"I'm lost."
After around an hour or so of roaming around, these were the first words out of Yukino Aguria's mouth.
Arriving the port town of Hargeon after departing from Clover, the young girl decided to leave the train for a moment to see the sights. Big mistake.
Almost as soon as she stepped out of the station Yukino was swept up by a large crowd of people walking through town. The sight of so many strangers was overwhelming and before she knew it the young traveler found herself on the opposite end of town from the train station.
"What am I going to do now?" She worriedly asked herself. "If the train leaves I'll be stuck here. I'll never make it to Magnolia." She started to tear up. "I knew I shouldn't have left home."
Yukino was on the verge of giving up when she spotted a group of women crowded around in the center of the downtown marketplace. They seemed very excited about something.
Maybe someone over there knows how to get back to train station.
"E-excuse me?" Yukino's calls were drowned out by the screaming women in the crowd. "I'm lost. Can someone tell me how to find the train station please?" Yukino raised her voice, but once again her calls for help went unanswered.
"H-hello?"
Suddenly she found herself being pushed through the crowd. "Please stop pushing me! I'm trying to-" when she reached the center she was face to face with a tall man with short blue hair and a cape.
"Are you lost, little lady?"
The women around Yukino screamed even louder.
"He's so thoughtful!"
"Isn't he the best?!"
"He's so great with kids!"
Is he the reason all these women are crowded around? Yukino questioned.
By all accounts she admitted the man was handsome, but something about him was off. For some reason Yukino felt uneasy around him. Like there was some other force at work around her. She didn't like it. She thought it best to get going as quickly as she could. There were lots of people in the town, surely one of them could direct her back to the station.
She tried to leave, but the man grabbed her arm.
"No need to be afraid." He assured with a friendly smile.
Yukino tried to pull away. His grip was too tight. "Please let me go."
"It's ok. Let me help you."
"No. I…" Slowly Yukino's resistance to the man's request started to fade. Her head felt light. It was like she was trapped in some sort of haze. "What's…happening to me? I feel…strange."
"Just relax." The man cooed.
"Yes." Yukino said listlessly. "Relax."
"Come on, you guys. Get the lead out."
"Hold on a minute."
"Yeah what's the rush?"
Two young men lagged behind their leader - a short young girl with wavy blue hair - as she quickly moved through downtown Hargeon. The reason why they were in town was a relatively simple one: investigating a rumor provided to them by a member of their magic guild.
Apparently a wizard by the name of Salamander had been spotted in town for the past couple of days. There weren't many details on what he looked like exactly, but one report stated was that he was always surrounded by beautiful women whenever he appeared in town.
"Are we really sure it's him?" the first boy - named Jet - asked his equally confused friend. "I mean 'surrounded by women'? That doesn't even remotely sound like Natsu."
The second boy - named Droy - nodded in agreement. "Yeah, but Levy sounded pretty sure it was him. I mean he's been gone for almost five years right? Maybe he changed while he was gone."
"Hurry up, you two!"
Jet and Droy caught up to the girl ahead of them. They were now in the spacious market center. Surrounded on all sides by various shops and restaurants. Dead center of this space was a large group of swooning women. They were shouting and squealing about something, but their overlapping voices made it hard to make out anything concrete.
"Is that it?" Wondered Droy.
"Looks like it." Jet confirmed. As they thought of how to proceed, their leader made her way into the crowd.
"Levy, wait!"
"Come back!"
"Excuse me. Excuse me. Sorry." Levy slowly but surely made her way to the center of the gathering, luckily her smaller stature allowed her to slip past most of the women unnoticed…not that she was especially proud of that though.
Once she gained her bearing she was greeted by a rather tall man with short blue hair and an odd tattoo above his left eye.
"Why hello there." He winked with a charming smile. Levy, however, was unmoved.
"You're not Natsu."
Salamander raised a brow. "Natsu? Dear, lady, forgive me, but it is clear that you have me mistaken for someone else. I am the world famous Salamander! You know? Member of the Fairy Tail guild?"
"You're not a member of Fairy Tail." Levy replied flat.
Her statement irritated the women around them.
"Who is this chick?"
"Who does she think she is talking to Salamander like that?"
"She thinks she's so high and mighty."
Amidst the jeers – all of which Levy either didn't hear or outright ignored – Jet and Droy finally arrived.
"Levy!" they shouted. "You alright?!"
The angry women quickly set their sights on the pair.
"That girl is with you?" one of them demanded.
"Y-yes?" Jet answered carefully. Without warning he and Jet were swarmed.
