Chapter 11

Bellalyse's P.O.V.

"Remember that rule now!" The voice above us was still talking on and on and on. It was really annoying. I mean, just tell us the game now! "Now this is the competition: I will choose pairs to fight. I'm not going to fight any weakling. Now first…Bella vs. Rogue! Go!"

I stood there stunned. Likewise, Rogue was in the same position.

"Damn that Zeref." Ash said, angry, "He made us give our word."

I groaned. "And now we have to obey it."

"Um, excuse me for asking, but can't you just break it off?" Lucy was confused, as was the rest of the team in the forest excluding Amy.

"No, we're like Celestial Spirit Wizards. We always keep our word no matter what. It would bring shame upon the demigod race if we were to break something off." Ash explained while I still was sorting out my head. I turned toward Rogue.

"I'm sorry," I whispered. "Healing Dragon's Roar!" He fell asleep instantly. When we reached Zeref, I would wake him up.

"Winner: Bella! Well, that's expected. Moving on to the next match: Erza and Jellal! And after that, Sting and Meredy! Start!" The voice spoke up then.

I cursed. It must have been his strategy. Make us fight the people we love. Erza faced Jellal. It wasn't fair. They should fight like this.

"Healing Dragon's Roar!" I screamed again, turning it on everybody. If they were sleeping, he wouldn't have anything to use against us. I started walking toward the direction of Zeref, looking back once over my shoulder to the slumbering people in the clearing. I knew they would be furious at me once I woke up but this was something I had to handle. I don't know who won now; but this game was over.

"I'm sorry." I projected my thoughts to everyone so it would pierce their mind. Maybe now would be a good time to re-read the letters Itiliana gave them. She was kind of early on that though. I hadn't expected to still be alive after losing the battle. But this war isn't over yet. It's far from it.

A giant tower loomed over the forest. I frowned and knocked on the door. Esmerella was there still battling Zeref. Her magic power was deadly low.

"Esmerella! Stop! I'll take care of it now. Eat the lacrimas." I guessed eating air or iron would have a longer magic regeneration rate and the lacrimas were like instant magic. She panted from the force of the blow delivered then nodded.

I faced Zeref. His eyes widened and a black wind orb surrounded him, blocking my view of him.

"No…" Esmerella whispered. I held her back from going to her previous lover's side. Suddenly, she was there, and I looked at the Esmerella I was holding back. An Ice Make Dummy. How creative of her. She winced as the orb cut her skin slightly and thrust her arm in, screaming in pain. I couldn't see what else had happened as her body went through the wind barrier.

It finally cleared in five minutes that had seemed like an hour. She was kissing him. And Luke was slowly regaining control. I backed out of the doorway and locked it on the outside. Let them have their session together. I looked around and activated my normal wings. Everywhere, people were getting injured or killed. My guild mates were even worse. They took blows for the innocent citizens so it was a wonder that they could even stand. Team Natsu and the Sabertooth team caught up to me once I was on solid ground.

"Guys…" I heard Natsu whisper and the others were shaking their heads. At best, half of the Fairy Tail guild would remain. The others would die of injury. And that would probably affect the other guilds that took part in this too. An aura started to glow, one that I recognized.

I smiled to myself. They've finally achieved it, haven't they? Fairy Heart, that is. I was wondering when they would actually use it. I joined my power to theirs and hoped for the best. I was really proud of them. This single spell...showed them the result of their friendship. All of the Fairy Tail members started glowing and healing them as well as increasing their speed, strength, magic, durability and so on. A bell like note filled the air. I smiled again before losing consciousness.

In The Infirmary (Bellalyse's P.O.V.)

I woke up and started at the fuzzy ceiling above. I heard noise but blocked it out as my vision sharpened. Eventually, the voices overtook me.

"Well, when you guys need us, use these keys! They're like Celestial Spirit Gates so Lucy should know how to use them! And call on Ash first; people on Earth are more suspicious than people on Jai. And only summon us if Bella's unstable or something." Esmerella was chatting on and on. I skimmed through everyone's mind and got a glimpse of what would happen.

Luke would join Esmerella on Earth. He wanted to say sorry to me. Zeref was destroyed when Esmerella kissed Luke. Everyone was injured, but alive. Acnologia was still unable to speak after the years of being a dragon and controlled by Zeref. My siblings would return to their worlds soon. Team Natsu and Team Sabertooth were furious at me for putting them to sleep. Well, that was expected anyway. I kind of anticipated that reaction so I took some time to mentally prepare myself for all of the lectures and comments and blah.

I finally sat up, exhausted. The first person I saw was Luke. He finally looked normal again. He had dirty blond hair, blue eyes and was about the same height as Ash and Ash is pretty tall.

"Morning, sleepyhead." Esmerella smiled down at me and I resisted making another one of my sharp comments. "Makarov wants to see you."

Ah. This must be about Acnologia. I nodded, ignoring everyone else and walked down to the office. Master was there as well as a small boy with big, scared eyes.

"Bella. I need your opinion about this situation with Acnologia. I don't understand it so could you explain it clearly?" Master was standing next to the boy.

"Okay. Acnologia is innocent. The murder of the dragons is to be blamed upon Zeref. Zeref controlled him and forced him to mutate into a dragon." I patted Acnologia's head. "What's your real name?"

He looked up at me. I could still see fear in his eyes but with a hint of trust. "…Matt."

I smiled at him. Someone needed to get this kid a childhood he could call fun and enjoyable. In the time he was a dragon, his human form froze, similar to the Tenrou Island incident.

I sighed and stepped out of the guild, finally free of everything.

A Few Months Later (Epilogue, still in Bellalyse's P.O.V.)

"We're back!" Sting announced. I had gotten used to the missions and such. It was like the battle with Zeref had almost never happened. I had joined a team with Rogue, Fro, Amy, Lector, Sting, Wendy and Acnologia. We usually did S-Class missions since the normal missions required, well, control over magic. And seeing at how Sting and Rogue destroyed three towns on a normal mission to eliminate one single, minor dark guild, we had to switch to S-Class. Acnologia joined our team and as the months flew by, everyone got used to him and less wary of his actions. Though he had no magical experience as a human since his Apocalypse Dragon Slayer Magic was gone with the dragon body, I had trained him to become the Star and Constellation Dragon Slayer. It was kind of hard at first since the last Star and Constellation Dragon Slayer was already deceased but with help from Dragion, he had mastered everything.

"How did the mission go?" Mira asked.

I smiled at her. "It was better than the last one. We only destroyed a town this time."

Master gaped at us then looked back and forth from us and to Team Natsu. "I swear, the Council will have my head for this!"

Wendy grinned sheepishly. She wasn't used to destroying so many towns on missions but I could tell she was starting to act like us. I wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing though. "Oh, Bella, I forgot to ask."

"Yep?"

"What's our team name?" Hm. Haven't really thought about that. I mentally talked to everyone on our team about this and they agreed on one title.

"Team Guardian."

Sneak Peak to the Sequel: Hunt of the Wingless Fairy (Normal P.O.V.)

The girl smiled. She was carving something onto a wooden bullet with her dagger. She squinted at the pointed piece of wood and raised it up to the sunlight. Almost carelessly, she flicked her dagger without looking and the dagger impaled the skull of a lizard passing by. The girl raised her head, showing her left eye. Her hair covered her right eye. "Bellalyse Mariota Pyderi. My target, I've finally found you."

Author's Note. Yay! FINALLY finished my first story! I'll post the first chapter of the sequel, Hunt of the Wingless Fairy. Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this story! Please review; I'm always looking for new ideas!