Back with the continuation
"speaking"
""thinking""
On with the story
"Please, don't go, Zera! You can't…! Don't…don't leave me alone!" Mavis cried in front of Zera. The thought of being alone frightened her more than anything else.
"But…you're not alone now, aren't you?" Zera asked.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Mavis screamed, the tears streaming down her face. The dam inside her broke and the tears flowed endlessly. "I just want to be together with you forever, Zeraaaaaa!"
Zera wrapped her arms around Mavis for an embrace, resting her chin on her shoulder. "Mavis…do you know where Fairies live?"
"…" Mavis took a long time to respond. She knew the answer, but she didn't want to say it. "Within…my heart…" The girl eventually muttered out.
"Then, what about me?" Zera responded with a hint of a smile. "This isn't goodbye…."
Mavis was dreaming of her separation with Zera, as her friend disappears and she woke up
"Cana? Cana! Where are you?!" Mavis called out as she stands up and sees Cana nowhere
Mavis snapped her fingers as she now wears some clothes"
"good, I can use my magic" Mavis said as she heads upstairs "even if they are illusionary clothes"
Mavis reached to the guild hall where she sees that no one was in the guild at all
"there's no one here" Mavis said as she looks around "that light we saw….what could it have…"
And then she turned her head only to see him. Zeref, sitting crossed legged in a seat with his head resting against his fist. Upon seeing him, Mavis' eyes widened. "Z-Zeref!?" How was this possible!?
"Mavis…" Zeref trailed off.
"What happened to everyone! You couldn't have…!" Mavis assumed the worst.
"No, this wasn't my doing." Zeref clarified. "To be honest with you, this entire situation has me rather perplexed as well."
"What business do you have here!?" Mavis demanded to know.
"What business do you have being alive?" Zeref instantly replied.
Lucy wakes up as she sees that she was in a forest somewhere
"where am i?" Lucy asked as she sat up and looks around and spotted North on the ground beside her
"North" Lucy went to the wolf as she shakes the wolf's body and sees that he was ok
North barks as the ice wolf stands up and shakes his body a bit
"what happened to us? Where are we?" Lucy said as she looks around
"where's Natsu?" Lucy asked as North started sniffing the area and barked
North looks towards a bush as Lucy went to the bush and sees Natsu on the ground with his hands turned into demonic hands
"Natsu!" Lucy and North went to the man as they helped him up
Lucy saw some blood on Natsu's cheeks and lips as she could see that they were still fresh
"Natsu, are you okay? Natsu?" Lucy called out to the man but he was still outcold
Gray, Juvia, and Erza were completely isolated from the others. Juvia had gone ahead to search for Wendy, and Charla, since they were separated the instant the light shone up in the sky. "Wendy!! Charla!" Juvia called out for all three of them, only to not receive a response. "Nothing…"
Gray was crouched near the still unconscious Erza, muttering over the events that took place. One minute they were in Hargeon, and in the next they were somewhere completely different
"Right as I saw the whole sky lighting up, just like that, the landscape completely changed…?" Gray said as it didn't make any sense. "Or could it be…we were teleported elsewhere?"
"Gray-sama!" Juvia called out to Gray, frowning at the lack of results from her search. "Juvia was unable to find either of them…"
"I see…" Gray sighed. Everything happened so quickly and there was no way to figure out the cause of recent events. "All right. I'll try looking for them this time. Stay here and watch Erza."
Juvia nodded as she stayed with Erza while Gray looks around
Wendy, and Charla had been completely separated from the others. It was just the three of them calling out into the distance for anyone who may have been nearby.
"Gray-san! Juvia-san!" Wendy called out.
"Erza!" Charla stood atop a rock, hoping her voice would carry elsewhere.
"What should we do…? It seems we've been separated." Wendy said
"What about their scents?" Charla asked as Wendy shook her head
"I can't smell anything." Wendy replied. "What even happened? I just remember a flash of light and then everything changed…"
"I wish I knew. Charla crossed her arms. "Did someone on the enemy side do this?"
"we have to find everyone and make sure that they're ok" Wendy said as Charla nodded
Everyone in the Fairy Tail guild hall were teleported to the coastline.
Makarov folded his arms together while surveying the area. "Where exactly are we…?"
"Outside!?" Jet turned. "How did we end up outdoors all of a sudden!?"
"More importantly, where the hell is this?!" Droy asked.
"What's going on! A lot of our guild mates aren't here!" Wakaba was right. They were missing a lot of people.
"Ultear! Where are you?!" Ur called out as her daughter wasn't with them
"Mama!" Aya called out to Ultear as the child was only with her grandmother and saw no sign of her mother anywhere with them
"What about the First!? Has anyone seen her!?" Cana asked.
