It's been a long time since I've updated this story, But now that I'm back. I going to pick up where I left off. Please enjoy the chapter


After finding out Deliora was dead for these past 10 years, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy cheered for their victory while Gray was simply exhausted as he sat down.

But their cheering had stopped when they remembered that Auberon, Iris, and Erza were still here. Which made all four of them pale over.

"Oh no! They're still going to punish us, Huh?!" Lucy exclaims in fear,

"Isn't there something you're all forgetting about? You came to this island to help the villagers, The request is to return them to their original forms" Erza said, and the four of them became confused

"And so far, We still haven't completed this S-quest yet," Iris added, while Auberon nodded along

"But I don't understand, The Curse should be lifted now that Deliora is dead," Lucy said,

"Wrong..." Auberon said, crossing his arms together "The Curse had nothing to do with that Demon. The Moondrip Spell is the real cause of the villager's state,"

"In other words. Deliora's death won't change their situation whatsoever," Iris finished,

"Wha? Oh no?!" Lucy exclaimed with worry,

"Then we better go and change'em back!" Natsu said with enthusiasm, while Happy high-fives him, "Aye sir!"

"Yeah, but we don't know how," Gray said, then remembered something as he turns to Lyon, "Lyon, do you know?"

"To be quite honest, I don't have a clue," Lyon said,

"You don't know?" Natsu said unamused,

"What?" Happy questioned,

"But they told us that the curse started about the same time you guys got here," Lucy stated,

"When we first arrived three years ago, We were aware that there's a village somewhere on this island," Lyon mentioned, "But we had no reason to communicate with the villagers, so we left them alone, and they never came to the temple to see what we were up to,"

"In three years, you never once met?" Erza asked, and Lyon nods as his response

"I don't understand. The light from the Moondrip is so bright, you can see it practically anywhere on the island," Lucy pointed out, "It's kinda weird that they saw in the middle of the night and never went to investigate,"

"The Villagers weren't transformed by the Moondrip. It doesn't affect the human body," Lyon revealed,

"What? Yeah right, You're just saying that so you and your lackeys will be off the hook," Natsu said,

"Actually Natsu, Lyon is correct. The Moondrip spell doesn't affect the human body," Auberon said, "Lyon and his minions have been exposed to the Moondrip in the closest way possible. And he hasn't transformed a single part of his body,"

"Just like he said, I've been exposed with it for as long as they have and my appearance hasn't changed one bit," Lyon pointed out,

"Oh yeah, That's true," Lucy said,

"I wouldn't trust them. Those villagers are hiding something," Lyon said, then he turned his head away from them, "But I'm sure you guild wizards can handle it,"

"We're not done with you," Natsu said, "You destroyed the village-"

Before Natsu could finish his last sentence, Erza grabs his cheek with a single hand,

"That's enough, Natsu," Erza said, "They've simply believed what they were doing what they believe is right. So there is no need to criticize them for it,"

"Now let's go back to the villagers. We still have a job to do," Auberon ordered, with his hands inside his pockets,

"But how are we going to lift the curse?" Natsu asked,

"We don't know. But I'm sure we'll figure it out somehow," Iris said, following beside her brother,

"Oh, Great," Lucy said,

Auberon glanced towards Gray for a moment but decided to let him stay there with Lyon for a moment.

Then Gray returns with the others and all seven of them made their way back to the villagers. They went to the storage area and no one was found inside the tents.

"That's weird. Where is everybody," Happy questioned,

"You sure they came here?" Natsu asked,

"Yeah, This has been their camp. I wonder where they could have gone?" Lucy said,

"Hello?" Happy called out,

"Since we're here. I'm gonna grab some bandages and some medicine," Gray said, entering a tent,

Then one of the villagers came to the storage area and spotted us.

"You finally made it back! There's something you need to see," The man said, "Please, Follow me to the village,"

That they did as they walked their way towards the village. It turns out that the village was in perfect condition without a speck of dust out of place even though Lucy told Auberon, Iris, and Erza that it was destroyed yesterday.

