"Night Rogue." She whispered before falling into a deep slumber in Rogue's arms, he kissed the top of her head saying goodnight then fell asleep too, they slept in each other's arms that night, nothing felt more right in the world to them.
"Alright! Welcome to the first day of the Daimatou Enbu! For this year's first game we will have one participant from each guild compete in a singing contest!" The announcer yelled and everyone cheered, after a few minutes of deliberating the participants were decided by the guild members. "Alright! I have the participant list right here! And From Fairy Tail A is Lucy Heartphilia; from Quatro Cerberus is Rocker; Mermaid Heel's Beth Vanderwood; Blue Pegasus' Jenny Realight; Lamia Scale's Shelia Blendy, Raven Tail's Kurohebi (given second chance), from Fairy Tail B is Raskeria, and from Sabertooth is Orga Nanagear! And up first is Jenny!" Mato, the announcer, called, the said mage stepped forward and everyone proceeded to sing, Raskeria going last, once her turn she stepped up and announced that she was singing a Rascal Flats piece. "And Last but certainly not least, Raskeria! Singing 'What hurts the most' by Rascal Flats! And resources say that this song is dedicated to elder brother! But nobody knows who he is except Fairy Tail's Master Makarov and their takeover mage Mirajane Strauss!" Mato announced which sent waves of cheers and hollers, she started to sing and the whole arena's jaws dropped, not expecting a soft and gentle singing voice to come out, some saying they heard an angel singing voice from heaven.
"I would like to dedicate this song to my elder brother though I know he isn't here with me, I know he can hear me;
I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while
Even though going on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm OK
But that's not what gets me
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that love in you
Is what I was tryin' to do
It's hard to deal with the pain of losing you everywhere I go
But I'm doin' It
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still Harder
Getting up, getting dressed, livin' with this regret
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to say (much to say)
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that love in you
Is what I was trying to do, oh.
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And having so much to say (to say)
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that love in you
Is what I was trying to do
Not seeing that love in you
That's what I was trying to do." Raskeria sung her heart out, tears threatening to fall and everyone was dazzled by her voice, once her song ended she wiped her eyes briefly and took in a deep breath, not realizing Zeref was watching from far away.
Rogue then went up to her when she entered the hall and hugged her, letting her sob silently into his chest, unbeknownst to them, Zeref watched sadly and decided to let her know he was there now. He made a note and sent it as a black butterfly, their means of communication when they weren't together. The butterfly landed on her arm and she looked up at it, then gently moved and picked it up with her finger, the butterfly being absorbed into her and she stood there with her eyes closed.
"I see, so you were watching huh, Nii-sama." Raskeria smiled and looked down the hallway, Rogue looked confused then went on the defensive when Zeref, masking his magic, had walked out, Raskeria then ran to him and hugged him tightly. "I missed you so much Zeref-nii." She whispered, Zeref smiled faintly and hugged her back, whispering sorry to her, she giggled and pulled back smiling warmly at him. "It's been over 400 years Nii-sama." She commented and he nodded, Rogue then grabbed her wrist and whispered in her ear, making her eyes go wide and she turned around and started to argue with him when suddenly Rune Knights showed up and spotted Zeref.
"Go alert the captain! The Black Mage Zeref's here!" He yelled and one man ran out and shouted that Zeref was there, the others herded Rogue, Raskeria, and Zeref out into the arena, evacuating the citizens and the mages stayed behind. "Do whatever you must! But you are to kill him! If anyone stands in your way kill them too!" He shouted and suddenly they started to attack the three of them, Raskeria finally had enough and could see that Zeref wasn't planning on fighting back so she erupted in a shroud black power and she was back into her black and white kimonos, at the same time her Fairy Tail mark burned off in black flames.
"I won't let you hurt Nii-sama!" Raskeria screamed and started using her Death Dragon's attacks on them, though she stopped when Zeref's Death Magic was released, instantly pivoting she created a white orb in her hands and it countered the Death Magic, but it all stopped when a dragon's roar pierced through the air. "No…. it's Acnologia!" She yelled and pointed up at the sky, indeed the black dragon of the apocalypse was coming down and it landed in the arena snarling and lashing out at the poor confused mages.