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CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: LISANNA

In Earthland, the sky opens and the Fairy Tail Mages that were formally trapped in Edolas fell out.

Natsu jumps up in excitement. "We're back!"

They look at Magnolia which is restored and back to its ordinary appearance. "Everything's back to normal!" Natsu exclaimed.

"The city of Magnolia, too!" Lucy added.

"Yippee!" Happy cheered.

"Wait." Erza said. "It's too early to rejoice. We need to make sure everyone is safe, first."

"Everyone's fine!" A voice called out.

They look up to see the Exceeds of Edolas flying in the air. "We got to Earthland a bit before you, see."

"We've already flown around a bunch!"

"The people in the guild and the city are all safe!"

"It seems like none of them even realize they were turned into a lacrima!"

"Earthland sure is amazing!"

"There's magic everywhere!"

The Exceeds surprise the group.

"What's going on? Why... Why are the Exceeds in Earthland?" Carla asked. She pointed her finger at them. "This is no joke. They're dangerous! We should return them to Edolas!"

"Come on, now..." Happy tries to calm her down.

"Extalia's gone, remember?" Wendy reminded her. "Forgive them, will you?"

"No." Carla refused.

The Exceeds apologize and explain that they have no home to return to.

"Who cares about that?! You sent me to Earthland with orders to eliminate the Dragon Slayers!" Carla argued.

"That's right!" Lucky agreed.

The Elders of the Exceeds then explain everything that they have done for the past years.

Six years ago, Shagotte had a vision of the fall of Extalia which they thought was caused by humans. In order to evacuate the children of the Exceeds, she ordered the gathering and dispersing of one hundred eggs to Earthland with an imaginary mission of the extermination of the Dragon Slayers.

"And of course, we had no particular grudge against the Dragon Slayers."

"We know! You needed a convincing story, right?" Wendy said.

"Plus, if you told the truth I'm sure everyone would panic." Lucy added.

"No kidding." Aira agreed.

All had gone to plan except for Carla and her unexpected ability of predicting the future, the same one that Shagotte has. This ability activated within Carla and caused her visions to mix with her memories, creating for her a mission that never existed.

Shagotte claims to be the one at fault for everything, but the Exceeds state that they understand that she only looked out for them and she wasn't at fault.

Shortly after, the Exceeds depart with the hopes of finding those other children who were evacuated from Extalia six years ago.

"Foward-looking bunch, aren't they?" Natsu chuckled.

Happy and Lucky speak to each other pointing out how the Queen and Carla look alike.

"Well, I'm just glad that ended with everyone safe and sound." Natsu, shaking his fist like Nadi's, said.

"Yes!" Nadi agreed.

"Hey, it looks like you caught it from him, Natsu!" Aira picks up Nadi's habit and shakes his fist as well.

"So did you." Gray and Lucy commented in unison.

Erza smiles at them, but she gets uncomfortable when Nichiya starts sniffing her. "Wait a moment, what beauty!" Nichiya commented. "Yes, a lovely parfum!"

"This guy's..." Erza backs away from him.

"More... I want to smell more of your parfum!" Nichiya flies closer to her.

"Cut it out, you!" Erza punches him away.

"H-How cruel... And after all I..." Nichiya weakly said.

"Sorry... You reminded me of someone I know." Erza apologized to Nichiya.

"For now, we'll live near here." Shagotte said.

"We can see each other any time!" Wendy smiled at her.

"Why're so happy about that?" Carla mumbled.

Shagotte hands out her paw. "Yes..." She warmly hugs Carla. "We can see each other whenever we want, Carla!"

"Qu..." Carla trailed off. She enjoys the hug she received from Shagotte. "So warm..."

"Come over and play whenever you'd like, Happy!" Marl said.

"Aye!" Happy agreed.

"Not like I'm expectin' ya to, or anythin'!" Lucky shouted.

"I like the way you two smell. I wonder why that is?" Happy said.

Marl and Lucky begin to cry with tears of joy.

Lucky begins to chase Happy around. "You're a hundred years too young to start smelling me, buddy!"

The group smiled at the Exceeds who fly away.

"Thank you so much, everyone..." Shagotte said, flying away with the help of Marl.

"I hate these depressin' farewells." Lucky mumbled.

"Oh, Dear..." Marl said.

"Lovely parfum!" Nichiya added.

"See you later!" Nadi said.

