A/N: Sorry if the chapters for Edtaku Squad are taking awhile longer to make, but I felt like I had to broaden my creativity a little bit so that I don't get tired of writing too much by writing this story. This is something I came up with sometime ago. I do not own Fairy Tail, the disney characters, and the disney songs featured in this fanfic, this is just for entertainment purposes only. Hope you enjoy it!
Late one stormy night at the Forbidden Mountains, evil is brewing within the dark interior of a castle. A castle that houses one of the darkest forces in the world of Disney. An evil that would not only bring chaos and anarchy to this world, but also to the next. Deep in the castle dwells the wicked fairy known to those who know her by any other name, other than the Mistress of All Evil. Maleficent. The horned fairy was in her castle chamber with her beloved pet raven, Diablo, brewing a spell within the confines of a lime green pool in the floor of the chamber.
"It's almost ready, my pet." Maleficent said darkly to her loyal bird. "Once this brew is ready we shall leave this world and bring darkness as well as death to the next." The fairy stirred the concoction with her staff.
"That leaves us with the final ingredient." Maleficent grinned, sending Diablo into a panicked frenzy. "Oh come now, my pet, I wouldn't dream of it. You're still beyond useful to my cause. Besides, I already have somebody else in mind. Oh, Goon #12!"
Maleficent waited patiently for one of her minions to come but has yet to be seen. "#12?" The fairy called out once again, still no answer.
Finally, after waiting long enough, Maleficent gave out a vicious roar to get her goon's attention. "#12, get in here, NOW!!!" The booming command finally compelled the henchman to attend to his mistress.
"Yes, your grace?" The goon saluted in fear.
"I have a little task for you. It seems that I have dropped something important in this pool here. Could you perhaps go and get it for me?" Maleficent insisted.
"Gee, uh, it looks kinda deep. I'm not a very good swimmer." The goon quivered.
"Why it's quite shallow, my pet. Allow me to show you." Maleficent grinned, knocking the goon into the pool with her staff.
The goon reemerged after falling into the green pool. "Hey, you're right, it's not that bad at--" The goon was suddenly pulled under the surface of the pool by an unseen force. Air bubbles rose for a moment before stopping entirely.
"Ahahahaha! You see, my pet, this is what I enjoy during my free time. Ahahaha!!" The evil fairy cackled to her raven, until another figure entered the chamber.
"Salutations, Miss Maleficent, for we have returned from our mission." The second figure known as the sorcerer, Jafar, greeted. "We have obtained the magic mirror from the late Queen Grimhilde's castle, as per your request."
"Excellent, bring it to me at once, Jafar, we haven't got all day." Maleficent ordered as her goons carried the mirror to the chamber with the help of Jafar's parrot sidekick, Iago.
"Okay, that's it, bring it over here, fellas, don't drop it!" The parrot directed to the henchmen while they placed the large mirror on the nearest wall. "Alright, turn it to the left a bit-- no my left, my left! Okay there we go, now straighten it up a bit, that's it, nice and symmetrical! The mirror is up and ready, Jafar, just say the word and it'll work like a charm!"
Jafar rolled his eyes at his feathered lackey before focusing on the task at hand. "Are we all set, your grace?"
"Not yet, we still need the evil souls from the River of Styx. It is essential that we bring the other villains as well as the ones that are dead to the other world. That way we can resurrect them in order to assert our dominion over the new world." Maleficent explained, smiling wickedly as she elaborated on their plan.
"I see, so the more villains we gather, the more our alliance will grow in numbers. Yes, that is an impressive strategy indeed. However, there is the matter of bringing the dead villains back to life. You would have to be a god to pull it off!" Jafar figured.
"That is why I have gained the trust of someone who has ties to the land below us. A certain place where someone like me and you would go to after death." Maleficent elaborated further.
"Wait, you don't mean... that place! And not to mention him?!" The sorcerer grimaced, realizing who she is referring to.
Just then, thick haze of smog engulfs the chamber floor, as a third figure makes his appearance known. "Knock, knock! Hello, anybody home?" The figure chimed as he entered the room with spontaneous presentation. The stranger reveals to be a pale, middle-aged man, with blue flames styled into a widow's peak haircut. He wore a black robe surrounded by thick smog obscuring his legs. His name is Hades, God of the Dead and the ruler of the Underworld.
"Hey, Jaffy, long time no see, huh? Is that a new turban? I like it, it matches your robe really nicely!" Hades greeted Jafar, which made the sorcerer scowl with annoyance. "Ah, enchanté, Mal, how's your mortal life treating you? Did Princess Goldilocks finally get what's coming to her? I haven't heard any cries of bloody murder on the way over yet."
