AN: So I had this little headcanon for the ending and I couldn't resist to write it down xD

Please keep in mind, this is my first fanfiction EVER and I'm no native English-speaker, so don't judge me too hard^^ I hope the characters do not seem too OOC :x

Disclaimer: I own nothing, Fairy Tail + It's characters belong to Hiro Mashima, Cyndarel probably belongs to someone too, but I'm not sure, The myth of Orion belongs to the greeks

It has been 5 days after the end of the Grand Magic Games and 4 days after the disaster with Zeref, the Eclipse project and the total destruction of the castle .

Slowly all the other guilds prepared to leave Crocus and return to their usual places because nearly half of the town had to be rebuild and with a lot of mages in one place there is almost a guarantee of some unnecessary destruction.

All guilds except for the winner, Fairy Tail. The members of this guild still spent their time crashing every shop and public place they go to. A certain pink haired Dragon Slayer and a dark haired Ice wizard kept the record of a total of 13 smashed shops and it would have been more if not a redheaded short-tempered requip mage keeps an eye on them.

'WOULD YOU TWO PLEASE SHUT UP AND STAY PUT?'

shouted the redhead, Fairy Tails fearsome Titania Erza Scarlet and a few swords flew in their direction. The entire market place stood still and watched the trio, nobody dared to say something because they al feared the wrath of Titania. Natsu, the pink haired, was suddenly knocked down and on top of him laid Gray, who somehow lost his shirt and pants.

'IF THE TWO OF YOU ARGUE AGAIN OVER SUCH A TRIVIAL THING LIKE WHO IS BETTER IN A PILLOW FIGHT YOU WILL BE GLAD IF YOU MAKE BACK TO MAGNOLIA IN ONE PIECE'

'Aye…' the two of them managed to growl.

Erza sighed and continued taking the two troublemakers back to their place. The redhead was not in a good mood. They had to leave Crocus tomorrow and the council sent more troops to the area around the capital because they thought they could catch Jellal, Ultear and Meredy, the trio of 'public enemies' and some of Fiores 'most dangerous persons'.

It made Erza sad that they still kept on punishing themselves for crimes they did more than 7 years ago, but they still don't want to accept that 7 years of busting dark guilds, persecuting Zeref and eliminating all evil they meet is enough. The three of them currently hid in a forest near Crocus because they wanted to make sure that Zeref is certainly dead and that not another dark wizard hides in the capital.

Erza dragged her luggage along with her unconscious two friends on her shoulders.

They were on their usual way back to the Honeybone Inn but she still had trouble to walk after her clash with Kagura and Minerva

during the final fight of the Daimato Enbu plus she gained a big scar on her right shoulder from Archenemy, not to mention her battle with Zeref 4 days ago, but still she was able to knock some sense into her 'younger brothers' . It was all thanks to Wendy and Porlyscia that her most of her wounds were already healed.

Reaching the Inn with the bruised two boys, ignoring Miras 'Welcome Back!' Erza dropped the two boys on the floor and went upstairs. She just wanted to go to her room and lie on her bed, forgetting the trouble she had in her fight with the others against Zeref, but the images till kept on creeping up to her mind, images of blood, fire and screams. She leaned her head against the doorframe and let her imagination form the pictures.

Erza opened her eyes. She laid on a cold, wet floor. Fire surrounded her and everything was red. She heard a bumming in her head and looked back. Looks like she was smashed against the stone wall, 'well, that would explain the blood' she thought and tightened her grip on her Katana.

Jellal, Ultear and Meredy sensed the presence of Zeref one hour before the coronation of the winner, Fairy Tail, and they were right. 30 minutes later the dark mage showed up and blew half of the castle away. Of course the trio was there to put an end to him but they wouldn't have thought that Erza would show up and help them. So now here they were, fighting against the dark mage who took everything away from them. Whose fanatic followers built the Tower of Heaven, somehow created the 7 kin of purgatory and Deliora and Lullaby, not to mention controlled Acnologia and now wants to kill everyone in this world. So yeah, they had to stop him. Erzas blurry vision became clear again and she had to use her Katana as a support to stand up. Right before her Ultear and Meredy charged against the black mage while she saw a blue haired figure running towards her.

