I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

The Darkness Of Edolas

/Edolas Fairy Tail Wendy's POV/

Wendy sat at the bar, a depressed look on her face.

"Aww cheer up Wendy I'm sure he's ok, you said it yourself he's incredibly strong."

Wendy looked up at Edo Mira and gave her a small smile before sighing and returning to her depressed state.

Edo Mira sighed as she went back to work, "She must be really close to him I guess."

"So your names Wendy right," Edo Lucy asked as she sat down next to her.

"Yeah," Wendy sighed.

"You know you're like a little version of our Wendy it's pretty funny, have you met our Wendy yet?"

"You're Wendy?"

"Yeah wanna meet her, normally she doesn't like to be annoyed but I'm sure you'd be a good exception?"

"I guess so," Wendy said as she got up and followed Edo Lucy into the back of the guild.

"Yo Wendy where are you," Edo Lucy called out several times before she heard a yawn.

"What is it now Luce I'm trying to sleep here?"

"I've got someone for you to meet she's pretty interesting."

"Hmm is that right well she'd better be-." Edo Wendy took one look at Wendy before her eyes widened in shock.

"Pretty interesting huh," Edo Lucy said with a grin.

"What type of trick is this Lucy, how did you do this? She looks exactly like me when I was younger!"

"Hello I'm Wendy from Earthland," Wendy said as the Edo Wendy knelt down to look at her.

"Earthland, so you're like your worlds counterpart to me huh?"

"I think so I'm not really sure how it works though," Wendy sighed.

"Hey why are you so sad," Edo Wendy asked.

"Well she didn't come here alone, you were asleep when he was here but the Earthland version of Natsu was here with her."

"Natsu, was he as much of a scaredy cat as ours?"

"Actually he's the opposite. Get this the Twin Commanders were about to get us and he was like I'm gonna go deal with em you guys get outta here!"

"He took both of them on by himself; he must be really strong right Wendy?"

"He's one of the strongest mages where I'm from and he's a part of this group called the Wizard Saints which are the ten strongest mages in our kingdom."

"Whoa so he's crazy strong," Edo Lucy said in surprise.

"If he's so strong then why are you so down, the Twin Commanders are strong but they had an advantage because we couldn't use as much magic as them so Natsu would be fine."

"It's not just that, when my old guild vanished Natsu took me in and he helped me get strong. But every time he's gone I get scared that he might not come back."

"Aww its ok Wendy he doesn't have to come back," Edo Mira said as she interrupted the trio.

"Mira why would you say that," Edo Lucy yelled.

"Because I promised Natsu that I'd get you to the capital where he said he'd be waiting for you and it looks like your rides here."

"My ride," Wendy asked confused as Edo Lucy looked mad.

"Natsu," she yelled as she ran out of the room.

"She means our Natsu Wendy," Edo Wendy said as they made their way outside.

The group made their way outside only to see Edo Lucy suplex Edo Natsu.

"Oww why'd you do that!"

"Do you have any idea what happened while you were gone, we all almost died!"

"How's that my fault!"

"Sorry Wendy they're usually like this," Edo Wendy said as they waited for Edo Lucy to finish her rant.

"You want me to drive near the capital," Edo Natsu exclaimed as he tried to run away.

"You're driving Natsu we owe the Earthland Natsu big time so the least you could do is help!"

"Ok ok just don't hit me again!"

As the Edolas Fairy Tail guild continued to mess around with one another Wendy's attention turned to a large spike in magical energy.

"Elise?"

"What did you just say Wendy," several of the members asked suddenly on full alert.

"That massive spike in magic is from my friend Elise, is the capital that way," Wendy asked as she pointed off into the distance.

"Oh I get it you must mean the Elise from your world right," Edo Mira sighed as they all relaxed a little.

"Yes she went with another person called Gajeel, we split up so we could cover more ground."

"Gajeel huh, wonder if he's good for anything beyond writing in your world," Edo Lucy said with a grin.

"So why are you so scared of your worlds Elise?"

"Well you see Wendy she is one of the Twin Commanders, one of the Fairy Hunters."

