Chapter 5

Bellalyse's P.O.V.

I groaned from my twisted position on the hospital bed. I realized my surroundings and shot up from the bed. Blood. It was everywhere. It covered the ceiling, stained the walls and even the stuff inside the room was drenched in the red liquid. I looked at myself. I was still wearing the Fairy Tail outfit but the long sleeves were torn, and blood was also splattered on it.

I stumbled outside. Maybe so fresh air would clear my head. What I saw nearly broke my mental composure. Everywhere, people were dying. Their corpses were mangled and gruesome. I staggered up to a figure. Tierra turned toward me, a twisted smile on her face.

"I warned you didn't I? Even the prettiest of flowers must die. The death is an inevitable fate. I'm not to blame for this either. I just spared them the suffering of having joy and happiness before meeting their end." She turned her back on me, watching the sun. "You should know. Everyone on Team Guardian? They screamed your name before I slit their throats."

I balled my fist. Surely everyone wasn't dead right? She shook her head.

"Sorry darling but everyone is dead."

"What did you just do?" I whispered.

She glanced at me. "You mixed innocent humans with the problems of the demigods and the demidemons. All those who know about you must die."

"You just made it worse!" I screamed. "I'll bet that there are less than a hundred people alive! People already knew about demigods, Tierra! Where were you when the Council killed almost a thousand of us?!"

She faced me, anger spreading across her face. "I was where you wanted me to be. Sealed. In the Lower World. After all, you perfect demigods are too scared to lose you power in these fragile worlds, aren't you?" Tierra thrust out her hand and a sword appeared. "I'll see you later, Bella. Let's continue this conversation later. I have stuff to do, people to kill, and demidemons to unseal."

She disappeared with a final flash of light. I crumpled to the ground, sobbing.

An Hour Later…

I gasped and immediately sat up. "Bella? Are you okay?" Erza and Lucy looked at me with concerned glances.

"You guys are still okay?" I asked. Esmerella and Ash were pacing.

"Um, Bella, we healed immediately after Chelia and Porlyusica helped." Rogue stated.

"Guys, I think she's amnesiac." Esmerella murmured, playing with a piece of thread. "Bella, do you remember anything?"

"Just seeing Tierra in the twister." I muttered. I decided to keep the death memory to myself. If everyone was alive, that was all that mattered at the moment. "Everything after that is just white."

"Well, Tierra shot you with a lethal bullet." Ash said, standing still. "You slept for a day. Esmerella and I tried to reach you with our minds but there are more barriers up than usual."

"I slept…for a day?" I asked my words still jumbled. "What happened between then?"

"Fairy Tail and RavenSaber are tied for first place. I'm pretty sure Mermaid Heel is second. And Lamia Scale is third. Obra won the tournament but we won the next one."Gray confirmed. "And Blue Pegasus is catching up to Lamia Scale. The only guild that probably won't make it to the Top 3 is Quattro Cerberus."

"Ah." I nodded. That made sense. They barely got in during the elimination round. "Have you seen Tierra?"

"Once." Mira stated. "She was carrying a bloody flower."

Huh. How poetic of her to carry around what she thinks symbolizes me.

Rogue studied me for a second. "Bella. What did you see?"

"What?" I asked quickly. Was it that obvious that I was hiding something?

"You saw something didn't you? I know you too well." He said.

"No." I answered, hoping that they wouldn't be able to tell.

"Fine. Don't tell us." Ash muttered.

A Few Hours Later…

I sighed, stretching. The gods were questioning me about everything and it took at least three hours to clear everything out. There was a two day break for the Grand Magic Games since Tierra's appearance jumbled up a lot of people in the audience. I was happy that we had some time to relax but sheesh! Two days is a lot of time. I could be dead by the end of those two days. I closed my eyes for two seconds and fell asleep.

Tierra was waiting for me on a cliff. This was starting to be a little creepy. I was pretty sure the vision before was just an illusion but she just shook her head.

"Dear, dear Bella. If you think this is all a mere illusion, a dream, I'm afraid you're not as intelligent as I thought you were. Unfortunately for you, this is just a prediction. A prediction of what is yet to come in the future. You see, I don't like it when people don't warn others. So I thought I should warn you. Even without my meddling, this is the fate Earthland will meet." She shook her head. "The moment you chose Earthland as your new home, Earthland was destined to disintegrate. I was wondering. You are fully aware you are one of the Demigods of Creation?"

"Yeah?" I was curious at where she was going with this. "What about it?"

"You truly are dense. You're the Demigod of Creation. Think about it. You created death, disease, distrust, misfortune, poison, and darkness. Sure, some of the things existing you made a world of difference. But those things are all in the worlds your Mother Nature created." Her emerald eyes stared into my brown ones. "Eventually everyone will come to the conclusion that you are to blame for the tragic events."

A tear swept down my face. "And there is absolutely no way to change this fate?"

She gestured down the cliff. I walked up beside her and glanced down. We were looking over Fiore. I could still see people walking around and doing their tasks, oblivious to their future. "There is one way. But it involves your cooperation."

"I'll take anything." I said. Maybe I was a little desperate at this point but Tierra was honest to everyone. In all of the gruesome tales she had been in, there weren't any stories telling that she lied. "As long as everyone on Earthland is safe."

"Then meet me at the North Forest today. You're about to wake up. I'll be there when the sun sets. Come alone. Remember; you will have to cooperate and agree with everything for the fate of Earthland to change."

I nodded. Then the sunlight streamed through and I woke in my bedroom. I glanced around. Amy wasn't there so she must have been visiting Lily. I tuned on my dragon hearing and heard that the gods were asleep and Rogue and Sting were at the guild. Lector and Fro were still here but they were on the verge of falling asleep.

