Chapter 42

The Fairy Hunter

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Magic"

Flashback / Dreams

Location / Date / Time Skip

Laki opened her eyes and found herself in Edolas. It was like a place that belonged in a story book. Islands floated around them as streams poured off the land. Giant plants and fungi decorated the ground as fish like birds danced across the sky.

"This is Edolas..." Carla mumbled.

"My home..." Happy mumbled.

"Okay, even I have to admit this is cool." Rose added.

"I've never seen trees that are purple before." Wendy said, pointing to the ground.

"Cool, it's a floating river!" Natsu cheered.

"Calm down, everyone. This isn't some vacation." Carla reminded them. "We have a mission so let's stay focused."

"Yeah, yeah." Natsu mumbled. A second later, the three sets of wings faded away, shocking everyone but Carla. With terrified screams, they all fell to the ground. If it weren't for the giant mushrooms breaking their fall, they'd be in a lot of pain.

"My wings..." Happy groaned from in the dog-pile.

"Why can't we fly?" Rose asked Carla, stuck in the fungus.

"I told you that magic is limited here, didn't I?" The white cat reminded as Natsu struggled to get out of the mushroom, his feet flailing like a mad man.

"That explains why I feel so strange." Wendy mumbled as Laki pulled Natsu out.

"Okay, let's go find our friends!" Natsu cheered.

"One question; how do we get down?" Rose asked as she pulled Carla out.

"Like this." Laki pointed over to a stalk next to them before jumping off and grabbing it. The plant acted like a pole and she slid down to the ground. "One at a time. Natsu, you're last."

"Why?" He asked back.

"Because I will not have you looking up as Wendy slides down." She told him, turning the little girl beet red.

"Okay?." He answered as the bluenette slid down. The cats followed in the order of Carla, Rose and Happy, and Natsu completed the set. "Alright, let's go."

With child like enthusiasm, he lead the pack through the purple woods. "Hey, I just thought of something." Rose said. "How are we gonna find them?"

"That's easy, we just folllow their smell." Natsu told her before sniffing around. "Okay, we got a problem. There are so many new smells here, my nose is confused." Wendy tasted the air and found the same thing. "Does that mean the fire will taste different?"

Laki ripped of a branch and ate it. "This is really bitter wood. Never had anything like it before."

"Please stop talk about food, eating, or anything related to that hole." Rose requested as Happy's stomach growled again.

"Were in a strange world, trying to save our friends and all you can think about is food!?" Carla scolded.

"You get used to it." Laki joked. "So, where are we going?"

"Not a clue." Natsu answered. "But if we keep walking we're gonna reach somewhere, right?"

"...I was afraid you'd say that." Laki mumbled as they walked over a giant mushroom that acted as a road. "Still, it's the only idea we have."

Thye reached the other side and Natsu's stomach growled again. "Stop that!" Carla shouted.

"Sorry." Natsu apologized before grabbing a mushroom. "Hey, this looks edible, right?"

He raised it to his mouth and Laki slapped it out of his hand. "Did you forget what happened LAST time you just ate a random mushroom?"

"Oh yeah..." Natsu chuckled as he remembered the crown of mushrooms that grew out of his head. "Sorry."

"Shouldn't we have met someone by now?" Wendy asked at the other two raced back over.

"Maybe this hole place is one big forest." Happy suggested.

"I doubt that." Carla said. "In anycase, we'll still need disguises."

"Okay, so what do we use?" Rose asked.

"I got an idea..." Natsu mumbled as he grabbed some plants. A few seconds later, they all stood in giant, over the top plant clothing, except for Happy who looked like a walking bush. "Well, what do you think?"

"I think you should know what your idea is before you dress us up." Rose said.

"Well, I like it." Laki said. "We don't look like ourselves, and that's the definition of a disguise."

"See, Laki gets it." Natsu smiled as they resumed their walk.

"This is embarrassing." Wendy mumbled in shame.

