Lucy's P.o.v
My eyes fluttered open, and I scanned my surroundings. A green, lush forest surrounded me, and I coughed slightly, covering my nose. I could smell everything, the scent of mouth-watering animals, and the scent of rotting animal corpse. My eyes focused, on the forest, and I could hear Toeboe approaching.
Hear, smell? Why are my senses doubled, and how can I smell Toeboe's distinct scent? Don't tell me that wolf thing is real! I mean I believed a bit, but I didn't think it would actually work. I felt my ears, and indeed my earrings were off. Toeboe then tapped my back, and instead of getting spooked I turned around nonchalantly.
His mouth was covered with blood, and he was beaming. His hands were occupied by carrying a giant elk corpse, and for some reason my instincts were driving me wild. Canines sharpening, I felt my human ears morph on top of my head, and there formed wolf ears. A wolf tail grew from my tail bone, and I felt my nails sharpen to claws.
I was half transformed into a wolf, I knew that much. I grabbed the elk, and I started tearing into its flesh, finding the ribs, and I bent down in a crouched position, like a wolf. I began to eat all the delicious meat around the ribs, and I found myself contentedly gnawing on a rib bone.
I then looked at Toeboe, and I noticed his features a little more; with the help of my senses. He looked around 13, just like Wendy. He had muscles much like Romeo, but being a wolf of course he was more buff. His canines were sharp like a dragon slayer, and his eyes were golden similar to a wolf's. I ruffled his hair, smiling at him.
"Thanks for the elk." I said, and he grinned at me.
"You half transformed, that's great!" He beamed at me, and I couldn't help but share his enthusiasm. He's like Natsu in some ways, he has that ability to make everyone laugh and smile. I have a feeling he would like Natsu, but question is if I should bring him to the guild. How would they react, and should I tell them about us being wolves? I'm sure they would notice my subtle changes.
"Toeboe, has any of my physical traits changed?" I asked suddenly, and he nodded.
"Your eyes are colored gold like mine, and your hair is a bit lighter blond. It also grew, and you're a bit taller." He said, and I looked down at my hair. It was straight still, but it was at least down around my mid-thigh.
I panicked slightly, "Toeboe, I'm apart of a guild! How can I tell them this? Especially before the Grand Magic Games, because I suddenly have all this magical energy." I said, panicking and Toeboe laughed a bit at my panicked state.
"You don't have to tell them, if you don't wanna'. You can say one of your spirits, Cancer is it gave your hair a mixture that made it long. Your wolf ears, and tail only come out when you want them to. They help our senses by 5x, without us fully transforming." Toeboe explained, and I nodded.
This kid is sure smart.
I grinned slyly, "So, we're kinda' like a dragon slayer right?" I asked.
Toeboe nodded, "Yeah, but we differ is some aspects. They're more destructive, and our magic is more graceful, but don't underestimate it. We're just as powerful, and not to mention we're much more vicious. They get angry easily which boost their magic, and they can gain scales and such similar to a dragon. When we're angry, we're practically unstoppable. Not to mention unlike a dragon slayer, we can actually transform into a wolf. We can choose two sizes, there's one which you saw me in last night. That's for fitting in more, and our other size is giant. It's as big as a normal-sized dragon. So we're like wolf slayers, but we don't kill wolves we are the wolves. So in comparison we're stronger." Toeboe said, and the whole time he explained, my mouth was agape.
I giggled evilly, "I'm finally stronger than my team mates!" I said doing a fist pump, and Toeboe cocked his head to the side in confusion.
"My team mates always underestimate my celestial magic. There's been times where I've been beaten, and I guess they haven't really overlooked it. Speaking of which, what is our magic like? Are they elements like dragon slayers?" I asked, curious of my new magic.
"Yeah, we have elements too. Come here," Toeboe requested.
