I walked into Fairy Tail, my heeled boots clicking on the wood floor, to see everyone laughing and doing their own thing. Mirajane was at the bar with a girl I didn't recognize stamping her with the Guild Symbol.
"There! Now you are a part of Fairy Tail." Mirajane said with a smile. "Welcome home, Azkadellia." she said and I nodded to her.
"Whoa!" she said gazing at the pink mark with a smile. I went behind the bar and grabbed the drink I wanted before going to sit down alone. "Natsu! Look! She gave the mark of Fairy Tail." the girl said happily and I turned to the boy she was talking to. He was eating the fire they'd given him.
"Good for you Luigi." he said with his mouth full.
"It's Lucy!" she yelled at him and I smiled.
"Where'd you find this one?" I asked him and he turned and smiled at me.
"My last job." he told me before standing up.
"Where are you going?" I asked him.
"Work, cause I got no money." he told me. I got up and walked to the bar for a refill and a child was their talking to the master.
"Is my daddy back yet?" he asked and I looked at my now filled glass.
"You're annoying, Romeo. You are the son of a mage, trust your father, be a good boy, wait for him at home." Master told him.
"He said he'd come back in days... But it's been a week since then..." he said clenching his fists with tears streaming down his face.
"Macau's job is at Mount Hakobe, ins't it?" I asked him.
"It's not that far either!" the child screamed and Master gave me a look. I turned away from them back to my drink. "Please look for him! I'm worried about him!"
"No way! Your dad is a mage! We have no mage here who can't take care of himself! Go home and drink your milk or something!" Master told him. The boy shook then punched the master in the face.
"Idiot!" he then ran away from the bar and out the door.
"It's very strict in here, isn't it?" Lucy asked Mirajane.
"Master is like that, but he's worried about Macau, too." Mirajane told her. We heard Natsu break something and I saw the job he was going to take back in the request board.
"Heeey! Natsu! Don't break the request board." another member of the guild told him as he walked away. Natsu ignored him and grabbed his pack and walked out the door. "Master... Natsu's going to do something bad..." he said as Natsu walked out the door.
"He... I bet he's gonna go help Macau. Stupid kid. If he does that it'll only hurt Macau's pride." Master said before sticking his pipe in his mouth. "No one can decide what he should do. Just leave him alone." Master told us and I looked down at my glass.
"Wh-What happened to him all of a sudden?" Lucy asked.
"The same thing happened to Natsu." I told her.
"Eh?" Lucy turned to me shocked.
"Maybe he saw himself in Romeo-kun." Mirajane said with her back to us.
"Natsu's father hasn't come back ever since he left. Though, by father, I mean foster parent. And he's a dragon." I told her and she fell off her bar stool.
"A dragon!?" she asked shocked sitting up at the bar again. "Natsu was raise by a dragon!?" she asked and I nodded my head. "How could I believe that!?" she asked.
"Right? He was found by that dragon in a forest when he was little. He learned words, cultures, and magic from him. But one day, the dragon disappeared from Natsu." I told her.
"I see. And that's Igneel." she said looking down.
"Natsu is looking forward to seeing Igneel one day." I said smiling.
"Isn't he cute?" Mirajane asked Lucy leaning over the bar. "We are... Mages of Fairy Tail are... All... Carrying something... Wounds... Pain... Suffering... And I as well..." I put my hand on Mirajane's in comfort and she smiled. Lucy looked at her in confusion but Mirajane just smiled at her. "It's nothing."
A little later that day Lucy and I were riding with Natsu and Happy to find Macau.
"And so! I'll visit Mira's house next time!" Lucy said holding her hands to her face.
"Don't steal underwear and stuff, okay?" Happy told her
"Who would do that?!" she yelled at him.
"Crazy psycho fans." I told her.
"Why are you here anyway, Lucy? Az?" they asked us.
"You not the only one who has to work you know." I told him.
"But we aren't getting paid." Natsu reminded me.
"Who says I want money?" I asked him and he just looked at me curiously.
"Does it bother you that we came?" Lucy asked them.
"Of course, a lot... aye." Happy said.
"Because it's a chance. I wanted to do something that'd help Fairy Tail." she said with stars in her eyes. I rolled my eyes and laid back against the carriage that was transporting us to Macau's last known location.
"Transportation never has been your thing has it Natsu?" I asked him smiling.
"I pity you..." Lucy said pretending to cry.
"Huh?" Natsu looked at her confused.
"I need to find a place to live once we find Macau." Lucy said to no one in particular.
"You can live with me and Natsu." Happy suggested to her.
"If you're seriously saying that, I'll pull your whiskers out little kitty." she told him.
"Why don't you stay with me? I have an extra room and you can help out with bills, rent, and food." I told her and she thought about it for a while.
"Sure, why not." she said smiling. Suddenly Natsu jumped up and looked around.
"It stopped!" he shouted.
"We're there?" she asked looking at the door. We all got out and went to talk to the driver.
"I... I'm sorry." he told us. "We can't go any further than this with the carriage."
"What's going on!?" Lucy called out over the storm we were in.
"Even though it's up in the mountains and summer time, it's weird to have a snowstorm like this!" I called to her.
"I-It's cold!" she yelled out while holding herself.
"That's cause you;re wearing so little." Natsu told her.
"The same goes for you!" Lucy yelled at him.
"You are very noisy." I said staring at her.
"Why aren't you cold?" she asked me looking over my outfit. I wore a Red crop top that showed off my Fairy Tail mark on my lower back and black leather pants that were so tight they looked poured on and my thigh high black heeled boots.
"You get used to it." I said smiling lightly.
"We just got here!" she yelled at me.
"Then I'm heading back to town now." the driver said already heading back.
"Heeey! How are we gonna get back!?" Lucy yelled running after him.
"She's... really very noisy." I said to Natsu and Happy.
"Yea..." Natsu agreed with me. After she walked back to us we started walking. After a few short minutes Lucy pulled on the blanket on Natsu's back.
"Can I borrow that blanket?" she asked shivering. she wrapped the blanket tightly around her. "O-o-o... Open... the door of the clock." she said holding up a key. "Horologium!" a giant grandfather clock appeared.
"You're a Celestial Mage." I said looking at her.
"Whoa!" Natsu said staring at it in awe.
"It's a clock." Happy said with the same amount of awe. I'd only known one other Celestial Mage and she was horrible to her Celestial Beings. Lucy crawled into the body of the clock and said something that we couldn't hear.
""I'll stay here." she says." Horologium told us for her.
"What did she come here for?" Natsu asked.
"Who knows." I told him and we continued walking.
""Speaking of that, what job did Macau come here for!?" she says." Horologium asked for Lucy.
"You came out here without knowing that?" Natsu asked her.
"His job was to subdue the brutal monster, "Balkan."" I told her and she paled considerably.
""I want to go home." she says." Horologium said.
"Yes, go ahead, says I." Natsu and I told her.
"Aye." Happy agreed.
"Macau!" we called out for him.
"Are you here!?" I called for him.
"Were you done in by Balkan!?" Natsu called out. Suddenly some rocks dropped down from the mountain next to us. We looked up to see a shadow dropping down on us. As it came closer to the ground it swung its large arms down on Natsu who did a back hand spring back.
"It's Balkan!" Happy shouted out. Balkan jumped over Natsu straight to Lucy and I.
"Two human women!" He grabbed us and carried us off quickly.
""I mean, save me!" she says." Horologium said. I looked at Lucy to see tears running down her face like small rivers.
"Calm down, Lucy. You'll be safe. I promise." I told her and she just looked at me confused. "You'll see."