Citrine hovered in the sky above the city, having flown up to search for his next Dragon target, but he soon found himself distracted as he couldn't help but notice what looked like a brilliant white light not too far from his current location also hovering in the sky.

(What is this light? its innocence and purity) Citrine thought to himself as he made a b-line for this curious new target.

As he approached, the light began to take shape of what looked to be a small human child however it had no solid form, he could recognise it to be a human or at least the energy was in the shape of a human but there was no tangible corporeal form.


"Hello there?" he said with curiosity while using his purple eyes to track the energy of the spirit's location. The spirit didn't try to flee but did seem to fidget about in response to Citrine's query so he concluded it was sentient.

Citrine placed his hand out theorising that contact may help break the barrier of communication worse case he could try feeding it some magical power to give it form he thought. The little spirit understanding this took his hand and as hoped a young girl came into focus.

Citrine now being able to see her properly stated "let us try this again shall we" and with a smile quickly following up with "Hello".

"Greetings my name is Mavis Vermillion! I had observed your actions below, also your radiance. It's a pleasure to meet you"

"I also saw your light; it pleases me to see that human kind had continued to flourish in my absence and was able to achieve such purity." Citrine said with a smile before adding "Oh, where are my manners, my name is Citrine"

"Is that your only name Citrine? Miss Light Guardian" Mavis playfully responded in a slightly mischievous manner.

Citrine looked at Mavis a little surprised at her response before saying "It seems you can see me, I have my reasons for concealing that aspect of my identity... That being said I am impressed that you are able to recognise me as a Pillar. Might I ask how long you have been in this state?"

"Hmm, about 100 years" Mavis playfully responded despite the slightly underlined morbid nature of the question. "Oh, may I ask what it is you are planning to do here?" Mavis added after a brief pause from her previous answer.

"Acnologia..." Citrine muttered before remorsefully continuing "is he... still..."

Mavis paused at the fact a Pillar Guardian was asking about Acnologia, but because she could sense Citrine's affiliation to light she answered "Unfortunately he did make an appearance 7 years ago, however he has since vanished. No one is currently aware of his location"

"So he is still a prisoner... No one? I can think of one..." Citrine said while gritting his teeth with anger.

Citrine, still angry at the thought, tried hard to sugar coat his voice as he asked Mavis. "Are you aware of a human that may be possibly associated with him, I 'left' before getting his name?"

"Yes... I have been acquainted with the one you are most likely referring, he goes by the name Zeref ... The Black Wizard" Mavis responded displaying some sorrow.

"Zeref huh... Before his betrayal... Obsidian... Black Dragon Emperer" Citrine responded while seething as the memories of 400 years prior flashed in his mind.

Mavis found this information surprising as she was not aware Zeref was a dragon, she knew he had darkness and sorrow about him but it never occurred to her that he wasn't actually human.

"You say he was a Dragon? He didn't seem to be a Dragon like yourself? He appeared to be a human although immortal but human none the less" Mavis queried with a slightly puzzled expression on her face.

Citrine thought carefully about how to explain the situation keeping some cards close to his chest as he responded "As a Dragon Pillar we can split our spirit into multiple entities or containers; however upon doing so there are some sacrifices involved specifically in the balancing nature of what is given up or retained for each one..." Citrine paused before continuing.

"The 'Entity of Zeref' he created contains a substantial portion of his magical power as well as his immortality however he did not retain his dragon essence..." After thinking about it slightly more Citrine continued. "Basically I have wings right now because I chose to release them into this form; however Zeref is unable to whimsically manifest his dragon nature."

Citrine looked at Mavis to catch a glimpse into her mind to see if she was following.

"So at this time there is another piece of this Obsidian you referred to currently separate from the Zeref entity?" Mavis quickly replied.

"You're appearance is deceiving little one, you are quite sharp" Citrine smiled however not elaborating further on the question being asked, instead responding "At this moment I have the capacity to manifest 100% of my power, however I can't use it in the presence of most beings as my magical presence would instantly crush anyone below what you would consider to be a top wizard saint."

"Just know that I'm here to correct some mistakes." Citrine exclaimed with reassuring confidence before quietly muttering "The snowball that was cast down the hill casually... I will end the avalanche"

Mavis stared at Citrine's expression as he muttered to himself, she was just unable to make out exactly what he had said, but she could see regret in his eyes.

