The land of Fiore has never been the same sense the Fairy Tail Guild disbanded. With them gone Dark Guilds sprung up one after the other like a plague. This was something Laxus Dreyar could and would not allow. And when he announced that the Guild would be starting up again, (much to Makarov's displeasure) he expected a larger turn out. With new stronger enemies if the new Fairy Tail is to survive, it needs members who can protect it, people who would die for for both the guild and its members. It needs a Guardians.