Hi guys Azza here.

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Edolas: Enter The Parallel World

/Magnolia/

Natsu exited the barber shop with a sigh. Keeping his hair around its usual length Natsu opted to keep his beard at a reasonable length.

"The things I do to keep you happy Erza I hope you at least let me compromise, I doubt she'll want to compromise though." A small smile appeared on his face as he thought about the scarlet haired knight.

As Natsu began to make his way home he couldn't help but feel a shift in the magical energies in the area, Natsu knew that there would always be shifts in the magical energies in the area due to the Guild but none as sudden and on such a scale as this.

"So you sense it too, Natsu?"

Natsu could only sigh as he turned to face the masked mage. "Mystogan, gotta say I wasn't expecting to see you on my first day back."

"If you only recently returned then it is most fortunate. As you have probably realised there has been sudden shifts in the magic around the town."

"Yeah you got any idea what's going on?"

"I know exactly what's going on however time is short. Natsu, find the other slayers and stick together because you will be the only beings within Magnolia that will be immune to what comes."

Natsu pondered what Mystogan had said. "Why only the other slayers, what about you?"

"What you are speaking with is my mist, my true self is beyond the range of the blast. Before you think I am merely abandoning everyone in Magnolia know that everything will be alright as long as the slayers are all within Magnolia."

"Well I don't know about Gajeel but there's me, Wendy and Elise. Can you tell me why we shouldn't be evacuating the town?"

"Because there are precious minutes until the strike and we must be prepared to counter quickly, all will be explained soon."

Natsu could only frown. "I don't like this Mystogan why all the secrecy?"

"Well you see Natsu-."

Before Mystogan could explain any further a large beam of light burst forth from the sky engulfing the entire town.

"Stay in this spot Natsu I'll be with you once the blast dissipates!"

"Mystogan wait!" The mist form of the mage disappeared as the bright light blinded Natsu.

After several minutes, the bright light finally faded. Natsu slowly opened his eyes and to his shock the entire city was gone.

"No way it's actually all gone is this what Mystogan meant when he said we need to counterattack?"

"Correct Natsu though it will be a different kind of counterattack than what you'd think."

"You'd better have a good explaination for all this," Natsu growled as he approached the S Class mage.

"Edolas."

"Edolas, what's that?"

"That's where the entire town is Natsu, up there," Mystogan said as he motioned to the sky above the pair.

"So what is this Edolas exactly and how do you know so much about it?"

"There isn't much time to explain all that Natsu we need to grab the slayers and send you all up there. You might not believe this but up there is another world parallel to this one. Within this parallel world also exists magic however it does not function the same as it does in this world."

"An alternate world honestly that isn't all that surprising to me anymore, but tell me more about how magic works will I be able to use mine there?"

Mystogan pulled a jar full of pills from his coat and handed them to Natsu. "Take one of these they allow you to use your magic normally within the Edolas realm. Make sure to give the others one too."

"So what exactly do we do once we get there?"

"You must find the capital and overthrow the King, he is the one responsible for this. I'll spare you the details as I'm sure you'll figure it out as you got but you need to find and prevent any lacrima crystals you see from being used, any of them could be a piece of this town and its citizens."

"What are you on about Mystogan even for me this is confusing?"

Mystogan sighed as he unsheathed several of his staves. "Since you didn't have the time to find the others I guess I'll have to bring them here."

The staves began to circle around Mystogan before they scattered out in several directions before quickly returning with the other slayers inside bubbles.

"Right I'm going to send you all up now, Natsu please don't fail me you're the only hope we have left."

"Hey it'll be fine I've got these guys with me."

Mystogan smiled slightly under his hood as the bubbles began to rise into the air. "Remember to take that pill Natsu.

"Yeah got it," Natsu said as he took one of them. "Don't worry guys we're coming."

/? Edolas/

After what seemed like an eternity of waiting Natsu and the other slayers finally arrived in Edolas, unfortunately for them however the moment they exited the rift the bubbles popped and the slayers began to fall."

