Chapter 4: Robbery
Louise´s room:
"Stop walking like that, that's not an elegant walk you're doing right now!"Louise scolded her familiar. Still, Natsu couldn´t do it right, and his walk was rather hilarious, moving his right foot and arm at the same time making a look of a strange military person. Louise slapped him in annoyance with her riding crop.
"OI! WHY ARE YOU HITTING ME? I'M DOING IT RIGHT!" The pinkette whined.
"You are raising your foot too high including the fact that your moving your arm strangely!"
In the scold, a figure raised her hand, the pinkette maid couldn´t understand why the noble decided to order Natsu walk elegantly, as well this training was supposed to be a talent show or something like that for familiars.
"Why not let Natsu practice stunts with fire?" The celestial spirit asked the worst idea she could give off.
"Don´t you remember about the conflict with Count Mote?" The noble said with an annoyed tone of voice, at this mention Natsu lifted his ignited fists.
"Yeah! Louise please let me do stunts with fire, your way is booooriing..." Natsu yawned, even if he received a death glare, he still insisted.
The noble could not resist those eyes, she would regret this but she felt important as someone is pleading to her.
"Okay, you can do tricks with fire but you must not ablaze the exposition."
"Cool, I´m fired up!"Natsu lifted in victory his right fist, yet there was a fact everyone forgot. Natsu´s hands were on fire, he hit at the decoration that was located at top of Louise´s bed that was made of silk, igniting it Louise went to sleep with the fishes. Virgo was prepared for this kind of situation she had prepared at the top of the room there was a lot of water hidden above the wooden planks she just needed to pull a rope and a trap door would release the water to all the room, at the process she pulled it and all the water came off in a single splash.
"Why did you do that, it was so cool!?" The pyromaniac said.
"Do you remember that if you ignite this little room, the flames will expand to all the tower burning all at its path?" Virgo stated with no emotion as if it was a normal thing seeing crisped buildings... well sometimes it was.
Natsu just got excited about the idea it, seeing amazing "fireworks" was something fun for him.
"If you do it she will not forfeit in giving you "The punishment." Virgo said, by casually as the wind blew a bit sharply giving a suspense atmosphere. Natsu retracting his ideas went to the door but Virgo reminded him of something accompanied with a suggestion.
"Or you could take the sword, maybe you will learn new tricks with it, also what Louise said about the past is true in the fact of less destruction so take it."
"Did I have a sword?" The pinkette asked stupidly.
"Hey partner we just met a couple of days and you already forgot you had me?" A metallic voice was heard with also the cling when a mouth-like thing finished each word.
"Ah sorry, Merf well let´s go to practice!" The pinkette said cheerfully, taking the sword he retreated to the courtyard, before he passed the door the sword with a bit of irritated tone the sword said.
"It´s Derf! Not Merf!" the sword replied but Natsu just ignored it and walked while whistling.
Louise woke up after Natsu went to the courtyard for practice. At least with the sword there will not be a lot of damage, and still she was a bit concerned.
"Why did I forgot about the Exhibition?" Louise exclaimed exasperated putting both of her hands in her face.
"Well why can´t you miss the Exhibition?" Virgo asked leaning her head a bit to the right still with her inexpressive face.
"Everyone of 2°nd year students need to participate by obligation!" The noble raised a bit her tone of voice as if the celestial spirit was defying her. Yet she continued.
"At least I expect he will not put me in ridiculous, that stupid dog doesn´t even know how to control magic." The petite said while closing her eyes, seeming that she would not expect a lot from him, if he could give an elegant speech she would be grateful but knowing him was impossible.
"I think you have some reason but not all"
"What do you mean?"The Valliere asked, but the maid stood up without paying attention to her she exited the room.
"What did she meant by that I had some of the reason but not all of it?" The Valliere asked herself with a confused face not taking seriously what did the maid said.
Following Virgo in the dormitories hallway which its wall were white stone marbled with some unlighted torched not too near each door she looked at her hands, not changing her expression.
Why I am not dying nor getting weaker, this is out of sense I just feel normal as if nothing happened, even if I stayed in the human realm for days?
Virgo shook her head changing trying to brush away her thoughts, does thoughts were a bit horrible to think since dying is not a normal theme for people, she decided to see what Natsu is doing.
Courtyard:
"WHY I CAN´T DO A COOL MOVE!" The dragonslayer cried out, the inability to use the sword properly, he even looked like doing a strange ritual dance, thing is that some girls considered it embarrassing and funny.
"Oi, Derf do you know a cool trick?" Natsu asked sluggishly, he decided to lie down in the floor, he was 'tired.'
"The only tricks that I know are only for true combat so it would be useless, the only thing I can tell you is I wish the best of lucks." The sword answered which made the dragon slayer cry of disappointment, he started to hate sword style since... no more than 5 minutes and he was complaining about the style.
"Natsu, what are you doing?" A kind and cute voice was heard aloft, it was the dark haired maid.
"Oh Siesta, I was trying to practice the sword thingy but it is just too difficult!" The pinkette replied.
"Then give your best effort, everyone is trying their best I would like to see what you can prepare for the Exhibition, also everyone is giving their best since Princess Henrietta is coming to here."
"Princess...what?" Natsu asked, as always it seemed for him to learn new names, giving the fact that he named people with other names until a certain time.
"Oh you seem to don´t know her, well she is the princess of Tristain, she is too kind and very beautiful, I envy her."
Natsu remembered something about the resolution of the Eclipse Gate Incident and he remembered something funny he just gave a laugher. Everyone looked him in disgust as if he was an insect.
"Why are you laughing Natsu?"The maid asked.
"It... is because a princess with... pumpkin head is coming HAHAHAHAH!"Natsu needed breaths for his sentence as he couldn´t stop rolling around the ground imagining a chibi princess with a pumpkin mask of the Grand Magic Games Mascot, walking around happily with her bodyguard which had a long and strange shaped nose, it was too much for him.
Everyone heard the insult given to the princess, normally the students would give a lesson to him, but remembering he beat out Guiche the students decided to stay with an angry glare. Siesta was smiling nervously and sweat dropping at hearing him saying that.
"Natsu abstain saying it while we are in public." The maid said.
"But it is true I remember her father punished her wearing a pumpkin head for 1 month!" The dragon slayer yelled in emotion, yet the maid´s face changed from a cherish one to an earnest one.
"Natsu are you referring to the princess where you come from?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Natsu asked in confusion, the maid in relief knew that there could not be an insult, the princess of Tristain had no father, he died one day.
"Nothing it´s nothing important." The maid said smiling and shook her head. Natsu drew a bored face, he just got enough about the sword style and was searching an entertaining method to do. At his surroundings no more than 10 meters far away from him there were students death glaring him.
"You filthy commoner dare to mention the loss of our king!" A student yelled angrily to the dragon slayer. Natsu couldn´t understand it but at the way he was mentioning him it was a menace, meaning a challenge for the pinkette. Natsu changed his cheerful face to a happy demon with red eyes, a big smirk that could frighten anyone, he didn´t had fought someone recently so...
"Do you want to fight?!"The demon dragon slayer said cracking his fists not changing his demon expression. The student regretting his words ran but he did not blow away solely, other students accompanied him with girl screams of panic.
Natsu draw a confused face while putting his hands in the back part of the head, normally anyone would accept the challenge but since the battle with Guiche, everyone looked at him with fear.
"Siesta, why did they ran away?"
"It's nothing." The maid affirmed, but she knew exactly why the nobles ran away, she could even get scared by that look, yet she knew he was a kind person so she would not be startled.
"Still try to do your best." Siesta grabbed the hands of Natsu, in an instant she dropped them and she returned to her job. Natsu tilted his head a bit to the right signifying his confusion, he forgot was happened last night so at least he couldn´t remember.
"She liiiiikes you." An inexpressive voice sounded, it was the celestial spirit.
"What do you mean?" Natsu asked with a pissed but still foxed face.
"Happy would normally say it and I spotted once Lucy saying it so I thought it was the vogue this days." She stated, the dragon slayer at the mention of two of his best friends his face became sober, he really missed them even if it just passed some days. Virgo returning to matter asked.
"Did you finish your training with the sword?"
"No, it is tooooooooo difficult!" The mage groaned, he just got pissed by it he would just try to do another training, yet a sword replied.
"Partner it is not difficult just swing the sword and that´s it you lazy kid!" The sword squealed.
"Who are you too say me I´m a kid!" Natsu answered angrily with blank eyes of fury with sharp teeth, threatening his sword with the fist.
