A few days passed since Siegrain declared himself the new chairman of the Magic Council. Though many people didn't agree with it, they had no choice but to comply. The enforcement on the laws ended up being much stricter as well, as captains, namely Correll, managed to create arrest warrants for anyone who managed to do the slightest thing wrong. Odin and Aloy weren't as effective as Correll was, but they did manage to make arrest as well. It was morning now, and standing next to Siegrain was a female with short blonde hair that reached her shoulders, and she wore a magic council outfit. Siegrain turned to face the young girl to introduce her to the other captains. "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Layanna, she will be a new member of the Magic Council, understand?"

"Yes, sir," The captains nodded in unison.

"Thank you, Siegrain-sama..." Layanna said with a respectful bow.

"Oh, Siegrain-senpai, I forgot to mention this to you," Correll said as he approached the wizard saint with a large file. "This is a file on someone I think you should know about."

"Hm?" Siegrain raised an eyebrow as he took the file, opening it up after as he began to read its contents, snickering lightly at the first thing he saw. "Fairy Tail, eh?" Siegrain continued to read, quickly skimming the pages as he absorbed the important information. "Cynthia Viscard, daughter to the scientist Aiden Viscard, who is now living off life support in the bowels of the Council after the event "Fiore's End...Are you saying she's a threat to Fiore?" Siegrain asked as he looked towards Correll with a quizzical expression painted on his features.

"Well, personally..." Correll started. "I don't like the girl, and I'm just waiting for her to slip so I can arrest her."

"In other words," Odin continued. "She's not a problem at the moment, but if her emotions spiral out of her control, she will become quite the issue to put a stop to."

"And the other "experiments" like her, are being held in the higher security prison," Aloy nodded. "They aren't as dangerous as she is, but they still are pretty dangerous."

"I see..." Siegrain nodded as he closed the file. "So, what I'm hearing is you wish to keep a close eye on Fairy Tail?"

"I wouldn't mind doing it," Correll said first, walking up with a smug grin.

"He's only saying this so he can scope out all the females around there..." Odin sighed.

Correll turned to face the oxygen manipulation mage, shouting towards him defensively. "Can it, Odin! That's not true!"

"Mirajane Strauss...? Former model for Sorcerer's Weekly...?" Layanna said quietly, but she projected her voice well enough for everyone to head. Her comment kept Correll silent, because it was partially true, considering his nature.

"...That MAY be true, but I know my job comes first before all else!" Correll nodded.

"Correll is trustworthy..." Lahar said with an agreeing nod.

"Alright, Correll, I give you permission to watch Fairy Tail," Siegrain said with a nod. "Do not disappoint me."

"I will do my best, Siegrain-Senpai!" Correll said with a salute.

"Excellent. Now, Aloy, Odin, how is "she" coming along..?" Siegrain asked the two captains with a hint of curiosity and seriousness mixed into his tone.

"Oh, she is coming along quite well, Siegrain," Aloy replied with a nod.

"Perfect, shall I go check on her now?" Siegrain asked.

"It's okay to do so," Odin nodded.

"Perfect. Now, back to work!" Siegrain shouted, and the captains went off to their duties. After this, Siegrain turned, and walked off, down the Magic Council building. He continued to go down, and eventually down into the basement of the large building. Upon reaching the basket, Siegrain walked up to a young girl, estimated to be about 13, with blonde hair, on the wall, wires from the wall connecting into her back, and a mask over her face to hide her eyed. Eve."

The girl's eyes "booted up" flashing red for a split second before she looked towards Siegrain curiously, speaking in a monotonous, yet curiosity filled voice. "Yes, Siegrain?"

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Inside Fairy Tail, things remained unchanged despite Seigrain's declaration a few nights ago. Everything was just as lively as ever, though a few members such as Erza and Makarov were constantly mulling over what Siegrain could possibly be after. "I have to find Jellal..." Erza looked towards Makarov with a serious expression. "I need to know why he released Siegrain."

"As curious as I am, I think we should wait just a little bit before looking for Siegrain's creator," Makarov said after taking a sip from his mug. "He had a reason, whatever it may be, and we shall find out soon enough, I hope..."

Erza nodded towards the master, "I understand, Master..."

"There will be a guild master's meeting about this soon, no doubt, and I will be sure to attend," Makarov said with a nod.

