The next day May woke up surrounded by ash and dust. She immediately sat up, breathing in the unusual chemicals. She could hear the ocean near by, also the sound of metal clanking together. May got up to look for villagers that would be around the area. As she got closer to the metal sound she spotted men in red robes and masks; little kids working on something. May felt pity for the little kids, as she heard a man in a robe say, "It's going to take years to complete the tower."
A tower, May repeated in her mind. She chuckled at how big the surface area was and thought give it a few years then you'll be done with only one floor! May turned around and walked far away from the workers, she didn't give much thought about it, she just thought it was the new thing now a days. May eventually found away off the island but was a bit disturbed at what she saw. She shivered and shook her head heading back towards Carnis' cave.
May was training with Carnis in Herbiva's meadow. Carnis could tell May was getting stronger, she made faster progress in the few week then all his years in teaching her. Surely, he was shocked when he didn't find May in the cave this morning. Strange things began to occur. He noted that she's reviving her emotions since the day Jasper past. Also her aura has darkened in size and color, more energized. May never felt alive, and more opened to the world. She wanted to train with Carnis so she can be top of the game.
"5 Senses Dragon Roar!" May yelled as red and black burning mist came out of her mouth. She reached the ground running across the meadow to launch the next attack. Right when she was about to plant her next move, Carnis' claw came thrashing down. May smirked as she knew he was getting serious. She slid under his gigantic claw right before he stomped it down.
"5 Senses Dragon Crushing Fang!" She screamed as she attacked Carnis' sides, only chipping his scales. Carnis swung his tail, hitting May sending her flying into the sky, later landing down on the grass. She felt her stomach jump around as she held her mouth close, then a sharp pain cracking few of her ribs as she roughly landed on the ground. May banged on the ground hardly. She groaned as she sat up. She heard Carnis chuckled, " I can't believed you hit two great hits on me. The past 200 years you barely hit me once!"
May growled at Carnis as he spoke again, " When the towns people find out you knocked out a dragon, they're going to tell you to never come around here again.
They wouldn't wanna see your face, you're better off disappeared. The selfishness in their eyes and their words are really clear. People like you don't belong in a society like theirs. They fear you!"
"If they fear me then fear they get!" May shouted as she wobbled up. Anger bubbled up inside her heart, and the ground began to shake. May was angry, she knows that Carnis only speaks in truths and would always pull her back into reality. There is always a reason to make May react the way she reacted. Carnis was going to teach her the dark magic, to make people rise from the dead. Of course, to teach her the proper way, not for personal gain too.
"You feel this emotion inside you?" Carnis asked May, and she nodded, " Good now, feel the energy around you, sense the air's direction. Take deep breaths."
May took in slow and deep breaths, she concentrated on the wind, but felt nothing. She drew a gasp when she felt a lingering spirit. Carnis took it as a sign she felt something. He blew air onto May to mess her up, as he did that May cried in frustration. She stomped on her feet and glared straight up at Carnis. With a pouted look on her face, she started to whine.
"Carnis! Why did you do that! I felt something there, I almost had it!" May whined because she knew this was taking more magic out of her then she expected. Carnis silently shushed the girl. He drew his breath and spoke softly towards the human, "You need to continue without distractions. Feel the air, then be the air."
May sighed then closed her eyes, her senses heightened as she chanted 'feel the air, be the air'. Slowly her body began to move, it looked like she preforming a dance. With every turn, her hair would float up. Carnis watched May as she slowly began to shape her magic into a human form. Carnis nodded as he saw a shadow move behind the trees. He stared at the dark figure, before the shadow disappeared into the woods. He clucked his tongue and avert his attention to May. Slowly Carnis could make out the legs and the torso. Human resurrection is never a beautiful magic, it was more like scars, open wounds, and very graphic. His eyes filled with pity and guilt. He knew that once the locals find out she can resurrect the dead, the'd fear her.
