Seven years. It' s been even years since the disappearance of Natsu and the others. Fairytail has since dropped drastically from their place as the number one guild in Fiore to the lowest ever imagined. Since Fairy Tail needed a new master, they had appointed Macao their 4th Master, not that he any good at at being master. He tried through. Everyone had changed drastically in those seven years. Droy had gotten...bigger. Laki has become more mature, Macao and Wakaba had grown old, Romeo had become like Natsu, but not in the bad ways. And Nab...well he never did a job in those seven years has expected. And our dear, Reedus here had grown thinner as well. "Jeez, what would Levy say say if she saw you like these?" Jet asked. "Levy's not coming home!" He shouted, 

      Immediately after saying that did the atmosphere grew tense. It was a hard subject to talk about with out at least tearing up. "Oui.." Reedus murmured. He continued to paint, a grown black haired girl siting by the window with her guitar. She was smiling to no one in particular and staring out the window. "Well, well..". Five men entered the run down guild. "As always, this place is dead from the afternoon on..That's what I hate about pissant guilds!". A shirt man, with a creepy smile cackled at the statement. "There's no spirit here". Macao and Wakaba grew furious of the sight of them here. They didn't need to have worried about these men the first few years, that the black haired girl was here. If the she wasn't here, they would come but in that instant the girl would suddenly be there and calmly tell them to get out. 

      But her voice was never cheerful, full of love anymore. It was just full of hate.

     "Teebo...I told you to stay away from here!" Macao shouted. "Hey, Hey. Is that any way to talk to us..Members of Magnolia's number one wizard guild, Twilight Ogre?". The remaining member of FairyTail huddled together as they continued to talk. "You May I new have been Fiore, but that era is over. No wonder that black haired girl left this puny guild. Between this ramshackle old tavern and Twilight ogre, the wizard guild of the new age, one glance is all it takes to which is more useful to the development and progress of Magnolia". "Acting big just because you've got a huge guild..". "That's right! We've got soul". 

     "Soul doesn't put on the food on the plate does it?". Macao scowled at them. "What's you come here for, Teebo?!" Macao demanded. "This month's money!". Wakaba faced Macao disappointed. "You didn't pay them yet, Macao?". The two started to bicker, "You people are late repaying your debt!". "But, it isn't fair. We didn't get any decent jobs, this month". The members started to shout things about this being unfair. "I'll lay you double next month, so just be patient!" Macao begged. "Whoa, Whao. Who is it that saved this beat up tavern, when it was on the brink of collapse?". The toe guild started to bicker furthermore. They prepared to fight but Mack's did not allow them to. Twilight Ogre started to destroy all the tables, chairs and the remaining furniture. 

      Everyone was upset once again, these seven years brought anything but misfortunes. Reedus sketch pad then fell, releasing all his drawing and paintings. Painting of Master Makarov, Natsu, Mirajane, group natsu, a group painting of Wendy, Carla, Gajeel, and panther lily, team shadow gear. It was enough to bring everyone in years now. Cana drinking her beer, Lisanna, Mirajane and Elfman next to her. Freed, Bickslow, and Evergreen. A painting with everyone in it, smiling, drinking, talking, hugging. But, what brought everyone to tears, was the 12 year old right in the middle. She was smiling her brightest smile, her eyes slightly off course as if she was looking at something else.  A painting of Gildarts and Laxus. 

      "It's been seven years, huh?" Wakaba asked. "That long. I'm feeling nostalgic" Max added on. "Everything's changed since then" Warren said. "When we heard that Tenroujima was destroyed,  we searched for everyone desperately. But we didn't find even one of them". They continued to add on the sufferings. "Various groups helped us search for them, but not a single clue was found". Their tears continued to fall. "Our guild weakened since thy disappeared..we lost members, even the one we loved dearly" Max said. "It's just that..since then Romeo hasn't smiled once, same with-" Macao cried out. 

     The ground started to shake and everyone started to head out the guild to find the cause. In the sky was the enormous, Blue Pegasus' Christina Ver.2. Ichiya jumped from Christina and cracked the pavement with his impact. Eve, Ren and Hibiki floated down in a sphere of air. The members of Blue Pegasus continued to explain that there's was a possibility of everyone's being alive. 