"Woah, are you kidding me?" Lucy said in disbelief,

"Yesterday, It was a total mess. Now it looks totally perfect," Happy commented,

"What's going on here?" Natsu questioned, knocking his fist on the wall, "Everything is back to how it was. It's like the village went back in time,"

"Now that it's fixed. You probably shouldn't touch anything. Okay, Natsu?" Lucy said, causing Iris to giggle since Natsu has a reputation for destroying things. As for the latter, He got angry at this.

"Are you saying that I destroy everything I touch?!" Natsu yelled, with tick marks popping up.

"Well, Kinda," Lucy replied, making Iris giggle even more. But suddenly, Natsu realizes something and assumed how the village managed to turn back to normal.

"Back in time," Natsu muttered, then places his hand under his chin in thought, "Was it him? Nah, It couldn't be. Unless he had a change of heart,"

Then his expression changed into a carefree one.

"Ah, Who cares," Natsu said,

"Not me!" Happy followed as the two of them walked away

"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked, then remembered something, "Oh, I forgot about our stuff,"

While Lucy went to check for their stuff. She noticed the Village Chief sitting in front of a large tombstone. She approached the Village Chief while Auberon and Iris eavesdrop on the two.

"You and your wizard friends used magic to restore our village, Didn't you?" The Village Chief asked,

"Uh... Well, Sir. That's not-" Lucy couldn't think of a proper explanation, but the Village Chief then stood up from the ground and turned towards her,

"I can't tell you how much I appreciate it," The Village Chief said, "However, I must know. When are you wizards finally going to destroy the moon for us?! Well?!"

"Destroying the moon is a simple task, Sir," Erza said, approaching the two,

"And believe it or not. She is right," Auberon added,

"What the... Did those two say that with a straight face?" Gray muttered,

"Aye, Maybe they've gone crazy," Happy commented,

"No, Happy. Their actually right," Iris said to the two,

"But before we do that. There are a couple of questions we need to ask," Auberon said,

"Would you be so kind as to call everyone together for a meeting," Erza requested,

The Village Chief nodded as told his people to gather together in the center of town. Every single one of them, excluding the Village Chief, chattered to themselves due to being uncertain of what was going on.

But their chatter had stopped when Erza spoke up.

"Let me make sure we have our facts straight. The first time everybody in the village took on these demonic forms is when the moon began to turn purple, is that correct?" She explained,

"Yes," The Village Chief replied, "During the day we were fine but when the moon comes up we transform into what you see now,"

"And the moon first turned purple three years ago, Right?" Auberon said,

"Wow! Has it been really that long?" A Village questioned,

"Yeah," Another Village replied,

Then Erza starting walking while she continues her explanation,

"We learned that the Moondrip Ceremony has been performed on this island every night in the last three years and each night it produced a beam of light so brilliant that you couldn't have possibly missed it," Erza explained,

But out of nowhere, Erza steps onto a pile of leaves on the entrance of the village and the red-haired knight falls into the hole followed by a yelp that made everyone including Auberon and Iris tensed up at this.

"Whoa! Even Lucy's pitfall trap is back," Happy pointed out,

"She screamed like a girl," Natsu commented,

"The First Time I've heard," Auberon added, in a surprised tone,

"Yeah, and it was cute," Gray finished with Iris nodded her head at this,

"I'm so going to be dead meat when she gets out!" Lucy cried out in worry,

But fortunately for her, Erza emerges out of the pitfall trap like nothing had happened and crosses her arms together.

"Seriously, Didn't you ever wonder where that light is coming from?" Erza asked, causing the Some of the villagers to sweatdrop at this,

"She got up as if nothing happened," A Villager commented,

"She must be really tough," Another Villager added,

Meanwhile, Erza continued her explanation to the villagers.

"I don't understand, Why didn't anyone investigate?" Erza questioned,

This made the villagers feel nervous as they diverted their eyes away from the question and their tones were filled with doubt.

