to fight for the King, and if you are gonna die, die on the battlefield! Do you understand?!" Thorson shouted.
"YES SIR!" All of the soldiers said while saluting. "Good." Thorson said, and then walked away, with the Golden Mjölnir following him.
"Where´s Lieutenant Flakes?" Edo Freed asked. "She is currently in the castle, as I ordered her to check on some papers." Thorson said. "But Thorson-sama, what should we do about the Earthland Mages for now?" Edo Bickslow asked. "For now, they were none of our concern. Remember that have bigger things right now to handle." Thorson said.
At the same time, in a part far away from the city of Louen, the van drove by Natsu Dragion were going on the road, leaving a trail of dust smoke behind. Until then it then made a U-turn, and the backdoors of the van opened, as a green-faced Natsu fell on the ground, his cheeks big as water-filled balloons.
"Ugh, to think I ever would ride a Hell Machine in this world..." Natsu said with his face on the ground.
"Natsu, you need to control your motion sickness. It might become the end of us one day." Lucy sighed, stepping out the van alongside Layla, Ur, Yukino and Wendy, who were then walking towards Natsu.
"I agree with you there, Lucy. But I will sure need a lot of training to overcome it." Natsu said and then groaned on the ground, before then seeing Wendy.
"Dammit Wendy, you could have at least used Troia on me when we got on." Natsu groaned on the ground.
"I'm sorry, but it was so suddenly, and even if I used Troia, the effects will lose its effects on you in time if I overuse it." Wendy said. Natsu then got up with a groan while dusting his clothes, while Happy and Carla were exiting the van as well.
But they all had their eyes widened and set on a large city, with thousands of buildings, surrounded by tall, thick walls, tall, mighty towers and in the middle, a gigantic palace that stretched into the sky.
"Wow, this must be the Royal City." Lucy said. "No matter how we look at it, it's definitely the Edolas's Capital." Ur said. "Meaning that our comrades must be there as well." Layla said.
"You better enjoy the view quickly, because you won't be doing it again once you enter the city." Dragion said, as he was in front of the backdoors of the van, his arms crossed.
"I am not going to take you any further than this." Dragion said, as their attentions were then turned to him as he said those words.
"What?!" Lucy, Layla and Yukino said in shock. "What do you mean?" Ur asked. "Exactly what I'm saying. Any further than this, and me, and the rest of our guild will be involved, which is something we don't want." Dragion said. "Are you say you gonna flee?!" Ur said. "Yes, and that is how we survived for this long. The army is too strong for us to handle. For every time, they were able to overpower us, both in numbers and with their Magics! You think it's easy as it looks?!" Dragion said with his arms crossed.
"No until we try!" Natsu said. "Show some positivity will ya?!" Ashley said, slapping him in the back, which then resulted him falling off the van, and into the ground.
The second he landed on the ground, Natsu immediately walked towards him, picked him up and held him by the collar, with Dragion´s eyes shadowed.
"Now look you bastard! You are either helping us or..." Natsu said, but then.
"Please don't..." Dragion said in a sober tone. "What?" Natsu asked. "Please don't hurt me! I am so sorry if I offended you! I didn't mean do to offend any of you!" Dragion pleaded cowardly with teary eyes.
"What the hell are you talking about? You weren't acting like this a second ago." Natsu said. Ashley sighed and walked off the van. "It's always like that. In one second, when he is one the van, he acts all the mighty, but when off the van..." Ashley said, and Natsu then let him go.
"...he becomes the world's biggest bitch." Ashley said and stomped on Dragion´s head. "Ouch! Why did you do that?!" Dragion whined, but Ashley didn't respond to the pink-haired counterpart on the ground. "I can see what you mean." Carla said and sweat dropped, along with the others.
"But what happened? I thought you were going back to your guild?" Yukino asked.
"I was gonna, but in the way I came across Natsu, or our version to be clear. He had heard that the Golden Mjölnir were in the town you were, to meet Thorson. Knowing how powerful they are, as we seen them fight before." Ashley said.
"They were very powerful I say." Lucy said. "Trust me, they are nothing compared to their boss, Thorson." Ashley said. "But now that Thorson must be with the Golden Mjölnir, then we cannot return to the town." Ur said.
"Correct, and unless you have a better plan, then you need to find and make use of a new base." Ashley said.
"Would you please stop? Your weight is crushing me." Dragion whined, but Ashley grabbed him and pulled him into a head lock. "What did your parents tell me about judging girl´s weight? Want me to knock that back into your head?" Ashley said and began to rub Dragion´s head in a fast rate.
