The Drakes of Heaven and Earth.
Narrator: Before our heroes came to the aid of Lucy. The young Celestial wizard was being pursued by Sherry Blendy, atop her Rock Doll, unbeknownst to her that she's heading straight for a cliff.
Lucy Heartfilia:[Screaming in terror] Aaaaaah! Natsu! Gray!...Happy!?! Anyone!!! HE-E-ELP!!!
Sherry Blendy:[Sinister laugh] How sad...Begging for help like a helpless damsel in distress! Poor thing just needs some loveπ
LH:[Offended] HEY! I'M NOT A HELPLESS DAMSEL!I'M A FAIRY TAIL WIZARD! WOAH![Lucy yelps, narrowly dodging a smash-attack from the giant doll.] I gotta get away from this psycho bimbo...*Gasp*[Lucy realizes she just ran to the edge of a cliff, cornering herself to the homicidal wizard and her Rock Doll.] Anyone!?! Please! I need Heelp!!!
SB:Awww![Looks to see something moving in the sky, mistaking it for a shooting star, when in reality, it was a "Flying" Dragon Slayer.] Hey Celestial wizard, look! A shooting star! Maybe you can wish for help with it![Laughing at her own joke.]
LH:[Desperate] Oh, shooting star! Please bring me HEEELP!!! Huh? That doesn't look like a shooting star...
SB: Hmmm...you're right...It looks more like a p---*CRASH!*
[While the two wizards were pondering as to what was the U.F.O, Clay came crashing through Sherry's Rock Doll, pulverizing it with the Earth Dragon Gauntlet on his left arm. Letting it crumble after completing it's purpose, landing a few yards away.]
SB:[Comically suspended in air, where the top of the Doll's head was.] Huh!?![Looking down to see a void.] Aaaah! *Thud!*[Falling on her butt on the ground below.]
[Groaning] Uuugh...What was that?
Clayton Grimm: KOBE!...Looks like I made it here just in time! Alright sweet thing! Surrender and I won't have to...Sherry!?!
SB: Clayton!?!
CG: What the hell are you doing here!?!
SB: What am I...What are YOU doing here!?!
CG this place is a sacred site of the Valkyries...I haven't seen you in years! You look well!
SB: Thanks! You do too!...And a lot taller!
CG: Yeah...I know...I had a hell of a growth spurt…I'm still surprised that you left Lamia Scale…
SB: I could ask you the same thing...Where's your Guide Tags?
CG: Yeah...Our apartment back in Crocus is getting pretty pricey...So I joined a guild that causes a lot of...Collateral damage...So I could profit off their messy footprints...
SB: Like Phantom Lord?
CG: Close...Fairy Tail!
SB: Fairy Tail?!...*Giggles* Wow!...I'm surprised you aren't swamped by work...
CG: Well, that's why my sisters wanted to help out...
SB: Oh, really?! How are your sisters?!
CG: Good actually...Although Fairy Tail is---
LH:[Interrupting] Ummm! HELLO! This crazy witch is trying to kill me!
CG: Well, we can't have that now, can we?
SH:[Grabbing Lucy by the neck of her top.] Stay back, or I throw this girl over the cliff to her death!*Bam!*
[Lucy hit Sherry in the jaw with a jab.]
LH:[Struggling with Sherry, trying to use her whip to bind her] Not if I throw you first!
[The two of them fight each other in a petty cat-fight like manner, creeping towards the cliff's edge. Clay realizing with his 6th sense, that the cliff is in danger of collapsing.]
CG:[Warning them] Hey! Indiana Jones! Can you two bimbos quit fighting so damn close the the cliff!
LH&SB: SHUT UP BOZO!
CG: I'm serious! That cliff is way too un-*Crack!*-stable...
LH&SB: Huh![Just realizing Clay's warning too little, too late, the ground the two young wizards stood on soon began to separate from the rest of the solid ground, resulting in their ground to slide down in a fast rock slide.]
[In terror, holding each other out of fear.] A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah!!!
CG:*Sigh* Guess I gotta save some ladies in distress...Hang on![ Sprinting towards the cliff's edge, then doing a backflip at the edge to run down the cliff face using Earth Dragon: Seismal Claws(The feet parallel to Tectonic Fists) to run down the side of the cliff.]
[As Clay catches up to the rockslide.]
CG: Al-most-[Grabbing both girls in either arm.]Gotcha![Clay then moved the inside of his feet parallel to the ground below, attempting to slow them all down.]
LH&SB:WE'RE FALLING TOO FAST!
CG:[Annoyed] I can see that! Earth Dragon: Roar!(The most versatile spell that Clay can use. He can do things from, in this case, terraform the earth it hits, even at the subatomic level, bombard foes in earth from fine dust, to large, deadly boulders, trap hostiles, come in the form of any super-heated medium via the use of geothermal energy, or just volcanic hazards in general, clean the air using some photosynthesis from his skin, but mostly chemosynthesis from within his body, create mass amounts of foliage, shoot a meteor shower, anything Earth related you can think of , he can for the most part do it.)[As his roar hit the ground below, it softened it to the point where it could be used as a landing mat. Once the ground below was safe, Clay spun around, making his back parallel to the ground, kicking off the cliff side.]
[After landing safely, Clay released the two girls, disoriented, but grateful to be alive.]
LH:[Disoriented] Uuugh...Thanks...
SB:[Disoriented] Uuugh...Who's side are you on anyway…?
CG:[Jumping up to his feet] Well...Considering I meant to crash through your Doll, you tell me!
LH:[Relieved, but still disoriented.] Yay...
SB:[Realizing Clay's her foe as well, yet slightly dizzy.] In that case...I'll take you both out...once the ground stops moving...Eh?...where'd you get that va-*Shatter*-ase...[Sherry fell back down to the ground after Clay threw a vase he made with his Dragon Slayer Earth right at Sherry's forehead.]
LH:[Coming to] Awesome! You beat her! Thank---
CG:[Cutting her off] Hold up! She's still conscious...
SB:[Struggling to stay conscious]...Angelica...avenge me…
CG&LH:[Confused] Angelica?!
[As if on cue, the giant, flying rat known as Angelica came propelling herself towards the two Fairy Tail wizards.]
