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Chapter Eight

Gone and Forgotten

The Past

One Year since the birth of Fairy Tail

The young Fairy Tail first Master was focusing upon the game in front of her. Her sharp green eyes were staring straight toward the pieces in front of her. She was thinking of what moves she could make before she moved one of the pieces.

Her opponent hummed a little before he moved one and…

"Checkmate," he said.

Mavis stared at the board in front of her, her eyes going wide.

"No way," she said, "How is that possible…?"

Harry gives her one of his glance.

"Admit it," he said, "You`re not really good at this game."

Mavis stared at him, pouting a little.

"How is it that you`re so good at this old game?" she asked him.

Harry stared down at the pieces which were now settling themselves back into their original places.

"Let`s just say that my father used to collect a lot of old things," he said.

Mavis stared at him.

"You know…you don`t talk much of yourself," she said to him.

Harry let out a soft sigh.

"There isn`t much to say Mavis," he told her, "I`d rather forget about it if I could."

That caused the blonde girl to stare at him in confusion for a few seconds before staring down at the Chest board in front of her. Then she moved one of the white pieces.

"You said your dad was a collector," she said, "Tell me of him."

Harry moved his black piece.

"Can`t say much since he was killed when I was young along with my mother," he said, "All that was left is my brother and me."

Mavis looked at him, in surprise.

"You have a brother?"

He nodded.

"Where is he now?"

Harry sighed, as Mavis moved another piece.

"We went our separate ways years ago," he told her, "But I want to find him again…after all, we won`t be much of a family without each other."

Mavis grinned.

"Maybe when you found him, you can get him into Fairy Tail," she said.

The young man chuckled a little.

"Maybe," he said.

The silence settled again as the two continued to play their games.

"Harry, those chains that you have on your left arm," Mavis started drawing the young man`s attention, "They are made of magic…aren`t they?"

The young man nodded.

"Why do you have them?" Mavis asked, "You never used them in a fight."

Harry looked at the chains in his arms.

"They…they`re… It's a punishment for the sins of my past, let's just leave it like that," he said, "Please."

Mavis could see that he was pained when he talked about it and she nodded.

"Okay,"

The days then started to blend together, as Fairy Tail`s popularity steadily grew since it`s birth. Mavis was starting to feel a little bored considering she didn`t usually go to jobs, other than her guild members. The reason she was feeling bored was because Harry had gone to a job nearly five weeks ago, and even Michelle and Kleve were gone also.

She can see Purehito, a thirteen year old guy, one of the new members they have gotten during the past year going around with another members talking loudly causing her to smile slightly.

"Mavis," a voice said.

"Hello Daphne," Mavis told the blue haired girl, "I thought you were out on a job."

The Dust magic user seated down beside her.

"I just came back today," Daphne told her, "Even so…what are you doing out there?"

Mavis stared out toward the sun in front of her as she stood on the balcony of the guild. Her cloak had the symbol of Fairy Tail upon it.

"Being a Master…is not as fun as I thought it would be," Mavis said, "I can`t go on jobs, and simply stay on the guild, making sure everything is going well, and I even had to meet the other masters who are all older than me…"

She sighed.

"Didn`t we get any new members?" Daphne asked her.

Mavis frowned a little, thinking.

"Well, we`ve only been operational for only a year," she said, "They have been at least twenty or more new members…"

She sighed.

"Well, we`ve just started so we can`t expect it to be easy," Daphne told her.

"Probably," Mavis sighed.

The blonde girl simply sighed more as she stared in the distance. Daphne chuckle a little as she smiled at the younger girl.

"So…What`s with you and Harry?"

Mavis stared at her.

"What?"

"You guys spend hours up in that office," Daphne told her.

Mavis blinked, not understanding what she was talking about.

"He was just teaching me how to play a strange game of his," Mavis said, "Why is it strange?"

Daphne stared at her.

"You mean you don't like him?"

"Of course I like him," Mavis told her.

Daphne smiled.