"King Stefan's daughter is no longer my priority. I have a new objective in mind." Maleficent informed the God of the Dead.
"Oh that's right, you asked me to get the souls of all those bad eggs didn't ya? Well, look no further, my dear, I've got them all gift-wrapped for you. PAIN! PANIC!!!" Hades yelled to his imp minions, as they hurriedly brought the large tube filled with the damned souls of the River of Styx.
"Here they are, sir, fresh from the River, your most lugubriousness!" The purple imp known as Pain, informed his master.
"Yeah, we collected every soul in the Underworld just like you asked us, sir!" The teal-colored imp, Panic, said in fear.
"There, you see, every evil soul bottled into one big thermos full of hot, sulphrous, negative energy!" The Lord of the Dead said as he tapped on the glass of the tube which angered one of the spirits in the container, causing it to start banging on the glass with rage.
"Yeah, just a little tidbit: Don't tap on the glass." Hades forewarned the evil fairy.
"Good, now that we have everything we need, it's time to prepare the ritual! Once the spell is complete, it will bring all that is evil in this world and transport it to the new world!" Maleficent exclaimed as she approaches the magic mirror and speaks to it. "Magic Mirror on the wall, reveal thyself, immediately!"
The mirror reveals its face to its new mistress. "What dost thou must know, new queen?" questioned the mirror.
"I am no queen, I am Maleficent, Mistress of All Evil! And my first request, is that I must inquire if there other worlds outside of this one." Maleficent asked the mirror.
"There are other worlds that exist far beyond this one. One world in particular, is a land known as Earth Land." The mirror said just like what a drone would say.
"Earth Land, you say? Explain." Maleficent said firmly.
"It is a place that is highly abundant in magic. A place that resides many wizards who use magic for good... and evil." elaborated the mirror as he showed images of Earth Land.
"Really? Another world full of magic? Intriguing." Jafar grinned towards Iago with mad power.
"Hm, so this world has magic as well." pondered Hades. "Okay, that's good to know, but just--just to clear the air here, are there any sort of threats that we may or may not run into. Oh, say someone like a cliché storybook princess or an anthropomorphic animal-- or better yet some kind of muscle-headed wannabe hero like HERCULES that could ruin our evil plans. I'm just sayin' we all ran into something like that at some point, am I Jaffy?" asked Hades, flaring up as he mentioned his brother's son, who thwarted him once before.
"That is true. Where there is evil, there is always some form of good that can stop it." Maleficent thought on this for a moment before consulting the mirror. "Are there any heroes that can stop us?"
"There is but one threat: an alliance of strong wizards, formed by the bonds of love and faith. A guild mysterious as that of a fairy with a tail." The mirror spoke as it showed images of a guild hall, which belongs to a guild called Fairy Tail.
"Fairy Tail? With a name like that they're obviously the good guys of this world." The evil fairy assumed.
"What?! That's silly! Fairies don't have tails! Do they?" Iago asked his master to which he replies with a scowl.
"Love? Faith? Blech!" groaned Pain and Panic.
"Yeah, I get it boys, we're bad guys. Do you really have to make it that obvious?" Hades said condescendingly.
"What should we do, Miss Maleficent? We can't have do-gooders like them to come barging in on us!" Jafar asked.
"As of now... nothing. We'll just have to work in secret once we get there. If they get in our way, we can dispose of them immediately." Maleficent explained. "Right now, however, it is time for us to depart to Earth Land."
"Alright, let's get this road trip started!" chimed Hades, conjuring up a suitcase and a hawaiian shirt.
Maleficent raised her staff and began to recite her spell. "Cursed brew of darkness, take all that do more harm than good! Gather all the cretins and ghouls that are in a troubled mood. Through the mirror of magic, let evil flow. Through another dimension, away we go!"
The green pool suddenly formed a large ball of energy that rose high above the ceiling. It soon dove straight into the mirror, all while it absorbs the ball of energy, making it disappear into the glass. It grew silent for a moment before the mirror formed a twister, which grew in size until it was bigger than the Forbidden Mountains themselves. Maleficent and Diablo walk through the twister, disappearing as they enter it.
"Jafar, I don't think going into scary green tornado would be a good idea! I mean what if we--" Iago questioned the sorcerer before his beak gets clamped shut.
"Shut your fat beak, Iago! That magic in the new world is as good as mine!" hissed Jafar as he followed Maleficent through the twister.
