"We're almost there." Lisanna said, spotting the sizeable port town of Hargeon as the train made its way along the tracks. She wore a dark blue, V-neck jumper over a light blue t-shirt. She also had knee-length, army green shorts and black, calf-high boots.
"Do you really think we're going to find anything?" Her not-quite human friend asked. He was a small, blue-furred, bipedal cat with white fur on his stomach and tip of his tail. Unlike his friend, he wore no clothes, though he did have a green sack strapped across his shoulder, this was Happy, Lisanna's travelling companion.
Since the two were attempting to follow up on the rumour of someone referring to themselves as 'Salamander' and while Natsu thought it would lead to finding Igneel, Lisanna had pointed out that it would be a much bigger story if an actual dragon had turned up in a prominent city such as Hargeon. That detail however had not shaken the Dragon-Slayer's determination to follow up on a potential clue as to the whereabouts of his foster father and per the restrictions currently placed on him, he had asked Lisanna to take Happy and investigate in his stead.
"Honestly, I don't know. Natsu seemed optimistic at least and, why wouldn't he? It's been a while since he got a decent lead on Igneel." The white-haired girl answered as the train pulled to a stop, "But I have a feeling we'll find something important." She continued as the duo stepped onto the platform. Little did she realise that her statement carried far more significance than she realised.
"Wait, so this is the only magic shop in town?" Lucy inquired, the blonde had noticed the shop and entered with the purpose of browsing, after discovering the lacklustre stock, she had asked for directions to a larger magic shop. Which resulted in her current predicament that the shop was the only location where she could purchase magical items.
"I'm afraid so." The shopkeeper replied, "As we're a port town, people more often than not come for fishing supplies, only about ten percent of the townspeople actually use magic. Even then it's only simple stuff like this Colour magic." He continued, producing a pink card with a dial of sorts on it, as he spun it, the colours of his clothing changed.
The blonde sighed in thinly-veiled disappointment, until a gleam caught her eye. The only thing Lucy had seen was that the stock was only the small size, not what was specifically included in the stock. It was a silver key with the symbol of a silhouetted, round head with a pointed nose. "I've been looking for this one forever!" She exclaimed, recognising the key as that of Canis Minor.
"You're sure you want that one?" The shopkeeper questioned, since the spirit that could be summoned from the key didn't have much use beyond that of being a pet.
"I'm certain." Lucy affirmed, "So? How much?" She asked with a smile.
"Twenty thousand jewels." The shopkeeper answered cheerfully.
"Wow that was a lot." Lucy grumbled once she was outside the shop, the key now in her possession. The blonde had been quite reluctant to hand over the money, though given the fact that the key was made of silver and could summon a spirit despite it being one more suited to be a pet did make the key quite valuable, the shopkeeper could have even decided on a higher price if there was higher demand for magical items in the port town. However, that didn't change Lucy's annoyance towards the good chunk of money now missing from her purse.
She was so engrossed in her mutterings that she almost missed the gleeful cries of several girls running past her. From what she caught of the conversation, the famous mage Salamander was in town. That, and Salamander was a member of Fairy Tail, a guild she had been looking to join. Looking below from atop the bridge, she noticed a steadily-growing crowd of women flocking around a figure, she was too far away to get a good look at the figure, but it was clear that it was Salamander. With a spring in her step, the young woman made her way down a nearby stone stairwell and approached the crowd.
The blockade of people didn't provide easy access for Lucy, so she opted to push her way through, there was the occasional protest from a member of the crowd, but they didn't actively try to stop her from moving forward. Once she managed to make her way to the clear centre, she found herself at last face-to-face with the fixation of the crowd. A man with dark-blue hair swept over to the left side, wearing a high-collar purple, though his most prominent feature was a tattoo resembling a pair of prongs above his right eyebrow. It didn't take much guessing to realise that the man was Salamander.
The man cast his gaze towards Lucy, a confident smile on his face as he carried himself with bravado. 'He looked at me!' Lucy thought gleefully as her heart rate sped up. She observed the man, soon becoming aware that the more she looked at Salamander, the more handsome he appeared, so much so that she wanted to bask in his radiance.
