The Fairies and the Cat

by mr.undead

The last Dragonborn and Alduin the World Eater are sent to the kingdom of Fiore and must find each other again to finish what had been started This is a crossover between The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fairy Tail I make no claim of ownership of the two franchises or their characters, Fairy Tail is property of the Funimation company and Bethesda Softworks owns Skyrim

4. Everlue Mission Part 2

"W-were we just beaten by a fire wizard?" The smaller of the Vanish brothers asked as he laid on the ground barely conscious. "Hey bro, tell me when the room stops spinning okay?" The bigger one said. "That'll teach ya, now let's go find Lucy, these merchant fairies are toast." Natsu said. "We're mercenaries..." The two brothers groaned. "Right." Keshhar replied. "Where are they?" Natsu asked. "How the hang on." Keshhar looked around and sniffed the air slightly as a Khajiit Keshhar had a strong sense of smell, better than most humans anyway. "I think I know where she went," Keshhar said. "Right then let's go!" Natsu replied. Soon Natsu saw Virgo starting to get up "Oh no that big maid is getting up, you go help Lucy, I'll handle her." Natsu said. "You sure?" Keshhar asked. "Positive, now go!" Natsu exclaimed. "Right, Kick her ass for me!" Keshhar said before he left to go find Lucy. It took Keshhar it took a while to find her but after a few minutes Keshhar made his way to Lucy who was in a sewer with Everlue holding her arm tightly "Tell me the secret or I'll snap your arm like a toothpick." Everlue threatened. Lucy just spat in his face and he gripped her arm tighter "Listen I commissioned this book's very existence therefor any secret it holds is rightfully my property." Everlue said. Keshhar prepared to attack the man but happy flew in from out of nowhere and kicked Everlue in the face which sent him flying out of the wall "Happy!! That was so cool." Lucy said excitedly. Happy giggled but his wings soon disappeared and he fell down into the sewer water "That's disgusting." Keshhar thought to himself as he gagged. But then he ran forward to help Lucy "What's this a flying cat and some sort of masked wizard?" Everlue said confused. "My name's Happy." Happy said from in the water. "And my name is Keshhar," Keshhar said. "Ya know Happy I wouldn't stay in there if I were you," Lucy said. "But the water feels so nice." Happy said. "That's sewer water Happy." Lucy said as she slapped her forehead. She then pulled out a golden key "Looks like the tables have turned, but if you let me have the book I'll think about going easy on you. Though I'm tempted to give you a good slap." Lucy said with a confident smile. "Oh a celestial wizard, but for a reader you seem to be quite deficient in your terms of phrase, the tables have turned implies that the weaker party has rallied to claim victory, but there is no way you, That Cat, or the one in the armor could ever defeat me and my diver magic. Boyoyoyoyoyoh!" Everlue shouted before he dove under the ground. "So he does that using magic, I never would've thought Everlue was a wizard too." Happy said. "Do you not smell yourself right now?" Lucy asked. Everlue then flew out of the wall next to Keshhar and Lucy causing them both to jump in different directions "I know the entire story now, it's a terrible adventure novel about a trashy character named Duke Everlue." Lucy said. "For real?" Happy said. Keshhar ran over with his axe ready but Everlue ducked back into the wall "I wouldn't call the protagonist trashy, but yes the story itself is crap and to think it was written by the great Kemu Zaleon." Everlue said as he bounced between the walls and the floor. "INEXCUSABLE!!" Everlue shouted as he tried to grab the book from Lucy again. But she jumped out of the way "I can't believe your arrogance, you forced him to write it!" Lucy exclaimed. "WHAT?!" Keshhar said surprised. "Arrogant? Me? The word could never apply, to tell my story is an honor no matter what the circumstances." Everlue said from the inside of the wall. "So why'd you have to blackmail him into it?" Lucy said. Everlue's head suddenly popped out of the wall behind Lucy "What's the big deal? He just needed more encouragement to take the job." Everlue said. "Anyone would jump at the chance of having me as their muse but he had the audacity to say no." Everlue said as he seemed to swim above the surface of the floor. Keshhar acting on instinct stared at Everlue and charged at him Keshhar the grabbed Everlue by his ankle and pulled him up out of the ground then Keshhar threw Everlue into the wall directly across from him "Anyway, I gave him the added inspiration in the form of an ultimatum: Write the novel or his family would be stripped of their citizenship." Everlue said from underground. Happy jumped