I was staring at the huge building in front of me, unsure of what to do next.
I knew I was there for a reason, but I couldn't make my body move past those doors. I looked at the letters over the door. "Fairy Tail"… I was more and more convinced with every second that this was a bad idea. In fact, it was a terrible idea. I sighed and prepared to turn around and never go back, but a sudden gust of wind caressed my back. A smile found its way to my lips, and my feet started to move.
Laxus P.O.V.
I was sitting at my usual table, listening to the conversations that leaked through my headphones. Man, they could be boring. I raised my head and started looking for Mira. Today was supposed to be a normal, boring day, but there was something… Something was off, and it was annoying me to no end. I growled, trying to get the disturbing feeling off me.
"So, you feel it to"
Titania was standing in front of me, looking as pissed off as I would surely look.
"May I take a sit?" she said, her face serious. Did hell freeze?
"Doesn't matter what I answer, you'll sit anyways"
"True" she sat in front of me, and leant closer, as if she didn't want to be heard. "There is something… I have this… odd feeling that started a couple of hours ago, and I can't get rid of it. I can't explain it, but it's…"
"Annoying?" I suggested, raising a brow. I wasn't going mad after all.
"Kind of" she agreed.
The doors opened, and I prayed for whoever opened it not to be Natsu. That boy was his meaning of annoying, and things were far better without that "Flame Brain" bothering everyone. He had left yesterday for a mission with Blondie and was supposed to be back today.
But then, the air changed. Some sort of… Odd pressure filled the guild, and I looked around me, trying to figure out the source. Are we under attack?
And there is where I first saw her. A girl, light brown hair, wearing a white, simple dress that highlighted her stunning body, high-heeled white sandals covering her feet, was standing in front of the now closed door. She was looking everywhere, seeming lost, and quite frightened if biting her lips was any hint. Before thinking about it twice, I got up from the table and started to get closer.
"Do you need any help?" Shit, I am surely going to scare the hell out of her. Why didn't I let Mira or some other cute, nice girl help her? She looked scared enough without me. I certainly was aware of the effect I caused on others. Fear. I was never that concerned about it (C'mon, even without the Fantasia events, just being an S-class imposes respect, and this attitude of mine surely doesn't help me getting a fan club), but I was aware at the very least of that fear (Dragon Slayer hearing can come in handy when you walk through the guild and hear every heartbeat speed up), so that was why I got shocked when the woman in front of me stopped biting her lips, her body relaxed a bit and smiled at me with the most warming smile I've ever seen (Sorry, Blondie, you don't even direct a smile to Natsu with half that warmth)
"Well… I think I was looking for the Master of this Guild… Umm…" She was all unsure about what to do, looking to the floor as if it could give her answers, but she just shrugged her shoulders and looked at me in the eyes, and stated "I want to become a member of Fairy Tail"
Is she a mage? But I don't sense any magic power… Wait. I do sense magic… It's just this odd feeling I've been having for hours. Was it coming from this delicate girl?
"Is that so?" I asked, rasing a brow.
"Yes" Finally she was confident about something.
"Well, I'm the Master's grandson, and I would certainly like to see if you are a magician before you get your guild mark…"
"What do you mean?" She asked, tilting her head with curiosity in a lovely way.
"Well, if you are a mage you would surely have some magical power in you…" she nodded "And you surely wouldn't mind if you had to test that magical power… with me, for example."
Her eyes glowed and any trace of her previous insecurity left her body. Chills ran all over my body. Am I scared? Of this girl? I realized, astonished.
The air changed again, and I started feeling some magical pressure, minimal at the beginning, but growing with every millisecond, until I could barely move, and breathing was a difficult task. Looking around I found everyone looking scared at us, not a single move in the whole room. I spied Titania from the corner of my eye, and her astounded expression and still body gave me something to worry about. Movement caught my eye back to the girl, who now wore a disappointed expression.
"I'm sorry, but I won't be battling you" As soon as those words left her mouth, all the magical pressure disappeared, with a speed that made me wonder if it was all a product of my imagination.
"Are, are, what do we have here?" A voice echoed through the silent room.
"Master!"
"You were having fun without telling me, grandson?" Gramps directed his severe look at me. "And who may be the beauty you were bothering?"
"Are you the Master of Fairy Tail?" she said, with a sweet, back to unsure, voice.
"Yes, my dear. Were you looking for me?"
"I want to… be a member. Of Fairy Tail" Confidence again in her voice as she stated the reason of coming here.
"And what must be the reason behind it?"
"Um… may I talk to you in private?" Insecurity again… Is she trying to drive me insane?!
Gramps' eyes gleamed "But of course, daughter, come with me to my office!" Pervert grandpa, I thought, as I stared at the mysterious beauty heading towards Gramps.
OC's P.O.V.
I gave the little man in front of me a few seconds to think about what I said.
"My, my, aren't you an interesting child?" Child. I wrinkled my nose at that word. I lacked so many things of those a child had… "Ok, you are in" I stared at him in disbelief. "I mean you are now…" He said, as he raised his arm to get a box. "a member of Fairy Tail" He took a magic item from the box and touched my arm with it. A black Fairy Tail insignia stood where the wooden item touched me.
A member… of a guild… Are you happy now?
I left the office to look at the other guild members, and smiled. What kind of life, what adventures would I live now? Possibilities were overwhelming.
"Oi" A husky voice at my right called my attention. It was the blond behemoth from before. "You are smiling" he seemed surprised. I raised my arm to show him my new insignia.
"Hey, guild mate" I answered, my smile never leaving my face.
"So Gramps accepted you" He seemed surprised.
"Yeah"
"Was… um… that pressure…" He was unsure about whether to ask or leave it be.
"Yeah… I thought you were stronger. Sorry." His teeth grinded at my answer
"Oi, I am strong. I was just surprised. I never expected you to be strong"
"Really? Then why would you want to test me if you thought I was weak?"
"I just… I'll show you I'm stronger than you" He grunted, and turned around. He headed to a Request board. I followed immediately after, with curiosity.
"Hey, why have those requests got a huge "S"?"
"Ain't you a curious one? Well, you said I was weak, so I'm going to show you how wrong you are. I can't let my pride get hurt like that, even if it's by such a beauty" He laid his eyes on my body and licked his lips.
"P-please, stop ogling!" Pervert
He chuckled. His voice sounded like a thunder in a devastating storm.
"Oi, Mira! I'm taking this newbie with me to show what being an S-class means" He shouted, raising some amused looks.
A squeal resounded through the whole guild.
"Oooh! I can see it! Brown haired, blue eyed babies! But, what's her name?"
He looked at me puzzled, realizing he had no idea what my name was.
"Aria. My name is Aria"