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The moment Wendy, Happy, and Fawkes appeared in the cave they are now in, it didn't take long for Brain to follow. When he showed up he knocked Fawkes out, now knowing that he's a phoenix. He didn't want the bird to teleport the Sky Maiden away, and he could use the bird to lure the snake speaker to his lair.
When Brain knocked Fawkes out, Wendy picked him up and held him close along with Happy. Fawkes tried to protect her from Brain, but he moved too quickly for the phoenix; which was another reason he was out cold. Fawkes tried to attack the leader of the Oracion Seis, only to fail somehow.
"Why do we need this girl again, Brain?" Wendy was snapped back to the present by the Oracion Seis, Racer.
"We need her to heal him. She is the only one with the power to do so," Brain said.
"Okay, but what about the bird and cat?" Cobra asked.
"They were taken by mistake, but the phoenix belongs to the snake speaker; therefore, with it here the wizard will come to get him. When he does, we'll capture him," replied Brain.
"Why did you call him wizard?" Angel asked.
"The young man is one of the wizards of old, before the time of mages," said Brain. "His kind has not been seen for 500 years. Not much is known about his branch of magic anymore, so I would like to learn as much as I can from him."
This scared Wendy. She needs to make sure that she got out of there with Happy and Fawkes so Harry doesn't come here and get caught. Now how was she going to do that with all the Oracion Seis here?
"Hey girl." Wendy squeaked when all of a sudden Cobra was standing right in front of her and spoke. She looked up at him while tightening her hold on the two animals. She can feel Happy shaking, but he tries to be brave by glaring at Cobra. "Don't even think about escaping. You wouldn't be able to get very far," said Cobra.
Wendy could do nothing but nod her head. She knows she won't be able to run, not with Cobra's great hearing and Racer's speed.
"Racer," Wendy's attention returned to Brain when he spoke again, "go get him and bring him back here so he may be healed."
"Right, sir," Racer said before taking off to go get whoever it was Brain wants her to heal.
"Wendy doesn't have to heal anyone for you if she doesn't want to!" Happy cried out, trying to sound brave; alas, even a deft person could hear the fear dripping from his voice.
"Happy's right!" said Wendy, just as scared. "What makes you think I'll help you?"
Brain smirked like their words amused him. "Oh you'll heal him. You will want to once you see who it is," he chuckled darkly, scaring her and Happy a little bit more. Wendy looks down at Fawkes and prays that he wakes soon.
"You're sure you don't want to go with the others, Harry?" Lucy asked again. When she first asked it was a few minutes after everyone left to go and rescue Fawkes, Happy, and Wendy. "I thought you would want to go and save your familiar."
"Fawkes is fine," said Harry, but this time he adds, "If he was forced into a burning day then he would have still been able to talk with me; albeit, slightly. Since he didn't have a burning day and is just knocked out then he'll be able to wake up and find me. Once he does that he'll bring me to where Wendy and Happy are."
"Sounds reasonable," Hibiki, who is hovering over his archive magic computer, said. "Why aren't you with them, Lucy?"
"I couldn't leave Erza alone," she answered.
Harry nodded his head in agreement. "That is another reason. When Fawkes finds me here he'll be able to also heal her right then and there."
Lucy turned to face him. "You sure his tears will be enough to cure her?"
"I'm sure," he said. "After all, I was bit by a basilisk. Fawkes said that their venom is very deadly; could eat away at anything. Cubellios is a smaller, magical snake. I think even in these times a basilisk is still considered the king of serpents."
As one, Lucy and Harry turned to Hibiki. "Why didn't you go with them?"
"I wasn't about to leave two girls with just one guy to protect them now was I?" Hibiki said, and then turned to Harry. "I have heard that you're strong, Harry, but I'm sure you would have felt safer with help."
"Thanks, it does help," said Harry as he nods his head in thanks.
"I wish I was as strong as you, Harry," Lucy said.
