Chapter 12

The Black Fairy

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Magic"

Flashback / Dreams

Location / Date / Time Skip

"The world of Edolas is different from our own." Carla explained. "Over there, magic has begun to run out."

"They're running out of magic?" Slate asked. "How?"

"In Edolas, magic is a finite resource." The white cat explained. "As they use it, it becomes harder and harder to obtain. And now it's on the verge of disappearing. So the king came up with an idea; he would siphon magic power from another world, our world. He created a spell called Anima, and that is what opened the hole in the sky."

"The plan was hatched six years, and it caused Anima to appear along the borders of the world's. But something was wrong; someone was working to close all the Anima." She added before thinking of something. 'When I heard about Jellal... no, Mystogan from Wendy, I couldn't believe it but I suspect it's his doing.' "But this anima was just too big, and therefore uncloseable. So the guild and everything around it was sucked up."

"Okay, so why take our friends?" Natsu asked.

"Like I said, Edolas needs magic power." The cat repeated.

"Fairy Tail does have a lot of strong wizards..." Nicholas mumbled.

"Indeed..." Carla nodded.

"That's a damn selfish move!" Natsu shouted to the sky. "Give me back my friends, ya jerks!"

"Speaking of requests, can you put me down!?" Slate asked and Nicholas let him go. "Not cool." He said muffled by the powder.

"...Is it true Carla?" Happy finally spoke up. "Did the three of us cause this?"

"Indirectly." Carla nodded. "The three of us were sent her by the king of Edolas with another mission in mind. Something completely independent of the Anima."

"But you were born here, hatched out of an egg!" Wendy shouted.

"The same with Happy!" Natsu added.

"Correct, I've never set foot in Edolas. All three of us were born and raised here. But our minds were imprinted with knowledge of both Edolas and our mission. We should know everything about the, since our birth. We were born to carry out this mission for our kingdom!" She turned around and faced Slate and Happy. "So why don't you two know anything!?"

"Huh?" Slate asked, pulling his head out of the ground. "Know what?"

"Carla... what's our mission?" Happy asked.

"It doesn't matter what it is." The white cat answered. "As long as we came from Edolas, this matter is our fault."

"Please, tell me." Happy begged. "I wanna know who I really am."

"Both of you figure it out yourselves!" Carla shouted.

After a few moments of silence, Natsu let out a sigh. "Okay, now that the cats been let out of the bag, we gotta move. If we wanna save our friends, we gotta follow them."

"Have you lost what's left of your mind!?" Carla asked.

"Nope." Natsu said matter of factly, looking up to the sky. "All of our friends are in Edolas, so if we're going to save them, which we are, that's where we're going."

"Natsu..." Happy mumbled before his stomach growled. "I'm scared."

"You guys can go, but I'm not." Slate said, walking away. "I don't have a reason to-"

"I'll pay you the bounty if you help us get our friends back." Nicholas told the cat.

"Slate, bounty hunter extraordinaire, reporting for duty!" Slate zoomed back to his feet, standing at attention.

"Do you think there right, Carla?" Wendy asked.

"I suppose... They're in Edolas, but I have no way of knowing if we can save them, let alone how. On top of that, I'm not sure we can ever return." Carla said.

"Oh, well." Natsu said back. "If my friends aren't here, then what's the point of staying here? ...other than looking for Igneel."

"Right." Wendy agreed.

"We should try to save everyone, right?" Happy asked as his stomach growled again.

"Okay, that's annoying." Slate said.

"...Someway or another, I've become a member of Fairy Tail." Carla spoke up. "And I am responsible for this, so I'm not opposed to this. But if I do this, you must promise me several things. I'm returning to Edolas, and am therefor abandoning my mission. I cannot be spotted, so we must go in disguise."

"Understood." Nicholas nodded.

"You sure about this?" Wendy asked.

"I have, and I made up my mind." The white cat told her before turning to Happy and Slate. "Another rule, you are not to ask me about our mission. Third, I don't have any knowledge of Edolas other than what I already have, so I cannot guild you." She told everyone. "And finally, if any of us do something that classifies as treason, kill us."

