Hi, hello! Shadowmistx98 here!
As I said before, I already posted the first chapter in deviantart so here it is. There are only 2 OCs introduced here and not much has happened but I'll be able to make some OCs that I have accepted appear in the next. So, I hope you enjoy reading this chapter :) The next chapter might come a little late though.
And I have made myself clear that I only accept OCs through PM in the last chapter. Oh, and I'm currently not accepting OCs so please don't send some yet.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Only the guild and some OCs.
Christa was about to open the door when she heard someone talking inside. She got curious and stuck an ear to hear the muffled voices clearly.
She heard an old man sniffing.
"You know, Jeric... I don't think building a mage's guild is a good idea..."
A rather teen boy replied. "What? It's your idea to have one" he said while chuckling.
The old man continued to sniff. "It's just that I don't think someone will join this guild. Heaven's Crest isn't really popular with mages and there are only 3 mages here in town..." he paused.
Christa became more interested with their conversation and decided to listen more.
"And that 3 mages are you, me and your mother..." the old man continued.
"Geez, gramps... There's someone bound to at least join the guild from another city... Just be patient..." the boy's tone changed to irritated.
Christa started to put the pieces of the story together. But realizing that she was eavesdropping made her cringe.
"But what if there aren't?" the old man asked.
"Now, you're just being negative..." the young boy replied.
Christa then finally decided to come in. She knocked and opened the door gently. As she entered, she looked around.
The walls and floors were newly constructed and painted. The tables and chairs were made out of glossy wood. Her eyes then wandered over the bar counter, where the two men were having a conversation. The two men now had their eyes focused on Christa.
The old man was sitting on one of the chairs, with a few rolls of tissue paper by his side. He was wearing a white fedora on his head that covered his black hair tainted with white ones. Floral patterned polo shirt, beige khaki pants and black converse shoes. His skin was wrinkled and Christa estimated him to be between 50s and 60s. He had the guild's insignia at the back of his left hand.
Christa assumed that he was the master of the guild.
Behind the counter, was a boy about Christa's age, wearing a green T-shirt under a sleeveless black hoodie. He wore pants and rubber shoes. He had blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Um..." Christa scratched her head. "How can I start this?" she mumbled to herself.
"My name's Christa Mae. I'm a wandering mage around Fiore and I recently came to this town. And I was wondering if I could join this guild?" Christa smiled and saluted to them.
The two looked at each other. Suddenly, the old man rushed to Christa and grabbed her hands.
"Eh?" Christa looked surprised.
"Of course! Of course you can, my dear! Come, come! Have a seat, have a seat!" the man pulled Christa to his seat.
He certainly seemed excited. The old man went behind the counter to get something. As he did this, he kept on rambling like an excited little boy getting his first toy car.
The blonde boy chuckled and turned to Christa, who was as hell as confused with what the old man was saying. "So, Christa Mae was it?"
Christa's trail of thoughts snapped when he asked this.
"Just call me Christa" she smiled.
"Ok, then. It's nice to meet ya, Christa! I'm Jeric" he reached hand out to shake. Christa accepted it.
"Nice to meet you as well" she smiled.
"Oh, and this is my grandfather, aka the 'guild master', Lucas" he quoted with his fingers as he looked at the rambling man.
Christa chuckled at his statement.
"Aha!"
The two youngsters twitched as Master Lucas exclaimed.
"Finally found this magic stamp!" he said as he raised a brown stamper from his hands.
"Ok then! Where and what color would you like for your guild mark?"
o~o~o~o~
Christa walked down the streets of Heaven's Crest. She stopped and looked at her blue guild mark above her right knee. She placed her hands on her hips.
"Officially a guild member now, huh?" Christa smiled as she mused to herself. She looked around.
She went out of the guild to search for an affordable apartment to live in.
She walked and walked, asking for directions and recommendations. She found some, but the price offered to her was high, ranging to 90 000 to 100 000 jewels.
Christa sighed. "What kind of city is this...? The prices are so high... I'm only one person, I don't need a mansion to live in..."
She walked around defeated, losing hope. "The inns are also high. 15 000 a room per day? Give me a break..." she gritted her teeth.
"This sucks..." she walked around with her arms crossed, thinking of a way to live in the city. "This is going to be harder than I thought..."
Christa continued to look around while walking when she bumped into someone. Christa groaned a little but she remained standing while the girl that bumped into her fell on her butt.
