Avatar arc

The current and 19th story arc of Fairy Tail.

One Year Later
A year passes since the events of the battle with Tartarus and Fairy Tail's disbandment. Lucy has become an editor-in-training at Sorcerer Magazine thanks to Jason (though not before ironically being one of it's models). She covers the recent Grand Magic Games though can't help but wonder where her friends went off too since then and has been using her job to try to find any leads on them. However she admits to herself that even if she could find them and bring them all together again, she wouldn't know what to do afterward.

On the last day of the Grand Magic Games, she covers the match between the favorites, Dullahan Head and the upcoming Guild, Skull Millione. Despite Jason thinking Dullahan Head will win, Lucy sees through Skull Millione's deception in that they were hiding their true strength so that they could increase the profit of their bookies. Sure enough, Skull Millione comes out the winner of the match to Lucy's disgust as she figures all they really care about is money.

Just as the games are about to come to a close, a cloaked figure suddenly enters the stadium. Lucy notices the magic power feels familiar as the figure confronts Skull Millione and challenges them to a fight. The figure suddenly releases a blast of hot air that resonates through the stadium, which easily beats the guild and at the same time melting the clothes of the audience. The hood of the figure comes off revealing that it's Natsu. Happy manages to find Lucy in the stands and states that Natsu wanted to see the strength of the current number one guild. The guards try to rush him Natsu who beats them all handily. He then notices Lucy and greets her to which she smiles and greets him back in kind, thinking to herself that Fairy Tail may not be gone after all.