Cool. My email wasn't working at work today, so I had a bit more free time than usual:
Chapter 3: "Not through those traps you're not!"
Wiz continued, "But first, make sure everyone's buffed up and ready to go. We don't know what we could be facing."
Kalessin added, "And make sure to keep strings up!"
Soon everyone was blessed and agied up - but the priests were alternating between looking confusedly at their hands, and quizzically at each other. "Wiz was right", said Meg, "this is really spooky. I can't cast assumptio!"
"Of course you can't cast it, you're a Wizard." said Mocha, but Wiz came to her defense; "No, there is something strange going on - I can't backslide."
Mocha fought back his flustration and said, "Well, of course you can't backslide, you're an LK!"
"No no, he's right" said Subaru, "I can't backslide either."
Before Mocha could retort, Ryukke piped up, and everyone stopped to listen, "I know what's going on. Look above your heads."
Everyone turned their heads up, looked around for a bit, and then looked back down at Ryukke. "I don't see anything," said Zarguss, "Is that what's going on?"
Ryu put his hand to his chin and said, "Hmm, that's weird. To me it looks like you all have Fairy Tail emblems above your head. (Except for Shin of course!)"
Everyone looked up above their heads again, and it was Zarguss who proclaimed, "Oh wait, I get it now! Look above everyone else's heads!"
Cries of 'Ooooooh', 'Wow', and 'I see' filled the room they were in, echoing eerily off the dark, sinister walls. The strange atmosphere of dread and realisation was broken by Mel's cry, "Hurry up everyone! None of this is getting Ramil back!"
Wiz took charge again, "OK guys, listen up. It looks like we've stumbled upon the legendary Glast Heim Agit. Dark Lord has probably taken Ramil to the emp room, and who knows what evil minions he is using to guard it. Move forward as a group, and stop at the entrance to level 2."
All apprehension was gone now, and FT was instantly mobilised for action. True to form, everyone ran off in different directions at different speeds, so Wiz just shrugged his shoulders and ran to level 2 as well. Somehow, though, they all managed to make it to the entrance at relatively the same time. Just in front of the portal, Chris spotted a note on the floor and said, "Quick, someone's left us a message. Go and get it hon'!"
Destiny and Mel looked at each other with the same question on their mind - which Chris? They both spoke at the same time, Mel saying, "I don't mind if you want to go and get the note, really.", while Destiny was saying, "I don't care which Chris it is, you can have him." By this time, though, it didn't matter who had said it, because Rei had already flying kicked over to the note and brought it back.
"If I'd known we were going to a WoE Castle, I would have learned flying kick too!" said John, bowling bashing the ground in mock annoyance. Rei read out the note:
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Dear slackers,
As you've probably figured out, this is the secret GH Guild Castle.
I followed Dark Lord's tracks, and they lead into the Guild Dungeon.
Ramil must be down there; I'm going on ahead.
Good Luck,
Spartan.
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After Rei had finished, Neraid popped his head out of the ground again. "I've finally remembered what I wanted to tell you! Dark Lord has taken Ramil into the Glast Heim WoE Castle. If we want to rescue her, we'll have to find that castle."
"Neraid!!!!" said Fei, in a voice that was a cross between welcoming and telling-off, "We're already in the castle!"
"Neraid!!!!" said Wiz, in a voice that was slightly less welcoming, "Stop fooling around. We need to know if this castle has been broken or not."
Neraid quickly jumped out of the ground. "Hold, on, I'm getting something." he said, concentrating hard and assuming the 'casting position' to channel his thoughts (while everyone else looked away, giggling something about 'dex'.). "The only castles which haven't been broken are this one, and DC's Valk 3 fort."
"Great," said Wiz, "looks like we'll have to break the emp first, so we can gain entrance into the guild dungeon. Then we can go rescue Ramil."
Green Halloween asked if they had time to go and break DC's fort first, but the consensus was that Ramil was more important*, so they charged into level 2, ready to do battle.
*(Greenie agreed reluctantly once they reminded her that normal WoE was actually over, so they probably couldn't do much to DC).
Mocha was the first through the portal, and as everyone else piled in behind him, they all stopped and followed his gaze. Spartan was backed into a corner, while a Dark Illusion was slowly menacing its way toward him, stopping each time it stepped in a new trap. Spartan was looking around for some zargons to fashion arrows from - the empty silver arrow quiver on the ground told them why.
Subaru was the first to speak, "Oh my god," she gasped, "is that the Dark Lord? Where's Ramil?"
Wiz reassured her. "Don't worry Sub, it's just a Dark Illusion. We can handle it with our eyes closed. Fairy Tail, CHARGE!"
The whole guild rushed off to where Spartan was standing, and were surprised when he screamed at them to stop. "No you fools, what are you doing? Don't come any closer." he yelled.
"Why, what's the problem? Is it a trap?" Wiz asked.
"Not just one trap," replied Spartan, "If you go that way, you'll run right through all my traps!"
"But we're coming to save you!" Mocha replied.
"Not through those traps you're not!" Spartan said finally.
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Will they be able to reach Spartan in time?
Or will Spartan find his own way out?
Who (or what) will be defending the emp room?
What other FT characters will crop up?
Who will write the next chapter?
Tune in next time to find out the answers to these questions and more.
PS: Please don't be put off if you haven't had a proper part in one of the stories yet - there are heaps of other people I wanted to fit in, but it's not easy to think up funny things for everyone to say XD, or have their contribution fit with the way you want the story to run.
So, if you want to guarantee yourself a part in the story, then sign up to write a chapter (especially if you have some cool ideas for what could happen to them next)!
