Hey, Fairy Tail fans, and welcome back to a Fairy Tail re-told. It's time for the next chapter. As always, leave a like and comment, and don't forget to tell me your thoughts.

Happy: last time, Gray managed to stop his old rival, but it appears that they were able to bring back Deliroa,

Gray: I can't believe they brought back Deliroa; there's the only way to stop it.

Deliroa's roar could be heard across the Island as people and villagers all ran for their Lives.

"Yes, finally," Zalty exclaimed as he watched the monster try to break free from the ice.

"What was that," Lucy asked as they reached the temple.

"Maybe it was your stomach, Lucy," Happy teased.

"Ya know you're not as funny as you think you are," Lucy scolded him.

"look, it's that beam of light," Happy told them.

"then that means," Lucy said with a scared expression. They've almost revied Deliroa." she shook her head, the fear leaving her body. "Come on,"

The final battle of Galuna Island

"Damn it," Natsu muttered. "I don't have time to deal with you," Natsu shouted. "Let's end this, no-" Before he could finish, a small green ball flung at his face, knocking him down.

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The ball flew back to Zalty as he smiled and swung it back at Natsu. "Oh yeah," Natsu punched the ball, shattering it only for it to go back together and hit him in the gut. "What the, I broke it."

"I used my arc of time to send the ball back to before it was broken," Zalty told him. "You can't win here, Salamander."

"What kind of magic," Natsu asked.

"it's known as the Arc of Time," Zalty told him. "Want to see what happens when I send this ball forward in time?

Before Natsu could blink, a barrage of balls struck, getting a laugh from Zalty.

Natsu attempted to strike the ball, only for it to stop in front of him. " As you can see, my lost magic is far superior to yours."

"I would be more impressed if it worked on people," Natsu told him.

"That's a drawback, yes," Zalty admitted.

"if you don't mind me asking, what's your point," Natsu asked. "Lyon wants to beat the thing for his ego, but what do you get out of it?"

"l just recently joined them," Zalty told him. "As for the others, I can't say."

"Okay then," Natsu asked. "What is your goal."

"I see straight to the point," Zalty asked. "I like that," a smile formed on Zalty as he started talking. "The cold Emperor is a twerp, nothing more; there is no way he can beat Deliroa."

"Oh, and you can," Natsu asked.

"I don't want to fight it," Zalty said " I want to control it," Zalty explained. "With that kind of power, the world will kneel before me."

"That's stupid," Natsu said bluntly, shocking Zalty. "If you think having a demon by your side makes you tough."

"of course, you're too young to understand," Zalty told him. "When you're older, you'll understand why you need power." he laughed. "The darkness grows, and there is nothing you can do to stop it," he laughed.

"I don't need that," Natsu told him. "Cause I know my friends have my back," he said as flames formed around him.

"Oh, what will that do when a ceiling hits you?" Zalty used his magic to make the ceiling fall apart.

"I don't care," Natsu shouted as he jumped. " I just want you and your pals off this Island," Natsu shouted as he shot fire at the crystal balls," creating a massive area of smoke."

Zalty backed up, looking around. "I may not be able to control time," Natsu shouted, "but I can see the future, and it has me kicking your ass," Natsu shouted before he punched Zalty into a nearby rock.

Meanwhile, Lucy stopped Tobey from performing the moon drip ceremony. "awesome, we stopped," Lucy cheered as the beam of Light disappeared.

"You mean this guy was doing it all by himself," Happy asked as Tobey shot.

"It's too late; the ceremony has been completed!" he shouted before passing out. Soon, a large beam of green Light surrounded the Island as Deliroa broke free from the ice.

"Chief, what's going on?" someone shouted.

"Something bad," he responded.

Gray had made it just in time to see the monster he had feared for his entire childhood come to life. He stopped and picked up some water that belonged to the ice. "Thank you was all he could say."

"Gray," Natsu shouted as he ran up to him. "Their only thing left is to stop this thing."

"stop," a voice called. The pair looked back to see Lyon crawling, too. "Neither of you is strong enough to stop Deliroa," Lyon groaned. I will surpass Ur," he stated. "It is my dream."

"No way, man, there's no way; you're barely able to stand up," Natsu told him.

"I've dreamt of this moment for so long."

