I've been in this guild for about two years and it's not until this very moment I notice how quiet it is with Team Natsu. Ever since Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Wendy and Erza left for the 100 year quest it's been rather quiet. Master Makarov had received a letter stating they should be returning soon. It'll be nice to see big bro Natsu and Happy after all this time. So far the hot summer days have brought in lots of quest with an equal amount of money. Lots of my guild mates have been running in and out on quest leaving the guild hall very empty today. I make my way to the request board and look over my options. There are a few bandit quests along with retrieving lost items. One quest in particular intrigues me. It reads Dark Guild Tenebris. Reward $1200. I reach for the flyer only to bump into another hand reaching for it. My eyes look to the mysterious person and immediately get captivated by stormy gray eyes.

"My bad, were you going to get that?" he ask in a semi deep voice. Wow his eyes are really beautiful like who has this good looking eyes?!

"Oh, heh, yeah thanks." I take the flyer and glance over it once more. "I could use some help. Taking on a dark guild isn't a walk in the park exactly."

"I'd be honored to help" the unnamed boy holds his hand out. "Klaudeous Roe. You can can me Klaud."

I take his hand, surprised that they're firm yet very smooth. "Nakita Myr. You can call me Naki"

Klaudeous leads me over to the bar where Mira hands us some drinks. We exchange information on our magic abilities. He tells me that he's an Aura mage. His power allows him to change the color of his aura to suit his battle needs. Red aura is a basic attack, while yellow creates a shield. Blue heals, white allows him to become invisible and orange lets him run at superhuman speed. Kladeous is an interesting mage indeed. When I tell him that I'm an earth dragon slayer, his eyes widen like a kid in a candy shop. I can't help but laugh at his fascinations. I tell him that I need to head home to get supplies before we go on said mission. We part ways when we leave the guild hall. At home my exceed, Shadow, greets me a hug.

"Naki you're back!" she flies over from her spot on the bed

I catch and hold her in my arms "Hey. I hope you're feeling up to a quest."

"Always! Where are we going? What's it about?" she flies around the house getting food and books to hand to me to pack.

"I'll tell you at the train station. Oh we have a partner. Klaudeous Roe."

Shadow stops flying to look at me."The that you've been eyeing from a distance? Oh my will the dragon finally make her move?"

I roll my eyes at her taunting and finish packing. When I first joined over two years ago, I first saw Roe from across the room. His stormy gray eyes, curly brown hair, and broad shoulders kept me up at night. Sadly, I never bothered to approach him and only admired him from afar. At the train station, Klaudeous has our train tickets and I immediately regret this mission. My face turns green as Shadow introduces herself to Klaud and briefly explain my motion sickness. Nodding in understandingly , he takes my hand and leads me tentatively onto the train when it arrives. I automatically lay in his lap the moment we sit down. A noticeable blush creeps ups his face making Shadow giggle.


The town of Hanna is warm, small and quaint yet very lively. Small markets are scattered here and there followed by houses and a farm. Children run and play in the streets. The mayor of the town meets us at the steps of city hall. His briefs us on how the dark guild lives in the forest and often comes to town to steal resources and food they desperately need to save for the winter. The guild, Tenebris, claims to be followers of Zeref and hope to resurrect him. Klaudeous proceeds to ask a series of questions that I tune out. I slowly walk to the edge of the town and smell a faint decay of wood. Placing my hand on a nearby tree I connect to the surrounding forest, seeing everything. After locating the guilds whereabouts, I return to my teammates side.

"I've found the guild. We should head out now while we have the element of surprise." the two men look at me in surprise."What?"

"How?!" They say in unison.

