:) Hi, good morning or good night! I honestly think this chapter is just a transition but, a chappie is still a chappie right? Anyways, apologizes for any spelling or grammar error. This chapter was cut off into pieces and I worked on it on many different part of the month. So, I may have vented or just....I dunno, did my best on it at some parts. :D Which I always attempt to do. Anyways, I just thought I would maybe....interact with you a bit. <3 Cuddle up and enjoy!

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Fear was a Snake, a hostile snake that would coil up around your body. Preventing you to breath or to even move. Only to those who broke free were the ones with endless hope and courage. So who was Natsu? Wasn't he the one who would always be that dragon to save Fairy Tail from when they were hanging by a thread? Wasn't he the one.....to give everyone motivation?

Natsu breathing became heavy as each thought started weighing upon him.

Why is this happening? Why is everything going wrong? What happened to Luce? How is Erza defeated? Where is our help?

What is happening to me?

Natsu swallowed that lump in his throat and shakily laughed, a bead of sweat dripping down from his forehead "C'mon Gray! Let's fi-fight this guy!" Gray shot him a suspicious look before stating calmly "I don't have any more magic left, and I don't think you have anymore either." "I do!" Natsu protested, he suddenly felt anger boil inside him. He didn't like this, this sudden emotional changes.

Gray arched his eyebrow giving him that 'Cut-the-bull crap- look. "Oh really, well then, go fight alone to those.....two people." A chuckle intervened the conversation "Well well, as much as you want to prove a point that would be dangerous little ones." The two turned and saw Draco "Who are you?" Gray questioned before narrowing his eyes at him "Are you our enemy too?"

Draco laughed at the question "No, of course not! I'm Little Sta- Ahem, Lucy's fath-Spirit! I'll be helping you guys if you don't mind." Gray let out a sigh of relief "Thank god.....wait, how? Lucy is out right now.....and is in the Spirit World right now." Draco frowned "Spirit World? Why?"

"She's hurt and out cold. She's safer over there too. And.....she just needs to be protected right now, we can't afford to lose......" Gray closed his eyes "Right, so whatever. Forget my question, can you beat them up?"

Draco flicked Gray's forehead  "Easier said than done Ice boy, they both have illusion magic. You're better off retreating than fighting them with magic depletion." Gray yelped and immediately glared at Draco while rubbing his forehead, soothing the pain "Well, they have Erza. And I can't just leave my teammate over to some couple of shady guys!"

".....Hm, Erza? And who would that be?" "I can't explain that right now!" Gray snapped before hearing a whisper "Um, they're coming towards us Droopy Eyes, Pops." The two turned and saw the blind-folded person coming towards them with an eerie look.

Draco stood forward giving out a hostile glare "Back off. Just give us the girl and there won't be a fight."  Gray snorted at the cheesy line but said nothing else. The blind-folded man bowed "Good evening, I'm afraid I won't be able to do as such. Maybe we can trade?" Natsu narrowed his eyes and snarled with his sudden bottled up anger "Trade? With what!?"

"Mrs. Heartifillia"

That one response made everyone explode. Natsu with anger, Gray with disbelief, and Draco with .......a mixture of both "Little Star's married?" The blind-folded man scoffed at the question "Pardon me, I have meant Ms. Heartfillia. Though that does not change the fact that.....Ahem, now, are you willing to agree?"

"HELL NO!" Natsu screamed at the man, his onyx eyes glowing. The blind-folded man just stared at Natsu, who mentally groaned at the pressure but physically stood firm "Who the hell are you anyways?!"

"Earl, call me Earl" He stated before flashing a pleasant smile "Would you like to see my magic?" Before anyone could say no, Earl swiped his hand towards Natsu. "Illusion of Fear and Anger, Dispel."

Natsu's eyes widened with alarm. He suddenly choked, feeling his eyes suddenly fill with tears and his skin tearing itself apart. His chest tightened so much that he felt like everything inside was going to get thrown up. He collapsed to his knees and coughed up black tar, which just seeped into the ground. His lungs felt as if they were on fire, it felt like......something was clawing it's way out.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck" He murmured between coughs and wiped his mouth, slowly with trembling hands before collapsing to the ground. Unconscious.

