"Forget dinner. Natsu, Wendy, do you want to see a real dragon, like Igneel?" Chase asked.
He was bored. He wanted to introduce Gandora the Dragon of Destruction to the two Dragon Slayers. A fight would help them grow.
Wendy might be fine. But Natsu and Gandora would want to fight.
"A dragon?!"
Natsu was excited. "Where? Where?!"
"Really, Chase? You know a real dragon?"
Wendy covered her mouth. She thought of Grandeeney. Like Natsu, she wanted to find her foster mother.
"Wait, Chase. You have a lead on those creatures?" Lucy was scared.
When she first joined, Chase told her about the Flame God Dragon. She did not know how strong he was. She did not know how scary dragons were.
Now, she knew. They were unbeatable.
"No. I fought the World Guardian of Edolas. I got a new partner. A black gold dragon."
"Oh. That is fine... NOT FINE!"
Lucy jumped. "A black gold dragon sounds even scarier!"
"Show us," Gray said.
He was wearing a towel. He was calm.
"Not here. He would destroy my house."
Chase snapped his fingers.
WHIR!
A magic circle appeared. Dark gold light covered them.
"Not in the guild either! A dragon would cause panic!" Lucy said.
"Aye~ Chase does not care. Guild property can be paid for by the Heartfilia Konzern," Happy said.
"Just stop talking."
They were gone.
Card Space. Gandora's domain.
Red crystals glowed in the moonlight.
"Wow! This is Chase's Card Space? Cool!"
Natsu and Happy ran around.
"Happy, these red rocks look expensive. Let us take some!"
Happy had a pickaxe.
"Enough! This is not our place! What if the dragon gets angry? I will not help you!"
"You are so kind, Carla!"
"I am not!"
"Haha! Lucy, summon the maid gorilla!"
"Her name is Virgo!"
Lucy was scared. "This place feels like a monster will pop out any second."
"You have been here before," Gray said.
"I was at Dark Magician Girl's castle."
She thought. "Wait, none of you have been here?"
She looked at Erza. She was curious too.
"It takes a lot of magic to bring people here. Natsu and Gray would just cause trouble. Erza and Mirajane would be too much of a burden."
Chase smiled. "Be proud, Lucy. You are the first."
"So... I am the weakest. No burden at all."
"Haha! Good job, Lucy," Chase said.
"Mean! I am trying to get stronger!"
She was cute. Like a pouty doll.
"Chase. How strong are you now?" Erza asked.
She had tried to leave Card Space. It was like a mountain. She could not move it.
She knew Chase was stronger. But the gap was growing.
SWISH!
Pink light. Dark Magician Girl appeared.
"Everyone is here!"
"Good evening!" Lucy hugged her.
"You have a good nose," Chase said.
"A good brain! Not a nose! I wanted to escape my master!"
"Will he not find you?"
"No. He is with Old Chaos and Silent Magician. Studying the space-time magic from Edolas."
"Old Chaos? Dark Magician of Chaos? Who is Silent Magician?" Lucy asked.
"A new friend. Very smart. Great body. Quiet. Like my master."
"Later. First, the dragon."
BOOM!
A storm of wind and sand.
Black gold chains fell from the sky. They broke. A giant dragon appeared.
"It is a dragon!" Lucy screamed.
Gray and Erza were calm. But their eyes were wide.
CLANG.
Happy dropped his pickaxe.
"Hey! Big guy! Do you know Igneel?!"
Natsu ran to the dragon.
"Please! Tell us about Grandeeney!" Wendy said.
"Sorry, kids. I am not from your world."
Gandora looked at them. He felt the dragon power in them.
Humans using dragon power? Strange.
"My chest is hot!"
Natsu felt a burning pain. It was familiar.
"Haha. Getting excited, Natsu?" Lucy said.
"No. This feeling... it is like Igneel!"
"He said he does not know Igneel. Do not be a coward," Gray said.
"Shut up!"
The heat was gone.
Chase understood. Gandora's pure power had stirred something in Natsu. Igneel.
Igneel was hiding. A special space. Chase could not pull him out. No one could. Not even Acnologia.
"My name is Gandora! Not 'big guy'!"
"I am Natsu Dragneel! A Dragon Slayer!"
"So, you are not scared. You want to fight."
Gandora smiled. "I want to see your power."
BOOM!
Dragon wind.
Lucy hid behind Chase. "Nice to meet you. I am Lucy Heartfilia."
"Aye~ I am Happy~"
"I am Wendy Marvell."
"Faster than me!" Lucy said.
"Cowards," Gray said.
"It is over," Erza said.
Natsu was in a crater. A bump on his head. His soul floating.
"So fast!"
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