Cynthia sat at a table, deep in thought as she stared out into space. Her staring caught the attention of her best friend, Wendy Marvell, and her exceed, Carla. "What's wrong, Cynthia?" Wendy asked curiously as she poked Cynthia's shoulder.

"Oh, hey," Cynthia turned slightly, giving a slight wave to her friend. "I was just thinking...about the other people who were used as experiments...I escaped, yeah...but I don't know if anyone else was so lucky...it was only thanks to that one girl that I even had a chance to begin with. I can't even remember her name..."

A small frown appeared on Wendy's face, and she wasn't exactly sure how to respond. "I...I'm sure they're fine...! Right, Carla?" Wendy quickly looked towards the white exceed for support.

"U-Uh...yeah, of course!" Carla said as an animated sweat drop appeared on the side of her head from being put on the spot like that.

"Y-You think so?!" Cynthia's eyes lit up. "They were my family, and the entire reason I managed to escape...if I could help them right now, I would, but to repay them...if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have met you, or Fairy Tail.."

"Aye! We're still gonna take them down no matter what they say!" Natsu chimed in as soon as he heard the name White Eclipse.

"I still has a score to settle with that copy mage..." Lucy said as she clenched her fist slightly. "I will beat him..."

"Get in line," Laxus said as he rose from his seat on the S class floor, leaning against the railing as he looked down towards the other mages. "I still gotta stomp that little shit into the ground for copying my magic."

"You two can have him," Natsu said as he slammed a fist into the table. "I want Takeru."

"Everyone's getting riled up again..." Happy said while chewing on a fish. "Natsu can take him down! Aye!"

"I bet Erza would like another chance at Reve, eh?" Cynthia said as she turned to the S class requip mage, who cringed slightly because she remembered that she was unable to actually defeat Reve in their battle.

"Diamond Princess is mine, gieheh..." Gajeel smirked slightly.

"I do want another chance at that Sidney fellow...he's strong, no doubt," Gildarts said with a nod.

"You better not lose next time!" Makarov said to his children.

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In the lively town of Magnolia, White Eclipse's Fire Make mage, Kuro Crane, just finished grocery shopping for the guild, and was returning home with a joyous spring in his step. "Noodles, noodles, I love noodles~." The joyful fire make mage sang to himself as he started to exit the town. Upon exiting, he bumped into someone, causing the noodles in the shopping bag to fall out.

"Watch I-" Daityas started, but he then looked on the ground, noticing the noodle containers in the ground. "Are those noodles?"

"Hai!" Kuro nodded excitedly. "Sorry about bumping into you...!"

"Oh, no, it's fine..." Daityas said as he examined the noodles. "Noodles are great, ne?"

"The best!" Kuro said with a nod. "There's a lot more over at my guild!"

Daityas raised a brow in interest, eying the fire make mage curiously. "And your guild is...?"

"White Eclipse!" Kuro said with a nod. "Do you want to come?"

"That's the guild where Tayakata and Arc..." Daityas thought to himself before nodding. "Sure, I'll come along!"

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Things were quiet at the Twilight Zone guild. It wasn't exactly the most social guild, so nothing of interest went on inside the place often. Evanee just woke up, and she trudged into the kitchen, beginning to make herself a cup of strawberry milk to start her day. After making the strawberry milk, she started to return to her room when someone knocked on the door. "Ugh...who is around here this early (About 11AM) in the morning...?" Evanee trudged to the doors and opened then slowly.

"SURPRISE!" Alex jumped through the front doors, her exuberant voice echoing through the guild halls, waking up the resting members, aside from Caelestis.

"WHAT THE-" Alex's sudden appearance shocked the stone dragon slayer, causing her to jump back, the cup of strawberry milk flying out of her hand, sending the pink liquid flying throughout the main room. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!"

"Saying hello!" The red haired mage responded excitedly.

"You don't jump through someone's front doors!" Evanee replied.

"Oh, lighten up, beautiful..." Daryan said as he walked inside, winking at Evanee.

"And who are YOU suppose to be?" Rylo asked as he walked from his room, raising an eyebrow at Daryan.

"Name's Daryan! We met once, remember?!" Daryan said. "S class mage of Cosmic Star!"

"..Nope, don't remember..." Rylo merely shrugged, and then looked towards the front doors as Gaia, Magnus, and Yakuza walked through, clearly invited.

