Chapter 7: Tango with The Queen Of Fairies! Improvising Ice as I go!

After some time sitting there drinking 6 big glasses of grape juice they just so happen to have, because some of them aren't beer drinkers… "I had them mainly fill up the glasses with lots of Ice for me to munch on!" I watched as Erza sat there beside me eyeing me inventively with a look that could make a grown man quake in his boots which I am sure she has many of times!

I noticed that she was also tapping her finger on the table as if the pressure of fighting her wasn't enough she had the feeling of agitation all about her and her magical energy was starting to seemingly seep through her body and was swirling about her with anticipation of fighting me "WHY ME!?" I kept thinking frantically to myself as I chomped on bigger chunks of ice that was in the glasses! Finally she had enough she stood to her feet slamming her hands on the table knocking over my glasses with just ice in them now because I had drunk all the grape juice!

*Enough stalling! Stand up and face with pride Dragon Slayer! And just because you're part of the family now doesn't mean I will be going easy on you in this family we all push each other to do better both in magic and in life!*

I stood to attention with that comment and I followed as she strolled out of the guild hall outside to the backyard of the guild hall!

*Requip!*

She changed her clothes into a suit of armor it looked lightweight, gray colored, just past shoulders was the length of the sleeves of the armor, and an armored like skirt just skimmed past her knee line so basically it must be standard suit of armor for her? She also had a knight looking sword which was basically a short sword…

*ON GUARD!*

She lunged forward at me sword readied for an attack so I decided!

*ICE PILLARS!*

I smacked at the ground with my hands erecting several pillars in front of me few coming up from the ground where she was running into! She jumped over them, twirled and sliced through a few of them with her sword suddenly she was right about 50 feet away from me!

*BLIZZARD HAIL STORM!*

Before she could dash another foot I had conjured up a Blizzard Hail Storm an effective move my mother had taught me to catch bandits off guard should I come across some in my time which I never thought would come to use in such combat! The clouds rose quickly around the guild hall backyard the sun was blotted out and all of a sudden Erza was caught up in a flurry of hail stones falling from the sky at a rate of speed she could hardly dodge about to not get hit by them! Her vision also seems to have impaired, but didn't halt her too much because she charged forward running past me but she must've gotten a sense of my magical energy because she turned right around and sliced right in my direction I barely got out of the way of her attack but my shirt took the brunt of the slash and was tattered to pieces in the front! I ripped off my shirt "NO WASN'T STRIPPING LIKE AN ICE MAKE WIZARD! No offense to all Ice Make Wizards out there!" Through it aside, notice a nod coming from resident Ice Make Wizard….ugh

*FIGHT ME IN CLOSE COMBAT! I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHAT YOU CAN DO IN TIGHT QUARTERS!* She yelled through the dense hail storm that was falling about us I unaffected but she was wincing a tiny bit every once in awhile...

*Release!*

I said causing the hail storm to vanish clearing the sky so as I can fight on her level, no tricks because she asked for this….which I will probably regret knowing that she will probably kick my sorry butt because close combat is her advantage!

I walked forward but clearly she wasn't looking for a walk about fight because she lunged forward at me again this time more forcefully! Sword tracing the ground as she was running forward then she sliced upward at me making me react as quickly as I could with just anything I thought of!

*ICE SCALES!*

Scales made of thick ice looking like my mother's scales enveloping my entire body, knocking Erza's sword off of them but a big chunk of Ice off my body…! "I guessed I didn't complete learning that ability…. Though now that I think about it I didn't even know I could do that!? Guess there are something's my mother wanted me to learn for myself (Mom you are so wise!)

I looked over noticing that the hard ice did a number on Erza's balance because she was getting off the ground, dusting herself off and running forward at me again! "Yikes the hole where a big chunk of scales knocked off needs covering!" I concentrated my magic and the scales covered over the bare spot! I quickly used some dodging references my mother used to teach me to fight wyverns got right up under Erza's guard as she swung a cleaving strike towards me trying to knock me off balance instead I was right at her midsection I aimed for her knees the one spot she had open!

*Claws Of Cold! PARALYZING STRIKE!*

I nipped lightly at her right knee! Knocking her to the ground! She winced in great pain as the 'light version of my Paralyzing Strike took effect and caused her right knee emobile at least for about an hour maybe two at most!' I walked over to her helped her up which she gladly accepted with a nod and I walked with her back into the guild hall, some whispers going about the room that I didn't care to listen to because I was busy tending to Erza's emobility…

*You can sit me down at the table closest to the front, that was an excellent battle I would be glad to have someone as good and noble as you are on my side in a fight..*

More whispers were filling the room and I did not care to listen to because I wasn't nothing that special I was about to plug my ears when Erza turned her head giving erie looks about the whole room quieting the place! "Scary…. If she hadn't been holding back like she did I know I probably would've been dead meat, thankfully we were just sparring so she could see my technique…

*Charles Snowland I know you were holding back on account of me being a female, but you must know that could've just as easily got you killed in true combat! Don't take gender into account on anything are we clear!*

She looked at me with clear agitation shown on her face, then vanished as soon as it had appeared…

*But I can also relate since it was just sparring I was also holding back to see how you would fare in a match… I am curious though as to something? Is this your first time in civilization other than your mother showing you about?*

*Yes indeed a long time ago as I see it I was asleep one night when my mother said her farewell and she froze me in her technique "Frozen Sleep" and next thing I knew I woke up many years later and now well found myself with my new family here….* I thought about asking where my mother had went, but I'd guessed since there are other Dragon Slayers here they might have something grim to say on the matter so I didn't ask…

*That does sound like a powerful Ice Magic! And yet not deadly unlike Ice Shelled it sounds quite peculiar?*

The resident stripper/Ice Make Wizard came strolling over to the table after eavesdropping on my was supposed to be touching story! "Jerk Make Wizard!"