It was several days before I felt back to my old self again. Porlyusica warned me that it's possible that I'll always have a crack in my magical container due to the emotional trauma I suffered during its rupture so she warned me to always be careful with how much magic I use before she chased me out with a broom. That woman sure was scary.

Once I was feeling up to strength, however, I was part of the team helping to restore the city. In fact with my Restore spell I had most of the city rebuilt on the first day of reconstruction about a week after the attack. The First Master warned me to take it easy as my injuries were still healing but I assured her that the more of the city I could help rebuild the better as people could go back to their ordinary lives. It was kind of amazing, no matter how terrible the dragons' destruction had been the Arc of Time magic repaired everything, down to the last photo frame and people could go back to their houses as if nothing had ever happened.

I'll have to remember to thank Ultear again next time I see her, after all she did transfer the spell over to me and it had already been highly useful. So with construction properly underway and the city more or less settled, the king threw us wizards a massive banquet in thanks for all our hard work. It was pretty amazing when I walked into the banqueting hall, listening to the music and seeing that Cana had already found the wine.

I didn't have much to wear so I had had to borrow one of Mirajane's, however I should have thought about how plunging it would be. I filled it out nicely enough however it had been far too low for my tastes, so I had altered it quickly during the day so that there were a garland of pale white and blue flowers and thankfully there was enough fabric to make the change. In the end I was left with a floor length gown of royal blue which fitted snugly against my body before it flared out past the hips.

It was sleeveless save for chiffon fabric that looped around my upper arms loosely then attached to the back, shimmering slightly as I walked. My hair I had pulled to one side, pinning it with a silver clasp of roses with my hair falling over one shoulder, curled professionally by Mira so that it had a little bounce to it. She'd attempted to put makeup on me however I'd managed to escape that before she could pin me down.

So overall, I was very comfortable in my dress and as I walked about the ballroom, I was happy to hide away out of sight where I could observe in peace. My bandages had come off just that morning however I was still a little tender here and there. Anyway, I was happy to watch. Mingling with strangers and making small talk wasn't really my thing and everyone else looked like they were having plenty of fun.

That is until everyone started to argue over who was going to get Yukino as their newest guild member. After Sting made a rather deep felt apology to her on behalf of Sabertooth, everyone began to fight over which guild she should join. It made me laugh and I sat back and watched the fighting until silence was ordered for the king to appear.

Standing I walked over to Gray, Lucy, Wendy and Erza to stand with them, watching as the doors opened and a figure walked forwards, wearing a formal robe and expensive looking clothes. Suddenly my jaw dropped and I stared at Natsu as he stood on the balcony wearing the king's crown and robes, making me almost drop to the floor and despair. Natsu, what have you done now?

"Loyal subjects! Shut up and listen." He yelled before giving a rather evil laugh. Oh he is so dead. "All hail King Natsu! New ruler of Fiore!" I could see the Master almost having a heart attack as everyone else stared in shock, Erza slapping a hand to her face as I slowly closed my mouth.

"That's it, he's insane." I sighed as the pumpkin headed king jumped up and down, trying to get his crown back.

"We should've seen this one coming." Lucy said with a sigh as I gestured to the balcony, looking at Erza.

"Want me to go get him?"

"Yes, if you wouldn't mind." She nodded so I activated my Angel Soul, calling out my regular wings then powered straight for the balcony where Natsu gave a yell however before he could escape I balled a fist and punched straight upwards, catching his chin and sending him flying straight into the ceiling where his head stuck in the hole his face created.

"Behave you pyromaniac." I snapped, holding out a hand and caught the crown in my outstretched hand before returning it to the king, bowing repeatedly and apologetically before returning back to Natsu. "You're acting like a little kid!"

"Aw come on no fair! You sucker punched me when I wasn't ready Fae!" Natsu's voice was muffled by the ceiling as I folded my arms and flew up to meet him as he pulled his head out and held onto the hole to try hold himself up. "Let's have a real battle then we'll see who's worthy to be crowned king for the day!"

"No thanks, it's an easy win for me anyway." I answered teasingly with a grin before Natsu lost his grip and he went tumbling down to the ground with a continuous yell, flailing madly before I dove down and grabbed him by his foot, holding him a foot off the floor before I dropped him, slowly descending with grace before I flashed with light and my wings disappeared. "Now behave you insane cotton candy haired dragon slayer, or I'll send you flying to the moon next." He just grinned at me, making me grin back before I helped him to his feet.

