Happy runs in the streets of Magnolia, panting heavily. Along the way, Happy screams while he's getting chased by stray dogs. Happy inadvertently triggers a trap that encaptures the stray dogs in a net. Erza and Wendy are not far from Happy's position.
"Tergeri! Where are you?!" Happy shouts. He runs down on the same block he walked last night, hoping to find the white fog.
The street, like any other, is visible. The buildings are worse than last night. Happy pressed onward, ignoring the conditions of several buildings and people in the streets.
"This can't be happening! This can't be happening.........." Happy thought to himself. He wanted Fairy Rage gone and to live in the beautiful world. Not in this desolate wasteland with no magic and Natsu. Happy falls to the ground. He sees his reflection. "THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Happy sniffs.
Happy sees the building where Tergeri was last night. White fog is emitting in front of the building. Happy sighs in relief and enters the building, hoping that Tergeri is inside, waiting to dispel his request and turn things back to normal.
"Hello?" Happy gasps. Scrolls and books are scattered on the floors. White fog is filtering the air.
Purple eyes glow in the room. A manifestation of a man with two horns on each side of the head appears. He's wearing a time clock medallion and a black top hat. He consists of wearing a business suit with number all around it.
"What's the matter? You don't want the girl?" Tergeri said. He circulates the room with his fog.
"The world is bleak, desolate, and has no magic! There's suffering everywhere!" Happy exclaims.
"Yea, well, in the end, you got what you want, right?"
"NO!" Happy retorts.
Erza and Wendy see the fog and question its prowess when magic power is gone. They overhear Happy and a strange figure in the building. Erza and Wendy wonder why Happy sounds frantic and angry.
"Pardon me? Was there someone else in the midst between you and Carla?" Tergeri thought Happy would be satisfied with his services.
"No, you idiot! I wanted Carla, but this is not the world I expected to be with my beloved! You screwed up!"
"Your exact words were: There's someone in the guild that wants to kill me and steal my lady."
"What?" Erza and Wendy thought to themselves. They continue to listen to the conversation.
"But, but..," Happy remembers his request clearly and never mentioned that the world must stay the same. He facepalms himself for his foolish choice of words in his phrasing.
"I gave you an opportunity to back away from your request. I told you specifically that the world would change and start anew depending on the target's influence."
"How does getting rid of Fairy Rage cause the world to turn out like this?" Happy is perplexed by Tergeri's statement.
Tergeri grabs a book and puts it on the table. Happy walks up to the table to have a look. "You see," Tergeri opens the book. Diagrams of Fairy Rage and Spike's memories are displayed for the explanation of the story. "Fairy Rage and Spike the Fairy are one of the same. The birth of Fairy Rage comes from Spike's decision to help Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, and Erza fight against Master Hades. In the correct timeline, Spike defeated Master Hades by consuming Hades' Abyss Energy and turning into Fairy Demon Dragon for the first time. Due to the seven-year gap, Master Hades' Abyss Energy had a side effect and thus created a new entity. The entity was meant to possess Fairy Dragon. However, it forged and created a different aspect when Spike slept it off after thinking he puked out the rest of it."
"Why are you telling me the birth of Fairy Rage? How is this important?" Happy asks Tergeri.
"Well, Fairy Rage is the attended target. However, to eliminate Fairy Rage from existence, Spike the Fairy also becomes the target."
"I didn't tell you to go after Spike! I told you to go after Fairy Rage!" Happy stomps in anger.
"If only you paid attention. Fairy Rage is an emotion of Spike the Fairy. Fairy Rage is an emotion with a soul. Fairy Rage is Spike. So, to eliminate Fairy Rage, I prevented Spike from coming to Earth Land."
Happy's fear return as his heart rapidly beats. "How..? How..?!" Happy said in tears. "HOW DID YOU PREVENT SPIKE FROM COMING TO EARTH LAND?!"
"Well, by now, you should remember the God of Time, right?" Tergeri calmly asks.
"Yea..," Happy nods. "Her name is Dimaria."
"Her magic power allows her to freeze time and walk on the plains of her field. Where there is a God, there's also a Demon. I am Tergeri, the Demon of Time."
