The fairy wand
Chapter 1: Lucy Pov
I woke up with the sun in my face just like every other day, that day was different though. I could feel it in the air. But just like every other day I was wrapped up in the warm embrace of my best friend, Natsu. Now usually I would have 'Lucy-kicked' him into next week, but because that day felt so unique I left him to sleep while I made breakfast for us and made sure I had fish for Happy, after I had finally managed to remove myself from Natsu's iron grip.
"Hey, Natsu," I yelled from the kitchen. "Foods ready!"
As soon as the words were out my mouth I could already hear him stumble out of the bedroom door. I let out a slight giggle at his antics as he walked into the kitchen.
"Morning, Luce." He said with a yawn. Happy flew over to land on my head.
"Morning, Natsu. Morning Happy." I said to them as I handed Natsu his plate. He sat and started shoveling it into his mouth faster than most people thought possible.
"Morning, Lushee. What's for breakfast?" Happy asked from my head.
"You get fish. I get eggs and bacon then whatever else I own for Natsu." I said as I sat down to eat. Happy flew to his seat where his fish was waiting for him.
We talked while we ate about getting a new mission with Erza and Gray, but were cut short when my communication lacroma started ringing. I answered only to find Laxus on the other end with a glare that could rival that of Erza and Mira put together. It left even me shaking a little but not enough to stop me from teasing him.
"Awww is big brother Laxus angry about something?" I said as I picked up the lacroma and walked over to the kitchen counter. His expression turned soft as I spoke as if nothing was wrong, as if he didn't know I was having nightmares every night. As if I wasn't kidnapped yet again to hurt my friends not 2 weeks previously.
"Yeah, but it seems you will be finding out why in about an hour. You and Natsu need to come to my office. Now." He said, his eyes turning slightly harder. "Meet Mira at the bar."
"We'll be there in the next 15 minutes, ok?" I said in a reassuring tone.
"Sure." He sighed and broke the connection.
10 minutes later I walked into the guild with Natsu on my heels.
"Ok that's the last of the people so let's go up together." Mira said as we walk towards her. We went to the second floor and to the office Laxus and the Master share in an effort to grow closer. I knocked and waited for a reply.
"Enter!" said the voice of Master Makarov. I walked in to see the rest of team Natsu already there with the thunder god tribe, the other Strauss siblings, Juvia, Guildarts, Cana, Levy, Gajeel, Lily, Wendy and Carla.
So 21 in total if you included me, Natsu, Happy, Mira and Master.
"So why are we all here?" I asked Master, who avoided looking at me, as I look around to see if I had missed anyone. When I was finished looking I walked over to stand by Laxus. There was a crack sound, that sounded like lightning, from the kitchen area behind us, but everyone blamed that on Laxus' obvious anger.
"Well my child... umm... as I was saying to the rest of the people here..." he starts but trails off into unheard whispers and a glance at the kitchen. I narrow my eyes at him.
"Go ahead gramps. Tell her about this idiotic plan." Laxus growled out from next to me. "Tell her how you plan on sending us straight INTO ANOTHER WAR!"
I flinched but due to his words not his shouting, which he must have realized because he put his arm around in comfort. My eyes dropped to the ground because he's the only one that knew about how guilty I felt.
"She blames herself for the last few and now you want to put her through another?!" he said, but my eyes were firmly glued to the ground. I didn't want the sympathetic looks I knew were waiting for me if I looked up. "You don't understand what she's feeling." An awkward silence rained down on us.
"I'll ask again why we are here. Obviously for a mission, but for who, where and why" I said to try and change the subject.
"You will get along nicely with Mr. Malfoy, I think." A voice says from behind me. And that translates into a small kitchen area also the only open space left. I turn on my heel to look behind me and was met with a man more or less the same height as my father, but at least three times his age. He has long white hair that reaches his mid-back, a beard that is tucked into the belt that is holding the front of his strange baby blue robes closed. He was peering at me over the strangest half moon spectacles with kind, warm eyes that also held a look of recognition. "You must be Lucy Heartfilia then."
"I am." I step closer to him to ask why he was here without anyone else hearing. "May I ask what your purpose here is?"
