Okay, this is the extra flashback chapter explaining what happened. It shouldn't be too long (hopefully).

And WOAH! I just only reposted it and and old reader has come back! thank you for supporting me and my selfish writing needs Cira Heartfilia! Hugs and kisses!

WARNING! FT AIN'T MINE, SLOW UPDATES, POSSIBLE OOC-NESS AND LIGHT CUSSING. But expect good grammar, cause I can't stand bad grammar (no offense to anyone out there).

Written 10/12/14, Uploaded 29/6/15


Makarov Dreyar was in a predicament. He groaned internally. He knew he shouldn't have touched that crystal! Just what prompted him to do so anyway?! The fast-flowing images finally halted. But he saw that the crystal that was in front of him mere seconds ago had vanished.

'What the…' he thought to himself before turning his head around to glance around him, only to realise that his entire surroundings had been tinted yellowish, like how an old photograph would look. Then it hit him. He was in someone's memories, most likely belonging to the mysterious girl in the ice. Massaging his forehead to evict an oncoming headache, he walked out of the area and towards Mavis' grave only to see the exact same girl he saw in the ice stumbling out of the forest towards the grave, only this time she was wearing a jacket over her white dress and the small pouch that slung across her back, as well as a pair of simple slippers, plus she was clutching onto a silver bracelet, sapphire gem drops cascading on every inch of the bracelet, that was clasped on her left hand like a lifeline.

'Maybe it's a memento?' Makarov wondered to himself.

"Eh? I didn't know there was a grave here. Don't tell me they had the nerve to bury one of those stupid guys here after they finally decided to drop dead*… they don't deserve to even set foot on Tenrou after they tried to steal the jade, let alone be buried here… " she muttered but the fear and concern could be heard from her voice. Slowly walking over to the grave, she gulped and peered at the small delicate markings made at the bottom of the grave.

*Yes, she means Yury, Warrod and Purehito.

Here lies Mavis Vermillion.

First master of Fairy Tail.

May she dance with the fairies for eternity.

Turning pale and placing her hands over her mouth to prevent herself from screaming, she took a few steps back before tripping over a root, almost falling to the ground.

"No… how could she be dead?!" The now stricken girl was saying to no one in particular. She collapsed to her knees in exhaustion just after she finished her sentence, breathing heavily. "Just how long have I been gone?" she muttered the last sentence with tears lining her eyes. Not a moment later, she lost control of her tears and they came pouring out.

At the side, Makarov was speechless at what he was seeing. Not to mention confused. He wasn't understanding what was happening, or rather what had happened. Wasn't the Tenrou Jade nothing more than a guild myth?

"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry Mavis. I couldn't protect you, and even left the burden of master on you… I'm sorry… for leaving you guys…" she continued sobbing, burying her face in her hands. Makarov felt sorry for her despite not knowing what was going on. That was until she uttered a single name that changed it all. "Yury… you and everyone else swore to protect her… what happened?"

Now that got his attention. How did this girl know his father? And the way she spoke of him was as if she knew him well. But his father had been dead for decades* while she looked to be barely in her twenties! The girl looked up with a sad smile and half-dried tears on her face.

*Pure guessing, since the wiki says Yury's whereabouts are currently unknown. I'm gonna take it as he's passed on kay?

"I can bet that bastard didn't do a single thing to help you! Knowing how smug the little shit is. I swear I'm going to give him a piece of my mind when I get back to the guild kay, Mei-chan?" She walked over to the grave and felt the smooth stone surface, smiling sadly. "I won't be sad anymore, and I'll live on, so rest in peace." Then she closed her eyes and calmed herself down.

Suddenly, they heard someone come from behind them. Whipping around, they saw an old man with a long beard and an eye patch. But to Makarov, it was someone he knew well.

"Purehito…" he gasped with wide unblinking eyes. He shouldn't even be alive now!

"Who are you?!" The girl immediately stood up in an attacking stance with narrowed eyes, prepared to defend the place. "Why are you on the island?!"

"Now, now, calm down." Purehito smiled. "I'm just a traveller that ended up adrift here."

"A traveller…?" Her eyes flickered suspiciously. "I don't believe you. The island is not very far off from the mainland, and even you came from another continent on the other side of the world, the chances of drifting towards the mainland would be at least tenfold of the chances of ending up here. And you don't look like you've been at sea for more than a few days. So tell me. WHO ARE YOU?" Her voice dangerously bordered on growling.

"Ah. You are just as observant and smart as your cousin." Purehito chuckled lowly.

The girl tensed. "Cousin…"

"So I guess I'll cut to the chase and do what I came here for." Just as those words left his mouth, he sent a wave of magic at the girl, to which said girl quickly dodged and growled at her attacker.

"You… just who are you?! Why are you attacking me?!"

