I'm back! Apologies for the late update, I had to solve the matter that has been occupying my mind during the past few days. Regarding the matter of changing the ships, I have not only looked at the many reviews from the previous chapter, but also at the reviews on other stories and profiles of many different authors. This allowed me to gather tons of opinions and hear lots of arguments regarding such matter. By this I have decided that I shall continue with this story as it was originally intended, strictly NaMi. However, that does not mean I'm any less excited about the idea of a Natsu x Violet ship. This lead me to the decision of making Violet the main character in the second story that I will produce, if you're interested in her, I suggest you check it out once I release the first chapter! The story will be slightly different as I will make an attempt and the first person POV, as well as start with a character that did not exist in the canon story. Naturally I will alert you all of the existance of the story once I finish this story in the final AN. I can't handle writing two stories at once, so I'm only going to start with it when this one's finished. By that time I believe to be back in school, which will leave me with a lot less time for writing. Thank you all for your amazing support with last chapter! I've gotten more than double the average reviews I get, which shows how much you guys are willing to help me out in times of need! Phew, that was a long message.


"Huh?" Natsu looked around him after the bright light had faded, noticing he was still surrounded by the black flames.

"Why didn't it work?!" Blaze immediatly looked at Igneel, who sighed.

"That's why." The dragon pointed at a visual of the outside world they all recieved.

"This may take a while." Natsu commented.

There was too much to process at the time for the two mages that drifted just above the water surface. They had just whitnessed a gigantic black dragon vaporize an entire island along with their friends.

"N-Natsu..." Mirajane whispered, Makarov grabbed her and grew to a size that allowed him to walk through the sea.

"WAIT, WHAT ABOUT THEM?!" Mirajane yelled as she tried to break free from Makarov's grip. She was nearly crushed when she faced his crying face.

"Listen to me, Mira. We've got to get back to the guild and decide on the best course of action, not slumber around here in the hope of finding our allies. You saw what happened to them, there's no chance." With that, he looked away and set off. Mirajane fell asleep while crying on his shoulder. Makarov had to keep himself from crumbling down. He had just seen many of his children die, and he was too weak to prevent it. Now was definitely not the time to break down. Now was the time he had to stay strong and guide his guild through the coming tough times. Exhaustion was getting to him after miles of crossing the huge collection of water. He had managed to get them both to the port of Magnolia. Many were surprised to see the giant titan walk from the horizon. The first thing he did was get to the guild. Upon entering the building with Mirajane by his side, the guild could read from their faces something was wrong.

"Master? Mirajane? What happened, why are you here by yourselves?" Was the immediate question that was thrown at them. After noticing the terrible condition they were in, the guild allowed them to rest first. After about an hour of sleep, it didn't seem like it did the two of them too well. Nightmares haunted them both. Mirajane looked down at her plate that was given to her and seemed to be in no condition to speak a word. They looked at Makarov, hoping to get information about this whole situation.

"Tenroujima..." They all listened carefully when they heard Makarov speak up.

"Was destroyed." It took a while for the guild to process what he just told them.

"By what?" When he calmed down, Wakabe asked the old man.

"Acnologia, a giant black dragon." The response made multiple mages shudder.

"And, the rest?" Macao turned to him from his table.

"Joined the island." You could sense the gloomy atmosphere that followed. Makarov proceeded to tell them exactly what happened at Tenroujima, and how the two of them survived.

"You can't be right, they can't be dead. Natsu's with them, they can't be dead!" Some of them refused to accept the situation, but after looking for the island for a couple long weeks, it dawned to them that it really was the hard reality they had to face. The guild wasn't as cheerful as it used to be, many took a break to process the way things have gone. Mirajane found herself working in a small café. It was how she would make money while staying away from the guild for a little while. She was cleaning a table, when she turned around she was met by a mysterious figure. The silver-haired mage looked up and was met by the hooded face of Laxus. She was filled with rage, remembering the last time she saw him he attempted to hurt Natsu and all of the other ones.

"I came to check up on all of you, so how's the guild doing?" He asked as if nothing was wrong, not that he could know. But seeing the sheepish smile of the lightning mage, she knew he had changed his mind and wasn't the same cocky man she knew from before. After realizing he asked about the guild, she nearly collapsed, being reminded of the past events.

"Woah, Mira! What's wrong?" He crouched to help her up and asked her worringly.

"A lot of stuff has happened..." Her shaky voice answered. After she was doen with her shift, Mirajane invited Laxus over to Natsu's house, where she still lived. She explained everything that happened at Tenroujima, much to the lightning mage's surprise.

"Wait, let me get this straight. You're saying this giant black dragon that Natsu's fought before completely obliterated the entire island with everyone on it?" She nodded while crying.

"I-I'm sorry." He downed his head. He came back, thinking of just simply visiting Magnolia again and checking up on the guild. He had no idea such a thing would even be possible, suffering defeat on such a scale with Natsu and other strong members around.

