(EVENT BATTLE) The Raid on Magnolia Town

Daichi's body started to weaken. He didn't know how, but the dark aura had something to do with this. "K-Ken... get away while you still can..." Daichi managed to say, staring at his exceed with his worn-out eyes. The dark tentacles fired themselves towards the two Dragon Slayers and their exceeds, but Daichi simply smirked when he saw this. When Ken saw this, he simply stood there, unable to move due to the pressure. Knowing that there's nothing else his exceed could do, Daichi simply limped towards him, his face wearing a weak grin. "I always have to do this, don't I?" Daichi muttered as he stood in front of his partner, ready to block the dark tentacles with his own body. "Daichi..." Ken broke down afterwards, grabbing on his partner's leg. "Run, Ken!" After this, the dark tentacles slammed themselves onto the weakened slayer, repeatedly striking him with their long and ominous arms. Despite this, Daichi remained firm, standing his ground as he absorbed the damage done onto him. Ken decided to follow what his master said, running away from the battle with tears rolling down his eyes. "Daichi... be safe..." After saying this, Daichi got hit by one last tentacle, striking him straight to his midsection. He was shot back to a tree with every part of his body filled with bruises and his whip wounds aggravated. But suddenly...

His guild mark started to glow brightly. He felt the power of his comrades surging into him, injecting him a large dose of vitality. Every small wound around his body closed, healing after a few moments. The red color his eyes sported started to fade, exposing the eyes of a dragon slayer - filled with intensity and determination. After that, his willpower started to become stronger, prompting him to get up from the hard hit he just took as if nothing happened. His clothes were torn and tattered, but every wound that appeared around him appeared as if they've been dry for days. His bruises were still there, but they were better than what they used to be. Seeing this, Daichi punched the ground with much force, forming cracks around the place he smashed his fist onto. A bright blue aura started to envelop him, reminiscent to what he's feeling right now - desperate. When he stood up, he took off his shirt, exposing a lot of battle scars in his abdomen, scars caused by his previous battles. Daichi stared at the dark mage who seemed to be busy fighting Mari, but for some reason, Mari didn't seem like the same person she was a while ago.

Despite feeling skeptical about her change, Daichi simply grinned knowing that she has the edge to this battle. "TASTE THE DIFFERENCE WITHIN OUR POWER! FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" Mari shouted, shooting her fist towards the man known as Lord Frederick. Her voice sounded so different than what it did a while ago, sounding a lot more bloodthirsty. Just exactly as she hit Frederick on his chest, another batch of tentacles grew out of Frederick's darkness magic, some of them about to engulf the fire dragon slayer as she was about to hit a hard fist. The other tentacles that came out shot forward to Daichi and the other two exceeds. Before one managed to hit the water dragon slayer, Daichi simply surrounded his body with water, grinning as they formed something similar to a dragon's scales. "Water Dragon's Scales!" The tentacles bounced off the young slayer as if they were nothing against his armor. Tanking the tentacles with his body, Daichi ran forward to the dark mage, ready to aid Mari once again even if she didn't seem to be the same person. As long as she's fighting for Fairy Tail, Daichi wouldn't mind her. But before he got closer to attack, Mari's flames started winning over Frederick's darkness which brought a smile to Daichi's face. Knowing that he shouldn't interfere with this, he simply watched her flames engulfing the darkness knowing that an opportunity to strike will show itself later on.

As soon as the dust had settled, Alleria was surprised to see an unwelcome face. The guild master of Magnolia's strongest guild, Leonard Dragonbane. The man was in the middle of interrogating her when he suddenly fell down on his knees, clutching his right shoulder, as if he was in terrible pain. "Is... this... your doing?" Alleria just looked at him, she had no hand in what ever pain he was feeling right now. And no matter how fun it would be to kick a man when he is already down, she had more urgent matters to attend to. She looked at the staff she was holding then back to the man who was cringing in agony. "I would like to say that I did that to you but sadly I'm innocent this time. " There was a rueful expression on her face as she gave her comrades the hand sign to move out.

Her party had not gotten far when the sky started to grow dark. "Master, this is no ordinary rain cloud." She looked up and said "Yeah, I can feel something fishy about this." And just like on cue three bolts of yellow lightning descended from the sky, heading straight her way.

Upon the clouds which roared with thunder and flashed with lightning, the fabled Blue flying ship sailed across the sea of storm. Before the helm the White Wizard stood, steering The Queen Hera towards its first battle. With him were the brave mages of the new Blue Pegasus. "Don't give in, little fairies." He spoke silently. Quickly he spun the helm and the nose of the ship dipped in to the clouds and began to dive through them towards Magnolia. "Never give in!" He yelled loudly. Louder than the storm ensuing all around them, he yelled catching the attention of his comrades. "What knowledge do you have of the future? What miracles may come only serve to benefit those who've stood their ground! No matter the obstacle you are faced with, never give in to fear!" As the ship pierced through the veil of clouds, they witnessed the chaos that swept the once beautiful Magnolia. Now only ruins and fire remained. "Fortune favors the bold and history remembers heroes! Whether you die here today or live to fight again, we shall all be remembered for our acts of courage and heroism and together, we shall become Immortal! That is what it means to be a mage of Blue Pegasus!" Again, Shuhei spun the helm, lifting it from its dive just before it crashed in to the earth and sailed over Magnolia. "Now show these fairies what Miracles we can accomplish!"