"Ow, stop it!" Dragion whined. "Don't worry, I am not done yet!" Ashley said and then proceeded to wrap her leg and arm around him, while rubbing his temple with her elbow. "Take this! Screw Drive Elbow Crush!" Ashley said and Dragion yelled out in pain.
"I'm not done yet! Technique 31: Studly Bomber!" Ashley said, and then stretched Dragion´s arm up the air, while wrapping her legs around his legs.
"You should know by now I have currently 48 Techniques! Like Technique 35: The Bitch Drop!" Ashley said, pulling Dragion's legs and arms towards her, as Dragion could only respond by shouting in pain.
The others could only watch sweat dropping of seeing Ashley´s torture on Dragion.
"Man, I never expected to see myself this cruel. Literally." Lucy said, with the others nodding in agreement. Eventually, she stopped with her torture on Dragion, and Ashley then turned towards the Earthland Mages.
"Anyway, he has a point, even with our aid, you should be able to infiltrate. You are strong, as I have seen you fight, but even if you are strong, you must not underestimate the enemies you will soon facing." Ashley said. She then began to walk into the van, and Dragion went in the van as well.
Ashley took her head out the window while Dragion started the engine. "But I know you will handle this." Ashley said grinning. "And you better not screw this up. We are counting on you." Dragion said, his cocky, badass attitude returned to him.
And with that, the van drove off, leaving a trail of smoke behind.
"Well, now that we are here, we should then make a move on." Natsu said. "He is right. The first thing we should is first to know the interior of the city, but to find our friends faster." Ur said. "With so many of them, it shouldn't be a surprise if were big as a hill." Layla said.
"Then let's move on, towards the city." Carla said, as they all agreed, and all walked towards the city.
But as they began to walk, suddenly the ground before them erupted in a large pillar of a sand, as a black and golden snake with red eyes and sharp teeth, including spikes on its back and head, came up and hissed at the Earthland Group.
"Again?! I never thought they would have this many monsters in Edolas?!" Lucy shouted in shock.
"But then, what fun wouldn't it be? This will be a perfect warm up before we go back to our rematch." Natsu said grinning.
"Agree, and I feel like I need to see if I am still on my best." Ur said as she stretched, taking off her jacket and showing off her black bra.
"Be hard on yourself, you are strong." Natsu said, and Ur smiled as a response.
"Please cover yourself woman!" Carla deadpanned and covered a blushing Wendy´s eyes.
"Anyway, let's take it down!" Natsu said, and jumped towards the giant snake, punching it in its belly.
"Abyss Dragon´s Iron Fist!" Natsu said, as his darkness covered fist punched the snake´s stomach.
"Don't leave me out of this! Ice Make: Trident!" Ur said as then several tridents of ice were made and were then sent towards the gigantic snake.
Despite its size, it was still able to dodge the attacks but was still struck by the ice trident coming at him.
But that didn't stop Natsu from kicking it under his jaw, before it could be able to attack Ur.
"Abyss Dragon´s Talon!" Natsu said as he kicked the giant snake, but despite its injuries, The Snake was still able move and attack.
Natsu and Ur were on the ground, but instead of showing fear and worry, Natsu grinned and Ur were smiling.
"So, you are that tough? But we aren't gonna go down that easiy." Natsu said. "Yes, as we friends who we need to save, and you are in the way!" Ur said, charging her Ice Make Magic while Natsu charged with his Abyss Dragon Slayer Magic.
While Natsu and Ur continued to fight the Giant Snake, Lucy sighed.
"You sure have energetic friends." Layla said. "Good grief, I am glad agree with me there Mom." Lucy said. "Are they always this crazy?" Carla said as she sweat dropping. "Yeah, but you get used to it." Yukino said.
"And here I thought Happy was the weird one." Carla sighed. "What was that supposed to mean?" A confused Happy said.
But back with Natsu and Ur fighting the giant snake, The pink-haired Dragon Slayer and the purple-haired Ice-Make user prepared their next attack.
"Abyss Dragon´s Roar!" Natsu said, sendign a stream of darkness at the Giant Snake, while Ur made a giant bow of ice, sending a barrage of multiple ice arrow towards the Giant Snake.
"Ice Make: Arrows!" Ur said as her and Natsu´s attack struck the giant snake, which knocked it out and sent on the ground crashing, a cloud of sand were raised high in the air, before it died down and showed the knocked out giant snake on the ground.
