Sorry for that cliffhanger, guys! I'm back!
On a scale from one to ten, Nashi felt like an eleven on power. She felt as if she would explode if she stopped attacking. Every one of her attacks had increased in power, and nothing the Dorma Anim attacked with hurt in the slightest.
"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" The spirit bomb connected with the Dorma Anim and it cascaded through several city blocks as they chased it down. it struggled to it's feet and Drake jumped forward.
"Poison Dragon's Scales!" The poisonous projectiles exploded against the mech and Elise ran underneath it.
"Iron Dragon Roar!" The roar connected with the Dorma Anim's crotch and it flew into the air, flailing uselessly. King Simon growled.
"What the hell happened to you three?!" He demanded as the thrusters re-stabilized him. "Your power levels went through the roof!" Drake laughed, rubbing the scales on his arms.
"Don't know" he replied. "But whatever this is, I'm more than partial to it."
"What's wrong, Simon?" Nashi asked with a grin as she felt her skin heat up. "Now that we're all powered up you got no more shit talking to do?" King Simon didn't reply, so Nashi just smirked and ignited her body, and watched as her friends shied away.
"Mavis, Nashi." Drake hissed. "It's like standing next to a supernova" Elise nodded quickly in agreement, and Nashi laughed awkwardly as she calmed down.
"Sorry" Nashi replied. "Forgot I'm a lot hotter than I used to be" Drake smirked.
"That's for sure" he joked, and Elise smacked the side of his head. She reared back at stared at her hand.
"My hands numb" She reported. "All I did was smack him!" Drake laughed.
"You can't even touch me?" He asked heartily, "Awesome!" Drake placed his own hand on Elise's head, and shouted in pain. "Ow, my hand!" He stared down at it, and Nashi saw a trickle of blood.
"Looks like you can't touch Elise, either" Nashi smirked, and was interrupted by a blast of energy from the Dorma Anim. "Can you wait? We're talking." The reply consisted of more blasts, and Nashi sighed. "Fine, we'll take you out first."
Ultear ran behind the others as they followed King Jellal to wherever they were going. She hadn't heard what Jellal wanted to show them, but all she had heard was follow me, so they were.
"Where are we going?" Ultear asked curiously.
"The Comms room" Meredy replied. "We have a drone in the air over over the city, maybe we can see what's happening."
"So we can watch the fight, you mean" Damien replied, which made Meredy laugh and nod. "It isn't front row seats, but they'll do." They turned into a room on the left, and Ultear watched as Erik began to tap rapidly on the keypad. She wasn't sure what they'd see exactly, but she was kind of excited. She'd nver seen Dragon Force, only heard of it's power from her parents and others in the guild. The user taking on the abilities of a dragon...
"There!" Erik shouted. "I have a picture!" Ultear looked up at the screen as the camera zoomed in on the fight, and saw their three friends standing side by side facing the Dorma Anim.
"What's up with them?" Simon asked. "they have scales"
"Side effect of Dragon Force, I suppose" Damien replied. Ultear watched as the three of them dodged a blast from the Dorma Anim and Drake appeared near it's chest, and poison exploded from it's midsection and it fell backward towards Elise, who appeared and blasted it forward again with two clubs. Nashi dropped on it from above and the camera was temporarily blinded by the following explosion.
"Mavis, they're going all out" Ultear said. "There won't be much left of the city at this rate." As if to prove her point, Drake punched the mech through several blocks, and the camera followed it as it recovered in time to be knocked over again by Elise slashing it's legs with her sword arm.
"If they don't, it'll be a mistake." King Jellal said. "The Dorma Anim may be taking a beating from them, but if he gets it to Earthland it'll be and even bigger problem because of the abundance of magic there. Here it's weaker, but there it'd be unstoppable." Ultear nodded understandingly as the Dorma Anim swung it's sword at Nashi, who caught and melted the blade, and it oozed into a puddle in front of her. Nashi tackled the mech and threw it through more buildings as Elise slammed hammer into it's torso.
"If they aren't careful they kill Simon" Meredy reported. "They aren't exactly trying to only destroy the mech."
"Maybe that'd teach him a lesson" king Jellal mused. "I swear that boy is a handful."
