Ever since Fairy Tail got tainted by Touka during the 100 years quest arc, this idea has been running through my mind. And unfortunately, when it first came to me; I wasn't in a position with any of my stories to make effective use of it. Now with Legends Reborn, I believe this is a good opportunity to not only foreshadow some things but also get this idea fully into writing. This arc will likely take the next couple of chapters so there won't be any significant progression of the actual story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, I only own MY OCs
I hope you enjoy Chapter 6!
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What is this place? is it a dream, or a nightmare? These were the sorts of questions Serandiel asked himself ever since arriving here. There were cities, five in total, all on top of some creature made out of wood. As he walked around, the name Aldron slowly came into his mind. This was the wood god dragon, a being whose sheer size was his best defense against his weakness of fire. But that wasn't it, there had to be something else going on as well.
A couple of weeks ago, a couple of new members joined Fairy Tail. Two were scared out of the guild by his older brother Laxus, but one managed to remain and quickly befriend nearly everyone in the guild. Her name was Touka. From the basic glance, she was able to get from her, Serandiel could tell that she had a similar style of affection for Natsu that Juvia did for Gray. But there was something off about this new mage; something was causing his inner demons and Angels to back down and not fight each other as often as they used to. Whatever it was, he would look into it later. There was a Fairy Tail party going on right now, one that he was not going to miss.
If only Team Natsu wasn't on that 100 years quest, they too would have been part of the celebration. A new member was something that everyone in Fairy Tail should be celebrating. Maybe once they return, there will be another celebration? After all, the 100 years quest wasn't easy to complete.
"Laxus," Serandiel called to his older brother. "tell me, what do you think of the new mage?" Touka was currently sitting at the bar, engaging in light conversation from some of the other mages. Including his Fiancée Mirajane Strauss. It hadn't been long since the proposal was made, and since then, the two of them had rarely been seen away from one another.
"She's interesting, I'll give her that much." Laxus replied. "it seems like she'll grow to become a heart of this guild, just like Natsu."
A couple of days later, Jellal showed up. He had brought Touka into the guild tied up and unconscious. Claiming that she was the 'white mage' as he called her. The guild was quick to beset him with question after question about why he would do such a thing. But Serandiel, having been somewhat cautious of Touka due to the sudden feeling of his magics, decided to keep his questions for himself. It wasn't worth pestering him even further, the guild was already doing enough of that as is.
"The White Mage can turn other people's magic into none or to its maximum level anytime she wishes." The guild managed to pester Jellal for a while, unaware that Touka had reawakened. That was until she spoke about what exactly the white mage was capable of doing to anyone, she happened to get her hands on.
"Which Touka are you now?" Jellal asked, trying to get an accurate estimate as to which personality they were dealing with.
"I'm" She began. "me, I'm not the white mage." Her tone was a mixture of sadness and fear, yet also full of hope at the same time. She would then go on to explain her reasoning for wanting to join Fairy Tail. Explaining that her initial reason for meeting Natsu again, while true, wasn't entirely correct. She also wanted to meet Wendy so that she could separate herself from the White Mage.
Most of the guild was quick to believe her, others such as Juvia, Gajeel and Jellal weren't as inclined to believe her story. After all, their initial distrust of the new fairy had only grown since this new revelation. Only time would tell if their suspicions were simply unfounded or held some merit to them.
"Oh please, you can't just go tell them everything," Touka's voice changed, "Touka." Her eyes instead of their brilliant emerald green had changed to a dull and imposing gray. This was what Serandiel had feared, his inner magics were screaming at him to do something. But just like the rest of Fairy Tail, he too as paralyzed in shock of the recent development.
"As I stand in the first seed of black, I feel disgusted. Fairy Tail shall be the first guild in Fiore to be cleansed!" her magic aura suddenly grew, far surpassing almost everyone in the guild. "The Enchantress that Touka just spoke of, she's near one of my stronger servants." The room was dead silent, you could hear a pin drop from about a mile away.
"Would you like me to make them even closer?"
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"I am currently lacking in powerful servants. Now rejoice Fairy Tail, you too shall turn white and join the ranks of my servants!" Bolts of magic flew about the room, striking every single mage present in the head. Each one of them was knocked out cold. Unable to do anything while the White Mage's magic corrupted both their minds and their magics. Slowly but surely bending and twisting every mage present to her will. Manipulating their minds to a point where their only goal and desire in life, was to serve the white mage and carry out her will.
Fairy Tail, as it was known to Fiore, was no more. It now is a mere shell of its former self. All of its mages were solely dedicated to the service of one woman. But Fiore didn't know that yet, Fairy Tail didn't know what was happening to them until it was too late.
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The guild was just as silent as it was a moment ago. Every single mage of Fairy Tail save for one was unconscious on the floor. The only remaining member still awake was sipping on a cup of tea, sitting on one of the few tables in the guild which wasn't broken by member collapsing on it.
The White Mage had a smile on her face as she witnessed the results of her work. Her objective for Fairy Tail was complete. They had turned white. But part of her realized that something was off, some of the mages weren't present. Specifically, Team Natsu and the apparent ace of the guild, Guildarts Clive.
