Hey Guys! This is the last installment of the story! Thanks to those who had stuck with me through to the very end. I appreciate all your reviews and hope that you will enjoy my next fanfic about Levy and Gajeel that I am Co writing with QueenXCaramel. It will be titled The Courageous Heart. Now on with the Grand Finale!

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Everybody was so psyched up for the last day of the GMG. Today the winner and Strongest Guild in all of Fiore would be determined. The only disappointment was that it was always down to the same two Guilds every year. It was a battle between Fairy Tail and Sabertooth, everyone knew that, but it was still cool to watch the outcome.

This year instead of involving all the Guilds in the Games, the only Guilds participating in the last match would be the two with the highest amount of points. The Teams would then compete in a five on five battle to determine the winner.

So, as it is every year, the two competing were Sabertooth and Fairy Tail. Each team was the pride of their Guild and not willing to back down from the fight. Team Blaze walked to the center of the arena to meet Team Sabertooth. The line is as follows from left to right:

Jaxon Fernandez stood toe to toe with Venus, giving her his best Erza Glare. Which was very close to his mother's causing said woman to beam with pride from the stands. Jellal sweat dropped at his son's look, wondering not for the first time, why he decided to procreate with a madwoman and Enoia tossed her blue hair while watching her little brother with a critical eye so she could point out things he needed to improve on in the future.

Steel Redfox stood in front of Ronan Cheney with a very Gajeel-ish smirk covering his face that promised pain for his opponent. Gajeel smirked, his youngest son rarely showed any characteristics that he had inherited from his father, so yeah, Gajeel was enjoying this moment. Levy shook her head at the look on her son's face. It was kind of weird seeing that look on a face that looked so much like hers, but it made her proud none the less. Rex was yelling at his brother not to screw up and to make sure to 'accidentally' knock Blaze in the dirt. Lexia watched with anticipation of the approaching fight. She may not be the strongest mage around, but she sure did love a good fight almost as much as she loved starting them.

Blaze Dragneel was in the middle of the line having a stare down with Lex. Natsu could see the fire burning in his son's eyes and gave his infamous grin. There was no way Blaze was going to lose. Igneel watched his little brother while trying to come up with what he would do next in this fight. They trained together when they had noting better to do, so the only person who knew how Blaze's mind worked better than Igneel was Ember. Scorch hopped up and down in place, getting excited about the fight that was going to happen. He thought his big brother was one of the strongest mages he knew and even though he was a Celestial Spirit Mage like his mother and two sisters, he couldn't help but love watching Blaze's Fire magic.

Ember Dragneel stood to Blaze's right with Spike glaring at her like she had pushed his grandma down the stairs. She really didn't want to hurt him, but his actions had tied her hands. If it was a fight he wanted then a fight he will have. Lucy watched her daughter as she fought her inner battle and smiled. Although Ember could be dangerous if the occasion called for it, her daughter was a kind and gentle person at her core. Layla could tell what her little sister was thinking and felt sympathetic. Ember always had a tough time dealing with idiots like Spike. Celeste looked down on her favorite sister with hero worship evident in her onyx eyes. If anyone could defeat the Sabertooth team, it was Ember.

Storm Fullbuster ended the line standing across from Eleanor, who had a bland look on her face as if she were bored. Gray knew how hard that girl's magic would be to face. He himself had almost been destroyed by it and as such, he taught Storm the best and most effective way to beat her. Gray was very confident that his son was going to win his part of the battle. Juvia looked worriedly at her only son. She knew he could handle this and that he was strong, but every mother worries when her son goes to battle and was just released from the hospital the day before, right? Sky glanced sideways at her emotionally distraught mother and shook her head. She was worried about Storm's health too, but she also knew that they had to trust and believe in him as well.

The ref signaled to the teams that they could begin the match and all hell broke loose.

"Let's see you dodge this!" Blaze yelled as he ran at Lex full speed.

"Fire Dragon Wing Attack!"

Lex was knock to the ground by the sheer power and speed behind the attack. he cursed himself as he stood up and wiped his bleeding mouth with the back of his hand. He grinned at Blaze evilly.