"I know right?" Damien asked as he nudged Simon, who elbowed the takeover mage in the stomach. "Ow, easy!"
"Don't talk about me that way" Simon replied. "I'll destroy you"
"Why are you being so touchy?" Ultear asked. "Seriously, he isn't you. Don't get so offended if we call him a dick or anything." Simon just growled incomprehensibly and Damien chuckled.
"Mavis Jelly" He said. "Is your Simon this touchy?"
"Basically." Jellal replied. "He's hard to stand, truthfully. Sometimes a little too much."
"Is that where Edolas differs?" Ultear wondered aloud. "Our Simon can't stand his dad, does that mean you can't stand Simon?" King Jellal sighed.
"It's not that I don't love him or anything, and I fear he gets that feeling." He replied quietly. "it's just that I have so much on my mind being the king and everything that I fear he thinks I don't. His mother is no better"
"So..." Simon said in a low tone. "maybe he did all this to get your attention."
"Huh?" Simon looked up and met his Edo-Dad's gaze.
"I'm saying if you get the feeling he doesn't know you love him, maybe it's all a cry for praise." he replied. "If this is where Edolas differs from Earthland, my dads done some crazy shit to get my attention."
"Like when took you to that festival in Crocus for a week?" Damien asked.
"Or when he gave you any amount of jewel you asked for?" Ultear supplied.
"Or when..."
"That aside" Simon interrupted loudly. "I'm just saying, maybe he's just trying to get your attention." King Jellal made a face, obviously thinking of something."
"But that doesn't explain why..." King Jellal face palmed. "Of course! That's why he targeted Earthland!"
"What?" Ultear asked, confused.
"I used to tell him all about Fairy tail and Earthland when he was younger. It's possible he was trying too..."
"Take out the affection competition, so to speak." Damien finished, and Jellal nodded. "So he's just a misunderstood kid with no attention from his parents?"
"Sounds like it" Meredy replied. An explosion from the monitor distracted them, and Ultear turned to look just in time to see Nashi fly right into the drones camera, and the feed disappeared.
"Looks like the drone got hit" Erik said. "The camera feed disappeared."
"We should get down there" King Jellal said. "See if we can help in any way."
"Alright, let's go" Ultear said, turning and running from the room.
Nashi managed to free her arm from the debris of the drone as it fell from the sky into the city, and instantly felt motion sick. Dragon Force didn't help. She toppled over into a heap and did her best not to throw up. The drone connected with a building and Nashi fell from it, landing in what looked like a bedroom. A feminine scream met her ears.
"Mommy it's a monster!" A little girl screamed as Nashi managed to sit up. She looked into the corner of the room to find a family cowering there, and Nashi felt sorry she'd crashed the drone into their house.
"No, I'm not a..." Nashi trailed off as a lamp was flung at her.
"Don't hurt us!" The mother screamed. "Please!"
"I'm not a monster! I won't hurt you, I swear..." Nashi was interrupted by a purple blur blindsiding her, and she fell to the ground. Nashi looked up to find Drake lying on top of her.
"Ow" The Poison Dragon Slayer mumbled. "Thanks for catching me, Nashi"
"Get off me" Nashi hissed, trying her best not to have flashbacks from when she accidentally kissed him. Drake rolled off of her and gave her his hand, which she took as he helped her up.
"What are you doing in here, anyway?" Drake asked. Nashi pointed at the remainder of the drone, and Drake whistled. "Damn, you crashed the drone in here?"
"Yeah, and now you've terrified that family even more" Nashi said, and Drake took notice of the cowering family.
"Aw shit" Drake said, rubbing the back of his head. "Sorry about your house, I guess..." Nashi smacked him, (causing her hand to go numb) and he flinched. "And making you shit yourselves." He turned back to Nashi. "Anyway Ace Pilot Nashi, we should go help Elise."
"Right behind you, Cyanide Breath" Nashi replied. Together they rocketed from the house and back towards the fight, where Elise stood opposite the Dorma Anim.
"What were you two doing, making out?" Elise demanded as they rejoined her.
"Jealous?" Nashi asked as she lit her hands up. "How's the fight going?"
