Nightmares In The Wind...

In The Last Chapter:

Instead of going with Natsu, Happy, and Lucy on a job, Nic decided to leave town for the day and do some training. During that time, he encountered Erza Scarlet, who he found heavily appealing. The two bond throughout the day and arrive home the next day, only to go out on a mission to prevent Eisenwald from doing something dangerous with Lullaby. The group then fought against numerous Eisenwald guild members and was stuck inside a Wind Barrier. Erigor proceeds further to Clover to kill the guild master, but he doesn't realize he's being tailed...

Chapter 3: Nightmares in the Wind...

As Gray was finishing up with Reyule, Natsu was trying to find Erigor somewhere in the station. He was running in the opposite direction that Gray was heading and ran at high speed. He, however, did not take into account of a certain Shadow Wizard that was tailing him. Natsu soon barge from room to room. Erigor was nowhere to be found, but that didn't stop him. He was shooting fire all about, trying to find him.

"Erigor! Come out, come out wherever you are!" Natsu demanded as he blasted away. Natsu eventually made it to a room with a bunch of boxes stacked everywhere. He was taking a few breaths and felt some presence behind him. By the time he turned around, Kageyama emerged from the shadows and attacked Natsu with his shadows, sending him crashing into a bunch of wooden boxes.

"That felt good! Had enough you insect?" mocked Kageyama. Natsu struggled a little to get up, but eventually made it up on his own two feet. But what was off was that his face was in a wrecked portrait, making him look like a child with an overgrown angered face.

"NOT YOU AGAIN!" roared Natsu. There was an awkward silence as Kageyama took in the stupidity that Natsu had brought upon himself.

"…wow. You look like an idiot." Said Kageyama.

"Shut up Kaggy!" scolded Natsu.

"It's Kage!" reprimanded Kageyama. "Anyway, I think I've figured it out now. You eat flames to increase your strength. That wasn't hard at all really."

Natsu then burned away the portrait with his anger and his face was on fire. "Now I really wanna give you a trashing but I haven't the time! Tell me where Erigor is!"

"Why don't you make me." Kageyama insisted with a smugged grin. "Knuckle Shadow!" A seal then emerged from under him and gave Natsu multiple uppercuts. Natsu quickly reacted and got his feet under him.

"So, I get to kick your butt AND get the info I want? Sounds like a great deal! I'm all fired up!" Natsu and Kageyama then went into a heated battle. Natsu kept avoiding Kageyama's assaults and Natsu kept shooting flames.

"Shadow Orochi!" His shadows then shaped into snakes that lunged at Natsu. Natsu didn't even flinch as a multitude of them came down on him.

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Natsu's fists then unleashed a whiplash of flames that destroyed the shadow snakes in one shot, shocking the Shadow Wizard.

"Whoa! He-he took them down in one shot! I had no idea wizards like that existed!" Kageyama exclaimed. He then stood frozen in fear as Natsu unleashed a fireball down on him, shaking the entire building about.

As the smoke cleared, Kageyama was against a wall that wasn't broken by Natsu. The walls around were charred. Natsu then emerged from the room that he blasted Kageyama out of. "Man, I was trying not to mess the place up this time, oh well. Sorry I had to take you down Diarrhea." Natsu said.

"It's Kageyama! Get it right!" he yelled.

"Yeah, yeah. Tell me where Erigor is." Natsu's patience was wearing thin. Kageyama just chuckled.

"He's long gone. He's on his way to Clover to kill the guild masters as we speak." Kageyama confessed. Just then, Erza and the others appeared. She, Gray, Lucy, and Happy finally caught up to him.

"Natsu, we need him alive!" she shouted, running towards them. She then pulled out a sword and held it to Kageyama's neck, almost cutting Natsu in the process.

"You will dispel the Wind Barier and do so without hesitation!" Erza demanded. Kageyama shuddered in fear.

"Just do it man! This chick's a real monster!" Natsu wailed, warning the frightened Shadow Wizard. Just then, a hand went straight through Kageyama's abdomen through the wall behind him, which shocked everyone. Erza stepped back in shock.

"Why…Karacka?" Kageyama muttered as he fell to the floor. Erza immediately tried to pick him up.

"Crap! He was our only way out!" Gray said. Natsu looked about in shock as Kageyama laid there unconscious and Karacka was in a mental shock as he thought of how he had to kill Kageyama as an order.

"Don't you die on me!" Erza ordered, holding an unconscious wizard.

Natsu was angry. He had his fists on fire, and eventually his entire body as well. "You tried killing your own friend…you…HOW COULD YOU! HE WAS A MEMBER OF YOUR GUILD AND YOU WENT BEHIND HIS BACK!" Ntsu roared. Karacka immediately fled behind the wall he phased through, but that didn't stop Natsu. "HOW COULD YOU?!" His flaming fists broke the wall and knocked Karacka out in the process. "Is that how you Dark Guilds treat each other?!"

As Natsu thrashed the sense into Karacka, Erza was trying to get Kageyama to get up. She tried shaking him, but was no use.

"Erza stop! There's no way he can use his Magic in his condition!" Gray insisted.

"If I force him to he will!" Erza insisted, still shaking him up. Lucy and Happy looked on as the useless efforts kept going.

"Uh, I don't think that's helping." Lucy muttered. Happy then looked about, thinking that there was someone missing. Then it hit him.

"Hold up, where's Nic?" wondered Happy. The team then stopped and looked at Happy, realizing that Nic wasn't there with them. Natsu looked back at Happy,thinking that Nic went off somewhere else.

"Where is he?" Lucy wondered.

Erza thought for a moment while getting up, having Kageyama use her as support. 'Nic, did you go to fight Erigor?' Erza thought.

Clover Canyon

The only way across the Clover Canyon was a single train line that stretched all the way to Clover, which was where Erigor was heading. Erigor was looking out at the sight of Clover in the fair distance.

"I'm so close." Erigor stated. "The Magic energy I used for that Wind Barrier should be recharged anytime now. I'm gonna make them all pay for taking away our rights!" He then began to fly up and proceed further, but then he felt the presence of something. The problem was that he couldn't pinpoint where it was coming from. He looked in all directions around him, but didn't get the chance to look up as he was struck down onto the rails. He gasped as he tried to get up. He then heard feet land in front of him, blocking his path. He then looked up to see Nic standing in his way.

