The Tail Of The Lightning Phoenix

Chapter 1: Fiore and Wizards

-Earth; Eastern District 439- A teen with black hair and green eyes about 18 stood up form a large desk and looked up at a photo of a white haired woman and a black hair. He picked up the picture and smiled at it.

"Bradley! It's time for lunch!" a voice called to him. He puts the picture down and sighed.

"I'm coming," Bradley called as he walked out of his large bedroom. He walks into a large kitchen and sat down at a large round table. A woman with the same type of hair from the photo placed a sandwich in front of him.

"It's your favorite, honey… Jelly and Butter," she smiled as she kissed him on the forehead.

"Thanks, Ma! I love you!" Bradley called as he held the sandwich up. He ate the sandwich in one bite and gulped.

"You could be a little more careful, honey… You could choke on it," the woman told him. Bradley had a question mark on top of his forehead as he looked up at his mother.

"Mom… I'm kind of a glutton, you know," Bradley told her.

"Ooh… I know, honey. But, still…" she sighed. She folds her arms and chuckled.

"You are your father's son, after all… Kalenon would be proud of you today. It is your birthday, after all…"

"Oh, yeah! I have to meet up with the gang today! I'll see you later, Mom!" Bradley told his mother as he quickly stood up and kissed her on the cheek. He raced out the door and closes it behind him.

"That boy… He'll make some lucky girl happy one day," she smiled as she shook her head, "Right, Kale?"

-Skies- Bradley flew through the sky with a yellow energy trail streaking behind him. He looked down at a dark brown futuristic watch on his right wrist and clicked his tongue.

"Crap! Gonna be late to my own birthday party! Another blunder on my part! I have to speed up, then!" Bradley said as he looked ahead and sped up. Suddenly, a voice called to him and it pierced through him like lightning.

"What the?! Hey, what's going on here?! Who are you?!" Bradley called as he looked around.

"I'm not an enemy… I'm Gaia… The Phoenix of Lightning. I wish for your help, bearer of the Phoenix namesake," the voice told him.

"Uh… Where exactly are you?" Bradley asked as he slowly flew around, searching for the mysterious voice.

"Well… I'm sealed in an unknown place in a faraway land. How I'm able to contact you… I'll tell you all that in due time. Right now… Can I ask for your seal of approval and your trust?" Gaia told Bradley. Bradley sighed and slapped his forehead.

"Yeah… Why not? It's normal for me to take things like this… You got it," Bradley told Gaia.

"Good… Now, will this be a hindrance to you? " Gaia asked.

"No… I wasn't off to a birthday party or anything…" Bradley muttered.

"Ok… Here," Gaia told him. A large blue light surrounds Bradley as he lets out a cry of pain. The light disappeared around Bradley as soon as it appears.

"What exactly was that?! That actually hurt me!" Bradley yelled.

"Oops… Sorry. That was a mild shock… My bad," Gaia said nonchalantly.

"Hey! Don't you screw with me! That was not funny!" Bradley yelled.

"But… I wasn't laughing," Gaia told Bradley. Bradley groaned as he shook his head.

"Anyway… Please do it right this time," Bradley told Gaia.

"Right… Forgive me. This is my first time doing something like this," Gaia told Bradley as a calming blue light surrounds him. This time… Bradley disappeared into thin air!

-Fiore; Meanwhile- A woman with scarlet red hair walked into a pub and sat at a bar.

"One Red Wine," she told the bartender. The man nods to her and walked off to the left. She leaned down onto the counter and pulled out a piece of paper with a wanted picture of a creature on the front of it. She scoffed and sighed when she puts the wanted poster away in her pocket. A weird symbol rested on her left arm as she looked up. A loud thud was heard audibly from outside. She quickly sat up and glared at the door. She walked out the bar and into the bright sunlight.

She stopped as she saw a male with jet black hair and emerald green eyes laying on his back on the ground. He wore a blue jean jacket over a red short sleeve shirt, blue pants with a silver chain hanging off of the left side, blue shoes with a star imprinted on the left side of the left shoe, and a pair of red goggles around his neck as well as a silver charm necklace under the goggles.

"This isn't West City… Gaia, what the hell did you do?!" the male groaned as he sat up and looked around.

"Gaia? Who are you talking about, boy?" she asked as the teen stood up.

"Who you calling boy?! I'm 19 today, lady!" he told her as he looked at her.

"You look 15," she said seriously.

"What?!" the male gasped.

"It's pretty obvious."

"No! I'm 19! I swear!"

"Ok… Sure."

"You don't have to be an asshole about it."

"Excuse me?"

"Nothing! I said nothing!"

"Not nothing! You called me an asshole!" The woman had fire rising up behind her as she walked over to the male. The male panicked as he crawled backwards away from her.

"Wait! I'm sorry, dear goddess!" he panicked. She stopped as she heard him call her a goddess.

"Why do you think I'm a goddess?" she asked seriously. The male slowly picked his head up and looked at her.

"Well… That look and the way you were talking… I just assumed," he told her.

"Well, I'm not a goddess… My name is Erza Scarlet," she told him as she turned away from him.

"Bradley Phoenix… And, I'm kinda new around here. Can you help me out?" he asked her. Erza turned away from him and folds her arms.

"Ok… I'm sorry I called you an asshole. It was unintentional."

"Good enough… Since you are new around these parts… I'll be looking after you from now on," Erza smirked as she looked back at him, "Follow me, kid… I'll take you places."

"Sounds good to me," Bradley smiled as he followed Erza into the bar.

-End Chapter 1-