Vengeance would be his.

"Requip: Purgatory Armor!" Jaxon stood in front of Venus, waiting for the girl to make her move. He knew that she used Spatial Magic and so he kept a good eye on his surroundings as well.

Venus smirked.

"Do you really think that you can win against me?" A strange multi colored light encased her hands as she brought them up to point at Jaxon.

He sensed more than saw the bubble of magic behind him and jumped away from it before it exploded. Jaxon was fast, but apparently Venus could tell which way he would jump because as Jaxon was in the air another bubble appeared next to him and blew him into a wall. Jaxon slowly got to his feet (getting blown into a wall hurt like hell) and took a moment to gather his thought. He didn't have the armor his mother had when she defeated Minerva. He also didn't have his second origin unlocked either.

So what was he going to do?

Steel smiled like a psycho at Ronan. Oh he was waiting for this moment for a while now.

"Iron Dragon: Roar!"

Ronan threw himself to the side and barely managed to avoid the attack. Steel took the opportunity to follow up with a kick to the other boy's face. Ronan went flying into Venus, making them both crash to the ground.

"What do you think you're doing you idiot?!" Venus was furious. Her mother was up in the stands watching and this fool made her look ridiculous.

Ronan gave the black haired girl one of his 'Back-off-or-I'll-hurt-you' glares.

"It's not like I did it on purpose."

As the two bickered back and forth, Steel and Jaxon shared a look and grinned.

"Iron Dragon Sword!"

"Heaven's Wheel!"

Both attacks hit their targets head on sending them into a tangled heap on the ground.

This might be easier than they thought.

Ember and Storm stood back to back breathing heavily. Eleanor had proven herself to be a formidable foe within the first 10 minutes. He couldn't get close enough to end the fight quickly, which was turning out to be a pain in the neck. Ember tried hard to make herself hurt Spike, but her heart rebelled against the idea. She stuck to hand to hand, but it was wearing her down fast. Spike seemed to notice her hesitation and got angry.

"Why won't you fight me seriously?!"

Ember smiled at him.

"Beating you into the ground will only give you even more of a reason to hate us. I don't want that to happen and I want us to be friends."

Storm threw her a 'are-you-insane' look but was forced to turn his attention back to Eleanor's relentless attacks with her Memory Make Magic.

Spike let out a crazed laugh.

"That's what's wrong with your Guild. You people are pathetic and weak. You don't have the heart to make it as the strongest Guild in Fiore! YOU ARE NOTHING!"

Ember felt as if someone had thrown a bucket of cold water on her. Did he just say what she thought he did? Spike just insulted Fairy Tail? Her family? Her home? The place and people that mean more to her than life itself?

"And you." Spike said with contempt.

"You are the worst of them all. A pathetic little girl who is too weak to do anything on her own. Someone always needs to be there to protect you because of you're soft heart. One of these days that softness will be the death of you and I'll be there to dance on your grave and say I was right."

Ember saw red as she launched herself at the blonde boy, effectively tackling him to the ground. She brought her fist up, covered in blisteringly hot flames, and punched Spike in the face repeatedly.

Blaze looked at the rage animal that was once his sister and tried to match her with the smiling girl in his mind. It just didn't fit. What he was looking at now was a girl different from his sister. More crazy and ruthless. This person...was not his sister. No she was a monster. Blaze was angry about what he heard, but Ember...it was like she was a completely different person.

Suddenly Ember stopped. Her eyes glazed over and she stood up, backing away from Spike. Said boy smirked and through a grateful smile at Eleanor. Storm saw the look and the way Ember had suddenly stopped her rampage with a sinking feeling.

Something was not right.

Team Sabertooth shared a victorious smile.

This fight was over.

Venus, Lex, Ronan, and Eleanor abandoned their respective battles to stand next to Spike. Blaze looked at his sister, who had yet to move a finger. She was still standing in front of Spike and had her back facing team Fairy Tail.

"Em! Get moving or get out!" He yelled. What was she thinking? She was going to get herself hurt if she kept standing there doing nothing. To make things worse, Ember didn't move or give any indication that she heard him at all. She just stood there like a statue, unmoving and silent.

