The Request
"As you all already know," the Master started, "I don't typically make requests of you like this."
All of team Natsu, including Wendy and Carla, had been gathered into Makarov's office, along with Juvia, Gajeel, and Pantherlily.
"However," Makarov continued, "this is not only a request from me. This is a request from the guild legion."
"The guild legion?" Wendy said suprised.
"That's correct."
Makarov held out a sheet of paper with a red '100' stamp on it.
"Master!" Erza said. "You're giving us a Century Quest!?"
"Alright!" Natsu yelled. "What is it!? Take down a hundred year old demon?"
"No you are to find the Coffin of Sorin."
"S-Sorin..." Lucy shivered.
"What?" Gray asked. "You've heard of him?"
"You all haven't? I've read stories about him, Sorin was supposedly a mage who attained immortality by devouring the blood of others."
"S-So that would mean he was a..." Wendy cried.
"Vampire," Gajeel smirked.
"Yes," Makarov continued. "Most believe he is only an old folks tale though. However, recently there have been a series of murders take place in Iceberg, the birthplace of the Sorin legends, where the victims have been killed by the blood being drained."
"Come now!" Carla butted in. "There must be a logical explanation for this. There's no such thing as vampires."
"Perhaps not," Makarov said. "However, we can't ignore the circumstances. Therefore, we are sending all of you to investigate both the murders and the case of the Coffin."
"Alright!" Natsu yelled. "We're going vampire hunting! I'm all fired up!"
Natsu lie back in his seat, moaning from his motion sickness.
"I hate trains."
"There, there," Lucy patted his shoulder.
"But..."
The train hit another big bump an Natsu bounced slightly, his head falling onto Lucy's lap.
"Natsu!" Lucy yelled suprised.
"Sorry Luc..."
Natsu gulped as the train hit another bump.
"Just let him stay there," Erza smiled gently. "He could use the rest."
"Fine," Lucy sighed. "Just don't puke on me, Natsu."
"Aye..." He responded.
"Hey, Lucy," Gray started, "yesterday you said you knew about this 'Sorin' guy."
Juvia gritted her teeth as her 'love rival' was talking Gray's attention.
"Yeah, Bunny Girl," Gajeel groaned, trying to hold down motion sickness.
"And what is this coffin thing?" Erza asked.
"It's a story from almost two centuries ago," Lucy began. "You see..."
"Aside from being born to a nobleman, not much else known about the early years of Sorin, though it is said that he was cruel to all living things since he was born.
"The legend says that one day, a foreign nobleman brought his daughter to wed Sorin as a way to further his won political power. Sorin, however, killed the girl he was betrothed to and devoured her blood. He slaughtered countless victims in his families castle, including his own parents and drank there blood.
"No one knew how or why, but Sorin had became a blood drinking demon.
"That was when his reign of terror truly began. He began stalking into the villages at night and slaughtering countless victims.
"Not only that, but he supposedly infected others with the power similar to his and began forming up an army of followers.
"The people began to grow more and more afraid of Sorin and decades went by under the shadow of Sorin.
"Finally, a young mage appeared and challenged Sorin's legions to a fight. He was unable to destroy the vampire lord, but was able to put him into a death like sleep and seal him away. The mage never revealed where he locked Sorin away and he took the secret to the grave with him. Sorin's sleeping place has come to be know as his Coffin. The legends by telling that both the followers of Sorin and mages have sought after Sorin's resting place since the mage who sealed him died, but obviously no one has found the Coffin yet."
"So we are looking for a hundred year old vampire whose been a sleep for a century," Gray said, sounding a little scared.
"Juvia is scared! Hold me, Gray-sama!"
Juvia wrapped her arms around Gray, whining.
"H-Hey," Gray blushed. "Get off me!"
"Now, now," Erza said. "There's no reason to be worried."
"But," Juvia suddenly became very serious. "Juvia just has a bad feeling about this."
Carla sat to the side but her eyes suddenly widened.
"Carla?" Wendy asked. "Are you alright?"
"Huh? Oh! Of course I am!"
Everyone turned away but Carla was still scared.
Was that... Carla thought. Was that Sorin I saw? And why? Why was Natsu covered in blood?
Here we go! Finally got the chapter up! I hope you all like it.
Also, little note here, I did use Sorin Markov's, from the Magic the Gathering card game, name as the name of the legendary vampire in this.
