Well here is chapter 2, we get the whole introductory stuff out of the way as well as some good old fashion Fairy Tail mishaps. Enjoy. I do not own Fairy Tail.
Chapter 2: The Monster Slayer
Bickslow P.O.V
We sat in silence for a brief moment processing exactly what Wendy had said. Why did this young girl carry a vile of blood around her neck. That's when it clicked, pale skin, pointed fangs, the blood, all of these things point to her being a vampire. I calmed Wendy down from her current state of panic. If this girl was truly vampiric she would have healed by now.
"She's a vampire! She has to be!" the young blue haired wizard shouted. I placed my hands on her shoulders and Carla followed suit. "Please tell me she isn't going to wake up and eat me Erza." she asked.
Honestly it was quite entertaining to see her in such a state of panic. "She's not going to eat you, if she were a true vampire she wouldn't even be injured." I explained. I looked over at the girl lying on the bed, although her appearance is off setting she may just be pale from blood loss and perhaps her teeth are cause by her magic much like the dragon slayers. "I've fought vampires before they are much more vicious looking." I told her. It was a half lie, true most vampires nowadays are feral and have a much more monstrous look but, those that remain from ancient times remain in a much more human form.
"Hey can you keep it down, I'm still resting here." Bickslow teased. He sat up on his bed and stared at the sleeping girl. I don't know why but, he looked confused as if something was off.
Something was off about this girl, I didn't notice at first but, I sure as hell noticed it now. When I see the souls of people they tend to be many different shapes and colors reflecting that person's personality and magic. When I see an animal's soul they are usually less vibrant more primal so to speak. When I see a monster's soul they tend to either be blank and hollow or for the really nasty ones their black. This girl's soul was nearly impossible to read. I've seen it before when I see Mira or Elfman fight, their souls kinda meld with their takeover souls. However they tend to return to normal when the transformation is dropped. This girl's soul whether it's her magic or not seems to be unstable. Before I synchronized it was a simple white color and was very weak. Now it keeps jumping back and forth from white to red and back to white again. It seems to be at war with itself as it's movements were violent as if something was trying to escape.
"Wendy perhaps you should get some sleep." Erza told the young girl after she let out a long yawn. She then turned to the doorway where Carla had stepped in to lead her to one of the guest rooms. "You to Bix." she ordered.
"Yes mam." I replied with a tired grin. If there is something you should never do in this guild it's argue with Titania Erza Scarlet. As much as I wanted to sleep I was still thrown off about everything that happened tonight.
Needless to say though, none of us got very much rest. When I woke up the first thing I did was check on our patient, she was still out cold but, it seems her soul has calmed down it now sat calmly like a white flame slowly burning inside a lantern. I stood up quietly to not wake up the sleeping redhead in the chair and snuck to the bathroom to get dressed. I then walked downstairs only to find Mira and Kinana preparing for everyone when they got here.
"Morning ladies you're here early." I said sitting down on a barstool. I usually didn't get to the guild until around noon, when the rest of the Thunder Legion usually arrive. However lately that isn't the case, Laxus usually comes in early does a few things and leaves. Ever doesn't come in unless Elfman is here and Freed turns up when he feels like it.
"My, my look what the cat dragged in. What are you doing here so early?" Kinana asked with a giggle. For someone who's been working here as long as she has, I don't think I've ever seen her use magic at all. "Did you get lost or were you just passed out drunk somewhere I didn't see." she teased.
"Actually I passed out in the infirmary." I smiled getting a curious yet worried expression from the purple haired waitress. "Were you not there last night?" I asked her raising an eyebrow.
"No, I had left earlier last night, I'm not a fan of noise." she admitted. "What happened, did you get hurt?" she said passing me a mug of coffee. Although I usually don't drink caffeine I was still trying to wake up. I rubbed my eyes only now noticing I had forgotten my helmet upstairs.
"Bickslow and Erza found an injured girl last night and somebody pulled a Natsu and nearly killed himself saving her." Mira said in a complimenting yet scornful way getting a nervous laugh from myself and a quiet giggle from Kinana.
"That's pretty much what happened, Erza is still up there actually." I said turning my head to the upstairs door. Why did she stay all night was the real question, she could have just left or at the very least moved to a bed. Instead she fell asleep in a chair.
