- Natsu: PREVIOUSLY, ON FAIRY TAIL!
- Lucy: WITH CARLA LEADING THE WAY, WE INFILTRATED THE TUNNELS
UNDER THE KING OF EDOLAS' CASTLE,
BUT IT WASN'T LONG 'TIL WE WERE AMBUSHED AND CAPTURED BY ERZA KNIGHTWALKER.
WHY DO I GET THE FEELING I'M NOT GONNA GET MUCH SCREEN TIME THIS EPISODE?
- Happy: IT'S TIME TO LET SOMEONE ELSE SHINE.
- Lucy: BUT I'M THE ONE WITH THE MAGIC. SOMEBODY HELP ME.
- ( theme song playing )
( singing in Japanese )
- ( both grunting )
- Natsu: WHY, YOU...
HEY, WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?
- OTHERS?
- YEAH, WHERE'RE OUR FRIENDS LUCY, CARLA, AND HAPPY?
- WHO'S LUCY?
OH, YOU MEAN THE BLONDE BIMBO?
PRETTY LITTLE THING. UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE GOT NO USE FOR HER.
SO SHE'S GONNA BE EXECUTED.
- IF YOU JERKS SO MUCH AS LAY A FINGER ON LUCY,
I SWEAR, YOU'RE GONNA PAY.
I'LL BURN YOU DOWN TO A PILE OF ASHES!
- Happy: EXTALIA.
- WHOA. WELL, AREN'T YOU A SCARY ONE?
SO TELL ME SOMETHIN', ARE ALL EARTH LAND WIZARDS JUST AS FEROCIOUS AS YOU ARE?
- YOU'RE GONNA EXECUTE LUCY?
WHAT'LL HAPPEN TO CARLA AND HAPPY?
- NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE EXCEEDS.
- HIS NAME IS HAPPY. GET IT STRAIGHT!
- THE EXCEEDS ACCOMPLISHED THEIR MISSION, SO WE TOOK 'EM BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND.
IN FACT, I BET THE LITTLE GUYS HAVE CLAIMED THEIR REWARD
AND ARE HAVING A FEAST AS WE SPEAK.
- WHAT?
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT MISSION?
- BY RETURNING TO EDOLAS, I WILL BE ABANDONING MY MISSION.
ONE HANDED DOWN BY THE KINGDOM ITSELF.
- NO WAY, THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF MISSION YOU GUYS SENT HER ON,
BUT I KNOW CARLA ABANDONED IT.
- ( laughing ) OH, YEAH?
SHE ACTUALLY COMPLETED IT LIKE A PRO.
- THAT CAN'T BE. WHAT ARE YOU MAKING THEM DO FOR YOU?
- ( chuckles )
YOU MEAN, YOU STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET?
- ( people chattering )
- ( footsteps approaching )
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK! - WHO ARE YOU?
- OH, I'M JUST YOUR AVERAGE JOURNALIST. I'M COVERING THE CEREMONY.
I'D LOVE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS, THAT IS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
- I GOT NO COMMENT. NOW BEAT IT.
- I SEE THE KING HAS TROOPS STATIONED ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PLAZA.
IS IT THEREFORE SAFE TO ASSUME
THERE ARE SOLDIERS STATIONED ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF IT AS WELL?
- GET OUTTA HERE!
- ( chuckles ) SORRY, GENTLEMEN, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DISTURB YOU.
( laughs )
- JUST GREAT. CAN'T RUSH IN WITH THOSE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
THEY COULD WIND UP GETTING HURT IN THE SOLDIERS' ATTACK.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW?
- WHAT THE...
WHERE ARE WE?
HEY, CARLA, WAKE UP.
- TOMCAT, WHAT IS THIS?
- ( gasps )
- WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO US?
- ALL I KNOW IS WE WERE KNOCKED OUT AND WOKE UP HERE.
THIS WEIRD PLACE,
I KNOW I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE.