"Erigor." Nic growled. Nic was using his Sky Plate form to catch up with Erigor. Nic's coat was a sky blue with white, puffy clouds going from the bottom to his thighs. His shoes were light blue and had white stripes all about. His shirt was white and his sunglasses were on his face and the casing around the lenses were a light blue. He also had a large pair of wings that was almost double his arm span.

Erigor got up in shock. He didn't expect to be followed. "How did you escape my Wind Barrier? It's impenetrable!" Erigor proclaimed.

"I was never inside of it in the first place. As I was running out of the station, I saw some wind stirring up behind me. The next thing I knew was that a huge tower of wind surrounded the station. I figured that I had to stop you in order to free my friends, which brings me to right now." Nic explained.

'Tsk! I had just missed him! These Fairy Tail flies are such a nuisance.' Erigor thought. He then brought forth his scythe. "Very well then. Since you're so persistent, why don't I make this quick and finish you here!" Erigor said.

"We'll see ya blow hard!" Nic retorted. He then spread his wings and took flight. He then came down on Erigor from an angle. "Wing Attack!" His wings then lit up and Erigor blocked using his scythe, but Nic easily caught Erigor off guard as he circled around at the last moment and struck him from behind, causing him to fall forward.

"Damn. He's more agile than I had expected." Erigor quietly stated as he got up.

Nic was standing there and contemplating about his own predicament. 'I haven't used this plate before, so I might be at a disadvantage if it comes to a long range fight. If he uses a long range spell and I get caught up in it, I'm going to be in trouble. That scythe is another problem. He can block close range attacks as well. I'm just going to have to keep him off guard for the time and strike in whatever means necessary.' Nic thought.

Erigor then made a seal. "Storm Bringer!" A huge tornado then swallowed up Nic. Wind was pounding him from all sides of his body. He could feel the pressure engulfing him as he swirled about. He was eventually spit out from the top and began falling down the side of the cliff. Nic quickly spread his wings and stopped falling. He was only one hundred feet below Erigor, so it wasn't too far down he fell. He soared straight back up, much to Erigor's surprise.

"What?!" Erigot yelled.

"Well it looks like I wasn't wrong calling you a blow hard, but now let's see how you like a taste of your own medicine." Nic shouted. His wings then began glowing a light blue and he began flapping tremendously. "Hurricane!" A huge tornado then formed and sucked Erigor in, trapping him and he grunted as he was caught up in the attack. When the tornado dispersed, Erigor remained air born.

"It seems that I have underestimated you Fairy Tail pests." Erigor said. He then made a seal in front of him and more wind was conjured up. "Storm Mail!" He then went to strike Nic with himself cloaked in violent wind.

Nic then lunged up at Erigor at a high speed. "Aerial Ace!" He then collided with Erigor. The two were in a neck and neck brawl. The wind was clashing with Nic as he tried to push forward. He then had his wings lit up. "Let's see how you like this!" He then backed off and brought his wings back and let loose a strong multitude of tiny air saucers as he brought his wings forward. "Air Slash!" His attack then ripped right through Erigor's spell and send him hurling back down to the bridge.

"Impossible! He went through my Wind Mail?!" exclaimed Erigor in disbelief. Nic stayed stationary in the air as he looked down at the shocked wizard.

"It's called 'Air Slash' for a reason pal!" Nic informed. Erigor wasn't pleased that he was at an even match against Nic. 'Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray, Erza, you guys hang on.' Nic mentally pleaded as he went back to focusing on his fight against Erigor.

Oshibana Station

The group made it outside and saw that the Wind Barrier was still going on strong.

"Our only means of reaching Clover is cut off at the moment. If we dispel it now, then we should be able to catch up to him." Erza informed.

"We should be able to use the Magic Mobile, but we need to get out of this blasted thing." Gray stated. Out of the blue, Natsu unleashed a flaming fist, but the wall easily made it bounce off. Natsu fell backwards, but refused to quit.

Erza tried to get Kageyama to wake up, but it wasn't working. She tried budging him multiple times and tried shaking him up even more, but that didn't help the situation at all.

Natsu refused to quit. "I'm breaking through this thing one way or another!" Natsu proclaimed. Natsu repeatedly shot straight into the barrier and bounced off the same number of times.

"Stop Natsu!" Lucy pleaded. She then grabbed hold of Natsu and tried to get him to stop. Natsu stopped and looked back at Lucy, who lightly blushed.

"What?" Lucy asked. Natsu then broke free and had an epiphany. He then turned to Lucy.

"That's it! Call your Celestial Spirits to get us to the other side!" Natsu thought.

"Hey, I would, except we need another Celestial Wizard to do so." Lucy explained. Happy then was in deep thought, thinking very hard.

"Celestial Spirits…WAAAHHHH!" Happy's epiphany shrieked about, shocking everyone. "Lucy! I'd just remembered what I was trying to tell you this whole time!" Happy then got out Virgo's key, which stunned Lucy.

"How did you get Virgo's key?! You thief!" Lucy then grabbed Happy's mouth and gripped it.

"But it didn't steal it, Virgo gave it to me after Everlue was arrested." Happy muttered out of his mouth, which made Lucy let go. "After his arrest, her contract with him was broken and she wanted to make one with you Lucy!"

Lucy didn't want to deal with that gorilla maiden, so she just ignored it. "Not now Happy, I'll deal with it later." Lucy protested.

"But-" Happy was cut off by Lucy pinching his cheecks.

"But no!" She was rambling on about how Happy wasn't making himself helpful and how he should stay out of other's way, which made everyone look on in shock.

"Looks like we've got Erza Two." Said Natsu.

Happy then sighed. "I'm sorry. I just thought since Virgo could drill holes, she could get us to the other side." Everyone then looked shock from this statement.

"She can?!" Erza exclaimed.

"For real?!" Gray thought.

"You're right!" Lucy said. She then hugged Happy very tight, she was greatly satisfied with his help. "You're so helpful Happy, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Happy then got a grudge look on his face. "Someone was pinching my cheeks!" Happy stated. Upon realizing this, Lucy gasped and bowed to Happy.

"My most sincere apologies. Just please let me have the key!" she pleaded.

"Give me the biggest fish you can find and you'll be forgiven." Happy said. After Lucy said she would do so once they would get home, Happy gave her the key.

"Open: Gate of the Maiden – Virgo!" A slim, pink haired maiden then appeared. This stunned Lucy tremendously. "…huh?"

