Hello Everyone, here the next chapter, and the first NOTD chapter of 2021!
Which I now have taken the honor of introducing a guest of today! Everyone´s favorite blue Cat, Happy!
*Happy appears out of nowhere.*
Happy: "Aye sir! This is the first NOTD chapter of 2021, right?"
EliteOtaku111: "Yep, and so far, things may have look good, but it's only January, and some things are still here, like the Corona Virus."
Happy: "Yeah. But hopefully, it will be better than 2020 ever was!"
EliteOtaku111: But sadly, the DMC 5 Voice Actor Brad Venable have died, the Voice of Griffon in Devil May Cry 5. As a remineder, Brad Venable had also voiced in other series such as Fate, Demon Souls and Attack on Titan. May he rest in peace.
Happy: Like Dante would have said: `Rest in peace, little chicken. It's been a bash.´"
EliteOtaku111: Indeed. Now, let's answer some reviews before we go on the chapter.
Erasenpai946: I am happy you disliked the Canon Edolas Arc too, and I will make sure to make my version of the Edolas Arc better. I am sorry to spoil it to you, but Edolas Erza (aka Knightwalker) wont be part of the harem. In other words, Erza, Irene and Flare will be the only readheads in the harem.
Kriim-Sauce786 (Chapter 49): I wont spoil anything, as I will of course have the story go different than in canon, and Natsu will fight strong enemies in the futre.
Aadam Karim-Lodhi (Chapter 51): I like your ideas, but I have already planned some already, which I wont tell you right now as I am not gonna spoil anything for you or for other readers.
EliteOtaku111: "But for now, let's move on the chapter shall we?"
Happy: "Alright, let's go! *Takes a fish popsicle out of nowhere, whom he proceed to chew, as a blue Spongebob Screen appears, with yellow letters spelling "Exceeds."
Happy: *Spits out his fish popsicle in shock* "Exceeds?!"
Let's move on the chapter shall we?
Beta ready by altajir95.
Key Words:
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"YELLING!"
Magic.
Chapter 52: The Painful Truth.
With her head in a great headache, Natsu slowly began to open his eyes. His vision was at first groggy and blurry, but eventually his vision became clear as usual.
"Where...am I…? Natsu asked in confusion, before then realizing he was chained to the wall. "Hey, what the fuck is this?" Natsu said, trying to break free from his chains, even using his Magic, but were unable to.
"The fuck, Edolas have Magic Sealing Stones too?" Natsu thought, before then heard someone speak.
"You better stop that, Earthland scum." The voice said, belonging one of the two Edolas Guards who were in front of Natsu´s cell.
"Yeah, those Anti-Magic Stones can seal even the strongest of wizards." The other Edolas Soldier said.
"But then, I doubt his slow ass mind would understand it." The Edolas Soldiers joked, making the two of them laugh. Natsu grit his teeth in anger as a result, before then shouting angrily.
"HEY! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! WHERE ARE LUCY, YUKINO, LAYLA, UR, WENDY, HAPPY AND CARLA?!" Natsu screamed, and the Edolas Soldiers simply smirked at him.
"Well, since you were unconscious, it wouldn't be a surprise if you didn't know. But we shall explain it to you." The Edolas soldier said.
"You better do, or else I am gonna beat the both of you into oblivion!" Natsu shouted, struggling in his chains, much to the snickering of the two Edolas Guards.
"What the fuck is so funny?!" Natsu shouted, demanding an answer.
"Well, since you asked so nicely, we shall tell you. The reason the Exceeds lead you there, where you thought you could gain the upper hand for your victory." One of the Edolas Soldiers said, before he then went on to explain to the pink-haired Abyss Dragon Slayer.
Meanwhile, on another part of the dungeon, Ur, Lucy, Layla, Wendy and Yukino, who were all awake as they all had woken up earlier, and now locked in a pillory, having Anti- Magic Stones on their wrists.