"Still throwing the punches I see." I heard Sting say behind me as Natsu bolted over to the food table to stuff his face so I turned around to see Sting and Rogue standing there with Frosche and Lector.

"Yeah, sorry about before." I told Rogue specifically and he nodded his head in acceptance. "Shall we call a truce? I feel like we've come a long way since we met. I reckon we can at least be friendly to one another now." I stuck out my hand to offer the peace treaty however Sting gave me a smirk.

"Actually, I think friends sounds like a better word. After all, you did help us hold off those dragons and you rescued our friends here. You sure got some spunk." We shook hands and grinned at one another.

"Yeah, you're not so bad after all." Lector agreed with a passive nod of his head as Frosche stretched out his hands.

"Fro thinks so too!" He was just too darn cute, he was wearing a little crown on his head and it had to be one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.

"Why thank you, it's good to know you don't hate my guts anymore." I noted to Lector before I blew a strand of hair out of my face, glancing over to the dance floor to see that there were quite a few couples out there. Even Happy was dancing with Carla though he was drooling slightly as he gazed at her. Where's Levy? I haven't seen her yet, maybe I should go look for her.

"Who are you looking for?" Rogue asked me as I rose up on my toes to try and see Levy.

"My friend, I haven't seen her at all at the banquet. I guess she could be off reading somewhere but still…" Suddenly a flash of blue caught my eye and I quickly snapped my attention to it, seeing it disappear before reappearing again next to Gajeel's broad frame. Yup, that's Levy. She's dancing with Gajeel! I can't wait to hear about this later, though Jett and Droy look flabbergasted. "It's okay, I found her."

"Great, so do you wanna dance?" Sting asked and I blinked at him dumbly before he grabbed my hand and swung with me out onto the dance floor, making me yell in surprise before he took my hand and placed it on my shoulder. "Relax, I totally know how to dance." He grinned at me before starting the steps, moving with the music as I quickly recovered myself and tried to go along with him however I accidentally stepped on his toes, making him yelp.

"Sorry, I'm not always clumsy, you just took me by surprise." I squeaked before quickly righting myself. Sting just continued to smile, looking down at me as we danced together to the music before it ended and he handed me over to Rogue who also danced for me, however I could tell he wasn't too comfortable with being forced to dance as he was a little clumsy, making me smile easily as I gently teased him for his two left feet before I helped him figure out the steps.

It was an amazing night and I spent most of it dancing or talking, slowly sinking into my element as I stuck with people I knew. Eventually I managed to catch up with Levy and we danced together with quiet laughter as she whispered to me about Gajeel, making my smile spread further until one of the boys from Blue Pegasus asked Levy to dance and I was left on my own again until Gray stepped up and pulled me onto the dance floor.

Natsu, upon seeing that Gray was dancing rather effortlessly, immediately challenged Gray to a contest and yanked Lucy out to dance, whirling her around as she yelled and Gray quickly rose to the challenging, yelling at Natsu for picking the wrong fight and pretty soon as I was being dragged around and spun like a spinning top, wailing loudly before I managed to punch directly outward and caught both Gray and Natsu on the nose, knocking them out effectively as Lucy and I then fell onto our butts, dizzy and disorientated.

Erza dragged both Natsu and Gray away, ramming their heads together in punishment before I was helped up by Lisanna whilst Mirajane helped Lucy, steadying us until we were safely on our feet. "Those guys are crazy, I feel like my head is going to fall off any second." Lucy complained as she rubbed her face tentatively.

"I was lucky I actually hit their faces, I could barely focus on whether or not I was spinning on my head or my feet." I agreed, giving a long sigh before accepting a drink from Lisanna. We spent the entire night celebrating our success and enjoying everything about the banquet, from the food to the dancing to the general atmosphere, it was so nice to see everyone getting along without any real conflict.

My laughter joined the chorus of other's, the sweet scent of flavoursome food filling my nose and as my stomach demanded sustenance, I went to the table to eat in peace until Romeo asked me to dance later, which I gladly accepted. Memories of joy and sweet happiness filled my mind that night until I thought I would burst from the overflowing feelings my friends brought me until eventually, all I could do was stand back and admire the joyous views.