"Fuck!" Correll shouted angrily, using his magic to shatter the ground under him as his men slowly came back to their senses.

"And I to though you could take care of little girls" Odin stepped, weearing a smug smile.

"Shut up" Correll replied while teething his teeth, but he had nothing to reply with.

"Then I guess it's my turn" Odin turned back and made a arm motion. From the shadows, others men came. "Look how we capture someone, loser". Odin walked toward the exit when a figure literally appeared in front of the two "Doranblt, I though you've been already gone, you know it's our job to take care of that case". Doranbolt didn't left his frowned, but stared directly at Correll " I remeber I said you to not harm Wendy"

"Hey !" Correll shouted back " I warned them, but being from Fairy Tail, they didn't listen to me" Correll and Doranbolt began a stare competition before Odin intervened " I saw what happened. They provoked and deliberately attacked us, so sorry, but there can be only one sentence for that. I know you are fond of the bluenette, but now you must make your choice, the council, or Fairy Tail. Let's go" without saying more, Odin stepped past a immobile Doranbolt who clentched hid fists. Wendy, I'm sorry...

Wendy dropped Cynthia to catched her breath, Carla arriving soon later. They were away from Correll and the councilmen, but it would not be long before they will reach them. "I think we lose them" Wendy looked back for confirmation, seeing no one.

"Why did these freak wanted to get you ?" Carla glared Cynthia, who shook her head.

"I-I don't know. What have I done ?"

"That's the thing: nothing. You did nothing wronf, but despite that, they still want to get you"

"They keep saying you are dangerous, but I know it's not the case. You're compassionate and kind. It doesn't make sense at all" Wendy protested.

"It's obvious that you don't tell us everything about you" Carla noticed Cynthia loking away, biting her lower lips. Her eyes softed a little and posed a paw on Cynthia's shoulder "Listen, I know it may be hard, but we must know why the council is after you". Cynthia looked back and forth, still unsure about what to say "I...I..." Severals thoughs flashed in Cynthia's mind.

"No, stop, please ! It hurts !" "Why are you doing this ?" Cynthia shook her head, not wanting to think about it.

Wendy noticed her uneasiness"If you're not sure, maybe we can talk about it later" Wendy looked at Carla, who stared at her, then on Cynthia before nodding in defeat, again "Agreed, our priority is to escaping these freaks. I guess answers can wait" Cynthia nodded, although hesitantly as the trio made their way to the exit: the train statio-

"Not so fast" The girls turned at the sudden voice, coming from Odin, znd he was not alone "You may outurn Correll, but I'm someone else"

"Again ?" Carla complained "You really are persistent"

Odin glared at the Exceed "We take this matter very seriously, cat. We can't afford this danger to walk freely in Fiore"

Wendy gathered a large quantity of air in her cheeks "Sky Dragon's-"

Odin extended his arm, a white magic seal appeared on Wendy's neck, widening her eyes, releading harmlessly the amont of air she gathered. She put her hands on her neck, suffocating.

"W-Wendy ?" Cynthia and Carla rushed at Wendy, not understanding what just happened "Wendy, what's happening ?"

Cynthia glared at Odin "It's him !" She ran at him, her fist ignited "Release Wendy now!"

Odin crossed his arms, a large white magic seal appeared "O-barrier !" A invisble barrier stopped Cynthia's attack, completely blew her flames out "What ?" She stood immobile, baffled by how her flames extinguished. Using this momentum, Odin kicked her, sending her flying backward next to the others. Wendy coughed as she could finally breathe again, due to Cynthia breaking the magic seal by deconcentrating Odin "Wendy, are you okay ?"

"*cough* *cough* Yes, I'm fine" She stood up on her feet " What was that ? It was like the air just disappeared"

"To be more precise" Odin cut her off "My magic allow me to manipulate Oxygen. Air and fire user...It's really a shame that you two ended to fight against me, but it's must be the result to go against the Council. By the way, I'm Odin, the second captain of the Magic Council Einforcemenrt Unit. Let me say to you that I'm not quilt like my coworker Correll. I arrest both of you for attacking council members and voluntarily disobey the law"

"Again with that" Cynthia mumble angrily under her breath "My words stay the same. I'm-Not-Coming!"

"What a shame" Odin crackles his shoulders. "Thank to you, your comrade is a criminal now"

Cynthia rushed at Odin, but this time, it's a darker shape of flame she engulfed "You won't get any of us !"

"Such a impertinent brat" Odin crossed his arm again "O-Barrier" Cynthia's punch percuted the barrier again, but this time, it was Odin's eyes turn to widen, his magic barrier didn't extinguished Cynthia's flames "What the-" the darker flames landed harshly on Odin's cheek, leaving a burn mark. He slid on the ground, touching his burning cheek "H-How did you manage to keep flames without oxygen ?"

