Lucy: (Looking at Fairy Tail right in front of her. Smiling.) Wah… It's huge.
Happy: Welcome to Fairy Tail.
-Fairy Tail-
This story is about mage guilds all over the world! They are the associations that mediate jobs and other things to mages. Lucy, who aims to be a full-fledged mage, meets Natsu, who has the ability to eat fire, punch with fire, and control Dragon Slayer. Lucy is asked to come to Fairy Tail with him! But that is… a guild where hooligans gather! A door to a slightly dangerous, yet fun-filled "Fairy Tail" is about to be opened!
Mages are eating, conversing, and looking at jobs with each other, having a good time.
Guild Member: Mira-chan! Three beers this way, please!
Mirajane: (Fairy Tail Employee, a slim young woman of below average height. She has long, white hair which curls slightly at the ends, with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest; her hair style's most distinctive trait is a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering and tying the hair covering her forehead.) Coming right up.
Wakaba: (A man who is smoking a cigar of average height, distinguishable by his brown hair, which is kept in an ostentatious pompadour-like style that protrudes frontwards from the top of his head in a large, curly and fluffy tuft.) Mira-chan!
Mirajane: Yes, yes, what is it?
Wakaba: (Blows a heart shaped puff of smoke at her.) let's go on a date next time.
Mirajane: Sigh… (Her face turns into his wifes.) You have a wife, don't you?
Wakaba: Waaahhh! Don't turn into my wife!
Mirajane: Hahaha. (Her face turns back to normal.)
Natsu:(Barges inside yelling.) We're home!
Happy: Home~~~
Mirajane: Natsu, Happy, welcome back.
Guild Member: Hahaha. You overdid it again. I read about the Oregon incident… In the newspa…
Natsu: (Jumps over to him and kicks him with his foot.) Idiot! That info you said about Salamander was fake!
Guild Member: Ghu.
(People start to fight each other.)
Mirajane: My… Now that natsu is back, the guild might be torn apart soon.
Wakaba: It's already being torn apart!
Guild Member: Stop Natsu, someone! Gyaf! You… Natsu…
Lucy: Whoa…
Member: Owwww. Happy came flying this way.
Happy: Aye.
Lucy: I really… Came to Fairy Tail. (She looks on as the men fight.) !
Gray: (He has spiky black colored hair, dark blue eyes, and his body is toned and muscular.)
Did you say Natsu is back?! Hey… Let's settle our fight from the other time!
Cana: (A tall, slim, young woman with an ample bust. She has long, mid-back length brown hair with varying shades of color, having been seen as bright brown, black, and, ultimately, plain brown. Two shoulder-length strands of hair frame her face, with the left one starting from a prominent, high fringe.) Gray… Have you been walking around like that?
Gray: (Not wearing anything except underwear.) What?! How that happen?!
Cana: Another one of those undignified guys… That I really hate. (She starts drinking from a barrel of beer.)
Lucy: … (Looks a she drinks the beer with her eyes wide open and mouth wide as well.)
Gray: Hey! Natsu! Fight me!
Natsu: Come back after you're fully dressed.
Elfman: What rubbish.
Lucy: (A shadow covers her.)
Elfman: Yapping in the middle of the day… You're not little kids, you know… So fight with fist to show your manhood.
Lucy: So it all comes down to fighting after all…
Natsu/Gray: (Punch him away.) Get outta the way!
Lucy: And he got owned!
Loke: Hrmm? It's so noisy here.
Lucy: Ah! Loke, the top ranked "Mage You Want To Have As Your Boyfriend"! (Researched Sorcerer Weekly.)
Loke: I'll go join their fight. (While there are two girls hugging him.)
Girls: Good luck~~~
Lucy: "And his image is officially corrupted!" (Falls to the ground.) What's with this place...? None of them are normal…
Mirajane: My, a newcomer?
Lucy: ! Mirajane! Kyaaa! The real one~~~. Hack! Don't you have to stop them?!
Mirajane: It happens all the time. You don't have to worry about it.
Lucy: Oh, dear…
Mirajane: And… (A bottle hits her on the head. She falls.)
Lucy: Kya! Mirajane-san!
