私の仲間に || The Final Letters

Hey fairies! It’s Astrid here with a new blog and its the end of the letter series! This has been a long time coming and I wanted to end it on a somewhat emotional note, well I’m gonna try but there’s no guarantees. These letters will be sent to various of Fairy Tail from some who I haven’t mentioned in a blog for a long time now. Who is it? Well you’ll just have to read to find out. Warning; I’m winging the hell outta this. Mavis save my soul. Enjoy!

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Dear Lisanna,

We’ve known each other since we were children, you were the first person to believe Igneel was truly the dragon who raised me, we found Happy’s egg, raised him and you gave him his name. You always had faith in me when no one else did. When Gildarts came back to the guild we listened to his stories for hours. Once we said we’d get married, the silly dreams of two kids and we even had identical guild marks, fire red on our right shoulders. The day you left on a job with Mira and Elfman we promised to go on a job together when you got home. The day you didn’t come back was one of the worst days of my life. I promised that I would protect you, that I would always find you. I failed you. For two years I told myself that it was my fault you died. I failed to keep my promise. I built you a tombstone at the little hut we made as kids, that way you could always watch the sun set, just like you use to. I refused to get close to anyone because I was afraid they’d disappear too. Do you mind that I’m close with Lucy now? I don’t think you do. It seems like you two are good friends and I’m glad about that. Getting back on track. When I saw you in Edolas I didn’t think it was really you. I was so happy to see you again and even happier when you came home with us. It meant I had kept my promise, that I didn’t fail you and I could keep you safe. I think it’s safe to say that we only see each other as friends now but I’m glad we’re still as close as ever! We’re family and nothing is going to change that! I swear I will protect you this time, I’ll protect everyone! Now that Fairy Tail is back together we’re going to have to make sure no one breaks up our family ever again. Oh, one more thing, I want to thank you Lisanna. You made me the person I am now and without you I never would have found happy, I never would have followed any leads about Igneel and I never would have met Lucy. Thank you for setting me on the right path of protecting those I care about the most.

From Natsu.

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Dear Erza,

From the moment I ed the guild you looked out for me. You tutored me, taught me the things Igneel couldn’t like reading, writing and fixed my spelling. Despite how much I annoyed you and asked you to fight me, you always had my back, and you still do. I have to it you confuse me sometimes. I mean one minute you’re eating cake, happy as can be, then the next minute you look fit to kill someone. You can face one hundred monsters like it was nothing yet you get stage fright. Your mood changes almost as fast as your amour in a battle! Just thinking about freaks me out. Are you aware of how scary you can be or is something you do without realizing it? I gotta know! Having said that, there’s no denying you have truly earned the title of not just S-Class mage but Titania, Queen of the Fairies. You’ve put your life on the line for the guild countless times and never expected thanks in return. You’ve faced your past, conquered your fears, fought against the odds, taken out full armies without breaking a sweat, became our seventh guild master and kept us all in line, manly me and Gray.....okay mainly me. The reason I wanted to fight against you so much is because I wanted to know how much stronger I had to become to protect you and everyone else. You pushed me to never give up and showed me that sometimes even those who hurt us deserve forgiveness. You helped me through a lot and I owe you more than I can ever hope to repay. Maybe I’ll buy you a bakery full of strawberry cake with Jellal inside dressed as a chef, I think that would make you happy. Being serious though. You’re an incredible warrior and an inspiring person for people of all ages. You’ve been like an older sister to me and I’m grateful to have you in my life.

From Natsu.

