Title: Blood Revelation
Author: Sane. Allen/Kanra Nakamura
Rated: T
Genre: Angst, Hurt and Comfort, Romance
Summary: Nastu was kidnapped by a dark guild few days after Erza was declared to be the 7th guild master of Fairy tail. Three weeks after Natsu got kidnapped, Zeref, who heard what happen to Natsu, pass by a castle where he heard Natsu screams. The dark mage saved him, but the fairy tail mages arrive when he healed Nastu and both of them revealed something that the other mages never accepted for few years.
Pairing: Eventually Gray x Natsu
Warnings: Bad Grammars, OOC, Angst scene, Mention of rapes, torture, brother complex, temporary female Natsu, bad languages, gore and violence, trigger warnings and major AU.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Brother complex mode, angry"
(Actions while singing/ actions while playing song/ scene change)
"Flashback/Past/memories"
"Emphasizing"
Please enjoy the story!
A/N: I'll using Natsu and Etherias to call our favorite salamander
Opening Song: V.I.P from Magi (2nd Part)
Shita o mite warau yori mo ue o mite zetsubou shitai
"motto" kuchiguse ga ii
(A girl with long pink haired, tied into a high pony tail, is seen walking ahead of us down at the hallway of the palace, before stopping and look at the window beside her, revealing a smiling face of Natsu/Etherias. At the window were sakura petals flying making her eyes follow it and when they landed at their balcony garden, she smiled widely before moving away, while our view zooms to the balcony.)
Oto ni duuji o tsuketagaru kyuukaku ni Taketa ano hito eh
Ima ore wa ikutsu dai? Kikasete
(At the balcony were Wendy, Carla, Happy and Lily, having a picnic watching as the flowers fells from the tree they bloom at, which is planted beside them, and flies away. They look at each other before standing up and walks towards the doorway where Invel, who adjusted his glasses, is standing at and when they passed him, he followed. Sakura petals covers the view.)
(Instrumental)
(Flash and reveals
"Blood Revelation 2
ケツち
コクつ.げる 2"
Disappears)
Fushigi to tobira no mukuo ni wa V.I.P nanoru yatsu wa naku
Daremo ga kunuo no hate sa ore mo
(The next scene is Natsu standing beside Zeref, who is sitting at the chair of the throne room, leaning his cheek on his fisted hand while the elbow of the said hand is leaning at the arm chair, both of them smirking. In front of them are the Spriggans standing in a straight line, either smirking, leering or smiling. Then suddenly the rest of the siblings arrived and went towards the older ones, followed by Aoi, who flew towards his mistress and lands at Natsu's shoulder. The said princess glance at her pet before looking back at us and raised her hand, which made Aoi flew and then blue flames began to surround him and everything was white before revealing…)
Sutakkaato ni kizanda
(The Fairytail mages, who are standing in front of their guild, smiling sadly. Makarov and Mavis standing in front of them with the same facial expression. However, Romeo, Asuka and Gray weren't there. Sakura petals covers the view.)
Hagireyoku aruita michi ja nai kedo
Sotto negai o kometa
(Romeo and Asuka was seen next in the forest where they created a small altar for their missing family members, kneeling and praying. Before they stood up and look at the sky, smiling and then they both walk away holding each other's hands and it tightens slowly, showing as a sign of comfort. Sakura petals covers the view.)
Ano hi no shounen wa ima kono keshiki nani, omou darou?
Saa uchinuke
(Next to be seen was Gray leaning at the wall of his house, of Natsu's house, found in the middle of the forest looking at the small garden he created filled with flowers that reminded him of their missing family members before grabbing a Gaillardia flower from its bush near him and twirls it and watch as the strong wind blew the petals away and Gray could only watch it, as few petals flew away as well. Sakura petals covers the view.)
Akogare o ima tsukanda
Mi o yudanereba ii kaji wa kono te ni
(Next scene is Gray and Etherias passing each other in the market of Magnolia, before Etherias stopped and look back and watched Gray walk away from her with his shoulders slump, before she turned and walks away, and then it was Gray's turn to stop and watches her as she walk away, an images of Natsu flashes before his eyes before he closed them and smiles before walking away. Gaillardia petals covers the view.)
Mittsu kazoete the show time
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara
(And the next seen was a two cliffs facing each other, strong winds blowing. On each cliff stood the Fairytail mages and the Alvarez rulers and shields. The Fairytail mages are standing in line, frowning, while their enemies were smirking at them, except from the princes and princesses who are smiling, the smiles however are cold and give them shivers. However, it was only Gray who had his eyes widen slowly upon making eye contact with the Heiress, who was smiling gently at him. Thunder flashes in the background, followed by a white flash.)
Saa tobikomou
("Blood Revelation 2
ケツち
コクつ.げる 2")
(Bloody 16: 3 years later)
(Three years later, Alvarez Empire)
A soft hum is heard, followed by soft tapping of shoes as the owner walks down the hallway of the Palace, cheerfully. Long blue hair, tied into a high pony tail, swiftly swayed side to side and wearing a blue off-shoulder Gothic gown that reaches their ankle, with black ruffled laces around it, the skirt of the gown is ballooned at the very end and begins to tighten slowly upon heading towards the waist, with layers of laces as a design and stopping at the waist line where the top is formed into a corset. Black ribbons surrounds the very top of the said corset making people, who've seen the gown, think that it's not a corset, except to the maids who laundry it and help the wearer wore it. The off-shoulder sleeves is surrounded by black laces at each edges, a black ribbon and blue lace as choker is tied up in the neck.
