"The Isle of the Dragons…" Siegrain repeated while staring over at the other Wizard Saints. There were also several guilds masters present as well; Sting, Ooba of Lamia Scale as Jura was away, Bob from Blue Peagsus, and Goldmine of Quatro Cerberus. Kagura was also standing in, since Mermaid Heel's guild master was currently not present. "Of course, another threat has one again been provoked to our country first and foremost…but this meeting has been established to find out a way to handle this isle. I assume you've all read the reports given by both Fairy Tail and White Eclipse guild masters, yes?" Just around the table of Wizard Saints were the guild masters of the other guilds, Fairy Tail, and White Eclipse to tell the story.

"Right…" The 10th Wizard Saint, Avani Kanemoto nodded. She was a tall, slender woman with short black hair and green eyes; her stomach was a little out there, but it wasn't because of an unhealthy gain of weight… "I've read everything. I felt like I was reading a story with a lot of plot twists, it was a little hard to follow at first…"

"I agree, it may sound a little convoluted…" Makarov gave a nod of agreement before continuing. He was speaking as a Wizard Saint himself. "But these are the events as they transpired."

"You Fairies have some pretty shit luck." The 9th Wizard Saint, Anri Varsuna, the new acting guild master of Black Phoenix, remarked from her location. She was a woman of average height with black hair and one large bust; at least she was dressed for the occasion of the meeting. "You and White Eclipse, what the hell is all this about? Dragons, dragons, and more dragons…"

"Dragons are not something to take lightly…" Satoshi, the guild master of Shaman's Haven remarked. Satoshi was the 7th Wizard Saint, and he tipped his hand over his eyes to create a shade over them. As a Dragon Aspect, Satoshi held dragons in an extremely high regard…so high that he disliked dragons slayers just for being dragon slayers. "These Dragons got somethin' in mind…the wind told me that much. However, I also got the feelin' not all of them are as bad as the reports say."

"That's right…" Erza nodded. "There was Ena and Kurthnaga…as far as I'm concerned, they were our allies."

"Erza, if you would please wait before placing your input, we are still in a meeting." Siegrain's nice way of telling her to stay quiet until they were done.

"I suppose we should cut right to the chase…" A tall male with black hair, red highlights at the tips spoke. His aura was different than that of the others, he was not human. Master Draco of the Spacial Radiance guild. "What to do about this Island. I know Dhegensea…perhaps I can talk him out of that nonsense."

"And when that fails?" Sidney immediately spoke up. He was the 2nd Wizard Saint in title only, acting on Calium's behalf due to his recent passing. "It sounds easy on paper, but he was set in his ways and no amount of talking will change his mind."

"Before we talk about that…let us hear what our other Wizard Saints have to say…" Siegrain urged Sidney and Draco not to debate until everyone said their piece.

"Going back in guns blazin' is off the table." The 3rd Wizard Saint, Mac Chinegan spoke. He was a tall…seven foot male, blonde hair that reached down to his shoulders and green eyes, all with a tall, slender and ripped build. "Already got those reckless youngins' goin' in once and barely coming back alive."

"I concur, Saint Mac…" The 6th Wizard Saint, Zios spoke. He was a male with brown hair and black eyes, currently reading over the report. "Judging by this report there aren't very many options left."

"We mustn't be so hasty…" Lucius Kaiser, the 4th Wizard Saint finally made his remark. A handsome man with pink hair and eyes, looking sharp in his suit. "Surely we have some time to spare, so we shouldn't make any rash decisions."

"Someone's pretty patient." The 8th Wizard Saint, Kemuri finally made his remark. From councilman to Wizard Saint, all within such a short span of time. Someone had been climbing the ranks pretty quickly.

"I do believe this is a situation we should be taking seriously, after all," Lucius remarked with a causal tone. "Haste makes waste. We are dealing with an entire island filled with dragons. I believe our dragon experts can tell us something about this island that hasn't been reported, yes?"

"This is the first time I'm hearin' of this island…" Satoshi shook his head.

