Welcome back guys, sorry for the long wait, but I was very busy here. I'm not going to bore you with the details but I'm going to try and get the next chapter out fairly soon, which may also be the last chapter of this story.

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Guest: hehe looks like Erza likes to poke. Haha

SulliMike23: No worries, everything will still be explained. As for why everyone's after her... well she is the Queen of Dragons, related to a very powerful wizard in the world.

The next few days were less eventful. The Fairy Tail wizards had dropped both Lucretia and Severina at the Council's doorsteps, letting the old people deal with them. Also they wouldn't want to get caught in all the paper work.

After that they were heading back to Magnolia, their hometown. It took them a few days since the dead wasteland was a long trip away from their town. They couldn't find a ride back home so they even had to walk back… well to the nearest town where they all, three very very reluctant, agreed to take the train back.

So that's where they were now. At the train station everyone had exited the train… well almost everyone…

Erza gritted her teeth as she dragged out a very sick brunette. "God damn it… why couldn't you have trained your motion sickness!?" She shouted slightly while pulling Kera out completely from the train.

She had hit the ground unmoving, except for a few groans coming out of her mouth.

Right after her Lucy came out dragging a very sick Natsu. He too was unresponsive as the blonde kicked him off of the train. "Seriously? How are heavy are you?"

"Ugh…" Natsu groaned as he laid on the ground beside Kera.

Sting on the other hand just came stumbling out. His face was green and blue as he held his hand in front of his mouth. Gray and Juvia glanced at him a little worried. "You okay?" Gray asked.

The blonde Dragon Slayer froze suddenly, his face going extremely pale. Before anyone could do anything, he ran passed them and headed for a trash can where he emptied his stomach.

Lucy sighed as she looked over at Wendy. "I still wonder how you're not sick."

Wendy simply shrugged. "Guess some of us are immune."

People walked passed them, giving the wizards weird looks. Some children pointed at them while others simply passed them, ignoring them at the same time, thinking they were some weirdoes or crazy people.

"Explain to me… ugh… why… we took… the train?" Natsu asked sprawled across the floor.

"Because this was the quickest way to get back to Magnolia and we couldn't just walk back home." Gray told him walking past him.

Lucy sighed as she picked him up from the ground. "Come on you sick idiot…" she muttered slightly. She knew the others would just leave him behind. She would also but they were heading back to Magnolia for the first time. She herself hasn't been back here for an entire year.

Wendy glanced at Kera and felt a little guilty. She could have used Troja but the brunette didn't want her to push her magic for her, also saying that it would happen no matter what.

Erza suddenly appeared by the brunette's side and picked her up. "Come on you… can't just leave you behind here. Knowing you, you might get yourself in trouble."

"W-Would… n-not…" Kera tried to fight back but she was just too sick. Erza had pulled one of Kera's arms over her shoulder while glancing over at the blonde Dragon Slayer. "Are you able to walk Sting?"

He looked up from the garbage can he had puked in and nodded. "Yea… I… I think…" He took a step forward slowly, but he was able to keep himself upright. It was slow but he would be able to walk on his own.

The group of wizards had started walking through the streets of Magnolia heading for one place and one place only. Kera glanced up and saw the rows of houses that brought up memories for her. The adventures she had with her friends.

Before they could take another step forward, Kera suddenly stopped. Erza almost stumbled as she stopped moving. She turned her head and saw that Kera was just standing there. "Kera?"

"I shouldn't be here…"

The others stopped walking and turned around as they heard her. Erza looked slightly confused. "What… what are you talking about?"

Kera lowered her head as images flashed through her mind. The things she had done the last twelve months… even though it was partly good… she done horrible things and killed people that didn't deserve death…

Erza put an arm on her shoulder. "Kera… talk to me. What's bothering you?"

The brunette closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I… I don't deserve to be back here. I mean… I've done things a-and I… I don't deserve to be a Fairy Tail wizard anymore."

She felt Erza flick her forehead. Kera looked a little shocked. The red head simply smiled at her. "That's a load of bull and you know it." She told her.

Kera was still confused as the red head went on. "There is no doubt in anyone's mind that you belong with Fairy Tail. What happened the past year, you weren't at fault. You were trying to do what was best and you ended up a victim in a bigger scheme. You are not to blame."