The Slayers started at her as Happys stomach growled. "Why are you looking at me when you say that?" Slate asked.

The humans gave a quick nod as the cats sprouted their wings. "Let's go. Tomcats, you grab on to the boys." Carla told them.

"We're gonna fly there?" Wendy asked.

"That's what our wings are for." The white cat answered. "To return home."

"Alright, then. Let's go see Happy's home!" Natsu cheered.

"...Aye!" The blue cat cheered as the two cat members grabbed their partners.

"Wait, we have to go up there?" Nicholas asked, pointing to the hole in the sky. "Ya know, maybe we should find a more stable portal. One that's closer to the ground."

"We don't have time to search for one!" Natsu shouted. "Let's go!" The fire and sky Slayers took off into the sky aimed at the hole in the sky.

"It's just that I don't know if this such a good ideaaaaaaaa!" He looked over his shoulder to find Slade carrying him. "Put me down, right now!"

"You sure about that?" The cat asked, pointing down.

Nicholas looked down and turned a sickly pale. "Uh... We are really high!"

The other four looked over at each other confused until Happy turned to him. "Are you... scared of heights?"

"No, I just like having my feet on something!" The Earth Dragon Slayer shouted back.

"Stop fooling around!" Carla shouted. "Both of you! Don't hold back any power!"

"Right!/Aye!" The other cats let lose their power.

"We can get through to Edolas through what's left of the Anima!" Carla explained. "On my que, give it everything you've got! Now!" The cats hit Mach 1 and flew the remnants of the portal, carrying their cargo. In a grand flash of light, the last of Fairy Tail plus one went into the new world.

"Are we there yet?" Natsu asked as opened his eyes and found himself in the world of Edolas. It was like a place that belonged in a story book. Islands floated around them as streams poured off the land. Giant plants and fungi decorated the ground as fish like birds danced across the sky.

"This is Edolas..." Carla mumbled in amazement. "So strange and wondrous..."

"This is my home..." Happy added.

"I've never seen trees like this!" Wendy shouted, pointing down.

"Wow, that's floating river!" Natsu observed. "Can you believe it?!"

"Okay, we've seen some sights! Now can we please get back on the ground!?" Nicholas shouted.

"That's... not gonna be a problem." Slate mumbled.

"Wait, why'd you say it like that?" The Slayer asked.

"Cause our wings just disappeared!" The cat shouted back. Sure enough, all six wings vanished and they fell to the ground. The mushrooms underneath them saved them from certain death as Natsu landed face first into it. "Okay, what gives? Why can't we fly?"

"I told you: Magic is a limited resource in Edolas." Carla explained as she was stuck halfway into the fungus.

"Oh yeah, and I bet that's why I feel kinda strange." Wendy added as Nicholas pulled Natsu out before both fell off the fungus.

"Okay, let's get looking!" Natsu cheered.

"Get off of me..." The Earth magic user begged. The others jumped down and landed next to them before they marched forward. "So tell me, how are we going to find everyone when no one here knows anything about this place?"

"Duh, we just follow our noses." Natsu declared, taking a sniff. "Well, this is bad. This places is filled with so many new smells that I can't make heads or tails of it." Wendy tasted the air and found it was similar. "Wonder what the fire tastes like..."

"Focus!" Nicholas shouted. "We have a job to do! No complaining, no stoping to try the food, nothing like that!" He took the lead and marched ahead.

"Geeze, what's his problem?" Slate asked Happy.

"It's kind of a long story..." The blue cat answered before explaining everything.

"Wow, that's a messed up life." The brown cat said. "So, he's keeping a promise to the guy who took him in, only be dead because of him? Pretty noble." He looked down and noticed they were on a bridge made out of a mushroom. "So, where are we going?"

"Well, they aren't here, so we're going somewhere else." Nicholas answered.

"That make sense." Carla agreed. Seconds later, Happy's stomach growled. "Stop that!"

"There's no one here." Wendy observed.

"Then we keep looking." Nicholas told her.

"Is it some kind of forest world?" Happy asked.

"Surely not." Carla told her. "We'll still need disguises of some kind."

