Hi readers! I am loving this story! I just sit and write the story and it kind of just flows from my mind and out my fingers to my computer keys. I am very excited to continue this story, especially since summer and graduation are coming up so I will definitely have so much more time. Happy mother's day(kind of), and anyway thanks for reading and enjoy the story!
Toto's POV
"Sure!" I said excitedly. That meant I still had 3,000 Jewel left. I could spend 2,000 Jewel on some clothes and I'll save 1,000 Jewel for clothing or something.
Gabby then brought us to a section where I picked out a color scheme. I got a white frilly rug, a dark purple bean bag like my shirt, a white night stand with turquoise accents, a lime green trunk with purple and blue accents and the hammock was all of the colors in a pretty pattern. It took almost all day, but Happy and I brought everything to the Hollow and set it all up. I decided that clothes shopping could wait until the next day. I then went to see if there was any progress with the research. I was surprised to see what I found...
A ghost? Wait... I know her. Her name starts with an M... Minerva? no... Mallory? no... Macey?- then someone interrupted my thoughts.
"Master Mavis!" Levy yelled. "Do you have any idea who this is. We have been trying to figure it out for a few days. She awoke with no memory in Onibus and made it here. The only thing she knew when she woke up was the name Fairy Tail. Erza and the rest of her team brought her in a few days ago."
"I know, Levy." the ghostly girl said "I sent her here. Zera? How are you doing? Do you like Fairy Tail so far?"
"Ummm... I'm sorry, but I don't know who you are." I said.
"Levy, you were serious? Zera doesn't remember anything?" Mavis asked.
"I'm afraid so Master, but you seem to know her so can you tell us who she is?" Levy said
"Of course! Makarov, do you want to know who your new recruit is or not?" Mavis said looking at him arms folded expectantly.
"Of course Master Mavis, please do tell." he said getting the whole guild's attention.
"This is Zera Vermillion, my great granddaughter." Mavis said dropping a bomb on everyone including me.
"What?" I asked confused.
"Come here, sit with me." Mavis said and went over to a bench where we sat down, or at least I sat and Mavis hovered in criss cross apple sauce next to me. "Now, I know that this is confusing, but I'm your family and I'll help you get through this." she said and I nodded smiling, glad that I finally had someone who knew me before the problem at hand. "Now, what would you like to know?"
"What happened to me?" I asked.
"Well, that is a hard thing to answer. Okay, your parents were Natalie and Grayson Vermillion, it was my wish for you to be named Zera, because you looked so much like my childhood friend and your father took your mother's last name per my wishes too. You lived in a small village called Verminsdale. You were an only child, and were best friends with a boy named Marco de Gregor. You went to school together and were neighbors. You lived a quiet happy life in Verminsdale, but then a dark guild took over. I thought that they destroyed the whole town. I have spent the past week and half sifting through the rubble looking for you and your parents. I did find your parents, but they said you had run off crying because of an argument you had with Marco. Your mother had tried to soothe you with tales I passed down to your grandmother who gave them to your mother about my time in Fairy Tail. That is why you remember the guild so well. You were taught a lot about it by your parents and I as a younger child. I actually used to go with you to school, but stopped when people saw you talking to me and since they couldn't see me, bullied you to no end."
"Wow..." I said. That was intense. I know so much about me now. I know what my family was like. I know that I had a friend, and I know that I pretty much grew up with Mavis around.
"I know its a lot to take in, but I just thought telling you all of that now might help or something. Also, I don't know exactly what happened to your memory, but you must have fallen and hit it pretty hard. You are quite the clumsy little girl." Mavis said laughing and I ended up laughing along.
"Master Mavis, do you happen to know what type of magic Zera uses?" Erza asked.
"Why yes I do. She uses the lost magic of elemoores. With is she can make any element appear out of thing air and control it. She can also turn that element into monsters made of the element. She can also call upon the 17 elemental spirits, Cordelia of water, Oriel of fire, Demeter of earth, Goldie of metal, Aureli of air, Veata of wind, Seaiga of lightning, Alice of ice, Elora of light, Leila of the dark, Ivette of life, Khaalida of death, Flora of Nature, Meditrina of healing, Zeruiah of pain, Luna of the moon and Reyna of the sun." she said
"Really?" I asked and Mavis nodded.