"I've known of this island, but I've not been allowed to speak of it for their safety." Master Draco responded with a shake of his head. "How ironic the situation has now become…"

"Tell us what you know, Draco," Siegrain nodded. "Any information you can share will shed light onto our decision."

"Yes…" Draco began. "The island dates back 400 or so years ago…while Acnologia began slaughtering dragons…the weaker dragons who knew they could not stand up to him created an island, and using the power of an item called the Scared Gem, they lifted it into the sky, out of detection's notice. The king of the island is named Dhegensea, a mighty Black Dragon who always claimed he wanted to preserve peace. I know not of his intentions now…but perhaps I can remind him of what they used to be."

"What a quaint little story…" Lucius remarked.

"You're missing a few details." Makarov crossed his arms. Since they just returned, he knew things ran a lot deeper than that.

"Boring." Anri sighed, tapping her foot with much impatience. "All this talk about this or that, why can't we just blow the whole thing to dust." After speaking she turned to Siegrain. "Well, Siegrain-san?"

"I do believe I like that idea…" Siegrain nodded with interest at Anri's proposal. "Although, it will take at least four more people to approve of this notion. Using the Etherion Cannon, we will destroy the Isle of the Dragons."

"The weapon that can destroy an entire country?" Avani seemed a little skeptical about it.

"I'm against it." Satoshi instantly replied. "I'm not condoning that weapon use against dragons. There are innocent dragons that were pulled in to Dhegensea's scheme and they won't be suffering because of something they were dragged into unintentionally.

"They're already suffering," Sidney crossed his arms. "They've been Dragonized, there's no saving them. Better we destroy that island before anything worse happens."

"Sidney…!" Aira gasped at the notion from the sidelines. "You know we can't do that yet!"

"Oh?" Siegrain, taking an interest in Aira's concern, glanced in her direction. "And why is that? What reason do we have to not destroy this island as quickly as humanly possible?"

"Some of our own are still on that island." Erza responded. "Laxus…Mirajane…"

"Leon, Tak, Luke…" Aira continued. "We can't destroy that island with them still on it…! They're the reason we made it back safely!"

"The safety of the many outweighs the safety of the few." Siegrain uttered, his tone making it sound just as cruel as it was. "You're willing to endanger the world just for a few people?"

There was always that one person who had the audacity to speak up informally. Guess who that was? You guessed it. Mii. She walked into the center of the room while waving a hand nonchalantly. "Now, now everyone, let's just take a minute and reflect on the situation."

"Ha, I already like this one." Kemuri chuckled.

"I wonder who this little lady thinks she is. This is a grown up meeting, kid," Mac huffed. "Go an' sit yer ass back on that chair over there, understand?"

"Take a chill pill, old man!" Mii sighed, hands placed behind her back. "I'll have you know, I'm a very important person. Probably the most important, actually."

"Who untied her!?" Lucy questioned while staring at the others, all of them looking just as shocked as she was.

"You see, I have some information that wasn't shared with Fairy Tail or White Eclipse. Exclusive to MII only." Insert groans from her terrible pun.

"Exclusive knowledge? Pray tell, what is it you know that they, and we, don't?" Zios questioned.

"I was hoping you'd ask!" Mii grinned. "You see, when I was taking a nice leisurely stroll before White Eclipse and Fairy Tail went at each other's throats once again, I ran into Nasir. I didn't know he was a double agent at the time…but anyway! He told me he 'may be getting kidnapped' and if so, to head to Gaius' throne room ASAP if that was the case. Of course I was a little confused and he didn't give me much to work with before leaving. But when the time came, I went, and he and Gaius ended up using that stupid gem and my body to sink the island."

"Wait…" Avani halted Mii right there. "You mean to say you knew Nasir was going to be 'kidnapped' and didn't tell anyone?"

