Bella walked up into the field and over to where Erza was standing. Erza looked over at her with a look of surprise and relief. 

"Bella, There you are. we were worried sick" Erza said looking at her. 

"Well there was this moment with gray and then the whole...incident at the food court" Bella replied off handedly as she turned to the to the man with a pumpkin head as he began explaining the rules of the next game. 

"Wait what?" Erza asked with a surprised yet confused look. Suddenly she reddened. "Oh uhh"

"NOT LIKE THAT YOU PERV!" Bella yelled in annoyance.

"Oh well" erza cleared her throat.

"Maybe you should have made it a little more clearer" the girl with a cat tail giggled.

The man with a pumpkin head walked over and everyone drew sticks with a number on it indicating who was going in which order. 

Erza was first. Bella watched as Erza walked forward and entered the castle.

Everyone was in shock as she declared that she would take on all 100 monsters.

Gray and Natsu were up on their balcony laughing their asses off as this was the most Erza thing to do.

They all turned their attention to the monitors and watched as Erza fought each monster using different requipts. 

Bella was unsure as to how long it took for Erza to take down all the monsters, however when Erza was finished they all heard her say. 

"I hope that you will forgive me, dealing with them took longer than i suspected" Erza said as she controlled her breathing. 

Everyone was shocked as they all stared at her. 

Bella wanted to laugh, she really did, but she kept her self from doing so.

Bella looked at her own number. She was 8th in line, last, that was just fine with her. 

Fairy tail was cheering loudly up in the stadium, but so was everyone else.

They were so amazed by the display of power and strength that Erza had show.

Soon erza was back with her team which left the rest of them there waiting patiently as the announcer explained the next part. 

"we just have to throw magic at this thing?" Bella said tilting her head as she stared at the machine. 

"exactly" the pumpkin man replied. 

Bella watched as a a girl with a very skin revealing out fit walked over. 

"here it goes!" she said grinning. her score was 365.

Bella stared at the in confusion as did most of the spectators. 

"since we didn't set a bench marker for comparison, i am unsure if that is a good mark or not" the announcer said. 

A man from quatro curberus went up and got a 124.

blue pegasus- 95

raventail- 4

sabertooth- 3825

Jura- 8544

Bella sweat dropped. *i defeated that guy?* she thought to her self and walked over to stand in front of the machine.

She looked down at her arm. *Was this what she was wanting me to do?* She wondered.

*No. I won't use that, not yet. I might need it for something else* she thought to her self.

Focusing on all her Engery and power she aimed a stead and powerful spell at the machine, unfortunately...or should we say...fortunately the spell was so powerful it broke the machine. 

Faintly she hoped that Mavis wasn't to upset with her for not using her gift.

Everyone except fairytail were silent for several moments, however that didn't last too long.

everyone interrupted into cheers. 

Bella fought back a groan and swayed a little feeling as though she was going to pass out.

*damn it...too much* she thought to her self as she made her way back up to team B.

*i should have....waited...a little longer* she thought panting for air. 

Sensing someone near by she looked up.

She tensed seeing sting leaning up against the wall and froze.

Sting looked up at her. His arms crossed in front of him.

"You left. How rude" he said as he stood up and walked over to her.

Bella's heart raced in her chest as it became difficult to breathe.

"I got you something" he said holding out a bag to her. "Here" he said.

Bella stared at him blankly.

"Come on take it" Sting said forcing it into her hand.

"Open it up" he demanded.

"I...I don't"

Sting grabbed hold of her face making her stare up at him. Fear shot through her.

"I brought you a present. Be grateful and open it" he growled.

"Ook" Bella said quickly in agreement. 

Taking the bag she opened it and pulled out a dress.

Surprised she looked from the dress to him and back.

"You like it? You are going to wear it to the after party" Sting explained.

Bella stared down the the dress blankly as he talked about his plan for the after party.

Bella dropped the bag and took the dress in both hands.

She pulled tightly and ripped the dress in half causing Sting to look at her in shock before his expression turned to rage.

"I prefer blue" bella says looking up at him coldly.

Slamming her against the wall bella cried out in shock.

He held her there tightly and he grabbed a fist full of her hair and held her tightly.

"I spent my hard earned money on that dress for you and this is how you repay me" he spat.

Bella flinched. He took a slow breath.

"That's ok...I forgive you. I'll just find another one but I will keep it with me until just before the party." He said as his hand goes to her throat.

