Seeing Alternate Versions of Earthland

by TheUnknownLegion

After completing a mission, Team Natsu discovered an unknown artifact and brought it back to the guild. It turns out that this device can allow them to see alternate versions of themselves and their world. Let's see how they would react to other versions of themselves. Summary sucks I know. Crossover elements most likely exist.

136. The Guild Master of Fairy Tail Pt 1

Hello everyone, it is I once more with a new chapter for you all to either enjoy or despise with all of your hatred. Whatever works for you.

Now, for this timeline we'll be doing something quite a few people had requested me to do, and while each person who requested did had their own version of this idea, the basic foundation of it was the same. Considering what it is, which I'm sure you all will guess by the title of this chapter, this was something I guess would have made more sense to have it done much sooner than 135 chapters later since it seemed like it would be obvious to do first. But uh… better late than never right?

…No?

…Oh.

On an unrelated note, I'm sure many of you probably hated what had happened to that one version of Natsu in that last timeline. So if you wish to see a happy ending for him, go check out "thehappy"'s story "Shifting Through Realities" Chapter Eight. It deals with four versions of those from his Fairy Tail who are currently shifting to other Earthlands and other worlds from other series and franchises, so if you want to see a happyish ending achieved then go check it out! He did a great job.

Now anyway, enjoy or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.

Everything belongs to their respective owners.

Chapter 136: The Guild Master of Fairy Tail Pt 1

"I swear," Marvell started to speak up as her glare remained on her face from seeing what had transpired in the last alternate timeline, her voice barely containing her rage while she gripped her bat, "if any of my friends happen to find those rapist pigs… they will die. If someone like Erza, Mira or Levy that find him, those men will have their limbs removed! Their cocks ripped off for what they've done! I wouldn't be surprised if Erza uses a flamethrower on some of them!"

"Marvell…" Wendy muttered out in hopes of calming her down, yet her older double continued onward regardless while she stood on her feet.

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE ODDS! I KNOW MY FRIENDS WILL SOMEHOW IN SOMEWAY SAVE THAT NATSU AND MAKE THOSE MEN BEG FOR DEATH!" Marvell shouted while raising her bat up on instinct.

While some of the others were caught off guard by the sudden rant and shouting, some of the others couldn't help but hope for the same. Many of them wished those vile men paid for what they have done or plan on doing to the other version of Natsu while a few like Gray and Kagura clenched their fists wishing they could do something about it themselves.

"She's right, they're not merely man anymore, they're monsters. If that were to ever happen to anybody here, I would kill them. Consequences be damned." Laxus stated, not caring if he would be removed from the guild again if it meant preventing and ending such an evil. Sure, while he found Natsu to be an idiot and how jealous he got over how so many other versions of the pink haired moron managed to keep getting multiple women as lovers, the blonde Dragon Slayer would never allow such a horrible fate to befall him.

"If anyone ever tried to do that to anyone, they won't get mercy from me." Erza stated, many nodded in agreement while she looked over towards Natsu who Lucy and Laki were now sitting directly next too to make sure he was fully alright from seeing his double going through that nightmare, much to the red head's and other women's slight envy.

"Let's just hope that he's rescued soon, either by someone from that world or someone from another… and pray that such a thing never transpires here to any of us." Makarov told them all with a serious expression on his face, willing to do whatever it took to make sure none of those he considered his children to ever go through such a dark fate.

If any vile man or woman ever tried to do something like that to Natsu or anyone else, the small old man would make sure they paid dearly.

The conversation would not continue as a loud noise grabbed their attention. Turning their heads, they all saw Observer finishing up a new link to yet another timeline once more in the blue smoke, as everyone readied themselves to see what was next to come.

"Please be better…" Natsu muttered, not wishing anything bad to befall to him or anyone else in this next unknown timeline they were about to bear witness.

And like many times before, the blue smoke started to show them all yet another alternate timeline.

It was peaceful over the still surface of the ocean, as quacks of seagulls could be heard flying over the large mass of water. The skies were clear with hardly any clouds in sight, showing that it was indeed a wonderful day to be outside while the sun shined brightly down onto the surface of the water below.

The only thing that stood out currently was the one large boat that was slowly moving without much disturbance over the sea. The way it looked like, it seemed to be a military based vessel, the flag of Fiore proudly wavering high over the ship it was attached too.

And on the surface of said vessel numerous Fioren soldiers and sailors were seen on board, the heavy plated armor that completely covered many of the soldiers head to toe while the sailors had clothe base attire, their faces shown as many looked overboard, trying to spot something that so far didn't seem to be around.

"Huh? Are those Fioren soldiers?" Wabaka questioned, seeing the symbol of Fiore on the flag that was wavering in the nearly nonexistent wind.

"They look completely different compared to our own. I never seen them wear such heavy armor." Erza pointed out. Compared to the soldiers of their own Fiore that they have seen who wore more cloth and chainmail-based armor, the heavy plated equipment these other soldiers in the other timeline not only looked more intimidating but much stronger.

"Interesting, maybe in this other world Fiore's military is much more stronger and durable compared to our own?" Kagura guessed, since if she was allowed to be hones the guards and soldiers of their own nation weren't really… impressive. Yeah that was one nice was of putting it.

"Where are they say though?" Lisanna asked, not sure where the lone military warship was supposed to be at.

Makarov and a few of the older Mage looked at the sight closely before their eyes widened in surprised.

"Wait a moment, that's where Tenrou Island is supposed to be!" Makarov exclaimed, causing the others to be surprised.

"Really?" Levy asked before she took a better look, now slightly recognizing the waters that the island would normally be at, "Are… are we about to see our versions of that world emerge from being stuck on Tenrou during the seven-year time skip?"

"Possibly, but shouldn't we be there?" Alzack couldn't help but ask, as no one from Fairy Tail was in sight from what he could see.

"Maybe something happened that prevented us from checking it out, since we were informed by Blue Pegasus that something was amiss when we found the rest of the others." Bisca added her two cents, figuring that in this timeline their doubles may not be aware. Asuka didn't say anything as she along with Pepper who now for some reason had some dog treats from who knows where in her mouth merely watched in anticipation to see what would happen next.

'So was this similar to how they first appeared from that island?' Millianna thought, having been told by Erza as to what exactly happened when they first emerged from being stuck for seven years on their sacred ground.

No more words were spoken for the time being as they continued watching to see what would happen next.

"Why are we here again?" One sailor questioned while a man with short brown hair and blue colored eyes wearing an opened black trench coat with armor underneath it walked onto the scene with a wooden telescope in hand, looking through it out into the ocean. This was the captain of the vessel.

"Unusual energies were detected around these parts, and Fairy Tail believes it may have something to do with their lost friends from all those years ago." The man responded as he kept looking around.

"I get that, but why are we doing it?" The sailor asked again, this time a nearby soldier spoke up to answer the man's question.

"Because we're nice. Plus, the Queen owes the guild a favor due to their part during the Dark War, so we were sent out to check this out to see if anything unusual is taking place to report back as that favor." The soldier responded, knowing the contributes of Fairy Tail, especially their Guild Master had made during that dark time.

Hearing the mention of a war confused everyone.

"Dark War?" Cana questioned, never hearing of anything like that before.

"Probably a conflict that took place in this other Earthland. Though, I wonder what it was about." Marvell guessed while she thought with a hand placed on her chin thinking about what this war could have been about.

"I hope it wasn't anything too crazy." Kinana hoped that this unknown conflict wasn't anything too insane or horrible.

"Doesn't the Queen have a thing for the Guild Master? I feel like she would have sent us to help them even if she didn't owe them a favor." Another soldier questioned with a raise eyebrow, not like anyone would be able tell however due to his helmet covering his face and the rest of his head.

The other soldier merely shrugged, unsure if the rumors of the Queen having feelings for Fairy Tail's leader was true or not. Not like the female soldiers and sailors could blame her if she did, for the Guild Master of the guild was the one to saved the world and brought an end to the Dark War.

The captain grunted as he kept looking out into the ocean with the telescope in hand, so far not spotting anything out of the ordinary that may explain the unusual energies detected in these waters.

"So far it doesn't seem anything's out there," The captain started to say as he kept looking around into the distance, "just more water, an occasional fish jumping from the surface, the seagulls, a little long pale blonde hair girl hovering over the water-."

That got him to cease talking before he and many of the others on the expose deck gained confused yet surprised expressions before they all looked overboard only to see that the spirit of a certain pale blonde haired former Guild Master was spotted by the soldiers and sailors despite lacking the mark of Fairy Tail on them. To them, the girl seemed to be smiling softly as she looked towards them from the distance between them.

"MAVIS!" Makarov exclaimed in surprise, seeing the spectral form of the first Guild Master in the other alternate timeline. Yet he was also surprised how the Fioren military ship could see her. Didn't only those who bore the guild mark of Fairy Tail could see her?

