Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
Mavis told everyone everything about her past; from the building of Fairy Tail, the curse her body contradicts, the forbidden love she had with Zeref, and how she lost her life to the man she loved
"The Eternal Magic: Fairy Heart." Mavis said.
"Eternal….Magic?" Lucy muttered out in confusion
"What is that?" Erza asked.
"Just like the name suggest, a limitless magic. One that will never run out." Mavis explained as this surprised everyone
"For example, the Etherion Cannon that the Magic Council used to use…one attack from that weapon could easily wipe out an entire the Fairy Heart, you could fire something of that scale repeatedly without worrying about the magic. Or should I say…it has enough magic to enable that. But then again, it's hard to explain just how much it has. It is infinite after all." Macis said as everyone looks in amazement and shock.
"If anyone caught wind of that…" Wendy didn't like the thought.
"She's right…it could easily shake the world of magic…" Charla said.
"My son, Ivan once wanted this as well…" Makarov uttered out his son's name as he knows that he was the reason for Fairy Heart's secret to be blown out in the open "I wonder how this got out, but now Alvarez is aware of it as well."
"So you're saying Alvarez is attacking because they want Fairy Heart?" Elfman turned to the others.
"But what for…?" Lisanna's question hung in the air.
"They should already have enough power on their own…" Mira placed a hand on her chin, trying to think on why does Alvarez want with the Fairy Heart in the first place
"I would think it's because they're also planning to defeat Acnologia. It's been getting on Zeref's nerves this whole time…" Mavis suggested.
"can't we use it on the bad guy?" Aya said to them all
"it is a thoughtful plan but during the Tartarus incident, I once thought to use it to deal with the Faces…but even if we won that round, there was no telling what would happen next. What would we do if we could no longer control the etherion that now has an unlimited source of magic…?"
"does that mean it's a no?" Aya asked before she got patted on the head by Ultear
"You can't just fight fire with fire here." Lily spoke while nodding
"Fire…? This is the First's body we're talking about…" Charla sighed.
"The Fairy Heart is something that should not be introduced to the world under any circumstances." Mavis stated.
"Yeah, of course not!"
"And we're talking about our First Master! There's no way we're giving her to them!"
Their words struck Mavis' heart as it felt guilty for being the reason for the start of the war
"A magic born from my is…I never thought it would drag you into all of this…"
"It's not a sin to fall in love. You can't even arrest someone over that." Gajeel's suddenly commented as this got him a few looks.
"EHHHH!?" Macao, Jet, Droy, and Wakaba all gave Gajeel a look.
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? The iron dragon yelled.
"First…please don't blame yourself so much." Erza shook her head.
"That's right. It's coincidental that bad stuff kept piling up on you…" Mira said with a sweet smile.
"If you weren't here, we wouldn't have Fairy Tail at all." Lucy balled her hands into fists as she was ready for a fight
"Which means we would never have met you." Cana added.
"You being here is what connects us all, First." Gray said.
"We want to protect the guild you built." Wendy nodded.
Makarov bowed his head. "It's become a fine guild, First."
Juvia was sniffling a little bit before those sniffles turned into sobbing that made Gray surprise.
"Mavis-san has to fight the person she once loved…how sad!"
Mavis began to wipe away the tears. "That was a long time ago. Zeref has now become a threat to mankind. We have to defeat him…"
"But even if we do something about the Alvarez soldiers…" Bickslow began.
