Ruby Phoenix - A Fairy Tail fictional story
This story revolves around a separate guild in the magical land of Fiore named Ruby Phoenix and their madcap adventures in wizardry.
Chapter 1 - The Interview
"OK, this is the Ruby Phoenix Guild and I am its maste- oh, uhh… would you aim the camera down on me, please? Thank you. Anyway, umm, I am the master of the Ruby Phoenix magical guild, Marlow Melone, and this is the guild hall public pavillion. Now I'm sure you're wondering 'Why would a guild master be so young'".
"Umm, sir, you are a rabbit"
"Yes, I'm aware"
"Is there any reason for that"
"It's a long story, just... remind me later, OK, the interview".
Vanessa Fleet was a photographer and reporter from the esteemed wizardry magazine entitled Sorcerer's Weekly. The magazine was quite popular in the kingdom of Fiore, as its people were fascinated on the whereabouts and antics that the various magical guilds that swarm the landscape. On this Spring day, in the year X791, the magazine's editor decided to start a segment on new and upcoming guilds. One such guild, being the topic of discussion, was Ruby Phoenix, located on the edge of the western, ruined town of Gokenomura, which, due to unknown reasons, fell into the ocean one year prior. The town, or more so it's ruins, lie only 11 kilometers from the southern city, Ceruleo. The Ruby Phoenix Guild itself was established only one week earlier by the magic council, and Marlow, enthralled with the idea of free publicity, agreed to the interview.
"Alright, so… Vanessa was it?" Marlow inquired.
"Yes?"
"Vanessa, thank you for this wonderful opportunity. What about the guild do you wanna know about first? It's founding? It's history? Well, actually the town's history? The architecture? How about the peo-"
"Actually, I was hoping you could introduce me to the members of your guild".
"Ah yes, of course, umm, we don't...um...actually have too many members, it's just we only started a week ago and it's mostly just my friends and I, plus or minus a few people. I thought the purpose of the interview was to get more- I mean to… uhh, yeah, umm…"
A silence fell as Marlow lost his train of thought
"Well, how many members do you have?"
"Only eight-ish"
"Oh, is that all?" Vanessa said condescendingly. There was a pause, then Vanessa said "Well, introduce me to them anyway, I guess. And could you make this quick. I have other guilds to be at later."
"Oh, sure. Follow me"
Marlow was, as mentioned earlier, a small rabbit. This was the product of a curse that was heinously placed upon him when he was out on his adventures. Marlow, 21 in age, travelled the Kingdom after he graduated from grade school in Gokenomura, which he inhabited before it fell and took his parents. Accompanied with him were his close friends, Caden Rikatoya, Arcadia Pheleane, and eventually Chiron. Although high-strung and panicked, Marlow has a kind heart and is very empathetic when others are hurt.
As the two descended down a staircase leading to the guild hall Vanessa asked "So tell me, what type of magic do you use?"
"I can manipulate gravity to make things float, or to push them around or into the ground, although I rarely use the latter"
"And why are you a rabb-"
Vanessa's words caught in her throat as she beheld the main section of the guild hall. You see, the architecture of the Ruby Phoenix guild hall is, as Marlow alluded to, something of magnificence. On the surface, it merely appears to be a small building on a cliff face looking over the ocean, but that is just an area for people of the public to gather for events, to request jobs, or even to view the little museum that Marlow set up, but go down the stairs and you'll end up in a huge hall and bar literally built into the side of the cliff. Keep going down more stairs and you'll find a library, magical item storage, dorms, kitchen, a spa, and eventually the beach itself. As the duo entered the main hall, Vanessa snapped some pictures
"Impressed, hmm" Marlow gloated, "yes, this hall was actually built by a friend of mine whose life I saved on my adventures. He was mute, so people just called him Yellow, and, as you can see, he works wonders"
"Color me impressed"
"Interesting fact, the topmost building actually used to be Gokenomura's school on the edge of town, but obviously that's out of-"
Vanessa interrupted "Yeah, that's neat, so introduce me to your members"
"Umm, alright".
