feral | sting eucliffe

LV | LC

Episode 55: Losing Control!

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"TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH," Akane muttered, turning her head around slightly to stare at Y/n. The girl looked at her little sister, grabbing the ruffles of her dress and lifting it to make walking easier. She ascended the steps onto the stage, the four lining up behind the King. "Sorry, I was a bit caught up," She managed to mumble, Akane snickering.

Akane put her hands behind her back, "When you're with lover boy, you're always caught up." Y/n ignored her comment, looking towards the crowd to find her potential boyfriend. E/c clashed with cobalt as soon as she met his gaze and he simply gave her a sheepish smile, mouthing 'later'. She smiled apologetically at him before turning her attention to the King.

The man continued on, rambling about their feats and past actions. Occasionally, the way he would word it made the four share nervous looks. Finally, he held up four gold medals. "Now, we must thank these new heroes for saving us from what could've been a terrible end to Fiore!" The crowd cheered, the sound blurring out to the Kyuuseishu.

The group looked frantically at their hands, turning them around occasionally. Red coated them all of a sudden, feeling warm and cold at the same time as it dripped from their hands to the floor. She felt as if she was drowning, not being able to hear properly. As she tilted her head up to look and ask for help, her mouth opened, but there was no sound.

The other three seemed to be suffering from the same, a panicked look on Akane's face as she clenched and unclenched her hands. Chase was whipping his head around, confused while Nikos kept his gaze down, clearly focused on something. Soft whispers left her lips as the feeling of being ripped out from her own body returned, making Y/n shudder.

Her sight blinded into a mask of red as she felt like she was watching her actions like a movie. The girl reached out a hand, screaming until her throat felt raw. She watched herself become a jaguar, pouncing on the King and letting out an animalistic roar, claws out. The Y/n stuck inside her own mind suddenly burned like fire, screaming out in pain.

White chains wrapped around her, holding her hostage and pulling her farther and farther away from reality. "NO, NO!" She cried out, trying to get back, but utterly failing. Chase had a flame on his right hand, chains flowing around him as his eyes glowed an eerie orange. As the metal links lashed out, they destroyed pillars, mages ushering others out of the castle.

Nikos was already in his ultimate form, his snakes out and moving furiously as his hands were covered in dark red scale and his black hair became more spiked. Akane rose to the air, her magic power enhancing all of a sudden as purple glowed at her fingertips. "Begone," She said, swishing her fingers and tossing multiple mages to the side.

Nikos let out a war cry, poisonous claws morphing from his fingernails as he charged at others. Sting watched in awe until Rogue deflected an attack heading for him, "Snap out of it! It's not them!" He let out a yelp when a part of the castle's roof suddenly fell through and to the ballroom's floor. The shadow dragon slayer dodged, rolling on the floor quickly.

Rising to his feet again, he shot a look at Sting before countering one of Nikos's attacks. Sting blinked wildly, taking a brief moment to understand what was going on. Erza waved her sword, metal clashing with one of Chase's chains. "Focus on getting the King out of here!" Sting nodded, watching Natsu provide Erza some backup.

The blond looked towards his potential girlfriend, distracting her with a white dragon slayer iron fist. A roar left her lips and she went to tackle him instead, her fangs nearly grazing his left shoulder. She pulled back all of a sudden, a whimper leaving her before another animalistic sound came out of her.

With her paws set on the ground and her claws digging into the floor, her cries became more layered as the h/c fur turned into h/c scales. As she rose her dragon head, she hit the floor above them as more of the ceiling came falling down. Her friends latched onto her, Chase whirling his chains around and keeping others from joining them.

"Shit," Sting let out a breath, watching the others help the King up and get him to safety. "We only have so many exceeds and she's flying at a high rate, there's no way⁠—" Wendy started, her brown-eyed gaze falling to the ground. A man in a white cloak appeared, a scar clear on his face. Another man with a full black ninja suit and Minerva appeared, walking confidently.

Minerva crossed her arms, "⁠—that's where we come in. I'm sure us three combined have enough magic power to teleport us onto her back, but the further she goes, the more it'll take. In short, hurry up and make up your damn mind." Everyone shared a look, consecutively nodding. Dobengal, Mest, and Minerva became blurs, teleporting everyone swiftly.

They let out shouts and curses, their shoes digging into the scales. Erza let out a golden glow, a wave of gold hitting the others as they requipped into their usual clothes. They looked at her, bewildered. "That was the first time using that spell and it's unfortunate to say that Akane was the one that taught me how to contort my magic like that."

She said boldly, brandishing her metal sword and deflecting a chain. Chase turned around, gritting his teeth as a fireball trained on his hand. He was about to launch it, but Natsu quickly slurped it up, wiping his mouth with his hand as he grinned. "Oh yeah! Now I definitely have a fire in my belly!" He lunged at Chase, the two attacking each other.

"Brace yourselves," Erza said, her hair whipping upwards as Y/n ascended sharply in an attempt to shake them off. Digging their feet further into the scales, some of them tried to climb higher. Sting watched Rogue go further as Lector unlatched his claws from the blond's vest, holding him again as soon as his wings popped out.

The exceed swerved, avoiding Y/n's wing and heading towards her neck. "Thanks, buddy." Sting breathed.