With smiles of victory on their expression, Natsu and Ur walked away from the defeated snake, meeting up with the others.
"It seems I have still some energy left." Ur said and put on her jacket.
"Well, shall we prepare our next move?" Natsu said. "Well, first we need to make sure to find a way in the Royal City." Carla said.
"In one way or another, we must make sure to infiltrate the royal city, our friends fate depends on it." Layla said. "Then let´s move." Natsu said as he and the other began to walk away.
"But Natsu-san, do you think Gil-san will be alright?" Wendy asked her fellow Dragon Slayer. "Don't worry, Gil will be fine. After all, he's Gildarts's Edolas counterpart, so we shouldn't worry about him that much." Natsu said in a casual tone.
Meanwhile...
Gil in Natsu´s hooded cape fled from the horde of Edolas soldiers who all thought he was a Natsu Dragyama, who didn't slow down for the Soldiers as he bumped into several people, jumped over different kinds of carts selling food or jewelries, or crashing into tents, crashing them down.
"Dammit Natsu, you better pay me to see some good tits after this!" Gil thought as he continued to flee from the horde.
Back with the Earthland Mages...
"Anyway, what are we gonna do next?" Happy asked. "Whatever it is, underestimating the enemies was something we shouldn't have done in the beginning, but we will not to it to the end." Ur said.
"Agree. Cause next time, we won't be taken down that easily." Natsu said with determination, as he continued to walk towards the Royal City with the others.
At the same time, far away, with Dragion driving the van with Ashley in it, he then took the chance to speak. "You seem to hold up a lot of hope in them, Ashley." Dragion said, and she turned away from him, looking out the window. "That´s because for the first time, I have the feeling that some things are going to change around here." Ashley said with a serious tone.
At the same, within the Royal Castle...
In the Throne Room, where the King of Edolas, King Faust, was currently sitting in.
Faust was an elderly man, having grey hair, a beard and grey eyes, filled with no emotions. Wearing red robes with thin, dark, vertical stripes, and a red cape with light fur lining, he sported a tall, red-furred hat with a white front, and a black Edolas Emblem on.
Eventually, a girl ran into the room, and continued to run around the room, as she was about to her report to the Edolas King.
The young girl with brown hair, brown eyes and a dog-like nose. She wore a blue skinsuit, a yellow dress, blue and white should cape with two, white protrusions going down with blue tips at the end, white gloves, a green hat with long, dog-like ears and was barefooted. She is Coco, the Assistant Chief of Staff.
"Coco here to report, Your Majesty!" Coco said, while she continued to run around the room. "The Magic you have taken from Earthland. The extraction can begin in four days, and according to the researchers, it will last for ten years!" Coco said.
"But it's still not enough..." Faust said in a low tone. Coco tilted her head in confusion. "Even if we have that amount of Magic, it won't be enough to satisfy me. In other words, it won't be enough to satisfy Edolas! Coco! I wish make an announcement to the citizens, and then will call for a meeting with the other Magic Divisions Captain afterwards!" Faust declared.
"Understood!" Coco said, before then running out of the throne room, and Faust were looking down the ground once she had left.
"But that goal is not far away. Soon enough, Edolas will have Infinite Magic Power. Magic that will last forever, no matter what, and I will be the one to bring it. Mark my words on it as King." Faust said, as he was nothing was going to let anything stop his goal, nothing.
Meanwhile, on the streets of the Royal City...
A hooded man was walking in the streets, going the masses of citizens and avoiding any soldiers that were coming. Earlier in a bar, he eavesdropped on some men that a man named "Gajeel" had been causing trouble again, which were heard to be in the Royal City.
The Hooded man looked around with his red eyes, looking for the "Gajeel" they spoke of, his hood over his long, wild, black hair.
"Tsh, this guy must be here somewhere." Gajeel Redfox said as she looked around the area, until then:
"GIVE UP, YOU´RE SURROUNDED! THIS TIME YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ESCAPE FROM THE KINGDOM!" A soldier´s s voice was heard, causing Gajeel to see a group of Soldiers surrounding a man, their staves pointed at him.
But what made Gajeel´s eyes widen of the person the soldiers were all gathering around.
It was a man, he wore a dark blue suit with thin, vertical stripes, consisting of a pair of blue pants, black shoes, a blue jacket, white shirt, a red tie, and a blue fedora hat, with a light blue stripe around it.
He also had black, curly hair and similar red eyes with a pair of glasses on them, and face, showing what Gajeel got his attention to.
