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Fairy Tail - Fervent Crimson Flame plotline notes (part 4)

Alvarez Arc:

- A year passes by without any news of Zeref or Acnologia’s whereabouts. Alvarez remains a threat on the horizon, but it seems that Makarov’s efforts, in conjunction with the Ten Wizard Saints standing up to become the Council, has kept the rival continent at bay. As Natsu is an absolute novice at politics, he has Ultear as an aide to help break meetings down for him if they go over his head. Moreover, Laxus has stepped up to fill his Grandfather’s shoes as the Seventh Wizard Saint. With Natsu and Laxus technically not a part of Fairy Tail (let’s be honest, they’re still Fairy Tail at heart), that takes away some power from the guild… But they’re not the only ones who stepped away from the guild; Kagura, Sorano, and Millianna all went to help Mermaid Heel get stronger. Wally, Richard, and the Thunder Legion went to Blue Pegasus to boost their power. Cana and Sho went to help Quatro Cerberus get more powerful, as did Racer. Rusty Rose and Azuma, along with Simon and Meredy went to help out Sabertooth. Gray and Juvia went to help out Lamia Scale, as did Kinana and Cobra. Truly, everyone is still Fairy Tail at heart… But they do believe in helping out their fellow guilds as opposed to pooling all the power into one guild and hoarding it.

- Future reference: God Serena, Draculos Hyberion, Wolfheim, Warrod Sequen, Natsu Dragneel, Jura Neekis, Laxus Dreyar, three fillers

- Upon hearing about Serena’s defection, Erza grows increasingly concerned about Makarov’s possible situation in Alvarez. Natsu suggests reuniting their team again for a rescue operation, and the scarlet knight does like that idea, though she doesn’t like leaving the Guild or the children unattended. Not to mention seven high-caliber mages might be the absolute limit they would be able to smuggle into Alvarez’s borders… In the end, Team Mira tries to come along as support, but they are told to stay behind, as Ultear is cashing in a favor for getting in and out of Alakitasia. Mira is made the intermittent Master while Fairy Tail begins calling back its members to prepare for a possible war…

- The rescue team sails to Caracole Island to refuel and inquire about the Alvarez Navy locking the island down. They encounter Marin and dispatch him with some minor difficulty for Erza, Meredy, and Simon. Brandish shows up shortly after, and is subsequently annoyed when intimidation doesn’t work on Natsu, let alone Erza. Using her Magic to seemingly disintegrate Kagura only enrages the Fairy Tail mages, and she is soon forced to fend off the remaining six of them; though she soon is horrified to discover that Wendy’s Enhancement Magic renders her Command T Magic ineffective against Natsu, and he subsequently beats her down hard. Once Brandish slips into unconsciousness, Kagura is returned to normal size, relieving the Fairy Tail mages, who thought her to be dead. From there, Natsu, Erza, Kagura, and Ultear wipe out the Navy stationed at Caracole when they foolhardily try to take back Brandish and Marin. This frees the neutral island, and Simon takes the four battle-weary mages to meet the spy, having already taken Wendy and Meredy to them.

- The Fairy Tail mages are pleased to see Sorano after so long; and she decided to bring her darling little sister along to meet them. They are pleasantly surprised to see one of the Spriggan Twelve already dealt with. If worse comes to worst, they can at least use her to barter for Makarov’s release. Though Natsu’s all for playing for keeps.

- Makarov finally meets with ‘Emperor Spriggan’ after a year of being made to wait, and the Black Wizard muses how he is pleased with Natsu’s growth thus far. Zeref feels he hasn’t quite awakened the power needed to kill him yet, but perhaps after some personal losses… At any rate, Zeref’s intent on starting a ‘massacre’ and wiping out Makarov to start chipping away at Natsu. However, Simon arrives and spirits the Third Master away to safety. Ajeel and August promptly give chase.

- Ajeel catches up to the Fairies first, thanks to his Sand Magic being able to detect them, and Makarov warns them to keep running instead of fighting the man, as there will doubtless be reinforcements on the way. Nevertheless, Ajeel is persistent, and it takes Natsu with his Lightning Flame Dragon Mode to bring the Spriggan Shield down. Sufficiently recovered and close enough to the coast, Simon Teleports everyone just as August arrives on the scene to assist his ally. They couldn’t capture Ajeel, but at least they made it out of Alakitasia with Makarov, and they even got one Spriggan Shield and one of her subordinates out of this adventure.

