Natsu woke up a little groggy. His back hurt, but other than that nothing appeared to be wrong. The light shone through María's window, lighting up Natsu's face. Confused, the Salamander looked around. 'Was it all a dream?' he wondered.

Cautiously, he set foot on the cold floor, wincing. It was freezing. He looked under the covers, but couldn't seem to notice Happy anywhere.

"Ah, he's probably eating! I gotta eat too!" he said to himself. Now excited for a flavorful morning, Natsu dumped his clothes on and ran downstairs. The main room was empty, which struck him as odd. 'Are they all asleep?' he questioned.

The pink haired boy shrugged. "Oh well. A guy's gotta eat." Then he opened the fridge to help himself to whatever he wanted.

Gray was staring at the blue sky with its stupid yellow sun. His morning had not been off to a good start. His muscled ached, he had no idea where he was, and nobody was around. The ice mage was stripped off of clothes, but that part didn't really bother him much. Nobody was there to see anyway.

"Where the hell," he asked. "Am I?"

Through the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of an orange mane. Now full of hope, he jumped up and ran towards the bushes. There was no sign whatsoever that there had been someone there.

"Whoever you are, show yourself!"

"Gray?" he heard a confused voice ask behind him. The raven spun around to come face to face with his fellow friend, Loke.

"Why are you in your underwear?"

Gray quickly grabbed some over sized leaves nearby and put them over him.

"I woke up like this," he hissed. Loke smacked his back with a laugh, and settled down. His face was beading with sweat, usually neat suit ripped.

Gray pointed with his chin. "What happened to you?"

Loke just shrugged, his face seeming to contort with pain. "Some villagers tried to burn me. Said something about their princess having to be safe."

"I would see why they'd try to keep you away," he chuckled. Loke glared half heartedly, then stood up.

"We gotta find everybody else. I have a feeling this is what Levy was talking about."

And with that, the two set off to a mysterious quest.

Meanwhile, Lucy and Levy were fighting with lions. Lucy was up in a boulder, throwing rocks towards the herd. Levy was bathing them in iron bars she'd taken from the cell she woke up in. The two were screaming at the lions to get out.

"Go away!" Lucy groaned. "Where are my celestial keys?"

Levy shook her head. "I don't know why, but I can't use my magic!"

Suddenly, the two heard a snarl in the distance. A flash of blue and black speed past them. In an instant, all the lions had run away. All that was left were an Iron Dragon Slayer and a blue, flying cat.

"Gajeel!" Levy squeaked. She slid down the boulder and ran towards him. "Are you okay?"

Gajeel grunted. "Yeah, I'm fine. Ya need me to save ya all the time, Shrimp?"

But Levy didn't get mad, because she knew he was joking. Lucy, on the other hand, gasped indignantly.

"How dare you? She worked very hard! If it weren't for her, I'd be dead!"

The blond was now standing right in Gajeel's face, having to look up due to size difference. Despite that, Gajeel shrunk back.

"Where is everybody else?" Levy asked. Gajeel turned towards her and simply shrugged. Happy flew to Lucy's face and started sobbing.

"Where is Natsu? I haven't seen Natsu!"

Lucy bit her lip and talked in a soothing voice. "Don't worry, Happy. We'll find him! After all, Gray didn't drag us all here for nothing."

The blue cat, a bit more hopeful, gave a teary smile. "Aye!"

Erza and Jellal were completely lost. They'd both woken up in a tower, one that reminded them both too much of the Tower of Heaven. After catching a canoe and getting to the mainland, they entered a confusing forest.

"Do you sense anybody?" asked Erza.

Jellal shook his head solemnly. "I think we're alone- wait a second."

Erza opened her mouth to speak when Jellal slapped his hand over her mouth. She stared at him with a furious glare, and he quickly pulled away.

"Sorry! Sorry! I heard something," he whispered.

Titania kept her head low, scouting for anything that might be near. Upon hearing shuffling to her right, she took out her sword and attacked. Jellal, right by her, took his stance but could not muster up any magic.

Erza slung her sword towards a dark shape, and another one grabbed her ankle. She twisted her foot, hearing a satisfying crunch from the other's hand. Using the butt of her sword, she smashed the standing figure's head.

The red head was about to stab the shadowy figures when Jellal grabbed her arm. "Stop it!"

