~*****~

"Will you be good animals and go back to your cages without a fight?" Carousel Guy asks.

"Dude, you don't give the cattle a choice," Jail Guy comments. "You just make 'em do whatever you want."

"What're they yammering about?" Natsu asks.

"I think they just called us cows." I retort.

"We already took their power. So we don't have to handle with care." Jail Guy continues. "If Code EDT pans out like the old man hopes, that just means these eyesores become a waste of space. And if there's one thing we excel at, it's clearing out the clutter. Hope you're ready to meet your maker!"

"Incoming!" Lucy cries as she clutches at my overcoat. My teeth crush the ice diamond in my mouth, surging my body with magical power. My skin coats in the familiar tingle of ice scales before I thrust my hands out, catching the large boat with my claws and sending a surge of ice through it, destroying it completely.

"Where'd that ice come from?!" Jail Guy gasps as the smoke clears. "So, these Earthland freaks use magic like Exceeds do?"

"I thought their item-less magic was nothing but rumors." Carousel Guy comments. "It's truly breathtaking to behold."

"I don't give a damn about the Carousel guy," I snap aggressively. "I want a talk with that freak over there."

"Not by yourself, cause I wanna piece of him too!" Natsu snaps at me, fire swirling around his body. Wings burst from my back, physically ripping my overcoat before I grasp onto Natsu's arm and sling him forward, giving him a boost of power to slug the guy in the face. "Are you ready to give back our friends yet?!" Natsu barks.

"Sorry, that's not my call--" Jail Guy smirks. "Even if it were, it'd take more than that to make me give up on unlimited power. You'll just have to face the facts that your friends are history."

"I don't think you quite understand how relentless we can be." I snap. "I guess we'll just have to keep beatin' the lesson in!" I grasp onto Natsu's scarf and heave him up. "Seriously, you're gonna have to to better that than if you wanna surprise me!"

"I was hoping you'd say that," Jail Guy stated. "Hell Tornado!"

"Oh, that sounds cool," I comment down to Natsu.

We both glance up and gasp. "Oh, hell yeah! That's awesome!" We chirp.

"That coaster's making it's own track as it does!" Natsu cheers. "How cool it that! Aria, fly us up there, I wanna see it!"

"You're not supposed to be happy about it!" Jail Guy complains. "Whatever... Feast your eyes on my command baton, which allows me to control everything in the amusement park from the rollercoasters to the creepy clowns."

I slam my palm onto the coaster as I nears and stop it completely. "Congratulations. One coaster? That's lame."

"I didn't say I just had one coaster, ya lizard freak. I got a whole symphony of hell coasters just waiting for me to guide them to their next victim." Jail Guy explains as three more appear from the skies.

"WHAT'D YOU CALL HER?!" Natsu barks, thrashing around in my grasp.

I whirl around in surprise as they blast all around me, and I only notice Natsu is missing from my grasp when I look down. "When I get out of this thing, you'll be sorry!"

"We take safety seriously, so please keep your limbs and head intact until your life comes to a complete stop. See what I did there" Jail Guy giggles. "The Hell Coasters go ten times faster when I boost their magic power, their crushing speed defeats even the toughest opponents within five minutes." I slap my hand on my face as I avoid yet another coaster. "IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN TEN SECONDS! HOW THE HECK HAVE YOU SURVIVED THIS LONG WHEN A JOYRIDE CAN MAKE YOU HURL!?"

I sling my leg out and crush the coaster sailing towards me before rocketing off to Natsu. I latch my claws onto the side of it and fight back the urge to vomit. "I-- I GOT YOU-- MISS--" I hear Ballad chant as she presses her paws onto my head. "T-TROIA!" My stomach settles immediately as I climb into the cart, my claws trying to pry the hands off of Natsu. Just as I manage to get it a little loose, the cart picks up in speed, shoving me forward.

"Sorry--" I exclaim as my wings retreat back into my body. "Although I'm kinda glad I don't have big boobs, otherwise I'd suffocate ya," I murmur before shaking my head and finally tearing the arms from Natsu as the cart nears the water. I leap off of it with Natsu in hand, my feet landing on the water as it freezes over.

"Is it over?" Natsu gurgles as his face remains in my bust.

"I hope so..." Ballad whines as she tumbles onto his head.

I grumble irritably. "Hey, don't miss the final cut--" Jail Guy chitters as a screen pops up. I grumble louder as a picture of Natsu's face slamming into my chest appears, his cheeks all swelled up with held in vomit and my face contorted in absolute irritation. The Jail Guy just laughs hysterically.

"You enjoying yourself?" I ask irritably.

"So then, how do you like Edolas' magic?" Jail Guy asks as I set Natsu down. "I know, you think it's awesome. Just imagine if we hadn't turned your friends into a Lacrima, one day it would all vanish. Don't even wanna think about it, you know?"

