[NARRATOR] It's time once again for Fiore's
annual spectacle of sorcery, the Grand Magic Games.
To make up for the seven years of training
the team lost on Tenrow Island,
Natsu and the others began an intensive three-month regimen.
And now...
♪
[NARRATOR] Their training completed, the weary members
of Fairy Tail assemble at the guildhall once again.
[moaning and groaning]
Home, sweet home.
[MACAO] Are you guys just gonna lay around all day?
Get up!
Huh?
Yeah, stand up!
C'mon and get on your feet like a bunch of real men!
[HAPPY] Crocus, the Flower-Blooming Capital!
[NATSU] Wow Elfman, you really packed
on some muscle there, big guy!
[LISANNA] The three of us all trained super hard up
in the mountains for the past few months.
[ELFMAN] I've got the muscles every real man dreams of!
Well I've hit my own milestone over the
past three months, and now I can finally eat fermented soybeans!
[WARREN] And I'm proud to announce that I've
overcome my once-crippling fear of heights.
I don't think those things will be very helpful to us.
My honey-gun and I have got our
sharpshooting skills to an all-time high.
[ALZACK] Bam!
And I was able to finish reading an entire
a 30-volume horror novel series!
[MACAO] All you got done was reading?
[WAKABA] You could've at least read some books on dieting.
My Sand Storm is more powerful than it's ever been before.
I bet I could even beat Natsu if we fought again!
Oh yeah?
[MAKAROV] Good work, everyone!
[NATSU] Oh! Hey Gramps!
[MAKAROV] It appears that you've all trained very hard
to prepare for the Grand Magic Games.
[LUCY THINKS] Um. I wouldn't go that far, exactly.
[MAKAROV] Right now, I'd like everybody to join me inside.
Listen up kids!
It's time to announce the five who'll be
representing Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games.
[MAKAROV] Natsu!
Oh yeah1
[MAKAROV] Gray!
I'm honored.
[MAKAROV] Erza!
I won't let you down.
Of course...
Those three were kind of a shoo-in for the team.
Who will get the last two spots?
We're gonna need a real man to represent our guild.
[JUVIA THINKS] I don't want Gray to go into battle without me.
[MAKAROV] And the remaining two will be.
[MAKAROV] Lucy and Wendy!
[WENDY AND LUCY] Huh?
[ELFMAN] How humiliating.
Seriously? Those two?
[JUVIA THINKS] My darling will be locked in mortal
combat without me at his side?
I can't bear to think about it!
But I'm not a fighter, master!
Can't you pick Laxus or Gajeel for the team instead?
I don't really have that option because
neither of them has come back yet.
We weren't chosen for our individual strength.
but our combined strength as a team.
So let's make him proud and give it our all.
Right, good point.
Yeah! I'll do my very best!
I think we'd have much more of a fighting
chance with Laxus and Gajeel on the team.
But my hands are tied here.
[NATSU AND GRAY] We can hear what you're sayin', ya know?
Alright team!
The Grand Magic Games present a perfect opportunity for
us to reclaim the prominence that we once held!
Today Sabertooth is regarded as Fiore's number one guild.
Let us take that title!
Fairy Tail will be the top guild again!
[ALL] Yeah!
Now I've got a fire in my belly!
[LUCY] And now.
This majestic city is Crocus.
The "Flower-Blooming Capital" of the Fiore kingdom!
[LUCY] Once a year, a huge festival of wizardry,
the Grand Magic Games, are held in its borders.
The streets are filled with excitement and the hustle
and bustle of hopeful wizards and curious spectators alike.
[LUCY] At the heart of it all stands the king
of Fiore's castle, the luminaria palace, Mercurius.
[LUCY] Sitting atop a mountain to the west of the city,
is Domus Flau, the coliseum where the
Grand Magic Games are held.
[LUCY] And huddled somewhere among all this craziness, is us.
I can't believe I still feel so horrible.
I really hope that whole Second Origin-unleashing
spell wasn't just some kind of sick joke
to make us lose the contest.
I do sorta feel like I have more magic power.
Everything else in my body feels like I got hit by a train.
[ERZA] Chin up! There's no time for whining.
[LUCY] Why aren't you feeling like death on a cracker?
[GRAY] My guess is she's always had her Second Origin.
[LUCY] That makes perfect sense.
I don't think I've ever been in such
a humongous city before in my life!
Aye!
[WENDY] Yeah, me either.
[CARLA] It certainly puts Edolas' castle city to shame.
[MAKAROV] I see you kids finally made it.
[ERZA] Master!
We've just now finished with the registration process.
So let's show everyone why Fairy Tail
is the number one guild in Fiore!
