//------------------------------// // Chapter 14 - Beacon of Light // Story: Fairy Tail: Light and Dark // by Moonlight Spark //------------------------------// Fairy Tail: Light and Dark Chapter 14 - Beacon of Light Written by: Moonlight Spark —————————————————— Previously on Fairy Tail… Natsu: Cysgod was really tough, but  he had no chance against all of us! Happy: Aye! I agree! Lucy: But...why do I get the feeling this isn't over yet? Happy: Um, guys? Natsu: Who is that? Lucy: Is that… Happy: No way… —————————————————— The figure falls to the large crater created by Ember’s sunstrike. They all got closer to the crater to see what it was. What they saw made some of them gasp. It was Typhoone. She’s really in a bad shape. Bruises, burn marks and cuts were all over her body. She was also in an unconscious state. “No way!” Natsu said. Bloodmoon stood on her side and checked her pulse. He then sigh in relief. “She's alive. But barely.” He said calmly. “I don't understand. A minute ago we were fighting Cysgod then the next Typhoone is here.” Gray said as he scratched the back of his head. “I think I know…” Eclipse said calmly as she stepped forward. “You do?” Ember asked as she turned to her. Eclipse nodded. “The truth is we were really fighting Typhoone all along.” She said. “But how?” Bloodmoon asked. “If I'm correct, with all the magic he got from your fights, he was able to use a forbidden spell that able him to control Typhoone and turn into a clone of himself and used her to fight us.” She explained. “That coward…using his own allies as a tool for his own gain.” Abyssal said angrily. “Now that we know what he's really capable of, we must be careful and don't do anything risky.” Bloodmoon said. They all nodded in agreement. “Then let's go.” He said before taking the lead and walked to the hallway towards Cysgod’s lair. Eclipse looked back at the unconcious Typhoone before following the group. As they were out of sight, Typhoone slowly opened her eyes as she groaned in pain. She then slowly stood up as she look at where they were. “This isn't the last time you'll see me, Fairy Tail.” She said as she slowly faded until she disappeared. Back at the group, they stopped inside a large pitch black room. Suddenly, the torches around the room lit up in a purple flames. It was almost the same as they entered the room awhile ago but the difference was that purple magic tentacles suddenly grabbed each one of them except Ember as she evaded it and and blast it away with her magic. The rest of the group were struggling to try and break free, but Ember noticed that their magic were being drained by the tentacles and to...Cysgod. Cysgod came out of the darkness in front of her. A wicked grin on his face as Ember glared at him. “Well well well...It seems you are all alone now.” He said. “Let them go, Cysgod!” Ember’s horn glowed with her aura as she redies a spell. “I would...but where's the fun in that?” He smirked at her. She gritted her teeth angrily as she released a fireball spell at him. He caught it with his hand and slowly absorbs it before a dark fireball was launched back at her. She tried to bdeflect it with a barrier, but as it made contact with the fireball, the barrier broke and the fireball exploded. Ember was knocked by a huge force from the explosion. She slowly stood up. But not before another fireball exploded in front of her, knocking her down once more. “And you're supposed to be the one who holds the light that repels the darkness? Ha! Don't make me laugh!” He said as he launched more dark fireballs at her. She barely evaded them but one fireball hit her and as it exploded she crashed to the wall as she gasped. She was breathing heavily, bruises can be seen on her body and a small blood leaked from her mouth. ‘I can't do it...I'm too weak…’ She thought. ‘They will die...because I'm not strong enough...Bloodmoon…’ A flashback of Bloodmoon giving her a small smile when they finished their quest. ‘Natsu…’ A flashback of when Ember was tending to Natsu’s injuries after he tried to battle Bloodmoon. He gave her a toothy grin. ‘Lucy…’ A flashback of when she and Lucy were reading a book in one of the libraries in Manehattan. She gave her a smile as they finished reading a book. ‘Abyssal…’ A flashback of when after she and Abyssal was finsihed with her last training. He smiled at her as he ruffled her mane before leaving their practice hall. ‘Everyone...I'm sorry…’ She said finally as it felt like she was giving up. Cysgod would take the opportunity to finish her off. A small ball of dark magic slowly grows huge and then he hurls it at Ember. “Ember!!” Then something unexpected happened. The huge ball of dark magic stopped inches away from her as something was blocking it. Ember slowly opened her eyes as her golden eyes glowed brightly. “No...I will not give up! I will not die!” She yelled as the dark ball was slowly shrinking until it was only but a small dot in the air. Then the room was filled with a huge bright light. “No...ahhhhh!!” Cysgod screamed in agony until everything went silent. To be continued... ============================== Next time on Fairy Tail… We see life on Manehattan slowly returns to normal. Buildings were being repaired. The streets were being returned to the way it's supposed to be. Ponies were helping each other rebuild Manehattan back to it's former glory. Then a bright beacon of light was seen in the north where Grimoire Mind's Guildhouse was. Everypony stopped their work as they watched in awe of the light until it dissipated. This also caught the attention of Master Makarov who watched it from the front of the Fairy Tail guildhouse. “Master, what is it?” Fleur asked as she ran to him. “Gather the element bearers. She'll need all the help she can get to finish this.” He said as Fleur nodded before running back to the guildhouse. ‘Help is on the way...good luck.’ He thought as he watched the sky.