Welcome back guys! Next chapter is going to be the final one. This story is coming to an end and that also means a new one could be coming up soon. Looking at the votes we'll be having another original story with the gang. So hope you guys are ready ;)
Anyway, we'll find out what Lucretia's and Severina's plan was and maybe some other things happen. So hope you guys are ready!
Brainy girl: Well who will become the next guild master in this story? Well... tune in and find out!
A person: We will see, it's still a mystery. Mira has chosen but we do not know yet who.
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Inside the half finished guild Erza was sitting with Levy at a table. The blue haired girl had several books lying on a table as she was talking to the red head beside her. Levy sighed as she pointed to a book. "I mean I'm not entirely sure but these books give me a good hunch as to what was going on. The Keepers of the Lost Souls held many legends."
Levy turned to another book. "Legends say that they were indeed, as the name says, Keepers of Lost Souls."
Erza raised an eyebrow. "That doesn't sound bad…"
The blue haired mage sighed. "Normally yes, but it's the kind of souls they were guarding. Those Lost Souls were actually legendary dark wizards."
Now Erza was curious. "Dark wizards? So you're saying that Lucretia was trying to…"
Levy nodded. "There's a trick with bringing back a Lost Soul. One must need a vessel, strong willed enough to survive such a ritual. Also, the Lost Soul would gain their magic, if they had any. In other words…"
"They were going to use Kera as a vessel. Then they would have the strongest wizard on their side." Erza realized. That's why they were after Kera. It seems that being one of the strongest wizards in the world would be a price to pay. Others wanting to overpower you, test their strength, or even use your power." She sighed. "And it doesn't help the situation that she's also the Queen of Dragons. Am I right?"
Levy agreed. "Exactly, Kera should know that she's going to be a bigger threat. Everyone knows who she is now."
The red head sighed as she sat down on a chair. "She's just one young girl with a target painted on her back."
"Do we tell her? That she was going to be a vessel for a powerful dark wizard who probably was going to destroy the world? Tricked and brainwashed so she would sure a higher purpose?" Levy asked.
Erza glanced outside and saw that Kera was sitting with Sting, laughing and enjoying her time. Erza smiled softly and stood up. She went to one of the books and closed it, while keeping her smile at Levy. "Let's just leave her alone. She deserves a happy moment for a change."
Levy smiled but nodded her head. The red head was right. After everything that happened she deserves to be happy for once. The Solid Script Mage grabbed all the books. "Well then, let's put these books back away. Oh I think Mira had something to say to you."
The red head blinked. "Oh okay, I'll go see what Mira wants then." She was a little confused. What did Mira want with her? Did she do something wrong?
Kera and Sting were walking through the town enjoying the warm sun. Sting was told by the others in the guild that he should take Kera out and occupy her. The brunette was down the last few days because she couldn't really help with anything. She was still injured, though better than they arrived, but Erza and Mira didn't want her to work.
So now here they were, walking through town, trying to keep busy. Sting put his hands behind his head. "So what do you want to do?"
"I don't know…" Kera muttered as she looked around. People were walking pass them, some minding their own business while a few recognized the two wizards.
But it didn't really change Kera's mood.
And Sting noticed this.
He frowned slightly, trying to figure a way to cheer her up, but he noticed some small things about the brunette. For once, every time people got close to her as they walked by she would move closer to Sting or either cringe. Her head kept moving around as if she were looking for something.
"You alright Kera?" Sting asked, snapping Kera out of her day dreaming or whatever she was doing.
The female Dragon Slayer sighed as she put her hands in her jacket pocket. After returning to the guild the Lucy had given her, her old jacket she used to wear. They wanted her to wear it and that's what she did… over her new red and golden clothes that is.
Her clothes were different than her old ones and it made her pop out… but she hadn't had the chance to change… or really the heart to change. Deep down inside of her she still had that guilt feeling for what she did.
When Sting talked to her she put on a fake smile. "Yup! I'm fine."
The blonde Dragon Slayer frowned. He knew a fake smile all too well. Years in Sabertooth taught him to fake a smile. And the one Kera was giving him was definitely fake.
Sighing he looked around and noticed a café. Without thinking he grabbed Kera by the arm and dragged her to the shop. The brunette was surprised. "H-Hey! What are you doing?"
"I'm going to cheer you up. I know a fake smile when I see one." He said pulling her into the café. They sat down at a table and Sting ordered something that Kera didn't understand. She simply sat at a table waiting for the other Dragon Slayer to come back. He was talking to the man who probably would be serving them. The man looked slightly confused and a little... unsure? But then he nodded. Kera shook her head, not really wanting to know what they were talking about.
