AN: SO here we are with the next chapter, have had a few messages recently requesting an update so I decided to get one out for my readers, I hope you all enjoy it. In all honesty though this story is probably my favourite one, as I love the Fairy Tail verse, both the characters, the magic, the design and the messages, even if they are a bit over the top sometimes. It is just a shame it all went a bit downhill at the end and never really met up with how potentially phenomenal it could have been. But I suppose that is where these stories come in.
Plus I love Percy Jackson as a character, he has so much potential what with the gods being a perfect excuse to do literally anything you want as long as you explain it. Overall I love Fairy Tail crossovers and Percy Jackson ones, so writing a combination of the two is great fun for me.
Now on with the story, I hope you all enjoy it as there were a few parts in it that I had to think things over a bit. But I am happy with how it turned out and hope you all enjoy the chapter too.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson or Fairy Tail.
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(Last Time)
"H-ha, ha did it work?!" Laxus gasped, completely drained now as he stared into the large cloud of dust and smoke that centered on where Percy was previously stood. "Did I beat him?"
"I doubt it…" Erza said dryly, rolling her eyes as the seconds passed on. Percy really could be a bit dramatic sometimes, still though the fight was entertaining enough. Certainly worth the effort of joining Percy on his mission, even if it was much shorter and easier than she had first thought.
"Yeah nice try kid, but you're not quite there yet." A familiar voice said, the dust and smoke clearing away to reveal Percy casually standing where he was before, a single bead of sweat trailing down his face. A miniature cyclone of swirling wind, water and lightning spinning in front of him, forming a shield that had taken the full brunt of Laxus's attack, absorbing the energy.
Or at least mostly absorbing the attack, as all around Percy were small, smoking craters, created by arcs of lightning that couldn't be contained by the rapidly swirling maelstrom in front of him.
Laxus wasn't given a chance to respond as Percy suddenly slashed his hand through the air. The maelstrom forming into the shape of a giant fist as it tore through the air hitting Laxus in the gut before arcing up and then down. Slamming into Laxus and sending him headfirst into the ground.
"Ouch…" Laxus groaned weakly. The man feeling completely battered and exhausted both physically and magically. This was it he couldn't carry on, he wasn't strong enough, not yet.
"You finished now?" Percy asked with a faint smile as he walked to stand over the exhausted Laxus.
"Yes…" Laxus groaned weakly, his vision blurring as he fought to keep Percy in sight.
"You ready to come back to Fairy Tail and do your penance?" Percy continued to ask, his tone kind.
"Yes…" Laxus replied softly, his face twisting into a smile despite his exhaustion. "I'm ready to come home…"
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Chapter 12
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(In the Fairy Tail Guild Hall)
A week had passed since Percy and Erza had returned from Clover Town, a battered looking Laxus following behind them. Suffice to say the reaction from the rest of the Guild had been mixed. Some people like Freed, Bickslow, Evergreen and surprisingly Natsu had been excited for Laxus's return. Others though, like Mirajane, Cana, Gray and Elfman had been less enthused. Of them all though Makarov, the Fairy Tail Guild Master's reaction was the most tense.
When Laxus had first walked through the doors of the Guild, the expression on Makarov's face was clear for all to see, joy and worry. But soon after Laxus had returned, when the joy of seeing his grandson again had faded, Makarov's reaction to Laxus had been quite stilted. Even when he had called a Guild wide vote to see whether Laxus should be allowed back into the Guild, on the condition that he and the three members of the Thunder Legion were all on probation for three years.
The vote had surprisingly been almost unanimous, as even Mira, Cana, Gray and Elfman had voted for him to return, despite them not feeling too welcoming to Fairy Tail's exiled son. Still though in the end the vote had passed and Laxus had been allowed to return, with Makarov piling a dozen or so C-rank missions on his head. Low level jobs that were both easy and tedious.
To surprise of most of the members of the Guild, Laxus had actually accepted the jobs without complaint. Not kicking up a fuss or trying to resist. In fact currently Laxus and his group were on one of those missions, a mission in the rural areas around Hargeon Port, loading and unloading ships, keeping an eye out for potential stowaways as they did. It was a very manual job requiring little in the way of magic or fighting, but then again it was only a low payed C-rank job.
Other than that though the week had passed by fairly quietly. This was something that Percy wasn't necessarily against, after all he had just returned from a two year mission, and then had gotten wrapped up in the Oración Seis mission, before finally leaving to track down Laxus and bring him back. He had originally returned to the Guild hoping to take it easy and relax for a few months, taking only a few easy missions but mostly just unwinding. So far though, through his own fault he had not been able to do this.
