Chapter 1: The Mission
It was a normal day as Lucy woke up, not at all surprised, to see the tuft of pink hair pointing out of the sheets next to her. 'What am I going to do with him?' she thought as she climbed out of bed, dragging him out with her, before forcibly waking him up with a kick to the face, yelling out "Lucy Kick" as he was flung out the window, Happy flying after him, tears streaming down his face, mumbling about "Scary Lucy".
Suddenly, Lucy remembered what had happened the previous day at the guild, when Master had asked the Thunder God Tribe, Team Natsu, the Strauss siblings, Cana, Juvia, Gajeel, Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily to meet at the guild later that day.
Previous Day:
Lucy had quickly gotten ready, grabbing her keys and whip and heading out the door to find Natsu and Happy waiting for her with their big goofy grins. They made their way to the guild in a comfortable silence, each questioning the reason their Master would ask Fairy Tail's strongest members to all come together like that.
When they had finished the short walk to the guild, they had found that the rest had just arrived as well, and Gildarts was waiting for them too. Lucy, finally saying something, whispered to Natsu, "What do you think is going on?" Natsu looked to be in deep thought for a brief moment, before flashing a toothy grin and saying, "I don't know but I hope it involves fighting!" Lucy face palmed, shaking her head at his words, while his fists caught fire as he imagined fighting some great and mysterious enemy.
After Gildarts had led everybody into a back room of the guild, the Master made himself known, along with another man they had never seen before. He looked to be as old, or older than, Makarov, with a kind face, long white hair with a matching beard, both in color and in length, and a pair of wire glasses on his face.
As everyone sat down in the various chairs scattered across the room, Macarov spoke up. "Hello my children. This is Albus Dumbledore, an old friend of mine from another world, called Earth." At this, Lisanna shyly raised her hand, and gaining a nod of approval from the master, asked what they all were thinking, "Another world? Do you mean like Edolas?"
Makarov smiled and confirmed her question, "Yes, in a way, Earth is like Edolas, in that they practice a very different type of magic than us. In this land, a witch or wizard will channel their magical energy into a wand, which will then convert the magical energy into something tangible. Witches and wizards must use these wands, and they must voice the spell they are about to perform. Also different from our world, magic is what they call genetic, it is quite literally in their blood. Not every person on Earth is able to use magic, nor is every human even aware that magic exists. There has been an ongoing feud in this world involving what they call "purebloods", "half-bloods" and "Muggle-borns" led by a dark wizard named Voldemort. This man was thought to be dead several years ago, but it appears that he has cheated death. The magical authorities of this world, however, refuse to believe that he has returned and will not take any actions to ensure the safety of the magical world, including the school run by Albus. For this reason, he has come to me in order to ask for our help in protecting his students."
Erza spoke up then, "will we be going undercover as students at this school in order to help protect the students?" Makarov then said, "Some of you will be undercover as students, while others will be teachers. We will be known as students from Fairy Tail Academy of Ancient Magic. Some classes you will share with the students of the school while others will be with our teachers, which will mainly include training, scouting, and sharing gathered information."
The man named Dumbledore then stood up, saying "I would greatly appreciate your help, and I am sure you will be able to keep my children safe. There is one other thing I feel I should mention. In order to help you assimilate with our students, you will each be sorted into one of the four houses, including those who will be teachers. There is Hufflepuff, the House of the Loyal, Ravenclaw, the House of the Intelligent, Slytherin, the House of the Cunning, and Gryffindor, the House of the Brave. I will have no control over who will be sorted where, but with such a large group, it should not be entirely difficult to get at least two into each house. I am afraid I am being called back to my world, as we are preparing for the new school year, I will be back tomorrow at 7 a.m. so that you will be able to receive a tour of the grounds and be able to meet all of the teachers before the students arrive. I will warn you, though, that several of the teachers will be anxious to see your magic form. However one teacher will not be there until later tomorrow, which is for the best as she is not to know of who you are or why you will be there. Her name is Professor Delores Umbridge. No I must take my leave, I look forward to seeing you, and formally meeting you tomorrow."
"Oi Gramps, do we get to fight this Voldy guy, cause IM ALL FIRED UP" says Natsu. Every person in the room turned to face Natsu as they all looked blankly at his stupidly happy face.
"You idiot! Did you not hear a thing the Master or Mr. Dumbledore said?!" yelled Lucy through the silence, as she landed a solid Lucy Kick straight to his face, for the second time that day. The rest of the guild joined in, punching him down to the ground before returning their attention to Makarov, leaving Natsu crying in the corner with several large bumps on his forehead.
"Master? Who is going to be doing what on the job?" asked Mira sweetly.
Makarov looked up from Natsu's beaten body and replied, "Ahh yes, you're assignments. Here I have a light pen" Makarov then wrote in the air:
Headmaster of Fairy Tail Academy of Ancient Magic: Makarov Dreyar, Mavis Vermillion
Teachers: Laxus Dreyar, Elfman Strauss, Cana Alberona, Gildarts Clive
Students: Lucy Heartfilia, Natsu Dragneel, Erza Scarlet, Gajeel Redfox, Bickslow, Mirajane Strauss, Freed Justine, Evergreen, Gray Fullbuster, Lisanna Strauss, Wendy Marvell, Juvia Lockser
"Pets": Carla, Happy, Pantherlily
He explained while writing, "Following the sorting, I will do my own sorting, putting you into groups and assigning you with a 'teacher' to go to during some of your 'specialized classes'."
After seeing the list on the board, Happy started crying, "Why am I only a peeeeet? Everyone always underestimates me!"
Makarov simply replied, "Animals do not talk on Earth, it is as simple as that my child."
Lucy asked, "Is Mavis coming with us? Will the people there be able to see her?"
Makarov stated that she would be coming, but no one would be aware of her presence.
Elfman, upon seeing himself as a teacher exclaimed "I'm a teacher? That's a MAN."
Evergreen responded with, "In case you haven't noticed, the only people who are teachers are the ones who couldn't possibly come across as a minor, because of size mainly, but in Cana's situation because of her drinking habits"
Cana laughed out loud at that saying, "I'll drink to that, if it means I get to drink while I'm at the school. I don't know what I'd do if I wasn't able to drink."
Gildarts through his arm around his "little girl" excitedly saying "We'll get to spend so much time together on this mission, we'll have some much needed father-daughter bonding time."
While Cana was busy trying to pry her father off of her, Mira started tearing up saying, "I'm older than Elfman. Why aren't I a teacher?"
Before she could get too sad, Freed quickly pointed out that it would probably be very useful having her as part of the students, because people easily opened up to and trusted her, to which Mira instantly brightened up.
Gray then muttered, "I just hope I don't end up in the same house as the flame idiot…" to which Gajeel snorted, and Natsu exclaimed "Well why would I want to be with Ice Prick and Metal Face anyways?" This started a three-way brawl, and before long, Elfman was drawn in, as were the rest of the guild, until finally the Master pulled them apart. "Now go home brats, and get ready to go, we've already got all of your school supplies so don't worry about that. Hang out with your friends staying here, and meet in this room tomorrow at 6:30 in the morning."