A NEW BEGINNING
A/N: Hey there!
Natsu: Ne, ne author you're so weird saying hi to nobody -_-
A/N: Not 'nobody' dragon-boy! I was talking to myself cause… *realised how weird that sounded and shut up*
Natsu: That doesn't make it any better! Anyways let's ignore our crazed author (A/N- WHAT?) and enjoy the story *grins before being beaten to a pulp by Erza for calling A/N crazy*
Chapter -1
The sad truth
The sun shone in through the window of our favourite celestial mage's room. "Gee Luce wake up already!" our resident fire dragon slayer screamed climbing in through the blonde's window receiving a pillow to the face. "Can you please stay quiet and what have I told you about breaking into my apartment!?" Lucy Heartfillia screeched now fully awake and very agitated. "Never mind that Luce! Let's go to the guild!" Natsu yelled with a childish grin making the blonde blush "fine! But first let me change and get out!" she yelled pushing him out of her window. The people ignored this as a regular happening and continued about their business.
AT FAIRY TAIL'S HEADQUARTERS
The guild hall was surprisingly calm noticing how most of the members were still not present "Ara~Ara~ why do I feel like this is some sort of calm before the storm?" Mira said a twinkle of worry in her ocean blue eyes as she wiped the bar counters before the brightest smile imaginable lit up her face as the strawberry lover red-head entered along with the petite sky Dragon-Slayer and her white exceed. "Hello there Erza, Wendy and Charla!" Mira greeted as they occupied their regular table before walking towards them "so what would you lovelies like today? The usual or something special? Oh before I forget Erza we've brought in some premium strawberry mousse today if you want I can serve you that along with your cake!" Mira asked Erza perked up at the sound of 'premium' and 'strawberry' in the same sentence and one by one they all ordered their breakfast "I'll be taking my regular strawberry cake and strawberry Frappuccino along with that strawberry mousse you were talking about" all three remaining women smiled at the red-head "Mira-san I'll be taking my usual of blueberry waffles a glass of blueberry milkshake and some whipped cream for the waffles along with blueberry ice-cream!" Wendy chirruped smiling and motioned for Charla to order "I'll be taking my usual a steaming cup of Darjeeling tea along with some pancakes drenched in maple syrup". Mira walked away to prepare their regular orders and just as she reached the bar counter the doors were swung open and there stood Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Juvia and Happy "hello there everyone! How are you guys?" Mira greeted and wondered as to why they were all arriving at the same time every other day Juvia and Gray would walk in five minutes before the un-separable trio of the guild. Making light of it she once again went to Erza's table as they all seated themselves there "Good morning Mira!" Lucy greeted and waved at her a smile brighter than the sun itself adorning her face and a similar one lit up Mira's face as well "well don't make me wait give your orders!" she said but sweat dropped as Natsu and Gray began screaming their orders at once before an armour clad hand slapped the back of their heads "Mira please state an order in which they will give their orders" Erza said getting angry at how because of those two idiots her strawberry cake and mousse were waiting. "As you say Erza, well then first up will be Happy, Lucy, Juvia, Natsu, Gray" a side glare was thrown to Natsu from Gray at him being able to order before the ice mage. "Aye! A delicious fish, salmon please!" "A vanilla mocha latte along with choco-chip waffles in strawberry syrup accompanied by vanilla ice-cream" "Juvia wants blueberry Frappuccino and a PB & J topped off with whipped cream and a raspberry pudding !" "HELL YEAH MY TURN! I WANT HOT AND SPICY FIERY GRILLED CHICKEN DRENCHED IN TABASCO SAUCE AND A SPICY SANDWICH ALONG WITH MY SPECIAL SPICY RED BELL PEPPER EXTRACT INFUSED COFFEE!" "What a hot-headed idiot! I'll be having a chilled cappuccino with a giant snow-cone with blueberry syrup and an ice-cream sundae". By the time all of them were finished Gajeel, Lily and Levy had also seated themselves down and gave their orders "I'll be taking my raspberry cappuccino a ham sandwich and raspberry sundae!" Levy said all the while flipping through a thick worn down book "kiwi juice and some fresh kiwis along with some toast would be great" Pantherlily A.K.A. Lily said his usual aura of authority gone as he leaned over Levy's shoulder equally absorbed in the book on the girl's lap as the girl herself was "that brilliant iron coffee or smoothie whichever one is available with any scraps of metal you have lying around" Gajeel said obviously agitated that both his exceed and i-don't-know-what-you're-talking-about-crush were both ignoring him all absorbed in that stupid book he got as a reward for a mission.
Mira's P.O.V.
Wow it seemed as if everyone was hungry today. The first thing I made were the smoothies and coffees, I then made the sandwiches and pancakes and waffles then scooped out ice-cream, shaved some ice, poured syrup, took out the mousse and pudding and sundae and cake, finally found some spoons and forks and grilled the chicken. Now this may seem like a lot of work but really it does not tire me anymore. Serving them their breakfast we chat for some time until I was called over for Cana asking more booze. Around afternoon tables, chairs and people alike were being thrown around the guild and as usual it was an open battlefield as most of the male population and Erza were fighting with each other for some reason no one can really comprehend.
Lucy's P.O.V.
