"Ugh…" Meredy opened her eyes slowly, her vision blurry, her ears still ringing from the pain she took earlier. It was all a blur, but she tried to move, quickly finding out that she was unable to. She shook her head slightly, and her vision returned. She was in a dimly lit room, with her hands cuffed by magic sealing cuffs. "Where did they get these…?" Meredy asked herself, tugging at the cuffs, but to no avail. "Jellal…?" She looked around the room, realizing that she was the only one in there, and Jellal was nowhere in sight. Meredy's heart began to race, causing the pinkette to panic as she called out for her only other guild mate. "Jellal!"

"Oy!" The doors opened, and Byron walked down to the panicking Meredy, though his presence only caused her to panic even more. "Keep it down, will ya!"

"W-Where's Jellal?!" Meredy asked, more concerned for his wellbeing than hers at the moment.

Meredy's question only caused Byron to smirk. "Oh, don't worry about him. We'll all be having a big meeting once Master Jikan returns. Until then, you can stay down here nice and snug? Don't worry, we'll check in on you and make sure you don't die. Kehaha…" Byron chuckled before closing the door, leaving Meredy alone in the darkness.

"..." Meredy was silent, frowning. "Jellal..." She was worried. Was she about to lose another person she cared about? She had no way of knowing, and that was the scariest part of all.

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"Tartaros…" Erza glared at the two mages, remembering that they were responsible for the attack on Fairy Tail six months ago.

"This is Tartaros?" Bacchus looked over at Erza. "What are they doin' in a place like this?"

"Whatever it is," Rylo started, adjusting his top hat slightly, his normally cool attitude replaced with a serious one, knowing Tartaros' reputation quite well. "I can tell it's not good…"

"Oh, and who might you be?" Kiora asked, looking over at Rylo.

"Heh…Twilight Zone's S Class Slight of Hand mage," Rylo replied.

"Twilight Zone? Never heard of it," Kiora yawned, waving a hand dismissively at Rylo.

"How should we deal with them?" Maggie asked, looking over at Kiora.

"Well, I was thinking…" Kiora started.

"HOLD IT!" A voice boomed throughout the room, causing everyone to look around.

"Who the hell…?" Kiora sneered. A few minutes later, three males in skin thin rubber suits with unusually large posteriors.

Erza gasped at the sight of the three males, recognizing them immediately, none other than the infamous Jiggle Butt Gang. "YOU!"

"WAH!" The leader of the Jiggle Butt Gang gasped at the sight of Erza, remembering what she did to them.

"…Who the hell are these guys?" Bacchus asked, making an odd face.

"And why do they smell like gas…" Blues said, pinching his nose while waving his hand to waft the stench of the three males away from him.

"We are, the Jiggle Butt Gang!" Lackey A said, rather proudly at that.

"Jiggle WHAT gang?" Reve raised a brow, wanting to make sure he heard the lackey correctly.

"Jiggle Butt Gang! Have you not heard of us!?" The leader asked. "Our evil ways have spread far and wide throughout Fiore!"

"By evil do you mean your gas…?" Rylo commented, taking a step back away from the three gang members.

"Well…this is…odd…" Maggie simply crossed her arms, watching the scene fold out in front of her.

"What are you doing here?" Erza asked, placing her hands on her sides.

"We heard about a magical sphere!" Lackey B said.

"And we're here to take it!" The leader continued, nodding firmly. The leader then turned around, pointing at Maggie. "We saw that YOU have it!"

"Yeah, I do," Maggie replied while rolling her eyes. "And what do you bloomin' tossers plan to do about it?"

"We plan to take it!" Lackey A said.

"By force!" Lackey B continued.

"Well…they're here for the same reason as us…kinda…" Zalen whispered.

"I'd rather they not be here at all…" Reve said.

Maggie brought her hand to her mouth, snickering for a few seconds before bursting into laughter. "REALLY!? You think you can stop me by force? What are you gonna do, fart on me?! AHAHA! That's a joke if I've ever heard one!"