"Ouch!" the girl had light blonde hair braided down to half of her back. She has green eyes, but Christa knew it wasn't her real eye color. She wears a white buttoned blouse with ruffles on the sleeves and hem and is left unbuttoned midway down her navel. Under her blouse was a blue half-tube. She also wears her gloves up to her elbow. The right one has a dark blue cross while the left one has a dark green cross. She wears a white above-knee skirt with a strap holding a green water jog. She wears white sleek boots up to below her knee. The right one has a dark green rims and the left one has dark blue rims.
The girl was about 5'1 ft, making Christa much more taller with 5'7 ft.
"Ah! I'm so sorry! I wasn't looking, are you okay?" Christa leaned down to help her stand up.
"Ehehe, yeah, I'm fine" the girl brought up a sweet smile. "I guess I was just too small for you to see"
Christa sweat-dropped. "Uh, n-no, I just had a lot of things in mind" she scratched her head. Though, what the girl said was half the truth.
The girl giggled. "I'm Ciara Aoriel!" she said as she stretched her arm to shake hands with Christa.
"Christa Mae" Christa accepted the hand shake.
"Say, do you know an affordable place to live in here? So far I haven't found any. I recently came here and I need a place the spend the night" all of a sudden, Ciara brought up a question.
Christa sighed, I have the same troubles as you. I'm also searching for an apartment to live in. One that is not worth a month's necessities..." Christa rolled her eyes.
Ciara blinked her eyes.
"You're not from here?"
"Well, before I came into this town I was a wanderer. But earlier, I joined a guild so I'm permanently staying here..." Christa smiled in response.
"A guild?" Ciara looked at her whole body and stopped above her right knee. There, she saw an insignia of a lightning bolt with an semi-arc on top.
"Oh! You have a guild mark!" Ciara exclaimed.
"Yeah, I noticed" Christa sarcastically replied.
"Ahaha, sorry" Ciara scratched her head. "Actually, I'm a wandering mage as well! Would it be okay if I joined your guild?" she asked as her eyes sparkled.
Christa grinned. "That would be cool! The guild's just starting out so I'm the first outsider to join. Your addition would be awesome"
"That's great then! Ooh, I can't wait! This is so exciting! The sanctuary's going to be proud when I send them a letter!" Ciara grinned goofily as she excitedly ranted. Christa can't help but giggle.
"Um, excuse me but I can't help over hearing" an old-aged woman suddenly approached them. The two mages looked at each other in surprise.
"If you're looking for a decent but affordable place to live in then you can come with me to the apartment complex I own" she smiled and looked at the girls.
The two looked mesmerized at what she said and opened their mouths to speak in unison.
"Really!? You do!?"
O~o~o~o
"Here it is" the woman, who was recognized as Mrs. Elizabeth, showed two apartment rooms at the two mages. They were at the 4th floor of the complex.
"Each room already has the necessities you need. Kitchen, bedroom, living room and bathroom. It's not that big, but it's decent and comfortable to live in. Each apartment room is worth 45 000 jewels a month" the woman explained as she pointed a few things on the apartment.
"Wow! I guess I can live with that!" Christa placed her hands on her hips and smiled. She then whispered to Ciara, who was on her right side. "Better than the 95 000 jewel apartment I saw earlier"
Ciara giggled at her statement.
Ciara then turned to the old woman. "Thank you very much. We will be very grateful of this encounter"
The woman nodded and smiled.
"Oh! And also..." Mrs. Elizabeth paused and made sure the to were listening. "I noticed your guild mark young lady"
Christa's eyes went slightly wide open.
"Lucas is a good friend of mine. When you get back, be sure to greet him for me"
Christa smiled. "I will"
Mrs. Elizabeth smiled and walked away.
"So, our problems our solved, I guess. I could escort you to the guild right now, if you want" Christa turned to face Ciara.
"Hmm... That would be great! But would it be ok if we stop for lunch? I saw a place here that sells some good but cheap food" Ciara smiled. Christa, at first, looked at her doubting that she could afford even one bite with the money she had left in her hands.
Eventually... She agreed due to her rambling stomach.
O~o~o~o
Christa and Ciara sat on a circular table inside a fast food chain. They ate their ordered foods and as they did that, they talked about certain matters.
After all, they both were wandering mages. They could relate pretty much. Also, Christa found out that she was already 16 years old. She was only one year younger then her which led Christa to wonder why she had some lack of... height. But she never bothered to ask knowing that she might offend her new friend.
That is when Christa's keen hearing heard a girl's distressed voice.
Christa looked around and saw the girl that seemed to be complaining on how the tables were all taken.
She was looking around, trying to find an empty table with a tray of food on her hands.
She had a bright purple hair that is tied lowly near her neck and ends at the end of her back. She has gray eyes and a very freckly face. She has an abnormally skinny body and Christa estimated her to be 5'5 ft tall.
