December 16, year x784

"Everyone, brace yourselves and listen well!" The master of Fairy Tail guild, Makarov Dreyar spoke up. "I have an extremely important announcement to make."

"What?" Everyone looks curious about his announcement.

"From the day after we return to the guild from Tenroujima... I'm gonna introduce a women's only dress code! You gotta choose between a nurse outfit or a school swim-"

Whack!

"Ow!" Makarov whimpered and holding his head been formed into a huge bulge of being whacked by no other than, Aaliyah Dreyar, the adopted granddaughter of Makarov Dreyar.

"There's no time for joking, grandpa." Aaliyah spoke up with her usual serene expression.

"I see. Sounds like fun." The scarlet-haired girl, Erza Scarlet, spoke up with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Erza-san, he is just joking. Right, grandpa?" She asks and Makarov gulped behind her usual calm expression.

"I'm sorry! I was just caught up..." Makarov whimpered and knowing his granddaughter are equals when it comes to strength and power. There's no guarantee she might beat him up for fooling around instead of being serious about this kind of situation. "Ahem! S-class Wizard Advancement Exam is on hold!"

"What!?" The white spiky haired boy, Elfman Strauss, the black-haired boy, Gajeel Redfox the pink-haired boy, Natsu Dragneel and the dark blue-haired boy, Gray Fullbuster looked shocked to hear the news.

"Like-I-said! The S Class Wizard Advancement Exam is on hold!"

"I can't accept that, Gramps!"

"Why is it on hold?"

"Make me S Class, damn it!"

"You're not even a candidate! You mean Levy, got it!?"

The four boys opposed the idea of the exam being on hold while Aaliyah sighs heavily of their obliviousness of the events. All of them got injured of being ambushed by Grimoire Heart and some of the people wanted to take a rest then continue it next time.

"What else can I do?" Makarov scratches his head and thinks carefully of a plan what to do next. "A lot's happened."

"A member of the Magic Council infiltrated the candidates if it wasn't for Aaliyah noticed him after the first exam." The long white-haired girl, Mirajane Strauss spoke up while holding the board with a pen on her hands. "And Grimoire Heart disrupted everything..."

"It is understandable of being held up the exams." Aaliyah spoke up in her usual calm expression showed on her face. "Think about it? All of us are injured and we used up a lot of magic of fighting them."

"Aaliyah-chan is right." The curly light blue-haired girl, Levy McGarden agreed with her. "I guess there is no choice."

"Hey! You're really okay with this, damn it!?" Gajeel exclaimed angrily and Aaliyah karate chops him lightly on his head.

"Mah, mah, calm down, Gajeel-san. You're not exactly a candidate and you can't force Levy-san to continue the exam." Aaliyah scolded the fellow Iron Dragon Slayer.

"Aaliyah is right." A black small cat or known as exceed, Panther Lily, agreed with her opinion. "You shouldn't be so worked up about it."

"Well, I ain't giving' up!" Natsu declared and causing Aaliyah to sighs heavily of his stubbornness. "I'm gonna be S Class, no matter what! Gray, Elfman, and Levy all gave up, right? Then I'll become S class! I'm gonna be S Class!" He whined like a child.

"Such a persistent boy, isn't he? Aaliyah?" The yellow with black strip feline half-exceed, Zara, asks her adopted mother, Aaliyah, curiously.

"He sure is." Aaliyah answered. "Calm down, Natsu."

"Guess I got no choice..." Makarov sighs heavily of Natsu's being hard-headed. "Let's start the final test right now, special! Beat Aaliyah and I'll make you S Class, Natsu." He smirked and Aaliyah stared at her grandfather with a deadpan look expression of involving her of this mess.

"Seriously, Gramps!?" Natsu asks happily.

"Ruby-chan beat Aaliyah and I'm sure you can do it as well." The 11-year-old scarlet-haired girl, Rubina 'Ruby' Hart, flinched of hearing her name being involved of their argument.

"I'm proud of my baby sister for passing the first exam." Erza cried in tears of joy causing Ruby to sweat dropped of her sister being overdramatic as usual.

"I wouldn't call it passing... more like I understand the first exam and she lets me through it." Ruby muttered and Zara nodded her head.

Ruby didn't expect when she took the route I and found out that her opponent is Aaliyah, not her sister. The reason why she barely passed it's because of the true meaning behind about partnering someone in the first place. She knew Aaliyah is more powerful just like Makarov than her and at least she managed to damage her a little.

"Okay! I'm all fired up!" Natsu spoke up while Aaliyah stared at him with her usual smiling expression. "Here I come!"