"Okay, boys, take her away!" Hades ordered the two imps as they carried the tube full of souls into the twister, but not before Hades enters the portal.
"H-hey! Wait for us, sir!" Panic cried as he and Pain scurried with the canister into portal.
The twister began to ravage the Forbidden Mountains with tremendous power. It soon moved on to other areas of the world, destroying everything in its path. It also picked up numerous characters that were caught in the rampaging funnel. Anything that was carried by the twister would disappear into the portal to Earth Land, never to be seen again. The twister then approached ToonTown, swallowing up a majority of the population. The small house where Mickey Mouse resides in is right in the middle of the twister's destructive path.
"Mickey! There's a tornado coming! What do we do!" Minnie Mouse panicked, as she and her male counterpart are huddled inside of the house.
"Don't worry, Minnie, we can hide in the storm cellar until this whole thing blows over." assured Mickey, grabbing Minnie by the arm to take shelter. But before they even reached the basment door, the twister rips the roof of the house.
The two mice hold on to each other as they get sucked up into the twister. "Minnie, hang on!" cried Mickey, grabbing Minnie's hands.
"I'm slipping, Mickey!" Minnie cried, her grip slowly sliding from Mickey's grasp.
"We can make it! Just hold on a little longer!" The two sweethearts kept slipping away from each other until finally, they both let go and the twirling mass of wind separates the mouse couple.
"MINNIE!"
"MICKEY!"
The two mice disappear into the portal without a single trace of them left behind.
Once Upon a Time in Earth Land
Chapter 1: A New Era
In the city of Magnolia Town, straight across from Kardia Cathedral, lives a guild named Fairy Tail. They're known as the strongest wizard guild in the entire country of Fiore. Over the years they have faced many strong opponents in battle; including the war with their rivals, Phantom Lord, the Tenrou Island battle against Grimoire Heart, their 7-year comeback at the Grand Magic Games and their most notable battle: the war with the Alvarez Empire.
Since their last battle, life in Fiore has been peaceful for the most part. There has been some criminal activity in Magnolia recently but nothing compared to the late Dragon King Acnologia or the Dark Wizard Zeref for the past couple of months. Quiet may be an overstatement for the current condition of Magnolia, for not only is Fairy Tail well-known for being the strongest, but also for being the most loudest and unpredictable.
"HEY EVERYBODY! WE'RE HOME!!!" screamed a pink-haired teenager named Natsu as he kicked down the door of the guild hall.
Everyone who was minding their own business in the guild turned their attention towards the young man whom they recognize as a friend. They all started smiling and cheering for the safe return of their fellow guild mate who went on an important quest with his other friends.
"Hi everyone! It's great to see you all again!" greeted a blonde-haired girl named Lucy, who entered the guild with a few other guild mates.
"Welcome back, guys! Did you complete the 100-year quest?" asked a white-haired woman named Mirajane, who was pushing the wheelchair of a small old man named Makarov, the Fairy Tail's headmaster.
"Impossible! No one can go on a 100-year quest and then complete it in just three days, let alone complete it at all!" Makarov said skeptically.
"Actually, it was only 2-and-a-half days, master." informed the red-haired woman named Erza Scarlet who set down their pile of luggage on the ground.
"WHAT?! So you did do it?!?!" Makarov yelled as everyone shared a shocked expression.
"Wow, really?! Even I couldn't have completed a 100-year job, not even for a hundred years! They grow up so fast..." sobbed a long-haired man named Gildarts, who started crying uncontrollably.
"Get a hold of yourself, Dad, geez." reprimanded Gildarts' daughter Cana while sipping a mug of beer.
"It wasn't even that hard. All we had to do was solve a riddle to recover a lost artifact." explained a younger blue-haired girl named Wendy.
"I also killed a demon lord just for the hell of it!" said a dark-haired teen named Gray, who wasn't wearing any clothes.
"Uh... Gray, you're naked again." said a blue cat named Happy, who is Natsu's companion.
"Huh, how bout that." Gray said nonchalantly.
"Juvia will take her clothes off as well in celebration for your return, Gray-sama!" chimed another blue-haired girl named Juvia, who started stripping off her clothes.
"That's necessary, Juvia." Gray groaned while facepalming himself.
"Well, now that we're back, let's have a party!!" Natsu said cheerfully, but before he could throw down, Erza grabs him by the collar.
"No, Natsu, not now. We're already tired from the long journey home." Erza scolded the dragon slayer.