Erza looked below her, and immediately recognized the two. Loke had a nasty bump on his head, but was otherwise fine. Gray, on the other hand, was far from it.

"Damnit! Why would you break my arm?" he demanded.

Erza quickly bent down to check Gray's arm. Jellal may have been staring at her from behind, and Loke may have noticed.

"Don't scare us like that," Erza simply said.

Loke rolled his eyes. "Great. We're in a mysterious world, and now one of our strongests is injured. Way to go!"

Erza's look was enough to make Loke swallow his words. He turned around and helped Gray up.

"Where are the others?" asked Loke.

Erza shook her head. "Maybe they're all together, just like Jellal and I were."

"But," Gray interjected. "Natsu is probably alone. He came before us. We gotta find him first!"

Jellal chuckled, patting Gray on the back. "Calm down, Lover Boy."

Gray rolled his eyes at the comment, but smirked nonetheless. "You're the one staring at Titania's a-"

"Enough," barked Erza. "Gray's right. We have to find Natsu immediately. But there is no way of knowing what we're gonna go up against. So we need as much back up as we can."

Gray was about to protest, but closed his mouth. It was true: they had no idea what to do. The Deceiver was too powerful, seemed impossible to beat him. 'For the first time ever,' though Gray. 'I'm scared.'

Natsu squinted his eyes, trying to look past the blizzard that had come out of nowhere. His scarf covered most of his face. He was thankful Lucy's Virgo had gotten him warm clothes. Salamander had argued at first, but was now absolutely grateful.

"Gray would be enjoying this," he thought out loud. "I really hope this blizzard attracts him. It's lonely."

The pink haired boy wondered where his Exceed friend was. He hated being separated from Happy so long. The two were always together, and Natsu worried something may have happened to Happy on this strange place.

Natsu crashed into a building while he was lost in thought. Looking up, he noticed that the place was enveloped in shadows. The inside looked like a normal movie theatre, but the hallways looked...odd.

Without thinking about it, Natsu stepped inside. Immediately, the entrance disappeared. He whipped around, scouting for a way out. Dozens of shadows appeared from the dark corners. They grabbed Natsu, pulling at his extremeties. He burned some away, but many more kept coming. Eventually he couldn't fight, feeling drained from his energy. All he could do was scream.

"Help!"

Gray looked around, scratching his head in confusion. "Did you guys hear that?"

Loke looked back. "Hear what?"

Gray pointed towards a tall building and said, "We have to go in there." Loke and Erza followed, pulling Jellal from his trance.

"Okay," Jellal said. "Are we not gonna talk about how a movie theatre appeared out of nowhere in a forest?"

Lucy stopped walking abruptly, making the rest of her guild mates fall to the ground. She dizzily looked up, "Are you guys serious?"

"Why'd you stop?" Levy asked.

"I don't know," admitted Lucy. "I just had a weird feeling in my gut that there's something-actually someone-important near."

Happy circled overhead, then pointed towards a mountain. "There's a building over there!"

Gajeel scratched his chin. "Was it there before?"

"Doesn't matter," said Levy. "We have to go if Lucy felt like that. Maybe the rest of the people are in there."

She didn't mention the fact that she'd read about something like this. The book was written in ancient scripture, so it wasn't all that clear. But Levy did understand one thing, Lucy was feeling a connection to somebody inside. Maybe that way they could find the rest of their friends.

"It looks like a movie theatre," Lucy commented. The four walked around, then frowned at the shadows inside.

"We gotta go in there?" asked Gajeel.

"I don't wanna," cried Lucy.

Now determined, Levy pulled both Gajeel and Lucy inside. Happy stood by her side, attached to her leg. The shadows swirled around them, but otherwise stayed away. When they looked behind, the entrance that was once there had disappeared. The long hallways stretched endlessly.

"It looks like all the unfortunate souls are in the within," a voice hissed. All eight mages could hear it, even though they were far from close. "Don't get too lost while looking for one another. It won't end well."

"Especially for the Slayer."

I AM SO SORRY

THIS WAS SO SHORT

AND DUMB

IT FEELS LIKE A FILLER BUT I PROMISE IT'S NOT

The theatre is very important

Plus I took a loooong time to write this

But between school and drama and more school and more drama

Anyways, hope you enjoyed it! Please xD

What ship should come first? I'm thinking Jerza

Yay
Or
Nay

See ya next times bunnies