//------------------------------// // Fridge Raided // Story: Spike the Fairy // by PonyJoel //------------------------------// "Dude, it's been four days since you've eaten. Is everything alright?" Spike asks Fairy Rage. It's 9:30 in the morning in the apartment. "I'm fine. I don't know why I'm not hungry." Fairy Rage pats his belly. "NATSU!" Lucy angrily shouts. She sees the fridge decimated and looted. "Aw, man, this is the second time this week," Spike said. He's scratching the back of his head. "Emptied fridge, no food or drinks. I guess Natsu wanted your cookies, Spike." "It was to pay the Landlady for this month. Now I have to start over," Spike sighs a bit. "I better go buy more supplies." "I'll go with you. Gotta prepare some provisions in case another ransack when we sleep," Lucy said. She follows Spike out the door. As Fairy Rage stays within the apartment, Spike and Lucy bump into Natsu and Happy. Lucy grabs Natsu's shirt, pulling him close to her. "Have you been in my fridge again?!" Lucy angrily pants. "No!" Natsu exclaims while shaking his hands. "I would never ransack your fridge again!" Natsu made his case. "That tuna fish sandwich with mayo was good and yummy," Happy said. He licks his lips to remember the sensation of the flavor. "Ahah! A confession!" Lucy grabs Happy's tail. "OW! Lucy, that-" Happy keeps his mouth shut. He sees how angry Lucy looks. Her face is red. "I can't believe you and Natsu raided our fridge last night!" Lucy barks at Happy. "Dude, that's not cool," Spike said. "It wasn't us! We're innocent!" Happy and Natsu pleas. They didn't raid Lucy and Spike's food. Lucy lets go of Happy's tail and take a deep breath. "Look, don't come to the apartment and steal our food," Lucy's stomach growls. She storms off to the nearest supermarket in Magnolia. "So, it's' twice in the last five days our fridge got raided. Lucy is not in the mood for any shenanigans. Sorry for the inconvenience," Spike leaves Natsu and Happy alone. He catches up with Lucy. "Natsu, I think we should do a stakeout tonight," Happy suggests. "I can go for some steak," Natsu rubs his belly. "I do agree with you, Happy. We should find the culprit that's raiding Lucy's fridge. Perhaps the culprit has raided other fridges in the past." "I bet it's Droy," Happy giggles at the thought. Three hours after food shopping, Spike, Fairy Rage, and Lucy arrive at the guildhall. Rumors of someone raiding food are the hot-take in the guildhall. "I wonder who's raiding the fridges in Magnolia," Gray said. He's wearing only his underwear. "I say it's Droy," Jet said while eating an apple. "I'M RIGHT HERE!" Droy punches Jet for making a repulsive suggestion. "Out of everyone, you're still the fattest, and sure as hell it ain't Nab who still won't pick a damn job!" Jet shouts which grab Nab's attention. "Are you making fun of me?" Nab turns to Jet raising his fist. "You're not working, so it's you that's raiding fridges at night in Magnolia," Jet boldly claims, changing his mind now that he's thinking clearer. "How about I feed you a knuckle sandwich!" Nab goes after Jet. He, Droy, and Jet start a brawl in the guildhall. "Well, everyone is on edge with their food looted," Spike said. "Like a famine is about to happen in a few days. I hope things get resolved soon," Lucy said. "I wonder if there's a job request on stopping the foe from creating a civil war among the populous over food." "Let's go find out," Spike flies to the job board and searches for anything similar to raiding. Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna arrive in the guildhall starving. They had no food in their home. "Help us..," Lisanna said, holding her stomach due to the hunger pains. "We had no food in our home..," Mirajane said. "I need a manly meal!" Elfman shouts. He falls to his knees. Kinana is cooking breakfast for those affected by the recent food raidings. She, Laki, and Levy bring food to Elfman, Mirajane, and Lisanna. "Thank you!" Elfman gorges on the eggs and bacon. "Thank you," Lisanna tries not to gorge as Elfman did. Mirajane walks up to Master Makarov while eating her plate. "Master, what should we do?" Master Makarov put his plate down. "We need to have rotating shifts during the late hours. Those affected need extra security when the raider returns to the homes they plundered from." Erza enters the guildhall with Alzack, Bisca, Wakaba, Macao, Romeo, and Max Alors with fresh food. They were worried that the guild got raided during the night. Erza sees her friends going through the different stages of hunger pain. "I'm glad our fridge didn't get raided," Romeo said. Cana screams and rushes inside the guildhall. "Someone raided my fridge and drank all of my beer!" "I'm pretty sure she was drunk and drank it all," Lucy said to Levy. "Normally, I agree with you, Lu, but this is serious," Levy replies. Erza walks up to Master Makarov. "Master. I've taken note that one-third of Magnolia had their food stolen." "That's not good. Was Twilight Orge impacted as well?" Makarov asks Erza. "I saw a note on their door. Twilight Orge went out of town for a month on a retreat. However, I believe they were raided and didn't want to answer Magnolia's cry." "Alright, thanks for the info, Erza." Spike doesn't find any job requests about the raidings, which is puzzling. He flies back to Lucy. "So, I don't see any job requests regarding the food raider." "Quit complaining," Laxus said. He sees Freed, Bicklsow, and Evergreen overreacting over the food situation. "My secret stash of junk food got taken, man," Bickslow said in tears. "How did anyone find out?" "My kitchen had broken plates and glasses on the floor. Not a speck of food traced," Freed weakly said. "The girl's dorm wasn't spared either. All that's left was a mess to clean," Evergreen complains and sounds tired. Juvia comes inside the guildhall with Gajeel, Panther Lily, Carla, and Wendy. "We've done our investigation and couldn't smell the perpetrator," Gajeel said. "There are familiar scents throughout Magnolia. We can't depict who's the raider, Master," Wendy informs Makarov. "That sucks," Gray said. "I hope to pound the bastard!" "You may want to