"Yeah, I've been getting a lot of blisters on my feet as we were walking all way here." Lucy sighed as she rubbed her feet. "I need a bath when I get home."
"And besides, there's something else that we're looking forward to tonight." reminded a white cat named Carla, who is Wendy's partner.
"Huh, what else could we be celebrating?" Natsu asked dumbly.
"Well, it is a certain someone's special day!" Makarov said cheekily.
"What like a birthday?" The fire dragon slayer asked.
"Can you guess who that might be Natsu?" Erza inquired comically while she motioned her eyes towards Makarov.
"Oh! I get it!" Natsu said after finally getting the picture. "Today is Gajeel's birthday, right?"
Erza and Makarov stared blankly at him until Gajeel went over and knocked some sense into him. "Are you serious, Flame-for-Brains?! MY birthday was months ago!!Today is the master's birthday, ya idgit!" Gajeel yelled as he knocked Natsu on the head.
"Calm down, Gajeel, there's no need to be so brutish! Honestly, it's only my birthday. You brats can be so overdramatic." The old man said humbly. "Still... HOW CAN YOU FORGET YOUR MASTER'S BIRTHDAY?!" He shouted as he continued Natsu's pummeling.
"I have a suggestion..." A short girl named Levy interrupted. "Why don't we celebrate the master's birthday and Fairy Tail's first successful 100-year job at the same time?"
"That's a good idea, Levy-chan!" Lucy said excitedly, fully supporting her friend.
"What do you think, master?" Mirajane asked.
"Who cares what we're celebrating? We're Fairy Tail! We celebrate all of our happy occasions with kickass parties! So what do you say, my children, are you ready to get wild tonight?!" Makarov asked with gusto which was quickly replied with a loud cheer from all the guild members.
"As long as there's food, I'm game!" Natsu cheered while rubbing his head tenderly.
"Couldn't agree with you more, Natsu." Gray smiled, bonking Natsu on the head for good measure.
Later that night...
The party was already in full swing as everybody was singing, dancing and drinking to their hearts content. Natsu, especially, was eating nearly the entire buffet. Happy was also enjoying the fish that was freshly prepared. Lucy came up to Natsu, hoping that the dress that she picked out would get his attention. "Oh Natsu... notice anything different?"
"Yeah..." Natsu said enchantingly, which made Lucy blush. "Did you see how much weight Droy lost? Man, he must've been on some kind of diet to make him lose that much fat!"
Lucy's jawdropped slightly, realizing that Natsu paid no attention to her appearance. It is understandable since Natsu is so use to seeing the celestial mage in different attires (or completely naked in some cases) and doesn't really seem mind being around her, no matter how attractive she may be. But still... it would be nice for Lucy to receive a compliment from the dragon slayer every once in awhile.
"I'm gonna go get a drink!" Lucy grumbled as she stormed over to the bar.
"What's her deal? Is she jealous of Droy or somthin'?" Natsu asked confusedly.
"Probably because you didn't notice her boobs. I dunno, I wasn't really paying attention." Happy assumed ignorantly.
"What do you know about girls?" The dragon slayer pointed out.
"I'm a cat, of course I don't know anything about girls. I can't even get Carla to share my fish with her. Watch." Happy demonstrated by calling out to Carla. "Hey, Carla, you wanna eat fish with me?"
"No, thank you, Happy." Carla said firmly but politely from across the room.
Happy sighed tearfully. "After all these years, she never accepted my fish." He then stuffs another fish in his mouth as tesrs rolled down his face like a faucet.
"Lucy must be really angry, huh?" Natsu pondered for a moment until he finally got an idea in his head. "I know! Let's go out and get Lucy a present! That'll make it up to her!"
"Aye, that sounds perfect, Natsu! But how are we going to buy something for her. We're broke right now." Happy said sadly.
"We don't have to buy it, we can just make one. We can go over to our place and make her a present." Natsu said ingeniously.
"Aye, that's even better! Although, you may have to carry me. I'm tired from eating all that fish." Happy yawned as he fell asleep.
"Whatever you say, buddy." Natsu said softly as he picks up his feline friend and leaves the party.
Meanwhile, Lucy sat down at the bar next to Cana, Erza and Juvia. She ordered a glass of wine and requested to keep the bottle. "Hmph, men. They're so clueless!"
"Wow, Lucy, I've never seen you drink that fast before." Cana smirked as Lucy started chugging her wine.
"Lucy-san is so tense. Did Natsu-sama give Lucy-san a hard time?" Juvia asked sympathetically.
