Hello, everyone! I'm writing this back to back with the previous chapter, so I don't really have anything to say except, that this chapter is a little info-heavy so make sure you pay attention! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

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The woman knelt before the man again. He was sitting in the dark again. She was squirming nervously.

"It is done master," said the woman, "The beasts have been released,"

"All eight of them?" came the reply.

"Yes master,"

"And are they following the orders?"

"N-no master," stuttered the woman.

"Again!" shouted the man, rage taking over his calm tone, standing up and slamming his foot into the ground, "Why can you imbeciles not do a thing I ask properly?"

"I'm sorry master - it won't happen again,"

"You're damn right it won't," he replied, the steel returning to his now calm voice "Not when I'm done with you,"

The woman did not look up. She had learnt that the punishment was inevitable. She braced herself for the pain.

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"Hellooooooo? Wake up already!" shouted the pink-haired man, "Wake up!"

"Aghhhhhh!" I screamed, suddenly awake, "Monster!"

My quivering finger pointed straight at the man in front of me.

"Nope," he said calmly, "Not a monster, although I do own a cat,"

"What happened?" I asked frantically, "Where'd the big yellow monster go? Where are we? How are we alive?"

"I have no idea," he said. I took a moment to look around the room we were in. Not a hospital, but a wooden cabin? The walls were bare, and dust covered the floor. Two beds which we had been lying on, but absolutely nothing else was in the room. It looked like no-one had been here for a while. The only trace of human activity was the set of footprints left in the dust leading to a closed door.

"Do you remember what happened?" I asked him, "Am I going crazy, or were we about to die?"

"Ah, thank goodness I'm not the only one who remembers that. I really thought I was going delusional there," he smiled at me, obviously relieved, "I only just woke up, then I started to panic when I noticed my cat had disappeared, and then when I realised I had no idea where I was or what was happening, so I woke you up, hoping you'd know what's going on,"

"I'm afraid I can't help you there," I said, lost in thought. Again, I had dreamt of that woman and the terrible man.

"Did you ever consider trying the door?" I asked, gesturing at it.

"Erm, well, I kinda' assumed it'd be locked," he said sheepishly, as I got up and turned the handle.

"Well you'd be wrong," I replied, "After you?"

The door opened into a long corridor, lined with wooden doors. To our surprise, there were other people awake wandering around. The bodybuilder, the little girl, the smiling woman who had been opposite me on the train. All of them were just emerging out of their doors, seeming as dazed as we were. Not just them though, plenty of other people who I could only assume had been at the station with us. I could just about hear little snippets of the conversations they were having.

"Massive yellow monster -"

"Smashed its tail on the ground-"

"And there was all that light-"

"Like a tornado!"

"Seems like we weren't going crazy," I muttered to myself. Before I had time to go talk to the other people, a loud voice pierced through our chatter.

"Follow me!" yelled an old man standing at the end of the corridor, "I'll answer all your questions, just follow me,"

Eager to have our questions answered, we formed a crowd and followed the old man. As I followed the other, I bumped into the white-haired girl from before.

Catching sight of me, she spoke, "Well this is exciting isn't it?"

This caught me off guard, she was completely unfazed by this whole experience! I had no time to think about it though, the crowd was forging ahead into another room. It was a large hall, too large for a simple wooden cabin. I was really starting to wonder where on Earth we were. The room was filled with chairs, neatly lined up in rows, in front of a stage. The pink-haired guy and I took seats at the front, not wanting to miss a thing from this explanation. I was hoping the white-haired girl would sit with us, but instead, she joined the old man on the stage. They smiled at each other, having exchanged a few words. Who was this girl? Once we had settled down, the man began to speak, "Good afternoon to you all. I know most of you have no idea what's going on and are probably scared out of your mind. I know you all want me to give you some rational explanation that conveniently explains everything. I wish I could say that was true. What I'm about to tell you will change your lives forever. For the better or worse, I can't say. Before I get to the main part of my explanation, there's something I must tell you all. Supernatural forces exist in this world,"

Seeing the confusion on our faces, he elaborated, "Magic is real,"

The uproar was immediate. People stood up immediately, hurling insults at the man, asking him for the truth. Any other man of his age would have cowered under such a barrage, but the man in front of us simply held out his hand to silence them.

"Would you believe me if I did, this!" he shouted at the mob. With that, the anger on his face grew intense, and he started to, grow. His body turned black, like a shadow and it shot up to the ceiling, expanding as it did so. His short skinny body had been transformed into that of an Olympic wrestler if the wrestler was the tallest man in the world. My jaw dropped, and a hush fell over the room. We had been expecting something weird, but nothing like this. I had no idea what to think. It was obviously not a trick, there was no way that could have been an illusion. People began to sit down again, trying to comprehend what they were seeing.

"Now, if you'll let me continue," he said, glaring at a few people in the crowd, "Magic is real, and it has been for a while. It used to be ridiculously rare, and only certain people had the power to wield it. Nowadays, that's not the case anymore. Magic has been given to all sorts of the wrong people, and most of them think they're Gods. My name is Master Makarov, and I'm the head of an alliance of ten wizards. Our goals are simple. To relinquish these delinquents of their power. However, over the years that they've possessed this power, they've only grown stronger. You are the result of their latest plan. Some of you seem to remember the events leading up to this. However, as it seems not all of you do, I'll fill you in. Tartaros, or the main group of evil magicians, recently attempted to unleash eight beasts upon Earthland, in the hopes that they would be able to control them and bend them to their will. These beasts were much more powerful than they expected them to be, and are not co-operating with them. Instead, they are loose in Fiore, rampaging around the land. Now, as some of you may recall, there was a large stone statue hurtling towards the ground. This was just one of the eight dropped in Magnolia at the time. It was meant to smash on the ground, releasing enough magical energy to bring back one of these beasts at its full power. However, this young lady next to me, Mirajane, was able to smash it before it could hit the ground," he gestured towards the white-haired girl as he spoke. My mind was racing. So this girl was a ... wizard?

"The beast was still created but since Mirajane got to it before it had been completely summoned, she was able to destroy it. It was a fairy, the most dangerous of the eight. From what we understand, the excess energy, from the beast being destroyed was spread into the air you were breathing. This may come as a shock, but most of you will now be able to use some magic. The magic energy will have definitely have been absorbed into your bloodstream by now, and you may notice some changes occurring soon. Now, I have a favour to ask you all,"

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