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  • The video started up like a little projection. The first thing you saw was 12 year-old Amber setting up the video. "Gosh, I can't believe how terrible you are with these things." Helen you could see was sitting in a seat in front of a grand piano, like a one person audience. She laughed at Amber's comment. Amber had moved so she was facing the lacrima and audience of one, curtsying once like it was a recital. "Hello everyone. My name is Amber I Don't Know and this is my piano recital. I'll be playing a song I wrote and singing. Because, that's what you do at recitals!" She giggled and moved to the piano. The song was pretty basic, but impressive for a 12 year-old. After it was finished, Helen applauded and Amber shut of the video.


    The next video was just of Amber, at age 13, carrying the lacrima around the house. She showed most of the rooms, but said she wasn't aloud in some of them. Helen was cooking at the time, and Amber introduced her. Helen had shoulder length wavy auburn hair and hazel eyes. She looked kind and caring, and at this time she was 23. She was washing the dishes, and asked what Amber was doing when she walked in. "Just making a video. I'm showing the future zodiacs the house!" That made Helen frown for a second, but she quickly smiled again. "You know, I think I want to grow out my hair." Amber was talking to herself now. Helen laughed at her random comments. "Really now? How long?" Amber shrugged. "I don't know, but really really long! Like, to the ground! Past the ground! Then I can put it in curly pigtails and it'll look really cute! And I can stay cute forever!" Helen laughed again, rubbing her head before telling her to shut the video off for now.


    The next videos were of Amber's training. First she was 12, working on the most basic, fire dragon. She tried to concentrate, moving the energy to her hands to create flaming fists, but she ended up catching her entire body on fire. After running around for a while, Helen turned on the sprinklers from an watching room. Then Amber was 13, working on lightning. It was obvious she was growing out her hair now, since it was at her shoulders. She tried to simply make one shock, but ended up shooting around the room like an out of control lightning bolt. Next there was the Rock dragon. At this time Amber was still 14. She was able to pick up the rocks, but she made enough dust that she was coughing for at least a minute. Petal dragon was the next clip, Amber 16. "What's so dangerous about petals?" She ended up creating a storm around herself. "Okay! Okay petals hurt! They hurt!" When she was 17, she was working on combining, which backfired at first, of course. 18, she was working on part transformations. Then it cut to Amber being 19, having mastered most of the types. Her hair was down to her knees, pulled up in a pony. She flipped around, combining and switching elements, using her powers quickly and powerfully.


    The last 2 videos didn't have the same feel as the previous ones. First Amber turned on the video, being 20 and her hair touching the ground. It was obvious she was hurting emotionally, trying to hold back tears. "I-I don't know where you went. You said you'd be back 3 days, but it's been over a month now. I think I might go out to look for you, but I'm afraid to run across any of the zodiac. You said that if they challenge me, I might lose all my memories. Did you run across one of them? Did you... Did you forget about me?" She couldn't hold the tears back anymore, and they came streaming down her face. "Please come soon."


    Amber, still 20, turned on the video again. She looked like she was suffering, her eyes puffy from tears. "Cerberus came back today. But, you weren't with him. He would never abandon you, so that must mean your..." She trailed off, staring at the ground. Suddenly, her entire aura changed, clenching her fists, then catching on fire from her rage. "It was them, wasn't it? The other zodiacs got to you. I promise I'll kill them, for you. I'll make them suffer all the pain you must have. And if any other future zodiacs are watching, remember this." She looked back up at the video lacrima, her fists extinguishing their flames. She grinned, but kept her anger. "The other zodiacs aren't your friends. In the end, this is a battle royal. Only one may be left standing. And if you want that position in the stars like we're promised, you have to kill or be killed. Take this from Amber." She paused for a moment, looking disgusted. "No. I'm not Amber anymore. Amber was weak. She was pathetic. She needed other people. I am Vellioura." She smiled at her new name. "Yes, I am Vellioura, and I don't need anyone else. I'll kill the other zodiacs and win this, for Helen. No. For myself. Yes." She laughed, and you could tell she was losing it a bit. "Yes I'll win this for myself, and be part of the stars. I'll make everyone feel pain. I'll make everyone suffer. I'll watch them from the stars, because that's what I want. No. Deserve. Well, that's all. Good-bye, my sweet." She turned off the lacrima.