"I know you get worked up from time to time, but you're a lot more agitated than usual." Erza questioned the spirit mage.
"Well, I think Natsu should pay more attention to me, you know. Like I just want to be complimented. I guess... I dunno. I kinda feel weird around him sometimes. It's complicated." Lucy replied unknowingly.
"Juvia understands how Lucy-san feels. Juvia feels weird when she is around Gray-sama. Even though Gray-sama doesn't share his emotions with Juvia, he still cares about Juvia, just like a friend." Juvia turns towards Gray and waves to him to which the latter replies unemotionally.
"She has a point, Lucy. You shouldn't expect Natsu to be more sentimental. Boys feel how they wanna feel, just as much as girls do." advised the sword mage.
"I guess can't argue with you on that. By the way, how are you and Jellal doing?" Lucy said curiously, making Erza instantly blush.
"Oh uh... you see it's... umm... I..." Erza spoke nervously while eating her slice of strawberry cake, until Cana interrupted.
"Pfft, forget guys, Lucy. A girl like you don't need a boyfriend to weigh you down." She takes another chug of her beer before continuing but the more she spoke she started to slur. "I think you... you should... be... *hiccup*... more inde--*burp*pendant. Like... ahaha... that's so funny." The card mage then falls over blacked out drunk.
"She's fine, don't worry about her." Erza assured the two girls at the bar. "She may need a ride home, though."
"Speaking of home, I think I'm gonna go home." Lucy decided as she got up from the bar and went on to her apartment.
"Alright, see you tomorrow, Lucy." Erza said, waving goodbye.
"Good night, Lucy-san!" Juvia waved to Lucy as the spirit mage did the same.
While Mirajane was on stage performing her set, as she finished her song, she made an important announcement. "Attention, everyone! We have a few speeches to make! Up first is our birthday master, Makarov!"
Everyone began clapping and cheering for their master. Especially Freed, Evergreen and Bickslow, who were chanting simultaneously which made Laxus roll his eyes. "SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH, SPEECH!!!"
"Thank you, everyone. In all my years of leading Fairy Tail, I have never seen this much chivalry in my life." Makarov chuckled. "Through thick and thin, your bonds and your faiths in each other have held this guild together. And for that I am proud. Sadly, however, one day I will no longer be here, and hopefully you will all carry in your journey in life." He then started to tear up. "Because no matter how long it may be, just... just always enjoy every moment in your life. No matter how big or how small. That is... my birthday wish." The room fell silent until everyone erupted in applause for their master.
They all even started to sing. "For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny!" All the Fairy Tail mages continued to sing until at one point, a freak wind blew open the guild hall doors. It blew out all the lights, causing the entire building to go dark. Then appeared a green light in the darkness, which morphed into a figure of a woman. A woman with green skin, dressed in a dark robe, holding a tall scepter with a raven perched on it. Her more prominent features were the large horns on her head. The evil fairy Maleficent has now arrived in the realm of Earth Land.
"Well, well, wasn't that an inspiring speech you made, Makarov. How sentimental." Maleficent smirked, receiving glares and frightful looks from the mages.
"Who are you, and what is the meaning of this? Interrupting our party just to insult my guild, are we?" Makarov said presumptuously.
"Not quite, although it would have been polite if you invited me. Believe it or not, I am quite new to Fiore. Then it would be a housewarming party instead of a birthday party wouldn't you agree?" Maleficent said menacingly as she approached the stage while Makarov was unmoved by the fairy's presence.
"Now since we're giving speeches, I might as well give a speech of my own." The evil fairy said wickedly as she raised her staff and slammed the bottom end of it on the floor, making it clang.
"Listen well, all of you!" Maleficent stated. "I did not come to make friends, nor enemies, rather I am here to give you a warning: By the end of this era, the world will be coated in darkness! The lands and the seas will be reduced to nothing! Life in this realm will cease to exist as the great demon of Hell shall rise and decimate all who proclaim innocence! And in the aftermath, everyone and everything, including that of Fairy Tail, will die!" Maleficent cackled as she showed her prophecy to the entire guild, many who expressed shock and fear.
Finally, Makarov has had enough. "GET OUT! You are not welcome here, you ungodly bitch!" The strongest mages in the guild were about to attack the fairy when she made her hasty retreat.
"STAND BACK, YOU FOOLS!" Maleficent laughed as she and her raven, Diablo, quickly disappeared in a fiery exit. The guild hall was completely quiet as soon as she teleported away from the guild.