"Excuse me? We're looking for someone." A white-haired girl spoke up quite loudly, having forced her way to the front just as Lucy had. The woman was soon followed by a blue-furred cat that walked on two legs. Immediately, Salamander and the crowd's attention was drawn to the newcomers. Though, in contrast to her fellow crowd members, the girl seemed disappointed in the appearance of the fire-mage whilst her companion appeared to be wary. Lucy seemed to be the only one who took notice of a brief look of disgust the girl displayed as she took a glance at one of Salamander's hands that had a ring on it. Lucy, looked to what the girl had seen that was so repulsive, instantly, the fascination she had exhibited towards Salamander cleared up as she now understood.
The ring on Salamander's finger was one used for Charm magic, often used to gain people's adoration. However, the magic had been outlawed several years ago due to the its use by the seedier side of society. "Well aren't you a brazen young lady." Salamander spoke up, approaching the one who had interrupted the swooning of the crowd, he gently cupped her face with his right hand and gently caressed her cheek, clearly believing that the young woman was under the effects of his Charm magic.
However, much to both the crowd's and Salamander's shock, the young woman grabbed his wrist and pushed his hand away, though it was what she said next that truly surprised the crowd, "Hands off creep."
The woman's statement clearly angered the crowd, save for Lucy, many voicing their outrage. Salamander however soon put his hands up, "Ladies, ladies, please there's no need to be angry and I suppose I was a little forward." Salamander stated, which seemed to placate the crowd, "How about I give you something to make up for it?" He questioned, addressing the young woman, writing something down on a piece of paper he produced from his cloak. He held it up for the entire crowd to see, written on the paper was Salamander's signature.
The response was a glow that emanated from the young woman's right arm, a sound as if something had been quickly sheared and the paper fell apart in six separated pieces. The audience gasped at the sudden event, there was general confusion from the crowd as the woman's arm glowed again, as if it had changed from another form, but when the light died down, it appeared completely normal. "I don't take autographs from posers." She stated, scowling at the famous mage.
Salamander didn't take too kindly to being humiliated a second time in front of his mostly captivated audience, if his glare aimed at the young woman was anything to go by as he clearly now understood the defiance was a result of his Charm magic being ineffectual. "Very well then." Salamander huffed before he turned away from her. "Well, apologies ladies but I'm afraid I must be going now." He spoke up, much to the dismay of his crowd, "However," He began, with a snap of his fingers, he was lifted into the air by a trail of purple flames, "I'm hosting a private party on my yacht later this evening, and you're all invited!" He declared, disappearing into the horizon, once the crowd had finished their cheers of delight, it began to disperse.
Happy finally decided to speak up once the crowd had cleared the area, knowing that his appearance and the pitch of his voice made it certain he would have been marauded by several women squealing about how cute he was, "I can't believe we came all this way for nothing, Natsu's going to be so disappointed." The blue cat lamented.
"I know." Lisanna agreed, gently picking Happy up and resting her chin on his head, feeling similar despondence to her companion.
"Excuse me?" Lucy asked, having stuck around to thank the other woman for her indirect help in snapping the blonde out of the control of Salamander's magic, "I just wanted to thank the two of you for helping me out back there."
"So, you noticed it too?" Lisanna inquired, Lucy nodding in response.
"I did, yeah. He was using Charm magic, a banned kind of magic that's effects can only be broken if the person it's being used on notices it. Anyway, how about I treat you guys to a meal as a thank you?" Lucy asked, as soon as she asked the question, the duo's stomachs grumbled loudly. The blonde was surprised but giggled in response.
"Well I suppose we could go for a bite to eat." Lisanna chuckled, sheepishly scratching the back of her head.
Lucy was grateful as she watched her newfound companions eat their respective lunches seeing as they hadn't ordered much and her current balance could do with a break after the blow it had been dealt through purchasing the silver key earlier in the day. Though she was also surprised at the difference in the way the two friends ate their food. Happy was tearing into a fish, sending scales flying, by contrast, Lisanna ate the salad she had ordered slowly and didn't produce any mess.
Of course, it would do no good to just sit and gawk at the two who had helped her out, so Lucy attempted to make conversation, "So, you two are Lisanna and Happy, right?"