"Doesn't matter," Elise replied, "We'll kick his ass and it'll be the end of that."
"Enough talk" Drake replied. "I thinks it's time we stepped this up a notch."
"Oh yeah?" Elise mused. "How so?" Drake turned and whispered to them, and Nashi paled slightly.
"I haven't really tried that though..." She trailed off and Elise rolled her eyes.
"Better get some practice in them, cause we're going out with a boom." She replied.
King Simon watched from the cockpit as the three Dragon Slayers stood side by side, obviously preparing to attack again. Whatever power up they'd miraculously received hadn't been good for him. The Dorma Anim was slowly becoming irresponsive, and if they throttled him anymore, it would break completely. He wasn't done, though. Not by a long shot.
"I still have one trick up my sleeve!" he shouted as he activated the magical vacuum and the magical energy being leaked by the Anim began to gather in his open hands. "Not even you three could survive this attack!" he shouted with glee as the spirit bomb grew larger and larger. All three of them seemed to be concentrating, but he had no idea why. "Goodbye, Fairy Tail!" He launched the spirit bomb, and watched as it connected with the three as they stood unmoving, and laughed.
Until the smoke faded and all three were rushing him. The poison one reached him first.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art!" He shouted, raising his hands above his head as he jumped to chest level with the Dorma Anim. "Venomous Corruption!" Both fists began to slam into the Dorma Anim at the speed of light, causing the Dorma Anim to fall to one knee. The black haired one was there to meet him.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Karma Demon: Iron God Sword!" The gigantic blade sliced the Dorma Anim in half, and the top half was thrown into the air, where the pink one was already waiting.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!" The spiral of fire arced towards Simon, completely tearing the Dorma Anim to shreds and flinging him from the cockpit. He flew through the air, and saw it with his own eyes.
Flashback
"Have I told you the tale of the Three Dragons, Simon?" Jellal asked his son, who shook his head excitedly.
"Nope!"
"Well come here, and I shall tell you" Simon hopped up onto his fathers lap and waited silently. "Now, where to begin?"
"Grandpa!"
"Oh that's right! Well, your Grandfather had activated the Dragon Knight, the one machine that would take half of Edolas' magic upon activation." Simon waited patiently as his father thought. "And this machine was to be used to convert all the Exceed to lacrima to be used to power the nation, and too eliminate their home, Extalia." he sighed.
"Why did Grandpa hate the Exceeds?"
"Patience Simon, one story at a time. Anyway, all magic in Edolas was to come to an end at the Dorma Anim's hands, but it was stopped before it could carry out it's evil tasks. Can you guess by what?"
"Ummm...The Earthlanders?"
"To an extent, yes. The saviors were from Earthland. However, they were Dragons" Simon's eyes widened at the thought. Three monstrous reptiles descending from the sky and attacking his Grandfather. "They had arrived to bring judgment to Faust for his actions, and they ripped the Dorma Anim apart."
"Yay!"
"Afterwards, as punishment for Faust's actions, the dragons took the reminder of the magic in Edolas back to Earthland, as if to prevent any possibility of the Dorma Anim rising to power once again. The legend says, that when the sky darkens and the Dorma Anim rises again, the three dragons shall return to once again destroy it, and make sure Edolas remains safe."
"Is that story true, daddy?"
"Depends."
"On what?"
"If you believe."
...
Simon's eyes widened as he flew through the sky. The Dragons have come, just like my father warned me... he no longer saw the three teenagers, he saw three monstrous reptiles: a purple, black, and red one... they've come to punish me... And with that, Simon flew into the window of a store, and everything went black.
Nashi cheered as she high fived her friends.
"Got him!" She shouted happily. "Two months rent, let's go!"
"Bullshit!" Elise shouted. "You wouldn't have been able to do that without our help!"
"I still won the bet, now fork it over!"
"No!"
"Ladies, you're both beautiful!" Drake shouted, causing both of them to glare at him. "Sorry, only way to break you up. Now, shouldn't we go and check on him? I mean, he flew pretty far."
"He'll be fine," Elise replied. "We won, why should we care?"
"You're a horrible person sometimes" Nashi told her friend flatly. "Come on, let's go find him." All it took to find where Simon had landed was follow the trail of metal and blades, and they found themselves near a costume shop with a broken window.