The cannons blazed as the Queen Hera sailed over Magnolia, firing Rays of light down upon the Savages with precision and power, not a single Fairy Tail Wizard or citizen was harmed by the bombardment. Though the savage army had been thwarted. Whether by Light or lightning, only those who'd the sense to flee or take shelter would survive. After the first pass, the ship turned around, facing the scorched town. "Take the helm." The White Wizard said to one of his crew as he released the helm and made his way to the bow of the ship. "You've done well to hold out this long, fairies." He said silently as he gazed upon the ruin that was Magnolia. Memories of his guild filled his mind and enraged him. "Now regain your wills and muster your strength, for today we put an end to their savagery." Shuhei extended his arm upwards and fired a beam of light from the bow of the ship in to the sky, which pierced through the clouds. Its radiance was unlike anything and emitted a sense of bliss.

Soon after, the clouds parted and a shining Pegasus descended upon the town of Magnolia. Radiating with holy energy, its light would afflict a sense of terror in to the hearts of the remaining dark wizards and upon crashing in to the earth, it opened up a fissure in the ground which sprung forth like a geyser with magical energy. It rained down upon the battlefield and showered the fairy tail mages, and soon every wounded or fatigued ally would glow. Embracing the holy energy of Pegasus and purging themselves of negativity. In moments their wounds would have healed and their magic would be restored and a sense of inspiration would fill their souls. Shuhei thrust his fist towards the sky and let loose a battle cry like only a Dragon could muster. "Rise!"

OOC: Every Fairy Tail mage and mage allied to Fairy Tail has been restored to 100%. All magic cool downs are reset and your characters will now feel a tremendous sense of inspiration and have regained their will to fight. Note that the dead are still dead.

50 Savage Skull Wizards remain.

Instantly, everything had become simple. All sense was draining, as were all thoughts. To him, to Aegis, there was no longer anything. As if falling through the darkness of his blank mind, he registered nothing. There was only the fading noises of the background and the thought that it was time to rest.
There was no resistence.
The knight felt no need to deny it. Drowning in the bliss of resting his weary body, there was nothing his senses could notice.
'So it must all be fine.' - the single thought that drifted through the silent void.
Yet there was something that broke it's silence.


The void froze. It was a static place, there was nothing inside it to move in the first place.
Yet it still froze.
Bouncing off of it's nonexistant boundaries was an echo of a thought.


The echo of someone's voice.


The echo... of someone's plea.

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"...Tch."
A barely audible sound escaped the knight's mouth. In sync, his right hand slowly coiled it's self into a fist.
"Ghh...ah."
Using it as support, he slowly rolled his body to it's side and raised himself to a kneel.
"...Yeah."
With a pained sideways glance, the bloodied knight showed a weak smile and answered the voice pleading to him.
"I'm still here."

He ignored his body.
His senses screaming at him to sleep, to rest. His mind trying to shut itself off in hope of ending the body's torment. It was all very '...Appealing.' It certainly seemed like the only thing he could do to preserve whatever was left of him.
'But more than anything'
Aegis could not ignore the echoing words drifting through his decaying consciousness, so by order of his heart he denied his egoistic body. Indeed, more so than fulfilling his selfish whims, he wanted to, no, he had to repent for his failure, so there was no time to rest.

In a low, but audible murmur he spoke.
"I'm sorry."
Regardless, his voice did not waver.
"It seems I failed."
Despite feeling penitential, he opposed the regret in his voice by holding that weak, reassuring smile on his bleeding face.
"But... it seems I even forgot to introduce myself.
'How distasteful' his soft expression seemed to say.
"My name is... Aegis... Bright. It's a... pleasure to... make your acquaintance.
Brief pauses intermingled with the knight's words, through them suppressing the overwhelming pain he felt.

The voice of a demon slayer reached Aegis' ears, but there was nothing he could do at that point, thus his expression remained unchanged even as he helplessly watched while Chelvaric took the girl a few metres away and slammed her against the ground.
“You betrayed the bet. This was the holiest thing you had to respect and then you destroyed it by telling my name to everyone. So now fly.”
The abrasive voice struck the knight's eardrums. Full of enmity, those words were more than an omen, they plainly told of what awaited. Yet even as the Enemy charged, Aegis' gaze went past him to look at the girl as if saying farewell.
'I guess this is the end of my road. I'll probably die, but I hope you get to live on.' - the unspoken words, instead told by his kind expression.

The enraged charge of the slayer of demons ended. At it's conclusion lied the result of the knight's loss. An inhumane kick shattering his fractured ribcage, it contained force so great it launched him metres away through the side of what once had been someone's home.
A broken spine.
A powdered ribcage.
Sixty-one fractures all over.
Excessive external and internal bleeding.