"That's right." Lisanna replied as she finished chewing on a piece of lettuce.
"Okay, again, thank you for helping me out with that creep." Lucy thanked, she now had Lisanna's full attention, "I may not look it, but I'm a mage too." She stated proudly, "Plus there's a really awesome guild that I want to join and if I got accepted it would be a dream come true!"
"Oh, what kind of magic do you use?" Lisanna asked curiously.
Lucy grinned as she took out her key ring to display her collection, "I'm a Celestial Spirit mage."
"Wow!" Lisanna exclaimed, "I don't know much about that magic but I do know that there are only twelve gold zodiac keys and for you to have three of them?! You must be really strong!"
Lucy smiled as she blushed at the compliment, "No, I'm a novice really, I actually inherited my keys from," Lucy went quiet, "my mom."
"Inherited? So?" Lisanna asked tentatively, Lucy nodded in response, "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to bring up any bad memories."
"It's fine." Lucy assured the other woman, smiling back at the looks of sympathy she received from the duo, "So, you two were here looking for someone?" Lucy asked, deciding to change the subject.
"That's right, we were looking for someone on behalf of a friend of ours, I don't suppose you've heard of someone called Igneel, have you?" Lisanna asked.
Lucy thought for a moment, "Sorry, the name doesn't ring a bell."
"Worth a shot." Lisanna shrugged, though her expression soon became pensive.
"What's wrong Lisanna?" Happy asked.
"It's just a hunch, but I think I've seen the guy who was pretending to be Salamander before." Lisanna explained, "Happy, can you pass me the Bingo Book?" In response to her question, Happy slung the bag over to his front and searched through it, eventually pulling out a small, brown, leather-bound book out of the sack. She flicked through the book as she intently scoured the pages, "Got it, Bora of Prominence, a Fire magic user. Formerly of the guild Titan Nose, he was kicked out when he was discovered to be a slaver. Rank: B Class criminal."
"So… all those girls?" Lucy asked rhetorically, speaking in an ominous tone as she realised the sick implications of the information she had just heard, "We have to stop him." She said resolutely, "Please Lisanna, I know you're a mage too, help me out, please."
"I was going to agree." Lisanna said, "But how did you know I was a mage?"
Lucy calmed down, realising it would do her no good to get worked up despite the circumstances, "From what I know there are three types of guild." Lucy began, "Mage, Merchant and Mercenary. You guys can't be merchants because they don't carry Bingo Books around. While you could be a mercenary who specialises in hand to hand combat, that glow before seemed to be some kind of magic, therefore, I think you're a mage."
"Good deduction." Lisanna commented, "You're partly right at least, I am a mage, but so is Happy."
"That's right." Happy declared proudly, "We're official mages."
"Really, what guild do you guys belong to?" The blonde inquired curiously, her two companions grinned. Happy turned around to show Lucy his exposed back and Lisanna began to roll up the sleeve on her left arm, revealing a green and red mark respectively, one that Lucy instantly recognised, "You guys are with-!" She nearly declared loudly, but she was silenced by Lisanna slapping a hand over her mouth.
"Careful, we don't want anything getting back to Bora." Lisanna advised, Lucy nodded in understanding, the white-haired girl removed her hand.
"Sorry, but seriously, you guys are in Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked as excitedly as she could while still keeping quiet, upon the two nodding in confirmation she continued, "That's so cool!"
"So, the guild you wanted to join…" Lisanna implied, with her blonde companion nodding vigorously, "Well, our master normally accepts people into the guild anyway. But if we help each other out, I can put in a good word for you."
"Really?! Thank you so much!" Lucy said, almost unable to keep her gratefulness to a whisper at the prospect of joining her favourite guild, 'She does actually look familiar.' Lucy thought, though the blonde couldn't quite put her finger on where she may have seen her fellow mage.
"But, if we're going after Bora, I would rather make a plan somewhere more private." Lisanna said, Lucy agreed, paying the bill before the trio entered an alleyway close to a restaurant.
"So, Bora mentioned the party would be on his yacht, should we just go in all guns blazing?" Lucy proposed, though her idea was quickly debunked by Happy.