"You're strong, Lucy." Harry knew he couldn't say more than that, because he couldn't bring up Lucy's winter dragon slayer magic. He did promise to keep it secret. He wonders when she'll tell the others.
"Thanks Harry," Lucy said with a grateful smile.
Harry nodded in welcome before turning to Hibiki. "Where are they now?"
"Everyone has reached the center of the forest," Hibiki replied. "I'm trying to get all the information about this place to help find Wendy, Happy, and Fawkes. So far I can't pinpoint them."
"Maybe there is something blocking your view. Are there caves?"
"There are plenty of caves. They could be in one of them." Hibiki stopped typing away at his magical computer with his eyes wide. "Oh…"
"What is it?" Harry and Lucy asked.
"There are a lot of Dark guilds that just surrounded all of our allies," Hibiki replied. "They must be the lower guilds that work under the Oracion Seis."
"Sounds like it," Harry agrees. "I'm sure everyone will be fine. Gray and Natsu are on a team. They may not get along normally, but when it comes to this kind of thing just start saying your prayers."
"Oh, I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about Ichiya. He's by himself," Hibiki admitted.
Harry couldn't help but feel a little sheepish. With a nervous laugh, he realized that he could have gone with Ichiya and helped him, but he didn't, so the man is most likely going to get the butt whooping of his life. "Oops…"
"Why did you just say that, Harry?" Lucy asked. Harry explained what passed by his mind not long ago.
"Don't worry about it, Harry. Ichiya is a bit of an idiot," Harry and Lucy were surprised that Hibiki just called his own boss an idiot, "and you know what they say about idiots, right? They are impossible to kill."
"That's true…but don't let Ichiya hear you say that," said Harry.
Hibiki looks to Harry in mock horror. "I would never!" All three of them laugh for a brief moment. It was only brief, because Erza groaned in pain again.
"Please hurry, guys," Lucy said softly to those that have gone to search for their friends.
Fawkes woke to the sound of something heavy being placed on the cave floor. He cracked an eye open to see what it was and saw that it was a coffin in the shape of a cross. He knows that's what it is, because he can feel a small bit of life force coming from inside it.
Fawkes closed his eye so as to not be knocked out again, but he shifted to let Wendy know that he is awake; however, he waited to do that when the voices started up, that way Cobra doesn't hear her thoughts.
{Harry, are you there?} Fawkes asked at the same time Brain started to talk to Wendy about healing the person inside the coffin.
{Yeah, I'm here, Fawkes. Are you okay?} Harry asked.
{I'm fine, sorry if I pause though. I… am waiting for others to talk so Cobra doesn't take notice.} As Fawkes explained this he had to pause in the middle. Cobra almost caught him.
{I understand,} said Harry. {Where are you?}
{I'm inside some cave. I hear a waterfall just outside though. That might be helpful.}
{Well…} Harry was stopped by Fawkes shushing him. There was no talking for a moment. Fawkes cracked an eye open again to see what is going on, and saw that the coffin is open. Inside the coffin was someone he didn't think he would see unless it was the Edo one. There was no mistaking that blue hair and tattooed face; it was Jellal.
{Oh, you have got to be kidding…} Fawkes said, but quickly faked still being asleep so his thought would be mistaken for something that was happing in a dream. Talking started up again, which was a relief because Harry spoke again.
{What happened?}
{They have Jellal, and I'm not talking about Mystogan.}
{I thought he was dead?}
{I did too, but he is close to death. His life force is quite small.}
{What is being said?}
Fawkes listens to the topic about Jellal, and does not like what he is hearing. {They want Wendy to revive him so he can help them find Nirvana,} he reported.
{Wendy wouldn't do it though, would she?} Harry asked.