"If you all know something. You might as well spit it out and be done with it," Auberon requested with a serious tone in his telepathy,

"Well... We would have looked into it. But according to our village's law, Our people must never go near that temple," The Village Chief said,

"But who cares about village law when your own people are dying. You obviously knew there was a problem because you contacted the magic guilds," Lucy pointed out,

"She's right, you know. If a problem such as this were to occur, It's best to investigate it yourselves first rather than using your village's law as an excuse to this matter," Iris added,

"Well..." The Village Chief muttered as he couldn't think of an explanation. But Erza intervenes him

"Why don't you tell us what's really going on here?" Erza questioned,

"To be honest, We don't know that ourselves. Allow me to explain, We've tried to investigate the light many times. We take up weapons we've never used, I trimmed and styled my sideburns, and we venture towards the temple," The Village Chief explained, "But we could never get near it. We get close enough that we could see it through the trees and then suddenly we find ourselves back in the village gates,"

"But, How is that possible? It doesn't make any senses," Lucy questioned,

"We've gone into the temple without any problems at all," Natsu said, "How Weird,"

"We didn't say anything to you earlier because we were worried that you wouldn't believe us,"

"We're telling you the truth. We've tried to go to the temple many times,"

"But not a single villager has never been able to get inside,"

"I get it... Yes," Erza muttered,

Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Happy were clueless to what Erza meant while Auberon and Iris knew was really going on as the former walks forward and whistles his arrow out of his quiver,

"Natsu, Sis. I need you two to come with me," Auberon said, then turns to the group with a serious expression on his face, "Cause we're going to destroy the moon,"

"Sure!" Iris said enthusiastically while Natsu was tempted by this,

Meanwhile, Gray, Lucy, and Happy gaped as they were in disbelief by what Auberon had just said and Erza remained calm to the whole idea.

Then, Auberon went onto the village tower with Natsu and Iris beside her.

"Listen up. What I want you two to do is enhance my arrow with your Fire Magic and I'll do the rest," Auberon instructed,

"You got it!" Natsu said,

"Sounds easy to me," Iris added,

As Auberon prepares his arrow with Natsu and Iris' Fire Magic. Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Happy stood to watch alongside the villagers as they witness the trio.

Once Natsu and Iris had finished enchanting Auberon's arrow. He somehow uses Requip magic to pull out a Silver Bow with golden tips, a silver sight attachment with a Fairy Tail Mark Carved at the right side of the grip, and lastly, a blue bowstring that was created by Auberon's magic.

"He's going to use that?" Gray questioned,

"I think so. And it's been a while since I've seen his Magnolian Flare," Erza answered,

"Magnolian Flare?" Lucy questioned

"Aye! It's a Magical Bow that has several properties Auberon can use in battle. If he fires an arrow. It can outrun even the fastest of magic out there," Happy explained,

"Whoa," Lucy muttered as she gazed towards Auberon's bow,

Meanwhile, As Auberon adjusts his aim towards the moon. He then closes his right eye and a magic circle appears at the tip of the arrow.

"Locked on Target," Auberon said, then pulled the bowstring back and a black magic circle appears at the nock of the arrow, "Here I go!"

Upon Auberon's release on the bowstring, The Arrow travels with great speed towards the sky, thanks to Iris and Natsu's Fire Magic, while it breaks the roof of the watchtower due to the powerful wind force applied by the bow.

"He did it!" Happy said enthusiastically,

"This is bad," Gray muttered,

"What are they thinking?!" Lucy cried out,

Meanwhile, Erza, Iris, and The Villagers watched as the arrow travels up to the sky. Then suddenly, A small crack appears in the sky and caused the villagers to gasp at this.

"No way!" Gray and Lucy exclaimed in unison,

The crack in the sky keeps getting larger and larger. Eventually, It shatters and the once pink moon turns into a regular moon.

The Villagers gasps once again as they saw the moon still there in one piece.

"The Moon!" Natsu exclaimed,

"It's still there!" The Village Chief followed,

After the sky had shattered, small particles of dust rained down on the village. Which made the villagers chatter amongst themselves in this entire scene.

"What the heck is going on?!" Natsu asked, staring towards the clear sky,

"It's not really the moon that caused all this," Iris answered,

"It's actually a Noxious Membrane that covered the enter sky. Thanks to the Moondrip Spell," Auberon added, "It releases gas in the sky and down to the temple. The Gas soon started to crystallize over time and covered the entire island with an invisible shell. It's the very reason why the moon is purple here,"

Then, The Villagers started to glow in a bright light while Lucy, Happy, Gray, and Erza watched from the sidelines.

