A/N: My longest chapter yet! Here you go!
Pfft, no I didn't cry- *bursts into tears once again*
A flaxen yellow Exceed fell onto their back, starting to bleed from just above his stomach. Fate stood by his head, staring down at him in horror before falling to her knees by his side, trying to stop the bleeding.
"Jonah!"
Olivia and a burnt orange Exceed ran over, the burnt orange Exceed sliding to Jonah's side after falling to his knees and Olivia falling to her knees by his head, propping his head up on her lap.
"Oh god, please no! No, no, no…" Olivia whimpered, trying not to cry and horribly failing.
As Fate held one of Jonah's hands, he shattered into a million little pieces of light that almost instantly disappeared. The burnt orange Exceed stared in disbelief, tears brimming his eyes, and Olivia lost it, breaking down in tears.
"Carla!"
Carla snapped back into reality when Happy called her name, instantly looking at him. The group was running, following Olivia's directions, and she shook her head.
"What?" Carla asked.
"You completely zoned out." Happy replied, looking concerned.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it, okay?"
"… Okay..."
Carla looked at Olivia, who seemed a little worried about something, but nonetheless kept calling out directions. What she found a little worrying to herself was how much Olivia seemed to glance at Cassandra, who was often glancing at Destiny for some reason. It didn't help that the green Exceed seemed really uneasy, even when the 2 groups had met up. He had put it off as being worried about Fate, but now that Fate was back with the group he didn't have many more excuses. I made her wonder what connection Erith and Destiny could have.
"What way now, genius?" Rory asked Olivia, who was obviously pissed off by his tone.
"Why don't you calculate it? You use Calculation Magic, no?" Olivia asked. They suddenly got in each other's personal space.
"That's none of your business!"
"And my intellect is none of your business!"
"Olivia! Rory! Stop it!" Fate yelled at them, making them cross their arms and turn away from each other.
"Whatever, pipsqueak."
"Whatever, shrimp."
Fate sighed at the insulting nicknames that she had been given, even if they didn't really insult her.
"Can we please just re-trace our steps and go around?" Fate asked.
"The way out only has one way to it from here and that was this way. They're trying to keep us here... this is Jonah's magic, unless they had Elwyn or Keil, or both of them, copy it." Olivia replied.
"So? Let's just blast through it like Natsu and Gray ended up doing before." Rory said.
"So, even if we did blast through it… there's going to be someone guarding the exit. Then they're going to call the others and we'll immediately be stuck here." Olivia explained.
"Well, how do we get out then?" Fate asked, throwing everyone into a thinking state.
"There's a passage in the Throne Room that leads to the right side of the town."
Everyone looked at Destiny in shock, except for Cassandra who only seemed a little upset. Destiny looked down, fiddling with his thumbs.
"You sure you're up for going there, Zach?" Cassandra asked, causing confusion amongst everyone.
"The real question is if you are, Cass."
"Zach… I knew you were looking uneasy! So that's why… that's important, Destiny! Why didn't you say anything!?" Carla asked.
"Carla, what do you mean?" Wendy asked. Akina coughed a bit, looking a bit guilty like she had known about what Carla just figured out.
"I had my doubts, don't get me wrong. Zachary Allyn was the youngest child of Julian and Claire Allyn, the rulers of Erith. There were 2 older children, and then his slightly older twin, Cassandra Allyn." Carla explained.
"Good, we're all acquainted now. Congrats on your logic!" Cassandra sighed as Olivia coughed.
"Akina, did you know?" Namine asked, getting a nod from her older sister.
"Seems little Miss Edeline did too." Akina replied.
"Only about Cassandra…" Olivia confirmed.
"Weren't all the Allyn's supposed to be dead, though?" Miharu asked.
"I thought he was."
"I thought she was."
Cassandra and Destiny looked at each other before Cassandra looked away.
"It doesn't matter anymore. Erith isn't even on the map anymore, and we Allyn's are long forgotten." Cassandra explained. "Can we get out of here now? If we re-trace our steps and then go straight, we'll get to where we need to be."
