Return of Heaven's Fragility! (Open)

Her chest was heavy and beat rapidly as she walked towards a familiar landscape. Was she strong enough to return? It was just yesterday when she did not even know her own name, her power, her home. So much had happened that jogged her memories, broken down the walls blocking her mind but she felt they were not all gone. "Princess." a familiar voice said. As if she was seeing things a visage formed in front of her. The form shaped in ripped into someone familiar, herself. Adorned in a white royal gown and a crown.

"You... you are me. You helped me when I was attacked at the Cathedral. Raina said as she placed her hands over her heart. "Yes, I am you. The part of you that was sealed after the latest attack by Aria, you almost died. That is why your memories were sealed. It seemed like it would be the best for you if you were no longer a wizard, no longer the Princess. But that attack made that plan go down and flames. Be strong Raina, but do not forget the fragility your heart holds. Our heart holds. Our kindness is like a divine light in a shadowed world. So return home, Crown Princess Raina Lynna Vanille Scylar, daughter of the divine world!" The voice said as it disappeared back in Raina's body.

Raina wiped tears from her eyes as she stood at the door to Fairy Tail. She pushed it open as her wind whipped behind her and her black and white gown danced along with it. "I have returned!"

"Maaaaan you're such a LIGHTWEIGHT! Honestly, I've been here for like, a week, and I've beaten you 5 times to NOTHING!"

The roar of Fairy Tail's newest mage was already becoming a part of the norm as he finished another tankard of beer and poked the rather inebriated man next to him with a little too much force, causing him to collapse in a semi-conscious heap on the floor next to his stool. Magnus looked down at the lump and shrugged. "G'night then." he joked happily before turning around in time to see the doors of the guildhall open wide. A figure stepped between the door's frame, the like of which he'd never seen. A perfect figure (honestly, finding one like this would be damn near impossible in his village), flowing pink locks of hair that rolled down to her waist, the facial features of an angel - nay, a goddess! Magnus took the entire image in, then rubbed his eyes for a moment. Had he maybe drank a bit too much? He removed his hands from his eyes and sure enough she was still there, albeit slightly less blurred than she'd been before and by the GODS was she even better without that blur. He leaned back with an elbow perched on the bar behind him so as to keep him upright. "So who's the hot chick?" He asked, deciding it'd be best to let those who knew this 'returning' girl speak with her first and then catch her afterwards.

He really shouldn't have spent his first week with Heero.

Raina walked into the hall and noticed how little things have changed. She smiled and blushed as she looked around the hall, noticing a new face staring at her from the bar. It would be rude for her not to welcome him to the guild , even if she just came back. She flipped her long hair back causing it to flow behind her shoulders as she walked. She smiled widely as she made her way to the bar.

"Greetings! Are you new?" She said with a bright angelic smile. "My name is Raina Lynna Vanille Scylar, some people call me The Princess of Fairy Tail. It is a pleasure." Her face was bright like the shiniest star. Her body clad in a black and white gown that accented her "assets".

Did she have to approach him? He was quite happy gawping at her from afar, and now she was right in front of him talking to him in a tone as sweet as honey. Of course, that meant he now had to interact, something he was never any good at anyway, let alone when certain aspects of the person stuck out like...well, like how they "stuck out". Thankfully another drink had just been placed in front of him and Magnus took a moment to take a gulp and come to his senses. "New...well I've been around for a good many years." he joked before nodding and offering his hand. "I am Magnus. Yes I am new to the guild. I assume by your entrance that you are NOT new" he continued, trying his utmost not to look away from her eyes. It wasn't easy. Understatement. It was bloody difficult. Nonetheless he seemed to actually be succeeding, for now at least.

"Drink?"

Sorano was, by now, a fairly old member of Fairy Tail. It was only a few months more until the first anniversary of her arrival, and she was a well-known member around the guild by not, no longer a new face. She had gotten to know many members, and had joined a team. Fairy Tail had truly become her home by now, and she had grown on many of her guildmates by now. Gamon, though annoying occasionally, was a reliable job partner. Heero, a confident, encouraging guild master... Most of the time, when he wasn't staring at the girls. Hana, and Julius were good teammates as well, besides both mages' constant use of the honorific "chan" after her name. Though she knew it made sense as she was younger, it still annoyed the young mage.

However, though she was somewhat old in Fairy Tail, there were many who had been a part of the rowdy guild for much, much longer. Heero was only one of the many, though one that stood out as he was an H rank. There was Apollo, and Ebony, as well as that odd guy with a powerful magical aura wto had returned to the guild a while ago. He seemed to be the first master, in fact. Raina, the princess of Fairy Tail hadn't been at the guild for quite some time, however, so Sorano was surprised to sense the woman's aura a moment later.

Glancing up, it was evident that Raina had returned. Sorano walked up, nodding slightly to Magnus before welcoming the princess back. "Welcome back, Scylar-san. Where had you been? Everyone was worried about you."

In the upper floors of Fairy Tail, where the sounds of men and women gathering for more merry-making still resounded. Leonard stared down at them, leaning down on the railings, scanning the room, or it only looked that way. He was actually thinking of the accident that happened just a day ago in the cathedral. When the Princess of Fairy Tail returned home after he had long presume her dead. He couldn't let go of the feeling of being a failure to her. I must make amends... I have to go look for her. he thought to himself as he held his hands to a fist and grinned his teeth inside his mouth.

