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Chapter 268: Meeting Up

Edolas, Edolas Continent, Unnamed Plains.

November, x784.

Nearly an entire day had passed since Alfonzo, Elicia, and Lucy arrived at the Edolas Fairy Tail's guild hall. And during that time, they realized that the guild's atmosphere was almost identical to the Fairy Tail they grew up in. Though, certain members of the guild were a lot more aggressive.

In fact, Alfonzo has had a few run ins with this world's Jet and Droy, who thought themselves the strongest. And without the use of his magic, he put them in their places with a few well-placed punches and kicks.

*Sigh* The absence of magic power in the body really makes the people of this world much weaker, physically, than back home." Alfonzo muttered while looking down at Jet and Droy, who were covered in bruises. "Which makes Mystogan's feat of becoming an S-Class wizard even more impressive."

"Mystogan, you're talking about Prince Jellal, right?" Levy asked while staring down at her team mates from Team Shadow Gear disdainfully. "God damn it, if you're gonna challenge someone to a fight two on one, don't get your asses kicked so fucking bad! You're making the rest of us look weak!"

"If you're so bad ass, why don't you fight him?" Jet shouted back.

"What did you say?" Levy asked, her eyes narrowing dangerously.

"Shut the hell up, Jet." Droy said sternly. "Are you trying to get us both another ass kicking?"

"Don't order me around, asshole!" Jet fired back.

Deciding he was done with that little episode, Alfonzo distanced himself from the bickering teammates and sat down at the bar next to Elicia and Lucy.

"So, how much longer are we gonna stay here?" Lucy asked curiously. "I mean, if they convert that lacrima into Magic power, won't everyone from Magnolia be in danger?"

"Don't worry, Lucy." Elicia replied with a smile. "If it's as big as Mystogan said it was, it will take a long time to prepare for use."

"And that proves it, size isn't everything." Alfonzo said with a cheeky smile.

"Oh, like you can talk." Elicia replied with a seductive gaze. Then, she licked her lips as she continued. "You're just lucky you have the technique to match your size."

Meanwhile, Lucy could only look on dumbfoundedly as a blush crept onto her cheeks.

"We were having a serious conversation, right?" Lucy asked. "How did the two of you turn that into… this?"

Hearing Lucy's question, Alfonzo and Elicia only smiled at her in response.

Over the last half a year, despite the fact that Lucy's body was so tempting, they had found out that she was quite innocent when it came to sexual matters. So, they found some measure of enjoyment in turning conversations to a sexual nature when she was around.

"If you knew how big Fonzie was and how good he was at using it, you'd be more interested in our conversation, Lucy." Elicia said with a mischievous smile on her face.

Immediately, the slight blush on Lucy's face exploded, covering everything from her neck to the tips of her ears in a bright red. At the same time, Alfonzo and Elicia felt as if they could see smoke coming out of the top of the younger girl's head while her eyes started spinning.

"Okay, Lici, that's enough." Alfonzo said, holding back a laugh. "Lucy's right. This isn't the time for that."

"*Sigh* Okay~." Elicia said, seemingly in disappointment.

"But if you wanna find out what she's talking about, Lucy." Alfonzo whispered into Lucy's ear. "Maybe the two of us could spend some more time getting to know each other when we get back to Earth Land."

The blush that started to recede when Alfonzo stopped Elicia came back with a vengeance when he whispered into Lucy's ear.

'Oh my god! Did he just ask me out on a date?' Lucy asked herself internally. 'But why did he have to do it while teasing me about.. that?'

Even though she was complaining on the inside, Lucy nodded her head meekly, clearly happy, yet embarrassed, to receive Alfonzo's date invitation.

At the same time, while Lucy's head was lowered in embarrassment, Alfonzo and Elicia exchanged glances before nodding in satisfaction.

"Anyway, to answer your earlier question." Alfonzo said, his playful and flirtatious demeanor nowhere to be seen. "We'll stay until tomorrow night at the latest. There's a chance that Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla might find their way here."

