Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, but I sure wish I did.
A tall, blond man walked slowy through a scorching desert. The sand stretched far beyond the horizon, civilisation nowhere in sight. It was going to be dark soon. It got very cold at night, he figured he should set up camp soon.
Laxus sighed. He had a received a letter a few days ago, asking him to travel to the desert.
'Great, the desert. No specific directions, it just said go to the desert. Why didn't I think this through first', thought Laxus.
He checked his bag. There was no food or water left.
"DAMN IT!" yelled Laxus. He could have sworn he had brought more supplies than that. He wandered around for another hour, until it had become quite dark. He spotted a light in the distance, and stumbled towards it.
There was a person sitting next to the fire, staring at it. The person wore a black cloak, a black hood and covered the lower half of his face with a black scarf. Laxus figured the person looked more like a man than a woman, so he assumed it was a man.
"...hello, Laxus", the person spoke, without looking away from the fire.
'Definitely a man', Laxus thought.
"Are you the one who sent me the letter? Because if you are, why the HELL didn't you give me directions?"
The cloaked man looked up at Laxus. He could see now that the man was blind. "I trusted you would be able to find me".
'That voice...', thought Laxus. Very Familiar.
"Errantes, is that you"?
"I'm glad to see you recognise my voice, I was going to sit here until you got it as a test of your intelligence. Nice to know they didn't promote you to S-Class based on strength alone.
Laxus was confused,"How did you know I was promoted"?
"I keep tabs on Fairy Tail, besides, words of powerful mages spread across the land like wildfire", answered Errantes.
"Oh, right", said Laxus,"I suppose you've also heard about my excommunication then"?
"Oh yes, I heard you tried to destroy Magnolia".
"It was...a misunderstanding".
"Sure, you keep believing that"
"So, what did you want to see me about Errantes",asked Laxus
"I need your help, Fairy Tail is in grave danger, and you're going to help me save their lives".