Secrets Can Kill, chapter 21!
Hey, people. Here we go. CHAPTER 21! OMG I NEVER IMAGINED I'D ACTUALLY MAKE IT THIS FAR GOD
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Previously:
"Fairy… Tail…" Nicole pulled her finger to her face. "Every… one…" With a violent gasp, she coughed up blood. Gray hissed through his teeth. Nicole put her finger in the blood and swirled it onto the bare ground. She spelt three chilling letters.
I.
C.
E.
Ice.
Acnologia roared over head. A ball of energy gathered in his mouth. He was about to unleash his dragon roar.
Yet Gray and Erza didn't care. Nicole was about to die- no, she was dying.
Three things happened at once.
The rest of Fairy Tail guild burst into the clearing, shocked at what they saw.
Nicole's eyes fluttered shut as she took a long, painful breath.
Acnologia unleashed his dragon roar.
Then Tenrou Island was pulled from existence.
Chapter 21: Romeo
Normal POV
As Acnologia cast his dragon roar on the island, there was a huge explosion. The only survivors of the explosion were Meredy and Ultear, who had made it to a boat and were trying to escape with their lives. The only others were Hades and Zeref. The former had found the latter and taken him to his ship, determined to set sail as soon as he heard the dragon arrive. But the dark mage had other plans. Zeref killed the leader of Grimiore Heart, with no remorse.
There was no Fairy Tail left. None. They were all on Tenrou Island at the time. There was nobody to keep the guild running, and soon the building was broken down and useless. It was left as a monument to Magnolia- the death of the number one guild in Fiore. No one went anywhere near.
This left Raven Tail useless. Ivan, the leader of Raven Tail, and Makarov's son, had mixed feelings about the occasion. No more Fairy Tail meant no more purpose for the guild he had created. He spent 3 years after the disappearance of the guild searching for the Lumen Histoire- what he wanted all his life. Yet security was tight around the old building, and he searched for a long time to no avail.
Alas, Raven Tail was disbanded.
There was one person who was left to carry out Fairy Tail's memories.
Romeo Conbolt.
As soon as he heard of the explosion, the young child begged to have search parties. The guilds of Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus were eager to offer help, and for six months they searched, but they found no trace of the sacred island. Romeo was left devastated- he lost his role model, Natsu, his father, Macao, and the guild he was looking forward to joining so much.
Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale gave him offers to join their guild, but he turned them down. He didn't want to be anywhere besides Fairy Tail. He was found kicked out on the streets by a woman, with dark skin and hair. Her hair slightly resembled ears of a sort, and she looked athletic and slightly menacing.
She passed him snivelling out on the streets once and stared him down. "What are you doing out her in the middle of winter, kid?"
Romeo tucked his head into his knees. He sniffed once but didn't answer.
The lady sighed. "Look, if you want help, you better answer."
Romeo peeked up at the lady in front of him. "I'm Romeo. I was going to join Fairy Tail, but they were all killed." He started crying again.
The lady cringed. "Kid, normally I hate children, but I can't just pass you by. Come on," she sighed, extending an arm towards the small boy. "I can get you food and stuff. I have a job."
Romeo was about to turn her down. He learned never to trust many people, and he wanted to be alone. But she was right. He didn't have work, food, or money, and was going to starve on th streets like this.
"Okay," he sighed, grabbing her hand and toddling after her.
"Good," the woman declared. "I'm Crystal."
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Romeo grew up. He worked with Crystal, all day, and helped her when he could. He began to take magic lessons from Totumaru, the fire mage. He worked up his power as much as he could. It turns out Crystal was a mage too- she didn't mind her powers at all.
…~~~:::***
It had been 7 years.
7 years since the tragic accident.
That's when they finally found Tenrou Island again.
Romeo was one of the first to know. He, a Blue Pegasus team, Lamia Scale, and Crystal, all travelled to the old island to find it exactly how it had been 7 years ago.
"Come on!" Romeo hollered. "We've got to find them!" His enthusiasm was contagious. Several members of Blue Pegasus joined him as he ran onto the sandy banks of the island.
"Natsu!" Romeo called. "Dad!" He raced further into the brush, then stopped.
There was a hand sticking out of the sand in front of him.
"Hey!" Romeo immediately crouched down and began frantically digging. As he scraped sand away, the figure bolted upright in the sand, eyes wide with shock.
"…Wendy?"
"What? Romeo?" Wendy blinked her eyes in confusion. "What's going on? Where's the dragon?"
"I… I…" Romeo couldn't speak. He was overwhelmed by the happiness flooding inside of him. Romeo wrapped his arms around the Sky Maiden. Wendy gasped a little before hugging him back.
Soon, they found everyone else. Most of the guild was in one area- the outskirts of a crater. Natsu was found next and immediately helped dig everyone else up. Hibiki was helping to explain the situation to the frightened Fairy Tail members. They found almost everyone- even Makarov. But they were still missing three…
"Where are Erza, Gray, and Nicole?" Romeo asked in confusion.
The realization dawned on Lucy as the memories flooded back. "Oh my god! Nicole!" She turned and scrambled down into the crater, where three faint outlines of bodies were visible.
"She needs medical help!" shouted someone from Lamia Scale. Nicole's body was covered in blood, and there was a knife sticking out of her stomach.
Crystal winced. "That ought to hurt."
Suddenly Gray burst awake. Natsu cheered. "Hey, Ice Princess!"
"Oi! What's…" Gray looked around in bewilderment. Then he saw Nicole. "Nicole!"
"I'll help!" Wendy called, rushing over.
Then Nicole coughed and woke up.
"Nicole!" Erza was now awake as well, rushing over to the Ice Dragon Slayer. "How are you alive?"
"What?" the brunette asked, confused. "What do you mean?"
"Um," Lucy said, gulping, "you kind of have… a knife in your stomach."
"Oh. This?" Nicole grabbed the hilt of the knife and tugged it out of her stomach. Lisanna gagged from her standing point as blood exploded out of Nicole's wound.
"Doesn't it… hurt?" Wendy whispered, aiming her hands over Nicole's stomach.
Nicole shook her head. "No."
Out from afar, Makarov managed a wry smile. Yes, it had been 7 years, but his family was fine. The crew that rescued them had reported several dead bodies- but none were Fairy Tail. Rusty Rose, Azuma, and many others were found dead. He knew Mavis had been part of the reason they survived. And for that, he was thankful.
Will we fully recover? he thought. But as he saw Macao crush Romeo in a huge, Nicole laugh at the disgusted look on Lisanna's face, Gray nearly crying in relief, Wendy helping Nicole, Lucy hugging Natsu while almost in tears, and Levy grinning up at Gajeel, he knew that they would be okay.