Phoenix

A What?

Levy, Lector and the two dragon slayers rushed to the bedroom where Emi was. They opened the door to find Emi grabbing her head and shaking. Upon closer inspection, they could see that her ears were bleeding.

"Em, come on," Laxus tried as he sat next to her and shook her.

"That won't help, ya know," Sting spoke up.

Levy looked at the Sabertooth wizard with a confused look before he continued, "She's probably remembering something. You just gotta let it happen."

They all stared at the woman as she continued to shake.

"Emi, stay back!"

"Cain! Get away from there!"

"You gotta run, kid. I'll hold them off as long as I can."

"But you said that they were too strong when they're all together. You said that they were higher than--"

"GO!"

A giant laser was aimed towards Emi, who was a teenager then. The laser was blocked by Cain, who sliced through it with his sword. He was met with a giant snake lunging towards him. He jumped on top of it and decapitated it. Cain protectively stood in front of Emi and looked back at her.

"Go. You have to live. I can't hold them off forever."

"But you'll--"

"Everyone dies at some point, kid. I'll be happy knowing that I did one good thing in life before I went."

Emi started crying hard as she lifted her hood on and hugged Cain one last time.

"I'll be in your heart, kay?"

Emi sniffled before she started running as fast as she could. She looked behind her and saw that the whole group was aiming attacks at the man. He looked back at her and smiled before jumping into the magic. As Emi went further away, she couldn't see what was happening anymore, but she heard a gigantic explosion and then everything went silent. She brushed her tears away and ran to the closest train.

"Lady Emiko! You have to wake up!"

Emi took in a sharp breath before she stopped shaking and looked up at the small group that had gathered around her. She looked at Sting and Lector confused, wondering why they were there, before turning to Levy and Laxus to assure them that she was fine. She stood up thanks to Levy and dusted herself off from the dust that was on the floor. She touched her ears and saw blood on her fingers as she pulled away.

"Well that's new," Emi commented.

"What did you remember?" Levi asked.

"That guy, Cain, I think he died."

"He did."

Everyone looked towards Sting as he spoke, "He did die. You told me. He died protecting you from the Sins."

Emi looked at the man in shock, asking, "How do you know that? How do you know it was the Sins?"

"I said it already. You told me. The Sins, demons from the Book of Zeref, were hunting Cain and targeted you when they found you were traveling with him."

"Why would they be after Cain?"

"You never said. You didn't really like talking about your past."

"My past?"

"Since before you were seventeen."

"What--"

"Sting and I knew you since you were seventeen, Lady Emiko. That's what we've been trying to tell you."