"I was told not to tell, and that events would play out by themselves with no need for interference." Mii shrugged. God, she was really annoying even to the Saints with the way she danced around vital information and her delivery. "But anyway, back to the whole, should we destroy this thing or not deal…"

"You should leave that to those who can actually make the decisions," Mac fired, causing Mii to sweat.

"Yeesh, fine, fine…" Shrugging once more, Mii returned to her seat. "A girl can tell when she's not wanted."

"She's…a real piece of work, that one…" Sting had a sweat drop of his own.

"She can weave one hell of a story, I can say that much…" Kumeri was amused enough by Mii's antics, but he was seriously thinking things over despite his exterior look.

"Moving on…" Siegrain had a sly grin on his lips before looking towards the Saints once again. "To destroy the island or not with the use of the Etherion Cannon. Who is currently opposed?" Once asking, he looked to see that Satoshi and Avani held their hands up. "So, that's two against two thus far…three votes in either direction will sway the decision."

"We shouldn't limit ourselves to just one option, sir Siegrain," Zios commented. "Perhaps a negotiation would not be such a bad idea?"

"I agree." Master Draco spoke. "We shouldn't just automatically come to the conclusion that destruction is the only choice."

Siegrain glanced at both Draco and Zios before asking, "Are you two against it then?" To which they nodded. Vote: 4 to 2. "Very well. Anyone else?" There weren't any hands up for now… "I see…who is not opposed to the idea?" With that, Sidney raised his hand, shocking most White Eclipse members.

"Sidney!"

"He's not budging…" Reve finally made his comment. He wasn't surprised from Sidney's decision.

"Bastard…" Natsu's hand clenched into a fist. He was angered that Sidney was not only willing to leave his comrades behind on the isle, but destroy it as well with them on it. The only thing keeping him from lunging at Sidney at this very moment was Erza holding onto his scarf.

"I'm thinkin' of what'll be best for all the youngin' in my home," Mac folded his arms over his broad chest. "Nothin' else matters more to me than them and as a parent, I ain't gonna put those lil rascals in danger."

Siegrain had a small smile at Mac's remark. "So we have your approval?" Where Mac simply nodded. The voting was even: 4 to 4. "Alright, Kemuri…you've been awfully quiet this entire time. Perhaps you'd like to share your vote with the rest of us."

"Oh?" Kemuri shrugged. "Simple. Leave it be for now. Why fix what isn't broken?" That was his reasoning. Simply because there was an ulterior motive working around in that mind of his that only he knew about. Of course, not everyone was fine with his reasons but there wasn't much they could do about it."

"And you, Lucius Kaiser?" Siegrain turned. "You are the last deciding vote."

"I think the answer is quite simple…" Lucius said while resting his head against his fist. "We destroy it. Nothing good can come from that isle lurking around the corner, don't you agree?"

"But wait…" Anri counted the votes. "That's five against five!"

"We've reached a standstill…" Siegrain sighed, but this wasn't the first time a standstill occurred in a council meeting.

"Erza," Gray nudged Erza.

"Ah…" Erza cleared her throat before speaking. "I have an idea…something that will work in everyone's best interests..."

"Oh?" Siegrain gave Erza his full attention.

Erza's plan was going to either be a hit or miss, but she had to pitch. "Allow us to return to the isle. We can rescue our missing members. At the very least, allow us to do that."

"Finding them isn't going to be an easy task…" Avani told Erza, but it looked like Titania already understood.

Draco shifted his eyes to Erza, finding this as the perfect chance for some diplomatic action. "I will accompany them to the island, perhaps then I can talk to Dhegensea and get to the bottom of this mess."

Kemuri shrugged. "Risking your lives going back to the same island your comrades risked their lives to let you escape from. Logic like that is precisely what gets people killed." From the tone of his voice, it sounded like he was speaking from experience. But from which end?

"We're not leaving any of our own behind!" Natsu replied.

With the suggestion given, Zios tilted his head. "You know it will be difficult to avoid fighting, correct?"

"We know!" Lucy exclaimed. "But we have to do it. Laxus and Mira…they're still on that island, and we can't…we won't leave them there!"