"Yeah, it would suck if they came here and we were already gone." Elicia said with a smile. "Otherwise, they would have to find magic items to use until we could find them. And let's be honest, with Natsu's recklessness, he would probably blow through all the magic in his magic item in one attack."

Although the blush on her face had not disappeared, Lucy's expression had become serious. Nodding in agreement with Alfonzo's plan and Elicia's assessment, she could only pray that everyone would be all right until they could be rescued.

"By the way, I wonder what Mystogan and Gajeel are doing right now." Lucy said, a pondering expression on her face.

"If I had to guess, Gajeel is probably gathering information." Alfonzo replied. "I mean, contrary to how he acts, he's a good infiltrator when he needs to be."

"Yeah, back when he was with Phantom Lord, no one would have even known about when he attacked Levy, Jet, and Droy if I hadn't been nearby." Elicia added. "Well, Fonzie would have. But that's only because he had his [Magic Power Detection] active because he was having a bad feeling that night."

'And because we knew the plot.' Alfonzo and Elicia added silently.

"Now that you mention it, I remember him saying something like that." Lucy muttered as she thought back to that night.

"As for Mystogan." Alfonzo said, pulling Lucy out of her thoughts. "I'm not a hundred percent sure. He's probably going around to see who he can still trust after leaving Edolas so long ago. But other than that, I have no clue. I don't even know him well enough to hazard a guess."

'They never really said what he was doing in the anime, either.' Alfonzo thought to himself. 'The mother fucker just kinda showed up at the end, made Panther Lily switch sides, and then he fought Natsu before sending all the magical shit out of the world.'

"I guess that makes sense." Lucy replied with a nod. "Until the tournament, I had never even seen him before."

"Yeah, he does have the habit of putting as many people in the guild to sleep as possible whenever he shows up to take a quest." Elicia said with a smile.

At the same time, a four-wheeled magic vehicle was racing across the plains from the direction of Syca Town. And inside the vehicle were six individuals, two talking cats and four humans.

"What's wrong with him?" The Edolas Lucy asked from the front passenger seat of the magic vehicle.

"It's because Natsu is a strong Dragon Slayer." Wendy replied while rubbing Natsu's back, who was suffering from motion sickness.

"But aren't you a Dragon Slayer, too?" Lucy asked in confusion. "Why are you okay, Wendy, when he's like… that?"

"It's because I'm not strong enough, yet." Wendy replied while clenching her fists. "But one day, I'll be strong, just like Natsu, Gajeel, and Laxus."

"I don't get it." A spiky, pink-haired young man with goggles over his eyes wearing a red leather jacket, a white shirt, and blue pants exclaimed from the driver's seat. "If what you said is true, he's supposed to be me from another world, right? Then how is it possible that he has motion sickness?"

*Smack!*

"Shut it Natsu." Lucy said as she swatted the driver, the Edolas Natsu, in the back of his head. "At least he's not a blubbering baby when he's outside of the vehicle."

Swerving due to the sudden slap, the Edolas Natsu quickly corrected the vehicles path before rubbing the back of his head.

"Geez, Lucy, you don't have to be so violent all the time." The Edolas Natsu said.

"What was that?" Lucy asked with a growl. "Are you talking back? Why don't you say that again?"

Instead of responding, the Edolas Natsu only focused his attention on the path ahead.

"Coward." Lucy muttered under her breath. "Why can't you stand up for yourself more? Then maybe I would…"

Though the Edolas Natsu could not hear Lucy's muttering, and the Earth Land Natsu was in no position to pay attention to it, as he was suffering from motion sickness, Wendy heard every word and began to blush at what she heard.

"Wendy, what's wrong?" Carla asked after seeing Wendy's face redden so suddenly. "Are you feeling sick? Is the different environment affecting you?"

"No, Carla, I'm okay." Wendy replied while shaking her head. "But I'm glad you're doing better now."

Ever since the four of them, Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla had been transported to Edolas, Carla had been wearing a melancholic expression. Actually, she had been wearing it even slightly before the anima opened over Magnolia. And the reason for that was something that Carla did not want to believe.

