Author's Note:

Okay, first things first, I'm so sorry I haven't posted since Tuesday. On Wednesday, our house got struck by lightning (yes, really), which was truly terrifying. I've never in my life been afraid of lightning, but now I jump every time I hear thunder. (Congratulations, Laxus, I'm officially afraid of you and your seriously freaky powers.) Anyway, a bunch of our electronics got fried, including our modem and router, so we were out of Internet. Then, when we got new boxes, we found out that our Internet provider had been affected by the same storm we were and that they were out pf order. So, we've been without Internet since Wednesday. We got it back yesterday, finally!

So, sorry for the delay, but I really can't post from my phone, and that was my only access to the Internet.

Another note, this chapter is the last one I have totally pre-written. The story is close to the end, but I may not be able to post a chapter every single day from here on out.

Thanks for reading!

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Fifty-One - Myst Fernandes

Myst was not really prepared for what greeted him when he entered the Fairy Tail foster home. First of all, it was very loud, especially for it being eight o'clock at night. In the main room, Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, and a man with black hair and many piercings were shouting at each other and at what appeared to be bags of flour set on top of skateboards. After assessing the scene for a moment, Myst gathered that they had been racing the flour bags down the halls and each of the guys was convinced that their flour had won. Finally Natsu spotted Myst and ran over.

"Jellal!" he exclaimed. "Finally you're back. Where is Erza? Your baby misses you and I'm too busy to look after her anymore."

Myst raised his eyebrows. "Baby?" he asked. "You can't be serious!"

"Jellal!" Gray called from across the room. "Come race with us! I bet your Wendy can't beat my Silver!"

"Wendy?" he said, confused.

"Yeah!" Natsu said matter-of-factly. "Your daughter!"

Myst looked around the room again, trying to decide what he thought was going on. He saw some girls standing off to the side of the race. Levy McGarden seemed disinterested in the race as she read a book. He recognized Lucy Heartfilia, though he didn't know why she was there. She seemed concerned about the bags of flour, particularly the one Natsu was holding above his head as he ran back to the race.

There was another girl there, with blue hair, who seemed to be very serious about the race and how much Gray's bag of flour was better than the others. He also recognized a small, dark blue haired girl who seemed to be enjoying the excitement, but wisely staying back. He wondered what Wendy Marvell would be doing at Fairy Tail and he wondered why Gray seemed to think she would be racing against the bags of flour or that she would be Jellal's daughter. Myst still had no idea what was going on, even when Natsu dropped a bag of flour into his arms. He looked down at the flour bag to see, 'Jellal and Erza flour baby project' written neatly on top in marker.

"Oh," he said, relieved to have some sort of clarity. "That makes a lot more sense."

"What the hell is going on in this place?"

He turned and smiled at Erza as she walked in behind him. He was glad she had decided to accompany him back home, even though it meant she would miss the end of the tour. She had finally seemed to put aside her feigned animosity towards him. She stood beside him and looked over at the flour he held.

"Look," he told her. "I think this is my niece."

"It's flour," she pointed out.

"It could also be your niece, now that I think about it," he said. "If you really are related to the other Erza."

"Myst," Erza said. "It's a bag of flour."

"Erza!" came Lucy's shocked voice. They looked over to see Lucy coming towards them. "You cut your hair!"

Everyone else looked up at her words. Natsu and Gray were there in an instant, looking and touching Erza's hair in amazement.

"Hey, get off!" Erza demanded, shoving them away. "Who the hell are these people?"

Myst chuckled as everyone looked confused. "Uh, I think some explanations are in order," he said. Everyone looked at him. "First of all," he started, "I'm not Jellal. I'm Myst."

"Myst?" Natsu asked. "Are you sure?"

"Is your tour over already?" Gray asked.

"Why is Erza with you?" Levy asked.

"Oh, Myst!" Wendy said happily. "I finally get to meet you for real!"

"You know all these people?" Erza asked.

Myst smiled at her. "This is the other Erza's foster family," he said. "This is where she lives."

"Other Erza?" Lucy asked. "What other Erza?"

"This," Myst continued, putting his arm around Erza, "is Erza Knightwalker."