"Before I go Mavis may I ask what the nature of your being is? Your essence is much too dense to be a mere ghost; however I wouldn't be able to see you under normal circumstances... I doubt that normal humans could recognise your presence either, so I'm curious as to what your light illuminates?" Citrine asked while thinking of possible scenarios.

"Oh I'm watching over my guild! I'm First master of the Wizard Guild FairyTail!" Mavis pridefully responded with a beaming smile like an innocent child.

"Fairy Tail..." Citrine thought about it for a few seconds before adding "If their light is reflected in your own they must be a wonderful guild" Citrine smiled as he left the area and set off in the direction of the eclipse gate as he could see some new activity.


"I see... if Future Rogue Loses his means of travelling to the past, then we can re-write the past... in theory..." PantherLily Added

"Be that as it may... Can it really stop something that has already happened?" Princess Hisui questioned while thinking over the Temporal Implications of what was suggested.

"If all goes well then the Dragons and Rogue should disappear, right?" Happy cheerfully exclaimed.

"It's worth giving it a try..." Carla added with hope.

"However there remains a major Hurdle... We lack the means to destroy something of this size." Arcadios stated as his mind tried to bring the theory down to reality.

With fire in her eyes Lucy exclaimed "We'll just smash it with all the magic we've got!"

"INDEED!" Yukino added while sharing Lucy's vigor.

Both Mages then unleashed a dazzling display of celestial power combining multiple attacks across their summoned spirits. But despite their best efforts and most elaborate combinations they were unable to damage the gate...

"It's made out of a magic resilient alloy called Maginium, Destroying it is easier said than done, I'm afraid..." Arcadios said with doubt having witnessed the stunning attacks both Celestial Mages unleashed.

At that moment Citrine returned on the scene, however didn't draw attention to himself as he quietly smiled having witnessed the display of Celestial Magic. He couldn't help but zone out while wandering through his memories...

A few seconds later though, Citrine couldn't help but notice Laxus out of the corner of his eye as he seemed to be pouting, he had arrived in the area to help Wendy only to find her standing next to an unconscious Zilconis. The thought that Wendy could defeat a dragon and he could not weighed heavily on his mind.

It also didn't help that Wendy despite not actually being responsible for the situation couldn't help but take a juvenile stab at Laxus' ego thanks to the influence of Mirajane.

Laxus quickly got over it though upon making eye contact with Citrine. He noticed Citrine's form standing there with golden-yellow wings that had lightening crackling over them.

Laxus couldn't help but be attracted to that power particularly the lightning, letting off a spark himself before asking "What's your story?"

"Hello" Citrine responded with a smile as he analysed Laxus' magic composition with his eyes before saying "Lightning Dragon... Interesting"

Laxus let off a small arc of lightning, raising up his yellow hair like a small salute upon hearing this.

"May I ask who your Dragon was?" Citrine posed the question to Laxus.

"I didn't learn from a Dragon like Wendy and the others..." he added "unfortunately" in a considerably lower volume before continuing "I was given this magic at an extremely early age via a Lacrima"

Citrine stared at Laxus as he thought over the situation, then said "Your heart is considerably brighter than the other one I came across, I'm sure if you did have a Dragon they would be proud of how you have turned out so far" Citrine ended with a smile.

Laxus slightly touched by the words of this stranger couldn't help but show a small smile. "Thanks... However I still don't know who you are?" he replied with some defence in his words.

"Oh I'm Citrine, a Dragon"

Laxus raised an eyebrow at this response "What do you mean you're a Dragon?! Like that guy?" Laxus pointed at Zilconis.

"I guess... But I can't manifest my full Dragon Form here as it wouldn't be safe for humans let alone this city" Citrine quickly responded.

Laxus was slightly disappointed in his answer "So the other Dragons can run around the city but all you have to show for yourself are some wings? However I do acknowledge their coolness... But why are you a threat to us and they aren't? After all the other Dragons had done a fine job handing our asses to us".

"Well I'm not like the other dragons... right now I have about the same amount of power as them... but I've only released roughly 5% of my capacity, that was enough for me to kill 3 of the Dragons below" Citrine responded with a slight irritation in his voice.

