Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Erza and the others were looking at END who appeared in the home's living room as he was sitting on the couch and was reading a book
""why is he here!?"" Wendy thought as she thought that they had to fight him right here and now
"hey hey, is that anyway to greet someone who you invited to dinner?" END asked with a smirk
Wendy and the twins with Charla tensed up to him but not Erza
"then let's sit together," Erza said to END as she pours water into the cups
"although, if you had told me that you would come, I would've prepared dinner first"
"Erza-san!?" Wendy said as END stands up and walks pass her
"are you going to stand there with empty stomachs?" END asked her as he sits down with Erza beside him
Wendy and the others look to him as they sit down on the table and they started eating together
As they eat, Wendy and the others were too tensed to be eating with him
"is my face a bit troubling to you?" END asked them as his words surprised them
"n-no" Wendy politely replied as END snaps his fingers and made the black markings on his face disappear
"is this perhaps alright?" END asked as his eyes were still black with his pupils being red
"it's fine, you're fine with the way you are" Erza said with a smile to him as she took a bite of her strawberry cheesecake
"I see" END replied as the black markings re appeared on his face
"don't be rude to him, you four." Erza told them as Wendy and the others nodded and continued to eat
They all finished their meals in silence as they thanked for the delicious meal
"now wasn't that delicious?" END asked with a smile as he snaps his fingers and all of the dirtied plates disappeared
He then stands up and walks towards the couch where he sits down and relaxed a bit
Erza made tea while Wendy and the others tensed up a bit to having END in the house
Erza gave END the tea as he thanked her
"hmm, a very refine taste" END said as Erza sits down on the couch beside him
END looks at Rose and Mary as he smiled to them
"your birthdays passed a month ago, right?" END said as he snaps his fingers and wrapped up boxes appeared in their hands
"Happy belated birthday, Rose, Mary," he told the two as they look to each other before opening the presents and sees that they were given two pieces of scarlet jewelry as one had a crescent-shaped red gem while the other had a sun-shaped gem
"t-thank you…I guess" Rose said with a sweat drop with Mary agreeing
"why are you here?" Erza asked him as she sips her tea
"oh right, almost forgot" END replied as he finished his tea and looks to them
"I'm here to give you one last chance to come with me to Alvarez, and live there with me"
He told her as he crosses his arms over his chest
"anyone from Fairy Tail can join you if they don't want a war, the choice is yours"
END waited for her reply as Erza sips her tea before finishing it
"no" Erza replied to him as she placed her tea to the table
"I already told the one named Invel that I and my family won't be going anywhere away from our home"
"I see," END said, "even if I give you the easy way out, you still refuse my offer, huh?"
"and I'm here to give you one" Erza told him as END listens to her "come back….come back home to Fairy Tail"
Erza reaches a hand forward to END as she wanted him to take her hand
END looks to her hand and then to herself as he shakes his head in amusement
"guess that means that the hard way was the only way for you to listen, huh?" END said as he stands up from the couch
"oh well, the coming of war was uninventable in the first place," END said as he turns around and walks towards the back door
"do not blame me for not giving you the chance to escape this war…..Erza" END then disappeared as he vanishes into thin air
"yeah, you as well," Erza said in reply to the demon master
All of a sudden, a dark and cloudy mist enveloped the whole town as everyone finds it to be eerie
END appears on a cliff near Magnolia as the Etherious looks to the town
"Let the war begin"
He said as he snaps his fingers and a large black portal appeared on the west side of Magnolia and then dozens of flying ships came flying out of it
At Fairy Tail
Alarms rang out on Warren's radar as multiple hostile signs appeared on the holographic map
"Why didn't it detect them approaching?! damn it!" Warren exclaimed as he looks at the incoming enemy signals
"all guild members! Prepare for battle!" Mavis called out to everyone
"Enemy attack from above! About 50 flying heavy cruiser-class ships!"
"what the!? Look at them all!" Macao shouted,
"the guild would have a tough time against even one!" Wakaba shouted,
"and that's only a small part of the Imperial Forces!" Makarov said with a grave worried face
"nobody said about flying ships!" Warren exclaimed as the enemy signs were getting closer
In the sky
The Alvarez flight ships filled the sky as Ajeel, a member of the 12 came to his ships border
""capture Erza Scarlet, Rose and Mary, and I let you handle the rest"" END spoke in the mind link with Ajeel as the Desert king nodded
""they better be in one piece when you capture them""
"got it," Ajeel said as the telepath link was cut off
He then grins as he looks at Magnolia that was coming into view
"let's rock and roll, fellas! Our target is Fairy Tail! Pulverized them!" Ajeel exclaimed out to the ships
"i! Ajeel Raml will turn you all into dessert dust!"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye