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"Harry!" Harry looked up from his sitting position when he heard his name called. He turned to see who it is only to spot a young girl with long, blue hair, and a white cat with wings.
"Wendy, are you alright? You didn't get hurt in a fight, did you?" he asked in concern.
Wendy stops right in front of him and shakes her head. "No, I'm alright. I didn't get into any fights at all."
Harry breathes out a sigh of relief, "That's good. I'm glad to see you're alright."
"Hello Erza, Fawkes, and Jellal," Wendy turned to greet the other three.
They greeted back, but Jellal adds, "Did we know each other?"
Wendy looks sad to hear this from the blue-haired man, but Harry says, "He has lost his memories, Wendy. It may take him some time before he remembers everything."
Erza nods her head in agreement. "Harry is right. Even he still has yet to remember everything from his past," she said.
"I…" They return their focus back onto Jellal. "I…didn't hurt you…did I?" he asked.
"Huh?" Wendy said in surprise, but then waves her arms in front of her. "No, no! You saved me actually. When I was lost and looking for my mother, you came into my life and stayed with me and let me go with you. I couldn't stay for long, because you had to do something that was too dangerous for me, so you found a guild that would take me in. I have been grateful to you ever since," she explained.
Jellal and Erza both look on in surprise at these words. Jellal thought he was always a monster, and Erza wonders if this was before Jellal was taken to the tower. She has her doubts though.
Harry appeared to be thinking. He had thought of it before, but now he is really thinking that it is true that the Jellal Wendy met was the one from Edo. Harry was about to open his mouth and say his belief, but Jellal beats him to getting words out.
"I'm glad there was one person that I helped," Jellal said softly, making Harry click his teeth together. How was he to tell Wendy that this is not the same Jellal, when the man is taking comfort in the thought that he wasn't a complete monster?
{That's the thing…you can't,} said Fawkes bluntly.
{I guess his memories with tell him eventually. Wendy might find out on her own, but I might tell her after this whole thing with Nirvana is over,} said Harry.
{Harry, can you hear me?} Harry jumped at the sound of a voice that didn't belong to Fawkes in his head. His friends and ex-enemy ask if he's okay. He reassures them, only to ignore them afterward so he can find out who is talking to him.
{Who…} he started to question, but the voice continued.
{It is me, Hibiki. Listen, I need you to slow down Nirvana until I get there,} Hibiki said.
{How would I do that?}
{Can't Fawkes turn into flame form and change his size?}
Harry knows that Hibiki has a point there, but how did he know that? Harry voices his question.
{My archive magic allows me to know about everyone in all guilds. It says that Fawkes has a flame form and can change his size at will. It also says that you went training for a month before coming on this mission, but it doesn't say what you can do. All it says is that you left with Natsu to learn how to control something called Fiendfyre.}
Harry nodded his head in understanding, but stopped when he remembered that Hibiki can't see him. {Alright, I'll help Fawkes slow this thing down. Do you know where it is heading?}
{If I'm right, it is heading toward Cait Shelter.}
{That's Wendy's guild!} Harry said in concern. 'Why would Brain have Nirvana go that way?' he questioned. {Thanks for telling me this, Hibiki. We'll wait for you.}
{Thank you, Harry.} Hibiki went silent after that.
Harry turned to his group and gave them the run down as to what he is about to do. "I'm going to cast Fiendfyre to slow Nirvana down until Hibiki gets here," he said.
Erza nods her head, but her eyes show that she is wondering what Fiendfyre is. She's about to find out, Harry thought. He lifts his wand up, pointing away from all of them and cast the cursed-fire. A giant flame in the shape of a cobra appears, destroying and melting the buildings around it.
Harry says, ~I need you to help Fawkes in slowing this thing down. Think you can handle it?~ The cobra looks around at Nirvana before returning to Harry.
~It won't be easy, but with me and the fire chicken, we should be able to slow it down considerably,~ the Fiendfyre said back in a voice that sounds both of a hiss and crackling from sticks snapping at the heat of a camp fire.
