Fairy Tail: Online

Chapter 1:
FTO the game that is amazing but might screw you over!

Natsu's pov:

Raven Woods: About 3 days' journey from Magnolia, close to Hargeon.

"You better not screw with me this time!" I called out as I sent a fireball at the giant, causing its leg to rip apart; crippling it. "I paid 1000 jewels for this attack-boost scroll, and I won't be outdone by a freaking giant!"

"Go get him Natsu!" Happy yelled as he gave me a thumbs-up.

"Here I go! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" I launched at the giant and slammed my fist (that was blazing in red flames) straight into its face.

10 000 damage.

"DAMN! This scroll is no joke! Twice my original damage output!" I couldn't help but smile. "This is your end! Fire Dragon's Blazing Roar!" As I roared a stream of fire erupted from my mouth and enveloped the giant. With the scroll my super attack was now upgraded for a moment, I needed to take advantage of it.

35 777 damage.

"That's it Natsu! Beat that giant!" Happy yelled, his support meant a lot to me, as a familiar and friend he was great help during quests (he could fly after all).

"ARRGGGH!" The giant roared as it fell to the ground, evaporating into diamond dust.

999 XP.

"You gotta be kiddin' me! Not even a 1000 xp?! I took down a giant! I spent too much time and money on this fight only to get 999 xp! What the hell game! Can't you be fair for once!" I complained, I had spent 10 hours in-game to defeat the giant, and now I only get 999 xp?! People aren't kidding when they say that Fair Tail Online isn't all that fair.

"Well, you do get that clue too! And wasn't that the point of this mission?"

"Yeah! I know! But I still want to get stronger!" I growled.
My friends back at my guild was always talking about how strong they were and how dangerous and fun their quests were; as a level 37 wizard I could do what they could. It really pissed me off.
I walked over to the spot where the giant had evaporated and found the clue that I had tried to obtain for so long. It was a map, but it didn't look any different from the world map that I already used, except this map didn't have all my markers for good restaurants that I had found during all my hours of gameplay.

"Damn, leave it up to FTO to not only have me questing for days on end just to get the clue, but now I must start a new quest just to get the next clue! Will I ever be rewarded for these hardships?"

"Look on the bright side!" Happy said as he started to eat the fish that I had won from a minor fighting tournament. "You are just 3 levels from being at level 40!"

"Well… That's true! AND DON'T EAT THAT FISH! IT GIVES YOU POISON RESISTANCE FOR AN HOUR!"
As Happy argued that he couldn't help himself, he was a cat after all, I just sighed and started to inspect the new clue. And of course; it was another fetch quest…

The thing about FTO is that the game will give you a quest called "The Life Quest", a quest that might never end, the quest is meant to drive the player to fight on and try to outdo other players. The quests are always costume made for each player, so every player have their own Life Quest, mine is to find my lost foster father; the Fire Dragon King Igneel. I have now played for two years but I'm still among the lower level players. And I hate it!
The wonderful VRMMORPG known as Fairy Tail Online is an amazing game, but it so big and grand that some players never stop playing. This leads to all sorts of problems, and even I had some problems when I first started to play the game. My mom wouldn't allow me to play more than a few hours every day. That slowed me down so much that my friends that play the game outdid me within the first two months.

"'Use the Life Quests to level up fast' they said! 'It's fun and productive' they said! Bull shit I say!"
After two years I'm still not at a higher level than Gray or Elfman! And I've constantly tried to level up, but I still cannot take on the high-level quests that gives huge amounts of XP.

"You're too weak for S-class quests!" The Master had told me. It wasn't un-true but I know I can take them on! I just need to prove myself.

As I was sitting and trying to solve the clue's riddle so that the next step of the quest could unlock, I got a message from the admins.

"Dear players of FTO! We are proud to tell you that our game soon will reach 10 million players globally! To celebrate this, we are planning another Global Event for you to join. As you know, the guild Fairy Tail, that has named this game, is hard to enter and you must have tremendous luck to be accepted! But during this event YOU might be able to join this amazing guild! The only thing you have to do is meet us at the harbor of Hargeon and clear a special quest so that you can join this marvelous guild! The event will open at 12 AM PST, but it will only be open for a day, so you better get ready!
- Admins!
#tenmillion #FTOevent #FAIRYTAIL"

"This seems… Off…" I mumbled as I opened my message tab. "Yep, something is off! The Master is distressed!"

