Disclaimer- I do not own Fairy Tail.
Lucy
I was relaxing at a cafe, seated at one of the outdoor tables, drinking some melon juice and watching the billowy clouds roll by. Feeling pretty proud of myself, I had just finished a solo mission last night and was grabbing a bite to eat before boarding the train back to Magnolia. I needed a couple days to get away from the team and sort out my feelings. My heart and head had me all confused about a boy. The solo mission I picked was perfect. Nothing wild and nothing out of the ordinary happened. Nothing got destroyed, and no one got hurt. I was almost disappointed in it.
Almost.
My gaze fell from the clouds and noticed a girl at another table. She had light brown hair that went half way down her back, big black shades covering half her face, black jacket with black top, black skirt, and black boots that went to her mid thigh. I estimated her age to be around mine maybe a little older. She had her feet propped up on the table and her arms folded like she might be napping behind those thick dark sun glasses.
"Oi!" Came the sound of a male voice. The darkly clad beauty didn't move or take note of him in any way. He walked up to her table and slammed his fist on it disturbing her cup of coffee. I heard her let out a small sigh.
"Can I help you?" she asked not really sounding interested in her new company at all.
"Are you the mage going around here taking out all the upper class wizards?" he demanded with a hint of annoyance in his otherwise pleasant voice.
"What of it?" she grumbled.
I was stunned. I hadn't heard anything about upper level mages being attacked.
"You missed one, now, I got a bone to pick with you! How dare you leave out Natsu Dragoneel!" he shouted and lit his hand on fire.
I was shocked that another person was pretending to be Natsu. Didn't people learn?
"It's a hundred years too soon for you to be claiming to be Natsu Dragoneel, the Fire Dragon Slayer," she mused with a glimmer of mocking mirth in her tone, still she handed moved and inch.
"What did you say?" he growled.
"Go away," she grumbled loudly all the fun washed out of her voice.
"I thought you were fighting the most powerful mages. Are you scared of a dragon slayer?" he egged her on.
"You're really Natsu?" she questioned cocking her head to the side.
"In the flesh baby!" he yelled.
I was about to protest when she finally moved drawing not only my attention but also the attention of everyone at the outdoor cafe.
"Well, dragon slayer," she stood up and took off her glasses and placed them on the table while the fire mage gave her a stupid grin, "this saves me the trouble of finding you. I'm glad we finally get to meet. Now, I'm going to kill you!" she roared as she slammed her fist into his face sending him flying.
I heard her tsk, and grab her still hot cup of coffee to finish it in one gulp. She threw some money on the table, picked up her sun glasses and walked after the wizard she had smashed in the nose. I got up like a few of the other observers to see her crouch down by the fire mage. "Just cause you can light your hand on fire doesn't make you a dragon slayer buddy. I told you it was a hundred years too soon for you to claim to be Natsu Dragoneel," she scoffed and walked toward the road out of town.
I didn't know what to do but I had a strong urge to follow her. What if she really wanted to kill Natsu? She didn't use any magic that I saw to take out that fire wizard. How dangerous was she to my teammate, my partner, my Natsu? So, I followed her. She didn't seem to notice me, we weren't the only ones on the road heading toward Magnolia. Maybe she was on her way to Fairy Tail now. I had to confront her. Before I could get up the courage three wizards came out of no where in front of her. I stayed back to see what would happen.
"Did you think you could get away with what you did to our friend?" the tall lanky one in the middle asked.
"You mean Natsu?" she asked sarcastically.
"That's the one," he snickered, "now we're going to teach you what happens when you mess with our guild." All three moved to attack her and that's when I found myself moving without thinking, damn that fire dragon slayer was rubbing off on me!
"Oi," I yelled, "three against one isn't a fair fight," I stopped beside her, she looked over at me like I was crazy. She pulled her glasses up and set them in her hair. It was the first time I got a good look at her face. She was really beautiful. Hazel eyes, cute nose, and full lips.
"Look doll, its not really a fair fight, maybe if they brought the whole guild out they might have stood a slim chance but those three I can handle on my own. Why don't you step back and watch how the big boys get things done," she boasted with an overconfident smile.
I couldn't believe what she said. How could she be so cavalier about this? "Look, I know you think you're all that but they don't look like push overs and its not in my nature to stand by when I can help someone," with that I grabbed my strongest key and yelled, " Gate of the Lion, Leo I summon thee!"
With a dazzle of light my lion appeared, Loki. "Its been too long Lucy, I was starting to think you didn't care," he flirted as he slipped his arm around my shoulder.