Wendy could only gasp as she began to realise who the other one was. "The other one … it's Erza isn't it?"

Edo Mira nodded as Wendy began to look fearful.

"We need to hurry to the capital right away; if Erza is one of the Commanders then Natsu's in big trouble!"

"Why's that Wendy," Edo Wendy asked concerned.

"Because in our world Natsu and Erza are …. they love each other to the point that they couldn't ever consider fighting each other to harm. If Natsu had to fight someone that looks, sounds and basically is Erza he'd rather die than even slap her!"

The very idea of Erza even being a member of Fairy Tail made several of them shake as Edo Wendy began to sigh.

"Looks like we're gonna need to get there quick Natsu you'd better not let us down."

"Hey I've got the best ride in all of Edolas there's no way we'll be late to the party."

"Alright so I guess this is goodbye for now Wendy, hopefully your Natsu is safe," Edo Mira said as Wendy entered the car.

"Bye Mira thanks for everything," Wendy said as Edo Wendy and Edo Lucy got in the car.

"You'd better step on it Natsu," Edo Lucy growled.

"Yes maam," Edo Natsu sighed as they began to drive towards the capital.

/Capital of Edolas Elise's POV/

Gliding through the streets of the capital Elise could only grin as all sorts of spells and weapons were being fired at her.

"Oh god I forgot how fun these types of fights were," Elise sighed as she turned a corner to see an entire squad of soldiers rushing towards her.

"Don't let the fake escape!"

"Get her or the King will have your heads!"

"Not if I get them first, War God's Twilight Slash!"

"Look out it's a ranged attack!"

"From a sword, what is this girl!"

The attack sliced through the barricade the guards had put up and hacked away at the soldiers behind it. Elise followed up the attack by casually gliding past and slashing at anyone who was still standing.

"Almost doesn't seem fair, wait what am I doing I should be making sure Gajeel gets away with the lacrima! Alright let's see where he is."

Looking for Gajeel's magical power she quickly found it and began to speed towards his location.

"Captain what should we do," one of the soldiers asked as Sugarboy sighed.

"Well we'll probably need the Twin Commanders for this one even though our Elise is wounded I'm sure she'd still come once she heard about this mess. As for Erza you'll need to see King Faust about that."

"Of course sir I'll get right on it," the soldier said as he saluted before running towards the palace.

"Will they even be enough though, she's one tough kid and the other one that got brought in apparently didn't have a scratch on him. These Earthlander mages sure are a pain," Sugarboy said as he clutched the gash on his arm.

/Royal Edolas Palace Natsu's POV/

When Natsu had first entered the palace he wasn't worried in the slightest, once he felt the sudden burst of power from Elise however he showed the slightest hint of concern.

"So where's this King of yours Knightwalker, I don't have all day to hang around here?"

Knightwalker could only frown at Natsu's comment, "We need to keep him here as long as possible. If he tried to leave at any moment we'd be powerless to stop him, why did I even let him talk me in to this."

"You don't have to be so serious I'm not gonna kill the guy on the spot you know I just wanna talk."

"Your friends …. They were all caught in the blast right?"

"Yeah that big blast from the sky, why?"

"Who told you about where it came from, was it someone from Edolas?"

"Nah it was a guy from my guild who survived, he's the one who sent me up here and told me a bit about the place."

"So there's someone who is capable of travelling freely between the two realms, impossible," Knightwalker thought as they reached a large room with several chairs, one which was taken up by a rather large panther looking creature.

"Well this room isn't half bad at least, hey who's the cat?"

The cat like creature stood and walked over to Natsu until the two were almost face to face.

"Don't piss him off Panther Lily," thought Knightwalker before he smiled at Natsu.

"I can tell you've been through some horrific battles, more than anyone I've met."

"Well you've got that right; you don't seem half bad yourself. Names Natsu Dragneel what's yours?"

"My name is Panther Lily; I'm surprised you're not trying to bow to me or anything I've got to say it's a welcome change."

"Bow to you, why would people just bow to you?"

