Thanks for deciding to read this interesting little combination! I'm going to warn you now, Fairy Tail and its characters is an anime I'm still working on, I'm not finished with season 1 as of yet and for whatever reason it is, I'm keeping the point in time relating to the anime close to the beginning to make things simpler, so no worries for spoilers! As you can probably tell, the Fairy Tail characters are not my strong point int his, so please leave any pointers you think would be helpful :)

And for people who read my stuff regularily and are wondering why this isn't mentioned on the poll on my page (if you don't know about it go ahead and check it out), it's because I'm kinda posting it so a friend can read it. Enjoy anyway!

In a land far, far away lies the kingdom of Fiore, a small, peaceful nation of seventeen million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace, for most, magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they have devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they apply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore, but there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail.

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"Strange things have been happening at night," a security guard mumbled to another while standing watch over the gallery they worked for. The gallery didn't always exhibit the same art works or artists, but they rotated what displayed. It always seemed strange occurrences began whenever they exhibited the artworks of the late artist Guertena. Those who worked in the gallery would experience odd lapses in memory, odd memories would appear from no where, one worker suddenly awoke from a very frightening hallucination and quit in fear of the bizarre yet beautiful artwork.

When a new manager came into position, he decided he didn't want to risk any more employees leaving, so he decided to post in the many wizard guilds that he needed help here. This included the guild of Fairy Tail. Before long, four formidable wizards and a cat decided to accept this task. This group consisted of dragon slayer Natsu Dragneel, ice maker Gray Fullbuster, celestial wizard Lucy Heartfilia, requip wizard Erza Scarlet, and adorable comedic relief, Happy the cat. In all honesty, it felt like a large group for what seemed like a very miniscule job, but what the hey? I'm the narrator and I don't feel like coming up with an excuse!

In order not to cause a panic, the group would come during the day and just look around the gallery like your average guest would. Lucy was ecstatic. Having seen a few pictures of the artworks in an art book she read through, she felt so honored to see the works in person! And it was such beautiful artwork as well!

On the same day this odd bunch was going to visit the gallery, a young girl, only the age of 9, was also visiting the gallery with her loving mother and father. She was a small girl with long brown hair and nearly crimson eyes. She wore a white dress shirt over a red skirt; around her neck a red ribbon was tied, beneath the skirt were black nylons that reached below her knees and brown shoes that were basically invisible compared to the brightness on top. Stuffed into her pocket was a clean handkerchief with lace trimming with her name, Ib, sewn into one of the corners. When her parents let her explore on her own she did such.

Also in that gallery was a certain young man, the age of 19. He was a college student, an art major. This young man, Garry, was unique in many ways. His head was topped with a light purple mop that covered his left eye and darker, straggly strands sticking all over the place on top, almost like an upside down, wilted flower. Over his normal clothing of a green shirt and khaki pants, was a very rugged looking coat. It's tattered and ripped design was on purpose. Garry liked it that way. The young man was also a light smoker and tended to carry a lighter in his pocket out of habit.

The group of four arrived at the Gallery not long after these two and spit up in pairs. Lucy and Natsu - Happy was hiding inside of Lucy's bag due to a no animals policy - searched on the upper floor, while Erza and Gray looked around on the lower floor.

"Lucy, I really don't see anything weird other than the weird guy with the coat..." Natsu noted after about ten minutes. He paused a moment when something caught his eye, "Oh look!" Without really thinking, the more hyperactive wizard ran ahead of her and around a corner.

"Natsu, wait!" Lucy sighed, "He's so childish."

"Something...world..." a young voice mumbled.

Lucy turned her head to look towards where the voice came from. Ib stood, staring up at a large painting that had several different styles painted across it. She saw a splotches similar to some statues and paintings she had seen in the gallery, in fact. The weird thing was, she hadn't seen the girl nor the painting until just then. Was she really paying that little attention?

Lucy looked at the plaque beneath he painting, assuming the small girl was trying to read it. "Fabricated World", Lucy read aloud, "That's what it says."

Ib turned her head towards Lucy and smiled gently, "Thank you, miss." This brought a smile to Lucy's face and she mentally commented on how polite the girl was.

As she went to catch up with Natsu, the lights suddenly flickered. Both girls looked up at the light fixture before it flickered off.

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"Lucy, look at this! This is so weird!" Natsu turned his head expecting to see Lucy standing there. When she wasn't, he went to look around the corner once more. "Lucy, where'd you go?"

No response. "Natsu..." A soft, feminine voice called out to him. Natsu turned around, not seeing anything but the bizarre statue he was staring at previously. "Natsu..."

He blinked. The statues mouth was moving. He stepped closer, "Are you a wizard? And how do you know my name?"

The lights suddenly flickered...

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"Weren't there more people here before?" Gray noted as he and Erza walked through the gallery that was now empty. After reading a plaque near a statue of a rose out loud, the lights flickered and suddenly the duo was alone.

"This is quite strange." Erza noted. The two walked around for a bit more until the lights dimmed.

Gray groaned in exasperation, "Great, now I can't see..."

The two continued walking for a bit longer before Gray stopped hearing Erza's footsteps. He stopped and looked around, "Erza?" No response.

The boy looked around until large splotches of paint appeared on the floor before him. When he looked closer, he saw that the letters read 'Come Gray'. Kind of creepy.

When he left the room, hopefully to find Erza, he noticed a trail of blotchy blue footprints leading throuhg the gallery and the genius in him decided it was a good idea to follow them.

In moments he bumped into Garry who was just as confused as he was. "Any clue what the hell is going on?"

"No." Just then, the painting beside them meowed...

They both took off, tripping over their own feet, "Where is everyone?!" Garry yelped.

Not watching where he was going, Garry ran into Gray who had stopped himself from running into a group of three headless statues, as a result, the two men stumbled into them and the creepy figures reached out and grabbed them. Garry screamed while Gray attempted to get out of their clutches with no success. Soon the world around them was spinning and then there was darkness...