"Five percent? And wait you killed 3 of the dragons?" Laxus exclaimed with some respect.

"Yes unfortunately I could do little to convince them with my current form and a full release was out of the question for the sake of the humans so I... remove them from the equation." Citrine continued with some sorrow weighing on his words "Don't worry the ones I killed won't be missed when time is corrected."

As he finished saying this Citrine looked up feeling a great magical pressure his eyes locking on to the energy approaching their position. "Fire?" Citrine said slightly puzzled.

"Wait Fire?!" Lucy exclaimed overhearing Citrine's statement

"Eh..? Is that...?" Yukino began to ask.

Happy peered up his tail swaying slightly from side to side as he proudly stared at the approaching fireball with ignorance of the situation he was in.

"Get away!, everyone get away from the gates" Arcadios yelled upon seeing the burning mass flying at their position with considerable speed.

Seconds later the large fireball containing the Adamantite Dragon Mothergrea and its 2 human occupants plunged through the Eclipse Gate ripping it to pieces.

"NATSU!" Happy exclaimed in delight

"The gates broke!" Lucy happily added.

"Unbelievable" exclaimed Arcadios "The Maginium alloy gates were..." the shock of what he had just witnessed preventing him from continuing further as his brain tried to process.

(Heh, well I guess there is no doubt who is Igneel's son) Citrine thought to himself before letting out a small chuckle (He would be proud).

"What happens now?!" Princess Hisui asked allowed in hopes that someone would have an answer.

"In Theory, the gates shouldn't be usable in the future anymore." Yukino stated

"In other words, Rogue has no means to come to the present." PantherLily added

"History will rewind!" Carla exclaimed.

Citrine interjected "History won't technically rewind however the creases in time will be ironed out as it removes impossible elements from the equation."

As Citrine finished saying this, the Adamantite Dragon began to glow white while showing signs of turning slightly translucent.

"The dragon's body is..!" Carla exclaimed

"IT'S GLOWING!" Wendy excitedly finished Carla's sentence.

In the distance Atlas Flame the Fire Dragon who Natsu dubbed his uncle was hovering peacefully above the plateau shouting out in the direction of his new friend

"IT APPEARS I MUST RETURN, TO MY OWN TIME!"
"I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU... NATSU DRAGNEEL."

"Thanks for the help, Uncle." Natsu said with respect yet a slight loneliness in his heart as Atlas flame vanished from the night sky.

"They're... Gone..." Lucy said while showing signs of fatigue.


Off in a distant part of the city the Dragon that Gajeel had been containing started to vanish.

"The Dragons are disappearing?..." Gajeel said with some confusion.

"We did it Gajeel!" Levy exclaimed in delight.

"Yeah... But... it wasn't me" Gajeel said with some frustration.

Mavis, who was still surveying from the skies above, noticed Gajeel's situation "The Dragon Slayers alone were not enough to defeat a single dragon." Mavis stated with some sadness

"Citrine, your arrival at this time and place could not be a coincidence..." Mavis said with some hope in her words.


Sting glancing at Rogue let out a small sigh before stating "How pathetic if that Citrine guy hadn't assisted us I don't think we would've have defeated those two big Dragons."

"Makes me doubt my worth as a Dragon Slayer" Rogue replied but not before taking the time to clarify "At least when it comes to the full sized Dragons, those little guys however were no match for us"

"I guess that just goes to show the scale of our power currently, and those large Dragons weren't even close to Acnologia's league" Sting said with some sadness.

"However... I wonder about that Citrine, I couldn't gauge his power at all and he was able to obliterate 2 Dragons... And what's strange is he seemed to be holding back... Gives me hope for the future! 'Eh partner!" Sting happily said while looking at Rogue.

"We protected our comrades, that's something to be proud of" Rogue responded with a smile.


Back near the now destroyed eclipse gate... as time corrects

As Future Rogue disappeared back to his timeline

Lucy approached Natsu from behind; she wrapped her arms around him as she embraced his warmth.

"Is something wrong, Lucy?" Natsu instinctively asked but in reality he doesn't really need an answer.

"No... Not really... Just... Thankyou." Lucy responded while taking comfort in his presence, not wanting to ever let go.

Citrine observing the interaction from the edge of the plateau in a shadow couldn't help but flash a small grin.