"It may not be fashionable, but it has put my mind at ease." Carla said.

"How!?" Rose shouted.

"Natsu, it's hot and itchy in this thing." Happy complained. "I think I'm allergic to this stuff."

"Tomcat, toughen up." Carla scolded as they walked to an edge.

"Hey, it's that flying river." Natsu pointed out.

"This just reminds me of how hungry I am..." Happy groaned. "Just think about all the yummy fish in that river."

"Easy, there. You're drooling." Rose said before turning to the side. "Huh, looks like someone is fishing."

"Must be a native." Carla mumbled.

"He looks normal." Wendy said. "Should we ask him if he's seen our friends?"

"Yo." The other five were shocked as the man turned to find Natsu behind him. "I got a question for ya." Surprising no one, the man screamed in a panic before running away. "What'd I do?"

"You walk up to him looking like a giant plant and start talking." Carla scolded as they reached him. "What did you think was going to happen!?"

"So what? I don't hear you coming up with any bright ideas on how to get info." Natsu said back.

"If that man talks to the authorities, we're through." The cat scolded.

"Let's ditch the costumes." Happy begged. Laki was already out of hers before she threw it into the river. The others followed suite and then marched into the forest over a vine. "This feels so much better."

"Well, now we need to find everyone faster." Carla reminded him.

"I don't why you're mad." Rose said. "The look on that dude's face was priceless." She stopped walking and turned around. "Please tell me you guys heard that."

The group looked down and found a fish poking out of the water. "Fish!" Happy cheered.

"Okay, everyone stay back while I get us-" Natsu started but before he could finish, the fish rose out of the water revealing an even bigger fish underneath it. "Well, we won't go hungry tonight!"

"Natsu, I know that look." Laki said, looking at the glimmer in his eyes. "What ever you're think about doing, don't-" Natsu jumped of the log and threw his fist at the fish, trying to cast his Iron Fist spell. It bounced off the skin and it swatted him into the ground. "Do it."

"My fire don't work." Natsu mumbled out, due to the bump on his head.

"What part of 'magic doesn't work the same here' don't you understand!?" Carla shouted.

"So, that leaves us with one option..." Rose mumbled as the fish turned to them. "Run for it!" The fish chased after them before it flung Natsu to them. He rolled around before standing up and running with them, the fish going mudskipper. "This thing can run on land!?"

"This place really sucks since we can't use our magic!" Natsu complained.

"It took this to make you realize that!" Happy shouted.

"Guys, all of this is gonna catch a lot of attention!" Laki screamed before looking ahead. "I got it. Everyone, stop!" They came to a stop just before a cliff. Natsu begged Happy to fly as the fish monster reached them. "To the left!" They all jumped to the direction Laki shouted and the fish marched right off the cliff.

"Not having magic is super hard..." Natsu panted. "Good thinking, Laki."

"The only thing that would have made it better is if we actually ate the fish." Happy mumbled.

"I've had enough foolishness for one day." Carla growled, catching their attention. "If you hadn't causes this ruckus, we could have found everyone by now!" She pointed out, shocking Natsu.

"He was only trying to help." Rose said back.

"If this is what he calls help, I'd hate to see him sabotaging us!" The white cat shouted. "We have no disguises! If people from the kingdom were to see us, who knows what they'd do to us. And if we get arrested, you can say good bye to saving everyone."

"I'm sorry..." Natsu said. "Even though I don't get it..."

"How in the world did you ever get someone to fall for you!?" Carla shouted, shaking in anger.

"Take to easy." Wendy said. "Natsu's a nice guy, he doesn't mean to mess up."

"Then why does act like he has no control!?" Carla shouted. After ten minutes of Carla calming down, they resumed their march and Happy's stomach started growling again. After an encounter with some weirdos who were freaked out by the cats, they reached a mushroom patch. Natsu stepped on one and the rest inflated.