"LET US GO!" Lucy screamed. "You can't keep us in here!" Layla shouted. "Where is Carla?!" Wendy shouted, which went deaf in the ears of the Soldiers guarding them.
"Dammit, if only we hadn't these shackles, I would..." Ur said, but then was cut off as a familiar, female voice was heard, behind the cell gate.
"I wouldn't be that reckless if I were you..." The voice said, as the guards opened the door to the cell for the women, as she then walked in.
The female Earthland wizards could only respond in silence, too shocked to see the one who entered their cell.
Standing before them, carrying an identical face of a close friend to them back on Earthland, Erza Knightwalker was before then, carrying her signature spear in her hands.
Knightwalker serious expression watched the captured Earthland Mages´ shocked reactions, and Knightwalker smirked in response at their reaction.
"Well, it seems my counterpart must be quite the friend back on your world." Knightwalker said, but the others who were locked didn't respond.
"I bet I was too much of a shock for you. Not that I matters." Knightwalker said, as the cell door closed behind her while she walked in.
"What have you done with Natsu, Lucy and Carla?!" Lucy shouted, as she and the others demanded an answer.
"Oh, you worry about them? I can understand for the pink-haired fool, but for the Exceeds, I have it a hard time to believe that." Knightwalker said while walking around them, before then turning towards them with a cold stare.
"I am kind of surprised they got you this far without knowing, but with the Exceeds being our Gods, I wouldn't expect less from them." Knightwalker said while walking around the room, her hands behind her back.
"And since you are from Earthland, allow me to explain to you: The Exceeds led you to your capture, and into our hands." Knightwalker said, much to the shock of the others.
"WHAT?!" They all shouted as their reaction from the Red Headed Captain, who smirked at their response to her words. "You are lying! Carla and Happy would never betray us!" Wendy shouted. "Yeah! I know Happy and Carla! They aren't the kind to sell off their friends to you bastards!" Lucy shouted, but Knightwalker simply smiled in amusement.
"You really think so? But do you think if that was a lie, would you be here right now? I think that's a question we both know the answer for." Knightwalker.
"I have known Carla in her entire life, and the same with Natsu with Happy, so there could be no way they would sell us off like this!" Wendy said.
"Which is all a lie. Why? Because the Exceeds weren't your allies to begin with." Knightwalker said, much to the confusion to Lucy, Layla, Yukino and Wendy.
"What do you mean...?" Natsu said, who had been explained by the guards of what the Exceeds had done.
"Since you are a slow-minded fool, I don't blame you. But the Exceeds, sent by Queen Shagotte, ruler of the Exceeds, six years ago, sent 100 Exceed Eggs to Earthland, your world." One of the Guards explained to Natsu.
"Their job was easy: find and kill the Dragon Slayers." Knightwalker said, her entire sentence filled with cold words. The others were shocked in silence.
"That ain't real..." Lucy said, the Celestial Spirit Mage shocked of hearing what Knightwalker had told them.
"However, in the last minute, Queen Shagotte changed their mission from having the Exceeds bring them to Edolas, and then have to be brought to the King." Knightwalker said.
"But why?" A confused Yukino asked. "That doesn't concern any of you. It won't matter anyway." Knightwalker said before turning away. "But wait! What do you mean?!" Lucy shouted, demanding an answer.
"You and the blue-haired Dragon Slayer Girl will be brought to the Chief of Staff, Byro. What happens next you should feel honored by, as you will be a great aid for Edolas." One of the Guards said before then laughing.
Natsu, however, was filled with rage as he shook his chained hands, attempting to break himself free.
"You bastards... you think I will let you get away with this?!" Natsu shouted in rage. "It´s futile! You cannot break free, as it is your fate to provide yourself for Edolas." One of the Edolas soldier said. "So be a good boy, sit down and accept your place." the other Edolas soldier said.
Natsu glared, his chains tight and then went on to speak.