Blasts occured in the sky above the Rune Knight garrisons and rained down upon them. Destroying and vaporizing parts of the army and Harlands Fortress. But the strong armor and being widespread made sure that Harland wasn't harmed in anyway. After all it was a vast maze of huge cannons and no one could get a precise aim on where Harland was standing in the Fortress. But still some of the cannons were destroyed.
After the that the unknown assailant disappeared as quick as he appeared leaving the remaining rune knights trying the regain order and resume their formation. It didn't take that long, but in the meanwhile something had appeared that worried Harland. The aura among Magnolia had changed, there was some sort of sickening pressure that weighted down on his troops and on him.
Then he knew what it was, there was only one answer to this feeling of corruption. It had arrived, the one called the Lichborne.
Harland knew he had to act now, he had to purge the city when he still could. It would save Fiore a lot more trouble in the future. He couldn't let the fate of his country balance in the hands of Fairy Tail who maybe wouldn't win this battle. No he knew what he had to do, even if he got hated for it.
'Knights!! Gather everyone and retreat into the maze of the cannons!! I am going to end this for once and for all!
New cannons rose up from out the fortress replacing the destroyed ones, and aiming towards the city.
But then something else had appeared in the sky above Magnolia, something unexpected. A ship bearing the mark of Blue Pegasus.

Harland couldn't believe it, he thought the guild was destroyed by the forces if the Lichborne. Who would've thought they would rebuild this quickly and even come here to face off with their destined enemy.
'Commander!! Hail that ship through the communication lacrima, and tell them to get out of the way!!'

As the Dark Mari charged toward Fredrick and her fist extended toward his chest she suddenly stopped in mid-flight. Her face light up surprised from her speed instant decrease. Assuming that this man was not only knew darkness magic but had another magic hidden just in case of meeting someone stronger. She chuckled a bit loudly, as she turned her head and saw the tentacles. One wrapped around her waist and two phased through her chest. Her flaming engulfed fist began to dwindle in strength before going out, and she relaxed her body not worrying much of the pain from the tentacles. Placing her hand onto the tentacle that was wrapped around her waist. "I hope you don't think that this will stop me!" She said in a confident tone and smile was brought up on her face, as her raging aura grew the tentacles weakened and the ground began to be scorched by the unreeling heat that came from her body.

Her body began to feel a sense of enlightenment from an unknown location. Her body began to thump rapidly suddenly as it happened. Her eyes widened at the feeling that something inside her was starting to overpower even her.

- Within her subconscious

The real Mari was now bashing about, flailing every part of her body, with her eyes filled with rage, not toward anyone but this strange and unsatisfying power she was given. Flames started to appear on her body as if exploding upon it shattering the dark black ooze that tried to keep her body in check and hold her down but Mari's strength was suddenly increased. That strange power that she was given filled her heart with tremendous sense of inspiration of taking back her body from this devilish personality. "GET OFF!" She shouted engulfing her fist in fire and striking the ground beneath her blasting away of the black ooze that was near her. The ooze dispersed and quickly formed together and slowly transfigured into a single being.


Mari didn't hesitate nor waited her the being to speak before dashing toward her, with both her fists clenched tightly and gritted her teeth together. Her fist again engulfed in flames and once she was a foot away from Mary, Mari pulled a full stop and shifted her weight into her shoulder punching Mary in the face and sending her flying back, flipping multiple times in the process. Crashing into the ground Mary's arm shattered and broke back into ooze, with Mari punch infused with this new will to fight she was much more stronger within her own mind. Mari took large breath.

- Back in reality



She shouted with her arms out, clenched and her face toward the sky. Mari was back in control and her minds set back onto Fredrick who's still on sight. Haven't realizing the ability of movement has been taken away from her, she looked directly toward Fredrick direction and her iris's changed back to normal. "FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" She shouted. She inhaled pulling her head back and gathered fire within her mouth before thrusting her head forward and releasing it all in one go, in a large beam of fire.

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Releasing herself from her lineage's grasp, Mari is back to normal. So remove 50% from the total I gave in the last post

The Queen Hera loomed over Magnolia, a town that has become a battlefield between two guilds - Fairy Tail and Savage Skull. Blue Pegasus has come to aid the members of Fairy Tail in their fight against the powerful dark guild, though Kazuki wasn't here to help anyone. He doesn't really care about the fairies just because he has no personal connections with that guild. All he cares about is Savage Skull - a guild that was formerly held by him. He didn't come here to greet his former guild or anything - he came to stop them from their tracks. They've went too far, and now, Kazuki's here to show them that they've crossed the line. With his three swords hanging on his waist and his green robe worn loosely, the swordsman stood up, ready to see his old members. Ready to see his former 'comrades' incapacitated and begging for their lives under his three blades that thirst for blood.

After some time, Shuhei, the guild master of Blue Pegasus, spun the helm around in order to send the airship diving towards Magnolia. Kazuki stared at the ruined town, burning and weeping from the agonizing cries of the defeated mages. This isn't the Magnolia he always knew. What he used to know as a peaceful and upbeat town is now in total chaos so it took time for him to adjust to the sight. As Kazuki looked down from the ship's corners, rays of light were shot down from the cannons, hitting every dark mage with incredible precision. No Fairy Tail mages were harmed by the beam, a testament to the skill the mages of Blue Pegasus possess. Only a portion of the dark mages were left, most of them going into hiding out of fear that they might be hit by the dangerous beam just like how their fallen comrades did. Shuhei put someone else in charge of the helm afterwards, making his way to the bow of the ship to prepare a spell that will change the face of this war. Kazuki simply watched the Guild Master do his work, standing calmly as if nothing bad is happening around him.