The wearer of such elegant dress was no other Wendy Dragneel, age 15 – or 415+ if we're counting the fact that she came from the past – the second sibling of the Emperor. For the past three years she learned to be the princess of their empire and the adviser of the next ruler as well as the future prime minister should ever something happen to the Emperor and/or Heiress. She grew up as elegant as her older sister did – but when asked, she'll deny and admit that her older sister is more elegant than her –, and became a wonderful princess that their people loved. Well, everyone in their family is loved by the people of Alvarez, not that they have a reason to hate them, for the royal family did the best for their kingdom, and it all started when they were sure that Zeref's curse had truly disappeared. Suddenly, the soft humming of the sky dragon slayer stopped and listen carefully to the soft tune she heard down the hallway before smiling widely.
"Wendy-nee!" A voice shouted, which made her blink and look behind her and saw the rest of her siblings. Carla Dragneel, Lily Dragneel and Happy Dragneel, said Dragneels can now maintain their human form for a long time while using minimum of magic. In fact they can last in their human form for a couple of months, while using 6% of their magic and that is the result of the training the Spriggans and their older siblings, excluding Wendy, gave to them. And considering that the three of them had the appearance of a 9 years old child, even though Lily is much older, the three of them decided to be fraternal triplets instead of letting the boys be twins. The Spriggans had no complain on that matter, while their older sibling merely smiled and asked Happy about he's infatuation towards Carla, which surprisingly disappeared or… at least that's what he said so. But when the Spriggans asked their rulers, Zeref merely look at Natsu who stated that Happy was telling the truth. How she knew? Well… being a guardian had it perks and one of them is to know whether a person is lying or not.
But the triplets hate being a child, and that is because they couldn't help their kingdom like their siblings did, instead their role is that they will plan the events that the rulers wanted the Empire to have. Zeref told them that the reason why he allowed them to plan such events was because he, Natsu and Wendy knew that they have wild and creative imagination. Happy was happy accepting such role, being a child at heart himself, while the other two was more reluctant when accepting the role. But when they were about to leave, Natsu talk to them and whatever she told them made them accept the role. What she told? That is for another chapter*.
Currently, Carla is wearing the same design as Wendy, but instead of black and blue, hers is black and white. Lily is wearing a long sleeve gray-shirt with a black vest over it, black slacks and shoes. Happy is wearing a short sleeve light blue-shirt and red vest over it, followed by red slacks and black shoes.
"What is it?" Wendy asked softly, as the triplets stopped in front of her.
"Are you heading to that room?" Happy asked, which made her smile and answered.
"Where else can I find her?" She giggled before she continue walking with her other siblings behind her. The room they were talking about is located at the 3rd floor of their palace, east side and is the very last room at the said floor. When the four former fairytail mages arrived in front of the door, where carvings of dragons are seen, they stopped and listen to the soft tune that Wendy heard after she stop humming and smiled. They listened for a while before Wendy decided to knock at the door, softly.
"Enter." A soft voice answered, while the tune continues to play. Wendy gently open the door and look at the person, sitting down in front of the grand piano near the window, playing the tune they were listening to. The person is wearing a simple, blue, tube gown, with black flames licking at the hemline. The skirt of the gown is ballooned and tighten to the waist line where a sewed branch of sakura flowers started and ended at the top of the gown, the person is also wearing a blue gloves that reaches their elbow. Tiara with a huge sapphire gem at the middle is seen at the top of the person, with small rubies around it. At the neck was a necklace with a heart shape gem, but instead of one gem, the necklace had two gem. The gem was cut into half, one part of the heart is a sapphire and the other is a ruby. The long pink hair is down, letting it flow until it nearly touches the floor but if the owner stood up, it is the exact length of their knee. In front of the person, perched on top of the piano, was a blue fire phoenix, soft blue flames covered it, but not burning anything.
"Nee-sama," Wendy called out softly again. "Zeref-nii-sama is wants you to go to the conference room." At that, the person stopped playing.
"Hmmm… did he say why?" The person asked and she gracefully stood up.
"No, he didn't." Wendy answered back and watch as the person slowly look at them.
"Well then… I better get going." The person look at the bird before raising their left hand and let the bird perched at their hand before slowly bringing the said hand to their chest and made the bird perched at their shoulder.
"Let's go." The person declared slowly walking towards them.
"Hai…" Wendy answered, "Natsu-nee-sama."
The person was no other than Etherias 'Natsu' Dragneel, who tilts her head to side and smiled when Wendy said her name. Natsu is known as Etherias to her people but to the Spriggans and her family she is known as Natsu. And there's one important detail about her that all of them, especially Zeref, like and that is the light in Natsu's eyes. After spending months and days of trying to regain the light that disappeared from Natsu's eyes because of the guild that kidnapped her, it finally returned and the very reason why it came back was because she realize that even through the pain and the dark past that happen to her, it gave her the family she always wanted. True she loved fairytail, but she needed a family that is really related to her and understands her, and when her past was revealed, Zeref came back to her life even if the prize was too much. However, there are particular times that the light will disappear for three days should a particular moment happens and those are during a thunderstorm, sudden surprises – Ajeel and Marin are still afraid of their emperor – and darkness, especially when she's alone. So to maintain the light in Natsu's eyes, Zeref made sure that those moments shall never happen, although there are times that it couldn't be avoided, and those moments shall be known on the next chapters**.