"I'm sure she's fine, you might want to get your helmet though, we all trust you not to steal our souls but, You wouldn't be you without it." Kinana laughed. Honestly I was going to keep it off, I only wore it to keep people from staring at my eyes. Do to my magic they are different from those of normal normal people. "If you want to that is, not that I'm telling you to or anything." she babbled nervously.
"You didn't where it last night either, I just thought you took it off because you were drunk or something." Mira teased. "Are you trying a new look?" she asked. I don't know what the mischievous grin was for, until I noticed the blush from Kinana needless to say I wish I had my helmet on to hide the redness that was creeping onto my face.
? P.O.V
Pain that's all I could remember from last night. Usually I can avoid these situations but, last night was a terrible exception. Out of all the nights to piss me off those goons chose the full moon. Professional bounty hunters my ass, I can still feel the cut on my chest where the one man struck me with his sword. Surprisingly as far as physical pain goes that was about all I could feel. I had a pounding headache and was a bit sore, but the pain in my chest was the only real pain I could feel. I opened my eyes but, remained laying down. Thankfully the gash on my eye didn't affect my eyesight, what I woke up to was the last thing I expected. I was in a bed, in a room with a red haired woman sleeping across from me. My boots sat next to her and my tattered clothing was tossed in a laundry bin. I was in a hospital gown, not a drop of blood to be seen. Instinctively I reached for my necklace and let out a sigh of relief that it was still there thankfully.
"Good morning ladies." A voice came from downstairs. I could hear a few other voices as well. I must be in a guild or at least in some kind of hall. "Actually I passed out in the infirmary." The voice said. I tuned out of the conversation due to the distraction of trying to piece together what guild hall I'm in.
I looked around for any clues, a crest a sign anything. The woman in front of me might have a crest somewhere on her but, I did not want to disturb her slumber, I remember running into the town of Magnolia before I lost control. What guilds are in Magnolia. That's when I heard the name Erza. I'm lying in the Fairy Tail guild hall. A rush of panic ran through me, I'm in a wizard guild hall where they are hired to do jobs. Some of those jobs include hunting down wanted criminals and monsters. Both of which could describe me. I quietly sat up and looked around. I wasn't about to put on blood soaked clothing, but I can't use my magic to change either. I could easily escape using a few of my sets of armaments but, I wouldn't last ten seconds against the Titania sitting in front of me.
"Oh good you're awake." A white haired cat said walking into the room. "Come now child she doesn't bite." it said waving to a blue haired girl. Clearly they do not know who I am, since I would do exactly that depending on the situation. "How are you feeling?" she asked. I remained silent.
Not that I didn't want to respond, more so that I couldn't. Call it an unintentional defence. Basically, do to constantly running away from people I don't actually know how to, well talk to people. I'm shy okay, shy and nervous and anti social.
"Not one for talking then?" The same masculin voice from before said as he entered the room. He had blue hair and a tatoo of what looked to be some kind of man going between his eyes and down his nose. He wore what I can only describe as some kind of knight's get up, not the most craziest outfit I've seen but, still rather unique. "Here I brought you some food." he said handing me a plate of eggs and some toast. That's when I noticed his eyes they were glowing bright green, very unique eyes. Until they turned back to a rare redder color.
That's when the hunger set in. I basically tore into the food he handed me, and devoured it. I had been starving and this was the first meal I had in almost two days. The group of wizards just laughed I caught a glimpse of the man's crest on his tongue, definitely fairy tail. A loud yawn came from the red haired wizard causing me to jump slightly.
"You could give Natsu a run for his money in an eating competition." she laughed. "I'm Erza it's nice to meet you." she said reaching out her hand. I was hesitant, very hesitant but, shook her hand nonetheless.
The group then went around introducing themselves. The man's name was Bickslow the other girl who was around my age perhaps slightly younger was Wendy and her cat's name was Carla. They then waited in silence, it then struck me that I needed to give them my name.
"Uhmmm….my n-n-name is E-Elena." I stuttered before mentally punching myself. Why'd I tell them my real name, I don't even know if I can trust these people. I mean they did carry me here, at least I'm thinking they did at least Erza must have otherwise I wouldn't be here.
A loud crash came from downstairs causing me to jump, without my magic I felt utterly defenseless, yet nobody else seemed to have reacted. The sound of many people walking in filled my ears. Wendy handed me a change of clothes, a simple black t-shirt and some blue jeans.