- In the days to come, Invel gathers what Spriggan Shields he can for a meeting called by Zeref. Invel, Dimaria, Ajeel, and August are already there; Neinhart, Wall Eehto, Bloodman, God Serena, Jacob Lessio, Larcade Dragneel, and Irene Belserion all answer the summons and arrive promptly. Dimaria marvels at Brandish’s ‘rebelliousness’, but Invel reveals that the Navy she commanded was massacred at Caracole Island, and she is presumed captured… if not dead. Zeref reminds him that one of Fairy Tail’s weaknesses is their sympathy, and that he suspects she is very much alive.

- As Makarov had Mest wipe everyone’s memories about the Lumen Histoire being used by Hades to take out the Faces, barring Erza and Natsu (who Erza insisted that he be filled in on ‘Fairy Tail’s secret’), Makarov is forced to explain to the whole Guild why Alvarez is invading. Mavis chips in and fills them in on her bit of unknown history with Zeref. From there, they try to prepare as best as they can, but as Warren gets his radar established, thirty enemy ships reveal themselves above Magnolia, commanded by Ajeel. Bisca and Alzack attempt to fire the Jupiter Cannon they acquired from Phantom Lord on Ajeel’s ship, but the Spriggan deflects the blast and subsequently takes out some of his own forces. Deciding to take the fight to them, Ultear takes charge of the airship and takes Meredy, Capricorn (with Lucy’s permission), Rusty Rose, and Azuma with her to take on the Spriggan Shield. They decide to make it one last battle as the Seven Kin of Purgatory, with Rusty bringing back Zancrow and Kain through his Magic. Azuma’s explosions make quick work of the ship, as well as the ships surrounding the main one, and Meredy and Capricorn keep the grunts at bay, leaving the main fight to “Zancrow”, “Kain”, Rusty, and Ultear. Ajeel puts up a good fight, but once Rusty summons forth water with his Arc of Embodiment, the Spriggan becomes bogged down. It’s all left to Ultear to deliver the final blow. Rusty and Azuma are quite surprised to see the Arc of Time wielder show a sense of compassion in sparing Ajeel’s life, though Ultear muses that after eight years with Fairy Tail, and more specifically Team Crimson Flame, it hardly comes as a surprise to her. They take the Spriggan Shield to the holding cells, where Brandish and Marin are being held.

- The Dragon Slayers – Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, and Cobra – make short work of the ground forces that belong to the Ajeel Squad, though they can all tell that there is much more on the way. Warren perceives at least five hundred ships to the North, five hundred to the South, and a mass invading force of over a million soldiers coming from the East. Three Spriggan Shields in command of each of those sides; with one more Spriggan Shield commanding a force coming from the West, and Zeref with them. Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus mobilize to confront the forces in the North, while Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel move to confront the forces in the South. Natsu wants to go out to confront Zeref personally, but Mavis advises that he go with the other three Gods of Ishgar to confront the overwhelming forces to the East (as God Serena is among them, and Natsu can’t help but feel conflicted and eventually decide he needs to deal with his ‘teacher’ before gunning after Zeref). Mavis doesn’t like these other Guilds jumping in, but Makarov assures her that Fairy Tail will not leave all the fighting to them.