When Natsu reaches her siblings, she slowly turn to the door that Wendy pushed and slowly pulled it and shut the door softly. Once close, she look at her siblings and smiled, before gracefully walking away from it. As they walk down the hallway, the young Dragneels heard their sister humming, which made them smile as well. They glance at the close door behind them and look at the back of their older sister before Carla spoke.
"Onee-sama," Natsu hummed in response. "Did you create a new song in that room?" She finished, which made Natsu look at her, chuckling.
"No I didn't Carla. I just played a same old song." She answered, which made Lily to say.
"But it doesn't sound like your old ones." Natsu hummed thoughtfully.
"It doesn't?" She asked, which made all of them nod their head. "I guess I did change the notes and the tones slightly." She told them before they continue their way towards the room where Zeref is waiting, this time silently. The room they were talking about was Zeref's birthday present to Natsu two years ago, after a year of staying in Alvarez, his first birthday present to Natsu after being seperated for hundreds of years. The room was nothing grand or lavish, in fact it was simple. When Zeref showed Natsu the room, it had nothing instead a plain blue wall and empty, which embarrrased the emperor. He had power and wealth to give to his siblings but he gave something so plain and seems worthless to Natsu. When he told Natsu this the Spriggans agreed to his statement, mentally of course, but the heiress merely laugh at that which shock them before in turned into something like awe and respect when she answered.
"It doesn't matter to me whether they are plain or simply nothing in the eyes nii-sama." She stated before putting her point finger at the center of Zeref's chest. "What matters to me is that you thought about it and tried your best to give me the best present there is." She told them. "What's the point of giving me a room that is already filled with something that I might not like? Besides…" she then looks at the room. "This might give me more time to think on what should I do here."
At first Natsu wasn't sure on how to use the room. She could made it into her own art room but they already had one. She thought about turning it into a gallery but it would be too big. It took her two weeks to decide on what to put in the room and that happen when she and Zeref where walking around their empire.
Flashback
(Two weeks after Natsu Birthday)
"That was a grand celebration, wasn't it?"
"It was! It's the first time we got inside the palace!"
"I really like that we had so many rulers! And the Emperor's siblings are too nice!"
"That is true. You won't even know that we're dark mages anymore."
"Your right about that. But this made everything easy!"
"Easy? How come?"
"The mages in Ishgar will be confuse whether we're dark mages or not. So if they thought we aren't dark mages anymore then by the time we attack them they will surely be shock!"
"Ohh! I didn't think that!"
Whispers and words are heard and passed, none of the Alvarez people bother notice two cloaked people walking pass them as they gossip with each other. Of course the two cloaked people couldn't help but sigh and smile at one another.
"Is this what you planned from the very beginning when you decided to have a birthday party at the palace, Zeref-nii-sama?" Natsu or Etherias asked as she and Zeref walk down the path that would lead them to the city square, holding each others hands.
"Why of course my dear sister. Even if my curse is gone, I couldn't let our people think that I'll be the same with the ruler of Ishgar, kind, understanding and all that nice stuff they had. I need to make them thing that everything is according to the plan and that we need to lay low for now." Zeref answered.
"It is according to you plan." Natsu retorted before looking at the hands. "Are you ashamed that I removed your curse or are you more ashamed of the chances that you will be just like the ruler of Ishgar due to the fact that the curse is removed?" At that question, Zeref couldn't help but scoff.
"As if. Of course not my dear sister. I will never be ashamed of you removing my curse. I couldn't be better." Zeref smiled at her. "But do not forget we're dark mages now, however, we will be different from those who hurt you Natsu." He added as he stop walking and grabbed Natsu's left hand, making them face one another.
"We're dark mages, and that will always remind the truth, but we will be the mages that cares for each other as a family." Zeref then put one of his hand on Natsu cheek, making her to lean against it and close her eyes. "You wanted a family that will care of you and love you, the fairy tail gaved you that but in the end they left you. But Natsu…" at that she open her eyes and look at her brother. "I will make a family of dark mages who will do more than the fairy tail and will never become the dark mages who broke you. We will be the powerful mages there is, as long as we have one another, and everyone else…. As a family." As he said those Natsu's eyes brighten before it was gone a second later, Zeref removed his right hand from Natsu's cheek and gestured to their right where all of the Alvarez people are standing in front of the fountain of their city square, looking at Natsu and Zeref in agreement, trust, loyalty and honesty.
"Wha-?" Natsu trailed off before glaring at her brother, who was smiling sheepishly at her.
"You set this up!" She accused as she poked her brother's side, hard, making Zeref to grunt.
"Yup I did." He groaned out, before hearing Natsu giggles which make him smile and look at their people.
"Don't worry Princess Etherias. We will always be your family! And we will love you and the rest of the rulers!" One of the people shouted which made them shout in agreement.
"We're dark mages but we're also a family!"
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Princesses! Long live the Princes! Long live ALVAREZ!" they all shouted and Natsu couldn't help but smiled and release some tears of happiness upon realizing how truthful their people are. Being a guardian really had it's perks.
"Additional birthday gift." Zeref stated, which made Natsu to blink before looking at her brother.
"Eh? What do you mean?"
"Well…." Zeref, for the first time, rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "You didn't seem to like the room I gaved you." At that Natsu narrowed her eyes and open her mouth, but before she could speak, her older brother added. "I know you said that it doesn't matter and all that stuff but Natsu…" he trailed off and look intensely in her eyes.