"I've done things… I… I blew up a bar!"

Natsu shrugged. "We blew up many buildings. There's no problem with destroying one more. And no one got seriously hurt."

"And anyway, we don't judge on someone's past or what they done." Lucy said with a smile.

"But… you guys said it yourself, I've done terrible things." Kera tried to talk back, but Erza quickly stopped her.

The red head put both her hands on Kera's shoulder making the brunette look her in the eyes. "Kera listen, you weren't yourself, they took your soul and you were completely different. You're a victim in this as well."

Kera smiled softly. "Thanks… I just… I don't know, seeing Magnolia again brought up these bad memories for me."

"You didn't just do bad things you know." Lucy told her with a smile.

The others nodded knowing where the blonde was heading. "You saved that one girl, Katy, from those men."

Kera sighed lowering her head. "Yea I did… but… I remember… I was only thinking about killing those men so badly because they were disgusting and monsters and wanted to take that girl." Her eyes stayed on the ground as she remembered other things. "I broke a man's arm for calling me darling, I beat the pulp out of another one to send a message to Lucretia and Severina… I killed the members of a Dark Guild… I've done terrible things."

"Oh stop whining already."

Kera's eyes went wide and she quickly turned around. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. The familiar brown haired woman holding a bottle of booze in her hands grinned at them. Behind her other people popped up. Kera could recognize them all. Cana, Mira, Lisanna, Elfman, Laxus, Bixslow, Evergreen, Macao, Romeo… everyone was there!

"W-What… what are you guys doing here?" Kera asked looking completely confused. How where they all here? How did they know that they would be here?

Mira smiled as she grabbed an envelope. "We got Lucy's letter!"

All eyes went over to Lucy who was rubbing the back of her head. "Oh yea… I forgot about that… hehe…"

Natsu grinned slightly. "No matter! We're all back together! And you guys know what that means!?" The pink haired Dragon Slayer chuckled slightly.

"FAIRY TAIL IS BACK!"

Others cheered as they threw their arms into the air. Cana grinned as she slumped herself around Kera. The smaller brunette hissed due to her injuries but didn't say anything about it. "Fairy Tail is our family and we all knew we couldn't just leave things be. And after Lucy sent us these letters we knew that this was the time to come back."

"Yea, too bad nobody opened their damn mouth a year ago." Elfman laughed. "Then we wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble!"

"You can say that again." Kera chuckled.

"Hey what's Sting doing here!?"

Everyone turned to see the blonde Dragon Slayer. Sting just laughed as he rubbed the back of his head. "Uh yea… well…" He tried to find an excuse as to why he was here as well. It was a little unusual.

Luckily for him Kera stepped in and stepped beside him. "A lot has happened the last year and Sting helped me out… a lot." She said looking up at him and giving him a warm smile. Sting blushed slightly but smiled at her back.

A loud squeal was heard and both Dragon Slayers turned around. Mira was standing there with her hands together and a happy smile on her face. "I knew it! I knew you two would be a perfect couple! I knew it! Oh what should we call this? Stera? Or King? No that would be confusing… hm… how about White Royal!?"

"MIRA!" Kera shouted her face turning red. Sting's face turned red as a tomato as well.

On the other hand her friends just started laughing. Kera looked at everyone and saw that they were all enjoying this. A smile formed on the Queen of Dragons' face.

She was glad to be back.

"Everyone get back to work!"

Kera groaned slightly. They've been back in Magnolia for a few days and they started to rebuild the guild. It was a lot of work and it was taking forever but they were getting along nicely.

Well…

That was because of one person.

"I said get back to work! If you have time for a break you have time to work!" Erza snapped as she pushed two unlucky wizards back to work.

Kera had no idea if she was lucky or just waiting for the rage monster to turn on her. Since the battle with Lucretia she was still recovering and that's why she wasn't allowed to do much heavy lifting. Wendy was helping a lot with her recovery but there were still some bones that just don't want to heal.

"Geez, why is she able to sit this out while we have to work our butts off?" Natsu growled as he shot a small glare towards the brunette.

