Wolf's A/N: Well that was a wild ride. This story is so entertaining, and I do love editing it. Give a round of applause to SapphireFxxxx and AmnaK96 for coming up with such a unique and suspenseful story. And guess what: we're not even halfway done yet. However, I do have to ask you to please, when you review, please do not ask me (us) to update faster, or "Please update," or continuously asking "When will you update?". You have to understand that we, the writers have very, extremely, immensely busy lives, and sometimes fanfiction just has to be put off. Also, I am on a semi-hiatus right now, so you all know that my ability to update is rather low right now. College has taken quite the toll on me, as well as Amns, and I know Sapp is quite busy with school. So please, when you review, do not ask us about updating. We will do it when we can.

AmnaK96's A/N: The good stuff is finally here. Something tells me that you will be fangirling by the end of this chapter. XD A lot of intensity and suspense is on its way after this chapter, so I hope you look forward to it. =^_^= Fuel our fire with reviews, it'll only have us working harder to upload another chapter. Enjoy!

Title: Legend of the Guardians

Authors: SapphireFxxxx, AmnaK96, Wolfspirit44

Rating: T

Full summary: Legends are myths that people thought to be unreal. But to Erza, these 'stories' are more than just myths... It's a journey to find herself. When fighting battles against hell, and the inner battle within himself, will Jellal allow love from a supposedly human girl, to be his reprieve from darkness? A journey of love, loss, reprimand and adventure, the Guardians have set out to change the laws of the Heavens, and once and for all rid Earthland of the savage demons and save the gods from the captivity of the Dark Angel, Zeref.

Chapter 4

Jellal, king of the Guardians, opened his eyes to stare at the stars. He was lying on the grassland, with the glowing lights of Caelum shimmering behind him. The stars shone brightly, and the moon was full the black sky, shining in its glorious luminescence. At times like these, when Jellal had a moment of peace to himself, philosophical thoughts usually plagued his mind. Tonight, he realized his life was like the night sky. There were times, like tonight, where it had nice, calm, beautiful moments, seeming good or even great. However, most of the time, it was dark. The beautiful moments would be the sparkling, silver stars. The darkness would be the rest of his life, the darkness that drowned him everyday. His life was full of shadows.

He could see all the constellations; Leo, Virgo, Ursa, minor and major, but his favorite of all: Lupus the wolf. The thought of the wolves reminded him of his mother and when she was taken away, on that fateful day. Two centuries later, it still brought grief to him, and how she was taken away by the hands of his uncle, the very man that was responsible for the safety of his family. He is Jellal's own blood; yet his uncle hadn't thought twice about his decisions and crimes, and it proved just how messed up Jellal's world really was.

If there was one thing in the universe, it was how the thought of power could mess with the minds of even the greatest. This particular thought made a God's mind fill with hatred and compelled him start a war between the Gods and the Demons. It brought along the deaths of millions, and worst of all, this god did not care about the amount of pain and suffering his actions had brought down upon the world. In fact, he derived utter pleasure out of it. All he wanted is power. This very thought, which seemed rather harmless, had consumed the mind of one once so great, and now the very world was in chaos because of it. Because of it, nearly all the Gods feared this once almighty god and wouldn't think about going anywhere near the Demon.

Well maybe all accept one. Jellal Fernandes, but then again, he was different from other gods. He was the only God that was valiant enough to descend to Earth in order to stop Zeref. He was the hero that led the Guardians into war during the Battle of the Eclipse. He was the one that fought Hades and killed him. He had braved the dangers of the quest, had even held up the sky, which very few beings would attempt such a thing.

He was supposed to be high up in heaven, where the great Gods resided, where anticipation was crackling in the air. But, no. He decided upon himself that he was going down on Earth and that he would be the one to defeat Zeref. However, unlike all the other Guardians in Caelum, this Guardian was a pure blooded God, an immortal. He did not care to lose power once he stepped foot on the lands of Earth. He wasn't afraid of the demon armies lurking every corner, ready to attack him, because he was willing to fight alongside his Guardians- his friends. He was their hope.