Draco didn't wait to help Natsu, he immediately charged to Earl and slammed his foot into Earl's torso. Earl immediately flew into trees before grinning insanely at him "Don't you see now? We can kill that red-hair in an instant if you don't willingly give up Heartfillia!"

Draco didn't respond as he was reading Earl.

Sensory Illusion Magic, with the senses of .....feelings? Draco breathed deeply That explains why he's so Bipolar, he exchanged his control of feelings for this magic. Probably an easy opponent if I wasn't stuck in the celestial world for years. "Back of pal, you're causing unnecessary commotions."

The person behind Earl piped up with an emotionless look "Yes, I indeed do agree. We need to get back to Lord. If we spend time here the plan will not commence on time." Earl scowled "Fine, then I'll leave you to demolish these Weaklings. You can't leave evidence of anything, and summon Curtis out. Lord needs him. See ya, Vas." He disappeared into the forest.

Vas, possibly the other person, nodded and snapped his fingers. Immediately the village around them disappeared into dust "I apologize for the inconvenience we have caused, you may have the red-hair back but you will not be getting back Ms. Heartfillia."

In an instant, he was in front of Gray and hit his pressure point.

But apparently not fast enough, because Gray caught the Raven Tail Guild Symbol engraved on his hand

 Then, he advanced to Draco and attempted to knock him out with the same tactics but failed to do so as Draco was already 6 feet away from him. "Look boy, it's not about giving out permission or any of that stuff. You can't take her away from us......or me for that matter."

Vas stared at Draco with a twinge of annoyance before dismissing the promise "I see, but I suppose it doesn't matter if you try to get to us. Because you'll fail...and then you'll live with that guilt.......just adding to those other regrets won't it?"

Draco's jaw dropped and he was speechless What?. Vas held his head high and walked back into the forest with a satisfied look. Draco shakily let out a breath when he suddenly saw Melise smiling warmly at him, welcoming him back home with little Lucy by her side who grinned toothily.

Hallucinations.....they were hallucinations.

And that was what was killing Draco. That sudden realization of realizing Melise was presumably dead and Lucy was a grown up already, that maybe five years had passed in a flash.

Draco swallowed that feeling and firmly stared at the disappearing figure of Vas, the hallucinations disappearing. Two Illusion mages. One that controlled thoughts and feelings and another that controlled sight. The pair would be enough to destroy everyone.

The heavy tension hung in the air.

Draco ran his hand through his golden locks before disappearing to the celestial world. At least that Arc was over, now, we need to find out what's happening.

With Fairy Tail

Mira glance at the clock countless of times throughout the whole day, her eyes were becoming cloudy with worry each time.

But Freed was always the one who would make her forget. I mean, who wouldn't forget about the whole world when the man your in love was stuttering and a blushing mess while talking to you?

"Eh--so--Mira---" Freed tried before shoving Bixlow of him in frustration "For god's sake, get off me first Bix!" Bixlow cackled madly and dodged Freed's attempts "C'mon though Man! We got more requests to do! We don't have time for you lovebirds to keep on flirting!" "Flirting!" "Flirting!" Evergreen snorted and haughtily remarked "Oh yea? Says the one who always goes to clubs when we have a mission to do."

"Hey! I'm just enjoying my life unlike you sad people!" "Sad People" "Sad People" Bixlow shouted with a lop-sided grin "Plus.....you're the one who wastes an entire lifespan on shopping." "Shopping" "Shopping" Laxus let out an amused grunt at the argument. Evergreen gaped before glaring at the two "Excuse me? You guys both just ......pfft, I dun-you guys just waste your lifetime on........clubs!"

Laxus arched an eyebrow "That was in the past Ever." "Past? You guys just......went to the club yesterday!" She screeched. Laxus smirked and drank his beer "Are you sure? I have no recollection of me going to a club. 'M pretty sure you mean Bix."

