AN: Hello dear readers! Just wanted to say I don't own fairy tail! Hope that you enjoy this series! And I would also like to thank a friend of mine for helping me develop this story. Enjoy! XD
Chapter 1: another ordinary day.
Lucy sighed as she put her pen down. She then stretched her arms, and stood up.
"Ah, I think that I'll leave it there for today." Lucy muttered. She then grabbed a towel, and made her way towards the bathroom. "I think I'll take a nice long bath." Lucy turned the water on, and felt the water. She then hummed in satisfaction as the water was at the right temperature. She got undressed and sunk into the warm water after putting some soap in the water. She sighed in content, and hummed a little melody as she enjoyed the water. Her peaceful state was then interrupted when she heard a crashing noise in her living room. Lucy groaned, and got out of the bathtub. She wrapped her towel around herself, and opened her door to see a certain fire dragon slayer rummaging around in her fridge. Lucy growled, and pulled on his ear. "What do you think you're doing!?" Lucy shouted in Natsu's ear. Natsu cried out in pain, and stood back while holding his sore ear.
"Ow! Geez, I was only looking for a snack." Natsu told. Lucy frowned.
"You know, there's a thing called KNOCKING! You can't just barge into somebody else's house, it's rude! And I'm pretty the police would call this breaking and entering." Lucy told. Natsu pouted. Lucy sighed. She then noticed that Happy wasn't with him. "Hey, where's Happy?" Natsu pointed over to her bed where Happy was happily eating fish. Lucy gasped, and ran over to the blue cat. "HAPPY! Don't go eating your smelly fish on my bed!" Lucy cried. Happy only responded with an 'Aye!' Lucy groaned, and sighed. "Why are you two even here?" Lucy questioned. Natsu grinned, and held up a job form.
"We've got a job! Come on, and let's go!" Natsu exclaimed. Lucy sighed.
"Alright, let me get dressed first!" Lucy shouted just as Natsu started to drag her out the door. Natsu turned to her, and grinned.
"Fine, but hurry up!" Lucy kicked Natsu out of her house, and slammed the door in his face. She then picked up Happy, and threw him out the window. Natsu tsked. "Geez, she doesn't have to be so rough." Happy nodded in agreement.
"Aye..." Happy muttered. Lucy sighed. She then turned around, and started getting ready. Natsu and Happy waited for Lucy to get ready. Lucy finally walked out of her apartment, and gasped when Natsu took her hand, and rushed towards the train station.
"Hey! Don't go so fast!" Lucy cried. Natsu laughed as he ran towards the train station with Happy flying behind him.
"But if we don't hurry, Erza will get angry with us!" Happy told. Lucy sighed, and allowed Natsu to drag her to the train station. When they got there, they saw Erza, Grey, Wendy, and Charle. Lucy smiled, and waved to them. Wendy smiled, and waved back.
"You guys made it!" Wendy exclaimed. Lucy smiled, and nodded. Happy sighed, and shook his head.
"Just barely. Lucy took forever getting dressed! She's so slow." Happy told. A tic mark appeared on Lucy's head. She then shook her fist at Happy.
"Shut it, cat!" Lucy shouted. Happy ignored her, and flew over to Charle with a fish in his hands.
"Here! From me to you~" Happy told as he handed her the fish with a red bow on it. Charle turned her head up in disgust, and walked away from the blue exceed. Happy felt his heart break in tiny pieces, and cried in Lucy's chest. Lucy sweat dropped, and patted his head. Erza walked over to them.
"The train will be arriving soon, you have everything?" Erza questioned. Lucy looked up, and nodded. She then sweat dropped at Erza's luggage.
"I see that you haven't left anything behind." Lucy told. Erza smiled, and nodded.
"Of course, I have everything I need. You can never be too prepared." Erza then turned to see Natsu and Grey punching each other, and narrowed her eyes. "Natsu. Grey. I hope that you two aren't fighting." Natsu and Grey froze, and paled. They then shot up, and put their arms around each other.
"O-of course, not! We're great friends!" Natsu and Grey told. Erza frowned, and nodded. Team Natsu then saw the train arrive, and boarded it. The moment Natsu stepped foot on the train, he groaned, and fell onto the floor. Lucy turned towards him, and sighed. She then dragged him next to her onto the seat. Erza saw the state that Natsu was in, and shook her head.
"Here, this should ease him up." Erza told. She then punched Natsu in the stomach, effectively knocking him out. Gray and Lucy winced as they heard a cracking sound, and sweat dropped
"Um, couldn't Wendy just cast troia on him?" Lucy questioned. Wendy shook her head
"No, I don't want him getting too used to it. It only works a couple of times" Wendy informed. Erza then sat down besides Gray, and looked at Lucy.