Currently Percy was sat within the Guild Hall, or more specifically at the bar as had become common over the last week. With Percy and Gildarts both sat on stools a tankard of ale in front of each of them, and Makarov sitting crossed leg on the bar beside them. Mirajane as always was working behind the bar taking orders and serving Guild Members as they came up, but was generally leaning against the bar opposite Percy, Makarov and Gildarts chatting.
Also present was Erza, the crimson haired mage splitting her time between talking with Percy and spending time with her team, which currently were all in the Guild having just finished planning out what mission they were going to be taking next, an S-rank mission. One which Erza would be leading on.
At the moment the Guild was pretty busy, with the majority of its members milling around, taking up tables to eat or drink, laughing and talking amongst each other as they did. The reason for this was due to the strange turn the weather had taken over the last day or so, with dark clouds filling the sky, pelting rain drenching anyone that dared to step foot outside and a fierce wind that chilled people to the bone. It was these poor weather conditions that had driven most of the Guild inside, creating a sweaty, stifling and noisy atmosphere within the Guild.
This had only led to tempers beginning to rise, and the occasional argument beginning to break out.
Just to the side of where Percy, Gildarts and Makarov were drinking, Lucy, Erza and Wendy were talking with Natsu and Gray standing around nearby. The fire and ice wizard both talking surprisingly civilly with the other, with neither of them insulting the other as they both talked about the upcoming S-class trials and what each of them was doing to try and get picked to take part.
Glancing up from his drink, Percy looked over at Wendy, Lucy and Erza. His gaze staying on Erza a moment longer than the other two, his sea green eyes trailing down her figure before returning to her smiling face, their ongoing conversation having caught his attention. Causing him to shift in his seat so he was now fully facing them, getting Gildarts and Makarov's attention as he did so.
"So the dragon that taught you went missing on the 7th July, in the year X777?" Erza confirmed a slight frown on her face as she looked from Wendy over to the nearby Natsu and then on to Gajeel who at that moment was on the other side of the Guild with his old Guild Mate, Juvia. After that she then looked over at Percy and Makarov both of whom seemed to know more about the dragons and dragon slayers than most.
"That's right." Wendy replied softly gaining Erza's attention again, a bit of sadness working its way into her voice as she spoke of Grandine, the dragon that had raised her until she had just turned six, by which point it had disappeared without a word or a sign. It was something that weighed heavily on her, even now seven years later. "I was speaking with Natsu early and both his and my dragon teachers both disappeared on that day."
Hearing his name mentioned Natsu broke off his conversation from Gray, instead turning to look over at the others curiously, a thoughtful expression on his face.
"I think Gajeel said his dragon vanished on that day too." Lucy spoke up pushing a lock of golden blonde hair behind her ear as she did so, a slight frown passing across her face as she thought about what they were discussing. To her it seemed a bit to coincidental for the three dragon slayers they knew to have lost their dragon teachers on the exact same day, in the exact same year. Looking around she could see Erza and Wendy were having the same thought, though surprisingly she also glanced over at Perseus and noticed that he didn't look surprised at all.
"What does that mean?" Carla, Wendy's furry companion spoke up her little arms cross in front of her as she stood on the top of the bar her brow furrowed in thought.
"It all has to be linked, it's too coincidental for it to be otherwise." Erza spoke up, putting all of their thoughts into words. One of her hands running through her long red hair as she did so, her mind racing as she tried to make sense of it.
"Hey Perseus do you know anything about why they might have all disappeared on that day?" Lucy spoke up, getting the others attention as the blonde turned to look at Percy curiousity shining in her hazel eyes.
Looking over at Percy, Wendy smiled slightly as she saw him give her a nod. With Wendy over the past week having grown quite close to both Percy and Erza, the two of them helping her whenever they could with Erza going so far as to let Wendy share her apartments in the Fairy Hill's boarding house. Though going off the fact that she rents three of them out, all of which were fully connected this didn't put the crimson haired mage at much of an imposition. Still though it was the thought that counts.
Hearing Lucy's question, Erza also glanced over at Percy. She having come to the same conclusion as Lucy that Percy might know a bit more than he was telling. After all her friend was older than he appeared, and quite knowledgeable about the different types of magic there were in the world and Fiore's history too.
Percy paused as he heard that, a thoughtful expression on his face as he thought about what he would tell them. Before in the end he simply shrugged and told them the truth. "As far as I was aware I thought almost all the dragons were dead."
"Almost?" Erza questioned her eyes sharpening as she locked onto that word. "I take it you are talking about the black dragon Gildarts met?"