The two walked over to a table with red-haired (literally red, not just ginger) girl and another small bunny, both of age 22, and a large, red bird
Marlow introduced the two, "This is Arcadia Pheleane, an accomplished fire wizard and Caden Rikatoya, a skilled wizard in the art of Deception. This bird is actually the inspiration for our guild's name, as she is a phoenix. Arcadia was raised with her and her name is Hayle"
Arcadia greeted with a "Sup."
Hayle politely dadded, "Hello. how are you?"
Vanessa asked "You are aware that Caden is a rabbit, right?"
Marlow anxiously said "Yes, yes. I know he's a rabbit. We're both rabbits. It was a curse. Can we forget about the rabbits for just a sec?"
Then suddenly, Marlow changed into a normal man, and Caden followed suite.
"It takes up magical energy" Marlow added, "But we can turn back into humans for a short amount of time"
"Oh, that's special." Venessa said.
"Yeah, I usually deal with it because I, being an amazing person, thrive in the face of adversity" Caden added.
"...Of course, so Caden, tell me, as a Deception wizard, what can you do?"
"Aha! I knew you'd ask. I have the amazing ability to turn invisible, walk through walls, teleport short distances, and become completely silent!"
"If only the silence was permanent," Hayle whispered to Arcadia, and both laughed.
Caden took notice and remarked," You only wish you could posses the great powers that I do." Arcadia shot a small fireball at Caden and he squealed. Arcadia and Hayle erupted with more laughter.
"Yes, how amusing…" Vanessa added condescendingly as she wrote something down in her notes, "Wait, if you can turn invisible, what about your clothes?"
"Well," Caden responded, "My power can normally affect clothes and things I'm touching, but, as you can see, I'm a rabbit, so it wouldn't matter if I was nake-"
Arcadia interrupted with "Yeah, Marlow, Caden, and I go wayyy back, like, when we were five or something. We all went to the same school, and I'm kinda the one that got these crazy kids into magic."
Hayle butted in with "Hey, don't forget about me."
"Oh, yeah, you're lame, all you do is be on fire and not die."
"At least I didn't burn down an orphanage accidentally."
"Are you two done with the interview or…"
Marlow, noticing how the reporter was quickly losing interest, added," Don't mind Arcadia, she's immature; follow me and I'll show you-."
Marlow was cut off by a loud whistle. The noise was emitted by a young girl wearing an extremely revealing outfit, wearing a lip and nose piercing, and neon green hair.
"Hello, Mrs. Reporter, don't you want pictures of someone more interesting than those posers?"
"Oh dear" Marlow muttered to himself, then turned to Vanessa," This is our youngest member, Isa Totaya. She can control the energy of inanimate objects and make something out of it in a technique known as Arcane-Make magic." Marlow turned back to Isa and said, "I thought your parents grounded you for getting your belly-button pierced. They said you couldn't come to the guild for like, a week"
"Yeah, well screw 'em, I've got an interview to perform, Hitari!"
As soon as Isa yelled, a smaller, yet older than Isa, boy came from the top of the stairwell and recited dramatically," A gentle drop of rain falls upon a lonely tulip in the woods, tis a symbol for the blessing of tears for the lonely." There was a pause
Isa responded with "What the hell was that? I asked you to be my personal assistant, not recite that old play crap, jeez."
"'Tis never an allowance for my deserved spotlight." Hitari muttered.
"You brought Hitari?" Marlow yelled, then turned to Vanessa "Pardon me, he's...new. He only joined the guild because his girlfriend, who you've met, joined. He's practicing the ability to silence other wizards."
"Ah, and Isa is a...model?" Vanessa asked as she viewed her sitting in various provocative poses
""No, no she is not."
Marlow hurried Vanessa away from Isa, much to her dismay, when they ran into a quiet, mildly dressed, lavender-haired girl sitting in the corner. Marlow, frightenly, said quietly "Oh, no Vanessa, umm, don't go near her" Then she turned to the girl and said "H-hello Clara, how are you today?" Marlow again whispered to the reporter "Clara Dorian accompanied my friends occasionally on our adventures. She's nice, but she tends to make people insane when they come too close."
