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Author: Hey lovely peoples! I am back :D finally out of hospital whoop whoop! Thanks for all the views I got, I was like wow! Lolz you're all super awesome, love you all, anyways enough of my rambling on it's time for the next chapter….

Note: Pleas ensure you have a lovely warm cup of tea, a packet of creamy chocolate oreos and a box full of tissues….

"How far is this village?" Lucy question as she struggled to keep up with the rest of the group.

"Under a day's walk away, not too far, we should be back home by tomorrow" Erza answered.

"It sounds like a quick job, why did the magic council fail?" Gray asked.

"I don't know, maybe the dark wizards were too strong for them to defeat" Erza guessed out aloud.

"Seems odd to me" Gray scratched his head as he began to lose himself in thought.

"Guys wait up, you're going to fast" Lucy moaned.

"You need more exercise Lucy" Happy laughed.

"Shut it cat, I am perfectly…"

Lucy fell to the ground, her face smashed into the snow.

"Lucy are you OK?" Erza ran to her side.

"Yeah I'm fine" Lucy stood up, patting down the snow that covered her uniform.

Erza froze from the sight that stood in front of her, Lucy's hood hung over her head, her face was completely in the shadows; something about the image gave Erza a feeling of unease.

"You would think that hood would be big enough for your head Lucy" Happy joked.

"My head is a perfect shape!" Lucy shouted out, as she flipped it back.

"Erza, is everything alright?" Gray asked.

"Yes…fine"

Erza composed herself.

"We should move quicker, we don't want to end up camping out here in the woods"

The group nodded in agreement before following Ezra's lead.

The sun in the sky began to settle, the wind blew harder as night wrapped itself around the world. The clouds gathered together blocking the moonlight, the woods filled with the sounds of forest animals finding their pray. The snowflakes slowly swirled down to the earth, voices from the village flowed through the air, they were close.

"What's the plan?" Gray asked, as he removed his shirt.

"You and Natsu attack from the right, Lucy will follow the centre path and I'll take the left" Erza instructed.

Everyone took to their position, ready to attack.

"You're finally home" Jellal's mum left the kitchen where she was ironing.

"Sorry were late, we thought we saw somebody in the woods" Jellal took his mum in his arms.

"You worry too much" John smiled.

"We need some more wood, the fire is almost out" his mum hugged into her son's body.

"Trust it to do so when I've just got comfy in my chair" John laughed, getting up from where he sat.

"I'll get it dad" Jellal offered.

"No son it's alright, you help your mum" his father ordered as he left the house.

Jellal nodded, agreeing to his father's wish.

"I don't need any help in here sweetheart, you go and rest yourself, you've had a long day, I'll bring you something to eat" his mum smiled.

Jellal did as he was told; he sat himself next to the chair of his fathers. The day had been long, he was happy to be back home after a whole week of hunting with his father. He was now 18; he knew it would soon be time to move from the family home, the thought of leaving his parents saddened him. But this would be his time to find Erza, how he longed to talk to her again, see her eyes light up when she smiled, the memories she had given him kept him strong. The day he ran up those mountains was a day he would never take back, it brought him to her. How he missed her so. His eyes filled as the beats of his heart ached his chest.

"Jellal" his mother called out.

Jellal turned to her, wiping his eyes so as not to show sadness.

"Can you go and check on your father please, I think I just saw a hooded shadow" she said worriedly.

"Yeah, where did you see it?" Jellal questioned.

"Just near the tress" his mother pointed towards the window.

"Alright, stay here; I'll go check it out" Jellal placed his boot back on his feet before leaving the house.

"This place seems to quiet, I would have thought somebody would have come out an attacked by now" Lucy spoke out aloud to herself, as she looked around.

The town was silent, people were sleeping, doors were shut, nothing seemed a threat.

"Ice maker cannon" Gray screamed out.

The frozen ice crashed into the homes and business of the people, villages sprang out from the rubble, screaming as they ran, hiding their children as they dashed for safety.

Gray looked around as the people cried out for help, why were they not fighting back? Where were all the dark wizards?

"Tell me who your leader is" Erza screamed out.

She had ambushed an old man, she held him by the collar of his clothes, her sword rested on his chest.

"You're a guard of the magic council?" the old man questioned.

"Given the circumstances I think it is best you answer me first" Erza pushed down on her sword, cutting some of her victim's skin.

"You are nothing above me, you are scum, go to hell!" he screamed, spitting in her face.

Erza lost control, her rage took over, she plunged her sword straight through the heart of the old man.

"Alright I'm all fired up now!" Natsu yelled out to the sky.

Erza turned to the sound of her friend's voice, there she saw it…

Natsu stood with fire in each of his hands, his head was held to the sky, his hood hid the sight of his face. People ran from his figure, children cried for their mothers and fathers stood their ground as their families ran to safety.

"The hooded shadows" Erza whispered to herself.

Erza felt her body become weak; her mouth lay open as she gasped for air, her heart pounded against her chest, her eyes filled with salty tears.

She had become the shadow she had feared.

"Stop!" Erza screamed to her friends.

The body of the old man fell to the ground as her grip loosened around his collar.

"Dad…dad?" Jellal called out.

The body of his father lay still on the ground. The snow around him, bathed in red.

"No!" Jellal screamed.

He raced to his father's side.

"Erza watch out!" Gray warned.

Erza turned as a dark figure raced towards her.

"Wait" she called out to it.

But the figure leapt towards her, Erza lifted her sword in defence.

"Wait" she called again, her arm swung round as the man came to her side.

"Erza!" Lucy and the other raced to their friend's aid.

The dark shadow collapsed to the ground, his arm rested over his face as he landed.

