The Lost Fairy

Chapter 52: The Dragon God Returns

Lucy POV

As me and Natsu sit by the fire, I begin thinking back to Tartaros, but for some reason, the image keeps popping back into my head. M/n's face, full of rage, pain, grief, and guilt. Master let him leave looking like that...

Lucy: "Do you think we should find M/n?" Natsu swallows another bite before responding.

Natsu: "If M/n wants in he'll find us. There's no use in trying to track him down."

Lucy: "But, I've heard all these rumors about someone who sounds exactly like him."

Natsu: "Listen Luce, if M/n wants to join up again and help, we'll find him or he'll find us. He's just kind of like that. If he isn't interested, I doubt we'll ever run into him."

Your POV

Hmmm? I had heard Wendy had joined Lamia Scale... I wonder where exactly their guild hall is located? As I'm wandering a winding pathway, I come across a dark feeling... I look around, and see something abnormal at the base of a tree. I make my way over and clean the brush off of it. It was a hatch of some kind. I open it and begin my decent. Once it levels out I no longer need the small F/c fire in my palm anymore, as stalagmites now lit the cave, although, the beauty was short lived. When I see the bones, the bones...

You: "Dragons..." And not just any dragons, large dragons, powerful dragons. I swear I could still feel their power roaming throughout the cavern.

Nol: "Hey M/n, I don't like this place one bit, I keep feeling like something else is down here." I agree we should go, but before we can, the giant spirit of a dragon appears between us and the exit. I step between it and Nol.

You: "What do you want?"

Dragon: "This boneyard... it's all his doing. He wiped out our race... Make him pay for that, no matter what, God of Dragons... Make that bastard pay for what he's done to our kind." And with that, the dragon disappears. Nol and I get out quickly and continue on our journey, trying to shake off the eerie feeling of the boneyard, although, as we come up on a hill, I see a silhouette atop of it. I dark silhouette. As we get closer, I begin to have a suspicion of who it is. That dark aura, the striking resemblance.

You: "Zeref..." I say as I come face-to-face with him.

Zeref: "Stay out of this Dragon god. If you want to live a happy life, you stay out of what's about to come." I nod for Nol to fly past, and once he's far enough away, I lean in.

You: "I am the Dragon God. And I'll do whatever the fuck I please, but certainly, feel free to try and stop me." I walk by as well, feeling his cursed magic try to strike me. "That stupid life-sucking spell won't work on me. Good riddance, Zeref."

Zeref: "You know, you still aren't even strong enough to defeat me, much less Acnologia... And your destined duel grows ever closer with every passing day. And even if Natsu somehow manages to defeat me, and you defeat Acnologia... Mora will come for you, since you refuse to admit you were not the one who forced Aldoron into his slumber." I grit my teeth as I feel my body tense.

"Aldoron sealed himself away to regenerate his magical power, he's been seal away far too long to ever safely be reawakened. It's better this way... I thought you would've figured it out by now Zeref..." I turn back to him, letting a seductively venomous smile creep onto my face. "I'm willing to throw everything away to win this war... Over the last year... I've been delving into your magic research..." He smiles lightly at me.

"I love that you've found your conviction to fight again, however, if you want to have enough behind you to defeat Acnologia you'll have to find a way to bring Fairy Tail back together. For I would like to see that beast taken down as well. Delving into Black Magic however? I find that to be highly unlikely from you."