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Dear Gray,

I know I’m surprised I’m writing you this letter too. We’ve constantly gotten into fights since we were children and it obvious nothings changed huh, ice princess? Sorry, couldn’t resist. We act as though we hate each other but the truth is we actually don’t. I’ve always found it funny how people assume we’re enemies because of how much we fight but that’s just how we are. True you annoy me to no end most of the time but I have to say that I respect you as a mage. Your magic is actually pretty impressive and we did make one hell of a team in our fight against Mars Geer. After a year of not seeing each other I was eager to fight you again, I wanted to see if you had gotten any stronger and I think it’s safe to say you gotten a tiny bit stronger. Hearing you and Juvia moved in together wasn’t a shock, actually I was surprised it didn’t happen sooner. When are you going to it how you really feel about her? Getting back on point. Although we didn’t know you were under cover and didn’t actually Avatar for real, I still didn’t give up on you. Something just told me that you wouldn’t betray all of us like that. I know you must have been going through the motions though. The guild was disbanded, a strange pattern appeared on your body and your father was killed right in front of you. I know how painful that last part can be, I watched Igneel die in front of me too. Excuse me while I sound soft for a moment but if you ever wanna talk about it, you can talk to me, I know what you went through. Okay back on track for the second time. We may fight a lot but we always look out for one another, it’s almost like a sibling rivalry that goes on between us. I suppose we could use that to our advantage in a battle, y’know confuse the enemy by making them think we’re fighting each other and then launch a surprise attack! It worked against the demons of the book of Zeref so I’m sure it’ll work against other enemies! Being serious for a moment though, you and I have seen each other through a lot and it’s made us closer. We may act like we hate each other but we both know it isn’t true. If you ever find yourself with your back against the wall just I got your back and I know you got mine.

From Natsu.

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Dear Gildarts,

There’s things I wanna say to you but you’re hardly ever around, so this was the next best thing. I want to thank you for looking after me when I was a kid. You could have brushed me aside and labeled me as another one of the guild kids but you didn’t. You once told me that you always wanted children so I guess Lisanna and I were your chance to be a father, I wish I saw your face when you discovered Cana was your daughter. She may act embarrassed by you but I know she’s actually really happy about having you in her life. Getting back to what I was saying. Despite how busy you were, how many jobs you had lined up or how exhausted you felt, you always made time to tell me stories, take me finishing and help me train. Something tells me I wore you out more than your job requests. Heh heh, sorry about that. I know you warned me about facing Acnologia but I never imagined he’d be as strong as he was. Honestly I never thought anyone was capable of defeating you and truth be told, I still kinda thing that way. I know it’s a childish frame of mind but for years I looked up to you, thought you were a real life hero. Is it wrong I still think like that? Maybe it is but I don’t care. You’ve never backed down from a challenge and always look so relaxed no matter what the situation or who you’re facing. You know as a kid I wanted to grow up to be a mage like you, to make you, Gramps and Igneel proud of me, to show you guys that you didn’t make a mistake by taking a chance on me. I still hope to achieve that goal. If I can get stronger, protect our guild and keep our family safe, will that make you proud? I hope it will. So thank you Gildarts, thank you for the stories, the adventures, for being a father figure and for being someone I could talk to about anything. Maybe one day I’ll be strong enough to beat you in a fight. You up for it old man? I’ll be fired up.

From Natsu.

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Dear Zeref,

I’m not entirely sure what I want to say but I felt I should write you a letter regardless. Although I have no memory of life before meeting Igneel, there is no mistaking the fact that you’re my brother. I can’t really explain it but when we first met, I felt as though I knew you, that we shared a history. I tried to push the thoughts aside and focus on the task at hand but it kept bothering me. I needed to know how we knew each other, why I was having dreams of us as children but, that’s the thing. They weren’t dreams were they? They were memories of a time I barely knew. A time we didn’t have a chance to spend much of together because I died and you were left alone. You went against your school, your teachers, everyone, just so you could bring me back to life. I still don’t know how I died but you defied the very laws of nature for me. Sometimes I wonder how life would be if things had turned out differently. If I never died in the first place, would we have had a good relationship? Would our parents be around to make memories with us? Would I never meet Igneel? Sometimes I wish I had the chance to get to know you, you are my older brother after all. I don’t truly believe that you were an evil person, you were just....misunderstood is all. All you needed was for someone to give you a chance. I guess Mavis did that huh, bro? You know, each year on my birthday I heard someone say “happy birthday Natsu,” but it sounded like a far off whisper. Was that you Zeref? I like to think it was. I hope that in the next life we get to be a proper family, maybe we could even Fairy Tail together! I think you’d like it there. I wonder what type of magic you would have instead of your curse. Maybe a type of creation magic like a form of maker magic. I think that would suit you. You created life, sure they were demons but they were alive, so maker magic seems fitting. I hope you’re resting peacefully, wherever you are. Maybe we’ll meet again some day.

