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Everyone in Team Fairy Zeal were surprised that Loki was a Celestial Spirit. Natsu didn't buy it at first, but Harry thought the look on his face was priceless when he was told the Loki is the lion spirit.
It had been a week since then, and Harry's leg is now fully healed. Just in time too, because Leo had something he wanted to give everyone as thanks for helping him.
Harry stared at the ticket in his hand for a moment before asking, "What's this for?"
Leo answered, "It's for a resort. I wanted to thank you and the rest of Team Fairy Zeal for helping me. I also got tickets for Castor and Mira. I know you wouldn't want to go without your son, and your new girlfriend, Harry." The look on Leo's face was sly and impish; Harry threw a half-hearted glare at him.
"You would be right about Castor. I wouldn't see it as fair to go to a resort and leave him behind," he said. "Mira, I'm not sure about. Who's going to watch the bar while we're both away?" Harry turned to Mira, who came up to them with a bright smile on her face.
"Don't worry about that, Harry. I asked a friend to keep an eye on it for me while we are gone," she said.
Harry raised an eyebrow. "So you are coming?" She nodded her head in reply. "Alright then, when do all of you guys want to go?" Harry asked the rest of his team.
"Let's go now!"
"Aye, Sir!" Natsu and Happy shouted the suggestion.
"I'm okay with that," Erza said.
"I'll have everything packed in an hour," Lucy said right after.
"Sounds good to me," Gray replied.
Harry nodded his head. "Alright then, we should all head home and pack our stuff. We'll meet at the train station when we're done." He turned his focus on his son, who was playing with Fawkes and the other two animals. "Castor, we need to go pack our stuff if we want to go to the resort," he called out.
Castor snapped his head around to face Harry, and then picked up his cat and ran over with his owl on his shoulder. Fawkes landed on Harry's when he made it over, and they all left for the apartment. "I'll see you guys later," he said to the rest of Team Fairy Zeal.
"See ya!" Natsu called out what the rest of the team were thinking.
Harry made it home, packed his bags, helped Castor pack his, and the two, along with their furry or feathery friends, set off for the train where they meet Lucy, Natsu, and Gray. Erza showed up last with everything she owns, shortly after Mira, and they all boarded the train to go to the resort.
The first thing they did when they got to the resort was getting rooms. Harry and Castor shared one with their familiars, Erza, Mira, and Lucy shared another, and Gray, Natsu, and Happy shared one together. It scared everyone else when they found out Natsu and Gray are sharing a room since they all know how much the two like to kill each other.
After they got their rooms, they put on their swim suits, and made a mad dash for the beach. They all had a fun time, but Castor didn't know how to swim, and neither did Harry. (AN: I really don't think Harry would know how to swim. I believe that the only reason he could in the 4th book was due to gillyweed.) The two stayed close by to the edge of the water so they would have close access, and build a sand castle.
Fawkes said it looked like Hogwarts, but Harry has no idea how he would know what it looked like in full, if he knew even a little of it. Then again, Fawkes could just be saying that since it is a castle, and Hogwarts was one too, or so Harry thought.
After the castle was build, everyone decided to play volleyball; Natsu, Happy, Lucy, and Erza on one team, and Harry, Castor, Mira, and Gray on another. Fawkes agreed to be the look out to make sure no one cheated.
They ended with a close call, but Harry's team took the win. It was surprising though, since Erza and Mira looked like they were ready to kill each other. Harry was a little scared of Mira that day. He wondered where that side of her came from. Gray told him that that was how she was like before her sister died.
It was starting to get late, so they all ate dinner, played some game within the resort, and then Harry brought Castor up to bed. Castor handed Harry a book that he wanted him to read. Harry grabbed the book and looked at the cover. The book's title said, Key of the Starry Heavens by Will Neville. The name Neville made Harry feel like he heard it before, but pushed it to the back of his mind, and started reading the story.
Once Harry was done reading, he looked down and saw Castor asleep. 'I wondered when that happened. I didn't notice him stop asking questions about the book,' Harry thought. He shrugged and tucked his son in, and placed the book on the bedside table. He turned out the lights, and went back down to go to where everyone else is, leaving Fawkes and the other two animals in the room with Castor. 'I wonder why it's so quiet.' He shook he head to clear it. 'I'm probably just being paranoid.'
Harry made it back to the casino part of the resort, but stopped in his tracks when he couldn't see anyone. 'Where did everyone go?' he thought. {Fawkes?}
A bright burst of fire appeared next to him, and the familiar weight of his phoenix landed on his shoulder. {Yes Harry?}
"Do you know where everyone is? I don't see them, but I feel them,} Harry whispered.