"Now that the shell is broken. Everything will go back as it should be 3 years ago," Iris said,

A few moments later, The light died down and the Villagers' appearance hasn't changed one bit after the shell had been broken.

"What's wrong? They're not transforming?" Gray questioned,

"Oh no," Happy said in concern,

"That's because these are their true forms," Erza said, "The Moondrip never affected their appearance. However, it seems that it'd affect their memories,"

"What do you mean," Lucy asked,

"The Villagers think that their cursed humans transformed into demons. But in reality, It's the other way around," Auberon said, resting his arms on the handrails of the tower,

"Wait! What he's saying. They're really..." Lucy tried to say it, but she seemed nervous to tell about it.

"Yep. You got it!" Iris said enthusiastically, "The Villagers have always been demons,"

This caused Natsu to gasp at this while Lucy and Happy screamed at this shocking reveal.

"Hey, Is that true?" Gray questioned a villager,

"Well, Maybe. My Memory's hazy. We all look pretty human when you met us, didn't we?" The villager said,

"Yes, because you possess the ability to take on human forms. Your false memories led you to believe that your temporary states were actually your true forms. In reality, you were demons who had fallen victim to the Moondrip Side effects," Erza explained,

"Hold on. How come Lyon and the others weren't affected?" Lucy asked,

"I assume it's because their human," Erza said, "As far as I can tell, Demons were the only ones exempted to the memory loss,"

"We basically knew what was going on when the Villagers said that they couldn't get to the temple," Iris added,

"The Moon Light Collected there was sacred. Therefore, Creatures of Darkness couldn't get near the place," Auberon finished, as he puts away his bow and jumps down the watchtower.

"You three are quite the detective. I knew I could trust you and your friends," A Voice said when everyone turns to the voice. They saw a demon wearing a bandana on his head and a cloak around his neck, "Thanks wizards, I owe you one,"

Lucy and Happy freaked out as they held onto each other.

"A Ghost!" Lucy exclaimed,

"You're that guy from the boat," Gray said,

"Bobo," The Villager Chief muttered, while Auberon heard the name from the former's mouth,

"But I thought you were," A Villager assumed,

"Getting stabbed in the chest hurt pretty bad. But you gotta more than that to kill a demon," Bobo said, as he chuckled at this,

"But on the boat, You just disappeared out of thin air," Gray pointed out,

Bobo smirked at this, disappears from the ground, and reappears in the air with a pair of wings on his back,

"I really hope you kids can forgive me for not telling you the truth sooner," Bobo apologized,

"He can fly?!" Gray said in disbelief,

"I was the only one who didn't have any memory loss. I had to leave cause everyone went nuts," Bobo explained, "I knew I was a demon. But everyone else, suddenly they think they were cursed humans,"

As Bobo laughed for a moment while the Village Chief started tearing up, unfurled his wings, and rushed his way towards Bobo in a hug.

With the Village Chief happy with his son back. He still kept hugging him while Bobo hugs the latter back.

"I'm so glad you've finally snapped out of it, Pops!" Bobo said,

Then, the other villages unfurled their wings and flew up to the air as they rejoiced with Bobo's return and for lifting the so-called curse upon their village.

"Yep, They are definitely demons," Erza commented,

"I don't know If you look at their faces. I kinda look more like angels to me," Natsu said,

"Aw... That's the kindest thing I've heard from you, Natsu," Iris said, playfully punching his shoulder once,

Soon enough, The Villagers decided to throw in a feast as a celebration for the Fairy Tail Wizards.

Natsu is currently stuffing his mouth with fire from torches, Gray seemed to have caught some attention from a few demon girls of the village and the rest were enjoying the food that was cooked and served by the villagers and watched Gray being dragged by the said girls.