  • "That was..."
    "Cute. Then awful." I finished.
    "This is all my fault." He said. I slapped him, HARD.
    "Don't you dare say that. Do you think she would let you, do you, DO YOU!" I shouted "Go back and help the others, I'll work up here." Eve nodded silently and left the room. I brushed my hands over the shelves. One book caught my eye. It was light blue with silver binding. "A history of Fiore's agriculture." I mused out loud. I pulled it from the shelf and a panel opened in the wall to my left. My eyebrows shot up.

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  • Eve had gone back to tell the others about what had happened. Everyone was doing various things; Hibiki was putting the new information into the Archive, Ren was citing the information for Hibiki to type in, Lucy was fawning how the entire mansion was like a huge library. Natsu and Happy were raiding the fridge, but Natsu stopped when Gray insulted him, them starting to fight. Happy went to flirt with Carla, but she just brushed him off. Wendy was going through some things, but giggled at her friends. Erza was going through the weapons, but she stopped to get Natsu and Gray back on track.

  • I lit my hand up and headed down the stairs. It was a bare room. There was no furnishing except for a shackle on one wall. This room was coated in dust where as the rest of the house was spotless. Above the shackle words were wrote on the wall. In red. I could tell no one had entered this room in hundreds of years. Amber and Helen probably didn't even know about it. I couldn't read the writing. It was some ancient text. I switched into Levy and started to decode the text. Once I had it in English I read it out loud. "Defeated the Ox - I won - There are no stars - Trap - Demons - Demons - Demons - Demons" It said that over and over again. The second the words left my mouth I hit the stairs running. I ran through the house like Mira in Demon Halphas and Erza in purgatory armor was chasing me. I ran into the main room where everyone else is. "Get into Christina now! The zodiac's are a trap!" Everyone was confused but they knew better that to argue. Hibiki started searching for the other airship while I explained what I found.

  • The others had left the house, running towards Christina. Hibiki was the first to speak up. "I learned where Zodiac Cursed guild is. If it came from Magnolia going to its destination, it should be about here. If we go like this, we can intercept them. I can set the coordinates right now, and then we need to hear about what Avary learned." He set the location, coming back to the group. "Okay, we're on our way." Hibiki turned towards Avary. "Now tell us what you mean by 'it's a trap.'"

  • "Amber told me once that whoever is the last zodiac standing is placed forever in the stars with eternal glory. But that's not the case. What the zodiacs don't know is that there magic, isn't theirs at all. It belongs to the demons that live inside them. I found this room in the library that no one had been in for hundreds of years. One of the previous victors had wrote this message on the wall that he had shackled himself to... In his own blood." I showed them the message. "When one of the zodiacs defeats another they gain their powers. What really happens is the demon leaches onto the other zodiac. When all 12 demons are in one body, the demons consume their powers as well as the humans soul. I think. That's my guess anyways. You can't really know for sure." I added on the end making everyone sweat drop.

  • Eve froze, along with everyone in the room. The air itself felt heavy, and it felt hard to breath. "No... Then Amber...." He jumped up. "Hibiki, there has to be a way to speed this up. If Amber..." He couldn't even finish the sentence.


    Hibiki shook his head. "I'm sure they don't intend to defeat her. They wouldn't need to capture her for that. We're going as quickly as we can, so just keep calm." Eve sat back down, but he didn't look satisfied. "Anyway, I learned some information as well. Each zodiac was chosen for a specific trait. Dragon for strength, Snake for flexibility, Tiger for stealth, ect. They can challenge each other, and when they're challenged, only one is allowed to win. The winner inherits the tattoo, or what we know now as the demon, and the trait, but not their magic. They can also see the spirits of the tattoo, or demons, they have."

  • "That must be what Amber meant when she says she saw the spirits of dragons floating around." I commented. I really need to grill her to see if she's seen any transformation dragon spirits. Maybe ol' Tigrin petered off. No, I'm not that lucky. I stood up and started pacing. Then I stopped. "Something just occurred to me." All eyes turned to me. "When we do find her we are still going to have to fight her guild to get to her and they make the oracion seis look like the naked monkey guild."

  • Hibiki nodded. "Well, now knowing the full extent of their power, I'm reluctant to just abandon you to fight them." Eve flinched at the word 'abandon', but Hibiki didn't noticed, and laughed. "Well, if anyone is going to defeat a guild like that, it'll be you guys."