"Who?" Kagura asked, not sure who that was. Judging by her question and Millianna's confused expression from seeing the ghost of Mavis, it was clear that they too were able to see her in the alternate timeline despite being apart of a different guild.

Figuring she would explain, Erza turned to look at her two friends from Mermaid Heel to do just that.

"She was one of the founders of our guild and was the first Guild Master. She died long ago however…" The red head explained to them, surprising the two from learning about this.

"Wait seriously? Then how is she there if she died?" Millianna couldn't help but ask.

"That's just her spirit, and if this will go similar to how it did for us then she will reveal Tenrou Island in just a moment. However…," Erza gained a puzzled expression as he placed a hand on her chin in thought, "Only those who bear the mark of Fairy Tail were able to see and hear her. So I don't see how those soldiers and sailors and you two would be able to see her."

"Maybe that limitation doesn't exist in this other world?" Natsu guessed, though he wasn't sure if that was how it worked, alternate timeline or not.

"It's more likely she's simply allowing herself to be seen by others who aren't of Fairy Tail." Freed figured, not surprised if Mavis was capable of doing such a thing.

Mavis remained having a smile on her face before she slowly raised her arms up, as the water beneath her started to glow brightly, catching those on the warship by surprised before the surface of the water became more disturbed, moving frantically while a few waves crashed into the boat shaking it slowly while the others had to hold on from falling on their butts.

But in the next moment, to their shocked and surprised, they looked up only to see a large island surrounded by an shield of some kind of light with the insignia of Fairy Tail present on the shield rise from the ocean a good distance away from where they were at. The large tree in the middle of the island standing tall and proud for all to see before the shield slowly faded away, leaving the island accessible once more.

"…You all see this too right?" One sailor asked, getting the others around her to nod in agreement.

The captain, spotting the unknown small girl heading towards the island, snapped out of his surprised and shook his head before turning around to give orders to the rest of the crew.

"Everyone! Make landfall! We can't let that girl out of our sights!" The captain shouted.

Everyone else shouted in agreement while the soldiers saluted, before they all headed off into different directions to steer the ship towards the landmass that appeared before them all.

Everyone remained watching the scene of the alternate timeline in front of them all, waiting to see what would happen next once the crew made landfall and find their doubles.

It didn't take long before the warship of Fiore's navy arrived on the beach of the island, with many already not wasting time and getting onto the sandy land around them. Looking up, many spotted the Mavis once more as a giggle emitted from her before she took off into the trees of the island, causing many of the soldiers to take off after her.

"Don't let her out of your sights! She might be leading us to something!" The captain of the ship was in the lead of the many soldiers who were accompanying him further into the island's territory.

Eventually, as they kept moving onward, the large group of soldiers stopped with eyes widening in surprised. What laid before them cover slightly in rubble was a certain red head woman who seemed to be unconscious.

"It's Erza!" Wendy exclaimed, seeing the alternate version of the red head being founded first before ant of the others.

"Aw, I wanted to be found first." Natsu grumbled as he crossed his arms while he pouted, which to some of the women made him look rather adorable.

"Does it really matter?" Lucy couldn't help but ask with a sweat dropped towards the pink haired male, but glad that he was feeling better after seeing that last timeline.

Not wasting time, a few soldiers ran over towards the red head and cleared the debris off her. Checking her pulse, they were glad to see that she was still alive. The rest meanwhile ran ahead to keep going after Mavis to see if she would lead them to any other survivors on the island.

"Hey woman! Wake up!" A female soldier shouted while she shook the woman rather hastily like a ragdoll in an attempt to see if they could wake her.

"Don't shake her like that you idiot!" Another soldier shouted at his teammate, who proceeded to ignore him while she kept shaking the Reequip Mage of Fairy Tail.

However not even a moment later did a groan emit from the woman, getting the soldiers to cease their actions as they saw the brown colored eyes slowly opening wide. And not even a moment afterwards the red head eyes shot open before she jumped to her feet, alarmed as she looked towards the soldiers before her.

"What the-?! Who are you?! What happened?!" Erza shouted, confusion and caution plaguing her face while she looked around to see where she was at. Seeing her worry, the soldiers raised their hands up in a mean of calming down the woman.

"Do not worry miss, you're safe. We are from the Fioren Navy." One of the soldiers told the red head, getting her to widen her eyes once more before she eased somewhat, although confused still was present on her expression.

"The Fioren Navy?" Erza questioned while her eyes narrowed slightly, never hearing of Fiore having it's own Navy before. Sure they had their ships but not enough to have a full fledged Navy, mainly due to Fiore's neutral status compared to other countries out there. The country never needed one, so when did this happen?

"We can't waste time. I'm sure your friends are still here somewhere, we will explain it all then." The female soldier who was shaking Erza like a ragdoll a moment ago told her, knowing that there were no doubt others who were stuck on the island and not just the read head.

That got Erza to widen her eyes as she remembered everyone else, and worry filling her being she then bolted into a random direction further inward of Tenrou, catching the soldiers off guard before they took off after her.

Eventually, after a short while later, the soldiers arrived onto an opened field where they not only saw the rest of their fellow soldiers and captain, but also the rest of the Fairy Tail Mages present who were founded and were now wide awake. Many surprised by the soldiers' presence but were more thankful seeing one another alive after what happened with Acnologia.

"Ah, there we are all." Gray stated with a smile, glad to see that they were all alright as everyone else also smiled in joy.

However, Natsu would loose his own as he realized something was off. Leaning over a bit to get a better look into the other alternate timeline, he noticed that his double was no where in sight. Naturally this confused and puzzled him.

"Hey wait a minute! Why can't I find my own double there?!" Natsu shouted, which got the attention of the others before they looked back in the other timeline only to see that among their doubles, the alternate version of the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer was nowhere in sight.

"Huh? Shouldn't he be there too?" Happy asked, as the blue Exceed even saw his other self present with everyone else on the island.

"Maybe he couldn't qualify for the S-Class in this other world so he never came along?" Freed guessed, which both surprised yet angered Natsu.

"As if! I bet the other me would have been plenty ready to become S-Class!" Natsu shouted with a tick mark forming on his forehead.

Plus, if he didn't ever went along, then that would mean he would have been with the rest of Fairy Tail and would have moved on and aged, which for some reason didn't seem right to the Fire Dragon Slayer. He didn't know why, but he didn't think his other self didn't miss out on the chance of becoming S-Class, so he had to be there right?

Marvell, meanwhile, couldn't help but gain a grin on her face as she realized what this timeline may be leading too. So it was one of those realities huh?

"Is everyone alright?" Makarov asked in worry, wanting to make sure nothing was amiss or wrong with any of his children.

"We're alright, whatever happened managed to protect us." Mira stated while the captain remained in his spot, figuring that he would let the Fairy Tail Mages calm down and assure that each other were alright.

Lucy looked around with a smile as she saw all of her friends alright… only to loose it as she realized someone was missing among the group of Mages.

"Wait! Where's Natsu?!" The blonde Celestial Mage shouted out, grabbing the attention of the other Mages and the soldiers alike.

Looking around, many also became fully aware of the rather lack of a certain energetic pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer. Needless to say, some began to worry.

"He should be here! Where did he go?!" Erza shouted also in worry, while others looked around only to unable to spot the pink haired young man anywhere.

One of the soldiers started to speak up only to be cut off by the captain, who shook his head no. Figuring he would leave certain details out, the man walked over to speak up loud enough to grabbed the worried Mages attention.

"I'm assuming you're referring to the one once known as Salamander right?" The captain asked, as a few nodded in agreement to which the man went on, "From what I heard on that fateful day, ships and crews sent by the Magic Council found him floating in the water where this island once stood before being retrieved and returned back to your guild. He's safe if that's what you're worried about."

"Oh, so Natsu was on the island but managed to escape the destruction and Fairy Sphere somehow?" Cana asked, wondering how the heck did that work.

"Apparently, but if that's true then he would have been with us during those seven years." Bisca realized, seeing that if Natsu managed to not remain trapped on Tenrou then he would have aged and grown up with the rest of them while the Tenrou group was stuck on the island.

"Huh, I wonder how the guild managed to last with him still being around." Macao wondered, knowing that even though it was only Natsu, knowing the pink haired male he no doubt probably helped keep the guild running compared to what happened here in their own world.

That surprised yet puzzled the guild. Natsu was back home? But what did they mean by fateful day?

"That can't be right… he was here with us. Shouldn't Flamebrain have remained here?" Gray couldn't help but ask, wondering how his rival somehow was off the island.

"I can answer that."

The voice of Mavis grabbed the attention of both Mages and soldiers as they turned towards their left only to see the ghost of the first Guild Master hovering over a nearby boulder a little bit. Seeing her shocked and surprised the Mages while the soldiers weren't expecting her to speak. Mavis merely smiled a little bit before she went on to speak before anyone else could interrupt her.

