The sequel to Part 1: Shadows of Magic:
Fairy Tail has won the Grand Magic Games and has now taken back its title as the Number 1 guild in Fiore once more. Things begin to return to normal for Hope and her friends. That is, until The Akatsuki sudden...
A thud catches Rogue's attention and when he whips his head around, he finds Hope on her knees, tears streaming down her cheeks, Ether Form gone.
"Hope-chan, are you okay?" He asks worriedly, placing his hands on her shoulders. She doesn't respond nor look at him. With gritted teeth, Rogue whips his head to Persephone, a dark glare on his features. "What did you do to her?!"
Persephone explains flippantly, "Oh, I just showed her an illusion of a life she could've had—a life without Magic but a life with her precious family—and you."
Hope hangs her head at that, feeling rage and despair swirling within her.
"Do you think it's fun to torment people like this?!" Rogue demands angrily.
"She should've just made things easier for herself and given me Arc of Magic all those years ago. She has no one to blame but herself. Now, hand her over, Rogue."
Before Rogue could say or do anything, a voice laced with anger sounds from beside him, and he feels power surging. "How dare you..." Says Hope in a too quiet voice as her body rapidly turns purple and her hair white while trimmed with pink. She jerks her furious glare up at Persephone, startling her as Rogue yanks his hands back and takes a step away.
"How dare you torment me with an illusion of my family!" Everyone watches, tense, as Hope pushes herself to her feet and seems to tower above the Akatsuki leader, who appears to be frightened. Hope creates an Ether Platform to hover a few meters into the air, ethernano crackling like lightning around her hands. Daniel returns with a badly wounded Alec who is caught by Erza.
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Her rage was so palpable, everyone could feel it. "You've destroyed my home village, you've killed my parents, hunted me down since I was a child, targeted my friends, attacked my hometown, kidnapped my brother, stolen my magic and used it against me, and now you've tortured my mate!
"I. Have. HAD IT!!" Hope screams and lets loose a volley of ether infused bolts, pink just like her magic. They fly over the Akatsuki guild members but somehow miss the Fairy Tail members, and one narrowly misses Persephone as she goes to throw up her shield, but knocks her to the ground with a cry.
"You've crossed the line when you showed me the illusion of my parents, Persephone Gray," Hope says lowly as a chorus of moans reaches her ears.
"Whoa...!" Happy screams as everyone stares in disbelief, seeing that Hope has just wiped out the entire Akatsuki guild hall. They were on the ground, roaming and moaning and twitching in pain.
"She took 'em all out singlehandedly," Bickslow states, after having overcome his initial shock.
"Well, they don't call her The Queen of Magic for nothing," Huffs Evergreen, feeling a little afraid of the young Wizard Saint.