At the same time that Erza had said that Lucy also spoke, a curious yet nervous look on her face as she did so. "Do you know what happened to them?"
Once again Percy didn't answer immediately, instead looking around as he noticed he had the attention of Erza and her team as well Makarov, Mirajane and Gildarts. "Yes Erza, I was talking about the dragon Gildarts met. From what I knew I thought he was the last of the dragons, Acnologia having butchered and killed the last of them nearly four hundred years ago. Obviously though, I was mistaken." Percy finished with a shrug, looking at both Natsu and Wendy as he did so.
Erza let out a slight sigh at that, hoping to have heard more information. Unfortunately though Percy wasn't very forthcoming when it came to talking about Acnologia, though the little snippet he did give away was certainly interesting.
"Wait, this Acnologia wiped out the dragons?" Natsu asked, a suddenly dark look passing across his face as his hands clenched into fists.
Seeing this Percy cocked an eyebrow but eventually gave him a nod of confirmation.
"Then that means that Acnologia could be the one behind the disappearance of Igneel and the others!?" Natsu continued fire beginning to ignite around his clenched fists.
"Natsu…" Erza began turning away from Percy and reaching out to put a hand on the pink haired, dragon slayer's shoulder.
"It's possible." Percy replied with a shrug. "But it's also unlikely, a battle between dragons would not have gone unnoticed. Then again it is possible that he had something to do with their disappearance."
Percy winced after he said this, instantly regretting it as he saw the fire in Natsu's eyes.
"Then I'm going to hunt this Acnologia down and beat some answers out of him!" Natsu snarled, a few of the others flinching away from him as they heard the vehemence of his promise.
"Do that and you'll die!" Percy replied bluntly, causing a shocked silence to pass across the group as all of them looked at him. "You aren't even close to beating Gildarts and you think you can take on someone who literally tore him to pieces in less than a minute? Really, I thought you were growing up Natsu."
Natsu growled at that, gritting his teeth as he made to reply. Before he could though Erza's gauntleted hand took hold of his shoulder, causing him to turn around and look at her.
"He's right Natsu." Erza replied her tone firm but not unkind. "At the moment you are not ready to fight this Acnologia, but if you start training with that target in mind, then one day you will be."
Natsu paused as he heard that, before nodding his head. Understanding as he did so that Erza made a good point in his need to get stronger. "Then I will train day and night till I am strong enough to get answers and find out what happened to Igneel!"
Percy cocked an eyebrow as he heard that, meeting Erza's gaze as she turned around. Smiling slightly as his sea green eyes met her hazel, he gave her a nod of acknowledgement, what she had done was impressive, she had both stopped Natsu from doing something suicidal and had given him the motivation to become stronger at the same time.
"And I'll help you!" Wendy suddenly spoke up, getting the attention of the rest of the group. Wendy for once not letting her shyness get to her as she stood tall before the other older and more experienced wizards, or at least as tall as a nearly thirteen year old girl could. "I want to get stronger too, strong enough to find out what happened to Grandine!"
Percy cocked and eyebrow as he heard that, a slight smile playing around his face as he saw the fire in Wendy's eyes. Glancing sideway he ended up sharing a slight smile with Erza, before he stood up and placed a hand on Wendy's shoulder.
"And I'll help you as much as I am able too." Percy said getting a wide eyed look from Wendy as she looked up at him in awe. Turning from Wendy, Percy looked over at Natsu. "You too Natsu."
Natsu nodded as he heard that, a fierce smile spreading across his face as he slammed his hands together in front of him. "Let's start now then. Me and you a spar outside now!"
Erza let out an unladylike snort of amusement at that her hand coming up to her mouth as she did so, with Mira also trying to stifle a slight laugh with a cough. Gildarts though wasn't as subtle with his amusement as he just threw his head back and let out a loud bark of laughter.
Rolling his eyes as he heard the other's reactions, Percy gave Natsu a slight smile. "I'm sorry Natsu but do you really want to try and take me on using your 'Fire Magic', me who primarily uses water manipulation. During the middle of a storm, when there is torrential rain out there?"
Natsu's eyes widened as he heard that, the thought having not occurred to him before. With Lucy, Gray and Wendy quickly catching onto what the others were so amused by. Natsu didn't stand much of a chance against Perseus even on his best day, there wouldn't even be a fight if they were to go at it in the middle of a storm.
"Ermm Natsu maybe you should wait until it stops raining." Wendy said, attempting to be helpful as she turned to look at him, noticing Natsu's companion Happy flying over as she did so, the blue talking cat approaching Carla with a fish held in his hands.