Fawkes trilled softly. {I see what you mean. It might be best to go under the cloak. There might still be danger close by.}
Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak from his pocket. Placing it on over his whole body, Harry starts to search for his teammates.
He works his way over to where he last saw Lucy and Erza. When he got there, he found Lucy tied up in a very uncomfortable position, and surrounded by a bunch of playing cards, but something looked weird about them. Harry pushed that thought to the back of his mind, and went over to help his friend.
"Diffindo." He cast the severing charm, believing it to be one of the more important to learn spells from The Book of Spells.
Lucy was released from her holdings, and got back up. "Harry, is that you? Thank goodness you're okay!" she said.
"Yeah, it's me. Where is everyone else?" he asked.
Lucy looked down at the floor. "Well, all the guests are right there." She pointed at the cards, making Harry's eyes widen in shock. He thought they looked weird, now he knew why. There are people banging on the front of their cards like they were locked doors.
{Well, that's a problem,} Fawkes said.
"How are we going to get them out of that?" Harry questioned, mostly to himself though.
{I don't know. The guy that did it would be very helpful right now.}
Harry turned to Lucy. "Lucy, go and find the others. I'm going to collect all these cards and place them somewhere safe."
Lucy nodded. "Alright, I'm going to look for Gray this way." She pointed toward the bar area before taking off.
"Hey, I can hear you, but I don't see you. Where are you, man?" One of the people trapped in the card asked confusedly.
Harry ignored him in favor of picking them up. They will see him once he grabs them after all. Once he gathered all the trapped guests, he brought them with him to where Lucy went. He found Gray and some blue-haired woman, who is glaring at Lucy and standing very close to Gray.
Harry strolled over to the counter top and placed the people there. He then turned to Fawkes. {Do…think…safe…come out?} Harry asked.
{Yes, I do believe it is safe to come out. Whoever did this is gone,} Fawkes answered.
Harry took off his cloak, and jumped when someone screamed. He turned, seeing that it was the blue-haired woman that yelled, and staring at him in fright and shock. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Sorry about that. I forgot to announce my presence," he said.
"Did you get them all?" Lucy asked him.
Harry looked back down at the counter where he laid the cards. "I believe so. They're all right here." He made a gesture toward them.
"Where did you come from?" The woman in all blue asked.
Harry lifted up his cloak. "This is an invisibility cloak. I hid under it when I came back down and didn't see anyone around. I thought that maybe the danger was still close by," he explained.
There was a groan from behind the bar counter, making Harry, Fawkes, Lucy, Gray, and the blue lady become quiet and on edge.
A young woman with white hair got up from behind the counter, and the moment Harry saw her, he breathed a huge sigh of relief. "Mira, thank Merlin, are you alright?" he asked in concern.
Mira looked up with her blue eyes. Once she laid eyes on him, she looked relieved too. "Yeah, I'm okay. I guess you missed all the fun."
Harry was silent for a moment, but then said, "Yeah, can anyone tell me what happened?"
Lucy was the one to answer that. "Oh yeah, they got Erza!" Everyone turned to Lucy after hearing that.
"How did they get her? Erza is not someone that is going to go quietly that easy," Harry said.
"Erza knew them. The guy that turned all those people into cards, he called Erza sister. She called him Sho. I don't know if they were really siblings though. There were others too. There was a big guy with a metal jaw named, Simon, a blocky guy named, Wally, and a cat girl named, Millianna," Lucy said. "I only know their names, because Erza called them out like she couldn't believe who were standing in front of her."
"Do you know why they took her?" Gray asked.
"Something about going home, back to the Tower of Heaven," Lucy replied.
Harry turned to Fawkes. "Have any idea what that is?"
Fawkes looked thoughtful for a moment, and then turned to stare at Harry for just as long. {Nope,} he said with a small pop of the P sound.
Harry couldn't resist, he brought up his palm and buried his face in it. "I thought you knew something when you started thinking, but when you said no. You sounded like you didn't know the answer to begin with," he complained.
Fawkes tilted his head to the side. {I did? Sorry about bring your hopes up then.}
Before anything else could be said, Natsu and Happy appeared out of nowhere.
"Ow! That really hurt!" Natsu said while holding his mouth. "I mean, who shoots a guy in the mouth? Someone could get really hurt like that!"