When Shuhei got there, he raised his arms and fired a beam of light directed to the sky. The radiance of the light wasn't like any other radiance normal lights emitted. For some reason, it gave Kazuki a sense of bliss despite his usual blunt demeanor. The beam pierced through the clouds, a shining Pegasus descending to the town of Magnolia afterwards. Kazuki ran to get a closer look just because he isn't seeing any ordinary spell. What he's seeing now is definitely a spell exclusive to Blue Pegasus only - a spell so powerful, it is categorized under 'Guild Spells'. When the Pegasus landed on the ground, it it crashed through the earth and opened a fissure, bringing forth a shower of magical energy that fell on every Fairy Tail mage, restoring their magical power and providing them enough inspiration to keep standing. Kazuki's expression seemed to look like that of a dumbfounded person. He never expected to see something as grand as this, something that's definitely new to his sight. Shuhei released a powerful battle cry afterwards, something only a dragon could muster. He held on to his katana, fixing his grip just to get a nice hold on the hilt once he enters the battle.

When Shuhei finished using the all-powerful spell, Kazuki walked closer to him to let him know that he'll be setting out of this ship in order to start the battle. "You could’ve left a little more for me to take down. Ah, whatever. I can settle with the remaining numbers. By the way, thanks for the ride." Once Kazuki was finished saying this, he walked to the end of the ship ready to join the battlefield. In an instant, the swordsman jumped and dived to the burning and ruined town, his two arms holding onto his two swords as he made his way down. The pressure felt from his fall would've made anyone shudder and feel incredibly uncomfortable, but Kazuki is used to these kinds of stuff. He's been doing jobs like this a thousand times so jumping out of a ship high in the sky isn't much of a threat to the young swordsman. After a quick front flip, the swordsman unsheathed his two blades mid-air, the force of his pull echoing through in a form of wind. He landed on the ground with his feet, his two swords drawn and ready to shed blood. "My blades yearn to taste the blood of the guilty..." When he said this, a lot of dark mages around him shuddered, seeing the face of a man they never knew still existed – the man who used to be the most powerful member of their guild. "I can't believe it! I-it's him!"

"Kazuki Saitou!" Hearing this, Kazuki simply grinned, happy to know that he's still remembered by his old comrades. Before, his name used to be a mention of hope to everyone around, but now, it sent chills down their spine and brought down their hopes of winning. Kazuki walked towards the dark mage with a murderous expression, his right eye staring directly at the guy’s eyes. In just a moment’s notice, Kazuki dashed to the dark mage with his three swords parallel to his side, surrounding the guy’s neck in a sure-kill situation. “Yes, it is I, indeed” After saying that, Kazuki ran his blades on the side of the man’s neck, causing small cuts to surround it and greatly aggravating his throat. After that, Kazuki slammed the dark mage’s back with the dull end of his sword, the force enough for him to crash into the ground. “P-please, spare me!” The guy said in a tense tone, his eyes filled with horror as Kazuki spun his blades, ready to incapacitate them – one by one. "I see you guys are planning something bad to this town. I've also got a plan. It involves your guild, but that plan is far worse than yours..."

A tremendous power can be felt withing Verge. It seemed to be a spell which will make them regain their strength and power. But, in his dream...


Thunder arose in the sky. The what was a clear blue sky became dark. It was a sign he was waking up. "Verge... I have something important to do with you while you are dreaming... I must not let you wake up!" Loch'ness said to Verge. As soon as he rose his hand, the dark cloud began to vanish. Verge became unaffected by the spell. "What do you want from me? Isn't the kingdom destroyed by-" Before he could finish, Loch'ness interrupted. "I...I want to avenge the destruction of my... kingdom." He bowed down his head. "I... Last time, I couldn't save my kingdom from the Lich..." he hardened his fist with rage. "I need you... to let me possess you for this day." "WHAT?!" Verge was surprised about the request of the king. But, he is weak to defeat the Savage Skull members and the Lich. Loch'ness raised his hand, and after a moment, time seemed to pass by faster, revealing the destruction of the kingdom. The lush green grass turned to soil, and the snow covered trees are dead. The kingdom in front of them became ruins. It revealed the present appearance of his kingdom. The sky turned pale blue and the sky is filled with clouds. "So this is what the kingdom looks like now..." "I encased myself in magical ice to forge Sapphyria Pedriastica, my sword. But as I forged it, I was already... dead. But, my soul isn't." Loch'ness said.


OOC: I am unaffected by the spell.

Aeon stood in the small troop dispensing hangar of the Queen Hera. She breathed heavily, sweating, nervous, “Keep calm, Aeon, this isn’t anything too bad. It’s just war. It’s inevitable right?” Aeon was certainly sure of herself as she would wait for it. It wouldn’t be too long before Aeon found herself looking around, “Where is she?” As she spoke, the Guildmaster began his inspirational speech to the Fairy Tail guild. Aeon kept a calm look on her face. “Why was I in charge of getting the troops to ground level again?” she would question.