"What is this? This can't be right" Warren said as he looks at his tablet
"who cares!? Just find out where we are!" Max exclaimed to Warren
Mira and Lisanna were there as well. Mira blinked once while trying to ascertain her whereabouts. "Eh…?"
"Why are all of you here…?" Lisanna asked.
"Mira? Lisanna?" Jet said
"didn't they go north?" Droy said confused
"The sky started shining and all of a sudden…" Lisanna trailed off, not entirely sure how to follow up on that.
"it's the same for us," Makarov said
"What are we going to do then?" Droy looked at everyone else.
Before anyone could come up with a plan, Alzack, who was scoping the area ahead while perched on a rock, spotted the enemy through a telescope. "It's the enemy! There's a huge army right nearby! They're headed straight for us!"
"Master!" Mira turned to Makarov.
"Prepare for battle." Those were Makarov's only words as this got everyone readied
While the others prepared to charge into battle, Warren looks in shock at his tablet.
"Fiore's geography has completely changed?!" Warren said in shock.
August leans his back on a tree as Brandish holds his wounded abdomen
"you'll be alright now" Brandish told him "I've decreased the size of the wound"
"August, what did you do?" Brandish asked the old man
"This wasn't my doing" August replied "it was Irene's compression"
"Compression?" Brandish asked confused
"she enchanted all of the land and changed its form" August explained to her
"changed its form?" Brandish asked again
"a side effect is that people were sent locations in the reshaped country by random" August replied
"what would be the purpose of that?" Brandish said
"it's merely a byproduct of placing certain people in chosen places" August said "I would suppose that she placed his Majesty somewhere near Fairy Heart, and Acnologia as far as possible"
"she wants this war over with, hmm?" Brandish assumed
"let us depart," August said as he stands up from his seat "we must come towards Fairy Tail"
"it is time for all the 12 to gather"
Mavis was before Zeref, a little nervous now that he was right in front of her. This was a possibility she couldn't have possibly foreseen, but it was important for her to adapt as quickly as she could. A plan was still possible…she always had a plan… "So you're saying that all of the people in within the Kingdom of Fiore were split up and sent randomly to various places?"
"Of course. The same goes for my allies as well." Zeref then stood up, taking a few steps towards Mavis. "And that's not all. The overall landscape of Fiore has grown smaller. I'd estimate amount 1/20 of its former size, perhaps less."
Mavis' eyes went wide. "For the sake of increasing the encounter rate between Fiore's forces and the Alvarez army?"
"Correct. I'd wager that's her aim. In her own way, Irene is trying to end this war while it's still in the early stages." Zeref said as he was staring down at Mavis, a smirk drawn on his lips. "And thanks to her efforts, here I stand, and that which I seek, Fairy Heart…is right before my very eyes…"
Irene was in the castle of Crocus as she sat on the throne
"it was my first time ever using that magic.." Irene said "but it seems to have gone well. at the very least, his majesty is in the guild and Acnologia is probably somewhere far out over the ocean"
Irene then crosses her leg over the other
"I must say, I have no idea on where this place is, but this place Is very interesting" Irene smiles as in front of her was Toma, Hisui, Arcadios and guards
"perhaps you'll tell me?" Irene asked them
"wh-who are you?" Arcadios asked Irene
Lucy and North who had Natsu on his back, were walking in the forest before reaching an opening to where the two sees Kardia Catherdal and Mercurius
Led by the light, Fairy Tail found themselves in a warped kingdom
"Kardia Catherdal? Mercurius royal palace?! Why are they near each other?!" Lucy exclaimed as to see the two-giant building so close together
All sorts of people and buildings were thrown together seemingly at random
It's was as if they had lost their way and wound up in a different world entirely
What awaits them?
Hope? Or despair?
Gajeel washed up on shore, coughing and hacking profusely.
"Urgh…." Groaning, Gajeel slowly lifted himself up. "Where the hell am I…? Last I checked I was…dea…"
That's when he noticed it. A misty form a few feet ahead. "So what are you supposed to be? A fellow resident of hell?"
"….."
"Huh?" Gajeel looks intrigued as the misty silhouette looks as if it was trying to communicate with him. The mist took the form of a human girl as it surprised Gajeel "Who the hell are you…?"
