"Hey guys! Did you hear? The circus is on its way to Magnolia! Isn't that great? We will have to go as a guild!" Natsu burst through the guild doors cheery as ever. He received the grounds from the still sleepy guild members.
"That sound like a great idea. Which circus is it that coming to Magnolia?" Master asked Natsu. Natsu moved closer to the old man before he spoke again.
"I'm not sure... I think the poster said Fester Lurch. Sounds kind of creepy doesn't it?" Natsu asked happily.
"Oi! Fireface, you're too loud early this morning." The tall muscular man covered in metal trimmings approached the bar. Next to the guild leader and accompanied the other dragon slayer.
"Metalface, Fester Lurch the circus is coming to Magnolia, Gramps said that we all can go as a guild. I think they are going to set up their site pretty soon, or at least in a couple of days." Natsu said to his fellow dragon slayer.
"Fun we can tear it down and watch them rebuild it."
"Why should we go to a stupid circus with a bunch of idiots dressed up?" Wakaba asked Makarov from his bench with his pal Macao Conbolt.
"A bunch of idiots dressed up are we?" An unfamiliar voices calls from the double doors of the guild hall entrance. "Let us go guys looks like Fairy Tail isn't as welcoming as we were told. No one from Fairy Tail is allowed to come to our shows." The girls turned around.
Everyone in the guild jaws dropped except for Gajeel's. he was looking hard at the girl. Practically staring at her.
"Hey, Gajeel why are yiu looking at her so hard?" Panther Lily asked his human.
"She looks very familiar. I've seen her before. But from where I can't recall." Gajeel said with a hint of anger in his voice mad at himself for not remembering.
"Wait! Please not all of us think of you as a bunch of idiots dressed up. Please some of us want to come to the show, we are even willing to help out with the set ups." Natsu called out to the girl. It was too late the group of five from the circus that had shown up to offer Fairy Tail a deal within the show were already gone.
"Gramps! What are we going to do?" Natsu turns looking at his master.
"We will have to talk to the ring leader and hope that; that girl isn't the ring leader." Makarov said getting up from his seat walking to the exit. "Who's all coming with me?" Natsu, Gajeel, Gray, Laxus, Happy, Lily, Bixslow, and Elfman followed behind their master heading to the circus camp where they were setting up.
On the outskirts of Magnolia in a giant open field, there was a caravan of travel trailers. Smaller tents next to the travel trailers, and one giant tent being set up. The group of five that had appeared before the guild wasn't anywhere to be seen. Happy and Natsu were sidetracked from the animals trapped in cages. Gray yelling at them for being sidetracked.
Bixslow, Laxus, and Elfman offering their help with the setup of the giant tent. Gajeel, Lily, and Makarov were looking for the ring leaders' trailer.
"Hey, circus worker." Gajeel stopped someone. "Where is the ring leaders' trailer?"
"Oh, Dubeth is in the second to last trailer next to Belles trailer. They should be labeled." He says and goes back to working.
The three walked to the back of the travel trailers, one labeled Ring Leader and under it Dubeth. The very last one behind it labeled Belle and Tidus. 'Tidus? Who is Tidus?' Gajeel thought while Makarov knocked on the ring leaders' door. Gajeel stood beside him with his hand in his pockets. The door to the travel trailer swanned opened and the same girl from the guild hall looked at the two.
"We don't take solicitors." She pulled the door to close it again but Gajeel caught it.
"It's not nice to slam doors in front of the elderly." Gajeel said to silver haired girl.
"Tsk. I'm leaving anyways." She pushed the door open. Before walking to the last travel trailer. Knocking on the sides. "Tidus! Let's go!" The door opened and a small furry exceed came walking down the steps. Lily's eyes widened, looking at the lion-like exceed.
"T-Tidus?" Lily said, the exceed looked at him.
"Panther Lily, it's been a while." Tidus said looking at the panther.
The girl known as Belle looked down at her lion.
"You know him Tidus?" She asked. Tidus' body grew; into a battle form (like Lily) Now standing taller than Belle. Tidus finally answered her with a simple nod.
"Well now isn't the time to fight, so let's get to work so we can leave Magnolia." Belle grabbed his arm and started walking only to be drawn back in by Tidus.
"No, Belle. You don't understand." Tidus told his human. She glared at him and the panther now in battle form.
"You, with the metal piercings get your pet before anything happens. I need to get to work." Belle yelled at Gajeel who stood ten feet away from her and Tidus.
Gajeels crimson gaze looked into her darker crimson gaze.
"Who are you girl?" Gajeel asked the long silver haired girl standing in front of him. She turned her head.
"Belle Night. That's who, now get your Panther." She turned her head back looking at Gajeel.
"I know you from somewhere. I can't put my mind on it though." Gajeel said. Belle started laughing.
"I'm in a circus, one of the biggest acts you've probably seen a show before or something." She said as Gajeel shook his head 'no' Belle sighed and used her magic ability to create a chair out of vines so she could sit down.
"Fine don't get your panther it isn't my fault if he gets hurt." She says crossing her arms as she sits down. Getting ready to watch the battle unfold before Gajeel and herself.