For the last 2 chapters, I haven't been getting reviews, so I'm going to do something I suck at.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I suck at Poems
But I still love you
Please review.
…That didn't come out as bad as I thought it was going to be. Still suck at it though. Anyway, enjoy the chapter! ^-^
14
Harry watched as Natsu, Gray, and Erza got ready to fight Lullaby, and Lucy decided to stay by Makarov, not wanting to get into a fight with one of Zeref's demons. Living Magic, something that Harry really doesn't know what to think about. In this case, it isn't good, because the thing that was given life is trying to kill them. But what if Zeref made a nice one? Then it wouldn't be so bad, but since Zeref was a dark mage, Harry doubted that he made any nice demons.
{You may never know. I think the guy is misunderstood,} Fawkes said, confusing Harry.
"And why do you say that?" he asked.
{I saw him when he was younger, and he was a nice kid. But there was a tragic event that happened with a dragon, and he lost his whole family. He was closest to his brother, so he tried to bring him back, but went too deep into dark magic. I don't know what happened there, I didn't stay long enough to find out, because I was trying to not get eaten by dragons. It was getting crazy by this time.}
"He lost his whole family to a dragon?"
{Well, I think so,} Fawkes said with a tilt of his head. {I might have felt something before that, but it was blocked out by the dragon's attack. I wasn't present at the time it happened.} Harry didn't know what to think. He felt like Zeref is similar to him. A headache formed, and he saw a giant man tell him that his parents were killed by Voldemort, but he lived through it when he was baby.
"So, he lost his family like I did?" asked Harry with a sad look in his eyes. Fawkes nodded in confirmation. "I guess he didn't become evil by choice," he said while looking at Lullaby. Realizing that the reason Zeref learned Living Magic was most likely because he just wanted to see his brother again. 'That's sad… I wonder who his brother was.'
Harry shook his head to clear his thoughts; this isn't the time to be feeling sympathy for a dark mage. There is a demon that wants to eat their souls right in front of him, and he couldn't do anything without his wand for crying out loud!
"Hey, four eyes!" Harry turned to the voice from behind to see Kageyama. "Catch!" He saw the dark mage of Eisenwald throw… is that his WAND?! Harry snatched it out of the air once it was close enough. Feeling the warmth of magic running from it and into his hand, almost like a greeting.
He grinned happily, and shouted back, "Thanks!" He turned to help his friends fight Lullaby with Fawkes.
Fawkes lifted Harry into the air, and flew above the song demon's head. "Columna Ignis!" Harry called out while Fawkes also breathed his own Column of fire at Lullaby. Both attacks hit their target, creating more holes in its body.
"Where did you come from?!" Lullaby demanded; however, Harry was sure he heard his friends say, "It's about time!"
"I've been here, but I didn't have my wand. Now that I have it, I'm here to kick some demon butt!" Harry said with a sneer.
Lullaby threw a punch at Harry, but Fawkes teleported them out of the way and on the other side of where they were previously. Another headache formed in Harry's head and he heard a name of a spell.
He pointed his wand at Lullaby, right at its head, and shouted, "Bombarda!" An explosion slammed into the demon, who cried out. Harry thought for a moment that Fawkes was about to drop him after using the charm, because his grip loosened. "What's wrong with you?" he asked.
Fawkes looks down to him. {I know that Bombarda Maxima is big, but that was a normal Bombarda! AND IT PUT THE MAXIMA ONE TO SHAME!} the phoenix exclaimed loudly in Harry's head. {I don't even want to know what a Bombarda Maxima will look like from you. You could destroy part of a town…} Fawkes said with dread, and Harry wondered if Makarov is thinking the same thing.
Makarov saw Harry's last attack and thought dreadfully, 'Oh god, and here I thought that Harry was going to be the only member that doesn't destroy things, but after seeing that, I'm worried that he's going to start. He's been hanging out with Natsu for too long.'
"I've had enough of you humans!" Lullaby threw its head up to face the sky, and a magic circle formed.
"It's going to play its death song!" Harry heard Gray from somewhere by the guild masters. Harry and the rest of them got ready for the song, but once Lullaby started to play, it was very off tone.
Everyone sweat dropped. {"Well that was epic climactic…"} Harry and Fawkes said at the same time.
"What's going on? Why can't I play my beautiful song of death?!" Harry turned to face Fawkes after Lullaby shouted.
"I wonder what will happen if he heard you sing. You want to find out?" he asked, and if phoenixes could grin Fawkes would.
Fawkes started to trill beautifully for everyone to hear. The mages all calmed down and listened to the magnificent song, but Lullaby cover its ears.
"AHH! Why does it hurt?! Someone shut that thing up!" it shouted angrily and in pain.
