Having traveled to Sirius Island, Fairy Tail's sacred ground, the exam participants each take one of eight routes that will lead to the next stage of the exam. Most of these routes either pit the participants against each other or one of Fairy Tail's S-Class wizards, who they must defeat in order to advance. Lucy and Cana are pitted against Fried and Bickslow, whom they fear they stand no chance against. However, Fried throws the battle by pretending to be distracted by their swimsuits, allowing Cana to defeat him using illusions of scantily dressed women. Meanwhile, Natsu takes the route he believes will pit him against Erza, but is ecstatic to find Gildarts waiting for him instead.