In the air, Lucky glances over at Shagotte. "Why didn't you tell her you're her mother?" He asked.

"Until every child I sent to be evacuated 6 years ago is found, I have no right to claim that name." Shagotte replied. "And what about you?"

"A greenhorn like that ain't no son-o-mine!" Lucky shouted.

"You can see him whenever you'd like now, though..." Marl informed.

"It's just..." Lucky began. "I didn't know your own daughter was in one of those eggs."

"I was just Queen in name only." Shagotte claimed. "For a parent, one's child is always the most precious."

"Can't argue with that!" Lucky agreed.

After their departure, Natsu is excited to go back. "Okay! Let's return to our guild." Eventually, everybody picks up Nadi's habit of shaking their fist.

"How should we report this to everyone?" Lucy asked.

"But, no one noticed what happened, right?" Aira questioned.

"But we can't keep quiet about what happened to Mystogan." Erza informed.

"Everyone... Your hands..." Wendy sweat dropped, pointing out what they were doing.

"Dirt face!" A voice called out.

Satsuki's eyebrow twitched as she clashed heads with Aira. "What did you say, Poseidon?!"

"That wasn't me!" Aira shouted back.

"Down here!" The voice shouted again.

Satsuki looked down and spotted a smaller version of Boris with his arms crossed.

"Oh, it's you." Satsuki muttered.

"Who is this?" Natsu asked.

"It's the cat I fought when Gajeel and I were trying to destroy the large lacrima." Satsuki explained.

"That's him?!" Cain exclaimed in shock.

"So? What do you want?" Satsuki then asked.

"I want to join your guild and be your partner." Boris replied.

"Partner?" Satsuki tilted her head in confusion.

"Hey! If you make this Exceed your partner, then that means all of the Dragon Slayers have Exceeds as their partners!" Aira stated.

"You're right, Aira-san!" Wendy said.

"All right. You got yourself a deal. Let's be partners, Boris." Satsuki smiled at him as Boris suddenly picks up Nadi's habit of shaking his fist.

Gajeel scoffs at Satsuki. "Hold it a sec!"

"Wait, Gajeel? You wanna do it, too?" Natsu asked.

"It's fun." Wendy added, shaking her fist as well.

"If there was a point to it!" Gajeel yelled. "Where's Lily? I ain't see Panther Lily around anywhere!"

"Lily?" Aira questioned.

"That super-strong Exceed." Lucy said.

"Oh, he should be around somewhere. We arrived together." Boris explained.

"If you want me, I'm right here." Lily arrives to the group. Much like Boris, he was in a smaller form to the other Exceeds.

"Dinky!" They all exclaimed when they see Lily in a smaller size, much to their surprise.

"You sure got cutesy." Happy sweat dropped, commenting on his appearance.

"It seems as if Earthland does not match well with my constitution." Lily stated.

"Are you sure you're okay there?" Carla asked.

"Right now, I want to join the guild that took care of the Prince." Lily responded. "You'll keep your promise and get me in. Right, Gajeel?"

Gajeel looks over at Erza who nods in agreement. Gajeel grins as he grabs Lily by surprise into a welcoming hug with tears of joy. "Of course I will, partner!"

"He's crying!" Lucy exclaimed, much to her surprise.

Later on, Lily informs them about something. "Now, about another matter... I caught something suspicious." He tugs on the rope.

"A big catch right off the bat! That's my cat for ya!" Gajeel said with excitement.

"Come here!" Lily ordered.

"W-Wait! I-I'm not... anyone... suspicious..." A young woman falls onto the ground. "Hey!"

Natsu widens his eyes when he sees someone familiar.

"I'm a member of Fairy Tail, too..." The young woman was revealed to be Lisanna.

"Lisanna..." Natsu gasped.

"What's with this cat? Are you an Exceed?" Lisanna asked.

"I am Panther Lily." Lily replied.

"What's yer problem? You talkin' crap 'bout my cat?!" Gajeel questioned.

"But that's impossible..." Aira said.

"What is?" Satsuki questioned.

"Lisanna!" Erza exclaimed.

"Somehow Edolas' Lisanna..." Carla assumed.

"...came with us?!" Lucy added.

"What'll we do?" Wendy asked.