"I think we found him" Drake said, jabbing a thumb at the pile of costumes. Nashi jumped in and pulled the costumes away, revealing the Prince, who was curled in a ball with tears in his eyes.
"Is he crying?" Elise demanded, and Nashi nodded.
"Are you hurt?" Nashi asked worriedly. As much as Nashi hated his guts, she didn't want to fatally wound him. Prince Simon looked up and yelped.
"Stay away you monsters!" He shouted. "I'm sorry, I forgot the legend! Please, I didn't know!"
"What in Mavis' name are you talking about?" Drake asked.
"The three dragons..."Simon whispered, cradling his head. "They came... to punish me... to defeat the Dorma Anim... they really came..." Nashi had had enough, and she slapped Simon across the face a few times, causing him to shake his head. "Wha?" He asked in confusion.
"You feeling alright?" Nashi asked. He nodded weakly.
"Yeah, just...I didn't know they'd actually come..." Nashi raised her hand threateningly, and he paled. "Alright, I'm done. You beat me."
"Damn right, asshole" Elise hissed. Simon sighed.
"I just...All I wanted was to make someone proud..."
"Huh?" Nashi asked curiously. Simon sighed and crossed his legs.
"I've never exactly had anyone's praise or love" he replied. "my own family can barely tolerate me, my father detests me, my mother wants nothing to do with me..."
"So you tried to kill them" Drake supplied. "I wonder why they hate you."
"It's been a long time I've known this" Simon said weakly. "That and my father always spoke so highly of Fairy Tail...how amazing, how great it's ideals, how everyone was a family..." Nashi's eyes widened.
"That's why you targeted Earthland." She said. "It got more love than you ever did." He nodded weakly.
"I...I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused." He told them. "I understand if you want to beat me up some more, I'm willing to let you." Nashi sighed.
"We're not going to beat you up" She replied. "Now I just feel bad for you."
"Yeah, I guess" Drake said. "He's the opposite of our Simon in all regards, I suppose..."
"Well, I know where this is going" Elise said. "What will we do to help?" Nashi shrugged, she had no idea. Nashi could hear people begin to come outside to observe the damage, and she grinned.
"You guys remember the Edolas story?" She asked, and they grinned, going to find exactly what Nashi meant. Simon looked confused.
"What's that mean?" He asked.
"Shut up and do exactly what I tell you, got it?"
Ultear followed everyone through the streets, noting the bits of debris along the way.
"I think they won" She said. "That and the explosion have stopped." Simon nodded.
"Where are they though?" He asked, and Ultear shrugged. They reached another square, and Ultear surveyed the damage. Entire blocks were completely eradicated, with bits of fire burning, poison pools on the ground, and shreds of iron stuck in stuff.
"Fuck" Damien said, whistling. "I'm impressed."
"Wrong word, bud" Ultear replied. She watched as the people below turned to look at something, and began to migrate there.
"What's going on?" King Jellal demanded. Ultear looked up and rolled her eyes as a red, black, and dark red columns exploded into the night sky in front of her. She followed wordlessly as everyone ran.
Ultear could barely believe the scene in front of her. Prince Simon was tied up on a stake, stuck on a roof, and there their friends stood, black cloaks billowing in the wind. Nashi laughed as she turned to the crowd.
"People of Edolas!" She shouted. "I am Demon Princess Dragneel!" Ultear could see the people gasping.
"Dragneel?!"
"She's his daughter?!"
"We're so fucked!" King Jellal face palmed.
"Like father like daughter, I suppose..." he said quietly as Nashi continued.
"I have come from my homeland to exact vengeance on Edolas for my father defeat! As you can see, we have defeated and captured the Prince er...King! Whatever he is, he proved no challenge for me or my comrades!"
"Run!"
"She'll kill us all!" Nashi laughed manically, and Ultear was impressed she did such a good psychopath impression.
"Demon Redfox! Demon Cobra! Seal off the square!" Elise and Drake jumped from the roof and to the left and right, sealing the crowd in with a wall of iron and poison. "Now, who shall be first to taste my wrath?" King Jellal sighed.
