In the land of Fiore, it was unusual to see things falling from the sky, even if far stranger things happened all the time. In Magnolia people were used to Fairy Tail and their loud yet bright mages, and most importantly people were used to their unique way of living. Fairy Tail's mages always brought some trouble, yet also happiness, wherever they went. That's why when everyone in Magnolia saw a bright light in the middle of the night sky, no one got worried and thought much of it. When the light divided in parts and disappeared in the sky, nobody cared much and was delighted to see such a pretty show. Yet one of the lights fell right on a large building, Fairy Tail... and right when a party had just started.
Natsu and Gray were about to start another of their silly fights and Lucy was watching them, annoyed by their behaviour.
"Can't you just stop fighting, at least for today?" She huffed, rolling her eyes and playing with her slice of cake.
"No!" Both Natsu and Gray shouted, with their fists ready to hit each other's faces.
Erza, next to Lucy, chuckled and continued to eat as if her friends weren't about to fight and cause trouble once again. It was in that moment that the light came crashing down like a meteor and broke the ceiling; everyone screamed and Lucy hid behind a table, while Erza protected her with one of her armours and Natsu and Gray got hit. The light landed in the middle of the scared and surprised mages, and for a few seconds no one said a thing.
"What's that?!" Natsu screamed, standing up with an angered roar. Gray stood as well, but unlike his friend he gasped and his eyes widened. "These..."
Master Makarov and Erza were immediately there, staring at the shadow of their friends and the light, both in wonder and in worry; soon it got weaker and it got easier to look at it.
"There's... there's someone there!" Gray shouted, crouching down to help whoever was there.
Erza made her sword appear and she walked near the suspicious light, when it burst and it finally disappeared, leaving what Gray and Natsu could see. The entire guild was breathless: five bodies, all deeply wounded, were lying there motionless.
"They need doctors! Wendy, quick!" Erza called, crouching next to a young man with hair as red as hers. The guys all had what looked an uniform with a cross on their chest, but even if that worried Erza, she preferred to think of the strangers' safety before anything.
"Where..." The red hair guy spoke softly, barely awake.
"Hey, come on. Natsu, Gray, take them away!" The master ordered behind Erza, who just stared down at her lap, meeting a bright green eye.
"Are you awake? Do you think you can stand?" She asked kindly, helping the man to sit up."My head... hurts." He answered, blinking slowly. Elsa nodded and did her best to avoid shivering. That man had an eyepatch... and right where her eye had been bruised. Somehow it reminded her of her past self, but she slowly shook her head to avoid thinking about it.
"The old man..." The man muttered. Erza turned away, glancing at the other strangers: a young boy with white hair, a girl with long dark hair and another man with a ponytail... and an old man, who was barely breathing. Every one of them was covered in blood and bruises, and that scared Erza. Where are they from? Why did they fall from the sky? Wendy was trying to cure the older man, but judging from her desperate frown, there was nothing she could do.
"He's fine." Erza lied. The man in her arms fainted immediately after her answer, as if that had calmed him. Wendy couldn't cure all of them by herself, and they were quickly brought to a hospital.
"Master..." Erza called. Mirajane too called him as soon as the strangers lied on the hospital's beds. "There is something strange about them." Mirajane whispered. Erza and the master nodded, both looking worried. "The boy with white hair has a red scar on his eye and his left arm is..." She frowned without finishing talking.
"There's no doubt they are... special. They fell from the sky, after all." Makarov reasoned. "We'll stay here to watch them. I also want to check if they are fine." Mirajane and Erza nodded again, both worried but also curious to know more about those strangers.
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'Lavi... aren't you a Bookman?'
Those words echoed inside his head, until they disappeared. Lavi then heard someone whispering next to him, but the words weren't clear at all. All he could remember was red... Allen's golden eyes... and the Noah family dying. He whimpered at the thought and he opened his eye, suddenly annoyed at the light hitting his face.
'Ink on paper… what are you made of?'
"Lavi? Lavi!" The voice was now clear and he recognized it. "Lenalee..." He croaked, finally meeting her worried gaze.
