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Iced Honey

Chapter XIII – Freeing Edgar

Gray froze the chains for her and with just one push they broke as if made of paper, leaving countless tiny pieces of metal on the stoned floor.

Nina rose from the floor, with Gray right beside her. She looked at him and smiled. If it wasn't for him, she would still be the miserable mess she became after her seal broke. She owned more than her life to him, she owned her sanity.

"I… need to tell you now." She whispered.

"What?" he raised an eyebrow. "We need to help Erza, I'm sure it can wait."

"No, it can't, Gray. It might be too late."

He looked at the battle going on just a few steps before them. Erza was fine, of course she was, but Edgar was giving her a hard time, and when someone gave the Titania a hard time, it was ever a good sign.

"Make it quick."

"I do love you, stupid. Don't come to me with all this nakama crap. I love you, I really do. Not because you smell like him, or remind me of him. Just because you are who you are. You gave me light when all I has was darkness, and for that I love you."

"But?" he asked with a soft smile on his lips. He knew what would come after. He knew and he was able to understand, but it hurt just the same.

"But I'll never be able to stop loving Edgar, I'm sorry. And I'll probably die trying to make him whole again, but… But if I do survive, Gray, I…"

"You'll choose him."

"It's not a question of choice."

"It's always a question of choice, Nina. And I know as long as he chooses you, you will choose him."

She blushed, and turned her eyes away from him.

"It makes me a horrible person."

He sighed.

"No, not really. It's only natural. He came first anyways."

She hugged him and tears formed on her eyes.

"Well. I must go now."

With a swift movement, worth of an elegant feline, she untangled herself from him and jumped to Erza's side. Her magic was naturally flowing through her body now, she didn't need to do anything to get faster or stronger.

"You can leave him to me now, Scarlet."

"Are you sure you can do it alone?"

Nina nodded.

"Yes. If anyone should be hurt by him, it's me. No need to involve anyone else on my mess."

"It's not your mess. It's vampires' mess."

Nina laughed.

"Well, it just keeps being my mess."

"You are not like any of them, Nina."

"I know I'm not. But that doesn't make me human, Erza."

Erza put a hand on her shoulder, on an assuring gesture.

"You don't need to be human to be a Fairy Tail's mage. Happy, Charle and Lily aren't human. Loke isn't human. And they are our beloved nakama."

"Thank you." She said in a small voice.

"Are you two done with the emotion crap now?" Edgar's cold voice sounded.

Nina hated the way it sounded. That definitely wasn't Edgar's voice. No, that was a vampire voice leaving his mouth.

"Yes, we are done, Edgar."

Nina rushed towards him and laid a powerful punch on his face, making him fly all the way to a floor, making a loud noise when landing. The wall's stones broke as he got up.

"Now, that's what I call fun."

The feelings coming from him were as messy as when she felt them on Akane's resort. His real emotions were mixed with the ones implanted on him. Wait, implanted? Suddenly, it was all very clear for Nina. He really didn't die the day the two of them met Daimonion. He was alive, but she was too out of her mind to notice the difference. Daimonion must have given his own blood to make him stay alive. There was only one way to turn him back to normal: she would have to suck all the vampire blood from his bloodstream.

"Are you still there, Edgar?" she asked in a sweet voice. "The real you, not the monster you became."

She was able to see the oscillation in his emerald green eyes.

"Talk to me, Edgar. I can't do it if you don't get back to normal."

Unexpectedly, he screamed and held his head with both his hands. The pain was clear on his face. She kneeled beside him and held him close to her, with her bloody tears running down her porcelain face.

"Your voice makes it easier to break though."

She smiled when his true voice came out from his mouth.

"I'm so glad I didn't kill you."

He hugged her tightly.

"Even if you had, it wouldn't be truly your fault. When we were little, I told Isabella that sealing you wasn't a good idea. She thought the seal would help you choose a different life, but I thought it would be best if you grew up knowing what you truly were."

"I just don't know. If the blood always ran through my veins, I might have turned out to be like them."

"I beg to differ."

She chuckled.

"I remember it all now. My human mother died giving birth to me, and I lived for four years with my father. He was something like… a Vampire King. But there was a rebellion. He was killed but I escaped. Vampires are no longer ruled. They are free individuals now."

"That explains why suddenly they appeared in this world as if they had been a part of it since the beginning."

"Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that they must be exterminated. They might kill all the humans if they had a chance."

"That's your job."

She nodded.

"That's my job."

He made another pained face.

"There's vampire blood running down your veins."

"I know." He said with a sad smile. "It's what keeps me alive."

"And it keeps you under their control."

He nodded.

"Your only chance to come back to normalcy is taking this blood out."

"But without the blood I can't live."