ARE YOU OKAY?
- IT SEEMS MY INFORMATION WAS ACTUALLY A TRAP.
- THAT'S NOT TRUE. I'M SURE IT WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE THEY FOUND US.
IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT, CARLA.
- I'VE BETRAYED DEAR WENDY.
I SWORE THAT I WOULD PROTECT HER NO MATTER WHAT.
I MUST PROTECT HER. SHE'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO ME.
( crying )
THIS IS ALL MY FAULT.
- ( both gasp )
- GLIMMEOW. GLIMMEOW.
I BEG YOUR PARDON...
ARE YOU THE ONES WHO RECENTLY COMPLETED AN EARTH LAND MISSION, GLIMMEOW?
- IT'S NICHIYA?
- MEOW. NICE PARFUM.
- WAIT A SECOND, YOU'RE A CAT?
- DON'T BE SILLY, I'M NO MERE CAT.
I'M AN EXCEED, JUST LIKE YOU.
- MR. NICHIYA, SIR.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN TO EDOLAS.
IN FACT, I DOUBT THEY'VE EVER SEEN ANOTHER EXCEED BEFORE.
- REALLY? WELL, I HAD NO IDEA.
- WELCOME. I AM NICHIYA, THE CAPTAIN OF EXTALIA'S ROYAL GUARD.
MEOW. MEOW.
- AND MY NAME IS NADI. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS EXTALIA'S MINISTER OF STATE.
CONGRATS ON YOUR MISSION.
- OUR MISSION? - ( sighs )
- IT'LL BE OKAY, CARLA.
- I KNOW THIS IS RATHER SUDDEN BUT THE QUEEN WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU.
- FOLLOW ME. - THE QUEEN? SERIOUSLY?
DON'T WORRY, JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING TO ME.
THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS GET THE LAY OF THE LAND.
I PROMISE I'M GONNA PROTECT YOU, CARLA.
- EXCELLENT WORK, MEN. - Guards: MEOW, SIR!
- THERE'RE CATS EVERYWHERE.
- I BET YOU'RE EXCITED, AREN'T YOU?
- I MIGHT BE IF I KNEW WHAT IN THE HECK WAS GOIN' ON.
( exclaims )
- HEY, BABY, WANNA GO SHARE SOME MILK WITH ME?
- ( gasping )
- HELLO THERE, MA'AM, MAY I INTEREST YOU IN SOME FRESHLY CAUGHT FISH TODAY?
- YES, I'LL TAKE THOSE. AND ONE OF THE MACKEREL OVER THERE, PLEASE.
- SURE THING. TELL YOU WHAT, SINCE YOU'VE GOT SO MANY YOUNG'UNS AT HOME TO FEED,
I'LL THROW IN SOME EXTRA FOR FREE!
- THANK YOU. THAT IS SO INCREDIBLY KIND OF YOU, SIR!
- ( chuckles ) I FIGURE I SHOULD SPREAD THE WEALTH
SINCE THE QUEEN'S GENEROSITY IS THE ONLY REASON I MAKE A LIVING EACH DAY.
- WELL, MY KITTENS AND I THANK YOU.
- NO PROBLEM.
- I SWEAR I'M NOT LYIN'.
I WENT DOWN TO THE SURFACE THE OTHER DAY TO GATHER INFO AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW IT.
- YOU GONNA TELL US WHAT YOU SAW DOWN THERE OR WHAT?
- I CAME FACE TO FACE WITH A CATERPILLAR THAT WAS THIS BIG.
- QUIT PULLIN' MY LEG, KID.
YOU DON'T REALLY EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT CATERPILLARS GROW THAT BIG, DO YOU?
- IN OTHER WORDS, WHETHER THE KING KNOWS IT OR NOT,
HE IS UNDER THE EXCEEDS' CONTROL JUST LIKE ANY OTHER HUMAN.
- ( laughing )
- LET'S GO GET SOME TREATS, YOU GUYS.