"Damn they aren't awake yet better catch em!" Natsu summoned the Magic Circle in his hand and manipulated the gravity around the group, gently lowering them to the ground. "Well there's no time to lose better get them up before we get caught out by something.

Gently shaking Wendy the smallest slayer began to wake, moving to Elise he did the same. For Gajeel however Natsu just kicked him a few times.

"Oww what the crap, hey what's the big idea Salamander you go missing for months and-." Gajeel abruptly ended his rant as he noticed the environment they were in.

"Alright you three take one of these," Natsu said as he handed them one each.

"What are these for Natsu, what's going on," Elise groaned as she massaged her head.

"Look we don't really have time to sit around and chat. To put it simply we're in an alternate world, Magnolia and everyone in it except us was turned into a giant lacrima and taken to the capital of this place and we need to stop them and save everyone."

"Uh…."

"Dunno bout the two of you but what Salamander's sayin makes sense to me. Some guys messed with us and we're goin in for payback, right?"

"Basically, though we need to find and save the lacrima crystal before these guys use it. That pill I gave you lets you use your magic, in this world you can't use magic without it."

The three looked at each other before taking the pills.

"So now that the pleasantries are out of the way what the hell do we do now Salamander?"

"Ok well we need to find the capital so what I was thinking is we split into two groups and cover more ground. The way I see it is we meet at this capital; whichever group gets there first goes undercover and gets intel."

"Sounds like a plan Natsu, so does this mean Erza and the others are a part of the lacrima too?"

"Yeah unfortunately, Elise you go with Gajeel and I'll take Wendy. We'll meet at the capital as soon as we can."

"Right we'll see you their Salamander." Gajeel said with a grin.

"Well at least your confident," Natsu sighed. "Come on Wendy let's get going."

The Sky Dragon Slayer was silent as she followed behind Natsu.

/? Natsu and Wendy's POV/

Natsu and Wendy had been wandering for several hours and had little success in finding any sign of civilization.

"Well this search is off to a great start," Natsu sighed.

"Well it's only been a few hours and the capital could be anywhere."

"True but remember we're not just looking for the capital Wendy, we're looking for anywhere or anyone to get an idea of where we are."

"I know I just want to get to the capital so we can save everyone, Gray and Erza trained for all that time and weren't even given a chance to defend themselves."

"Hey we'll get em back, all of them. Mystogan gave us a chance to save them, a chance that I wouldn't have thought a possibility if Mystogan didn't tell me about it."

"Ok Natsu but can I ask you one thing?"

"Sure what's up?"

"Can I have some of that drink you're always having?"

Natsu looked at Wendy with confusion. "You mean this, why?"

"Every time you open it I can smell it, when you opened it a few minutes ago I was going to ask but you didn't seem to be in a very good mood so I didn't."

"Do you even know what's in this Wendy if Erza ever found out I let you have any of this she'd take my head for sure. This is some of the strongest booze in Fiore I don't know if I should give you any."

"Why not I can handle it!"

Natsu sighed, "Tell you what if we don't find anything in the next few hours and it gets dark, if it gets dark in this world, I'll give you some."

"You'd better keep your promise Natsu," Wendy pouted as Natsu grinned back at her.

"Oh don't worry I'll keep my promise and it looks like I didn't even have to move too far to do it."

Wendy looked at Natsu confused turning around to look at what Natsu was pointing at.

"Is that the Fairy Tail guild mark, what's it doing on that tree?"

"The world is similar yet different …. Is this what Mystogan meant?"

The two made their way over to the tree as they noticed at the base of the tree a small door.

"Have we been walking past buildings this whole time?"

"Dunno Wendy but from what I can tell this isn't our guild, if I had to guess this would be the Fairy Tail of this world, Edolas' Fairy Tail."

"Should we ask them for help, they might know where we are?"

"We'll go in but stick close they might look the same but they aren't our friends. I guess I should change back into my Wizard Saint clothes, gotta have that intimidating look down."

Wendy sighed and shook her head as Natsu requiped into his Saint clothes before the two entered the building.