"Demon of time..," Happy pants a bit. Now knowing he made a deal with a Demon.
"WHAT?!" Erza and Wendy shout in their thoughts. They are mesmerized to hear what they are listening to.
"I am not bound by time. I can create a new world within the current timeline. I have to say this is by far the worst I've ever seen in my life. Normally, small ripples of companies and some businesses fall. Never have I encountered a reality such as this for doing my job."
"Why did the world turn out like this?" Happy asks.
"In more ways than another, Spike was pivotal for Fairy Tail. Through his intelligence and magic physique. Spike helped Fairy Tail become more successful during the crucial battles and wars. Without Spike, Fairy Tail won each battle but barely. However, the war with Tartaros escalated. Sure, there is no Midnight Sparkle hiding until making her move. Erza, Lucy, and several key wizards fought longer and had difficulties maintaining their magic power. Spike helped relieve the pressures of battle due to his Energy Maker Magic, a rare form of magic power. Since Spike wasn't around, it took longer for everyone to defeat the Demons of Tartaros. The Dragons within each Dragon Slayer had a delayed reaction when they were summoned to destroy the Faces. They failed on taking all of them down and were drained of the magic power. With magic depleted from the world, Fairy Tail was surrounded by Tartaros Soldiers and was overwhelmed."
"What about the Lumen Histoire? Didn't Makarov activate it?" Happy asks Tergeri.
"Makarov withheld the activation of the Lumen Histoire. Then, Master Mavis died within along with Makarov's heart for failing his children. The loss of Laxus was too much to bear, and seeing most of the Fairy Tail Wizards dying due to the overwhelming force of Tartaros Soldiers."
"Can you fix it?!" Happy is willing to pay any amount of Jewels to correct the world. He doesn't want to hear any more from the mess he made.
"To fix it, the light must shine within the darkness," Tergeri explains as simply as he can.
"I still don't get it!" Happy cries in anger. "Can you just tell me! Please!"
Tergeri sighs. "Fine. Since you're completely stupid and lack the understanding of my metaphor, you asked a Demon to do something. Your request was to eliminate the one that loved Carla. You lied to me about Fairy Rage, and worse, you lied to your friends. When you plot something in the dark, you become deceptive. Deceitful. You asked a Demon to perform an act in the dark. Now, you must shine the light within the darkness to disperse deceitfulness. You must become the light since Demons are in the darkness."
"Me? Become the light?" Happy shakes his head. He doesn't know what to do. "How do I become the light that shines the darkness away?"
Tergeri has enough of Happy being an imbecile. "Stupid cat, you lied. So, tell the truth!"
"The truth!" Happy panics. He was hoping that his secret wouldn't be exposed. "I can't tell the truth! What I've done is beyond wrong!"
"Well, until you reveal the truth, enjoy your happy life with Carla for a possible wife," Tergeri stares down at Happy. "Only the truth will set you free from the burden you created," Tergeri vanishes. The fog starts to clear, revealing an angry Erza and Wendy by the door.
"You," Erza said with coldness, maliciousness, angrily terror. She scares the life out of Happy.
Happy turns around and sweats profusely. He didn't know that Erza and Wendy had followed him and potentially heard every bit of detail from the conversation.
Erza walks up to Happy and grabs him. "You did this?!" Erza wants to strangle Happy. Her anger is getting the better of her.
"Happy, how could you!" Wendy is angry and sad. She has many questions for Happy to answer.
"I'm sorry! I was stupid!" Happy answers. He's expecting the worst from Erza now.
Erza's cold stare causes Happy to cry in fear and shame. As much as Erza wants to end Happy's life, she refrains from doing so since Happy is the only one to shine the light within the darkness.
"Wendy, grab that magic book this Tergeri used. It may hold many answers to questions Happy may not or refuse to answer," Erza strictly commands. Happy sweats and becomes worried. He doesn't want to experience Carla's wrath for the stunt he pulled.
"On it," Wendy grabs the book and follows Erza out the door. Erza made sure Happy doesn't try to escape from her clutches on the way back to the Fairy Hills Dorm.