"WAH!" Cynthia jumped from the sound of a body hitting the ground nearby. "What was that?!" She asked, looking around.

"I…I don't know!" Wendy replied, keeping her guard up.

"It came from over there…" Carla said, flying over in the direction from which the sound came from. The young girls followed the Exceed, stopping at the base of a hill. Aira was wincing in pain at the bottom of the hill, mumbling something under her breath.

"W-Who's that?!" Cynthia shouted, walking over to Aira and shook her slightly. "Hey…hey, are you okay!?"

"Ugh…Selene…" Aira groaned softly, unable to move.

"Wait!" Wendy placed her hands over Aira's body, a sea green light emitting from her hands. Aira's injuries healed, and the girl sat up, rubbing her head.

"W-Who are you!?" Aira jumped up, panting slightly.

"W-We're from Fairy Tail…!" Wendy replied, taking a step back in case Aira attacked.

"Fairy Tail…?" Aira lowered her guard just slightly as she looked at Cynthia, Wendy, and then Carla. "AH! SELENE!" Aira looked up at the hill she was tossed down.

"Selene…?" Cynthia tilted her head slowly.

"She's fighting up there and she needs my help!" Aira attempted to climb the hill, but she found that it was too steep to climb.

"Carla, can you fly us up there?" Wendy asked hopefully.

"Too many trees, we have to find another way around," Carla replied.

"Come on!" Aira didn't care who she was with, she just knew Selene's opponent was powerful, and that she probably needed help.

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Veronica's poison did make contact with Selene; however, Selene's diamond shield was just enough to prevent any poison from happening. Selene looked up at her opponent with a smirk before rushing at her once again, throwing well-coordinated punches at kicks, their power increased due to the diamonds around her body. Veronica took the brunt of the punches before using her telekinesis to push the mage away. Selene planted her hands into the ground to stop her momentum, smirking as a gray magic circle appeared under Veronica. "Radiant Prison." A diamond structure shot up from the magic circle almost immediately after Selene spoke those words. She smirked as she saw Veronica struggling from the diamonds, crawling up her legs.

"Force Push!" Veronica pointed her hands down, an extreme force pushing the diamonds down into the ground, giving her enough time to step out unharmed. "That was close…" After she spoke, Selene landed a harsh haymaker to Veronica's jaw, causing Veronica to fly into a tree.

"Ha!" Selene put her hands together, morphing her arms into a large battle-axe. She then jumped into the air, raising the axe high above her head.

"Away from me!" Veronica placed her hand forward, pushing Selene away back into the ground. Veronica then stood up, a purple magic circle appearing under Selene. "Poison Geyser!" A geyser of thick purple poison shot up from below Selene, engulfing the girl as she let out a cry of agony. When the poison cleared, Selene's diamonds had faded, no; they were melted off from the acidic poison, while Selene was lying on the ground on her side, heaving heavily. Selene's diamonds protected her from the poison, but she was clearly heavily damaged.

"Ugh…" Selene attempted to push herself up, but she was having a hard time. "I didn't think I would have to go so far…"

"Sky Dragon's Roar! Omega Fire Dragon's Roar!" A unison raid of a sky blue hurricane and a funnel of orange fire flew forward over Selene's head, striking Veronica, causing the girl to fly back.

"Huh?" Selene winced as she looked forward, spotting Aira, Wendy, Cynthia, and Carla. "Aira?"

"Selene, are you okay!?" Aira knelt down to Selene, placing her hands over her.

"I'm fine…" Selene groaned softly, attempting to stand.

"You brats!" Veronica used a telekinetic barrier to shield herself from the unison roar, panting slightly due to the amount of magic energy she had to use to bring it up. She then noticed Wendy and scowled. "Oh, it's you!"

"Ah!" Wendy backed away slightly, remembering how she ended up poisoned the last time.

"I'll take her!" Cynthia said, standing in front of Wendy. "You two get that girl to safety, then come back.

"Sonic Boom!" Aira sent out a small burst of wind at Veronica, the attack too sudden to block, causing Veronica to slide back as she experienced sharp pain. She used this time to pick up Selene and quickly run off with Wendy.

"That little…" Veronica rubbed her abdomen where the attack connected, glaring at Cynthia. "So, you wanna be next, huh?" Cynthia didn't respond. While Veronica was talking, Cynthia landed a flaming fist to Veronica's jaw, causing the blonde-haired woman to stumble back. "You!" Veronica engulfed her hands in poison, throwing a fist at Cynthia.