The blue haired guardian sat up slowly and took in a deep breath of fresh air. Two hundred years, he thought, standing up. The God turned away and walked back to his large palace, made of white marble and pure gold. A deep rumbling was heard in the distance and he looked up. Not amused, he turned back to the palace and carried on walking. Probably Laxus performing one of his spells...

Jellal looked up at the heavens. His father, Mystogan, God of all Gods, was the one to help the humans. Now, his brother, Zeref, was trying to claim the throne. Jellal's lips curled in a grimace as he thought about the man who tricked several Gods, including his mother, into hell.

Zeref was a selfish God who deserved to be punished. "You are going to pay for your sins, Uncle. Just you wait…"

"King Jellal!" A voice cried desperately. "My king!"

The Guardian in question stopped walking and looked towards the person calling him. "Gray, is something the matter?" Jellal asked in a melodic tone, as the dark haired guardian raced up to him. "And, for the last time, call me Jellal."

"Okay, Jellal," Gray panted, following his senior through the palace doors. "Zeref's sent another one of his demons to destroy a village towards the east of Fiore."

Jellal's eyes widened slightly. "Now?"

"Yeah. Now."

"Sir, Gray speaks the truth," another voice joined in the conversation. The two turned to see Laxus approach them. "I can sense their arrival."

"Very well," Jellal murmured. "Laxus, tell Gajeel to ready my armor, and then head for the village. Gray, gather Sting, Rogue and Natsu."

"We're going to war, sir?" Gray inquired.

"If it's a war they want," Laxus smirked dangerously, lightning crackling around him. "Then it's a war they're gonna get."

The blue haired guardian grabbed the demon slaying sword beside a nearby pillar and turned to Gray. "Once you've gathered the others, I'll meet you at the gateway."

"It looks like I don't need to go and fetch 'em," Gray smiled, turning to the group of Dragon slayers making their way towards them. They'd picked up the smell of electricity in the air due to Laxus' excitement and came to investigate.

"If there's a fight," Natsu exclaimed, fire sparking in between his fingers, "I want to join in!"

"Stop screaming you idiot!" Gray hissed. "You're making such a ruckus!"

"Don't tell me to stop screaming," The pinkette roared, slamming his fist together to create more intense flames.

"I can tell you to stop screaming anytime I want, Flamebrain!" Gray retaliated.

"Ice princess!"

"Dragon boy!"

"Perve-"

"Enough!" Jellal interrupted. "If you keep arguing like this, I'm not bringing you guys with me."

Jellal's rage could be quite... explosive at times, and both Gray and Natsu knew better than to enrage an already agitated dragon. They exchanged one last look of angry glares before bowing down to Jellal. "Sorry," Gray mumbled, while Natsu glowered.

"Good," Jellal grumbled, turning to the twin dragon slayers, who watched the entire affair with consternation. "Will you two be able to fight this one?"

"I'm sure we'll be fine," Sting answered, looking to his cat companion, who peeped out innocently behind Sting's calf. "Isn't that right, Lector?"

"Yeah! You and Rogue could easily beat those minions." The maroon cat cheered.

"Frosch thinks so too!" whispered another from behind Rogue.

"The injuries we sustained aren't too severe," Rogue assured, bowing before Jellal. "We'll be able to fight. Especially for our king."

"Very well," Jellal murmured. Suddenly he was alerted by a slight noise behind him. He turned, stopping when he saw two young girls looking at him. "Wendy, Juvia. What are you girls doing here?"

"Well… I was wondering if we could be of help to you..." Wendy whispered shyly, fiddling with her skirt. "Although I'm not much of a fighter, I can still be useful backup with my healing magic."

"I was wondering if I could accompany her, your highness." Juvia suggested. "She's still young, and I know I can protect her."

"Okay," Jellal said, after a moment of consideration, turning to Wendy. "You can help me by staying here on the palace grounds and out of trouble. Juvia can keep an eye on you." He instructed, nodding to the older girl. His eyes beseeched her, Keep her safe.