"Even a slothful noble would best you!"
"That´s it! I´m going to prove your wrong!" The dragon slayer returned to the training quickly with an enraged face, he would prove the sword words will be regretted. But Virgo seemed to notice the purpose of the sword, challenging Natsu would make him force himself the work but most of the cases were fights...between the ice make user and him.
Louise´s room (night time):
"How did he progress Virgo?" The noble asked in anger expecting nothing.
"Actually he killed himself trying to practice it but..." She was carrying the corpse of the boy which was all white with an open mouth. At this the Valliere just got depressed seeing as her familiar a failure. Still Virgo made a suggestion.
"What if we let him to tricks with fire in that way you should not be a "Zero". The celestial spirit commented, at this the noble would just slap the "maid" but it was the last resource she could attempt too so she surrendered.
"Ok..."She sighed in defeat, at this saying Natsu weakly raised his hand in victory, still the sword was ashamed, his user couldn´t swing a sword properly even with six continuous hours of practice.
"You shame me partner, at this moment you should know the basics of the sword!" The bronze sword yelled though he did not received an answer from the "dead" pinkette. After that scold, Virgo remembered something about a reward from the student that showed to have one of the best familiars in the Exhibition.
"You said there was a reward for the winner right, so what is it?"The celestial spirit asked curiously still no face expression change.
"It is a powerful staff called the "Staff of destruction" no one had ever saw this staff before, just the Palace and the director from the school, rumors says it could even defeat a dragon with a dot mage spell!"The noble said in enthusiasm, if she could obtain it that would just not mean she had a proper familiar, it was also had a mean that she would be the most skilled and powerful mage in Halkeginia, in conclusion she would stop being a "Zero". At the moment the girl yawned, luckily for Natsu he would not need to do anything of laundry since he was "demised". The noble gave her goodnights before the candles were un litted.
Virgo carried Natsu to the pile of hay which at least he was snoring knowing he was in his sleep place, yet Virgo couldn´t "sleep" since that night, the vision was horrendous she still couldn´t believe there was a wicked writer.
Virgo was going to check if the servants needed help by digging a tunnel from Louise´s room to the kitchen, although she stopped as an familiar voice was heard in his head, it was not like she remembered someone before or get schizophrenic, but there was a voice, young one from a little girl.
Virgo flickered at a try to return back to reality but instead she was brought to a white empty world with no one in it except a shade, it looked the same as...Virgo couldn´t believe it after all she thought by throwing away the book she would just forget about it, but it was the same shade from her vision in that treacherous night.
"Hi onee-san."The girl said happily, there was no threat tone in her voice just a young and cherish one.
"How you...?!"The maid asked yet she was interrupted but the little girl.
"Do you want to play hide and seek?"The shade asked, Virgo was going to replied but the girl disappeared, instead she was brought to a beautiful place. A forest with big trees yet not enormous ones, in the center of her there was a picnic basket, though no one was near her.
Virgo decided to walk to find her and ask questions, she did not trusted that girl even if she hasn´t "read" the book. When she thought that the shade was in hiding in a tree there were nothing but the joyful laughs of the girl. Virgo decided to chase her tracks, but nothing. She finally surrendered and went back to the place where the picnic basket was located. A surprise was in there, there were plenty of food, generally sandwiches and some fruits, within the center the little girl was sat in the floor, realizing her persecutor found her she offered a sandwich to her onee-san, Virgo didn´t need to eat but it was courtesy, especially from a little girl. Virgo accepted the sandwich and took a bite of the delicious sandwich, the shaded girl reveled her clothes which were elegant ones, noble ones.
"I´m having fun onee-san, thank you for giving me this beautiful moment." she said with smile barely noticeable but it was a warm one. Virgo wanted clear answers but she got interrupted by the girl.
"You know, it is very kind you could play with me... in all of my life I never had any friend" She murmured at the last part, Then the girl continued but her words were caring ones.
"I do know what you need, so please have the book near you."
"Wait what?... don´t leave yet!"Virgo shouted but the vision faded as she was lying in the floor with the book near her, she would had thrown it away but it didn´t have any dark aura, there was none. She opened the book but nothingness happened, she was a bit relieved but she didn´t understand why the girl ordered that. She just realized that even if that vision endured like ten minutes, the time had advanced without notice, it was already morning yet nobody was in the room. Virgo shook his head in attempt to forget it and decided to arrive at where the dragon slayer and the noble were.
