Chapter 25: Mirrored, Edolas
Ben was in an unfamiliar land, yet again for the... I can't remember how many places he's appeared and in the one writing these things.
He had taken to the skies with Astrodactyl's wings and saw a town nearby. He flew down and retracted his wings then walked around.
"What is this place exactly? It seems like earthland but it's much different" he said. Then spotted a familiar face, it was Lucy, but she looked a little different. For one she was wearing a lot of punk goth clothes and she gave off a bad girl vibe. "Can't be sure if that is her so I'm just gonna fallow" he said turning invisible and flew above Lucy.
And this time he hadn't been using Chamalien's camouflage. After fallowing he found the fairy tail guild again. Sort of... it was inside a giant plant stalk, "this must be an alternate world and that is an alternate Lucy" he said. Then used Big Chill's intangibility to phase through into the place.
And what saw... kinda shocked him, he saw Cana in a cute dress not drinking, a very weak looking Elfman, Gray wearing who knows how many layers of clothes. 'This is just... wrong' he thought, Ben then saw a girl who looked familiar but not. Short bob cut white hair, "it it can't be, that looks like Lisanna, Elfman and Mira's sister" he said stunned. He used Brainstorm and read her mind, she was not an Edolas double, she was the actual Lisanna from Earthland. 'Not sure how she got here but I bet Natsu would be shocked to see her' he thought.
Then there was someone he knew all to well.
A dude with silver white hair, red eyes, and a red jacket. "Albedo" Ben said, he then floated down avoiding any form of physical contact. "Albedo, Any news on alternative energy, we're running low here" Lucy said.
"I'm working on it Lucy, for crying out loud can you please give me a break. I have been working on this since I got to this world. I'm just glad that Tennyson isn't here, if he found out I'm doing something virtuous like making alternative fuel he wouldn't let me live it down" the albino said.
"Say what now!?" Ben yelled aloud, that had been everyone who panicked when they heard his voice. But Albedo had looked in his direction, "Tennyson, I see you did make it to this world" he said. Ben turned visible and landed, "yes and looks like you survived my old world's apocalypse as well" Ben said.
"Yes, and also you can forget trying to fight me, I have nothing to gain, what with this world's insignificant technology I have no ability to make my galvanic form my permanent form" Albedo said. "So this was the guy you were talking about?" "Ben Tennyson" "he looked like Albedo just reversed colored".
"Any way where am I?" He asked, "Edolas, the opposite of Earth land," Albedo said. "Also my version of Fairy tail was sucked into a portal to here and when I woke up I found myself surrounded by these weird blue crystals" Ben said taking a shard he kept out of his pockets. Albedo took it and examined it in his galvan transformation, "Levy I'm afraid its what you feared, the king has been opening portals to earthland to steal its magic. But its much worse" Albedo said.
"How can it get any worse?" levy asked, "for one thing, these crystals are Lacrima shells, other than stealing magic energy from the world Ben is now native to they are also cocooning the denizens of that world up in Lacrima" the galvan said returning to human.
"What!? BUT WHY IS HE DOING THAT!?" Elfman screamed out of fear. "Yup this is totally a mirror world" Ben said "oh your elfman isn't a coward?" Albedo asked. "Far from it, in fact my world's Elfman is big brawny and macho" Ben said, "and my world's Cana doesn't act cute in fact she drinks her self often. She even drinks out of the barrel" ben said.
"And don't even get me started on Gray" "what does my other self do!? The Edolas Gray asked. "Let's see this" Ben then projected a video from is Omnitrix showing what Earthland Gray's problem, he he.
"Gray your clothes!" Cana said, "Gray your clothes" Lucy said, "Gray clothes" "Gray Clothes" "Gray put some clothes on"
The Edolas Gray had a mortified look on his face, "I... I stripped!?" He yelped. "Yup at the guild we can't call it a day without you stripping to your skivvies" ben said. The present Edolas members laughed, Edolas Gray on the other hand screamed and ran off.
"Also Tennyso... Ben, since I have been here I seem to lost the desire to beat you. Even now that I am talking to you face to face I no longer want to fight and am quite comfortable in my new human form" Albedo said. "So let's call this being temporary allies, if I see your family anywhere I will notify you" he added.
Ben had a skeptical look, but shook his hand "okay, we'll be temporary allies until I get home, deal?" Ben said. "Deal" Albedo said, Ben turned into Omni then sped outside.
