THIRD PERSON'S POV

From the center of the rubble came a burst of flame. As the rubble gave away, an ice sphere came into view. Natsu, Lucy, Grey and Erza emerged from the ice. "Ugh" Erza grumbled. "Thanks Grey. That was close."

Natsu studied Lucy's worried face and he knows that something is bothering her - so he did what he thinks was right - he held Lucy hands and squeeze it telling her that he's there for her. Lucy look on his face then smile sadly as tears starts running down on her pale cheeks. "Hey, you don't need to cry? I will protect you. Us? Fairy tail will never give up on you. We will protect you." Natsu said trying to calm her down.

"Lucy, how did you know that Lion-guy? Why he wants you?" hearing Erza question makes growl in anger - he clench his fist trying to control himself to find that stupid lion guy and kill it.

Before Lucy utter some words - Luna appeared before their eyes. "I will explain it. Lucy is nothing to do with it." Lucy look on her spirit confusedly - as far as I remember, according to Crux its classified information so how come Luna knows it. "Someone escaped from hell, Erza." Luna say.

"What do you mean someone? Is that even possible?" Erza growl - she's mad because of the whole thing that happened on their mission. "You.better.explain.this.NOW! You need to clarify things!" she shouted.

"I-I know..." Luna lowered her voice before she bite her lower lips - looking to her master and then to Lucy's friends "Zian is back..." she murmured.

"H-How it possible? You're the one who's looking after the gate of hell, Luna. It's one of your magic?" Lucy says before hugging herself.

"Sadly, Master... Lucy... Zian also known how to control the gate of hell. He's the son of the celestial king isn't?"Luna said as she tries not to cry in front of her master. "I'm sorry... I will cause another pain on your life again. I'm sorry that my past keeps on coming back on me... I'm sorry Lucy." she sobs.

For the first time, Lucy never say anything to her in return. She just stared on her spirits as her tears running down on her cheeks - she's crying because what happened in the past is happening again - she's also crying because she can feel the pain of her spirits. "Lucy?" Natsu call her before holding her hands which makes Lucy look on his face. "Let's go home." he whispers.

"Home?" she murmured. Natsu nod and smile to her "Back to Fairytail?"

"Yes, we better keep going and let Master know about this matter." Erza said as she cross her arms below her breast "We better do something about this problem because if we didn't do anything then the past will repeat itself."

"Zane and I conducted our own investigation and we found out that lots of demons and powerful monster are escaped together with Zian on hell." - Luna said.

"Do you know who are they? We better know some background about our opponents so we can think a better plan. Besides, that guy who sent us message is so confident about himself."

"One of the monster that I know is that... Lion knight, Fang and Hydra the dragon." Luna says which makes them eyes wide. "It's not the same dragon just like any dragons that we known. This dragon is sapphire blue dragon who had a heart as evil as you can imagine. In legend, only two dragons were enemies of the world."

"There's another evil dragon?" Gray asked.

""Well, what of the sapphire one?" Erza asked.

"According to my research, this dragon always cause despair wherever she wants"

"Sounds like she had problems." Grey said. "But each dragon has unique powers, right? Like Natsu with fire and Gajeel with steel. Those skeletons were burned."

"Yeah, they were." Luna said.

Lucy looked at him confused. "But Igneel is the fire dragon. How can this dragon be fire too?"

"She was called Hydra because of her magic, Lucy. She is also fire dragon but her fire isn't normal. It's a blue flame colder than ice and it blazes brighter than the sun."

"That sounds extremely powerful. Imagine a dragon slayer of that level." Erza said.

"I don't know if she trained one but is she did then that's must be a problem too." Luna says. "As for now, that's all the information that I got. I will keep you updated if Zane and I discover something new." Luna says before she disappears and returns to her world.

Erza rubbed her chin. "Another question is what that dragon was doing in the coliseum or how long ago it was."

"It was only a few days ago. Those skeletons are very recent, and Hydra is out there somewhere." Natsu said.

"Why did that lion drag us down there then? Do you think it was coincidence?" Lucy asked, fear slowly creeping into her.

Erza shook her head. "No, it wasn't. He knew exactly where to lure us. That guy was insanely strong. If the people he works with are just as strong as him if not stronger then we have a huge problem on our hands. And if that dragon is working with them, then these guys might be the worst enemies we've ever faced. This might be a war we can't win."

Lucy shivered. "That can't be. There has to be something we can do!"

"There is." Natsu stood up, and started to walk away. "I'm going to find Hydra and take her out." Natsu stood up and start to pack his thing as he help Lucy to stood up.

Erza stood next to Gray with her arms crossed. "If Hydra is as powerful of a dragon that you say she is, then we can't blindly rush out to battle her. We won't stand a chance!"

"We can't just let her do whatever she wants!" Natsu growl - he's too worried that Hydra will took this blonde girl besides him. He can't let that happen.

"I'm not saying we do nothing, but we should head back to the guild and inform the Master about what happened here and figure out what we should do next. Remember, that lion warned us of an impending war against our guild." Erza countered.

"She's right hot-head." Gray interjected. "If we go off chasing that dragon, and Fang and his allies attack our guild while we're not there to warn them that definitely wouldn't be good."

"Damn" Natsu growled.

Lucy stood there quietly. She couldn't help but feel that the lion Fang and the dragon Hydra were both connected, as well as the two people from her dream. She clenched her fist against her chest as her eyes started to water. If those two are allies of that lion and somehow connected to that dragon, then going after it could mean that Natsu will-

Natsu was stomping on the ground in frustration, with tiny flames erupting from his mouth. "Yea...you guys are right. We need to let everyone know what happened here." He sighed and looked toward Lucy "Hm? Hey Luce, what's wrong?"

Lucy glanced up at him to see his brow scrunched in worry with a small frown on his face. "I'm fine." She shook her head. "I agree with Erza, we should go back and figure things out from there."

Erza nodded. "Right. Now let's get going so we don't miss the train"

"Train?!" Natsu doubled over.

"Oi." Gray said.

Erza suddenly threw a dagger into nearby bushes. "Who's there? Show yourself!"

The bushes rustled and a small squirrel quickly jumped out and ran deeper into the trees. "It was just a small animal." Lucy said. "Nothing to worry about."

"Right...I must just be on edge after everything that happened." Erza shook her head. "Let's get going before it gets too late. We still have to make sure all the villagers made it back safely." The others nodded and they started walking back towards the town. Erza looked back at the bushes and narrowed her eyes.

'I could have sworn I sensed something...malicious there. Something was watching us...I'll keep it to myself until I'm certain.' Erza though as she turned away and followed after the others.

When they were out of sight, the bushes rustled again and a woman with silver hair and a large katana strapped to her back stepped out and smile after Erza and the others. "Oh~" She grinned. "She almost got me there. Fairy Tail might be more interesting than I thought."