~Erza~

I cupped my hands on my mouth, completely engulfed by the horrific scene.

"Erza!" Jellal exclaimed, wrapping his arms around me, turning me around, averting my eyes away from it. I was shivering, fell down to the floor, trembling and frozen, eyes still widened.

"No, no, no, no, no." Was all I could say....No....this is.....madness...

~Jellal~

I moved my hand up and down Erza's back, hoping it'll help soothe the shocking truth she just witness. "Erza.." I muttered. I turned to face it. The room that was filled with numerous victims of Erza's guild mates...Most bodies were decapitated and some had their arms and legs ripped out of their bodies and was hung on large hooks by their skins. It was extremely gruesome. I could see some familiar people. They were covered in blood and separated from their body parts, but I could recognize.....Mira....I gasped...

Then I scanned the severed heads and bloody faces that had their feared expression, seconds before their death, stuck on their faces. There was Mira, Levy, Gajeel, Juvia, Romeo, even Makarov, and a lot more people that had the Fairy Tail insignia on their bodies. There was blood everywhere and it was fresh, meaning they were killed a few minutes or hours ago.

As I comforted Erza who had collapsed on the floor, unable to speak a word other than, 'No'. She kept shaking her head left and right, trying to deny what she saw. I've tried to snap her out, but it just got worse.

"Calm down, Erza." I stated.

"No! No! How can I be calm Jellal!?" Tears started to flow down her face, streams of tears that fell down the floor, mixing with the blood of her comrades. "Look at them! Their dead!"

"Panicking won't help!" I shouted, holder her shoulders tightly. "It'll only make it worse! If you can't think straight, we can't find a way to fix things."

"Fix things?" She chuckled, hysterical. "How the hell can THIS be fixed!!?!" She gestured to the dead bodies. I've never seen Erza so angry in my whole life, she's not composed as I remembered her, she's so agitated and hagridden than I've seen her before. "These are dead bodies, Jellal! The dead can never be brought back to life!!"

"Did anyone even say they died?!" I replied with a shout.

"Does anyone have to say something like this to know that their dead?!!" She shouted back.

I sighed. Trying to compete with Erza while she's upset is a bad idea. "Erza, snap out of it. Can't you see the flaw in this?" I gestured to her guild mates. "It's just an illusion." I whispered to her. She looked at me, puzzled.

"W-what?" She muttered silently.

"I know an Illusion more than anyone you know, Erza. And I know that this is definitely a trick." I stepped away from her and approached the body of Mira. "Look." I kicked the body and it disappeared into thin air, leaving red dust flying around.

~Erza~

I got a bit of ease when Jellal proved to me that it was an illusion. I rubbed my forehead. "I'm sorry." I stated. "I...I was just shocked. That's all."

"It's alright. I was too, but we need to know how to handle that shock when the time needs it." I nodded, agreeing to what he said........suddenly a loud clapping sound was heard from the darkness of the room.

"Very smart, Jellal Fernandez." Said a tall man, a little tan and had a short beard walked out of the drak fog from deep in the room. I gasped. It was Laxus' father. "But I'm afraid you're wrong." He smiled sinisterly.

"This is Mira Jane's body." He pulled a metal chain that was wrapped around Mira's head and her tongue out and eyes looked up as if she struggled to break free, but couldn't. I took a deep breath, controlling my anger. I clenched my fist. Jellal turned to me, making sure I wasn't going to break down again or maybe break out this time I nodded and at that action he knew I was fine for now.

Jellal's eyes widened, as if he figured something out...and he did. "Now I know why you to kidnap Erza, faking her death and making everybody believe that Titania was gone!...." His voice shouted a bit softly, like all the anger was held against something or someone.

"Hmm?" Ivan, Laxu's father, raised a eyebrow.

"You tried to get Erza away from Fairy Tail so that you could get revenge on your father's guild. Removing The Great Titania from the equation, bringing her out Lucy, Natsu and Gray with her, made Fairy Tail a bit venerable than before, and with the four of the strongest wizards in Fairy Tail leaving the guild.....it gave you a chance to invade it.....The guild you hated so much, am I right?" I could see Jellal trying to hold himself back from charging towards him and attack.

"Very Smart indeed. Jellal. You are right." I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't just stand there and realize that that was his plan all along. I took a step forward, running to him and equipped myself with the purgatory sword, but Jellal stopped me, stretching his arm to block me before I could even reach Ivan.

"Jellal?"