Those last words didn't leave his mind and his heart fluttered; they hurt… and they scared him. What happened to his supposed frozen heart? The young woman hugged him immediately, sobbing on his shoulder. He patted her back, feeling extremely weak, and he glanced around. Even Yuu was there... he almost looked relieved to see him awake.
"I don't know where we are... and I was so worried for you!" Lenalee cried, letting him go. Lavi hummed and slowly sat up. The smell was easily recognizable - blood and disinfectant, they were in a hospital - but Lenalee said she didn't know where they were exactly staying...
"They told us we fell from the sky." Yuu muttered darkly, his arms crossed and bandaged. "They're a bunch of weirdos."
Lavi snorted, surprised by that; what was he talking about? Fell from the sky? But they... Flashes of memories passed through his mind.
"Lavi, there's something more important than that right now." Lenalee whispered; the young Bookman looked at her in wonder and met her eyes full of sadness and sorrow. "Bookman is..."
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Lavi sat next to Bookman, his heart almost stopping at the sight. After what happened between them and the Noah family, Lavi thought the old man was going to make it through anything, but there he was, lying on a hospital bed and barely breathing. His face covered with patches and bruises.
"Lavi..." The old Bookman groaned in pain, yet his eyes strangely focused on his apprentice. "I'm here." The younger replied, using their secret language and sitting closer to him. Outside the room, Lenalee and Yuu Kanda were waiting with Erza and Mirajane, the first two people they had met when they woke up.
"What are they saying..." Kanda growled, annoyed, turning away from the door. "It doesn't matter." Lenalee whispered, looking at the ground. She was obviously tired and her eyes were red; she knew what was going to happen to Bookman and she wanted to be next to Lavi in that moment, yet Kanda had stopped her from walking inside the room.
"You said we're in a land called Fiore, am I right?" She asked instead, trying to think about something else. Erza nodded stiffly, slightly suspicious of them. "We're from a city called London. We work for the Black Order..." Lenalee explained weakly. Mirajane smiled sweetly, nodding at Lenalee's words.
"You must be from a small city and small guild, we've never heard of it..." Lenalee widened her eyes and shook her head.
"How is that even possible…" She muttered. Kanda huffed and nudged her with his elbow. "Let the rabbit talk. Isn't he a Bookman anyway?" He stopped her. Erza glared at the pair, but Kanda easily held her stare and glared back with an unamused smirk. "We won't say anything until then."
Now even Mirajane frowned and stared at them clearly suspicious, but even before they could say anything else, a scream and a flash of light from the hospital room interrupted them. Lenalee and Kanda ran inside the room only to find Lavi lying on the floor, his eyepatch torn, right next to him; the young man was breathing heavily and his eye was unfocused.
"Lavi!" Lenalee screamed, reaching him immediately. Lavi's green eye was wide and he was covering his other one with his hand, trembling hard.
"What happened?!" Erza shouted, unleashing her sword, ready to attack, but there was no one else there. Kanda walked to where Bookman was lying and looked at him: the old man's lips were frozen in what could be seen as a happy, content smile, but there was no sign of him breathing anymore.
"He's dead." He murmured. "What?!" Erza exclaimed, reaching him. "Did you-" Kanda glared at her, stopping her words once again. "I know how a dead man looks like." He deadpanned. Erza shivered, hearing his cold tone and not expecting to see his eyes full of hidden emotions, and took a step back.
"He was hit by a powerful magic…" Mirajane whispered, checking Lavi, who seemed not to have noticed anyone; it was like he was in a trance and he couldn't snap out of it. Mirajane tried to touch Lavi's head, but was stopped by a sting that made her hiss in pain. "I don't understand… This magic won't let me do anything to his head. I don't know what to do!"
Lavi, still covering his right eye, muttered something before fainting in Lenalee's arms. Kanda glanced at Lavi's body and frowned. Who would have thought that old man was going to do something to his apprentice?
He walked next to Lenalee and grabbed Lavi, to carry him on his back. Things started badly.
A/N:
Hi everyone!
I wanted to write a crossover fic since years ago, and now I'm trying.
I'm really sorry if there are mistakes, hope you enjoyed this chapter, leave a small review 3