"Mark my words, you bastards! If you do anything to them, I will make sure it will be the last thing you will ever do!" Natsu shouted, which went deaf in the ears of the guards.
At the same time, Knightwalker left the cell that held Lucy, Yukino, Ur, Layla and Wendy, before then speaking with the guards.
"Report to Chief of Staff Byro to begin extracting the Magic Power from the Dragon Slayers once everything is prepared!" Knightwalker said in a commanding tone as the Edolas soldiers around her saluted.
"Yes Ma´am!" They all said. "But what do we do about the other prisoners?" A Edolas soldier asked.
"Isn't that obvious? I will execute them with my own hands. Prepare the execution platform! I will execute once Byro is about to drain the Dragon Slayers´s Magics!" Knightwalker said.
Meanwhile...
In Thorson´s chambers, Laxus Thorson was in front of a large window, his hands behind his back.
In his quite large room, big enough to fit all the rooms in a normal sized house. On his marble floor, were a large, white carpet, covering and spreading across it, on its walls were numerous of portraits of Thorson, wearing different clothing and setting, and even statues of different sizes of Thorson, being from only his head and shoulders, to a complete statue that was three times as bigger than himself.
At the large window, big enough for a Legion to fit through, were a light wooden office desk, a large chair in front of it, at it were a couple of chairs with red couches, including a sofa, and finally on the roof a large, golden chandelier with candles at it brightened the room.
At the two dark wood doors with gold lining and decorations, the entrance to his private chambers, suddenly opened as the Golden Mjölnir entered.
Thorson turned around and smirked as he saw his private squad enter the scene, as he had summoned him to his chambers.
"I am grateful you all came here as I asked." Thorson said. "We came as soon as possible. Hopefully we didn't come too late." Edo Bickslow said, his mask underneath his arm after he had removed it. "Whatever. It better be important for us. I am sure could need a nap right now, after all the crazy shit happening with the Earthland wizards." Edo Freed said. "Now, now! W-we shouldn't be so rude! Thorson must have a called for a good reason, right?" Edo Evergreen.
"Which I have. Now take a seat and I shall explain." Thorson said, as then he and the Golden Mjölnir then sat down.
As Thorson said down on the chair on front of his desk, he immediately went to speak of the subject he had summoned his minions.
"As you may know, the Earhtlanders have now fallen right into our custody, while the Exceeds have now been sent back to Extalia." Thorson explained.
"Yeah. It was kinda good to be rid of that shitty problem, don't you agree?" Edo Freed said.
"And according to King Faust, Byro-san should be able to extract the Magic of the Dragon Slayers." Bickslow explained. "A-and according to Knightwalker-san´s words, she is gonna execute the others Earthlanders soon enough, once Byro-san have done extracting the Dragon Slayer´s energy for the first round." Edo Evergreen said.
"I see." Thorson said, and turned away in his chair, looking through the window again, that showed the Royal City and the castle yards were the soldiers were either on patrol, or training.
"Things have sure become more and more hectic as they years have went by, as the old fool of our king, becomes more and more insane as time passes by." Thorson said.
"Yeah, I agree with you there. Every day I hear him that old fart talking about wanting more and more Magic, but barely doing anything. It's driving me fucking crazy." Edo Freed said, scartching his ear.
"Which leads me to the question: Is Faust any worthy of being the king?" Thorson asked and then turned around to see his Golden Mjölnir squad.
The three Edolas counterparts of Freed, Bickslow and Evergreen all responded in silence. Edo Bickslow had still his serious expression on, Freed look away with a annoyed expression, and Edo Evergreen nervously fidgeting her fingers.
With a smirk, Laxus was happy with the response his closest minions gave to him.
"I am glad you three agree with me. As Faust has grown older, weaker, insane and more senile with the years that have gone by, he has become more and more unworthy of becoming the king." Thorson said, turning to face the window again, and Edo Bickslow was the next one to speak.