      That very day they went out in a search party out into the ocean. Droy and Jet had gotten their hopes to high, and the others were being worried that they would be heartbroken once again. They soon spotted a person standing in the water. This person id Gaity Tail's first Master, Master Mavis. She brought up her hands and orhanger beams appeared from the water and miraculously Tenroujima appeared from the water. There is was healthy like it was never destroyed in the first place. They sailed to the shore and ran after Master Mavis. Jet used his magic and soon spotted a hand in the rocks. Pink hair, white scarf, this was none other than Natsu Dragneel. 

       "Romeo...are you sure you didn't want to go?". The young boy was reading a book with an emotionless face. "Even if they do find Tenroujima who knows if everyone is still alive?". "Don't be like that! You need to have faith". "We haven't heard from them in seven years". Everyone let out a saddened sigh at Romeo's words. "Well, well...looks like there are even fewer people in here than usual". This people were none other then Twilight Ogre once again. "This isn't a guild so much as a what? A club?". "Teebo? We agreed that I'd pay you next month!" Macao exclaimed. "My master doesn't agree with these terms. He said payment have to be made when they're due. Nothing I can do about it". Romeo stood up and slammed his book on the table. "You can all go to hell". "Romeo, don't!". "We don't have the money to pay you!". "I don't like your attitude, you little brat" Teebo said, as Romeo walked towards him. 

         The boy had enough of these people bullying him and his guild mates and summoned his fire magic. It was much like his father's, purple flames. One of the five men, named Thibault, steps forward ready to move the small boy aside. When suddenly he was kicked out of the way and everyone couldn't believe thier eyes. 

       Because right in front them, right in front their eyes was the people they once lost.

       "We're home". 

   They couldn't believe their eyes, were they dreaming, oh they sure wish they weren't. But they were wide awake and were sure not dreaming. 

      Hugs were thrown, kisses shared, laughs spilled from their mouths, and tears pulled once again. 

       A party was thrown, they drank, they sang, they danced, but even the pinkette  did not ask for the black haired girl. 

The next morning, there was a lot to talk about, a lot to catch up. 

       Romeo showed Natsu's his flames, the sticky ones, the reeking ones, the cold ones. 

      Master Makarov found out Macao had been Master this years and decided to keep it that way for a bit longer claiming it would be amusing. 

    Erza found out Bisca and Alzack had married 6 years ago and had a little girl since then. 

     Reedus showed everyone his painting, and Wendy being self conscious noticed she was still flat chested in his painting. 

     But no one remembered the black haired girl by the window. 

   Five people entered the guild, later presenting themselves as Lyon, Shelia, Tobby, Jura and Yuka.

     Shelia then broke it to everyone that Lamia Scale was the number 2 guild in Fiore, somehow turning that into a competition. And Lucy ironically asking if Blue Pegasus was number one. Tobby immediately shutting that idea down. The memebers that had stayed here this seven years grew tense at the idea of that. 

   Natsu suddenly got up from the table and frantically whipped his head in every direction. "Are you okay Natsu?" Lucy asked him. 

     "Where's Ruka?". 

       Lamia Scale and the Fairy Tail members grew stiff. "Umm..she's-". Romeo snapped his fingers , "On a job, she's on a job  she left about a week ago and probably won't be back so soon, Natsu". Natsu seemed unconvinced with these the answer but sat back down. Why had they grew tense and uncomfortable when he asked, he thought. 

    That night, he walked home with Happy, to see the front garden so untamed. The inside was worse. There was layers of dust covering everything as if no one had been there in years. "What's really going on here" he asked Happy. The blue exceed shrugged his shoulders and frowned. Where was the black haired girl he considered his sister. 

   The next morning Natsu and Happy couldn't find their safe anywhere with all their jewels in there. He kept throwing stuff back and forth, before he grabbed something but stopped before looking at the object. 

   The scrapbook. 

