Fairy Tail - Twilight Empire

Interlude - The Story So Far

ARC 1: THE DEATH OF FIORE.

Fairy Tail awakens after seven years in stasis, having thought themselves killed by Acnologia, and finds a world covered in darkness ruled by the TWILIGHT EMPIRE. Its Emperor, Zeref, after attaining the almighty power from FAIRY HEART, has expanded his reign from Alikitasia to Fiore, Stella, and has completely wiped the nation of Bosco off the map. To do this, he created five military divisions: THE DRAGON DIVISION, THE CRYSTAL DIVISION, THE HUNTER'S DIVISION, THE TARTAROS DIVISION, and THE TWILIGHT DIVISION.

They are rescued from the clutches of Minerva Orland, a General in the Twilight Division, by Hisui, the former princess of Fiore and a Celestial Spirit warrior, along with Mest. After more near misses and captures, they also meet Tayaka, who has taken up Ultear's power after she fell in combat trying to save Fairy Tail and Magnolia. The town has been destroyed, and the only survivors of Fairy Tail are Max, Laki, Porlyusica, and Romeo.

ARC 2: GRAND MAGIC GAMES

Fairy Tail gets on the move soon after Hisui leaves them to wreak havoc. Mirajane, Levy, and Lisanna Strauss, in an errand to find aid, get captured and are enslaved at an airfield showing great promise for improving the Empire's wealth. Though they are able to free the slaves and Mirajane defeats a demon of Tartaros, she is captured by Mard Geer.

The Dreyar family and Thunder Tribe go out in search of Bob of Blue Pegasus, who is still alive. In doing so, they are swiftly hunted by the Garou Knights and Jacob Lessio, Captain of the Hunter's Division. They manage to dupe him and capture him at Blue Pegasus's former guild hall, now a stronghold for the rebellion.

Fairy Tail's Strongest Team, alongside Elfman, Juvia, Gajeel, and Lily, head out to the Grand Magic Games, a new iteration of the event as it is now headed by the Dragon Division. Along the way, they meet Frosch, another Exceed, who is looking for his friend, Lector. Once they arrive where the games are held, in Clover Town, they are met by Axel, a Second Generation Dragon Slayer who reveals God Serena is dead and the lacrima he used have been distributed to incredibly powerful soldiers who proved themselves in the Grand Magic Games previously.

Fairy Tail rises to the top, while inadvertently supporting the ambition of Meredy and Kagura, members of the rebel group Crime Sorciere, and Erza devises a plan with Lucy to get in close with Axel, who is deeply infatuated with her, and secure information. Natsu defeats Axel, embarrassing him and prompting Sting to send an army after Fairy Tail. Meanwhile, Sting's wife, Yukino, sees through the execution of Jiemma Orland, a noted rebel, and begins to lose faith in the Empire as a whole, despite Sting's position and insistence they are doing the right thing.

Fairy Tail can barely stand to fight the full-on force, after their exhaustion from the games, and Lucy gives herself over to Axel so that her friends may live. Natsu and Erza are called to compete in the capital to see who will win that year's Grand Magic Games, and Fairy Tail sets out to rescue Lucy while they cause a distraction.

ARC 3: FIRE AND ICE, LIGHT AND SHADOW

Yukino's crisis of faith continues even as they get home, and her sister, Sorano, believes she just needs to lighten up. After attempting and failing to get the spark of romance back with Sting, Yukino closely observes rebel activity.

On the run from the airfield, Levy, Lisanna, and former Magic Council Custody Enforcement Unit leader Lahar are ambushed by the Wizard King, AUGUST. There, Levy is shown the gruesome deaths of her friends at Mirajane's demonic hand and agrees to leave with him to save their lives.

Lucy hates living with Axel, who hounds her for intimacy. She is introduced to the Twilight Division, the most powerful wizards in the Empire, who take interest in her complimenting Yukino's Celestial Spirit powers. Lucy is also reintroduced to her father, who is a close ally of both the Empire and rebellion, having turned himself around in the seven years since Lucy's disappearance.