Chapter 12:

The Down Fall of Zeref and Bickslow

It was January 26, and Brandish and Lucy sat in the courtroom. "Brandish, you seem so calm," Lucy said and Brandish just smiled.

Then Mavis walked in and made her way to the judge's bench. "All rise for Judge Mavis," a police officer shouted everyone stood up, "Court is now in session." After as Mavis took her seat, so did everyone else.

"Good day everyone," Mavis spoke as she shuffled through her papers, "We are here to continue the case of custody of Happy Strauss. If either party has anything new to report, please step forward."

Brandish got out of her seat and stepped in front of the court. "Judge Mavis and ladies and gentlemen of the jury," Brandish said, "We know that according to Bickslow's criminal records he has payed his sentences each crime has committed."

"Yes, Brandish," Judge Mavis responded, "Everyone is well aware of his criminal record."

"Expect for one he and Lisanna Strauss committed," Brandish spoke, "I'm sure everyone recalls about seven years ago Fairy Tail Jewels was robbed of many jewels. It was thought that Lucy Heartfilia had done it, but no evidence was found against her so Natsu Dragneel didn't press any charges but did dismissed her from Fairy Tail Jewels."

"Brandish, please don't," Lucy mumbled but Brandish gave Lucy a look of "trust me".

"I wasn't till about five years ago," Brandish said and two people came forth with a tv and dvd player, "That is new evidence was brought to Natsu Dragneel by none other then Lisanna Strauss herself. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the actual footage of that robbery." Then played the tape, and there you saw Lisanna and Bickslow dropping a lot jewelry and cash into the bags.

When the video finished, Zeref stood up and yelled, "Objection! This video has nothing to due with this case!"

"Overruled," Mavis said, "Brandish continue, please."

"Thank you Judge Mavis," Brandish spoke, "This evidence may have nothing to do with this case directly but it was this that deployed Lisanna's and Bickslow's relationship began to deepen further. About two years after this robbery, Lisanna became pregnant and told Bickslow about her pregnancy and his reaction was much harsher than Lisanna had lead everyone to believe. According to Lisanna's obgyn doctor, Doctor Sherria Blendy, she had been beaten by Bickslow and had a few scars left and those scars made the delivery of Happy Strauss very difficult. You cancheck the files I gave you for pictures of the scars that I got directly from Doctor Sherria Blendy. And according to those close to Lisanna, Bickslow said he would never want anything to do with the child including his last name. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury and Judge Mavis, I ask you, would you want someone who had beaten mother of the child and even denied the child to have custody of said child. I know that many of you in this courtroom are parents, so please be careful when you make your decision that you think of the safety of this child as it is in your hands."

The courtroom was silent for many minutes until Judge Mavis turned to Zeref and she said, "Zeref, do have an argument against what Brandish has presented?"

Zeref sat for many minutes sweating bullets till he said, "No your honor."

"Then ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have five hours to make a decision," Mavis spoke and the jury went to a little room to debate on Happy's future, "Till then, everyone is dismissed."

Lucy, Natsu, Brandish, and Happy walked out of the court house. "Brandish… how did you do that," Lucy asked as she looked over at her childhood friend.

"I had to do some digging, but after talking to everyone close to Lisanna, I went got proof about what Bickslow," Brandish replied as she glared at Bickslow, "A bastard like him should never be a father to no one."

"Thats why you asked me for the video footage," Natsu said and Brandish smiled.

"Yep," Brandish responded as she beamed with pride, "I planned it all out and it went perfectly."

"Can we get food," Happy asked and Natsu smiled brightly.

"Yes, we can," Natsu answered and picked Happy up and put him on his shoulders.

"Yay," Happy cheered, "Chucky Cheese please!"

"Maybe after we win," Lucy spoke, "How about Macaroni Grill?"

"OH! Yay, thats sounds good," Happy said then he fisted pumped the air, "Lets go!"

"Okay, my treat," Brandish spoke then they got into the car.

Meanwhile Bickslow and Zeref sat in Zeref's car, Bickslow glared at Zeref. "You were supposed to get me the money," Bickslow shouted, "Damn it Zeref!"

"You're the dumbass here," Zeref yelled, "You couldn't just walked out the door and not laid a finger on Lisanna. Even I know not to fucking beat up a woman. Mavis was completely right…"

"Right about what," Bickslow asked.

"I shouldn't take on stupid ass cases like yours," Zeref responded.

"What does the hell do you mean by that," Bickslow shouted.

"I mean," Zeref spoke, "I shouldn't have taken your case and gone for Mavis. I'm gonna lose your case and I will never win Mavis's heart."

"Fuck you, Zeref," Bickslow said then he got out of the car and slammed the door.

"Maybe if I…," Zeref mumbled as he went into deep thought about how he could win back Mavis's heart.

It was a five hours later, everyone was in they're seats except for Judge Mavis. Only a few seconds later, Judge Mavis walked into the court room with a rather quick step. All raise for Judge Mavis," a police officer shouted everyone stood up, "Court is now in session." Once Judge Mavis was seated, everyone took their seats.

"Alright, it seems the jury has come to a decision," Mavis spoke and Zeref stood up.

"Judge Mavis, before you announce the jury's decision," Zeref said as everyone stared at him, "I would like to drop the case."

"But Zeref the jury has made a decision," Mavis responded.

"I know what the jury has done," Zeref said almost coldly, "I just found that after the information I have gotten from Ms. Mu, I have found that I have wasted my time on this case. Please I like to drop the case, please Mavis."

"Fine, case dropped," Mavis said, "Everyone is dismissed. I'm sure Zeref and Bickslow are sorry that they wasted our time."

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