Carla's visions were of a taller than average female talking cat, or Exceed as they are called in Edolas, with white fur, grey eyes, and diamond patters dotted around her eyes wearing a regal gown with a solemn expression standing before a number of large eggs. And just before the vision ended, she heard the female Exceed give an order.

{"I entrust all you unborn children to find the Dragon Slayers and bring them back to Edolas for the prosperity of our lands."}

Seeing that same vision once again, Carla's concerned expression reverted to a melancholic one again. As a result, Wendy's smile turned into a concerned expression, too.

Meanwhile, Happy could only watch the girls with concern in his expression as well. On top of that, he had gotten used to Natsu's motion sickness over the years, so he was not all that concerned about his best friend.

"Alright, everybody." The Edolas Natsu said a few moments later. "We're almost at the guild hall."

"Ugh… Finally…" Natsu groaned uncomfortably. "Just make it stop…"

A few minutes later, The Edolas Natsu pulled up in front of the guild hall before cutting the engine off immediately.

"Alright, you guys go on in." The Edolas Natsu said with a smile. "I'll change the fuel lacrima in case we need to get moving again."

"Good." Lucy said with a nod. "And you better be ready when we need you. If you're not, you won't like the consequences."

"Come on, Lucy." The Edolas Natsu replied with a fearless smile. "When have I ever fallen behind on the road?"

Meanwhile, the Earth Land Natsu had opened the door to the backseat immediately and flung himself out of the vehicle.

"Ah! It feels so good to be on solid ground again!" Natsu shouted.

"Sorry, Natsu." Wendy said as she also climbed out of the magic vehicle. "If I could use my magic, I could have cast my [Troia] spell."

"Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that." Natsu replied with a smile. "With that, I could ride in vehicles with no problem. Wendy, hurry up and cast it on me, then we can go for another ride."

"Uh… Um…" Wendy stammered after hearing Natsu's request.

"Did you forget that fast, we can't use our magic here, you buffoon." Carla said disdainfully.

"Carla…" Wendy whimpered.

"Enough talking." Lucy said, finally climbing out of the magic vehicle. "Come on, let's go inside. We can use the guild hall to get closer to Louen. Then, you can use the airship to get to the capital."

Hearing that, Natsu paled immediately.

"An airship?" Natsu asked, while taking a step back. "I think it would be better if we walked."

"Oh, don't be a baby." Lucy said, grabbing Natsu by the arm. Come on, let's go."

With that, Lucy dragged Natsu towards the guild's front doors while Happy, Wendy, and Carla followed closely.

*Bang!*

"I'm back!" Lucy shouted after kicking the guild's doors open. "And you'll never guess what I found while I was out."

"Finally, the bimbo is back." Levy said after hearing Lucy's voice.

"What did you say, midget?" Lucy asked angrily.

Before she could continue, however, Lucy noticed Alfonzo, Elicia, and the Earth Land Lucy sitting at the bar.

"Guild Master? Elicia Phyllis? And another… me?" Lucy exclaimed in shock.

Meanwhile, Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla also looked in the direction Lucy was staring after hearing her exclamation.

"Alfonzo!" Natsu shouted.

"Lici!" Wendy shouted happily.

"Lucy!" Happy shouted happily as he ran over towards the Earth Land Lucy. "The real Lucy is here!"

"What do you mean by 'the real Lucy'?" The Edolas Lucy asked with a tick mark on her forehead.

"See, just like I said." Alfonzo said with a smile. "I knew they would find their way here."


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Chapter 269: Starting the Journey to the Royal Capital

Edolas, Edolas Continent, Royal Capital.

November, x784.

*Crack!*

In the middle of the night, while most people were asleep, a loud cracking sound could be heard in the Royal Capital of the Edolas Kingdom. Although most people could not hear it, those who were awake all came outside or looked out their windows to see what caused such a loud noise.

