The alarm shrilled at seven in the morning causing the teenage girl to slowly awaken from her slumber. She groaned and stretched in her warm bed until finally getting up and stumbling into the bathroom. She let the water roll over her skin and dipped her rose colored hair back to wash it.
"Vera! Hurry up Jamie has been waiting for fifteen minutes." Lucy called up the stairs before returning to the kitchen and serving Jamie Redfox his chocolate chip pancakes. Jamie is Levy and Gajeel's eldest son they also had another boy born last year, named Matt. After another ten minutes Vera finally descended down the stairs in a navy blue skirt and a white tank top. She padded into the kitchen bare foot and kissed her mother's cheek good morning. Vera ruffled Jamie's hair before sitting down across from him and stealing his pancakes.
"Hey hey grabby these are mine" Jamie said before snatching his plate back Vera stuck out her tongue at him before her mother plopped a few pancakes on her plate.
"Thanks, mom. Where's Dad? " Vera asked her mouth full. Lucy sighed and shook her head at her sixteen year old daughter's lack of manners. Just like your father. Damnit, Natsu.
"He left last night to help your uncle Gray with something" Lucy waved off as she took off her apron. She took her spirit keys off the hook on the wall and put them in her pouch. She looked at the clock and gasped.
"Ahh, I'm late. Eat up, clean after yourselves, be safe and love you. Sorry to run but I have to be on the train in half an hour for a mission. Bye" Lucy said quickly she kissed the top of Vera's head and Jamie's cheek before running out the door. Vera looked at her mother's quick departure.
"It should be illegal for people to have that much energy this early in the morning." Vera said as she flipped the hair out of her eyes. Jamie smirked at his best friend and leaned back in the kitchen chair. His black hair fell into his eyes slightly and his hazel/green eyes shone with laughter.
"Not everyone crawls out of bed at the crack of noon, Vera" He said and easily caught the biscuit that she had intended to aim at his face. After a few more minutes the two emerged the quaint apartment on Strawberry Street and headed to the guild. Vera kicked the door open and shouted
"GOODMORNING EVERYONE!" Vera shouted and the rest of the guild more or less mumbled a greeting back. She and Jamie made their way over to the mission board. Ember Fernandez and Graham Fillibuster were already there and greeted the two with smiles.
"Hey guys, any ideas on what kind of mission we are going on today?" Vera asked and Ember immediately reached for the highest paying request. Graham snatched it out of her hands and looked at her with tired blue eyes.
"Really, Ember escorting the King to Myroi. That will take weeks!" Graham complained but Ember merely shrugged. Ember was always up for a challenge and to one up herself. Vera didn't have a problem with the trip especially since the reward was four million jewel that amount had her seeing dollar signs and practically drooling. She snapped out of it quickly and put her arm around Ember.
"I say we do it. It'll be fun and we will be swimming in reward money." Vera said enthusiastically and pumped her fist up in the air. Graham scoffed and rolled his eyes at the pinkette.
"Of course you'd be up for it. You're so damn impulsive you'll jump on anything that had a price high enough. And I do mean anything." Graham said with a smug smirk. Vera narrowed her dark green eyes at the young man.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean, Ice prick?" Vera shouted as she stepped closer to the mage before her. Jamie grabbed Ember's arm and hid behind an over turned table.
"Oh you know exactly what I am talking about, Princess" Graham said. That was it and Vera launched herself at the man with a fierce battle cry. Graham gripped her thrashing arms and, with difficulty managed to keep her at a relatively safe distance from his face and private parts.
"We aren't little kids anymore. I am bigger and stronger than you now so get used to it." Graham said and pushed back the feisty female a few feet. Vera landed gracefully on her feet. She smiled darkly at Graham.
"Let's test this theory now shall we" She says and then her body is aglow with light and a golden circle surrounds her. Graham sighs and in a moment his body is encased in water and he stands ready to face the girl. At the back of the guild Natsu and Gray watch intently as their children have at each other.
"That reminds me of the good old days" Natsu sighs happily. He grins wickedly at the ice mage.
"I bet Vera will take Graham down in ten minutes" Natsu challenges and Gray sneers and the Dragon slayer.
"Graham will take her down in five." Gray says and the men shake hands on the bet, too hard to be friendly. All the will the sounds screaming and explosions go off in the background. Yup just another average day in Fairy Tail.