After a day's travel the pair arrived in Magnolia, the town that the legendary Fairy Tail guild calls home. They came to the guild hall entrance.
"Well! Here we are!" Crista was very clearly excited. Sylvaaris was just happy to have taken part in the celebratory post job meal that seemed to be tradition for Crista. She opened the door and Sylvaaris was greeted with the sudden sound of rowdy wizards drinking, eating and fighting. Above the other noise, someone could be heard shouting,
"Hey Crista's back!" A few people who heard cheered and one asked,
"Did you finish the job?" Which prompted Crista to jingle a bag of money of money with a cocky smile. She walked her way up the guild to the bar with Sylvaaris in tow. A few people asked who was with Crista and she ignored them with a smirk. She seemed to be planning a big introduction. They were almost to the bar when a voice cut through the noise,
"Oi! Crista! Who do you think you are bringing a stranger into the guild?" A pink haired man with a white scarf sat on the guard rail for the second floor overlooking the rest of the guild. The guild grew tense and Crista looked ready to fight.
"I thought he would be a good addition to the guild. He was a vagabond I found on the job who can use a type of magic I've never seen before." A 'hmph' emanated from the man. His hand caught on fire and he jumped down with a punch aimed at Crista. She caught in her palm. Sylvaaris stood stock still. Was this normal? Should he help Crista? Did he get her in trouble? Crista slowly leaned down and ate the flames off the closed fist. The man looked absolutely furious. Sylvaaris had his sword half drawn under his cloak. The pink haired man suddenly busted out laughing along with the whole guild, as well as Crista. Sylvaaris was genuinely confused. The pink haired man came over and heartily put his arm around Sylvaaris's shoulder.
"I'm just messing with you! What's your name?" Sylvaaris had used most of his physical strength just to keep from falling over under the enthusiastic man. He took a second then got the strength to say his name.
"It's Sylvaaris sir."
"Hey no need for all the formality around here. We're all family in Fairy Tail. I'm Natsu Dragneel!" He flashed a smile at Sylvaaris who was now dumbfounded at meeting such a powerful wizard. 'I guess that was inevitable when I was coming to Fairy Tail'. Before any more words could be exchanged a man with black hair yelled,
"Hey what's the big idea scaring a new recruit like that?" Natsu turned and addressed the man with an angry expression.
"Who are you to tell me how to act ice head?!" They butted heads
"Flame Brain!" The man retorted. They broke out into a fist fight.
"Don't mind them." Sylvaaris heard the new voice and turned back to Crista and saw another girl standing next to her. She had black hair and a kind face.
"Sylvaaris, this is Lexi. She is Gray's daughter. That's the guy who is fighting my dad right now." As Crista introduced the two of them, the squabble between Natsu and Gray could still be heard.
"So what is this special type of magic that you use?" Lexi asked
"I'm sure you have heard the story of the 6 legendary swords right?" Sylvaaris began, "Well that is my magic." He opened his cloak slightly and drew his sword from the magic circle. A gasp could be heard from the onlooking guild members.
"Is that really one of the legendary swords?" Lexi asked, awestruck.
"What are the legendary swords?" Wondered Crista.
"They were the six swords crafted by Master Ravus when magic was given from dragons to humans." Sylvaaris explained, "They are said to be the origination of all element magic in humans. I can only summon this one so far. Infernus, the sword of flames." Lexi seemed very impressed while Crista was still somewhat confused.
"So how about you show me what that sword can do with a battle?" Lexi suggested. A fire flared within Sylvaaris like none he had ever felt before.
"I accept that challenge." Lexi showed him outback to the sparring area behind the guild, followed by some curious guild members including Gray, Natsu, and Crista. They took spots at opposite ends of the sparring field.
"Ready?" Lexi called.
"Ready!" Sylvaaris responded. He was fired up. He didn't quite know why but this seemed like it was going to be his first step to the rest of his life.
"Alright here I come! Ice Make Meteor Shower!" A blue magic circle appeared in front of her and a hail of ice shards rained towards Sylvaaris. He quickly drew Infernus and dodged to the right. He ran sideways as she followed her target with the shower of ice. He closed in quick and leaped towards her.
"Blazing Blade!" Infernus erupted into flames as he struck at Lexi. She dodged backwards and emitted a shockwave of ice that sent Sylvaaris skidding back on his feet. They both smiled and went for eachother again. Infernus erupted in fire once again and this time Lexi rose a column of ice to block. The super heated blade cut straight through the ice and Lexi was forced to dodge backwards. Sylvaaris pointed an open palm at her.
"Infernus Dragon Cannon!" A powerful blast of flames erupted from his hand right at Lexi. She quickly conjured a magic circle and suddenly the sparring field was engulfed in steam. 'She must have conjured enough ice to dissipate my flame' Sylvaaris thought. He scanned the steam looking for an attack. A small puddle of water sloshed at his feet as he slowly rotated and looked for his opponent, his sword extended in front of him. The attack came from a direction he didn't expect. The water at his feet rumbled and he looked down just in time to get a face full of water as the puddle turned into a raging column of water that shot him skywards. The steam cleared with the rush of the impact and a good distance below him stood Lexi. He saw a magic circle appear and another rain of icy pellets barreled towards him. He used small jets of flame from points on his body to roll over and face downwards. He shot a blast of fire at the pellets to hold back the attack. As he began to fall, his flame couldn't keep the ice far enough away and he was hit full force by the attack. He hit the ground and Infernus disappeared in a slight shimmer. He had lost. The wizards cheered wildly at the incredible battle and Lexi came over to offer him a hand up. He took it and she smiled at him. "You've got a whole lot of heart. You'll fit in just fine." Everything after the end of the battle was a bit of a blur to him. He was introduced to a bunch of different people, some of which he knew from the legends of Fairy Tail such as Lucy, Crista's mother, and Juvia, Lexi's mother. He remembered the master of the guild particularly well, an older man by the name of Gildarts who seemed not to be too serious but even a blind man could have seen the extreme amounts of magic power he wielded. Not much else filled his memory and soon he found himself sitting in a Fairy Tail supplied dormitory. It was a nice housing arrangement as it had just been built by the guild because of the running out of male housing. It had a small kitchen and a decent sized living room with a door to a homey bedroom with a nice bathroom attached. This had been the first time in many many years he would sleep in an actual room and the first time ever that he had met so many friendly people at one time. He extinguished the lights in the room and stripped down to just his boxers. He sat on the edge of the bed and extended his arm to look at his new, black, fairy tail mark on the underside of his forearm. The moonlight filtered in between the curtains and illuminated the mark he was now smiling at. 'I could have never imagined my life would change so much.' He thought happily. He pulled the cloth over his right eye down so that it covered both of his eyes as he slept. Soon his breathing evened and he fell asleep.
Author's Note: I plan on making the next chapter a chapter for exposition and filling in some backstory. Some of the backstory involving the origins of magic will definitely be different from the real story so sorry about that. Anyways I hope you've enjoyed so far.