Fairy Tail- Fallowing The Past- From Ch.487

Prologue- The Surprise

No one's POV

Magnolia was deserted. Everyone had gone, having run away from the fight that had been going on for weeks. The Fairy Tail guild wasn't deserted however. Fairies and spriggans were lined up on either side of the guild and you could feel, and see, the tension building. It was like a big black cloud hanging over us, coaxing us to take the first swing. Then, as if an imaginary gun went off, the guild exploded into another fight. Except this one was deadly. Erza was fighting Irene; Wendy and Lucy were fighting Kareem; the Strauss siblings were fighting Dimaria, and the rest of Fairy Tail was spread out around the guild, trying to hold back the other enemies.

Gray and Natsu had teamed up, trying to get at Zeref but he kept on dodging. "You've betrayed my expectations! I really thought you were capable of destroying me!" Zeref barked, going in for a punch to Natsu's chest.

Natsu cried out in pain. Gray went in next but Zeref dodged again. "But not to worry. It'll all go back to how it used to be. If I get Mavis' power, I can return to the 'Myself' of back then. Thanks to Neo- Eclipse." Zeref continues telling his plan as they all fought. "A gate that leads neither to the past, nor to the future. It starts everything over. It'll reset time itself." He looked straight at Natsu "We will be mortal again, all my mistakes washed away, no one will be hurt by me again. This time will no longer exist."

Natsu screamed and furiously threw punch after punch that were out of control and went nowhere. Then something happened. The book of E.N.D was knocked out of Zeref's pocket and slid over to Gray, who dove for it and grabbed it. Natsu and Zeref stood frozen, both for different but also the same reasons.

Zeref couldn't believe he was so stupid to not have hidden the book. But he felt like the book wouldn't be safe if it wasn't by his side. He desperately wanted the book to remain closed. No, he didn't, he wanted it opened and let E.N.D take over so Natsu could finally kill him. Wait, that wasn't right either, he couldn't remember whether he wanted the book open or closed anymore, he just knew it would be safer by his side.

Natsu was having a different reaction in these short seconds. He remembered what Zeref had told him. If anything happened to the book, his life would end. He knew he had to get the book from Gray but he couldn't move. He kind of wanted Gray to prove that Zeref was wrong and if anything happened to the book, he wouldn't be affected. He was praying for it actually.

He didn't want anything Zeref said to be true. He didn't want his life to be hanging in the balance of a book, he didn't want Zeref to be his brother, and he certainly didn't want his life force to be connected with Zeref's. He didn't want his whole world turned upside down. He didn't want to be a demon. He didn't want to think about any of it, so he didn't. For weeks and months, he didn't. Ever since the war with Tartaros, he knew something was up, something was brewing but he didn't think about it, not even all those nights alone when he went to train for a year. His thoughts were only of one person.

He stared as another second went by. Gray was slowly getting up with the book. I am human, I am human. He said this chant to himself repeatedly, as if it could change the situation he was in. Gray was now on his feet, turning into his demon slayer form.

Natsu's mind kept on swimming, but he still couldn't move. He closed his eyes and took a breath. He knew that it was time to let go of his worries and accept that all that Zeref said was the truth. He knew it was real, deep within him.

His life was hanging in the balance of a book. Zeref was his brother, albeit a mentally insane brother, but still, his brother. Even though Zeref wants to go back to when they were kids, which would cause this whole world to vanish, he still is Natsu's brother. And yes, sadly his life was in Zeref's hands to do as he saw fit. But that would change once he got the book back, if he got the book back. His life was irrevocably turned upside down and inside out. Which was both good and bad, but this is his life. He can live it however he wants, even as a human.

He couldn't go back to a time before he found out about himself being a demon, much like Zeref couldn't go back to when they were kids. This is all inevitable. He would always die with his parents by that dragon and he would be turned into a demon by his grief-stricken brother. No matter what they do to try to change that, it was inevitable. And by Ankhseram he was going to live life to the fullest because of it! He was going to show this realization to Zeref too, even if it meant he had to beat it into his brother.

But if Zeref was right and his life depended on that book not being harmed or opened then he needed to get it and he needed to get it now!

Time sped back up for the two brothers, fighting right that minute to get the same thing, but for two different reasons. They lunged and tackled Gray, who was expecting magic or something from Zeref but not from Natsu. This caught Gray off guard and he punched Natsu in the nose while simultaneously kicking at Zeref's stomach. Gray raised his iced hand to the book but before he could cause any damage, someone yelled "No!" A bright light surrounded them.

That's when the second unexpected thing occurred. Unknowingly to everyone, Acnologia was planning something. While they were fighting, Acnologia crept up the stairs coming from the room the fairies kept all their most powerful and treasured objects in. He did not know of Zeref's plan, or that there was a power such as Lumen Histoire, which could accomplish what he wanted. He only knew of the power which was in his cloak.

He took a second to look around. He saw all the dragon slayers fighting. The second-generation dragon slayers would be easy to kill; he could kill them right now if he so pleased. The first and third generations would be a little harder for him, but he knew he could take them all down in time, time he did not have. He started to leave but a Spriggan saw him and attacked, which caused some fairies to attack as well.

'Damn it.' He thinks to himself. Deciding to use it now, he produces a small, marble sized lacrama out of his pocket and throws it down. A puff of smoke engulfs the whole guild. The sound of bodies hitting the wood floor echoed throughout the hall. Acnologia sighed, he didn't want anyone coming along, especially his targets. That was the last thought he had before he hit the ground.

Rewritten: 5/21/17

A/N: Hello! Thanks for reading my first fanfic! I don't like these authors notes too much, so I don't think I'll be putting a lot in. I didn't really like how some of this story is going down so I am rewriting it for you guys! Thanks to Natthebat for helping me with being my beta reader! R&R Please! It's nice to hear your support and don't feel afraid to say if you don't like something criticism is wanted. Thanks again!