Holy gosh, this chapter's long. Blame the urge to write the almost complete, very long fight scene against monsters. I usually grow bored but not this time, mwahahaha. It's so long people might actually get bored reading it though T^T I think I was on a sugar rush when that happened and I wrote it in one sitting.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. Because, if I did, that stupid JELLAL WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT TO- anyway.

Note: I made Erza right-handed, because I didn't know and she uses her right hand for most moves anyway (eg. Fairy Piercing Sword, Water Slash)

"Hey, Gray," Lucy began, suddenly blushing. "Erm..."

"Yes?" Gray teased while poking her cheeks. He saw her face and immediately knew what came next was to be hilarious. He grinned and rested an arm on the bench, "What is it?" At that, she turned a deeper shade of red.

"Never mind," she murmured, face sinking into her arms in embarrassment.

"Come on," he urged. "Tell me!"

She flushed and shook her head, "No." She gave in at one look, "Fine." Then she told him. It was a quick whisper, so quiet Gray couldn't hear it.

He laughed, "Why are you speaking so quietly? There's no one here." Natsu and Lisanna were at the annual festival, Erza was with Jellal and Wendy decided to hang out with Mavis, leaving them alone at Honeybone Lodge. Gray ruffled her hair, "Speak louder. I won't get angry."

Lucy was forcefully louder, "How do you take off your clothes so fast?" She blushed again.

"What brought that question on?"

Lucy pointed at his naked torso muttering, "Need I say more?"

"I was fully clothed a second ago!" he shouted, scrambling to find his missing shirt.

"Exactly," Lucy said, giggling, "How do you lose them so fast?"

"Shut up," Gray flushed, "It's a habit."

"I thought you said you wouldn't get angry?" Lucy bit her lip in an attempt to not let the laughter come out.

"I'm not angry at you," he whined, slipping into his shirt, "Just frustrated."

"At your 'habit'?" she smirked, lying out on the bed.

"Hmm," he hummed, making shapes from ice. A hammer, a fish and a miniature replica of Lucy.

"Aww," she grinned, "Don't be frustrated, I think it's a cute habit." Lucy chuckled, eyes wandering.

Gray frowned, "Cute?" Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Get over it." Her eyes zeroed onto what Gray was doing, "Omigosh! That's awesome!"

"Want it?" Gray held it out. "You can keep it."

"Won't it melt?" she inquired, thinking logically.

"Yeah, it will," he laughed. He ruffled her hair, "Put it in the freezer." Lucy nodded and disappeared into the kitchen

"So," she returned seconds later, "Are you going to answer my question? How do you strip so fast?"

"Practise makes perfect," he answered, concentrating on the ice in his hands.

"See you tomorrow, Erza" They heard a man say, before a door closed. Erza walked in, ignorant of the stare Lucy was giving her.

She stifled her giggles quietly, "Aww, so cute."

Erza turned to Lucy, "What?" Lucy and Gray shrunk back and said at the same time,

"Never mind."

"All are welcome to the 3rd day of the Grand Magic Games!" Chapati announced. "And today, our special guest is from the army. Lahar!" The audience clapped and cheered. "And the first event is..." he stopped for suspense, "Pandemonium!"

"Each competitor is to go, one by one, to defeat the 100 monsters in the building." Immediately, a castle appeared in the arena. "The monsters are called out randomly, and for every one you defeat, you gain one point. They are ranked-A, B, C, D, and S. D is the easiest, C is the second easiest, B is harder and so on. There are 50 D monsters, 30 C monsters, 15 B monsters, 4 A monsters and 1 S monster. It is so powerful, that a Wizard Saint isn't guaranteed to defeat it. As for turns, we will be sorting them by magical drawing sticks. Choose your participants."

"A game of brains," Gray observed, "And brawn."

Lucy joined in, "You have to defeat enough at a time to win. Choose as many as you can, but not too many for you to defeat. But you can't choose too little either, or the monsters will be taken by someone else."

"Erza's the one for this," They decided together, "She's got the stamina."

"Very well," she agreed. 'I will not let you down."

Lucy peered over at the arena, "They've gotten Hibiki, Millianna, Obra, Orga, Nobarly and Cana." She added, "But her toughest competition is Jura."

