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Recap: Natsu and the others backed away from Harry is slight fear at the sound of a growl or hiss, they weren't sure which one it was, but they didn't care. All they cared about is that someone might die today.
'If I see one hair out of place on Castor's head, I'm going to kill you, Jose…' Harry hissed mentally, the sound even coming out through clenched teeth, making him sound like a snake. He was ready to make Jose regret the day he was born.
Before Harry could even imagine what to do to kill the guild master of Phantom Lord, said man's voice spoke through the loud speakers again.
"To all of you Fairy Tail members out there, we have captured Lucy," Jose said. "Not only did we capture her, but we also got the brat that was with her!" This made Harry start to hiss even more in rage. It gets worse when he hears Castor cry out in pain to prove that Jose has gotten him.
Natsu was not far behind Harry in anger. He growled like a feral animal to show cast his rage after hearing Lucy's shout of pain as well, but it didn't sound as bad as Castor's cry, which made Harry, Natsu, Fawkes, and Happy want to see Jose die a slow and painful death.
"As you can hear, our first step in our mission has been completed," Jose continued. "Now we move onto the next and final step in our mission: to kill all of you disgusting brats." That was the last thing Jose said before going silent.
Natsu and Harry are both growling and hissing bloody murder, and calling out for blood. Harry couldn't wait to tear into Jose for hurting his son and friend.
{Jose's on the move,} Fawkes said, making Harry focus on him with heated eyes. {It would seem that he knows that some of us have gotten in, and is now planning to deal with us himself.}
The smirk that formed on Harry's face was of one that would have made even Bellatrix Lestrange proud of him. When he heard what Fawkes just reported to him, he knew that he will get what he wished for. A show down with the Phantom Lord Master!
"Fawkes, heal Natsu please," Harry said. "I want him to fight Gajeel so I can take on Jose. I won't have the energy to do so if I fight someone else now." Fawkes nodded his little, feathery head in understanding before gliding over to Natsu and start to cry on him, giving Harry a little bit of time to conjure a piece of paper and a quill for him to write something down.
While Fawkes was healing the dragon slayer, he asked Harry to translate for him. {Natsu, there is a power that is untapped that I need you to unleash if you want to have any hope of defeating Gajeel,} Fawkes said, and Harry repeated.
"You need to awaken the dragon within – really Fawkes, that sounds so cheesy," Harry muttered after translating, only to be pecked on the forehead next to his scar. "OW!" He rubbed the now sore spot on his head while giving the kicked puppy look to his familiar. "Sorry…but you know I have a point," he said, and Fawkes scoffed.
{Back to what I was saying, Gajeel has a lot of his dragon slaying abilities unlocked already, but not by much. You are not that far behind Natsu, when it comes to strength. You just need to unleash the fire dragon within you,} Fawkes finished, allowing Harry to take a deep breath.
Fawkes turned his head behind him, making Harry, Happy, and Natsu wonder what he is doing, but when the phoenix faced them again, he has a feather in his beak. Fawkes leaned forward toward Natsu and waited. Natsu turned his black eyes onto the feather, and then back to meet Fawkes' matching black eyes. When he looked to the feather again, he held out his right hand, where Fawkes then laid the red feather.
{Put the feather in your mouth and inhale. There is a little fire within that that will help you recharge your strength and unleash that untapped power, but only a little bit. You will have to do the rest on your own,} Fawkes instructed with Harry repeating everything word for word.
Natsu nodded to show he understood, and placed the feather between his teeth. When he inhaled, he tasted the little flame which had a soft taste to it, but one he couldn't describe. It was a good, soothing type of taste, like eating warm soup when sick.
After Natsu finished eating the last of the flame, he felt the power that Fawkes was talking about prodding at its chains. He lights his whole body on fire, making them hotter and hotter. He pushed them to their limit with a roar, making Harry and Happy back away from the intense heat and sheer size of the fire. The flames took on the form of a dragon around Natsu's body, allowing everyone stares wide-eyed in awe at its beauty.
Natsu took off down the halls with Harry, Happy, and Fawkes following. While running, Harry handed his familiar the note he wrote to him. "Give that to Mira and the others. It will let them know what happened, and what is going to happen," he said.
Fawkes grabbed the note with a nod, and then flew off to where he senses Mira, Gray, and Elfman's life force. Harry returned his focus back on following Natsu's nose to find Lucy and Castor.
Harry, Natsu, and Happy ran for about a half hour before barging through a floor. Within side the room they charged in, they found Lucy and Castor, but also found Gajeel and a few Phantom Lord mages.
Harry called out, "Prohibere," at the weaker mages, freezing them all in place. He ran up to Castor and Lucy to see if they're okay, but Gajeel was about to get in his way when Natsu kicked him away from Harry and his path to his son and friend, who he's been starting to see as a sister.
"Castor, Lucy, are you two okay?" Harry asked when he was kneeling in front of them, ignoring the ice around them for the time being. 'I would like to know where that came from, however.'
Lucy nodded, "Yeah, we're fine. We're a lot tougher than we look."
Harry released the breath he didn't know he was holding, before turning back to the two in front of him. "What happened after you got captured?" he asked.