"What for?" She asked with a deep voice, not raising her head.

"For doing all of the things I have done in the past, for not being of use to the guild when I could've done something."

"You can still help them, or us. You can still make a difference. Currently, everyone is a wreck. We can all use someone who's still standing to help us out and lift our tasks." Mirajane proposed.

"I can't do that if I'm not a member of the guild." Laxus countered.

"Then don't sit on your butt and become one already!" The take over mage yelled at him, making him scoffle back in his seat.

"Sorry. I'm gonna try to help you all as much as I can, though I don't think that's a lot." With that, he stood up.

"Make sure to tell master you've talked to me already." He froze before the door to hear what she had to say. Laxus nodded before he actually left the house. After tinkering on her own for a minute, Mirajane sighed and left herself.

'They'll probably all hate me.' Laxus thought as he stood before the doors of the guild hall. Usually he'd still be slightly cocky but during times like this he couldn't act like that. The guild was surprised to see him when he entered the guild hall. He tried to ignore the glares he was recieving and immediatly went up to Makarov's office.

"Enter." Makarov replied to Laxus' knock.

"I thought I banned you from the guild." The old man looked away the moment he recognized his grandson.

"I've spoken to Mirajane, I know what happened. I want to help the guild as much as I can." Laxus clenched his fists and sounded determined.

"Help us? Help us?! How can be sure that you won't pull something like that off again?" Makarov turned to look him in the eyes.

"It's fine, master. He won't do it, I promise you that." Mirajane suddenly walked in the room.

"Mira, you're covering for him now?" The guild master was very surprised to see her cover up for him.

"Yeah, I know his intentions are right. I know a determined look when I see one." Makarov understood where that came from, Natsu had a tendency of showing that exact look.

"Very well." He sighed. Laxus was relieved to hear that sigh, as he knew it meant his grandfather gave in.

"Laxus, you're once again part of Fairy Tail. Try to make it a bit easier for everyone around here." With that, Makarov dismissed the two of them. The first couple of weeks Laxus just did the jobs in secret, without anyone knowing except for Mirajane and Makarov. Later on it was announced that Laxus was part of the guild again. In contrast to what was expected, most of them accepted it rather quickly. It seems that they really were in need of a pillar. Life went on and the guild moved on as well. It become a bit cheerfuller as time progressed until eventually the painful memories were gone and replaced by memories of the good times they all shared. This went on until that faithful day seven years later...

Mirajane was behind the bar as usual, with Makarov next to her. She looked a lot more mature. Her hair was a bit longer, the ponytail she had now moved down her face underneath her right eye. The dress she usually wore was a black one with a white collar, it contrasted her hair nicely. The eyes of most mages who noticed widened at the sight of a child-like figure entering the guild hall. The girl had very long hair that nearly reached the ground, she was bare-footed and wore a pink robe. She made a motion that told them to follow her, and so did most of them. As soon as she left, they charged after her. The ones that didn't know what just happened just went along with the rest. They noticed the girl leaving for the docks. When they arrived, she stepped over the water. Makarov immediatly told them to board the boat. They followed the girl over sea, it took a while before she finally appeared to stand still. They awaited her next move, which seemed to be rather spectacular. The girl raised her arms and let her magic flow around her. The mages could feel an amazing amount of power circle her. The result was a sudden movement of something deep under the sea.

"Hm?" A much older Natsu hummed to the change in his surroundings. He noticed the black flames subside and the flame before him glow brighter.

"So it's finally time." Igneel spoke.

"Heh, thought it'd never end." Spark commented.

"Does this mean I'm leaving you guys?" Natsu asked his surrounding party.

"For now, yeah. But you can always talk to us whenever you feel like it." Violet smiled at him. The golden flame started to erupt and engulf Natsu.

"And I do mean any time." She followed up as she turned around to walk away from him.

"Make sure to give 'em hell out there for leaving you for so long." Blaze grinned at him as he also left in the direction Violet went.

"Heck yeah, I wanna see the sparks fly!" Spark added as he joined his partners.

"I'll make your sparks fly if you don't watch it!" Blue threatened, chasing after the yellow pest with a slow pace. Natsu was blinded by the light, when he opened his eyes again, he was staring into a blue sky. When he sat up, he felt extremely weak. He examined his body, noticing his nails were extremely long, as well as his hair. He looked like he hadn't eaten for years.

"I guess that's what you get for taking care of your body for years, how am I even alive?" He chuckled at the thought of that causing his death.

"NATSUUU!" His eyes widened as they stared at the sand in front of him. That voice was a voice he had missed for a long long time.


I hate descriptions, both reading and writing, so I usually leave them out. However this case kinda called for it, I believe. I hope I didn't mess up too much in this chapter, I have no idea what kind of stuff I do wrong when I do but then I don't know what I do right when I do so idk. Let's just hope for the best! I'm gonna leave now, yep.