Time skip: Ben is now flying around Edolas.
He's been trying for almost a day to find his Fairy tail, he landed next to a nearby saloon. After going in he found a familiar face, "hey" he said, to who was a tall tan dude with black shaggy hair and piercings. "Hey" he replied? Another man with a similar appearance sat next to them.
"Greetings" he said, "any one know anyone named Gajeel?" Ben asked, "hey Ben" the iron dragon slayer said. "How did you know my name" the other guy asked, "gajeel, funny fact we are in an alternate world like where I'm from. Except this is a parallel mirrored world of your's" the shapeshifter explained.
"So" Earthland Gajeel said, "let me guess I'm his counter part? And opposite him" the Edolas Gajeel said. Ben nodded, "what no way this guy is me!" Gajeel said indignantly.
"Like he said opposite you" Edolas Gajeel inquired, Earthland Gajeel grunted. Ben gave him a communicator to keep in touch, "okay, one member down, about who knows how many more to go" Ben said flying off.
He then saw a large dragon like creature flying along and it looked like it was heading straight for the Edolas fairy tail guild. "Not good, I better tell Albedo" Ben said "albedo there's a large creature coming your way, it's got large horns, four legs huge wings" Ben described.
"It wouldn't happen to be blue and has someone riding on its back does it?" The double asked, Ben used Kicken Hawk's eyes to get a better view and had indeed saw someone on its back. The person was female and had red hair, "yeah, I think it's the Edolas version of Erza" Ben said.
He then heard Albedo scream on his end, "GET HER AWAY THATS ERZA KNIGHT WALKER, SHE MAY BE SOME ONE ELSE IN EARTHLAND BUT THE EDOLAS VERSION IS AN ENEMY MERCILESS AND KILLER" Albedo screamed.
"I better take care of it then, no one hurts fairy tail" Ben said "the one from this world and all others" he then flew to the Edolas Erza. He turned into Omni and grew to seventh feet tall, "hey red head" Ben tainted she turned to see a giant fist strike her legion. That was the creature's name, "how dare you attack me, I am Erza knightwalker, if any dares to challenge me they will suffer the consequences" she said.
"Sorry but I have a few friends I would prefer to keep safe... huh?" He then spotted a few figures on the creature's back. They were Natsu and Wendy, the ones from earthland, "Natsu, Wendy, grrr GIVE THEM BACK!!!" He roared grabbing the two. She stabbed him with her spear "OW!!! oh that's it you may be an Erza, but the Erza I know i will anger hurt" Ben said raising his fist and striking the creature in the head.
It dodged and smacked Ben into a nearby cliff and he fell onto an island. He sat there for a while out cold, "Erza... I'm... sorry..." he said before knocking out.
After regaining consciousness he flew up to look again, "I'm getting concussions a lot today" he said then flew off. Still looking his Omnitrix beeped, "hello?" He answered "Ben? Oh thank god we found you" Lucy's voice said. Earthland Lucy, "Lucy, the Lucy? Oh am I ever glad to hear your voice, you should really see the Edolas you" Ben's Said.
"I know I've met Lucy Ashley" The blonde said, "oh okay, well where are you?" He asked. "Head to the castle, they're holding Natsu and Wendy prisoner along with Gwen and your grandmother" Lucy said. Ben went wide eyed then had a serious look, at super sonic speeds he charged to the castle in Edolas.
Once there he crashed through the roof and into a large maze underground. "Where. ARE THEY!!!!!!" Ben roared as he ran through the maze, he knocked down any guard he could find. Trample anyone who stood between him and his family.
He finally found his cousins and grandmother locked on some sort of binding. And it was absorbing their mana, "GWEN GRANDMA!!!" Ben yelled "don't worry I'll get you out" he said before pulling Gwen's shackle off.
"Ben? Oh thank god" Gwen said, "it would be most appreciated if you let us out" Verdona said. Ben had kept pulling until a voice rang out, he turned to see Natsu, but he was wearing a driver themed suit. And was shivering in fear, "uh Natsu?" Ben asked, "Oh you must be... the guy... Albedo... was talking about" he said shivering.
"Wow you are so the opposite of my Natsu" Ben said, "not cool" the Edolas double said crying. "Never mind just help me get my grandmother and Cousin out of these chains" the shapeshifter ordered and Edolas Natsu helped get them down.
