Edolas, Edolas Continent, Royal Capital.
November, x784.
After the Edolas Fairy Tail arrived at the Royal Capital, a few more days passed. During those days, they assisted in the reconstruction of the Royal Capital, though it made all of them feel awkward at first. Considering that they were branded as the kingdom's worst criminals for the past few years, that feeling was to be expected.
Even so, they got over the awkward feeling quickly enough. And when they saw the captains of the Royal Army, the ones who terrorized them the most over the years, being forced to help with the restoration efforts, they felt a sense of catharsis.
Meanwhile, Alfonzo spent all his time manufacturing the rest of the Anima devices that would be spread around Edolas. Although the manufacturing process was delayed slightly due to the fact that the royal family's treasury did not have enough materials available.
Luckily, the Edolas Kingdom spanned the entire world of Edolas. Thus, getting a supply of materials was much easier than it would have been otherwise.
"Alright, that's the last one." Alfonzo muttered with a tired expression. "Fuck, now I know what Marin and the girls meant. I wanna take a dip in the hot tub and take a nice long nap."
"Thank you for your help, my friend." Mystogan, who was waiting in the workshop for Alfonzo to complete his task, replied in a grateful tone. "I can never repay you for what you've done for Edolas."
Waving off Mystogan's thanks, Alfonzo made his way over to a nearby chair and flopped down lifelessly.
"Dude, chill out with that shit." Alfonzo said lazily, closing his eyes as he spoke. "We're guild mates, right? So, of course I'd help you. Oh, and take this, too."
As Alfonzo spoke the last part, he reached over to the table that was positioned next to his chair and grabbed a darker miniaturized Anima, before tossing it to Mystogan.
"And this is?" Mystogan asked curiously while inspecting the cube that he just caught.
"That's a special Anima." Alfonzo replied. "That one will open a portal to Earth Land. More specifically, to your house in Magnolia. If you ever need our help, you can use that to ask us for it."
Hearing Alfonzo's explanation, Mystogan looked down at the cube in his hand before clenching it tightly. Then, he stowed it away in his cloak.
"Thank you, Alfonzo." Mystogan said with a nod and a smile. "I'll remember this."
"Don't worry about it." Alfonzo said, waving off Mystogan's thanks once again. "I only did that so that you would still be a member of Fairy Tail in the future. I mean, no one wants to go through that whole departure ceremony, right?"
"*Chuckle* I see." Mystogan replied.
"Now, let's talk about my payment." Alfonzo said as he sat up straight and steepled his fingers in front of his chin.
"*Sigh* I knew this was coming." Mystogan replied with a wry smile. "But like I said before, I could never repay you for what you've done for Edolas. So, what could I possibly give you that could serve as a proper payment?"
"The Dorma Anim." Alfonzo said in a solemn tone, though his eyes were ablaze with excitement. "I want it."
Hearing that, Mystogan could only blink his eyes in surprise. In his mind, since Alfonzo had defeated it and destroyed its ability to draw in ethernano from the planet, it already belonged to him. But since he had no other way to repay him, he just nodded in agreement.
"Good." Alfonzo replied with a nod. "Then, now that we've settled that, you should probably let everyone know what the plans for the future are."
"You're right." Mystogan replied solemnly. "Though, I can imagine there will be a few people with quite a bit of dissatisfaction. Especially about the Exceed's fate. I mean, they are considered deities by quite a few people."
"Well, what can you do?" Alfonzo said uncaringly. "As much as I tried to, I couldn't make it so that you could select the entities with magic power in their bodies to send over to Earth Land. Instead, it'll just send everyone over, regardless of if they want to go or not."
"I know." Mystogan replied with a nod.
"On the upside, I did manage to set up a process that would trigger when the original Anima completed the process of sending everything to Earth Land." Alfonzo said with a mischievous smile. "It will make life a lot easier for you, too."
"What did you do?" Mystogan replied in a guarded tone.
