"Speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
It has been 8 years since Natsu went into recovery and the amount of time for Acnologia to strike back is getting near
The entire empire of Alvarez was preparing for war as billions of soldiers were departing to the harbor sea and many warriors gathered under the Alvarez Banner
The time of war is coming, the invasion of Fiore has begun
The beginning of the Dragon King Festival, Ragnarok
within Alvarez, Zeref was in the meeting with all of the Spriggan 12 minus 2 as he put a plan to invade Ishgar and obtain Fairy Heart
"without Natsu, not of us are able to survive Acnologia's chaos and destruction" Zeref said as he stands up from his throne "invade Ishgar and obtain Fairy Heart but keep in mind to not kill any of it's civilians, we only need to obtain Fairy Heart, we do not need Bloodshed"
Everyone nodded to him as they all stand up
"do not die" Zeref said as everyone looks to him before walking out of the room
Zeref sat back to his seat before taking out his locket
"I'm sorry, Natsu, but it is the only way" Zeref said as he opened the locket and revealed the picture of him and Natsu when they were young
Irene gaze upon her lover as she looks to him with a frown and tears pouring down her eyes
She placed her hand to the glass tube and then lean her forehead to the glass
"please…wake up" Irene whispered as she begged him to open his eyes
Heine and Juliet were looking at their creator from a corner as they look to see Irene in her sadness
"Irene-sama…." Heine muttered out
"isn't there anything we can do to cheer her up?" Juliet asked while having a sad face
Heine shook her head as she did not know how to answer her question
The door to the dark room was opened as a guard came in and kneeled down
"report for Irene-sama" the guard said before looking up "Emperor Spriggan has moved the initiation of Ishgar's invasion by two moons time, Irene-sama, please prepare your troop division immediately"
Irene slowly leans away from the glass tube as she gaze her eyes to Natsu's figure
"sorry…I'm…so sorry" Irene whispered as she turns and leaves with Heine and Juliet following
Irene walked into her room as she sat down on the bed while letting her staff leaned to the wall
She looks down to her lap before a tear drop to her lap
And then another before they weren't stopping at all
Irene cried as she holds her face
Cry, cry, cry
She cried on as her eyes were red from all of the crying
Irene then looks to the picture frame of her and Natsu on their wedding day as they were smiling happily in the picture
She smiled a bit as she leaned her finger towards the picture of Natsu smiling
Irene then looks to the other picture frames beside the first one as she remembered the joy of the day, the pictures were taken
Her eyes then fell to the small picture frame of Erza when she was a child
Irene gaze at the picture for a moment before taking it into her hands
Her hands touched Erza's photo before placing the picture into a drawer as she had made up her mind about something
Irene stands up and went to the mirror in the room
She turns around and took off her cape and revealed her back covered with scars from Natsu when he was out of control
Her eyes then fell upon the dragon mate mark on her back
Irene frowned a bit before she created a magic circle on her hands as she waves it to her back and made the scars and the mate mark disappear
She then looks to the mirror of herself as she drew a white magic circle and created a little sphere of light on her finger tips
Irene then points her finger to her reflection directly to her forehead
"it is for the best"" Irene then fired the little sphere to her reflection in the mirror before it bounced back and headed towards her forehead
Irene gasped a bit as she holds her head in pain
She saw memories of the day she met Natsu and the memories of them together getting re-written as Irene falls to her knees
After a few seconds, Irene stands up as she breath out a long exhale
Her eyes open as they had no life and no emotions at all
She then waved her hand to the side as her staff and cape flied to her
Irene then made her way out of the room and to the hallway where Zeref was planning on who to send first to the invasion plan
She failed to notice that there was a small red light glowing weakly as the mate mark, she made to disappear, revealed itself again as it grew larger in size as it became the mark of a dragon rising as fire like marks appeared near her waist
within the dark room, Natsu floated in the tube as bubbles flied up
Natsu's fingers twitches as his mouth moved slowly
"I…..re…..ne"
Red scales and black markings started to spread all around his body as his nails sharpens and darkens, wings pops out of his backs in folded form, blackish gold horns sprung out of the side of his heads
This form resembles that of a demon and a dragon fused together as Natsu's eyes opened with a red and dark glow
That's a wrap!
Bye bye