A/N: Boom! A new story!
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I don't own Fairy Tail!
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Chapter 1: A Sailing Guild
April 3, X792
The bright morning sun broke through the early spring clouds, the water moving back and forth gently in the northwestern area of the ocean near the top tip of Fiore. Though, the inland could not currently be seen so far out in the deep blue waters. And though it was early spring, out on the waters and in the middle of the baking sun without shade, it made it feel more like the beginnings of summer. It had been a nice change of pace from the freezing cold waters that were closer to the country of Iceberg. Here in the middle in the vast emptiness of the ocean sailed a giant fleet of boats. This fleet consisted of ten vessels total, two specific vessels gaining the most attention. The first was the longest and largest ship within the fleet that was surrounded by eight other, slightly smaller boats. It was even larger than most of the ships within both Fiore's and Pergrande Kingdom's Naval Forces. All nine of these ships were connect by reinforced bridges, creating a rather large rectangular ring that moved as one. At the head of this ring was the second ship that caught immediate attention. This ship was covered in all white with gold embellishments, a large golden helm cracked down the middle with an 'S' appearing out from the crack placed at the very head of that ship. This fleet of ships happened to be known as Storm's Helm, an ever moving and always energetic legal guild.
While the guild has been around nearly eighty years now, the last few years have been rough for them due to its current form of management. The current master and captain of the ship really had no idea what he was doing and had simply been going for the title when he had gained the position. He had no true understanding of what a guild was supposed to be like and that made it hard from the rest of the crew to respect him and listen to him. And his pride was much too high for him to simply step down even when he knew things weren't going well. Though, today would be the day when everything would change for the guild. Cordelia Murdock would make damn sure of that.
Said twenty-six year old woman smirked as she stared at her reflection in the mirror, cracking her knuckles in determination as she thought about the fight she would be challenging shortly, "You gonna cheer me on today, Bones?" she asked, looking down at the large and bulking pit bull that sat next to her. The light gray hound panted happily, his pink tongue lolled out to the side. He licked his lips and barked up at her before the tongue fell back out the side of his mouth, "Good boy!" she smiled down at him, rubbing the top of his head playfully.
Cordelia looked back at herself in her full length mirror. Her neon green hair reached her hips in messy layers, her hair having a thick feel to it from all the wind and salt water always passing through it. Her ocean blue eyes held even more determination as she blew a few bangs out of her face. She had been training for years for this day, even when her father had been the master of the guild, so her body was toned, athletic and tanned. She had the right amount of curves with an average bust. She wore a simple blue tube top with a pair of tight, khaki shorts that reached her knees and black, steel-toed boots that had neon green laces. Her bright green guild mark was on her right forearm, the symbol being that of the cracked helm with the 'S' appearing from the crack. She wore a few rings of both silver and gold on random fingers while her ears were pierced multiple times with studs and small hoops.
"I'm totally gonna take down that prick, Gordon, today," she said, the proud smirk still on her face, "He has no idea what's about to hit him! It's time for a Murdock to take the helm again!" A knock on her door interrupted her speech, both Cordelia and Bones looking towards the sound, "Who is it?!"
"It's me!" a light voice answered, causing Cordelia to smile brightly at the sound. She ran towards the door and threw it open to reveal a brunette woman smiling up at her, "Are you ready for today?"
"ZI!" Cordelia shouted before swooping the smaller woman into a tight hug.
"You always act like you haven't seen me in forever whenever I come get you in the morning," the woman laughed, now feeling the hound jumping on her too in excitement, "And of course I brought a treat for you, Bones," she added once she had been released and handed the pit bull a corn muffin from breakfast.
This woman was Zinnia Jenkins who affectionately went by Zi most of the time. She was a year younger than Cordelia and five inches shorter at 5'3", but she was one of Cordelia's closest friends in the guild. Her hair was a light brown and cut short, the short layers being more like silky wisps of hair. A pair of bright green eyes playfully stared out from behind her bangs. Her skin was much lighter than Cordelia's but she was just as toned as the woman as she tended to train with her often. Though, her bust was a bit larger than Cordelia's. She wore a pair of jean shorts, white tennis shoes with black stripes across them and a green t-shirt. She had no piercing as she liked to keep things simple for the most part. Though, she did have a few faint scars across her arms and legs and her coral guild mark was on the outside of her right thigh.
"In my defense, I miss you after each night!" Cordelia announced, "When are you already gonna go for a damn S-Class spot?! You could have joined me in these awesome S-Class dorms a long time ago! Instead you choose to stay in the smaller ones out in the back!"