Hey, it looks like the Fairy Tail guild is here!
[MALE CITIZEN 155B] Those clowns?
Well, somebody's gotta come in last place, right?
Hey... are those jerks laughing at us?
Easy.
Come on, you guys finish in last place every single year.
Everybody knows Sabertooth is takin' the top spot.
If anyone wants to laugh, they can do it all they want.
Sounds like a good time to me!
[JET AND DROY] Hey you don't have to laugh at us, cat!
Don't forget, we're doing this for the thirty mill--
I mean, we're doing this for the honor of
being Fiore's top ranked guild, of course.
[MAKAROV] Our founding master rose from her eternal
slumber to save our lives, so let's make her proud!
[MAKAROV] Now then, we know that the games will begin tomorrow.
[MAKAROV] But unfortunately, we don't know what they'll be.
What?
I thought you guys did this every year.
[ALZACK] Yeah, but the games change every year.
[ASCA] Pick me up, daddy!
The year my sugar-pistol and I didn't participate,
they had a big ol' target shooting game.
And the year that I decided to sit out, there was a foot-race.
They take the teams scores over a bunch
of different contests to determine the winner.
They like to mix it up.
I looked through records from the previous games.
And there's no real consistency to them.
Well, then we'll just have to play it by ear!
But I hope there's some kinda fight!
Every year we sense unusual magic power during the games.
[ERZA THINKS] Mysterious magic power,
and the games are a mystery as well?
[MAKAROV] Erza...
I'd like you to read through the official rulebook by tomorrow.
I'm to read all this?
[LEVY] Aw, don't worry!
I have my Wind-Reader Glasses with me!
Levy to the rescue!
[LEVY] Okay, to sum it all up...
I would say there are three major rules.
The first one is the master of each guild
isn't allowed to participate.
[MAKAROV] Sounds sensible enough.
[LEVY] A guild can't have anybody that doesn't bear their
respective emblem take part on its behalf.
[GRAY] Kinda took that one as a given.
[LEVY] And every game will remain a mystery until the very
moment it is announced, and only then will the
game's rules be explained in detail.
Well, that's certainly not very helpful.
[LEVY] This one could be important, too.
All participants must return to their
designated inn by twelve o' clock.
There's a curfew?
[LUCY] What time again?
[CARLA] I suppose they mean midnight tonight.
Or what, we all turn into pumpkins?
That reminds me of the story about the
princess and the glass slipper.
[JUVIA THINKS] So my darling only talks about tales of
romance and lost love when I'm not around?
Oh, my icy Prince!
[NATSU] Cool, we've got tons of time until midnight!
And since this is everyone's first time in the capital.
Let's go check it out!
[HAPPY] Aye, Sir!
[LUCY] Wait for me!
[ERZA] Hold on!
Do you know where we're staying?
[LUCY] The Honey Bone Inn, right?
[ERZA] Just be sure to be back by twelve o' clock!
You hear me?
[HAPPY] Aye!
[ERZA THINKS] I wonder what's so important about that time.
[NARRATOR] Tonight, the members representing the
Fairy Tail guild will be staying here.
The Honey Bone Inn.
[ERZA] For some reason six beds have been prepared.
Does this mean we'll all be sharing the same room?
Nothing appears to be out of the ordinary here.
[JUVIA] Gray, my darling!
[GRAY] Hey, didn't expect to see you.
You come all this way by yourself?
I'm not the only one, silly.
The entire guild came here to cheer you on!
[GRAY] I guess nobody's busy takin' on any jobs, huh?
[JUVIA] What do you think about you and I
going to get a bite to eat somewhere?
[GRAY] Yeah, sure. I am getting pretty hungry.
Lucky for you,
I know of a perfect restaurant not far from here.
Lyon!
[LYON] It's quite romantic, actually.
Complete with an aquarium filled with
beautiful creatures from the sea.
[JUVIA] Oh yeah? Well.
I, uh.
Hey man, you can't just go runnin'
away with one of our guild members!
[LYON] Rumor has it that you're entering the Grand Magic Games.
Right?
Yeah?
[LYON] It's no use.
For Lamia Scale will surely emerge as the victor.
[GRAY] I thought you guys always came in second place.
And your guild always comes in last place.
But this year will be different for us because Jura and I
will be participating in the games for the very first time.
That means we'll be stronger than ever before.
Well, we happen to have our own
ace-in-the hole known as Erza Scarlet.
So don't count us out of the race just yet.
Let's make a friendly wager.
If Lamia Scale wins the Grand Magic Games this year,
then the beautiful Juvia will become part of our guild!
[GRAY] Are you serious? And, what if we win?
If your guild wins, we'll give her back.
She's already a member of our guild, you bonehead!