"She's not taking us seriously, boss!" Lackey A said in a panicking voice.

"W-What do we do!?" Lackey B asked, looking at the leader for guidance."

"We'll show her our resolve!" The leader nodded firmly, then in one quick motion, jumped into the air, his butt now inches away from Maggie's face, causing everyone to attain wide eyes. "POINT BLANK…"

"HE WOULDN'T…" Zalen shouted.

"ECSTASY!" With the battle cry, the leader unleashed a powerful fume of gas in Maggie's face; when the assault of toxic fumes faded, Maggie was on the ground, her body twitching violently, the magical sphere rolling out of her pocket.

"HE FARTED ON HER…I CAN'T…" Blues was at a loss for words; never in his life had he seen such an action take place.

Erza shuddered faintly, remembering the same thing happen to her; but she didn't feel as bad about it as it was a Tartaros mage who suffered the same fate as she; so going back into focus now, Erza changed into her Purgatory Armor, now holding a giant club. "Moving on…"

The leader quickly grabbed the sphere, holding in his hands with a look of awe. "We did it!"

"Yeah, hi," Kiora already had her fist in her palm, and didn't waste any time firing off a Shadow Make: Lance, at the Jiggle Butt Gang, sending them flying through the roof of the castle, and into the distance, causing the leader to release the magical sphere, allowing it to roll in front of the S class wizard's feet. "Dammit…" Kiora face palmed, and then looked over at Maggie, who was still out from the Leader's point blank gas attack. "Great…"

"Well, looks like they weren't entirely pointless after all…" Reve said, leaning down to pick up the magical sphere. "Now, what are you gonna do?"

At the current situation, Kiora knew things weren't going well, thanks to the trio of butts that decided to interfere; so she lifted up Maggie, cursing at the unconscious lava mage for leaving herself open to such an attack. "Fucking…Ugh…We'll let you off this time, but don't expect to get so lucky next time…" Kiora said as a black magic seal appeared under her feet, engulfing her and Maggie in shadows, vanishing the next second.

"Well…that went well?" Blues blinked a few times.

"I'll say…" Zalen said whilst adjusting his glasses. After the "encounter" with the two Tartaros mages, the group of wizards finally made their way back to the house in which the job started, and handed over the magical orb to the old man. They all received the same reward, and proceeded to leave the house, glad they didn't have to listen to the old man rumble.

"Well this was fun," Daryan said with a few nods.

"Speak for yourself," Reve said while waving hand, already starting to leave with Zalen behind him.

"Well, it was nice meeting all of you," Rylo said with a nod and a half smile. "But, I do have to get going, bye!" Rylo nodded again, and then walked off.

Blues stood there, glancing over at Juvia with hearts in his eyes, oblivious to anything and everything around him. Bacchus walked over to the water dragon slayer and waved his hand in front of his face a few times, chuckling after getting no response. "Heh…" Bacchus then grabbed Blues by the back of his collar, dragging him off. "This was pretty wild, let's do it again sometime!" Bacchus said as he and Blues exited in the distance.

"I guess that's our cue," Erza said over to Gray and Juvia, giving a slight nod towards Daryan, showing that she was somewhat appreciative of the slight assistance he was able to offer before leaving the scene with Gray and Juvia.

"Heh…good show, Daryan, good show!" Daryan nodded confidently to himself. "The other will be pleased by my performance!" Daryan grinned, the started to walk into the distance towards his guild, Cosmic Star, with a spring in his step.

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Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Carla, Lucy, and Cynthia all walked inside Fairy Tail after the completion of their train mission. Upon walking in, they noticed an S class mage of Fairy Tail standing near the bar; Fairy Tail's lightning dragon slayer, Laxus Dreyar. Natsu and Cynthia exchanged glances, then smiled deviously in unison. "LAXUS!" The both called out, causing Laxus to turn.