LH: Oh No! I can't move! She's gonna crush us! DO SOMETHING!!!
[While the rat was approaching, the two exceeds Griffin and Polly, dropped off Erza and Magma out of Lucy's view.]
CG:[Nods to Griffin] *Humph* I'll see you your giant, flying rat, and raise you my small, flying lion! GRIFFIN! GO!!!
[Before Angelica could attack Clay and Lucy, Griffin knocked the flying rodent out of the sky, via a superman-style punch, sending it crashing into the cliff's side with a large crater, knocking her stone-cold.]
SB:[Slipping out of consciousness] Griffin's here too!?!...No fair...Although the flames of my consciousness...Have been extinguished too soon...My love still burns for you, Cold Emperor...please...for...give...me...π΅
[After Griffin, K.O'd the rat, Clay pulled down his hood, allowing Griffin to land in it.]
LH:[Joyful] Yes! Thank you both! I totally owe you two!
CG: Oooh, don't thank us just yet![Takes off goggles, allowing them to hang around his neck.] Earth Dragon: HojΕjutsu!(Magic restraints made from extremely strong ropes of cellulose.)[Clay sent two shots of rope from either hand, one aimed at an unconscious Sherry, the other aimed at Lucy.]We're here to return some missing wizards from Fairy Tail. Now if you'd be a good neighbor and tell us where Natsu, Happy and Gray are so we can get you fools the hell off this island!
LH:[Dismissive] What!?! This isn't funny you guys! The villagers are in serious trouble! We've gotta help them!
Griffin: Uhhh...How about you take that up to our Mission Leader...[Griffin pointed back at Magma, impersonating Erza.]
Magma Scarlet:[Impersonating Erza, Grabbing Lucy from behind by her shoulders, with her head to Lucy's right.] Lucy! You'd better tell us where the other are! OR ELSE!
LH:[Frightened]E-erza!?! What are you doing here!?!
MS: What do you think!?! Bringing you idiots back to Fairy Tail!
LH: Erza! We can't leave now! These people need us!
CG:[Warning] Ooo, I wouldn't test her if I we're you!
LH:.SHUT UP! I know her better than you! Erza! Who are these guys?
MS: Master Makarov permitted them to accompany me in order to retrieve you fools!
LH: Wait...What!?! How hypocritical of him! He wouldn't let Natsu, Happy and I go because we aren't S-Class, but he'll let two rookies join you in bringing us back!?!
CG:[Offended] ROOKIES!?! We've been in Fairy Tail longer than you!
Griff: We may be new to Fairy Tail, but we are far from greenhorns…We're SSF...
MS: Don't forget! These two saved your sorry ass!
LH: Yes, and I'm grateful for that, really! But instead of fighting each other, we need to help these people!
Griff: Oh, so the helpless Awol wizard is giving US the orders now?
LH: WATCH IT, CAT!
[Griffin glared at her with his death stare.]
CG: Mmm! Mmm!! Maybe we shouldn't have saved you, because you clearly have a death wish talking to Griffin like that!
Griff:[Repressing anger] Listen closely you wench! I am an Exceed, just like Happy, and every other "magical, flying, talking, bipedal-walking CAT!" You do well to remember that...Or else...
LH:[Scared] Uhhh...I'm sorry!
Erza Scarlet:[Hidden behind Clay] I would worry more about the consequences of your actions Lucy...
LH:[Confused] Huh!?! Hey![Obliviously to Magma] What kind of spell is that your using to throw your voice?
MS:[Ignoring her] Do you have any idea how angry we were back at Fairy Tail?
ES:[Still hidden] Master Makarov was so furious,[Lying] he resorted to using a forbidden spell, just to give you an idea of how furious he was...
MS: But he didn't want to use it on any of you...
ES: He used it on...
[Clayton steps to the side, allowing Erza to step towards Lucy.]
ES&MS:[In unison] Me!
LH:[In utter confusion, frantically looking back at Erza and Magma] Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh!...HUH!!! HUH!!![Screaming in absolute terror] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! TWO ERZAS!!![Hyperventilating] IT'S THE SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE!!! PLE-HE-HEASE!!! DON'T KILL ME!!! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!
CG&Griff:[Holding back laughter]
MS: If I were you, I'd apologize to those two you so rudely insulted.
[Happy comes flying in.]
Happy: Lucy! There you are! Huh? Hey guys! I didn't expect to see you two here! You guys here to help us out!?!
CG&Griff: Not exactly...
Hap:[Sees Magma, mistaking her for Erza.] Huh!!! Aaah!!! Erza's here!?! Huh!?![Sees the actual Erza.] Erza!?! But I just saw you--Wait!!![Looks between both Scarlets in a rapid manner.] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! TWO ERZAS!!! IT'S THE SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE!!! PLEASE!!! I'M TOO CUTE TO DIE!!! I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE A NICE GIRL EXCEED A KISS! I'M STILL A VIRG--*Pow*[Happy was knocked out by Griffin and Polly.]
Polly: My, Word! That tomcat has the most annoying voice me poor ears have ever heard! Well tom! I should be heading back to me mates. Have your boy signal Charlie when you need us to return to pick ye all up!π
[Polly leaves, heading back to The Flying Exceed.]
CG:[Sees Griffin blushing] Hey Griff!?! Are you blushing!!!
Griff:[Blushing, but in denial] NO!!! W-what are you talking about!?!
Hap:[Half conscious] O-o-oh Wow! He Lo-o-oves her...*BAM!*
[Griffin smashes Happy fifteen meters into the ground below.](After consideration, the ship name of Griffin and Polly(Her real name is Mary, but she only lets people she loves call her that), is either Pollin[Pronounced like Pollen], Golly, or Gary, all are equally adorable.)
CG: Geez Griff! We're supposed to bring them back alive you know![Clay casts Earth Priest: Branch of Life on the poor, blue exceed, retrieving him in a tangle of magical healing foliage.]
Just for that, I'll put him in my hood, so you can't ride in it.[Clay puts the wrapped-up feline in his hood.]
LH: Look! None of this is important right now! There's a cult of evil wizards who brought a big, scary demon here to free it, but the magic they're using is causing the people in the village to turn into monsters!