Among the people who were curious to see what could cause such a loud noise were the two Gajeels, who were discussing all they knew about what was going on with the giant lacrima on the floating landmass.

*Bang!*

*Crack!*

"Those bastards!" Gajeel growled as he punched the wall of the building he just came out of while staring at the floating landmass.

Though the Edolas Gajeel was also surprised at what he saw, he was more cornered about the crack his angry counterpart just left in his house's wall. Then, after shaking off the thought of the repair cost, he looked up to the floating landmass as well.

"So, they broke off a part of the giant lacrima, huh?" The Edolas Gajeel asked rhetorically. "*Sigh* The king probably only wants to show it off to the citizens. He's probably trying to show them how powerful the royal family is."

"I don't give a damn about that." Gajeel said angrily. "But if anyone from my guild was hurt because he wanted to show off, he might not live to regret it."

Hearing that, the Edolas Gajeel opened his eyes wide in surprise. Then, he quickly lunged at Gajeel to cover his mouth.

"You have to be careful about what you say." The Edolas Gajeel said in a hushed tone. "You never know who's listening. Even the people you trust might end up reporting you to the Royal Army."

Flinging the Edolas Gajeel's arm away, Gajeel looked at him angrily. But he knew his counterpart was right. So, after taking a deep breath to calm himself down, he looked at the Edolas Gajeel with a smirk.

"Oh, Although that made me angry, I'm not talking about what I would do to the people responsible.." Gajeel explained. "But when Alfonzo gets here, I can only pray for them. Especially if they happened to hurt one of his girlfriends."

While Gajeel spoke, the Edolas Gajeel was doing his best to drag him back inside the house. But when he heard the last thing his Earth land counterpart had to say, he paused to look back at him.

"Alfonzo?" The Edolas Gajeel asked. "Are you talking about Alfonzo Dentis, the former guild master of the Dark Guild, Fairy Tail? But he died more than two years ago. No… I guess you're talking about the Alfonzo from your world?"

"Wait, seriously?" Gajeel asked in disbelief. "This world's Alfonzo is dead? But how is that possible? Actually, now that I think about it, we never discussed anything about this world's Fairy Tail. Yeah, let's goi inside. I want to know as much as I can about the counterparts from Fairy Tail in this world."

"Good." The Edolas Gajeel said with a grin. "I always look forward to gathering more information."

Earth Land, Ishgar, Era.

"Hahahahaha!" Org, who had been summoned to the Magic Council's meeting room, laughed uproariously after hearing the report that was just presented about the Town of Magnolia. "Finally, that scourge of the continent is gone."

Like Org, the rest of the Magic Council were also seated in their designated seats in the Magic Council's meeting room. Unlike Org, however, they were horrified by the news they just heard. And when they heard Org's loud laughter, they could not help but look at him reproachfully.

"After hearing about the disappearance of an entire town, the only thing you can think of is Fairy Tail's destruction?" Belno asked in a tone of disbelief. "Do you even care what happened to the people of that town?"

Hearing Belno's question, Org rained in his laughter quickly. As he did, he looked around the meeting room. And when he saw the reproachful glares of all his colleagues, he only snorted. Though, he did not say anything to refute.

"We'll discuss your behavior at a later date, Org." Gran Doma said in an authoritative, no-nonsense tone. "for now, we need to figure out what happened to Magnolia."

Hearing the chairman speak, everyone stopped glaring at Org and started paying closer attention to Gran Doma's instructions. At the same time, Org breathed a sigh of relief now that his colleagues' gazes were no longer on him.

"Send lahar and Doranbolt to investigate Magnolia and its surroundings." Gran Doma ordered. "Also, tell them to take as many wizards who use [Retrocognition Magic] as possible. We need to know what happened in that town."

"Yes!" All the members of the Magic Council replied in unison as they went off to follow Gran Doma's orders.

'Hmph!' Org snorted internally while leaving the meeting room. 'I don't have any way to prove it, but I know that Fairy Tail is responsible for this. And even if they aren't, they'll make a good scapegoat if we are unable to find what caused this incident.'

