It was a calm, peaceful night in the country of Fiore. There was no trouble, and just about everyone around planned on calling it night. Even the always exuberant Fairy Tail guild started to die down, and some if the members began their departure to sleep and possibly prepare for jobs. Cynthia gave a yawn as she rested her head on a table, fighting to stay awake, but it was a battle she was quickly losing. "Uh...it's way past my bed time..." Cynthia said quietly as she yawned loudly.
"Maybe we should go to bed..." Wendy said as she stretched and yawned, obviously on the urge of passing out herself.
"Tomorrow could be a busy day; it would be wise to get some rest," Carla nodded.
"I suppose it's time to leave then, ne?" Mirajane asked as she cleaned the counter with a rag, looking over to the remaining, tired members who managed to stay.
"I like the peace and quiet this time of day," Makarov said while holding a mug in the air.
"I guess it's time to call it a night," Lucy yawned, using the back of her hand to rub her eyes tiredly. She then walked to the front doors and pushed them open, taking a few steps outside before stopping as a large lacrima screen appeared over the entire town if Magnolia. "Huh...? Hey, guys...look at this..." Lucy waved to the remaining members, urging them to come outside, which they did quickly. The lacrima screen over Magnolia wasn't the only one to appear; lacrima screens appeared all around the country, and an image slowly started to appear amongst the fuzz. A few seconds later, Siegrain's face appeared on the screens.
"Hello, people of Fiore!" Siegrain said with a smirk.
"Jellal?!" Natsu shouted.
"No...that's not Jellal..." Erza said in a low tone. "Siegrain..."
"What's he doing at the Magic Council?!" Makarov shouted, the remaining beer in his mug spilling out onto the ground as a result.
"Hey, guys, look at this!" Luke shouted from the White Eclipse balcony, causing the members to flood outside.
"Ugh...what are you shouting for this late at night...?" Kairi asked before looking up to the lacrima screens. "Who is that...?"
"Siegrain..." Reve said while crossing his arms.
"What's this about...?" Arc asked as he listened to the unfamiliar voice.
"This should be interesting..." Adam said quietly, taking a slight pause before continuing. "Whatever it is..."
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"H-Hey...look!" Beth pointed to the sky, catching the attention of the Mermaid Heel guild members.
"W-What...?!" Kagura looked up, mistaking Siegrain for Jellal for a few seconds, but then realized it wouldn't be likely for Jellal to be in the Magic Council.
"J-Jellal...?!" Milliana's eyes widened with a mix of emotions, but when she looked at Kagura, she realized the emotion the two shared was nothing alike, so it had to be someone else.
"What's going on...?" Melody asked.
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"Oi, what's this about...?" Sting asked tiredly as he rubbed his eyes, walking with his Exceed pal Lector to a balcony of Sabertooth.
"Who is that, Sting-kun?" Lector asked, looking towards the white dragon slayer with curiosity.
"I don't know, Lector...but I can tell it's going to be big since the Council is involved..." Sting replied.
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"Oi, what the hell's going on...?" Bacchus asked as he rubbed his eyes.
"Looks like some kinda announcement..." Blues said as he trudged out of his room in Qautro Cerberus, drinking a bottle of water after.
"Guess we get to see what it is..." Bacchus said while drinking from his gourd, obviously not caring that it was so late at night.
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"Hm...Well, well..." Magnus looked into the sky as he stood on Comsic Star's roof, soon to be joined by the other four members.
"What the hell is going on...?" Daryan asked while rubbing his eyes and yawning tiredly.
"It appears we're going to have a new change in government..." Magnus replied.
"Did you know about this?" Alex asked, though she knew the answer was obvious.
Magnus, however, didn't answer the question, and instead continued to stare up at the screen. "It's a wonder what he plans to do..."
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"What's with all the noise...?" Rylo asked as he looked outside, putting on his top hat as he glanced at the lacrima screens.
"What's going on...?" Melanie asked as she poked her heard outside .
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"Ichiya-san, look at this!" Ren shouted as he pointed to the screens.
"What's with all the noise?" The Exceed and Edloas counter part of Ichiya, Nichiya asked as he walked soon the parfume mage.
"The parfarm in the air doesn't smell good..." Ichiya said in an ominous tone. "It smells like bad change..."
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"THERE'S A STRANGER ON THE TV OOON!" Toby shouted from the front doors of the Lamia Scale guild, his shouting causing everyone to rush outside.
The master of Lamia Scale, Ooba Babasama, quickly grew annoyed with the yapping dog, and brought her hand up, twirling her finger, making Toby spin around as a result. "Hush, and listen to the announcement!"
"Siegrain?" Jura raised a brow, slightly interested, but he knew this wasn't going to end well in the long run.
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"Well, well..." Daityas crossed his arms as he looked up at the screen. "So, that's what Silent Sanctum was planning all along..."
"What's going on?" Ur asked curiously, placing her hands on her hips. Normally, nothing was odd about this, but Ur was in nothing but her bra and panties, and her Tartaros mark was revealed to be on her upper thigh.
"What the bloody hell happened to your clothes?!" Maggie asked.
"What?" Ur blinked a few times before looking at herself, shrugging nonchalantly after.
"Put some clothes on, if you please..." Rugal asked as he averted his eyes from the senior Ice Make mage.
"...Too bad she's not a virgin..." Mithril mumbled to himself as he eyed Ur, well aware of the fact Ultear was her child.
Sora walked out slowly, in pajamas, rubbing her eyes. "Sora was sleeping..."
"Don't worry, this will be more than worth the awakening,". Daityas said as he crossed his arms. "Should they not fuck up."