"That can't be good..." Rose mumbled before they were sent flying into the air. Like some sort of demonic trampoline, they bounced off of different mushrooms before crashing into a building.

"I don't wanna fall anymore..." Wendy groaned as she looked at the holes they made.

"Where are we?" Natsu asked, looking around.

"It looks like some kinda storage unit." Rose mumbled.

"Well, it might be too late, but let's see if there's anything to wear here." Carla said.

"Found some!" Laki said, pulling out a box. Natsu reached over to grab some before she pulled it away. "When we get changed, you have to look away. Understand?"

"Aye, sir!" Natsu nodded as he sat in the corner, staring at it. A few minutes later, Laki told him to turn around and they were all changed. Wendy was in a red dress with pigtails, Rose wore a white jacket with vines painted on it and kaki pants, and Laki was in a red hood with a purple top and green jeans.

Carla's new look like was something out of the Far East. "You look like a princesses!" Happy, in a green cape and metal mask, said.

Natsu, having finished changing, glanced out the window before slamming his face on it. "Guys! It's the guild!" Everyone raced over and found... a tree waving an orange flag with the guild's emblem. "It's changed it shape but I know it anywhere!"

They all raced out of the building and to the guildhall before Natsu pushed it open. "Everyone is safe." Natsu cheered before Laki tackled them to the ground. "Laki, what are you doing?"

"Something's wrong here. Just look." She told her boyfriend as she pointed to the request board. They found Juvia standing there, in a far more daring outfit and her hair was curled again.

"Yeah, it's just Juvia. Why are we hiding?" Happy asked.

Juvia turned to the door and stopped when Gray of all people called out to his 'beloved'. He asked to go with her, and she declined. He looked around and found Jet and Droy were scolding Elfman, Cana turned down a drink from Macao and Wakaba, and Alzack and Bisca were damn near making out. "You were right... something's wrong..." Natsu mumbled.

"Hey..." All looked up in fear as a punk version of Lucy knelt down in front of them. Everyone turned their way as they surrounded the six. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"Lucy!?" Laki and Natsu shouted in shock.

"What is going on?..." Rose asked Carla.

"I have no idea..." The white cat mumbled as 'Lucy' glared at them before leaning in to Natsu.

"Natsu?..." She asked aloud. Natsu stared at her confused before she wrapped him in a hug. "Why didn't you say so, ya bonehead!?" The others looking at the six commented on the look he was sporting. "Where have you been? We were worried something had happened to you..."

The six survivors stared at her for a second. "I'm sorry?" Natsu asked confused.

"Not yet, but you're gonna be!" 'Lucy' screamed as she placed him in head scissors arm trap and started rubbing her fists into his temples. The crowed around them cheered as the Slayers and cats stared in shock.

"Is this all caused by Edolas?" Happy asked Carla. "Everything here seems screwy."

"I don't know, Mirajane seems fine." Rose said, pointing to the bar.

"Hey, what's up with the cats?" 'Macao' asked. "Wait, cats!?" The whole guild jumped back in shock and started talking about options to deal with them.

"Uh..." Rose dropped to all fours and raised her paw. "Meow?"

"What are you doing?" Carla whispered.

"Thinking on my feet." Rose answered. "Now both of you, play along." With a sigh, Carla did the same as her friend and Happy followed them.

"I don't think they're exceeds." 'Mirajane' said, leaning into them. "They look like cats."

"I think Mira's right. Calm down, they're just cats." 'Elfman' said to the guild, but it didn't put them at ease.

"I can't breath with this thing on." Happy complained as he scratched his helmet.

"Suck it up." Rose said as 'Lucy' glared at Natsu again.

"Start talking. I wanna know where you were, what you doing, and what took you so long." She demanded from Natsu.

"I'd like too, but I was asleep for most of it." He confessed.

'Lucy' stared at her for a second before trapping one arm around her leg and driving her elbow into his head. "Could you be anymore annoying!?" Admits a serious of comedic elements not nesscary to the 'plot' of this fic, Natsu wormed his way free and hid under the table.

