09x290 - Fairy Heart

[bunniefuu]

It's you.

You're that black wizard.

Wait. What the hell are

you doing with Mavis?

What's going on?

Is she okay?

Where did you find her?

No one has seen or heard

from her for a year now.

We've all been sick with worry.

[ZEREF] Tell me, are you

the only person here?

Now? Yes.

Everyone's getting ready

for the harvest festival.

Due to Mavis' absence,

I've been obliged to serve as

Fairy Tail's temporary master.

[ZEREF]

Master?

Oh, right. I'd completely

forgotten this was a guild.

I have come here to

return Mavis to you.

Hey! What the--?!

You can't throw her

around like that!

She's not a doll, you know!

Don't worry. Nothing

can hurt her anymore.

[PRECHT]

Hey! Mavis!

Are you okay? Answer me!

What happened to you?

It's like she's

in a deep sleep.

Yes. And she will

never wake from it.

[gasps]

[ZEREF]

Sweet dreams. Mavis.

Who are you? What's your name?

[ZEREF]

Zeref.

[gasps]

[ZEREF] In essence, Mavis was

a fairy, but I am a spriggan.

A being most grotesque

and monstrous.

[ZEREF]

I'm so exhausted.

These feelings have

left me drained.

All I want is numb seclusion.

I know.

I'll go back to Alakitasia

and play my game some more.

There's no one I care about

on that entire continent.

[ZEREF] Trying to love

someone was a mistake.

It was wrong.

I must harden my

heart once again.

[gasps] Zeref? No.

He's the legendary "Black

Wizard"? That can't be.

[PRECHT]

Mavis, please, open your eyes.

What in the hell

is wrong with you?

Is it true? Is she dead?

[PRECHT] Strange.

I can't sense a heartbeat.

She's not alive,

but there is a residual

magic power inside her.

I must resuscitate her at once.

As I recall, there's

a revival lacrima

in a chamber beneath

the guild hall.

[MAVIS]

And so,

that's how my body ended

up inside the lacrima.

And why it remains there today.

Precht worked tirelessly,

trying every resurrection

spell he could find,

but not a single one could

bring me back to life.

One day, because of his

vast knowledge of magic,

he finally realized

what had happened.

I had been stricken by

the Curse of Ankhselam.

[PRECHT]

Oh, god.

Was this curse what

caused Rita's death?

[PRECHT] No. I can't let

anybody else find out.

The guild would not survive.

[MAVIS]

He kept his word.

No one would know

the truth about me.

[MAVIS]

In , Precht made up his mind.

He decided to tell the guild

that I'd passed away.

A shrine over an empty grave

was erected on Tenrou Island,

which was declared

our sacred land.

That is where I was born.

And where I met my fellow

founders of the guild:

Precht, Warrod, and Yuri.

[MAVIS]

That same year,

Precht became Fairy

Tail's second master.

He was acting in accordance

to the wish I had made known

in the time before

my disappearance.

He devoted all his time not

spent performing his duties

as guild master in solitude,

working without

rest to revive me.

In the year , Makarov's

father, Yuri Dreyer,

d*ed prematurely,

never knowing the true

cause of his wife's death.

Precht continued his

attempts to resurrect me

for the next years.

Though not successful,

the results yielded something

rather unexpected.

As I'd said, he had vast

knowledge about magic

and exhausted his resources

to bring me back,

but I remained in suspended

animation inside the lacrima,

unable to age or truly die.

In an unforeseen

convergence of factors,

an inexplicable form

of magic was created.

[MAVIS] It was something

that would rock

the wizarding world

to its very core.

Eternal magic...

called Fairy Heart.

[BOTH gasp]

I don't understand. What is it?

Yes, please. Elaborate.

An everlasting source of magic.

Simply put,

the power that springs from

Fairy Heart will never dry up.

Are you serious?

Like magic you can keep

using forever and ever?

[MAVIS]

Consider the w*apon developed

by the old Magic Council,

the Etherion Cannon.

It was powerful enough to

wipe out an entire country

with one blast.

The Fairy Heart contains

enough magic energy

to fire an infinite number

of Etherion blasts.