Before she could receive a decent answer for her question, the signal would occur as a bright flash that rejuvenated the Fairy Tail guild. Of course the low swooping was only enough to get a good chunk of front line mages out of the Queen Hera. Aeon’s mind was suddenly filled with what she had to do. She would look back to the remaining mages that weren’t working on the Airship, “Alright guys! On me, we jump! Go go go!”

Aeon would charge to the end of the hangar’s opening, and jump, selecting the space between the hangar’s opening and the ground, “Distance Shrink!” she called, as the space would appear to them to become like jumping off a curb. Aeon landed with a tumble, as the motion was not negated. Following her were a myriad of the Blue Pegasus mages that wanted to fight too. Aeon stood still as a wave of soldiers began to charge forward. She waited for the last of the soldiers to land, and would smile as she would release that space.

From there she found herself at a loss for what to do. Was she supposed to return? No that would be a bit too difficult for her, the Queen Hera was flying off to provide air support, presumably. “Alright then, I can just wait for the rounds and get back on the ship then," she would say to herself. She would begin a slow, casual walk, hoping that the Queen Hera was making frequent rounds. Yet it wouldn’t be too long before Aeon found herself staring at battles going on left and right. Magic flung around like a shootout of large spells. “This is insane,” she would say to herself. A dark mage had found his way around her, and Aeon would turn only out of instinct before a swiping of a magical axe had almost taken her head off.

Yet, Aeon wasn’t scared of this, no… it was more of a primal dislike. The mark on his shoulder was that of Savage Skull. Aeon, however, wasn’t ready to handle such a monster yet, thusly she would step back, and feel a larger presence on her back, “Oh no. Two of them already? Are we so outnumbered?” Aeon wouldn’t freak out though, she was keeping calm. Keeping calm. That was the key to victory. Aeon would wave her hands around a bit. She would contort space around her two block a pair of strikes from either side with the ground that was at her feet, as she would crouch and put both of her hands on the walls, which were parallel, and strike out with a pair of spikes. Knocking the two enemy soldiers back, as she would begin an attempt to elude them by running.

As Abby waited she felt her body shaking all over. Her mouth was dry and her eyes were wide, like she was in shock. She tried to keep herself calm, telling herself over and over that she could handle this, she'd be a hero when this was all over. She took a few deep breathes, stretching out and walked into the hangar of the Queen Hera, standing next to an equally nervous-looking female mage, who was apparently in charge of getting troops to the ground.

She listened carefully to the guildmaster's inspirational speech, feeling her spirits rise up and suddenly flow wildly like a raging river. "Y-yeah! Yeah, we can do this! Let's get down there and show 'em what for!" She shouted, biting down on her lip roughly as she finally felt her body stop shaking, calmly awaiting the moment when she'd be down on the ground, fighting for the fate of magnolia like everyone else.

Suddenly, she felt her feet moving without knowing why. She was officially caught up in the moment, bolting towards the end of the hangar. She looked to her side and saw the other female mage she had been standing next to, and realized that their feet were moving in synch. They even jumped at the same time, and tumbled in the same way, their synchronicity making Abbigail think that they might make quite the good team, if they could master it; as this was clearly just a fluke. She was shocked at the other mage's ability to shrink the distance so much, but glad for it as well.

"Hey, nice spell..." She said, mostly under her breath as she seemed to stare at Aeon. Then, she stood quickly and shook her head, trying to focus on the battle at hand. She had to prove herself here, had to show that she was a great mage too. She looked around for a bit, looking for someone to either fight or aid, and then she saw Aeon again, but now she was being tag-teamed by a couple of savage skull guild members.

Gulping a bit first, she picked up a hunk of wood and charged forward, suddenly seeing the ground curl up around Aeon and spike outwards to knock the two savage skulls away. Taking this opportunity, Abby stepped to the side and, twisting her entire body and putting every ounce of her strength into the strike, smacked one of the dark mages with the large hunk of broken and splintered wood, dropping it promptly afterwards and shaking her hands as she bolted after Aeon, deciding to stick with her for now. "H-hey, you! M-maybe we should... stick together?" She asked, knowing she'd need help if she was gonna live through this long enough to show how good of a mage she could be.

His darkness and tentacles that were around Mari started to disperse when she shot a fire blast from her mouth towards Frederick. Whom in turn couldn't comprehend what was happening somehow the flames that came off the dragon slayer were scorching his own darkness away.
He could see the pillar of fire piercing through the tentacles and layers of darkness closing in at him. 'How is this possible, how can she have still this much strength left she had to be drained'
His head couldn't grasp the sudden flow of power in her, then he started noticing that the water dragon slayer had escaped his grasp as well and stood firmly as if he hadn't drained him at all.
'him too.. how is this?!..BLUE PEGASUS!!'
Frederick suddenly saw the guild crest of a guild that he thought was eradicated from this world. Up in the sky was a ship flying over the city. Shooting bursts of light towards mages around the town. That moment he knew the battle was lost, at least for him and most of the dark mages. There was still the Lichborne off course.