The man in the fedora smirked while holding a pen and a notebook.
"Well, I sure didn't know it would end like this. But if you capture me, you sure the public will have a good opinion on you after you beaten and imprison a innocent journalist?" Edolas Gajeel said.
"Silence! A scum like you have no right to speak..." One of the soldiers said, but was then knocked out by the hooded man, Gajeel, whose hand was seemingly turned into an iron club.
The other shocked soldiers could only watch in silence, and even Edo Gajeel were silent as he was quite surprised as well.
But the other Soldiers then began running towards the Hooded Gajeel who simply then struck and knocked out each of Gajeel´s attacks.
Soon enough, all the soldiers were on the floor, while Gajeel in his cloak stand around them.
With a smirk, Edolas Gajeel walked towards his Earthland Counterpart.
"Well, I had heard that you were quite different from me, but this is more than I thought." Edolas Gajeel said. "Well, quite the same for you." Gajeel said, taking his hood off.
"But you must be Gajeel the Freelancer Writer I have heard about. You seem to be quite famous." Gajeel talked to his Edolas counterpart.
"Well, I quite done things that the kingdom couldn't keep their eyes off me. But through luck, I have managed to be able to escape from their forces." Edo Gajeel said.
"You sure must have been through a lot of trouble." Gajeel said. "Indeed, but as a journalist, one must make sure to find a scoop, and soon as a potential one is heard as possible, I am not the one to waste it." Edo Gajeel said.
"Man, for someone who is different than me, we sure have some things in common to agree on." Gajeel said. "And I have a feeling this will be enough for us to work together good." Edo Gajeel said grinning, which his Edolas Counterpart did as well.
Back with the Earthland Fairy Tail Mages, Natsu, Lucy, Layla, Ur, Yukino, Wendy, Carla and Happy, were all currently hiding in the streets. They had managed to have sneaked in by having the guards by tricking them away from the gates. Despite having Magic Power, they could risk being detected, since the Royal Army had their friends in their hands and could probably use them as hostages.
Happy and Carla wore disguises for them to not be discovered as Exceeds and cause a panic within the city. Happy wore a green poncho with golden lining, a yellow, bowl-like hat and a red mask that covered his mouth.
Carla wore a white dress with blue flower designs on, a golden mask like a bird, and wide hat with a red ribbon and flowers on the top, including a pair of red gloves.
As they walked in the streets without anyone suspecting anything, the group walked in alley, which luckily no one followed them. Once they were seen by no one, Carla took off her mask, and to work with a plan to save their guild with the others.
"You´re telling me to use Gemini´s Magic?" Yukino said. "Yes, as you once told us that Gemini were able to copy not only its selected target and appearance, but also their memories, correct?" Carla said.
"In order words, if we use Gemini on King Faust, we make reveal information to where our friends are, and how to free them." Carla explained.
Yukino took out her Golden Key of Gemini, looking at it before speaking. "Yes, but they need to touch the target for them to transform, and the time limit for them to use their transformation is five minutes." Yukino said.
"But its sounds like a plan worth trying at least." Layla said. "The hard question is how we are gonna get close to the King." Ur said.
Suddenly, Natsu heard a group of five men talking.
"Did you hear? The King is to announce his latest Magic Collection Success!" A brown-haired man with black eyes, wearing a green t-shirt, brown pants and black shoes said.
"No way! We need to go there right now!" A blonde man wearing a blue shirt and white pants said, as he and the others were running towards the direction, where the king would have his announcement.
"You heard that?" Natsu said, and Ur went to answer. "Yeah, it seems that the King will have an announcement to the people." Ur said. "We should move on, but still make sure to have no one spot us." Layla said. The others agreed and all went to walk towards where the King would have his announcement for the latest success.
On their way there, they made sure to not be spotted by any of the Edolas Soldiers, as if they were exposed could have them alert the entire Kingdom and have them double the security around their friends.
As the got closer, they are noticing something incredibly large, albeit seemingly being covered by a giant blanket; they could already guess what was behind it.
Eventually, they had to climb up the roofs, taking out the guard who were patrolling, and at the edge of the roof, they managed to hide from being seen by other guards.
"I think it's about to start." Lucy said. She, Natsu, Layla, Ur, Carla, Happy, Wendy and Yukino were all watching the gigantic object, covered by the large blanket, and was surrounded by a crowd of thousands of people.
In front of the crowd were the guards, with their spear held in their hands, and behind them were a tall, wooden stage and coming up from its stairs, was the King himself.
