00| ONE YEAR
Humanity, such a mundane thing that is fragile in every definition of the eight letter word. To be human was to have weakness- to be weak in every single sense of the word. Humans, they are pitiful creatures who fear the very things that they can't comprehend, the things that are different from them or don't look like them. Pitiful beings who strive and suffer to maintain a fulfilling life by seeking success, greatness and victory.
Humans are emotional things who break down when life hits them hard once and knocks them off their feet. They are vulnerable to themselves, being their own biggest critic and main enemy. To be human was truly unlucky.
In the year VII 767, society was at a low point. Religion was just forming, magic was just showing up in people who had been called witches. Society was changing in a way that was a step backwards, not forward towards our future. People were scared of everything and anything, even their own shadows. Trust was nonexistent as the empires fell.
It was believed humanity was failing because of their own sins, that the selfish and darkest parts of the human mind were taking over more and more as the days went by. The only way to ameliorate this flaw in people was to take the seven virtues's opposites, the seven sins, and sacrifice them to the gods to make humanity holy and pure once again. Free of difference and free of magic.
These seven virtues that were held high by humanity at the time were the seven virtues of kindness, temperance, charity, chastity, humility, diligence and patience. For if a person had kindness, it cured envy. Like the belief that temperance cured gluttony, charity cured greed, chastity cured lust, humility cured pride, diligence cured slothfulness and patience cured wrath.
The people of a small village, that would later become the Kingdom of Fiore, had trust in the Zentopia Church. The acting Archbishop fooled the people in donating money and hand picking the seven people who best embodied the sins. They believed the Church was cleansing the people, and everything would be made right again. Yet they were tragically wrong.
The Zentopia Church and Archbishop, (Archbishop Zero), were never religious people who had the best for other's well beings, they were an acting cult that believed that every single person should recognized their own cardinal sins and not hide them. In later years they would evolve to believe people should try to atone for their sins by helping people that are needy and receiving nothing in return while following the seven virtues.
On October 13th, VII 767, Archbishop Michael had gathered seven individuals, bounding them to seven different alters around a fire hot enough to rival the pits of hell. These seven individuals were seven people broke one of the seven cardinal sins, committed crimes that were caused by poverty and the need of self preservation.
The first cardinal sin, Pride, having an excessive view of one's self without regard for others. The man who cared only for himself, leaving his family to fend for themselves in their him self preservation. Associated with the color purple.
The second cardinal sin, Greed, representing an excessive pursuit of material goods. A woman bandit who raided and stole to feed her young, not caring who was hurt in the process of what she took. Associated the color yellow.
The third cardinal sin, Gluttony, representing the action of taking too much of something in. A man who became an alcoholic, taking too much drinks and losing it all. Associated with the color orange.
The fourth cardinal sin, Envy, representing one with the intense desire to have an item that someone else possesses. A woman who wanted a married man that held money and status, going as far as to take the man for herself using her body to break a marriage and gain. Associated with the color green.
The fifth cardinal sin, Lust, representing one with the need to fulfill nonspiritual desires. A woman who needed money for her mother's illness, seeping low to selling her body for financial gain. Associated with the color blue.
The sixth cardinal sin, Sloth, representing an excessive laziness or the failure to act and utilize one's talents. A man who was forced to hide his passion of art to be a political figure, failing miserably at the lack of passion he put in his movement and work. Associated with the color light blue.
The seventh cardinal sin, Wrath, representing one who is vindictive, angry and seeks revenge. A man who was to be executed for committing the crime of murder. Associated with the color red.
These seven individuals were offered up to, by what people were told, the gods. In reality, these seven individuals were offered up to the seven demon gates of hell, in the effort to obtain the power of hellfire- a magic great enough to burn the world to ashes and give a man the ability to rule over humanity. Which had been the goal of Archbishop Michael.
Instead of having a sacrificial ritual, these seven individuals souls had been intertwined with the seven demons of hell, who created the embodiment of the seven deadly sins- the living seals of the seven demon gates with the help of the high priest who figured out Archbishop Michael's plans and countered it.
The seven deadly sins lived three hundred years, protecting their seals and the little humanity they had left from those who wished to break said seals to obtain the hellfire power for their own. It was because of a change of power in the Zentopia Church that Archbishop Haru, the only Archbishop that had a positive view for the church and people, that it was decided with the seven deadly sins of what was to happen.
