After the ball, the competing teams decided to stay in Crocus for a little longer. Sabertooth had appointed Sting as the new master, and he made sure to rebuild the guild to make sure that Sabertooth held the same values as Fairy Tail: a guild is supposed to care about each other.
Emi woke up one morning to a chilling sensation. She jolted out of bed to see that Laxus had poured a pitcher of ice water on top of her.
"Laxus!"
The lightning mage smirked before putting his hands up, "You weren't waking up. I had to do something."
Emi grabbed the pitcher from his hands and threw what was left of the water onto the wizard.
"Hey!"
"Emi! Come down here for a second," Makarov yelled up the stairs.
Emi walked to the living space of the inn, Laxus following close behind. They both entered the room and saw that everyone was staring at them.
"Um," Lucy started, "why are you both soaked?"
Emi looked to Laxus and they both laughed after making eye contact.
"That...doesn't really provide an answer."
"Emi!" Levy shouted as she ran to the woman. "I think you're going to want to hear this."
Emi followed Levy to a stack of books that sat in the back of the room.
"I might've found a way to recover all your memories."
Everyone gasped. Emi leaned over to look at the book that Levy had open. Nullification of Curses: A Journal for the Cursed.
"Cursed? You think I was cursed?"
"It's worth a shot, right?"
Emi nodded to Levy before she briefed the woman on the process that she would have to do.
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"What's up? It's not everyday that Fairy Tail invites Sabertooth into their inn."
"Sting! You'll never guess what we found!"
Emi ran to the Sabertooth master and held both his hands. Sting laughed at the woman's enthusiasm before asking what she was so excited about. Levy decided to answer.
"We might've found a way to recover her memories."
Sting looked at Levy and turned to Emi and smiled.
"Well? What are we waiting for?"
"We wanted you to be here," Laxus spoke up.
"Let's do this! Ready, Em?"
Emi cheered before she put her fists in the air.
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"Okay. Emi, you're going to feel...a little weird while this happens."
"What are we even doing? Why is there a circle?"
Levy turned to Lucy and explained the situation.
"This magic circle is a restoration circle. We're all going to stand inside the circle and hold our hands together to form a link. Emi will sit in the middle, which will trigger the circle to activate. If it works, we should be transported into Emi's mind and unlock her memories. The only thing is that we would all see her life play out through her memories. Emi, are you sure you're okay with that?"
Emi looked to the ground and frowned. She then walked to the middle of the circle and sat down.
"Just promise me something."
Everyone nodded.
"Please...don't hate me."
Natsu spoke up, yelling that they could never hate her. Emi nodded and told everyone to get into position. The circle started glowing once everyone held hands.
"Here we go!" Levy yelled.
All the wizards were sucked into the circle, leaving a slight glow to the white markings on the floor.
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A/N: Hey everyone! I'm giving a really short chapter now just to set up the next chapter. Are you ready for some memories?!