"Why am I still falling?" the girl thought as she continued staying in her standing position.
"My spell should have reached the bottom by now, which would have at least retained me on the air, or made me fly out"
"This is bad, I'm using a lot of energy on this spell, and the worst part is that these ants keep following me down"
"I thought I heard a loud noise not long ago, so why, why am I still falling?"
Gasps
"Don't tell me there's a tunnel inside this hole!" the girl said in frustration.
"If that's so, I'm toast!"
"This ain't good, if these ants catch up to me, they would kill me. That's if the tunnel doesn't fill up with water"
"What should I do now? The hole is covered with ants and because of this, the option of heading towards the wall and holding on is not available"
'Deep breaths'
"So how do I get out of this situation?" The girl thought in frustration.
"Let's visualize this, if I stop my current spell and use sea serpent blast on the wall, it would only make some ants to fall off landing before me, leading to my death"
"Even though I haven't done that, they're still lots of ants ahead of me, which would make them reach the bottom before me" the girl thought.
"So the only option I have is to fall really fast and land before them, since I don't know how big that tunnel is" the girl said.
"Yes, that way I would be able to run into the tunnels and hide"
"But how do I make my self fall really fast" the girl thought as she stopped her spell.
"I got nothing" the girl said after a while of thinking.
After a while of falling, she noticed that she was close to the ground and said "Water geyser" as a seal appeared on the ground full of water and shot water upwards.
The water hit her and reduced slowly, catching her fall and making her land safely.
She saw lots of ants heading towards her as she looked around and saw a cave.
"There!!! But there are lots of ants moving in that direction" she thought as she saw the tunnels.
"I don't have much time, Sea Serpent, Death Roll!" The girl said as she pointed her hands toward the tunnel killing all the ants in her front.
"Awaken, Sea Serpent, Water ride!" She said as she hit the ground making a seal to appear on it.
The magic seal brought out a snake made out of water that lifted her and moved really fast.
"Water spear" the girl said as she killed some of the ants in front of her while she rode the serpent pass them, she controlled it to move around dodging pillars while trying to avoid getting caught by the ants.
Meanwhile, Natsu tried standing up since the flood had stopped.
"I thought I was a goner" Natsu said as he tried to get up.
Natsu groaned in pain and said "It hurts, it hurts really bad! But I have to get moving, if I want to survive this place"
"I can't see a thing, it's really dark in here" Natsu thought.
"I need to find the cocoon that was shining and make it to radiate light once more, so that I'll be able to navigate through this place" Natsu said as he started feeling the ground.
"Come on, where are you?" Natsu thought as he tried to find it.
"Think Natsu, where could it be?"
"Wait, if I visualize this correctly I might just be able to find it"
"Okay let's think this carefully, the webs should be water resistant plus with the structure I saw, it's possible for it to float."
"The water moved both me and the cocoons, as I tried to survive by swimming in a way that would keep me far from the edge, since I didn't want the water to crush me if there was a wall in front, but luckily for me, the water stopped before it could reach any wall"
"This can only mean that I'm currently facing the entrance, which means the cocoon is currently at my back side. But there should be some distance between us, since it was floating" Natsu thought as he turned around and faced the other direction.
"But would I be able to find it, since I can't see a thing?" Natsu said as he continued feeling the ground while crawling, trying to locate the cocoon.
Meanwhile,
"I can't see where I'm going, so how do I navigate through this tunnel?"
"I noticed the light fading when I entered, but I didn't think it would totally vanish"
"Water ride isn't a power type spell, which means, I can't break through walls if I crash into one" the girl thought as she hit a pillar and moved pass it.
"I don't even know where I'm going, and if this continues, who knows what would happen to me?" the girl thought.
As Natsu was tapping the ground, he saw a little thin white light which looked like a slash mark, shoot out from a cocoon, hitting the top as rocks fell down.
"What was that?" Natsu thought as he saw the cave layout a little, since it brightened the place for a split second, making him know where the cocoon was, as he began crawling towards it.
"I just sensed a faint but powerful magic just now, which can only mean that someone is really here"
"It's going to be hard to locate the person since it was just a flash of energy, but I'm lucky, because they left faint traces of magical energy"
"The only problem I have is that I can't see where I'm going, so locating it will become more difficult than it's meant to be" the girl thought.
"I hope I'm not heading towards a beast"
"And what's with that light? It's possible that whatever was radiating light is trying to start up"
"If that's so, please just make here bright one more time" Natsu thought.
As Natsu was moving towards the cocoon, he began hearing strange and creepy noises, as he thought "I need to find the cocoon fast! So that I can make it glow"
"I can't fight those beasts in the dark, and even if there was light, it would still be hard to win"
"I seriously can't wait for this exam to be over" Natsu thought.
