Solid Script Equestria
Chapter 23: Chapter 21: A Wizards Misson
Previous Chapter Next ChapterI nod to myself as I finished up the last of the job request for the time being. It has been about a week since I returned to this world from the whole situation with my sisters and Edward, and it didn’t take long for me to get back into the swing of things as the Faekage of Fairy Tail. Unfortunately being gone for a week and a half meant I was backed up with requests. So I spent the first few days after my return all but trapped in my office, signing, reviewing, and ranking quests. Oddly, we still haven’t been given another quest dangerous enough to count for S-class, but I guess the guild has only been opened for a little over a month and a half.
I grab the new quests and head out of my office, taking a glance at the crowd of members all hanging out or talking about what jobs to do with one another. Since I got backed up with requests, the board also got momentarily backed up, so the members have been taking on tons of jobs as they come. Trace and Spike also told the others about some of the stuff they had done in Adam’s world, mostly just facing off against Grimm.
“Then the Deathstalker broke through the trees, seeming intent on attacking the castle, but Trace and I worked together and were able to tear it to shreds before it even made it close to the gorge.” I hear Spike brag, the CMC and some of the others listening intently to his storytelling.
I smile to myself as I post the quests on the board before going to my spot at the bar. Even though I was appeared content and happy on the outside, I was worried about something that happened while we were gone. The battle between my new uncle and Adam’s Celestia. Because of those two, I was forced to release all ten of my seals. Even if it was only for about a minute, and I had my siblings to work as anchors, I could have lost myself to the magic and gone on a killing spree. I still remember it, the magic feeling like I was a single sapling trying to stand firm in a tsunami.
While I was able to play it off, I really stretched myself to my limits. After we got back to town, and I made it to our temporary residence, I apparently was asleep for two days to allow my body to recover from the strain of containing all that magic, even when I used a sizeable portion to cast the Fairy Sphere. Trace and Spike managed to make sure the others didn’t worry by saying I was awake with them whenever either of them were alone, so the others just thought I was recovering whenever I could and wasn’t unconscious the whole two days.
Of course there were a bunch of positives from that trip. I managed to get some more hand-to-hand combat training with Adam, Rainbow, Nat and Dusk, as well as the Keyblade inheritance from Ed. Though, I couldn’t seem to access it yet. I tried to cheat a little and see if I could summon my Keyblade with my Requip Magic, but no dice. Plus the alchemagic lessons with Aunt Luna, and of course, all the knowledge on the Noble Phantasms and dark magic knowledge.
I could also sense that I could unlock two seals now while alone and I won’t lose it. While it is still only twenty percent of my full power, that is still more than enough to take on the royal sisters. Then there is the fact of the Tantabus in my head. I managed to keep her a secret from everyone, even my siblings, and I can tell she is a little stronger from my seals being released. I guess she absorbed some of the energy, enough that she can talk and go by she instead of it.
’I am surprised how little changed while we were away in your brothers world.’ I can hear Tantabus in my head, sounding a bit like I used to when I was younger. I guess this is how my sisters felt for the past seven and a half years before we all got Displaced.
‘You really shouldn’t be. I know the guild members can take care of themselves, they just need me for legal paperwork and S-class quests right now. That won’t stop me from being the leader of this guild though.’ I reply, sitting on the bar with a small smile.
’I wonder though, you said there have been no new applications for new members, why do you think that is?’ she questions.
‘Not sure, I mean all the members here either live in Ponyville or came from Manehatten with a few exceptions. Despite the amount of quests we’re getting, most are from the same group of towns, so we might not be popular enough for more ponies to want to join.’ I reply, just looking over the members in the guild, drinking, eating, talking and just having a fun time. Once again, I allow myself that sense of accomplishment as I see how the guild is working.
The almost tranquility of the guild was interrupted though, when the doors opened and Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor walked in. That immediately got everyone’s attention, the fact that all four royals are here. I look to the quartet, and Shining motions to my office. I nod and the five of us head up.
“I take it this isn’t a random visit for training or to talk.” I state, sitting at my desk.
“Unfortunately, you are correct. We need Fairy Tail’s help.” Celestia says. I motion for her to go on, and Shining takes out a bunch of papers and pictures from a briefcase he brought. Looking them over, I see a bunch of different ponies, some in the equivalent of mugshots and from precarious positions.
“It took us the past month and a half, but we have a lead on the Black Market those two poachers you handed over to us during the guilds opening. From what we have been able to gather, there are some very powerful nobles taking part in the underground market, selling and shipping illegal contraband around Equestria and its neighbors like Griffonstone and the Minotaur kingdom.” I read over some of the reports, ‘nobles’ like Blood Stacks, Blaze Corona, and Frost Buster being some of the most prevalent ponies in the reports.
“Alright, what do you need the guild for? With this much information, couldn’t you just send a raid against them?” I question, picking up another stack.
“Because, as I said, these are powerful nobles who appear to have little regard for the authorities. As unfortunate as it is, I have little doubt that these menaces have very powerful ponies and other creatures under their payroll who have little to no regard for the sanctity of life. Our guards wouldn’t stand a chance alone. Your wizards and us on the other hand....” Luna trails off, letting me peice it together.
“With our magic we would have a far better chance of bringing this black market down. Is that correct?” I question, walking to one of the cabinets on the wall while Celestia nods.
“What are you looking for?” Cadence asks as I sift through the drawer and pull out two small crystal, one the size of a marble, the other the size of a melon.
“Recording Lacrimas.” I say, placing the larger lacrima on the table and connecting the smaller one to my necklace. The others watch in awe as I cast a spell, and the image of the four of them appear in the orb.
“These orbs connect to one another, the smaller one recording everything in its field of view, while the larger one catalogs it and keeps a copy. We can use it for charges.” I explain, the others looking to me with raised brows. “Just catching the bastards in the market won’t be enough. We can use this to both record all the illegal businesses down there, as well as whoever might be down there to take part in this business.”
“How many of these Lacrimas do you have?” Luna questions. I just smile and use my Arc of Embodiment, creating five that hover above me.
