A/N: Episode 244.

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: FRIENDS FOREVER

The wind harshly moved around Wendy as she stood up. Carla teared up. "Dragon... Force..." She thinks to herself.

"What the hell is this?!" Ezel exclaimed.

"I can hear the voice of the wind... I sense the pulse of the air... Right now I control... this space!" Wendy thought.

Wendy leaps up into the air at lightning speed. "Gone?!" Ezel said.

Wendy charged forward as she sent a punch towards Ezel. "Stripling!" He shouted as Wendy sped by quickly once more, sending a punch to his back.

The impact caused him to get sent flying, causing an explosion. "Incredible..." Carla praised.

Wendy landed on her feet as Ezel appeared from the rubble.

"Now I'm having fun!" Ezel claimed, charging forward. Carla looked at the countdown, which showed that they had 4 minutes left until Face activated.

"Crumble into nothingness! Five Peerless Swords!" A blue light soon appeared. "Ogre Circle!"

It slashed at the ground as Wendy continued moving at high speed, avoiding the attack. "You're naive! Rosary Circle!" Ezel shouted but Wendy ended up kicking him before she was sent to the ground.

"Wendy... There's no time..." Carla informed.

"I know! I'm going to finish this now!" Wendy said as winds gathered in her hands.

A wind barrier soon surrounded Ezel. "What is this?!" He questioned. "Wind?!"

"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art!" Wendy shouted out. "Shattering Light: Sky Drill!"

A blast of wind headed straight for Ezel. "My Curse blade cuts through everything! Curse Blade! Crescent Moon!" Ezel shouted, slicing through the wind as Wendy was sent flying back.

"Wendy!" Carla called out.

Ezel laughed as his hands turned into blades. "Slashing Mode!" He said. "My Curse Blade will become ever more sharp!"

Face now has 3 minutes until it activated. "Wendy! The time!" Carla exclaimed as Face began to power up.

Ezel laughed as he slashed at Wendy. "I..." Wendy skidded on the ground. "...control... this space!"

Wind began to pick up around Ezel once more. "It's pointless! My Curse Blade can cut through anything..." Ezel said.

"More! Gather more wind!" Wendy told herself as Ezel continued to slash at the wind but it kept getting gathered.

"What?!"

"One gust after another... The wind is clinging to me!" Ezel noticed.

"All I'm asking for is a little bit..." A green glow appeared from Wendy's hand. "Give me a little of the power..."

Ezel slashed at the wind and charged forward. "Wendy!" Carla yelled.

"...like Natsu-san has!" Wendy finished her thought.

She extended her hands forward and caught Ezel's blade as she shattered it, sending Ezel through Face and destroying it in the process.

Wendy's Dragon Force soon deactivated as she looked relieved. "I did it!" She said.

However, that relief was cut short when the countdown continued to go down. "Why...?" Carla questioned.

"Even though Face is destroyed, the countdown isn't stopping!" Carla realized as Wendy collapsed to the ground in exhaustion.

"Huh? My body..." Wendy mumbled.

Smoke soon rose up from the cavern as Face was now at 2 minutes.

"Huh? It's not supposed to be like this..." Wendy muttered, a bright white light appearing from the cavern.

Natsu was still facing off against Franmalth, who cackled. "He absorbed Natsu's Lightning Flame Dragon's Roar?!" Lucy exclaimed in shock.

"What the heck is he?!" Happy wondered.

"No matter what kind of attack you hit me with, I'll absorb the soul of the magic!" Franmalth said.

"Then I'll kick your ass with more power than you can absorb!" Natsu claimed.

"Interesting! How much is that Magic soul worth? How much?" Franmalth asked.

"I don't remember Hades being anything like this." Lucy commented.

"He was our enemy, but this really tarnishes his image." Happy added.

The Cube suddenly shook. "What's this?!" Zack questioned, sending Lucy, Akame, Hana, Chii, Jim, and Happy against the wall.

"It seems you're too late. The age of Magic has come to an end." Franmalth claimed.

Wendy was sobbing. "I'm sorry..." She apologized.

The shaking also gained the attention of the others. "What's causing these tremors?!" Makarov wondered.

"What is this?!" Lucy questioned.

"It's in response to Face!" Franmalth replied.

"Dammit!" Natsu cursed.

"You probably have about three more minutes. Then Magic will disappear from the entire continent!" Franmalth informed.

"In three minutes?!" Lucy quoted.

"Magic is going to disappear?!" Happy exclaimed.

"How much is the worth of a wizard without Magic? How much?" Franmalth asked.

Seilah threw her books at Mira. "This is a true demon..." Mira said to herself.

Lisanna was watching the battle from afar. "She and Mira-nee are evenly-matched?!" She questioned as Lummy latched onto her back.

"I'm your opponent!" Lummy laughed weirdly.

"What's with this one?!" Lisanna wondered.