"Meaning that the king is needed for a replacement." Edo Bickslow said. "Someone who is more worthy of being the role of ruling Edolas." Edo Evergreen.
"And I cannot think of any guy better suited for that rule than you, Thorson-sama." Freed said.
With a smirk, Thorson turned towards them, speaking with his words of determination.
"Faust will soon fall from his throne, and the next king will be no other than me, Laxus Thorson." Thorson said. "All these years, I have worked under his wing, doing all his dirty work while he sits on his throne like the fool he is. But now I can finally have my chance to what truly mine." Thorson said.
"And since have planned this for month, it will not be a problem for us!" Edo Bickslow said. "Since that geezer told his plan, even if it's sounded crazy to us at first, we managed to work our plan on detail." Edo Freed said. "A-and since we had followers that agreed to aid us, we should be able to execute our plan." Edo Evergreen said.
"But the question is, when and how will we execute it?" Edo Freed said, his and his fellow Golden Mjölnir companions looking at Thorson.
"When the old fart makes a move, we will." Thorson said.
"And when it comes, I shall turn Edolas in a place where only the strong shall live. A world where weaklings like Faust are to be punished by death." Thorson thought darkly, looking up through the window, at the sky.
At the same time...
After many hours of being unconscious, Happy finally opened his eyes, the blue-furred cat looking around the room he was in now.
Happy looked around, seeing he was in a light colored room with its walls, floor and even the roof with various decorations like pillows, curtains, a red carpet on the floor, a sofa and some couches.
"Where am I?" Happy asked and looked around in confusion, then realized he was on a red pillow, before then spotting a slumbering Carla, who was one a white pillow.
"Carla!" Happy screamed and ran towards the White Cat, shaking her who slowly began to open her eyes.
"Tom cat...?" Carla asked groggily in confusion.
"Thank goodness you are ok!" Happy said in joy, as Carla slowly gained consciousness while looking around the room. "I don't know what happened, or where we are. All I know is that in one second we were in a cave, and then smoke came out from the floor..." Happy said, before then realiztion hit him.
"Natsu! Where is he?! What happened to him?!" Happy shouted and looked around. The blue cat´s action caused Carla to widen her eye completely as a response.
"Wendy... where is she?! What happened to her and the others?!" Carla shouted, as then horrible thought came to her head. "Oh my God... could it be that..." Carla thought, a sad expression on her face, looking away in shame. However, before either of them could speak a further word, a sudden voice was heard.
"I see that you are finally awake, Nya..." A voice were suddenly heard, causing both Happy and Carla to turn around, which then their eyes then widened as they saw who it was.
It was a small, humanoid cat, who had had black fur, having a long head, a pair of black eyes, a thin, rectangular tail, and two whiskers on his face, below his round eyes, and a long, rectangular head with white fur on the lower portion of his face. He wore a black jacket with three, golden buttons on the front, yellow pants, brown boots and a light colored turtleneck. He also had his right paw constantly moving.
"I am happy to see that our heroes are well and fine." The Exceed with the long, rectangular head said.
"Who...? Who are you?" Happy asked, tilting his head. "Ah, how rude of me not to tell you my name! I am Nadi, the Minister of State of Queen Shagotte of Extalia, Nya! I am very pleased to welcome Happy-san and Carla-san to Extalia" The Exceed now named Nadi explain.
"Extalia?" Happy said, "How do you know our names?" Carla asked, but then a sudden voice was heard, which sounded similar to someone they known.
"Men! Yes, Extalia, the home of the Angels of Edolas, ruled by our lovely Goddess, Queen Shagotte, Men!" The figure said as he stepped forward into the room, which Happy and Carla had their eyes widen in even more shock than before.
Before Happy and Carla, was a Exceed with an appearance like that of a lion, having yellow fur, orange hair, a pair of black eyes, on his tail he had a tuff of orange fur, four whiskers on his face and double cleated chin.
