-Mavis P. O. V.-

That terrible headache returned. We lied there, pain filling our head, spreading throughout our bodies. I could barely look up at Zeref. He was have a seizure. I couldn't bare to see him in pain.

"Zer... ef..." I was able to muster.

He looked at me, pain and fear in his eyes. "Mavis..." His voice was weak, trying to be strong.

"We... We're going... to... die... Zeref..." I spoke. "Are... Aren't we...?"

He weakly nodded. "Yes... my love... Our curses... are killing... us..."

I didn't want to die. I didn't want to leave Zeref. "Zeref... I... love... you..."

"I love... you... too... Mavis..."

He was able to inch close enough for one final kiss...

And then everything went black...

-Somewhere in the forest-

"She's dead! She's dead! What do we do now!?" The first guard yelled in panic.

"I don't know! We have to report this!" His partner yelled back.

The first paced for a moment. "Okay, we need to take her body back as proof! We'll report to headquarters."

"What killed her!? What do we tell them!?"

"The Black Wizard Zeref! We didn't see him, but he clearly is the cause of this! He must've been invisible or cast a spell from in the bushes and ran or something. The captain is dead and the Black Wizard Zeref killed her! That is what we report!"

The second nodded, slinging the body of the dead woman over his shoulder. "Understood."

The two men started towards the edge of the forest.

Little did they know, the person responsible for her death...

Was not only still in the woods...

But lying there...

Dead.

-Zeref P. O. V.-

The seizure was over. I opened my eyes. Why was I still alive? Mavis's curse killed me. My curse killed her- MAVIS!

I scrambled to my feet to see Mavis's body lying on the ground... dead.

I knelt next to her body, tears falling down my face...

Why? Why did I live? Why should the man who has killed thousands live and the most innocent girl die!? Our curses should have killed us!

Unless... no...

My curse killed her... Her curse killed someone else... Who was it?

I closed my eyes and focused. I felt another source of death.

Her mother...

The entire Vermillion family is dead...

Because of me...

"I should never have fallen in love..." It would have spared their lives... Mavis. Her mother. Rita. It's all my fault..."

There was a piece of paper on the ground. Mavis must have had it. I picked it up.

A beautiful picture of the grave we were near. I placed it in my pocket.

"They deserve to know..."

I bent over and picked up Mavis's body, bridal style. The way I would have carried her back home after our wedding.

The wedding that would never have been.

They will never forgive whoever did this, especially Yury. So I made a resolve.

I will take the blame for this. For Fairy Tail, I was the one who killed their master, and Yury's wife.

I walked through the forest, carrying her body, an aura of darkness all around my body, causing so much despair in my emotions as my tears fell. Darkness was all around...

But I still cast a shadow of light...

-Third Person P. O. V.-

"Yury, why do you look so worried?"

The new father looked at Warrod. "I'm worried about Rita. She hasn't arrived at the guild yet. Even if she visited the grave, she should be here by now."

"The master hasn't arrived yet either." Precht said, walking over. "So hasn't her advisor / fiance."

"I suggest we go look for them!" Yury said, getting up. The three men walked out of the guild.

In front of them stood a sight they never expected to see.

As the doors behind them closed, the Black Wizard Zeref stood there in front of them. Holding the body of the master.

"I've come to return Mavis." He said. "She's dead."

"You... you're lying!" Warrod yelled out.

"She's asleep! She's unconscious! She passed out from exhaustion! She... She's not dead!" Precht yelled!

Zeref dropped Mavis onto the ground. "There is your proof. I killed her..."

The three men were speechless. Warrod shed tears, Yury clenched his fist, and Precht looked at her body with sorrow.

Zeref took the sketch out of his pocket and set it down next to her body. "Bury her with a grave like this."

"She deserves it." And with that, he turned away. "Gaebolg. You shall be the new master. Do not disappoint Mavis... Or me..."

Yury yelled out. "Wait! Where is my wife!? Where is my Rita!?"

Zeref paused for a moment. "You should go to the grave in the forest... That is where Mavis died... And your wife..."

"I killed her too..."

"You bastard!" Yury shed tears of anger as Precht and Warrod held him back. "You monster! You killed them! My wife! Our master! Your fiance! You son of a bitch! If you ever come back to Fairy Tail, I'll kill you! If I even see you once in Fiore, I'll kill you where you stand!"

"That won't be necessary." The black mage spoke. "You will never see me again... I will go to sleep... Never to be awoken..."

"But a word of warning." He continued. "If you, or anyone, awakens me..."

"I'll kill you all... I'll start a war with Fairy Tail... and the only one who can stop it..."

"Is now dead."

And Zeref walked away, leaving Fairy Tail forever.

Or, so he thought.