"Cynthia's flames were not affected this time ?" Wendy wondered, then a phrase flashed inside her mind. "My powers are based on my feelings. If I'm afraid, or sad, my power grew up exponentially". "So it's what happened"

"Did you find out something, Wendy ?" Carla noticed the thinky face Wendy made.

"I think I have an idea"

Cynthia smirked as her hit landed successfully "My flames are not quite normal" she bumped her fists together "Their purpose is to bump bad peoples like you"

These flames are not normal. Something else must fuel them. Odin regained his stance "It seems I underestimated you. Now we can finally begin"

"This time she won't be alone" Wendy stood next to Cynthia, air blowed around her "We will stop you"

"This is what you think" Odin made a arm move, and soldiers came out of corners, surrounding the girls.

"W-What is-"

"You are cornered now, Fairy Tail. There is not escape for you"

At the other side of the town, a infamous salmond hair woman walked on the street, discretely placing a bag of jewels inside her pocket dimension. She still pouted about Carla shouting at her, so she tried to think about something else by taking a job. It was the first timz someone scolded at her like that, especially something as cute as Carla. It bothered her more than it should be. It was something she could not expecting

Carla...Why ?. Her eye spotted a bunch of people moving in pack at one direction "What's going on ?" Pushing her thoughts aside, CZ accelerate her steps toward whatever incident was currently happening

"We are trapped" Wendy gasped. They were cornered by a bunch of councilmen. Even flying was not an option here. "What should we do ?"

"Bump them all! Since they gave us no choice" Cynthia exclaimed without hesitation while flaming her fists again, surprising the two other girls. Carla's eyes widened at the realisation she just had. She took Natsu as a model. Oh God, we have not finished with that.

Odin chuckles at Cynthia's confidence "How cute". Cynthia jumped, her flames extended to her entire arms "Omega Fire Dragon's Wing Attack !" She slashed the air one at the time, sending oranged burning slash at the captain.

"Guess I should not not hold back this time. O-Barrier" Again, a anti-oxygen shield appeared in front of him. At the girls surprise, this time the attack was totally stopped, leaving Odin unharmed. "What ?" Odin used this momentum to jumped at Cynthia's heigh and punched her hard on the stomach

"I though Cynthia's flames were not entirely affected"

"I admit you are quite a peculiar one, girl" Odin replied calmly "But flames are flames. I'm afraid that you can not do much about that"

"It's what we are going to see. Wendy, with me!"

"Y-Yes" Wendy clumsly joined Cynthia. "I'm ready. I guess" She and Cynthia ran at Odinin one direction each. Cynthia took the right and Wendy took the left.

"Omega Fire Dragon's Claw !"

"Sky Dragon's Claw !"

Both of them attacked simultaneously Odin who only leap backward, leaving the Claws clashed each other. The girls sqwaked in surprise when they attack each other. Odin then tighed his fists and slammed both of them, one for each hand. They percuted the ground hard.

"Ah !"

"Kyah !"

"He's strong, and they lack of cooperativeness don't help." Carla bit her bottom lip nervously. She was so concentrate about the fight she didn't notice that the soldiers weren't moving "What are they doing ?"

"They are here only to prevent you for escaping" Odin stated. Despite the distance, he manage to hear Carla's whisper.

"Ugh, damit, it hurt" Cynthia rubbed her head in pain. Wendy slowly followed her, grimacing and wincing.

"This ends now !" Odin extended his hand, two white magic seal formed, until Cynthia grabbed the two arms,smiling widely "In your dreams! Omega Fire Dragon's Burning Touch" Her hands emitted very strong heat, forcing Odin to stop whatever he was trying to do. "Wendy, now !"

Wendy was at Odin's heigh, cheeks enfled "Sky Dragon's Roar !" She parted her lips, sending a funnel of sharp air directly at Odin's face. The trick landed, the captain's dace was engulfred by Wendy's attack. His body flew back, his back hitting on the ground.

"Captain !" The councilmen were worried by seeing their superior on the ground, but hesitated if they must move or not.

Cynthia panted but smiled noneless "W-We did it" She noticed Wendy who put her hands on her, a soft light green light emitted from it.

"You know, you should heal you first, Wendy. It's not that bad" Cynthia tried to be reassuring, but failed miserably.

Wendy shook her head "My friends are top priority. Plus, I can't heal myself. That's a thing only Chelia can do ?"

"Who is Chelia ?" Cynthia tilted her head

Wendy smiled brightly "A friend of mine. I'm sure you two will get along well"

"Wendy watch out !" Wendy heard Carla screamed suddenly, but she didn't have time to react when she felt a high sting at her stomach. She widened her eyes as she was sent backward. She rolled on the floor on several meters.

"Wendy-" It was Cynthia's turn to be attacked, but this time, a hand grabbed her head and pinned her on the ground "Argh !"

