Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters of Fairy Tail. This is a work of fiction, any and all characters are fictitious and any resemblance to real life persons is purely coincidental. Also this is my first story, so please bear with me. Thanks to TheWorldsTallestLeprechaun for editing.
Prologue
It was a clear Spring day in the kingdom of Fiore as a young man named Hadrian heads into the Oak Town, covered in road dust with all of his life possessions on his back. He is a small and wiry boy, not yet grown into a man, with a head of shaggy brown hair and dark brown eyes. He headed down the main street weaving through the crowd and trying to find the Guild Hall in this confusing tangle of buildings. "Geez, how does anyone find anything in this town, there are buildings everywhere" he mutters to himself as he walked aimlessly.
As he walked he marveled, he definitely wasn't gaping, at all the towers and other tall buildings in town. They were so different from his home village, where the biggest building was the two story Inn. He got a shot of melancholy as he thought about his birth place, then shook his head and kept trudging on.
"Hey kid, you lost?"
Hadrian looked around, and then spotted an older man standing behind an apple cart. "You talking to me?"
The old man smiled, "No I'm talking to the other kid who's wandering around like a lost puppy."
Hadrian frowned, "I am not a lost puppy…"
The old guy chuckled at that "Ok, my apologies. You're a young man who has gotten himself turned around in a new town. Where are you headed?"
"To the Phantom Lord Guild Hall, I figured it'd be easy to spot, but I guess I was wrong."
"Haha, you wouldn't be the first person. Thing is, it is easy to spot, except you came in on the wrong side of town. The Guild Hall is on the other side of the hill, if you follow this road around you should be able to see it in no time."
Hadrian smiled at the man "Thanks, sir." Before he could leave the old man tossed him an apple, "Best of luck to ya, by the way I'm Neal Cranul."
"I'm Hadrian, and thanks again Mr Cranul" With that Hadrian rushes off. Neal goes back to looking over the street. "Hope that kid knows what he's getting himself in to.
Chapter 1: A Fairy arrives at Phantom Lord
After a few minutes of walking Hadrian found the castle that seemed to serve as Phantom Lord's Guild Hall in Oak Town. He hesitated outside, briefly, then hitched his pack up and strode in through the front door. He got a few weird looks as he headed towards the bar and pulled up a stool. A young man with blonde hair in short spikes wearing glasses and a red v-neck and jeans is tending bar.
"Little young to be sitting at a bar, aren't you kid?" asked the bartender.
"Hey I'm not a kid, I'm 12"
The bartender smirked. "Whatever you say. What can I get you?"
"Just some information, who do I talk to about joining up?"
"You're looking to join up? Aren't you to young?"
"Didn't we just go over this?" Hadrian deadpanned.
The bartender shook his head. "Ya, ya, you're 12, I get it. You'd have to talk to Master Jose over there" he points to a tall, lean, mustachioed man in a purple coat and hat who was eating lunch.
"Thanks man" said Hadrian as he headed over to the Guild Master. "Master Jose?" The man turned to him, "Hmmm, oh, hello, and what do you want?" Jose asked, not unkindly. "I was told that I need to speak to you about wanting to join Phantom Lord, sir."
Jose looked at him for a few seconds then started laughing. "You want to join Phantom Lord? Im sorry boy we don't let little kids into the guild." the rest of the guild members started laughing too.
Hadrian clenched his fists. "I'm serious! I'm not some little kid that can't take care of himself in a fight!"
Jose stopped laughing and instead chuckled. "Ok, everyone, calm down. Alright kid, if you really want in, we'll do an exhibition. Jericho," Porla pointed to a fairly large bald man in a sleeveless tunic. "Come over here for a second." The man stood up from his chair and headed over; he was easily twice Hadrian's height. "Jericho, I need you to spar against this boy."
"You want me to fight this shrimp?" Jericho frowned.
"Yes Jericho, the boy wants to prove himself, so let him. Please don't knock him all over the guild."
"I'll try boss" Jericho took up a boxing stance "Earth Magic: Iron Arms!" Jericho's arms are suddenly sheathed in a layer of metal. "Any time you're ready kid."
Hadrian takes up his own stance, reminiscent of a fencer's stance. "Fairy Magic: Summer Court!" His body is shrouded in light and after the glow fades, he is holding a side sword with a sweeping bell guard reminiscent of a flower and he's….changed.
