Hello Everybody! I'm back at with some Fairy Tail and Game of Thrones! For those of you coming over from the original draft of this story, welcome back! Glad to see you all here! For a newbies, get ready for a rollercoaster ride. It's gonna be a crazy one!
Before starting this story, I just want to get some things out of the way. In the original draft, I had a lot of characters. That has changed. I decided to streamline the story and make it easier to both follow and connect together. Game of Thrones is already massive, adding twelve plus more characters into made it even messier than it really should've been. I also decided to fix several character motivations and plot points in order to make the story make more sense and to help it be a little more cohesive. Finally, the tone of this story will be interesting. Fairy Tail and Game of Thrones have completely different tones. One is a very lighthearted adventure (With some somber moments), the other rips your heart out… stabs it repeatedly, then makes you curl up into a ball and cry. So that is going to be difficult to navigate, but I will do my absolute best for you guys.
Alright… now that is out of the way, without further ado, I present A Song of Fairies!
A Song of Fairies
Part 1: A Game of Thrones
Prologue
He ducked under a wild punch before quickly scrambling behind a large wooden crate that was nestled alongside the wide canal that bisected the small city of Magnolia. Beads of sweat beaded down his tan face as he frantically evaded another flailing punch.
"Geez Luce!" A pink haired teenage boy with frightened eyes stammered as he scrambled around the crate while a furious blonde woman gave chase, "I didn't think you'd get so offended by that!"
"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO BREAK INTO MY HOUSE!" The blonde roared as she sprinted after the pink haired boy. Although, she wasn't faring well in the chase. Her legs were held back by the small skirt that covered her waist and thighs. Add in the heaviness of her long brown boots, and she was honestly surprised that she could keep up with the fleeing boy at all.
Mental note. The Blonde thought, Wear clothes that actually help me run for a change!
"NATSUUUUU!" She roared again as the boy skidded to a halt and turned a corner.
"I didn't do anything I haven't done before Lucy!" Natsu cried.
Above him, a blue cat wearing a green knapsack and an amused smirk hovered. Angelic white wings watching holding him aloft as the chase unfolded.
"He really went and did it this time." The cat muttered to itself before another loud crash echoed through Magnolia.
"You mean to tell me you've gone through my underwear drawer before!?"
A bead of sweat dropped from the side of the blue cat's face.
"No! That was Erza!"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!"
"PLEASE DON'T HURT ME LUCY!"
The sound of a second pair of wings beating against the wind attracted the cheerful blue cat's attention. Beside him, hovered a white cat. A disapproving expression covered her face as her small arms folded across her body.
"I swear your friend has no scruples." The white cat huffed.
"Uh…" The blue cat gulped, glanced at the chase, then back at it's fellow feline companion, "What does that mean?" He asked sheepishly.
"It means he doesn't have any morals, Happy." The White Cat frowned, "And to think Wendy admires that buffoon."
"Hey! Natsu isn't a buffoon!" The blue cat named Happy cried defensively.
"Keep yourself in denial all you want." The white cat shrugged, "It doesn't change the facts." Another loud crash followed by some angry cries drew both of their gazes back down to the streets below them, "It appears Natsu is trying to get to the guild hall."
"You're right on that one Carla." Happy smiled. He then nervously gripped his small paws behind his back, "If you want I can escort you back to the guild hall."
"I can make my way there just fine, thank you very much." Carla said dismissively before jetting off towards a large building that dominated the city skyline.
It resembled a large castle. Large battlements protruded along the sides of the three storied stone structure. A small tower like dome that housed a large bell capped the massive structure. Along the sides of the battlements, torches sat unlit, waiting for night to fall over the city. And alongside those torches flapped a single, bright orange banner with a white symbol stitched into the center.
It was easily the largest building in Magnolia. The only other structure that could compete was just down the road; a large cathedral that the two cats had just zoomed past as they attempted to keep pace with the blonde and the pinkette below them.
The chase rushed underneath a small archway that served as the main entrance to the guild hall grounds. Above the archway, in colorful letter was the name of the guild hall. A name that everyone in the country of Fiore knew. Every citizen either adored the name, or despised the name. It was both famous and infamous.
Fairy Tail.