"Where was it…?" Cassandra asked upon the group entering the Throne Room, taking off to search.
Destiny sighed, not understanding much about how Cassandra was there.
'To be honest, why am I even here?'
Destiny jumped when a hand grabbed his shoulder, and the moment he jumped it pulled away. He turned around to see Fate, who looked concerned.
"Are you okay?" Fate asked softly. He nodded in reply.
"How about you, are you okay?" Destiny asked. Fate sighed.
"I'm not really sure… I think I just need to get out of here and get home so I can clear my mind for awhile."
"I can understand that feeling…"
They were both quiet for a moment.
"So a prince with a twin sister, huh?" Fate asked.
"Sort of… I was actually born a little before her, but everyone still took me as the youngest." Destiny replied.
"Must be weird, being back here…"
"Yah…"
"Did you know it was her?"
"I didn't know at first, even if I did have my suspicions. But the moment I heard her name, it clicked in my head…"
"… You're a prince, and yet you have feelings for me?"
Destiny sighed, his face going a bit pink.
"I can't really help it… when I first saw you; I just thought you were cute. But when I started to actually get to know you, I started to like you a lot. Then on Tenroujima, I realized that I really liked you… I'm sorry…" Destiny apologized.
"Don't apologize. Like you said, you can't really help it."
They were quiet again, before Fate broke the silence again.
"Hey, Destiny…"
"Yah…?"
"After this, once we get back home… I promise that I'll give you my answer, okay?"
Destiny couldn't reply because Cassandra harshly grabbed his arm, pulling him along behind her.
"Neither of us could open it alone as kids, and I doubt that we could even after 7 years. Or 14." Cassandra said.
She brought Destiny around to the back of one of the thrones and then let go of him. She pointed to ancient lettering on the back of the throne.
"Let's focus our magic there." Cassandra suggested. Destiny nodded.
The pair both raised one of their hands and then focused their magic over the ancient letters. Destiny bit his bottom lip before glancing at Cassandra, who seemed entirely focused.
"Do you hate me?"
Destiny's eyes widened at Cassandra's question.
"Cassandra—"
"It's Cass, god dammit!"
"S-Sorry… Cass, I don't hate you."
"That's surprising."
"How!? You've done nothing to make me hate you."
"So you don't know what I did to survive the Hebi's?"
"No…"
"The only reason I'm alive is because they were too busy… eating our older siblings…"
Destiny's heart instantly dropped as Cass eyes were brimming with tears.
"They got me out… Gale and Abby, they helped me and told me to run… I swear, I promise, I tried to save them, but it was too late and I got scared, and I just… ran…" Cass explained. "The Seekers of Nothing, Emhyr was the one who released the Hebi's. Then he locked away his own fucking creation and they took over Erith, killing anyone that was left. I told them that my name was Cassandra Allyn, and they instantly locked me away instead of killing me."
Destiny was quiet for a moment.
"Mom told me to hide under my bed and to stay there, saying that she was going to search for everyone else. She didn't even make it out my door, and the Hebi left. When Dad found me, he told me to just go to sleep and that I'd wake up, seeing that everything was normal. "It's just a nightmare, Zachary" was exactly was he said before I did what he told me to. I woke up outside of Erith, seeing that the whole town was barely standing, and I wanted to go back a search for you, Gale and Abby… but I couldn't because I was a coward. I didn't want to die myself, and so I ran into the forest and I ended up falling down that steep hill we had walked past a lot when we always went camping… and from there, I met Akina and we joined Fairy Tail." Destiny explained.
"Y-You're not mad…?" Cass asked in shock.
"I can't be… not when I left you behind like that."
"They either would've killed you or locked you away too."
"But we probably would've been together, no?"
"I guess so…"
"Cass, you shouldn't be alone anymore. We should stick together so you don't get caught again. Come join Fairy Tail, it's open to anyone who wishes to join."
"Huh!? B-But…"
Destiny smiled.
"I'll put in a good word for you, okay?" Destiny asked. Cass hesitated, but nonetheless nodded.