As those thoughts ran through his head, Org could not help but put on a crooked smile that made those who noticed it feel uncomfortable.

Edolas, Edolas Continent, Unnamed Plains.

The next morning, all the members of the Edolas Fairy Tail, along with Alfonzo, Elicia, Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Carla, and Lucy, were ready to make their way towards Louen. And although the members of Edolas Fairy Tail had no intention of getting close to the Royal Capital, they had no issue helping the Earth Land wizards by making their trip a little shorter.

So, as soon as the sun peaked its head over the horizon, the entire building-shaped plant that served as the Fairy Tail guild hall was pulled into the ground, like a plant growing in reverse, before it disappeared from the plains.

Edolas, Edolas Continent, Louen.

About an hour later, the building-shaped plant grew out from the ground once again. This time, however, it was in the vicinity of Louen. Though, it was far enough away that no one would be able to see it from the town.

"Ugh… No one told me this thing was a vehicle." Natsu complained from the guild hall's floor with a nauseated expression on his face.

"Sorry, I guess we forgot." Levy replied with a sadistic smile on her face. "But you really weren't joking about this Natsu getting motion sickness on a vehicle, huh?"

"You could have just taken my word for it." Alfonzo replied with a shrug.

"Wait, you knew about this, Alfonzo?" Natsu asked in as angry a tone as he could muster.

"Sure did." Alfonzo replied with a nod. "I mean, I was the one that refilled their rechargeable lacrima, after all. Otherwise, if they didn't have enough energy to jump away again after dropping us off, they wouldn't have taken us this close to the Royal Capital. And we would have had to make the trip on foot."

"I would have rather gone on foot!" Natsu shouted. A moment later, however, he covered his mouth as his cheeks bulged. "Ugh!"

"Eww!" Both Lucy's said in unison as they backed away.

A moment later, the two Lucy's turned towards each other and made eye contact. As they maintained eye contact for a while, the Earth Land Lucy began to feel uncomfortable. Especially with how intensely the Edolas Lucy was staring at her.

Before long, the Edolas Lucy pulled a dagger out of her clothing. Considering she was only wearing a leotard, however, Alfonzo, Elicia, Wendy, and Carla wondered where she was keeping it. Natsu, on the other hand, was too busy feeling sick to care while Happy was patting him on the back to make him feel better.

"Ahh~~~~!" Lucy shouted in fear when she saw the dagger. "Don't stab me! I'm too pretty to die!"

Ignoring Lucy's screaming, the Edolas Lucy grabbed her long hair with her free hand. Then, using the dagger, she cut the majority of her hair off.

"Huh?" Lucy exclaimed in confusion after seeing the Edolas Lucy's actions. "Why did you do that?"

"Seeing us look so alike while being so different just pissed me off." The Edolas Lucy replied. Then, she closed the distance between herself and the Earth Land Lucy to whisper in her ear. "And it will piss me off even more if we end up being more alike than I thought."

Naturally, this confused Lucy even more. Before she could ask any questions, however, her Edolas counterpart continued.

"If I ever find out that you missed the chance to be with the one that you like because of pride or something stupid like that…" Lucy whispered while glancing at the Edolas Natsu's timid expression. "… I'll find a way over to Earth Land myself to kick your ass."

Immediately after hearing the Edolas Lucy's continuation, Lucy's confusion disappeared. And after seeing her counterpart glance at the Edolas Natsu, she understood that her counterpart was only looking out for her, even if her method was a bit on the violent side.

"Don't worry." Lucy replied in a whisper as she put on a bashful smile. "He asked me out on a date after we get back to Earth Land. And I accepted already."

The Edolas Lucy was slightly taken aback by that news. Still, she nodded in satisfaction. At the same time, Lucy erased her bashful smile and put on a stern expression.

"But you have to take your own advice." Lucy said solemnly. "Yeah, your Natsu may not be as assertive as Alfonzo, but that doesn't mean you should let the opportunity to be with him go. Just because he won't confess to you, doesn't mean you can't tell him how you feel, right?"