She wore a black undershirt with a white coat that reaches to her knees and her collar has no height. She wears green gloves with a yellow star on the top of the left one. She also wears purple shorts and yellow combat boots, with bright purple socks that reach to above her knee.
"Hey, Christa, what are you looking at?" Ciara's voice interrupted Christa's thoughts.
"Oh, that girl seemed like she's having a hard time finding a table to eat on. I was thinking that maybe we should offer this other seat?" Christa pointed out the empty seat across her.
"Oh! That would be helpful for her!" Ciara replied. Christa smiled and whistled with two fingers to catch the girl's attention.
The girl then looked around and her eyes stopped to Christa, pointing the empty seat across her. She looked surprised and eventually snobbed the offer and went away.
Christa's hand dropped. "Well, that was rude"
"Uuh, I'm sure she didn't mean it" Ciara said. Christa sighed and continued to eat.
"Whatever..." she mumbled.
The two continued to eat until they felt someone sit on their table. Christa and Ciara looked up and saw the girl from earlier.
"So you decided to accept the offer you declined earlier?" Christa asked.
"Just what are you two up to with this, huh?" the girl asked.
Christa and Ciara were quite surprised with the question.
Christa raised an eyebrow. "Uh, I guess we're just trying to be nice to someone who can't find a table to eat on?"
The girl's mouth hung open slightly and looked away. Ciara looked at the two with tense shoulders.
"I, uh... Sorry... I didn't mean to be rude like that..." the girl apologized shyly. Christa sighed.
"Well, we understand you" Ciara spoke to break the tension. "I mean, we don't easily trust complete strangers that easily, right?"
There was silence after that. Ciara easily read Christa's body language. You can say that she was a little pissed off with this girl's behavior.
"Um, let's start over, okay? I'm Ciara and this is Christa" Ciara had the pleasure to introduce the themselves. "We just met earlier and look at us now, eating lunch together and having a normal conversation"
The girl sighed and looked away. "Jay. Just call me that. But I ain't gonna tell you my last name!"
Christa continued to eat. She thought "Geez, this girl could use some manners... Ciara was kind... Too kind"
Another wave of silence and awkwardness was brought upon them. Ciara was having a hard time bringing up another topic but Christa decided to break the silence.
"Hey Ciara, after this I'll show you to the guild. The master will be happy to find another member for it" Christa said. Ciara nodded.
Jay's eyes perked up. "Guild? Is it a mage's guild?"
The two girls looked at her weirdly but eventually nodded to her question.
"Is its name Mystic Lightning?" she asked again.
"Yeah... Wait, wait! What's up with the questions all of a sudden?" Christa asked.
Jay replied. "My father sent me here to join that guild. By any chance, would you know where it is located?"
Christa sighed. "Yeah. After all, I am part of the guild..."
"That's perfect then! We can all go together after eating!" Ciara excitedly said.
"Yeah, sure" Christa said as she ate.
The rest of the time was a little awkward but it felt more comfortable than the last time. After a few minutes, they finished eating and decided to go to the guild. Christa was one step ahead of the two to lead them the way.
"Um, hey..." Jay patted Christa's shoulder.
"What's up?"
"Uh, it's about earlier. Sorry for being like that... It's just that... People are very unpredictable nowadays. I already met a few on my way here that would only want to take advantage of your belongings..." Jay said.
Christa smiled. Somehow, she understood her.
"It's okay, don't worry about it"
Jay smiled back. "Thanks. I think you're a very cool person to be with"
Ciara, knowing that they had made a mutual friendship with each other, giggled.
They walked to the newly established guild and stood in front of the door.
"Earlier, the master was thinking that nobody won't join his guild so he may be a little emotional with your entrance" Christa laughed lightly.
"Aw, c'mon, bring it on!" Jay grinned.
"I'm sure he'll just be happy" Ciara clasped her hands.
Christa shrugged and opened the door. As she opened it, Jeric and Master Lucas looked at the three.
"Christa? You're back early" Jeric smiled at her.
"Yeah, and there are 2 mages behind me wanting to join this guild. Master?" Christa looked at the old man who was still assessing the situation.
Jay and Ciara smiled.
Then suddenly, he sniffed causing the two to be confused.
"OH MY GOODNESS! THANK YOU VERY VERY MUUUUUUUUUUCH!"
So, yeah, pretty much the first chappie. Ciara Aoriel is my friend's OC and Jay Lostery is from freakysmiles110 from deviantart.
Stay tuned for the next chapters ^^
Shadow out!