Ice Dragon Slayer/Chapter 12: Black Fairy

----"The world of Edolas is different from our own." Carla explained. "Over there, magic has begun to run out."
"They're running out of magic?" Harrison asked. "How?"
"In Edolas, magic is a finite resource." The white cat explained. "As they use it, it becomes harder and harder to obtain. And now it's on the verge of disappearing. So the king came up with an idea; he would siphon magic power from another world, our world. He created a spell called Anima, and that is what opened the hole in the sky."
"The plan was hatched six years, and it caused Anima to appear along the borders of the world's. But something was wrong; someone was working to close all the Anima." She added before thinking of something. 'When I heard about Jellal... no, Mystogan from Wendy, I couldn't believe it but I suspect it's his doing.' "But this anima was just too big, and therefore uncloseable. So the guild and everything around it was sucked up."
"Okay, so why take our friends?" Natsu asked.
"Like I said, Edolas needs magic power." The cat repeated.
"And our guild has a lot of powerful wizards." Drake noted.
"Indeed..." Carla nodded.
"That's a damn selfish move!" Natsu shouted to the sky. "Give me back my friends, ya jerks!"
"Would you mind letting me go?" Harrison asked. 
"...Is it true Carla?" Happy finally spoke up. "Did the three of us cause this?"
"Indirectly." Carla nodded. "The three of us were sent her by the king of Edolas with another mission in mind. Something completely independent of the Anima."
"But you were born here, hatched out of an egg!" Wendy shouted.
"The same with Happy!" Natsu added.
"Correct, I've never set foot in Edolas. All three of us were born and raised here. But our minds were imprinted with knowledge of both Edolas and our mission. We should know everything about the, since our birth. We were born to carry out this mission for our kingdom!" She turned around and faced Harrison and Happy. "So why don't you two know anything!?"
"Huh?" Harrison asked, pulling his head out of the ground. "Know what?"
"Carla... what's our mission?" Happy asked.
"It doesn't matter what it is." The white cat answered. "As long as we came from Edolas, this matter is our fault."
"Please, tell me." Happy begged. "I wanna know who I really am."
"Both of you figure it out yourselves!" Carla shouted.
After a few moments of silence, Natsu let out a sigh. "Okay, now that the cats been let out of the bag, we gotta move. If we wanna save our friends, we gotta follow them."
"Have you lost what's left of your mind!?" Carla asked.
"Nope." Natsu said matter of fact, looking up to the sky. "All of our friends are in Edolas, so if we're going to save them, which we are, that's where we're going."
"Natsu..." Happy mumbled before his stomach growled. "I'm scared."
"You guys can go if you want, I'm out." Harrison said, walking away. "I don't have a reason to-"
"I'll pay the bounty you have on me if you help." Drake told the cat.
"You got a deal." Harrison zoomed back to his feet, standing at attention.
"Do you think there right, Carla?" Wendy asked.
"I suppose... They're in Edolas, but I have no way of knowing if we can save them, let alone how. On top of that, I'm not sure we can ever return." Carla said.
"Oh, well." Natsu said back. "If my friends aren't here, then what's the point of staying here? ...other than looking for Igneel."
"Right." Wendy agreed.
"We should try to save everyone, right?" Happy asked as his stomach growled again.
"How long are you going to do that?" Harrison questioned, annoyed.
"...Someway or another, I've become a member of Fairy Tail." Carla spoke up. "And I am responsible for this, so I'm not opposed to this. But if I do this, you must promise me several things. I'm returning to Edolas, and am therefore abandoning my mission. I cannot be spotted, so we must go in disguise."
"It's not the first time I've done this." Drake said.
"You sure about this?" Wendy asked.
"I have, and I made up my mind." The white cat told her before turning to Happy and Slate. "Another rule, you are not to ask me about our mission. Third, I don't have any knowledge of Edolas other than what I already have, so I cannot guild you." She told everyone. "And finally, if any of us do something that classifies as treason, kill us."
The Slayers started at her as Happys stomach growled. "Why are you looking at me when you say that?" Slate asked.