"Natsu? Cynthia?" Laxus raised a brow, holding his arms down at his side.

"FIGHT US!" Natsu and Cynthia both charged forward, fire wrapped around their fist as they charged forward towards the might S class mage.

Laxus sighed, raising both of his hands up as electricity started to spark wildly around them. "You two never quit…" And in one swift motion, Laxus slammed both his hands down on Cynthia and Natsu's head, slamming them into the guild floors, both knocked out.

"That didn't last very long…" Mirajane said with a faint snicker.

"S-Strong…" Cynthia said while twitching on the floor, swirls in her eyes. Just then, Erza, Juvia and Gray walked inside Fairy Tail.

"Oh, Erza, Gray!" Mirajane waved to the two wizards as they walked back inside, a sweet smile painted on her lips. "I assume all of your missions went well?"

"Hai!" Lucy said with a cheerful smile. "It went great! Though we ran into some White Eclipse members," Lucy said with a faint sigh.

"Oi, you too?" Gray asked, crossing his arms.

"Who did you guys run into?" Wendy asked.

"We ran into Reve and that one named Zalen," Erza replied, scowling just slightly that she had to mention Reve's name. "How about you?"

"Luke and Heather," Lucy replied, rolling her eyes.

"Well, it could've been worse," Gray said with a slight shrug.

"There was also that Magnus person…" Carla said.

"Who…?" Mirajane tilted her head slowly.

"Yeah," Happy chimed in. "He crushed my fish fantasies by saying what was in the train wasn't fish…!"

"…And to be more relevant…" Carla continued. "He said he was from a guild called Cosmic Star."

"Cosmic Star?" Makarov, who was listening in on the conversation, said with a confused voice.

"You too…?" Juvia blinked a few times. "There was a man named Daryan who claimed he was from the same guild.

"I've never heard of them," Laxus shrugged.

"Well, that Magnus guy said they formed about six months ago…" Cynthia said as she sat up, rubbing her head where Laxus' fist impacted.

"Six months ago?" Everyone in the guild turned at the particular timing.

Romeo tapped his chin a few times before it hit him, remembering that horrid day. "T-That was…"

"Yeah…" Cynthia frowned slightly, wanting to push out the memories of that day so desperately, but she never could.

"That's an interesting time to start up a guild…" Wakaba said, taking a puff out of his cigar after.

"I don't think we should think too much of it, really," Erza said.

"That Magnus guy was something else, though…" Wendy said.

"Eh? Why's that?" Cana asked, sitting cross legged on the floor with a barrel of beer between her legs. She then placed two hands on the side of the barrel and lifted it up, starting to drink from it once again.

"He had this amazing ability to predict everything!" Wendy said, her arms flailing slightly.

"Are you sure it wasn't just luck?" Laxus replied while raising a brow, speaking in a skeptical tone.

"No way! I can vouch that Wendy is right!" Lucy said. "He practically saved my hide with one of his predictions…!"

"I still call it luck," Laxus replied with a scoff, obviously refusing to believe such a feat was possible.

"It's most likely one of those things you'd have to see to believe," Reedus said from the background.

"Yeah, I'll believe it went I see it…" Laxus said with a roll of his eyes.

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Back at White Eclipse, Adamantine stood across from Cygnus, who was in a battle ready position. Cygnus made the first move, pulling his arm back as gravity surrounded it to increase the power. Adam waited for Cygnus to get close, and then swung his leg a Cygnus's side, sending the demi god tumbling through the snow, in instant KO. "Hm…That didn't last as long as I thought it would…" Adam simply dusted his pants off before returning to his tower. "Someone pick him up," he said as he left. Luke and Heather walked up the mountain trail, both noticing the unconscious Cygnus, but neither choosing to pick him up, so they just walked inside.

"We're back," Luke said while immediately crashing on the couch.

"How'd it go?" Kairi asked, walking in from the kitchen.

"Aside from running into those Fairy Tail cretins…" Heather started. "It actually went quite well."