"We've been seperated for hundred of years. And all I can give you for the birthdays I missed is a plain room and this." He gestured at the people around them who went back to talk to each other, some waved at them when they saw them looking and they waved back before Zeref went back to look in her eyes. "I… I felt like I never gaved you enough for all those years that I miss. And I can't… express that Natsu…. For centuries, I force myselft to never feel it and neglect human contac… and when I can finally be the older brother I was years ago… I forgot on what to do and how should I do it… I…." Zeref trailed off and Natsu's eyes soften before she sighed and hugged him.
"I understand Zeref-nii…. I understand…" she told him before moving away and smiled, which made the emperor to smile back. After a while they seperated and look back at their people before moving towards the fountain and smile at everyone who greeted them. When they arrived at the fountain, both siblings sat down and look around them. They saw people chattering and children playing each other, this of course made Natsu to tilt her head to side and said.
"If I didn't knew that we're dark mages…. I would think that we're like the people back at Ishgar." Zeref laughs at her comment.
"Appearance can be deceiving Natsu, besides… with what you said just now, everything is and will be according to my plan." Natsu smiled at his statement before leaning on his shoulder and dozed off. Normally, he should be worried about getting Ishgar and fairy tail being attacked, but with all the things that had happen and with the fact she's the guardian of all the guardians, who had some grudge on the people of Ishgar, which made her feel nothing towards the said continent. Natsu let her eyes room before stopping upon seeing a music shop and saw kids looking a grand piano with a longing look. She blink before standing up which made Zeref to look at her and did the same. Together they headed towards the shop and entered.
"Na—Etherias?" Zeref asked as he watched, together with the shop owner, who was in awe with their heiress gracefulness, Natsu walk towards the grand piano and saw the children looking at the window. Without even asking, Natsu sat down and began to play the piano, which caught the town's people attention and watch as their princess played a song for the children. Zeref blink, for he didn't knew that Natsu could play and he knew Natsu couldn't play either for the music she's playing seems to be mix with some song she knew but it manage to blend it. By the time she finishes, almost all of the people are surrounding the shop and when she stood up they clapped, but Natsu seems to ignore them and watch as she gracefully run towards her brother. Zeref blink as Natsu suddenly grabs his hand and look at him with puppy eyes.
"Nii…" she called out softly, and Zeref gulped, waiting for her to tell him what she wanted, though it was obvious. "Buy me that piano…" and fast than a blink of an Zeref turned to look at the shop owner and began to speak, very, very fast.
"Iwantthatpianoimmediateltobesendatthepalace. Donotdawdle. Noscratches,ormarkingsthatwouldcauseittohaveaflawdoyouunderstand?" Everyone blink, for the first time their emperor is acting like a father, who wants to pamper his daughter.
"Nii-sama… I don't think he understood." Natsu told him, Zeref blinks before looking at her.
"Is the piano all you want?" Everyone sweat drop when he talk normally to his sister. Natsu laughs nervously and looks at the shop owner.
"What the Emperor said and I quote 'I want that piano immediately to be sent at the palace. Do not dawdle. No scratches, or markings that would cause it to have a flaw do you understand?' unquote." Natsu smiled at the shop owner, who immediately stuttered and did what the emperor told him to do. Natsu giggled before looking at her brother, who began to look around the shop.
"Nii-sama…" Natsu called out softly before walking towards him. Zeref glance at her before looking back at the violin he's looking at, humming when she called him again. "You do know that I can't play the instruments right?" she asked, which made Zeref to scoff.
"Liar." He answered and walk further into the shop, Natsu in tow. "You and I both know that you wished to have musical instruments since we were kids…" Zeref stopped and turned to look at his sister. "Besides, you learn fast…"
"And you and I both know how much I hate being taught by other people." Natsu pouts. "I only want to be taught by you." She mumbled and then remembered the time when she was still in fairy tail and a kid. She was taught by Erza, who was having a hard time to teach her if the Titania didn't punch her or something.
'I guess my body remembered to only be taught by Zeref-nii.' She thought.
"And your also a prodigy." Zeref stated. "And now that you mention it… Anna did have a hard teaching you." At that Natsu giggled.
"Yeah, maybe I am a prodigy but that doesn't mean I can have all of the instruments that you will buy for me." And then she hummed in thought. "Speaking of which… where is Anna-sensei? As fas as I know she went with us through the Eclipse." Zeref sighed and look at the instruments next to him.
"Natsu ever since mom and dad died, you never asked for something. But I always saw how you glance at a music everytime we went to town." He then brushed her hair. "I just want you to be happy. You made me happy when we were kids, now it's my turn." He then look at the shop owner and pointed at the violin he was looking at earlier.
"Include that one."
"Yes, your highness." The shop owner bowed and began to work. Zeref then look back to his sister.
"As for Anna… I don't know. You and the other four dragon slayers got separated from her and just like me, you forgot about her." Natsu sighed and shakes her head.
"But I remembered her."
"That is because I mentioned her." He then walk towards the door, where the shop owner is sweating.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean that I really have forgotten her. I'm sure Wendy remembers her." She stated, as she followed her brother.
"Hmm… I'll ask her when we get back." He then stopped and whispered something to the shop owner, Natsu blinks before her eyes slowly widen, walk towards him and then began to slap her brother's arm, which made him flinch and move away from the shop owner.
"Etherias?" Zeref asked as he rubbed his abused arm.
"One item of every instrument?! Really?!" She shouted and Zeref flinch before moving away from her, and went out with Natsu behind him.
"I never thought you could hear it." He mumbled.