"Wah!" Cynthia smelled the poison, and she remembers how deadly it was. She extended her red flames to block the poison from attacking her person. She ducked, shifting her body weight into her fist and landed a flaming uppercut to Veronica's chin, causing Veronica to stumble back yet again, her anger growing.

"Ugh, you brat!" Veronica scowled, pointing her hands forward as she Force Pushed Cynthia down into the ground, picking her up and tossed her aside. "I'll get rid of you first, then make you watch as your little bluenette friend suffers from poison!" Veronica smirked, nodding to herself.

"I won't let you hurt Wendy!" Cynthia stood up, snapping her fingers as several magic circles appeared around Veronica.

"What the?!" Veronica had no time to respond as the circle released streams of fire that exploded on contact, creating a large explosion overhead. When the smoke cleared, Veronica covered her body with thick poison to suppress the damage, panting heavily.

"Tch!" Veronica created her own magic circle under Cynthia's feet, smirking. "Poison Geyser."

"WAH!" Cynthia quickly rolled out of the wall just as the poison erupted from the magic circle, placing her hands on the ground, a red magic circle appearing. "Omega Fire Dragon's Line!" A line of fire raced from the magic circle as it raced towards Veronica, splitting through the ground as it did so.

"Not today!" Veronica held her hand out, using her telekinesis once again to create a barrier, taking the force of the attack, grunting. "Tch, she's a strong one…"

Cynthia jumped up, flames extending from her arms as she flew at Veronica. "Omega Fire Dragon's Wing Slash!"

"Psh!" Veronica swiped her hand across the air, using her telekinesis to redirect Cynthia into a tree, causing a smoke cloud.

"Ugh…" Cynthia was dazed from the sudden impact, rubbing her head. Though she had no time to recover as Veronica lifted her up from afar, then repeatedly slammed her into the ground, laughing.

"Oh, this is too fun! Two wizards became my rag doll today!" She then flung Cynthia into another tree. "You Fairy Tail and White Eclipse are both scum, yet so fun to play with!"

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After a few minutes of walking, Aira finally put Selene down, the placed her hands over her. "These injuries are pretty bad…" Aira said, biting her lip from worry.

"She needs treatment now," Carla said, looking around in case anyone followed.

"I'll do it!" Wendy replied, placing her hands over Selene's body as a sea green light emitted as she started to heal Selene's wounds.

"Why…you're from Fairy Tail…you hate us…" Aira said quietly.

"I don't hate you," Wendy replied with a soft tone. "And Cynthia told me she's the one who helped her out when I was poisoned, so I can return the favor in some way, right?"

Aira stayed silent, thinking to herself. "I see…"

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Reve, Taya, Zalen were standing off against Erza in a large clearing in the forest. The White Eclipse mages were smirking, except for Taya. "Well, well…" Reve started, nudging Zalen with his shoulder. "Look what we have here…"

"What are you doing here?" Erza asked in a demanding tone, glaring at Reve, remembering how he shot at her a few weeks ago.

"We're on a mission, of course," Reve replied, his smirk still plastered over his face. "Along with a few other members, of course."

"Yes, now if you wouldn't mind moving out of our way," Taya started.

"I find it hard to believe you have the same mission as us AGAIN, Reve," Erza said, her eyes focused on Reve's.

Reve chuckled, waving a hand dismissively. "Oh? You are basically saying it's hard to believe that White Eclipse is getting jobs Fairy Tail can't handle. That doesn't surprise me; it takes a while to get used to becoming number two." Reve rolled up his sleeves subconsciously, his smirk widening.

"Fairy Tail isn't number two," Erza said in a defensive tone.

"So…about you losing…" Zalen said, unable to control himself.

Erza glared at Zalen, but didn't make any other move, nor did she respond. She had no excuse for her defeat at the hand of the dark guild's master. "…."

"Exactly," Reve said. "Don't worry, though. White Eclipse thanks Fairy Tail for keeping that number one spot nice and warm for us."

"Can we just go already?" Taya asked in an irritated tone. "How about we prove we're number one and complete this mission instead of bragging about how we ARE going to complete it. If she's speechless now, that'll just make it better later."

"She's right, Reve," Zalen replied, fixing his glasses.

"Yeah, yeah, let's get moving…" Reve said winking tauntingly at Titania before starting to walk off.