".....URGH, whatever" Evergreen huffed knowing that she would wouldn't win the argument. Mira laughed before questioning "So, have you guys heard from Team Natsu?"

Freed swallowed and answered smoothly "No, we have not. Is there something involving with them?" Mira's eyes widened before shaking her head "No! Of course not! I just haven't heard from them since they went on their mission, they would.....you know. Normally contact me in either the progress they made or if it was a success."

"Not everyone's going to tell you every little detail Demon," Even though that was said, Laxus's entire attention was now focused on Mira. "Well, just.... they left first thing in the morning. I just thought they should have contacted me at least once considering how eas-"

The door surprisingly banged open, or, for a much more appropriate term, broke into tiny pieces. Dust emerged from the destruction, making multiple of mages cough.

The dust finally cleared up, revealing Wendy and an unknown man with wings. The man groaned "Darn, sorry Wendy. Didn't mean for that rough ol' landin' there." Wendy immediately woke up with a startled gasp "Nick-san? What happened?"

Mira gasped at the injuries littering on Wendy's body and immediately rushed over "Are you okay Wendy? Where's Team Natsu?" The memories immediately came flying back to Wendy, who just started speaking gibberish "I-Oh-Team Natsu'sindanger-Lucy-I can't-please save-scary people-"

The Raijinshuu and several other mages made their way. The only thing Laxus heard through out the entire gibberish was "Lucy" and "Scary people." And god knew that those two words never fitted together for Fairy Tail.

Mira cooed at Wendy and immediately wrapped her arms around her in a comforting manner "First off, let's get you to the infirmary okay?"

Wendy immediately disagreed "NO!" Mira immediately pulled back with a surprised look, and a tiny bit of hurt evident in her eyes "No, I meant. Lucy-nee is in danger and the others need back-up! They all probably already have magical depletion and they're fighting really powerful enemies!" She rambled before exhaling "It was an Ambush."

That was all Wendy needed to say for everyone in the guild to panic. Numerous of people made a bee-line to Master's Office, only resulting to one huge clump of people unable to even enter through the door.

Mira let out a shaky sigh "Oh My Mavis, ambush?" She said with a voice laced with disbelief. Laxus stalked to the pair with narrowed eyes "Ambush? So where the hell are the idiots?"

"They're....stalling" Wendy replied glumly when a voice piped up "Hey! I could take you guys there!" Nick chirped flapping his wings, which some people stared in awe and shock. Laxus growled slightly annoyed "I can lightning teleport, thank you." Freed, Bixlow, and Evergreen exchanged looks before accepting the offer "Well, if that's so then-"

Nick rustled his feathers and let out a laugh "Awesome! But just to let  you guys know, I can only carry one person at a time-"

"What?!" Evergreen screeched Then we'll never get to Team Natsu in time!

Freed cleared his throat and replied calmly "That's fine, Evergreen will volunteer as tribute. I will use my magic to help teleport." Bixlow glared at him "And? You guys aren't just gonna....you know" He gestured wildly "Leave me alone here right?!"

Freed face-palmed "You're coming with me Bix," He mumbled before saying loudly "Alright then, can we go?"

Mira stared at the team with wide eyes "What? Leaving already? What about Wendy!?" "I....there's nothing about her that will be relevant to us Mira." "No! I mean, she knows the enemies. And....and if Team Natsu is struggling against them then...you surely need to at least get some information about them to get an advantage."

Freed sighed "Alright, that is wise to do so."

Wendy, hearing the conversation, spoke up anxiously "Well, there's one girl named Loreta...who has acid magic." Everyone waited. The guild was so quiet that you could even hear their breathing without a problem. A moment passed when Evergreen questioned "And?" Wendy looked down "Th-that's it."

Everyone exploded with shouts and screams, they all scrambled out of their seats and shot for Master's office.

Freed turned away "Alright, let's...let's go." The group left the guild, Mira stared after their disappearing figures... God, please let them come back alive and well with Team Natsu

In the Celestial World

Loki struggled to even breath, the air was so tense that breaking it would be like causing a disaster. All of the Spirits Lucy owned were gathered in front of a small tent. They were all different but if one thing was said to them of what was alike, it was their concern for Lucy.