wait in line for that, Gray, my love," Juvia said. She wants a piece of the punk, like everyone else. "I can't believe that Fairy Hills got raided during our sleep. How in the world did we not hear the commotion?" Wendy asks Carla. "I have no idea, Wendy. It's beyond our understanding," Carla responds. "Spike, Rage, any idea of possible leads?" Wendy asks. "We're clueless like everyone else is." "Lucy did speculate Natsu since he and Happy have done it to us in the past," Spike recalls the time before going on a job with Laxus and the Thunder Legion. "Why Salamander?" Gajeel asks Spike and Lucy. "It's something they would do," Lucy states. "Also, I had a tuna fish sandwich in my fridge. It was supposed to be my lunch later today, and it was gone. Happy mentioned the sandwich in perfect detail, leading me to speculate he and Natsu raided the fridge." "I also had cookies to give to the Landlady, and they were gone." "Dude, when are you going to make more of them!?" Gajeel asks Spike. It's been months since he had Spike's specialty. "After the raiding comes to an end," Spike sighs. "If I bake now and it's gone, my efforts were for nothing." "I expect the guildhall the next target for the raider. Freed, Levy, I need you two to work on an enchantment that'll alarm and prevent the culprit from entering," Master Makarov decrees. "That shouldn't be too hard, Master," Levy said. Freed nods. "I'll get to it," Freed's stomach growls. "After I have my fill." Natsu and Happy arrive in the guildhall. They see everyone on edge. They receive some dirty looks pointed at them. Especially from Lucy with her memory of the two sneaking into the apartment many times. "Look, it wasn't us!" Happy shouts. "And we'll prove it!" Natsu proclaims. "Let's go and prove our innocence, Happy!" "AYE!" Happy follows Natsu and leaves the guildhall. "You don't think other towns are experiencing the same crisis as we are, right?" Romeo asks around to get everyone's opinions. "I'll check around," Spike volunteers. "It could be possible that this guy or girl or whatever it is could have ravaged other towns," Spike uses his fire breath to teleport to Mermaid Heel's guildhall. Many people at the Mermaid Heel's venue cheer in excitement. They are having breakfast, and now they want the lunch hour cooked by Spike. Kagura and Millianna see Spike and approaches him. "Nice timing. Now we'll have more hungry customers," Millianna cheerfully says. "What brings you here, Spike?" Kagura asks Spike. "Have you experienced anything abnormal recently?" "How abnormal are we talking about, Spike?" Kagura counters Spike's question with another. "Fridges raided?" Kagura and Millianna shake their heads. "We have not encountered a foe that raids refrigerators. Jewels and jewelry. Mugging and kidnapping people. Raiding food is a new one. However, we'll keep our guard up since you're experiencing it." "Thanks, Sis. See you and Millianna around," Spike hears many people groaning. "I'll come back another time. Today was a quick visit," Spike uses his fire breath to teleport to the Sabertooth guildhall. He inadvertently collides with Sting, knocking him to the floor. "Dude! Not cool!" Sting gets up. "What's the deal?" "Have you experienced food raidings?" "Nah. Who wants to raid food?" Sting is puzzled. He turns to his friends for answers. "I have no memory of the sort in our town. I recall common enemies stealing money, artifacts, relics, jewelry, and precious cargo. Food's unheard of," Rufus states. "Why would anyone want to steal food when there are food pantries?" Orga states. He finds it lackluster for someone to steal people's food where there are much more valuables to grasp. "I have no clue. So far, one-third of Magnolia has experienced such a crisis, and people are starving. My fridge got raided twice during my sleep, and the culprit got away without making a sound." "Whoa," Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Orga, Minerva, Yukino, Lector, and Frosch are stunned to hear that from Spike. They now know how serious the situation is. "A good portion of my friends came to the guildhall starving. That's why; I'm asking around to see if anyone has dealt with a similar predicament," Spike said. "Hate to say. We have not endured a food calamity within our town," Rogue said. "Spike, Sabertooth will help you find this punk," Sting decrees. "Thanks," Spike smiles. "Just bring some rations with you." "Milady?" Sting turns to Minerva. "I'm on it," Minvera heads to the kitchen. "We'll be in Magnolia later tonight. Don't let anyone know about it. We want to make it a surprise for the jerk." "I won't, Sting," Spike uses his fire breath to teleport to the Lamia Scale guildhall. Spike sees Sherria and Lyon walking up to the guildhall. "Spike!" Sherria runs up to him and hugs him. "It's so good to see you!" "You here to take Sherria on another Fairy Youth Squad mission?" Lyon asks. "No," Spike shakes his head. "I'm here to ask a question." "What is it?" Lyon asks. He's interested. "Have you and Margaret Town experienced food raidings?" Lyon is confused. Sherria looks dumbfounded by the question. "Food raidings?" Lyon and Sherria say in unison. "Yea," Spike nods. "We've dealt with many raidings, but it never involves food," Lyon said. "Why would you ask that?" Sherria wants to know what's happening. "One-third of Magnolia had their food raided. Some of my friends in the guildhall showed up starving. The phenomenon has been going on for a week now. My fridge got fleeced twice during the week while I was sleeping." "Wow," Lyon and Sherria are in shock. "That is serious," Sherria said. She thought it was funny until she heard the news from Spike. "Did Wendy eat well?" "I hope so. The Fairy Hills Dorm got plundered last night, according to Evergreen." Sherria panically rushes into the guildhall. She imagines a hunger-pain Wendy in tears. Though, in truth, Wendy can eat the air to make herself feel better. "I'll bring a small team to help Fairy Tail catch the transgressor. I would hate to have anyone starving in Margaret Town," Lyon said. He hopes to show off Gray by capturing the raider. A few seconds later. Sherria brings a box of