With the crowd cheering loudly, loud enough to be echoed within the entire city, while calling out his name, Faust then raised his hand, ordering the crowd to be silent. The second the crowd stopped their cheering, and Faust went to speak.
"My people, my followers, my kingdom. I am here to announce of our latest success of obtain the Magic of Earthland!" Faust said, and with that, the blanket covering the object was removed, falling on the ground.
Silence was still in the air, both from the crowd and from Natsu´s group.
But unlike the reason of the Earthland Group´s silence, being of shock of horror, for the Edolas crowd, it was of amazement.
Once again, the Edolas Crowd shouted, this time of joy, victory and satisfaction, over the success of the latest collection of Magic.
But it was all interrupted, by the sound of Faust breaking off a piece of the Lacrima, as the citizens and Natsu, along with the others, watched as Faust brought the Lacrima piece in the air.
"My people, even at this amount, it will be enough. Don't worry, because soon enough, I will bring more, enough to have this be a small stone compared to what I am about to bring!" Faust said.
The crowd, even if they were shocked, they then began to cheer, thinking that their king would keep his promise.
But the others could only watch in horror of what they saw, and Natsu were glaring with shadowed eyes. "Natsu...?" Ur asked.
"Those bastards..." Natsu said, and then turned up, his eyes filled with rage and hatred. "I will make sure to have them pay for what they have done." Natsu said.
Lucy walked forward and grabbed his hand, causing him to look at her serious face.
"Don't worry Natsu, because I know we all will succeed in saving them." Lucy said with determination. Natsu calmed down, and then looked around to see the others smiling as well, but knew too they needed to act fast, in order to save their friends.
"Yeah, I hope I didn't scare you. It's just that when I saw that bearded bastard crush the Lacrima Piece, I had the thought he..." Natsu said, but Layla grabbed his hands. "We all know they will not die that easily." Layla said. Ur proceeded then to put her hand on his shoulder.
"But we should make a move now. If we stand here any longer, the other guards will take notice of us soon, making it hard for us to try infiltrating the castle later." Ur spoke.
Without responding with any words, the group understood as they then proceeded to climb down back to the street, preparing for the next movement.
Later, in the royal castle, the king had gathered his Captains around a long, square table, for them to have a meeting.
Sitting around the table, being Hughes, Sugarboy, Byro, Pantherlily, Knightwalker, and Laxus Thorson with Yukino Flakes standing beside him, having them all been called upon the King himself.
With Faust sitting at the end of the table, with Coco at his side, he began to speak.
"As you know, I have called you all here for a meeting. A meeting to discuss about the wizards that arrived from Earthland." Faust said.
"Well, this should be interesting." Sugarboy said, and Faust contiuned. "The Earthland wizard, like the Exceed, they are able to contain Magic Power, but much to a greater length." Faust said, causing the other Captains to speak to each other about the news.
"But we shouldn't overestimate them. Thorson´s Golden Mjölnir had encountered them recently, and with the Earthland wizards having a hard time against them, it shouldn't be a problem for us." Faust said, remembering the information he had gotten from the soldiers that were spectating the fight.
"Then there shouldn't be any reason for us to worry, since they had a hard time against the Golden Mjölnir." Hughes said. "Are you telling my Golden Mjölnir are weak, Hughes?" Laxus threated and glared without moving his head, but still managed to leave an intimating aura.
Hughes shrugged as a response. "Oh please, Thorson. You should be happy as the Earthland wizards have shown to be not strong enough to fight the captains, which would leave relief to the army and the people." Hughes said.
"That's enough of you two!" Knightwalker said in a commanding tone.
Thorson growled while Hughes smiled with his arms behind his head.
"But should we take this seriously, my King?" Byro asked. "From what I have heard, Earthland has an unlimited amount of Magic Power, which would give them a hard time being here, with or without Magic. But for whatever reason, they will not stop us at our goal." Faust said.
"But to think they live in a world where Magic is unlimited. God, I envy them." Sugarboy said. "I don't blame you for that. As we in Edolas struggle for Magic, while Earthland wizards lives off with it without a care. But believe it or not, Edolas was once like Earthland." Faust said.
"Excuse me for interrupting, but what do you mean?" Coco asked. "No worries. Since you are new here, I will explain to you all." Faust said, before setting his eyes on Panther Lily.
"Captain Panther Lily, since you are an Exceed, you sure must have heard of this?" Faust said. "Yes, my King, it's a tale were the Exceeds have been passed on for generations and have been heard and passed through both by humans and Exceeds for hundreds of years." Panther Lily responded, before then continuing to speak.
