Testament of Levy McGarden of Fairy Tail
What happened? How did it all, just go? We were eternal, unbeatable, unlimited! We were Fairy Tail, the strongest guild in Fiore. The funnest guild in Fiore. We were family, all of us. Now it's just me. Waiting in the dark for friends who'll never return. Not this time.
The good times seem like another age, like a story told about another person, too ludicrous to be true. I had my team, my boys. I had my friends, Mira, Erza, Makow, Juvia, Gray, Cana, Natsu, Lucy… So many, so vital. When we were together we were stronger than anything. And there was you. Strong and kind and sweet. You were my shield, I thought with you I would be safe, we would be safe. I thought… But I couldn't protect you. Not any of you. I failed my friends and now I am alone with my guilt and my words. What good are words when all you have is misery? What good am I here?
I remember when I first learned to trust you. When Laxus went too far, you took his lightening for me. Why did you do that? It must have hurt, yet you walked away as if it were nothing. I saw a change. Do you remember Tenrou? When you hoisted me in the air to make me big. Even then, you made me stronger. Not that I didn't get mad at you for focusing on the fighting rather than your partner. You did deserve it. But then, when I think I know you again, you find me. You tell me to stay by your side. I tried Gajeel, I tried so hard. I could help you then, give you iron, carry you. I could protect you. And when Acnologia came for the first time, we saved each other, you and I and all the others. We survived. After 7 years we returned. Won't you all come back? Say you got stuck again, that Master Mavis saved you? No. Not this time. We danced. I remember. All of us together and you held me in those arms of yours. I can still see all those faces, smiling back at me. All that were my nakama! How could you all abandon me? You beat Rogue, even as a shadow. How is it you could not stay safe? For me? We were all so happy. We had victory, we had our guild. We had so much hope. Then the 7th. Just one day. One little,insignificant day. Such a tiny fraction of a lifetime was enough to destroy what was so invincible. How can that be?
When they came, the dragons were fearsome. So many. How could we fight that? How could anyone? Yet we tried. You dragonslayers with your spirit and your power. Even then we had hope. How foolish we all were. I watched so many die. Friends, family. Even master. Those are the things that haunt my dreams at night. My dreams are better than my waking though, for even when they die and die again at least they are reborn each night. At least I can still see them. Who was struck down first? It all happened so fast. Natsu was struck down. That was when the guild lost heart. He was our heart. And then he fell. We couldn't stop then. You should have heard the cries for vengeance. Gray,Erza,Wendy, Juvia, Lucy, Laxus, and you my love. You destroyed so many, and still they kept coming. Cana took out at least 30 mini-dragons in one swoop with Fairy-Glitter, before she too fell. Poor Gildarts. That broke him, or so I heard later. I assume he's also dead now. Gray died saving Juvia from annihilation. His anger couldn't save him. I don't even know if he realised he loved her. It was just instinctive. She broke too then. I remember her as she was, optimistic and compassionate, but after that moment she became obsessed with vengeance. Her fury was beautiful and terrible, but without any sense of self-preservation she too was lost. She survived no more than a few weeks, but in that time she wrought such destruction! If she were a dragonslayer, perhaps we would have won. Even Erza gave out eventually. The Queen of the Fairies lost her crown, atop the mountain of corpses of her own creation. Wendy. She kept going for a while, healing those and still gong long beyond any hope of recovery. At least she died peacefully, using the last of her power to save a comrade. She deserved so much more.
Our strength came from each other, and whilst our desire for revenge kept us going, it could not save any of us. Not even you. I was fleeing, Jet and Droy. They were gone. I should have saved them, but I was too late. You saved me then. We fled you and I as you tried to take me to safety. An ambush. Dragons like mountains and gorges. As desolate as desert, as powerful as the ocean. You fought so well. I was so proud. I thought it would be our last stand, together. Then you were wounded, and Mira came in. After Elfman and Lisanna. She too was lost, though still living then. She helped me save you. Her sacrifice was a waste. You died my love. I hid you well and tried to heal you, I begged, I prayed. No good. And you held my face, and you made me promise to go on. Why did you do that to me, Gajeel? Let me go on alone? You tried to apologise, as my tears ran down your face. I told you I loved you. I held you. We kissed, that once. Just the once. My man of iron. You went where I could not follow.
Lucy found me. I did not know she was alive. I had no hope left, nothing. She healed me and held me. She knew too of loss. What is the point of a heart still beating when there is nothing but pain? Why can't it just stop?! I want it to stop. Yet I keep my promise still. If that is all that is left of you then it is sacred. In happier times, Lucy, she was so bubbly. She loved the guild. Now she was silent. We sat together in silence. It was all that had been left to us by this cruel world. Lucy always was clever. She found a way to return to the past. To end all this. To save us all. Succeed or no, it is too late for me. Perhaps some other version will have a happier tale. I hope so. I want to see that happier girl. To know her smile. She at least need not suffer so. As for me, I will continue. I have no choice. I will fight them. For your sakes. I'm so sorry Gajeel. I love you.
The paper was scorched, tear-stained and torn. No survivors remain.