A wizard guild. A place where mages from all over the world could come and seek fame and fortune. A building where they could find work, make everlasting friendships, and have the occasional drink. It was a loud, rambunctious place. Filled with colorful people. All with different magics and stories. Different experiences and attitudes. All in one building. A building that was about to become ground zero for the chase between Lucy Heartfilia and Natsu Dragneel.
The pair passed beneath the archway. The pink haired boy scrambled up the stone steps, his chest heaving as he sucked in air. Behind him, Lucy charged like an angry bull. Eyes narrowed. Her entire being focused solely on delivering punishment that had been a long time coming.
Natsu couldn't understand why she was so mad. It hadn't been the first time he had broken into her house. In fact, it was nearly a daily occurrence for him to slip in through the window. Half the time, it was to grab her and take her out on a job request from the guild. The other half of the time was because he thought her apartment was way more comfortable than his own little shack outside of town. Needless to say, those were not very good excuses.
Normally, the blonde would throw an irritated tantrum at Natsu's antics before reluctantly accepting them and moving on with the day. But today was different. Today Natsu made a mistake. He dared to peek into Lucy's dresser. And he dared to find a secret manuscript that she had kept hidden in her underwear drawer of all places. She caught him reading it when she arrived home from the guildhall earlier in the day.
And all of that led to now. Natsu, busting the guild hall doors open with his foot as he rushed inside to find a hiding place. Hot on his heels, Lucy barreled in, red faced and breathing heavily. All movement in the guildhall stopped. Every set of eyes turned to stare at the blonde.
"Where." Lucy began, "Is. He?"
Every hand pointed to a booth hidden in the corner of the large dining hall that made up the ground floor of Fairy Tail. Lucy's eyes narrowed and she stomped towards the booth, her feet pounding against the hard stone floor, hands clenched tightly at her sides. Her teeth creaking as she ground them together.
She came to an abrupt halt in front of the booth. Her left boot tapping against the stone floor. The only noise heard in the guild hall, other than a nervous cough from one of the other wizards as everyone watched and waited. Beneath the table, quivered Natsu.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way, Natsu." Lucy snarled, her foot still tapping, her hands falling gently onto the table and her fingers curling around the edges.
Natsu's head peaked out from beneath the table, "Is there a third option?"
"NO!" Lucy roared and she heaved the table to the side and pounced on Natsu.
Just as she was about to pound him into the floor, Lucy suddenly felt the air around her go cold. Goosebumps formed on her skin as she felt a penetrating stare pierce her. With her fist still inches away from Natsu's nose, she slowly glanced behind her to see another woman.
This woman wore full battle armor. A steel breastplate with the Heart Kruetz symbol engraved into the side covered her athletic body. A long blue skirt covered her legs while her feet were nestled inside knee high black boots. At her hip rested a sword, hidden inside a leather sheath. Long scarlet hair rested on her armored shoulders while disapproving brown eyes focused on both Lucy and Natsu.
"Lucy…" She spoke, her voice commanding everyone's attention instantly, "Natsu…" The pink haired boy gulped and began to visibly tremble.
"Y-yeah E-erza?" He gulped.
The red head strode up to the pair.
"NO FIGHTING IN THE GUILD HALL!" She bellowed as she grabbed them both and tossed them up into the ceiling.
"It wasn't even my fault!" Lucy cried as she flew through the air.
"GAAAAAH!" Natsu screamed before colliding into a shirtless, raven haired man.
"Watch it, Ash Mouth!" The raven haired man snarled as he jerked Natsu off of his back.
"Eat my fist, Ice Pop!" Natsu suddenly roared.
Chairs began to fly. Tables flipped over and shattered into splinters of the floor. Mugs of beer were flung across the room or used as clubs to bludgeon opponents as an all out brawl ensued. In the rafters above the brawl, was Lucy, draped precariously over a wooden beam.
"Someone please get me down." She whimpered.
Just as the brawl was about to go completely out of control, Erza's booming voice echoed over the entire building.
"I SAID!" Her body was covered in a golden light. And as she shimmered, everyone froze. She soon reappeared, a new set of armor on her body. It consisted of a revealing set of plates covering her chest and torso, but leaving her stomach bare. A skirt that was seemingly made of a million metal plates covered her lower body while wings made of swords sprouted from her back. Around her hovered twelve swords, drifting dangerously in a circle above her head, "No fighting in the guild hall." She finished more quietly, now that she had everyone's attention.