“Unlimited.” I answer before getting a serious look on my face. “One thing I learned from my brother as a warrior, is you need to know your opponent before engaging them. So here is what is going to happen. Myself and a few guild members will enter the black market under the guise of foreign customers, with intent of finding what we want. All the while, the royal guards and other members will secure any and all exits to prevent anyone from escaping. From there, once we locate our targets, we will cause a commotion that should force the customers, employees and anyone else to try and escape. That is when the royal guards will strike.”
“Wow, its almost like you know what to do before we came here Lex.” Shining says with a small grin.
“Not really. I am mostly just adlibbing. But my grandfather and I used to watch a lot of crime shows when I was younger. The fact is we need to prevent even a single creature from escaping. If even one escapes, any other black markets will put themselves on high alert, making it harder to take them down. You will also need to set up medical tents for any potential slaves we free.” The royals nod.
“So, who are you going to take with you into this market? And how are you going to blend in? A human with blue and gold hair isn’t very inconspicuous.” Cadence asks.
“Well, what about a unicorn with a blue and gold mane?” I question with a grin, confusion evident on the others faces. I smirk as pink, digital looking magic surrounds me before bursting in a small cloud. The others look wide eyed at me, my new navy blue fur coat mixing well with my blue and gold mane and tail.
“How?”
“Transformation magic. I have been trying to teach it to Echo for a while now after I figured out how to turn myself into a unicorn.” I explain, rubbing my muzzle. It is still a weird feeling, turning into a creature that is the same in body shape, but with fur and a tail. I quickly shift back to normal.
“That will work. I have faith in you for this Lex. Of course, you and the guild will be compensated for this.” Celestia says before taking out what I know as a quest sheet. I smile and grab it from her, looking at the hefty reward of 300,000 bits. That is enough to rebuild this guild hall and barracks with all the amenities from scratch. I go to my desk and take out a stamp, ranking the quest S-class.
“Hmm, classifying it as an S-class quest really limits which members you can bring with you.” Shining points out.
“Not really, this only limits which members can join me in infiltrating the market itself. The other members are free to join us in preventing anyone from escaping, but only my squad will enter the market itself. I already have two members in mind who will be joining me.” I say, stamping the approved image on the quest before stuffing it into my bra.
“What is it with you females and stuffing things in between your breast?” Shining mutters, earning a trio of giggles from the princesses and a chuckle from me.
“Girls secret Shining, sorry.” I joke good naturedly before addressing the princesses again. “So, how long do we have?” Luna take out a map and lays it against my desk.
“I was thinking you and your team would make your ways to this border town, Klugetown, in three days. This is where we learned the markets dealings are mostly held. Be aware there will be more than a few creatures that would sooner kill you than help. ” Luna warns. In responce, I summon a weapon I made a while back for personal protection, Black Rock Shooters arm cannon, all while never looking up from the map of the town.
“I think I can handle myself. Plus with some lessons from my bother, I can use my aura to defend myself from damage.” I say briefly before rolling up the map. “So three days huh? That should give me enough time to get everyone ready for the fight. Clearly the younger and least experienced members will be here while the rest of us join you. My squad will enter the town first and find the market, and we’ll each wear recording Lacrimas and I’ll connect them so you all of you can see what we are up against.”
“Very well Lex. Here, these train passes should allow you and your squad passage to the town without much trouble.” Celestia says, handing me four passes.
“Shining, I am putting you and Cadence in charge of organizing the wizards when we get there. I know you know how to lead, so I trust you won’t take any unnecessary risks for your fellow guildmates.” I tell the stallion, earning a salute from the wizard. I wonder how far he and Cadence have been taking their magic while in the empire?
“Well, I suggest we inform the guild of what is going on before we move forward.” Cadence says. I nod and go to my desk, taking out the mass communication card. After sending a quick alert to the members, the five of us head back down to the main hall, seeing the members who were already here looking worried and confused.
It took only about an hour for everyone to show up, being luck that no one was out of town on jobs right now. The five of us then explained the situation to the members, several of them looking justifiyingly pissed at the mere mention of a black market, none more so than Fluttershy and Spike, and paying close attention to the plan as we have made it thus far.
“Ok so, who is going with you into the belly of the beast?” Gilda questions.
“The advance team is going to consister of myself, Sonbāsutā, Spike and Luna. The rest of you are to work with the royal guards as backup for capturing any who try to run away. I know this will be a big order, but I have faith in each of you. Obviously, some of you will be staying here to keep an eye on the guild. The CMC, Rarity, Silk, and Fluttershy will remain here.” I look over the gathered members before me, many looking determined.
“For the rest of you, get ready for a fight. Don’t get cocky, and rely on each other. This will be a very dangerous job we are going on, and I refuse to accept any of you coming back in a body bag.” I state, many surprised by the severity in my voice, before nodding. I smile to myself as I get my plans in order.
‘In three days, Fairy Tail goes to war.’
Three Days Later...
Stepping off the train and onto the platform, my squad and I look around station, completely surrounded by a desert. The town we needed to go to only a couple miles out. I was back in my casual Saber outfit while in disguise as my unicorn persona of Fae Spellseal. I had Sonbā posing as my coltfriend Somber Star with Spike as our bodyguard Spine. Luna was also disguised, as my unicorn aunt Night Sky.
“So, we all remember the plan?” I question as we begin to trek down the barely visible path towards Klugetown.
“We get to the town, find our informant, and locate the entrance to the literal underground black market. We go down and record all we can before getting the signal from Tia that the others have arrived.” Luna says.
“Once we get down there, locate the members of the ‘nobility’ and take them into custody. We also free any slaves we find and escort them to the others.” Spike says as we see the town sign. It didn’t even say welcome. It just said ‘Klugetown’ with a bunch of skulls on it.
“We also incapacitate any who might try to stay in our way.” I say as we enter the town. Immediately the stench hit us as we get past the city limits. We could see a veritable menagerie of creatures walking around the town, ponies, Minotaurs, griffons, Diamond Dogs, and many other creatures I have never seen before.
“Auntie Night, who is our ‘guide’ again?” I ask my ‘aunt’, who digs into her purse and take out a photo.
“We’re looking for a feline named Capper. According to some of our soldiers we sent over here undercover, he is a young con-artist for the market. He is rather inexperienced but he is very smart, so once he learned we are going to be launching a raid, he joined us of his own volition.” She answers as we pass what looks like a terrible bootleg of a towns market.