Or perhaps, "contains" is

not the right word for it.

It can "generate" that

kind of magic energy.

Enough to wipe out

all countries.

I understand why we'd

wanna keep this a secret.

News like this would definitely

throw the wizarding world

into total chaos.

Ivan tried to get his hands

on it some years ago.

It seems word of its existence

has reached the shores

of Alvarez as well.

Which means they're

gonna launch an invasion

to try to take control of

the power it can generate.

But why would they go

through the trouble?

Aren't they already swimming

in magic power over there?

Well, my theory is that they

wanna use it as a w*apon

in the fight against Acnologia.

Even Zeref considers him to

be too evil for this world.

Is he really that strong?

I mean, I know he's

like a force of nature,

but that's insane.

It's so scary.

[grunts]

Wait a sec.

This might seem like a stupid

question to you guys,

but if we have something

that's this powerful,

what's stopping us from

usin' it on both of them?

Boom! Yeah! Take that,

you baddies! Boom!

I suppose that question

needs to be asked.

I must admit, I did consider

using it to stop the Faces

in the battle with Tartaros.

Although we would've clinched

a short-term victory,

there was no telling what

the long-lasting effects

might've been.

For example,

what if we'd lost control

of the Etherion

and it rained down

limitless destruction?

[screams]

Jeez, sorry for asking.

Remember, you can't

counteract a poison

with another poison, Happy.

Be careful. I'm not sure she

enjoys being called a poison.

No matter what we're up against,

Fairy Heart must remain secret.

The world just

isn't ready for it.

[MEMBER A] Yeah! There's

no way we'd give that up!

[MEMBER C]

It's your body!

We're gonna protect you with

everything in our power!

[gasps]

I never dreamed my sin

would cause all this.

I dragged my beloved Fairy Tail

into a mess that could

end us for good.

[GAJEEL]

What "sin"?

Huh?

Because opening up your

heart to love someone

isn't actually a sin in my book.

And if it was illegal...

I wouldn't arrest ya.

[chuckles]

Stop with the blank

stares, would ya?!

He's right.

And you mustn't blame

yourself for what's happened.

[gasps]

It's unfortunate,

but it's obviously not

what you had intended.

Because of you, Fairy Tail is

a force for good in the world.

And no Fairy Tail...

...would mean that we wouldn't

all be friends today.

I'd be sad!

You made this happen.

Your love for people is what

brought us all together.

And we're willing to

do whatever it takes

to protect the guild

you created,

because we believe in it.

Your guild's grown into a thing

of beauty, First Master.

[GRAY]

Ah!

It's hard to imagine something

so tragic and painful

as being forced to fight the

person you once madly loved.

The feelings I had for him

are long in the past.

Zeref is a thr*at. To Ishgar

and all of humanity.

He must be defeated!

Not gonna lie. It'll be tough.

Even if we took down

Alvarez's army...

Zeref himself can't age

or die, isn't that right?

[MEMBER B]

Wait, he's really immortal?

[MEMBER D]

You mean, like,

there's nothing

that can k*ll him?

How do we defeat

somebody like that?

[NATSU laughing]

Just leave that part

to me, you guys!

I'll be the one to

take down Zeref.

Because my right arm...

is a secret w*apon, too.

Hey, have I told you lately

that you're the epitome

of triple A-plus beauty?

[MARIN yelps]

I'd be even better if you

finished this pedicure.

[MARIN]

Of course, my lady!

I will put all of my care into

making these nails truly divine.

When I'm done, they'll

be the envy of the gods!

So, my lady, if it's

not asking too much,

do you think you'd be

willing to turn me

back to my normal size,

pretty please?

--[door opens]

--[MARIN] Hm?

Tell me, Randi.

Yeah, Mary?

I heard you let some

troublemakers escape.

Surely that's not true.

No, I did not let them "escape."

I wasn't in the mood to be

dealing with them is all.

[MARIN] Trust me,

I tried to convince her

that it wasn't the best idea!

Oh, my. You are looking

A-plus, too, my lady!

Would you turn him

back to normal?