"She can't hear you, you know." Spike said with arrogance written in every feature of his handsome, but bloody and bruised face.

The rest of Team Fairy Tail gathered next to Blaze. Steel and Storm both looked at a loss for words and Jaxon was growing increasingly agitated.

"What do you mean by that?! What did you do to Ember?!" Jaxon yelled. As the leader of this team he felt responsible for all its members and took it as a personal offense towards himself if even one was hurt.

"She has completely lost her will to fight. WE control her now, thanks to the Mind Control Magic that Eleanor learned in secret." Venus simpered in a sickly sweet voice.

"Yeah! We picked out the only one in your group who you would hesitate to hurt. We noticed that the only girl in your group was also the one who you guys treasured the most." Lex cackled at the other boys' expressions of shock and horror.

"But...Mind Control Magic is illegal!" Jaxon yelled in disbelief.

"Not technically. There is no written law against it, but no one uses it for moral reasons. Some consider it unethical." Eleanor stated as if she were simply talking about the weather.

"That's absolutely sick! What right do you have to take away someone's free will?!" Blaze was beyond angry. How dare they use his sister like that?! He ran at the Sabertooth team in a blind rage. He was going to make them pay...

Suddenly Ember jumped in front of the people that he was after. Her brown eyes had this glazed over glassy look to them and her face was blank, devoid of all emotion. Blaze suddenly stopped his flaming fist that was just inches from striking his sister in the face.

Ronan smirked.

"If you want to harm us, then you will have to harm your dear sister first. She's like our human shield."

Venus looked bored.

"Let's make this a bit more interesting. Eleanor?"

Said blonde girl smiled evilly.

"I thought you'd never ask."

She pointed her right hand at Ember and The pink haired girl's eyes turned dark purple as she swung a burning fist into her brother's gut. Blaze doubled over in pain, not quite understanding what had happened. Ember took this moment to kick him into the nearest wall, where he laid in the rubble unmoving.

Storm looked at the love of his life with confusion and disbelief. The Ember he knew would never have done that to her own brother.

"Ember! Stop! Look what you did to Blaze! Why can't you snap out of it?!"

Eleanor grimaced in annoyance.

"You are really getting on my last nerve, Ice Boy. Ember! Incinerate him now!"

Ember threw herself at Strom with her entire body on fire and it was all the raven haired teen could do to dodge her onslaught advances.

In her head, Ember was screaming at herself to stop. She could see everything that she was doing and no matter how hard she screamed and pleaded, her body wouldn't obey her. She saw when Blaze hit the wall and didn't get back up. She heard Storm pleading with her to stop, but she couldn't make herself stop.

For the first time since Ember Dragneel had learned magic, She was utterly and completely helpless.

Condescending laughter filled her head.

Have you finally figured out that I have complete control over you?

Ember growled.

Eleanor was going to pay.

Why don't you just sit back and watch as you take out your friends one by one for us?

She saw Storm fall to the ground, burned and exhausted. His breathing was labored and it seemed to be difficult for him to draw in each mouth full of air. Ember was forced to watch her hand move in to deliver the final blow. To her relief, her fist connected with metal as Steel knocked her away from her sort of boyfriend.

"What the hell are you doing Steel?! You're going to hurt her!" Storm yelled at the blue haired boy in front of him.

"As regrettable as this is, we can not just sit back and let them use her against us. We have no choice but to take Ember out." Jaxon said coming to stand along side Steel.

'Finally someone is making sense' Ember thought.

"But we can't-"

"Do you think we want to do this Storm?!" Jaxon yelled at his friend. For the first time in that moment Strom could see how much this upset the otherwise closed off mage. Steel merely looked sick to his stomach at the thought of hurting one of his friends.

"Do you mean you guys plan on hurting her?! Oh this is just too great!" Lex said while laughing.

"You Fairy Tail mages are ruthless!"

Venus laughed.

"They don't have the guts to hurt her."

