I don't own Fairy Tail
Any city names, addresses, or people names in this story are made up by me but if they are real they aren't owned by me
The characters Mr. & Mrs. Smith are from the movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith. You should check it out it's awesome (I don't own this either)
I don't own The Giver
Lucy P.O.V.
Sigh. I looked out the train window with two of my friends, Erza and Levy. You may be wondering why we're on a train. It's certainly not for a mission. This all started on my first solo mission.
*Flashback*
Fairy Tail Guild
Sighing, I laid my head on the bar. 'I really need some rent money right now, with Natsu and Happy always breaking into my apartment and eating all of my food. Not to mention how destructive our team is, especially Natsu.'
Sigh. Mirajane noticed me, "What's wrong Lucy?" she asked in curiosity.
Bring my head up from the bar I looked at her and said "I only have 20,000 Jewels for my rent. What am I going to do?" I exclaimed while waving my hands wildly.
"You know" she continued "you could go on a mission by yourself."
'Go on a solo mission?' I thought
"Oh Mira that's a great idea!" I exclaimed excitedly. I go to the job board 'capture some bandits, no, get rid of a sea monster, no, take down a dark guild, no, …, no, no, no, no! None of these jobs I can take all on my own! Sigh. This is so stressful. Then, something catches my attention, 'Huh?! What's this!'
Find this rare plant
Plant Name: Luna iaspis
Place: Okasake
Address: 2736 Rose Avenue
People: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Pay: 500,000 J
'Oh, wow this will last me for a while' I thought 'this plant must be really rare. What if I don't find it?' *sweat drop* 'But I don't know why I just feel such a need to go on this job' I took the job and showed it to Mira.
She said, with her usual sweet smile, "Ok, I'll go mark down that you picked that job."
I smiled back "Thanks, Mira I'm going to start packing and get the next train to Okasake." Then, I headed home to start packing about a month worth of clothes 'You never know how long it'll take to find this rare plant.'
Natsu P.O.V.
I was fighting with Ice princess when I saw Lucy go to the Job Board hmmm 'Is she pickin' a job for our team to go on?'
"Hey, Flame Brain come over here and fight me!" the stripper said. Man I'm gonna beat this jerk to a pulp.
"I'm all fired up!" I roared, completely forgetting what I was just thinking about.
Lucy P.O.V.
I just finished packing I checked the time it said 6:45 p.m. I headed off to the train station to see when the next train to Okasake is.
"Your just in luck miss the next train to Okasake is in five minutes." He stated.
I bought the ticket and waited for the train to arrive. As the train arrived I went to the farthest train car away from people and decided to take a nap since the train ride is six hours to Okasake.
*Time Skip five hours and fifty minutes later*
I woke up to the sound of the speaker and a person saying "Ten minutes 'till Okasake station"
'Huh' I thought 'good timing, I just woke up' I started reading "The Giver" to pass the time. By the time I arrived it was around 12:40 at night. 'Oh, I just hope that I can find a place to stay this late at night.'
*Time Skip thirty minutes later*
'Ughhh, there's no place for me to stay' I thought 'well I guess I'll just have to sleep outside…outside…on the ground…where bugs are…AHHH' I internally screamed. 'Ok, Lucy just breath…in…out…in…out…I think I'm good ok Lucy you're good, you're good now let's try this again.'
I kept looking for a good place to stay at, but the only place I could find was a motel that reeked of sex and sweat. I could even hear the moans and groans, so I decided that sleeping outside with the bugs didn't sound so bad after all. I found a cave with a hot spring inside I'm so lucky. I decided to wash up there then go to sleep.
*Morning*
'Well, I guess sleeping outside wasn't too bad' I thought. I packed my things and went to Mr. and Mrs. Smith's house.
*At the house*
When I got to their place it wasn't a house, it was a mansion with a large iron gate, inside it has a lush field and garden. I press a buzzer on the right stone wall next to the iron gate, soon a buzz came and a female voice responded from the speaker "Hello, who is there?"
"Hi, I'm Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail; I'm here for the job request."