Matser: WTF! I didn't allow this!
Master: Did any of you know about this?
Master: This must be a joke!
Master: Can someone check this plz! This event is smelling of BS!
Laxus: Calm you're 'stach old man!
Gray: Is this even real?
Cana: Why wouldn't it be?
Mirajane: Hackers?
Gray: On FTO!? Don't think so!
Cana: It could happen!
Master: Can someone just check this out, I don't know of this event at all! And I know an admin!
Laxus: Too busy with my quests for this! Ask Erza!
Erza: I'm busy too!
Gray: Mistogan?
Master: He is offline!
Elfman: Are you sure this is a BS event!?
Master: YES! Anyone can join the guild! Luck has nothing to do with it! But people think that we won't accept them because they think they are weak!
Jet: We should work on getting some new members though!
Levy: I wish people would think better of themselves!
Master: True! But someone needs to check this out!
Natsu: I could check it out!
Gray: Aren't you too weak!?
Natsu: YOU WANNA GO ICEHEAD!
Master: No need for all caps!
Cana: STFU N!
Laxus: STFU Natsu! You're too weak!
Mirajane: I think Natsu should go!
Erza: He is a hothead! But he can do it!
Elfman: I can do it too!
Natsu: Aren't you on the other side of the map?
Elfman: Yeah, I wouldn't get there in time…
Laxus: Don't say you can do it if you cannot, idiot!
Cana: STFU L!
Master: C and L! Manners! And can you just check it N! It may as well be nothing, but you need to check it out! I will check with the admins!
Natsu: I'm on it!
Erza: Just don't wreck the town! The guild had to pay the fees last time!
Natsu: FINE! I'll check it out and I won't wreck the town!
Gray: Good boy!
Natsu: The sarcasm is strong in this one!
Jet: LOL!
Droy: Damn son!
Levy: Ha!
Erza: Really? Star Wars…
Laxus:…

I smiled as I closed the chat and checked the time, 8 pm. I still had some time before the so called "event" started. I could run all the way and still get there in time, but that would deplete my stamina too much.
"I guess you must take the train then…" Happy pointed out and I sighed in despair.

"Why can't you just give me a lift?!" I asked the blue cat. "You have wings! You always gives me lifts!"

"Yeah, I would give you a lift, but after I got you here I ran out of magic! So-"

"No lifts for me… I guess I have to take the train then…"

"Shouldn't you check the clue first!" Happy said as he had activated the clue for me.

"Hey… Thanks partner!" I gave him a high-five and looked at the map. It marked Hargeon as the quest location.

"Really?" That the game would have me travel to Hargeon at the same time a (probable) BS event took place, it seemed a bit too odd.

"Well, we're off to Hargeon then!" I told Happy as the both of us took off to the closest train station.

Lucy's pov.

I couldn't be more hyped! To think that the admins would actually hold an event so that anyone could join Fairy Tail, even noobs. But I didn't count as a noob, I hoped… This was my chance, I had played the game long enough and was now strong enough to join the legendary guild. It doesn't matter what this special event has in store for me, I will prove that I'm worthy to join Fair Tail!
"Just a few hours left!" I giggled as I strolled down a street, entering the harbor of Hargeon. "To think that my Life Quest also wanted me to go here." I kept giggling.
I wouldn't lose to anyone! Even if I was a level 20 wizard, I would grow stronger, I would grow stronger as part of Fairy Tail... Hopefully… After all, this is FTO… The game that might as well screw you over thanks to stronger players that just wants to f*** with you or monsters that spawns out of nowhere. Not to mention the freaking jiggle-physics that the game has...
But I would be lying if I didn't admit that FTO is one amazing game…

Note from the author:

And that is the first part of Fairy Tail Online, I hope you like it. If you did, I would enjoy a like or follow! It would help a lot!
I won't follow the original story too much (enough to make it interesting) and I will write a bit about the life of the characters outside of the game just to change it up a bit.
And I will also focus more on romances between the characters!
FYI: I still intend to explain more about the game and its functions in upcoming chapters, but for now I can say that the game works much like SAO (Sword Art Online), with a helmet that plugs you into the game world!
I also intend to post short chapters, but I'll do it as frequently as I can!
Until next chapter!
- Raven