"You do realize that I'm the last person you should be telling this," I comment as I step forward, my feet freezing the entire pond in an instant. "You're gonna sacrifice our friends and destroy the exceeds just so you can keep your little toys around?"

"That about sums it up. Their demise will bring our salvation though everlasting magic--" Jail Guy continues as I stomp forward.

"Shut your mouth, scum." I snap, cutting him off. "All of my friends are still alive in there. You had no right to take them." I stop in front of him. "You'd kill innocent people just because you were scared to lose your magic power." I leap onto the platform he's on. "You don't deserve to have magic power. I don't give a shit if it breaks the very fabric of your society. If it takes innocent lives, I'll make sure you and everyone else who thinks the same know what pain that can bring." I snap as I slam my fists together. The ice behind me cracks in response. "And I'll start by breaking that annoying little baton you've been waving around."

Jail Guy just smirks. "It doesn't matter if you freeze it over or not, everything in this park is under my control." He comments. I vaguely hear Ballad shouting at me to move, and at the last second, I feel a warm body launch over me before I black out, my head aching from the crack it got against the ground.

~*****~

"ARIA! ARE YOU OKAY!? YELL IF YOU'RE DEAD!" I hear Natsu shout. I grimace and rub at my head for a moment before opening my eyes to, well, darkness.

"HOW THE HELL WOULD I YELL IF I WERE DEAD!?" I bellow back.

"OH, GOD, SHE IS DEAD! I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SAVE YOU IN TIME!" Ballad shrieks.

I sigh loudly and start banging on the box I'm in. "You idiots," I call out. "I'm in some weird box, will ya let me out!?"

"Oh--" Natsu hums. "Well, why didn't you say so? Jeez, what are you even doing playing around in this thing, anyway?"

I squint as the box opens, the light burning at my eyes for a moment before I finally see Natsu staring down at me with a very flushed face. "What?" I ask irritably.

"What are you doing wearing a genie outfit?!" Natsu barks at me, his fist slamming over his mouth as I can physically hear his heart start pounding in his chest.

I glance down and hum curiously. "Oh, I am so gonna kill that guy," I growl angrily as I piece two and two together.

"Goodness, he must be a super perv," Ballad states as she flies around, gazing at the very revealing outfit.

Natsu peers past me, his face buried in his scarf before he reads something out, seemingly back to normal. "The complete transformation actor's box. Come with us and enjoy the land of Fairy Tales with some fun and exciting transformations that everyone will enjoy."

"Fun and exciting?" I drone irritably.

"I think this dial on the side controls the costume changes!" Natsu exclaimed.

I hum and glance down at myself before stepping back in. "Turn it, because my overcoat better be in here." I state irritably. I close the door and wait for Natsu to turn the dial. Unfortunately, each outfit seems to be even more ridiculous. Although, I did like seeing Natsu panic each time. Goodness, he can be cute when he's overwhelmed by the 'funny gut' feeling he gets.

"If I don't get my overcoat back, I'm going to destroy that bastard," I snap angrily as I toss the inner tube away from my body.

"Come out, come out wherever you are~ Earthland trash..." I hear Jail Guy's voice.

"Looks like he found us!" Natsu gasped. He suddenly plopped his fist into his hand. "I just figured out how we're gonna beat this guy!"

"I don't like the sound of that." I comment irritably before stepping back in. "Don't turn me into anything dumb, got it?"

~*****~

Although, turns out, I'm not as hot as I thought I was. This guy was totally not into me, even in the cute bikini Natsu got me in. I slapped at Natsu's head once I found him. "YOU TOTALLY HAD ME EMBARRASS MYSELF!" I shout at him.

"But- But- I thought monsters always went for the cute chicks!" Natsu exclaimed as I kept wailing on his head. Jail Guy just laughs. "Guess I'll just have to deal with this the old-fashioned way." Natsu comments after I stop hitting him.

"You wanna throw down with me inside my monster academy?" Jail Guy asks with a laugh. "If you're that ready to take your final breath, I'd be happy to oblige."

"How kind of you. But don't get cocky. I'm ready to check out yet." Natsu grinned.

"Mummy bandage!" Jail Guy exclaims. Natsu and I get bound by the bandages from a monster that pops up at his command. "Every monster inside this academy is a perfect soldier that will follow any order I give 'em. Pretty sweet, huh?"

"You'll have to do better than that." Natsu growls. He lights his entire body on fire. I wince away as the heat coasts over me and I have to physically fight from curling into his side like a moth attracted to a literal flame.

"What? His entire body is on fire--" Jail Guy stammers.

"That's right, bub! Fire Dragon Talon!" Natsu roars as he attacks.

"Franken Knuckle!" Jail Guy shouts. A giant behemoth sails down and lands on Natsu, crushing him into the ground with several hits. I hum in utter adoration as he completely overpowers the large monster in a brilliant show of strength. Oh, yeah. I totally picked the right guy to fawn after. "He's strong enough to beat Frank? Come to me now, Monster Army! Defend your master with your lives!" And just like that, they all do come to his beck and call. "Let's see how you fare when the entire student body wants you in a coffin."

