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So, as I said before a filler chapter... But it does contain plot ;) So, I'm going to post up a poll for who gets to be picked by the master to join the mission. The 5 highest votes will be the one to join. But it doesn't mean that the OCs that aren't chosen won't have anything to do anymore. I still have plans for them. The only difference is that the chosen ones will get more screen time. I do hope someone will vote though...

Well anyways... To the chappie!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail and some OCs.

The night sky was filled with colorful fireworks.

Parades, colorful floats and dancing people filled the streets of Heaven's Crest.

Everyone was busy. Music filled the whole city. Rejoice for the festival and the founding of Heaven's Crest.

"Christa, you done yet?" Ciara knocked on Christa's apartment. She was wearing a white feathery strapless dress with the skirt of the back longer than the one on her front. She was wearing high heels that made her taller than she is and her hair was in a bun.

"C'mon, you're not making yourself that formal, are you?" Jay asked while snickering. She wore a pale purple dress that reached to above her knees, with thin straps. She also wore green gloves that reached up to above her elbows and white combat boots. The door then opened with Christa's face visibly annoyed with the two of them nagging her.

"Ok, I'm done. You guys happy now?" Christa sighed. She was wearing a strapless black, knee-length dress with a bolero over it. A blue sash goes around her waist. She wears doll shoes. She also has a blue-green crystal bracelet on her right hand. Her hair was tied lowly to her right side, curled.

Ciara laughed. "We're sorry, we're just a little excited with the party!"

"She's the only one excited for this, don't get me confused with her" Jay pointed to her.

"Hey!" Ciara glared at Jay. Christa smiled.

"Well, let's go then" Christa said and locked her apartment door.

The three girls walked on the streets of Heaven's Crest, on their way to the given address of the party.

When they arrived at the facade of the mansion, their mouths hung open in awe.

"Wow, this mansion is super big!" Ciara said.

"Tell me about it. I have never seen something like this in my life" Jay smiled as she looked around. Jay then remembered something. "Oh! Christa, Ciara, I have some important things to ask Master Lucas. So I'll be going ahead"

"Ok!" Ciara said and Jay went ahead.

"Oh, and Christa. I promised Jeric to help him with the buffet table. So... Will it be fine if I go in ahead?"

"Oh, yeah, sure" Christa said as she looked around, not completely digesting what Ciara said.

"Ok, bye! I'll meet up with you inside!" Ciara smiled and went inside.

Christa then realized that they have already went ahead.

"Hmm... Those two seemed to have some duties, huh? What did I miss?" Christa placed a hand on her hip. Then she looked around, seeing other people entering the mansion.

She then realized another thing. She was alone now.

"And where does this leave me?" Christa sighed.

Then, someone placed a hand on her shoulder which made her twitch.

"Hey, need a friend to accompany you?"

Christa turned around and saw Kai with a smirk on his face.

She breathed out in relief. "Phew. Hey, Kai..."

"Wow, you look different. You look great" he said with his usual lopsided grin, which kinda caught Christa staring at him for a bit again.

"Oh, um... Thanks, I guess... And you-" Christa looked at him. He was wearing a plain tux with no tie and upper buttons undone.

"Your clothes look like crap, what happened to the tux you're wearing?" Christa asked.

Kai sighed and crossed his arms. "Well, it's not my fault, I really didn't want to wear formal clothing. If they just didn't force me to I would've just wore the same clothes I wear everyday"

The two stayed in silence after Kai's outburst.

Christa suddenly laughed. Kai looked at her.

"I'm sorry, it's just that, I've never seen you like this before" Christa wiped a tear on her eye.

"It's a first I heard you laugh like that. It's sounds so... Natural. It's kinda cute" Kai chuckled.

Christa stopped laughing and cleared her throat. "Well, enough of this. Are we getting in or what?"

"Of course" Kai stretched an arm to accompany Christa.

"Oookaay... Just this once" Christa said and accepted it.

They both entered the mansion. A large number of people and soothing sounds greeted them.

"Whoa, it's going to be hard finding our guild mates in here... Think we should split up?" Christa asked.

"That's fine I guess, we'll just meet up later, ok?" Kai smiled.

"Ok" Christa parted from Kai and walked to the opposite direction.

"Kai sometimes teases me a bit much... But he's nice. He's like a brother figure but at the same time isn't..." Christa thought as she walked when suddenly, someone hugged her arm.

"Hiya, Christa!" Diana grinned at her. She wore a knee high purple dress with a blue necklace and a braided braclet, a scarf and purple flats.

"Hi there, Diana" Christa greeted. "You look great"

"Thanks! You too!" Diana replied.

"Were you here earlier?" Christa asked.

"Uhuh! It's fun to be around here! I've never really got to go to these fancy parties" Diana said.