food and shoves it to Spike. "Give it to Wendy! Make sure she eats well. I want my Sky Sister satisfied, not hungry." "I will," Spike said. He's worried that Sherria is overstressing and overthinking. "I'll see you guys later," Spike uses his fire breath to teleport back to the guildhall. Spike arrives inside the guildhall to see his friends organizing defensive measures to secure food in all of Magnolia. Irene claims she's seen many atrocities in her life. Someone stealing food without leaving a trace is new to her. "Wendy," Spike grabs Wendy's attention. "Yea, Spike," Wendy approaches him. "Sherria wanted me to give you this," Spike hands Wendy the box. "Thanks," Wendy takes a look inside. The box contains sandwiches, apples, bananas, pears, oranges, candy, bags of chips, and potatoes. "I think we should hold that in our room. Keep it away from any refrigeration units until things get settled," Carla advises. Also, she takes an apple to snack on. "Mmm," Carla enjoys the sweetness of the apple. "Nice and juicy." "Just like your kisses." Fairy Rage walks by Carla, making her blush immensely. Carla takes another bite to relish the apple and withdraw her blush. "How many lacrima vision cameras do we have?" Erza asks Master Makaorv. "We don't have many to cover house per house. We could have them hovering and patrolling all the streets of Magnolia," Makarov suggests. "I'll take a nap now. I want to be wide awake for the night shift and use my magic and tech to keep track of our food thief," Warren said. "Take your nap and be ready," Master Makarov said. Warren leaves the guildhall and goes home. Everyone in Fairy Tail orchestrates a plan of action after having their fill. Irene decides to plant magic circles. The magic circles will indicate who stepped on the premises in full detail to ensure Fairy Tail who the pillager is. "Fairy Rage, can you detect anyone from coming in any range?" Master Makarov asks. "So, one of my perks of detecting is shortened. I need to focus and practice my perks on ranges. Sorry but ever since having this body, my many advantages plummeted. It'll take time to readjust what I had." "Alright, if lacrima visions don't pick up, all we can do is hope that Irene's circles reveal our looter," Makarov said. "No need to fret. My magic of revealing the culprit has not failed me. We will discover who our enemy is," Irene said. "This has to be one of the lamest atrocities I've ever experienced." Those who aren't affected by the recent raidings decide to go home and protect their kitchen. Those affected decide to protect other homes not affected by the food looter. Lucy informs Spike she'll be watching the guildhall with several of their friends. Spike and Fairy Rage decide to head back to the apartment. The old saying goes: Third Time's the Charm. Nightfall approaches. Lacrima cameras roam the streets of Magnolia. Warren is using his magic and technology to monitor all of Magnolia. Spike and Fairy Rage are in the apartment, guarding the fridge. "This is boring." "Well, Wendy and Carla wanted to guard the Fairy Hills kitchen with the others in our guild. Lucy decided to stay in the guildhall with Erza, Irene, Mirajane, Jet, and Droy. The rest are protecting homes all around. It's different compared to our routine of fighting bad guys." Fairy Rage sighs. "Yea. I guess after having a body. I expected to use it more for fighting and sparring. Instead, I snuggled with Carla, kissed her, had fun, and held her. Sure I've done other things, but the only time I used my power was to help you defeat Acnologia and barely fight the hydra before Natsu scorched it and us." "Well, after this. The next job should have something engaging for you." "I hope so." Natsu and Happy are buildings away from Lucy and Spike's apartment. They have their eyes peeled on the fridge their friends are guarding. "Time to save our innocence, Happy," Natsu is looking at the binoculars. "Aye, Sir," Happy concurs. "I have some experience on stalking, so we should remain a bit farther than further. Fairy Rage can't sense further reaches." "Point taken, Happy. Man, I'm still mad about the stipulation Fairy Rage made. Making you cough up half of what you make." "It's my fault, Natsu. I took things too far and created a world where you died. I'm not looking forward to Spike's birthday." "When is his birthday, Happy? I don't remember celebrating it with Spike even with the year of training," Natsu said now he comes to think about it. "I don't know. We'll have to ask Spike or Rage later." Master Makarov activates the lacrima visions in the streets of Magnolia. Many Fairy Tail Wizards are patroling, many are at the homes affected, and many are protecting their homes. Warren checks his radar for any sighting of the looter. Irene walks around town, placing her magic circles. She finds it ridiculous and wants more action. Laxus is at the top of the Kardiac Cathedral, eyeballing around to find the looter. It's 11:30 at night. So far, nothing has happened. Spike is getting sleepy after waking up earlier in the day. "You want to get some rest?" Spike yawns. "Yea. I want to stay up, but," Spike yawns again. "My body wants to sleep." "Go to sleep. I'll place a protection circle on the fridge. Also, I'll wire the door to the apartment. Lucy said she won't be coming home until tomorrow afternoon." "Alright then," Spike yawns which last longer. "Night, Rage," Spike goes to bed. "Night." Fairy Rage places a protection circle on the fridge. He goes to the couch to sit for a while. He grabs a deck of cards to play solitaire. Natsu and Happy see Spike going to bed. They also see Fairy Rage playing a card game by himself. The two scout around to find the jerk that's stealing food. "Hey, Natsu. Want some fish?" Happy offers one of his fishes. "Sure, buddy. I haven't eaten since this morning," Natsu grabs the fish and cooks it with his fire breath. While Natsu and Happy eat their fill, many Fairy Tail Wizards are patrolling the streets of Magnolia. Checking every home and inspecting every kitchen they come across. Warren uses his telepathy to contact every wizard patrolling for updates or sightings. "I don't smell any