Hey everyone, here is an update to hold you over till I'm done my book. It shouldn't – shouldn't – take much longer - hopefully. Now onto the chapter! XD

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Recap: Jellal now lies on the ground unmoving, and Natsu lands on his feet with a hand to stop him from face planting the ground alongside his enemy. He stood up straight and tall with a daring look in his eyes that told anyone to try and mess with him or his friends.

Harry looked on in awe at Natsu. When he saw the flames take on the shape of a dragon it reminded him of a snake made out of fire, but those flames where a darker red like hellfire. He thinks it was Voldemort or someone else that used that spell, but he was not sure.

Harry shook his head to clear it. Whoever it was that cast the snake fire spell was not important at the moment. He does plan on finding out what the spell was though; it seems powerful, and that is kind of what he needs to be able to protect his friends. He'll ask Fawkes later.

With that train of thought past, Harry noticed Natsu running up to him. "Why are you still on the ground, Harry?" said Natsu confusedly.

Harry was just as confused, but for a slightly different reason. Didn't Natsu know that he is tied up? Harry looked down at his bound arms, only to notice that they are no longer behind his back. His arms are at his sides and holding him up slightly by the elbows. 'Oh…When did the spell come off?' he asked himself mentally.

Harry got up from the ground, but groaned in pain due to the stiffness in his body from lying on the hard ground for so long. Once he was up straight, Fawkes answered his silent question. {You were unbound right after Jellal was defeated.}

Harry nodded his head in thanks to his familiar. He and Natsu walk over to Erza and help her up. "Time to get out of here," said Natsu while being the one to hold the S-class mage up, and Harry with his wand out in case for some reason there were still enemies around. Simon was awake and walking, but he was still weak, so he was moving slowly, but so was everyone else. They only made it a few feet before the tower started to shake violently.

Harry, still being stiff, almost fell over, but he caught himself just in time before his face decided it couldn't live without its new friend, the floor. "What is going on?" he asked with a hint of panic in his voice.

"The magic in the lacrima is becoming instable," said Erza.

"Well then, we better get moving!" Natsu said with determination, and they all kept moving with Fawkes flying over head.

"Natsu, just leave me here. Get yourself, Harry, Simon, and Fawkes out of here," said Erza with guilt clearly heard in her voice. All those she named protested loudly.

"We're not leaving you!" Natsu, Simon, and Harry cried out as one while Fawkes squawked angrily at her for even daring to think that they were just going to leave her behind.

Harry turned to Fawkes, but before he could say anything like telling his familiar to get them out of there, he heard Erza say she was sorry and then an oof from Natsu. Harry spun around and saw that Erza had knocked out Natsu, and was currently doing the same thing with Simon by slamming a fist to his gut. Erza then turned to Harry and knocked him out. He tried to dodge the attack, but thanks to being stiff and in shock he could not move out of the way in time.

Fawkes felt his telepathic connection with Harry close off again that day. He looked down to see if he was okay, only to see he is past out along with the two other male humans. He became worried. Was there another enemy here and he just didn't notice? Fawkes got his answer when he spotted Erza. She was moving over to one of the jagged spikes of lacrima and placed her hand on it.

Fawkes now understood why Erza knocked out his wizard and his friends. She planned to sacrifice herself to save them, but that would go against all their hard work on coming here in the first place. They came here to save her. Fawkes wasn't going to let Erza kill herself if he could help it.

Fawkes folded his wings to his sides to go into a nosedive. He was almost there, just a foot away when it happened. His body burst into flames and he became a pile of ashes. His ashes plopped softly onto the hard ground.

After a few seconds, Fawkes poked his head back out, now a baby again. He looked over to where Erza was, just in time to see the last bit of her sink into the lacrima. He closed his coal colored eyes and bowed his head. 'I'm sorry, Harry. I couldn't stop her in time.'

Harry felt himself waking up. His body is sore due to the stiffness and the punch to the gut from Erza. 'Wait…Erza!' Harry shot up from his lying position, but he regretted it shortly afterward. His head became light and dizzy, and the world around started to darken again. He held still for a moment with his hand on his head to calm the black out. Once it pasted, he looked around for his red-headed friend, but he doesn't see her anywhere.

The sound of a small, cute, quiet trill was heard not far from where Harry lies. He turned to see Fawkes in his old body's ashes. Harry got up, slowly this time, so he could make his way over to his familiar. He bent down and scooped Fawkes up along with most of his ashes to help keep him warm.