- WAIT FOR ME!
- IT'S A LAND OF CATS.
- LOOK, IT'S SIR NICHIYA. - MEOW.
- SIR NADI, HOW'RE YOU DOIN' TODAY?
- I'M GREAT, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
- HEY, CHECK IT OUT. IS THAT THEM?
- YES, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO COMPLETED THEIR EARTH LAND MISSION.
- YOU GUYS ROCK. YOU'RE HEROES.
- THAT CHICK'S PRETTY HOT, I WONDER IF SHE'S WITH THAT GUY?
- EVERYBODY'S A CAT HERE.
- I'M AFRAID THAT YOU'RE WRONG, MY FRIEND, WE'RE EXCEEDS, HERE.
WE STAND ABOVE THE HUMANS.
IT'S OUR DUTY TO GUIDE THEM EACH AND EVERY DAY.
- I'VE NEVER HEARD OF YOU.
- AND THAT BEAUTIFUL SIGHT BEFORE YOU IS THE EXCEED KINGDOM, EXTALIA.
- ( drums beating )
- LOOK, HERE THEY COME. - IT'S ALMOST TIME.
- I SEE THINGS ARE FINALLY GETTING UNDERWAY.
- MMM-HMM. THE KINGDOM WILL BE MUCH MORE STABLE AFTER THIS.
- WE'RE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE PLAZA.
LET ME ASK, IS SECURITY AS TIGHT ON THE EASTERN AND WESTERN SIDES AS IT IS HERE?
- NO, BUT ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR ANYBODY TO HIDE THERE.
- OH REALLY, IS THAT SO?
- PLEASE DON'T WRITE THAT IN THE ARTICLE. IT'LL GET ME IN TROUBLE.
- I'D NEVER DO SUCH A THING.
I ASSURE YOU, I'M COMPLETELY AWARE OF WHAT'S APPROPRIATE TO WRITE AND WHAT ISN'T.
I STRIVE TO BE A FAIR JOURNALIST.
- YEAH.
- THERE ARE TROOPS STATIONED ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES.
HOWEVER, JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE IS UNDERMANNED.
ACCORDING TO MY SOURCES,
THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD SOUTH OF THE LACRIMA.
HMM.
- HUH?
I SEE. WELL, HERE GOES NOTHIN'.
( laughing )
- YOU SEE, IN OUR WORLD, HUMANS ARE A FOOLISH, INFERIOR SPECIES.
SO, IT IS OUR DUTY AS EXCEEDS TO KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL.
- IN CASE YOU DIDN'T NOTICE, THEY HAVE A NASTY PARFUM.
BY THE WAY, PARFUM MEANS SMELL. MEOW.
- OUR BELOVED QUEEN WATCHES OVER THE HUMANS AND GOVERNS THEM FROM THIS CASTLE.
- SHE HAS AN ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL PARFUM.
- IT'D BE DANGEROUS IF THE HUMANS' NUMBERS WERE TO GET OUT OF HAND,
SO THE QUEEN DETERMINES WHICH HUMANS ARE UNNECESSARY AND HAS THEM EXECUTED.
- BUT WHY WOULD SHE WANNA DO THAT?
- TO HELP RESTORE THE MAGIC POWER THAT'S DWINDLING FROM OUR WORLD.
AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT THE QUEEN SAID.
YOU SEE, NOT ONLY DOES SHE GOVERN THE HUMANS OF THIS WORLD,
BUT SHE CONTROLS THE HUMANS OF EARTH LAND AS WELL.
- AND SHE DECIDES WHICH PEOPLE LIVE OR DIE?
- YES, OUR BENEVOLENT QUEEN HAS THAT AUTHORITY.
AFTER ALL, SHE IS A GODDESS, MEOW!
- A GODDESS?
- THIS MISSION YOUR QUEEN SENT US ON, I REMEMBER.