"You summon me Mistress? What is it you need?" Virgo asked. Natsu then recognized Virgo and walked up to her.

"What's up Burger? Man, you've really slim down." Natsu said, getting the name wrong.

"I am Virgo. I apologize for past problems that I have caused." She said.

"You're like a different person!" Lucy protested.

"I am a spirit that will do anything to please her Master, even change looks." Virgo then changed into a giant gorilla lady that was exceedingly fat. She stood tall and her voice was deep. "Much like this." She said. This horrified Lucy and Gray, but Natsu didn't mind.

"Don't! Your other form is fine." Lucy insisted, to which Virgo changed back to her slim self. "Can we work out the contract later? We need to get the other side of this barrier."

"As you wish Mistress." Virgo said. Lucy was annoyed by that.

"I prefer you don't call me that." Lucy said.

Virgo then took a good look at Lucy's whip. "How about Queen?"

"No."

"Princess?" Lucy then took a shine to that title.

"Yeah sure, okay." Lucy said.

"Can we get this over with?! Erigor is getting closer to Clover as we speak!" Gray complained, though he was in his underpants.

"Gray! Your clothes!" Lucy shouted mortified, to which Gray quickly looked for.

"Very well then." Virgo then proceeded to drilling a hole and went under the barrier. Everyone was amazed to see Virgo making a hole.

"Nicely done Lucy!" Erza complimented as she shoved her into her breast plate. Everyone then went down the hole, except Natsu went over to get Kageyama.

"Him as well?" Gray said. He looked as Natsu, who was serious.

"It wouldn't feel right to just leave him here." Natsu said. The team, with Kageyama, made to the other side of the barrier and made it out of the tunnel. It was still windy and stuff was blowing around in a hazard.

"This wind is crazy!" Lucy complained, trying to keep her hair from flying all over.

"Princess, I'll keep you from exposing your panties." Virgo said. She then had Lucy's dress from exposing her panties, though Virgo's was exposed to a blushing Gray from behind.

"…oh, wow." Gray said.

Kageyama then began to move his head, slowly regaining consciousness. "It's no use. We've won." Kageyama muttered. Erza and the others looked in disappointment at the betrayed wizard. Erza then noticed that Natsu wasn't present, nor Happy.

"Where's Natsu and Happy?" Erza asked. Everyone saw that they weren't there as well. Erza then thought the two went to fight Erigor. 'Natsu, be careful. Watch Nic's back.' She thought.

Clover Canyon

Nic was flying about, trying to avoid Erigor's assaults. His constant Wind Magic was making Nic get nowhere. He did manage to use multiple Air Cutter and Air Slash attacks, but those were the only two that would've worked.

"Storm Bringer!" Erigor then unleashed a huge tornado on Nic.

"Hurricane!" The two attacks were bashing into one another. Eventually, the two tornadoes combined and both were swallowed up by the raging wind. The two were grunting and unable to move. As a few moments rolled by, the attack ceased and the two slammed back down on the tracks. Erigor was tired, and Nic was feeling just as drained.

Erigor then stood up and Nic followed suit. Both then stared at one another. The other was equal in strength to the other. "It would appear that we've have some balance in our powers." Erigor analyzed.

Nic gazed behind Erigor, seeing a flying Happy and Natsu racing towards the fight. Nic then smirked. "It would appear that we also have some company." Nic said.

"Huh?" Erigor turned around, only to get a Fire Dragon's Claw to the face. Erigor fell backwards and Natsu landed in front of Nic. Happy then exhausted his Magic and fell down. Natsu then caught a tired cat and set him off to the side.

"You did god Happy." Natsu said.

"Aye." Happy muttered. Natsu then went over to Nic's side and smirked.

"It's about time. I thought I would be taking all of the credit this time." Nic said.

"Please. I got a score to deal with him." Natsu said. Regardless, the two looked back at Erigor as he got up.

"More Fairy Tail flies. This is more troublesome than it's worth." Erigor said. "Storm Mail!" Erigor was then cloaked in wind and flew into Nic and Natsu. Not wanting to wait any longer, Natsu leaped up and attacked head on.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" the attack bounced off and Natsu plummeted to the bridge.

"Natsu!" shouted Happy, very worried for his pal. Natsu then got to his knees and got back up. Erigor descended, still cloaked in his Storm Mail.

With Erza and the others

Erza was using the Magic Mobile and was following the train tracks towards Clover. She and the others weren't too far behind at this point. Gray, Lucy, and an injured Kageyama were riding in the back. It was a little bumpy, mainly due to Erza's low Magic energy. She saw everything was getting all hazy and still pressed on regardless.

In the back, Kageyama groaned and looked up at the Fairy Tail members. "Why are you helping your enemy?" He asked.

"Look pal, you need a doctor, and the closest one is in Clover thanks to Erza scaring off the doctors in Oshibana.

"I heard that!" Erza yelled back to him, which Gray nearly paled.

Kageyama just shrugged it off and sighed. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were going to make me a hostage. In case if you were wondering, Erigor doesn't give a crap about any of us." The Magic Mobile then swayed and bumped up and down a little, which send Lucy flying into Kageyama's face with her butt. After the ride settled, Erza yelled out everything was fine now.

"I'm so sorry." Lucy apologized.

Kageyama clenched his face as he was hit head on with a butt. "Can your oversized butt be any bigger?" he complained. Lucy had a tick mark growing on her head as she was insulted.

"Somebody thrash him! He said I had a big butt!" Lucy exclaimed in anger. Gray just sighed, thinking this was going to be a long ride.

Outside the Magic Mobile, Erza wasn't feeling so good. 'My vision's getting blurry. I used too much Magic power. Natsu. Nic. Both of you need to stop Erigor. We're counting on you!' Erza thought as she pressed on.

With Natsu and Nic

"What's wrong? Don't tell me that's all you've got!" Erigor mocked. Natsu then gritted his teeth and lunged at him.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu's fist was only a foot away when the flames went out. "What the? How could my flames go out?" Natsu wondered. Erigor then chuckled, but it was short lived as he saw an Air Cutter coming at him. He got hit and that attack was only strong enough to dispel the Storm Mail. Erigor got into the air and sneered.

"Are you okay Natsu?" asked Nic.

"Yeah, but why did my flames go out? I don't understand!" Natsu was getting a little frustrated.