"Sharp hearing." She stated and he sighed. "Besides, I don't have a… room…" she trailed of, which made her brother to stop and look at her.
"Natsu?"
"The room!" She exclaimed and jump towards her brother. "We can turn the room into a music room!" Zeref then smiled and look at her, she then stop and spun around.
"Go back to the music shop and tell the owner to have the instruments send after a couple of days. I need to paint the room!" she declared before running away, gracefully of course.
"Wait Natsu!" Zeref called out, reaching his hand out before sighing and look at the shop owner, who was standing outside the music shop.
"You heard her." He stated, before sighing once again and went after his sibling.
"So from a plain room, now it's a music room." He mumbled to himself and sighed one more time when he saw his sibling looking at the paint buckets, while making the people look at her in awe, as she gracefully bend down to look at the paint colors and as she also stood up and smiled at him.
"Nii! Hurry up!" She half shouted and half stated. Zeref sigh for the nth time of that day and thought to himself.
'This will be a long day.'
End of Flash Back
Now, everytime Natsu is free from her duties, she would head to her music room and plays the song she created out of the blue. Everyone in the castle could hear her song and of course her siblings would come inside the room to listen to her song, once in a while a spriggan would join them, but it was Brandish, who's always present everytime Natsu plays a song.
"Zeref-nii-sama?" Natsu called out softly, knocking at the conference room where she knew the meeting would be held.
(A/N: Btw guys, I'm referring to the room at chapter 452 where Zeref called for a meeting. Where we met 7 of the 12 spriggans.)
(A/N: Spoiler alert and an AU on the chapter 452 as well)
"Come in." Zeref answered and when Natsu open the door, she saw the 7 people sitting at the round table, looking at her seriously. Natsu blink before walking inside with her younger siblings in tow and sat at the right side of Zeref, with Wendy and Carla at her right and Happy and Lily at the left side of Zeref. She didn't speak and merely waited for them to begin. When Yajeel stode between Natsu and Zeref, only a few step backwards did their emperor finally spoked.
"Seven spriggans, huh…" he glance at Natsu, who glance back at him, before looking back at their audience. "For a summons as sudden as this one, we've got a respectable turnout indeed."
"Actually, Lord Nienheart is in the palace as well, but, the thing is… he…" Yajeel trailed off.
"It's okay." Zeref answered, glancing at his sister, who was looking at the spriggans that were present. And Zeref knew that Natsu had a feeling on what they're going to talk about based on how she look at him emotionless, and an emotionless Natsu meant that she's serious and knew what's going on.
"It is not okay. To disobey His Majesty's words is to run contrary to the very name of the 12." Invel, the winter general, stated.
"Quit being such a stick in the mud, Invel!" Ajeel stated, crossing his arms behind his head and put his crossed feet on the table in front of him. "Just start the meeting with whoever's here already! The less we have here, the more elite and chosen each of us becomes, no?"
"I'm sure you've realized it by now, but the time has finally come… to begin our invasion of Ishgar." Zeref stated, which made Natsu to sighed and the rest of his siblings to look at him with wide eyes, not expecting that they will invade Ishgar so soon.
"How annoying…" Brandish, the nationbreaker, stated. Which made Natsu to chuckled and leaned her elbows to the tables, crossed her hands together and leaned her chin on them, smiling.
"Come on, don't be like that Bran-chan. You promised to me years ago that you'd listen to our orders, didn't you?" she stated.
"Of course I did hime." Brandish smiled at her. "But your orders and the emperor orders are different. But how I feel and what I do are two different things. It might be annoying, but if it's your order or the emperor's, you know I'll follow through on it." Natsu chuckled at that, while the war maiden, Dimaria stated.
"Randi, you always just say whatever's on your mind. That's why people don't like you."
"Hm? I'm the one that doesn't like people, thank you very much! Besides hime likes me!" Brandish pouted while Natsu chuckled.
"I'm sure all of my siblings like each one of you. Nii-sama however…" Natsu glanced at Zeref who merely smiled. "prefers to pretend he doesn't like you at all."
"That hurts and very blunt of you Natsu." Zeref smirked, with the present spriggan following his example.
"Is that so…. I guess we really do get along, don't we Brandish? The hime after all likes us and the both of us doesn't like people. I can make an exception for you and your siblings hime." Dimaria stated, looking at Natsu. While Zeref sighed.
"Are all of you wrapped around Natsu's finger?" he asked, the silence of the spriggans answered it.
"Natsu…" Zeref sighed, while said sister merely giggled while the rest of his siblings smiled.
"I know that my siblings won't be affected about this, for we already talk about this years ago. They just don't know when. However… God Serena… will it be painful for you to raze you homeland?" God Serena slammed his hands down and stood up, before swiftly making at X with his arms over his chest.
"Painful? Absolutely…" then he spread his arms wide as spot light shined upon him. "NOT!"
"One of the ten wizard saints, a rank 1 at that, attacking the Ishgar. That's not something you see everyday." Natsu stated, smirking, while Brandish and Dimaria look at the said wizard, dumbfounded.
"Weirdo." Brandish commented and Natsu laugh at the next action the wizard did.
"I'll take that as a compliment…" he then sat down while Natsu put her hands back to her lap and shakes her head.
"And speak for yourself as well, your highness." God Serena stated, Natsu smirked.
"At least I'm merely a mage, Serena. You're the one that the Ishgar depends on to protect them." She retorted, while the Spriggans chuckled at how Serena pouted.
"I hated it when you state the obvious."