"Okay, made of what?" Slate asked. "The only thing around here are plants." Natsu smirked before grabbing them and shoving them into plant made clothing. "I just had to open my mouth, didn't I?"

"If I could, I'd kick you." Nicholas said, motioning that he could barely walk.

Natsu took point and lead them into the forest. "I don't know what it is I'm supposed to be disguised as." Happy, looking like a walking bush, said.

"What's the big deal?" Natsu asked back. "You look like a thing that doesn't look like Happy. No one's going recognize us, so just relax."

"This is the most degrading thing I've ever done for money." Slate said as Wendy turned red in embaresment.

"Fashion sense aside, I do feel a bit more at ease." Carla said.

"Not me. It's hot and itchy in this thing." Happy complained. "I think I'm allergic to it."

"Please, try to toughen up, tomcat." Carla told him.

They reached and edge and found themselves staring at the floating river Natsu saw. Happy's stomach growled at the thought of fish. "There's a man over there." Wendy pointed out.

"Must be an Edolas native." Carla surmised.

"Well, he looks normal." Wendy added.

"What were you expecting, three heads?" Slate asked.

"He's got the right idea." Happy mumbled, looking at the fishing rod. "We should be fishing right now."

"Hey, where's Natsu?" Wendy asked.

"I'm here." Natsu said from behind.

"Hey!" The five looked over to find Nicholas walking up from behind, scaring the fisherman. "I've got some questions for you."

"What is he doing!?" Carla asked.

"Blowing our cover." Slate said, shaking his head in shame.

"I'm looking for a girl. She's got green and orange hair, a tattoo on her-" Nicholas started before the fisherman took off. "Stop!"

"You idiot!" Carla shouted as the five approached him. "You walked up to someone minding their own business, dressed in that rediculous outfit, and then you start talking about a girl! What was he supposed to do!?"

"Hey, I think I did a pretty good job." Natsu defended his clothing choice.

"Then you tell me how we find her!?" He shouted back.

"It was an honest mistake." Wendy defended him.

"Listen, if that man reports us to the authorities, we're through!" She shouted back.

"So, you're saying we need to get out of this stuff?" Slate asked as he took off his look.

The others followed suit and removed the bad cameo before walking across a river on a log. "Now we have more of a reason to hurry and find them!" Carla scolded the earth user.

"This is so much better." Happy cheered. "But why did that guy have to take his fishing pole? I'm hungry."

"Not my job to catch you food." Nicholas said back. "My job is to find Brianna and get us out of here."

"Hold on, did everyone else here that?" Slate asked, looking down at the river.

"Is it another fishermen? I bet he'll know something." Natsu cheered.

"Do you have two brain cells in there!?" Carla shouted as a small fish popped its head out of the water.

"Fishy!" Happy cheered.

"Stand back while I catch us some dinner." Natsu said as he cracked his knuckles. The full fish rose out of the ground and it was giant. "We won't be going hungry tonight!"

"This is not the time for a stupid fish clubbing!" Nicholas shouted.

"I only need s few seconds." Natsu said back before jumping off the log. He tired his Iron Fist Spell, only to have the fish whack him into the water. "My fires put out..."

"How many times to I have tell you!?" Carla shouted. "You can't use magic here like you can in our world!"

"So that leaves us with a strategic retreat..." Slate said.

"A what?" Happy asked.

"Runaway!" Nicholas and the cat shouted at the same time. The other four copies them and the fish followed them, even on land were it was supposed to be safe.

"That thing can run on land!?" Slate shouted in horror.

"I hate this place!" Nicholas screamed. "Giant fish monsters, no magic! How can anyone live here!?"

"Guys, I'm afraid that running around getting chased by this thing is gonna attracted a lot of unwanted attention!" Wendy shouted, holding Carla.

"If you got any better ideas, I'm open to them!" Natsu shouted as they came to a cliff. "Happy, please fly!"

"I can't use magic either!" The cat shouted back as the fish monster reached them. It was only due to dumb luck that the monster missed them and ran right off the cliff.

"Holy crap... not having magic is super hard..." Natsu mumbled between pants.

