Bright Light
By: JCqueen
A/N: I hope you enjoy this next chapter! Please read and review!
Chapter Two
"Are you Thalia? Thalia… the Light Dragon Slayer?"
Natsu stared at Thalia. "You're a dragon slayer?"
Thalia smiled. "Geez, I thought nobody would notice. Yes, I'm the Light Dragon Slayer."
Natsu, Wendy and Gazille all stared at her.
"No way! What do you mean nobody would notice! You're famous! I heard you were a solo mage and didn't belong to any guild! But still people come to you to ask if you can do jobs…" Lucy ranted on and suddenly stopped. "Wait, then why are you here? No way… are you joining Fairy Tail?"
Thalia shook her head. "No, no… Nothing like that… I just came here to visit your master."
Erza quickly called the master. "The master is here. Would you like to see him?"
Before Thalia could say anything the master spotted her. "Thalia! It's so nice to see you again. What brings you here? Wait, don't tell me… Did you change your mind about joining Fairy Tail?"
Thalia walked over to him. "Hello, Master Makarov. And no, I'm not here to join Fairy Tail." She laughed.
"Really? That's too bad. We would love to have such a powerful mage here… One who was offered a seat in the Ten Holy Mages!"
This created uproar in the guild.
Thalia shook her head. "No. Don't believe anything this man says!"
Master Makarov ignored her and went on. "I remember hearing about this mysterious traveling solo mage in a meeting. We retrieved every kind of information about her and decided to ask her to join the Ten Holy Mages.
"I remember her walking into our meeting room wearing a black cloak that covered her whole body. I believe it was the same cloak she wore just now. I thought, 'Oh, she must be here to accept the offer!' But what she really did shocked everyone, especially those stupid members of the Council." He stopped to laugh.
"She pulled down the hood off the cloak, looked at everyone and said bluntly, "I'm sorry, but I will have to refuse your offer." That shocked everyone, while it made me laugh! Oh you should have seen the shock on their faces!"
Thalia blushed. "Master Makarov!"
"What's the matter? They should all know that the level of your abilities is equal to mine!"
Everyone gasped. "No way! Is she that strong?"
Thalia sighed. "Master, you give me too much credit. I just simply declined their generous offer. I don't deserve to be part of the Ten Holy Mages! And enough of that talk! I came here especially to talk to you!"
Master Makarov brushed away his tears from laughing. "Yes, yes. What was it that you needed to talk to me about? Wait, where's Luna?"
A small figure poked her head out of Thalia's cloak. "Hello, Master Makarov. Nice to see you again!" She came out. Happy and Charle gasped. It was the same as them! Luna was a cat just like them.
Thalia pointed to Happy and Charle. "Hey, Luna. Introduce yourself to them. I'm sure they want to meet you." She tilted her head and smiled. "And I'm sure you want to meet them too!"
Luna smiled. "Okay!"
After Luna walked away, Thalia turned to Master Makarov again. By this time, everyone else in the guild went back to their own business, except the usual team. Erza was still staring at Thalia and so was the three Dragon Slayers.
"I need to ask of you a favor."
"Yes, Thalia?"
"May I possibly take your Dragon Slayers for a while? I need them for a mission. While I was on a different job, I saw a dragon flying east. I was wondering if I followed that path I would be able to find them… the dragons! But I realized that I couldn't do this alone. So please let me take your Dragon Slayers!"
Natsu jumped up. "You saw a dragon? Was it red? Was it Igneel?"
"Um… I couldn't see the color well but it was a darkish color…"
"Old man! Let me go! I need to see Igneel!"
Master Makarov considered it carefully. "Hmm… I will let you go with the Dragon Slayers."
Natsu jumped into the air. "Yahoo! Now let's go! Let's go!"
Makarov held up a hand. "Wait! But on two conditions."
Thalia nodded her head. "Okay, what are they?"
Makarov smiled slyly. "First you have to take the whole crew with you. You know, Lucy, Erza, and Gray."
Thalia looked at those three and hesitated. "Master… You know about my troubles with…" She sighed. "Okay, I'll take them too."
"And second! You have to join Fairy Tail! Or you can not take Natsu, Wendy, and Gazille!"
There was a huge silence. Wendy broke it by saying, "Thalia-san? Just join Fairy Tail. It's a good guild and everyone is really nice here!"
"Hey! Join so we can find our dragons!" Gazille grinned.
Natsu looked at Thalia's shocked face. "Hey… Is joining a guild that bad? We're nakama here!"
Lucy nodded her head. "That's right! But to tell you the truth I never heard of a time when she went on a mission with someone, nonetheless join a guild."
Everyone looked at Thalia, expectantly. She slowly shook her head. "Master Makarov… You know very well yourself why I can do anything you ask of me… except… joining a guild… I'm sorry, but I will be leaving now. Luna? We're going!"
Luna jumped off the table and followed Thalia out of the guild.
Everyone watched her leave. Natsu shook his head. "No! I need to see Igneel! Why won't she just join us?" He slumped down into his chair and moped.
Makarov just kept staring at the door Thalia went out of. Mirajane came up to him. "Master? Is it okay to just leave her going?"
He shook his head. "Don't worry… She'll be back."
A/N: Thanks for reading! Please review! I tried making this chapter longer… LOL!