When Sting sat down Kera simply raised an eyebrow. "So… what now?"
"Relax! Enjoy your time! Smile for once." Sting said with a grin.
Kera sighed as she simply sat there. She wasn't really in the mood. When the man came with two cups and set them down, Kera noticed that Sting ordered her a hot cocoa. She glanced up at the blonde who simply smirked at her.
The brunette shrugged slightly before taking a sip of the hot cocoa. Sting watched her for a few seconds and noticed she wasn't cheering up. Usually a hot cocoa would do the trick. It was amazing to see someone addicted to something so little. Erza loved her strawberry cake and Kera loved her hot cocoa. So if that didn't work something was definitely wrong.
Kera stopped suddenly when Sting put a hand on her arm. She looked up at him and into his blue eyes. "Kera…" He spoke softly. "What's wrong? You know you can tell me."
The Queen of Dragons chuckled softly. "I can still remember when you were trying to form a coherent sentence when you talked to me."
Sting blushed slightly hearing that, but quickly regained composure as he knew what she was trying to do. "Kera don't change the topic. I know something is wrong with you."
"It's that obvious?" She asked putting on a small smile. Sting nodded slightly and that's when Kera finally let go. "I… still have some guilt. I still feel like I shouldn't be here. I mean… I caused so much pain, especially to my friends and the council wants to throw me in jail for a lifetime… I have nightmares about what I did the past year…" She shook her head. "I'm just… fragile at the moment… don't know what to do."
She really didn't know what to do. The others told her that they didn't care about what she did, but she cared. She was a monster that killed people, hurt innocents and destroyed anything that was in her way. "I just wanted to get stronger to protect my friends, but I was blinded by that stupid desire to not even see such a ridiculous trap. I could… I could have seen it was a trap but… I was about to do anything to get stronger…"
"Hey." Sting stopped her before she went on. "What happened is behind us. I can understand that you feel guilty and I heard from Erza that you even said that you felt like a monster. Let me tell you that you are not a monster. Yes you have done things, but they weren't your fault. Maybe you could have sensed that the ritual was a trap but you made a mistake. That's normal."
"How is that normal?" Kera asked frowning.
Sting smirked. "Because you're human. People make mistakes Kera, it's perfectly normal. Heck my entire guild had made a huge mistake, we had hurt people as well, Minerva… well yea you know and the others feel the same. Don't you think that Rogue still sometimes feels guilty for what he did or would have done? What I'm trying to say is that everyone makes mistakes but we learn from them and we grow."
He made Kera look in his eyes. "Everybody forgives you and that's what matters. I know you can't forget about it but we're here to help. I'm here to help." He smiled.
Kera blushed slightly. "Thanks Sting. You always know how to cheer me up. Though I am sorry for all the pain I caused you."
Sting pecked her on the cheek causing the brunette to blush a deep red. Sting noticed this and chuckled. "Embarrassed?"
"N-No! I-I'm just not used to this!" She said while moving her hand between them. "Also you… b-being so… a-and… yea…" She muttered her cheeks turning red again.
Sting now laughed. "Wow that shut you up, maybe I should do…" He stopped when Kera pulled him in and kissed him on the lips, hard. His eyes went wide in shock. He didn't expect this!
When Kera pulled back she had a grin on her face and this time Sting was the one who turned a deep red. "What? You embarrassed?" She asked while laughing.
Sting smirked. "That… was a dirty trick. But… two can play at that." An evil smile formed on his lips and Kera swallowed hard.
Back at the guild Natsu and Gray were butting heads again. The guild was half done and everyone was hard at work. Well… except for the two boys. They were trying to pick a fight again.
Wendy on the other hand was walking through the guild trying to look for one person. She saw Erza talking with Mira and decided to walk over to them. "Hey Erza, Mira, have you seen Kera anywhere?"
Erza sighed and shook her head. "Sorry Wendy but we're looking for her as well. I think Sting has taken her to town, to try and cheer her up… at least I hope. She's been so down lately."
Mira nodded. "I think that they'll be back soon. I mean they can't be gone all day."
"That's what we hope as well."
The three turned around and saw the last thing they wanted to see. There stood an entire party of soldiers with a man standing in front of them. He wore a white jacket with blue markings and a star on top. He has shoulder length blonde hair as he glared at the three wizards. "I'm Frederick, Captain of the Custody Enforcement Unit and we're here to arrest one of your members."
