We all stood facing the front of the guild hall, Where Makarov stood alongside Erza, Mira, Gildarts and Miriza. We were going to find out who would be selected this year. I had never been selected before, the only zero generation dragon slayer to ever be selected was Miriza. She had passed the first time she was selected, despite the fact that her magic was a lot more supportive than offensive. "This year I have chosen 10 wizards to participate in the trials." Makarov spoke. The trials were going to take place on Tenrou island this year. That made me wonder, would Zeref still be there. Also, isn't that where Mavis went off to around 4 years ago? For all I could tell, both of my parents could be on the island. A part of me wanted to go and see them, but the other part of me told me that it would be a bad idea...

Makarov then began to announce the names: "Natsu Dragneel!" That was going to be expected. He was one of the most loyal members of Fairy Tail and his power had grown at an alarming rate in the past few months. "Gray Fullbuster!" Whenever Gray and Natsu fought they always appeared equal in strength. He is also just as loyal. It would be a close call out of those two. Though I expected both of them to be chosen this year. "Juvia Lockser!" I was not expecting that. Though Juvia was S-class in Phantom Lord and does have the heart and spirit of Fairy Tail... The only thing is, would she fight against Gray for the title of S-class? "Elfman Strauss!" I saw that coming. Though, I'm not sure how well he would do... I guess I haven't really seen him in action too often... "Xavier Strauss!" I never expected both Xavier and Elfman to be picked. Xavier would do OK I guess... He might be able to beat Gray because of Gray's magic, but I'm not sure about Natsu... "Cana Alberona!" I could easily see this coming as Cana had been picked for the trials for the last 4 years. She hadn't made it to S-class yet but she had a lot of potential to do so. This would be her 5th trial. If anyone deserved to win this, it would be her. "Freed Justine!" I didn't see that one coming. He was a powerful wizard though. "Levy McGarden!" I didn't see that coming either! Levy would make a great S-class wizard, she would deserve it after all she's been through. "Faya Vermillion!" My mind went blank. I was picked for the trials... I didn't expect Makarov to pick me at all... I surely wasn't the best in a fight, I had no idea why Makarov would choose me. Also, I didn't want to have to compete against Levy, or Cana. They surely deserved this more than me... Though I would happily fight Xavier. "Finally, Mest Gryder!"

I had no idea who that was, but at the same time - his name sounded familiar. I knew him, but I didn't. I looked over towards him. I listened to people muttering. "Mest... He came close last year..." No he didn't. I would have remembered him better if he was chosen last year. What was going on. Did he use some sort of magic that manipulated memories? If so, why wasn't it working on me? And how come I felt like I had met him before? I felt something come back to me. I had talked to him before. I had. I was sure of it. I would just have to forget this and think about the trial... Just then, Makarov announced that only one of us would pass and that the trial takes place next week. After Makarov had stated that, Mirajane began to explain the rules: "Each of the ten participants, please select a partner within the week of preparation." So I had to pick a partner. My mind instantly flickered to Bluebell. She would always be my partner. This was meant to test our bonds, so who better to chose? Erza then began to speak, "There are two rules for the partners you can choose. One: they must be a member of Fairy Tail. Two: You cannot partner with S-class wizards." That made sense. Finally, Makarov began to speak. "What happens in the trial will be announced when you arrive at Tenrou." That made sense. That was when it was announced that the S-class wizards would also be there to block our progress. In other words, to become S-class we had to defeat an S-class wizard. That wouldn't be fun... This was going to be harder than I had expected... "The ten selected participants and their chosen partners will assemble at Hargeon Port in one week," Makarov stated, "That is all!"

Our team sat at one of the tables. We were busy discussing the trials. I was sat beside Lokni. Opposite me was Lilias who was beside Xavier. Miriza was perched on the end of the table itself, listening in. The 5 exceeds were all sat on the table as well. Bluebell was nearest to me. "Who are you going to pick as your partners?" Lilias asked.

"I'm going to pick Viper of course!" Xavier exclaimed. Viper looked up at his friend, a sat expression on his face.

"I'm sorry Xave but the five of us still have training to do." Bluebell looked up at me.

"I would have been your partner Faya, but we still have a lot more training to do. If we finished early, we'll go over to the island to cheer you on." I felt disappointed. I was looking forward to going to Tenrou with Bluebell, just like we did 4 years ago... "I'll be your partner Xavier," Lokni said, smiling at the white haired boy.

"Thanks," Xavier replied.

"I didn't want to be part of this, but I'll go with you Faya if you want," Lilias smiled, "I'm sure that it'll be really fun!" I nodded. I would go with Lilias. She was probably one of the best choices, since Tenrou was covered in plants and greenery. She'd be perfectly in her element. On the other hand, I had been to Tenrou island before so vaguely knew my way around. We would be a great team!

The next week passed quickly. I was able to get a bit of training done with Lilias. I remembered the training I had done with Zeref 4 years ago. We did a lot of meditating together, we did this to try and expand our magic containers. After 3 and 1/2 hours of meditating, we would then move onto practicing spells and other techniques. Then we'd get into physical training. By that, I mean running 50 laps around Magnolia as well as lots of tree climbing and rock climbing. We would have to prepare for Tenrou's climate as well. I was already set with that since I was a fire dragon slayer. Lilias on the other hand, was not. I would have her train near my flames. I made sure that the flames were slightly hotter than Tenrou's climate. The worst part about trying to get used to the climate was the fact that it was winter here in Magnolia. To make it worse - it was snowing. It certainly wouldn't be snowing on Tenrou...

A week later, it was December 15th. We were all gathered in Hargeon, ready for the S-class promotion trials. We had done all we could to prepare in the last week. Lilias had taken my advice and was now wearing clothes that were more suited to Tenrou's climate. She was wearing a blue short sleeved cropped top along with a turquoise green skirt. We looked up at the boat looming over us and sighed. Why couldn't swimming there be a part of the trial!?