- After Laxus and the Thunder Legion counter Wall’s attempt at bypassing Freed’s Enchantments, they set out with Wendy, the Mikazuchi siblings, Meredy, Gray, Juvia, Rusty, Azuma, and Ultear to the Southern battlefield in Hargeon. Laxus takes out Wall with his Red Lightning; and Ultear, Wendy, and Chelia attempt to take on Dimaria (Chelia lands the finishing blow this time, and not through Third Origin; her Magic has the most effect on Chronos, and Ultear and Wendy handle Dimaria when Chronos is wrenched from Dimaria’s body and smited). Neinhart is impressed they managed to defeat his fellow Spriggan Shields, but he soon overwhelms that battlefield with his Historia of the Dead. The Historia of Jellal descends on Simon and Kagura, as does the Historia of Ezel on Wendy and Chelia, Ur on Gray and Lyon, and the Historia of Hades on Laxus, Azuma, and Rusty. With Laxus weakened from his earlier fight, Azuma manages to overpower Hades, as he is significantly weaker than he was in life, and Meredy backs Kagura and Simon up to take down Jellal. Kagura, Azuma, and Rusty tag-team Neinhart as they’re in the best shape, with the former delivering the finishing blow. Subsequently, the remaining Historias disappear. With the fall of the three Spriggan Shields, the Southern battlefront quickly becomes overwhelmingly in the favor of Fairy Tail and its allies. Wall was still killed, but Dimaria and Neinhart captured.

- To the East, God Serena is accosted and reprimanded by Warrod, Wolfheim, and Hyberion for betraying his motherland; Natsu isn’t so much up for lecturing his ‘teacher’ as giving him a good thrashing instead. God Serena is amused, dancing and weaving around his “former” allies’ attacks without really fighting back. August can tell something is amiss, and orders Jacob to intervene. This proves to be a huge mistake as Natsu handily defeats Jacob, and is still clearly ready for the next round. God Serena reveals his true loyalties… namely to himself. And the fact that he passed down knowledge and Magic to Natsu, so that makes him Serena’s; and therefore, Ishgar will always be his. While the other Gods of Ishgar are mildly relieved that Serena was acting under some harebrained scheme as a mole for Ishgar… they’re still annoyed he didn’t run this by them at all. Natsu’s just glad Serena didn’t reject all their time together. Still, this angers August, as he’s the only Shield left able to fight for his Majesty in the East... Just as it’s about to come to an all-out brawl between August and the Five Gods of Ishgar, Acnologia descends onto the battlefield, and is quite annoyed with Serena’s arrogance. Despite the coordinated attacks of Natsu and Serena, Acnologia easily bats them away and grievously injures them (they, in fact, barely manage to live, hanging on by a thread). August is forced to let the Dragon Slayer pass, as he is intent on slaughtering all the Dragon Slayers. But now it’s down to him versus Warrod, Wolfheim, and Hyberion…

- In the North, Bloodman is the major threat while his fellow Spriggan Shields stay back and let him go to work. Gajeel and Cobra are their best chance of defeating this Etherious, so they leave Bloodman to Dragon Slayers. Meanwhile, Levy, Kinana, Sorano, Yukino, Richard, Wally, Racer, Midnight, Panther Lily, and the Strauss Siblings tackle a majority of the grunt forces, taking back Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus. Unbeknownst to them, Irene leaves to ‘deal’ with Acnologia, unleashing her trump card of Universe One to ‘drown’ Acnologia and throw the whole map into disarray.

- Prior to Universe One being unleashed, in the West, Jura tried and failed to take down Invel. Moreover, the surviving Etherious – Mard Geer, Sayla, Franmalth, and Torafuzar managed to take a chunk out of Zeref’s forces, but against the immortal himself they get soundly beaten and turned back into books. Zeref considers just burning them to ashes… But in honor of Natsu sparing their lives a year ago, just leaves them behind as he, Invel, and their remaining forces press forward.

�� - Back in Magnolia, prior to Universe One, Lucy gets her ‘issues’ sorted out with Brandish, clearing up who killed Brandish’s mother. Brandish remarks about Fairy Tail’s futile efforts, as August is on his way to the Guild, but Makarov and the others are gaining confidence with Warren’s report that there are only four Spriggan Shields active. The Eastern and Western fronts are still worrying, but the South is liberated, and the North is gradually following suit. Brandish is shocked to hear of Jacob, Neinhart, and Dimaria’s defeats, along with the deaths of Bloodman, Wall, and Serena (well, he’s on death’s door), but she is equally quick to point out that she and Ajeel are prisoners, and the strongest Spriggan Shields are en route. Moreover, Natsu might very well be dead, which distresses Erza a great deal. Then Universe One occurs…