Nina's tears intensified and he wiped the blood, looking at it with curiosity. What was the magic behind vampire blood? Why was it so powerful?

"Zeref did it." Isabella's voice was sweet and gentle as always.

Nina looked at her and smiled.

"You are alive."

The fairy smiled back.

"Of course I'm alive, dear child. I just needed to disappear for a little while."

Nina let out a sorrowful laugh.

"Look what happened to us."

"It wasn't your fault. Neither was it Edgar's fault."

"What did Zeref do?" Edgar asked, interfering on their conversation. "Zeref made vampires?"

"Yes, he did. With a lost ancient spell he made the blood of a human stronger. The human was made to the monster we now call 'vampires'."

"Why did he do it?"

"So he could have a weapon against fairies. You see, there was one fairy he liked so very much but she wouldn't accept him because of the true nature of his magic."

"Who was this fairy?" Nina asked curiously. That creatures such as vampires were created because of a love that turned into hate was just too sad, and fitting, on a twisted way.

"Her name was Mavis."

"Fairy Tail's founder." Erza said, shocked. "Zeref was in love with our first master?"

"Yes, he was, Erza." Isabella answered. "But someone like Zeref… He didn't have a clue on how to love and be loved. All turned out very wrong and he created the vampire race."

Hate. Hate was the source of vampires. The thought haunted Nina's mind. She too was a creature made by hate. Was she really able to control such a powerful inheritance?

"You don't need to worry about it." Isabella said while touching her face. "I gave you two presents when you first came to me."

"The seal… and the ability." The Honeywell answered.

"That's right. Vampires can't feel anything, but you can. You feel not only your own emotions, but also the emotions from people around you."

That was right. Isabella was full of love, happiness and concern. Erza was apprehensive. Gray was hurt and resigned. Edgar was… scared.

She turned to him, looking right to his eyes.

"Are you okay?"

He smiled.

"I can't go back to what I used to be."

Isabella smiled to him.

"You understand now."

"What? But we can replace the blood!" Nina said. "We can replace it for my own blood."

"That wouldn't do, Nina." He didn't have the courage to look right into her eyes. "I'm only human. I can only have human blood inside. Any other type of blood would make me someone else." He made a brief pause before continuing. "Take the blood out of me, Nina. All of it."

"That would kill you!"

He nodded.

"I'll die being myself."

She gave two steps back before collapsing to the floor.

"I can't kill you again, Edgar. Not again."

"You won't be alone now." He said.

"What difference does that make?" she screamed. "Having company wouldn't change the fact that I was the one responsible for your death!"

"It won't be killing him, sweet child." Isabella said. "You'll be freeing him."

Nina gave her a horrified expression.

"Isn't there any other way?" the question was on her mind, but it was Gray who voiced it. "It would chatter her even further."

Isabella swung her head from one side to another.

"You can fix her." Edgar said looking straight to Gray. "You did it before, you might be able to do it again."

"You'll give up on her that easily?" Gray was furious. If that was the fate waiting for her he would have never let her search for him.

"I have no other choice. Don't think I'm happy with the perspective of handing her to you, but I can't be in this world anymore. I was supposed to die. I cheated on death and now it is claiming me."

"What a horrible way to put it." Nina murmured to herself.

"It's the only way to put it." Edgar answered.

She looked at him again and noticed his fear was gone. He wanted his freedom. He wanted his mind to himself, it didn't matter if it was on death's realm.

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"I am."

She got up and let her fangs out.

"You killed yourself, you hear me! I have no responsibility!" she screamed.

"That's right, love. You have no responsibility for my death."

It didn't stop the tears from coming from both their eyes. She sank her teeth on his neck and sucked. Edgar felt pain on the beginning, but it soon faded and became a weird kind of pleasure. It didn't take long before everything started to get blurry. Vision, memories, everything.

"I love you." She whispered in a teary voice.

"I love you too."

His answer was the last thing Nina heard him speak. His body fell lifeless on her arms. She tried not to scream, but her sobs were very loud.

Isabella took Edgar's body from her.

"Don't worry. I'll bury him on fairy's land. Where he is now, he is very happy."

Erza was there in no time, hugging her so she wouldn't fall.

"We'll take her home." Titania's words were directed to Isabella.

The fairy smiled.

"I know you will take excellent care of her." She turned her attention to Gray. "You too, Gray Fullbuster. Thank you for helping my daughter."

He just nodded to her and watched as she disappeared with Edgar. After the fairy was gone, he looked at Nina and was surprised when he saw her face.

"Nina."

"Yes?" she answered between sobs.

"Your eyes. One is red and the other is back to violet."

She could only figure that, after all that happened, it meant she wouldn't be losing her humanity ever again.