"About 800 years ago, before we even knew of Earthland existing, Edolas had an unlimited amount of Magic Power. Even back then, the humans couldn't use it from within their bodies, like the Earthland wizards, but we were still able to use it for various uses like transportations, keeping criminals in check and aiding the sick and injured in need. Even I have a hard time we believe that our world was once filled with so much Magic Power." Panther Lily said.
"But as peaceful those times had been, it would eventually come to an end. One day, without any warnings or signs of it happening, a hole appeared in the sky, big enough to be seen from our entire world, and sucked almost all our Magics. Our Mages tried in vain as they tried to stop it, but they weren't even prepared for it." Panther Lily said.
"As it stopped, it was too late, as the Magic in our world was low, and that only the start. Chaos were unleashed, as the prisons shut down and set lose the criminals, our weapons were limited of defending us from threats like monsters, our transportations were shut down and people could only respond in panic. That event became to be known as `The Great Drain.´" Panther Lily said, his voice in a dark tone.
"Through it we lived in dark times, thinking it was the end of our world, with our researchers struggling to find a solution, leading to the Creation of the Anima." Panther Lily said.
"But through those dark times, there came a light. Our Gods, the Exceeds, emerged, telling us that they were the ones who took the Magic. It was hard to believe at first, but being the only ones able to produce Magic from their bodies, and even be able to kill anyone by simply choosing the person; it wouldn't be a doubt of the Exceeds being Gods." Byro said.
"Which includes stripping Panther Lily of his powers, making him a Fallen." Sugarboy said, but Panther Lily remained silent as a response.
"Yes, it's a story that has been passed through generations, from king to prince. My grandfather to my father, my father to me, and even I told my traitor of a son, this story." Faust said, clenching his hand tight at the last part of his sentence.
"And according to the Exceeds, it was apparently a punishment for the Humans of using Magic in a wrong way, as they had watched us trying to cope with our Magic minimized. We humans continued to fight and kill each other in a desperate attempt to fight for Magic, they decided to be rule over us, having in check for all eternity, ruling over us with an iron fist." Knightwalker said.
"Which is why we shouldn't be underestimating the Exceeds, or the Earthland intruders. You can never know what danger and threat they will bring. But eventually, sooner or later, it won't be long before we capture the Earthland wizards, since you all know why." Faust said.
"For now. But the meeting dismissed. Take your leave." Faust said, as the Captain left the room, going on the hallway as they discussed of what they had talked about.
"Those Earthland wizards must be on a different than any threat we face before, if they are able to store Magic like the Exceeds." Hughes said. "I will make sure to have them be captured before they can do further damage to Edolas." Knightwalker said in a strict tone, without turning around.
"Well, you sure are confident in capturing them, Captain Knightwalker." Thorson said in a teasing tone. "You think I see this as a fun game?" Knightwalker said, who didn't even move her pupils towards Thorson, who had a smirk on his face.
"What are you talking about? I have seen you having fun in killing innocents before, especially those from Fairy Tail with great joy and delight. I guess they don't call you the `Fairy Hunter´ for nothing." Thorson said with a smug.
"And you think I will let that distract me from my duties in keeping order in Edolas, and loyalty to King Faust? I am not that kind of woman." Knightwalker responded.
"I see, well that's a surprise." Thorson teased. "What´s that supposed to mean?" Knightwalker asked in a irritated tone, but before they could speak with words any further to each other, a female voice got their attention.
"Captain Thorson!" Yukino Flakes said as she entered the scene, saluting before Thorson. "What is it?" Thorson asked. "Status report. I have good news and bad news, with the good news our soldiers have captured Natsu Dragyama." Flakes said, gaining the attention of the others.
"Really?" Knightwalker said. "But what is the bad news?" Thorson asked, arms crossed. "Well, you see..." Flakes said as she told was happened.
Earlier...
"After him!" A Edolas soldier said.
"Don't let him get away!" Another Edolas soldier said.
"We must capture him alive!" The Edolas soldier who was lead the group rushed after their target who they thought were Natsu Dragyama from Earthland, but in reality was Gil the Exceed. Gil was currently hiding on the roof with, discarding the hooded cape that lay of the ground.
"Dammit, to think it would be this hard to float while wearing the cape." Gil said while he watched about a hundred Edolas soldiers run in the street, leaving a large cloud of dust behind.
"But for now, I think I should be able to meet up with the others, before things gets worse." Gil said and then began to move.