"I told you you are going to be in trouble" Odin said in a biter voice. His face has clearly seen better days and all righteousness was gone. He flipped Cynthia to face her and placed his hand above her neck. A white magic seal formed on Cynthia, who began to choke. "I'm sure the others won't be bothered if I 'unfortunately' ended by killing you"

"S...Stop..." Cynthia's voice was raspy from the lack of air. Her view became blur, losing consciousness. Then, her sensible hearing hear a bang from afar, then, it stopped. The magic seal broke off, allowing the young girl to finally breath. Despite being able to breath again, her smell capted that something wa off. A smell she had trouble to recognise. Something...metallic.

Then, a cry could be heard from all the neighbourhood, a cry coming from Odin. Wendy manage to get up to her hand and knees, her eyes widened at the view. Odin was holding his wrist, where his hand, or, the lack of hand should be, the said hand landed unceremoniously on the gravel. The cries continued for numbers of seconds, a painfully one, only covered by Odin's suffering.

"Who, who did that ?" The captain looked around, searching the culpable. The Dragon Slayers, thanks to their high hearing, looked toward the bang's origin. They saw a figure on a roof, a petite person holding a sniper rifle. They frowed their eyes, the sun being directly behind the figure made this hard.

"Is that..."

"Shizu ?" Cynthia said aloud. Now, every eyes stood on the roof where the fairy gunslinger stood. She mover her rifle away of her eye which gave the tree girls shivered a little. Unlike usualy, when Shizu showed a inexpressive face, this time, her eye show all that she felt at this moment: anger, close to hate.

"S-Shizu-san ?" Wendy said in a trembling voice. She didn't know why, but her body tremble upon this view. Shizu, know for her calm and her love of anything being cute, just mutilated someone in cold blood, without being much affected. Shizu made disappeared her sniper, went out of the roof and made her way through the still tetanized guards.

"Shizu ?" Carla tried to talk to her, but it fell on deaf ears. Shizu popped a rifle and, without restrained her back, slammed Odin on the noze with the weapon's butt. The impact was so strong a crackingnoise was heard and the tall man was sending flying backward. Everyone present here were in disbelief, especially the girls, and it didn't end when Shizu stood over Odin's unconscious face, the rifle directly pointed at him.

"Wow wow, wait !" Carla intervened before things went too far "He's already down" but Shizu didn't seems to hear her. Fortunately, Wendy managed to catch her when her finger was on the trigger "Don't do that, please" Thiq time, it seems to have an effect. Shizu turned her head at Wendy, her eye became normal again "Please..."

"Wendy ?" Her voice speaking made them sighed in relief, but her fire arm was still pointed Odin's face "But he hurt Cynthia, and you two"

"I'm fine" Cynthia replied rapidly, she didn't want a bloodbath "It don't hurt that much, really"

Shizu stared Cynthia hesitantly, before giving up "...Fine" she said in a bitter voice. She looked around, noticing that they were surrounded, literally. The councilmen were out of their trance and were prepared for an immediate attack. "The captain is beaten, get them !"

"W-What do we do ?" Cynthia asked with a sweat. "They are too many of them"

"I'v got an idea, come closer" She regained her monotonous voice, but the girls quickly did as she said.

"What are you going to do ? They are getting closer" Wendy asked, looking around seeing the men approaching quickly.

"Carla, hold on to me" The Exceed didn't think twice and hold herself on Shizu's neck. The inexpressive girl then took a strange white ball. Before anyone could ask what this was, she threw it on the ground, letting a huge and opaque white smoke. Everyone around, except Shizu closed their eyes. Shizu grabbed both Wendy and Cynthia and jumped high in the air, still covered by the smoke, getting far away.

As the smoke went down, the men were baffled to see that they were not there "Where are they ?" One of them asked.

"Disperse yourself, we are going to take the captain Odin to safety" Another replied. The councilmen then separated themself.

"Where are we ?" Cynthia asked, her eyes finally opened.

"At the train station" Shizu replied.

"The train !" Cynthia already felt her head spinning at the only thought about being on this hellish transportation again.

"Don't worry, Cynthia, I will use Troia on you"

"You're such a life saver, Wendy" Cynthia glared at Shizu "By the way, you can drop us, we look like potato bags right now"

"...No" Carla sighed and the girls giggled at Shizu's blunt reply. The Exceed remembered something important "Shizu ?"

Shizu stared at her with a questionning look "Yes ?"

Carla blushed upon saying the words "Thank you... And sorry about earlier today"

Shizu left a akwardly moment of time silent, making Carla even more uneasy "...That's fine. But I require a hug as an apology" Carla's cheeks are ever more red and the Dragon Slayers giggled even more.

Once in the train, Cynthia felt very excited, albeit a little tired for this adventure. She toyed with her hand, feeling uncomfortable, but not because of the train this time "Carla ?"

"Hm ?"

"Do you remember asking about my past ?" Wendy and Carla had now all her intention, while Shizu didn't understand what she meant "I'll tell you, everything..."