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Hey, Readers!!!! Just made the best gingerbread house ever! Or should I say.....gingerbread tardis!!! :D For all you Doctor Who fans, YOUR WELCOME!!!!!!!! Lol Anyhoo, here's Chapter 17, ENJOY!!!!!!!

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Lucy P.O.V

 I looked at the black vortex with fear. Elliot and Louise began to cry in my arms again, and I tried to rock them back to sleep. "Natsu, I don't like this."

"Me neither. We should head back to Fairy Tail. Are you well enough to fly?" He asked me. I nodded and handed him Louise. We both sprouted our wings and began to fly back to Fairy Tail. As we flew over Fiore, I noticed something about the town.

Everything was dying. The once so colorful and bright kingdom was now bleak and filled with no life. Everything was so quiet, like a ghosttown in the west. When we finally reached Fairy Tail, we landed on the ground and walked in the guide. I gasped at what I saw.

I saw almost all of Fairy Tail members wounded badly, moaning in pain. I gasped at the sight, covering my mouth with my one free hand. "What happened?!"

"Dark....Magic..Creatures unknown.." Gray groaned. I rushed by his side. I look to see a giant, deep cut on his chest. "Oh Gray..."

His eyes left my face and stared at something else. "Is that...you're child?"

I looked down at Louise and smiled. "Yeah, she is. This is Louise. I have another child with Natsu named Elliot."

"Congrats, Lucy." He smiled weakly. 

"Where's Juvia?" I asked. His eyes suddenly fell, filled with tears. "She got hit critically. Their trying to do everything they can, but..."

"Oh, no." I gasped, tears filling in my eyes. Juvia was dying. A girl who was would never rest until Gray was hers, and when she finally accomplished it, she became even stronger. I could never imagine her actually dying. "She's going to be alright." I whispered, squeezing his hand. I could hear Natsu's footsteps walking behind me, placing his hand on my shoulder. Gray fixed his eyes and smiled. "Congrats man. You're finally a dad."

I looked up to see a tear fall down Natsu's face. "I'm so sorry, man."

"I've dealt with worse stuff than this." He smirked. He winced in even more pain, and soon fell to sleep. Wendy, who was only slightly bruised, came up and gasped. "You had your babies!" 

I nodded. "Elliot and Louise."

"I should examine them, since you didn't give birth in a hospital." She took the twins away from me and into another room. The minute they left my arms, I kind of felt...empty. I guess that's the price of becoming a mother. I turned around to see Natsu storming off into another room. Curious, I followed him. He suddenly slammed the door behind me, startling me. "Natsu?" I slightly open the door to see him punching glass, his knuckles turning bloody. "Natsu!" I screamed. I ran up to him and grabbed his arms. He tried to fight it off, but I've done this several times where I can defeat his strength. "Why? Why are you hurting youself!"

"Because I deserve it!" He cried. I looked at him with confusion, words not able to describe how I was feeling. "I made them go out to the castle, and look at all this! They're in critical condition, almost to the brink of death!" I could see that his face was hurt emotionaly. I gently touched his face and said, "You didn't make them go."

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"They went on their own will. They new that a friend was in need, so they helped. If it wasn't for them, I doubt me nor the kids would've survived."

His face softened with a slight smile. "How do you know exactly what to say when I'm feeling down?"

"Because I'm you wife." I smiled.  "And because I love you so much."  I got on the tip of my toes and gently gave Natsu a kiss. I could feel his hands around my waist, and I placed my hands over his. We haven't kissed  like this in a while, and this was just perfect. I pulled away and whispered, "I don't want this to end."

"Me neither." I whispered back. Our little momment was interrupted by a flash of lightning and the rumble of thunder. We looked down the window to see the land even worse. "You know we have to do something." I sighed.

"Well of course." He smirked, squeezing my hand the tightest he's ever squeezed before. "We are Fairy Tail, after all."

Natsu P.O.V

"Who's well enough to fight?" I asked Lucy.

"By the looks of it, Ezra, Gajeel, and Wendy sustained minor injuries. But Wendy has to stay to heal all the wounded members." She reported.

"So that leaves only four." I sighed.

"Make that five." We suddenly heard a familiar laugh. We turned around to see Gajeel, who only had a bandaid wrapped around his arm. 

"But what about Levy-chan? and Isis-chan?" Lucy asked with worry.