With a huge shout that bursted out of Frederick's lungs he retracted his tentacles with a great speed. Only to let them form a tangled wall in front of him in the nick of time. The straight pillars of fire and water clashed with his own Thorns of Demise and he could still feel the heat behind his own darkness. Small cracks appeared while fire slowly scorched openings in his defense and water poured through.
Frederick's eyes got big the moment he noticed that the flames couldn't be stopped anymore. He couldn't believe it that he was about to lose. He started feel his rage build up again, not because the battle took his time. But the fact that he was about to lose, that his own cause which he always thought would surpass any other cause had lost against theirs.

'CURSE YOU DRAGON SLAYERS, YOU AND YO...AARGH!!'

Then it happened, Mari's and Daichi's slayer roars broke through the wall and made contact with Frederick. Whom only could shout in a response while fire and water engulfed him with an exploding impact. It dispersed all the darkness around the mages, leaving them only with silence. The two dragon slayers with their exceeds standing in front of Frederick steaming from the impact. Whom had fallen upon his knees while staring with empty eyes into the night sky. Their clothes turned, covered in bruises and dirt from the battle.
'How... can it be.. my cause..my Cecilia... how can I lose. Why is it that... my resolve has lost..to yours..'

Daemon had just arrived to scene as he noticed Fredrick  staring into the endless night sky, His hunters claw was well beyond  overheated and cracks started appearing in the claws his lineage long since faded away  he stood in front of Fredrick as he slowly held his alular lobo to Fredrick's head. " I've finally found you ya son of a bitch  this ... is .. for my.. parents.. " He said as he tried to stay awake but ultimately his body finally gave in as Daemon slowly fell backwards into a gentle sleep unable to kill the man he believed to have murdered his parents.

( Daemons down and asleep for now hell be back to continue his story  I was asked as a favor to edit)

Eternia's hair whished through the gentle winds as she looked over the ship, they were flying, full speed ahead on their Guild Ship, Queen Hera. Upfront was Roxy, her beloved Pet, flying around the giant Pegasus Relic, thinking he was the Guild's mascot. "Roxy! Get down here, I need you!" Eternia muttered, snnoyed at her overly excited pet. They were heading into battle, the battle of Magnolia and this was not a day to be happy about. Dark mages were attacking Magnolia, the town with the famous Guild Fairy Tail, and they were going all out to help them.

"Eternia.. I think it's best if you steer the ship while me and Freya will handle the cannons." Blanc said, looking at Eternia. She grinned, her face lit up like a lightbulb as she realised she was actually going to fly this thing. She grabbed the wheel as she saw Blanc, Cheria and Freya walk towards the cannons. Freya more like staggered over there, her face pale and her movement wasn't the best. Motion Sickness Eternia grinned, lucky she didn't have this traight, and she hoped she wouldn't get it in the future. Eternia whistled as Roxy flew over to her. "What's wrong Eternia? And why the hell did they put you in charge in flying the ship?! Oh god, we are all going to crash!" he teased as Eternia gave him a stern look. "I need you to help Freya, she's looking pretty bad down there, maybe go for a ride or just cheer her up, I mean, we don't want casualties before we have fought" she smiled as Roxy rolled his eyes and nodded, flying of to Eternia's teammate.

Eternia held the wheel in her hands, holding it as straight as a nail. Hmm, I wonder what this does she thought as she pulled it to her left, sending the ship on it's side. She quickly pulled it back and breathed heavily as many pairs of eyes set upon her, ready to kill her. "Yeah, sorry about that, it won't happen again"  she smiled cheekily as she accidently let go of teh steering wheel and sent the boat into a loopty-loop. Eternia held on for dear life as she looked at her guildmates. "Ok, sorry, this was really the last time I l'll let that happen" she smiled as she held onto the steering wheel, tightly. It seemed that her guildmates had enough faith in her to go back to their work, trusting Eternia with their safety. She looked around, hoping that no-one had falling of.

After a thorough search with her eyes, she assumed everyone was safe. A few pissed of friends, but all was well and Eternia was steering the ship well. She was right on course, as little help from her companions but she was doing alright for her first time flying, I mean, come on, it's not everyday you fly a large flying ship!

As Dark Storm clouds covered the sky and thunder rumbled through the heavens, Eternia knew something was up. "These aren't my Storm Clouds..." Eternia gulped as she saw the sky light up yellow. Lightning... His famous... Dragon Storm.

After stopping to wait for an opportunity to strike, Daichi noticed the ground below her starting to get scorched by the heated flames surrounding the fire dragon slayer. Daichi knew she would beat the darkness of Frederick in her current state, when suddenly, her body started to thump. He knew that this has something to do with Mari's sudden change in attitude. Maybe her normal self is fighting against her current state? Well, Daichi doesn't know, but he knew that they'll still win the fight nevertheless considering the state they are currently in. But still, he was concerned about his partner's state so he walked closer in order to see what was happening closely. However, before Daichi could say anything, Mari instantly broke from her trance, looking upwards as she clenched her fists. 