"Fawkes, are you okay?" he asked softly. Fawkes nodded his head in reply. "Where's Erza?"

Fawkes pointed with his beak toward the lacrima he saw Erza go through. Harry turned to face it in confusion at first, but then he remembered what Jellal tried to do before. This piece of lacrima can absorb mages. Harry ran over to the crystal and freed one of his hands to try to pull Erza out, but the lacrima won't even let his hand through.

"How do I even get in there to get her back out?" Harry cried out desperately. Fawkes trilled sadly, not knowing what to do either.

Harry looked around and spotted Natsu and Simon still on the ground. He runs over to them and wakes them both up. Simon was first to wake, followed by Natsu.

Natsu growled, "I can't believe Erza knocked me out!"

"That's not important right now!" Harry shouted in anger, but if he could hear panic in his own voice then Natsu definitely heard it too.

"What's wrong, Harry?" asked Natsu in concern.

"Erza is in the lacrima, but I can't get her back out," said Harry pointing to where Erza was last seen.

"What?!" Natsu got up and ran over to the crystal. He pounded his fist onto the lacrima, but nothing happened. Natsu turned to Simon. "How do I get in there?" he asked.

"I'm not sure," said Simon. "Try focusing your magic into it and use that to pull Erza out." Harry wasn't sure if that was even possible, but it was the only idea they had, so he didn't stop Natsu from trying.

Natsu laid a hand on the lacrima and closed his eyes. Harry didn't know, but Natsu saw what looked like Erza's funeral. This upset him greatly, so he cried out, denying that she was dead. That was when he felt her. Erza was still alive like he believed. He can feel her will to live surface back up. He grabbed hold of that will, and pulled.

Harry saw Natsu get upset during his time focusing on the lacrima, but shortly after he saw fingers start to appear through. Natsu grabbed hold of the hand firmly, and pulled, revealing that the hand belonged to Erza.

Harry sighed in relief; he thought at first that the hand may have belonged to Zeref. Erza is unconscious, and they still needed to get out of there, but they couldn't use Fawkes to do that anymore.

{Portus…} Harry heard faintly. {Use…spell…Portus.}

"Fawkes, what is Portus?" Harry asked.

{Use…object…cast…Portus…thinking…place.}

Harry was still confused, but he does as told. "Natsu, give me your wrist band." Natsu give it to him with a confused expression, and Harry thought about the resort. He cast Portus onto the object with a tap of his wand, and this made him remember what is supposed to happen if this is the same thing as when he touched a boot and trophy cup. "Natsu, Simon, grab the wrist band, quickly!" They did so with Erza still in Natsu's arms and Fawkes held firmly in Harry's hand, and then the world around them went into a blur. When their world stopped spinning, they saw that they were back at the resort.

Harry gives back Natsu his wrist band, who takes it in one hand, still using the other to hold Erza up. Harry makes sure they didn't leave anyone behind and saw that Simon and Fawkes are still with them too. He looks back out to the water hoping that his other friends made it out of there as well. With that thought, Harry turned to Natsu.

"Do you think that others are okay?" he asked.

Natsu grinned. "They're fine; I smell them making their way here now."

Harry wonders just how good Natsu's nose really is. He looks back to the sea and sees a small boat moving fast straight toward them. Harry with his seeker's eyes saw that the boat held Lucy, Gray, Happy, Millianna, Wally, Sho, and Juvia.

Juvia was the one to make the boat move fast by using her water magic it seems. She slowed down their boat when they got closer. After they stopped, they came running toward them.

"Are you guys okay?" asked Gray in concern, not that he'll ever admit that he was worried about Natsu as well.

"Yeah, we're fine!" Harry replied. "We're still a little dizzy from the portkey though."

When the others caught up to them, Lucy asked, "What is a portkey?"

"Um…a portkey is some kind of transportation device. One can create one by using any object and casting a spell on it. I just said the name of this kind of object without even realizing it," Harry said the last sentence more to himself than to his friends. "Fawkes helped me remember that one."

"Good thing too," said Simon in relief. "If he didn't, we would be in trouble." Natsu nodded in agreement.

"Why couldn't Fawkes just teleport you all out of there?" Gray asked, not realizing his shirt is off until Lucy tells him. "Darn it!"