'Erza, are you OK? ERZA CAN YOU HEAR ME?'

'I can stand, can't I?' Erza huffled back, requipped into her red joggingpants of doom, because now 'shit's about to go down' as a commentator would say. 'That's the spirit' Jellal gave her a quick smile before they turned their attention back to Zeref. Ultear had trouble keeping him busy with her Flash Forward and Meredy constantly spammed him with her magic swords but the dark aura against Zeref defended him against every kind of magic.

'We can't hit him with our magic!'

'Gee, thanks for stating the obvious Ultear ' Erza thought but now she understood what the Time-mage wanted to say. Her eyes observed Zerefs dark aura and now she saw it. While Ultears, Meredys and Jellals attacks have been absorbed, the Aura did not destroy the little pebbles and rocks that were falling down. But she can't go near him because of his radius of death….but If she could get her sword near him…then maybe they could do it but she needs enormous speed… But her Flight armor was still broken after yesterday's fight with Kagura and Minerva and it wasn't fixed yet…how stupid of her…

'GRAND CHARIOT!' Jellal shouted out loud, but it was no use, the light vanished into Zerefs darkness and the Bluenette was about to get smashed into a wall…

'METEOR'

…or not. The former wizard saint put up a good fight against mankinds enemy but he can't get too close to him. Now she had an Idea.

'KANSOU – TENRIN NO YOROI – BLUMENBLATT!'

And with that, 30 swords flew towards Zeref and the dark Aura did NOT absorb it, he had to put up an extra wall of manifested darkness and during that, the Aura vanished….

'So he can't use both of of them at the same time huh? Every magic has a weakness….'

She looked to Jellal whose eyes widened – He noticed it too, so did Ultear and Meredy. Now they had a chance but she still needed more speed…

She nodded towards Jellal and charged against Zeref, while Ultear and Meredy began spamming countless attacks to keep the Blackmage busy. She jumped into the air when Jellal gave her a big boost with Meteor and with that Benizakura headed towards Zeref, and pierced right to his heart, pinning him against the wall.

And that's all she could remember. The next thing she knew she was in a hospital.

She opened the door to her room, not expecting the person who was waiting for her.

And boy, she did certainly not expect a tall hooded man in her quarters…

Erzas first reaction was shock until she figured out who the person was.

'What is he thinking? The whole capital is crowded with Rune Knights'

'What are you doing here Jellal, I thought Ultear dragged you and Meredy to the forest and you were not allowed to leave it?' she said to him, worried about why he was here. Not that she was unhappy because he was here, but the last occasions he went to visit her were always when something bad happened. She sighed and sat down on her bed, silently observing him and his worried expression.

She chuckled lightly

'Does your 'fiancée' know you're here?' still no reaction…

'Meredy is alive, right? She took a lot of damage'

God, why were things always so awkward between them she silently cursed her inability to have a conversation not involving Zeref, The Tower, death, sins, council or Fairy Tail with him…

'Yeah she's alright but I fear Ultear will kill me for coming here today, she said she does not want us to go around with so many Rune Knights in the city' Jellal said, giving her a shy smirk before sitting down on a chair. 'Well she does have a point there, you know? How are your bruises anyway?'

'They are…fine'

And here they were, two 26 year old (or 19 in her case, she still considered herself as 19 but technically she was 26) childhood friends who sat in a dark room like lovestruck teenagers.

Erza leaned back against the wall, she did not notice the nightfall when she accompanied Natsu and Gray back from their tour of destruction and the stars began to show up. Jellal just sat there, watching her observing him and the whole room was again cloaked in silence.

'So, what brings you here, in my room, waiting for me, at night?' She managed to say and she saw him uncomfortably shifting on the chair. He was clearly nervous about something.