"But Hargeon is a port town, how would we know which boat is his?" The blue cat explained, "And even if we got the right one, Bora said the party would be tonight, he might not even be there."
"True," Lisanna replied, appearing to think before a worried expression crossed her features.
"Something wrong?" Lucy asked.
"There is probably one plan that would work, but I'm not sure if you're going to like it."
"Lay it on me." The blonde replied.
"Okay, I think our only option is to bait him out. Luckily, I can transform so Bora won't recognise me." The white-haired mage stated, demonstrating as her body glowed. Once it died down, her hair had grown down to the small of her back and had turned brown, her eyes had also gone a similar hue. Her skin tone had shifted from being pale to more on the tan side, even her outfit had changed. Now, she was clad in a dark-green dress that reached her calves with matching pumps as her footwear, an armband the same colour as her guild mark now obscured it. Lucy went wide-eyed, clearly surprised at the drastic change Lisanna had undergone, "I actually use Take-Over magic, but Transformation magic has similar principles, so it's quite easy for me to pull it off without using too much magic." She explained.
Lucy was quite in awe of the other woman's skill, but soon realised a possible spanner in the works, "But, how are we going to find Bora? Hargeon is a pretty big place."
"Leave it to me!" Happy declared enthusiastically, a pair of angelic wings sprouting from his back and hovering into the air, "I can watch out from the air, I'll let you guys know when I see him." He informed the two before flying off to search the city from a bird's-eye view.
Happy soon returned, and with good news, "Guys, I saw him, he was trying to impress another crowd of girls." The two women nodded, following Happy's lead until the trio found themselves in a park area. Happy levitated just above the tree line to investigate the source of applause, he turned and nodded to indicate that it was indeed Bora causing the cheers. He quickly darted back to his companions, "He's coming this way!" He said with clear urgency in his tone, rushing back into the undergrowth so as not to be recognised by the rogue Fire mage, who soon rounded the corner.
Once Bora set his sights on the two, his interest became clearly piqued and luckily Lisanna's transformation was obviously fooling him, "Why hello there ladies." He said in a suave tone, attempting to use his Charm magic, "Are you two per chance interested in meeting a famous mage?" He asked, producing a small purple flame in the palm of his hand.
"Very impressive!" Lisanna stated, "We may not look like it, but we're aspiring mages."
"Then perhaps our meeting was fated." Bora said, gently taking one of Lisanna's hands, "You see I am a wizard of a famous guild, it's called Fairy Tail and I am the Salamander. If you attend the party taking place on my yacht, I could get you in. Besides that," He said, planting a kiss on the back of Lisanna's hand, "I wouldn't mind having such beautiful new additions to our ranks."
"You're too kind!" Lisanna giggled, though internally, the Take-Over mage was using every ounce of her willpower to not gag.
"How will we know which yacht is yours?" Lucy asked.
"Very easily my dear. A series of fireworks will spell out 'Salamander' above my yacht, unfortunately not all of those who I invited will be able to attend due to capacity issues. But if you two would like, I can get you special entry."
"That would be wonderful, thank you!"
"Then that settles it, I look forward to seeing you two at the party tonight." Bora said, exiting in the same fashion he had done earlier. Once he was out of sight, the two women high-fived each other, knowing they had deceived the criminal.
"Now all we do is wait." Lisanna stated confidently, changing back to her original form and taking a seat on a nearby bench in an effort to conserve and restore her magic, Happy soon emerged from the underbrush, joining his companion by curling up on her lap. Lucy joined the two, choosing to take out the latest copy of Sorcerer Weekly, a magazine that specialised in the latest information on legal guilds and the wizards that made up their ranks. It was also known to hold pictures from photoshoots of various wizards, one of the most prominent being Mirajane Strauss, like Lisanna she was a Fairy Tail mage.
Though the more Lucy observed the images of the model, the more she realised something, she had white hair and blue eyes, exactly like her new companion. She then proceeded to look back and forth between the picture and her friend, who had now taken an interest in what her blonde friend was doing. Now, Lucy had begun to notice that it wasn't just eye and hair colour the two had in common, both looked quite similar. Curiously, Lucy began to ask her question, "Are you…"
"Related to Mirajane?" Lisanna finished, then smiled proudly, "Yes, I am."
