"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars."

-Og Mandino

He was dreaming. He could only see darkness. What once was a world of full of vibrant light and warmth was now an empty void, and he could only feel..cold. Then a distant light appeared. It was small and he was drawn to it. Almost as if he was drowning, and this light was leading him to break water for air, he ran after it. The closer he got the more he noticed, it was...raining? However, it was raining in light. So he kept running..and running, gaining ground as the light he originally sought grew larger and larger, the more his strength returned as its warmth comforted him. Soon he approached a door. He grabbed the handle and turned...the light was almost blinding...

"Ice Geyser!" Gray attacks sending a bunch of men flying out of commission. Reasons unknown to him he can feel his magic power dwindling quicker than usual and not returning. He looks over to his partner, "Juvia...are you..okay?" Juvia looks up at him with a smile while trying to steady her own breath. "Juvia is...ready to-" Before she could finish her sentence Juvia collapses. "JUVIA!" Gray yells as he rushes to her side, picking her up in his arms. "OI! Juvia! Say something!" Juvia looks back up still breathing heavily, "Juvia is..." Gray cuts her off at that, "It's ok.." He smiles affectionately at her, "You did good, i'm proud." He says as he raises a hand up to her cheek. Juvia's eyes immediately get glossy as she starts tearing up under the praise and leaning into his touch. "Gray-sama.." Just then a sword comes slashes at Gray's head but he frosts a hand up and catches it, just before it could slice through hand as it went through his magic. "Ah...I can feel it.." Juvia looks up in shock, "G-Gray-sama.." He punches the foe in the chest sending him flying while holding on the sword. He covers an eye with a hand, "I almost forgot.." He thinks back to a time when him and Natsu were kids fighting it out with their bare fists because they were completely out of magic power. "Is that all you got pinky!?" "Bring it on snowflake!" "You slanty eyed loser!" "You perveted stripper!" Gray takes a deep breath before grabbing his shirt and flinging it off into the distance while tossing the sword down. He punches his left hand with his right with a large grin on his face while thinking to himself, "This one's for you old buddy." He looks over at the last of the men on the floor who are holding steady with weapons out. Gray grins even wider as he mutters out, "I'm all fired up.." He dashes out at the first of the men planting his foot on the shield he's holding with a hard kick, shoving him down. He uses it as a boost jumping up in the air and crashing a fist down on the next guy while dodging a sword thrust in mid air. He whips his head over to where the last of them is kicking him in the stomach and sending him crashing into a wall. Just as the first guy recovers and stands up to charge Gray with his shield and mace he goes down revealing Juvia as she just water craned him in the back. She falls over breathing heavily having used the last bit of her magic power. Gray rushes to her side once more, this time picking her up bridal style and walking back towards the main room in the center.

On the 2nd floor Gajeel and Levy are searching door to door to make sure the floor is cleared. They eventually walk down the hallway noticing a blood stain on the floor by a wall. Gajeel doesn't recognize the scent so they keep moving. Eventually they see the infirmary and decide to check it out. Gajeel notices, "Hm? The door is open..and this scent.." He looks inside initially shocked but his expression immediately softens. Levy peers inside and her eyes widen with surprise and goes to open her mouth when suddenly Gajeel's hand covers it. He puts a free finger up to his mouth in a "shush" notion. Levy nods in understanding as she allows herself to get pulled off to the side. Gajeel leans down and whispers. "They need this. Let's wait out here." Levy smiles at him profoundly with a softness that could melt the thickest ice. She had so much pride in him for how he's become. A truly good man, and loyal member of Fairy Tail. Gajeel thinks to himself as he stares back at her with a grin. "Salamander..." He thinks back to his fight with Natsu, as a member of phantom lord. How he lost and was sitting on top of a pile of rubble trying to figure out how he was going to move on from there. "If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have any of this. Levy.." Flashes go through his head of all the times Levy defended his honor, or smiled, or laughed at him. "Fairy Tail is my home now. I owe you at least this much." He wraps his arms around Levy and pulls her in close, allowing her head to rest against his stomach as they sit in comfortable silence.