"Oh right I forgot that you aren't from Edolas so you wouldn't know, my people are known as Exceeds. We, like you Earthlanders, can use magic from within ourselves. Unfortunately through the ages we seem to have become worshipped as gods by the many humans of Edolas."

Come now Panther Lily surely you won't hide the real details from our new friend," a voice echoed from down the hallway.

Knightwalker and Panther Lily instinctively bowed as an older looking man came into view.

"I take it you're the King around here," Natsu said seemingly unimpressed.

"And I would assume you to be one of the Earthlanders running amok around my kingdom, yes we know about the other two running around. In fact I just received word that one of them that looks strikingly similar to our Commander Elise is single handedly tearing my city apart, you will call your dog off Dragneel."

"She's not my dog she's my friends and why should I, we wouldn't even be here if you didn't take our friends and turn them into a lacrima."

"It must be nice for you Earthlanders to barge into our world and cause chaos for magic that you can easily acquire elsewhere."

"Yeah I know you have a magic shortage going on but guess what, you still don't have the right to sacrifice people's lives just to prolong your use of magic for longer. You will inevitably have to discard magic and learn how to survive through other means."

"The right to sacrifice people's lives? The lives of Earthlanders are of no importance to us, they are of another world after all. What gives you the right to tell us to give up magic when you have near infinite amounts of it, the arrogance of a child no doubt?"

Natsu could only sigh as he looked at the King who appeared quite angry. "Look I'm here for my friends and I know there's a way to turn them all back, let's not make this any harder than it needs to be."

"You think your threats will work on me boy, we know about your Dragon Powers and we know what you are capable of. Your Dragon Powers have the potential to perform the impossible in our world; I will use that power for my kingdoms magic to remain."

Natsu could only laugh at the old man and out of the corner of his eye he could see Knightwalker look worried. "Well if you think you can handle my power then come and take it."

Natsu instantly disappeared prompting Knightwalker and Panther Lily to rush to the King's side only for them to quickly realise that Natsu was sitting on the throne.

"Told you Knightwalker I wasn't gonna fight him just talk, but I will be saving my friends one way or another. Whatever happens from here is solely on you oh great King."

Natsu disappeared again as a window shattered.

"Rouse Elise, we will need all our military might to hold that boy back. Ignore the other Earthlander, even the one who holds the small lacrima crystal. That boy will be just the thing we need to extend our magic maybe indefinitely."

"Of course sire," Knightwalker and Panther Lily said as they quickly left the room.

"I hope you understood what I meant when I said our full military might, Byro."

"Of course sire preparations are already under way to activate, him."

"Good, make sure he knows who the enemy is. That boy must be ours before the week is out."

"As you command my lord," Byro said as he disappeared back into the shadows.

/Capital of Edolas Gajeel and Elise's POV/

Elise and Gajeel had continued to carve a path through the Edolas forces.

"Is there an end to these punks," Gajeel grunted as he cut several soldiers.

"How should I know but the exit to the city should be coming up soon."

"Well the two of you are getting close."

Elise and Gajeel nearly tripped over as Natsu was suddenly running with them.

"Where the hell have you been, weren't you captured by the Twin Commanders," Elise asked confused.

"Nah I let em capture me, Wendy should be getting to the city soon. You guys should get out of the city I may have pissed of the King, a little. Also once you get out I want you to try something Gajeel, attack the lacrima with your Dragon Slayer magic."

"Are you serious Salamander, what'd you find out while you were there?"

"Only that our Dragon Slayer magic does things that defy the norms of this world, just try it ok."

"And what will you be doing while we're grabbing Wendy?"

"Well the entire army will probably be coming after me so I can distract them until you grab Wendy and try hitting the lacrima."

"No fair you're stealing my fun," Elise whined as she punched Natsu.

"Yeah yeah now get going," Natsu sighed.

"You'd better not wipe em all out Salamander, after lugging this thing around I wanna get a few hits in."

"Relax I'm just buying time now go."

The two nodded as they began to take off. Stopping in his tracks Natsu turned to face the oncoming troops.

