Chapter 32

**Edolas Fairy Tail**

Wendy and Carla explained to Edolas' Fairy Tail everything about them and everything about what really happened.

"So, you're saying that this Earth-land exist and the Fairy Tail in your world is the greatest guild there is and that you're trying to save your friends who got taken away?" Edo Gray said to Wendy and Carla who nodded.

"That's some way of summing it up." Carla said to them.

"So there's a Fairy Tail in that world, huh?" Edo Jet said surprised.

"and in your world, Erza's an ally?" Edo Droy added in.

"Man, it's a pretty hard pill to swallow" Edo Jet said.

"And since that Draguma wasn't from this world, I kinda feel bad for kicking him out." Edo Macao said, apologetically.

"So this girl.. is me?" Edo Wendy asked Wendy who fidgeted.

"Nice to meet you." Wendy greeted her other self.

"Looks like Earth-land's Wendy never got a growth spurt, huh?" Edo Wakaba laughed out.

"And so, could please tell us how to get to the capital?" Wendy asked. "I know that Natsu-san would try to find a way to get there as well."

"How are you sure your Natsu would be able to survive against the Fairy Killer?" Edo Jet said to Wendy.

"I just know it." Wendy replied.

"Well, it's hard to tell you this but going to the capital is nearly impossible." Edo Wendy told her other self.

"Everyone who tried to stand against the King of Edolas would lose their lives in the process. It's just a powerful kingdom after all."

"And in this world, magic is very limited." Edo Elfman said. "At some point it's going to run out."

"The king knew that magic was going to run out so he abolished every guild there is." Edo Gray said.

"So now, we're the last of the guilds." Edo Jet said.

"We lost so many."

"Half of our members are gone now."

"Even the master was murdered!"

Everyone cried as the situation was grave.

"Even so, I want to help and save my friends!" Wendy said determined as everyone looks at her surprised. "Please tell the way to get to the Capital!"

**The Capital of Edolas**

The Edolas Kingdom where the giant Lacrima resides at as the lacrima's size was humongous

In the castle's hallway, Knightwalker dragged Natsu towards a room where two guards were stationed at

"What reason did I stationed you two here if you can't do your job?!" Knightwalker shouted at the two guards as she opened the door and threw Natsu into the room.

"But captain, we guard-" the guard tried to speak but Knightwalker cuts him off.

"keep it! Next time you two let him escape, I'm going to make you two my target practice tomorrow!" Knightwalker shouted at the two guards.

"y-yes, Ma'am!" the two guards saluted to her.

Erza scoffs before she looks towards Natsu who was in the room.

"Stay here till I get back" Knightwalker said to Natsu as she closed the door and locked it.

"Make sure he doesn't leave this room again!" Knightwalker exclaimed at the two guards as she walks away.

"Yes, ma'am!" The two guards saluted to her.

Natsu looks around in the room as it was a pretty fancy room where everything seems high class.

"Either I'm a king in this world or I'm her pet." Natsu said as he stands up and looks around the place

As Natsu scan around the place, he finds a picture frame on a table and saw a picture of him and Knightwalker smiling to each other.

"I guess in this world, Knightwalker and I are girlfriend and boyfriend, huh?" Natsu said as he looks at the picture frame before placing it back on the table.

"Is that you, Erza?" A weak voice called out as Natsu looks to a door as he entered in the room.

In the room, he saw the Edolas Natsu who was on a bed with a weak look on him.

Edo Natsu and Natsu stared at each other as both were surprised to see each other

"um, hi?" Natsu greeted his other self

**Castle's hallway**

Knightwalker was walking the hallway when she saw a young man was jumping around like a child near a window.

"now that's amazing! Did you see the size of that lacrima out there, Erza!?" The man exclaimed all excited.

"I saw it on my approach toward here, Hughes." Knightwalker replied. "A beautiful sight"

"There's got to be like a thousand of magic power stored up in it!" Hughes said with an excited smile.

"Mmm… not to mention the life force of hundreds as well in it" Sugarboy joined in as the man smiles.