I was scanning the mission board for an easy one day job just for a few extra jewels ignoring the ruckus in the background. I finally found one, seemed easy and had a fairly well pay:
HELP WANTED!
Please we need your help to take down a vicious celestial being terrorizing our forests!
Location: Tiger Town
Reward: 10,000 jewels
Moreover it was a celestial being! This should be a piece of cake! Wait isn't Tiger Town where Sabertooth is? Yukino is a celestial spirit mage then why take the trouble to report to Fairy Tail? Maybe Yukino tried but failed? Must be it. "Hey Mira I'll be taking this one!" I yelled running through the middle of the guild to Mira. The fighting seemed to have calmed down "oh we're going on a mission?" Erza asked coming up behind me followed by Natsu and Gray "umm actually Erza I wanted to do this alone you see it is clearly stated that it is a celestial being so…" I trailed off nervously "WHAT?" Natsu and Gray screamed "calm down you two! Sure go ahead you're strong enough!" Erza said smiling and I straight out grinned now determined to prove Erza right. Mira's hesitation cleared and she approved it for me stamping it. "Wait Lucy take Happy with you he can fly you there with his max-speed so you can be back by today" Erza said authority ringing in her voice not wanting to upset her I nodded and motioned for Happy to come over. "Hey not fair Happy gets to go but not me?" Natsu whined pouting I hugged him and told him that I'd bring him something because really I would obviously go shopping with this money. I decided that we would walk to Magnolia border then take flight. Both Happy and I chatted happily and soon took flight before I even realised it we were there! "Wow Happy you have gotten so fast!" I praised truly shocked and pet him "AYE!" he yelled and we went off to meet the client and soon headed off to the forest. Upon entering I met a beast that was as tall as a two storey building and looked like the Eclipse-Celestial King "OPEN! GATE OF THE LION: LOKE!" I summoned Loke and quickly got in my star dress form "STAR DRESS: LEO FORM!" together we did a unison raid and the monster disintegrated. Happy and I collected our reward and decided to do some souvenir shopping before going to meet up with the Sabertooth mages. It had only been two hours and we were done with the mission. "Well that was quick!" I said stretching "Aye! Lucy I suggest we only buy a couple items so we can go all out in Magnolia" Happy said and I had to agree.
P.O.V. closed
They had bought some cute souvenirs. A heart shaped ruby necklace for Lucy and a fish pendant for Charla (Happy insisted on it and said that he'd shop for himself when they returned to Magnolia). "Lucy-san!" a distant voice yelled and as Lucy turned around a frog like creature came crashing into her. "Frosch?" Lucy asked the bundle in her arms as the neko beamed at her "Frosch thinks so too!" he replied and soon more yells were heard not long after the Twin Dragons and Lector appeared all of them looked out of breath. "Rogue? Sting? Lector? Wait a minute what is happening?" Lucy asked totally confused "Aye sir! Why are you guys roaming around like this? Huh?" Happy asked and crossed his arms his wings disappearing as landed on Lucy's head. "Well we were just shopping and suddenly Frosch flew away claiming he heard Happy we yelled at him to stop but he didn't and we took chase after him leading us to you guys" Sting replied sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. "Well then now that we've met you let's head to Sabertooth together, we'll meet up with Yukino, Minerva, Rufus, Ogra and the others then Happy and I have to head back" Lucy said smiling and handed Frosch back and took Happy in her arms and was about to turn towards Sabertooth when a hand stopped her she turned to see Rogue "actually the sad truth is that you can't, you see Sabertooth was disbanded just this morning so I'm guessing that's why you didn't know as it won't be printed on the Sorcerer Weekly till tomorrow" Rogue said his eyes held sorrow and hope for an all new beginning. "WHAT!?" Lucy and Happy exclaimed shock clearly evident on their faces "why?" Happy asked upset that their fellow ally-guild was disbanded. "You see the Magic Council got to know about Minerva being a demon and a part of Tartaros and they also got to know about Yukino being part of the Eclipse Project so they arrested both of them and disbanded Sabertooth all the mages were told to find jobs elsewhere and Yukino and Minerva were executed just three hours ago…" Lector said his eyes brimming with tears and Frosch was sobbing Rogue looked up at Lucy and was surprised at the sight he saw he gave a light gasp and Sting was also stunned at the sight of Lucy...
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A/N: Aaaand done! So… how is it Natsu liked it? Loved it? Hated it?!
Natsu: It was pretty good and quite long but how come Sting and Rogue get MUCH more screen time than me?! HOW ARE YA GOING TO JUSTIFY THAT?
A/N: Listen firstly…
Gray: *interrupts A/N* Yeah! For once flame-head is right that is so not fair!
A/N: OKAY SO FIRSTLY THIS WAS THE INTRODUCTION TO STING AND ROGUE SO OBVIOUSLY THEY'LL GET MORE SCREEN TIME! BUT DON'T WORRY YOU'LL GET PLENTY OF SCREEN TIME IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! *mumbles* along with Sting and Rogue that is -_-
Sting: *smirks* the hottest one has to be onscreen
Rogue: Sting don't dig your own grave
Natsu and Gray: WHY YOU! *attacks Sting*
A/N: well that is all for today! BYE!