Clang~! Clang~! Clang~!
Standing in the now-flat, empty plaza where the old Fairy Tail guild castle had once stood, Annie was bewildered. The bells were ringing urgently throughout Magnolia, and under the magic array's influence, the city was beginning to change, turning into a straight road that led directly to the site of the guild's former headquarters. Seeing the guild members who had come all the way here to cheer and celebrate, the little girl who was their guild master turned to the nearest person beside her, Lucy.
"Hey!"
(.?o??)?
"Lucy! What are all these people doing?"
(⊙?⊙)
Honestly, seeing everyone looking so excited and happy, Annie had almost thought the commotion meant an enemy was attacking!
If that had been the case, she'd probably have run up to that sky garden and fired the city-sized cannon, blasting the incoming enemy with a super cannonball!
Just like when some bored guy had built that mechanical dragon not long ago and used Natsu as its battery, only for her, the great Guild Master Annie, to blow it to pieces with a single shot?
"I have no idea..."
"I just saw everyone running down here all excited, so I ran down with them..."
"This is unbelievable. The city's split in two!"
"It looks like they're preparing for some powerful enemy?"
That was right. Lucy had no idea what was going on either. This was the first time she'd ever seen anything like it, and she was still completely baffled!
"..."
(?~?)
With no other choice, Annie turned to Erza and Mirajane, who seemed to know something, hoping they could explain things to their guild master.
"It's simple!"
"It's because Gildarts is coming back!"
"Mm!"
"That's right!"
"Gildarts is the strongest wizard in our Fairy Tail guild, and he uses that shattering magic.