"I'm not going" Bella started to say.

"Of course you are. And you will be going with me" sting replied with a growl.

"I'll see you later. I can't wait to have some more fun" he said as he ran a finger down her side making her shiver.

He turned and walked away down the hallway.

She waited until she could no longer hear his foot steps and he was far out of sight before continuing on to where her team was at.

"Where did you get that kind of power?" Gajeel asked as she walked up.

"yeah and why haven't you used it on those guys who are after you?" Laxus asked accusingly.

 "and what took you so long to get back here?" He added.

Bella looked up at them as she panted for air.

"if i was able to...i would have" She spat. "i can't" she groaned.

"even the most powerful of people have their obstacles." she added as she leaned against the balcony railing. 

"and just what is this obstacle?" Juvia asked looking at her puzzled.

"when they found out a bout me....they placed a type of servitude spell on me. I cant use my powers on them." Bella replied.

"it is dark magic. it binds the person so that they cannot go against their master. They used it on the demons that they have under their control. That is why the ones who possess fire cannot harm them." she explained. 

"These assholes think of everything" Gajeel said growling. Bella nods. 

"they have been alive for many many years. they have seen things..they are very well prepared for everything" Bella replied. 

laxus only scoffed in annoyance.

After watching a few battles Laxus went down to the battle field.

Everyone was on edge. 

"KICK HIS BUTT" Natsu exclaimed. 

"This is laxus after all" Bella said. 

"yes but still...i have a really bad feeling about this" Juvia said rather reluctantly. 

Bella sighed a little bit. "This is Laxus.. Even if raven tail tries anything. He will pull through." She said firmly.

"I may not like his at times...but that is only because he is a lot like my father...but i beleive in him" She said as she turned to watch the battle...only to see Laxus having a hard time while the masked man attacked him strike after strike. 

Bella gasped. 

"no way!" 

"Is this really happening?!" 

"THERE'S NO WAY!" 

Bella watched the match overwhelmed in alarm. "There is no way this is happening. They must be pulling some trick" bella said. 

"they are just standing there" Juvia said. 

"Oh thank god" Mirajane said as Laxus began fighting back.

"well he is finally back in action" Gajeel said. 

"seems that way" Juvia said. Bella continued staring at the match as laxus was thrown to the ground. 

her eyes widened as she saw a darkness on the battlefield. "what is that?" She asked.

"what is what?" mirajane asked. 

bella looked at her and then back to the  field in confusion. "i don't know" she replied. 

The fight continued as the tables turned and turned.

First laxus was losing and then winning and then back to losing again.

all in honestly it was starting to give bella a headache.

The fight had everyone in the arena hyped up. 

Bella whimpered and covered her ears.

flashes of memories rushed through her mind of a blond haired being thrashed around by a large being. 

shaking her head she forced her self to look back at the fight.

 Everyone gasped in surprised as the illusion shattered and revealed Laxus standing with a pile of unconscious bodies. 

"Was that all an illusion?"

"what happened?" 

"what is going on?" 

"whoa! what happened down there?" The announcer exclaimed. 

"whoa since when does Laxus have a twin brother?" Natsu exclaimed. 

"geeze dont be such a moron the whole thing was an illusion" Gray deadpanned. 

"Im at a complete loss here this is crazy!" the announcer said. 

"Holy moly Lixie was actually their guild master Ivan the whole time" The pumpkin man exclaimed jumping up and down. 

Everyone gasped in shock. 

"apparently the battle we were watching was just an illusion, But Laxus personally defeated the entire raventail guild. lets hear it for our victor!' the announcer said. 

"not only did five of their members illegally participate on a one on one match but their guild master partook in the games as well. this is a brazing violation of the tournament rules" Mr yajama explained clearly enraged. 

"he wiped out the entrie Raventail team by him self"

"First Erza then Bella now this guy!"

"there aint no messing with fairy tail this year" 

"the winner of day three's third match is fairy tails team B Laxus Dryer." pumpkin man said happily and everyone erupted into cheers. 

the raven tail members were taken away by the guards. Next was wendy's match. 

Bella ducked and sat on the ground with wide eyes. "im not watching this one" she said shivering. This battle ended in a draw and everyone went back to the motel. 

Bella sat at her table pushing aroun her food on the plate. There was a cup of beer setting beside her, however she did not touch it. 

Gray sat across from her.

Juvia was pressing up against him trying to get his attention. 

Everyone was having a good time.