"Just as I like everyone in the guild," the young Master continued totally oblivious as to what Daphne was trying to imply.

That answer caused Daphne to sweat drop slightly.

"That`s not what I was talking about," she said.

"What were you talking about?" Mavis asked her.

Daphne looked at her.

"You never wanted a boyfriend? Or someone you love to kiss or anything like that?"

Mavis stared at her for a few seconds before she had a small blush on her face.

"I…I didn`t think about that," she said, "I guess…the idea never crossed my mind before."

Magnolia Station

Michelle and Kleve were both stepping off the train. They were coming back from a job they had completed a couple of days ago. The blonde girl was humming as she walked with her bag upon her back along with her brother.

The Fairy Tail mark was visible from her arm, while Kleve simply had it upon his left shoulder blade.

"It feels great to come back," Michelle told him smirking.

"That job wasn`t really as challenging as I thought it would," Kleve told her, "Next time we work together, I chose the job."

Michelle simply chuckled.

"You just mad because we didn`t have anyone to fight against."

Kleve simply sighed.

"But it was so boring," he said, "We didn't do anything exciting since we went against Sacrilege before we were a guild and that was months ago."

Michelle gave him a glance.

"That was last year," she said.

Kleve sighed getting a smile from the young girl.

"We`ve been a guild for over a year now," she said, then she blinked her attention caught by something up ahead.

"What is it?" Kleve asked.

"Isn`t that Harry?" she asked pointing toward someone ahead of them.

Kleve glanced toward it and noticed the famous tattered black cloak in the distance.

"It is him," he said, "Oy Harry."

The young man in the dark cloak turned around, his face showing little surprise as he noticed them there.

"Michelle, Kleve," he said.

"You`re coming back from a job?" Michelle asked him.

He nodded.

"I had to take care of a pack of Vulcans that were stealing woman`s underwear in a nearby village," he said.

"Vulcan?" Kleve said, "Sound harsh…"

"Well it wasn`t like they were strong," Harry said softly.

Michelle frowned.

"How many were they?"

Harry seems to think about it.

"I lost count after fifty…," he said.

The other two gaped at him from his back.

H…He took down over fifty Vulcans by himself? Michelle thought.

How strong is this guy? Kleve thought, I don`t think I will last long against two.

"I didn't want to kill them so I held back a little," he continued, "It was a little…troublesome."

H…He was holding back? Michelle and Kleve thought, their jaws dropping to the ground.

"Sound fun," Kleve said.

"Harry…just how strong are you?" Michelle asked.

Harry looked at her.

"I don't know," he said, "I never did fight against anyone strong enough to test my strength. I much rather avoid a fight…don't want to draw attention to myself."

"Working in a guild is not a good way of not drawing attention you know," Michelle told him.

The young man nodded.

"I know," he said softly.

That caused Michelle to smile a little.

"You know, when I first met you, I thought you were scary and menacing," she said, "but you really aren`t all that bad."

Harry watched her before giving a soft smile.

"You know I meant to ask," Kleve said, poking the chains in his left arm, "What are those chains anyway? I never see you without them."

"It`s nothing," he said, "Nothing for you to worry about."

The two stared at him in confusion but they didn't elaborate.

"Well, let`s talk about something else," Michelle said.

"Hey did you hear about the strange deaths in the East?" Kleve asked.

That drew Harry`s attention.

"Strange deaths?"

He nodded.

"I`ve heard rumors about them…I mean, seven straight death were founds in a small town of Kalima," Kleve said, "Somewhere in Bosco."

Harry frowned at him.

"Did they say the cause of those deaths?" he asked.

Kleve frowned thinking.

"I don`t think so," he said, "Well the people were healthy…the only difference was they were dead."

Then he glanced at the two beside him.

"The military will probably take care of that one," he said.

"Probably," Michelle said.

But Harry stayed silent.

Time passed quickly again, and the rumors of the death in Bosco continued to grow. Harry was getting suspicious about it, and knew that he will have to leave Fairy Tail. He was never planning to stay a long time anyway; if he did…then Mavis will probably figure out his secret…

He stared at the chains in his arms.