"You Majesty… we are all prepared for ragnarok. For the final battle." The Mage king, August stated. Natsu glance at him and smiled.
"Relax August," Said mage glanced at her. "Your powerful yes, but I know for a fact that you had one weakness. I rather not have anyone of you spriggans, especially you August, to act so recklessly and ended up getting killed."
"Your highness…" August trailed off, while Natsu smiled, her eyes showed him a silent message. 'We'll talk later'.
"I understand." He answered to both her statement and message.
"In other words, our target is the body of you former lover." The Adjudicator, Wahru (A/N: or is it Wall? Please tell me.) "If this is to become some deeply sinful act…"
"Now, now Wahru." Natsu stated, leaning back to her chair. "There are kids here." She chuckled while the said spriggan smirked more.
"I apologize, Princess." Natsu sighed and blink before looking at her younger siblings and stated.
"Ajeel, take Wendy and my younger siblings to the gallery." At that everyone blinked in shocked.
"Wha-? Onee-sama!" They protested, while Zeref remained silent.
"You may act like this doesn't affect you, but I know for a fact that it does."
"Onee-sama!" Wendy stated, which made Natsu to glance at her.
"Wendy… We're talking about attacking Ishgar. We're you build a memory with Caitshelter and with fairy tail. You might not take it well." Wendy blinked realizing that their older sister is correct but she's definitely not leaving the room.
"That is true. But I don't want to remember the place where your nightmare started." She then glance around the room and back at their older siblings. "Alvarez is my home and family now. I'm not going to let some stupid past get in the way of our happiness." Zeref smirks, while Natsu sighed.
"Ignore Natsu's order Yajeel, sit down Wendy." He ordered and they complied, the younger siblings however pouted as they sat down. Natsu chuckled and ruffled Wendy's hair before gesturing their older brother to continue.
"No… fairy heart is a magic. Not a person. Besides our objective isn't just fairy heart." At that Natsu look at the spriggans and smirked darkly.
"It is the annihilation of Acnologia. The Dragon King must perish." She stated, while all of them, excluding Zeref shivered. "However, if humans are in the way kill annihilate them as well."
"You bear such hatred to you to that Dragon and people in ishgar, hime?" Dimaria asked, which made Natsu to chuckled.
"My hatred towards Acnologia is greater than the rest of my hatred to the people of Ishgar. For that Dragon killed Igneel, the dragon who took care of me, and my hatred towards the people there lies on how they mistreated my brother, how the dark guild mistreated me," at this Natsu's eyes gleamed darkly. "And how I hate how greedy humans are. I have my hatred to fairytail as well, but my hatred towards them is small compared to my hatred towards the first two."
"Your hatred on the humanity is based on how they treated the nature, correct?" Zeref asked, which made Natsu to glance at him.
"I kept receiving messages from the guardians nii-sama. They're hating the people in ishgar and it'll continues to grow until I find a solution." Zeref hummed before looking back at the spriggan.
"Humanity… Dragon King, huh…" Dimaria smirked.
"So we are merely pawns…" August mumbled.
"I removed nii-sama's cursed. You are no longer pawns." Natsu answered which made August to look at her, confused.
"An interesting explanation…" Wahru stated, referring to Zeref's plan to attack Ishgar, but he couldn't help but be curious on what they heiress said. Brandish remained silent while Serena said.
"Perfect."
"Let us get down to planning." Invel stated, Ajeel however shouted.
"This mission… leave it to me!"
"No. I can't just leave it to you alone. This is all-out war." Zeref answered while Natsu chuckled.
"A silent message of 'I'm worried for you guys'." She translated, while Zeref glared at her, August smiled at her in understandment.
"I see…"
"Natsu…" Zeref sighed.
"Who cares?" Ajeel shouted, Natsu winced and Zeref glared at the said spriggan. "I alone should be more than enough! God Serena is supposed to be the strongest mage that shitty continent's got! Which means I could end them easy peasy!"
"That may be true. But an all-out offensive, with all our armies… everyone together… it has more meaning this way." Zeref stated, when suddenly Natsu remembered something.
"Ah…" she quitely said.
"The Dragon king festival begins. Begin advancing our troops." Zeref declared when Natsu cleared her throat.
(A/N: Okay no more spoilers from this part on. It's completely AU now.)
"I know that everyone is excited on attacking but…" at that, everyone looked at her. "We got one problem."
"And what is that hime?" Dimaria asked.
"We got a truce with the fairytail years ago and unless they did something to break the conditions… well… we can't do anything." At that everyone pause, while Zeref face palmed, and the other siblings chuckled nervoulsy before the Spriggans look at their emperor, who rubbed the back of his neck.
"I… forgot about that…" At that everyone, excluding August and Invel who sighed, began to protest and nearly shouted at their emperor. August however merely look at the Princess, who seems to be thinking deeply. After a while she cleared her throat, when that didn't caught their attention she sighed before clearing her throat loudly.
"May I speak?" she asked, eyes gleaming darkly, the protesting spriggan gulped before sitting down and look at her.
"Okay. How about we see if they are any loop holes?" She asked, while they shrugged their shoulders. "Good. Wendy," she then look at her sibling. "Go to my office and grab the papers, you know where it is right?" she asked, and Wendy nodded and went out of the room to followed her sister's orders, Natsu glance at the rest of her siblings, who smiled and went after Wendy. She then glance at the rest of the spriggan before they stood up.
"15 minutes only." Zeref stated, the 7 spriggans nodded and went out of the room. Once Natsu was sure that no one is eavesdropping she look at her brother and glared.
