GOOD EVENING EVERYONE! Nick Write here, bringing you the 2nd chapter of Great Fairy Tail! For the third time. Yeah, but this time I finally got it. Probably. Okay, so no one will be seeing this until Next Friday-ish, because I am currently sitting in a camp house on Teledo Bend, without any internet, and I will stay that way, for a couple of days. Now, schedule is looking like there will be one more chapter next week, and then a break the next week, because I'm going to a week-long course for JROTC. So, the week after the week after the week after next week, summer officially starts for all of us, and updates should be pretty constant. But that's not the point of all of this. The point of all of this is to bring all of you a brand spanking new chapter for you all to read. So, without further ado...READ ON!
It was a pretty normal day in the Town of Magnolia. People mulled around as normal, and the mages from the local guild, Fairy Tail, were as lively as ever. However, all wasn't well in the forest that laid around the outskirts of the town. A bright light flashed across the sky, and a green blur fell towards the ground at an intense velocity. Grunts of pain came from the blur, as if hit branches and hit the ground. The object rose, a young boy no older than thirteen, clad in a green tunic and a longsword strapped to his back, nestled under a shield and quiver of arrows. The boy looked around, disorientated by his surroundings.
" Ugh...where am I?"
He could easily tell that he was in a forest of some sort, but it certainly wasn't any forest he recognized. How did he go from being in a desert to a forest anyway? None of this was making any sense. He pat himself down, making sure that none of his equipment was missing. When it wasn't, he breathed out a sigh of relief. He needed to find out where he was, and get a lay of the la-
There was a rustle from a nearby bush, and the boy spun around on his heel. He slowly drew his sword, and watched the bush carefully. The rustling increased, and slowly, something emerged from the shadows. It was a brown horse, with a white mane, and black hooves. He grinned, and put his sword away.
Epona.
The boy approached the horse, and pet her gently on her muzzle, and she nuzzled her head into his hand. But he noticed something off about the horse. She was significantly younger that when he had left her. Then he realized that he was also much closer way. His breathing hitched.
He looked around, and found a puddle of water, quickly looking at his reflection in the water, and running a hand through his hair.
He had turned young again. He looked over to his horse, who was grazing lightly. He gave a small smile.
" I guess we're going on another adventure, huh girl?"
He got no response from the horse, other than a snort and a whinny, which was to be expected. He walked over, and hopped onto her. He gave her one of the many carrots he stockpiled for her, and gave her a gently spur in the side, promting her to begin forward, both of them wandered into the unknown forest.
They had been moving for a while, Link occasionally letting Epona rest and graze, and they hadn't seen any form of civilization, or any one living anywhere. The now-young boy was beginning to get frustrated at the lack of progress being made by the both of them. But he couldn't give up. He had no idea where he was, and desperately needed information. Almost as if it could read his mind, he and Epona stumbled across a large house carved directly into the trunk of a tree. The young Hylian nearly jumped for joy, as he dismounted his trusted companion, and walked up to the house. He gave the door a firm knock. Not soon after, an old woman opened the door, looking down on Link with a disapproving glare. He shuffled in place a little as the woman's glare got harder.
" What do you want?"
The Hylian gave a sheepish grin." Sorry ma'am, I have no idea where I am, and I need directions to the nearest city."
The woman's glare never lessend." The closest town is 8 miles East from here, and you're in the outskirts of Magnolia Town, Fiore, on Earthland. Does that help?"
Link let the information set, and nodded, his grin getting even bigger.
" Yes! Thank you so much. Have a good day!"
The woman shut the door without a goodbye, leaving Link sitting on her doorstep with a stupid grin on his face. He sighed, and went over to Epona, and gave her another carrot.
" Alright girl, let's head west."
Once again, the both of them continued on for another couple hours, by the time they had reached the edge of the forest, night had enveloped them. Luckily, Link could see pretty well in the darkness, and saw the town in the distance. He sighed, and pat Epona on the head.
" Come on girl. Let's get there before it gets too dark. We don't know what roams around here."
As soon as he said that, a loud rumbling could be heard from the forest behind them. Link turned, and saw a tall, hulking figure walking towards them from the woods. The young Hylian dismounted Epona, and brandished his sword and shield. Waiting carefully, the figure revealed itself to be a large monkey, a wide grin on his face.
" Woman?"
Link looked up to the monkey confused." Uh, no woman here buddy."