"Aye, I think that's a pretty good idea Wendy." Natsu replied somewhat sheepishly, scratching the back of his head with a grin as he did so.
Glancing to the side Natsu quickly noticed his friend Happy approaching. "Hey buddy where've you been?" Natsu asked a slight grin on his face as he pushed away his frustration from before and instead turned to greet his little friend.
"Carla!" Happy shouted out as he ran over to the assembled group, completely ignoring Natsu's greeting or the amused looks the others were giving him as he waddled towards them, a fish with a ribbon wrapped around it held proudly in front of him. "This is a fish I caught. I thought I would give it to you, Carla."
Percy winced as he heard that cringey comment, already knowing what Carla's answer was likely to be. After all the snotty little Exceed had made quite the impression since joining the Guild, her haughty demeanor and rudeness attracting the ire of many Guild Members. With a lot of them only tolerating her due to their fondness of Wendy, the kind girl having made a much better impression since joining than her feline friend.
As Percy and a number of others had suspected Carla immediately turned her nose up at Happy's attempt at courting. "I don't want it. I don't like fish."
"Oh?" Happy said a look of shock crossing his face at the thought of a cat not liking fish, before with a new resolve he tried again to initiate a better relationship with Carla. "Then what do you like? Next time I'll-"
"Shut up!" Carla shouted her piercing voice gaining the attention of a number of other Guild Members as she slapped the fish out of Happy's hand making it fall to the floor with a wet 'splat'. Not finishing it there she then rounded on the blue furred cat, her temper flaring up. "Just stay away from me, you stray alley cat!" She shouted before without another look Carla jumped off the bar and started marching away heading for the exit.
A number of the Guild Members turning and watching as she flounced away, a couple of them muttering between each other before turning away.
Seeing Carla leave Happy quickly chased after her, taking flight as his white wings spread out behind him.
"Carla!" Wendy shouted as she also chased after her companion, pausing only to apologize for Carla's abrasive actions before running after her as she left the Guild Building and went into the storm.
Cocking an eyebrow at this, Percy then shook his head and turned back to the bar, grabbing his tankard of ale as he made to take a drink. Before he could though Erza caught his eye, the crimson haired mage crossing her arms in front of her and giving him an expectant look.
"What?" Percy asked as he lowered his drink.
"Aren't you going to go after them and make sure they're alright?" Erza asked as the rest of the group also turned to look at him, with Makarov and Gildarts chuckling into their drinks.
"Aren't you?" Percy replied an eyebrow raised.
Erza crossed her arms in front of her at that, a frown now present on her face.
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(With Wendy in Magnolia)
"Carla wait!" Wendy shouted as she ran through the pelting rain, her hazel eyes locked on the retreating figure of Carla, the small white cat standing out like a beacon in the cold, wet and grey streets of Magnolia. Hearing Wendy's voice Carla paused and turned. "I finally found you, Carla!"
"Wendy..." Carla sighed pushing aside her irritation as she focused on the blue haired girl in front of her, staunchly ignoring the figure of Happy passing down another street as he tried to find them in the storm. Instead she took note of the fact that Wendy was completely soaked through, and only getting wetter and colder as the storm continued. "It's pouring down. You'll catch a cold if you don't use an umbrella."
"Same goes for you, Carla." Wendy replied softly as she crouched down in front of the Exceed, ignoring the rain as she instead focused on her friend. Carla maybe rude and abrasive but that didn't stop her from being one of Wendy's dearest friends. "We just joined Fairy Tail, Carla. Everyone is trying to be nice and welcoming. Can't you make a bit of effort and try to get along better with them?"
"There's no need for that." Carla replied huffily, crossing her arms in front of her and ignoring the rain that was soaking into her fur. "As long as I have you, I don't need anyone else."
Wendy puffed up her cheeks in indignation as she heard Carla's complete refusal to positively interact with anyone else. "That's what you always say, Carla!"
Before anything else could be said both girls turned as they sensed someone else approaching. Wendy turning around with a smile as she expected it to be either Percy or Erza. She was mistaken though, because as she looked up she saw that the person approaching them was a cloaked and masked man who carried a staff in one hand with several more tied to his back.
Tensing slightly at the sight of this stranger, Wendy moved so she was standing in front of Carla her eyes fixed warily on the man in front of her. "Who are you?"
"Wendy." The man in front of her muttered in response, only to make Wendy freeze up as she recognised the voice.