"I didn't know what you like to wear so I just kinda based this outfit on what you were wearing." she explained with a smile. I was still bandaged up and the pants were a bit tight but, it worked. "Do you like it?" she asked nervously I simply nodded.
"Yooooo, guys we got some new jobs" a loud voice shouted as we all left the room. I quickly tied up my hair into a ponytail before carefully following everyone to the balcony. "Check these out!" the pink haired mage said waving around some pieces of parchment.
"What are they about Natsu?" a flying blue cat asked sitting on his shoulder. "Hunt down The Silver Wolf hiding in downtown Magnolia, for 600,000 jewels!" he said happily. A blonde haired woman ran up to them and continued to read.
"It says a group of hunters were attacked by a savage white haired wolf last night, apparently it's been travelling around attacking helpless villagers and leaving a trail of blood as it went." the blonde explained.
My heart sank, I was so screwed and those were straight out lies. Obviously my heartbeat started racing and the blue haired girl somehow noticed, could she hear my heartbeat. I took a quick step back.
"The hunters apparently injured it, one of them struck it in the eye another injured it's underbelly, so it should be easy enough to identify." the blonde continued and how I wish she would stop. Now the green eyed man was looking at me, more specifically my eye.
"That's right little missy, I got the beast right in the eye with my trusty silver dagger." a much older man said walking in followed by two others, they were bandaged up and one was in a sling. "We'll double the price if you bring the beast back to us before the next full moon." he said with a grin as they sat down at the bar. I took yet another step back. My nervousness betraying me as images from last night came flooding back to me, of all the nights to hunt me down they chose a full moon, where my magic is the most unstable.
I looked at Bickslow who looked at me wide eyed, I then looked at Wendy who seemed terrified. Carla mouthed to me quietly to go back in the room. So without any hesitation I did so away from view.
Erza P.O.V
This was most definitely a strange situation, three men give out a job asking for the head of a white haired wolf that attacked them last night, the same night we found Elena half beaten in an alleyway. They describe the exact injuries she sustained, but then said that the beast was a heartless killer. That's when it came to me I turned to Bickslow.
"That would explain her soul." he whispered to me. I noticed a few ears twitch at the sound of whispering. Whispers were rare in a guild that act like a family, we don't usually keep secrets.
I nodded to Bickslow who returned to the infirmary. I then shot a quick look to Mirajane who replied to it with another subtle nod. We needed to keep Elena away from these men until, we figure out exactly what's going on.
"How do we know this so called beast is the killer you proclaim?" I asked getting a few confused looks from the crowd. The first hunter turned to me raising his cast. "Your injuries only prove you fought with it, how do we know it terrorizes villages?" I asked once more.
"Do you always ask these many questions to your employers?" one of the hunters asked a bit annoyed. He placed his hand on his belt, I kept mine on the hilt of my sword. "It's a creature created by dark magic, it's ruthless and will try and kill you the first chance it gets." he said without breaking eye contact with me.
"Chill out Erza it's just a wolf, we deal with rabid wolves all the time." Natsu said with a shrug. Thankfully Lucy clued in and elbowed him in the side. "What you'd do that for?" he asked insulted.
Lucy P.O.V
Why is it I fell in love with an idiot of course he was drunk last night so he probably doesn't remember Bickslow carrying in an injured girl on his back last night. The same night a wolf attacked a bunch of hunter unprovoked, on a full moon. I can put two and two together and I can tell these guys are full of crap. I elbowed Natsu getting an insulted grunt form him before heading over to the bar where the hunters were sitting. I looked at Mirajane who moved her eyes in the direction of the room upstairs.
"So are you going to take the job or not?" the last hunter asked. I looked around the room, other than us those upstairs, Redus, Laki, Alzack,Bisca and Asuka there was no one else here.
"Of course we're…..not?" Natsu stopped himself noticing the death glares he was getting from everyone. He was a bit confused then he noticed the hunters standing up, they looked like they were ready to fight and his face took a more serious tone. "You don't want to do that." he warned.
"You folks know something don't you?" The hunter in the cast said pulling out his gun, only to have it shot out of his hand by Alzack. "Where is that monster, you have her don't you?" the other hunters followed suit pulling their weapons.
