English is my third language so if there are any mistakes I apologize.
Disclaimer: I still do NOT own Fairy Tail, just the plot and Anastasia!
I watched as Wendy fell on her knees, staring at me with wide unblinking eyes, like she saw a ghost. Maybe she did. Gajeel 's hands were shaking, red eyes wide, while he stared at me with same look as Wendy. And Natsu, Natsu looked at me, his eyes full of disbelief and wonder. He took one step forward and another and another, until he was standing before me. My eyes were filled with tears. He lifted one hand and brought it to my cheek, like he was making sure I was real. His onyx black eyes staring into mine "Ana" he breathed out and hugged me like there was no tomorrow.
After that others seemed to snap out of it as well. Wendy ran to me, her arms around my waist. Her tears were soaking my lavender top, but I didn't mind, in the background I saw Gajeel smile, just a little. My friends were back, they haven't forgot me, was all that went through my head and I completely ignored the rest of guild that had no idea what was going on. Not that it mattered in that moment everything else was forgotten; every problem just disappeared when Natsu and Wendy were hugging me and I would gladly stayed like that forever. Sadly we were interrupted by loud "What is going on?!" from talking blue cat.
I turned my eyes on the small kitten, realizing that it would be good to explain everything. "Why don't we all sit down, I believe I owe you an explanation. Especially you Gajeel, Wendy, Natsu." We all sat down, however Wendy held my hand in fear that I will fly away like leaves in the wind, Natsu and Gajeel weren't any better standing beside me like two bodyguards. Well I couldn't really blame them, everything seemed unreal even to me and the thought of losing them again was unbearable. I was thinking where to start, but Gajeel started to interrogate me.
"What happened in X777? Where were you? How is that you haven't aged?" His crimson eyes staring at me. "I-Well-You see…" I took deep breath, "I was asleep." Another breath, I was preparing myself to continue "ASLEEP! YOU WERE SLEEPING FOR 14 YEARS?!" Came Natsu's shout. He was angry, I could see his shouting wasn't over. "I WAS SEARCHING FOR YOU!" I flinched "HOW COULD YOU AND IGNEEL LEAVE ME LIKE THAT!" Flinched again, tears were in my eyes again. I felt guilty, it hurt me to hear him scream at me like that. "DO YOU KNOW HOW I FELT!" I couldn't listen to it any more, it broke my heart. I started sobbing, tears freely running down my cheeks. Natsu opened his mouth for another round "WHY D-"
"NATSU!" Another voice shouted at the pink haired dragon slayer. Wendy was shaking with anger. I never saw her like that. I looked around and saw everyone staring at me, Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy. I was shaking, yet I could not defend myself, I felt like I deserved it for not being there for them. "Did you not think that it's hard for Ana too!" Said Wendy. I heard Natsu take a sharp breath, like somebody slapped him. "I'm sorry Ana. I didn't mean to snap at you," he said in the end. I gave him a shaky smile "It's okay Natsu. You were angry. I understand." My voice was shaking and I was crying, but I still continued.
"I don't really know where to start. I guess, the best would be in X777." I took another deep breath. "It was 7.7 year X777. I remember visiting you and Igneel that day. You challenged me to fight you." I heard a snort coming from tall, muscular, blond man that was wearing big coat "I was annoyed that day because I met couple of Forest Vulcans on the way there, so I knocked you out after thirty seconds." There were some shocked stares "After that I went home and ate dinner with Nana. Next thing I know I wake up in a house full of dust, with no signs of anybody an single letter on coffee table…" I gave Natsu the letter. By the time I finished my eyes were puffy and I could barely speak.
Natsu read the letter, then he gave it to Gajeel, Gajeel gave it to Wendy. When they were finished, they had tears in their eyes. Gajeel tried to cover it, but I saw. Wendy was once again drenching my top and Natsu just stared at the ground. "So, you haven't left?" I shook my head "and you don't know where Igneel and other dragons are?" He spoke. "No." My voice was quiet "The first thing I did was to search for you." But I knew they all heard. Natsu hugged me once again "I'm sorry for saying those things." And all I could do was to hug him back.
After that Fairy Tail members asked me some other questions, but soon they started to party. They danced, they sang, they drank, raising a clamor as if to bury seven-year-gap.
I properly met Happy, a cute little cat that destroyed his image as nice fellow the moment he opened his mouth, saying I was weird and short. Jeez, I can't help it! I spoke to Wendy so we caught up in the years I missed. Gajeel joined us as well. They told me about Phantom Lord and Cat Shelter, introduced me to Pantherlily, much more polite fellow than Happy, with great love for kiwi and Carla that was in my opinion a bit too serious, but she was nice. Natsu and Romeo joined us after a while. Romeo demonstrated his Purple, Yellow and Blue Flames, which impressed Lily and told them about Totomaru-sensei's magic class. I almost smacked Natsu when he commented about not eating all of the Rainbow Fire flames, but at the same thing it made me a little happy, knowing Natsu was still his moronic, always hungry self. When he started to jump around and talk about going with Romeo next time I giggled, telling him that Romeo's sensei has a poster of him crossed out and with a big NO under it in his classroom and shoot some of my green flames at him.
I watched as Lamia Scale joined the party, it was revealed that Gildarts, the strongest mage of Fairy Tail is Cana's father, I met Laxus, the Thunder God Tribe and so many others. It was in moments like these that I realized just how much Fairy Tail means to me now.