"Looks like someone is getting a lot of attention from the ladies," Lucy commented,

"He'll scare them off sooner or later," Happy said,

"That's so true, Happy," Iris said,

"Well, I have to admit. I was wrong about humans," The Village Chief said, catching their attention, "All of these years, We've chosen to hide from the outside world. We were so afraid that others would judge us by our appearance,"

"You know the curse?" Bobo questioned, "That was just a rumor we spread so no one would come to the island and bother us,"

"Well, it worked, Cause the sailors in the docks were terrified. Nobody wanted to come here," Lucy said,

"I know, and it's a shame. But after meeting you, We've changed our minds," The Village Chief said, "You've restored our fate in humans and now we're not afraid. We're ready to go out and befriend people from other lands,"

"That's good, Friendship is a beautiful thing," Erza said, "It's an emotional bond that transcends one's physical appearance,"

Under Auberon's scarf, He couldn't help but made a small smile that remained hidden while the rest agreed to Erza's opinion about friendship.

But a few moments later. Two people then entered the village which made everyone stop eating and turned their attention to the two.

The first one was a girl with pink pigtails, wears a purple and pink short spaghetti dress with light pink trimmings, black leggings, and high heeled sandals. The second one beside her was a short man with extremely brushy, squared black eyebrows, wears a green coat reaching down his knees

The first one to speak to them was Erza, whose expression was serious as she confronts the two.

"How can I help you?" She asked,

"You Fairy Tailers are tough. The Cold Emperor was so banged up that he couldn't make it down here," The Blue Haired Man said,

"That's why we've come here to pay you a visit in his place," The pink-haired woman said,

"Wait just a minute! I thought we were cool?" Lucy exclaimed, "Didn't Lyon tell you guys what happened,"

"Yes, But that doesn't matter to us," The Blue Haired Man said,

"We want to settle things with you ourselves," The pink-haired woman said,

Natsu then steps forward with an eager expression on his face.

"Alright! What don't you show me what you got!" Natsu said, readying his fist coated with flames,

"Wait, Natsu!" Bobo called out, and the former turns to him, "Thanks for the help. But we can't keep relying on you. So let us fight them,"

"He's right, We got these clowns," A Villager followed,

"If we want to keep our village safe. We've got to protect it," Another Villager finished,

"Your determination is admirable," Auberon spoke, "But I think I should handle this matter,"

"So you're the Fairy Prince the rumors we've heard about. It's an honor to meet you in a place like this," The Pink Haired Woman said,

"I never called myself that. People say things just to make an impression of me," Auberon said, with a calm expression on his face,

"Fairy Prince?" Lucy questioned directly towards Iris,

"A few weeks after Auberon became an S-Class Wizard. Everyone started calling him that since he's not only strong but quite caring despite the calm expression on his face," Iris explained, "But in reality, He hates the title and tends to feel down on the whole idea,"

Lucy was surprised at this. But she shakes it off when she remembered something very important to tell to the young wizard.

"I forgot to tell you! Watch out for that creepy chick! She can control inanimate objects," Lucy shouted,

"And don't bother trying to using magic on mega brows," Natsu added,

"Thanks for the tip," Auberon said, then steps forward with his hands inside his pockets.

Auberon breaths in for a moment with his eyes close. But once he snapped his eyes open, Auberon releases a powerful wave of his magical aura that was felt not only by the two wizards he was facing, but everyone in the entire village.

Moments later, The Auberon's Aura dies down and everyone was a little shaken up by it.

"What the heck was that?!" Lucy exclaimed, feeling terrified by Auberon's power,

"It's his way of handling things," Iris replied as if nothing affected her,

"That's Auberon for ya!" Happy said,

"Would you cut that out," Lucy demanded,

Meanwhile, the two wizards somehow felt intimidated and decided to ease down since they now know what Auberon is capable of,

"Now that this matter is settled. Can you now explain why you're really here?" Auberon asked, making everyone except Iris and Erza feel clueless about this.

"Since we know how powerful you are. I guess we're way out of your league," The Pink Haired woman said,

"No kidding, Even I wouldn't be able to resist that kind of power," The Blue Haired Man said

"Wait, So you're not here to attack us?" Lucy questioned,

"I doubt this will make up for all the trouble we've caused you," The Blue Haired man said, "But we wanted to apologize in person,"

"Oh! So you guys came here to settle things in a good way!" Happy said,

"The Cold Emperor told us everything," The Pink Haired Girl said, "Thanks to you. We can finally let go of the pain Deliora caused so many years ago,"

"You mean you were victims of Deliora too?" Gray questioned,

"When we were children that monster ravaged our village," The Blue Haired man explained, "We watched it murdered all of our friends and family,"

"The Cold Emperor had a plan to kill the demon once and for all. That's why we joined him," The Pink haired girl said,

"You see, We wanted revenge and we're so focused on getting it that we never realized that we're hurting innocent people," The Blue Haired man said

"We're so blinded by our hatred that we ended up acting no better than the demon itself," The Pink Haired Girl said, "From now on, We will treat other people with respect and love,"

After a heartwarming apology from the two of them. Natsu started grinning before Auberon could say a word after that.