"Please Jellal, let me go with you, you never let me!" Wendy called, clasping her hands together in front as if she were about to pray.

"Wendy, I promised your mother I would always protect you," Jellal reminded. "Letting you go off to war like this at such a young age is very dangerous. I don't want you to be harmed."

"Please, my king," she begged. " I want to join you guys! I know I'm inexperienced and young, but I want to help you. I know I can. I need the experience to grow stronger."

"I'm sorry for all the commotion," a white Exceed called, entering the hallway where the congregation amassed. "Wendy tends to get excited every time you go off to battle."

"Carla!" The young guardian mumbled. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to protect you, child," the white cat justified.

Juvia gave Jellal a knowing look. "She may be young," the girl advised. "But you may need her, my king. If it comes down to it, her magic may just save you all from death. And I'll be there to protect her. You have my word."

Jellal pinched the bridge of his nose. "You're manipulating my feelings," he grumbled, giving the girls loving glares. "Taking advantage of my weakness. Fine,you can come. As long as you stay by Juvia's side, Wendy."

"Thank you!" She cried, jumping on him. "Thank you so much."

Jellal sighed. Those two girls knew exactly how to get to him, to find his soft side and use that to their advantage. He needed to steel his emotions once his was all over. But as he looked down at Wendy, so happy to finally join the others, he couldn't help but smile. He turned to Gray, "Where's the village located again?"

"East of Fiore," Gray spoke. "Close to the borderlands of Bosco."

"What's the village's name?"

"Rosemary village."

Erza looked up at the beautiful night sky. It was breathtaking, especially when they were far from the bright cities in the heart of Fiore. Above her were billions of giant burning balls of gas, trillions of miles away.

The redhead cuddled under her blanket. It was an unusually cold spring, so she decided to keep the fire going. She looked back at the night sky. Lupus and Sagittarius stared down from the heavens, watching over her. From somewhere in the pitch-black sky, a strange phenomenon could be seen.

It was a yellow meteor, racing through the sky in its highly elliptic orbit. As if flung by some catapult, it headed towards Earth, with some malign, yet divine purpose, still unfulfilled and unknown. She studied the sky closer.

Even with the bright yellow, opaque aura covering the majority of it, she could see the surface. Strangely, the surface was shiny- not made up of rock. "That's odd..." she whispered to herself, tightening the blanket around her. She yawned. "Must be the fatigue..."

Ambivalently, she looked at the meteor again, only to find that it was gone, its golden trail still marked in her vision. No object could travel that fast. She thought.

Perhaps clouds had covered it.

Looking around, it was as though it had disappeared, draped in a veil of invisibility. Not letting her mind settle, she looked at the other areas of the sky.

The stars were beautiful. Well, they were always beautiful. She could see the faintest ones, their lights dim and far away, while the bright ones had distinct colors such as white or blue coloring their bodies, giving them a mystical tone. The nearby moon, splintered from its encounter with the stars, had gravitated back together again, and shone down on the proceedings of here and the nearby city miles to the north.

Brilliant- was the one word that described it. The never-ending sky stretched out from the ocean in the distance, where its stars shimmered on the water's reflective surface, to the dense woods that covered the eastern side of Fiore. A glowing moon floated gracefully and carefree in it, painting the swaying grass that covered the gently rolling hills in its shining pale light.

Streaks of light sparkled for a brief moment. A heartbeat later, the flashes disappeared into darkness. Not a single cloud obscured it, leaving the deep sky clear for her, and every other person, to see. Stars scattered over its surface and took their place around the moon, each representing a fallen warrior. Suddenly, there was a large white tear in the sky, followed by a loud bang.

A storm was brewing.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu screamed, and an enormous flame surged out of Natsu's mouth. He aimed it towards a large group of demon minions, smiling devilishly at their ghastly screams as his breath attack burnt them. "I'm all fired up!" he continued, both his fists igniting in flames and then he brought them together, creating a large fireball, which he then threw into the already chaotic inferno brewing below him. "Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!"