The female mage laughed, it caught both of us by surprise. "I appreciate you calling out your kitten and all but I really got this. You can keep him out for when I'm done. He can whisper sweet nothing into my ear later," she gave Loki a wink, then under her breath she purred, "man, I think I'm in love." She smiled playfully and then in a flash was gone full speed at the enemy mages. She slammed her fist into the first ones face than keeping with her momentum flipped around slammed her heels into the two behind him, knocking them all out in two moves. I looked over at Loki and his surprised face matched how I felt. She picked herself up off the ground and dusted herself off. "See kittens, I got this," she boasted. Her confident pose was broke as she fell to one knee grabbing her heart. Loki and I rushed to her side.
"Are you ok?" he asked.
"I think the poison finally caught up to me. Guess you'll have to save those sweet nothings for another girl," she said as she gasp in pain.
"Loki, she's fading fast. We have to get her to the guild hall and see if Wendy can heal her," I stated worriedly.
"We're too far away she won't make it," he grumbled as she passed out in his arms.
"Can you take her to the spirit world until I get back there?" I asked trying to find a way to save her.
"Hold her a sec," he ordered as he took of his suit jacket.
"What are you doing?" I gulped.
"She needs Spirit World clothes to go up there, this will do for now," he explained as he placed the now unconscious wizard in his black jacket and picked her up in his arms bride style and disappeared with a dazzle. I now had a new mission. Get home fast. I just hoped this girl wasn't going to be an assassin after Natsu and if she was that still wouldn't mean I could leave her there to die.
Unknown mage
I could hear voices, none of them familiar. None of the smells were familiar either. The head ache and the pain in my chest were all too familiar. Was I still alive? I was sure death had won that time. I opened my eyes to have them accosted by bright sun light. A small moan escaped my lips.
"I think she's coming around," someone announced.
"Great, who is that? Where do I know that voice?" I thought. "Kitten?" I murmured.
"Kitten?" someone repeated. A male voice but I couldn't focus on him, he was too far away. I could focus on the blond beauty in front of me. She was the pretty little thing that came to my aid when I didn't need it dealing with those second class mages.
"Oi, Angel, looks like you saved me from hell," I teased as I sat up.
"You shouldn't be moving yet," came the strong voice of an older woman as she came into view.
Stupidly, I blinked at her, "I won't go far, promise grandma," I stated as pain rippled through my body.
"You are lucky to be alive, take it easy," she growled roughly as she stalked off to the other side of the room where it looked like she was mixing potions.
"Don't take it personal she doesn't like humans," my Angel told me looking at me sympathetically.
"Oi, grandma, you don't like humans, what about demons?" I asked with a wicked grin on my face.
The older pink haired woman came back over to my bed and bent down to my face, "I'm not a fan of your kind either," she huffed.
"Are you the one that saved my life?" I asked not backing down from her stern gaze.
"I helped, but that one did most of the work," the old woman admitted as she pointed at my Angel.
"Well thank you for the part you played," I said as I held out my hand for her to shake it. She lifted an eyebrow then shook my hand. The angel beside me looked more than a little surprised at what happened right before her big brown eyes, then a cute little girl with blue pig tails burst into the room followed by a flying white cat.
"I'm so sorry! I was out on a mission," she apologized first thing.
"Its alright, Wendy, we can't expect you to sit around here all the time just in case something happens," My Angel replied.
"I'll take a look at you right now," she informed me putting her hands next to me and then a small blue green light formed.
"Dragon Slayer magic," I gasp in my head and tried not to look like the girl was going to eat me. My pain eased away and breathing became easier, in no time at all I felt fine, better than fine.
"Wow, little sister, you got skills," I said as I held my fist out to her.
The blue haired child looked at me like she was a little lost so with my other hand I pick up her hand making a fist and bumped mine. She laughed shyly.
"Thank you Wendy, I think that will be all," a short old man with some wild hair remarked to Wendy. She nodded and bounded out of the room followed closely by the white cat. "So my dear, that was a nasty poison you had killing your from the inside. Do you know where it came from?" he questioned.
It was hard not to feel like this was an interrogation with the way everyone was staring at me. The old man had to be a high ranker by how the others in the room viewed him. His posture screamed authority figure. "Well grandpa, I think it was a parting gift from my old guild," I answered, finally able to breath easy.
"And why would they give you such a viscous parting gift?" he inquired.
"Well, I wasn't very popular with the guild when I left. I wasn't too happy with them either," I answered crossing my arms over my chest.
I was trying not to give my life story while still giving some answers to the people kind enough to save my life. Grandpa stared at me, making it all too obvious he was waiting for me to continue. I looked around the room trying to avoid his unyielding gaze and noticed a lot more now that Wendy had taken all the poison out of me. In the shadows in the back of the room were two dark figures. My Angel was sitting in a chair next to my bed where behind her there was a pretty woman with white hair and a pink dress. This was more than a friendly chit chat. Not sure what they viewed me as but they brought in their heavy hitters just in case I was sure of that. I scratched the back of my head and decided that my Angel wasn't so bad so maybe this place wouldn't be either.