Jose's eyebrows rise, the boy's body had morphed, his eyes where the most obvious change, they where now a vivid green, shot through with red, but that wasn't where the changes ended. His face had become more angular and his ears had come to a point. "Is that….Fairy Takeover magic?" Jose mused. He didn't have long to muse as Hadrian launched himself at Jericho.
Hadrian's opening attack was a thrust aimed at Jericho's chest, which he easily parried. Hadrian hopped back and unleashed a barrage of thrusts at Jericho who continued to parry them with little effort, though he did have to take a step or two back. "Nice try kid, but you're going down!" yelled Jericho as he launched a right hook at Hadrian's head. Hadrian just smirked as he parried the punch and sidestepped to his left. "Fairy Flash!" he yelled as he flicked his left hand at Jericho's face, and a blinding flash of light exploded over his eyes. Hadrian spun his sword catching Jericho's legs and flipped him onto his back.
When Jericho's vision came back, the kid's sword tip was hovering over his face. "Who's going down?" smirked Hadrian as he extended his hand to Jericho. "Well, that's what I get for underestimating you." the big man says as he dusts his pants off "I think the kid's good enough boss."
"I see that Jericho" says Jose as he heads over to Hadrian and extends his hand "Welcome to Phantom Lord."
XX
Hadrian was sitting at a table in the Hall marveling at his new verdant green Guild Mark on his left forearm, and looking over jobs for him to do. He was stuck between fighting a Vulcan in the forest about a day away and going on a fetch mission up Mt Hakobe to go and retrieve giant strawberries. The Berry mission paid 20,000 jewel, but was no risk, but the Vulcan mission paid 40,000 but involved him fighting a Vulcan. Ah what the hell, I'll go do both. Hadrian picked up the posters and headed to the bar. "I'm taking these Ritchie"
"Alright newbie, good luck."
As Hadrian runs out the door he runs face first into what he swears is a brick wall and falls flat on his ass. Rubbing his nose he looks up and sees a large muscular man with a mane of spiky black hair and a body covered in metal studs.
"Ow, sorry about that." says Hadrian as he stands up.
"Who the hell are you pip squeak?" growls the studded individual.
"Oh, ya, im Hadrian, I just joined up today." he says as he extends his hand. The big guy just grunts as he pushes past Hadrian. Huh, well that guy seems like an ass, whatever. Hadrian just shrugs as he heads off on his first jobs.
Chapter 2: Rumble in the Jungle
Hadrian headed out the east side of town towards Mt Hakobe and the forest, the road changing from cobbles to dirt as the road leaves town. The walk is an easy one down the road and the weather stays good until nightfall, when the wind picks up and Hadrian smells a storm coming on. Thankfully he makes it to the village just as the storm breaks and makes it into the Inn without getting to wet.
Shaking off the water Hadrian looks around the Inn. It's a quaint wooden building, clean, with whitewashed walls and a solid wooden plank floor. There is a hearth on either side of the common room with the bar straight across the room from the door. Hadrian heads to the bar, pulls up a stool and waves the bartender over.
"What do ya need son?"
"A room, dinner and some info. Who do I talk to about this job?" Hadrian slides the wanted poster across the bar.
The bartender looks at the poster, "Well I'm glad someone's finally coming to deal with this. I guess you could talk to me about it since the whole town commissioned the job, let me get you your room key and dinner and we can talk about it."
After a few minutes Hadrian was enjoying a warm stew while the man explained the job. "A couple of days ago one of the kids went missing in the forest. Our town mayor, Sean Borradh, went into the woods after her. Well apparently he saved her from the Vulcan, but the damn monkey got him, and what's worse, it can somehow use his magic"
At that Hadrian nearly spit his stew all over the bartender, he settled for nearly choking on it. "The mayor was a mage, and now the Vulcan can use his magic? Dude, this job is worth way more than forty thousand."
The man rubbed his nose "Ya I know, but it's all we could come up with on such short notice. Besides, it's not like it can use all of his magic, just a little bit."
"…what kind of mage was Borradh?"