ES: So what? It should be none of your concern, BECAUSE THIS REQUEST IS NONE OF YOUR RIGHT TO TAKE!
CG:[Grabs a handful of sand to smell, letting it flow back down] She's not lying about demons, It was the first thing I smelled on this island...Smells like an Etherious one too...
MS: I smelled it too...
LH: See! Wait, hold on a minute? You can smell it? How?
CG: You serious? I'm an Earth Dragon Slayer. My sense of smell is far greater than the average human, especially me being an Earth Dragon Slayer. I can smell even minuscule trace amounts of molecules that are left on the earth.
LH: But Natsu's one too! How come he couldn't smell it?
CG: Because I know what demons smell like, and I doubt Natsu does…
LH: What about Lullaby?!
Griff: You mean the demon that Clay and Vicki defeated in a Unison Raid?!...From what Clay hypothesizes, Lullaby was created with both an inanimate object, AND a Non-demonic entity...It's scent just didn't smell like other demons...
LH: Okay...That explains you smelling it, but not Erza.[Pointing to Magma.]
ES: That's easier to explain. Clay was the one who used the forbidden spell on me to create her. In addition to having all my magical powers and abilities, Clay also made her capable of using all of his magic, as well as his abilities...
CG: On top of all our memories and mind-links to both of us...
ES: She's actually kind of like our child if you think about it...
CG:[To himself] You know...There's no point in arguing about it anymore...might as well accept it...
LH: Geez Erza! We weren't even gone a week and your already having kids with Clayton? What are you guys, A couple now? Please tell me this isn't permanent...
MS: π’[Hugs Clay's arm, crying on his right shoulder] *Sniff* Mommy? *Sniff* Daddy? *Sniff* Why doesn't Auntie Lucy like me!?!π
CG:[Comforting his daughter] There, there Maggie(Magma's nickname)...She IS permanent! Miss Insensitive!
Griff:[Comforts her as well] There, there young one...I'll allow you to pet me if it will make you feel better...
[Magma shrinks down to a child Erza, then curls up with Griffin, petting him for comfort.]
ES:[With Mamma-Bear rage] How dare you make my little girl cry Lucy! And she sees you like an aunt! Apologize this instance,[Death stare] OR ELSE...
LH:[Fearing for her life] I'm so sorry! Please, don't cry! Please forgive me!!!
MS:[Stops crying] *Sniff* You really mean it?
LH: π[Looks to see the others]
ES,CG&Griff: π πΎπ
LH:[Giving it her all] YES! YES! YES!!! I TOTALLY MEAN IT! I'M SORRY FOR BEING SO MEAN! PLE-HE-HEASE, FORGIVE ME-HE!!!
MS:[Sniffles] Okay...If you really mean it, I forgive you.
LH:[In great relief] *Whoow* That's a relie-*Choking*
[Magma returns to her normal form to hold Lucy up by the neck in a one-handed choke-hold.]
MS:[Showing her mother's side] Because if you don't...I'll show you just how powerful my parents made me! UNDERSTAND!?!
LH:[Violently nods in comprehension]...yesss...
[Magma let's go, letting her hit the ground.]
MS: Good...
ES:[To the others] She definitely gets that from me...
CG&Griff: That's for sure...
CG: As for the "being a couple" thing, I think I speak for both of us when I say that I love Magma with unconditional platonic love, and I feel the same way about Erza, if it grows any further, well...only time will tell…
{NinjaHound13: Don't worry my Jerza fans. I don't have any personal plans to ship the two of them...But that doesn't mean I won't stop you guys!}
ES: I agree wholeheartedly...It's getting late...We should go into the village for the night...we'll search for the others an hour before dawn.
CG&MS: There's no need to search! We know where they are!
ES: I forget you both are capable of searching so well...Then let's take our prisoners back to the village and you can both lead us to find the others...
MS: Gray is already at the village, but he looks injured...
CG: Yeah...And it looks like Natsu's deep in the jungle, a bit battered, but alive, and sleeping it off...
LH: Wait! But the village was destroyed!
CG: Well that explains the giant crater on the island...
MS: But I see plenty of villages in what looks like a village!
Griff: Perhaps the villagers are seeking shelter at an old compound of sorts...
ES: Then we'll head there and rescue Gray, then after we rest, we'll head into the jungle and get Natsu. Clay! Grab the other wizard and...Hey! Where is she?
[Sherry was taken by Ultear, disguised as Zalty, and returned to the their hideout.]
CG: Damn it! We were so busy here, we didn't even realize that she was rescued by her allies...
ES: We can worry about them later...Griffin! Grab Lucy! Clay! Magma! Take us to where the villagers are!
Hap:[Subconsciously] Hey...Don't strain yourself too much carrying Lucy...She's surprisingly heavy...Hehehehe...[Slips back out of consciousness.]
LH:[Offended] Shut up, Happy! WOAH![Griffin grabs Lucy and flies with the others.]
Griff:[Puzzled] Hmmmm...I don't know what he's talking about...you don't weigh anything close to Clay, let alone heavy...
LH: Thank you! Wait? How heavy is he?
Griff: He's about five times denser than the average human...about 315 kilograms...
ES&LH:[Shocked] HUH!?! HE'S THAT HEAVY!?!
CG: Hey! Your way off! I'm a solid 250kg!
[As Magma leads to the Village's storage area, Clay and Griffin were in the rear noticing the moon's otherworldly appearance, thinking back to the Moon Village of the Valkyries.]
Clay(ton) Grimm: Hey, Griff?
Griffin: Yes, Clayton?
CG: Doesn't the Moon remind you of something?
Griff: Now that you mention it, it looks strikingly similar to the True Moon that's being guarded in the Moon Village...And that's definitely not normal...
LH: What are you guys talking about? The reason the Moon looks like that is because those wizards in the Forbidden Temple are using it to make Moon Drip to thaw out the demon under the temple!
CG: Moon Drip?
Griff: You surely mean Moon Thaw, right?
LH: Is that another name for it?
CG: It's the more proper name, yes...you see, the Moon emits a magical energy that, thanks to the sun's own energy, cancels it out due to it hitting the moon, is harmless...
