Willy Falconer/Synopsis

History
When Willy was little, he was born and raised in a small village in the south close to the coast, His family loved him and he loved them back. They did everything together from picnics to playing in the ocean. His parents even taught him how to swim which he had a natural born talent for.

Then one day, in the year of X771, everything changed. The village was under attack by a dark cult guild, wiping out everyone and everything in sight and kidnapping children. While his father stayed behind to try and distract some of the wizards and fight them off, Willy's mother fled with Willy into a forest. She was able to elude the wizards temporarily, but eventually, they caught up to her. Then she found a tree with a hole in the bottom, which she hid Willy in. She shared one more final moment of farewell before she caught the attention of the dark cult soldiers and then she led them away from him before sacrificing her life for her son. A few moments later after the dark cult left, Willy came out of his hiding place to find his Mom dead and his entire village destroyed leaving him devastated and alone.

Willy wandered aimlessly around the forest depressed and alone. Then while he was walking through a rocky field, he encountered a creature that attacked him. Willy was almost killed by the creature, but then he was saved by a dragon named Aquadia. She took him to her cave and made sure he was well. Then Willy told her about his village and his family. Seeing how alone and sad he was, Aquadia decided to adopt him and she raised him like he was her own son. She also trained him in how to breathe underwater and how to use dragon slayer magic.

Then one day on the year of 777 on July 7th, Aqaudia disappeared without a trace. Rather than give up, Willy set out on a journey to find her. Later, he encounters a gorian who tries to beat him up. Willy defeats it using his magic but faints due to dehydration and hunger. Eventually, he wakes up and made his way to a town called Osia thanks to a strange green bird creature, but due to lack or water and food, he faints again in a barn. Willy eventually wakes up in a clinic and meets the head doctor Finn who eventually takes him in at his place.

After a few months of staying with Finn, Willy feels right at home at Osia. Eventually, he feels like he's a part of the town and all its people. One day Finn took Willy to a lake in the back of the clinic so Willy would have something to do while he worked where Willy meets Sieri a young woman who works at the clinic. She helps him get into a decent swimsuit and then Willy goes for a swim showing off his swimming skills much to the amazement of the spectators around the area. Then Willy hears a young boy calling for help and he sees him drowning. He immediately took action dives into the lake to save him. He manages to reach him, but the boy almost drags him down. Willy then launches himself and the boy out of the water to safety using his Water Dragon Aqua Jet and Roar. After the boy regains consciousness, he is then immediately thanked by the boy's sister who then introduces themselves as Elfman and Lisanna Strauss. The three of them then become fast friends and then spend the rest of the day playing together.

The next day, Finn drops over at the Strauss siblings place to visit. He then meets Elfman and Lisanna's elder sister Mirajane. Willy tries to be friendly by introducing himself, but Mirajane simply ignores him as she goes on her way to handle a job. At first, Willy wondered why Mira ignored him, but Lisanna and Elfman explain to him that Mirajane just doesn't trust people much. After that, they spent the day at the clinic swimming in the lake with Willy teaching Elfman how to swim with Lisanna spectating. They then take a break resting on the bank. Elfman and Lisanna ask Willy about where he learned how to swim and how he became so skilled. Willy tells them about his parents teaching him everything that he knew about swimming which also makes him miss them. Thinking that Willy was feeling upset about Mirajane ignoring him from this morning, Lisanna and Elfman tell him the reason why. It was due to the siblings' parents dying a couple years ago. They were both wizards who worked frequently on jobs and lived happily, but once they found out that they both died on the job leaving the siblings emotionally scarred. Since then, Mira has been taking care of them going out on jobs herself taking the high paying but very dangerous jobs. Willy is puzzled about why the two were telling him all of this, but Lisanna tells him that he's a good friend and she along with Elfman trust him. Willy then tells the two about his parents and about what had happened to his previous home making the two surprised, but somewhat happy that they all shared something in common. The three then head back home to the Strauss siblings house. They spend time together by reading from a book while they waited for Mira and Finn to come home.

Later that evening, Finn picks up Willy and the two head home, but they are stopped by Lisanna and Elfman. The two tell them that Mira still hasn't arrived back home yet and they're very worried. Finn then goes into the forest to go search for Finn and with Lisanna and Elfman asking him to help, Willy goes as well promising to find her. The two search for Mira all over the forest, but they couldn't find her. They then decide to split up to cover more ground that way.

As Willy searches for Mira, he encounters the same green bird creature that helped him find his way to Osia before. The bird then leads Willy to an old woman sitting by a stream. Seeing the old woman, Willy asks her if she can help him find Mira. The woman obliges and shows Willy a spell that allows him to the sense the water and magic power inside living creatures by dipping his hand into the water. Willy then is able to locate Mira and immediately races off to find her.

Then Willy manages to find Mira, but she is less than pleased to see him. She tells Willy to go home and to leave her alone, so she could accomplish her job. She then runs away leaving Willy behind. At first, Willy feels frustrated because of Mira's stubbornness and is about to forget helping her, but he remembers the promise he made to Lisanna and Elfman and uses the spell that the old woman had recently taught him. It took a little bit of magic power, but Willy manages to find Mira again and sets off to find her.

Meanwhile, Mira was running as fast as she could to try and get away from Willy, but then she encounters a large Vulcan which was the reason she was here in the forest in the first place. Mira tried to fight it, but the Vulcan proved to be too strong for her and beats her severely. Luckily, Willy arrives and saves Mira just in time. Mira insists that she's fine and tells Willy to leave, but Willy angrily lectures her about doing things on her and tells her to stop doing that because she isn't alone. He then proceeds to beat the Vulcan and sends it flying with his Water Dragon: Roar. After that Willy heals Mira and he tells her about him sharing the same pain that Mira did in regards to parents and that people need each other in times of need. The two then become friends and Willy and Mira find Finn and head back home. When they get back to the Strauss sibling's house, they find Lisanna, Elfman, and Sieri waiting for them who are overjoyed to see Mira and thank Willy for keeping his promise. Willy then suggests that they celebrate at his and Finn's place which everyone agrees.

Later that night, everyone has a pleasant dinner. As Willy heads for the kitchen to clean the dishes, he overhears Mira talking to Finn about her trying to raise the money to help herself and her siblings which makes him worry as he goes to bed. As he and the Strauss siblings sleep in his room, Willy gives them his bed while he slept on the floor, but then Mira sleeps with Willy to keep him warm.

The next morning after the Strauss leave, Finn then talks to Willy asking him if he wanted to be stronger, so he could help Mira and her siblings which naturally Willy agrees. Finn takes him to a strange temple-like building in the middle of a lake where he introduces him to the old woman and the green bird creature who helped him before. The old woman introduces herself as Tu-Chi and her companion, Jade. Seeing Tu-Chi put on a display of her magic, and that she was a water mage like him, Willy asks Tu-Chi if she could become his student. Tu-Chi naturally agrees and Willy's training begins.

Before he could start training, Willy goes through a sparring session with Finn, so she could assess what kind of training Tu-Chi can give him in which he ultimately loses. After that, he is put under strange, but rigorous challenges from catching Jade while his clothes were weighted from a gravity spell and smashing balls falling over a waterfall. After that, Willy masters some spells and his magic power and control increases significantly.

Three months later, Willy has fully grown as a mage and as a ninja as he goes through another sparring session and he goes to the Strauss sibling's house to celebrate. However, the village suddenly is under attack due to the demon that had been released from his seal. Willy feeling worried about Finn and Tu-Chi and remembering back to the destruction of his village rushes over to see if he could help. He then finds Tu-Chi and also sees the demon. The two engage the demon in battle, but Tu-Chi ends up being trapped by one of the demon's spells and the demon flees. Willy chases after the demon but loses sight of it. He then uses his Aqua Sense and relocates the demon, but he also senses Mira in the area as well. He immediately rushes over and saves Mira just before she is attacked by the demon. Willy bravely fights the demon to protect Mira, but the demon proved too strong for him. Then when Mira makes an attempt to save Willy by standing in the demon's path, he pushes her out of the way but ends up getting wounded making him temporarily lose consciousness.