A floor above, Erza walks into the room dawning her Heart Kruez armor and two swords as she approaches the master of this facility. "Ah, Titania, I should of expected you. You're quite famous you know." Sagiso says as he unsheathes two swords of his own. One is tempered black, the other a bronze color. Erza looks at him with determination in her face, and anger in her voice. "You're going to tell me what exactly you're doing here. You're also going to tell me what you've done with Natsu." Sagiso smirks, "You really want to find out? Mage?" The vitriol in his voice is apparent. "Then come on, let's see what you've got, Titania." He provokes her as Erza quickly dashes as she strikes one of her swords down. Sagiso blocks with his special blades. Erza notices immediately something is off as she backslides. "You have sharp instincts." Sagiso praises. "As expected of a fighter of your caliber. However, here you are no match for me. Allow me to demonstrate!" He closes in, "He's fast!" Erza notes barely having time to dodge a blow as the black blade bounces off her chest plate. Leaving a thick crack. Sagiso grins, "That's no ordinary chest plate. One by one i'll cut down everything you throw at me, Titania. Then it'll be the rest of you." Erza grits her teeth angrily and charges in for another attack..

In the infirmary...

"It's...so bright...my body feels heavy..." Natsu thinks as he stares off trying to adjust his eyes to his surroundings. "I was...chasing a light...where is it?" He suddenly get's a whiff of familiar smells and warm feeling, his eyes landing on the golden blur resembling the light he was following. Except now it was warming him even more. "Ah..there's the light that saved me." Finally his eyes start to focus as everything comes into view. "Wha..where am I?" He thinks. He looks down to see what has a tight grip in his left hand. "Happy? And why is he crying? Don't worry little buddy! I'm here!" He wiggles his hand slightly as Happy stares up in shock. Natsu's eyes now land on the silky blonde hair rubbing against his right cheek. "L-LUCY!?" His inner voice shrieks. Lucy is laying half ontop of Natsu on the gurney with her face buried in the crook of his neck and her arms wrapped around him in a grip that even Gildarts would be hard pressed to break. Natsu notes a few things. "W-what's going on!? Why is Lucy crying!? Why is she on top of me!? And why is she wearing my scarf!?" His brain tries to process the last thing he remembers and Yotarou's voice hits him, "..and then I'll give you a graduation present.." He shakes off the memory not remembering how he got from there to here, but the fact is, he had Happy in one hand, and a weeping Lucy almost cuddling with him in the other. It wasn't how he imagined it before, but he'll take it nonetheless. "Thanks old man! I love this present! Now comon body! Time to do something!" Summoning all his strength he manages to lift his drooped down right arm to rest onto Lucy's back startling her in the process. She looks up and finally their eyes lock. Natsu's faraway lifeless eyes are gone, and in its place are eyes devoid of any strength or energy, but Lucy could see the life flicker in them again. She looks up at him and watches intensely as the color starts coming back to his face, and his eyes shift around locking with her own. She could tell Natsu was there, he was back, he was awake and even though she fought so hard to get him back, she found herself in his arms. Her expression softens from shock to pure emotion. Tears start streaming endlessly down the sides of her face. Natsu manages a whisper, "Lu...cy." That was it. The crack in the damn finally burst and Lucy couldn't hold back anymore. Sobbing hard she pushed herself up grabbing the left side of Natsu's face with her right hand while kissing him on the left cheek over and over. Natsu was bewildered and on cloud nine at the same time, "W-WHAT IS SHE DOING!? W-Well...I-I guess this is nice.." He thought to himself as it appears one of his dreams just came true, except Lucy wasn't crying. He was still confused by everything. Happy floated up and rubbed against Natsu's head as soon as Lucy lowered her right hand. "Natsu!" He smiled whispering out, "Ha..ppy. All that was left was to figure out a way for his body to start moving and get some energy flowing through him, that way he could enjoy this moment to the fullest.