"Zeref's immortal, correct?" Freed said as this got everyone to think on how in the world were, they going to defeat someone who can't die
"He can't be killed then…!" Evergreen stated out the obvious as this got everyone to think up for the answer
"How do defeat him…?" Erza asked
"none of you will defeat him" Natsu spoke out as everyone looks to him
Natsu was at the front of the guild as his back was to them while he was looking outside from the opened door
"hey, Natsu, quit joking around" Gray said to the man
"yeah, even for a strong man like you won't be able to win against Zeref, we're up against the Black Wizard of legend you know!" Elfman added in as this made Natsu just scoff
"did you all forget?" Natsu asked as his form transformed into his demonic looks "never underestimate me"
At Alvarez
Dimaria Vesta was walking down the hallway of the castle as she was ordered to call in Brandish as a meeting of the 12 was summoned
She reached to a door as she knocked on it 2 times
"Randi? Are you there?" Dimaria called out as she was replied with the sound of glass falling and shattering down the floor from inside the room
Alerted as to think of an intruder, Dimaria broke into the door
"Randi!?" Dimaria shouted out as she sees the room was in a mess and she hears the sound of heavy breathing was coming from inside the bathroom
Dimaria went to the bathroom and her eyes widen in shock to what was happening inside
Inside the bathroom was Brandish on her knees and hands, near the tub as she was sweating all over her body
"Dimaria-sama!?" Marin came in with a look in surprise to the swordswoman appearance as he was holding medicine bottles in his hands
"what happened to Randi?!" Dimaria went to the girl as she holds her shoulder and sees that Brandish was hyperventilating and was sweating a lot "Randi? Slow your breathing!"
Brandish didn't heed her word before she suddenly vomits into the tub
"Brandish-sama!" Marin kneeled down beside the woman as he started taking out some medicine pills for the woman
"Randi calm down! What happened to you?!" Dimaria called out in worry to her friend as Brandish swallowed the medicine before chugging down a bottle full of medicine in a haste
"what in the world happened to her!?" Dimaria demanded from Marin before she notices the burn wound on his face "what happened to the both of you? Are those burn marks?"
"it's" Marin tried to reply but was halt when Brandish vomits the medicine, she digested out onto the tub
"Randi!" Dimaria holds her back as she had no idea what was going on with her friend
"he was there!" Brandish voice out as she wipes off some saliva on her lips "that monster was there!"
"wait, Randi slow down. Who was there?" Dimaria asked the girl as she can see the fear in Brandish's eyes
"the demon…" Brandish replied before she vomits again
Everyone looks in shock as a black demonic aura erupted from Natsu as a demon like aura appeared above him as it was laughing evilly
"HaHAhAhAhAhAHA!" an evil laugh was heard coming from Natsu's left gauntlet as a metal demon face formed on the gauntlet "I wAnT BLoOd! I DeSIrE BloOd! FeED Me!"
The demonic gauntlet laughed as this nearly scared the crap out of everyone
"hey Natsu! Where the hell did you get that thing!?" Gray said as he backed away from the creepy evil laughter with the others
Natsu punched the gauntlet with Drac as this got the demon gauntlet to quiet down
"this here is Drac's twin brother, Vlad. He just likes to drink blood of humans" Natsu said as he keeps punching the gauntlet as it keeps laughing evilly
"Drac was already fine because we got used to him! Why did you have to add another crazy thing!?" Lucy asked as Wendy was hiding behind her scared
"hAHAhahaHAhahAHA! HuMaN'S ScArEd FaCeS nEvER change!" Vlad laughed as this made everyone uneasy
"Are you saying that other gauntlet of yours is the secret weapon you got in store for Zeref?" Erza asked as she tried to ignore the evil laughter
"in a way" Natsu said as he got Vlad to stop laughing as the gauntlet quiet down "I have a secret technique that I have that I can only use one time and after that it will disappear forever"
This got everyone to be amazed to the man as this must be a very powerful move, he has in store
"leave it to the hot head to think up on one crazy secret weapon" Laxus said with a smirk
"I have a few plans as well, but let's trust Natsu for now." Mavis said with a smile.
"Master." Lucy began.
"Yes." Makarov, Mavis and Erza responded even Macao who was once the 4th master
"Er…our old man. Please tell us more about what we're going up against…" Lucy asked
"Hmmm…yes." Makarov closed his eyes, recalling all of the information he could gather during his time in Alvarez.