When he wakes up, he's surprised to see that Mira and the demon had somehow become one. He tries to reason with her, but Mira demon hybrid kept attacking. At this point, Willy makes one last rush towards Mira and tries to get her to come back to senses and loses consciousness. When he wakes up, he finds himself back in the temple with Tu-Chi and Finn having to have taken care of him. He worries about Mira wondering if she's alright, but he is informed by Tu-Chi that she is fine, however, Mira had developed a strange condition where her arm had completely turned into the likeness of the demon that rampaged. Not only that, but the villagers now driven by fear and anger had all been attacking the Strauss siblings trying to drive them out of town. Willy immediately leaves and flies straight towards the Strauss siblings' house to find that the village was about to set their house on fire. Willy immediately stops them and blows them away with his Water Dragon Roar. However, when he uses it, it not only has changed in color, but it uses more force than usual and also leaves him weak and feverish. However, he quickly shrugs it off and goes to check on Mira and the others. Luckily, they're fine but they've been at it for the past couple of days, which leads them to decide to leave the village. Willy naturally goes with them wanting to protect them from any harm and so he can find information on Aquadia and how to cure Mira. Soon after that, Willy and company say their goodbyes to Tu-Chi, Finn, and Sieri and leave Osia.

Eventually, Willy and the Strauss siblings made it to Magnolia and happened upon Fairy Tail and meet the guild's master Makarov Dreyar. They also find out that Mira wasn't possessed and they are ecstatic and decide to stay in Fairy Tail. Over the past month afterward, Willy managed to make friends with some of the members, but he doesn't join the guild due to still wanting to find information on Aquadia. Unfortunately, he was unable to find anything, n. Then when he comes back to the guildhall one day, he finds that Lisanna and Elfman had mastered Take Over Magic which was the exact type of magic that Mira unlocked, so she wouldn't be lonely. The three then show Mira who was just about to leave Magnolia convincing her to stay and join Fairy Tail.

Later on, Willy continues to search for information on Aquadia and still doesn't find anything. Not only that, but he is still feeling his fever whenever he uses his magic, so he decides to stop using it hoping it would stop. He sits over at the bar drinking water trying to decide on either if he should leave town to find another place to find info, or stay at Fairy Tail. Then Natsu rudely interrupts his thoughts and challenges him to a fight, causing him to spill his water. Willy tries to be the bigger person considering that Natsu had been challenging him constantly since he first came to the guild, but he gives in to his irritation and inadvertently accepts Natsu's challenge.

Soon Willy and Natsu square off at the beach with some of the other members of the guild on the sidelines as spectators. Then he and Natsu begin their match. At first, Willy has the upper hand blocking and parrying Natsu's attacks with ease, but then Natsu unleashes his breath attack forcing Willy to dodge and making a huge cloud of dust made from the sand. When Willy escapes from the cloud, Natsu manages to use the cloud as a distraction and finally lands a blow on Willy surprising everyone. When Willy recuperates from the blow, his behavior suddenly begins to use his magic and viciously attacks Natsu. Natsu retaliates by unleashing his breath attack and Willy does the same. The attacks clash, but Willy easily overpowers Natsu as the color of his breath attack has changed color again. His attack was so powerful, that it almost hits Natsu and splits the sea. Suddenly feeling his fever now worse than before, Willy faints losing consciousness.

Willy then wakes up in the Magnolia hospital and is told of the reason for his sudden fevers whenever he uses magic by the doctor there. He had too much magic power inside him which was making it unstable and causing him to become ill whenever he used his magic. To make things worse, the doctor also that this hospital, in particular, didn't have a cure to help him. The doctor then tells Willy of a facility that specializes in cases like his, but he would have to leave Magnolia. Willy naturally agrees and then says goodbye to all of his friends and leaves his necklace in the care of Mira and promising to return. He is then transferred to the facility in question which turns out to be The Bureau of Magical Development. He is treated over there, but in truth, the doctor that he met and the head of the Bureau, a man named Brain, abducted him in the hopes of making him his personal slave. Willy is then experimented over a long period of time and eventually has a spell placed upon him placing him under Brain's control and is renamed Shark of the Oración Seis.

