A Railgun in Fairy Tail, Book 5: Perfection

The Key To The Gate Of Entry

"There it is.." said Natsu as he carried Mikoto on his back to the circular crumbling edge of the city. A massive metal ramp had extended from the edge of the city and was connected to the giant side of a mountain that looked much like Mt. Fuji back in Earthland...however, the difference was that it didn't look like half of it was missing due to the result of a massive battle between two ginormous dragons.

"Er...eh..." said Mikoto who barely able to keep conscious at the moment.

"Hold on Mikoto." said Natsu as he began to cross the bridge with  Mikaris, Lucy, and Happy close behind. "We're almost there."

"Yeah!" said Elli who was sitting on top of Mikoto's head. "It's almost over!! Come on!!"

"No.." murmured Mikoto. "It won't be over...not after this...not until Dravis is destroyed."

"Well then we had better be ready to smack that oversized lizard into the ground once we get to those gates then!!" shouted Natsu. "Come on!! I'm going on overdrive!!"

Natsu began to run as fast as he could down the metal ramp. As he got closer and closer to the mountain, Mikoto could just make out a cave in the distance. Many people who had been evacuated from the city seemed to be crowding into the cave.

"Dang it!' said Natsu. "Guess we'll have to push through somehow...maybe if I punch my way through.."

"Natsu! No!" said Lucy sternly. "We already wen't through this, we don't just punch our way through things!"

Mikoto suddenly felt a warmth near her chest area that definitely didn't feel natural. The key that she wore around her neck levitated out from under her shirt and levitated out in front of her, glowing.

It rotated on the chain around Mikoto's neck till it was pointing at one end of the mountain.

"Wha!?" said Natsu stopping in his tracks along with the others. "Mikoto! The key your mom gave ya!"

"It's showing us where to go.." Mikoto murmured. A tremendous beam of light shout from the key and burned itself on the side of the mountain until a stone hatch opened to reveal a gaping hole.

"How are we going to get over there!?" said Lucy it's so far away from the ramp, and Happy and Elli aren't going to be enough to fly all of us over there."

Apparently though, you really didn't need the ability to fly to enter that cave, for all of a sudden, as if in some sort of  vacuum the group was pulled screaming into the cave like bullets.

Mikoto saw stars as she tumbled across the dark rocky floor of the cave and everyone fell right on top of her. She yelled as Lucy and Mikaris both fell right on top of her broken leg.

"Oh God!!" Lucy said as she and Mikaris stumbled off. "Sorry Mikoto! Are you okay!?"

"Eh.." said Mikoto gritting her teeth with pain. "Can't say I haven't gone through worse..."

Natsu put Mikoto on his back again and stood up. "Well that was different."

"Look.." said Mikaris pointing at Mikoto. "The key..."

The key that had previously been worn around Mikoto's neck had broken free from it's chain and was now levitating into the cave, glowing brightly so those who wished to follow it could do so without much trouble.

"Come on." said Natsu walking after the key. "Careful though..this place smells weird."

"I smell it too." said Mikoto wearilly. "This entire place smells like Dravis...it's death...and decay...and..something else familiar...it smells like Nicole."