Corrupted Dragon and the Scarlet Light Chapter 1, a fairy tail fanfic

Author's note: As a heads up in this story Lisanna did not "die" when she went on the Mission with Mira and Elfman thanks to them deciding to take Natsu with them so don't be surprised when Mira appears as Erza's demonic rival instead of the sweet and sensitive Mira in later chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters.

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"Hey Erza we're going down to the casino you coming?" Lucy asked

Erza from behind the door. "Yeah I'll be out in just a minute."

Erza responded as she requiped out of her Heart Kreuz Armor and into a purple dress and tied up her hair.

"This might be a good chance to ask Natsu if he has any feeling towards anyone in the guild" Erza thought to herself with a smile.

Ever since Lucy had joined Fairy Tail it seemed like Natsu and happy both seemed to spend the majority of their time with Lucy and less with everyone else including Lisanna Happy's mother.

"There's no way Natsu and Lucy could be dating each other this quickly could they?" Erza thought as she tried to reassure herself.

Though she knew she had no reason to be jealous since she and Natsu didn't have any kind of relationship outside of being friends… at least not yet.

For some time now she had begun to harbor feeling towards the guild's dragon slayer but has yet to find the courage to come out and tell him how she feels.

Natsu had always been a golden light in her life. His constantly cheery attitude always had a way of brightening her day when she was down. She loved that no matter what happened he would never stop fighting for his friends and was always willing to take a risk for them without any hesitation.

However despite how she felt about him she refused to allow herself to grow any romantic relationships with anyone until she found a way to free Sho and the others trapped back at the Tower of Heaven.

"Until they are free I have no right to live my life carefree while they are trapped under Jellal's influence"

Though that never stopped her from thinking of Natsu when she read her romance novels. Her face began to turn the same shade as her hair at the thought.

"Hey! Earth to Erza!' you ready?!" Natsu yelled through the door jolting Erza out of her day dreaming.

"Natsu you can't just rush someone like that just because your impatient" Lucy exclaimed from the hallway.

Erza's door suddenly flew open and before Natsu could respond. When he look over at Erza he almost screamed in terror when he saw the evil look in Erza's eyes and quickly turned in an attempt to escape her wrath.

However before he got more than two feet away Erza's hand quickly shot out and grabbed him by his scarf.

"I'm sorry Natsu was I taking too long in getting ready?" Erza asked and a clearly not apologetic voice.

"What! Of course not I was just fine with waiting but Happy was getting impatient." Natsu said as he quickly tried to turn the knight's wrath away from himself.

"That's funny seeing as how you are the only one standing outside my door" Erza said.

"But what about Lucy and Hap…py…" Natsu started before he noticed that Lucy and Happy were no longer in the hallway with them as they had quickly made a run for it when they saw Erza come out of her room with murder in her eyes. Natsu gulped and closed his eyes preparing to meet his end.

However instead of hitting him Erza thought of a better idea.

"Tell you what Natsu, as your punishment you have to buy me a slice of strawberry cheesecake and spend the whole time we're in the casino with me" Erza said.

"Natsu seeing this as a chance to avoid being beaten to death quickly agreed to her demands and they made their way to the casino.

Shortly after arriving at the casino Erza and Natsu found themselves at one of the poker tables. Erza was currently enjoying the slice of strawberry cheesecake that Natsu bought her when Lucy and Happy came over and joined them.

"Hey guys how's your game going?" Erza smiled smugly as she looked over at Lucy sitting across the table.

"Winning as expected." Erza told her. Natsu looked over to Lucy how about you Luce are you winning big too?" he asked. In response Lucy started to cry just thinking of all the rent money she lost. Looking at her crying Natsu decided he should just take her response as a no.

A strange block shaped man walked up to Erza and the others from behind.

"Complimentary drinks for the dandy winner and her friends" he said.

"Thank you very much" Erza thanked him as she took the drink and drank it in one gulp with Natsu and Lucy following her example with their drinks.