"That voice..."Wendy muttered her brow furrowing as she tensed up even more. "I recognize that voice…"
By Wendy's side Carla frowned, her fur standing on end as she glared harshly at the man that had Wendy so nervous. "Who are you!"
"To think you'd come to this Guild... of all the Guilds there are in Fiore, that you would choose this one" The man spoke, his tone soft as he reached up a bandaged hand and pulled down the cloth scarf that covered his face, the bandana on his head coming off as well. Revealing beneath it a handsome face with wild blue coloured hair, dark and intense eyes and an intricate red coloured tattoo that went down one side of his face.
It was a face Wendy recognised, one that she had seen very recently and that she had never thought to see again.
"Jellal?" Wendy muttered in shock and confusion. "I thought you had died? How're you here, and still alive!?"
Jellal's eyes widened slightly as he heard that, his mouth opening in shock. "I had not heard that the other onel had died. But no Wendy, I am not the Jellal who died."
"Then who you?" Carla asked bluntly, not beating around the bush as she demanded that the Jellal lookalike tell them exactly who he is. "If you aren't really the Jellal who died then why do you look like him? Are you his brother or are you using magic to take on his appearance?"
Wendy tensed as she heard the last part, a look of suspicion passing across her face. She had not been aware that magic could allow you to take on the form of others, then again her own knowledge of the different types of magic were limited. Still if this was the case and this man was wearing the face of an old friend turned enemy then she knew she would need to be careful.
Taking a step back, Wendy glanced over her shoulder, hoping as she did that Percy or Erza, or someone would come looking for the two of them. Just in case this 'Jellal' turned out to be trouble.
"I am a member of Fairy Tail. One of the Guild's S-Class mages, I go by the name Mystogan." Mystogan finally said a slightly solemn look passing across his face as he saw the suspicion in Wendy's gaze. "Seven years ago Wendy, knowing little of this world, I introduced myself to you as Jellal." Mystogan continued hoping to win Wendy's trust quickly, as time was short and he didn't have time to waste.
"What?" Wendy asked rearing back in surprise as she heard Jellal's comment. Immediately putting two and two together, as she remembered how someone who looked like Jellal had found her seven years ago and delivered her to the safety of Cait Shelter. And how when she had spoken to the other Jellal he had shown no signs of recognition, though that might have been down to his mental instability and amnesia. This man though, this Jellal did seem to know her.
Carla also looked shocked, her slitted eyes widening as she stared at Jellal. Unlike Wendy though her surprise was due to something else he had said. "T-this world?"
Wendy though ignored Carla's comment as she instead asked Jellal something else a conflicted expression on her face. "So you're the Jellal from seven years ago?"
Wendy still remembered the sweet boy Jellal had been all those year ago, and how he had looked after. At the same time though she remembered how he had abandoned her, and left with barely a word, with no explanation and no attempt to reestablish contact over the last seven years. A part of her felt happy to see him again, especially since she had thought that he was dead, that he was the Jellal who had become a Dark Wizard. On the other hand though she felt a surge of anger growing within her, after all how dare he just waltz back into her life now when she was finally settling in to her new Guild with her new friends.
"I'm sorry I couldn't have shown myself to you sooner." Mystogan sighed as he picked up on some of the emotions that were raging through the girl in front of him. An uncomfortable look on his face as he tried to think of a quick way he could deal with this as he looked up at the dark and cloudy skies, his eyes widening as he saw the clouds beginning to swirl faster above him. "However, this is not the time to be discussing this... we must leave Magnolia immediately, time is short."
Wincing as he felt the air begin to feel denser, even as the clouds began to get thicker and swirl faster, Jellal cursed under his breath. "Dammit, I failed my mission... the Anima has grown too big..."
Wendy frowned as she heard that, before she followed his gaze and looked up. Her eyes widening as she saw the maelstrom forming in the sky, the magic in the air beginning to become thicker, so thick she could almost taste it. "What's going on? What's happening?"
"I can no longer suppress it with my power..." Mystogan replied ignoring Wendy's question as he spoke to no one in particular. "Magnolia will shortly be sucked into the Anima."
"What do you mean?" Wendy demanded, her frustration building as none of what Jellal said made any sense. Still though she could hear the urgency in his voice and could feel the magic in the air building. "I don't understand..."
"It's going to happen no matter what..." Mystogan replied as he grit his teeth again, before once again looking up at the sky. "Magnolia is already doomed, at the very least... I'd like to save you..."
"What about Fairy Tail?" Wendy shouted angrily as she understood what Jellal was saying. Something bad was about to happen to Magnolia, something that he couldn't stop. Instead of at least trying to stop it though, or trying to warn as many people as he could, he was just suggesting that they run. "What about the rest of the Guild?"
