hello reader, welcome to this new fanfiction, i hope you like it
The sound of birds chirping signalled Tenrou Island's fauna waking up to a new day. The birds spreading their wings and the flowers unfurling their luscious petals. But to Zeref, all he saw was a blur of blinding light and a crippling headache pounding in his temples. A groan escaped his parched throat, sending pinpricks of pain shooting into his chest. He slowly pushed himself into a sitting position, nearly collapsing when a wave of dizziness hit him like a hammer.
He finally managed to prop himself up to a sitting position, with his back against the cold rock and he was panting slightly. He frowned slightly in displeasure and put his aching head in his hands running them through his dark hair in contemplation. The first thing he noticed was that he was shivering, a frigid chill settling inside his body contrasted by burning heat, his clothes were already soaked with sweat. The second thing that he noticed was that he was thirsty, really thirsty, unfortunately, the nearest spring was slightly far away for this secluded outcrop of rocks that was as far away from any life form as possible should his curse flare whilst he was sleeping.
Resolving to get some water, He managed to stand up, swaying slightly in place as he did so and turned to find the spring of clear water. But as he walked his sight started to blur, he hung his head, his bangs covering his onyx eyes as he struggled to keep the bright light of the morning sun from reaching them.
All of a sudden, his booted foot connected with a tree root and he stumbled, his head spun in a dizzying loop. He staggered to his feet heavily, shivering violently and kept going. He furrowed deeply into his thin robes, trying to gain a sliver of warmth that seemed to be as elusive as the spring that he was searching for.
In all honesty, he wasn't even sure he was going the right way, everything seemed kind of... disconnected, but he kept going, his fevered mind obsessed with finding a spring to cool his aching head.
A particularly loud bird call echoed right above him and he whimpered softly as the noise attacked his aching head, his skin paling in a bout of disorientation, he swayed dangerously, clutching his head in pain for a moment, then he straightened again and slowly continued, grudgingly lifting his feet again and again.
One foot
in front of the other
another step, and another one.
Slowly, he started to hear a sound, a sound that made him raise his head, his eyes shining with hope. Water, rushing water, he had made it to the spring!
He staggered to the shores of the rushing stream, cupping his hands and drinking the cool liquid , it went down his throat, soothing it wonderfully, then , he ripped some of his outer robe, at the lower hem and soaked it with water, holding it up to his flaming forehead.
The coolness of the water soothed his burning head bringing sweet relief to the pulsing headache attacking his fragile leaned backwards, sighing in relief and relishing the feeling of the icy water on his forehead. Except, all of a sudden, his head was spinning, shaking, his body tipped backwards and crashed into the frigid river,his muddled mind was brought into sharp relief as cold water rushed all around him, rushing into his lungs and pushing him down, trapping the feverish teen in its clutches.
He thrashed inside the water, all sense of direction blurring until all that was left was a frantic sense of panic to escape the glacial water he was trapped inside. But slowly, the need to get out didn't seem so pressing, the burning in his lungs was getting too much for him to handle and his vision was blackening, the lull of the darkness was so enticing,, tempting him with the peace he so desired, the rest he was so denied.
So he gave in blackness overtaking his senses as he drifted off into peaceful slumber, his thin body stopped struggling, stilling and sinking to the bottom of the riverbed, where he lay unmoving, unnaturally so. His dark bangs floated up, shining dully from the murky sunlight drifting to the bottom of the river and obscuring his milky face as well as a pair of ebony eyes that slowly closed.
OK! So that's it, i hope you liked it, please review regardless of whether you liked it or not, I would love your constructive advice.
Now, i have a few ideas as to how to continue this story that i don't know which one to pick, so if you can, can you please go to the poll on my profile and vote which option you would like (they are listed below), or if you have a new idea, feel free to review that too.
(Possibilities)
1#Wendy and Mest find him passed out in the river and take him back to Fairy Tail.
2# He wakes up on the shores of the river and Elfman and Evergreen find him as he is going back from the river. ( This would lead to the canon showdown except Zeref will probably collapse halfway through the 'fight')