"Okay…" She replied.
"But only if you don't call me Zachary. It's painful to remember when the others said it… at Fairy Tail, they recognize me as Destiny."
"I'll try, but no promises for anytime soon."
They both smiled at each other, and Destiny smiled even more upon seeing Cass smile for the first time in a long time.
"Now, let's focus on getting everyone out of here." Destiny suggested.
"Sounds like quite a plan." Cass agreed.
"Don't you think it's a bit dark in this passage?" Ruri asked, a bit uneasy as they all walked.
"A bit!? I'm freaking out!"
They all stopped and with the little light they had, from everyone's magic that was bright enough to be a light source, they turned to see the 4 cloaked Exceeds.
"I completely forgot that Giggles and the other 3 were there..." Lily mumbled.
"You guys have barely talked at all." Phil pointed out, getting a nod of agreement from Dan.
"Actually, it's only been Giggles who's talked." Adam also pointed out.
"Everyone's calling me Giggles now." Giggles sighed, seeming to whine to the 2nd tallest cloaked Exceed, who was clinging to the tallest cloaked Exceed.
"You guys aren't only quiet, you're weird…" Carla mumbled.
"Weirdly strong…" Lily added.
You're always showing up when we need help…" Hotaru added.
"Not to mention how you just happen to know everything." Jordan said.
"We have the same enemy. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", no?" The 2nd shortest cloaked Exceed asked.
"The Seekers of Nothing seem to have a lot of enemies…" Minx sighed.
"Well, they're connected to many things. Erith, lots of murders, lots of kidnappings, the Angel of Darkness, etc. We have nothing to do with Erith, they didn't murder anyone we know and we're not too interested in the Angel of Darkness at this point… but we're 99% sure that they kidnapped a group of people we know and are holding them somewhere." The tallest cloaked Exceed explained.
"That's not it, is it?" Adam asked. The Exceed shook his head.
"We are interested in the Angel of Darkness, and we're also interested in the Key of Jade and its user."
Everyone's eyes glanced over at Fate as they got a little protective.
"Don't be like that. It's nothing that'll negatively affect Fairy Tail in any way."
"But why are you interested?" Ryeluen asked.
"We knew Jade Konno, the Sapphire before the previous Sapphire and the previous user of the Key of Jade. She died of what we thought was natural causes, but turned out to be Darkness Poisoning. It's when darkness magic spreads through the body and slowly kills you by shutting down your internal organs." The Exceed explained.
"Not the nicest way to go…" Chilled commented.
"We're sorry for your loss." Charles said.
"You shouldn't be since it wasn't your fault. It was because of her own magic, which she held back. It's unhealthy to not use your magic, and even though she knew that, she didn't ever use her magic. Her exact last words were specifically to us, and she wanted us to find and protect the next user of the Key of Jade. That's why we keep randomly showing up in your times of need, because all of you could instantly affect the mood of another, including Fate."
Everyone let the information sink in, even if most of it was hard to believe.
"You remind me of my Dad."
They all looked at Fate again.
"What do you mean by that?" The Exceed asked.
"You're so serious. And now that I think of it, you 4 remind me exactly of my family." Fate replied.
"You're weird." Giggles stated.
"And I'm taller than you, which is an achievement in my book."
"The air feels fresh!" Akina exclaimed.
"Shut up! We're not out yet! They could be anywhere!" Olivia hissed at her, making Akina sigh.
"We'd never make it out by just running up the side of the town. We need to go in a through." Cass said.
"Are you crazy? They might be waiting in there for us." Olivia said.
"I understand that, but they're more likely to catch us if we go straight out from here. If we actually go in, we might have a better chance."
"Might. We might have a better cha—can I just ask you again, a little differently this time, are you insane!?"
"Aren't we all?"
Olivia shut up and just sighed.
"Fine…"
Fate almost crashed into Destiny when Olivia and Cass stopped running, and soon realized why. Jonah and James stood in their path, both seeming a little uncomfortable.
