Dragon Hearts And How To Win Them: Sky Dragon
Natsu/Lucy - Gajeel/Levi - Wendy/Oc
Welcome to my first Fairy Tale! ^^
This story is fixated around three pairs: NatsuXLucy, GajeelXLevi and WendyXOc ^^ I'll be naming each chapter 'Sky Dragon' 'Fire Dragon' or 'Iron Dragon' to indicate which pair the chapter will mainly be about, though the other pairs will be in them. It IS a story, not a bunch of one-shots.
And just for you guys, I've spent hours on making the starting chapter really long! :D
Info:
Age:
Fried, Elfman, Gerrard, Gajeel, Cana: 24
Natsu, Gray, Erza, Mirajane: 23
Lucy, Juvia, Lisanna, Levi: 21
Joel(oc): 16
Wendy: 15
EDIT: Wendy lives in Fairy Hills! :S Sorry for any confusion!
The day Wendy fell in love began as a normal one. She was woken by the sun shining through her curtains and got dressed in a pair of white short shorts and a loose-fitting violet tank top that only showed a little of her cleavage. She sat at her vanity and brushed her long blue locks out of her face while watching herself in the mirror, pondering what style to put her hair in. She gave up and decided to just let it hang loose. She slipped out of her room and headed downstairs, and was greeted by Charle.
"Morning Charle." She smiled, jumping the last step and hopping into the kitchen.
"Morning Wendy." Charle meowed, folding her arms under her sleeves.
The blue-haired Dragon Slayer opened the fridge and shuffled some stuff around, and finally reappeared with some Strawberry Joguhrt. She grabbed a spoon and jumped up on the counter to eat it.
"Sit at the table." Charle meowed. Wendy simply smiled and stuck her tongue out at the Eksheed. Charle sighed patiently. "And what plans do you have today?"
"Guild." Wendy replied immediately. Seriously, that place was her second home. She went there at every chance she got, to train, hang out, party, or swim if it was warm enough. And since 15 was the drinking age in the Fairy Tail world, she could drink with her friends too.
"Don't forget your guitar lessons." Charle reminded her. Wendy nodded excitedly; Mirajane was teaching her how to play guitar and sing. Wendy smiled, remembering how they made the deal.
Flashback
"There's a stranger in my bed, There's a pounding my head, Glitter all over the room,Pink flamingos in the pool. I smell like a minibar, DJ's passed out in the yard, Barbie's on the barbeque; This a hickie or a bruise?~" Wendy skipped around the empty Guild at 9 in the morning on a sunny Saturday, singing her heart out seeing that the only people there were some unconscious mages from last night's party. Wendy has a little side-job at the guild as Mira-Jane's helper; she washed up dishes and glasses, used her DragonSlayer magic (lightly) to help move broken furniture off to one side, and sweeped up the Guild after parties.
"That's such a pretty little voice you have, Wendy!" Mire gushed, hearts in her eyes. Wendy squeaked and dropped the broom she was holding.
"Don't tell anyone!" Wendy cried anime tears.
"Why not? You could perform here with me some nights, too, if you want."
"No no no!" Wendy gushed, waving her arms comically. "I only sing for fun, plus I need to know how to play some kinda instrument before I can perform!"
"How about I teach you guitar then?" Mira smiled kindly. Wendy just looked at her.
"Really? You'd do that for me?"
"Yeah! It'll be fun! And I won't charge you anything." she grinned. "So what days would you like it?"
"Um," Wendy tilted her head, stroking her chin idly. "Every Saturday! At about this time, so that everyone's either not here or still alseep. Please?"
"Sure that's fine." Mire smiled.
"Okay, give me some time to find a mission that'll pay for a guitar, and can you give me some details as to what kind I should get?"
"Of course!"
Wendy was sitting at one of the benches outside of the Guild by the front gate, singing softly to herself as she doodled on napkin, waiting for the post to come. It was also a part of her 'To-Do' to bring the Master his post. On her napkin, she'd doodled a handsome prince in shining armour and a beautiful princess that resembled the version of her she'd seen in Edolas; aka, future her.
"Hey, is this Fairy Tail?"
Wendy jumped a little; how could she have possibly not heard this guy coming?
"Um, yes, are you new here?" Mentally she shook herself; everyone in Magnolia knew of Fairy Tail, so of course he wasn't from around here!
"Finally," the boy murmured, giving the huge building -and her- a tired smile. Wendy took this as an opportunity to check him out.