"Oi, let's not forget that Cosmic Star guy," Luke said while waving a hand. "That guy wasn't too bad…"

"New guilds just seem to be popping up from everywhere, don't they?" Zalen said as he and Reve walked in through the front doors.

"I hate them," Reve said with a scoff.

"Bad day?" Kairi asked Reve.

"Bad mages…" Reve sighed, rubbing his temples with a groan. "First that stupid Daryan guy, and then that one who looked just like me; I can't catch a break lately, can I?"

"It could be worse…?" Luke said with a shrug.

"Oh yeah?" Reve asked while raising a brow. "And how's that?"

"You could be Cyg," Luke replied, gesturing to the KO'ed Cygnus still lying in the snow."

Reve turned his head to look at Cyg and shrugged. "Good point."

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In an undisclosed location, the two God Slayers, Blake and Diana, were tending to their injuries while talking about the battle they had with Chelia and Orga not too long ago. "The Sky God slayer…" Blake said to himself, though Diana could hear him.

"She has potential," Diana replied, shrugging off her minor injuries while looking over Blake. "She proved that when she used that last attack, she could kill someone with such a move."

"What about the Lightning God slayer?" Blake asked.

"Ehhh…" Diana made a slight face. "Potential is…there…but…it would take too much work to draw it out…"

"It's a shame we won't be able to call on the Sky God slayer once again; her power could prove useful…" Blake said.

"Oh, I wouldn't be too sure about that one, my dear," Diana replied with a sing song voice, a grin plastered over her face.

"Eh?" Blake looked over at Diana with a confused looked. "What did you do…?"

"Oh…that's easy…"

{Flashback}

After Chelia and Orga's defeat at the hands of the Black and White God slayer duo, they laid helpless on the ground. Chelia was ready to heal herself to continue fighting, but with Diana's heel pressed against her head, she knew it would be unwise to do so. Diana raised her finger, creating a tiny black sphere on the tip of it. "Don't worry; this won't hurt…too much…" After finding her guild mark, Diana pressed her finger to Chelia's ankle, sending a surge of darkness into the young girl, resulting in Chelia to let out a piercing screech of pain, but Diana quickly hushed the girl by slamming her heel into Chelia's head, resulting in a knock out.

{End flashback}

"Let's just say…that she'll see the truth when the time comes, and I'm positive she will come to us…"

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In the southern mountains of Fiore, the S class mage of a new guild, Twilight Zone, traveled up. Rylo counted the jewels in his hand, pleased to see that it was in fact the correct amount, and pleased that he was able to meet mages from the more popular guilds. Upon reaching a clearing in the mountain, Rylo noticed the guild, Twilight Zone, and wasted no time in pushing the doors open. As soon as he did so, a yellow blur raced past him and into the guild, causing the cliché mage to blink. "Really, Flynn…?" Rylo sighed as he stepped inside, looking around for the culprit. He noticed a tall male with short blond hair reaching down to his neck conversing with a slightly shorter woman with green eyes and long black hair that reached down to her lower back, highlighted green towards the bottom of it. "What was my time!?" Flynn said quickly.

"…I don't know…" The woman replied, sighing slightly in annoyance.

"What!? Ah…I guess I shouldn't be too surprised…I am faster than a speeding magical bullet, after all," Flynn said with a cocky grin.

"You also manage to annoy me really quickly too…" The woman replied with a slight groan, crossing her arms under her chest.

"I can see I arrived at a good time," Rylo said with a slight chuckle.

"Hm?" The woman turned her head, giving a slight nod towards Rylo. "Oh, you're back."

"Hello, you two," Rylo said with a tip of his top hat. "The mission went well, thanks for asking."

"I didn't," The woman sighed before just walking off. This woman was Evanee Stalactite, the Stone Dragon slayer, and the ace of Twilight Zone.

"When did you get here, Ry?" Flynn asked, placing his hands behind his head.

"I…Never mind…" Rylo said with a sigh.