This is a gentleman's agreement.
So don't forget it, Gray.
This has got to be the absolute stupidest
bet that I've ever heard of!
The words of a man afraid to lose.
Oh, I ain't afraid.
My darling Gray, please don't torture us any longer!
Do you want to be with Lyon or the woman who loves you?
You have to make up your mind already!
[GRAY] You really don't have a clue what's going on, do you?
[JELLAL] You always know what to say, don't you?
[ERZA] That's not true at all.
I just stumble through life one day at a time.
That's all
[ICHIYA] Erza.
Your fragrant parfum is as intoxicating as I remember.
Sniff, sniff!
Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff!
[ERZA] You need to respect my privacy!
Got it?
[ICHIYA] Man!
[EVE] You're so beautiful when you're angry.
[REN] We didn't come here to make you feel better,
so don't get the wrong idea.
[HIBIKI] Would you like to freshen up?
[ERZA] Why don't you follow your little troll of a master?
[ALL] Trimens forever!
[kids cry out]
Isn't that beautiful, Carla?
Breathtaking!
They call it Mercurius, the luminaria flower palace.
Looking at it makes me wonder what the king is like!
[WENDY] I bet he has a long, white, beard.
[CARLA] Perhaps he does, child.
[LUCY] It's really amazing how many
flowers there are in the city, dontcha think?
[HAPPY] Well, they don't call Crocus the
Flower-Blooming Capital for nothin'!
[MALE CITIZEN 155E] A fight!
[NATSU] Ah!
I guess fights are part of this festival after all!
Let's check it out!
[HAPPY] With all the different guilds that are here,
there was bound to be a couple of scuffles!
[LUCY] Hold on, you guys!
You smell that?
What is it?
It smells like there's a dragon around here.
No way!
[NATSU] Move it! Comin' through!
Anybody else want some?
[LECTOR] Man, these guys are a nothin' but a bunch of losers!
[FROSCH] Yeah, they're big-time losers!
[NATSU] What's goin' on?
Looky here.
Is that Natsu Dragneel?
Kitties?
Get a load of the stupid lookin' blue pussycat.
He's stupid.
And they can talk, too!
[LUCY] And that's surprising, why exactly?
[NATSU] Yeah, that's me, but who are you?
Has this guy seriously never heard
of Sting and Rogue,
the Twin Dragons of the Sabertooth guild before?
They're the main force behind the strongest guild in Fiore!
[LUCY] These guys are members of Sabertooth?
You think you're hot stuff?
[Sting laughs]
So the rumors about you entering the Grand Magic
Games this year were true after all!
[NATSU] How do you know who I am?
Everybody knows.
You're the so-called Dragon Slayer
who couldn't actually slay a dragon!
Doesn't sound like much of a Dragon Slayer to me.
The sad part of it is...
I actually used to look up to you.
And my friend was a big fan of Gajeel's.
It was more of a curiosity,
as he was known as a fellow Dragon Slayer.
You gotta be kiddin' me.
You're both Dragon Slayers?
[STING] We would prefer that you call us
true Dragon Slayers instead.
Because unlike you, we could've easily slain Acnologia.
Well you'd be telling a different story if you had
actually gone up against that monster like we did.
Yeah, you weren't even there!
[LECTOR] This pussycat sounds as dumb as he looks.
[FROSCH] Yeah, you're way smarter than him, Lector!
[ROGUE] It doesn't matter if we were there or not.
[STING] What it all boils down to is we're far superior.
Let me explain a little somethin' to ya.
Natsu and those other two are what's
known as First-Generation Dragon Slayers, cause they
all got their magic power directly from dragons firsthand.
Your old buddy Loxus and that guy Cobra
from the Oracion Seis got their magic from dragon
lacrimas that were implanted inside their bodies.
We call 'em second-generation Dragon Slayers.
But Sting and Rogue here are way more powerful,
cause not only do they have dragon lacrimas inside 'em,
they were also raised by actual dragons
who taught them how to use their magic.
So they're Third-Generation hybrids!
Third-Generation?
In other words, they're the ultimate Dragon Slayers!
You guys really think you're so much better than everyone else?
They don't just think they are, there's a huge difference
in skill between first and third gen Dragon Slayers.
You wish you were half as strong as they are.
Tell me somethin' did you guys'
dragons disappear in the year 777, too?
Yeah, you could say that.
More to the point, they died.
The creatures that passed down their Dragon Slayer
magic techniques to us,
we eliminated them with our own hands.
So that we could earn the title of True Dragon Slayers.
I don't believe it.
You killed them?
Is that really true? Humans killing Dragons.
You scum. Those were your parents!
They're late.
Explain yourselves.