Everyone seemed very confused. "Knightwalker?" a few of them said with varying degrees of understanding.

"So," Levy said. "This is not our Erza."

"No," said Erza. "I'm not."

"Then, why do you look like her?" Natsu asked with narrowed eyes.

"And why do you have the same first name?" asked Gray, folding his arms over his bare chest.

"I don't know," Erza snapped. "And put a shirt on!"

"Yes ma'am!" Gray said, running off.

"She's just as scary as Erza, too," Natsu said, still seeming unconvinced.

"I believe I can shed some light on this situation," came Makarov's voice from the staircase. Everyone looked over at him. He was looking at Erza. "I heard the story from an old friend of mine, back when you were both children."

"What are you talking about?" Erza asked.

"You and your twin sister," Makarov said. "You were separated at birth and sent to different places. I assume that you originally had different names, but one got lost along the way and you were both called 'Erza'."

"So, they really are twins?" Myst asked. He elbowed Erza. "I told you."

"So, there are three Jellals and two Erzas?" Natsu asked.

"Well, there aren't three Jellals," Myst said. "We have different names."

"How did you find this other Erza?" Lucy asked. "Don't you think it's a little strange that Jellal's identical brother found Erza's identical sister?"

"We just happened to meet," Myst said with a shrug.

He smiled at Erza and Lucy's eyes widened.

"Wait," she said. "You two have known each other for just a few months, and are already together? But it's taken Jellal and our Erza this many years and they're still trying to work it out?"

Myst shrugged. "Where is Jellal, anyway?" he asked. "I thought he'd be here. And where is Erza? Erza Scarlet, I mean."

"Right here," Erza's voice said from behind him. "What is going on?"

Myst turned to see Erza Scarlet and Jellal standing in the doorway. Both Erza's were staring at one another. Jellal was looking at Myst at first, and seemed to be about to speak, but when he saw the other Erza, he was distracted entirely.

"This is so weird," Lucy said, looking at the two sets of doubles.

"Who are you?" Erza Scarlet asked of her twin.

"Apparently, your twin," Erza Knightwalker said.

"You have a twin?" Jellal asked, looking back and forth between the two Erzas.

"I- I didn't know I-" Erza Scarlet said, seeming unsure.

Erza Knightwalker shrugged. "Yeah, me neither," she shrugged. "Not until he showed up anyway." She gestured to Myst and Jellal looked back to his brother.

"I don't understand," he said. "How did you find her?"

Myst shrugged again. "I really don't know," he said. "But it's good I did." He looked at the Erzas, who were studying each other closely. "It's good to bring family back together." He looked at Jellal. "Even if ours is still messed up."

"Speaking of our family," Jellal said. "It's at least a little fixed now."

"What do you mean?" Myst asked.

"After you called, we went to talk to Sieg," Jellal told him. "And he seems to have finally come to terms with everything and we've worked out a sort of plan."

"A plan?" Myst repeated. "A plan for what?"

"A plan for sorting this whole mess out," Jellal said. "Ultear is with him now, helping him prepare for tomorrow. In the morning, he's going to go to the school and explain everything to everyone there. We think, if we just get everything out in the open, it'll be easier to fix everything that's messed up. It might take some time and effort, but we think it'll show the board that Sieg is fit to head up the company."

"And then you don't have to," Erza Scarlet said, still seeming a little wary of her twin, but seeming to accept that she was real.

"So, are you two together?" Erza Knightwalker asked, looking between Erza Scarlet and Jellal.

Myst saw that they were embarrassed by the question, but there was a hint of a smile on both faces. Jellal looked to Erza, who only glanced back for the briefest moment.

"Ah, not quite," Jellal said. "I mean- No. No, we are not."

Erza Scarlet looked at her feet while Erza Knightwalker rolled her eyes.

"Wow," she said. "Your brother really doesn't act like you."

"Give him a break," Myst said with a small smile. "He's more put together when he's not flustered like this." He looked at Jellal. "Do you really think this plan with Sieg will work?" he asked.

Jellal gave a small shrug. "I think it's the best shot we have."