- The Spriggan Shields are reunited, and Zeref has arrived at Fairy Tail while the Fairies have been spirited away to different locations. Invel is quite cross with Brandish and Ajeel for being bested, but Zeref is keen to remind his advisor that regardless of the losses up until now, everything has gone according to plan. He orders the defeated Spriggan Shields to re-enter the fray, and for Invel, Larcade, and August to make their debuts as well. August reveals God Serena’s treachery… so he’s left out in the street in his dilapidated state, left to die. Out of an obscure sense of compassion, Brandish tries to talk August down from ordering the execution of the Fairy Tail members, but he points out they have killed Wall and Bloodman, and that doesn’t even account for all the foot soldiers lost; no, August is quite determined to give Fairy Tail no quarter.

- Fairy Tail begins to make its triumphant return to Magnolia… Natsu was miraculously left in the company of Erza and Wendy after Universe One, and the latter manages to heal his grievous wounds. The three of them connect back up with Gray, Juvia, Lucy, Meredy, Simon, Kagura, and Ultear – and together they begin attacking Alvarez’s forces. Wall and Bloodman are the first gatekeepers, but Gajeel, Cobra, and Laxus defeat their Historias handily.

- Invel is the first of the fresh Spriggans to encounter some opponents; Gray and Juvia wind up committing simultaneous suicide. This enrages Lyon and Ultear, leaving Chelia to try and heal the two Fairy Tail mages while they attack Invel. Gray loses much of his wrath with Juvia’s continued life, and so he sets out to just kick Invel’s ass – which he manages to do with Lyon and Ultear’s help. Sting and Rogue dispatch Larcade. Mira takes on Jacob, and Sayla comes in as an unlikely ally. Dimaria runs afoul of Hyberion, Wolfheim, and Warrod who never got their fight with August, and with her roughed up and deprived of Chronos she’s taken down. Neinhart is suped up by Irene, but dispatched by Mard Geer and Franmalth. Ajeel attempts overwhelming the Fairies, but is drowned out by Torafuzar, and only barely saved by Brandish, who shrinks him down for his own good. Brandish is left confronted by Lucy, Lisanna, and Elfman, and she tries reasoning with them since things have spiraled out of control. With nearly all of the elites down, Irene is sent out after Mavis tricks her and somehow slipped away with her physical body. It’s up to Erza to take down her own mother. While that battle’s going on, Makarov uses Fairy Law to decimate Alvarez’s forces until they’re about twenty percent left; he dies, subsequently.

- Natsu and Wendy stumble upon Serena, and Wendy sees to fix him up at Natsu’s reassurance that he never betrayed Ishgar, not really. However, Invel still revealed to Gray – as well as Lyon and Ultear – that Natsu is END. This leads to a confrontation between Gray and Natsu, who still falls into a coma because of the seeds at war within him. Natsu goes on that journey of self-discovery, while Ultear and Wendy manage to talk Gray down from killing his long-time friend. Gray’s willing to hear Natsu out when he wakes up, but he’s still frazzled over this reveal. Porlyusica and Evergreen still stumble upon the group, and Porlyusica figures out what’s wrong with Natsu… Not that they can do anything for him. All they can do is try and keep him warm… And, well… Erza’s kinda busy, so Ultear’s left to handle this responsibility herself, not wanting to burden Wendy. Chelia and Juvia rejoin the group around this time, and God Serena regains consciousness… He’s not too happy his protégé is in such a terrible state, but he’s up for carrying on the fight against the remaining Spriggan Twelve members.

- Serena goes to join forces with Erza, and while it’s definitely a grueling battle… they manage to exhaust Irene and take her down as Irene has a private epiphany about her real feelings for Erza; this serves to distract her enough for her to lose. When Irene falls, and Universe One vanishes, August tries to avenge his comrades by obliterating Magnolia, but Gildarts arrives in the nick of time, and the two ‘strongest mages’ duke it out. This time… with Lucy’s support, as well as Ajeel feeling a lot better after talking it out with Elfman and Lisanna… Brandish and Ajeel attempt talking August down from going through with his suicidal attack. Their side has definitely taken a battering, but so has Fairy Tail and Ishgar – against all odds, Wall and Bloodman are still the only fatalities amongst the Twelve, they can turn Alvarez around and come back from this. Even Irene was not killed; just merely taken down. Invel, Jacob, Dimaria, Neinhart, and Larcade… They don’t need to fight to the death. But August is still all about fulfilling his father’s ambition… He’s about to strike down the two “traitorous” Shields (Serena’s betrayal still stings), Gildarts intervenes. And just as August is about to go forward with his suicidal attack, Mavis arrives on the battlefield, determined to help her guildmates… This leads to a fated “reunion” between mother and son, who is overwhelmed at being able to see and actually speak with her. Though Mavis is reluctant, she agrees to meet with Zeref and talk it out with him… She’s still pissed about Makarov’s death… But knowing that she has a son in August, it’s enough to jumble her emotions and make her conflicted.