"my name is Zera, one of the very first Fairies" she introduced herself with a smile to Gajeel who looks in surprise and confusion
The two looked at each other before Zera's face turned red and she hides behind a tree
"I knew I couldn't do this! I got so nervous in front of other people!" Zera said while holding her hands to her face
"what's with this girl?" Gajeel said confused
"so? Am I in heaven or hell?" Gajeel asked the girl
"neither..you're still alive" Zera told him while peeking from behind the tree
Zera then explains that Irene's magic had teleported him here when he was nearly sent to the afterlife
"you gotta be kidding me!" Gajeel said when he remembered what he said to Levy when he thought his time was up
"s-so, where are we?" Gajeel asked her
"we're at Tenroujima, the sacred ground of the fairies, although it's a peninsula now" Zera replied
"and you?" Gajeel asked
"like I said Zera" Zera replied
"never heard of you" Gajeel replied
"urk…Mavis…never told anybody about me, huh? None of the guild members?" Zera said while flustering
She then started explaining on how when Mavis was freed from her coma, her magic and mind got reset and Zera was born or rather revived while Gajeel was confused on her whole explanation
"so, she woke up and you got reborn here, right?" Gajeel said
"in a way, yeah. Although my existence is only temporary" Zera replied "the moment she remembers me…I'm pretty sure I'm going to vanish again"
Zera sighs before looking at Gajeel
"now that we are acquainted, it's time for us to help the guild" Zera told Gajeel
"you don't have to tell me that" Gajeel replied with a grin
"how is this possible?" Lucy asked as she approached the Kardia Catherdal
North sniffs the air before barking
"what is it, North?" Lucy asked the wolf as North walks ahead and Lucy and him were greeted by Gray and the others
"Lucy! North!" Juvia exclaimed with a smile
"Gray! Guys!" Lucy exclaimed in joy while North barks "Is that Erza with you!?"
Lucy pointed at the bandaged Erza.
"Yeah, she's really beat up, though." Gray said before noticing Natsu unconscious as well on North's back
"long story" Lucy said to Gray as she and him explained to each other on what occurred to each other
"we were on our back to the guild, but then a bright light came and here we are" Gray explained to Lucy as the situation was same to Lucy
"we need to head back to the guild" Lucy said but remembered that the whole place was mixed and randomly scattered everywhere "We don't even know where the guild went…"
"This is gonna be a pain in our asses…" Gray groaned.
Irene stood in the castle of Fiore as she stood in the throne room with dozens of beaten up royal guards at her feet
"so…powerful" Arcadios voice out while trying to get up
Irene then looks upon Toma with his daughter Hisui who were in fear
Toma got in front of Hisui as the short man tries to defend his daughter
"please! I don't care what you do to me! But my daughter let my daughter live! Please!" Toma begged Irene as they were shaking in fear
Irene completely ignored him, pointed her hand at Hisui, and a strange light surrounded the Jade Princess.
"Aaahhhhhhh!"
"HISUI!" Toma cried out.
"P-Princes….!" Acradios stuttered.
After the flash of light, Hisui was turned into a mouse.
"WHa…WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?" Toma asked in shock
"Kyuuuh…" Hisui was sweeping.
"She transformed the princess into a mouse?!" Acardios exclaimed as such magic was simply bewildering
"Do you still have love for her, even in that form? Can you truly look her in the eyes and say you love her?" Irene asked as a malicious grin spread on her lips as she questioned Toma's love for his daughter.
"OF COURSE I CAN!" Toma took Hisui into his hands, tears falling from his eyes. "No matter how she looks, she'll always be my daughter! Worry not, Hisui! I'll shall return you to your original form, even if it kills me!"
Irene's smile faded instantly and her staff lit up. "What a bore." The Scarlet Despair was preparing to attack, but stopped when she sensed something
she walks towards a window and opened it
Irene's left eye glowed as a cross-like mark appeared in it and in the sky appeared a giant eye
"is that?!" Lucy exclaimed
"an eye?!" Juvia finished her sentence
"IT'S FRIGGIN HUGE!" Gray exclaimed
The eye looks down upon them as it focuses on Erza
"she couldn't be" Irene muttered out "that scarlet hair…."
