Hope you guys had a great Veteran's Day. So without needed introduction the fourth chapter to Black and White. Enjoy!

Black and White: The Tale of Zeref's Beginnings

Chapter Four

The sun shine brightly over the city of Magnolia as Yury sat at the top of a small hill meditating. A small breeze appeared which caused him to open his eyes to see a small boy running towards his direction. The child had short yellow hair and wore a red shirt and blue shorts.

"Dad!" The boy yelled.

"What is it Makarov?" Yury asked.

"Warrod is being mean again." Makarov cried.

Yury sighed as he got up when Makarov finally reached him. Makarov had tears in his eyes and black marker circled around them.

"Warrod did this?" Yury asked.

"Yes." Makarov replied. "Can you beat him up?"

Yury glared at Makarov as the young boy wiped his tears on his arm.

"Makarov, if there is anything for me to teach you is this. We never harm any members of our guild on purpose. Any harm that comes to its members or the guild itself will result in being expelled from our guild." Yury said harshly.

Makarov looked up at his father looking terrified and almost ready to cry again.

"But, "Yury said, "We could also get back at him."

Yury had a small grin and Makarov soon smiled as well and ran down the hill.

"I got the perfect idea!" He shouted happily.


"Is this the place?" Mavis asked.

The two stood in front of a very large white house that looked it was built brand new. The walls were painted white but were made of fine stone. The roof had two chimneys opposite of each other and the roof itself was designed in an Italian style. The porch stretched about halfway from one end of the house to the wooden white door with six glass panels that formed a circle. Zeref looked around the entire house before returning to Mavis, finding no one was there. Pulling out a piece of paper he read it through it carefully making sure he was correct.

"It says this is the address, even the old man said this was the only house out here." Zeref said as he folded up the paper.

Mavis continued to stare at the empty house. All around no sign of people could be seen even as she peeked through one of the windows. She then shrugged her shoulders and walked up to the wooden door.

"Uh, Mavis?" Zeref said.

Mavis ignored Zeref as she turned the golden doorknob. It slowly began to turn and eventually opened the large wooden door. Zeref stood where he was, astonished that Mavis just walked right into the home.

"Are you coming, Zeref?" Mavis asked.

Zeref came back to realization and nodded his head.

The main room they were in was filled with pictures hanging on the walls. To the right was a staircase that lead to the second floor with more pictures hanging on the walls headed up.

"This guy must really like pictures." Zeref stated.

Heading into the next room, the two found a fireplace that had smoke coming from its base. Two chairs were neatly placed in front of it and a small table was placed in between the two. Zeref noticed something shining from the small table as he approached it.

"What's this?" Zeref wondered.

In his hand, he held a small key he grabbed from the table. It was made of gold and engraved on the side was a strange symbol that he had never seen before.

"What do you suppose it unlocks?" Zeref asked Mavis.

Mavis examined the key closely before giving it back to Zeref smiling.

"Treasure!" She happily exclaimed.

Zeref sighed at her response as he put the key into his pocket. The two continued to check all of the rooms and even the ones upstairs.

"Well, I just checked upstairs and there's no sign of him." Zeref said as he met Mavis back in the front room.

"I wonder where he is." Mavis wondered. "Wait, is there a basement?"

"I'm not sure, let's look." Zeref replied.

Both of them checked every door for the stairs that led to the basement. Each door they opened only led to a room or closet and soon Mavis got tired and sat on the chair in front of the fire place.

"What are you doing?" Zeref asked.

"Taking a break." Mavis yawned.

Before Zeref could say anything a large roar filled the entire house as the floor near them began to crack. Before either of them could react, the floor exploded as a large red demon appeared behind them. It was blowing smoke out of its nose as its hands began to form fists.

"There you are!" Zeref yelled as he charged the enormous demon.

Just as Zeref got close enough, the demon blew fire out of its mouth knocking him back into the wall. Mavis got up from the chair and placed her hands together forming a light colored energy ball.

"Fairy Hold!" She yelled.

The ball formed into separate lines as they wrapped around the demon catching him. The demon struggled and managed to break free as it shot more fire from its mouth at Mavis. Zeref jumped in front of Mavis and set a large white wall in front of the two to stop the fire.

"You okay?" He asked Mavis.

"Yes, thank you." Mavis replied.

"We got to attack together."

Mavis nodded her head and the two charged the beast from opposite sides.