"Believe me, Erza. I was to kill him so badly as much as you do, but we need to figure something out before we do." He whispered. I couldn't quite think of what that thing was, but I have faith in Jellal. I stood up straight and unequipped the sword.

"And it went on so well! To be honest, I never planned that Ms. Heartfilia will leave, dragging her team mates with her. It made everything perfect!" He looked up with a creepy smug on his face. "I knew Salamander and the others had to come after you and Lucy. I would be lying if I said I'm not prepared for their arrival, but I am. And it's going to be grand." He laughed and dropped the chain on the floor, splashing a but of blood on his shoes.

"What do you mean you've prepared for their arrival??" Jellal asked.

"That is information that you don't need to know."

"WHY DID YOU KILL MY COMRADES!??!!!" I exclaimed. Just a little bit....just a little bit and I'll cut his neck happily.

He turned his back on us, staring at the darkness of the room. "That is information that you don't WANT to know...." He chuckled and started to walk away.

"You're not going anywhere!!" Then Jellal drew a magic rune in front of him and gestured it to stick on Ivan's back, but he flicked it away by his right hand and sent a sharp smoking magic bullet flying towards us. His movements were as fast as as Droy! Maybe even faster....

Jellal quickly moved and pushed me out of the way and we both dropped to the ground. Jellal was on top of me and face Ivan.

"Let that be a warning! One wrong move and you'll end up like the Demon Mira Jane here who tried to save her little sister. Sadly, she failed and got an even worse death." He laughed louder and disappeared. Both of me and Jellal was engulfed by anger, but we knew that getting too controlled in anger wasn't a good idea.

I walked towards a person I couldn't imagine seeing dead....it was Bisca...Ah! No! No! Not again! I calmed myself and tried to walk in a steady pace in front of us. I'm so lucky Jellal is here, if he wasn't I would've gone Godzilla back there.

But....the fact was proven by Ivan already....They're already dead....all of them...

~Lucy~

"You ready Natsu?" I asked him. I turned around seeing him lying sideways on the ground, like he was hiding something. "Natsu?" I walked towards him and tried to sneak a peek on what he was doing. I walked silently, tiptoed and luckily caught a glance at what he was looking at---no he's......R-reading??

"What are you reading Natsu?" I asked. There was a sudden jolt in him and quickly put the book under him while he lied down on the floor.

"N-nothing!" He was sweating, I could notice it. There was definitely something. He wouldn't hide a book from me, and WHY would he even read a book?? He took the book I wrote named 'Maya's forest' and told me it was interesting, but the truth was he actually burned it the whole time.......So...Luckily Gray gave us a chance to reconcile and....gave us Coke....It's a long story.....it's in the manga.

I turned my back around and crossed my arms. "Fine." I said, finishing off whatever we were about to do. "Let's just get there fast." I don't have time for this, time isn't on my side today...and I'm not going to waste it for one second.

"Can I ask a question?" I pulled him in the circled and enchanted some words. After that the spell was starting, but in a slow pace.

"Go ahead."

"Why do you want to get there so quickly?" He asked. I face palmed myself.

"While we're here. Time is speeding up than our average time in the world. So, We need to be quick. I need to be quick...or else......" I turned to face him. " And I don't think you remember, but they have Jellal! And since it took us too long to get there. They've taken Erza as well."

"WHAT?!?!" He exclaimed. I nodded silently.

"We just need to wait and we'll be there as quick as I can to get us there." Then everything went a blur and the white surroundings turned into a dark blood red atmosphere that had a black ambiance.

"Ah, this place is horrible!" I exclaimed in a whispered, pinching my nose and fanning off the horrible stench. It was stinging my nose! That's how bad it was. It smelled like....like..

I don't really know.

"Damn, Lucy. Let's get out of here. My brain feels like it's splitting into two with the scent." I nodded.

"I know what you mean. Come one let's ge--" I don't know why, but I felt like I fell down the floor, but I didn't feel anything at all. All I could do was see the ground and Natsu running towards me, but that's all there is to what I saw.

~Natsu~

"Come on. Let's ge--" Lucy stopped and I turned around to see her drop to the ground.

"LUCY!" I exclaimed, running to her aid. Her eyes were opened so I was hoping it wouldn't close. I grabbed her shoulder, but she was already unconscious, maybe unconscious....I don't know, but I want to expect that she wakes up no matter what happens!!

