NA: Thank you to everyone who posted a review! I am really happy to read all your opinions about my story. This next chapter has a mild Gruvia in it, but for the most part, its all back story.

I apologize for the amount of back story but I'm trying to tell them as exciting as possible. Once all the flashbacks and character introductions are done, the action will come full force. For the meantime, I hope you enjoy my story as it is.

FUTURE MAGNOLIA

Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Gray, and Juvia were finally nearing home from their mission and all were excited to see Fairy Tail once again.

"That was a long mission, I must say." Juvia commented as they reached the guild.

"I agree, but at least we got a lot of money and the towns people were kind enough to offer all these chili peppers." Natsu replied happily.

"Aye! But Natsu, only you and Luna like spicy food." Happy said.

"Even better! More for us."

Lucy couldn't wait to get home and see her daughter. As they walked, Lucy thought of what Luna would cook for dinner. Luna often prepared a feast for their return and they enjoy their night as a family. It only lasts a night, however. Luna becomes distant again when the morning strikes and goes off to train with Erza. The more she trained, the harder it was to protect her, so the thought of her training wasn't very pleasing for neither her nor Natsu, but what could they do? Neither Natsu nor her were present enough to stop her training and they never really liked the idea of deciding for her anyway.

As they reached Fairy Tail, they hear action from a smaller dojo-like house beside the guild, which means Erza is training the Prodigy team again. The small place was built by Erza as a house to train her students.

When Erza was pregnant with Jer, she decided to temporarily leave Team Natsu as it would be hard to fight while pregnant. For the most part, the remaining members were able to handle missions on their own, but Juvia went with them for harder missions, which allowed her relationship with Gray to grow even further. However, nine months later, Jer was born, which left a conflicted Juvia.

FLASHBACK

"Juvia, are you crying?" a concerned Lucy asked. She followed Juvia after she left Erza's house with a gloomy look. Erza has just given birth and Jellal was with her so the red-haired mage didn't notice her two friends leave.

"I'm so happy for Erza, but at the same time, I can't help but be sad."

"Why are you sad?"

"Erza will surely want her place back in this team and I will have to leave. To be honest, I don't want to. Not just cause of Gray-sama, but also because of Natsu, Happy, and you, Lucy."

"Then stay" a different voice interrupted the two girls' conversation. Gray has been noticing Juvia more often now and was worried when the conflicted water mage left the mini celebration going on at Erza's house. "There is no problem with giving Erza her spot back, it was never really taken away!"

Sensing the situation, Lucy decided to walk away and let the two have their 'moment.'

"Gray-sama, why are you yelling?"

"Because you keep thinking you're some sort of replacement, when you're not! Erza cannot be replaced… and neither can you." Gray sighed and relaxed a little bit as he continued on speaking, "I don't see why you have to leave just because Erza returned. I think it would be more fun if you stayed with us." Gray gave Juvia a warm smile and Juvia was relieved that she could stay in the team.

Meanwhile, Lucy returned to Erza's celebration but was suddenly stopped by an enraged voice.

"What do you mean you're not returning to the team?" Natsu was angry but it was apparent that he was more hurt than anything. Lucy opened the door that led to where the conversation was, a bit surprised with what she's heard.

"I'm very sorry Natsu, but I want to focus on Jer. I don't know how, but it seems that he has acquired my magic instead of Jellal's. I want to train him to become a great Fairy Tail member, someone who can even surpass me one day. That is my decision, I hope you understand."

As Jer grew up, Erza taught other children wizards as well, but only the strong-willed had the courage to stay. Even within Fairy Tail, it was hard to keep up with Erza and only a handful of them stayed to be trained by the strong mage: Jer (who really had no choice), Grant, Lexy, Ren, and Luna were the only ones who continued their training with Erza. Their strong hearts inspired Mirajane to name them the Prodigy team.

MEANWHILE IN PAST MAGNOLIA

"So Grant, show me what you've got! Remember, for every hit I land on you, you have to answer one of my questions truthfully." Gray said, already feeling like he had won.

Grant knew this was bad, he was more used to water than ice magic but he's being forced to only use ice in this situation. His mind was so distracted that he didn't notice Gray's incoming attack.

"Point. Now tell me, why is your hair blue?"

"Huh?" was all Grant said as he successfully dodged a new attack from Gray.

"You heard me, why is your hair blue? Is it some sort of side effect from the future environment, did you dye it that color, or is it biological?"

Basically, he's inquiring about my mother. What should I do? Think, Grant, think.

As he thought, he was hit by another ice attack from Gray, which earned Gray another chance to ask anything. Grant needed to figure out a way to buy him extra time to think.

"Father, how about we keep score and leave the questions for after we train. Your questions are quite distracting." Grant knew it was a lame excuse but he hoped for mercy.

"Fine. I have 2 right now."

MEANWHILE IN FUTURE MAGNOLIA

When the five mages reached the guild, they were asked to immediately meet Master Laxus in his office by Mirajane. Confused and tired, the five did as instructed, not knowing that shocking news was on their way.

When the five entered Laxus' office, they were greeted by a serious look.

"I know none of you will be pleased to hear this, but your children are out in a mission together." Laxus said, getting to the point.

This wasn't something that upset Gray and Juvia as Grant always went on missions. Natsu and Lucy weren't all that surprised, as they know Grant and Luna went on simple missions together all the time. Luna had asked them for permission in the past to go on simple missions with Grant to earn some extra pocket money, they approved Luna's request a long time ago.

"Did they help out with the play again? I enjoyed the one where they were star-crossed lovers" Happy commented.

"No, Grant and Luna went on a mission to defeat Andre." The guild master said, as if it were some simple mission.