Meanwhile, Levy was still dealing with Salamander.
"Of course I'm a Fairy Tail wizard." Salamander asserted. "What reason would I have to lie?"
"You could be using the guild's reputation to commit crimes...or try to pick up girls."
Salamander started to sweat. "O-only liars and scumbags would do something so underhanded. I'm merely spreading the good will of Fairy Tail to its many admirers."
After a few seconds of intense glaring Levy smiled. "Ok."
Salamander was perplexed. "Ok?"
"Yep. Ok. I believe you."
"You do?" he quickly cleared his throat. "I-I mean of course you do! Like I said before I have no reason to lie."
"I'm sorry for doubting you. If you don't mind though I have a request."
Salamander's confidence returned in full force. "Why of course, my inquisitive flower. What is it you want? An autograph? A meeting with the guild?" He signed a piece of paper and handed it to Levy. "Just name it and it's yours."
She moved his hand away with a smile. "I appreciate the offer, but that's not it. Can you show me your guild mark? I've never seen one in real life before. Only in books and magazines."
"Oh is that all? Of course you can see it." Salamander rolled up his shirt sleeve, revealing a red mark that signified his membership in the Fairy Tail guild.
Levy's eyes widened. "Wow. Is it alright if I touch it?"
"Go right ahead."
Levy brushed her delicate fingers over Salamander's taut shoulder. It was clear he was flexing his muscles in an attempt to impress her.
"It's nice isn't it?"
"Yes it is."
Levy's finger glowed and she swiped it across the mark. She grinned as it faded away right before her eyes. "I knew it."
Salamander panicked. "What did you do?! Where's my mark?!"
"I got rid of it." Levy answered simply. "It was just an illusion anyway. Like I said, you're not a member of Fairy Tail."
"Oh yeah?! And how would you know?!"
Salamander's cool and collected attitude had quickly transformed into violent anger. Levy on the other hand remained calm.
"I know because I'm a member of Fairy Tail." She turned her back to him and removed her vest from her shoulders to reveal the pink Fairy Tail emblem on her shoulder blade. "You're nothing but an imposter."
"How dare you-"
"And before you try anything funny, that charm ring of yours isn't going to work on me either."
"W-what?!" Salamander hid the heart-shaped ring on his hand from view. "What are you talking about? What ring?"
"There's no use in hiding it. I've already figured out the spell. I don't think the council would be happy to learn you were using forbidden magic on people in public like this."
The playboy started to sweat. His plan was unraveling at the seams by a mere girl.
DISPEL
With a wave of the Levy's hand a white mist fell over the immediate area. Bathing every one affected by the charm ring in a warm light.
The girls that had ganged up on Droy and Jet started coming to their senses.
"What happened?"
"My head hurts."
"What were we doing just now?"
They looked down to the battered duo beneath them.
"Who are these guys?"
"What happened to their faces?"
"What did you do?!" Salamander implored.
"I just undid your ring's magic. Now you won't be able to manipulate these girls anymore."
"Why you-!"
Salamander stepped forward, only to be stopped by a pair of hands. "What?" He looked turned his head and saw Jet and Droy standing behind them, both of them looked very angry beneath their bruised faces.
"What do you think you're doing to Levy?"
"Didn't your mom ever teach you not to put your hands on a girl?"
They both picked Salamander up by his shirt and threw him into the crowd of women from earlier.
"Who is this guy?"
"Wait I remember him! He's that creep that was hitting on me earlier."
"Yeah! He hit on me too!"
"I think I heard that girl say he was using magic to make us fall for him."
"What a creep!"
"Disgusting!"
Salamander tried to quell the rising ire of the women. "Now, now, ladies there's no need to be so angry. I was just trying to have a little fun. It was joke. If you want I can make it up to you all by inviting you to my boat party this evening."
The women were not amused.
"He's even creepier than I thought." one of them grimaced.
"Let's show him what happens when you play with people's emotions!"
"Yeah!"
The women swarmed him just like they did Jet and Droy.
"Now hold on a moment, ladies! Just stay calm! I'm sorry! I-"
His pleas were soon drowned out by the fury of the women.
"Serves him right." Jet said proudly.
"Yeah." Droy agreed.
"Well you know what they say." Levy chimed in. "Hell hath no fury and all that. We should go."
Just as the trio were about to leave they spotted a girl with short white hair frantically looking around.
"What happened to me? Where am I?"
Levy approached the girl.
"You were under a charm spell." Levy answered.
