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Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is not mine.

This story takes place after the events in Edolas.

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The story starts in Edolas world…

Chapter 1. The night before Jellal's coronation

"Oh, is this dance endless?" king Jellal thought desperately.

Three weeks were passed since he had returned to his birth world. At the moment there was a ball in his palace.

Being the new king of Edolas, the illusion mage was under an obligation to be there. The celebration was in his honour, after all. The entire Edolas Fairy Tail guild was invited (except for the Edolas Raijinshuu team members who were out of the Royal City). The guild members would participate in the ceremony of his coronation that would take place the next day.

Obviously the guests were feeling themselves comfortably. The hall was trembling due to their laughter and loud voice conversations. Unlike them, Jellal didn't like the situation. He didn't used to be seen by so many people and felt himself too uncomfortably under these glances fixed on him. And worse, he had been dancing for three hours already without a break even for a minute. He was so tired that he couldn't stand firm on his feet. The truth was that his only wish at the moment was to lock himself within his room and to be alone but it was impossible.

"It is my duty to be here… It's a part of my obligations as a king," he reminded to himself. And yet he couldn't stop himself from sighing. "It was much easier when I was Mystogan… I prefer to fight against the entire Phantom Lord guild instead of that endless dancing. It's a torture."

Jellal got lost in his memories for a few seconds. He remembered the years spent in Earth Land.

"Who knows what Wendy is doing now…" he thought. The memory about the Sky Dragon Slayer made him sigh again.

Just then a female voice brought him back to the reality.

"Is everything okay, your majesty?" the lady he danced with asked.

He wasn't officially crowned yet but everyone called him with his new title already.

"Of course it's okay, madam," he answered her, making an effort his voice to sound calm.

The lady gave a bright smile to him. He forced himself to answer her with the same but he couldn't. His smile faded before it appeared on his lips.

Jellal cast a glance at the corner where Erza Knightwalker was sitting. She was not alone. There were many ladies around her but he recognized her long red hair immediately. It seemed that she wasn't in a good mood; she was holding a sword in her hand and her expression was extremely angry. If he had to dance, he preferred to be with her but that was impossible because she didn't even look at him. She was casting murderous glances at the Fairy Tail members.

The illusion mage sighed. Obviously Erza wasn't interested at him. Well, he wasn't surprised because everyone knew that she didn't like the new king. Of course, she spoke with him with the required respect but behind her polite words he could feel her hostility to him. Each time their glances met, he saw a flash of anger in her eyes.

"I wonder if she doesn't regret for the time when my father was a king…" he thought.

And the worst thing was that there was no way for him to confess his love for her.

-ooo-

Erza Knightwalker felt that she couldn't stand that situation anymore. She left the hall and stopped for a second in the dark corridor. Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm down but just then a hateful voice reached her ears.

"Please dance with me, Juvia! Please!" It was definitely Gray Surge's voice.

"Take some of your clothes off and then ask me again!" Juvia's voice answered.

Erza gnashed her teeth. She felt an overmastering desire to rush back into the hall and to cut these people on pieces. It took her a supreme effort to suppress that impulse.

The new king was really going too far. To invite these Fairy Tail trashes in the palace… Even the thought about that was making her blood boil in anger. She had never thought that such thing could happen.

Erza just couldn't become reconciled with that. She was called the Fairy Hunter with a good reason.

And Jellal wasn't even crowned yet! What would happen when he took the entire power in his hands?

The red-haired woman started walking across the corridor nervously. Her rage was choking her. Unfortunately, she there was nothing she could do.

Unless…

She stopped short as if she had crushed into a wall. Yes, there was something that she could do… Her plan was attended with serious risks, of course, but she wasn't afraid.

The moment was prefect, Jellal and almost all people in the palace were in the big hall. She should act right now. There was no much time for hesitations.

When Erza took her decision, she left the dark corridor noiselessly.

-ooo-

Being a captain of the royal army, Erza knew very well where the former king was locked.

Two guards were standing in front of the door.

"Open the door, I want to speak with the prisoner," she demanded.

They drew aside respectfully to make way for her. A few seconds later she was standing in front of the former king. Noticing her, Faust stood on his feet. His eyes sparkled but he didn't say anything.

"Your majesty…" the woman pronounced.

"Your majesty, you say? Have you forgotten that I don't have this title anymore, Erza? Or maybe you are making fun of me? Is this why you are here?" Faust asked with a bitter irony.

"Nothing like that, my lord… I have no intention to make fun of you. On the contrary, I have come here to help you. Maybe…" She made a pause. "Maybe very soon you will have right to wear this title officially again…"

"What do you mean?" her interlocutor asked directly. Obviously he wasn't in a mood for hints.

She looked him in the eyes and he met her glance calmly.

"Your majesty, do you want to be free?"

A cruel smile appeared on Faust's lips.

"That's not enough… To be free is not enough to regain my throne. I need to gather some magical power in order to defeat the one who is not worthy to be called a son of mine. And there are only two ways to obtain this magical power. The first one is Anima… And the second one…"

What do you think about the first chapter? Mystogan and Laxus Dreyar will be the main characters but I intend to include also a Mystogan/Erza Knightwalker romance in the plot.

Please let me know your opinion, should I continue writing this story or not.

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