AN: I'm back! And happy to report that this past week has been the first time I've actually felt like myself in MONTHS! I think writing again has really helped and, of course, you guys and your support. So thank you.

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I'm not that good yet, but hopefully I'll get better. Now, without further ado...

Chapter Eleven:

"Ag'in! Ag'in!" Kyri cheered, tugging on Igneel's sleeve.

"Ugh, but I've already done it ten times in a row!" Igneel grumbled.

"Ag'in!" Kyri demanded all the more.

As she continued begging her older brother Luna, who was seated right next to her, began to tear up. Igneel sighed.

"Fine, Celestial Dragon Starry Cascade," a burst of starry, celetisal magic began to rain down over the two one-year-olds. Kyri cheered and clapped her hands. Luna wasn't as enthusiastic as her sister, but she atleast stopped whimpering and watched the show above her.

The cascade ultimately ended.

"Ag'in!" Kyri began cheering again.

"Kyri, c'mon!" Igneel whined.

Fwoosh!

Igneel turned at the familar sound to find Nashi and Layla drappong down from a Styx portal.

"Well, about time! Where'd you two run off too?" Igneel shouted.

"Nasa, Lay-Lay!" Kyri cheered, reaching her tiny hands towards her two older sisters.

Nashi didn't respond to either Igneel or Kyri but instead shuffled past them and pushed her way through the crowd and out of the stadium.

"Nashi?" Igneel asked, concerned. He turned to Layla. "Hey, what happened?"

"A lot," Layla answered.

"Well, geez, that narrows it down! Not!"

Layla ignored him, her hand travelling to her keys.

"Hey," Igneel said softly, setting a hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?"

"I don't know," Layla answered truthfully.

"Oh," Igneel replied awkwardly. "Um...wanna talk about it?"

Layla shrugged, her hand resting on Capricorn's key.

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Nashi didn't stop walking until she made it back to the Dragneel's hotel room. She went to her parents room and stopped in the doorway. She wasn't sure what she was hoping do find. A clue? A sign that this was all a bad dream. She took a deep breath as she crawled into the middle of the bed and sat down.

Elena was back.

Even from inside prison she'd found a way to come back and torment them all over again.

Nashi's hand brushed against her abdomen, just below her rib cage, from where she'd been injured in her last battle against Elena. She'd won then, but barely, and only because Elena had worn herself out by making so many clones of herself.

All of the day's events began crashing down on Nashi and she felt tears stinging her eyes. The last time Elena had appeared in their lives she'd tried to kill her mother. She'd nearly killed Aunt Juvia. And shea attacked Aunt Wendy, Erza, and Mira. Now here she was again, but with six children under her rule, and all their parents were in danger of dying.

Nashi's hands began trembling as she pulled her knees to her chest.

To top it all off, there was Luna to worry about. Luna's birth mother had been one of Elena's first victims. After Elena had killed her, she used a dark spell of her own creation to steal Luna from her mother's womb. Thankfully Elean had been arrested before Luna's birth. The minute Luna had been born she'd been taken from the crazed killer, allowing the Dragneels to adopt her and raise her as their own.

But now that she was back, how long was it going to take before Elena found out where the baby girl she'd given birth to went. Were her spies already-

Nashi gasped. She jumped out of the bed and raced back to the arena. She ran straight to the Fairy Tail dugout.

"There you are!" Cato shouted as Nashi busted in. "Where have you-"

"Persephone, I need you to look something up for me now!"

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Farrah didn't even bother going to the arena. She went straight to the hotel and to her room.

They were still no closer to finding out how to get their parents back. And now they had a convicted serial killer to deal with. AGAIN!

She'd thought when Elena had been arrested that would be the end of it. But apparently not.

Farrah slumped into the floor of her room in the hotel room.

What was she going to do? All of the other children were looking up to her. They didn't say it, but she knew they were, and why wouldn't they? She was the oldest and the guild master's daughter. But...she didn't know what to do. If Elena was really the one behind this than any hope of getting the perpetrator to reverse the spell were lost. So they were going to have to find a way to undo it themselves. But how?

Farrah's hands began trembling. Flashes of painful memories began plaguing her mind. She set both hands over her face and whimpered.

"It's happening again…" she whispered. "I'm losing my family all over again. NO!"

She punched the wall out of frustration.

The impact shook the room and knocked luggage bag over, spilling the contents on the floor.

"Aw, c'mon," Farrah grumbled as she stood to clean up the mess. As she did she found something she hadn't looked at in almost a year.

"Gramps," she gasped.

Before her great-grandfather had passed he'd written every member of Fairy Tail a note. Farrah sighed as she stared at the folded piece of paper on the ground. She'd forgotten that she'd hidden her letter in her suitcase after she'd read it. Now there it was, practically staring at her.