“Well, this is certainly a surprise.” We turn and see a bipedal feline with tan fur and blue hair, wearing a red jacket and blue ripped jeans. I walk up to him with my group right behind me.
“Capper I presume?” The feline grins, almost showing off his fangs and bows.
“The one and only, at your service my dear.” He says with what I could tell was a well practiced tone. I nod and offer my hand, but as he takes it, I lift him to his full height instead of letting him kiss it, earning some confusion.
“A pleasure. Never thought I would be working with a con-artist, but I doubt I ever would have expected to be here.” I say with a grin, shifting my transformation so I have my natural canines visible, much to his shock.
“I see, you are the group I am to escort to the market.” He states quietly, earning a nod from us.
“Call me Fae, this is Somber, Spine and my aunt Night.” I introduce, the feline nodding and heading down an alley with the four of us behind him.
“So, I take it those are not your real names?” He questions.
“Of course not. You may be our guide, but that doesn’t mean we are friends.” Spine says. The feline nods, seeming used to it.
“Sorry Capper, but we don’t want anyone innocent from being hurt. You may be a con, but I can tell you are mostly doing it for your own survival.” I say, the feline looking to me with a raised brow.
“How can you tell?” He asks.
“Women’s intuition. Plus how light this bit bag feels.” I say, tossing a small bag with only half a dozen bits into the air. The feline double takes and feels along his waist, lacking a certain bag that was in my hand, which I toss to him.
“How did you do that? This bag is normally tied to my belt, so if it goes, so does my belt.” He questions. In responce, I raise my hand, and he watches in shock as the arm of my shadow moves and takes his belt from him. He looks between me and my shadow a couple times before sighing. “Magic.”
“Yup. And I don’t want you getting caught in the crossfire if this turns into a town wide fight. So here’s some advice, grab your friends and family and GTFO.” I tell him as we reach a cellar entrance. He knocks in a certain rhythm before they open up.
“That would be good advice if I had any to look after.” I hear him mutter as the five of us head down. I look to him with some sympathy as we pass a couple of less than great looking Minotaurs, the duo looking to our group with indifference. We walked through some dimly light tunnels for a couple minutes before we can hear a lot of noise coming from ahead of us. Arriving, I try and hide my disgust as we see the secret market, the place easily the size of the royal barrack and training yard in square footage.
“Well, here is where we part ways. Good luck you guys, you’ll need it.” Capper says before heading back. Before he can go to far, I grab him by the wrist and stop him. He looks to me with sligh worry, before I open his paw and place a slightly larger bit bag into it.
“Take care of yourself Capper.” I say as the four of us head into the market. Capper looks at the bag in his paw for a bit before opening it up and seeing it full with bits, as well as a card with the symbol of some kind of bird on it. Raising a brow, he sighs and puts the card into his pocket before leaving.
‘Good luck miss Fae. Hopefully I can earn the right to learn your name.’
We decided to split up, Luna and Spike going one way, and Sonbā and I another. We each activated our recording Lacrimas as we were walking here, so what we were seeing wouldn’t get by unknown. And I was glad for that fact. Illegal weapons, drugs, potions and other contraband we being sold like they were apples.
I managed to keep my neutral mask on, even though nearly every part of me wanted to release my light and use Fairy Law on this place. I could barely see Sonbā shaking in rage, so I take his hand, interlinking our fingers, helping him reign in his anger. We had to keep cool and record all we could before meeting up and looking for some of the ‘nobles’ that were supposed to be here. Not an easy task since we don’t actually know about what they would be here for in the first place.
‘Tantabus, any ideas?’ I question the entity.
’I am afraid not. I may have read through your memories of the crime shows you have seen when younger, but this is definitely out of my field of assistance.’ she replies with remorse. I subtly nod to her as we pass a bunch of creatures all crowded around what almost looks like an auction stand.
“Alright! Now for the next auction! Will the products please step up!” I hear the griffon on the stage announce. I raise a brow and look to the stage, only for Sonbā to all but hold me back. Three different creatures, a changeling, a diamond dog, and what I somehow knew was a kirin walked up on stage. All were female and in rags and chains, but that wasn’t the shocking part.
The shocking part was that they were fucking children!
Seriously! The dog and changling were barely taller than Dinky and the Kirin was as tall as Applebloom!
“Up next we have a trio of youthful creatures for sale. I am sure that they will grow to be the perfect toys. Let’s start the bidding at 100 bits!” He says and a freaking bidding war started. I am shaking in rage from the back, Sonbāsutā physical restraining me.
‘Luna, Spike! Find us now!’ Sonbā yells through telepathy. It barely took a minutes and a half for the duo to find me, then see the reason I was shaking in rage, Spike and Luna getting into the same boat as me.
“How dare they!” Luna barely manages to say without attracting any attention. I could see that most of the creatures in the crowd have been outbought, clearly annoyed they couldn’t get them.
“Next bid as 2,350 bits going once....going twice....”
“3,000!” We turn and see a mare in an expensive looking brown coat, with scarlet red hair and orange fur. She clearly didn’t belong here, her coat and red dress seeming without a speck of dirt on her. It took me a second to recognize who she was.
“Blaze Corona.” I whisper with venom.
“Bid at 3,100, going once...”
“3,500!” We turn again, seeing a stallion with an icy blue stallion with a navy blue, almost black, mane, wearing a jet black coat over a black business suit with a blue tie.
“Frost Buster.” Luna mutters with rage.
“Bid at 3,700 going once....going twice....”
“5,000!” All eyes turn to another stallion, his blood red coat and black mane seeming to just expel a menacing aura. His dead grey eyes and predatory smile just adding to his aura. Though, when I saw him licking his lips, I swear I could hear glass break as I grind my teeth.
“Blood Stacks.” Sonbā, Spike and Tantabus whisper in disgust.
‘Luna we can’t let him get those three.’ I tell the disguised princess.
‘Indeed, the question is how to get them away before he can get his filthy hands on them.’ She says in worry.
“Current bid at 5,000 going once...going twice....”
I look around the crowd and see that everyone has backed down from the bidding war, even the Canterlot ponies sighing or huffing. I try to think of a way to save those three when each of us get an odd buzzing in our heads.