"Are you really planning to do the Time Magic, Neo Eclipse?" She whispered harshly, Zeref flinched and sigh.
"Natsu…"
"Don't Natsu me, nii-sama!" Zeref recoiled at the tone of her voice. "We're fine at the moment! Why would you like to go back to the past?" She sobbed out.
"I want to spend my life with you." Zeref started, Natsu look at him.
"You are…"
"I want to spend my life with you as a normal brother, not a black mage or an emperor. I want us to have a normal life." He confessed, Natsu bit his lip before shaking her head and grabs her brother's face and made him look at her in the eyes.
"It doesn't matter to me." She whispered and wipe the tears that manage to escape the emperor's eyes. "We're in this together. We still have time to think about that plan of yours." She then let their foreheads touch one another.
"But for now… let us please… forget about that and focus on our plan… the plan that we all wanted…" she sobbed out, Zeref look at his sister and saw her nearly in tears. Zeref never saw his sister cried or near in tears since he rescued her. He never wanted to make her cry, but he's stubborn just like her and his plan to return back to time was the only reason he created the Alvarez, but now… he doesn't know what to do. In fact Zeref was already having second thoughts for doing the Neo Eclipse. He's given so many now, and he can't risk Ankseram getting mad at his sister for he went and broke the God's law again. Minutes later of physically comforting one another, Natsu moved away when her ears caught the noises the spriggans are making. It didn't took long for them to arrive and entered, still 7 though. Wendy and the rest of their siblings following right after. The blue haired princess, laid down the papers of the condition for the truce between their empire and fairy tail, before Natsu took them then read it out loud. Once she was done reading them, she sat down and look at them, and spoke.
"We've been doing the Fairy tail's condition no. 4 for the last past years. Nothing about our Empire's movement or plans, but merely what my siblings, excluding nii-sama, are doing. For us to proceed on our invasion, we need to make the fairy tail break their our condition, so that we could get the fairy heart without us breaking their condition." she stated, and look at her brother for some suggestions. August hums before asking.
"How can you say that we can make the fairies break the conditions?" At that Natsu smirked darkly and this made the spriggans wonder who is their true ruler at the moment, as they shivered for the second time that day.
"Simple, those fairies are reckless and will act without thinking of the consequences when provoked properly."
"How can we provoke them?" Invel asked.
"By letting them see the person they hate." Zeref answered and look at his sister, who blinked, while smirking.
"I got a plan…"
(After the meeting)
"You really should tell, nii-sama about who you are." Natsu stated, looking at the person in front of her who was hiding at the pillar next to them. At the moment both of them are standing at the porch of the palace, leading to their garden that Natsu planted years ago.
"He doesn't need to know who I am. It's better this way."
"Your wrong." Natsu denied shaking her head. "When I found out what you are, I was glad and it meant something to me. And I'm sure nii-sama will be glad as well."
"Aunty…" at that Natsu paused before sighing.
"Stubborness really runs in the family right, August?" she said as she left her right hand from her front and caressed August cheek, who leans against it.
"And don't call me Aunty… I don't like it…" She giggled as August smiled and then he moved away.
"Thank you." He then turned and left as leaving Natsu to watch his back.
"Oh August…" Natsu sighed before looking at her garden. "If only you would confess on who you are…" she then trailed of remembering the day she found out that August is the child of Zeref and Mavis.
(Flash Back)
(Two months after Natsu returned home and removed Zeref's curse)
Natsu panted, wiping the sweat that was about to drip down from her chin before smiling, and reach her hand out towards the soldier that she defeated while training with swords as their weapons. The soldier accepted her hand and they bowed at each other before leaving the training grounds. Natsu went towards to her siblings who was watching her train and tried to ignore the stares the soldiers are giving her. When she arrived in front of her family, Wendy handed her a towel while Zeref handed her a cloak, to which she immediately accepts and leaves the place as soon as she grabs them. Her siblings looks at her worriedly, before looking at each other and runs after her.
"Natsu!" they all shouted, as they saw her leaning at the walls, meters away from the training room, panting and her cloak wrap around her, the towel on her head.
"It's fine… it's fine…. This is the Alvarez not Erebus… alvarez not erebus…" Natsu sobbed out, while her siblings stops besides her and frown upon hearing her mumbles.
"Natsu…" Zeref whispered, reaching out towards her and hugs her as she cried in his shoulder. When she finally fell asleep, Zeref lift her up and carried her bridal style and heads towards Natsu's room.
"Wendy, you and the others head to the library, Invel is probably waiting." He said, the siblings had no choice but to nod and followed his orders, for they knew that whenever their sister is having a panic attack, only their brother can help her. Zeref smiled as he watch his siblings run towards the library, happy that they understood why he's doing this. Upon arriving at Natsu's room, he went to her bathroom where a warm bath is already prepared for her. He then took off her training clothes which consisted of a tight sleeveless crop top, and sweat pants. Her clothes aren't really that revealing but his soldiers liked her body, and he can only give them a slight and discreet punishment. Once he was done giving his sister a bath, he made her wear clothes that she's comfortable with and those are the dresses that won't show her body figure, which is almost impossible but Zeref would give Natsu anything she likes. Once he was done, Zeref left and went to his office to do… his emperor duties.
(One hour later)
Natsu slowly blink her eyes open and realize that she's in her room. Not bothered by the fact that her clothes is different from the one she's wearing earlier, already knowing that Zeref change them, she went out and head towards the hanging garden in front of their palace. When she arrived there, she pause and saw August sitting at one of the benches.