Erza continues her fight with Sagiso. Thankfully years of combat training left her with sharp senses and great reflexes even under her current conditions. She's skillfully dodged attack after attack but hasn't been able to land a counter. She pants and thinks to herself, "Why do I feel like my magic is draining more than usual? Focus...So far he's been attacking and blocking with the black sword, and from what I can tell waiting for an opening to attack with the other. Something isn't right.." Sagiso chimes in, "You look confused, Titania. It matters not. My field test as been a success. I think play time is over." He suddenly lunges at Erza with incredible speed slashing upwards with his black sword. She readies herself in a stance angling her swords in a cross parry and go in for a counter attack when suddenly the black blade breaks her guard leaving her wide open as a crack appears on one of her swords. She recovers quickly and thrusts the cracked sword at an opening in his stance making contact with the area just above his heart. To her dismay the end of her sword cracks off when contacting the armor hidden beneath his clothes, also destroying a small electronic device. He smiles back at her and slashes upward with his bronze sword and it passes through hers like a knife through butter as well as her left shoulder pad causing both to vanish completely, leaving a slice in her shoulder. Suddenly the happenings of that room are live to everyone in the factory as Erza's cry of pain bellows throughout the factory. Sagiso begins, "Allow me to tell you a story, Titania." He raises a blade up to her to keep her from moving. "As you know dragons came out of the eclipse gate during the Grand Magic Games. I was a scientist hired to study the gate itself. During the attack my wife in hiding, when a battle between a dragon and one of you mages crushed the building in the crossfire. I was already running to her when I watched the building collapse. Then an incident happened, which rewound time by a single minute showing people the future. However, fifty two seconds of that minute didn't matter, I was already going to where I needed to be. I watched my wife die twice, and I was helpless to do anything about it. Every worker in this building has had a tragedy befall them due to the work of mages. If you think about it, every major catastrophe since the time of dragons has been the work of mages. Your kind is a blight unto this world and I have found the cure. I told you the moment you entered this room your fate was sealed. That is because the walls of this room have been infused with the refined remains of the gate I've worked diligently to recover. Magic in this room cannot be created. In fact, the refining of the gate itself has made it so magic cannot be restored in this area. Now that I've confirmed the results of this test, I'll scale it down to make it so whenever mages are nearby me, the magical force will be nullified entirely making them even easier to kill." Erza grabs his sword with her hand as the armor covering it vanishes. She punches him in the face with the other and he dashes backwards to create some distance. Angrily she retorts, "I'm truly sorry for what's happened to you, but what you're talking about is genocide. Do you have any idea what we mages go through, and have gone through in order to fit in with normal society? Do you have any idea what we've lost just for who we are? You're going to kill everyone here? I won't let you lay a hand on any of them. They are my family!" She dashes forward lightning quick slashing down on the black sword as a piece of hers chips off at the end. During this exchange she remembers arriving at Fairy Tail, growing up with Natsu and Gray. Fighting with the young Mira. Meeting Lucy for the first time. "They are my heart and soul!" She pictures Jellal and her time working as a child on the R System. "I love them all, and no magic can give that to me!" She throws her broken sword at Sagiso causing him to put up a guard as she dashes back in striking a hard blow in an uppercut causing him to reel backwards. Unfortunately Erza has been weakened due to her time in the area, otherwise that exchange would of finished it. Sagiso get's back up clutching his swords. "I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Titania."

Everyone in the factory has been moved completely by Erza's words. Lucy, Natsu, and Happy are still embracing each other. Levy is in tears as Gajeel comforts her. Gray is clutching Juvia as he makes a mad dash up flights of stairs with tears in his eyes. Meredy recalls the short exchange not too long ago she had with Erza, as well as her encounter on Tenrou Island feeling the depth of her words she closes her eyes and brings a hand up to her heart feeling touched as well, as she stands over the bodies of the men she defeated in Erza's wake. Gajeel and Levy are startled apart as Jellal comes running down the hallway. "Where is Lucy and Happy!?" Gajeel points to the door he's standing next to. He runs in startling the two in question. Lucy tightens her grip on Natsu as if he would disappear the moment she let go. She looks up, "Jellal?" Realization hits her suddenly, "How could I forget!?" She asks Jellal quickly, "Jellal! There was a man bleeding badly outside the door!" He shakes his head, "I only saw Gajeel and Levy." He walks up to the three of them observing Natsu, noting that he seems cognitive but very weak. He looks at all three of them and explains, "I stopped the manufacturing process, but the main boiler is housing a large piece of the eclipse gate. I'm going to destroy it. Once that happens your magic should start re-cooperating slowly, additionally it'll help Erza. However, I'm going to need your help specifically, Happy." Happy looks up in surprise, "Me?" Jellal nods smiling at him. He looks back over to Natsu. "I know how Erza is, she's buying us time right now. It's going to be up to us to finish this. However, I need to say this to you, Natsu. We heard what you said when we came here." Natsu thinks to himself, "I said something?" Jellal continues, "We as mages, without exception are capable of destroying things." Guilt stabs at Natsu for a moment as he thinks about the incident that started this all. Lucy could feel his body tense. Jellal goes on, "However, some people have powers that go beyond being a mage. Natsu, you have the power to warm hearts. I'm proof of that." He smiles at Lucy. "Someone else figured this out befoe me, as well. It won't be much, but allow me to show you my gratitude one more time." He holds his hand out as it ignites with a weak golden flame. "This should give you a small boost." Natsu wearily and barely moves to reach his hand out from Lucy's back to Jellal's hand taking in the golden flame. Jellal nods to Natsu and turns to Happy, "Happy, let's go save everyone." Happy hops up, "Aye sir!" He hugs Natsu's head, then Lucy's which she returns the gesture before departing with Jellal. On the way out the door he stops and looks at Levy and Gajeel. "I'm going to need your help as well. Down that hall there's a corridor that leads to the main boiler room. I need you to do something about the coals firing it up, as well as making an opening in the ceiling. I have a plan to take it out, when you see my signal from up top clear out of there. Be careful of what's inside there. Can I count on you to do this?" They look at each other and smile, nodding back to Jellal.

