Hello, everybody! After seeing that you quite liked the first chapter here is now the second chaper. I hope you like this one as well. Note: I chose "Charle instead of "Carla" because in the anime they pronounce it as Shalulu and I think it's mor plausible that the intended name was Charle. Also I had this head canon about Wynne being Anders' mentor, since they were in the same circle, so please don't be confused :D And to the last chapter I wanted to point out that I am not too stupid to make apropriate sections which fit with the changing settings. There were only problems with the document I uploaded and the manager just put everything together and it wasn't possible to edit it. Anyway, enough talk, enjoy the second chaper of this crossover.

„Welcome to Fairy Tail.", the pink haired young man said. „I'm Natsu Dragneel. Nice to meet you!" He offered Hawke a hand. She slowly took it. „Hawke.", she returned his welcome and smiled at him.

„Aye, and I'm Happy!" A blue cat appeared and to Hawke's surprise it was talking and … flying? She rubbed her eyes only to make sure that those white things that grew from its back were really wings. The cat whose name appearantly was Happy grinned widely at her. The name sure suited it.

„Do you have fish?", Happy asked then. Before answering anything Hawke heard a loud gasp next to her. She turned, only to see Anders standing paralayzed in front of Happy. He stared at the cat with wide eyes. His mouth fell open. Hawke looked at him suspiciously. „Hey Anders, are you okay...?", she asked.

Suddenly he seemed to regain his mobility. Slowly he moved towards Happy. The cat also noticed that something was off about Anders. Its wide smile dissapeard and it was attempting to fly away. But before turning around Anders grabbed the poor cat and pulled it close to him.

The cat trembeled. „N-Natsu...I'm scared..."

„You have every reason to...", finally Fenris spoke again but all he got was an angry look from Hawke.

„What? It's true...", Fenris justified himself. Hawke answered with a desperate sigh.

„How?", Anders found his voice again

„W-What?",the intimidated cat asked.

„Huh, never seen a cat?", Natsu asked him.

„Of course I've seen cats! But none of them spoke or...flew!"

Hawke and the others agreed in silence. And they thought the brawling mage guild was weird enough.

„Well, I can do those. Now let me go!", Happy shouted desperatly.

Anders ignored him. He proceeded to speak with Natsu.

„Where...Where do I get those?", Anders asked.

„Oh, you also want one?", Natsu laughed.

„Hey, this is no time to be laughing, Natsu!", Happy shouted now louder.

„Yes, Yes, I really want one!", Anders nodded agressivley and determined, pushing Happy even tighter to his chest.

„NATSU, HELP! I CAN'T BREATH! HE IS KILLING ME!", Happy struggled to get rid of Anders.

Finally Anders let go of the cat and it flew straight back to Natsu. „Oh, I'm sorry , little one. It's just that I really love cats.", Anders apologized.

„Keep your love far away from me!", Happy answered.

„I kind of like this cat...", Fenris said in a low voice.

„Hey Happy, don't be so impolite to our new members!", Natsu scolded him.

„As if you knew what politness meant!", Happy responded harshly. However, due to his high pitched voice and the fact that he was a cat, it was rather cute.

Hawke and her friends smiled at this scene, mostly because the cat seemed to be smarter than Natsu.

„Happy, Natsu's right. You shouldn't be so rude." A deep voice spoke these words. At that Happy just took his leave. Everyone turned around. Anders nearly fell unconcious because of the happiness that flooded him. There was another cat and it was talking too. It was black and had a scar at its left eye. The deep voice didn't quite match with the tiny body. But Anders didn't care. He just wanted to cuddle it.

„But that doesn't mean you can hug me to death!", the black cat proceeded insecurely. „Damn right, man.", a guy with dark hair next to the black cat said.

His hair was long, his gaze wild. He wore only black and his body was decorated with several metalic piercings.

„I am Gajeel, by the way, and this guy here is Pantherlily.", he introduced himself. Anders hold himself back from Pantherlily after this introduction, mostly because Gajeel didn't look like an easy oponent. Anders inhaled deeply and then exhaled, to regain control over his emotions.

„I am Anders.", he responded. Gajeel nodded.

„So, can you tell me where to get one of these lovely cats?", Anders asked Gajeel.

„You don't get them. You befriend them. They are not pets. Got it?", was his response.

This threw Anders out of concept a bit. He just nodded slowly.

Before the situation could turn any more awekward, Hawke stepped in.

„Oh where are my manners. You already know my name but I forgot to introduce my friends. Well, you already know Anders...", she then turned to the others. „...and these are Merrill..." Merill gave them in an insecure smile. „...Varric..." He grinned widely. „...Aveline..." She nodded, smiling friendly. „...Isabela..." Said woman greeted them with a wicked smile. „...and Fenris..." No reaction from the elf.

When observing their reactions Hawke noticed that they seemed to like Merril the most. They made no secret out of the fact that they found her cute, especially the males, which caused the elven maiden to blush timidly. She wasn't used to that kind of attention.

Hawke couldn't help but grin slightly.

„Nice to meet you. I am Lucy." The blonde girl who tried to calm Natsu and the other guy introduced herself. She smiled friendly and also offered Hawke a hand. „I hope you like it here and that we will get along well." she added.

„Oh, I totally love it!", Anders exclaimed still staring at Pantherlily.

The dark haired guy who was fighting with Natsu also came to speak.

„And I am Gray. Welcome.", he said, It was only then that they noticed that he was naked. Merrill blushed deeply and Hawke and the others understood why Natsu was refering to him as „Stripper Freak" earlier.

„Go get some pants, idiot!", Lucy screamed.

„You wanna ruin this moment, Stripper Freak?", Natsu now turned to him angrily.

„Did you call me that again, Flame Brain?!", Gray turned to Natsu and began to become louder, when just in that moment Erza stepped before the two of them.

„Hey! Would you two cut it out already?!", Erza said with a deep, threatening voice that even gave Aveline the chills. Erza sure wasn't a woman you disobeyed...and survived afterwards.

Instantly the two became frightened and pretended to get along well just to please Erza, whispering a pathetic „Yes" at once.

Hawke wished she could get Anders and Fenris under control like that.

Now the master stepped back into the center of the crowd, He cleared his throught to get the attention of everyone. Then he started to speak:

„Now that that has been clarified, you know what comes next for our new members, right?"

So there was something this guild wanted from them! Varric was right after all. This wasn't as easy as they made it look.

They saw him grinning a big, cocky smile under his moustache. Varric's suspicion turned into another big surprise as the master climbed on the bar and yelled:

„A BIG WELCOME PARTY FOR OUR NEW COMPANIONS!"

Loud cheering was heared from everyone. Once again Hawke and her friends stood utterly confused and speechless in between the mages, except for Isabela.

For her it meant she got to drink a lot of alcohol and that was something she loved and she did not hide it.

„Then I hope there is some good beer here!", she laughed, but nearly jumped to the roof the next moment. Suddenly she heard a female voice behind her shout: „Booze for everyone!"

Isabela quickly turned around to see a brunette woman climb from behind the bar counter and on top of it. Her eyes were dark purple and sparkled with excitement. Her skin was tanned and her cheeks redened. Isabela concluded that she was already drunk. She wore only a black bra, decorated with white lace and brown pants which reached slightly under her knees. The guild crest could be seen on the lower, left part of her stomach. In her right hand she held up a bottle of beer and she was smiling happily at Isabela. Said woman smiled back and walked over to her.

