I'm back! I'm finally better now, just need to finish the rest of the week off and I'm free for the holidays. In the meantime, let's see how Rai fancies meeting the one and only Titania!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or any of its characters, I only claim my OC Rai.

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Chapter 7 – The Queen of Fairies

"Devil? Wait why?!" I questioned worriedly. I was slightly trembling, thinking about the unknown. Elfman almost seemed hesitant to answer, like he wanted me to see for myself when she arrives.

"She may be even more of a man than me" He leaded on with intrigue. The words he pronounced were spoken with such a visceral tone, he could describe the cutest creature in existence and make it sound intimidating. His tone greatly increased my fear, leading to telltale signs of being scared.

"Why are you calling a girl a man?! And what do you mean may be?!"I freaked out, gripping onto my blue hair in a weird attempt of de-stressing myself. He could probably hear the intense clattering my teeth were making.

"Well she's certainly the manliest woman I know." He added in his bass-like voice. To be honest, that didn't really help me in the slightest. One person who proclaims about his own manhood was enough, but two?! I simply couldn't fathom the thought. Nevertheless, I prepped myself for this "Titania" person to make her entrance.

"Will you stop shaking already?! You shouldn't look so pathetic!" He yelled right in my ear, obviously trying to make me halt my quaking.

"I'm trying!" I shouted back with gritted teeth mixing with a sob. Suddenly, I could hear someone opening the guild doors. Instantly, I threw my arms to my sides like I was in the military awaiting orders, I didn't even care if it was just someone else. I didn't want to risk being out of my clearly low ranking. Then she arrived.

Through the unveiling light I could make out a scarlet-haired woman, cladded in shining, silver armour accompanied with blue shorts. The chestplate was marked with a familiar golden "Heart Kreuz" logo, this shape overlapped her crimson guild mark on her left side. She looked more of a knight than a wizard, like one of those soldiers you would find guarding the town hall, just a little more extravagant with the outfit.

And then I actually saw what she was carrying. I was shocked by how she was carrying something taller than her, even more so than with Elfman pulling the cart earlier. It was a colossal horn, despite me initially thinking it was a tooth or claw. It had several small cracks appearing near the point, along with some minor scuff marks. What size of a monster does it have to be to possess such a huge horn?! Besides that, the next thing I noticed was the assortment of jewels covering the base of the object. Gold, emeralds, sapphires, you name it. Even though the top half preserved its battle damage, the bottom half was decorated like a trophy.

After the knight made her way into the guild, she placed the trophy on the wooden floor with a thundering thwump noise, sending mini earthquakes from my feet to my head. My nerves heightened. The woman sighed.

"I only leave for a while and this is the state of the guild?" She said bitterly, noticing the table me and Elfman were standing next to, it was covered in smashed glass and dent marks. I gulped in fear of what she would do to me as punishment. She then started to lecture each member of the guild for their misdeeds, gradually making her way up to me. "And you! Stop shaking like that, last time I checked it's not that cold!" She commanded me with a pointed finger, I was just satisfied that she didn't point out anything else.

"Yes ma'am!" I shouted back, straightening up my posture. However, she could still see the mini vibrations showing on my hands.

"Elfman! Knock some sense in him!" The knight ordered him like he was just as lowly as me. I kept my expression monotone to avoid even more scolding.

"Gladly!" Elfman replied positively with a malicious smirk. I finally snapped out of my once emotionless phase to retaliate sarcastically.

"Gee thanks m-!" I couldn't even finish my sentence before I was pounded on the top of my head, smashing me to the wooden floor.

(Elfman's POV)

Rai's head collided with the ground, cracking the wood in several places. Some of the splinters spiked upwards. I was expecting him to stand up and simply shrug the pain off, but he just laid there. Giving it a few seconds, Rai didn't make any movements, not even a twitch. I thought to myself "Did he really get knocked out by that?" Lucy was jaw-dropped at the sudden act of violence, even though she's seen worse from the other fights, she then decided to speak up.

"She didn't mean literally knock him out!" I had to come up with a reason for this predicament.

"I didn't even hit him that hard!" That was the honest truth. There was such a mix of reactions among with the prominent wizards. Natsu was simultaneously holding his stomach and mouth, he was failing to concealing his laughter.