Harry held up his familiar for them all to see. "He saved Simon's life, but an hour went by, resulting in Fawkes having a burning day," he explained.

Simon nodded his head to confirm Harry's words. "Yes, I owe this little guy my life." He turns to the baby phoenix. "Thank you for saving me." Fawkes bowed his head as best he could in a show of appreciation, but he smacked his face into Harry's hand and pile of ashes instead. He sneezed to get rid of the ashes that went up his nose.

Everyone chuckled at the cuteness of a baby animal sneezing. Harry turned to head for the resort building. "I need to check on Castor and Mira," he said.

"Yeah, we need to also tell them that we're alive and kicking still too," Natsu said with a happy grin.

"Aye Sir!" Happy cried out joyfully in agreement with his mage.

Everyone that went to the Tower of Heaven and those who were from there walked into the hotel, and Harry walked straight for the stairs. He didn't bother to see if the others were following or not, but he does believe that Sho is fixing his magic on all the guests that are at the resort.

Harry makes it to his and Castor's room and knocks. Within a few moments, Mira cracked open the door to see who it was. When she saw it was him she swung the door open wide, and she and Castor tackled Harry to the ground in worry and relief.

"You're okay," Mira said softly in Harry's shoulders. Castor didn't say anything, but he was sobbing and hiccuping too much to form words to begin with.

Harry smiled at his girlfriend and son warmly, and patted both on the head. "I'm fine; I hardly got into any fights this time." He gave a nervous smile for what he was about to say next. "I did get kidnapped though at some point by the boss there," he said.

Mira looked up with a half-hearted glare. "You what? You got kidnapped? How did that even happen?"

"Fawkes wasn't there at the time when it happened," Harry explained. "I need to learn more than just spells, so I was thinking on getting Erza to teach me how to sword fight. I'm sure you agree that I need to get stronger to protect everyone, right?"

Mira scoffed. "You need to get stronger to protect yourself first," she said.

Harry laughed softly, knowing that she is right. He looked down to Castor then. "How are you, little man?"

Castor has finally calmed down enough to speak, but his voice told him how exhausted he was. "I'm okay now that you're back," he said.

"He woke up two hours after you left. I had to tell him where you and the others went. He refused to go back to bed, saying that he will wait till you came back to him safely," Mira told him.

Harry's eyes widened in surprise; he didn't need to look in a mirror to know that his eyes have become glassy from threatening tears. He held onto his adopted son close in joy and love. He never felt this much love from someone before, he was sure of it.

"I'm alright, son. You can rest now," said Harry.

"Will you read to me?" Castor asked in a small, childish voice.

Harry smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I'll read to you. What story do you want to hear?"

"Um…Can you read: The Fountain of Fair Fortune?"

"Sure I can." Harry, Castor, and Mira walked into the room. Once Harry closed the door behind him he tucked Castor into bed after washing his hands from Fawkes' ashes, and giving his familiar a bath as well.

He pulled out the story Castor wants to hear him read, and started. It didn't take long for his son to fall asleep, but he finished the story anyway. He closed the book and put it away in Castor's bag. He nearly jumped out of his chair when he heard cooing from the door.

He gave a glare to the one within the doorway, and saw that it was Lucy and Erza. "That was the cutest thing ever," Lucy said.

"Are you sure you should be moving around, Erza?" Harry asked worriedly.

"I'll be fine. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for helping in saving me, Harry," said Erza.

"It was no problem, but I didn't do much," said Harry sadly.

"Hey, Erza," said Mira. "Harry wanted to know if you could teach him the art of the sword."

Erza was surprised at that, but she can understand why Harry wants to learn a useful skill. "I can, but he'll need to get his own sword first. It's always best if he finds a sword that suits him before really starting his training. We can start with the basics with wooden swords, but the real training will be with real blades."

Harry nodded in understanding. "That's fine with me. First things first, though, you need to rest and recover," he said.

"Are you sure, Harry?" Erza asked.

"Yeah, I don't want you overdoing it like Natsu. How is he anyway?"

"The idiot is sleeping off elemental sickness right now. He should be fine in a few days."

"That's good to know," said Harry.

"So how are you feeling, Erza?" Mira asked.

"I'll be fine with some rest. Tomorrow is our last day here, so let's make the most of it," said Erza.

