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My word...

Th-This dissertation...

You wrote this?

Yes.

I see...

It's wonderfully written, but the topic is a bit heavy.

This subject matter is not meant for children like you.

The fact is, magic pertaining to life and death

has always been considered forbidden territory.

It's too dangerous, even for adults.

Mm. It would anger Ankhselam, the god of life and death.

You will never study this sort of magic again.

Is that clear, Zeref?

Yes.

I just want to know why people live and why they die.

That's all...

A dream?

No matter how far, far away we are

you just need to keep on believing

So, please, stop crying, look up...

...and let's move forward together

Why do you look down

and stare at the tears you've shed?

Even if today is a bust

we can always walk forward with faith in tomorrow

Having someone who can reach out to me

and someone I can laugh with

gives me a new strength

that can change the world as we know it

No matter how far, far away we are

you just need to keep on believing

everything is for you for you

The morning sun has driven the night away

I won't be afraid or hesitate anymore

I'm going to turn my dream into reality

So, please, stop crying, look up...

...and let's move forward together

A dream?

How rare.

Natsu.

I once had a younger brother.

But he passed away several years after being born.

I just couldn't make sense of it, however hard I tried.

So I began to study life and death.

"Memoirs"

It's still only a hypothesis, but if we can just figure out a way

to amass the 2.7 billion Idea of magic power needed,

the Revive System will be realized.

--Incredible! --A flawless magical framework!

This would bring dead people back to life?

He's the greatest prodigy in the Academy's history...

How many times must I tell you, Zeref?

Reviving the dead is taboo.

What's more, your design pays little care

for the human lives that must be sacrificed.

Life and death are a law of nature.

It is not our place to meddle with life itself.

Life, at least, has an aspect of intentionality to it, does it not?

In which case, so should death and the life beyond that.

O Ankhselam! Please have mercy on this boy!

Zeref.

Yes?

You were told to cease work on your Eclipse project, were you not?

The design is almost complete.

It also avoids the ethical dilemma.

The Eclipse... A door backward in time.

Why would you go back in time anyway?

Well...

I assume your Revive System, the Eclipse, and everything else

are intended to bring your younger brother back to life.

It seems you are obsessed after all with the dangerous idea of reviving the dead.

The board has decided to expel you.

Everyone had such high hopes for you, too.

What a shame.

But, I--

Your brother won't come back.

He will never come back to life!

Zeref?!

P-Professor...

I-Is this the wrath of Ankhselam?!

Before I knew it, every teacher and student at the academy was dead.

I must have angered the god Ankhselam.

I was given the Curse of Contradiction.

The more I care for life, the more everything around me dies.

I'm sorry...

The only way to suppress it is to not care for life.

I also lost the ability to age and die.

I was tormented by the guilt of taking so many lives...

...and I was disgusted with myself for feeling pleased

that I could study to my heart's delight, for all eternity.

Then, after wandering through that maze of thought for years...

...I decided I wanted to die.

So I began working with the most taboo magic of all...

...creating life itself.

I created demons that could kill me...

The demons of the Book of Zeref, as they'd later be known.

At the time, I called them the "Etherious,"

because they were made of ether, the building blocks of magic.

But none of my demons were able to kill me.

Eventually, I decided to produce my final, ultimate creation...

That creation was you, E.N.D.

Etherious Natsu Dragneel.

No, I shouldn't say "creation."

You were human to begin with. You had flesh and blood.

Yes. I looked after my brother's body all those years

for this very day.

The ultimate Etherious and my brother's resurrection...

I obtained both at the same time.

I'm Zeref Dragneel.

I'm your big brother, Natsu.

Etherious Natsu Dragneel...

As for how you met Igneel, and my connection with Mavis...

I'll save those for another time.

There's a person I need to go see now.

Or is he even a person?

I didn't think you'd actually meet with me.

That's how you normally look, huh?

How's your arm...

...Acnologia?

What do you want, black wizard?

You seek destruction.

Yet you hardly partake.

You could conquer the world with your power if you felt like it.

But you haven't.

Your principles and motivations are quite unclear.

I could say the same about you.

I've remained on the sidelines because I couldn't decide.

Do I side with the humans and fight you,

or do I side with you and fight the humans?

It turns out that question itself was flawed.

Wiping out you and the humans...

That's been my mission all along.

You've been waiting for someone to offer a serious challenge, right?

I will make that happen.

The time will soon come...

...for the final battle between a dragon, an immortal, and a human.

In eastern Fiore lies the city of Magnolia.

This city was once home to the Fairy Tail wizard guild.

We've returned after a year away.

Oh! This brings back memories!

Look!

Kardia Cathedral got fixed!

All the others supported the idea of reviving Fairy Tail.

It was a total wreck just a year ago, too.

This is one strong city, all right.

Yeah.

Everyone temporarily went their own ways again,

but we agreed to meet up here in Magnolia.

