Find The Lost Puppy Dog ~ Leap and Blanc ~

It was a decent day to go out to work. The winds were strong yet the sun was shining brightly. The clouds were moving slow than before. Blanc and Cheria were flying down just like the usual to a place where people say was very scary and a lot of monsters were lurking there. Cheria couldn't help it but worry about Blanc being a hardheaded person going out on a hard job which she couldn't handle. "Ch-Cheria... Don't worry. I'll be okay." said Blanc as she saw Cheria with a worried emotion. "Okay, I trusted you last time and you almost blew it. Be careful now." said Cheria in reply to Blanc.

As they get closer to the so-called Spooky Forest, they could almost feel the dark presence within the forest. It was strong yet they couldn't see it yet even from the sky. It got stronger and stronger as they get closer to the forest. "I-I'm getting creeped out but I must stay strong." said Blanc in her mind to encourage herself to do her best. After several minutes of travelling, the presence got stronger and the forest was in sight. "Ch-Cheria... Can you see that? The Spooky Forest." said Blanc to Cheria while pointing out the location of the spooky forest. The spooky forest is very spooky even from afar and Blanc and Cheria can feel and see dark auras within the forest.

They finally arrived at the location and landed safely on ground. Normally, Blanc would get pretty excited for this job but this job is different for her, She felt much more nervous. They ventured around the forest to look for the location where Blanc will meet her partner for this job. They said she was a strong Fairy Tail wizard. "Fairy Tail huh? I guess there are more Fairy Tail wizards than before." said Cheria with a proud tone.

Back to the meeting place, they were supposed to meet at a small shack outside the forest within it's outskirts. As Blanc and Cheria walked and walked around the forest' outskirts, they were able to see a small shack. Since they were supposed to meet there, Blanc stayed there with Cheria. Of course, she couldn't help it but almost shake in fear since the aura of darkness within the forest is strong.

As they waited for their parter, they reviewed again the job poster and know more details. They were supposed to find a lost puppy which was last seen venturing in Spooky Forest. "Ugh! That dog is such a troublemaker." said Cheria with a disappointment. "S-Stop being rude, Cheria.." said Blanc in reply to Cheria's disappointment. Cheria is very rude at most times since she is a bit impatient but she looks out for Blanc. She cares for Blanc even though Blanc is a bit timid and shy at most times.

As time passed by while waiting for their partner, Blanc saw a figure of a girl wandering around the forest. She approached it and left Cheria alone for a bit since it was near the shack. After looking, she wasn't able to see anything but trees and leaves so she went back. "What happened, Blanc? And where is that partner of yours? I'm getting a bit impatient now." said Cheria. "No-Nothing.. It was N-Nothing. Let's just wait, Cheria. She will come by to this place soon." said Blanc.

Time passed by and Blanc was able to see the figure of a girl again. She was hoping it was her partner since no-one ventures a lot in the forest. The girl approached her and asked her. "Excuse me, are you the girl that has to find a lost puppy?" asked the Girl to Blanc. "Y-Yes.. I'm here for the job about the lost puppy." replied Blanc to the Girl. "I-I'm Blanc by the way." stated Blanc as she introduced hersef to the girl.

Blanc intoduced herself to the girl by the name of Ebony. She seem to be a pretty nice and a very hungry girl for Cheria but Blanc thinks she is cool. She seem to stare up high to Ebony since her height is pretty.....small. Even if Blanc is small, she has a very nice personality which also makes her friendly and her dreams are tall. After some time talking and describing each other, They started to go out and find the lost puppy within the roots of the Spooky Forest but Ebony seem to have trouble getting something from her bagpack. "S-Something wrong? Ebony?" said Blanc to Ebony as she seem to be troubled. After some seconds she took 3 long sour straps and gave one to Blanc and Cheria. "Thank you. Arigatou." said Blanc and Cheria in Unison.

They were walking inside the Spooky Forest in search of the lost puppy and Ebony asked Blanc about her magic since she felt strong wind affinities around her when Blanc came. "I-I...use Sky DragonSlayer Magic." said Blanc to Ebony in reply to her question. Blanc seem to be shy about talking about her magic since she had a bad past about how she learned the magic. All those tears falling and flowing from her eyes to the ground really makes Blanc sad and lonely.