"My Storm Mail simply extinguishes any flames that are in close range." Erigor explained. He once again cloaked himself in Storm Mail and went down to strike Natsu.

"I'll show you!" Natsu proclaimed. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" His attack was almost extinguished when it came out of Natsu's mouth. Erigor then rammed into Natsu, sending him soaring back close to Happy. Nic evasively went up and used an Air Slash and tried taking Erigor down from above. He saw this and dodged the attack. Nic then got in front of Natsu to protect him.

"Why can't my attacks do anything?!" Natsu complained. He was getting frustrated that his attacks weren't getting through to him. Nic looked back at an annoyed Natsu.

"He'd just answer your question." Nic explained. Natsu just ignored this and leaped. He tried to use another Fire Dragon's Iron Fist, but was blown away easily. Nic caught him as he has flying off and brought him back up to the bridge.

"I think it's time I finish off you pesky Fairy Tail flies right here and now." Erigor said. He then made a Magic seal and it had little seals revolving around it.

Nic stood there and gulped at this turn of events. "This looks like the opposite of good." Nic indicated.

Happy was freaking out as the attack was beginning to surge. "Whatever you do, don't let it touch you!" Happy yelled.

"Emera Baram!" His two index and middle fingers cross to make an "X" shape, which generated a halo of light around them. A large mass of wind blades was concentrated into a huge blast of wind that could slice anything up.

'Oh crap!' Nic thought. He had to act fast, otherwise he and Natsu were toast. With no options, Nic grabbed Natsu by the shoulders and dragged him up into the air in a swift leap, which surprised Natsu. They watched as the attack ripped up the railway and train tracks. After the attack ceased, Nic set Natsu back down. "Natsu, why don't you let me handle him. Your fire can't do much against his wind." Nic stated.

Natsu's entire body was on fire. He grabbed a part of a rail and gripped it furiously. "No! I don't understand! I have to beat him!" Natsu yelled. Fire was now erupting everywhere around him out of anger.

Nic looked on in shock and somewhat little fear. "Uuuhhhh…this is either good, or it's really bad." Nic indicated. Erigor's violent winds then began to weaken all around him. He looked surprised at this turn of events.

"What's this?! The angrier he gets, the more intense his flames become!" Erigor proclaimed. "Flames of emotion! But how?! It's ancient Magic!"

The flames continued to swell up as the Storm Mail decreased. Nic thought of something, something that could help.

"Gust!" He then unleashed a gust of wind to the flames, which made them grow even larger. Happy then found an idea.

"Natsu!" Happy yelled. Natsu looked back to his pal. "You suck fighting this guy. Just have Nic do the rest and just be done already." Everything went dead silent. Nic knew Happy was trying to rile up Natsu for a victory, but he thought he went too far.

'Oh shit.' Nic mentally cursed.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Natsu roared as the flames erupted much like a volcano with a huge amount of intensity, which was far more intense than anyone could have imagined. Erigor's Storm Mail was no more, and Natsu was a towering fire. He then lunged at Erigor at almost the speed of sound, encased in fire. "Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!" Natsu then unleashed a headbutt in an inferno. He rammed Erigor, making him soar up in the air and crash into the bridge with extreme force. He was out like a light.

"How's that guys!" Natsu said.

Nic stood there perplexed and with a sweat drop. 'Note to self: Don't hog the spotlight when he's around.' Nic mentally noted.

"You showed him Natsu!" Happy said. Natsu then looked rather annoyed.

"You didn't think so earlier." Natsu reminded. Happy just shrugged off what he said.

"A cat's memory isn't the greatest." He said, trying to lie. Natsu then let out a breath and looked at Erigor.

"Guess it doesn't matter. I'm that amazing!" Natsu proclaimed in joy.

Nic finished with his perplexing thought and shook his head to get back to reality. "That was something. That's for sure." Nic said. The three then saw the Magic Mobile pull up to them. Erza looked out in shock as Erigor was defeated. He looked back up and saw Nic grinning at her, satisfied with the victory and seeing that she was okay. Erza grinned back, happy to see Natsu and Nic were okay as well.

The guys got out of the Magic Mobile and went up to congratulate them. Kageyama looked on in shock as he saw Erigor lying on the ground defeated.

"No way. Erigor never loses." Kageyama muttered. He then looked at Natsu and Nic, both satisfied with their victory. "Can't believe you had a hard time with this guy." He said to them.

"Shut it!" Natsu retorted.

Erza was using Lucy for support as they walked up to them. "I'm proud of you both." Erza stated with a smile.

"T'was nothing." Nic said being modest. Erza sighed, seeing how bruised he was.

While they were all talking, they failed to see Kageyama seize the flute from the ground and hopped onto the Magic Mobile. He then floored it and almost ran them over. The guys quickly both out of the way as he made his way down the tracks.

"Lullaby's mine now! Shouldn't have left your guard down!" he shouted as he got away.

"After him!" Erza ordered. With some Magic energy restored, Happy grew his wings and picked up Natsu. Nic began flapping his wings, though he was drained. He picked up Erza, who was still drained of Magic, and flew in pursuit of Kageyama as well. Lucy and Gray followed in pursuit.

Sometime later, in Clover…

It was nighttime and the moon was shining down on all of Clover. Kageyama was outside the Conference Hall, thinking he was a fair distance away.

"This should be far enough. Surely they should be able to hear the song from here." Kageyama said. He then began to inhale, then he heard pages turn behind him. He turned back in shock at seeing Master Makarov sitting on a log, reading a Sorcerer's Weekly magazine with young woman.

Kageyama turned and stared, mortified to see a perv reading behind his back, quite literally. Makarov then got up and put the issue away. "Now, I have to go and -!" He looked to see Kageyama staring dumbfounded at the pervy Guild Master. "GAH! It's not what it looks like! I was doing research on wizards that's all! Plain and simple!" Makarov protested.

"I don't care what you're doing." Kageyama sighed. Makarov was relieved, but was short lived as he saw the bandages on the Shadow Wizard.

"You've been hurt badly boy, you shouldn't be walking in such a condition." Makarov said.

"Yes sir." Kageyama said. He then recognized the man. 'Hold on, that's Makarov. He's Fairy Tail's Guild Master. Why do I always bump into these guys?' As Makarov was about to walk away, he sought this to be the perfect opportunity. "Excuse me. I don't suppose you would want to hear a song?" he said kindly.