"Lure them out into the open then engage, minimise civilian casualties." Natsu's mind was entirely focused on the fight to come as he lured the soldiers outside the city.

/Edolas Wastes Natsu's POV/

After clearing several miles Natsu turned to look at what he was about to go up against only to sigh.

Rapidly approaching was a considerably large force. Natsu could only sigh as he saw the lineup. "Fifty Wyverns, ten ships, number of soldiers unknown. At the head of the force Knightwalker, Fulcrum and several others."

As the forces approached they halted several hundred metres in front of Natsu before Knightwalker began to speak.

"Dragneel this is your one chance to surrender, we will be bringing you in one way or another!"

Natsu motioned for the force to attack as he ignited his fists and began to sprint towards the large force.

"This kids crazy," Sugarboy sighed as he drew a sword.

"You could say that again," Knightwalker sighed as she signalled the attack.

"Here they come," Natsu said as the ships began to fire at him. Easily dodging the various missiles and other forms of magic as he began to attack the ground forces.

Natsu easily began to tear through the soldiers who couldn't keep up with his enhanced speed. Launching himself into the air he summoned a red Magic Circle in front of him.

"Fire Dragon King's Nova Burst!" Firing several large balls of fire from the Magic Circle at several ships causing them to crash. "Dunno if I should be thinking this but … I actually am enjoying this."

With a grin he returned to the ground and continued to engage the ground forces.

/Edolas Badlands Elise and Gajeel's POV/

Feeling the clash of the two powers Elise and Gajeel could only look back while continuing to make their way to Wendy's growing power.

"Gajeel you try that thing Natsu asked you to do, I'll use my magic to reach Wendy faster."

"Worried about Salamander huh," Gajeel asked with a grin. "Sure I'll handle it."

"Thanks," Elise said as she began to increase her speed, disappearing into the distance.

"Well Salamander, you wanted me to break this thing then you've got it." Turning his arm into a saw Gajeel cut the lacrima in half.

A bright light appeared from the crystal as two forms began to materialize. The two forms were Erza and Gray.

"On your feet we've got work to do."

The two stood and opened their eyes immediately noticing their surroundings.

"What the hell happened, where the hell are we," Gray asked confused before Erza cut him off.

Sensing an enormous amount of magic that felt exactly like Natsu's Erza was already concerned. "Fill us in Gajeel."

Gajeel told the two about Edolas and what had transpired for both himself and Elise while they had been out of action.

"So why is Natsu putting off this much power then?"

"He's fightin pretty much the entire Edolas military over there and on the other side Elise went to grab Wendy so we've got no time for a full Q and A when Salamander's up against that much."

"Gajeel's right we can't leave it all to Natsu, he's strong but as we all know sheer numbers can overwhelm anyone."

"Leave it to the flame brain to try hog all the action even after we all trained for months," Gray said as the group began to run towards Natsu's position.

/Edolas Wastes Natsu's POV/

Natsu panted as he backed off slightly. "Who knew taking on an army would be so much work, almost makes me wish I had those God powers again."

"I must commend you Dragneel, single handed you have dealt a massive blow to our military. Such power could have only been achieved through brutal and rigorous training," Panther Lily said as he took another swing at Natsu who dodged the attack.

"Yeah brutal puts it lightly, it's a shame things had to come to this but I will have my friends back one way or the other."

"Dragneel you can't possibly think you'll defeat all of us," Knightwalker said as she began her attack alongside Edo Elise.

"Kinda hard to win when you're trying not to kill your opponents so you hold back so they won't die," Natsu sighed.

"You call what you did to me holding back," Edo Elise said confused as they continued to hack and slash at Natsu who continued to dodge easily.

"There's only one way you can win Dragneel and that's if you stop holding back and fight us for real!"

Natsu looked at Knightwalker and sighed. "Look I already explained that-."

Suddenly feeling a chill in the air Natsu could only grin at the Edolas Commanders.

"What's he doing now," Edo Elise groaned as everyone on the battlefield suddenly felt a cold chill blow through.