But as he turned around, his expression was filled with horror as before him were a group of tall men, all wearing purple, hooded cloaks and red masks with a black Edolas Emblem on their backs.
"Oh no..." A paled Gil said before one of the men knocked him out, and in the next second, all Gil could see what black.
Back to the present...
"...and now what have the Fallen currently in our custody, as the Shadow Squad told us he might had information of the Earthland wizards, so had him captured for negotiation." Flakes said.
"Well expected from my Shadow Squad. Unlike most other Edolas soldiers, some can have the job done here." Thorson said.
"Then, being a Fallen, the Exceed would sure be useless to us, but won't be able to do any damage. However, since he is known to have criminal record, so I don't see a reason for him to not keep him here." Thorson said, as he, Knightwalker and Flakes walked down to the prison dungeon, as they then walked around the soldiers guarding the prisoners, before they were both in the cell Gil were in.
The orange exceed sat on the floor with the chains connected to the wall, Gil would only watch in horror as he saw Thorson and Knightwalker before his very eyes.
"You." Thorson said to the frightened Gil. "According to the guards, you were among the Earthland wizards who tried to hijack a ship to the royal city. You are sure are to have some information here in yourself." Thorson said.
"AS IF! THEY TOOK ME HOSTAGE AGAINST MY WILL! THEY FORCED ME TO DO IT! I DEMAND A LAWYER! I´M INNOCENT I TELL YOU!" Gil shouted.
"If `innocent´ meaning property damage, peeping, perverted behavior and sexual harassment, then you sure would have a hard time be free from that." Knightwalker said.
Gil couldn't help but to feel all his colors fall down the ground, before comically falling he ground, the facts that all the things Knightwalker said was true.
"But Captain Thorson, what should we do?" Flakes asked. "Keep in prison. Negotiate him of whatever information he has on the Earthland wizards. I don't care what method you use, make sure to do it quickly as possible." Thorson ordered, which Flakes and the soldiers saluted to, much to Gil´s horror.
"Oh no." A terrified Gil said, and then Thorson, Knightwalker and Flakes turned around to then leave the cell.
"You think something small and insignificant like this will be a great stop for our victory for King Faust?" Knightwalker said in an irritated voice. "What does it matter? No matter what will happen, we are sure to find, capture and kill the Earthlander scums." Thorson said, with a sinister expression at the last words of his sentence.
At the same time, the group of Natsu, Lucy, Layla, Wendy, Ur, Carla and Happy were currently in a hotel where they had rented for the night.
Their hotel room was had a couple of white beds with red blankets and white pillows, concrete, white wall, a light wooden floor, some dark wood desks and, chandelier lamp on the white, concrete roof.
Natsu, Lucy, Yukino, Carla, Wendy and Happy were currently around the round table of the room, discussing and planning of what they would do next.
"Yukino, you think you can Gemini copy Faust, and reveal how to free our friends?" Natsu said. "I recall you told us earlier your Gemini needed touch someone for them to transform, and that we have five minutes until the transformation wears off?" Carla said, and Yukino looked at the Golden Key of Gemini in her hand.
"But palace must sure to be filled with soldiers, and have tight security, which makes it harder for us to even reach Faust." Yukino said.
"But it shouldn't be a problem, as the transformation depending on the Magic Power of the target, which would be hard since that Faust Guy didn't look that powerful." Lucy said. "And knowing how strong you are, I am sure it wont be much of a problem for you to copy Faust." Natsu said, and Yukino responded with a smile.
"But how are we gonna get in the castle?" Happy said, and Carla then took out a paper and a pen to then begin to make a map.
"If the images in my mind are correct, they should be tunnel that was once a coal mine that is now abandoned, should lead us straight to the King´s bed chamber." Carla explained as she drew.
"Meaning we should go in the castle at night, when the King is sleeping." Natsu said. "But will also be more tightened with security, and the guards will be on more alert." Wendy said.
"It's a chance we cannot let slip by. If we don't do it now, we won't be able to have another chance like this." Carla said. "Agree, in other words, we strike tonight." Natsu said, with the others agreeing, hoping to save their friends.
Later, in the night...
Natsu along with Lucy, Layla, Ur, Wendy, Yukino, Carla and Happy were currently in front the abandoned coal mine. They had managed to sneak out of the hotel and walked their way through the city without being noticed.
"Alright, this should be it. We should be able to go the right way if I remember right." Carla said. "Yeah, but we should make some torches first. It will obviously be too dark for us to see." Lucy said.
