Thank you to those who continue to read, favorite, follow, and review my story. Here is chapter three. I hope you enjoy it. Any criticism is appreciated.
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Chapter Three
Lucy's POV
-After the train ride- Arriving at Esther City-
"Natsu! Don't puke on me! I am not transportation!" I squeal as I drop Natsu before he can throw up on me.
"Sorry Luce, but that ride was longer than any others at once. Now let's get some food!"
"We don't have time right now. Let's go talk to the mayor first then I will have Virgo bring us some food."
I can see Natsu drooling at the thought of Virgos ultimate spicy food she makes specially for him. It is so spicy I can feel the heat across a hallway. "Yosh! Let's go so we can eat!" Natsu grabs my hand and runs off towards the mayor's house.
Knocking on the door, we wait for the mayor while Natsu is bouncing around in excitement. Smiling softly with a chuckle I ask "Why are you so excited Natsu?" Causing him to look at me thoughtfully while still bouncing around.
"Lots of reasons Luce. First we get to beat up some bad guys, I get awesome food from Virgo later, and I am here with my best friend while we train to be S class and the strongest in the guild!"
"Yeah, I hope we can do that too Natsu. You are the strongest to me, magically, mentally, physically, and emotionally. You overcome everything thrown at you to protect us. No one loves the guild as much as you."
"Excuse me, how may I help you?" We hear a feminine voice question. Turning to the door we realize an older woman, who looks like she is in her 70's, is looking at us with a smile on her aged face.
"I'm sorry ma'am, my name is Lucy Heartfilia and this is Natsu Dragneel. We are Fairy Tail members here for the mission the mayor requested," I say politely with a small bow.
"Oh! You're here about that dark guild and the training? Come right in I will get the mayor. I am his wife, Carina. Please sit here while I go get him. I think he was checking into things for your arrival," she says as she leads us to a living room and leaves again through another door.
"This is so exciting! I can't wait to learn more about my magic! Hopefully we can visit the library soon so I can look for some books for you Natsu!" I cry in happiness and excitement. I see Natsu smile softy at my excitement.
"Yeah I can't wait until we get to work. I know you will do a great job in training."
"UMPF," turning our heads we see a massive pile of books on a table right in front of us wobbling a little bit. Hands quickly grab the stack to keep it from falling. "Sorry about the wait kiddos, I was trying to hurry. I am the mayor; my name is Orion. No need for formalities since we will be spending a lot of time together." An aged man, much like Carina comes out from behind the stack of books.
"Hello Orion, I am Lucy and this is Natsu. I am assuming the master called you?"
"Yes! I was looking forward to meeting both of you. Quite famous people you two are." He chuckles.
"Oh yeah? I guess where Fairy Tail goes, so does destruction." Natsu replies looking a little bothered that he is only known for that.
"That is not what I meant Natsu. While your guild is known for that. I meant you two personally. Known for love and strength, always willing to do anything to help your friends. Showing that love for your friends and anger towards those who harm them are able to accomplish anything. That is what you are famous for, both of you really," the mayor says softly.
Natsu looks stunned at what the mayor said. The mayor, knowing that Natsu is struggling, continues on, "Anyways, these books are for you. Your master told me what you wanted to do Lucy, so I took the liberty of gathering some books I think would really benefit Natsu here. This way you don't have to waste time searching and you are able to jump right into training. Firstly, I would like you to take care of the dark guild before you begin though. Our city here does not have any mages besides me, but I can only use archive magic, and I use it for all the history we have on this town. That is how I will be able to train you those spells."
"Of course Orion, we would like any information you could give us on the guild. Do you know where they are? When do they attack? Stuff like that." I ask.
"We do know a location. They are about a half day's hike away from the edge of town. They come about twice a week and steal what they can, but they mainly seem to just want to destroy the history of the town by burning the buildings. Seeing it lost in waves of fire is heartbreaking. Please stop them, and as soon as you do we will begin training." The mayor states a little tearfully at the thought of his precious city being nothing but ruins due to the guild. "You see, we have a lot of old books on magic here, but we keep that hidden from a lot of people to prevent the information from falling into the wrong hands. Therefore, we don't want to consult the Magic Council because they would want this information, and seeing how easy it is for the council to fall at the hands of bad intentions, this information would best be hidden from them and anyone who wants to use it for bad purposes. We believe that if this dark guild knew what information we had, they would stop at nothing to gain it."
I agree with him. It reminds me of Jellal, I know what happened with Jellal was a bad luck on his part, but it did show flaws in the Magic Councils security towards powerful things. Determination at defeating the dark guild burns in our hearts. "We will take care of them, let's go Luce, we have some faces to smash in!" Natsu screams as he races to the door with me trailing behind him quickly. "We will be back mayor! We won't let them destroy anything anymore! Leave is to us!"
Mayor's POV
I chuckle as I watch them run down the street to defeat the dark guild. "Is she the one Orion?" I hear my wife softly ask as she stands by my side watching them go.
"Yes, she is. I knew of her love for her spirits and guild. I can tell just by meeting her. Her aura radiates her love for both. Her keys also radiated such a golden aura. One I have not felt in a long time. She is truly loved by her spirits, and she loves them as family. I believe she deserves these spells more than any other celestial mage. Her magic is rare, but her heart is even rarer."
