A/N: I finally am getting ahead in watching Fairy Tail and just finished the Seven Year Gap episode. Can you tell I was hit by massive, massive feels and had to stay up way too late to write this story despite my hands aching to high heaven and back?
Enjoy, my sweets.
Lyrics from Carrie Underwood's See You Again.
said goodbye, turned around, and you were gone, gone, gone…
~Lyon~
They were gone.
Fairy Tail, the indomitable Fairy Tail, was gone. He'd never, ever thought he'd admit it, but he missed them. And yes, even Gray. They had changed him, made him snap out of his homicidal haze, and given him a new chance at life.
How was the world supposed to be the same without the rowdiest, most open hearted, kindest, and best beloved guild in all of Fiore? Already, he knew life wouldn't be the same.
It wouldn't be the same, Lyon knew, until Fairy Tail was home again in their rightful place.
Come back, Fairy Tail.
faded into the setting sun, you slipped away
but i won't cry 'cause i know i'll never be lonely
~Ultear~
She felt like such a coward. She had seen the dragon, seen them be destroyed.
And she had done nothing.
Too interested in saving her own skin, she hadn't even considered that the great Fairy Tail, the guild who had brushed aside her own as if they were nothing more than bugs in their faces, might need help.
She had left them to death by dragon, her newly rediscovered brother among them.
They were gone, and Ultear didn't allow herself to hope. There was no place in this situation for hope.
Come back, Fairy Tail.
for you are the stars to me, you are the light i follow
i can hear those echoes in the wind at night
~Jellal~
He had felt her. Felt her soul brush against his. Her strong, warrior soul couldn't be mistaken for anyone else's. She was his only light in a world of unending night.
Shirtless, humiliated, brought low, he still had enough strength to offer to her.
Erza… Don't lose… Don't lose, Erza.
He could only hope it was enough.
A few days later, whispers had gone around. They all said the same thing.
Fairy Tail is gone.
Dragon attack.
Tenrou Island was obliterated.
Fairy Tail.
Gone.
For the first time in a long time, Jellal allowed himself tears.
Come back, Fairy Tail.
calling me back in time, back to you
in a place far away, where the water meets the sky
~Romeo~
His family was gone and there wasn't a thing he could do about it.
His father wanted him to smile. How was he supposed to smile without them? Their guild was in tatters, broken, shattered, unrecognizable. Where was the Fairy Tail of old? Their honor trampled into the dust. They were made a mockery by every other guild that hadn't contained friends. Only Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale had even dared to associate with the fallen greats.
His friends, family, brothers, sisters, mentors, his family were gone.
There were times when Romeo felt as if his heart would break.
Come back, Fairy Tail.
the thought of it makes me smile,
you are my tomorrow
They mourned. Each and every one of them carried a memory in their hearts of their Fairy friends. Even if Fairy Tail never returned, they would ensure that their legend would never be forgotten.
sometimes i feel my heart is breaking,
but i stay strong and i hold on because i know
Mest stared out over the sea.
We will see you again, Fairy Tail.
It's only a matter of time.
