My reaction to chapter 450: AAAAAAAAAHH

Wait… is that why Zeref wants fairy heart? Kinda stalker-ish but cute.

Onto the story now.

Sorry if there's mistakes, no one proofread this. Please point them out if there are.

ZERVIS FOREVER

"Erm. Year X696, Yuriy's child, Makarov, is born." Said Mavis as if the whole guild hadn't had to chase her around for an hour and then taken another hour to convince her to come outside the tree trunk to continue the story.

Everyone was seated in silence (for now). Erza had been subtly encouraged to sit on the edge of the room, thus putting half the guild outside of her whacking range.

Mavis hadn't protested, half hoping they would interrupt her and she wouldn't have to relive that awful part of her life.

"I was chosen as godmother… So I named the child after a king I read about in a book, a long time ago…"

Makarov blushed oh-so slightly and darkly muttered "This is not what's important, First."

There were some surprised exclamations ("You're Gramps' Godmother?! THAT old?!") but they hushed down pretty quickly.

But the ghost didn't continue her story right away. She looked at the face of all of the members of the guild, one by one.

There was no one left from the original guild, she thought; Warrod resigned, Yuriy and Precht were gone, even the others had long died… Would anyone know if she twisted the story a little?

But… she didn't want to lie. Not to her family. They deserved to know the truth, as awful… and embarrassing as it was.

"That day…" Mavis took a deep intake of air, "was the first time my curse killed someone."

Hushes erupted in the room again, but the first master's stoned expression lead to think worst was to come and they died fast enough.

"I took the hand of Makarov's mother, Rita, and she died."

No one spoke.

Mavis' cold tone made more than a few shudder.

Her words and attitude conveyed four words.

"This was the beginning."

Mavis' newfound monotone made a few more chill.

"I ran away. I know some of you have seen the curse before- a sphere of darkness that drains the life of all it touches… The curse of contradiction. The more you love life, the more you steal it away. If you do not love life, you will not take it."

No one spoke. Mavis seemed to watch something very far away, although whether it was far in space, or in time, or both, none of them could tell.

" I've withered trees… killed animals… humans too… from that day forth I didn't step foot into the guild. I wandered aimlessly… and countless lives disappeared around me."

There was few sobs in the assistance, although it was faster to count those who didn't look saddened by the old child's tale.

Laxus, Natsu and Gray looked angrier than ever before.

Evergreen had retreated near Elfman, subtly looking for comfort although he was crying and muttering about manly.

Mest and Carla were silently trying to comfort Wendy.

"I spent that last half a year without eating, but I could not seem to die. That is how he found me again."

Mavis' tiny fists were clenched and she was biting her lips.

"I… I begged him to kill me, but he told me he couldn't, just as much as I couldn't kill him. I wouldn't have died even if beheaded."

Mavis was speaking much faster now.

She was no longer there, with them; her mind was reliving events of a distant but painful past, her eyes were watching a land foreign to their time.

"We talked, but the more he spoke, the more I realized how much the curse and the loneliness affected his sanity. His thoughts were contradicting themselves; he didn't know what he wished for anymore. He said he wanted to see his brother again, and claimed he wanted to destroy him immediately after. He was so confused it was painful- so painful that it dragged me out of my own agony."

Her audience's breath stopped around this point.

"I reached out to him. I told him… I told him I was the only one who could understand how he felt. I told him we would break this curse together. Hand in hand."

A noisy sniffle prompted the rest of the guild to go "HUSH"

"Back then... We both cried."

And Mavis was crying too.

"The abyss of magic. The beginning of everything. Such as the unifying magic, love. Love makes miracles. And, at times, is also capable of calamities. The love of these two, afflicted with the curse of contradiction…"

"Why is she narrating like an idiot pumpk-whack-Erza, don't throw chairs!"

"Brought forth one final contradiction. The curse that causes one to steal life the more one loves it…"

The guild that had recommenced breathing after their hush resumed apnea again.

"Stole away my supposedly immortal own."

Silence. A fly could be heard- until Laxus zapped it without moving.