"I agree. I think she will excel with these spells and other information. I think her friend will benefit greatly from the books we have for him too. Not many people know the magic in the books we have. I can also see the love, good will, and determination he has in his eyes. With his magic, his emotions make it stronger. will help with what those books will teach him." She says. A mischievous look crosses her face, "Plus, I think they would make an adorable couple. Maybe we can help push them together during their training."
I sweat drop at her matchmaking tendencies. "Uh Carina they are here to train and learn, not fall in love. They might not even like each other like that. Leave them alone," I say hoping she doesn't interfere and make things awkward, she does have a tendency to be wrong… a lot.
"Hmph, my intuition is never wrong. Anyways, why did you put the reward for two million jewels? It won't take much for Natsu and Lucy to take care of them, even someone not as strong as them could take care of them. I am sure Lucy would have been fine on her own."
"I know that. There are a couple of reasons for that. You know Makarov is an old friend. When Lucy first came to his guild he called me about her. He knew of my desire to find a celestial mage with a good heart to train. We weren't sure if she was ready for this training because it takes a lot to handle the spells, but after all her adventures we knew she was ready. Because of her team, she struggles to make rent. She wouldn't be able to give up a year to train without the resources. Luck would have it that the dark guild has been attacking us, even if they didn't do as much damage as I made it seem like," I smirk at her. "So I originally was going to make it one million for her to come, but Makarov told me about their trials and that Natsu was her partner for the trial and for jobs, so I made it two million. Besides, this knowledge is rightfully hers. It was her ancestors that founded this city." I make my way back to my office to make sure I have everything I need to train Lucy and to help Natsu. Carina comes in shortly after.
"Right you are my dear, I can tell she is a very bright girl, she also very strong magically, but she will have to spend more time building her magic containers. They are a good size already, but not enough for these spells."
"I know my dear, but she has old blood running through her. She can do it. Her desire to protect and become stronger will give her the push she needs. She also needs to work on her combat. I think her spirits and Natsu will help largely with that. I think that having Natsu here supporting her will help give her the confidence she needs. I have a gift for him too that will help his dragon slayer magic if he reads those books I picked out for him to read and train with. Those kiddos have bright futures ahead of them."
"That they do Orion, that they do," Carina says softly as she leaves my office.
Lucy's POV
"Natsu! Let's stop here, based on what the mayor said we can sleep now and take down the dark guild in the morning and be back in town to do training the next day." I beg, exhausted from traveling and jumping straight into the mission. Natsu must have seen how exhausted I was because he agrees without fighting me.
"Sorry Luce, I am just excited to begin training, those books must have all kind of cool magic in them" he says sheepishly. Virgo quickly coming out without even being summoned knowingly bringing sleeping bags and food. I thank her quickly before she leaves.
"I can tell you are excited, you hate reading."
"Well… yeah normally, but if this helps my magic, and helps me from being as destructive then I will read all them as best as I can," he explains softly. I can tell he is embarrassed by telling me that, and I don't know why, until it hits me.
"You still struggle to read don't you?" I ask so quietly, even with his dragon hearing, he strains to hear.
Clearing his throat, "yeah, it isn't like I can't read, and I am not stupid like everyone thinks, it just takes me a little longer. I learned how to read years after other kids my age learned, and even having Erza teaching me those three days, I am still slow at it…"
My heart hurts at hearing his voice sound broken and distressed. I sit down beside him, nudging his shoulder to get his attention. "No one thinks you are stupid Natsu. Reading is a skill, one that takes practice. With all those books that the mayor showed us, will give you a lot of practice material. Plus, I will be there to help you. I will always be here for you when you need my help." I say a little emotionally, unsure as to why I have this strong desire to be by his side and help him overcome everything.
Bringing his arm around to give me a sideways hug, "Thanks Luce, that means a lot to me. I will always be here for you too." We are staring into each other's eyes, emotions are swirling around his eyes, but I am unable to pinpoint what they are.
Suddenly Natsu stiffens, a low growl coming from his chest. "Well I guess we can start training tomorrow when we get back in the morning," he says to me in a chuckle, a grin lighting up his face. "Thank you for meeting us more than halfway, now we can take your guild down and start our training."
Natsu shouts that last bit and I realize that the dark guild was on their way to the town and came across us. A grin comes to my face as well knowing we can get this done even faster.
Giving one last look to Natsu as he lights up his hands with his fire, I quickly grab my whip and Loke's key. We put our backs together to take note of the members we are fighting against. Knowing that we have each other's backs we leap into action quickly taking down the member's without much strain. Summoning Virgo to call the Rune Knights to our location and to bring magic canceling cuffs, we tie of the criminals and wait for the arrival of the police.
"Go ahead and sleep for a while Luce. I will wait for the knights," Natsu tells me gently as he pulls my sleeping bag close to him. "Just stay close so I can keep an eye on you while you sleep."
"Are you sure Natsu? Aren't you tired too?" I ask yawning now that the adrenaline is gone.
"Yeah I am sure; those fire mages gave me a good meal so I am a little too wired to sleep. Plus, now that the job is done I am just too excited knowing we will be training when we get back."
"Okay, if you're sure I will sleep. Wake me up if anything happens or you need something." I lay down with my back facing away from Natsu and facing the open knowing I was safe. One last look at the stars and I quickly fell asleep not noticing the tender look directed at me.
End of chapter three. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope no one is disappointed at the lack of a fighting scene. To me this one wasn't that important since they were just small time mages and the main purpose for this mission was to get Lucy her training. There are future fights later on in which I will do my best to write well. Thanks for reading!
