//------------------------------// // The Paradox Brothers // Story: My little Fairy Tail // by brandsca123 //------------------------------// The group continued on through The Badlands, on their way to the Gulmore Jungle. "Man, this place is depressing." Lyra said. She looked around at the grey landscape, there was no life in The Badlands and this disturbed the green unicorn. She kept close to Natsu and Happy, Rockwell was busy leading them in the front. Just then the group felt a small tremor. Natsu braced himself for battle. "Don't worry, it's just a sand worm. They are common to The Badlands, just try not to provoke them." Rockwell said. Lyra and Happy were both frightened, Natsu just kept going. Just then Happy noticed a campground. "Look, look, someone's living here!" Happy said excitedly. Lyra perked up at this. "Do you think they might have supplies?" She said. "Worth a shot." Natsu said. Rockwell on the other hand wasn't to sure. "I'd be careful, the Don has been known to send some of his men here." He said. "Is that so.....," Natsu said, "If it is the Dons men then we just have to kick their butts!" "What! You can't just run in their expecting a fight! You have to be careful!" Lyra said with some amount of panic in her voice. "Calm down, as you have seen at the train station I can handle it." Natsu said. "How can you be calm about this! We're practically walking to our deaths!" Lyra yelled. She started to breath in and out at top speeds. She was obviously scared out of her wits. Just then a voice called out, "Walking to your deaths is the least of your worries, right brother." Everyone looked to the side to see Hetaro and Trip teleport next to them. "Quite right Trip, I believe your adventure ends now." Hetaro said while lunging for Natsu. Natsu acted fast and delivered a kick to Hetaro's gut, sending him to the ground. Lyra donkey kicked Trip in the face, sending him to the ground too. "Brother," Trip said, "I think we may have underestimated them a bit." "I.....Agree......Brother....." Hetaro said while trying to get his wind back. "Especially the weird one, he is stronger than he looks..." "Who are you calling weird you freak!" Natsu yelled. "Just who are you clowns anyway." Lyra added. Just then Rockwell spoke. "Those are the paradox brothers. Hired assassins for the Don himself." "That's right!" Trip said, "We were sent here to guard the jungle and stop anypony from getting the moondrip." "Shut up brother we weren't supposed to say that!" Hetaro yelled. Natsu laughed and said, "Sounds to me you just told us something we were not supposed to hear." Trip facehooved. "Damn, I screwed up again." "Just what is this moondrip?" Lyra asked them. "Like we would tell you!" Hetaro yelled. Just then Rockwell spoke, "The moondrip, a powerful staff that is said to grant the user unlimited magic power, even to earth ponies who can't use magic." Trip and Hetaro mouths dropped. "How did you know that!?" They both said. "My great great grandfather, had sealed it away in the Gulmore Jungle long ago. It was said that the staff used to be a demon that terrorized Equestria. My great great grandfather was one of eight unicorns that transformed the demon into the moondrip." Everyone was shocked at this. "Nut why would the Don be interested in getting that staff?" Lyra asked. "Aye!" Happy said. "I'm not sure myself. Maybe he just wants the power, or maybe he wants to free the demon and use it as a weapon. Ether way we can't let him get his hooves on it." Rockwell said, "I'm afraid that I must ask you for another request, not only do I want you to help me gather the fruit of a treant, but I also want to make sure that the Don doesn't get the staff. Do you accept." "Yes." Natsu said. Lyra had another panic attack, "Are you crazy! We will all get killed!" "The same thing would happen if the Don gets his hooves on the staff. I can't let that happen." Natsu said. Lyra shut her mouth, unable to say another word. "But what about these two?" Happy pointed to the paradox brothers. "Leave them, they can't do anything to us." Rockwell said while tying them up with his magic. "The sand worms would need a quick meal." The two brothers screamed, "No please anything but that, we promise not to stop you from entering the Jungle." The group considered this and untied them. Soon the brothers ran away with their tails between their legs. "Well that was easy...." Lyra said. She turned around and noticed that Natsu, Happy and Rockwell were almost near the Jungle. "Hey wait for me!" She screamed as she ran to catch up to them. ========================= The Gulmore Jungle was huge, Natsu and the group stared ot the tall trees. Vines and bushes were all over the place, making travel difficult. Rockwell led them to a small clearing that had a tall tree in the middle. "That my friends is a treant, it may look like a normal tree but, it will try to attack with its roots." Rockwell said. But Natsu was way ahead of him. "NATSU WAIT!" Lyra screamed. The treant's roots lashed out at Natsu who only grinned as he nimbley dodged them. "FIRE DRAGON'S WING ATTACK!" Natsu said as two streams of flame appeared on both his hands, they formed the shape of a wing. BOOM The earth exploded, all that was left was a burning stump, Natsu stood on top of it holding a golden fruit, that resembled a mango. "I got the fruit old man." Natsu said to the awe struck unicorn. Lyra kicked Natsu hard, "YOU IDIOT! YOU COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE YOU DODO!" Lyra fumed, steam was coming out of her ears. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" Natsu screamed back. Happy and Rockwell sweatdropped. "Is Natsu always like this....." Rockwell asked "Aye...." Said Happy. After the argument the group came upon another clearing. In the middle of this clearing was a stone alter. Rockwell went up to it and then.... "IT'S GONE! THE STAFF IS GONE!" Rockwell screamed. "This is bad..." Lyra said. until next time......