‘Luna, Lex, Sonbāsutā and Spike, everyone’s ready. We just need you to cause some commotion.’ We hear Celestia say in our minds. I go wide eyed and smirk.
“Go nuts guys!” I tell the trio as I break out of Sonbā’s hold and make a beeline for the auction stage.
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”Rirīsu! Gōon no shīru, ikari no yami no shīru! (Release! Seal of the Roaring Thunder, Seal of the Wrathful Darkness!)”
I disable my transformation as my seals unlock, jumping above the crowd and onto the stage, right before the trio of children. Just as I land, electricity begins to erupt around me like Laxus, while at the same time, the gold of my hair turns black, as well as the whites of my sclera. I smile and turn to the auctioneer, before screeching at him, causing most present to cover their ears.
“What is this?!” I hear someone yell.
“This is a crackdown! This market is through!” I yell before unleashing some black lightning on the auctioneer. The crowd immediately panics, all trying to head to the exits, though what I guess are some guards for this market come at me. I light my hands before pointing them at them.
“120 Millimeter Black Lightning Cannon!” I launch the blast of black lightning towards the mixmached group of creatures, all but two of them being struck by my attack, immediately passing out from the current going through their bodies. The two that didn’t get hit, a duo of Minotaurs, look to me with almost respect before charging. I rush towards them as well, summoning True Zangetsu and blocking two battleaxes. I grit my teeth and barely stop myself from going to my knees. These guys were no joke, and even with my magical enhancements, I could barely keep them at bay.
I growl a little and activate my dark magic. “Shadow Knuckles!” A bunch of shadows in the forms of arms with fists strike the duo and push them back, but not far. I glance over my shoulder and see Sonbā and Spike freeing the trio, so I focus on my opponents before me.
“Intriguing. No mere mare would be able to hold a candle to a Minotaur in strength. You really are something else aren’t you?” One of the bulls says. I frown and split my sword into its two parts and getting ready.
“I see it. You have the eyes of a leader and a warriors spirit. Let’s make this honorable. What do you go by? The names Grand Axe.” The same bull says. His coat was an odd brown, with black fur on his legs and head. He looked to be in his thirties, if I had to guess by the horns. I look to the other bull, his dark blue fur contrasting with his white fur on his legs, his horns larger than Grand Axe.
“Cobalt Will.” The blue bull says.
‘Requip, Shikai.’ My clothes begin to glow and morph, before I am out of my casual clothes and into a black kimono with a white belt, the Fairy Tail symbol on my back and the right section of my chest. I then activate my Wings enchantment, a duo of dark bat-like and electric feathered wing sprouting from my back.
“I am Alexandria Justine, Faekage of the Fairy Tail Wizards guild, honorary niece of Princess Luna and King Edward, sister to Captain Adam Taurus, ‘Queen’ Natali Basatin and ‘Princess’ Sorano Elric. And your one way ticket to the afterlife.”
Sure, the other titles don’t really count in this world alone, but they were real enough to count in my opinion. The duo look to me with awe, respect and a small fraction of fear, mostly from the last statement. But they both eventually nod and get into their fighting stances.
“Well your highness, I guess we shall see who will be sent to see their ancestors.” Grand Axe says before rushing forward. Right as he takes a swing at me, I disappear in a flash of black lightning, reappearing right behind him.
“Indeed.” I say before slashing at his back, the Minotaur not fast enough and yelling in pain from my attack. I can hear heavy hooffalls behind me and spin with a slash, blocking Grand’s axe strike, before using my second blade to parry a sword thrust from him. I push back and jump into the air, pointing both swords at him, green and black energy appearing at the end.
“Dark Capriccio!” A beam of dark magic is launched from the tip of my sword, Cobalt somehow knowing he couldn’t block it and rolls just as the attack would have struck him. I growl and hover for a second before trying a different spell.
“Zero Slash!” I make a slashing motion with my smaller sword, green dark magic appearing in the form of a whip at the end of my weapon. Cobalt rolls out of the way again, barely, and takes out a smaller axe, and throws it at me. I dodge out of the way of the axe, but get caught off guard as Cobalt jumped up to me, slamming his axe down on my swords and sending me back to the ground.
“Ow.” I groan before backflipping out of the crater I made a second before Cobalt landed where I was. It didn’t take a genius to figure out this guy knows how to fight. I knew I had to be careful. I was a jack-of-all trades when it came to magic, but I was still a novice when it came to physical fights. I connect my swords together and place them behind me.
“Getsuga Tensho!” I slash horizontally, the beam of magic being launched to the large Minotaur who barely jumps over it in time. As he is in the air I rush forwards while covering my fist in black lightning, and landing a hard electrically enhanced punch on his chest and send him flying into a consetions stand. But I don’t intend on letting up.
I dispel my weapon and point my arms at the recovering Cobalt Will, black lightning sparking around my arms and an orb begins to appear then grow inbetween my hands. Cobalt was able to barely look to me as my spell was finished charging.
“Lightning God’s Charged Particle Cannon!” I roar at the blast is launched out of my hands and towards Cobalt, who can’t react as the blast hits him, a shockwave of electricity and dust being kicked up and sending several stands flying. I stand my ground as the shockwave goes by me, watching as the epicenter reveals a beaten Cobalt in the stand.
“Don’t mess with Fairy Tail.” I mutter before going to Grand Axe, who has passed out from blood loss. I used a quick dark magic healing spell to stop the blood flow, as well as give his body a slightly increased rate of blood production. I sigh and reactivate my seals, my eyes and hair going back to normal. I look to the east, where I can hear the sounds of fighting. I rush over, not noticing Cobalt getting to his hooves.
‘Fairy Tail huh?’
Rushing past some passed out griffon guards, I see Sonbā and Spike engaged with some ponies and Diamond Dog guard, the duo making sure to try and keep things nonlethal, but the guards and mercenaries are not making that easy, as evident by the diamond dog that was impaled by a crystal saber on the ground.
Looking around the area, I see royal guards and members of the guild running around, arresting creatures, as well as freeing slaves, but three in particular were missing. I rush around the area, looking for the trio that was being auctioned earlier, before passing another batch of booths and hearing a childs scream. Jumping above the booth and running across their roofs, I see the trio, but they were being cornered by the trio of Canterlot ponies from earlier, the ones we were sent to capture.