Flashback

"Ur is the strongest Wizard around here," someone told Lyon. "She's been held up in the mountains since her daughter's death."

Lyon gave a big smile. "You think she'll teach me magic."

"It's bad enough you're taking him in," Lyon wined as he talked to Ur, "but you're teaching him magic."

That's a problem," Ur asked.

"but you don't need him, " Lyon told her. "You already have me to replace your daughter," he said.

Before he could blink, Ur slapped him. "Let's get one thing straight, Lyon," she said as she looked at him. "I never once thought of you as a replacement; you're my adorable little student," she said as she pressed against his forehead.

End Flashback

Lyon managed to stand up. "My dream is so close I can finally-" Lyon was unable to finish as Gray had already knocked him down.

"you've caused enough trouble," he told him. "I'll clean up the mess you made."

Gray walked into the water and took the stance for Ice Shell. "I have to finish this."

"Gray, do you know how long it took me to melt the ice?" Lyon shouted. "Even if you pull it off, it won't stop me."

"I'm not thinking of the future, Lyon," Gray shouted. "I am protecting the here and now." Before Gray could finish, Natsu stood before him.

"Natsu, get out of the way."

"If I didn't let you do it before," Natsu told him, "what in the hell makes you think I'm going to let you do it now."

"It's the only way."

"don't worry," Natsu said, smirking, "Well, find another one."

As Deliroa raised its fist to attack, it suddenly caused everyone to stop. "What," Gray asked as he stopped performing Iced Shell.

Delora then started to disintegrate and fall apart into the water.

"No," Lyon muttered as he saw Deliroa fade away. "Deliroa was already dead."

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outside, the temple began to shake again. "What's going on," Happy asked.

"I don't know," Lucy answered as she watched the water from the temple pour into the ocean.

Lyon lay on the floor. "For ten years, Ur slowly sapped away at Deliroa's energy, " Lyon said, tears forming in his eyes. "What we just saw were its dying breaths," Lyon cried. "My dream is dead; there's no way I can surpass her now."

Gray and Natsu stood side by side, and Natsu grew a smile on his face. "You know, Gray," Natsu said, looking at him, "your teacher was pretty awesome."

Gray couldn't help but cry as he remembered Ur's voice saying she saved him from the darkness. "Thank you, Ur," Gray sobbed. Natsu placed a hand on his back, patting softly as Gray smiled. Continuing to think about everything Ur did for him

'The Ice that was once Ur melted and flooded into the ocean.' Happy, Lucy, and Erza appeared. Lucy and Happy both tackled Natsu to the ground with tears in their eyes. 'Gray told me Ur was still alive, and I believed him. Now she can watch her beloved students from where she is.' Gray walked over to Lyon, still crying, and put him on his shoulder. 'We could almost hear her saying, 'Please don't fight again.'

"Think we did it," Lucy asked.

"I don't think so," Natsu told her. "Something doesn't add up," he muttered, scratching his chin. "The beam of Light wasn't enough to heal the villagers," he told them.

"well, we have Lyon with us," Happy said. "Maybe we could ask him."

"I don't know," Lyon told them.

"What!"

"When we came here three years ago, we were aware there was a village," Lyon explained, "but we never interacted with them."

"Wait, really," Lucy asked. "I find that hard to believe that light from the mountain is pretty hard to miss."

"Yeah," Natsu agreed, "they said this started when you guys started collecting moon drip."

"that can't be true," Lyon told them. "I've been exposed to just as long, and I'm fine."

"oh yeah."

"Something doesn't add up," Natsu said. "We should go check on the villagers, but know I'm not done with you, pal. You harmed these people."

"Nats wait a sec," Lucy told him.

Flashback

"you wanna know why we helped Lyon," Tobey told Lucy. "It's because Deliroa destroyed our homes and families."

"And Lyon said if we help him free the demon, he will kill it."

End Flashback

"I didn't know," Natsu told her.

"I know, but let's help the villagers," Lucy told him. "It's why we're here."

"I think I have an idea of how we can do it, but I need some information," Natsu said

"that'd be great," Lucy said.

As the group left, Gray stopped to look at Lyon again. "What," he asked.

"Nothing, it's just, maybe we should try wizarding," Gray told him. "It's a lot of fun."