"I knew you looked familiar!" The blonde stated, "So what's Mirajane like?" She asked, eager to know about her idol.
Before Lisanna could answer, Happy beat her to the punch, "She can be really nice and she's the absolute best at cooking fish!" He declared, drooling lightly as he daydreamed about his favourite food, Lisanna chuckled at her friend's enthusiasm.
"That's… pretty vague." Lucy deadpanned.
Within a few hours, the sun had set. The group had temporarily booked accommodation to allow Lucy to change into an appropriate dress for the party, Happy to give his wings a rest, and for Lisanna to reapply her incognito form. The three worked out their plan, Lisanna and Lucy would infiltrate the party together while Happy would remain on standby in the sky should there a be a need for a quick get-away.
Exactly as Bora had said, his yacht was easy to find not only for the fireworks but also the ship stood out among a gathering of cargo vessels that were rather small in comparison to their destination, "How nice to see the two of you again!" Bora greeted from the doorway at the top of the gangplank, "The other guests are already aboard, please, follow me to my personal quarters."
The two followed their oblivious target as he led them up a series of staircases, though the two took notice of the absence of guests in an inconspicuous manner. Halfway through their ascent, the boat began to move, eventually the group found themselves at a room located at the highest point from the main deck. The room was split into three sections, the one they were currently in was likely the most spacious despite the simple, if lavish décor. In the centre of the room was a large seat big enough for three people with a gold frame and purple cushions, in front of it was a mahogany table. The rest of the room was taken up by various small cupboards which were likely being used as storage for something. There were two doorways aside from the one they had entered through, which presumably led to a bathroom and master bedroom.
"Please take a seat." Bora instructed, the two doing so as he began to rummage through cupboards, soon producing a bottle of wine and two corresponding glasses, "The finest wine for the finest ladies." He said in a suave tone, pouring the two a glass each, "Drink up." The two women took hold of their respective glasses, tilting them as if getting ready to drink. However, before the wine even touched their lips, Lucy and Lisanna side-eyed each other and promptly threw their glasses forward, drenching the former guild mage, "What is the meaning of this!" He exclaimed angrily.
"We know who you are, Bora of Prominence." Lisanna declared, shifting back into her original form.
"You!" Bora growled, recognising Lisanna from earlier.
"Where are the other girls?!" Lucy demanded.
Bora sighed in mild annoyance, before his expression turned into that of an arrogant smirk, "They are… suitably accommodated for our trip to Bosco, don't you worry. It's just such a shame that you two had to be so difficult." He said, groups of his hired thugs entered the room from all three doorways, providing no chance of escape. It seemed Bora did not want to take the two mages lightly from the start, hence the sudden influx of security. Lucy was the first to react, reaching for her key pouch in an attempt to summon one of her spirits. However, Bora noticed her attempt and quickly lashed out with a trail of fire that had the property of being able to hold on to objects, as demonstrated when it wrapped around the key chain Lucy had managed to produce. The trail retracted, taking Lucy's keys with it, "Celestial magic? Interesting enough, but you won't be needing these where we're going." He said, casually throwing the key chain out through a window before either girl could react. The sound of a splash indicated the key chain had wound up in the sea.
Lisanna realised her companion was now completely defenceless against Bora and his band of goons, now demonstrating her Take Over magic as her right arm glowed. Now revealed to be covered in coarse, brown fur except for her hand, though had now gained what seemed to be a tough hide that was lavender in colour. She clenched her fist, "Hammer Arm!" She cried as she swung at the wall, smashing through it with ease and creating a plume of smoke.
Lucy coughed as she struggled to see through the thick veil of dust before something wrapped around her waist and she was suddenly pulled her through the hole in the wall Lisanna had made into the clear night air, "Are you okay?" A familiar voice asked her.
"But what about Lisanna?" Lucy asked in a concerned tone, given that their friend was now facing even slimmer odds.
"Don't worry, I've known Lisanna for a long time, she's not going to lose easily." Happy stated confidently.
