Mavis, Gabriel, Jarvis, Jamie, Sasha, Penny
"Yes." Mavis said unconcerned at the tone in his voice.
"I did. The cost.... well, Law always has a cost, who knows better than I? But I decided the benefits far outweighed any potential risk to myself." She said, knowing that this was something that she would have to deal with, however it showed. She had already suffered enough losses, losing the descendants of the great guilds.... well, she hadn't been prepared to let that happen. She'd watched quite a few of them grow up, from her island.
They were hers, and that was all that mattered.
"You'll recall that I once told you that sometimes we have to do things that are reckless and foolish for a reason. You asked why. I told you if you had to ask, then you had never been in such a situation." She sighed softly, looking over everyone before she said,
"Don't poke at him. You know very little of what brought him here. Without him, why we'd be lost. As I understand it, I imagine he'll return to his own time.... or cease to exist. Either is a grim end for him, and yet he still fought for a better end for us." Her expression turned morose, and she looked over her island, damaged and scarred from the fighting it had experienced, now and before. And Law hadn't been easy on it too. With a heavy heart, Mavis knew this island, that had been her home for so long, would be irrevocably damaged by the magic used. And she'd have to leave it, perhaps forever.
"I have a request of you, Ferrin. I need you to free me from this existence... i fear this island is no longer home."
Making his way slowly towards a girl that was lying limp, a small Exceed slapping her, Gabriel paused. Was the girl alive? She had to be, if the Exceed was slapping her like that. Unless the Exceed was doing some weird form of resusertation. As he drew closer, Gabriel could see that the girls chest was rising and falling. Relieved, although wondering why the tiny Exceed seemed intent on giving the girl bruises, Gabriel slowed as he reached them.
"Is she okay?" He crouched, and around him his spirits formed- quite clearly intent on protecting his back in such a vulnerable position on this damned island. He didn't summon then- after Leo just popping up whenever he felt like it, he had grown use to it. There was no point questioning it, anyway.
He reached out, the gently squeeze the qirl's shoulders- but she seemed well and truly out of it.
"I can carry her... "
"We will, little one." Jarvis said softly, leaning down and lifting Amelia into his arms- even though she was much too old for it. "
Soon" He shifted his hold on her, making sure that she was secure.
"Let's make sure everything is okay, that everyone is okay." Jamie lay a hand on Jarvis's shoulder, leaning forward slightly to give Amelia a soft kiss on the cheek before she stepped forward, joining Jack in approaching the Dragon Slayers of old.
"We've created guilds, we've worked together. We've learned. And together, we face Zeref. We fought the darkness, and is that not all that matters today? I am Jamie (I cannot remember last name), one of the guild leaders of this time." "Patrick... he can take you somewhere you can belong, if you wish." Sasha said softly, weariness filling her as more and more she let herself relax.
One part of her life- of what kept her here- was okay. Closing her eyes a moment, taking comfort before she was looking around again.
"Sasha. Jasmine. Ariel. Ariel!" Penny still didn't understand why Ariel had been allowed to come, why she had wanted to, but the girl would have been plagued by magic.
"Where is she?" And Jasmine. Jasmine had seen her die... where was she? It was Penny's fault she was here. She looked up, but Ignatius was gone- gone, she presumed, to find Rajah. And that meant finding Jasmine. Jasmine would be okay. She had to be.