"Hibiki too," Gray said, "He's smart enough." He watched as Hibiki flirted with Cana, saying sourly, "He can't get a job done though." Lucy gave him an unbelieving look. "Hey, it's true," he defended. Gray rolled his eyes, "Oracion Seis? Flirting with you?"

"Gray," she said. "Shut up."

"You know I'm right."

"Hey," Lucy drew the subject away. "Do you think Mystogan's watching Erza?"

"Of course," Gray nodded, "He's actually outside of the court, watching to sense the dark magic." he pointed discretely.

"All right, kabo!" Mato shouted. "Draw your sticks."

"1..." Erza said aloud, reading the number.

"Lucky," Cana laughed, clearly drunk and wearing Mato's signature hat, "It will go back to you the most."

"How many will you choose?" Mato asked.

Erza walked to the entrance of the castle, "My challenge right will be all 100."

Jellal was shocked, even under all the layers of clothes, Erza... What the hell are you thinking? he sent her telepathically. Hearing this, she scanned the crowd and spotted him.

She looked at him, I've got this. Trust me. Erza sent him a grin.

You know you can win, even if you just chose 51, he sent her.

Don't worry, Erza reassured. I'm just going to show them the strength of Fairy Tail.

I'm sorry if I was worried about you getting hurt, he thought sarcastically. The message was not sent, therefore Erza was not aware how much Jellal had stressed over it.

"She is going to die," Meredy said worriedly.

Just as she'd said that, the commentators said, "The Grand Magic Games are not to be held responsible for any injuries or deaths."

Ultear chuckled, "Have more faith in the second origin I unlocked."

Erza walked bravely into the building, and almost all of the audience attempted to lean closer to the lacrima in front of them.

"Erza Scarlet, of Fairy Tail A," she announced. "Fighting 100."

Erza saw a pillar in the middle of the castle, but it was quickly blocked by a group of monsters running her way, growling and snarling, with the occasional breath of fire.

"B-class monsters, kabo," Mato introduced, "can breathe fire!"

Requipping quickly into her Flame Empress Armour, she blew the fire away with a strike of a Sea Empress sword and sent a fusion of water and fire to the B-class, making it vanish. Her Heaven's Wheel Swords pinned 5 monsters to the ground and they disappeared as well. Unfortunately, they were all D-class. Erza sprinted toward the pillar, attempting to get there before the monsters resumed their attack.

Erza suddenly was thrown into the air, her armour breaking, making her go back to her ordinary clothes. The impact on the ground jolted her and made her wince in pain. Glancing at it, she touched it instinctively. The wound was covered in blood and printed with a claw mark.

"And Titania has just been hit by a A-class!"

Erza sprinted up the A-class monster that attacked her while requipping and swung her spike mace at it. The purgatory armour's mace proved ineffective, until Erza swung it at the beast's eye. A pained growl escaped and the large A-class dissipated.

The knight turned around and blocked a swipe from an oncoming monster, the D-class. D-classes were the smallest Erza had seen so far, fitting as they were apparently the weakest. She noticed as the ranks went higher, the bigger the monsters were. A-class were huge and almost human-like, but Erza could not help wondering how monstrous the S-class would be.

Stabbing a knife through the D-class's forearm, Erza was shocked to see it disappear. She had thought they were weak, but not that much so.

She frowned while she was still running to the pillar, she had yet to see an S-class monster. Another D-class monster advanced, snapping its jaw at the scarlet-haired wizard but a shower of swords from above made it disappear, as well as the 9 more D-classes behind it.

"And that's 17 monsters down by Miss Scarlet," Lahar nodded. "She is doing very well. Being able to requip into one full set, both armour and weapons, is a admirable feat in itself, only a few are able to perform it. However requipping into a set with the ability to select an article from another set purposely is almost unheard of. Erza-san may be arguably one of the best requip mages of all time."

"And she wouldn't be if not for me," Ultear boasted under her breath.

"Technically, you know, she could," Meredy piped up, "Acnologia wouldn't have come if not for Zeref, who wouldn't have bought it there if Grimoire Heart wasn't intent on reviving him."

"Be quiet," Ultear hissed. "You're ruining my good mood."