The girl turned to her and immediately jumped back in fright. "W-who are you?"
"My name is Levy and these are my friends Jet and Droy."
The boys smiled and waved.
"I promise we're not going to hurt you." She held her hand out to the girl. "Are you hungry?"
"So you got lost on your way back to the train and that's how you ended up downtown?"
Yukino nodded.
"How awful. You must have been so scared."
"A…a little."
Yukino sat anxiously in her seat as she spoke with Levy. After the incident in the marketplace Team Shadow Gear treated the lost girl to a meal at a nearby restaurant. She offered to pay for her own food, but the wizards insist they cover it as an apology for what happened to her.
She was told that Salamander's real name was in fact Bora, a former wizard of the Titan Nose Guild who was kicked out due to misconduct. Apparently he had been posing as various famous wizards across the country to lure girls and sell them to slavery in the country of Bosco. Yukino counted herself very lucky that she was saved from such a terrible fate.
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"I-I'm sorry. I can't understand you." Yukino said.
Levy sighed. "Guys, at least swallow your food before you talk. You're being rude."
The boys looked at one another and swallowed. "Sorry."
"Where were you heading?" Levy asked Yukino. "Maybe we can escort you the rest of the way."
"Y-you don't have to do that."The young girl politely refused. "You've done more than enough. I don't want to cause you any more trouble."
Levy waived away her concerns almost immediately. "It's no trouble at all. We'd love to help."
"R-really?"
"You bet!" Droy spoke up.
"Shadow Gear is all about helping people." Jet added.
"Besides we wouldn't want you getting lost and caught up in something terrible again." Levy smiled. "Where was your train going?"
"M-Magnolia."
Shadow Gear's collective eyes widened. This made the young girl even more nervous.
"I-if it's too far out of your way you don't have to-"
"No that's not it at all." Levy assured. "We were just surprised. We live in Magnolia."
"You do?"
"Yep. Looks like it all worked out for us in the end."
Yukino smiled for the first time that day. "T-thank you so much!"
"Why were all of you in Hargeon?"
Yukino's question came as a slight surprise to Shadow Gear as the train to Magnolia rolled along the tracks.
"Oh right we forgot to tell you." Levy remembered. "We heard rumors that a friend of ours might have been in town so we went to check it out. Instead we found that Bora guy."
Yukino could tell by Levy's furrowed brow that she was clearly upset about the situation.
"I'm sorry. You didn't find your friend."
"You don't have to apologize. If we hadn't come when we did you and those other girls would have been halfway to Bosco by now. So when you think about it that way it was actually a good thing we followed the rumor."
"We told you not to get your hopes up." Jet reminded Levy.
"Besides if it really was him he would have rather walked all the way back to Magnolia than ride a train." Droy said.
"Does your friend not like trains?" inquired Yukino.
"Sort of." answered Levy. "He has really bad motion sickness, so whenever he gets on any type of vehicle he gets sick and passes out almost immediately."
"That sounds awful."
"It's actually pretty funny." Droy snickered. Jet also laughed.
"Yeah his face turns all green and slouches over like a sloth. It's hilarious."
"Come on, you guys. It's not funny." Levy chided. The pair quickly apologized. "So why are you going to Magnolia, Yukino? Visiting family?"
The young girl shook her head. "I…I heard there was a very strong wizard guild there. I was hoping to join them."
Once again Shadow Gear fell silent, and just like before Yukino found herself uneasy.
"You want to join Fairy Tail?" Levy finally asked.
Yukino slowly nodded. "I-is that bad?"
"No it's not bad at all. In fact it's great."
"What do you mean?"
"Well…we're Fairy Tail wizards."
Yukino's eyes widened. "You are?"
Shadow Gear showed their guild marks to Yukino. She was amazed.
"Pretty cool, huh?" Jet bragged.
Yukino nodded. "Do you think it's possible for me to join the guild?"
Shadow Gear looked to one another for a moment, before smiling at Yukino.
"I don't see why not." Levy said. "We'll take you to the guild as soon as we stop."
Yukino smiled again. "Ok!"
"Here we are. Welcome to Fairy Tail."
Yukino was at a loss for words as she stared at the guild hall. The sheer size of the building was overwhelming. She had never seen a structure so large in her life. The front door alone was almost three times her size. The longer she stared at it, the smaller she felt.
Slowly she followed Shadow Gear inside, and was once again taken aback - this time at the number of people. They all greeted them at once.
"How was the job? Find what you were lookin for?"