Sweat dripped down May's face. Her head was spinning and fuzzy, she felt numb. Feel the air, be the air. Her red glass eye glowed. Dark light began to twist on the human zombie forming the rest of the torso, and the beginning of the arms. Carnis smiled at his daughter, he was proud to have met May. In his eyes May, was everything to him though she could never replace Herbiva. There was something in his chest tugging at his emotions. He knew one day May is going to wake up in front of Zeref, not being able to defend for herself and submitting herself to him. No, Carnis didn't want that to happen- he wanted her to see the world, experience pain, love, regret, joy, sadness, and grief. He wanted her to have someone to call friend, mostly a family. He knew that May is part of his family, but it was nothing more than teacher and student.
"Good now slowly move your hands closer towards it." Carnis ordered, as May nodded and made her way closer towards the zombie. She felt the flesh and gashes, she winced at the texture.
She kept her pace, waving her hands like a water mage does. The dark mist spiraled up forming a round head. May felt the spirit take the form and became alive. She opened her eyes, and gasp. She never thought it would be so disgusting, other than that thought she smiled at her first accomplishment. She circled around the weird creature. May glanced at Carnis before speaking, " Can you tell me more about this magic Carnis?"
He nodded his head closing his eyes, "Human Reincarnation, it is a magic where you can create a human being from scraps of the dead. It's a not so beautiful magic as you can see, so far I haven't see anyone use this magic before so I can't really tell you a lot myself. To control the this zombie you use your 5 senses, combined. All humans use their 5 sense, so to construct their mind you use your Touch to enter the zombie's mind. The more you practice this you can basically make more of these things by the wave of your hand."
May nodded taking note at the information she was given. She looked at her hands, so just by the wave of my hand I can create more? She sadly smiled, and asked, " So basically I can create an army that everyone would be afraid of."
Carnis nodded his head, with that he said his goodnight and went inside his cave. May stared at her hands before dragging her attention back to the spirited zombie. She cringed at the open wounds. Her face blanked before asking herself, how do i get rid of this?
The next day May woke up in front of the Fairy Tail guild. She blinked a couple of times before scratching her head. No why did she wake up here? May stood up and paced around before opening the guild's door. May saw Mavis and Warrod talking to each other at the bar. May lazily made her way over to the two and sat down. She yawned resting her head on the bar's counter. May closed her eyes and said, " Good Morning Mavis and Warrod." They both nodded their good mornings, and went back to their conversation. May stretched her arms and got up. She noticed Precht sitting in the corner of the guild. He was sharpening his blades and gun. May took a seat across from Precht, but he took no notice in her. May coughed intentionally to grab his attention. Precht stopped for a second without looking at May then continued his attention to his weapons.
May made a face and started to whistle the same tune she had played on the stage a couple of weeks ago. May tapped her fingers on the wooden table and kept looking at Precht. He clucked his tongue and looked up at May. She gave him a cheeky smile with a wave. A sharp noise of metal followed by a loud thud, May saw that there was a knife centimeters away from her tapping hand. Precht was peering down a few inches away from May. She felt his sheathing gaze tore into her soul, her face paled and she began to tremble. Precht let out a smirk, changing the mood of May. She laughed.
"Go somewhere else kid. This place is not for you to hang around either join the guild or get out." Precht said glaring at May. May blew up her cheeks and pouted.
"Fine!" She stuck her tongue out at Precht and skipped over to Mavis. Precht watched the girl and shook his head, brat.
Mavis saw May coming over with a smile on her face. May stood in front of Warrod and Mavis.
"I want to join the guild!" May declared, and Mavis cheered.
She showed May about the guild's insignia and how it works. May nodded at everything Mavis was talking about. As Mavis pulled out the stamp and ink, May's eye dazzled as she saw the colors of the ink. Of course, Mavis let May decide the color of stamp she wanted but Mavis wanted to choose where to place it. May looked through the colors of ink and she saw the one that stood out the most. Cherry Red. Mavis pressed the stamp down on the ink pad and told May to pull down her shirt. As May did Mavis said, "I'm going to put this over your heart."
"Why?" May questioned, as she felt the cold ink on her skin.
"Fairy Tail isn't just a guild of mages, Fairy Tail is about the love of friends, the love of family." Mavis said with her eyes closed. She looked up at May and smiled.