For the first time I've ever met Gajeel, I saw a gentle smile cross his face. "I want to make this place a better place for my wife and daughter. I expect you want the same for your wife and kids, Dragneel."

I looked over at my wife and smiled. "Yes, yes I do." I gently kissed her forehead, making her blush a deep red. "N-N-Natsu!"

"You're embarrased to be kissed by your husband?" I asked her with a fake shocked expression.

"..No.." She pouted. I chuckled and ruffled her hair. She giggled. "Natsu! Lucy!" I suddenly heard Wendy call out from the other side of the room. We see her holding Elliot and Louise, so we rush by her side. "What is it? Is there something wrong with the twins? Are they ill?" Lucy asked frantically.

"They very much healthy." The twelve year old Dragon Slayer grinned. She me Louse and Lucy Elliot.  Louse began to giggle at the sight of my face. "Hey there, baby girl." I gave her a kiss on her forehead, and she giggled. "Does Louise like Papa?" Lucy smiled, and I smiled at her back. "Mama and I have to leave for a while. But we'll be back, okay?" I could see Louise's eyes sparkle, as if she knew we'd come back. "Can you say bye bye to Papa, Ellie?" Lucy cooed.

"Ellie?" I asked.

"It's a cute name." She said in defense. We handed the twins back to Wendy. "I'll take good care of them." Wendy said with assurance, and then walked away. I looked over at Lucy, and she was filled with tears. "I don't want to leave them." She whispered.

"I know." I said, wrapping my arm around her. "I don't want to leave them, either."

After a touching moment, Lucy wiped her tears away. "I'm ready."

"We're ready too!" Ezra called out with Gajeel. 

"Alright, then. Let's head out!" I cried. When we stepped outside Fairy Tail, we weren't the only ones outside.

In front of us were almost an army of what seemed like....angels. Angels in suits of armor. And in the front were two very familiar people.

Lucy's mothers.

"Okaa-san! Mama!" Lucy cried with joy. She ran up to them and hugged them both. "Hello, Atsuko." Yuki greeted.

"Good to see you too, Lucy." Layla smiled.

"You guys are here for the...war, right?" She asked.

Both of them nodded. They turned to teh army of thousands of angels and yelled in unison, "WE ARE TO VANQUISH THE DARK ANGELS!"

They all roared in agreement. "Well, at least we got back up." I smiled at Lucy, sprouting my red and yellow wings. Lucy smiled back, sprouting her blue and white wings. "Shall we?"

I nodded. "Lets." And at that moment, we hit the skies, along with Ezra, Gajeel, Lucy's mothers, and the thousands of angels.

Anastasia P.O.V

Boy, did I love power.

I stood on the terrace, watching my dream kingdom finally become one. Everything was so dark, and cold, while my brothers and sisters flew the skies, reacking havoc.

It was like Santa gave me an early Christmas present!

Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me. I turned to see my older sister, Alexandra, giving me a shocked look on her face. "What...what have you done?"

"Don't you love it! All the power is now ours! Soon, the whole world will be in the palm of our hands!" I laughed.

"STOP IT!" Abegail suddenly cried behind Alexandra. I was confused as I saw my sisters crying out of fear. "Isn't this what you want?" I asked.

"We didn't want our little sister to die by your hand!" Abegail cried. "We didn't our beautiful kingdom that Father passed down to turn into a waste land! YOU'RE A MONSTER!"

A......monster? My own sisters thought I was a monster?

Well, isn't that too bad for them.

Using my new Dark Angel magic, I blasted two dark orbs at them. The minute they made contact, they fell to the ground, motionless.

"I'm not the same little princess anymore." I growled at my dead sisters.

Suddenly, one of the Dark Angels came up to me. Just like the rest of them, she had long black hair and wore black armor. "I've got a message from the border."

"What is it?" I asked.

"An army of Light Angels  have been spotted and are heading our way. THey seem to be lead by a man and a woman."

That caught my attention. Anger began to flare as a thought appeared in my head. "Is the woman a blonde?"

"Yes. And the man has a pink hair."

So it's them, I thought in my head. I squeezed on to the railing. "Get all the soldiers ready for battle. I want every single person on the oposing side to spill blood!" I roared.

The Dark Angel soluted, then flew off. 

The battle has now begun. And this battle shall decide who is really worthy to walk this Earth! I shouted in my head.

"And this I swear." I muttered.