His friends were gathered for the fantasia parade. All of Fairy Tail was giving it their all for the citizens of Magnolia. Everything was going great or so he thought. Evergreen and Elfman were getting married. Freed and Laki were openly dating. Laxus was planning to ask Mira for her hand any day now. And then there was him.
He often teased his friends over their relationships, especially Ever. It was his favorite way to entertain himself, as he never really got to see his friends outside of missions anymore. Heck most of the time it was just him. The house they shared empty. If it wasn't for his babies he would be lonely.
His friends were all gathered together after the parade with their significant others, chatting away. He was annoyed. He had not seen Laxus in days, nor had he spoke to Freed or Ever since the day before. No one acknowledged his presence.
"Well guys Mira and I are going to headed out." Laxus said waving to his friends, not giving him a second glace.
His anger grew. His babies fell to the ground lifeless. He turned his back leaving them all behind. Ever and Freed didn't notice they were too busy going over Ever's wedding plans.
He continued to walk farther out, not realizing where he was going, just driven by his rage. Before he knew it he had reached the edge of the city. Nothing but the tall wall of trees before him. He found he didn't care and kept his pace.
He wandered into a clearing and looked up to the sky. The moon was full and bright. The stars covering the sky. This was a place devoid of unnatural light, it was the perfect place to calm his mind.
He removed his visor and activated his magic, taking a deep breath. The sky above him filled, the spirits of the dead on their way home. It was a sight he alone could see. The spirts no longer looked like that of their hosts, but wispy, some being barely a visible. The barrage of colors that lit up the night sky would be enough to leave anyone breathless. He often wondered what the colors meant.
As long as he could remember, he had been able to do this. He had been born with his magic. Unlike all of his friends. Freed had learned from books, Ever from a teacher, and Laxus from both his grandfather and the lacrima in his body.
He felt the wind pick up and took his eyes off of the sky. His mind had calmed down and he took off to a nearby stream. Walking through the forest at night was never difficult. His eyes let him see everything, so it didn't take long to get to the stream.
He threw down his visor, dipped his hands in the cool water, and slashed it up in his face. His thought wondered. He was an outcast. His magic alone did that. Every other form of magic he had come to face with was different than his. They never had the worries he had. He had to be careful with his eyes. He could easily rip someone's soul from their body. All he had to do was look at anybody wrong and poof, it was all over.
He was about to call for his babies when he realized he had released them. Their bodies were most likely crushed or picked up and trashed by now. He cursed himself. He was truly alone until he could get the materials to make some more.
Crack!
He turned to face the intruder. No animal would be that careless in their footing.
A two men stood before him. One he knew from photos, Ivan Dreyar, Laxus's father. He was clad in dark robes. His hair and beard dark, unlike his son and father. He wore a smirk upon his face.
The other was dressed in a black suit, with an old black hat on. He kept his face tilted downward hiding most of his face from view. He was taller than Ivan, but less built. He was also smirking.
"Well, well, well look what we've found Ivan." The mysterious man spoke.
Bickslow took no time aiming his eyes at the two men. Ivan was an enemy to the guild and if this man was his friend than they both were a threat. He braced himself. Ivan was a Dreyar and he had no clue how much magic the man possessed.
His eyes glowed green, but nothing happened. He began to panic, without his babies he was defenseless. He heard a hearty laugh erupt from the unknown man.
"That won't work, Bickslow" Ivan said calmly.
His eyes grew wide. He had no way out of here, his guild would probably never find out what happened to him.
"You've grown." The mysterious man removed his hat revealing his purple, glowing eyes. He froze as the man's smirk became a genuine smile. "Last time I saw you, you were only a baby. It looks like your eyes have developed well." He said to the speechless mage.
"Come on boy, speak up!" Ivan looked slightly annoyed. "Remy you may need to explain the boys in shock." With that Ivan turned his back, walking back into the dark forest, leaving Bickslow with the other man.
"Who? Who are you?" Bickslow said his voice was shaking. This man had a powerful presence. He could easily end his life with just a glace.
Laughter. "Really? The eyes do not give me away son?" Bickslow felt light headed.
"Son? You're my father?" He whispered alarms going off in his head.
"Where else would you have gotten those eyes?" His eyes traveled taking a closer look at the other man's face. It wasn't just their eyes that were similar, the shape of their faces, his nose, his eyes, just about everything was the same except for the hair color and skin color. He was paler than Bixslow and his hair was a black with small sections of grey behind his ears. The man laughed as Bixslow examined.
To say he was shocked was an understatement. He had been alone with his magic his whole life, now suddenly he wasn't alone. Why did he leave him alone as Fairy Tail as a baby? This didn't make sense, he was dead wasn't he? "Why are you here?" His anger was returning.