"Allow me to explain for those who may not know me. My name is Mavis Vermillion, founder and the first Guild Master of Fairy Tail," That shocked the Fairy Tail Mages and the soldiers, yet the girl went on before anyone else could say something about it, "I'm sure you're wondering how you managed to survived Acnologia's attack. Thanks to your faith and bonds in and with one another, it was converted into Magical power and activated Fairy Sphere." She explained to the others.

Needless to say, they were surprised by hearing of this while Makarov, though shocked to see the girl and hear what had happened, smiled softly regardless.

"So you protected us..." Makarov responded as Mavis looked over towards the small old man.

"Do not thank me, I am merely an ethereal body. It was thanks to the guild's unwavering faith that allowed such a miracle to happen." Mavis informed him with a smile on her face.

"But what about Natsu? Shouldn't he have been with us? Why was he unaffected?" Lisanna couldn't help but ask, while Mavis gained a small frown.

"I'll be honest, I do not know how he was unaffected by Fairy Sphere nor do I know how he managed to survive Acnologia's blast without it. But if the words of the soldiers are true, then he must be in good hands. While I do not know how the rest of the world has gone over the years, I can tell from seeing all of you that the guild is in good hands." Mavis told them all, admitting to not really knowing how Natsu managed to escape from being stuck on the island or how he survived Acnologia without it.

However the Mages gained puzzled expressions when they heard her mention a certain word.

"Wait, did you say years?" Bickslow asked her, as she giggled slightly.

"Yes, it has been ten years since you all have been missing from the world. I wonder how much it has change in such a period of time?" Mavis wondered with a smile, curious if the rest of the world changed much or not.

Needless to say, everyone froze with wide comical eyes which Mavis couldn't help but find funny. Some of the soldiers also thought the same.

Everyone gained wide comical eyes as they heard that.

"TEN YEARS?!" Nearly everyone shouted which got Observer and Marvell to flinch from the loudness of everyone else.

"WE WERE TRAPPED FOR A WHOLE DECADE THERE?! WHY IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS?!" Gajeel shouted, finding that to be completely stupid and not making much sense.

"So, ten instead of seven, that's a first." Marvell admitted, as usually from the other Earthlands she has seen it was always been seven years, not longer or shorter. Maybe some of the others have seen Earthlands like that, she would have to ask once she sees them again.

"So we're seeing three years into the future from our own year?" Kinana asked with confusion.

"It appears so." Millianna answered, not expecting this to take place three years ahead of their own year.

"Geez, imagine how long the guild has to go without us for three extra years…" Evergreen trailed off, knowing that much more would no doubt be different due to the extra three years added.

"But if that's true then everyone else plus Natsu would be much older than our doubles would be." Carla realized.

That surprised Natsu and some of the others, before Gray let out a loud groan while leaning back into his seat.

"Oh no… what if that other Natsu managed to become an S-Class during that time? My alternate double would never hear the end of it." Gray groaned out in realization, while the thought got Natsu to grin widely in a smug manner from hearing that. Seeing his smug grin got Gray to glare and flip the bird at him.

The others merely shook their heads from seeing this exchange.

'A SHORT WHILE LATER'

Eventually, a short period of time had passed as the group of Mages were now aboard the Fioren warship heading back to Magnolia. The sun was still bright shining down as the day was still young. Mavis's ethereal form remained behind the island happy to see them off and to tell the rest of the guild she said hi, hoping that they were doing well throughout the decade. So right now the ride was silent as the Mages, the soldiers and sailors waited until they arrived to the city.

"…So…," Evergreen started to speak as she looked towards the nearby soldiers, "Since when did you all have that kind of armor? I can hardly tell you are of Fiore from what we were used to seeing."

"Our armor? This model has been produced around seven years ago as the nation continued to militarize as time went on. It's not just our armor and weapons that has improved over the years." One of the soldiers answered the brown haired woman, surprising her and the others.

"Militarized? Why would Fiore need to do that?" Laxus asked as the soldiers looked at one another nervously, though their helmets made it impossible for anyone to see.

"Orders of the Queen and the Minister of Defense. Fiore rapidly grew as a military might in order to protect itself during the Dark War." Another soldier spoke up, recalling the first time Fiore started to ramp up its industrial and military might to better face against the threat a few years ago.

"The what war?" Gajeel questioned with a raised eyebrow as everyone else also grew puzzled. A war broke out during their ten years of stasis?

"The Queen? Wasn't it a King who ruled Fiore?" Levy asked, remembering that it was a King not a Queen in charge of the nation. Did something happen to the King at one point?

Before any of the soldiers could respond, a bell ranged out throughout the vessel, grabbing the attention as the captain of the ship could be heard from elsewhere on the boat.

"Magnolia's ahead! Prepare for landing!" He shouted out for all to hear.

That got the Mages to be excited. They were about to see Magnolia after all these years! Well, to them it was like a couple of days at most but for the rest of the world it was a decade. Nevertheless, many made their way over to the higher levels of the deck and looked overboard ahead of them to see the landmass of Fiore and their city come into sight.

When they did however, they were shocked by what they saw.

Sure, while Magnolia was never considered large, it was still a decent size city. But now seeing it was it came into view it was clear to them that the city had grew massively nearly doubled in size from what the city originally had been like. The dock was much larger and carried more for trade and acted as a military base for the city's military presence. The nearby mountains had been turned into extraction sites for mining as well as oil fields. Much more farmland has been cultivated that dominated the southern side of the city where a good portion of the originally forest used to be. Yet not too far from the much larger city and the farmlands did the forest of Magnolia remained, showing off nature's beauty. And surrounding the city and the nearby farmlands, extraction sites and oil fields stood a massive stone wall along with a large gate that bore the banner of both Fiore and Fairy Tail, showing that this city is the home of the infamous guild.

Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise yet awe at the sight of the alternate version of Magnolia, seeing how much bigger and more populated it had become.

"Whoa… that's Magnolia?" Romeo muttered in awe, surprised to see the other version of the city they called home to have become so large.

"What the heck happened that caused it to grow so much? That never happened here!" Warren questioned and exclaimed.

No one had an answer to that as they continued watching with interest.

"Holy crap! THAT'S Magnolia?!" Elfman shouted in shock, seeing how much the city has changed from ten years ago.

"What the heck happened for it to grow so much?" Mira couldn't help but ask aloud.

"You'll see that a lot has changed in the past decade, and not just here in Magnolia," The captain's voice was heard, grabbing their attention as they turned around to see the man approaching them from behind. Walking pass them, he pointed towards the city as he continued speaking, "You'll find your guild in the center of the city. I'm sure they will be happy to see you all again."

That got the Mages to be nervous yet excited, wondering how the guild has been during the past decade while they were trapped on Tenrou. They hoped that they would also be able to provide answers to questions they may all have, such was the mention of this Dark War the soldiers mentioned for a moment.

It didn't take long before the ship arrived onto the dock, and after giving the captain and his crew quick thanks for bringing them back to Magnolia the Tenrou group marched on into the large busy city.

As they went by, they couldn't help but look at how much has changed up close. The architecture of the city was different compared to how it was ten years ago, appearing grander than it did before. Many people were busy going on with their lives passing the group of Mages by, which did slightly confuse some of them since they figured they would have been recognized. The markets they walked through were larger and much busier. But what was the most surprising were vehicles driving onto the road similar to those back then, but instead of relying on one's Magic ordinary people were driving these old style machines as well as other slightly technological advances that were present in their views.

But eventually, after moving through the drastically different city of Magnolia, they arrived in the center of the city where a large castle-like structure stood where the old guild hall they were familiar with used to be. The building was massive, possessing over seven floors as the banner of Fairy Tail was blown by the wind, the building was surrounded by large walls and a large wooden gate itself, and between the walls and the main structure was a courtyard that had small ponds, open grassy landscape with a stone path that led from the wall's gate to the doors of the main building. With a statue of Fairy Tail's insignia present in the road for all to see.

"WHAT DID THEY DO TO THE GUILD HALL?! ALL OF THAT MONEY!" Makarov cried anime tears over the loss of money that was no doubt used from their treasury to built such a grand structure of that scale.

'That's what he's shocked over?' Some of the others couldn't help but thought in amusement and with sweat drops, while Laxus only shook his head from his grandfather's words and antic.

"All of my money!" Makarov cried anime tears, imaging how much money the guild had to spend in order to rebuild the guild in such a grand manner.

"I'm sorry is this a guild hall or a castle for a king?" Cana couldn't help but ask, refusing to believe that this grand castle-like structure was their guild hall.

No one else spoke any more words as they walked through the opened gate of the outer walls before walking down the stone path towards the main building. As they went around the Fairy Tail insignia statue, their nervousness grew as they all now stood in front of the building. The air seemed to thicken as they realized how all of their friends who had moved on with their lives for the past ten years would react to seeing them again.

