Carrier of E.N.D
Chapter 1: Shift in Air

With the support of each other, everyone managed to rebuild their guilds in no time. As time passed, everyone managed to move on from the final battle which brought them a sense of achievement each time they thought back to their most struggling experience of their lifetime.

Fairy Tail celebrating the restoration of the guild and their success in winning, they continued to party the night away like every other guild across the continent. "I can't believe that we finally put a stop to Acnologia and Zeref!" Natsu cheered as he drank.

Everyone celebrating where Lucy sat in the corner of the bar by herself, she sighed to herself as she recalled the moment everyone welcomed the unknown member to the guild. Apparently the unknown member's name was Sakura Miyasaki. She's a Dragon Slayer that was gifted with the special ability to shift into a dragon since her mother taught her the survival skills of the dragons in the past.

With everyone welcoming her easily since she was the one that knew the spell to Fairy Sphere, they were glad to have her on their side during the time. It was dangerous to risk everyone's lives while a handful of people were expected to search for the spell in such a large guild library - It was thanks to her that they were able to avoid such a drastic thing.

"You alright there?" a voice questioned where the blonde looked over her shoulder.

Lucy meeting eyes with Gray's, she sighed and nodded her head. "I'm just... Thinking about a few things," she replied where he joined her by sitting right next to her. "If it wasn't for Sakura, then we all could've died," she whispered.

He shook off Lucy's depressing vibes and took a large sip of his beer. "Well, we should be glad that we all didn't die then, but just to let you know, the book vanished when you collapsed," he informed where she snapped her head to him with wide eyes.

"Vanished?!" she questioned out loud. The boy nodded. "Vanished. I guess the attempt failed, allowing it to fly and hide away," he explained where Lucy felt a hole form in her heart.

The blonde felt so guilty. If she succeeded, then maybe their battle would've been easier. "That means that the battle isn't over until the book - But does that mean that Natsu's..." She couldn't finish her question as she looked over to the pinkette yelling in the background.

If the book vanished, and Zeref disappeared with the First without Natsu disappearing as well... Doesn't that mean that his life was completely disconnected from the book?

She closed her eyes. "We need to tell everyone that the book is still out there -" Before Gray could even finish what he was going to say, someone yelled out what he was saying. "What do you mean the book is still out there?!" That's when the party halted and looked over to their direction with wide eyes. Alcohol no longer taking control of their minds as they turned sober, they couldn't believe what they had just heard.

"Guys... What do you mean that the book is still out there? I thought E.N.D was put to an end?" Mira whispered as she stared at Lucy and Gray in horror. Her eyes seeking for answers, she widened her eyes when she watched the two look away. "You guys can't be serious..."

"You guys were playing around with someone's life," Lisanna whispered as tears welled up in her eyes. Just right after the stories were told! She thought that maybe, just maybe, they managed to do something with the book, hence the reason why Natsu was still living and breathing.

The guild all murmuring down below, six pairs of eyes watched everything happen from above. The six individuals watching everything unfold silently, the old man looked at the crimson with a questioning brow raised. "You didn't tell me," he whispered.

Sakura sighed and glanced back to him. "It's strange though, I didn't sense anything when I saw them. It was only until the end I sensed something inside of her, but I thought it was just because of the residue magic from Fairy Sphere," she replied.

Six of them continuing to watch, they realized how tense the atmosphere was getting.

"I was almost there! I almost finished rewriting the book when -" Lucy stopped what she was saying and bit onto her tongue, forcing herself to stop. Sighing, she looked down onto the table, "I blacked out when I was almost done."

The muttering grew louder. "Does that mean that Natsu could potentially be under more danger?" a member whispered where all heads turned to Natsu who was pale. Does that mean that he could die, and this time at a higher rate since the rewriting was not complete? "I'm sure that his life is disconnected from the book! He's here with no Zeref!" Lucy reasoned where everyone looked at her again.

"But the book is still out there. There are demons in that book, ones that we've never seen - If that is held by the wrong hands... His life may be on the line," Erza whispered, stating the possible fact that history may repeat once again. "We could've found another way, but now we don't know the possibilities of what may happen with the book not being in our hands and somewhere that could be found by almost anyone."

Everyone paled. To relive that experience again would be a nightmare.

"I'm sorry everyone... Really! If I could have remained conscience, I would've finished rewriting everything!" Lucy cried out where everyone began to look away from her. In a voice almost inaudible by all, Lucy widened her eyes in horror. "If only you were stronger, then maybe you would've handled it properly."

And that's when her world began to shatter.

One by one, heads turned to look at her again with eyes of grief. If only she was stronger, then perhaps she would've been able to destroy the book after disconnecting Natsu's life with the book once and for all. It was because she was weak that she wasn't able to do it.

"Not to mention, if it wasn't for Sakura they would've been dead by Acnologia while she went to look for Fairy Sphere in a large library. Lucy was just lucky to have remembered what Sakura was saying to recast Fairy Sphere," a voice whispered in everyone's mind where a mist wafted through the cracks of the door and shrouded itself over the first floor.

Sakura flinched and looked around. "What's wrong?" the silver-white wolf questioned. She narrowed her eyes and tried to find the source of the horrid scent, unable to figure out what it was, she nibbled on the bottom of her lip. "Something smells wrong," she whispered as she looked over the floor and watched the small Sky Dragon Slayer act normal.

She furrowed her brows. If the Sky Dragon Slayer wasn't reacting to the scent, then doesn't that mean that her senses were wrong? "No... It's nothing," she replied. Standing behind her, Laxus crossed his arms. "When you say nothing, nothing good comes out of it - You know something and you just don't want to tell us..."

The guild below them began to grow rowdy. Just as the scent that Sakura smelt vanished, the people watching above thought that the issue was getting out of control and quickly acted. Ending the party early since if they allowed the issue to grow out of proportion, Lucy felt like crying as she walked herself home alone. For the first time in her life, she felt weak and useless.