being startled from Everlue's words "But then none of them would be able to join any of the guilds and make a living, do you really have the power to do that?" Happy asked. "I have the power to do anything!" Everlue exclaimed as he flew out from underground again. "And I got him to write it didn't I?" Everlue asked with a cocky smile on his face. "But I didn't like his attitude so I decided he'd do best writing from a prison cell, boyoyoh, he went on and on about being 'a brilliant novelist who would never give in to threats' but in the end I got what I wanted." Everlue said before diving underground again narrowly avoiding a bolt of lightning shot at him by Keshhar. Everlue bounced around the walls like a ping pong ball "I can't believe that's how far you'd go to boost your ego he was in solitary confinement for three years, don't you know how hard that must've been?!" Lucy asked while running away. "Three whole years?!" Happy asked horrified. "You did all of this? You monster." Keshhar sneered as he ran next to Lucy. Everlue then shot up from the ground in front of them "Maybe that's how long it took him to appreciate me." Everlue said with a chuckle. "Wrong, he knew that if he didn't satisfy your vanity then his family would suffer." Lucy said angrily. "How do you know all of this anyway?" Everlue asked curiously. Lucy held up the book "It's all right here in black and white." Lucy replied. "What? What are you talking about? I've read that book from beginning to end and Kemu Zaleon isn't in it." Everlue replied. "Well, that's only if you read it normally, because I know something you don't, before he was an author he was a wizard. Once he had finished writing this book he summoned his remaining strength and cast a spell on it." Lucy explained. "That's a terrible trick, he turned a book about a great man like me into a hatched job?! The nerve of that fool!!" Everlue shouted. Keshhar ran forward and punched Everlue in the face and before Everlue could go underground again Keshhar grabbed him by the collar and slammed him into the ground but Everlue thought quickly and threw some dirt into Keshhar's eyes allowing himself enough time to dig under the ground again. Everlue then tried to grab Lucy from below again "Get over yourself, it's true he wrote about all of the pain and torture you put him through but the chapters that focus on you are only a tiny portion of the book, but the secret goes far deeper than that." Lucy said angrily. "Tell us Lucy!" Happy said excitedly. "What the devil does that mean?" Everlue said confused. "I'm never giving this book back to you because it was never yours at all." Lucy said as she put the book behind her back. Suddenly Lucy pulled out a golden key the top of it looked like a crab claw and it had a mark on it that looked like the number 69 and the other side of it looked like a small crustacean "Open gate of the giant crab, Cancer!" Lucy shouted. A man wearing a pair of black pants, a blue shirt, with six legs coming out of his back, and his hair done up to look like crab claws appeared holding a pair of scissors, the man turned and looked at Lucy showing his yellow sunglasses "So that's how her magic works." Keshhar mumbled as he stood there in awe. "A giant crab!! Oh yeah, nothing says I'm gonna kick your but like a crab man with razor claws and a pair of tuff guy sunglasses." Happy shouted. Luckily Happy's shouting snapped Keshhar out of his trance allowing him to get his mind back on the fight that they had to deal with. "Shut up, before I have him pinch your little lips off." Lucy sneered. "So, Lucy how would you like your hair today? Baby." Cancer asked. "WHAT!?" Happy and Keshhar exclaimed together. "I don't need styling, I need help it's that guy; take care of baldy over there." Lucy ordered pointing at Everlue. "Oh so he just makes bad guys look better before they kill us, yeah that's useful, Lucy you should probably send him back now." Happy said leaning against a wall. "I should send you back." Lucy said through gritted teeth. "Gah! What could the secret ever be? That hack must've written something about my illegal business deals I can't have that. If the magic council ever figured out how I made my fortune, I'd be done for!" Everlue thought to himself angrily. Suddenly Everlue pulled out a golden key similar to the one Lucy just used but this one looked very different, the symbol on it looked like similar to an M and the front of the key resembled a spear head "OPEN GATE OF THE MAIDEN, VIRGO!" Everlue shouted. "WHAT THE?!" Lucy shouted. "He's using your trick Lucy." Happy said. The giant maid from before suddenly appeared "DID I HEAR MY MASTER SUMMON ME?!" Virgo shouted. "Virgo get me that book." Everlue ordered. "Wait she's a celestial spirit?" Lucy asked surprised. "It doesn't surprise me too much, there's no way she'd be human." Keshhar said. Everyone suddenly stared up at Virgo's shoulder "NATSU?!" Both Happy and Lucy shouted in unison. "What are you doing here?!" Everlue demanded. "What are you doing up there?" Lucy asked shocked. "Well I knocked her down then I saw her getting up so I jumped on her then I ended up here." Natsu explained. "But that means you must've gone through the spirit gate wither! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Lucy shouted. "Well what do I do now?" Natsu asked. "What do you think we do now?" Keshhar asked. "Yeah finish what you started." Lucy added. "Virgo! Clean up this rubbish!" Everlue ordered. "As you wish master!" Virgo said as she tried to crush Natsu as he jumped off of her shoulder. "Fire dragon roar!!" Natsu shouted as fire flew from his mouth knocking Virgo to the ground quickly. Keshhar then kicked Everlue in the stomach and slammed him into the wall then Lucy used her whip to hold him in place "Can't dig your way out of this one, can you? Ya dirty little mole man!" Lucy sneered. Lucy then threw Everlue into the air and Cancer leapt up "Baby.." Cancer whispered. Cancer moved his scissors at lighting speed and seconds later Everlue was unconscious on the ground, and as of now he was missing all of his hair, including his eyebrows and mustache "And I'm done, does this look fabulous or what baby?" Cancer asked. "OH! You bet crab man, b-baby?" Natsu said trying to congratulate Cancer. They all soon felt the room around them rumbling "We'd better get going!" Natsu said. All of them made their way out except Virgo since she's a celestial spirit she'd be fine and she'd have to save Everlue. Everlue's mansion collapsed around them until it was simply rubble "I like you guys' style; out with a bang, you'll definitely fit in with Fairy Tail." Natsu said with a chuckle. "I hope I don't get blamed for this." Lucy said. "Well we can worry about that later." Keshhar said. "Right now we've gotta take this book back to the rightful owner." Lucy said. "Okay and who's that?" Natsu asked. "You'll see when we get back to the client's house." Lucy replied. "Well then, let's go!" Keshhar replied.

The four of them made their way back to Kaby's house and when they got there and showed him the book he looked at it in horror "But I requested this book be destroyed, why are you handing it back to me unscathed?" Koby asked surprised. "If you're really gonna burn it, it's better that you do it yourself." Lucy replied. "I most certainly will, I never wanted to see this book again." Kaby said angrily. "You want to protect your father's legacy because you're Zaleon's son, aren't you?" Lucy asked. Kaby sighed "Yes that's true." Kaby replied. "Have you read it yourself?" Lucy asked. "No, I could never bring myself to read more than the title, my father told me it was garbage." Kaby explained. "You were just gonna burn it?" Natsu asked shocked. "Yes." Kaby replied with a nod. "Without even bothering to see what's inside? It's the last book your dad wrote right, some of us would kill for that kind of memory!" Natsu shouted holding a tight grip on Kaby's suit collar. "Enough! Let him explain." Lucy ordered as she pulled Natsu away from Kaby. "That book caused my family great heartache and shame... thirty-one years ago my father returned after three years of being missing and when I asked him where he'd been he said 'A place I'll never return to' then he tied a rope around his right arm and cut it off shouting that he would never write again." Kaby explained. Keshhar looked unfazed by this while Lucy and Natsu embraced each other in horror "My father was hospitalized and I told him why working for Everlue was going to be a bad idea, and when I asked why he did it anyway he said 'it was good money' before I left he said 'son, I thought about you the entire time I was gone' my father died soon after but my anger toward him lived on but over the next several years that anger became remorse, and it's far too late for me to apologize so I feel decided to make amends by destroying the final work that caused him so much pain. This is the only way to preserve his legacy." Kaby explained. "I am sure this is what he'd want." Kaby said solemnly. Kaby lit a match and prepared to burn the book "You're wrong." Lucy said. The match suddenly went out "Koby look!" Lucy ordered as the book began to glow. "What's happening?!" Kaby shouted. The letters of the books title then lifted off the cover "Your father , Kemu Zaleon or should I say Zekua Melon, cast a spell on this book a long time ago." Lucy said as the book hovered in the air, the letters of the title then rearranged to spell out 'Dear Kaby' the book hovered higher emitting light like that of a star "This book was his letter to you disguised behind a spell that rearranged all of the