"Alrighty then!" Natsu exclaimed as he appeared behind the two and wrapped his arms around them, "You guys should stick around and join in on the feast! Right?"

"But we were enemies just a second ago," The Blue Haired man said,

"I don't think it's a good idea. Because I'm trying to watch figure and-" Before the Pink haired girl could finish her excuse, Natsu interrupts her by pulling both her and the blue-haired wizard closer,

"Enough with the excuses! Live a little, would ya?" Natsu said, then brought both wizards to a table while everyone except for the Fairy Tail Wizards sweatdropped at this as they found Natsu's enthusiasm quite amusing.

After that, Everyone went on with the feast while Auberon went to the two wizards from earlier.

"Do you mind if I sit next to you two?" Auberon asked,

"Uh... Sure," The Blue-haired m and said,

Auberon then sat between the two, grabbed a piece of bread from the table, and took a bite in it while the two wizards next to him were a bit uncomfortable since he was hostile a little while ago.

"Aren't you mad with us?" The Pink haired girl asked,

"Why should I be mad at you two? Your actions are simply caused by the hatred you both once had when you suffer from a tragic past?" Auberon said as he kept eating the bread,

"I see..." The Pink haired girl said as she turns away from him,

Auberon notices this expression and decided to lighten up their mood with some encouragement.

"I know that expression, Miss..." Auberon trails off since he doesn't know her name just yet,

"It's Sherry," The Pink Haired Girl introduced,

"Right, and back to what I was saying. That expression your holding. It's a face of someone whose heart is filled with guilt for some action your not proud of," Auberon said, while grabbing another bread from the table, "It's true that some actions would have caused the lives of innocent people and sometimes it's proven unforgivable that you blame yourself once the deed is done. But it's best that you don't let that guilt consume you when it comes to admitting your mistakes. Life is a journey and the negativity of emotions is just an anchor to your heart. Overcome that..."

Auberon glances around and saw the villagers once again enjoy their feast with the other Fairy Tail Wizards.

"You even find joy even in the darkest of times," Auberon finished,

Sherry gaped a bit but soon smiled as she nodded and agreed with Auberon's advice. Of course, this was also shared with the Blue haired man and smiled as well.

The Next Day

Natsu was still eating a few flames from a couple of torches with Happy beside him.

"Where did eyebrows and love girl go?" Natsu asked,

"Like typical parties, Guess they stuffed their faces and took off," Happy said,

Meanwhile, Lucy and Iris were examining Gray's forehead, which happens to have a scar just above his left eye.

"I think it's gonna leave a scar," Lucy pointed,

"Whatever. It doesn't matter to me," Gray said,

"On your face?!" Lucy exclaimed,

"I don't mind having a few scars as long as I can see them. The ones you can't see that stings," Gray explained,

"Well aren't you a smooth talker," Lucy commented, while Iris giggles to herself. Meanwhile, Natsu felt unamused by Gray's comment and decided to annoy him.

"So you got invisible scars?" Natsu asked,

"Shut up, Natsu! Every time I say something cool you gotta ruin it!" Gray shouted

"How is that cool?" Natsu questioned,

While the two bicker with one another. Iris stands up from the ground and walked her way to her brother's side and talked to the Village Chief.

"Here's your reward for lifting the curse," The Village Chief said, offering towards Erza as an assumption that she was the leader of the group,

"Thank you. But I'm afraid I can't take it since I'm not the one who was assigned to complete this quest," Erza said, then she places a hand on Auberon and Iris shoulder, "But the truth is that these two were supposed to be the ones who were sent here to aid you. So it's only natural that they receive the reward,"

The Village Chief chuckled in delight as he smiled to the three,

"I see your point, Miss," The Village Chief said,

Then another Villager approaches Iris with something in his hand.

