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When your hearts beats with the heat of the sun for each other, that is love. This Fairy Tail redo is a story of two people connected by a fire unquenched by any power in the world. Their bond will take change the fate of Fiore and all of Ishgar.

Chapter 25: Jellal Awakens

'H-He called her Sky Maiden?!' Adrian thought, cut off by his pain and coughs of blood, 'H-How d-did he know?! I made sure no one knew about Wendy's magic. The only people I've told - !

Another bout of coughs later, Adrian came to a horrifying realization. He only relayed such information to the Magic Council themselves on duty alone. Seigrain, or Jellal, and Ultear were out of the picture since he never told even them. Most of the council were benign in nature and wouldn't dare stoop so low. Grandpa Yajima was definitely out of the possibility. But who would even reveal such information to the Oracion Seis of such people?!

That only left one person. His bloody teeth gritted against each other in fury, and his fists glowed a white light but only just.

'DAMN YOU, CRAWFORD!' Adrian inwardly screamed in all his rage. If he were to actually shout, it only worsen the wound in his abdomen. Blackness took his vision as Racer blurred between the distance, and returned to Brain with the bloody boy in his arms. The mastermind smirked; if Wendy wouldn't be reasoned with Jellal than Adrian would do just fine.

"I have no use for you all." Brain announced, his staff swirling with green magic, "Dark Ron-"

"Destruction Make: Rainfall."

Multiple dark magic circles appeared in the sky and sent down a barrage of blasts with the force of an artillery barrage. Racer, Hoteye and Cobra jumped out of the way, where purple bursted in a devastating explosion that would've killed them. The five Oracion Seis members rallied to Brains's side. From his staff, a green bubble surrounded them to endure the rest of the magical barrage.

A massive shadow loomed over the clearing followed by a great bang kicking up dust between the light and dark mages. Instead of an explosion like they had expected, the members of the Oracion Seis almost lost their eyes when they looked up to a giant Cynthia her eyes brimming light with the magic of Titan's Wrath.

"LOOK AT THE CUTE LITTLE ANTS DOWN THERE. SHOULD I SQUASH THEM?!"

"But I thought only Makarov could use Titan's Wrath." Racer exclaimed, his voice stuttering with fear.

Brain scowled at the awful turn of events. "We retreat. There is no use fighting them now when we have what we need."

"SORRY, CAN'T HEAR YOU FROM DOWN THERE!" Cynthia bellowed as she hammered down a giant fist towards the Oracion Seis.

The Oracion Seis disappeared with a teleportation spell right before Cynthia's fist could squash them. The earth cracked like glass under the blow and spread down the cliff. A few moments of silence and the entire edge of the plateau slipped off and crashed into the forest.

'Uh,' thought Cynthia dumbly shrinking back to regular size, 'I probably overdid it.'

Once Cynthia was back to her cute *cough* loli *cough* figure and turned around with her bright smile, more of the cliff crumbled to the ground and stopped just a few inches short of the vampire's heel. Most of the mages, specifically those not from Fairy Tail were aghast at the level of destruction one girl could make.

After a few moments for the dust to settle, the mages started getting to their feet.

"Man, Fairy Tail sure has some awesome wizards." Hibiki noted, "We owe you one, Cynthia."

"The Oracion Seis." Lyon muttered, "They were so strong we barely stood a chance."

"They even took our leader, who was without a doubt one of the strongest of us." noted Ren.

"Look at what they did to Crystina." Sherry gasped at the sight of the destroyed craft.

"You look you've all been through shit." Cynthia noted.

"The only thing that's shitty is that they got away!" Siri grumbled.

"AAAHH!" Natu roared, his flames burning around him with merciless intensity despite lowering from his Dragonforce state, "Those bastards aren't going to get away for what they've done to Lucy. I won't let them."

"Lucy?" said Cynthia with a hint of apprehension.

Cynthia's eyes scanned the crowd and widened in horror at the state of Lucy was in. On her right thigh was a bite mark where putrid purple poison could be clearly seen through the skin. Lucy was sweating from physical strain and wincing in no small amount of pain. Natsu turned to his mate's whimpers of pain, his face softening into one of gruesome concern instead of hate.

"Nat... su..." Lucy barely managed to make audible before devolving into hardly contained winces of pain.