“I don’t care the risks, you three are coming with us. I know that a changeling will work well in a brothel I own.” I can hear Corona say, causing my anger to spike.
“Fine, you can have the soon-to-be changeling slut, I’m taking that mutt. They make great physical workers for my mines in the north.” Frost says.
“Honestly, I couldn’t care less which I take with me, I just need a new toy for my collection.” Blood says almost nonchalantly, the other two actually shuddering at his words. At this point, I had heard enough and was about to jump down, when someone I didn’t expect showed up.
“No way in hell!” Capper yells, tackling Frost away while slashing at Flare. Blood just jumped back as Capper put himself between the unicorns and the kids. I am actually shocked, what is he doing back here?
“Who the hell are you supposed to be you dumb cat? Do you know who we are?” Flare says with venom, her mane seeming to glow with rage.
‘No way....’
“I don’t care who you are, you aren’t getting these kids. Not while I am around!” Capper states, unsheathing his claws.
“Well then, I guess we’ll just need to get you out of the way.” Frost says before lighting his horn along with Blood and Flare. I can feel tremendous heat begin to be generated between the three unicorns, Flares mane seeming to turn into flames, before a large ball of fire appears above them. Capper looks with wide eyes as the launch the fireball before backing up and placing himself protectively around the kids. He expected to be burned at any second, but didn’t feel anything. But he heard something.
”Rirīsu! Reijinguinferuno no shīru, reitō umi no shīru! (Release! Seal of the Raging Inferno, Seal of the Frozen Seas!)”
Turning around, he sees me as the fireball stops, striking my hand but doing nothing to me. The others look in confusion before I shock them by taking a literal bite out of the fireball and then inhaling the remainder. Once consumed, I take a quick breath.
“Not bad. No wonder Natsu likes the taste so much.” I look to the trio with a menacing smile. “Thanks for the meal bastards.”
“What is going on here?! What the buck are you?!” Flare yells.
“Who, me? I am just the leader of the Fairy Tail guild, and the wizard who is going to kick your ass.” I say as my divine flames erupt from my hands, a pair of flaming wings like a Phoenix and ice wings like a dragon’s sprouting from my back.
“Fairy Tail? You mean that preposterous group that said they can teach magic to non-unicorns? Impossible! If such a thing were possible the nobility would have struck it down!” Frost yells.
“Well, we exist, and you should know that practically all the members and the royal guards are currently rounding up everyone here, so I doubt you’ll get away even if you tried.” I glance over my shoulder to the feline and kids. “Capper, take the kids and get out of here. Look for anyone with the same mark as on my back and they will help.”
The feline nods and ushers the kids away, the Kirin locking eyes with me and I nod to her, the hybrid nodding back and running with Capper. Turning back to the so-called nobles, the three of them are looking to me with hate.
“How dare you! I will have your head for this you beast!” Corona says before lighting her horn and creating a bunch of fireballs. I just smirk as she launches them at me.
“You really forgot that fire doesn’t work on me?” I say smugly as the fireballs strike me and not even embering my clothes. Exhaling quickly, I consume the flame much like a certain salamander, my stomach extending slightly before going back to normal. I lick my lips with my grin and laugh a little at Corona’s stunned look.
“Alright, if fire won’t work, how about ice!” Frost yells before lighting his horn and I feel the temperature drop rapidly before several icicles appear above him and being launched at my face. Ordinarily I would dodge, but not when I have my seal of ice and water activated. I smile and open my mouth wide before chomping down on the ice, the icicles turning into bluish energy and going down my throat just like the fire. Gotta love God and Devil Slayer magics.
“Oh come on!” Frost yells while I laugh.
“You have no idea what you three are up against. Right now your best choice is give up and face your crimes.” I say, igniting my right hand on fire as the black markings of my ice magic appear on my left arm. I just stare them down for a bit, before Blood Stack begins to laugh. Even the other two were confused as he walks forward.
“Hehe, with your abilities, I am sure you will make a perfect breeding mare for my heir.” Right as he finished his sentence, his horn lit up and he sent what I recognized as a dark magic blast at me. I dodge to the side as the spell seems to corrode the booth behind me.
“Sorry, but I already have my eyes set one somepony, and they sure as gods aren’t you. Freeze Coffin.” I say before flicking my left hand, ice appearing and trapping Frost and Blaze up to their necks, yet not effecting Blood. I raise a brow at him but shake my head and focus again.
“Fire God’s Kagutsuchi!” I launch the blast of black fire at the unicorn, whos responce was to raise his arm, an odd orb in his hand, before watching in shock as my spell is seemingly absorbed into the orb.
“What the?”
“Hehe, surprised? You should be. I have had some of my smartest employees in the Magical Reseach and Development section of the Canterlot University creating it. This little beauty is something I like to call and Magic Canceler and Absorption lacrima.”
“A lacrima? Impossible, how do you have access to those?” I demand. As far as I knew only I could create the crystals necessary to making Lacrimas.
“Heh, its kind of funny. All these crystals were just sitting outside the Crystal Empire, waiting to be mined. If only that fool Sombra had realized the potential of these crystals, he might have actually stood a chance at fighting against those mares on the thrones.”
“Shut the hell up!” He actually flinches at my outburst, my fire covering me from head to toe. “Don’t you dare speak about that thing in my presence. Sombra was nothing but a parasite that fed off of Sonbāsutā’s emotions!”
“Hmph, who would have thought an old tyrant would be a trigger for you. Not like it matters. When we are done here you will wish Sombra was still around.” He says before lighting his horn and trying to blast me again. I sidestep out of the way before rushing at him.
Pulling my arm back, I try and punch him with my flames, but he manages to block with that Lacrima in his hand, the orb changing to some kind of gauntlet. I try and get a good hit, but he keeps blocking with that damn lacrima glove. Eventually I jump back and look at it with a critical eyes, sensing that all the magic is just building up, not being sent anywhere.
‘Idiot, with the right spell he could have made it so that lacrima coverts the magic it absorbs and transfers it to himself.’ I think to myself before smirking and extinguishing my flames and focusing on my ice.
“Ice Devil’s Rage!” I roar, a purple blizzard of ice heading towards Blood, who smirked and raised his arm. I internally smile as I sense the lacrima is reaching its limit. Only another spell or two and that thing is toast. I point my hands towards him and change to my water magic.