"So that's what happens…" said Harry."Keep singing and get me closer," he ordered Fawkes, who happily obeyed. Once Harry was close again, he saw that Gray, Natsu, and Erza were also getting ready to do the same thing he is – charging up for the finial attack.
"Bombarda Maxima!"
"Ice-Make Cannon!"
"Dance, my swords!"
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Everyone attacked as one, and destroyed Lullaby. Once everyone saw that it was defeated, they cheered in victory.
"WE WON!" Natsu shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Aye sir!" Happy joined it.
"I can't believe they did it…" a guild master said.
"Yeah…" another started.
"BUT THEY WENT OVERBOARD!" The rest ended.
Makarov started crying in despair after seeing the meeting hall destroyed. In fact, there is nothing left of it; it's just a hole in the ground now.
Everyone from Fairy Tail stopped cheering and saw the angry looks coming for the guild masters, and realized that they should start running. Gray grabbed Makarov, and Fawkes had to carry Harry again, because he's is magically exhausted, and they all ran for their lives.
"GET THEM!" the guild masters, except Goldmine and Bob, ordered at each other.
It is morning, and Harry and friends are hungry. Harry was able to recover some of the magic that he lost, and was able to walk on his own now. Thanks to sleeping out last night. Makarov saw how Harry was, and Fawkes showed him that all he needed was some sleep, so that's what they did after losing the other guild masters.
"Food…" said Natsu while his belly agreed loudly, making everyone else's follow.
"So are the rest of us, flame brain," said Gray rudely while glaring at the pink-haired Dragon Slayer.
"Quiet!" Makarov shouted, stopping the fight that was about to break out, and then his stomach growled. "We need food…"
Natsu and Gray glared at their master. "Yeah, we know!" they shouted in unison.
Fawkes, Harry realized, wasn't looking so good. Lucy came up from behind, and asked, "Is he going to be okay?"
Harry turned to her, getting ready to answer, but before he could, Fawkes fell off his shoulder and landed with a thud on the hard ground.
"Fawkes!" Harry exclaimed, getting the other's attention. The Fairy Tail mages jogged over to see what happened.
"Is he going to be alright?" Gray asked worriedly.
Harry didn't answer, too focused on his familiar. "Fawkes…? Come on, talk to me," he said.
{So…hungry…} Fawkes barely got out to Harry, who placed a hand on his back.
"Don't worry, we'll get food, just hang on, okay?" said Harry, but it seems Fawkes has other ideas.
{Burning…} Harry was confused for a moment, but he got his answer before he could even ask what his phoenix friend meant. Fawkes burned into a pile of ashes.
"AAAHHHHH!" everyone from Fairy Tail screamed in shock and fear, beside Harry. He knew that Fawkes is just having a burning day. His familiar wasn't looking too good for the past week.
"Harry, how are you not reacting?! Fawkes just burned to ash!" Lucy freaked out.
Harry rolled his eyes. "He's fine." To prove his point, he grabbed the ash that now has a baby bird in it. He held up the bird for everyone to see. "He's a phoenix. They die, and come right back from the ashes," he explained.
Lucy, Natsu, Happy, Gray, Erza, and Makarov stared in awe at the phoenix. "So, the legend is true," Makarov started. "Phoenixes are immortal."
Harry nodded. "Yeah, and this one decided he wants to be carried." He looks down at Fawkes. "I don't know how long it will take him to be fully grown again, but it shouldn't be too long. Birds grow up fast. Maybe by the end of the week is my guess." He starts walking again to where he thinks their guild hall is. "Let's get moving. The faster we do so, the faster we find food," he finished talking.
A little while after Fawkes was reborn, Natsu stops and sniffs the air, and listens to something. Harry noticed this and turned to face the Dragon Slayer. "What up?" he asks.
"I hear singing." Natsu turns to the cliff that's not that far off. "It's coming from there!" he shouted excitedly, while running to the edge. The others followed.
When they look down the cliff face, they saw… "FISH!" Happy exclaimed joyfully. "They're called winged-fish, and I hear they're super yummy," he added with a happy smile on his blue, furry face.
{I… would… eat…} Harry heard in his head, and look down to Fawkes. He wasn't strong enough to talk well. It sounded like bad reception.
"Fawkes said he would eat it," Harry said, not noticing the baby phoenix shaking his head in a panic. He wasn't able to say more, running out of magic from just saying the little he did.
"Then let's go fishing!" Natsu shouted.
"Aye, sir!" Happy agreed.
They fished for a while, but not a single bit. "This is taking too long," Natsu stated.
"Just be patient," said Erza. "We just have to fish harder."
Harry looked at her with a raised eyebrow. 'How do you fish harder?' he wondered.
"Get in my belly you tasty looking fish! Happy's gonna eat ya!" Happy shouted at the winged-fish, but still no bit.