"And take this as well. It's apart of the reward when you lift the curse," He said, showing a golden key to her.

When Iris grabbed it, examines it, and recognized the symbol at the head of the key.

"It's one of the Celestial Zodiac Keys," Iris said,

A moment later, Auberon's eyes widen for a moment, and gave a sideways glance towards Lucy as he figured out the reason why she was here with Natsu. But instead of telling this to his sister, he decided to keep himself silent until they reached Magnolia.

Auberon then nudges on his sister's shirt and makes a gesture towards the golden key.

"You want this?" Iris questioned,

Auberon nods once, and Iris immediately hands the key to her brother. After that, The Former turns towards Lucy with a deadpan expression. While the latter mistook this as a frown from him.

"Why is he looking at me like that?! He is mad at me?!" Lucy cried out in thought,

"Lucy," Auberon called out,

"Yes!" Lucy exclaimed,

Then all of a sudden, Auberon tosses the Celestial Gate Key into Lucy's hands. Which made the latter confused at this as soon as she caught the key.

"Keep it... We don't need," Auberon said,

"But... Why?" Lucy asked,

"Because My sister and I don't have any experience or interest in Celestial Spirit Magic and you're the only one who's interested in this kind of magic," Auberon explained," But if you want to be at ease by this. Just think of it as a Welcome Gift from me and my sister,"

Lucy seems to have smiled at this as she nodded her head and accepted the Gate Key from Auberon's hand while the latter's sister smiled at his brother's kind nature.

Soon enough, Natsu walks towards with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Hey! How come Lucy gets something while you get to keep the money for yourself!" Natsu cried out with tick marks appearing all over his face,

"Am I hearing a complaint, Natsu?" Auberon asked, with a threatening tone in his telepathy

"No! Not at all!" Natsu said, as he immediately backs away from the young boy in fear,

"Well, if you want to get a ride back to Hargeon. I'd be happy to take you there," Bobo offered,

"Thank you. But we have a boat that's waiting for us," Erza said,

As everyone went to the shoreline of the island. The Pirate Ship from last night was docked which surprised the Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Everyone excluding Erza, and the Whisper siblings were shocked at the sight of the pirate ship.

"A Pirate Ship?!" Gray exclaimed,

"Are you kidding me?! Did she hijack it?!" Lucy exclaimed,

"This is awesome!" Happy said,

"Ahoy, Me Beauty!" The Captain called out while his crew cheered directly towards Erza,

"Me Beauty?" Lucy questioned,

"That's right. They've become quite fond of me," Erza said,

"That's the great Erza for ya!" Happy said,

"Geez, you're such a suck-up," Lucy said, directly towards the flying cat,

"Ahoy! Come aboard me ship, Mateys!" The Captain shouted out loud,

"Mateys?" Gray questioned,

"I don't wanna! I'm not riding that creepy boat!" Lucy cried out,

"If you wanna swim. I'll join you," Natsu said,

"Are you insane?!" Lucy shouted,

Eventually, The group boarded the ship, much to Natsu not wanting to ride it due to his motion sickness, and they set off to Hargeon while the Villagers waved their hands to them and said their goodbyes.

Magnolia...

Everyone is seen walking their way back to the guild.

"We're home!" Natsu cried out in joy,

"Aye Sir!" Happy followed,

"I gotta say, I agree with Natsu on that comment," Iris said with a cheery face, "It's good to be home,"

"But I'm bummed about you two. You guys are the only ones that reward while Lucy gets some lousy gate key," Gray commented,

"Yeah, Can you two share the reward with us?" Happy asked,

"Sorry, Happy. But the quest was reserved for me and my brother only, Happy" Iris said, while her brother agreed on her statement,

"She's right about that, Happy. Now quit your complaining," Lucy added,

"That easy for you to say, You got a reward," Happy said, "Can we sell it?"