In answer to that statement, Jaxon Requiped into his Flame Emperor Armor and Steel activated his Iron Dragon Scales. They knew from experience that Ember's fire was a force to be reckoned with even when she was holding back, which she did often when fighting her friends. Since she was not in control of her magic, Team Fairy Tail had to be careful.

Jaxon quickly took inventory of his friends conditions.

Ember, obviously, was out of commission. Blaze was still unconscious on the ground on the other side of the field and Storm looked like one strong breeze would knock him over. So that only left him and Steel. Steel, who was a smart strategist like his mother, had told him that Sabertooth wouldn't interfere unless it looked like Ember was going to lose. They would rather have their sick fun, watching fairies attack each other. Jaxon's plan was generated in a way that gave Ember a chance to try and break free of the spell on her own, but if she couldn't then the boys would have no choice but to take her out. So for now they were on defense.

"C'mon Ember! Fight!" Jaxon yelled as he dodged yet another one of the pink haired girl's Fire Dragon Roars.

'What the hell does he think I'm doing?! Vacationing?!' Ember growled.

He was right though. She had to fight harder. She was the only one who could save her friends, no one else but her.

Spike shook his head.

"This is getting boring."

Eleanor nodded at her team leader in understanding.

"Ember! Finish them!"

Despite her screaming, Ember's body moved like the puppet it was. Steel knew that his magic was at it's limits and that he could not defend himself. Jaxon fell to his knees in exhaustion. He now knew what their enemies felt after fighting the pink haired girl. Both teens closed their eyes, waiting for the attack.

"Fire Dragon Wing Attack!"

Jaxon cringed.

They had Failed, HE had failed.

His team had lost and they had let Fairy Tail down. Jaxon jerked his head up when he noticed the absence of pain and heard a grunt from in front of him. Steel too looked up to see Storm standing in front of him and Blaze standing in front of Jaxon. Both boys had ember's arms locked in one of theirs.

Jaxon and Steel sighed in relief.

Blaze glared murderously at the Sabertooth team over his sister's shoulder.

"Who the hell do you think you are? Using my sister like she's some sort of slave. YOU"LL PAY FOR THAT!"

"This is getting us no where. Let's go!" Spike yelled as he ran at Team Fairy Tail all lit up like a Christmas light.

Lex gave a crazed laugh and followed his brother with Venus and Ronan hot on his trail. Eleanor sighed in annoyance.

"He's always ruining my fun." She huffed as she released the magic on Ember. The girl's body went limp in her two teammates arms and they were forced to drop her due to the sudden attack from Sabertooth.

Ronan aimed a punch at Steel, but he was thrown back by Blaze's Fire Dragon Roar.

"That's what you get for messing with my friends!" He yelled as he blocked both Spike and Lex's kicks.

"Now's not the time for gloating, Flame Head!" Storm yelled, putting up an Ice Shield against Venus's Spatial Magic.

"Do you want a piece of this too Stripper?!" The pink haired teen yelled at his rival while shoving Eleanor into the ground.

"Bring it on!"

"That's enough! Quit acting like idiots for once!" Steel grunted, fending off Ronan's blows.

"SAY THAT AGAIN, METAL FACE!" they both yelled glaring at the blue haired boy.

"COME OVER HERE AND I WILL!"

""FOCUS!" Jaxon really got annoyed with his nakama at times. Honestly, couldn't they go a day without fighting each other? Was that too much to ask?

"AYE SIR!" was accompanied by three terrified faces.

"Heh. We already made the girl our first victim, do you fools really want to follow?" Eleanor asked spitefully.

"Victim?"

Blaze froze along with everyone else as the low voice spoke with venom. He turned his head to see Ember stumble to her feet, her magic spiraling around her like a cloud.

"Who did you call a victim?" She raised her eyes to stare holes into the girl who spoke.

Eleanor couldn't speak. The girl's magic power seemed to be choking her.

"Iron Flame Dragon." Ember's skin turned to the iron scales and fire surrounded her being.

She glanced at her teammates.

"No more fooling around. It's time to get serious."

Blaze smirked.

"If you insist. Lightening Flame Dragon."

His flame cracked with electricity.

