hey Fairy tail fans, this is my first ever attempt at a fairy tail story, i have tried where possible to capture that certain random spark that i associate with Fairy Tail because i love the anime and manga. i love the chance to improve my work so any hints and tips for making this story better would be much appreciated, anyway please enjoy

"Natsu!"

the guild turned in fear as the terrifying form of Erza stomping through the guild looking for the pink haired dragon-slayer

"what did that flame brain do this time?"

Gray sat at the bar watching the scene with interest

"my favorite cake shop has been destroyed, burned to the ground the owner said the last thing he could remember was an arguement with Natsu about the existence of dragons"

Erza had been looking forward to that cake for a week now after the events of Edolas she felt she deserved it, before gray could respond a tiny squeak issued from behind the bar

"Natsu"

the bar shattered as Natsu made a break for the door, before he could escape a rain of steel halted his escape

"you should know better hot-head"

Gray turned away just in time to see the distraught Mirajane and Cana crouched over the remains of the bar

"my bar"

"my alcohol"

the two simulataneously turned on Natsu standing either side of Erza all shooting him death glares

"it was an accident"

Natsu's voice came out as a squeak. outside the guild two young mages approached the front of the guild

"so this is fairy tail, the master said that Makarov would be assigning some of his strongest mages to this mission, do you think they'll be enough"

he turned to look at his friend a questioning look on his face

"i dunno, they're powerful there's no denying that after what they did to Oracion seis, but even they might not be enough for what we have to face next"

he let loose a big puff of air and started walking towards the guild before he could get very far a massive explosion issued from the doorway and a pink haired young man came flying towards them.

"get down"

the larger of the two pushed his friend to the side before digging in his heels

'earth merge'

his feet blended with the earth under his feet and he caught Natsu without moving an inch

"pardon me, we didn't mean for you to get caught up in our guilds discussion"

Erza had approached them and considered the young man holding Natsu, he looked fairly muscular under his short sleeved shirt it was a light green and he was wearing three-quarter length shorts that were a light brown, his black hair was short and scruffy and he had one blue eye and one green eye that caught her attention, she also noted his bare feet and a satchel slung over one shoulder

"quite the discussion, i'm Marcus"

Marcus dropped Natsu and helped his friend to his feet, he couldn't hide his grin

"you're lucky it was Marcus that was in the way of your friend, anyone else might have been hurt"

Gray and Lucy had followed Erza from the guild and neither could believe that someone would be stupid enough to talk to Erza like that, he looked skinny under his jeans and button-up shirt, and even with his long brown hair falling into his dark brown eyes there was no hiding the glare that he shot at Erza

"I apologise profusely, it was not my intention to hurt anyone"

Natus whimpered from his place on the floor but Erza ignored him

"yeah well you should be more careful"

he took a look at the guild mark on Lucy's hand

"I'm Luke and we're both here from the Black Rampart guild we were told to talk to your master about a joint mission between our two guilds"

Lucy and Gray recovered from the shock of Erza's apology and stared at both of the newcomers, the master had been discussing a mission for some time

"yes we have been expecting you, please follow me"

the two mages from Black Rampart followed Erza into the guild, Lucy and Gray hung back

"what mission do you think they've been sent to do"

Gray shrugged his shoulders

"i don't know, but the last time a guild alliance was formed was to take on Oracion seis, whatever's going on has got to be big"

Lucy nodded and followed Gray into the guild. nobody noticed Natsu on the floor

"help me"

poor Natsu i seem to have picked on him a lot in this chapter, happy, Wendy and her cat are likely to make an appearance in the next chapter where i'll also shed some light on the mysterious mission, until next time can someone tell me the name of Wendy's cat, i watch the anime subbed and her name keeps changing.