bastard lurking around me," Gajeel confirms to Warren. "My babies are searching left and right. Things are calm in my area," Bickslow said. "Lisanna and I are checking the neighbors. No sighting for the food burglar here," Elfman reports. He's checking the upstairs kitchen of the apartment complex. "I don't see any issues around my area," Max Alors said. "I hear nothing. My magic circles haven't depicted any sighting of the trespasser," Irene said. "Alright, thanks for the feedback," Warren sighs. He turns to Master Makarov. "Master, do you think he's bidding his time?" "I'm not sure. We must be ready for anything to stop this madness." It's 12:30 in the morning. Natsu gets sleepy while Happy scouts around with the binoculars. He sees something moving in one of the homes next to Lucy's. "Natsu, look!" Happy wakes up Natsu, who is nearly asleep. "Huh-wha-?" Natsu yawns and sees what Happy sees. A house is getting raided next to Lucy's apartment. Happy and Natsu see the fridge lifted and the person devouring the food. "Hah hah!" Natsu gets excited. "We found him! We can prove our innocence! Got the camera, Happy?" "Aye, Sir!" Happy takes a picture of Natsu. In that split second, the looter is off to another house. Natsu and Happy see the figure running in the shadows. The two hightail and follow the culprit to the next home it sees. Panther Lily is at home protecting the kitchen. He's asleep in his battle form while wielding his song sword. With Gajeel patrolling the streets, he figures that their home could be the next target. The figure walks into the kitchen, not noticing Panther Lily guarding, and opens the fridge. Panther Lily snores in his sleep, so the noise cancels what's happening in the kitchen. Natsu and Happy are by the window and observe that the kitchen is dark. "Who's place is this, Natsu?" Happy turns to him. "Definitely Gajeel and Panther Lily's pad. Lily is snoring," Natsu said. He hears how loud Panther Lily's snore is. "It sounds like the roar of a train." "Can you spark a light to see who the looter is?" Happy asks. "Yea, I can," Natsu ignites his hand and sees the figure no longer in the kitchen. The looter has already left. "AH CRAP!" Natsu yells which startle Panther Lily. "Who's there?" Panther Lily is ready for battle. He sees Natsu and Happy by the window. "Natsu, Happy. What are you doing here?" "We found the looter. He was right here, and now he's gone!" Happy said. "Yea and your snoring blocked out the rummaging in the kitchen!" Natsu angrily shouts. "That's preposterous! I don't snore like-" Panther Lily turns, gasps, and sees the fridge decimated with scraps all over the place. "Gajeel's gonna kill me for sleeping on the job," Panther Lily becomes pale and imagines Gajeel scolding him severely. He's not looking forward to it one bit. "I have a faint scent on the guy. Come with us, Panther Lily," Natsu advises. "Yea," Panther Lily only agrees to come up with an excuse as to why the fridge got raided. Natsu follows his nose and runs down the street. Happy and Panther Lily fly next to him. The trio arrives at a different house. Like Gajeel and Panther Lily's kitchen, it's dark. This time Natsu ignites his hand to see the looter. However, the kitchen is missing a refrigerator. Natsu, Happy, and Panther Lily are perplexed when they hear the commotion coming from the backyard. Happy picks up Natsu to hover at the backdoor to get a better bird's-eye view. Panther Lily flies to see the facial of the looter. Fairy Rage comes bursting out the door, lifting the fridge, and eating the food that falls out. "Yooooooooo-hooo-hooo-ooooh!" Happy laughs uncontrollably at what he witnessed. "Man, tell me I wasn't dreaming. He scarfed the whole fridge!" Natsu and Panther Lily's jaws drop after witnessing the event. They follow Fairy Rage to the next house he sees. They couldn't believe that Fairy Rage was looting fridges this whole time. Fairy Rage enters the home of Alzack, Bisca, and Asuka. Natsu, Happy, and Panther Lily are by the kitchen window, watching the display. Fairy Rage opens the fridge and starts devouring what he can get his claw on. Natsu and Panther Lily couldn't help but stare at the extravaganza. "Out of everyone who could have done it, it was one of our own..," Natsu said in shock. "This is rich, Natsu!" Happy has popcorn. He takes pictures of Fairy Rage eating. "We should do something, right?" Panther Lily doesn't know how to tackle the situation. "Have some popcorn and enjoy the greatest show on earth!" Happy relishes the moment, eats some popcorn, and shares it with his friends. "I'm going to blackmail Fairy Rage into dropping some stipulations!" "That's not cool, Happy," Panther Lily seriously states. "You should honor your punishments, not looking to expel them." Happy takes another snapshot. "This is great," Happy ignores Panther Lily's advice. "Guys, I think we should step in now before he wanders off," Natsu said. Since Happy took the snapshots, there is more than enough evidence to prove his and Happy's innocence. "Alright, fine. The show's over," Happy said. He, Natsu, and Panther Lily no longer see Fairy Rage in the kitchen. "Where did he go?" "Think it's possible to have two kitchens in one house?" Natsu asks his friends. "Only one way to find out," Panther Lily slides the window open and enters the house. He, Natsu, and Happy go up the stairs. "MOOOOOM! DAAAAAD!" Asuka frantically shouts from her bedroom. Natsu, Happy, and Panther Lily rush after hearing the screams. Happy opens the door to see Fairy Rage trying to eat Asuka. Asuka is halfway in Fairy Rage's mouth, screaming for help. He closes the door quickly after seeing a gruesome image. "Happy! We need to get in there!" Natsu opens the door to see Asuka in her pajamas, covered in saliva. "He spit Asuka back out." Panther Lily sighs in relief. "Oh, thank heavens. That was intense." "Asuka, are you alright?" Natsu checks on her. "Who was that monster? Why did it try to eat me?" Asuka nervously asks. She's shaking from the experience. "Someone we know dear and is possessed by a wicked spell," Natsu lies to Asuka, and Asuka believes in his lie. "Please, help him, her, or whoever