I finally made it, the guildhall of the famous "Fairytail" guild. It was no trouble at all finding my way even without a map. The entrance was right in front of me. I was able to hear a loud commotion from inside. It sounded like there was a riot going on. The door was pretty big so it made a loud creak when I opened it. When I did all the loud noise seized instantly. I walked inside and noticed everyone froze. In spite of the fact that they were all ready to punch or kick each other all eyes were on me. A stupidly short old man jumped off a balcony, put both hands behind his back and walked up to me. He cleared his throat and offered me a hand shake.

"Hello my name is Makarov. I'm the Fairytail guild master."

I didn't mean to look at him funny but I did. I had to stoop down to shake his hand.

"Nice to meet you sir, my name is Dean Reverent and I'm looking to join your guild."

"HAHA you hear that guys a new recruit" a guy with pink hair yelled out.

The riot started up again but with more "heys" and "nice to meet you."

"Well dean I'm glad you picked Fairytail, how about we go right head to the admission process. Follow me please."

"So dean do you have any experience at all."

"Well…I was a pirate." I replied

"Cool" one kid said

"Aren't pirates bad" said another

"Hahaha well not us. We were adventures, explorers, traders; we just liked being called pirates. It sounds cool don't you think?" I said as I winked at the kid.

"Totally" he replied smiling.

"Hahaha well that's good to hear, so you can handle yourself in a fight"

"Yes sir, six years' worth."

"Really now, I guess we'll have to test that then." He said opening up an eye.

"I call first dibs" the pink haired boy yelled out again.

"By the way dean that's a cool looking scar you got there on your eye, names Natsu Dragoneel."

The master brought me to a beer counter, and a really good looking woman was behind it wiping down glass cups.

"Hi I'm Mirajane. You could say I'm the head master's secretary." She said with a bright smile.

"Nice to meet you Mirajane, I gotta say this is a nice collection." I replied looking at all the alcohol.

"Oh why thank you dean, I collected them myself from all over fiore."

"back on board the Revenant we had some from all over, even across the sea" I said

"Wow that sounds really neat" she said with astonishment.

"Across the sea…?" she repeated

Makarov suggestively cleared his throat.

"Ah, sorry" she apologized while pulling out a few sheets of paper.

"May I have you read and sign these for me please?" She said with another bright smile.

After that she pulled out a huge stamp.

"This is the guild seal; you must have it somewhere on body so where would you like it?"

"Oh ok, how about behind my left shoulder near my neck?" I said.

"Alright hold still please." she said as she walked behind me.

She stamped my back then said "Alright dean welcome to Fairytail"

"Yeah let's give it up for the new recruit" someone yelled followed by loud cheers.

This is a pretty friendly guild I was thinking.

"Thank you, now then, is there anything to eat around here?"

"Of course and for a new a recruit, first meal is on the house" Mirajane said

"Really? Thanx I'm beginning to like this place already." I said.

I sat at the nearest table along with the pink haired guy and a few others.

"So dean you were a pirate?" he asked

"Yeah I was the navigator and the best you'll ever find. I was nick namedThe Pathfinder, they would always be lost without me."

"You never get lost huh, if you're that good then you're just what this guild needed" a woman with long red hair wearing a dress shirt and short skirt, joining the conversation.

"My name is Erza Scarlet, this is gray fullbuster." She said presenting a black-haired shirtless guy. Who replied with a "Yo"

"This is Lucy" a really pretty looking blond girl in a good looking outfit.

"Hi, dean right? Nice to meet you." She said offering me a hand shake from across from me. I shook her hand as she smiled more brightly.

"Wendy and Carla"

"Hi" a short and young looking girl with long bluish purple hair and a white…talking cat? " nice to meet you" it said with a nonchalant look.

"You…to?" is said awkwardly

Than another talking cat appeared with a fish in its mouth.

"happy." it is said happily.

"Juvia"

Another blue haired women was introduced, she was sitting closely to gray.

I knew what she was thinking, she was hoping I wasn't gay and wanted to go after gray…it spooked me.

"You'll get to know everyone here in time" Erza assured me.

"I'm sure I will" I replied

"Can you sail a ship?" Wendy asked me.