"Jonah… James…" Olivia muttered under her breath, backing up a little bit.
"Maybe you were right on this one, Olivia." Cass said.
Fate made eye contact with Jonah, who looked at the ground in shame.
"Jonah, James, please! Just let us through!" Olivia pleaded.
"W-We can't do that, Olivia… just know that we can't, even if we wanted to…" James said, his voice laced with shame.
"Then just turn around, and pick up your feet! Follow us, and it won't exactly be like you let us pass you. If we all leave, we don't have to come back!"
"We can't, Olivia! You can't! Jackson will hunt you down and you know that!"
"It was our plan though, right? We were going to leave, and we were going to do it together. Don't make me fight you, please… none of us want to fight, and you know that."
James took a step back, balancing himself before shaking his head.
"We know what our plan was, Olivia… but we can't ever leave now… any of us…" James said.
"What do you mean? We're so close to the way out, we can—"
"Don't so naïve! None of you, neither of us… we can't leave!"
Olivia suddenly caught a glimpse of a barrier behind James and Jonah, and her eyes widened.
"Jackson Martin and Jered Asher our both half of the fucking devil himself…" James mumbled.
"Shit…" Olivia muttered.
The barrier suddenly became clear to all of them, and the runes that made the barrier appeared on the ground just behind James and Jonah.
"I've tried to re-write them… I couldn't…" Jonah said, still looking down.
"Because the only way to get rid of this barrier…"
Jonah and James both lifted one of each of their shirt's sleeves, revealing small black runes around their wrists.
"… is for us to enter Nirvana." James finished his sentence.
Olivia's heart dropped almost instantly.
"I tried re-writing all 3 of them, Olivia, I really did… and we know that you won't be able to kill us because you'll refuse. So no one is leaving Erith… especially not us…" Jonah explained.
"Unless one or some of you want to come kill us…" James added.
Everyone was quiet.
'No one offer, no one offer, no one offer, please…'
Olivia felt horrible for her thoughts, but Jonah and James were her best friends. They always had been since she joined the Seekers of Nothing, and they had planned to leave together.
"Even if no one does, James has offered to end both his life and my own if that's what you prefer." Jonah said. Olivia ran up to them without thinking and she slapped James, making Jonah flinch.
"Don't you fucking dare, James Owen!" Olivia screamed at him, tears brimming her eyes.
"I kind of wanted it to be you, Olivia Edeline… but I know you would never… I want you to survive, even if Jonah and I die." James said.
"You're not going to die!"
"Yes we are, and there's no way to prevent that."
"Sorry… Olivia…" Jonah apologized.
Suddenly, someone slapped Jonah and it wasn't Olivia. Everyone stared at Fate in disbelief, having not expected that at all.
"You can apologize to Olivia when we all get out of here. All of us, together and alive." Fate said, grabbing Jonah's wrist with the rune on it, seeming to try re-writing the rune.
"I-I've already tried re-writing the rune…" Jonah mumbled.
"But I haven't."
Jonah shut up instantly, watching as Fate worked on the runes covering his wrist. Olivia was still upset, and suddenly Rory went around her to grab James' wrist, working on his wrist.
"Want to call me a 3 year old now?" Rory asked, smirking at her. Olivia looked at the ground, crossing her arms and shaking her head before glancing back up to watch Rory work on the runes.
"You should be running instead… the Seekers of Nothing are gonna end up tracking you like this…" James sighed.
"There's nowhere to go anywhere, right? Plus, watching Edeline break down in tears like this isn't as amusing as you'd think." Rory said.
"Shut up…" Olivia muttered.
Jonah looked up to see everyone stationed, guarding the 5 of them. He opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by Fate.
"None of us are going to kill either of you, and we won't let either of you kill yourselves or each other." Fate stated.
"But, the Seekers of Nothing are going to show up, they'll…" Jonah trailed off.
"We'll fight until our very last breaths if we have to. All or none… because Fairy Tail is a family."
"But, we're not—"
"Fairy Tail is open to anyone who wishes to join."
