Desclaimair: I do not own Fairy Tail. If I did, Lyon would have joined the guild and we would be graced with his beauty more often.
Introduction
Life is wonderful when you're not stuck in a gigantic mansion with no one to talk beyond employees that you never know if they like you or feel obliged to please you because they're paid for it. Having to live with a father who acts like if you are not just a burden he is forced to carry until he throws you into the hands of the first rich and unscrupulous tycoon who will pay the largest amount of money to have an 18 year old girl to wife.
Yes, the life is good when you have freedom, even though money is scarce. That's what Lucy told herself every day after she ran away from home before she was old enough to get married. Now she wanders through the cities, working as a freelance mage until finds the guild she dreams of entering since she was a little girl.
"I think he gave me a miserable discount. My beauty is only worth 1,000 jewels." Lucy grunted to herself, walking the streets of Hargeon.
"Salamander." Several girls screamed running in the middle of the street.
The realization hit Lucy. 'Salamander is a Fairy Tail mage and I've never seen a picture of him before, I can see him in person.' She followed in the same direction as the girls were running.
Lucy spotted before a man with rings on the fingers, surrounded by many girls. Every step she took toward the crowd made her feel a strange attraction to the mage with the rings. She feel an inexplicable and annoyingly lack of control. 'What's happening with me?'
Suddenly a boy with pink hair followed by a blue cat appeared making a lot of noise and Lucy thanked for the distraction that brought her back to reality. "So, this jerk uses enchantment magic to attract girls."
After everyone dispersed Lucy approached the boy and the stranger blue cat. "Hi, I'm Lucy, I want to thank you for helping me. I'll repay you with lunch." She smiled and dragged them to the nearest restaurant before they had a chance to protest.
Lucy completely regretted offering to pay for lunch when she saw them both inhaling an abnormal amount of food. 'Is their stomach endless?'
She ignored the lack of table manners and kept talking about how she wanted to join in a guild, even though the two of them were too busy eating all the food in the restaurant to answer anything other than their names.
She said goodbye to Natsu and Happy and headed to the square where she met again with Salamander who invited her to an party on his ship. He said he would get her into Fairy Tail if she attended the party.
Not wanting to miss the opportunity to join the guild of her dreams, she hurried toward the cheap hotel where she was staying and put on the only party dress she could pack before she ran away from home. She checked to see if the keys were attached to the strap on the thigh and ran towards the harbor where the ship would be waiting for her.
She found out too late that the idiot Salamander was a damn slave trader. But amazingly Natsu and Happy appeared on the right time. Happy took her to the sea where she was able to retrieve the which had been launched by the idiot Salamander. She summoned Aquarius who not only sent the boat to the harbor destroying everything in the path as also send Lucy and Happy in a whirlpool of water. The cat landed on the beach near Natsu, who was struggling with the supposed Salamander, but Lucy was not so lucky.
Natsu discovered that the impostor was using the name of his guild and it infuriated him. He defeated the bad guys and ended up further destroying the city. Then when the soldiers arrived, he had to flee with Happy in tow. "Hey Happy, where's the blonde girl?" He asked while they ran.
"I don't know Natsu, she called a crazy mermaid that made a whirlpool of water out of a jar, taking everything that was in the way." Happy replied while flying without looking back.
"Do you think she's okay?" Natsu was a little worried.
"They were friends." Happy remembered the mermaid's attitude. "Well, sort of."
"Okay." Natsu was uncertain about looking for her or not. But if Happy said she was with a friend, then she would be safe.
The sun warmed the skin and the eyes burned because the salt of the sea. Lucy opened the eyes and felt a headache trying to remember what had happened. 'Oh, right. Aquarius happened.' She looked around and tried to get up, which was no easy task when the high heel sank into the sand.
She remembered the fight with that idiot Fairy Tail mage and how Natsu and Happy showed up and helped her. And then she was sent across the sea by a whirlpool of water. "I hope Happy has had more luck." Lucy sighed in anger and desperation for being sent to what was, apparently an island, completely alone. "You went overboard this time, Aquarius." She grunted out loud.
She was probably already suffering from lack of water. "Is talking with myself a sign of insolation?"
Lucy walked, heading for the trees, looking for shade and maybe a water source if she was lucky.
After a few hours walking through the dense forest, seeing nothing but trees and insects, her legs and feet ached and she had several cuts on the legs and arms where the prickly branches had scratched. She sighed looking up at the sky that was not so clean as a few hours earlier and decided she needed a shelter. "Please don't rain until I find a cave or something, please, please, please."
She walked for a while longer until the sun disappeared almost completely, making her feel a tightness in the chest for being alone in the middle of a near dark forest. She gathered some dry branches and surrounded them with stones, remembering to have read about it in a book, after almost half an hour trying, she was able to light the fire. Screaming with enthusiasm at the first good thing on that terrible day, she took off the shoes, staring at the bubbles that now adorned her feet, sitting against a stone near the fire, she tore the bottom of the dress, using the cloth to cover the wounds.
When she felt the raindrops begin to fall on her face, she managed to hold back the tears that formed in the corners of the eyes. "The universe hates me... Or maybe is just Aquarius who hates me."