"Sure can, actually I was at the helm more times than the captain and the first mate combined"

"Really?" she replied

"You're really boastful Dean, I like that" natsu told me

"Hahaha after sailing with a crew of cocky men I just picked it up, I use to be the shyest thing on the face of the earth." I told him with a smirk.

"I heard back there you called your ship the Brave Traveler? Lucy asked

"That's right"

"Now that I think about it why did you leave your crew?

I paused for a second.

"If you don't want to talk about it, it's…"

"No it's alright, I didn't leave…the crew was disbanded.

"The captain you see was a really old man…too old. He was really, really smart tho. But he passed away, lucky him it wasn't in a fight. Without the captain the crew fell apart slowly, we got depressed. One by one they all started to settle down and leave the crew. Things got harder and harder and eventually I was the only one left, hence why I'm here now." I said with a smile.

They all had blanks on their faces.

I'm…sorry" Lucy told me

"I didn't think you would open up so quickly dean…I really respect that." Erza told me with a light smile.

"Hehe thanx" I said

I finally started eating my food when it grew awkwardly quiet. I could feel they're thoughts. Lucy started thinking about her father, Erza thought about an old man in shackles, gray remembered a women who raised him, Wendy and Natsu about dragons…dragons…"

"I bet you really miss sailing with your crew." Wendy said

"Of course those times where the high-lights of my life…but I knew thinks were going to change. I still sail tho, never giving that up."

"That's good to hear, wait you mean?" Erza eyes widen when she said that.

"That's right, the captain entrusted the brave traveler to me"

The whole table plus 2 more yelled out "WHAT!?"

Suddenly the guild master pop onto the table from out of nowhere then cleared his throat, opened up one eye and asked me a question.

"...You have a ship?"

"Yes sir" I said with a chuckle "I wanted to discuss that."

"I done some research and found out this organization does not own a ship"

"That is correct."

"Well then I wanted to offer my global travel services. With me as a member you guys now have a ship." I appealed

"I just need a little funding, you see my ship isn't in very good shape right now, it still sails fine tho.

"…if it still sails fine…then…what's wrong with it?" a lady with a barrel in her arms asked.

"Well I've run out of enchanted helium plus a lot of the ropes that holds the hard bubbles in place have worn out and gave away. All six turboprops don't work and also a couple of other things as well.

After I finished the whole guild went silent, they all blinked at me 3 times in unison.

"It can't fly…" I simplified

"It can't…fly? They all said with clueless written all over their faces.

"Yeah…it's an airship.

After another moment of silence the realization hit em all at once.

"AN AIRSHIP?!" they all shouted in unison

"I have it docked out at the harbor I'll give you guys a tour if you want.

"YES!" they screamed

It was probably the entire guild that came out with me to the harbor. There was so much excitement in their voices as they talked amongst themselves.

"Wow thought only the magic council and other kingdoms owned airships." I heard one say.

"Yeah their crazy expensive, worth 30 yachts probably."

The group I sat with kept close to me.

"Where did you get the money to buy an airship?" Lucy asked me.

"We didn't buy it…we built it."

"BUILT IT!?"

"Mmmmh that's actually more believable then buying it out right, you didn't strike me as a wealthy man." Erza said nodding her head.

"If you can build an airship…you should be rich." Gray Added.

"I guess I'll have to explain some more won't i. This airship was in the making since before I was born. The captain was the lead engineer. It was his project, his dream. I was nine when I meet him. I've always got along with old people. I've been told myself that I have an old soul. After a while he became much like a mentor to me. If you had a chance to meet him you would think he was the smartest man in the world. He taught me a lot of things including how to operate the ship. I was one of the volunteers that ended up forming the crew. I was 12 when it was finally finished. When they decided to embark I went along with them. They were all reluctant since I was too young but only the captain thought otherwise and his vote was all I needed. And so I spent the rest of those years living aboard an airship traveling the world, any more questions?"

"…so that's how it is. Speaking of old soul I just now realized you have completely gray hair." Erza said softly

Lucy silently watched me.

"How old are you dean" she asked curiously

"19"

"You're the same age as Erza and Mirajane then."

"You must be very experienced traveling the world for six years.

"Yeah we did a lot, seen a lot, but I wasn't really an official member till I turned 17 so I would say…3 years of legit experience."

"Now you decide to be modest?" Erza said smiling at me.

