Prime Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Crocus.
July 6, x791.
"Alright, we're here." Alfonzo said as he and Future Lucy appeared in front of a large, golden gate with the symbols of the twelve-zodiac etched around it.
"Hey! Who are you?" A blonde woman asked while pointing a golden Celestial Key at them. "Kya~~~~~~! Monster!"
Unfortunately, because of Alfonzo's [Full-Release State], Alfonzo looked very different from most humans, with the exception of his humanoid shape. So, that naturally frightened the more skittish Lucy from the Prime Timeline.
"Oh, I guess I do look like a monster right now, don't I?" Alfonzo asked as he looked down at himself. He then tapped the Fairy Tail emblem in the middle of his chest as he continued. "But this should tell you that I'm on your side, right, Lucy?"
And just as Alfonzo said, the one pointing a Celestial Key at him and Future Lucy was Prime Lucy. On top of that, Prime Yukino was standing next to her, a Celestial Key of her own in her hands. And like Prime Lucy, she was ready to attack the monster standing in front of her, as well.
"You think I'll believe you are part of Fairy Tail just because you have the emblem on your chest?" Prime Lucy asked in a hostile tone. "Do you have any idea how many people pretend to be members of Fairy Tail to trick people before they do bad things."
"Are you talking about Bora?" Alfonzo asked as the liquid metal around his head retracted, exposing his face, before he started stroking his chin. "Yeah, I guess you would be wary. I mean, you did get tricked back then. Almost got sold off into slavery, too."
"Wha! How do you know that?" Prime Lucy asked in a flustered tone.
"Um... Miss Lucy, why are there two of you?" Prime Yukino asked in a confused tone.
"Huh?" Prime Lucy intoned, sounding even more flustered and confused than only a moment ago. She then looked at Prime Yukino, who was pointing at the woman who looked like an older version of herself sitting on the hulking black, red, and violet monster with a human head's shoulder. "Ahh~~~~~! Why are there two of me?"
"*Sigh* That's a long story." Future Lucy said in a tired tone as she slid off Alfonzo's shoulder, landing on the ground between him and Prime Lucy and Prime Yukino. "But the short version is that I came back in time to stop..."
Reaching that point, Future Lucy gestured to the Eclipse Gate that was wide open in front of her. She then spun around and pointed out all the dragons wreaking havoc in Crocus.
"... this." Future Lucy continued after turning back to her younger self. "But something went wrong when I traveled through time, and I ended up in a completely different timeline where I met... him and the Fairy Tail in his world."
The dumbfounded and confused expressions on Prime Lucy's and Prime Yukino's faces were both annoying and understandable. But Future Lucy really did not feel like she had the time to deal with that right now.
"Well, you have fun explaining that." Alfonzo said as he was once again cloaked in crackling arcs of violet electricity. "I've got some dragon ass to kick."
Hearing that, Future Lucy widened her eyes. Then, she spun on her heels to try and stop Alfonzo from leaving so he could help explain the situation.
*Zap!*
"Don't leave me alone with this!" Future Lucy shouted with her fists clenched.
Yet, before the words even left her mouth, Alfonzo was already gone. The only thing she could see was a streak of violet light flying towards the battlefield.
"Damn it, Alfonzo!" Future Lucy shouted as she stomped her foot in frustration.
Realizing that Alfonzo probably heard her and had no intention of turning around, based on the faint laughter she could hear from the distance, Future Lucy huffed in annoyance. Then, she turned around to look at the confused expressions on Prime Lucy's and Prime Yukino's faces.
"I'll explain everything after we get the gate closed." Future Lucy said in a defeated tone. "For now, just take out all your Golden Celestial Keys. We'll need them to close the Eclipse Gate."
Receiving a pair of dumbfounded nods from the two Celestial Wizards, Future Lucy began explaining what they needed to do as the two took out all their Golden Celestial Keys.
Meanwhile, Alfonzo was streaking through the skies towards one of the dragons fighting the wizards of this timeline.
"Well, that was fun." Alfonzo muttered to himself. "But the time for fun is over. Let's see what's going on around the city."
With that, Alfonzo focused on his [Magic Power Detection].
