Author's Note 1: I don't anything except my OCs and original magic.

Chapter 15: Rebirth

As the sun started to set in the distance, the final battle between the wizard guilds of Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord was taking place in the highest levels of the Phantom Lord walking guild.

"Dead Wave!" Jose yelled out, firing a massive burst of shade energy.

"Ice Make: Shield!" Gray countered by creating an ice shield that halted the attack slightly before they dodged the blast.

"Arch Shot: Arrow Rain/Machinegun Arrow!" Zeke and Amelia chanted, firing a massive barrage of green magic arrows. However, Jose merely summoned a group of shades to take the attacks for him. He then proceeded to unleash another wave of shades at the archers, forcing them to invade.

"It doesn't matter how much magic you throw at me! You Fairy Tail rabble can't hope to defeat a wizard saint!" Jose gloated as his aura shot up.

"Haven't you learned yet?!" Elfman yelled as he charged, his body fully-transformed from his Take-Over magic. "Fairy Tail doesn't know the meaning of the word quit!"

But Jose evaded the attack and blasted the transformed wizard back. Scowling, Zeke used a piece of debris to jump into the air to fire his next attack.

"Arch Shot: Arrow Rain!" Another barrage of energy arrows was fired and Jose blocked with his shades again. But this time, five arrows flew past the guarding shadows and landed in a pentagram formation around the guild master. And as Zeke landed, he motioned his hand, creating the five-point barrier around the surprised Shade Wizard.

"Pentagram Calamity!" With a snap of his fingers, the barrier exploded in a massive burst of magic. But much to Zeke's chagrin, the smoke cleared and revealed Jose with mild bruises, tattered clothing and an angry expression on his face.

"You know what really pisses me off about Fairy Tail? You have so many strong wizards, and yet you all make the poor decision to side with Makarov." But as he said this, he noticed that the air around him was starting to quickly grow cold.

"Ice Make: Geyser!" Gray yelled out, creating a massive uproar of ice that consumed Jose. "Take him down!"

"Got it!" Amelia replied, aiming her crossbow and creating five magic circles with green lightning shooting out of them. The energies converged to create a massive arrow aimed right at the glacier. "Arch Shot: Demolition Arrow!" With a pull of the trigger, the large arrow launched forward and impacted with the half-frozen Jose, creating a massive explosion.

"Keep it up!" Zeke yelled as he aimed for his next attack. "Arch Shot: Drill Arrow!"

Gray and Elfman nodded and readied their next spells. Gray creating a razor saucer of ice and Elfman transforming his arms into dark purple spiked arms.

"Ice-Make: Saucer!"

"Beast Arm: Razorpine!"

The spiraling arrow, sharp spinning ice construct and rapid-fired razor spikes launched at the smoke cloud, knocking Jose into the wall and making an indent with spikes jutting out of his right shoulder and left thigh.

"Alright, I was going to save this spell for killing Makarov..." The Phantom Lord's eyes lit up as a wave of magical energy was released from his body, disintegrated the spikes in his body. "But I guess can use it here! So pay attention, because it'll be the last thing you miserable cretins will see!"

"Not if I have anything to say! Ice Make: Spikes!" The shirtless ice wizard launched a wave of icy spikes at his foe, but the wizard saint brought up his left arm and shattered the spiky wave with another blast. He held up his right arm, conjuring up a magic circle. Above the circle was a large orb of shadow energy growing larger and larger, the sight of which started to make the Fairy Tail wizards uneasy.

"Say goodbye, you insufferable twits! DEAD HORIZON!" And with that, he threw the powerful spell at his enemies, creating a blast so large that it was seen from the cliff side and the wreckage of the Jabberwocky.

"That can't be anything good." Alexander said as he climbed out of the wreckage.

When the energy resided, Jose smirked and the destruction his spell brought upon. With debris and smoke everywhere, the guild master assumed that his foes had been vaporized by the attack. However, his delight was spoiled as the smoke cleared, revealing a large green dome of magical energy surrounding the conscious Fairy Tail wizards and the unconscious S-Class wizard and Juvia. "What the?!"

"Is...everyone...okay?" Zeke said in between gasps as he held his hands out.