{I'm pretty sure that would kill someone. How is he alive?} Fawkes unknowingly said what everyone was thinking.
"You okay, Natsu?" Harry asked.
"When I get my hands on that block head, I'm going to make him regret shooting me, and for kidnapping Erza!" Natsu roared out. He started charging for the door. "I'm going to kick your blocky butt when I catch you!"
Gray took one step forward before turning back to the rest of them. "Come on, we need to follow him!" he said.
"Does he even know where he's going?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, don't worry. Natsu's got a nose the put wild animals to shame." Gray, Lucy, and the blue-haired woman took off after Natsu.
Harry turned to Mira. "Please watch over Castor while I'm gone. If he wakes up before I get back, tell him that I had to go because Erza got kidnapped," he requested.
Mira nodded. "Don't worry; I'll take care of him." She poked him roughly in the shoulder, hard enough for Harry to wince and rub at the spot. "You just be careful, as well as everyone else. Got it?"
"Uh…" Harry was about to reply.
"Do you understand me?" Mira asked again firmly.
"Yes, yes I understand," Harry said.
Mira smiled after his answer. "Good." She kissed him on the cheek. "Now go before they leave you behind," she said jokingly.
Harry nodded in acknowledgement. "I'm going, I'm going. I'll see you when I get back," with that said, Harry took off out the door of the resort and saw his friends in the distance. He ran as fast as he could to catch up, and stopped in front of a boat.
"What took you so long, Harry?" Gray asked.
"I requested Mira to watch over Castor for me. He was asleep when this all happened," Harry explained.
"Well, we need to go, so get in here!" Harry got into the small rowing boat, and he and Gray started paddling.
It has been a while since they started rowing the boat. Harry was unsure when they left the resort, but they got to be close by now. A little earlier, he sent Fawkes up into the sky to look out for this Tower of Heaven place.
"Are you sure you know where you are going, Natsu?" Lucy's voice snapped Harry out of his musing. He looks down at Natsu for his answer, but saw that the dragon slayer isn't doing so good.
"Yes… God, I'm…going to…hurl…" Natsu replied while hanging over the rim of the boat.
Harry looked up to the blue-haired woman. "Hey, I've been meaning to ask, but what is your name?" he asked.
The woman looked surprised at this. "Oh, my name is Juvia," she answered.
"Nice to meet you, Juvia. I'm Harry."
"Nice to meet you too, Harry."
Harry started rubbing Natsu's back to help sooth him, but shortly after he noticed something in the water. "What's that?" he said softly, catching the others' attentions. They all look at the water and saw a whole lot of dead fish.
"Fish!" Happy exclaimed happily, but before he could try and grab them, Fawkes came out of nowhere and grabbed him. He trilled, scolding the blue cat before turning to Harry.
{I believe that is it over there,} he said while pointing with his beak in the direction of a tall, tower-like structure. Everyone turned to where Fawkes pointed and saw the tower.
"So that's the Tower of Heaven?" Harry questioned to himself. "It feels really dark. No wonder the fish are dead."
"Yeah well, Erza is in there. So we need to go in there as well, and save her," Gray said with a determined look on his face. Everyone in their rescue team nodded in agreement.
TBC
That is the only time that that arc will be mentioned. I didn't like that one much either. If you don't know what I'm on about, I'm talking about the book Harry read to Castor.
To mintaro: I have been thinking about what you said, and it reminded me of the idea of doing a one-shot spin-off of that arc. I'll do the spin-off as soon as I'm done with this fic. How does that sound?
Natsu: Spin-off of edo?
Enj/Dark: Yes, but only after this one is done. I'll have to write down what the idea for the edo Harry and edo Voldemort. Should I have Voldy dead, or the good guy? The latter sounds funnier. :)
Voldy: DON'T YOU DARE! DX
Harry: Someone's mad. O_O
Zeref: I'm wondering if you'll have an edo version of m…Zeref.
Enj/Dark: Well, we have a lot of time to kill before worrying about what will happen in the spin-off. After all, this fanfic is nowhere near done yet. *Thought: It will also be more than one chapter. So why am I calling it a one-shot?*
Harry: That means you will be open to suggestions.
Enj/Dark: Yup! I'll write down my own ideas, as well as other suggestions from my readers, and pick the best one. ;)
Natsu: Sound like a great idea to me! :D
Zeref: whose turn is it?
Enj/Dark: Voldemort's… You might as well do it, unless you would like to find out what it is like to be a pink Umbridge chair.
Voldy: 0.o PLEASE REVIEW! DX