"Hey, has anyone seen Erza?" Laki asked looking around.

"Now that you mention it, no." Rose answered.

"That might be a good thing." Natsu said from under the table. "With our luck, she'll be even more crazy than Lucy."

"I don't think that's gonna be it." Laki said. "From my best guess, she's gonna be scared of her own shadow."

"Found you!" 'Lucy' teased as she pulled Natsu out and reapplied the first hold.

"Stop it, stop it!" Natsu screamed as he started to turn blue.

"You gonna talk about where you've been!?" The blonde asked as she squeezed harder.

"Lucy, are you bullying Natsu again?" A new voice asked as the owner walked forward. "You should know better."

Natsu, Laki, and Happy stared at the white haired girl in the blue dress. "I'm dreaming, right?" The cat asked.

"It's you..." Natsu mumbled as childhood memories flooded his brain.

"You're alive..." Laki mumbled as her first female friend was before here

"Lisanna!" Both males and Laki screamed in joy, scaring the girl.

"Back off!" 'Lucy' screamed as she kicked them away. "What the hell is the matter with you?" He asked, pulling Natsu up by his shirt. "Why are you acting so screwy?!"

"Lisanna... she's alive..." He answered as tears started welling up in his eyes.

"Why wouldn't she be!? Start making sense or I'll start breaking bones!" She warned him.

"Hold on, I thought Lisanna was dead?" Rose asked. "How is she alive?"

"It seems that we were wrong about this world." Carla said. "If this world was the opposite of ours, than Mirajane would be acting different as well. But the biggest proof is over there."

The group followed her finger and stared at a more... developed Wendy, as evident when a member called her by that name. "Are you saying that's me?" The shorter Wendy asked in embarrassment.

"I was referring to that." Carla pointed over to the left a bit and what Laki saw almost made her die from the blood rushing to her face.

She saw herself, but the mop of purple hair and glasses were about the only thing they had in common. E. Laki wore a bright pink crop-top with the words 'Notice me, Gray' in purple on it. A SHORT black skirt covered her legs and red stiletto heels were on her feet.

"Come on, Gray. Forget about old stingy Juvia." She told E. Gray as she leaned in to him. "Let me rock your world and you'll forget all about her."

"No, my heart belongs to Juvia!" E. Gray shouted.

"You could at least give me a chance!" E. Laki shouted back.

"That's me!?" Laki shouted in horror. It was bad enough she was dressed like that, but now she was in love Gray! The thought was vomit inducing.

"This place isn't reversed, it's different." Carla explained further. "These people are not out missing friends. They're totally different people, ones that have been living in Edolas their whole lives. It's not as crazy as it sounds. This is a parallel world, so there's bound to be different versions of people, with there own culture history separate of ours."

"So if they aren't our friends, where are they?" Laki asked.

"How should I know?" Carla asked back. "If I knew that, then we wouldn't be here." She grabbed the other cats and started running towards the door. "We can't stay here any longer, let's go."

"Okay, but where?" Rose asked, bouncing with every step.

"The royal city." She answered. "If there's any information about our friends, we'll find it there."

"Then let's get going!" Laki said as she tried to pull natsu away from E. Lucy.

The cats reached the door just as E. Nab ran back in. "We got trouble! The Fairy Hunter is here!"

The guild stared in shock as the Carla paid no mind and kept moving towards the door. "Don't take another step! Do you wanna die!?" E. Lucy asked as the whole guild was whipped into a panic, with Cana mention something about kingdom monsters.

"The kingdom?..." Happy asked.

"Those are the people who sent us to Earthland..." Carla reminded him.

"Are we the enemy of Fairy Tail?" Happy asked.

"Levy, have you fixed the damned transporter yet!?" E. Lucy shouted at the bluennete.

"Shut it, melon patch!" The girl responded. "I'm using it aren't I!?"