Lisanna looks over at Natsu who is too speechless to say anything. She surprises him with a hug. "Natsu!" She looks at him with tears in her eyes. "Finally, I get to see you... I get to see the real Natsu..." Then she moves over to Happy and hugs him tightly as well. "Happy! It's me, Lisanna! And Aira, Cain, Gray, Erza... How long has it been? Wow, this brings back so much!" She looks over at the newcomers. "These are new guild members, I gather? A little Wendy... And Lucy?"

"Hold on a sec... Don't tell me you're..." Aira points his finger at Lisanna. "...our Lisanna?"

Lisanna replies to his question. "Yeah."

"No way!" Lucy gasped.

"You came back from the dead?!" Natsu praised, cheering with Happy who had tears of joy.

"Hold it!" Erza grabs Natsu by the scarf and Happy by his green backpack. "We all thought you died two years ago. I can't believe you've come back from the dead."

"I never died." Lisanna responded. "Two years ago..."

She explains that she was sucked in by one of the pockets of Anima around Earthland during her supposed "death" to replace Edolas Lisanna who died after falling from a cliff. Unable to say the truth, Lisanna took on her counterpart's role. However, when the Anima started sucking Magic out of Edolas, she was brought along, but not before Edo-Mira and Edo-Elfman tell her that they had known all along that she wasn't their Lisanna and that she should go home to her real siblings so they won't be sad anymore.

At Kardia Cathedral...

Lisanna runs and reunites with her real siblings, Elfman and Mira, who, with tears of joy overflowing from their eyes, welcome her home.

A boy lies in a forest looking at the sky.

While in Edolas, Mystogan, who is now the King, is giving the former King and the commanders of the Royal Army their punishment.

Meanwhile, Edo-Aira walks up to his former guildmates. "Hey, everyone." He spoke, getting their attention. "Before you all cuss me out, allow me to talk, please."

"Fine." Edo-Lucy agreed.

"After the sudden visit from our Earthland counterparts and my battle with Earthland Gray, I realized I missed you all." Edo-Aira said. "You guys don't have to forgive me. I'm not expecting you to allow me back in the guild. With Lily gone, the King has promoted me to his spot after my punishment is completed. But I just wanted to get that off my chest."

As Edo-Aira turns around to leave, Edo-Natsu runs up and hugs him from behind. "Natsu..." Edo-Aira muttered in shock.

"I... really missed you too, buddy." Edo-Natsu cried out, making Edo-Aira chuckle before patting his head.

"Still a crybaby, huh Natsu? No surprise there."

"Shut up!"

In Earthland...

Lisanna is welcomed back warmly in the guild by all the Fairy Tail Mages.

"Thank goodness. The guild's just like it was before." Lucy said.

"I see. Looks like no one knows anything about the Anima." Aira added.

"Anyway, what's important is that everyone is safe." Erza said.

"This is messed up." Gajeel commented.

"So, this is a wizard's guild..." Lily mumbled.

"Lisanna!" Master Makarov approaches Lisanna at the entrance of the guild.

"Master!" Lisanna happily said.

"I believed..." They listened closely to what the Master has to say. "Everyone raised in this guild is a child of this guild. And what parent is there that doesn't worry about their child? And what parent is there that doesn't believe in their child? You can tell me all about what happened later." He turns to Natsu. "You too, Natsu..."

"Sure, Gramps!" Natsu responded.

The Master grins at them. "Anyway, you did great in coming home!"

"Master... I am back home, aren't I? I'm back home, right?" Lisanna begins to cry tears of joy.

"That's right. This will always be your home." Master Makarov replied. "Welcome home, Lisanna."

"Welcome home, Lisanna!" All of the guild members warmly welcome Lisanna back home.

Lisanna surprises the Master by hugging him out of nowhere. "I'm home!"

"Ack! The Master!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Lisanna-san, please calm down!" Wendy added.

"Cry all you'd like... Before the party that is." The Master said.

In honor of her return, the Mages throw a party where even the Rajin Tribe participates.

Gray sits on the table next to Cana. "The you over there is..." He starts laughing to himself. "Damn, just remembering it makes me..."

"Tell me already! My sake's gonna go bad." Cana said, irritated with him.

Natsu makes an erupted appearance. "The guild's really the best!"

"Aye, sir!" Happy agreed.

The guild causes its usual ruckus, Natsu challenged Gildarts for a fight but he easily karate chops him.

"Q-Quite a lively guild..." Lily commented.

"You got that right." Boris agreed.

"Everyone seems to get the same first impression." Carla said.