'Well…the point is…We're leaving Fiore. With this Zeref-mess going on the council will be on high alert so we are heading to Cyndarel tomorrow. I just thought you wanted to know…' he stuttered 'And I guess I just wanted to see you, to see if you're alright and to say goodbye'

He would leave Fiore. Tomorrow.

'And for how long?'

The moonlight fell into the room, -god how long have we been sitting there, saying nothing if the moon already shows up- she thought and she could see his painful expression.

'We don't know yet'

She needed time to comprehend these words. What did she imagine? Now that Zeref is gone, that he would join Fairy Tail, the council would forgive him and they could have their happy ending? Tch.

'You don't know yet…'

'This was a bad idea, I'm sorry I'm just gonna-' he attempted to stand up but he feeled the tight grip of a hand against his arm.

'No, stay a while. If you don't know how long you'll not be here I'd like to talk to you' Her voice didn't tremble. He could feel that this as not a wish, but an order so he had to obey if he wanted to live.

'Is that an order, Titania?' he smirked and sat on the bed beside her, but she was gazing out of the window 'I thought you wanted to talk to me and now you stare out of the window?' He let out a fake whine and continued watching her face. Her arms hugged her knees and she whipped a little back and forth while investigating the night sky.

A smile appeared on her face and her expression softened.

'Do you remember the times in the Tower when we watched the stars and you told me their names?'

He smiled at the memory. Of course he remembered the countless nights when he had to show her the Grand Chariot, the Southern Cross or her favourite, Orion.

'You always loved to hear my stories about them, especially about Orion' He tilted his head to the side to see her face better 'It may sound stupid, but sometimes I miss the days we spent in the Tower, with Sho, Wally, Milliana and….Simon'

She faced him again and she knew that this was now dangerous terrain. If she would let him allow to slip in an endless rant consisting of what a bad person, murderer and whatnot he was, she would lose every chance of a normal conversation with him.

'Tell me the story of Orion again, I think I forgot it' she shifted near him and now he was finally willing to take his ridiculous hood off and threw it to the chair. His blue hair had a little shade of silver thanks to the moonlight but now she could see the remains of the battle with Zeref.

His face had a few new scars, one side of his neck looked like it was burned and violet spots were all over his throat. But she was still glad that they managed to leave the battle alive and that Ultear dragged Jellal and Meredy outside the town before the Rune Knights arrived.

'Orion…' He stared into the floor and then a smile appeared on his face and he turned around, gazing out of the window and signalled her to do the same

'I can't tell you the story without the stars, so, this here is Orion's belt, and this here is Orion' He pointed to the three clearly visible stars and outlined the whole constellation

'He was a famous and talented hunter a long time ago. You can see his two dogs, Sirius and Procyon, here' He pointed to two minor stars. Erza shifted nearer to him to get a better view at the night sky.

'These are…Canis Minor and Major, right?'

'You remember' he chuckled ' Ok, so we got Orion, the fearless hunter and his two loyal dogs, Sirius and Procyon. Orion fell in love with Merope, but her father did not allow their love to blossom and Orion did…something really bad. Meropes father stabbed his eyes out and so Orion was blind. The blind Orion wandered around the Earth, but the goddess of the dawn, fell in love with him and restored his eyesight. Eos and Orion had a short period of peace until Artemis showed up and killed Orion because she was jealous of Eos. She later regretted it and raised him in the sky as a constellation where he could be with Eos for eternity' Erza now slowly leaned against his shoulders, both of them looking into the sky, just like all these years ago in the tower

'They are lucky' Erza said 'They can be together'

Jellal catched the subtle meaning in her words and said 'But they had to wait for right time to be together'

Erza turned his face to him 'But still, they had their short period of peace' she moved closer to him and his heart skipped a beat. Her face was now just a few centimetres away and if it wouldn't be dark in the room, his head would be as scarlet as her hair. 'Define short' he mutters, but his mouth was silenced when he felt her soft lips on his. He knew that he should run away, tell her he can't, that he'll be leaving the country for god knows how long and she deserves someone better, but his head be damned right now. She deepened the kiss and he responded like he wanted to do on that day on the beach. They only parted for air and rested their foreheads against each other.