"He was a Sound Mage, and so far the only thing the Vulcan has been able to do is use his Sonic Boom spell, and thankfully it has nowhere near Borradh's skill." Seeing Hadrian's expression he was quick to add "I can toss in free room and board while you're on the mission, I know this job should pay more, but, it's all we got."
Hadrian drops his spoon into his, now empty, bowl "Heh, don't sweat it. Phantom Lord has got it covered" he says with a big grin. "Now I'm gonna go hit the hay and I'll go after this thing in the morning."
xx
It was a wonderful morning for a hunt, the storm had passed late last night and the sky was blue with nary a cloud in it. Hadrian had left the Inn early and had spent the last few hours wandering around the woods trying to find the Vulcan. "Geez, you wouldn't think finding a giant monkey in a woods would be this difficult. Well, guess I'm gonna have to bust out some magic" Hadrian stopped walking, closed his eyes and focused for a bit. "Fairy Eyes" when he opened his eyes the world looked very different. He could see the life in every plant as a sort of soft golden glow, it was very distracting. After a few minutes of looking around, he saw what he was looking for, a blue stream of what looked like mist. Hadrian grinned "Found you"
Hadrian followed the trail of magic for several minutes, ducking through bushes and around hedges, but he eventually found the Vulcan in a clearing near a river. It looked like a fairly normal Forest Vulcan, green fur, pink hearts on its arms, that dopy horn thing on its head, except this one had dark grey skin instead of the usual purple. Oh and it was surrounded by that bluish mist. That is way more Magic Power than a normal Vulcan has. This is not gonna be fun. Hadrian quickly looked around trying to determine the best way to take this thing out.
"Come on out little human"
Hadrian's heart nearly froze, how the hell had that thing noticed him? "I can hear your breathing little human" the Vulcan turned around and looked in the general direction of Hadrian's hiding place. "I know you're there, so there's no use hiding."
"Fairy Magic: Summer Court!"
Hadrian rushed out of the bush towards the Vulcan, his charging thrust aimed towards the Vulcan's head. The Vulcan reacted with a rapid, open palmed strike towards Hadrian, who had to turn his thrust into a parry side step. The Vulcan started a barrage of punches that left Hadrian with no time to do anything other than dodge and parry, and no ability to realize that the Vulcan was slowly forcing him towards the river. One particularly strong hit knocked Hadrian's sword too far to his right and left him wide open for the Vulcan's other hand to slam into him sending him soaring over the stream.
"Hahahaha! Smash puny human!"
"Fairy Dance!"
Hadrian flipped over mid flight and landed on his feet, skidding a bit before he stopped, in the middle of the river. The Vulcan's eyes nearly bugged out of its head, "How is human standing on water?"
"I'm not you big moron, I'm levitating a couple inches above the water. This is the Fairy Dance!" The last word was punctuated by him shooting forward, ramping off the bank and dropkicking the Vulcan in the face. He kicked off its face, knocking it backward and landing himself about a dozen feet away. The Vulcan clambered back to its feet and charged Hadrian trying to slam its fist into his puny body. Hadrian responded by simply slipping to his left and slashing at the Vulcan's arm. While it connected and did some damage, all it really did is piss the thing off more. It spun and caught Hadrian with a backhand, once more sending him flying, though he had more control this time. He got his feet under him and used the momentum from the hit to keep going backwards, weaving through some trees with the Vulcan in hot pursuit.
Hadrian spun around and finally started facing the direction he was heading just in time to see a tree right in front of him. He reached out and grabbed the trunk, using the tree to swing himself around and launched himself at the Vulcan. This time he slammed both of his feet into the monster's stomach and sent it flying back, smashing through a tree. Hadrian adopted a defensive stance, waiting for it to come to him.
"Me tired of puny human! Sound Magic: Sonic Boom!" The Vulcan roared and shot a shockwave out of his mouth at Hadrian who could only try to block it. While he managed to block some of it, it still sent him flying back into a tree. This would have been fine if the Vulcan wasn't right in front of him before he could fall from the tree. Its punch smashed him through the tree and Hadrian heard something break that wasn't the tree. He bounced a few times before coming to a rest, his sword lost in the attack. Before he could pick himself up the Vulcan was already there and had its hand around his head. "Time to crush puny human's head"
"Fairy Flash!"