- The motley crew of August, Brandish, Ajeel, Mavis, Gildarts, Cana, Lucy, Lisanna, and Elfman make their way for the Guildhall. August gets word out to the remaining Alvarez troops to ceasefire, and Mavis similarly has the Fairy Tail mages ignore the remaining Alvarez reinforcements and gun for the guildhall, where Hyberion, Wolfheim, and Warrod are the first to reach Zeref and attempted (and failed) to reason with him before they were taken down by the Black Wizard. Natsu’s new group of him, Erza, Gray, and Serena split off from Wendy, Chelia, Lyon, Ultear, Porlyusica, and Evergreen to reach the guildhall after the other Gods of Ishgar. Of course, with everyone so banged up, Natsu’s ironically in the best shape to take on his brother; he urges Erza, Serena, and Gray to get the other Gods of Ishgar out of there, but not before Serena manages to swipe the Book of END.

- Zeref gives his speeches about the futility of fighting; because Natsu’s going to die either way. Natsu disagrees, still possessing some Magic that Igneel left to him… And moreover, he trusts in his friends to work out some solution. But even if he dies… There’s no shame in fighting to protect those you love. Zeref fights back with embittered zeal, having gone hundreds of years without anyone accepting him. Mavis intercedes in their fight, and Zeref still ends up getting the Fairy Heart… Meanwhile, Serena gives Erza the Book of END, and she in turn gets it to Levy and Lucy, who can hopefully rewrite it somehow. August lends his expertise on Script Magic, and when the book proves too hard for Lucy and Levy to rewrite on their own, they have Erza step in for them and Gray still keeps the demonic energies at bay.

- While all of this is going on, Acnologia still attempts to kill Wendy, while Lyon, Chelia, and Ultear are unable to do anything against the Dragon of the Apocalypse. Nevertheless, Mard Geer, Franmalth, Torafuzar, Sayla, Rusty Rose, Azuma, and the former Oracion Seis all jump in to keep him at bay. On top of that, Laxus, Gajeel, Sting, Rogue, and many other allies jump in seeing that this is one ongoing fight that they can’t afford to lose. Anna makes her reappearance, pulling the Dragon Slayers out of the conflict when they prove to not be enough to truly make a difference against Acnologia just yet… She reveals her plan to lure the dragon to that hole in time, and while it’s crazy… They don’t really have another viable solution to take Acnologia down. Everyone’s quickly getting winded, even with Brandish and Ajeel joining the fray.