"Requip: Black Wing Armour," Erza intoned, the winged armour appearing. Instead of the usual, she was holding a sword, the one belonging to the Lightning Empress set. She leapt from the body of the D-class and shot to the 2 B-class blocking her way.

"Lightning beam!" Energy blasts were unleashed from the swords just before Erza had collided with the monsters. The attack only provoked them more, their fire-hot claws sinking into her leg. She cried out and threw a Giant's spear at the attacking B-class and 2 rapiers from her Flight Armour set at the other. They fell like the others previously had, roaring in anger.

Erza requipped in her normal Attack clothes, and de-limbed a C-class, followed by another and another. She smashed into the castle walls, away and slammed back.

"C-class monsters rely on their wind power!" Mato announced. "Kabo!"

She studied the way they used their magic, even when she was being lifted and hit back.

"The wind isn't very strong," Erza learnt, already changing into something new. "It can't match the speed of my Flight Armour." She used the wall as a boost, flew to the C-class and sliced another 3.

"25 down, three quarters to go. She is handling this as if it were easy." Lahar was amazed. "And trust me, it is not."

Chapati was interested, "The Rune Knights had to test out this event, didn't they, Lahar-san?"

"Indeed," he agreed. "It took two parties to destroy only half of them. Even with an extra party, we couldn't beat the S-class."

He put on a serious face and jumped to a different topic, "However, I am puzzled at the red mark on her right arm. It almost looks like a... a... a guild mark." He proceeded to recite the rules on joining multiple guilds.

Lucy muttered, "Maybe it'd be smart for him to check before jumping to conclusions."

Erza realised she was close enough to the pillar, finally. She jumped onto it and requipped into her Heaven's Wheel Armour, "Blumenblatt!" Hundreds of swords rained down on the monsters, but only the rest of the D-class disappeared. The C-class were severely weakened, but stood their ground.

"Whoo!" Mato was breathless, "That is 60 down altogether!"

"That's amazing," Mavis said, impressed. "She not only defeated the D-class, but she is evaluating the strength of the others. After, she can choose which armour to use."

She jumped down from the pillar, and requipped back into her Black Wing Armour.

It gets stronger with every attack," Happy told Carla, "Want a fish?" Carla rejected it.

Four B-class were unfortunate enough to meet the wrath of Moon Slash, effectively cutting each in half. They dissipated immediately, and Erza grinned in satisfaction, not noticing the beast to the side. She flung up and crushed on the ground, due to a C-class's magic. The C-class stomped on her arm with a sickening crunch.

"Erza's useful hand is unable to work any longer!" Chapati was on the edge of his seat in anticipation, "Is this the end of Titania's reign?"

All of Fairy Tail and Crime Sorciere rolled their eyes, knowing exactly what was to happen next.

A B-class ambled over and swished it's tail, making Erza fly to another monster. She requipped twin Morning Star swords at her feet, stabbing it when she collided. It roared in pain, and in the instant, Erza had it decapitated.

Unfortunately, now she was on the ground, and a main target for the rest of the monsters. An A-class had grabbed her in on hand, and threw her to a B-class. It tried to swipe her off, but when it touched her, the claws did not harm her as her flash-requipping had enabled her to requip into Fire-Empress Armour. When its hot claws touched its own skin, it disappeared.

She fell onto the ground, crouching. An A-class spotted her. Raising a fist, it prepared to make a tough blow. It smashed down, dust arising.

And then it's arm broke into bits, followed by its entire torso. Everyone gaped in surprise. Erza wasn't damaged at all, and was protecting herself with the giant shoulder pads of Adamantine Armour.

"Maybe she's not going to die," Meredy commented.

Jellal snapped, "Of course she isn't." He turned back to the game, almost as awaiting as the others.

"Ooh," Ultear laughed, "Touchy, touchy."

Again in her Black Wing Armour, Erza began her comeback, cutting the already weakened C-class down one by one, until all had fallen.

Five more B-class, and two A-class left, she thought tiredly. But I haven't seen the S-class yet.

A tiny ball rolled past her feet.

"Since all the monsters in Pandemonium were defeated by Erza Scarlet, the makers have come up with a simple game. Magical Power Finder, or MPF for short, is the ball the organizers are bringing in right now," Mato gestured at the ball. "Just attack the ball, and it will rank your power, in the order of the sticks. Step up."