"Who cares about details?! I'm just talking on how ultra amazing this is!" Hughes said in glee. "Not just ultra amazing! It's super duper amazing!"

"Mmm…super duper amazing" Sugarboy said. "And by the way, Erza."

Knightwalker looks to Sugarboy who seems to be amused of something.

"I find it very amusing that you cannot keep your betrothed locked up in your room, how did he escape? Seeing that his body isn't as strong as the past?" The man asked Knightwalker who looks down

"I have no answer." Knightwalker replied. "I will obtain them once I return to my chamber."

"Ha? Prince Draguma escaped out of his room? Isn't he still sick?" Hughes asked.

"Yet me and Erza encountered him on our Fairy Hunt…mmm." Sugarboy said with a smile.

"Erza-shan." An old voice called out to Erza as the three commanders looks behind to see an old man "Have you not wiped out Fairy Tail yet?"

"Byro." Erza looks to the old man as he grinned.

"Hesh hesh hesh…shall we make it a point of honor? Fairy Tail is still the only remaining guild. It may happen to be the best guild at escaping, but his majesty expects results and quickly." Byro said to her. "We need more magic if we are to cure Draguma-sama's illness."

"No need to panic, the time will come when those Fairies can no longer run." Sugarboy said.

"You bet! I mean Erza's spear is like super amazing!" Hughes said with a grin.

"Gu hesh gu hesh!" Byro laughed out.

"Can you stop that grotesque laughter of yours, Byro?" A deep voice spoke as a large black feline-like warrior came in.

"Panther Lily!"

"I dislike the noise." Lily said. "That goes for you too, Hughes"

"What? Why me you jerk!" Hughes retorted to the giant feline warrior.

"Just shut your mouth a bit." Lily said before he stormed off.

"I take it that he is in a bad mood….mmm." Sugarboy said as all the commanders went towards the hallway leading to the meeting room with the king.

In a throne room, an elder man sits on a throne as he seems to be in silent before a girl came running in.

"Your Majesty!" The girl ran in front of the king as she saluted to her.

"Your majesty! We are right on schedule in the process of the magic extraction of the giant lacrima, sir!" The girl reported to the king.

Her name is Coco, and she is the Aide to the Chief of Staff.

"It isn't enough." The king spoke out.

"Eh?" Coco replied as she started running around. "But your majesty, that lacrima holds the combined magic power of hundreds of people of Earthland! It will proved out kingdom with magic for ten years! That we can use it however we like!"

"The Great Kingdom of Edolas…must never be limited!" The king said as he stood up. "Gather more! Provide me with more magical power! What I desire is eternity! An undying font of magical power!"

**Far away**

Wendy and Carla were traveling with Edo Lucy who was to guide them towards the capital as the journey was going to be a long one

"After we get through this place, we need to get to Louen to get you two equipped." Edo Lucy said as they ventured through a desert-like place. "Going around without any equipment is like falling into a hole."

"So, Edolas' magic is very limited." Wendy said as Edo Lucy had told the two on how the Kingdom has hunted down every single guild in Edolas and how they forbid any use of magic tools.

"That's right…just having a single magic tool can get you to lock up in a cell" Edo Lucy replied. "They just did this so that old King can get so many magic power he wanted."

"But it was never this way." Yhe three walked up a hill and over the horizon, they see a town and started traveling towards it.

Natsu was sitting on a chair while chatting with his other self.

The man had just spoken to his other self about everything that was happening outside the kingdom.

"In the past, King Faust, my father had planned to retire and ascend my brother to the throne, but he disappeared on the day he was pronounced to be the next king." Draguma told Natsu as he sat upon his bed.

"Enraged by my brother's actions, my father made me the youngest born to be the next king…-cough- cough!" Draguma started coughing as his stature was skinny and that he was very pale

"You okay, man?" Natsu asked his other self as he had never seen such sickness, Draguma was going through.

"I'm fine…just some coughing, that's all." Draguma replied before continuing his story.

"Erza, I mean Knightwalker to you, was once betrothed to my brother but my father changed her partner to me, and for six years, the kingdom was at its glorious age."

