Chapter 1: A Day at the Guild

Lucy stood in front of Fairy Tail's request board, pondering her options. Just two months ago, she and the rest of her team had become S-class mages when they found Igneel and the other dragons, fighting a terrible battle against their imprisoner, Acnologia. Since then, Lucy had acquired many more keys, including seven of the insanely rare dragon keys. These keys contained magic that would allow Lucy to use different types of caster magic and not just her holder magic. She had acquired the fire dragon's key, the ice dragon's key, the iron dragon's key, the wind dragon's key, the light dragon's key, the shadow dragon's key, and the earth dragon's key. Of course, the magic that came from these keys would never be as powerful as the natural magic Natsu and Gray used, but it would allow her to be much more powerful.

"Oi Luce! LUCE! LUCY!" a certain pink-haired mage shouted at her. "Have you chosen a job yet? We've been waiting around forever and I'm getting hungry!"

"Aye Sir!"

"I'm coming Natsu! Wait one more minute…" Lucy closed her eyes and randomly plucked a request off the board. Her eyes widened as she read over it. Demolish the abandoned town of Gilcest. Located in the Eastern Mountains. Contact Lord Harwitt to collect reward. Reward: 120,000,000 jewel. She had picked the perfect job!

"Lushee, I'm getting hungry. Can you call that giant crab so I can eat him?"

"YOU WILL NOT EAT MY CELESTIAL SPIRITS! Anyway, Natsu, I found a job that seems perfect for you. All we have to do is destroy this town- something you should be able to do pretty easily, considering you do it ALL THE TIME- and visit this Lord Harwitt guy to collect the reward."

Just as Lucy was saying this, Erza and Gray walked up.

"I bet I can destroy more of the town than you, eh Natsu?" the dark-haired mage said.

"You couldn't destroy anything even if you wanted too, you half-ass stripper." The pink-haired troublemaker replied.

"WHY DON'T YOU TRY COMING AT ME FLAME BRAIN, AND WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH OF YOU I CAN DESTROY!"

"OOOHHHHH YOU'RE ON! I'M ALL FIRED UP!"

Erza loomed over them with her ginormous wagon all packed up and ready to go, exuding an aura so dark Natsu and Gray fainted just looking at her. "If I see you two fighting in front of me again, there won't be enough of either of you to pick at."

Erza turned to Lucy with a bright smile. "Ready to go, Lucy? We'd better get an early start."

Lucy stood there, sweat- dropping. Bipolar much…?