More advanced towards him and he kindled his feet on fire, shooting himself higher into the sky. Meanwhile, Sting looked towards the streak of smoke Natsu left behind. Good luck, Natsu.

"Sting, look out!" Rogue called, gesturing to two large fish approaching them.

"What the hell is that?!" The white dragonslayer asked desperately, while running away from the fast approaching monstrosities. "They're huge!"

"It's Pisces. One of the twelve Zodiac spirits," a young woman with white hair answered calmly, appearing out of nowhere.

"Yukino?" Sting asked, alarmed at her appearance."What happened to you?"

"Attack!" Yukino ordered, ignoring him. Pisces glided through the air at amazing speed, and charged towards the two dragon slayers.

The white dragonslayer immediately jumped over the two fish and took in a deep breath. He released a large amount of white light from his mouth, but the Zodiac spirit avoided it with ease. Just as the fish were about to attack them again, they suddenly froze, ice sheeting over their glimmering bodies until they were completely taken over. The dragonslayers looked at each other in confusion.

"Are you guys just gonna stare at them?" Gray called, his hands radiating ice. "Finish 'em off!"

Sting and Rogue nodded their thanks and dashed towards Pisces, their bodies glowing as they summoned more magic.

"Gray Fullbuster," a voice spoke, snapping Gray out of his thoughts. "You're the Guardian of the North, aren't ya?"

The raven-haired man turned to see a young man with long blonde hair. His face was covered by a mask and a large red hat. "Who the hell are you?" the ice-maker asked, bringing his hands together.

"I'm Rufus Lore. My master sent me to fight you." The blonde smirked.

"I don't care who you are. Anyone who hurts my friends is considered my enemy," Gray growled, unfazed by Rufus' intimidating presence. "Ice make: Lance!" He shouted and charged towards his opponent.

"This is too dangerous for a child!" Carla murmured, pulling Wendy away from danger. "We should never have left Caelum."

"But Carla," Wendy argued. "The others will think I'm weak."

"No they won't!" The white Exceed corrected. "You're powerful enough, Wendy."

"Hey, where is Juvia?"

The latter turned to see the water mage fighting the other minions away. Wendy picked up a scent of something dark and she became anxious.

"A little girl like you shouldn't be at such a treacherous place like this."

Wendy jumped at the sinister voice and turned to see the person who started this battle, the demon that was planning on destroying Rosemary Village.

It was Jiemma.

Jiemma let out a diabolic laugh and swiped his arms out, sending a deadly blast towards the two. Wendy froze, fear paralyzing her.

"Wendy!" Juvia cried, watching the scene from the distance. She made towards them, her hand outstretched, but the magic shot past her, and she knew that she'd never make it.

Out of the blue, there was a bright yellow flash. As if in slow motion, Jellal appeared in front of the sky dragonslayer. The blast of dark magic penetrated the King's golden armor and pierced his stomach, wounding him terribly. He cried out in pain and coughed up mouthfuls of blood, falling to the ground in pain.

"King Jellal!" Wendy screamed, tears forming in her large brown orbs. She threw herself down on the ground next to Jellal, her knees instantly becoming stained in the pool of blood slowly oozing out of his limp body. "I'm so sorry!"

"Don't apologize Wendy. You have been brave tonight," he whispered, blood leaking out of his mouth. He coughed, hacking up more blood. Specks of it flew through the air and splattered Wendy's skirt.

"Fool!" Jiemma snarled. "You can't protect everyone."

Jellal groaned and held the lethal puncture on his stomach. "You're wrong..." he mumbled, glaring at the white haired man. Despite his wounds, Jellal forced himself up, blood spurting out of his wound. He snarled, his body suddenly glowing with golden aura.

"Oh?" Jiemma asked, suddenly intrigued by the guardian whom he swore was done for.