“Water Cyclone!” As the attack says, a cyclone of water is launched to the unicorn, who looks bored and cocky as he blocks the spell, not noticing his gauntlet beginning to crack.
“Honestly, can’t you see you can’t win? Just give in and become my toy.” He says cockily, but I just smile at him, even the other nobles confused.
“Sorry, but I know who is going to win here, and it sure as hell isn’t going to be you. Fire God’s Supper!” I summon what looks like two clamps around my hand before slamming them together, capturing the unicorn in them. He yells in pain and tries to use his glove, but it suddenly starts glowing and cracking.
“What?! Impossible!” I can see the thing is going to blow, so I rush over to where the still frozen Frost and Blaze are and get into my Ice Make stance. Good thing my Ice Devil Slayer magic boosts this element.
“Ice Make Shield!” I make a large shield over the three of us, and not a moment too soon. Just as the shield is complete, the lacrima glows brighter than before and explodes the detonation even leaving a hole in the ceiling leading outside. I am not sure how long I was holding the shield before the dust began to clear, letting me dispel the shield.
Looking to where the unicorn was, I cringe as I see the remainder of Blood Stacks. He was barely alive, his whole left arm and half of his face were missing as a result of the blast. The duo behind me cringe as well. I walk up to him, seeing that he was losing way to much blood, so I quickly cast Freeze Coffin on him as well, freezing his whole body, freezing the blood flow before picking him up in my magic.
“Now then, I am going to release you two, and we are going to the authorities.” I inform.
“Why would we just follow you once you let us out?” Blaze questions, before shivering at my grin.
“Whoever said you would be coming willingly?” I focus on my ice and cast a spell. “Ice Lock.” The air around the unicorns neck begins to turn to mist, before they both flinch as collars made of ice appeared around their necks and connect to each other through a frozen chain. I smile then use some fire magic to melt the ice encasing the duo.
“W-what is this?” Blaze questions, pulling on her collar.
“Oh just an ice spell of mine. This makes it so you two are both stuck connected to one another, and also are turned into my puppets so long as you wear the collars.” I explain calmly.
“WHAT?!” They yell, trying harder to break their chains, Blaze even using a heat spell with no results.
“Stop.” I demand, the duo immediately freezing.
“What? I-I can’t move my body.” Frost says.
“Of course you can’t, didn’t you hear my explanation? You two are effectively my puppets now, so anything I tell you to do, you’ll do. Of course your minds are still your own, but your bodies pretty much belong to me. But unlike you two I am not a manipulative bitch, so you two are simply going to follow me to where the princesses and royal guards are waiting. What happened to you afterwards though, is not my business.” I say before walking away, the duo moving along with me despite their mental and verbal protests.
While we are walking to the camp where Celestia said we’d meet up, I reactivated my fire seal, but I kept my Ice and Water seal released, just incase. It was easy to tell that it was active since my hair looked like it was made of water in a calm lake and the air around me would instantly drop a few degrees from my presence alone. The three of us walked for about two minutes before finding another member.
“Hey, Star Burst!” I call out, the stallion turning with his shotgun and spotting me. He smiles and meets me halfway.
“Faekage, great to see you’re fine ma’am.” He says, before noticing the duo behind me and frowns. “I see. It is fortunate that you found these two. Though, where is the last bastard? He get away?”
I shake my head and levitate the large ice cube to him, Star raising a brow before paling as he sees the pony inside.
“I was forced to freeze him, or else he would have bled to death. I believe it would be best for you to take him to the medical tent and have any doctors get ready, the spell on the ice will expire in one hour, five minutes and twenty five seconds.” I say, handing the unicorn the frozen pony. Star nods and heads out with the Blood-cicle. With that the three of us leave the underground compound and into the town, where the royal guard and members of the guild are either doing damage control, arresting criminals that try to escape, and freeing and treating any slaves they find.
“Faekage!” I turn and see as Azure flies over along with Gilda and Rainbow.
“Hey girls, what’s the count?”
“Right now we have about 55 injured slaves, 13 injured civilians, 25 injured soldiers and at least a hundred creatures in custody. Unfortunately we don’t have a number on the dead, but we know no guild members were or royal guards were lost. Our magic kept us safe.” Azure proves her point by igniting her hands. I nod and pat the mare on the shoulder before looking around the road.
“So, where are the princesses? I have a couple of deliveries to make.” I say while pointing behind me, the trio looking to the chained Blaze and Frost and scowl at them.
“Down the road is this places town hall. The princesses are in there.” Gilda says, clenching and unclenching her talons into a fist. I nod, the two unicorns following close behind, obviously scared as Rainbow and Gilda fly behind us. We arrived at what looked like a rundown bootlegged version of the town hall back in Ponyville, and immediately we could hear talking inside.
“I still say we should go look for them ourselves. For all we know they could have some guards on their payrolls and could escape.” I hear Luna say with worry. I grin to myself as I open the doors.
“Well, you guys won’t need to look very far at all.” I say, seeing the three princesses, Shining, Twilight, Spike and Sonbā sitting around a table.
“Lex! Are you ok?” Sonbā questions, coming over and checking me over.
“Hehe, Sonbā I’m fine. Though, that is more than I can say for Blood Stacks.” I say, scratching the back of my head.
“What do you mean?” Celestia asks.
“Short version? He had an experimental lacrima for a glove, which then blew up along with his arm and half his face.” I say simply, walking farther into the building with the other two ‘nobles’ behind me. “All things considered, these two are lucky I decided to use my Ice Lock spell on them.”
The royals look past me and glare at the two unicorns, who wilt under their enraged and scrutinizing gazes. I snap my fingers, the two unicorns sitting in some chairs in the corner, still scared.
“I’ll leave these two for you guys to deal with. There are some people I need to check on before anything else.” I say, turning and leaving the town hall, grinning to myself as I hear Celestia address the two ponies I brought in.
I walked for a couple of minutes before arriving at the medical base that was set up, seeing several soldiers walking around, helping slaves and civilians. I walked along the path, looking this way and that, looking for four creatures in particular. It didn’t take long for me to find a certain feline hanging around one of the tents, some bandages wrapped around his arm and chest.