"How's Lucy?" He spoke slowly and cautious to Aquarius.

Aquarius clicked her tongue and stared out in the open "Hell if I know, go check for yourself Cat." A silent "For all of us Leo" Hung in the air. Loki swallowed the lump in his throat "R-Right, I'll go then." He walked into the tent and immediately hated his choice. Lucy was unconscious on a bed, plastered with bandages and a glow covered her entire body. Her face was scrunching up as if she was in pain. And Loki had no idea how to stop that pain "H-Hey Crux, what's up?" He asked firmly.

Crux woke up in a snap and stared at Loki in shock before collecting himself "Well, Lu-cy-chan won't be wa-king up anytime soon. Her spi-rit is trapped somewhere." "What?" "I said, Lu-cy-chan....physically, is here. But her sp-irit is trapped somewhere."

Loki groaned and rubbed his temples, trying to prevent the sudden annoyance to get to him "I heard you, what magic could be the cause of this? And how do we solve this?" Crux immediately fell asleep, Loki groaned even louder and shook Crux "We need to save Lucy! Okay? She's our princess! And Princess is in Danger!"

Crux's eyes drooped "But you see, we ca-n't do anything. Not now, we need to wait. Not until Lucy-chan's guild gets.....clues." Loki snarled at Crux "And then? We need to do. Something. Now! We can't  just wait like some fucktard and just ask god for a goddamn miracle."

Loki immediately whipped his body around and left the tent, he raised the flaps and bared his gritting teeth to Crux "And if you won't help, I'll help Lucy." He stalked off, all the spirits staring after him. "W-where are you go-going Leo-sama?" Aries stammered.

Loki's eyes slightly softened at Aries "Celestial Library, watch over Lucy Aries, Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Taurus. Capricorn, Aquarius, Gemini, come with me." Then his eyes glazed over the rest of the spirits "Do what you want." He stormed off, Aquarius, Gemini, and Capricorn followed him silently.

Crux shut his eyes and floated next to Lucy "I'm so sorry Lu-cy-chan," He murmured sorrowfully. 

With Team Raijinshuu

Laxus immediately teleported to the village Team Natsu was, after getting the village's name from Wendy of course.

He surveyed the area when he saw the unconscious bodies of Natsu, Gray, and Erza. And there was that one area that was entirely covered by a black gooey stain. Laxus immediately pulled back at the scent "Fucking hell?" Well, there wasn't a scent to be specific. It was just a blank space, nothing was there. No evidence of the mage's smell.

And that was disturbing at a point. He briskly walked towards Natsu's body, who's body was becoming an inhumane pale color. Laxus kneeled down and shook Natsu's body, seeing no response, he picked Natu up and threw him over his shoulder What the hell happened? No scent, and everyone's unconscious. There's no fucking proof

He stood up and walked over to Gray, kicking him lightly with his foot. No response. Laxus shot him with lightning. Gray let out a girlish scream and immediately shot up, his eyes were wide and he was sweating profusely "W-What?" He frantically looked around before finally looking up. He let out a sigh of relief and glared daggers at Laxus "What's your problem Man?"

"Where's Lucy?"

Gray froze, his mouth hung open before turning away shamefully "She's in the Celestial World, safe. But....she got some injuries for some reason, we couldn't protect her...." "So? She's not a baby, Blondie can handle an injury or six," Laxus replied gruffly before dropping Natsu on the ground besides Gray.

Gray growled at Laxus and dodged the Fire Mage's body "Seriously, what's your problem?" Laxus shrugged in a bored manner and his eyes scanned the area again "So? What was the fight about?" He .....demanded/questioned.

Gray scratched the back of his head and scowled "Well wasn't it obvious? We lost."

"Specifics"

Gray's blood ran cold as he heard Laxus's oddly cold tone but shook it off "We fought this girl named Loreta, who had some acid magic. But then two other people came in, who were originally controlling Loreta and ripped her apart. They were like.....illusionists or somethin'. And they said....somethin' bout Lucy." Probably just my Imagination

"What about her?"

