Ultear hated it when she was the only one with half a brain, especially in life or death situations. She was currently sidelined by the brashness of her friends as they debated what to do against the Dorma Anim, whilst she and Erik stood back and marveled the ridiculousness.
"Are they...always like this?" Erik asked weakly as Elise grabbed Simon by the collar of his jacket, yelling at him. Ultear sighed.
"More often then not, unfortunately." She replied, rubbing her temples as the yelling intensified. She now had a headache, and that didn't help any. Elise, Drake, and Nashi wanted to fight the Dragon Knight head on , and Simon and Damien didn't want anything to do with it, opting for sabotaging the mech before it became a problem. Ultear sighed. She knew Simon and Damien had their heads on straight, but the arguing was what was pissing her off. She didn't have the energy to intervene either, seeing as the wall had sapped most of her strength. She growled as the yelling got even louder. She stormed up to her friends and they took notice instantly. "Can we stop arguing?!" Ultear asked angrily. "At the moment our home is about to be invaded, and we're sitting her arguing about taking that thing down! Why don't we just go and kick the King's ass?!" Drake sighed.
"Because Ul," He replied. "He's probably overseeing the activation personally."
"That and I want to kick both asses" Elise grinned. "The Dorma Anim and King Simon: Kick one, kick another free!" Damien rolled his eyes.
"What about the army with enough bullets to level Crocus?" The takeover mage demanded. "We can't waste magical energy dealing with that Knight in a head on fight, let's just sabotage it."
"10 minutes to Dorma Anim activation" A robotic female voice resounded throughout the floor. "I say again, 10 minutes until Dorma Anim activation"
"It's too late to sabotage it" Erik spoke up. "The only thing left is to power it up, you can't trash it now" Ultear was more then disappointed when Elise cackled.
"Yes!" The Iron Dragon Slayer shouted happily. "Our plan wins! High five!" Elise and Drake high fived, and Elise was left hanging with Nashi checking her bullet wound. The pinkette flinched as she re-wrapped her shoulder and turned around, facing everybody.
"Ul's right" Nashi said, and Ultear sighed in relief. "This bickering is pointless, we need to stop the army. Although, this Dorma Anim is quite the problem..." Ultear rubbed her chin, deep in thought. How could they take this thing out? It was quite an imposing job, even for them. Could all five of them even make a dent? Ultear turned to Erik, who perked up upon being looked at.
"How was the Dorma Anim taken out last time?" She asked the Commander, who made a face.
"Hmmm..." He said, thinking. "As I recall, it's referred to as the legend of Three Dragons"
"Three Dragons?" Simon asked. "What does that mean?" Erik sighed as he stood up, walked towards the screen and began tapping, and everyone waited impatiently.
"The legend of the Three Dragons," Erik began, "Is the story of the Dorma Anim's last defeat. It is said that when King Faust had gone insane and activated the forbidden Dragon Knight, the beast and King were defeated by Three Dragons from Earthland, who ripped the Knight apart and scattered the remains across Edolas to prevent the Knight ever being used again." Erik snickered. "Of course, the latter is folklore to suppress the masses, as Earthlanders wouldn't have made a good story." Damien made a face.
"Well, obviously not" He said, rolling his eyes.
"Of course," Erik continued, "I'm sure you're all well aware of who those three Dragons were..." Erik tapped more rapidly as Ultear remembered the Edolas story. "The Dragon as majestic as the open sky, the Dragon as dark and metallic as iron deep in the earth, and a Dragon as bright and fiery as a fire burning in it's hearth..."
"Wendy, Gajeel, and Natsu" Drake supplied as Erik nodded. "They defeated it?"
"Yes," Erik replied, as a picture showed up on the screen. Ultear could see a white, red, and shiny black dragon attacking what looked like the Dorma Anima, and she had to admit it was amazingly painted. "Here is a picture someone painted to commemorate the event, There's even a holiday."
"8 minutes to Dorma Anim activation."
"Then how do we beat it?" Nashi demanded. "I mean, surely there's a method too..."
"You'd need to ask them yourself" Erik interrupted, "Although given your current position, I feel as if that isn't possible." Nashi nodded, and Ultear had to admit this information wasn't helping. All he'd told them was some shitty legend and showed them a picture, neither of which helped them any.
"Well, now what?" Ultear asked, looking around. She got no response, not even from Elise about attacking it. "Come on guys, we have to come up with something!"
"I'm thinking," Damien replied. "But I can't see any plan where we all survive..."
"That'd be quite a story to tell when we get back" Simon said with a slight smile.
"If any of us make it back" Drake replied. "As I see it, we may not."
"Don't be so depressing" Nashi scolded. "We'll all make it just fine"
"You got shot already" Elise pointed out. "Who's to say no one else will?"
"I'm not saying no one else will" Nashi replied. "I'm saying that Drake being so depressing isn't helping."
"So you're saying someone will get shot?"
"Fuck off, Elise" Silence fell over them, and Ultear thought as hard as she could, but nothing jumped out at her as an amazing plan. She suddenly got an idea, and turned to Erik.
"Can you get us a view of the courtyard?" She asked him "Just so we have a vague idea of what we're going up against here?" Erik nodded, and began tapping the console again, and a camera view of the courtyard sprang up in front of Ultear, and her eyes widened as her friends talked behind her. "Guys," She spoke up. "That's..." She heard the others turn around, and they gasped.
"What the...?" Simon said.
"Bastard..." Damien growled.
"Why is Edolas Fairy Tail there?!" Nashi yelled angrily as Edo-Nashi was forced into the group, and guns were aimed at them. "We have to save them!"