The humans gave a quick nod as the cats sprouted their wings. "Let's go. Tomcats, you grab on to the boys." Carla told them.
"We're gonna fly there?" Wendy asked.
"That's what our wings are for." The white cat answered. "To return home."
"Alright, then. Let's go see Happy's home!" Natsu cheered.
"...Aye!" The blue cat cheered as the two cat members grabbed their partners.
"Isn't there a portal closer to the ground?" Drake asked.
"We don't have time to search for one!" Natsu shouted. "Let's go!" The fire and sky Slayers took off into the sky aimed at the hole in the sky.
"I'm not liking this." Drake admitted. looked over his shoulder to find Harrison carrying him. "Put me down, right now!"
"You sure about that?" The cat asked, pointing down.
Drake looked down. "Never mind."
The other four looked over at each other confused until Happy turned to him. "Are you... scared of heights?"
"I'd prefer to be on solid ground to be honest."
"Stop fooling around!" Carla shouted. "Both of you! Don't hold back any power!"
"Right!/Aye!" The other cats let lose their power.
"We can get through to Edolas through what's left of the Anima!" Carla explained. "On my que, give it everything you've got! Now!" The cats hit Mach 1 and flew the remnants of the portal, carrying their cargo. In a grand flash of light, the last of Fairy Tail plus one went into the new world.
----"Are we there yet?" Natsu asked as opened his eyes and found himself in the world of Edolas. It was like a place that belonged in a story book. Islands floated around them as streams poured off the land. Giant plants and fungi decorated the ground as fish like birds danced across the sky.
"This is Edolas..." Carla mumbled in amazement. "So strange and wondrous..."
"This is my home..." Happy added.
"I've never seen trees like this!" Wendy shouted, pointing down.
"Wow, that's floating river!" Natsu observed. "Can you believe it?!"
"Can we get onto the ground please?" Drake asked.
"That...won't be a issue."
"Why?" Drake asked.
"Cause our wings just disappeared!" The cat shouted back. Sure enough, all six wings vanished and they fell to the ground. The mushrooms underneath them saved them from certain death as Natsu landed face first into it. "Okay, what gives? Why can't we fly?"
"I told you: Magic is a limited resource in Edolas." Carla explained as she was stuck halfway into the fungus.
"Oh yeah, and I bet that's why I feel kinda strange." Wendy added as Drake yanked Natsu out of the fungus.
"Okay, let's get looking!" Natsu cheered.
"Will you get off me?" Drake begged. "So how are we supposed to find the others."
"Duh, we just follow our noses." Natsu declared, taking a sniff. "Well, this is bad. This place is filled with so many new smells that I can't make heads or tails of it." Wendy tasted the air and found it was similar. "Wonder what the fire tastes like..."
"Focus please. We really don't have time to waste." He took the lead.
"What's up with him?" Harrison asked Happy.
"It's complicated." The blue cat answered before going into more detail.
"Wow, that's a messed up life." The brown cat said. "So, he's keeping a promise to the guy who took him and his friend in, only be dead because of him? Pretty noble." He looked down and noticed they were on a bridge made out of a mushroom. "So, where are we going?"
"Not here." Drake sighed. "Might as well check another area."
"That make sense." Carla agreed. Seconds later, Happy's stomach growled. "Stop that!"
"There's no one here." Wendy observed.
"Then we move on." 
"Is it some kind of forest world?" Happy asked.
"Surely not." Carla told her. "We'll still need disguises of some kind."
"Made out of what?" Harrison asked. "There are only plants around here."
Natsu smirked before grabbing them and shoving them into plant made clothing. "I just had to open my mouth, didn't I?"
"Unbelievable." Drake sweat dropped.
Natsu took point and lead them into the forest. "I don't know what it is I'm supposed to be disguised as." Happy, looking like a walking bush, said.
"What's the big deal?" Natsu asked back. "You look like a thing that doesn't look like Happy. No one's going recognize us, so just relax."
"This is the most humiliating thing I've done for money." Harrison said as Wendy turned red in embarrassment.
"Fashion sense aside, I do feel a bit more at ease." Carla said.
"Not me. It's hot and itchy in this thing." Happy complained. "I think I'm allergic to it."