"Why is it still here," he said, "Why nothing had changed…"

Tightening his fist, the young man packed his clothes into one bag and he threw his black cloak upon him. Then the glanced at the envelope upon his desk and at the words he himself had written there.

To Mavis Vermilion

First Master of Fairy Tail

He sighed to himself before turning around and walked out of the room. The guild hall was completely silent and engulfed by darkness. Harry didn`t pay any attention to any of that as he walked through the entire hall and opened the door stepping out into the night.

"Harry,"

He suddenly turned toward the voice, finding the one person he was trying to avoid seen him, the Guild Master, Mavis.

"Mavis, what are you doing here?"

"I live here," the blonde told him, "What about you? Where are you going?"

Harry walked past her without answering her. The blonde girl stared at his back in confusion before a look of realization settled upon her face.

"You`re leaving…aren`t you," she said softly.

Her words forced Harry to come to a stop. The young man lowered his head a little.

"Yes," he answered.

"I don`t know why but I had a feeling that this would happen," Mavis said, "But why thought? Why would you want to leave?"

He glanced back at her.

"You knew I wouldn`t stay forever," he told her, "I`m grateful for what you have done for me Mavis…I truly am…The reason I stayed was because you needed my help to create your guild. It`s been over a year since then and you have over twenty members in the guild now…Fairy Tail is well on its way to become a great guild in the future."

"I wanted a guild where all of my friends will stay with me," Mavis said, sadness in her eyes, "I don't want you to go."

"It`s not your decision to make Mavis," Harry snapped.

The girl narrowed her eyes as the young man turned around.

"I…You are my closest friend Mavis," he said, his voice soft, "If things were different, I would have loved to stay with you in Fairy Tail. For a time, I had friends, made bonds with them and even enjoyed their companies…Those bonds will never be broken."

He raised his right arm in the air, causing his sleeve to slip down and showing her the white Fairy Tail mark there. That drew Mavis`s attention as she started at the Guild mark, her eyes starting water.

"This mark is proof that no matter for how long we are separated, my bond with you will always be strong," he said.

Mavis feels some tears falling from her eyes.

"Harry…," she whispered.

The young man turned his head toward her and for the first time in her life, Mavis saw a true smile on the young man`s face.

"Goodbye First Master," he said.

He started to walk again, lowering his arm.

"I will wait," Mavis yelled.

Harry didn`t stop but he slowed in his walk, showing that he was listening to her.

"I will wait for you to return," she said, a smile on her face even as her tears continued to fall, "You are a Mage of Fairy Tail, and Magnolia will be the home of everyone bearing the mark of my guild."

Harry raised his right arm again but this time in goodbye as he continued to walk away. Mavis watched him go, putting a hand upon her heart as she smiled to herself. She knew that Harry will return again.

"And when you return…you will be among friends once again," she whispered, closing her eyes.

This was the last time Mavis Vermilion ever saw Harry again. She had done what she had promised and waited for him to return but in the end before she died, she passed down the guild down to the young Purehito, appointing him as Second Master.

The Present

"You never saw him again?" Mira said, shocked.

Mavis shook her head.

"No," she said, "Somehow over the years, a memory spell had been placed upon the guild. It was like everyone simply forgotten if he was a member, even myself. It was after my death, when I am in this form, those memories of him becomes free."

Mavis frowned thinking to herself.

"I have a feeling it had something to do with those chains on his arms," she said, "But I could never find anything about it. I just hope he didn't die before he could find his brother."

The sun started to peak out of the horizon drawing Mavis`s and the two girl`s attention.

"It`s morning," Mira said.

"That`s my cue," Mavis said as her body started to glitter, "I hope you have enjoyed the story…"

Then she was gone, leaving the two sisters in their rooms along with Levy.

Harry is gone...Will the mysteries surrounding him ever be solved?

Next time: Job

Jacques0 out.

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