He's like a disgusting

cockroach that can talk.

[MARIN]

Say what?!

I'll pass.

[MARIN]

Come on! I hate being tiny!

Are you ever in the mood

to deal with anything?

That's what he's for, right?

Anyway, the Spriggan

have been summoned.

Your lackey's magic

should spare you

the hassle of traveling.

[door slams]

[MARIN yelps]

[MARIN grunts]

[MARIN] Hey, be careful!

What are you doing?

I can't stand that cow.

So horrible and ugly.

If I were you, I'd say

she's an F-minus.

Please don't squash me.

So...

Tell us more about

this "secret w*apon."

Well, it's a secret.

[LUCY]

What?!

That's why it's a secret w*apon!

Just tell us what it is,

you pink-haired punk!

How the hell can your right

arm be a secret anyway?

You know, I don't have a

clue what's under there,

but knowing him, I'll bet

it's something super special.

[HAPPY humming]

Are you acting smug

because you're in on

what the "secret

w*apon" really is?

I don't know!

Well, I don't know

why you feel the need

to be so showy about it

when it's not even your

own secret to be hiding.

All I can say is that it's

a one-time-use technique.

With this, I'll be able to take

down ol' Zeref once and for all.

There's no way I'm

gonna lose to him.

[MEMBER G]

Whoa!

[FAIRY TAIL chattering]

[MEMBER E]

Only one time?

[MEMBER F] He's literally

got an ace up his sleeve!

[NATSU]

You know it!

Well, he makes a pretty

convincing argument,

doesn't he?

Yes, indeed.

And his confidence seems to

be quite contagious as well.

Leave the f*ring up to Natsu!

He certainly does know

how to boost our morale!

Aye, sir!

[LAXUS]

Hmph.

He's always had a

knack for this stuff.

Of course, I have several

strategies of my own,

but I'll let Natsu lead for now.

Master.

[ERZA, MAKAROV, MAVIS]

Go on.

[LUCY]

Uhh. I guess I mean Gramps.

You should probably tell

us everything you know

about who we're

going up against.

[grunts] Yes,

that's a good point.

I'll share what information

I was able to glean

in my time there.

At the top sits

Emperor Spriggan.

Here in Ishgar, he's more

commonly referred to

as the legendary

"Black Wizard Zeref."

[grunts]

And beneath him are

powerful wizards.

An elite and terrifyingly

ruthless force

known as the Spriggan .

During the year I was

confined there,

I only managed to

meet six of them.

And because it's such

a large region,

it's apparently quite

rare for all of them

to be in the same place

at the same time.

Seven of you.

I'm pleased that so

many made it here

despite the sudden notice.

Actually, I believe Neinhart

is lurking somewhere

inside the palace, Your Majesty.

But well...

It's quite all right.

[INVEL]

I respectfully disagree.

Not attending this meeting

is an unacceptable defiance

of Your Majesty's orders.

[MAKAROV] Invel,

A.K.A. the Winter General.

Zeref's right-hand man.

And his chief administrator.

I'm not sure, but his

nickname leads me to believe

that he utilizes

ice-based magic,

though I haven't

seen him in action.

Ice, huh?

[AJEEL] Don't be such a

stick in the mud, Invel.

There's more than enough of

us here to start the meeting.

I think a small force

would be nicer anyway.

[MAKAROV]

Ajeel, the Desert King.

He's the sand wizard

we encountered

during our escape from Alvarez.

As we experienced,

he's one of the 's

most aggressive members.

He couldn't stop us.

[ZEREF] As I'm sure

you've likely surmised,

I've convened this meeting

to discuss preparations

for our invasion of Ishgar.

What a hassle.

Now, now, you really shouldn't

say such things, Brandish.

Don't forget, you did agree

to follow my orders.

Yes, of course.

I didn't actually say

I wasn't going to do it.

Just that it sounded like a

massive pain in the neck to me.

[MAKAROV] Brandish,

the Nation Destroyer.

Though not much of a hawk,

she does wield

enough magic power

to wipe countries off the map.

[ERZA] We have encountered her

before, on Caracol Island.