"It's nothing bad." Alfonzo said with a smile. "But when the send over is complete, the Anima will self-destruct and split the lacrima crystal into small enough pieces to fit into the new Anima devices. And if my calculations are correct, there should be just enough to power all of them until the ambient ethernano reaches a point where they become self-sustaining."
Though Mystogan still felt skeptical after seeing Alfonzo's mischievous smile, he could only nod in the end. After all, having the lacrima divided into small pieces would be quite helpful.
On top of doing all that, Alfonzo had also marked a map with the best locations to position the new Anima for maximum efficiency. So, doubting him at this point would be ungrateful.
Instead of doubting Alfonzo, Mystogan put his energy to better use. In other words, he made a trip to Extalia to explain what would happen to the Exceeds. And although the trip could not be called smooth, considering how many Exceed seem to think themselves superior to humans, Mystogan was able to convey the matter of all the Exceed being sent to Earth Land.
Though it would more than likely cause an outrage among the Exceed, there was simply nothing Mystogan could do about it. And honestly, he thought things would be better this way. Having another race on the planet being deified would only create a divide between the people of Edolas.
Instead, it would be better to have the Exceed live on a world where they innate magic would not make them special. Then, with time, their unfounded arrogance may one day be put to rest.
The following day, the wizards from both Fairy Tails, the Captains of the Magic War Divisions, Byro, Coco, and a number of soldiers from the army who assisted with the Royal Capital's restoration were gathered in the central plaza to send off the wizards from Earth Land.
Though so many people gathered together to send them off, there was not much in the way of ceremony before Mystogan started the original Anima. And when he did, the eight visitors from Earth Land were covered in a gentle glow. To everyone's surprise, however, Panther Lily was also covered in the same glow.
"What? What's happening?" Panther Lily asked in a confused tone.
"*Sigh* I'm sorry, my old friend." Mystogan replied. "Unfortunately, everyone with magic power in their bodies will be sent over to Earth land."
"But Prince, why didn't you tell me before?" Panther Lily asked, feeling a bit betrayed.
"Because I know you well, Lily." Mystogan replied. "If I had told you beforehand, you would have tried to convince me not to send everyone back to Earth land. You might have even tried to destroy the Anima."
Hearing that, Panther Lily could only lower his head, as Mystogan was correct.
"Besides, I think this will be better for you, Lily." Mystogan continued. "Over on Earth Land, there are many opportunities for adventure. Along with many ways to improve yourself."
"He's right, you know." Gajeel said, cutting in on the conversation while patting Panther Lily on the shoulder. "And when we get there, I'll show you the ropes. You're gonna be my cat, after all."
"Besides, when we get home, I'll make a new sword for you." Alfonzo said with a smile. "One that's better in every way than that oversized piece of scrap iron you called Bustermarm."
"Hmph!" Panther Lily snorted in response. "We'll see about that. Though, I suspect you're doing little more than boasting at this point."
In response, Alfonzo only smiled brightly. Though Panther Lily had no idea about it, Alfonzo intended to create two weapons for him. One would be a simple, yet strong, magic sword that would be able to change sizes depending on which form Panther Lily was taking.
While the second may not end up as a sword, as Alfonzo would give Panther Lily a [Soul Weapon Embryo]. Though the chances of it turning into a sword on its first shift were quite high. Especially considering the fact that in the anime, Panther Lily could match Erza in pure swordsmanship.
'I'm actually looking forward to seeing how the [Soul weapons]] will react with a race other than humans.' Alfonzo thought to himself while he continued to smile. 'Lily, you'll be a good guinea pig.'
Coco, on the other hand, was taking Elicia's departure much better than everyone expected. Especially considering how closely she clung to her foster mother's counterpart over the last few days.
"Take care, Coco." Elicia said with a smile.
"You, too, Miss Elicia." Coco replied with a smile of her own. "Thank you for putting up with me for the past few days. Although I know you're not the Miss Elicia I know, having you here felt like I got to see her one more time. And seeing you off gives me the chance to say goodbye."
