A/N: WOLFIE IS BAAAAAAAAACK! Hi friends, it's been a while. Hope you're all doing well. Ya girl is doing well, and finally has some more time on her hands to get back into the writing world. Not quite sure how I'll get into a writing schedule, but I wanted to begin writing again.

I'd like to get back into writing for FT again, and finishing Starcatcher, Sparks Fly and Rose of Winter. Not sure when I'll update them but I will let you guys know more as I figure it out. For now, here is a Jellal-centric fic, because he is my bby and deserves the world. Should be about 20 chapters, all around drabble-length or a little long, and focuses on his road of redemption. Enjoy, review, and favorite if it floats your boat. Love you guys.

Title: Pathfinder

Summary: a story in which Jellal has many futures, many paths ahead. Along the way are the people he knows, loves, and cherishes, to guide him on his journey to find himself. This is a tale of one man's journey of self-identification, and the people who help him find his way. POST- SERIES. Jellal-centric, Jerza focused, arguably canon-compliant.

Prologue

Jellal Fernandes realizes that his life has been shaped by the people in his life. Each and every one of them has their hands rooted firmly in his past, present, and future. Every one of them has taught him an important lesson in life, some more important than others. However, no matter how small or how big these lessons are, they have molded and created Jellal to be the man he is today.

Jellal likes to believe that this next chapter in his life is leading him on a new path, one of redemption and maybe self-healing. His past has a contentious history, and he still finds himself waking up in the middle of the night, gasping in pain under the weight of his sins. Despite Queen Hisui's pardon, he knows that what he truly needs is to forgive himself, if he truly wants to be the man he needs to be (the man she needs him to be).

Ever since their crimes had been pardoned, Jellal had disbanded Crime Sorciere, since the Dark Guilds and Zeref had been mostly dealt with. Any Dark Guilds that exist now hide in the shadows, and probably won't show their faces for many years to come. Thus, Crime Sorciere had separated, each member going on a journey for themselves. Last Jellal had heard, Richard, Midnight and Racer had been making their way to Lamia Scale, intent on reuniting with Jura. Angel was last seen in the port of Hargeon, and Cobra had been traveling to Fairy Tail, no doubt searching for Kinana. And Meredy, dear young Meredy had decided to travel to Ultear's birthplace, near the village of Isvan, to pay respects to her mother-figure.

As for Jellal, he's not quite sure where his path will take him. He knows his end goal, but he knows it's a long journey in order to reach it, a twisting path of lessons, heartache, grief and acceptance. He knows this, and has known this from the moment of his pardoning.

His meandering path is leading him home, to Magnolia, to her. He doesn't know how long it will take. He only hopes that at the end of it, he'll finally be what he has always yearned for. Worthy. Of life, of happiness, of her.

A/N: So, what do you guys think? Worthy of the man, the myth, the legend himself? Please let me know what you think.

Also talk to me. I miss you guys. Tell me how life is going.

Every following chapter will focus on a character and how they impact Jellal's path of redemption. They'll follow a loose timeline and a loose canon-compliant plot. As you're probably well aware, this is a POST-SERIES fic. Hope you guys enjoyed it.

Love,

Wolf