"What's really going on here Erza?" Gray questioned.

"I don't know" Erza replied with the same amount of confusion.

"I don't think these people are dark wizards" Lucy stated.

"I think you may be right Lucy" Erza agreed.

"Murderer!" the people of the village called out.

"What do you want? Why can't you leave us in peace" they questioned.

"I don't think the magic council was fully honest with us" Erza admitted.

The dark figure on the ground moved, Natsu stood in defence but Erza warned him not to attack.

The hooded darkness wobbled to his feet, before speaking.

"L…leave, whoever you are GO!" the man's voice was filled with sadness.

The figured swayed as he tried defending himself.

"We will leave," Erza agreed with the request.

As Erza backed away the figure fell backwards into the snow, falling onto his back.

"How hard did you hit him Erza?" Lucy questioned.

Erza swallowed, her blow against him was not a great one but when she was enraged she had no control of her strength.

Erza instructed her comrades to stay back as she approached the body of the figure, slowly making steps towards him. She kneeled by his side as she examined his wound, Erza lost her breathe as she saw the effect of her rage.

"Is he OK?" Lucy asked.

"G…get your hands o…off me" the man tried pushing her away.

Erza removed her hands from his body, she put her head down, there was nothing she could do, the wound was too deep, he would lose his life.

"I'm sorry" she began to cry, as she knew her sword had taken the life of not one but two innocent lives.

"Sorry Ha-ha….you guards know nothing of that word" the man breathed out.

Erza turned towards him, her eyes mist from her tears.

"I am not a guard; I'm a villain, a monster"

"Not a guard?"

Erza shook her head as she wiped the tears from her face.

"I'm am a wizard, a wizard who wanted to change the world"

"A wizard who wants to change the world, that's a dream, I knew someone who wanted just that"

Jellal felt his eyes become heavy, his breathing began to slow, his body was almost as cold as the night air.

"She….she was a dreamer but she had the…the strength to do what she wanted…I hope…she reached it" Jellal struggled with his words.

"She sounds amazing, nothing like the monster I am…who is she?"

"E…E…Erza Scarlet" Jellal smiled.

Ezra's heart jumped a beat as the man whispered her name.

"How do you know her? She questioned.

"I saved her"

Jellal slowly began closing his eyes, as the memories filled his thoughts, the guards voice began fading out as he began to drift away.

"Saved her? Erza repeated.

Erza felt her palms becoming sweaty; butterflies gathered in the pit of her stomach, they pounded around inside her as she thought of the one true person she had really loved.

"Jellal?"

The man didn't respond to the name, maybe it wasn't him.

"Jellal?" she repeated.

The man slowly moved his head towards her voice.

Erza leaned closer to the man's body; gently she pushed her hand over the hair that was in his face. The world held still, as she gazed up on him, the dark tattoo above his right eye, it was him; she reached over taking him in her arms.

"Jellal" she screamed into the night.

Jellal could no longer feel his body; the person who was to his side had lifted him into her arms. He wanted to be scared to be afraid but for some reason he felt at peace. The voices of the villagers could no longer be heard, had they stopped screaming or had his hearing disappeared.

"Jellal, please don't leave me" Erza whispered to him.

The voice to his ear sounded familiar, the girl kept him in her arms but looked up from his shoulder. Her eyes mist, her face filled with sadness, Jellal struggled as his vision weakened. He pushed his eyes with everything he had left in him, his heart rejoiced as he saw her face.

He attempted to lift his arm but nothing happened, he couldn't touch her. She was crying, her tears fell on to his cheek, he had made her cry, he took one last breathe in.

"Erza" he smiled, before his eyes failed him and slowly rested shut.

"No….no, Jellal…please…please…Jellal"

Her tears ran fast, her grip on him held tight and she repeated his name.

(A/N: Wipe them eyes! Trust in me guys, breathe, nice deep breathes. OK? Right read on it will be all ok)

"Erza" Gray walked slowly towards his friend.

She turned as he approached her.

"Help him, help him Gray" she pleaded.

"How?" he questioned.

"Use your ice magic, seal his wound"

"The wound is too deep Erza, it would have no effect" Gray leaned down towards her.

"You have to help him"

Her head fell onto Jellal's chest, she would not lose him, he saved her and she would save him.

"Lucy, you have spirits, surly they have healing magic" Erza ran towards her friend.

Lucy didn't reply with words, she gently shook her head, refusing Erza eye contact.

Erza pushed past her friends.

"Help him, you people must know magic, there must be something you can do" she pleaded with every tear she had within her.

But the villagers held their heads low, their faces filled with sadness and loss.

Erza shook her head, refusing that they would not do anything for him; she raced back to Jellal side.

"Somebody help me!" she screamed out into the night sky.

Her words filled with the sound of a breaking heart.

She lifted Jellal over into her arms, hugging him, giving him her warmth; she ran her hands through his hair as she gazed down at him, sleeping.

"Did someone ask for help?"

A small girl came floating down from the sky, there was a beautiful white elegant cat carrying her. The pair landed on the snow just in front of Erza.

The girl had beautiful long dark blue hair; her huge brown eyes were filled with kindness. She was small, young, not any older than 12. Her yellow shaded dress wrapped itself round her tiny frame, her cat stood near her side.

Who was she?

A/N: Hey again my peoples from around the world! I know I have probably lost half my readers with this chapter but I am sure some of you have remained lolz just so you know this was very hard to write! I was crying myself lolz but I made it through :D Anyways your next chapter will be on Tuesday 5th February 2013, hope to see you all again soon, loves you. Stay awesome and eat oreos ;)

JERZA FOREVER ^.^