Griff: However, if a being with the aptitude knows how to perform the Moon's Vail ritual, they can use their own magic to filter out the sun's energy, leaving the Moon's energy to reach the earth, resulting in three possible forms of the Moon's energy; Moon Frost, being a crystalline solid, Moon Thaw, being liquid in nature, and from what I'm going to guess this band of wizards are actually using, Moon Vapor, being, as you can guess, gaseous in nature. All forms of The Moon's magic energy have a--
LH:[Interrupting] Ummm...Clay!...Your growing horns!...And your hands are scary looking!
CG: HUH!?![Sure enough, Clayton had become semi-demonic in appearance. Only affecting the parts of him that aren't covered by his coat. Appearing like a silvery horned Vampire Lord from Skyrim.] Huh!...Well...Would you look at that…[Lying] The curse is real!...[Approaching Lucy.] Let's see if it's contagious…
LH:[Terrified] AAAAAAAHHH!!!
CG:[Laughing. He takes Happy out of his hood so he can wear it. Returning his head to normal] Relax, Lucy!...I'll be fine...And so will you!...Probably…[He pulls out a vial of silver colloid, then drinks it.]
LH:[Whining] That's not funny, Clay!
MS: We're here!
[The wizards arrive at the Village's hideout.]
Village Guard 1: Halt! Who are you four?[Referring to Erza, Magma, Clay, and Griffin.] And what are you doing with one of the wizards we hired!
ES: My name is Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail, as are the rest of my friends.[The four of them show their emblems.]
Village Guard 2: You guys are from Fairy Tail!
Village Guard 3: Have you come as reinforcements?
ES: Unfortunately, no...The wizards that arrived here prior to us have broken our guild's rules by taking your request, despite not being permitted to take it. However, once we bring our wizards to justice, we will take the quest in their place.
VGs: But why? | Can't you just all help us? | We could use all the help we can...
ES: I'm sorry, but this is how our guild rules are.
Moka: It doesn't matter who fights and who leaves. All that matters is that you destroy the Moon!...I see you also suffered from the curse of the moon...Never saw it take so quickly...
CG: Yeah...Don't worry, though!
LH: *Sigh* We can't destroy the Moon! It's impossible!
CG,MS&Griff: Actually, it's viable, but unnecessary.
LH: What!?! We CAN destroy the moon!?!
Griff: Yes, but it's unnecessary. Once we deal with the wizards, we will fix your true issue. Now, we humbly ask that you allow us to spend the night in your compound.
Moka: Very well. Lulu here with show you to a room where you can stay. My name is Moka by the way, Chief of my village.
Lulu: Hello, This way.
[As the wizards arrive at their room.]
Lulu: Here. You can all use this room if you'd like.
ES: Excuse me, but is there an Ice wizard of ours here, by the name of Gray Fullbuster?
Lulu:[Puzzled] Yes...There's a wizard here by that name...although...
MS: He's injured.
Lulu: Yeah...how did you know...[Looks between Erza and Magma.]...Ummm...Are you to twins or something?
ES&MS: Of sorts, yes.
Lulu: O...kay...Well he's resting after he got hurt helping the other wizards fight against the Cold Emperor and his followers.
ES: What? He's helping them? That wasn't his mission! To think he went Awol as well...I expected more from him!
Lulu: Do you want me to show you to him?
ES: No. But if I may ask that you would direct him to our room when he wakes up.
Lulu: Of course.
[Lulu leaves the wizards to discuss their plan of action in their room.]
LH: Please, Erza! These people need our help!
Griff: No. They need Our help.[Points out the Scarlets, Clay and himself.]
LH: But none of you were even here to save everyone from the magic acid attack that destroyed their village!
CG: Hey! How's that our fault?
LH: I MEAN, if it wasn't for Natsu, Gray and I, these people would all be goners!
CG: I don't think so...Maggie! Aunty Lucy needs a nap...
MS: Yes father.[Magma touches Lucy's restraints to send a command to make her unconscious.]
Griff: Now that that's settled, we should discuss our plan of action for tomorrow.
ES: Agreed. Magma! Give me the location of Natsu so I can retrieve him. Then, you and Clay heal Gray, so you can reprimand him. Griffin! Secure the perimeter of this place.
CG: Huh![Clayton hears Gray mutter in his sleep about Deliora, The Demon of Destruction, from the Books of Zeref.] Erza! We need to stop them from releasing this demon! It's not like the villagers!
ES: What do you mean, not like the villagers?
CG: The villagers are natural demons...For the most part, they aren't too different from us in terms of morals...Etherious demons are Living spells...And I haven't met a good one of them...
{NinjaHound13: π}
Griff: There must be a lens of Moon Frost above the island, forcing their true form at night, and messing with their memories and psyche...Moon magic does bond to Dark Matter after after all...and excessive amounts of Moon Magic has been known to interfere with the minds of demons...It also explains Clayton's transformation a little...Though that silver colloid should help him...
MS: Yes. However, Uncle Gray has said in his sleep, not too long ago, that this demon is from the Books of Zeref, the Black Wizard. If memory serves, he lost everything as a child to this demon.
CG: Just like me, huh...Erza! I need to stop these wizards, and make sure Deliora won't harm anyone ever again. Not only is it a personal matter for me, but I'm honor-bound with my Moon Village Mark to protect this place, as well as it's protectors. Please, let me go with you! Natsu's not too far from the temple. I'll lead you to him. All I ask is that in return is that you allow me to fulfill my duties as a Valkyrie. I'm asking you as an S-Class wizard from Fairy Tail. Please...
ES: I cannot permit you to go...
CG: But-
ES:[Interrupting] Let me finish! I cannot permit you to go...alone...After deep consideration, I agree with what Lucy said earlier. We DO need to stop these wizards, and save this village. However, these wizards of ours must not go around thinking they can just take any requests they want, especially without permission.
Griff: So they can aid us, but aren't exempt from their transgressions...Understood!
ES: Alright! Magma! Heal Gray as best you can, when he wakes up and comes to our tent, you are to scold him for aiding them, instead of returning them back to Magnolia, then help them stop these wizards. Griffin, follow the orders I gave you before, then come to the others aid when this village is safe. Me and Clay will find Natsu, scold him for his actions, then stop these wizards.