Outside the academy:
In the entrance of the castle school all the students were crowded an excited about the arrival of the Palace to see the performance of the 2nd year students. There was an interesting fact, Natsu with her master looked curiously why the people got moved on.
"Oi Louise who is coming to here?"Natsu asked without looking apart the free part of the entrance.
"Princess Henrietta will come to see our performance in the exhibition, I expect you don´t shame me."Natsu ignored her, which caused the girl to grow furious she was going to cast an explosion but everyone started to cheer, Louise knew what this meant. The princess had finally arrived.
Natsu was playing close attention with mid close eyes, there were passing a lot of stagecoaches most of them in a light purple color, but the most catching one was the one that was pulled by four unicorns and the it looked elegant but it was undescriptable for him the entire stagecoach, it was covered by pink blankets in its windows, purple elegant roses at each door corner and one in its back. When it stopped a maid hurried to open the stagecoach, in appearance the girl that got off the transport (thing which Natsu got dizzy) she was beautiful with a kind presence, she had a dark purple hair almost confused with a black one, also here eyes were a dark blue color.
In front of her there were most of the teachers and professors of the academy, they saluted the princess kneeling to her.
"What a beautiful lady!"The flirter exclaimed with a passionate look, at his side there was Kirche looking disappointed but maybe she showed off.
"Is that the princess of Tristain, I´m more beautiful than her, don´t you think it Tabitha?"the girl asked, in restatement she was a Germanian so her knowledgement about the king, queen and princess was unknown for her. The petite blue haired girl answered her in a short answer.
"I don´t know."She stated while reading a book almost covering her face.
Returning to where the princess was standing she apologized.
"I am sorry for my sudden appearance Sir Osmond."She said with a kind voice, also she was accompanied by three knights behind her who wore white coats with red at the middle.
"It doesn´t matter my lady, all the students and teachers were waiting for your arrival." The director said with a squeaky voice. The girl smiled and continued her short talk.
"There is something I would wish to see in this place "She said with a kind and elegant voice.
"So that would be..."
"It´s personal."She kept her smile and gave a chuckle.
After her entrance everyone returned to the insides of the academy, a fun fact was that Natsu did not expect that girl as the princess since he taught the Fiore one was the only princess in the world (a normal person would call him an idiot).
"Why isn´t here the pumpkin head princess?"Natsu asked with confused big eyes.
At this comment Louise brought out a stick to punish her familiar, though he started to walk to Louise´s room.
"WAIT YOU INSOLENT DOG, YOU RECEIVE A PUNISHMENT FOR INSULTING THE PRINCESS!"She screamed so loud that Natsu got alerted and started to run in a chibi body with waterfall eyes of panic.
"HELP!"The echo was heard of the pinkette boy.
Louise´s room
Virgo was trying to calm the tsundere noble as she tried to slap the familiar with her riding crop, still Natsu was moving around the room as if he was primal ape in danger with point blank eyes.
"STOP MOVING YOU ANIMAL!"The noble said while trying to reach him. Virgo seemed that her former mistress would not pay her any attention, she hold her right shoulder and turned her 180° degrees to face her, and she slapped her…
"WHY DID YOU HIT ME YOU FILTHY MAID!?"
"Because you don´t let me explain, the princess Natsu was referring is the one from our country, his father punished her for... doing in a way an irresponsible action, action that brought the punishment of wearing a pumpkin head everywhere she goes.
At this explain the noble seemed to calm down for a second, but still it was a matter of immaturity.
Natsu still was acting like a coward ape since he wasn´t realizing that her persecutor stopped. But he stopped as he sensed an unfamiliar odor, it was strong the smell and near the window covered in plackets of wood.
"I smell something strange." He said while getting closer to the window, wrong decision as his face got slammed by the left placket. Then a figure in a dark coat covering her face, leaped to Louise.
"So much time we don´t see each other... Louise Francoise!"The girl hugged her tightly, her hoodie was removed by the hurried action, the noble recognized her and made a surprised face.
"Do you know her."The celestial spirit asked.
"She is Lady Henrietta, the princess of Tristain."The noble answered delight.