/Edolas Fairy Tail Guild/

Natsu and Wendy entered the guild and upon entering many of the guild members turned to look at them.

"Hey isn't that Natsu?"

"What the hells he wearing?"

"Where can I buy some of those and who's the kid with him."

"Well looks like we drew attention to ourselves fairly quickly, still all the people here look so familiar. It's almost everyone who's in the guild from our world and yet somethings different about them."

As the two began to walk to the bar a blond haired mage snuck her way behind Natsu and grabbed him.

"Torture Technique Number 12: Th-,"

Before the blond had the chance to carry out the attack Natsu sent out a burst of magic sending everyone except Wendy back several feet.

"What the hell was that!"

"Did Natsu just stand up to Lucy?"

"What the hell just happened."

Natsu's expression remained neutral as he continued walking forward towards the bar.

"Hey I'm not done with you yet," the blonde yelled as she went to punch Natsu in the back of the head.

Easily dodging the blow Natsu grabbed the girls arm and flipped her over him and onto the ground. "You, I think I remember you."

"What do you mean you think you remember me, you wanna fight for real Natsu!"

"Hold on Lucy settle down a minute, Natsu are you ok," asked the Edolas version of Mirajane.

Natsu sighed as he took a seat, "I suppose I should start by telling you who I am. I'm Natsu Dragneel of the Fairy Tail Guild, you all probably think that I'm the Natsu from this guild but I'm not."

"Dragneel, well that's certainly not the last name of our Natsu," Edo Mira said.

"Basically I'm the Natsu from the world opposite to this, my world is called Earthland."

"Another world what are you talking about, you learn a few good moves and now you're suddenly a whole different person!"

"Look er Lucy was it, I'm not the Natsu from this world and if you'll let me explain I'll tell you my story."

Natsu recounted the events that lead to the pair ending up where they were as the guild listened on intently.

"So it seems that you'll be wanting to go after the King then," Edo Mira sighed as she handed Natsu another drink.

"So is the King responsible for what happened to my guild and all my friends?"

"Yes the capital is the only place that has access to that much magic everywhere else is barely scraping by."

"Scraping by how does that work?"

"Well you don't have any weapons do you?"

"Well I have about seventeen swords but I don't really use them if that's what you mean?"

"See Mira we can't trust this guy he doesn't even have one sword on him let alone seventeen, who even needs seventeen swords anyway!"

"Can you explain to us how magic works in this world Mira I think that'll clear this up quickly?"

"You don't know, all magic runs through objects like Lucy's whip or even the lights around us."

"Ah now I understand why you all don't believe me, here let me show you all something." Natsu began to power up as he unleashed a small portion of his raw magical power which caused the entire guild hall to shake.

"Unbelievable, he's got more magic than the largest of lacrima crystals," Mira said under her breath as Natsu powered down.

"See what I mean now, where I'm from magic runs through all beings and objects rather than just objects. From what I can tell the people of this world either don't have or can't access their magical cores."

"Natsu you have the power to topple the King and end his hunt for us," Mira said.

"His hunt what are you-."

"THE FAIRY HUNTERS ARE HERE!"

All members in the guild began to scramble around as Natsu and Wendy looked on confused.

"We can't fill the teleporter with enough magic in time!"

"They're gonna be here in less than a minute!"

"Hey Mira what's goin on!"

"Remember what I just said, the King is hunting us because we still use magic. Magic use is forbidden by the King so we were branded a Dark Guild and the Twin Commanders were dispatched by him to wipe us out."

"So you called them Fairy Hunters….. I heard someone say teleporter, so this is how you evade them?"

"Yes but it seems our lucks finally run out," Mira sighed.

Natsu looked around the guild and saw many fearful faces before he looked back at Wendy.

"Mira, I can buy you some time but you once you get away I need a favour ok?"

"What you can't fight them you'll be killed!"

"I'm stronger than I look now will you listen to me?"

Mira looked at Natsu before nodding, tears in her eyes.

"Get Wendy to the capital, there are two more like us that will be waiting for us there. If you promise to get Wendy there I'll buy you all the time you need."