"Ooh~~~~! You are so precious!" Elicia squealed as she pulled Coco into a hug.
Returning the hug, Coco buried her head in Elicia's chest to hide the sadness she felt due to their separation.
Unfortunately, the time for goodbyes came to an end soon enough. With the glow surrounding everyone who would be leaving Edolas increasing in brightness, they were all pulled into the sky towards an Anima gate that opened above the Royal Capital.
A moment later, every organism with magic power dwelling inside it, along with the lacrima housing Magnolia and its inhabitants, was pulled into the portal before it closed for good.
Just before Alfonzo was pulled into the Anima gate, however, he shouted something that no one understood.
"Oh, by the way, Mystogan, it's permanent!" Alfonzo shouted in a gleeful tone. "You don't have to thank me!"
With that, the gate closed and everything returned to normal. Though, everyone in the plaza was thoroughly confused by Alfonzo's final words.
Then, a few moments after the Anima closed, the Anima device was dismantled into particles of magic power that were eventually blown away with the wind, while leaving behind the divided lacrima need to power the new Anima devices. Though, if one were to follow those magic particles, they would have seen that they headed for the most secure cell in the Royal Capital's prison.
"*Sigh* I will miss you, my friends." Mystogan muttered while staring up into the sky at the place where the Anima portal had opened. "Stay well until the next time we meet. Though, I'm a little worried about what ever Alfonzo somehow left behind."
A moment later, Mystogan turned his attention back to the people gathered in the plaza.
"Alright, now that our guests have left, let's get back to restoring our city!" Mystogan shouted, gaining a round of cheers from his soldiers and the wizards from the Edolas Fairy Tail.
Then, after overseeing the reconstruction for a while, Mystogan decided now was the time to confront his father about his crimes and the punishment he would face. So, he made his way towards the Royal Capital's prison. More specifically, to the prison's most secure cell.
However, when he entered the cell and caught sight of his father, Mystogan's steps came to a complete and utter halt. Not only his steps, though. Even his mind came to a complete stop. The only thing he could do was stare at his father, more specifically, his father's forehead, in shock.
"Oh, so you've finally remembered me, my son." Faust said in a tired tone.
"Though he had only been imprisoned for a little less than a week, Faust looked as if he had aged for a decade, or so. And considering the fact that he already looked as though he were in his seventies, that made him look quite old.
But the new piece of… art… on his forehead, something he did not seem to realize had appeared, made his look quite indescribable.
"Have you come to mock me?" Faust asked, unable to see the odd expression on his son's face due to the poor lighting in the prison cell. "or perhaps, my sentence has been decided?"
With that, Mystogan finally came back to his senses. Then, he quickly turned around.
"Indeed." Mystogan replied to his father's questions while suppressing a chuckle. "Your sentence has been decided. I, Jellal, the Crown Prince of the Edolas Kingdom, hereby strip you of all the rights afforded to you as a member of the Edolas Royal Family and demote you to the status of a commoner to live out the rest of your days among the people. Your sentence will begin once the repairs in the Royal Capital have been completed, which is also the day when I will be coronated as the next king.""
With his declaration, Mystogan took one more look over his shoulder at his father. Then, after seeing the hyper-realistic drawing of an erect penis on his father's forehead, he quickly turned back and left the cell. As a result, Faust was left completely dumbfounded by the lenient punishment he received.
"Hmph! That boy is too soft." Faust muttered, thinking that he would be able to regain control of the kingdom once again if he was set free.
If he had been able to see himself in a mirror, however, Faust would have preferred the death penalty over the humiliation he would undoubtedly face once he was released from prison.
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Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.
November, x784.
After the Anima was activated, everyone was sent back to Earth Land. While the town and most of its inhabitants were returned to where they were before being turned into a lacrima, everyone whose magic power was over a certain amount was dropped off in the forest east of the town, about halfway between the town and Porlyusica's house.
