Why do I keep forgetting to do this in past chapters?!
*Slams head onto desk.*
I forgot to mention last time that there will be another time skip taking place here. Why do I keep forgetting these kinds of thing?!
Anyway, enough about my failures at life, let's go on to the story shall we? And in case you're wondering, we'll just show flash backs for any future stuff like other OCs that I haven't introduced yet like one who will be with Sabertooth. This will include the return of a certain Ice Maker mage woman.
Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.
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Chapter Eight: Returning to a torn world
The year is X791.
Over the calm waters, everything was silence aside from the occasionally noise from birds that were flying by. The waters were calm; nothing was around to disturbed the peace of the waters and air.
However, the peace would soon cease to be as something began to stir underneath the ocean's waves. Something large and dark was seen below the waters.
And then, without warning, an island surrounded by a dome made of light emerged from the ocean floor. Any nearby birds and sea creatures in the oceans were caught off guard by the sudden emerging of this land, as the sea creatures swam away from the unusual land. The birds though got over their shock and head to the island to do their own business as the light dome faded away.
This was the island that was said to be lost for seven years, Tenrou Island.
On the island, many certain mages from a certain guild were slowly waking up from their unconsciousness.
To pass the time, they all woke up in confusion, as they all wondered how they survived Acnologia's assault. Then the spirit of Mavis herself appeared to them. She told them that it was their love and unity that helped protects themselves and the island from destruction by the Dragon King's hands. And with their unity and power, she managed to cast Fairy Sphere to help aid in their survival. Needless to say, the guild was in awe by all of this.
Unfortunately for them, Mavis also informed them about the seven years that they were frozen for. While the blonde ghost did not know about what's been going on with the world, as she herself remained on the island like them, she believed that everyone they unintentionally left behind will be joyful about their return.
And now, here they were on their boat that managed to survive throughout the whole Grimoire Heart situation and Acnologia. They were now discussing about how everyone would react to their return, as well wondered if anything had change while they were gone. Well most of them were, Natsu and Gajeel were trying to not throw up their insides, while Laxus is trying to resist doing the same.
"It's hard to believe that seven years have passed." Erza stated as she looked out at the ocean they were traveling through.
"I know, how do you think the others are doing?" Lucy asked the others, knowing that everyone must be worried or think that they were all dead due to being gone for so long.
"This is Fairy Tail we're talking about," Freed stated, "I'm sure their doing fine." The green haired member of the Thunder God Tribe told them.
"I bet that they'll be ecstatic to see us alive after all of this time." Gildarts spoke as he tried to hug Cana, who didn't seem to enjoy the forceful hug she was getting from her dad.
"Let go of me you crazy old man!" Cana shouted at him, getting a few of the others around them to sweat drop at the sight.
Before any of them could continue to discuss, Bickslow then looked ahead to see land appearing in the distance.
"Guys look! I see land!" He shouted happily, as his babies around him copied his words.
This got the others to look ahead as well, including Natsu and Gajeel since Wendy decided to use her Troia on the both of them, getting them to be thankful to the younger Sky Dragon Slayer. They all smiled as they saw the land getting closer, knowing that they will soon be back to Magnolia.
However, as they got closer, they noticed that the city they all know and love… didn't look the same as it did before.
"What the?" Most of the Fairy Tail mages spoke in confusion as they looked at the city as they got closer to it. Then their eyes widen in surprised.
Even from their spot a bit away from the city, it was clear that the city was now larger than it was before. The architecture of the city was also different, unlike the old style like they were used too. There were even walls now surrounding the city with the Fiore flag being hanged over the walls for all to see for miles.
Needless to say, the Tenrou group was shocked by what they were seeing.
"What happened to Magnolia?" Evergreen questioned as their boat approached the docks, which was much larger than they remembered.
"How should we know?" Gajeel responded to the member of the Thunder God Tribe.
"Come on, we must see it all for ourselves." Makarov told them, getting them all to nod in agreement.
Eventually they arrived at the docks as they all got off the boat. Looking around, there were many other ships docked and many people and guards around. The guards though looked nothing like they all remembered them to be like. The armor and weaponry they wielded seemed to be made of much more than simple metal, and they were way more intimating looking as well. Their armor covered everything from head to toe, so it was unknown what each guard looked liked underneath their gear.
"Come on," Makarov told the rest of the group, getting them to look at the small Guild Master, "We must head to the guild." He told them.
This though happened to get the attention of one of the guards in the area, who overheard them as he stared at the rather large group. He didn't recognize them, so he figured that they were not from the city.
"Excuse me you all," The guard spoke as he walked over to them. This got the others to look at the guard and noticed him, "I couldn't help but overheard you all. What business do you have with the Fairy Tail guild here in the city?" He questioned them.
This got the Tenrou group to be surprised. Didn't many people here know who they were, or at least heard about them? Surely it hadn't been that long for the world to forget about them right? Makarov took a step forward to the guard to speak.