Makarov looked at the strange flute. He could see this wasn't an ordinary flute. "…very well then. One song couldn't hurt." He said.

Kageyama then brought the flute close to his moth and he was about to play. 'This is it.' He thought in victory. He then had a rush of memories go through his mind. The thoughts of revenge and getting his rights back, but then talks from Lucy and the other Fairy Tail guild members about killing won't make things right. He thought as to how he was betrayed, and how Natsu raged over Karacka and thrashed him. He hesitated to get close to the flute, and he was going back and forth on how to handle this matter. Should he or should he not?

The guys finally caught up to him. They watched over a hill as they saw Kageyama in front of Makarov. At this point, Nic reverted back to his normal self, in case if you were wondering.

"Master!" Lucy warned. She was then stopped by a shush from a cross-dressing fat man who was bald. This shocked and scared Lucy, Natsu, and Gray. Nic got out of sight before he could be anymore freaked out.

"We're about to get to the good part." The guild master said. He then began to be flirty around Natsu and Gray while Lucy did what Nic did and hid behind Erza.

"Who's that?" asked Nic, trying not to look so he wouldn't lose his appetite.

"That's Guild Master Bob of the Blue Pegasus Guild." Explained Erza.

"Can you guys keep it down over there? This is where things get good." A man in sunglasses with a spike dog collar and a hat said, leaning next to a tree. He was behind Nic and Lucy, watching Kageyama and Makarov from the distance.

"And that right there is Guild Master Goldmine from Quatro Cerberus." Erza told them. Lucy was astonished, but Nic just sighed.

"This day just keeps getting weirder by the minute." Nic sighed quietly.

Back down with Makarov and Kageyama, Makarov was getting a little bit impatient from Kage's hesitation. "Well?" Makarov asked.

After some silence, Kage gulped. 'I can do this. One song, and everything will change.' He thought.

Makarov looked off with a disappointed look. "Nothing's will change." He said. Upon hearing this, Kage gasped that Makarov knew what he was thinking. He then turned back towards Kageyama and everyone else that was watching from afar heard his words. "You can't change the fact that those who are weak might remain weak. I don't find that to be a bad thing. If you think about it, we humans are weak and our insecurities gave birth to guilds, and they're why we have friends who we even call family. When we're around our family, it's easy to think on the positive scale. Let's put it in another way; if we're clumsy, we bump into things, but as long as we believe and hope for a better future, then it doesn't matter if we're clumsy or stumble into messes we come across. We have to choose our paths and live our lives to the fullest to reach that future. Don't let that accursed flute block you from seeing such a future."

A wind blew and Kageyama trembled. The guys were thrilled and inspired by these words. Makarov stood as Kageyama got to his knees, dropping the flute onto the ground. "I surrender." He admitted with his head down.

The then rushed towards their Master, satisfied that Kage learned the importance of life from such a great speech.

"Master!" Erza said.

"Wait a go Gramps!" Natsu complimented. Makarov was then shocked to see the whole group coming up at him. Master Bob and Goldmine watched from afar as the Fairy Tail members congratulated their beloved Master.

"How did you guys end up here?" Makarov asked. He was then shoved into Erza's chest plates, which of course hurt.

"Master, your words were so inspiring they almost moved me to tears." Erza admitted, hugging her Master. Erza let go and now the other Guild Masters came up as well. Lucy went over to comfort Kageyama, Natsu patted Makarov on the head, and Gray was without a shirt, though no one cared.

Erza looked over and saw Nic looking at Lullaby. He couldn't help but feel odd about that flute. Erza walked over towards him. "Are you alright?" Erza asked. Nic then looked at Erza and back towards the flute.

"I don't a good feeling. That's all." Nic stated. Just then. The eyes of the flute lit up and then emitted some dark energy. The group immediately turned towards the flute.

"I've grown tired of you humans, trying to resist my power!" The flute announced. Everyone gasped as it spoke. A super large seal then emerged from above. The dark cloud of energy then spiraled upwards. "No more games! I shall just have to devour you myself!" The flute then turned into a horrific three-eyed monster that towered over them.

"It's huge!" Lucy exclaimed, frightened.

"Understatement of the century!" Nic said to her.

"Erigor never mentioned anything about a monster!" Kageyama proclaimed in horror.

"He must be a demon that was from the Book of Zeref. It must be Lullaby's true form, created from forbidden Black Magic." Implied Goldmine, reminding everyone that Zeref was the one who created such a monster. The townsfolk then began to run away and flee for their lives as this beast towered over them.

Nic then looked at the group. "So, who is this Zeref?" Nic wondered.

"He is the most vile of all wizards," Master Bob explained, "I never would've guessed his magic and monsters would pop back up again."

Lullaby then looked down at the whole group. "Now then, whose soul should I eat first?" It asked, gazing at everyone.

Natsu then got pumped for a fight. "Eat huh." Natsu wondered. "…hey, does anyone know what souls taste like?" Nic then turned towards Natsu.

"This aint an all you can eat buffet!" Nic scolded, shocking Natsu awake from drooling all over about food.

Erza then turned towards the group. "Natsu! Gray! Get everyone to safety!" she ordered, to which the two greatly disregarded.

"Who put you in charge?!" demanded Natsu.

"Yeah, don't get all bossy on us!" Gray said. The two were then shot death glares from Erza's eyes.

"Just do it!" she demanded in an impatient tone. The two then hurried along with their friendly personas plastered on their faces. Lucy sighed, thinking as of how scary and threatening she can be.

Nic was just watching as the two followed her orders under fear. 'She's just as demanding as my mother.' He thought, which stands to reason why he wasn't afraid of her in the first place.

Off in the distance, the Royal Army stood affirm. "We're not running off! This demon is nothing!" They all yelled. The demon then looked at them, thinking it was insulted.

"I'll show you what true power is!" A seal then emerged from its mouth and a beam of energy shot forth. That one beam was strong enough to blow away a mountain top. The shock wave of the attack was tremendous, almost making everyone fall back onto their backs, though the blast was several miles away.

"Uh, Captain. Can we run now?" shuddered a soldier. To which the captain turned and ran, ordering a retreat and to get out.

"I have no need for those pathetic humans that can't even hold their own sword." Explained Lullaby as it turned back towards the group. "I want wizard souls!" The group stepped back, leaving only Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Nic to face the monster.