I peeked through my curtains. The sun was setting. Right now would be the perfect time to head off toward the North Forest. "Animal Transformation: Bird." I muttered and became a small bird. I would use the winged flight magic but it wouldn't be very good if a member of Fairy Tail saw me headed off toward the North Forest alone.

I disabled my magic after I saw a purple headed figure beckon to me to join her deeper into the forest. "What is it Tierra? I didn't come here for games. Tell me how to change the future."

She pouted. "Aw. Okay, but don't kill me for what I say. This suggestion will obviously anger you and I'm not sure myself if you want to risk it or not."

"What's there to risk?" I wondered. If Earthland was going to die, I was going to die. It's just a basic method of survival when you have nature's touch and gift.

Tierra glanced at me, uncaring. "This is the solution to all of your problems. I don't get why you want Earthland to survive anyway; if a world is destroyed it means less work for you right?"

"Get on with it," I muttered, impatient. She was obviously dodging around a topic and I wasn't in a good mood today.

"Fine. To save Earthland, you will have to come with us." She created an image. "There is another unknown country west of Fiore. Live with us. The country cannot be seen by anyone except for demidemons. Eventually, your friends from Fairy Tail will accept the facts that they think you are dead. That I murdered you. No one will even know of the just barely missed future and all will be well."

"And this will save Earthland?" I thought about it. "Is my safety guaranteed?" After the shadow dragon slayer mate mark disappeared, the leaf necklace belonging to Rogue marking him as my second must have been sent back as well.

"You will be treated like a princess." She confirmed. "There will be servants waiting on you and guards to protect you from every danger."

I scoffed. "I can protect myself, thank you very much. What I mean is, do I have protection from the demidemons vying for revenge upon the demigods?" It was common knowledge among us that there were more than a thousand demidemons wanting to kill demigods for the sealing of the Lower World.

Tierra sighed. "We know that, without you, the operation to seal us demidemons into the Lower World again will be put to a halt. Ash and Esmerella won't be an emotional state fit to perform such a high-leveled magic unless you or your body are found."

"How will me going away save Earthland?" I asked. I had no clue how this affected the world in any way.

"Your friends will have naught to do with demigods anymore. Ash and Esmerella will go back to Earth and Jai and they will resume their normal lives before you came in." She stated. I thought about it. I never really wondered what would happen if I left. "The gods will go back to the Upper World. Sure, a lot of people will mourn you, but if it comes down to the lives of everyone on Earthland and you leaving, which would you pick?" Tierra frowned slightly. "If you do so wish very badly, there are servants at my castle that can perform teleportation magic. At least one servant or demidemon must accompany you and you must disguise yourself should you visit Earthland."

That made it slightly cheering. I would be able to see Fairy Tail but I wouldn't really get the kind reception I got when I first joined. To them, I would be a stranger, or just a fan.

"I will meet you back here tomorrow at dawn." I said, sealing the deal. "Should I bring anything?"

"Yes, you could bring anything you want. Oh and one more thing. You are required not to breathe a word about this to another living soul." She disappeared and I sighed.

I teleported myself in front of Fairy Tail and faced the door. How could I talk to them like friends while secretly planning to run away behind their backs? I took a deep breath and opened the door, staring at the guild hall. I probably wasn't going to see the guild ever again. That thought wasn't cheering.

Erza walked over. "Hey Bella! We're celebrating for your revival and our lead in the Grand Magic Games."

"Um, aren't we tied with RavenSaber?" I asked. It made me sick that they were holding a party half in my honor and I wasn't going to be here tomorrow.

"Try not to mention it to them," Lucy piped up. "I asked Master about it and he said we were going to crush them."

I laughed. It was so like them to be overconfident. That night, though I was desperately guilty at my actions, I kept a fake smile on my face. Ash and Esmerella were suspicious about me but ignored it, joining in on the fun. The gods were there as well and Luke, Xena, Aflame, Icestorm, and Lucinda were also skeptical but after talking to my siblings, they too ignored it. Rogue was constantly around me so I felt that he had a feeling that something was still up. Team Guardian also managed to not stray away from me more than ten feet. It seemed like everyone close to me was getting to know me too well. The smile I kept plastered on my face was crying and begging me to stop torturing myself with this.

After the party was finished, I flew home, despite Team Guardian's protests and wept in my pillow, trying to muffle my sobs. When about two hours passed, I knew everyone had gone to bed and I told Amy to go with Lily today. I packed up everything with requip, pausing to glance at a scrapbook I had made. Memories were bound to get lost one day so I created a scrapbook containing Team Guardian's memories and gave one to each of the members. It was painful to look at the pictures but this would be the last time I saw them so I glanced at each picture. Me and Matt using the Star and Constellation Dragon Roar at the same time. Rogue and Sting unleashing their Secret Dragon Slayer techniques and destroying a whole entire town. Wendy and Matt high fiving each other when we went through the day without destroying anything. Rogue hugging me, his arms around my neck while I smiled cheekily at the camera. By the time I was finished, I had tears dripping down my chin.

I debated over bringing my Dragion and Immortal keys or not. In the end, I brought them. Ash and Esmerella could visit Dragion if they were really persistent. And the Dragons were sure to understand, as were the Immortals. They valued people who sacrificed their own comfort for the good of the world. I flew over to the forest just as the sun peeked over the horizon.

Tierra stood, waiting for me. "Ready?"

I cast one look at Magnolia then turned back, silent tears streaming down my face. "Let's go."

Author's Note: Yes! Finally got a real chapter up! I will try to update one more chapter by Tuesday. Thanks for reading! Please review!