- Erza and co. manage to replace the text that was destroyed when Zeref mortally wounded Natsu. Erza refusing to allow her husband, the father of their children, her most dearest friend to perish. Everyone waits with bated breath, and the text in the air stabilizes... But they won't know the outcome until it's over. With Natsu’s book successfully rewritten, he feels empowered by all his allies; even up against Zeref who has the Fairy Heart… His soul is lit aflame, the fires hot enough to burn through time… Zeref and Natsu attack each other at full force - Zeref with all his hate and sorrow manifested into power, and Natsu with his Flames of Emotion - and... Zeref loses. He's left with just his pants, and is severely burned all over. Natsu just doesn’t have the heart to kill his brother; not after all that’s happened. There’s been good, and there’s been bad… And Natsu just doesn’t know how to feel. He wants to see Happy, Erza, and everyone else. He leaves it up to Mavis, who has a heart-to-heart with Zeref. She can't forgive Zeref for hurting her family so much, for Makarov's death... Even so, she reveals to him that they had a son… He’s still out there, and he managed to get the remainder of Alvarez to stand down. It might be hard moving forward, but Alvarez will survive. As will Fairy Tail and Ishgar. Zeref feels uncertain of that with Acnologia’s threat… But he feels overwhelmed knowing that he has a son. He slowly realizes that, despite ranting at him about all the evils he's committed, Mavis does... love him. She sounds so proud of their son, and... Zeref can't deny that he's proud of August as well. Proud of Natsu, who has become so much more than the Etherious he created. In so many ways, Natsu, his brother, has truly been reborn. And it took Zeref this long to see it. The Curse of Contradiction makes them vanish while Mavis clings onto Zeref, bouncing from not wanting him to die and wanting to go with him, and Natsu senses their deaths as he’s making his way through Magnolia. He hooks back up with Erza, Gray, Lucy, Levy, August, and Serena, and while the deaths of his parents brings August overwhelming grief… He knows that they experienced love in the end. It’s up to him to look after Alvarez from now on, and he will do so. … They just need to see to Acnologia first.

- Acnologia is seemingly beaten by Anna’s strategy, and all the survivors are left to revel in the elation of victory for a small time… But then the Dragon Slayers are all whisked away mysteriously, and Acnologia’s dragon form begins assaulting Hargeon’s Port. Everyone works together to beat Acnologia on both fronts; even Alvarez’s survivors chip in – August, Irene, Invel, Brandish, Ajeel, Jacob, Neinhart, Dimaria, and all their remaining forces. The Etherious – sans Natsu – all perished with Zeref’s death, including Larcade. Lucy gets the idea to seal Acnologia with Fairy Sphere, and meanwhile Natsu, Serena, Laxus, Gajeel, Cobra, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue all duke it out with Acnologia’s human form. It’s a tough fight… But with everyone coming together, they manage to pull it off, Natsu dealing the final blow which incorporated all their Dragon Slaying Magic. The Slayers are returned home, victorious…

- The Wizard Saints suffered huge casualties with this war. Hyberion, Wolfheim, and Warrod all perished against Zeref; Jura against Invel. Serena, Natsu, Laxus, and the remaining Saints are left to scrabble to pick up the pieces. They look to appointing an official Council again now that things have settled; Ultear volunteers to step up, seeing as how she was on the old Council. Mest also steps up despite his previous posting… Natsu’s bummed about having to step down, but Laxus and just about everyone else are rather relieved his hands are off the wheel from now on. With nothing better to do, Serena decides to join Fairy Tail as its Ace. … Even though Gildarts is rather intrigued to duke it out with the supposed #1 mage in Ishgar, which has quite a number of Fairy Tail members quaking in their boots. The remaining Spriggan… Eleven members are in similar dire straits with the loss of their Emperor and overall goal. Not to mention eighty percent of their army was wiped out… August and Irene are weary of having to lead the scraps, but Ajeel is being groomed to succeed the Emperor. Invel is kept on as the advisor. Jacob, Neinhart, and Dimaria have much reflecting to do; and Brandish is left wanting to stay in Ishgar to be close to Lucy and avoid all responsibilities… But August cows her into remaining at her post. Not out of spite for Ishgar… Both continents have a long road ahead of them.