"So, Gildarts and Ur finished off the dragon they were fighting and now they're moving with who I would assume is this world's version of Tear and Meredy. Mira and Erza finished off theirs, too. Mira is moving to help people evacuate while Erza is fighting a horde of little dragons... Well, as little as dragons can be, anyway... with her counterpart and this world's Jellal. Oh, Natsu, his counterpart, my Tear, and another dragon are on their way over to them, too. And since the two Natsus seem to be riding on that dragon's back, they must have turned Atlas Flame to their side already. Well, that was probably easier without the Rogue from the future here to control all the dragons."
["Lici and Laxus just arrived near another dragon, too."] Upheaval said, his voice sounding like Riot and Bedlam's voice speaking in unison.
"You know, hearing you speak like that is weird." Alfonzo muttered. "And the fact that I'm hearing angry as hell and infuriatingly smug at the same time is throwing me off, too."
["Deal with it."] Upheaval said uncaringly. ["Right now, we've got dragon ass to kick."]
Smiling in response, Alfonzo picked up his pace. Eventually, he arrived in the sky above a dragon with dark blue scales and red eyes. And like most dragons, it had four limbs and a pair of wings. But what made it stand out from the other dragons were the fish-like fins protruding from the sides of its head, its back, and its limbs while it had a white beard growing from its chin.
"Hmm... That one looks pretty aquatic to me." Alfonzo muttered as he looked down at the dragon below him. "Oh, and are those Sting and Rogue fighting it? They're actually doing pretty well with their [Drives]."
["But they're too weak to finish it off."] Upheaval said disdainfully. ["They supposedly killed Skiadrum and Weisslogia. But there's no way in hell that's possible if this is all they can do. Hell, if I had to guess, they were already three feet in the grave when Sting and Rogue even fought them. Then, instead of dying, they pulled their own souls out of their bodies and stuffed them into those two brats."]
"I wouldn't doubt it." Alfonzo replied. "Anyway, I'll just take care of that thing before it tires those two out by too much. They'll be needed to help with reconstruction by the time this is all over. And they'll need as much energy as they can save for that."
*Zap!*
With that, Alfonzo was once again cloaked in violet electricity before he fell from the sky like a bolt of violet lightning.
*Boom!*
In the next instant, Alfonzo slammed feet first into the center of the dragon's, Levia's back, forcing it down to the ground and causing a localized earthquake from the impact.
*Roar!*
"What was that?" Prime sting asked as he leapt away from the impact site.
"I don't know." Prime Rogue replied solemnly. "But we should be careful."
Eventually, the dust from the collision cleared. When it did, Prime Sting and Prime Rogue saw a monster, though not nearly as big as Levia, standing on Levia's back. What confused them the most about this monster, however, was the fact that it was sporting a Fairy Tail emblem in the middle of its chest.
"What the hell is that?" Prime Sting asked while pointing at the monster, Alfonzo.
"Fairy Tail's secret weapon, maybe?" Rogue said, though it sounded more like a question.
"Well, you're right in one sense." Alfonzo said, his voice a mixture of his own and Upheaval's. "But completely wrong in another. Anyway, We'll explain once all these flying lizards are dealt with. As for this one, We'll handle it real quick. Then, we can get to helping people. Sound good?"
The sound of the monster's voice, mixed with the absurd amount of power Prime Sting and Prime Rogue could feel rolling off of it made them feel uneasy. But since they could not feel any hostility directed towards them, they did not attack on instinct.
Yet, there was someone who was intent on attacking. And that was naturally Levia, who was struggling to stand after being forced into the ground.
"I don't know who you are!" Levia bellowed angrily. "But you will pay for humiliating a dragon."
"Classic third-rate villain dialogue." Alfonzo said uncaringly.
"[Water Dragon's---] *Roar!*" Levia began to chant a spell before roaring in pain once again.
"Yeah, no." Alfonzo said as he lit up with violet electricity. "[Electromagnetism Magic: Electrolysis]."
*Boom!*
Unfortunately for Levia, the spell he was preparing to cast coated its body in water. And thanks to Alfonzo's [Electrolysis] spell, the electric current he produced separated the oxygen and the hydrogen in the water before the heat caused them to explode.
*Whoosh!*
However, before anyone could comment on the large explosion that engulfed Levia's form, both Prime Sting and Prime Rogue saw the dragon's body being flung into the air by what appeared to be black tentacles.