words so nobody else could see it." Lucy said. The book then opened on its own and streams of glowing letters flew out and encircled it. "He didn't stop writing because he was ashamed, he stopped because this book was really his masterpiece, a book containing everything he ever wanted to say to his beloved son." Lucy said as Kaby stared up at the book in awe, remembering his father's words 'I thought of you the entire time I was gone.' "And now, since the spell is broken, you can read it the way he wanted you to." Lucy said as the book floated down into Kaby's arms "Thankyou father, I swear I will never let anything happen to this book." Kaby said as he clutched the book close to his chest. "Well I suppose we won't be taking that reward." Natsu said as he rubbed the back of his head. "HUH?!!" Lucy said shocked. Keshhar wiped some small tears from his eyes "Natsu's right, we were supposed to destroy the book, we never finished the job, it wouldn't be honorable for us to take that money." Keshhar said. "Yeah it's not our fault he decided not to burn the book once we got it back." Lucy said frantically. "Lucy don't be so greedy, you're ruining what was really a touching moment." Happy reprimanded. "I need the money!" Lucy sneered. "Thanks for the offer, but we don't want it." Natsu said as he walked toward the door with Keshhar following him. "Uh yeah we do, I need to pay my rent!" Lucy said frantically. "I think we should all go back home, that means you too Mr. Melon, go back home." Natsu said glancing back at Kaby and his wife while the two looked at Keshhar and Natsu astonished.

Later that night while the four of them were walking home "Unbelievable, who in their right mind would turn down 2,000,000 jewel?" Lucy asked. "Well, if we took the reward it wouldn't have looked good, think about the guild's reputation." Natsu said. "Aye!" Happy added in agreement. "But we still made him happy, we got the job done and now we're walking home? And to find out that they're not even wealthy; they were just renting that house so everyone would think they were." Lucy grumbled. "I don't suppose it matters, we'd have probably taken the job either way." Keshhar said. "I don't know about Lucy." Happy said. "Of course I would have!" Lucy said quickly. "Yeah, sure greedy." Happy replied. "Think we should set up camp soon." Keshhar said. "Yeah, here seems like a good spot, we'll get some rest and head out first thing tomorrow." Natsu said. "Right." Happy said. "Keshhar you and Lucy get the fire started, me and Happy will rustle up some grub." Natsu said. "On it." Keshhar replied as he set up some sticks and leaves to start the fire "Gonna need something probably bigger than just that." Keshhar thought to himself. Using what they had around them Keshhar soon found a dead tree which he proceeded to break into several pieces "That should be good." Keshhar said as he set them up around the kindling and leaves he had just placed down. Using his fire magic he ignited the wood quickly without much trouble, Happy and Natsu came back not too long after carrying a couple dead lizards, and fish which they set on skewers (Some sticks Keshhar sharpened with a dagger) and set by the fire to cook. "Hey Keshhar, you gonna eat anything?" Natsu asked. Keshhar's stomach let out an audible rumble "No, I'm fine." Keshhar replied trying to ignore his hunger. "Come on man, just eat it's fine." Natsu said. "Alright whatever." Keshhar said before he grabbed one of the cooking fish then he turned away while he ate it. "Why don't you show us your face anyway?" Lucy asked. "Not something I'm comfortable with showing." Keshhar replied casually as he tossed the skewer aside. "By the way, Natsu how'd you know that house wasn't theirs?" Lucy asked. "Oh easy it smelled like some other house, seemed pretty obvious to me." Natsu replied. "Aye." Happy said with a mouth full of fish. "Maybe to you two animals, not me I was still lost in the clouds from reading that book." Lucy said. "I've got you figured out." Natsu said with a sinister smile "Those papers on your desk this morning? You're writing a novel aren't you?" Natsu asked. "Oh so that's why she's such a bookworm." Happy commented. "Please promise none of you will tell anyone about that okay??" Lucy said as her face turned crimson. "Why?" Happy asked. "Because I'm a horrible writer if anyone read my work I'd die of embarrassment." Lucy said as she cupped her face in her hands. "Don't worry nobody's gonna know." Natsu replied. "Yes, my lips are sealed." Keshhar added. "Yeah that doesn't make me feel too much better." Lucy replied. "Oh forget it, let's just get some rest." Keshhar said as he laid on his side with his back still facing the fire and his tail still wrapped around his waist. "Yeah, we probably should get some shut-eye." Natsu said yawning.