The whole guild began to shake as small stones started floating off the ground. "What's the Fairy Hunter?" Laki asked as the earthlanders looked to the door. A giant winged beast landed and circled the plant like building, a lone rider on top.

"Why is the kingdom hunting us?" Wendy asked. "What's going on?"

"Are you that ill-informed?" E. Laki asked. "The king ordered all magic guild to disband to 'save magic energy'. We're the only one left."

"But that means..." Laki mumbled as she put two and two together. "Fairy Tail is a dark guild."

"Alright, were ready!" E. Levy said as she pulled a lever. "Activate the teleportation magic!" Everyone started floating into their as E. Lucy screamed they grab something. E. Gray tried to grab E. Juvia, and E. Laki tried to grab E. Gray. Just as the beast swung its claws outside, the plant sank into the ground. The claws tore up the land in a massive explosion of earth as the rider stared at the remains of the magic used.

"Teleportation magic?" The rider glanced over to a blonde with a short pompadour in pink armor walking over. "Who would have thought they'd use a spell that consumed so much magic. How wasteful."

"I didn't realize you followed me, Sugarboy." The rider said.

"That was incredibly gutsy of them.." Sugarboy mumbled.

"You don't praise insects, you squash them." The rider said back.

"And yet how many times have they escaped us?" The blonde asked, reminding the rider. "Still, they won't be able to use magic like that for a while. It's just a matter of time before we kill them all. More importantly, the giant Anima plan was a success. They're asking all captains of the magic warfare unit to return at once."

"So Earthland's Fairy Tail was destroyed?" The rider asked.

"Absorbed." Sugarboy corrected. "You have to give the king style points."

"And the Wizards absorbed by the Anima?" The rider asked.

"They have top notch seats as part of a giant lacrima." He chuckled.

"Wonderful, we should have magic power for quite some time." She smiled as she jumped off the beast, her scarlet red hair bouncing as she landed.

Desert

In the middle of a barren desert, The Fairy Tail Guildhall popped out of the ground and returned to normal. "We barely made it! Why don't you try putting some hustle in it next time!" E. Lucy shouted at the Levy counterpart.

"You wanna fight her off next time, be my guest!" E. Levy shouted back.

"Okay, what just happened?" Rose asked as she laid on the ground.

"I think we just moved..." Happy groaned in pain.

"So did my stomach." Wendy added.

"Who-who was that?" Natsu groaned as he sat up.

"You must have hit your head or something." Mirajane said. "How else could you have forgotten? That was one of th captains of the magic warfare unit. Erza Knightwalker, aka the Fairy Hunter."

The explanation shocked the six to the core. "Erza is the enemy?..." Natsu repeated.

"Ow..." Laki groaned as she grabbed her head. She turned forward and bumped heads with her counterpart, knocking the hood off.

"Why is there a magic mirror here?" E. Laki asked. The others surrounded her as grabbed her breasts and the 'reflection' did not.

"Stop that!" Laki shouted, scaring everyone.

"What the heck is going on!?" E. Jet asked as the other Earthland people reached Laki.

"You want the long answer or the short answer?" Natsu asked as he helped Laki up. For the next hour, the half a dozen Anima survivors explained everything that happened.

"Let me get this straight, you're saying you're from another world called 'Earthland', and you came here to save you're friends?" E. Jet asked.

"Yep." Natsu nodded.

"And there's a Fairy Tail in that world, and Erza is in it?" E. Droy asked. "That doesn't sound right. But then again, this definitely isn't the Natsu we know."

"And there's a second me next to him." E. Laki added. "Girl, we have to get you out of that mess. You need to show off your stuff."

"Yeah, not happening." Laki said back.

"Then this little girl..." E. Wendy mumbled, looking at her counterpart. "You're supposed to be me?"

"Hi..." Wendy mumbled.

"Oh, I get it. She's a tiny version of our Wendy." E. Nab joked.