A young man with buck teeth addressed the trio when they entered the door. To his – and Yukino's surprise – his question was answered by a punch to the face by both Jet and Droy that sent him crashing into a nearby table.
"What the hell was that for?!"
"Don't play dumb, you jerk!" Jet snapped.
"You sent us on a wild goose chase and got Levy's hopes up for nothing!" Droy blame.
"It's not my fault! I said before you left that it was just a rumor!"
"Guys, please calm down. It was a mistake there's no need to fight."
Levy tried to calm the hot-headed young men down, but as she expected it was a useless endeavor.
Soon enough a brawl broke out that grew to encompass the entire guild. Yukino was terrified at the sight. Levy on the other was much more exhausted than frightened.
"Why must everything always turn into a fight?" she groaned.
"W-why are they fighting?" Yukino shakily asked. "Do they all hate each other?"
"No. No. It's nothing like that." Levy smiled. "Sadly this is a natural occurrence in Fairy Tail. Come on. I'll take you to the bar."
Levy grabbed Yukino by the hand and guided her through the chaos. Bodies, blood, clothing, and colorful language were flying all around them, but Levy didn't seem to mind it. Just like she said this was a natural thing in Fairy Tail.
Are all magical guilds like this? Yukino wondered
"Welcome back, Levy. How was the job?"
The pair were greeted at the bar by a girl with short hair similar in color to Yukino's. Despite the brawl taking place not two feet in front of her, she was smiling as if all was well.
"A bust." Levy sighed.
"That's a shame, but it looks like you brought someone back with you."
"This is Yukino. We met in Hargeon. She wants to join the guild."
"H-hello." Yukino nervously bowed.
"Hello, Yukino." The cheery girl returned. "My name is Lisanna. I'm Fairy Tail's resident barmaid as well as it's sort of secretary?"
"She handles most of the business when the master is away." Levy explained.
"You could say I wear a lot of hats." the barmaid joked.
Yukino nodded in acknowledgment.
"Where is master anyway?" Levy asked.
"He should be showing up any moment now. You know how he is."
As the brawl escalated Yukino could see a figure approaching the railing of the second floor. Levy and Lisanna saw him as well.
"Told you." The barmaid smiled.
"Enough!"
The roar from the second floor silenced everyone in the guild hall. As the man descended the stairs, a frightening chill ran up the spines of everyone that had been fighting.
The man was tall, towering over a good number of the guild with ease. His long gray hair reached past his shoulders, while his beard extended all the way to his waist. Despite his advanced age Yukino could tell that he was somewhat muscular beneath his cloak, but by far his most noticeable was the eyepatch over his left eye.
"Why must there always be bickering amongst the lot of you?" he asked. "Have you no self-control?"
"But, Master" Jet spoke up. "He lied to us about-"
"I don't care." The man interrupted with a slam of his staff on the floor. "Your antics extend beyond these walls as well." He held up a stack of papers. "This is just the latest in a string of damage claims dropped into my lap by the Magic Council. It seems no matter where we go we always end up causing more problems than we solve. Lisanna, if you would please."
"Yes, Master."
The man placed the papers on the bar top and Lisanna scooped them up.
"We're sorry, Master." Jet apologized. Everyone else echoed his sentiment.
As he looked out at the guilt-ridden faces of his guild, the elderly man sighed.
"I'm not saying it's bad to be rambunctious. A good number of you are young with your whole lives ahead of you. Of course I encourage you to experience that youth to the fullest, but there is a limit. Just take more care in the future, understood?" He then smirked. "I want those blowhards in Era to acknowledge Fairy Tail's greatness for once instead of complaining. Even if we have to cram it down their throats."
At this the members of the guild roared with joy.
"Yes, sir!"
And just like that the great brawl ended just as loudly as it had began. Yukino stood astonished as people who were fighting two minutes ago began cleaning up and laughing like nothing had happened. It was truly a sight to behold.
"And who might you be?"
Yukino realized that the Master of the guild was now speaking directly to her. She turned to face him, her anxiety having kicked into overdrive under the weight of his stern gaze.
"I…I…I…I…I'm-"
"Her name is Yukino. She wants to join the guild."
Yukino was saved by Levy's timely intervention.
"I see. Well we are always accepting new members." The elderly man grinned. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Yukino. I am Precht Gaeblog. Fairy Tail's guild master."
"N-nice to meet you." Yukino tentatively shook his hand. His grip was firm, but not overwhelmingly so. A very by the book handshake.
"If you would follow me to my office you can tell me more about yourself."
"O-ok."