"I agree," said Mira with a smile.

"Well, goodnight Harry and Mira," Erza said. "We'll see you tomorrow."

"Night, guys," said Lucy before following after the red-headed mage.

When the door closed, Mira turned to Harry. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. I don't even have a scratch on me," he replied.

"Alright then, I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning." She got up from the chair she was sitting on, and walked out the door, but not before giving Harry a kiss goodnight. "Goodnight, Harry."

"Goodnight, Mira."

"Where's Erza?" It's the next morning, and Harry, Castor, Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Mira, and Gray are all on the beach having fun. Harry caught the ball that he and his son are playing with, and paused when Castor asked his question.

Harry looked around and noticed that not only is Erza missing, but so are the others from the Tower of Heaven. "I don't know where they are." He shrugged his shoulders. "They're probably talking somewhere," he answered.

"Oh, okay. Pass the ball?" asked Castor with his hands up, ready to catch the ball.

A small grin formed on Harry's face. "Sure, here it comes!" He threw the ball with all the strength he has, sending the ball way over Castor's head and a few feet behind him. Castor chased after the ball, dived for it, and caught it before it hit the ground. "Great catch, Cas!" Harry called out.

Castor got up from the sandy floor to turn to Harry with a happy grin of his own, but it turned evil the next second. "Thanks, now it's your turn!" He used his telekinesis magic to throw the ball high up in the sky, and send it flying toward their friends. Harry gave chase, his eyes only on the ball. This was his downfall, literally; Harry crashed into Natsu and they both went down.

When the two of them got up, Natsu said, "What the heck, Harry! I almost got this ice cube!" Said ice cube was laughing at them both while holding the ball that Harry was trying to catch.

"How did Castor throw this so far from where you where, Harry?" Gray asked after calming down from his laughter.

"He somewhat cheated," said Harry. "He used magic."

"Why didn't you use magic to catch the ball then?" Natsu asked.

"I didn't bring my wand with me. I left it in our room," Harry replied.

Harry didn't notice that Castor was running up to them until the child slammed into his back. He could have sworn he heard a popping sound when it happened. Castor is laughing while still sitting on his father's back. Once he stopped, Harry hoped he would get off, but he didn't. Instead, Castor asked, "Can we play invisible tag?"

Harry sighed fondly. "Yeah sure, just get off first so I can put my cloak on." Their way of playing invisible tag was by Harry wearing his invisibility cloak while Castor used his invisibility magic to hide himself.

Once Castor was off, Harry pulled his cloak from his pocket and wrapped it around him, while at the same time his son turned invisible. Before the two ran off, Natsu said after sniffing the air, "That's weird…I can smell Castor, but not Harry."

Natsu jumped when Harry spoke. "Funny, I was going to ask you about that when he got to the guild, but I guess I don't have to now, huh?"

Natsu's eyes appeared to be threatening him by trying to jump out of his skull. "THAT IS SO WEIRD! I can hear him like his right next to me, but I don't smell him at all!" he exclaimed.

"Well, while you're having your breakdown, Castor and I are going to play," said Harry. "Start running Cas!" He didn't see any footsteps taking off from where he last saw his son. "Castor?"

"I saw sand being kicked up somewhere during Natsu's rant, Harry," Lucy said. "He went that way, I think." She pointed to her left. Harry thanked her and took off after his little boy.

Harry, Castor, and Mira were playing a card game when Erza came in. "Have either of you seen Millianna, Wally, Simon, and Sho?" she asked.

"I haven't," said Harry. His son shook his head to answer; he hasn't seen them either.

"I think I saw them by one of the boats earlier," Mira said.

"How long ago was that?" Erza asked hurriedly.

"I think three hours ago." Erza took off after that, saying thank you before closing the door.

Harry, Castor, and Mira all looked at each other. "Should we follow?" Harry asked.

"We should," replied Mira. All three got up, but Harry stopped Castor. "You stay here, Cas. I need you, Edge, and Dash to keep an eye on Fawkes for me. Can you do that?" Castor looks over to the baby bird, who has grown quite a bit, but still not big enough to fly way.

Harry's son turned back to him with a determined look in his eyes. He nodded firmly to tell Harry that he understood. "I'll keep an eye on him," he said.

Harry smiled. "Thank you, Castor. We'll be right back." Harry and Mira left the room just as Erza passed by their door again, but this time with Lucy following. The two took off after them, and soon Natsu, Happy, and Gray joined them.