"I think so." Amelia answered.

"Are...Dad...and Juvia...okay?" The archer asked.

"Ya, they're okay." Elfman replied despite being astonished by his comrade's shield conjuring.

"Good...j-just...just let catch my..." And with that, the brunette fell unconscious with his mother catching him and the dome fading away.

Jose just grunted at this. "A lucky break." He started to gather up magic for another spell. "You won't get another one."

"Speed Queen..." The mustached man was taken by surprise as something hit him in a burst of speed. "Million-Strike Punch!"

After a barrage of rapid-fire punches, Jose was knocked into some more debris, the blur stopping and revealing itself as Alyssa.

"You try to kill my friends, you get a beating from yours truly." The amazonian woman said as she cracked her knuckles.

"Okay, are there anymore late arrivals I should be aware of?!" Jose yelled in anger as he got back up.

"Alyssa." Amelia said, noticing some cuts that were healing up on the speed wizard before getting back to business. "Get Zeke, Lyle and Juvia out of here."

"Wait, isn't Juvia..."

"We'll explain latter!" Gray yelled. The orange-haired woman nodded and took the three knocked out wizards away in a blur as Jose let off another Dead Wave spell.

The battle raged on for what felt like an eternity. The four Fairy Tail wizards keep fighting with all of their skill and magic, but the power was a wizard saint was starting to waver them down. The first to go down was Gray as the force of a blast knocked him unconscious. Zeke was the next to fall as a shade choked him and was only saved from death due to Elfman's intervention.

The only one left was Amelia, who had blood running down the left side of her face due to a head wound.

"Ahahahahahahaha!" Jose laughed as his magic flowed around his hands. "So this is the best the great hero has to offer? I must say, I'm disappointed. But no matter, after I kill you and your son, I'll make sure to pay your husband back for knocking out one of my teeth."

Hearing this made the strawberry-blonde scowl. Without saying a word, she ripped off her right sleeve, revealing something that shocked Jose.

"N-No! It can't be!"

One her arm was a red mark with wings and symbol similar to the Fairy Tail guild mark but with a more claw-like appearance. Amelia raised her right arm and the crossbow into the air as the tattoo began to glow in a magnificent golden light. Jose launched a Dead Wave spell but his foe was consumed in a pillar of golden light that blasted through the roof.

"That spell!" Macao yelled out.

"What's happening?" Lucy asked.

"It's Lady Amelia." Mystogan stated. "She's using one of Three Great Fairy Magics."

"Great Fairy Magics?"

"They're three incredible powerful spell that can only be cast by a member of Fairy Tail." The hooded swordsman stated.

The pillar blacked out the sun and a ring of golden energy appeared over the archer as she started to chant.

"Gather! O river of light that's guided by the fairies! Shine! In order to perish the fangs of evil!"

"DAMN YOU! DEAD HORIZON!" But before the wizard saint to fire his spell, Amelia aimed her crossbow and the ring reappeared and closed around him.

"Fairy Glitter!" She pulled the trigger and Jose was engulfed in a massive pillar of light that demolished the roof the of Phantom Lord guild hall. The light was so brilliant that the rest of the guild wizards were temporary blinded. Eventually, the light faded and Amelia saw that the surrounding room was completely demolished. She quickly looked and was relieved that her unconscious cohorts were unharmed by the massive spell, as the Three Great Fairy Magics were only known to affect who the caster saw as an enemy. And while the spell had drained her remaining mana, she at least took care of Jose. Or so she thought.

"You..." She turned and saw a badly burnt Jose limping towards her with his left arm extended and a phantom ready to strike. "You haven't fully mastered that spell. Otherwise...I'd be a pile of ash."

'Shit! All my magic's been drained!' The strawberry blonde thought to herself as she backed up as the menacing figure limped towards her with his final spell ready.

"Now die!" Jose yelled. However, before he could strike, a massive fist slammed into him, finally knocking the wizard saint out. Amelia turned and smiled.

"Master Makarov!" The archer cheered at the sight of her recovered master.

"You did well, child. This war is over."

And then...