As he was moving, he finally reached the point where the light came from, as he felt some rocks and continued searching, he finally reached the cocoon with a cut on it, as he felt it and thought.
"What's this? Is this why this place shaked when that bright light came out"
"Does it mean that something tried to escape from this thing, but what could it be?"
"I hope whatever creature that was inside has crawled out, because I don't want my hand to get eaten" Natsu thought as he tried putting his hand inside the cocoon.
"What's this?"
Gaps
"It's a human!" Natsu said in shock.
"What's a human doing here? Don't tell me that they got caught when they came here to get something valuable"
"But how long has this person been here? Does it mean that there are other humans here"
"If that's so, I need to find them and help them. But only me can't find all the humans and save them!"
"What should I do now?" Natsu thought as he became frustrated and grinned his teeth.
"Wait, something made the water right! If it's a human then they can help me out"
"I have nothing to loose, besides, even if it's a beast that's going to come, I won't be bothered since a beast would surely come and kill me, since I can't fight them in the dark and win" Natsu thought as he took a deep breath and shouted "Help!!!!!"
"What's that? Is someone shouting for help"
"Is that person dumb! They would attract beasts towards them if they continue, whoever they are"
"I have to locate this noise before any beast does" the girl thought as she was moving.
She stretched out one of her hands and took a deep breath as a magical seal appeared while she said "Sea Serpent, Water spear"
The seal shot a water arrow which broke the walls and pillars in front of her.
She then supported her hand using the other as the seal began shooting water in the shape of spears slowly. It shot one big arrow and waited a little before shooting another arrow.
"What was that sound? Is someone really coming to my rescue" Natsu thought as he continued shouting for help.
The girl broke the wall behind Natsu as he screamed in fear.
"What!!!" Natsu screamed as he heard a noise behind him, only to see that the wall broke close to him, as someone emerged out of it riding a serpent made out of water, as a blue magical seal was in front of her hands.
Natsu fell to the ground as he used his hands to stop himself from lying down and screamed "Are you crazy!!! You almost killed me!"
"We need to hurry, they're beasts chasing me, and it won't take long before they catch up to us if we don't get out of here quickly" the girl said as she deactivated her spell and landed on the ground.
"Slow your horses, we can't just abandon the rest, we need to help them, that was the main reason I shouted for help" Natsu said.
"Okay then, so where are they, we don't have much time" the girl said.
"Well that's the problem, they're trapped in a cocoon and I don't really know exactly where they are since I can't see, but they're around this area, somewhere" Natsu said.
"I'm sorry about your friends but we'll have to abandon them if we want to survive" the girl replied.
"I can't just abandon them, plus, how do you expect us to get out of here if we can't see anything" Natsu said.
"Wait, come to think of it, I don't sense any magic coming from him, which means, he wasn't the one that made this place bright" the girl thought.
Strange noises were heard as the girl turned back and said "They have caught up to us, and it's all your fault!"
"Me! How's that my fault?" Natsu asked.
"I don't have your time, if I don't do something we're gonna die" she said as she stretched both of her hands and shouted "Sea Serpent, Death Roll!"
The serpent appeared and killed lots of the ants as the seal radiated light.
"Wait, I can see! It's not much, but I can see things around me"
"That's it! If she can retain her seal, I should be able to gather the cocoons, that way, we would be able to get out of here quickly" Natsu thought.
"Hey, I know this might sound crazy but can you stop attacking the beasts" Natsu said.
"Huhhhhh" the girl said as she looked at him strangely.
"Hear me out! Just try to retain your seal! That way, we would be able to bring all the cocoon together, and get out of here quickly"
"Are you crazy! If I do that we would both die! Plus, what do you mean by retain my seal?"
"Here's the thing, right now your seal is radiating little light, although it's really small and dim, we're still able to see. Which means, if you can just keep it glowing, we would be able to see where the cocoons are"
"Okay then, what about the monsters? If we actually follow through with your plan, we would die before we can gather all of them"
"Alright! So why don't you launch a giant attack at them, that way, we would have a little time to gather them"
"What makes you think that would work?"
"Just trust me, I've calculated all the possibilities, it's going to work out" Natsu replied.
"I don't really know what he's thinking, but I know he's always around Yami. Plus, he has always been one step ahead of us since this exam started. Ahhhhh!!! I guess it won't hurt to trust him" the girl thought.
"Fine but if what you're planning fails, I'll leave you and escape from here, got it?" The girl said.
"Yeah, and thanks!" Natsu replied.
The girl then stopped her attack as she closed her eyes and took a really deep breath, while widening her hands as she then opened her eyes and shouted, "Sea Serpent, Destroyer Mode, Ultimate Slayer!!!"