"...Put some clothes on, Ur..." Kiora said as she slapped a hand on her face for a face palm.
"Please...we have a child watching..." Ruika said as she places her hands over Sora's eyes, resulting in the pink haired shadow manipulation mage to flail her arms around.
Ur let out a slightly annoyed sigh. "I'm not seeing what the big deal is..."
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"Siegrain...!" Jellal jumped up, glaring at the thought projection he created.
"They were serious about it..." Ultear said as she glanced at the lacrima screen.
"What's going to happen now...?" Meredy asked quietly.
"I don't know," Jellal said quietly as he clenched a fist. "We just have to wait and see now..."
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"Ah...it's finally begun..." Jikan said with a grin.
"It's about time, took him hours..." Byron said with a yawn. "I was about to fall asleep..."
"What now, master?" Veronica asked.
"We wait, and then we watch, as the government falls to our control..." Jikan replied as his grin widened.
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"I am here tonight to address the current standing of the Magic Council..." Siegrain started as he placed his hands behind his back, walking back and forth as the lacrima kept track of him. "I am aware the Magic Council's standing has dropped due to the recent attack of Grimoire Heart, and this happened under the "protection" of Gran Doma and his men." Siegrain paused for a moment, allowing everyone to take in what he was saying before continuing. "Frankly, I can't say I blame you all for the sudden loss of trust, but, I am here tonight to tell you that starting as of right now, I, the Wizard Saint Siegrain, am taking control of the Magic Council as its new chairman! Now, I understand that change is frightening for everyone, but if you have complaints about it, please...refer them to the King himself. He is the one who approved this, after all."
"WHAT?!" Natsu shouted, forgetting that Siegrain couldn't hear him.
"Jellal, what are you thinking?!" Erza said aloud as she listened to Siegrain verbally taking control of not only the Magic Council, but Fiore slowly. "Releasing Siegrain like that..."
"That is not all!" Siegrain said with a friendly smile. "How do you know things will be different? I'm sure that's a question running through your heads right now, hm? Well, it's simple. I will start regaining your trust by hunting down the assassin who's murdered and threatened the lives of people within the town of Magnolia! Once we find the Assassin, I will show live broadcast of their execution!"
"The assassin, eh..." Cygnus scratched the back of his head.
Sidney stayed silent, but he took a quick glance at the tired Skye. "Hm..."
"Is he really doing this for the good of Fiore...?" Makarov asked, his suspicions rising quickly of the former Wizard Saint.
"I don't wish to keep you all up too late, but do expect some changes coming from the magic Council soon!" Siegrain waved slightly, and the lacrima screen cut off.
"You knew about this, didn't you?" Gaia asked Magnus as she folded her arms.
"Of course I did, but it doesn't involve us, so why mention it?" Magnus replied.
"I dunno man..." Daryan said as used a small bone to pick his teeth. "That guy doesn't seem alright..."
"Oh, he's far from it..." Magnus nodded. "But, trust me on this."
"That was great, Siegrain-Senpai!" Correll said as he bowed with immense praise to the new leader of the Magic Council.
"Incredible, I couldn't have done better myself," Odin said with a simple, yet loyal nod.
"Excellent work, Siegrain," Aloy said with an approving nod.
"Is this really happening?" Doranbolt asked Lahar with obvious doubt in his voice from the current situation.
"It looks like it," Lahar responded with a nod. "I don't know if we can actually trust Siegrain yet, but it's the only thing we can do at the moment..."
"I have a few things for some of you to do right now," Siegrain said as he looks towards the five captains. "Lahar, I believe there was a new recruit waiting here for hours, please bring her in."
"Yes, sir..." Lahar nodded, and walked off.
"Correll, Odin, and Aloy, I want /enforcement/ of the laws now, are we clear?" Siegrain asked with a somewhat intimidating stare to show how serious he was, but he soon found that the stare wasn't necessary as the three captains nodded in agreement as soon as Siegrain made the request.
"You can count on me, Siegrain-Senpai! I'll reach my arrest quota and beyond!" Correll nodded with a smirk.
"If he doesn't get distracted by every female he sees..." Odin commented.
"That's a hard hurtle for me to leap and you know it!" Correll replied. "Plus I can't help it if the ladies love me!"
Odin rolled his eyes at Correll's reply, then turned to Siegrain. "Yes, sir, Siegrain."
"You can count on me, sir," Aloy nodded.
Siegrain then turned to Doranbolt. "And Doranbolt, you can remain on standby. With your speed, you will assist me in personal arrest, understand?"
"Yes, sir," Doranbolt nodded.
"Kemuri is handling the offical arrest of Gran Doma. With this is place, we have a new order setting in." Siegrain grinned. This was the start of something beautiful as far as he was concerned.
In the prison of the Magic Council, Gran Doma himself was cuffed, and trapped inside a cell, a highly depressed look on his face. Cobra heard everything that happened, and witnessed it for himself, along with the other criminals; the arrest and overthrowing of the Magic Council Chairman. "Interesting turn of events..." Cobra said to himself, but a smirk was on his lips.
Kemuri was the one who took Gran Doma to the prison himself, now watching the former Council Chairman with a smile. "Sorry, old man. But I agree with Siegrain and the King. It was time for some new leadership."
"You can't..." Gran Doma started.
"That's the thing, Gran Doma. It already happened." Kemuri said with small laugh before walking off. "Not how I planned for the old man to get the boot. But this works just as well anyway! Things are looking up for you, Kemuri. Let's keep at it..."
Siegrain sat in what used to be Gran Doma's chair, crossing one leg over the other as he rested his elbow on the arm of the chair, leaning his head against his hand. "Ah...it's good to be the chairman."