Finally, we were able to rescue everyone from the cards. It had taken longer than we'd thought though. We had to keep an eye on Viper when he was rescuing people through the cards, especially the defenseless ones. Knowing him, something would have gone wrong if someone didn't constantly have an eye on him. As soon as everyone was free, we tried to find any more traces of our friends - since we didn't know where they had gone. We didn't find anything, no matter how hard we looked. I ended up going back to where Gray's disfigured ice clone. I ended slipping up around there. A lot. Since there was water on the ground. I knew it wasn't from Gray's ice. It had a different... feeling... to it. Is that the word to describe it? I didn't really know. All we could do was wait now...
While we were at Akane, waiting, we heard news of an Etherion blast hitting an island near Akane. It was night time on the day that we had arrived at the resort. Somehow, I had a feeling that our friends were involved. They always got into trouble like this. Sadly, all we could do was pray for their survival. It was highly unlikely that they would survive an Etherion blast... But we had to hope that they would be fine. We had faith in them. They were Fairy Tail's strongest team. They would be alright. As it was getting late, I was able to get everyone to change back into their normal clothes. But instead of wearing their 'normal' clothes they all ended up wearing 'holiday' clothes. It was better than going around in swimsuits anyway...
Later that night, we were delighted when our friends returned. They seemed surprised to see us but mainly tired. With our friends were 4 different people. One was a blonde boy, another was a girl with cat ears and a cat tail? Another was a man made out of... Blocks? Finally, there was a blue haired girl. Apparently, the first three were Sho, Millianna and Wally. Childhood friends of Erza's. The other girl was Juvia. Apparently a former Phantom Lord wizard, one of the ones who helped kidnap Lucy. However, she was apparently now on our side and wanted to join Fairy Tail. She ended up leaving the resort early so that she could go and and talk to Makarov about joining Fairy Tail. Despite her originally being a Phantom Lord wizard, Juvia seemed pretty nice. I hoped that Makarov would allow her to join.
After Juvia had left we stayed at the resort for another two days. Natsu still hadn't woken from his slumber yet... We were able to have a little fun them as well. Erza was able to tell us about what happened at the Tower of Heaven. From the information I'd heard, that was the name of the place they had been taken. We were also fortunate enough for Erza to open up to us about her childhood. In the remaining days that we stayed at Akane, we ended up having a lot of fun and becoming good friends with Erza's old friends. After two days were up, our team headed back to Magnolia and Fairy Tail. We were hoping to be able to see Juvia there as well.
When we arrived back in Magnolia, we were lucky enough to find Juvia a member of the guild. Speaking of the guild - the new guild hall was finished. I recognized the new building from somewhere. It reminded me rather of a castle... That was when I remembered the dream I had when I was only 6. The castle in that dream... Was identical to our new guild hall. Thinking back on that dream, there were a few things that I hadn't noticed before. For example, when I first stepped inside I had heard voices. I recognized a few of them now. I had heard a lot of Mavis... and I was pretty sure that I had heard Zeref speak in my dream all those years ago... We were asked about where the others were, so we ended up telling everyone about what had happened. Makarov wasn't at the guild when we arrived. He was apparently on important business. But we were pleased to find Juvia now as a member of the guild. Not too long after we had settled back, Makarov returned with a young man behind him. I recognized him all too well. Even though I had never actually met the wizard before me, I knew who he was from my old sorcerer weekly magazines.
"Gajeel!" I yelled, getting up from my seat. I would never forgive him for what he had done to Levy. Levy hadn't deserved that! She had been through too much pain already! "Faya calm down!" I heard someone say. I ignored them. I spotted Levy watching what was happening. I could see slight fear in her eyes. I didn't blame her. I felt the anger boil up inside me. "Fire dragon..." I was ready to use the attack before I was flicked back by Makarov's giant magic. I slammed into the bar. My bones ached. I got up ignoring the pain and listened to what Makarov had to say. I hadn't considered the fact that he had brought Gajeel here willingly. "Gajeel here is going to be joining our guild, he'll be starting anew..." I didn't listen to what else had to be said. If he was willing to atone, that was fine with me. Juvia was trying to do the same even though she hadn't done as much damage as Gajeel had. I was fine with Gajeel atoning. But that didn't mean that I had forgiven him for what he had done in the past, not yet anyway. For now I'd have to keep an eye on him though...
Authors note:
Sorry if that chapter was a little rushed or isn't up to the same quality as the others. I've been feeling a bit... off... when writing today. Also, I should mention that I'm going on a camping holiday tomorrow so won't be able to write the next few chapters in a while :(. I may be able to write another one today depending on how I'm feeling and my mood. I've got all of the arcs figured out briefly now until the 7 year time skip which is good. I'm still struggling on what I should do for the grand magic games arc though... Anyway, thanks for reading! Hopefully I'll be able to publish the next few chapters soon when I get back from holiday! :)