"It's not me but there is one guy I know who could do that," Natsu said as he jumped into the air.

Looking around he soon spotted a trio who were rapidly approaching the battle. Using a burst of Gravity magic Natsu pushed himself in their direction.

As he got closer he noticed a certain scarlet haired mage and his grin couldn't be any wider at that point.

Almost spear tackling the requip mage Natsu quickly took off from the ground embracing her, a single tear running down his cheek.

"Natsu I know you must have been worried but we're in the middle of a battle," Erza said softly as the two quickly made their way back to the ground.

"Told you it'd work Gajeel," Natsu said with a grin.

"Who'd of thought these two would've been in there eh, guess we'll have their kingdom on its knees by sundown."

"Gotta say Natsu you did a pretty good job fighting them by yourself," Gray said as the trio looked out on the destroyed area and the countless unconscious soldiers and destroyed ships.

"Well I'm not just a mighty Wizard Saint for show Gray, how about showing me what you learnt while you were gone?"

"On these clowns that'll be overkill, watch this."

Walking over to the gathered soldiers Gray took his shirt off as ice began to cover the left half of his body.

"Hey I remember Ur doing something like that," Natsu said as Gray grinned.

"Ice Make Frozen Wasteland!" A large blast of ice came out from all sides of Gray as anything it touched began to freeze.

Natsu increased his body temperature and stood near the others as the blast passed them by. Once the attack was over Gray had cut the size of the enemy force by a decent margin.

"Not bad Gray though I'm guessing you can't do that frequently?"

"Not unless there's water or something," Gray sighed as he walked back over to the group.

"Well at least ya left some for the rest of us to wail on," Gajeel said as he began to charge towards the enemy only to slip on the ice. Natsu burst out laughing as Gajeel was immediately in his face.

"What's so funny Salamander, huh?"

"Nothing Gajeel, nothing other than your lame entrance to the battle hell even Gray pulled it off."

"Hey what's that supposed to mean ya pyro bastard!"

The three began to argue amongst themselves with Erza sighing. "If the three of you are done bickering there's a war on!"

"Yes maam," the three said in unison as they prepared to fight.

Suddenly Knightwalker broke ranks and went after Erza, "Scarlett!"

Erza managed to requip a sword as Gray and Gajeel looked at the sight in surprise, Natsu however casually walked past the two and began to make his way over to the rest of the soldiers.

"Uh Natsu what the hell just happened," Gray asked confused.

"You guys think that's weird there's another Elise coming for us right now."

The two looked up to see an almost enraged Elise, sword in hand dive bombing them.

"What have we gotten ourselves into," Gray sighed as the group began to fight the Edolas army once more.

/Edolas Wastes Elise's POV/

Elise could feel the surge of several recognizable magic powers as she grinned.

"Now I just have to get Wendy and we'll all be back together again." She increased her speed eager to reunite with the others.

Several minutes later she could see something approaching at high speed. Slowing down Elise quickly realised that Wendy was inside.

The vehicle began to slow to a halt right next to her and Wendy shot out of the passenger seat and hugged Elise.

"Is Natsu alright I can feel so much magic power clashing together?"

"Well I can't answer that, he's fighting the entire Edolas army right now," Elise sighed.

"Can you get me there quickly," Wendy asked as Elise nodded.

"Thank you for helping get Wendy here, I can't thank you enough."

"Just beat knock Faust down a peg or two for us," Edo Lucy said as the car sped off.

"They didn't seem to like me very much," Elise said confused as Wendy nodded.

"That's because you have a double in this world and she's one of the Fairy Hunters."

"I see, then I guess we should get back quickly then. Also I doubt Natsu will go down, he's too stubborn that way."

"Yeah you're right Elise," Wendy said in agreement as Elise picked her up.

"Hold on we'll be going quite fast," Elise said as they shot off at high speed."

/Edolas Wastes Erza's POV/

Erza was still struggling to come to terms with who she was currently fighting. The two were identical in almost every aspect excluding only their clothing.

"Do all Earthlanders find it customary to hold back," Knightwalker asked as the two broke off from a clash.