"A cute face and cat ears! Who are you, the belle of the ball?!" Lummy questioned.

"Huh?"

Ezekiel continued slashing at Kyoka as Ezekiel felt the tremble. "Has it begun?" Kyoka asked herself.

"Say goodbye, humans..."

"Porlyusica and the others are under attack?!" Makarov said.

"Don't let them gain ground!"

"Protect Laxus and the others!"

"Understood. You guys take care of this. But don't forget to also look for the guy who has anti-magic particles. I'm going back to help them!" Makarov informed as he rushed off.

"There are more of the enemy than I thought! If Face goes off now, we won't have a chance at winning!" Makarov noted.

"Wendy..." Lucy thinks to herself with worry.

Ezel was knocked out. "I wasn't in time. I'm sorry... I'm sorry!" Wendy kept apologizing.

Carla carefully stood up. "There is still a way... to stop it." She informed as an image of her future self appeared in her mind. "Right now, Face is absorbing a vast amount of Ethernanos. If that energy can be converted to another kind, and a self-destruction Magic ring can be activated, Face should blow up."

"Where did you learn that?" Wendy asked.

"The future... My clairvoyance... The vision of a future in which Face didn't go off... No, more accurately, I searched for it. From the various possible futures, I tracked down a future in which Face didn't go off." Carla explained.

"Amazing..." Wendy praised.

Carla stopped in front of Face. "Certainly, my future self set the Magic ring in motion like this..." She said.

"Carla, you really are incredible..." Wendy spoke in awe.

"I enter the characters like this..." Carla began pressing a few buttons before she closed her eyes. "I'm ready to transform the energy."

"Then we can..."

"It stops there. The rest of that future is a blank. There's nothing..." Carla said.

"What does that mean?" Wendy questioned.

Carla looks at her. "Don't get the wrong idea. Face gets stopped. If I touch these characters..."

"Then..."

"If I touch it, Face will self-destruct. In other words... we'll go up with it." Carla said as Face was at 2 minutes.

"I do believe... we'd be able to live without Magic. Like Edolas, remember?" Carla reminded.

Wendy struggled as she sat up. "We can't... Not while everyone is in the middle of battle... If Magic suddenly disappeared now..."

"You're right. Wendy. I can't estimate... or foresee... the blast radius. Get as far away from here as possible. I'll do this." Carla said.

"What are you talking about, Carla?! Forget it!" Wendy protested. She tried rushing forward but collapsed once more.

"Please! Live! Wendy..." Carla said.

"No! I won't leave you alone, Carla!" Wendy argued.

"Get out of here right now! I can't activate this until you do!" Carla shouted.

"No!" Wendy slammed her fist on the ground. "We've always been together!"

Wendy began crawling towards Carla as 1 minute was left until Face's activation.

"Always..."

Carla turned around. "Wendy..." She mumbled, tears streaming down her face. "I don't even have enough power left to fly. I can't escape..."

"I know. I can't move, either... I can't... get far, anyway..." Wendy continued moving until she wrapped her arms around Carla. "I'm not going anywhere... This is where our adventure ends... But it was fun. Because we were always together, Carla..."

"Yeah..."

A white beam shot up from the cavern and into the air.

"I just have to touch this, right?" Wendy asked.

"Yeah." Carla replied.

"Let's do it together."

"Just as we've always been together."

A younger Wendy was sobbing. "Are you crying again?!" A younger Carla scolded.

"I can't help it!"

"Sheesh!"

"Okay, I won't cry anymore, but will you be my friend?" Wendy asked.

"Friend?" Carla repeated in confusion.

"A 'friend' is, um... I don't know!" Wendy smiled.

"What the heck is that?!"

Wendy smiled sadly.

"Then we're friends!"

"Yeah!"

"Yay! This is for forever! We'll be together forever!"

All of Wendy and Carla's moments in Cait Shelter soon appeared before she came face to face with the rest of the Allied Forces.

"U-Um... I'm Wendy Marvell from Cait Shelter. N-Nice to meet you." Wendy greeted.

"Wendy?" Natsu repeated.

"You know this girl?" Gray asked.

"Cait Shelter... I've never heard of that guild." Lucy claimed.

"But I sense extraordinary magic." Erza pointed out.

Happy had hearts in his eyes. "Carla! You came with?" Wendy questioned.

"Of course. You could never make it on your own. Besides, you said we'd always be together, remember?" Carla reminded, making Wendy smile.

The time when Cait Shelter disappeared and Wendy and Carla joined Fairy Tail showed up.

"Let's be friends again next time." Wendy said.

"That goes without saying." Carla responded.

The two soon pressed the self-destruct button together before it exploded in a ball of light.

Doranbolt soon teleported away, carrying an unconscious Wendy and Carla.

"Made it in time!" Doranbolt sighed. "Reckless runts... I never imagined they'd destroy Face. These little heroes..."

A/N: Another chapter is completed!

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~ Kaleb.