"Aye sir!" Everyone quickly said before scrambling to put the guild hall back together.
Erza nodded. Her body shimmered once again and she reappeared in her normal set of armor. A long sigh escaped her lips before she rubbed her forehead and sat down in a booth beside her. A booth that was also occupied by a young, blue haired girl who had been using the someone sturdy table as cover.
"Is it over?" The small girl asked, her brown eyes carefully peaking out from beneath the table.
"Yes, Wendy, it's over."
"Thank goodness." The young girl breathed as she emerged from beneath the table and returned to her seat across from Erza, "That was crazy."
"Well… I apologize for all of that." Erza said sweetly.
"I had heard that Fairy Tail was a rowdy place." Carla said as she drifted down from the air and came to a rest beside Wendy, "But I never imagined that it was this insane." She glanced at the young girl beside her, "Maybe we should reconsider what we are doing here?"
"N-No." Wendy stammered, "I didn't really mind it at all. It just surprised me, that's all."
"Well don't worry Wendy." Erza reassured, "I'll make sure that it isn't as dangerous for you here. The brawls can get out of hand," Her brown eyes glared over at Natsu and the Raven Haired man, another teenager name Gray Fullbuster, "Especially when those two cause it." As she glared at them, the two wrapped arms around each other and acted as if they were best friends.
"Thank you, Miss Erza." Wendy smiled.
Above them, Happy grunted, his wings beating furiously as he slowly lowered Lucy to the ground beside Erza and Wendy's table.
"Geez, Lucy!" Happy gasped as the blonde touched the ground, "You are heavy!"
"I am not fat!" Lucy screamed before folding her arms and taking a seat beside Erza.
"Bad day?" Erza asked.
"Horrible day." Lucy replied.
"May I ask why?" The redhead inquired.
"Oh just go ask Natsu, I'm sure he'll tell you everything." Lucy huffed.
"What did he do?" Erza asked, brown eyes narrowing dangerously.
"Oh he just went through my underwear drawer and read my manuscript!" Lucy growled.
Both Erza and Wendy blinked.
"You have a manuscript?" Wendy asked.
"What pair of underwear did he find and where can I get it?" Erza asked.
Lucy groaned and buried her head in her arms.
"Could this day get any worse?"
"It's about to get better, Luce!"
The blonde's head jerked up to see Natsu grinning widely at her. As if nothing had ever happened between the two. And in his hand was a thin piece of paper.
"I don't want to talk right now Natsu." Lucy sighed.
"Well, you don't have to. Cause I found us a job!" Natsu smiled widely, placing his hands on his hips.
Lucy just placed her head onto the table again.
"I don't feel like it." Lucy mumbled.
Natsu blinked, "You don't feel like earning a million jewel?"
Lucy jumped to her feet and clutched the collar of Natsu's black and gold waistcoat, "Did you just say a million jewel!?"
Erza's eyes were practically popping out of her skull. Wendy looked at the piece of paper in Natsu's had slack jawed. And Gray Fullbuster grumbled off to the side. From what Wendy heard, it sounded like he said something about calling dibs on that job first.
"Uh, yeah." Natsu replied.
"Lemme see!" Lucy exclaimed as she grabbed the paper from Natsu's hand and poured over the information on it, "Lost treasure…. Monsters…. City… Ice and Fire… Spirits…" She looked up from the page, "This is insane."
"Insanely awesome!" Natsu smiled.
Erza snagged the page from Lucy. She quickly scanned it before glancing at the boy, "Did you take this from the S-class wall?"
Natsu shook his head, "Nope! It was on the regular wall."
Erza frowned, "How is this not an S-class request?" She muttered before sighing, "Well, this one sounds dangerous." She rose from her seat, "So you will not be going alone."
"Aw come on, Erza!" Natsu stomped his foot, "Me and Lucy can handle it."
"I can't handle a normal job with you let alone that one." Lucy mumbled to the side.