I just smiled back at her and kept leading the way. As we made it to the ship the crowd started to get load. Of course the airship was right where I left it with crowd of its own already gawking at it. It was way more distinct then the other boats that were docked here. Unlike them the ship had propellers, webbed wings and a tail. You could make out that the sails were highly reflective since they are solar sails. It was also a bit bigger than the others.

"So this is it?" Natsu said

"You don't sound impressed." I smirked.

"…I just remembered…I don't like transportation." he said blankly as everyone tripped on their faces.

"You know this actually may be my second time seeing an airship. Didn't grimoire heart had an airship?" said Lucy.

"Oh…that's right, we destroyed it back on tenrou island." Natsu added.

"This looks completely different from that one, it's less menacing. Erza said gazing at it wondrously.

I walked up the boardwalk and gestured them to follow. On the deck everyone started scattering with excitement.

"Welcome aboard the brave traveler I announced proudly.

I started showing everyone all the mechanisms and features.

"Exactly how does it fly?" asked gray

"With magic?" juvia followed up.

"Partly" I answered

"You see those propellers, they are quite powerful but it's not nearly enough force to get it in the air. You saw those flaccid transparent…bags on the side of the ship surrounding the base of the wings?

Everyone looked over the side of the ship.

"Those are called hard bubbles, their very hard to pop. Fill them with hot air and it'll provide lots of lift. And I can control the temperature with just a knob. They can bare a stupid amount of pressure as well without growing bigger. And then there's the magic generator that negates some of the gravitic force that acts on the ship, making it lighter. These 3 systems acting together gives the ship the lift it needs to get in the air. Only the generator still works but it's not enough to fly. But it can catch some major air when sailing over large waves." I said ending with a smirk.

Some were looking confused while others were completely enjoying themselves like children. Erza was nodding but I could tell she didn't understand everything. Natsu and his talking cat Happy curiously looking at the sails I had tied up.

"I've never seen sails like these, why are they so dark? Asked natsu

"And shiny?" happy followed up.

I walked over and started explaining.

"These are solar sails. they're linked to sun lacrimas within the ship. They can capture magic energy from the sun and power the ship. And not only that, they can amplify the forces of light propelling the ship forward even against the forces of wind."

He stared at me along with everyone else.

"Light can push a ship?!" Lucy asked with wide eyes

"Yes it can, just like air or water pressure can push thinks light can to. Its strength is probably more than a thousand times weaker tho. That's why its strength needs to be collected, amplified and concentrated. And I can do that…with this." I explained as I turned their attention to a huge mirror along with thick transparent cords.

They all stared at it blankly with an awkward silence. The wind just blew and the seagulls called mockingly.

"I'll just have to show you guys won't I?

They all nodded in unison.

Later I took them inside the interior and showed them everything that needed to be repaired or replenished. Explaining things got hard and tedious really quickly, not one was grasping the concept of what I was saying. But at least they all got to see the ship. It started to get late when I finished up the tour. The master and I had one last talk before they all left. He told me that the guild was really low on funds and couldn't really help me. I guess the brave traveler will be grounded for a while.

"Are you staying here Dean" Mirajane asked.

"Yeah, this is where I live."

"We'll Thanx for the tour dean, it was really cool" natsu said with a bright smile.

"Yeah thanx for today Dean, it was great." Lucy said sincerely.

"Well, see you tomorrow, Dean." Erza said

"Yeah see you guys later." I said to them sitting on the starboard edge of my ship.

Erza and Mirajane both wave back at me. After that they all turned and headed on their own ways. I stayed up on the deck to think for a bit. The stars where out and the wind had a nice calm chill. It was a nice atmosphere and I thought about what I would do in coming days. Soon after I headed over to the captains quarters and got ready for bed. There was a balcony with red curtains that let the outside light in along with the nightly breeze. On my table were my harmonica, pilot's goggles, a ship-in-a-bottle, and all the maps I've collected. Near the edge I had my navigator's coat and an all-purpose headwear placed nicely on the chair. A light blue and brown over coat that felt much more like a cape whenever I wore it. The captain gave it to me when I turned 18. It was specially made which is why I treasure it so much along with the goggles. they hold proud memories of the captain who was closer to me than a father. But I shouldn't think about them right before bed. So laid down on my bed and drifted to sleep. Looking forward to whatever the next day would bring.