Fairy Tail was at the battle as the Alvarez Soldiers came charging at them
"why are there so many of you?!" Makarov shouted in his giant form as he punched his giant fist at the incoming soldiers
Everyone fights alongside as they tried to mow the enemies down
"can anybody matchup with my speed!?" Jet exclaimed as he uses his high speed to attack the soldiers before he slipped from a slimy white substance
"Jet!" Droy exclaimed before he sees that he was covered in a white slime like goo
"wh-what's with this sticky stuff all over my body?" Droy said while trying to get the stuff off of him before the fat man got kicked in the face by Juliet who appeared out of nowhere
"Droy!" Nab exclaimed before dozens of black ribbons wrapped around him and flings him away
"aw that was too easy!" Juliet said while squishing the white slime in the palm of her hands
"the Irene Division is here!" Heine exclaimed as the Alvarez Soldiers cheered to have their superiors with them
"more of their reinforcements?!" Ur exclaimed as she freeze some soldiers in ice while protecting Aya who was behind her
"let's do Makarov next!" Heine said with a smile
"you fool! Who eats the main course before the appetizer?" Heine scolded her
The two then notice Mirajane
"oh, my. There's one more wizard with formidable magic here" Heine said as they eyed Mira
"really? She's cute!" Juliet said with a grin
"want to see who can kill her first?" Heine said as a wager
"Warren! Hurry up! We have to get back to the guild and to the First Master!" Cana exclaimed to the telepath as she threw more cards at some soldiers as the cards exploded upon contact
"but we don't know where the guild is!" Warren told her before they heard a telepathic message
"the…guild…..is…to your"
"whose voice is that?" Mira asked
"it's coming directly from our heads" Makarov stated,
"but who is it!?" Lisanna asked
"head for the guild! Everyone can meet there! You've been separated by the enemy's magic! You have to become one force!"
It was Zera and she was telepathically calling everyone to head to the guild with Gajeel beside her
"so, the guild is at north" Lucy said
"let's go now" Gray said
"but can we trust this voice?" Juvia asked before realizing something "will Juvia have a new love rival!?"
"that's what you're worried about?" Lucy asked with a sweat drop
"Mavis is in trouble! She's like a mother to you all! Each of you have a duty as her child! So, go now!"
"Go and Protect Mavis!" Zera exclaimed out as everyone roared in agreement
"that was too overbearing. Couldn't you have sounded a bit nicer?" Gajeel asked Zera who was blushing hard, as he didn't know that his voice was heard in the telepathic link
"that voice..!" Levy said with tears forming in her eyes "Gajeel…"
"let's go!" Erza said as she runs ahead with everyone following
"head north!" Makarov ordered out as everyone runs towards the direction
"Lisanna, where are Elfman and Yukino?" Mira asked her little sister
"I haven't seen them at all" Lisanna replied to her
"I guess we got separated in that flash of light?" Mira said
"I just hope that voice we heard reached them too" Lisanna said before Juliet came crashing in
A huge mess of white slime exploded out as it splattered all over Mira and Lisanna
"what is this?!" Mira said as the white substance was sticking on her
"it's all sticky and slimy!" Lisanna said while trying to get the slime off of her
Heine's ribbons came flying in as they wrapped around Mira
"Mira-nee!" Lisanna exclaimed,
"you're mine!" Heine exclaimed as she swings her ribbon and Mira to the ground
"hey! Don't steal my toy! It's not fair!" Juliet whined to her
Mira transformed into her Satan Soul as she shreds the ribbon before firing a blast at Heine and Juliet
"Lisanna, go north with the rest" Mira told her sister
"but!" Lisanna tried to retort but Mira stopped her
"I can handle them from here" Mira told her "just live it to your big sister"
"she thinks one person can take on Heine and Juliet of the Irene division? What a fool!" Heine exclaimed
"you mean, Juliet and Heine" Juliet said with a grin
"I guess Fairy Tail is in this direction," Elfman said as he, Yukino with Lector and Frosch got teleported into the forest
"I see…so that's what Voice-Sama told you just now…" Yukino said.
"Voice-sama…?" Lector blinked.
"Fro thinks so too!" The adorable Exceed chimed in.
"are you sure you can trust that voice, Elfman-san?" Yukino asked the big man
"I don't really know, but if Gajeel is with the one who spoke to us, I guess we can trust it" Elfman replied as they walk past a broken tree
"but I wonder why Elfman-san can only hear the voice?" Lector asked confused
"Fro didn't hear anything!" Frosch added in
"maybe it's only for Fairy Tail members?" Elfman theorized
"Fro wants to see Rogue" Frosch said sadly
"and Sting-kun, and the rest of the guild. If they're with Fairy Tail members, I'm sure they're heading to that guild, too" Lector told the frog cat
"Rogue is too?" Frosch said
"well, the only thing we can do now is to trust that voice" Elfman told them
"yes" Yukino agreed before they heard footsteps near them
"who's there?!" Elfman said while getting ready if it was an enemy
"Rogue!?" Frosch called out hoping that it was the Shadow Dragon Slayer
But it was not, rather it was Angel of Crime Sorciere
"Sorano….oneesama?" Yukino said in surprise
"Yuki…no?" Angel said in the same surprised state
"Sorano-neesama?" "Yukino?"
Elfman and the cats looks at the conversation before tapping their fists to their open palm "oh!"
"EEEEEEEEeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?"
"take that and that! You're about to get real slimy!"