"You are a every powerful girl, Zera and you even know the three grand fairy spells, Fairy Sphere, Fairy Glitter and Fairy Law. I taught them to you when you were about 7 years old."
"Master Mavis, How old am I right now?" I asked.
"Oh, that's a good question. You are 10 years old but your birthday is next month." she said.
"Okay." I said smiling, I was older than everyone else though I was.
"Well, I think that Zera had some plans today, so I'll tag along on those while the rest of you get back to your normal jobs and try to let this sink in." Mavis said turning to everyone then back to me, "Let's go!" she says excitedly and I smile. I like Mavis, she is so young too. I can barely believe that she is my great grandmother.
After Mavis' little outburst we walked to the doors and I remembered something. I turned around and said, "Happy I'm going, do you want to too?"
"Aye sir!" Happy said jumping off Natsu's head and flying to Mavis and I. He then landed on my head and I took him down in my arms like a cuddly stuffed animal.
Mavis and I walked around the town for the rest of the day, and I bought a few more outfits, accessories and shoes. It turned out I was actually kind of rich here in Magnolia. When Mavis died long ago, she left her money to her daughter, but my grandmother and mother never used any of it. I think that they knew I would need it one day. She had about 15 million Jewel in her account and I knew her password and had her key to the vault. I don't even know how it got into my pocket, it was like Mavis whipped it out of thin air.
I had a good day that day and I learned a lot about myself. I know who I am, where I came from, who my family is, if they're still alive and I found out I'm a millionaire. Today was a not just a good day but a great one. The only bad thing was I learned that my parents had died about 3 days after the attack from injuries and lack of medical help. The last person they ever spoke to was Mavis and they asked her to find and protect me. I guess now I'm an orphan except for my guild family and Mavis. I'm still happy though because I'm not as clueless about my life.
Then in the middle of my thoughts I walked into something. I fell over and rubbed my head as I got up. I realized that I had walked all the way back to the guild hall and right into someone. He was really tall, had spiky blonde hair, a scar on one eye, black headphones with a silver metal spike on each end and a really long blackish greyish coat with fur. "Who the hell is this little punk?" he boomed scaring me. I backed up and tears came to my eyes.
I eventually bumped into someone else and turned around it was a girl in fishnet tights, a long green dress and long honey blonde hair with black glasses. "Who's the brat?" she sneered scaring me even more. I looked around for Mavis and sadly she wasn't there. She was across the hall deep in conversation with the master.
I turned and ran more scared than I had ever been before. I backed up and this time I knew I hadn't walked into a wall. I turned and there were five flying things and two really creepy men. One dressed like a knight and the other had long green hair and a long redish burgundy robe. I screamed and sank to my knees putting my arms over my head. "ZERA!" Mavis yelled and rushed over along with the Master and Mira.
"Laxus! What have you done to this poor girl? You've terrified her." Mira said, pulling me into her arms with Mavis kneeling beside us.
"Laxus, leave the poor girl alone!" The master said angrily.
"Who even is she? Why is such a little weakling apart of our guild?" he said not understanding who he was talking about.
"Don't you dare speak ill of Zera, Laxus! She's just a little girl and you will leave her alone." Mira said standing up and getting up in his face yelling very loudly, getting the whole guild's attention.
"You haven't given me that look since I let happy run away with an S-Class request, Mira. And you weren't like that when you were a little girl, and neither was Lisanna or Erza or anyone for that matter, so what makes this brat different." he asked stepping past Mira and picking me up by the back of my neck while I struggled to get free.
"PUT HER DOWN!" Mavis screamed getting very angry, "SHE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN EVERYONE IN THIS GUILD HALL, SHE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU LAXUS AND EVEN HER GREAT GRANDFATHER AND I, SO YOU WILL LEAVE HER ALONE AND YOU WILL NEVER LAY YOUR HANDS ON MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER EVER AGAIN." she floated up to his level as he dropped me to the ground with a thud. She said, "Do I make myself clear?"
He nodded.