"Oh, Lucy Heartfilia the master and mistress have been expecting you." The woman in the lacrima said.
~Buzz~ The gates opened and I walked into the estate, it's smaller than the estate I grew up in, but it's still a long walk to their door.
*Time Skip at the door*
When I (finally) got there; there was a butler waiting for me.
"Please, ma'am come this way. The master and mistress are waiting" he said and opened the door. With a smile and a nod, followed him inside.
When, I walked inside, the color of the wall was a bland white, but it was covered up by their family portraits and a variety of expensive and irreplaceable things. He led me into a room and from the look of it; I guessed that it was the living room. There are two couches facing each other with a rectangular coffee table in the middle. There was a fireplace facing the couches and a piano in the corner of the room with family pictures. The couple looked like they were middle aged. Mrs. Smith gestured me to sit down. I did so, then looked at the couple.
"Excuse me, but what exactly is the importance of the flower that I'm looking for?" I asked
Mr. Smith answered "It is a rare flower that is said to have healing abilities, and we need you to find it for our daughter."
"She's only five years old, and none of the doctors or healers were able to figure out her illness." Mrs. Smith informed me.
Hearing their story, I couldn't help but feel bad. "Don't worry I'll find it," I said, now more determined than ever. "but I need to ask how much longer she has, so that I have a specific time frame."
Mrs. Smith answered in a soft tone "We aren't quite sure either since we still don't know what type of illness she has, but we're assuming she doesn't have much time left…at least a month or two, so please…please hurry." She says the last part whispering.
"Yes ma'am, I'll start right away, but before I go, I need to know what the flower looks like. Is there anything I can refer to?" I asked
"Right, I'm afraid we don't exactly know what it looks like either, all we know is that it's called the Luna iaspis and that it only blooms during the night, when the moonlight hits its closed petals. And when it is fully bloomed, the moonlight gives it a special sparkle, so it looks like there are small pieces of diamonds on its petals, and it is said to be found in the East Forest." Mr. Smith answered this time.
"Ok, thank you for letting me know. I'll be on my way now." I say and walk out the door to head to the East Forest.
*Time Skip East Forest*
Sigh. I don't even know where to start. I sit down on a tree stump and started thinking of my alternatives.
*Five minutes later*
'I just got a great idea' I got one of my silver gate keys and said "Open, gate of the Southern Cross, Crux!",then with a shimmering glow Crux appeared. "Hi, Grandpa Crux, I was wondering if you can tell me anything about the Luna iaspis?" I asked.
Grandpa Crux fell asleep with one snot bubble coming out of his nose. "YEAHHOHA!" Grandpa Crux screamed when he seemed to be done with his research, "I believe that you will find this flower in the heart of the forest." Grandpa Crux said in an all wisdom voice.
"Uhhh, that's going to take forever" I whined "Grandpa Crux do you perhaps have a map that can show where they are most likely to be found?" I asked. "POOF" Virgo came out of her gate and handed me a map "punishment princess?" Virgo asked.
"No, no punishment Virgo" I sighed "but thank you for the map." I said gratefully then she poofed back to the celestial world. When, I turned to look at Grandpa Crux he was asleep, sigh, I decided to look at the map and see that all the possible places the flower could be was marked with a red circle, so I sent Grandpa Crux back to the celestial world and called out Pyxis, my loyal bird compass. "Hey, Pyxis can you please mark down this exact location? So I know how to get out of here in the future." He then made a sound of agreement and did it. "Thank you, now can you please take me to the heart of the forest?"
I showed the spirit the map where it showed a big circle around the heart of the forest and ten smaller circles inside the big circle where the Luna iaspis might be. Pyxis looked at it and with a nod and shake of his wings we were off with a long journey ahead of us.
Thank you for reading the first chapter of my story and my first fanfiction ever. Hope you like it so far. Let me know what you think about it. Also, I have no updating schedule and for any of you that were wondering Luna iaspis means moon diamond in latin. Also, a big thanks to my friend Soleil who helped me a lot with this chapter.