Mirajane: Besides… (Gets up with her head bleeding, she still smiles.) Isn't it fun this way?
Lucy: "It's scary…"
Gray: Ouch! (Thrown at a table and breaks it.)
Lucy: Kyaaaaa!
Natsu: (Holding Gray's underwear in his hand.) Huh!
Gray: Aaah! My underwear! (He faces Lucy, while looking at his naked spot.)
Lucy: Don't face this way!
Gray: (To Lucy.) Lady, if you don't mind, please lend me your under…
Lucy: (Punches Gray on the face.) No way I'd do that!
Loke: (Grabs Lucy, and carries her.) Ah, geez… People with no elegance are really troublesome, don't you think? By the way, which modeling agency do you belong to?
Lucy: What is this?
Elfman: Men should fight with fists!
Natsu: (Punches him away.) I said you're getting in our way.
Cana: Aaaah, so noisy. I can't even drink peacefully. (She takes out a card.) Guys, it's time… to end this… (The card glows.)
Gray: I've had it! (He puts his fist on his flat hand, it gets cold.)
Elfman: Uoooh! (His arm forms scales.)
Loke: (Puts on golden rings.) What a troublesome bunch…
Natsu: Come and get me! (Engulfs his fist in flames.)
Lucy: Magic?!
Mirajane: This is getting a little too intense.
Master: That's enough! Cut it out, you fools! (A gigantic man, with horns, and a demon face.)
Lucy: He's humongous!
(Everyone stops.)
Mirajane: My… You were here… Master?
Lucy: Master?!
Gray/Elfman: Hmph.
Loke: It was scary wasn't it? (Hugging the girls.)
Girls; It was~~~
Cana: I need beer.
Natsu: (Smirking.) Hahaha! You all got so scared! This is my win~~~.
Master: (Stomps him with his foot.) Mu? A newcomer?
Lucy: Yes…
Master: Fnu… (He looks angry.)
Lucy: (Scared.)
Master: (He shrinks into his normal size. An extremely short, elderly man. He has black eyes and is growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair. He also has a thick white mustache. He is wearing dressing in a casual manners which consist of a white shirt with black Fairy Tail stamp in the middle which covered by an orange hoodie. His attire was completed with matching orange shorts and an orange and blue stripes designed jester hat.)
Lucy: What?! (She says as he shrinks.)
Master (Makarov): Nice to meet you. (He waves. He then jumps to the second floor of the building. As he is about to land he hits his head on a ramp. Gets up as if nothing happened.) Well then. (Takes out documents from the council.) You've done it again, fools. Look at these documents I received from the council.
Lucy: "Council… It's an organization that manages Mage guilds."
Master: First… (He reads the papers.) Gray.
Gray: Huh? (Not wearing anything except his underwear he got back.)
Master: Good job on sweeping out the smuggling organization, but you walked around naked in town afterwards. And ran away after stealing underwear that was being dried.
Gray: (Whispers.) But… Wouldn't it been worse if I were naked?
Elfman: Then don't be naked in the first place.
Master: (Turns the page.) Haaaaa. Elfman! You had a mission to escort a VIP, but assaulted him during the mission.
Elfman: He said "Men are all about education", so…
Master: (Shakes his head and turns the page.) Cana Alberona, drinking fifteen barrels of alcohol, and charging it to the council.
Cana: (Whispers.) They found out…
Master: (Turns the page.) Lok … Flirting with council member Reiji's granddaughter. A certain talent agency charged s for damage compensation, too. And Natsu… You destroyed the Devon Thief Family, but also destroyed seven other houses that belong to the townspeople… Levelling a historical clock tower in Tully Village. Burning down a church in Freesia. Damaging parts of Lupinus Castle. Nazuna Ravine observatory collapsed and thus stopped it's operation. Destroying parts of Oregon's port.
Lucy: ¨Most of the articles covered in the magazine were done by Natsu, huh…¨
Master: (Names other members that got in trouble.) Arzach. Levi. Kulov. Reedus. Warren. Visca… Etc… Guys… the council members are angry at me all the time… (Trembles as he looks angry.)
Lucy: (Getting ready for Master to scream.)