A few minutes later, they gave up, and all the fish they catch was just a small one. Harry stared at it, it's too big for Fawkes, he needs worms or other small bug; however, Happy is the second smallest of their group. "I think we should give this to Happy. He's got a smaller stomach." The rest agreed with him, not wanting to have a repeat of what happened to Fawkes happen to Happy; he wouldn't come back like the phoenix did.
Natsu cooked it for his little flying buddy, and Happy took a bite. A moment later, the blue cat spit it back out with a disgusted look on his face. "Gross!"
"WHAT!? A fish Happy doesn't like?" Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza, Makarov, and Harry shouted in shock. Harry looked back down to Fawkes, who looked defeated. Then it clicked into his head.
"Fawkes…" Everyone else turns to Harry to listen. "Were you trying to say you wouldn't eat the winged-fish?" They all eyed the baby phoenix, which stared at them for a short time and nodded his head with sad eyes. Harry looked at the rest of them sheepishly. "Oops… sorry, guys, I didn't understand him well enough."
They all sighed. "It's fine," said Erza. "Let's just keep moving." They moved on from the cliff and winged-fish.
What felt like hours, but was really one, the Fairy Tail mages and wizard found something in the distance. Natsu, who has the best eyes, was able to see what it was.
"It's a town!" he exclaimed happily.
"And where there is a town, there's normally FOOD!" Makarov called out, making to rest of Team Natsu happy. Everyone charged at the town, looking to get some grub.
When they got to the town, they stopped and stared. There was no one in sight. They walked around, wondering if they'll bump into someone, but never did.
"Where is everyone?" Gray asked.
"Are they all hiding in their houses?" Lucy questioned.
Natsu sniffed the air. "No, I don't smell anyone, but this place does have a weird scent to it," he reported.
"Let's check the houses," ordered Erza. They did just that, and one of the houses they looked in had food on the table.
"Food!" Natsu, Gray, and Happy said excitedly. They ran up to the still steaming food, and about to eat it, but Erza stopped them.
"Not so fast!" They all froze, including Lucy, Harry, and Makarov. "Don't any of you find this strange?" She points to the food. "Why leave fresh food on the table? Where are the people that made it?" she questioned.
"Who cares?" Natsu asked.
"You fool!" Natsu froze again at Erza's shout. "Something's not right here. We need to find out what going on before we try to eat something. For all we know, it could be poisoned," she stated, bringing up a good point to all of them.
"So, what do we do?" Harry asked.
"You, Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lucy are going to go by the edge of the town and pick mushrooms. I and Master are going to look around here to see what we can find," she ordered. "Get going!" The ones told to pick mushrooms left, leaving their master and S-class mage behind.
Harry was watching Natsu pick mushrooms. He, Lucy, and Gray are doing the same, but the fire mage is eating them. Harry is not an expert on mushrooms, but he's pretty sure that some of these are poisonous.
"Why are you laughing, Happy?" Harry heard Lucy ask. He turned his green eyes to look at the one in question.
"I'm waiting for Natsu to eat a poisonous mushroom. It's really funny when he does," Happy answered while trying to hide his impish grin.
Lucy turned to Harry. "Do you know what he's talking about?" she asked.
He shook his head in the negative. "No, I've only been in Fairy Tail for about a year now. I didn't see when Natsu ate these plants before," he explained, but he wasn't able to answer Lucy's question. He was just as confused as she is, so he turned to face Natsu again, and waited to see what happens.
Natsu eats a mushroom, but then starts choking. Harry is about to run up and help him, but Happy's voice stops him. "And here comes the funnies!" Not long after that was said, Natsu sprouted a small mushroom on his head.
"Whoa, that was close," Natsu said with a sigh of relief.
"You're growing a mushroom on your head!" Lucy exclaimed, eyes wide and bulging out of her head.
Gray laughed at how ridiculous Natsu looks with the shroom on his head, but Harry wasn't paying them attention. His attention is on Happy, who is sulking with a dark cloud above his head while saying, "Oh man, I was hoping that his head would turn purple."
"That's what you were hoping for?!" Lucy questioned in shock.
Harry rolls his eyes, and turns to face Fawkes, who he placed on the ground by a rock close by to him, so he could pick mushrooms. (AN: I keep saying mushrooms! DX) "How have I not gone insane while being surrounded by these nutcases?" he asked. "Even Lucy doesn't seem to have been so lucky."
Fawkes stares into Harry's eyes and says, {You… best… luck… worst… luck…}
Harry raised an eyebrow. "Are you saying I have the best luck, or the worst?" Fawkes shook his head from side to side. "I have… both?" he asked again, and this time his familiar nodded his head, even though he pecked the ground when trying to do so, because his head is too heavy. "How can someone have the best, but also the worst luck?" Harry said confusedly, focusing his eye back to Fawkes. "When you're able to talk again, you're going to have to explain this to me." The phoenix shook his head again.