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Cynthia coated herself in dark red flames, a fist pulled back as she attempted to overcome the intense for of Veronica's telekinesis that was attempting to push her back. "You're persistent! Just lie down and die already!" Veronica shouted, pushing her hands forward as she put more magical energy into her telekinesis.

"I…I can't lose! Not to you!" Cynthia said through grit teeth, slowly pushing herself forward.

"What do you mean you CAN'T lose?" Veronica asked with a smug grin. "I'm going to MAKE you lose, like it or not!"

"I can't lose because…because I…I AM A FAIRY TAIL WIZARD!" After Cynthia spoke these words, her red flames darkened considerably as she pushed herself forward, landing a devastating punch to Veronica's face, sending her skidding across the ground until she came to a stop near a cliff. Cynthia then placed her hands together, a dark red magic circle appearing. "Secret Art: Omega Fire Dragon's Radiant Fang!" She threw her hands forward, and from the magic circle a red dragon head roared, shooting itself forward as it rammed into Cynthia, creating a large explosion of red flames to tower after impact, leaving Cynthia twitching on her back. Cynthia fell to her knees, panting heavily. "Haha…I won…!"

Wendy, Carla, Aira, and Selene ran near the cliff area, spotting Cynthia's victory. "She did it…" Selene muttered quietly.

"Cynthia!" Wendy ran forward towards Cynthia, her arms out to give her friend a congratulatory hug.

"Got'cha!" Veronica sat up, immediately hurling a thick ball of poison that made direct contact with Wendy's stomach, causing the Dragon Slayer to fall onto her back as the poison starting to course through her veins, much more dangerously than last time.

"WENDY!" Carla's eyes widened as she watched her partner fall to the ground.

"WENDY!" Cynthia's eyes widened considerably, after what she told Veronica about not allowing her to hurt Wendy, she snapped. "N-NOO!" Cynthia held her hands on the side of her head as the red flames around her body started to grow, growing larger every second until the very tip of the flames flared two miles into the sky, visible to everyone in the forest.

"C-Calm down!" Selene attempted to get close to Cynthia, but the flames were too hot and flared to dangerous for her to get close, causing Selene to back away. "Aira!"

"I know!" Aira placed her hands over Wendy's body as a green light appeared. Aira's healing wasn't as good as Wendy's but the poison was slowly fading away.

"HAHA! That's hilarious!" Veronica floated off the ground slightly, laughing at Cynthia's state. Cynthia was unable to control herself as her flames grew larger.

"I-I can't stop…! Wendy…I'm sorry! I said I wouldn't let her hurt you and I just…" Cynthia whimpered softly before letting out a loud scream. By this point, everyone in the forest had converged near the cliff area, kept at bay by Cynthia's flames.

"What the hell is going one!?" Luke asked, his eyes widening.

"That girl's lost control…" Takeru replied, realizing how dangerous Cynthia was in this state immediately.

"What's wrong with Cynthia!" Happy flailed, feeling the heat of the flames from several yards away.

"That girl's crazy…" Reve requiped a pistol into his hand, taking aim at Cynthia.

"DON'T!" Erza commanded, stepping in front of Reve with her Flame Empress Armor on. "

"She's crazy! She'll burn down this entire forest!" Reve replied, keeping his gun pointed at Erza.

"That doesn't mean you have any right to take her down," Gray replied, carrying Juvia in his arms.

"We'll deal with it," Natsu said, pushing Reve away.

"And how do you plan to do that?" Michio said, panting heavily from his chest wound.

"Done!" Aira finished healing Wendy, who snapped awake immediately. Wendy looked over at Cynthia, her eyes widening as she saw Cynthia walking towards the cliff to stop herself form causing too much pain for anyone.

"Cynthia!" Wendy recklessly ran towards Cynthia, not caring that the flames were literally burning her clothes slowly. She ran up to Cynthia, pulling her into a tight hug. "Cynthia, I'm here!"

"W-Wendy!" Cynthia could not help putting her arms around Wendy, pulling her in a tight hug. She was relieved to see that Wendy was okay, but her flames wouldn't stop, they were out of her control now. "I-I'm scared!"

"I'll save you…just like we said!" Wendy winced from the burning sensation of the fire, but it was time. Cynthia turned around, holding Wendy up over the cliff much to everyone's surprise. It was just how Carla saw it in her vision when they first met Cynthia on the mountain.

"Wendy what are you doing!?" Carla cried out. "It's too dangerous, get out of there!"