Kera snorted. She was sitting on a barrel with her arms crossed. She was watching Gray, Natsu and Lucy work and helping them out as best as she could, but seeing as Erza snapped at her the last time she picked up a big piece of wood with the help of Lucy, she wasn't allowed to do much if anything at all.

"It's not my fault that I fought a crazy psycho woman who first tried to control me. Also I did try to help and you guys yelled at me because you don't want an angry Erza on your throat." She shot back.

"She's got a point there." Gray stated.

"GRAY! NATSU!" Both boys flinched as they heard that voice shout their name. Turning around they saw a slight angered Erza glaring at them. "Stop talking and get back to work!"

"Aye!" Both shouted before running off.

Kera sighed as she leaned back against a wall. "I'm booored! Isn't there anything I can do?"

Erza gave her a sharp look. "Kera, after that fight you had with Lucretia I'm surprised you're still awake and able to stand."

The brunette understood where Erza was getting at. That fight did take a lot out of her, her magic completely sapped and her body battered and bruised. But that was a few days ago. She was better now. "I don't have to help with the building, but isn't there anything I can do?"

The red head started to think. Was there something she could do? She didn't want to push her to her limits, especially since she was still injured. So what could she do?

"I can distract her for a while." A voice behind them spoke up.

They both turned around and saw Sting standing there with a smile. Erza raised an eyebrow while Kera grinned knowing that he had saved her from death by boredom.

"And exactly what did you have planned?" Erza asked, her eyebrow still raised. Sting flinched slightly. The red head had been pushing him to make sure that he deserved to take Kera out on a date. At least that's what he was hoping, because if she was doing this to him for a different reason, he's doomed. "Um well… I… uh…"

"They'll be helping me." Mira said walking up to them. She was smiling at the red head while putting her hands on Kera's shoulder. "I still have some paperwork to finish so they can help me with that."

"Paperwork? I said I was bored, not suicidal." Kera told her but Mira quietly pushed into her shoulder causing the brunette to let out a silent gasp. Damn that hurts. "You were saying?" She said with an innocent smile.

"S-Sorry!" Kera managed to blurt out.

Erza sighed but waved her hand. "Sure do whatever you want. Just no physical strain."

"Got it." Kera said with a smile. She and Sting followed Mira back to her little place where she had everything set up.

The moment they were gone Levy appeared next to the red head. Erza closed her eyes. "Did you find anything?"

"Actually I have. I know why they were after her."

"Ugh… why are we doing this again?" Kera asked picking up a piece of paper. Her head was resting on her other hand while she read through the papers lazily.

Mira smiled at her. "Well I thought that you should help with the charges filed against you. And I thought you didn't want Erza to know."

Kera's face went pale as she heard this. "C-Charges?" She stuttered while turning her full attention towards the white haired wizard.

Sting on the other hand grabbed the piece of paper out of Kera's hands and read it over. Mira chuckled slightly. "Did you already forget? Several towns as well as the council have ordered charges against you."

Sting's eyes went wide. "Destroyed taverns, burnt down buildings, cost damage over a million jewels!? MURDER!? Kera! What the hell!?" Sting asked glancing at the other Dragon Slayer.

The brunette groaned as she rubbed her face. "Oh god… I forgot… I did do some damage. How bad is it?" She asked glancing at Mira.

The white haired woman sighed. "Unfortunately it's enough to put in jail for life."

Sting set the papers down. "Well we can't just let them take her! I mean… it wasn't her fault really! She was a victim!"

"Oh god! I'm going to jail!" Kera pulled at her hair before slamming her head against the table. After she thought things would get better… it got worse…

She quickly raised her head and grabbed Mira. "You have to do something! I can't go to jail! I know I did bad things but… they were bad people! Criminals! Murderers themselves! Please! There has to be something!"

Mira smiled as she grabbed Kera's hands. "Don't worry Kera. Lucky for you I was already a step ahead."

Kera blinked slightly. "You did?" She asked.

The white haired woman nodded her head. "Well almost, there is no real evidence that you are the woman that destroyed the buildings. There were speculations that the same woman would have been behind the murders as well."

"And how's that going to help?" Sting asked raising an eyebrow.