Happy looked up at Lucy. "Hey, why aren't you fighting?" asked the cat.

"Well, none of my Celestial Spirits are available at the moment and I really don't want to get in their way." Said Lucy.

"If I had to guess, I'd say you were chickening out!" said Happy.

"Shut it! Lie any help either!" retorted Lucy. The giant monster then screamed. The scream was hurting everyone's ears. No one could hear one another as their ears ached. As soon as it stopped, Erza summoned two swords.

"Ready?" she asked the guys.

"You bet!" Natsu and Gray said in unison.

"We'll give that thing a real earache!" proclaimed Nic. They all then charge at the monster.

"Requip!" Erza then requiped into her Heaven's Wheel Armor. Nic then activated his Toxic Plate. Now everyone was ready to go. Nic went first using Sludge at the beast's face, making it temporarily blind for a few moments while Natsu unleashed a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist that made it step back.

"Ice Make: Lance!" Gray shouted. He extended his arms and created long, curved ice lances that crashed into Lullaby, making it stumble back. Erza then slashed away at Lullaby. She was cutting away and slashing about everywhere. It didn't take long for the demon to pinpoint her.

"I got you now!" Lullaby shouted and unleashed a punch on Erza. Erza didn't notice because she was too focused on trying to find another change to strike. She was flying about and she saw the fists coming at her. She wouldn't be able to dodge it in time.

Nic jumped and pushed Erza out of the way, taking the hit for her. She looked back and saw Nic get send flying high. "No!" Erza shouted. Nic straightened out in midair and aimed on Lullaby's head.

"Sludge Bomb!" Nic shouted. A more powerful version of Sludge went shooting high speed from Nic's mouth and crashed into Lulaby's face, causing it to yelp as it clenched its face. Try to think of it as if you were hit with a baseball in the face. Lullaby didn't like that one bit. It shrieked as it looked back at Nic.

"Now you've made me mad you punk!" Lullaby then tried to step on Nic, but was hit with Natsu's Fire Dragon's Roar from its side. The beast then looked at Natsu and looked down at him. "You know, how about I eat all of your souls at once!" It was then brought to a halt as it felt a slash in its cheek. Erza came around and was floating in front of the beasts face.

"Will not threaten any of us! We have you cornered and you're no match against our combine magic. You should surrender now while you can." Implied the Requip Wizard. Lullaby looked Erza dead in the eye and grinned viciously.

"How about I take your soul first, then the rest!" Lullaby then screeched about. Since Erza was in front of it, she had to cover her ears as she screamed. She fell to the ground, rather disoriented from the close range roar. Erza looked to see a monstrous foot about to kick her to the moon, and her body hasn't recovered from that sudden assault.

It was as if his body acted on its own. As if by instinct, Nic, once again, pushed Erza out of the way. He stood affirm and took the massive foot that dragged him into the air and soared off into the mountains somewhere. The guys watched in shock as Lullaby had just kicked Nic and send him off to who knows where.

Erza was silent. She just watched as Nic soared off and Lullaby laughed. "Well, that's one down!" It gloated. Erza didn't know what came over her. It was as if she let her fury get the best of her and summoned over fifty swords. These swords were a variety, but nevertheless were weapons. Everyone around her shuddered as she had an angered expression about in her eyes.

"You dare harm Nic! How could you! You shall pay!" she yelled. Natsu, Gray, and even Lucy shrieked. The other Guild Masters nearly peed their pants as they saw this furious side of Erza.

"My god! She's never this scary!" Natsu remarked.

"She's only enraged when someone messes with her strawberry cheesecake! Nic isn't a cheesecake!" Gray exclaimed.

"Fool! Do you really think that toothpicks such as those will give you the upper hand?!" Lullaby exclaimed. Erza then commanded all of the swords to strike Lullaby. Every single one slashed away and Lullaby was swatting around, much like he was attacked by flies. The swords then disappeared and went back to her pocket dimension. They could see Lullaby with multiple cuts in it, but that didn't stop it from shooting a Magic Beam at all of them.

"Ice Make: Shield!" Gray managed to make a durable barrier that was able to stop the attack from exploding on them. The magnitude around them was tremendous as the Magic Beam went in a line. Fortunately, Gray saved everyone behind him, and Natsu swallowed up whatever fire he could.

"Now I got a fire in my belly!" Natsu announced.

"You're a monster!" Lullaby proclaimed, punching Natsu, but to no avail. Natsu jumped and ran up its arm and delivered a Fire Dragon's Claw across its face.

Erza then began changing again. "Requip!" She changed into her Black Wing Armor. This particular armor was black with silver trimmings with silver crosses all about. It was a revealing silver-edges breastplate and plates running down from her hips to her waist guard. Large plates covered her legs. She had two wings with a membrane-like material, and her hair was in a ponytail this form. "Natsu! Gray! C'mon!" she yelled as she soared upwards and attacked with Natsu and Gray following in pursuit.

Meanwhile, in the mountains nearby…

Nic was lying on the forest floor, as he fell through multiple tree branches. Fortunately, the branches he broke acted like a cushion and he was unharmed. He felt as though he was ran over, pumped back up, and ran over again. He felt his back crack as he got up from his cushioned impact. He looked around ached about. His back took a beating from the crash regardless, but his abdomen was feeling like mush after that kick to oblivion. He was still active in his Toxic Plate Form, but it's not like he can move after that last round he had.

"Well, I sure got a kick out of that." Nic joked. He chuckled at his own pun, which then turned to a whimper as his body began to hurt as he laughed. Nic then heard some explosions in the far off distance. He had to muster up whatever strength he had left to climb. He slowly grabbed hold of a branch and worked his way upwards. Eventually, he popped out from the canopy and saw a view of the whole valley. He looked around and saw Lullaby a little to his right. He saw it fight and struggle against Erza, Natsu, and Gray. He looked out and slowly descend, leaving only his head above the canopy.

"Hmmm. Well, I could see how this goes, but I need to take out that monstrosity. But how?" Nic thought. He then saw Natsu unleash a Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame, followed by Erza's amplified sword slashing. Gray then used an Ice Make: Saucer that made Lullaby scream in pain upon impact. Seeing this, Nic sought to find a great opening. He took notice that the beast was only focused on Erza and the others, so he could unleash an attack from the side, or find another way.