Natsu scurried to Lucy's prone form on the ground and his knees scratched against the rough ground. He ignored the pain, focusing only on the love of his life. The more he looked at her, the more he could feel the exact pain she could feel.

"I..." Lucy groaned, her will undeterred as her arms shook to move from the pain, "can still... fight. I need to get... Wendy... my baby back."

For once, Natsu had the clear head to not agree in going into a fight. "Absolutely not!"

Before Lucy could retort, Cynthia interjected standing over Lucy's right side. "Even Natsu is right for once. You need to stay down. That poison is already working through your system and the more you move the faster it spreads."

"Fuck - AAAUGH" Lucy cried at the top of her lungs. The poison started spreading passed her thigh.

"LUCY!" Natsu sprang over his mate in a panic. His hands went to his Lucy's left wrist, holding it tightly as though his hold would keep her alive. In response and to Natsu's joy, she squeezed back and gave a look that she was far from giving up.

"Stay with me here." Cynthia said, kneeling down to the poisoned thigh.

"Do not worry." spoke the eloquent voice of Ichiya, emerging from the forest with Jura, "Let my parfum heal your wounds."

"Goddammit, why couldn't I shoot the right one?" Cynthia grumbled.

Ichiya undid the cap of a bottle that let out a sparkling green mist. Where the mist traveled, the wounds of the mages healed and their vitality restored. Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for Lucy who in fact was getting worse from the painkiller mist. Add on to the fact Ichiya kept on posing. The more he did, the more Cynthia was inching to her guns.

"Oh, man." said Ichiya, distraught that his parfum was having an ill effect on Lucy.

"This is bad, guys." Eve said, "We have to find a way to stop the venom or she'll die."

"YOU THINK WE DON'T KNOW THAT!?" Natsu roared, then his gaze softened on Lucy, "Please hang in there."

Erza and Gray were frowning at the sight in sympathy. In all their times in Fairy Tail, there was not one time that Natsu ever showed this kind of weakness. The once unstoppable spirit of Natsu seemed to be so brittle.

"Calm down, Natsu." voiced Carla, "Rather than continue to worry for Lucy, focus on her desire to save Wendy. She in fact is the key to saving her."

"Really?" Natsu gasped in hope.

"Are you saying she has magic to get rid of venom?" said Eve.

"Not just venom." said Carla, "She can cure fevers and heal wounds."

"That can't be true." Sherry denied, "That type of healing is lost magic."

"That's because it is lost magic." Carla corrected, "Wendy is known as the Sky Maiden. She is the Sky Dragon Slayer."

Everyone widened their eyes in pure shock. Even the uncaring, battle-loving Siri even rose her brows to full height and attention. It explained that literal air of similarity she sensed from Wendy earlier. They were both slayers of the sky.

'The Sky Dragon Slayer, huh.' Siri thought, 'If I remember from what Raigi said, the dragon of that element was Grandeeney. How curious. Raigi always said that they were complete opposites of each other.'

Her gaze hardened as they took on a new look of fire. 'Even so, us sky slayers have to stick together.'

"She's a Dragon Slayer too!?" Natsu gasped. If there was another Dragon Slayer, maybe he could get another chance to find Igneel.

"There's not much you need to know." Carla shrugged off, "Wendy is the only wizard here who can save your lover."

Natsu jumped to his feet. "I was already planning on getting her back. After all, if Lucy says she's our daughter, than it is my duty as Wendy's 'father' to get her back."

"The question is where do we find them?" Siri wondered, getting a few surprised looks from the mages with her sudden serious expression.

"I've got something for that." Cynthia answered flashing an "innocent" smile, "YOO-HOO, COME OUT!"

The shrubbery behind them shifted as a woman of a healthy endowed figure approached them. The first thing they saw was her almost sickly white skin almost as pale as her hair. She wore what looked to be a black dress with a very short skirt revealing nothing but the skin of her legs all the way down to her slippers. Slender sleeves almost looked like night itself was etched into them, and black tufts ringed the shoulders and edges of the sleeves and skirt. A collar decorated in strange runes was clamped around her neck, and there was a noticeable scar of a bite mark like a small shark bit her on the lefts side of her neck. On her back was a prop for silver fairy wings.