„Well, hello, dear, What is someone like you doing at a mage guild?", Isabela asked cockily. She already liked that woman without knowing her.

„Why don't I show you while we drink a few bottles of this fine booze?", the brundette answered and held up her bottle a bit higher.

„Fair enough.", Isabela said. „By the way, I'm Isabela.", she added while the other was climbing from the counter.

„And my name is Cana.", the brunette said. And with that they walked off to a nearby table.

Time passed and the Fairy Tail mages got to know Hawke and her companions better during the party.

For instance they learned that Aveline was the leader of the city guard in their home and that Varric was a merchant and a storyteller. Of course they begged him to tell them one of his stories. At first he refused still quite insecure about this guild. But when he found himself surrounded by several mages he gave up and told them one of his „modified stories" about Hawke. In that one she forgot her staff at home and had to fight ten dragons with a broken wine bottle. The mages listened to that in awe, comenting that they had luck getting someone so powerul for their guild.

Near the crowd Hawke sighed annoyed. She never understood why he made her the protagonist of his stories and told these lies to everyone.

Hawke then glanced to where Cana and Isabea were sitting. She saw that they already emptied quite a lot of bottles and were laughing out loud.

Her expression hardened as she stood up, but was then stopped by Lucy and Mirajane.

„Is something the matter?", Lucy asked.

„Oh, I'm just concerned. I need to stop Isabela from letting your friend drink herself into a coma.", Hawke explained.

„Don't worry about that, Cana already is a passionate drinker.", Mirajane comented. „I think it's more likely that Isabela finds herself under the table if she tries to keep up with Cana.", Mirajane then added and pulled Hawke back to the table.

„True that!", Lucy laughed.

Next to them Aveline and Erza were talking about their favorite kinds of armour and how swords should be forged.

Erza answered all of Aveline's questions about her magic which involved changing armour and weapons according to your current situation and Erza listened with excitement to Aveline's stories about her time as a soldier and her current work as captain of her city's guard.

Meanwhile Merrill stood in the middle of the guild, feeling rather out of place.

„Hey, why aren't you with the others?", a soft voice asked this question. Merrill turned to her right side to see a girl about her height, smiling brightly at her. She had blue hair that reached her shoulders. It was quite messy and she held it out of her face with a orange hair band. She had big brown eyes and fair skin. Her body was lithe and she covered it with a short orange dress. Merrill was usually used to humans who were taller than her, seeing ones with her or under her height made her feel kind of strange.

„I...", Merrill tried to give a satisfying answer, but was not given the chance. „I am Levy.", the other girl said and grabbed her by her wrist and pulled her over to Hawke, Lucy and Mirajane.

Another white haird girl aproached them. „Mira-nee, I'm sorry, I was busy with those.", she said while pointing into Varric's direction. She appearantly served them a new round of drinks and was happy to sit with them. „I'm so sorry, I totally forgot. Hawke-san, Aveline-san this is my little sister, Lisanna."

„Very pleased.", Aveline responded.

„Nice to meet you, Lisanna.", Hawke said while looking at her. Come to think of it the resemblence was quite obvious. They both had white hair and big blue colour and shape of their skin was also similiar.

Suddenly Hawke remembered Bethany. The days they spent when they were children and the last days they spent in Lothering, before the blight reached their village. Hawke's smile faded.

She was suddenly torn out of her thoughts, when she heard Lisanna's voice directed at her. „Is everythibg alright?", she asked.

Hawke looked up and tried to smile at Lisanna. „Oh yes, everything is just fine...", she tried to laugh, but everyone knew it was fake. Aveline looked at her concerned. She remembered Bethany. It was just a few minutes, an hour at best in which she had known the mage, but still, remebering how she passed away even hurt her.

The women decided not to bother Hawke further about her mood. They sensed that it may be a painful memory she didn't want to talk about.

Unwillingly Hawke also remembered Craver. She wonderd if he was alright with the Grey Wardens. Eventhough they never got along she still cared for him.

„A real man! A real man doesn't accept such a fate!"

The women looked to the direction where the voice came from. It was the table where Anders was sitting with Grey, Natsu, Gajeel and their cats. A huge guy with white hair stood in front of them and looked like he was holding a speech.

„I know right!", Anders agreed. From that Hawke concluded that he was talking about the opression of the mages in their world.

„Just get over yourself. This doesn't have anything to do with being a man!", Gajeel comented. The others laughed.

„And a man can also take this rejection...", the huge guy said.

„Elf-nii-chan...", Lisanna smiled weakly.

„Elf?", Hawke asked. „He doesn't look like an Elf to me!", she continued.

„It's just his nickname, his full name is Elfman.", Mirajane said, as if this sounded any more logical.

„MAN!", Elfman shouted.

„Wha...?", Hawke started,

„Our brother just values true manliness very much.", Lisanna laughed,

„Oh, he's your brother?", Hawke asked surprised.

„Yes. Mira-nee is the oldest of us, then comes Elfman and I am the youngest.", Lisanna responded.

„I see...", Hawke mumbled.

„You think about Carver, don't you?", Aveline asked openly.

„I just wonder if he is fine right now. Being a Warden isn't easy.", she answerd Aveline's question.

„Your brother?", Mirajane wanted to make sure.

Hawke nodded.

„Well, then I'm sure he is alright, If his sister defeated ten dragons with a broken wine bottle he sure is a fighting talent, too!", Mirajane reassured.

Hawke smiled weakly by hearing Varric's lie Mirajane was refering to.

„So why is he called Elf? He isn't an elf, is he?"; Merrill finally managed to say.

„Of course not. Elves aren't real.", was Lisanna's simple answer. Hawke, Merrill and Aveline became silent. They stared at Lisanna. Was she serious? But come to think of it they didn't see any elves or dwarves in the city, when they came here. Was is it possible that in this world elves simply didn't exist?

„Did I say something wrong?", Lisanna now asked nervously, noticing the abrupt silence.

„But I am en elf.",Merrill answered.

„What?", Lucy asked surprised.

„But wasn't that obvious? I have pointy ears.", Merrill continued.

„We didn't think that was of importance. There are a lot of people who happen to have pointy ears here, but they aren't elves.", Mirajane comented. Merrill's mouth fell open. „Perhaps I shouldn't have told you...", Merrill muttered.

„Why? Does that change anything?", Lucy asked.

„Well, I'm not exactly human...", Merrill tried to explain.

„But you are still Merrill, right? It doesn't actually matter. And you don't look so different from us. Also, look at Happy and Pantherlily. They are also our friends, eventhough they are cats.", Lucy reassured and smiled at her encouragingly. So did everyone else.

„So that means, the other one, Fenris, is also en elf?",Levy tried to conclude. Hawke nodded.

„That's correct.", she confirmed.

„By the way, why is he sitting all alone in that corner?", Erza now asked, looking into the elf's direction.

At a lonely table there sat Fenris, a cup of beer in his hands. However he didn't really look like he wanted to drink it anytime soon. He just stared at it, as if he was thinking intensly about something, trying to find the answer in his beer.