Castor was the one to answer, "Well, Lucy told me to turn myself invisible, but that man over there," he pointed to Gajeel who started to fight Natsu, "was able to smell me. So I had to dodge him every now and then. I don't know what was happening around me while doing so, but I believe that Lucy was protecting me," Castor finished explaining.
Harry turned his green, killing cures eyes to Lucy. "What about your side of the story?" he asked.
Lucy seemed hesitant. "If I tell you, do you promise to keep it a secret till I say it's okay?" she questioned.
Harry was surprised, but not by much, just the widening of the eyes was all the news did. He nodded to say the he can. "Fawkes told me a vow that will help with this if you like? I would be swearing on my life and magic to keep this secret," he replied.
Lucy shook her head. "No, you don't have to go that far." She looked him in the eye. "I know I can trust you to keep it till I say otherwise."
Harry nodded in understanding. "Alright, so what is it?"
"I protected Castor using my Winter Dragon Slayer Magic," she told him.
Now this time, Harry's eyes widened to the size of Happy's, and his jaw was about to have a meeting with its boss, gravity. "You have dragon slayer magic?" he asked in shocked.
"So cool!" Castor followed with stars in his eyes. Harry was snapped out of his stunned state when he heard his son's voice and turned to look at him. He was so different from his ancestors, happier even. The Malfoys have also been uptight and stuck up, but Castor is cheerful and energetic.
'Must have been the way he grew up,' Harry thought before returning his focus on Lucy again. "I'm going to guess you didn't show much of anything with this power, did you?"
Lucy nodded her head to confirm. "Gajeel thought I was an ice-make user since I made a spear that shot snow and ice at him. I was able to know where Castor was, so I didn't hit him with any of my attacks," she replied.
After Lucy was done speaking, Harry hugged her. "Thank you for protecting him and yourself," he told her. Castor joined them in the hugging for a full minute before all three of them turned to watch the fight between Natsu and Gajeel.
Happy soon joined them in their little group. He wasn't there right away, because somehow one of his fish got stuck on the ice, and he refused to leave it behind.
~Meanwhile with Fawkes~
After a half hour from leaving Harry's side, Fawkes crashed into Gray, who dashed sharply around a corner. Gray caught him before he fell to the cold, hard floor.
"Fawkes? Are you okay?" Gray asked. Shortly after doing so, Mira and Elfman turned the same corner that he did.
Fawkes nodded to say he was okay. He climbed up to Gray's shoulder and held out his leg to Mira. She saw the piece of paper clutched within his talons, and reached to grab it from him. Once she had the note, Mira unfolded it and begun to read.
Mira
I'm sure by now you know that all the element four have been defeated. I found Natsu losing to Aria, but I took over and beat the air-space mage.
I want you, Gray, and Elfman to go back and help the others defend the guild while Natsu and I take care of Gajeel and Jose – that man needs to pay for hurting my son…
Mira could tell that Harry was growling in rage when he wrote that last bit she read.
Natsu, Happy, and I are on our way to deal with Gajeel, and I'm going to use that time to recover my strength so I can fight Jose while Natsu is fighting the Iron Dragon Slayer.
You three get yourselves out. Let us deal with these guys.
Love you,
Harry
Mira finished reading the note – that was more like a short letter – and turned to Elfman, Gray, and Fawkes.
"Fawkes, are you going to come with us, or are you going to go back to Harry?" she asked. Fawkes held up two talons to tell her that he's going back to Harry. Mira nodded, "Alright, you, Harry, Natsu, and Happy better be careful or else," she said threateningly.
Fawkes shivered, but nodded to show that he understood her crystal clear. After that, he took off to find Harry again, leaving Mira, Gray, and Elfman behind him, knowing that they're on their way out of the Phantom Lord guild hall to help protect Fairy Tail.
TBC
Well, this is a short chapter… Anyway, sorry I couldn't place the fight between Natsu and Gajeel here, but I will have it out for Halloween! ;) Alas, be warned that that chapter will be short. Shorter than even this one, I'm sure, since it'll just be the fight between Natsu and Gajeel. I'll start where Natsu and Harry barged into the room, but work from Natsu's point of view.
Now I have an animation to work on for…god knows how long. See you all on Halloween! XD
Harry: *glare* You're lucky that Castor wasn't hurt!
Enj/Dark: Did you really think I would have a 6 year old hurt? I would have stood still and let you throw hexes and curses at me then. :(
Natsu&Zeref: She's not wrong… :/
Voldy: You won't harm a child, but you would hurt an adult? Even going so far as to kill them off?
Enj/Dark: I would rather die than hurt kid. Adults should know better, and I only kill the ones that deserve it off.
Harry: Like those that hurt kids?
Enj/Dark: Yeah! :D
Voldy: Pathetic… -_-
Enj/Dark: I wouldn't talk if I were you. The night you went after Harry and his parents, a kid bumped into you. A muggle kid. That kid said, "nice costume," and left. You didn't go after him.
Harry: Wait, that happened? :0
Enj/Dark: Someone did a top ten facts you didn't know I think about Voldemort? I forget what the video was called, but that was on there, along with the fact the Voldy even tried to recruit Lily and James at some point.
Harry: *turns to Voldy* Really?! *only for him not to be there.* Where did he go?
Natsu: He left shortly after that fact that he didn't kill a kid.
Enj/Dark: Well, I'm not sure if it's true or not, but it's still funny to think about. :) Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW! ^-^