Meteors rained down the remains of the Fairy Tail guild, engulfing the famous guild in a grab explosion. When the explosion subsided, a very large cloud of smoke floated into the air, slowly dispersing. When the smoke subsided, Erza was in her Adamantine armor, but even the mighty defensive armor was unable to withstand Tobias' powerful meteor storm, and it shattered, causing Erza to fall to the ground, near lifeless. Gray had also put up a large Ice Make Shield, while Freed put up some defensive runes, but just like Erza's powerful defensive armor, it too gave way to the falling meteors. Thanks to the defensive efforts for Gray, Freed, and Erza, no one in Fairy Tail died, but everyone was indeed injured, and required medical attention very soon, otherwise people would start dying. "C….Cynthia…" Wendy looked up with blurred vision, only to succumb to her injuries and passed out along with everyone else.
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"L-LET ME GO! I WANT TO GO BACK TO FAIRY TAIL!" Cynthia screamed out while still being carried by Veronica's telekinesis.
"Yeesh…she's a loud one…" Maggie said, rubbing her ears.
"Oh, I don't think you want to go back to Fairy Tail," Tobias said with a sly smirk.
"W-What did you do…?!" Cynthia's eyes widened at Tobias' smirk.
"Heh…you'll see…or maybe you won't," Tobias replied, feeling smug about the situation.
"Tobias, stop being so damn prideful," Kiora replied. "Nobody cares, anyone else here could've easily done what you did. Nobody wanted to do it, though. So we made you."
"You people just can't let me have anything, can you?" Tobias groaned.
"When the hell did it become "Tobias can talk" day?" Maggie asked.
"I…" Tobias had no words, he just groaned.
"HA!" Byron laughed, feeling no sympathy for Tobias. "That's gotta suck for you!"
"Byron, be quiet," Aloysius said.
"Yes, Aloy," Byron shifted his gaze in front of him.
After an undisclosed amount of time, the group of six, and the prisoner, Cynthia, entered a large tower somewhere in a mountainous region. Veronica hurled Cynthia to the ground, dusting her hands off after. "Bleh…"
"I'm going HOME!" Cynthia's body erupted in dark red flames as she glared at the six mages. There were so many of them, but she wanted to go home. So if she had to fight...
"Oh…but why would you want to leave so soon, you just got here…" Aiden replied from behind Cynthia. The voice sent an immediate chill up Cynthia's spine, and she turned around slowly.
"Y-You…!" Cynthia's flames increased subconsciously, mostly because she was afraid. She stiffened up in response.
"Yes, that's right," Aiden smirked slightly. "It's your father."
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL YOURSELF THAT!" Cynthia puffed her cheeks out, and immediately unleashed an Omega Fire Dragon's roar towards Aiden. But…she missed…no one intervened; the attack went over to Aiden's side and hit the wall, causing an explosion. "W-What…!?"
"Oh…wow…My little girl has grown up so strong…I'm proud…" Aiden's smirk grew wider.
"What the hell just happened…?" Byron raised a brow. "I'm pretty sure that attack was supposed to hit…"
"What kinda crazy magic are you running, you bloody nutter?" Maggie asked, crossing her arms.
"I don't have any magic," Aiden replied with an honest voice. "I am part of the pitiful 90% of the population which is without magic."
"TAKE ME HOME!" Cynthia formed two balls of red fire in both of her fist, jumping up after, fusing the two spheres into a large dark red one. "Radiant Blaze of the Omega Fire Dragon!" Cynthia hurled the Blaze down at Aiden…but the blaze flew behind Aiden, not even the explosion affected him. He just stood there with his arms behind his back. "W-What…!?"
"Well this is interesting…" Kiora tilted her head slowly.
"What the hell is going on?" Tobias asked.
"Hm…" Aloysius brought his hand up to his face, stroking his chin slowly as he watched Cynthia's futile attempts to attack her Father.
"Why can't I hit you!?" Cynthia changed her moves up, red fire forming over her fist as she rushed Aiden, throwing multiple punches towards his chest…but her fist missed, none of her hits were making contact. "RAH!" Cynthia then threw a no magic punch at Aiden's face, but it was as if her body was on autopilot, and her fist shifted to the side of his face, missing once again.