Just as they swarm him, Natsu growls. "My turn." I feel a shiver run up my back as Natsu turns up the heat. The monsters literally high tail it out of there.

"Why are you standing around?!" Jail Guy shouts. "Destroy him! Right now!" They back up, ignoring his order. Jail Guy slings his head back toward Natsu. "I'm freakin' out here--" I hear him stammer. All I can do is stare at Natsu. My face felt aflush with color. "A real monster!"

"It doesn't matter how many times I see it. He just gets cooler and cooler." Ballad hums delicately.

I hum in agreement. "Definitely." I nod. I shake my head. "Wait, what am I doing? You totally stole the show, again!" I bark at Natsu as my skin is once again covered in scales. "Not this time! We do it together from now on!" I shout at him.

"You got it!" Natsu agrees with a wide grin once I take my spot next to him. We rush forward, steam billowing out from our magic intertwining.

"Unison Raid; Steam Engine!" We shout together, cocking our fists back and launching forward. Our magic forms a giant orb of perfectly balance fire and ice magic before steamrolling Jail Guy and some weird blob outside. "So you think I'm a monster, huh?" Natsu shouts.

"Goodness, you sure wrecked the place yet again." I comment as I lean against Natsu's shoulder. "I take no responsibility of this; it was all you."

"Whoa! What the heck is this huge blob?!" Natsu barked, ignoring my teasing.

"You guys always know how to make an entrance!" Lucy exclaims.

I kneel down to the little girl on the ground. "Hey, you okay? You're shakin' like a leaf." I comment as I lean against my palm.

"I hope she's okay," Lucy sighs as she joins us.

"Do you know this girl?" Natsu asks.

"I can't say I really know her." Lucy says.

She begins to sob. "Oh, goodness, seriously, what's wrong?" I plead. "I don't like it when cute kids like you cry-- does your tummy hurt? Ballad knows some healing spells to help you!"

"I don't think that's it," Ballad comments dryly.

The girl on the ground holds out a large ass key. "This key is what he wanted," She sobs. "It'll turn on a machine that will kill all of your friends."

"What'd you say?" Natsu gasped.

"Are you talking about the thing that's gonna make that huge Lacrima crash into Extalia?" Lucy asks. "But what are you doing running around the castle with it like this?"

She shivers as she leans against the ground. "They said we could have everlasting power, but I decided I wanted everlasting peace instead. So please. Please help me destroy it! For good! I'm begging you!"

"So you're saying all we have to do to stop them from smashing that Lacrima is destroy this key?" Lucy asks. "That's amazing!"

"All right, I got this!" Natsu beams.

Just as he holds his hand out, a pink frog slams into it. "WHAT THE--" Lucy and I cry.

The Carousel guy slides right by on his armor, key in hand. "Stop right there, Coco. Even you have better sense than to hand something this important to an enemy of the kingdom. This key belongs to his majesty."

"Sugarboy!" Coco shouts after him.

"He took it--" I stammer.

"Oh, no--" Lucy whines.

"Give it back!" Coco bellows.

"STOP RIGHT THERE, YOU HEAR ME!" I hear Gray shout.

"Of course I hear you. I just don't care." Sugarboy retorts.

"You're only gonna make this worse!" Gray exclaims as he sails over one a cool looking motor bike.

"Gray!" We shout.

"Listen up, you guys. There's no need for you to worry about Mister Big Chin here!" Gray shouts down at us. "This one's all mine! Everything else is up to you!"

"We gotta catch up to him, too!" Natsu exclaims as we try running after him.

"Whatever it takes to get that key back!" Lucy agrees.

We start sinking into the ground. "NOW WHAT?!" Natsu barks.

"This stuff again?!" Lucy whines. "I'm sick of getting stuck in this stuff!"

"This sucks! I can't move my legs!" Natsu complains.

"Meanwhile, I'm totally free to follow after them," I tease as I float overhead with Ballad.

"ARIA! GET US OUT OF HERE!" Natsu bellows.

"YEAH, YA SELFISH JERK!" Lucy shouts.

"Yeah, yeah--" I chortle as I lower down to grasp their hands. "Just hold tight and-- YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" I bellow as we get squished by the giant blob. "GREAT, JUST GREAT, YOU GUYS SUCK!"

"WE SUCK?! YOU TOTALLY TRIED TO LEAVE US!" Natsu barks as he starts digging his knuckles into my head. Lucy starts pulling at me cheeks as we sink further and further into the floor with blobby on top of us.

"YOU JUST HAD TO FLAUNT DIDN'T YOU?!" Lucy cried.

"AT LEAST BALLAD LOOKED SORRY!" Natsu chorused.

"Sorry, everyone..." Ballad whimpers.