"Hurry up you two! We need to go down and meet Erza." Lucy said to the two boys who were fighting for no particular reason. "She's probably waiting by the gate already!"

Thankfully that got the two of them to stop and run to the gate like their lives were on the line, dragging Lucy behind them who could just barely keep herself from falling due to their speed.

Erza was leaning against the gate wall, her arms crossed and eyes closed, her bag was on the ground beside her. Usually she left much later due to her responsibilities as student council president so the other students were a little surprised.

When Natsu and Gray arrived with Lucy in tow and looking pretty tired, Erza opened her eyes and picked up her bag.

"Good, you're here." She said "We need to head to the station, the train leaves soon."

And with that they all made their way to the station closest to the school, thanks to the passes they got it didn't take them long to go to the platform where the train was stopping. Now all they had to do was wait until their stop and rely on Erza's directions to the café.

The ride didn't take to long, which Natsu was incredibly thankful for since he was just seconds away from vomiting, and frankly he wasn't really eager to see his lunch again. So when he got off he all but kissed the steady ground in pure joy.

"The café isn't that far from the station but we should hurry." The red haired girl said and they were all on their way to a very quaint café.

There had been a room in the back reserved for them, the cat shelter had done that as a thank you for the help and in this tough time, it was the best they could do.

The room wasn't very big but still, it should be enough to accommodate the other students who were going to help. But the fairy academy students were first to arrive, so it was time to wait for the others.

"What other schools were helping again?" Lucy asked the student council president.

"Lamia Scale high and Blue Pegasus academy will be joining us. Then of course there's the shelter itself." Erza answered, looking a little nervous when she mentioned blue pegasus.

At that moment the door opened and the second group joined them. Three really handsome boys walked in, somewhat posing like they had practiced their entrance. Erza introduced the fairy students to them and despite clearly knowing who the boys were, she let them introduce themselves.

While treating the girls as if they were hosts, they introduced themselves as Hibiki Lates, a member of the journalism club. Then there was Eve Tearm who was the smallest of the three and a member of the ski club, that was only active in the winter. Lastly it was Ren Akatsuki, who was a member of the basketball club.

"But we're not the only ones from our school." Hibiki stated and then an older man appeared, he had a rather short stature and very defined facial features and red hair.

"I am Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki, and I am a teacher at the fine academic establishment of Lamia Scale senior high school." Like the others, his entrance seemed practiced "Ah, I recognize this divine perfume, Erza Scarlet-"

"No." Erza cut him off and before Ichiya could say or do anything more, the other group entered and interrupted him.

Gray of course recognised them instantly, at least two of them, and Natsu and Lucy recognised them as well from that little arcade battle a few weeks ago that kept them up almost all night because somebody just had to keep a certain score at the top, it did turn out that they weren't even close to reaching it which made the whole thing rather pointless.

Though they still had to introduce themselves to the Blue Pegasus folk, plus there was an older man with them that the fairies weren't familiar with.

The older man was a teacher at Lamia Scale high and his name was Juura Neekis, he was a very well know teacher who had even won a couple of awards. He then introduced the others.

First was Lyon Vastia, who was Gray's rival of sorts, the two had grown up at the same orphanage and had different feelings towards their caretaker, which caused their rivalry.
Second was Sherry Blendy, who had been head over heels with Lyon when they had first met her, though it seems as if she had gotten over it at this point since she wasn't fawning over him. Maybe her love had just matured.

By now all of the volunteers had arrived so that only left the representative from the shelter.

"Does anyone know who they're sending anyway?" Lyon asked.

"I do believe her name was Wendy if I remember correctly." Hibiki answered. At that moment the door to the room opened and a nervous girl with long black hair and holding a snow white cat entered.

"Uhm, excuse me." She said as she fully entered the room and closed the door behind her. "I'm Wendy Marvell, I'm from the cait shelter, I-I'm the representative."

Most of them looked very surprised as the girl looked like she wasn't much older than 12 or 13, but she wasn't wearing any middle school uniform so that brought up a few more questions.

"You're rather young are you not? How old are you Wendy?" Juura asked the question that was on everyone's mind.

"I'm 12, but believe it or not, but I'll be starting senior high next week." She said, a bit of pride glinting in her eyes.

"Wow, that's really impressive." Lucy pointed out before Natsu started putting all his attention on the cat in Wendy's arms.

"Oh she's cute, what's her name?" He asked the dark haired girl.

"Her name is Charle. I got her at the shelter when I get was little." She said while looking down on her snow white cat.

"Cool, I have a cat myself, his name is Happy, and he's blue." The pink haired boy grinned widely.

"Blue?" The young girl asked, blue wasn't exactly a common colour for cats…

"Yeah, he rubs himself in something and we just can't get it off, when it finally looks like it's fading off, he just fixes it up himself." Natsu kept his attention on Charle, scratching her head until she bit him.

Wendy was a little startled when Natsu pulled away and sucked on his bitten finger.

"Sorry, she doesn't really like anyone, I should have warned you!" She frantically apologized to the pink haired boy who simply reassured her that everything was fine and that it was nothing.

"Sorry to interrupt you two." Erza began "But I think we should discuss the matter at hand."

Authors note

Finally introduced Wendy!