Where have you been all this time?
[GRAY] Having a completely un-enjoyable meal.
[LUCY] We ran into a couple of other contestants.
A real nasty pair if you ask me.
Listen...
If you're somehow able to make it past the qualifying rounds.
We'll give you a taste of what
true Dragon Slayer magic feels like.
[ROGUE] Let's get going.
We're wasting our time with this old generation scum.
It makes sense that these old school Dragon Slayers
would drag around this kind of litter box trash with 'em, huh?
Yeah, he's straight outta the litter box!
[HAPPY AND NATSU] Those stupid jerks are gonna
wish they had never messed with me!
Do any of you know where Wendy ran off to?
[LUCY] Uh, no.
[GRAY] I haven't seen her.
Well it's a pretty safe bet that she's off somewhere
with Carla, and it's not really like her to get lost.
[ERZA] It's almost midnight.
[LUCY] I hate thinking about a little girl like her
wandering around the city at this hour.
[LUCY] Up all night. Bad company.
Delinquency?
We're totally runnin' things in this city now.
Don't screw with us!
[LUCY] What are we gonna do?
I know you're supposed to be a writer and all,
but this isn't one of your stories, Lucy.
We brought some supplies to get you through the tournament.
Tomorrow's gonna be a big day!
[GRAY] Aw, thanks a lot you guys!
Hey, did you come all the way here to
watch us beat up on those other guilds?
[ELFMAN] Yeah.
I mean, I originally wanted to get in on
the action and impress my sisters.
[ELFMAN] But a real man knows when to quit!
[ERZA] This is perfect timing.
Do you mind doing us a small favor?
What do you need?
Well It's just that Wendy hasn't made
it back here for the night as of yet.
And those of us competing in the games should
probably hang out here until it turns twelve o' clock.
[LISANNA] What happens at twelve?
We're not really sure what, but the rules say
that we all hafta be back here at midnight.
[GRAY] Which is right now.
[NATSU] What's gonna happen?
[MATO] Attention, all contestants participating
in this year's Grand Magic Games!
Good morning!
Outside!
Whoa, what in the heck is that thing?
Is it some kinda hologram?
It's a great big pumpkin!
[MATO] To narrow down the one hundred thirteen guilds in this
year's games to a more manageable eight,
let's begin the preliminary round!
Seriously?
Well, this is news!
Has there been a preliminary round in years past?
No. This is completely new.
So this must be the reason why we
were required to take our places at midnight.
One hundred and thirteen guilds,
narrowed down to a meager eight in one fell swoop.
[LUCY THINKS] One hundred thirteen. I had no idea there
were even that many guilds in Fiore to begin with.
That number seems way too high.
[ERZA THINKS] It doesn't make sense.
Why would they keep this preliminary round
a secret until now?
Why all these new procedures?
[ERZA] The excessive number of guilds involved.
And the mysterious magic power Jellal talked about.
What are the organizers up to?
[MATO] Although the number of guilds
increase and multiply each year.
"The games have gotten boring now," is all I ever hear!
"Let's whittle them down" I say to you!
And give just eight a cheer!
[MATO] The rules for this preliminary round are simple!
[GRAY] What the--?
What's happening? The inn is rising up!
[GRAY] Look! The other ones are doin' it too!
[ELFMAN] A real man dreams of rising up!
[MATO] Now, you will all be participating in a race!
[MATO] The finish line is at the Domus Flau coliseum!
Only the first eight teams to reach it will move on
to the Grand Magic Games!
[GRAY] That's a path!
[ERZA] I suppose we'll be following it?
[MATO] You're free to use magic in any way you see fit!
There are no restrictions.
But remember, only the first eight teams
to reach the finish line will clear this round!
[MATO] However, all five team members must
cross the goal for it to count!
[MATO] One more thing. We are not responsible
for any loss of life that may occur in the labyrinth.
Say what?
[MATO] So without further ado, let the Grand Magic
Games' preliminary round, Sky Labyrinth begin!
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[NATSU] Whoa! What in the heck is that thing?
[HAPPY] It's a big ol' floating maze.
But more importantly, it's where the prelims are bein' held.
[NATSU] Aw man, I suck at mazes!
[HAPPY] Only the first eight teams to reach the
goal get to compete in the games!
[NATSU] So it's a race?
[HAPPY] Yeah, but all five members of the
team have to get there to win!
[NATSU] Crap! Wendy's still not here!
[HAPPY AND NATSU] Next time: Sky Labyrinth!
[HAPPY] You know, I could take Wendy's place if you need me to.
[NATSU] Awesome!
Elfman says he'll fill in for her!
[HAPPY] Oh, he will?
Yeah, awesome.