"August?" Natsu called out, which made the former to look at her and smiled. She smiled back before sitting down next to him.
"I haven't seen you in awhile." She started, which August hummed.
"I've been busy training my magic." She laughed at that and look at him.
"So old and yet you felt so young aren't we, August?" at that August laugh, though the way he laughed remind Natsu of someone.
"Nii-sama?" she asked softly and August stop before looking behind him then look back at her.
"My Lady?" he asked softly and then Natsu put her hand on his cheek and close her eyes. What she then saw were flashbacks of August and him meeting her brother…. And his true relationship with the emperor. Slowly Natsu open her eyes and look at him, when August saw her eyes, he knew that she knew something.
"Your… Zeref-nii and… Mavis's…. child…" she said slowly and he froze before looking away and closed his eyes.
"How did you know?" he asked, he knew that he should deny it but… what's the point of denying when she's confindent of her knowlegde.
"I had a gift to see the past. It was unleased recently actually." She said. "Why didn't you tell him?"
"There's no point of telling." He said. "I'm already content to stay by his side."
"August… he needs to know he had son." Natsu told him as she made him look at her by putting both of her hands on his cheeks.
"Larcade is already doing that job. And…" he then look at her. "I have a caring aunt who knew and as long as I have a family who cares… that's all that matters." She sighed before smiling.
"He gaved you the name August… you got the right to keep your secret hidden, but… it's better if he knew."
"Maybe…"
"Tell him… soon or later even."
"Perharps." Natsu sighed.
"Stubborness runs in the family, I see." She smiled and made August lay in her lap as she caress his hair and hummed. Slowly, the mage fall asleep smiling peacefuly, while Natsu smiled, glad that even after all this years, a family member with a Dragneel blood in their viens, is staying with her brother, even if he didn't know.
(End of Flash Back)
Natsu sighed after remembering that moment. Ever since then, she bonded with her nephew and they both celebrated August birthday, unknown to the emperor.
"I wonder what if I hadn't seen you past… would I merely ignore you and let things be…?" she thought to herself before sighing and turn around when she felt Larcade's magic entering the palace, which made her sigh.
"And another nephew appeared." She mumbled, when Aoi appeared beside her.
"You got troublesome nephews." The phoenix tease, which made her sigh.
"August is not troublesome, Larcade on the other hand… is merely jealous of me…" she told him, as she continue to walk.
"Seems like troublesome to me~"
"Aoi…" Natsu sighed before heading to her office where she would handle some of the paper works her brother gave her.
(One week later)
Zeref sighed as he felt Larcade's aura. He knew that he would be jealous of Natsu, considering that all those years, his main focus and the only person he cared about is Natsu.
"I got a feeling he wants to kill me." Natsu mumbled as she, Zeref and Wendy board an ordinary ship heading towards Ishgar. Wendy laughs nervously before looking at the side of the ship and wave at the rest of their siblings, the spriggans and the people who watch them leave.
"It's okay Natsu." Zeref told her as he and Natsu stand besides Wendy.
"Easy for you to say…" Natsu mumbled and Aoi appeared beside them.
"Yeah, you're not the one that's been glared for the pass week." He grumbled while Zeref laugh.
"Take care!" Happy shouted, while they smiled and waved as their ship began to leave the port. When their continent is no longer seen, Natsu smiled as she turn to look at the sea in front leading to Ishgar.
"It's time to see… if there's any difference…" She giggled, while Zeref smirked darkly and Wendy giggled.
"Did you send him a notice?" Zeref asked, to which Wendy nodded.
"Yup~ he should received it by now…" she told him and the siblings smiled at her.
(Fairy tail guild)
Makarov trembled upon finishing the letter he's been reading at the moment. For the pass years he receive letters from his ex-family members. He can't hide the fact that he've been receiveing letters from someone, especially when the letters had always been accepted by Mirajane. He was lucky that Wendy never bother to wrote anything on the envelope, though it made the fairy tail suspicious they didn't ask about it, and it made him glad because he can't risk to break the condition the emperor laid down for the treaty they created. But that doesn't matter now, what matters is that he'll be seeing Natsu and Wendy within three days.
To the Fairy Tail Master Makarov,
Please be prepared that we'll be arriving at the Ishgar within 3 days once you receive this letter. Princess Natsu, Emperor Zeref and I, Princess Wendy, will be going there as normal people. Please do remember the condition the Emperor laid down for the treaty. That is all
Signed,
Wendy Dragneel
The Grand Master of Fairy tail sighed, he can't help but be hurt on how Wendy is being so… formal towards him. Even though years had pass since he receive her letters she wrote formally.
"Master?" Erza knocked at the door, Makarov slowly hid the letter at his bottom drawer where he hid all of the letters he received.
"What is it?" He asked, just as she opened the door.
"It's time for lunch." She told him, which made him smiled and nod.
"I'll be down in a minute." He told her which made her smiled and went out of the room. Makarov sat there for a few more moments, starting to feel happy that he would be seeing the kids he missed the most. With that thought, he went out of the room and into the hall to eat together with his family.
(At the forest of Magnolia)
Gray sighed as he entered his home, well… Natsu's home. For the pass years he began to live here and it also became his sanctuary every time Juvia annoyed him far too much. He took off his jacket and put it in the hook behind the door before sitting down at the couch where a picture of Natsu is display at.
"Natsu…" he whispered before sighing once again and close his eyes.
'Come back…'
TBC
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