"Let me tell you want I know then. First is Emperor Spriggan. We know him as Zeref here in Ishgar. He has a small elite force under him called the Spriggan 12. I only spent a year there, but I've only met six of them. It could be because the continent is a lot bigger, so it isn't often that they gather."
All of the 12 were starting to gather in a meeting room as some were there while some were not
"…7 Spriggan." Zeref said. "Thank you all for coming despite it being last minute."
"Actually, Lord Neinhart is somewhere in the palace, but…" Yajeel trailed off.
"It's fine." Zeref brushed it off.
"It's not." Invel scoffed. "How could one of the 12 go against His Highness' words?"
"That's not for you to say, Invel." Ajeel exclaimed as he slammed his fist on the table "start the meeting now! I want to obliterate that goddamn land and wipe it out of the map!"
"we have the Winter General, Invel. Zeref's closest aid and council. And as his name suggests, he uses Ice magic, but that's all I know." Makarov explained.
"Ice…" That immediately caught Gray's attention.
"Next is the Desert King, Ajeel. He's someone who we already encountered during our escape…a wizard with the power to control sand. One of few in the 12 who's always looking for a fight…" Makarov continued.
"The Nation Demolisher, Brandish. Hates fights, but she has the power to wipe a nation off the map if she needs to."
"We met her back at Caracol…" Erza said as they remembered the immense power Brandish had within her. "If I'm assuming it right,…she likely has the power to manipulate mass itself, correct?."
Makarov nodded before he continued "And then we have the War Princess, Dimaria…" Makarov paused. "I don't know anything about her magic, but she's a female knight that has survived and triumphed in many wars, thus earning her that title."
"So she isn't a wizard?" Erza asked.
Cana, on the other than, just deadpanned at Titania's question. "That's not the problem, isn't it?"
"Most of you probably already know but…it's time. Our attack on Ishgar begins soon." Zeref said with a serious face
"Such a pain…" Brandish groaned.
"Don't say that, Brandish. What happened to listening to me?" Emperor Spriggan asked.
"Of course." Brandish simply nodded. "How I feel and my actions are two different things. I'd do it even if it's a pain, as long as you ask me to."
"Nobody likes a person who doesn't think before they speak, Randy." Dimaria shot.
Brandish then turned her head to the time goddess, eyes wide with a quizzical expression. "Huhhhh? But the one I don't like is you, though."
"I see…I guess we'll never be friends, huh?" Dimaria replied
Zeref then turned to another member of the 12, one who had yet to be properly introduced. The former first Wizard Saint: God Serena. "God Serena. Was it painful for you to turn down your home?"
God Serena sat on his seat before he slammed his hands on the table, and crossed them, taking a dramatic pause. "It…." He then spread them out with vigor. "WASN'T!"
Brandish, and Dimaria stared at God Serena with deadpanned looks. The women were struck with silence. "Ew." Brandish uttered.
God Serena then drew his entire frame to the right before dramatically pointing forward, a wry smile on his face. "Thanks."
God Serena aside, the man known as the Magic King, August, spoke. "Your Highness…We are prepared for Raganrok."
"God Serena. I guess you'd call him someone deplorable…but his strength is nothing to be taken lightly, trust me on this." Makarov let out a heavy sigh.
"…I still can't believe he turned into an enemy, though…" Levy had a sweat drop roll down her forehead.
"I wonder why he left Ishgar…" Juvia wondered aloud.
"We won't know until we meet him I guess…" Evergreen shrugged. "He left a few months ago, didn't he?"
"DAMN TRAITOR!" Elfman growled. Treason; the most unmanly of actions.
"next is the Wizard King August, Rumor has it that he can control magic of every element, even the ancient ones. If compared to Zeref in terms of the types he can control, it's even more than Zeref himself." Makarov said as he held fear in his heart
"That's all I have on 6 of them. For the other 3, I only know their names. Bloodman, Neinhart, and Wall…"
"So, you want the body of your former lover…" Wall chuckled quietly. "Sinful, sinful…"
"No no…" Zeref corrected him. "Fairy Heart is a magic, not a person. Fairy Heart isn't all I want, though. I want Ishgar's destruction too. Mankind must perish."