"You don't get it, do you?" Aiden chuckled, signaling for Veronica to grab Cynthia once again, which she did, restraining the girl. "I knew what I was dealing with when I used you as a test subject, and when I was creating that Omega Fire Dragon lacrima. However, I made a few modifications to this lacrima…"
"Modifications…?" Cynthia attempted to break free from Veronica's telekinetic grasp, but she was unable to do so this time around.
"I took the factor in that you would most likely grow tired of all of this and escape and I also took in the factor you would attack anyone and everything that got in your way. So, I made this lacrima with a special restriction just for that," Aiden leaned in closer until he was face to face with Cynthia, a devilish grin appearing over his face. "No matter what you do, or how hard you try, you will never be able to attack, or hurt me."
"Heh, I like this guy's style…" Byron grinned. "Say, where's everyone else? You know Horoki, and the other members of Tartaros?"
"Oh, don't worry about them," Aiden replied. "They're in the tower, I just had them spread out because I know we'll be having guests. I do have to thank your guild master, Jikan for indulging me in this request. He was awfully compliant with it...oh! I almost forgot. Veronica, come with me, bring Cynthia too. It's time for the announcement..."
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Chelia and Jura walked into Magnolia thrown, surprised by the destruction of more than half the town. "W-WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!" Chelia's eyes widened at the sight of the demolished Fairy Tail. "W-Wendy?! Cynthia?!" Chelia rushed into the rubble, immediately throwing the large debris away in search of bodies.
"Chelia-dono, over here…!" Jura pointed to the near lifeless bodies of the Fairy Tail members, more than half of them buried under rubble.
"What happened here…!?" Chelia didn't waste any time in utilizing her Sky God Slayer magic, healing Natsu, Gray, and Erza first to the best of her ability. After a few minutes, Natsu, Gray, and Erza slowly came up, jumping up.
"W-Where did they go!?" Natsu said in a low, dark tone.
"Calm down, Natsu-dono!" Jura shouted. "You mustn't move too much yet…Chelia-dono just healed you…"
"J-Jura…?" Erza blinked, picking herself up off the ground slowly as she looked at Chelia starting to heal the other near lifeless mages, bringing them back from the brink of death. She had to take a few breaks to inhale some air and keep going, but her magic was doing wonders in patching everyone up.
"What are you doing here…?" Gray asked, wincing from his former injuries.
"Chelia-dono and I heard it was Wendy-dono's birthday, so we decided to pay a visit…but when we came…we saw this…"
"W-Wendy…!" Chelia picked up Wendy, healing her as best she could. "W-What happened…!?"
"C-Chelia-san…" Wendy woke up slowly, recognizing Chelia's voice. "W-Where's Carla…and Cynthia!?"
"I don't see Cynthia around here…" Chelia frowned. "Where is she…?"
"T-They took her!" Wendy pushed herself from Chelia's arms and stood up, wobbling a little.
"W-Wendy…!" Carla cried out. "D-Don't…it's too dangerous…"
"I have to…save Cynthia…" Wendy closed one eye, taking another step forward, but Erza stood in her way. "E-Erza-san…"
"Wendy…we don't even know where they took her…" Erza frowned. Erza wanted to save Cynthia too, everyone in Fairy Tail did, but it was useless to try and find her without any clues. Wendy knew this was true too, so she decided to take her mind off it temporarily by helping Chelia heal the other Fairy Tail members. After about thirty minutes, the two fell onto their knees, panting heavily.
"T-That's everyone…" Chelia panted.
"Great, now let's get those assholes back for taking Cynthia, hurting gramps, and destroying Fairy Tail!" Natsu pounded his fist into an open palm, glaring deeply into the horizon.
"Natsu…" Makarov said rather weakly, his legs wrapped in bandages. "I understand you want revenge, but we can't do anything yet…"
"But, Gramps!" Natsu protested. "Look what that guy did to you! You can't even walk straight!"
"He'll be fine in a matter of hours…" Chelia nodded slowly, starting to catch her breath.
"WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!" A voice said from pure shock. The voice called all the members conscious to turn around. At what used to be the entrance to Fairy Tail stood head captains Lahar, Doranbolt, Correll, Odin, and Aloy.