Everyone was prepared to fight, I had Leo's key in my hand ready to call him if needed, Erza was already in her basic armor, her sword in hand. Mirajane was giving off a dark aura and the others were all set for battle. Suddenly one of the men grabbed Kinana and held his crossbow to her head causing the tension in the guild to rise and sheer anger to appear on everyone's faces.
"Now you tell us where she is or-" he fell silent after Kinana dug her teeth into his hand. Her eyes were slit almost reptile like and the man just collapsed onto the floor. "What the hell!" another hunter shouted only to be smacked into the bar by Natsu's flaming fist. When the third man tried to escape I whipped his legs out from under him into Kinana's arms where she proceeded to crush him in her grip. Remind me to never get her angry.
I dashed upstairs, sadly as usual I did not time it well as a gust of red wind blasted through the door sending me and the others standing on the balcony through the railing. Thankfully we were caught by the boys downstairs. That's when I saw Bicklow flying towards the ground before his babies caught him.
"Whatever you do, don't hurt her, she's scared and confused!" he shouted. Everybody looked at him out of confusion before a white haired girl in a crimson dress came flying out of the room. Her dress had black accents and her hair was up in twin tails being held up by black roses. She was wearing a pair of black combat boots and two pairs of black bat wings coming out of her back. Her bright red eyes were wild with a primal defensive fear and her teeth were even sharper then Natsu's. This is going to be a long day and it's only 11:30.
Elena P.O.V
I could hear the voices outside the room getting angry at something. I couldn't focus though I was in a severe state of panic. Are they going to turn me in, torture me like the last guild did or try and kill me like those hunters did. I needed to calm down, my magic is hard enough to control when I'm not extremely emotional. As most creatures do when backed into a corner, I go into a sheer primal rage if I lose control, last time that happened is one of the main reasons those hunters were hired to hunt me down Nobody innocent died, they got hurt, but those who did die definitely deserved it from what they did to me.
"No, no, no not again." I repeated to myself as flashes of memories ran through my mind. "I don't want to die, I don't want to hurt anyone." I was losing myself again. Memories of my torture. Me pinned to a wall being poked and prodded by a variety of tools. A woman draining my magic to fuel something, it was hazy I couldn't see it all, all I remember was the pain she put me through. A group of wizards hunting me down as I escaped. The power of the full moon causing me to lose control of my form. I remember my teeth ripping out someone's throat, screaming townsfolk as I tried to escape my pursuers. The door behind me opened and Bickslow entered. "G-go away, please I don't want to hurt anyone." He was calm, his eyes a neutral red color.
"Relax ok, no one's going to hurt you, so you have no reason to hurt anyone." he said slowly coming forward, I took a few steps back. "Just calm down, okay don't freak out he said." His eyes glowed green like they did before. That's when a set of footsteps on the stairs caught my attention, he was distracting me. My anger and fear got the best of me.
"Monstrous Armament Crimson Alucard!" I shouted as a red and black dress appeared as did my wings. My teeth grew pointed and my hair tied itself up. "Crimson Wind Slash!" I shouted raising my arms and a large powerful gust of wind blew the man out of the room taking the door and whoever may have been on the other side with him to the bottom floor.
"Don't hurt her!" I heard him shout as I dashed out of the room and floated over the growing crowd of anxious wizards. "She's scared and confused, her magic is going haywire!" he shouted some more.
"Then we need to calm her down!" the blonde referred to as Lucy said as she pulled out a golden key. Out of instinct I knew it was dangerous and as I currently was lost to my rage I went for her first. "Open gate of the sea-goat, Capricorn!" she shouted as her outfit changed along with the appearance of a goat man in a tuxedo. She wore a black and purple suit and skirt and a pair of horns and sunglasses also appeared. "We need to calm her down, try not to hurt her." she ordered.
"Vampiric Talon!" I shouted in a much more monstrous voice as large glowing red claws appeared from my hands as I slashed for the blonde woman only to have the goat man block me, he then grabbed me and tried to hold me down.
"Elena you need to calm down!" Erza cried out. I was in a blood rushed fury, even if I wanted to I couldn't calm down very easily. I struggled against the strong hold from Capricorn and she jumped in to assist him.
I threw the goat man at the wall then spun at a high speed taking to the air and launching Erza into a table breaking it in half. I once again summoned my claws and dived at the blonde haired wizard, she jumped out of the way and pushed me away. That's when the pink haired man got angry.
