Uh, if you guys want to know why I am making a NEW story instead of working on The Last Nightmare Mage, well its because this side project/ mysterious thing needs to be given out. And im working on a project right now so I cant really spend time working complex story plots out. Now, take into mind that this isn't just any ORDINARY side project. This could become the new series for Fairy Tail.

School is just not allowing me to think all that much and I really cant update anything besides this chapter mainly because of the project I am working on right now. Finding songs about freedom is tough… But, I still give you this at least for now. Anyways, this might be an OC story but we have to see what kind of OCs I get. This is not a direct sequel to Story of Silence. Takes place 150 years after the last story and lets go from there.

Events so far: The Garlan Consulate has ruled effectively over the people of Fiore and the people are happy. Peace has once been restored. After Sara died, she left behind a young but capable son, Darius. Darius was a king like Sara, kind, caring and willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good. He eventually died at the incredibly young age of 30 and left his son, Adrian on the throne. Now, the problems began. Adrian was like his ancestors, kind hearted. However, he was a pagan and he didn't believe in the saints and Neutrality like the people he ruled. He didn't interfere with their business which earned him the respect and support of Illuminati. He didn't like Fairy Tail much due to their destructive ways and reduced their power considerably. He married Natasha de Grace, a noble girl from the Grace family. He soon had 2 daughters, Beatrice and Alexandria.

Originally, the rule of succession said that Beatrice was supposed to take the throne because she was oldest. Adrian and Natasha agreed to this rule but they didn't foresee the birth of a third child. Cyrus. He was a sickly child at birth but thanks to advanced medical science, he grew to be a brilliant young man. Then tragedy struck. In a strange accident, Beatrice and Alexandria were killed by a falling boulder and Cyrus barely managed to escape with 2 crushed legs. Cyrus's legs took much time to heal but it eventually happened. Adrian and Natasha were broken by the deaths of their 2 daughters but continued to treat Cyrus with unlimited affection. Adrian eventually decided to step down from the throne and let Cyrus rule.

This is the true origin of misery. Cyrus started out as a good ruler but slowly started to get worse and worse as he grew older. He was also pagan like his father and he didn't tolerate Neutrality. Cyrus renamed Arcana to Adrianople*, after his father. The people didn't care much about that. However, Cyrus soon showed his true side. On his 16th birthday, he ordered the tombs of Julius Silence and his friends destroyed. That really outraged people and soon, thousands were crowding around the gates of Adrianople, demanding a reason. Cyrus responded by massacring the civilians. He eventually had 2 sons and a daughter. Otto and Bartholomew. They were just as bad as their father. His daughter however was pure much like Sara. Her name was Livia and she ventured out of the city often while her brothers feasted.

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Cyrus also had a strange obsession with ancient artifacts. When questioned by this, he simply said that he liked history, a blatant lie. He also hated Illuminati and Fairy Tail, completely eliminating the Illuminati district and taking it for himself and shrinking Fairy Tail's to only a few cities. His dark attitude and vicious manner earned him the nickname, Cyrus the Iron Fisted.

Present day, the woods of Adrianople

The sun was barely starting to rise in the great city and Hyde was running. He broke through several branches and cleared his vision as he jumped over a stone and landed on the gravel path and kept running. He was running from the soldiers. Hyde had been caught wielding a sword in the great city when only Garlan Soldiers were allowed to. He was a sword mage from Goliath and was completely innocent but the soldiers were starting to drag him towards interrogation. So he ran. He smashed through a grouping of vines and whipped behind him to see 2 light armored scouts chasing after him, moving through the woods like little squirrels. The held knives that glinted evilly in the light and Hyde didn't want to end up fighting them for a sword was too large for the woods.

"Come back! We only want to talk!" shouted the scouts from behind him.

'Yeah right.' Hyde thought as he jumped through several bushes and moved a branch out of the way.

Hyde was thankful that he had enough time to stow away his sword before taking off. Running through all these branches would have been hell if he hadn't. The sun was starting to fully rise so Hyde could see his path clearer. Up ahead was a small hill that he could easily jump. Hyde glanced behind and grinned. The scouts were still coming but at a much slower pace.

"Alright! Here we go!" he shouted as he ran full speed towards the hill and jumped.

Hyde's eyes widened in horror as he realized that this was no small hill. It was grassy but it was a sharp incline that led to a small dirt road and then another small hill after that. Hyde hit the steep side of the hill, feeling the wind and his heart slamming against his chest…and then he started to fall.

"Oh, this was a terrible idea!" Hyde screamed as he fell to his knees and quickly tumbled over, rolling in a ball over the entire hill.

The world turned into a blur as it flipped upside down and then upright again. He could hear the scouts laughing from above.

"Yosa benere**." They laughed as they turned away and ran back.

Hyde would have roared back at them but he was rolling too fast to say anything. Suddenly he saw a woman wearing a tattered grey cloak come onto the path. The hood was put up and Hyde groaned in the inside. He was going to hit her!

"GGGGGeeeetttttt out of the wwwwwaaaaayyyyyy!" he screamed as he barreled straight into the woman and they both flew into a pile of dirt and leaves at the bottom of the small hill.

Hyde felt his head shake and then cleared his vision to see the grassy hill and then he looked down at his hands. Dirty and slightly bleeding. He shook his head and then put his hand down on the ground through the leaves. His hand landed on something metal. Couldn't be his sword for it was strapped to his side. He grasped the cool metal and pulled it out of the leaves. Hyde was almost blinded by the brilliant polished silver half circle that came out of the leaves. It was a brilliantly carved piece of silver with deep lettering and several precious stones inlaid around the words. It didn't seem to be broken in any way but it was only a half circle with center of it missing. He inspected it and looked at the beautiful metal. Perhaps it was worth money…but what was this strange artifact?

Hope you enjoyed that short prologue.

*Adrianople is or was a real city. It was not too far from Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire.

**Garlan for "have a nice trip".

Sorry about the no update thing on Last Nightmare Mage. I cant really update that right now. Sorry. FF