"You don't remember me? I'm hurt." He laughed mockingly and sent another attack her way.

"Quit the crap and tell me!" this time she deflected the attack with an ice crystal, not moving an inch from her spot.

"My name is Hades. But I think you know me better as Purehito."

Sure enough, it was enough to freeze her to her spot. "What…? But Purehito should only be in his 30s now! And he doesn't have a dark aura surrounding him no matter how menacing he looks! You couldn't be him!"

"Oh, little missy, you have no idea what day it is, nor how long you've been gone have you?" he laughed at the stricken look on her face. "I don't know how long you think you've been gone, but it's been 70 years!"

"70… years…?" the girl forced out, staggering. "No! It can't be 70 years already! I was only gone for 7! Not 70! And the Purehito I know would never turn to darkness! There must be a reason!"

"They made me search for you." He continued, ignoring her cries. "I saw you the night before you left this world."

"And you didn't bother to call out to me?!" She screamed, beginning to tear up again and no longer paying attention to details.

"It was too dark out. And when I went to find you the next morning, you were already gone."

The girl couldn't contain herself any further and tears started flowing once more. Purehito gave no hue to it and continued talking.

"I left the guild many years later. I did my research on disappearing dragons, since more began going missing after yours started. I guessed you would be in another world, and I was right. I had also predicted that you'd be back today, since the boundary between worlds is at its weakest now."

"No! I got here by my own power! I opened a portal derived from my own research and-!"

"You never would have succeeded if it weren't for the weakened boundaries! Don't you see?!" He spat out, losing patience. "The world let you out! You would never have gotten out if the world didn't want you to!"

"How could you say something lik-!" she was cut off once more.

"Wake up, Vermillion! I am no longer the Purehito you know. It has been 70 years. Everyone is already dead!"

The girl flinched visibly and said no more, arms hanging loosely beside her. For a moment, the place was silent. Purehito standing at the edge of the forest, arms crossed with an impatient and irritated expression. On the other end, the girl was standing just in front of the stone grave, face solemn and void of emotion.

'Vermillion… So she is related to the first.' Makarov thought to himself. 'but this is going too far, even for Purehito!'

"Now that I've gotten you to shut up, time to do what must be done. I've wasted enough time already." He lifted his hand once more, a magic circle appearing in his palm.

"RUN!" Makarov yelled, but neither of them could hear nor see him.

He released the spell on the girl, but it hit nothing but a tattered jacket.

"I don't know what you want with me now that you've betrayed the guild, but I won't let it come to light!" the girl had leapt into the air to evade the attack before releasing her own attack. "And so what if everyone isn't here anymore?! It just means they're happy somewhere else! I promised I'd live on, and live on I shall! ICE BARRAGE!

"Annoying." He dispelled her attack, but not without difficulty. "You may have gotten better, but never forget, it's still 70 years too early for you to pick a fight with me!" He advanced towards the girl with another attack, whom had begun escaping to the east in fear of destroying the grave with their fight.

"I don't care! I will make you go back to the light and tell me the truth, even if it's the last thing I do!" She launched another barrage of ice arrows at him from a tree.

He dispelled it again. "The truth was what took me off the path of light."

"I don't believe you! I will never let you kill me!*" She hissed and jumped off the tree, finishing her sentence in mid-air.

*if I deduced correctly, in the past the mage guilds would literally kill each other off to gain power. So no doubt she'd think that, even if inter-guild killing is no longer happening much in the present time.

"Who said I wanted to kill you?" He said with a sly smile as caught her in the magical trap he had skilfully laid out behind her.

"Wha-! Purehito you BASTARD!" the girl screeched as more of her body was getting encased in the spell. Crystal was building up from her legs, and she was losing mobility even though her constant struggling made the ice crystals fall off and was delaying/interfering with the spell's completion. "I swear, when I get out of this, I will hunt you down, you hear me?!"

"Hmph. I'd like to see you try." He looked up at the falling and struggling girl before deciding to launch another spell. "Now, sleep."

"Nnnghhh… you will never kill me…" she began to lose consciousness as the spell hit her square in the face, her struggling weakening.

"Like I said, I never wanted to kill you." He repeated irately, "I just need you to sleep a little longer until the time is right."

Makarov then noticed the surroundings were also fading. He couldn't see the horizon anymore, details were getting blurry. The entire scene was falling apart as the girl lost consciousness. Then Purehito began to talk.

"My predictions were right. You came too early. Sleep for now, to allow your cursed destinies to align once more." Purehito said and turned away.

"I will never let you touch me…" She mumbled, no longer able to focus on what he had said. From here, chunks of the place began cracking and falling apart, causing Makarov to flinch a little.

"Never… not even… in my sleep…"

Then, she fell.


I quite like this chappy! =D