it was, Natsu," Asuka worriedly said. "Don't worry," Natsu soothes Asuka and rubs her head. "We'll fix this. Let's go!" Natsu jumps out of the window. "Need any help going to sleep?" Panther Lily asks Asuka. "I don't think I can sleep by myself. I'll wait for mommy and daddy to come home." "You want some company?" Panther Lily volunteers to stay with Asuka. "No," Asuka shakes her head. "Go help our friends. They may need it more than me." "You're an angel, Asuka," Panther Lily said. He follows Natsu and Happy. "Hey, Natsu? Did you notice anything different about Fairy Rage?" Happy asks while following Natsu. "I did. Fairy Rage has his eyes closed. He's sleep eating." "Why, though?" Happy is confused. "If I have to guess, Fairy Rage lived most of his life not eating or drinking. So, when Spike ate that time rift, Fairy Rage's perception came to play and had a delayed reaction." "Wow, Natsu," Happy blinks twice. He can't believe Natsu came up with a clever theory. "This is a new shade of you." "Well, being around Spike made me think more about putting pieces together. I heard of sleepwalking, but sleep eating is a whole new level." "Yea, now that I think about it," Happy recalls times when Fairy Rage would eat less. "Fairy Rage doesn't eat as much as Spike does." "That would explain why Fairy Rage's hunger has differed from the rest of us," Panther Lily said. He caught up with Natsu and Happy after overhearing their conversation. Gajeel is patrolling the streets. He hears glass shattering. "It's go time," Gajeel chuckles and turns his arm into an iron sword. He goes through the back door and sniffs a familiar scent. "Fairy Dragon?" Gajeel enters the kitchen to see Fairy Rage gorging on food. "What the hell?" Fairy Rage ignores Gajeel's questioning and continues to eat. "Fairy Dragon," Gajeel snaps his fingers in front of Fairy Rage several times. "Wake up!" Gajeel is losing his patience. "That does it! Iron Dragon Club!" Gajeel turns his arm from an iron sword into an iron club and attacks Fairy Rage. Fairy Rage, in his sleep, catches Gajeel's club strike. "Huh?" Fairy Rage chucks Gajeel away from his presence. Gajeel lands on the table, startling Cana in her sleep. "NOT AGAIN!" Cana wakes up in fear of her drinks begone when she gets to the kitchen. Cana arrives in the kitchen, fully armed with her magic cards. Cana sees Gajeel on the table and Fairy Rage leaving. "What the hell?" Gajeel gets up. "We have a situation," Gajeel and Cana hear the loudest burp from Fairy Rage. Cana rushes to her fridge and sees her drinks are empty. "Not again..," Cana said in tears of sadness. "Forget the drinks! We need to stop Fairy Dragon before he claims another house!" Gajeel shouts, awakening Cana. "That dragon is going to feel my wrath!" Cana angrily shouts and goes after Fairy Rage. Gajeel catches up with her. Sabertooth, Lamia Scale, and Kagura arrive in Magnolia. They explain that Spike came earlier to question them about food raidings and now are here to help catch the culprit. Sting suggests splitting up into factions to cover more ground. After a few minutes of compromising, the guilds depart in search of the looter. Fairy Rage is flying to the Fairy Hills dorm. He smells something delicious that caught his attention. Kagura, Sherria, Sting, and Yukino are heading to the guildhall when they notice something flying towards the Fairy Hills dorm. They nod in agreement and decide to investigate the Fairy Hills dorm. Wendy, Carla, and Evergreen finished making several pies to lure the looter. They place the pies by the window of the Fairy Hills dorm. "I hope this works," Wendy said. "It has to. I want a piece of the jackass that raided our kitchen last night," Evergreen said. She's eager to use her magic and turn the culprit into stone. "I hope we can end the madness," Carla said. She's ready to fight if the looter poses a threat. Natsu, Happy, and Panther Lily meet up with Gajeel and Cana. Cana is furious with what transpired at Gildart's house. She was hoping to bring her drinks there to protect it. It failed her. "Salamander, cat. You're in the clear," Gajeel said. "We know. Fairy Rage is sleep eating," Natsu responds. "That's Fairy Rage? Huh. Here I thought it was Fairy Dragon," Gajeel replies. "Doesn't matter. Fairy Rage drank my alcohol, so now he has to pay for it!" Cana angrily proclaims. "It's not like Fairy Rage is doing it on purpose. He needs help," Panther Lily said. Gajeel and Natsu sniff; they turn to see Sherria, Kagura, Sting, and Yukino. "What brings you here?" Happy asks. "Spike told us about your situation," Kagura said. "We came to help you guys," Sherria noted. "Seems you figured out who it is," Sting said. "So much for providing backup," Yukino slightly sweats in embarrassment. "We may need your assistance with those Celestia Keys," Gajeel said. While they follow Fairy Rage's trail, Warren's magic picks up the irregularity coming close to the guildhall. Everyone within the guildhall is on high alert. Laxus turns and sees Fairy Rage flying aimlessly to the Fairy Hills dorm. He wonders what Fairy Rage is up to and decides to observe it for himself. Using his lightning, Laxus moves quicker throughout the streets of Magnolia. Fairy Rage arrives and enters the Fairy Hills dorm. Warren alerts Master Makarov that the culprit is at the girls' dorm. Erza and Lucy decide to go there and stop the looter from ransacking the fridge. Makarov approves and allows them to see to it. Natsu, Happy, Gajeel, Panther Lily, Cana, Kagura, Sting, Sherria, and Yukino arrive at the Fairy Hills dorm. Laxus appears next to them. "Figure it'll be you two clowns monkeying around," Laxus refers to Natsu and Happy for causing the situation. "It wasn't us!" Natsu and Happy protest. "Seriously. Salamander and cat are not the enemies. We know who the food raider is," Gajeel said. "Who?" Laxus asks. "Fairy Rage. Apparently, he has a sleep eating disorder," Panther Lily informs Laxus. "That can't be good," Laxus now understands why Fairy Rage hasn't eaten much in the guildhall. "Rage will pay for drinking my babies," Cana refers to her alcohol and beer beverages. "Easy. Our dragon friend doesn't