Mari shouted with her head looking upwards as if she won over someone. She started to look like the Mari Daichi knew a while ago which brought a smile to the young slayer's face since the form she had just a few moments ago didn't really make Daichi feel comfortable. "Let's end this, Fire Dragon Slayer!" Daichi shouted as an aqua blue aura surrounded his body, moving wildly as if they were the waves of the ocean. Just as this was happening, a large airship overlooked Magnolia, sending down a large Pegasus. When the Pegasus landed on the ground, it brought forth a fountain that rained unto every Fairy Tail mage, including the two dragon slayers fighting Lord Frederick. "W-what is this... A blessing?" Daichi muttered to himself as the magical energy landed on him, giving him a lot of power. His magic power started to refill itself, healing every small wound he has and restoring himself to full vitality. Before could do anything else, a man appeared near Frederick, his blades pointed at him. Before the guy could do anything, however, he fell to the ground most likely due to fatigue. He said something about doing that for his parents which increased Daichi's will to beat the guy up. "You... What did you do to that person?!" The young slayer pointed at the dark mage, his eyes filled with intensity as the rain of magic power restored him to full health. "That man... wanted to kill you... He wanted to avenge his parents! Now that he can't do that, I'm going to do it for him!" The young slayer shouted, the water aura surrounding him becoming stronger as his anger rose. "This is the end, you damn fiend! Roar..." Daichi started to gather a large amount of water in his lungs, spinning it inside him in a rapid rate in order to make the water highly pressurized, the pressure usually enough to break someone's bones.

"...of the Water Dragon!" Exactly as Mari released her roar, Daichi released his, the two beams about to intersect at one point - and that point is the place where Lord Frederick stood, who was about to get hit by the two strongest spells of both dragon slayers. He noticed the man knocked down just near Frederick so he felt a little bit sorry for him. He will definitely be caught up within the beam so Daichi hoped that he wouldn't get anything serious or something. If these two spells were to hit one person, there's a very small chance that they would be able to get back up. Even if it is not a unison raid, it's still powerful enough to take someone down. When the two beams collided, it caused a powerful explosion of thick steam, spreading throughout the park in a fast rate. "I think he's done..." Daichi muttered softly, staring at Mari afterwards with a victorious grin. "There's no way he'll get up from that, right?" 

Freya stepped up onto the ship looking round, it was definetly bigger than she had expected, master had definetly done well with this ship. She thought with a grin walking over to Blanc and Eternia as the blue haired mage moved off to pilot the ship. wait...WHAATTT! Freya screamed in her mind "E..Eternia's piloting the ship?!?!?" she said turning slightly green paling to contrast with her hair. She new she new her friend and her teammeate was definetly piloting the ship as she was about to sit down when Eternia yanked the ship to the side.

Freya turned an even darker green and staggered around the ship her arms flailing comically "Damn you motion sickness and fear of heights" she said continuing to stagger around. She looked over at Eternia giving her a death glare "It netter not happen again or I'm gonna hurl-!" she was cut short as the ship looped-a-looped Freya moaned "S..stop eterniaaaaa, I'm gonna hurl! Eep too late, sorry Shu" she said looking guiltily at he guildmaster, then casting another evil glance at Eternia.

Freya sighed  steeling herself as she walked over to beside Eternia, she was going to have to pull herself together they were in a war and Blue Pegasus was the back there was no way she was going to let her guildmates and all the other legal guilds out there fighting for Magnolia down. Freya peered out the window, making sure she didn't look down. She could see plumes of smoke rising from Magnolia and storm clouds gather over head. She fought off a wave of unease and turned to look at Eternia who seemed to be equally confused, so they weren't her friends storm clouds then. So that must mean, no way it was Dragon Storm. That meant Fairy Tail and the other legal guilds still hadn't givin up yet they were down there fighting. Freya grinned and Blue Pegasus was here to help them. Her eyes widened as she watched in awe as two mega powerful spells were cast, Dragon Storm and her own guildmasters Hippocrene.

It was so pretty she breathed a sound of awe next to Blanc. She turned suprised as Blanc ran off towards the cannons 'W..wait for me Blanc!" she yelled running after her. She slid into her seat behind the cannon and smiled this looked like it would be fun. The ship shuddered slightly with Eternia and the controls and Freya turned green yet again slumping in her seat, feeling sick as she leant on the fire button "Uggghhhhh...." she moaned as the cannon started to fire randomly "Blanc stop da caaaanon" Freya said flailing about as she tried to move of the button whilst the ship flew shakily. Freya + moving ship + heights + cannon = disaster waiting to happen and so far it wasn't going well.