IT'S COMING BACK TO ME. THIS MISSION HAS BEEN IMPRINTED ON ME SINCE I WAS BORN.
THE QUEEN CHOSE ME TO HELP HER CONTROL THE HUMAN POPULATION.
I WAS ORDERED TO ELIMINATE THE DRAGON SLAYER WENDY.
- HUH? WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN, CARLA? - PLEASE DON'T ASK.
- TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY YOU WERE ORDERED TO ELIMINATE WENDY?
NO WAY.
THEN, DOES THAT MEAN...
MY MISSION WAS TO...
NO, THAT CAN'T BE TRUE.
- I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING THE TRUTH.
- I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
MY MISSION WAS TO ELIMINATE NATSU?
- THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT.
- NO WAY.
- ( cheering )
- ( drums beating )
- I'M SUPPOSED TO ELIMINATE NATSU?
- WOULD YOU JUST CALM DOWN, TOMCAT?
LET ME MAKE ONE THING CLEAR,
WE DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSIONS, NOR DID WE EVER INTEND TO DO SO.
WHY IS EVERYBODY TALKING TO US AS IF WE HAVE?
- DO YOU THINK IT'S AMNESIA?
- PERHAPS. YOU SEE THERE ARE COUNTLESS SIDE-EFFECTS OF OVERWRITING
THAT ARE STILL WIDELY UNKNOWN.
- ANSWER ME!
- OF COURSE, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN.
SIX YEARS AGO, OUR BELOVED QUEEN SENT ONE HUNDRED EXCEEDS TO EARTH LAND,
IN THE HOPES OF BETTER CONTROLLING THE HUMAN POPULATION.
AFTER THEY HATCHED, THE INFORMATION THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN
WOULD LEAD THEM TO SEEK OUT AND ELIMINATE THE DRAGON SLAYERS.
- ( growling )
- THEN, ONE DAY, THE SITUATION CHANGED.
YOU SEE, WHEN THE HUMANS CREATED ANIMA
WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A NEW AND EXCITING POSSIBILITY.
WITH ITS INVENTION WE REALIZED RATHER THAN SIMPLY KILLING EARTH LAND HUMANS,
WE COULD CONVERT THEM INTO MAGIC POWER.
AND IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT THE DRAGON SLAYERS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL OF THE HUMAN WIZARDS.
THEREFORE, INSTEAD OF ELIMINATING THEM,
YOU WERE ORDERED TO BRING THEM INTO CUSTODY.
- Hughes: THIS IS SO COOL. WE FINALLY GOT OUR HANDS ON YOU.
YOU BOTH HAVE SO MUCH OF THAT AWESOME DRAGON SLAYER MAGIC INSIDE YOU.
ALL WE GOTTA DO NOW IS SUCK IT OUT.
( laughing )
- ( crying )
- I GOTTA HURRY. BUT IT'S SO CROWDED I CAN BARELY MOVE.
- HEY. WHAT THE HECK'S THAT THING?
- OH THIS? WELL, UH, FIREWORKS FOR THE MAGIC POWER EXTRACTION.
COOL, HUH? WATCH THIS.
- FIREWORKS!
- THAT'S AWESOME. I HOPE THEY SHOOT SOME MORE.
- WHAT THE...
- NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT FIREWORKS!
- GUESS ONE LETTER'S NOT ENOUGH. LET'S GO ALL OUT!
- THE NORTH?
- AND THE REST IS UP TO YOU, MY FRIEND.
- SOLDIERS, THAT MUST BE SOME KIND OF WARNING.
WE MUST PROTECT THE LACRIMA.
I SUSPECT THAT THERE'S SOMEONE SUSPICIOUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLAZA.
- WHAT?
- WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING. THAT'S THE REAR SIDE OF THE LACRIMA.
WE DON'T HAVE MANY MEN POSITIONED THERE.
- KEEP YOUR FORCES HERE AND I'LL TAKE THE OTHERS NORTH.