"Well… here we go…" Gildarts muttered before being the one to start pushing the large doors opened as they all went inside.

No one said anything as they waited to see what would happen once the other version of the Tenrou group reunited with those who had continued their lives during the decade.

Inside of the building, insanity would be putting it politely. Many people were either pummeling one another like crazy or were simply chatting and drinking like a bunch of idiots. There was a large stage where currently a few people were playing loud rock music as the chaos around them continued onward, having the time of their lives in the process while a few cheered them on. And then there were the ones who were trying to keep order with very little success.

"CAN'T CATCH US!" A young child around six to seven years old shouted in glee as he along with his siblings were running away from a certain sixteen year old dark purple haired young man along with a certain eighteen year old pink haired woman who were trying to catch the young children, receiving no help from anyone else whatsoever. The child who shouted that was a boy who wore a simple white shirt and blue shorts and was bare footed. He had wild spiky-like white hair with a single bang going between his black colored eyes and had slightly dark skin that he inherited from his mother. This was Alair.

Along with him are his siblings who looked around similar ages. Two of the other kids were twins, consisting of both male and female. Both had purple hair with the boy's being messy and spiky while the girl's was longer being medium length to her shoulders and down her upper back. The boy had green eyes while the girl had onyx colored eyes. Both of them were wearing similar clothing, consisting of a purple shirt and black shorts and they both wore brown sandals. What stood out however were the dark purple markings on their arms and on the sides of their faces. The boy was named Uriel and the girl's name was Ariel.

Within the group of happy children running around was a girl who had short yet messy and wild violet colored hair that went a bit pass her chin over her eyes and onyx colored eyes. She wore a light blue shirt and red shorts, and she also wore white shoes. This girl was named Sumire.

Another child running at their side was another girl who had long dark purple hair with some strands of pink in it that was styled in the princess cut hairstyle similar to that of her mother. Possessing black colored eyes, the girl wore a sleeveless black shirt and white colored pants along with black shoes. This was Nagura.

Also in the group of children was a boy who had wild and spiky brown hair and brown colored eyes who wore a green shirt with a picture of a cat's face on it and black shorts, and like Alair his feet were bare. What stuck out however was the brown cat ears sticking out of his head and he had a brown cat tail as well. This cat-like boy was simply named Tom.

Next to the cat-like boy was a girl who had long silver colored hair going down her back and onyx colored eyes. Like her brother Alair she too had slightly dark skin which she got from her own mother, and she wore a yellow colored shirt with a picture of a bunny's face on it and black shorts. She too was bare footed. What stuck out however were the bunny-like ears sticking out of her head that were silver in color like her hair, and she had a small bunny tail also. Her name was Blythe.

"Slow down! You'll all run into someone!" The dark purple haired sixteen year old exclaimed as he and the other woman with him tried to catch the energetic children. The teenager's hair was messy and somewhat spiky with a few bangs going between and over his left eye, which by the way his eyes were black colored. He had a lean muscular built and wore a sleeveless white shirt and black baggy pants while his feet remained bear. A horrendous scar was seen going across his left cheek taking most of it up, and another smaller scar was seen going across his right bicep. On his left shoulder a red colored Fairy Tail insignia was present.

The eighteen year old woman who was also trying to catch the kids to no valid had long pink hair that was tied up into one large pony tail that went down her back, and had blue colored eyes. She had a rather voluptuous body that most women would be jealous of and would get many men to drool over, wearing a bright blue colored shirt and dark blue high thigh stockings underneath. She wore a sleeveless pink colored button up blouse that hugged her rather large breasts, white gloves and black shoes. Once a member of Lamia Scale, now a Fairy Tail Mage to be with her beloved.

"That's me!" Romeo exclaimed in surprise, seeing an older version of himself once more. From the looks of things, he looks similar to the last couple older versions of himself that they had seen. Though how the heck he got that large scar on his cheek he didn't know, though it was slightly unsettling to look at if he was going to be honest.

"That's Chelia!" Wendy exclaimed, seeing an older version of the Sky God Slayer from Lamia Scale. While this older version of her looked a bit different, it was easy to tell that it was Chelia.

The women meanwhile…

"OH MY GOSH THOSE KIDS ARE SO CUTE!" Mira, Lisanna, Lucy, Millianna and Juvia shouted at once, seeing the sights of the young children happily running around being chased by the older Romeo and Chelia who were trying to catch them with no success so far.

"Look at the cat-like boy! He's the cutest of them all!" Millianna shouted, for some reason having a more favorable opinion on the brown haired cat-like child than the others and not just because he had cat features like she did. She didn't know why though.

"Hey… that one girl with the mostly dark purple hair, she kind of looks a bit like Kagura don't you think?" Bickslow noticed, getting Kagura surprised by his words.

"Huh?" She questioned as some of the others looked better at the child in question in the alternate timeline.

"Now that you mention it… she does look like a tiny Kagura in many ways. And now that I think about it the cat-like boy looks pretty similar to Millianna also." Erza noticed, seeing the similarities between the two kids with the two Mages from Mermaid Heel.

"Maybe it's their kids." Gajeel guessed.

"HEH?!" Both Kagura and Millianna shouted in shocked from the assumption, though their faces blushed a bit from the thought of having kids of their own, mainly with a certain pink Fire Dragon Slayer.

"But that doesn't make sense, wouldn't they be with Mermaid Heel?" Laki asked, figuring that if the Mages from the all female guild had kids they would remain with their parents' guild.

"Maybe their dads are members of Fairy Tail?" Jet guessed, not really sure since they don't know if those two were the children of the alternate versions of Kagura and Millianna or not.

At a nearby table not too far from the bar, two other children were seeing trying to draw random stuff on paper along with a young man sitting across from them while the first child had a woman who he was sitting on the lap of.

The first child was a boy with black colored spiky and messy hair along with purple eyes. His skin was a bit pale compared to most people, and he wore a black colored shirt and purple colored pants with black sandals on his feet. What stuck out with him however were the two dark golden horns sticking out of his head as well as dark green markings on his arms, chest though his shirt blocked this from being seen, and on the sides of his face. This young child was named Azazel, and he was currently drawing what looked to be a made up monster with his markers.

The woman who the young boy was sitting in the lap of had long dark purple hair with two large golden horns sticking from the sides of her head pointing upwards and purple colored eyes. She wore a rather revealing blue colored leopard printed kimono that showed off her large breasts along with a yellow ribbon that ties around her back, and she also wore thigh high socks that reveal her heals and toes. She had unusual markings on certain parts of her body as well. Where an old guild mark of her former guild once was, a black Fairy Tail insignia now stood. At the moment she was simply looking down at her son's drawing while listening to the chaos around her.

The second child sitting next to the woman and her son was a girl who had medium length light brown hair with strands of pink in it also, and has blue colored eyes. She wore a brown colored shirt along with white pants and black shoes. She also had a white scarf made similar like her father's own wrapped around her neck. Like the boy next to her, she too had dark green markings on her arms and on the sides of her face for some unknown reason. Her name was Ashia, and like her brother she was drawing a dragon on paper with markers.

Last but not least sitting across from the two kids and the woman was a man with messy beige hair with a few locks going down his back. He wore a blue long baggy-like sleeve shirt, dark grey pants and high black boots. He had black colored eyes and slightly tan skin. Around his waist was a belt that held small dark brown bags with a large satchel of similar color also on his waist. Another thing that he wielded was a massive pen nearly the size of a person itself that had a curved branch on top along with a bright red orb. A blue Fairy Tail guild mark is visible on the back of his neck. This man was Axol Inkweaver, who was currently drawing with the kids with his rather large pen.

"It's that Sayla woman again!" Mira spoke aloud, seeing the demon woman who was involve in that one timeline where they all fought and challenged one another to be with that world's Natsu and the woman who was mentioned before in that one world where Lucy and Erza were elves and how that one Natsu had a large harem of human and demon women who she never heard of before and totally wasn't jealous that she didn't seem to be apart of it in anyway shape or form.

"Is that her kid in her lap?" Gray wondered, seeing the young boy in her lap who she seemed to be keeping an eye on like a mother hen to its chicks.

"They're so cute." Some of the girls muttered once more as they saw the little boy and girl, finding them adorable.

"Who's the other guy though?" Elfman wondered, not recognizing who the other guy was.

Those who heard him ask that could only shrug, but seeing how he was present it was clear he was a member of their guild in this alternate timeline.

"And… done!" Axol exclaimed with glee, holding up his well drawn picture of many members of Fairy Tail with a smile on his face before getting the attention of the woman across from him, "So what do you think Sayla?"

"Duck." Was all she said with her neutral blank face, confusing the beige haired man.

"Huh?" He asked with confusion, "But there's no ducks drawn he-."

And that was when a piece of furniture slammed into him, knocking him down onto the ground. Ashia looked worried for the older male while Azazel merely laughed about, finding it funny while Sayla gained a small amused smile on her. It seemed like that was what the Etherious woman meant by duck.