“Capper.” The feline looks up and spots me, raising a brow slightly before seeming to recognize me.
“Miss Fae.” He says with a slight bow.
“Actually my name is Alexandria Justine, though almost everyone just calls me Lex. I am the leader of the Fairy Tail guild. We were hired by the princesses to help take down that market. On another note, why did you come back?” I question. The feline looks to me for a bit before sighing.
“Honestly I am not sure myself. Part of me wanted to listen to you and leave this gods forsaken town, but something else seemed to pull me back. Maybe it was from our interactions, but I could tell you genuinely care about people, even a con like me.” He says before digging into his pocket and taking out a cigarette. He checks his other pocket and takes out a lighter, but can’t seem to get a spark from the old thing.
“Here.” I light up my thumb with some fire, Capper nodding in thanks and getting his fix.
“You know, you don’t need to be a con.” I offer, the feline looking to me with a raised brow. “That card I gave you. Read what it says and think about it. Anyways, do you know where those three kids from earlier are?” Capper just points to the tent he was leaning against. I nod in thanks and head to the entrance, Capper watching me as I go.
‘Leader of the Fairy Tail guild huh?’
Walking into the tent, I see a row of ten medical beds, four of which were being occupied, one by a soldier and the other three by the ones I came to see. I allowed myself to get a better look at the trio of children, since I was only able to get some fleeting glimpse or faraway looks before.
The changeling was first, and I could tell she was different from other changelings. For one she had a mane and tail of pale lavender, her chitin being a dulled black, clearly a mockery of what it once was, with midnight purple stripes along her arms and torso. Her rags of a shirt and shorts have been replaced by a green medical gown, and I could barely see her eyes were a deep purple, much like Twilight’s, with slit pupils. As seeming to be custom with all changelings, she had holes dotting her arms and legs, and she looked unhealthily thin, almost starved. I guess there is only so much love one can absorb as a slave.
Next was the diamond dog. Her fur coat was dirty, but I know a good bath would be able to reveal a shining coat of white. Attop her head was a tangled mess of red and orange hair, clearly from all the commotion from earlier. Some of her fur around her eyes were also red, almost like a mask while her eyes themselves were scanning the room carefully, showing a pair of shining black eyes, as though she only had pupils and sclera. While Raine looked more like a husky and Zen and Nate almost German Shepard-like, she was clearly more of a wolf than a dog.
Last was the creature I have never had the chance to meet before, the Kirin. Her fur was a deep cobalt blue with turquoise scales, hooves and markings on her arms, while near the center of her forhead was an oak brown horn unlike any I have ever seen before and her eyes were a beautiful sea foam green. Her mane and tail her a misty silver, looking like fog was attached to her head, with wisps of blue and green making it look like the ocean during a foggy morning. I am sure Rarity would have a field day with finding the right mane style for this....does she count as a filly?
I decided I had spent enough time staring from the entrance and walked in, immediately getting the three girls attentions.
“Hey, you three doing ok?” I ask softly, the trio looking to one another, appearing as though they don’t know what to do. I just take a seat in the chair on the opposite end of the tent, looking the trio over. The Kirin raises her hand and points to me while tilting her head.
“Are...you asking my name?” The kirin nods. “Oh, my name is Lex Justine. I am the leader of a guild called Fairy Tail.” I say with a smile, scratching my shoulders. The Kirin then points to her back before making a flapping motion.
“Where are my wings?” She nods. “Oh, I don’t naturally have wings. What you three saw earlier was the result of a spell of mine. You see, I am a wizard. I have many magical spells, some for combat, some for support, some for miscellaneous uses, a little bit of everything really.” I answer with a smile.
“Woooow.” I turn to the changeling as she whispers that, before glancing to her right shoulder. I do a double take as I see a spider resting on her shoulder, looking to me with what I think was wide eyes.
“Excuse me, but why do you have a spider on your shoulder?” I question. The changeling immediately seems to panic, grabbing the aracnid and trying to hide it in her mane.
“W-what s-s-spider?” She says quietly.
“Um, what’s wrong? So you have a spider friend, why are you hiding it?” I questions, kneeling next to her bed. I can see the fear in her eyes, shaking as she tries to look for an escape. I take a deep breath and gently lay a hand on her shoulder.
“Hey, its ok. No one is going to hurt you.” I whisper with a small smile, the changeling slowly starting to stop shaking as her spider friend pops itself out of her mane and look to me. I smile and offer my hand, the spider hesitating for a second before jumping onto my hand. I giggle as it climbs my arm and rests on my own shoulder. I raise my other hand and gently pet the bug. While most are terrified of them, I actually liked spiders.
The changeling looks to he with widened eyes before I can hear her stomach growling loudly, causing her face to flush green. Huh, I guess changeling blood is green.
“I guess you’re hungry?” I say with a smile, the filly nodding and looking to the side. I think about how I am supposed to feed her before deciding screw it.
“Here.” She looks to me as I close my eyes and picture my family, my mom and dad, Ed, Luna, Adam, Nat, Sora, my guild. I smile to myself as I hear what sounds almost like steam hissing as well as feeling like like just got out of the shower into a cold room. I open my eyes and see a steady stream of pinkish purple energy going from my chest into the changelings mouth, her figure slowly beginning to become more healthy looking. I’ll admit feeding her was giving me a small headache, but it vanished almost instantly as she finishes her meal with a very feminine burp.
“Scuse me.” She says with a giggle. I laugh a little as well, patting her head. I turn to the Kirin and dog, who had been quietly watching.
“You two hungry too?” I question, the duo nodding after a second. I look around for a second before choosing a good spot near the corner of the tent. Focusing on my Green magic, I take out a small seed from my personal hammer space, and toss it to the corner before allowing my magic to speed up the growth. The kids watch in awe as a small blueberry bush begins to rapidly grow and produce its fruit. After about half a minute, the bush is finished growing and the fruit is ripe. Using my telekinesis, I levitate the berries into two piles on the kirin and dogs beds.
“There you go, eat up you two. You’ll need the energy.” I say with a smile, munching on some berries myself. The duo nod and begin to eat the berries, happy smiles on their faces as the taste hits them. As they were finishing up, I realized something.
“Wow, I am shocked I didn’t notice before.” I mutter, earning the trio’s attention. “I never asked your names.”
