The guild members watched in disbelieve as their blonde celestial mage held the salmon haired man in her arms. They could not fathom the events that had just occurred. Though they watched as she screamed and cried pulling him closer, they stood behind her feeling numb. Her whimpers and pleads brought tears to their eyes, his limp body drooping in her arms smacked them with the realization that he was gone. He always swore to protect her with his own life. Him seeing her future self, fall before him crushed everything inside of the young man and he knew from that point forward that if he had to, he would die saving her life. He would not watch her fade from him, not again. They could not believe that this day started as any other. Until Makarov had been informed of a danger in Magnolia from the council that very afternoon…
Makarov stared down into the lacrima with his expression scrunched in a mix of shock and anger, "You have allowed a weapon from the Book of Zeref, the dagger of hatred, to be stolen?!" He asked shaking in rage, his face reddening with each word. "And the suspect with this Dagger of Hatred is thought to be in Magnolia?!"
"I see you understand how dire this situation is." Lahar answered through the lacrima to Makarov. Makarov scoffed at the man and turned leaving the room. Reaching the balcony of the second floor he looked down upon his children.
"Ring the warning bell!" Makarov shouted walking down the stairs watching as members scrambled to do as he commanded. "Levy, library. Look up any and all information on the 'Dagger of Hatred'." She nodded and ran with Gajeel to the library. "Happy! Fly above the city and make sure no one is outside!" The exceed saluted.
"Aye, sir!"
"KEEP RINGING THE BELLS UNTIL HAPPY RETURNS SAYING EVERYONE IS IN DOORS!" Makarov shouted. He quickly turned to Team Natsu, who had stood wide-eyed waiting for their instructions. "There is a man who may very well be in Magnolia." The short Master began telling the four. "He has a weapon that is from the Book of Zeref. Your task, find the man. Retrieve the weapon. The magic council should arrive shortly, make sure both the weapon and the man are directly handed over to them. You MUST succeed. Go to the library and see what Levy has discovered." He briskly turned and walked away from the four.
"Y-you heard the master. Let's go." Erza commanded leading the group. Finally reaching the library, they all exchanged nervous glances and barged in finding the bluennette sitting with Gajeel surrounded by many piles of books.
"What do you got for us, Levy-chan?" Lucy asked leaning against the table, Natsu standing his arms folded next to her.
"It's called the 'Dagger of Hatred'." She answered setting a book down and pushing it toward the four. The dagger was drawn into the book.
"That's it?" Natsu and Gray asked their eye brows arched. "It's so small…"Natsu observed pointing at it.
"It even looks dull." Gray added looking up at Levy.
"… It's a drawing of the dagger, guys." Lucy answered sighing. " it's not going to be a completely perfect representation…"
The young men sheepishly smiled and backed away from the book blushing.
"if this 'small, dull dagger' so much as scratches you, your wound will begin to spill out until you are close to death by blood loss. Then it fills you with a black liquid, which begins to kill you slowly and painfully." Levy added opening another book and scanning through it.
"What is the black liquid?" Erza asked curiously. Levy continued skimming through the book and tapped the page finding what she was after.
"It is the diluted blood of the Zeref demon whom the dagger belongs to. There is not a lot of information on this demon. It just says that he is powerless with out the his weapon." Levy informed looking up at the team.
"So, it's safe to assume that the demon is the one with the dagger in Magnolia." Erza concluded with her arms crossed. Levy shrugged and nodded.
"That would be my guess." She agreed and began putting the books away. Gajeel remained silent and helped her while the four stood in thought. Finally, the silence was broken..
"YEAH! I'm al fired up!" Natsu exclaimed with his fists bawled and headed toward the door with Gray right by him.
"Erza, Lucy, let's go! We have a knife to collect." Gray shouted over his shoulder. Erza and Lucy turned to follow the young men out of the library.
"One more thing..." Levy said stopping the team in their tracks, "There is no way to stop the black liquid or 'the hate' from killing you. So be careful." Natsu flashed a toothy grin.
"We're team Natsu! Don't worry Levy. We will not be defeated." He replied and they continued out of the library, down the guild hall, and into the streets of Magnolia. Searching for the man with the Dagger of Hate.