Oración Seis arc
In the battle with the Allied Forces, Like Brain, Shark does not take part in the battle and stands by him making sure to protect him from any harm. Natsu attempts to attack Brain, but Willy is commanded by Shark to stop him and does so with a swift barrage of blows utilizing his strange oil-colored water magic.

After the Oración Seis kidnap Wendy, Shark stands beside his master as Sawyer retrieves the coffin containing a comatose Jellal Fernades inside, and as Wendy revives him as well. When he is revived, Jellal immediately attacks Brain making Shark attempt to protect him using his magic, but Jellal proved too fast and too powerful as he along with Brain sent plummeting to the lowest depths of the hideout.

After Racer and Angel are defeated and after Brain wakes Midnight ordering him to kill the Allied Forces, Shark takes Brain over to the location of Nirvana where he eventually takes control of it making it reach the second stage. As soon as Natsu arrives on the scene, Brain orders Shark to remain by his side while Cobra engages the fire dragon slayer in battle of which Cobra loses. As Shark takes Brain to where the two dragon slayers are, Cobra returns to his feet and was about to kill Natsu, but Brain attacks him from behind, blasting him on the shoulder heavily wounding him. In retaliation to his betrayal, Cobra attempts to attack Brain, but Shark intercepts him and attacks him using his speed as well as his swords to slash him across the chest before he could react incapacitating him.

Shark then follows Brain as he drags Natsu along with the hopes of turning him onto his side, but they both encounter, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, and Jura. As Brain reveals his plan, Jura attacks him and Shark jumps in once again to protect his master using his Geyser Wall, but it is not enough to stop Jura's attacks as he and Brain were sent flying into some stone structures. Brain along with Shark then engage the Ten Wizard Saint in battle hoping to use numbers to their advantage, but Gray jumps in and makes the fight two against two.

Shark and Gray fight, water clashing with ice, but Shark has a significant advantage over Gray even going as far as to slice right through Gray's ice and even eating his ice to regain power due to ice being another form of water. He then unleashes a full powered Water Dragon Roar forcing Gray to dodge and destroyed a stone structure. Upon seeing him unleash such a spell, Natsu recognizes who Shark really is and tries to tell Gray to stop, but Gray continues to fight and finally manages to land an attack ripping up Shark's mask revealing the side of his face. The sight of his face stuns Gray and Natsu who both believed that he had died due to his illness. Brain then reveals how he kidnapped Shark six years ago and saw potential in him claiming to have seen his full power first hand, therefore making him a member of the Oración Seis and his personal bodyguard.

Shark and Gray then resume their battle with Gray trying to reason with him. but Shark continues to attack. Gray then fights Shark once more with the same results happening again. Then Gray comes up with an idea. He allows Shark to eat his ice again and unleash a Water Dragon Roar. This time, Gray dives straight into the attack and freezes it along with Shark inside it giving him the opening he needed and then attacks knocking Shark unconscious seeming to defeat him. After a while, Shark wakes up, but he is still under the control of Brain and flees even though Brain had been defeated by Jura at that very same time. Brain then orders Shark to go to Midnight since he was the last prayer remaining and to follow his every command.

Soon enough, Shark catches up with Midnight intervening in his fight against Erza. Shark then tells Midnight that he serves him and will follow his every command much to the shock of Erza. Shark also offers Midnight his assistance, but Midnight declines wanting to finish Erza himself claiming her as his prey resuming the fight. As he gains the upper hand on Erza, Midnight goes on to answer Jellal's question as to why the Seis were targeting Cait Shelter and how Shark ended up becoming Brain's bodyguard and a member of the Seis. Erza stands up once more having to have heard everything and resumes her battle with Midnight with her gaining the upper hand. Shark once again asks Midnight if he needed assistance, but Midnight once again declines. However, this proves to be his own undoing as Midnight is defeated even when using his most powerful illusion spell. Upon his defeat, the spell over Shark is lifted and he returns to his normal self.