The sun had started to set in distance as Makarov sighed over the wreckage of their guild hall. "They sure did number on this place."

"Guys, I'm...I'm sorry." The guild wizards turned and saw a distraught Natsu walking towards them. "It was the only thing I could think of to stop Gajeel."

"Look my boy, buildings can be rebuilt. Lives can't." Makarov stated, placing a hand on the dragon-slayer's shoulder.

"I'm sorry too, master." Lucy stated with tears in her eyes. The short man just sighed again before turning to the blonde.

"You've been through a lot child. Don't let is get you down."

"Ya, let's see a smile, Lucy." The blonde celestial wizard turned and saw the patched up Team Shadow Gear.

"Levy."

"You're okay." The now awake Zeke said, happy that his ex and her teammates made a recovery.

"We beat Phantom, so it's no big deal." The bookworm stated with a smile.

"I agree." The wizards turned and saw the bruised Alexander, Marianne and the rest of the Star Liberators. "It's like the old saying goes, 'There's no use crying over spilled rum.'"

"I'm pretty sure that's milk, captain." Marianne whispered.

"Don't ruin the moment."

"And yes, the guild hall is destroyed. But that just means we can rebuild it." Lyle said with his arm around his wife's shoulder.

"So don't go blaming yourself." Alyssa said to her friend and teammate.

"Lucy, though we might not be able to share our feelings of happiness and sadness entirely, we do share to some extent." Makarov stated. "That's what happens in a guild. One person's happiness becomes everyone's happiness. One person's anger becomes everyone's anger. And one person's tears become everyone's tears. There's no reason for you to feel guilty. So don't cry. You should already know how much everyone here cares about you."

However, tears still fell down Lucy's face. But these were not tears of sadness. They were tears of joy.

"Hold you head high my dear. Because you are a proud member of the Fairy Tail family." Makarov said with a kind smile. As Lucy's tears became more pronounced, she lifted her head and saw Natsu, Alyssa, Zeke and a winged Happy with their fists extended.

"You're also a part of Morningstar." Alyssa stated. "And we stick together until the end."

And through her tears, Lucy gave a smile and bumped her fist against her teammates. "Until the end."

While Makarov was happy that his child were alright, he still feared what the council might do in response to this war. The thought that he might be facing prison time made the old man sweat and then burst out in tears, freaking a nearby Erza out.

And then...

About a week after we defeated Phantom, we started rebuilding and everything seemed normal again. But it wasn't long before things suddenly took a turn for the worst.

We were confronted by the Rune Knights, the Magic Council's army. They rounded everyone up and took us to a military post for extensive questioning. We had to endure a week of daily interrogations. Even Amelia, a Captain-Level Rune Knight, was forced to comply. But everything seems to have blown over now.

From what I can gather, the council has decided to make a ruling on Fairy Tail's punishment at a later date. But you don't have to worry about me, Mom. I don't think they're going to be too hard on us. All of the evidence, including eye witness reports, clearly show that Phantom was the one that attacked us first.

You know Mom, I can't help but wonder if Dad really was the one behind all of this. You don't think he'd go that far, do you?

Now that I think about it, he would. Without even giving it second thought. I just don't understand why he's so desperate for me to come home all of a sudden. It's not like he ever cared that I was there before.

Mom, he'd do it again, wouldn't he? Use his money to try and control me. No, I won't let that happen! Not this time.

While Lucy was contemplating and writing a letter, the rest of Fairy Tail wizards were hard at work at rebuilding the guild hall.

"I'm no expert, but doesn't this seem like too much material for rebuilding the guild?" Macao asked.

"We figured this would be a good chance to expand the place." Mirajane explained as she unrolled a large sheet of paper. "Look, I got the plans right here."

The gathered wizards looked at the plans and were...a bit confused due to the incredibly cartoonish design plans.

"It's...interesting." Wakaba stated.

"Which way is supposed to be up?" Marianne asked.

"What idiot drew these plans?" Gray asked.

And just like that, Mirajane started to cry dramatically.

"Oh, I didn't mean that Mira!" The ice wizard quickly apologized.

"You should apologize." Alexander said with a glare.

"I did!"

"Well, apologize better."