Axol managed to get back up before glaring at the many others who were in the middle of the brawl, before pulling out another piece of paper and slamming onto the ground. Using his large pen he dubbed Inkweaver, yes he named it after himself, he proceeded to draw someone before activating his pen before said drawing came to life in a flash. With that a muscular rock monster came to life before it charged into the fray, intend on avenging its master from the surprised attack.

Meanwhile nearby, a certain family of three was spotted either sweat dropping from seeing the others brawling like crazy in a certain green haired woman's case or laughing aloud in amusement in a certain black haired man's case. Their eight year old daughter nearby was watching the sight laughing aloud with her father, finding it funny.

"They sure can't help themselves can't they?' Bisca wondered aloud, in her usual attire aside from the robotic eye in her left eye socket, with a small scar going across said eye as she watched on with a sweat drop.

"It wouldn't be Fairy Tail if they weren't." Alzack responded to his wife with a grin on his face. He too wore his usual attire, though if one looked close enough they would see his right arm and left leg were completely metallic prosthetic limbs.

Asuka merely laughed again as she saw another piece of furniture being thrown around before it crashed into Romeo, who fell on his back just when he was about to grab one of the running around kids groaning out in slight pain much to the anger of Chelia, who grabbed a nearby empty table before chucking it into the crowd of brawling Mages, hoping to hit the one whoever threw the object that hit her boyfriend. Helping him up the two went after the running group of happy children once more.

"Yay it's another me again!" Asuka spoke up loudly with a smile on her face, as Pepper barked in happiness once more mainly due to the little girl also being happy, so the tiny chihuahua was also happy.

However, as she was too focus on her slightly older alternate self, she didn't notice the others gaining confused or worried expressions, the latter in the case of Asuka's parents as they saw their own doubles in the other world.

"What the… what happened to my arm and leg?" Alzack questioned with wide eyes, seeing how his right arm and left leg were replaced with robotic metallic prosthetic limps.

"What happened to my eye?" Bisca also wanted to know, seeing her alternate possessing the artificial mechanical eye.

"How should we know that? We don't have the answers to that." Laxus responded to the parents of Asuka. They were all just as confused as the Connells were.

Observer and Marvell wondered in silence as they each placed a hand on their chins, could this Dark War that they heard being mentioned before behind the reason? Though they were still wondering what this Dark War was about and what exactly happened that started it.

Elsewhere at a table a certain group of women were sitting at many watching on with joy as they saw their kids happily running around the building while Romeo and Chelia chased after them. One of them was a certain brown haired cat-like woman who wore rather revealing clothing along with a brown cloak as she watched her son have fun. Another was a certain purple haired swordswoman who kept an eye on her daughter like an overprotective mother hen to make sure nothing happened to her daughter. Among them was a long haired violet haired woman who wore a red colored cloak around her who saw her own daughter enjoying herself with her fellow half siblings. Another among them was a green haired bob cut hairstyle woman, a former Spriggan of Alvarez who was enjoying a mango drink with a content smile on her face.

Sitting in her lap was a young girl who was also enjoying a mango drink with a happy and content smile on her face. She had short light green hair in a similar style like her mother's though it was also slightly spiky also, and she had green colored eyes. She wore a pink shirt and dark green pants with black shoes. Her skin was a bit pale compared to most people also. This was Rebecca, the child of the woman who she was sitting in the lap of with content.

Also among the table was another woman who was currently going over designs for more fashion clothes. Like many of the women around her she had a voluptuous figure that many would drool over. She wore white button up blouse that hugged her large bosom and a black skirt. Similar to Brandish's own hairstyle, she had short black hair in a bob style haircut but with a few bangs going over her right eye, with her eyes being blue in color. She also wore black thigh high stockings and black short heels. This woman was Sarah, a fashion designer and owner of her own brand of clothes and the only one that was not a Mage of the bunch.

Sitting in the busty black haired woman's lap was a young boy with messy and spiky pink hair similar to that of his father and bright blue eyes. He wore a white sleeveless shirt, blue shorts and brown sandals. Like his sister Ashia, he too had a white scarf similar to the one his dad has as his own around his neck. His name was Anatole, and like his sister Rebecca and her mother he too was drinking a mango drink while looking at the designs his mother was looking over and working on before him.

"Is that me and Kagura?!" Millianna burst out in surprised, seeing the slightly older version of her and the swordswoman. They didn't really look to different from the way they look now however, though Millianna would admit her alternate double had messier hair that seemed to grow a bit more than the way she had it now. Also she noticed a scar was on her right side of her abdomen.

Kagura was surprised to see her alternate self also present. But that quickly turned into embarrassment as she saw her double keeping an eye on the dark purple haired girl they talked about earlier, proving that the girl was indeed her double's own child. Her face became red as she wondered who the father was, hoping that it was a certain Fire Dragon Slayer. Of course no one needed to know that.

Well Kinana would probably figure it out considering their talk yesterday but other than her no one else needed to know.

"So… is that cat-like boy actually my kid then?" Millianna wondered as her own face beet red seeing how her double kept an eye on the brown hair cat-like child who was happily running along with the other kids.

"I'm there too… and I think one of those kids is mine also." Laki also figured out as her own face became red from the realization from seeing her slightly older double keeping an eye on the violet haired girl who was in the group of children moving around. She hoped the father was Natsu, though she knew to keep that to herself.

"That Brandish woman from before is there also." Pantherlily saw, seeing the green haired woman that they saw before from that one world where she was dating Natsu attending that concert with Wendy, Chelia and Romeo as singers, and the one timeline where she was in that competition with the other powerful women who fought one another to be with Natsu. And if the black Exceed had to guess the girl in her lap was her daughter.

"Who the heck is the black haired chick?" Gajeel questioned, having no idea who that was.

"Beats me, but look at her! I think her breasts rival that of Lucy's!" Wakaba shouted out, noticing this important detail.

And that's how the Smoke Mage found himself being launched into a nearby wall, courtesy of a Lucy kick as the blonde huffed before sitting back down at her table. Macao and Makarov only shook their head in pity at their fellow pervert's now hurt state while he groaned in pain from being launched into a wall like that.

"Hey uh… that kid in her lap, he looks an awful lot like Natsu don't you all think?" Droy noticed, getting Natsu to be surprised from the comparison.

"Huh?" He questioned before looking back at the kid in the black haired woman's lap, who did kind of look like a younger kid him with a few minor differences.

"Maybe it's their-." Freed started to say… before being cut off by numerous women in the building.

"DON'T EVEN FINISH SAYING THAT SENTENCE!" Erza, Lucy, Mira, Lisanna, Cana, Laki, Kagura, Millianna and even the usually sweet Kinana all shouted that in jealousy at once to the green haired man, getting him and everyone else to flinch from how loud the eight women were. Juvia didn't join in, yet for some reason she couldn't help but wish she did, which was odd since it didn't involve her "Gray-Sama", weird.

"…Why not?" Freed slightly timidly ask, unsure why that would bother the women if the alternate Natsu had a kid with the black haired woman.

That got the group of women to gain wide comical eyes while their faces redden as they realized how they may have sounded, as many others looked at the women with raised eyebrows and puzzled expressions. Natsu looked utterly confused as Marvell meanwhile had a very smug and humorous grin appear on her face.

"Yes girls, why not let him finish saying his words? Surely you all can't be jealous or something are you?" Marvell mocked with her smug grin still plastered on her face, getting the nine women to sweat a little as all eyes were on them. Except for Observer, as he kind of figured it out earlier and with Erza, Lucy and Mira admitting to him that they loved Natsu in that way.

'Marvell please shut the f**k up!' The women thought to themselves as they all tried to figure out a way to divert the attention on them and back onto the alternate timeline in hopes they don't become aware, especially Natsu. Who knew how he would react if he found out about how they felt towards him?

"Uh… oh hey look our doubles are about to speak!" Laki shouted aloud pointing at the blue smoke showing the alternate world.

That seemed to do the trick as nearly everyone turned their back towards the other alternate timeline shown to them by the blue smoke, getting the nine women to let out sighs of relief. Marvell chuckled to herself before she too focused back onto the other alternate timeline like the others did.

"They seem to be having fun." Laki spoke with a content smile on her face, watching her daughter having fun while Romeo and Chelia tried to keep them in order while failing miserably. To the violet haired woman, it was hilarious to see.

"Of course they are, they love to have fun with their uncle and aunt." Millianna responded as she rested her chin on her hand, keeping an eye on her son knowing how much the boy and his siblings loved hanging around Romeo and Chelia. While the two may not actually be their uncle or aunt by blood, the children consider them to be regardless.

Kagura didn't join in as her hands were resting on her sheathed blade as support, the weapon in front of her as she kept an eye on Nagura, making sure nothing bad happened to her daughter. If there was one thing to know about the swordswoman, she was kind of overprotective of her child.