{I think she would. She seems to know Jellal, but it could be the Edo one she is friends with. I don't see this Jellal being friends with her.}
{That's not good… You need to get me over there so I can stop her. Can you come over to where I am so you can heal Erza and then teleport me to where you are now?}
Fawkes had to wait a moment before answering. {Yeah, I can do that. Just give me a moment.} Fawkes turns to Wendy to get her attention. He pats his wing with the Fairy Tail guild mark on it and makes a lightning bolt shape in the air above his forehead. This should be enough to tell her that he is talking about Harry.
He points to the exit of the cave and points his claws down. He doesn't know if she understands this, but he knows for a fact that she will once he returns with Harry. He makes a shushing motion with his talons and then gets up to walk around and pass the Oracion Seis. He was just at the exit when Cobra heard him knock a rock out of the way by accident.
"Hey bird, where do you think you're going?" Cobra questioned and reached out for him, but Fawkes teleports the rest of the way outside and into the air. The members of the Oracion Seis try to get him back, but he was too high up for them.
{Harry, I need you to send up red sparks so I can come to you.} Fawkes said.
{Okay, sending up sparks now.} Fawkes looks around and sees a little glowing spot fly up into the sky.
{I see you. I'll be right there,} he said, and then took off at full speed toward Harry after taking in the details of his surroundings.
It took him about ten minutes to get there and find Harry, but when he asked Harry to send up sparks again, he finds that Harry was to the left of him. He lands right next to Erza, startling Lucy who let out a squeak at his sudden appearance.
"Fawkes!" Lucy called out in relief, happy to see him, because now Erza will be okay, and then they will be able to start helping to take down the Oracion Seis.
Fawkes nods in greeting, and then turns to Harry. {I'll teleport you to where I was and where Wendy and Happy still are.}
Harry nodded his head. "Thank you, Fawkes. Quickly now, I don't know how much longer Erza is going to last."
Fawkes nods his head again, and leans down to be right above the puncture wounds that were created by Cubellios' fangs. He starts to cry, feeling his tears roll down his beak and sees them land right into the snake bite. The wounds heal up, and Harry, Lucy, and Hibiki see that the purple coloring from the poison starts to fade away. Fawkes waits till the poison is gone before flapping his wings and land on Harry's shoulder.
"Okay guys, keep an eye on Erza. Fawkes is going to take me to Wendy and Happy," Harry told the other two mages.
"We will, Harry. Just be careful," Lucy said, and Hibiki nods in agreement.
Harry thanks them just before Fawkes teleported away to go back to the cave next to the waterfall that is deep within the forest. When they appeared again close to the entrance of the cave, Natsu almost crashes into them.
"What the… Oh, it's you, Harry. Don't scare me like that," Natsu said with a scowl.
"Sorry about that, Natsu. By the way, you don't have to worry about Erza anymore, Fawkes healed her before bring me here," said Harry.
"That's great! Now let's beat these guys!" They were about to enter the cave when an explosion from within stopped them.
TBC
I just remembered that I forget to place the info for as to why Lucy keeps her dragon slayer powers hidden. I was going to have that bit of info mentioned for when Lucy met with her dad after the Phantom Lord arc. I'm going to have to put the info somewhere else. If only I could remember what the explanation was again. ^-^' I think it had something to do with Lucy's mom telling her to not let her father know…I can't remember the "why" though. I think I have the info written somewhere…?
Harry: Darn, we're too late.
Natsu: Don't worry so much, Harry.
Harry: Why shouldn't I?
Zeref: I think you shouldn't tell him. Everyone may already know, but I think it will be funny for when he finds outs.
Enj/Dark: I agree. :)
Voldy: *glares death at me*
Enj/Dark: You're still mad about the skeleton thing, aren't you? -_-
Harry: Well, it was last week, and this guy knows how to hold a grudge.
Zeref: Tell me about it. He hates you for killing him when you here only still a baby.
Natsu: He's hated him for that long?! D: I don't think I have ever seen anyone hold a grudge for that long!
Enj/Dark: Me neither. Harry, it's your turn.
Harry: Please review!
