A Railgun in Fairy Tail, Book 5: Perfection

That Crazy Clown In The Jungle

"So anybody up for the monster juice?" said Twilight Prankster holding up a bottle of questionable contents. "Don't be shy, it's all on me!"

Mikoto and Lucy just stared at the Edolas version of Night Reveler.

"Yeesh, I've seen more cheer in dead people!" said Twilight Prankster. "Isn't that right Bobby?"

Sitting next to Twighlight Prankster, a seemingly motionless skeleton made a gesture as if to say. "You don't have to tell me twice."

"Oh that Bobby!" Twilight Prankster laughed. "What a card! Always making jokes that one even if he is just a hollow skeleton of his former self!"

The skeleton waved his hand as if to say. "Oh stop it, you're too kind."

"Lucy.." Mikoto whispered. "This guy seems as psycho as his Earthland self..."

"Yeah." said Lucy. "But he did save us...let's just see where this goes first."

"Well I'm having a drink anyways!" said Twighlight Prankster as he uncorked the bottle and poured it onto his mask. Because the mask's 'mouth' was painted on and not actually a mouth hole of any sort, the liquid just splashed off the mask and dribbled all over his clothes.

"Again!" said Twighlight Prankster. "It's absolutely tasteless!"

Twighlight Prankster threw the now empty bottle over his head where it clattered into a pile of similar dusty cobweb covered bottles. "It's just hopeless, I've been doing the same ol' jokes for ages and I never get any better..."

Mikoto blinked in surprise. This Night Reveler...actually seemed a little sane that time. "Er...Night Reveler?"

"Twighlight Prankster! I told you that already!" said Twighlight Prankster irritably.

"Uh, right, that." said Mikoto. "Why did you save us back there?"

"Well I thought it would be obvious to those from the other Edolas.." said the harlequin pointing at Lucy. "Whether Hydra Head is retired or not, we'll never stop helping you innocents...even if helping is something as silly as letting some first rate clumsys spend some time in your living hole!"

"Hydra Head...good?" said Lucy. "Sorry...but where we come from, Hydra Head is a dark guild that murders and practices dark magic of a horrific nature!"

"WHAT!?" said Twighlight Prankster. "Wait a sec...don't tell me you're from Earthland! Hmph, I guess that explains the more colorful clothing on Lucy here..."

"You know Edo Lucy?" asked Mikoto.

"Of course!" said Twighlight Prankster. "Before King Faust had his way when my Edolas was losing magic, Hydra Head and Fairy Tail were the last two guilds up and fighting against the tyrannical rule of the Exceeds and the king! Hydra Head was legendary! We were the only guild to be able to generate magic within our very bodies thanks to our invention of the X balls. Highly nutritious, they unleash the hidden potential magic regeneration capabilities of Earthlanders!  Of course Diablo didn't need it...he was practically a god where magic was concerned."

"But when I first came to Edolas, Fairy Tail was supposed to be the only guild left!" said Lucy.

"I was getting to that!" said Twighlight Prankster. "Anyways, it was a pretty good resistance, especially since Diablo Roterra kept on kicking that Erza Nightwalker's tail to the curb like it was nothing! Our other two strongest members, Marinus (Edo- Aqualas) and Noiress Darkblade fought like demons, none of the commanders stood a chance. They say that guy named Sugarboy now has a permenant fear of Noiress."

Edo-Night Reveler sighed. "But then he came! Faust, with his ultimate weapon Dorma Anim. Back then, magic in Edolas was still relatively high, so he was able bring that robotic dragon to much higher power levels then when he fought those three Dragon Slayers from your Earthland guild. At that moment he was able to play the battle field as an equal with Diablo, and defeat him. Once Diablo was defeated, it was an easy matter for him to decimate our guild...I'm not even sure how many of the original 50 survived, whether our leader Diablo is still alive, I can't even guess! Of course after Hydra Head was gone, and the still weakening Fairy Tail was the only guild left fighting, Faust put Dorma Anim away for a time...till your Fairy Tail arrived. Of course that blatant use of that ultimate weapon left half the world's magic supply gone!"