"Is everyone okay?" Wendy asked.

"I'm fine, but I'd be a whole lot happier if I had a belly full of fish." Happy groaned as his stomach growled.

"Well, I've had my fill of foolishness for today." Carla said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nicholas asked.

"If you two hadn't caused this ruckus, we could have found them by now!" Carla shouted back.

"Be nice." Wendy requested.

"Would you care to explain that?" He asked the cat.

"Are you seriously asking me to do that?" The white feline asked. "It's because of you that we don't have our disguises anymore. If the kingdom discovers us roaming around, there's not telling what they'd do to us. If we get captured and taken into custody, you can forget about saving our friends. We'll have our work cut out trying to save ourself."

"Well, excuse me if trying to save my oldest friend takes prority over some stupid stealth operation!" He shouted back.

"Both of you, calm down." Slate shouted, pushing the two apart. "Yes, he screwed up, but let's move on and focus on this mission!"

"Nicholas is a nice guy. He doesn't mean to mess up." Wendy defended.

"He's so focused on a girl, he can't even follow the simplest orders!" Carla shouted.

Minutes later, the two had finally calmed down around each other and the six kept matching forward. After an encounter with some weirdos who were freaked out by the cats, they reached a mushroom patch. "Did it seem like those two were afraid of Happy, Carla, and Slate?" Wendy asked.

"I want to know what the hell is an Exceed is." Nicholas said as Natsu stepped on a mushroom, causing others inflate. "What the?"

"I don't think this is go well." Slate said before they were all shot into the air like rockets. "Called it!" They bounced off of about a dozen other mushrooms before they crashed through the roof of a building.

"I don't wanna fall anymore." Wendy groaned as she sat up.

"Same here..." Slate agreed as they stood up.

"Where are we now?" Natsu asked, looking around.

"Looks like some kind of warehouse." Happy said.

"Although I believe we're well beyond the point of taking measures, we should see if this place has any clothes to disguise ourselves." Carla said. Seconds later, Natsu pulled out a box of clothing before throwing some stuff on.

"You guys are doing it wrong." Nicholas said, looking at the missed match outfits not the group. "Let someone who KNOWS how to hid in plain sight show you how it's done." He cracked his knuckles before moving in a blur around them. When it was done, they all stood in proper outfits. "There."

"How did you do that?" Slate, now wearing an eyepatch, orange jacket and black pants, asked.

"It's a gift." Nicholas shrugged, now in a grey shirt under a black vest and white pants with white gloves before putting on a pair of sunglasses.

Natsu glanced out the window before slamming his head against the glass. "You see something out there?" Wendy asked as she put her hair in pigtails.

"It's Fairy Tail!" Natsu cheered as the Slayers ran towards the plant like structure. "It's changed its shape somehow, but it's Fairy Tail for sure!"

The cats called out for them to wait as Natsu lead them in. "Everyone's here..." Natsu said with a sigh before Carla pulled them to the ground. "What gives?"

"Just calm down and look." Carla said as she pointed it the job board. Juvia stood in front of it, in a skimpy outfit and curls took a job.

"Why are we hiding from everyone?" Nicholas asked, looking around for Brianna.

"Jsut look and you'll see." Carla said.

Juvia turned to the door and stopped when Gray of all people, wrapped in a dozen layers of clothing, called out to his 'beloved'. He asked to go with her, and she declined. Natsu looked around and found Jet and Droy were scolding Elfman, Cana turned down a drink from Macao and Wakaba, and Alzack and Bisca were damn near making out. "What the heck is this?"

"I thought Fairy Tail was supposed to be crazy?" Slate asked

"Not this crazy." Happy said back.

"What the heck do you you're doing?" The six looked up in a panic after they were spotted by Lucy, now in a punk rock outfit.

"I don't believe it." Nicholas mumbled.

"What are you doing sneaking around our guild hall?" The blonde asked, glaring at them.

"What the devil is happening?" Carla asked.

"...Natsu?" 'Lucy' asked as she leaned in to Natsu, scaring him. "Why didn't you just say so!?" The others calmed down a bit as they asked about the kids and cats. "Where have you been? We were so worried about you..."