Juliet shouted as she flings dozens of slime attacks at Mira
"this slime is burning my skin!?" Mira exclaimed as she sees the white substance was indeed melting her skin upon contact
Heine's ribbon flew towards Mira as they wrapped around her before electrifying her
"how do you like this!?" Juliet asked as she kicked Mira on the face and sends her crashing to the ground
""these two are strong! I underestimated them!"" Mira thought as she stands back up
"what kind of fool starts off with her strongest attack?" Heine asked
"I know, right?!" Juliet said with a grin
Mira scoffed as she burst with magic
"of course, you have to keep your secret weapon hidden till the perfect moment" Mira said as she wore a new form
"Satan Soul! Mirajane Allegria!"
"huh?!" "what the!?"
"I managed to save this one soul from END, and I've been saving it for a special occasion," Mira told them
Heine saw that the ocean's water was evaporating as she can't believe such act existed
"this is bad! The ocean water drying up because of her magic!" Juliet exclaimed,
"she's a monster!" Heine said in fear
"I got called a monster so many times in the past that it doesn't bother me," Mira said before she dashed towards Heine and Juliet as she grabbed their faces before slamming them down to the sand "and that's no way to address a lady!"
A powerful blast of magic was unleashed as both Heine and Juliet let out screams of pain.
BOOM!
There was just a massive crater at the point of impact that Mira slowly walked out of.
"It still takes a massive amount of my magic power…" Mira mumbled while returning to normal and falling to her knees. "I'm asking politely here, so please…do me a favor and don't stand back up." The Strauss said while turning her head back to the two downed girls.
At that moment, Heine and Juliet turned into swords. "White and black swords…!?"
"Augmentation magic?" Mira said in shock "did someone enchant these swords with personalities?"
"but that's impossible…what kind of horrifying mage could manage that!?"
Mira keeps looking at the two swords without realizing Irene was behind her and looks amused to her
"Sorano-oneesama" Yukino called out to Angel who looks away
"what is going on!?" Eflman exclaimed not knowing the situation at hand
"I'm completely baffled, yes!"
"Fro is too!"
"i..don't have a little sister" Angel said to her
"but..you" Yukino said
"never heard of her. You have the wrong person" Angel said to her
"I am not wrong! You are Sorano-oneesama!" Yukino exclaimed "i! I've been looking for you thig whole time! When we were young, my dear sister was abducted by bad people! I even tried to turn back time just to get her back!"
Yukino had tears forming in her eyes as she cried out
"my big sister would always…always protect me! I loved her!"
"you got the wrong person" Angel said as she turns around
"how can you be so cruel!" Yukino exclaimed
"you don't have a criminal as a sister!" Angel exclaimed "my little sister is living in the world of what's good and right! She can't have a sister who committed terrible crimes!"
Tears slide down Angel's face as they keep falling
"but…but someday….if a time comes when my crimes are atoned for! I can hug my little sister again!"
Ange cried in tears as her body shakes
"that day will come, won't it?" Yukino asked
"that's why I'm fighting!" Angel exclaimed "but I haven't earned forgiveness yet, I need more time"
"all I ever wanted was for you to be alive" Yukino said while wiping away her tears
"isn't sisterhood such a wonderful thing?" Lector said while crying in tears
"but she said they aren't.." Frosch said
"that's fine Frosch. You don't have to trouble yourself with hard concepts" Lector told him
"Fro thinks so too" Frosch agreed
Elfman looks at Yukino and Elfman before he sighs
"I hope neechan and Lisanna are doing okay"
Irene looks at Mira who seems to be horrified
"It seems you've showed my 'children' quite a bit of affection. How nice of you." Irene mused.
"Wha…what is this magic power!? I…It's beyond terrifying…" Mira thought in horror
Irene snapped her fingers as Heine's ribbons appeared and latched onto Mira as they pulled her towards a rock and binds her
White slime mucus came next as it started to melt Mira's clothes and started to burn her skin
"aaaahhhh!" Mira screams in pain
"I will not let you die an easy death." Irene said as she enjoyed hearing Mira's screams of pain
"Ah…ah…" All Mira could do was pant heavily. It felt like she was being burned alive, it hurt so much and she couldn't do a thing to free herself.
"First things first…I'll take that beautiful white, silky skin…and make it so unsightly, you'll look more disgusting than a worn out dust rag." Irene said with a sadistic smile. "By the time I'm done with you, you'll be no more than a lump of rotting meet that would make everyone avert their eyes."
"AAAAAAAH!" Mira screamed out helplessly.
"Irene" August appeared with Brandish as the old man walks towards the scarlet witch "Those habits of yours are uncouth to say the least."