Looking over towards Sarah, Millianna leaned over to take a look at the paper designs for new clothes she was trying to come up with in front of her, with the black haired woman lost in thought while Anatole kept drinking his mango drink with a content smile on his face while looking at the papers in front of him.

"How it's going with you so far?" The cat-like woman asked, getting Sarah to snap out of her trail of thought before noticing her friend looking at her.

"Oh, it's going good to far. Still unsure about the color schemes of this one though," Sarah admitted holding up a drawn picture of a sundress which was currently colored red, "I like the red for it but I think purple might be better. What do you think?"

"I like both," Millianna merely responded, getting Sarah to sigh since that didn't really help her at all. Seeing this the brown haired woman only shrugged, "Sorry Sarah, I'm no fashion designer or expert on fashion in general unlike you."

Before Sarah could respond, Anatole looked up to his mother before speaking up, getting the two women's attention.

"Hey mom, when's dad going to be here?" The pink haired boy asked, missing his father even though it has only been a day.

"Don't worry Anatole, daddy and the others will be back pretty shortly." Sarah told her son, looking up at a nearby clock to see that it shouldn't be long before he and the others returned from the meeting with the Queen they had to go do since yesterday.

That got him to cheer while nearby listening to this Rebecca also smiled widely from her father coming back shortly also before returning to her mango drink. Mango drinks were the best, and anyone who disagrees, well her mom told her good advice that those people have poor taste and should be ignored.

Walking near the table while holding a tray of food in hand, a certain purple haired woman barmaid wearing her usual green blouse and long white skirt along with a blue long sleeve opened jacket attending to give the orders of meals to those who weren't currently bashing each other faces in. While she was a Mage now, she still worked part time as a barmaid. Seeing the nearby purple haired woman, Laki called her over.

"Kinana! Over here!" Laki called towards the busty purple haired woman, getting her attention only to smile to see her friends.

"Laki," Kinana started to say with a smile on her face as she arrived to their table, "Is there something you need?"

"Nah, just figured I say hi." Laki admitted with a grin, getting Kinana to laugh while the other women merely shook their heads in amusement. Well except for Kagura who was still watching her daughter like a hawk, refusing to let her out of her sight.

"Any word from Natsu by chance?" Brandish spoke up after pulling away from the delicious mango drink that was in her hands, wondering if their husband managed to contact them recently.

"Actually yes, a short while ago he contacted me and said they were close to Magnolia so it shouldn't be too much longer. I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up anytime before an hour." Kinana told the green haired woman, who smiled softly from learning of this. Kinana also looked ahead to see her twin children having fun while being chased by Romeo and Chelia, with yet another piece of furniture that was thrown into Romeo unintentionally, causing Chelia to fire off a Sky God's Blast towards the group, knocking many of the brawling guild mates like Warren, Jet, a muscular Droy and Max down as swirls were in their eyes.

"Natsu? Why would they be contacting Flamebrain?" Gray questioned with a raised eyebrow, while Natsu glared at his shirtless rival for the insult.

"Maybe he's with the Guild Master or something?" Cana guessed, figuring that it might be the case.

"Wouldn't they just contact the Guild Master straightly then instead of Natsu?" Juvia couldn't help but ask, not seeing sense in that logic.

"Actually, now that I think about it who is the Guild Master since I doubt it's Macao in this timeline." Evergreen wondered aloud. Macao didn't take offense to that as he was fully aware he did not do a good job as the Guild Master during the seven years those who were on Tenrou were gone despite his best efforts.

That got many of the others to hum in wonder. If it wasn't Macao then who took over to lead the guild during their doubles' absence? Marvell meanwhile had a large grin on her face, already knowing who it was if past experiences of seeing such worlds like this taught her anything.

Before anything else could happen however, the guild doors opened wide slamming into the walls with a loud thud. This managed to grab the attention of nearly everyone from the small kids to the adults in the building. Even those who were playing rock music on the stage ceased as their heads turned towards the now opened doors.

And to the shock of some and to the confusion of many, at the entrance stood none other than the Tenrou group, who had their own eyes widened from seeing the sight of some they recognize while seeing others they don't.

Everyone remained quiet as they waited to see what would happen next, curious as to how their doubles would react to seeing the guild after to them a couple days while to those in the building a whole decade having passed.

It stayed silent for a moment while those from Tenrou looked to see some familiar faces that have changed quiet a bit since they last saw them, while those who recognized the Mages that vanished years ago slowly stood up from any seats they may have been sitting on with wide eyes filled with shock, yet tears slowly formed in their eyes from the sight of lost friends.

"…Who are they?" Rebecca innocently asked while tilting her head in confusion as Brandish merely shrugged, unsure who they were. But from the sights of her friends it was clear to the green haired woman that they seem to know who these people were.

"…Wow, you all sure have grown." Gildarts broke the silence with a grin on his face, waving at the others who they recognized.

And it was almost like a dam broke as before anyone knew it, many of those like some of the women and the men who recognized burst into tears before rushing over towards the Tenrou group, practically tackling them into hugs as they cried out in joy from seeing their lost friends from so long ago once more. The only one who didn't join in was Romeo, too shocked to move though tears slowly formed in his own eyes from seeing those he thought they have lost so long ago alive before them all.

"Uh, who are they?' Axol asked, turning towards Sayla who merely shrugged while Azazel and Ashia looked at the new arrivals in interest. The man could tell however that whoever these people are they must be someone some of the others knew otherwise why would they react like this?

Everyone couldn't help but smile softly as they saw the reunion between their doubles. To them it was nice to see.

However, they all started to notice something unusual.

"Hey wait a minute… where's my double?" Macao asked, seeing how he was not among those who embraced the doubles of those from Tenrou back.

"I don't see my double anywhere either." Wakaba also noticed.

Those who also noticed their alternate selves weren't present were Nab, Vijeeter, and Reedus, who grew more puzzled by their lack of their doubles' presence as Nab scratched the top of his head.

"That's odd, do you think they're out on jobs or something?" Lucy guessed.

No one had an answer to that, but they hoped that was the case before their attention was drawn once more towards the sight before them all.

"Romeo… are they…?" Chelia started to say, recognizing who they were from hearing about them from Romeo and the others, while the dark purple haired Mage shed tears of shock and joy from the sight.

"They're alive… they're actually alive…?" Romeo muttered out, not expecting such a sight to take place before him. Noticing the teen, Cana couldn't help but grin widely.

"Wow Romeo! You grew up quickly didn't you?" Cana responded.

And that was all the sixteen year old needed before rushing over and joining the group hug like the others, while Chelia watched from her spot with a smile on her face. It was clear to her that Romeo was beyond joy from seeing those he thought they had lost from so long ago.

As the reunion went on while those who didn't know watched in confusion and slight awkwardness, with the children looking puzzled who all gathered around Sayla, Sarah and Brandish as they watched their friends hugging and crying or shouting out of joy for the group's return.

"Hmm… are they the ones from that island they talked about?" Sayla suddenly recalled while she held Azazel in her arms, who was looking at the new group with wide curious eyes. The demon woman did recall Natsu calling a favor owed by the Queen to sent out agents to the waters where Tenrou once stood, having detected unusual energies in the waters.

Sarah meanwhile had wide eyes as her old fan girl self slowly emerged from the depths of her body. She had to hold back a squeal of delight as she recognized many of the returning Mages such as Titania that she used to be a big fan of. Not as big as a fan she was to her husband but still. She tried to ease herself though if the odd looks she was getting from the kids and from the others nearby it was clear she wasn't doing a good job at it. Seeing his mom like this got Anatole and the other kids to look at her weirdly.

Eventually after a short time period of crying and hugging one another, the group was fully in the guild hall with the doors closed once more as the group was slowly mingling with the rest of the Mages present within the building with cheers and celebrations. Needless to say after the sudden teary reunion did those from Tenrou noticed differences with those they recognized.

"YOU'RE MARRIED?!" Erza shouted in shocked as she along with a few of the others learned as they looked over towards the Connell family who smiled sheepishly.

"Yeah… been married for over nine years now." Bisca responded with a smile, with the red head almost passing out from hearing about this. Asuka was currently next to Makarov pointing out how she was taller than him with an innocent smile on her face much to the small old man's despair of his height.

Though while the red head didn't notice at first, Freed on the other hand did as he noticed the mechanical and artificial parts the two parents had which got him to widened his eyes a little.

"Hey… what's with the metallic eye Bisca? And what's with the metallic arm and leg Alzack?" Freed couldn't help but ask, which managed to get some of the others to also take note of the prosthetic limbs and eye replacement the Connell's had, surprising yet slightly unsettling them from realizing this.

The two didn't seem to take offense to his question as they only nervously chuckled a little bit.

"Well… let's just say things didn't go so well a few years back. But don't worry, we'll all good and ready for anything!" Bisca responded with a thumps up and a grin.

