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Midnight = 3
Cobra = 2
Angel = 2
Hoteye = 0
Racer = 0 – he no longer counts since Gray and Lyon already fought him.
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Harry watched with dread as he saw a tower from Nirvana appearing from the ground. Behind him he can feel Cobra's excitement. How anyone can feel any form of emotion other than dismay for the situation that is happening right in front of him he'll never know.
"Here is comes…" said Cobra with a smirk that Harry knows is there without having to look back.
{I don't like it here,} said Fawkes. {As a phoenix, I feel like I must get as far away from here as possible, but with the light magic I feel like I am safe. It is conflicting.}
{Well, if this light and dark magic has the power to make people turn on each other, then we need to remember who we are. We can beat this,} said Harry.
{Good thing you have a strong will. I doubt that this will affect you, but I would have had some doubt if you still had that fragment inside your scar.}
{Good thing it's not there then.}
"What fragment?" Cobra asked.
"It doesn't really matter, does it?" Harry asked. "After all, it's no longer there."
"I guess not," said Cobra with a shrug.
~What is Jellal doing?~ Cubellios asked. Harry, Fawkes, and Cobra turn to see what Cubellios is talking about and saw Jellal doing something with his magic, but they have no idea what it is or what purpose it is meant for.
Lucy didn't take her eyes off of where the black and white pillar of light is with a look of concern. Natsu took off in that direction to go after Jellal not long ago. She hopes that he'll get there in time to give Harry a hand in whatever trouble he has gotten himself in this time.
She turned back around to check on Erza, but as she did she noticed that the spot she last saw Erza in is now empty.
"Erza is gone!" she exclaimed, catching Hibiki's attention. He turned to see what Lucy was talking about, only to find that she is right, Erza is now longer lying in the clearing they stand in.
"Where did she go, and how did she get passed us without us knowing?" Hibiki asked, mostly to himself than to Lucy.
"She must have gone after Jellal," said Lucy with worry coloring her voice.
"We must go then. There is really no point in us staying here." Lucy nodded her head in agreement. Just as she was about to turn around to pick up Carla, the white she-cat groans with her face tensing up in signs of waking.
"Carla, are you away?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, I am. How is Wendy?" asked Carla.
"She is still asleep," she answered.
"Not anymore," Hibiki countered Lucy statement. Before him is a waking dragon slayer.
"Where am I?" Wendy asked.
"It's okay now, Wendy. You are somewhere safe with friends," said Lucy reassuringly.
Wendy still looked confused, like she has forgotten something that was important. When she looked around and saw the pillar of magic she remembered what it was.
"Oh no…" she said. "This is my fault. If I had listened to Happy and not healed Jellal, then this wouldn't be…" Wendy was cut off by Hibiki who knocked her back into dream land. He picked her up and placed her on his back.
"Why did you do that?!" Carla demanded.
"She was starting to doubt. I'll explain more on the way," he said firmly. Hibiki then starts heading for the tree line where Natsu dashed through about fifteen minutes ago. "Come on, we need to go."
Hibiki, with Wendy on his back, Lucy, and Carla make their way through the forest. When a few minutes ticked by, Hibiki starts his explanation,
"I didn't tell anyone this in the meeting, because I feared that they would start to doubt themselves. If they were to do that when Nirvana appeared, then they could turn. Doubt could place a person on the line between light and dark. For example: if one were to start thinking that they having something evil within them Nirvana would push them over that edge and turn them dark, and if the person starts to question if what they are doing is wrong and they are a bad guy, then they would be pushed to the light."
"Is that why you knocked Wendy out again, because she started to doubt herself?" Lucy asked.
"Yes that is exactly why I did that. She started to doubt that she was a good person for healing an enemy. If I had let her continue she would have been turned dark by Nirvana's power."
"So as long as we don't doubt ourselves we'll be fine?"
"That is part of it, but there is another way to fall into darkness or light," Hibiki said. "If you were to become angry at an ally and start to blame them, this could also turn you dark, or light if they were the enemy."
"I think I understand. We just need to remember who we and our friends are," said Lucy.
"That sounds about right. How hard can that be?" Carla voiced. The three of them continue to run – or fly in Carla's case – toward where they believe Natsu ran off to.
Harry is holding the Elder Wand in his hand with the plan to destroy Nirvana, but there are two problems to that plan. One: Nirvana is a city. He is going to need some really big spell like Fiendfyre to have any hope of even putting a dent in the side of it. Two: He doesn't want to kill Jellal. He may have been an enemy before, but either way, Harry is not a killer. Not only could he end the life of Jellal, he could end Cobra's life too if he used Fiendfyre. The question Harry is asking himself now is how is he going to destroy Nirvana without killing everyone else?
Harry was too deep in thought that he didn't hear Fawkes trying to warn him about Cubellios, who is right behind him. Cobra heard what Harry wants to do and decided he wasn't going to take chances if the snake speaker chose to go ahead and destroy the city, making lives meaning nothing more than sand. So while Harry's thoughts were too loud for him to hear, Cobra ordered Cubellios to coil around him.
Harry was snapped out of his thoughts when he was all of a sudden trapped in huge, tight coils of a purple and white snake. He tries to struggle out of them, but no matter how much he tries to escape the coils tighten just the slightest bit in warning; therefore, Harry made an effort to stop moving all together with the exception of his head, which he used to turn to throw a glare at Cobra.
"Why am I being pinned right now?" Harry could beat himself up right now for forgetting that Cobra was there, and letting his guard down because of it.