I must report to Jellal first.

Gajeel.

Don't tell the higher-ups about us. It'd be a big hassle.

It's a secret that we shacked up together!

--No! I meant me and Erza! --Shacked up...?

We'll head to Magnolia too after we report in.

I thought working for the Council was my true calling.

Save your jokes for your face.

I bet that old tree'll be sad to see me go.

Now that's a joke for sure!

--You little...! --I'm just joking, too!

Come to think of it, apparently there's little hope

of getting any info about Zeref out of Avatar.

They were just a group of worshippers, after all.

Are you okay, Lucy?

You don't seem in high spirits.

Oh, no, it's nothing.

I was just reminiscing about the past, is all.

Indeed, this city holds too many memories...

Of happy times...

Sad times...

Fun times...

All right alongside Fairy Tail.

But that same Fairy Tail suddenly disbanded one year ago.

--What's the deal, Master?! --Stop joking around!

How are we supposed to earn a living now?!

--You can't just decide this! --Yeah! Yeah!

You can't be serious, Master!

I am disbanding Fairy Tail.

You must follow your own paths forward now.

That is all.

This is unacceptable, Master!

Fairy Tail is my path forward!

If you wanna quit, leave your own damn self!

Yeah!

I ain't quitting! Fairy Tail is right here!

As of this moment, Fairy Tail is hereby disbanded!

You are never to speak its name again!

Our master disappeared before we had time to grasp what happened.

Everyone gradually started to go their own ways.

Fairy Tail really was gone.

Memories were all that remained.

What's wrong, Lucy?

The guildhall is just up ahead.

I'm...

I'm scared to go any further...

Is it 'cause the old building is gone?

The building doesn't matter.

This is where it all starts!

It's how everyone else feels that worries me.

You suddenly showed up and talked about reviving Fairy Tail...

So I let myself get excited...

I sent letters to everyone, or at least everyone I could find.

Right out of the blue, after a year of silence.

I asked them to gather in Magnolia to rebuild Fairy Tail...

But when I think about it, they're all following their own paths now.

I have no idea if we all feel the same way anymore.

Maybe they've even forgotten about the guild.

I just...

As if we'd forget after just one year!

Cana?!

Cana!

Yo!

Natsu, Happy, and Charle!

Oh, Wendy! Have you "grown" a bit?

No... Not really...

Wow, you're as stacked as ever!

Cana...

I gotta say, this past year's been eye-opening for me.

I figured I might as well go find Gildarts, so I went on a little trip.

It was lucky I managed to get your letter.

I bet it's the same for the others.

In my case, I'd been in the guild since I was little.

So this sudden disbanding thing didn't make much sense to me,

and I didn't even really know how I'd make a living afterward.

It was good for life experience, basically.

The whole situation felt weird for all of us,

so none of us had the courage to reach out.

But you broke that wall for us, Lucy.

So come on!

Everyone's waiting!

Everyone...?

Oh! Long time, no see!

Your hair got longer, Lucy!

Natsu and the others are back!

--We got your letter, Lucy! --Oui.

Heard you caused a real stir at the capital!

Wendy! Charle! How are you?!

You look well, Happy!

Took you long enough.

It's definitely nice to be back in Magnolia.

Warren...

I created the portable communication lacrimas!

Nab...

Nab says he always read Sorcerer Weekly!

I did, too, actually!

Reedus... Max...

--Oui. --How's it goin'?

Alzack, Bisca, and Asca!

The whole family seems to be doing well!

Jet! Droy!

Team Shadow Gear is back together!

Ahaha! I had to leave the Council, though!

You worked for the Council?!

Macao, Wakaba, and Romeo!

You three are under arrest for being chumps.

--Laki! --You cut your hair.

--Vijeeter! --That's a reunion dance, I suppose.

--Kinana! --Says she learned some magic!

You're as manly as ever, Lucy!

Lisanna! Elfman!

This is a manly reunion!

Lucy.

Mira...

Welcome back.

I'm home.

The fact that we were together again like it was no big deal...

...made me so happy that it hurt.

I'm home!

Mira!

Here it is!

It's all tattered, but oh, well!

Our guild is back in action!

We're Fairy Tail!

Until you fall asleep, until you give that smile

You are beautiful to me more than anything

Under the same sky, we look up at the same stars

May the dream we shared come true now

There's no doubt we can achieve the future we wished for

as our harmonies connect and stretch endlessly along this path

The Fairy Tail members celebrate their reunion in Magnolia

and vow to restore the guild to its former glory.

With faith that the missing Makarov will return someday,

Natsu and friends begin to rebuild the wrecked guildhall.

One day, as the guild begins to get back on its feet,

a lone man bearing the guild's crest appears...

Next Episode: "The 7th Guild Master."

"The 7th Guild Master"

The secret door will soon be opened.