Storm grinned, the air around him dropping in temperature.

"As if we weren't serious to begin with."

Steel had his Gajeel showing, His body covered in iron scales and a sociopathic grin on his face.

"Let's ground them to dust."

Jaxon stared seriously ahead of him with his Purgatory Armor.

"Let's just hurry up and end this."

Ronan growled and launched himself at Steel.

"Shadow Dragon Roar!"

Steel didn't have the energy to dodge the attack effectively, so he did the only thing that made sense.

He swallowed the attack.

His first thought was damn did it hurt. He felt cold all over like darkness was settling inside his soul. He knew from the way Ember and Blaze had screamed that this process had to hurt, but he wasn't prepared for the wave of pain that hit him in the chest.

If Blaze can do it, then so can I, he thought with a grunt and endured the pain as his magic intertwined with the shadows.

"Wha- It's not possible!" Ronan gasped in disbelief. He watched as the blue haired boy turned into something his father had once told him about.

"Shadow Iron Dragon."

Gajeel threw his fist in the air.

"That's how you do it , Runt! Beat the snot outta him! Show him the power of the Mighty Shadow Iron Dragon!"

Of all his children, Steel had been the only one to successfully combine the two elements. Which was a surprise to Gajeel, who thought that the kid was nothing like him.

Steel was more like his father than he thought.

"Iron Shadow Dragon Roar!"

The attack hit Ronan in full force and he was out.

"One down, Four to go."

Storm was having a tough time with Eleanor. Her Memory Make was proving to be difficult to beat. If only he could remember his father's advise on how to beat her!

"You should realize by now that I am superior to you. There is no point in struggling." Eleanor said to the boy who's eyes were currently shut in frustration.

The Ice Mage's eyes opened in realization.

"Ice Make: Unlimited!"

His Maker Magic was so fast that the blonde girl couldn't keep up with him.

Her felt her eyes spin and then she got dizzy.

"ICE BRINGER!" Storm yelled as he attacked the girl. She was frozen in ice and therefore defeated.

Jaxon dodged Venus's attacks with difficulty.

How was he going to get close to her?

"Requip!"

Venus suddenly felt her front get sliced open as Jaxon appeared in front of her in his super speed armor.

"H-how?" She whispered as she fell to the ground.

Blaze attacked Lex relentlessly making the other boy take the defensive.

"This is what you pricks get for hurting my family!" Blaze yelled with a punch to the blonde's face, sending him flying.

"Lightening Fire Dragon's Roar!"

Lex was blown away into the wall.

"W-w-we we-were s-so close." was what was heard from the Light Dragon Slayer before he passed out.

Spike looked around to see all his team being taken down by Fairy Tail.

"NO. This can't be happening!" He yelled.

"It's over for you Spike. Accept it."

Said boy turned his head to glare at the she devil in front of him.

"No! My dad is watching! I can't fail!" He lunged at Ember with his fists raised.

The pink haired girl dodged each attack with ease.

"He's your father Spike. He will be proud of you even if you fail this year!"

She knocked Spike back with an elbow to the face. Spike was on his hands and knees when he looked up to see the most terrifying sight.

Ember's teammates came to stand by her side. Blaze and Storm flanked her on either side while Jaxon and Steel were on the ends.

Spike thought that they were truly terrifying in that moment.

He knew that if it was all of them against him, there was no way he was going to win.

"I-I give up." He said.

The crowd went wild as Fairy Tail was once again named Strongest Guild in Fiore. Spike cried.

He had lost and he let down his Guild and his friends.

Spike felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned around to find his father standing behind him with his mother.

"I'm sorry Dad. I failed." Spike lowered his head in shame.

Sting hugged his son, much to Spike's surprise.

"Son, I don't care if you lost. You did your best out there and I couldn't be prouder. We came in second and you fought hard."

Spike felt tears fall down his cheeks as he hugged his father back.

Over his shoulder, Ember smiled and Spike smiled back.

This was the beginning of a beautiful friendship, he thought.

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WOW! That took forever! Well tell me what you think and sorry it took so long to update!