She's a force to

be reckoned with.

From what I could tell,

her magic can alter

an object's mass.

You know, Randi,

the fact that you say

whatever's on your mind

is why everyone hates you.

Yeah, so what?

I don't really give a damn

because the truth is,

I actually hate them.

I see.

Then I guess it's no wonder

we get along so well.

[MAKAROV]

Dimaria, the Warrior Queen.

I don't know what

magic she uses,

but she's an extremely

skilled knight

who's touted as a goddess

of the b*ttlefield.

So she's a wizard and a knight?

Sounds kinda familiar,

doesn't it?

Tell us, God Serena,

will destroying your

homeland cause you pain?

Painful?

No!

Jackass.

But thank you.

[MAKAROV] God Serena,

the top-ranked ex-member

of the Ten Wizard Saints.

He's a profound disappointment

to our country,

and impossible to like,

but I've had the

chance to witness

his extraordinary magic

power firsthand.

I still can't even wrap

my head around the fact

that the highest-ranked

Wizard Saint

is working with the enemy now.

I wonder why he decided

to desert Ishgar.

Honestly, I highly doubt that

there's any way to know for sure

without asking him personally.

I'll make sure to do that...

when I arrest him.

Your Majesty, there's

no doubt in my mind

that we are prepared

to go to battle

in this final w*r of Ragnarok.

[MAKAROV]

August, the Wizard King.

Be especially wary of him.

Although I don't know much

about him personally,

his magic power is rumored

to be without equal

among the .

He's on a completely

different level.

[MAKAROV]

If what I've heard is true,

he's mastered all

manner of magic

from every corner of the world.

It has been said that

he might even wield

more types of magic

than Zeref himself.

[gasps]

That's all the information

I have on those six.

As far as the others, I only

have the names of three.

They're...

...Bloodman...

...Neinhart...

...and the last one is Wall.

As I understand it,

our target is the body of

your former love interest.

It's all very scandalous

and sinful indeed.

[ZEREF]

Then you misunderstand.

The Fairy Heart is a form

of magic, not a person.

Additionally, that is not

our mission's only goal.

We will also wipe out Ishgar.

Humanity must be

exterminated without fail.

Humanity? Well.

We are but pieces in this game.

A fascinating

interpretation indeed.

[BRANDISH]

Hm.

Yes, good.

On that note, let's

plan our strategy.

[AJEEL]

Hm. I got it!

You should let me

do it all by myself!

We'll need to formulate

our strategy.

Everybody, pay close attention.

I'm sorry. But I simply

cannot allow that.

This will be a

full-scale as*ault.

Zeref will inv*de Ishgar

with his entire army.

Come on! I can handle the

whole thing on my own!

If the strongest guy

there was God Serena,

then that means

I'll have no problem

taking on the whole

continent alone!

[YAJEEL]

Hmm...

[ZEREF] I agree with what

you're saying, Ajeel.

But still, I like the message

an all-out att*ck sends.

There's not a shred

of ambiguity.

[MAVIS]

I won't sugar coat it.

There's no question we are at

an overwhelming disadvantage.

Our enemy is greater in number

and far more powerful than

any we've faced before.

[ZEREF]

The Dragon King Festival begins.

Let the invasion commence.

But due to our courage and

our bond, we will prevail.

Let's show them what

our guild is made of!

[chuckles]

[FAIRY TAIL cheering]

My arm is aching.

The same one that was devoured

by the Flame Dragon.

This is my time.

The Dragon King Festival

will soon begin.

[growls]

Behold and tremble before

the true King of Dragons,

the ultimate life form

on this planet...

...Acnologia!

[LUCY] Everybody in the

guild has their own way

of making it through

the stressful night

before the battle for

our future begins.

And things quickly get intense

when Alvarez's massive army

comes sh**ting through

the sky towards Fiore.

Humanity is counting

on us to fend them off.

As the town of Magnolia

comes under att*ck,

our guild's strong

bonds of solidarity

are put to the ultimate test.

Next Time: "The Magnolia

Defensive w*r."

Waves of threats and

despair come crashing in,

but we won't fall!