Hawke stood up and walked over to him. As she stood right in front of him he finally looked up. He gasped slightly. With her beauty she always managed to bring him out of concept. Her hair reached her shoulders and was bound together behind her back. She had incredible golden eyes, always reminding him of honey when he looked at them. Decorating her right eye there was a tattoo, like waves swirling around it making her look like one of those whitches of the wilds he occasionally heard of. Her skin was tanned and her lips were full, painted in a redish brown that suited her dark skin colour just perfectly.

„Will you stay here alone all the time? Come, join the rest of us.", she said then. Her voice teared him from his thoughts. He blinked then a few times before answering :

"I'm perfectly fine on my own."

„Fenris, this is a party to welcome us. They want to talk to you.", she said.

„And why would I talk with mages?", he then asked bitterly and regreted it the next moment as he noticed Hawke's hurt expression. She always had it when he was condemning all mages in general and he always forgot that she also was a mage. „I...forgive me. I think it's all a bit too much. I'm coming with you.", he tried to correct his mistake. Appearantly it worked. Hawke smiled again and he followed her to her table.

At the other table Anders was still talking about Thedas and especially Kirkwall. Natsu, Gray, Gajeel and Elfman listened, while Happy and Pantherlily were sitting on the table and drank a glass of juice each of them.

„Sounds like your place sucks, huh?",Gajeel comented.

„That still sounds pretty nice if you refer to Kirkwall.", Anders said.

„If you hate it then stay here, we don't have this crap.", was Natsu's simple reply.

„I'd love to but I don't think that it is that simple.", Anders said.

„We'll have to find out then.", Natsu insisted.

„You haven't told us what kind of magic you use, Anders.", Gray then said. By now he was wearing at least some pants but remained shirtless. On the left side of his chest the guild crest was largely tattooed in dark blue on it. The other guys had it mostly on their arms or in Elfamn's case on the left side of his neck. Anders wondered if all guild members had it perished then the though as he remebered Gray's question.

„What do you mean?", he asked insecure.

„Well, your specialization of course. I, for example, am an Ice Mage which means I use only Ice Magic.", Gray tried to help him.

„Do you all use a specific kind of magic?", Anders asked further. Everyone nodded. Natsu was the first to introduce his magic to him.

„I'm a Fire Dragon Slayer and use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic.", he exclaimed but that was all a bit too much for Anders.

„Does that mean you obtained your magic by killing a Dragon?", he proceeded.

„No, I was raised by a dragon and he taught me everything I know..", Natsu anounced proudly. Anders' mouth fell open.

„You are telling me you were raised by a dragon? And he taught you magic?", Anders asked unbelivingly.

„You are kidding me right?"

„No, it's true.", Gajeel then told him. Anders turned to him.

„I'm a Dragon Slayer, too, and like Natsu a dragon taught me, except for the fact that my dad was a Metal Dragon. So it follows that I'm a Metal Dragon Slayer.", the black haird mage explained further.

Anders tried to take in the information. So he had mages sitting before him that learned from dragons and their magic is specifically made for slaying dragons. That kind of made sense. The best way to kill a dragon ist to defeat him with his own power. Anders silently decided that he would never want to fight these two, eventhough they were obviously younger.

He nodded slowly and then turned to Elfman.

„And what kind of mage are you?", he asked cautiously.

„I'm a form shifter. I have developed a few powerful forms I switch into when I need to.", Elfman answered. Anders let out a sigh of relieve. At least there was one mage who used a magic known to him.

„You still didn't answer my question.", Gray threw in.

„O-Of course. I guess I'm a healer. I use healing magic the most, though I do know a bit of fire and ice." He tried to laugh, but was still impressed by the Dragon Slayers.

"That is nice, We can certainly use another healer.", Elfman said.

„Another?", Anders asked. Elfaman nodded.

„Yes, we have a good healer with us. Her name is Wendy. But she has the day off today so you can meet her tomorrow."

„And here I thought I could be of special use...", Anders mumbled,but was heard by Gajeel.

„Don't worry. You can never have enough healers. You've seen what happened today. Poor Wendy has then too much work, healing all of us. Another healer who can put us back together is most welcome."

Fenris now sat with Hawke and the other women. He listened to them discussing different kinds of magic and asked Hawke and Merrill what they used.

Both exchanged a look. How would they react to Merrill's blood magic he wondered. Perhaps he'll never know. Merrill was sure naive but not stupid.

„I use Nature Magic.", she then responded.

„I heard of that magic. Does that mean you can make trees move and grow plants?", Levy asked. A very curious mage.

„Well kind of...", Merrill comented.

„And you, Hawke-san?", Mirajane asked.

„I guess you can say I'm an elemental type. I use spells based on fire and ice, but I have also lightning and earth magic.", she tried to explain.

„Impressive. You really are a powerful mage!",Lucy exclaimed.

„Actually that's more basic magic.", Hawke tried to escape the attention.

„But such mages who use combinatiosn of these things are rare. They often specialize on one element.", Lucy explained.

Fenris fought the urge to run away. He felt like he has returned to Tevinter and was listening to a conversation of a bunch of magisters.

„By the way. You didn't tell us your first name.", Erza noticed.

„I hardly imagine that Hawke is your first name"

„Right,I forgot. In our society you introduce yourself with your family name. My first name is Amal. You can call me that if you like.", she explained.

„Amal. That's a beautiful name.", Erza comented. Amal smiled at that.

Suddenly they heard the main door fall open.

„We are home!", a child's voice anounced. Everyone looked to the door. A woman with green hair next to a black haird man stood there. In front of them stood Makarov with a little girl sitting on his shoulders. Appearantly she was the one who anounced their comeback.

The little girl had dark, greenish hair which was braided behind her back. She wore a brown hat and had bright brown eyes. She first looked around to everyone, smiling widely. But suddenly she stopped and seemed to spot something that caught her attention. She climbed from Makarov's back and walked to Hawke's table. She looked between Merrill and Fenris.

The latter felt increasingly uncomfortable under the checking gaze of the small mage. He felt the power sleeping within her.

Her concentraited gaze turned back into a bright smile as she exclaimed:

„FAIRIES!"

The guild was dead silent but the girl wasn't impressed by that in the slightest.

„Mom, Dad! Look! He is a real Fairy!", she said proudly while falling around Fenri's neck, hugging him tightly.

Before he knew what exactly was happening everyone burst out in loud laughter and the girl didn't intend to let go of him anytime soon.

Anders was lying under the table of laughter. Isabela was already laughing loudly and became even louder. Hawke and Aveline weren't any different. Varric was the first to regain his breath:

„Such a lovely, broody fairy..."

„Shut up, dwarf...", was all he managed to say bitterly. Then he wanted to get rid of the small mage but when he saw her smiling at him like that he couldn't do anything. Instead he started to tremble slightly.

„Asuka-chan, why do you think Fenris-san is a fairy?", Lucy asked, still laughing a bit. In response the girl released her grip around Fenris' neck and reached to her backpack, remained sitting on his lap however.

She old up a purple book with the title „The Secret of the Fairies".

„Beacuse of this. Look at his ears, he looks exactly like the fairies here in the book.", she explained proudly and turned back to her parents:

„See? I knew they are real."