Mira and Erza cursed knowing that this was going to happen, they just didn't think so soon. Erza took a step forward. "What can I do for you?"
The man Frederick stood up straight as he gave a hard glare to the red head. "You can give us the Queen of Dragons, or as she's also known Kera."
"On what charges?" Erza asked narrowing her eyes.
One of the soldiers gave Frederick a piece of paper and the man cleared his throat. "Miss Kera is charged of several crimes, a few of them being assault, property damage, treasonous acts to the kingdom and worst of all a bunch of accounts of murder." He said glaring at Erza. "Now… if you could peacefully hand her over we will be on our way."
Mira this time took a step forward while Wendy decided to stay behind the two girls. "I'm sorry to be the burden of bad news but Kera isn't here. We don't know where she is."
Frederick hummed. "I see… very well." He turned around and saw other members of the guild now looking at him. Some were whispering while others just watched quietly. Closing his eyes he turned his attention to the soldiers. "Move out and search the town! I want her detained before anything else happens! If she resists you are allowed to use any means necessary to detain her!" He shouted.
The soldiers all saluted before turning around, heading off to search for the brunette.
Erza's eyes went wide as she heard this. "You can't do this!" She shouted.
Frederick turned around and glared at the red head. "Miss Scarlet, we have every right to detain her. She's a criminal and a dangerous wizard. She killed people in cold blood and destroyed several buildings, she's going away for a long time."
The red headed Requip Mage's blood grew cold as she watched Frederick walk out. This can't be happening. She couldn't lose Kera too. Shea already lost Jellal to the council and it tore her heart. She can't lose Kera either.
Her foot moved as she was ready to do what's necessary. If Kera would be put away in jail… her heart couldn't take it.
A hand grabbed her shoulder. Turning around she saw Mira shaking her head. "Don't Erza."
Erza gritted her teeth. "Mira… I can't…"
"I know, just let me handle this." She told her before walking past her.
Frederick noticed Mira heading for her and raised an eyebrow. "Miss Straus? Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Do you have any proof that Kera was the one behind those things?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
The man in front of her smirked, waiting for this question to come. He grabbed a piece of paper from his jacket and gave it to Mira. "There have been several witnesses giving the description of a woman in a cloak with long brown hair and gold eyes. We have to believe that it is Kera from Fairy Tail. There is no other person who has gold eyes."
"Kera doesn't have gold eyes." Mira stated simply. "Her eyes are green. And anyone can wear a cloak and have brown hair. You don't have proof that it was her. For all we know someone could be framing her."
Frederick frowned as he heard this. It seemed she was right and he obviously hated it. "Well Miss Strauss do you have any proof that it wasn't her?"
"In fact I do." Mira smiled. "Kera, for the last year, has been with the Sabertooth guild. You can ask any of their members or even the guild master. They will tell you that she was there."
The man laughed. "Do you think me a fool?" He asked suddenly glaring at the white haired woman. "I know the ties Fairy Tail has with Sabertooth. They would do anything, even lie."
"Maybe, but she could have been there." Mira said. "But you don't have full proof."
Frederick frowned and Mira wasn't finished yet. "As long as you don't have full proof you can't arrest her."
"We can still arrest her as a suspect." Frederick told her crossing his arms.
Mira glanced behind the Captain and saw that there were only two soldiers with him. The rest were out finding Kera. She sighed shaking her head. She walked up to him, her mouth by his ear. "Call back your men or you will feel Fairy Tail's power. And I promise you, two of your soldiers won't help."
Frederick gritted his teeth as he glared at the woman. He watched her leave and he had to curse. He glanced at Erza who was still standing there with Wendy. "Just you wait, I will find proof that it was her. And when I do, all of you are in trouble. But what I'm going to enjoy the most…" He smirked. "Is executing your traitorous friend."
Erza clenched her teeth, her nails digging into her fist. Frederick simply smirked at her before leaving the half finished building, the two soldiers following him.
Wendy looked worried. Kera was in danger and if the council was able to arrest her, she might end up executed for being a traitor, even though she didn't do anything against the kingdom or the crown.
This man was devious and even Wendy knew it. It was clear he hated Fairy Tail with his guts and he would do anything to put them away.
The little girl heard Erza move. She saw her head out the building, a determined expression on her face. "We need to find Kera… now."
In an alley of the city two figures hid behind a dumpster. Soldiers passed the alley without looking into it.
"Oh god, I knew this was going to happen sooner or later." Kera muttered as she poked her head out from behind the dumpster. Sting was with her, keeping an eye out for any other soldiers. "We need to get you back to Erza and the others."