"So yeah... Could anyone tell us the way to the royal city?" Natsu asked, shocking the Edolas guild.

"They were pulled into this world by you're king. We have no choice but to go there and save them." Laki explained. "If we don't, they'll be turned into magic batteries."

"Sorry to break this to you, covered up me, but you might as well give up." E. Laki said. "Here, the king rules with an iron fist. And with the army he has, no one stands up to him and lives to tell about it."

"In this world, magic is a limited resource. And it won't be long until we run out." E. Elfman added.

"That's king's greatest fear, so he try's to keep the magic to himself. Right, Juvia, my love?" E. Gray added before going gaga next to the bluenette.

"As a result, he ordered all magic guilds to be disbanded." She continued the explanation. "At first, we all ignored it. But then he started sending his warfare unit after the guild until we were the only ones left."

"And it's not like we're in top shape either." E. Jet added, wiping tears that started to form. "We've lost half of our members to them, including our master."

Laki and Wendy felt sorry for them as E. Gray spoke up. "All we're doing now is just trying to stay safe. So you really shouldn't get with the king. Head back to your world and try to move on."

"Not gonna happen." Natsu declared. "I'm not scared of anyone. I'm gonna save my friends, no matter what." He once again shocked the guild as the door opened and quickly closed, confusing him.

Royal City

The royal city was a place only the top of the top could live. But all the extravagant houses there were dwarfed the towering Might that was the castle. "Wow! Did you see that lacrima!? It's so freaking cool!" A two toned haired man said as he walked next to Knightwalker and Sugarboy.

"Yes, I saw it when I arrived, Hughes." E. Erza nodded. "It's certainly exquisite."

"That's the power of thousands of Earthland people." Hughes said.

"To be more accurate, it's the magical power of a hundred wizards and the people in that town." Sugarboy corrected.

"Don't bore me with all the details, Sugarboy." Hughes wined. "All I'm trying to say is it's amazing. Do you guys even get how amazing thst is? It's like 'super-amazing'.

"If you say so." Sugarboy mumbled.

"Erza..." A raspy voice caused all three to turn around and look to what could only be described as a small troll. "Have you still yet to wipe out the Fairy Tail guild?"

"Byro..." Knightwalker said, annoyed.

"How you earned the name Fairy Hunter when they continue to flee is beyond me." The chief of staff said before letting out a raspy laugh. "They're the only guild left remaining. And while I realize they're hard to track down, but the king is losing his patience with you. He wants to see some results sooner than later."

"Do not fret." Sugarboy said, stepping in to defend E. Erza. "The day of divine judgment comes down on those fairies is quickly approaching."

"Those fairies don't stand a chance against her." Hughes added, making Byro laugh again.

"Enough of that disgusting laugh, Byro." The little man turned around as a large cat man in armor walked forward.

"Patherlily." Knightwalker said.

"I don't appreciate obnoxious sounds." Pantherlily said. "And the same goes to for you too, Hughes."

"What with you?" The mentioned man asked. "You walk around like you're so high and mighty for some reason. I got news for you, you're no better than the rest of us."

"I'd hold my tongue if I were you." The cat said back as he walked between them.

"In as bad a mood as ever, isn't he?" Sugarboy asked.

"Seems he's upset at the increase in our weaponry." Knightwalker guessed.

"Shouldn't he be happy for that as a military man?" Sugarboy asked.

"I have to be honest, I don't see the need for it either." She said. "Our kingdom has nearly unified the entire world, so all these weapons are just going to gather dust."

"Maybe it has something to do with the resistance." Sugarboy guessed.

"We can handle them by ourselves." Knightwalker reminded him.

"Where did this complicated conversation come from?!" Hughes complained as Byro grinned behind them. "I can't follow it at all."

Throne Room

"Your majesty!" A girl without shoes screamed as she ran into the room, stoping st what appeared to be a throne. "We have conformation that the extraction of magic power from the lacrima can begin in four days time, just as we planed. Congratulations!"