He wore s pair of dark green pants, tucked inside a pair of dark brown boots, white gloves and a red, double-sided apron with golden lining and a golden Extalia emblem on the front. On his head, he wore a tall, red cap with a golden cat head on the top.
"But it's great to see our heroes have returned safely, Men." The Lion Exceed said, striking a pose.
"ICHIYA?!" Both Happy and Carla shouted in shock. "Almost correct. It´s Nichiya, you forgot the `N´. I am Nichiya, Captain of Extalia´s Imperial Guard, Men!" Nichiya said, striking another pose.
"That must mean he is the Edolas counterpart of Ichiya." Carla whispered into Happy´s ear. "Yeah, since we met Gil, that would make sense." Happy whispered back.
"What you two talking about, Men?" Nichiya asked. "Nothing. We are just confused about being here so suddenly." Carla said. Nadi was the next one to speak. "I see. Then follow me as I shall explain what has been happening to you." Nadi said.
Without asking any questions, Happy and Carla followed both Nadi and Nichiya through the corridors. Nadi, who was still waving his paw, went to continue to speak.
"You were doing a great job back there. Me, as well the rest of Extalia are overjoyed in the success of your mission, Nya." Nadi said. "Indeed. What you have been truly a great aid for Edolas." Nichiya said.
"What do you mean? All we remember is that me and others walked into a cave, and then everything went black in the next second." Happy said.
"Exactly, men. You were leading the Earthlanders to a trap for them to be captured by Captain Knightwalker." Nichiya said. "WHAT?!" Happy and Carla both shouted in shock.
"Yes, as they are currently in imprisoned in the dungeons of King Faust. It was truly a great feat of you to bring the Earthlanders to them, Nya!" Nadi said.
"You mean Natsu, Lucy, Yukino, Layla, Ur and Wendy are their prisoners?!" Happy screamed. "Wendy..." Carla said in horror. "That´s right, men! Those filthy humans are now in custody of Faust. They are to prescience their punishment soon enough." Nichiya said.
Happy and Carla stood still, as they couldn't believe what they were hearing. Nadi and Nichiya then turned towards them, before then looking each other, which then Nadi then went to speak.
"It would seem that you have some questions you want to be answered." Nadi explained, as they eventually reached to a large pair of doors. "First things first, allow us to show you your real home, Extalia." Nichiya said, before he and Nadi opened the doors. As it they opened, both Happy´s and Carla´s and their eyes widened at what they were seeing before them.
Carla and Happy saw several buildings of different shapes, colors, forms and sizes, but was surprised them even more, were the citizens.
They were Exceeds, in different fur colors, different clothing, as they all did different tasks like building, selling food, items or provisions, eating or simply playing.
The Second Happy, Carla, Nichiya and Nadi stepped outside; one pink, female Exceed noticed them immediately.
"LOOK! IT'S THE HEROES WHO SAVED EDOLAS!" The pink Exceed yelled. "So cool!" An orange Exceed shouted. "Can I have your autograph?!" A red Exceed screamed.
Soon enough, a crowd of over a hundred of Exceed came rushing towards them, but before they could reach them, a group of guards, being of tall, muscular cats with Extalia uniforms, came before them to block their paths.
"Now, now people. Make sure to give them some space, as they just had a hard mission, Nya!" Nadi said. "Indeed! Now they need to see their home they have been gone for so long." Nichiya said, before he and Nadi turned to Happy and Carla.
"You are quite because of your actions, unlike that Gil." Nadi said. "You know Gil?" Happy asked "We would glad if we didn't. He was truly one despicable Exceed, truly the black sheep of Extalia. Gil often used to tried to use his powers on human women for perverted reasons, but luckily, Queen Shagotte managed to remove his powers, and make him a Fallen, before things went too far." Nadi explained.
"I see..." Happy said while sweat dropping. "He must not be so popular around here..." Carla said, sweat dropping too.