With a shaking hand she picked it up. If there was any time she needed the late Makarov's advice it was now. She unfolded the note and began reading:

"Farrah,

My first great-grandchild. You have no idea how happy and proud you've made me. Watching you grow from a timid little girl into the bold and unapologetic young woman you are now has been a pleasure and an honor. And your journey has only begun!

I know you will be sad as you are reading this, but I hope one day you'll be able to see the good fortune in this timing. As your life is really just starting to begin mine is wrapping up, so I feel it's only natural that I give you some advice.

As you go through life you'll find plenty of challenges. The world will try to dull your spark, to kill your hope at every turn. However, you've already proven that you can overcome anything life will throw at you. In the short amount of time you've been alive you've been through so much, more than anyone should go through. And yet you're still here, as strong and as brave as ever. So no matter how hard the battles get, never give up the fight.

I'll let you in on a little secret. You see, someday your father will step down as guild master, just as I did, and he will have to appoint a new master, and I have no doubt that someday, sooner or later you will be Fairy Tail's Ninth Guild Master. Should that come to pass then I can rest in peace, because Fairy Tail will be in good hands. You are strong, smart, adventurous. Never forget that, and no matter what happens you will prevail."

Farrah hugged the letter to her chest.

"Gramps...I really wish you were here right now."

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"C'mon! Hurry up!" Nashi complained.

"I'm working on it, just give me a minute!" Persephone shouted. "Gosh, what's gotten into you? Here!"

She held a screen out to Nashi.

"All the info I could gather about the Sensory Link spell. Ya happy?"

Nashi snatched the screen from Persephone and gasped. "No!"

"Oh, good grief! Whatta I got to satisfy you crazy-" Persephone began shouting.

"No, no, no!" Nashi threw the screen down and began tugging at her hair. "No, no, no!"

"What's going on?" A voice came from down the hall. "I'd just finished cleansing Roman and I heard-" Storm poked his head into the dug out just in time to find Nashi filling to her knees.

"Whoa," Storm rushed to Nashi's side and set a hand on her shoulder. "Nashi, what's going on."

"Carmen…" Nashi whimpered.

"Who's Carmen, again?" Storm asked.

"He's one of Elena's kids," Persephone grumbled.

"What did he do to you!?" Storm shouted turning back to Nashi. "He didn't hurt you, did he? If he did, I'll-"

"Luna…" Nashi whispered.

"Luna? He hurt Luna?"

Nashi nodded her head.

All of the children in the dugout gasped.

"Oooohhhh I'm gonna kill hhhhhiiiimmm!" Persephone declared.

"It's not just that, though," Nashi said, tears welling in her eyes. "It's how he did it."

"Huh?" Storm asked.

"There's something you guys don't know about Luna," Nashi said, sucking up her tears long enough to explain how Luna was adopted.

"Wait...so you're saying your parents adopted her, and then told everyone that she and Kyri were twins to protect her?" Cato gasped.

"Mm-hm," Nashi nodded. "And now Carmen's used a Sensory Link to hurt her."

"What's that gotta do with anything?" Koree asked.

"A sensory link can only be performed if there is some sort of connection between the two people," Nashi said.

"But Carmen and Luna have never met, how can there be a connection?" Persephone asked.

Nashi began trembling again. "Because Luna's birth mother, the one Elena stole her from, had a son who was never found and must now be one of Elena's children."

A short silence fell over the group, that Cato promptly broke.

"So you're saying…"

Nashi nodded, tears brimming her eyes. "Carmen is Luna's biological brother."

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Carmen looked down at the wrist he'd used in his sensory link. It was pretty quiet in the Phoenix Grave dugout, and he was glad for it. He needed time to think. He hadn't wanted to confirm his suspicions that way, but none the less he had. He held his hand to his chest and closed his eyes, the image of the black-headed little girl seering through his mind. He hadn't even been looking for her, he'd been on his way to cause more trouble for Fairy Tail when he spotted her.

She was a perfect mixture of his mother and step-father. He knew the minute he laid eyes on her that she was his sister.

And now thanks to Tate Elena knew she was here too.

Carmen opened his eyes and sighed.

What was he to do now? Take his sister so they could be together again and he could please Elena. Or keep playing dumb and let that stupid pink-headed jerk keep her?

"Hey, Carmen, you're up!"

Carmen turned to find Georgiana staring at him.

"Huh?" he asked.

"You're still going in for the battle rounds, aren't you?"

"Oh, right," Carmen stood up. "Yeah, I'm coming."

"You alright?" Georgiana asked. "You seem a bit off."

"I'm fine," Carmen answered.

"You sure? You haven't been acting right since you got back from-"

"I said I'm fine, now leave me alone! I've got a battle to get ready for!" Carmen snapped.

"Alright, alright, sheesh," Georgiana said before turning to leave Carmen alone. Carmen took a deep breath and headed to the arena. He told him self to stop think about the black-headed little girl. He had more important things to worry about. Still, he couldn't help but wonder, maybe even hope, that he could catch another glimpse of her during the fight.