"It's THEM…" Wendy's eyes widened at the Council members present.
"Council captains?" Jura raised an eyebrow, taking a step back as the members walked inside.
"We came for Cynthia," Lahar stated, looking around the demolished guild for the girl.
"She's not here…" Natsu replied crossing his arms. Before Natsu could react, Correll pinned the Salamander onto the ground with his knee pressing into his stomach.
"Failure to cooperate; that's one strike," Correll smirked at Natsu.
"G-Get off him!" Lucy cried out.
"SHE'S NOT HERE DAMMIT!" Natsu's body erupted in flames; the sudden burn caused Correll to jump back.
"Attacking an officer, that's two…" Correll said, acting as though the burn on his knee wasn't hurting him at all.
"We're not lying!" Lucy objected.
"Then where is the girl…?" Lahar asked, looking around, thinking Fairy Tail was hiding her elsewhere.
Natsu's attention turned to Head Captain Aloy, quickly mistaking him for Aloysius. "YOU TOOK HER YOU BASTARD!" Natsu charged at Aloy, but he was held back by Laxus. "LAXUS, THAT'S HIM!"
"Natsu, calm down!" Laxus barked.
"I'm sorry, did something happen?" Aloy looked curelessly over to the Fairy Tail mages glaring at him, "What…?"
"You were here not too long ago, right?" Mirajane asked, a magic circle appearing over her body.
"I was not…" Aloy replied. "I don't know what happened here…"
"THAT'S A LIE!" Wendy screamed out suddenly, catching everyone off guard. "YOU WERE ONE OF THE ONES WHO TOOK CYNTHIA!" Tears started to form in Wendy's eyes, now worried to death about her friend.
"W-Wendy…?" Doranbolt was especially taken aback by the little girl's screaming.
"That's impossible," Odin replied calmly. "Aloy was with US while we drove here."
"W-What…?" Gajeel's eyes widened. He then used his nose to sniff Aloy from afar. The scent was similar to Aloysius', but it wasn't the same. "Damn…guys, he's right…"
"W-What…?" Wendy looked over at Gajeel. "B-But…!"
"Enough talking, we've come for Cynthia Viscard," Lahar shook his head. "Where is she?"
"I don't believe she's here…" Jura stated. "I didn't see anything when Chelia-dono and I came here to help Fairy Tail out."
"Lying to a Council member, are we, Wizard saint?" Correll asked, raising a brow as he pulled out magic sealing cuffs.
"J-Jura would never lie!" Chelia objected, standing in front of the wizard saint protectively.
"There's a first time for everything, doll face," Correll replied, taking a step forward.
"We're in no condition to fight them…" Levy whispered.
"Doesn't mean I won't try!" Natsu shouted. Suddenly, a large lacrima screen filled the sky. "Huh…?" Natsu and everyone else's attention turned to the screen.
"Attention, all of Fiore!" Aiden's full body appeared on the screen. Aiden seemed to be in some sort of lab.
"W-Who is that…?!" Lisanna shouted.
"Viscard…Aiden…" Odin scowled. "He's been hiding well…"
"Viscard…" Wendy blinked a few times, wiping the incoming tears from her eyes. "Viscard is Cynthia's last…" Then it hit her. "No…!"
"I would like to present the beginning of my grand project, seven years in the making!" Aiden smirked widely, throwing his hand off to the side. From Aiden's left, a small wall rotated around, revealing Cynthia, who was strapped down by fire resistant iron bars.
"C-CYNTHIA!" Wendy's eyes widened as she brought her hands to her mouth, gasping.
"W-What!?" Lahar now felt bad for accusing Fairy Tail for hiding Cynthia, but that wasn't the case at this point.
"Cynthia Viscard, my precious daughter. Also known as the Omega Fire Dragon Slayer…or, as I like to call her; Fiore's End."
"L-LET ME GO!" Cynthia's voice was someone weak and frightened. "I-I don't want to do this!"
"That's cute…she thinks she has a choice…" Aiden shook his head slowly before looking at the screen. "I have to say, Fairy Tail did a great job in turning Cynthia into the strong girl she is right now. I couldn't have brought out her full potential without your help, and for that, I thank you."