The agreement that it would be better and safer for the seven sins to be dormant and spread apart, and by this the seven sins immortality gifted to them by their prospect demon parent that created them, would been temporarily suspended and sealed away using an ancient magic. With the help of his panel, Archbishop Haru burned all notes and stories of the seven sins and preformed the spell of reincarnation on the seven sins, sealing away their memories, abilities and immortality.
At the very end, Archbishop Haru and his panel fell dead from the automatic magic depletion of their bodies, as did the seven deadly sins- who were reborn century after century, forever wandering the earth living different lives.
Unknowingly waiting to be awoke by a person who dared to break their seals and seek for the power of the hellfire.
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When he came back to Magnolia a year later after he went to train, Natsu Dragneel and his blue exceed Happy were in for a surprise to find that the Fairy Tail guild had been long abandoned with the destruction Elfman had reduced the guildhall too still standing there, untouched. It had set a heavy feeling of worry in his chest that was so strong that it was nearly foreign to him. The fire dragon slayer hadn't even thought about what to do next, his feet and body moving on their own accord down a pathway that was nostalgic to him now after all this time away.
Strawberry Street.
Specifically under the window of Lucy Heartfilia's apartment, where he could already hear her yelling at him for not using the door. Looking up at Happy with a grin, who matched his own with the dragon slayer, the two made their way up to the apartment's window that was already cracked open- making entry as easy as stealing candy.
Only he was greeted with the deafening silence caused by the stillness of the apartment. The room he once occupied so frequently with the girl he watched grow into a strong woman, where memories of them and their team were made- was now all bare and gone as the guild hall. As if she had never lived here and the memories never happened at all.
It was a different type of heart wrenching pain that gripped him this time, one that rivaled loosing Igneel. He didn't understand what happened with the guild, not until his eyes had caught a news paper that announced that the Fairy Tail guild was disbanded by the guild master and the members went their own ways. Was he upset at that, yes, he was because they were nakama. Why the hell did everyone split so suddenly?
Yet when it came to Lucy and not knowing where she was and who she was with this past year, that he had obviously possibly left her alone with no one caused him to worry. He knew Lucy hated being alone, that it reminded her of the time she was a child and how she grew up behind the lonely halls of the Heartfilia Estate. It was probably why she could be scarily serious at times, just the old habit slipping back into place without her noticing too much.
"She stayed for a few weeks, hoping that one of you lot would come back here." The old woman who ran the apartments had somehow gotten into the room without Natsu noticing, who was lost in his own deep thoughts. "Her friend, Loke I believe, would often run into town to fetch her food. She never left her room much."
"Was she sad?" Happy asked, his voice already cracking knowing the answer.
"I may not like that noisy guild of yours, but Lucy was a good tenant." She gave a sad smile to Natsu, avoiding Happy's question. "You all went through something that battle, in order to keep us all safe and alive and you all lost something. When she came home the day of the disbandment of your guild, she lost a bit of the light in her eyes."
"She was sad Natsu." Happy croaked as he came to his own conclusion, sniffling at the dragon slayer who's fist was tight in a ball. It was an sign that the dragon slayer was upset, mostly with himself for not seeing this coming. Yet he knew what Lucy would say, telling him that it wasn't his fault and give him that smile of hers that made him feel safe.
"She left nine months ago. To where, I don't know but she was smiling when she said goodbye." The older woman then handed Natsu an envelope. "This was her last payment that I would like you to give back to her once you find that troublesome girl. Let her know this apartment is still hers when you get that noisy guild back together. This town isn't the same without your destructive guild."
It was those very words that caused the fire of determination in Natsu to stir up, and ignite this idea that he could do just that. Just because Makarov didn't want to be the guild master didn't mean that someone else couldn't, and Natsu would bring everyone back together. Even if that meant hunting everyone down and dragging them back to the guild that they would rebuild once again.
He would find his team, Gajeel, Wendy, and hell- even Laxus's team. Hunt them down with his nose because they were Fairy Tail. They were nakama and it left him with one last thought,
I'm all fired up now!
The last thing I needed was to start a news story, but this idea I got caught fire and I just started writing different chapters and scenes. I'm excited about this story as well, and I hope you all enjoy this story idea as well.
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