"I think you already know why. Don't worry; I'll let you out once Nirvana is fully free," said Cobra.
'Of course he heard what I was planning…' thought Harry with on unimpressed look painting his face.
Harry decided to shift until he is in a more comfortable position, he could be there for a while for all he knows. He turns his green, killing curse eyes onto Jellal once again to watch the magic circle that is forming in front of Nirvana. He couldn't help but think that this magic has nothing to really do with the ancient city. It was just a gut feeling he has when trying to figure out what the magic is supposed to do.
Natsu was still running toward the pillar of light when he stopped at the sight of Gray unconscious in the river, drifting on a piece of wood.
"Don't tell me he lost," said Natsu with a scowl. He runs over to him to see if he was okay, but when he jumped into the river he was expecting to land in water, not a make-shift raft. Natsu keels over due to his stomach. He just had to land on some form of transportation, didn't he?
Not long after he landed on the raff and ready to blow chunks did Gray wake and attack him. Natsu was shocked by the sudden attack, but tried to move nonetheless. Unfortunately for him is body protested to the movement strongly, so he is unable to dodge in time.
Luck was on his side, however, because an arrow flew from the tree line and nearly hit Gray. Natsu is starting to understand how Harry feels when it comes to luck. He looks over as much as he could to see who saved him, and saw Lucy and her spirit Sagittarius. If he looked more toward the back he would see Hibiki and Wendy.
"What are you doing, Gray?" Lucy asked demandingly. "Don't tell me that Nirvana got to you by using your rivalry with Natsu."
"It is possible," said Hibiki. "If their rivalry is strong enough, Gray could have turned evil in his want to defeat Natsu in a fight."
Natsu was trying to thank Lucy for saving him, but he would be even more grateful is she would get him off this death trap!
"Hang on, Natsu! We'll get you off that raft in just a minute!" Lucy said, making Natsu want to glare at her for making him wait longer. Where was Happy? He could get him out of this whole mess in less time than what Lucy is giving him.
"Hang on, Natsu!" Speak of the blue devil, here comes Happy now. Happy dived down to save him, but Gray fired a sharp ice shard at the speeding cat. Happy had to fly away from them to save himself, much to Natsu's dismay, but he would rather his little buddy be okay than him getting off this thing faster.
"Lucy Heartfilia, Celestial Spirit Mage from the Fairy Tail Guild," Gray started talking, but his words are suspicious. "Natsu Dragneel, Fire Dragon Slayer form Fairy Tail, and Hibiki Lates, Archive magic user from Blue Pegasus."
"Lucy, that isn't Gray, it's an imposter!" Hibiki called out from behind Lucy. Natsu was confused at his words since, even though he may be sick, Gray's scent is still the same. He knows that his nose is never wrong.
From the other side of the river, Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Hibiki hear clapping. They snap their eyes over toward the sound and see that the person is Angel, one of the members of the Oracion Seis.
"Congratulation, I was wondering how long it would take you to figure that out," she said, and then with a shrug with her palms facing up, she continues, "I must say that it amazes me that it took my spirit to have to call out data on you three for you to figure it out." After Angel finished speaking, Gray disappears in a puff of white smoke, and in his place are two blue, little creatures.
"What are they?" Happy questioned, looking at the blue, floating beings that were Gray now long ago.
"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Angel, and this is Gemini, my Celestial Spirit."
"She's like you, Lucy!?" Happy asked in shock, but Lucy didn't bother answering him.
"You know, I'm glad it is you I get to fight, Lucy Heartfilia," Angel continues speaking like Happy never said a word. "Since you are a fellow spirit mage that means that once I defeat you I can take all your keys."
The moment Lucy hears that, she grabs hold of her key ring protectively. Natsu wishes he could help her in some way, but he will just get in her way in his current predicament. 'I'm sure Lucy will be just fine. She is strong, after all, and she has Loki. He will protect her if she needs it. Lucy can win this…' These were Natsu's last thoughts before darkness clams him. He was no longer able to handle the sickness caused by the rushing water and rocking raft.
TBC
I don't remember is Natsu passed out due to his sickness or not, but I needed him to be knocked out for Lucy to do her thing without Natsu knowing what she can really do. She knows that if she asks, Hibiki will not tell anyone. Not only that, but if Hibiki can download information into someone's head, then what's stopping him from deleting Lucy being a winter dragon slayer from Happy's mind? It's just a theory, I don't know if he can do it, but let's say he can for this story's sake.
I think I explained Nirvana pretty well without looking up what Hibiki said word for word, don't you think?
Natsu: So Lucy is fighting Angel?
Enj/Dark: Yes, Angel only had two votes where Midnight has three. She is no longer in the running, so two down, three to go. Though I think it's going to be close between Cobra and Midnight in the end anyway.
Harry: You are most likely going to have me fight with someone on my team, aren't you?
Enj/Dark: If it is Cobra, you will be fighting alongside Natsu, but if it's Midnight then you will be fighting him with Erza. Since Midnight's powers are of mind magic in the end that will make my job fun. It's going to be like dealing with Voldemort all over again, but this time you can beat the heck out of him for giving you nightmares.
Voldy: I don't need to be close by to give Potter nightmares. Does that make this Midnight weak?
Natsu: Ooh! That would be an interesting fight! Midnight VS Voldy! =D
Zeref: I'm sure someone could make it happen.
Enj/Dark: If they do, I would like it very much if they pointed the fanfic out for me. That way I can read it. Other than that, please review and vote! ^-^