Chapter 8: The Fall of Midnight

I have only seen episodes 1-119

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Castle of Glass by Linkin Park.

Note: THE RATING CHANGED TO TEEN. It doesn't show up for some reason, sorry.


Then:

"How could I forget my student?"

The guild was confused, actually that was an understatement, but the word 'student' made them even more so. They all wondered the same thing: What did he mean by student?

Natsu was, well, Natsu and asked/screamed, "student? What do you mean by that? You never taught me anything!"

Midnight hit Natsu on the head. "Natsu, stop whining like a child. While you're at it, stop making everything about yourself." She took a step back and said loud enough so she didn't have to repeat herself, "Gildarts was the one that taught me my magic."


Third Person P.O.V/Normal P.O.V

"What?" Many voices rang out in the guild.

Midnight smirked at their shock and hugged Gildarts again, the same way she did back then. Her voice couldn't be heard, only a muffled sound came from her. Gildarts asked her what she was saying. Midnight smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, I was saying: I missed you."

"I missed you, too," Glidarts told her. She beamed.

Even though it has been a few days, she got use to the guild rather quickly. More than that, she loved her guild. She had made many friends. The only one that stayed away was Gajeel, which was weird, even for him. He normally wanted to fight everyone, even if he didn't express it. But Midnight, well, she was different for him. He didn't know how to talk to her.

Gajeel was in the far corner, taking in the reunion. He didn't know what he felt; anger, maybe? Something different? Midnight sensed someone staring at her and looked his way. He quickly adverted his eyes. She smiled at his childishness actions and walked over. She sat down in the chair across from him.

"Are you okay, Gajeel?" Her worried eyes pierced through him. To be honest, she couldn't read him like the others. She could see his past, but couldn't tell what he was thinking or feeling. It was like a blank page; so many possibility's.

He looked over at her, his outside expression bored, but inside he was freaking out. "Huh? Yeah, I'm okay. Now go."

With a tilt of her head she asked, "but you seem so sad over here by yourself. Plus, I just started talking to you. It's rude to just leave."

That shot a bullet into him. He wasn't sad alone. He liked it. Walking home alone, being at his house alone, going alone on jobs, it was fun for him. Right?

"I'm fine," he snapped at her. "What's up with you and oldie over there?"

"He taught me magic," she shrugged.

"You should tell us what magic you use."

Midnight bit her lip, then look at Gildarts. He nodded.

"I can see the past, as you know, and I can heal others, as well as punching someone into next year." She smiled at the memory of punching her father into the wall. "Oh, I can also do fire and water magic."

"You can do all that?" Mira asked.

Midnight nodded. Then, giggled and said, "all thanks to Gildarts!"


Midnight walked home after a hard job. Her apartment was just around the corner. She couldn't hold in her sigh at the thought of getting in her warm bed and drifting off to dreamland. The full moon light up the sky and the stars were scattered across the night sky. She stopped and stared in awe at the sky. She could never get use to a sight like that. Once she started walking again, she was roughly pulled into a dark street. She gasped at the contact.

She was pushed against the wall, and the attacker rapped anti-magic rope around her hands. The man whispered into her ear, making her shiver.

"Good luck using your magic."

Her body shook when the man started to touch her. She tried to kick him, but he only laughed at her attack. She didn't know what to do. She didn't have magic, she was useless. The straps of her tank top came down. The raper moved a little, trying to get a better look at her, and she saw his face in the moon light. She was slightly thankful it wasn't her father, who had done this thing before.

She wanted to cry, but she didn't. The ugly-hearted man moved his legs. She smirked at his foolishness movements and kicked him were no man should be kicked. He cried out in pain and she sprinted away. She cursed when she couldn't break free of the bindings. Her footsteps ran in the direction of the guild. She didn't even realize where she was going.

"Get back here!"

She could hear the man catching up. She had to hurry, the guild was in her line of view. Using the last of her energy, she forced her body to move faster. She needed to be faster. Almost breaking the door open with her foot, she tripped and fell into the guild. She had all eyes locked on her, and for once, she was grateful.

The man was trying to pull her back, not even realizing the room full of great wizards.

"Get back here, you little bit-"

"Hey!" Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Gajeel yelled at the same time.

For the first time, the attacker looked up. His eyes widened and saw the Fairy Tail mark on each of them, including Midnight, the one he was trying to drag away. He was running before he knew it and the four went after him. They meet him in a second and beat him up so bad that he thought he was going to die. He wasn't, they wanted to make him suffer.

"Are you okay?" Gray asked her while helping her up.

She smirked. "Yeah, thanks guys."

She was truly thankful for the bunch. They had helped her in more ways then they would ever know. She stayed at the guild for an hour, then went home. She was never happier seeing that warm bed waiting for her. As she was getting ready for bed, she stared out the window into the water and started to sing until the fall of midnight.

"Fly me up on a silver wing
Past the black where the sirens sing
Warm me up in a nova's glow
And drop me down to the dream below

'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see
For you to see

Bring me home in a blinding dream,
Through the secrets that I have seen
Wash the sorrow from off my skin
And show me how to be whole again."

~Castle of Glass by Linkin Park


Hope you enjoyed! Watch the songs for character development. The rating of this story has changed to T.

Lots of love,

~Julie (AKA Summergirl660)