Third pov
Three months can truly pass by quickly. Training at Akane Beach was a fleeting time. Their last moments on the docks in Hargeon were engraved in their minds.
"Hey Lucy, why aren't you and Veena participating in the S-class Mage tournament?" Lucy gently smiled at this, she knew the question was coming. "I asked not to go," Levy only arched a confused eyebrow. "But Juvia thinks you two could become S-class Mages without any trouble at all," Lucy grinned even more at this. "It's alright, Juvia, here are reasons I can't go with you," the sad smiles on her friend's faces broke her heart before adding. "I will accompany you to the island but after a while, I'll have to leave," faces around her perked up slightly and it was as if her smile beamed sunrays. "All right ya little brats let's go!" A loud heave of cheers rose from the large group of Fairies as they boarded the ship, taking them to Tenrou Island. Innocent as a butterfly, Lucy glided up the creaking wooden ramp to the ship, Veena still on the stone dock, talking about something with Gramps. Out of nowhere a flash of salmon pink is in her place where she had only just stood on the ramp. A light shriek of surprise escaped Lucy's mouth. Before she could even react she felt slight arms hook under hers. Opening her slitted eyes to glance behind her, Evergreen was flying in the air. Her majestic Fairy wings planted on her back, as if they were always there.
"Careful there Natsu, It's not nice to push and shove a Lady," Evergreen winks at the fire wizard from behind her glasses. Carefully placing Lucy on the ship's deck, she and Lucy turned to face Natsu, Gray, and Erza trudging up the ramp.
"Thank you Evergreen-san," Lucy mumbled under her breath. Team Natsu all glare at her in turn as they pass. Erza sped up at the last moment and kicks her leg out, Lucy began falling towards the cruel hard floor. Not before she bend down to the ground, using the momentum of her fall to flip over Erza. Landing perfectly on her two feet behind her, Lucy then kicked her leg out and Erza goes down with a thump on the floor. Even from the floor, her glare looked menacing. Dusting her navy blue skirt as she scrambles up off the floor she stoically walks away.
"Yea you gave it to them didn't you sis!" Veena comes rowdily shouting around Lucy. Lucy only gives a triumphant smile watching the receding back of her ex-teammate. "Lucy-san! Veena-nee! I can see everything from up here!" several pairs of eyes look up suddenly seeing Wendy teetering on the edge of the birds' nest. "Careful Wendy, don't fall!" Veena calls up to her, the wind carrying her words. "I'm alright Veena-nee!" Lucy and Veena both turn their heads in perfect sync to look at the side profile of Romeo's face. His eyes showed wonder and love. His face dusted with a light blush. Teleporting behind him, the twins sport devious grins as he looks to be going further into his own la la land.
"So whatcha' thinkin' about Romeo?" Lucy and Veena rest their chins on each of his shoulders until she abruptly jumps forward. "Where did you guys come from?!?" He yells alarmed. "What do you mean 'where did you come from' the real question is. What were You thinking about?" Lucy grins mischievously. "You mean who?" Veena shares the same face as they burst out laughing and rolling on the floor. With a tomato red face and round puffed out cheeks, Romeo storms away dramatically. Veena bursts out in another fit of laughter, still not mature enough to compose herself like she should.
"Alright, brats! Let's go! To Tenrou Island!" Gramps yells out to the guild from his place beside Wendy in the birds' nest. More war cries erupt from the Fairies.
Time skip to Tenrou Island
From the sun Lucy could tell it was about midday when the grand, towering branches of Tenrou came into view. "Alright brats before we get to the island, we're going to have a small trial," faces turn to each other in confusion. Nobody was told about a trial. "In order to participate in the S-class Mage exam, you must make it to shore," he points to the island's beach, "within the set limit of time 20 minutes," squeals and whines were heard throughout the ship. "Go!" his fingers formed the shape of a gun and a loud puff of smoke was thrown into the air. "Veena, let's go. Remember? We're S-class," Veena's eyes show confusion for a second but disappear instantly, replaced with the excited glint of determination. "We'll see you guys on the island!" Lucy yells behind her before diving into the ocean, Veena not far behind. A chorus of shouts follow Lucy to the water before she and Veena exclaim in unison. "Transformation: Mermaid's War!" a booming wave, rose higher than the deck of the ship. Gasps were heard as Lucy and Veena jumped up out of the water to sit on the ship's rails. Instead of legs, a gleaming blue tail started right below her waist where her blue and gold armour snaked around her waist. The beautiful armour looped around her wrists and her torso. Lucy's hair turned from her golden locks to plum pink waves, the golden spikey crown that adored her head brought out her turquoise eyes. Attention turned from Lucy to Veena's ruby red eyes. Her floor-length white hair turned a sea blue. Black coral enveloped her torso, and her vibrant pink fins stood out against her midnight tail. There was only perfect silence, a single drop of water could be heard, returning to the ocean before Lucy and Veena arched their backs and leapt into the ocean. Hands above their heads as they sped towards Tenrou, leaving the rest of the guild in awe on the ship.