Before Erza could respond however…

"ERZA!" Millianna's voice shouted, getting the red head's attention as she turned towards the source only to widen her eyes as she saw a familiar brown haired cat-like female rushing over towards her with her arms out.

"Millianna?!" Erza replied back in shock, both from the presence of her friend from the Tower of Heaven and from how much the feline woman grown and changed from last she saw her. And before she knew it she was pulled into a hug by the cat-like woman tightly to the point Erza had a hard time breathing.

"YOU'RE ALIVE! YOU'RE ACTUALLY ALIVE!" Millianna exclaimed happily as she managed to lift the red head up and twirl her around a bit, which kind of shocked Erza from the action before she was set down onto the ground, a few others noticing the old reunion of friends from the tower. After getting over her surprised, the red head managed to smile back towards her friend.

"It's… good to see you again Millianna. You've become a member of Fairy Tail?" Erza asked as Millianna nodded.

"Yup! Joined the guild years ago!" She responded with a happy grin on her face, before Tom walked over to his mother which didn't go unnoticed by Erza who grew confused by the sight of the child. Seeing her son present she picked him up in her arms before turning to face the Reequip Mage once more, "Erza, I would like for you meet my son, Tom."

"YOU'RE MARRIED TOO?!" The red haired woman shouted in shock with wide comical eyes once more, surprised that she missed not one but two weddings. And one of them involved her old friend from the tower.

Millianna happily nodded while Tom felt shy, only waving at Erza and not saying anything else. Nearby Kagura looked on to see her friend interacting with the red head, who for some reason felt familiar to the swordswoman. While she heard of Titania and from what Millianna had told her, there was something else that she couldn't quite recognized. Nagura was next to her mom confused by the look her mother had, while Millianna noticed Kagura looking their way.

"Erza," Millianna started to say using her other hand to grabbed Erza's own while her other hand and arm still held Tom, "There's someone I would like you to meet, if you don't mind."

Not seeing any real reason to disagree, the red head was pulled by the cat-like woman towards the purple haired swordswoman.

As that was happening with some of them, Mira felt someone pulling at her dress as she looked down… only to see the adorable curious filled eyes of Ashia directed at her as she looked up at the white haired beauty.

"Hi! I'm Ashia! What's your name?" The light brown haired girl asked.

And before the little girl knew it she was pulled into a hug while Mira squealed out from the six year old girl, which grabbed the attention of some of the others.

"OH MY GOSH AREN'T YOU JUST THE CUTEST DARN THING EVER!" Mira yelled aloud while still squealing with joy at how adorable the girl was. While the markings on the young kid confused her that puzzlement only lasted a nanosecond as she fell to the charms of the cuteness that was Ashia, who blinked in confusion from the woman's antics.

Ashia wasn't the only one to be noticed as the others also noticed the other children's presence with the women instantly falling victim to their adorableness. Uriel and Ariel found themselves being pulled into a hug by Lisanna, who awed at how cute they were while Kinana only laughed with her children getting puzzled expressions from the random woman hugging them. Alair found himself being held up by a wide starry eyed Lucy finding the boy to be cute as heck while the white haired boy looked puzzled. Sumire was being awed at by Evergreen by how adorable she was with Bickslow and Elfman agreeing, with the violet haired girl gaining an imaginary question mark over her head from the adults odd behavior while Laki only giggled from seeing this. Rebecca, after moving away from her mother to greet the new people, found herself riding on top of Makarov's shoulders treating him like a horse much to the old man's exhaustion while Asuka laughed at the sight. Blythe found herself hugged and held by Levy while she talked with Jet and Droy, surprised by the latter's muscular gains while Gajeel was nearby. Anatole was currently hugging Happy finding him cute with the blue Exceed struggling and failing to escape the rather tight hold of the six year old while Wendy smiled from the sight and Carla only had an amused grin, enjoying the pleading look on Happy's face to be set free. Tom and Nagura were still with their mothers and with Erza, enjoying being around or held by their moms. Azazel was looking up towards Laxus with a curious yet intense gaze, which slightly unnerved the blonde man if he was going to be honest while also puzzled as to why the bot had horns and dark green markings on him.

While all of this was happening, Makarov noticed some faces that he didn't recognized such as Sarah, Brandish and Sayla who managed to approach the Tenrou Mages, which got some of them to notice the three women.

"Oh, hello there! My name's Lucy." Lucy greeted them holding a hand out towards Brandish while still holding onto Alair with her other arm, the boy being confused by why the blonde lady was holding him still. Looking at her hand for a moment the green haired Command T Magic user shook it, recognizing who the blonde was but acted like she didn't.

"Brandish, it's neat to see you." Brandish responded in an uncaring and bored manner, getting the Celestial Mage to sweat drop from hearing the tone of her voice.

"Why hello their ladies," Gildarts rushed over towards where Sayla and Sarah was at with a grin on his face, currently acting in his womanizer act which got Cana to face palmed from her father's action. Though some of the others did wonder why Sayla had horns sticking out of her head, "My name is Gildarts, what are your lovely na-?"

"We're married." Sarah instantly replied back to him with a deadpanned expression, which got Gildarts to curl up into a ball of depression with a dark cloud forming over his head from the two beauties being taken already. He didn't even have a chance.

Seeing this merely got Cana to sigh from her father's antics once more while those around her who noticed only chuckled in amusement.

"When are we going to see the other me showing up?" Natsu asked crossing his arms impatiently, wanting to know when his alternate self along with the unknown Guild Master and whoever else may be with them are going to appear. He wanted to know what his other self looks like.

"The other Kinana did say he and those with him should be arriving before too long. Have patience." Erza told the Fire Dragon Slayer, who only pouted from hearing that.

"I just hope he's not an S-Class, he would never let my alternate self live it down if he was." Gray admitted which got Natsu to silently hope that was true so he could rub it in Ice stripper's face just like he did in the vey first timeline when his ice wielding rival was an S-Class.

"He'll brag about it cause he's an idiot." Gajeel stated while Natsu flipped him the middle finger, to which the Iron Dragon Slayer returned with a tick mark on his forehead from receiving one from the now annoyed pink haired young man.

The others only shook their heads from seeing their antics like usual.

Meanwhile after that happened conversations were continuing and starting while the women from Tenrou enjoyed the adorableness that was the young children. They grew surprised and shocked when they found out that some of the kids belonged to some of their friends like Laki and Kinana, while the Fairy Tail Mages the Tenrou group weren't familiar with like Axol introduced themselves or in Chelia's case Romeo introduced her and started to mingle in and chat with the returned Mages. Erza, Millianna and Kagura seemed lost in their own conversation with Erza and Kagura seemly getting along mainly after the red head recognized who Kagura was from saving her from the slavers all those years ago, as well as finding out she was Simon's sister. Sayla mainly kept to herself while Sarah managed to contain her old fan girl self from reemerging once more.

Before anything else could happen, such as Gray about to ask Laki who the father of her kid was…

*BAM*

The doors to the guild hall burst opened, grabbing the attention of nearly everyone present as conversations ceased as they looked towards the entrance to the castle-like guild hall.

When they did, the Tenrou group widened their eyes in complete shock while the others merely smiled.

A group of six had arrived not seeming to notice the Tenrou Mages at first glance as they all walked into the sight.

The first person to the right looked to be a man completely covered in metal armor, not allowing any skin to be visible. The armored parts consisted that of gauntlets, armored boots, armored shoulderpads, a mix of armor and clothed leggings and a great helm covering his head, all which were colored black. Underneath the armor was chain mail covering his upper arms and some of his legs. He wore a grey colored cape that stopped a bit below his waist, and he wore a tabard that went down close to his feet with an unknown symbol of his old nation home not native in Ishgar. On his great helm, shoulderpads and cloth leggings a golden cross symbol was present plastered on them similar to the one on his tabard, though that one had a few extra details. He also possessed a sharp circular shield, a long sword on his waist and a polearm on his back. This man was Asce, an S-Class of the guild.

The second person to the left was a lean muscular man with long white hair with some locks going down the sides of his face. He was shirtless aside from the three dark brown belts wrapped around his muscular abdomen. The man also wore brown leathered pants with purple patterns on them as well as fur edges on the waist. His forearms and feet were wrapped in white bandages. Around his neck, covering his mouth and covering his shoulders was a purple scarf. He had a reddish orange color eye that had a cold look in them, while his right eye having a scar over it and was closed due to loosing said eye years ago. What stuck out the most was the stump of his left shoulder where his left arm should be, completely covered by the purple scarf he wore. On his right and only arm he wielded a blade that went up his forearm with the hilt near the front. This was Zin, another S-Class of Fairy Tail.

