I am so very sorry it has taken so long to get this chapter out but I've been writing other stories and doing uni sorry, please accept this.
Mavis hummed as she skipped down the road Yury followed after her, hands in his pockets hoping the weather held up. It really would be a long walk and his chest hurt with every step and breath he took, Mavis seemed okay though even though the last time she used that magic it had caused her seeming immortality. Yury shook his head forget it he told himself as he kept walking, Mavis stopped skipping up ahead and turned to see he was still behind her, she smiled to him and went back to humming.
After a few hours of walking, they stopped for the day, Mavis collecting firewood and ordered Yury to stay seated, he rolled his eyes but obeyed her, but Yury started the fire with his lightning. An awkward silence stretched between them as the sun set.
"Is there anything you want to talk about?" Yury asks, Mavis looks to him.
"Not really" she admits, Yury nods his head as silence returns, they pull out the food and eat quietly, the fire crackling every now and then.
"Are your wounds okay?" Mavis asks eventually.
"Yeah" Yury assures her.
"Hello there" a voice suddenly said, Mavis screamed and Yury jumped to his feet, ignoring the pain as he readied to attack the stranger who had snuck up behind them.
"Whoa, whoa, hold up do you remember me?" Zeref asks holding his hands up, Mavis did immediately.
"Oh its you!" she says happily.
"Yeah you taught us magic" Yury remembers discharging his magic into the ground, he had built it up to fast and had to let it out.
"What are you two doing here in the middle of the woods?" Zeref asks.
"The trains are down, so we're walking home" Mavis tells him still smiling, Yury didn't like how she was smiling but he looked away, folding his arms.
"Speaking of what are you doing here?" Yury asks.
"I wonder, you do remember my magic?" Zeref asks pointedly.
"Yeah death wave, I remember" Yury says, sitting back down painfully.
"What happened to you?" Zeref asks.
"I got impaled" Yury says curtly.
"Our job took a different turn than we expected" Mavis says.
"You used the magic I warned you about" Zeref says knowing instantly, Mavis looked down remembering his warnings.
"Yes I have" Zeref took a step closer to Mavis.
"You haven't aged" he realises.
"No I haven't in 7 years I haven't aged"
"You used the magic all the way back then?"
"I had to" Mavis defends herself crossing her arms, Zeref's eyes went to Yury then back to her.
"I don't think you realise the implications of this"
"Just because I won't age doesn't mean I can't live, I've had this conversation with Yury"
"It's more than that but don't worry about that right now, I can help you"
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't get the chance to teach you all there was to know about that magic, I will now though, the walk back to Magnolia will take time especially if he is hurt"
"He is right here" Yury says feeling left out.
"You can teach me more?" Mavis asks not able to hide her excitement.
"Absolutely" Zeref says with a slight smile.
"Okay let's do it!" she exclaims.
"Tomorrow" Zeref says calming her down.
"I'll sleep elsewhere in case my magic goes off, I'll see you in the morning" he says.
"Goodnight" Mavis says with a wave at his retreating figure.
"Yeah I'm not here or anything" Yury says grumbling, Mavis just rolled her eyes, and lay down.
"Night Yury" she yawns happily, closing her eyes.
"Night Mavis" he says softly looking back in the direction the black wizard went, eventually settling down to sleep.
Hope you've liked it I'll get to the next chapter soon please be patient and review!