They ran outside, but once they reached the beach, Erza told them to wait farther back while she goes up to her old friends. Harry couldn't hear what is being said, luckily he doesn't need to. Going by the sight of the boat, Sho, Wally, Simon, and Millianna are planning to travel for a bit.

Harry smiled sadly. He can tell that Erza offered them to join Fairy Tail, but with staying in a tower for most of their life he can understand why they want to see the world. It took a little while of them talking, making Harry doze off for a moment; therefore, when Erza changed into one of her armors Harry become alert and almost grabbing his wand in fright. He paused when he saw that they weren't in danger, but he still gripped his wand in his hand.

The armor is not one Harry has ever seen; it had the Fairy Tail symbol on a cape and a flag that Erza holds in her hand. Then she spoke words loud enough for everyone, including them, to hear.

"One! You must never reveal any sensitive information about Fairy Tail to outsiders for as long as you live! Two! You must never use the clients you met through the guild to achieve personal gain!" Erza paused, most likely to get some control back in her voice before the sobs can fully take over. "Three! Though our paths may differ…you must always live out your lives with all your might! Never must you consider your own life to be insignificant!" she cried out, both loudly and in tears. Harry can see that the friends she made in the tower were also crying. "Never in your lives must you forget the friends you held dear!"

Harry wants to join them in their crying, but he held strong. It's not like he'll never see them again after all. So he decided to continue to smile sadly.

Erza held up her staff high above her head before shouting, "Let the Fairy Tail send-off party begin!" Harry has heard of this before from the guild master, but he has never seen it happen before. This will be his first time seeing and participating in it.

"You guys!" Natsu shouted with his arms out and above his head. "See you around sometime!" He turned his face up with his cheeks puffed out. He spits globs of fire up into the sky for them to explode into fireworks. Lucy and Gray soon joined in. Mira stood there and waved at the four leaving them along with Happy.

Harry lifted his wand and flowed magic into it, kind of like what Lucy is doing. He shot the magic out high up into the night sky, and watched as it exploded in beautiful red and gold colored sparks. He did this about seven times, letting his instincts guide him through the motion of creating fireworks out of pure magic. There doesn't seem to be a name for it, but he guessed that that was okay. His wand arm goes into a complete circle three times, building up the magic and then firing it off.

After the seventh explosion of magic went off, Harry looked back to the people that are now considered friends to them. He smiled cheerfully at them, to show them that everything will be okay.

TBC

I believe that I ended this arc greatly. That was a beautiful closing if you ask me. Now before I say anything else: after Tenrou Island, should I have Simon join Fairy Tail, or have him join his sister? VOTE ON THE POLL, please!

Now then, I'm going to go back to my book so I can finish that sucker. Again, once I'm done, I'll be working on this till after Tenrou. Once that arc is done, I'll work on something else; most likely the sequel to My Hollow Siblings. I'll be going back and forth with that and this fanfic.

P.S. I realized I called Castor "Cas". It didn't hit me at first, but I thought of Castiel from Supernatural shortly after typing it. :)

Harry: So what's with the ugly fish?

Natsu: What fish? :/

Enj/Dark: Oh, that was from 2 days ago. ^_^

Voldy: Okay, but why's it here?

Enj/Dark: It's Dumbledore.

Harry: WHAT?! DX WHY DID YOU TURN THE HEADMASTER INTO A FISH?

Voldy: *laughing and rolling on the ground without any shame*

Enj/Dark: I read a fanfic where he was torturing you, Harry. *Shows him the fanfic before he protests*

Harry: O_O He would never do something like that… D=

Enj/Dark: There are a lot of fanfiction that have an evil Dumbles in them. Believe it or not, but this one isn't the worst. This is better than the others, tame wise. I didn't want to kill him within a slight second in this one. The others, yeah I did.

Voldy: May I mess with him? :)

Zeref: And kind I help? *eyes have turned red*

Enj/Dark: Just don't kill him. I plan to send him back to the void once the next update is out - since I'm also reading another Dumbledore is evil fanfic. I really want him dead in this one. Harry, don't help Dumbledore. If you do…I'll turn you into a rat that looks like Wormtail.

Harry: O.o Um…Natsu, I believe it's your turn.

Natsu: Please review! XD