"Lucy..." Natsu mumbled before the blonde trapped him in some kind of wrestling hold.

"Death penalty!" She screamed as she ground her knuckles into his temples. The others around her cheered as they screamed something about a torture technique.

"Everyone here is acting opposite. Do you think this was caused by Edolas?" Happy asked Carla.

"It's possible..." Slate mumbled. "Maybe the Anima had some kind of unforeseen side effect on people."

"Lucy! Stop bullying Natsu!" The blonde growled at the voice before she jumped off of Natsu. "And Jet and Droy, stop being mean to Elfman."

Natsu and Happy went wide eyed at they stared at the source: a girl with short white hair in a blue dress. "Yeah, yeah, Lisanna." 'Lucy' mumbled.

"Lisanna..." Natsu repeated as all his childhood memories of her came back.

"No way..." Happy mumbled as tears filled his eyes.

"Lisanna!" Both screamed in joy, scaring her.

"Get away!" 'Lucy' screamed as she kicked them away. "Since when have you started acting like a beast?"

"Lisanna... she's right there..." Natsu mumbled in joy.

"Where else would she be!?" The blonde asked.

"Why is Lisanna here?" Happy asked.

As 'Gray' dragged Natsu to another table, Nicholas stood up from under the first table and walked over to Brianna, in a suit in a corner and sat with his back to her. "Just cause you brought Natsu back here doesn't mean you can stay." She told him. "But I'll be nice today and won't tell anyone else if you leave now."

"Where else would I go?" He asked, confused by the response.

"Go back to that little cave, and never come here again." She said, her mug shaking in anger. "And take that fake scar off your face."

"Fake?" Nicholas repeated.

"It seems we were wrong." Carla said, confusing Wendy and the other cats. "Nit everything has been reversed. Look." She point towards the bar and found Mirajane waving at them.

"Mira seems normal." Happy said.

"I was referring to THAT." She said pointing to an older bluenette.

"Hey, Wendy. That little girl looks just like you." 'Warren' said.

"Ya think so?" The busty bluenette asked.

"Are you saying that's me?!" Wendy asked.

"We need to leave at once." Carla said. "These people, they aren't our missing friends. They're different people. They've lived in Edolas their whole lives."

"That's not as crazy as it sounds." Slate added. "This is basically a parallel world with its own laws and culture, odds are that another version of Fairy Tail has to exist somewhere."

"Then where is everyone we know?" Natsu asked.

"What are you going on about?" E. Lucy asked, grabbing his arm.

"You expect me to know this?" Carla asked. "If I knew that, we wouldn't be here. Regardless, we shouldn't be here any longer." She grabbed Happy by his paw and lead him to the door. "Let's go."

"So, where are we going now?" Slate asked.

"The royal city." The white cat explained. "There must be some clues about where our friends there." They reached the door and E. Nab stood in their path.

"It's the Fairy Hunter! She's here!" He shouted, scaring the guild and confusing the Earthlanders.

"Where do you think you're going!?" E. Lucy asked as the cats kept running towards the door. "You wanna die!? Don't you dare step out by that door!?"

"How did that monster from the kingdom find us again so quickly?" E. Cana asked, scared.

"This son of a bitch lead her here!" E. Brianna shouted as she threw Nicholas out the door and locked it behind him.

"Let me in!" Nicholas shouted, pounding on the door. "Come on!"

"The kingdom?" Slate asked.

"The ones who created the Anima and sent us to Earthland on our mission." Carla reminded the two males.

"Are we... the enemies of Fairy Tail?" Happy asked.

"Levy, haven't you finished that damned transportation magic yet!?" E. Lucy shouted at the punk lookalike of Levy.

"I'm working on it, so go out and buy us some time!" She shouted back.

"Ha-ha! Just cast the spell before she gets here!" The blonde shouted.

"Open the damn door!" Nicholas shouted.

"Let him in!" Natsu raced over and opened the door, letting Nicholas in.

"Thanks for-" The Earth Dragon Slayer started before he noticed the terrified look on the face of Natsu. He followed the eyes and stared at the same sight, wide eyed. A massive beast flew into view as a single rider stood on top of it. E. Brianna grabbed him and dragged him into a corner before he could move one way or another.