"Um, what's the mission anyway?" Lucy questioned. Erza raised her eyebrow.
"Did Natsu not inform you? We are heading to Port Hargeon to deal with a bunch of rogue bandits that have being terrorizing the people there." Erza informed. Gray nodded.
"Yeah, and the reward is pretty hefty too." Lucy raised her eyebrow.
"How much is the reward?" Lucy questioned. Gray grinned, and held up five fingers.
"Five hundred thousand." Gray told. Lucy's jaw dropped.
"That much!? Wow, now I won't have to worry about this month's rent!" Lucy cried out in happiness. Happy coughed, and pointed to Natsu. Lucy looked at Natsu, and groaned. "That is if he doesn't destroy the town first." Gray sighed as he took off his shirt.
"Yeah, knowing flame brain, he'll probably destroy the port." Gray stated.
"He's not the only one I'm worried about!" Lucy cried. Erza stood up.
"We're here." Erza told. Lucy, Gray, and Happy looked outside to see that they had arrived at their destination. They stood up, and walked off the train. Wendy sighed as she smelt the salty air of the ocean.
"Ah, aren't you glad that we've arrived here so quickly? Natsu?" Happy questioned. When he turned to where Natsu should have been standing, he saw the doors of the train close, and start to drive off with Natsu hanging out of the window with tears in his eyes.
"Help meeeeeee!" Natsu cried as the train drove off. Happy watched with a frozen smile.
"Ah, there he goes." Happy muttered. Erza gasped when she realized that they left their team mate on the train. She then clenched her fists.
"Curses! How foolish of me, to leave him on the train when I know very well that he can't handle transportation. Lucy! Punch me for my foolish acts!" Erza told as she shook. Lucy sweat dropped, and raised her hands in defence.
"Um, I don't exactly feel like dying today." Lucy told. Erza looked towards one of the train attendants, and walked towards him. She then fisted his shirt.
"Stop the train, we've left our comrade on the train, and he's not very good with transport." Erza ordered. The train attendant gave Erza a bewildered look.
"What!? No way, lady. I'm sorry, but you'll have to-" The train attendant was interrupted when Erza head bashed him into the ground. She then fisted another train attendant's shirt.
"I need to stop the train!" Erza told. Not wanting to end up like the other guy, the train attendant nodded, and pushed the button signalling the train to stop. Happy then flew off to retrieve his best friend. Lucy deadpanned at the scene.
"I swear, I'll never get used to the way Erza handles situations." Lucy told. Charle huffed, and crossed her arms.
"There are other ways in retrieving information and asking for favours." Charle told. Gray shrugged, and watched as Happy flew back while carrying a thankful Natsu. Happy then dropped Natsu onto the ground, and landed on his head. Erza nodded, and took out the job request.
"We have to meet the mayor of this town in his house. It should be on top of that hill." Erza stated as she pointed to a white building on top of a hill in the distance. The rest of team Natsu nodded, and made their way towards the building.
At the Mayor's house, team Natsu sat on two couches as the Mayor sat opposite to them. The mayor held his hands together as he leaned his elbows on his knees.
"I would like to thank you for coming here on such short notice." The mayor told. Erza nodded.
"Of course. We are quite happy to help." Erza told. The mayor smiled. A look of seriousness then crossed his face.
"Normally I wouldn't think to ask fairy tail, knowing as your reputation goes. No offense." Lucy raised her hand.
"Ha ha, none taken." The mayor nodded.
"But these band of bandits are no ordinary ones. They somehow posses powers like I have never seen before!" Erza frowned.
"Do you mind telling me what kind of magic they use?" Erza questioned.
"The magic they use... it's odd. I've never seen any kind like it before!" Natsu groaned.
"Oh come on man, hurry up and tell us!" Natsu shouted. Erza punched him, causing him to go flying into the wall.
"Please excuse my rude comrade. Continue." The mayor nodded.
"I don't know exactly what type of magic they use, but it allows them to make things disappear." The mayor informed. Erza frowned. She then turned to Lucy.
"I've never heard of this type of magic before, would you know?" Erza questioned. Lucy jumped.
"Me? Um, no. I've never heard of this type of magic before." Lucy told. Erza frowned. She then stood up.
"Not to worry, mayor. Our guild shall assist you in capturing these bandits." Erza informed. The mayor smiled.
"Thank you. I've reserved rooms for you all at the inn. The bandits usually appear at night." The mayor informed. Erza nodded as Natsu pulled himself out of the wall. Team Natsu then walked out of the mayor's house.
"We shall contact Levi, and ask her about a type of magic that allows things to disappear. For now, we will wait at the inn until nightfall." Erza told. Everyone nodded, and started making their way towards the inn.