Precht started up the stairs and after some encouragement from Levy, Yukino did the same.
"Do you think she'll be alright?"
Lisanna returned to the counter with a glass in her hand to clean. She had just finished filing the complaints Precht had received.
"I hope so. Master Precht can be pretty scary sometimes."
"So you said the rumor was false?"
"Yep."
"Something else much have happened then. You were gone for a while."
"Something did happen." Levy confirmed. "It turned out that 'Salamander' was just some guy using the name to gather up girls and seduce them with charm magic. Then he'd sell them off to slavery in Bosco."
"That sounds awful."
"Believe me it was. He might have caught me too if I didn't see the ring beforehand."
Lisanna smiled. "I wouldn't worry about that. They say once you find true love charm magic will never affect you. You should in the clear."
Levy blushed. "I-It's not like that. Besides that's just some silly superstition."
the barmaid giggled. "I know. I'm just teasing."
"How is the house?"
"It's been quiet as of late."
"It's always like that when you clean." Levy sighed. "Every time I go there are always animals and other things waiting for me. Can you believe I found a Vulcan in there one time?"
Lisanna giggled again. "I can actually."
Yukino could feel her nerves coming undone as she sat before Master Precht's desk. He had yet to say a word since they entered, instead he was checking over the mountain of papers on his desk for the past ten minutes.
Her hands neatly folded in her lap, Yukino tried to ease her mind by looking around the office. In the left corner close to the window was a large plant with beautiful blue and yellow flowers that seemed to glow in the sunlight. The curtains on the window were a deep purple, which went well with the overall subdued aesthetic of the office.
As she continued to take stock of everything around her, she found something that immediately caught her attention.
To her right there was a bookshelf filled with various books on the history of Earthland as well as the origins of magic, but that was not what captured her focus. On the middle shelf on the center bookshelf was a portrait in a small frame. It depicted four individuals, four men and curiously enough one little girl. Despite him being much younger in the picture Yukino could easily tell the man in the center was Master Precht from the eye patch on his eye.
To Precht's left was a large man with black hair that stood up on his head like a treetop – in fact his head resembled a tree's trunk also with how straight it was. The man to Precht's right was a bit smaller in size than the other two. His messy blonde hair was punctuated by the cocky smirk on his lips. Finally Yukino looked to the the girl in the center of them all.
She had long brown hair tied in pig tails. Like the others she was smiling, but it was much more subdued than the others. It was almost like she was forcing herself to smile.
Who is that girl?
"I swear they get rowdier every year."
"S-sir?"
Precht's sudden comment brought Yukino's attention back to him. All of the papers he had been working on had been neatly stacked to the right of the desk.
"Forgive me for taking so long. I hope you weren't too bored."
"N-no! Not at all. You have a very nice office."
"Thank you, Miss…I'm sorry I've seemed to have forgotten your name."
"Yukino. Yukino Aguria."
"A pleasure to meet you again, Ms. Aguria."
"Y-yes. You too."
They shook hands once again.
"So you wish to join the Fairy Tail guild?"
Yukino nodded.
"What sort of magic is it that you use?"
"Celestial Spirit Magic."
Precht raised an eyebrow at this. "You're a Celestial Wizard? At your age?"
"Y-Yes sir."
"How many keys do you possess?"
"Five."
"Do you mind if I take a look at them?"
"No. I don't mind." Yukino took her pouch from her hip and handed it to the guild master. As soon as he opened the pouch his eye went wide.
"I-Is there something wrong?" she asked.
"No. No. I'm sorry. Here you go." He gave her back the pouch. "I'm curious. How did you come in possession of your keys? It's not every day someone your age uses this kind of magic."
"It purchased the silver keys from a town not far from the home where I grew up. I…I found the golden keys."
"Found?" Precht prompted. "Where?"
Yukino started to fidget. Her eyes fell to her hands. They were starting to sweat.
"I found them in my home...the night my parents were killed."
Precht was stunned silent and Yukino proceeded to tell him everything. The cultist's raid, the abductions, her sister hiding her away, her family broken apart, and finally her finding the keys in the rubble the next day. Nothing was hidden from Precht.
"I wanted to join this guild because I thought it would help me find my elder sister Sorano." Yukino finished.
"I see. So you were a victim of the Hunts as well."
Yukino looked to him. "Hunts?"
"A few years ago fanatics claiming to follow the dark wizard Zeref began abducting people from various villages across Fiore in order to construct something they called the Tower of Heaven."
"The Tower of Heaven? Do you think that is where Sorano was taken?"