"Well, me too. Never really had the money and glory to be invited at parties like this anyways so... Yeah" Christa said.

"But when I was young, Crystalica told me about these things. She said humans were just so extravagant" Christa chuckled. Diana laughed.

"Hey! Christa! Diana!"

Diana and Christa turned to look at the one calling them. It was Shiori together with Alister. They approached each other.

Alister wore a black tux without a tie. Shiori wore a dark blue dress with little accessories.

"Hi there, Shiori! Alister!" Diana grinned.

Shiori smiled in return. Christa looked at Alister who was a bit nervous.

"What's wrong with Alister?" Christa asked.

Shiori snickered. "Oh, you know. That 'girl' phobia he has"

Christa laughed. "Oh, don't worry, Alister. There's a lot worse than this coming your way"

Alister glared at Christa. "Wow, thanks for the vote of confidence"

"Oh, hey! Let's go over Ciara and Jeric's to the buffet table! Also, I think Adrian is there... I'm starving!" Diana said as she scratched her head.

They laughed and agreed.

"Let's go, then!" Shiori said. They all went to the table were there were a lot of food.

"Oh, hey! C'mon, let's eat!" Ciara handed them plates.

Jeric was already eating on his plate and simply smiled in greeting.

Adrian was also there and greeted them. He wore a dark green tuxedo with a black button-up shirt underneath, black dress shoes, a light green tie and a dark green top hat with a light green ribbon it.

They then started picking their food to eat.

"Mmm... This is good" Alister said.

"Well, to be reminded, Adrian helped cook these" Jeric said.

"Ehehe, I only helped" Adrian blushed.

"C'mon, these dishes are so good, at least take the credit" Shiori chewed.

Christa then saw Coyote leaning on the wall with his eyes closed. He seemed to be asleep on an important occasion. Christa rolled her eyes and excused herself from her group.

"Hey, Coyote" Christa called out to him. No response.

"Coyote..." Christa called out one more. Still no response.

"Coyote!" Christa snapped her fingers in front of his face which finally woke him up.

"Urgh... Christa, the hell is wrong with you?" Coyote grumpily asked.

"Well, what's wrong with you, sleeping in a place filled with people?" Christa asked.

"Urgh... And that sleep was so good..." Coyote glared at Christa. Christa swooped a piece of meat on her plate and shoved it into Coyote's mouth.

"Try the food, it's even greater than sleep. You're missing a huge asset of the party" Christa smiled a little bit and then left.

Coyote scratched his head as he chewed the meat he was given.

As Christa walked back, she saw Nerium looking at one of the plants decorating the venue.

She was wearing a dark purple Lolita-styled dress with pink and purple striped stockings.

"Hey, Nerium... What's up?" Christa asked.

"Oh! Hi, Christa! I was just looking at these plants" Nerium said.

Christa then remembered her threat to her the other day and gulped.

"You... Seem to really like plants, don't you?" Christa asked.

"Yup! Especially poisonous ones" Nerium said.

"Oh... Well, that's unique. It's rare for someone to like poisonous plants... But I guess everyone has their own likes" Christa said.

Nerium smiled. "Yeah... It's nice for someone to understand my tastes..."

Christa snickered. "Well, hey, I eat jewelries and gemstones. You're not the only one having a unique like"

Nerium laughed at her statement.

"Oh, I'm going ahead. Go eat at the buffet. The food's delicious" Christa invited.

"Yeah, sure. I'll catch up" Nerium said. Christa smiled and walked over to the table. She saw that Kai had already joined her group. She was about to get another serving when she suddenly remembered that Coyote had already taken a bite from it.

She went to the other buffet table to get another fork.

She then saw Reiss eating all alone. He had the same clothes, but only his robe was long-sleeved.

He then saw Christa who was looking at him.

"What?" Reiss asked, kinda annoyed at how she looked at him.

"Oh, nothing. Just getting another fork over here... Why are you here all alone? Eating the food all by yourself?" Christa said.

"What's it to you?" Reiss asked.

"Somebody's grumpy tonight" Christa snickered.

Reiss sighed. "I'd rather go on a mission. This place seems so boring..."

Christa suddenly laughed.

"You laugh at the weirdest times, you know that?" Reiss doubtfully asked her, remembering the time where she did the same thing after they fell from the steep slope.

"Sorry... I mean, the logic... If you find this place boring, then the more you should find someone to be with. Didn't your dragon at least taught you life lessons like that?" Christa said.

"Dentanus raised me to be strong. And I'm quite content with that" Reiss grinned proudly.

"Yeah... From your stories, he sounds like a war freak..." Christa replied.

"Hey!" Reiss exclaimed.

