As the morning sun rose, birds across the town began to chirp. The cries of roosters began to echo across the streets. Cole awakes from his deep sleep, 'Oh, dawn already?' he mumbled as he got up from his bed.
'I feel like I could sleep for a year right now, but I better get going. I need to find a job with high pay' he wondered as he washed his face. As he wore his sling bag and placed his amp on his holster, a visitor knocked the door of his apartment.
'I'm coming!' he responded as he wore his shoes.
'Could it be Natsu? This early?'.
As Cole opened the door, he was surprised to see Lucy having a basket full of treats in front of him.
'Uhh.. Morning Lucy, Thanks but, do you mind telling me what this is for?' asked Cole as he took the basked off her hands.
'I don't know myself, a little girl came over the guild hall and said it's for you.' she replied.
'Oh, thanks for bringing it over here.' he replied with a tone of confusion.
'No problem! Just so you know, the Master said he has a job for you, you should go over and check it, see you later!' she exclaimed as she left the building. Cole closed the door and kept the basket on the table for a while.
'A little girl brought this for me? Who could that be?'. He quickly stumbled across the sweets to find a letter written in hand.
The letter read out, 'Dear Cole, thanks for saving my life back then. If it weren't for you and your friends, I wouldn't be able to bring this bag of sweets for you. I hope we meet again someday. Love, Ursa.'
'Oh, I didn't expect something like this from anyone before.'
Cole takes a piece of chocolate and eats it.
'Oh wow, it's actually pretty good! I gotta make sure I don't eat everything at once'.
He takes the basket and hides it under his bed. After a few minutes, Cole steps out of his apartment and heads out towards the guild hall. As he walks across the busy streets, thoughts about the little girl Ursa, pondered across his mind. As he entered the guild hall, he was greeted by Natsu and Gray.
'So are you up for another match Cole?' Natsu yelled with a smile.
'Nah, I'm taking a job today, we'll have a match someday later.' Cole replied as he sat down and ordered breakfast.
'Honestly I would like to have a match with you next.' Gray said as he sat next to him.
'Hey no fair! I asked him first Gray! Hands off!' yelled Natsu as he slammed his hands on the table.
'No way! You had your match yesterday.' responded Gray as he was shirtless.
'Uh Gray..' said Cole. 'Huh?' responded Gray.
'Your clothes..' Cole added as he closed his eyes. Natsu and Gray have a small fight over who decides to fight Cole next, when all of the sudden, they are interrupted by Erza. Meanwhile, Cole finishes his breakfast and walks towards Mira, inquiring about the availability of jobs.
'So, Mira! I heard the Master said he has a special job for me.' he asked.
'Yep, that's right!' she replied with a smile.
'Oh okay, so what's the job about?' he asked curiously.
'You'll be escorting the Viceroy of Fiore, who will be making a journey across the entire Kingdom. Many people will be there to watch him. He's quite a celebrity.' Said Master Makarov as he entered the hall.
'That so, there have been many assassination attempts over the past few years by dark guilds, as he has placed them under the hammer.'
'Dark guilds?' asked Cole curiously. He is then explained the definition of a dark guild.
'So hold on a second.' Cole asked. 'This viceroy guy, why is he being targeted by these guilds?' he added.
'He was previously a member of the magic council. He later retired and formed a vigilante group, to hunt down all dark guilds across the land. No one truly knows why he took such a step.' Master Makarov replied.
'This job sounds tough, not only do I have to move across the entire kingdom, I've gotta deal with assassins on the way? Doing this job alone could be dangerous.'
'Ohh don't worry, you'll be joined by the Thunder legion.' said Master Makarov.
'You can't be serious!' yelled Freed as he got up from his seat.
'I will not allow anyone to take Laxus's position in our team!' he added.
'Calm down man, I ain't taking anyone's place. If I have to team up with you guys to complete the job, I'll do it.' Cole replied.
'Freed you need to chill out, it's just for one job.' said Bickslow.
'Honestly we could do it without him, but if the master insists, we'll take him with us.' said Evergreen confidently.
'Alright' said Freed with a calm tone. Cole and the Thunder legion leave the guild hall after accepting the job request posted by the Viceroy of Fiore. They leave for the town of Crocus, where the Viceroy will begin his journey.
Upon arrival, they are picked up by the royal guards, who lead them to the Viceroy's palace.
'I honestly don't understand why these guys need wizards when they have an army of guards.' said Cole.
'Wizards belonging to dark guilds can be extremely powerful, not enough for regular guards to handle them on their own.' replied Freed.
'Honestly, if these guards can't handle those assassins, I'm guessing we're gonna be up for a fight'
'Ahh, the Thunder Legion of Fairy Tail!' exclaimed a man from a distance.
'It's the Viceroy of Fiore, John DeWitt' said Freed as they turned their attention towards him.
The Viceroy was a tall, slender man who wore a black armor enchanted with spells, aiming to protect him from intense magic.
'Rest for now, the journey starts from tomorrow and will last for about 4 days, so we need you at your peak.' he said.
'Alright, we won't fail you.' said Freed. They were taken to a room with four beds.
'This is where you'll be staying for now, make yourself home!' said the maid.
'Now I gotta share my room with these guys? Great!'
'Okay, everyone listen. We need to come up with an effective strategy, any ideas Cole?' asked Freed as everyone circled around him.
'Okay, this is a first. I never was the man with the plan, but I do have to come up with something.'
'I need brief information on all of your abilities.' said Cole. He was then briefed about each of the member's specialty and the type of magic they used.