"I have my reasons, you know that," Zinnia answered, "Besides, I'm sure that Nanami already has her hands full with you as a neighbor since you both use the same floor right now."
"She doesn't mind me!"
"That's probably because she's too nice to say otherwise," Zinnia mumbled.
"What was that?! You punk!"
"Nothing!" the brunette replied cheerfully, "Now are you ready to go? I think Gordon knows something is up. He seems to be on edge today."
"Like he's not a fucking prick any other day?"
"Gordon has his good sides too," Zinnia retorted.
"Yeah? Name one!"
Zinnia opened her mouth to answer, but then no sound came out. She then twirled on her heels and began walking towards the upper deck on the ship, "Let's go while you still have that spark going, Delia!"
"Thought so," Cordelia snickered before turning towards her large bed and grabbing the coat that was on it. She swung the long, white coat outwards and she smoothly stuck her arms into it. It was short sleeved and she left the collar laid flat while also leaving the coat itself open. The longer part of the coat billowed outwards and on the back of it in gold was the Storm's Helm insignia, "I'll have to tell mom thanks again for the coat. It's so badass!" she smiled giddily to herself. She then looked down at the gray hound, "Time to head out Bones!" she shouted, running out the door of her dorm with the pit bull close on her heels.
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"Dad…dad!" a young man called out to an older man that was clearly ignoring him for the moment, "Oi! Old man! Listen to me! Pops! Come on!"
"You're so damn annoying!" the old man finally shouted before throwing the book he had been reading in the younger man's face, "What the hell do you want, Ace?!"
"Did ya know that Cordi is going for the master position today?" the younger man asked.
The young man, known as Ace Murdock, was the younger brother of Cordelia by three years. He had the same neon green hair as her, though it was cut short in a crew cut. His eyes were a dark onyx, but they appeared just as energetic and playful as Cordelia's. His body was toned, muscled and tanned from his own workouts and he stood at six feet even. He wore black cargo pants with straw sandals and a white v-neck t-shirt. He did have multiple piercings like his sister and rings on random fingers too, though his were made of ivory and onyx. His black guild mark was on the left side of his neck. Finally, he had a holster belt around his hips that carried swords on either side of him.
The old man eyed him for a moment, almost wondering how he ended up with a son as dense as Ace. He thanked whatever Gods were looking over him for his daughter as she tended to be a bit smarter than her brother. He silently blamed his wife's family bloodline for Ace's stupidity. The man finally sighed as Ace continued to stare at him expectantly, waiting for him to answer, "Yeah, I know she's going for it. I was the one that told her to do it."
"So you think she's ready for it then?!"
"Don't shout," the old man mumbled before bopping his son on the head, "And yes, I believe she's ready for it or else I wouldn't have told her to go for it today."
Ace watched his father for a moment before a smile spread across his face, "Good," he said, turning to leave the cabin to head up to watch the fight. He noticed that the older man wasn't following him, "Aren't you gonna come up to watch?"
"What for?" he grumbled as he picked the book back up and plopped back down in his chair, "I already know what's going to happen."
Ace simply shrugged in response before racing upstairs before he missed the showdown.
"I really wish that kid wasn't so stupid," the old man continued to grumble before he found his previous reading spot.
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Gordon Hawthorne paced back and forth smack dab in the middle of the large center vessel. The open deck was wide and long and was the usual hang out spot for mages when they weren't doing much of anything. All sorts of furniture and tables had been set up all across it for mages to sit and eat and drink and play games at. Tarps and cloths had been set up in various spots as well in order to create shaded areas. Normally these relaxing areas were spread out all across the entire deck of the ship, but Gordon had cleared away a good amount of them after getting word that he would be challenged today and by none other than Cordelia Murdock.
"What a bitch!" he growled loudly, "She knows that the Guild Master position is mine! I won it fair and square three years ago!"
His body was tall and muscled, standing at 6'2", and he was just a few years older than Cordelia. He was currently shirtless in order to feel like he had some intimidation over his opponent since he could show off his muscles that way. He had messy black hair that reached the nape of his neck and he constantly slicked it back out of his grays eyes. He wore a pair of baggy, gray pants that were tucked into black combat boots. His black guild mark was large and across his chest and across his back was a large scar.
"What right does she have to take that position from me?!"
"I have every right to take it from you!" Cordelia shouted, suddenly appearing across from him. A large crowd of mages had circled around them to watch what was about to happen and immediate whisperings could be heard, though most of them sounded excited about the fight and at the prospect of a new master.
"Back down, Cordelia!" Gordon shouted, "You wouldn't know what to do with the master position!"
"Family history says otherwise," she smirked in reply, her arms crossed and hips cocked to one side, "I can understand if you're scared to take me on though."