Willy then regains conscious, but just like Jellal, he too has amnesia as well not having a clue of who he is. The only things that he does remember is how to fight and how to use his magic. When he sees Erza and Jellal, he immediately is on guard and threatens to attack them, but Erza calms him down and tells him his name and who he is and what has happened to him over the past six years based on what she new. This news devastates Willy and blames himself for what had happened. He is then reassured by Jellal who tells him the exact same words that Erza told him about living. This makes Willy feel better and he offers his help in stopping Nirvana and saving Cait Shelter.

Wendy and Carla soon meet up with them and are relieved and surprised to see them, but their feelings are short-lived as Nirvana activates preparing to fire at the Cait Shelter Guild. It seems that all hope is lost, but then the rest of the Allied Forces managed to divert the blast away from Cait Chelter using a damaged Magic Bomber: Christina. Hibiki onboard of Christina also reveals that he's found a way to stop Nirvana. Only by destroying the 6 lacrima located in each of Nirvana's leg-like appendages can it be stopped. But then suddenly, Zero hijacks Hibiki's telepathy and taunts the Allied Forces by saying that he knows their plan and has no intention of letting them go through with it and goes as far to taunt Willy by offering him to join him. Willy refuses and tells Zero that he may have lost his memories, but even he could see that he was the bad guy here. The Allied Forces then decide to pick six people to go to each of the lacrimas and destroy them at the same time. At first, they don't have enough people, but then Natsu, Gray, and Lucy rise up and then along with Erza, Jellal, and Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki are picked as the 6 Mages that will destroy the lacrimas.

Willy then hears that Natsu is headed to lacrima number 1 determined to beat Zero and destroy the lacrima which causes him to worry. Then he notices Jellal acting strangely and goes to check on him along with Wendy and Carla. Jellal then asks him and Wendy to go to lacrima number six in his place while he goes to lacrima number 1 to help Natsu. Willy, Wendy, and Carla go over to their designated lacrima and then Willy teaches Wendy how to use the Dragon Roar spell. All 7 Mages manage to destroy all the lacrimas at the same time and Nirvana is shut dowwn saving Cait Shelter and the rest of the world.

As Nirvana begins to collapse, WIlly tries to get Wendy and Carla out of the crumbling rubble, but he ends up getting caught beneath some of it. Then just as he is about to be buried alive, Jura comes to his rescue and with his help, Willy and the others escape to safety and meet up with the other Allied Forces. Willy is relieved to see that Erza and Jelall are alright, but he doesn't remember who Natsu and Gray are due to his amnesia. Just then, the Rune Knights, led by Lahar, appear and arrest Hoteye and Jellal. Willy protests angrily seeing as this was unfair. Lahar retaliates by arresting Willy for not only being Brain's bodyguard, but for also being a main suspect to the destruction of Nomekop. An angered Natsu starts to fight the Council trying to get WIlly and Jellal back causing some of the other Mages to jump into fray. However, Erza steps up and puts an end to the commotion and tells the council top take them away. Before Willy leaves, he sees that Wendy is crying and goes over to her. He wipes her tears as he tells her to be strong and he'll be OK. He takes one last look at his friends and bids farewell as he's taken by the council.

Regaining Willy's Memories Arc
After a while, Willy, Hoteye, and Jellal are brought to a Magic Council Branch and are led to their prisons. Willy stays in his prison for a while making an enemy out of Nadal, but then he is brought back to be put on trial. He soon finds himself standing before the members of the New Magic Council with Gran Doma being the new head. Willy is then told of the charges against him of which he denies of doing them, but none of the members of the council believe him. Just then, Tu-Chi and Finn burst into the courtroom much the Council's indignance. Tu-Chi then not only claims to be Willy's defense, but she also has proof of Willy's innocense. The Council is skeptical, but they agree to this and Willy is led back to his cell. On his way back to his cell, Willy happens to see Brain walking by and senses how evil he is.