"Wait why are you going off by yourself Natsu!" Wendy looked extremely angered by Natsu's actions before he gave her a pat on the head.

"You know I won't lose Wendy, go with them and meet up with Gajeel and Elise. If that isn't enough you can have all my booze ok."

Handing her the flask before heading to the door Natsu looked back with a grin.

"I needed to see how we all stacked up in this world, Twin Commanders should do just nicely."

"Natsu wait-."

Wendy was about to chase after him when Mirajane held her back. "Let him go Wendy his minds made up."

Wendy could only look up at the Edolas Mirajane and nod, a single tear in her eye. The truth is Wendy wasn't concerned for Natsu's safety rather Natsu was in essence all she really had and she felt that she may never see him again.

"Hang on to something everyone," one of the mages yelled as the guild began to glow.

/Outside The Guild: Natsu's POV/

Exiting the Edolas Fairy Tail guild Natsu could only sigh, he understood how Wendy must be feeling but he knew that she would need to learn how to get by herself, something he couldn't teach her himself.

"She's gonna make me pay for that later but I can't just let these commanders or whatever they're called kill any more of them. I guess I should give em credit though they certainly have the intimidation factor on point."

Off in the distance the Twin Commanders were closing in on the guild and fast, the two were riding on top of a wyvern which was by all accounts an agile creature.

"Well time to get acquainted with Edolas magic, just a little speed won't cut it I'm gonna have to hit that thing pretty hard to slow it down."

Channelling his magic beneath himself a Magic Circle appeared beneath Natsu as he began to rise into the air until he was at level with the wyvern. A second Magic Circle appeared behind him as he was sent flying forward.

"Gravity's such a fun way to get around," Natsu thought as he surrounded his fist with flames.

On the wyvern's back the Twin Commanders immediately noticed the figure coming towards them at high speed.

"Well this is new, wonder where they picked this one up?"

"Stay on your guard whoever this is gives me a bad feeling."

Several seconds later Natsu made contact with the wyvern, punching it in the face with considerable force knocking it unconscious. Once he looked up to see who his opponents would be he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Of all the counterparts that I could have run into and all the things they could have been doing its you two!"

The Twin Commanders had quickly jumped off the wyvern and landed safely on the ground.

"Impossible, there's no way I'm seeing this Erza!"

"I agree, this can't be that fool Natsu Dragion!"

Natsu remained airborne, his Gravity magic giving him a space to stand as he looked down at the two.

"I take it that you two are these Fairy Hunters I've heard about; your names wouldn't be Erza and Elise by any chance would they?"

"You are indeed correct, would we be correct in assuming that you are not Natsu Dragion of Fairy Tail," Edo Erza asked as she pointed her lance in his direction.

"Yep fraid not, Natsu Dragneel of Fairy Tail Earthland."

"Earthland, but you can use your magic," Edo Elise exclaimed as Natsu descended to their level.

"Yep and that's pretty unfortunate for you because it seems I have to go and have a little word with this King of yours about taking my friends!"

"We would never let you near King Faust," Edo Elise yelled as she readied her sword before Edo Erza held her back.

"Your friends, I assume you are referring to the Anima blast that transported them here recently? Unfortunately, they have been turned into a lacrima crystal and the process is irreversible, since your quest is pointless you should return to your own world."

"Yeah see if I were any old mage that little intimidation thing you're trying to pull would work but here's the thing I'm not just any old mage, I'm a Fairy Tail mage. Now when someone tells me that my friends are in danger I'm not just gonna sit by and do nothing."

"As I already said Dragneel there isn't anything you can do, your friends are surely dead from the process."

Natsu's calm expression turned into a frown, "Dead. You'd better hope they aren't dead when I get there, and I will get there. But more than them you'd better hope that my Erza isn't dead because if she is … if she is dead then there won't be any more talk of this Kingdom of Edolas, of this Anima blast taking cities. All the survivors will speak of is the once great Kingdom of Edolas that was consumed by flame, its great protectors scorched by Dragonfire!"