They went further inside the forest and Ebony approached a great old tree. It seem to have lived over hundreds of years because it's so big and so huge. Ebony described it as a 100-year old Dragon Tree and it was a famous tree which is found in the middle of the Spooky Forest. It was very rare as Ebony described it but the name Dragon in it shocked Blanc. "D-Did you say... D-Dragon?" said Blanc in a tone of shock. She began remembering all those memories she had with her foster parent, Grandeeney.

While talking about the tree, a low growl was heard around them. After some time, the voice showed itself. It was a monkey or Vulcan. Blanc readied her stance same with Ebony but Ebony told Blanc to make the first move. "I-I...." said Blanc shyly. After what Ebony said, she remembered her past hard jobs and the times when she fell down. Her spirit lifted up and Blanc took a step forward. "I-I.. must fight." said Blanc.

She readied up her stance and took a short walk, approaching the vulcan. Wind auras and energies were seen gathering up towards her feet. "D-Dash of the.... Sky Dragon!" casted Blanc as her speed was increased by 100% rushing towards the vulcan but Blanc wasn't finish yet. After she was near the vulcan, she casted another spell. "Swipe of the.... Sky Dragon!" Blanc swiped her hand with the energies of the wind and attacked the vulcan.

The spells ended with Blanc in a kneeling position leaving dusts behind her. As the dusts cleared up, the vulcan dodged her spells and sneaked up at her back. The vulcan hurriedly punched up Blanc at her back. "Blanc!" shouted Cheria with a worried tone in her voice worrying about Blanc. Blanc was alerted about the Vulcan's sneak attack so she did a backflip to jump to the back of the vulcan and dodge the punch. She was successful and was able to dodge the attack. "You're flexible girly. You haven't seen my wrath yet." said by the Vulcan.

Such a shame, the Vulcan tripped over a branch of a tree making him fall down to the ground. Ebony attempted to deal some damage to the Vulcan yet the Vulcan was just so fast, swift and alert. The Vulcan was able to dodge all of the attacks of Ebony. Ebony nodded to Blanc as a sign of Blanc's turn to attack. Blanc was prepared and stepped forward.

"Roar of the....." casted Blanc yet was cancelled due to that she felt shocked for the Vulcan released a very powerful and loud roar. As she was sucking out wind affinities around her, the Vulcan released a very loud and fierce roar which almost affected the whole forest. The crows and birds went off for they were creeped out by the roar of the Vulcan. Even Blanc and Cheria couldn't handle the loud roar of the Vulcan. The roar became much more silent and ended with the winds bellowing within the forests. The dark auras that Blanc and Cheria felt became much much more stronger than before they first came to this Forest.

There were also four red eyes seen spying around Cheria, Blanc and Ebony. Cheria, because of her damn high intelligence, suspected that it may be reinforcements. There were also sounds of creatures making noisy footsteps around the dense floor of the forest and also the trees waved like never before as if there were things swinging from tree to tree. After several minutes of making noises, they showed their faces. "Now, feast your eyes upon the teams of Vulcans." said by the First Vulcan to scare off Blanc and Ebony. The figures seem to be like a Vulcan too but they seem to be similar to each other.

"We gotta kick your asses. Yeah, what he said." said by the Reinforcement Vulcans. "I-I...I'm not s-scared." said Blanc while shaking in fear. "I know that feeling Blanc." said Cheria to tease Blanc. The battle seem to be unbalanced since the team are battling 3 Strong Vulcans yet the team only has 2 humans who can fight. Well, if the cat can fight, it can almost be considered as a balanced fight.

Blanc stepped forward and showed her confident and fierce face to show them that even though she is a bit young to be a wizard, she can also fight like the others. Blanc continued sucking up wind affinities around her environment and released it among the Vulcans. "R-Roar of the.... Sky Dragon!" casted Blanc as she released up all the wind affinities that she gathered from her environment and went flying towards the Vulcans.