Harry nods his head in thanks, and then faces Fawkes and tells him what to do. Fawkes takes to the sky and ignites his body in orange-red flames. Once his feathers have been replaced by the fire, Fawkes changes his size to match that of the snake's – which is about half the size of Nirvana itself. The two take off for the front of the moving, giant piece of magic.
"Natsu!" The pink-haired dragon slayer tried to look up at the sound of his name, but couldn't due to his sickness. He felt Brain stop a little bit ago, but didn't really take notice of it, and really didn't see Brain clutching his head as if he was in pain.
Out of the corner of Natsu's eyes he saw that the one to call his name was Happy, who is followed closely by Gray and Lucy. He could have sworn that he heard Gray say something about him being kidnapped at some point for his powers, but Natsu wasn't really sure since he is too busy trying to hold in his food from earlier.
All of a sudden, Natsu felt worse than before thanks to the ground shaking and moving more. 'What now? Is that heat I'm feeling?' Natsu used whatever strength he had to see what is going on and saw a glow from a huge fire heading their way. Not a second later, a fire in the shape of a cobra slithered through, destroying everything in its path.
Brain lets go of Natsu when the snake came to pass by – he had to dodge all the rubble from the buildings. He wanted to go back and get Natsu again, but with the snake being so close he couldn't without risk of dying from the heat. So he left, feeling the presence of Zero poking his head out.
"What is that thing?!" Gray exclaimed at the sight of the giant fire snake. He has never seen anything like it.
"I have no idea!" Lucy said, but then the two notice that Happy was not all that surprised to see this snake.
"Why aren't you worried?!" Lucy and Gray shouted at Happy.
"Don't worry, the snake won't hurt us. It's friends with Harry after all," Happy explained cheerfully.
"Harry summoned that?" Gray asked in shock. "He must have gotten powerful over that month to be able to control something like that."
Happy nodded. "Yup, but he's not really controlling it. Harry befriended the snake. It was the only way to truly get it to help him."
"Leave it to Harry; he's starting to sound like Natsu," Lucy said with a bead of sweat rolling down the side of her face, and it wasn't due to the temperature radiating from the flames.
"Well the two are like brothers, what did you expect?" Gray asked, no longer blocking his eyes from the light and heat coming from the fire snake that is no longer there. The tip of its tail vanished behind a building that is partially melted when Gray was half way through speaking.
Happy flew toward where the Fiendfyre came from. He hovered there for just a moment before turning back to the others. "Hey guys, Harry, Erza, Wendy, Carla, and Jellal are all over here!" he called out to Gray, Lucy, and Natsu.
Gray grabbed Natsu, and he and Lucy made their way over some of the rubble that the snake has created. There, not that far away from where they were, are Harry and his group.
Harry waves a hand to them. "Hey guy!" he said.
"Hey Harry. I see you are okay," said Gray while dragging Natsu over to them. "Did you get into any fights?"
Harry shot Gray a grin. "Yeah I did, and I won too!" he said, still feeling prideful.
"That's great, Harry!" Lucy said cheerfully with a clap of her hands.
"Who did you fight?" Gray asked.
"I fought Midnight," Harry answered, earning him a pat on the back by a grinning ice mage.
"Natsu!" Wendy called out in worry when she spotted just how sick Natsu looks.
Harry turned to Wendy before saying, "Don't worry too much, Wendy. Natsu just suffers from motion sickness."
"Oh," Wendy says, "I know just the spell that can help with that." She bends down to Natsu's level on the ground and sets her hands right above his chest. "It's a spell called: Troia. It helps when someone is feeling nauseous." She cast the spell while explaining. Shortly afterward, Natsu gets up.
"How are you feeling?" Harry asked him.
Natsu answers with a grin, "I'm feeling great!" He turns to Wendy. "Hey, thanks for that. With that spell, I can be on something moving and still fight!" He laughs at this realization, but stops to when he spots Jellal standing close to Erza. Harry notices this, and is about to get up to stop him, but Natsu is faster. He sprang up to his feet and grabbed hold of Jellal before Harry even got to his knee.
