Chapter 4:

Blasts echoed down the hall as Harry ran cradling the young child that had been held hostage by low time dark guild. The child was the daughter of a very rich business man who was offering a very large reward for saving his little girl. So Harry accepted the mission and went to rescue the little girl, he thought he was being stealthy and he was, until he entered the room they were keeping the girl in, he tripped some sort of magical alarm. So here he was running down a maze of hallways with a little girl clinging to his back he had two out of his three shields, one behind him and one in front of him and he was using the agility ring to move faster. He needed to get her out of there, after the abuse he had suffered as a child he felt he hated seeing any child in distress and this girl had been beaten by her captives. No lasting physical damage but enough psychological that it would give her nightmares for a while.

He was almost to the door that is until he ran into the "master" of the dark guild. He was a large man, with an intense face; he went by the name of Marcus. Now this Marcus used a weak version of Ice Magic, simple and weak but effective for what he wanted to do with it. He created a spear of Ice and launched at Harry and the little girl, though sadly he was far out classed. Harry manipulated the shield to intercept the spear which shattered on impact. Harry set the girl on her feet and looked at the man with an intense glare that would have made even Erza flinch; obviously the man did (badly by the way). The young ring mage stepped forward, with anger radiating out of him and with anger came power and that power was making Marcus shiver in pure fear.

The Master of the Dark Guild blinked and Harry was no longer in his sights, feeling a tap on his shoulder the amateur ice mage hesitantly turned only to be met by a blast of energy (from the blast ring) and made the dark mage fly through the dark guild headquarters, effectively beginning the demolishing duties that has made Fairy Tail so famous…and infamous. Picking up the young girl he pushed the agility ring as much as he could, making it out of the building just as it collapsed. With a wry smile Harry ran all the way back to the girls town, where he was met by her grateful and weeping father, who not only gave him his reward but when Harry healed the bruises and welts on the young girl by way of the sun ring, the father offered anything from his personal magical armory.

Harry followed the older man into a locked room in the mansion. There the ring mage found swords, armor, magical items, and a few nifty items that could amplify magical energy. Harry zeroed in on two things one was a pendant, it had a thin silver chain and hanging from it was a small silver dragon's claw clutching a sapphire blue sphere. Just holding it in his hands, Harry felt his magic almost double (which is like saying the Pacific Ocean doubled in size…a lot of water). Harry looked to the older man who smiled and nodded, happy to give such a gift to the man who saved his little girl. The second object was a black hooded sweatshirt with red lining made from a very light but strong silk. Harry recognized it as acromantula silk which is highly spell resistant second only to dragon skin. Shedding his vest he put on the jacket and found that it fit him like a glove. He did a few maneuvers and found that it didn't restrict his movement in the slightest. Harry looked at the father who nodded again only this time a bit hesitantly but nodded all the same. So all in all Harry saved the young girl, got the reward and got a few new magical tricks so with a wicked grin he left the mansion and the small family behind and headed home to his own family.

The now sixteen year old ring mage walked down the streets of Magnolia towards the guild, he had been there for little over the year now and had gained a lot of friends and people he was close to over that year, but he was closest to Erza, Natsu, and Gray. And while he never went on missions with them it was known to the guild and other guilds for that matter, that if you messed with one of the four you messed with all of them (though that is the way the entire guild worked.) Harry was primed and ready as he entered the doorway for the inevitable…and sure enough. "Harry! Fight Me!" Natsu's voice rang out just before the pink haired wizard slammed into a projected shield, "Natsu don't you have somewhere to be?" Harry asked as e took a seat at the bar and smiled at Mirajane as she served him a large glass of juice (that was a weakness, like Erza and cake). "Oh yeah there is rumor of Igneel in Hargeon, a port town, Happy and I are going to check it out see ya when we get back" Yelled the sixteen year old dragon-slayer as his blue cat flew after him.

Harry just smiled after the two as they ran down the road, until he heard a sigh next to him, looking over he spotted Gray sitting next to him…in nothing but his boxers… "Gray please put some pants on" Harry said as he drank his juice. Looking down Gray seemed startled at the fact that he was nearly naked and ran off to get dressed. Sighing the young ring mage rose just as the other resident ring mage entered the guild with a lady on each arm, Loke sent a glare his way and Harry just shrugged it off to go search for the master. Loke and Harry had some friction when it was known that Loke was another ring mage both went head to head in a small battle, Loke lost pretty quickly and embarrassingly, so Loke didn't really like Harry all that much.

Harry found the master in his office (for once) doing some paperwork, he looked up when Harry entered, and the former wand wizard explained what happened on the mission, and then headed back to the bar where Cana and Elfman seemed to be having an argument on who could be the loudest and all Harry could think was 'Ah, life is good.' But little did he know events were on the horizon that would change them all forever.

Ok so here is the new chapter, I am very sorry it took so long but I had papers and finals galore but I finally got one up.

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