Chapter two: Valnok
"Umm can I have soda?" Cheryl asked as she tilted her head to one side.
"Thank god I bought some soda for Wendy. Now you can have some too." Mirajane said as she went to the counter to pull out a seven up bottle.
"Umm… you're my age, right?" Wendy asked. "Yup! I am 12!" Cheryl said immediately perking up.
The rest were all surprised. Erza was afraid Cheryl would give Wendy a blow in the head. Cheryl previous expression was brooding with darkness.
Wendy grinned. The two rushed off with Carla trailing off after them screaming "Wait! Wait Wendy!"
"Your juice Cheryl…" Mirajane trailed off.
Then as soon as the two new buddies were out of sight, Makarov the master cleared his gruff throat and said, "We have far more important matters than juice, Mirajane. We know this girl was sent here since she is most definitely a wizard but what kind? We never got this kind of information nor has she revealed it yet."
"Perhaps she is a dark arts wizard? Or maybe a forbidden arts wizard? Or a special type? Or an ancient wizardry wizard? There are so many possibilities master. She could be something far more dangerous than those also!" Lisanna said since she overheard the conversation.
Makarov then got an idea.
"Levy. Where's levy?!" Makarov called.
"Here I am master! Need anything?" Levy walked into the room with a book in her hand, wearing her orange reading glasses.
"Levy I have a request to make. Go down to the fairy tail library and go look for the different forbidden, dark and ancient arts. You'll need all the help you can get. Go call Lucy and Happy to help out and Erza!" Makarov finished.
"Yes master!" Erza replied.
"I want you to go to sabretooth in the next town and request Yukino on a mission. Also assure the leader, Sting that we will make sure she gets paid for the assistance."
Makarov said, and with that Levy and Erza set off.
Levy and Lucy were in the fairy tail underground library filled with books and more books.
While piling up the books with titles of dark arts forbidden arts and ancient arts, Happy hummed a simple tune to sound as though he was saying 'Tuna salmon Tempura' but that was expected from the happy go lucky fish lover, Happy.
Levy and Lucy were wearing the quick read glasses. They effortlessly flipped through the pages to understand everything.
Levy placed her hand on an extremely old dusty book.
She blew of the cobwebs and dust.
She wiped off the debris and read the title: 'Forbidden arts. Lost and gone.'
She flipped open the pages, scanning her finger across the words, as a habit.
"Arts huh?" Levy mumbled as she scanned the book again.
"Oi Lucy? Look at this book? It looks a little peculiar, does it not?" Levy asked Lucy.
"Huh? Lemme see it." Lucy reached out.
Just then the door flew open and Yukino rushed out saying, "You asked?"
"Aye sir! Look for books with the title forbidden arts ancient arts or dark arts."
Happy said breaking his fish song rhythm only for a moment to say this and then he continued.
An hour later the library ran out of books with similarity to forbidden arts dark arts and ancient arts.
"What's wrong Happy? No more books?" Levy asked, exhausted.
"Aye sir! No more books."
The four reported the situation to Makarov.
"Very well." He said.
He generously placed 100 gold coins in Yukino's carry pouch even after she protested that she didn't want it.
Yukino then left.
Once Yukino was gone and Lucy retired to her bedroom for rest, Levy dragged Master to a private room.
"Master. Do you mind explaining to me why I had to rummage through those books?"
Then master replied. "I needed you to figure out what kind of a wizard the new girl is."
"You mean Cheryl Yume? How will we find that out? We have no leads what so ever. Did you even think this through?" Levy said. Super angry.
"Ok. Here's the plan. You know Wendy lives solo and she knows how to cook right? We can get Cheryl to move in with Wendy into the second bedroom. When they're eating we can get Wendy to casually ask Cheryl her Magical abilities! So simple! And I am sure Cheryl would much rather spill to a girl her own age than to an old stupid grandpa like you!" Levy finished.
"Good plan but, hey! Don't talk so rudely about me! I am sure Mavis, our founder would be mad!" Makarov said, hurt.
"No actually I agree with Levy. You really are one old stupid grandpa." Mavis's ghost said, sitting on the granite bar counter top.
Levy cocked an eyebrow and laughed heartily.
That evening everything went as planned.
As the two were eating a wrap sandwich which Wendy had made, Wendy asked, "So Cheryl. What magical abilities do you have?"
Trying to act super casual Cheryl replied, "Valnok. This art is a hybrid of Forbidden and legendary arts."
"What are legendary arts?" Wendy asked.
"The arts which have been remembered as legends." Cheryl replied.
The next day without fail Wendy reported the situation to Levy and Master.
"Omg. A legendary and forbidden art user?" Levy asked with her mouth hanging open, threatening to fall.
"Levy! Go open the books in the library with happy and Lucy. You have to find Valnok!" Mavis said as she raised her hand.
There was that look Mavis wore.
It scared Levy.
Mavis wasn't usually this serious.
"Valnok…" The threesome repeated as they looked for the art.
An hour later Lucy yelled, "I found it!"
"Lemme see." Levy said. "Valnok. The rarest possible art ever found. It is the first and only hybrid art. The art's abilities rely on its user. It is an art of death. By chanting certain hymns, the user can kill an army of thousand, destroy the mountains in a blink of the eye, stop an active volcano from erupting, destroy the earth and wipe it out of existence and shred the whole Milky Way galaxy into pieces!" Levy read.
After showing the results to Makarov, Makarov shook violently.
"We can get wiped out with a flick of her wrist!" He trembled and mumbled.