"Oh...so this is Twilight Zone..." Gaia said with an unimpressed tone.

"Looks kinda like a dump..." Yakuza said with a shrug, then turned to met the menacing glare of the other members, Flynn, Alexander, Tsami, and Taranis. "On the outside. It's a nice place on the inside, honestly," Yakuza said with a surprisingly honest tone.

"This place looks exactly how I imagined it..." Magnus said while looking around.

"Who are you guys?" Flynn asked as he rubbed his eyes, still waking up.

"We are Cosmic Star!" Alex said enthusiastically. "That's Magnus, a literal know-it-all!" Alex said as she pointed to Magnus, then Yakuza. "That's Yakuza...he's a bit of a loner and a really "cool" guy..." She giggled at her own little joke, but none of the Twilight Zone members present currently got it. "This is Daryan, Skeletal Dragon Slayer and an S class mage! And that's Gaia, the strongest Earth mage to walk Fiore!"

"Gaia..." Evanee scoffed slightly and crossed her arms.

"Hi, Ev~" Gaia said with a slight smile.

"S class, huh?" Rylo's ears perked up.

"That's right," Daryan said with a smirk, then pointed outside. "You wanna have a little go?"

"Heh, I could use a little early morning exercise..." Rylo said with a confident smirk.

"If you want an extreme workout..." Gaia said with a friendly tone. "You should fight Alex, she's the strongest S class at Cosmic Star."

"And then I get undermined..." Daryan said with a sigh.

"Heh, well, what do you say?" Rylo asked as he looked at Alex.

"Let's go!" Alex said with a large grin, then stepped outside.

"Might as well go watch..." Alexander said as he, and the others started outside.

"This is the guild you come from...?" Gaia asked Evanee with a curious expression.

"Yes it is, Guy-chan," Evanee replied.

"Guy...chan...?" Gaia's eyebrow's furrowed slightly as she walked outside, Rylo and Alex now facing off against each other, a few yards apart.

"You ready?" Alex asked as she hopped up and down a few times.

"Of course!" Rylo said with a nod, then took off his top hat, bowing slightly as he put it back on. "Ladies first!"

"Okay!" Alex grinned and held her arms at her sides, a thick black substance surrounding her wrist and up as her hands turned into razor sharp claws. Alex then rushed forward, a speed a little faster than Rylo expected, and once she reached the slight of hand mage, she began to claw at him furiously.

"Eh..?" Rylo, unfamiliar with whatever Alex's magic, was slightly surprised, but when she started clawing at him, he managed to use his skill and agility to evade most of the slashes, but a few of them managed to land, leaning multiple cuts all over his body. Now deciding to go on the offensive, Rylo ducked, and preformed a sweep kick on Alex, catching the girl off guard, noted by the quick yelp. Alex quickly caught her balance, and flipped up.

"Not bad!" Alex said with a grin as she landed. "Anything else?"

"Just starting dear," Rylo said with a grin as a small flower appeared on his top hat, to which he took off, and held in front of him. "Say, would you like a flower?"

"Oh, I love flowers!" Alex grinned, her guard completely down as she skipped forward.

"You can't be serious..." Magnus said as he faced palmed.

"Here, have it!" Rylo smirked as he threw the flower forward, the petals flying off as they turned into razor sharp blades, all flying towards Alex.

"GAH!" Alex flailed slightly, the attack catching her off guard slightly as she slashed at the razor sharp petals, managing to cut a few, while the others ran past her sides and arms, creating noticeable cuts on them. "That wasn't a flower at all!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, please, allow me to fix that!" Rylo pulled another flower out from his pocket, and held it out, aiming right at Alex. Rylo smirked as the flower unleashed a high pressurized blast of water.

"Oh come on...!" Alex groaned slightly, holding her clawed arms up as the black substance surrounded her arms, now morphing her arms into a heavy, thick hammer fists. using one for defensive means as the water slammed into her arm, sending her back across the ground a few inches, but she was fine as the water died down.

"What magic is that...?" Alexander asked curiously. "I've never seen anything like it..."

"You could call it...a Prototype form of magic..." Magnus said. "I can't go into detail, however...Gaia doesn't like it when I do..."

"Darn right I don't," Gaia replied.