"Are you crazy?" Kera shouted in a whisper. "That's the first place they'd be looking for me!"
Sting sighed. "What do you want to do then? Huh?"
"We go with your plan! I was with Sabertooth the past year. Nothing else happened!" Kera told him.
The White Dragon Slayer looked around, seeing more soldiers looking for them. He grimaced slightly. How where they going to get out of here without anyone seeing them?
Both Dragon Slayers walked to the end of the alley and looked around to see if there were any more soldiers. Luckily for them, at the moment there weren't any soldiers looking around where they are.
Kera exited the alley and motioned Sting to follow her. If they just walked around as if they were normal they wouldn't come out as criminals or such. Though Sting had a different idea. Before Kera could leave the alley he had grabbed her and pulled her back. Immediately she gave him a confused look.
"If you want to prove you're innocent and want to follow with the plan, then we will get caught here in town. We just have to act as if nothing happened. Meaning we're not avoiding the soldiers, we're walking around the town as normal people. And when the soldiers come they will try to arrest you, do not resist… well… resist a little but no fighting!" Sting explained.
Kera sighed but nodded. He was right, she would get arrested no matter what. The only way out of this was to somehow prove that she was with Sabertooth the last year. Which she wasn't…
"I hope you're right about this." Kera said glancing at Sting.
The White Dragon Slayer smiled and kissed her. "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise."
Kera blushed slightly. She was really glad to have Sting… Sting and her friends.
A half hour later both Sting and Kera were walking through the town as normal people and just like Sting had said, soldiers found them and arrested the brunette immediately. She resisted a little as any other person would, asking what was going on.
The soldiers hadn't said anything, except for dragging her back towards the guild. People had given them strange looks and started whispering but the soldiers ignored them all and dragged both Sting and Kera back to the guild.
It didn't take long for it to get even worse. The moment they arrived back at the guild, the soldiers that had dragged Kera, kicked her in the back of her knees, forcing her to hit down on her knees. Next they had even kicked her in the back, throwing her down to the ground.
Erza, seeing this, was about to intervene but Mira stopped her. Kera gritted her teeth as she tried getting back on at least her knees. Having her hands cuffed behind her back made it more difficult for her to move around.
The soldiers who had thrown Kera to the ground saluted when Frederick came in. The Captain walked over to Kera and knelt down. The brunette gritted her teeth as she glared at him, but he simply ignored her. He grabbed her head and moved it around. Kera tried pulling back, but he had a tight grip on her.
Frederick frowned slightly. "Green eyes…" He muttered.
"See!" Erza shouted taking a step forward. "Kera is not the one you're looking for!"
The Captain let Kera go and stood back up. "Just because her eyes are green means nothing. For all we know she could have worn contacts to make her eyes gold. So people won't conclude that it was her."
"Whatever you're talking about, I didn't do anything." Kera told him.
Frederick crossed his arms over his chest. "Where were you the last year?"
"I was at the Sabertooth guild the entire last year. After hearing that the Master disbanded the guild I didn't know what to do. Fairy Tail was my life. Sting was kind enough to take me to his guild so I had a place to stay. When I heard Fairy Tail was being rebuilt I had to come back." Kera explained. The others were glad that there was no hesitation in her voice. It sounded real. This could help them.
"An easy story that could be made up." Frederick simply stated as he looked down at the brunette.
Sting this time pulled himself forward. "She's telling the truth. I took her in when Fairy Tail disbanded."
"All of those are words that can be made up on the spot. Do you have any proof? Any proof at all that she was at Sabertooth for a year?" Frederick asked raising an eyebrow. "Because if not then I have every right to take you in for interrogation."
Oh crap… what were they going to do? They don't really have any proof except for their words. They thought the words of a guild master would help.
Frederick smirked as no one spoke up. "Well then, I shall take my leave with our little prisoner here."
The soldiers grabbed Kera by the shoulders and forcefully pulled her up. Kera tried to struggle but the soldiers had a tight grip on her. They were about to drag her out of the building but they were stopped.
"She's pregnant!"
Everyone stopped as they heard these words. Sting was the one who had spoken and the reactions were all different.
Erza was the first to black out and collapse to the ground. Mira was speechless and pale white. Frederick glared at the white haired Dragon Slayer. "What?" He sneered.
"Kera's pregnant okay? That's proof of her being with Sabertooth because if she weren't we wouldn't have had the chance to… well you know." Sting explained.
"That's still not proof. If she's pregnant she should either be showing or throwing up." Frederick stated simply, his glare not wavering.