Aaliyah grabs Natsu's hand and crushed him on the ground leaving it a huge crack with her enormous strength. Elfman, Gajeel, Gray, Mirajane, Happy the blue cat exceed, Zara and Ruby looked shocked to see the damage she caused. They know she's more powerful behind that strength and to think Natsu could get knock out by one punch.

"I-I give..." He answered weakly and couldn't believe she showed no mercy on him to pass the test.

"Oh? Sorry, Natsu-san. I didn't mean to hit you that hard..." Aaliyah laughs nervously and removing her hands away from him. "I only used 2% of my strength."

"You call that 2%!?" Everyone exclaimed angrily causing her to sweat dropped more.

Aaliyah hums while reading the book with Zara who's comfortable sitting on her lap as she join reading the book as well. Someone approached them as Aaliyah recognized the person presence.

"Laxus-niisan, thank you for aiding us." She closes the book and looking at the blonde man that has a lightning scar on his eye. "Despite you being exile by grandpa, you helped us."

Laxus Dreyar, the adopted brother of Aaliyah and the grandson of Makarov, sit across to her as Zara gives them a privacy to have a sibling conversation. "I couldn't abandon my family especially that someone holds a lot of faith on me..." He smiled sadly and wondering how this girl could always smile all the time and rarely get angry or serious.

"Laxus-niisan, what you did back in Magnolia Harvest Festival is unforgivable and almost gotten ourselves killed by your greediness of power." She sighs sadly and Laxus holds her hand gently.

"You allowed Natsu to defeat me because you're hesitant to fight me as your brother." He remembered how Natsu argued his sister to let him handle him while she and the others stopped the Thunder Palace. "I can't believe you took down 500, Erza 100 and the other guild members took one of each."

"I don't want people to be suffered by your hatred when they're innocent." Laxus sighs heavily of her sister being an optimist person. "You're always my brother, despite I'm adopted."

"I don't deserve your kindness, Aaliyah..." He hugged his sister. "I'm sorry for neglecting you."

"All is forgiven, Laxus-niisan..." She hugged his brother back. Aaliyah knows her brother couldn't express his words towards her and in the end, Laxus will always have her back despite everything he has done wrong.

Roar!

Everyone cried out in pain as they covered their ears. Aaliyah couldn't help but shaken off this uneasy feeling inside her heart.

"What was that!?"

"The cry of a dragon..." The blue haired-girl, Wendy Marvel spoke up and knowing Natsu, Gajeel and Aaliyah heard that familiar cry of a dragon.

"A dragon!?" A short white-haired girl, Lisanna Strauss looked shocked to hear the sudden news.

"You means it's not thunder?" Panther Lily asks them.

"There's no mistake, it's a dragon... yet..." Aaliyah was cut off by a dragon again.

"Is everyone okay!?" They turned around to see another blonde girl, Lucy Heartfilia is with Natsu, another brown-haired man, Gildarts Clive and the brunette wavy haired girl, Cana Alberona approached them.

"You guys!" Gray looked surprised to see them.

"It's him... he's coming." Gildarts spoke up causing Aaliyah to narrowed her eyes from the sky.

"Hey, look up!" Lily exclaimed as his face is sweating in fear while pointing into the sky. "Something's coming!"

"There's no mistake..." Aaliyah whispered and notice Natsu's look. "It's a dragon."

"What's that!?" Gray asks Aaliyah with a disbelief looked on his face.

"It's huge..." Elfman commented.

"A dragon!?" A man with half mask, Bickslow, looked shocked seeing a dragon in real life.

"What's going on?" Lucy asks while Zara whimpered in fear as she hugged Ruby tightly.

"That dragon... I could feel darkness within him..." Aaliyah muttered.

"I knew it... dragons really do exist." Natsu spoke up while narrowing his gaze at the black dragon with blue strips around its body.

"The black dragon of the apocalypse... could it be Acnologia?" Makarov asks and Aaliyah nodded her head sadly.

"There's no mistake, he is that Acnologia. The black dragon King." Aaliyah answered and clenching her hand into a fist. She remembered her foster dragon mother, Ariella, told her about Acnologia one of the ruthless, bloodthirsty and violent dragon she'd ever encounter it. Behind Ariella's word, there's more story behind of Acnologia.

"How did you know that, Aaliyah?" Gildarts asks Aaliyah curiously.

"Mama told me about Acnologia and she told me to be careful if I ever encounter him..." She exhales lightly. "I didn't expect we could meet him now."

"You there! You know where Igneel is right now, don't you!?" Natsu demanded answers causing Aaliyah to stared at him with a disbelief look on her face. "And Grandine and Metallicana and Ariella too!"