I shook her many times, harsher and hasher each second, but it wasn't effective. It didn't work. She didn't open her eyes. I stared at her face, waiting for something to happen! Anything! I carried her on my back, hoping for a movement, a sound even just a flinch would reassure me that she's okay. I walked forwards while carrying her. I just walked and walked and didn't know what to do, but walk. The hallways' walls were made of thick iron or some kind of strong metal and it was really dark. I could only see a flickering light near every door. The corridor was long, very long and I had no freakin' idea what or where the hell I was suppose to go!

I was stopped as I saw the tips of a familiar red hair at the corner. I paused in my tracks wishing I didn't stomp my feet so loudly. I froze there for a while, hoping she didn't hear me. The red tips disappeared and went away as if she walked away and I was safe for now. I sighed in relief and decided to turn back and find another root, but as I turned around as saw Flare behind me with the most gruesome smile I've ever seen before. Eyes widened, hair ruffled in a very messy way and her face was bloody! It was twisted! I took a step back, surprise.

We were stuck there for a few minutes. She didn't talk, didn't move an inch. She was just standing there, staring at me and smiling maniacally.

"And where did you come from?" She leaned forward. "Oh! You've brought your little princess with you!" I couldn't think of anything to say or what to do. I couldn't risk doing something dangerous, knowing that Lucy's vulnerable at this state. Flare stood up straight and levitated like it was normal for her. "Well then! Let's start the big event!" Then the lights went off, any fragment of light entering the place was blocked by her magic and I couldn't remember what happened next, but I opened my eyes to see myself tied up. My hands were handcuffed high on the wall and both my feet were chained apart from each other.

I tried to break free or maybe melt the metal down, but it was magic proof and was too strong to just break in into pieces. I looked around, but all I saw was pitch black.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" A voice echoing in the place sang with excitement, as if I was in a carnival of some sort. "We present you.....The Son of the Dragon King!!" The lights opened, revealing crown, crowd full of my.......guild mates!!? I struggled to break free, like a wild animal! I squinted my eyes to focus on them since they were so far away from where I was restrained. Then, something snapped in me when the lights opened to where the were and I saw them all....Dead!? All of them.....No...no...I saw....Lisanna..Mira....Elfman.....And Gramps...? Then my blood suddenly boiled and adrenaline was rushing inside of me. There were all dead!!!! They tortured them horribly by the looks of it.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THEM?!?!?!?!" I exclaimed to the top of my lungs. Looking at all of them...dead....What the hell happened?!?? I felt tears on the edge of my eyes and everything I saw was a blur when I started rampaging to where I was chained.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk."

"DON'T TSK AT ME YOU SON OF A B*TCH!!!! WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM?!?!?!?!"

"First of all----Shut up Dragneel!" The sounds came from a multiple speakers that are placed everywhere and I could hear every one of them that I could pin point each speaker with my eyes closed. "Look, being in this guild is boring without anything to play with...so..." There was silence for a second before she spoke again.

"Let's play a game." The voice was a bit rough and irritating to the ear since the sound system he was using was made with weak magic....and it stings my ears!

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO THEM?!?!?!!!?!! ANSWER ME!!!!!!" I shouted in pure rage and anger. My mind was thinking of how my guild mates suffered because of them. It pains me to think of hundreds of ways how they could have suffered.

"Secret~" said another voice, but this one was a familiar. "Nice to see you again Dragon Prince!" Then I realized that it was Flare's voice. I hated that voice than anything in the world. Suddenly more light lit up, different colors mixing together. The basic colors in fairs and carnivals. I'm not really sure If these are the colors used in them, since I've never been to one, but Lucy always tells me that----Lucy! I forgot all about her!

"FLARE!!! WHERE THE HELL IS LUCY?!?!?!" She chuckled loudly.

"Would you like to know?" She teased.

"IN HELL I WOULD!!!!" I exclaimed.

"But first, a question..." I heard sounds of rusty metal being used. "Where DO you think she is?"

Then....At that moment...I knew...That this wasn't just a simple question...I couldn't answer quickly.

"Let me make this question more easy for you." Then in front of me was another stage where Lucy's arms and legs were tied up with a chain similar like mine. Her eyes were still closed.

"LUCY!!! LUCY!!" I called out, pulling my arms, trying to pull the chain out of the wall, but failed in every try. What the hell am I suppose to do anyway?! I...I gotta think of something! And quick!

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Hey Minna! Sorry for not updating last week. It was final exams and I couldn't do it since I had to study. And also, my internet went haywire so I couldn't publish it.

Anyway, what do you think about this? Pretty gruesome? No? Well, tell me what you thought about this. I really want to know what you think about it.

Have a nice vacation guys! (To the people who do have vacations)

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