Natsu stares at the golden flame in his hand as he struggles to bring it closer. His wrist is enveloped in warmth as Lucy's hands wrap around it helping him guide the flame to his mouth so he can feed on it and regain some strength. At least enough to talk and possible move around. He felt weak, and he was starving. Eventually his hand made it's way up and he ate the flames, swallowing them down as a flicker started to burn once again in his belly. Instantly his eyes light back up to their usual color and demeanor, and his skin returned to its typical tanned look. His face had filled back out again looking more revived. He looked instantly into the eyes of his partner. Those big expressive eyes that always lit up his world. After staring into each other for seemingly an eternity, Lucy shifted a hand up to move a lock of his hair away from his forehead, returning it back to the side of his face. His mind was racing a million miles a minute. He didn't know what was going on. He didn't know how he got here. All he knew was that Erza was having a life or death battle from the sounds of it over the speakers. Jellal was here for some reason, and suddenly knew about his deepest insecurity. Then there's the manner of his beautiful blonde partner laying on top of him, holding his face in her soft hand and staring into his soul in the most loving way he'd ever seen anyone stare at anything. Finally he speaks up, "Lucy...I-" His eyes widen as tears well up once again in Lucy's eyes and her arms wrap around him as she buries her head in the crook of his neck and proceeds to completely open up to him. "You idiot! Don't you ever leave me again." She sobs harshly causing Natsu's heart to twist in even more guilt than he already had. It felt like it was going to crack if it started to beat again. He breaths out, "Lucy..." Not entirely sure what to say. She continues on in a whisper. "I missed you so much..I..I thought you were...and now this.." She lifts her head up and wipes her tears away with the back of a hand she just freed from Natsu. Before he could give any sort of response she needed to pour her heart out just a bit more, having felt some relief from it. "Natsu...you aren't a monster." She feels his body tense up suddenly realizing how sensitive of a topic this was to him. She presses on, " You're the Salamander of Fairy Tail, you're one of our precious nakama, and you're my Natsu." She looks up at his face and is shocked to see him teary eyed looking down at her with an expression she could only surmise as one would give when you've just touched their heart. Having regained some strength he wraps both his arms around the lower part of her back giving a meaningful hug. It was like a blanket of warmth and security for her that she desperately missed since he left. Lucy shifts up wrapping her arms around the back of his neck before leaning in..

The light and warmth of Fairy Tail. A light that can only shine brightly when it has it's warmth. A warmth that burns intensely with it's light.

..Natsu always wondered. Ever since Asuka's request and Lucy using Happy as a shield, it just stuck in the back of his mind. Now finally, another of his dreams is coming true. He had embraced Lucy, she embraced his back. She was kissing him, he was kissing her back. It was the sweeter than the sweetest meal, it burned hotter than the hottest fire. The last part of that sentence replaying over and over in his head like a mantra, "...and you're my Natsu." It kept driving him to push further and further. He never wanted this moment to end and judging by the passion and the way Lucy was melting her lips into his, she didn't either. Eventually the need for oxygen broke them apart and Lucy rested her forehead against his for a moment before leaning back up and giving him a loving, warm look. She broke the silence, "Natsu...I-" Natsu cuts her off, "Yeah..I feel the same way." Before flashing her a smile that showed all his teeth and went from ear to ear. She gasps staring at the smile. How long has it been since she's seen that? How many times has he smiled that way at her, not knowing how much it lit a fire in her heart. She leaned back down rubbing her right cheek against his lovingly. There was no cliche confession. There was no more tension. Everything melted away when she was with him. There was simply understanding, silence, and peaceful thoughts. With tears in her eyes and a smile almost as big as his she replies, "Yeah!"