A moment of silence and confusion occurred as the five let the information sync in. Laxus continued, "Andre appeared in Fairy Tail not too long ago while you were away in your mission. Erza almost defeated him but just when she was about to give the final blow, a portal opened."

"What kind of portal?" questioned Gray.

Laxus answered without looking at any of them, "It was a portal exactly like mine, black, meaning it was traveling to the past."

At this point, Natsu has gone back from his trance and was consumed by anger.

"You mean to tell me that you sent my 16-year-old daughter to the past to fight Andre?" Natsu questioned furiously to the blonde guild master.

"Simply put, yes."

"ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY INSANE? You may be the guild master but you don't have the right to be deciding her life like that!"

"And you do?" Laxus responded back. "Natsu, your daughter is 16-years-old, when you were 16, you were handling missions on your own. She's part of the Prodigy team but as time progress, she's slowly becoming Fairy Tail's most useless member. Besides, she decided to go on her own, I simply approved her request."

"I'm sorry, did you just call my daughter useless?"

"You can't have it both ways, Natsu. You can't lock her away in a safe room in a world full of war and expect people to praise her 'amazing' powers." Laxus relaxed a little as he wants his words to truly hit Natsu for him to understand. "Besides, she wanted to fight Andre and she was the only one who volunteered."

Natsu would have replied with something nasty but he couldn't think fast enough before Mirajane barged into the room in a panic.

"We have a problem!"

"Mira, this isn't the time." Laxus said, clearly sounding tired.

"Believe me Laxus, this can't wait. Andre is outside. Erza is leading the guild in the fight."

"How is that possible? He went inside the portal when we last faced him!" Laxus was very surprised with what was happening. He ran out of the guild hall and was faced by the damned man himself. The rest of the people in the room quickly followed their guild master. Lucy allowed herself to be relieved that Andre was there instead of wherever Luna was. The farther away he was to Luna, the better.

"How?" Laxus asked to no one in particular.

"How you ask." Andre finally spoke. The man looked as though he was in his early 20s but in reality he was probably a couple hundred years old. "dark magic."

Laxus was confused. When he sent Luna and Grant to the past, he mentioned in his spell to take them wherever Andre was. The fact that they were able to get through the portal meant that Andre must have gone through as well.

"I know what you're thinking, Laxus, we both posses time portal magic, after all." Andre said, as if classifying Laxus in the same category as him, "but you failed to remember one thing, or rather, person: Keres. Don't blame yourself too much, it doesn't seem like anyone else remembered either."

Keres. Andre's other half, quite literally. Keres was Andre's creation; he has given up half of his powers so that he could create another being. In return to his gift of life, Keres became Andre's slave. Since she is a part of Andre, she can switch to how Andre looks like in an instant, making her the ultimate minion. Andre was clever enough to make sure that his powers were strong enough to create a creature opposite of him. While Andre was a guy, Keres was a girl. While Andre specialized in fire, Keres specialized in water. These opposite characteristics were part of his plan to get Keres into Fairy Tail.

"What exactly are you planning?" Natsu interrupted

"I'm sure you know exactly what I'm planning. I've been after your daughter for years now after all. Keres wouldn't mind devouring Grant's magic either. Once we have captured her, I will gladly take Luna as my wife and we'll set this world on fire, literally. The kind of power she holds, I want it, I will become the strongest fire mage in the world. Sucks for you, faeries, your so naïve, I've fooled you twice already. First with Keres joining Fairy Tail and second time when you sent the Dragneel girl right into Keres' hands."

"Not going to happen!" Jer interrupted, ready to fight "Requip!" and just like that the 19-year-old boy requiped to his armor that made him look like a knight. Behind him, the remaining members of the Prodigy team prepared to fight. Lexy was ready to perform the Iron dragon's roar, while a younger member, Ren, was ready to perform the wind dragon's roar. However, before they did much of anything, a black portal opened behind Andre, Laxus knew right away that Andre planned on going to wherever Luna, Grant, and Keres were.

"I would love to stay and kill you all, but I have to stick with my priorities so I'll have to go and capture your little friends now" was all Andre said before disappearing.

"Laxus," Natsu said dangerously, "open your portal and send us to where they are."

"Before that, explain to us what happened in the previous fight." Gray suggested.

"What? Gray we don't have time for that!" Natsu was getting impatient.

"I understand your concerns, Natsu, but we need to understand this situation!"

"I have to agree with Gray on this one, Natsu. I don't know how much of a help we could be just jumping in there." Natsu was extremely annoyed by the situation. He couldn't calm down at all.

"Uhm Lucy, could your spirits travel back in time? Maybe they can get to where Luna is and help protect her while we're here getting an explanation. I know Grant is there but I don't know how helpful my son will be against Keres." Juvia suggested, quite disappointed how she truly doesn't believe her son can protect her friend's daughter against the dark mage.

Lucy understood exactly what she meant by Grant's weakness against Keres. She summoned all of her spirits and asked if they could do anything. Loke promised to try but the most fired up of them all was Aquarius. As much as Aquarius hated Lucy, she adored Luna, quite ironic since Luna controlled fire. Also because Aquarius really hated Keres when she was part of the guild.

When Lucy's spirits disappeared to work on the task given to them, the oldest member of the Prodigy team spoke to Master Laxus in front of everyone, "Both Grant and Luna are part of my team, as a team, we cannot idly sit here while 2 of our members are in danger. Please Master Laxus, send us while you explain to Uncle Natsu and the rest what happened. We will look for Grant and Luna in the meantime."

Laxus nodded at the trio and told them to prepare for their mission. As the trio got ready for their new mission, Laxus couldn't help the guilt and regret that overcame him. Twice, I was fooled by the same person twice. On top of that, I risked the lives of members of this guild. If grandfather could see me now, he will surely disapprove

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