"THAT SCHEMING LITTLE-" Erza glared at Aiden, only to realize he wasn't able to see it.
"But, I especially have to thank the mages from Tartaros and Silent Sanctum for bringing her back to me. Because I'm a nice guy, Fairy Tail, I'll cut you a deal. If you REALLY think you can stop Fiore's End and "save" Cynthia, come to the mountains in the center of Fiore. We'll be waiting…OH! And the Magic Council. I know you're watching this too. Don't even think about trying to come in their place, if they even show up. I've run a check over all your members in the last seven years, so your tricks won't work on me. If a member of the Magic Council shows…Fiore's End will be swift…"
"W-Wendy…help me…" Cynthia whimpered before the lacrima cut off.
"Silent Sanctum…Tartaros…" Makarov went over these names in his head.
"I'm going…" Wendy said. "I have to save Cynthia…"
"You're not going alone…" Erza placed a hand on Wendy's shoulder.
"Tch, clever bastard thinks he's got us…" Correll, Lahar, Doranbolt, Aloy, and Odin walked away from Fairy Tail's remains.
"There needs to be a team…" Laxus nodded slowly, and then looked over at Makarov for approval.
"Tartaros is a dangerous guild…too dangerous for you all…" Makarov said sternly. "But…I cannot allow any child of mine to be abused like that…"
"So you're letting us go…?!" Natsu asked hopefully.
"Yes…Erza…pick who will go…" Makarov turned to Erza, leaving the faith of this mission in her selection.
"I know who I'll take, Master," Erza nodded before facing the Fairy Tail members, all of them conscious now. "Natsu, Happy, Lucy, Cana, Juvia, Gray, Laxus, Mirajane, Elfman, Wendy, Carla, Warren, we'll need you for communications, and Gajeel and Patherlily."
"Aye, Sir!" Happy grinned floating above Natsu.
"Giehe…Good, I was hoping I'd get a chance to pay those fuckers back for what they did," Gajeel stepped forward as Lily stood by his feet.
"I'll do my best to keep you all connected," Warren nodded.
"Me, huh…? Alright," Cana nodded, giving a smirk. "I'll do my best."
"The mountains, right? In the center or Fiore?" Laxus asked.
"That's right," Erza nodded, leading the way.
"Be safe, Laxus!" Freed shouted.
"Teach that Aiden guy a lesson!" Bickslow shouted.
"We'll do that, beat Tartaros and Silent Sanctum, AND save Cynthia!" Natsu grinned as he and the selected group walked off, throwing up the Fairy Tail hand sign.
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"Damn...!" Jellal cursed after that announcement, gritting his teeth while looking up at that sky. "We spent all that time looking for him and he slipped right under our noses!"
"I can't believe it..." Meredy was frowning. If Ultear were around, they absolutely would've had the manpower to find Aiden before it was too late. But it was also at that moment that she had a terrible thought. "Wait...with the information we managed to collect, he built some kind of weapon, didn't he?"
"That's right..." Jellal nodded. But then he had the same realization that Meredy had, and his eyes widened. Aiden went through the effort of capturing Cynthia from Fairy Tail for one specific purpose. "No...it can't be...!"
"Jellal, we have to move, and fast!" Meredy exclaimed. "If he's planning what we think he is, then...!"
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"Tch, what do we do now?" Correll asked, looking over at the other Council captains.
"We're going to make things worse by going," Odin replied, sighing. "We cannot take that risk, and I'm sure Fairy Tail is walking into a giant trap…"
"Fiore's End seems well thought out…" Lahar sighed, agitated.
"No Magic Council…" Doranbolt pondered for a minute before a thought came to him. "We might have to send…him…"
"You mean…?!" Lahar shouted.
"Yes..." Doranbolt nodded.
"Well, well...guess I'll go ahead and let him out then." Correll took a puff of his cigarette before tossing it aside. "If he's going that low, then we have no choice but to go lower."
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In the prison of the Magic Council, a male was sitting cross legged in a cell, a scar over one of his eyes, and the other closed. His long elf like ears perked up when he heard something. The male leaned back, opening his eye with a sly smirk, looking up. "I can hear you…"