"That's what makes it fun!" Happy exclaimed.

"And everyone here has magic power inside their body?" Lily asks himself. "Incredible..."

"That's right. These are Earthland wizards." Erza approaches the Exceeds, along with Aira.

Lily and Boris look at the two in surprise, but doesn't show any emotion. "Erza!"

"Aira!" Boris added.

"Oh yeah... In Edolas, you both worked with Erza and Aira, yes?" Carla asked.

"Now you're together again." Happy said, having fish in his mouth.

"But what's important isn't magic itself. It's the heart of the person who uses it. Isn't that right, Lily, Boris?" Aira claimed.

"Even if you two are different people, seeing two familiar faces puts me slightly more at ease." Lily commented, with Boris nodding in agreement.

Gajeel suddenly bursts out of nowhere. "Okay, Satsuki, Salamander, Poseidon, little girl! Let's have a fight between my Lily and the cats!"

Natsu looks over his shoulder at Gajeel with an uninterested look.

Gildarts laughs out loud. "Sounds good to me."

"Looks like you've got the eye of a bigshot, there..." Lucy said. Wendy is left speechless.

"You'll be fine. Probably." Levy added.

"I've been waitin' for you to ask!" Natsu agrees on the cat fight with Gajeel.

"Well, I sure haven't." Happy mumbled.

"Just so you know, my Lily is the strongest of the strong!" Gajeel declared.

"And Happy's the cattiest of the cats, so there!" Natsu argued.

"Um, I'd lose in an instant." Happy said.

"Lame... What's with giving up before even trying?" Carla questioned.

"S-She's expecting something from me?!" Happy blushes to himself.

"Go for it, Happy." Cain told him.

"Enough. I may not look like it now, but I was a Regiment Commander in Edolas. Useless fighting leads only to injury." Lily stated.

"True..." Happy sweat dropped.

"You're quite mature." Erza commented.

"Aren't they simply being childish?" Lily asked before turning to the Exceeds. "Anyway, let's all get along, Happy, Cain, Carla..." He decides not to fight the Exceeds and instead be comrades. Wendy sighs in relief at the sight of this.

Soon, most of the males join in the fight in the middle of the guild.

"So? Why are the main people fighting?" Carla asked.

"Even Gray and Elfman are in the fray." Happy pointed out.

"The fierce clash of naked body against naked body!" Juvia babbles random words. She starts to take off the upper part of her coat. "Juvia wants in!"

"Don't even think about it!" Lucy yelled.

"Sometimes cutting loose isn't such a bad idea." Freed said.

"That's how it is!" Bickslow laughs out loud with his tongue sticking out.

"Let me in the fray, Natsu!" Nab shouted, determined to join the brawl.

"Everyone, calm down!" Wendy begins to worry about her comrades getting hurt.

"I knew it'd turn out like this." Lucy said.

"Fairy Tail's gotta be like this." Lisanna smiles at Lucy who also smiles back.

Master Makarov asks Natsu about his counterpart in Edolas. Natsu tells him that he was the King. Then Gildarts asks him, but Natsu cannot remember, claiming that he might have been a frog or fish.

"Natsu, what are you doing?!" Aira yelled while stomping on Nab's head.

"This ain't the time for a nap!" Gajeel is busy choking Warren's neck.

"Be a man about it!" Elfman shouted.

"To turn your back on a fight you started yourself, what is the point of fighting in the first..." Freed suddenly gets punched by Natsu's flaming fist.

They spend the day partying and causing trouble as usual, when Master Makarov tells Gildarts that there's something they have to talk about.

Elsewhere...

The newly-reformed Magic Council discusses all the messes that Fairy Tail has caused. Most of the council is against the existence of the guild, especially the new chairman, Gran Doma, who has decided to force the guild into breaking up. He calls Lahar and a mysterious Doranbolt to the meeting as the council cheers that everything is for the Holy Order of the Magic Council.

Back at the Guild...

Lucy wakes up and finds the guild a mess with everyone fast asleep. Lucy watches Natsu take a quick nap and thinks he looks cute. Natsu tries to speak in his sleep as Lucy listens carefully, but she ends up being punched by Natsu's iron fist and sent flying away.

While in the forest, the boy extinguishes all the living things around him.

A/N: I've shown a bit of Edo-Natsu and Edo-Aira, due to the fact that I did mention they were friends.

Thanks for reading!

~ Kaleb.