As they were running for their money, Erza heard a few howlings in their escape which felt extremely familiar but she couldn't remember from where...
During their escape, Happy decided to lead everyone home which they agreed at first but regretted later as instead of reaching Magnolia, he led them to the Web Valley that is filled with numerous canyons and earthquakes so the group become lost.
Happy : Ai, I'm sorry Natsuuuuu!!!
Natsu : It's okay with my smell we can find the way back...
Lucy : Why do i have a feeling we are gonna be lost even more than now??
Erza : I think i'm gonna agree on that Lucy.
Shortly after, they started following Natsu who most of the times had his head tilted to the side and question marks appeared in his head before making all of the sighs.
Time passed and everyone started to feel hungry after a while Happy noticed a pack of winged fishes, which are supposed to be a legendary delicacy.
Everyone then immediately decided to catch a few fishes for them, which turns out to be extremely difficult as they only manage to catch one which they decided to let Happy have.
Happy immediately started eating it while everyone looked on hungrily, after 2-3 minutes when he finished it, his cat face distorted before blurting that the fish tasted gross.
They decided to ignore Happy as they got up and continued going deeper into the valley, after 30 or 40 minutes they stumbled into a village which surprised them as it was deserted, not even a fly lived there.
Gray : This place???
Lucy : It feels creepy!!!
Natsu : For some reason, I smell food...
Makarov : Hmmm....
Erza : Food?? You mean fresh one??
Natsu : Not sure...
With Natsu guiding them they searched the whole Village and in all houses despite the presence of fresh food, they found no one...
Erza : This is way too suspicious, do not touch the food.
Gray : We need to investigate the village, there is no way so many people vanished instantly with warm food...
While Erza and Makarov were investigating while Natsu and the others went into the forest in hopes to try to gather some mushrooms. After many minutes and corners flipped around, Happy, Gray, and Natsu finally found a few before returning back...
When they did so the met up with Lucy and each one of them started eating them, unknowing to them they started growing a mushroom on top of their heads.
While they were having their own problems, back at the village, Erza and Makarov discovered seams on the ground and they heard moaning sounds around the village.
After meeting with everyone Erza and Makarov noticed the mushrooms in their heads and before they could say something to them they saw them wither and fall on the ground...
At the same time, Natsu started noticing the ground light up along with the buildings which in turn started to bend.
Makarov : Quick head towards higher grounds.
Erza : What the hell are those!!!
Lucy : The buildings are...
Gray : Turning into....
Natsu : Strange monsters???
Happy : AAaaaaaiiiiii!!!!!!!
As they were on the top they observed the buildings turn into strange monsters. Makarov was holding his chin as he was pondering about something seeing all this before something clicked him....
Makarov : Aaahh, that's it!!
Erza : What is it, Master!!!
Makarov : These monsters are the result of the forbidden magic
They all had two thoughts when they heard their Guildmaster words... These are legit monsters?? Then where the hell is all the people that lived in this place???
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P.S 4-5 more till the next arc