They all nearly collapsed their lungs when they recognized the arrival as Angel if it weren't for the sharp cheeks and thin eyes. Instead of danger and beauty, she had an air of fragility, and her head was hung low.

"Y-Yes?" Angel stuttered, her voice dripping with fear and near the breaking point of sobbing on the spot.

"Yes what?" said Cynthia, twitching her finger and the collar's runes glowed an orange hue making Angel wince in pain.

"Yes, milady of the fairies?" Angel forced out quickly.

"Be a dear and tell me where the Oracion Seis' hideout is." Cynthia commanded, still keeping that sweet smile.

"What did you do to her?" Eve gasped in shock. This almost seemed vile in nature.

"It was - unnatural." Jura spoke barely keeping his composure, "Angel attacked us. I or Ichiya would not be alive if it weren't for Cynthia. Then she - she bit into Angel's neck and started drinking her blood. Like a fruit. I thought that Angel would be dead until Cynthia casted that collar and suddenly Angel has to obey her commands."

"How is that possible?" Sherry whimpered.

"Once I drained Angel of all her blood," Cynthia detailed, and the more she spoke the more bile rose in the mages' stomach, "I transferred my own blood with a bit of my magic to turn her into my Thrall. She has no choice but to obey me. I am her master of her life, and if I so choose to do so kill her."

"That kind of magic." said Ren, "It almost sounds like-"

"I'm a vampire." Cynthia interjected, "That's because - I am one. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha."

Her laugh descended a cold chill throughout the area. Most of the boys except Natsu hugged each other while shaking in fear thinking Cynthia would sink her fangs into them next.

Cynthia calmed down after thirty seconds of seeing them crying their eyes out. "Ah, don't wet your pants. I am nothing like the stories portray me as. I am only drink blood from those who deserve it. As for my Thralls, I do not completely make them my slaves and I give them at most their free will in their everyday lives."

A few breaths of relief were let out, notably from Erza, Carla, and Gray since they were the more experienced with Cynthia's unpredictable antics.

"Now then, will you tell me, Sorano?" Cynthia commanded Angel.

Angel winced before speaking. "Th-The Oracion Seis' h-hideout is in a cave, by one of the ancient shrines the Nirvits used to worship. Northeast of here, you won't miss it."

"That's all I needed to know!" Natsu exclaimed before running in the mentioned direction, "Don't worry, Lucy, I'll get Wendy, Happy, and the redhead kid back safe."

"Let's do this." said Gray, "For our friends and our leader."

"YEAH!" cried the light mages, their morale reignited with a new fire to save their comrades.

Natsu sped off literally leaving a trail of red fire behind his kicking feet. Trailing behind him were Erza, Gray, Carla, and surprisingly Siri. Other groups formed themselves, including the Ren, Eve, and Ichiya; Jura, Lyon, and Sherry to go in different directions of the forest. Hibiki and Cynthia stayed with Lucy, who finally fell unconscious from the pain. Angel made herself quiet sitting by a tree, but avoiding a glance to her master.

"Got a cup of water?" Cynthia asked.

Hibiki raised an eyebrow but replied wordlessly using his own Requip to summon a glass of water. Cynthia lay the cup flat on the ground and dipped a golden key into the water.

"Open, Gate of the Water-Bearer, Aquarius."

The bells of the Celestial Gates sounded their opening, and from a bright light emerged a blue mermaid holding an urn. Hibiki was about to hit on her until he was silenced by the scowl on her face.

"Why the heck did you summon me-"

"Enough already!" Cynthia interrupted with a serious tone, "Right now, you are the first person that Lucy needs."

"Lucy?" Aquarius wondered till she almost dropped her urn at the sight of the suffering Demon Slayer, "LUCY!"

Aquarius lowered herself down to Lucy's level, her eyes and hands dotting over her like a mother hen desperately trying to find out what was wrong.

"I summoned you here so you can slow the poison down till someone gets here who can cure her." Cynthia said, "You are the only one who can keep her alive."

Aquarius only nodded, her face strained from keeping herself from not sobbing. She drew water from her urn and bent it over the poison where the water produced a light blue glow.

"Not that we have ourselves situated," Hibiki said in a more serious tone while he operated his Archive Magic, "what will you do?"