"Nobody attacks my Lucy! Fire Dragon: Iron Fist!" he shouted as his fist was engulfed in flames and he struck me in the stomach. I let out a small painful cry as I was flung across the room. "Now pin her down while you still have the-" he was cut off as I recovered and kicked him to the ground. I bared my fangs ready to bite down on his neck. That's when a spear flew past my shoulder and impaled itself in the wall.
I turned angrily at the source and saw Erza in a heavily armored yellow and blue armor set. She seemed at a crossroad between angry and scared it was clear they didn't want to hurt me but, I was too far gone to notice that and was on complete self defense mode like a cornered snake. That's when my sharpened hearing heard a charging noise from above me.
"Berrien Formation!" Bickslow shouted as a green beam of magic shot out from a circle created from his flying dolls. I was hit directly from above, it didn't do very much though. With the amount of adrenaline pumping through me the damage I received was not felt in the slightest, not that I wouldn't be feeling it later. "We can't talk to her like this, we only have one option." he looked at Erza and she nodded.
"Wait, don't hurt her. She doesn't seem to be in complete control!" Wendy shouted standing in front of Erza. The red haired woman let out a sigh, she put a hand on the girls shoulder and walked past her leaving the younger girl whimpering.
I let out a loud yell, paralyzing any of the weaker wizards in the building causing them to collapse on the ground. I found myself surrounded by the wizards, Erza had changed into a black spiky set of armor, Bickslow's eyes were glowing brightly as his dolls made a circle in front of him. Natsu's fists were burning intensely and Lucy along with her spirit were standing battle ready. Next to them was a white haired wizard she changed into a demonic form, of course being injured and surrounded was not exactly helping their case. I barely took to the skies and began to inhale a red energy from those lying on the ground. My wounds and stamina began to recover the pink haired man's eyes flashed with a shock.
"We need to stop her before it's too late!" He shouted going for a kick, I smacked him aside with ease. I then took a deep breath of air in. Seemingly knowing what was next the pink haired wizard tackled Lucy to the ground.
"Crimson Howling!" I shouted releasing an overwhelming stream of black and red energy striking many of the wizards around. Erza had formed some kind of shield and Bickslow's dolls barely blocked the stream some of them were even incinerated. Had I been at full strength I might have killed him. After that attack all the energy I consumed drained away and I fell to the ground. I let out a hiss barely able to stand.
I was barely able to move, yet still I was prepared to fight. Inside I wanted to stop long ago but the instincts of the monsters were something I struggled to control on a daily basis. Whether it's the fight or flight response of the vampire or the overwhelming pull of the full moon from the werewolf.
"ENOUGH!" A voice shouted gaining my attention. A short man appeared in the doorway. He had a cane in one hand and was followed soon after by a black haired man and a blue haired woman who was pushing a wheelchair. He looked around noticing the hunters on the ground as well as the fallen fairies that Wendy was currently tending to. He then looked at me and noticed the struggle in my eyes. "I see, children tend to the wounded I'll handle this." he said sternly.
"But master!" they said in unison but, after he gave them a grin they agreed. Erza picked up the currently unconscious Natsu as the rest of them powered down and slowly backed off. "She doesn't mean it." Bickslow said as he also backed off.
"I know, now then you've caused quite the commotion young lady." he said walking towards me, I let out a warning growl as he continued forward. " I see the members of my guild as my children and I do not enjoy seeing my children getting hurt." he said stopping a few feet away from me. "I also do not enjoy seeing a child such as yourself in such a tortured state, I can see that you are currently not in complete control, but you have clearly been holding yourself back." he said with a stern face. I went to strike him causing a few cries of surprise but, managed to hold myself back. His gaze caused my defensive instincts to go wild enough that they just stopped cold.
He was right I was trying to stop myself from losing control, I still haven't fully recovered yet either. "H-h-elp m-me." I choked out softly as my transformation dropped and I fell into his arms. Tears rolled down my face as I began to cry. "I'm sorry...I..I couldn't… I couldn't stop myself." I cried.
"Now, now child it's alright nobody got to badly injured." he said patting me on the back. "Rest now, you are safe here." he said as I passed out from exhaustion. Back to square once again but this time, it was a peaceful sleep rather than an unruly rest.