CG,MS&Griff: Got it!
Lucy Heartfilia:[Screaming in terror] Aaaaaah! Natsu! Gray!...Happy!?! Anyone!!! HE-E-ELP!!!
Sherry Blendy:[Sinister laugh] How sad...Begging for help like a helpless damsel in distress! Poor thing just needs some loveπ
LH:[Offended] HEY! I'M NOT A HELPLESS DAMSEL!I'M A FAIRY TAIL WIZARD! WOAH![Lucy yelps, narrowly dodging a smash-attack from the giant doll.] I gotta get away from this psycho bimbo...*Gasp*[Lucy realizes she just ran to the edge of a cliff, cornering herself to the homicidal wizard and her Rock Doll.] Anyone!?! Please! I need Heelp!!!
SB:Awww![Looks to see something moving in the sky, mistaking it for a shooting star, when in reality, it was a "Flying" Dragon Slayer.] Hey Celestial wizard, look! A shooting star! Maybe you can wish for help with it![Laughing at her own joke.]
LH:[Desperate] Oh, shooting star! Please bring me HEEELP!!! Huh? That doesn't look like a shooting star...
SB: Hmmm...you're right...It looks more like a p---*CRASH!*
[While the two wizards were pondering as to what was the U.F.O, Clay came crashing through Sherry's Rock Doll, pulverizing it with the Earth Dragon Gauntlet on his left arm. Letting it crumble after completing it's purpose, landing a few yards away.]
SB:[Comically suspended in air, where the top of the Doll's head was.] Huh!?![Looking down to see a void.] Aaaah! *Thud!*[Falling on her butt on the ground below.]
[Groaning] Uuugh...What was that?
Clayton Grimm: KOBE!...Looks like I made it here just in time! Alright sweet thing! Surrender and I won't have to...Sherry!?!
SB: Clayton!?!
CG: What the hell are you doing here!?!
SB: What am I...What are YOU doing here!?!
CG this place is a sacred site of the Valkyries...I haven't seen you in years! You look well!
SB: Thanks! You do too!...And a lot taller!
CG: Yeah...I know...I had a hell of a growth spurt…I'm still surprised that you left Lamia Scale…
SB: I could ask you the same thing...Where's your Guide Tags?
CG: Yeah...Our apartment back in Crocus is getting pretty pricey...So I joined a guild that causes a lot of...Collateral damage...So I could profit off their messy footprints...
SB: Like Phantom Lord?
CG: Close...Fairy Tail!
SB: Fairy Tail?!...*Giggles* Wow!...I'm surprised you aren't swamped by work...
CG: Well, that's why my sisters wanted to help out...
SB: Oh, really?! How are your sisters?!
CG: Good actually...Although Fairy Tail is---
LH:[Interrupting] Ummm! HELLO! This crazy witch is trying to kill me!
CG: Well, we can't have that now, can we?
SH:[Grabbing Lucy by the neck of her top.] Stay back, or I throw this girl over the cliff to her death!*Bam!*
[Lucy hit Sherry in the jaw with a jab.]
LH:[Struggling with Sherry, trying to use her whip to bind her] Not if I throw you first!
[The two of them fight each other in a petty cat-fight like manner, creeping towards the cliff's edge. Clay realizing with his 6th sense, that the cliff is in danger of collapsing.]
CG:[Warning them] Hey! Indiana Jones! Can you two bimbos quit fighting so damn close the the cliff!
LH&SB: SHUT UP BOZO!
CG: I'm serious! That cliff is way too un-*Crack!*-stable...
LH&SB: Huh![Just realizing Clay's warning too little, too late, the ground the two young wizards stood on soon began to separate from the rest of the solid ground, resulting in their ground to slide down in a fast rock slide.]
[In terror, holding each other out of fear.] A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah!!!
CG:*Sigh* Guess I gotta save some ladies in distress...Hang on![ Sprinting towards the cliff's edge, then doing a backflip at the edge to run down the cliff face using Earth Dragon: Seismal Claws(The feet parallel to Tectonic Fists) to run down the side of the cliff.]
[As Clay catches up to the rockslide.]
CG: Al-most-[Grabbing both girls in either arm.]Gotcha![Clay then moved the inside of his feet parallel to the ground below, attempting to slow them all down.]
LH&SB:WE'RE FALLING TOO FAST!
CG:[Annoyed] I can see that! Earth Dragon: Roar!(The most versatile spell that Clay can use. He can do things from, in this case, terraform the earth it hits, even at the subatomic level, bombard foes in earth from fine dust, to large, deadly boulders, trap hostiles, come in the form of any super-heated medium via the use of geothermal energy, or just volcanic hazards in general, clean the air using some photosynthesis from his skin, but mostly chemosynthesis from within his body, create mass amounts of foliage, shoot a meteor shower, anything Earth related you can think of , he can for the most part do it.)[As his roar hit the ground below, it softened it to the point where it could be used as a landing mat. Once the ground below was safe, Clay spun around, making his back parallel to the ground, kicking off the cliff side.]
[After landing safely, Clay released the two girls, disoriented, but grateful to be alive.]
LH:[Disoriented] Uuugh...Thanks...
SB:[Disoriented] Uuugh...Who's side are you on anyway…?
CG:[Jumping up to his feet] Well...Considering I meant to crash through your Doll, you tell me!
LH:[Relieved, but still disoriented.] Yay...
SB:[Realizing Clay's her foe as well, yet slightly dizzy.] In that case...I'll take you both out...once the ground stops moving...Eh?...where'd you get that va-*Shatter*-ase...[Sherry fell back down to the ground after Clay threw a vase he made with his Dragon Slayer Earth right at Sherry's forehead.]
LH:[Coming to] Awesome! You beat her! Thank---
CG:[Cutting her off] Hold up! She's still conscious...
SB:[Struggling to stay conscious]...Angelica...avenge me…
CG&LH:[Confused] Angelica?!
[As if on cue, the giant, flying rat known as Angelica came propelling herself towards the two Fairy Tail wizards.]
LH: Oh No! I can't move! She's gonna crush us! DO SOMETHING!!!
