Natsu and Wendy's eyes were closed, with their backs leaned up against a stone wall in a pitch black room. A loud creaking sound echoed through the room as the large metal door to enter it opened up. The room lit up as several figures walked in through the doorway.
"Natsu, Wendy!" Gray, Lucy, and Erza shouted simultaneously. They ran to their side to check on them. Carla approached Wendy, with tears in her eyes.
"I'm...sorry Wendy…" Carla cried as she grasped Wendy's limp hand.
"They're unconscious." Gray said as he got a closer look.
"We'll feed them the X balls. That should wake them up." Erza suggested. Gray nodded and reached into his pocket, pulling out a glass vial filled with small black circular pills. He placed a singular pill in each of the dragon slayer's mouths. After feeding them both the pills, Natsu and Wendy immediately started coughing as they woke up.
"Wait a second! We didn't give Meliodas one of those!" Lucy exclaimed. "He's by himself right now in the courtyard fighting some high ranking Edolas Military members…"
"You left him by himself?!" Gray shouted.
"He said he could handle it! He beat Laxus right?" Lucy replied. "And didn't he also defeat most of the Oracion Seis too?"
"Yeah he's strong but, that was in Earthland where he had his magic...and right now he doesn't have his magic. I'll go over there and give him an X ball!" Gray said urgently as he immediately sprung up. He was about to run towards the door, only for Erza to stop him as she placed a hand on his bare shoulder.
"Meliodas has his job and we have ours. He isn't someone who relies solely on magic. He's also a capable swordsman. I'll put my faith that he can fight them." Erza said resolutely. Gray looked into Erza's eyes and knew she was absolutely faithful in Meliodas' skill. He nodded back at Erza in response.
"Then what are we waiting for!" Natsu shouted abruptly. He jumped up from the ground and sprinted towards the exit leading into the outer corridor.
"Wait! Natsu!" Lucy cried out.
"No...he's right...we should go now. They're planning on using the lacrima with all of our friends to crash into Extalia." Wendy said as she slowly got up from the ground. "They'll...use our friends as a bomb…"
"Then let's go stop it! We can't let that happen!" Erza shouted as she ran after Natsu. Gray and Lucy looked at each other and nodded before running off after Erza while Carla and Wendy stayed behind.
"We're not going with them?" Carla asked.
"No… I don't want to doubt them but in case something goes terribly wrong, let's go inform Extalia." Wendy answered.
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Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Erza ran through the large corridors of the large castle. The castle was unfamiliar ground to them, with the design and style being nothing similar to any sort of architecture they've encountered in Earthland, making it even harder for them to find their way to the king.
"Why is there an amusement park here?!" Lucy shouted. In front of them was a large, colorful amusement park filled with varying rides.
"Heh...we really are lost aren't we…" Gray commented.
"Isn't it weird that we haven't ran into any guards?" Lucy asked, curious as to why there would be no one trying to stop them in such a drastic state of emergency.
"Damn...and I was looking forward to kicking some ass." Natsu said with a grin.
"That may be because of Meliodas. His storming of the castle to look for you guys would have brought the attention of the guards over to him in the courtyard. It's thanks to him, we have a clear path now as we look for the king." Erza mentioned.
As the group continued running through the amusement park, they encountered a strange girl who dashed in from around the corner. The girl was lean and short with a face that resembled a puppy. She wore green headgear that appeared to be like floppy ears and a yellow dress. Underneath the yellow dress was a skin tight blue bodysuit that went down to her ankles as she was barefoot. The mysterious girl paused as she looked at the Fairy Tail mages. In her hand was a strange, large key. The key was nearly as long as her body, symmetrical with three edges on each side of the tip that was held together by a long red rod. At the top of that rod was a red colored head of a dragon painted onto the base.
"Hey who are you!" Natsu questioned. The girl paused and remained silent as she continued to gawk at the earthland mages.
"Are you able to tell us where the King is?" Erza asked calmly as she approached her. The girl immediately ran the other way as Erza got closer.
"Sorry, not happening!" Gray shouted. He placed both hands on the ground, freezing the floor in front of him.
As the girl ran away, the ground beneath her became icy. Her left foot slid forward, causing her to lose her balance while her momentum carried her forward. The girl fell face first on the ice until skidding to a halt on the unfrozen parts of the ground. In the process, she dropped the strange key she was holding. The key slid across the ground, reaching Erza's feet. Erza bent down and picked the key up.