Jonah and James looked at each other.
"I was thinking of joining, once I got out…" Olivia admitted softly, making them look at her and then back at their wrists.
"But we were… we're still kind of the enemy." Jonah said.
"But you don't have to be." Fate said, making them go silent.
"Oi, Edeline! They wouldn't let out the creepy creatures, would they!?" Minx asked.
"They shouldn't… Emhyr locked them away in the basement for a good reason." Olivia replied.
"Oh, well that's funny considering the looks of those!" Dan yelled, pointing ahead of them.
There was, indeed, a group of Hebi's running at them.
"They're obviously very insistent at this point!" Renee yelled, her voice sounding like a tiny mouse: very high and squeaky.
"They shouldn't be hard to deal with, should they!? Just don't let them touch you!" Cass yelled, running forward.
"Cass!" Destiny called after her.
Cass stopped when she felt like she was close enough and then she gathered her magic together.
"Enjerumajikku: Raitosōdo!"
Cass summoned a bunch of white swords and they were sent flying at the Hebi's. One of them tripped, but nonetheless the rest kept coming.
'I'm not exactly strong…' Cass thought.
Destiny suddenly grabbed her arm, dragging her back to the group.
"We should attack together, not rashly and recklessly alone." Destiny stated. Cass nodded.
"S-Sorry…"
"It's okay. Let's help the others instead of apologizing."
Cass nodded again.
"Everyone, get your magic ready! We'll only have one shot, so don't hold back!" Erza ordered, getting an "Okay" reply from everyone. "All together, now!"
"Roar of the Fire Dragon!"
"Open, Gate of the Archer! Sagittarius!"
"Ice-Make: Lance!"
"Requip: Flame Empress Armor! Hi no Maho!"
"U~ōtāmajikku: O suraisu!"
"Roar of the Sky Dragon!"
"Roar of the Earth Dragon!"
"Roar of the Light Dragon!"
"Enjerumajikku: Tsuin'āto: Daburuteikuauto!"
"Roar of the Elemental Dragon!"
"Feitomajikku: Toripuruteikuauto!"
"Roar of the Water Dragon!"
"Hakai mahō + emerarudomajikku: Niruvu~āna no chūmon!"
"Majikkumaindo: Daburutsuisutā o!"
"Poizunmajikku: 5 Fīto ga dete, kobetsu oyobi supureddo!"
"Daten-shi majikku: Hakai!"
"Roar of the Ice Dragon!"
Everyone watched as their magic hit the Hebi's completely out of breath. When the dust from the attack hitting the ground as well cleared, everyone's eyes widened upon seeing that a small group of the Hebi's ended up surviving.
"What do we do!? We barely have any magic power left!" Chilled said, and he wasn't over-exaggerating.
"We can't possibly take out that last bit of them... not like this..." Cathy mumbled.
Some of them were on their knees, others close to it. Suddenly, Fate and Olivia ran in front of the group, surprising them. They stood back-to-back and raised their arms 90 degrees from their sides, 2 of their hands facing their group and 2 of their hands facing the small group of Hebi's.
"ニルヴァーナ!"
Their keys acted up at the word, which no one could understand.
"ジェイドのキー、
クリムゾンのキー...
我々は2つの別々のユーザーがそうであるように、この瞬間に私たちに2つの独立した権限を付与します。" The both of them spoke.
"私の名前は雨今野ですが、名前はテラ地球ドラゴンによって私に与えられたように私は運命で行きます。
私は、現在のサファイアとジェイドのキーの現在のユーザーです。
私は呪われたと呪いと才能います。" Fate spoke.
"私の名前はオリビアEdelineです。
私は何もの求職者の元メンバーとクリムゾンのキーの現在のユーザーです。
私は呪いと私は、彼らが使用しているもの魔法の知識を与えるか、使用することができ、人々の魔法のレベルを感知する贈り物を持って生まれました。" Olivia spoke.