"Like hell I'm scared of you!"
"Good to hear!" she answered, grinning widely, "Now as tradition states, any mage part of the Storm's Helm guild is allowed to issue a challenge to the current guild master for their position. If the challenger wins, then they become the new guild master."
"And if you lose, then you have to wait another year before you can issue another challenge," Gordon added.
"I didn't feel that was necessary to add in since I'll be winning today!"
"You're always so cocky! Don't forget that I know how you fight and what all you can do! I've seen you train before!"
"Yeah, but you don't really have what it to takes to be a real guild master and that will be your downfall today," Cordelia retorted, "And how you even won three years ago was a fluke since Duke tripped and allowed you to make the final hit."
"Stop talking about the past! I still won fair and square!"
"Let's see you do it again! Twin Pistols!" she shouted, re-quipping to large pistols in each hand. Without hesitating, she shot off the first few bullets at the man. They instantly whizzed through the air and would have easily punctured the man's skin if not for his Metal Magic allowing him to cover his skin in the hard material and blocking the bullets.
"You should know by now that your puny-ass bullets won't do anything against my metal skin!"
"You keep thinking that!" Cordelia answered with a laugh as she shot off another bullet to hit him directly in the face. While it didn't hurt him, it was still an annoyance to have it bounce off his face. It was enough to have him instantly charging towards her.
"Metal Make: Hammer!" he shouted, creating a rather large hammer made entirely of metal to bring down on Cordelia. Though, she had speed on her side and quickly twisted out of the way and jumped up to land on the man's shoulders. The hammer came down on the now empty spot, denting in that spot on the deck.
"I think you need to work on your aim," Cordelia snickered from his shoulders, "Like this!" she said before unloading the rest of the bullets from her pistols into the top of his head. Loud pinging noises came from the top of his head every time a bullet hit him. The barrage of bullets and the sounds of gunshots going off made it hard for Gordon to concentrate properly and he couldn't quite shake Cordelia off of him, "I hope you know that it's only your giant, clunky head that I can do that to. You should feel proud of that," she laughed.
"Get off!" he shouted, finally managing to grab onto one of her legs and throw her off of him. Though, she easily flipped through the air and skidded to a stop across from him again.
"Awww, look! You're getting so worked up and just for me too! You really know how to treat a lady, Gordy!"
"I hate that fucking name and you know it!" Gordon yelled, feeling even angrier now, "Metal Make: Spike Showers!" he shouted, creating a floating field of spikes in front of him. He then controlled them all to fly out towards her.
Cordelia quickly called back her pistols before bringing out her next weapon, "Lucky Charm!" she shouted just as she ran towards the spikes and began jumping up across them. Just as she came to one of the last metal spikes, she pointed the small and narrow gun at Gordon.
"I already told you that bullets don't work!"
Cordelia simply ignored him and pulled the trigger. Instead of receiving more bullets to the face, green paint splattered across his face. He had to quickly shut his eyes to shield them from the paint as she rained down more paint balls on him. She kept on hitting him, keeping him where she wanted him. She ran up near enough to him and slammed a hand down on the ground, "Howitzer!" she announced and in a flash of green magic a long barrel-like gun stationed between two large wheels appeared. It was aimed right at Gordon and after she stopped firing her paint gun, he wiped his face and turned to come face to face with it, "Can your metal handle this?" she asked with a smirk as she lit the short fuse to the gun.
"Shit!" he shouted, preparing himself for what was about to come. He didn't have time to do much else as the gun was fired right into his gut, sending him flying across the deck. He managed to stay standing though as he came skidding to a stop. His feet just hit the edge of the deck, his back facing the front of the fleet. Smoke billowed up off of his stomach and a charred area was left behind from where the shot hit him, but it was still only on his metal skin, "Is that all you got?! You're gonna lose then!"
"So my lovely little Howitzer isn't enough for you?!" she retorted loudly, "Fine! Then try this on for size! Tsar Cannon!" she shouted. The first howitzer quickly disappeared and was soon replaced with a much larger version. This cannon was made of bronze and was almost twenty feet in length and stood even taller than Gordon.
"Where the hell did you even get something like that?!" Gordon shouted.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Cordelia snickered to herself.
"You aren't really gonna shoot me with that are you?! I mean, I can just jump out of the way."
"You could, but I know how to move it around with ease, so really, you're just wasting your time," she explained, "So why don't you just give in now?"
"No way in hell! I can take it! So shoot it and I'll still be standing here!"
"Zi! Ace! Should I really shoot it?!"
"Shoot it, sis!" Ace answered quickly with excitement, "I haven't seen this one in action!"