What the hell are those?" Prime Sting asked in a dumbfounded tone.
"Honestly, I'm not sure." Prime Rogue replied.
A moment later, the tentacles released Levia, sending him higher into the air. Then, they whipped outwards in all directions, clearing the smoke and debris from the explosion before reacting. When they did, the last vestages of the tentacles could be seen disappearing not Alfonzo's body. Meanwhile, Alfonzo could be seen standing in the middle of a crater with his arms raised and a conical chunk of metal forming between his outstretched arms.
"You dare to challenge the majesty of a dragon?" Levia asked as he spread his wings and righted himself in the air. "Then, I shall show you the error of your ways. [Water Dragon's Roar]."
As he finished speaking, Levia opened his mouth wide. Then, a pressurized torrent of water was fired towards Alfonzo.
"Yeah, you're definitely no Acnologia." Alfonzo muttered as his arms lit up with electricity. "If it had been him, I would have never even been able to sneak up on him like that. And your breath attack... don't make me laugh."
As Alfonzo spoke, the conical piece of metal floating over his head finished forming. At the same time, the electricity dancing around his arms spread to his entire body. On top of that, to anyone sensitive to electricity, they would have seen a barrel of electromagnetism forming around Alfonzo and stretching to about three times his height in the air.
"[Electromagnetism Magic: Linear Cannon]." Alfonzo chanted as he pulled his arms down to his waist with his fists clenched.
*Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!*
Then, faster than either Prime Sting or Prime Rogue could comprehend, Alfonzo thrusted his fists upwards, slamming them into the flat side of the piece of metal. At the same time, a Vibranium barrier rose from the ground to stop the aftermath of having the sound barrier broken several times over as the metal projectile shot into the sky, leaving a streak of superheated air in its wake.
*Splatter!*
In less than the time it would take to blink, Alfonzo's [Linear Cannon] reached Levia's breath attack before tearing through it like a wet piece of paper, splattering the water that did not evaporate all over the area. Then, before Levia could react, the projectile passed by him, causing his body to explode from the force and heat it produced before the projectile flew out past Earth Land's atmosphere into the depths of space.
For the next few moments, the area fell into silence with Alfonzo just basking in his accomplishment while Prime Sting and Prime Rogue were too shellshocked to say anything.
"Ah! Damn it!" Alfonzo shouted in frustration as he raised his hands to his head and started pulling at the liquid metal wrapped around it, the metal stretching as if he was pulling at his hair.
"What's wrong?" Prime Sting asked in a panic, Alfonzo's shouting snapping him out of his daze.
"Is it coming back?" Prime Rogue asked while looking around cautiously.
"No, that mother fucker is dead as a door nail." Alfonzo replied in a forlorn tone.
"Then what's wrong?" Prime Sting asked, sounding a bit irritated at the scare.
"I didn't leave a body!" Alfonzo roared in lament. "I've never cooked a dragon before. And now I won't have the chance to. God fucking damn it~~~~~~~~!"
Hearing that, Prime Sting and Prime Rogue could only stare at Alfonzo blankly as he wallowed in regret. Then, they looked at each other, hoping the other would know what to say.
However, when the Twin Dragon Slayers made eye contact, they were both surprised to see a sense of regret in the other's eyes. As it turned out, they were curious to know what dragon tasted like, too. Just as long as the meat didn't come from Skiadrum or Weisslogia, that is.
A moment later, the Dragon Slayers turned their attention back to Alfonzo. However, they found themselves surprised once again as they saw the liquid metal coating his body reseeding towards his hands before taking the form of a pair of tonfa.
"You... You're actually human?" Prime Sting asked while pointing an accusing finger at Alfonzo.
"Uh... Yeah?" Alfonzo asked, not understanding what the issue was. "I thought being in my base form would be better when we go around to help the people of the city. That form would have just scared them even more."
'You think you didn't scare us?' Prime Sting and Prime Rogue thought simultaneously.
"Anyway, let's get going." Alfonzo said in a dejected tone as he turned towards the nearest civilian magic power signature he could feel. "We got a shit-ton of work to do."
Naturally, Alfonzo's downcast mood would not last long. Elicia's surprise for him would brighten his day right up after all of this was over.