When Team Natsu arrived back at the guild Erza and Mercedes went Fairy Hills. When they got there Mercedes was sitting on the bed and Erza went to her.

"Is something wrong?"

Mercedes looked up at her with sad eyes.

"Succubus Eye...is that a dark guild?"

Erza nodded.

"Yes."

Mercedes lowered her head.

"Why would she join a guild like that?"

Erza didn't say anything then she sat down next to Mercedes on the bed and Mercedes cried on her shoulder.

"Why does my sister have to be bad person?"

Erza looked at Mercedes.

"She's not all that bad. I'm sure she has her reasons."

"Only because of our father. I blame him for how he cares for nothing but power. Now my sister is going in his footprints."

Erza closed her eyes.

"That's not true."

"What do you mean?"

"Before you came, Minerva told me that out of everyone she had met in her life you were the only one she ever cared for."

"Minerva...caring for me?"

"Yes. She was angry telling me that I take you away from her."

"I wouldn't say you did."

"I told her that too then she really got upset."

"I find it very hard to believe that Minerva cares for me, she never did."

Erza looked at her.

"What about the small package Sting gave you at the ball?"

Mercedes lowered her gaze to the floor.

"I never opened it."

"Go get it and we'll look at it together."

Mercedes nodded then left to her room to go get the package she got from Sting when she was at the ball. When she got it from him Sting had told her that Minerva told him to give it to her. Since then she couldn't bring herself to open it but since Erza told her to she felt maybe it was time to see what was in the package.

When they both saw the package Mercedes opened it and saw that it was a dark blue journal with a message written on the front.

To Mercedes

Mercedes opened the journal and began to read the letter out loud for them both to hear.

Mercedes when you read this letter I would already be gone from the land of Foire. I'm sorry for what I did to you all of your life and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to see me again but there's something that you need to know. There was a time Father tried to kill you and I wasn't like how I am now. Even when I was younger than you I went through the same harsh training. Father was the same the whole time and his methods of punishment were the same. He was the guild master of Sabertooth at the time as well.

One day Father and I heard the news that Mother was pregnant. Father didn't seem to be excited but as for me I was thankful that I was going to be an older sister. When it was time for you to be born it was a shock we had another sibling so you were the younger child that Mother had that day. You and our other sister were both so adorable that I didn't leave the room that you were both sleeping. Sadly I wasn't aware that Father had stood in the doorway and was watching me staying with you two.

As time went on I would wake up and sneak off to see you two. When you two were about 4 months old our sister began to cry. At first I wanted to see why but I knew that if Father had found out then he was going to be angry but our sister cried for a few minutes so I went ahead and went into the room. When I got there I saw that our sister was crying and I went to her picking her up. I saw that you were sleeping and I didn't want to leave you two alone so had you both to lay on me. As much as I loved having you both to sleep on me I didn't want to let you go but then the very next day Father punished me then had me to stay in the forest. I didn't know what he was going to do but then soon I saw a large dark cloud of smoke coming from our home. Without thinking I ran to our home but didn't see Father and ran into our burning home.

When I got inside everything was in flames. I ran to your rooms because Father had you both separated most of the time. I soon heard you crying and found you tied up on the floor. I picked you up and began to search for our sister but then it got too hot and our home was coming down. I don't know what happened after that, all I remember was that I had you in my arms and my magic was activated from that. When we got out of the house we arrived in front of Father and I held you away from him begging him not to kill you. He told me since I had a magic from one of the 18 battle gods he will let you live but he also told me that if I showed any sign of affection to you he would personally kill you in front of me. It was hard for me to do so because I had Mother and our sister. I couldn't bear to lose my other little sister.

Father had you to live on your own with servants to look out for you while I stayed with Father. When you got to meet me when you were only 7 it was shortly after your birthday and I was happy to see you but then after hearing that you showed no signs of magic and Father being angered about it. I knew that you were crushed from seeing all of your paintings getting crushed but then I wasn't allowed to comfort you because your life was on the line so I had to make up some pathetic excuse for you to stay away from me. I was hurting deeply when I slapped your hand away from me and all you wanted was for me to comfort you. That was the only time you reached out to me for anything and because of my actions we don't have that sibling bond that we both wanted.

When the Grand Magic Games came along I saw a change in you that happened and how you got along with Erza from Fairy Tail. I admit that I was jealous because she was able to give you something that I failed at being. I was blind by jealousy that I put you in danger by holding you hostage. Even before you started training with Father I knew that since you were 9 you had magic but I didn't want you to suffer from Father's brutal training so I stalled as much as I could but then he threatened to kill you if you didn't show signs by your 13th birthday. That's why I showed up without warning and told you that you were going to train with Father.

Now you know everything about why I treated you the way I did. If we ever meet again alone, I would like to make up for all those lost years, that is if you let me. I wouldn't blame you if you did but I felt that you really needed to know the truth of everything.

P. S. When you were a baby I would sing to you. I know you weren't aware of this but while you were taking a nap with no one around or whenever you were sleeping I would check on you while singing to you. I know that I never told you this either but I love you, Mercedes.

From,

Minerva.

After reading that letter Mercedes had her eyes closed then dropped to her knees with tear streaming down her face.

"What have I done?"

Erza went to to her.

"Mercedes..."

Mercedes looked at her.

"At the ball that last thing I said to her was 'I hate you' now after reading this, I finally understand why she turned out the way she did."

Erza placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Come on, let's go look for her."

Mercedes wiped her tears from her face and nodded.

"Okay."

With Minerva

Minerva made it back to her guild but to her complete shock the guild was destroyed. Tables flipped, chairs broken, anything made of cloth was torn. The most shocking to see were small black figures everywhere.

"What is this?"

"A person."

"A person?!"

Minerva looked behind her and saw a woman with strange animal like features. The woman had furry ears, bird like feet and long metal claws for hands. She smiled as Minerva just looked at her.

"Who are you?"

"I am Kyouka, a member of the Nine Demon Gates of Tartaros."

Minerva was in more shock.

"What did you do to the guild?"

"I'm here on a mission that was sent from my master to gather soldiers but we don't need soldiers that can't get stronger."

Kyouka's smile widened as she began to approach Minerva.

"What about you?"

Minerva knew that it was her turn next.

"No...STOP!"

Everything went black for Minerva after that.