Harry was pulling some plants out of his way, so he could pick more mushrooms when he found a really big one. He smirked, and sat up a bit to call out behind him, "Hey, Happy, come here." He watched the blue cat come over.
"What's up, Harry?" he asked.
"Look what I found," he said while pointing at the giant fungus. Happy looks at the mushroom, and his eyes go wide.
"Wow, that's huge!" Happy's stomach growls. "And it looks so tasty," he added with some drool falling down his chin. Harry moved aside and watched Happy take a bite of the mushroom, and waited.
It was Happy's turn to start choking, and Harry and Lucy watched as he grew a mushroom on his head.
"Pew, glad that's over," said Happy.
"Now you look like us!" Harry heard Natsu and Gray say. He turned to see Gray with a blue mushroom on his head, and wondered when he got it. He turned back to Happy when he heard a whimper. When he saw the look on his face, he started to feel guilty.
Happy started running away. "It's not funny what the joke's on me!" he sobbed.
Harry still felt bad, but didn't feel as guilty now that it was just Happy being a spoil sport. "That's what you're crying about?" Lucy seems to agree with him.
A while later, Harry, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Happy, and Fawkes notice a red light coming from the town. They got worried, and so they ran back to Erza and Makarov. It took them a few minutes, but they found them at the center of town.
"What's going on?" Natsu questioned while seeing if he could get the answer just by smelling the air.
"What do you smell, Natsu?" Harry asked.
"Just a lot of magic," was his answer.
"We need to get to higher ground," demanded Erza. They don't question her at all, and just follow.
They go to the edge of a cliff that looks over the town just in time to see it come to life, literally. The buildings turn into serpent-like creatures, and thanks to Harry's seeker's sight, the chairs act like dogs.
"So, those lines in the ground made a magic circle," Erza acknowledged.
"The town has become a living thing. You know what that means, right?" Makarov asked. The rest of them shook their heads. "FOOD!"
Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Erza all looked happy about that, but Harry, Fawkes, and Lucy didn't. "You want us to eat that?" Lucy demanded.
"Is it even edible?" Harry added. The two watched as Natsu beat the heck out of the town, and cook it. Gray freezes his bunch, and Erza requiped into a chef outfit with cleavers in each hand, and sliced and diced the serpent-buildings.
After they were all down, they decided that it was time to eat. They all took a bite, and Harry and Lucy waited. Gray, Natsu, and Erza's eyes widen in shock, the other two couldn't tell if it was from disgust or not.
"So, how is it?" Lucy asked, but the only answer she got was Erza handing her a chunk. "Eh?!" she squeaked. "Oh, alright." She took a bite, and Harry didn't have to wait as long to find out what was going on.
"GROSS!" Everyone that ate a piece shouted.
"I'm guessing it taste just like a building?" Harry asked them with a sheepish smile.
"Pretty much," Natsu answered.
"That was so disgusting," Gray stated.
"I wouldn't even say this was edible," Erza affirmed.
"Then why did you let me try it?!" Lucy exclaimed.
Harry and Makarov couldn't help but laugh at all of them, but everything stopped when the ground started to glow again. Lucy, Gray, Natsu, Happy, and Erza go back to where Harry and Makarov are to see what was happening. The ground looked to be sinking, and the ledge that they were standing on broke apart, sending them down with the town.
They all shouted in fear, but then a golden light formed, and no one knew what happened. One moment they were falling, and the next they're on the ground with no town, and a lot more people.
Harry, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Fawkes, and Happy find out that these people were practicing dark magic, but it got the better of them and turned their town into what is was. Makarov told them not to do it again.
They left shortly after, wondering what happened back there.
"Master," Erza started, catching everyone else's attention. "I saw that you did something to save us, but can you tell me was it was you did?" Makarov looked deep in though.
"It's not important. What matters is that everyone is safe," he answered.
"Of course, master."
Harry sighed, he wants to know what happened, but knows that Makarov isn't going to answer. 'He reminds me of someone, but I can't remember his name. All I know is that he was old, and wore colorful clothing.'
"There is still a problem though," Gray started, and everyone's stomach growled loudly.
"We're still hungry!" They all said as one.
TBC
Darn this is a long chapter! O_O I bet that makes you guys happy though, right? ;)
Harry: You made me an imp.
Voldy: Better not let Snap find out. Oh, wait… He's dead! XD HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Harry: *glares* All thanks to you! DX
Natsu: Who's Snap? :/
Enj/Dark: Someone that was close to Harry's mother. Zeff?
Zeref: Please review. :C