"Don´t talk with formalities Louise, you know what we were in the past..."But before she proceeded Louise kneeled upon her, demonstrating her elegance.
"Princess, you shouldn´t had come to a humble place alone."She said with a bit of nervousness still staying fancy and respectful.
"Please stop with the formalities, you were my childhood friend."After the purple haired princess mentioned that, a groan was heard in the floor near the window, it was Natsu complaining about the hit, he can tolerate a hit in the face still he can complain about the pain.
"Dog stop whining, we have a visitor!"The noble scolded.
"Ow, I know but still it hurt." After recovering about the hit he saw the princess present in the room.
"Hey you are the same girl from before."Natsu said as he doesn't know how very important is that purple haired (or he forgot). It was something that angered Louise because, first the tone of voice was informal, second he directed to her to the princess as a commoner.
She got out the riding crop and gave Natsu a death glare meaning she would do the reverse of pardoning. It was strange, the dragon slayer didn´t get startled by Louise threat as he did not paid attention to her master, instead he was analyzing the with hawk eyes the princess.
The noble started to become wrath itself, her familiar didn´t seek for absolution nor from the princess nor herself. With anger she swing vertically to the pinkette´s head, a surprising fact it was that he evaded it with agility (or just coincidence), Louise rage grew at the point she started to boil and vapor was expelled from her ears and head, part of it excluding the anger was from embarrassment because Natsu didn´t show any manners reflecting that she didn´t have too for most of the nobles.
The princess started to giggle at the fact of Louise´s familiar behavior. Also she came for another thing she planned to attend.
"Also I wanted to what type of person is this familiar that could challenge a noble." Louise got panicked, she may be in trouble, the actions that a familiar makes are reflected to the master, yet the princess didn´t start to raise a scold tone.
"Don´t worry Louise you are not in trouble, don´t you remember that when you had trouble I would rescue you, this was just a little commotion. Louise couldn´t believe it, instead of a punishment she was being forgiven in her point of view, though other would consider it as a friend´s favor, the Valliere kneeled with both of her knees and bowed placing her head in the floor while the her both hands supported her head, also with all her force she tried to make Natsu face the floor but he had more strength so he just bent a bit his head.
"Thank you very much I don´t know how I can express my gratitude!"Louise yelled in relief, Henrietta giggled again.
"Louise you had summoned a fantastic familiar."She said, but it just get the noble more embarrassed as she was honest.
"Don´t say that princess he is the most vulgar, immature and less confident form of life!"The girl said with a worried face, looking like if the princess was a mad person.
"TO WHO YOU ARE SAYING THOSE THINGS!"The dragon slayer shouted to his master with sharp teeth, sadly she didn´t back off, it just made her go rampage with the riding crop, Louise was trying to "teach" manners but the pinkette boy just missed them, he knew now the directions where his master directed the hits because he started to consider it a fight bringing a smile of satisfaction in his face, the noble was getting much more angry, the princess looked a bit in awe the success but it was funny in a way for her, she opened the door meaning she would leave soon.
"Mister familiar."She said trying to call his attention but he didn´t reaction to the calling, the Valliere was wrath itself he ignored a call from the princess, something that a commoner or in this case human familiar would be an honor to die with.
"She is calling you Natsu."The inexpressive maid said, both persons that were in a way fighting each other stopped and paid attention to the princess, but the fact of barbarity in Natsu behavior didn´t changed.
"Did you called me Henatta?" He said the name incorrectly, it would just make Louise more furious but she contained herself although a vein could be seen in her forehead with a displeased look. Henrietta didn´t care about it as she ignored it.
"I wish you the best lucks in the exhibition, also do your best mister familiar." she said while putting again the hoddie so no one would recognize her.
"I will and make Louise get proud of me!"The dragon slayer said cheerfully, making the petite blush lightly, those non-elegant words were inspiring even for someone reckless as herself.
"So I must take my leave." Henrietta dismissed as she ran in the hallway returning to her guest room. Louise closed sharply the door, she was furious as hell, she started incant a spell while she drawn out her small wooden wand. Virgo sweat dropped, this was going to be bad but it was the fault of Natsu by annoying her, in the idiot boy point of view was starting to get excited finally Louise was going to fight him, but it didn´t occurred in that way.
