~Levy~

"Wow! That was actually fun. But you," the man - Rayule - said pointing at Lucy, "I can't allow you to figure out your power. Goodbye."

I watched in fear as he forced my best friend to lose her balance and she fell against the railing, before falling over. Natsu tried desperately to reach for her but Rayule attacked him and forced him away. Lucy fell over the side with a scream.

"NO! LUCY" I screamed as I tried to reach the railing to where she fell. But Rayule sent an attack towards me, and the only reason I was able to avoid it was because someone pulled me out of the way. I realized later that the person was Gajeel.

"No Lucy!" Juvia yelled.

"Lucy!" Wendy cried out.

I saw that Natsu had a horrified look on his face as he stared toward the railing.

"No..." he whispered. I've never heard him sound so broken and so lost. His hands were shaking slightly and, even though I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who noticed, his lips trembled a little. I haven't noticed before now but I had tears streaming down my face, as well was all the other girls. Even Erza had one trailing down her cheek. Lucy...

But something happened next that caused all of us to stare in shock. A blue substance wrapped in an orange-white light reached up and wrapped around the railing. Wait, that looked like Lucy's Fleuve D'etoiles. I let out a gasp and unconsciously took a step forward. Please, let what I'm thinking be true.

"Lucy?" Natsu called out hesitantly. There was silence for a moment. And then, the remarkable happened. We saw Lucy's hand grab the railing and her haul herself up and over. When she was on her feet she yanked her weapon away from the railing and rushed over to us.

Natsu was the first to meet her and pulled her into a hug. "Thank God you're okay," he said, relief obvious in his voice.

We all surrounded them in hugs and the phrase 'I'm so glad you're okay' was said more than once. The enormous weight that was on my chest lifted and I noticed I was able to breathe easier. My best friend was alive. She was safe.

"Well, isn't this nice. What a happy reunion," Rayule said sarcastically. We all looked towards him and instantly backed up to where we were originally standing, Natsu pushing Lucy behind him as he glared at the man. In all honesty, in the moment of finding out that Lucy was okay, I had totally forgotten that he was there.

"Looks like your attack failed," Gray said to him.

He laughed and said, "I guess so. Tell me girl, how'd you survive the fall?"

"Her name is Lucy you bastard," Natsu spit at the man.

He rolled his eyes. "Whatever. How'd you survive?" he asked Lucy.

She bit her lip before saying, "I didn't actually hit the ground. As I was falling, I grabbed my Fleuve D'etoiles, as if on instinct, and whipped it upward towards the railing. It flung upwards and wrapped itself around the banister and I pulled on it to stop my descent. I then climbed it up to the top and climbed over. That was it."

The man stared at her before letting out a roar of laughter. "HAHAHA! Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that you'd grasped it that quickly. Hey, as a reward for not being a complete and utter moron, I'll tell you some things that you have the right to know. For example, that thing you carry, is a whip that only celestial mages can use," he said to her.

"A celestial mage? Is that what Lucy is?" I asked him. A whip? Is that its general name?

He sent me a glare that made me flinch and Gajeel glared back at him with equal vigor. Nonetheless he answered my question. "Yes, she is. Your shirtless friend over there is what they would call a Ice-Make Mage because he is able to mold ice to whatever he wants. That pretty blue-haired chick is a water mage because she has the ability to use and control water. And that young girl over there has a rare magic," he said.

"What do you mean 'rare magic'?" Lucy asked skeptically. "I thought she has healing magic."

"That is true, but that is not her only ability. Her magic does involve healing but the true name of it is dragon-slaying magic."

"Dragon-slaying magic?" Erza said. "That exists?"

"Well, Erza, it is a type of magic and we've all seen people use magic today," I said hesitantly. I was only trying to explain things to her but I wouldn't want to be one of the receiving ends of her glares.

To my surprise however, she merely nodded and turned back to Rayule. "Alright. Any other news then?" she asked with sarcasm dripping from her voice.

He smiled sadistically and said, "Nah, I think that I'll get back to destroying you now." He held out his hand and shot out more black bands at us.

Gray moved quickly in front of everyone and did the stance he did back in the pool room. But, instead of saying 'Ice-Make: Lance' he shouted out, "Ice-Make: Shield!"

A huge sheet of ice formed a type of wall in front us and blocked his attack. It also prevented him from getting to us as well.

"Whoa, that was really cool Elsa," Natus said in awe. And it might've been a tender moment if he hadn't referenced 'Frozen' but, to each his own I guess.

"Aye! You're awesome Gray!" Happy said excitedly from Romeo's arms . He then turned to Natsu. "Come on Natsu, you need to start doing something! My respect for you is starting to disappear!" he complained.

"ENOUGH HAPPY!" Natsu said dangerously.

"Whaa! Romeo, Natsu's scary!" Happy said fearfully while shrinking back into Romeo's body.

"If you haven't noticed, we're kind of in the middle of a battle here!" Jellal said threateningly. Everybody quieted after that.

"Everyone, head towards the gathering space. This ice barrier should hold him off for a little while and we'll have more room to move once we're out there," Erza stated.

She didn't need to tell me twice or anyone else apparently. We all ran across the room to the other side and practically threw ourselves down the stairs. We rushed out the door and ran down the hallway and reached outside.