"That thing's a monster..." Carla mumbled.

"Why is the kingdom sending that after Fairy Tail?" Wendy asked as objects started floating into the air.

"Are you that out of the loop?" Her counterpart asked. "The king ordered all guild to be destroyed to protect the limit magic supply. Out of all of them, were the only ones left. I don't know where you think you are, but this is Fairy Tail, and we're a dark guild."

"Ready to transport!" E. Levy shouted. "Here we go!" She pulled some levers and the guild sand into the ground just as the beast charged it. The dust from the impact faded, revealing only burning stone.

"Cowards..." The female rider cursed.

"Seriosuly... these fairies are quick runners." The rider glanced over to a blonde in pink armor walking forward.

"Sugarboy, you came too." The rider said.

"That was close, Fairy Hunter." The blonde told her. "But they no longer have the means for transporting like that. The day of your hunt is coming soon. More importantly, the giant Anima plan was a success. And the king is asking us all to return to the kingdom, even Fale."

"So the other Fairy Tail has been destroyed?" The rider asked.

"More accurately, it was absorbed." Sugarboy corrected. "One has to give point to our king for style."

"And the wizards that were also abosarbed by the Anima?" She asked.

"They're enjoying their stay as part of a giant lacrima." He answered.

"Excelent. Then our supply of magic should be filled for a while." The beast roared as it took off into the air, her riders scarlet hair flowing in it.

Dessert

The plant like base rose out of the ground and stood tall. "What the hell took you so long!?" E. Lucy shouted at the bluenette. "That was way to close for comfort!"

"If you weren't such a cow, we might have moved faster!" E. Levy shouted back.

"Okay, what just happened?" Natsu asked.

"I think the guild moved... along with my stomach." Wendy said in pain.

"How does she always find us?" E. Mirajane asked as she stood up.

"Because the mole is back!" E. Brianna spoke up, catching everyone's attention as she threw Nicholas to the ground, his sunglasses broken. "He lead her here, and I'll prove it!" She grabbed Nicholas' face and tired to pull the scar off as the others watched.

"Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!" Nicholas screamed in pain. "The scar is real! Let go! Let go!"

Brianna looked at him confused as she let go."...Okay, how about this!?" She grabbed his shirt and ripped it off. "See!"

"Why is his mark green?" E. Lucy asked, pointing to his chest. E. Brianna turned and found the mark in the color E. Lucy said it was.

"What the?" She asked even more confused. "Would someone explain what is going on?"

"Yeah, like who was flying that thing!?" Natsu asked.

"Did you hit your head or something, Natsu?" E. Mirajane asked.

"No, he's just an idiot!" E. Reedus shouted.

"That was one of the captions of the Royal Army Magical units." She explained. "Erza Knightwalker, otherwise known as the Fairy Hunter."

Those words shocked the six from earthland harder than any lightning spell."Our enemy is Erza?" Natsu asked in shock.

"We're doomed." Slate said matter of factly. Even among the bounty hunting world, he knew how powerful Titania was.

"But she's not even the worst of them." E. Brianna said as her fists knuckle white in anger. "The worst is him. The one who betrayed us to the kingdom, who killed my family... Nicholas Fale, the Black Fairy." Nicholas took the extra information the hardest. "So tell me... why do you look like him!?"

"It's a long story..." Nicholas said as he rubbed his face as the six gave the Edolas natives the rundown.

"Let me get this straight, you're all from another world called Earthland, and you came here to find your friends?" E. Brianna asked, making Natsu nod. "And that there's a Fairy Tail in your world too, and both Erza AND that bastard are a part of it?"

"Hey!" Nicholas shouted back. "I'm right here!"

"...I know." She said before turning back to Natsu. "You know this sounds crazy, right?"

"That said, this is defenitly not our Natsu." E. Jet said.

"He does look a lot like him." E. Mirajane said, earning a laugh from everyone.

"You mean this girl is the other world's me?" E. Wendy asked, looking at Wendy.

"Hi..." The little girl nervously nodded.