"YOU BASTARD DOG, DARING TO PUT ME IN EMBARRASMENT BY YOUR INMATURITY IN FRONT OF THE PRINCESS, YOU WILL RECEIVE DIVINE PUNISHMENT!"She finished cursing, her willpower was fueled by the wrath she had in her inside, and expelled it from the point of her wand. A white energy started to grew on her wand and quickly was shot, it was one of her famous spell failures. The energy was excessive that it covered all the room that it lifted dust, however rubble accompanied the dust. There was a lot of coughing by the trio of pinkettes, when the dust smoke started to dissipate it could be seen that where the window wall was supposed to be located got destroyed just leaving rubble. Louise eyes got small to a size of white dots, her voice was trembling repeating ah...ah. Virgo expected this as the only incantations that the noble recited ended only in explosions. After seeing what the Valliere had made to her own room she fainted by desesparation, if her father's figured it out she had blown even her own room...
"Oi, Louise are you okay?"The dragon slayer said while he couldn´t see the destruction she had made because a dust particle flew in to his eye. After he scratched near his eyes he saw the path of destruction her spell, it just destroyed it all making the pinkette excited but also asked one thing to Virgo.
"Virgo, do you think Louise is the daughter of Gildarts?"He asked looking her directly with a stern face as he got serious.
She didn´t say anything but she knew the answer and it was no but it some people would see it in that way.
"No Natsu that is impossible."She concluded the obvious.
Next day at the courtyard
"Now it may start the exhibition of familiars!"Mr. Colbert announced, everyone started to cheer about it, seeing awesome creatures doing tricks. The place where the students must exhibit was a medium size wooden platform, in the middle of it there was a blanket with strange symbols but it covered the side walls from the platform also, like Dark Ecriture the symbols similarity
Kirche was dancing between the salamander flames, Montmorency while playing a violin her little frog familiar was dancing but most of it was just jumps, the blonde flirter was trying to do an exposition of how himself and his familiar looked handsome, but what caught every student attention was the dragon of the blue haired girl named Tabitha, practically the girl was mounted on the dragon´s back flying gracefully, most of the students votes for the winner surely would be for Tabitha.
Louise´s turn was next, although she doesn´t look pleased as she had her eyes closed but at the same time she didn´t look angry.
"Just say your name and that´s it, don´t do anything more."The Valliere said with annoyance, though Natsu had another plan on his head.
He climbed four wooden stairs along with his master, every student that were seated in large wooden chairs that could hold 4 persons were whispering, maybe about the possible barbarity the familiar would make or simply Louise would confess that he was a hired noble in their point of view.
The both pinkettes were walking through the stage and stop in the middle of it, they turned ninety degrees to see the public. Louise was going to say the name of her familiar since he may do mention it barbarically, her eyes were mid closed revealing the displeased look although Natsu´s was cheerful.
"My familiar, Natsu Dragneel..."She seemed to stop for a moment, her expression from a displeased one it became one of embarrassment.
"His social classification is..."She stopped again, she couldn´t say what he was nor a noble nor a commoner, he could use magic but his behavior was one of an ape. She started to tremble, and everyone started to laugh.
"Zero just accept it, and reveal the "truth." A student said with a ragging tone.
"Yeah just accept that your familiar is hired!"Another one continued the annoyance, everyone started to follow the role that the two students started, the Valliere was going to cry, Natsu turned his head to the master, his look from a cherish one to a wrath one changed.
"BE QUIIIEEEEEEEEET!"The dragon slayer screamed to all the public with a menacing tone, the students got shocked and stopped their insults.
"Why do you say she is a failure, when she is not? Because is it funny to laugh about the mistakes of other persons, to ruin their dreams and hopes, just because she can´t cast a proper spell as you would say!... A suspense environment grew around the stadium, no one knew that the stupid familiar of Zero would reclaim for her master.
"You are supposed to be her partners in the good and bad things, no one must be treated as a low one." He joined his both hands in the mouth, aiming to the sky he casted Fire Dragon´s Roar but instead of only a row of flames it danced drawing in the sky a figure of a fairy with a tail it looked mostly like a mark. Looking down the boy lifted his right hand and turned back, he raised his index finger and his thumb twisting his hand making the symbol.