A bit later...

(Rumble)

"And that's fate punishing me for not bringing any lunch." Zeke groaned as he patted his stomach.

"You guys wanna grab lunch in town?" Alyssa asked. Suddenly, a wave of water washed over most of Team Morningstar and disappeared.

"What the hell was that?!" Natsu yelled as his fire magic quickly dried him off. Zeke was also wondering until he noticed a pink lunch box in his hands.

"Okay, this is kind of weird." Zeke opened the box and saw an assortment of rice and meats arranged to spell LOVE and an bishonen-style version of Zeke's face on the rice. The archer also noticed a tiny note on the cover and started reading it to himself.

Dear Zeke,

Consider this lunch as a token of my appreciation for helping me see my first clear sky.

Sincerely, Juvia

This note, the word LOVE on the lunch and the tiny hearts near her name made the brunette's face lite up like a candle. Seeing their friend like this made the other three members of Morningstar smirk.

"Looks like someone's got an admirer." Alyssa teased.

"She liiiiiikes you." Happy teased as well.

"S-Shut up!" Zeke exclaimed before using a fork to take a bite of it. "Holy crap! This is so good!" The archer said as he started engulfing the rest of it, much to his friend's shock.

"That must be some good cooking to make him eat like that." Natsu stated.

Unbeknownst to the team, Juvia was hiding and watching with glee as Zeke happily ate the meal she put her heart into. 'He loves it! My prince loves my cooking!' She giddily said in her mind as a smile made way to her face.

"Hey, who said you guys could take a break?" Erza (who was wearing a construction outfit) asked as she and the rest of Team Maelstrom walked towards their fellow wizards. Cana also noticed the pink lunch box Zeke was eating from.

"Well, well, well. The elusive Zeke finally has an admirer. But what will poor Levy think of this?" She said in an overdramatic fashion.

"You've been drinking, haven't you?" Elfman asked.

"Do you even need to ask?" The card wizard retorted.

"You guys should've seen how it was before. Whoever made this arranged the rice & vegies to look like Zeke's face." Natsu said, making Gray shiver.

"How could you eat something that looks like yourself?" The ice wizard stated. "That's so weird."

"I'm pretty sure you're the only one with that phobia." Erza replied and was then repulsed as Zeke let out a satisfied belch. "I thought you were the well-mannered one of your team."

"What are saying, that the rest of us don't have manners?" Alyssa said with anger expression while pressing her forehead on against the redhead's.

"Well I've seen you and your boytoy eat and quite frankly I'm disgusted. How can you call yourself a lady when you gorge yourself like a pig?" Erza retorted, pushing back with a scowl.

"Like you're one to talk! When was the last meal you had that didn't include cheesecake?"

"You just can't appreciate any delicacy you can't shove down your gullet!"

"And they're at it again." Happy stated with sweat-drop along with Natsu, Cana, Gray and Elfman nodding in response.

"By the way, have you guys seen Lucy?" Elfman asked.

"Actually, now that you mention it, I haven't seen her yet today." Alyssa stated, breaking away from her insult throwing with Erza.

"She's probably still processing everything that's happened." Zeke replied.

"We should go check on her." Natsu chimed in, Happy nodding in agreement.

A bit later, the four knocked on their teammate's front door, but to no avail. As such, Natsu decided to 'knock louder.' And by knock louder, he meant breaking the front door open.

"She's going to be soooooo mad." Happy stated before the group started to look around her apartment.

"Lucy?" Alyssa asked as she opened the bathroom door.

Natsu opened her closet. "She complains about us losing part of our mission rewards and yet somehow manages to buy ten different pairs of shoes. What's the word for that?"

"Hypocrite." Zeke said as he looked under her bed.

"Lucy, are you in here?" Happy asked as he opened a drawer, the contents of which made the cat's fur turn red.

"She's not going be in there." Natsu stated as he looked at drawer before his face also turned red. Alyssa and Zeke looked over too and their faces also turned red.

"Why the hell does she need underwear like this?" Zeke asked.

"Where do you even buy these?" A flustered Alyssa asked.