He had expected Raina would come to the hall today, he would close his eyes and pin point her power. In hims mind, he could see swirling lines of different colors, different feelings. These were the magic aura of the people in the hall. But none of them belonged to Raina. He continued to search for it, until he found one that swirled in a dazzling pink light, and radiated more than the rest. Leonard smiled at his discovery because he knew this one belonged to Raina. She had been with her for so long, it was impossible for her not to recognize her aura.

Still with closed eyes, he pulled himself up and began to calmly walk down the stairs with his feet clanking like before, but softer this time. Leonard was so light-headed and happy, his movements became softer than usual. He even assumed Raina wouldn't see him coming. But as he walked towards the source of all this, Leonard was being nervous. What will he say? He's been gone so long, and had done so many things. Where would he start? His pace would slow down. His eyes would turn left to right. His mind would have blown right there and then, but he was holding on to that chance of redemption, to finally set things right. He found his determination and before he knew it, he was infront of Raina, and another of the new members of Fairy Tail who came in a few days ago.

The first thing he heard was an offer to drink. Although this man has been drinking for quite some time now, Leonard didn't think it was safe for Raina to drink with him.

"I do believe you have had enough, my good friend." he said as calmly as he can, but he was very nervous deep inside, as he stood in between the two and turned towards Raina. *sighs* It's good to have you back, Raina..." that was all he could muster up and say to her. For the first time in his life, Leonard ran out of words to say. He just stood there looking at her. Still beautiful as ever but he can't help but feel a failure in her eyes. He was about to loose his cool and burst to tears until a little girl came by and asked where Raina had been.

It was at this time that Leonard regained his composure, finally he had a topic in mind. There was no need to look like a fool in front of Raina now. "Indeed. Where have you been?"

Raina blushed a little as more and more people surrounded her asking questions about her whereabouts. Raina had been gone a while, but has not not aged a bit. How could she explain this to her friends. Would they even be okay with the answer? She played with her hair a little bit as she fidgeted. "Where... where have I been? Well..." She said as her face turned even more crimson with embarrassment. "I went home for a little while... I went home to Mystia. I wanted to try and save what humanity was left in my sister." She said as tears welled up in her eyes.

She crossed her arms in a hugging position and started to cry. She did not mean to break down like this, but thinking about what her sister did broke her. She ran into Heero's arms and cried. She always seen Heero like a brother to her, and she needed someone. "Aria... my sister... she... she tried... she almost killed me! My body... was frozen... in suspended animation... my magic saved my life." She looked up at her friends with the tears falling from her face like fountains. "There is no... no more humanity...left in her."

Leonard had been fairly silent by the side for quite some time as they surrounded Raina. He couldn't think of anything better to say. It was unbelievable even to Leonard himself that he would be spacing out for as long as he did during his encounter with Raina. He was really hoping someone else would break the ice. Tell her words he couldn't say.

And as if he called him out himself, Heero showed up in another grand entrance as always. But he couldn't pay attention to what was happening with Heero, because Leonard remained keeping his head down and eyes closed while his left hand was rubbing his chin and the other supported the said head. As if he was thinking. But he could hear all the indistinct shouting that filled the hall thatcame with Heero as soon as he opened the doors. He couldn't make out what they were, he wasn't trying, he didn't care.

Still maintaining he composure, he felt Heero come close to them. He didn't have to open his eyes to make sure, the young guild master's voice confirmed it. He didn't have anything to say about Heero taking the drink, he didn't want Raina to drink in the first place. Who knows what effect alcoholic beverages have on angels?

And as usual, he proceeded to commence his barrage. But this time, it was a barrage of questions. Questions that Leonard was very interested to hear. And as the mage continued to contemplate on every word, he wasn't at all fazed when Heero said that Raina might have had a family. Because Leonard knew this can't be. For he himself has witnessed that Raina was encased in a crystal all those years. It seems everyone has the same kind of question for the Fairy Princess, and Leonard simply awaited her answer.

It was at this point that he was beginning to worry. She couldn't answer in her usual upbeat manner. She was pausing between sentences, red with embarrassment. Leonard knew something was wrong. Leonard listened attentively for details. Details even Leonard didn't know because of being gone for so long. He desperately wanted to know because it would somehow make him feel better. Because that way, he knows what he could do.

The story was sad. Very sad indeed. He wanted to hug her tight but she opted to hug Heero instead, her "brother". Leonard wanted to comfort Raina in any way he can, but how? He doesn't know what to do in this kind of situation. Different feelings suddenly rushed up to his body along with different thoughts and actions. Yet somehow, he couldn't execute a single one, he was too afraid. He was stunned. He even began to entertain the thought that she had moved on from him. That because of all that she's been through, she doesn't deserve someone like him, that she deserves someone better. The thought continued to linger in his mind, until finally he made an action a friend would have done..

Leonard reached out to her. His hand shaking as it slowly went for her back. And when it arrived he caressed her, trying to give her comfort while his lips uttered soft warm words."It'll be alright. There's nothing to worry about. You're safe now. You're home now."