The bluenette snarled, revealing his large canines. "I swore an oath to my father," he snarled, the golden aura around him brightening as he suddenly ascended into the sky, higher and higher. He let out a roar and dove down towards Jiemma. "And there's no way I'm letting you break it!"

Jiemma's eyes widened and he screamed when Jellal forcefully slammed into him from above and pushed him down towards the ground. The collision would have been mistaken for a supernova effect if seen from below the sky. The two descended at phenomenal speed. Jellal's grip on his neck tightened and he increased his pace. The demon yelped as the two plummeted to the ground faster.

Erza's eyes widened as she saw a meteor fall out from the sky, plunging to the ground at inhuman speed. She gasped and jumped out of her bed, making her way to the back door.

Once she reached the door, the meteor crashed into the field, creating strong gusts of wind that almost knocked the woman over. There was so much smoke; she couldn't see a thing surrounding her. Blocking her face with her arms, she inched closer to the crash.

In the meantime, Jellal squeezed Jiemma's throat, making him gasp for air, "You dare challenge me to battle?" he asked incredulously. "I should have just let my apprentices take care of you!"

"You know, you should just thank my daughter, Minerva," Jiemma chuckled. "She's been working as a double agent; a spy for the Demons. Such a stupid, gullible little piece of trash she is! It amazes me how she actually came in handy for once! She probably doesn't even realize that she's working for Zeref!" He hollered a choked and wet laughter.

The King bellowed in anger and unsheathed his demon slaying sword, the edge glinting wickedly in the flickering light. "What kind of a creature treats their own flesh and blood with such disrespect?!" he demanded, plunging the sword into Jiemma's enormous and taut chest. "To hell with yo-"

"Who's there?" A soft voice interrupted.

Jellal stopped midway and his head whipped around to see who interfered with him. His eyes fixed upon a human in the distance. The King turned back to Jiemma, only to see him turn into black matter and disappear into the darkness. "Damn..." He murmured under his breath. Quickly, he stood up and hid behind a nearby tree, thanking the gods for the brightness of his aura, which had seemed to blind this human. Thus, his identity was safe.

He peeked out to see the human standing where he was a few seconds ago. She was beautiful. Even in the darkness, her eyes shone like the stars he controlled. Her lustrous scarlet tresses gleamed in the moon's mysterious glow. She was striking. His serious eyes watched every move she made.

The redhead bent down and picked something from the ground. She rose, holding a black opal wolf necklace in her long and delicate fingers. The bluenette gasped and placed a hand over his chest plate, realizing that his mother's necklace was gone. He turned back to the human, who was looking around to see if anyone would come out and claim the gorgeous pendant.

I'll have to get it back tomorrow, He thought turning away from the pretty human girl.

Erza looked around, dazed at the fact that there was no meteor within the crater, but just a wolf necklace in its place. Suddenly, the wind picked up and she heard the rustling of leaves. Her eyes averted back to the darkness of the forest, and promptly widened as she saw a large dog walk away from her.

It was a wolf.

What a coincidence.

But, it didn't seem like an ordinary wolf. It was at least four times the size of a normal one, and she was surprised at the fact that it didn't attack her. She took a step towards it, but froze when it turned to face her. Its phosphorescent golden eyes met her brown orbs. Erza was intrigued by how the moonlight reflected upon its soft, dark gray fur. It stood its ground and she was frightened at how big it was.

It revealed its large canines and snarled at her before it's head flew up and pointed to night sky. The large animal raised its thin lips and growled at her. Then a loud, piercing sound came from its mouth. The howl carried itself past her trembling body and through the woods. She took a step back and tripped over the uneven ground, gasping sharply at the newfound fear erupting within her nimble body. The unexpected noise still rang in her eardrums like water falling in the distance.

The red haired woman watched with widened, fearful yet enamored eyes as it snarled at her one last time and then leapt away, melting into the forest quicker than the eye could blink. She was still slightly shocked and scared at what had just occurred. "Was that really a normal wolf?" She whispered to herself, looking at the spot where she last saw the large creature. "It can't be..."

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