Fairy Tail — Seasons ((link))

"You think I don't remember?" Gray whispered, stripping off his shirt despite the cold—a nervous habit. "I carry them in my ice."

Solara paused. Then, a single beam of golden light touched Natsu's cheek. "Show me." Gray and Juvia traveled to the Mourning Woods, where Aurel wept golden leaves. He refused to return because he believed Fairy Tail had forgotten its dead—Simon, Ur, Igneel, Mavis. Gray, who had lost his master, his father figure, and his innocence, sat beside the weeping spirit. fairy tail seasons

The Seasons had returned—not as separate forces, but as one cycle, held together by a rowdy, broken, beautiful family. That night, Fairy Tail held a festival. Mirajane served summer ale. Cana decorated with autumn garlands. Levy wrote poems about winter stars. And Natsu, lying on the guild roof with Lucy beside him, watched a single spring petal drift past the moon. "You think I don't remember

Below them, the guild roared with laughter—a sound warmer than any sun, brighter than any magic. "Show me

Without them, the world had no seasons.

Glacies cracked. A single snowflake landed on Lucy's key—the Aquarius key, still broken. "You miss someone too," Glacies whispered.

Verna looked at their faces—scarred, tired, but smiling. She touched the ground.