The Vulcan roared in pain as the bright light burned his eyes and dropped Hadrian as he went to clutch at his face. Hadrian took this opportunity to run, "Fairy Speed" Hadrian felt everything else slow down as he was suddenly racing through the forest, dodging around trees and over low bushes. After putting some distance between him and the Vulcan he dropped the spell and collapsed to his knees behind a tree. "Shit, my Fairy Shield is busted, and I'm beat to shit" he panted. "Don't really have a choice, Fairy Magic: Spring Court." Hadrian felt his hair lengthen as the transformation took effect, he also knew he was a blonde now; otherwise he looked like his Summer Court form.
He could feel the magic already starting to patch him up, as well as the Magic Power flowing into him from the sun, but it wasn't fast enough. He placed his hand on the ground "Fairy Circle". A ring of toadstools popped up around him and the tree and he immediately felt his Fairy Shield starting to reform as well as his Magic Power recharging. He just hoped he had enough time before the Vulcan found him.
"Stupid human, why can't he just stay still?" muttered the Vulcan as he followed Hadrian's trail through the forest "If he stay still, smashing be nice and quick, but no. Human have to run all over and stab me and kick me. Why humans no just die?" While this deeply philosophical discussion could have continued until the probable heat death of the universe, the Vulcan heard the sound of the little human breathing, and then it stopped. Looking at where the sound had been coming from he sees a ring of mushrooms partially surrounding a tree. "Found you! Sound Magic: Sonic Boom!" The shockwave rips the tree apart, but there's no human.
"Fairy Magic…." The Vulcan turns and looks slightly up. The human is in midair and a magic seal that looks like a flower is in front of his left hand. The Vulcan sucks in some air, he's finally gonna kill this annoying pest. "…Sunflower!" The human rams his sword into the center of the seal and there's a blinding flash of light and the Vulcan is suddenly surrounded by searing heat and blinding light. It only lasts for an instant, but it's enough. He collapses to the ground, and dissipates, leaving an old, bearded and bald man on the ground.
Hadrian finished his leap and almost collapsed upon landing. That spell takes way too much out of me, I gotta work on that. After taking a few steadying breathes he walks over to the man who is just starting to stir. "Are you ok?" The old man groans and grunts a bit as he tries to sit up. "Well, im ok as someone who's been Taken Over by a Vulcan can be. Thanks boy." He tries to stand up, but sits back down as he almost collapses. "Here, let me help. Fairy Magic: Spring Court, Fairy Circle" The two are surrounded by a ring of toadstools; the old man immediately starts to feel better.
"Thank you again young man, but shouldn't you be conserving you Magical Power after a fight like that?"
"Nah, I'll be fine on the magical front in a little bit, all I gotta do is sit in the circle and stay in the sun. I mean it's really the only thing this form is good for. On top of that, making the Fairy Circle doesn't exactly take a lot of magic, I just need to get it started, and after that it uses ambient magic"
"Ah, I see a most useful spell. Well as you might have guessed, I'm Sean Borradh, retired mage and Mayor, who might you be?"
"Hadrian of Phantom Lord, nice to meet you." Hadrian extends his hand, which is taken warmly by the old man. The old guy had a friendly face and what Hadrian's mother would call "happy eyes". Hadrian shook that memory away; he wasn't gonna think of his mother.
"Well I feel much better now; shall we head back to the village?"
The two of them were greeted at the village as if they were beloved kings, everyone clasping hands and, at least trying in Hadrian's case, hugging. The village had a big feast and dance that night where Hadrian said more "You're Welcomes" than he thought he ever would in his life. It felt good, he liked that he had been able to help these people, and getting paid didn't hurt either. He crashed at the Inn again that night, wonderfully rent free again, and set out for Mt Hakobe in the morning. He had another twenty thousand jewel to make.
Chapter 3: Of Mountains and Berries
Flushed with his success in the forest Hadrian headed off to Mt Hakobe, which he figured he'd reach before midday. The Berry patches weren't hard to find, so he should have plenty of time to make it back to the village, where he would enjoy another rent free night in the Inn before heading back to the Guild. Yup, things where definitely looking up for him. "I can even get my own place after this! Hahaha, it's gonna be awesome!" Hadrian was nearly dancing with joy. "Time to go get my money!" he yells as he sprints off towards Mt Hakobe.