I roll my eyes "Not gonna explain but Klaud, we should seriously get going." He nods and follows me. I navigate us through the forest until we get to an abandoned, decaying church. I send some vines into the building so I can survey the inside. Klaudeous's aura turns white making him invisible. As he goes inside I make our fifteen mages. For a small guild they really have brought fear to the neighboring community. An expected explosion goes off and about 5 mages come flying out along with one panicked Klaudeous. I can barely form words as he picks me up, tossing me over his shoulder running away from the fight. Both fire and water get shot at us and his yellow aura projects around us. I create a giant tree golem to throw the surrounding trees as projectiles. Most of the attacking mages get scattered and swallowed by the earth in cages. One mage in particular is still hot on our tail. He touches my golem and it decays instantly. My eyes widen and I tell Klaud.
"You can do an earth roar right?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Don't be mad, but I'm going to throw you in the air and you're going to roar and I'll incorporate one of my beams into it."
"Wha-" He throws me in the air and Shadow catches me, flying me high as I unleash a devastating roar upon our enemy. My earth roar uproots trees, dirt, and rocks of all sizes and Klaud fires a beam straight through the debris. The mage goes flying and Shadow flies me closer so I can catch him in the a pile of dirt gently. Slowly, the earth brings the other captured mages to me and I bind them within a golem. We stroll back to town completely exhausted both physically and magically drained. The mayor calls the council to come pick up the Tenebris members, gives us our pay and bids us farewell.


Back home, Klaudeous invites me to his house for dinner which I gladly accept. He lives in the opposite direction of my house, in a more quieter area of Magnolia. His house is a grey-blue, one story home with lots of flowers and bushes in the front yard. Inside, we come into the living room that's covered in different books, neatly stacked on about three different bookshelves. I go to one of the shelves and scan the books. He has everything from works of fiction, to fantasy to historical books. Leaving the living room, I find Klaudeous in the kitchen working on a salad.
"Hope you like salad. I'm a bit tired to make anything extravagant."
"Of course. Trust me if I went home I wouldn't have eaten until morning." I laugh sheepishly watching him chop up tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and some berries to toss in an overly large bowl. I swipe a discarded piece of cucumber and he chuckles. He grabs two forks, some vinaigrette and ushers me to the living room. Shadow is fast asleep on the love couch so I throw a blanket over her. We share the salad and make small talk about our families.
"Tell me about your family Klaudeous. Surely you have exciting stories to tell."
He sets his fork down, leaning back and stretching out on the couch across from me. "My father was a bank teller and my mother was a nurse. I am the third oldest of seven children. Four sisters and two brothers."
I almost choke on a piece of carrot. "Seven kids?! Man I hope you guys didn't drive your parents crazy!"
"No no, we were well behaved. However, my youngest brother, Leo, he was killed."
"I'm so sorry. What happened?"
His eyes go dark and his aura flares red briefly. "He was murdered. Killed in cold-blood then set a flame. Only half his body was preserved."
An icy chill runs down my spine at the description. I have a brief flashback but shake it away. I put my hand on his leg. "I know how you feel. I know what it's like to lose someone."
His hand covers mine as he flashes me a small smile. "What about you? Raised my a dragon"
"Oh man. My mother was the best. Her name was Artemisia, Queen of the Earth dragons."
"What? I'm in the presence of royalty! Such an honor Your Highness" he gives me a half hearted bow while sitting.
"Stop" I laugh. "I'm hardly royalty. Just like the other dragon slayers she disappeared one day. Before she did we would always sing songs together. She taught me everything I know about nature, plants, trees and different types of metal"
"Why metal?"
"Metal is a subclass of earth. In almost every type of metal there are fine earth particles which enable me to bend it to my will."
"Well aren't you powerful." he stretches and yawn, picking up a book on the coffee table to write something in.
"What are you writing?" I ask trying to get a peak.
He pulls away from me. "Sorry, it's private"
"That's fine. Here I'll take the dishes" I grab the bowl, forks and dressing and take them to the kitchen, washing them and leave them to drain. I come back to the room and find Klaudeous fast asleep on the couch. I smile and take the book from his hands. For a split second I think about reading it but I close it and set it aside. Looking around, I find his hall closet and retrieve a blanket for him then join Shadow on the couch after turning off all the light and let sleep consume me.