know what he's doing and can't control it. We need to help him out first before busting his chops," Laxus said. "Did I hear that right?" Erza joins everyone with Lucy. "Fairy Rage sleep eats?" Lucy asks her friends. "I have pictures to prove our case," Happy said, holding the camera. "Sorry for scolding you two earlier. Now, let's help our friend," Lucy suggests. Her friends nod and proceed to enter the Fairy Hills dorm. Fairy Rage hovers into the kitchen and sniffs at the pies. Wendy, Carla, and Evergreen are in hiding. They hear the sniffing, and Wendy picks up the scent. "Oh, no," Wendy now knows who entered the kitchen. Evergreen comes out of her hiding spot and lunges at Fairy Rage. "Time for your petrification!" Evergreen uses her magic, but Fairy Rage dodges. Evergreen lands face-first into a frying pan on the wall. "Ow." "My turn!" Carla comes out of her hiding spot. "Carla! Wait! That's your-" It was too late for Wendy to explain. Carla is in her humanoid cat form and tries to strike Fairy Rage's head with a kick. Fairy Rage catches her kick. "Rage?" Carla doesn't understand why Fairy Rage is in the kitchen, eating the pies when it was for the food raider. Fairy Rage throws Carla, and she slams her into the wall. "OW!" Carla landed on her tail on impact. Fairy Rage blinks and yawns after hearing Carla's yelp. He's a bit bigger with his overweight stomach hanging out. "What the hell?" Fairy Rage feels his stomach growling in pain. "Ooooooh, my stomach is killing me." Fairy Rage belches. Happy gets hit when he enters the kitchen with his friends. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Happy runs in circles before going into the sink filled with water to flame out the fire. "Happy?" Carla turns to him. "Ooooooh." Fairy Rage falls to one knee. "I don't feel so good." Fairy Rage burps loudly. "What happened?" Wendy comes out and sees Fairy Rage a little overweight with his stomach hanging out. "I don't know. I don't understand how I got here. The last thing I remembered was falling out after playing solitaire." Fairy Rage holds himself. "I don't know why I'm like this." "We know what's happening," Natsu said. "We saw Fairy Rage sleep eating and raiding refrigerators," Panther Lily explains. "Me? Sleep eating?" Fairy Rage is confused. "Yea," Happy comes out of the sink and grabs a slice of pie. "It was great. You ate everything, including Asuka." "HOLY CRAP!" Wendy, Carla, Lucy, Erza, Gajeel, Cana, Laxus, Sting, Yukino, Kagura, and Evergreen shout in unison. They look at Fairy Rage's stomach. Fairy Rage looks at his oversized belly. "AAAAAAAAAAH! I ate Asuka?! No! NOOOO!" Fairy Rage panics and tries to hear his belly for signs. "I don't have a flare marking to get her out!" Fairy Rage grabs the back of his head. "ASUKA! NOOOO! I'M SORRY!" Fairy Rage said in tears for having the idea of tasting human flesh. Happy laughs hysterically. Panther Lily whacks Happy for leaving a crucial detail. "You didn't devour her, Rage. You spat Asuka out." Everyone except for Natsu and Happy sighs in relief; Happy has a bump on his head from Panther Lily's whack. "Oh, thank God." Fairy Rage groans with the idea of having the taste of human flesh. "I need help." Fairy Rage yawns. "I'm getting sleepy." "Don't worry. We'll sleep over to keep an eye on you," Natsu said. "Hey," Warren uses his telepathy to call Erza and Lucy. "What's the status?" Lucy answers Warren's call. "We have the culprit. However, we have a situation." "What kind of situation are we talking about, Lucy?" Master Makarov interjects Warren's telepathy. "It's Fairy Rage. He has a sleep eating problem," Lucy reports. "WHAT?!" Everyone guarding the guildhall shouts in shock. They couldn't believe that Fairy Rage caused the calamity. "Yea, he was great! He ate everything, including Asuka!" Happy informs the guild. "THAT DRAGON IS GOING TO DIE!" Alzack and Bisca are ready to hunt Fairy Rage with their gun magic. The guildhall hears Happy's laughter until he gets slapped by Carla. "OOOOOOW! Carla. That hurts..," Happy said in tears. "Serves you right for messing with my boyfriend. Alzack, Bisca. Happy left the part when Fairy Rage spits out Asuka. She's alive." Alzack and Bisca sighs in relief. The two hightail back home to comfort Asuka after hearing the news. "Master, I believe Fairy Rage may enter a food coma from how much he ate tonight. We'll bring him to the guildhall later in the morning," Erza said. "Alright, Erza. I'll inform the rest of our guildmates to cease their activity. We'll see you in the guildhall later in the morning." "I don't think I can move at the moment." Erza picks up Fairy Rage. She grunts a little. "You're heavy." "Sorry." "Bring Rage to our room, Erza," Carla wants to be right beside Rage. "Alright," Erza carries Fairy Rage to Carla and Wendy's room. Natsu, Happy, Gajeel, Panther Lily, Laxus, Evergreen, Cana, Sting, Lucy, Yukino, Kagura, Sherria, Wendy, and Carla follow Erza. "It's a good thing our room is big enough to house our guests," Carla said. "I kinda wish Spike was here," Wendy admits. "He's asleep at the apartment." Fairy Rage yawns. "Man, I'm sleepy." Everyone enters Carla and Wendy's room. They see how big the room is. Erza suggests taking turns keeping watch until the sun rises. "Hey, got any extra blankets?" Happy tries to open a closet door, but it seems stuck. "We couldn't get that closet door to open. Also, we didn't want to break the door," Wendy said. "It just needs an elbow's grease," Natsu grabs and opens the door. Natsu and Happy scream while food piles on them. Some of the others couldn't help but laugh at the scenery. Wendy and Carla now know why they couldn't open the door. "Rage, was that you?" Carla asks. "I don't know. I don't know what I do in my sleep?" Fairy Rage burps. Cana picks up the scent of her alcohol. "You owe me!" Cana grabs Fairy Rage's shoulders. Carla shoves Cana. "Keep your drunken hands off!" Carla won't allow anyone to touch Fairy Rage due to his unfortunate deed that he can't control. "You want a piece of me?" Cana is ready to throw down. "ENOUGH!" Erza shouts, causing Carla and Cana to cease their infighting. "We need to ensure that