"She's not showing much because it's been only a few weeks!" Sting told him.
Frederick crossed his arms. "Still not proof."
A noise beside them caught their attention. Kera was groaning and before anyone could say anything she was throwing up right in front of her. The soldiers took a step back not wanting to get any of the mess on their shoes.
Kera hit her knees a pain running through her stomach. "Oh god… my stomach… hurts…" It was only a few seconds later before she threw up again.
Sting laughed silently. "Wow, what a huge coincidence."
Frederick had a disgusting look on his face. "Ugh… so she may be pregnant that doesn't prove that she was at Sabertooth and not responsible."
Mira walked forward a small smirk plastered on her face. "Doesn't it say that you are not allowed to harm any civilians that are pregnant?"
"God damn it…" Frederick muttered. Mira kept on going on. "And from what we know the last murder was last week, am I correct?"
Frederick growled but didn't say anything. Mira smirked. "I'll take that as a yes, and if Kera's pregnant, no matter who the father is she wasn't the one who killed that person. Biologically it's impossible since she would have been here somewhere else to get pregnant. Also no one knows their pregnant right away."
"That's still not proof!" Frederick stated angrily.
"Uh sir." One of the soldiers spoke up. He was holding a book in his hands. "She's technically right, we're allowed to arrest a pregnant woman, but we're not allowed to harm the person. If you actually did we would have to pay for the consequences."
"And she would have had to be somewhere to get pregnant, so it's impossible that she was the one killing the man." The other soldier explained.
Frederick hated it but these damn people were able to stop him from arresting a dangerous wizard. They were right about everything. The risk of the brunette being actually pregnant is too high. And if you looked at the biological facts she would have had to be with someone.
The man glared at the people in front of him. "I will be back and when I am I'm going to send all of you to jail, permanently." With that said, Frederick turned around and left the building with his soldiers.
The moment they were gone Sting got over to Kera who was still groaning. He took her cuffs off and steadied her slightly. "You alright?"
Kera nodded. "Yea… just sick…"
At that moment Erza slowly regained consciousness. She was rubbing her head, but noticed that Frederick was gone. She tried remembering what had happened and slowly everything came back to her.
Especially one little detail.
"You're pregnant!?" Erza shouted jumping up.
Kera's eyes went wide and quickly turned around. She started shaking her hands and head. "No! I-I'm not pregnant! I swear! I mean… I don't… I haven't even done it with Sting yet! I swear!"
Erza gritted her teeth and was ready to kill her but Sting quickly got between them. "Whoa calm down Erza. She's not pregnant I swear!"
The red head raised her eyebrow. "Explain, now."
"I lied." He said grinning softly. "She's not really pregnant, I just knew they couldn't arrest her because she would have had to be at Sabertooth." He told her.
"Then why did she throw up?" Mira explained. Kera was still holding her stomach feeling nauseous.
Sting sighed. "I may have told the guy at the café to give you a bad cup of cocoa so you'd get sick on purpose."
"YOU GAVE ME FOOD POISONING ON PURPOUS!?" Kera shouted at him while holding her stomach.
The Dragon Slayer held out his hands in front of him. "Only because I had a feeling something like this would happen. They wouldn't have believed just our words."
"You could have warned me." Kera muttered holding her stomach. She felt so sick it was almost unbearable. She did already throw up two times. Well now she knew why her stomach was so unsettling…
Erza sighed. "Well… nice trick, but you could have told us."
"But I think our reaction helped." Mira said with a small smile. "Frederick didn't expect it either so it all worked out."
"No it did not!" Kera snapped. "I have food poisoning!"
The girls sighed and Mira casually walked to the back. "No worries! I think I still have some medicine around here somewhere." She saw a bottle and smirked. "Ah here we go!" She turned around with the bottle in her hands but then noticed that the brunette was long gone.
Erza sighed. "You know she hates your medicine Mira."
"But it'll help her! Sting!" Mira shouted causing the blonde Dragon Slayer to flinch. "Find Kera at once! You're the one who gave her food poisoning in the first place, so get to it!"
"Y-Yes ma'am." He said before running out the door.
Erza chuckled as she glanced at Mira. "Just because I'm having a little fun with him, doesn't mean you can."
Mira smirked. "I doubt you're bothered by it."
"You're right." Erza chuckled.
Well that's that! Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. So we knew what the plan was but we still don't know who the next guild master will be. Well I guess you'll have to stick around for another chapter to find out! Stay tuned and you will get more answers! Or... maybe not hehe ;)
Until next time!