"As if"

"Why are you so grumpy all the time, man?" Lyon froze when he heard that. He looked at Gray, who was only smiling. "I can't tell you how to live your life, but be sure to make Ur proud," he said as he walked away.

"Whatever," Lyon said, trying to hide his smile.

"I missed you too, buddy," Gray said before he left.

When the group made it back to the camp where the villager was told they found it was deserted

"Are you sure they're staying here," Natsu asked as they looked around.

"yeah, this is the last place we saw them," Lucy told him.

"While we're here, I will grab some badges and medicine," Gray said

"Your back," a voice called. The group turned to see one of the villagers running up to them. "We need you back at the village; there's something you have to see."

The villagers led the group back to the village, which was fully restored as if nothing had happened to it.

"Okay, this is weird," Natsu said as he touched some of the houses to make sure it was real.

"I know," Lucy added. "It's like the place went back in time."

"back in time," Nasu asked as he thought of Zalty, who had that ability. "Mabey, no. unless he had a change of heart." Natsu started.

"what's wrong," Lucy asked.

"Oh, nothing, don't worry about it," Natsu told her.

Before she could reply again, a thought came over Lucy as she ran off. "our stuff," Lucy said, leaving a confused Natsu behind. She stopped when she saw Bobo's Grave. 'I'm glad it's back to normal.'

"You wizards used magic to restore our village, didn't you," Moka asked as he left the grave. "I can't thank you enough. But when will you destroy the moon," he questioned, glaring at Lucy.

"Destroying the moon is a simple task, sir," Natsu explained.

"did you say that with a straight face," Gray asked.

"Aye"

"But first, there are a few things we need to clear up," Natsu asked. "Could you ask everyone to gather for a meeting?"

Soon, everyone was gathered at the front of the village as Natsu began integrating everyone. "So, you say you take these appearances only at night."

"Yes," Moka answered, "during the day, we were fine, but at night, it appeared you see us now."

"the moon didn't change until we got close to the Island," Natsu whispered. "We also learned that the moon drip ceremony has been held for three years," Natsu explained as he started pacing. " And you say this started happening ever since the moon turned purple three years ago."

"has it been that long?"

"Yeah"

Before Natsu could speak again, he stepped on Lucy's pitfall trap and fell in, letting out a girlish scream.

"Even the pit trap came back," Gray whispered

"I didn't mean to," Lucy shouted

Natsu climbed out of the hole and dusted herself off. "I want to know why you never went to the temple to investigate."

"damn, he must be one tough customer," one of the villagers muttered.

"he stood up like nothing," another one said.

"please explain," Natsu asked.

The villagers looked at each other nervously before speaking. "Well, you see," Moka stated, "our village lore says we can never go near the temple."

"Okay," Lucy said, jumping in, "but village lore can be ignored if your people are dying," Lucy said this got a few worried looks from the villagers.

"Why don't you tell us what's going on here?" Natsu demanded.

"Well, we don't know," Moka admitted. "We'd pull out weapons we never had to use before, and I'd shave my sideburns, and we'd go to the temple."

"We could as close to where we could see the temple through the trees," Moka told them, "but every time, we'd magically end up back at the village.

"that is strange," Lucy admitted.

"Hmm," Natsu said as he stroked his chin, looking at the sky.

"Please believe us," one of the villagers pleaded.

"yeah, we didn't tell you before 'cause we were afraid you wouldn't believe us."

"we've tried, but every villager gets sent back."

"I think I get it," Natsu agreed, getting confused looks from Gray and Lucy.

Zalty sat in a tree and laughed. "I should have guessed he would have figured it out." he let out another small chuckle as he watched the events.

"come on, Gray," Natsu said,

"wait, where are you going?" Gray asked

"doing what we were hired to do," Natsu said, smiling

"We're going to destroy the moon."

Happy: hey Natsu Lucy, you know there are cats on the moon

Lucy: Facepalm

Natsu: um, I doubt that.

Happy: oh, it's true they get to play in craters and eat moonfish

Lucy: giggles

Natsu: Bud, I doubt that's the case.

Happy: huh

Next time: Secret of the Demon Island

Happy: no way have you been to the moon before

Natsu: no, but I think fish need w, after, and cats need oxygen.

Happy: aw man, and I was hoping for some moonfish

Lucy: I'm surrounded by idiots.