Irene glanced over her shoulder. "Oh my~. It's so nice to see you again, August-sama. And Brandish is with you as well? You've grown so big, I hardly recognize you."
"Hello." Brandish said.
"You went and used Universe One without His Majesty's permission; I see." August said, and with the way he sounded, he disapproved of her actions.
"Indeed." Irene admitted. "With Acnologia starting me in the face, I'm afraid even I had little choice but to take drastic measures. That said, I not only successfully drove him away for the time being, but I managed to send His Majesty straight to Fairy Heart while I was at it. You have no grounds on which to criticize or reprimand me, wouldn't you say?"
"For now, the 12 shall gather and convene at his Majesty's side." August said
"Well, I don't want to" Irene immediately objected. "I'll move as I like, and that's that"
"This is my decision as the general of the Spriggan 12. There will be no compromises." August commanded as his voice grow lower
Both glared at each other with menacing gaze as the tension was so thick; Brandish couldn't help but gulp silently.
Mira was in complete and utter fear as the magic between Irene and August was unimaginable
"Th…the magic power of those two…it completely defies common sense!"
"Very well. So be it. I'll let you save face on this occasion. That being said, I'm going to finish this little girl who dared raise her hands against my beloved children." Irene said as she turned her head back to Mira. She wasn't finished with her yet. "I won't compromise on th…"
August pointed his finger forward, releasing a beam of magic to strike Mira's heart. It all happened so quickly and forcefully that nobody saw it coming. The rock shattered and Mira fell lifelessly to the ground. "I pierced her heart. I assume that will suffice."
"I am moved by your kindness, Lord August. How unbefitting of the one called The Calamity." Irene teased, but now had no reason to not follow August.
Mira laid in the sandy beach as Lisanna came running in
"Mira-nee! Mira-nee! I can't just leave you behind to-!?" Lisanna exclaimed before she noticed her big sister was on the ground
"Mira-nee!" Lisanna holds her big sister up as she was bloodied everywhere "Mira-nee! This can't be happening!"
Mira suddenly coughs as Lisanna sighs in relief
Lisanna helps Mira sat up who lifted up her breast and sees that the hole that was made when August had pierced her heart was shrunk
"the wound…it shrank" Mira said as it was Brandish's doing "but the important thing now is to get to the guild as fast as possible!"
"yeah, I know.." Lisanna replied "I'm sorry for coming back"
"that's not what I'm saying!" Mira exclaimed as she stands up "The 12 are all going there!"
At a bridge
Dimaria was escaping as she was crawling away with her body
"there she is!" a man exclaimed as they were the guards who were ordered to capture Dimaria back
"You think you can escape on our watch, you punk?!"
Dimaria tried to use her magic but it failed as the Anti Magic cuffs, sealed her magic away
"you're a valuable captive, you know!"
Dimaria was lifted up from the leg by the guards
"if you got away! The old lady would never let us heard the end of it!"
Suddenly a wave of pleasure runs through the two guards' bodies as they felt so good
"what is this? Aaahhh~"
"i-it feels so good~"
The two screams in pleasure before they fell to the ground with satisfying faces
"white souls, ascent to the heavens!" a voice spoke as Dimaria looks behind her and sees Larcade
"I've come for you, Dimaria" Larcade said as he walks towards the captive Swordswoman
"Larcade..Larcade Dragist" Dimaria voice out
"It's been just about 100 years since we last met like this." Zeref said, remising on the memories of their time together.
"95 years, to be more precise." Mavis corrected.
"I could still feel your voice, even your every being that entire time…" The Black Wizard retorted.
"I came up with one last-ditch plan to defeat Zeref but the first step was for me to return to my original body" Mavis thought "as for the next, I understand the logic behind it, but it is easier said than done"
Cold air started to appear as Mavis looks and sees the ice was freezing her legs
"wha!? My body?!" Mavis exclaimed before she was frozen in ice
Zeref let out a quiet sigh before turning to Invel. "Cease this at once, Invel."
"Your Majesty, although I do sympathize your relationship with that girl, she is the embodiment of Fairy Heart itself. If, by chance, she were to turn that magic power against us…" Invel said as he lifts up his glasses
"Mavis understands better than anyone that Fairy Heart is a spell which absolutely mustn't be used under any circumstances. Even if it was for the sake of killing me, she wouldn't dare activate it." Zeref responded.
"But your Majesty…" Invel tried to object.
"Mavis was trapped inside a crystal for eternity…unable to move a single muscle in her body. Stealing her freedom, once again, after she had finally been freed…it pains my heart." Emperor Spriggan admitted. Invel was silent. "Invel…"
"It shall be done." The Winter Mage conceded and freed Mavis from the icy prison.
