Fairy Tail: Reflow

Chapter Fourteen

      "FF!" Catty finished, but then realized that she and the rest of the groups were at the guild, except for Erza, Jellal, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Juvia, Wendy, Romeo, Lynn, William, Owen, Grace, Noelle, and Elizabeth. Okay, maybe not the rest of the groups. Since Vallen wasn't there, she just turned around and clawed at Siri's face, who began to fight back, punching Catty in the ribs. Andrea stepped between them and glared at them menacingly. The two stopped.
      "Oh no. Where are the others?" Meldy asked. Everyone looked around, but the rest were nowhere in sight. Andrea sighed, taking charge.
      "Come on, we have to find them. Delphi and I are going to go east, Lila and Sofia, go north, and Siri and Catty, go south." She informed the group. Her friends nodded, even Siri and Catty. The girls went separate ways, hoping not to run into any trouble. But they were dead wrong.

      Owen groaned and opened his eyes. He sat up and looked around. Owen saw Romeo and Wendy lying a few feet away from him.
      "Hey, wake up." Owen whispered, shaking the two unconscious wizards. They did not stir. He tried again a few times, but they were out cold. Owen took a deep breath and mumbled, "The only way to wake them up is my sisters' and friends' way," he shuddered, then said loudly, "You two would make a great couple!"
      "WHAT?!" Wendy and Romeo shouted, bolting up.
      "That worked. And they were right, you two would make a great couple." Owen snickered.
      "HEY!" Romeo and Wendy screamed at him again.

      After arguing for a good two minutes, the three soon realized the situation they were in.
      "Wait, we're in the abandoned city where we fought Vallen." Owen stated suddenly.
      "That's right, and I will make sure this is the last place you ever see." A voice snickered above them. The three wizards to see a man in a ninja costume.
      "Bandit." Owen growled.

      Grace jumped up suddenly, ready to fight. She then looked around, very confused. Who was she planning on fighting? Grace looked over her shoulder and saw Erza and Jellal laying on the rock road. They looked dead to her. She tried shaking them awake. Nothing. She jumped up and down on their stomachs. Nothing. She screamed at the top of her lungs. Still nothing. She whispered her family's and friends' biggest secret. Still nothing. Grace was about to give up when she remembered something. She had magic. She tended to forget about that.
      "Oh! Maybe this could wake them up!" Grace exclaimed, then shouted, "REQUIP! ALARM CLOCK!" and changed into a giant alarm clock. She pressed her head, and loud ringing filled the land. Erza and Jellal jumped up in surprise. "Finally." Grace scoffed, then asked, "Did you hear anything I said?"
      "No, except for the two words, 'different world'." Erza answered.
      "Grace what did you mean by different world?" Jellal asked.
      "N-nothing. Just a game thingy I, uh, like to p-play." Grace nervously replied.
      "Well well. Look what we have here. Two grown-ups and a baby. What a great group to be caught in magnificent tar." A voice suddenly said from behind them.
      "I AM NOT A BABY!" Grace screamed in protest, then her eyes widened when she recognized the voice. "Katran."

      Ringing filled the valley, and Lynn and William bolted up.
      "Grace." They both said and sighed. Why couldn't she manage to use a normal alarm clock just once? They looked around, scanning their surroundings.
      "We're back here once again, aren't we?" William mumbled. Just then, they heard footsteps. Lynn's gaze shot to her right. She held up her hand, and pushed it towards her. Inside the magic bubble Lynn made was a man, who was grinning.
      "Cronos."

      Noelle opened her eyes, stood up, stretched, and squinted her eyes, trying to see as far into the distance as she could. She felt a strange presence near her. She turned around. She felt the presence once again. She then turned to the opposite direction, feeling another presence. Her eyes narrowed as the ground beneath her crumbled and fell. A deep crevasse had opened up, but Noelle was not falling. She was standing in midair. Magic circles were under her boots, stopping her from falling. Elizabeth had boots like that too.
      "NICE TRY! THAT'S THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK!" Noelle laughed.
      "In which book?" A voice asked.
      "Uh, E.N.D.? No, nevermind. It's a metaphorical book. Probably. I don't know....Dune." Noelle said as she glared at a man walking out of the shadows. Meanwhile, hidden behind some ruins, a cloaked figure watched Noelle, wondering what the outcome would be.

      Elizabeth opened her eyes, jumped up and went into her "ninja fighting stance". She then looked around. No one in sight. So why was she so jumpy? Suddenly, a piano appeared out of thin air. Elizabeth stepped out of the way as it exploded.
      "Nice try, but you can't fool me....Morph." Elizabeth said, eyes narrowing at a man who was clearly crazy.

      Gray shot up. He found Juvia looking at him.
      "Gray, where are we?" Juvia asked. Gray looked around and he came to a realization of where they were.
      "No. It can't be." Gray managed to say as he remembered his nightmare. Suddenly a shadow passed over them.
      "Let's start the torture, shall we? But before you meet your end, you must know the name of the one who took your live. It's Hades." The man said and smirked.

      Natsu jumped up. He looked to his left and saw Lucy, unmoving. She started to stir, and suddenly bolted up in surprise. Natsu sighed in relief, then his eyes widened in fear. It was the same place as in his dream. No, not his dream, his nightmare. Both Natsu and Lucy turned around to see a man with pale skin, black hair, black clothes, and a darkly colored scar running along his left eye.
      "Vallen." Natsu growled.