The winds around the Spooky Forest became much more stronger due to Blanc's strong roar. The dusts filled the so-called Spooky Forest Arena and the vision around it wasn't visible. After several minutes of waiting, the dusts cleared up due to the strong winds carrying them and 2 Vulcans were seen injured down in the ground and the first vulcan that they fought survived the strong current of wind.

The first vulcan was in a block position which means the roar of Blanc was too weak because the First Vulcan was able to tank it yet the other Vulcans wasn't able to tank it leaving them at the ground but they were still alive and ready to fight. The vulcans stood up and got angry very much since they were hit by a spell. "We will kill you, little girly." said by the Vulcan who got injured. "Yeah.. What he said." said by the other vulcan. Since Blanc did the spell, they were targeting Blanc since she was small and they thought she was durable.

The Vulcans rushed off with their punching positions towards Blanc but Blanc was able to see them coming. The first punch was a normal punch so Blanc ducked. Te second punch was targeted to the ground so Blanc jumped and the last Punch was from above so Blanc did another Backflip to avoid the Vulcan's punch. It was truly a flexible new Blanc. "Way to go Blanc!" said Cheria in joy. Of course Blanc was happy since she felt that Cheria trusted her this time and she was able to do her best but was it because of the Sour Straps that Ebony gave her? Or just impressive skills of Blanc.

Blanc stepped back and prepared for the Vulcans to attack her. Blanc was in a defensive position even though her front was open for attacks. Maybe Blanc won't block but just do some acrobatic skills. Blanc couldn't even believe that she could do some impressive Backflips. For the results for today's round, she was able to bring her real self and do some real damage and real dodges. She was herself this time unlike those other times when she gets beat up.

It was Ebony's turn to shine in the battle between mages and vulcans. Ebony started off by creating 5 large meteors and sent them flying towards the vulcans. Fairy Tail mages are truly strong. "Wow..."said Blanc as she was amazed by the creations of Ebony which was meteors. It must have taken a lot of energy from Ebony yet Ebony was still looking fresh and energized yet Blanc was tired for she has a small magic pool inside her body. She is still trying to rest while panting.

The meteors did a marvelous and successful jobs in hitting the vulcans but it kinda damaged the forest by making huge craters.. As of now, The battle seemed balanced for the Vulcans were injured and The mages aren't even damaged yet. Well, a bit tired maybe. Blanc doesn't have much energy to support her spells anymore since she already used up most of it but Ebony does. She rushed up on the tired Vulcans and tried giving them a Hand-to-Hand Combat. Ebony was able to damage the first vulcan during her combat with them.

After the combat, it was the Vulcan's turn to shine. They were like going out on Ebony instead of Blanc. They joined forces and tried to create a combo move to damage Ebony but it was not successful. Ebony's dodge and tree swinging skills gave her the advantage to dodge most of the Vulcan's attacks, well, All of them actually. The vulcans were after her and almost did some damage to Ebony but Ebony was quick and tied the arm using the vines to the Vulcan making him a bit vulnerable and immobilized.

After that, Ebony ran to Blanc and scooped her, same with Cheria. She wasn't really running away, she needed the time to think. After some time thinking, she dropped Blanc and Cheria to the ground and had a brilliant idea emotion in her face which is really creepy. "Ok, now Blanc, try to give this one last shot. I’m going to distract them while you attack, ok?" said Ebony to Blanc.

Ebony ran down towards the vulcans and thrown a rock at them to get their attention. The vulcans got pissed so they charged at Ebony. Blanc still couldn't figure out what Ebony was trying to tell. She couldn't even get a hit. "Wh..What does Ebony want me to do?" said Blanc in her mind while trying to know what does Ebony have in mind to end this battle.

After some time, Ebony was still running, followed by the pack of vulcans. Blanc couldn't guess what Ebony wants to tell her. Cheria suddenly flew at her shoulder and told something. "Use your brain, Blanc. Couldn't you see, she thrown a rock so that means, she wants you to fly and throw boulders of rock to the vulcans." whispered Cheria to Blanc. Blanc suddenly knew the idea from Cheria. Blanc wasn't able to think of that. She jumped high and raised her arms slowly in a slow speed horizontally.

"Flight of the Sky Dragon!"