"Ah…haaa…" Mavis huffs her breathing before an ice collar appeared on her neck. "W-What is this?!"
"I shall refrain from binding your body, thus I have taken the liberty of binding your mind instead." Invel explained. This was a rather nasty spell of his; Ice Lock.
""what did he do?! My thoughts….are….slipping away. No! I have…to focus!""
"I suppose I must settle for this. You always have been overly prone to worrying, haven't you Invel?" Zeref questioned.
"Given my position as emissary of Alvarez, I see it as a completely rational decision." The winter mage responded.
"Mavis, could you please follow me?" Zeref politely asked while making his way outside.
"Uhhh…." Mavis didn't form a coherent response, but she started to follow anyway. "My body is moving on its own…"
The Fairy Tail guild hall was perched on a massive hill, where one million soldiers awaited. It was a black carpet that stretched out for miles.
"Behold. Your comrades are currently making their way here, in order to take back you and the guild. I do wonder…will they be able to break through our defences? I cannot wait to find out."
"This…can't be…" So many soldiers. Even after everyone's efforts, it was almost as though they failed to punch a hole in Alvarez's ranks. They really did have the advantage in numbers.
"NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!" Ajeel, the King of the Desert exclaimed.
"That so, big shot?" Jacob Lessio, the Assassin questioned. "I seem to recall you losing quite pathetically…"
"LOOK WHO'S TALKING, ASSHOLE!" Ajeel held a grin on his face, but the veins in his forehead were throbbing from the rage of his defeat. "That fluke ain't gonna happen again!"
"Naturally." Jacob agreed.
Dimaria turned to Brandish, immediately walking over to her once she was in sight. "Randi…I heard you were captured by the enemy. They didn't do anything horrible to you, did they?"
"No…" Brandish replied before getting embraced into a hug by Dimaria
"I won't say any of those awful and cruel things to you ever again! I'm gonna pay those fields back for laying their hands on you!" Dimaria said as she gritted her teeth while in anger
Brandish just looks sad to her friend as she can't help but feel pity for her
"Friendship is one of the world's greatest beauties, wouldn't you say?" Larcade said to August.
August didn't say a word. He just gave Larcade a rather intense, malicious stare.
"Lord August is quite fond of giving me such dirty looks." Larcade said while stepping away from August
"Can you blame him? You always fail to attend our meetings, so it shouldn't come as a big shock." Invel mentioned.
Mavis took one look at Larcade and she just…she honestly didn't know what she was looking at. "That is the man called the strongest of them all…August. But…that person's magic…what on Earthland…just what is the nature of his magic!?"
Zeref could answer that question for her rather easily. "Larcade is my proverbial secret weapon, you see. He has the potential to defeat even Acnologia given his vast capabilities and even surpass END"
"fuuu, Maintaining three Historias of my fellow Spriggan 12 members is a bit taxing, to be honest," Neinhart said as he had used his magic to bring back God Serena, Wall, and Bloodman
"have I returned from the next world?" Bloodman asked
"that makes sense…so yer bringing all 12 of us back together again, huh?! Ahya hya hya hya!" Wall said while laughing
God Serena just started doing poses after his return "Eight Dragon God Serena has been reborn!"
"you three are dead. So, you'd better protect me, because if I lose the three of you will also…" Neinhart said to the dead peoples
"just leave everything to god!" God Serena exclaimed while pointing a finger at Neinhart
Irene Belserion, The Scarlet Despair, approached Zeref and Mavis. "Over one million soldiers, the 12 have all reunited, and look at all the extra forces we have in tow with us. Truly a magnificent sight to behold!"
"Ah, Irene." Zeref was happy she showed up when she did.
As for Mavis, she had no idea what she was feeling with Irene. She was surrounded by all of these absurdly powerful wizards, and former foes. "What…this obscene magic power…"
"As for the matter of your activation of Universe One, I won't pry. In fact, you've done very well, you have my praise." Emperor Spriggan said.
"Oh my…and here I was prepared for at least a light spanking or something along those lines. I'm a little disappointed." Irene admitted.
"What I would have you do for me now is an extraction enchantment." Zeref gave Irene her orders.
"Your wish is my command. So I simply have to remove Fairy Heart from inside that cute little girl, is that right?" Irene said as she confirmed Zeref's wishes
"What…? She…she cannot possibly do such a…" Mavis refused to believe this. If that was true then…Fairy Tail had already lost…
"As luck would have it, Irene is prodigious when it comes to attaching and removing magic from objects." Zeref told Mavis.
"No…no way….this cannot be!" Mavis' plan…it was all falling apart because of this woman!