"Erza there isn't a point in trying to reason with this guy he's just Fairy scum like the rest," Edo Elise whined as she tried to get past the lance blocking her path.

"You mentioned an Erza specifically, why?"

"Because Erza Scarlett my worlds counterpart to you is the love of my life. If she's dead I'll tear down every last piece of your Kingdom!"

"Scarlett …. to have someone who would be willing to go to such lengths for her … she was incredibly lucky. Listen Dragneel I am Erza Knightwalker, one of the Twin Commanders of the Royal Edolas Army. I will respect and honour your decision to be against us as it is a noble one however this makes you an enemy of his majesty."

"Punishable by death I'm guessing, oh well can't be helped," Natsu said with a grin as his fists ignited.

"I'm guessing you know my counterpart as well then, I'm Elise Fulcrum the other Twin Commander. I don't sympathise with you at all after all your just Fairy scum."

Natsu couldn't help but smile at the situation as he felt a surge of magical power behind him.

"It seems the Edolas Fairy Tail got away again," Knightwalker sighed.

"Doesn't matter Erza, there's a Fairy right in front of us," Edo Elise yelled as she disappeared before reappearing behind Natsu and taking a swing at his head. "Got him!"

"Elise above you!"

Elise barely had time to react as she blocked a blow from Natsu who wasn't even using his Fire magic.

"These must be more of those weird magic weapon things the Edolas Mira was talking about, no normal weapon would have stood that much force," Natsu thought as she sensed Knightwalker behind him.

"By the Ten Divine Commandments I will smite all who oppose my King!" Going for an ordinary thrust Natsu was surprised at the simplicity of the attack before he realised too late as an explosion went off from the tip.

"Well now that could have been bad," Natsu said as he appeared from the blast unfazed as he darted past Elise and appeared in front of Knightwalker before she had time to react. "Think I'll have a quick look at this."

Taking the lance from Knightwalker Natsu was surprised to find that there was an overwhelming amount of magical power within it. Suddenly he could feel the lance draining his magical energy he dropped it and cleared some distance between the two as Knightalker quickly recovered her weapon.

"What the hell was that," Natsu growled as he could feel a burning sensation up his right arm.

"Unbelievable you just recharged all the magical energy in my lance, I can't remember the last time my lance was this full of magic!"

"Dammit I've gotta keep that in mind, seems that if you're from Earthland these Edolas things can suck away your magic if you're not careful."

"It seems you are much more powerful than we thought, we won't make that mistake again," Knightwalker said as she made her way beside Elise.

"Yeah see we haven't had someone who can actually put up a fight to battle in a long time, most people wouldn't have even dodged my initial attack let alone out speed both of us."

"Well then let's see what the two of you've got then," Natsu said as he ignited his fists.

"He's fast so we need to be faster, Ten Divine Commandments: Silfarion!" Knightwalker's lance changed as the tip became more triangular.

"Ten Demonic Commandments: Chithnis!" Elise's sword changed to that of a dagger as the two began to be surrounded by wind.

"The Twin Commanders, now it makes sense," Natsu said as the two instantly appeared in front of him.

Taking swings at Natsu he jumped into the air thinking the same tactic from before would suffice.

"Not this time Dragneel," Edo Elise said as she suddenly appeared above him.

Completely unfazed Natsu grabbed Elise's arm as she went to strike him and threw her towards Knightwalker, the scarlet haired knight easily dodging her partner and appearing in front of Natsu.

"Ten Divine Commandments: Mel Force!" Firing a blast of wind at Natsu the Dragon Slayer held out his right hand and sent out a blast of Crash magic shattering the attack instantly as the two began to fall back to the ground.

The second the two hit the ground Natsu bolted to where Elise had just landed. "Fire Dragon's Crashing Iron Fist!"

The commander had just managed to get back on her feet as Natsu landed a blow to her jaw sending her flying into a nearby cliff.

Moments later Knightwalker appeared behind Natsu and attempted to stab him however he jumped onto the lance before jumping into the air.