Erza began to play another hand when she suddenly noticed that she was growing tired all of a sudden. Just as she started to wonder why she was so tired all of a sudden a tanned blonde walk up behind the dealer.

"Dealer change" he informed the dealer. The dealer bowed then turned and left to go to another table.

"Nice to see you again sister" the new dealer said as he walked up to the table and began shuffling the cards in his hand.

"Wait a minute do I know you" Erza asked as she took a closer look at the dealer.

"You don't recognize me sister?' I'm hurt" he said with a twisted smile on his face.

"Sho?!' is that you" Erza asked feeling a knot of worry tighten in her gut as she began to realize who he was.

"Yes it's me sister and we're here to pick up a sacrifice to take back to the Tower of Heaven with us." Sho said with the twisted smile still on his face.

"Wait we?" Erza asked taking note of what he said while trying to fight the urge to fall asleep.

"That's right the rest of us wanted to come see you and your dandy new friends" The strange block shaped man from earlier said as he walked back up to the table.

"Wallie is that you Erza asked shocked at his appearance.

"Yeah it's me I had a few changes done to make me a much smoother and dandier guy." Wallie said as he walked up.

Before Erza could respond the room suddenly went pitch black.

"What's going" Erza asked looking around in the darkness.

Then just as quickly as it came the darkness disappeared. Erza quickly looked around noticing that all of the people in the casino had suddenly disappeared. She turned around and saw Sho standing a ways away with Wallie alongside him.

Erza then noticed that all of the people who were in the casino were now trapped within the cards in Sho's hands as he let the cards scatter onto the ground.

"Let them go Sho they have nothing to do with this." Erza commanded while still fighting the effects of what she suspected to be a sleeping drug that Wallie had put in their drinks.

"I'm well aware of that sister, but I don't want them to get in the way as we make off with Salamander." Sho responded calmly

"How are you even able to use magic?" Erza asked

"Like Wallie said we all had a feel changes done to us." Sho said.

"Don't look so surprised Erzy Werzy a female voice said from the other side of the table. Erza looked over and saw Milliana standing over an unconscious Lucy and Natsu.

"It's been a long time since we've seen each other you can't possibly have believed we wouldn't have changed after you abandoned us" another voice spoke as a large man suddenly appeared alongside Milliana and picked up Natsu from his chair and threw him over his shoulder.

"Magic is easy once you get a hang of it"

"Simon is that you" Erza asked surprised to see him here along with the rest.

"I'm afraid we can't stay around to chat for very long as we need to return to Jellal." Simon said as he began to walk away with Natsu.

"Natsu!" Erza shouted in distress.

"There's no way I'm going to let them just walk out with Natsu without a fight" Erza said to herself despite the ever increasing need to sleep.

She looked over at Sho and the rest still not believing that they were able to use magic. Erza made an attempt to go after them as they started to walk away only to collapse onto the ground unable to get her body to get back up.

"Please take me instead" Erza pleaded weakly as she helplessly watched them walk away with Natsu.

"I'm afraid that's not possible Erza" Simon said with looking back at her.

"Jellal gave us specific orders that we were to only take Salamander with us and to leave you behind just like you left us behind when you betrayed us."

Despite her best efforts to stay awake Erza felt sleep overcome her with the last thing she saw being Simon and the others walking away with Natsu hating her inability to help him.

"Erza wake up!" Grays voice sounded in her head.

"G…Gray?" Erza mumbled as she opened her eyes to see Gray kneeling over her with worry written all over his face.

"What happened to you guys where's Natsu and Happy" Gray asked her as she sat up.

"We were attacked by..." Erza started as her memories of what just happened rush back to her. "Natsu!' We have to help him!" Erza suddenly exclaimed as she struggled to stand.

"Hold on do you even know where whoever attacked you even went?" Gray asked trying to calm her down.

"Yes I know exactly who they are and where they're going." Erza said as she pushed pass Gray and started to walk towards the exit.