The crowd around them began egging Cordelia on, repeating the words 'shoot it' over and over again until they were all shouting it. Cordelia then looked back towards Zinnia to look for her approval. She received a thumbs up and the re-quip mage took that as instant approval. She then turned back towards Gordon with the crowd still cheering her on.
"It was nice knowing you! Thanks for wasting three years of our time as guild master!" Cordelia shouted before firing the cannon. A huge iron ball flew out from it and right at Gordon. The ball was almost as big as Gordon so there was no way for the man to grab it and stop it. Instead, the projectile slammed into him, his metal skin echoing off of it. It then flew him over the front of the fleet and out into the ocean until he disappeared. The crowd stared at where Gordon had just been standing in silent shock, not knowing that the shot would have been that powerful. Cordelia turned back towards them all with a large smirk, "And that, ladies and gentleman," she began, leaning against her cannon, "Is how you become a new guild master!"
In the next instant, the rest of the guild was cheering for Cordelia and congratulating her on her victory and new position as guild master. In the chaos of it all, everyone missed a large man walking up to Cordelia until he was already in their midst. He stood at 6'1" with a toned build with tanned skin and scars along his arms and ones hidden under his shirt that crossed his chest and back. His faded, neon green hair was slightly wavy and shoulder length, creating a mess around his face and partially covering his onyx eyes. He wore a black shirt with a pair of black jeans tucked into heavy black boots. Over his clothes he wore a black duster with a white symbol of the guild mark on the back of it.
He came to stand directly in front of Cordelia, staring down at her with a straight face and bringing the crowd to an instant silence. Cordelia stared back up at him with an almost nervous face, unsure of how he was going to react. He then placed a hand on top of her head, "That's my girl," he said, finally letting a small and proud smile appear on his lips.
Cordelia smiled brightly up at him before hugging him tightly, "Thanks dad!"
"Um…Mister Finn Murdock…sir," one of the members began nervously, looking down at the deck as they spoke to the older man, "We can't just really leave Gordon…um…we can't leave him out in the ocean alone, can we?"
Finn stared down at the nervous mage before turning towards Cordelia, "Looks like your first order of business as the new master is hunting down the old one."
"What?!" Cordelia shouted, "Why do I have to go searching for that prick?! It's his own fault that he went flying off into nowhere!"
"Cordelia," was all Finn said, but there was a warning tone behind it.
"Ugh! Fine! I'll go hunt down that dumbass!" she grumbled loudly as she recalled her cannon, "Ace! You're coming with me!"
"What?! Why?!" he whined.
"Shut up and move it!" she shouted, kicking him to get him to move forward.
Zinnia laughed as she watched the siblings bicker back and forth as they moved across the deck to head towards one of the smaller boats to take to go find Gordon. She gently patted Bones's head as the pit bull had opted to stay with her before she looked up at Finn, "Looks like things are going to get more interesting, yeah?"
"Yeah," he grunted in reply, but still continued to smile to himself. Things had turned out just as he thought they would and he couldn't be more proud of his daughter for her next step up into the world.
A/N: CHA! Got this finished and I'm so excited!
Credits
Cordelia Murdock and Bones - MyDearWatson
Zinnia Jenkins - MyDearWatson
Ace Murdock - MyDearWatson
Gordon Hawthorne - MyDearWatson
Finn Murdock - MyDearWatson
So, I know I really shouldn't be starting a new story, but this idea hit me and I had to write it. It is, of course, another SYOC Fairy Tail Story.
So first off! I would like to thank my Beta - Dreadburner94 - for once again helping me out with everything for this story! With his help I was able to get a bunch of things flushed out so far and I probably wouldn't haven gotten this up so quickly without his help! So as always, you are very much appreciated and thank you for your help with this story!
Second! Thunder Stone will still be my main focus, but this story was a fun idea for me and I wanted to have a side fic where I could have some more light hearted stuff going on as I don't think this will turn out as dark as Thunder Stone will.
Next, this story starts in April X792. It will not have any links whatsoever to Thunder Stone if you read that one as well. And I will not be including much with the canon characters or storyline if at all, so don't expect to really see them in this story. I really just want this story to focus around this specific guild.
I will NOT be accepting any Slayers of any kind! Sorry, but due to the nature of the guild, they wouldn't survive anyways, lol. And I already have plenty of Slayers for Thunder Stone that I'm set on them for a while.