[While the rat was approaching, the two exceeds Griffin and Polly, dropped off Erza and Magma out of Lucy's view.]
CG:[Nods to Griffin] *Humph* I'll see you your giant, flying rat, and raise you my small, flying lion! GRIFFIN! GO!!!
[Before Angelica could attack Clay and Lucy, Griffin knocked the flying rodent out of the sky, via a superman-style punch, sending it crashing into the cliff's side with a large crater, knocking her stone-cold.]
SB:[Slipping out of consciousness] Griffin's here too!?!...No fair...Although the flames of my consciousness...Have been extinguished too soon...My love still burns for you, Cold Emperor...please...for...give...me...π΅
[After Griffin, K.O'd the rat, Clay pulled down his hood, allowing Griffin to land in it.]
LH:[Joyful] Yes! Thank you both! I totally owe you two!
CG: Oooh, don't thank us just yet![Takes off goggles, allowing them to hang around his neck.] Earth Dragon: HojΕjutsu!(Magic restraints made from extremely strong ropes of cellulose.)[Clay sent two shots of rope from either hand, one aimed at an unconscious Sherry, the other aimed at Lucy.]We're here to return some missing wizards from Fairy Tail. Now if you'd be a good neighbor and tell us where Natsu, Happy and Gray are so we can get you fools the hell off this island!
LH:[Dismissive] What!?! This isn't funny you guys! The villagers are in serious trouble! We've gotta help them!
Griffin: Uhhh...How about you take that up to our Mission Leader...[Griffin pointed back at Magma, impersonating Erza.]
Magma Scarlet:[Impersonating Erza, Grabbing Lucy from behind by her shoulders, with her head to Lucy's right.] Lucy! You'd better tell us where the other are! OR ELSE!
LH:[Frightened]E-erza!?! What are you doing here!?!
MS: What do you think!?! Bringing you idiots back to Fairy Tail!
LH: Erza! We can't leave now! These people need us!
CG:[Warning] Ooo, I wouldn't test her if I we're you!
LH:.SHUT UP! I know her better than you! Erza! Who are these guys?
MS: Master Makarov permitted them to accompany me in order to retrieve you fools!
LH: Wait...What!?! How hypocritical of him! He wouldn't let Natsu, Happy and I go because we aren't S-Class, but he'll let two rookies join you in bringing us back!?!
CG:[Offended] ROOKIES!?! We've been in Fairy Tail longer than you!
Griff: We may be new to Fairy Tail, but we are far from greenhorns…We're SSF...
MS: Don't forget! These two saved your sorry ass!
LH: Yes, and I'm grateful for that, really! But instead of fighting each other, we need to help these people!
Griff: Oh, so the helpless Awol wizard is giving US the orders now?
LH: WATCH IT, CAT!
[Griffin glared at her with his death stare.]
CG: Mmm! Mmm!! Maybe we shouldn't have saved you, because you clearly have a death wish talking to Griffin like that!
Griff:[Repressing anger] Listen closely you wench! I am an Exceed, just like Happy, and every other "magical, flying, talking, bipedal-walking CAT!" You do well to remember that...Or else...
LH:[Scared] Uhhh...I'm sorry!
Erza Scarlet:[Hidden behind Clay] I would worry more about the consequences of your actions Lucy...
LH:[Confused] Huh!?! Hey![Obliviously to Magma] What kind of spell is that your using to throw your voice?
MS:[Ignoring her] Do you have any idea how angry we were back at Fairy Tail?
ES:[Still hidden] Master Makarov was so furious,[Lying] he resorted to using a forbidden spell, just to give you an idea of how furious he was...
MS: But he didn't want to use it on any of you...
ES: He used it on...
[Clayton steps to the side, allowing Erza to step towards Lucy.]
ES&MS:[In unison] Me!
LH:[In utter confusion, frantically looking back at Erza and Magma] Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh!...HUH!!! HUH!!![Screaming in absolute terror] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! TWO ERZAS!!![Hyperventilating] IT'S THE SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE!!! PLE-HE-HEASE!!! DON'T KILL ME!!! I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!!
CG&Griff:[Holding back laughter]
MS: If I were you, I'd apologize to those two you so rudely insulted.
[Happy comes flying in.]
Happy: Lucy! There you are! Huh? Hey guys! I didn't expect to see you two here! You guys here to help us out!?!
CG&Griff: Not exactly...
Hap:[Sees Magma, mistaking her for Erza.] Huh!!! Aaah!!! Erza's here!?! Huh!?![Sees the actual Erza.] Erza!?! But I just saw you--Wait!!![Looks between both Scarlets in a rapid manner.] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! TWO ERZAS!!! IT'S THE SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE!!! PLEASE!!! I'M TOO CUTE TO DIE!!! I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE A NICE GIRL EXCEED A KISS! I'M STILL A VIRG--*Pow*[Happy was knocked out by Griffin and Polly.]
Polly: My, Word! That tomcat has the most annoying voice me poor ears have ever heard! Well tom! I should be heading back to me mates. Have your boy signal Charlie when you need us to return to pick ye all up!π
[Polly leaves, heading back to The Flying Exceed.]
CG:[Sees Griffin blushing] Hey Griff!?! Are you blushing!!!
Griff:[Blushing, but in denial] NO!!! W-what are you talking about!?!
Hap:[Half conscious] O-o-oh Wow! He Lo-o-oves her...*BAM!*
[Griffin smashes Happy fifteen meters into the ground below.](After consideration, the ship name of Griffin and Polly(Her real name is Mary, but she only lets people she loves call her that), is either Pollin[Pronounced like Pollen], Golly, or Gary, all are equally adorable.)
CG: Geez Griff! We're supposed to bring them back alive you know![Clay casts Earth Priest: Branch of Life on the poor, blue exceed, retrieving him in a tangle of magical healing foliage.]
Just for that, I'll put him in my hood, so you can't ride in it.[Clay puts the wrapped-up feline in his hood.]
LH: Look! None of this is important right now! There's a cult of evil wizards who brought a big, scary demon here to free it, but the magic they're using is causing the people in the village to turn into monsters!
ES: So what? It should be none of your concern, BECAUSE THIS REQUEST IS NONE OF YOUR RIGHT TO TAKE!