"I SAID DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" she said and he murmured a yes. "Good now go before I kick you all out of this guild myself!" she pointed to the sitting section of the guild and they all walked away quietly. The girl in the green looked little startled.
"Oh Zera, are you alright?" Mavis asked.
"Yes." I said rubbing my head, "I just hit my head a little bit when he dropped me. Who was that?"
"The thunder legion." Erza said as she walked over, "They think that they're so much better than everyone else, but truth is they aren't even close to as powerful as the master even when they combine."
"Laxus is the leader,he uses lightning dragon slayer magic, and he is my grandson." the master said.
"Evergreen is the only girl in their group and she uses Fairy magic, eye magic and letter magic." Erza said almost like she was spitting out venom.
"Bickslow is a bit creepy and uses Seith magic and eye magic. He calls those little flying things his babies." Mira says shooting demonic glares at the group across the guild.
"Lastly is Freed. He uses letter magic and eye magic." said Cana as she came over with her large barrel of alcohol or her boyfriend as she like to call it. "You okay kiddo? I know the thunder legion is a bit scary, especially to a little kid."
"Yeah, I'm alright thanks Cana." I said standing up. I looked at the people gathered around me. "I really am weak though aren't I."
"No you're not, you've just lost your memory and don't know what to do. Your friends have been with you the whole time too, they were just a little afraid of showing themselves because they didn't want you to be scared." Mavis said.
"What friends?" I asked.
"Girls come out!" Mavis said and 5 little girls with wings came down from the rafters. "These are 5 of your 17 elemental spirits. They were very worried about you. They stay in this world and don't have one of their own. They are unbound by celestial law like Lucy's spirits and you have never called them anything, but by their names or your best friends."
"Really? Wow your all so cool!" I said as they landed all over my head and shoulders. "Would you all mind coming in front of me and introducing yourselves?" I asked.
"Not at all!" one girl said, as she and the rest flew off my shoulders and head in front of me. Then as they each introduced themselves they grew to my size. The girl that had spoken said, "I'm Cordelia of water." She had straight waist length pink hair that turned blue at the tips, she had two strands that hung down over her forehead almost making a circle, and the rest pulled back out of her face freely flowing behind her and blue eyes matching the ends of her hair. She was wearing a blue top tat matched the color of her hair that was shear until the high chest and then was solid all the way down with a black bow around the torso and a black collar. She also wore black shorts and ballet flats. She had black nerd glasses and a blue heart gem necklace, and hadn't stopped smiling the whole time.
"I'm Oriel of fire." the next girl in line said. She was really pretty. She had a light tan and tealy green eyes with peachy read hair. She had bangs that went about 3/4 down her forehead and one longer strand on each side of her face and her hair was waist length like Cordelia's. She had a tight black crop top with a loose gray crop top over it with teal shorts matching her eyes with grey flats and a red heart necklace.
"I'm Demeter of earth." the next one said. She had big green eyes and fair skin. She had long wavy brown hair in two pigtails with some hair that was uncaught by the hair ties in her face. She wore a white crop top with a pink bunny on it and and black shorts with pink flats and a belt. she wore colorful bracelets on both wrists and pink and white headphones with a brown gem heart necklace.
"I'm Goldie of metal." the next girl said. She had olive skin and big golden eyes with flashy eyelashes fanning out from her eyes. She had knee length straight blonde hair in two long pigtails with her bangs held out of her face by two blue pins. She wore a pink sparkly top with an around the neck strap and a black ruffles mini skirt with strappy black heels and a golden heart necklace. I could tell that Goldie was the fashion Diva of the group.
"And I'm Aureli of air." the last girl said. She had pink eyes and light skin that was almost white like a vampires. She had winged mascara and peachy red lips like Oriels hair and a small amount of blush under her eyes. She had purple pink and black hair that blended altogether with a little blonde up in a ponytail with white gold hoop earrings and a matching necklace with a purply pinky heart. She wore black shirt with a white line pattern and a red and white letterman jacket. She also wore black leggings and tan fuzzy boots(like uggs).
"Well its nice to meet all of you." I said excited.
"We will do anything it takes to keep you safe, Z." Oriel said.
"Oriel! Your supposed to call her by her name until she gets her memory back!" Demeter scolded.