"I could say the same to you as well; we both are the same which makes this fight much more complicated."

"You know I should be fighting my hardest right now after my shameful defeat to Dragneel, he beat me without even laying a finger on me you know. When I asked him why he said he couldn't strike someone who was in every sense you."

"Yes Natsu has always been stubborn in his ways ever since I first met him, don't mistake his stubborn ways for stupidity though. Natsu has a cold and calculating side hidden underneath his happy and calm exterior that you don't really ever see."

"You mean like threatening to burn our kingdom to ashes if there was no viable way to save you, trust me I saw plenty. To be quite honest though I can't fight properly with this statement Dragneel said earlier in my head."

"What did he say," Erza asked as Knightwalker sighed.

"What gives us the right to claim the lives of countless Earthlanders to prop up our use of magic for a finite amount of time, why can't we find new ways of supporting ourselves with magic?"

Erza was caught off guard at Knightwalker's statement, for all the magical power Natsu possessed how could he pose such a question?

"I see you can't comprehend it either, a world where magic does not exist. For a world where all we have ever known is the comforts that magic provides suddenly stripped away because one person sais no."

"From what I can understand Natsu posed the first half of the question from an ethics perspective, could your conscience handle the countless deaths caused by prolonging magic in your world? Natsu always was one to challenge others way of thinking but this is the first time that even I could question it," sighed Erza as she rubbed her head.

"And yet by all accounts you are the one whose opinion matters most of all to him yet you can't even make sense of what he's saying."

"It's not that I don't understand it's that by making the statement and asking the question I don't know if I could make the right and just decision either."

"That's because it's human nature Erza, same with you Knightwalker. Human instinct drives us to want for more and to not give up what we currently posses, to lose a power such as magic would make anyone second guess themselves."

"Natsu," Erza gasped as he emerged from all the dust and smoke.

"Could you do it Dragneel, condemn the people of your world to a life without magic," Knightwalker asked as Natsu sighed.

"Once again Knightwalker you don't understand the whole picture, just the fragments. On Earthland we use magic all the time for almost anything imaginable, it flows through the strongest mage to the frailest flower. Our world is magic Knightwalker."

"So you couldn't do it then?"

"The fact is Knightwalker that in my world all magic hangs by a thread; from Dark Guilds to the many Empires and free mage societies that are located there many already have ways to eradicate all magic and are willing to do so at a moment's notice."

"But that still doesn't answer the question Dragneel," Knightwalker said frustrated.
"Let me put it to you this way, if I were to prevent a kingdom in Earthland from removing all magic would that make it the same?"

"Well of course it would you'd be in my position right now!"

"Now that is where you are wrong, as I said earlier magic IS our world. From the moment I arrived here I'd heard of a magic shortage and how your kingdom is acquiring magic from Earthland to continue to function."

"Natsu where are you going with this even I'm confused now," Erza said frustrated as Natsu could only sigh.

"Listen there is one reason why I was able to tell you to give up magic in your world, a single reason as to why your entire world should learn to survive without the use of magic. Time."

Knightwalker could only blink at what Natsu had just said, "Time? What do you mean by time?"

"Think about it Knightwalker at one point Edolas would have had just as much magic as Earthland did, sure you don't exactly use it the same way but from what I've seen magic itself behaves the same in both our worlds."

"So what your trying to say is magic's time in our world is coming to an end?"

"Yes and no, see all living beings in Earthland can store magic within themselves while the people of Edolas can't. Your people found a way around that by creating magic through technology, it was all well and good but right from the start you failed to realise something crucial."

"That the magic would take longer to regenerate over time because there wasn't as much for it to regenerate with," Erza said as Natsu nodded.

"Your people overused and abused the magic supplementing every little need without making sure that it was sustainable and in turn you began to use more than was being returned and as a result-."

"Edolas fought back by taking the magic away," Knighwalker sighed.

"To be fair it's probably not your fault since it would have taken multiple generations for this to occur but it is your Kings fault for not attempting to find alternatives to magic. Most likely your world's magic would have just disappeared for a generation or two but then you began to take the lacrima crystals, the vast deposits of magic which the world was trying to cultivate and expand."