Apparently my wording told Laxus something because the next thing I knew I was staring at his back and I felt a wall behind my own. When I looked around his shoulder I could see we were on the other side of the room and everyone was staring at us in surprise, wondering what had caused Laxus' reaction.
"Don't you even dare think that we would give you up that easily! Nice plan stepping closer to him, but not happening." At that moment Levy and Freed both seemed to realize what was going on and stepped in front of Laxus to help him shield me, but I just stood there, wondering what was going on.
Realization hit me like a bullet. They where going to protect me incase he was trying to kidnap me and they thought I was just going to let him, they where right I would've let him if it would protect them.
"I do not intend to harm you in any way Miss Heartfilia." He said stopping us all in our tracks. He then turned to Master who was staring at me with a frown on his face, a concerned look etched onto it. But what caught my attention was the fact that his expression was practically dripping with sympathy and that made my blood boil. "It's been a while, Makorov." He said with a smile gaining the Masters attention.
"Indeed it has, Albus." He replied with a smile of his own. "Will this group suffice to your needs?"
Albus looked us over and his smile seemed to grow under the beard before he nodded.
"Indeed they will. Will you be joining them this year?" he asked. "Fairy Tail school of lost magic will need its headmaster present."
"Of course I will, but I will not force these children to go if they do not wish to." He looked straight at me as he said this which prompted me to do what I did next which was smack Laxus upside the head, shocking everyone into silence.
"You idiot, you just had to go tell them I feel guilty!" I said to him, ignoring the glare he was sending my way. "Now every time something important happens I'm going to get a 'get out of jail free card' and people will treat me like a damn china doll." At this point I look at Master and see he was smiling proudly at me. "Count me in for whatever this is about just tell me what to pack and how long we'll be gone. As long as it isn't about me I will fight."
The last part made Master lose his smile and his expression to turn serious again.
"Ok so job location is in a dimension called Earth and you will be going undercover to a school of magic called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Professor Dumbledore here is the headmaster." Master said. "We will all be gone for more or less a year. And we will be posing as another school called, Fairy Tail school of Lost Magic. Our mission is to protect the students of Hogwarts, but in particular a boy named Harry Potter."
"I also want someone to get as close to mister Malfoy as possible." Dumbledore said to me. "He feels similar to how you feel as he in actuality wants to be friends with Harry, but he ends up having to spy on him or his own family could end up dead."
My eyes widen as I realize his situation. They didn't know who Draco really is.
"I see why you would think I'm best for that job then." I said to him. "I'll give it my best shot."
"That is all I would ever ask." He replies with a kind and grateful smile. He obviously cares for this boy.
"Do you care this much about all your students' professor?" I ask him. He looks at me surprise evident on his face.
"I do, but I'm one of a few. And as the headmaster to the boy-who-lived people don't think so. They think our school just loves attention, and with the upcoming event they won't stop thinking that." He said solemnly. The media there had butchered the schools name when he became headmaster too because of past incidents.
"Am I correct in assuming that this event is the real reason you have hired us?" Freed say from off to my right.
"Yes." Dumbledore said. "It's called the Triwizard tournament. The three wizarding schools each pick a handful of students to bring and then they will each put their name into the Triwizard cup which will pick one student from each school as a champion for the tournament." This event was banned though, must be another attempt.
"Ok so why call on our help?" Erza asked.
"First we must tell you about our world's history. Mainly about a man named Tom Riddle." He and Master explained about everything, about how Tom became Voldemort, about Harry's family and about the school. He even explained about Snape and Draco. We all sat completely spellbound by his story. Even I didn't know some of it seeing as I never even got to first year before dad moved me to Fiore.
"I see." Erza said. "Well where Lucy goes we go so..." she heaved a heavy sigh. "Sign team Natsu up."
"Same goes for us." Bickslow said surprising everyone except Laxus. "Cosplayer ain't getting rid of us that easily. Right boss?"
Laxus nodded but looked at Ever and Freed who both nodded in return.
"We'll go too." Wendy said quietly. I smiled at her reassuringly even as she started blushing at what I knew wanted to say. "But only if Mest can come too."
"He can. You just have to make sure he is here by the weekend." Master said smiling at her knowingly. They grew very...umm...close after the S class trials and even after the 7 years we where in the sphere, after the war with the dragons though he joined fairy tail while also maintaining his status within the council, to be closer to her and protect her.