"Do not argue Natsu." Erza replied sharply, "This is a very dangerous mission from the looks of the request. And I don't want to see anyone get seriously hurt." She then glanced over at Gray, "Gray! There is something about Ice in this. We may need your help."
Gray was about to nod when his dark eyes glanced at Natsu, "Do I have to work with him again?"
"Yeah!" Natsu shouted, "I don't wanna have to work with him!"
"You will work together and you will like it." Erza snarled.
"A-aye sir." Both Gray and Natsu gulped.
Erza nodded in approval before turning to Wendy, "You haven't gone on a guild job yet have you?" The blue haired girl shook her head, "Do you want to come along?"
"Absolutely not!" Carla instantly declared, "You just got through saying how dangerous this job could be. Wendy is not ready."
"I'll go." Wendy replied quietly. Carla shot her an anxious look, "It can't be as dangerous as Nirvana."
"That's the spirit!" Natsu grinned.
Carla sighed, "Very well. But you will stay close to Miss Erza the entire time."
"Right." Wendy nodded.
"Alright, it's settled then." Erza rose from her seat, "We have our team."
"Alright!" Natsu cheered, "Let's get started!"
He charged towards the doors but was then suddenly yanked back by Erza.
"Not quite." Erza said calmly as she gripped the back of Natsu's waistcoat, "This isn't a job we can do without the proper information. There was something about strange monsters and spirits in this."
"So?" Natsu asked, "We can just beat them up."
"I'm pretty sure you can't beat up a spirit Natsu." Lucy deadpanned.
"You don't know until you've tried." Natsu grumbled.
"Lucy is correct Natsu. We need to look some stuff up. I say we go see Levy. She may have some information that we need."
"Aye!" Everyone else nodded in agreement.
….
Like with everything in life, Natsu didn't waste time to politely knock on the door of Levy McGarden's home. Instead, he barreled through the door just like he did with any other house.
"Hey Levy! Where are ya!?" Natsu called as he entered a house that was filled with books stacked floor to ceiling.
A gauntlet covered hand smacked him upside the head.
"Be respectful and knock first!" Erza scolded.
"OW!" Natsu howled before rubbing the back of his head, "Yes ma'am."
The others slowly filed into the crowded living room of Levy's house. Each person carefully navigating around books that were stacked in precariously balanced towers around them. Lucy's eyes widened in wonder as she looked around the house. She was an avid reader and absolutely loved books. Her favorites were adventure novels. The feeling of escape she got whenever reading one took her breath away. Every so often, her concentration drifted away from searching for Levy and went towards scanning the many different titles around her.
There was so many that she couldn't ever hope to see them all. Books on mathematics, science, and history. Fantasy novels, romance novels, science fiction, mysteries, atlas's and biographies. The collection Levy had created boggled her mind.
One day I'll have just as much. Lucy thought, And maybe some will be written by me too.
"Levy!" Natsu called again, "Where are ya."
"Back here!" A muffled voice called from the next room over.
All five wizards slowly made their way to the next room. Hopping over stacks of books and weaving between the many towers as they made their way over. Inside the next room was a small twin bed surrounded by more stacks of books. Sitting in the one area of open space were three women.
The first was Levy McGarden. Her short blue hair held out of her face by a read headband. Red spectacles sat on the bridge of her nose and a thick, leather bound book was clutched in her petite hands. Sitting beside her was Cana Alberona. Long brown hair falling haphazardly around her curvaceous body while her lips were sealed around the mouth of a liquor bottle. Lastly was a white haired woman wearing a maroon dress. She smiled sweetly at the five newcomers and waved for them to come on in.
"Hello everyone." she smiled.
"Hey Mira!" Natsu waved.
"Hi Mira!" Lucy smiled
Gray simply waved while Wendy stayed hidden behind Erza. Still slightly afraid to introduce herself to her new guild mates. Erza glanced at Mirajane Strauss and nodded curtly before taking a seat beside Cana.
"Ahhhh." Cana sighed as she gulped down another long swig, "Good stuff."
"What are you reading Levy?" Lucy asked.
"That's what I'm trying to figure out." Levy replied, her brow furrowing in frustration as she flipped the book over in her hands, "I can't get it to open." she then gestured towards Mira and Cana, "They stopped by before you guys and offered to help."
"But we can't get the damn thing to open either." Cana stated.