"Mankind, huh…?" Dimaria mumbled.
"We are pawns." August stated.
"That's a very interesting way of putting it…" Wall smirked as Brandish remained silent.
"Perfect." God Serena chuckled.
"Let's start planning." Invel said.
Ajeel slammed his hands yet again on the table as he leans forward "leave that to me! I want to destroy that land as soon as possible!"
"No, you won't be doing it alone." Zeref shot down Ajeel's request. "We're going on an all out attack."
"WHAT THE!?" Ajeel objected. "you of all people know why we need to exterminate that land fast! That monster was with them!"
"to think that he would defect the Emperor and joined the enemy" Brandish muttered out as her body shivers in fear for a moment
"the former strongest Spriggan 12 of Alvarez…" Dimaria spoke lowly "Demon King Dragist"
"Natsu" Makarov called out to the man as Natsu looks at the old man "can I ask you this one question?"
"what is it?" Natsu asked him
"are you an ally? Or an enemy?" Makarov asked with his face stern and serious and this made everyone look in confusion
"what are you saying, Gramps? Of course, he's an ally. He's a member of the guild" Gray said as he was confused on why did Makarov asked that question
"Master" Erza looks at the old man before to Natsu whose bangs shadowed his eyes
"what is your answer, Natsu?" Makarov asked as his face was serious
"an ally" Natsu said as he left the guild and started walking away from it
"Natsu" Ultear muttered out before she went to follow her husband with North who had Aya riding on his back started following her
"Mama! Papa!" Aya rides on the wolf's back as the child didn't want to be left behind
"Master, why did you ask him that?" Lucy asked as Makarov never let up his serious face
"Zeref told me something that I find it very hard to believe" Makarov said as he clenched his grip on his staff "Natsu was a former Spriggan 12"
"what!?" everyone looks in shock to the statement as they started to think if the Black Wizard's words are true or lie
"at first I didn't want to believe it, but seeing how Ajeel reacted towards Natsu, it confirmed my suspicions of him" Makarov said as he closed his eyes before opening them slowly "he was once a member of Alvarez"
Everyone looks in shock to the revelation as this got everyone to think of the possibility of Natsu betraying them and join Alvarez
Night had come as Natsu stood in the pond near his home as he stared at his reflection
He looks at his reflection as dark markings started to slither around his neck up to the right side of his face
A dark demonic aura creeps into the water as a demonic version of Natsu appeared in the water's reflection
"I'Ll bE tAkInG the CoST Of The ConTRAct of today, NatSU" the demonic version of Natsu spoke in the reflection before disappearing as the water ripples
Natsu looks at the water before he gripped his head with his hand as he can see memories of his past started to shatter and disappear
"if this is the cost, so be it" Natsu muttered out before he heard footsteps coming from behind him
"why are you still up this late, Aya?" Natsu asked as he turn his head to see his daughter in her pyjamas and was hugging a dragon doll in her arms "you should still be in bed by now"
"couldn't sleep," Aya replied as she rubbed her tired eyes before yawning "I want to sleep with Mama and Papa but Papa wasn't at the room"
"I see" Natsu said as he turns around and carried up Aya into his arms "let's go to sleep together"
Aya nodded as she rested her head on her father's shoulder while Natsu walked back into the house
""for my family….i will gladly pay the cost"" Natsu thought as a shadow of himself appeared from the pond as it grins evilly
In the cave where Acnologia resides in, the Dragon of Chaos stood within his domain as he can feel his ripped arm ache and itches
"it itches…my arm that the fire Dragon took from me!" Acnologia exclaimed out loud before an image of Natsu appeared in his mind "the time for our ancient battle will return! I will destroy you, demon!"
His form transformed into that of a dragon as Acnologia roared within the cave
"I AM ACNOLOGIA! THE TRUE AND ALL-POWERFUL KING OF DRAGONS!"
That's a wrap!
Bye bye