"But enough of talking about that, let's begin shall we?" Nichiya said.
"That's right! Now, let's show you around Extalia shall we?" Nichiya said.
Without further words, Happy and Carla followed Nadi and Nichiya, with the guards still around them as walked around the City, with Nadi and Nichiya being their tour guides.
Later, they were in the Royal Palace, as the guards had left once they entered the place.
Through the corridors, Happy and Carla were simply silent, looking down the ground.
"Because of the success of your mission, you are now about to meet Queen Shagotte." Nadi said.
"You should feel honored. As the Exceed are the angels who guard the humans, Queen Shagotte is a Goddess who is can decide which humans are going to die or live!" Nichiya said.
"She has that power?" Happy said. "Indeed. Which is quite a spectacled for a world which is limited to Magic due to the Grand Drain." Nichiya said.
"The Great Drain?" Carla said. "An event that happened about 800 years ago, back when Edolas had unlimited Magic Power, until it was drained to its limited state that we have currently. Even to this day, the cause of that event is unknown." Nadi explained.
"They were the dark days of Edolas, but the Exceed, being able to use Magics even after the Drain, came forth and became the angels of our world, with Queen Shagotte as the Goddess." Nichiya said.
"And your mission sure has done a great deal for Edolas, so you should be very proud of it." Nadi explained while waving his paw.
"You keep talking about this mission, don't you?" Happy said, his eyes shadowed. Carla looked at Happy, but she was quiet. Carla knew what the mission originally was, and Happy had a feeling what that was at well, but he hoped it wasn't true.
Nadi and Nichiya turned around, Nadi scratching his head, still moving his paw up and down repeatedly.
"Well, it seems some things must have happened, that have affected your memories." Nichiya said.
"Don't worry, I shall explain it to you. About six years ago, Queen Shagotte sent about 100 Exceed eggs to Earthland, with the purpose to find and eventually kill Dragon Slayers, since they carried large amounts of Magic." Nadi explained.
Both Carla and Happy listened in silence, with Happy gulping, while Carla was looking down the on floor with shadowed eyes.
"I hoped that wasn't true..." Happy stuttered, and Carla was the next one to speak, having an angry expression on her eyes.
"Did you really think we would do that? Kill our friends we had known since the day we were born? And weren't our mission to kill them, not to bring them to Faust?" Carla said.
"Well, it was originally that, but for the Queen had changed it in the last second. She was unable to change it, but since you arrived to Edolas, you carried the mission without knowing it." Nadi explained.
Either Happy or Carla couldn't believe what they were hearing. Was their friendship, to those they had known since the day they were born, just an illusion? Were Natsu and Wendy just a part of a mission, and never their friends?
Carla fell down on her knees, which Happy took immediate noticed of as he turned towards Carla.
"I´m sorry Happy... I knew that our mission was to kill them, but I never expected this to happen... if I only know better... I wanted to help them, not to lead into this mess..." Carla said, tears starting to break through her eyes.
"You´re wrong Carla..." Happy said in a serious tone, causing Carla to look up as she saw tears coming running on Happy´s cheeks, his body shaking, his teeth gritting and his paws gripping tight.
"You said we betrayed our friends, and sold them off to the King, right...?" Happy said still shaking, his back turning against Nadi and Nichiya.
"Well yes, since they weren't your comrades to begin with..." Nichiya said, but Happy suddenly turned towards them, cutting them off their words. His face was filled with anger, and tears were streaming down in face.
"YOU ARE WRONG! YOU THINK WE WOULD SELL OUR FRIENDS OFF THAT EASILY?! WE ARE NOT GONNA BE PLAYED BY YOUR TRICKS! BECAUSE WE ARE NOT YOUR PUPPETS, BUT THE WIZARDS OF FAIRY TAIL!" Happy shouted, before grabbing Carla, proceeding to run away.
"Happy?! What are you doing?!" Carla shouted. "What does it look like?! We are going to save our friends! Don't you care about what will happen to Wendy if we do nothing?!" Happy shouted. Carla was silent, but know that if they didn't do anything, their friends they had known were to be killed.
As they ran, Nichiya and Nadi chose after them running in the corridor.
"HOLD IT! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS WHAT CONSQUENCES YOUR ACTIONS WILL BRING?!" Nadi shouted. "THAT´S RIGHT! QUEEN SHAGOTTE IS A GODESS, WHO IS ABLE TO KILL ANYONE SHE DESIRE BY MERE WILL!" Nichiya shouted.
"THEN SO BE IT! YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING LOWER THAN LETTING OUR FRIENDS DIE?!" Happy shouted, with Carla smiling at bit, but still looked down.
"If so, then you give me no choice but this..." Nichiya said. "Nichiya-san..." Nadi said. "GUARDS! THOSE TWO EXCEED HAVE BETRAYED QUEEN SHAGOTTE AND HAVE BECOME FALLEN! CAPTURE THEM THIS INSTANT!" Nichiya commanded.
The seconds he spoke his words, several large, muscular Extalia guards came forward with swords and spears.
As one tried to attack Happy and Carla, they managed to dodge the attack with the Blue Cat going under his feet while holding Carla.
They ran through the corridors from the guards, until they saw a large window. In the next second, Happy held Carla to his chest, and had his back turned to the window, which he then jumped through the window.
The window shattered as they landed on the ground, which then Happy went to speak with Carla.
"CARLA! ARE YOU OKAY?!" Happy shouted. "I am just fine, Happy." Carla said. "That's good to hear." Happy said smiling, but they saw then more Guards coming to the scene.
"Quick, use our wings to fly, now!" Carla said, which Happy nodded as they then used Aera to fly into the air. The other Extelia Guards used their Aera as well, chasing after Carla and Happy in the air.
Over the air, the two Exceeds flied over the city, with all their might, while dodging the blasts the Extalia Guard shot from their spears.
"Dammit, they are onto to us!" Carla said, but before either of them could speak any further words, their wings were suddenly struck by the blast!
"CARLA!" Happy screamed, as their wings were on smoke as then began to fell from the sky, as the Blue Cat then grabbed Carla and held her tightly to his chest.
"Stay with me, Carla! Don't you die on me!" Happy yelled, while they were swirling around in the air, before they crashed in a nearby lake!
A tall splash were emitted, as rippled were then seen. The Extalia Guards watched once the Two Fallen Exceed had fell into the lake, which then Nichiya joined the scene.
"Status report!" Nichiya said. "We have managed to take them down, and have now been eliminated." A tall Extalia Guard said.
"Good to hear." Nichiya said, as he looked down the pool where Happy and Carla had landed into.
"That should take care of things for now. It's sad for such heroes to have been corrupted. But they shall be an example of how heroes shouldn't act." Nichiya said.
"Men! Back to the Royal Palace!" Nichiya ordered, as the Extalia Guards saluted, and followed their Captain.
Once they were out of sight from the sky, a boat came passing by, with a small figure riding it. Once it was above the spot where Happy and Carla had landed on, the figure jumped into the water and dove down. After a moment, the small figure came back from the water, carrying Happy and Carla with him. Once he placed them on the boat, he then proceeded to row towards the land, and walk with them back to his home, to tend their injuries.
And that leaves it for this chapter! I left it in quite a cliffhanger here, didn't I? I hoped to make this as different from canon as possible.
As may have noticed, it has been revealed some of Thorson´s plans of taking the throne away from Faust here, which will be explained further in the Edolas Arc of this story.
But since this is the first Natsu of the Darkness Chapter of 2021, I want to make an announcement that I will open a new poll, this time about of what you think about the story. It won't affect the Natsu of the Darkness story in any way, only that I want to know your opinions.
That´s all for now, and I will make sure to update when I can.
Until then, see you all later!