"I´M NATSU DRAGNEEL A FAIRY TAIL MAGE AND THE FAMILIAR OF LOUISE!"He shouted proudly the final part of his improvised speech as he wasn´t experienced with vocabulary, but it shocked the entire public, their faces where surprised one including Lady Henrietta, instead of herself being the savior of her friend, the familiar took her role.
Mr. Colbert was so astonished by the speech that by instinct he started clapping, this was followed by everyone.
Returning to Louise and her familiar, she couldn´t stop tearing down tears of happiness, her dumb familiar defended her?
"Hey partner how could you improvise a speech in less than a second?"The bronze sword asked in amazement, maybe his partner wasn´t a complete idiot.
"A speech what?"The dragon slayer asked dumbly, his crappy memory as always...
"I retreat what I mentioned."The disappointed sword scowled.
"Well now we must announce the winner of the exhibition."The bald teacher announced while consulting the director and the Palace. It took more than five minutes, every act of second years students were amazing but others were more astonishing as always.
However Virgo entered running to where the both mages were. And pulled them by the ear with no exception drawing them back to the ground. But none of them stayed at the main courtyard, she needed to talk privately but not in the meaning of scolding at Vestri´s square. Both of them were crying about it and were prying to let themselves free.
When they were apart from the contestants, she asked Louise.
"Are you sure that your magic is just failure?"The celestial spirit asked, although there was no response from the girl. Virgo didn´t insist to asked her so she turned to the dragon slayer.
"And why you didn´t use the sword? You know that it could had been better the result." She said with a curious tone.
"Because using a sword is difficult."The dragon slayer said lavishly.
"Hey don´t insult me, remember who is a sword in here!"The sword screeched, but Natsu didn´t put any attention to it.
There was a uncomfortable silence, the wind was blowing smoothly and the weather was perfect.
Then Virgo felt something strange in the floor it felt like someone was manipulating the earth nearby. In an instant earth started to erupt, rocks were starting to fusion with each other, making an enormous giant, the description it can´t be defined exactly most of its body consisted of rock but at its top there was dirt and two rocks giving a reference that those were the eyes.
"You have so much bad luck girl."A girl with green hair in a coat appeared at the top of the giant golem. With one hand it grabbed the pinkette catching him. Louise started to get worried, her familiar was in a big trouble.
After the golem caught the dragon slayer, it directed to a big tower located in the middle of the academy, the golem started to punch the wall to wreck it but it was blocked by an invisible barrier.
"Tch even physical attacks are deflected by it."The thief said in discontent, below her there was the noble menacing her with a wand.
"Let go my familiar!"Louise said firmly but in here tone of voice there could be noticed a lack of confidence.
The thief mage ordered her golem to raise its left hand and right hand, she would play a quick game with the pesky girl.
"In which hand is he being apprehended, point me where do you think he is and if you guess correctly I may let him go."She said but Louise enchanted a "fireball" to the left hand.
"Wrong answer..."She stated, ordering an action to her golem it squished where it was supposed to be Natsu. Louise looked in horror, her familiar being crushed in a painful way no one deserves it. The thief had a serious expression but the girl attacked her, so she would have take reaction.
"Natsu..."She said in awe, yet Virgo interrupted her.
"You must not worry, I know him and he is not that weak."Virgo stated without emotion.
"But he was just...!"An interruption occurred as the golem´s hand began to crack.
"Impossible I was sure that I crushed him!"The thief said with worrisome.
The hand was getting destroyed slowly, there were a lot of cracks in the hand appearing to be hits.
"Don´t you dare to crush me!"The dragon slayer said while he got free with a Fire Dragon´s claw spinning his legs, the flames where so hot that even the duo of girls could feel it right where they were.
Also there was a troublesome matter, the wall that the golem was trying to destroy it got blown up. The thief smiled in satisfaction, her main goal now had the possibility to be reached. Entering the tower she extracted a wide black box.
"Thanks for saving me the troubles." She said while mounting the golem again, but she got interrupted as the familiar was hitting the Golem with his lit fists.
"What the?!" The Valliere and the burglar exclaimed in surprise. The familiar was destroying the golem in a quick pace, punching it while the golem tried to reach him.
"EAAAARH!" The dragon slayer roared, while punching the golem in different place, torso, arms, face everywhere. It looked like he could win but...