Cynthia stood up with her back to Hibiki. She reached behind the folds of her clothes. Instead of her guns, Hibiki perked an eyebrow when Cynthia pulled out a Lacrima flip-phone and began dialing a number.

"With our only bit of air superiority out of commission, I need to make a call." Cynthia said, "This won't be pretty."

(Oracion Seis Hideout)

Wendy and Happy were dropped roughly on the ground followed by the blood, unconscious body of Adrian to the side. Wendy's first instinct was to rush up to Adrian and heal his wounds but Brain blocked her path.

"You will do as we ask and you will all be free to go." Brain said in a monotone.

Wendy was forced to only hug her knees while staring helplessly at Adrian's motionless form. There was so much blood the sight was making bile rise in her throat. It was only with her dragon hearing that sensed Adrian's steady heartbeat that she didn't break down in tears. If Adrian were to go away, she didn't know what she would do. Ever since he came to her, he's been the sole pillar that kept Wendy going.

"They will pay for what they did to our Adrian."

Wendy's thoughts were cut off from the voice that sounded a lot like her, but she had no time to investigate when Racer returned carrying a sarcophagus. The dark mage went to the end of the cave to set it down. Once Wendy saw the front of it, a million thoughts ran through her head when she saw the very next person besides Adrian that has been so important in her life: Jellal.

"Overexposure to Ethernano has rendered Jellal in a catatonic state." Brain said, "Only you can revive him so he can lead us to Nirvanna."

"Don't do it, Wendy." Happy exclaimed, "Jellal is nothing but evil. "

Happy's words sent on deaf ears. Wendy collapsed on all four her mind in conflict. She should help Jellal to pay the debt for saving her life. On the other hand, there was Adrian who she owed for helping with her loneliness, and she dreaded what he would think of her reviving a criminal.

"Go on, Wendy." Brain encouraged, "Isn't it the least you could do for Jellal?"

"Wendy..."

The Sky Dragon Slayer turned her head upon the form of Adrian. He was barely conscious with a single eye open staring intently on the blunette. To Wendy's relief, there was no hate towards her but complete worry for her safety.

Brain looked down at the Inquisitor with a smug look. His eyes narrowed dangerously seeing Adrian's left hand reaching out grab something. Outside the cave, there was a glint of light and a small dot became bigger as it drew closer. Wendy had to hide a smile when she saw what the dot really was.

Brain's experience was the only thing that saved him from being cut in half by Adrian's flying buster sword going into his outstretched hand. He pointed his cane to fire a blast that kept the boy down yet he still put up a resistance despite his wounds.

"You are quite persistent." Brain noted as he accosted to Adrian.

He lifted the spell only to smash his foot down on Adrian's chest. There was an audible crack indicating several ribs were broken. Adrian bit his lip to hold back a scream of pain, but Wendy couldn't take it anymore and rivers of tears were going down her face.

"Stop it!" Wendy sobbed, stopping Adrian's torture, "I'll do it! I'll heal Jellal, just please don't hurt Adrian anymore!"

Brain smirked victoriously and lessened the force on his foot to allow Adrian labored breaths. Wendy regained herself on shaky legs and approached the coma-induced Jellal. Her palms outstretched producing a teal glow. All occupants in the cave could feel the sense of being revitalized as the light touched them. The green light concentrated on Jellal and the effects were instant. The cracks of glowing energy receded and healed away and color was returning to the man's face. A single drop of sweat went down Wendy's brow from the exertion of so much energy to heal one person. It turned out to be enough just in time as Jellal's chest rose and fell in a healthy rhythm.

Next, Jellal opened his eyes and Brain released the chains holding him in the sarcophagus. He completely ignored everyone's presence as he just stood there at the end of the cave.

"Amazing, absolutely amazing." Brain said, "Such magnificent healing abilities and you can still go for more."

Wendy ignored the man as she rushed to Adrian's side to heal his wounds, but a kick intercepted her and knocked her to the mouth of the cave. She winced from a pain in her stomach. She looked up to see the dark green glow of Brain's staff pointed at her.

"Unfortunately, I have no use for you." Brain announced flatly.

"NO!" Happy cried, leaping into action but it would be too late.

The green light produced a blade-like projection extending from the staff. It was intent on impaling Wendy through her chest. Her body was already in motion but she knew that she didn't have time to dodge at all. So in her seemingly last moments of her life, she closed her eyes too fearful of the inevitable.