"Natsu, enough!" Aaliyah snapped him back which caused him to looked shocked at her unusual serious look. "Acnologia is a different dragon from our foster parents. We can't provoke him for he is more powerful than any of us combined."

"She's right, I've told you before how my arm, no, my entire body became like this." Gildarts informed him as Aaliyah stared at the man worriedly.

"It's coming down!" The green-haired man, Freed Justin informed them.

"That's not the dragon Natsu and the rest love! It's much more evil!" Happy exclaimed.

"Everyone get close to me!" Aaliyah as blue magic circle showed up on her feet. "Water dragon sphere!" She summoned a huge sphere to protect themselves from the strong wind.

"Yeah, that's right! This one's the nemesis of all humankind!" Gildarts commented as the sphere disappeared while the black dragon, Acnologia, landed on the ground.

"Are we gonna have to fight him?" Natsu asks Gildarts.

"No, that's not it, Natsu. We should no longer be thinking about winning or losing, but focus on how to best escape from him. No, in fact, we should be wondering who'd be able to survive this encounter."

"Out of all of us here, are you trying to say that some of us will be killed by this thing!?" He asks angrily.

Acnologia roared once more. "This is bad! All of you get out of here!"

Everyone gasped while Makarov stared at Acnologia with his stern expression look as Aaliyah know what he's going to do. Acnologia roared once more as Laxus protects his sister from the rocks been sending at them. Aaliyah opened her eyes lightly and gasped of what she's seeing right now. In just one roar, the entire forest disappeared.

"Laxus-nissan, are you alright?" Aaliyah asks her older brother worriedly.

"No way..."

"What terrible destructive force!"

"What is that thing? Just one roar from it is enough to do much damage... what's up with that thing!?"

"He.. tch, admiring his handiwork from above, huh? Which means that was just a 'greeting' ..."

Everyone looked shocked at what they're seeing right now. The place turned itself into a desert with no trees or wild animals at all.

"In our current state, it's impossible for us to fight him..." Ruby commented as she holds Zara gently. "We don't have time to waste being afraid!"

"Ruby is right. We're getting the hell off this island now!" Gildarts informed them. "He's coming back! Hurry to the ship!"

"Run! We're all going back to Fairy Tail together!" Erza ordered them.

Everyone is running away from Acnologia. "Wendy, you can talk to dragons, can't you?" The white feline exceed, Carla asks Wendy. "Can't you do something about this!?"

"It's not that I can talk to talk to them! It's just that dragons all have very high levels of intelligence." Wendy answered as Aaliyah shakes her head.

"Acnologia can talk whatever he wants to, Carla-san and Wendy-san." Aaliyah pointed out. "Mama told me he's a dangerous dragon and with our strength combine, I'm not even sure if we could defeat him or not."

"Bickslow and Freed!" Ruby cried out their name as Aaliyah immediately went on in front of them. "Ah! Aaliyah!"

"Hyah! Water dragon iron fist!" Aaliyah summon her magic power to punch Acnologia causing him to pushed away from them far away. "I won't let you hurt my family!"

"She-she-she just punch him in one blow..." Laxus stuttered and couldn't believe how strong his sister is with or without magic.

"He-he's also ahead of us and yet... Aaliyah manages to damage him." Gray stuttered as he and everyone else looked shocked to see it.

"Why are you doing this!? Answer me!" Wendy yelled at the black dragon as Aaliyah breathe heavily.

"I despise a dragon like you thinking of us like an insect." Aaliyah spoke up in a cold tone as her bangs covered her cerulean eyes. "DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: WRATH OF NEPTUNE!" A huge tidal wave heading towards Acnologia as he roared in pain by an enormous heat water surrounded all over his body.

"Aaliyah!" Makarov cried out of her name worriedly as he removed his shirt.

"Old man?" Natsu looked shocked to see his Master is growing bigger.

"Everyone! Run to the ship!" Makarov ordered them as he holds the neck of Acnologia knowing Aaliyah's power won't hurt him.

"Gran-daddy!" Aaliyah yelled at him worriedly and remembered how she used to call him that before when she was a young girl.

"It's useless! There's no way he can fight that thing!" Gray informed them. "Aaliyah is lucky enough that she manages to damage him."

"Master, please stop! If anything happens to you, the guild will..." Erza was cut off by Makarov's yell.

"RUN!"

"If it's resolved, we've got it, too..." Aaliyah gasped suddenly and smelling the familiar scent of someone carrying her in bridal style.

"Don't you dare underestimate Fairy Tail!"

"We'll just have to go for broke!"

"Yeah!"

"Gran-daddy! We can help you!"