Zeref's hands lit up with a giant white ball of energy as did Mavis as the two fired it at the demon. The demon jumped into the air, dodging the explosion and charged Zeref. Unable to dodge in time, Zeref was kicked into the same wall. Mavis ran after him only to be caught and thrown into the opposite wall. The demon soon sucked up as much air as possible as it looked at Mavis. Zeref, lying in the ruble, watched as the demon prepared to shoot fire at Mavis.

"Earthquake!" He yelled sitting himself up and placing his hands on the ground.

The ground began to shake harshly as paintings and furniture fell over. The entire house shook as the demon stumbled to maintain its balance. Mavis soon got up and used her magic to pick up the fallen debris and throw it at the demon. Zeref followed as well as he formed a large hammer. He swung the hammer at the demon and knocked it into the air. Mavis chased after the demon, jumping really high as her entire body glowed with light energy.

"Eagle Tackle!" She yelled as she head butted the demon.

The demon gasped for air as Mavis hit it squarely in the stomach. The demon soon grabbed Mavis and flung her into the ground.

"Mavis!" Zeref yelled.

The demon planted its legs on the roof and jumped at Mavis who was still on the ground. Before the demon could land a fatal blow, Zeref blocked the demons path with a white wall.

"Angel's Cannon!" He yelled.

A large white cannon figure formed in Zeref's hands as he fired it at the demon. It hit the demon and exploded causing him to fly through several rooms.

"Mavis." Zeref said worried. "Are you okay?"

Mavis coughed a bit before opening her eyes. She began to smile weakly and nodded her head.

"Come on, we have an opportunity to take it out together." Zeref said as he helped Mavis up.

The demon came back into the room as it began to suck in the air around it. Zeref and Mavis both charged it in opposite directions. Both of their hands began to light up as each of them prepared to take down the demon with one go.

"Heaven's Hammer!" Zeref yelled as he swung a hammer made of white energy at the demon.

"Fairy Jail!" Mavis yelled.

A large light energy trapped the demon again just as the hammer hit it, knocking into the next room, crashing through the wall. Zeref and Mavis prepared themselves just as the smoke around the demon began to disappear.

"He's gone!" Mavis said astonished as she looked at the hole in the ground in front of them.

"Bastard must've dug it in the middle of the smoke." Zeref angrily said.

Suddenly, the ground underneath Zeref broke away as the demon pulled him down. Mavis grabbed Zeref's hand but was knocked back by the demon as it punched her. Zeref grabbed onto a nearby ledge only to be kicked by the demon falling down the hole.

"Zeref!" Mavis cried as she attempted to get up only to be kicked into the wall again.


The basement was barely lit as Zeref opened his eyes. Looking around he could see the light at the top was barely peeking through the planks that had blocked the hole. In front of him was a desk that had a few candles lit around it.

"At least the planks didn't land on me." Zeref smirked.

Getting up, he could hear explosions and Mavis' cries as she continued to battle the demon.

"Mavis." He said worried as he clenched his fist.

Walking over to the desk he found a small black book with a golden spine. The book had a small lock on it with a strange symbol.

"Wait a sec." Zeref said as he reached in his pockets.

Pulling out the small key from before, he saw it had the same symbol as did the lock on the book. Inserting the key into the book, it flung wide open as the pages flipped all the way to the first page.

"Black Magic?" Zeref wondered as he read the text.

This magic is not meant to be used under any circumstances. This magic will turn anyone good of heart to a ruthless killer. Anyone caught with this book will be punished by death.

-Prism

"Who's Prism?" Zeref questioned.

In the distance he could hear Mavis scream his name as the demon continued to roar. More explosions could be heard as Zeref listened closely to the power of each one.

"Mavis." He said worried.

Starring at the book he found a spell on defeating demons in it. Looking at the page and the page before he wondered why such a book ever existed in the first place.

"If I don't use this book, Mavis could die. But if the book is true, I might end up killing someone." Zeref said to himself.

Suddenly, something crashed through the planks that blocked the hole and smashed into the ground. Zeref curious to know who it was was shocked to find Mavis lying in the hole she made. She was unconscious as her face was beaten with blood coming from the top of her head.

"Mavis." Zeref chocked.

The demon soon came crashing down as well, as it stood in front of the two roaring even louder, causing the basement to shake. Its red eyes focused on Zeref as he prepared to fight the demon.

"This is for you, Mavis." Zeref said.