Makarov gave a serious stare, realizing that this woman has some kind of grudge against Fairy Tail. But why? Nobody has ever seen a mage like her before. Could something have happened between her and the guild a long time ago? Or maybe she's a lost follower of Zeref. She said that she was new to Fiore, but what did she mean by that? These questions don't seem to add up at all.
"Master, do you know that woman by any chance?" asked the memory control mage, Mest.
"No. I don't think anyone has ever seen the likes of her before." Makarov replied, still giving a serious expression. "But know for certain that she is not welcome here."
Once the party was over and done with, everyone went on home while many of them were still shaken up by what transpired in there.
"Hey, *hiccup* guys... what *hiccup* happened in there?" Cana said drunkenly as Gray and Juvia carried her home since she was too drunk to walk home. "Was that a creepy green lady talking about death and destruction just now?"
"Yes, Cana, we all saw her. She looked like something out of a storybook if you ask me." Gray replied as he carried the drunk mage on his back.
"Oh. Haha, for a minute there, I thought I was drunk. Hahahaha." chuckled Cana right before she dozed off.
Natsu and Happy's House
When Natsu and Happy finally reached their humble abode, Natsu puts his cat friend down for a nap while he looked for something that Lucy would like. "Let's see, what would Lucy like? Maybe she would like one of the mementos from one of our adventures. Nah, she probably has enough memories to remember by anyway."
As Natsu continued looking through his house, he hears a noise in the closet. He goes to the closet and looks inside and sees something shuffling underneath all the junk piled in there. "Hey, Happy, there's another mouse in the closet!"
"You know I don't chase mice, Natsu. I'm not that kind of cat." Happy said drowsily as he went back to sleep.
"Fine, I'll get it myself!" Natsu grunted, sticking his hand in the pile of junk until he grabs hold of the 'mouse'. "Ah-ha! I got ya, ya little-- lizard?"
The little creature that he pulls out is a small dragon-like lizard, who isn't too happy about the predicament he is in. "Who are you calling a lizard?! I am a bona fide dragon!"
"Cool, a talking lizard!" beamed Natsu.
"Wha-- what did I just say?! I am a dragon! Are you deaf or something? Do I have go in there and kickstart you eardrums so you can hear better?!" squealed the little reptile who's shouting woke Happy up.
"Huh, what's all that yelling?" The exceed turned to see the little dragon in Natsu's hand. "AHH!!! A LIZARD! KILL IT BEFORE IT EATS ME, NATSU!!!!"
"Calm down, Happy, he's too small to eat you." Natsu said calmingly.
"True, but I can still bite you if you don't put me down right this minute!!" The dragon yelled as Natsu puts him down on the table. "Thank you. Now would you mind telling me where the heck am I?!"
"Well, you're in our house now, so... welcome to our house! I'm Natsu and this is Happy!" Natsu said cheerfully as he introduced him and his partner.
"Aye! So you're a dragon, huh? Aren't you too small to be one? Cause dragons are a lot bigger than that." Happy asked the little reptile.
"Hey, don't judge a book by its cover, whiskers! Fine, if you don't believe me, I'll just turn your little butts into a butt kabob! Maybe that'll teach you for questioning the ALMIGHTY MUSHU!!!" Mushu proclaimed as he inhaled deeply and made a large but weak breath of fire. "How do you like that?"
"HA! You call that a dragon's breath?! Let me show how it's done!" challenged the dragon slayer, taking in a deeper breath.
"Wait, Natsu, don't--!" Happy warned him but was too late he unleashed his dragon breath.
"FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!!!" Natsu screeched as he scorched the entire house. "Yeah! That was awesome! Now I'm all fired up!"
"Great. Now our landlord is gonna kick us out for sure." Happy said dizzily with his fur completely singed. Mushu, however, started to laugh with excitement.
"HAHAHA!! That was great! I have never seen a human do that in my life! How do you do it?!" Mushu asked with glee.
"That? It's Dragon Slayer magic! I learned it from my Dad, Igneel! He taught me how to use fire! I can also eat fire as a fuel source to keep my magic power going!" Natsu explained.
"So wait a minute... you were raised by a dragon? And you can also use fire, just like a dragon would?" Mushu inquired which received a nod of confirmation from Natsu.
"AWWWW, MAN!!! Then that makes you my dragon brother for life! Put her there!" said Mushu excitedly as he and Natsu fist bumped as a form of friendship.
"That's well and good and all, but why were you in our closet, Mushu?" Happy asked the mini-dragon.