"Oh my god this is a much longer walk than I thought it was" Hadrian groaned as he shuffled his way up the mountain path. "That's it, break time" and with that Hadrian plops down onto his back and looks farther up Mt Hakobe. "All that snow and ice is real pretty, still glad I don't have to go that high to get the berries, I don't have a coat." he chuckles "Man that would totally suck to get stuck up there in nothing more than a short sleeved shirt and pants." He munched on some bread he had pulled out of his pack, "Still, it is pretty up here." After several more minutes of enjoying the scenery Hadrian packed up his snack and headed further up the mountain to the berry patch.
After another hour of complaint filled walking he makes it to the patch. "God I'm an hour behind where I figured I'd be. Guess I'll just grab a couple of these and head back down…." his eyes nearly bug out of his skull. "Holy shit these things are huge!" He picks one up, it's got to be near 10 pounds and is bigger than his head, "Please, please tell me I only need one." Hadrian pulls out the job poster and his jaw hits the ground and he slumps over. "….the guy wants 6 of them?"
He shakes his head and stands back up, "It's ok, just think, how are you going to carry these things?" his eyes light up "I got it!" Several minutes later Hadrian has half a dozen giant strawberries all tucked safely inside his bedroll, which he has turned into an impromptu sack. "All right, now I just gotta walk back." The reality of that statement hits him like a runaway truck. "Oh man, that's gonna be a long walk." He sighs "May as well start now" As Hadrian hoists the bundle of berries over his shoulder he fails to notice something watching him hungrily.
xx
Thankfully walking down the mountain was significantly easier than going up it. Hadrian was just thinking that he'd be able to make up the time he lost when he heard a rock shift behind him. Without thinking Hadrian ducks behind a rock and mutters, "Fairy Magic: Winter Court", immediately his skin took on the color of the rocks behind him as his hair turns white, or it would if it wasn't mimicking the rock like his skin. "Shadow's Embrace" the ambient shadows around him curled up around his body further obscuring him. It was a good thing too as several seconds after he finished a large furred quadruped walked past him.
It was easily taller than him at the shoulder and covered in short grey white fur. It had a long narrow snout filled with needle sharp teeth and it had four large claws that looked like there were just as good for digging as they were for ripping apart prey. Shit, just my luck running into a Molebear Hadrian quickly summoned his Winter Dagger, which resembled a stiletto the color of black ice. This thing isn't half as good as my Summer Blade, but I'll take what I can get. The Molebear stopped, swung its head towards him and started sniffing the air, and slowly walked towards him.
Shit, shit, shit. Stupid Molebears and their stupid amazing noses. Ah screw it, Winter Court ain't doing shit, I gotta try to run. Hadrian bolted from his hiding place activating his Fairy Dance spell and shot past the Molebear down the mountain. The Molebear took off after him but Hadrian was faster, actually he was faster than he usually was. Oh shit I'm on a hill and I have no brakes. Fuck I didn't think this through! Making the entire situation worse is the fact that he can see a gorge up ahead and there was no way he was going to stop in time.
He took his dagger and rammed it into the ground to his left, causing himself to suddenly change direction and begin moving parallel to the gorge. Thankfully Molebears aren't known for their agility and it shot off the side of the gorge before it could stop. Hadrian keeps cruising forward occasionally weaving around rocks feeling pretty good about himself, until he hears the sound of crunching rocks.
He turned and saw the biggest Molebear in history. Ok that was probably an overstatement but the thing was easily 7 feet tall at the shoulder and looked mad as hell. So Hadrian did the only thing any sane person would do. He ran, and boy did he run fast. He weaved around boulders, jumped cracks and slipped under overhangs. Doing everything he could to get this thing off his back. Sadly none of it was working, this thing wanted his blood and no stupid rocks were going to stop it.
Hadrian Fairy Danced up the side of a large flat-topped rock and switched forms. "Fairy Magic: Autumn Court" His dagger disappeared and his hair became dry and straw like as well as turning a burnt orange color. Hadrian held both of his hands in front of him a magic circle forming just in front of them, "Fairy Fog!" A thick white fog rolled out of the circle, rolling over the Molebear. The creature started backing up, shaking its head rapidly, then turned and ran out of the fog.