The book was appearantly one about fairy tales. The fairy on the cover, in fact, had pointy ears like Merrill and Fenris. And on top of that it had also white hair, just like Fenris.

Anders was still laughing his lungs out as Fenris regained control over his body and turned to him:

„Shut up already, abomination!", he said angrily.

He noticed then that a small hand was pulling at his clothes. It was Asuka:

„Say, Fairy-nii-chan, do you really make wishes come true?"

Fenris' expression hardened, then he spoke slowly:

"I am not a fairy."

The little girl suddenly let go of him. Her hapiness turned to dissapointment when her father finally walked to Fenris and put her off his lap.

„Asuka, how many times I told you you shouldn't just hug someone you don't know?", he scolded his daughter.

Asuka looked to the ground.

„Yes, Dad. I'm sorry.", she obeyed sadly, looking to the ground, then bowed slightly to Fenris and also apologized to him. His eyes widened in surprise. He wasn't used to that behaviour.

„There we go again...", Varric said observing the situation.

Anders gave Fenris an annoyed look and Isabela was mumbling something that sounded like spoilsport. It wasn't that clear due to the high alcoholic influence. Hawke now turned to Fenris:

„You see what you've done?" She pointed at Asuka. Fenris wanted to say something but her father spoke first.

„No, miss, it's really not his fault. Asuka's sometimes too straight forward."

„That's right." His wife stepped beside him. „We are trying to teach her to respect someone's privacy."

The little girl looked like she was about to cry. When Merrill saw this she went to her and kneeled before her, trying to look her in the eyes.

„Don't be sad, he ist just in a bad mood today. I can be your fairy if you want."

Asuka looked then at Merrill, a small smile appeared on her face. She nodded and hugged Merrill tightly.

„Yes, a blood fairy..", Anders comented.

„Shut up, Blondie. You are not any better than Broody this way.", Varric cut him off.

„Thank you for your compassion, but it's bed time for her anyway." Her mother took her from Merrill's arms.

„But more importantly, what is this fuzz about?", she asked, looking around and noticing all the empty beer bottles.

„Ah, right. We are having a party for our new members.", Makarov informed them.

„Al, Bisca these are Hawke-san and her companions.", he introduced them. Hawke stood up. „My pleasure..."

RAM!

Something or rather someone fell loudly to the ground. Hawke quickly turned around only to discover it was Isabela. Appearantly she had too much booze.

Cana was kneeling next to her, trying to help her stand up.

„C'mon, Isabela. We only had 5 barrels of booze and you are already down?", she told her as if this amount was almost nothing.

„We need to let her rest.", Aveline suggested.

„Aveline's right. Rivaini urgenty needs a bed.", Varric agreed.

That's when Hawke remembered. They had nowhere to stay. She opened her mouth to say something. Mirajane stepped to her side.

„You have nowhere to stay, right?", she asked. Hawke turned her face to her.

„Uh, no."

„Well, then you can stay at Fairy Hills.", Mirajane offered. When she saw Hawkes questioning gaze she continued:

„It's the guild's dormitory. It is for members only. Normally we demand a rent but for you it's free for the time being."

„Thank you, Mirajane, but I'll come up with something." Hawke tried to deny the offer. They will cause them enough problems and work in the future anyway.

Mirajane shook her head.

„Don't be stubburn, Amal. You stay here.", Mirajane insisted. She sounded demanding.

Hawke turned to her friends to hear their opinions but they seemed to agree with Mirajane.

„Hawke, I think Mirajane's offer is the best we can get. Don't turn it down.", was Varric's advice. So she agreed to stay at Fairy Hills.

The night came quickly and as the moon shined up high in the sky, acompanied by the sparkling stars Mirajane lead Hawke and her companions to the dormitory. Aveline and Hawke were carrying Isabela to their chambers, up the hills and the stairs in the dorm.

Mirajane found them two chambers: one for the women and the other would be for the men, From her they learned that the dorm is more precisely for female guild members only, but they could make an exception for them.

The chamber for the women was neither too small nor too big. It was big enough that each of the women could have her personal space more or less. There were four beds for each of them and right next to the entrance was another door, probably leading to the chamber's bathroom.

Aveline and Hawke carefully placed Isabela on one of the beds. She was still mumbling unclear sentences when they sat her up and gave her a glass of water to drink. Afterwards she instantly layed down and immediatly fell asleep.

„At least we are done with this problem.", Aveline hissed, giving the sleeping pirate a disgusted look.

„If there isn't anything more you need then I wish you all a good night.", Mirajane said and was about to retreat.

„Thank you, Mirajane. We don't need anythng further.", Hawke smiled at her and with that the white haired woman turned around and left, heading towards her own chamber.

„Well, that was an interesting day, right?", Hawke began.

„Who would have known that there is another world besides ours.", Aveline said.

„I'd still prefer if we would find a way back to our own!", Fenris argued.

„I'm sorry, it's my fault...", Merrill tried to apologize.

„Yes, it's all your fault. If you just gave that damn mirror up, none of this would have happened and you would still have your clan. But no, let's do some blood magic and ignore all the warnings!", Fenris was close to exploding.

„Broody, please...", Varric unseccessfully tried to calm the enraged elf, but it was of no use.

„I actually like it here. We don't have to move so quickly.", Anders spoke.

„Oh, of course you like this, abomination-"

„CUT IT OUT! BOTH OF YOU!", Hawke yelled. It wasn't actually her nature but she was too exhausted to deal with these two.

„We are all tired, okay? So let's go to sleep for now!"

„But-", Fenris began, but was interrupted.

„Varric?", Hawke turned now to Varric and her look was all he need to understand.

„On it.", he said and grabbed Anders and Fenris at their arms and dragged them out of the room.

„Well, ladies. Good night.", Varric left and with him Fenris and Anders. The two were still insuting eachother while they were brought away. Varric tried to silence them.

„Broody, it's bed time now. You are waking everyone up, so Shh. Blondie the same goes for you!" And with that the door fell shut and the three men dissappeard, leaving a mentally and physically exhausted Hawke behind.

She let out a sigh of relieve and let herself fall onto one of the beds. She needed this, more than anything right now.

The next day Hawke woke up rather late, It was alsmost noon, when she walked to the guild house. When she had woken up Aveline and Merrill were already gone. Only Isabela was still laying in her bed, snorting loudly.

The guild house was already full. Like yesterday, many mages stood in front of the request bord, probably choosing their jobs for today. She looked a bit around and found her friends sitting at a round table. Merrill saw her first and waved at her. Hawke made her way to them and was welcomed with warm laughter.

„Finally awake, champion?", Varric asked jokingly. More laughing. Even Fenris was with them, eventhough rather silent. She smiled at him and he nodded in response. He really hated this place. If he could he would just run off, but he had nowhere to go.

„Should I bring you breakfast?", Mirajane asked her.

„Oh no, thanks. I'll just skip the breakfast today. I'm not hungry anyway."; Hawke denied. She was starting to feel bad for Mirajane. Eversince they arrived she was playing the mom for them.

„But you have to eat something. Or at least have a coffee.", she insisted. Hawke smiled: „Then a coffee will be enough for now."

A few minutes later Hawke had a warm cup of coffee in her hands and took a sip. How she loved coffee. She then spoke to Mirajane:

„So as Fairy Tail mages we have to do the jobs on the request bord, right?"

