Hello everyone! I didn't update last week because I didn't finish the fight in Understanding the Fallen, and I needed to take a step or two back. I have been over working myself. So, until sometime after New Years, this will be the last chapter. Decembers are always busy for me with making presents, buying them, and yeah…stuff like that.
I will shut up for now so you can read the chapter. Just one more thing; I'm not writing what is said between the staff – forgot his name – and team Natsu. It is the same and I would rather type about something a little more interesting.
Enjoy the chapter! :)


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Recap: 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 flies high so he can see his familiar and Fiendfyre up ahead. He dodges the tallest buildings while on his way there. It doesn't take him too long to reach them thanks to his broom being a Firebolt.

When he got there, Harry sees Fawkes holding onto one of the legs and trying to pull it off, same goes for Hihebi with his fangs. They weren't getting anywhere, so they let go and start flaming them. Fawkes breathes fire and Hihebi wraps his body around the legs they were working on. Neither of the legs were coming off.

Harry tries to help by casting Bombarda Maxima. Besides the scorch marks created by the flame attacks, the fire creatures and Harry's attacks hardly did anything to the legs. The leg Harry cast at hardly had even a scratch.

Harry was about to cast again, but just before he did, the leg he is attacking moves quickly – or just faster than Harry expected. The wizard dodged the leg, and cast a Rupes at the cliff face where the leg set itself in front of. The jagged stone slams into the side of the leg, but alas, it only dented the metal.

{Harry, I think we should team up. We might be able to remove one of the legs if all three of us work together,} said Fawkes.

{That's a good idea. Let's work on mine; I managed to make dent,} said Harry. ~Hihebi! Come over here and help us with this one leg!~

He sees both Fawkes and Hihebi come over. They both inspect the damage done to the leg by Harry. They trill/hiss in approval.

~Nicely done, Harry,~ Hihebi praised.

{Alright, here's the plan,} Fawkes says, {Hihebi and I are going to heat up the leg, and then you, Harry, are going to cast Aguamenti.}

"So you want to make it hot then cold, and repeat this process over and over again until the leg is unstable enough to break?" asked Harry. Fawkes nodded his head in reply. "Alright, let's do this!"

Fawkes and Hihebi flame the leg with all their might, and Harry cast Aguamenti at its coldest right after the two fire creatures were done. They repeated this seven times before trying to break it with Harry casting Bombarda, and Fawkes and Hihebi smashing into the leg. Unfortunately it didn't work, so they go back to the hot and cold method.

After doing this for about ten minutes, the phoenix, cursed-fire, and wizard were able to finally break off the leg. The removal of the leg was not enough to stop Nirvana, but it did lose its balance for a split second. It righted itself, but it didn't move forward. Harry wondered why, but he had a feeling that if he turned around he may find the answer.

Harry dreads what he might see, but he turns around nonetheless. Slowly, he turns his broom to look what is in front of Nirvana only to freeze in realization. Standing with as much pride at the little building could is Cait Shelter.

Harry hears Nirvana charging up an attack, so he, Fawkes, and Hihebi get in between the attack and guild. Harry cast Scutum Mortis in preparation; he was not going to allow Brian to destroy Cait Shelter.

Just as Nirvana fired the beam of strong, magical energy, a mostly fixed Christina rams into the side of the structure. The beam hit Harry's shield, but it moved to the side when the bomber slammed into Nirvana, and instead of the attack hitting the guild hall of Cait Shelter it landed on a mountain.

Harry was a little shaky, but he became distracted when he hears Hibiki's voice in his head.

{That was close. Nice job Harry, for blocking the attack. It might have hit its target if you weren't there.}

{It reached Cait Shelter?!} Wendy asked worriedly.

{Yeah,} Harry starts to say, {but with both Hibiki and I we were able to stop the attack from hitting your guild.}

{Good job, Harry and Hibiki,}Erza said.

{Alright everyone listen up!} Hibiki said. {I know how to destroy Nirvana. I'm sure you have all noticed its legs by now. Those legs aren't just for it to move around, they are used to absorb magic energy from the earth as well. In each of those legs is a lacrima crystal. There are a total of six legs and lacrima…} Before Hibiki could say more, Fawkes cuts in.

{More like five legs now. We already destroyed one.}

{That may be true, but the lacrima is still inside Nirvana where the leg was,} Hibiki explained.