"There isn't just that Dragneel, there are two things that the King has that are far worse than what you just said. Combining them with your theory magic will surely die in Edolas for sure."

Natsu looked at Knightwalker confused as she looked towards the castle.

"There are two projects King Faust has that were designed to not only assist the King in his efforts but keep the populace in line. I … I know that what I am about to do will be seen by the King as treason but … let me help you."

"Well I wasn't expecting that," Natsu said with an eyebrow raised.

"Every time you speak you say things that I wish to deny yet in my heart know them to be true. All I ever wanted was to make sure the people of Edolas were safe and foolishly thought King Faust was the way, perhaps young Jellal was right in running away all those years ago."

"Jellal," Natsu and Erza shouted in unison."

"So you've met him or perhaps his Edolas counterpart then either way it doesn't matter. What does matter was that young Prince Jellal stood up against King Faust for the very same things you Drag-, Natsu have been saying since you arrived."

Natsu could only think back, "There's no way he couldn't be Jellal, could he?"

"Listen, since the fighting between us hasn't resumed in quite some time the whispers will have no doubt reached the officers or even Faust himself that I won't fight you anymore. There are two weapons of mass destruction within Faust's possession both capable of causing unparalleled damage."

"So what would these two weapons be then," Natsu asked as Knightwalker approached the two.

"The first and most dangerous one that will be used as a last resort by Faust is an ancient super weapon known as Dorma Anim. It is only used as a last resort because it will draw all the magic from the world just to power itself."

"Always with the super weapons," Natsu sighed. "So what's the other one?"

"This one isn't as powerful but is still extremely dangerous. Many years ago when all the remaining guilds in Edolas were outlawed one guild stood in defiance, Fairy Tail. Back then they had a Guild Master who was so powerful that none of the Edolas Royal Army could beat him in single combat, none except him."

"Who was it Knightwalker," Natsu asked before several lights were being aimed at the trio's direction.

"Having fun divulging state secrets Erza," Faust's voice boomed as his airship came into view.

"No, don't tell me they actually prepared him!"

"Oh yes indeed Erza I authorized Byro to activate him right after you left. As for the two of you I'll pick up where our former Commander left off! There was one man our great army had who could stand against Fairy Tail, Commander Gildarts!"

"Oh shit don't tell me-," Natsu was cut off when the King began to laugh.

"Commander Gildarts was killed in a battle against the former master of Fairy Tail Precht, we recovered our dear Commander and gave him a state funeral with full honors. Behind the scenes however Byro began his work to turn what was already one of the strongest Edolas mages into the undisputed strongest mage!"

"And that Natsu is the second super weapon, Project G.I.L.D.A.R.T.S," Knightwalker said as the King roared with laughter.

"An Edolas human that could perform magic the same as an Earthlander that was the goal! Not only did we achieve that goal but in the process turned him into the ultimate weapon unaffected by regular attacks and can withstand even the most powerful blows!"

"So you violated a dead man's corpse and turned him into your own personal weapon, if I didn't want you dead before I do now," Natsu growled as the King laughed again.

"You may want me dead but he might have other plans. Gildarts, Scenario 47B is in effect, wipe out the Fairies but leave those with the Dragons power!"

Several loud noises could be heard before a horrifying creature jumped down from the ship landing in front of the trio.

Erza could only recoil in shock and Knightwalker looked away, Natsu however looked directly at the creature.

"Are those …. lacrima, growing out of it?"

"It's not just growing out of it Natsu, the person Gildarts is no more. This thing is nothing but a lacrima given life through the body of a human. I don't know the specifics but even the skin is just nothing but lacrima."

"How could someone do such a thing to a human being let alone a departed human's body," Erza said in shock.

"A sentient lacrima, what sort of Dark Magic made this," Natsu said to himself as the creature lunged straight for the trio.

Both Erza's dodged the attack as Natsu blocked the strike before countering.