"Wait what?!" The dragon slayer panicked, his fists unlit. His magic power empty, now Natsu was in disadvantage as he depended greatly on magic power.
"What just happened?" The Valliere asked surprised why the flame of the dragon slayer got off.
"He doesn´t have any more magic power, in your terms willpower." The maid explained.
"But why, it is supposed to be that our willpower cannot be wasted so quickly" the girl said.
"Yeah but where we come from the source of our willpower is stronger than from this world, meaning that he must wait a lot of time to recharge his magic power, in addition if we use our most powerful attacks it could mean that we can burn it in just one spell." She said with no expression, however she reacted and prepared a Spica lock by joining both of her hands in a clap.
Rapidly the stones from the ground locked the burglar in a boulder, escape was almost impossible, but the thief counter attacked by converting the dirt stones into mud.
"I´m sorry it looks like I can´t be apprehended easily so I must take my leave." The former noble said while riding the reconstructed golem, since it stopped receiving damage the thief focused on the regeneration of the golem, but she was stopped by Natsu.
"You won´t run away coward!" He draws out the bronze sword, his left hand started to glow via the runes.
He swung the sword with effort and it seemed he was a master of it, he started to cut down the golem, first the arms, then the legs, they were like butter for the sword.
"HELL YEAH! HAVEN'T FELT ALIVE IN SO MUCH TIME!" The sword screamed in joy. The golem was getting beaten by the fast pace of the dragon slayer attacks. The final strike was going to be dealt with. Natsu jumped at the forehead of the creature and strike down the sword through where it was supposed to be located the head. With a rocky cry the golem started to fell apart. Natsu was the victor.
He smiled to his master and waved, however the most important thing was not accomplished...the capture of the burglar.
"Hey Natsu, where is the thief." The maid asked him, the pinkette boy started to think and his face froze, realizing she had escaped.
They heard a crowd getting near them, it was the students.
"Are you okay Louise?" The princess asked her childhood friend.
"Yes princess I am fine, but also I failed to protect the Palace treasures." The Valliere apologized while kneeling.
"You don´t need to apologize Louise, it wasn´t your responsibility." Henrietta said in relief, while trying to comfort the petite noble.
While in the corner Natsu gave a punch to the wall, frustrated that he couldn´t finish his battle with the lady burglar.
"This is shit!" Natsu screamed in frustration.
"Familiar you made a good performance and also you seemed to defeat the golem, so don´t feel disappointed." Henrietta tried to calm down the dragon slayer but he just walked away, he needed a bit of a walk.
Virgo was thinking how the mage could had escaped from the Spica Lock, however it seemed the obvious as she could manipulate almost every structure if she was an expertise in alchemy but also it could prove she was a triangle mage.
However, the book she hated started to gave of an obscure aura, like the recent days but in the morning it didn´t let out the same aura, it was caring and warmth one but now it just expelled the fearing one. Cries were heard as dark whispers, however it stopped by magic. The book. Why is it so important and why did that girl tell Virgo to keep the book? No one knows.
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A/N: Well know I will start with some issues.
-Natsu being a swordsman? No he will not be but as required of Gandalfr he needs to use weapons also you could notice that he had disagreement to use them in all cases however in some fights he may use them
-Magic in Halkeginia? I compared the two magical environments, Earthland and here but it seems that the one in FoZ universe it´s rather weaker than in FT universe so it is logical for me the case of running out of magic power pretty quickly if there are questions about this PM me.
-Juvia idea: Well I started to think it well, and it seems this could be a wrong hell of idea but I could put her in the temporal harem lists.
-When FT characters will appear? After the Albion arc but they will not appear everyone in a row, I will put 2 member by a certain time, you can tell me who do you want me to put right away from the first appearances however our Exceed friends will not count as persons, I mean they will appear but they will not affect the members appearances, if you don´t understand feel free to ask me .
-Harem list: Well it is obvious who some will be but if you want you can contribute, I leave a warning, the important harem members will only be 5 so I have counted 3 I already had prepared but leave your choice who do you want to take those two vacant spots. Just tell me who do you want by PM or reviews.
-Why the characters are acting pre-teen like? Well in the first episodes of FoZ they did acted like childs, but the next episodes I will make them act like proper to their age
-Next chapter?Well I will try to upload them as fast as I can.
If you have other questions feel free to PM me
See you next update