Back at the guild Laxus, the Rainjinshu, Wendy and Carla walk back in wondering where everyone went. Wendy greets Mira at the bar. "Hi Mira-san!" Mira is polishing a glass as she smiles warmly back, "Wendy it's good to see you." Suddenly a tear trickles down Mira's face and she drops her glass causing it to shatter on the floor. Wendy freaks out a little, "M-Mira-san! Is everything okay? Do you need healing?" Mira touches her face where the tear went down, "A happy tear? I get the feeling I just missed something really magical..."

Now down at the boiler room Levy and Gajeel are hard at work. "Solid Script Water!" Levy casts out a spell sending water into the boiler rapidly cooling the burning coals. She sweats, noticing the heat in the area as well as her magic reserves getting low. Gajeel was shoving iron pillars where the boiler itself was holding up the stairwells to give them extra support so the building doesn't come down in that area. Finally for Jellal's request, "Iron Dragon's Roar!" He aims upwards sending the roar of twisted metal at the ceiling blowing a large hole into it. He pants a bit having used up a lot of his power with none of it returning. Levy runs over to him, "Here Gajeel! Solid Script Iron!" The word Iron pops out, with the "O" turned into a heart. "Oi, don't overdo it." She pouts a bit tiredly, but he smiles at her showing his gratitude in his face as he gobbles down the iron getting his strength back. "It's show time, let's see what that guy can do." Gajeel says as he picks Levy up and moves back to where it's safe. Outside the building Happy is flying above with Jellal, as soon as Gajeel's roar blows through the ceiling he instructs Happy. "Happy, I need you to fly me as fast as you can towards that hole and let go of me. I'll take care of the rest." Happy asks reluctantly, "But won't you get hurt?" Jellal smiles, "It'll be okay. We're doing this to save everyone. It's now or never." Happy retorts, "Aye sir! Max Speed!" Happy glows as he rockets to the goal with blistering speed deploying Jellal as if he were a cruise missle. Just as he let's go Jellal activates his attack, "Meteor!" His body lights up with incredible power as he gives it his all. He thinks to himself, "Erza, please forgive me. It's my turn to protect you." Gajeel catches onto what he's doing, "Shit!" His iron scales cover his body as he runs torwards the boiler with Levy screaming his name in the process. "GAJEEL!" It was like a flash. Jellal rams his body into the large gate piece completely obliterating it as he smashes into the boiler itself causing a huge explosion that rocks every floor of the building.

With only half a sword left, and most of her armor vaporized, Erza struggles to catch her breath as Sagiso, with bruises on his face from her punches, moves in to attack. He had expected a tough fight, this was the Erza Scarlet after all. However he didn't expect this much resilience, even when she was near magicless. He didn't care though, he was doing to see this all through, then rebuild anew somewhere else where he can put the finishing touches on things before he exterminates all mages everywhere. He lunches going in for an attack when he feels the building rattle and he loses his balance. Catching it back again he wonders aloud, "What!? What was that!?" Erza breathes out a response, "It looks like...you forgot...Fairy Tail's specialty.." Sagiso, wearing off the shock and going back to a livid response, "What specialty!?" She smiles back, "Property destruction." Sagiso collects himself chuckling at the joke, "So it would seem. That's fine, I have all I need right here!" He goes in slashing the remains of Erza's sword with his bronze sword, switching now to carry out a finishing blow with the black one. Erza sweats, "I'm not going to make it!" She winces closing her eyes, but nothing happens. She opens them back up and immediately goes wide eyed after hearing Sagiso gasp in pain. She looks up to see an icy arrow had pierced his arm, and another one whipped by over her head into the other causing him to drop both his weapons as he cries out in pain once again. "H-How is this possible!?" Erza looks back to see Gray standing over a crouching Meredy with his ice bow. He answers the question, "You said it yourself, Magic cannot be created in this room, but you never said it couldn't from outside." Sagiso stares him down, "You..you heard all of that!?" Meredy responds, "We heard everything..now stay away from Erza! Maguilty Sodom!" Blue blades start appearing one after another striking down onto Sagiso until he's incapacitated. Gray and Meredy rush in to help Erza up. "Thanks.." she utters out. "Gray, did you find Natsu?" He shakes his head. Erza worries for a moment but then smiles, "Lucy found him. I have a feeling." She then thinks about the explosion, "Can you take me to where the explosion came from? I have a feeling Jellal is there." Gray and Meredy nod as they tie up Sagiso, then head out of the room to a now revived Juvia who's up and walking. Gray's eyes widen, "Juvia!" She smiles warmly at him before falling against a wall barely catching her step. Gray looks at Meredy, "Can I trust you with Erza?" She smiles back and nods allowing Gray to assist Juvia.