"N-No! I can do it…I have to!" Wendy clenched her teeth, releasing her magic power as blue light appeared around her.

"Wendy, no!" Natsu charged into the fire, growling as he tried to push himself through, but it wasn't working. The outward force of the flames pushed him back to the ground. "Gah!" Natsu got up, trying repeatedly, only he kept failing. He was mentally cursing himself for being unable to eat the flames.

"This is crazy…that child is insane…" Taya scoffed, looking away from the scene.

"We have to do something…" Zalen replied taking a step back as the flames grew larger.

"I…I can do this…" The flames caused Wendy unbearable pain, but she stood firm as she continued to use her magic to overpower Cynthia.

Veronica just laughed, watching this entire thing. It was suicidal to say the least, and she was laughing at the stupidity of the White Eclipse and Fairy Tail mages who were just watching. "Wow, this is the best day EVER!"

"YOU SHUT UP!" Natsu roared over to Veronica. He would've attacked, but she was on the other side of Cynthia, and he couldn't get through the intense flames Cynthia was giving off. Wendy's magical power came to its end, and everything fell silent as she went limp in Cynthia's arms.

"WENDY!" Lucy covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes starting to water.

"Wendy…" Cynthia fell silent, tears starting to stream down her eyes. She knew it wouldn't work…she was an idiot for even agreeing! "NOOO!"

A few seconds passed before a familiar inhalation sound cut through the silence, Cynthia's flames slowly lowering. "That noise…." Luke's eyes widened once again.

"What…what is that noise…?" Reve looked as the flames were slowly dying down.

"Wait, what?" Veronica stopped laughing as she turned to face the pair. Wendy wasn't dead! Wendy was EATING Cynthia's flames. A few more seconds passed before the flames died down, and Cynthia set Wendy down, panting.

"W-Wendy…!?" Cynthia looked up at Wendy, who was surrounded by raging winds and red fire.

"I told you I would help you…" Wendy said with a soft smile.

"S-She…She ate her flames…" Carla's mouth was hanging open. "Did she come up with this idea on her own…?"

"Wait…what…?" Veronica floated back slowly, her back hitting a tree as Wendy slowly approached her.

"You hurt Cynthia…" Wendy's hand engulfed itself in raging winds and dark red fire. "I won't forgive you! Omega Flame Sky Dragon's Claw!" Wendy pulled her fist back, striking Veronica right in her stomach, sending her through several trees, and into a small clearing.

"Ugh…" Veronica shook off the impact slowly, only to look up and see Wendy above her with her arms spread out.

"Omega Flame Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!" Wendy expelled sharp hurricanes with red fire from her arms, the attack creating a giant smoke cloud as Veronica yelped from the attack. As the smoke cleared, Veronica was coughing on the ground and Wendy landed, puffing her cheeks out. "Roar…" a vortex of red fire and wind formed around her mouth. "Of the Omega Flame Sky Dragon!" Wendy threw her head forward, unleashing a MASSIVE hurricane or red fire and wind, engulfing the forest and shot out into the mountains, eventually dying down after a minute or so. The roar split the ground and the mountains, and Veronica was down, there was no way she was going to recover from such an attack.

"W-Whoa…" Elfman limped forward, holding his chest.

Everyone just stood, wide eyed at what they all just witnessed. "W-What just..." Gajeel found himself at a loss for words for once.

"W-Wendy…" Carla covered her mouth with her paws, unable to find what she wanted to say.

"Holy. Hell…" This was the one thing in the world that left Reve speechless. He always had something to say, but for this event, he had nothing.

"I told you…I would help you, Cynthia…" Wendy gave a small smile before hitting the ground, passing out from magic usage.

Taya remained silent, not because she couldn't find anything to say, but because this was enough to even surprise her, and it showed through her widened eyes. "Cat got your tongue…?" Luke asked jokingly. "Because it sure has mine…"

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The leader of the group of dark mages, Mack, groaned. He wasn't getting a signal from anyone of his members. "Don't tell me they all…UGH!" Mack noticed the roar barreling by, and he barely had time to dodge it. "W-What the hell was that!? Where is everyone!?"

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Head Captain Lahar of the Magic Council was investigating in a town a few miles away from the forest when a large tower of dark red fire caught his attention; His eyes widened as he stood up, though the flames quickly died down. He could not tell the area from where the flames came from, but he knew one thing, the person he was looking for was closer than he thought.