//FairyTail Fanfiction//Lavinia Forest: An S Class Quest

Chapter 3

Wendy's POV

"Carla? Are you okay?" Wendy asked. The lights had just intertwined and now shot straight down the path the group was going on. Only thirty seconds earlier, Wendy had managed to grab Carla and jump into the foliage behind the trees.

"I'm alright child, are you?" Carla asked as she came out of the bushes.

"Yeah, I'm okay," Wendy said. She heard rustling, and saw Gray, Natsu, Lucy and Erza all step out from behind trees and cautiously back into the path. Happy flew down from the trees and bobbed beside Natsu.

Wendy climbed out of the foliage and joined them.

"Is everyone alright?" Erza asked.

"Yeah, I think we're all okay," Gray answered.

"Good. I'm sorry I didn't tell you all about the Elision earlier, I had no idea it would do this," Erza said, looking upset.

"It's okay, Erza. No one could have known," Natsu said. "But why is it now leading down the path we're following?"

"I don't know. Makarav wouldn't have given it to me if it was dangerous, or he at least would have warned me," Erza said.

"Well, then let's follow it!" Natsu said.

"Aye, sir!" Happy said.

Wendy looked around nervously and noticed Gray staring at her.

"You alright?" He asked.

"Me? Yeah, I'm fine, let's just get out of this place," Wendy said.

"I'm in," Lucy said. "It's freezing in here anyways."

"Okay. I'll lead," Erza said. She walked up to the stone and bent to pick it up. Once it was in her hands, the light beamed a little brighter that it had before.

"I think it's trying to show us the way," Wendy said. Erza evaded eye contact with Wendy and nodded. She started walking forward, expecting everyone else to follow.

Natsu and Lucy looked at each other and started following, Happy tailing them.

Gray turned to Wendy and Carla and grinned. "Looks like we're partners," he said. Wendy grinned back at him. Together, the two walked down the path, following the others. No one noticed the shadow looming around behind the trees, watching them walk down the path.

Gray's POV

Gray and Wendy walked down the dirt path, following the others. Wendy was holding onto Gray's hand and hadn't let go of it since they started walking.

Poor thing, the Elision must've freaked her out. I don't even think that I've seen a gem that powerful. It was even too hot for a dragon slayer to hold.

Erza spoke and interrupted his thoughts.

"I see light at the end of this trail. Come join me, and we'll walk through together," She spoke to the group.

Wendy suddenly clung to Gray's arm. Gray looked at her with worry. She detached quickly.

"Sorry," She said, looking upset.

"Relax, it's fine. I just want to make sure you're alright," Gray said. Wendy smiled at him.

Good, I'm glad I could relieve her of some stress.

"You guys coming?" Natsu said. Lucy, Happy and him had already caught up to Erza and were standing impatiently.

"Yeah, we are," Gray said. Wendy and him walked up to the group and turned to see the light that the Erza had found. The Elision had stopped glowing, and had now turned into a pretty topaz with silver flecks.

"Well, let's go on through," Lucy said cautiously. Together, the five wizards and two cats walked into the sunlight.

"Woahhhhhhh.........." Natsu said.

What is this place? Gray thought.

Lucy's POV

"Wow," Lucy said.

The place the group had stepped into was breathtaking. It was a small glade with trees surrounding it in a wide circle. A small stream ran through halfway through it, and leaves blew in the warm wind. The sky was a perfect blue with absolutely no clouds. It was a calming, perfect environment with nothing out of place. Everyone else, even Erza, was staring open mouthed at the glade in front of them.

A rustling of leaves behind Lucy snapped her out of her awe. She spun in sync with Erza and Natsu, Gray and Wendy following shortly behind. The branches and leaves on the trees where they had entered were swiftly intertwining, making a wall, creating no exit. As fast as the first branches had done it, the other trees followed suit, encasing the group in the glade. Suddenly, a round roar erupted and five ten foot tall monsters appeared out of nowhere. They were hideous, looking like overside armadillos with red eyes and ten legs. Not Star-Fait monsters, but rogue monsters that were very dangerous.

"Happy! Carla! Fly Lucy and Wendy out of here!"Erza shouted. She requipped into her Heaven's Wheel armour and telepathically held her swords above her head. Natsu punched his hands together and Gray got into fight stance.

Lucy felt Happy grabbing onto her clothing and she slowly got lifted into the air. Erza turned towards Lucy suddenly and pulled something out of her pocket. "TAKE THE ELISION STONE!" Erza shouted as she threw it. Happy dove Lucy down and Lucy caught the stone and held it as tight as she could. The stone became ice cold, so cold Lucy almost dropped it.

Happy and Carla flew Lucy and Wendy up. Happy passed Carla and started flying upwards into the blue sky.

All of a sudden, a bright spark came across Lucy's eyes and she heard Wendy scream. She fell, but Happy managed to pull her up a few more feet and bob for a couple of seconds.

Lucy looked up and saw Wendy and Carla in the sky. There was a force field surrounding the top of the trees, cracking with energy. Suddenly, Lucy had a crazy idea.

"Wendy! Take the Elision and jam it into the force field!" Lucy screamed. She took the stone out of her pocket and hurled it at Wendy, hoping she heard it.

It seemed Wendy did. Carla dove her down. Wendy caught the stone and then hurtled back up towards the sky as fast as Carla's wings could go.

The Elision connected with the force field, and the force field turned a bright blue, then green from where the Elision had touched it. The force field shattered like glass and rained down upon Lucy, Happy, and Gray, Natsu and Erza fighting the monsters below.

"Alright Lucy, be prepared for this... I'm using full power!" Happy shouted. Lucy was jerked up towards the sky so fast her top got pulled down, exposing her undergarments.

They were shooting up fast towards the sky. Lucy's eyes were watering and her heart was shaking. She closed her eyes and hoped it would be over soon.

Lucy and Happy changed movements and suddenly started spiralling towards the ground. At the last second, Happy shifted and they plummeted into water.