2 months later

Life was a strange thing. Bickslow never thought that he would be excepted back so easily, but his family hadn't blame him for the horrors that Cetus had done.

The best thing had been being with his love again. He had missed Lisanna. Now they could spend the rest of their lives together. From what he heard, she had fallen apart without him. He would never leave her side again.

After Cetus had left, Bickslow made a discovery. His magic was gone. It had Cetus must have ripped it from him when he died. It was a small cost to pay for his freedom and he wouldn't trade anything to get it back.

Today was the final day before the execution. The former king of Fiore had been charged for his crimes and was going to be put to death. He had watch the trails closely, but found that he didn't really know what he wanted the outcome to be anymore. He was tired of seeing death. After being locked away inside a murder, there was no way he could ever go back to thinking that everything was so simple.

His parents sat there next to him in the guild. They looked at ease as the bar in Fairy Tail grew loud. Everyone was ribbing his brother Vik for his stream of affairs. If he thought it was confusing before, now Vik had a daughter with a dead woman, two boyfriends that were trying to get him back, and a new wife. Arma didn't seem to mind having Edvin and Kitt around. She actually welcomed them.

Bickslow had to roll his eyes at them. Edvin was playing with Lily while Rosa Arma held her belly, they were hoping that it was a boy so they could name him,Perseus. He was already told the story about the man with the same name. It was really confusing. He was still trying to wrap his head around it all. If it hadn't happened to him, he probably wouldn't believe it.

Bickslow looked away from the group. He wondered how Warner was doing? The gun slinger was busy these days. Warner had taken more responsibility with Lamia Scale. Babasama kept him and Gunner close, even though Gunner came by a lot more than he thought. At first, he didn't like it, but he came around after he figured that Xenia needed it.

She kept to herself these days, but that didn't stop her from training. She had focused on becoming a strong mage. He could respect that. She even promised to stay away from demons, even if that would never be something that she could see. She was a shielder after all.

Lisanna came over and put her head on his shoulder. He leaned his head against hers. He couldn't stop reviling in how warm everything was. After almost 2 decades in eternal cold, he welcomed it with welcome arms.

Mira was chasing Laxus around the guild with a with their son. Maky was leading his group around the same way Laxus had lead them around. Xenia paid them no mind though. Bickslow could see that she had other things on her mind.

Xenia had never forgotten Ziph. Even after the boy disappeared from existence, she still thought of him every day. The boy had sacrificed himself to save everyone. If he wasn't the soul of Cepheus, then he probably would have made a good son-in-law. But that was in the past. There was nothing that could be done.

Bickslow was pulled from his thoughts as Xenia sat across from him. She looked at him quietly, then back over at the bar. She smiled. It was the first time he had seen it sense he came back. "What's on your mind, baby girl?"

She gave him a smile. "How do you feel about giving me away?"

He froze. "You…?"

"Gunner asked, I said yes." Bickslow couldn't believe it.

"But I thought…"

"He told me to live. I'm going to keep my promise." She said. "I can't just stay like this. I have to move on."

Bickslow nodded as he noted the sad look on her face. "Are you sure that this is what you want?"

She gave him a smile. "I do love him, Daddy."

"Just not as much as Ziph though." Bickslow said.

She looked away from him. "Ziph is gone."

"You're too young to get married though." Bickslow said. "You're making me feel old."

She giggled. "Well get used to it grandpa."

Bickslow stared at her. "What?"

She turned red. "Forget I said anything."

"Did Gunner knock you up, is this why…?!" He said angrily.

"No, Papa, you have it all wrong. It's not Gunner's." She said looking up at him.

Bickslow froze. It was Ziph's child. When had Ziph touched her? Bickslow didn't want to know, but at the same time cursed the boy that had laid a hand on her. "Then why are you and Gunner…?"

"Gunner wants to adopt the baby. We decided to move on, together. Just like Grandma Anastasia did with Grandpa Norman." She explained.

Bickslow sighed. There was no changing her mind. "Just make sure that you get married before it's born."

She rolled her eyes. "Papa."

He smiled at her. "Fine, call me old fashioned."

Xenia giggled as she looked down at herself. "Do you think he'll have the soul of a raven?"

Bickslow laughed. "We all do, Xenia. We all do."

The End.

Author's Note

It's finally done. I'm sorry that it isn't as good as it should be. I ended up getting depressed while righting this and then I lost interest in the project and I know it shows, but I promised that I would finish every single one of my stories and I just couldn't let it sit there. I do hope that you enjoyed it. As for me, I'm taking a break from writing Fairy Tail stories in general. Part of it comes from how I feel about the current state of the manga, which I'm also losing interest in.

I do wish that this was better. Window to the Soul had so much love in it and I feel that Raven's Soul fell flat. I really had no direction when I started this, which is different from how I work my newer stories for Dragonball.