"Ten Demonic Commandments: Soul Sphere!" Elise quickly re-joined the battle as she fired a ball of darkness at Natsu which burst and sent phantoms after Natsu. "Don't let these hit you Dragneel, not if you value your soul that is!"

Natsu used his Gravity magic to propel himself further into the air before he created a large ball of fire between his hands. "Fire Dragon Kings Meteor Rain!"

Holding the sphere in front of himself he then let it burst sending down large balls of fire which began to destroy the phantoms, any that missed landed in the surrounding area creating large craters.

"Such power," Knightwalker said under her breath as both she and Elise were forced onto the defensive as the rain of fire continued.

"Don't think you're out of the woods yet, "Gravity Dragon's Unstable Wing!" Surrounding his left arm with a purple aura Natsu directed a slash at the two which they easily dodged.

"Wow I was expecting more than that Dragneel," Edo Elise jeered before she felt two opposing forces clashing at the centre of her body.

"Unstable Wing doesn't have to land to do damage as you just realised, lucky for you it didn't hit or you wouldn't even be standing right now. It caused the gravity below the wave being forced upward and above it to be forced downward."

"A human with the ability to manipulate gravity itself, unbelievable," Edo Elise said as she rose to her feet.

"Now I'd love to stay and hang out with you two but I've got places to be," Natsu said as he dusted off his coat.

"Can't believe he's mocking us Erza can you believe this shit!"

"He has good reason to Elise, I get the feeling we haven't even come close to seeing him go all out," Knightwalker said gritting her teeth in frustration. "Can I blame him though," she thought as Natsu began to walk away.

Elise was about to rush Natsu but Erza beat her to the punch as she tackled the Dragon Slayer to the ground.

"Why won't you fight me seriously, you didn't even attempt to counter me tackling you! You said you would destroy our kingdom yet you won't even strike me!"

"Now that I think about it he's only been landing hits on me, the closest he came to hitting Erza was with that fireball thing."

Natsu looked up at the enraged commander with a blank expression. "I couldn't destroy your kingdom Knightwalker, take down your King yeah but outright destroy it, no. As for not landing a hit on you well tell me this could you strike someone that looks, sounds and acts just like the one you love?"

Knightwalker looked down at the pink haired Slayer shocked. "He's right, the whole reason he's here is because he wants her and his friends back."

Pushing the commander off him and getting to his feet Natsu sighed as he dusted himself off. "This is when I need a drink the most, hate these types of conflicts. Tell you what how about you take me to your capital, as your prisoner of course?"

"As if we would do that, we don't take prisoners by order of King F-!" Erza waved her arm silencing Elise.

"We will accept your surrender Dragneel, King Faust will be most interested in you."

"Are you kidding Erza he's dangerous we can't bring him back to the capital he'll go straight for the King!"

"He's going to the capital regardless Elise you and I both know that it would take more power than just the two of us to beat him, besides if he's willing to surrender then he must be willing to talk."

"Fine but he's your responsibility and have you even considered how we are to get back the Wyvern's out cold!"

"I think I can help with that just jump on its back," Natsu said as the two looked to where he had been standing before realising that he was already on the Wyvern."

"I'm not taking orders from you," Edo Elise yelled as Knightwalker just sat on the Wyvern.

"Come on Elise better to let him expend his energy than ours," she sighed as Edo Elise got onto the Wyvern albeit with a considerable amount of complaining.

"Well now what," she said in annoyance as Natsu sighed.

"Which direction are we going?"

"Northeast of here," Knightwalker said as Natsu held out his arms.

"Right now I'm assuming the Wyvern is yours so that's why we're using it and not some rock or something, now hold on tight.

A large Magic Circle appeared around the Wyvern as it slowly began to rise into the air.

"This must be more of that gravity manipulation," Knightwalker thought as Natsu reached a good enough height.

"Ok Northeast it is," Natsu said with a grin as they took off into the distance at high speed.

/Capital Of Edolas Gajeel and Elise's POV/

While Natsu and Wendy had the misfortune of heading off in the complete opposite direction to the capital Gajeel and Elise had arrived within mere hours and began to stake the area out.