"Thank you." She whispered as she hid behind Gajeel who was closest to her. Everyone agreed in the end.
Half an hour later we walk out of their office to make arrangements to get our stuff over to the guild in the next three days. Dumbledore said we will have our own rooms in whichever houses we where sorted into so that we won't lose our privacy and independence.
We even get muggle electronics. They said it would make communicating a lot easier.
I headed straight to my building to talk to my landlady about my apartment. She said she can't hold it for me again.
"I understand. It was a pleasure living here." I said as I hugged her.
"And it was a pleasure having such a friendly face around." She hugged me back.
"I'll be out by the end of the day." I said as I headed for the door.
"Thank you." She said as I closed it behind me. "Stay safe Lucy Heartfilia."
We were leaving for Hogwarts on that Friday so that we could get settled into our rooms over the weekend. Our rooms will apparently be very similar to our previous homes, so more like a bachelor pad complete with a kitchen, lounge, bedroom and bathroom.
Now 18 rooms were needed. At least I didn't have to worry about the transportation of my stuff nor did Erza, what with her cart, seeing as I had Virgo. I headed over to Laxus' place where I would be staying till we left.
TIME SKIP-3 days
Two hours before we were meant to meet Dumbledore and master at the guild we walked around Magnolia for a while and bought a few things. I bought little trinkets and books that I already owned with the idea of Christmas presents in mind. I also bought a snow globe with the fairy tail guild hall in it for my room. The snow flakes were shaped like the fairy tail mark. It was the end of August and you could feel it, when we got to the guild Gray is even wearing his boxers it is that cold. Dumbledore said it won't be this cold in Scotland, but to pack for all weather.
An upside to all of this was that we at least didn't have to wear any type of uniform. So I planed on continuing on wearing my skirts and my whip.
"So Professor Dryer, will you give us lots of homework?" I said to Laxus as we walked over to the bar.
"If you keep asking then yes." He glowered at me.
"Oh come on your so fun to tease big bro!" I snickered.
"Grrrrrr." He growled, but the light pink tint to his cheeks ruined it. I took a sip of whatever Mira had given me.
"We leave in half an hour. Are you ready?" A voice said from behind me just as I took another sip. I turned to find Cobra behind me and I sprayed my drink all over him.
"Cobra!" I shouted, grabbing everyone's attention. "How... why... h-how are you here?!" I said glued to my seat trying to contain the urge to hug him.
"What? No hug Blondie?" he asked as he fake stumbled away. "I'm hurt, truly." He put his hand over his heart in mock pain. That was when I jump up and hugged the life out of him.
"Sorry charmer, I just thought you hated contact." I said to him. I let go and stepped back letting Laxus get in his greeting. "How are you here though? You still have a few years don't you? And where is the brother in black?"
That was when all hell broke loose.
"What the hell do you think you are doing to Luce?" Natsu said as he walked towards us, anger radiating off him. He was backed by a bunch of other people who all felt the same.
"Crap." I said remembering Natsu didn't know how Cobra, Laxus and Midnight made some sort of promise to each other to try and be my older brothers and always protect me as a way of saying sorry for hurting me before. "Natsu let me explain."
He ignored me however and tried to punch Cobra, but he missed. That was the last straw.
"NATSU! Stop!" I shouted. I could practically see the question on their faces: 'Why are you defending the enemy?'
"But...?" he said.
"No buts." I turned to Cobra. "Are you ok, bro?"
"Yeah." He was frowning in anger. A huge 'CRACK' prevented a fight by drawing away Natsu's limited attention. That thought caused Cobra to smirk.
"Miss Heartfilia, Mister Eric, Professor Dreyer." Dumbledore greeted us with a nod of his head. And did the same to the rest of the people he knew otherwise he just nodded.
"Ok is this everyone?" He asked. I looked around before shaking my head.
"Master, Mest, Wendy and Carla aren't here yet." I said.
"Dorranbolt went to go get the brother in black." Cobra said from behind me. "And knowing him the healer and the cat are with him."