Mystogan sighed, bringing his hand to his face and massaging his temples. "Unfortunately... there is nothing I can do now, soon the will all be sucked into the Anima."
Wendy stared at him for a moment a look of horror and disappointment crossing her face. Before a stony expression crossed her face as she turned on the spot and ran back to the Guild, Carla letting out a startled yell before she took to the air and chased after her friend.
"Wendy!" Jellal shouted after her.
"I have to tell everyone!" Wendy yelled angrily over her shoulder, not pausing as she ran for the Guild hoping to find the Master or Percy, someone strong who she knew would know what to do.
"You cannot go!" Mystogan shouted after her, making to chase after her his eyes wide in shock. "At the very least, I can take you out of the town with me!"
Wendy didn't turn around. "It's not happening, I won't abandon everyone else! I am a part of Fairy Tail now!"
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(In the Fairy Tail Guild Hall)
"So are you going to keep scowling at me?" Percy asked dryly as he looked over at Erza meeting her steely brown eyes with his own calm green ones, taking an absentminded sip of his ale as he did so.
"Yes, are you going to get off your arse and find Wendy before she gets lost in the storm?" Erza asked bluntly, knowing as she did that due to his abilities Percy would very easily be able to find Wendy out in the storm. With his control over water he would be able to find her in moments, as oppose to Erza who would have to search around on foot and hope she ran into her. After all with the storm getting worse not only was visibility drastically reduced, but flying was also a no go as the winds were so strong it would make it almost impossible.
Letting out a sigh and ignoring the chuckling from Makarov and Gildarts, Percy downed his drink before he slammed the tankard on the bar in front of him. "Fine, though I think it's unneeded. Wendy is a strong mage, and despite her age she is very mature and skilled, she is more than capable of looking after herself. I don't think babying her would be good for her development as a mage."
"Well I think it is needed, she maybe mature and powerful but she is still a barely thirteen year old girl." Erza replied brusquely, understanding Percy's reasoning. Normally she would be more than happy to leave Wendy to it, after all Fairy Tail encouraged independence, but with the storm picking up she thought it was highly irresponsible to let her wander around outside alone.
Pushing himself to his feet Percy gave the rest of the group a brief nod before he began making his way out of the Guild. Cursing as he did so the fact that he had still not picked himself up a new coat, after all, although he could keep himself dry no matter how wet it was he was still susceptible to the cold, and it looked pretty damn cold out there.
Without a word Erza followed after him, absentmindedly using a hairband to tie her long crimson red hair back in a ponytail as she did so, so it didn't get whipped about by the wind. Just because she was making Percy look for Wendy didn't mean she was going to make him do it alone.
Watching Percy and Erza leaving the Guild, Cana grinned from where she was sat on the bar happily hugging a large barrel of beer. "There's nothing better than a date with a boyfriend on rainy days like this one."
"Somehow I don't think they are there yet, even if Erza would prefer it if they were?" Mira laughed lightly from where she was behind the bar, pulling on a thick black coat over her maroon dress. Her white hair standing out starkly against the black of her coat.
"You really think so?" Lucy asked in shock, her eyes wide and her face turning pink as she brought a hand to her mouth.
"Oh definitely." Cana snorted, a grin on her face as she looked over at Lucy. "I think it is mutual too, you can see it by the way they look at each other. It's almost as obvious as you and Natsu?"
"Me and Natsu!" Lucy shouted a look of shock on her face. "I don't think about him like that!"
Natsu turned to look at her at that, a confused look on his face as he only just tuned into the conversation. "Wait, what's this?"
Lucy turned bright red at this, a look of horror on her face as she looked over at the amused Mira.
Cana grinned viciously as she saw that, but upon seeing the look Mira gave her, she decided to relent a bit. "Yeah I know, I'm just fucking with you. Put Perseus and Erza, that's definitely a thing."
"He'd be a bit of a cradle robber if he did though, don't you think?" Gray asked from where he was leaning against the bar, ignoring the looks he was receiving from a certain blue haired girl as he instead tuned into the ongoing conversation, weighing in with his opinion. "I mean Percy is probably old enough to be her father."
Makarov let out a loud snort of amusement at that, the little old man following it up with a drunken giggle. "That's an understatement, I mean Percy is old enough to be my father."
"You're kidding!" Gray asked as he turned to look at Makarov in shock.