PUSH THE CROWD BACK FOR THEIR SAFETY.
- YES, SIR. YOU HEARD THE MAN! EVERYONE, PLEASE MOVE BACK.
- ALL RIGHT. IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR ME TO MAKE MY MOVE. HERE GOES.
- HEY, DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? I SAID MOVE BACK.
- THAT MYSTOGAN GUY MAY BE ONE FREAKY WEIRDO,
BUT I GOT NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO TRUST HIM FOR RIGHT NOW.
- ( clamoring ) - IRON DRAGON CLUB!
- IT'S GOING PRECISELY AS PLANNED.
- IRON DRAGON SWORD!
AIN'T NO STOPPIN' ME.
( yelling )
( grunting ) WHOA. WHAT THE...
- JUDGING BY YOUR REACTIONS, IT WOULD APPEAR OVERWRITING YOUR ORDERS REMOTELY
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST IDEA.
- HOWEVER, EVERYTHING WORKED OUT IN THE END.
YOU WERE STILL ABLE TO BRING THE DRAGON SLAYERS TO US
DESPITE THE ERRONEOUS ORDERS.
- ( crying )
- Nichiya: THE HUMANS HAVE BEEN TASKED WITH MAGICALIZATION,
WHICH IS THEIR CONVERSION TO MAGIC POWER.
AFTER ALL, THEY'RE MUCH MORE PROFICIENT AT THAT SORT OF THING.
MEOW. MEOW.
- ( crying ) NO, IT CAN'T BE. I CAME TO EDOLAS...
I CAME HERE OF MY OWN FREE WILL.
- 'FRAID NOT. YOU WERE ACTING ON THE WILL OF OUR FAIR QUEEN.
- BUT I LED EVERYONE TO THE TUNNEL TO TRY AND SAVE THEM.
- IT MAY HAVE APPEARED THAT WAY TO YOU
BUT ACTUALLY WE WERE THE ONES WHO GUIDED YOU THERE.
- WHO ARE YOU, HAPPY AND CARLA?
I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE OUR FRIENDS.
- ( crying ) NO, IT CAN'T BE. ALL I EVER WANTED...
ALL I WANTED WAS TO PROTECT WENDY.
SHE'S ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME.
- WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED WAS ACTUALLY A SELF-DELUSION.
WHEN YOUR ORDERS CHANGED FROM ELIMINATE TO CAPTURE,
YOUR DUTY BECAME PROTECTING THE DRAGON SLAYERS TO ENSURE THEY WERE NOT KILLED.
- THAT'S NOT TRUE!
- WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, YOUR EVERY MOVE UP TO THIS POINT
HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CONTROLLED BY US.
- ( sobbing loudly )
- LET'S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT, WE'RE NOT YOUR PUPPETS.
- ( gasping )
- TOMCAT...
- YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG.
WE'RE FAIRY TAIL WIZARDS, WE DON'T WORK FOR YOU.
( breathing heavily )
- OH, HAPPY...
- ( theme song playing )
- ( singing in Japanese )
- Natsu: ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO GET EVERYONE AND BUST OUTTA HERE.
- Happy: AYE, SIR. WON'T TAKE LONG WITH ME ON THE JOB.
IT'S JUST ONE QUICK FLIGHT AND WE'RE THERE.
WAIT, I FORGOT I CAN'T USE MY MAGIC.
- Natsu: GEEZ, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T FLY, YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A TALKIN' CAT, LIL' BUDDY.
- Happy: WOW, THAT WAS MEAN. I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THREW THAT OUT THERE SO CASUALLY.
- Both: NEXT TIME, FLY, TO OUR FRIENDS!
ALL RIGHT, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHAT DOES THAT MAKE YOU
WHEN YOU CAN'T BREATHE FIRE?
- Natsu: A DRAGON THAT CAN'T BREATHE FIRE? WHOA.
- Happy: JUST A BIG, UGLY LIZARD, HUH?