'Alright, now here's the plan. Me and Freed will be on the two horses that surround the carriage. If anything goes wrong, he can use a defense enchantment to our advantage. Evergreen will stay in the carriage if one of the escorts turns out to be a traitor. And Bicsklow will be behind us, on the look out for snipers.' Cole concluded.
'An interesting strategy, I like the way you think.' replied Evergreen.
'Okay, let's do this.' said Freed. The team sleeps throughout the night, waiting in lieu of preparing for tomorrow. The next morning, the viceroy prepares his journey, where thousands of citizens across Crocus gather to send him off. Cole and Freed, dressed as guards sit on the same formation as they planned. Evergreen sits inside the Carriage with the Viceroy while Bickslow remains behind the formation.
Meanwhile, around the outskirts of Magnolia, the same caped man who tried to steal an artifact from a camp is briefed about the Viceroy's journey.
'It would be foolish to execute him on the first day itself, we shall strike him down on the third day. Frost! Blaze! Do not fail me!' he yelled. Two ladies entered the room, one with pale dark skin and blue hair and the other, light skinned with with black hair, wearing a white mask, covering her entire face.
'Indeed master, we shall not fail' said Frost.
'Just leave it to us, we'll make sure he suffers!' said Blaze as she clenched her fist and released a bright brown flame.
As the journey begins, the carriage crosses many towns and cities on it's path. Cole and the legion keep a wide eye open for any signs of danger. Bickslow uses his eye magic to keep a look out for enemies who could possibly intervene using stealth. On the first day, no signs of trouble appeared for the team.
The Viceroy set up a camp which was then guarded by the team overnight where each one would take turns to have a watch. On a successful first day, the Viceroy resumed his journey from Dawn with the team following the same procedure. As the carriage traveled across various towns and cities, more and more people came to greet the Viceroy along his journey.
The second day came with no complications. But, as the sun rose on the third day, the team was unaware of the danger which was yet to unfold.
As the carriage passed through a town, it had to take a route through a forest. The carriage moved across the forest floor with precaution, only to be halted by a broken tree on the path.
'It's okay I got this!' said Cole as he walked towards the debris.
'Wait Cole!' yelled Bickslow as Cole used his kinetic pulse to lift the tree. An incoming fireball from the sky, aimed at Cole, was rushing in at high speed. Cole threw the tree at it, creating a large explosion.
'We have intruders!' yelled Cole as he drew out his amp.
'Haha! Time to have some fun!' exclaimed the dark skinned woman from before known as Blaze.
'Bickslow and Evergreen stay with the Viceroy, Freed and I will handle this one.' said Cole as he charged himself with lightning.
'Hah! Two against one, where's your sense of honor?' said Blaze.
'We know you're not alone!' yelled Bickslow from behind.
'Jeez, okay Frosty you can come out now!' she yelled. Suddenly, a young maiden with black hair, with a white mask covering her face appeared on the scene, like as if she was formed in thin air.
'Careful guys, this one can move fast!' yelled Bickslow.
'Who are you? And what do you want with the Viceroy?' yelled Cole as he fired a magnum bolt at Blaze.
'The name's Blaze handsome, just hand him over and you won't get hurt!' she yelled after she dodged the attack and fired a barrage of fire balls at Cole. Cole used his frost shield to defend himself from the attack.
'Man, were these ladies responsible for the attacks back at the camp? I can't let them get away with that! (Cole remembers Ursa's tears after he rescued her from the ruins of the camp)'
'Dark Écriture : Slash!' yelled Freed as he slashed his sword in thin air and attacked Blaze. She took a direct hit but stood her ground after the attack.
'Hah! You're gonna have to do better than that!' she said as she prepared to create a huge fireball.
'Evergreen! Bickslow! Continue your journey! We'll catch up with you soon!' yelled Cole as he fired a series of Magnum bolts at Blaze. Blaze dodges them and yells.
'Hey Frosty! Make sure they don't leave!' Frost dashes towards the carriage, only to be interrupted by Freed who inscribed an enchantment around the area, preventing the duo from escaping.
'I hope they both know what they're doing!' said Bickslow.
'Indeed, they are noble souls, risking their lives to protect mine.' said the Viceroy as he held something on his hand. The carriage continued it's journey.
'Ghh, guess we'll have to kill you first!' yelled Blaze as she fired a burst of flames at an unsuspecting Cole.
'Agh, she sucker punched me, but ...why am I having this strange feeling?'
'Cole get up!' yelled Freed who was then attacked by Frost with an ice bomb.
'Now then, let's make this quick shall we?' said Blaze as she covered her body in brown flames.
'I couldn't agree more' said Cole which lit up her eyes. Cole surrounds his body with an aura of lightning and yells
'Now then, since I'm all warmed up, mind telling us who you two are?' he said as the lightning around him grew intense. Frost quickly appeared towards Blaze and said 'That's classified information, you don't deserve to know who we are.'
'Well since you asked nicely, I am Blaze, and this is Frost.' said Blaze as she pointed at Frost. Freed stood near Cole and drew out his sword.
'Together, we are known as the element twins!' yelled Blaze as she fired another fireball at the duo.
'This Blaze girl is definitely getting on my last nerve, I'll make sure this is the last time she trash talks to anyone. Why cant she be like that frost girl who's keeping her mouth shut all the time. I love women who know when to talk. Heheh, okay no time for jokes, this job just got a lot more intense. I hope Freed can do stuff more than just swords and enchantments. From what I'm seeing, it's gonna take a lot more than that to fight these two. Man, I hope we get a raise after we beat them!'
Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know, I'll be updating with new chapets every 2-3 days during weekdays, and a new chapter every Saturday and Sunday. Till then, hope you're enjoying this fanfiction. Please do leave a review afterwards. Kudos!