"Fire Dragon King's Quaking Demolition Fist!" Throwing the punch straight at the abomination it blew its face clean off.

Erza was about to shout at Natsu when Knightwalker motioned for her to be silent. "Remember what Faust said, this thing is basically indestructible. Watch what happens."

True to what Knightwalker said the creature's face regrew within seconds and head butted Natsu sending him back several feet.

"Wow and I thought that was overkill, this thing might take more power to take down than I thought."

Both Erza's were about to rush to Natsu's side to help him when they began to take fire from several airships in the area.

"Don't worry about me I'll handle this thing, you two stop those ships!"

Both Erza's nodded as they took off to separate airships.

Natsu's POV/

"As much as I wanna deal with this thing myself I don't know how much power I'll need to use," Natsu thought as he blocked another strike from the creature.

The creature jumped into the air and began to fire down a volley of razor sharp crystals at Natsu which he shattered with his Crash Magic.

"Fine you wanna play that game huh, Gravity Shift: 50x Vertical Descent!"

Summoning the Magic Circle in his hand Natsu changed the gravity around the creature sending it hurdling through the ground beneath them and out the other side of the island they were on. Landing amidst a group of soldiers it shattered killing them all instantly as razor sharp shards were sent flying in all directions.

"Doubt that finished it off though," Natsu sighed as he landed amidst all the dead soldiers. Within seconds the creature had reformed and was on the offensive again.

"Okay let's shake things up a bit, "Fire Dragon King's Gravity Wing!" Using his standard wing attack Natsu applied gravity to it causing the flames to turn blue as his attack impacted the creature, cutting it in half.

Natsu could only sigh as the creature recovered once more with no sign of stopping. "Fine then guess I'll try something else."

/Wendy and Elise's POV/

"Such overwhelming magical power," Elise said under her breath.

"I can feel a few different ones but there's one I don't understand?"

"The one that Natsu's is clashing with right now," Elise said as she frowned at the sight before her.

The two had finally arrived to what was clearly a warzone, bodies lay scattered amidst the destroyed ships and what appeared to be a strange crystal substance.

"Elise! Wendy!"

The two looked up to see not one but two Erza's rushing towards them which took the two off guard.

"Hang on aren't you one of the Twin Commanders," Wendy asked confused as she pointed to Knightwalker.

"Was one of the Twin Commanders though I've been relieved of duty and sentenced to death it seems."

"Good to see you again Erza, Natsu wouldn't shut up about you the entire time we were here," Elise teased as Erza pushed her playfully.

"Listen we don't have too much time to mess around Natsu's fighting some weird lacrima thing and the King's disappeared which leads me to assume that he's activating the other project Edolas me was talking about."

"Dorma Anim and yes we don't have much time to lose. Every second we delay dispatching Project G.I.L.D.A.R.T.S is another second that Faust could reach the activation site," Knightwalker said as the group nodded.

"Gray and Gajeel seem to have the remaining Commander and all the other troops covered quite easily though if you see any on your way take them out quickly," Erza added.

"This is the weirdest thing I've ever done, you two are exactly the same it's hard to tell who's who," Elise said as the two Erza's could only sigh.

"Listen none of that matters right now, all we need to do is back up Natsu before this Dorma Anim thing turns up ok."

"Alright then we'd better get going," Elise said with a grin.

"Wendy are you going to be ok doing this," Erza asked with concern before she cut her off.

"I'll be fine Erza, I trained just as hard as the rest of you."

Erza could only smile as she looked down at the Dragon Slayer. "That you did I'm sorry. Anyway that's enough fooling around we've got work to do!"

"Right," everyone said as they rushed back to the main battlefield.

/Edolas Wastes ? POV/

"I see he wasted no time in starting the battle for the country, hopefully he won't mind if I show up a little late. Who am I kidding it's Natsu he should have been fine while I wasn't here. Still this magic seems familiar to the one I felt when I left Edolas, I hope Natsu isn't fighting that thing. Maybe I should have gotten here sooner"

Hopefully you all enjoyed I know that was a lot of exposition for a battle but there will be more fighting next chapter.