They then ran through the maze and found more of Ben's fairy Tail, regular Named Gray, his sweet Erza, the regular old cocky Natsu and Wendy.
"Guys am I glad o see you and something regular for once, I mean this place is all kinds of backwards" Ben said. "Yeah we know, any way we have to save the rest of the guild, their on a large floating rock lined with Lacrima" Lucy said. "Lacrima? Wait" Ben said thinking, "Gwen, grandma what were they trying to do to you?" He asked.
"They were absorbing our Mana, why?" Gwen asked, "Erza can Lacrima energy be absorbed?" Ben asked his girlfriend. "Yes why?" She said, "wait, the lacrima around me, the reason grandma and Gwen were being absorbed" Ben then went wide eyed, "that's it it all fits" he then activated the Omnitrix and called albedo. "What is it Ben?" The double asked, "Albedo I know why their turning the Earthland Fairy tail into Lacrima, their planning to absorb the magic from the citizens" Ben said.
Everyone gasped, "what!? That's outrageous, possible but outrageous" Albedo said. "We have to put an end to this" Ben said all of a sudden Erza Knightwalker showed up, along with a couple more people.
"Well looks like you survived the fall" she said, Ben turned into Omni "stay back knightwalker, take one step closer and this whole place turns to ashes" Ben warned turning his arms into Atomix's.
"You wouldn't hurt me, especially since I know you love me, at least that me" she said pointing to Erza scarlet. Ben grunted in frustration, "that may be true, I wouldn't hurt Erza, but that doesn't mean she can't hurt you" he said. Omni's body then turned tar black with green lines and he merged with Erza's armor again.
"Okay let's do this" he said, "I'll gladly oblige" Both Erzas said. They charged at each other, however Scarlett's Galvanic mechamorph infused armor proved to be more superior compared to Knightwalker's. "Impossible" Edolas Erza said throwing a sword at Erza Scarlet only to have Ben blast a laser beam at it.
"Like that's gonna stop us" Ben said, "yes, me and Ben are bonded together both literally and figuratively" Erza said. "We are stronger together than apart, and if you wish to stop us, then good luck".
Erza Knightwalker grunted and attacked again, Ben had turned Erza's left arm into Diamond Head's and deflected the double's onslaught.
The three had been fighting for a while now that Erza scarlet was running low on Magic. "Ben I can't keep this up much longer" Scarlet warned, "like I don't know that, hey wait, Albedo!?" Ben said. His double had swooped in and kicked Erza Knightwalker in the head as Fast track.
"Woah nice one Albedo" Ben cheered when Erza had un quipped back into her Heart Kruz armor. "I have to get back to the others" Albedo said before turning into Feedback and absorbed most of the energy out of Erza Knightwalker. "I only came to help, but now I shall help my Fairy Tail, oddly enough I picked up your virtues" he said.
"Well what are you waiting for? don't leaver them hanging" Ben said, the double turned into Astrodactyl and flew off. That however when Knightwalker woke up and charged Ben. The shapeshifter had been in human form after in merging with Erza's armor.
He dodged the Edolas Erza's attack but something fell out of his pocket. It was the ring he had from the flower viewing, "no!!!!" He said trying to grab it before it fell off. But he turned back to help Erza, he saw that his girlfriend was fighting with he double.
"Go help the others, I can manage this" she said, Ben was about to argue, then reluctantly nodded and flew after the others. He found a large mass of land floating with Lacrima littering it, "gotta be them" he said flying down
After landing he saw a cat like creature similar to Happy and Carla. Lying motionless next to the Lacrima.
Only more intimidating. "I guess this is where Happy is from" he said looking at it.
A loud rumble emanated, he looked off the side of the floating rock with Lacrima crystals on it to see that it was heading straight for another land mass.
"Uh problem, LAND MASS COLLISION!!!!" Ben yelled, he then grew to the size of Ultimate Way Big "GO BIG OR GO HOME!!!" Ben yelled getting in front of the land mass and stopping it from slamming into the other one.
"Now where are they?" Be asked himself when he saw the fairy tail of Edolas facing off against the royal knights. Ben smirked then stepped in, literally, he stepped between the two groups. "Okay knight boys, make one move and you'll be in a lot of trouble" Ben warned.