„That's correct.", Mirajane responded

„Any job?", Hawke asked.

„Any job you like and find suitable for you.", Mirajane replied.

Hawke nodded, drank up her coffee and stood up.

„Anders, Merrill, let's go to work!"

„Wait!", Mirajane exclaimed. They turned to her and gave her a puzzled look.

„I forgot something...", she started. „Before you go on your first job you need the guild crest.", she explained.

„You mean like Gray and the others?", Anders asked. Mirajane nodded.

„What do you mean?", Merrill asked.

„Didn't you notice? All the guild members have the guild crest on some part of their bodies."

„Wait a second, are you saying we will have to tattoo the guild crest on our bodies?", Hawke asked. Mirajane chuckled.

„No, it won't be that painful. You will have a magic tattoo.", she said and went behind the bar counter. They saw that she was searching for something. When she found it she returned.

„This is a magic stamp. The paint on it is magical and can't be removed with ordinary ways, with water or something like that. So it's more or less permanent.", she explained.

„So we will carry the guild crest forever around?", Hawke asked.

„Of course there is a spell if you want it removed.", Mirajane reassured.

„But why do we need this?", Hawke demanded to know.

„To show it to the customer so they know that you are from Fairy Tail.", Mirajane answered. „So on which body part and which colour do you wish the guild crest to be?"

They thought for a moment. Anders was the first who decided:

„I want it in a greenish blue, so that it suits the rest of my outfit and on the upper right arm please."

He pulled his right sleeve up, so that his arm was fully revealed and Mirajane put the stamp on the upper part after she sank it into the right colour pot. Immediatly it appeard on his arm and suited the rest of his appearance quite well.

After that Hawke has also decided. She wanted it on her upper left arm and her preferd colour was a deep red.

Finally Merrill also decided and she received hers in dark green on the back of her right hand.

„There you go, you three. Now evryone can recognize you as our members.", Mirajane laughed.

The three mages made their way to the request bord. For a few minutes they stood before it, examining the jobs. There weren't many, but enough. Some were babysitting jobs, others were about helping out in a restaurant. Like for what did these people need mages? It's not like you need magic to distribute flyers.

Then Hawke found one that appeared to be suitable. It basically said that a healer was needed and the reward also seemed pretty good.

„How about this one?", she attempted to show it to Anders as she noticed that something else was pulling at the paper. Hawke looked down and spotted a little girl who also wanted to take the paper. She was around 12 or 13, had long blue hair and shiny brown eyes.

„I'm sorry...", the girl began.

„Were you taking the job, little girl?", Hawke asked. Something within her wanted to protect her.

„Actually yes, but I think you were first so...", the girl wasn't instisting on keeping it.

„If you really want to take it it's okay. But aren't you a bit too young to work for a mage guild?", Hawke sounded concerned and wondered if the girl was a mage at all. The conversation drew the attention of Merrill an Anders. They walked to Hawke and looked in surprise to the little girl who hold the request that Hawke chose.

„What a cute little human.", Merrill said.

„What are you dong here, child? This is no playground, you know!", Anders warned. Like, what was this child thinking.

„Whatch your words, young man!", a sharp, high pitched voice said. When they searched for it they saw a white cat who flew to the girl's side.

„Another speaking cat!", Anders exclaimed in sheer excitement and was attempting to grab it.

The cat noticed that and warned him:

„Don't you dare lay a finger on me!", she said threatening. Anders gave the cat a dissapointed look, but followed the order. Observing the cat he noticed that it was wearing a dress. So this was female cat.

„Charle.", the girl said. That was probably the cat's name.

„You really need to be more steady about yourself! And you, young man, this isn't a mere child. Before you stands Wendy Marvell, the Sky Dragon Slayer so show some respect!", Charle demanded.

Hawke, Anders and Merrill stood utterly speechless before the girl and her cat. Now that was some snobby cat.

„Charle, please. Don't be so rude! I aplogize and I'm happy to meet you all.", she quickly said and bowed slightly before them.

„You are Wendy, the healer I heard about?", Anders asked in shock.

„Yes, that's me." the girl said and smiled

„But you are still so young. You are sure you know of healing? And what was that about being a Dragon Slayer?",Anders was completly confused. Wasn't Dragon Slayer magic meant to slay dragons. And how was it possible that the girl was a healer so skilled that she was the guild's healer and took on specific requests which involved healing? She couldn't be more than 13 years old.

Anders remebered his own apprenticeship. When they discovered he had a talent for healing he was taken to those in the circle who were in charge for that. One of the most skilled healers became his mentor. She was a wise, old woman and taught him everything she knew. Wynne really was an outstanding healer that time.

But even with her as his mentor he couldn't even do half the stuff he was doing today when he was Wendy's age.

„That's my Dragon Slayer Magic.", Wendy suddenly said. Anders didn't notice that he was sunk so deeply in his thoughts that he forgot his surroundings.

„You heard of Dragon Slayer Magic, so I asume you know from where it comes. It's true that it is also suitable for defeating dragons. But the dragon that taught me was a Sky Dragon and her magic was healing magic in the first place,", Wendy explained as good as she could.

„You were raised by a Dragon?", Merrill asked in awe.

„Healing and baby sitting dragons. Can this place get any crazier?", Hawke comented.

Wendy blushed embarassed and looked to the side. Hawke noticed and tried to reassure her:

„I didn't mean it that way, you sure are an impressive mage. You can have the job, I'll pick just another..."

Wendy looked up and smiled again.

„Why don't we just form a team for this job?", Wendy suggested.

„Good idea, two healers are always better!", Anders said.

„You are a healer, too?", Wendy asked happily.

Anders nodded.

„Let's do this together! By the way, I'm Anders and these are Hawke and Merrill." He pointed at the two women next to him.

„Pleased to meet you, Anders-san, Hawke-san, Merrill-san.", she said once again.

„Then let's go inform Mirajane about this.", Charle contributed dryly and flew ahead.

The four mages informed Mirajane that they were taking the job as a team. Later it turned out that Wendy knew exactly where their destination was, so all the others had to do was to follow her.

Hawke and the others hadn't much with them when they arrived, so all they took were their staffs. Wendy in comparison stuffed a small backpack with all the stuff she might need, most of it books about herbs and their efects on humans and animals. They all received lunch boxes from Mirajane and after that they departed.

„So she really is doing this guild stuff..", Fenris muttered.

„That is the best option she currently has.", Varric responded.

„But that child. What is the meaning of this?", Aveline questioned.

„Don't worry. Wendy may be still young but she is strong." Erza suddenly appeared next to Aveline, who almost let out a shriek when she spoke.

„Erza.."

„So what do you think? Want to know the city better?", Erza suggested.

„Right, we can show you around!", Lucy agreed.

„Porlyusika-san sure didn't give you a sight seeing tour.", Gray comented.

„And we can show you where to get the best food!", Natsu joined in.

„Aye,sir!", Happy agreed.

„That sounds great!", Aveline said and turned to search for a certain pirate. „Isabela..." „Yaaaaay!", was all Aveline got as an answer and it was enough.

„Looks like Rivaini got herself a new bestie", Varric said.

„I can't believe she is drunk already, again...", Aveline sighed.