Blanc casted a spell which gives her the ability to fly. After she jumped her and raised her hands, she started to grow wings made out of the winds and was able to fly like the wind. She first approached the ground quietly, not trying to attract the attention of Vulcans and took a very large rock and luckily, she was able to carry it but barely. Her speed was so different unlike the times when she was flying. She needed the help of Cheria but she couldn't since she wants to try this on her own.

As Ebony was busy keeping the attention of the Vulcans and avoid Blanc, Blanc targeted the rock that she was carrying to the Vulcan and deal great damage. She couldn't really target for some reasons. First, the Vulcans were moving fast 'cause they are catching up to Ebony. Second, the rock was heavy thus giving so much problems to Blanc while flying.

Blanc hoped that this rock that she was holding will finally give an end to the vulcans. She dropped the rock carelessly but accurately down to the vulcan. Will Blanc tilt the balance between Vulcans vs Mages? It will be very hard to tell since firstly, the Vulcans can't see because their focus is to eliminate Ebony.

The rock that Blanc released from the sky, which was Ebony's plan, was considered a..... failure. Well, maybe there are some reasons which is why the rock fell without hitting the Vulcans. Maybe because of the movement of the Vulcans making it harder to hit. Well, that could really be a probability. The fight continued on with Ebony being stuck with the Vulcans while Blanc is flying, being free from the Vulcans.

As the fight continued, Ebony channeled some magic energy by raising her left hand. "Cosmic Beam!" casted Ebony as she tried to defeat the vulcans in one shot. The lights were so powerful that Ebony had to close her eyes too. Well, as for Blanc and Cheria, they also closed her eyes so that they won't be blinded by the blinding light of the blinding skill of Ebony.

Ebony's wave faded as seconds passed by and the Vulcans survived the beam. The vulcans were still standing strong but a bit damaged and tired due to the last rounds results. "I hope that’s not the best you can do girly." Now, it's the vulcans turn now. Ebony fell down on ground shaking in fear. It doesn't seem to be like her in anyways. The vulcans took advantage of this and just tried punching and attacking Ebony. Well, it was a fail attempt of the Vulcans. Ebony just tried dodging them by swinging through vines and trees.

"Blanc, we have a problem, both Plan A and Plan B failed. I saw we wing it!" said Ebony while smiling. It was weird that Ebony was smiling and the current results are pretty bad. The winds started to bellow through the forests and noises of leaves and shaking trees were heard. "D-Don't tell me, There's more." said Blanc as she can feel some strong dark presences around her again just like before.

The leaves on the floor started making noises as if there were some people or creatures walking and roaming around. I guess It will be another set of Vulcans ready to destroy the team. Woosh... as the quick footsteps created quick and swift sounds. After some time, It stopped and the dark aura that Blanc was feeling was back to normal but Blanc was still creeped out by the aura that she felt.

"W-We should... prepare." said Blanc as she took a step backwards. She gathered all of the wind energies that she could find and casted a very cool spell which will probably tilt the scale of balance between Victory and Defeat. A magic seal below her appeared and strong winds were gathering around her.

"O swift wind that dashes through the heavens!....
VERNIER!"

Blanc raised up her arms and did some stances and casted a spell. A magic seal appeared below Ebony as well and strong winds were also gathering around her. Blanc casted a very unique spell. Vernier as it was called. It enhances all the speed capabilities of the affected targets. After casting the spell, Blanc and Ebony were now covered in a Magical Aura which can probably be hovered around to be able to float.

Blanc and Ebony were shining brightly and finally, they were able to fight once again but this time, with speed. The vulcans were also startled because of the effects of Vernier. "Wh-What Witchcraft is this?" said by the Vulcan while having a startled emotion. "I guess we have to call more." said by the Vulcan. The vulcan took a step backward and released a very powerful howl which alerted the whole forest. It did this some time before to call some comrades. "Blanc, get prepared, They might give a surprise attack." saiad Cheria while looking around.