"Well, that worked better than expected" said Hadrian. Autumn form was his least favorite as he wasn't entirely sure what the fog actually did. It was good at repelling animals, but only actual animals, as it didn't seem to have any effect on humans or most magical creatures. So the fact that it made the Molebear run off was a pleasant surprise, he was hoping for a simple distraction. "When I get back I need to figure out exactly what this does." This line of thought was interrupted by the rock he was standing on shaking as the Molebear attempted to climb it from another angle.
"Well that didn't last long, let's try this. Will o' Wisp!" Hadrian extended his palm at the Molebear and shot a skull made out of green fire at the beast's head. The skull hit the creature and exploded causing it to flinch. Before it could recover Hadrian fired another and another at it, hitting the creature with a barrage of fire. The fire didn't seem to be doing much damage but the Molebear sure as hell didn't like it. After a few seconds of trying to get out of the way the creature turned about and ran off, leaving Hadrian on his rock. "Ok, I'm getting the hell out of here before it comes back." said Hadrian as he slid down the rock to gain some momentum and shot off towards the path he came up.
Several hours later Hadrian finally made it to the edge of the village, tired, dirty and very hungry. Thankfully the Inn was still open and he had no trouble getting a bath and some dinner after which he went upstairs and passed out as soon as his head hit the pillow.
Chapter 4: Enter the Dragon
Hadrian made it back to Oak Town just as evening was setting in. He really needed to find a better way of getting around besides just walking, this was getting ridiculous. Thankfully he had already dropped off the strawberries and was headed back to the Guild to get his money, and dinner.
"Hey look, the newbie didn't die"
"Gee, thanks Ritchie. Your confidence in me is overwhelming" said Hadrian as he rolled his eyes.
Ritchie just chuckled "Relax man, oh here's your money" He tossed a stack of money in front of Hadrian "besides the Guild tax of course."
Hadrian pocketed the money "Of course. Hey Ritchie, you know where a guy can get a place to stay?"
Ritchie thought about it as he poured a few customers their drinks. "Well, there are probably a few lofts available for rent in the Market District, so I'd try there. Though since it's so late, you can crash behind the bar tonight."
Hadrian looked up from counting his money, "Really Ritchie? Thanks man, you're awesome" Ritchie grinned at that. "You know, if you want to keep being awesome you could get me some dinner."
Ritchie sighed "How come I knew you where gonna do that?"
A few minutes later Hadrian was enjoying a sandwich and a drink at a table by the wall when a shadow passed over him. "Hey, newbie" Hadrian felt an iron grip on his neck, "you're in my seat!" With that whoever had him threw him across the hall. As he flew, Hadrian remembered another man who used to grab him like that, never again. He twisted in mid-air and activated Fairy Dance before he hit, sliding across the hall. Looking up he got his first view of the man who had thrown him, it was the large man he had ran in to the other day, the one with all the piercings.
"Don't, ever, touch me!"Hadrian, now in Summer Court, launched himself at the man in a flying thrust, which was blocked when the man's arm turned into an iron pillar.
"Well, look at that, the little pixie has some bite." Hadrian used the momentum of his attack to flip over the man's arm and slam his boot into the guys face.
"Shut your mouth rivet face!" The man staggered back as Hadrian used his face as a spring board for a back flip.
"Well ain't you a little brat, Iron Dragon Club!" The man's arm extended as he swept it at Hadrian catching him in his right shoulder and launching him across the hall and out the back door. "All right kid" the guy said as he walked through the shattered door into the dark backyard, "If you apologize now I'll stop beating on you…" the yard was empty "Where the hell are you hiding brat?"
"Rime Prison!" Hadrian dove at the man with his Winter Dagger extended in a flying thrust, the man casually blocking again, except this time his arm became encased in a thin layer of ice. "What the hell is with you kid?" said the man as he smashed his arm against the ground shattering the ice "I gotta say you got guts fighting me like this, but I'm pretty sure you have no idea what you've gotten yourself into kid."
" And I don't care! Rime Prison!" Hadrian attacked with a flurry of quick stabs, which the other man just dodged.
"Well I'm sick of dealing with you, Iron Dragon Sword" His arm turned into a giant toothed blade which began spinning like a saw.