*Draguma who wore a royal attire and was wearing a golden crown; was with Knightwalker, Hughes, Sugar boy and Byro by his side.*

*He waved his hand to his people as they were in the middle of a celebration before Draguma fell to the ground as his crown fell off.*

"We all thought that I was exhausted and that it was temporary." Draguma said before he coughed some more.

"But it turns out you fell ill from a disease." Natsu said as Draguma nodded.

"No medicine in Edolas was able to cure me at all, so my father took reign again as the king once again and the kingdom went into its dark age as the magic in our world was starting to disappear." Draguma said.

"My father wanted to save our world, even if it means sacrificing the lives of others…but to take away the magic from a different world? What has become of him? He used to be such a wise king, not a tyrant."

Draguma clenched his fists as the kingdom was willing to kill the lives of hundreds of people sealed in the giant lacrima just to secure magic power.

"If only I had the power to stop this madness!" Draguma said.

"You don't and you should just stay here and get some rest." Natsu said as he sighs. "But judging from your story, I think someone poisoned you."

"But who? why would someone even poison me when I was leading the kingdom to its golden age?" Draguma asked as Natsu just rubs his chin.

"Don't know, but I do know where to start looking for clues." Natsu told his other self. "And I might be able to find the cure for you."

"You think so?" Draguma asked as Natsu nodded.

"You bet it." Natsu said with a grin before knocking came from the door.

"Natsu, I'm coming in." Knightwalker's voice spoke out from behind the door as this alerted the two Natsus.

"Quick hide!" Draguma told to his other self as Natsu looks around for any place to hide before the door opened and Knightwalker came in with a tray in her hands

"I brought you some stew." Knightwalker said with a smile to the sick man as she places the tray to a table and took a chair to sit near the bed

"Were you in a meeting with my father?" Draguma asked her as bellow the bed was Natsu who was keeping quiet while hiding.

"Yes." Knightwalker replied as she started to spoon-feed the stew to the sick man. "Here, open your mouth."

"I maybe sick but it doesn't mean I can't use my hands." Draguma told the knight before opening his mouth and eats the stew.

"Just rest, you'll need it once we obtained a large supply of magic." Knightwalker said as she continued spoon feeding Draguma. "With that amount of magic, we can finally get you cured."

"It won't be possible, how can magic cure me when all the medicine found in Edolas could not?" Draguma replied as he finished eating all the stew.

"It will." Knightwalker replied as she takes away the bowl and place it on the tray. "You can be sure of it"

She then walks towards the door and took one last look to the man.

"I'm going to scout the land for Fairy Tail, so please don't try to escape again, alright?" Knightwalker asked with a smile before she left the room.

"How can I not? When we are going to kill the lives of hundreds just to get magic?" Draguma said with hard clenched fists and eyes filled with guilt.

"Sounds like you two could use some trust to each other." Natsu said as he got out from under the bed. "Your Erza is doing what she thinks right to get you healed."

"That's what I hate about her, she would do anything to get what she wants and, in this case, my cure." Draguma said with a sigh before he coughs a bit.

"Well, I can't stick around here too long. I need to go and find my friends." Natsu said as he puts back on his helmet.

"**You got a way out of here?"** Natsu asked Draguma.

Draguma pointed to a nearby carpet as he coughs a bit.

"There's an emergency stairway that leads to an escape route out of the kingdom." Draguma instructed as Natsu takes off the carpet and below it revealed a hidden door.

Natsu opened the door and saw stairs leading to a dark abyss.

"Take this Lighter Lacrima." Draguma said as he threw a small orb that glowed when caught by Natsu.

"**Thanks, I make sure to find out who poisoned you in the first place, I promise."** Natsu said as he started to step down the stairs and close the hatch door

"Yeah, I'll be waiting." Draguma said before he coughs some more but his coughing got worse as he started coughing blood. "haaa….haaaa…..my time is running out"

Draguma leaned back to his bed as his breathing was ragged and the blood on his hand was turning black.