CG:[Grabs a handful of sand to smell, letting it flow back down] She's not lying about demons, It was the first thing I smelled on this island...Smells like an Etherious one too...
MS: I smelled it too...
LH: See! Wait, hold on a minute? You can smell it? How?
CG: You serious? I'm an Earth Dragon Slayer. My sense of smell is far greater than the average human, especially me being an Earth Dragon Slayer. I can smell even minuscule trace amounts of molecules that are left on the earth.
LH: But Natsu's one too! How come he couldn't smell it?
CG: Because I know what demons smell like, and I doubt Natsu does…
LH: What about Lullaby?!
Griff: You mean the demon that Clay and Vicki defeated in a Unison Raid?!...From what Clay hypothesizes, Lullaby was created with both an inanimate object, AND a Non-demonic entity...It's scent just didn't smell like other demons...
LH: Okay...That explains you smelling it, but not Erza.[Pointing to Magma.]
ES: That's easier to explain. Clay was the one who used the forbidden spell on me to create her. In addition to having all my magical powers and abilities, Clay also made her capable of using all of his magic, as well as his abilities...
CG: On top of all our memories and mind-links to both of us...
ES: She's actually kind of like our child if you think about it...
CG:[To himself] You know...There's no point in arguing about it anymore...might as well accept it...
LH: Geez Erza! We weren't even gone a week and your already having kids with Clayton? What are you guys, A couple now? Please tell me this isn't permanent...
MS: π’[Hugs Clay's arm, crying on his right shoulder] *Sniff* Mommy? *Sniff* Daddy? *Sniff* Why doesn't Auntie Lucy like me!?!π
CG:[Comforting his daughter] There, there Maggie(Magma's nickname)...She IS permanent! Miss Insensitive!
Griff:[Comforts her as well] There, there young one...I'll allow you to pet me if it will make you feel better...
[Magma shrinks down to a child Erza, then curls up with Griffin, petting him for comfort.]
ES:[With Mamma-Bear rage] How dare you make my little girl cry Lucy! And she sees you like an aunt! Apologize this instance,[Death stare] OR ELSE...
LH:[Fearing for her life] I'm so sorry! Please, don't cry! Please forgive me!!!
MS:[Stops crying] *Sniff* You really mean it?
LH: π[Looks to see the others]
ES,CG&Griff: π πΎπ
LH:[Giving it her all] YES! YES! YES!!! I TOTALLY MEAN IT! I'M SORRY FOR BEING SO MEAN! PLE-HE-HEASE, FORGIVE ME-HE!!!
MS:[Sniffles] Okay...If you really mean it, I forgive you.
LH:[In great relief] *Whoow* That's a relie-*Choking*
[Magma returns to her normal form to hold Lucy up by the neck in a one-handed choke-hold.]
MS:[Showing her mother's side] Because if you don't...I'll show you just how powerful my parents made me! UNDERSTAND!?!
LH:[Violently nods in comprehension]...yesss...
[Magma let's go, letting her hit the ground.]
MS: Good...
ES:[To the others] She definitely gets that from me...
CG&Griff: That's for sure...
CG: As for the "being a couple" thing, I think I speak for both of us when I say that I love Magma with unconditional platonic love, and I feel the same way about Erza, if it grows any further, well...only time will tell…
{NinjaHound13: Don't worry my Jerza fans. I don't have any personal plans to ship the two of them...But that doesn't mean I won't stop you guys!}
ES: I agree wholeheartedly...It's getting late...We should go into the village for the night...we'll search for the others an hour before dawn.
CG&MS: There's no need to search! We know where they are!
ES: I forget you both are capable of searching so well...Then let's take our prisoners back to the village and you can both lead us to find the others...
MS: Gray is already at the village, but he looks injured...
CG: Yeah...And it looks like Natsu's deep in the jungle, a bit battered, but alive, and sleeping it off...
LH: Wait! But the village was destroyed!
CG: Well that explains the giant crater on the island...
MS: But I see plenty of villages in what looks like a village!
Griff: Perhaps the villagers are seeking shelter at an old compound of sorts...
ES: Then we'll head there and rescue Gray, then after we rest, we'll head into the jungle and get Natsu. Clay! Grab the other wizard and...Hey! Where is she?
[Sherry was taken by Ultear, disguised as Zalty, and returned to the their hideout.]
CG: Damn it! We were so busy here, we didn't even realize that she was rescued by her allies...
ES: We can worry about them later...Griffin! Grab Lucy! Clay! Magma! Take us to where the villagers are!
Hap:[Subconsciously] Hey...Don't strain yourself too much carrying Lucy...She's surprisingly heavy...Hehehehe...[Slips back out of consciousness.]
LH:[Offended] Shut up, Happy! WOAH![Griffin grabs Lucy and flies with the others.]
Griff:[Puzzled] Hmmmm...I don't know what he's talking about...you don't weigh anything close to Clay, let alone heavy...
LH: Thank you! Wait? How heavy is he?
Griff: He's about five times denser than the average human...about 315 kilograms...
ES&LH:[Shocked] HUH!?! HE'S THAT HEAVY!?!
CG: Hey! Your way off! I'm a solid 250kg!
[As Magma leads to the Village's storage area, Clay and Griffin were in the rear noticing the moon's otherworldly appearance, thinking back to the Moon Village of the Valkyries.]
Clay(ton) Grimm: Hey, Griff?
Griffin: Yes, Clayton?
CG: Doesn't the Moon remind you of something?
Griff: Now that you mention it, it looks strikingly similar to the True Moon that's being guarded in the Moon Village...And that's definitely not normal...
LH: What are you guys talking about? The reason the Moon looks like that is because those wizards in the Forbidden Temple are using it to make Moon Drip to thaw out the demon under the temple!
CG: Moon Drip?
Griff: You surely mean Moon Thaw, right?
LH: Is that another name for it?
CG: It's the more proper name, yes...you see, the Moon emits a magical energy that, thanks to the sun's own energy, cancels it out due to it hitting the moon, is harmless...