'My definition of short would be…one night?' and with that they continued their short interlude of peace.

'WHERE IS THIS IDIOT! OH GOD I SWEAR IF HE'S GETTING CAPTURED RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA EXECUTE HIM PERSONALLY'

Ultear stomped around their camp, angrily shouting and cursing her fellow guildmate who disappeared while she was getting supplies for their journey to Cyndarel. It was unnecessary to say that she was…pissed.

'Calm down Ul, I'm sure he'll be careful and that he will be back by tomorrow' Meredy tried to reassure her stepmother but it did not work. The Time-Mage was more furious than Erza when her strawberry cake has been destroyed.

'WHERE DOES HE WANT TO GO ANYWAY? I mean there's no one in the – ' Ultears face turned from angry to a sly expression. 'I bet he's with Fairy Tail. Meredy, do you want to visit Juvia? We're going to their Inn right now and bring our Casanova back'

Despite the late hour the sitting room was full of Fairy Tail wizards. Ultear and Meredy were no strangers to them so felt free to go around uncloaked and searched for blue or red hair but found none. Ultear chuckled at the sight of Gray running away from a lovestruck Juvia 'guess the two of them need a little push in the right direction too, Fairy Tail and love, two things that are always complicated…'

'Ok Meredy, guess Jelly is not in the lounge, let's ask around if they've seen Erza. There's a 90% chance that he's with her'

'But Ul, what do we do if we don't find him?'

'Then we'll take Erza with us. She'll find our little Jelly and probably kill him for his stupidity'

Ultear looked around until she saw a white haired women standing behind the bar. Ultear remembered her from the Daimato Enbu and her swimsuit fight with the girl from Blue Pegasus, but she didn't know her name…

'How's the name of the barmaid again?' Ultear whispered to Meredy.

'How should I know?'

'You are reading the 'Weekly Sorcerer' here, young lady, you should know her'

'I'm Mirajane' The white haired barmaid suddenly popped up out of nowhere and startled the two other women.

'If you're searching for Erza then I'm sorry to disappoint you, but she's busy right now, she has a visitor'

'Somehow, this woman is creepy with her smile that is practically engraved to her face' Ultear thought.

'Yeah we are here to take the visitor back to where he has a chance of not getting executed' the Time mage said while evading a few bottles, chairs and tables who were flying around, hitting various guildmembers on the heads and starting a big mess. One of the bottles hit Mirajane on the head, but she still kept her smile on.

'I see, maybe we should discuss this in the kitchen, It's a bit too noisy here, right? If you would be so kind and follow me' with that, Mirajane lead the two confused mages into a big kitchen and they sat down on a few chairs.

'The thing is, I think Erza and her visitor don't want to be interrupted right now, they're busy If you'd like to call it that way' Mira explained to Ultear and Meredy.

And their chins dropped to the floor.

'WHAT?' Ultear shouted unbelieving at the barmaid who…still smiled

'What do we do now Ul? I mean we can't just burst in right now' Meredy somehow managed to say while blushing as red as a tomato.

'Yeah, you're right…plus we can't let months of talking to him to 'be a man and confess to her' get wasted, so…..' Ultear crossed her arms before her chest. This was somehow awkward. Of course they were happy that Erza and Jellal have finally done SOMETHING but now they didn't know how to react. Ultear looked to Mirajane and an Idea popped up in her mind. If she can't embarrass Jellal right now because he was 'busy', then she will have both, him and Erza, being embarrassed tomorrow.

'Mira, can you help me to bake a cake?'

Erza and Jellal did not expect this when they went to the kitchen in the morning. Sure, they did expect food and Mirajane and they were aware of the possibility of a pissed Ultear sitting in their kitchen.

But what they didn't expect to see was the complete guild in the kitchen, grinning like Cheshire cats with Ultear, Meredy and Mirajane on the front with a big strawberry cake.

The letters on the cake said:

'CONGRATS ON THE SEX'

I apologize too everyone for my weird headcanon^^