"Hmph!" Alex raised her left hammer fist up, then bright it down to the ground, the own weight of the fist and gravity increasing the impact of the fist as it slammed into the ground, cracking the ground as a shockwave traveled towards Rylo.

"Heh...Nothing up my sleeve!" Rylo smirked as a clear magic circle appeared in front of him, absorbing the shockwave, leaving him unharmed. But, before Rylo could do anything else, Alex had already morphed her arm into a spear-like claw, and extended it forward, jabbing it into Rylo's shoulder, which almost resulted in a cry of pain from the mage, but he bit his tongue.

"Daryan told me about that trick..." Alex said with a smirk as she withdrew her arm, pulling it back as she went for another go.

"Heh..." Rylo smirked as he rolled his now bleeding shoulder, a magic circle forming under him. "Now you see me...!" And the magic circle ran through Rylo, turning him invisible.

"What?!" Alex's red widened at the sudden disappearing act. She looked around carefully, but the next thing she knew, her own shockwave from earlier knocked her off her feet, and onto her butt. Alex looked up after, only to see Rylo coming down with an attempted axe kick, but Alex's hand turned into a black shield, which absorbed the impact of the attack. She then pulled her fist back, turning it into a hammer fist just as she brought it up into Rylo's chin, landing a heavy hit as Rylo rolled across the ground, hopping up after. "Heh, had enough yet?"

"Not at all." Rylo said while shaking her head. With a quick flick of his wrist, he managed to create a few glittering flames that rushed Alex.

"Fire?" Alex had a subtle grin as the flames came closer. They even exploded on her powerfully for a direct hit. Before the smoke could even clear, she pushed through the smoke at amazing speeds, leaping into the air while twisting her body around. The black substance that surrounded her body focused around her leg. It was a dense and heavy amount, so with it slammed into the unprepared Rylo, it really did send him tumbling across the ground.

"She took that!?" Flynn gasped.

"Fire doesn't bother me much." Alex said while landing on the ground, bouncing up and down.

"..." Evanee just kept her arms crossed.

Rylo felt that hit and hard. He tumbled along the ground, but was able to catch himself with a handspring, using his breakdancing experience to make an easy recovery despite how much his chest was throbbing from that impact. "She's not bad..." Rylo said with a grin. "Now, I wonder..." Two cards appeared, one behind Rylo, and one behind Alex, the ace of spades. "Is this your card?" Before Alex could respond, a large explosion erupted from the card behind her, and a quick yelp of pain escaped Alex's lips as she laid on her stomach on the ground.

"Ouch..." Daryan said while rubbing his arms.

"Oh, she's down already?" Evanee asked.

"T-That was a dirty trick..." Alex grumbled, starting to get annoyed as her hair started to change color, going from red to white. "I don't like dirty tricks..."

"It's all magic, my dear!" Rylo said with a nod, pleased with the fact Alex was getting up. Though, Rylo had no reaction time for the sudden heavy, yet normal kick, landed on his head, sending him tumbling away. "W-What the...?"

"No, no, call the match, right now!" Gaia shouted.

"Eh, what's going on?" Rylo asked as he shook his head. "That may have hurt, but I'm still in this...!"

"Alex, calm down!" Gaia said as she walked over to Alex, shaking her gently, thus returning the girl's white hair back to red.

"I'm awake, I'm awake...!" Alex said, oblivious to what just happened. "What happened? Did I fall asleep again?"

"That means its time to go..." Magnus sighed. "I knew this would happen..."

"Leaving already?" Taranis asked.

"I'm afraid we must," Gaia replied. "But, this was nice, and we must do this again, right, Ev-chan?"

"Nu-uh, you already nicknamed me Ev, no taksies backsies," Evanee said while waving a finger.

"What sort of childish term..." Gaia just sighed, and she, along with the other members of Cosmic Star, walked off.

"What was that all about..." Rylo asked as he held his shoulder, which was now growing numb.

"I dunno...but I'm tired...fix yourself up, too," Evanee said before returning inside.

"...It happened again, didn't?" Alex frowned. "I blacked out..."

"It's fine..." Gaia said while shaking her head. "You were doing very well, competing with that S-class. We just have to work on you keeping your cool in battle. When you can do that, you'll be the strongest their is. I promise."

"Heh...thanks, Gaia-chan." Alex smiled. But it was a little forced. "What's wrong with me..."