A few days had passed by and Willy is desperately tyring to remember who he is and what he did. Sadly, he couldn't remember anything. Nadal then comes and takes Willy to a separate room where Lahar and his partner Doranbolt are waiting for him. The two then interrogate WIlly trying to get him to admit that he had something to do with the destruction of Nomekop and that he knew what he was doing when he joined the Oración Seis. Willy tells the truth and says that he doesn't remember anything, but Doranbolt and Lahar continue to pressure Willy with accusations. Then Doranbolt threatens to interrogate Fairy Tail and all the other people in the Allied Forces thinking that they could get the info from them. This angers Willy and threatens Doranbolt to leave them out of this. A few moments later, WIlly is brought out of the interrogation room and back to his cell thanks to Org. It turned out that Akzuinu wanted dirt to make sure that Willy stayed in jail. At this point, Willy is starting to doubt himself on whether he's innocent or if he really did commit those crimes, but he quickly shakes those negetive feelings away and tells himself to hang in there.

The fated day came and Willy along with the members of the Council are led to a hidden cave by Tu-Chi and Finn. Inside of the cave, there is a subterrain lake with a waterfall which contains magical properties to help heal the body as stated by Tu-Chi. Her intentions are to submerge Willy into the water, so she can cast a spell to help everyone see the memories in his mind, including the ones that have been supressed. Willy then proceeds to be submerged into the water and falls unconscious as Tu-Chi begins the spell. Inside his mind, Willy is attacked by a strange black cloud from his previous nightmares, but then he is saved by a younger version of himself.

The younger Willy tries to remind him of who he is, but the original is unable to remember prompting a small glowing ball of blue light to appear. He asks if the ball of light was his enemy, but the ball says that it isn't and can help him remember who he is. The ball then shows Willy the moment when he was born back when he used to live in Nomekop which was his hometown. He then is shown other events of his past. The moment when his village was attacked to the day he met Natsu and the others in Fairy Tail. Including the moment when he was sick in the hospital and taken by Brain thanks to Silver Beard. As his memory finally returns, Willy can't help but have feelings of self-loathing feeling that he should have done something to stop it all from happening. But the blue ball of light reassures him and lets him know that what happened to him wasn't his fault and he should try to move on and not make the same mistake again in the future. Willy then regains conscious saying that he remembers everything and knows who he is.

A few days later, Willy is found not guilty and cleared of all charges and was released, but before he leaves his prison, he happens to run into Midnight who is being placed into a prison. As Willy is about to be escorted away, Midnight gives him a cryptic warning. Someday soon, he would pay for his betrayal and he would personally see to it that he would make him pay. After that, Willy is taken out of the Branch and is reunited with Tu-Chi, Finn, and Jade. Then Org comes up to them and gives Willy a family photo of him at a young age with his parents and also tells him his mother's last words before she died. Overwhelmed with emotion, Willy cries and thanks Org for his kindness. The four then leave, leaving the Magic Council Branch behind them.

The four then eventually arrive 8-Island restaurant where they go to eat. After they eat, Tu-Chi gives Willy a change of clothes and tells him the state of things since he was gone. She, Finn, and Sieri have moved on from Osia and are now living in Oak Town. After that, they all head to Kardia Cathedral where Tu-Chi says is the location of where she is supposed to meet someone. When they get there, Willy asks about the Strauss siblings unaware of what had happened to one of them in particular. Then Tu-Chi and FInn show Willy something that shocks him to his core. A tombstone with Lisanna's name on it. Willy wonders the cause of death and then Makarov, the person that Tu-Chi arranged to meet arrives and explains how Lisanna died. Willy is devastated and blames himself for Lisanna's death and apologizes to Makarov. Makarov tells him that there was no need for apologize and he should start focusing on the present rather than the past. He also offers Willy membership into Fairy Tail to help guide him down the right path. At first, Willy is hesitant, not wanting to cause any more trouble, but after feeling moved by Makarov's compassion and kindness, he decides to join Fairy Tail.

Willy then goes to Fairy Tail with Makarov and is nervous upon entering the guild hall. Then he sees the two people of whom he longed to see for a while. Elfman and Mira. The three of them then cry as they joyfully reunite hugging each other. Willy then tells everyone that had happened to him over the six years and apologizes for all the trouble he caused and the pain he inflicted. The guild members forgive him and Mira returns the necklace Willy gave her a long time ago and is happily welcomed and accepted into the guild and the guild even throws a party for him.