The dark auras gave its presence once again and Blanc and Cheria started being scared. They were looking around in case they started pouncing at the team. As time passed by, the sounds and the auras got stronger and stronger. After some time, they started jumping around trees and started pouncing towards the team. Blanc was able to see the vulcans coming due to the strong senses that she was given when she acquired the special Dragon Slayer Magic. She easily dodged the Vulcan's surprise attack. They seem to be a couple of new arrived vulcans and another pounced on Ebony as well.

After creating those attacks, they started regrouping. "So, these are the troublemaking kids who you can't defeat?" said by a Vulcan to tease the first group who came in first. The tumbleweeds were rolling and the fight continues. It will be a very hard fight for the mages due to that they are outnumbered by Vulcans. The battle will be continued by 5 vulcans vs 2 mages. Who would win over 5 vulcans? Maybe some talented mages like these ones can. Who knows, maybe they have something in mind to be able to defeat the vulcans.

The new vulcans came with some weird sounds of a puppy. The vulcan had a very large puppy. The vulcan was carrying it. It seemed that Blanc, Cheria and Ebony had the same expressions about the puppy. It doesn't really look like a puppy, I mean seriously, that thing is so huge. It's like it can almost swallow a whole human. "What kind dog is that?" said Cheria with a shocked tone.

Ebony thought of a brilliant idea to be able to finish the vulcans. She raised up her hands and reflected the bright sun's energy and redirected them to the Vulcans. It was so bright just like the last spell that she used so Blanc and Cheria were forced to close their eyes since It was the sun and might cause Blindness due to the immense brightness.

"Photon Quasar’s Light!"

It was a spell that could almost defeat the Vulcans but will they? Well, let's say there are some reasons why the Vulcans can survive. First, they are a bit damaged but not really damaged. Maybe another spell could defeat them. Second, It wouldn't get defeated but it might receive some weird ailment that could help the mages defeat the vulcans. And lastly, they might be able to dodge the spell and survive.

The spell faded as every second passed away. Did the vulcans survive? Well, actually not since Blanc's enhanced hearing could still see the vulcans murmuring. "Th-they're still A-alive." said Blanc. The light completely faded away and the Vulcans were all screaming in pain in unison while scratching their eyes from blindness. "I-I Can't See!!" shouted by a Vulcan while running around. "Finish them off, please" said Ebony as she looked down on Blanc with a very weird expression.

"Yes... I must defeat this while I have the chance to." said Blanc in her mind. Blanc took another step backward to hit more vulcans and started gathering strong wind energies. She was sucking them up. The trees were almost uprooted due to the strong force of Blanc's suck. The leaves were also flying and swooping down, following the wind's current which is towards Blanc's mouth. After gathering the right energies and wind affinities, she stopped and released it. A magic seal appeared in front or her mouth and released strong currents of winds that she collected.

"Roar of the... Sky Dragon!"

A spell that could change the status of the battle and could change and tilt the scale between who will be the victor and who will be the defeated. The winds were so strong just like Blanc and Ebony's compassion to free the dog. The winds also carried with them the sands and leaves of the ground. An area of trees were also affected by the roar and some of them got uprooted. Cheria's light weight almost made her fly and join the strong currents of winds. Good thing she was holding a rock to help her to step on ground.

Blanc's roar ended and the winds returned back to normal but the sands and leaves were still flying. After some time, the tides of wind turned back to normal with the Vulcans lying on ground. But the second batch of Vulcans were still staying strong and wasn't even touched. They had even no wounds or blood or any damage. But the good news is, they are now balanced and not outnumbered. They could finally take it easy since there are only 2 enemies left and the other one is much more durable.

"I-I.. I'm on my limit now." said Blanc while panting hardly and looking on the ground. She is very tired for now and needs to rest for she already did a lot to defeat the Vulcans. Maybe she could cast another spell but it would probably defeat her too since the Magic Energy is the Life of a mage. She just needs to find a quiet corner and rest for a bit to be able to continue for next battles.

"Just rest for a bit here, Blanc. Ebony will protect you." said Cheria while pulling Blanc to a quiet corner to be able to rest. She also took a large leaf to be able to make a resourceful fan out of it and help Blanc to refreshen up. "E-Ebony... Please, finish them. I-I'm sorry I can't continue on much longer." said Blanc as her last words to Ebony.