The next morning Lucy was the first to wake up, she got up and stretched and she was about to wake everyone else up before she looked to her side to see Keshhar sleeping not far from her, her curiosity got the best of her so she decided to try to remove his helmet to get at least some glimpse at his face. Lucy crawled over to him as quietly as she could and grabbed one of the horns on his helmet but when she did Keshhar stirred slightly in his sleep causing Lucy to jump back like a frightened kitten but seconds later she went back over to him and grabbed his helmet again and tried to remove it this time though Keshhar woke up and grabbed her wrist "Lucy, just what do you think you're doing?" Keshhar asked as he used his other hand to reposition his helmet. "N-nothing." Lucy replied nervously. "Really because it seemed a lot like you were trying to take my helmet." Keshhar said as he let go of her hand, sat up and turned to face her. Lucy didn't respond knowing that she was caught now but Keshhar just chuckled "I'll show you guys my face some time, just not yet." Keshhar said. "Now we should probably wake up Natsu." Keshhar added. "Yeah I guess you're right." Lucy replied as they both stood up Keshhar made sure his tail was still around his waist giving the illusion that it's nothing more than a belt then he went up to Natsu and started shaking him to wake him up. The four of them made their way through the woods until they came to a swamp with filthy water that was up to their waists but Lucy avoided it by hiding in her clock spirit "guys, are you sure this is the right way? She asks." The clock spirit said. "Happy says this is the way home so this is the way we're going is what I answer." Natsu said irritated. "Have some faith, I'm a cat I have a great sense of smell, my nose will lead us home." Happy said. "It's dogs who have great noses and what does smell have to do with direction? She asks quite haughtily." The clock said quoting what Lucy was saying from inside him. "Why don't you do your own walking for a while?" Natsu asked. "Because I'm tired, she groans exhaustedly." The clock replied. "Cats have good smell too Lucy." Keshhar commented from behind them. The four of them were out of the swamp in no time but shortly after they got out they heard some rustling in the bushes "Who's there?!" Natsu asked as he jumped into the bush. "Do you always have to fight?! She cries worriedly." The clock said while holding Natsu's bag in one hand and had Happy standing on the other "You can take 'em Natsu." Happy cheered. Not long after both Gray and Natsu jumped out from behind the bush and as usual Gray was in his underwear "It's Gray!" Happy exclaimed. "What is he doing in his underwear? The lady questions." The clock said. "Trying to find a bathroom." Gray replied as he stood in a fighting stance across from Natsu. "Why would you strip down before finding one and who the heck ever heard of a bathroom in the middle of the woods?!" Natsu asked agitated. "I wanted some privacy, I didn't expect an idiot to barge in." Gray replied glaring at Natsu. "They're so childish." Lucy said audibly this time as the clock spirit had left moments ago. "She says to the cat." Happy said mocking the clock spirit. Once things had calmed down, and Gray got his clothes back on, the five of them sat down on a cliff and happy pulled out a fishing rod to (you guessed it) try to fish from off the cliff "So you're heading back from a job?" Lucy asked Gray. "Yeah there's a shortcut through these woods that'll get you back to town in no time." Gray explained. "I told you so." Happy said gloating at Lucy. "Well if your nose is so great how come you didn't know Gray was directly in front of us?" Lucy replied. "Somethings you don't want to smell." Happy replied smugly. "What'd you say?!" Gray demanded. "Agreed, so head home and we'll smell you later." Natsu said as he put his hands