"Alright! Everyone spread out! If we're clumped together it would make it easier for him to take us out," Jellal said hurriedly. In some ways, he is just like Erza. We all did as we said and spread out, everyone with one other person. Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly depending on how you look at it, everyone was matched with an opposite gender.

"Gray, how did you know how to do that?" Juvia asked.

"Well, that guy said I'm an Ice-make mage because I can mold ice to whatever I want. So I thought I'd try and make a shield," he said in an obvious tone. Yeah, like we'd know the answer to that.

"Very good," I heard Rayule call out, "I never would've thought that you annoyances would start to get the hang of your magic. But it doesn't matter, because I'm still gonna kill you!"

Where is he? I can't tell where he is! Does he have some sort of invisible power or is he just really good at hiding?

"LEVY! Watch out!"I heard Lucy scream. I turned around and saw that Rayule had aimed an attack at me. Time seemed to slow down as it traveled towards me. What can I do? Wait, what is this image in my head? This is what Juvia and Gray had described happened to them! No time to think about it, I just did what I saw. I held my hand out in front of me with my point and middle fingers raised and slashed the air in front of me while shouting, "Solid Script: Cut!"

The word 'cut' appeared in front of me in big and bold and black in color. It rushed towards the attack and, like the word says, it cut right through it. I stared at the place where my so called 'magic' had negated his in shock. Wow, that's what I saw in my head. So this is my magic?

"Whoa," I heard Gajeel say next to me. "That was pretty impressive shrimp."

I blushed upon hearing those words, despite the circumstances.

"That was awesome! How'd you do that Levy?" Lucy asked me.

"Same way Gray and Juvia did I guess," I answered.

"YOU WON'T DODGE ME THIS TIME!" Rayule yelled out. He came into view and shot another attack at me, but this time it was faster. Time didn't slow down for me this time and it felt like my whole body was frozen. I couldn't use my magic, let alone jump out the way. I'm scared! Someone, please help me!

Right when it was about to hit me, someone wrapped their hand around my arm and yanked me out the way. Even though I was safe I ended up stumbling and falling to my knees. I looked up up at the person who saved me in surprise.

"Gajeel?" I asked in shock. He was the one who saved me?

"Get out of my way! I'm taking that girl down! No one makes a full out of me!" Rayule screamed. He was starting to looked deranged. Y'know, when all the bad guys have that crazy look in their eyes that says 'steer clear, I'm freaking crazy'?

"Ain't gonna happen," Gajeel said in a low voice. They way he was talking to him made him seem dangerous but, for some reason, I felt completely safe.

"Then you'll die along with her!" Rayule yelled with a hint of lunacy in his voice. As he drew his hand back for an attack Gajeel swung his fist forward. At first I didn't see the point because they were 10 feet apart. How the heck would he reach him from all the way over here?

My question was answered soon enough. See, when Gajeel swung his fist forward, it undergone a change. His fist changed composition and turned into what looked like a iron pole. It charged at Rayule, slammed into his stomach, and knocked him into the wall behind him. He slid down and slumped on his side, unconscious.

Whoa, that was pretty awesome.

"Wow, it looks like you've discovered your power Gajeel," Jellal commented.

Gajeel rolled his eyes as he said, "And what would that be? The ability to change my arm and hand into an iron pole? Yeah, that's so awesome."

He shouldn't have said that. A moment later he was on the ground with a bump on his head and an angry Erza towering above him. "There's no need to be an asshole! Jellal gave you a compliment. When someone gives you a compliment, it's tradition to say 'thank you'. Now, say it," she said threateningly.

I saw Gajeel gulp before he stuttered out, "Th-Thank you Jellal."

Jellal smiled, seemingly enjoying seeing him like that. "No problem," he said casually.

"Now that we got him off our back, how about we discuss your new powers?" Juvia inquired.

I smiled at her. "Sure, sounds exciting actually," I told her.

Gajeel merely grunted.

"Well, it looks like Levy has something called 'Solid Script'," Romeo said.

"Yeah, and then she said 'cut' right after that," Gray inputted.

"So, whatever word I say after 'Solid Script' comes to life?" I asked skeptically.

"Why don't you try doing it again? But this time try a different word," Lucy suggested.

"Yeah, go for it Levy," Natsu added on.

"Ok," I said nervously. I searched my mind for a word to use and came up with the perfect idea.

"Ok I got one! Everyone stand clear," I said excitedly. Everyone did as I said and backed at least 3 feet away from me.

I held out my hand like I did the first time. "Solid Script: Bullet!" I shouted while slashing the air. The word 'Bullet' appeared in front of me, but instead of flying forward through the air like the other one did, strange magic bullets shot from it and pummeled the wall. Once my attack was over, everyone stared at the piece of crumbling wall in shock and surprise.

"Oh My Gosh...that...was...AWESOME!" Lucy said excitedly.

"Truly remarkable Levy," Erza said appreciatively.

"Yes it was," Juvia commented.

"Aye! Your so cool Levy!" Happy said.

"Alright Gajeel, your turn," Jellal said as he turned to him.

But Gajeel shook his head. "Nope. Can't do it," he said. "I think my magic is like Wendy's. It's only activated by strong emotions and right now, I don't feel anything special."

"What? That's a load of-" Natsu started to say before Erza silenced him with a look.

"We don't have time for this. Let's just find another place to hide," she said in a tired voice. Can't argue with her there. We all followed her as we left the gathering space to hide once again.