"Look, Reiss, the guild has your back no matter what" Christa said. She then thought aside. "Even though you tried to kill me once"

"And it's something you shouldn't take granted for... You're lucky you didn't lose anyone else other than Dentanus, unlike me I lost a blood-related family..." Christa silently said. Reiss looked at her, a little shocked about how she told him those things.

"Oh! Sorry! C'mon! Let's go with the others!" Christa pulled him towards their guildmates.

Then, a male voice spoke through the microphone. He looked in his mid-40s

"Good evening, my fellow citizens! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Alexander Roman. I am the mayor of this town..."

He continues to talk about things. He announced achievements of Heaven's Crest for the year. It was until he introduced the vice mayor, Lorelei Crescent, a.k.a. Jeric's mother.

"It is one of the achievements of this city that we have established a mage's guild of our own. Not only to protect the people but to also help them. It is my great honor to introduce to you the guild that my father has established. The guild, Mystic Lightning!" Lorelei pointed to the group of mages. Everyone clapped.

"And also, my son Jeric, is a part of the guild, which I am very proud of" Lorelei said.

Jeric blushed and smiled as his guildmates elbowed him and teased him.

Lorelei continued to talk about achievements. "Well, how does it feel to be recognized?" Master Lucas went to Jeric and the others. They all grinned and the master has already gotten what they meant. A lady then approached the master.

"Master, a mail is addressed for you. It's from the guild Hawk Eye. They said it was urgent" the lady whispered to him.

The master took the mail and thanked the lady.

"Um, excuse me... I'll have some business to attend to" the master then left and went outside.

"Please, please, please... I hope nothing's wrong!" Master Lucas was getting emotional as he thought negatively.

He opened the letter and a small magic circle appeared. Two holograms of what seemed twins appeared.

The girl had plum hair that goes beyond her shoulders. Lilac eyes. Frilly white blouse and long black skirt and black shoes. Black shoulder bag she always has, along with occasional reading glasses.

The boy had shoulder length plum hair and lilac eyes. He wears a rumpled white collared shirt and black working pants. He has goggles on his head and black combat boots. His black working gloves are open on the back of the hand to show his guild mark.

The girl then spoke. "Hello, Master Lucas. I am Maricruz Dahlian. But you can call me Mari..."

"And I'm Karim, Mari's brother" the guy said.

"We're from the guild Hawk Eye. As you know, we're affiliated with Fiore's magic council. Aaaand you're probably wondering why we mailed you via lacrima" Mari said as she made a few hand gestures.

Master Lucas seemed surprise.

"The Magic Council has assigned three guilds to a mission that requires both strength and intelligence. These guilds are, respectfully, Hawk Eye, Lunar Storm and Mystic Lightning" Mari continued.

"The council has placed their trust in us for catching a dark guild. This guild is named Black Lotus. It is famous for hunting lacrima grounds and has already destroyed 6 towns. They fear that they might go for the bigger cities which will lead into a devastating state of calamity" Karim said with a hint of sadness in his voice.

Mari spoke again. "So, it is best if we work together and choose your best mages to participate in the mission. We will contact you again the day after tomorrow for the location of our meeting"

"Thank you for your cooperation"

The two disappeared as the message ended.

Master Lucas was still a bit surprised about what the two told him. But he knew it was something needed.

He looked at the mansion and saw his guild rejoicing.

"This is something unexpected and serious..." He said.

"We're taking a big step ahead with this mission"

O~o~o~

Marionette entered her guild as she just got back from Lunar Storm. She searched around for her fellow guild mates that had the same task as her.

She then spotted Mari who was reading beside the bar counter. Beside her was her twin brother, Karim.

She approached the two.

"Oh, Marionette! You're back. So how did it go with Lunar Storm?" Karim smiled and asked.

"Well... They're rowdy... As usual. But I've already told them about the mission. They're good to go" Marionette answered.

"Aaand... How did yours go?" she asked.

Mari looked up from her book and replied. "We just sent their master a lacrima mail, complete with information and reminders"

"Oh, I see then" Marionette sat on a chair.

"Hey, you think that new guild can cope up with us? I mean, their city is one full of merchants. It's hard to find strong mages for it" Karim asked as he began to assemble different kinds of scrap metal on the counter. Marionette lightly chuckled at his hobby.

"I dunno..." Mari said as she continued to read her book. "But in my opinion, they'll turn out more than we expect them to be"

Karim thought as he looked up. "Hmm... Well, maybe you're right, sis"

He shrugged and continued what he was doing.


So, yeah, end of the filler. Sorry if there are any mistakes on spellings and grammars... The next one's going to have a lot of OCs from the different guilds. So please vote on the poll and I'll see what I can work with. Vote wisely :)

Credits to the owners

~Karim and Maricruz Dahlian - puffypuffin3

So, hope you enjoy! Shadow out!