"You sure shrunk, huh Wendy?" E. Nab joked.

"So... could anyone tell us the best way to get to the royal city?" Natsu asked, shocking those around him.

"Your king was the one who pulled our friends inot this world, and now we have to save them." Wendy explained. "If we don't they'll be turned into magic power. If that happens, they'll be gone forever."

"Look, I'm sorry to break this to you, little me, but I think it's best you forget about them." E. Wendy said. "Anyone who defies the king of Edolas is as good as dead, and his army can back up that threat."

"There's only so much magic in this world." E. Elfman spoke up. "And it's only a matter of time before it's gone forever."

"That fear is what caused the king to go crazy and start hoarding it all to himself." E. Gray added before going full Earthland Juvia. "Right, my dear?"

"Yes." She begrudgingly nodded. "That's why he ordered all magical guilds be disbanded. At first, everyone tried to ignore it. But the royal armies magical warfare units started wiping them out, until the only one left was us."

"We got by okay for a while... but then he betrayed us." E. Brianna growled in anger. "The next day, Knightwalker came and slaughtered many of our comrades... including out master."

"We've got our hands full just trying to stay alive." E. Gray continued. "If I were you, I'd stay as far away from the king as possible. Go back to you're world while you still can."

"No way, not happening." Nicholas spoke up, shocking the dark guild. "Fairy Tail is the first place I can call home in seven long years. I'm not gonna let anyone take it from me. And besides, I have a promis to keep."

"He's right." Natsu added. "We came here to save our friends and that's what we're gonna do!" The guild stared at the two men as the guild doors opened and closed quickly.

Royal City

The royal city was a place only the top of the top could live. But all the extravagant houses there were dwarfed the towering Might that was the castle.

Knightwalker walked down the hall alone, still sore after Fairy Tail's escape. "Good to see you back, Knightwalker." The red head glanced over to Nicholas Fale as he stepped forward. True to his nickname, he wore all black. Black boots, black pants with little metal stubs, and a black shirt with the kingdom's emblem on it. On top of that was a grey, fur lined duster and his face was scar free. "I told you my device would work."

"Forgive me for doubting the words of a traitor." She reminded him.

"That's all in the past. I'm on the winning side now." He said, looking over to the lacrima. "Amazing, isn't it? All that power comes from one guild..."

"To be more accurate, it comes from a hundred wizards and an entire city." Sugarboy said as he and Hughes walked over.

"Spare me the details, all that matters is that it's here." Hughes said excited.

"Truer words have never been said." Fale nodded. "Still, it's gonna take a lot of time to turn all of that into magic power."

"Your job was never going to be easy." The four looked to a small man walking over. "Or did you forget that part of the bargain?"

"No, Byro, I haven't." E. Nicholas huffed.

"Good. Now..." He turned over to Knightwalker, who glared at him. "With the device working, you'll be able to find Fairy Tail again in no time. Seems we've saved the name Fairy Hunter."

"We? You didn't do anything." Fale said back. "I built that thing by myself. I tested it over a hundred times, and then I snuck it into the one place those idiots would never look. That's how I got this job as head tech and research."

Byro merely laughed a raspy laugh. "Stop arguing, you two." The five looked up as an armored, bipedal cat walked over. "It's like you're both children."

"There you are, Pantherlily." E. Erza said.

"I'm sick of that pompous aditude you're always carrying around." Fale said. "You think you're so better than the rest of us, well I got news for you; you're not."

"I don't think I'm better than the rest of you." The catman said, glaring at the Black Fairy. "I think I'm better than YOU." He pushed E. Nicholas aside and kept walking forward.

"He's in a foul mood today, isn't he?" Sugarboy asked.

"He's displeased by the recent increase in armorments." E. Erza guessed.

"Why is he upset? I'm the one who has to make them." Fale said. "And that reminds me, do any of you know why we're doing that? The whole world is pretty much under our thumb. So why are we making them?"

"Perhaps it's to do with the pockets of resistance still out there?" Sugarboy suggested.

"We can handle them ourselves." Knightwalker declared.