"No he is right, I mean I am not sure whether anyone knows just how old Percy really is. I mean he is always vague on the details." Mira spoke up again as she pulled up the hood of her coat, before stepping out from behind the bar. "Not that it really matters, I mean as long as they are over eighteen and want to be involved with him I don't think Percy really minds that much."
"Don't think it would really bother me either, Perseus is hot! Plus he only looks seventeen, it's not like he looks his age is it?" Cana said out loud, none of the rest of the group being able to refute her words. Seeing this Cana then turned to Mira and noticed that she was wearing a coat and had pulled her hood up. "Where are you off to in this weather, Mira?"
"Just to the church." Mira replied softly, before she turned around and looked over to her hulking younger brother, Elfman, who at that moment seemed to be lecturing Jet and Droy, two of the weaker Fairy Tail mages of their generation. "Elfman, I'll be off now!"
"If you're real men, you have to get stronger! You think you can protect Levy the way you are now?" Elfman said loudly as he looked down at Jet and Droy, giving them a lecturer on the most recent mission their team, Team Shadowgear, had completed. "You guys ended up wasting so much time that Levy had to clean things up by herself! Come on, you tell them too Mira. These guys just keep screwing up!"
Mira instead of joining in just smiled at the two, choosing positive reinforcement over negative reinforcement. "Don't worry you two, I think you're doing your best!"
"Thanks Mira!" Jet and Droy shouted as they turned to the eldest Strauss sibling, the two of the looking quite tearful at the former S-Class mages support.
"As much as you're capable of, that is." Mira added in.
"S-so cruel!" Jet and Droy chorused with mock pain.
Mira just gave them both a slight smile before she took her younger brothers arm. Elfman giving her a sad smile as the two of them began to head for the main door, Elfman carrying an umbrella in one of his hands as they braved the storm.
"Where are they off to in this?" Gildarts muttered to Makarov as he watched the brother and sister leave the Guild Hall.
"They're going to the Church graveyard, it's the anniversary of Lisanna's death." Makarov replied with a sad look on his face, his tone solemn as he lowered his voice so only Gildarts could hear, not wanting to bring down the tone of the whole room. After all even now two years after Lisanna Strauss's death, the Guild still mourned her passing. Especially Natsu and her brother and sister, the three of them having been closest to her felt the most pain.
Gildarts nodded as he heard that, a stoic expression passing across his face as he remembered the sweet girl Lisanna had been, and how much her loss must have hurt the entire Guild.
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(With Wendy)
Water streamed down Wendy's face as she tore through the streets of Magnolia, her eyes narrowed against the powerful wind and icy cold wind as she sprinted towards the Fairy Tail Guild Hall. Letting out a small cry as her foot slipped on one of the wet cobblestones, the act causing her to fall to the floor, collapsing into a puddle as she did so
Pushing herself up, her long blue hair completely soaked through, Wendy glanced into the puddle. Her eyes widening as she noticed that the dark clouds above Magnolia had now formed into a vortex above the city. Seeing this Wendy pushed herself back onto her feet and continued running towards the Guild, ignoring the pain from the fall, and the cries for her to wait from Carla.
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(With Percy and Erza)
Walking down the streets of Magnolia, both Percy and Erza were very tense as they felt the air beginning to get heavier and saw the vortex forming in the clouds above them.
"What's going on Percy?" Erza asked as she looked over at Percy, her voice easily heard as Percy had created a bubble around the two of them blocking the wind and rain from touching them.
"I'm not sure." Percy muttered a scowl on his face as he looked up at the vortex, feeling the power it contained as he did so. This was something he had never seen before, he had seen several different types of portals, and magically created weather phenomenon before. But nothing like this, not on this scale, the power he could feel in the air seemed to be getting thicker the closer to the epicentre they walked. At the same time though it did not feel strictly insidious in nature. "I can't remember ever seeing anything like this before."
"Can you stop it?" Erza asked as she cast a wary look at the now black clouds overhead.
"Maybe, if I knew what it was actually doing." Percy muttered as he pushed his senses into the storm above. Before he could properly investigate it though he was distracted as he heard the voice of Wendy ringing through the streets.
"Wendy?" Erza called out as she saw the soaking wet girl run up to them, her face red and her breathing harsh. "What's the matter what's going on?"
Seeing the girl's state Percy reached over and placed a hand on her shoulder, instantly drying her as he used his abilities to pull the water from her clothes and hair. "Calm down Wendy, and tell us what has you so worked up?"
"The sky!" Wendy replied pointing up at the sky, barely noticing Percy's actions as she instead grabbed onto his hand, her eyes wide. "Something is happening with the sky, Mystogen said there was an Anima, and that Magnolia and all its people were going to be sucked in!"