He then recalled that Lullaby could shoot a Magic Beam that could destroy a mountain, but also recalled that it hasn't played its song yet. It could shoot a Magic Beam out of rage anytime now, so attacking from the side wouldn't be a good idea, especially since he got a fist and kick delivered to him. So the only other option…was above.

When Nic looked up, he thought he would have to get really high up and go straight down if he were to finish this with one blow. The problem was that his body was too drained and damaged from that battle with Lullaby. He need some help. He got down from the canopy and onto the ground. He then shifted to his Zap Plate Form

"Charizard! Let's go!" Nic then had Charizard come out from its poke ball and then it roared.

"Look Charizard, I need you to fly me high up and have me over that giant monster." Nic ordered, pointing out towards Lullaby. Without even the slightest hesitation, Charizard nodded.

"Do I even have to ask what you plan to do?" Charizard rhetorically asked as it turned around and had Nic climb onto its back.

"Something stupid." Nic answered. Charizard then began taking flight. He slowly arose from under the canopy and saw Lullaby. Nic then looked down at his pal. "Now listen. We have to be quick about this. It's imperative that he doesn't see us. If he sees us, then our chances of a surprise attack have just burned up."

Charizard then looked up at Nic with a look of understanding. "This'll be fun." He then took flight and soared high, and I mean high, into the air. Charizard was going 50-60 mph up, so they were gradually gaining altitude.

Back where Erza and the others were, Lullaby casted a giant seal and engulfed it. It began to store power, and the land around it was slowly wilting.

"This can't be good!" Lucy said. They looked and saw that the trees and grass all around was dying.

"Lullaby is sucking the life out of the plants!" Happy confirmed. The entire land was shaking by now. A fierce magnitude rippled, even Nic and Charizard felt the vibrations as they were climbing the sky.

Finally, Lullaby stored up the power necessary and clasped its hands together. "It's all over now!" Everyone's ears were aching as its voice vibrated about. Lucy struggled to cover up, and Erza had some hesitation to move due to the multitude of vibrations throwing off her balance in the air. Nic and Charizard were far away enough so that they only a little vibration.

Then the moment came and the vibrating stopped. It played its one note…which was a wheeze. Lullaby gawked this astonishment. It didn't understand.

"What was that all about?!" exclaimed Happy with earplugs.

"Why isn't my Melody of Death working?!" Lullaby shrieked.

"It must be from all of those attacks!" Kageyama said.

"They sliced and punctured so man openings, they messed up its sound!" Lucy exclaimed. "All that buildup and nothing to show for it." Lullaby stood there in grave revelation. Its efforts were in vain.

"Flutes are overrated anyway." Happy figured. Lullaby got a tick mark from that comment.

"You dare mock my superiority?!" Lullaby then kicked the side of a mountain with some civilians.

"This is bad!" "Can things get any worse?!" "This demon's lost it!" Many villagers ran for cover and tried to avoid its wrath. The rampaging monster then shot a Magic Beam, to which Gray blocked. The guys then proceeded to attack once again.

Way up in the sky, Charizard and Nic were sailing about and trying to see a perfect opening to go in for an attack. Charizard looked down at the monster and saw it rampage. "Well, mind filling me in now?" Charizard asked. Nic then looked down to see Lullaby below him. They were probably several thousand feet above the monster. "Hurry up Nic! It's getting hard to breathe!" Charizard wasn't joking. They were so high up that another hundred or so feet and oxygen would become scarce. Both Nic and Charizard were breathing fine at this point; in fact, they descend about a hundred feet just so they could get some more oxygen.

"Charizard, I'm gonna dive and hope I hit him on the head." Nic said.

"What?" Charizard asked perplexed.

"That's right. You're gonna drag me down and then throw me. I'll unleash a powerful Electric Type move and finish him." Nic said. His Pokémon was getting the idea, though he didn't quite like it.

"I'm not so sure. Why not just have me use Fly and knock him out from that?" Charizard suggested.

"Because we need to stop this thing before it kills my friends! It may be different from where we came from, but here it's either life or death!" Nic stated. Charizard looked down and nodded.

"Fair point; besides, you would be shattered without Erza, wouldn't ya?" the Fire and Flying type teased, causing Nic's face to turn bright red.

"Be quiet!" Nic demanded, only for Charizard to chuckle at this display from his trainer. "Charizard…I need you to do something else as well. As I fall, use an attack on me."

This made Charizard immediately turn its head towards its trainer, shocked that its trainer would ask such a thing. "I think we're too high up! You're lightheaded from lack of air!" Charizard protested. Nic knew what he was doing.

"Trust me on this one Charizard. We need all the power we can get." Nic said. With a silence following, Charizard was thinking.

'He's not joking. He needs my flames for a boost, though he'll hurt himself. He's grown bold.' Charizard noted. He then smirked and looked back down. "I still say it's the thin air!" Charizard said.

"Let's do this!" shouted Nic. The two then dived down at an alarming rate, reaching speeds about 80-90 mph. When they've reached a certain point, Charizard grabbed Nic by the wrist and threw him down. "Have a nice landing!" Charizard noted as he hurled Nic downwards, gaining even more speed.

"This is it!" Nic shouted. He then started generating an immense amount of electricity. The lightning bolts on his coats went to light blue as the energy was being generated. Nic clenched his fists and his eyes turned red. He then let out a dragon roar and his entire body was surrounded in thunderous electricity. "You're finished! Legendary Arts: Bolt Strike!" He then soared straight

Charizard then decided to use this opportunity and give Nic what he asked for. "Heat Wave!" Charizard then flapped its wings once and unleashed a rushing wind of flames. The flames then caught up to Nic and fused with Bolt Strike, making it look like a meteor of fire and electricity.

Everyone was terrified of Lullaby's wrath. It screamed viciously as it was going to kill them all, regardless if it couldn't play its song. Lucy then noticed something above Lullaby, and it was coming down hard.

"Guys, what's that?!" Lucy pointed out. Everyone then looked above Lullaby and saw what looked like a meteor of fire and electricity shooting downwards onto Lullaby. Natsu, Gray, and Erza all stopped and looked up at the projectile plummeting. Lullaby swatted at them, but they regained their focus and dodged it. They all backed away to see the projectile.

"Giving up?" the demon asked. It then laughed as it thought it had achieved victory, only to hear thunder above him. It then looked up and gasped. "What is that thing?!"