One accidentally blinked "blinking counts as moving" the alien said and blasted them with ice breath. "Nice save" both Lucy's said, "yeah SERIOUSLY WHAT'S WITH YOUR CLOTHES TAKE SOME OFF/YOU PUT SOME ON!!!" The Grays said.
"Ben you need to help Natsu Gajeel and Wendy, they're over there" Gray said pointing to flashing lights. "On it" the shapeshifter took tot he skies again and moved to the lights, he saw the three of them facing off against a large dragon like mecha. "Well that's not the weirdest thing I've seen, may be cool" he said landing between then.
"But it is up there", the dragon like entity looked towards the colossal alien, "and what are you? You look like those take overs Albedo turns into" the entity said. "Looks like your the one run in g these operations, well sorry because it's time for Ben 10 to take you down" he said going into a fighting stance. Natsu and Gajeel leaped onto his shoulders, if Ben's fighting so are we" Natsu declared.
"Same here" Gajeel said, Wendy then climbed to the top of his head, yeah no one hurts our friends or family" she said. She used her magic and managed to boost Natsu, Gajeel and Ben's power, "hey thanks for the boost Wendy" Ben said then charged at the mechanical dragon.
"Like that's gonna stop me" the dragon robot said, the two clashed fists little to say the mechanical one was starting to crack. "Coming undone are we?" Ben asked, "what!? How can you break through this armor!?" It asked. "This thing was constructed to absorb magic", Ben smirked then turned his arm into Armadrillo's "fun fact my powers don't require Magic!" He said before landing a blow on its stomach area.
Gajeel, Natsu and Wendy blasted it with a combined Fire/iron/sky dragon roar. The mech got knocked back and Ben took an adventage, "take this" he said before jumping up "ATOMIC TAKE DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!" His right arm turned into Atomix's and he struck the mechanical monster in the back.
"How... how could I be beaten by a couple of no body's from earth land" the dragon mech said. "Simple" Ben said reverting back to human and going into his dragon slayer form. "You underestimated and harmed the fairy tail guild and it's wizards, now you are going to pay the price" he said.
Ben had ordered them to line up "okay Wendy roar at us with everything you've got, you got that?" Ben asked her, she nodded "right". "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" The dragon mech yelled, once Wendy was done charging up her roar, with some help from Ben blasting his own wind at her for Wendy to eat. The sky dragon unleashed an unmatchable torrent of wild winds launching the three dragons slayers at the robot.
"Okay Gajeel, create a large iron spear, Natsu grab the back of the tip and Enflame it" Ben ordered. The two did as told and created a flaming iron spear tip, "good now stay there" he added. Ben then charged up something powerful, "you can attack my pride... You can attack my belongings, you can even attack me... But If You Ever Harm My Family" he then let it have it.
"THEN YOU JUST DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE!!!!" The alien dragon king had released a powerful torrent of emerald colored energy. Combined with the spinning rotation of Wendy's tornado roar, Gajeel's iron tip and Natsu's flames. It created an extremely powerful not to mention deadly projectile weapon.
"DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART, DRAGONS COMBINE POWER DRAGON KING BLAZING SPIRAL SPEARTIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The king dragon had shot the projectile through the robot armor like it was nothing. "Earthland, one hundred, Good Edolas Fifty, Bad Edolas, zero" Ben said with a satisfied smirk.
Later on he had been on the same platform where he and Erza were fighting her counter part. He was looking for the ring he had, "dang it where did it go?" He asked, "looking for something?" A voice asked. Ben turned to see Erza Knightwalker walking towards him, "what do you want!?" He said turning his arm into Rath's.
"I don't come to fight, I came to talk" she said, "what?" Ben asked. The double didn't say anything, merely she walked up to him, "let's just say that I've reasoned with myself a little" she said.
Ben had used telepathy to actually get an answer, say no more his Erza managed to talk and reason with Edolas Erza. "Well, okay, if you need me I'm looking for something, something important" Ben said searching around the ground.
"I have something that may be if interest to you if you do something for me" Edolas Erza said. Ben looked back and walked up to her, "and that would be?" He asked. Before he knew it Edolas Erza had grabbed the back of his head and forcefully kissed him on the lips.