"Please, try to toughen up, tomcat." Carla told him.
They reached and edge and found themselves staring at the floating river Natsu saw. Happy's stomach growled at the thought of fish. "There's a man over there." Wendy pointed out.
"Must be an Edolas native." Carla surmised.
"Well, he looks normal." Wendy added.
"Did you expect three heads?" Harrison asked.
"He's got the right idea." Happy mumbled, looking at the fishing rod. "We should be fishing right now."
"Hey, where's Natsu?" Wendy asked.
"I'm here." Natsu said from behind.
"Excuse me." The five looked to see Drake walking up from behind, scaring the fisherman. "I've got some questions for you."
"What is he doing!?" Carla asked.
"Blowing our cover." Harrison said.
"Have you seen-" He started before the fisherman took off. "Wait!"
"You idiot!" Carla shouted as the five approached him. "You walked up to someone minding their own business, dressed in that ridiculous outfit, and then you start talking about your friend! What was he supposed to do!?"
"Don't start with me." He growled.
"It was an honest mistake." Wendy defended him.
"Listen, if that man reports us to the authorities, we're through!" She shouted back.
"So we need to shed this then." Harrison said as he took off his look.
The others followed suit and removed the bad cameo before walking across a river on a log. "Now we have more of a reason to hurry and find them!" Carla scolded the Dragon Slayer.
"This is so much better." Happy cheered. "But why did that guy have to take his fishing pole? I'm hungry."
"Not my concern. I want to find Sarah and return home."
"Do you guys hear that?" Harrison asked.
"Is it another fishermen? I bet he'll know something." Natsu cheered.
"Do you have two brain cells in there!?" Carla shouted as a small fish popped its head out of the water.
"Fishy!" Happy cheered.
"Stand back while I catch us some dinner." Natsu said as he cracked his knuckles. The full fish rose out of the ground and it was giant. "We won't be going hungry tonight!"
"We really don't have time for this."
"I only need a few seconds." Natsu said back before jumping off the log. He tried his Iron Fist Spell, only to have the fish whack him into the water. "My fire's put out..."
"How many times do I have tell you!?" Carla shouted. "You can't use magic here like you can in our world!"
"So, strategic retreat." Harrison said.
"What?" Happy asked.
"Let's get out of here!" Drake and Harrison shouted at the same time. The other four copies them and the fish followed them, even on land were it was supposed to be safe.
"How can that thing run on land?!" Harrison exclaimed.
"This place sucks."
"Guys, I'm afraid that running around getting chased by this thing is gonna attracted a lot of unwanted attention!" Wendy shouted, holding Carla.
"If you got any better ideas, I'm open to them!" Natsu shouted as they came to a cliff. "Happy, please fly!"
"I can't use magic either!" The cat shouted back as the fish monster reached them. It was only due to dumb luck that the monster missed them and ran right off the cliff.
"Holy crap... not having magic is super hard..." Natsu mumbled between pants.
"Is everyone okay?" Wendy asked.
"I'm fine, but I'd be a whole lot happier if I had a belly full of fish." Happy groaned as his stomach growled.
"Well, I've had my fill of foolishness for today." Carla said.
"Pardon." Drake didn't like what she was saying.
"If you two hadn't caused this ruckus, we could have found them by now!" Carla shouted back.
"Be nice." Wendy requested.
"Would you care to explain that?" He asked the cat.
"Are you seriously asking me to do that?" The white feline asked. "It's because of you that we don't have our disguises anymore. If the kingdom discovers us roaming around, there's not telling what they'd do to us. If we get captured and taken into custody, you can forget about saving our friends. We'll have our work cut out trying to save ourselves."
"I was trying to find a childhood friend!" He shouted back.
"You both need to calm down." Harrison said.
"He's a nice guy." Wendy stated.
Minutes later, the two had finally calmed down around each other and the six kept matching forward. After an encounter with some weirdos who were freaked out by the cats, they reached a mushroom patch. "Did it seem like those two were afraid of Happy, Carla, and Harrison?" Wendy asked.
"What is a Exceed, anyway?" Drake asked as well.