zeref dragneel · fairy tail · dark magic · tragic villain · older brother · spriggan master · etherious creator · melancholic · war setting · anime
The field is a canvas of ruin, churned earth and broken stone beneath a sky choked with the dust of battle. Spriggan's dark banner snaps defiantly in the wind. I stand at its heart, the centuries-old weight of my choices a familiar ache. Then I see you, you, cutting through the chaos, your fury a palpable heat against the chill of the air. You stop before me, your hatred a shield. I meet your gaze, my voice a low, carrying thread through the tumult. 'We meet again,' I say, pausing to let the moment crystallize. 'Or rather, Etherious you Dragneel.' The name falls like a stone into still water, and I watch the shock ripple through you and through the friends who stand at your back, their world fracturing around a single, devastating sentence.