"Most likely, but unfortunately I wouldn't know for sure."
"Oh." Yukino started to slump in her chair.
"However there is someone with much more information that I on the tower."
Yukino's spirits started to lift as the master continued.
"Someone in the guild managed to escape from the tower. Her name is Kagura Mikazuchi. If anyone would know if your sister was taken there it would be her."
"I-I will ask her."
"I see, and what will you do if it turns out that your sister died inside the tower?"
Yukino's body went still.
"Will you try and seek revenge on the ones that ended her life?"
"I-"
"I will tell you now that is a foolish endeavor. Revenge only breeds more hate, and hate only brings death. If that is what you wish to do I cannot help you. I have no interest in sending a child to their death."
Yukino sat in silence. The pain of the thought was too much for her to bear. It was true that there was a time when she thought that Sorano might in fact be dead, but the hope that she wasn't kept Yukino going for this long, and she was not about to give it up now.
"I…I don't know what I would do, but I know that my sister is alive. She has to be."
"And how can you be so sure?"
Yukino looked Precht in the eye and placed her hand on her heart. "Because I can feel it. Sorano is alive."
Precht could feel the determination emanating from the girl. It was like she was a completely different person. He smiled.
"Give me your hand."
"O-ok." Yukino reached out and Precht stamped her hand. When she pulled back there was a white Fairy Tail emblem on the back of her hand.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail."
Yukino was shocked. "R-really? I've joined the guild?"
"Is that not what you wanted? I can erase the mark if you-"
"No!" Yukino clutched her hand tightly. "It is."
"Good." Precht chuckled. "I expect great things from you, Miss Aguria."
Yukino bowed to him. "Thank you, sir. I will not disappoint you."
"One last thing."
"Yes?"
"Since you are now a part of the guild you can address me as Master. Understood?"
Yukino smiled. "Yes...Master Precht."
Yukino met with Levy and Lisanna. They were still sitting at the bar.
"So how did it go?" Levy asked.
With a smile the young girl showed the two her new guild mark.
"Congratulations!" Levy praised.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail." Lisanna smiled.
"Thank you." Yukino looked at her mark with pride. Even after coming all this way she didn't fully expect to be accepted into the guild. She was one step closer to finding Sorano. "What do I do now?"
"Well normally I'd explain to you what being a Fairy Tail wizard entails, but I think that can wait until tomorrow." Lisanna said.
"Why is that?"
"Take a look outside." Levy pointed.
Yukino did just that. To her surprise the sun was setting. The guild was empty as well. As if her body had finally caught up to time, she yawned.
"You've had a long day." Levy said. "I can't blame you for being exhausted. Do you have any family in town that you can stay with?"
Yukino shook her head and yawned again. "I don't."
"No worries then. You can stay with me for the night."
"You don't have to do that."
"It's not a big deal. It'll be like a sleepover."
"O-ok. If you insist." Yukino grabbed her bags.
"Coming Lisanna?"
"I have to finish cleaning up for the night. So I can't. Sorry."
"Do you need us to stay and help?"
"No. No. Don't trouble yourselves. Elfman will be here."
"We'll see you tomorrow then."
"Have a good night."
"Good night, Miss Lisanna."
"Good night, Yukino." The barmaid waved.
When the pair reached the door Jet and Droy suddenly appeared.
"Let us walk you back to Fairy Hills, Levy." Jet offered.
"Yeah. It's starting to get dark out." Droy added.
Levy waved them off. "Its fine, guys. You don't have to."
"Yes we do!" they insisted.
"The streets can be dangerous at night." Jet said.
"Yeah. You never know what kind of perverts and criminals are lurking around in the shadows." Droy reckoned.
Levy sighed in defeat. It was clear that these two weren't going to back down. "Fine. You can walk with us, but at least carry's Yukino's bags for her. She's pretty tired."
"Right!"
"I-it's ok." Yukino said. "I can carry them myself."
"We don't mind!" The boys said.
"Don't worry. They won't look inside them or anything." Levy assured.
Yukino slowly handed the bags over to the eager young men and out the door they all went.
Precht watched from his office window as Yukino and Team Shadow Gear walked into town, his eye was focused squarely on the newest member of Fairy Tail.
"A Celestial wizard." he pondered. "Not only that, she possesses the 13th Gate." He looked over to the picture in the frame. "Perhaps she is the link we have been missing all along."
New chapter! As the title stated the adventure has officially begun! Be ready for things both old and new in this story!
As always leave a comment/review letting me know what you think. Thanks for reading!"