"Well son it's complicated." He didn't want to hear that. "The story is to long for now, later when we have more time."
"What do you mean more time? Why did you leave me at the guild as a baby? What makes you think I would be happy to see you? Why are you with Ivan?" Bickslow had too many questions. He was happy, but only because he wasn't the only one with these cursed eyes, but he was also sad and angry. Sad because he was abandoned. Angry because he expected everything to be normal.
"It was too dangerous to keep you with me." The man said calmly, turning away from him to look up at the moon. "As for Ivan, he's my best friend. We promised to see everything to the end." He changed the subject. "The moon is bright tonight." His eye glowed green.
He pondered the man's words. What was too dangerous? What did he want to see to the end? His father's answers only made him think of more questions.
"You're not happy." His father never turned away from the moon. "Before you can ask, I have been where you are now. You feel isolated. Your friend's lives are moving forward and you're still in the same place."
As much as he tried to deny the words, he knew they were true.
"Even your magic feels like it is frozen. Does it not?" His father finally turned back to him. Again he couldn't deny it, he was falling behind his friends. "I can help you son, let me."
"I…I can't." He gulped the offer was tempting, but what would he be signing up for?
"Why not? Because of them? They ignore you. You have no reason to be loyal to those who show you none." He pondered the words, letting them sink in.
"Listen to him kid." Ivan appeared from the darkness. "Has my boy ever shown you respect or has he only used you?" Ivan's words stung like a dagger. It was true that Laxus had used him when he was trying to take over Fairy Tail many years back, but he had changed, or at least he told himself that.
He didn't want to hear anymore. He turned and fled. He left the visor, forgetting it on the ground, it would be too heavy anyway. He didn't look back. He activated his eyes as he ran. He kept his ears open, listening for any sign of the two men behind him. He heard none, but took no chances. Using his eyes, he looked up at the sky gathering a spirit and placing it in a tree, forcing the tree to come to life and fall over, and block the way. He never stopped running.
He saw the lights of Magnolia becoming brighter as he got closer. Finally exiting the forest he fell over heaving. He was short of breath, gasping for air. After what seemed like hours his breathing slowed. He got up from the ground.
He began to head in the direction of the house his house. It was probably for the best that he didn't tell anyone about the encounter. They would think he was madder than he already was.
As he walked he began to think everything was just an illusion brought on by his loneliness. 'But it felt so real.' He argued with himself the entire why back home.
As he walked up to the house, he found the lights out and door locked. 'Alone again.' He thought opening the door and switching the front light on. He began towards the kitchen for a glass of water, passing by a table full of picture. In the front was a picture of Laxus holding Mira. To the right Freed and Laki at a restaurant. To the left Elfman proposing to Ever. He was about to look away when he noticed a frame poking out behind them. He reached out a picked up the photo. He remembered this one. They had this taken right after they became a team. The camera man didn't tell them when he was shooting and all of them were laughing at a joke he had just made.
He frowned setting the photo back from where he had gotten it. Trying to keep his mind blank he moved on to the kitchen. Pouring himself a glass of water. He drunk in down in one gulp. He felt hot. He poured another glass only this time slashing his face with it.
'You don't have to be alone.' A voice rang through his head. It wasn't his.
"I must be delusional." He said placing the glass on the counter before heading up stairs.
As he hit the top stair the voice returned. 'You deserve better.' He froze. This time the voice registered.
"Stop it." He could barely speak. He didn't want to admit anything to his father.
Silence, he heard nothing. He sighed. Maybe he was just tired. He just need to sleep, this would all be better in the morning.
Walking down the hall to his room he passed by more photos on the wall. All of them use to be of the team, but now they were replaced with pictures of his friends and their significant others.
'They look happy, don't you want to be happy.' The voice returned.
"I am happy." He lied.
'Don't make me laugh, that's a lie if I've heard one.'
"SHUT UP!" He punched the wall, cracking a frame and leaving a hole in the wall. His hand stung, the glass cut his fingers.
'Leave them.' His father's voice urged.
"NO!" His eyes glowed bright red causing every piece of glass to shatter. Every picture hanging in the hall fell to the floor.
He growled fleeing to his room and slamming the door shut.
'You can't hide forever. You will see the truth.'
He decide not to answer the voice. Dropping himself on his bed. He would sleep and he would wake up and all of this would be a bad dream. The voice seemed to fade out allowing him to rest.
Two cloaked figures stood outside the Thunder Legions home waiting. "Don't worry Remy, he will come around. He will see things our way." Ivan said to his best friend.
Remy let out a short laugh. "Yes, he will join Raven Tail. I will make sure of it."
With that Ivan placed his hand on Remy's shoulder. "Shall we head back?"
Remy nodded, activating his eyes. With a flash of yellow both men disappeared.
To Be Continued…