{You should have said at the base of the legs then.}

{Anyway…} Hibiki started to say with an eye roll, but he was cut off again, but this time it was from Brian, or rather Zero.

{Hello… I see you are planning on destroying the lacrima crystals that run Nirvana, but there is going to be a slight problem with that. First things first though: my name is Zero, and I'll be waiting in front of one of the crystals for whichever one of one happens to appear.} Zero left after speaking.

{I think we are going to need to choose who goes to destroy these things carefully,} said Harry.

{Not only that, but he is right. This complicates things a bit,} said Hibiki.

{What do you mean?}

{Right now we only have a few mages that are able to fight, but we need more to be at all the crystals at the same time. The only way to destroy the lacrima crystals, are to do so all at once,} Hibiki explained.

{What if I, Jellal, and Wendy go to one each while Harry, Fawkes, and Hihebi go to the other three?} Erza asked.

{That would be good idea, but I need them to keep destroying the legs.} Before he could explain more, Natsu, Lucy, and Gray join in after being knocked out from a blast done by Zero at some point that Harry is unaware of.

{You say we need three more people to destroy the lacrima?} Natsu's voice said through Hibiki's telepathy.

{Wait a minute!} Wendy said in a panic. {My magic's not good for this kind of thing.}

{Don't worry, little missy! I shall take your place in handling the lacrima! MEN!}

Harry and Fawkes felt a sweat drop slide down their heads.

{There is a problem,} said Lucy. {Where are the lacrima crystals?}

{I'm downloading the information about the layout of Nirvana now to all of you,} Hibiki said.

{How are you going to do that…} Harry began to say, but just as he was finishing, he saw a downloading bar above his head. Once if was completed, Harry found that he knew the floor plans of Nirvana like he was the one to make it. {Oh…}

{That's a neat trick,} Fawkes added.

{Alright! I'm taking number one!} Natsu exclaimed gleefully. {I bet you that is where Zero is.}

{You would want him,} said both Harry and Fawkes.

{I'll take two,} said Gray.

{Three is all mine,} said Lucy.

{I'm on my way to four now!} said Ichiya.

{I'll take five, and Jellal can have six,} said Erza.

{You sure that's a safe thing to do?} Gray asked.

{It's the best we got,} Hibiki said. {We need Harry to destroy more of the legs. That is how the lacrima get their power. Without them, the crystals won't be able to absorb magic as quickly.}

{Even without the legs, the lacrima can still take in magic?} Harry asked to double check if he understandings correctly.

{Yes, that's right.}

{Then leave the legs to us. You all get into position, but be careful. Natsu could be wrong with where Zero is.}

{Thanks Harry, that makes me feel so much better,} said Lucy.

{Come on!} said Gray. {We need to get a move on. Whoever gets stuck fighting Zero, beat him to a bloody pulp as quickly as you can, and destroy the lacrima at the same time we do.}

{Now that sounds like a plan!} Fawkes couldn't resist saying.

{Let's do this!} Natsu called out cheerfully.

{Aye!} said everyone in their best Happy impression – for some reason.

TBC


Yeah, I know it's short, but that's all I can do. The next chapter will be longer, and the least one for this arc.
I need to ask something, how is my writing? I don't mean the story, but grammar, past/present tenses, stuff like that. I read books, and they talk in past tense even though it is in the present. I just want to know if how I'm writing it right or not.

P.S. I finished reading 'My Hollow Siblings', so I'll be able to plan out 'Our Shinigami Brother' – as I'm going to be calling it. I already have a few ideas, but I need to refresh myself on the 1,000 years blood war arc. I'm a little rusty on that one. I need the important info.

Natsu: So we'll be waiting for three weeks before you come back? :(

Enj/Dark: Yes you will be.

Natsu: That's not fair! My fight with Zero is in the next chapter! D'X

Voldy: Deal it with. -_- Can I Crucio him?

Zeref: Unless you want to die, go right ahead.

Harry: He will kill you, you know – if you try to cause pain to Natsu.

Enj/Dark: Meaning: no you can't Crucio Natsu.

Voldy: I need to Crucio someone… *hiss*

Harry: Go find one of your Death Eaters then.

Enj/Dark: I'll summon Wormtail outside for you. You can torture him till the next chapter is updated.

Harry: That's…cruel… O_O

Natsu: She much not like him much.

Zeref: No, I'd say she doesn't. *turns to the readers* Please review. :3