Makarov grunted seeing the spell broke out. "You plan on even disobeying your master's final orders, you shitty brats!?" He yelled at them angrily.

"No..." Aaliyah tears coming out of her eyes. "He can't be saying that..."

"Freed! Hold my sister! We're getting out of here!" Laxus ordered his green-haired friend.

"No! Let me go!" She wiggled herself to escape from Freed's arm. "Gran-daddy! NO!"

Everyone are running away to escape from Acnologia while Makarov is going to hold him back. Aaliyah cried more and decided to ignore her grandfather's final wish.

"I won't accept it!" Aaliyah finally jumped off Freed's arm as she runs back where they are. "For those who following the orders are cowards. Those who abandoned their comrades, family and friends are worse than cowards. I'm not going home without grandpa!"

Ruby looked shocked of hearing those words as she decided to follow her. She's not the only one who followed Aaliyah that goes for everyone else as well. Aaliyah's words reached them because they care Makarov deeply and letting him fighting Acnologia by himself, makes them determined to help him out.

"WATER DRAGON PRISM CHAIN!"

"CRYSTAL MAKE: CHAIN!"

Ruby and Aaliyah summon their chains to pull Acnologia away from Makarov. Makarov looked speechless seeing the two girls are struggling to pull the black dragon away from him.

"Aaliyah... Ruby..."

"HAH!" One final tug makes Acnologia fly away from Makarov. "Xi Men and Natsu! Now!" Aaliyah ordered them.

Xi Men, a spirit Chinese dragon with a horn on his head wearing crimson robes as he shows up together with Natsu. "Flame Blaze!" Summoning his flame to attack Acnologia.

"Fire dragon roar!" Natsu blows out with his flame magic.

Erza and Laxus appeared in front of Makarov to protect him. "Do you really think they're the kind of people who can run away and leave an old geezer behind?" Laxus asks his grandfather. "Aaliyah's word reach us and we couldn't abandon you. It's your guild, after all."

"Charge!" Erza ordered them with a sword been to raise up high.

"You idiots..." Makarov muttered with tears on his eyes.

"All of you! Muster up everything you've got!" Laxus ordered them as he summons a lot of lightning from his magic. "Combine it with my lightning and my sister's water, we're gonna give this thing our compliments! Let's show him what Fairy Tail is made of!"

"Laxus!"

"Laxus-san!"

"Everyone, give everything you got!" Aaliyah screamed as she summons her water. "Natsu and Xi Men, you two need to dodge this!"

"Xi Men, grab Natsu and get out of their now!" Ruby ordered her fellow Chinese spirit as Xi Men nodded his head.

"Yes, Ruby-sama." Xi Men carried Natsu in his arms and stayed his Mistress side.

"Laxus and Aaliyah, now's your chance!" Erza ordered them.

"RAGING BOLT!"

"DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: TSUNAMI STORM!"

"TERRIN BLUEMENBLATT!"

"SUPER FREEZE ARROW!"

"FLAME BLAZE!"

"CRYSTAL HAIL STORM!"

"WATER NEBULA!"

"SOLID SCRIPT FIRE!"

"Sagittarius, now!"

"EVIL EXPLOSION!"

"Time again for the Raijinshuu to shine!"

"Let's make it count!"

Everyone are attacking together and not knowing a small girl is watching far from them as she prayed silently. Laxus and Aaliyah are struggling to hold up their magic powers.

"This damn monster... it's still smiling even after taking on all our attacks..." Laxus muttered as Aaliyah narrowed her eyes at Acnologia's direction then decided to join her fellow dragon slayers with the help of two exceeds and halfling to assist them. "The rest is all up to you, guys! Go, Natsu, Aaliyah!"

"That bastard Laxus! I'll kick his ass later!" Natsu grumbled with an angry thick mark on his face. "I can't believe you let him do this to me... no- you and him are heartless!"

"Sorry, Natsu-san..." Aaliyah apologizes as she laughs nervously. "At least Ruby's spirit saves you."

"Yeah, leave that one out later." Happy commented with a deadpan look on his expression.

"IRON DRAGON'S ROAR!"

"SKY DRAGON'S ROAR!"

"FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!"

"WATER DRAGON'S ROAR!"

Boom!

Everyone hold their breath to see if they manage to defeat Acnologia or not. "Did we succeed?" Erza asks them curiously.

"No." Gildarts answered them.

"Gildarts-san?" Aaliyah asks the man worriedly.

"It ain't using the strength it used when it fought me... even if Aaliyah's power is not enough to take him down with your help. It's just playing with you!"

Aaliyah senses something on the ground as she pushes Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel away from where they stand. Acnologia flies up to the sky.

