Hey everyone! Deepest apologies for the wait. Blue is currently away on vacation so our ability to work on this together is somewhat limited. Plus, I go back to college in a couple of weeks so we might not update as frequently as we used to. Please forgive us in that aspect.
There's a poll on my profile at the present moment. Since I'm rewriting Legends of the Atherial. I decided to change the pairing a little. Same base rules as last pairing poll (I'll be sure to pick majority this time!) Lady with the majority of the votes gets paired with Serandiel. It should be a lot of fun!
I've seen some self-insert fanfics floating around Fairy Tail, and I was wondering. Would you all be for me writing a self-insert? There'll be a poll on my profile to gauge interest. Feel free to leave your opinion.
Disclaimer: we don't own Fairy Tail, we only own OUR OCs
Enjoy chapter 7!
(Oracion Seis Headquarters)
"Don't even think for a moment that I don't know it was you who alerted the guards to my presence!" Eren yelled at his Cryston, saliva spitting out unceremoniously. The anger that he was displaying frightened the poor Crystron, even more so than the scarring that her caretaker had given her back at the library, now in the form of a painful slice on her person.
His breathing was heavy and ragged. "It would be best for you to understand that what you saw before was nothing more than a moment of weakness. I can assure you that it won't happen again." His glare was something to be remembered. The cold feeling that one felt while under his gaze… Even the most hardened of Rune Knights would bow before it.
Putting the Crystron back in her cage, Eren went to get some rest, attempting to relax his mind from the adrenaline of battle and act of violence that he had recently performed against the Magic Council.
"I wonder… Why did I hear you back then, Erza?" he mumbled to himself. It was a habit he had that he knew he should probably try to stop, but he found it ever so hard. Something about doing it stopped the disgusting, childish loneliness that constantly panged at his chest. "Why is it that I can't get you out of my mind? Why must I be cursed to think of you like this?"
Such musings were cut short as he quickly fell into a deep sleep. He let his dreams consume him once more. His soft snores permeating throughout the room, his restful state more calm and youthful than any other expression.
All was not idle in the room, however.
The crystron knew that if it remained in Eren's care, she may eventually be cast aside. Especially once he found out her true intentions, which was something she simply could not have.
Without any hesitation, the Crystron escaped her cage, bolting towards the door away from the Oracion Seis, and away from the nightmare that was… Scarlet.
There were a few guards in the building keeping watch throughout the night, but due to her small size, it was quite easy to avoid them and make her way out of the compound.
She had to bring Eren back to his senses. This 'new' Eren wouldn't do for her. He wasn't the same as he used to be. He wasn't the one that would gently carry her around in his pocket and whisper secret compliments to her.
She wanted the Eren who was loving, kind and thought highly of everyone. Perhaps those in the Fairy Tail guild she had heard about would be able to provide something for her?
'Fairy Tail,' the creature thought. 'You have to save him before it's too late. He's not the loving man I know him as. Please, return to me, my beloved caretaker. He is not the Scarlet that you are all so wary of. My caretaker is… Eren.'
When the morning sun broke over the castle, Sorano jumped on Eren's bed, desperate to wake him up as fast as possible. That way, they could have as much time on their search together as possible.
"Eren, c'mon wake up!" she whined loudly. "Don't tell me the big, bad Scarlet is scared of a little game of lost and found!"
Eren groaned and rolled over in his bed, his hair a mess, his azure eyes still glazed over with the previous night's sleep. "It's not that I'm scared, because of course, it couldn't be something as simple as that!" His tone was grumpy, to say the least.
He sighed. "I just have a lot on my mind at the moment." Gently pushing his friend off, the dragonslayer went about his morning routine. However, a quick glance around the room revealed that something was missing.
The Crystron that he had decided to take care of ever since his enslavement at the Tower of Heaven... Was missing. "So, you have decided to leave me as well?" he called out into the empty space. He scoffed, a scowl apparent for all eyes to see. "I thought you were someone I could trust. Oh, well. I guess someone like me wasn't meant to be able to trust anyone."
He sighed to himself before continuing. "How many more will leave me before fate is satisfied?" His 'talking-you-himself' habit resurfaced. "How many more betrayals must I suffer through?" It was a rare burst of emotion, if only briefly. These moments were the only times in which Scarlet would even dare to break his stoic exterior-the only time when he would dare to reveal the broken and insecure little boy underneath his hard, tough exterior. The boy that wanted nothing more than to be with his family again...
Silently, he pulled out a piece of paper. A paper he carried with him ever since he first arrived at the tower. It was a blank piece of paper, save for some words that had almost faded completely, due to wear and tear of time. To Eren though, they were still visible. He could still make them out.