They were all in shock.

This was by far the most tragic story they had heard- because that implied Zeref had truly loved Mavis.

Can a monster truly love?

Is a man who loves truly a monster?

Is a monster that is not allowed to love a true monster?

She was hiding things. She obviously was.

They gave her a minute of silence before Wendy went and hug Mavis.

Then came a tearful Erza, Lucy, Mirajane and Lisanna, followed by Elfman, and soon everyone was group hugging in a very cute manner that can't last for too long because this is supposed to be a funny fic and I had enough angst and tears for a month, thank you very much.

"Wait, Zeref has a brother?" asked Gray.

That was probably the most intelligent comment, as the others included (but are not limited to):

"nothing prepared me for this"

"I'm heartbroken"

"A moment of silence for the Zervis ship"

"zervis is CANON!"

"THE SHIP HAS SAILED GUYSSS"

"The Fairy Tail fandom is in ruins holy hell…"

"GUYS

I GUESS YOU CAN SAY THAT ZEREF LOVED MAVIS TO DEATH"

"The real question is will jerza have an albis ending or a zervis ending"

"…I didn't even fully ship Zervis and I wanna cry…"

"Psychic, err, Erik: *reads my mind*

My mind: *zervis zervis zervis why why why why why zeref zeref zeref Mavis dead Mavis dead kiss kiss kiss YOU FUCKED ME UP*

Psychic, err, Erik: what the fuck!"

"YOU CAN HEAR ME CRYING EVEN IN MARS

WHY THEY DO THIS TO ME. MY ZERVIS FEELS. OH GAWD."

"all I can say… a kiss to die for"

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT HOW DID I MISS THE ZERVIS KISS"

"not sorry for the zervis spam, cause they are fucking cannon and half dead. So no, not sorry at all"

"WHO THE F*** IS THAT MASHIMA GUY?! AND WHAT THE HELL IS ZERVIS?!" asked Laxus, upset that no one talked about him.

"K-Kiss?!" said Erza, in shock.

"Okay, let's beat up stuff. I'M ALL FIRED UP!"

"Calm down, guys," tried Gray. "Zeref has a f****in brother. We can-"

"Nah, it's not important," said the first and last masters in chorus, avoiding his eyes.

Mavis sniffed and tried to smile. It looked a bit forced, but she was thankful for her family's support.

"Thank you all. For listening."

And she disappeared.

"K-Kiss?!"

"Hang on First… you haven't finished…" tried Makarov.

"SHADDUP DO YOU KNOW HOW PAINFUL THAT IS YOU'RE LIKE AWW FIRST KISS LUV AND BAM YOU SEE THE WHITE LIGHT AND THE GUY YOU'VE HAD A CRUSH ON FOR TEN FRIGGIN YEARS JUST KISSED YOU AND HE'S SO F*CKIN DESPERATE AND CRYING AND HE KILLED YOU BECAUSE HE LOVED YOU WHEN YOU TWO HAD FINALLY GOTTEN AN ACTUAL REASON TO LIVE?"

The outburst seemed to come from outside, and gradually grew softer as the distance grew. Mavis was getting farther and farther…

Wait.

Farther and farther?

"K-Kiss?"

"GUYS WE NEED TO CATCH HER! STOP SOBBING!" shouted Gray.

"But the feeeels" complained Levy.

His glare stopped most of the sobs and they slowly crawled out of the room to search for the little ghost girl again, tears flowing.

"K-Kiss?"

"Well, Natsu…" Zeref said to the book of END as if he wasn't talking alone. "It seems that you won't need to hear about my meeting with Mavis from me. Good, it was kind of embarrassing. Now all that you have to know is how you ended up with Igneel… Not that it was embarrassing or anything… Erm… What was I talking about?"

"K-Kiss?"

"Erza, shut up and help us."

There are too many Tumblr posts for me to credit everyone, so I'll just say that I did not invent them, please don't be offended if I cited you because this is trying to be funny, and I share both the pain and the excitement. I just don't have an account.