Haunted by Nightmares

Chapter three

The members of both fairy tail and sabertooth stood outside nightmares gaze's guild hall, hidden in the trees. A blood curdling scream was heard from the castle.
" Freed..."
Laxus's hand clenched into a fist.
Makarov turned to Sting, who gave a nod.
" Attack!" The fairy tail master yelled.
The two guilds charged and forced their way into the guild. The guild's were of equal strength, meaning this battle might be a long one. Ashter's blue eyes gazed at the commotion from the shadows. He slipped away unnoticed and headed to their tallest tower. He reached the top, and the guards stationed at the top room's door wordlessly let him in. Before him one of fairy tail's best wizards laid chained to a metal table covered in blood, panting and in pain. Freed had several daggers stabbed into his arms and legs, his torso showed signs of having been burned and had deep gashes. Ashter smiled. He'd taken one of the most respected in Fiore and him turned into a bleeding mess.
" Looks like your friends have come to save you," he said walking towards Freed.
" But don't worry, I'm not going to let you go that easy."
He caressed Freed's cheek as he said this. Freed glared at him with hatred. They heard a few screams coming from the other side of the door which was then broken down to reveal Gajeel, Natsu and Lucy.
" Freed!" Lucy cried.
The three of them stood in shock at seeing Freed's state. Natsu's clenched his fists as they were engulfed in flames.
" You basted!"
The pyro was making no attempt to hide his anger. He ran to and swung a punch at Ashter, which he blocked.
" Nightmares claw!"
Ashter's hand turned black, and his fingers extended and sharpened. He slashed at Natsu only to be hit by Gajeel's iron club.
" Gate of the lion: Leo!" Lucy yelled, and Loke appeared.
" You made a big mistake hurting one of my friends," the lion said glaring.
The four of them fought together till Ashter was weak. He was leaning against the window edge.
" How? How have you defeated me?"
" Because fairy tail always gets its revenge," Gajeel said.
Ashter was beyond angry. Then he smirked. He had one last trick up his sleeve.
" Nightmare haunting," he said calmly.
He held out his hand, and a shadow like butterfly materialised on hit. The butterfly flew to Freed, and once it landed on his forehead it disappeared.
" AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
Freed screamed.
" What did you do to him?!" Natsu asked, confused and enraged.
" I just gave him a little parting gift."
Ashter jumped onto the open windowsill, and two black feathered wings sprouted from his back.
" Ta, ta."
And then he flew off.
" I've got to go now," Loki said.
" Okay, thanks for your help," Lucy said as he vanished.
The three wizards ran to Freed.
He was panting heavily, sweating, and had a pained and scared look on his face. Gajeel ate the chains holding him. As soon as he was free, Freed curled up into a ball.
" What did he do to him?" Lucy asked concerned.
" I don't know, but whatever it was it wasn't good, maybe Porlyusica will know," Gajeel said.
" What do we do about the knives?" Natsu asked.
" We should leave them in for now or he might bleed to death. Let's just get him to the others first," Lucy said.
Gajeel picked Freed up bridal style, doing his best to avoid touching the daggers.
" Let's go," Natsu said.
They left the tower room to find Porlyusica who had come with them, hoping she would know what was happening to Freed.