"Sorry..." she trailed off.
"Its fine," I said, "You can call me anything you like; Zera, Z, Toto, Topaz."
"Okay!" They all said smiling.
"So, Mavis, will you retrain me to use my powers?" I asked
"Of course! I would love to!"
"I just have one question." I said.
"What is it? Ask anything you like?" Mavis said.
"Who is my great grandfather. You said earlier that I was more powerful than both you and him, so I was just wondering who he is." I said.
"Oh... are you sure there isn't another question you can ask." She said getting nervous and jittery.
"You don't have to answer if you don't want to Mavis it's not-" I said before she interrupted me.
"Its Zeref!" everyone looked at her and around the guild.
"What?" I asked confused. When I had read the books about guild history and Fiore's I had read about the black wizard Zeref and his relationship with Mavis and her team.
"Zeref is your great grandfather. When we found out, we created a special type of magic that would be placed into one of the future generations of our family. It is the only thing powerful enough to destroy Zeref and make him happy. He wants to die and be with me again, and the only two people that can rid the world of him are you and Natsu." she explained.
"What?!" we both yelled looking at each other and back to Mavis.
"Yeah what?!" the rest of the guild yelled even more confused. I then realized that everyone was looking at Natsu and I. I got nervous and ran and hid behind Erza and Mira.
"It's okay." Mira said coming down to my height.
"I know I just don't like it when everyone's looking at me." I said nervously.
Mira then turned to everyone else and in her demonic voice said, "What is everyone looking at?" then showed some creepy fangs to them.
"Nothing!" they all said looking away.
"Good." she said and turned back to me. "Alright Zera, you've had a pretty long day of learning and I think you should go home an rest."
"Okay." I said and walked to the guild doors. "Happy? Would you give me a ride?" I said.
"Of course." He said and grabbed around my waist with his tail.
"Wait for us!" Cordelia said as they all became tiny and hid in my pockets.
"Alright, we are already, let's go happy!" I said.
"I'm coming too!" Mavis said flying after us. Happy then took us outside up to the window and to my platform. "What are we doing back in the guild hall Zera?" Mavis asked then looked around.
"This is where I live... kind of illegally." I said.
"Well, that just won't do!" she said.
"Please don't tell Master Makarov. Wait are you going to tell him?" I pleaded.
"Of course I'm going to tell him, Zera. He deserves to know, and this is MY guild so if I tell him its okay for you to be up here, he has to listen." she said walking off the platform and descending.
"After her!" I said to my pixie friends. "But take me with you and keep up high enough up so that no one sees us."
"Makarov! Your office now please!" Mavis ordered.
"yes first master!" He said getting up and running for his office, and when they were both inside shut the door.
"Dang it what are we going to do now?" I said.
"PIXIE CIRCLE!" Cordelia ordered and they took me up to a rafter, set me down and flew in a fast circle around me. I shrank, until I was their size and they carried me down to the floor. We slide under the door and ran into a dark corner. I was amazed by this power and kind of scared at the same time, but now was not the time to show it. I listened and I listened well.
"-know where my grea granddaughter has been living?" she said angrily.
"No first master. She said that her and Happy, the blue exceed, built it and they call it the Hollow."
"Well Makarov the Hollow it a platform she built up in the rafters of the guild roof." she said looking at him disbelievingly.
"So that's why she fell out of the rafters the other day." he murmured.
"She what?!" Mavis said.
"She's fine! I promise Mavis, she caught herself with her magic." he said trying to calm down the angry ghost.
"You're luck Makarov! If I had arrived and she had died you would have been next to kick the bucket." she said.
"I understand first master." he said.
"Now, tonight I will keep watch over her, but tomorrow we are putting a railing up. Am I understood Zera?" she said looking right at me and the pixies.
"Yes Mavis." I said quietly looking down as the pixies allowed me to grow to normal size again.
"Good, now time for some rest. Its been a long day." she said and we left the master's office. We flew up to my platform and I laid down on my hammock. I fell asleep with hope in my heart. I was now with a person who knows everything about me. I know that there isn't a set of worried parents out there looking for me. And best of all, I realized that this guild will always be home.