I scooted closer to my little brother, and he reached his arm to my face. He cupped my cheek, and closed his eyes suddenly. A ring of light then surrounded us, and Toeboe was concentrating hard. What is he doing?
He released his hand from my face, and the light suddenly disappeared. "What were you doing?" I asked.
"I was calculating your magic. You have many magic types! Mine are the element of earth, fire, light, and I can requip weapons." Toeboe said.
My mouth dropped open, with my eyes bulged. How did he learn that many elements? I wonder who even trained him?
"What are mine?" I asked eagerly.
"You have the elements of blue fire, water, wind, ice, and lightning. You can also requip but you can have armor, and weapons. It's actually pretty cool because we can use our magic still in our wolf form. You can even requip armor on your wolf form!" Toeboe said, and I smirked inwardly.
Blue fire huh? That's hotter than Natsu's fire, I wonder how he would react.. I can't believe I harbor that many elements! I can't wait to try them out! "Can we eat elements like dragon slayers?" I asked, and he nodded.
"We can eat any element. We can also deflect any element, or magical attack with our eyes. We have the wolf's eye, so we can make anything stop when we initiate it." Toeboe said.
"Sorry for all the questions, but how can I shift into a wolf?" I asked.
Toeboe then shifted into his wolf form, and he grinned at me revealing his sharp teeth. His voice interrupted my thoughts, "Think about being a wolf, and vision yourself as one." Toeboe explained, and I nodded.
I thought a wolf, and what color I would be. I visioned myself as a white wolf, my instincts were telling me I was pure white with golden eyes. I imagined my body, shifting into a wolf. Bones cracking, muscles rearranging, tendons tearing, organs growing. The pain wasn't bad, for I could endure it. Suddenly, I felt my body shift.
I closed my eyes, preparing for pain but to my surprise there was none. I looked down, at my feet no paws. Just as I predicted, they were pure white. I looked around, and my vision was indeed better. All my senses were, and I felt a surging magical power inside of me. It felt good, it felt like I would never end of energy. My fur was thick, and I was warm beneath the sun's rays. By looking at my color, and fur thickness, I could tell I was the arctic wolf.
I glanced at Toeboe, and I glanced at his coloring, and body structure. He seemed to be the red wolf. My eyes seemed to catch on to more details, and I noticed he had bracelets on his wrist. They were colored silver, and there was a set of three. He noticed me staring, and his ears drooped lightly.
"These are a memento of the lady who used to take care of me." Toeboe said, and I tilted my head to the side.
"Took care of you?" I asked.
He nodded, "Yeah. Back when I was a young pup I roamed around only as a wolf. A woman found me, and took care of me, she treated me as a pet. She never knew I was half human. Us wolves are after all 90% wolf, 10% human. It's sometimes a disgrace, to be in out human form. But, I actually like humans." Toeboe said smiling.
"Me too. It's funny, because being a wolf feels so.. Natural. I feel free, when I was sealed I knew there was always something missing." I said.
"Wanna' go for a run? I've always wanted to play with another wolf!" Toeboe said excited.
I nodded eagerly, "Let's go!" I yelled, and before he could respond I took off.
Usually, any human would have trouble running with four legs. Everything felt so natural, I let my instincts take over. My legs were moving fast, and I heard leaves rustle behind me, indicating he was gaining up on me. I lessened my speed, and he caught up with me, his tongue rolled out of his mouth.
We ran side by side, and our bodies hit each other a few times,playfully of reached a small pond, and Toeboe tackled me on the grass. He nipped at my ear, and I returned his playful gesture. I then tackled him, and we playfully bit, and clawed each other. After play fighting for what it seemed like hours, all my wounds instantly healed.
"Toeboe, do our wounds heal faster?" I asked.
He nodded, "Unlike a dragon slayer who can heal others, our heals instantly. This makes us nearly invisible, the only way we can be defeated is, if we're attacked before our wounds have time to heal. They usually heal in a 2 minute interval." Toeboe informed.