She lay on the ground beneath a leafy tree, resting the head on a pile of dried leaves, praying that no animal would eat her at night and that perhaps the fire would not quench because of the drizzle causing her to die of hypothermia. When she closed the eyes waiting for sleep to embrace her, she could no longer hold back the tears and cry alone waiting for morning to arrive.
He was accustomed to solitude. Being away from his world has long ago made him accept it. Owning the face of a person who was not very dear in this world made things even more complicated.
He was grateful to Master Makarov for having accepted him and given him a place to call home when he was still a teenager, but he could not afford to approach people, he needed to accomplish the mission of containing the Animas and protect the Earth. Solitude was necessary.
He walked for the Tenrou Island which was his favorite place when he needed to take time to walk the world behind Animas. Looking towards a big stone with the symbol of Fairy Tail made him remember that he needed to go to the guild soon to get a mission.
The sun was rising and looked like it was not going to rain soon, it would be a good day for some training. He stopped on his way smelling of smoke and felt the forehead furrowed unconsciously, knowing no one should be on that island since it was not a time for Fairy Tail S-Class events. He followed the smell of burnt wood and was surprised to see a blonde girl lying on the floor wearing a torn party dress. He watched her for a few minutes before deciding to approach, realizing she was dirty and bruised, but not all the dirt on the dress and the leaves stuck in the hair diminished her beauty.
He walked over to her and knelt down, touching her shoulder, lightly to not scare her. It was obvious that she needed help and he being a Fairy Tail mage, a guild that does not deny help, was willing to take her away from that island.
He watched when she opened the brown eyes that had a glow on them and stared at him for a few seconds in silence. He could take a closer look at her and noticed that her eyes had small bright spots near the iris, her lips were full and rosy, and her hair was incredibly golden, beneath all the branches and dry leaves. He found her incredibly captivating.
"Do you need any help?" He said in a voice muffled by the mask covering his mouth.
Lucy examined the stranger in front of her who wore a navy blue cape and had the hair and face covered, preventing her from analyzing him properly. She could only see his dark eyes that had obvious concern reflected in them and decided that he had beautiful eyes.
In a normal situation Lucy would have screamed and kicked this strange suspect but this was not a normal situation and, at that moment, this mysterious man was the only salvation. So Lucy did what anyone desperate for help would do. She lifted herself from the hard floor where she lay and jumped on him, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Thank you." She screamed. "I don't know who you are, but I don't think I could be happier to see someone as I'm at the moment."
When the excitement passed she noticed what was doing and moved away from him. "Wait, what are you doing on this damn island, abandoned by God? Are you a killer? A fugitive?" She said cautiously, stepping away from him.
He gave a hoarse laugh. "No, I'm not a killer and I'm not running away. I'm a Fairy Tail mage. Pleasure, my name is Mystogan." He said holding out the hand to her.
Lucy was still kneeling before him, she smoothed the dress and squeezed his hand. "Nice to meet you, Mystogan. I'm Lucy, my dream is to be a mage of Fairy Tail."
She could tell he was smiling even under the mask that covered his mouth. His eyes were lit up and there were little wrinkles around them. "I can get you off this island and take you to the guild."
She gave a cheerful cry and without thinking she threw her arms around him again, but this time he hugged her back. He did not know what was about this girl but he felt something special how if she had a light that could illuminate every dark corner of his soul.
They walked for a time in silence until he noticed that she had pain in her feet. Then he pulled the staff from the back and knelt in front of her. "Climb."
"Oh, you don't need..." She said and kept walking.
He pulled her fist gently. "I insist and while I'm taking you, you tell me how you came to here."
She gave in because she was too weak for a verbal fight. "Thank you, my savior."
He helped her up his back, grateful that face was covered by the mask and she could not see the blush on his cheeks because her words.
Lucy told everything from the point where she met Salamander until she was swept away by the water of Aquarius.
Mystogan laughed and she scolded him. "I'm glad my misfortune brings you joy."
"I'm sorry for that, it's that Natsu is the true Fairy Tail Salamander and he probably thought Salamander was his lost dragon and ran behind the track." He said, still laughing a little.
"Oh, that makes sense. He said something about a dragon." She answered.
"So you're a celestial mage?" He ask with curiosity.
"Yes, when I recover I can show you my magic." She offered with a smile even knowing he could not see her face.
"I would like this, Lucy."
"Hm, what is your magic, Mystogan ?" She asked with curiosity wondering what kind of mage he was.
For some completely unknown reason he realized that he liked a little too much to hear her calling his name "My staffs, I carry them with magic."
"Oh, so it's like me and my keys, but what if you lose your staff?"
"I have other tricks." He said, stopping in front a cave. "Let's get some rest here. I'll change the bandages off your feet and get some food." He sat her down on a rock and knelt in front of her, looking down at her injured feet. He unfolded the cloth of the dress and found that it was worse than he expected, there were cuts, bubbles and dried blood. "This is ugly, it can be infected. I need some plants that have an element of healing, wait here and shout if something happens." He said walking to the exit of the cave.
"I'll be right here when you back." She said with a smile, despite the obvious pain she was feeling.
'She has the most beautiful smile I've ever seen.' He told himself before heading out into the forest.
[Edited 23/02/2019]