"We are all here to return to the guild." He stated, getting the other mages to be confused by their master's words. Was that all he was going to say.
"Return?" The guard question, as he looked at the group once more before speaking again, "You all don't seem to be from around here. Are you all new to Hisuila?" He questioned once again.
Everyone blinked as they got confused and worried. Didn't the dude mean Mangolia? What the heck is this Hisuila place? That wasn't the name of the city… right? Seeing their confusion, the guard assumed that they were new visitors to the city.
"By your silence and look on your faces, I'm going to assume yes. I can give you all a tour of this city if you wish." The guard offered.
The Tenrou group merely looked at once another, before Makarov and Gildarts decided that they would go along with this.
"That would be splendid." Gildarts replied to the guard.
"Very well. Follow me then as I explain the history of this city." The guard told them as he began to walk, with everyone following him from behind.
They were now going through the busy streets of the city of Hisuila. Everything from the architect of the buildings to the new stores and places that didn't exist originally was all new to the Tenrou group as the guard spoke up.
"We are currently in the market district of Hisuila. Here is where many buy their market goods and trade with one another. So if you ever need to buy more food to put on your plate, then this will be the ideal place to do so." The guard explained to them as they continued through the city.
"Excuse me Mr. Guard," Wendy spoke up as the guard looked over his shoulder to see the blue haired girl, "But wasn't this city originally called Magnolia?" She asked him in a polite tone, not wanting to get the intimidating looking guard angry.
"So you have heard of the city that once stood here before it was burned to the ground I see." The guard replied back. This though got everyone's eyes to widen in shock. Magnolia was destroyed?
"M-Magnolia was destroyed?" Lisanna asked the guard, who nodded as they continued to the move onto the next section of the city.
"Correct," The guard told them as they arrived in another district of the city, where there were less people. However all around were building and fields for soldiers and mages to train, "We are now in the military district of the city. It is here where many trainees of the military train and improve themselves here. This is also where the mayor of the city is located as well, since he is a commander of the military presence here in Hisuila." He informed them as they made their way through the section. However the group was still focused on the knowledge about Magnolia being destroyed at one point.
"Wait hold up!" Laxus exclaimed, getting the guard to look back at the Lighting Dragon Slayer, "How did Magnolia fall? Didn't Fairy Tail protect the city? What happened?" He asked the questions that were on the minds of everyone else at the moment.
"The Fel Demon happened," The guard spoke, this time hatred was present in his voice, "He attack and burned everything to the ground. That demon is the cause of so much pain and suffering in the world today." He told them as they went on.
'The Fel Demon?' Everyone thought to themselves, never hearing of such a being before.
"But what about Fairy Tail? This time it was Natsu who spoke up, "I bet that they at least managed to fend off this Fel Demon guy and got everyone to safe-"
"No. You're wrong." The guard interrupted him as he looked back at the pink haired male, getting Natsu and everyone else to widen their eyes by the news as they all stopped walking, "The demon attacked the guild and everyone in the city. Many of the original guild went to confront the demon. Out of all of them… only three survived." The guard finished in a quiet tone.
This got them all to freeze in horror by what they were just told. Their friends… they were dead?
"No… that can't be right!" Gray exclaimed in anger at the guard, as many of the others had tears beginning to form in their eyes.
"My father was there in the city," The guard spoke to them, not caring about the sight of them getting tearful, it was a sight that he unfortunately got used to seeing, "He and a small portion of Magnolia were the only survivors to escape death by the demon's wrath. He saw the destruction of the guild from the distance. We only know three survived since the three are now apart of the guild today. In fact, Fairy Tail only reformed around a year ago when Hisuila was being built."
The guard didn't say anymore and he began to walk ahead once more. The others trying to fight back the tears, merely followed, knowing that this was not the place to break down now, no matter how much they wanted too at the news they were just told.
Eventually, they managed to go through the rest of the city. They arrived at the park, which was much bigger than they remembered. In the center of the park stood memorials, dedicated to those who lost their lives to the Fel Demon. All over them had the names of people who died, including the names of their friends. At this, they couldn't stop themselves from shedding tears any longer as many of them broke down there. The guard didn't mind though, since he too did the same when he saw his mothers and brothers name on it when it was first built.
After that happened and when the others calmed down, he showed them the remaining sections of the city, such as the crafting district, where many goods and other crafts were being built all the time. Then they showed the home district, where most of the city's residents lived in.
And then, after all of that happened, they now stood in front of a large building in the center of the town. This building looked similar to that of a small castle, standing tall and mighty. The thing about this though were the banner and emblem that were above the doors.
The Fairy Tail guild.
"Here we are, the Fairy Tail guild itself," The guard then turned around to look at the Tenrou group, "I hoped you enjoyed the tour, and welcome to Hisuila." He finished.
The guard then walked away, back to patrolling the city.
The group looked back to the building before them, and not wasting any more time, they proceeded to open the doors to the guild.
Alright then, there's that. What did you all think? Good? Bad? Want me to kill myself? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.