"あなたはこの正確な瞬間に私たちに付与するために私たちが望むのパワーは光魔法と闇の魔法です。
我々は、物理的、魔法の友人たちを癒すことを望みます。
私たちは、蛇の敗北したい、彼らはどこから来たのかにバックストレートにそれらを送信する：ディープニルヴァーナの深さに！
私たちはこの願いを付与します...
私たちはあなたを注文！" They both spoke again, completely in unison.
"ニルヴァーナは、私たちの願いを付与します！"
With the last spoken phrase, everyone who had used up their magic was restored. All their magic was full again, and their physical strength was also fully back. They all watched as the Hebi's instantly froze and then fell before shattering into a million pieces of light and darkness that instantly vanished into thin air.
Olivia and Fate leaned against each other, panting heavily, before losing their footing and falling to the ground together, still back-to-back. They managed to stay sitting, and they both started laughing.
"You're a fucking idiot, you know that...?" Olivia asked through her small laughing fits.
"Yep... and you're such a bitch sometimes..." Fate replied through her own small laughing fits.
They both laughed at the insults.
"I fucking hate you."
"And I got it!" They heard Rory cheer.
"We're going to be okay...? James, we're going to live!" Jonah cheered, hugging the burnt orange Exceed, who patted Jonah's head as he stared at his own wrist in disbelief.
"You should never think about killing yourself, no matter the situation." Rory said softly to James, who sighed and nodded.
Olivia and Fate helped each other stand, though they both could barely stand.
"A bit too much magic, shrimp..." Olivia complained.
"I'm aware, Edeline..." Fate sighed.
"Can we please get out of here now?" Olivia asked, mostly pointing her question towards to Jonah and James. Everyone nodded in reply. They turned to leave and some of the even took a step forward.
"I'm afraid we can't just let you leave."
Suddenly, they were surrounded by all of the members of the Seekers if Nothing. Olivia and Fate both focused a bit of their magic on each other, healing each other physically and magically enough for them to be able to stand on their own. Olivia eyed the man with the silver hair and the tawny eyes.
"Xerum just let us go. We're leaving, and you won't stop us." Olivia said. Fate noticed Jackson and she took a couple of steps back.
Akina's eyes went over
a man with ash blonde hair and bright green eyes,
a boy with messy silver hair and navy blue eyes,
a man with bright brown hair and navy blue eyes,
a boy with flaming red hair and dartmouth green eyes,
a man with long bright pink hair and navy blue eyes,
and a woman with bright blonde hair and navy blue eyes, the one that Fate had shot in the arm earlier.
"Saith, Bryne, Lyn, Arwin, Selwyn, Eleri..." Akina muttered under her breath.
Ethan's eyes landed on the man with long black hair, with the silver streak, and tawny eyes. He and Fate had met him before, the one that the one in Oshibana had mentioned.
"Norrin..." Ethan mumbled.
"None of you can keep us here any longer! We're leaving!" Olivia yelled.
"There's nowhere to go, Olivia Edeline. You, James Owen and Jonah Greene made a big mistake by helping the little fairies out." Norrin said.
The Seekers of Nothing were in a circle around all of them, about 10 or so feet away from the group and with only 3 feet in between each one of them. They were honestly surrounded with no way out. They were trapped.
Fate heard the sound of a gun being cocked and instantly knew it was Jackson, aiming the handgun from before at her.
'And it's probably fully loaded...' Fate thought.
By now, Asher had told Jackson about her having the Key of Jade, and about her having it all along.
"Hand over the keys, Jade and Crimson, and we'll consider letting you all go." Jackson said. Fate took a deep breath.
'Nothing to lose much anymore...'
"Go to Hell, Jackson Martin."
He glared at her, but she kept looking at him straight in the eye.
"I could shoot you, kill you, in the blink of an eye and you still insist on not watching your mouth? You're very persistent." Jackson stated.
"I'd survive a gun shot. I've survived so much more than just a bullet. Shoot me, I dare you. You need me around and you know that."
"You're slowly driving me to think that I'll be better off searching for the next user..."