"Gihi can't wait to rub this in Salamander's face, who knew the capital was this close and the idiot went the wrong way."

"Normally I'd find that hilarious but considering how things are going I'm just glad that we're all still here and not crystalized y'know."

"Yeah still wonderin about that did Salamander explain any of this to ya?"

"Nope, I'm just as clueless about this as you. I'm not even really sure what we should be looking for."

"For a War God Slayer you sure don't know much huh, Salamander's on the money sendin us here. Think about it, with us here we can scope out what we're up against military wise, Salamander by himself could do considerable damage but with the four of us we have room to strategize."

"Huh I guess you're right, any idea where the nearest base is?"

"How should I know but that looks like a pretty good place to start," Gajeel said as he pointed to a large crowd gathered near a large structure.

The two made their way over and joined the crowd that gathered as a robed figure appeared before the audience.

"Citizens of Edolas thank you for coming all this way for this important announcement, now to give you this information personally here is your King and mine, King Faust!"

The crowd erupted into cheer and applause as an older looking man appeared on the scaffolding surrounding the structure.

"King huh guess we hit the jackpot," Gajeel whispered with a grin.

"My most faithful subjects I'm so happy to see you all here today. Magic, a resource that as you know our world has begun to lose over the years, a resource that for all my reign I have strived to find a remedy too!"

The crowd began to cheer once more as the two Fairy Tail mages looked on with a grim look.

"It gives me great pleasure today to present to you all something that, while it isn't a permanent solution will buy us much precious time to find a more permanent solution. I proudly present to you a lacrima!"

The king pulled the veil off the structure revealing it to be a giant lacrima, Gajeel and Elise looked at each other disgusted that the crowd was cheering.

"With this lacrima we will fuel our world for many years to come!" As the King made his declaration Elise gasped as they cut a piece off the lacrima and began to walk away with it.

"Don't do anything, we get caught here then they'll all be gone," Gajeel said as he held her back. "Come on let's follow those guys and see where they're taking it."

Elise nodded as the two made their way out of the crowd and began to tail the workers carting the piece of lacrima.

"Should we take them out, we can get that piece of lacrima back?"

"We just wanna tail em for now, once Natsu and the kid get here we'll come back for it."

"But what if they go to use it?"

Gajeel pondered Elise's question before sighing. "Fine we'll get the damn crystal but we need to be real careful where we take these guys, anyone sees us runnin off with the crystal we'll have half the military after us."

Elise nodded in agreement as they continued to follow the workers until they reached a large workshop, entering the building Gajeel and Elise moved to a nearby window.

"Guess your hunch was right they're gonna use it straight away. I've seen a machine like that before back in Phantom, we used a few of em to power the Jupiter Cannon."

"So we should get in and stop them before they hook it up then?"

"We'll get to that but I'm bettin they've got more than just workers around here," Gajeel sighed as the two made their way to the front door.

"If we have to fight our way out I'll do whatever I have to, you grab the lacrima."

"Right, you ready?"

Elise nodded as the two kicked in the door, Elise summoning two swords and Gajeel turning his arm into a saw.

"Fairy Tail's come knockin chumps," Gajeel said as he disappeared and reappeared behind the workers knocking them out.

Get the lacrima Gajeel I can hear a bunch of guards coming!"

"Just give me a sec I'm only able to go so fast y'know!"

"Funny you seemed pretty fast a second ago?"

"Shut up that was different," Gajeel shouted as he grabbed the lacrima with his free hand and ran to Elise.

"You sure you can carry that with one arm, it's a pretty big lacrima?"

"I've got it covered besides I don't like to leave myself open if you know what I mean."

Elise nodded as she turned and ran out into the back street only to be met with several arrows which she promptly blocked.

"Hold your fire it's Commander Fulcrum," one of the guards shouted as they began to approach her.

"Who," Elise said under her breath as Gajeel emerged holding the crystal only to be met with more arrows which Elise promptly deflected.

"Commander what are you doing this criminal is stealing his majesty's lacrima!"