"No! You can't take that!" The girl cried out as she lay on the ground.
"And why not?" Erza asked, with the key now in her hands. The girl remained silent, unsure of how to answer.
"At least tell us your name first." Gray added.
"Coco…" The girl answered reluctantly.
"Well my name is Erza. Those others there are Gray, Lucy, and Natsu. I understand you're reluctant to answer us, most likely because you realized we are from Earthland." Erza said. "However, we just want to save our friends, so please cooperate with us."
"Save your friends?" Coco questioned.
"We'll do whatever it takes to save our friends!" Natsu added in enthusiastically. Coco froze as she thought about her reasoning for stealing the key in the first place.
"If you want to save your friends...destroy that key." Coco replied solemnly.
"Yeah let's burn it!" Natsu shouted eagerly as he walked up to Erza.
"Wait. What is this key even for?" Erza asked.
"The Dragon Chain cannon. The Dragon Slayer magic extracted from your friends earlier was used to power that cannon. Using it will slam that lacrima into Extalia…" Coco explained.
"Wait...that means that cannon can revert our friends back to normal!" Lucy exclaimed excitedly.
"You're right...we'll just have to use this cannon for ourselves!" Gray added.
"Can you show us the way?" Erza asked Coco. Coco nodded in response.
"Hell yeah! Let's go bring our friends back!" Natsu shouted.
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Erza, Natsu, and Gray barged into the Dragon Chain Cannon room, breaking down the heavy doors in the process. As the doors fell down to the ground with a loud crash the guards in the room turned their attention to the entrance and looked at the three mages in awe.
"Y-You!" Faust exclaimed. "Guards! Quickly! Deal with them!"
The guards immediately charged at the three mages with their weapons drawn. A smile formed on Natsu's face as flames engulfed his hands. He cracked his knuckles as he looked around the room.
"Finally! Some guys to beat up that Meliodas hasn't gotten to yet! I'm all fired up!" Natsu shouted as he ran in first. He threw a fiery punch at the first guard he ran into, sending him flying into several other guards while more showed up from behind those ones. Natsu grinned as he crouched down with his arms spread out, while Erza and Gray stepped up next to him.
Erza's armor began to glow, forming into her Heaven's Wheel Armor. Dozens of swords of different shapes and sizes materialized above Erza's head with a bright glow. Gray got into his ice make stance with both hands at his side, with one palm open while the other hand was a fist pressed against it.
"Fire Dragon's Wings!"
"Ice Make: Geyser!"
"Circle Sword!"
Large whips of flames, an enormous pillar of ice, and a barrage of rotating swords slammed straight into the guards, sending dozens of their bodies flying in all directions.
"Not a lot of guards you have here." Gray commented with a smirk.
"Dammit...dammit...dammit!" Faust shouted.
"Now if you'll excuse us, we're gonna go save our friends." Erza said as she walked over to the control panel of the dragon chain cannon. With her requip, she summoned the key, much to Faust's surprise.
"W-where did you get that?!" Faust questioned. Erza ignored his question as she put the key in the slot and messed around with the control panel. 'Huh...how do I change the coordinates on this thing?'
"I...I won't let you destroy my plans!" Faust yelled out. The ground beneath Erza, Gray, and Natsu suddenly gave way. Two large horns followed by a massive head tore through the ground. Erza, Natsu, and Gray jumped out of the way as the floor of the room collapsed. The Legion stuck its head out and glared at the three of them.
"What the hell is that thing?!" Natsu questioned. "It's huge!"
"That is my personal Legion!" Faust replied as he ran over to the control panel. Erza immediately ran towards Faust, only to stop as the Legion lunged forward with its jaws, prompting Erza to jump back away.
"You've done the work for me! Say goodbye to your friends!" Faust yelled enthusiastically. A large grin appeared on his face underneath his beard as he pressed the button on the canon.
"NOO!" Natsu, Erza and Gray shouted simultaneously. From the construction supporting the panel, they could only watch as an enormous white chain with a dragon shaped head fired from the cannon towards the giant floating island where their friends remained.
As the chain reached the halfway mark from the island, a black blur seemingly bolted through the sky straight into the path of the chain. Erza, Natsu, and Gray's eyes grew wide as they saw the figure standing in the path.
"Wait a second isn't that-"