Another among the group was a dark-skinned curvaceous woman with white lipstick, brown eyes and curly eyelashes. She had long white hair flowing down her back with most of her bangs slicked upwards aside from one which hangs between her eyes. Her outfit left little to the imagination consisting of black cloak with white polka-dots all over it, and she wore a blue bandeau that covered her large breasts. She also wears a black bluish loincloth, wore black sandals and also wore silver heart shaped earrings. On her left thigh was a pink Fairy Tail guild mark, and on the left side of her stomach a scar was present having been cauterized to close it long ago. This woman was known as Briar, S-Class of Fairy Tail.

Near her was another dark-skinned voluptuous woman. She had green eyes and long silver hair that went down her back, with silver bunny ears sticking out of her head. Her own attire was a bit revealing as well, consisting of an armored breastplate with a black loin-cloth-like dress attached to her armor, possessed a pair of leg armors with her feet bare, and she also wore a long yellow scarf around her neck. She also wore long white gloves with gaping parts at the forearm, and she had a small bunny tail. This was Swan, another S-Class Mage.

Also among the group was a woman with long light brown hair with a bang going down her right side of her face, along with a smaller bang between her blue colored eyes. Her attire unlike the two other women was less revealing, being a white blouse, a frilled white and yellow colored skirt, a beige cardigan over her blouse and she also wore a yellow scarf around her neck. She also wore heeled white thigh high boots, and a blue Fairy Tail guild mark was seen to the left on top of her cleavage. A red colored flower was in her hair, and a brown satchel was around her waist as well. This was Sonya.

And then the final member of the group surrounded by the three women in the center which was the most shocking to the Tenrou group. It was a lean muscular man whose chest was exposed, revealing numerous small and large scars littering his skin as if he had been put through a blender. A silver metallic heavy armored shoulderpad with white fur on the edges on his right shoulder with a strapped dark brown belt going at a forty-five-degree angle around his chest, his left shoulder still bare. On his right hand and forearm black armor covered it while it glowed red in some parts from it like a furnace. Where his left hand should be a large and deadly blade was instead present. The man also wore patched up dark brown leather pants with the front of the belt of the waist possessing a red colored symbol of Fairy Tail, and he also wore dark brown leathered boots with fur edges around his ankles. Covering his head and going down his back was a white wolf pelt with the head of the deceased beast on top of the man's head. The man had wild and messy pink hair and had black colored eyes. His left eye had a small scar going over it and just like Zin it seemed to be sealed shut, having lost it a few years back.

Everyone's eyes grew wide as they saw the sight of the new arrivals, especially to the final man in the center of it all.

"Is… IS THAT ME?!" Natsu shouted alarmed from the intimidating look and older version of himself. He didn't know what he was expecting, but he didn't think his other self would look so different!

"NATSU WHY DO YOU LOOK SO SCARY?!" Happy shouted, finding this other version of the Fire Dragon Slayer to be rather frightening to look at.

"What… what happened to him?" Kinana muttered out, seeing the numerous scars covering his exposed body. Not only that, but she drifted over to the fist bladed weapon where his left hand should be at, worry filling her eyes.

She wasn't the only one as many others also noticed the blade where his left hand should be, recalling the timeline where that world's Natsu forcefully and brutally severed his own hand just to escape and to go save Juvia, inspiring nearly all the other prisoners to do the same thing. Did something similar happen in this timeline also? And his left eye, what happened to his left eye? Even Marvell was caught off guard, not expecting this other version of Natsu to look so different.

"Alright, as confusing as to why Salamander looks like that, who the heck are those other people with him?" Gajeel questioned, having no idea who the knight looking guy, the one arm man or the three chicks were in the slightest.

No one had an answer to that as they only kept on watching, hoping that answers would be revealed as to who the others were and what happened to Natsu for him to receive such wounds.

"WE'RE BACK!" Natsu exclaimed with a smile on his face, as the others with him aside from Zin also smiled widely, though Asce's helmet made it impossible for anyone to see. It didn't seem like he nor the others noticed the Tenrou group just yet.

Before said shocked Mages could respond however and make themselves known…

"Natsu you're back!" Millianna bolted from her spot before pulling the pink haired man into a hug, happily kissing him to which the pink haired man returned. Seeing that got the women next to him and nearby to pout.

"Hey I want some sugar too!" Sarah responded as she rushed over to give their husband some loving too, as Sayla, Kinana, Laki, Kagura, Brandish also went towards the pelt wearing Fire Dragon Slayer before they too greeted him back with hugs and kisses to which the man happily returned all of them.

"Don't hog him to yourselves." Briar told them as she went over and gave Natsu a kiss herself, getting the other women to give her a deadpanned stare.

"You, Swan and Sonya were with him during the trip to meet the Queen, we weren't." Brandish pointed out towards the white haired woman.

"That's true…" Sonya trailed off as a blush formed on her face from the intimate night they had with their husband while they were in Crocus, while Zin only grumbled from recalling that night. He had to sleep outside due to how loud they were being, not like he minded but still. Asce only chuckled, having managed to sleep through it all no problem.

"How did the meeting go by the way?" Laki asked her husband and the others, with Swan speaking up to answer the violet haired woman.

"It went well, payment from the guild completed and we managed to discussing about the left over remnants of the Dark Empire still running amok. All in all progress was made." Swan responded as she went over and hugged the pink haired man by his arm, getting him to blush slightly though his smile remained on his face as his wives were all around him.

Everyone went wide eyed comical styles while Kinana, Laki, Millianna and Kagura went completely red in the face as they realized that they were all with Natsu in that timeline. Their embarrassment and blush only grew when they then realized the kids they have were also Natsu's as well. Natsu meanwhile looked like he was going to faint as his face was as red as Erza's hair and steam erupted as he saw the ten women in the other alternate timeline were with his alternate double.

"…Are you f**king serious?" Laxus questioned with envy, having an urge to punch something out of jealousy from seeing yet another world where the pink haired idiot had multiple girlfriends, or in this case wives.

"Then… all those kids aside from Asuka… they're his?!" Levy shouted in shock. Natsu got with and impregnated ten women and they had his children?! Those were his kids?!

Natsu, Kinana, Laki, Millianna and Kagura kept blushing and felt shock and embarrassed over this revelation while some of the other women glared towards the four females in jealousy. Marvell only smiled widely from seeing this after getting over her own surprise of the alternate Natsu's appearance.

The Tenrou group had wide comical eyes as they remained frozen from seeing the sight before them. They had to be dreaming. Natsu, the dense Fire Dragon Slayer, was married to ten girls? Kinana, Laki, Millianna, they all were married to the same man? But… then that would mean…

"MOMMY!" Alair, Blythe and Ashia happily called out with smiles on their faces as the three took off from their spots and left whoever had them to hug their mothers, who happily picked them up and hugged their children with wide smiles on their faces.

"DADDY!" The rest of the children shouting grabbed the Mages' attention as they saw the horde of eleven children removing themselves from whoever had them and rushed over towards the pink haired male, nearly tackling the man who gained a happy and cheeky smile on his face all while making sure his bladed hand didn't touch them which they all got used to pretty quickly. The three kids who ran to their mothers got down and also rushed towards their dad, who nearly fell over from the collision of all the kids but nevertheless bent down and hugged them with his right arm, asking how they were doing and such.

"Ah, Master, you're back!" Alzack exclaimed with a grin, wanting to see how those from Tenrou Island would react to hearing that as a few others like Bisca and Axol snickered in amusment.

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"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" The Tenrou group shouted in unison. Natsu was the Guild Master?! How did that happened?! Makarov managed to calm down though the rest were still in shock and disbelief.

Everyone also went wide eyed comically as Natsu had a look of disbelief on his face.

"…Say what now?" He questioned.

"HE'S THE GUILD MASTER?!" Everyone aside from Kagura, Millianna, Marvell and Observer shouted aloud, getting said shouts to make the Constellar to flinch from how loud they were. This was just like that one timeline those from 137-C showed them where Natsu was married to Cana and was the Guild Master of Fairy Tail.

"Yep, looks like I was right from the start." Marvell responded with a cheeky grin on her face, seeing how she was right from the beginning.

Natsu was completely in shock, not only did his other self was married and had kids with ten women but he was also the Guild Master of the guild… he felt like he was going to faint as his beet red shocked expression remained plastered on his face.

FINALLY! CHAPTER DONE!

That's right, those girls are the ones who are married and had kids with Natsu. It's interesting to me since this will be the first to actually use Briar and in the case of Swan and Sonya… I never actually watched Dragon Cry, the movie where those two are from, but I wanted to do something different so I looked them up on the computer *Show image of me flopping all over the keyboard like an idiot* and figured they would be interest to use.

Plus, I don't know if anyone actually had ever paired them with Natsu, so unless I'm wrong I called being the first to pair them up with Natsu!

If I'm wrong though, feel free to inform me and call me an idiot.

By the way, can anyone guess the references that were in the timeline? See if you all can find out.

Anyway, so what did you all think? Good? Bad? Let me know.

See you all next time, whenever that will be.