HELL QUEEN NARAKU "Bow Before Your Queen!" Naraku rose to her feet and returned Fluffy to his confinement within the robe. She needed to spy out the area so placed her hand on a shadow and focused. "Cyclops eye" she stated and began to see images from one of the shadows within 100ft of her location. She quickly flashed through these images and then to her surprise she saw Frederik surrounded by three mages. Two of which looked rather powerful and the third who was unconscious. The two mages appeared to be charging up for an attack. Normally, she would not step in because if someone died in battle it was their own fault for not being strong enough. However, something inside her was overriding her natural thoughts. "I must save the Keeper." As she said these words though the roars of the pair hit Frederik likely doing major damage. Naraku knew instinctively that if the Keeper's knowledge fell into the wrong hands it could be bad for the guild. Damn, this binding that the Lichborne had put on her. At least it gave her power and unlocked more of her memories. Gathering up the memory and the magic power for the technique she wanted to use took a few seconds giving the slayers time to talk to Frederik if need be. She walked through the shadow and emerging upwards from Frederik's shadow with a dark smile on her face scythe in hand. Her body was a bit bloody and beaten, but that just added to her look. "An impressive attack young dragon slayers, but now let me show you the power of a Hell Queen." she said and took a deep breath. The darkness near them flowed into her and the magic power caused her hair to raise a little. This was true power.  "HELL DEMON'S HOWL." this was her ultimate attack, though not in its ultimate form. It would be enough to end them though and with how quickly she had appeared they would have little time to dodge. It was also ridiculously wide. The beam was a beam of black energy laced with white. The range of it was 240ft and it had a 15ft radius. Naraku positioned herself well enough so she was just leaning over Frederik so he wouldn't get hit. Even if this attack, which covered its full range in four seconds (meaning it travels at 60ft per second), missed them, which she doubted it would, it was an excellent test of her power. An excellent display as well. One to make people bow in fear of her. And it wasn't over with just that one beam, which unless somehow blocked would level another huge chunk of the city. "I will show this city...despair." made by kiwii at btn & ote!

Cyclops eye cooldown: 2 posts
Howl cooldown: 5 posts
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Getting no response from the flying ship was more then enough reason for Harland to not stop his attack. For he had to stop the corruption at his core, unfortunately he had to eradicate a city along with it.
'There is no chance they will win this'
Harland's voice sounded cold and stern as he looked at spot where the lichborne was supposed to be. A spot were was lingering a dark and sickening aura. Twitching and slowly spreading. It struck fear in him, if this darkness managed to swallow the light here it would also mean the end of Fiore as he knew it. No more freedom, peoples hearts corrupted.
He tightened his grip on his wooded cane as the rumbling sounds from the cannons aiming towards Magnolia stopped. This was it, Harland only needed to give to command and his fortress would fire upon the city. Crumbling it till there was nothing left.

Sky God's Bow & Arrow",

Then the moment of silence among the Rune Knights and Harland was disturbed, an young black haired girl had run up the hill from out the front gate. And shot down two of Harland's men. 
The bow disappeared and the girl stood up straight, staring intensely at Harland. He turned towards her while leaning on his big wooden staff and looked down upon her from above the hill. While quickly observing her in the meantime, he couldn't spot from which guild she was. The he started to speak loudly with a surprisingly strong voice for someone his age. Something he did when he was making a point during important moments.
'Young girl! I don't know if you even know who I am or what your intentions are. But if you have something to say, I'll suggest that you speak up now. Because as you see, we are quite busy.'
As Harland spoke two cannons were slowly turning around and aiming downwards to were the girl was standing. He wasn't actually going to fire those two at her unless she gave him a reason for it. But a little show of power was never a wrong move in a situation as this.

Next thing Heero knew was that he was in bed in an unfamiliar room. He was bandaged and felt a faded pain throughout his body. He got up and walked to the door and when he opened it he saw his friends. All of Fairy Tail were in the next room, it was a great hall filled with survivors from the battle. He felt a grin grow as he thought to himself. "We did it. We fended them off." But the grin faded quicker than it appeared as he saw the faces of some of the Fairy Tail members they... were hollow. They had no eyes, no mouths, just holes filled with darkness like someone was wearing a suit made of his friends.

Once he noticed they all turned to him and let out a soul rending shriek. The other members of Fairy Tail were all frozen and the hollow ones fell to the ground like tossed out tarps as the Lichborne's wraiths emerged from them. Heero was scared of ghosts and frozen for a few seconds but upon seeing his friends being slaughtered he forced himself to try and move, but his body wouldn't listen. Before even a minute could pass everyone in the hall was dead. Nightken, Leonard, Serene, Neko everyone was gone in seconds. Heero ran back to his room flustered as the Wraiths began to converge on him. He closed the door and saw an open window. He jumped out of the window to find himself in the ruins of Magnolia, it wasn't even recognizable at this point. There was fire and smoke everywhere, looking around he saw the Fairy Tail building crumble before his very eyes.

He was scared, all of his worst fears were surrounding him. He sat there on the ground trembling in the ruins of his life when suddenly his sister Alye appeared from the skies. His sister was okay, in the midst of all this at least there was a light in the darkness for him. She came down to the ground and wrapped her brother in a hug as he hugged her however he saw a man rising up out from her shadows. "NOOOOOOOOO!" He screamed as Lichborne sliced through her with his sword. Her body was sliced in twain as he held her. Lichborne spoke only two words. "You're weak." Alye turned to dust while still in his arms and was blown away in the wind. Lichborne was gone too although Heero didn't see where he disappeared to. Everything he loved was gone, his whole life was literally crumbling around him. He closed his eyes for a moment and opened them and everything was gone. He was sitting in darkness. "I- I'm all alone... I failed..."