"Mystogen, Anima?" Percy muttered, having never really interacted with the reclusive mage before, nor had he heard of an Anima or at least he couldn't remember having heard of one before. Still Wendy seemed to think that it was serious, and from her description of what was to come she was right to be worried. "Don't worry Wendy, everything will be ok."
Wendy smiled as she heard that, relief flooding through her as she knew that if anyone could protect Magnolia than it would be Perseus. Ever since meeting him she had felt comfortable in his presence, instinctively knowing that she could trust and rely on him.
Glaring up at the skies, Percy released his hold on Wendy's shoulder as he instead raised both hands above his head. Beginning to take control of the massive storm the swirling clouds beginning to slow down and disperse, unfortunately though the moment he did so he realised that the storm was just a byproduct of whatever this Anima portal was. They didn't have anything to do with the cause of what was happening.
"You're doing it!" Wendy said as she saw the storm starting to disperse, a smile lighting up her face as she threw her arms around Percy's waist and hugged him.
"Percy?" Erza asked in concern as she saw the frown on his face.
"I don't know what it is, but the storm was only caused by this Anima, it's not the source." Percy said honestly, his eyes widening as he began to making the storm more ferocious in the hopes of disrupting whatever it was.
"Then does that mean…?" Wendy asked in shock, as she understood what Percy was talking about only to suddenly be cut off as flashes of blue lightning exploded from the Anima and began illuminating the streets, the frequency of their blasts increasing in number until the whole town was bathed in intensely flashing blue bolts of light.
"Wendy!" Carla shouted as she flew over to the blue haired girl.
"Wendy come here!" Erza shouted as she grabbed Wendy and held her close, her eyes widening as earth and parts of the surrounding buildings began rising up around the group as the portal in the sky drew in more and more energy.
Eyes wide in surprise, Percy felt watched in disbelief as the whole town began to be drawn up into the portal, the tops of the houses and trees glowing brightly before they began breaking down into shining gold particles that were rapidly drawn up and into the Anima above. Indeed, the whole town around them was being converted into pure magic and sucked skywards.
Twisting to the side Percy's eyes widened as he saw Erza's body begin to suddenly glow golden, her eyes wide as she looked down at her glowing limbs.
"Erza!" Percy shouted desperately as he lunged towards her, trying to take her hand only for said hand to break apart into golden dust.
"Percy, I lov-" Erza began to say her look of shock turning into one of resigned acceptance as she reached her other hand out to cup Percy's face. Only for her body to disintegrate into golden dust before she could finish her sentence.
"Erza!" Wendy shouted as she looked on in horror as the older girl broke apart into golden dust and was sucked into the sky, just like the rest of Magnolia. Twisting around with fear etched onto her face, Wendy first looked at her own arms only to see she wasn't glowing, before looking over at Percy. Only to be relieved as she didn't see any sign of him disappearing either, that relief was soon buried however as she saw the look on his face.
A mixture of both devastation and fury, one that made Wendy flinch even seeing it. His glowing sea green eyes fixed on the vortex above even as the last of Magnolia disappeared, the area it had once stood now being covered by a cloud of dust, fog and smoke. The portal overhead stilling shining brightly, the portal still active for now.
"Come on Wendy." Percy said his voice hard and uncompromising as he began to jog the short distance towards where the Guild had once stood. Going off a hunch as he realised that only himself, Wendy and Carla seemed to be spared whatever had happened. Which if that was the case could then mean that Natsu and Gajeel, the other two dragon slayers in the Guild and Happy the other flying cat might not have been sucked up by the Anima.
"Where are we going! "Wendy asked still in a state of shock as she chased after Percy, the strangely silent Carla flying behind her.
"We're going to see if we can find anyone else, and then we're going to go into the Anima, get Erza and the others back, and kill whoever is responsible." Percy replied bluntly, his expression hard and uncompromising.
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AN: So that is the chapter I hope you all enjoyed it. We had a bit ore character development and the start of the Edolas Arc, one of my favourite Arcs alongside Tenrou Island, Oración Seis and Tartarus. So the upcoming arc will have a lot of twists and turns in it, and Percy's presence will change many things. Suffice to say I am very excited about this upcoming arc and have had ideas for it flooding my mind.
So yeah will hopefully get the next chapter out soon.
For now though I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and leave a comment or a review, I read them all and some of the more pertinent ones help me when it comes to writing the next chapters or tightening up older chapters.
So yeah other than that I would like to thank you all for your continued support and I will see you all later.
Seagate.