Back down in the boiler room on the first floor everyone reconvenes one after another. First Lucy, assisting Natsu with walking, come down the stairs and see Levy freaking out. "Levy-chan!" Lucy calls out gaining her attention, "Lu-chan! You found Natsu!" Natsu slightly lifts his head and smiles with a chuckle. Lucy asks, "What's wrong Levy-chan? Where's Gajeel?" Levy looks back at the destroyed remains of the boiler. "He ran in there while Jellal was destroying it. I haven't seen him come out yet.." Then Meredy with Erza, and Gray with Juvia come down the same set of stairs. They immediately crowd Natsu. "Natsu, you've been missed." Erza places a hand on his head and ruffles his hair. "Natsu-san, Gray-sama has been bored without you." Juvia pouts a bit. Gray eyes Natsu for a moment before smiling, "You look like hell flame-brain." Natsu smiles, "I heard everything...over the speakers...nice job...stripper." He manages to breathe out still not having regained his strength. He raises a fist up towards Gray, they bump fists and gray smiles back. "I hope you're not too tired for a rumble when we get back." Natsu chuckles acknowledging the challenge. Happy flies in hugging Natsu's head immediately. "Missed you too...little buddy." Natsu manages to speak out. Erza looks around, "Where's Gajeel, and Jellal?" Levy tears up, "They're under the-" Before she could finish a large bit of rubble shifts and Gajeel stands up with one eye closed as he's all beat up looking, he pulls Jellal out as well and drops him on the floor then speaks out, "This guy's something else, gihihi." He finishes with a smile. Levy runs and jumps into his arms. He answers the unsaid question, "I'm alright. I'm a dragon slayer, this is nothing." He smiles proudly. Jellal lays motionless as Erza stumble-runs to his side, "Jellal!" She props his head up into her lap and brushes his forehead with her hand and tries to revive him a bit by lightly palming his cheek. He eventually comes to, "Erza..." He whispers. "Sorry I couldn't take it down sooner.." He finishes. Erza smiles at him, "You really do have to shoulder everything don't you?"

Eventually after resting up a bit, everyone gathers their strength and starts heading back into clover town. Realization dawns upon Lucy, who's still helping Natsu walk with his arm around her. "Natsu? Here's your scarf back." She goes to unravel it when a hand stops her. "No, you can keep it for a while. It looks good on you." He grins at her as she blushes furiously. "Even now he makes me feel like this.." Levy eyes them with a sly grin. "So Lu-chan, I couldn't but notice you and Natsu being a little cozy...would you two perhaps..." Happy jumps in for the fun of it, "llllllikkkkeee eachother?" Lucy doesn't blush or freak out or deny anything, in fact she shocks Levy and the rest of the group completely by boldly proclaiming the unknown, "No, we're actually well passed that." She locks her fingers into one of Natsu's hands before leaning up and kissing him on the cheek and smiling back at Levy in the most, "In your face" way possible. Natsu uses his free hand to rub the back of his head while chuckling with a smile and a light blush. "Ehheheh..it's true" Everyone's eyes pop of their socket. Juvia rejoices, "No more Love-rival!" Erza is a stammering mess, "S-s-s-o cute..." Levy is just a stone statue at a loss for words. The men all look at Natsu and give an approving nod. Happy is well...happy. Now that his two partners were "together" it was obvious how much brighter they were glowing. The group all kept heading out not knowing what to expect, but one thing was certain. Fairy Tail just got more interesting.

A/N

The final chapter of the story, and it's longest! I truly hope you all enjoyed it. I will be putting up an epilogue in a few days as I have a family gathering to attend to. To my reviewers, you are awesome! Snowflake did you catch your cameo? I also added in another cameo for a the writer of a story I've been following which is really really good, if you haven't check it out already I highly recommend it, "My Special Star" by peacefulthoughts. So this one goes out to you peacefulthoughts! This story originally started as an idea, with a single scene, and it built it's own world around that scene. Which was Natsu and Lucy holding each other on that medical bed. From there idea's were born on how to include everyone else, as well as my favorite ships, and some of my favorite characters. I tried to keep them all "in character" as much as possible, so I hope I achieved that much. Until the epilogue, thank you all, thank you so much!

-Ant