"Well, if any of you figure it out, let me know." Fake said as he turned towards the hallway he stepped out off. "Making weapons is fine, but I'd like to know why." The others nodded and turned to follow the catman. "Oh, yeah. Erza." The red head turned to the corridor Fale walked down. "When you finally kill Brianna, go ahead and do it quick. We were friends, after all."

Throne Room

"Your magesty!" A shoeless girl shouted as she ran into the small room and stopped at the base of the seat. "Fale has just informed me that we'll be able to extract magic power from the giant lacrima within four days, that's several ahead of schedule. It's was a success."

"Inceficent..." The king mumbled, confusing the girl.

She ran around bit before coming back to the throne. "Could you repeat that one more time?"

"I said it inceficent, Coco." The man on the throne repeated.

"Woth all due respect, your majesty, our calculations suggest the opposite." Coco said, running around. "That lacrima contains the magic power of an entire Earthland city, which should be more than enough to keep our city supplied for ten years."

"I won't be satisfied until my kingdom is freed from restrictions." The king mumbled as he stood up, making Coco stop running. And there's only one way that can happen. We need a source of everlasting magic power!"

Desert

Natsu crept up on a pink frog and jumped, only for the amphibian to hop out of the way. "What is he doing?" Carla asked as he hopped after the frog.

"D'you think it'll be much further to the capital?" Happy asked.

"We just left, and you're already asking me that?" The white cat asked back.

"They said I'd take five days to reach in foot." Wendy reminded them.

"That's just perfect." Carla huffed. "I just wish we could use our wings, then we'd be there in no time. But we don't have a choice other than walking."

"This is ridiculous." Slate mumbled. "Why is our magic on the frits?"

"I don't know..." Carla mumbled.

Natsu lept for the frog again and it jumped onto Nicholas' boot. "Catch it. I've never seen a frog like that before."

"You're not keeping it." The scarred man said, picking it up. A large thud turned him to find a larger version of the frog in his hand behind him. "...I think we found the mom." The large frog raised its foot just as the little one jumped out of the hand. "Run!" Nicholas shouted as they ran away from the giant. "What is with all the giant animals in this place!?"

"I got this!" Natsu turned and tried to punch it, only for the belly fat to rebound and send him flying into the air. The frog monster learched forward to eat him when a whip wrapped around the beast and electrocuted it. The monster turned to E. Lucy sliding along the ground before it was picked up by its tail, spun around and thrown into the desert by E. Brianna, wearing some kind of arm aperatus.

"Scary Lucy!" Happy cheered.

"Thank you, Scary Lucy!" Wendy added.

"Quit adding 'Scary' to my name!" The blonde shouted.

"So, why did you two follow us?" Slate asked, making the blonde turn away.

"It's not like I was worried about you, understand?" She replied as E. Brianna stared at Nicholas.

"Huh, you two are more alike with our versions than you know." He said back.

"What do you think would happen if we had our Lucy meet Scary Lucy?" Happy asked Natsu.

"Yeah, that reaction from the real Lucy would be awesome." Natsu added back before both were met with a spinning back kick before getting locked in an Argentine Backbreaker.

"So why did you follow us?" Slate asked E. Brianna. "I know he wants to ask." He pointed over to Nicholas.

"She wants to make sure you make it out of this desert." She explained, pointing to her Lucy. "I'm just here to keep an eye on you." She pointed to Nicholas. "Oh, and to give you this..."

As you can see, Edo Nicholas and Edo Brianna are vastly different from the original original characters. Why did I do this? Well, when I first though of this story, LOOONG before I found this site, I thought 'what if Suishou's lie was true'? Well, Nicholas would have to be a bastard to do it, and Brianna would probably hate him for it.

As for why he's in charge of weapons and technology... well, he's based off me and I'm an idiot with that stuff, so I'd figured the opposite of me would be good in that stuff. As for Earthland versions acrophobia, I'd just thought it be funny. An Earth Dragon scared to get off the ground.

Also, NiA has made it PERFECTLY clear that he does not give a shit about this story, so I need someone who does to Beta. Let me know if you want the job. Bye.

Beta read by Natsu is Awesome.