That was unimportant for right now, Team Natsu she would deal with later. Once they were turned fully dealt with, she would then make her move on Fairy Tail's crash mage. Declaring that once Guildarts had been turned white, they would make their moves on the rest of Fiore's guilds. Turning them white as well.
"At last, Fairy Tail has turned white. The first specs of black have been cleansed from this world." There was much she needed to do; her goal now was the turning of the remaining God Dragons. With Fairy Tail now on her side, Aldron would easily fall under her control.
There was one last piece of business Touka needed to do with Fairy Tail, one last spell she needed to cast before they would be completely under her thrall. Something that would solidify her control over them far more than what her tainting of them would do on its own. Because what she was going to have them undertake required nothing less than absolute obedience to her. Anything less than that would be punished, severely.
"Now then White Mages of Fairy Tail, surrender yourselves to me. Mind, body, soul and all." The spell was cast, Fairy Tail was now in all aspects,
white.
Eventually, the unconscious mages would begin to come to. Those that woke first were ordered to assist in waking the other mages so that all of them could get underway. There was a long journey ahead of them, a journey towards the Northern continent of Giltena. The continent in which the God Dragons resided in. Among the White Mages of Fairy Tail, with Mirajane sitting next to them, was Serandiel. His expression solemn and eyes were downtrodden. Mira was trying to cheer him up, spouting off details about their future together under the White Mage's guidance and leadership. But Serandiel wasn't convinced by what Mira was saying. He knew of Fairy Tail's corruption, but couldn't do anything to stop it.
(Fairy Tail, X775)
It was about three in the morning when a much younger Serandiel would awake. His body and mind started to recover from that, dream? Or was it more of a nightmare? He had been having a lot of these recently, and it was starting to affect his performance. Laxus and Cana were starting to get worried, every morning since he starting getting these dreams, he would come into the guild with bags under his eyes. Obvious to anyone that he wasn't getting enough sleep.
"Why does this keep happening to me?" quietly he would let his mind wander, allowing it to think of any possible reason as to why he kept having these prophetic nightmares. Most of the ones he witnessed were nothing too important, a girl with Scarlet red hair breaking out of some sort of tower, some large creature destroying an island in one attack. A trio of siblings with hair joining the guild, before one of them attempts to sneak away. But this one, this scared him more than any of the other ones he had until this point.
"I need to tell grandpa about all this, he would know what to do." Resigning himself to the fact that he wouldn't get any more sleep tonight. Serandiel started to go about his morning routine, wanting to get some pre-dawn training before going to the guild.
But even while he was training, the thoughts of what happened last night never left him. there was an image planted into his mind that he could never let go of. It was that of a girl with brilliant green eyes and white hair. Whatever would happen from this point on was squarely in the hand of fate. The only thing he could do was simply ride the waves and hope that he'd make it to the other end.
Arriving in the guildhall about 8 in the morning, it was easy enough for everyone to see just how bad of a condition the young Dreyar found himself in. the bags under his eyes had only gotten worse, and he was shuffling over to the bar.
"Serandiel my boy, Cana, and Laxus told me you weren't feeling well. But to see it with my own eyes, is everything alright?" it was a concern that only a parent could show.
"I…" Serandiel tried to being, the weight of his exhaustion slowly but surely catching up to him. "Can we talk, privately?" He was close to passing out at this point, the combined pressure of many sleepless nights and numerous hours spent vigorously training were catching up to him. Sensing this, Makarov motioned for him to go to the Master's office and wait there.
After shutting the door to allow for the much-needed privacy, Makarov began.
"Now then my boy, why seems to be the matter? Why are you not getting any sleep?" The young hybrid was sitting face-first on the desk, hoping to get himself into a dreamless sleep. But Makarov's sudden words broke him from that attempt.
"for the past couple of nights now, I've been having dreams of sorts." He was tired, but Makarov had to know of the dreams. He had to tell his grandfather what he saw. If not only for his sake but for all of Fairy Tail's as well.
"Dreams?" Makarov would respond.
"Yes, I've been having these weird dreams. In one of them, some large creature destroyed an island with a large tree." He was unknowingly referring to Tenrou Island, the holy ground for the Fairy Tail guild. It was on that island where the found master, Mavis Vermillion, was born. It is there where Fairy Tail holds the majority of the S-Class promotional exams. But for one of his children to claim that it would be destroyed by some creature, it was unthinkable. It had to be just that, a nightmare or a bad dream perhaps.
"I'm sure that whatever these dreams are will pass in time. It's best not to let them affect you too much. Why don't you go to the infirmary and try to get some rest?" Serandiel wouldn't respond, he merely dragged himself over to the infirmary as Makarov suggested. Falling asleep right as he hit the mattress.
"Poor kid," Makarov said to himself as he took one last look at the sleeping form of his adopted grandson. "I wonder if this is fate trying to punish you for being a hybrid in a world of humans." With that said, Makarov shut the door so that he could attend to his duties as Master. The vision that Serandiel shared with him would continue to haunt him. Just what was that massive creature that would destroy Tenrou?
I already know that this is going to be a fun arc, so much potential and so much to get through. I know we can only go forward from here.
I hope you all have a wonderful day and I'll see you in the next chapter!