This guild will only have 5 S-Class members at any one time. Cordelia was previously an S-Class mage, so now her spot is open, so I will need a brand new S-Class mage right from the start. Also, one of the S-Class spots have already been filled, so keep that in mind. That only leaves 4 spots. If you send in a character after the cut off line, I will let you know and we'll work something out for your character's power level. Also for S-Class mages, they will work very similarly to how we just saw the guild master position work. So other mages can challenge the current S-Class mages for their spots. So they could change up every so often, so don't worry too much if you don't get one of those spots right off the bat. But it's not gonna be crazy changes all the time as the S-Class mages are S-Class for a reason and they aren't going to be easy to beat.
I'm not sure how many members I'll be accepting at the moment, but once I feel I have enough members to work with I'll make the cut off line and that will be that.
I am being way stricter with this story than I was with Thunder Stone. So once the cut off line has been reached, there won't be any room for more unless I feel it's necessary for more characters. If I come to a point like that, I will state how many members I need and open the submissions for a short time again, but otherwise things will stay closed.
Also, you MUST SEND IN YOUR OC TO ME IN A PM. I will NOT accept any characters that are sent in a review. That ruins the surprise of your OC for other readers.
Also, you MUST FOLLOW THE OC FORM. I will NOT accept any characters that do not follow the form and that do not have all categories fully and correctly filled out.
Again, I'm being much stricter with the submissions this time around. If I'm going to put effort into writing this story, then I expect the same effort put into making your character. I know this may sound a bit mean, but I think it's only fair. I will also be adding in notes to the OC form on how I would like to have certain things filled out.
Once I start getting OCs and figuring out how to put them all into the story, then more chapters should start rolling out. And you will receive credit for the character once they show up for the first time.
So with all that being said, please enjoy the story and enjoy making new characters! I very much look forward to seeing them all!
I'll have the next chapter up when I feel I have enough characters to work with.
Please remember to review!
Yours Truly,
MyDearWatson
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Rivals: If your character is someone that would have a rival, tell me so. And tell me the type of person they would most likely have a rival with and how they would act with that person.
Enemies: Tell me how they act around an enemy. Do they stay silent or are they more talkative? Do they draw out the fight or do they end it quickly?
Romance: Tell me the type of person your character is more likely to have a crush on and how would they act around that person. Again, the more detailed you are with this, the easier it'll be for me to pair them with someone. If you don't want them to end up in a romance, please tell me this as well so I can plan properly. I will NOT be doing any OCxCanon pairings this time around, so this is why this explanation is important so I know what other OC would work well with them.
Magic: I will ONLY take up to TWO types of magic for a character. I will also NOT being accepting any sort of Slayers for this story! I'm sorry, but due to the nature of the guild, Slayers aren't going to work very well AND I already have plenty of Slayers for Thunder Stone! So mix it up and create so new magic types or put twists on already existing magic types. Be creative and have fun with it. Also, I will ONLY be accepting FIVE S-Class mages. One of those spots has already been claimed, so please keep this in mind. If the S-Class spots have been taken by the time you turn in a character, I will tell you so and I may ask you to tweak the power level of your character. I don't want a whole bunch of Mary/Gary-Sues running around the place! And I want to be able to develop the characters and I can't always do that with their magic if you've overpowered them. Also, please explain how your magic works, especially if it's something new you created.
Spells: PLEASE give me a list of spells that your character can use and explain how they work. You can also give me a list of spells they can eventually learn and I may ask you about a spell or two I may create for them myself in the future. I'll always ask before I do this though.
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Weaknesses: EVERYONE HAS WEAKNESSES, so I expect to have weaknesses for your character as well. What are they bad at? Team work? Long range fighting? Battle tactics? Taking orders? Etc, etc, etc.
History: This story stars on April 3, X792. It will not involve anything or any characters from Thunder Stone if you read that. And it also will not involve the canon characters all that much, if at all. I want this solely to be about this specific guild. So in the history, please include where they grew up, how they got their magic, how they act with their families (if they have family members still around), how they ended up at the guild (this is especially important since the guild sails all across the sea and is never in once place for long), what all they've been through up until the starting point of the story. AGAIN I WILL NOT ACCEPT CHARACTERS SENT IN TO ME WITH LIKE 2 OR 3 SENTENCES FOR THEIR HISTORY. If I am taking the time to properly write in your character, then I expect the same amount of work to go into you making your character in the first place. So I do reserve the right to deny the character if the history isn't long enough or if it doesn't make sense. I will work with you if you need it to make sure everything is in place and the history makes sense. I don't mind receiving long histories/profiles as I'd rather receive more information than not enough. Plus, if you've received a character from me, you know what my own OCs look like, so long profiles are not a problem for me at all. Also, I do NOT want any OCs that are related to canon characters. They could possibly have known and been friends with canon characters, but I'd rather not have that either.
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