„And what about the rest of you?", Aveline wanted to know.

„Count me in for this sight seeing tour!", Varrics answered.

„Fenris?", she then asked.

„Don't be ridicioulous Aveline. As if I would hang out with mages just for fun!", Fenris hissed and caught an angry glance from Gray and Natsu.

„Come on, broody. If you can't stand the guild then go out with us!", Varric tried to convince him.

„No. I will not set a single foot alongside these abominations!", he shouted pointed at Erza, Lucy, Gray and Natsu.

Erza remained collected while Lucy was confused by this reaction. She certainly didn't await that.

On the other side,however, Gray and Natsu who gave their best to stay calm lost all patience by now. They both stepped before Fenris.

„What is your problem with magic, actaully?", Gray asked with a threatening undertone.

„And who do you think you are that you can call us such names?", Natsu added.

„How cute. Is that suposed to scare me, mages?", Fenris provocated them further.

„Let me get this staright, man. Hate magic all you like, but when you insult our family you'll pay, no matter what or who you are, got it?", Gray warned him.

The three men exchanged hateful looks, then Fenris turned to leave the group.

„I'm wasting my time..", he mumbled while moving but was stopped by something.

Someone had bumped into his leggs. When he looked down he discovered it was the girl from yesterday. She looked up and smiled at him.

„Fairy-nii-chan-"

„Get out of my way and leave me alone already!", he shouted at her. Scared by this Asuka began to cry and ran away, dropping a piece of paper in front of Fenris' feet.

„THAT'S IT, IMMA BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF YOU!", Natsu screamed and he and Gray were going to punch Fenris in the face if Erza wasn't there.

She hit each hardly on the head.

„STOP STARTING FIGHTS IDIOTS!", she shouted. Once again Natsu and Grey obeyed frightened. She grabbed both at their collars and bowed slightly before Fenris:

„I apologize for bothering you-"

„HE IS THE ONE WHO BOTHERS-"

„SILENCE!" Erza defenitly had everything under control. Fenris let out a frustrated grunt and turned to leave.

Erza then turned to Aveline:

„Meet us in front of the guild as soon as you are ready. We will be waiting." Then she turned to the front door and dragged Natsu and Gray to its direction, still their collars in her demanding grasp. Lucy followed her.

„Really, Fenris, it's okay that you don't want to come along but you could've been a bit nicer to the girl...", Aveline scolded the elf.

„She is just a filthy mage, like all of them...", he said bitterly.

„Broody, can't tell me that the girl is also secretly an evil blood mage!"

Another grunt came from the elf.

„Guess being nice to you is not an option either, huh? Hope you'll find something to do, while you are alone."

And with that Varric and Aveline left to the front door.

Fenris now stood alone there still hating this place from all of his heart. As if that child that apperantly was obsessed with faires is going to be any different from Hadriana or Danarius, and all the other mages here as well.

He looked to the ground and saw the piece of paper Asuka dropped when she ran away.

He turned it around and what he saw stabbed him right into the heart.

Asuka drew him a picture, as well as a 6-year old could draw. It showed him how he hold her hand,smiling. Something he didn't do for quite a long time now. But what hurt him the most was what was written above: „My friend"

Fenris gritted his teeth. He realized how mean he was to the poor little girl. She loved him the moment she saw him and in return he dispised her and broke her little child heart. But she is a mage he told himself. However it suddenly didn't weigh much as an excuse towards the girl.

He bit his lip. If Anders would see this, he surly would show him his smug, disgusting grin for the rest of their lives.

He brushed the thought away and decided to follow Asuka. He was going to fix that, even if it meant being Anders' laughing object for the rest of eternity.

Hawke, Wendy, Merill and Anders were walking for a pretty long time when Anders decided that he couldn't walk any longer.

„Let us rest...", he whined.

„Get a grip on yourself! We are almost there!", Charle scolded him.

„Yes, ma'm!", he answered sarcastically. Charle really made him question his love for cats.

After another while they reached a village which lay in the middle of the forest. But it seemed empty and the houses looked rather small for humans.

Wendy stepped into the village and began to speak:

„We are mages from Fairy Tail. We are here for your request."

The doors slowly opened. Creatures which weren't human stepped out of them. As they all walked out to see who was visiting them the mages saw, that its inhabitans were cats. Cats like Charle, Happy and Pantherlily! Anders felt like he found Maker's bosom.

Andraste's dimpled butt cheeks,this was even better than sex. A whole village full of talking cats. The next thing he wanted to do was just to lay down and cuddle all the cats for the rest of his life. Then he would die a happy man.

Suddenly an older cat forced its way through the cat crowd. It wore very fine clothes so Anders and the others asumed he was a high ranked cat in this village.

„Are you the healers?", the cat finally asked.

„Yes, we are here for the job.", Wendy explained.

„Show me your guild mark first.", the cat demanded.

Hawke and Wendy showed their guild crests on their arms. Merrill held up her hand and showed them her proof. And after Anders was done pulling his sleeve up he finally showed his guild crest as well.

„Follow me.", the cat then said. The mages did as they were told.

„So what is this job excatly about?", Hawke started to ask.

„It's my son. A few days ago he started to feel unwell and now he fell completely ill. We already did what we could. But it's not getting better. So we turned to Fairy Tail. We know you have good healers..."

The cat started to tremble.

„So please, save my son!" The cat truned around and bowed deeply while sobbing the last sentence.

Instantly Anders forgot about his excitement for the cats. What he saw wasn't just a cat anymore. All he saw was a father afraid of losing his son and what he felt was pity.

Wendy walked to the cat.

„Don't worry, we will do our best!", the little girl reassured. The cat nodded and lead them further through the viallage to a slightly bigger house. They would fit in, but still had to bow slightly when they went through the doors.

The mages followed the cat into the house, on stairs they follwed him up and were finally lead to a bedroom.

When they entered they saw a smaller cat laying in the bed. On his side a female cat, holding his paw, probably his mother.

She looked up.

„The mages are finally here. Oh, thank goodness, you are here!"

„It will be alright...", Anders reassured but found the cat holding onto his robe.

„I beg you, please save him! You can do that right?" She was crying her eyes out. It really was serious. Anders tried to say something but couldn't. Interacting with cats was much easier when all you had to do was putting a bowl of milk in front of your clinic.

He then finally said:

„I will do everything that lays in my power." His expression hardened. Determination was burning like fire in his golden brown eyes. In that very moment he excluded failing as an option from his mind.

He walked to the bed and Wendy followed him. Together they began to examine the little guy, their magic beginning to glow in a warm light, as they tried to figure out the sickness that befell him. Doing so Anders noticed that the cat was rather young. The colour of his furr was mixed. It was white with a few dark sections on it. For instance the furr around his left eye, on his right ear and his paws were dark brown while the rest was white.

He was breathing heavily and Anders' magic sensed a high fever burning within him.

„His body temperature is way too high!", Wendy spoke the fact.

„But I don't know what cause it has.", she continued.

„Keep looking, we must identify the deseas." Anders sounded determined. Wendy just nodded and intensified her magic and concentration.

Merril and Hawke only stood by and watched. They had no idea what to do and felt absolutely useless. All they did was believing in the two healers and praying that they would succeed.