"Without a plan?" Simon asked weakly.
"Fuck the plan!" Drake shouted. "We can't let them die!" Ultear smiled as her friends ran towards the door, all of them shouting insults.
"They may be a little insane" Erik said. "But you can't compare their sense of justice." Ultear smiled.
"Nope, you really can't"
"6 minutes to Dorma Anim activation"
Edo-Nashi was more then a little terrified. Having all these guns pointed at her while she cowered in her father's grasp was all she found herself capable of, and she heard King Simon laugh.
"Earthland invaders!" He shouted. "And the traitorous guild that harbored them, see upon the destruction of you're home with you're own eyes!" Nashi paled as more soldiers appeared out of a doorway. "Now that you've started a war with Edolas, a war you will get! one that all your countrymen and women will have to bear!"
" We've told you a million times, you delusional bastard!" Ultear shouted. "We aren't them!" King Simon laughed again.
"Really?" He asked. "The explain why you look exactly alike"
"We..."
"Explain why you were trying to break out the guild that helped you, but got captured!"
"We..."
"Explain why you were so intent of making small dick jokes!" That one caught everyone of guard, and Nashi saw a few soldiers giggle silently. "But never mind that! You will all pay for your crimes!"
"3 minutes to Dorma Anim activation"
"And soon the Dragon Knight will awaken, and with it's power we will rush Earthland under our superior boot!"
"You're fucking crazy!" Damien shouted.
"Crazy?" King Simon asked. "Nothing of he sort. I'm simply being vengeful, and believe me, I will reap vengeance for my family." Nashi couldn't say anything, her tongue betrayed her.
"Please!" She heard her mother shout angrily. "There are innocent kids here!"
"No member of the guild that harbored the fugitives is innocent" King Simon replied. "You will all die for this crime! Men, Finish them!" She heard hundreds of guns get loaded and cocked, and she buried her head in her fathers chest.
"It's okay" He cooed. "It'll be fine" Nashi didn't believe him for an instant, but she didn't say anything about it.
"Open fire!" King Simon shouted, and bullets flew.
"Ice Make: Wall!" Nashi looked up as an icy wall sprung to life around them, catching all the bullets.
"Evil Explosion!" Before any guards could question what had happened, a blast of dark magic threw them all over the place. Nashi saw a golden light soar into the sky, and seven seals were drawn in the sky.
"Be judged by the seven stars above! Grand Chariot!" Thousands of arcs made of heavenly light struck the courtyard, throwing up a veil of dirt. Nashi coughed, and when the dust cleared, she felt relief wash over her.
"Earthland Fairy Tail!" She shouted happily. Earth-Ultear, Simon, and Damien stood facing the soldiers, all of them with murderous glares on their faces.
"What kind of a sick twisted fuck attacks innocent people?" Damien demanded, and Nashi found his demon form terrifying. "I mean really, if you wanted to shoot at us, you could've just asked."
"Requip! Purgatory armor!" Simon shouted, changing into spiky back and gray armor, carrying a standard issue Edolas assault rifle. "Now you've gone and angered us, do you know how bad for your health that is? To anger Fairy Tail?" King Simon laughed.
"Fools!" The King shouted. "I have the whole Edolas army under my command! Do you really think just the three of you stand a chance?!" Earth-Ultear grinned.
"Now, there's your problem." She said as water started to circle her violently, and Nashi noted the change in temperature. "We aren't just three mages..." Nashi watched as her whole body turned into water and icicles surrounded her. "We're S-class mages! Some of the best fairy Tail has!" King Simon laughed.
"Oh? Let us see how S-class wizards perform against thousands of armed men!" The army roared in approval, and advanced on Earthland Fairy Tail.
"Simon!" Damien shouted, and Simon grinned, his body glowing with heavenly light. before Nashi could even ask what was happening, Simon disappeared, and all of the guards rifles broke into a million pieces. They all gasped and backed up as Simon reappeared, carrying a blade he must've used to carry out the task.
"Figured I'd even the odds a bit" He said. "I've just broken the sound barrier and broke all your guns, no big deal" Nashi stared at the Earthland version of the king in shock. He'd broken the sound barrier, going faster then sound itself.
"We still have swords!" A soldier shouted and they began to advance again, this time slipping on the icy floor that had spread throughout the entire courtyard, and Ultear grinned.
"Sorry," She said. "You guys must've been to busy to notice me freezing the entire floor to trip you up, sorry." Simon raised his hand and a red magic seal appeared over Nashi and the rest of her guild, dropping weapons ranging from maces to guns into their hands.
"I figured I'd even the odds" Simon said casually as Edolas Fairy tail stood up. Damien laughed.
"Let's go fuckers!" He shouted, his hands glowing with black energy. "Come and get us!" Before Nashi could even understand what was happening, battle erupted in font of her, punctuated by spells being thrown in every direction and the occasional gun going off. She lifted the sword wearily and began to fight as well, fighting beside her father as they attacked the army.
"Dorma Anim activation sequence completed." The robotic voice boomed. "Stand by for Dorma Anim" King Simon roared with laughter again from atop the tower.
"It's over, Earthland Fairies!" He shouted as the ground rumbled and the fighting momentarily stopped. "Behold the ultimate anti-magic weapon! The Dorma Anim!"
And another cliffhanger, I'm sorry :) All cliffs aside though, this arc will come to a close very soon. Well, actually, never mind. The Edolas part will end shortly, but I have a small addition ready for afterwards then a few one shots, blah blah, next arc.
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