Fairy Tail; The Sequel

Chapter Nineteen ; Eidolons

Erza and Lucy made their way toward the village that was sitting nearest to them; so far they hadn't seen anyone, but looks can be deceiving. "I'm sure that if they're were people there, they'd probably help us," Lucy said, kicking a pebble down the path they were on.

Erza nodded. "And once we get ourselves situated, we need to find the others." She frowned. "I don't know if everyone else is together, but I just hope that Varian isn't alone. Without his magic..." She didn't finish her sentence, but Lucy understood what she meant.

"Yeah..."

"That mountain is really tall..." Wendy marvels.

Edo-Lucy grinned. "Yep, but it'll be no problem for the helicopter."

Edo-Natsu looked at his feet, fingers anxiously twirling his fingers together. "Yep, it'll make it. For sure."

Carla frowned. "If you say so."

Rain was on her knees, clutching her head in pain. Gray and Jellal's eyes were glued to the figure taking small steps towards them. The strange thing about the figure, however, was that it was like their clothes were puffy and odd.

Rain mumbled out a weak, "Varian..." before she collapsed with a groan. Gray barely spared her a glance before his eyes were on the figure again. When the figure was one step away from the mages, a candle was lit, spreading light throughout the chamber. And in that light was another Jellal, his own shocking blue hair reflecting the light.

Mystogan.

Erza and Lucy were surrounded, standing back to back.

"Who are you?" a voice demanded from the crowd around them, every villager holding a weapon. "What do you want from u-" His voice was cut off with a screech.

"Look! It's Knightwalker!"

"What? No way!"

"She took my Ma away!"

"Don't let her out!"

Erza let out a breath. Well, wasn't this great? These people thought she was Erza Knightwalker. Fantastic.

"I'm not Knightwalker. My name is Erza Scarlet, and I'm from Earthland." Gasps ensued, as well as some outraged, "She's lying!"

Lucy decided that they may know Edo-Lucy. "Do you know who I am?"

"Yes, but what happened to you?" one of the villagers asked.

Lucy looked confused. "What do you mean?"

The villager who had originally spoken stepped forward. "Why are you with her, of all people? They may have apologized, but they still ruined lives. Especially her." He spat the last word with a look of disgust.

Lucy winced. When she had left Edolas all those years ago, she had assumed the kingdom had gone back to its peaceful ways. She should have expected that most people wouldn't have accepted the fact that their tormentors would ever apologize for their sins.

"Okay, I know that there is a slim chance of you believing me, but what Erza said is true. We aren't from here. We're from a place called Earthland, and we need to find our friends."

"Mystogan!" Gray exclaimed. "You scared me for a second."

Mystogan grimaced at Gray for a second before collapsing to the floor, the dim light of the candle flickering out. And darkness surrounded them once more.

"Mystogan, what the hell?" Gray, thankfully, caught him before he face planted on the ground.

Jellal was still staring at his other half and Rain remained unconscious. 'Great,' Gray thought. 'No one is going to be useful at this point.'