There was the tear of flesh and a splash of red. Strangely, Wendy didn't feel any pain but instead felt what was a hand wrapped protectively around her waist. She opened her eyes slowly then too suddenly snap them open when she was looking up at the face of Adrian. His right arm was wrapped under her arms holding the Ten Commandments. However, Wendy's heart froze at the sight of the green blade of energy piercing through his left side and one of his lungs if the wound was deep enough. He just stopped it from going to his heart by holding the green magic with his left hand.

Adrian looked back at Wendy, his eyes only showing such kindness toward the girl and a smile stretched on his bloody face. Blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth.

"Why..." That was all Wendy could muster without sobbing. She could hear it in his slowing heartbeat.

"I... promised... to protect... you..." Adrian gasped out softly, momentarily coughing blood, "You're... precious..."

His eyes closed at his failing strength and his body fell to the ground with his sword still in his grip. Wendy lost the strength in her knees, her only focus on the motionless form of Adrian. He saved her again. He helped her even at the price of his life. And he did smiling just for her without any hate.

It was happening again. As she heard Adrian's heartbeat falter, Wendy was assaulted with memories of people who were so important to her life only to leave. First it was Grandeeney, Jellal, and now it was going to be Adrian. No, she couldn't take it. Nnot again.

"He hurt him."

Wendy's own heartbeat drummed in her head as tears continued to flow down her cheeks. Brain only looked impassively. Their fate meant nothing to him.

"He killed him."

Wendy's vision went solely on her hands. They were covered in so much blood. The blood of the boy that she came to hold close to her heart. Someone she could compare to how she felt to Grandeeney. It was still warm to the touch.

"He took away our Adrian."

Wendy's eyes went to Brain. He didn't bat an eyelash at them, like her suffering was of no consequence. Her eyes narrowed. The tears kept pouring on with a new emotion. A heat swelling and boiling from the deepest parts of her soul and now spreading throughout her body.

"Make him pay."

The heat was like it wanted to possess. And frankly, Wendy let it do as it wanted.

"Kill him."

All humane thought was replaced by one primordial instinct: rage. It awakened something at Wendy's core. A gust started to pick up in the cave as magic power swelled. Brain trained his vision on Wendy and they widened significantly at the rising storm of power coming from the girl.

"Make him suffer slowly."

A snarl left her mouth. Her hair became a darker shade of blue and spiked instead of smooth. A current of magic surrounded around her like a tornado, except the winds were colored like blue thunderclouds.

"TEAR HIM APART! MAKE HIM CRY FOR MERCY! GUT HIM AND EVERY HUMAN IN SIGHT! DROWN THE LAND IN BLOOD! SMEAR THE WALLS WITH HIS ENTRAILS!"

Brain didn't know what was going on. At first, Wendy's magic started to climb at a steady rate until it became a never-ending outpouring. It wasn't the release of magic that was alarming, but the nature. Where as her Sky Magic felt warm and invigorating, this magic was choking the air. Where Sky Magic promised life, this magic was the direct opposite promising not just death, but a slow, bloody torture. One that would make the instigator laugh the whole time. Right now, he was rooted on the spot as the girl was veiled away in a twister of dark blue magic.

"DESTROY! DESTROY EVERYTHING!"

A pair of white orbs stared back at Brain, and once in a long while he felt fear.

Wendy didn't care anymore. Her whole being turned to one thing and that was to annihilate the man in front of her. Anyone else in the way would meet the same fate. She ignored it all, including the cries of Carla and Natsu approaching her location. And she ignored the still beating heart of Adrian.

She opened her maw and a dark blue magic circle appeared in front of her. It was the magic circle of the Sky Dragon. The dragon in this instance was all black with soulless eyes.

"CHAOS DRAGON'S ROAR!"

The world shook under the massive release of magic and the horizon of the Woodsea ignited in blue light. Then it was silent before a mushroom cloud took its place splitting the sky.


Fucking finally fucking done with this chapter. I really have a lot of hype for what I have planned for the Arc, especially with Adrian. If the Oracion Sies wasn't enough, there's another threat that Cynthia is familiar with. She better make that call cause she needs some bigger guns. Probably something from her Christmas list.

Next is Chapter 26: The Red Cross Syndicate

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