"You're going down!" Nic roared, as so everyone could hear. When Erza heard this, she almost jumped.

"Nic!" she yelled.

Lullaby almost gasped as Nic closed in on it. Nic then gave one final push and thrust down at full speed. Upon impact, there was a tremendous shock wave that channeled through the air. Nic smashed his entire body into Lullaby, causing it to fall back onto the Conference Hall as well. There was a surge of fire and electricity flying everywhere. A huge magnitude erupted as a light shot upwards towards the sky.

Charizard looked at this light and saw it touch the sky. 'Hmph. Some landing.' Charizard thought. The light eventually dispelled, and a few bolts of electricity surged through the sky. After that, it was all over.

Everyone gathered around and saw the enormous crater that was the size of Lullaby. Nothing but smoke was coming out for a few minutes. All of the Guild Masters and the group saw the enormous cloud soon clear up, and found Nic barely standing with a multitude of bruises and some static going about. Some of the wizards walked down towards him.

The group made their way down towards Nic as he remained still, trying to take in deep breaths. Erza couldn't help but feel amazed. She requiped back to her Heart Kreuz Armor before approaching him. Everyone was awe struck, no question. Nic destroyed Lullaby in a single destructive move. When they all closed in on him, Nic let out a sigh as he reverted back to his normal self.

"Hey guys, can we get dinner now? God I'm hungry." Nic said casually. Well, they did forget to have dinner, so they were all a little hungry. Everyone then broke out in a joyful cheer and ran up and surrounded Nic.

"That was amazing Nic! You took down Lullaby with that sick attack! We didn't even know that was you!" Natsu commented.

"That was pretty intense." Gray said. Everyone congratulated him, but Kageyama sat there and smiled.

"They're a weird bunch, but they sure got heart." He said.

"You send flying off in the fair distance, who knew you would come about pulling a stunt like that?" Lucy said. Happy was flying in circles, joyful things turned out okay. Everyone praised him, which Nic was blushing from. Erza then walked up to him and shoved him into her breastplate.

"You did well Nic. You had me worried there for a few moments." Erza said. She tried to contain as much joy as she could and hide a faint blush as well.

Nic was there, with his head hurting. 'Well, it's the thought that counts.' He thought. As he was released from Erza's painful hug. Charizard then descended to the ground right next to Nic. Everyone had to make room for this sudden appearance. Erza and the others stepped back as Charizard looked at Nic.

Charizard then smirked. "You always go that extra mile, don't ya?" Charizard asked, asking the same rhetorical question Nic usually asks it. It's true, Charizard always pushes himself, but his trainer pushed the boundaries as well.

Nic smirked. "Well, what can I say? I have to be a role model for my family, am I right?" Nic said. Both trainer and Pokémon shared a laugh.

"Look at you. You're a mess!" Charizard pointed out in a happy mood from that laugh.

"Well, I did ask for this, didn't I?" Nic said. Charizard nodded in agreement. The two then fist bumped and Charizard returned to its poke ball.

Natsu was just struck the entire time Nic was talking with Charizard. Once they were done and saw Charizard return, Natsu ran up to Nic.

"Was that a dragon?" Natsu asked. He looked dead serious at Nic, wanting an answer. Nic then mentally slapped himself for two reasons. The first was blowing his pokémon's' cover, and the second was that Charizard did look like a dragon, which made Natsu think he knew Igneel.

Nic shook his head. "Sorry buddy. He's a pokémon, not an actual dragon." Nic admitted, much to Natsu's disappointment.

Some Guild Masters then started to berate him. They were furious that Fairy Tail destroyed the Conference Hall.

"Someone arrest those savages!" one of them said.

"They've destroyed an entire building!" another yelled.

Makarov looked off from the distance along with Bob and Goldmine. He stood there, interested in the boy's potential. He could sense great power dormant inside of him.

"That boy has got some guts to say the least." Goldmine commented. "That last attack was something."

"That boys got the looks too." Noted Bob. "Is he part of your guild Makarov?"

Makarov then sighed. "Well, from that display, I guess we've got ourselves another Natsu." He said in dread. He thought that the combination of Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Nic could probably wipe out a civilization. Who can say?

Back with Nic and the team, he was joking as the sound of Lullaby's destruction was music to his ears, to which everyone laughed. Though there was destruction charges on the guild, the team dealt with it by fleeing and tried avoiding the angry crowd of Guild Masters.

After those incidents occurred, the Eisenwald Guild was arrested by the Royal Army. Every member was arrested, including Kageyama, who didn't any spite being changed. The only one who wasn't arrested was Erigor, who remained at large. The Magic Council in Era contained the fractured Lullaby flute, and made sure that it would never fall into the wrong hands again. The Magic Council now had to deal with Fairy Tail's destructive charges.

The Magic Council in Era

"What's disturbing to me is the fact that a weapon from the Book of Zeref fell into such a Dark Guild." Org said. Org was a tall man with a grey beard.

Belno then spoke up. She was a woman with yellow hair in a spiky ponytail. "My concerns are with Fairy Tail. They keep destroying property. Take a look at this!" A green lacrima showed a display of Nic using the combination of Bolt Strike and Heat Wave and crashing down on Lullaby.

"Who is he?" another member asked. "What kind of Magic is that? I've never seen anything like it."

Belno then looked down. "Unfortunately, we have no record of this person nor where he came from. All we do know, is that he showed up in Hargeon not too long ago. He looks even stronger than Titania." Siegrain then smirked, which caught her eye. "Is there something that's peaking your interests Siegrain?" she asked in a displeased manner.

Siegrain had spiky, blue hair, a red mark on his face, and was much like the same age as Erza. "I can at least say that Fairy Tail keeps us on our toes. Without them, this world would be rather boring. Don't you agree?" Siegrain asked.

"Fairy Tail does have a plethora of strong and peculiar Mages running about. That new one seems to have our interests at the moment, am I right Belno?" confirmed Ultear.

Belno nodded. "Yes, that is true. We must also be aware of the charges they have accumulated while in Oshibana and Clover."

Another member of the council then got up from his seat. "Well now. It would appear that we have two predicaments at once, and I say we solve them fast." The Magic Council looked at the member.

"What do you propose?" Org asked.

"Fairy Tail's destructive, we have no record of a Mage that has recently destroyed Lullaby, and to me, these are fools running around boasting of their superiority. I say we set an example now, and deal with that said Mage."