"They.....they wanted Lucy for something."

"Something?"

"I don't know!" Gray suddenly snapped at the questions Why was Laxus so nosy? What the hell? Why LAXUS out of everyone in the guild?! "Somethin' about Lord wanted Lucy or that shit." Laxus narrowed his eyes and cursed under his breath, just at that exact moment. Runes ripped through the ground, it surrounded someone. And some bird flew right into the runes, but it's wings were wrapped around someone.

Or more specifically, Bixlow, Evergreen, and Freed had arrived.

Freed immediately staggered out before collecting himself and soothed the wrinkles on his clothing. He coughed, slightly embarrassed "Ahem, are we in the right place?" His eyes glanced around but stopped right at Laxus. Freed brightened up "Laxus-sama! Did you found Team Natsu yet?"

Laxus stepped to the side, showing the entire background to the Raijinshuu. Including the pile of unconscious bodies of a certain swordsman and fire mage.

Freed's face slowly drained away, his mouth dropped open and his eyes widened at the scenery. Bixlow immediately blanched and raised his hand in a surrender position, he turned around "Fuck this Shit I'm out," "I'm out" "I'm out".

Evergreen covered her mouth, her eyes were wide before she clamped her eyes shut "Oh my god" She breathed out. Freed swallowed before stepping forward, his fingertips brushing against his sword slightly "What shall we do Laxus-sama?"

Laxus stood silent, before shrugging his shoulders lamely. For some reason, that felt like he was carrying some logs and had to climb uphill "There's no scent, nothing."

Gray immediately shot up, protesting weakly "I know! They were a part of Raven Tail." Laxus's eyes darkened to a stormy gray before quickly passing out orders. Bixlow reluctantly slung the two unconscious mages over his shoulders and walked over to Freed, when runes surrounded them and then in a flash, they disappeared. 

Evergreen scrambled around the area, checking to see if there was any evidence left in the surrounding area. Nick disappeared to the Celestial World for there was no need for him to be there.

And Laxus, well, he teleported back to Fairy Tail. Of course, not without Gray.

They both roughly landed to the guild. Gray immediately covered his mouth as he felt himself choke. He gasped for air before glaring at Laxus "Fuckin' hell, take it easy there Grandpa." Laxus ignored the insult and immediately stalked to Mira when a fist crushed him and Gray.

"LAXUS!" A voice boomed throughout the entire guild. Laxus growled and dodged the fist in time "What Gramps?" Master stared at Laxus, hidden emotions flashing through his eyes "What is going on?" Laxus stood motionless for a second before shrugging, he gestured at the people around "Ask them maniacs, I don't know."

Master gave Laxus a disbelieving look and questioned "Then why did you just teleport here? You seemed like you just came back from something. And why is Gray injured? Where is Team Natsu?" Laxus scowled at the questions "Maybe because you're crushing him with your fist."

Master released Gray from his crushing pressure in a flash, he sheepishly grinned "My bad, Gray, what happened?" Gray glanced at Laxus before answering the question "Well....ehm, we got ambushed. By Raven Tail."

Master's eyes dilated with horror and anger, he jumped off the stool at the bar and motioned Gray to come with him to his office "Explain to me." Then, Master's eyes looked over at the rest of the guild. The member's faces were filled with terror, anger, and shock. But they were all waiting for a reply from him.

"Make plans my children, Raven Tail won't get away without a warning"

The tension disappeared in an instant. Master nodded "So let us prepare, and let Raven Tail know they don't mess with the Fairies!"

"AYE!" Everyone shouted loudly with determination before rustling around, looking for information.

Raven Tail.....why would they do this?

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This chapter made me realize I have no idea what to do with this story anymore. XD I'm getting kind of sick of this plot. And I know, I'm a piece of shit because I only gave you like a 3600 word chapter. ;-; I apologize. I took 3 months to create a chapter and it's only 3600 words. BUT HEY!!! :D This chappie made your adrenaline going didn't it? ........yes, I sincerely understand, transitions suck.

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