"Maybe you are. Good luck finding the next Sapphire, too, and the next person with Hiketsu. Try finding someone exactly like me, Jackson. You can tell me all about it when you're on your knees in front of the devil."
"What makes you so sure?"
"I know exactly who I am, and exactly who you are. I've been around to see what's in the deepest depths of your twisted mind, and I hate you more than anyone in this universe."
"What are you going to do? Kill me? Do the same things I did to you?"
"I would swear on Fairy Tail's First Master's grave that I would kill you... but you're not even good enough for that. I won't sink to your level, but you better watch your back."
"I'm this close to shooting you..."
"I dare you to."
Fate didn't expect Jackson to actually pull the trigger, but she had dared him to do so. She heard everyone screaming at her, to her, and she closed her eyes, waiting for the bullet.
'I fucked up, didn't I? I'm sorry, everyone...'
Nothing happened. Nothing hit. No pain, no feeling of blood, but instead everyone gasped. Fate instantly opened her eyes, knowing that someone had taken the bullet for her.
'No...'
Jonah stood in front of her, frozen for a second, before the flaxen yellow Exceed fell backwards, straight onto his back, laying on the ground in front of her. For a few moments, she couldn't believe what had happened, and then it clicked in her head.
'No!'
Fate collapsed onto her knees beside Jonah, who was breathing heavily as blood trickled out of his mouth, and tried to stop the bleeding from his wound.
"Jonah!" Olivia screamed.
James slid to Jonah's other side, having fallen to his knees while running to his best friend. Olivia fell to her knees by Jonah's head, propping his head up onto her lap.
"Oh god, please no! No, no, no…" Olivia whimpered, trying not to cry and horribly failing.
James removed his jacket, pushing Fate's hands away from Jonah's wound as he applied pressure the wound with the article of clothing before looking back up at Jonah.
"Come on, Jonah! Don't you dare do this to us, man! We were going to leave, together! Alive, Jonah!" James cried, the tears that had been brimming his eyes now streaming down his face, seemingly endlessly.
Fate looked at Jonah, her sapphire blue eyes meeting his baby blue ones. He reached out one of his hands to her, which she grabbed in the both of hers.
"Jonah… this is my fault, I'm so sorry…" Fate apologized, tears beginning to cloud her eyes.
"No… it's not… it's mine, I jumped… in front of you, Fate…" Jonah said weakly, coughing violently afterwards.
"I-I can heal you! Please, let me heal you! I can help—"
Fate was cut on when Jonah's body began to glow.
"You can't… I can't fix… the mistakes I made… I'm going to disappear… I guess we're not all going to leave together… nonetheless alive… I'm sorry for ruining… everything..." Jonah apologized.
"No, you didn't ruin anything... I ruined it all, all of it…" Fate mumbled. Jonah shook his head.
"Just take care… of Olivia and James… okay…?"
Fate nodded, tears starting to escape her eyes.
"I'm sorry… I'm glad I got to meet you, Fairy Tail… It was a pleasure to work alongside you 2… Olivia Edeline… James Owen… thanks for being kind when no one else was… Ame "Fate" Konno."
Jonah shattered into a million pieces of light that almost instantly disappeared. Olivia stared for a moment before she broke down in tears.
"JONAH, YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE US! YOU'RE A FUCKING IDIOT! DON'T LEAVE US LIKE THIS!" Olivia cried, screaming at the top of her lungs. James wrapped his arms around her and they both cried on each other's shoulders.
Fate stared in disbelief, her hands covered in Jonah's blood.
'Your welcome… Goodbye, Jonah Greene.'
"I guess that's what happens when you screw around with Fate." Jackson said. His tone sounded like he was joking, and it echoed in Fate's head.
Fate got to her feet, tears falling onto the ground from her eyes.
"Was that… Was that supposed to be a joke…?" Fate asked.
Jackson smirked, seeming to think that he had broken her. But he had just made her all the more stronger.
"Because I'm not laughing!" Fate yelled.
The last thing she remembered was the immense surge of magical power flowing through her body before everything went black for her.