Edolas Arc
The next day, Willy has a sparring match with Natsu to keep the promise he made to him. The two clash and Willy comes out the winner. Then Willy has a sparring match with Erza and the result ends with him losing, but WIlly is fine with it. After the match, Lucy offers to take him to her apartments, so that he could have a place to live. Willy at first was hesitant, but he goes with Lucy and manages to get a room close to hers.

The day after that, Willy and Erza go out on a job to hunt some bandits that are causing trouble in Shirotsume. The two soon arrive in Shirotsume and greet the mayor of the town known as Nadi and tell him that they will handle the bandits. They soon enter the forest and Willy uses his Aqua Sense to track them down until they come to a waterfall. They then decide to wait until the bandits come out, so they can catch them by surprise. The bandits soon come out of hiding and Erza and Willy corner them asking them to surrender, but then Everlue appears, turning out to be the leader of the bandits. When Everlue finds out who Willy his, he orders his underlings to fight Erza while he fights Willy himself, the boy unaware of the reason why he wanted him. Willy soon defeats Everlue and Erza defeats the bandits and returns the stolen goods back to Nadi.

Later on as the two rest in Shirotsume for the night, Willy accidentally sees Erza reading a dirty novel. The girl is so embarrassed that she almost commits suicide. Willy tells her not to worry about it due to seeing Sieri read stuff like that all the time as a child and tells her that he would keep it a secret, but Erza offers Willy some of her books in return wanting to make sure that he keeps her secret under wraps. Feeling curious about them and not wanting to anger Erza, Willy decides to humor her and pick a book.

The two soon return to the guild and Willy goes home to his apartment to find that Elfman and Mira were inside waiting for him. The two comment on how nice his apartment is, but now Willy is starting to get an idea of how Lucy feels when Natsu and Happy invade her apartment. The two Strauss siblings then tell Willy about the upcoming anniversary of Lisanna's death and asked Willy if he could come with them. Willy is conflicted at first, but he decides to go wanting to pay his respects to her. The two soon leave and Willy starts reading a novel that was given to him by Erza. The Landlady soon comes to Willy's door and gives him a letter from an unknown sender. He opens the letter and the only thing that is printed on it, is the words; 'Guess Who' and the symbol of the former Bureau of Magical Development. At first, Willy doesn't recognize it, but after a nightmare/vision of the past, he recognizes it. He assumes that some from the Bureau must have sent it, but he has no idea who.

That morning, Willy decides to take his mind off of the letter by helping Mira sort some books in the archives while catching up with her. He soon learns from Makarov that Wendy intends to go on a job in Onibas and wants him to accompany her along with Freed and Happy. However, at Magnolia Station, the train that would head to Onibas is not running due to a breakdown. Wendy decides that she would walk to Onibus despite Happy's protests and Willy's suggestions and Freed agrees with her. The four eventually walk till they get caught in the rain and are forced to take shelter in a cave, but rather stay sheltered, Willy stands out in the rain and drinks it to replenish his magic. They then camp out for the night and WIlly wakes up sensing trouble. He goes to the river hoping to use it to extend his Aqua Sense, but then he is ambushed by the members of a Dark Guild known as Black Tiger. Seeing that the cave wasn't too far away, Willy leads the Black Tiger members away from it until they come to an open plain. He then fights the members through trickery and his magic. He soon blows them all away with a Water Dragon Roar and goes back to the cave just as the sun was beginning to rise. As the others wake up, Willy doesn't say anything about what had happened the other night as they resume their journey to Onibas. After a couple of unexpected events and with Erza, Lucy, and even Natsu showing up, the team manages to make it to Onibas.

Willy and the rest of the guild soon learn of Gildarts Clive's return. When he arrives, Willy is frightened after sensing the overwhelming magic power within him via Aqua Sense and thought that Gildarts would consider him an enemy due to his background. But that all changes when Gildarts welcomes him to the guild with a smile which makes Willy filled with admiration and deep respect of the man. He then remembers about the upcoming rent being due and races off for home.