"Alyssa, Natsu has that weird look on his face again." Happy complained as his father-figure started to fantasize about his girlfriend in the aforementioned underwear.

"Natsu, stop being a..." However, Zeke's imagination started to think about a certain water wizard and he made the same expression.

"Happy, close the drawer!" The orange-haired speed wizard yelled.

A bit later (after some ear-pulling), the group found a box of sealed up letters that Lucy had addressed to her mother. But before they could contemplate why they weren't sent, Zeke found a note from Lucy that said 'I'm going back.' Fearing the worse, the team quickly found out where the Heartfilia property was a high-tailed it.

They arrived at the property hours later as the sun began to set, crying out for Lucy. And sure enough, the four found their teammate standing in front of a memorial which they latter learned was the grave of Layla Heartfilia, Lucy's mother. The Celestial Wizard told them that she didn't mean to make them panic and was just returning to her childhood home to tell off her father for sending Phantom Lord after Fairy Tail. After a heartfelt reunion with the mansion staff, Lucy confronted her father and finally let out all the rage and sorrow she had held back over the years. As it turns out, Jude sent Phantom Lord after the guild not out of any desire to see his daughter again, but because he needed her to marry some business partner's son as part of a deal.

Suffice to say, the rest of her team was pissed at this and even offered a chance to beat up her jerk of a father for her, but she declined having felt she had already told him off plenty. The group then offered a silent prayer to Layla and started to walk back.

"For the record, you could've elaborated more in your note." Zeke stated.

"Ya, Natsu and Alyssa were crying when they thought you were gone." Happy teased.

"You were the one crying, you liar." Natsu said with an angry expression.

"You really shouldn't lie, Happy." Alyssa said in disappointment.

"Why do you always take his side?" Happy cried out, Lucy giggling at her team's usual antics.

"But I gotta say, your hometown is really nice, Lucy." Alyssa commented as they walked past some houses. Zeke and Happy nodded in agreement while Natsu just looked around the town, confused as he felt something...odd.

'Why do I feel like I've been in a place like this? Like it's...somehow familiar.' The dragon-slayer thought before dismissing it.

"Actually, this isn't my hometown. This is just the servant's quarters." The blonde stated, making all of her friends stop in their tracks. She then pointed to a nearby mountain. "The Heartfilia grounds actually extend all the way to the top of that mountain." Lucy walked but noticed her teammates were all frozen with shocked expressions.

"Holy crap! You have this much money and you treat it like its nothing!" Natsu yelled out.

"Unthinkable!" Happy yelled, his brain having a difficult time wrapping around this new information.

"Mountain...quarters...mountain..." Alyssa mumbled in awe.

"YOU'RE THE ONE ALWAYS TELLING US TO BE FRUGAL WITH OUR REWARD MONEY WHEN YOUR FAMILY HAS ENOUGH LEFT-OVER CASH TO BUY PROPERTY THE SIZE OF #$&*ING HARGEON!" Zeke screamed as he shook the Celestial Wizard.

"I didn't think it was a big deal!" Lucy replied as the shaking made her dizzy.

"NOT A BIG DEAL?!" The other four yelled.

All in all, things were finally normal for Team Morningstar once again.

Author's Note 2: I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so sorry that this chapter took so long you guys. But I've had a lot go down in my personal life, but now I'm back! So after the next two chapters, I'm starting my own original Fairy Tail Arc! And it'll actually be important to the overall plot. You've already seen a hint about it in the previous chapter so just wait and see.

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We see chibi versions of Natsu, Alyssa, Zeke, Lucy and Happy in front of the job board.)

Lucy: So, did anything interesting happen while I was gone?

Happy (smirking while looking at Zeke): You could say that.

Alyssa: Turns out that Zeke has an admirer.

Lucy (smirking): Really?

Zeke (blushing): I-It's not that big a deal.

Natsu: Just don't take me drinking with you if it ends up like last time.

Zeke: You swore we would never speak of that night!

Lucy (confused): What're you guys talking about?

Natsu/Zeke: NOTHING!

Alyssa (sweat-dropping): Oh boy.

Lucy: Next Time: Morningstar, Theater Troupe? I won't let anything happen to my friends!

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