"We make an alibi." Mira simply stated. "People will connect the dots and will eventually suspect Kera. If we have a solid alibi for Kera then they can't arrest her."

Sting leaned back slightly. "And how do we do that? We don't have an alibi for her. And if we just tell them they won't believe us. They know that we'd lie to keep her safe."

The three fell silent for a minute trying to figure this out. What could they set up so Kera would seem innocent? It was a little difficult since Kera was the one who did all of it and everyone knew she was gone for an entire year.

"If they come we can say that she was underground in hiding because people were after her." Sting suggested.

Mira shook her head. "We don't really have proof on that. They fell silent again and slowly Kera grew desperate. "Come on guys, we have to think of something! I really don't want to go to jail!"

"I got it!" Sting said with a grin.

The others looked at him a little confused but Kera had a small sliver of hope that he had an idea that was good. Sting smashed his hands together. "We just say that during the year she was working for Sabertooth!"

"That…" Kera started. "Is actually not a bad idea." She turned to Mira with a small smile. "What do you think?"

Mira nodded. "Seeing as Laxus and the Thunder Tribe went to Blue Pegasus and Wendy going to Lamia Scale it's possible for someone else to go to Sabertooth." She turned to Sting. "But you have to lie to the council and bring your entire guild in on it. They will need to help as well."

Sting nodded. "That's not a problem. I'll let them know as soon as I can."

"Great!" Kera shouted jumping up. "I'm not going to jail!"

"Jail?"

Kera turned around and saw Erza standing behind her with her arms crossed over her chest. Grinning slightly and laughing nervously she lowered her hands and took a few steps back. "Oops?"

Erza sighed as she rubbed her forehead. "I should have known this would happen. I told you this could lead to consequences!"

"Well I'm sorry! I wasn't really in my right mind. I wasn't thinking about the damn council!" Kera suddenly shot back surprising the people around her. Kera also realized what she said and covered her mouth. "Oops… guess I'm not completely back to normal."

Sting chuckled softly. "Well I guess there had to be some consequences for having your soul ripped out of you for that long."

Kera sighed. "I guess. Sorry Erza for snapping like that."

Erza smiled. "No worries. Like Sting said, it couldn't have gone smoothly and without any problems. Something would have popped up sooner or later."

"You're taking this easier than I thought." Kera commented as she smirked a little.

Erza sighed as she closed her eyes. "Yes well… someone gave me this as a promise." She said walking towards her. She went behind Kera and put her arms around her. "And that person told me they will come back and everything will be fine."

Kera looked down at her neck and saw it was her necklace. Right, I gave her that before she got kidnapped. A small smirk formed on her lips. "So… you really believe we can trick the council?"

"Please, we've been tricking and lying to them from the start." Erza started putting an arm around her shoulder. "So what's the plan?" she asked looking over towards Mira and Sting.

Mira smiled as she stood there. "Well, we were thinking that, just like Laxus and the Thunder Tribe, she would have been at Sabertooth the past year. Sting is the Master of the guild so he could vouch for her as well as the other members. They can't exactly deny an entire guild."

Erza nodded. "Not bad." She turned her head to Sting. "And you better not screw this up, because if something happens to Kera, well… I'll leave your imagination to that one." She said her eyes sparkling dangerously.

Sting swallowed but quickly nodded his head. He did not want to piss her off.

"Erzaaa!" Kera whined as she pushed her. "Stop scaring him! You're the main reason why I don't even have a boyfriend!"

Erza smirked at Sting. "Oh don't worry about that. I have a feeling that solution will be solved very soon."

Kera saw her looking at Sting and she immediately blushed a deep red. She pushed her away. "Erza!" She yelled again but the red head simply laughed.

Mira hugged the brunette. "Oh you and Sting are going to be perfect together!"

"Mira!"

"You two are just so cute together!"

"Miraaa!"

"Stera will rule the world! Or is it White Royal?"

"Someone help me!"

The next few days went by with ease. One day Mira was sitting at a table with more paperwork in front of her. They were coming along fairly well with the building but there was still one problem.

They had no idea where Master Makarov was.