"That's cool!" I exclaimed, but I mentally slapped myself. I sound like that gay little reporter, Jason is it? He never payed attention to me, I even cosplayed as a bunny! Now to Gajeel I'm bunny-girl... I wonder if I' wolf-girl now. Although I like the sound of that. Lucy the wolf, the big bad wolf Lucy! I sweat dropped at my imaginative mind.
"Can we practice magic?" I asked suddenly, and Toeboe's ears perked.
"Yeah! Let's try in human form though." Toeboe said.
I frowned, I like being in wolf form. It feels like my soul belongs in y wolf body, not in a human's. I truly do feel better being a wolf, but oh well. I thought of my human body. My now long blond hair, my brown, no golden eyes. My new height, my giant curves, the clothes I was wearing.
I shifted into my human form, and I now noticed I still had my clothes on. That's convenient..
"Okay, let's try requip. Unlike a normal requip mage, we don't need to buy armor and such. We already have all the armor, and weapons stocked instantly. Why? Mama was aware that we harbor the ability to requip, so she filled our inventory when we were born." Toeboe said.
I smiled at the thought, and I glanced at the sky. 'Thanks Mama,' I thought, and I swore I saw a shimmer in the sky. I looked back at Toeboe. "Okay, think about the armor and weapon you want. This should be easy, since shifting into a wolf was easy for you." Toeboe instructed.
I nodded, and I thought of a wolf-girl armor. I thought of silver colored armor, that was a crop top. It revealed my big cleavage, and it covered my stomach's sides, by looking like claws were wrapped around me. The bottom was a short skirt, and armor type leggins covered my legs. My wolf ears, and tail were present, and on my arms were gloves, with sharp claws sticking out. Imagining it, a light enveloped me, and even faster than Erza, armor appeared on my body.
Surprisingly, it was light. Well if a human had this on, they wouldn't be able to walk probably, but being a wolf has its advantages, like our improved strength and speed. I then imagined a thin, yet deathly sharp sword that had unnoticeable spikes on each crevice. They were sharp, so sharp they could tear Erza's armor.
The sword then appeared in my hand, and I smiled at my accomplishment. Toeboe was clapping, and smiling. "Try your sword out." He suggested.
I nodded, and with a new found agility I leaped forward and swiped my sword at the nearest tree. It literally broke in half, and fell to the floor. Letting my instincts take over, I requipped back into my normal clothes. I felt power burn from within me. I lifted my hand, and a pain suddenly shot throughout my nails.
They singed off is what it seemed, and claws appeared. They were sharp, like a wolf's. I clawed the tree, in one quick swipe and the tree burst in flames. But not any flames, blue flames. The tree burnt to ashes, and before the forest caught on fire, I used my water element to let out the flames. Normal water like Juvia's water could never extinguish my flame, but mine obviously could, since I cast the fire.
I looked at Toeboe, and he was staring at me in amazement. "Lucy-Nee, you just used two of your elements! That's incredible!" Toeboe yelled, his eyes sparkling.
I grinned, and put my hand on my hip. "Honestly, I could never do that alone. Instinct is really helping me out." I said, looking at the sky. It was morning, and I realized that the sun had just rose.
"Toeboe, you should join Fairy Tail! There's even a girl named Wendy around your age." I said wiggling my eyebrows.
He nodded eagerly, "I would love to!" He said, and a wolf tail appeared and started wagging excitedly. I chuckled, and he blushed and made it disappear.
I then decided to requip into a new outfit. I thought of a white bikini top, a dark jean jacket that reaches my navel, short jean shorts, and brown boots. I then thought of a brown string choker, with a silver wolf charm. The outfit appeared on my body, and I left my hair down, no ribbon or anything. I brushed my fingers through my hair, and I glanced around for Toeboe.