Naturally, the people whose magic power reached that certain threshold were the wizards in the town. Namely, the members of Fairy Tail. And to no one's surprise, most of them were thoroughly confused to find themselves in the forest.
"*Sigh* We're finally back." Elicia said in atone filled with relief.
After hearing Elicia's words, those who were close to her, and had no idea what was going on, turned in her direction.
"Lici, what are you talking about?" Ur asked curiously. "Do you know why we're suddenly all in the forest?"
"Yeah." Elicia replied with a smile. "But it's a long story. And I'd rather not tell it out here. Why don't we go back to the guild hall to talk? Maybe Fonzie can even cook for us."
By now, every member of the guild was paying attention to the conversation between Elicia and Ur. And although they were impatient to know what happened, considering the tone Elicia spoke in, they also agreed that it would be more comfortable to talk back in their guild hall.
But when they heard the part about Alfonzo cooking, their eyes lit up like torch lights.
'They look like the masters from History's Strongest Disciple: Kenichi.' Alfonzo and Elicia thought simultaneously after seeing all their guild mates.
Even though he shared that thought with Elicia, Alfonzo looked at her in annoyance. There was no way that she did not know how hard he had been working for the past week or so, after all.
Meanwhile, when Elicia saw Alfonzo's annoyed gaze, she smiled at him seductively. Then, she licked her lips suggestively while winking in his direction.
'*Sigh* She's gotten way too good at this over the years.' Alfonzo thought to himself in resignation. 'She always knows how to get me to do what she wants. But I don't hate it.'
"Fine, I'll cook." Alfonzo said in a somewhat tired tone. "But it's gonna cost extra. And when you hear what we've been up to, you'll understand why."
Not minding the fact that Alfonzo's food would be higher in price, the members of Fairy Tail cheered loudly.
"Before we do that, however, we need to deal with our guests." Alfonzo said as he looked in a certain direction.
Following Alfonzo's gaze, everyone in the guild saw a number of bipedal cats gathered together not too far away.
"Woah! There are so many Happys and Carlas." Macao exclaimed in confusion.
From there, Alfonzo and Elicia with some added details from the others who spent time in Edolas explained the origin of the Exceeds. They also mentioned that Mystogan would be gone for a while. But they did not need to worry because he was still a member of Fairy Tail.
After that, things went a lot like the canon, with the Exceeds deciding to form their own village somewhere in Fiore, Shagotte, the former queen of Extalia, having a heart to heart with Carla and apologizing for everything she had to go through, and the Exceeds finally leaving to start their own village.
"I didn't think they would leave so quickly." Wakaba said. "Getting to hear about the place where you all went from the perspective of a native might have been interesting."
"There's no need to fret, Wakaba." Makarov said solemnly. "If fate allows it, we will see them again."
Hearing the wise words of their guild master, most of the wizards present nodded in agreement. However, the somewhat solemn atmosphere was broken by Gajeel's panicked shouting.
"Wait! What happened to Lily?" Gajeel shouted. "He's supposed to be my cat. Don't tell me he left with the rest of them."
By this point, everyone knew that Gajeel had been searching all over Magnolia for a talking cat of his own. Especially since Wendy and Carla joined the guild. And now that they knew about the existence of the Exceeds, they understood why he was never able to find one.
"Stop yelling." A deep, masculine voice said from a nearby bush. "I'm right here. I just got caught in this bush when we all got transported here."
Stepping out from a nearby bush, A black Exceed, around the same height as Happy appeared while brushing some leaves out of his fur.
"Lily?" Gajeel exclaimed in confusion. "Is that you? What happened to you? Why are you so small?"
"Ooh… If Gajeel was female, that last question would have hit a lot different." Alfonzo said with a wry smile.
While most of the members of the guild rolled their eyes at Alfonzo's joke, Cana, the female hooligan of the guild laughed uproariously.
"I'm not a hundred percent sure." Panther Lily, who also rolled his eyes at Alfonzo's joke said unsurely. "But as soon as I came to this world, it felt like this form would be more accepted by the world. So, here I am."