"Suppose that's my cue" He said, stepping towards the balcony in front of them. "Stop Dragneel! This ends now!" Everyone turned and met Jellal's gaze.
"Your Highness!"
"He's okay!
"Save us, your Highness!" Jellal jumped onto the buildings next to them, and proceeded towards Nashi.
"Come to avenge your father defeat, have you? Release my son!" Nashi smirked.
"Nah, I'm good" She replied. "Redfox, Cobra! Get him!" Elise and Drake jumped up onto the rooftops, but Drake was flung off in one push and Elise was thrown through the roof. Nashi paled. "Shit..."
"I'll warn you once more" Jellal hissed. "Release him."
"You love him that much, do you? Why?"
"Why? He's my son!"
"And he's done so many vile things! Hell, even more than me! What's to love?!"
"He's my son. No matter what many idiotic, fucked up things he does, I love him unconditionally."
"Yeah? That's cute. So if I do this..." Nashi turned and swung a fire coated fist at Prince Simon, and Jellal made a weird sound. "Ah, I see. So if I used him as a bargaining chip..."
"You wouldn't..."
"Oh yeah? What'll you give me in exchange for his safety?"
"..." Jellal's silence caused Nashi to bring her flame even closer to Prince Simon.
"I'm waiting, your Highness" She hissed. Jellal sighed.
"I'll...give you Edolas" The crowd gasped, and Ultear wondered what he was thinking. "Just...don't harm him." Nashi grinned.
"That's better. Now wasn't that easy? Come here and I'll give you your son, in exchange for that royal amulet you got on." Ultear hadn't noticed the amulet, but Jellal took it off and walked towards Nashi, who grabbed Simon and held him near Jellal. Jellal took Simon, and before he handed the amulet to Nashi, punched her through the roof.
Nashi landed on her back with a brazen smile on her face and Mystogan landed next to her.
"What the hell kind of show was that?" he hissed as he punched the floor a few times, for dramatic effect.
"Your son seems to think you don't love him." Nashi replied. "I thought I'd help him with that" Nashi cleared her throat. "Ow! Fuck! Damn you and your mother!" She shouted loudly for the people outside to hear.
"I thought so" Mystogan said sadly. "Maybe he'll change his kind now. He did all of this for attention, didn't he?"
"Yeah." She replied. "Fucking hell I will end you!"
"Take this you whore!" He shouted back. "Anyways, you did amazing defeating him. Wish I'd seen it."
"It was pretty cool" Mystogan punched a hole in the floor, and Nashi remained silent. "Now, go and address your people. I'll stay down here." Mystogan smiled.
"Thanks, Nashi"
Mystogan climbed out of the hole and stared down at the people waiting worriedly. Just like last time...
"People of the Royal City!" he shouted. "I have vanquished the Demon Princess and her cohorts, and saved Edolas once again!" The crowd roared in approval. "And now that I am well, the invasion is also off. Prince Simon will be heavily reprimanded for his actions, let me assure you all" Mystogan was about to say more when the Anima opened again, and this time it didn't leak magic from Earthland. Nashi and the others rose into the sky, and Nashi began to shriek.
"I'm sorry, father!" She shouted. "Please, I did my best...no, anything but that! Gaaaahhh!" Drake and Elise did a similar act, and Mystogan smiled. I spent years wishing I could see them again, just one last time... I suppose I got my wish, in a way...
"Hey, Mystogan!" Mystogan looked up in time to see Earth-Simon raise his hand, his index finger and thumb pointed upwards. Mystogan felt tears in his eyes. The others repeated the action, and the six of them smiled down at him, but Mystogan did not see the six teenagers. He saw Natsu, Gajeel, Erik, Erza, Laxus, and Gray all smiling at him as the Anima absorbed them.
"Goodbye," Mystogan spoke, a singe tear following from his eye.
"Fairy Tail."
Holy fuck, long ass chapter to finish out the arc! So next we'll have some one shots, and then another new arc! Hope you guys enjoyed,leave a review! Let's get TEN for the end of the Edolas arc! Oh, and I know Mystogan didn't meet Earth-Erik, but Drake isn't descended from anyone in Fairy Tail at the time Mystogan left. Anyways, see you next time!