"All three brothers are coming?" A sly smile worked its way onto my face as I glanced at Mira. Cobra slowly backed away from me and almost got away when the door suddenly burst open to reveal a panting Mest who seemed to be carrying an unconscious Midnight on his back, a breathless Wendy behind them and Carla carrying a muttering Master behind her.
I looked at the picture and felt sympathetic towards Mest so I walked over to them and poked Midnights cheek. There was a collective gasp from behind me. They knew how he got when he was woken up, but I ignored them and proceeded to shake his shoulder. He stirred but didn't wake. I turned to Mest.
"Drop him on his lazy ass." I said to him. He shrugged and dropped Midnight on his touché. That woke him up for sure and caused everyone, including Cobra and Laxus to try and hide. He jumped up and looked royally pissed till he laid eyes on me.
"Sis!" He shouted and ran to hug me, one I returned enthusiastically
"Heeeeeeh?" No one understood it except Laxus and Cobra, who were now standing on either side of me and Midnight. "Why didn't he kill her? Isn't he our enemy?"
"Those boys adopted her as their sister didn't they Makarov?" Dumbledore asked very confused by the guilds reaction. Master giggled at the guilds confused looks.
"That they did Albus. Most of the guild just doesn't know it." He said. "We should get going though, shouldn't we?"
"That we should, old friend." Dumbledore said as he pulled out a long metal stick, that looked oddly like an iron spear after consulting his watch, from beneath his robes. "Now everyone place a hand on the spear and hold on to your belongings."
A few seconds after I put a hand on the spear with everyone else I felt a tug from behind my naval and the world around me turned into one giant blur and then I was on my back staring up at a sky covered in clouds.
I felt a strange pull to my left and looked up to see the huge castle, Hogwarts. I stood up and looked around and saw all my friends on the ground except Dumbledore and Master and strangely Laxus and Freed, though Laxus looked very green like the other dragon slayers. Once I saw everyone was safe I turned towards the strange pull and started walking.
LAXUS POV
I stood looking down at everyone on the ground when Lucy stood up and looked towards the building to my right then back at the group. She nodded to herself before she turned to the castle and walked towards it.
"Lucy?!" I asked her but she seemed to be in some sort of trance. I walked over to Midnight and Cobra who were both staring at Lucy. "What's wrong with her?"
"I don't know. Her mind is blocking me out. Do we follow her?" Eric said.
"Yeah." Macbeth said.
The three of us followed her right up to the front door of the castle. I could hear the rest of the people following us from many steps back. She pushed open the door and walked inside.
LUCY POV
The pull got stronger the closer I got to the castle and was practically dragging me forward by the time I reached the front door. It pulled me down a corridor and towards a wall. I stop, feeling that whatever the pull was... it originated from behind the wall so I walked around the corner but the pull lessened so I went back. I was getting frustrated and start pacing up and down the hallway. I paced for a while and then I stopped. I remembered something about the wall being mentioned in a book about Hogwarts. It was the room of requirement.
"I need to know where this pull is coming from." I whispered to the wall as if it would just jump out of the way. It didn't, but it did turn into a door which opened when I cautiously stepped closer. When I felt no threat from inside I confidently walked inside.
COBRA POV
She was pacing up and down the hall like a cat waiting for its pay to present itself when we found her. I decided to look deeper into her thoughts when she suddenly stopped pacing and simply faced the wall. But before I got the chance to activate my plan she whispered something that makes Laxus and me frown.
"What did she say?" I whisper to him hoping he heard it too.
"I need to know where this pull is coming from." He answered making me sigh in relief. A second later the wall practically melted away to present a door which opened when Lucy carefully stepped forwards and then strolled inside the room but we didn't wait for her outside. We jumped up when the door started closing and just, just made it inside. I looked around and saw mountains of stuff just lying around. When I finally spotted Lucy she was heading towards a specific pile. She seems to be looking for something and then leans over; her hand outstretched and closed her fingers around something I couldn't see, but the minute she touched it her mind snaps back into focus even though she seemed like she was aware of what she was doing before.
LUCY POV
I walked towards the direction of the pull and ended up standing in front of a pile of junk, but there in a nook was a black key with a yellow swirly design on the end. I reached for it and turned around looking intently at the key.
'What the hell?' I thought to myself even as I realized my brothers had followed me.
"What is it?" Cobra asked.
"Its a key!" I said.