"Oh, that is a long story my furry friend, which is why I'm gonna tell you the short version! So there I was minding my own business in the ancestors' shrine when this big tornado came out of nowhere and sucked up my family's farm right off the face of the earth! Then, I got sucked up in it too! And I was like: 'Oh dear lord a twister! Help! I'm gonna die! Mulan, run for your lives!' and the next thing I knew the gravity came back on and I was falling and falling and falling! Then, splat! Like a bug on a windshield I landed flat upon the ground! Plus, I found this lamp!" Mushu showed a small metal trinket that looks similar to a teapot.
"What does it do? Make tea?" Natsu asked, not knowing the properties of the lamp.
"I dunno, it's yours if you want it." Mushu offered giving the lamp to Natsu who examines the weird knick-knack.
"Hey, you could give that to Lucy as a gift! Now she won't be mad at us anymore!" Happy suggested.
"Ohhh, does somebody have a girlfriend?" Mushu said cheekily as if implying that Natsu and Lucy are romantically involved.
"She's not my girlfriend, she's my friend. Although, I still don't know what this does. It's a little dirty, so I might as well wipe the dirt off of this." Natsu rubs the lamp to clean the dirt off which made it shake a bit before a magical being pops out from the nozzle. The blue-colored being took out a huge breath as if he was suffocating in there.
"Hoo, boy! I dunno how I got back in there, but I'm glad I'm out!" exclaimed the magic being who took notice of his liberators. "So who rubbed my lamp?"
Natsu and Happy smiled widely at this revelation. "A GENIE!!!!"
"That's right! I'm an all powerful genie! Your wish is my command! My card." The genie introduced himself giving Natsu his business card which had a pop-up picture of himself with confetti to boot. "Alright then, buddy, what's your name?"
"Uh, Natsu, Natsu Dragneel." The dragon slayer replied.
"Say, how bout I call you Nat or Su, or how about Draggy? Does sound okay with you honey-pop?" Genie asked while imitating a
drag queen.
"I guess either is fine with me." Natsu said, feeling weirded out by this new character.
"And who are you?" Genie asked the exceed.
"I'm Happy, and I'm a cat." Happy introduced himself.
"A cat! Oh how I adore cats! Cats are my one true love! I think I will call you... Happy Face!" said Genie, imitating a cat lady while petting Happy.
"He's funny! I like him!" Happy laughed while enjoyed being petted by Genie.
"Well, my name is Mushu, now gimme a wish!" Mushu begged.
"Whoa, slow down there, hombre. I can't just go around giving people wishes. I can only give them to whoever rubbed my lamp." Genie explained. "And that just so happens to be him." He holds up a picket sigh with a picture of a pointing finger which pointed towards Natsu.
"What? I-I thought we were cool. I saved your lamp from a tornado and this is how you repay me?!" Mushu pouted. "I just feel so betrayed!"
"Oh! I remember now! There was a twister that sucked me up and spit me back out! I don't how I got stuck in that lamp again but now it's all coming back to me!" Genie suddenly remembered everything now. Agrabah, the desert, the twister and his arrival in Fiore. "Where am I by the way?"
"You're in Magnolia Town, in the kingdom of Fiore. It's a country in the continent of Ishgar." Natsu explained as Genie pulled out a map of Agrabah.
"Hmm, let's see... HOLY HUMMUS ON WHOLE-WHEAT TOAST, I AM LOST!!!" Genie gasped while looking at the map. "I knew I should've taken a left at Albuquerque!"
"So you're not from Fiore either?" Natsu asked the blue entity.
"No, as a matter of fact I should be free to roam the world! But this world is a lot different from mine. It would be nice to travel a bit since I have already traveled the world that I lived in. Then again I do miss visiting Palm Springs every summer..." Genie got lost in his thoughts when Happy asked interjected.
"Why can't you go see the world?" Happy asked.
"Well, because I am genie, my job is to give 3 wishes to anyone who rubs my lamp, but..." Genie stopped for a moment.
"But what?" Natsu inquired.
"I use to be free, but before my friend Aladdin busted me out I've been trapped in that lamp for 10,000 years... in a cave... in the desert... alone. It was a sad life." Genie said sadly.
"Oh, so you're a prisoner. I see." Mushu said sympathetically.
"The only way I can get out is if you wished me--" The blue cosmic being suddenly had an epiphany. "Hey, YOU can wish me out! If you do that, I'll be indebted to you! How does that sound?"
Natsu felt a little overwhelmed having to carry such a heavy responsibility, but still it was the right thing to do. Even though he barely knows this genie, he would be doing him a favor. After all, he is a Fairy Tail mage, it might as well be like a job to him.