Appearing behind the archers Elise looked down at them with a neutral expression. "Commander, no idea," she said as she knocked them out.

"Hey quit showin off there's more of em coming this way!"

"Security just had to be tied to the building itself didn't it," Elise sighed as she engaged a platoon of soldiers.

"Commander Fulcrum what are you-." The soldier didn't even get to finish as Elise ran him through with one of her swords while fending off two others.

"Don't tell anyone I did that Natsu's generally lenient about it but Erza would kill me."

"My lips are sealed," Gajeel said with a grin as he deflected several arrows with the flat end of his saw.

"These guys aren't using magic though I guess there is a magic shortage on."

"Maybe the grunts don't get to use any, we should take this opportunity and get outta here!"

"What the hell are these two they've got magic!"

"Look at that guy's arm!"

"Pal you ain't seen nothin yet, Iron Dragon's Club!" Changing his arm to the shape of a club Gajeel extended it past Elise before smashing anyone on the left side of it into a wall.

"Someone get the Magic Core!"

"Isn't Commander Fulcrum one of the leaders of the Magic Core?"

"You idiots that isn't Elise," a voice said from the rooftop.

"It's Captain Sugarboy!"

"He brought backup!"

Elise looked up at the man standing on the roof. "If he's a Captain then he must be able to use magic, same with these reinforcements he brought," Elise thought to herself as the man jumped off the roof.

"My my I'd heard tales from King Faust about how in Earthland there were counterparts to almost everyone yet a counterpart to our Elise I was not expecting. Now I'm only gonna say this once tell your friend to drop the lacrima and surrender, King Faust only wants a word with the two of you then you'll only have to spend life in prison."

"As if we'll surrender, that entire lacrima is made up of our friends and we won't stop until we've saved them!"

"Brave words but don't think you lot are the first who've come to Edolas looking for some sweet revenge, sad to say they've all been put to the sword by our noble Twin Commanders. Besides do you think you've got what it takes to beat the Royal Edolas Army?"

"Do I think I have what it takes?" Elise sighed as she turned to look at Gajeel who nodded as she turned her attention back to the ever increasing amount of soldiers behind Sugarboy.

"Also keep in mind that just a short while ago another one of you lot was caught by our Twin Commanders and by all accounts he was so much of a handful that once he was escorted inside the Royal Palace one of them collapsed from her internal injuries. I believe the guy's name was Natsu something?"

The two Fairy Tail mages looked surprised for a moment as they looked back at each other nodding.

"There's no way Salamander was taken by force, smart bastard found a nice and easy route here but he didn't mention the shrimp?"

"You say you captured Natsu," Elise asked the captain.

"Yep he's probably being interrogated as we speak," Sugarboy replied as Elise began to laugh.

"Natsu captured, interrogated that's a good one. I can guarantee you that he's perfectly fine and is probably causing quite a commotion in your palace or he will be as soon as he gets what he wants and do you want to know why?"

"Sure I'll bite, why?

"Because if your so-called Army can't take me," Elise began to glow a mixture of light and dark auras as they began to wrap around her, her clothes changing into a black knights armor with white pulsing through it.

"Oi Elise was that-."

"Yeah a little trick Erza taught me though I only need a few armors unlike her. War God's Divine Requip: Onslaught Armor!"

A large burst of energy erupted from Elise as everyone except Gajeel and Sugarboy were pushed back.

Gajeel could only grin," glad you weren't slacking off or I'd have left you behind."

Elise turned to face the Dragon Slayer with a grin, "Yeah I could sense you've improved by a considerable amount since I left, you should be right to get out of the city with that lacrima."

"Gihi no one else better for the job, try not to kill all these losers," Gajeel said as he began to run.

"Hold it do you think we'll let you leave the city alive!"

"Unfortunately, you don't have a choice. You and your army's fight is with me and you'll want every last little soldier you can get."

Summoning two blades, one that was jet black and the other bright white in colour she pointed the sword in her left hand at Sugarboy, her raw power shaking the very ground they were standing on as the two forces prepared to clash!"

Hopefully you all enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you in the next one.