You were good, Jellal started again and sent it to Erza. He grinned when she replied.

"They are speaking again," Ultear groaned but she was secretly happy.

"Of course," Meredy rolled her eyes.

Jellal smiled mysteriously, "Maybe we were chatting all that time?"

"No," Meredy stated. "I should've known! You were so happy!"

Jellal narrowed his eyes and lifted his arm. A pink glow radiated from his wrist. "Meredy!" he yelled angrily. "Get the sense link off, now!" he shouted.

She giggled, "Okay, okay, no need to get angry."

Jellal stopped, "Wait. Do you sense that? This dark feeling... It appeared when that Chelia girl came. I will investigate." He ran down to the first row.

"It's still there," he realised once Wendy's and Chelia's battle was over. Jellal's attention was brought to a person with a hood, running past the exit of the stadium. He chased them, heart pounding, signalling to Ultear and Meredy.

Erza noticed and said to Makarov, "Master... I shall clean my wounds." And set off after him. Unknown to them, Doranbolt did too.

Jellal ran into the main hall, where people were still entering.

"Hey!" Doranbolt called out. Jellal turned around to flee, but Doranbolt had teleported to his side and had grabbed his elbow. "Mystogan, eh?"

Lahar with his army were patrolling. Seeing Doranbolt and Jellal, he ran to them, "What's the matter?"

"Mystogan... Mystogan does not belong in this world," Doranbolt stated. "You are not Mystogan."

"Of course he is," Erza calmly walked up to them. Doranbolt quickly removed Jellal's mask. The reaction was immediate.

"He has the face of Jellal Fernandes!" Lahar cried. "He is a criminal!"

Team Mermaid Heel was walking along, until Millianna spotted a particular scarlet-haired mage. She called out, "Er-cha- Jellal." Her face darkened and her reaction was immediate, "What's that... bastard doing here?" She slammed a hand against a wall in anger. "Er-chan's with him."

Kagura looked at them in curiosity, wondering what had made Millianna so angry. Seeing the blue haired criminal, she dropped to her knees and began hyperventilating.

Millianna squeezed her eyes shut, "Of course. Er-can stuck up for him. She was with him all along. Er-chan has betrayed us as well." She helped Kagura up.

"Mystogan was born like this," Erza responded to Doranbolt. "I would've thought you could've done more research when you acted as a mole in our guild." She said with a bit more venom, "Especially since you faked to be his apprentice."

"How would I have known, exactly?" Doranbolt shot back. "He never revealed his face to anybody."

"See," she sighed. "You should've done more research. Mystogan showed Wendy Marvell, Master Makarov, Porlyusica and me." She had to lie about the last part, "Particularly me, as I have a past with Jellal Fernandes, he did not want me to lash out in anger if I found out accidentally."

"Let me tell you why." Erza explained, "There is a parallel universe, Edolas, and there are parallel people as well. There is another Erza Scarlet, another Natsu Dragneel, another Gray Fullbuster, another Lucy Heartfilia and so on. There is also another Jellal Fernandes. These Edolas people have different names but we are identical. My counterpart is known as Erza Knightwalker." Erza took a breath, and a lie bubbled up in a throat. "She is evil."

"Jellal Fernandes on Earthland is evil," she lied through gritted teeth. "He has lied, tricked and infiltrated the Magic Council. He is a criminal." Jellal tensed, and she shot him a hidden desperate look. He gave her a reassuring glance, saying it was okay and she went on, "His counterpart is not. Mystogan is, unfortunately, his counterpart and born with the same face."

"I believe that," Doranbolt agreed. Erza and Jellal relaxed slightly. "But the passageway to Edolas closed 7 years ago, now there is no connection between the two worlds."

Before she could help it, another lie slipped out, "Fairy Tail created a way to transport him here and back in time for the Grand Magic Games. We have to win, after all," she added. "And since he's still a member, it's legal."

"Very well," Lahar nodded. "I will not bother you any longer. That means you too, Doranbolt." They marched away, Doranbolt still unbelieving.

"Wait," he called out, making Lahar stop. "I'm sure you are Jellal."

"He isn't," Erza restated.

"Then show me his Fairy Tail mark." Doranbolt smirked knowingly at Erza's petrified expression.

Oh crap.