I chuckles a bit at my forgetfulness, only to frown when I see the trio looking down with small traces of fear in their eyes. Somehow, I knew what they were upset about.
“You...don’t have names. Do you?” I question. The trio frown and shake their head and I look to the kirin. “And you can’t talk, can you?” Surprised, she shakes her head again.
“How were you able to figure it out?” the dog questions.
“Call it intuition. The fact she hasn’t said a word, and barely made a noise is a big indicator, and the fact you three haven’t made any attempts to introduce yourselves and looked ashamed when I asked just points to that conclusion.” I explain, leaning back in my chair.
“Wow, you’re really smart.” The dog says. I shrug, she isn’t wrong. I glance over the trio before me, and ask a question I doubt any of them would have expected.
“Would...you like for me to name you?”
The three of them and even the spider all snap their attention to me, the spider’s fangs opening in the equivalent of a dropped jaw.
“You...want to give us names?” The canine question. I just nod with a soft smile.
“Only with your permission. After everything is taken care of here, I am not a hundred percent sure what is going to happen the three of you. But, I will be doing what I can to make sure you stay together at least.” I reply. The trio look to one another before the Kirin tries to make motions with her hands. I raise my hand and stop her.
“Hold on a sec sweetie.” I snap my fingers and open Archive before going through it and getting a Download spell ready. I tap ‘enter’ and the progress bar appears above the hybrids head before filling up. She raises a brow at my spell.
‘What did she just do?’ I smile as I hear her in my head.
“Oh, I just used a spell to give you the ability to use telepathy.” I answer, much to the shock of the kirin and confusion of the other two.
‘Wait, you can hear my thoughts?’ She questions with wide eyes.
“Only if you direct your thoughts at me. You can still think and others won’t hear it. You have to mentally select who can hear you.” I explain. The kirin look to me then to her friends.
‘Can you two hear me?’ She questions, the duo looking to her with wide eyes.
“Y-yes.” They say in unison. I smile as the kirin begins to tear up, I guess it has been a long time since anyone has been able to hear her. Walking up to her bed, I take a seat and rub her head. I am barely able to stop myself from falling as she suddenly tackles me.
‘Thank you thank you thank you!’ I hear her repeat through telepathy, I smile and hug her close to my chest, letting her cry in happiness while I rub her back. I eventually feel the bed shift as the other two made their ways over to hug their friend. I smile to myself as I let the kirin go, the changeling and canine sitting next to their friend.
“So, about my offer, I think I might also have a way to keep you three together and with those I know for a fact you can trust. Again, I won’t do anything without your permission.” I say, the trio speaking to one another through the kirin’s telepathy so I couldn’t hear them. After a minute they seem to come to a decision.
“What is your plan for us?” The canine questions. I send the trio a warm smile as I raise my hand, creating rainbow Fairy Tail emblem made out of magic.
“My plan, is to ask you three come with me, and to join Fairy Tail. My guild is all about helping this world, granting a place for creatures to find work, and for those who have no kin to call their own, to feel like they are part of a family. There is no discrimination between creatures. The guild already has ponies, diamond dogs, griffons, an Exeed and of course myself, a human.” I say. The trio go wide eyed, looking to one another then to me.
“Y-you want us to join your guild?” The changeling questions.
“Of course. Like I said, even if you don’t take any jobs, you can still call the guild your home, and the members your family. I can tell you three weren’t slave by choice, and that none of you have any family members. And that is something I won't stand for.” I tell them.
The trio mentally converse with one another again, the spider looking between them then to me before jumping off my shoulder and climbing up the changelings arm to rest on her head. I just watched them for the duration, already having a couple of names pop into my head. Eventually they all turn to me, somehow keeping blank faces.
‘Have you thought about what you would name us?’ The kirin asks. I just nod with a smile, the trio looking to one another again before turning to me.
“So, what would be my name?” The canine questions, her tail beginning to wag quickly. I smile and rub her head, scratching behind her ears as well.
“Your name, I think would be Amaterasu Shiranui. It is the name of the goddess of the sun in one of the mythology of my home world. She was regarded as a truly benevolent and loved women, who had many friends. She was a strong fighter as well, willing to fight even her own brother, Susano, Bringer of Storms. I can tell just from the light in your eyes, you have the potential to live up to her name.” I say with a warm smile.
“Amaterasu Shiranui. A little long don’t you think?” She says with a grin. I just chuckle with her.
“Maybe, but then again my name is just a shortening of Alexandria. So, what do you say to Ammy?” I say with another warm smile. She looks to me for a second before jumping up to me with a yip and a smile, her tail wagging wildly. I laugh a little and rub her back, before turning to the other two.
“Oh oh, me next!” The changeling says, bouncing on the bed, her spider holding on to her head.
“I think, Arakunia would be a good name. I can tell you have a rather strong connection with Willow there, so I believe having a name retaining to spiders and arachnids would be a good idea.” I say with a smile.
“Willow?” She questions. I smile as said spider quickly crawls down her head and onto her hand before saluting. “Your name is Willow?” Willow nods, before the changeling looks up at me with a smile. “I like Arakunia.”
I smile and nod to the newly named Arakunia as she nuzzles her friend Willow, before turning my attention to the dragon-pony hybrid sitting in the bed itself. It didn’t take long for a name to appear in my mind. One that was Equestrian, yet in a different language.
“Unmei Gaidancu.” The hybrid tilts her head. “It means ‘Fates Guidance’. Call me nuts, but I have a sneaking suspicion, you are the one who always tries to protect and guide others. Back when I was facing those unicorns, you looked back, just to make sure I would win. And I have little doubt that on the way out you were the one leading the girls right beside Capper.”
She plays with her mane a bit and nods. I had a feeling she was like that.
‘Unmei Gaidancu. Would Mei, be ok?’ She asks. I just smile and rub her head.
“Hey, its your name Mei. If that is what you want to go by, then don’t let anyone else tell you differently. You’re not a slave anymore, and I swear to every god there is I am not going to let you or the others go back to that.” I state the last part seriously, the trio jumping slightly from my change in tone.
I take a breath and look to the trio, a warm smile worming its way onto my face as I gaze upon their happy expressions.
“Ammy, Mei, Arakunia. Welcome to Fairy Tail.”