Wolf ears were suddenly placed on my head, and they twitched listening. I detected a howl, and I recognized it to be Toeboe's. I shifted into a wolf, and I followed his howl. I tilted my head back, and I howled myself while running. I found Toeboe running, and I joined beside him. We ran around the forest, and we reached out of the forest, and to the ledge on the way to Fairy Tail.
I shifted into a human again, and so did Toeboe. I jumped in the air, and I did a front flip, while landing on the ledge. Toeboe jumped up himself, and he was panting slightly.
"You're a good runner." Toeboe said, and I smiled.
"Thanks," was my simple reply, and we continued soon reached Fairy Tail, and I nervously shuffled to the front door. I walked inside, and I noticed Toeboe wasn't behind me. I felt the stares at me, and I even got a few whistles. Do they even recognize me?
I yanked Toeboe in, and he was blushing slightly. I dragged him to Mirajane, and she smiled at us. "Lucy, you look beautiful! Who's this cutie?" She complimented, then asked with a kind smile.
"This is actually my brother, Toeboe." I said, and he bowed politely.
"Can I please join?" He asked, and Mira inwardly fawned over his pleading, puppy eyes.
"Sure! Let me ask Master." Mira said, and she scurried off, to his office. I felt an arm sling around my shoulders, and I could tell by his scent that it was Natsu.
I pushed him off of me, and I turned around to see Team Natsu. "Wow Luce! You look different!" Natsu said, scanning e from head-to-toe. Wow, I don't even think he realized it looks like he's checking me out.. He really is oblivious.
"Duh flame-brain, her hair is longer. Idiot." Gray scoffed, and Natsu's eyes lit up in flames.
"Shaddup stripper!" He yelled about to punch Gray in the face, but Erza grabbed his fist, and squeezed it with brutal strength. There were a few cracks heard, and she glared intensly.
"Fighting?" She asked, growling.
Natsu shook his head, and Gray linked arms with Natsu's. "Aye!" They both squealed, and I sighed at the two. Erza then fixated her gaze on me, then Toeboe.
"Who is this?" She asked, her tone a lot more nicer than the one she used with Natsu and Gray.
"This is my little brother, Toeboe!" I exclaimed, and Erza's eyes widened.
"It's great to meet, family of Lucy's." Erza said shaking his hand, and I noticed she was squeezing hard without meaning. I heard Natsu mutter, "Poor kid, he's getting Erza's death shake!"
Natsu's eyes then bulged open, when he realized that instead of Toeboe wincing in pain, it was Erza who released with a hurt hand. Toeboe's eyes gleamed with mischief. I grinned a lop-sided grin, and I slung my arm around him, and ruffled his hair.
Mira's scene, along with Master's then appeared, and we turned around to see Master sitting on the bar. "What's your name young one?" Master asked.
"I'm Toeboe Heartphilia!" Toeboe said his voice full of determination.
"Well, Toeboe welcome to Fairy Tail!" Master yelled, and numerous yells were heard throughout the guild.
"Partyy!" Cana yelled, jugging her alcohol from a barrel. Everyone started cheering, and drinking and just having a good time.
"Where would you like your stamp?" Mira asked, and Toeboe pondered for a minute.
"I want silver on my left hand, like Lucy-nee!" He exclaimed, and I blushed slightly. I'm glad to have him now, after Michelle turning back into a doll, I felt family deprived.
I felt a warm hand touch my shoulder, and I turned to Natsu. "Wanna go on a mission? Just m-me and you?" Natsu asked stuttering, and I blushed red.
"S-Sure!" I stuttered, and he held up a mission.
It read, "Two teenaged mages needed! I need two attractive looking mages to act like a couple, and snoop around in the couple's cafe. There's rumored to be a bartender that's putting poison in drinks, please help! Reward- 14,000J."
I blushed even more red, "Are you okay with acting like a couple?" I asked, and Natsu nodded eagerly.
"Alright, let's go!" I yelled, and he grabbed my hand, and we ran off to catch the train.
