Chapter One: The Plasma Dragon Slayer
HEEYYYYY! I'm rewriting this story because I now have a different mindset on how it should be instead of how it is right now. What I planned on revealing in later chapters will be revealed sooner, so get I'm ady! I will also be changing things up with it regarding ships and pairings, but we'll get to that later. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this Chapter 1 rewrite. Don't forget to R&R, enjoy!
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Wendy's P.O.V., Magnolia
Carla and I have just returned from a job. It was helping a librarian in Clover Town put the books away in the local library. The reward was nice, 15,000 jewels. As we were walking back to the guild, I spotted a small bakery. I was a bit hungry, and a pastry sounded pretty good right now. I looked at Carla, who was sitting on my shoulder. "I'm going to that bakery to get a snack, Carla.", I told her, pointing to the bakery. She scowled.
"We're almost at the guild, can't you wait until then?", she asked me. I shook my head no, and I walked towards the bakery, entering it. As soon as I entered, the smell of freshly made bread came to me. I sighed in delight at the scent, it smelled so good. Making my way to the display window near the cashier, I looked at all the pasteries.
"See something you like?", a person asked, and I looked up at the person who spoke. A girl with light brown hair ending at her waist with greenish gray eyes. She wore simple clothes with an apron over it. Her eyes shifted to my guild mark, and she smiled. "Ah, a Fairy Tail mage! I believe I seen ya in a few Sorcerer Weekly magazines. Wendy Marvell, right?", she chirped.
"Yes, that's me!", I mused, a small smile on my face. She chuckled, and leaned onto the counter, looking at me.
"Well, Wendy, what would you like?", she asked, putting on some plastic gloves. I scanned over the pasteries one last time. I spotted a red velvet cupcake, and she seemed to have seen me staring at it, because she took it out from the display and put it in a small box. I was getting ready to pay when she held a hand out, signaling me to stop. "It's on the house.", she said, giving me a grin. I said thanks, and exited the bakery. I sat on a bench, and opened the box, carefully taking out the cupcake. Before I could take the first bite, a scent drifted in. It smelled strongly..of blood. Putting the cupcake back in the box, I sniff the air some more. Looking to my right, I find the source, or should I say sources, of the smell. A girl and her exceed. The girl was tall, had reddish brown eyes, and had long curly brown hair ending near her waist. She wore a black bikini top with multi colored accents and a brown leather vest on top, ripped jeans, and brown combat boots. She also had various injuries on her body, and she gave off an intimidating vibe. Her orchid colored exceed was scratched up and bruised. Seeing the dark green ribbon tied on its tail, I could tell it was a girl. They ended up sitting next to me on the bench. Her eyes widened, and she looked at me. I shrunk a bit under her intense gaze.
"Gradeeney?..", she questioned, looking at me. My eyes widened when she said that name. My foster mother, the Sky Dragon. She held up her hand, and a ball of purplish blue lightning appeared in her hand. But, that wasn't lightning. It was plasma. I came closer to her and sniffed her. Under the strong stench of her blood, I could smell a rainforest and blackberries. There was a dragon that smelled like that.
"Zephoranda..", I replied. She smiled a bit, and nodded. The plasma dispersed from her hand, and she backed away from me a bit. "You're a Plasma Dragon Slayer!", I exclaimed, surprised. She nodded.
"Yes. Since you smell like Gradeeney, I'm assuming you're Wendy Marvell, from Fairy Tail, right?", she asked, to which I replied yes to. "I'm Isis Lebanon, and this is my exceed, Bethania, or Bep for short.", she introduced herself and her exceed. Suddenly she coughed blood, and I looked at her worriedly, and examined her wounds.
"Your wounds are fresh! You need medical attention right now.", I chirped, jumping off the bench. Bep summoned her wings and wrapped her tail around Isis's waist, lifting her into the air. "Come with me to Fairy Tail! I'll treat your wounds.", I said, and started running to the guild, Bep and Carla following after me. We soon made it to the guild where everyone went silent when we entered the guild. Bep gently set Isis on her feet, and she collapsed. Luckily, Erza caught her.
"Wendy, who is this?", she asked me.
"I'll explain later, she needs medical attention right now!", I told Erza. We went into the infirmary, and Erza set Isis on one of the beds. I started getting out all the bandages and disinfectants. Isis was breathing heavily. I rushed over and started using my healing magic on her. Slowly but surely, the wounds started to close up. The biggest one, which was on her stomach, was taking time.
"Wendy, that's enough. Remember, you don't want to over exert yourself.", Carla said. I put my hands down, and Erza handed me the disinfectants and the bandages. As I cleaned that wound, she spoke.
"Why are you helping me?"
"Your wounds would've gotten infected and you could've died from blood loss. I wasn't going to leave to die, even if we just met.", I started. Unraveling the gauze, I started wrapping it around her stomach. "Besides..Gradeeney and Zephoranda were close friends..", I added. I finished wrapping up her stomach, and Erza and I helped her sit up in the bed.
"Thank you, Wendy.", she smiled. Erza sat down on the edge of her bed.
"What is your name?", the redhead asked the brunette.
"My name is Isis Lebanon, and I am a Plasma Dragon Slayer and Art Mage.", she responded. Taking Bep into her arms, she gestured to the exceed with her eyes. "And this is my exceed Bethania, or Bep, for short.", she added, Bep waving at Erza.
"I'm Erza Scarlet. It's nice to meet you, Isis.", she said, offering a hand to shake. Isis took it, and the two shook hands, each with a smile on their face. They then released the shake. "So, Isis, what brings you to Magnolia?", Erza asked the brunette. Isis's eyes changed color, going from reddish brown to black. She had a sad expression on her face, as well as Bep.
"It's a long story..", she merely stated, looking down at her hands. She looked back up, and gave a weak smile. "I actually came to join Fairy Tail. Being an independent mage is hard, and it'd be fun to go on missions with other people or even participate in the Grand Magic Games.", Isis explained. "There is more to it, but that's something I'd rather not talk about right now..", she added, her voice lowering into a whisper at the end. We were silent for a moment. Erza and I looked at each other, and we nodded. Erza placed her hand on Isis's head. The brunette looked up at her with slightly watery eyes which showed shock and confusion. Erza smiled down at her warmly.
"Well, Fairy Tail is always welcome to newcomers.", she said. Her eyes widened. "Would you like to join, Isis?", she added, removing her hand from her head and offering it to her. Isis was stunned, I could tell. Bep flew ontop of her head with a grin, as Isis's face twisted into a determined grin, a fire blazing in her eyes. She grabbed Erza's hand, and stood up from the bed, head held high and standing tall. She looked at Erza with a fiery smile.
"Like hell I'm joining the guild!", Isis mused with excitement, smirking. Erza smirked as well, and they released their hands. They walked to the door of the infirmary, with me following them, and we walked downstairs. Erza stopped and gestured to the, as always, brawling guild with her arm.
"Welcome to the family, Isis. Welcome..to Fairy Tail."