Griff: However, if a being with the aptitude knows how to perform the Moon's Vail ritual, they can use their own magic to filter out the sun's energy, leaving the Moon's energy to reach the earth, resulting in three possible forms of the Moon's energy; Moon Frost, being a crystalline solid, Moon Thaw, being liquid in nature, and from what I'm going to guess this band of wizards are actually using, Moon Vapor, being, as you can guess, gaseous in nature. All forms of The Moon's magic energy have a--
LH:[Interrupting] Ummm...Clay!...Your growing horns!...And your hands are scary looking!
CG: HUH!?![Sure enough, Clayton had become semi-demonic in appearance. Only affecting the parts of him that aren't covered by his coat. Appearing like a silvery horned Vampire Lord from Skyrim.] Huh!...Well...Would you look at that…[Lying] The curse is real!...[Approaching Lucy.] Let's see if it's contagious…
LH:[Terrified] AAAAAAAHHH!!!
CG:[Laughing. He takes Happy out of his hood so he can wear it. Returning his head to normal] Relax, Lucy!...I'll be fine...And so will you!...Probably…[He pulls out a vial of silver colloid, then drinks it.]
LH:[Whining] That's not funny, Clay!
MS: We're here!
[The wizards arrive at the Village's hideout.]
Village Guard 1: Halt! Who are you four?[Referring to Erza, Magma, Clay, and Griffin.] And what are you doing with one of the wizards we hired!
ES: My name is Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail, as are the rest of my friends.[The four of them show their emblems.]
Village Guard 2: You guys are from Fairy Tail!
Village Guard 3: Have you come as reinforcements?
ES: Unfortunately, no...The wizards that arrived here prior to us have broken our guild's rules by taking your request, despite not being permitted to take it. However, once we bring our wizards to justice, we will take the quest in their place.
VGs: But why? | Can't you just all help us? | We could use all the help we can...
ES: I'm sorry, but this is how our guild rules are.
Moka: It doesn't matter who fights and who leaves. All that matters is that you destroy the Moon!...I see you also suffered from the curse of the moon...Never saw it take so quickly...
CG: Yeah...Don't worry, though!
LH: *Sigh* We can't destroy the Moon! It's impossible!
CG,MS&Griff: Actually, it's viable, but unnecessary.
LH: What!?! We CAN destroy the moon!?!
Griff: Yes, but it's unnecessary. Once we deal with the wizards, we will fix your true issue. Now, we humbly ask that you allow us to spend the night in your compound.
Moka: Very well. Lulu here with show you to a room where you can stay. My name is Moka by the way, Chief of my village.
Lulu: Hello, This way.
[As the wizards arrive at their room.]
Lulu: Here. You can all use this room if you'd like.
ES: Excuse me, but is there an Ice wizard of ours here, by the name of Gray Fullbuster?
Lulu:[Puzzled] Yes...There's a wizard here by that name...although...
MS: He's injured.
Lulu: Yeah...how did you know...[Looks between Erza and Magma.]...Ummm...Are you to twins or something?
ES&MS: Of sorts, yes.
Lulu: O...kay...Well he's resting after he got hurt helping the other wizards fight against the Cold Emperor and his followers.
ES: What? He's helping them? That wasn't his mission! To think he went Awol as well...I expected more from him!
Lulu: Do you want me to show you to him?
ES: No. But if I may ask that you would direct him to our room when he wakes up.
Lulu: Of course.
[Lulu leaves the wizards to discuss their plan of action in their room.]
LH: Please, Erza! These people need our help!
Griff: No. They need Our help.[Points out the Scarlets, Clay and himself.]
LH: But none of you were even here to save everyone from the magic acid attack that destroyed their village!
CG: Hey! How's that our fault?
LH: I MEAN, if it wasn't for Natsu, Gray and I, these people would all be goners!
CG: I don't think so...Maggie! Aunty Lucy needs a nap...
MS: Yes father.[Magma touches Lucy's restraints to send a command to make her unconscious.]
Griff: Now that that's settled, we should discuss our plan of action for tomorrow.
ES: Agreed. Magma! Give me the location of Natsu so I can retrieve him. Then, you and Clay heal Gray, so you can reprimand him. Griffin! Secure the perimeter of this place.
CG: Huh![Clayton hears Gray mutter in his sleep about Deliora, The Demon of Destruction, from the Books of Zeref.] Erza! We need to stop them from releasing this demon! It's not like the villagers!
ES: What do you mean, not like the villagers?
CG: The villagers are natural demons...For the most part, they aren't too different from us in terms of morals...Etherious demons are Living spells...And I haven't met a good one of them...
{NinjaHound13: π}
Griff: There must be a lens of Moon Frost above the island, forcing their true form at night, and messing with their memories and psyche...Moon magic does bond to Dark Matter after after all...and excessive amounts of Moon Magic has been known to interfere with the minds of demons...It also explains Clayton's transformation a little...Though that silver colloid should help him...
MS: Yes. However, Uncle Gray has said in his sleep, not too long ago, that this demon is from the Books of Zeref, the Black Wizard. If memory serves, he lost everything as a child to this demon.
CG: Just like me, huh...Erza! I need to stop these wizards, and make sure Deliora won't harm anyone ever again. Not only is it a personal matter for me, but I'm honor-bound with my Moon Village Mark to protect this place, as well as it's protectors. Please, let me go with you! Natsu's not too far from the temple. I'll lead you to him. All I ask is that in return is that you allow me to fulfill my duties as a Valkyrie. I'm asking you as an S-Class wizard from Fairy Tail. Please...
ES: I cannot permit you to go...
CG: But-
ES:[Interrupting] Let me finish! I cannot permit you to go...alone...After deep consideration, I agree with what Lucy said earlier. We DO need to stop these wizards, and save this village. However, these wizards of ours must not go around thinking they can just take any requests they want, especially without permission.
Griff: So they can aid us, but aren't exempt from their transgressions...Understood!
ES: Alright! Magma! Heal Gray as best you can, when he wakes up and comes to our tent, you are to scold him for aiding them, instead of returning them back to Magnolia, then help them stop these wizards. Griffin, follow the orders I gave you before, then come to the others aid when this village is safe. Me and Clay will find Natsu, scold him for his actions, then stop these wizards.
CG,MS&Griff: Got it!