"I got it." Natsu said, before then gathering a bunch of sticks he had found on the ground, piece of bark from a nearby tree, and bucket that was used for the mine was going. Natsu then began to rub and spin the stick on the bark before then smoke came, and a flame were then made.
Natsu took a roll of bandages from his pocket, which he had borrowed from the hotel, wrapped the top of the sticks and lit them on fire.
Natsu handled the torches to Ur, Layla, Lucy and Yukino, once he had lit all the torches on fire.
"Before I joined Fairy Tail, I had live on my own, and since I couldn't make fire or light, I needed to find some methods to survive, like lighting fire to keep me warm, or make torches for me to see better in the dark, even if had enchanted senses." Natsu said.
"Nice work Natsu!" Lucy said with thumbs up, with a smiling Natsu took the bucket he filled with water from the nearby lake, using it to put out the fire by pouring water over it.
"But now we should be moving. Any second that goes to waste will sure make it too late for us to save them." Carla said.
Without saying anymore words, the group walked inside the cave, following Carla as she used her memories to find the right path.
Looking around the cave´s rocky wall and floor, its ground made of soil and the darkness that revealed the further they used the torches light, after a while they eventually came in a large room filled with blue crystal that lit up the place.
"Alright, we should be closer about right now." Carla said. "You sure about it?" Natsu asked. "I'm positive. If I was wrong, we wouldn't be able to go this far." Carla said. "I hope so. I want to save our friends soon as possible." Happy said.
However, before they could speak any further, Natsu then stepped on something that felt like a pressure plate, which then in the next second, pink gas was erupted from the cough.
The shocked group began to cough, and they slowly began to lose consciousness.
"What is this gas...?" Lucy said while coughing. "Impossible... this never appeared... in my memories..." Carla said as she fell down the floor.
Soon enough, Carla, Happy, Lucy, Yukino, Ur, Layla and Wendy went to sleep, with Natsu being the last one and in vain trying to stay awake.
"Lucy... Layla... Yukino... Ur... Wendy..." Natsu said before fell unconscious too.
Once they all were falling asleep, and the gas cleared out, a group of Edolas soldiers entered the room, with Knightwalker being in the lead front.
As they surrounded the two Exceed and the Earthland wizards, as Knightwalker had a proud expression on her face.
"Capture mission successful Captain Knightwalker." A Edolas soldier said while saluting. "I see that. Now take the Earthlanders to the dungeons, the Dragon Slayer will come to use later. King Faust shall decide the others fates later." Knightwalker ordered.
The Edolas Soldiers began to pick up and drag the sleeping Earthland Mages to carry them, before a Edolas soldier came before Knightwalker while carrying Happy and Carla in his hands.
"What should be to with the Exceeds, Captain?" The Edolas Soldier asked, and Knightwalker had a smirk on her face.
"Report to Queen Shagotte that their heroes have returned and have succeeded their mission of saving Edolas." Knightwalker said, before the soldiers went to bring the Earthland Mages and Exceeds to their respective places.
End of chapter 51.
That does this for Chapter 51, as I have left in a cliffhanger once again, but don't worry, I won't leave the story there. But did you think it was good or bad? Please review, favorite and follow.
But now, I have some bad news to tell you all. Just when you thought 2020 couldnt get worse, even to its end.
Dont worry, it's not like I am gonna abandon Natsu of the Darkness, Inner Power or even Naughty Dragon Tales, no, no, no, not even in a million years.
But I have abandoned the wiki of Natsu of the Darkness. I am sorry, but I weren't fit to be using a wiki, as I have deleted my wiki account and made a new one. You can edit the wiki as much as you like, but I won't be using that wiki again.
It's just that I didnt work on it, and you didn't visit the wiki either. But it's not like I blame you, which I am sorry if I did. I was the one who didn't work on the wiki, and lost interesting it, but I am doing my best in both real life and as a writer. I hope you understand that. I wanted to tell you I have done that, and in the future, I MAYBE create a new wiki for Natsu of the Darkness with a different name. But that will obviously be many years until then, and when I have learned more of making wikis.
Once again, I am sorry this happened, which I hope all of you understand.
But anyway, this chapter will be the last chapter for 2020, but I will make sure to update in 2021 next year, which I will be a better year for all of us.
But I would like to thank all of you for your support in this year, and I am hoping to make sure to keep doing my work, and update Natsu of the Darkness and my other stories as soon as possible.
But until then, see you all later, plus Merry Late Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!