Thank you to everybody that read my story! I hope you all liked it! Sorry it's taken me such a long time to update, I've just been really busy lately. BTW, there are spoilers in this chapter, so if you haven't read the manga past the Tartaros Arc, be prepared, or skip this chapter, it's pretty much a filler for the action.
Walking through the cobblestone streets of the thriving town of Magnolia, was a young wizard by the name of Makarov Dreyar. Unaware of his friends fierce battle with the unidentified enemy, he began to whistle a tune as he made his way to the guild hall. But his quick happy steps soon turned into small stumbles. Overhead, dark clouds began to form, setting an eerie mood on the citizens.
All around him the citizens of Magnolia watched him with wide eyes. How could the strongest mage of Fairy Tail be happy at a time like this? After his wife and child went missing, after the horrific destruction of Fairy Tail, the townsfolk did not expect him to be walking through town so happy. As the looks got more intense Makarov became uneasy. Did he do something?
It wasn't until he saw a small crowd in the distance around the location of the guild hall. Looking up at the sky, he saw a stream of smoke gradually make its way into the dark clouds. It was then, that the young wizard took off as fast as he could run.
The dark clouds in the sky began to rumble. The thunder echoed in Makarov's ear, and soon a steady rainfall started to soak Magnolia to the core. Ignoring the stinging pain from the rain as he ran Makarov made it to the guild in record time. He slid to a stop, his eyes widened as he took in the scene.
The doors to the guild were barely hanging on by the hinges, and the flag that was nailed to the top of the guild was now in flames, setting the wood around it on fire as well. Luckily, the heavy rainfall soon smothered the fire to nothing. After an eternity of standing in the rain, Makarov was finally able to slowly move inside, taking in all the damage done to the guild hall.
The windows that bystanders could peer inside, were smashed to nothing, a few pillars of the guild hall were barely standing. Splinters of wood decorated the street in front of the guild. But the one thing that made Makarov snap, was the fact that ERA's goons, the Rune Knights, had made a wall of soldiers that blocked anybody from going any where near the building.
In a heavy march, Makarov made his way to the Rune Knights, "I'm sorry sir, we can't let you in." Makarov's eyes darkened, "How dare you try to keep me away from my guild…" Slowly, Makarov lifted his shirt showing his guild mark to the Rune Knights. Some of the Rune Knights began to shake, letting Makarov through.
Tripping up the steps to the door Makarov was shocked at the sight before him. Members of Fairy Tail were thrown all over the guild hall. The effects of the sleep spell were still evident, though Porlyusica, the healing mage began to stir. The sleeping spell hadn't affected her as much as the others because she was already knocked out before the spell was cast.
Blood clotted onto her dress, from a cut on her neck, that she received from the wrong end of a knife. Unable to move her head, Porlyusica struggled to sit up. "Porlyusica! Are you alright?! What the hell happened here?"
"Makarov..?" She answered in a whisper, her throat raspy and raw from the shouting she had done before she passed out. "It was Crimson Soul. They just attacked us for no reason." She paused, "Makarov, they took Ivan and Sylvia. I'm sorry, we all tried to stop them, but they cast a sleeping spell."
A shadow cast itself over Makarov's eyes, rage and anger filled his body, all he saw was red. He had no control over his actions and grabbed the young girl by her dress collar. The sudden movement frightened the girl, making her shout in pain and discomfort. The few members that had woken up shouted at the young mage to stop his attack on Porlyusica.
"Why didn't you stop them?" his voice was deep and low, evenmore so that he didn't sound like the light-hearted mage the guild knew.
"That's enough boy." The current guildmaster shouted from the hallways that led to his office. To his children, Master Precht was limping. But in all reality, he was not injured in the attack, which was according to the plan. He slowly made his way to the middle of the guild hall, hoping to arouse all his children from their slumber.
"Crimson Soul one of the most powerful dark guilds of your generation. We should wait and find out what they want from Sylvia and Ivan! But you all know that I can't do that. So tonight we march to the Crimson Souls headquarters and get our family back, because that is what Fairy Tail mages do!" All mages aroused from their sleep and threw their fists in the air. Shouting curse towards their new enemies.
"In the meantime, everybody should get their rest and get bandaged up. We leave at midnight. Porlyusica, are you able to heal those who are severely injured?"
Releasing herself from Makarov's tight hold, she stood up, brushing her dress off, "Of course Master. Would everybody who has any broken bones or any injures that handicap you, please come to the infirmary. Yajima, if you are not too injured, do you think you can whip up some food for everybody? It'll help everybody get their strength back from the sleeping spell."
A little less that half the guild made their way down the hallways with Porlyusica to get treated for their his back, Yajima made his way to what was left of the kitchen to make the remaining members of the guild a fresh cooked meal.
On one of the last remaining tables, Goldmine and Bob laid out a map of Fiore, and started to pinpoint all of Crimson Souls sub-guilds, and any recent activity from them. The rest of the members sat on the floor, helping one another bandage each other up.
Precht made his way to the second floor, or what was left of it, hoping to get away from the chaos. This whole plan was giving him a headache. Clutching his Fairy Tail staff, the elder man quickly made his way to the back of the second floor. Leaning against the farthest wall began to contemplate his horrid plan.
He knew that what he started was one of the worst things he could have done to Makarov, but he had no choice. He had to leave the guild to find Zeref. In hopes of restoring Mavis' life, or whatever was left of her. Being guild master wasn't an easy task, and the reckless boy that Precht so so hell-bent on making guild master. Not having a father for most of Makarov's life didn't help his recklessness. Plus, the boy was as stubborn as a mule.
But one thing Prec- no, Hades knew for sure was that by the end of this battle, Makarov will be broken, and no will be there to fix him. But that's what it took..
...to keep Fairy Tail alive.