The others didn't really know it either. Before they came here they had wondered where their old Master was, where he has been the last year, but nobody knew. The only people she hadn't asked yet where Kera and Sting. Those two have been successfully dodging her ever since Erza had teased her and Sting. Well… teased Kera and almost killed Sting with just her glare.

She sighed as she looked at the papers in front of her. Both Lucy and Levy walked over to her a little worried. "You alright Mira?"

The white haired mage smiled at them. "Yes, everything is fine. It's just the paperwork that's slowly getting to me. Have you talked to Kera and Sting?"

Lucy nodded. "Yes, unfortunately they don't know where the Master is either. They haven't seen him or talked to him."

Levy glanced at the paper Mira was holding and understood what was going on. "Oh I see…" She muttered slightly.

Mira nodded. "I know it's hard. I mean… normally the Master decides this but since he's not here…"

The blonde Celestial Wizard was still confused. What were they talking about? "Uh… what's this about anyway?"

"Well… since the Master officially disbanded the guild last year we need to start over again with the papers. We have to fill these so we're seen as a legal guild." Mira explained to the blonde standing in front of her. "I have everything mostly filled out, there's just one spot empty." She looked up Lucy and smiled.

"Who's going to be the next Master?"

Lucy's eyes went wide. That's right. Since Master Makarov wasn't here and nowhere to be found they have to assign a new Master.

"Without a Master we can't open the guild." Mira explained. "But it's not easy. Being a Master requires discipline, a lot of work and they need to keep the guild in line. They need to set down the rules but also understand the guild members. They need to be kind but also strict when need to be."

All three girls started to think about who could fit that description. Looking around they saw their guild mates all working.

Gray accidentally bumped into Natsu causing the pink haired Dragon Slayer to drop everything. He growled. "What the hell are you doing stripper!? You made me drop everything!"

"Me!? You were the one who was in the god damn way!" Gray snapped back at him.

The two boys smashed their heads together while growling, yet before they could do anything a voice made them freeze.

"Will the two of you stop fighting and get back to work!"

They all turned around and saw Erza standing on the top of the building giving the boys a death glare. Both Natsu and Gray flinched and uttered a sorry before getting back to work, scrambling around to grab their stuff.

Levy smiled at Mira. "I think we have a candidate."

Mira chuckled. "Yes, but I think there's another person that could meet this description." She said turning her head to the other side of the construction site. There you could see Kera sitting with Sting laughing together and enjoying their times.

Lucy smiled knowing where Mira was getting at. "Kera might also be a good Master."

Mira nodded. "Yes, Kera has experienced so much that, even though it may not look like it, but she knows more than others. Not necessarily about math or government, but she knows a person. She helps people like no one else. She changes them… for the better. If I have to say she's the heart of this guild."

"But she is easily distracted, especially by Natsu and Gray… and Sting." Lucy stated pointing out the obvious.

Both Levy and Mira nodded. "True, Erza would have an easier time keeping the guild members in line. She can lay down the rules and everyone would listen to her. Kera… that might be a bit more difficult. And knowing our boys we need to keep them in line."

"Yea Kera might actually just go with them." Levy chuckled.

Mira sighed. "What I can see as a problem with Kera becoming the Master is that… well others wouldn't take her serious. She's young, younger than Erza and her becoming Guild Master, well other Masters will take it as a joke. Erza is famous throughout the kingdom and people respect her."

Lucy nodded. "I can understand it but she's also the Queen of Dragons. Doesn't that count?"

"In one point yes, but on the other hand… well… people know of the Queen of Dragons but they know the mighty Titania, Queen of the Fairies more. Kera's title is most likely only known of Dragon Slayers." Mira sighed. "This is going to be a tough decision." She looked down at the papers in front of her. Who should be the next Master? This wasn't a decision they could just easily make. They had to think about the pros and cons of either of them becoming Master.

"Well…" Lucy started glancing down at Mira. "Do you have a decision?"

Mira nodded. "I do."

Haha sorry for the cliffhanger, but there has to be one last suspense in this story. It probably might be that the next chapter will be the last chapter. So guys and galls, don't forget to vote again, sorry for that as well, and don't forget to leave a review behind as well! I know you guys are still out there ;)

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