Fairy Rage won't sleep-eat for the rest of the night." "Sorry, Ma'am," Carla and Cana said in defeat. Gajeel sniffs the food. "Surprisingly, they're not spoiled. Could be hours old without refrigeration." "I have spare blankets, so I'll bring them here," Erza leaves the room. Two hours later. Carla, Wendy, and Fairy Rage are sleeping together on the bed. Everyone else is sleeping on the couch or floor. Erza, Kagura, Gajeel, and Panther Lily are keeping watch while their friends sleep. "So, how was your day, Kagura?" Erza asks. "It went well. Spike came earlier and questioned about the food raidings. Millianna and I were perplexed about the situation. Also, Spike arrived in front of our venue, and we received a ton of customers. However, they were sad that Spike came for a brief visit." "Well, I hope he plans more than a brief visit with you," Erza said. "Look!" Gajeel points at Fairy Rage hovering when Carla stops holding him in her sleep. "WAKE UP! RAGE IS ON THE MOVE AGAIN!" Erza wakes her friends up. Everyone wakes up and sees Fairy Rage hovering. He flies out the window, but Natsu grabs his tail. "I got him!" Natsu uses his strength to pull Fairy Rage back in. Rage's sleep flight is more resistant than it appears. "I need help!" "Rage, wake up!" Carla shouts, hoping her voice can wake up Fairy Rage. Fairy Rage opens his eyes and notices he's out the window. "What the hell?" Natsu pulls Fairy Rage back inside. "Dude, your sleep strength is twice as strong." Fairy Rage groans. "How can I stop this?" "I bet my old man has the answer," Laxus said. "We should take him to the guild now." Fairy Rage closes his eyes. He's still sleepy from the food coma. Laxus wakes Fairy Rage by shooting his lightning. "I'm up! I'm up!" "C'mon," Natsu drags Fairy Rage to the guildhall. "My stomach is cramping." "Poor guy," Lucy, Sherria, Wendy, and Carla said. Wendy and Sherria use their healing magic on Fairy Rage to calm his stomach. It doesn't help much since Fairy Rage ate a lot in his sleep. It's now 7:00 in the morning. The rest of Sabertooth and Lamia Scale is in the guildhall and explains to Master Makarov their involvement after Spike informed them about the raidings. Natsu, Lucy, Wendy, Carla, Happy, Cana, Laxus, Evergreen, Gajeel, Cana, Sting, Yukino, Kagura, and Sherria arrive in the guildhall. Many Fairy Tail Wizards are sleeping except for Master Makarov, Warren, and Irene. "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuugh." Fairy Rage groans in pain. "Damn, he's as big as Droy," Warren said. He sees Fairy Rage's overweight problem. "This is quite a quandary to see Fairy Rage in this state," Master Makarov said. He observes Fairy Rage's conditions. Fairy Rage closes his eyes. Laxus gives him another bolt of lightning. "I'M UP!" "You can go to sleep later, Rage. Now we need to fix your sleep eating disorder," Laxus said. Porlyusica walks into the guildhall to bring Master Makarov his monthly medicine. "Why is everyone up this early?" "Fairy Rage has a sleep eating disorder. He's the one that's ransacking food throughout Magnolia," Master Makarov explains to Porlyusica. "No wonder why my potions disappeared. Rage ate them," Porlyusica is irate but pushes her emotions aside for now. She is a victim of Fairy Rage's late-night ransacking. "Sorry..." Fairy Rage burps some vomit but instinctively swallows it. "Ooooooooh, I should have let it out." Carla rubs Fairy Rage's back. She's worried about his condition even more. "Do you have any potion for relieving this disorder?" Wendy asks Porlyusica. "Not at the moment. I need time to gather the ingredients to make a supplement. I'll need help to speed the process," Porlyusica said. "We'll help. Perhaps in Margaret Town, they have what you need since Rage probably ate what you need during the week," Lyon said. "We'll help as well," Sting said, speaking for Sabertooth. They nod in agreement. "Alright, I'll give you a list. Also, I need some lubricants from eels, jellyfish, and a wyvern. It'll help with the potion," Porlyusica writes the list and gives it to Lyon, Kagura, and Sting. "I said wake up!" Laxus shoots another bolt of lightning at Fairy Rage, for he has fallen asleep. Fairy Rage, in his sleep, catches the lightning with his claw, and it turns orange. "Ah, crap," Laxus gets hit with the lightning from Fairy Rage and crashes into a pillar. "Laxus!" Natsu shouts, which causes the other Fairy Tail Wizards to wake up. "Why so loud?" Freed wakes up to see Fairy Rage sleep flying. "Oh, no." Fairy Rage flies to the kitchen when Elfman transforms into his ape mode and tackles Fairy Rage. "You're not going on an eating spree-ee-eeeeee!" Fairy Rage lifts Elfman and tosses him like paper. He crashes into a pillar. "Move now!" Natsu barks. "We'll hold him down until you come back!" Natsu then gets a little excited. To fight Fairy Rage in his sleep and Rage won't know would be a perfect test of his limits. Kagura, Porlyusica, Sabertooth, and Lamia Scale are on the move. Erza requips her purgatory armor. "Sorry, Rage." Erza takes Lucy's whip and jumps at Fairy Rage. Using her strength, she ties Fairy Rage's belly with the whip and yanks hard. Erza's yanking doesn't move Fairy Rage's hovering a bit. Carla flies up to Fairy Rage. "Can you hear me?" Carla gets no response from Fairy Rage. He's tired still. "Rage! Wake up!" "Iron Dragon Club!" Gajeel hopes his strike can push Fairy Rage to the floor. Fairy Rage catches Gajeel's iron club. "Not again!" Fairy Rage swats Carla and Erza, freeing himself from Erza's grip. "OW!" Carla yelps in pain. However, it doesn't wake Fairy Rage. "This is not good," Wendy said. She taps into her Sky Dragon Force. "I'll help you, Wendy. We need to keep him down!" Sherria powers up. Makarov increases his right arm to grab Fairy Rage from going any further. "Sorry, as your Master, I order you to-AAAAAAH!" Fairy Rage snaps and breaks Makarov's fingers. He lets go so Fairy Rage doesn't snap his thumb. "That dragon is far more potent in his asleep than awake," Master Makarov shakes his hand. Wendy and Sherria jump high enough and use a combined breath attack to pin Fairy Rage to the floor. Fairy Rage shields