- Ultear couldn’t restore all of Magnolia if she tried, so it’s up to everyone to pitch in and help rebuild. At least she managed to restore the guildhall, and the members were allowed to mourn Makarov’s death… Along with Jura, Warrod, and Mavis’s. Erza remains the Guildmaster, and is on awkward speaking terms with her mother, who is quite intrigued to have grandchildren… Ajeel also keeps in touch with the Strauss siblings, and August with Natsu. Alvarez and Ishgar are formal allies now, although they do need time to mourn their dead. Even though they have the freedom to go where they want, Rusty, Azuma, and the Oracion Seis stick around Fairy Tail. Meredy is still with Simon. Elfman with Evergreen. Erik with Kinana. Gajeel with Levy. Mira with Freed. Gray and Juvia are… friends, although edging closer to relationship status. Cana boasts she and Sho did the horizontal tango, and Gildarts… couldn’t be more proud, to Cana’s chagrin. … He wants grandbabies. Yukino is put out that Sorano still chooses Fairy Tail over Mermaid Heel… But considering the guilds are still stalwart allies, Yukino can’t complain too much. Richard and Wally are still passionate brothers. Kagura and Millianna still visit Mermaid Heel a lot, but they’re Fairy Tail through and through. Lyon still keeps in touch with Gray and Ultear. Chelia with Wendy. Minerva and Kagura have patched things up between them. Sting and Rogue are still admirers and close friends of Natsu and Gajeel. Sting also met Yukino through his friendship with Natsu and Fairy Tail; they’re considering a relationship, though it might be tough because they’re in separate guilds… Speaking of. Ultear, Erza, and Natsu have reached an… arrangement. Considering she helped keep Natsu alive, and has long since proven her loyalty… Ultear has formally married Natsu as well. Erza’s not too pleased about it… But frankly, she can tell Natsu and Ultear share a bond, too. … And it’s not like Ultear will be able to do much from over in Era. … Right? … Natsu’s going to be away on missions, isn’t he? Damnit. Natsu, Erza, Ultear, Lyon and Juvia all went with Gray to visit his parents’ graves. And in turn, they visited the grave Natsu erected for Igneel… Erza laments that her mother is still very much alive. Racer’s free to run wherever he wants, but he still lingers around the guildhall, and he builds rapport with Team Shadow Gear, especially Gajeel. Midnight lounges in peace, still doing jobs at times but only if they’re particularly grueling. Erik, through Kinana’s insistence, has become friends with Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel, among others. Rusty is still a little sour over his past failures… But he’s mellowed out quite a bit, and has no complaints about flaunting his power… Even if it’s in Fairy Tail’s name. Azuma quickly proves to be a pillar for Erza to lean on in hard times. Through his Magic, and a few other factors, he’s given the guild a tree that functions much like the one on Tenrou Island, granting Fairy Tail mages additional power. Lucy keeps on writing her book…

- A year later, Lucy’s given that Kamu Zeleon Award for Best Writer for her novel based off her own experiences, and she attends a fancy party accompanied by her rambunctious guildmates. Anna’s still a schoolteacher, and Princess Hisui still succeeded her father and became Queen, helping move the alliance with Alvarez along. Brandish and Dimaria came out to Ishgar for Lucy’s award ceremony, as did August in a rare show of goodfaith between the two countries. Lucy was honored, but feeling overwhelmed at “Grandfather August” (Brandish kept trying to push for Lucy to call him that) showing up like that… The couples mentioned above are still together. Romeo, Asuka, Ryo, and Mikoto are all still friends – and Levy and Mira tease that they may have “bundles in the oven”, too. Ultear is hopeful about such ventures, herself; not that Erza’s thrilled about it, but Natsu makes sure they’re both loved, and looks forward to having a huge family with them. The biggest surprise is still saved for the end with Zeref and Mavis showing up, reincarnated. August is floored upon seeing them, but glad that they’re doing well… Even if they have no memory of him. On that note, Porlyusica explains that they appeared in Magnolia a month after the war. They had no memory of who they were, not the slightest bit of Magical potential in either of them… There was also nothing afflicting them, meaning that they were rendered mortal. With these factors in mind, effectively having blank slates, Erza had them go wherever they wished. They kept this from August on the off chance that their return was only temporary… However, they’ve been living in Ishgar ever since, Mavis getting with a small publishing firm and Zeref was an aspiring writer. Zeref took on a new name of Arius, and Mavis a new name of Mio. Despite repeated interactions with Fairy Tail, nothing has triggered their memories, and in all this time not a trace of Magic has manifested in them, no Magic, no Curses. August calmly accepts these revelations, and is simply delighted that his parents can live… He’s still saddened they might not be able to forge a bond with him… But Natsu reassures August that he's able to approach and befriend them; even if that familial bond isn’t completely there, seeing them so happy and carefree… It feels nice, and August would agree with the Dragon Slayer. There’s much happiness in the air…

#Fairy Tail #Natsu Dragneel #Erza Scarlet #Alvarez #Zeref #August #Ultear Milkovich

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