behind his head. "Okay I will and unless you're looking for trouble you should too." Gray replied as he stood up. "Why do you say that?" Keshhar asked curiously. "Cause Erza's due back any time now." Gray replied. Natsu's jaw dropped. "The Erza!? Whoa!" Lucy said stunned. "Who's Erza?" Keshhar asked confused. "She's the most powerful woman in all of Fairy Tail." Happy replied as he nibbled on a freshly caught fish. "Oh I can't wait to meet her, but I've never seen a picture of her in sorcerer weekly or anything, what's she like?" Lucy asked. "Scary." Happy, Natsu, and Gray all said at once. "Wild animal?" Gray asked. "Vile beast." Natsu replied. "More like a full on monster." Happy said. "I've faced a lot of monsters back home." Keshhar said as he stood up and stretched. "Well Erza's about as scary as a monster who could take down a mountain with a single kick." Natsu said. "What? I guarantee Erza could take down at least three mountains with a single kick." Gray replied. "You shouldn't exaggerate like that, more like two." Happy said. "It's still scary if she's able to kick down a single mountain guys." Lucy replied. "Like I said we should get going, well crap lets move." Natsu said as he sprang to his feet. Suddenly a huge cloud of sand erupted from out of absolutely nowhere and when it had settled Happy was gone. Everyone quickly found a group that consisted of five members one was wearing purple and had a crystal ball above his hand, two were identical twins, another was short with greenish skin, and the last looked like a mix of a chicken and a man all of them were circling around a spit where Happy was tied "HEY!" Natsu said. "That's our friend you've got there, let him go." Gray ordered. "No way." The short one said. "Lucy, get happy we'll take care of these guys." Keshhar said. Gray Keshhar and Natsu all jumped down at them "Sand ball go!" The short one said and seconds later Natsu was trapped in a ball of sand. Keshhar and Gray ignored it for the moment Keshhar went after the twins who soon enough each drew an identical short sword only difference being that the twin on the right held the sword in his left hand and the one on the right held it in his left hand. Keshhar drew his dragonskin shield and his dragonbone war axe "Let's go." Keshhar said. The twins moved quickly but Keshhar was able to counter their moves easily "I'm gonna need more speed to keep up with them." Keshhar thought to himself. "SU GRAH DUN!" Keshhar shouted and seconds later his axe was axe and shield were covered by small whirlwinds, Keshhar smirked behind his mask and when the two twins charged at him again Keshhar bashed one of them with his shield and sliced the other across the chest with his axe faster then either of them could blink. The luckily for them Keshhar made sure that the injuries wouldn't be fatal soon he heard Lucy scream because the chicken man was about to seemingly kill her and acting on his reflexes he slid forward and kicked the man in the back of the knee causing him to stumble then Keshhar kicked the chicken man in the face sending him flying while Gray and Natsu once he got out of that sand ball took out the rest. Once that was done Natsu, Keshhar, Happy, and Lucy tied the other wizards to a tree "Lulla..." One of them said. "Hmm? What does that mean?" Lucy asked. "Lullaby." The wizard said. "Seconds later the tree they were tied to sank into the ground "What in oblivion?! Who did that?" Keshhar asked startled. "Whoever they were they're fast, I can't even sense their presence anymore." Gray said. "...Lullaby?" Lucy thought to herself curiously.

Author's note: So, I've been focusing a lot of this story on what happens with Keshhar and the other main cast of the show and it's gonna be that way for the first few chapters of this series, at least until after Erza shows up, but don't worry I'll have Alduin and other dragons and stuff come back soon