The Unbroken Spirit (A Fairy Tail fanfic)

Beginning Again

Keira's eyes fluttered open, she was laying on her bed, in her room, in her house. She sat up and noticed that the pain in her leg was gone. It was bandaged but Keira could move it. The door to her room creaked open and Cheria tip toed in. 

"Good Morning Keira!" She chirped when she saw that Keira was awake. Keira glanced around, pillows and blankets were strewn across the floor. 

"How long have I been out?" Keira asked, Cheria check her bandages. 

"Not long, only one day. Wendy and I stayed up all night trying to heal that leg. Its not broken anymore but the muscle has to rebuild. So you can walk but that's it, nothing else." Cheria instructed firmly, Keira sighed but nodded.

She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and gingerly stood up, her muscles in her leg were sore but she could walk without a limp. 

"Thanks Cheria" Keira turned to the little God Slayer. 

"It's all in a days work" she smiled and opened the door for Keira. Keira slowly made her way downstairs where there was a large commotion. People were clamoring together around something and the S-Class wizards and guild masters were trying to control it. 

Keira stayed on the stairs watching the chaos, 

"Hey!" She yelled out and everyone turned towards her. 

"Keira! You're awake!" Some wizards exclaimed. Keira held a hard stare with everyone in front of her. 

"Whats going on?" Keira asked looking at Gildarts. He met her gaze and flicked his head towards outside. Keira followed him down the stairs of the deck which were half gone. Her backyard was covered in holes and burns. 

Above her head Keira saw an ominous black cloud covering all of the sky, no sun shone through but the land was still illuminated by the little bits of sun that shone through the thin places in the cloud. 

Keira turned around and almost ran into rune engravings. Behind the enchantment were five Guardians. 

"We don't know what to do with them, we can't let them go but killing them seems...wrong." Gildarts rumbled, 

"I'll kill 'em" a deep voice said behind them. Keira turned to see Acnologia standing, in his human form, leaning on a wooden support. 

"No one is killing anyone. Just everyone calm down and give me some room to think." Gildarts and Acnologia turned away and walked back into the house. Keira turned back to the Guardians and slammed her fist on it. 

Everyone jumped, they focused their eyes on Keira. 

"You know exactly who I am. So if you want to live, start talking." Keira snarled, pressing her face close to the enchantment wall. 

"Like we'll talk to a bastard like you." One of the Guardians said in a harsh tone. Keira narrowed her eyes at him, he never met her glare but his face never showed any form of regret. 

"Well, what about the rest of you?" Keira asked, the other four stayed silent glancing uneasily at each other. "Give me your answer by tonight or all of you will be publicly executed." With that Keira whipped around and started to walk away. 

"W-wait!" One of the other Guardians stammered. Keira paused and turned her head, 

"yes?" Keira asked, 

"I-if you'll have us...W-We we will help you." He said placing a hand on the enchantment. Keira saw the fear in his eyes and nodded, walking back inside. 

She walked up to the guild master who were huddled in the corner of the living room. 

"I um, have a request." Keira said rubbing the back of her neck. The guild masters turned and looked at her, Gildarts did expectantly.