Vanessa responded with an "Oh" and slowly backed away. The two smiled politely and walked to another part of the room. They went to the bar and there, they saw a young man who was plainly dressed in a blue shirt and short hair.
Marlow said "Oh, this is Milo Franz, he works as a secretary, a, uhh, bartender I guess, a-"
Milo cut him off "Yeah, after Marlow and Caden saved my life a while back, I had to make it up to them by working for them. Even though I have no magic, he agreed, although I have been practicing telekinesis."
He tried to lift a cup, but it only fell over after a few seconds of altitude. Milo blushed and said "Yeah, I'm not powerful in the slightest" Vanessa only rolled her eyes and Marlow, noticing it, grew more anxious.
"Thanks Milo" Marlow said to him, then acknowledged Vanessa and said "Come follow me, I want to introduce you to someone cool."
Marlow and Vanessa walked down to the part of the hall where you can look out onto the sea on the cliff. There, they met a 23-year-old man clad in an all-black robe and carrying a scythe.
"This is Chiron" Marlow told Vanessa "Arcadia, Caden, and I met him on our adventures, and he agreed to travel with us. He is probably the most powerful wizard here, and he practices a type of magic called Demonology where you can not only summon demons you've entrusted, but also borrow their power" Marlow stood there with a proud grin, but Chiron only nodded silently.
"How do you entrust a demon exactly?" Vanessa inquired
"It's a long story. I've no time." Chiron said.
"Ah, of course."
"Would you like to see my power?"
"I don't see why not."
And to Marlow's dismay, a large, black door appeared out of thin air and a vulture-like demon appeared as the door opened.
"This is Vorlue, he is a demon known as a Vrock" Chiron inquired.
"You summoned me, buddy-ole pal, who needs obliterating" The Vrock stated
"Oh, no one please." Marlow said apprehensively. Chiron nodded, and Vorlue looked down dejected.
"Who's the dame? She single?" Vorlue asked hopefully.
"Chiron, you can send him back now." Marlow said, regretting his former decision.
"Oh alright, sorry." Chiron responded as he sent a downtrodden demon back into the black door.
"Interesting enough" Vanessa said, "If that's all, I really have places to be."
"But you didn't take pictures of me in my swimsuit" Isa yelled across the room
"But you have yet to behold the majesty that is my prowess" Caden yelled as well.
Marlow randomly turned back into a rabbit, and Vanessa just stared at them unimpressed," Thank you for showing me around, you'll see the article next week...Maybe." Vanessa said coldly. Maybe? What's that supposed to mean? Marlow thought, but instead said politely "Oh no, thank you for coming here, it was a pleasure having you." Marlow flashed an anxious smile "Would you like me to show you out?"
"Oh no, thank you." Vanessa said as she snapped some final pictures, then left. After she was gone, Marlow collapsed on the ground and cried "Oh, no. I screwed up the interview. I'm a failure." Of course, he didn't mean it, but he was so stressed out that that stress was destroying his morale.
"I think the interview went well" Arcadia said, "You know those reporters are stuck up snobs. Plus, if they diss a guild, they'd get sued or something for slander, or whatever the word is." But it was no use, nothing could pierce through Marlow's dedicated dejection. He went over to the bar and got himself a tall glass of ale. And, yes; Marlow does tend to freak out over small things sometimes.
Caden came up to him, also randomly turned back into a rabbit, and calmly comforted him "We all did well, just watch, new recruits will be piling up in no time."
Marlow looked up and responded "You really think so?"
"Of course, when am I wrong?"
Marlow blushed, for he thought highly of Caden, and the two floated up on the table, using Gravity magic, to get a drink, because they are too small to reach the counter being bunnies
Arcadia, knowing of Marlow's secret feelings towards Caden, whispered to Hayle, "I ship it" and, after the two shared a good laugh, everyone went back to their own business.