All Lucy could do was trust the cat's judgement, something which was able to tide over her concern somewhat, though she soon realised that there was indeed something she could do to help the white-haired mage, "Happy, I'm going to need you to let me down."
"Don't just stand there you idiots! Find them!" Bora ordered, muffled slightly due to covering his mouth with his cape but his message was still audible. He received cries of affirmation in response, however, they all seemed to come from behind him. Granted it was where the bulk of his reinforcements was located but he didn't hear any such sound from the other side of the smoke.
Bora grinned confidently as the plume began to disperse and noticed silhouettes beginning to take shape. Though as the shapes began to become more clear, only one stood upright with the rest lying on the floor and the standing figure seemed to possess… bunny ears? Once the dust cleared completely, Lisanna was revealed, now scowling with some of Bora's thugs knocked out at her feet. Her appearance had changed once again, as well as the bunny ears that had sprung up, her arms, torso and feet were covered in white fur, a cotton tail the same pigment as the fur protruded from her lower back. The only part not matched to her largely white aesthetic was her legs, which appeared to be covered by a pair of tight-fitting, black tracksuit leggings, revealing toned leg muscles. Her hands and feet had changed so they now resembled the feet of a rabbit.
"Take Over magic?" The rogue mage wondered, before sighing, "Looks like I'm going to have to prematurely brand you." He continued regretfully, though it was clearly more for his own sake than Lisanna's as he primed his attack, "Prominence Lashings!" At his command he unleashed four gouts of fire in the shape of whips in a sweeping motion. Despite Bora's confidence in his technique, it soon waned when Lisanna seemed to disappear in a white blur, "Where did she-?!"
"You can't brand what you can't see." Bora heard Lisanna's voice whisper in his ear before he felt a sudden jab to his solar plexus, causing the Fire wizard to gasp in pain as the air was driven from his lungs. Despite the blow not being incredibly strong it was still enough to incapacitate the slaver. Bora's thugs raised their weapons in defence of their ringleader.
"No one can match the speed of my Jackrabbit Soul!" Lisanna declared, jumping into the fray and bouncing between the hired help like a pinball, striking fast at the knees and other vulnerable areas. It helped that thugs were confused by the sudden movements, some tried to be smart by attempting to restrain the female mage but found themselves crashing into each other, unable to keep up with Lisanna's speed.
And that was when the ship was lifted.
"Thank you for your help Aquarius." Lucy thanked. Miraculously, she had found her key chain due to the keys having been thrown out in relatively shallow waters. Next, she had asked Happy to take her to the shore, where she summoned her most powerful spirit and despite the Water Bearer's annoyance for her key having been dropped, she still complied with her summoner. Leading to the Celestial Spirit using her power to cause a miniature tsunami with the power to lift the yacht up and back towards the shore. Thankfully, the control was to such a degree that she could prevent the ship from flipping over and that the tsunami wouldn't become more dangerous when it hit the shore.
That didn't mean that the ship wouldn't cause any damage, as proved when it still crashed into the shore and beached itself in an upright position, part of the hull splitting open as well as breaking part of the concrete storm wall, "Just don't call me for a while, I'll be with my boyfriend so I won't come unless it really is serious, understand brat?" The mermaid-like spirit asked, though it came out as an order.
"Understood." The blonde affirmed and with that, Aquarius disappeared in a shimmer of golden light.
Suddenly, there was a bang that came from the main deck, Lucy and Happy looked up to see Lisanna jump out through a doorway with the door blown off its hinges, causing the two to run towards the ship, "That's one of Lisanna's partial Take-Overs, Jackrabbit Soul!" Happy informed, "It sacrifices a lot of its strength but it's her fastest form." Happy didn't have time to give more commentary as the white-haired mage was soon followed by a trail of purple fire, which she was able to avoid. Lisanna noticed her two companions, quickly shifting out of her Jackrabbit Soul to turn her arms into a set of wings and gliding down towards her friends.
"Lisanna, are you okay?" Lucy asked as her friend came in for landing and dispelling her wings, before she could respond however, Bora's voice spoke up.
"Lisanna?"
