The Zerø arc, also known as FAIRY TAIL ZERØ (フェアリーテイル ゼロ Fearī Teiru Zerø), is the story arc that covers the entirety of the Fairy Tail Zerø series, chronologically taking place before the Fairy Tail series. The untold story behind the creation of Mage Guild Fairy Tail. In the year X679, Mavis Vermilion is left to fend for herself after a war takes the lives of those who reside on Tenrou Island. Seven years later, she encounters those who will title themselves as the founding members of Fairy Tail and those who will wrap the world in despair in the foreseeable future.