"15 minutes!" Mater yelled from the birds nest. A mad scramble ensues to the edge of the ship, most people throwing themselves off. "Romeo-kun!" Wendy yells, flipping off of the edge of the nest. "Wendy!" Romeo yells in alarm before he's picked up from the back by a stone-faced Carla. "Solid Script: Wings!" Levy's new earrings, made from the Crystal Words ball glow faintly before vast snow white wings appear on her back. Flapping her feathery wings up, a powerful gust of wind emits from the underside of the wings as Levy took off into the air. "Gajeel!" Levy rounded back and reached her hands out to Gajeel's upstretched hands. The ship was almost empty already, if not for the S-class Mage test takers. "Damn! Let's go Lis!" Natsu screeches to Lisanna beside him. The pair dashes off into the ocean where they swim as fast as they can to the shore.
Time Skip to the Island Veena pov
Flipping my tail up and down in the water, the slope up of the sand on Tenrou Island came into view. "Lucy, get ready to jump," unfaltering she nodded back to me. "Now!" the speed we had turned into the momentum we used to land ourselves right in the middle of the beach. Transforming back into humans in the air we landed perfectly on our feet. "Remember what Master said Veena," I turned to Lucy, "We are only spectators, and don't forget we have to leave the island before dark," I dipped my chin in acknowledgement. If we stayed any longer than that... "We'll be caught in what Orthia prophesied," Lucy finished for me. "I thought I told you not to read my mind," I snapped playfully at her. She only shrugged her shoulders,
"I didn't, I already knew," she smiled sadly. The silence was deafening. She was always touchy about the subject. "Let's go, our guildmates should be getting here soon," I smiled encouragingly to my sister. The sadness in her eyes disappeared as if it was never there. I raised my right hand and she lifts her left. "Good luck," she and I smiled as we bump out guild marks together. I can't even fathom what it would be like to know, one day you'd lose all your friends. I thought to myself, teleporting to my assigned position in a cavern.
Natsu pov
I hope I don't run into a tough proctor. I thought to myself. I wonder who it will be. There's Erza, Gildarts, Mira... "Hello there," I jump at the sudden voice in the silence. On instinctively I leaped back to back with my partner. "Careful Lu...," wait what? I stop mid-sentence. What was I going to say? I brush off the thought as I turn my head to glimpse Lisanna's face. "Careful Lisanna," her eyes focused as she bobbed her head. Every muscle in my body tensed. My eyes scanned the rocky cavern. Every sharp point of rock, every gleam of every gem. Nothing went unnoticed. Is what I thought. A light whoosh of air came from beside me and both me and Lisanna to face her. Her golden waves were just as they were, unlike the fiery Red I saw them in only a while ago. Chocolate brown orbs stared into my soul.
"Hello there little weakling," I sneer. If she was offended she didn't show it. "Hello Dragneel," she rolled her eyes lazily, curling a lock of hair around her finger. "Where's our proctor," I ask easing up. She only laughs. "I'M, your proctor Dragneel," she laughed even more as she says this. I tensed up again. She could never be our proctor. I tell myself.
"You can't be our proctor, you're not an S-class Mage," she only laughed harder, falling on the ground. Focusing more, she wasn't standing on the ground. Instead of the blue stone hue of the rocks, she stood on the glassy surface of rippling water. Before long she got up. All the laughter was gone from her face.
"You're right Natsu," she says gracefully stepping closer to me. Her shoes clack on the stone she just stepped on. "I'm not an S-class Mage," she agrees. This time I don't relax. She's right in my face now. Her light whisper against my skin. So soft you could hardly hear it.
"I'm the First Wizard Saint,"