First he didn't known where to go, but when Fenris walked to the back yard of the guild house he heard what he was looking for. A soft sob reached his ear and when he looked into that direction he saw Asuka sitting on a bench. The little girl had buried her head into her knees and was crying silently.

Maker, Fenris never felt so bad in all of his life.

He walked over to her and sat carefully next to her on the wooden bench. He hestitated when he put a hand on her shoulder.

The little girl twitched at the touch and rose her head to see who was sitting next to her. When she saw that it was Fenris she didn't know what to do, so she just looked at him from her wet eyes. But before Fenris could say anything she began to speak:

„Say, Fairy-nii-chan...Did I do something wrong...?"

Fnris bit his lip, as the guilt was tearing him apart from the inside. How could he be so mean to such an adorable girl? And on top of that she was still thinking that he was a fairy, despite the hatred he carelessly threw at her!

He took a deep breath before he regained his voice. „No, you didn't do anything wrong." He tried to smile.

„But why were so angry with me?", Asuka asked innocently. That was indeed a good question. How would he explain that. If he told her about his past and Kirkwall she wouldn't understand a word. She was way too young. He thought intensely about what he was going to say next but couldn't come up with anything plausible.

„I...was just in a bad mood..", he then stuttered, still trying to smile friendly.

„Did you have a bad day?", Asuka asked staring at him with wide eyes. And since Fenris hadn't a better option he just agreed.

„Yes, a very bad day, indeed."

„And now you are feeling better?" The girl really wanted to make sure.

„Yes, much better. And I'm sorry that I was mean to you. What do you say? Can you forgive me?", Fenris apologized. He really hoped he didn't scare the child off for good. He wouldn't like it if she ran away everytime she saw him. And that was the moment he realized that he was starting to grow fond of her.

Asuka brushed her tears way and gave him a bright smile.

„Does that mean we can be friends?", she asked eagerly.

„The best friends in the world!", Fenris agreed and as soon as he said that Asuka jumped on his lap and hugged him tightly.

And this time Fenris sincely returned the hug with all the warmth he could give at the moment.

In the middle of Magnolia Erza and her friends showed Aveline and Varric the city. They went to the grand Kardia Cathedral. While visiting the church they discussed the differences between Thedas and Firore in matters of religion. Erza and the others were surprised when they heard that mages there were watched by the Chantry through the Templar Order and the Circle of Magi.

„That is horrible.", was Lucy's coment.

„We already heard from Anders..", Natsu began.

„Yeah, that life there really must suck.", Gray ended.

„Perhaps, but to the Chantry magic is a curse that brings up only ruin and death.", Aveline tried to explain. She somehow sounded convinced of that ideology.

„Do you really think that, Aveline.", Erza asked seriously.

„I-"

„Locking people up, taking their freedom because they are afraid of them but use their abilities when needed sounds like tyranny and slavery to me." Erza made very clear that she already hated the order in Thedas. Aveline could easily imagine that she would stand before Meredith without fear, as she watched her standing before her, arms crossed and with a determined expression on her face.

„It is because there have been many incidents where mages lost control and easily destroyed a whole city with all of its inhabitants.", Varric then explained.

„Oh really? And did ever the idea occure to you that they are mentally exhausted and angry with the people who opressed them?", Erza asked and then sighed,

„I admit that magic can be great power indeed and it requires a certain strength and responsibility to handle it, but these are things every mage can learn. Magic is no curse, it's the power to believe.", Erza continued.

„I'm not sure if I can understand that.", Aveline admitted. Erza then smiled:

„Never mind. We are here to have a good time and not to argue over the danger of magic."

They left the cathedral and procceeded with their tour. Aveline and Erza went ahead and returned to their conversation about weapons and armour. Gray and Natsu started to fight again, but always fell silent when Erza turned around.

Behind them Varric and Lucy were walking.

„Your friends really remind me of Blondie and Broody. They are also argueing on every occasion. But we have no Erza to silnce them.", Varric comented on Natsu and Gray.

„Broody and Blondie?", Lucy asked confused.

„Yeah, right. I mean Fenris and Anders.", Varric clarified.

„Oh, I see.", Lucy said.

„So what is such a pretty princess like you doing in that guild?", Varric then asked.

Lucy blushed. „Well, I'm a mage of course...", she stuttered.

„And please don't call me princess..." Lucy remembered Virgo. The only thing missing was that Varric would ask her for punishment.

„I'm sorry.", he apologized and secretly decided that he would continue calling her princess.

„What I meant, the guild is such a dirty place. You don't really fit in there."

„It wasn't always like that. When I joined it was the strongest guild in the whole kingdom and the guild house was bigger and more beautiful.", Lucy explained.

„And what exactly happened that it changed so drastically?", Varric demanded to know.

„It's a long and complicated story.", Lucy said.

„Perhaps one day I will write it down." The last thing she actually told herself but Varric heard it.

„You write, princess?", Varric asked surprised. Lucy got frightned when she heard Varric saying that.

„Huh? Yeah..I..am working on a novel...", she stuttered and giggled nervously.

„Can I take a look one day? I'm a writer,too.", Varric encouraged her.

„It really isn't that good...", she tried to deny.

„Don't be so shy princess, I'm sure it's better than you think. But I will not push you.", Varric said.

„Thank you.", Lucy responded.

„What do you say? Care to tell me the story of Fairy Tail's breakdown later at the guild?", he changed the subject.

„I told you not to call me princess...", Lucy said with an annoyed undertone.

„I take it as a 'yes'.", Varric comented.

And thus the tour through Magnolia continued the rest of the day.

Meanwhile in the cat village Wendy and Anders were still trying to figure out the cat's deseas. Both healers looked like they could use a break, but neither of them gave up. However Wendy was the first break down.

„Wendy!", Charle sounded worried. Merrill and Hawke ran to her side helping her get on her feet.

„I'm fine...", she tried to convince them.

„Don't be reckless, Wendy! You need a break!", Charle insisted. „

But-"

„It's alright, Wendy. Rest for now, I will continue on my own.", Anders suddenly said, not taking hs look away from the ill cat.

„Anders-san..."

Once again the blonde mage intensified his magic. He had to find the cause for this fever, he just had to. He owed that to his parents. He moved his glowing hand up and down the body of the little cat, putting an enormous amount of concentration into his examination and for a second he caught a glimpse of something. A sensation that told him he was close to the real deseas. Again he let the light of his magic become stronger and again he felt it, but this time he wasn't wiling to let it escape his grasp. He closed his eyes and focused on it. First his vision was blurry but slowly it became clear to him. The shape of the virus was showing off in his mind and he knew what it was.

Influenza.

A common sickness and compared to others relativly easy to cure. It could become dangrous however, if other circumstances ouccured. He sensed that it was pulling at the strenght of the little guy. Being a cat was one of them, it would seem.

He knew how to cure it. He needed fresh elfroot and a small amount of lyrium dust. Sadly he hadn't brought his clinic along, and all the herbs he needed either. So he turned to Wendy who was sitting on a chair next to Hawke.

„Wendy, I know the problem!", he exclaimed.

„You do?", she asked.

„Yes, it's a simple influenza. But I can't heal it only with you know herbs for that?", Anders asked.

„Oh, right!", Wendy knew what they needed.