He was lean, about her age, with wavy purple-black hair that flops carelessly into his eyes, which made him flip his hair occasionally. Said eyes were grey, and if she peered closely they had tiny flicks of blue in them. He was wearing some loose-fitting worn jeans, a tight white shirt that was torn a little and a black trench coat that was a little worse for wear with mud trailing the bottom and torn seems. It was obvious that he'd been travelling for ages, and he was carrying a huge duffel bag on his back.
".."
"S-sorry?" Wendy blushed, trying not to stare at him anymore.
"I asked if you're a Mage."
"Ah, y-yes, I am. Wendy Marvell, Sky Dragon Slayer." she held out her hand politely, giving him a shy smile. It got bigger as this boy -about her age, she noticed- gaped at her, eyes wide.
"No way? Wow, I've heard all sorts about you. You're amazing." he grabbed her hand, and instead of shaking it, he turned it over and kissed the back of her hand. Gentleman much? her mind sighed romantically.
"O-oh really? Thank you." she blushed bright red. He grinned at her.
"My name's Joel Williams. I have Manipulation Magic: Commanding Touch." Just as she was starting to glare at this, he smirked. "It doesn't work on people or mages, if that's what you're thinking. No, I can only control objects that I touch. Besides," he waved his hands in front her face, pointing out the silver rings on both index fingers. "I control the flow of my magic through these rings so I don't have to worry about accidently killing annoying people with butter knives." Wendy had to giggle at that.
"Well what is it that Fairy Tail can do for you, William-kun?" Wendy asked.
"Call me Joel. I'd like to see the Master about joining, if that's ok."
"Sure! Right this way." Wendy grabbed her napkin and scrunched it up, throwing it in the nearest bin. She pushed open the wide doors with ease.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail, Joel!"
She spent most of her time accompanying him. Things ran by pretty smoothly, for the most part anyway. Makarov took him in to his office as she waited outside, and he returned with a warm smile, turning and moving his neck a little so that she could see the dark purple stamp on the back of his neck, just below the hairline. Then he was given the spare guest room in the Guild and got changed into a pair of dark emo-tight (though not so tight) jeans and a green polo shirt. She took him to meet all her friends. Mirajane instently went on Match-Maker mode and Wendy shut her up by exclaiming that Bisca and Alzack were actually sitting next to each other today. Lucy and Levy were happy with him and swooned a little at his gentleman-like personality as he kissed the back of their hands, like he'd done so with her.
She frowned. What's this feeling in my chest? He was just being polite.
Oh, now the other two Dragonslayers noticed.
Which means an all-out war is about to start if she didn't stop it first.
"Ah, these two are Natsu Dragoneel and Gajeel Redfox, Fire and Iron Dragon Slayers." Wendy told him with a worried look. Joel backed away from the two female Mages as the Dragonslayers stood beside them protectively, even though none of them were dating. They started threatening him, which made Gray insult Natsu about him picking on newbies to feel stronger, causing them to start fighting.
Juvia popped up on the sidelines in a blue cheerleader's outfit, cheering Gray on.
As she idly pointed out these people and stating facts about them Jet and Droy also started ganging up on Joel but then got into a (verbal) fight with Levy as Lucy watched on.
Cana wobbled over and started flirting, belched in a very unladylike manner and collapsed on the table nearby.
Gajeel was knocked out of the way by her and was just about to kick the table she slept on when Elfman showed up from nowhere screaming "ITS NOT MANLY TO KICK AN UNCONSCIOUS WOMAN!" and they started fighting, with other locals getting involved.
Wendy waved to Charle who flew in with Happy and Pantherlily. Joel looked ready to faint at all the madness that was happening but luckily managed to keep up. Wendy took him to the safety of the bar and continued pointing out significant people; Gildarts laughing and drinking with Makarov and Macau; Mirajane and her sister Lisanna; Bixlow, Evergreen and Fried; oh, and Romeo, who'd just walked over to them, glaring daggers at Joel. Romeo had changed a lot in the past few years, especially after Wendy politely declined his -several- attempts in asking her out.
"Who the hell are you?" he growled.
"Joel Williams, nice to meet you." Joel replied calmly. He held out his hand for Romeo to shake. Said teen brushed past it and walked up to Wendy.
"Wanna hang out later?" he asked airily, making Joel smirk faintly. Acting tough around the guy but still nervous infront of girls...
"Sorry, I have guitar practice later." Wendy smiled sadly. Though secretly, she was glad.
"There's guitar lessons here?" Joel asked.
"Well, I'm currently the only one learning, but Mirajane's a pro and often sings for us here at the Guild. Then there's Gajeel, but you really, honestly don't want to know about that..."
Joel laughed. Wendy managed a giggle. Romeo went red with fury and stromed away, though neither noticed.