The monkey's mood shifted from curious to angry in an instant." WOMAN WOMAN, ME WANT WOMAN."
The green clad hero stared at the beast." Excuse me, what?"
The monkey only got angrier." IF YOU NO WOMAN, ME NO WANT YOU. CRUSH YOU BENEATH FOOT ME WILL!"
Link had no time to think that that was from the wrong series before the monkey charged at him, fists raised. Link jumped out of the way of the giant monkey, bringing his sword down in an arc as it came by, knocking the monkey down. However, it got right back up, even angrier than before. Link backflipped away a couple of times, creating some distance between the two, and pulled out his bow, and a light arrow. The monkey turned to the Hylian, and charged again. As he got closer, Link expertly shot the arrow right into the monkey's face. The light that emerged from the arrow caused the monkey to rear back, howling in pain.
" MY EYES!"
Link grinned, and pulled out his sword, using the opportunity to jump on top of the monkey, and spring himself up, do a couple of flips, and bring the flat of his blade down on top of the monkey's head. He jumped off of the monkey, and watched as it fell back, completely unconcious. He sheathed his sword, and admired his handiwork. Suddenly he heard clapping from behind him.
" Nicely done! I've never seen someone as young as you take out a vulcan of that size so easily. Hell, some adults can't do it!"
Link spun around, and saw a man in a long coat, his orange hair combed back, and some scraggly orange hair on his chin. Link got in a battle position, and the man held his hand out.
" Woah now kid, we're all friends here. The name's Gildarts."
He held his hand out, Link eyeing it suspisciously, before giving it a firm shake.
" Link."
Gildarts' grin never left his face." Link huh? So what're you doing out this late?"
Link looked over to his horse, who was grazing peacefully the whole time.
" Well." He said," I have no idea where I am, and I was hoping to figure that out."
He seemed a bit surprised, but Gildarts' grin still stayed in tact.
" Well, currently, you are on the outskirts of the Town of Magnolia. Where are you from kid?"
The young Hylian looked a little confused. He had never heard of a Magnolia Town.
" I'm from the Kingdom of Hyrule."
Now it was Gildarts' turn to look confused." Hyrule, huh? Never heard of it. And I've travelled a lot of places."
Link was beginning to get a little worried." Have you heard of anywhere called Ylisse? Amestris? America?"
Gildarts shook his head." Sorry kid, I haven't heard of any of those."
Link sighed. He needed to figure out what was going on quick.
Gildarts saw how distraught the hylian seemed, and gave him a pat on the shoulder.
" Come with me kid. I've got an idea of where you can stay while you're figuring out your situation."
Link followed Gildarts into the town, and along a very specific path, and to a large building. Link looked around, only a few people around in the building. The tables, drinks, and bar at the back made the place look like a bar. An old man sat on the bar, and the two of them walked to the back.
" Hey old man! I got a new recruit."
The old man cracked an eye open, and smiled.
" Ah, Gildarts. I trust the mission went well."
Gildarts grinned." As usual."
The old man looked down to Link.
" Hello there. I'm Makarov, the Master of the Fairy Tail Guild."
Link looked confused. Guild? Master? What was going on.
Link nodded." Link."
Makarov grinned." Not much of a talker, are you? No matter. So, I hear you need somewhere to stay."
Link nodded." I need to get a lay of the land, yes."
Makarov nodded." Then why don't you join my guild? You can get a good lay of things if you do."
Link gave the man a confused look." One question. What's a guild?"
Makarov stopped." You don't know what a guild is?"
Link shook his head.
Makarov shrugged." That's odd, but I suppose that it can't be the first time it's happened. A guild is a place where people gather to take missions and make money. I run a wizards guild, which is a guild where any one that can preform magic can join, and make money. There are also Dark Guilds, which are guilds that take missions that are illegal by the Magic Council."
Link nodded. There could potentially be a lot of benefits to this, but at the moment all he needed was information, and this seemed to be a good start.
" I'll take you up on that offer then."
Makarov grinned, and held out his hand, giving Link a firm shake.
" Welcome to Fairy Tail, Link!"
AAAAAAND THAT'S A WRAP FOLKS! Yeah, if you read the second version, you could tell that this is very similar to the second version second chapter, but from here on out, it's gonna change from the original. So stick around, Review, Follow, Favorite, whatever you need to do! And as always...
See You On The Flip-Side~Nick Write