"Hehehe, now is the day I end you." Natsu yelled excitedly, jumping into the air to attack Gray. Gray moved his head just enough to dodge the kick, and ducked under the rest of Natsu's body allowing him to overextend himself before he socked him in the gut. Gray stepped away from his chair, and almost in an instant his clothes had disappeared.
"Gray, get your clothes back on you pervert." Natsu yelled, as he pulled himself off the table that he had just landed on. Gray looked down at himself in mock embarrassment, and then clamped his right fist against his open left hand to start casting some magic.
"Same old day here isn't it." Lucy sighed, looking over at Levy and Mira Jane who sat comfortably around the same table leafing through some old Weekly Wizard magazines that lay on the desk.
"Don't mind them, they'll probably be like that when their old and deaf as well." Mira Jane said, laughing to herself.
"You're probably right." Lucy replied.
"Come on Girls, I need your help with this." Lucy and Mira Jane had been roped into Levy's search into the past of their own Guild. The recent return of the mainstay Fairy Tail mages from Tenrou Island had really been an upset in the local environments of Magnolia and Ishgal. The weekly sorcerer had called them up asking for a special article on the history of one of the strongest guilds in all of Ishgal. Makarov had put Levy chan in charge of it, cause if anyone could wring out all of the important facts out of the pretty shoddy records that had been kept within the guild.
"Wait, wait, wait!" Lucy said in excitement. "I found someone." She quickly folded the old magazine in half, and started to point to the full page spread. The picture on the page depicted a stunningly beautiful girl of about 17 years of age with a modest calf length pleated red skirt, a bright pink camisole covered by a white button down short sleeve shirt with puffed sleeves. Her curly hair was held back into two very pronounced tails that extended down below her shoulders. There seemed to be music flowing out of the grainy picture, each note almost fully becoming visible off of the battered violin that she held in her slender hands. The point that Lucy pointed at though was the fingernails, each one a different shade of red and pink, but holding a small Fairy Tail guild insignia on each.
"I've never seen her before." Mira Jane noted.
"I've only seen her once or twice before, but she seemed pretty popular back at the time." Levy replied. "Is there any more information about her in the article?" Lucy looked back at the article for a few seconds, a small sweat drop appearing on her head.
"All I've got is her name, it's the fashion section." She complained.
"Well, the name should be enough. What is it?" Levy asked.
"Elizabeth Williams." Lucy replied. Levy started ruffling through a bunch of other papers, trying to find any reference to the name.
"Uuuuuuh, nothing." Levy complained.
"Maybe the Master would know, he's the only old guy that has stuck around inside the guild after all." Mira Jane commented.
"Good idea." Levy said, before she jumped up from her seat and waved Master Makarov over for questioning.
"Elizabeth Williams?" He said, a look of long lost memories crossed his face for a few seconds. This was soon replaced by a look of sadness.
"One of the happiest mages I have ever seen come through this guild. Her and her two brothers could be relied on for almost any job. Elizabeth was the oldest of the three, and one of the greatest musicians that you had ever heard. She literally turned her talent into magic. Next oldest was Seth De'Klan, one of the best anti-mage mages that I have ever seen. Though they did cause their own share of troubles back then as well. Namely the youngest brother, Zach Hunter." A look of annoyance crossed his face. " The rascal once stole my most precious hat, and fed it to a feral boar during a job. He then brought the pig home, and handed it to me when I asked about my hat." Makarov grumbled unintelligibly for a few more seconds.
"What happened to them?" Levy asked nervously. Another sad look came across his face.
"All three of them disappeared on Tenrou Island 37 years ago when they were taking their own S class test. I still go looking for them every time I'm on the island."
"Ohhh, that's so sad." Levy chan and Lucy cried.
"Yeah, I would love to find out what happened to them someday." Makarov said, before he was suddenly bowled over by a flying Natsu and Gray.
"What's the big deal?" They both cried in unison. A dark red aura shut them up as they stared up into the furious eyes of Erza.
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"Hey Sleepy heads it's time to wake up." A voice shouted. The three woke up, to see a very bright light hanging just above them, long tresses of hair flowing around the form of a small angel like being. They slowly rose to their feet, groaning with pain from their prolonged hibernation, not at all comfortable with the competing lights of the 1rst, and the blazing sun far above their heads.