"You won't stand a chance against them on your own you should let us help you" an unfamiliar voice said. Erza looked over to see Phantom Lord's Juvia Lockser helping Lucy up from where she had collapsed.

"Wait a minute weren't you with Phantom Lord?" Erza asked looking over at Juvia with suspicion. "I was with them but now I want to help my beloved Gray which means I'm here to help you.

"Then you can help by assisting Gray and Lucy in returning to the Guild while I go and save Natsu and Happy.

"We're going with you Erza" Gray said adamantly.

"There are friends too and there's no way I'm going to let them get away with jumping us the way they did. Erza couldn't help but smile at hearing this.

"Come let's find a boat then I'll tell you how I know the ones that attacked us" Erza told them.

After they left the casino they quickly found a magic boat and informed the military about the people back in the casino trapped inside of the cards.

"Ok Erza" Gray said as they started to sail in the direction Erza directed them towards. "I think it's time that you tell us just who those people were.

"Your right" Erza began. "I met them before I came to Fairy Tail after my village was attacked and I alongside them were kidnapped by a group of Zereth worshippers to build a tower known as the R System.

Everyone was silent as Erza finished telling them the story of her time building the R System and what she had to go through. After looking at the compassion on their faces as she told them about the nightmare that she was forced to live through Erza couldn't help but hate herself for not telling them sooner.

"Maybe if I told them before all of this happened we might have been prepared for when they attacked and Natsu and Happy would be safe" Erza thought to herself.

Gray was quick to notice the look of regret on Erza's face.

" Don't blame yourself Erza there's no way you could have known what would happen, besides I'm willing to bet that Natsu will have broken fee and will be waiting for us with that idiotic grin on his face asking what took us so long." Gray said trying to cheer her up.

"I'm sure your right" Erza said with a small smile.

Natsu had no idea where he was except for the fact that he was on a ship and was suffering from major motion sickness.

"Why am I always the only person to suffer from motion sickness?" Natsu wondered miserably. He tried to get an idea of where he was but was unfortunately too occupied with his sickness to do little more than keep from vomiting.

"Look at the poor guy" Wallie chuckled looking over at Natsu.

"I doubt we even need those ropes to keep him in check." He laughed

"Salamander is an extraordinarily powerful wizard and should not be underestimated Simon said as he too was looking over at Natsu who was on the verge of throwing up while tied up in the back of the ship.

"If you say so." Wallie said as he walked out of the room leaving Simon alone with Natsu. After making sure that Wallie had left and that no one else was nearby Simon walked over to Natsu.

"Can you hear me Natsu?" Simon asked in a hushed voice as he leaned close to Natsu. Because of his sickness Natsu barely managed to grunt in response.

"Good because when we arrive at the tower I'm going to need your help." Simon said.

Natsu didn't respond but he could tell that Natsu was listening.

"For Erza's sake it's important that we work together because if we fail I can assure you that her life will be in danger."

He could tell that that he had Natsu's attention after mentioning Erza but before he could say more he heard a sound come from the entrance to the storage room they were keeping Natsu in. He quickly turned towards the noise but didn't see anyone.

"It's not safe to talk here but I'll try to find a way to free you after we reach the Tower" Simon said as he hurried out of the room.

Natsu wasn't sure what to think of what the man said.

"What does this have to do with Erza and why the hell am I tied up?" Natsu wondered.

"The last thing I remember is sitting with Erza at the poker table right before passing out.' Guess I have no choice but to trust this guy and hope I can get myself out of this mess.

"Master Jellal the retrieval mission was a success and Salamander will arrive at the Tower soon." A tall man with long dark blue hair said as he approached a cloaked man sitting on a throne.

"Excellent once he arrives we can begin the ritual." Jellal said. Why target Salamander and not the traitor Erza?" the man asked curious of Jellal's reasoning.

