If you haven't, then go read When The Flame Turns Black first before continuing on. Anyways, enjoy the first chapter!
Wendy laughed nervously. Natsu and Gajeel had gotten into a fight yesterday and haven't spoken a word. They had reached the edge of Magnolia, seeing it rebuilt and restored to its former glory of a busy town. "It's only been two years and they've already rebuilt the city," Wendy said in amazement.
"There's the guild," Natsu pointed to a building in the distance.
"Let's get going," Gajeel said roughly and they continued their journey through the newly-built Magnolia.
After their difficulty getting around, they arrived at the big doors of the guild. "They rebuilt it," Wendy said in awe.
Natsu and Gajeel nodded and the three entered. At first, no one noticed, but then everyone was staring at them.
They looked at eachother as if something were wrong with them. "Welcome back!" Lucy came up to greet them.
Charles came up to Wendy and looked at the two dragon slayers that accompanied her friend. "I hope those two didn't do anything," Charles said with dissatisfaction.
"Oh, come on Charles. They are quite reliable," Wendy told the cat.
"Wendy, you wouldn't believe how worried she was for you. She complained on how she can't trust you with two arrogant dragon slayers," Lucy told the little dragon slayer.
"Charles! There's no need to worry about me. I'm fine with Natsu-san and Gajeel-san," Wendy scolded the white exceed.
Natsu and Gajeel shared an amused look. Wendy looked at the two and smiled. "I see you two are finally getting along once more," Wendy told the two.
Erza came over, confused at Wendy's sentence. "What do you mean 'getting along again'?" Erza asked.
"The two got into a fight yesterday and refused to talk to eachother since then," Wendy explained.
Erza looked a bit interested. "Another reason why I can't trust them," Charles snorted.
"Tell me, what happened," Erza demanded.
"We were going through the forest, encountered monsters and somehow ended up fighting eachother," Natsu gave a short explanation; Gajeel didn't do or say anything.
Lily came up to the iron dragon slayer. "Lily," Gajeel accepted the black exceed's presence.
Lily said nothing back to his friend. "You three were gone too long. We keep getting news about Zeref's resurrection," Gray came over.
The three dragon slayers stared at Gray, seeming to want to here more information about it. "We can tell them later, Gray. For now, they must be tired," Lucy quickly said before Gray could go on.
Wendy, Natsu, and Gajeel looked at eachother and only shrugged.
"We don't really need the rest. We only walked, we didn't run at all," Wendy told them.
"I'm guessing that they only pulled you along with them," Charles gave a small 'hmph'.
"No, the brat walked between Salamander and I," Gajeel told the white exceed and Natsu gave his agreement.
Charles seemed quite frustrated. "They were only trying to protect me from monsters," Wendy told her exceed.
Charles gave up and Erza said, "Why are we all standing at the door? Let's go fid a table to sit at."
Many agreed. Lily and Gajeel went over to where Levy, Jet, and Droy sat. Natsu and Wendy followed the others to a table and they all sat there. "You were gone for quite a while. Why didn't you come earlier?" Lucy asked as soon as everyone was seated.
"We were doing a bit of traveling," Wendy explained.
"Where did you travel to?" Erza asked.
"We just went around Fiore. Nothing to special," Wendy answered.
"Did you walk?" Erza asked.
"We decided that we would avoid riding all forms of transportation since Gajeel and I couldn't really stand it. Also, if Wendy was tired, we would take turns carrying her," Natsu finally answered.
They all glanced at Wendy and she became a bit embarrassed. "It's not my fault that I can walk for miles without getting tired," Wendy said sheepishly.
"She did quite well. We barely had to carry her anyways," Natsu defended the little girl.
They all understood the reasoning and Wendy asked, "Did you go on missions without us?"
"Yeah, we got others to come with us also," Gray answered the simple question.
"So tell us, what's with this 'Zeref's resurrection?" Wendy asked after many moments.
Lucy, Erza, and Gray glanced at eachother, not knowing how to answer. "Well…" Lucy began.
Chapter 1 finished! Wow! So, you now probably know where the title's from, but you gotta continue to read to see what happens! Well, hope you enjoyed the chapter because if you did, then please follow, favorite, and review!