The three faced the rogue Fire mage, now descending on a cloud of flames, "As in Lisanna Strauss, baby sister to the She-Devil?" Lucy was confused, having not heard the title before whereas Lisanna was wary of the slaver at hearing her sister's epithet, "You're the one who almost got yourself and your siblings killed on an S-Class mission, the famed 'Beast' incident two years ago." Lucy of course, wanted to question what Bora was talking about, though she stopped herself when she took notice of Lisanna, who's eyes were now shadowed by her bangs and her fists were visibly clenched. Even Happy looked away guiltily as if he knew something, "From what I understand, you had to be saved by another member of your team after trying to reason with your brother who was out of control." Now Lisanna had visibly begun shaking, Bora being the ignorant bastard he was continued with an arrogant tone, "You know what that makes you? A weak, little, bitch. Though honestly your brother was such a fool, a Take-Over mage who can't even tame the soul of a monster he was supposed to control? How pathetic."
A silence followed Bora's taunt, one that was broken when Lisanna spoke up, "You know Bora, I was going to just leave you to the Rune Knights, but then you had the gall to insult my family. How about I show you just how much of a 'weak, little bitch', I really am?" At her rhetorical question, Lisanna began to glow, her shape changing so it was reminiscent of a canine, which then began to grow, and grow, and grow. All the while Bora's expression slowly shifted from an arrogant smirk, to one of absolute terror. Likewise, Lucy's curiosity at her friend's technique turned to shock as Lisanna emerged in her intended form. The only one who's expression hadn't changed was Happy's, who knew of the ability Lisanna possessed.
Standing before the three was a white-furred wolf that stood at eight-feet tall with piercing blue eyes, gleaming white teeth that where shown off by a snarl and a red Fairy Tail insignia emblazoned on the left foreleg. Bora was now shaking, though instead of it being out of rage, it was fear, "Nice doggy…?" He asked meekly.
Lisanna's response was to open her maw, Bora screamed, evidently believing he was going to be devoured. However, Lisanna did something quite different, she did take Bora up in her jaws, though it was by his cape. Lisanna then began to roll her neck, causing Bora to begin spinning as if he was being used as part of a human hammer throw. Once he was going as fast he could, Lisanna threw him with pinpoint accuracy towards a bell tower situated at Hargeon's highest point, the premature tolls of the metal object indicating Bora had indeed slammed into it.
Taking a moment to process the information, Lucy soon found her shock turning into delight, "Lisanna that was so cool!" The blonde complimented, Lisanna turned towards Lucy and gave her gave her a quite literal wolfish grin.
"Uh… guys, we have a problem!" Happy said, clear urgency in his tone, the two mages looked in the direction the blue cat was pointing. They instantly took note of the battalion of heavily armed Rune Knights heading straight for them.
"We need to go." Lisanna said, her tone still noticeably feminine but quite a bit deeper, "Hop on." She ordered.
"What?" Lucy asked in a confused tone.
"You want to go to Fairy Tail, don't you?" She asked, it took Lucy the briefest of moments to realise the implications of Lisanna's question. Grinning, the Celestial mage eagerly nodded and with some assistance from Happy, sporting a grin of his own, she climbed atop her transformed companion. The Take-Over mage immediately made a break for it once Lucy was secure, jumping over the Rune Knights that had begun to surround them, with Lucy laughing all the way.
With this meeting a grand adventure would begin for the Celestial mage and if her soon-to-be fellow guild members were anything like Lisanna, then she was sure Fairy Tail was truly a place she could call home!
A/N: Hey guys, I know those of you who read my previous FT fic were expecting this but for those who didn't, this is essentially my take on Fairy Tail. Basically, I'm going to put a focus on character interaction with Lucy as the main character. The rest of the cast will rotate depending on the situation, as displayed I've also given the cast new abilities (Wolf Soul) or even changed the abilities of pre-established forms (Jackrabbit Soul). You may have also noticed the Pokémon and Naruto references that I made. As for ships, I've decided to include ones that I think will make sense in the story. However, I will not answer questions on which ships I will include as I wish for this story to be enjoyed for its plot, not its pairings.
But anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and feel free to make suggestions for the story, I can't guarantee that I'll be able to include them but I'll listen to them nonetheless.