Firefall || Fairy Tail

27 : p o i s o n . a n d . f l a m e s

13 Minutes Until Solar Eclipse

Kia forced her eyelids open. She knew that voice. Even with the chains redirecting her magic flow, she could sense him somewhere up and back to her right. That was what she focused on, that familiar static like life force that wasn't that different from his sister's.

But she was the only one pleased by the intruder.

Without having to say a word, Demi vanished from Izai's side. The older male didn't even spare the Lightning Dragon Slayer a second glance, his attention turned back toward Kia and his own connection to the magic circle below them.

The disgruntled brunette reappeared on the balcony behind Laxus, a poison-make dagger already glistening in her hand. But it isn't that easy to sneak up on a Dragon Slayer.

Laxus tumbled forward, dropping down from the balcony with ease. He looked up to see the dagger soaring toward his face. Tilting his head to the side, it passed him as he watched its owner disappear. Sensing the sudden presence behind him again, he cloaked himself in lightning.

Demi hissed from the jolt of pain that raced up her arms as she jumped away from the blonde. He turned to face her as she shook the limbs, trying to regain feeling before slamming her hands together.

"Poison-Make: Poison Cannon!"

Maroon magic swirled between her hands before a large cylindrical form materialized. It's inside glowed before a headsized glob of poison shot toward Laxus. Bolts of lightning struck the ground through each attack, making them splatter before they could reach him. A concentration of his golden magic formed over his head.

"Raging Bolt!"

Demi tucked to the side, rolling away to keep herself from getting fried. Her cannon faded before she was on her feet again, slamming her hands into the ground.

"Poison-Make: Fountain!"

The ground under Laxus shook before cracking. A massive spray of liquid poison erupted like a new venomous geyser. A streak of lightning bounced around as Laxus shifted into his Lightning Body to dodge the lethal magic.

"Poison-Make: Blade Storm!"

A flurry of daggers shot from the maroon magic circle that appeared in front of Demi's palm, but none of her attacks made contact. A growl of frustration rolled in her throat, audible for only a moment before a wall behind her exploded.

They both paused to see what had caused the loud interruption to find two people flying through the new hole into the large courtyard. Nikolai rolled backward a few times before springing to his feet, sending chunks of the debris back toward Erza, who was still charging forward in her Heaven's Wheel Armor. The swords floating around her spun, knocking back most of the attack as she stayed trained on her target.

"Nikolai!" Demi roared, "Where the hell is everyone else?!"

"Dealing with the others!" was all he could yell back before Titania was in his face.

This answer was not what she wanted to hear. There was no reason that two of these Fairies should have been able to get this far into the castle. They shouldn't have been able to get this close to Izai.

"Poison-Make: Full Arsenal!" Demi threw her arms to her sides as six large cannons appeared on the ground around her. Each glowed, attacks flying through the air at the now stationary Lightning Dragon Slayer in rapid succession.

Suddenly, a coil of wind flashed through the open area from above. The brunette looked up, ready to yell at Meisha to deal with the lightning-wielding jerk in front of her, but scrowled instead. A girl with blue pigtails was jumping down from a balcony on the opposite end of the courtyard, a white winged cat holding onto the back of her dress. The wind spell was dissipating from her mouth while the rest of it finished crashing into Nikolai.