Summer in the hills
Those hazy days I do remember
We were running still
Had the whole world at our feet
Watching seasons change
Our roads were lined with adventure
Mountains in the way
Couldn't keep us from the sea
Here we stand open arms
This is home, where we are
Ever strong in the world that we made
I still hear you in the breeze
See your shadows in the trees
Holding on, memories never change
He crushed the paper in his fist, his nostrils flaring with labored breaths. "I need to stop thinking about these pathetic things. How would everyone react to Scarlet being a crybaby?"
In an instant, he threw that memory away. Threw it so far away so that it could never bother him again. The paper landed in the cage of what had once been his closest companion. The only one to have been with him through thick and thin. The cage of the creature that in the truest sense…
He called his best friend.
(Oracion Seis Headquarters)
Walking out into some sort of common area, he was greeted by Cobra and Angel. Both were already prepared for the task ahead of them, satchels and duffle-bags hanging from their shoulders, filled with possibly needed supplies.
"You're late, Eren," Cobra began before being cut off by his friend.
Eren waved a dismissive hand. "Before you even continue, I had to deal with some personal matters. Now then, I know I had said earlier that I might have to skip this, but I could care less about what the old man says, so let's get going, shall we?" Almost immediately, the three of them were out of the castle.
They all knew that their search for Nirvana would consume their time for a couple of weeks, but as Cobra and Angel continued searching with passion as if they completely believed in what brain would tell them. Scarlet's mind began to drift again, going back to that little creature he had grown accustomed to. The little friend he could always have relied on. Had he been too harsh to her? Did he not give her enough attention, not care enough?
'Where did I go wrong in raising you? I kept you safe, I kept you away from those who would only seek to use you. Why did you leave me?' With his mind so preoccupied, his eyes on the ground, mind in the clouds, he wasn't paying attention. He soon bumped into his comrades with a small grunt and a near snap. They had stopped all of a sudden for very unexpected reasons.
Ahead of the three mages laid a platoon of Rune Knights, bloodied and defeated by a Wyvern at least ten times their size. The aura it radiated was cold, capable of chilling anyone who wasn't prepared for it down to their very bones.
"Cobra, Angel make sure the Rune Knights are taken care off…" Eren began seriously. "Leave that beast to me." His voice was low and gravelly, almost demonic in tone, each individual word sending shivers down the spine of those who were able to hear it.
"Despite my unwillingness to fight at the present moment, I happen to be quite angry," he yelled up at the monster. "And unluckily for you, you seem to be quite the punching bag!" He gathered a power around his hand before snapping it shut. "CRYSTAL DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" Coating his arm in various crystals, jagged edges abounding, Eren shot himself towards the Wyvern, hair flitting wildly, determined to make this a battle worth remembering. If the creature even lived to remember it.
However… Things didn't go as planned for the young dragonslayer. As soon as he got close to it, he was batted aside by its ginormous, weathered wings. He was sent flying towards one of the nearby hills.
Having noticed their powerful friend batted aside so easily, Cobra and Angel decided to leave the Rune Knights for later, opting to join their friend in combat. Hoping that with their combined power, they might accomplish what Scarlet could not and eventually overcome that beast.
"You hurt Eren, the one I hold close to me!" Angel scream with a frightfully loud tone, her eyes burning with fury. "Closer than any other friend I will ever have! I'll make you pay!"
(Unknown location, unknown time)
The light was unbearable.
A bright light that refused to let him be. It was painful for his eyes, which had grown accustomed to a particular type of peculiar darkness. The type of darkness which would eventually encompass everyone who lives, and all that will be born. A darkness that only signaled one thing…
Unconsciousness.
A voice was calling to him, a soft voice trying to get him to wake up. A voice that felt eerily familiar to him. Like he should know who is speaking, but he didn't. He couldn't make it out.
Initial advances were rebuked with grunts as he did not wish to be woken from his peaceful slumber. The voice did not like this rebuke and tried again. This time shaking him relentlessly until he woke up.
As he opened his eyes, letting them gaze upon the world again, he saw a world significantly different from the world he left. Gone was the Wyvern that fought against him and his companions. Instead of deafening roars and screams of terror, there was a calm river and other sounds of nature.
"Strange, I could have sworn that I was fighting a Wyvern…" he muttered. "The better question is, where am I and how on Earth did I get here?" Getting to his feet was difficult as if his body did not wish to respond to any of his commands. As if it only wished to remain in that position for as long as it wanted to.
There standing before him was the voice that spoke to him earlier.
To the outside observer, she was beautiful in all aspects of the word, deserving to be called truly perfect. A true cross between him and Erza.
She was the one the ancient myths had talked about. She was the one known as…
The Creator.
Now we're starting to get to the fun aspects of the plot. What does our Creator friend have in store for our Dragon Slayer? Where and when did she take him? I guess we'll all find out, together won't we?
The Lyrics used was Laura Brehm's vocals to TheFatRat's Monody. It's a good song and I recommend you give it a listen.
We hope you have a wonderful Morning/afternoon/evening everyone! And we'll see you all in the next chapter!