Hearing that, Gajeel's shoulders dropped in disappointment. But his mood perked back up once again when he heard Panther Lily's next words.
"Luckily, I can revert back to my old form whenever I need to fight." Panther Lily continued. "Though, I don't think I can maintain it for long. So, it would be more like a battle form than a true form."
After Panther Lily finished, Gajeel rushed forward and picked him up happily.
"Don't worry, Lily." Gajeel said with a big smile on his face. "Our guild hall has some of the best training facilities in Ishgar. We'll get you battle ready in no time."
"Hmph!" Alfonzo snorted. "Some of the best? It looks like Gajeel doesn't want to eat tonight."
"Huh? What?" Gajeel exclaimed in surprise. "What do you mean?"
"I'm not trying to brag, but you won't find better training facilities anywhere on Earth Land." Alfonzo replied
Although bragging is exactly what it sounded like Alfonzo was doing, thanks to his knowledge of many anime video games, and movies, the facilities in the Fairy Tail guild hall were definitely leagues above any other organization's training facilities.
"Anyway, let's get going to the guild hall.' Alfonzo said, turning towards Magnolia as he spoke. "I'm really fucking tired, and I don't wanna spend all night cooking."
With that, everyone followed suit and began following Alfonzo back to Magnolia. Even Panther Lily, who was being carried by Gajeel, forcefully jumped out of Gajeel's arms to follow the rest of the crowd.
Although Panther Lily still did not like Alfonzo all that much, especially after his repeated insults about his old sword, Bustermarm, he had tasted Alfonzo's cooking in Edolas. And no matter how hard he tried, he could not call it anything other than delicious. So, defending his new partner could wait until he had a full belly.
Meanwhile, Gajeel stood still in shock. But after Panther Lily jumped out of his arms, he finally snapped back to his senses.
"Hey, guys, wait for me.!" Gajeel shouted as he started running to catch up with the rest of the guild. "Alfonzo, you weren't serious, right? You know I wasn't serious about that. It was just a figure of speech. Right? Alfonzo… Hey, Alfonzo, you can hear me, right?"
Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the town, the survey team from the Magic Council was still in shock after seeing the reappearance of the town of Magnolia.
"The town has returned." Lahar, the captain of the Fourth Custody Enforcement Unit, shouted after spending quite some time in shock. "Quickly, someone inform the Magic Council!"
"Aye, Aye, Sir!" One of the Rune Knights under his command shouted before running towards the communication lacrima in their camp.
"Did anyone get a reading on the phenomenon that led to the town's return?" Doranbolt, a young man with a lean build, short black hair, and scars on the left side of his face, asked.
In truth, this man, Doranbolt, was a member of Fairy Tail, Mest Gryder, though he did not know that at present. Nor would anyone from the guild know it, either. Makarov, Alfonzo, and Elicia being the exceptions.
And that would be thanks to his own magic, [Memory Control Magic]. With the use of this magic, Mest rewrote his own memories and the memories of almost everyone in the guild so that Mest Gryder would be forgotten. The only exceptions being Makarov and Gildarts. And the only reason Gildarts was free from this fate was because he was out on the 100 Years Quest.
But neither Makarov nor Mest were worried about Gildarts remembering Mest. And there were a couple of reasons for that. First, Gildarts and Mest almost never interacted. In fact, the number of words they had spoken to each other could be counted on one hand. And second, Gildarts never paid much attention to males in general, Alfonzo, Natsu, and Orlando, in the past, being the exceptions.
Then, there was Alfonzo and Elicia. Although they were also subjected to Mest's [Memory Control Magic], their meta knowledge about the world of Fairy Tail kept them from forgetting about him completely. Though, all their memories of interacting with him in this world were stripped. For example, Elicia would not be able to remember her fight with him in her first S-Class Promotion Exam.
"No, sir." Another Rune Knight replied. "For an unknown reason, none of our instruments were able to pick up anything."