    Natsu pumped his fist in the air. "Yeah. We'll destroy that guild! Besides, Amber is our friend now, and we don't let people hurt our friends, powerful or not." The others nodded, determined.

  • I nodded. "Yet again, I defeated Amber who is the dragon. I mean COME ON? There is a chicken dude who uses his head as a bomb!" I laughed "I'm not all that worried." My words had the desired effect as the atmosphere is the room got considerably lighter and people started laughing.


  • Avary's joke lightened the mood for a while, but everything got tense again as they saw the guild coming up. Hibiki landed a ways away from it. "We'll have to leave you here. Cana has a card so that you can call us when you need us. We'll get there as soon as possible. For now, good luck." Eve looked conflicted, like he was tempted to sneak out. He knew that he wouldn't be of much use though, this was Fairy Tail after all. They could handle it.

  • We nodded. As soon as Christina landed we hopped off. I went last. Right before I could someone grabbed my arm. "Get her back" Eve said his eyes dark and serious. I met his gaze.
    "I promise." He nodded and let go. As soon as I exited Christina flew away. I looked at the guild hall. "Cozy, yes?" I asked. "Looks like a great place to relax after a hard days work." I walked towards the gate. It felt good to be sarcastic again. The doors creaked open. "Well would you look at that! A warm welcome from the zodiacs. I hope they have the water on for hot chocolate. Or Sprite!" I strode in the doors pushing off my fears with my footsteps. Izzy was flying behind me and Cerberus was at my feet. Everyone followed my lead and entered the 'Guild hall'. More like a dungeon.

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  • Guro was watching them through a video lacrima. "Right on time." He grinned, turning towards the members of the zodiac. "Go. You know what to do. Stop them at any cost. But I wish to fight the blonde girl." He grinned. "I want to see her unleash her full power." The members of the zodiac nodded. They all set off, preparing to separate the group as small as they could. Peter was first, popping out of the ground below them. "Hello, Fairy Tail. I'm here as your first pit stop. Who will fight the rabbit?"

  • "OH wonderful! Another psychotic person using us as human game pieces. Seriously, Isn't once enough?" I groaned and Izzy nodded. "That really isn't cool." Her statement caused me to smirk.
    "Jellal isn't psychotic....anymore." Erza protested. I laughed.
    "I'll fight him!" I blushed slightly in a childish manor. "I want to pet his ears."

  • Peter shook his head frantically. He looked a little... hyper. "Nope nope nope! The boss wants to fight you. We ain't allowed to fight the blonde! Nope nope nope!"


    Meanwhile, the other zodiacs were getting into position. They were all set up in different clearing along the way. It was strange how the building was arranged like this, almost as if Guro had planned it like this since he built this building for the Zodiac Cursed. Or maybe he just wanted this.

  • "Nice to know I'm appreciated." I said dryly.
    "This rabbit dude is getting on my nerves with his happy-go-lucky attitude. I'll fight him." Gajeel said roughly.
    "Don't lie Gajeel, you want to pet the ears too don't you?" I teased. He glared at me and denied it.
    "What is it with girls and bunny ears?" Gajeel whispered under his breath.
    "I heard that!"

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  • Peter jumped out of the ground, bouncing up 5 feet. "Yep yep yep! I'll fight the iron dragon! Piercings and everything! Yep yep yep! I'm fast! I'm a rabbit! Yep yep yep! Let's fight! Only need you! Everyone else moves on! Yep yep yep! Rooster is next! Now go go go!" He popped a sugar carrot in his mouth. "Yep yep yep I love sugar!"

  • We continued down the path of destiny. Just kidding. More like the path to the psychotic idiot that kidnapped my friend. True to the bunny's word the chicken dude was next. "Hey aren't you the guy who used his head as a bomb?"Cana asked with a smirk. She was holding a bottle of wine that was half empty.

  • Calvin laughed. "I sure am! I have to fight some o'you guys. I can't remember why though..." He scratched his head, causing it to fall off. Squawking, he ran after it. After picking it up, he turned back. "So... wait, who's fightin' me? I can't remember."

  • Wendy blinked twice. "I think he needs professional help" she whispered to Cana who grinned in response.
    "We'll fight him. If he thinks he can handle it." Cana said motioning to herself and Wendy.