Master: But… Forget about the council members. (He engulfs the papers with his magic.)
Lucy: Eh?
Master: (Throws the burning papers at Natsu.)
Natsu: (Eats the flame.)
Master: The power to overcome reasoning… Is born from reasoning. Magic is not a miracle. When the ¨spirit¨ flow within us… And the ¨spirit¨ flow in nature connects, they will form an embodiment for the first time. You will need a strong mentality and a lot of concentration for that. I mean, pouring all of your soul into whatever you do is magic. If you keep worrying about the watchful eyes of the higher-ups, your magic won't improve. Do not fear the fools of the council. (He smiles.) Do whatever you think is right! That's the way of the Fairy Tail Mages!
(Everyone cheers outloud.)
Lucy: (Smiles.)
-Fairy Tail's Bar-
Natsu: (Eating Fire Chicken.)
Lucy: So you were called Salamander in other towns, Natsu? True your magic would fit that description well.
Happy: I f Natsu is the Salamander, than I want to be the "Catamander". Right, right?
Mirajane: Lucy, if you want to be a full-fledge Fairy Tail mage, you'll need the Fairy Tail stamp mark. So where do you want it?
Lucy: Here! (She raises her right hand.)
Mirajane: You want it here?
Lucy: Yes!
Mirajane: (Stamps her hand with the Fairy Tail mark. Smiles.) There! Now you are a part of Fairy Tail.
Lucy: Whoa~~~. Natsu!~~~ Look!~~~ She gave me the mark of Fairy Tail.
Natsu: Good for you, Luigi.
Lucy: It's Lucy!
Wakaba: Where'd you find such a cutey?
Warren: I envy you~. I wonder if she'll join my team.
Natsu: (Gets up and turns around.)
Wakaba: Where are you going, Natsu?
Natsu: Work, cause I got no money. (Walks up to the job bulletin board.)
Happy: Let's choose one with a good reward.
Natsu: Ohh. How about this one? 160000 jewels for exterminating thieves! (Rips the paper out of the wall.)
Happy: That's it.
Romeo: (A slim, young boy with straight, dark hair. His bangs are particularly prominent, covering part of his forehead, with some smaller strands jutting outwards from the top of his head. He has large eyes and a small, mildly round Master.) Is my daddy back yet?
Master: No.
Natsu: ! (Listens to the conversation.)
Master: You're annoying Romeo. If you are a son of a mage, trust your father, be a good, and wait for him at home.
Romeo: (He cries.) He said he'd be back in three days. But it's been a week since then…
Makarov: Macao's job is Mount Hakobe, isn't it?
Romeo: It's not the far either! Please look for him! I'm worried about him!
Master: No way! Your dad is a mage! We have no mage here that can't take care of themselves! Go home and drink your milk or something!
Romeo: … (He sobs.) Idiot! (He jumps and punches Master in the face, then he runs home crying.)
Lucy: It's very strict here, isn't it? (On a seat by the bar where Mirajane works.)
Mirajane: Master is like that, but he's worried about Macao, too.
Natsu: (Looks at his job, then angrily shoves it back on the board leaving a crack behind it.)
Guild Member: Hey! Natsu! Don't break the request board.
Lucy/Master: (Look as Natsu grabs his bags and exits the building.)
Lucy: Eh?
Guild Member: Master… Natsu's gonna do something bad…
Fairy Tail Veteran: He… I bet he's going to go help Macao. Stupid kid…
Guild Member: If he does that, it'll hurt Macao's pride.
Master: (Smiles.) No one can decide what he should do. Just leave him alone.
Lucy: (To Mirajane.) What happened to him all of a sudden?
Mirajane: (Cleans the dishes behind the counter.) The same thing happened to Natsu.
Lucy: Eh?
Mirajane: Maybe he saw himself in Romeo-kun. Natsu's father hasn't come back since he left. Though, by father, I meant foster father. (Turns around smiling at Lucy.) And he's a dragon.
Lucy: (Falls down her seat, she supports herself on the counter.) A dragon?! Natsu was raised by a dragon?!
Natsu: (Walking through the streets.)
Lucy: How could I believe that...?!