From your little brother, Natsu.

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Dear Igneel,

There are so many things I wanna tell you about! I learned how to read and write, I ed a guild, made a ton of friends, got a job and a place of my own. I have an exceed named Happy, who’s more like my adopted son. Some of my guild mates and I formed a team and now we’re Fairy Tail’s strongest! I never stopped looking for you though, on my search I ended up in Hargeon where I met the girl who would be the start of our team. Her name is Lucy and she’s a celestial mage, I think you’d like her. You know she never doubted that I was raised by a dragon! I don’t know if I ever told you this but I’m glad you’re the one who raised me. Despite being human, you treated me like I was your own flesh and blood. You could have easily gotten rid of me but you didn’t. You taught me everything I know and made me feel wanted. You were the coolest dad anyone could have asked for and that’s why when you disappeared I thought I......I thought I did something wrong and that’s why you went away. I had a feeling you were always close by and I was so happy to see you again! Which is why I don’t understand why you insisted on fighting Acnologia straight away. I know you said you wanted to protect me but I had just got you back! Couldn’t you have waited a little longer before fighting?! Why did you have to leave me so quickly?! I feel like an idiot for crying right now but I had to watch you die in front me, after years of searching you were taken away in seconds. That image still haunts my dreams. All I wanted was my dad back. Was that too much to ask? Everything went down hill from there. The guild disbanded, I left Lucy all alone for a year, Zeref’s army was declaring war against Fiore and I found out that I was the demon E.N.D. I wish you had of been there dad, you would have known what to do. I was scared of fighting in a war but I was even more scared to tell anyone. All I could focus on was the memories I had of you, teaching me magic, to read, spell, telling me stories etc. Those are memories I will never forget. I’m proud to tell people that you were my father and I hope you were proud to have me as your son. I miss you dad, I won’t let your memory fade away.

From your proud son, Natsu.

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Dear Lucy,

There is a lot I want to say to but I’m not sure how to say it, so I thought I’d take a page from your book and write you a letter. From the moment I met you I knew you were different, like I was meant to meet you. You were like a shining star standing out against the darkness. Bringing you home to Fairy Tail was probably the smartest thing I’ve ever done and I’m sure the rest of the guild would agree. Right from the beginning I’ve had this overwhelming need to protect you, to keep you safe no matter what the cost. We hardly knew each other but you believed in me. You trusted me. Not once did you call me an idiot, a flame-brain or any other the other things the rest of the guild like to call me. You always smile at me differently to everyone else, it’s as though that particular smile is just for me. That thought makes me really happy and I want to you to keep that smile just for me. I know I can annoy sometimes but I just want to be around you, that’s why I go to your house so much. It means I know you’re safe and you have nicer food than me. I never imagined leaving you for a year would hurt you so badly. The only reason I didn’t say goodbye in person was because I knew that if I did, that if I saw you, I wouldn’t have been able to go. I needed to get stronger to protect you, to protect our family. I know you’re going to yell at me for this later but I found the letters you wrote to me and I may have read them. Lucy....I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! I never meant to make you feel that way! I wanted to get stronger so I could protect you! I never wanted to make you cry! How can I make it up to you? I’ll do anything to make you smile again. Maybe I could make that dream you mentioned a reality? It sounds like a nice idea after all but I gotta say I’m not much of a dancer. I’m sorry I left you. I promise I won’t leave you ever again! A dragon’s gotta protect his princess, right? Please understand I had why I had to become stronger. I couldn’t stop future Rogue from killing you and I watched you die right in front of my eyes. I don’t care that it was your future self, it was still you. I can’t lose you again. You’re as beautiful as ever and have become one hell of a fighter. Think you can ever forgive me for being such an idiot? I swear I’ll stay by your side until the day you tell me to leave, which I hope you never do. You mean more to me than you realize Luce, and more than you’ll ever know.

From your reckless dragon, Natsu.

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Well fairies, it’s finally happened. We’ve reached the end of the letter series. What started with a single challenge turned into a seven blog long series and lemme tell you that a lot of letters to write. I was going to do separate blogs for Igneel’s letters and Lucy’s letters but that felt like dragging the series out. I hope you enjoyed this little series. Until next time. Stay awesome fairies :sparkling_heart:

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