"Erza possesses enough magical strength to be a fitting sacrifice this is true but the power that is hidden within Salamander is far superior to the power that many of the Ten Wizard saints possess." Jellal informed the man.

"Unlike Erza who has full control of her magical power Salamander has yet to fully realize his true potential and therefore should be easier to control.' And besides what could be better than forcing Erza to suffer the pain of losing a friend as punishment for betraying us." Jellal said with a smug smile on his face.

"As always Master Jellal you are truly wise." The man said as he bowed and left the room.

Erza could do nothing but worry as they sailed towards the home of her nightmares.

"Please let Natsu be ok please, please be ok Natsu" Erza repeated constantly to herself. The whole time they've been on the sailing she's been cursing herself for allowing Natsu to be captured by Jellal and without so much as a fight.

"Erza you have to stop blaming yourself for what happened" Gray said looking over at her with worry written all over his features.

"That's where you're wrong Gray." Erza said without looking at him.

"If I hadn't been so careless and let my guard down I would have been more prepared for when they attacked." She said miserably

"You said it yourself that it's been years since you left the Tower, there's no way you could have predicted what would have happened." Lucy said trying her best to comfort Erza.

"Hey do you guys feel that?" Gray said suddenly as he felt an evil magical aura. They looked up into the sky and saw the birds around them begin to die and fall to the sea.

"Don't worry ill protect us" Juvia said as she encased their boat in a water barrier.

"The Tower of Heaven!" Erza gasped staring at the front of the ship.

"I can't believe they actually finished it." Erza said.' That must be why Jellal took Natsu!" Erza realized.

"They plan to they plan using Natsu as a sacrifice to activate the Tower" Erza realized as she felt the knot of worry in her stomach begin to tighten even more.

"Don't worry Erza we'll get Natsu and Happy back and make sure to beat up anyone that gets in our way." Gray said confidently with Lucy and Juvia nodding confidently in agreement.

"I hope your right Gray, I really do" Erza said as she continued to stare at the massive tower.

Simon walked over to the cell where they had placed Natsu after they had arrived at the tower hoping no one would see him and question what he was doing in the cell block.

"Just a little bit further" he said to himself.

As he entered the cell they left Natsu in he was surprised to see that Natsu was no longer in the cell.

"Looking for someone Simon?" a voice asked from behind him.

He quickly turned around to see Jellal standing behind him with Sho and two guards standing alongside him.

"When Sho came to me and told me that he overheard you planning to free Salamander after arriving returning to the tower I must say I was hurt." Jellal said in a clearly fake hurt voice.

"How could you betray us just like Erza did Simon" Sho yelled at him the pain in his voice clearly real as tears began to appear in his eyes.

"Jellal this is just a misunderstanding Sho just misheard… Simon began only to be cut off by Jellal as he began to slowly walk up to Simon.

"Oh I understand what you're doing quite clearly" Jellal said right before he thrust the dagger he had hidden in his sleeve into Simon's throat, shocking Sho with his action.

"It's clear to me that you are nothing more than a traitor just like Erza." Jellal said as he let Simon collapse onto the ground where a pool of blood began to form using wiping the blood off of the blade with his sleeve.

"I suffered Erza's betrayal but I will not suffer yours Simon." Jellal spat.

"But don't worry I have no doubt that Erza is already on her way to try save Salamander." Jellal said as he looked down at Simon as he bled to death.

"I'll be sure to send her to the afterlife to join you. Jellal looked over at Sho who just stared at Simon still shocked that Jellal would do such a thing.

"Take Sho back to his room so he can rest" Jellal commanded the guards as he walked away towards the thrones room.

The last thing he heard before leaving the area was Sho's cry of anguish.

Author's note: Hope you guys enjoyed the short read. This was my first attempt at writing something like this so please be merciful with the reviews. Any constructive criticism on how I can improve will be appreciated.

I currently plan on making more chapters once I get my ideas in place in what I want to have happen.

Please Review and thanks for reading!