"It flew!" Erza commented.

"Dammit! He's still energetic!" Elfman pointed out. "That damn monster..."

"Look! He's a bit paralyzed!" Ruby spoke up and see a bit of lightning around Acnologia's body.

"We gave it everything we had." Wendy spoke up sadly and Aaliyah couldn't help but lean on Laxus weakly.

"Darn it, my body is starting to get weak. Even with the power of four Dragon Slayers, we only manage to paralyze him." Aaliyah spoke up weakly.

"The strength of everyone else in this guild..." She whimpered as Ruby hugs her friend.

"Damn it! What did I learn Dragon Slayer magic for!?" Natsu exclaimed angrily.

Acnologia breathes in as Gajeel knows that familiar attack. "It's a breath attack!" Gajeel yelled.

"Is it planning on blasting the whole island away!?" Cana asks with a shocked on her face.

"Seriously...?" A light brown-haired woman with glasses, Evergreen asks.

"No way..." A pale blue-haired girl, Juvia Lockser muttered with a fearful look on her face.

"Do we really have no choice? Are we all gonna die here?" Lucy asks them with a terrified expression on her face as she covers her face while crying.

"Everyone who can use defensive magic, put everything you've got into it, now!" Erza ordered them.

"There's not enough time to draw any runes..." Freed informed them as the younger scarlet-haired girl nodded her head sadly.

"I run out of magic and I couldn't even summon my crystal make or my spirits to do defensive magic, Erza-neesan." Ruby spoke up sadly as Wendy holds her hand worriedly.

"There's plenty of defensive magic that doesn't require writing symbols." Levy corrected them.

"That's true."

"Way to go, Levy!" Bickslow complimented the petite girl.

"Everyone, focus all your magic power on Freed and the others!" Lisanna yelled.

"Let's join hands!" Mirajane ordered them.

"We can't let it end here!" Natsu told Lucy with a determined look on his face.

"Okay! We'll never give up!" Lucy yelled.

"Giving up is not part of our dictionary but hope and faith." Aaliyah spoke up with a determined look on her face.

"Everyone join your power together as one! Let's show it the bonds of our guild!" Gray spoke up.

"The love for our family and friends is what the guild is all about!" Ruby informed them as she holds hands between Wendy and Aaliyah.

"Yeah, let's all go home together..." Makarov spoke up and cried in tears of joy.

Each one of them are holding hands together as one.

"To Fairy Tail!" They yelled together.

Acnologia attacks them in one blow and not knowing a certain girl saves them while she notices Ruby, Aaliyah and Zara are been sent by another dimension.

Aaliyah gasped and immediately sits up straight. "Woah, woah, woah, calm down." She turned at the unknown brown-haired man in his early 20's, staring at her worriedly. "You're alright, no one is going to harm you."

"Who-who are you?" She asks him and couldn't understand his language.

"Oh, dear. I think this might help you." The mysterious man starting to chant a spell for her. "Tel reh dnatsrednu hslignE."

Aaliyah glowed a bit as it died down. "What have you done to me?" She asks demanded as magic circle starting to show up on her fist.

"I cast a spell on you to understand English." The mysterious man answered but her guard wasn't down yet. "I'm Caleb Nelson and you're?" He asks kindly.

"Aaliyah Dreyar, where am I?" She asks curiously and noticing this man meant no harm towards her.

"You, the cat and the other girl came out of nowhere from our ceiling." He explained and it freaks him out how they pop out of nowhere while he is training.

"Ceiling?" She muttered and gasped as she remembered Acnologia's attack when they held hands together. "We were attack by a black dragon name Acnologia. Ar-are there any other member left? Aside from us?" Aaliyah asks Caleb worriedly.

Caleb sighs sadly and patted her arms. "Aaliyah... you three are the only ones who came from our world."

"World?" She widening her eyes with a shocked look on her face. "Wha- ho-how is that impossible?"

"Grandpa and I don't know about it." He shakes his head. "From those injuries you three have, I believe you guys fought something. What have you remembered?"

"I remembered we've been ambushed by a Grimoire Heart and one of the magic council infiltrated during the exams..." Aaliyah stared at the man filled with fear. "A black dragon, Acnologia came out of nowhere and-and... the last thing I remembered was we held hands together because we're going home together in Fairy Tail." Tears started to fall and the man couldn't help but felt sympathy towards her.

"Do you remember how you and the other two came out of nowhere?" He asks in a soft tone.

"No, big brother... grandpa... everyone..." Aaliyah cried more while Caleb comforting the blonde girl.

That day, Aaliyah lost her usual smile and caring attitude as her whole world turn upside down.