"This will likely take some time, but…yes, you can leave the task in my capable hands." Irene gave Zeref her word. Fairy Heart was coming out of Mavis one way or another.
Zeref began to take several steps forward, now standing in the middle of the forces he gathered for the penultimate battle of this war: One million soldiers, and The Spriggan 12.
"can you face the full might of Alvarez now, Fairy Tail?" Zeref asked as he stands in front of the 12 "we will not allow you another tomorrow"
Erza and the group were on their way to their guild but the group had decided to rest for a moment to conserve some energy for their final battle
Natsu was still out as the man had not regained conscious
Astral figures of two Vlad and Drac appeared as both looks down upon Natsu
"his power is barely there anymore now that his body and mind can no longer withstand the transformation" Drac said as he and Vlad looks at Natsu
"TruE, BuT NoT iF wE mAke IT IntO a FuLL TraNsForMATION" Vlad said with a grin
"denied" Drac told to Vlad "doing so will erase everything of him and he will cease to exist"
"BuT ThIS is ThE pRiCe he hAS to PaY, AnD YOU kNOw tHaT vERy WeLL, dRaC" Vlad told to his brother "OnCe I wAS rEleASEd fRoM mY sEAl, hIS fAte WaS SeAlEd"
Drac looks to Vlad with a menacing glare before looking to Natsu
"wHaT Has ChaNGED YoU? tHE dRaC I kNEw oF; cRavEs FoR bATtLe aND dEaTh SuCh aS I" Vlad said as he crossed his arms
"something that you would never understand in centuries" Drac replied as he slowly disappeared "bond of a family…"
Drac disappeared as Natsu's bracelets glowed
Vlad merely scoffed as he smirks evilly
"BoND, yoU sAy? UttER FooLISH ThinG" Vlad said as he laughs before looking to Gray and the others who were resting "Oh WeLL, nOt lIKe it aFFectS mE aT AlL"
Vlad slowly disappeared as Natsu slowly woke up
He looks around and remembered what happened to the negotiation with August
"so it failed in the end…." Natsu said as he stands up but wobbles a bit as his legs felt a bit weak "there's not enough time left, huh?"
Natsu looks to his left hand as he gaze at his wedding ring
"I'm sorry…." Natsu said as he takes off his ring and looks to Erza and the others
He went to Gray as he nudge the guy to wake up
"ugggh, what?" Gray asked as he open his left eye and sees Natsu "Natsu!"
Gray exclaimed only to get a hand clamped to his mouth by Natsu
"be quiet and come with me" Natsu whispered as Gray nodded and stood up
Natsu began walking a few feet away from Erza and the others as Gray followed him from behind
"what's going on?" Gray asked Natsu who turns to him as he gave Gray his wedding ring
"I have a favour to ask you…." Natsu said as Gray looks to Natsu's wedding ring before looking at Natsu
Natsu's lips parted and then closed again as Gray's eyes widen in shock
Ultear was teleported to a forest as she saw that she was alone
"where did everyone go?" Ultear asked as she walks around in the forest and tried to find her way to the others
"I have to find the others" she said as she started running forward and hopes to find anyone
Ultear reached to an opening where she finds her self in front of the same cave where she, and Natsu with Meredy and Ur had once entered in
"this place is…" Ultear said as she entered the cave and was greeted with the sight of the hidden oasis
"why? this is a surprise?" the oasis sparkled as Durya comes out of his home and greeted Ultear "I thought that Natsu was with you"
"Durya" Ultear went to the Dryad who was standing on the tree's own roots "I need to ask you on what did you mean by "it will consume your mind and body" that time to Natsu"
"why? did he not told you?" Durya asked Ultear with a surprised face
"told me what?" Ultear asked now curious to the question
"Vlad was sealed here for centuries because of the curse lies within him" Durya explained "Vlad feeds on the blood of his enemies and also the mind of his wearer."
Ultear's eyes widen to what Durya was saying to her as it all made sense to her now
"the longer Natsu wields Vlad, the more he will consume Natsu's soul and turn him into the darkness within him and drains him of his memories"
Natsu was now standing near a cliff as he watched the sun rising
"it's time" Erza said as she approached Natsu from behind
"yeah" Natsu said as he looks down to his two bracelets "I can only do it one last time….one last time to end it all"
Natsu looks behind and sees Gray, Juvia and Lucy approaching from behind
"this fight is for everyone" Lucy said as Juvia nodded
"for everyone's future" Juvia said
"we will fight on" Erza added as Gray stood beside Natsu
"for our family and friends" Gray said as Natsu nodded
"let's go…to tomorrow" Natsu said as everyone raised their fists
That's a wrap!
Bye bye