Mirajane: Right. He was found by that dragon in a forest when he was little. And learned words, cultures, and magic from him. But one day, the dragon disappeared from Natsu.
Lucy: I see… And that's Igneel.
Mirajane: Natsi is… looking forward to seeing Igneel one day. Isn't he cute?
Lucy: Hahaha.
Mirajane: (Puts a glass of soda on the counter.) We are… Mages of Fairy Tail are…
Romeo: (Walking through the streets crying.)
Mirajane: All…
Natsu: (Pats Romeo on the head.)
Romeo: !
Natsu: (Keeps walking.)
Mirajane: Carrying something… Wounds… Pain… Suffering… And I as well…
Lucy: Eh?
Mirajane: No, nothing… (Smiles.)
Lucy: …
-Carriage going to Mount Hakobe-
(A high mountain with a characteristic alpine climate. Snow cover lasts all year-round in this mountain, no matter what season. There are also frequent snow blizzards.)
Lucy: And so! I'll visit Mirajane-san's house next time~~~
Happy: Don't steal underwear and stuff, ok?
Lucy: Who would do that?!
Natsu: (On the chair dizzy from motion sickness.)
Natsu/Happy: Why are you here anyway, Lucy?
Lucy: What? Does it bother you?
Happy: Of course, a lot… Aye.
Lucy: Because it's chance. I wanted to do something that'd help Fairy Tail.
Happy: "She just wants to raise her reputation! I bet that's it!"
Lucy: (Looks at Natsu.) But then, transportation really doesn't go well with you, does it? I pity you.. (She cries.) I need to find a place to live after we find Macao-san.
Happy: You can live with Natsu and me.
Lucy: If you're seriously saying that, I'll pull out your whiskers, little kitty.
(Carriage stops.)
Natsu: It stopped! (He gets up.)
Lucy: We're there?
Carriage Driver: I'm sorry… (He says as snow covers his face and his nose becomes red.) We can't go any further than this with the carriage.
Natsu: (Opens the door as snow immediately enters and grabs his backpack, he exits the carriage.)
Lucy: What's going on?! (The wind raises her skirt, she lowers it.) Even though it's up in the mountains, it's summer-time! It's weird to have a snowstorm like this!
Natsu: (Doesn't look cold.)
Lucy: It's cold!
Natsu: That's cause you're wearing so little.
Lucy: Same goes for you!
Carriage Driver: Then I'm going back to the town now. (He drives away.)
Lucy: (Follows the carriage, only to stop.) Hey! How are we going to get back?!
Natsu: She's really… noisy.
Happy: Aye.
Lucy: (Opens Natsu's backpack.) Can I borrow that blanket?
Natsu: No!
Lucy: (She still takes it. Takes out a key.) Open… the Door of the Clock. Horologium! (A tall brown grandfather clock with long, black arms, a glass case, a Roman-numeral clock at the center and a small face at the top with slit eyes and a thin, twirly, mustache-like mouth. The glass case serves as protection for the one who is inside.)
Natsu: Whoa!
Happy: It's a clock!
Lucy: (Enters the clock.)
Horologium: (Repeating what Lucy says inside of him.) "It'll stay here", she says.
Natsu: What did she come here for?
Horologium: "Speaking of that, what job did Macao-san come here for?!" She says.
Natsu: You came here without knowing that? To subdue the brutal monster "Balkan".
Lucy:! (Sweats even though it's cold.)
Horologium: "I want to go home", she says.
Natsu: (Walks towards in deeper onto the snowy mountain.) Yes, go ahead, says I.
Happy: Aye.
Natsu: Macao! Are you here?! Were you done in by the Balkan?! (From the top of the mountain the Balkan jumps in front of him.)
Balkan: (Attacks Natsu.)
Natsu: (Backflips and dodges it.)
Happy: It's Balkan!
Natsu: (Stares at the balkan.)
Balkan: (Charges towards Natsu, but doesn't go towards him, he goes to Lucy while shes inside Horologium.)
Lucy: ?!
Balkan: A female-human! (He carries Lucy, inside of Horologium.)
Natsu: Oh. He can speak. (He engulfs his fists in flames.)
Horologium: "Save me!". She says.