"Not enough..." The old man on the throne mumbled, confusing the girl.

"Huh?" The girl ran around and returned to her earlier position. "Can you repeat that, sir?"

"I said it's not enough, Coco." The king repeated.

"If I may speak freely sir, the lacrima contains the power of an entire Earthland city!" Coco said, running around. "That level of magic is more than enough to supply our kingdom with magic for another ten years!"

"The kingdom of Edolas cannot be held back by limitations." The king said standing up, making the girl stop running. "More... bring me more magic power... We must have an eternity! A supply of magic power that never dies!"

Desert

A pink... lizard, frog, thing croaked a few times before it hopped out of the way as Natsu tried to grab it. "Get back here!"

"What are you doing?" Rose asked as they watched him hop after it.

"Fo you have any idea how much longer we have to walk until we reach the capital?" Happy asked Carla.

"We just left, so don't ask me now." Carla said.

"They said five days foot right?" Wendy asked.

"Wonderful." Carla huffed. "With our Aera magic not working, walking seems to be the only option."

"Hey, I've been meaning to ask something." Rose spoke up. "If we're really from this world, why can't WE use our magic here?"

"I don't have the answer to that." The white cat answered as she turned back to Natsu. "How much longer are you going to chase that thing?"

"Until I catch it." Natsu said back. "It's something I've never seen before. I wanna give it to Laki."

"Natsu, I don't want a frog." Laki repeated for the fifth time. It still didn't get through his head and he bounced after it, making Laki shake her head.

Natus bounced forward and crashed into a much bigger frog. "That thing is huge!" Happy shouted. Laki looked up and panicked as the giant amphibian raised its leg. "What do we do, Natsu?"

"No problem." Natsu tired to light his fist on fire and failed, forcing them all to run. "I forgot we can't use magic here!"

"We're totally helpless without out magic!" Laki screamed as the frog shot its tongue out, grabbing her by the leg. "Help!"

"I gotcha!" Natsu grabbed her hand and tried pulling her free, only to sink into the desert sand. He looked up in the sky as a blue whip spun around the beasts neck and electrocuted it, making it let go of Laki.

E. Lucy landed as the frog ran away and Laki pulled Natsu out of the ground. "Scary Lucy!" Happy cheered.

"Thank you, scary Lucy." Wendy added.

"My name's not scary!" The blonde shouted back as she watched the frog hop away. "How does something that big not fight harder?"

"So, why'd you come after us?" Rose asked, making the blonde turn and huff.

"I wasn't worried about you, if that's what you're thinking." E. Lucy defiantly said.

"Huh, I guess she's more like our Lucy than we thought." Natsu joked.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" She shouted back.

"It means, you're a good person." Laki said before chuckling. "I can only imagine how you would react to our Lucy."

"Yeah, that would be funny." Natsu added. Both laughed at the joke before E. Lucy kicked them again.

"So, why did you follow us?" Rose asked again.

"Well,... you'll need a guide to get through this desert." The blonde defended. "So, I choice to take that roll. Now follow me." She marched forward and the others followed her.

And there you have it, E. Laki is a more... risqué version who is attracted to E. Gray The reason I didn't want to just make her a pervert is... because I was worried about how to do that. If I did to much, she'd come off as a whore. If I did to little, she'd come off as the same as Earthland Laki. Hopefully I did you guys proud and you enjoyed her.

Poll update: I have to admit, I'm shocked by this. 'Secret' is in first place and in second is 'Joins with the Exceed'. But coming up in third is 'Stays Behind'. I'm gonna be honest, I put that in as a joke. I didn't think anyone would actually vote for it. But anyway, in forth place is nomine with Max as her partner, followed by nomine with Nab as her partner. And at the bottom of the pack is nomine with Warren as her partner. Let's see some more votes, and see you next chapter.

Beta read by Natsu is Awesome.