Of Fire and Ice

C.60

The people that could leave left and Levy stayed with us to look after Bisca and Master and Mira left to find Elfman and tell Laxus that the Master was ill and near death, which was kind of a bad idea, but I didn't want to say anything.

Natsu was trying to beat down the barrier, which obviously wasn't working.

"It's an enchantment." Levy suddenly said. "Yeah, thanks, we already knew that." Gajeel said. "Well, since it's a kind of script magic, I think I might be able to break the spell." She said and I perked up. "Do it. What do you need?" I asked, jumping up off of Ari.

Gajeel and I watched Levy work and talk to herself. "Wow. You're something else. We speak the same language, but I don't have a clue what you're saying." Gajeel said and a smirk slowly made its way to my face. Harley appeared beside me again, hugging my waist and whispering into my ear, "We're thinking the same thing, aren't we?" She said and I nodded.

"We should try to set them up." "Oh yeah. He's totally amazed by her." We whispered so no one else could hear and snickered a little.

Gajeel and Levy were talking while she was working, Natsu was beating the barrier with his head for some reason, Ari was behind Harley and I, and now that I think about it, Happy left with Lucy.

Harley and I stayed close and whispered to each other. "Whoa! Look!" Natsu said and we looked at the scoreboard. "Lucy vs. Bixlo; Lucy wins?!" I read in astonishment. "Holy shit, Lucy!" I shouted. "No way! That little Princess can actually fight?!" Gajeel exclaimed.

"Ha. Remind you of someone, Gajeel?" I said. "Yeah dude, you're kinda sexist." Natsu said. "Says the one who thinks he can beat me in a fight just because he's a guy!" I snapped. "Well, you could prove me wrong, but you won't fight me!" Natsu yelled at me.

"That's it!" Levy shouted. "What's what?" Natsu, Gajeel, and I all asked at the same time. She spoke nonsense for a minute and then held up the papers. "It worked!" She cheered. We all stood up and I got on Ariadne's back. "Ready to fly away and fight?" I asked. "You bet!" She grinned, blowing out a little smoke from her nostrils.

Levy broke the spell and Ari flew me out and into the sky. She roared and I whooped and hollered. "Freedom is fucking amazing!" I shouted with a laugh, then gripped on tight. "Okay, let's find someone. Laxus would be great." I said and we circled Magnolia at top speeds.

Suddenly, there was a light and a boom, then a scream. Ari and I both snapped our heads to the source and saw a pale body with blue around it falling. "Juvia..." I gasped, and Ari started to fly towards her. "Don't." I shouted. "Henley, why not?" "We have our own job. She may be a friend, but we can't let emotions get in the way." I sighed and she went back to circling as we looked at every movement that could be Laxus.

There was also an explosion at the bridge and we flew over to see Freed fighting Cana, only for Cana to loose. Elfman joined, but was knocked out, then Mira started crying. "Fly me over!" I said and Ari flew over and I jumped off, to land in front of Freed.

I glared up at him and he gave a smirk. "You must be Henley. From what I've heard, you're the embodiment of evil." He said and I sprouted wings, a devil's tail, horns, and claws. "I'm your worst fucking nightmare." I grinned and attacked him.

He was pretty good, casting a forbidden spell to give him wings, and this flight was taken airborne. I slammed him into the bridge and he flew right back up. I was behind him and he turned around and stared at me with a look of terror on his face.

"You're... the devil." He said and I smirked before throwing my hand out with black fire bursting from it and gripping him tight. He screamed and I increased power.

The fight didn't last long after that. I threw him down and created a hole in the ground where he laid motionless. I flew down and landed silently beside him on my feet. His eyes had pure horror in them and I raised my hand to finish him off.

"Henley, don't!" I heard Mira scream, probably so loud it could be heard all over Magnolia. I turned back and looked at her frozen in fear and crying still. "Why?" I hissed, the voice coming out not my own.

"I thought it hurt you to kill people." She whimpered. I lowered my hand and sighed. "Murder doesn't bother me anymore." I said and flew back up in the air, landing on Ari's back and flying away, retracting all that made me evil.