Once again, the Edolas Lucy was taken aback. Before she could respond, however, Elicia had skipped over to the two and wrapped her arms around the shorter women's shoulders.

"Hey, what are you two over hear whispering about?" Elicia asked in a curious tone with a smile on her face.

"Oh… Um… You don't have to worry about it, Lici." Lucy said with an awkward smile on her face. "Just a little chat between Lucys."

"Yeah, it's a secret between the two of us." The Edolas Lucy said, looking uncomfortable to be so close to someone with the same face as the person that killed her guild master.

"If you say so." Elicia replied. "Anyway, we're about to leave. We gotta get to the Royal Capital before the royal family starts converting the lacrima into magic power."

"Right." Lucy replied with a nod as she turned around and headed towards the guild hall's front door with Elicia. Then, just as she reached the rest of the group, she looked back at her Edolas counterpart and spoke once again. "You don't have to do it now, but think about it."

And with that, the Earth Land Fairy Tail wizards left the guild hall and made their way in the direction they were pointed towards to reach Louen.

Meanwhile, the Edolas Lucy could only watch them leave while Lucy's advice echoed around in her head.

"Alright, you bastards!" Levy shouted, pulling the Edolas Lucy out of her thoughts. "Get ready to jump again. We can't stay this close to a town. Especially one that has an airship route that leads directly to the Royal Capital."

Hearing that, the rest of the members of the Edolas Fairy Tail nodded their heads and prepared for the guild hall's movement once again. Meanwhile, Lucy stared at the guild hall's entrance with a hint of concern on her face.

"Be careful you guys." Lucy muttered as she felt the entire building being sucked underground and moving away from its current location at high speed.

About an hour later, the seven Earth land wizards entered the town of Louen. All of them could tell that in the past, this town would have been considered beautiful. With its cylindrical brick houses and blue-leaved trees, it was clear to see how important this place was for Edolas' economy.

But ever since the trading of magic was outlawed, it seems that this town had fallen into disrepair, with many of the buildings' walls on the verge of crumbling apart.

"Well, this place has certainly seen better days." Alfonzo said as he glanced at the surrounding buildings.

"Yeah, it's kind of sad." Lucy said with a melancholic expression on her face. "Just because this place traded in magic, the kingdom abandoned it when they decided that only a select few people deserved to use magic."

"None of that matters, right now!" Natsu said loudly. "Right now, the only thing we should be thinking about is getting to the Royal Capital to save our friends!"

*Smack!*

"Damn, Natsu." Alfonzo said as he slapped Natsu upside the head. "Are you trying to tell everyone within earshot that we're headed to the capital to do something illegal? Seriously, just play it cool. We'll get there before anything happens to them."

Although Natsu was impulsive, he knew it was not a good idea to draw attention to themselves.. At least until they had rescued their friends. After that, however, all bets would probably be off as he would want to make them pay for what they had done.

"Look." Elicia said, pointing towards the airship dock. "There's a Royal Army ship docked here."

"But why are they here?" Wendy asked in a worried tone. "Did they find out why we were here already?"

"Maybe if someone wasn't shouting about it, they wouldn't have." Carla said while glaring at Natsu.

"It's not Natsu's fault." Happy said, defending his best friend. "They were already there before we got here."

"Happy's right." Elicia said with a nod. "It looks like they came here for something else."

"It's probably for that underground black market." Alfonzo suggested. "Having people selling magic illegally can't be good for the royal family's prestige, after all."

Hearing Alfonzo's suggestion, the rest of his companions nodded in agreement after thinking about it for a moment.

"Anyway, that looks like the perfect place to catch a ride to the capital, don't you think?" Alfonzo asked with a smile. "We'll just need to make sure they're actually going to the capital after this."

Hearing that, everyone, other than Elicia, looked at Alfonzo as if he were out of his mind. But after hearing his plan, they thought it sounded good. The only thing they were worried about was Natsu, who had the ability to make all plans useless when the mood struck him.


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