"Guahahaha! Do it again!" His words blended in with his scoffing. Lucy once again was shell-shocked. I don't think he understands that I can't knock out a man who is already unconscious.

"That's what you're concerned about?!" The celestial wizard further shouted. Gray also displayed distaste towards Natsu's comments.

"Oh goodness" Mira intervened in her unusually happy tone, finally noticing Rai's lifeless body. At this point, the dread started to settle in, he couldn't be dead, right?

Just to check, I proceeded to grab the young wizard's jacket collar to pull him upwards.

"He's not dead, is he?" Lucy questioned. When I examined Rai's levitated head, his eyes were filled with spinning lines, he had a dizzy smile with slight drool on the corner of his lips and his face was covered with sawdust created from the sheer impact of the landing. Immediately after seeing his face, Rai was met with a severe slap which could've taken his head clean off if I wasn't supporting it on my arm. I snapped my attention to the owner of the rosy hand.

"What the hell was that for?!" It was Lucy who was responsible. And to think she was concerned for Rai's health.

"He had a nosebleed! How else did you think I felt?!" She tried to act innocent, when she was actually doing the exact opposite.

"He never even looked at you! A real man never gets those kind of nosebleeds! And I'm pretty sure that was from him hitting his damn face on the floor! His nose may be broken for all we know!" The barrage of explanations escaped me. Out of nowhere, Erza started to get angry with herself.

"Curses! I should have known not to ask something like that! He must be one of the new members, I swear I had no ill will!" The armoured mage pleaded. I never really expected her to be the one getting mad. My sister was the next one to speak.

"I have an idea! Maybe he just needs…" She said whilst kneeling down next to Rai, her lips approaching his. Some part of me wondered if this was even necessary.

"Sis, you sure this would work?" After I finished speaking she and Rai were a few inches away from eachother. Their expressions couldn't be more different if they tried.

Right before the kiss of life was about to occur, the young man's eyes started to flicker, unfortunately Mira's eyes were shut.

"Wait! Oof!" Rai sprung back to life, only to smack his forehead againstMira's, knocking him out once again. He was right back where he started. My sister stood back up, holding her forehead.

"Mira! Are you OK?" I said whilst dropping the boy onto the floor, I stood next to her for the sake of comfort. I gently replaced her hands with my own, the steel cold feeling of blood contacted my fingers. Why didn't I stop her? I felt bad for her, she had nothing to do with this yet she still got hurt. There was no need for Rai to headbutt her like that.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I'm not so sure about Rai, though." She looked at the mentioned wizard's unconscious body.

"No, you need to go home and fix yourself up, I won't allow you to keep working like this. As for him, I'll take care of him myself." I replied. I made my way over to the lifeless body sprawled across the floor.

"Are you sure? He seems to be in a pretty bad shape." Mira seemed concerned for him, makes sense considering she tried, and failed, to kiss him earlier. I lifted Rai onto my right shoulder, his arms hanging over my back. I made my way over to the guild hall entrance.

"Tsk, this man has been through much worse than this. I know he's fine. Make sure you rest up, okay?"

(Rai's POV)

My cheek twitched. Feeling this movement, I started to unlock my vision, which was difficult at first due to how dizzy I felt. Even after opening my eyes, everything looked like a blur. A slight burning sensation triggered in my forehead, leading me to contact a wooly bandage wrapped over the bruise.

I started to wonder what could have happened in order for me to end up like this. "The last thing I remember is seeing that knight girl bossing me around, then nothing else. Hold on a second. That jerk! Why did that girl just attack me out of nowhere?!" After concluding on my memories, I decided to get myself moving so I could talk to that mysterious woman, except that the pain made me falter a bit.

I could feel the hard leather of the sofa I was lying on, as well as the contrastingly soft covers concealing my entire body, who sleeps with covers this big? After my vision cleared up, I could finally see my surroundings: brown walls covered with multiple pictures, wooden décor that easily blended in and an egg white ceiling. My temporary bed was opposite a currently off fireplace.

"Where the hell am I?!"

Continued in Chapter 8 "What A Day"

Well that's one way to get Rai out of a guild lol. I think he should be a bit grateful he isn't still on the guild hall floors lol.

Please PM me if you have any suggestions!

I hope you enjoyed!