"*Sigh* Of course they couldn't." Doranbolt replied in a melancholic tone. "I guess that means we'll have to infiltrate Fairy Tail to get the information, doesn't it?"
"Why is your first thought infiltration?" Lahar asked while adjusting his glasses. "We should ask them first before doing anything drastic."
"Do you really think they'll tell us, officers from the Magic Council, anything?" Doranbolt asked disdainfully.
"*Sigh* Don't tell me you're one of those people who are stuck in their ways, too, Doranbolt." Lahar replied in an exasperated tone. "It's obvious to see how much the wizards from Fairy Tail have changed in the last few years."
"I don't know." Doranbolt replied while gazing at Magnolia. "It's not so simple for a leopard to change its spots."
What neither Lahar nor Doranbolt noticed, however, was the longing in Doranbolt's gaze as he gazed at Magnolia.
"Either way, it won't hurt to ask them first." Lahar said. "And if we don't get the answers to our questions, it won't be too late to do things your way."
"If you say so." Doranbolt replied while turning away from the town. "Either way, we can visit them tomorrow."
Watching Doranbolt walk away, Lahar could only shake his head.
Several hours later, the Fairy Tail guild hall was as lively as ever. Especially when everyone's bellies were filled with Alfonzo's cooking. On top of that, the group who returned from Edolas finished telling the story of what happened after Magnolia disappeared.
"So, Mystogan was a prince, huh?" Alzack asked while patting his slightly bulging belly. "Would have never guessed it."
"I know, right." Bisca added. "I mean, what kind of prince always wears a mask to hide their face?"
"A prince whose face is identical to the Magic Council's biggest traitor, maybe?" Levy replied with a smile. "When you think about it like that, it makes perfect sense, doesn't it?"
"*Sigh* I'm so glad you're not like the Edolas Levy." Lucy said, pulling her best friend into a hug. "She was really scary."
"Really?" Levy asked in surprise. "What was she like?"
"Aggressive and vulgar in her speech." Elicia replied.
"Seriously?" Levy asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, she and my counterpart fought like cats and dogs." Lucy replied. "Kinda like Gray and Natsu. But with much fouler language."
"Speaking of your counterpart, Lu, what was she like?" Levy asked curiously.
"My counterpart, huh?" Lucy replied while searching for the words to describe Lucy Ashely.
"She was almost exactly the same." Happy interjected.
"Yeah, but the other Lucy was cuter." Natsu added. "Our Lucy never blushes like a girl, after all."
"What did you say?" Lucy asked with a tick mark on her forehead. "Just because you've never seen me blushing doesn't mean I don't!"
With that said, Lucy glanced towards the kitchen while wondering where Alfonzo would take her on their date.
Like that, everyone asked about their counterparts from the Edolas Fairy Tail. Though there were some they never met, like Lisanna, Marin, and Sun, most people were able to hear about their own counterpart. Even Lisanna was more than a little shocked when she heard that her counterpart was engaged to Alfonzo's counterpart before Elicia's counterpart ended up killing them both and herself in jealousy.
"I'm really glad our Lici isn't some kind of possessive psycho-bitch." Cana said before taking a swig from a mug of ale.
"And what was Cana's counterpart like?" Ultear asked with a smile.
"A perfect lady." Elicia replied with a smile of her own. "No drinking, conservative clothing, perfect grammar, the whole nine. She even called Fonzie and I shameless once because I pecked him on the cheek."
*Spirt!*
"Cana~~~~~…" Erza hissed angrily.
Because of what Elicia said about her Edolas counterpart, Cana ended up spitting her mouthful of ale out in surprise. Unfortunately, Erza, who had just received the strawberry shortcake she ordered was sitting right in front of her. As a result, both Erza and her strawberry shortcake were drenched in ale and Cana's saliva.
Naturally, that little accident led to one of Fairy Tail's usual guild-wide brawls that lasted until everyone was tired and ready to go home for the night.
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