"Language!" Carla exclaimed as she covered Wendy's ears, "There are young children here."
"Whatever." Cana shrugged before taking another drink.
"Maybe we can help?" Gray said.
"Um…. how?" Natsu asked.
"I don't know flame brain. You got any suggestions."
"Don't start you two." Erza warned. She returned her attention to the beaten book in Levy's hands, "Perhaps there is a spell on it?"
"That's what I'm thinking too." Levy replied, "But I'm not sure what kind of spell. Obviously some kind of sealing spell. But I don't know if there are any others on it. Like charms or dangerous trap spells or stuff like that."
"She's been examining the book for the past hour trying to solve that part of the puzzle." Mira noted.
"Any clues on the outside?" Erza asked.
"Nothing but a red 'M'." Levy replied turning the book over so everyone could see the fancy M engraved on the binding of the thick book. She sighed and held the book out to the others, "Perhaps you guy could try and figure it out?"
"Sure!" Natsu snatched the book from Levy's hands and proceed to attempt to pry the pages open.
"No, you idiot!" Gray growled and he grabbed the book away from Natsu, "You're gonna tear it!"
"Am not!" Natsu shouted as he shoved Gray and stole the book back, "You'd just freeze it, snowflake!"
"And you'd burn it, fire breath!" Gray argued as he gripped the other side of the book, "So hand it over so that doesn't happen!"
"No!" Natsu shouted, "I'm gonna help."
"Both of you knock it off! Now!" Erza roared.
Surprisingly, neither Gray nor Natsu heard her. The two shouted at each other once more before yanking. Both of their magic powers flared to life. Ice crept over the leather from Gray's hands while fire licked the leather from Natsu's hands.
"Oh no!" Lucy gasped.
"Stop it you two!" Cana bellowed.
Just as Erza was about to intervene, the book began to glow. Both Natsu and Gray froze, eyes glued to the glowing book. Suddenly, a large shock wave blasted everyone away from the book and sent them all falling into the piles of novels around them. The leather bound pages flipped open. Ancient pages, stained with age began turning rapidly. All the while, the book's glow grew bright.
"What is going on!?" Levy shouted as a wind began to howl around them, drowning out everybody's voices.
"I don't know!" Erza shouted as Wendy grabbed hold of her arm, "Hang on Wendy!"
It felt like a small hurricane was tearing through the room. The book began to rotate in the air, slowly at first. Then it gained speed. As it did a small black orb began to form above the pages.
"WHAT IS THAT!?" Lucy screamed as she felt her feet being lifted off of the floor by the wind.
"Grab hold of something!" Erza barked.
But too late. Wendy screamed in terror as her and Carla were sucked towards the orb that continued to grow larger above the book.
"WENDY!" Erza shouted, "Hold on!" Erza reached for the small girl, but missed her hand by a hairs breadth. The girl screeched as the orb swallowed her and Carla.
"WENDY!" Natsu roared, letting go of the bedpost he was holding on to and diving towards the orb.
"Damn it all!" Gray shouted, his voice drowned out by the howling wind.
"Natsu!" Lucy shouted as she lost her grip on the door and flew towards the orb after him.
One by one, the black orb engulfed everyone in the room. Happy dove into it after Natsu and Lucy, vowing to rescue Carla while not mentioning his own best friend. Levy screamed and was dragged in along with Cana and Mira. Gray cursed and felt his own grip on Levy's dresser slip. Blackness engulfed him as well.
Erza was the last victim of the black orb. She fought with all her strength to stay in place. Her muscles straining to keep her latched onto the bedpost. But all her strength was not enough. And just as it had with her friends, the book consumed her too.
And chapter! That's the prologue folks. As anyone who is coming over from Game of Fairies can see, a lot of characters were cut out from this first portion. I have my reasons don't worry. They will all come into the story eventually, just not immediately.
In case you all didn't notice. This takes place shortly after the Oracion Seis Arc. That's why Wendy is still shy around the guild members. Think of it as another full arc in the Fairy Tail storyline before the Edolas arc (Only this arc being waaaay darker than any other).
Anyways, I'm super excited to restart this story! Let me know what you guys think so far! As always, I hope you all enjoyed! Have a nice day!