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I stare at my reflection in the clear shallow water of the lake. I try to take in all of my features that I have not been able to see in so long. I was actually surprised at my appearance. It looked as though I haven't change at all. If I were to take a guess, I looked as though I was somewhere between seventeen and nineteen. I blink and lean back away from the clear water and look around. Menho was further down the lake, splashing in it and attempting to catch some fish.

I look back down at the water before standing and walking away, sitting down at a nearby tree. I honestly didn't know where we were traveling too these past few weeks. I didn't actually bother asking him as well. I didn't even speak much after the incident that happened weeks ago, that didn't seem to bother him. He would always talk when we were walking, if it was not that then it was the occasional hum or whistle. I learned to get used to it.

I look down at the grass beneath me with a frown. I didn't understand it really, the point of all this. It puzzled me as to why I was given this magic, yet it didn't feel like magic. It felt more like a curse of some sort, to have everything die at your fingertips. I had read in books about all the goods, but sadly the bads weren't known.

I feel the wetness in my eyes and see a shadow loom over me. It was Menho. He looks down at me, head tilted to the side with a slight frown on his face.

"Zeref was thinking about it again, yes?"

I didn't answer, instead I looked down at the now dead patch of grass before me. He sits directly across from me and lets out a sigh. The brown grass beneath him crunches as he shifts. Something is shoved in my view and it takes me a moment to realize it's a slice of fruit. I don't know where he had it but gingerly take it.

We were walking again, Menho in front and I in the back. Every now and then he would stop to look around for something and I would sit as he did. I look at the odd shaped looking plants that surrounded the tree stump I sat against. They were a dark green, almost black colour.

"Zeref shouldn't sit next to those mushrooms."

I turn to see the blonde on a branch of a nearby tree. I looked back at the plants, they didn't look like mushrooms.

"If Zeref gets too close it'll bite." I stare at the creature before shifting away from them. From above I can hear the other's chuckle. "Zeref knows nothing of the plant life does he?"

I blink and frown, my gaze shifting back to the ground and he lets out a sigh. There's a thud as he drops to the ground on his feet and stands. " The sun will sleep in a few hours, shall we go?" He asks and tugs the sleeve of my cloak.

"Where are we going?" I finally ask in a hoarse whisper, it has been awhile since I last spoken to him weeks ago.

He perks up at the sound of my voice and turns around with a sniff. It was morning now and the sun was just rising. He tilts his head to the side with a little smile at my sudden boldness and I look toward the ground.

"We are close, Zeref will be able to tell when we are there." Was all he said as he kept walking. I followed since there was nothing else for me to do.

It was evening when we came to a stop. The sky was a golden orange and the sun was beginning to set. I watched as he turned his head here and there. He narrowed his eyes as he sniffed around before pointing.

"It's best if Zeref looks himself."

Confusion spread across his face as I look at the direction he pointed. He doesn't move and keeps a blank expression on his face. I go into the direction he points and follow the worn out trail that came with it. Even though it was old and worn it seemed sort of familiar to me. I stop when I come to a small clearing, a big oak tree in the middle. My eye widened in realization and I took a step back.

It couldn't be…

Yet it was right here before my eyes. I didn't know whether I should be happy, scared, or sad at seeing my old home this way but the tears came anyway. It didn't look anything like the way me and Natsu built it. It was wrecked, the house part was, it was awkwardly leaning off and if tampered with the top part would probably cave in. The bottom looked stable enough.

I wipe my eyes with the back of my hand, head pounding I crouched down and put my face in my hands.

"Natsu…" I whispered as more tears came and I felt my body shake. I needed to get away. I didn't want to destroy last thing that was our home, the thought sickened me. But I couldn't move, I felt as though if I tried I would trigger it in a matter not seconds, but being here and watching it felt even worse.

"It's okay." The voice behind me made me jump and I felt a pulse of energy released from me.

Nothing happened.

The blonde behind me walks up and sits beside me in a cross legged position.

"Nothing will happen to it." He informs as if I should already know this.

"H-How...?"

He looks at me with a tilt of his head and places his hand on the soil. A faint light shimmers on it and them around in a circle surrounding the tree.

"It took awhile, but when Menho came back and saw the state it was in, he made this to keep it from further damage. " he says while tracing the symbol carved in the ground. I regain my breathing and look down at the symbols and let my fingers caress one.

"How..?"

He blinks and looks at the sky above the surrounding trees. The sun was starting to set and now the sky had taken a light purple colour.

"Menho will explain later, now he and Zeref need to talk. "

I'm very sorry for the short chapter, this chapter was actually longer but I put it into two instead.

To tell the truth I honestly think this wouldn't get any follows or reviews since it has very little reads on Wattpad, but thanks to those select few!