"What are you doing here?" Natsu growled out demandingly.
"Natsu…" Harry said in warning. He understands why Natsu is furious at seeing Jellal here, but he needs to realize that the blue-haired man is not the enemy here. "He doesn't even remember what he's done."
"Then I'll just jog that memory right back in him." Natsu's hand tightens its hold on Jellal's stolen jacket.
Jellal looks down with shame coloring his eyes. "I may not remember, but Erza told me all the sins I have committed in the past. I am sorry for what I put you through," he said, but Natsu's eyes widen in his anger, giving them a wild look to them. The pink-haired, young man throws back his fist and lets it fly right into Jellal's face.
"It's not me you should be apologizing to! You should be sorry for making Erza CRY!" Natsu shouted in rage.
Harry felt himself lift a hand to his face and rest it on his eyes. 'That's why he's mad at him?'
Harry seems to not be the only one thinking this. "Natsu, Jellal has already apologized for all the crimes his did. To make up for it, he has agreed to help us in this mission," said Erza.
"Yes Natsu, Jellal is not the enemy right now. Between you and I, I am the one who should be mad at him, but I'm not," said Harry. "I don't believe I forgave him, but I to think there will be a time I do."
Harry and the others watch as Natsu slowly releases his hold on Jellal, whose head is still bowed, not being able to meet anyone's eyes due to his guilt.
Harry nods his head in thanks to Natsu, and then says, "We need to split up and find Brain. I'll stay with Fawkes and Jigoku no hi Hebi – Hihebi for short – to slow this thing down. You guys should team up and search.
"Hihebi?" Lucy asked.
"He is the fire snake," Harry explained.
"Alright," Erza takes over, "I, Jellal, Wendy, and Carla will be a team, and Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy will be the other. My team will go this way, and yours' will go that way." She pointed to her right, slightly upward for where her team will be going, and pointed again back the way Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy came from. None of them complain, but that is because that is where Brain was last seen.
Harry brings his broom back out. "I'll probably see you guys when this thing is over," he said to them, but then thinks, 'If we're not able to stop Nirvana from reaching Cait Shelter, Fawkes, Hihebi, and I won't allow it to destroy the guild. We'll protect it while my friends find a way to stop Brain, or even shut down the magic of Nirvana.'
Harry hopped on his broom, and is already making his way toward his familiar. Natsu and his team leave to head back to where Brain was before Hihebi showed up and saved Natsu from being fully kidnapped. When they passed the rubble of some buildings, they find Brain's magic staff, but it was standing up on its own.
TBC
I gave Harry's Fiendfyre a Japanese name, because I felt like you would find a fire snake in their myths. Not only that, but I have been watching Bleach again with my mom.
Jigoku no hi hebi means: snake of Hell's fire.
Hihebi means: fire snake.
This chapter has been derailed from the manga/anime as I'm sure you've noticed. The timeline is slightly off, but that's fine. I was going to do that soon anyway.
I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, because I'm not going to have an update next week. I need to edit my book some, so I'm fixing that while it is quiet in my house.
Zeref: Not surprising you gave the snake a Japanese name. After all, Fairy Tail is an anime, which means it's from Japan.
Harry: I'm glad you shortened the name. His real one is long.
Natsu: You made the Fiendfyre an OC?
Enj/Dark: Kind of had to since I had Harry befriend it. I felt that Fiendfyre was sentient and that was why no one was able to really control the flames.
Voldy: I can see where you're coming from, but I was able to control it.
Enj/Dark: I don't know if you even cast it before. I'm remembering in the movies you did, but not the books. Though, I only did read the first one. I got the second one not long ago, but I need to reread the first and finish Five Nights at Freddy's: Silver Eyes. The wiki didn't say if you cast it or not.
Harry: It didn't?
Enj/Dark: No, I looked Fiendfyre up before writing anything about it in the story.
Zeref: Maybe they forgot it?
Harry: It's possible, or he didn't cast it in the books.
Enj/Dark: Natsu, it's your turn.
Natsu: Please review! XD