"How could you even suggest that, Happy?! You guys just don't get it, They're hard to come by. Sure there are a lot of silver gate keys. But there are only twelve gold zodiac keys," Lucy explained proudly, "And I'm lucky enough to have five,"

"Too bad that they're all crazy," Natsu said,

"You better watch your mouth, you punk. Me and my celestial spirits are going to be stronger than you someday!" Lucy declared,

"So, which one of the zodiac keys did you end up getting?" Gray asked,

"It's Sagittarius the Centaur," Lucy answered,

"It's a horseman?!" Gray questioned, and the Ice-Make Wizard imagines the said horseman,

"Yeah, but it's more like this," Lucy said, followed by an image of a centaur,

As for Natsu. It's something that's not even related to the term centaur.

"And that is not even close," Lucy commented,

"You're all so carefree. It's almost as if you've forgotten punishment when we get back to the guild," Erza commented, causing the three to gasp at this,

"She's right, you know!" Iris added,

"But why?!" Natsu asked,

"Everything worked out in the end! Can't we just forget the whole punishment thing!" Lucy said with a nervous tone in her voice,

"You're right. Everything worked out, but only because we came along and finished the job you weren't qualified to do," Erza said, "Stealing an S-Class Quest is a serious offense,"

"We said we're sorry," Lucy said,

"If you promise that you'll never do it again. Then I don't think you need to be penalized by the guild," Erza explained, "Unfortunately, I don't any say in the matter. Your fates are in Marakov's Hands. So I'm sure you'll be facing punishment,"

"Now I'm scared. You think he's gonna make us do that?" Happy assumed, which made Natsu and Gray had paled all of a sudden,

"Just kill me now! I don't think I can plan through that again!" Gray screamed as he started freaking out,

"You guys are freaking me out!" Lucy shrieked,

"Don't let it scare ya. I'll talk to the old man out of punishing us. That guy likes me," Natsu said, patting Lucy on the shoulder a couple of times,

"I don't know if you should do the talking," Lucy said,

"Natsu, You can't talk your way out of this one," Erza said, with a smirk on her face, "Good Luck with that,"

As Erza maniacally laughs at this and Natsu started sweating buckets all over his face. Of course, He tried to make a run for it, But Erza grabs him by his scarf and started dragging him back to the guildhall,

Natsu was crying for help, Gray is currently talking to himself due to the fact that he was tortured before and wishes not to go through the horrible nightmare, and Happy in denial having witnessed that before.

As for Lucy, it's a different story since she's practically new to the guild.

"Would somebody tell me what that is?! I'm totally freaking out!" Lucy cried out in fear,

"There's no need for you to get so scared, Lucy," Auberon reassured, and the latter turns to him, "I'll talk to the Master out of punishing you,"

"Huh...?!" Lucy said while everyone else including Erza and Iris gasped at this,

"Hey, Little Brother. Why do want to make an exception to Lucy?" Iris questioned,

"Two reasons. One, I don't want to see new members of the guild being punished by the Master. So I think the best course of action on this is to let her witness the master's punishment rather than experience it first hand. Second," Auberon points his finger directly towards Lucy's Gate Key Wallet, "Is that. Any Celestial Wizard would do anything just to get their hands on one of the Zodiac Keys out there. Since the Reward comes with that Gate Key, Natsu managed to convince you with this. So don't worry about being punished by Master anytime soon,"

"Oh cool!" Lucy said with relief

"But just this once. One more incident and you'll regret it soon enough," Auberon said with a strict tone, "Am I understood?"

"Yes! I understand!" Lucy nervously replied,

Meanwhile, Iris giggled at this while Erza decided not to object to the young Whisper's idea. After all, Auberon is truly quite a kind-hearted kid despite the calm expression he always wore.

As for Natsu, Gray, and Happy...

"HEY! HOW COME LUCY GETS OFF THE HOOK WHILE WE CAN'T!" The three simultaneously protested,

"Is there a problem with it?" Auberon questioned with a frown, a terrifying aura, and a threatening tone towards the trio,

Of course, They were afraid of Auberon as they started sweating, shook their heads a couple of times, and steps back from him. For this young wizard is much scarier than the great Erza herself...


This is undoubtfully the longest chapter I have ever made in this story. But after this Arc, The War between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord will begin!

And I'm going, to be honest with all of you. I am super excited to get started on it. I even made a couple of ideas for Auberon and Iris' participation in the war.

But right now, That is all and I'll see you guys in the next chapter!

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