himself from the blow. Lucy grabs her whip from Erza and latches it onto Fairy Rage. She, Natsu, Freed, Gray, Juvia, Evergreen, Mirajane, Lisanna, Irene, and much more pull on the whip with all their might. It's now 8:00 in the morning. Spike wakes up after having a good night's sleep. He gets out of bed to check the fridge. "Oh, what a relief," Spike sees the food and drinks untouched from last night's possible raid. "Well, I better head to the guildhall and find out if they captured the culprit," Spike fixes his bed, freshens up for the day, and flies out the window. It's a sunny day in Magnolia. Spike sees many people celebrating like no tomorrow. He figures that the culprit was found and stopped. A few minutes later. Spike arrives in front of the guildhall and enters. "HOLY SHIT!" Spike sees the carnage within the guildhall. Broken pillars, some blood-splattered, burnt markings on the floor, ceiling, and walls, many of his friends on the floor, barely breathing. He sees Wendy struggling to breathe. "Wendy!" Spike flies over to her. "What happened?" "Spike..," Wendy puts her hand on Spike's cheek. "Stop..., Rage..., he's sleep...," Wendy passes out. "Sleep...," It clicks in Spike's head. He hears the rummaging coming from the kitchen. Spike hovers to the kitchen and sees Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray, Irene, Makarov, Gajeel, Panther Lily, Happy, and Carla on the floor. They were beaten up badly from Fairy Rage's sleep eating. "Rage." Fairy Rage finishes eating all of the food in the kitchen. He's still asleep and feels his next threat; His body ignites in an orange aura. "Spike..," Carla wakes up. "Rage's sleep increases his strength. We couldn't hold him. You have to wake him up." "I have two ways. One, to piss Rage off. Two beat Rage up." "How do you intend to make Rage angrier?" Carla asks Spike. Spike sighs. "By saying this," Spike takes a deep breath. "I'm starting a harem and taking Carla as my second girlfriend!" Spike yells. Fairy Rage growls. He furiously wakes up. "No, you won't!" Fairy Rage roars in anger and tackles Spike. He punches him left and right for a split second when he realizes what he heard is the reality and not a dream. "Okay, that hurt," Spike said. From the blows, Fairy Rage gave him a bloodied nose. "Sorry." Fairy Rage pulls Spike up. "I thought I was having a nightmare about someone stealing my Carla away from me. I refuse to allow someone to take her away from me." "I hear you, bro," Spike wipes the blood off his nose. "I feel the same about my Wendy. Remember how I reacted when Master Hades attacked her or Irene took her body?" "Yea, I remember. You went ballistic for the ones you care for." Fairy Rage recalls the time when Lucy got submerged in the Infinity Clock. "You took possession of me and tried to annihilate Imitatia." Fairy Rage sighs. "I'm guessing I'll be expelled from the guild for all this..." "I wouldn't expel my children for situations beyond their control. Your sleep-eating was not intentional," Master Makarov said. "However, expect a fitting punishment for the carnage you created in your sleep." Fairy Rage sighs. "That's fair." Two hours later. Kagura, Porlyusica, Sabertooth, and Lamia Scale return to the Fairy Tail guildhall. They see the mess created by Fairy Rage's battle versus Fairy Tail. Fairy Rage is wide awake while talking to Spike. Wendy and Sherria are healing their friends as well as each other. Most of the guild wants a piece of Fairy Rage due to their anger, but Spike intervenes, reminding them that Fairy Rage has no control over his sleep-eating habits. "What's my punishment, Master?" "You're cleaning the guildhall by yourself. You're paying for the food and drinks you've devoured in Magnolia for the houses you raided. Anything you broke comes out of your pocket." That's reasonable. I'll get started after I take my supplement." "See to it," Master Makarov sees Porlyusica, Kagura, Sabertooth, and Lamia Scale back from their trip. "I am so glad you didn't partake from the beating we've endured." "I could have-" Orga stops talking. Erza shakes her head. "No one was powerful enough to stop Fairy Rage during his sleep-eating. We now hope this is the last of his sleep-eating days." "With the help from these guilds, it'll take me a little while to create the supplement." "Make it sooner, Porlyusica," Master Makarov said. It's now his turn to get healed by the Sky Sisters. It's now nightfall in the guildhall. Fairy Rage is in the guildhall alone, cleaning the mess with everyone home and recovering from today's attack. Fairy Rage hears footsteps. "Who's there?" Carla is in her humanoid cat form. "It's me, Rage." Fairy Rage sighs. "I'm sorry for the harm I caused you..." "You've told me a dozen times today, Rage. As the previous answer still applies, I forgive you." "I don't think I can forgive myself from the wreckage I inflicted during my sleep." "It's not your fault, Rage," Carla gets closer to him. "It was a freaked accident." "Amazingly, I didn't kill my friends during my sleep. Did you view me as a monster?" "Never," Carla hugs Fairy Rage from behind while he's mopping the floor. "I was a bit scared because I didn't know what I could do at the time; How to stop someone from sleep eating when the answer was me all along." Fairy Rage slightly smiles. "I'm lucky to have someone such as you." "I'm happy to have you. You, having a body of your own, and I can hold you and feel you all I want. What were you dreaming of during the time?" "You. Every dream of mine, I see you. It didn't matter what form because I saw you. Smiling, laughing. I see us having a family or just us in the open fields." "Beautiful," Carla smiles. "So are you, Carla." Fairy Rage puts the mop away. He grabs wood from the closet to start repairing the pillars. "Here, let me help you," Carla wants to assist Fairy Rage. "This is my punishment, Carla. I must endure it alone." "I'm not leaving you alone. You were practically alone with Death, unable to talk or be with me. I'm staying right beside you," Carla grabs the hammer. "Now, let's get to it." "As you wish, Carla." Fairy Rage smiles. He's grateful for the assistance.