Try as he might he couldn't pull away, she had the same strength as his Erza and like with her he couldn't pull away either. A few seconds had gone by and he stopped fighting, then she let go "a... And what was t-that for!?" He yelped in surprise. Erza Knightwalker just smiled, "now I can see what she sees in you, other than that good looking face you do indeed love her the same way she loves you" she said.
"Any way I found this while fighting, saw the symbol and inscription and knew it was you" she said tossing something to the shapeshifter. He grabbed it and saw that it was his ring, "thanks" he said, "just do me a favor" Edolas Erza said. "Make sure... you propose soon" she said then walked off, Ben sighed, "don't worry I will" then sped in front of her.
"I can promise you that" he said then kissed her as pay back, "just a bit of pay back" he said before flying off. "Yup, now I wish I had one" she said, out of nowhere Albedo fell out of the sky, "cursed Juvia, kicked me in the posterior then lets me fall like that" he said.
Then found himself looking at Erza Knightwalker, she smirked and purred, "hey there" she said then grabbed his wrist. "Uh" Albedo tried to speak before she leaned in close, "your different but the same, I think I might get used to this" she said.
"Oh dear" Albedo whimpered.
Time skip
Back in earth land, the gang present had landed in some type of swamp land. And Ben had landed first, "seriously why am I always on the bottom?" He asked. "Well at least you made a soft landing" Lucy said, "didn't mean it was right to land on me" He retorted.
Natsu looked like he was gonna puke, then grinned "WE'RE BACK EVERYBODY!!!!!" He yelled out of joy. The rest had been just as happy to be back.
"Look everything's back to normal" Natsu said, "there's Magnolia" Lucy said. "And there's the plumber station Gramps asked Grandpa max to build" Ben said pointing to it. "What the master thought it'd be a good idea" he said awkwardly when they looked at him funny.
"Still let's not get ahead of ourselves" Erza said. "Good point honey, let's just take it cautiously for now" Ben said. "Don't worry about your friends, they're doing great" a voice said. The group looked up to see multiple exceeds, that's what Happy and Carla are, flying above them.
Everyone present had surprised looks on their faces. Ben was just confused "okay what happened!?" He asked "and don't leave out any details. A voice then rang out above them.
"COME ON!!!! GIVE ME A BREAK HERE!!!!" It said. By the way that's me talking, "huh who's that?" Natsu asked, I then flew down in Humatrix Form "hi there just wanted to say hello and just going to skip over this scene, sorry audience but my hands are cramping up" I said then grabbed the bottom right corner of the screen then pulled it and new scene!
As it turned out the exceeds and shipped their young off here to scout for areas to open up Anima or the portals that sucked Magnolia into it. Ben facepalmed, "you sent your kids to another world with no concerns for safety?" He said irritably.
"That would be in my behalf, and I admit that was a stupid idea" a female Exceed said who looked like Carla. 'Found her mom' he thought then saw two next to happy and no doubt 'and Found Happy's family to'.
Happy was copying his father, Natsu and gray were copying another's weird hand waving thing.
Then another exceed with an all to familiar face sniffed Erza. Ben then... scene is too graphic to be read please forgive this censorship of Ben's admittedly funny but very graphic violent outburst...
We now see that exceed laying on the ground motionless and in pain. "Ben is really protective of Erza isn't he?" Lucy said, "remind me never to hit on Erza" Gray said out of fear. "Why would you she's..." Lucy's no gray put their hands over his mouth. "Are you trying to kill us, if Ben or Erza hear us saying bad opinions at each other" the dragon slayer got a very terrifying thought and shut up.
The exceeds then flew off to find a new life for themselves. Ow everyone was copying the arm wavy thing "great now we've got it" Ben retorted unable to stop shaking his arm. "Aw come it's fun" Natsu said, Ben then let his hand do the work and pound the snot out of the two "hey this is fun" he said.
The next thing any knows that cat person Ben found had arrived, but now much shorter, but intimidating no less. And he brought Lisanna with him, "oh boy" Ben said.
Mira and Elfman had went to the cemetery, to visit the grave of Lisanna. The two were still sad about losing their Youngest sibling. That was until they heard a familiar call.
Looking to its source they found their long dead baby sister running to them. Overwhelmed with happiness neither wasted any breath embracing each other.
Nearby Ben had been standing behind a grave. Smiling at them, a tear running down one eye, "since it happened to me, I can't help but feel happy for them. A family torn apart is now reforged" he said.
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