"Sounds interesting. I play too. Maybe I could hear you sometime?" Joel smiled shyly. Wendy felt the heat in her cheeks rising as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"Well, I dunno, I've only ever played infront of Charle and Mirajane..." she murmured.
"Hey you don't have to, it was just a thought." he chuckled. Suddenly he yawned and stretched, wincing at his sore muscles and injuries.
"Oh! Are you hurt?" Wendy asked in a worried tone.
"It's nothing, I got attacked by a group of theives once on the way in to Magnolia and one cut hasn't fully healed up, but I'm fi-"
"Let me help you!" Wendy ordered determindly, pulling him off the barstool and dragging him to his temporary room. She closed the door and whirled on him. "Show me the injury." she told him in a firm tone. It was only when he sighed and started pulling his shirt off that she realised what she's been saying.
Oh God oh God oh God, he's taking his shirt off, I wonder if he's fit, does he have a sixpack like Natsu or Gray? Ooh, that'd be nice. Shut up, Wendy, snap out of it-
"This one here."
Wendy started a little but saw him standing with his side to her and pointing to a dagger wound between his shoulder blades; someone must've tried to sneak up on him. As she took a good look, she noticed a thin scar, the length of her hand at least, from above his heart to his left shoulder and round to the top of his shoulder blade.
That scar looks painful, I wonder how he got that...
Out loud, she said, "Ouch. It does look a little infected." She walked up and inspected it, though she could sense Joel tensing seeing as she was so close that her breath tickled his skin. Because of his height she was head-on with the cut. She gently carressed the skin around the inflamed area, noting how Joel sucked in his breath a little when it hurt.
She started the healing process then; Joel must've been in so much pain, she wanted it to stop right away.
"That feels nice." Joel mumbled under his breath and looking over his shoulder at her. She smiled shyly at him before concentrating on healing, totally missing his genuine smile.
When she finished she clapped her hands together, and he turned and hugged her. She squeaked in surprise; not just at the gesture, but because he was still shirtless and the feel of his toned, athletic body against hers was simply amazing. She almost let out a whine of disappointment when he let her go suddenly, like he was embarrassed.
"O-oh, sorry, I dunno what I was thinking." he blushed, making him look adorable.
"It's okay, I love hugs." she giggled, also bright red. He let out a little sigh off relief.
"That's good then. I don't want to be labelled a pervert on my first day." he muttered, making her laugh. "Thanks by the way."
"It's no problem."
Suddenly they could hear Mirajane calling for her.
"Wendy~! Wendy~! Time for our lesson! Where are you- Ah! There you are!" Mirajane burst in on them, took one look at Wendy's blushing face and Joel's shirtless body and grinned. Uh Oh.
"Mirajane, I don't care what you think this is, cause it isn't!" Wendy shrieked.
"What is it that I'm thinking?" Mira smiled; to Joel or anyone who didn't know her she looked innocent, but Mira was never, ever innocent.
"You know exactly." Wendy growled, but then smirked. "But you're not going to tell anyone because I have something I can use against you."
"What would that be?"
"Oh, you remember that party last week," Wendy grinned evilly. "Let's just say, you and Fried got better acquainted, and i have evidence."
Mirajane's face paled a little and her demon smirk appeared. "Looks like you are learning after all. Very well, this remains a secret. Come on, your guitar waits!"
As soon as Mirajane left Wendy sighed. "That woman will be the death of me one day." she sighed. She glanced at Joel's amused face. "What?"
"I know what she was thinking." he laughed. Wendy turned around, hiding her face. "Hey," he whirled her around again, laughing. "We're just met right? Just friends."
She nodded a little, but felt a small tug on her heart. Just friends? her heart whined. Stop thinking like that! You met the guy only a few hours ago!
Joel yawned, waking her from her trance. "Tired?" she asked him. He nodded sleepily.
"I thinking I'm just gonna nap." Joel mutted, flopping unceremoniously onto the bed, faking some snores.
"Well then I'll see you around the Guild from now on then." Wendy smiled happily. "Some words of warning: don't get Levi drunk, don't accept fights from Natsu or Gajeel, don't interrupt Erza when she's eating her cake, and never, ever, trust Mirajane with any type of secret." she shivered a little.
He laughed and waved as she left his room, closing the door and sighing a little. She skipped down the hall, past the two male Dragon Slayers who had been listening in on their conversation, past the Stellar Spirit Mage, the Solid Script Mage, the Re-Quip Mage and a couple others that Mirajane dragged over. She hummed the song she was learning and quietly shut the door to the back room behind her.
06.05.12: Sorry people! I edited this! :x Just thought I'd clear things up and add a small detail...