„Scarlet Forest Lilies.", she said. Hawke and Merrill gave her a puzzled look.

„Do you have those?", Anders asked.

„No, but they should be found nearby.", she said.

„Perfect! Hawke, Merrill, please go search for those flowers.", Anders ordered.

„Sure, we haven't anything better to do here anyway. But how do they look? And how are we supposed to find them?", Hawke,asked. Sarcasm seemed to be an eternal ally of hers.

„Here!", then Wendy suddenly said. She stood with an open book in front of them.

„This is the flower. Take the book with you. Here you can see how it looks. You should find it growing on the ground where trees grow. Near the roots.", she explained.

„I can-", she wanted to offer them her company but was interrupted by Anders.

„No, I need you here! While the two are searching for the flower we need to keep the fever low. As soon as you recover, please help me.", he explained.

Wendy nodded in agreement.

„Alright. We will try to return as soon as possible!", Merrill reassured. She and Hawke then went out of the house and headed to the forest.

Anders was doing his best to keep the fever low, but he was hitting his limits. His breath quickened and sweat was starting to flow down his forehead. I need to stay strong he kept telling gritted his teeth, his eye lids were pressed together.

„Hang in there, little one..."

At the same time. The little cat opened its eyes slightly. The first thing he saw was Anders healing him. He could see the effort he was putting in it. The strength he sacrificed for him.

The cat felt a warmth from inside its body, originating from its chest. It wasn't the fever it was suffering. This warmth was comfortable and made it feel safe. It felt safe in Anders' hands.

Hawke and Merrill were walking through the forest for a while now without finding the needed flower.

„I just hope we find that bloody flower soon...", Hawke mumbled to herself.

„Look where the trees grow. There sure are some of them.", Merrill encouraged her, holding the book with the page with the picture on it.

The two women kept looking when Merril suddenly started to speak again:

„Do you think we will find a way back home?"

„I certainly hope so. Otherwise we can work on our career as Fairy Tail mages and Aveline needs an entírely new job.", Hawke laughed.

Merrill smiled sadly. That was just Hawke. Eventhough Merrill threw them in the stickiest situation they could imagine, Hawke still found the strength to laugh about it.

„I'm sorry...", she whispered. Suddenly she felt two hands on her shoulders. Hawke was holding her, looking into her eyes and she was smiling.

„Merrill, stop blaming yourself. No one could've foreseen what the Eluvian would do. By the way, I don't find this world so bad. We are no longer considered apostates after all. Now let's search for the flower and save the poor kitten."

Merrill smiled back. Tears came to her eyes. „Thank you...", she whispered and hugged Hawke tightly.

„Now, Now..."

As Hawke was holding Merrill in her arms she saw something red slightly moving in the breeze. She let go of Merrill and left the elf perplexed standing around in the middle of the forest.

She took a closer look at what she saw and waved Merrill to her. Merrill kneeled next to her and her eyes widned. Then she looked into the book only to make sure.

They found it. The Scarlet Forest Lily.

Right in front of them it was growing under a huge tree. There weren't many of them, but for one small cat it would suffice.

They picked them all and wanted to leave as they heard a deep grunt behind them. They slowly turned around only to discover a huge monkey staring at them.

„Woman...", it said.

Merrill and Hawke screamed in horror. They attempted to run away, but the huge monkey grabbed Merrill and ran away with her.

„Hey give back Merrill!", Hawke shouted and followed it. Merrill already fell unconcious in the monkey's grasp. Where did one here that huge monkeys attack people? Dragons were likely to attack, but huge monkeys?

Hawke ran after it and pulled out her staff. She attacked it with a fireball which threw the monkey flying against the next tree.

It stood up again and tossed Merrill to the side. Hawke had now its full attention. It was now running towards Hawke, but the mage reacted quickly and threw a Winter's Grasp at it. And to finish it off, she sent a Stone Fist right afterwards. The Stone Fist destroyed the ice enveloping the huge monkey and knocked it off. Hawke then walked over to it and took a closer look. She sighed in relieve when she saw it was unconcious. She put her staff back to her back and went to Merrill. Hawke took her by her shoulders and shook her quite ungently.

„Come on, Merrill. Wake up! Now's not the time for a nap!"

No reaction.

Hawke though about what to do now and had an idea. She took a big swing and slapped Merril in her face. Immediatly the elf woke up.

„Is it still around?", she asked terrified.

„No I dealt with it in the right manner.", Hawke declared triumphantly and pointed into its direction.

„Thank the creators...", Merrill sighed.

„Now, let's bring those flowers to Anders and Wendy", Hawke said. She helped Marril get on her feet and headed back.

When they returned they saw how Anders was still keeping the fever down. They saw the effort he put into it and that he was already worn out but he kept going.

„We have the flower.", Hawke simply anounced.

Wendy walked to them and took the plant from them.

„Thank you. I will now prepare the medicine.", she said.

Another half an hour passed, in which Wendy prepared the medicine they needed to cure the illness and Anders spent all his Mana to keep the fever down.

Hawke saw him sweating and breathing heavily, and more than once was she going to tell him to take a break. But when she saw his determination and the cat's condition she stopped and let him be. The parents of the cat holding eachother in pain and worry gave her the rest.

How fate could turn. Three years ago she was battling the Arishok and now she was feeling sadness and pity for talking cats and fought a monkey for their sake.

Finally Wendy came back. She had smashed the flowers and prepared a special tea out of them.

She walked to the cat and made it drink the tea, while Anders still fought against the fever.

After she emptied the cup in the cat's mouth she returned to activate her healing magic. With Wendy's help and the tea, Anders finally managed to let the fever vanish for good and Wendy could destroy the virus at last, that was torturing the little guy.

Finally they were done. Anders fell back on the ground, completely exhausted. All he wanted right now was a good sleep.

„Im done...", he mumbled and brushed the sweat from his forehead. Vaguely he could hear the cats cry out in happiness that their little kitten was save.

„Louis...", they cried.

So that was his name he thought and smiled satisfied to himself.

After Anders had recovered so he could walk back to the guild, the mages took their leave. They received their reward from the village and were sent away with all the best wishes they could get.

They were already on the half of their way, as they heard a high pitched voice shouting.

„Wait!"

As they turned around they recognized the cat that was dead ill an hour ago.

„What are you doing here?" Anders was the first to speak their minds.

„I'm coming with you!", the cat said.

„What? Why?", Anders asked in shock.

„The cat looked to the ground.

„Because you saved me...", the cat said.

„But Wendy was the one who destroyed the virus.", Anders clarified.

The cat shook his head.

„That's true but, you are the one who kept me alive until she could do so.I already passed out and if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have made it. I would be dead by now. I felt your magic holding me tight, keeping me warm, keeping my soul in my body. I felt your warmth. I owe you my life. So please let me make it up to you!"

Hawke, Merrill and Wendy listened impressed.

„So what do you say, Anders. There you go, a cat for you.", Hawke comented.

„Do even your parents know of this.", Charle asked sharply.

„Of course!", the cat reassured.

„Your name is Louis, right?", Anders asked. The cat nodded. Anders then smiled widely.

„I would be more than happy to have you by my side, Louis!", he said. A big smile appeared on his face and he flew right into Anders' arms.