"Ah shit" Hadrian jumped back and slid further away with his Fairy Dance to gain some distance while shifting into his Autumn Court form and raising both arms. "Fairy Fog!" two magic circles appeared above his palms and poured fog out of them, enveloping the man.
"Oooh fog, im so…" a very strange sensation overcame the man. He was uneasy, but that didn't make any sense. He was kicking this kid's ass, he was barely even trying, so why was he uneasy? "Will O' Wisp!" this train of thought was interrupted by a blue flaming skull hitting him square in the face. The fire was cold, and that was strange enough, but he swore the fire made the unease even worse. Suddenly he was getting pelted by the things from all directions and every one of them made the feeling worse, if he was anybody else he would have said he was on the verge of panic, but that was ridiculous. After all, he was Black Steel Gajeel, Iron Dragon Slayer of Phantom Lord, and he was not afraid of some little punk!
"Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" Gajeel sprayed the entire backyard with iron spear heads until he heard a nice oomph, then he raised his left fist "Iron Dragon Club" and extended it towards the sound and felt it connect. Hadrian caught the club in the gut, his Fairy Shield already gone from the Demon Logs and got launched across the yard where he landed heavily. The next thing he felt was the guy's fist wrapping around his collar. "Ok brat, you tell me what exactly you did to me just now!"
"Wha- What the hell are you talking about?" Hadrian murmured.
"That fog you little shit, what did it do to me?" the man yelled, he was really pissed.
"I-I don't know, it's just fog. All I know is, is that it chases away animals and the occasional magical creature, it's only good for a smokescreen against people." Why was this guy so pissed about the Fairy Fog, what the hell did it do to him? This train of thought was interrupted by the guy dropping him.
"Geez, you're pathetic. You don't even know what your own spells do?" the man says shaking his head. "Well I guess you're lucky that I'm here to let you in on it. Firstly pixie, you just picked a fight with Black Steel Gajeel" Hadrian's eyes widened, well that was bad. "And secondly that fog, and that weird fire of yours, are some sort of fear magic. Now that may have been an issue if you where attacking someone else, but it didn't do much to me."
Hadrian couldn't resist "If that's true then why are you breathing so heavily?" Gajeel's expression turned to a glare, maybe the shit eating grin was a bit much, which is why Gajeel suddenly laughing was such a shock. "Haha, kid, I gotta hand it to you, you got guts. Though you definitely have more guts than brains, so I guess I gotta beat some sense into you." Gajeel said, cracking his knuckles.
Hadrian braced himself for another hit, "But I think you've had all the sense you can take today, so go sack out and we're gonna resume tomorrow." Gajeel looked over his shoulder, "And you better show up." Hadrian gulped, this was either one of the best things to ever happen to him, or it was gonna be a train wreck, possibly both.
xx
The next day Ritchie flinched as he heard a string of curses come out of the backyard. That meant that Gajeel had gotten Hadrian again. "Man, Gajeel is really giving it to that poor kid" said Jericho as he drank his beer. "What's his interest in that kid anyway?"
Ritchie shrugged "Hell if I know man. My guess would be that the kid reminds Gajeel of himself or something."
Jericho looked incredulous. "You gotta be kidding me."
Ritchie just shrugged again. "I don't know man. Just listen to those two out there." Jericho cocked his head to listen.
"You call that an attack pixie? I've been hit harder by a cat!"
"Well maybe I would do better if you let me actual use my Summer Court ya freakin scrap muncher!"
After this short exchange the sounds of violent mayhem resumed. "Now you can't listen to those two trash talk each other and not tell me that they kinda sound alike." This was punctuated by Gajeel swearing and a short lived laugh from Hadrian before he started cursing himself. Ritchie held his hand up in a "see what I mean?" gesture.
"Ok, ok. You may have a point, doesn't stop it from being weird though."
"Never said it would. Oh hey Boze, how's it going?" Ritchie said to a dark skinned bald man in a red v-neck under a pale green jacket. The man took off his purple glasses and cleaned the one good lens that was left.
"I'm not bad, though I did run into Juvia on the road, she should be here in under an hour, so if you have any outdoor stuff to do I recommend getting it done." Jericho jumped off his chair and rushed out the door
"Shit I better get my shopping done then, later guys!" Less than a half hour later, it started to rain.