"Ugh…" Anri groaned, pinching the bridge of her nose. "There these Fairies go again, thinking friendship will save everything in the end…you know reality truly doesn't work that way, yes?"

"I'd rather die trying to save a friend then do nothing at all…" Wendy then glanced at Cynthia giving her a soft smile. "We have to return the favor…"

"Ridiculous…" Sidney shook his head.

"We'll do more than just save them, too…" Natsu stood on the railing, a blaze of determination flaring around his body. "We'll stop Dhegensea and save the entire island too!"

"N-Natsu!?" Lucy's eyes widened from how high Natsu was setting the bar.

Of course, an amused chuckle came from Siegrain. "Of course…I'm not surprised you'd slide this under my nose when we've hit a wall. Very well…you can return to the isle." Before anyone could truly celebrate… "HOWEVER. Starting tomorrow morning, I will place a counter on the Etherion Cannon. You will have until sun down to retrieve your friends and save the people of the isle…no matter what happens at that time; I will fire the cannon onto the island…does this sound fair?"

"You got it!" Natsu grinned. It's like he wasn't even fazed by the fact the threat of the cannon loomed heavily in the air.

"Is anyone else opposed?" Siegrain asked.

"The vigor of youth…" Zios chuckled.

"You're a snake, but a damn slippery one at that…" Mac shook his head, while Sidney remained silent.

"Placing faith in dragon slayers to save dragons…what kinda backwards world did I end up in…" Satoshi sighed heavily.

"Do we have to place faith in them?" Anri slumped over.

"Better than sitting here…" Avani responded.

"What an interesting turn of events…" Lucius kept a quiet chuckle to himself, and Kemuri just nodded.

"I suppose we have a plan then…"Siegrain nodded. "This meeting is dismissed." With that, everyone dispersed, but a few lingered behind, such as Sting and Kagura.

"YOU IDIOT!" Gray comically slammed his fist into Natsu's skull, causing the two to be face to face once again. "The entire island, are you insane!?"

"We can save them!" Natsu replied with seriousness. "I won't let that bastard use us again like that…so I know we can save them and stop them!"

"There he goes, leaping before he looks…" Happy spoke with a shrug and a small laugh.

"Just what sort of mess are we getting dragged into this time?" Kagura looked at Erza, who gave an apologetic smile.

"I had no idea things would turn out like this..." Erza admitted.

"I suppose it's too late to complain. If you really do need my help, then you have it.' Kagura said seriously. This was enough to make Erza feel relieved.

"Thank you," Erza responded in kind.

"Alright, Natsu-san! I'll go tell everyone about this! Sabertooth is ready to back you guys, one hundred percent!" Sting exclaimed.

"But how are we going to get back, they know what their own ships look like and will spot us coming a mile away…" Levy questioned.

"…Ah!" Lucy snapped her fingers. "I know just who to call!"

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As the meeting came to an end, Correll was off in a secluded area, scowling. As he turned the corner, there were two people waiting for him: Prometheus and Pandora. "..."

"Awww, don't look so glum!" Prometheus said with a mocking smile.

"How dare you make me...!?" Correll began, throwing a fist at Prometheus, but his body stopped short.

"Ah ah." Prometheus wagged his finger disapprovingly. "Your soul belongs to me, so you're just my little puppet until I'm done with you. You died, and forfeited your right to live! So you're going to be my eyes and ears for the Council, understand?"

"Do you not have a say in the matter." Pandora said calmly. "If you attempt to tell anyone, you will be erased on the spot. It is best to comply."

"...What are you trying to do...?" Correll realized his situation. He was nothing but a tool, and he had to work against the very man he respected so highly.

"Tartarus is planning to eliminate this world of magic." Pandora said. "Nearly everything is in place. The death of the Black Wizard will soon be at hand..."

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A plan has been set in motion! Fairy Tail is ready to return to the isle to save their family and stop Dhegensea!

Next Time: Returning To The Isle!