"Well, have you heard of the Grand Magical Games?" I asked. I got a few tsks and hmphs from the people in the room. "Well every year when it comes around I usually leave the country cause I hate the vibes that I get from there. And this year was no different except I had joined a guild a few months before the games. The master had promised me that when the games came around that I would not be on the team but he lied to me. When they announced the first team, guess who was on the list. I told the master I wouldn't participate and he told me I would do as I was told or there would be hell to pay. So a week before the games I left the country. When I came back, the master was furious, informed me it was all my fault that the guild didn't even make it passed the preliminaries. Everyone was all upset that some guild had two teams make it, and a dark guild make. Like it was my fault!" I grumbled. I saw a few of them suppressing smiles.
"You think they poisoned you for that?" Grandpa asked.
"Yes, my old guild had been suffering since Sabortooth took over being top guild. They needed some attention, get more jobs, find new members, and they thought once they got me into the guild they could force me to enter the games for them and draw some attention," I explained.
"That's a lot riding on one person," came a deep voice from someone in the shadows in the back. He walked forward, metal piercings different parts of his head, long black hair, and a smirk on his mean face. My heart raced, the Iron Dragon Slayer, right there.
"I'm quite the wizard," I stated as I flashed him an easy grin.
"We'll see," remarked and leaned against a new wall in the light. Still one left in the shadows.
"So what were you doing to get rid of the poison?" my Angel asked me.
"Well once I figured out I was poisoned I tried to find a healer but none could help me. After that some old guild mates attacked me, it was then I decided to go around and pick fights with the strongest mages I could find. I didn't figure on living very long so I was working my way to see how far I would get. I wanted to see if there was anyone who could put me out of my misery. Death by poison isn't a very flashy way to go," I laughed. She looked a little surprised by my answer.
"I saw your fight with the fire mage at the cafe," she stated, avoiding eye contact by looking at her feet.
"That was pathetic. If you're going to pretend to be someone at least have the power to back it up. I would have made a more convincing Natsu Dragoneel," I scoffed indignantly.
"You think you're more powerful than Natsu Dragoneel?" came the question from the shadows.
"I didn't say that, just more powerful than the fire mage from the cafe," I glared at the shadows.
"So now that you're going to live, what are you going to do with yourself?" asked the gramps.
"I'm going to continue my search," I answered, finding my hands a hundred times more interesting than they were moments ago.
"Your search for what?" the white haired girl finally spoke up.
"A family," I answered with a sigh.
"What would you say to joining our family?" Grandpa questioned with a grin. The looks on everyone's faces were priceless, there was a lot of shock, some joy, and one angry grunt.
"I would like that, very much," I beamed.
My Angel laughed and threw her arms around me. I pulled her on to the bed with me so she was sitting on my lap and held her in my arms. If she was here than I would be here too. I placed my fore head to hers, "so what's the name of this family?" I smiled.
She held up her hand sporting a pink tattoo, "Fairy Tail," she giggled.
It was my turn to have to look of shock on my face,"I'm in trouble," I thought to myself.
Come to find out Gramps is the master of Fairy Tail. He ordered everyone out so I could get some much needed rest. Everyone shuffled out, even Grandma with the pink hair left. A blue cat went sailing out of the shadow following everyone else.
"Bring your kitten out later so I can thank him personally!" I yelled after the Blondie.
She waved her pink tattooed hand at me as they closed the door. I let out a long sigh, trying to send all my emotions with it. The one in the shadow handed moved yet. Seemed master was going to let him say whatever it was that he needed to say to me.
"Come on over here boy, I don't bite, hard," I teased. He stepped out into the light, pink hair, white scarf, and deadly serious black eyes met me. "Look, Natsu, I don't know what Blondie told you about the fight at the cafe, but I'm not out to kill you, that guy just royally pissed me off," I explained as I laid back against my soft pillows.
"How did you know it was me?" he asked.
I closed my eyes.
"I should have known I was in Fairy Tail the moment that Sky Dragon Slayer healed me. But I was still out of it from the poison. Next the Iron Dragon Slayer challenged me, that should have been a dead give away but I was in shock of seeing him again. Next that beautiful Angel tells me this is Fairy Tail, I about died right there. So you had to be the one in the corner," I reasoned.
"Who are you?" he growled.
I opened my eyes to look at him. "Don't worry so much, you'll figure it out soon enough, Little Brother," I closed eyes again to get some sleep.