"Okay, I'll do it." Natsu smiled, knowing that he is making the right choice. "Genie, I wish you were free!"
The cuffs on Genie's hands instantly disappeared once Natsu gave the word. His attachment to the lamp was finally broken, which meant that he has reclaimed his freedom. "You did it! I'm free! I'm free, free, free! YEEEESSSSS!!!! HAHAHA!!!" Genie began to jump for joy knowing that he no longer has to be a servant.
"You did the right thing, Natsu." Happy said proudly.
"Yeah, that was really selfless of you." Mushu said lightheartedly.
"It was nothing, guys. It was the right thing to do anyway." The dragon slayer said modestly.
"Nat, buddy, since you have been so kind to me, I am fully in your favor!" Genie insisted.
"But, you're free now. Don't you have to go see the world or something?" Natsu asked.
"That world? Pfft, I've already seen that world a million times! But this world has gotten really interesting, so of course I'm gonna see it! And don't think of me granting you wishes, think of me granting you favors, just like a friend would!" offered Genie, putting his hand on Natsu's shoulder.
"That goes double for me, too! You and me, we're dragon brothers and dragon brothers stick together like PBJ! But stickier!" Mushu said, delivering very powerful advice.
"If you guys insist on being my nakama, then so be it! Right, Happy?" Natsu smiled.
"Aye, sir!" Happy agreed.
"Say, you know what'll make this moment extra special? An over-the-top musical number!" Genie suggested.
"Yeah-- wait what?" Natsu asked confusedly.
"Ohhh, I like what you're selling! Take it, Genie!" Mushu said excitedly as big band music began playing to the tune of "Friend Like Me".
(Vegas-style stage magically appears)
Genie:
(Changes into a broadway outfit)
Well, Ali-Baba had them 40 thieves
Scheherazade had a thousand tales.
But friend, you're in luck,
'cause up your sleeves,
you've got a brand of magic
that never fails!
You've got some magic in your corner now!
Some heavy ammuntion in your camp!
You got some PUNCH! PIZZAZZ! YAHOO!
and how!
See, all you gotta do is rub that lamp
and I'll say:
"Mr. Natsu Dragneel, sir, what will
your pleasure be?
Let me take you order, jot it down!"
You ain't never had a friend like me!
Ho-oh-oh!
Mushu:
(joins in)
Life is your restaurant and
I'm your maitre'd!
Come on whisper what it is,
You ain't never had a friend like me!
Yes, we pride ourselves in service!
You're the boss, the king, the shah!
Say what you wish,
it's yours, true dish!
How about a little more baklava?
Genie:
Have some of Column A,
try all of Column B!
Mushu:
I'm in the mood
to help you, dude!
Genie/Mushu:
You ain't never had a friend like me!
Genie:
(Scat) Oh my!
Mushu:
(Scat) No, no!
Genie/Mushu:
(Scat) My, my, my!
Genie
Can your friends do this?
(Points to Mushu, twirling in place)
Mushu:
Can your friends do that?
(Points to Genie, twirling in place)
Genie:
Can your friends pull this,
(Scoops Mushu in his top hat and pulls him out like a rabbit)
out their little hats?
Mushu:
Can your friends go poof?!
(Breathes fire, cue backup dancers)
Genie:
Well, looky here!
(Points to backup dancers)
Can your friends go abracadabra,
let it rip,
and then make the sucker disappear?
Mushu:
So don't just sit there,
slack-jawed and buggy-eyed,
I'm here to answer all your
midnight prayers!
Genie:
You've got me bona fide, certified!
You've got a genie for a
charge d'affaires!
Mushu:
I've got a powerful urge to help you out!
Say what you wish,
I really wanna know!
Genie:
You've got a list that's 3 miles long,
well all you gotta is rub like so and oh-!
Genie/Mushu:
Mr. Natsu Dragneel, sir,
have a wish or two or three!
We're on the job,
you big nabob!
You ain't never had a friend,
never had a friend,
you ain't never had a friend,
never had a friend.
Never... had a... frie-nd... li--ke... m--e!
(Dance break)
Mushu:
Take it home, blue man! Yeah!
Genie/Mushu:
You ain't never had a friend like me!
(Song ends)
The duo end their duet with a bang as Happy began applauding. "Yay! Encore! Encore!" Happy continued clapping for the two of them while Natsu sat there dumbfounded.
"Well... that was weirdly choreographed."
A/N: Man was that a rush, I wonder how the other characters will react to these random musical numbers. Read and review!