     The scrapbook that Ruka had once made for him. He turned the first page and smiled sadly. The pictures were slightly faded and he saw his sister right in the middle of the pictures with a bright smile. "Where are you, Ruka?" He murmured. She would have been around 19 at the time, grown up, and it pained Natsu to think this, but she might even have a boyfriend now. 

      He dropped the book onto his bed, but failed to notice the little scrap of paper falling out of the torn out pages. 

    "Sorry Natsu, I just couldn't help but leave, but what does it matter. You're dead anyways".

    Little did he know she did, she had grown up, and she certainty didn't need a her 'Onii-Chan' to come and save her anymore. 

      Then months flew by, and Natsu everyday would wait for his sister to come back from her very long job. It was the day after all the infinity time clock and  Natsu was tapping his fingers in the wooden table. The guild members were ashamed on encouraging the little white lie. But, who could they blame?

    "Okay, you're all going to sit down and tell me exactly where Ruka is because it has been months and she still isn't here".

      He grabbed their arms and sat the people down, they all had there faces towards the floor. By now everyone wanted to their explainations. "Yeah, were is the little brat" Laxus asked. 

     "She's not coming back" Romeo said. 

      "Not the dead-kind-of-not-coming-back but the other one where she doesn't want to come back here". 

       Macao stood up and faced the ones who remained sitting down. "You know what just tell them already, not the side truth the entire truth". "I'm surprised you haven't heard about her in these months" Bisca said. "Well get telling then" Natsu demanded. 

         "It was 4 years ago, she had accepted that you were all dead, and didn't take it so well...".

        "She became something so far what we used to know. She didn't smile anymore, hardly talked to us either-". 

        "I guess she didn't feel at home anymore with us, I mean everywhere you looked around the guild you could practically imagine all of you there". 

  "We guess she just had enough of it, and one day she came all high and might with Juri-".

  "Juri?"

  "Her exceed". 

  "Alright continue,". 

  "And she said she was leaving....us, FairyTail"

  There was shock expressions everywhere. 

 "She claimed she was joining Sabertooth and that she was finally going to fit in somewhere". 

  "And she walked off and then later it was all over the news that she's had joined Sabertooth". 

"And that she had also changed her name, she kept her first name but her surname became Galaxia"

  "And umm....should we tell him about that

 "What thing, you don't mean that". 

 "Yeah that, should we tell him about that". 

 "Well Natsu won't take that so well"

   "Won't take what Well?". 

   "Well that's on him if he can't take it".

   "He's man he can take it". 

   And together they said, 

  "She has a boyfriend!".

             The life went out of him and his face turned pale and he leaned into his chair to much. His chair fell backwards, but he seemed unfaze staring at the ceiling. 

(Just pretend it's Natsu, I know it isn't, or else I wouldn't be putting this a/n. Just wanted to make it clear how his face would have looked)

      And there's she was flashing before his eyes, the cute little 4 year old with pigtails, the 9 year old who was crying in front of him, the 10 year old who gave him his precious scrapbook trying to convince him to let her get a guild mark, the twelve year old that waved him off at the decks. 

       He was going to scare off the boys, make her learn how to reject boys. 

       But he never did. 

        "Natsu...are you okay?"

      "I wasn't there to keep the boys away like I had planned to. I knew she would grow up to be beautiful and that every guy would want her. And she's probably my age now, 19, and what's worse I made her want to leave". 

      "This couldn't have been helped Natsu, she was eventually going to get tired of you not letting her be with a boy" Erza stated. 

      "Not that... well yes I'm upset she has a boyfriend...but we made her leave. If I say sorry she'll come back right" he smiled at the members who rubbing their  arms. 

    "She's made it very clear that she wants nothing to do with 'disgusting fairies'". 

    "What's worse she won't even hear us out when we tried to make her change her mind."

     "Oh don't worry I'll make her change her mind, one way or the other."

   Everyone smiled at Natsu, but they were all disgusted by the fact that the black haired girl had left the guild for her own good. Lucy walked over to the window and sat down. She realized that this was the black haired girl's place by the window. She looked down to the wood below the window and saw that everyone initials were there, even hers. She smiled at the that.